Note 18
The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
The Joseph of the Koran, very different from him of Genesis. We shall meet him often enough in The Nights.
Rely not on women; * Trust not to their hearts, Whose joys and whose sorrows * Are hung to their parts! Lying love they will swear thee * Whence guile ne'er departs: Take Yusuf[FN#18] for sample * 'Ware sleights and 'ware smarts! Iblis[FN#19] ousted Adam * (See ye not?) thro' their arts.
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