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 she contrived with her woman to give him drugs in his wine; and so drinking him lustily he fell fast asleep. Then turning aside his coat, she took his purse and fastened another of the same likeness to his girdle, but different in virtue: so that waking in the morning and finding himself in a chair, he began to wonder what had befallen him. But just as he remembered the assignation with Agrippina, in came her woman, who told him in a sorrowful tone, that the fair princess going to bed and keeping awake in expectation of him, and he deceiving her, she was risen very angry. This made him very blank and sorrowful that he had lost an opportunity which he could not reasonably expect again. And so rising he went to his own house, little dreaming he had loft his treasure. By this time Agrippina had shewn the purse to the king and queen, and told them the virtue of it — And now they resolved to put a trick upon Andolocia, and accordingly the king sent to tell him he designed to come with the queen and princes to dine with him that day. The messenger had no sooner delivered his message and was departed, but he called his steward and bid him immediately provide provision: but he told him, in the two last feasts his money was all expended, and therefore he must have more. Whereupon Andolocia put his hand readily into his purse, but found nothing; when looking wishfully on’t, he perceived it was changed, This made him look blank, not knowing for a time what to say or do. He knew the virtue of it was so rare that those who had it would never part with it by fair means. And so pretending his brother was dead, he turned off his servants, sold his household furniture, and privately getting on shipboard, he sailed for Cyprus, telling his brother Ampedo