Charles Morris
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The holy oil of consecration was poured upon his unholy head.
Thus it was that Wamba the husbandman first became king and afterwards monk.
In all his stations, farmer, king, and monk, he acquitted himself well and worthily, and his name has come down to us from the mists of time as one of those rare men of whom we know little, but all that little good.
End of chapter one
Chapter two of Historical Tales Volume seven Spanish by Charles Morris.
This Libervox recording is in the public domain.
Chapter two
The Greek King's Daughter.
History wears a double face, one face fancy, the other fact.
The worst of it is that we cannot always tell which face is turned toward us, and we mistake one for the other far oftener than we know.
In truth, fancy works in among the facts of the most sober history, while in that primitive form of history known as legend or tradition, fancy has much the best of it, though it may often be founded upon fact.
In the present tale we have to do with legend pure and simple, with hardly a thread of fact to give substance to its web.
There was a certain Grecian king of Cadith, whose daughter was of such peerless beauty that her hand was sought in marriage by many of the other kings of Andalusia.
In those days that country was ruled by several kings, each having estates not extending over more than one or two cities.
What to do with the crowd of suitors the father was puzzled to decide.
Had a single one asked for his daughter's hand he might have settled it with a word, but among so many, equally brave, handsome, and distinguished, answer was not so easy, and the worthy king of Cadith was sorely troubled and perplexed.
Luckily for him, the fair damsel was as wise as she was beautiful, and took the matter into her own hands, making an announcement that quickly cut down the number of her admirers.
She said that she would have no husband but one who could prove himself a wise king.
In our days, when every king and nearly every man thinks himself wise, such a decision would not have deterred suitors, and she would have been compelled in the end to choose among the few unwise.
But wisdom in those times of fable and necromancy had a wider meaning than we give it.
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