178 THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF CHAP.

golden ball in the mountain /da, and how it
was put to Paris, to give it to the fairest of
them.

‘Now for the glass mirror, it was not
inferior to either of the other; for the glass
which stood thereon was of such virtue that
men might see and perceive therein what-
soever was done within a mile thereof, whether
it were the actions of men, or beasts, or any-
thing else the owner would desire to know,
and whosoever but gazed therein, if he had
any malady whatsoever, it was presently cured.
So great were the virtues of this rare glass,
that wonder not if I shed tears to think of
the loss; for the wood in which this glass
stood was light and fast, and is called caézne,
it will last for ever; for no worms, dust, wet,
or time can consume it; and therefore King
Solomon ceiled his temple with the same.
The value exceeds far the value of gold; it is
like to the wood hebenus, of which King
Crampart made a horse, for the love of the
most beautiful daughter of King Morcadiges.

‘This horse was made with such art within,
that whosoever rode on it, if he pleased, he
would run above an hundred miles in less than

an hour, which was approved by Clamades