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 1 Pre    | Thereupon Shah Shudja sent him a letter by the hand of a faithful
 2 Pre    |       that so charming a begging letter, couched in verse withal,
 3 III(*) |             Then Solomon wrote a letter saying: From the servant
 4 III(*) |       the lapwing: Fly with this letter and deliver it unto them,
 5 III(*) |         And the lapwing took the letter and flew with it to Bilkis.
 6 III(*) |        her back; and he laid the letter upon her breast. Wahb ibn
 7 III(*) |         say that Bilkis took the letter and she was able to read
 8 III(*) |          of him who had sent the letter was greater than hers, and
 9 XXXV(*)|         A man will set it upon a letter to an absent friend, even
10 XXXV(*)|        Oriental way of writing a letter of thanks. At the same time,