SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.[1]
King Shehriyar marvelled [at this story[2]] and said, “By Allah, verily, injustice slayeth its folk!”[3] And he was edified by that wherewith Shehrzad bespoke him and sought help of God the Most High. Then said he to her, “Tell me another of thy stories, O Shehrzad; let it be a pleasant one and this shall be the completion of the story-telling.” “With all my heart,” answered Shehrzad. “It hath reached me, O august King, that a man once said to his fellows, ‘I will set forth to you
- ↑ Breslau Text, vol. xii. pp. 383–4 (Night mi).
- ↑ i.e. that of the king, his seven viziers, his son and his favourite, which in the Breslau Edition immediately follows the Story of El Abbas and Mariyeh and occupies pp. 237–383 of vol. xii. (Nights dcccclxxix–m). It will be found translated in my “Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night,” Vol. V. pp. 260–346, under the name of “The Malice of Women.”
- ↑ i.e. those who practise it.
