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that requires payment in wealth; but
being an affair of life, it must be paid
for with as much again of life.“
Then the King, partly out of the love
he bore Jennariello, and partly from
hearing himself reproached with the
injury he had done him, answered,
"Believe me, my good sir, I would give
my own life for his life; and provided
that he came out of the stone, I should
be content to be enclosed in a stone."
Hearing this the old man said,
"Without putting your life to the risk
- since it takes so long to rear a man -
the blood of these, your two little
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