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she bit his nose and gnawed his face in several places: he put up his hands to defend his face, and she bit his fingers; he cried out, "Mercy! mercy! I am lost;" and, while his mouth was thus open, the little white mouse entered it, and bit a piece off his tongue: his attendants came in once more; but he was now unable to speak to them, his tongue was so severely wounded: so he made signs that it was a mouse ⟨that⟩ had thus wounded him, and every corner ⟨of⟩ the room was immediately examined to ⟨find⟩ the offender, but in vain, she was gone to pay a visit to the prince, and to treat him much worse than she had treated his father.---She ate out one of his eyes, which left him in total darkness; for he was blind of ⟨the⟩ other before. He leaped out of bed instantly, seized his sword, and ran to ⟨the⟩ apartment of his father, who also had taken his sword, storming and swearing that ⟨he⟩ would kill every one who came in his way til the mouse was found.
When he saw his son in such a passion, he scolded him, and the prince, whose ears were burning with pain, not knowing ⟨the⟩ voice of his father, attacked him furiously. The king exceedingly irritated, made a violent cut at him with his sword, and received a severe wound from his son at ⟨the⟩ same moment; so that they both fell to ⟨the⟩
