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[ Haykar is a Sage who follows the religion of nature, "Love thy friends and hate thy foes." Gauttier (vii. 349) embroiders all this with Christian and French sentiment— L'intention secrète de Heycar était de sauver la vie à l'ingrat qui avait conspiré contre la sienne. Il voulait pour toute vengeance, le mettre désormais dans l'impossibilité de nuire et l'abandonner ensuite à ses remords, persuadé que le remords n'est pas le moindre châtiment du coupable. True nonsense this when talking of a character born bad: its only remorse is not to have done worse than bad.]
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[ Striking the nape being the Moslem equivalent for "boxing ears.">[
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[ With this formula compare Chaucer, "The Manciple's Tale.">[
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[ In the text "Znnákt-ha," which is unintelligible, although the sense be clear.]
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[ A bird unknown to the dictionaries, apparently a species of hawk.]