ship, and set sail.

When the ship reached the middle of the sea, the maiden suddenly
arose, sitting in the branches of the magic tree. And as the king
gazed eagerly at her, she sang as before to her lute:

Whatever seed of fate is sown
The fruit appears--'tis strange!
Whatever deed a man has done,
Not God himself can change.

Whatever, how, for whom, and where
Tis fated so to be,
That thing, just so, for him, and there
Must happen fatally.

This song she sang, hinting at what was to happen. And the king
gazed at her smitten by love, and could not move. Then he cried:
"O Sea, in hiding her, you deceive those who think they have your
treasures. Honour and glory to you! I seek your protection. Grant
me my desire!" And as the king prayed, the maiden sank with the
tree. Then the king jumped after her into the sea.

The good merchant Fortune thought he was lost and was ready to
die of grief. But he was comforted by a voice from heaven which
said: "Do nothing rash. There is no danger when he sinks in the
sea. For he is the king Glory-banner, disguised as a hermit. He
came here for the sake of the maiden; she was his wife in a former
life. And he will win her and return to his kingdom in the Anga
country." So the merchant sailed on to complete his business.