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"But," resumed Dakianos, "if the King has the least knowledge of this treasure, his first act will be to confiscate it. Are you sure of yourself? Do you fear nothing from your own indiscretion?" "The desire of possessing the half of those riches," replied the old man, "ought to be a pledge that will satisfy you."
This last prodigy engaged him to have recourse to the seven sleepers, and to Catnier himself, begging them to intercede for him. The little dog answered him thus: "It is fear, and not piety, that seems to soften the hardness of thy heart. Begone: thou canst not deceive Allah." Dakianos retired, confounded with this last reproach, but still more distracted at having humbled himself so far.
Dakianos chose out the most warlike men in all the cities through which he passed, equipped them at his own expense, and gave them whatever pay they demanded. The report which was spread abroad of this magnificence drew together men from all parts of the world, and his army was in a short time increased to three hundred thousand soldiers.
You will know the truth of what I have declared to you," continued he, "if you will only condescend to say to him, 'I am the god of the earth. Your voice will freeze him with terror he cannot hear it without surprise, and will certainly take flight." This proposition pleased Dakianos, and he called the fish, and said to it, "'I am the god of the earth."
"It is here they are retired." Dakianos, who was wholly possessed with the spirit of revenge, immediately would have entered it; but that moment there burst out from the cave a dreadful vapour, which was followed by a furious wind, and a darkness that spread over all that part of the world.
Jemlikha, almost out of patience, said to him, "This money is struck with the image of Dakianos, the absolute lord of this country. What can I tell thee more?" But the baker, still prepossessed with the same idea, pursued thus: "Thou comest from the country: believe me, thy occupation of a shepherd has not rendered thee cunning enough to deceive me, nor to impose upon me.
"I have loved thee," returned the King. It is hard for those in power to bear a well-founded reproach. The only answer of Dakianos was to command his head to be struck off, and immediately to send troops to seize on his dominions.
"Now you will be obliged to deliver yourselves up to my power!" Catnier answered him again, "We fear thee not: God is our protector. But believe me, and return to Ephesus: thy presence is become necessary there." Dakianos perceiving that he would give no further answer, returned to the city, and found that several of the chief of the eunuchs of his seraglio were murdered.
This discourse so heightened the anger of Dakianos that he conjured the genie to let him know the place of their retreat. "I alone can bring you to it," returned the genie. "All mankind would search for it in vain, but I will conduct you to it at the head of your army." They immediately departed, and were not long before they arrived at the mouth of the cavern. The genie then said to Dakianos,
He read the characters with the greatest ease; but, after having reflected some time, he cast his eyes upon Dakianos, and said to him, "How did this tablet fall into your hands?" Dakianos gave him an account of his adventure. "These characters," resumed the old man, "promise to the person who shall find them, events which it is not likely can happen to you.
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