The Young King of the Black Isles [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (1)
" You must know, my lord, " said the wretched prisoner, " that my father, named Mahmoud, was monarch of this country. This is the Kingdom of the Black Isles, which takes its name from the four small neighbouring mountains ; for those mountains were formerly isles, and the ccapital where the King, my father, resided was situated on the spot now occupied by the lake you have seen. The sequel of my history will inform you of the reason for those changes.
" The king, my father, died when he was seventy years of age ; I had no sooner succeeded him than I married, and the lady I chose to share the royal dignity with me was my cousin.
I had so much reason to be satisfied her affection, and , on my part, loved her with so much tenderness, that nothing could surpass the harmony of our union.
This lasted five years, at the end of which time I perceived the queen ceased to delight in my attentions.
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Arabian Night の物語です。
少し元表現が固いので、できるだけ手直しするようには心がけますが、若干読みにくい部分が出るかもしれません。お許しください。
もう少し違った種類の短い物語を、途中で二本併記したいと思います。
明日からは午後４時前後に出ます。
" You must know, my lord, " said the wretched prisoner, " that my father, named Mahmoud, was monarch of this country. This is the Kingdom of the Black Isles, which takes its name from the four small neighbouring mountains ; for those mountains were formerly isles, and the ccapital where the King, my father, resided was situated on the spot now occupied by the lake you have seen. The sequel of my history will inform you of the reason for those changes.
" The king, my father, died when he was seventy years of age ; I had no sooner succeeded him than I married, and the lady I chose to share the royal dignity with me was my cousin.
I had so much reason to be satisfied her affection, and , on my part, loved her with so much tenderness, that nothing could surpass the harmony of our union.
This lasted five years, at the end of which time I perceived the queen ceased to delight in my attentions.
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Arabian Night の物語です。
少し元表現が固いので、できるだけ手直しするようには心がけますが、若干読みにくい部分が出るかもしれません。お許しください。
もう少し違った種類の短い物語を、途中で二本併記したいと思います。
明日からは午後４時前後に出ます。
The Young King of the Black Isles (2) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (2)
" One day, after dinner, while she was at the bath, I found myself inclined to repose, and lay down upon a sofa. Two of her ladies, who were then in my chamber, came and sat down, one at my head and the other at my feet, with fans in their hands to moderate the heat, and to prevent the flies from disturbing me.
They thought I was asleep, and spoke in whispers ; but as I only closed my eyes, I heard all their conversation.
" One of them said to the other, ' Is not the queen wrong, not to love so amirable a prince ? ' ' Certainly, ' replied her companion;
' I do not understand the reason, neither can I conceive why she goes out every night, and leaves him alone ! Is it possible that he does not perceive it ? '
' Alas ' said the first, ' how should he ? She mixes every evening in his liquor the juice of a certain herb, which makes him sleep so sound all night that she has time to go where she pleases, and as day begins to appear she comes and wakes him by the smell of something she puts under his nostrils. '
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" One day, after dinner, while she was at the bath, I found myself inclined to repose, and lay down upon a sofa. Two of her ladies, who were then in my chamber, came and sat down, one at my head and the other at my feet, with fans in their hands to moderate the heat, and to prevent the flies from disturbing me.
They thought I was asleep, and spoke in whispers ; but as I only closed my eyes, I heard all their conversation.
" One of them said to the other, ' Is not the queen wrong, not to love so amirable a prince ? ' ' Certainly, ' replied her companion;
' I do not understand the reason, neither can I conceive why she goes out every night, and leaves him alone ! Is it possible that he does not perceive it ? '
' Alas ' said the first, ' how should he ? She mixes every evening in his liquor the juice of a certain herb, which makes him sleep so sound all night that she has time to go where she pleases, and as day begins to appear she comes and wakes him by the smell of something she puts under his nostrils. '
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The Young King of the Black Isles (3) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (3)
" You may guess, my lord, howw much I was surprised at this conversation, and with what entiments it inspired me ; yet whatever emotion it excited I had sufficient self-commanded to dissemble, and feigned to awake without having heard a word.
" The queen returned from the bath, we supped together, and she presented me with a cup full of such liquid as I was accustomed to drink ; but instead of putting it to my mouth, I went to a window that was open, threw out the water so quickly that she did not perceive it, and returned.
" Soon after, believing that I was asleep, she arose with so little precaution, that she whispered loud enough for me to hear her distinctly, ' Sleep on, and may you never wake again ! ' and so saying, she dressed herself, and went out of the chamber.
