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sat at supper with his mother, They supped on dry bread and red wine. And there came three letters to Marko; One letter was from Constantinople, From the Sultan Bajazet. The second letter was from Buda town, And it came from the king thereof. The third letter was from Sibinj , From the Vojvoda Janko of Sibinj. In the letter from Constantinople, The Sultan called him to his standard In the harsh country of the Arabs. As for the letter from Buda town, The king asked him therein to his wedding, For to be his wedding kum, For he would wed with a Lady Queen. In the letter from Sibinj Janko prayed him to be a kum, That he might christen his two little sons. And Marko asked his old mother of counsel: "Counsel me, mother," quoth he, "Whither were I best to go? Shall I go to the Sultan's army, Shall I go to the king's wedding For to wed him with his Lady Queen,