Lord Asso, and got him grace and love. And when this was done, Asso
brought, secretly, the three bodies of the Kings to the Archbishop of
Cologne.

Then the Archbishop sent the bodies forth, by private means, a great
way out of the city of Milan, whereupon he went to the Emperor anew and
prayed him that he would grant him these three bodies, and the Emperor
did so with good will. Then the Archbishop openly, with great solemnity
and procession, brought the three holy Kings unto Cologne, and there put
them in the fair church of St. Peter, worshipfully; and all the people
of the country, with all the reverence they might, received these holy
relics; and there they are kept and beholden of all manner of nations
unto this day.

* * * * *

Thus endeth the translation of these Three Worshipful Kings: Melchior,
Balthazar, and Jaspar.




_A French Yeoman's Legend._

"He laughed fit to make the plates rattle, his little brown eyes
twinkling all the while."

_Erckmann-Chatrian._