and I must humbly beg of you to order the punishment due for it; how severe soever it may be, I shall not in the least complain, but esteem it too easy and light.
The caliph was much astonished at the young man’s relation. But this just prince, finding he was rather to be pitied than condemned, began to speak in his favour: “This young man’s crime,” said he, “is pardonable before God, and excusable with men. The wicked slave
and I must humbly beg of you to order the punishment due for it; how severe soever it may be, I shall not in the least complain, but esteem it too easy and light.
The caliph was much astonished at the young man’s relation. But this just prince, finding he was rather to be pitied than condemned, began to speak in his favour: “This young man’s crime,” said he, “is pardonable before God, and excusable with men. The wicked slave
