And he was weary and tired, and never tired * for a day. I said, "From the pain of staying, Why don't you lean towards me, O cypress? He replied, "How can I, when you are from the side of passion?" So the traveler turned back, and we returned to the city of Naples, after we had passed it and anchored near it, but did not enter it, as previously stated. It is one of the great cities in the lands of the Franks, and it was ruled by the ruler of the island of Sicily. And the city of Naples is the seat of this king. It is also called in Arabic "Naples of Linen," perhaps because its linen is excellent. The kingdom of Naples was in the hands of Islam and lasted for about two hundred years, then the Christians of Normandy conquered it, along with the kingdom of Sicily, and it has remained in the hands of the Italian Christians until now, so much so that it is called Southern Italy. We have already mentioned that the city of Naples is one of the original ports in the lands of the Franks. Then, on the twenty-ninth day, we saw the island of Corsica, with a damma on the qaf, sukun on the ra, damma on the sin, and fatha on the qaf. It is under the rule of the French and is now called the island of Corsica. The Muslims conquered it, but they did not remain there for a long time. It is the homeland of Napoleon, with a damma on the ba, sukun on the lam, and a shadda on the ba, the famous Bonaparte, who conquered Egypt in the French invasion, and then became Sultan of France, even though his father was a captain of artillery. On the thirty-third day, we anchored at the port of Marseille. So the duration of our stay at sea was thirty-three days, and from that we stayed five days in front of Messina, with a fatha on the mim, shadda on the sin and lam, and fatha on the nun, and about a day in front of Naples. We were delayed considerably by the play of the winds, and if it were not for that, we would have arrived in a little less than this period.