Note 345 — JULNAR THE SEA-BORN AND HER SON KING BADR BASIM OF PERSIA.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Mr. Keightley (H. 122–24 Tales and Popular Fictions, a book now somewhat obselete) remarks, “There is nothing said about the bridle in the account of the sale (infra), but I am sure that in the original tale, Badr’s misfortunes must have been owing to his having parted with it. In Chaucer’s Squier’s Tale the bridle would also appear to have been of some importance.” He quotes a story from the Notti Piacevoli of Straparola, the Milanese, published at Venice in 1550. And there is a popular story of the kind in Germany.