Note 16
The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
This introducing the name of Allah into an indecent tale is essentially Egyptian and Cairene. But see Boccaccio ii. 6, and vii. 9.
…dread and terror of this thy husband. How then can we do it in such a way as thou desirest"?" "Leave this talk: it needs must be so;" quoth she, and she swore them by Him[FN#16] who raised the skies on high, without prop or pillar, that, if they worked not her will, she would cause them to be slain and cast into the sea. Whereupon out of fear King Shahryar said to King Shah Zaman, "O my brother, do thou what she biddeth thee d…
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