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297 ([return])
[ Night DXXXVI.]

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298 ([return])
[ i.e. the Jinn of the lamp and the ring.]

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299 ([return])
[ Apparently referring to chap. xxiii, verses 99, l00, of the Koran, "Say, 'Lord, I take refuge in Thee from the suggestions of the devils, and I take refuge in thee, Lord, that (i.e. Iest) they appear!'" Mohammed is fabled by Muslim theologians to have made a compact with the Jinn that they should not enter the houses of the faithful unless expressly summoned..]

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300 ([return])
[ i.e. "I am, in general, ready to obey all thy commandments">[

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301 ([return])
[ i.e. the lamp.]