Charles de Coster. The legend of Eulenspiegel, and lamme Godsake, their valiant, funny and glorious deeds in Flanders and other lands (№ 448714)

An owl is one who cleverly steals, so that you can’t grab him by the collar, who defends the guilty and accuses the right, who lets a widow around the world, robs an orphan and, like others bathe in blood, bathes in luxury.