'24^ ^^^ 017?/. Feh. 15, 



Hafsan died a few days afterwards ; scarce were 

 Ins lips closed, ivhen Agib hastened to conduct to the 

 /cadi, all those whom the defunct had desired might 

 attend. The mufsulman judge, after he had fliewn 

 the seal whole and intire, broke it himself, and gave 

 the testament ojoen to his secretary to read, who 

 with a loud voice read as follows : 



*' In the name of a just and merciful God, before 

 I quit the caravansera of this woTrld, where I haye 

 pa£sed a bad and fhort night, I Hafsan, son of Aioub, 

 son of Abdalla, leave here this writing, by which I 

 dispose of those pretended goods, which I fhall not 

 carry with me. I threatened my nephews Daoud 

 and Achmet, that I would make them repent of 

 their conduct, which has sometimes displeased me ; 

 and I v/ill keep my word with them, quite other- 

 wise than they expect. They are young and a little 

 giddy, but were they more so, they are the sons of a 

 brother who loved me, and the grandchildren of my 

 father. I bequeath them, then, all the fortune which 

 my father left me, and that which through provi- 

 dence I have added by my care and (economy : If 

 they abuse my benefaction, the sin Se on their owa 

 heads. I leave them, I say, all I pofsefs, on condi- 

 tion, however, that they faithfully pay the under 

 specified legacies. I bequeath nothing in favour of 

 poor dervises ; nothing even in favour of hospitals ; 

 myhand^, thank heaven, were always open to pay in- 

 digence, the tribute they owed ; but in dying I keep 

 .them ftiut ; it is for my heirs to open theirs. What 

 merit (bould I have, to give to God, what he is going 

 ■to take from me ? With wbjit eye does he see these 



