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tho’ we never met together till this Evening, yet we have had time enough to make that known to one another; and I aſſure you that the Kings from whom we derive our Being, made ſome Noiſe in the World.

At this Diſcourſe Zobeide aſſwag’d her Anger, and ſaid to the Slaves, give them their Liberty a while, but ſtay here. Thoſe who tell us their Hiſtory, and the occaſion of their coming, do them no Hurt, let them go where they pleaſe, but don’t ſpare thoſe who refuſe to give us that Satisfaction. Here Scheherazade ſtopp’d, and her Silence as well as Day-light giving the Sultan to know, that it was time for him to riſe, he got up, and reſolv’d to hear the reſt of the Story next Night; for he was impatient to know who theſe three one-eyed Callenders were.

DInarzade, who alſo took a great deal of Pleaſure to hear the Sultaneſs’s Stories, ſays to her, about the Cloſe of the following Night, dear Siſter, if you be not aſleep, I conjure you to go on with the agreeable Story of the three Callenders.

Scheherazade demanded leave of the Sultan, and having obtain’d it: Sir, ſays ſhe, The three Callenders, the Califf, the Grand Viſier Giafar, the Eunuch Meſrour and the Porter, were all in the middle of the Hall, ſat upon a foot Carpet in preſence of the three Ladies, who ſat upon a Soſa, and the Slaves ſtood ready to do whatever their Miſtreſſes ſhould command.

The Porter underſtanding that he might rid himſelf of his Danger, by telling his Hiſtory, ſpoke firſt, and ſaid, Madam, you know my Hiſtory already, and the Occaſion of my coming hither; ſo that what I have to ſay, will be very ſhort. My Lady, your Siſter there, call’d me this Morning, at the Place where I ply’d as Porter, to ſee if any body will employ me, that I might get Bread, I follow’d her to a Vintner’s, then to an Herb-woman’s, then to one that ſold Oranges, Lemons and Citrons then to a Grocer’s, next to a Confectioner’s, and a Druggiſt’s, with my Bas-