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Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
of last ni ght , " returned Giafar . Basem looked out , and beheld his three visitors ; " Go , and be hanged , " said he , " you shall have no admission here : by Alia , I have been looking for you all the day , that I might break your bones , and now I don ' t want you here , you are come to vex me . " " Noble Basem , " said the vizir , " we have no evil designs
, I can assure you ; we are come for no other purpose this night , than to enquire . kindly after 3-our health ; we have heard of this unaccountable decree , forbidding blacksmiths to work , and we are anxious to know whether it has done you any injury ; we beseech you to let us in , and we promise to provoke you by no improper language . " " Provoke me if you dare , " said he , " and take tlie consehowever shall in
quences ; , you come . " He then went down , and opened the door ; but the wine had got into his head , and he was nearly drunk ; they followed him up stairs , and seated themselves in a corner of the apartment . " Now , fellows , " said Basem , " you know my manners , there ' s my fruit and meat , and here ' s my wine ; not a drop shall one of haveindeed there ' hardly h for
you ; s enoug myself . — - You fellow in the black beard , " addressing himself to the Khalif , " I won ' t have you cast such a sheep ' s eye upon my fruit . " " Indeed Sir , " answered the Khalif , " we do not intend to eat any part of your provision , we are merely come as visitors , to enquire after your health , and enjoy the pleasure of your conversation ; throughout the whole of this day our thous-hts have been pmn ] m ^ A ! , i-, „ ,, ,, — . »
this prohibition of the blacksmith ' s trade has excited both our wonder and indignation . " " All that has happened , " replied Basem , « is on your account , and comes from your ill ornens and impertinence I told you last ni ght not to interfere in my affairs , yet you would nevertheless intrude , and pretended to say , that the Khalif would do so and so ; and thus , b y Aha , the gates of heaven were opened ao-ainst take entreat
me : care , I you , how you presume to repeat any ofyoiir conjectures about what should happen . " « Indeed , Sir , we will by no means disoblige you ; yet we beseech you to tell us , how vou have been enabled to procure what we see now before you " « I have lived thus , as I told you last ni ght , " said Basem , '' for the space of twenty years . ' To-day , when I found that the trade of the black smiths prohibited 1 confess that
was , I came away from our shop with great heaviness of heart , but . God provided an occupation for me- I have been the servant to a bagnio , the business of which I learned from an old acquaintance ; here I got by my labour five drachms before the time of afternoon prayers . With this , money I have done as you see ; I went and got the meat , the fruit , the wine I wanted I am Casern froGod
; my provision comes m ; a fig for the Khalif and may every evil ali ght upon . all Khalifs and blacksmiths too- l \ vili die a servant to a bagnio ; a trade ten times better than that of ? blacksmith ; the Khalif cannot prohibit bagnios . " On this , the Khalif made si gns to the vizir to enter into dispute with Basem « Badge Basem , " exclaimed the vizir , " supposed * Khalif were to forbid the use of bagnios , what would you do then >» « Did not . 1 ted you , " said Basem , " that you were officious prying
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
of last ni ght , " returned Giafar . Basem looked out , and beheld his three visitors ; " Go , and be hanged , " said he , " you shall have no admission here : by Alia , I have been looking for you all the day , that I might break your bones , and now I don ' t want you here , you are come to vex me . " " Noble Basem , " said the vizir , " we have no evil designs
, I can assure you ; we are come for no other purpose this night , than to enquire . kindly after 3-our health ; we have heard of this unaccountable decree , forbidding blacksmiths to work , and we are anxious to know whether it has done you any injury ; we beseech you to let us in , and we promise to provoke you by no improper language . " " Provoke me if you dare , " said he , " and take tlie consehowever shall in
quences ; , you come . " He then went down , and opened the door ; but the wine had got into his head , and he was nearly drunk ; they followed him up stairs , and seated themselves in a corner of the apartment . " Now , fellows , " said Basem , " you know my manners , there ' s my fruit and meat , and here ' s my wine ; not a drop shall one of haveindeed there ' hardly h for
you ; s enoug myself . — - You fellow in the black beard , " addressing himself to the Khalif , " I won ' t have you cast such a sheep ' s eye upon my fruit . " " Indeed Sir , " answered the Khalif , " we do not intend to eat any part of your provision , we are merely come as visitors , to enquire after your health , and enjoy the pleasure of your conversation ; throughout the whole of this day our thous-hts have been pmn ] m ^ A ! , i-, „ ,, ,, — . »
this prohibition of the blacksmith ' s trade has excited both our wonder and indignation . " " All that has happened , " replied Basem , « is on your account , and comes from your ill ornens and impertinence I told you last ni ght not to interfere in my affairs , yet you would nevertheless intrude , and pretended to say , that the Khalif would do so and so ; and thus , b y Aha , the gates of heaven were opened ao-ainst take entreat
me : care , I you , how you presume to repeat any ofyoiir conjectures about what should happen . " « Indeed , Sir , we will by no means disoblige you ; yet we beseech you to tell us , how vou have been enabled to procure what we see now before you " « I have lived thus , as I told you last ni ght , " said Basem , '' for the space of twenty years . ' To-day , when I found that the trade of the black smiths prohibited 1 confess that
was , I came away from our shop with great heaviness of heart , but . God provided an occupation for me- I have been the servant to a bagnio , the business of which I learned from an old acquaintance ; here I got by my labour five drachms before the time of afternoon prayers . With this , money I have done as you see ; I went and got the meat , the fruit , the wine I wanted I am Casern froGod
; my provision comes m ; a fig for the Khalif and may every evil ali ght upon . all Khalifs and blacksmiths too- l \ vili die a servant to a bagnio ; a trade ten times better than that of ? blacksmith ; the Khalif cannot prohibit bagnios . " On this , the Khalif made si gns to the vizir to enter into dispute with Basem « Badge Basem , " exclaimed the vizir , " supposed * Khalif were to forbid the use of bagnios , what would you do then >» « Did not . 1 ted you , " said Basem , " that you were officious prying