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punishing the persons who put the abominable cheat upon me;
and I hope you will look upon it as sufficient when I present to

you two accomplished princes, and a charming, lovely princess,
our children, and restore you to your former honours. All this
was done and said before great crowds of people, who
Immediately spread the news throughout the town. The next
morning early, the sultan and sultaness, whose mournful weeds
were changed into magnificent habits, went, with all their
court, to the house built by the intendant of the gardens, where

the sultan presented the princes Bahman and Perviz, and the
princess Parizade, to the sultaness. These, madam, said he, are
the two princes your sons, and this princess your daughter;
embrace them with the same tenderness I have done, since they
are worthy both of me and you. Then the tears flowed
plentifully down their cheeks at these tender embraces,
especially the sultaness's, for the joy of having two such princes
for her sons, and such a princess for her daughter, after the
afflictions she had endured upon their accounts.

The two princes and the princess prepared a magnificent repast
for the sultan and sultaness, and their court. As soon as that was
over, the sultan led the sultaness into the garden, and shewed
her the harmonious tree and beautiful fountain. As for the bird,
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