विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

107 therefore better able to enter into such momentous subjects. They have, I doubt not, already formed a plan for your disposal,—perhaps intending to wed you to some other prince; and though my heart may break in such case, I must submit to my fate. It would ill become me, a depen- dant on your father’s bounty, to raise my voice against it.’ ‘You may rely on what I now say,’ rejoined the princess; ‘I swear to you that with none other but yourself will I ever marry. I have bestowed my maiden affections on you: all others can be nothing more to me than what they are now.’ The prince, observing the determined tone in which the princess spoke, could not doubt her sincerity, and therefore said, ‘My dear Malattee, I resign myself entirely to you, and swear in my turn never to forsake you. No other woman shall be allowed even for a moment to contend for the place you must ever after this hold in my heart.’ Thus their first declaration of love ended in their swearing mutual constancy, nor did it once pass beyond their own bosoms. Their affection for each other daily increased, be- ing strengthened indissolubly by their constant intercourse. “The princess was now fast approaching the age at which it was thought desirable, by the nobility and princes of those days, that she should enter the hymeneal state. The king, her father, therefore ordered his minister to make overtures to a prince whom he thought fitted, both in person and acquirements, to receive his daughter in mar- riage. The minister told the king that ere he set about this mission it would be nothing but right that they should consult with a Josey* as to a good and auspicious hour at which to determine the matter, which was accordingly done. Having been directed by the Josey as to the precise time of departure and so forth, the minister commenced his journey, with a select band of retainers, and proceeded to the city of Brumhapoory, towards the north. After a short and prosperous journey he arrived at that city, and presented himself with his credentials before the reigning sovereign.

• An astrologer.