ABSTRACT
The king read the riddle correctly: she was the vine, abandoned by her husband because he found the glove on the canopy. He realized that it was his own curiosity that had caused this harm, and he immediately replied,
“About this vine which you describe, God will stand witness at my side: The tender shoot from off this vine, Was never plucked by hand of mine. And this I will swear by the crown that I wear!”
