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After entertaining him ſometime upon indifferent Things, ſhe gave him to know that ſhe wanted a ſort of Stuff with a Ground of Gold that ſhe came to his Shop as affording the beſt Choice of any in all the Bezeftein; and that, if he had any ſuch as ſhe asked for, he would oblige her in ſhewing them. Bedreddin ſhewed her ſeveral Pieces, one of which ſhe pitched upon, and he asked for it Eleven Hundred Drams of Silver. I agree, ſaid ſhe, to give you ſo much, but I have not money enough about me; ſo I hope you’ll give me Credit till tomorrow, and in the mean time follow me to carry off the Stuff. I ſhall not fail, added ſhe, to ſend you to morrow the Eleven Hundred Drams I agreed for. Madam, ſaid Bedreddin, I would give you Credit with all my heart, and allow you to carry off the Stuff, if it were mine ; but it belongs to that Young Man you ſee here, and this Day is the Day on which we ſtate our Accounts. Why, ſaid the Lady in a Surprizal, why do you offer to uſe me ſo? Am not a Cuſtomer to your Shop? And as often as I have bought of you, and carried home the Things without paying ready money for them, did I ever fail to ſend you your money next morning? Madam, ſaid the Merchant, ’tjs true, but this very day I have occaſion for the Money. There, ſaid ſhe, throwing the Stuff to him, take your ſtuff, may God C——ſ——d you and all the Merchants that ere? you are, all of you, of one Kidney? you reſpect no body. This ſaid, ſhe roſe in a Paſſion and walked out.

Scheherazade perceiving Day, diſcontinued the Story; till the next Night, that ſhe proceeded as follows.


The Hundred and Thirty Third Night.


THE Chriftian-Merchant continued his Story thus: When I ſaw, ſaid the young Man, that the Lady walked off, I found in my Breaſt a great Concern for her; fo I called her back, ſaying, Madam, do me the Favour to return; perhaps I can find a Way to content you both. In fine, back ſhe came, ſaying, ’twas for the Love of me that ſhe complied. Mr. Bedreddin, ſaid I to the Merchant, what do you ſay you muſt have for this Stuff that belongs to me. I muſt have, ſaid he, Eleven Hundred Drams; I can’t take leſs. Give it to the Lady then, ſaid I, let her take it home with her, I allow a Hundred Drams Profit to

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