![]() ![]() At the end of that period the physician, by divine command, gave the goldsmith a poisonous draught, which caused his strength and beauty to decay, and he then lost favour with the maiden, and she was reunited to the king. In accordance with the physician's advice, the prince sent to Samarcand and fetched the goldsmith, and married him to the lovesick maiden, and for six months the pair lived together in the utmost harmony and happiness. He at once condemned his predecessors' view of the case, and by a very skilful diagnosis, discovered that the real cause of the maiden's illness was her love for a certain goldsmith of Samarcand. So the prince offered prayer, and in answer thereto a physician was sent from heaven. As, however, they all omitted to say, "God willing,1 we will cure her," their treatment was of no avail. After a time she fell sick, and the prince had her tended by divers physicians. A prince, while engaged on a hunting excursion, espied a fair maiden, and by promises of gold induced her to accompany him.
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