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however it be your Majesty’s pleasure I will instantly examine into its cause [.]
[“] I think you had better[,“] said the Shah and Diu Faz immediately proceeded in quest of that voice[.] When he arrived at the gate of the city[,] he perceived that the cry came from without and having opened the gates he went out[.] The Shah[,] however[,] sent a person after him to observe his actions at a distance[.] When Diu Faz beheld a person following him he placed an arrow in his bow and asked sternly who was there[.]
[“] Do not shoot [“] said the person[,] [“]the Shah sent me to bring intelligence of you[.”] Both of them then proceeded in quest of the voice till they reached a large walled tomb from which it issued and where there was a lamp burning[.] The young warrior of Ormus?? left the king’s messenger without and entered alone where he saw an ancient man there seated and a lamp burning before him[,] while he was sharpening a couple of daggers on a stone[.] Observing him more attentively[,] he perceived such a countenance [as]