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Unto his heathen prieſts great gifts he ſent. Saying, my days are crowned with ſweet content: My Queen has now conceived, and I ſhall have. The thing which I ſo long did wiſh and crave.

Five of the wiſeſt men that could be found. In King Avenerio's kingdom round. He ſent for them and did a feaſt prepare. Three months before her time expired were.

Unto theſe wiſe philoſophers he ſaid. My Queen in three months will be brought to bed; 'Till then, you in my palace ſhall remain. That I may know what planet then will reign.

PART III.

The queen being delivered of JEHOSAPHAT, the Wiſe Men tell the Signification of the Child's Planet.

AT laſt ſhe was delivered of a ſon, Which joyful tidings thro' the kingdom run. The ſweeteſt child that ever eyes beheld. With joy and gladneſs then the King was filled. Jehosaphat this prince was nam'd we find : The wiſe men were diſturbed in their minds.

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