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130 virgins, Mary and Eve, who were both born free from sin, Mary being sanctified in the womb. She carries a sword, that is, sin, by which Christ died.

Pepin married a very beautiful girl, by whom he had a son; but the mother died in her confinement. He therefore espoused another, and she also brought forth a son, whom he sent with the elder-born to be educated in another country. Now they so much resembled one another, that it was impossible to distinguish them; and when, after a length