And quoth the second,
"A warrior showing such open hand, * His boons all friends and all foes enfold: The piles of his arrows of or are made, * So that battle his bounty may not withhold!"
And quoth the third,
"From that liberal-hand on his foes he rains * Shafts aureate- headed and manifold: Wherewith the hurt shall chirurgeon pay, * And for slain the shrouds round their corpses roll'd."[FN#135]
And there is also told a tale of
MA'AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.
Now Ma'an bin Záidah went forth one day to the chase with his company, and they came upon a herd of gazelles; so they separated in pursuit and Ma'an was left alone to chase one of them. When he had made prize of it he alighted and slaughtered it; and as he was thus engaged, he espied a person[FN#136] coming forth out of the
