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The Hawk That Struck the Eagle
Book E3 · Bozorgmehr’s Fall and Restoration

The Hawk That Struck the Eagle

From E3.3, Anooshirvan’s Wise Replies. It illustrates E3.3.44–46:

  • E3.3.44
    Another said, “Your hawk in chase todayHas taken down an eagle as its prey.”
  • E3.3.45
    The Shah replied: “Strike off its haughty head,And let its carcass hang where branches spread;
  • E3.3.46
    The eagle is the monarch of the skies;Let none presume against his king to rise!”

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Anooshirvan
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