“prolong my days, and God will prolong yours; do not put me to death, lest God treat you in the same manner.” The fisherman broke off his discourse here, to apply it to the genie. “Well, genie,” said he, “you see that what passed betwixt the Grecian king and his physician Douban is acted just now by us.” The Grecian king, continued he, instead of having regard to the prayers of the physician, who begged him to spare his life, cruelly replied, “No, no; I must of necessity cut you off, otherwise you may assassinate with as much art as you
and art changed into a calf by enchantment, return to thy natural shape, by the permission of the sovereign Creator.” As she spoke, she threw water upon him, and in an instant he recovered his natural form. “My son, my dear son,” cried I, immediately embracing him with such a transport of joy that I knew not what I was doing, “it is heaven that