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and his officers of all ranks and told them the story, asking: "Which of these two am I to wed? With which can I spend a long life so happily that it will seem a short one: with her who would deceitfully sell my hours for playthings, or with her who sought me over three times nine lands? Do ye now discuss and decide."
And all cried with one voice: "Thou shouldst leave the seller of thy rest and wed her who didst follow thee!"
And so did Finist, the bright falcon with colored wings.
