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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Anonymous
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in two ranks, on his right hand and on his left. At his head is a
man hending in hand a golden javelin and behind him another with
a great mace of gold whose head is an emerald[FN#87] a span long
and as thick as a man's thumb. And when he mounteth horse there
mount with him a thousand horsemen clad in gold brocade and silk;
and as the King proceedeth a man precedeth him, crying, 'This is
the King of great dignity, of high authority!' And he continueth
to repeat his praises in words I remember not, saying at the end
of his panegyric, 'This is the King owning the crown whose like
nor Solomon nor the Mihraj[FN#88] ever possessed.' Then he is
silent and one behind him proclaimeth, saying, 'He will die!
Again I say he will die!;' and the other addeth, 'Extolled be the
perfection of the Living who dieth not!'[FN#89] Moreover by
reason of his justice and ordinance and intelligence, there is no
Kazi in his city, and all his lieges distinguish between Truth
and Falsehood." Quoth the Caliph, "How great is this King! His
letter hath shown me this; and as for the mightiness of his
dominion thou hast told us what thou hast eye-witnessed. By
Allah, he hath been endowed with wisdom as with wide rule." Then
I related to the Commander of the Faithful all that had befallen
me in my last voyage; at which he wondered exceedingly and bade
his historians record my story and store it up in his treasuries,
for the edification of all who might see it. Then he conferred on
me exceeding great favours, and I repaired to my quarter and
entered my home, where I warehoused all my goods and possessions.
Presently, my friends came to me and I distributed presents among
my family and gave alms and largesse; after which I yielded
myself to joyance and enjoyment, mirth and merry-making, and
forgot all that I had suffered. "Such, then, O my brothers, is
the history of what befel me in my sixth voyage, and to-morrow,
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