The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . it, it will ruin thee ; and then wilt thou need the assistanceof the least of mankind. It hath been said by the poet,— When my wealth faileth, no friend assisteth me ; but when it aboundeth, all men are my many enemies for the sake of wealth have consorted with me! And my companion, in the time of want, hath abandoned me.! In this manner he continued to admonish his son Hasan Bedr-ed-Deen until his spirit departed. The house became a scene of mourn-ing, and the Sultan and all t
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . it, it will ruin thee ; and then wilt thou need the assistanceof the least of mankind. It hath been said by the poet,— When my wealth faileth, no friend assisteth me ; but when it aboundeth, all men are my many enemies for the sake of wealth have consorted with me! And my companion, in the time of want, hath abandoned me.! In this manner he continued to admonish his son Hasan Bedr-ed-Deen until his spirit departed. The house became a scene of mourn-ing, and the Sultan and all the Emeers grieved for him; and theyburied him. They continued their mourning during a period of twomonths, and the son of Noor-ed-Dccn rode not out nor went to thecourt nor presented himself before the Sultan ; and the King instatedone of the Chamberlains in his place, and appointed a new Wczeer inthe place of his father, and ordered this Wezeer to put seals upon allthe houses of Xoor-ed-Deen, and upon his wealth and all his buildingsand other So the new Wezeer went with the Chamber-. lains to the house of the Wezeer Noor-ed-Deen, to seal its door and toarrest his son Hasan Bedr-ed-Deen, and bring him before the Sultan,that he might do to him what his judgment required. But there wasamong the troops one of the memlooks of the deceased Wezeer Noor-ed-Deen ; and he could not endure that the son of his master shouldbe thus treated : he therefore repaired to Hasan Bedr-ed-Deen, whomhe found with downcast head and mourning heart, on account of thedeath of his father, and acquainted him with what had passed. Hasanasked him, Will the execution of the order be delayed long enough forme to enter my house/4 and take somewhat of my worldly possessionsby which to obtain support during my exile ? But the memlookanswered, Save thyself:—and when Hasan heard these words, hecovered his head with the skirt of his robe, and, going forth on foot,fled out of the city : and he hea
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