"THE COPPER DOG" "Put it out!" "Get those buckets!" "Put the fire out!" "Get down!" "GUNPOWDER" "Put these away." "Here's the food for the guard." "Turnips." "That's the third week." "How much longer?" "Van Rossem wants to wear us out." " Rogier!" "Come in." "Are you wounded?" " A blister." "Didn't you notice anything today?" " What?" "How many shots did Van Rossem fire?" " Let me think." "A couple?" " Not one." "Not one cannons hot." "Only burning arrows." "I wonder why Van Rossem doesn't use his cannons." "Maybe he ran out of gunpowder." " Nonsense." "There's something else behind it." "Let's go to the walkway." "What are they doing with those buckets?" "We can see it better from there." " Come." "They're digging." "Tonight, you go there and you find out why." "An escape route?" "I didn't know it existed." "It ends in a barn." "The barn is close to Van Rossem's army camp." "Be careful." "No, no, we stay here." " But Lord Van Rossem, I thought..." "You shouldn't think." "I'll do the thinking." "We're staying," " Is Oldenstein that important?" "Yes, he joined forces with the Burgundians." "Against our Count Charles of Guelders." "His castle is a threat to our area." " Then why don't we attack?" "We will, we will." " Those burning arrows don't do anything." "Just wait." " Wait for what?" "For the Copper Dog." "What did you find out?" " The Copper Dog is coming." "The Copper Dog?" "It will be here in two days." "Then we're lost." "What can we do?" "We can't leave the castle." "Floris and Sindala are free." " They're in that area, but where?" "We'll never find them." "We can't find them, but he can." "V..." "W..." "X..." "Y..." "Z." "I did it." "ABC... great." "And after only three days of lessons." "Do you ever write your name?" "That's too hard for you." "Practice the alphabet again." "Writing is dangerous." "Never trust what it says." "Let's continue." "Whole words now." "Write down... ape." " Ape..." "A..." "P..." "E." "APE." "Jeroen!" "Did you run away from Oldenstein?" "He has a knapsack on his back." "Van Rossem is besieging Oldenstein." "He's having the Copper Dog brought in." "Go, 1, 2, go!" "1, 2, go!" "Lazy scoundrels!" "You're worthless!" "Little doggie..." "finally out of the mud." "That's the Copper Dog." "The biggest cannon ever made." "One shot and Oldenstein is in ruins." "So it's a lost cause." "Not yet." "What are you going to do with that?" "This is the cannon." " Yes?" "Here's the gunpowder." "This is the touch hole." "The fuse goes through it." "If I close the touch hole with the nail the cannon can no longer be used." " Yes?" "Come, we have to hurry." "Hurry up, lazybones!" "And you too!" "My poor little doggie." "Hurry up!" "Stop!" "Go have a look at that man." "Wait!" "There's something strange going on here." "I don't trust it." "Get your swords and have a look." "All three of you." "He's still alive." " Bring him over here." "Get him!" "Grab him!" "My leg!" "Villains!" "My leg!" "Don't touch my cannon." "I'll get you!" "Here." "Guelders, Guelders!" " Run!" "I'm coming." "My leg!" "Untie him." "My leg's hurting." "My leg, dear man." " Broken." "Broken." "They wanted to disable the cannon." "We arrived just in time." "We'll take you back to Poederoijen." "No, you can't do that." "No one knows how to use the Copper Dog." "Except me." "What can we do?" "We'll write it down." "Tell us how to load the cannon." "And how to fire it." "First you apply the charge." "Four pounds of gunpowder." " Four pounds of gunpowder." "Definitely not more." "4 POUNDS GUNPOWDER" "And then you pack it down." "And then a wooden plug." "Push it in well." "And then the bullet." "You go back to Poederoijen." "We continue to Van Rossem." "They're going to Van Rossem." "He'll have his cannon tonight." "Bad luck!" "Nothing we can do." "We have to go to Oldenstein fast." "Hurray!" "Tomorrow will be our day." "Get the wine." "Did you fail?" "Drunkards." " We have to keep going." "They wanted to disable the cannon." "But they failed." "We're safe." "It's all been written down." "For once, you had a good idea." "Double the guard near the Copper Dog." "Good night." " Captain." "It can't be helped." "We'll defend ourselves as well as we can." "Rogier, organise for more lead and oil." "Floris, make sure there are extra rocks on the walkways." "We'll give them a warm reception tomorrow." "Leg guard." " Leg guard." "Chest guard." " Chest guard." "One shot from the Copper Dog and Oldenstein is in ruins." "Men!" "Soldiers of Oldenstein!" "This will be a difficult day for us." "Van Rossem will make a breach in the wall and will assail the stronghold." "First the archers will shoot." "Shoot well." "If the enemy will still reach the stronghold treat them on oil and rocks." "If they survive that, I'll see them myself." "Sir Wolter!" "Sindala is gone and his bed hasn't been slept in." "I understand." "It's not his land and not his cause." "Why would he perish?" "But we were friends." "Load cannon!" "Close it!" "Pack it down!" "Place bullet!" "Fuse!" "Get down!" "Fire!" "Sound the retreat." "We're breaking camp." "It exploded!" "It exploded!" "Come, drink." "After all, we won." "I'm not thirsty." "Sindala, who would have thought?" "It's not his business." "Try to understand." "Well, well, after the danger is gone, he comes back." "Did you hear?" "The Copper Dog exploded." "A miracle." "A miracle?" "This is the miracle." "Where did you get that slate?" " From Van Rossem's camp." "From Van Rossem's camp?" "Were you there?" "This says how to load the cannon." "And this is exactly what Meinert did." "Nothing special." "Isn't this how it's done?" "You shouldn't believe everything it says." "You changed something." "It said 4 pounds of gunpowder." "And here it says 14 pounds." "I only added a one." "We hadn't practiced numbers yet." "And I called that a miracle." "There are no miracles with cannons." "Come, let's party."