Tsar'-devitsa translation question

[Robert Chandler]

OR IS IT

And the tsar ordered him to be given the best horse, so that he might ride
wherever he wished.

??

R.



> Dear all,
> 
> This is from a lesser-known variant of the story.  Ivan is, of course, the
> third son:
> 
>             This made Ivan Tsarevich angry.  He said, ‘Father, great lord
> and hope!  If you grant me your blessing and forgiveness, I shall ride away.
> And if you do not grant me your blessing and forgiveness, I shall still ride
> away.’
>             And the tsar ordered him to be given the best horse, as if he
> were about to go hunting.
> 
> The last words are no more than a blind guess on my part.  Here is the
> Russian:
> И царь приказал наилучшего коня дать, когда пущай по охоте поедет.
> 
> Am I right in understanding по охоте as being to do with hunting rather than
> wishing?  And who is the subject of поедет?  Ivan – or his father the tsar?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Robert
> 
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