her, the was contracted and married to him; a great marriage feaſt was provided, and while they were at dinner, two men on horſeback came to the houſe, and as ſtrangers were invited to the feaſt: after dinner one of them deſired to lead the bride a dance; and taking her by the hand, led her a turn or two and then, in the preſence of her bridegroom, and all her friends, he caught her up in his arms, ſhe crying in vain for help; and going out of the gate, he hoiſted her up into the air, and vaniſhed away, together with his companions and horſes, ſo that ſhe was never ſeen more.—Sword for ſwearers.
XXXIX A nobleman in Sileſia having invited many gueſts to dinner, and prepared a coſtly and liberal feaſt for them, it happened that inſtead of his friends, he only received their excuſes for not coming, at which the nobleman in great rage broke out into theſe words, Since all thoſe people have thus failed me, I wiſh ſo many devils of hell would feaſt with me to day, and eat up my proviſions made for them; and ſo in fury left his houſe and went to church, where there was a ſermon: He had not been long there, when a great troop of horſemen arrived at his houſe; they were all black, of extraordinary aſpect and ſtature, who alighting in the court, called the groom to take their horſes, and bid another of the ſervants to run preſently to his maſter, and tell him his gueſts wore come: The ſervant amazed, runs to the church, and with ſhort breath, and the little ſenſe he had left, gave his maſter an account of what had fallen out; the nobleman calls to the preacher, and deſires him to break off his ſermon, to help him with his ſpiritual counſel and advice; who perſuades him to order all his ſervants, with what ſpeed they could,
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