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the same night. The next daie, every man arose to feasting and iollitie, for the wedding tnumphes continued an whole moneth. This while Lucmas bellie began to grow, and as it fortuned that the lord Apol-lonius and his ladie on a day walked along the sea side for their clisporte, hee sawe a faire shippe fleeting vnder saile, which hee knew well to be of his countrey, and he hallowed vnto the maister, whose name was Calamitus and asked of him of whence his ship was ? The maister answered of 1'yrus. Thou hast named my coutry said Apollonius : Art thou then of Tyrus, said the maister ? Yea, answered Apollonius. Then said the maister, knowest thou one Apollonius prince of that countrey? If thou doe, or shalt heare of him hereafter, bid him now be glad and reioyce, for king Antiochus and his daughter are strooken dead with lightning from heauen. And the Citie of Antiochia with all the riches, and the whole kingdome are reserued for Apollonius.
With these words the ship being vnder saile, departed, & Apollonius being filled with gladnes, im-mediatly began to breake with his ladie to giue him leaue to go and receiue his kingdom. But when faire Lucina heard him beginne to mooue words of departing, she burst out into teares, saying : My Lorde, if you were nowe in some farre countrie, and heard say that I were neere my time to be deliuered, you ought to make haste home vnto me. But since you be nowe with me, and know in what case I am me thinks you should not now desire to depart from me. Howbeit, if your pleasure be so, and tarriance breede danger, and kingdomes want not heirs long, as I would not perswade you to tarry, so doe I request you to take me with you. This discreete answere pleased Apollonius well; wherefore he kissed his lady, and they agreed it should be so. And when they were returned from walking, Lucina reioycing, came