yagoube

Updated: May 6, 2025

"My friend," he said, "be of good comfort; for what saith the poet it is better that a man should be the servant of a kind master than the slave of his own wild passions. Again, be of good courage; because, whereas Ysouf Ben Yagoube was sold to a king by his brethren, even to Pharaoh, King of Egypt, thy king hath, on the other hand, bestowed thee on one who will be to thee as a brother."

Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman