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Tahmuras Receives the Bound Divs

Tahmuras Receives the Bound Divs

From A3.1, The Reign of Tahmuras. It illustrates A3.1.36–41:

  • A3.1.36
    He ranked his troops and struck with ordered might,And drove the howling Div horde to flight.
  • A3.1.37
    By magic, two-thirds of the Divs he tied;Beneath his heavy gorz the others died.
  • A3.1.38
    Before the Shah the chastened captives came,Wounded and bound, stripped low of pride and fame.
  • A3.1.39
    The captives begged for mercy in humbled tone:“Destroy us not! But let our skill be known.
  • A3.1.40
    A fruitful art we teach you by this vow,If you will spare us and accept it now.”
  • A3.1.41
    He spared their lives and loosed each binding cord;They had to yield the knowledge they had stored.

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