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in a ſtately Tomb, which was built for that purpoſe, on the ſame Place where the Aſhes had laid.

The Grief which the Sultan conceived for the Loſs of his Daughter threw him into a fit of Sickneſs which confined him to his Chamber tor a whole Month. He had not fully recovered Strength when he ſent for me, Prince, ſaid he, Hearken to the Orders which I now give you, it will coſt you your Life if you do not put them in Execution. I afſur’d him of exact Obedience; upon which he went on thus; I have conſtantly lived in perfect Felicity, and was never croſſed by any Accident; but by your Arrival all my Happineſs I poſſeſſed is vaniſhed, my Daughter is dead, her Governor is no more, and it is through a Miracle that I am yet alive. You are the Cauſe of all thoſe Misfortunes, for which it is impoſſible that I ſhould be comforted; therefore depart from hence in Peace, but without further Delay, ſor I my ſelf muſt periſh if you ſtay any longer; I am perſuaded, that your Preſence brings Miſchief along with it: That is all I have to ſay to you. Depart, and take care of ever appearing again in my Dominions; there is no Conſideration whatſoever, that ſhall hinder me from making you repent of it. I was going to ſpeak, but he ſtopt my Mouth by Words full of Anger; and ſo I was oblig’d to remove from his Palace, rejected, baniſh’d, thrown off by all the World, and not knowing what would become of me, Before I left the City I went into a Bagnio, where I caus’d my Beard and my Eye-brows to be ſhav’d, and put on a Callender’s Habit. I began my Journey, not ſo much deploring my own Miſeries, as the Death of the two fair Princeſſes, of which I have been the Occaſion, I paſſed through many Countries without making my ſelf known; at laſt I reſolv’d to come to Bagdad, in hopes to get my ſelf introduc’d to the Commander of the Faithful to move his Compaſſion, by giving him an Account of my ſtrange Adventures. I came hither this Evening, and the firſt Man I met was this Callender, our Brother, that ſpoke before me. You know the remaining Part, Madam, and the Cauſe of my having the Honour: to be here.

When the ſecond Callender made an end of his Story, Zobeide, to whom he had addreſs’d his Speech, told him, ’Tis very well, you may go which way you pleaſe, I give you leave; but inſtead of departing, he alſo petition’d the Lady