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" You may guess, my lord, howw much I was surprised at this conversation, and with what entiments it inspired me ; yet whatever emotion it excited I had sufficient self-commanded to dissemble, and feigned to awake without having heard a word.
" The queen returned from the bath, we supped together, and she presented me with a cup full of such liquid as I was accustomed to drink ; but instead of putting it to my mouth, I went to a window that was open, threw out the water so quickly that she did not perceive it, and returned.
" Soon after, believing that I was asleep, she arose with so little precaution, that she whispered loud enough for me to hear her distinctly, ' Sleep on, and may you never wake again ! ' and so saying, she dressed herself, and went out of the chamber.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (4) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young king of the Black Isles (4)
" As soon as the queen, my wife, was gone, I arose in haste, took my cimeter, and followed he so quickly that I soon heard the sound of her feet before me, and then walked softly after her.
She passed through several gates, which opened upon her pronouncing some magical words, and the last she opened was that of garden, which she entered.
I stopped at this gate, that she might not perceive me as she passed along a parterre ; then looking after her as far as the darkness of the night permitted, I saw her enter a little wood, whose walks were guarded by thick palisadoes.
I went thither by another way, and concealing myself, I saw her walking there with a man.
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予約投稿の日付を間違いました。昨日分です。
少し長くなってしまうため、本日分は休みます。明日に。
申し訳ありません。
" As soon as the queen, my wife, was gone, I arose in haste, took my cimeter, and followed he so quickly that I soon heard the sound of her feet before me, and then walked softly after her.
She passed through several gates, which opened upon her pronouncing some magical words, and the last she opened was that of garden, which she entered.
I stopped at this gate, that she might not perceive me as she passed along a parterre ; then looking after her as far as the darkness of the night permitted, I saw her enter a little wood, whose walks were guarded by thick palisadoes.
I went thither by another way, and concealing myself, I saw her walking there with a man.
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予約投稿の日付を間違いました。昨日分です。
少し長くなってしまうため、本日分は休みます。明日に。
申し訳ありません。
The Young King of the Black Isles (5) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (5)
" I did not fail to lend the most attentive ear to their discouse, and heard her adress herself thus to her gallant : ' I do not deserve, ' she said, ' to be reproached by you for want of diligence. You well know the reason ; but if all the proofs of affection I have already to give you be not sufficient to convince you of my sicerity, I am ready togive you others more decisive: you need but command me, you know my power ; I will, if you desire it, before sunrise convert this great city, and this superb palace, into frightful ruins, inhabited only by wolves, owls, and ravens. If you would have me transport all the stones of those walls so solidly built, beyond Mount Caucasus, the bounds of the habitable world, speak but the word, and all shall be changed. '
" As queen finished this speech she and her companion came to the end of the walk, turned to enter another, and passed before me. I had already drawn my cimeter, and the man being next me, I struck him on the neck, and brought him to the ground.
I concluded I had killed him, and therefore retired speedily without making myself known to the queen, whom I chose to spare, because she was my kinswoman.
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" I did not fail to lend the most attentive ear to their discouse, and heard her adress herself thus to her gallant : ' I do not deserve, ' she said, ' to be reproached by you for want of diligence. You well know the reason ; but if all the proofs of affection I have already to give you be not sufficient to convince you of my sicerity, I am ready togive you others more decisive: you need but command me, you know my power ; I will, if you desire it, before sunrise convert this great city, and this superb palace, into frightful ruins, inhabited only by wolves, owls, and ravens. If you would have me transport all the stones of those walls so solidly built, beyond Mount Caucasus, the bounds of the habitable world, speak but the word, and all shall be changed. '
" As queen finished this speech she and her companion came to the end of the walk, turned to enter another, and passed before me. I had already drawn my cimeter, and the man being next me, I struck him on the neck, and brought him to the ground.
I concluded I had killed him, and therefore retired speedily without making myself known to the queen, whom I chose to spare, because she was my kinswoman.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (6) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (6)
" The wound I had given her companion was mortal ; but by her enchantments she preserved him in an existence in which he could not be either dead or alive.
As I crossed the garden to return to the palace, I heard the wueen loudly lamenting, and judging by her cries how much she was grieved, I was pleased that I had spared her life.
" As soon as I had reached my apartment, I went to bed, and being satisfied with having punished the villain who had injured me, fell asleep.
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" The wound I had given her companion was mortal ; but by her enchantments she preserved him in an existence in which he could not be either dead or alive.
