„PIEŚŃ I
INTACTIS OPULENTIOR
Byś wszystko złoto posiadł, które powiadają
Gdzieś daleko gryfowie i mrówki kopają
Byś pałace rozwodził nie tylko na ziemi,
Lecz i morza kamieńmi zabudował swemi
Jeśli dyjamentowe goździe Mus ma w ręku,
Którymi na twardszego umie pożyć sęku
Ani ty wyswobodzisz serca z ciężkiej trwogi,
Ani z okrutnej śmierci sideł wyrwiesz nogi. ...”
When her mother dies, Cinderella’s father remarries and now she lives with her new family; her father, new mother and two new wicked sisters. They are mean and unkind to Cinderella and she is treated no better than a house servant, cooking and cleaning for everyone else. One day the two sisters are invited to a great ball to be given by the king and queen. Cinderella is unfortunately excluded....
A wise and beautiful queen has a daughter, but sadly dies soon afterwards. The king remarries but the stepmother is a cruel and vain woman. Snow White, so called because of her beauty, is soon lovelier than her stepmother. But the stepmother cannot accept a rival and orders that Snow White be taken from the palace and killed. Managing to escape with her life, Snow White finds a cottage in the forest...