Then this nobleman said to the one who causes life to be restored,[3] “Go and restore the life of the Princess, and come thou back to my city.” Having said, “It is good,” this one went, and, causing her life to be restored, the person who made rapid journeys, and the one who caused life to be restored, and the Princess, all three persons, came to the nobleman’s city.
Thereupon the Prince who caused her life to be restored, says, “I shall take the Princess whose life I caused to be restored.”
Then the person who went on rapid journeys says, “Unless I had gone quickly, and had not allowed them to bury her, and if they had buried her, how would you take her? Because it is so, I shall take her.”
Then the soothsayer says, “If I had not looked at the sooth, and told [you about her death], how would you two take her? Because it is so, I shall take her.”
Then the nobleman says, “Unless I caused the sooth to be looked at,[4] how would you three otherwise take her? Because it is so, I shall take her.” Owing to that, these four persons were quarrelling.
Now then, out of these four persons, to whom does she belong? According to our thinking, indeed, she belongs to the nobleman.
North-western Province.
The Seven Princes. (Variant b.)
At a certain city there are a King and a Queen. There are seven Princes of the King. The King every day [goes] to fish (lit., to lower bait).