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“ A certain wealthy merchant had a fair daughter, who was as the full moon, and when she attained the age of fifteen, her father betook himself to an old man and spreading him a carpet in his sitting-chamber, gave him to eat and caroused with him. ”

“ Quoth he, “It belongeth to such an one the notary, may God curse him!” “Is he her father?” asked I; [and he replied, “Yes.”] So I repaired in haste to a man, with whom I had been used to deposit my goods for sale, and told him that I desired to gain access to such an one the notary. ”

“ When the poor man heard the merchant’s story, he became desirous of marrying his daughter. So he took her to wife and was vouchsafed of her exceeding love.
↑ i.e. the caravan with which he came. ↑ i.e. I seek to marry thy daughter, not for her own sake, but because I desire thine alliance. ↑ i.e. the face of his bride. ↑ i.e. his wife. ↑ i.e. his wife. ↑ Naming the poor man. ↑ Naming his daughter. ”