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Title: The Marquis of Carabas’ picture book : containing Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, Valentine and Orson, the absurd ABC Author: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 Publisher, year: London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [1874]
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/ vCC r-^J 'i" f ' vs*~" ^•^ oou > THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS'
PICTURE BOOK
CONTAINING
FUSS IN BOOTS OLD MOTHER HUBBARD VALENTINE AND ORSON THE ABSURD ABC
WITH
THIRTY-TWO PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY WALTER CRANE.
PRINTED IN COLOURS BY EDMUND EVANS.
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A MILLER lay dying,—he made his last will; He left his three sons his cat, ass, and mill: To the eldest the mill, to the second the ass ; The third had the cat, and he cried out, '' Alas ! I must starve now, unless I take Pussy to eat!" iULA #f1^^^%,
"No, Master," said Puss, '* give me boots to my feet— A pair of top-boots —and please leave me alive, And you shall just see how we '11 flourish and thrive."
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One morn, said the Cat to his Master, " I pray You to go and to bathe in the river to day ; The Marquis of Carabas, too, you must be, And leave all the rest of the business to me." Now, while the King down by the river passed by, He heard dismal cries of—''Help! help! or lie'11 die! The Marquis of Carabas drowns !^0 my master!" The King sent his guards to avert the disaster. The Miller's son finds himself pulled out, and drest In all that his Majesty had of the best;
^ ..itv-."rfff ,' 'illl Vi,1 n sWKlfc #i ' •« . '"1' »/ If .<: Kto, Hi' /f y'H. •r'h''^' Wf/T'^;^W, U| • "i' ^1' t, M '» M /> \V\i *«/i N^l )il i)A oV •Vl y|f//B^ gf i«^ f A .Uv'» ^ J* Ml ^)/6 •V \l u/ W/ \v > ^1, % v^x vM» And being well dried and well rid of the water, // Was then introduced by the King to his daughter, M And invited to drive in the King's coach-and-four; And Puss, who had managed all, hurried before, And seeing men reaping some very fine corn. Said to them, '' You will wish that you'd never 1 • been born, If you don't tell the King, who is now near at hand, That the Marquis of Carabas owns all this land." And all whom he met he commanded the same, To magnify further the Marquis's name. :"-V*i$-'.*"^-.,-^ • e wmmmimi M At last he arrived at a castle so grand, [Which belonged to an Ogre, as well as the land; Puss conversed with the Ogre, who said that he could Assume any shape that he chose—bad or good, Great or small—^as he 'd show ; and the Ogre, so fussy, Turned into a mouse, and was swallowed by Pussy. At this moment his Majesty's carriage was heard; Puss hurried down stairs, and he shortly appeared At the door, flung wide open before they could ring: "The Marquis of Carabas welcomes the King!" ^V'^T o SZSSJ i^I£2 The Miller's son thus became lord of the place, W9<^ And he feasted the King with much grandeur and grace. After dinner, his Majesty, smiling and bland, Said, '' Marquis of Carabas, give us your hand ; And if there is aught that seems goodly of ours— Yes, even our daughter — dear Marquis, 'tis yours." !^^E3( So the Miller's son married the Princess next day, And Puss was a groomsman, in top-boots so gay; For the Marquis of Carabas owed him his life— -6/S^- Wf^^^^4^^^^ ^ ^y^y^^j His lands and his corn-fields—his castle and wife. f*^>0^^^^^^'^'^^^''^^-"-'^ "'SSu'^''" K HVBBAW) RTo'-' •'ouu».» uuuuO 11 r.^.M !I^S 3-.