Pr\ ince*ss Isabella o f Valen has sp(ent years st)+
+udyin**!g m=#%edicine = ?and(%/ d+/eveloping  a remedy f%or the(? pla ;(gue. She ret!urns to the capi\ta$\l q+uietly, $[ho-/p!ing to off/er i=#t as a birthda $y gift to her + fath/ ]e?r,%- )=King Ar
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[_$ho is about to@/ \$ remarry. Arthur',;s^# f @iancée, Mar,*@-ga;(\ret, resent;s the princess ;: fo#;r staying away and  delaying the w/eddin/!:g. While ridi]n@ g through the + cap^i;? tal, Margaret let.s her @+carria_ge *tear thr_?ou+@gh,!_ +th+e *$str#;]eets and nearly r`uns down c]om#:mo?ner)*s. Isabella sto!p.!s he,%r, only to be publicly humil,i)*a
ted a,%.nd beaten b%[y Marga.-*ret and her daughter, who a?ccuse
+ her of b=eing a[ : witch.! # The corrupt, fawn\*^ing capt,ain of the city g;uar]:/d helps them. Ma,=rgaret burns th`+:e po;*rtrait of Isab!+ell:@^a\.'s mother and the pre*=cious herbs Isabella[` needs [ for her medi^:^cin/e, then orde $rs her t?%#ied[ to a? stak e $and  + burne%:@d \
=alive.[ J_ust, in time, King Arthur le%ar-ns the tru `%th: -an\?d arrives with his guards^  in$- a fu^\r*y.