Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights', Vol. 5 of 8: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments in Eight Volumes, a New Translation From the Arabic, With Copious Notes
China-ware. We ate, says Mesroor, and drank, and enjoyed ourselves until the close of the day, when he gave to each of us five thousand pieces of gold. And on the following day, they clad us in green dresses of honour, embroidered with gold and treated us with the utmost honour. Mesroor then said to aboo-mohammad the Lazy, It is impossible for us to remain longer than this period, from our fear of the Khaleefeh. But Aboo Mohammad the Lazy replied, 0 our lord, have patience with us until to-morrow, that we may prepare ourselves, and then we will proceed with you. So they remained that day, and passed the night until the morning; when the pages equipped a mule for aboo-mohammad the Lazy, with a saddle of gold adorned with varieties of pearls and jewels; whereupon Mesroor said within himself, When aboo-mohammad presenteth him self before the Khaleefeh with this equipage, I wonder whether he will ask him how he obtained such wealth.
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