except mine, which pleased him so much that he said to the officers, “Take the finest horse in my stable, with the richest trappings, and a robe of the most sumptuous brocade to put on the person who wrote the six hands, and bring him thither.” At this command the officers could not forbear laughing. The sultan was incensed at their rudeness, and would have punished them had they not explained: “Sir,” said they, “we humbly beg
except mine, which pleased him so much that he said to the officers, “Take the finest horse in my stable, with the richest trappings, and a robe of the most sumptuous brocade to put on the person who wrote the six hands, and bring him thither.” At this command the officers could not forbear laughing. The sultan was incensed at their rudeness, and would have punished them had they not explained: “Sir,” said they, “we humbly beg
