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But there is no Majesty and there is no Might save in Allah, the

Glorious, the Great![FN#116] Lose no time, O youth, but tell me

forthright thy whole tale." Quoth he, "Lend me thine ears, thy

sight and thine insight;" and quoth the King, "All are at thy

service!" Thereupon the youth began, "Right wondrous and

marvellous is my case and that of these fishes; and were it

graven with gravers upon the eye corners it were a warner to

whoso would be warned." "How is that?" asked the King, and the

young man began to tell

The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.