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upon the surface of the earth and he knew that he had come forth from under the ground and had gotten the lamp, on account whereof he himself had suffered toil and torment such as passeth man’s power to endure. So he said in himself, “I have suffered many hardships for the sake of the lamp and have endured fatigues such as none but I might brook,[1] and now yonder accursed one taketh it without stress and it is evident[2] [that], an he have learned the use thereof, there will be none in the world richer than he.”
Then,[3] when he saw and was certified that Alaeddin had come forth from under the earth and had happened upon the good of the Lamp,[4] he said in himself, “Needs must I go about to kill him.” So he smote the sand once more and examining its figures, saw that Alaeddin had gotten him exceeding wealth and had married the Sultan’s daughter; whereat he was all afire for rage and envy and arising then and there, equipped himself for travel and set out for the land of China.
