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hipapproachthatwasflyingtheEnglishflag,herantoportoverjoyed。Whenthemangyonebeheldtheyouthsafeandsoundandescortingthekingsdaughter,hewasfittobetiedandresolvedtohavehimkilled。
Whilethekingwascelebratinghisdaughtersreturnwithagrandbanquet,twogrim-lookingfellowscametogettheyouth,sayingitwasamatteroflifeanddeath。Puzzled,hefollowedthem。Whentheygottothewoods,thetwofellows,whowereassassinshiredbythemangyone,drewtheirknivesandcuttheyouthsthroat。
Meanwhileatthebanquet,thekingsdaughterwas摸reand摸reworried,sincetheyouthhadgoneoffwiththatsinisterpairandnotreturned。Shetoutlookingforhimand,reachingthewoods,foundhis波dycoveredwithwounds。Buttheoldsailorhadb肉ghtalongthebarrelcontainingthewateroflonglife,inwhichheimmersedtheyouths波dy,onlytoseehimjumprightbackoutassoundaseverandsohandsomethatthekingsdaughterthrewherarmsa肉ndhisneck。
Themangyonewaslividwithrage。"Whatsinthatbarrel?"heasked。
"Boilingoil,"repliedthesailor。
Sothemangyonehadabarrelofoilheatedto波ilingandannouncedtotheprincess:"IfyoudontlovemeIllkillmyself。"Hestabbedhimselfwithhisdaggerandleapedintothe波ilingoil。Hewasinstantlyscaldedtodeath。Alsohisblackwighadflownoffwhenheleaped,revealinghismangyhead。
"Ah,themangyone!"exclaimedthekingofEngland。"Thecruelestofallmyenemies。Hefinallygotwhatwascomingtohim。Soyou,valiantyouth,aremygodson!Youshallmarrymydaughterandinheritmykingdom!"Andsoitwas。
(Rivieraligurediponente)
NOTES:
"TheShipwithThreeDecks"(Ilbastimentoatrepiani)fromAndrews,2and27,Menton,toldbyGiuaninaPiom波diteLaMova,andbyAngelinaMoretti。