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Oriental Apologues.
youngest slaves , and , as the stranger passes , exercise your cane severely upon the back of your slave ; should he then say , For God ' s sake , Sir , and for my sake , pardon this poor boy , and do not beat him with such severity : you may then return the blow , and say , "Is not this my slave , Sir ? is not chastisement a necessary part of education ? do you presume to contradict me ? " The sultan again followed the advice of his ministerand was beating the boy when the
, stranger passed . The stranger , as he went along , exclaimed ; " Sir , you do very right , beat him by all means , chastisement is a very necessary part of education ; if the young man should expire in consequence , God has certainly decreed it so . " Upon this the vizier impatiently stepped forwards , " For heaven's sake , Sir , " said he to the stranger , " have some compassion , and intercede for this unfortunate cannot be hardhearted this the
boy ; surely you so- - . " Upon stranger gave a blow to the vizier , ten times harder than that which he had given to the sultan . " How dare you , " said he , " presume to interpose in a matter of this kind ? Is not the boy a slave ? is he not feindly educating him ? " The sultan burst into a hearty laugh , " Now , " said he , " I forgive you both , as my vizier has fared no better than myself , " .
THE CADI , AND THE MAN WHO HAD RECEIVED A . BLOW . A CERTAIN half-witted man one evening left his house in a melancholy mood , when a mischievous young fellow , who observed him muttering to himself , thinking him a proper subject for diversion , silently stole behind him , and gave him such a terrible blow on the neckthat he almost suspected his head was knocked off . The
, man suddenly turning about , observed the youth standing near him , in a violent fit of laughter . He immediately seized him , " You , Sir , said he , " what business had } 'ou to strike me ? have you no fear of God , thatyou should dare to insult me without any provocation ?" At this , calling out" Justice ! justice V he dragged the youth , who without any intermission had continued in one fit of laughter , before
a judge . In this situation they arrived at the place of justice , where the cadi was sitting , who seeing the young man laugh so violently , asked the reason why he had been brought before him ? " My Lord , " replied the melancholy man , " I never saw this fellow before in my life ; I neither spoke to him , nor provoked him by any means ; notwithstanding which he came behind me , and struck me a very violent blow on the neck ; I am now come before your lordship to demand the law of God against him . "
" Why , my young friend , " said the cadi , " did you strike this man ? " " For the life and soul of me , " replied the youth , " I could not help it ; " at the same time shewing two sequins to his judge , the venerable cadi immediately made a parade of turning over the leaves of two or three immense folios , which lay by his side . " Why , my Lord" said the complainant" surely you can have no occasion for
, , such copious references to know the fine which our law imposes on a man who strikes another without provocation ? " " Oh , " said the cadi , "ifyou are competent to decide your own case , what necessity for the interference of a judge ? " * ' My Lord , " said the man ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Oriental Apologues.
youngest slaves , and , as the stranger passes , exercise your cane severely upon the back of your slave ; should he then say , For God ' s sake , Sir , and for my sake , pardon this poor boy , and do not beat him with such severity : you may then return the blow , and say , "Is not this my slave , Sir ? is not chastisement a necessary part of education ? do you presume to contradict me ? " The sultan again followed the advice of his ministerand was beating the boy when the
, stranger passed . The stranger , as he went along , exclaimed ; " Sir , you do very right , beat him by all means , chastisement is a very necessary part of education ; if the young man should expire in consequence , God has certainly decreed it so . " Upon this the vizier impatiently stepped forwards , " For heaven's sake , Sir , " said he to the stranger , " have some compassion , and intercede for this unfortunate cannot be hardhearted this the
boy ; surely you so- - . " Upon stranger gave a blow to the vizier , ten times harder than that which he had given to the sultan . " How dare you , " said he , " presume to interpose in a matter of this kind ? Is not the boy a slave ? is he not feindly educating him ? " The sultan burst into a hearty laugh , " Now , " said he , " I forgive you both , as my vizier has fared no better than myself , " .
THE CADI , AND THE MAN WHO HAD RECEIVED A . BLOW . A CERTAIN half-witted man one evening left his house in a melancholy mood , when a mischievous young fellow , who observed him muttering to himself , thinking him a proper subject for diversion , silently stole behind him , and gave him such a terrible blow on the neckthat he almost suspected his head was knocked off . The
, man suddenly turning about , observed the youth standing near him , in a violent fit of laughter . He immediately seized him , " You , Sir , said he , " what business had } 'ou to strike me ? have you no fear of God , thatyou should dare to insult me without any provocation ?" At this , calling out" Justice ! justice V he dragged the youth , who without any intermission had continued in one fit of laughter , before
a judge . In this situation they arrived at the place of justice , where the cadi was sitting , who seeing the young man laugh so violently , asked the reason why he had been brought before him ? " My Lord , " replied the melancholy man , " I never saw this fellow before in my life ; I neither spoke to him , nor provoked him by any means ; notwithstanding which he came behind me , and struck me a very violent blow on the neck ; I am now come before your lordship to demand the law of God against him . "
" Why , my young friend , " said the cadi , " did you strike this man ? " " For the life and soul of me , " replied the youth , " I could not help it ; " at the same time shewing two sequins to his judge , the venerable cadi immediately made a parade of turning over the leaves of two or three immense folios , which lay by his side . " Why , my Lord" said the complainant" surely you can have no occasion for
, , such copious references to know the fine which our law imposes on a man who strikes another without provocation ? " " Oh , " said the cadi , "ifyou are competent to decide your own case , what necessity for the interference of a judge ? " * ' My Lord , " said the man ,