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a singing note, Wash me, comb me, lay me down softly: Yes, said the young lady: then putting forth her hand, with a silver comb performed the office, placing it upon a primrose bank. Then came up a second, and a third, saying as the former, which she complied with; and then pulling out her provision, ate her dinner. Then said the Heads one to an- other, What shall we do for this lady, who hath used us so very kindly? The first said, I will cause such addition to her beauty as shall charm the most powerful prince in the world. The second said I will endow her with such perfume, both in body and breath, as shall far exceed the sweetest flowers. The third said, My gift shall be none of the least, for as she is a king's daughter, 1'll make her so fortunate, that she shall become queen to the greatest prince that reigns. This done, at their request she let them down into the well again, and so proceeded on her journey. She had not travelled long before she saw a king hunting in the park with his nobles; she would have shunned him, but the king having a sight of her, made towards her, and between her beauty and perfumed breath, was so powerfully smitten, that he was not able to subdue his passion, but
