Note 82
The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban.
For details concerning the "Ghusl" see Night xliv.
…gh thy palm and will permeate thy person. When thou hast done with playing and thou feelest the effects of the medicine, return to thy palace, and make the Ghusl-ablution[FN#82] in the Hammam bath, and lay thee down to sleep; so shalt thou become whole; and now peace be with thee!" Thereupon King Yunan took the bat from the Sage and grasped it firmly; then, mounting steed, he drove the ball before him and gallopped after it ti…
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