878613 The 10th century folk tale of Hatto, who was the Archbishop of Mainz, and what happened in the Mouse Tower, illustration from \'The Strand Magazine\', 1897 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hatto, after starving the peasants in his lands, lured them all to a barn where he locked the doors and burned them to death, derisively commenting on their death cries with the words "Hear the mice squeak!" When returning to his fortified tower he was chased by an army of mice. He leapt into a boat to cross the river hoping the mice could not swim, but they could, and pursued him. They chewed through the tower\'s doors, found Hatto and ate him alive. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.); English, out of copyright.