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 3 The Hiſtory of the four Kings,

according to his directions, he fell to fiſhing, and in a ſhort time drew a ſecond fill out of the bag, pretending he drew it from her.-The king's daughter was ſo pleaſed with it, that the kiſſed it, declaring it was the fineſt ſhe ever ſaw. And about half an hour after, ſhe ſaid, Shepherd, do you think you could get me one more? He anſwered, Mayhap, I may, when I have baited my hock. Then make haſte, for I am impatient till I have another. Then the ſhepherd acted as before, and ſo preſented her with another fiſh; which ſhe alſo extolled and praiſed, ſaying. It was ten times finer than the other; and then gave him leave to ſleep, promiſing to excuſe him to her father.

In the morning, the king came into the hall as uſual, followed by the headsman, with a hatchet; but the lady cried out, You may return with your hatchet, here is no work for you.- How ſo, ſaid the king, has he neither ſlumbered nor ſlept?-No, royal father he has not. How has he employed himſelf? In fiſhing-Why, there is never a fiſh-pond, where did he catch