Anonymous

“ And because, for thy love, thou sav'd my child's life
Bring her alive to me, and I'll make her thy wife
⁠And if thou should not live to bring her to me
The man who brings her home her husband shall be
And one hundred thousand a year he shall have. ”

“ And then under ground the dead carcase was laid.
⁠When having gone further, he there did espy
A beautiful creature just going to die;
A young waiting maiden, who strangled must be
For nothing, but striking a Turkish lady.
⁠To think of her dying with grief she was fill'd,
And rivers of tears like waters distill'd,
Like streams of a fountain from her eyes run down
Her red rosy cheeks, & from thence to the ground
⁠He hearing what her crime was for to end the strife
Said, what must I give for this fair creature's life? ”

“ So away it vanished quite out of the hall,
⁠Being gone, the old prince and princess likewise
The babes tender parents with tears in their eyes,
With joy then embraces the darling their son,
Saying, child had thou left us we had all been done.
⁠Now I'll leave the conrt full of joy and great mirth
To love one another while God gives them breath
And now by this factor we may see indeed,
No mortal can prevent what fate has decreed.
FINIS.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”