Arabian nights entertainments : Consisting of a collection of stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next morning to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness. : Containing a better account of the customs, manners, and religion of the eastern nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than hitherto published. / Translated into French from the Arabian mss. by Mr. Galland, of the Royal Academy; and now into English from the Paris edition.