Kebra Nagast

Take my son 'Adrami, and give him thy daughter, and make him king in the city of Rome. Thou didst wish for a king of the seed of David my father, and I have done thy will. And I have sent unto thee his nobles, fourteen on his right hand and fourteen on his left, who shall keep the Law with him and be subject unto thee according to thy will." And they arrived there with the ambassadors of the King of Rome, together with much splendour and all the equipment that was requisite for the country of Rome. And they came to the city of Rome, to Baltasar the King, and they repeated all that Solomon had sent them to say, and delivered over to him his son. And Baltasar rejoiced exceedingly, and gave him his eldest daughter, whose name was 'Adlonya ; and he made a great marriage feast according to the greatness of his kingdom, and established him over all his city of Rome. And he blessed him, for he was noble in stature, and his wisdom was marvellous, and he was exceedingly mighty in his strength. And one day Baltasar wished to test his knowledge in the trying of cases, a man, the possessor of a vineyard, " My having come to him and appealed to him, saying, lord, 'Arsani, the son of Yodad, hath transgressed thy word, and hath laid waste my vineyard with his sheep. And behold, I have seized his sheep and they are in my house ; what decision wilt thou come to in respect of me ? " And the owner of the sheep came to the King " and made an appeal to him, saying, Give me back my sheep, for he hath carried them off because they went into his vineyard." And the King said unto them, " Go ye and argue your case before your King 'Adrami, and whatsoever he shall say unto you that do." And And case before him. they went and argued their " How much of the vine'Ad'rami asked him, saying, yard have the sheep eaten ? The leaves, or the tendrils, " or the young grapes, or the shoots by the roots ? 124