ed in by the shepherd and his wife; but the house not affording proper refreshment, the king gave him some gold, desiring them to get better. This made the old couple suspect they were grander than their habit shewed, however, both she and her husband were trusty, and the King and Princess were privately married in a cell by an old Monk; and in a homely bed enjoyed their wish’d for desires.
The next morning as they were taking a repast, one of the Knights sent in search of them by the Emperor, rushed in, saying, she must go back with him to court, at which she swooned, which so enraged the King, that he drew his sword, and would have slain him; had he not proved to be one Pisor, a servant of his sisters; and the king making himself known, he fell on his knees and asked pardon. The King sent him to Assyria, commanding him to send, him clothes, equipages, and guards, that his queen might make a grand entry into the city. He departed, and in five days returned with the sad news of the town being destroyed by fire, and the country wasted by civil war:
