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lie winked to Al-Fazl about i him. Then Al-Fazl said, " Old man 

 where are you going?" He answered, "To a garden* of mine." 

 ^^■^azl said, " Would you like me to tell you of something with 

 which to treat your eyes to remove their watering ?" The ofd man 

 said, " Ah, how much in need am T of that ! " Al-Fazl said, " Take 

 root of air, and powder of water, and leaves of truffles ; put the 

 whole m the shell of a walnut and then apply 8 j and that will 

 ■cure the watering." Then that old man lent forward over the 



?arata zartat'^*tmvilat°-*, saying, "Kerel 



pommel 



cure 



us, we will give thee more,-thou son of a bawd." Ar-Eashid 

 laughed till he nearly rolled off the back of his beast. 



AjJ* %j^c y i e., to make sport of him. 



2 tJl 



1 ^ 



3 aj J^afl J " apply it as collyrium. 



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