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and the Princess was on her Isabella barb. The
King admired them all four seated upon their
horses, which curvetted so proudly, that they
kept at a distance all who would have pressed
too near them. The Princes hearing the people
say, "There is the King," looked up, and,
struck by his majestic appearance, made a
profound obeisance, and passed slowly, fixing

their eyes upon him. He also looked earnestly
at them, and was as much charmed by the
Princess's beauty, as by the handsome mien of
the young Princes. He ordered his equerry to
offer them his protection, and everything that
they might require in a country, where they
were evidently strangers. They received the

honour the King conferred on them with
much respect and gratitude, and said they only
required a house, where they could be alone,
and that they should be glad, if it were one or
two leagues from the city, as they were very
fond of walking. The principal equerry
immediately gave them one of the most
magnificent, wherein they and all their train
were commodiously lodged.

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