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And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth. If she laughed upon him, he laughed also; but if she took any displeasure in him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
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Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
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and taking the crown from the king's head and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
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And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth. If she laughed upon him, he laughed also; but if she took any displeasure in him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
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O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?"
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Then the king and the princes looked one upon another. So he began to speak of the truth:
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