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"Order them to come to me, Your Majesty," pleaded the boy. When the wise men appeared, the boy, in respectful manner, inquired of them thus: "How was the secret of my life revealed to you? Please speak freely and declare who it was that discovered me to you." ORDER THEM TO COME TO ME YOUR MAJESTY PLEADED THE BOY WHEN THE WISE MEN APPEARED THE BOY IN RESPECTFUL MANNER INQUIRED OF THEM THUS HOW IS THE SECRET OF MY LIFE VEALED TO YOU PLEASE SPEAK FREELY AND DECLARE WHO IT WAS THAT DISCOLOURED ME TO YOU
archers went. One messenger noticed some boys playing ball. Two of them were quarreling. Coming near, he heard one say to the other: "Oh, you boy without a father, nothing good will ever happen to you." "This must be the one looked for," said the royal messenger to himself. So he went up to the boy, who had been thus twitted and spoke to him thus: "Don't mind what he says." Then he prophesied great things, if he would go along with him. The boy was only too glad to go, and the next day the lad was brought before King Vortigern. The workmen and their wives and children, numbering thousands, had assembled for the solemn ceremony of dedicating the ground by shedding the boy's blood. In strained attention the people held their breath. The boy asked the king: "Why have your servants brought me to this place?" Then the sovereign told him the reason, and the boy asked: "Who instructed you to do this?" "My wise men told me so to do, and even the sovereign of the land obeys his wise councilors.  INTO EVERY PART OF THE CUMRICK LAND THE SEARCHERS WENT ONE MESSENGER NOTICED SOME BOYS PLAYING BALL TWO OF THEM WERE QUARRELLING COMING NEAR HE HEARD ONE SAY TO THE OTHER OH YOU BOY WITHOUT A FATHER NOTHING GOOD WILL EVER HAPPEN TO YOU THIS MUST BE THE ONE LOOKED FOR SAID THE ROYAL MESSENGER TO HIMSELF SO HE WENT UP TO THE BOY WHO HAD BEEN THUS TWITTED AND SPOKE TO HIM THUS DON'T MIND HE SAYS THEN HE PROPHESIED GREAT THINGS IF HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH HIM THE BOY WAS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GO AND THE NEXT DAY THE LAD WAS BROUGHT BEFORE KING WALTOGEN THE WORKMEN AND THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN NUMBERING THOUSANDS HAD ASSEMBLED FOR THE SOLEMN CEREMONY OF DEDICATING THE GROUND BY SHEDDING THE BOY'S BLOOD IN STRAINED ATTENTION THE PEOPLE HELD THEIR BREATH THE BOY ASKED THE KING WHY HAVE YOUR SERVANTS BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLACE THEN THE SOVEREIGN TOLD HIM THE REASON AND THE BOY ASKED WHO INSTRUCTED YOU TO DO THIS MY WISE MEN TOLD ME SO TO DO AND EVEN THE SOVEREIGN OF THE LAND OBEYS HIS WISE COUNSELLORS
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