The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . eopleof this city, and of the four islands : every night, at the middle hour,the fish raise their heads, and imprecate vengeance upon me and uponthee; and this is the cause that preventeth the return of vigour to mybody ; therefore, liberate them, and come, and take my hand, andraise me; for vigour hath already in part returned to me. On hearing these words of the King, whom she imagined to bethe slave, she said to him with joy, O my master, on my head andmy eye ! In the name of Allah !58—
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . eopleof this city, and of the four islands : every night, at the middle hour,the fish raise their heads, and imprecate vengeance upon me and uponthee; and this is the cause that preventeth the return of vigour to mybody ; therefore, liberate them, and come, and take my hand, andraise me; for vigour hath already in part returned to me. On hearing these words of the King, whom she imagined to bethe slave, she said to him with joy, O my master, on my head andmy eye ! In the name of Allah !58—and she sprang up, full of hap-piness, and hastened to the lake, where, taking a little of its water,she pronounced over it some unintelligible words, whereupon the fishbecame agitated, and raised their heads, and immediately became con-verted into men as before. Thus was the enchantment removed fromthe inhabitants of the city, and the city became repeopled, and themarket-streets re-erected, and every one returned to his occupation :the mountains also became changed into islands as they were at the. 102 THE STORY OF THE YOUNG KING first. The enchantress then returned immediately to the King, whomshe still imagined to be the slave, and said to him, O my beloved,stretch forth thy honoured hand, that I may kiss —Approach me,said the King in a low voice. So she drew near to him ; and he,having his keen-edged sword ready in his hand, thrust it into herbosom, and the point protruded from her back : he then struck heragain, and clove her in twain, and went forth. He found the young man who had been enchanted waiting hisreturn, and congratulated him on his safety; and the young princekissed his hand, and thanked him. The King then said to him, Wiltthou remain in thy city, or come with me to my capital ?—0 King ofthe age, said the young man, dost thou know the distance that isbetween thee and thy city ? The King answered, Two days and ahalf.—0 King, replied the young man, if
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