The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . he disguised himself, and returned to his brother in thepalace, and sat in one of the windows overlooking the garden; andwhen he had been there a short time, the women and their mistressentered the garden with the black slaves, and did as his brother haddescribed, continuing so until the hour of the afternoon-prayer. When King Shahriyar beheld this occurrence, reason fled from hishead, and he said to his brother Shah-Zemiin, Arise, and let us travelwhither we please, and renounce the regal
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . he disguised himself, and returned to his brother in thepalace, and sat in one of the windows overlooking the garden; andwhen he had been there a short time, the women and their mistressentered the garden with the black slaves, and did as his brother haddescribed, continuing so until the hour of the afternoon-prayer. When King Shahriyar beheld this occurrence, reason fled from hishead, and he said to his brother Shah-Zemiin, Arise, and let us travelwhither we please, and renounce the regal state, until we see whethersuch a calamity as this have befallen any other person like unto us;and if not, our death will be preferable to our life. His brotheragreed to his proposal, and they went out from a private door of thepalace, and journeyed continually, days and nights, until they arrivedat a tree in the midst of a meadow, by a spring of water, on theshore of the sea. They drank of this spring, and sat down to rest;and when the day had a little advanced, the sea became troubled ?:$! Klip. t1 8 INTRODUCTION. before them, and there arose from it a black pillar, ascending towardsthe sky, and approaching the meadow. Struck with fear at the sight,tliev climbed up into the tree, which was lofty ; and thence they gazedto see what this might be: and behold, it was a Jinnee,21 of giganticstature, broad-fronted and bulky, bearing on his head a chest. Helanded and came to the tree into which the two Kings had climbed,and bavin0 seated himself beneath it, opened the chest, and took outof it another box, which he also opened ; and there came forth from ita younu- woman, fair and beautiful, like the shining sun. When theJinnee cast his eyes upon her, he said, 0 lady of noble race, whom 1carried oiF on thy wedding-night, I have a desire to sleep a little :—and he placed his head upon her knee, and slept. The damsel then \ -<?? v^ ?ft
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