The Book of Sindib D; Or, the Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, and Seven Vaz RS (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ... king having expressed a wish to hear it, the Damsel relates the Story of the Prince who went to hunt, and the stratagem which the Vazir practised on him. The whole of this story, as Falconer has stated, is wanting in the manuscript It is the tale of the prince who was changed into a woman by drinking at an enchanted fountain.--See Scott's version of the Seven Vazlrs in the present volume, where it forms the fourth story of the Damsel. We must now turn back to the displaced leaves--folia 87 to 126 inclusive--which should follow the missing story of the Changed Sex. And here is another deficiency-; but it may be supposed that, as usual, the king once more gives orders for the execution of his son, upon which the Seventh Vazir presents himself, and, having prevailed upon his Majesty to stay the execution, begins to relate the Story of the King and the Virtuous Wife,1 the commencement of which is also wanting, but it was probably similar to that of the story as found in 1 Or, "The Lion's Track."--This fragment seems also to have escaped Falconer's notice, at least, it finds no place in his analysis. Syntipas and other old versions: A king, who was very fond of women, chanced one day to see a beautiful lady on the terrace of her house, and immediately became enamoured of her. Having ascertained that she was the wife of one of his officers, or ministers, the king despatched him on a distant expedition, and soon after visited the lady one evening. Now this lady was as virtuous as she was beautiful, and, pretending to accede to the king's desire, she gave him a book to read while she bathed and adorned herself. This book consisted of warnings against the indulgence of illicit passions, and in the first page of what remains of the story, the king seems to be engage...