but as regards her sire the King of France，when he arose in the morning，he missed his daughter and questioned her women and her eunuchs of her.Answered they，'O our lord，she went out last night，to go to Church and after that we have no tidings of her.'
But，as the King talked with them，behold，there arose so great a clamour of cries below the palace，that the place rang thereto；and he said，'What may be the news？'The folk replied，'O King；we have found ten men slain on the sea-shore，and the royal yacht is missing.Moreover we saw the postern of the Church，which giveth upon the tunnel leading to the sea，wide open；and the Moslem prisoner，who served in the Church，is missing.'Quoth the King，'An my ship be lost，without doubt or dispute.'--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the Eight Hundred and Eighty-fifth Night； She pursued，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when the King of France missed his daughter they brought him tidings of her，saying，'Thy yacht is lost'；and he replied，'An the craft be lost，without dispute or doubt my daughter is in it.'So he summoned without stay or delay the Captain of the Port and cried out at him，saying，'By the virtue[540] of the Messiah and the Faith which is no liar，except thou and thy fighting men overtake my ship forthright and bring it back to me，with those who are therein，I will do thee die the foulest of deaths and make a terrible example of thee！'Thereupon the captain went out from before him，trembling，and betook himself to the ancient dame of the Church，to whom said he，'Heardest thou aught from the captive，that was with thee，anent his native land and what countryman he was？'And she answered，'He used to say，I come from the town of Alexandria.'When the captain heard the old woman's words he returned forthright to the port and cried out to the sailors，'Make ready and set sail.'So they did his bidding and straightway putting out to sea，fared night and day till they sighted the city of Alexandria at the very time when Nur al-Din landed，leaving the Princess in the ship.They soon espied the royal yacht and knew her；so they moored their own vessel at a distance therefrom and putting off in a little frigate they had with them，which drew but two cubits of water and in which were an hundred fighting-men，amongst them the one-eyed Wazir （for that he was a stubborn tyrant and a froward devil and a wily thief，none could avail against his craft，as he were Abu Mohammed al-Battal[541]），they ceased not rowing till they reached the bark and boarding her，all at once，found none therein save the Princess Miriam.So they took her and the ship；and returning to their own vessel，after they had landed and waited a long while，[542] set sail forthright for the land of the Franks，having accomplished their errand，without a fight or even drawing sword.The wind blew fair for them and they sailed on，without ceasing and with all diligence，till they reached the city of France and landing with the Princess Miriam carried her to her father，who received her，seated on the throne of his Kingship.As soon as he saw her，he said to her，'Woe to thee，O