[Footnote 12: The first book of Sherefeddin is employed on the
private life of the hero: and he himself, or his secretary,
(Institutions, p. 3 - 77,) enlarges with pleasure on the
thirteen designs and enterprises which most truly constitute
his 'personal' merit. It even shines through the dark
coloring of Arabshah, (P. i. c. 1 - 12.)]