Excerpt from Quintin Matsys, the Blacksmith of Antwerp He had gained the suburbs of the city, he turned down, a narrow street, and when about half - way down, he stopped before the door of a small house 5 he inspected it for a moment, and then commenced knocking with a vigor which raised an echo in the neighbourhood, and no slight one either. The door was opened ere he had ceased, and the round figure of a short man with a fiery countenance presented itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.