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14 cried the amorous King in a rage. "Alas!" the Princess, "the thoughts of that is the most of them all." "Nothing shocks me so much," the King, "as that you should become a victim to  monster." "Then," said the Princess, "let us together." "No, my Princess," said thothe [sic] King, "let have the satisfaction of dying for you." "I sooner," said she, "consent to the Dwarfs desires." "Oh! cruel Princess!" interrupted the King, " you marry him before my face, my life would ever be odious to me." "No, it shall not be before thy face, replied the Dwarf, "for a beloved rival I cannot bear; and at thosothese [sic] words he stabbed the King to the The disconsolate Princess, aggravated to the last  at such barbarity, thus vented her grief—"Thou  creature! since ontreatiesentreaties [sic] could not avail thee,



thou now reliest upon force: but thou shalt be disappointed, and thy brutal soul shall know mortification from the moment I tell thee I die for  love I have for the King of the Golden MinosMines [sic]!" AudAnd [sic] so saying, she sunk down upon his body, and  without a sigh.

Thus ended the fate efof [sic] these two faithful lovers, which the Mermaid very much regrottedregretted [sic]; but, all her power lying in the sword, she could only change them into two palm-trees, which, preserving a constant mutual affection for each other, caress and unite their branches together.