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5 The fourth, that she would sing perfectly well

And the sixth, that she would play on all kinds of musical instruments to the utmost degree of perfection.

The old fairy's turn coming next, she advanced forward, and, with a shaking head whiehwhich [sic] seemed to show more spite than age, she said, That the princess would have her hands piereedpierced [sic] with a spindle, and die of the wound.

This terrible gift made the whole company tremble, and every one of them fell a-eryingcrying [sic].

At this very instant the young fairy came out from behind the curtains, and spoke these words aloud: Assure yourselves, O king and queen, that your daughter shall not die of this disaster. It is true, I have not power to undo what my elder has done. The prineessprincess [sic] shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but, instead of dying, she shall only fall into a profound sleep, whieh shall last a hundred years, at the expiration of which a king's son shall come, and awake her from it.

The king, to avoid this misfortune, told by the old splenetiesplenetic [sic] and malicious fairy, eausedcaused [sic] immediately his royal proelamationproclamation [sic] to be issued forth, whereby every person was forbidden, upon pain of death, to spin with a distaff or spindle;