"Why say you that?" said Solomon.
"I knocked the hat off your body-servant yesterday," said the half-fool.
"You have your pardon got," said Solomon.
"But, O thou best of the kings," said the half-fool, "the head was with the hat." And as Solomon was after giving him his pardon, he could not go back of his word.
"Have you any other tidings with you?" said Solomon.
"I have," said he.
"Tell them," said Solomon.
"God's brightness is on the earth," said he.
"The sun is risen," said Solomon.
"It is," said the half-fool.