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Wamba was born into a peasant family in a Baetican village in 625, where he lived the first half of his life as a husbandman. Over the years he, through prudence and common sense, grew to be moderately wealthy in his village and highly respected for his wisdom. Saint Leo, declaring he had been given divine guidance, instructed the electors to seek out a husbandman named Wamba. So scouts were dispersed throughout the land until, at length, Wamba was found tilling one of his fields.

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rdfs:comment	Wamba was born into a peasant family in a Baetican village in 625, where he lived the first half of his life as a husbandman. Over the years he, through prudence and common sense, grew to be moderately wealthy in his village and highly respected for his wisdom. Saint Leo, declaring he had been given divine guidance, instructed the electors to seek out a husbandman named Wamba. So scouts were dispersed throughout the land until, at length, Wamba was found tilling one of his fields.
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abstract	Wamba was born into a peasant family in a Baetican village in 625, where he lived the first half of his life as a husbandman. Over the years he, through prudence and common sense, grew to be moderately wealthy in his village and highly respected for his wisdom. In those days, when a king died and left no son, the Goths elected a new one, seeking their best and worthiest, and holding the election in the place where the old king had died. It was in the little village of Gerticos, some eight miles from the city of Valladolid, that King Recceswinith had sought health and found death. Hither came the electors,—the great nobles, the bishops, and the generals,—and here they debated who should be king. Saint Leo, declaring he had been given divine guidance, instructed the electors to seek out a husbandman named Wamba. So scouts were dispersed throughout the land until, at length, Wamba was found tilling one of his fields. "Leave your plough in the furrow", they said to him; "nobler work awaits you. You have been elected king of Hispania." "There is no nobler work", answered Wamba. "Seek elsewhere your monarch. I prefer to rule over my fields." The astonished heralds knew not what to make of this. To them the man who would not be king must be a saint—or an idiot. They reasoned, begged, implored, until Wamba, anxious to get rid of them, said: "I will accept the crown when the dry rod in my hand grows green again,—and not till then." Then a miracle happened. After he thrust it into the ground, all were astonished to see it suddenly become a green plant with leaves growing out of the top. Heaven had decided the matter. So Wamba went with the heralds to the electoral congress. Once there, however, he again tried to refuse the throne. At this, one of the Visigothic chieftains drew his sword and threatened to behead Wamba if he didn't accept the crown. Wamba relented and consented.

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