Inshallah! I will tell you the story of my seventh and last
voyage, which is still more wondrous and marvellous than that of
the first six." (Saith he who telleth the tale), Then he bade lay
the table, and the company supped with him; after which he gave
the Porter an hundred dinars, as of wont, and they all went their
ways, marvelling beyond measure at that which they had heard.--
And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her
permitted say.

When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-third Night,

She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when
Sindbad the Seaman had related the history of what befel him in
his sixth voyage, and all the company had dispersed, Sindbad the
Landsman went home and slept as of wont. Next day he rose and
prayed the dawn-prayer and repaired to his namesake's house
where, after the company was all assembled, the host began to
relate



The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.



Know, O company, that after my return from my sixth voyage, which
brought me abundant profit, I resumed my former life in all
possible joyance and enjoyment and mirth and making merry day and
night; and I tarried some time in this solace and satisfaction
till my soul began once more to long to sail the seas and see