e. And he rode on for one, two and three months; and
when he came near the city, there upon the plain stood Ivashka,
leaning upon a lance, with a Saracen's cap on his head and a white
mantle around him. Yaroslav rode up to him, struck off his cap with
his whip, and said: "Lie down and sleep, there is no need to stand!"
"Who art thou?" inquired Ivashka; "what is thy name, and whence comest
thou?" Yaroslav answered: "I am come from the kingdom of the Tsar
Kartaus, and my name is Yaroslav: I am preparing to journey to the
kingdom of India to pay my respects to the Tsar Dalmat." But Ivashka
answered: "Never has man or animal passed this way, and thinkest thou
to do so? First let us go into the plain and try the prowess of our
arms!" The two knights made a furious onset; and after a long fight
Yaroslav thrust his lance at Ivashka's heart, and threw him from the
saddle; and Ivashka fell upon the ground like a sheaf of oats, and
Yaroslav slew him on the spot.

Then Yaroslav rode on his way to the kingdom of India, and on arriving
at the city he went straight to the Tsar Dalmat; and, entering the
palace, he made his obeisance and said: "Long years of happiness to
thee, O Tsar, to thy family, and all thy princes and boyars! Take me
into thy service!" Then said Dalmat: "Man, whence comest thou, and
what is thy name, and whose son art thou?" So Yaroslav told him, and
the Tsar said: "Which way hast thou come, by land or by water?"
Yaroslav replied: "By land," and the Tsar said: "I have a knight who
dwells upon the open plains, and has guarded my kingdom for
three-and-thirty years; no man or animal has ever passed him, on
horse, foot, or wing; and how hast thou ridden past?" Yaroslav
answered: "I have vanquished this man, O Tsar; but I knew not that he
belonged to thee."

On hearing this the Tsar was terrified, and thought to himself: "If he
has slain such a knight he can easily conquer my kingdom, and he only
wants to rob me of my throne." This thought made him sorrowful, and he
commanded all honour to be shown to Yaroslav Lasarevich, and gave him
drink from his own goblet. Then Yaroslav observed that the Tsar feared
him: he went out of the castle, saddled his steed, and rode away out
of the kingdom. Tsar Dalmat was rejoiced to be freed from Yaroslav,
and ordered the gates to be closed fast behind him.

Yaroslav now resolved to go to the city of Dobri to witness the
beauty of the Princess Anastasia, and he rode on for one, two,