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FORTUNATUS , the legendary hero of a popular European chap-book. He was a native, says the story, of Famagusta in Cyprus, and meeting the goddess of Fortune in a forest received from her a purse which was continually replenished as often as he drew from it. With this he wandered through many lands, and at Cairo was the guest of the sultan. Among the treasures which the sultan showed him was an old napless hat which had the power of transporting its wearer to any place he desired. Of this hat he feloniously possessed himself, and returned to Cyprus, where he led a luxurious life. On his death he left thepurse and the hat to his sons Ampedo and Andelosia; but they were jealous of each other, and by their recklessness and folly soon fell on evil days. The moral of the story is obvious: men should desire reason and wisdom before all the treasures of the world. In its full form the history of Fortunatus occupies in Karl Simrock's Die deutschen Volksbucher, vol. iii., upwards of 158 pages. The scene is continually shiftedfrom Cyprus to Flanders
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Chamisso in his Peter Schlemihl; and Ludwig Uhland left an unfinished narrative poem entitled "Fortunatus and his Sons."See Dr Fr. W. V. Schmidt's Fortunatus and seine Sohne, eine Zauber-Tragodie, von Thomas Decker, mit einem Anhang, &c. (Berlin, 1819) ; Joseph Johann Gorres, Die deutschen Volksbucher (1807). End of Article: FORTUNATUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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