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LMET the Derviſe, who watched the ſacred lamp in the ſepulchre of the Prophet as he one day roſe up from the devotions of the morning, which he had performed at the gate of the temple, with his body turned towards the Eaſt, and his forehead upon earth, he ſaw before him a man in  apparel, attended by a long retinue, who gazed ſtedfaſtly on him, with  look of mournful complacency, and  deſirous to ſpeak, but unwilling  offend.

The Derviſe, after a ſhort ſilence, advanced and ſaluted him with the calm, which independence confers humility, requeſted that he would  his purpoſe.