Sentenced to the gallows by that 'hoeghe baroene', Reinaert manages to ward off the threat by means of a fanciful story - his public confession. In it he reveals how the trio Bruun, Isengrim and Tybeert, Reinaert's assailants and arch enemies, together with Grimbeert the badger and Reinaert's father, once hatched a conspiracy to deprive Nobel of the throne and his life and to elevate Bruun to the throne. The necessary financial resources are collected to be able to pay the mercenaries. Through his wife Hermeline, Reinaert gets wind of the conspiracy and manages, just in time, to steal the treasure that was to finance the entire enterprise. Thus the plot foundered at the birches in Kriekeputte near Hulsterlo. - [Author]

Language: Dutch