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The chief Features of which will be found to be an authentic Version of the Legend of Prince Bladud,

           ItwasuponthisoccasionthatKingLud,seatedonthetopofhisthroneinfullcouncil,rose,intheexuberanceofhisfeelings,andcommandedthelordchiefjusticetoorderintherichestwinesandthecourtminstrelsanactofgraciousnesswhichhasbeen,throughtheignoranceoftraditionaryhistorians,attributedtoKingCole,inthosecelebratedlinesinwhichhisMajestyisrepresentedas

           Callingforhispipe,andcallingforhispot,

           Andcallingforhisfiddlersthree.

           WhichisanobviousinjusticetothememoryofKingLud,andadishonestexaltationofthevirtuesofKingCole.

           ‘But,inthemidstofallthisfestivityandrejoicing,therewasoneindividualpresent,whotastednotwhenthesparklingwineswerepouredforth,andwhodancednot,whentheminstrelsplayed.ThiswasnootherthanPrinceBladudhimself,inhonourofwhosehappinessawholepeoplewere,atthatverymoment,strainingaliketheirthroatsandpurse-strings.Thetruthwas,thattheprince,forgettingtheundoubtedrightoftheministerforforeignaffairstofallinloveonhisbehalf,had,contrarytoeveryprecedentofpolicyanddiplomacy,alreadyfalleninloveonhisownaccount,andprivatelycontractedhimselfuntothefairdaughterofanobleAthenian.

           ‘Herewehaveastrikingexampleofoneofthemanifoldadvantagesofcivilisationandrefinement.

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