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dual in my nation, and am alfo fervant to the greatett 
king now reigning upon earth, of whofe dominions, it is 
likewife truly faid, thefe Indies are but a fmall part.”— 
“The greateft king! fays he that fpoke about the affles, you 
fhould not fay that: You forgot the grand fignior; 
there are four, Otman, Ferfee, Bornow, and Habeth.”—* { 
neither forgot the grand fignior, 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 ftay 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 infulted by 
“wicked and low men, not having the fear of God before 
their eyes.’ —* True, thefe are Dervifh,” faid the other three 
men. “I am then one of thefe Dervifh, faid I, content 
with the bread that is given me, and bound for fome years ~ 
to travel in hardfhips 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 
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