He agreed to accompany Fortunatus back to Cyprus , but only on condition he should first be allowed to return for a few weeks to his own home before venturing to set sail for an island so strange and distant . Fortunatus agreed to his proposal , and as he was always fond of anything new , said that he would go with him . The journey was long , and they had to cross many large rivers , and climb over high mountains , and find their way through thick woods , before they reached at length the old man 's castle . His wife and children had almost given up hopes of seeing him again , and crowded eagerly round him . Indeed , it did not take Fortunatus five minutes to fall in love with the youngest daughter , the most beautiful creature in the whole world , whose name was Cassandra . ` Give her to me for my wife , ' he said to the old man , ` and let us all go together to Famagosta . ' So a ship was bought big enough to hold Fortunatus , the old man and his wife , and their ten children -- five of them sons and five daughters . And the day before they sailed the wedding was celebrated with magnificent rejoicings , and everybody thought that Fortunatus must certainly be a prince in disguise . But when they reached Cyprus , he learned to his sorrow that both his father and mother were dead , and for some time he shut himself up in his house and would see nobody , full of shame at having forgotten them all these years . Then he begged that the old man and his wife would remain with him , and take the place of his parents . For twelve years Fortunatus and Cassandra and their two little boys lived happily in Famagosta . They had a beautiful house and everything they could possibly want , and when Cassandra 's sisters married the purse provided them each with a fortune . But at last Fortunatus grew tired of staying at home , and thought he should like to go out and see the world again . Cassandra shed many tears at first when he told her of his wishes , and he had a great deal of trouble to persuade her to give her consent . But on his promising to return at the end of two years she agreed to let him go . Before he went away he showed her three chests of gold , which stood in a room with an iron door , and walls twelve feet thick . ` If anything should happen to me , ' he said , ` and I should never come back , keep one of the chests for yourself , and give the others to our two sons . ' Then he embraced them all and took ship for Alexandria . The wind was fair and in a few days they entered the harbour , where Fortunatus was informed by a man whom he met on landing , that if he wished to be well received in the town , he must begin by making a handsome present to the Sultan . ` That is easily done , ' said Fortunatus , and went into a goldsmith 's shop , where he bought a large gold cup , which cost five thousand pounds .
This gift so pleased the XXXXX that he ordered a hundred casks of spices to be given to Fortunatus ; Fortunatus put them on board his ship , and commanded the captain to return to Cyprus and deliver them to his wife , Cassandra .
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