 Hereward also loves an Irish princess, flees to Ireland, and returns in time for the bridal feast, where he is presented with a cup by the princess.The orphaned prince who recovers his father's kingdom and avenges his murder, and the maid or wife who waits years for an absent lover or husband, and is rescued on the eve of a forced marriage, are common characters in romance.The second of these motives, with almost identical incidents, occurs in the legend of Henry the Lion, duke of Brunswick; it is the subject of ballads in Swedish, Danish, German, Bohemian, &c., and of a "Historia" by Hans Sachs, though some magic elements are added; it also occurs in the ballad of "Der edle" "Moringer" (14th century), well known in Sir Walter Scott's translation; in the story of Torello in the "Decameron" of Boccaccio (10th day, 9th tale); and with some variation in the Russian tale of "Dobrynya and Nastasya".