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ly know him. Put your ſelf at the Right-Hand as you go in, and then immediately open the Purſe of Sequins you have in your Boſom, and diſtribute em among the Muficians and Dancers, as they go along; and when you are got into the Hall, give Money alſo to the Female Slaves you ſee about the Bride, when they come near you; but every time you put your Hand in the Purſe, be ſure you take out a whole Handful, and do not ſpare them. Obſerve to do every thing exactly as I have told you, with great Preſence of Mind; be not afraid of any Perſon or Thing, and leave the reſt to a Superior Power, who will order Matters as he thinks fit.

Young Bedreddin, being well inſtructed in all that he was to do, advanced towards the Door of the Bagnio; the firſt thing he did was to light his Torch at that of a Slave, and then mixing among them as if he belong’d to ſome Nobleman of Cairo, he marched along as they did, and followed Hump-back, who came out of the Bagnio, and mounted a Horſe out of the Sultan’s own Stable. Day-light appearing put a ſtop to Scheherazade’s Diſcourſe, and the deterr’d the following Part of the Story till next Night.

SIR, ſaid ſhe, The Vizier Giafar continued his diſcourſe, and ſaid, Bedreddin Haſſan, coming near to the Muſicians, and Men and Women Dancers, who went juſt before the Bridegroom, pulled out time after time whole Handfuls of Sequins, which he diſtributed among them: And as he thus gave his Money with all unparallel’d Grace, and engaging Mien, all thoſe that received it caſt their Eyes upon him, and after they had a full View of his Face, they found him ſo handſome and comely that they could not look off again.

At laſt they came to Schemſeddin Mohammed’s Gate who was Bedreddin Haſſan’s Uncle, and little thought his Nephew was ſo near. The Door-keepers, to prevent any Diſorder, kept back all the Slaves that carried Torches, and would not let them come in. Bedreddin was likewiſe refuſed, but the Muſicians, who had free Entrance, ſtood ſtill and proteſted they wou’d not go in, if they hindred him to go along with them. He is not one of the Slaves, ſaid they