“ All this was done in a moment; for Fairies are not long in doing their business.
And now the King and Queen having kissed their dear child, without waking her, went out of the palace, and put forth a proclamation, that nobody should come near it. This however was unnecessary, for in less than a quarter of an hour, there grew up all round the park, such a vast number of trees, great and small bushes, and brambles twining one with another, that neither man nor beast could pass thro', so that nothing could be seen but the very tops of the towers of the palace ”

“ People came in from every quarter in great numbers: Some threw water upon the Princess' face, unlac'd her, struck her on the palms of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary Water, but all they could do, did not bring her to herself. ”

“ About 15 or 16 years after, the King and Queen being gone to one of their houses of pleasure, the young princess happened to divert herself in going up and down the palace, when going up from one apartment to another, she at length came into a little room on the top of a tower, where a good old woman, all alone, was spinning with her spindle. ”

“ The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemming her to sleep one hundred years, was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befel the Princess, but she was instantly informed of it by a little Dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground at one stride. The Fairy left the kingdom immediately, and arrived at the palace in about an hour after, in a fiery chariot drawn by dragons. ”

“ Nobody doubted but the Fairy gave therein, a very extraordinary sample of her art, that the Princess, while she continued sleeping, might have nothing to fear from any curious people.
When an hundred years were gone and past, the son of a King then reigned, and who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, being out a hunting, on that side of the country, asked what these towers were which he saw in the middle of a great thick wood; every one answered according as they had heard; some said, is was an old ruinous castle haunted by spirits ”

“ In short, he was extremely honoured and cherished by every one. People came from afar to recommend themselves to his prayers; and all those who came to live with him published what blessings they received through his means.
The great reputation of this honest man, having spread to the town from whence he came, it touched the envious man so much to the quick, that he left his house and affairs with a resolution to go and ruin him. With this intent he went to the new convent of dervises, of which his former neighbour was the head, who received him with all imaginable tokens of friendship. ”

“ 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. ”

“ He then took a resolution, that he must save his own life and cut the Queen's throat; and going into her chamber, with an intent to do it at once, he put himself into as great a fury as he could, and went into the Queen's room, with his dagger in his hand. However, his humanity would not allow him to surprise her, but he told her with a great deal of respect, the order he had received from the Queen her mother. ”

“ The head of the dervises did as he required.
When the envious man saw that he was alone with this good man, he began to tell him his errand, walking side by side in the court until he saw his opportunity; and getting the good man near the brink of the well, he gave him a thrust, and pushed him into it without any body being witness to so wicked an action. Having done this, he marched off immediately, got out at the gate of the convent, without being known to any one, and came home to his own house, well satisfied with his journey ”

“ When the Ogress, all enraged to see what had happened, threw herself, head foremost, into the tub, and was instantly devoured by the ugly creatures, she had ordered to be thrown into it for others.
The King could not but chuse being very sorry, for she was his Mother; but he soon comforted himself with his beautiful wife, and his two pretty children. And, after all things were settled, he well rewarded the clerk of the kitchen for his wisdom, humanity, and compassion.
THE MORAL.
TO get a husband, rich, gentle, and gay
⁠Of humour sweet, sometime to stay
⁠Is natural enough 'tis true ”

“ This man, out of charity the greatest that ever was known, left the town he lived in, and has established himself in this place, in hopes to cure one of his neighbours of the envy he had conceived against him ”

“ The honest man, having made this purchase, put on a dervise's or monk's habit, to lead a retired life, and caused several cells to be made in the house, where, in a short time, he established a numerous society of dervises ”