As I crossed the garden to return to the palace, I heard the wueen loudly lamenting, and judging by her cries how much she was grieved, I was pleased that I had spared her life.
" As soon as I had reached my apartment, I went to bed, and being satisfied with having punished the villain who had injured me, fell asleep.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (7) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (7)
" Next morning I arose, went to my closet, and dressed myself. I afterward held my council. At my return, the queen, clad in mourning, her hair dishevelled, and part of it torn off, presented herself before me, and said ; ' I come to beg your majesty not to be surprised to see me in this condition.
My heavy affiction is occasioned by intelligence of three distressing events which I have just received. '
' Alas ! what are they ,madam ? ' said I.
' The death of the queen, my dear mother, ' she replied, ' that of the King, my father, killed in battle, and of one of my brothers, who has fallen down a precipice. '
" I was not displeased that she used these pretexts to conceal the true cause of her grief.
' Madam, ' said I, ' so far from blaming, I assure you I heartily commiserate your sorrow. I should feel surprise if you were insensibel to such a heavy tenderness ; but I hope that time and refrection will moderate your grief. '
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" Next morning I arose, went to my closet, and dressed myself. I afterward held my council. At my return, the queen, clad in mourning, her hair dishevelled, and part of it torn off, presented herself before me, and said ; ' I come to beg your majesty not to be surprised to see me in this condition.
My heavy affiction is occasioned by intelligence of three distressing events which I have just received. '
' Alas ! what are they ,madam ? ' said I.
' The death of the queen, my dear mother, ' she replied, ' that of the King, my father, killed in battle, and of one of my brothers, who has fallen down a precipice. '
" I was not displeased that she used these pretexts to conceal the true cause of her grief.
' Madam, ' said I, ' so far from blaming, I assure you I heartily commiserate your sorrow. I should feel surprise if you were insensibel to such a heavy tenderness ; but I hope that time and refrection will moderate your grief. '
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The Young King of the Black Isles (8) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Ises (8)
" She retired into her apartment, where, giving herself wholly up to sorrow, she spent a whole year in mourning and lamentation. At the end of that period, she begged permission to erect a burying-place for herself, within the bounds of the palace, where she would continue, she told me, to the end of her days ; I consented, and she built a stately edifice, and called it the Palace of Tears.
When it was finished, she caused the object of her care to be conveyed thither ; she had hitherto prevented by dying, by potions which she had administered to him ; and she continued to convey them to him herself every day after he came to the Palace of Tears.
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" She retired into her apartment, where, giving herself wholly up to sorrow, she spent a whole year in mourning and lamentation. At the end of that period, she begged permission to erect a burying-place for herself, within the bounds of the palace, where she would continue, she told me, to the end of her days ; I consented, and she built a stately edifice, and called it the Palace of Tears.
When it was finished, she caused the object of her care to be conveyed thither ; she had hitherto prevented by dying, by potions which she had administered to him ; and she continued to convey them to him herself every day after he came to the Palace of Tears.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (9) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (9)
" Yet, with all her enchantments, she could not cure the wretch ; he was not only unable to walk or support himself, but had also lost the use of his speech, and exhibited no sign of life except in his looks.
" Every day the queen made him two long visits. I was well apprised of this, but pretended ignorance.
One day my curiosity induced me to go to the Palace of Tears, to observe how my consort employed herself, and from a place where she could not see me, I heard her thus adress the wounded ruffian : ' I am afficted to the highest degree to hehold you in this condition, ' she cried, ' I am as sensible as yourself of the tormenting pain you endure ; but dear soul, I am continually speaking to you, and you do not answer me : how long will you remain silent ? Speak only one word: alas ! the sweetest moments of my life are these I spend here in partaking of your grief. '
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" Yet, with all her enchantments, she could not cure the wretch ; he was not only unable to walk or support himself, but had also lost the use of his speech, and exhibited no sign of life except in his looks.
" Every day the queen made him two long visits. I was well apprised of this, but pretended ignorance.
