The portion taken by Burton from Payne are in italics.
Payne
Burton
Vol. V. p. 25
Vol. V. p. 271
(Lib.
Ed., vol. iv., p. 220)
The blacksmith who the blacksmith who could handle fire could handle fire without hurt without hurt
A certain pious man It reached the ears of once heard that there a certain pious man that abode in such a town a there abode in such a town blacksmith who could a blacksmith who could put his hand into the fire put his hand into the fire and pull out the red-hot and pull out the iron red-hot, iron, without its doing without the flames him any hurt. So he set doing him aught of hurt. out for the town in question So he set out for the town in and enquiring for the question and asked for blacksmith, watched him the blacksmith; and when at work and saw him do the man was shown to as had been reported to him; he watched him at him. He waited till he work and saw him do as had made an end of his had been reported to him. day’s work, then going He waited till he had made up to him, saluted him an end of his day’s work; and said to him, “I then, going up to him, would fain be thy guest saluted him with the salam this night.” “With all and said, “I would be thy my heart,” replied the guest this night.” Replied smith, and carried him to the smith, “With gladness his house, where they and goodly gree!” and supped together and lay carried him to his place, down to sleep. The guest where they supped together watched his host, but and lay down to sleep. found no sign of [special] The guest watched but saw devoutness in him and no sign in his host of praying said to himself. “Belike through the night or he concealeth himself from of special devoutness, and me.” So he lodged with said in his mind, “Haply him a second and a third he hideth himself from night, but found that he me.” So he lodged with did no more than observe him a second and a third the ordinary letter of the night, but found that he law and rose but little did not exceed the devotions in the night [to pray]. At prescribed by the last he said to him, “O law and custom of the my brother, I have heard Prophet and rose but little of the gift with which in the dark hours to pray. God hath favoured thee At last he said to him, “O and have seen the truth of my brother, I have heard it with mine eyes. Moreover, of the gift with which