Lifelong friendship

Saladin is impressed with the Jew’s wise answer and decides to be honest with him. Melchisedech ends up providing the sultan with the money he needs and Saladin in his turn pays him back afterwards. In the end they have established a lifelong friendship and the Jew was even given an honorable position close to Saladin.

The parable of the Three Rings that Boccaccio uses in this novella was not a new concept. The longread will tell you more about this. But, maybe you want to dive directly into the role of the rings? Then please proceed to the next step.