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Seven Wise Masters
Lucien, son of Dolopathus, received improper advances from his
stepmother, and, being repelled, she accused him to the king of
offering her violence. By consulting the stars the prince found out
that his life was in danger, but that the crisis would be passed
without injury if he remained silent for seven days. The wise masters
now take up the matter; each one in turn tells the king a tale to
illustrate the evils of inconsiderate punishments, and as the tale ends
the king resolves to relent; but the queen at night persuades him to
carry out his sentence. The seven days being passed, the prince also
tells a tale which embodies the whole truth, whereupon the king
sentences the queen to lose her life. This collection of tales, called Sandabar's Parables, is very ancient, and has been translated from
the Arabic into almost all the languages of the civilised world. John
Rolland, of Dalkeith, turned it into Scotch metre.
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