was still more astonished. When the things were removed, they brought him a particular liquor, of which he caused them to give me a glass. I drank, and wrote upon the glass some new verses, which explained the state I was reduced to, after many sufferings. The sultan read these likewise, and said, “A man that was capable of doing so much would be above the greatest of his species.”
The sultan caused to be brought to him a chessboard,
was still more astonished. When the things were removed, they brought him a particular liquor, of which he caused them to give me a glass. I drank, and wrote upon the glass some new verses, which explained the state I was reduced to, after many sufferings. The sultan read these likewise, and said, “A man that was capable of doing so much would be above the greatest of his species.”
The sultan caused to be brought to him a chessboard,
