Flagellation in France from a medical and historical standpoint.

Date:
1898
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Credit: Flagellation in France from a medical and historical standpoint. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    him and return him to his place, else I die. Then he went aweary to his manger, while the Bull thanked him and blessed him. And even so, 0 my daughter, said the Wazir, thou wilt die for lack of wits; therefore sit thee still and say naught and expose not thy life to such stress ; for, by Allah, I offer thee the best advice, which cometh of my affection and kindly solicitude for thee. 0 my father, she answered, needs must I go up to this King and be married to him. Quoth he, Do not this deed; and quoth the, Of a truth I will; whereat he rejoined, If thou be not silent and bide still, I will do with thee even what the merchant did with his wife. And what did he ? asked she. Know then, answered the Wazir, that after the return of the Ass the merchant came out on the terrace-roof with his wife and family for it was a moonlit night and the moon at its full. Now the terrace overlooked the cowhouse and presently, as he sat there with his children playing about him, the trader heard the Ass say the Bull, Tell me, 0 father Broad o'Brow, what thou purposest to do to-morrow ? The Bull answered, What but continue to follow thy counsel, 0 Aliboron? Indeed it was as good as good could be and it hath given me rest and repose; nor will I now depart from it one tittle: so, when they bring me my meat, I will refuse it and blow out my belly and counterfeit crank. The Ass shook his head and said_, Beware of so doing, 0 Father of a Bull! The Bull asked, Why, and the Ass answered, Know that I am about to give thee the best of counsel, for verily I heard our owner say to the herd. If the Bull rise not from his place to do his work this morning and if he retire from his fodder this day, make him over to the butcher that he may slaughter him and