ABSTRACT

Bahrám made answer, saying : a Good, 'tis well. We will not blink fair words."

With that he took

An ox-head mace while the world wondered at him. An archmage said : " O wise and holy king ! Who biddeth thee fight lions ? Canst thou have More than the sovereignty ? So in its quest Give not thy life and person to destruction Thus wantonly, Herein no blame attacheth To us, 'tis thine own act, the world is thine."