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he king,to avoid the
misfortune fore-
told by the old fairy,
caused immediately
proclamation to be
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made, whereby everybody was
forbidden, on pain of death, to
spin with a distaff and spindle, or
to have so much as any spindle in
their houses. About fifteen or
sixteen years after, the king and
queen being gone to one of their
houses of pleasure, the young
princess happened one day to
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