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« Solver of riddles, son of a prince
and great lord, solve my riddle: he
used to be my father, now he is my
child; and my child is married to my
mother ».
The marquis could not solve the
riddle and asked the woman for the
answer:
she explained that she went to see
her father in prison, and in order to
feed him she breastfed him like her
child: therefore, that child of hers
was also the husband of her mother.
And so the marquis released her
father from the prison. Another
time, a prisoner came to the marquis

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