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TheStory of Zeyn Alasman Prince
f ^Arabian Nights Entertainments, done into
nglifh Verse, with Additions and Imitatiens, in
three Cantos.
CANTO I.
THERE did (whatfignifies it when ?)
A monarch o’er Balfora reign.
Than whom no sultan in theeaft,
Seem’d ever, more completely bleft.
But was he happy, think you ?—No,
A king can’t polfibly be so;
Besides, his majesty could get )
No child that was legitimate, 4
Which kept him always on the fret. (
For, such man’s disposition, though ,
A thousand bleflings heav’n bestow,
If but one comfort be deny’d
He’s peevish and diffatisfy’d.
The queen, you’ll easily believe.
Did no less than her consort grieve ;
She tried the power of magic spells,
Jaunted to all the baths and wells,
But their pretended virtues fail’d,
And still her barrenness prevaild.
At last, (but by what means and ways
No Asiatic author fays)
Her highness got the business done,
And was deliver’d of a son.
The guns were fir’d, the bells were rung,
Te Deum every parish Ring ;
All strove with marks of public joy,
To hail the long-expefted boy.
He, soon as into life he came,
Had Zeyn Alafman for his name,
Though never chriften’d : here you’ll cry,
Loft in amazement, bless me! why?
But you are caufelefsly furpris’d—
Pray, why was you ne’er cicumcis’d ?
To dip, or sprinkle ev’n the face,
Was not-the Custom of the place.
The clime where ftrft mankind draw breath,
Their colour fixes and their faith :
The fame excess of solar heat
That broils the African to jet, 4
Makes him believe in Mahomet, C
Who knew to captivate the heart
Of those he wanted to convert :
Hence slyly he his paradise
With wines of choicest taste supplies, 4
And girls that roll bewitching eyes. C
Nature had been employed too long
In forming Zeyn to make him wrong;
His frame was strength and beauty join’d.
And such the system of his mind.
In which a woman’s tenderness
Gave to the manly virtues Grace,
But he unluckily was fpoil’d,
By fond indulgence when a child.
And was in the moll ticklish a ge,
When the old king forfookthe stage,
Zeyn, in the lap of pleasure bred,
A life of diflipation led ;
Would listen to the pipe and tabor,
When he Ihould with his viziers labour ;
Would spend his father’s precious stores,
On high-bred horses, hounds, and whores,
And various items of expence
Imagin’d by extravagance.
(Yo be continued)
J^AST Night the Dwelling-House of the Subscriber
was broke open, and the following Sums of Mo
■ey stolen, viz. fix half Jo’s and one Moidore, wrap
ped up in a piece of paper and marked 36, and three
fix and eight penny pieces---thegold was in a worst
ed purse of a red and yellow colour, and torn at the
top It is fhfpeded that Villain Steel, has commit
ted the above Felony, and that he is now lurking
about this town, and is the Person who the Night
before broke into the House of Mr. Nicholas
Brown, and took from thence about Thirty-four
Pounds Lawful Money, and on the 29th of No
vember mftant, broke into the Treasurers Office
the Store of Capt. Samuel Olcott, and the House
. Capt. Hugh Ledlie. Whoever shall takeup
the Thief or Thieves, and secure him or them so
that he may be brought ht to justice, and the mo
ney returned, fliall have Four Dollars Reward,
and necenary Charges paid, by
„ r j ta , JOSEPH BIGELOW.
Har*ford, December 1, 1774.
“ELY WARNER,
INFORMS the public that he carries on the Leather-
Breeches making business in all its branches, and will
Jell bls work as cheap as any perfin in this town, and take
eountry produce tn payment.
Four Dollars Reward.
P - O E T R Y.
atcheSy Jewelry^ &c.
ft Thomas Hilldrupj L
w S° ut h °f Court-House HARTFORD.
w IGratitude returns his unfeigned®,
® : yr Thanks to all those who have favour’d®
®him with their Custom or Interest since his com-®
®mencing Business here; their Favours having®
Mexceeded his moil sanguine Expectations—A®.
.^.Continuance of which he will endeavour to me-®.
®rit by executing any future Commands with®’
® ; fidelity and Dispatch. He also begs Leave to®.
