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dual in my nation, and am alfo fervant to the greatell king now reigning upon earth, of whofe dominions, it is likewife truly faid, thefe Indies are but a fmall part." — fhould not fay that : You forgot the grand lignior ; there are four, Otman, Ferfee, Bornow, and Habelh." — " I neither forgot the grand lignior, nor do him wrong, re- plied I. What I have faid, I have faid." — " Kafrs and flaves ! all of them, fays Ifmael ; there is the Turk, the king of England, and the king of France ; what kings are Bornow and the reft? — Kafrs." — " How comes it, fays the king, you that are fo noble and learned, that you know all things, all languages, and fo brave that you fear no dan- ger, but pafs, with two or three old men, into fuch coun- tries as this and Habefh, where Baady my father perifhed with an army? how comes it that you do not flay at home and enjoy yourfelf, eat, drink, take pleafure and reft, and not wander like a poor man, a prey to every danger ?" — " You, Sir, I replied, may know fome of this fort of men ; certainly you do know them ; for there are in your religion, as well as mine, men of learning, and thofe too of great rank and nobility, who, on account of fins they have com- mitted, or vows they have made, renounce the world, its riches and pleafures : They lay down their nobility, and become humble and poor, fo as often to be infuked by wicked and low men, not having the fear of God before their eyes." — *' True, thefe are Dervifli," faid the other three men. " I am then one of thefe Dervifli, faid I, content with the bread that is given me, and bound for fome years to travel in hardfliips and danger, doing all the good I can to poor and rich, ferving every man, and hurting none." " Tybe ! that is well," fays the king. " And how long 4 have
 * ' The greatell king ! fays he that fpofce about the aiTes, you