The King of the Rings, and the Queen of the Lions

Son of the daughter of Ablas suddenly appears under the form of a colossal lion. The Princess expected something of the sore, and was on her guard. She seized one of the hairs of his mane, repeated two or three words over it. Then it instilled him, it became a sore, and with a sharp blow she cut the lion's body into two pieces. Only the lion's head remained, which was at once changed into a scorpion. Soon however, we had much greater cause for alarm as the genius, having shaken off the princess, flew toward us. Our fate would have been sealed if the princess, seeing our danger, had not attracted the attention of the genius