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ſays he, take a walk in your Court; and ſeeing Night begins to draw on, command your Derviſes to retire to their Cells. The Head of the Derviſes did as he required.

When the envious Man ſaw that he was alone with this good Man, he begun to tell him his Errand, walking aſide by ſide in the Court till he ſaw his Opportunity; and getting the good Man near the Brink of the Well, he gave him a Thruſt and puſh’d him into it, without any Body’s being Witneſs to ſo wicked an Action. Having done thus he marched off immediately, got out at the Gate of the Convent, without being known of any one, and came Home to his own Houle very well ſatisfied with his Journey, being fully perſuaded that the Object of his Hatred was no more in this World but found himſelf highly miſtaken.

Scheherazade could go no further becauſe Day began to appear. The Sultan conceived great Indignation againſt the envious Man, and ſays to himſelf, I heartily wiſh that no Hurt may come to this honeſt Man. I hope to hear to-morrow that Heaven did not forſake him on this Occaſion.

The Forty ſeventh Night.
IF you be not aſleep, Siſter, ſaid Dinarzade, next Morning, I conjure you to tell us if the honeſt Dervis came ſafe and ſound out of the Well. Yes, replied Scheherazade: And the ſecond Callender purſued his Story thus. The old Well, ſays he, was inhabited by Fairies and Genies, which happened luckily for the Relief of the Head of the Convent; for they received and ſupported him, and carried him to the Bottom, ſo that he got no Hurt. He perceived well enough that there was ſomething extraordinary in his Fall, which muſt otherwiſe have coſt him his Life; whereas he neither ſaw nor felt any thing. But he ſoon heard a Voice, which ſaid, Do you know what honeſt Man this is to whom we have done this Piece of Service? Another Voice anſwer’d, No. To which the firſt replied, Then I will tell you. This Man out of Charity, the greateſt that ever was known, left the Town he lived in, and has eſtabliſh’d himſelf in this Place, in hopes to cure one of
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