Of Ferdoosee.  — 43 
And said, O light of the universe! why come 
so quick? 
Could’st thon not wait one little moment? 
Then Zaul fixed his noose to the battlement, 
And descended from the pavilion, 
As the sun rose from behind the mountains, 
And the bands of warriors issued from their 
tents. 
On his return to the camp, Zaul convenes 
the sages, and demands their advice. They 
counsel him to write to his Father, and be 
guided by him. Zaul accordingly writes to 
Seum. In his letter he recals to the mind of 
his Father, in an affecting manner, the suf- 
ferings he had endured, when abandoned 
by his parents in the mountains; conjures him 
to consent to his union with Roodabah, and 
reminds him of a promise he had made when 
reclaiming him from the Seemurgh, that in 
all the future circumstances of his life, he 
would endeavour to efface the remembrance 
of his cruelty, by a cheerful compliance with 
his wishes.—Saum is much embarrassed by 
this letter: on the one hand, he fears the re- 
proaches of his son; on the other, the anger 
of the King. At length he convenes the 
sages, and bids them declare what will be 
