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 CRUMP TWIN-BROTHERS. 7 Ibad and this brother were amazed at a recep- on ſo little expected; it was in vain they repre- Inted their miſery to Babekan, and suewed, him e moſt abject ſubmiſſion; he continued unmov- d; and all they could obtain of him was ten or twelve pieces of gold, to help them to ſettle in ſome other town. Babekan being returned home, his wife percein- ed an alteration in his countenance : ſhe aſked him the cauſe of it, and was anſwered that it proceed- ed from the arrival of his two brother's ; but that apprehending at Bagdad the ſame railleries he had born at Damaſcas, he had forbid them his houſe, and obliged them to leave the town. Nohoud to no purpoſe remonsirated to him the cruelty of what he had done; her huſband's fury was but increaſed by her perſuaſions. I find, fays he, you will be rempted to entertain them here; during the journey I am to make to Balfora ; but take notice, I would adviſe you, that if you do, it ſhall coſt you your life. I ſry no more: look to it than you do not diſobey me. Babekan's wife was too well acquainted with her huſband's violent humour to contradict him; ſhe had often enough felt the weight of his arm. She promiſed moſt punctually to execute his or- ders; but thoſe promiſes did not make Babeken eaſy; he paſſed the whole night without taking a wink of ſleep, and returning next morning at break of day to the woman's houſe where his bro- thers and lodged, he heard to his great ſatisfaction that they were gone from Bagdad, with an inten- tion never to ſee it again. Ibad and Syahook were indeed departed with a reſolution to go ſeek their fortunes elſewhere; but the latter falling fick about two days journey from Bagdad, and they finding themſelves obliged to ſtay