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wish you not to stir up my anger: if you will promise to ⟨marry⟩ me, I will be the tenderest and most loving ⟨husband⟩ in the world—if not, save yourself from the ⟨lions⟩ if you can." In short, the Princess was forced to ⟨give⟩ her word that she would have him, but with such agony of mind, that she fell into a swoon, out of ⟨which⟩ when she recovered, she found herself in her own ⟨room⟩ finely adorned with ribbons, and a ring of a single hair so fastened round her finger that it could not ⟨be got⟩ off.
⟨This⟩ adventure had the samo effect upon All-Fair as ⟨the⟩ former had upon her mother. She grew melancholy, ⟨which⟩ was remarked and wondered at by the wholo court. ⟨The⟩ best way to divert her, they thought, would be to ⟨urge⟩ her to marry; which the Princess, who was now
⟨become⟩ less obstinate on that score than formerly, ⟨consented⟩ to; and thinking that such a pigmy as the ⟨Yellow⟩ Dwarf would not dare to contend with so gallant ⟨a⟩ person as the King of the Golden Mines, she fixed ⟨upon⟩ this king for her husband, who was exceedingly ⟨rich⟩ and powerful, and loved her to distraction. Tho ⟨most⟩ superb preparations were mado for the nuptials, ⟨and⟩ the happy day being fixed, the king's rivals, who ⟨were⟩ in the utmost despair at his good fortune, left the ⟨court⟩, and returned to their dominions, not being able to ⟨be⟩ eye-witnesses to the Princess's marriage.
At last the long-wished-for day came, and the nuptials ⟨were⟩ proclaimed by the sound of trumpets and other
