Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 98 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

In Chavis and Cazotte the lady calls to “Morigen, her first eunuch and says, Cut off his head!” Then she takes a theorbo and “composed the following couplets”—of which the first may suffice:—

Since my swain unfaithful proves,

Let him go to her he loves, etc., etc.

Return to THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]