®inform them and the Public in general, That®
®be has now complete for Sale, an Aflbrtment of®
®.the following Articles, viz. warranted Silver®.
®i. WATCHES, which will perform to a Punctilio,®.
®and others that will go provided they are car-®'
^ried— -Brilliant and Cypher’d Stone Ear Rings’^
^neatly set in Gold and Silver—Hart and GoldF
.^Rings—Gold Wires—Lockets, and a variety^*
^of Elegant Hair Sprigs—Brilliant Silver, Plated
Vg’and Pinchbeck Shoe, Knee and Stock Buckles^’
®of the neatefl; Patterns—proper Boot Buckles/®
®Gold, Silver, Brilliant and Marquifite Broaches®
Gilt and Mock Garnet Ditto—-Plain Silver/®
®.Cypher and Brilliant Sieve Buttons—Plated/®
®Gilt, Mock Moco and Garnet Ditto-Train-®
®ing Canes and Rattans—Steel Watch Chains®
-Gold Tinsel and Plain Silk Strings, Ported®
®Colours, with a Variety of Seals set in Silver®
®and Pinchbeck—Gilt, Steel and Common Do.®
‘igXeys, &c. &c.. The above Goods may be had®
®at a low Advance for Cafli or Produce in Hand.®
® Watches repaird as usual, on the fame Terms®'
®as in New-Fork or Bofion. The usual Price in®
Cash given for old Silver, and 7s. per Oz. in®'
®Exchange, for three Months.
Al Hartford, December 1774. W
^N. B. He has a few Watches on Hand upwards^
Aof one Year, which he is willing to exchange
^with theOwners for what theßepairs amountto
LOST or stolen from the subscriber between Har
tford and Wethersfield, about £.16 in bills of
this colony of various denominations, part of which
have been found torn in the high way, the upper part
gone. Whoever shall find, or can give information
to the printer in Hartford, or.the subscriber in Col
chefter, of any of said bills, or such parts as are
miffing, shall be well rewarded.
Ebenezer St^ong^
Nov, 1774.
STEPHEN AUSTIN;
Hereby informs the Public in genera 1, and his Cus
tomers in particular, that he has lately removed
from his shop formerly kept by him at the south
end of the Court-House in Hartford, to one just
south of the north Meeting-House; where he
continues to carry on the taylor’s business as usual,
and where all gen tiemen.who will favour hian with
their custom, may depend on having their work
done to their fatisfaftipn, as well for price as good
workmanfliip: He also makes gold and filyer span
gled buttons, worked on cloth, on very reasonable
terms. Said AUSTIN has for sale a very large
quantity of neat PHILADELPHIA BUCKSKIN
BREECHES—AIfo, a number of neat mill’d LEA
TH ER SKINS. He employs the best of
Workmen who make them equal to any in America.
He flatters himfelfhe can supply any gentlemen
who are pleas d to favour him with their custom,
much to their fatisfaftion.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
LAST Night the Dwelling-House of the Sub
fenber was broke open, and the following
Sums of Money stolen out of his Delk, viz. Thirty
One Dollars, and Five Half Jo’s, wrapped up in a
Piece of thick Cartridge Paper.-—Twenty mill’d
Dollars, and Six Pounds in Paper Bills of this Colo
ny, of the last Emission, wrapped up in a blue Pa
per. It is fufpefted that Villain Steel, has committed
the aboveFelony,and that he is now lurking about
this Town, and is the fame who the Night before
broke into the Treasurer’s Office, the Store of Capt
Samue l Olcot, and the House of Capt. Hugh Ledlie.'
Whoever fliall take up the Thief or Thieves, and
secure him so that a Puniffiment equal to the Crime
may beinflifted on him, and the money returned
shall have the above Reward of Twenty Dollars’
and all neceflary Charges paid, by
„ r _ XT NICHOLAS BROWN.
Hartford, Nov. 30, 1774.
Taken up at Eaft-Hartfordand
.nowinthecuftodyof the subscriber inGlr.ftenbury,a
fqrrelHorfe, ten years old, about fourteen hands
high, aftar in the forehead, natural pacer.—-The
owner is desired to prove his property, pay charges,
and take him away. Nathaniel Gains.
Glaitenbury, Dec. 9th, 1774.
