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 HISTORY OF THE THREE, Etc. 3 ird Babekan, and theſe three little humnp back'd bthers never worked in their ſhop but they ſerv- for laughing-ſtocks to all the boys and girls is Le town. One day, as the only ſon of a rich merchant, med Mourad, returned from walking with ſome his play-fellows, finding himſelf more merry dan uſual, he leaned upon the bulk of the three jumps, and inſulted tmen with ſo much keen a that Babekan, who was then at work upon a ife-Blade, loft all patience; he ran after thoſe ildren, and singling out his principal enemy ve him a cut in the belly ;. but finding that he jas purſued by the mob, he ran into hiſ ſhop and lled to the door after him. As Mourad was dangerouſly wounded, all the enues of Behemrillah's houſe were immediately cured till the Cads, who was fest for, ſhould He repaired thither immediately with Azzas t, and having broken down the doors, on their refusal to open them, he entered into le ſhop, and demanded of thoſe who had been litneſſes of the action that was committed, which the three crumps was the murderer ? Nobody fuld affirm that it was one of them more than je other; they were ſo exactly alike that they were all at a loſs. The Cady examined Ibad, who Tured him that it was not he that had wounded e boy, and that he could not tell whither it was Wahouk or Babekan; Syahouk averred the ſame jing And Babekan, ſeeing himſelf out of dan- had the impudence to deny likewiſe that he any hand in the crime. The Cady was therefore much perplexed what to + The Azzas are a ſort of catchpoies that generally joy the Cadies.