[FN#261] i.e. his lack of means to entertain her.

[FN#262] i.e. all that can conduce to.

[FN#263] i.e. it is for you (after God) to excuse me.

[FN#264] i.e. the [supposed] rest of his hoard.

[FN#265] Apparently the idiot’s name.

[FN#266] i.e. had he been on his own guard against that, etc.

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Tales from the Arabic

Of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) editions of

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

not occurring in the other printed texts of the work,

Now first done into English

By John Payne

In Three Volumes: 

Volumethe second.

1901

Delhi Edition

Contents of The Second Volume.

Breslau Text.

1.  King Shah Bekht and His Vizier Er Rehwan (Continued)
     a.  Story of the Pious Woman Accused of Lewdness
     b.  Story of the Journeyman and the Girl
     c.  Story of the Weaver Who Became a Physician by His
          Wife’s Commandment
     d.  Story of the Two Sharpers Who Cheated Each His Fellow
     e.  Story of the Sharpers with the Money-Changer and the
          Ass
     f.  Story of the Sharper and the Merchants
          i.  Story of the Hawk and the Locust
     g.  Story Op the King and His Chamberlain Wife
     h.  Story of the Old Woman and the Draper’s Wife
     i.  Story of the Foul-favoured Man and His Fair Wife
     j.  Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth
          and God Restored Them To Him
     k.  Story of Selim and Selma
     l.  Story of the King of Hind and His Vizier
2.  El Melik Ez Zahir Rukneddin Bibers El Bunducdari and the
     Sixteen Officers Of Police
     a.  The First Officer’s Story
     b.  The Second Officer’s Story
     c.  The Third Officer’s Story
     d.  The Fourth Officer’s Story
     e.  The Fifth Officer’s Story
     f.  The Sixth Officer’s Story
     g.  The Seventh Officer’s Story
     h.  The Eighth Officer’s Story
          i.  The Thief’s Story
     i.  The Ninth Officer’s Story
     j.  The Tenth Officer’s Story
     k.  The Eleventh Officer’s Story
     l.  The Twelfth Officer’s Story
     m.  The Thirteenth Officer’s Story
     n.  The Fourteenth Officer’s Story
          i.  A Merry Jest of a Thief
          ii.  Story of the Old Sharper
     o.  The Fifteenth Officer’s Story
     p.  The Sixteenth Officer’s Story
3.  Abdallah Ben Nafi and the King’s Son of Cashghar
     a.  Story of the Damsel Tuhfet El Culoub and the Khalif
          Haroun Er Reshid