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wonderful, and I will inform thee of all that
happened to me and befell me before I attained
this prosperity and sat in this place wherein thou
seest me. For I attained not this prosperity
and this place save after severe fatigue and great
trouble and many terrors. How often have I
endured fatigue and toil in my early years! I
have performed seven voyages, and connected
with each voyage is a wonderful tale, that would
confound the mind. All that which I endured
happened by fate and destiny, and from that
which is written there is no escape nor flight.