One day my curiosity induced me to go to the Palace of Tears, to observe how my consort employed herself, and from a place where she could not see me, I heard her thus adress the wounded ruffian : ' I am afficted to the highest degree to hehold you in this condition, ' she cried, ' I am as sensible as yourself of the tormenting pain you endure ; but dear soul, I am continually speaking to you, and you do not answer me : how long will you remain silent ? Speak only one word: alas ! the sweetest moments of my life are these I spend here in partaking of your grief. '
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The Young King of the Black Isles (10) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (10)
" At these words, which were several times interrupted by her sighs, I lost all patience ; and discovering myself, came up to her, and said, ' Madam, you have wept enough, it is time to give over this sorrow, which dishonours us both ; you have too much forgotten what you owe to me and to yourself. '
'Sire, ' said she, ' if you have any kindness or compassion for me left, I beseech you to put no restraint upon me ; allow me to indulge my grief, which it is impossible for time to assuage. '
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" At these words, which were several times interrupted by her sighs, I lost all patience ; and discovering myself, came up to her, and said, ' Madam, you have wept enough, it is time to give over this sorrow, which dishonours us both ; you have too much forgotten what you owe to me and to yourself. '
'Sire, ' said she, ' if you have any kindness or compassion for me left, I beseech you to put no restraint upon me ; allow me to indulge my grief, which it is impossible for time to assuage. '
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The Young King of the Black Isles (11) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (11)
" When I perceived that my remonstrance, instead of restoring her to a sense of duty, served only to increase her anguish. I ceased sspeaking and retired. She continued every day to visit her charge, and for two whole years abandoned herself to grief and despair.
" I went a second time to the Palace of Tears, while she was there. I concealed myself again, and heard her thus cry out : ' It is now proofs I give you of my devotion by sighs and lamentations. It is from insensibility, or contempt ? O tomb ! tell me by what miracle thou becamest the depository of the rarest treasure the world ever contained. '
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" When I perceived that my remonstrance, instead of restoring her to a sense of duty, served only to increase her anguish. I ceased sspeaking and retired. She continued every day to visit her charge, and for two whole years abandoned herself to grief and despair.
" I went a second time to the Palace of Tears, while she was there. I concealed myself again, and heard her thus cry out : ' It is now proofs I give you of my devotion by sighs and lamentations. It is from insensibility, or contempt ? O tomb ! tell me by what miracle thou becamest the depository of the rarest treasure the world ever contained. '
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The Young King of the Black Isles (12) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (12)
" I must confess, my lord I was enraged at these expressions ; form in truth, this adored mortal was by no means what you would imagine him to have been. He as a black Indians one of original natives of this country. I was so enraged at the language addressed to him, that I discovered myself, and apostrophising the tomb in my turn, I cried, ' O tomb ! why dost thou not swallow up that monster so revolting to human nature or rather why dost thou not swallow up this pair of monsters ? '
" I had scarcely uttered these words, when the queen, who sat by the black,rose up like a fury : ' Miscreant ! ' said she, ' thou art the cause of my grief ; do not think I am ignorant of this, I have dissembles too long. It was thy barbarous hand that brought the object of my fondness into this lamentable condition ; and thou hast the cruelty to come and insult me.'
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The Young King of the Black Isles (13) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (13)
" ' Yes, said I, in a rage, ' it is I who chastised that monstor, according to his desert ; I ought to have treated thee in the same manner ; I now repent that I did not ; thou hast too long abused my goodness. ' As I spoke these words, I drew out my cimeter, and lifted up my hand to punish her ; but fastly, she said with a jeering smile, ' Moderate thine anger. '
At the same time she pronounced words I did not understand ; and afterward added, ' By virtue of my enchantments, I command thee to become half marble and half man. '
Immediately, my lord, I became what you see, a dead man among the living, and a living man among the dead.
After this cruel sorceress, unworthly of the name of queen, had metamorphosed me thus, and brough me into this hall, by another enchantment she destroyed my capital, which was very flourishing and populous ; she annihilated the houses, the public places and markets, and reduced the site of the whoe to the lake and deaert plain you have seen.
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中間、少しややこしくなっていますが、ご容赦ください。
もう少し短い新物語を今準備中です。
" ' Yes, said I, in a rage, ' it is I who chastised that monstor, according to his desert ; I ought to have treated thee in the same manner ; I now repent that I did not ; thou hast too long abused my goodness. ' As I spoke these words, I drew out my cimeter, and lifted up my hand to punish her ; but fastly, she said with a jeering smile, ' Moderate thine anger. '
At the same time she pronounced words I did not understand ; and afterward added, ' By virtue of my enchantments, I command thee to become half marble and half man. '
Immediately, my lord, I became what you see, a dead man among the living, and a living man among the dead.
After this cruel sorceress, unworthly of the name of queen, had metamorphosed me thus, and brough me into this hall, by another enchantment she destroyed my capital, which was very flourishing and populous ; she annihilated the houses, the public places and markets, and reduced the site of the whoe to the lake and deaert plain you have seen.
