Note 2 — XXI How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick
Edward Storer translation
One day the table was set and the Emperor was washing his hands,2 when there came to him three necromancers garbed in long pilgrims’ robes.3 They greeted him forthwith, and he asked: which of you is the master? One of them came forward and said: Sire, I am he. And the Emperor besought him that he would have the courtesy to show his art. So they cast their spells and practised their arts.