Page 12 - Child's own book

One day Aladdin saw the princess Badroulboudour, as she
was groin" to the baths. He was so struck with her beauty,
that he ran home and requested his mother to go to the sultan,
and ask for the princess in marriage. His mother thought
he must be mad, and endeavoured to dissuade him from such a
foolish desire; but he replied that he could not exist without
the princess. He then brought his mother the fruit which ho
had gathered in the subterraneous garden ; and told her to take
it as a present to the sultan, fur it was worthy the greatest
monarch ; he having found, by frequenting the shops of jewel­
lers, that, instead of Wing coloured ghiss* they were jewels of
inestimable value. His mother being thus persuaded, set off
for the sultan's palace ; where, having obtained an audience, she
presented the jewels to the sultan in a china v:ise. The sultan
graciously received the present; and having heard her request,
he said 4i I cannot allow my daughter to marry until I receive
some valuable consideration from your son ; yet, if at the cxpi~
ration of three months from this day, he will send me forty vases
like this one, filled with similar jewels, and borne by forty
black slaves, each of them lid by a white slave in magnificent
apparel, I will consent that he shall hccome my son-in-law."
The sultan indeed was unwilling that his daughter should
he married to a stranger : but supposing the demand he made
would be greater than Aladdin could comply with, he considered
that this condition would be as effectual as a refusal, and that
without seeming to oppose the young man's request. Aladdin’s
mother returned home, and told him the stipulations upon
which the sultan would consent to the match. His joy was
therefore unbounded, when he found that he was so likely to
espouse the princess* As soon as his mother left him, he took
the lamp and rubbed it ; when immediately the same genius
appeared, and asked what lie would have. Aladdin told him