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be ſhaved this Day. Sir, ſaid the Barber, what do you mean by that? I did not come to ſee for you, it was you ſent for me; and ſince it is ſo, I ſwear by the Faith of a Muflelman, I will not ſtir out theſe Doors till I have ſhaved you. If you do not know my value, that is not my Fault. Your deceaſed Father did me more Juſtice. Every time he ſent for me to let him Blood, he made me ſit down by him, and then he was charmed in hearing what fine things I talked on. I kept him in a continual ſtrain of Admiration I raviſhed him; and then when I had finiſhed my Diſcouries; my God, cried he, you’re an inexhauſtible Source of Sciences, no Man can reach the Depth of your Knowledge. My dear Sir, ſaid I again, you do me more Honour than I deſerve, If I ſay any thing that’s fine, ’tis owing to the favourable Audience you vouchſafe me; ’tis your Liberality that inſpires me with the ſublime Thoughts that have the Happineſs to pleaſe you. One Day, when he was charmed with an admirable Diſcourſe I had made him, give him, ſays he, an hundred Pieces of Gold, and inveſt him with one of my richeſt Robes. I received the Preſent upon the Spot, and preſently I drew his Horoſcope, and found it the happieſt in the World. Nay, I was grateful ſtill, I let him Blood with Cupping Glaſes.
This was not all, he ſpinned out, beſides, another Harangue that was a large half Hour long. Fatigued in hearing him and fretted at the loſs of Time which was almoſt ſpent before I was half ready, I did not know what to ſay. No, ſaid I, it is not impoſſible there ſhould be another ſuch Man in the World, that takes pleaſure as youſ do in making People mad.
Day appearing, put Scheherazade to Silence at this Period; bur the next Night ſhe continued after this manner,
The Hundred and Sixty Third Night.
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