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I wish to be perspicuous⁠—and the black,

I say, unlocking the recess, pulled forth

A quantity of clothes fit for the back

Of any Mussulman, whate’er his worth;

And of variety there was no lack⁠—

And yet, though I have said there was no dearth⁠—

He chose himself to point out what he thought

Most proper for the Christians he had bought.