to seize forty Bermukkees in their houses; a public crier was sent about the city by the caliph’s order, to cry thus: “Those who have a desire to see the grand vizier Jaaffier impaled, with forty of his kindred, let them come to the square before the palace.”
When all things were ready, the criminal judge, and many officers belonging to the palace, having brought out the grand vizier with the forty Bermukkees, set each by the
to seize forty Bermukkees in their houses; a public crier was sent about the city by the caliph’s order, to cry thus: “Those who have a desire to see the grand vizier Jaaffier impaled, with forty of his kindred, let them come to the square before the palace.”
When all things were ready, the criminal judge, and many officers belonging to the palace, having brought out the grand vizier with the forty Bermukkees, set each by the
