` 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 Sultan 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 . He next obtained an audience of the Sultan , and begged permission to travel through the country , which the Sultan readily gave him , adding some letters to the rulers of other lands which Fortunatus might wish to visit . Filled with delight at feeling himself free to roam through the world once more , Fortunatus set out on his journey without losing a day . From court to court he went , astonishing everyone by the magnificence of his dress and the splendour of his presents . At length he grew as tired of wandering as he had been of staying at home , and returned to Alexandria , where he found the same ship that had brought him from Cyprus lying in the harbour .
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