And threw himself lamenting on the floor.
Ben Ali pondered then a moment more.
"Thou sayest truly, God is just; and lo!
Both of our heads have ached beneath a blow.
I in my time grow wiser, and divine
The beating of thy head will not heal mine;
And have considered and have found it wise,
To exchange with thee some other merchandise.
Take this gold dinar, and remember then
That God is just, if so I come again