THE KING OF PERSIA AND.
_THE PRINCESS OF THE SEA.

a HERE WAS ONCE A KING OF
7 PERSIA, who at the beginning of
? his reign had distinguished himself
by many glorious and successful
conquests, and had afterwards en-
- joyed such profound peace and tran-
quillity as rendered him the happiest
of monarchs. His only occasion for
regret was that he had no heir to
. succeed him in the kingdom after
‘ his death. One day, according to
the custom of his royal predecessors during their residence in the
capital, he held an assembly of his courtiers, at which all the’
ambassadors and strangers of renown at his court were present.
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