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Oriental Apologues.
The genie and the man proceeded in their journey together , fill they came to a noble city , where a great and magnificent prince reigned , Upon entering the gates , the genie addressed himself to the man , and said , " Suppose I . should make you vizier to this prince ?" " The vizier ! " said the man , " alas , how can that possibly be ? " " Yes , ' ' said the genie" I have it in my powerand it shall certainly come
, , to pass ; I will transform myself into an enormous serpent with two huge heads ; I will then entwine myself round the body of the Sultan ' s daughter , and if the whole , kingdom should rise against me in arms , it will not be in their power to dislodge me ; now from personal terror , as well as from affection to his daughter , the sultan will undoubtedly proclaim by a public crier , that whoever-will relieve his
daughter from the serpent , shall have her for his wife ; 3-ou then , my friend , shall present yourself disguised as a minister of the law , and offer to relieve the sultan ' s daughter from her distress : the moment you approach , I will dissolve as melted lead , and disappear . " The man followed the directions ofthe genie ; it was proclaimed hy a crier , that whoever would relieve the sultan ' s daughter from an enormous serpent with two heads , which had entwined itself round her body , should have the princess for his wife . The man disguised
himself as a sheik , or minister ofthe law , went to the palace , presented himself to the sultan , and was introduced into the haram . On , entering into the chamber , the first object which presented itself was the poor princess , beautiful as an houri , enclosed in the folds of an ¦ enormous serpent : the sultan and the vizier stood at a distance , impatiently expecting the event ; in a moment the serpent dropped from the neck ofthe young womandissolved like melted leadand
, , 'disappeared . The princess rose , as it were , from the bosom of the . jgrave ; the man pronounced certain prayers upon her head ; rejoicings began , and before the day was terminated he was betrothed to the princess , and the marriage was consummated . On the day which followed her marriage , the genie appeared to the man in the palace of his father-in-law ; on seeing him , the man prostrated
himself , and humbly kissed his hand : " Now , " said he , my friend , " I have a certain favour in return to request of you . " " What may that be ? " said the man . " Why , " returned the genie , " it is my intention to entwine myself round the vizier ' s daughter , with whom I am in love ; now should you presume to come and relieve her , as 3 'ou did the daughter ofthe sultan , depend upon it that I shall . causeyour death , and that of your new wife , in a moment . " " I give you my word , " said the man , " that I never will attempt it . "
The next day there was a great noise and tumult in the palace and haram of the vizier , and when people enquired what was the matter , they were informed , that the serpent , which had before attacked the daughter of the sultan , had now attacked the daughter ofthe vizier :- " Oh , " said the sultan , on hearing this , " that matter may sooh be made easy , I have only to direct my son-in-law , the sheik , to-appear , and he will immediately relieve her from her affliction . "Messengers soon came to inform the man of what had happened , with tlie sultan ' s entreaty , that he would be so good as to go and re-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Oriental Apologues.
The genie and the man proceeded in their journey together , fill they came to a noble city , where a great and magnificent prince reigned , Upon entering the gates , the genie addressed himself to the man , and said , " Suppose I . should make you vizier to this prince ?" " The vizier ! " said the man , " alas , how can that possibly be ? " " Yes , ' ' said the genie" I have it in my powerand it shall certainly come
, , to pass ; I will transform myself into an enormous serpent with two huge heads ; I will then entwine myself round the body of the Sultan ' s daughter , and if the whole , kingdom should rise against me in arms , it will not be in their power to dislodge me ; now from personal terror , as well as from affection to his daughter , the sultan will undoubtedly proclaim by a public crier , that whoever-will relieve his
daughter from the serpent , shall have her for his wife ; 3-ou then , my friend , shall present yourself disguised as a minister of the law , and offer to relieve the sultan ' s daughter from her distress : the moment you approach , I will dissolve as melted lead , and disappear . " The man followed the directions ofthe genie ; it was proclaimed hy a crier , that whoever would relieve the sultan ' s daughter from an enormous serpent with two heads , which had entwined itself round her body , should have the princess for his wife . The man disguised
himself as a sheik , or minister ofthe law , went to the palace , presented himself to the sultan , and was introduced into the haram . On , entering into the chamber , the first object which presented itself was the poor princess , beautiful as an houri , enclosed in the folds of an ¦ enormous serpent : the sultan and the vizier stood at a distance , impatiently expecting the event ; in a moment the serpent dropped from the neck ofthe young womandissolved like melted leadand
, , 'disappeared . The princess rose , as it were , from the bosom of the . jgrave ; the man pronounced certain prayers upon her head ; rejoicings began , and before the day was terminated he was betrothed to the princess , and the marriage was consummated . On the day which followed her marriage , the genie appeared to the man in the palace of his father-in-law ; on seeing him , the man prostrated
himself , and humbly kissed his hand : " Now , " said he , my friend , " I have a certain favour in return to request of you . " " What may that be ? " said the man . " Why , " returned the genie , " it is my intention to entwine myself round the vizier ' s daughter , with whom I am in love ; now should you presume to come and relieve her , as 3 'ou did the daughter ofthe sultan , depend upon it that I shall . causeyour death , and that of your new wife , in a moment . " " I give you my word , " said the man , " that I never will attempt it . "
The next day there was a great noise and tumult in the palace and haram of the vizier , and when people enquired what was the matter , they were informed , that the serpent , which had before attacked the daughter of the sultan , had now attacked the daughter ofthe vizier :- " Oh , " said the sultan , on hearing this , " that matter may sooh be made easy , I have only to direct my son-in-law , the sheik , to-appear , and he will immediately relieve her from her affliction . "Messengers soon came to inform the man of what had happened , with tlie sultan ' s entreaty , that he would be so good as to go and re-