\ > X :^ I. ^V, \- • », #v .N^ iv'v > X u: ^1* V I t I N \ \ I V % \ i jiii^ ii QLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone. z ap*liVA But when she came there The cupboard was bare, 7 And so the poor Dog had none. i She went to the baker's To buy him some bread But when she came back, The poor Dog was dead She went to the joiner's To buy him a coffin. But when she came back, The poor Dog was laughing 1 She took a clean dish iiiiniiiiiiii To get him some tripe, But when she came back, He was smoking a pipe. Tit »: She went to the ale-house To get him some beer, But when she came back, The Dog sat in a chair. ^. V^ ^ IS v'^ ^^ ..XV X'^ ^ •, • » ij ^» ^'^ ^. '^ s> W^J» M? ^>^ 'H*l «< iV^^-^in& !-K^m-7^'^MV M V V m —•Vi/ii'i Ezr ^ \r.^ I W'*' ^sa» ^~\>l T^IJC j^^v^ limi^ '•. **•" f/> i?^ ) n JU --,.A'*t' IIT ^^is^' Q i^-M^ V "DWIIIIIttilHIII' L\.1 "-; K ^' "'^•'- '^1 'AA; 'jr^^ •J x\: * VT^- •A •*:v ^*^^. -^ %. ^ ' >, %»,- h fe^ tr _r: .= t:^^/./ :^^^^^^^ v\ ?^ V^i ^. '>r/ .^x; .\1 ^ >><* ^^J^^ N A VvV l\^^ E2: She went to the tavern For white wine and red, But when she came back, The Dog stood on his head. She went to the hatter s, To buy him a hat, But when she came back, He was feeding the cat. €K (f ^SL V WA '<< I C^Vk> '!'>!IHii:iilllllllll IIIIUlTllllH Tfr a333IJC3I 1^>5*^, i Z''^^. :3e^ V a! y^ ] '*,'« /fA C ' r v/i",^ c ^ ^; A'. i!i l^-^/i'JJf *V, .. I* -: ll.U ^^-. \ V' .»^'' ^ \1A. ^i^^ ' (<> J( ^Z^ ^v .s, I ::^-: x3 ^ K^ I "-K S '.cm^^:^^' U'^RA^^;;^^^ \= *»- t i^^^^-^"N l vV '<«' .>' V4 BJ//-- ^'^jy V^;l>' y^^ ^w W4 4«v^ Ap> .J 4' tUi^.2 . '.:< .>/«-' /i^: ^^ f ./< s She went to the barber's To buy him a wig. But when she came back, SI He was dancing a jig. /v. She went to the fruiterers rj>-' .^: To buy him some fruit, ^"^^ >*x.- '. But when she came back, He was playing the flute ^H^ X ^ ^^^' l^f^M r^ ^X«^^t>. M * •^ •3vri '*. 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If And erected a monument When he was dead. <^ 8 ^\ /^NCE oil a time an Emperor, a man of might ^-^ and fame, Married a wife, and fair was she, and Bellisant her name ; And fair and happy were their lives, until an evil man (He was the High Priest of the Court) an evil tale began. Of how the lady was not true unto her husband dear: 1 The Emperor believed the tale, and rose up in great fear, And drove poor Bellisant away ; in haste and dire rOi mischance She took her way to Pepin's Court (her brother, King of France) Y^ln .Si- .x; > X . V ^ (Pk ^. A^ And as she fled, weighed down by griet an( sense of cruel scorn, Lo, in the forest two fair sons to Bellisant were born ; But while her servant went to buy some food, a great she-bear Came up, and carried off one child unto her distant lair. Poor Bellisant ran after her, with many a sigh and moan ; In vain,—and when she turned again, the other child was eone ! -e';. !> 'W^ i 5 c: if % 'a B\ Now, in that land there dwelt a man, the Green Kniofht he was called, Who by his strength and magic arts a lady fair enthralled, And kept in prison dark and strong, and none could set her free ; Not even \'alentine prevailed, with all his bravery. '-t^' But Orson threw the Green Kniu[-ht down, and bound him with a chain, And set the lady free; both brothers then start off to rain The Green Knight's castle-gates,—two roaring lions kept guard there, But down they crouched when they beheld the brothers void of fear. : -vx y^ '^ m V. \H m, w B£L. u^ ^ BCL. 0 \ B. vA>^ V'^ V ^ ^\^ kPi^ And there within the castle hall they saw a head of brass, That uttered marvels,~of their birth, and how it came to pass; How in a convent lonely was their mother Bellisant; How the King and Queen of France were their uncle and their aunt; ili ik How the High Priest had confessed his lies, with 'IV many tears and groans ; How the Emperor, their father, was in search of wife and sons. So the lost were found, the wrong made right, by all good rule and line ; They married well, and lived long years—ORSON and VALENTINE. 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