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captains sat at wine together, In white Karlovatz town. Amongst them Philip the Magyar, And beside him Vuk the Firedrake. And when they had well drunken, And were flown with wine, The thirty captains boasted themselves How many slaves each had taken, How many heads each had smitten oflr. And Philip the Magyar spake: "Brothers—ye thirty captains, Ye see white Karlovatz, How there are thirty and three towers therein? I have garnished each with a head, Save only the tower on the bridge, And that too I shall presently garnish With the head of Kraljević Marko." Thus spake Philip the Magyar, For he thought that none heard him, None that was a faithful friend to Marko. But Vuk the Firedrake heard him, Pobratim to Kraljević Marko, Right so he sprang lightly to his feet,