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中間、少しややこしくなっていますが、ご容赦ください。
もう少し短い新物語を今準備中です。
The Young King of the Black Isles (14) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (14)
" The fishes of four colours in the waters are the four kinds of inhabitants, of different religions, which the city contained. The white are the Mussulmans ; the red, the Persians, who worship fire ; the blue, the Christians ; and the yellow, the Jews.
The four little hills were the four islands that gave name to this Kingdom. I learned all this from the enchantress, who, to add to my affliction, related to me these effects of her rage.
But this is not all ; her revenge not being satisfied with the destruction of my dominions, and the metamorphosis of my person, she comes every day, and gives me over my naked shoulders a hundred lashes with a whip until I am covered with blood.
When she has finished this part of my punishmentm she throws over me a coarse stuff of goat's hair, and over that this robe of brocade, not to honour, but to mock me. "
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" The fishes of four colours in the waters are the four kinds of inhabitants, of different religions, which the city contained. The white are the Mussulmans ; the red, the Persians, who worship fire ; the blue, the Christians ; and the yellow, the Jews.
The four little hills were the four islands that gave name to this Kingdom. I learned all this from the enchantress, who, to add to my affliction, related to me these effects of her rage.
But this is not all ; her revenge not being satisfied with the destruction of my dominions, and the metamorphosis of my person, she comes every day, and gives me over my naked shoulders a hundred lashes with a whip until I am covered with blood.
When she has finished this part of my punishmentm she throws over me a coarse stuff of goat's hair, and over that this robe of brocade, not to honour, but to mock me. "
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The Young King of the Black Isles (15) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (15)
When he came to this part of his narrative, the young King could not restain his tears ; and sultan was himself so affected by the relation, that he could not find utterance for any words of concolation.
Shortly after, the young King, lifted up his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Mighty creator of all things, I submit myself to Thy judgments, and to the decrees of Thy providence : I endure my calamities with patience, since it is Thy will that things should be as they are ; but I hope that Thy infinite goodness will ultimately reward me. "
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明日から、少し易しいのが、ひとつ始まる予定です。
When he came to this part of his narrative, the young King could not restain his tears ; and sultan was himself so affected by the relation, that he could not find utterance for any words of concolation.
Shortly after, the young King, lifted up his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, " Mighty creator of all things, I submit myself to Thy judgments, and to the decrees of Thy providence : I endure my calamities with patience, since it is Thy will that things should be as they are ; but I hope that Thy infinite goodness will ultimately reward me. "
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明日から、少し易しいのが、ひとつ始まる予定です。
The Young King of the Black Isles (16) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (16)
The Sultan, greatly moved by the recial of this affecting story, and anxious to avenge the sufferings of the unfortunate prince, said to him : " Inform me whither this perfidious sorceress retires, and where may be found the vile wretch, who is entombed before his death. "
" My lord, " replied the prince. " the Indian, as I have already told you, si lodged in the Palace of Tears, in a superb tomb constructed in the form of a dome : this palace joins the castle on the side in which the gate is placed.
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The Sultan, greatly moved by the recial of this affecting story, and anxious to avenge the sufferings of the unfortunate prince, said to him : " Inform me whither this perfidious sorceress retires, and where may be found the vile wretch, who is entombed before his death. "
" My lord, " replied the prince. " the Indian, as I have already told you, si lodged in the Palace of Tears, in a superb tomb constructed in the form of a dome : this palace joins the castle on the side in which the gate is placed.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (17) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (17)
" As to the queen, I cannot tell you precisely whither she retires, but every day at sunrise she goes to visit her charge, after having executed her bloody vengeance upon me ; and you see I am not in a condition to defend myself. She carries to him the potion with which she has hitheto prevented his dying, and always complains of his never having spoken to her since he ws wounded. "
" Prince, " said the sultan, " your condition can never be sufficiently deplored : no one can be more sensibly affected by your misfortune than I am. Never did anything so extraordinary befall any man !
One ting only is wanting ; the revenge to which you are entitled, and I will omit nothing in my power to effect it. "
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" As to the queen, I cannot tell you precisely whither she retires, but every day at sunrise she goes to visit her charge, after having executed her bloody vengeance upon me ; and you see I am not in a condition to defend myself. She carries to him the potion with which she has hitheto prevented his dying, and always complains of his never having spoken to her since he ws wounded. "
" Prince, " said the sultan, " your condition can never be sufficiently deplored : no one can be more sensibly affected by your misfortune than I am. Never did anything so extraordinary befall any man !
