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“ Presently, there met him a man, a treasure-seeker, and said to him, ‘Whither goest thou, O youth?’ So he told him what had betided him and the other said, ‘Be of good heart, for that [the season of] thy fair fortune is come and God bringeth thee joy and solace. I am one who am in quest of a hidden treasure, wherein is vast wealth. So come with me, that thou mayst help me, and I will give thee wealth, wherewith thou shalt provide thyself thy life long.’ Then he carried the youth to his dwelling and dressed his wound, and he abode with him some days, till he was rested ”

“ Then the king assembled his nobles and commons and the astrologers and said to them, ‘Know that what God hath graven upon the forehead, be it fair fortune or calamity, none may avail to efface, and all that is decreed unto a man he must needs abide. ”

“ Then the astrologers made their calculations and looked into his nativity and his ascendant, whereupon their colour changed and they were confounded. Quoth the king to them, ‘Acquaint me with his horoscope and ye shall have assurance and fear ye not of aught.’ ‘O king,’ answered they, ‘this child’s nativity denotes that, in the seventh year of his age, there is to be feared for him from a lion, which will attack him; and if he be saved from the lion, there will betide an affair yet sorer and more grievous.’ ‘What is that?’ asked the king ”