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dual in my nation, and am alfo fervant to the greatell 

 king now reigning upon earth, of whofe dominions, it is 

 likewife truly faid, thefe Indies are but a fmall part." — 

 *' The greatell king ! fays he that fpofce about the aiTes, you 

 fhould not fay that : You forgot the grand lignior ; 

 there are four, Otman, Ferfee, Bornow, and Habelh." — " I 

 neither forgot the grand lignior, nor do him wrong, re- 

 plied I. What I have faid, I have faid." — " Kafrs and 

 flaves ! all of them, fays Ifmael ; there is the Turk, the 

 king of England, and the king of France ; what kings are 

 Bornow and the reft? — Kafrs." — " How comes it, fays the 

 king, you that are fo noble and learned, that you know all 

 things, all languages, and fo brave that you fear no dan- 

 ger, but pafs, with two or three old men, into fuch coun- 

 tries as this and Habefh, where Baady my father perifhed 

 with an army? how comes it that you do not flay at 

 home and enjoy yourfelf, eat, drink, take pleafure and reft, 

 and not wander like a poor man, a prey to every danger ?" — 

 " You, Sir, I replied, may know fome of this fort of men ; 

 certainly you do know them ; for there are in your religion, 

 as well as mine, men of learning, and thofe too of great 

 rank and nobility, who, on account of fins they have com- 

 mitted, or vows they have made, renounce the world, its 

 riches and pleafures : They lay down their nobility, and 

 become humble and poor, fo as often to be infuked by 

 wicked and low men, not having the fear of God before 

 their eyes." — *' True, thefe are Dervifli," faid the other three 

 men. " I am then one of thefe Dervifli, faid I, content 

 with the bread that is given me, and bound for fome years 

 to travel in hardfliips and danger, doing all the good I can 

 to poor and rich, ferving every man, and hurting none." 

 " Tybe ! that is well," fays the king. " And how long 

 4 have 



