Note 683
The Barber’s Tale of his Sixth Brother.
In popular literature "Schacabac.", And from this tale comes our saying "A Barmecide's Feast," i.e., an illusion.
My sixth brother, O Commander of the Faithful, Shakashik,[FN#683] or Many clamours, the shorn of both lips, was once rich and became poor, so one day he went out to beg somewhat to keep life in him. As he was on the road he suddenly caught sight of a large and handsome mansion, with a detached building wide and lofty at the entrance, where sat sundry eunuchs bidding and forbidding.[FN#684] My brother enquired of one of those i…
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