One ting only is wanting ; the revenge to which you are entitled, and I will omit nothing in my power to effect it. "
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The Young King of the Black Isles (19) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (19)
He found it lighted up with an infinite number of flambeaux of white wax, and perfumed by a delicious scent issuing from several censers of fine gold of admirable workmanship.
As soon as he perceived the bed where the Indian lay, he drew his cimeter and deprived him of his wretched life, dragged his corpse into the court of the castle, an dthrew it into a well.
After this he went and lay down in the black's bed, placed his cimeter under the covering, and waited to complete his design.
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He found it lighted up with an infinite number of flambeaux of white wax, and perfumed by a delicious scent issuing from several censers of fine gold of admirable workmanship.
As soon as he perceived the bed where the Indian lay, he drew his cimeter and deprived him of his wretched life, dragged his corpse into the court of the castle, an dthrew it into a well.
After this he went and lay down in the black's bed, placed his cimeter under the covering, and waited to complete his design.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (18) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (18)
In his subsequent conversation with the young prince the sultan told him who he was, and for what purpose he had entered the castle ; and afterward informed him of a mode of revenge which he had devised.
They agreed upon the measures they were to take for accomplishing their design, but deferred the execution of it till the following day.
In the meantime, the night being far spent, the sultan took some rest ; but the young prince passed the night as usual, without sleep, never having slept since he was enchanted.
Next morning, the sultan arose with the dawn, and prepared to excute his design, by proceeding to the Palace of Tears.
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In his subsequent conversation with the young prince the sultan told him who he was, and for what purpose he had entered the castle ; and afterward informed him of a mode of revenge which he had devised.
They agreed upon the measures they were to take for accomplishing their design, but deferred the execution of it till the following day.
In the meantime, the night being far spent, the sultan took some rest ; but the young prince passed the night as usual, without sleep, never having slept since he was enchanted.
Next morning, the sultan arose with the dawn, and prepared to excute his design, by proceeding to the Palace of Tears.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (20) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (20)
The queen arrived shortly after.
She first went into the chamber of her husband the King of the Black Islands, stripped him, and with unexampled barbarity gave him a hundred stripes.
The unfortunate prince filled the palace with his lamentations, and conjured her in the most affecting tone to take pity on him ; but the cruel wretch ceased not till sha had given the usual number of blows.
" You had no compassion, " said She, " and you are to expect none from Mel "
After the enchantress had given her husband a hundred blows with the whip she put on again his covering of goat's hair, and his brocade gown over all ; she went afterward to the Palace of Tears, and as she entered renewed her tears and lamentations.
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The Young King of the Black Isles(21) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (21)
Then she approaching the bed, where she thought the Indian lay: " Alas ! " said Shem addressing herself to the sultan conceiving him to be the lacks " My sun my life, will high always be silent ? Are you resolved to let me die without affroading me the comfort of hearing your voice ? "
The sultan, as if he had a awakes out of a deep sleep and counterfeiting the pronunciation of the blacks, answered the queen with a grave tone : " There is no strength or power bur in God alone, who is almighty. "
At these words the enchantress, who did not expect them uttereda loud exclamation of joy.
" My dear lords " cried She, " do I not deceive myself ; is it certain that I hear you, and that you speak to me ? "
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The Young King of the Black Isles (22) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (22)
" Unhappy woman, " said the sultan, " art thou worthy that I should answer thee ? "
" Alas ! " replied the queen, " why do you reproach me thus ? "
" The cries, " returned the sultan, " the groans and tears of thy husband, whom thou treatest every day day with so much indignity and barbarity, prevent my sleeping night or day.
Hadst thou disenchanted him, I should long since have been cured, and have recovered the use of my speech. This is cause of my silence, of which you complain. "
" Well, " said the enchantress, " to pacify you, I am ready to excute your commands ; would you have me restore him ? "
" Yes, " replied the sultan ; " make haste to set him at liberty, that I be no longer disturbed by his lamentations. "
The enchantress went immediately out of the Palace of Tears.
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" Unhappy woman, " said the sultan, " art thou worthy that I should answer thee ? "
" Alas ! " replied the queen, " why do you reproach me thus ? "
" The cries, " returned the sultan, " the groans and tears of thy husband, whom thou treatest every day day with so much indignity and barbarity, prevent my sleeping night or day.
