The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 101
The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress.

The tale of these two women is now forgotten.

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… sayings that go current:—O thou who doest good to him who hath done thee evil, suffice for the ill doer his ill deeds, and do not deal with me as did Umamah to 'Atikah."[FN#101] Asked the Fisherman, "And what was their case?" and the Ifrit answered, "This is not the time for story telling and I in this prison; but set me free and I will tell thee the tale." Quoth the Fisherman, "Leave this language: there is no help but that …

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