prepared for death. The executioner tied his hands, and was going to draw his cimeter.
The courtiers who were present, being moved with compassion, begged the king to pardon him, assuring his majesty that he was not guilty of the crime laid to his charge, and that they would answer for his innocence: but the king was inflexible.
The physician being on his knees, his eyes tied up, and ready to receive the fatal blow, addressed himself once more to the king: “Sir,
prepared for death. The executioner tied his hands, and was going to draw his cimeter.
The courtiers who were present, being moved with compassion, begged the king to pardon him, assuring his majesty that he was not guilty of the crime laid to his charge, and that they would answer for his innocence: but the king was inflexible.
The physician being on his knees, his eyes tied up, and ready to receive the fatal blow, addressed himself once more to the king: “Sir,
