The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . t concealfrom thee anything. Know that I beheld, with the lady Dunya, ahandsome young man, sleeping in the same chamber. The Kingtherefore ordered that they should be both brought before him ; andwhen they had come into his presence, he said to them, What arethese deeds ? And he was violently enraged, and, seizing a dagger,70was about to strike with it Taj-el-Mulook ; but the lady Dunya threwher head upon him, and said to her father, Slay me before him. TheKing, however, chid her, and orde
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . t concealfrom thee anything. Know that I beheld, with the lady Dunya, ahandsome young man, sleeping in the same chamber. The Kingtherefore ordered that they should be both brought before him ; andwhen they had come into his presence, he said to them, What arethese deeds ? And he was violently enraged, and, seizing a dagger,70was about to strike with it Taj-el-Mulook ; but the lady Dunya threwher head upon him, and said to her father, Slay me before him. TheKing, however, chid her, and ordered them to convey her back to herchamber. Then looking towards Taj-el-Mulook, he said to him, Woto thee! Whence art thou, and who is thy father, and what hathemboldened thee to act thus towards my daughter ?—Know, O King,answered Taj-el-Mulook, that, if thou put me to death, thou wiltperish and thou and all in thy dominions will repent.—And why so ?said the King. He answered, Know that I am the son of the KingSuleyman Shah, and thou wilt not be aware of the consequence when1. 3 z w I i mm ]m^mmk. he will approach thee with his horsemen and his infantry. And whenKing Shah-Zeman heard this, he desired to defer putting him todeath; and to imprison him until he should see whether his assertionwere true; but his Wezeer said to him, 0 King of the age, it is myadvice that thou hasten the execution of this young wretch, since hehath been guilty of presumption towards the daughters of Kings. Sohe said to the executioner, Strike off his head; for he is a the executioner took him, and, having bound him firmly, raisedhis hand,, and made a sign of consultation to the emeers a first and asecond time, desiring by this that some delay might take place ; butthe King called out to him, How long wilt thou consult ? If thou doso again I will strike off thy head. The executioner, therefore, raised his hand until his arm-pitappeared, and was about to strike off his head, when loud c
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