Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 233
cherished the friend-ship and valued the counsel of those wise broth-ers, Abufazl and Faizi, who were of his ownpeople and faith, yet did he love above all othersone of an alien and conquered race —Rajah Bir-bal the Brahman, wit, poet and scholar, clear ofbrain to solve hard doubts and merry of… … questions and heavy tasks by which he might betested; and such questions and tasks did Akbar,in pure sport, often put upon his friend, whoseready wit never failed to win him greater honor. Thus did the Rajah Birbal live safe among hisenemies, like the tongue among the thirty-twoteeth, turning…
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