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The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans - Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
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was as easy with Regard to her being admitted as one of the Guests. But
_Zeokinizul_ was not so indifferent about her, for he fell violently in
Love with her at her first Appearance. _Lenertoula_ observed him very
attentively, and artfully avoided any Steps which might give him Reason
to conclude, that she was his own. The Monarch was caught in the Snare,
and when she perceived the Force of his Love was equal to her Wish, she
declar'd to him the Conditions on which alone she would yield herself up
to his Embraces. _Zeokinizul_ could refuse her nothing. Rank, Titles,
Riches, all was laid at her Feet; and _Lenertoula_ being now in no
Danger of Disappointments, or at least in a Condition to support them,
was under no Apprehension of her Intrigues becoming publick.

This second Act of Perfidiousness in her Sisters, fill'd _Liamil_ with
Rage. As she had imagined the King's Heart to be her Property by right
of Prescription, she bitterly reproach'd him for his Inconstancy. But
her Reign was over, for _Zeokinizul_ dismissed her coldly, without so
much as even debating the Matter with her, and within a few Hours, he
notified to her by one of his _Eunuchs_, that she should immediately
leave the Court. This was a Step of _Lenertoula_'s Policy. This new
Favourite, fearing lest her Sister, than whom none better knew the
King's Temper, might lay hold of one of his soft Moments, when he could
refuse nothing, to recover her Property. She objected some religious
Scruples which could not be satisfied but by removing _Liamil_. This
unfortunate Creature, who, after so long a Continuance in so high
Favour, had nothing left but the Sorrow for losing it, and the Shame of
having purchased it at the Price of her Honour, retired into a _Mosque_,
where she is said to have spent the Remainder of her Life in penitential
Devotions. I must, for my Part, be of Opinion, that her Grief was much
greater for the Loss of her Lover, than for having ever enjoy'd him.
However, tho' she had lost _Zeokinizul_'s Love, she felt his Generosity;
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