Note 475
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)
A necessary precaution against poison (Pilgrimage i. 84, and iii. 43).
…my mother, and she at this time is in a far country." Then he ladled out a saucer-full; and, finishing it off with musk and rose-water, put it in a cloth which he sealed [FN#475] and gave it to the Eunuch, who hastened back with it. No sooner had Badr al-Din Hasan's mother tasted it and perceived its fine flavour and the excellence of the cookery, than she knew who had dressed it, and she screamed and fell down fainting. The W…
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