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63._o ¶_o rinald._n of_o esti_n be_v rob_v arrive_v at_o castel_n guglielmo_n &_o be_v succour_v of_o a_o widow_n and_o restore_v to_o his_o loss_n return_v safe_a and_o sound_o home_o to_o his_o own_o house_n the_o xxxiij_o novel_a fol._n 64._o ¶_o three_o young_a man_n have_v fondlye_a consume_v all_o that_o they_o have_v become_v very_o poor_a who_o nephew_n as_o he_o return_v out_o of_o england_n into_o italy_n by_o the_o way_n fill_v in_o acquaintance_n with_o a_o abbot_n who_o upon_o further_a familiarity_n he_o know_v to_o be_v the_o king_n of_o england_n daughter_n which_o take_v he_o to_o her_o husband_n afterward_o she_o restore_v his_o uncle_n to_o all_o their_o loss_n and_o send_v they_o home_o in_o good_a state_n and_o reputation_n the_o xxxiiij_o novel_a folio_n 68_o ¶_o landâ—lfo_n ruffolo_n be_v inpoverish_v become_v a_o pirate_n and_o take_v by_o the_o genevois_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o drown_v who_o save_v himself_o upon_o a_o little_a coffer_n full_a of_o scotfree_a 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