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 What they ſaid was very true; for a few days after the king's ſon cauſed it to be proclaimed by ſound of trumpet, that he would marry her whoſe foot this ſlipper would juſt fit. They whom he employed began to try it upon the princeſſes, then the ducheſſes, and all the court, but in vain; it was brought to the two ſiſters, who did all they poſſibly could to thruſt their foot into the ſlipper, but they could not effect it. Cinderilla, who ſaw all this, and knew her ſlipper, ſaid to them laughing, let me ſee if it will not fit me: Her ſiſters burſt out a laughing, and began to banter her. The gentleman who was ſent to try the ſlippers, looked earneſtly at Cinderilla, and finding her very handſome, ſaid, It was but juſt that ſhe ſhould try, and that he had orders to make every one make trial. He obliged Cinderilla to ſit down, and putting the ſlipper to her foot, he found it went in very eaſily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax. The aſtoniſhment her two ſiſters were in was exceſſively great, but ſtill abundantly greater, when Cinderilla pulled out of her pocket the other ſlipper, and put it on her foot. Thereupon in came her godmother, who having touched, with her wand, Cinderilla's clothes, made them richer, and more magnificent than any of thoſe ſhe had before.

And now her two ſiſters found her to be that fine beautiful lady whom they had ſeen at the ball. They threw themſelves at her feet, to beg pardon for the ill-treatment they made her undergo. Cinderilla took them up, and, as ſhe embraced, cried, That ſhe forgave them with all her heart, and deſired them always to love her. She was conducted to the young prince, dreſſed as ſhe was, he thought her more charming than ever, and a few days after married her. Cinderilla, who was no leſs good than beautiful, gave her two ſiſters