xchange her light-coloured one. At length she came to a
harbour, where she hired a ship from the country in which Peter's
father lived. There she dwelt with a noble lady named Susanna; she
chose a spot among the mountains for a harbour, and built a convent,
to which she gave the name of Saint Peter and Paul, and established an
hospital for the reception of strangers. Thus Magilene became
celebrated by her piety and goodness. Then came Peter's father and
mother to visit her, and brought her three rings, saying their cook
had bought a fish, inside which these rings were found; but, as they
had given them to their son Peter, they feared that he had been
drowned at sea, and they wept bitterly.

After Prince Peter had lived for a long time at the Court of the
Turkish Sultan, he expressed a wish to travel to his native country.
So the Sultan dismissed him with great presents, giving him much gold
and silver and costly jewels. Then Peter hired a French ship, bought
fourteen casks, put at the bottom of them some salt, then laid over
this gold and silver, and on this more salt, and told the sailors that
the casks contained only salt. He sailed with a favourable wind to his
native country, and anchored at an island, not far from the country of
France, for Prince Peter suffered from sea sickness. Then he wandered
about on the shore, and lost his way in the island; he lay down and
fell fast asleep. The sailors sought for him everywhere for a long
time, calling him by name; but not finding him, they went on their
way. At length they came to the convent, and there deposited the casks
of salt; and once when there was a want of salt in the convent,
Magilene ordered the casks to be opened and found in them innumerable
treasures.

Prince Peter was found by some other sailors upon the island, and
carried to this convent, where he was placed in Magilene's hospital
and there he remained for more than a month, but did not recognize
Magilene, for her face was concealed by a black veil. And Peter wept
every day.

One day Magilene came to the hospital, saw Peter weeping, and asked
him the cause of his tears; and he related to her exactly all his
adventures. Then Magilene knew him again, and sent to inform his
father Volchvan and his mother, Petronida, that their son was safe
and well. Soon came the father and mother to the convent, and the
King's daughter received them attired in princely robes. When Prince
Peter saw his parents he fell at