Hadst thou disenchanted him, I should long since have been cured, and have recovered the use of my speech. This is cause of my silence, of which you complain. "
" Well, " said the enchantress, " to pacify you, I am ready to excute your commands ; would you have me restore him ? "
" Yes, " replied the sultan ; " make haste to set him at liberty, that I be no longer disturbed by his lamentations. "
The enchantress went immediately out of the Palace of Tears.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (23) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (23)
She took a cup of water, and pronounced some words over it, which caused it to boil, as if it had been on the fire.
She afterward proceeded to the young King, and threw the water upon him, saying : " If the Creator of all things did form thee as thou art at present, or if He be angry with them do not change ; but if thou art in that condition merely by virtue of my enchantments, resume thy natural shape and become what thou wast before. "
She had scarcely spoken these wards when the prince finding himself restored to his former condition rose up and returned thanks to God.
The enchantress then said to him, " Get thee from this castles and never return on pain of dearth. "
The young Kings yielding to necessity, went away without replying a word and retired to a remote places where he patiently awaited the event of the design which the sultan had happily begun.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (25) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (25)
" This is the true cause of the delay of my cure. Go speedily, restore things to their former state, and at thy return I will thee my hand, and thou shalt help me to arise. "
The enchantress, inspired with hope from these words, cried out in a transport of joy, " My heart, my soil, you shall soon be restored to your health. for I immediately do as you command me. "
Accordingly she went that instant, and when she came to the brink of the lake she took a little water in her hand, and sprinkling it, she pronounced some words over the fish and the lake, and the city was immediately restored.
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" This is the true cause of the delay of my cure. Go speedily, restore things to their former state, and at thy return I will thee my hand, and thou shalt help me to arise. "
The enchantress, inspired with hope from these words, cried out in a transport of joy, " My heart, my soil, you shall soon be restored to your health. for I immediately do as you command me. "
Accordingly she went that instant, and when she came to the brink of the lake she took a little water in her hand, and sprinkling it, she pronounced some words over the fish and the lake, and the city was immediately restored.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (24) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (24)
Meanwhile the enchantress returned to the Palace of Tears, and supposing that she still spoke to the black, said, " Dear love, I have done what you required ; nothing now prevents your rising and giving me the satisfaction of which I have so long been deprived. "
The sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black, said : " What you have now done is by no means sufficient for my cure ; you have only removed a part of the evil ; you must cut it up by the root. "
" My lovely black, " resumed the queen, " what do you mean by the root ? "
" Wretched woman, " replied the sultan, " understand you not that I allude to the town and its inhabitants, and the four islands, destroyed by thy enchantments ? The fish every noght at midnight raise their heads out of the lake, and cry for vengeance against thee and me. "
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Meanwhile the enchantress returned to the Palace of Tears, and supposing that she still spoke to the black, said, " Dear love, I have done what you required ; nothing now prevents your rising and giving me the satisfaction of which I have so long been deprived. "
The sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black, said : " What you have now done is by no means sufficient for my cure ; you have only removed a part of the evil ; you must cut it up by the root. "
" My lovely black, " resumed the queen, " what do you mean by the root ? "
" Wretched woman, " replied the sultan, " understand you not that I allude to the town and its inhabitants, and the four islands, destroyed by thy enchantments ? The fish every noght at midnight raise their heads out of the lake, and cry for vengeance against thee and me. "
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The Young King of the Black Isles (25) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (25)
" This is the true cause of the delay of my cure. Go speedily, restore things to their former state, and at thy return I will give thee my hand, and thou shalt help me to arise. "
The enchantress, inspired with hope from these words, cried out in a transport of joy, " My heart, my soil, you shall soon be restored to your health, for I will immediately do as you commnad me. "
Accordingly he went that instant, and when she came to the brink of the lake she took a little water in her hand, and sprinkling it, she pronounced some words over the fish and the lake, and the city was immediately restored.
The fish became men, women, and children ; Mohammedans, Christians, Persians, or Jews ; freemen or slaves, as they were before : every one having recovered his natural form.
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" This is the true cause of the delay of my cure. Go speedily, restore things to their former state, and at thy return I will give thee my hand, and thou shalt help me to arise. "
The enchantress, inspired with hope from these words, cried out in a transport of joy, " My heart, my soil, you shall soon be restored to your health, for I will immediately do as you commnad me. "
Accordingly he went that instant, and when she came to the brink of the lake she took a little water in her hand, and sprinkling it, she pronounced some words over the fish and the lake, and the city was immediately restored.
