Note 134
The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.
So the Heb. "Arún" = naked, means wearing the lower robe only; = our "in his shirt."
…the side of the young Prince and talked till nightfall, when he lay down and slept; but, as soon as the false dawn[FN#133] showed, he arose and doffing his outer garments[FN#134] bared his blade and hastened to the place wherein lay the slave. Then was he ware of lighted candles and lamps, and the perfume of incenses and unguents, and directed by these, he made for the slave and struck him one stroke killing him on the spot: a…
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