[217] Tr. David Shea, Hist. of the Early Kings of Persia, Lond. 1832, pp. 102-104; Malcolm. i. p. 10, note b.
[218] Ethé in Grdr. iran. Phil. ii. p. 260; Pizzi, Storia, vol. i. pp. 88, 215.
[219] Rückert, Gram. Poet. u. Rhet. der Perser, p. 363.
[220] Cf. the story of Charlemagne and the magic stone given to him by a grateful serpent. Grimm, Deutsche Sagen, 1. 130.
[221] We cite from an edition publ. at Leipzig, no date.
CHAPTER XI.
THE MINOR ORIENTALIZING POETS.
Some Less Known Poets Who Attempted The Oriental Manner.