Note 520
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.
Arab. "Second Day," i.e. after Saturday, the true Sabbath, so marvellously ignored by Christendom.
…afternoon prayer, when they brought me the amount, and I counted it and, sealing the bags, returned with them to the Khan. On a certain day which happened to be a Monday,[FN#520] I went to the Hammam and thence back to my Khan, and sitting in my own room[FN#521] broke my fast with a cup of wine, after which I slept a little. When I awoke I ate a chicken and, perfuming my person, repaired to the shop of a merchant hight Badr al…
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