The fifth, that she would sing perfectly ⟨well⟩.
And the sixth, that she would play on ⟨all⟩ kinds of musical instruments to the ⟨utmost⟩ perfection.
The old Fairy's turn coming next, she advanced forward, and, with a shaking ⟨head⟩ which seemed to shew more spite then ⟨age,⟩ she said, That the Princess would have ⟨her⟩ hand pierced with a spindle, and die of ⟨the⟩ wound.
This terrible gift made the whole ⟨company⟩ tremble, and every one of them fell to ⟨crying.⟩
At this very instant, the young Fairy ⟨came⟩ out from behind the curtains, and ⟨spake⟩ these words aloud, Assure yourselves, O ⟨King⟩ and Queen, that your daughter shall not ⟨die⟩ of this disaster; it is true, I have not ⟨power⟩ to undo what my elder has done. The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle, but instead of dying she shall only ⟨fall⟩ into a profound sleep, which shall last an hundred years; at the expiration of which, ⟨the⟩ King's Son shall come and awake her from.
The King to avoid this misfortune, ⟨told⟩ by the old splenetic and malicious ⟨Fairy⟩ caused immediately his royal ⟨proclamation⟩ to be issued forth, whereby every person ⟨was⟩ forbidden, upon the pain of death, to ⟨spin⟩ with a distaff or spindle, nay, even so ⟨much⟩ as to have a spindle in any of their houses.
About 15 or 16 years after, the King ⟨and⟩ Queen being gone to one of their houses ⟨of⟩
