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the heart of a sea-dragon, and have it
cooked by a virgin maiden, who, as
soon as she would smell that pot, will
have her bell filled up; and when this
heart is cooked, give it to eat to the
Queen, and you will see her swelling
as if she were nine months pregnant."
"How can this happen?" said the King,
"It seems to me, to speak quite frankly
with you, a difficult matter to
swallow." "Do not astound yourself,"
the old man said,"if you read the story
of Juno,you see that when the goddess
passed on a flower in the Olane Fields,
her bell swelled and she gave birth to a
child." "As things _____
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