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was so much taken with that disposition of hers, that he ordered
the master to teach her also, who, by emulation, and her pretty,

lively, and piercing wit, became, in a little time, as great a
proficient as her brothers.
From that time, the brothers and sister had all the same masters
in other arts and sciences, as geography, history, &c., all which
came so easily to them, and, in a little time, they made so
wonderful a progress, that their masters were amazed, and
frankly owned, that if they held on so but a little longer, they

could teach them no farther.
At the hours given them for their recreation, the princess
learned to sing and play upon all sorts of instruments; and
when the princes were learning to mount the managed horse,
and to ride, she would not permit them to have that advantage
over her, but went through all exercises with them, learning to
ride the great horse, bend the bow, and dart the javelin, and
oftentimes excelled in them.
The intendant of the gardens was so overjoyed to find his

adopted children so accomplished in all the perfections of body
and mind, and that they answered so well the charge he had
been at upon their education, that he resolved to be still at a
greater expence; for, whereas he had till then been content ___

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