to be gone; let me therefore sacrifice my life for yours.”
“Sir,” said he again to the vizier, “I tell you once more I am the murderer; let me die without delay.”
The controversy between the old and the young man induced the grand vizier to carry them both before the caliph, to which the judge criminal consented, being glad to serve the vizier. When he came before the prince, he kissed the ground seven times, and spake after this manner: “Commander of the faithful,
to be gone; let me therefore sacrifice my life for yours.”
“Sir,” said he again to the vizier, “I tell you once more I am the murderer; let me die without delay.”
The controversy between the old and the young man induced the grand vizier to carry them both before the caliph, to which the judge criminal consented, being glad to serve the vizier. When he came before the prince, he kissed the ground seven times, and spake after this manner: “Commander of the faithful,
