Owlglass tarried not at any time in doing his evil knavery. And he came unto Einbeck after a time, and in that town did he hire him unto a brewer to be his man. Then came it to pass, that the brewer his master desired to go unto a wedding; and he spake unto Owlglass, and said unto him: “Do thou brew with the maid while I am away from hence, and to-morrow will I return to help thee in thy labour. Yet, above all, do ye not forget to put hops into the beer, so that it shall savour strongly thereof, and be a most desirable thing to buy.” And Owlglass answered and said unto his master, that would he diligently perform unto his content. Then did the brewer with his wife depart out of the door to the wedding. Then began Owlglass to brew the beer; and the serving-woman taught him what he should do, forasmuch as she understood it better than he did. And when it came to be time that the hops should be put therein, the maid said unto him: “Lo! my dear fellow-servant, thou canst boil the hops alone as well as while I am with thee. Therefore do thou boil them, and I will go for an hour unto the dance.” And Owlglass said: “Yea;” and thought within himself: “When that she hath departed out of the way, then canst thou better do thy knavery. What shall it be that thou wilt do unto this brewer?”

Now the brewer had in his house a great dog, whose name was Hops; and when the water was hot, took Owlglass the poor beast, and threw him into the vat, and boiled him therein, so that the flesh was boiled from off the bones, and the skin and hair was sodden altogether. Thereafter thought the maid, that it was time she should return home unto Owlglass, for the hops must have been seethed enough. She entered in unto him, and spake unto him: “Lo! my brother, now have the hops seethed enough; draw off.” Then took she a sieve and strained the beer, but found nought therein; then said she unto Owlglass: “Hast thou also put therein the hops, as I said unto ye? I find nought therein.” But Owlglass said: “Thou wilt find all at the bottom.” And the woman took a shovel, and found the bones of the dog at the bottom. Then cried she aloud: “What is this thing thou hast put therein? The evil one defend me from this beer!” And Owlglass answered: “What our master commanded me that did I. I seethed therein Hops our dog.”

It fortuned that the brewer then entered in unto them, and he had drunken himself drunk at the wedding; and he said unto them: “Ha! ha! what is it that ye do, my children?” Then answered the maid, and said unto him: “Lo! I did but go for half an hour unto the dance, and bade this our new man to seethe the hops in the beer; and he hath taken our dog, and hath seethed him. Behold, ye may see his bones.” Then spake Owlglass, and said: “Truly did I nothing more than ye enjoined me to do. Ye said that Hops should I seethe, and that have I done. But ye are ungrateful when that I am obedient. Had ye servants which ever did that which ye commanded as I have done, would ye surely have great content.” Then departed he, and was wroth that they thanked him not.