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"Now don't you believe me? Isn't the king great in his authority? Don't all countries fear to touch him?
29
I once saw the king and Apame his mistress, the daughter of the eminent Bartacus, sitting by his right side.
30
She took the crown from the king's head and put it on her own head, and slapped the king with her left hand.
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At this the king would stare at her with his mouth wide open. If she smiles at him, he laughs; but if she should get angry with him, he humors her so that she may be reconciled to him.
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Gentlemen, aren't women powerful, since they can do such things?"