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 they show that thy enemy is afraid of thee.” Then the messenger was permitted to communicate the object of his mission.

After uttering this indignant speech, Feridún showed to the messenger his great warriors, one by one. He showed him Kavah and his two sons, Shahpúr, and Shírúeh, and Kárun, and Sám, and Narímán, and other chiefs—all of admirable courage and valor in war—and thus resumed: