Canacee had a brother named Cambell, a wise young knight, who was sorry to see how often the knights fought with each other about his sister.
One day, when they were all gathered together, Cambell told them that he had made a plan by which they could decide which of them was to marry Canacee.
She asked the Fates to let her sons have long, long lives (page 80)
‘Choose from amongst yourselves,’ said he, ‘the three knights that you all think the bravest and the best fighters, and I shall fight them, one by one. The knight who beats me shall have my sister Canacee for his wife.’
Now all the knights knew that Canacee had given her brother a magic ring, and that, as long as he wore it, no matter how deep a wound he got, the wound would not bleed, and he would not die.
‘It is very well for Cambell,’ they said. ‘We cannot kill him, but he can kill us.’
So they would not fight, even to win Canacee.
But the three brothers, Priamond, Diamond, and Triamond, were not afraid.
‘We will fight with you, Cambell,’ they said, ‘for all of us love Canacee.’