Alexander and Floridas rode all day until they met a cowherd at the foot of a steep mountain. He told them it was the Mount of the Marvel, where none but knights ever ventured. Intrigued, they climbed to the top and found it planted thick with oaks, and the grass came up to their horses' knees. They rode along the mountain top and came across a great expanse of holly trees so dense that they couldn't see a foot inside. The king said to Floridas:

‘Here's a sturdy hedge indeed!’

They rode along the outside till they found a narrow gap where horses had passed quite recently, but they had to dismount and pull their horses by the reins and walk some distance through the dense holly-wood, and they reached the other side covered in scratches. But they emerged to find themselves in a beautiful spot, in the middle of which stood a round temple.