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And he gave an eighth a bunch and he recited the following:

Then he gave a bunch to a ninth and he recited these verses:

Then he gave a bunch of roses to the tenth and last and he recited the following verses:

Then the gardener brought the wine-service and setting it before them, on a tray of porcelain sprayed with red gold, recited the following verses:

Then he filled and drank and the cup went round, till it came to Noureddin’s turn, whereupon the gardener filled the cup and handed it to him; but he said, ‘I know not this thing nor have I ever drunken thereof, for therein