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“ Tirewomen to the bride, who whiskers, ay, and beard Upon her face produce, they never would assign. [4]
On this wise they did with her sister Dinarzad, and when they had made an end of displaying the two brides, the king bestowed dresses of honour on all who were present and dismissed them to their own places. Then Shehrzad went in to King Shehriyar and Dinarzad to King Shahzeman and each of them solaced himself with the company of his beloved and the hearts of the folk were comforted. When the morning morrowed, the vizier came in to the two kings and kissed the ground before them ”

“ I know not which to choose of the superabundant material at my command in the way of instances of women’s craft. The Favourite and Her Lover
Thus,” continued Shehrzad, “none is safe from the calamities of fortune and the vicissitudes of time, and [in proof of this] , I will relate unto thee yet another story still rarer and more extraordinary than this. Know, O King, that one said to me, ‘A friend of mine, a merchant, told me the following story. ”

“ So it behoveth thee take unto thyself a virtuous vizier, a man of good counsel, even as thou takest unto thee a wife displayed before thy face, for that thou hast need of the man’s righteousness for thine own amendment, [10] seeing that, if thou do righteously, the commons will do likewise, and if thou do evil, they also will do evil.”
When the king heard this, drowsiness overcame him and he slept and presently awaking, called for the candles. So they were lighted and he sat down on his couch and seating Shehrzad by him, smiled in her face. ”

“ O chief of the kings, the wise say, ‘The kingship is a building, whereof the troops are the foundation,’ and whenas the foundation is strong, the building endureth; wherefore it behoveth the king to strengthen the foundation, for that they say, ‘Whenas the foundation is weak, the building falleth.’ On like wise it behoveth the king to care for his troops and do justice among his subjects, even as the owner of the garden careth for his trees and cutteth away the weeds that have no profit in them ”

“ Then they displayed Dinarzad in a second and a third and a fourth dress and she came forward, as she were the rising sun, and swayed coquettishly to and fro; and indeed she was even as saith the poet of her in the following verses:
A sun of beauty she appears to all who look on her, Glorious in arch and amorous grace, with coyness beautified ”

“ King Shehriyar ordered them dresses of honour and largesse and they offered up prayers for the abiding continuance [on life] of the king and his brother.
Then the two kings appointed their father-in-law the vizier to be viceroy in Samarcand and assigned him five of the chief amirs to accompany him, charging them attend him and do him service. The vizier kissed the earth and prayed that they might be vouchsafed length of life. ”

“ Alexander. ↑ i.e. the blackness of the hair. ↑ The ingenuity of the bride’s attendants, on the occasion of a wedding, is strained to the utmost to vary her attire and the manner in which the hair is dressed on the occasion of her being displayed to her husband, and one favourite trick consists in fastening her tresses about her chin and cheeks, so as to produce a sort of imitation of a beard and whiskers. ↑ Literal. ↑ i.e. God only knows if it be true or not. ”