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0. " It is the most delightful country to be fonnd,
Of greatest repute under the sun
Trees drooping with fruit and blossom
And foliage gTOwing on the tops of boughs.
" Abundant, there, are honey and wine
And everything that eye has beheld,
There will not come decline on thee with lapse of time,
Death or decay thou wilt not see.
** Thou wilt get feasts, playing, and drink.
Thou wilt get melodious music on the harp strings,
Thou wilt get silver and gold.
Thou wilt get also many jewels.
" Thou wilt get, without falsehood, a hundred swords ;
Thou wilt get a hundred satin garments of precious
silk,
Thou wiltget a hundred horses the swiftestin conflict,
And thouwiltget a hundred with them ofkeen hounds.
" Thou wilt get the royal diadem of the 'King of Youth/
Which he never yet gave to any person under the sun,
'Twill protect thee both night and day.
In battle, in tumult, and in rough conflict.
" Thou wilt get a fitting coat of protecting mail
And a gold headed sword apt for strokes.
From which no person ever escaped alive
Who, once, saw the sharp weapon.
[satin,
" Thou wilt get a hundred coats of armour and shirts of
Thou wilt get a hundred cows and, also, an hundred
calves, [fleeces,
Thou wilt get a hundred sheep, with their golden
Thou wilt get a hundred jewels not in this world.