Terms told the CADI-LESQUIER, that 'tis a most detestable
Performance.

THE CONTENTS.

CHAP. I. _The blind Eye_
CHAP. II. _The Nose_
CHAP. III. _The Dog and the Horse_, &c.
CHAP. IV. _The Envious Man_
CHAP. V. _The Force of Generosity_
CHAP. VI. _The Just Judge_
CHAP. VII. _The Force of Jealousy_
CHAP. VIII. _The Thresh'd Wife_
CHAP. IX. _The Captive_
CHAP. X. _The Funeral Pile_
CHAP. XI. _The Evening's Entertainment_
CHAP. XII. _The Rendezvous_
CHAP. XIII. _The Free-booter_
CHAP. XIV. _The Fisherman_
CHAP. XV. _The Basilisk_
CHAP. XVI. _The Tournaments_
CHAP. XVII. _The Hermit_
CHAP. XVIII. _The Riddles, or AEnigmas_

_ZADIG_:

AN

Oriental History.

CHAP. I.

_The Blind_ EYE.

In the Reign of King _Moabdar_, there was a young Man, a Native of
_Babylon_, by name _Zadig_; who was not only endowed by Nature with
an uncommon Genius, but born of illustrious Parents, who bestowed on
him an Education no ways inferior to his Birth. Tho' rich and young,
he knew how to give a Check to his Passions; he was no ways
self-conceited; he didn't always act up to the strictest Rules of
Reason himself, and knew how to look on the Foibles of others, with
an Eye of Indulgence. Every one was surpriz'd to find, that
notwithstanding he had such a Fund of Wit, he never insulted; nay,
never so much as rallied any of his Companions, for that Tittle
Tattle, which was so vague and empty, so noisy and confus'd; for
those rash Reflections, those illiterate Conclusions, and those
insipid Jokes; and, in short, for that Flow of unmeaning Words,
which was call'd polite Conversation in _Babylon_. He had learned
from the first Book of _Zoroaster_, that Self-love is like a Bladder
full blown, which when once prick'd, discharges a kind of petty
Tempest. _Zadig_, in particular, never boasted of his Contempt of
the Fair Sex, or of his Facility to make Conquests amongst them. He
was of a generous Spirit; insomuch, that he was not afraid of
obliging even an ungrateful Man; strictly adhering to that wise
Maxim of _Zoroaster_. _When you are eating, throw an Offal to the
Dogs that are under the Table, lest they should be tempted to bite
you._ He was as wise as he could well be wish'd; since he was fond
of no Company, but such as were distinguish'd for Men of Sense. As
he was well-grounded, in all the Sciences of the antient
_Chaldeans_, he wa