The fish became men, women, and children ; Mohammedans, Christians, Persians, or Jews ; freemen or slaves, as they were before : every one having recovered his natural form.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (26) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (26)
The houses and shops were immediately filled with their inhabitants, who found all things as they were before enchantment.
The sultan's numerous retinue, who found themselves encamped in the largeat square, were astonished to see themselves in an instant in the middle of a large, handsome, well-peopled city.
To return to the enchantress:
As soon as she had effected this wonderful change, she returned with all expedition to the Palace of Tears, that she might receive her reward.
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The houses and shops were immediately filled with their inhabitants, who found all things as they were before enchantment.
The sultan's numerous retinue, who found themselves encamped in the largeat square, were astonished to see themselves in an instant in the middle of a large, handsome, well-peopled city.
To return to the enchantress:
As soon as she had effected this wonderful change, she returned with all expedition to the Palace of Tears, that she might receive her reward.
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The Young King of the Black Isles (27) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young king of the Balck Isles (27)
" My dear lord, " cried she, as she entered, " I have done all that you required of me, then pray rise and give me your hand. "
" Come near, " said the sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black.
She did so.
" You are notnear enought, " he continueed ; " approach nearer."
She obeyed.
he then rose up, and seizing her by the arm so suddenly that she had not time to discover him, he with a blow of his cimeter cut her in two, so that one half fell one way and the other another.
This done, he left the body on the spot, and going out of Palace of Tears, went to seek the young King of the Black Isles, who waited for him with great impatience.
When he found him, " Prince, " said he, embracing him, " rejoice ; you have now nothing to fear ; your cruel enemy is dead. "
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" My dear lord, " cried she, as she entered, " I have done all that you required of me, then pray rise and give me your hand. "
" Come near, " said the sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the black.
She did so.
" You are notnear enought, " he continueed ; " approach nearer."
She obeyed.
he then rose up, and seizing her by the arm so suddenly that she had not time to discover him, he with a blow of his cimeter cut her in two, so that one half fell one way and the other another.
This done, he left the body on the spot, and going out of Palace of Tears, went to seek the young King of the Black Isles, who waited for him with great impatience.
When he found him, " Prince, " said he, embracing him, " rejoice ; you have now nothing to fear ; your cruel enemy is dead. "
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The Young King of the Black Isles (28) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Balck Isles (28)
The young prince returned thanks to the sultan in a manner that safficiently evinced his gratitude, and in return wished him long life and happiness.
" You may henceforward, " said the sultan, " dwell peaceably in your capital, unless you will accompany me to mine, which is near : you shall there be welcome, and have as much honour shown you as if you were in your own Kingdom. "
" Potent monarch, to whom I am so much indebted, " replied the King, " you think, then, that you are near your capital. "
" Yes," said the sultan, " I know it is not above four or five hours' journey. "
" It will take you a whole year to return, " said the prince.
" I do indeed believe that you camehither from your capital in the time you mention, because mine was enchanted ; but since the enchantment is taken off, things are changed.
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The young prince returned thanks to the sultan in a manner that safficiently evinced his gratitude, and in return wished him long life and happiness.
" You may henceforward, " said the sultan, " dwell peaceably in your capital, unless you will accompany me to mine, which is near : you shall there be welcome, and have as much honour shown you as if you were in your own Kingdom. "
" Potent monarch, to whom I am so much indebted, " replied the King, " you think, then, that you are near your capital. "
" Yes," said the sultan, " I know it is not above four or five hours' journey. "
" It will take you a whole year to return, " said the prince.
" I do indeed believe that you camehither from your capital in the time you mention, because mine was enchanted ; but since the enchantment is taken off, things are changed.
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The YOung King of the Black Isles (29) [Story of the Black Isles]
The Young King of the Black Isles (29)
" However, this shall not prevent my following you, were it to the utmost corner of the earth. You are my deliverer, and that I may give you proofs of my acknowledgment of this during my whole life, I am willing to accompany you, and to leave my kingdom wothout regret. "
The sultan was extremely surprised to undeerstand that he was so far from his dominioins, and could not imagine how it could be, but the young King of the Black Islands convinced him beyond a possibility of doubt.
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" However, this shall not prevent my following you, were it to the utmost corner of the earth. You are my deliverer, and that I may give you proofs of my acknowledgment of this during my whole life, I am willing to accompany you, and to leave my kingdom wothout regret. "
The sultan was extremely surprised to undeerstand that he was so far from his dominioins, and could not imagine how it could be, but the young King of the Black Islands convinced him beyond a possibility of doubt.
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