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For the first blank, the advisors' fears point you to alloy, which is to calm or pacify. Stint is to set limits, which does not make sense in this context. Incite or motivate might fit, but there is nothing in the sentence that suggests the king wanted to feed his advisors' fears. Vigilance (wakefulness) and retaliation (repayment through action) might be warranted toward refugees in certain instances, but they are not actions prescribed by policy or law, the context given in the last part of the sentence. Only sanctuary (shelter) is a legal prescription, and stems from medieval times. Finally, transmuted, which means to change or transform into something different, fits the final blank. Transfigured is to only change outwardly, while to defray something is to provide money or payment. Neither fits the policy context of the Last blank.