396 'LITERATURE.
: Bèing in want: of c^ater^the^piiïi'Cessripiat'ïïp a prayerito rheavenj&Wien
if., .close.by bén feet ;a spring. !o£<: pure: water-issued^ •/ƒ
On which the sdn&ju flowed sóoïi' appearedisapening it&jp'atals,) and* offer-
' Ainglthé<shade :ofi^/cM/m^ito»tKeismailer water-plants floating hérfeath.
Her heart now bee and e easy‘;v and delighted'-at iwhat ■ she .beKeMsnshe pro-
in exceeded-to bathe' and ;pef far m-herI de vofiems.0 i
The'father;-on’his return; Aearhs lihe,-Treachery : df fa&vjPangHAlw, and
haying recovered- his daughter, - .shit is subsequently-married tov a neighbouring
prince,"-by- whom she has.5 'three .children." Hqr trials,•/:hojsfeyer,% SÈ f6ot
.yet at-an end;’ for ibeingson a- ijourney.to, visit ,;her father; aceotopaniedyby
‘.the pepdtek- of -her- husband,- who: is appointed ;tp .-guard hen anithedway, hhe
Pepdteh forms a'design upon her: virtue. '-.He iswepThseJltediasigaying:—
‘.« I f you;- oK-princess,. submitinbt' io.-'myides'ires; it is; my, determination
• to: put youlVeldest .childixvdeath’
The princess on hearing- this becaraeTs.q-taffected as, to, be^jdeprived of
speech.
- When the Pepdteh again,repeating his threat :in a'lsalemn .manner^ •<
o: She: replied;;“ what woutó-'you ;hav.aimé,:say ?. nWhatevëm mays be'the
•- .will dfcGód -I must'submit. jlf my. child i§f-t'ofdiè; thorn can<ï,pxevènt
; itihs;-
Thè P&pdtdh,- on hearing >this; forthwith drew . his -swóifcb-'.andf sle-vyl the
child, again demanding ofjthe’prihcess.whetheii ishe-would? siibmit; to
P his desires ? To which She answered, “ NoH’ ■ *
a) He. again urged her ; but-thé princess hanging down her head was: silent,
-- . and; in the'hope that 'God would give - h e r resolution, hergmind bepame
more easy.: ’
.ThePepdteh then shaking his sword: before the- princess,-, again urgëd^hër
to-submit, threaténing that if:shé'refused'h é -would' slay./her?,second
'ch child; y i ' " ■ ' ' ’ ' "r
: But'thé princess could only reply, “ you mustiact as you say,; i f it is the
“ will of God that you should do so.’^ e ■
He then slew thé-second.'child, and again, urging-herh to subynit, thr£at-
y „ened, ,in case of refusal,' that hëiwould slay the Tbirdfehild,? then-at her
breast. • S
Snatching the child from her arms, he put his threat into execution, and
the
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nc'the blood ,flewLo.fiHthef^oth^Jstfa!ce,; onmhic^yshe. swooned« and fell to r
iffae -gr ounjjp iffrfe^ - -*urp]
ie pepdteh"-1 havinga sti,Gcee^e'^ih^^Cpyeyih'^hheWj{;again isttempted-• to
'still'u’refused he yqulda slay
, TJ.her 2: to. this, the prihoessiati^s^madekhQ/Eejiyllhl
! -But,plaeingihecls0i^relianchhhlth^Almigb.ty-,!.a tbougbiafelast strucMher,
and she»sai<|ia*tf^ttWft ■
yf as'?ypr&LWffl jwatfeme; btft^Se^n^thatvh am^i diSfigur§dfwiriSj hlo'od,
-r:cTh©.i?€pafefeass&jatingif)0-.thisidsh,e.\went awayiandeffpeteclihet espapgLinto
I fheMVOodsm tThere1 sbratremaipiii'iliti..^ (|g y ,1 « h a # ‘1#'s^ymqd^hy ,-her,>hjiSr
hand,M h Q # revengeiputthe thsg^ch<d#^I<^tbee^^£44^4p.%oh'Vr ni
fc^ h a s^ fc ead y yh e en^ s h f^ t th a ^ ^ ^
has n b # s u f e i f0 for' up^d^ofiifour^e'htu^lf^ an^Merfull Establishment
oft the: Mahometan:; as - £he hnattenaltrreligiQjFte ofcthej c0Uptey#r9qp^ards. o f
±hree?'.ceTpM^5^hiJ Ars,h^e'iE^»nia‘de"; but.-littlg-j prj^n^ijnjpa?|j \5$Pi th,e I
Iahgufife/.;ahn|-it;may4e added,' that the^Arabic ^ f t o ^ i ^ p o w ^ m o j g
them vare.'al^st^elilsjiVhly: co®£pejd‘ fb?r%tte|’S1'qf5^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ a b s ;flP‘ t%
JaVap dahguage ;Afe i»6ccitsio'nally w ^ k f^ in ^gs ^rabiq, charagjj&f, .jand.-then
Uermedr^llwr.' hut*jLhjs > r a e tic e ,^ '- ^ ^ i raeans^nkal. I
i first translated, or-rather paraphrased, about andirendjCT,^
ihtarJavah: versej by'' a learned fman pi^Pmiq^gga^ ^ w h o m ^ |, ^ t |^ of I
K ^M idiw i$gq-.jsps imcoriseqUife®te^Yen- * ■ : :V '
3 SraMt books, bhw^v5r,.iare daily; ii3 § t^ f ig .in t tu m b q f^ ^ e principal
L 4h^ianguag4; with which/^th^J^va.^'afe,'at present, acqp|iiiited,
are the UmuPbratin, by Sheik' ; ; Mohdrrar, hy Iman. Abu I
Hantfa ^Pernio- T a il, by Shpit.'Islam Zacharidh; and Kamib by I
Sheik-Abdul Karim Jili. The dpbM^%ofi^^A MiLlanPPsMk, the.-|ather
- of'Susunan Giri andf on§’o£ the -etrliest mfss^nScies;-
■PLanifa, -Whichrare> ’the-rsame" asAhe^Persikhsfa^e'fsaidfftoippruf'es&j'ibut/.these
Mctri'nes hi'Sf, ■ subsequent'*t5"-the1 tim1e';-bB^^MKsf^f^beeh^'ehan%ed-fm
ctho:se ' of S h a fts - are> to -th e I
doctrines, o f -HfiniJ^; but th e i/#n u m b e r ^ J $ £ ^
follow-er^ft'S1^ ^ . The number of Arabic tracts, oirpplatipg.bfti:Jfya-^ as
''b een estimated at about two hundred.-/-' '"-A v - - - „ ’ -
Several