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the King heard of it all, he sent for

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him to be knighted, and when he was
Sir Thomas Hickathrift nothing would
serve him but that he must be married
to a great lady of the county.

So married he was, and a fine wedding
they had of it. There was a great feast
given, to which all the poor widows

for miles round were invited, because