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the Baine : and when all was done, hee tooke his leaue duetifully, & so departed. When Apollonius was gone, the king said vnto them that were about him: I sweare unto you of truth as I am a Prince, I was neuer exercised nor washed better then this day, and that by the diligence of a yong man I know not what he is. And turning back, Go, said he vnto one of his seruants, and know what that yong man is that hath with such duty & diligence taken pains with me. The seruant going after Apollonius, and seeing him clad in a filthy fishers cloke, returned againe to the king, saying: If it like your grace, the yong man is a sea-wracked man. How knowest thou that said the king ? The seruat answered : Though he told me not so himselfe, yet his apparel bewraieth his state. Then said the king to his seruant: Go apace after him, & say vnto him, that the king desireth him to sup with him this night. Then the seruat made haste after Apollonius, & did the kings message to him, which so soone as he heard, he granted thereto, much thanking, the kinges maiestie, & came back with the seruant. When they were come to the gate, the seruant went in first vnto the king, saying: The sea-wracked man, for whom your grace sent me, is come, but is ashamed to come into your presence, by reason of his base aray : whome the king commaunded immecliatly to be clothed in seemely apparell, and to be brought in to supper, and placed him at the table with him, right oueragainst himselfe. Immediately the boord was furnished with all kinde of princelie fare, the guests fed apace, euery man on that which he liked, onelie Apollonius sate still and eate nothing, but earnestlie beholding the golde, siluer, and other kingly furniture, whereof there was great plentie, hee could not refraine from teares. Then said one of the guests that sate at the table, vnto the king : This yoong man, I suppose, enuieth at your graces prosperitie. No, not so, an-