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 1 Pre     |     precaution of ordering the three sons of Mahmud Shah to be
 2 Pre     |       ruler, the father of the three boys. Her words took instant
 3 Pre     |   death, Abu Ishac, one of the three sons of Mahmud Shah Inju
 4 Pre     |   stars, the elements, and the three kingdoms of nature exist
 5 I(*)    |     below and two above, about three inches long, and slender
 6 III(*)  |        Marib, at a distance of three days' journey, and she had
 7 XVIII(*)|       successively through all three. He discovered the fountain
 8 XIX(*)  |     lay at a distance of about three miles from the modern capital.
 9 XXIV(*) | couplet of this poem--the last three lines of the present translation
10 XXX(*)  |       much in alms, and repair three times a week to the great
11 XXXIV(*)|     story. It is said that the three archangels, Gabriel, Michael,
12 XXXIV(*)|      seven handfuls of clay of three different colours, red,
13 XXXIX   |      to lip is sent;~Washed by three cups, oh Saki, of thy wine,~
14 XXXIX(*)|       illness he was nursed by three faithful handmaidens whose
15 XXXIX(*)|      of the gratitude that the three maidens had earned from
16 XXXIX(*)|       them contemptuously "the three bath women," because they
17 XXXIX(*)|        was much delighted. The three cups of wine are an allusion
18 XXXIX(*)|    wine are an allusion to the three maidens who washed the King'
19 XL(*)   |       desires if they would do three things: destroy her husband,