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else than to save his brother's life,
hid himself behind the bed of the
bridal pair; and as he stood
watching to see the dragon come,
behold at midnight a fierce dragon
entered the chamber, who sent
forth flames from his eyes and
smoke from his mouth, and who,
from the terror he carried in his
look, would have been a good agent
to sell all the antidotes to fear in the
apothecaries' shops.
As soon as Jennariello saw the
monster, he began to lay about him
right and left with a Damascus
blade which he had hidden under his
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