Page:Tales from the Arabic, Vol 1.djvu/309

284 prudently is safe and conquereth, and whoso neglecteth precaution perisheth and repenteth.’ Nor,” added the vizier, “is this more extraordinary nor goodlier than the story of the king, whose kingdom was restored to him and his wealth, after he had become poor, possessing not a single dirhem.”

When the king heard this, he said in himself, “How like is this to my own story in the matter of the vizier and his slaughter! Had I not used precaution, I had put him to death.” And he bade Er Rehwan depart to his own house.