he said to the four brothers, "one of you shall have her to wife, but which of you it is to be you must settle among yourselves." then a warm contest arose among them, for each of them preferred his own claim. the astronomer said, "if i had not seen the princess, all your arts would have been useless, so she is mine." the thief said, "what would have been the use of your seeing, if i had not got her away from the dragon?