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 THE HISTORY

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T was once a Queen, who, though she had born many children, they all died but one daughtordaughter [sic], and left a widow, without thothe [sic] hoposhopes [sic] of any moromore [sic], shoshe [sic] was so very fond of her, that she complotolycompletely [sic] spoiled her with indulgence. This Princess was so exceedingly beautiful, that shoshe [sic] went by the name of All-Fair; but, and knowing she was born to a crown, made her proud and vain, that she thought every person was born only to serve her.

When thothe [sic] Princess had reached her fifteenth year, thothe [sic] Queen, who was anxious to get horher [sic] married, caused her picture to be drawn, and then sent it to all thothe [sic] neighbouring courts. Such was the poworpower [sic] of All-Fair’s beauty, that overyevery [sic] onoone [sic] who saw thothe [sic] picturopicture [sic] fell despcratolydesperately [sic] in love with her, and above twenty kings camocame [sic] to pay their addresses to her. Never was a court more brilliant; for thesothese [sic] princes vied with each other in giving splendid and expensive entertainmontsentertainments [sic] in honour of All-Fair, and thought themselves richly recompensed, if she deigned to bestow on them a look or a smile. IIoweverHowever [sic] desirous they werowere [sic] to pleasoplease [sic] the Princess, yet none of them had thothe [sic] power to touch her heart, and shoshe [sic] was so vain of her charms, that she refused every offer of marriage with disdain.

The Princoss'sPrincess’s [sic] lovers complained to the Queen of horher [sic] cruoltycruelty [sic], and shoshe [sic] triodtried [sic] to persuade her daughter to marry onoone [sic] of thomthem [sic]; but it was all to no purposopurpose [sic], for All-Fair told her, that shoshe [sic] was resolved never to marry; and so conceited was this Princess, that she did not think therothere [sic] was any princoprince [sic] in the world a good enough match for her.

The Queen was in great distress at the stubbornness