VL A Table of the weight and value of gold
and silver in lawful money.
VII. A Rule to know the time of night, by the
fliadow of the Moon cn sundials, with a Table of
the Moon’s southing.
VIII. A correct Lift of Councellors, Judges,
Justices of the Peace, Judges of Probate, King’s
Attornics, Barnfters at Law, Town Clerks, &c. &c.
throughout the Colony.
IX. An accurate Lift of Ministers, Churches, and
religious Aflemblies in the Colony.
X. A complete Lift of the Field Officers of the
several Regiments of Militia in this Colony, as
eftabliflied by the General Aflembly in Odober
last.
XI. Time of the lifting of the Superior and in
feiior Courts in the several counties in the colony.
H A~k T F O RD ~ ~
Printed by Ebsnezer Watson,
We the 'fubfcriberl, benig ap^
pointed by the hon. court of probate for the di fir id of Hart
ford, to exqmme the claims of the creditors to the eftatt es
fames Bunce, late of Hartford deceafid, teprejented in H
■vent, do hereby give notice that we Jhall attend that bAi
nejs at the house of James Bunce in said Hartford, on the
last Monday and Tuesday of December inf ant, and the
fir ft Monday and Tuesday of J amt ary and February, and
the firft Monday of March next. No account vdll be al
lowed without being attested by the creditors oath.
Aaron Bull, I _
Barnabas Hinsdals, ( ORimiffioa^rr,.
To be lold arWUCYYNDUET^v^
the 14th instant, at 3 o’clock afternoon, at the
house of Mr. David Bull in Hartford :
About 9 acres of gdod Land,
lying- about 3 and half miles weft of theCourt-Houfe
in Hartford, consisting chiefly of pasture and plow
land. Any person inclining to purchase the above
.at private sale before said Wednesday, may know the
terms by appling to
Hartford, JOHN COOK, or
December 5, 1774. WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
Twenty Dollars Reward,
ON 1 uefday night last, the lubferiber’s shop
in Windsor, was broke open, and the fol
lowing articles stole; viz. Four silver watches, one
thatftrikes the hour like a clock, the outside case
full of round holes, the inside case very well flow
ered and made by Pitts. The second a large watch
made by L horn as Webb, had turned pillars, and
much worn. The third a midling large watch,
made by H. Lovitt, number 974, and considerably
worn. The fourth a rniddleing size watch, and
a green silk purse, with three guineas, two dollars,
a crown piece, and some fmali silver, one pair of
large silver shoe-buckles made in the flmpe of two
hearts cut in diamonds, one pair of large round cop
per ditto plated with silver and neatly carved.
Whoever fliall take up the perpetrator of said crime
and him convey to the subscriber Iha! 1 have the a
bove reward and also a good reward for any the
said articles found and returned, payed by me
TTf David Elsworth, jun?
Windior, Dec. 1, 1774.
All persons that are indebted
to, or have any demands against the estate of Mr.
Joseph Barns, late of Middletown deceas’d, are de
sired to fettle the fame with his son Mr. Joseph
Barns of said Middletown, administrator on said e
state, without delay.
Middletown, Dec. roth, 1774.
t T E N D.-—
IN a township near Onion river, the subscriber has
four rights (or fliares) of land, and as he has
lately made a confiderab-le purchase of lands to the
westward, he would fell said rights either together
or feperate, at the cheapest rate, considerable time
of credit on interest may be given if desired, and
pay made in live stock, &c.
Joseph Hamblin.
Sharon, Dec. 1, 1774.
Just publijhed, and to be fold by the Printer ^hereof-
WATSON’s REGISTER, and
CONNECTICUT ALMANACK,
For the Tear 1775.
This Almanack contains besides the usual calculations
. I' pHyfical rules for prognosticating with ref-
JL pe& to the weather, for the special bene
fit of farmers in their business,
11. A TABLE, Shewing the beginning of Twi
light, or Break ofDay throughout the Year.
111. A TABLE of Interest at 6 per cent. Ihewing
the Interest of any sum from one fhillingto a thou
sand Pounds.
IV. Thirteen curious questions for the sons of art
to amiife themselves with in long winter evenings.
V. A Rule to find the Dominical Letter for any
Year. 7