and Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix, her three sons,
and Thasus, their playfellow, went wandering
along the highways and bypaths, or through the
pathless wildernesses of the earth, in this manner.
But certain it is, that, before they reached any
place of rest, their splendid garments were quite
worn out. They all looked very much travel-
stained, and would have had the dust of many
countries on their shoes, if the streams, through
which they waded, had not washed it all away.
When they had been gone a year, Telephassa
threw away her crown, because it chafed her
forehead.

"It has given me many a headache," said the
poor queen, "and it cannot cure my heartache."

As fast as their princely robes got torn and
tattered, they exchanged them for such mean
attire as ordinary people wore. By and by, they
came to have a wild and homeless aspect; so
that you would much sooner have taken them
for a gypsy family than a queen and three
princes, and a young nobleman, who had once a
palace for their home, and a train of servants to
do their bidding. The four boys grew up to be
tall young men, with sunburnt faces. Each

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