Arabian Nights Entertainments
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Excerpt from Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of a Collection of Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies Schahriar, the great Sultan of the Indies, finding; his Sultaness unfaithful, was so enraged, that he resolved toned a in maiden every night, and put her to death next morning: and accordingly he ordered the grand vizier to bring him the daughter of one of his officers. The vizier obeyed: the sultan lay with her, and next morning ordered the vizier to strangle her, and get him another. And in a word, there was every day a maid married, and a wife murdered. The grand vizier, who was the executioner, had two daughters, the eldest called Scheherazade, and the youngest Dinarzade: the eldest was a lady of very great merit, had courage, wit, and penetration, far above her sex. she had read abundance, and had such a fine memory, that she never forgot any thing. She had applied herself to philosophy, physic, history, and the liberal arts; besides this she was a perfect beauty, and all her fine qualifications was crowned by solid virtue. The vizier was extremely fond of so worthy a daughter: and one day, as they were discoursing together, she said to her father. I have one favor to beg of you, and most humbly pray you to grant it me; I will not refuse it, said he, provided it be just. For the justness of it, says she, there can be no question: I have a design to stop the sultan´s barbarity, and I conjure you to procure me the honor of his bed. O heavens! replied the vizier, have you lost your senses? Dear father, said she, I know the danger: if I perish, my death will be glorious; and if I succeed, I shall do my country an important piece of service. The vizier could not dissuade her from her design; so he went that minute to acquaint the sultan that next night he would bring him Scheherazade. The sultan was surprised at the sacrifice which he made him. How could you resolve on it, says he? Sir, answers the vizier, it´s her own offer; she prefers the honor of being your majesty´s wife one night to her life. Don´t mistake yourself, vizier, says the sultan: to-morrow when I put Scheherazade into your hands, to take away her life if you fail, I swear you shall die. Sir, says the vizier, I will obey your orders: so Schahriar told him he might bring his daughter when he pleased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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