ABSTRACT
I’ve heard tell that there was once a king and a queen who had a daughterthey wanted to marry off. The king issued a proclamation calling for allthe monarchs to gather in his palace. And they all came. The king went
arm in arm with his daughter to see if one of the men might please her as husband. She inspected all of them with her father, and not one of them pleased her. Consequently they all left. Then the king issued another proclamation calling for all the princes to come together. They came, and the king had his daughter review them. Now we must say in advance that there was great entertainment on these two occasions, yet none of the princes pleased the king’s daughter. More proclamations, and more barons, cavaliers, and professors came. After she saw them, none of them pleased her. Finally, she chose a professor from a foreign country.
