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 10 The Hiſtory of the four King's.

putting forth her hand, with a ſilver comb performed the office, placing it upon a primroſe bank. Then came up a ſecond and a third, ſaying as the former, which ſhe complied with; and then pulling out her proviſion, ate her dinner. Then, ſaid the Heads one to another, What ſhall we do for this Lady, who hath uſed us ſo very kindly?--The firſt ſaid, I will cauſe ſuch addition to her beauty, as ſhall charm the moſt powerful Prince in the world. The ſecond ſaid, I will endow her with ſuch perfume, both in body and breath, as ſhall far exceed the ſweeteſt flowers. The third ſaid, My gift ſhall be none of the leaſt, for as ſhe is a King's Daughter, I'll make her ſo fortunate, that ſhe ſhall become QUEEN to the greateſt PRINCE that reigns-This done, at their requeſt ſhe let them down into the well again, and ſo proceeded on her journey.-- She has not travelled long before the ſaw a King hunting in the park with his nobles: the would have ſhunned him, but the King having a light of her, made towards her, and between her beauty and perfumed breath, was