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that great Man a Penſion of a thouſand Sequins per Month, for his Life; nay, tho’ I did ſhare with him all my Riches and Dominions, I ſhould never pay him enough, for what he has done for me: I perceive it to be his Virtue, which raiſes your Envy; but don’t you think that I will be unjuſtly poſſeſs’d with Prejudice againſt him. I remember too well what a Viſier ſaid to King Sindbad, his Maſter, to prevent his putting to Death the Prince, his Son _______ But, Sir, ſays Scheherazade, Day-light appears, which forbids me to go any further.
I am very well pleas’d that the Grecian King, ſays Dinarzade, had ſo much Firmneſs of Spirit, to reject the falſe Accuſation of his Viſier. If you commend the Firmneſs of that Prince to Day, ſays Scheherazade, you will as much condemn his Weakneſs to Morrow, if the Sultan be pleaſed to allow me time to finiſh this Story. The Sultan being curious to hear wherein the Grecian King diſcovered his Weakneſs, did further delay the Death of the Sultaneſs.
The Fourteenth Night.
AN Hour before Day, Dinarzade awak’d her Siſter; and ſays to her, you will certainly be as good as your Word, Madam, and tell us out the Story of the Fiſherman? To aflift your Memory, I will tell you where you left of: It was where the Grecian King maintain’d the Innocence of his Phyſician Douban, againſt his Vifier. I remember it, ſays Scheherazade, and am ready to give you Satisſaction.
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