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and sire a line of heroes that lead to the noble house of Este in Italy, but will be betrayed and killed soon after his marriage. His second possible fate is to remain a
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that would remove all enchantments from the wearer's eyes. Once
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217:, king of Africa). When Ruggiero's father is betrayed and murdered, his mother escapes to the sea by boat, lands on the shores of Libya and dies after giving birth to twins. Ruggiero is raised since infancy by the wizard
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the other possible prophecy regarding
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translated by Charles Stanley Ross, Parlor Press, 2004.
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912:Durendal
861:Rabicano
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