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divers playthings to pass the time,
another fruits, another flowers :
and at the last, in contempt for his
own daughter, he turned and said
to her, 'And thou, what wilt thou?'
and she answered, 'I want nought,
but I desire that thou recommend
me to the dove of the fairies,
bidding her tell them that they
would send me somewhat : and an
thou shouldest forget to do my
bidding, mayest thou not be able
to stir forward or backward from
thy place. Remember well my
saying : thine is the weapon, and
thine is the sleeve.' The prince
fared to Sardinia, ended all his
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