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Being More Translations from Curious Hieroglyphic Documents Discovered in the Ruins of the City of Lon. '" EHOLD, it is written in the books of the chronicles that there was strife among the peoples of the land of Eng and they of the country of the Hun, and that the strife endured with exceeding great bitterness for the space of fifty and one months. And it came to pass that in the fourth year of the strife they who had governance over the House of the Air said unto the chief counsellors of the King : Lo, if thou wouldst strafe the men of the Hun with a great strafe so that with one voice they shall cry out saying Kamer-ad ; remove us, we pray thee, from aught to do with they who are concerned with the King's chariots and his footmen and those who hold authority over the fleets of the galleys. For behold they know naught of the ways of them that fly, and it is not seemly that we should remain thus. And there was among the scribes one who cried with a loud voice, refusing to hold his peace, saying : Let them who fly in the King's service wear even a dress apart that they may not be confused with them that creep on the earth or swim on the great waters of the earth. And behold the counsellors of the King hearkened unto the clamour, and saw that it was good, and they said : Let it be so. And after a space of time it was so. Then did they who sat in authority in the House of the Air call together all the makers of fine apparel, and said unto them : Make us, we pray thee, certain garments of price which shall even be unlike any that have been seen aforetime. And the makers of fine raiment hied them forth, and did even as had been said unto them, and it came to pass that all men of the House of the Air did appear in the public places in the apparel which had seemed good unto the satraps and the captains of the air. Yet after a short space this raiment seemed not good in the sight of them that apparelled themselves with it, and those in authority called again unto the cunning makers of dress and the weavers of fine cloth, and said : Behold, this thy work is not good in our sight. And in the fulness of time they returned saying : Here is apparel like unto nothing on earth. Even the sun in his glory is but a circumstance to he who shall appear in the market place clothed in this raiment. And those who were, in authority rejoiced and were exceeding glad, and commanded all men of the House of the Air that they should clothe themselves in the gorgeous raiment that those skilled in the art of the makers of apparel had shewn unto the author-ities. And when they were seen in the public places of Lon, then did the women cry out and say : Behold these who are clad like unto the bird of plumage ; and they were consumed with an exceeding great envy, for aforetine the women of the land had clothed them- selves in all manner of fine raiment, but the men of Eng did wear any old thing because of the exceeding great price the wives and the daughters of men paid unto the sellers of apparel. And the women took counsel among themselves, saying : Lo, it is not seemly that we should be left on the mat. Let us even wangle it so that we may wear raiment like unto this. And certain of them who were known unto these in authority over the House of the Air went unto the captains, and said : Let us, we pray thee, come in unto the House of the Air that we may do our bit. Which was after the manner of speech of the time of the great strife. And the captains of the House of the Air rent their garments, saying : Behold, we want not these women, but peradventure, if we refuse them their desire, then will our lives be not worth living. So it came to pass that them who had wangled with the House of the Air did hie them forth to the makers of apparel, and clothed themselves in all manner of fine raiment, and appointed themselves chiefs over all the women of the air. And they sent out into the public places criers calling unto the women of the land to come into the House of the Air, pro- mising many talents of silver unto them who heeded the call. And they said privily unto one another: Lo, we are on a good thing, for we shall be held in esteem in the land. Even may we wangle unto ourselves the order of Eng. Which was held as of great price among those of the land who saw not the face of an Hun save those who were kept in bondage. And the women of the land of Eng came unto the House of the Air in their thousands. Some there were who said : Behold, if we play the game aright, then may we get husbands for ourselves from among the wearers of the hats that are brass. And behold it was so, and many of the damsels gained unto themselves husbands from among the men of the House of the Air, and many did no manner of work save in the brewing of Te, yet did they draw shekels even as promised by the criers. But of those who had come in unto the House because, after the manner of speech of the people, it was the right thing, some of these did well in the land, but they were few among the many. But there were many who discovered that it was not as they had believed, and that the path was even as one in the mountains. These suffered it for a time, and then said unto the authori-ties : Release us from our servitude, we pray, thee that we may go elsewhere and do something that shall count in the land. And there were some who did wangle mightily, and these were seen in the places where men arc in public, each with a man of the King's host, yea even with several, who paid many talents of silver for the bake-meats and the wines that these damsels did consume. And these were the damsels who did say to the captains under whom they were placed : Behold, my mother's mother hath died, and the funeral feast is to-morrow, and it would not be seemly if thy servant were not there. Wilt thou not pity my desolation and release me until the sun hath risen and set three times? And being released, she did wink with her eye and hied her forth to the tryst. And there were those whose mothers had parent? like unto the sands of the seas. It was even so from one end of the land to the other, so that men said of the band of the women of the air that it was a Wa-sho-ut. CYNICUS. 26 )
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