The King was
confounded and ashamed, for that this befell in the presence of
his grandees and officers assembled on an occasion of state; but
presently the energy of kingship took him and he cried out upon
his son and made him tremble. Then he called to his guards and
bade them seize him and bind his hands behind his back. So they
laid hands on Kemerezzeman and binding him, brought him before
his father, full of shame and confusion, with his head bowed down
for fear and inquietude and his brow and face beaded with sweat.
The King loaded him with reproaches, saying, 'Out on thee, thou
whoreson and nursling of abomination! Dost thou dare to answer
me thus before my captains and officers? But hitherto none hath
corrected thee. Knowest thou not that this thou hast done were
disgraceful in the meanest of my subjects?' And he commanded his
guards to loose his bonds and imprison him in one of the turrets
of the citadel. So they carried the prince into an old tower,
wherein there was a dilapidated saloon, after having first swept
it and cleansed its floor and set him a couch in its midst, on
which they laid a mattress, a leathern rug and a cushion. Then
they brought him a great lantern and a candle, for the place
was dark, even by day, and posting an eunuch at the door, left
him to himself.
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