of the Spice Islands. Finally, the Fairy, furious at the
indifference with which her love was treated, had reduced him to the
state in which the Prince found him, leaving him unchanged in mind, but
deprived of the power of speech; and, not content with wreaking her
vengeance upon the King alone, she had condemned all his subjects to a
similar fate, saying:

'Bark, and run upon four feet, until the time comes when virtue shall be
rewarded by love and fortune.'

Which, as the poor King remarked, was very much the same thing as if she
had said, 'Remain a spaniel for ever and ever.'

Prince Mannikin was quite of the same opinion; nevertheless he said
what we should all have said in the same circumstances:

'Your Majesty must have patience.'

He was indeed deeply sorry for poor King Bayard, and said all the
consoling things he could think of, promising to aid him with all his
might if there was anything to be done. In short they became firm
friends, and the King proudly displayed to Mannikin the portrait of the
Queen of the Spice Islands, and he quite agreed that it was worth while
to go through anything for the sake of a creature so lovely. Prince
Mannikin in his turn told his own history, and the great undertaking
upon which he had set out, and King Bayard was able to give him some
valuable instructions as to which would be the best way for him to
proceed, and then they went together to the place where the boat had
been left. The sailors were delighted to see the Prince again, though
they had known that he was safe, and when they had taken on board all
the supplies which the King had sent for them, they started once more.
The King and Prince parted with much regret, and the former insisted
that Mannikin should take with him one of his own pages, named Mousta,
who was charged to attend to him everywhere, and serve him faithfully,
which he promised to do.

The wind being favourable they were soon out of hearing of the general
howl of regret from the whole army, which had been given by order of the
King, as a great compliment, and it was not long before the land was
entirely lost to view. They met with no further adventures worth
speaking of, and presently found themselves within two leagues of the
harbour for which they were making. The Prince, however, thought it
would suit him better to land where he was, so as to avoid the town,
since he had no money left and was very doubtful as to what he should do
next. So the