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lips or feet or you will never escape from this place of perdition. In the company of the Perizadis it is necessary to act in a respectful manner as the saying is – Wheneer you tarry with an host Beware lest dew* respect be lost To friendship comes no direr pest Than is a disrespectful guest Ah thought Melech Mahommed there is nothing for it but preserving my respectful carriage so he lay down again repeating to himself Our faults I fancy soon or late Fall on our unsuspecting pate I counted here without my host And have my former favour* lost How unlucky it is not only to fail of my purpose but to be excluded from kissing both her feet and her lips The helpless ass will oft in judgement* fail And lose his ears but not regain his tail Thus thought he and repeated to himself Kind to the guest and cruel to the lover Gods! what affection can we here discover Kind to the cruel cruel to the kind Tis true we all have heard that love is blind But sure if Loves religion center there The followers of his doctrine must [dare]