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Rh Which may Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, vouchsafe to bestow upon us; who with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen.

emperor, no less tyrannical than powerful, espoused a very beautiful girl, the daughter of a king. After the ceremony was concluded, each solemnly vowed that the death of the one should be followed by the voluntary destruction of the other. It happened not many days after, that the emperor went into a far country, and continued there a long time. Being desirous of proving the fidelity of his wife, he directed a messenger to inform her that he was dead. When this