mine and put queftions to him in public, and to know if he understood the laws and the art of reigning. One of the doctors afked him. What perions a king has abfolute need of, to be near his perfon?' "He has need," anfwered the prince, "of eight forts: Of a prudent vifier; of a general; of a good fecretary, who understands and can write perfectly well the languages of the eaft; of a physician confummate in the art of healing, and in the knowledge of remedies; of learned doctors to inftru&t him thoroughly in the laws; of dervises capable of explaining to him the obfcure points of his religion; and of musicians, who, by the sweetness of their voices, and the harmony of their inftruments, may call back his fpirits, that fhall have been diffipated by the application he hath given to affairs of ftate."-Another doctor faid to him, Prince, to what do you compare an emperor, his viceroys, his fubjects, his empire, and his enemies?' "An empire," answered the Prince," resembles a pafture-ground; an emperor a fhepherd; his fubjects the fheep; his viceroys the fhepherd's dogs; and his enemies the wolves."

At these answers of the young prince, the old king of Golconda burst into tears of joy, and faid within himself, My third fon is the most learned

and moft worthy of the throne; but, before I declare my thoughts, I will know the fentiments of my people.'

He published therefore an order for all the inhabitants of the city to appear the next morning in the plain without the walls. He himself came thither, mounted on a ftately fteed, attended by his three fons and all his courtiers; and, when he was in the midst of the people, he spoke these words: O my fellow-citizens, my relations, my faithful fubjects! Regard not what I am to-day; no man is less than me in the fight of that Being who created the universe. To-morrow, that is, at the day of judgment, (which we all believe will come) how many will there be of you, who, poffeffing high dignities in paradife, will rend my garments, and fay to me, "Oh! tyrant! what ills didst thou make us fuffer during thy hateful reign!" Inftead of answering your reproaches; I fhall remain in a shameful filence, and not dare to regard your irritated looks. At thefe words, the good old monarch hid his face, while floods of tears ran trickling down the furrows of his aged cheeks. His fons and his courtiers, after his example, alfo dropped their tears; and all the people were transported with grief and lamentations. At length the hoary monarch wiped away his

tears,

tears, and proceeded: O my friends! I am going out of this world, to enter into the palace of eternity. I conjure you to unburthen my confcience of the things you may have to reproach me with, to the end that I may not be ill-treated in my tomb by the evil angels, and that, at their departure, they may leave a daughter of paradife to continue with me till the day of judgment; and now chufe which of my three fons you please to fucceed me.'

All the people cried out, "May the days of the king laft as long as the world endures! We have nothing to reproach him with. May that Almighty Being, who draws the fable curtain of the night, and commands the purple rays of the morning to paint the fummits of the lofty mountains, be as well fatisfied with him, as we are! As to the princes his fons, let his majefty place which of them he pleases on the throne, we will readily confent. and faithfully obey him. But if he abfolutely commands us to tell him which of the three we think most worthy to fill his place, we confefs it is the youngest."

After this declaration, the king returned to the city, and, being come to the palace, gave orders for the coronation of the youngest prince. Every

thing

thing being ready, the aged king took the young prince by the hand, and made him afcend the throne: O my fon,' faid he, take poffeffion of a dignity, which I gladly refign to you, and wear the crown you fo well deferve. But always re member that you are accountable, both to the Lord of nature and your country, for every action of your life. A monarch is born only for the good of his people. Beware of flattery, it is a rock more fatal to princes, than thofe hid beneath the fur. face of the waves are to mariners. Fear nothing but your own confcience, and aim at nothing but the prosperity of the empire. Then shall thy throne be established like the everlafting mountains, and thy virtues applauded in the utmoft regions of the earth. Kings fhall feek thy friendfhip, and fages drink inftruction from thy mouth. The merchant fhall flourish under thy protection, and the stranger fojourn fafely under the fhadow of the laws.-The hearts of the widow and or phan fhall fing for joy, and the mouth of the infant, in lifping accents, declare thy praise.' Immediately all the people proclaimed him king, and all the nobles congratulated him on his afcenfion to the crown, praying the Almighty to shower down bleffings on his reign.

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ANECDOTE.

Sa lame country fchoolmafter was hobbling one morning upon his two flicks, to his noify manfion, he was met by a certain nobleman, who wished to know his name, and the means by which he procured a livelihood. My name," anfwered he," is RT-, and I am mafter of this parish."

This anfwer further increafed his Lordship's curiofity, and he defired to know in what fenfe he was mafter of the parish? "I am," answered he, "the master of the children of the parish; the children are mafters of the mothers; the mothers are the rulers of the fathers; and confequently I am the master of the whole parish."-His lordship was pleased with this logical reply, and gave the schoolmafter half-a-guinea, to buy a book with.

ANECDOTE

OF THE DUKE OF NIVER NOIS AND A

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POOR CLERGYMAN.

HEN the Duke of Nivernois was ambaffador in England, he was going down to Lord Townshend's feat in Norfolk, on a private

vifit,