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20 thief which she saved from the gallows, and the master of the ship who had betrayed her, to be healed of their diseases.

Then was the Empress called forth before the Emperor, but the muffled her face as well as she could, that the Emperor, her husband should not know her, and when she had so done, she saluted him with great reverence, as appertained to his state: And again, lie in like manner, saying thus, O good Lady, if thou please of thy kindness to heal my brother, of his leprosie; ask of me what thou will, and I shall grant it thee for thy reward.

When the Empress heard this, the looked about her, and saw there the Emperor's brother a foul Leper; she saw. there a so the Knight that flew the Earl's Daughter, blind and deaf: The thief that she saved from the gallows, lame: And also, the maser of the ship, deprived of his wits, and all were come to her to be healed of their maladies, and knew her not: But though they knew her not, the knew them well. Then said she unto the Emperor thus, My reverend Lord, tho'