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that this myflerious dream was a divinp admonition. A more animated resolution againfl pleasure, and greater diffidence of my own virtue, concurred to make me detest the effeminate and voluptuous manners of the Cyprians: but I was moll affedted by the apprchenfion, that Mentor was dead; and that having palled the irremeable waters of the Styx, he was fixed forever in the blifsful dwellings of the jull.

" I mufed upon this imaginary loss, till I burst into tears; and being obfcrved by the mariners, they alked me why I wept: I replied, that it might ealily be gueffed, why an unhappy fugitive* who defpaired of returning to his country, Ihould weep. In the mean time, however, all the Cyprians that were on board, gave themfclves up to the moll extravagant merriment: the rowers, indeed, to whom a mere fufpcnfion of labour was luxury, fell alleep upon their oars; but the pilot, who had quitted the helm* and crowned himself with flowers, held in his hand an enormous bowl, which he had almoll emptied of wine; and, with the rcll of the crew, who were equally intoxicated, roared out such songs to the.praise of Venus and Cupid, as no man, who has a reverence for virtue,. can hear without honor.

'* While they were thus thoughtlefs of danger, a sudden tcmpeft began to trouble the ocean and obscure the sky. The winds, as in the wild ardour of uncxpedled freedom, were heard bellowing among the fails; and the waves daflied againll the sides of the vessel, which groaned under the llrokcs: we now floated on the ridge of a ftupcndous mountain, which the next moment seemed to glide from under us, and leave us buried in the abyss; we perceived also some rocks near us, and heard the billows break againll them with a dreadful noifc. I had often heard Mentor say, that the elTeminate and voluptuous arc never brave; and I now found, by

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by experience, that it was true: for the Cyprians, whose jollity had been fo extravagant and tumultuous, now funk under a sense of their danger, and wept like women. I heard nothing but the fcreams of terror, and the wailings of hopeicfs dillrefs: some lamented the loss of pleasures that were never to return; and some made idle vows of sacrifice to the Gods, if they reached their port in safety; but none had presence of mind, either to undertake or direft the navigation of the vefTel. hi this situation, I thought it my duty to save the lives of my aifociates, by saving my own: I, therefore, took the helm into my own hand, the pilot being fo intoxicated as to be wholly infenfible of the danger of the vellel j I encouraged the affrighted mariners, and I ordered the fails to be taken in j the men rowed vigorously, and we soon found ourselves clear of the rocks, among which we had beheld all the horrors of death at fo near a view.

" This event had the appearance of a dream to the mariners, who were indebted to me for their lives; and they looked upon me with astonishment. We arrived at the isle of Cyprus in that month of the Spring which is consecrated to Venus; a season, which the Cyprians believe to be under the influence of this Goddefs, because all nature then appears to be animated with new vigour, and pleasure seems to spring up fpontaneoufly with the flowers of the field.

" As soon as I went on shore, I perceived a certain foftnefs in the air, which, though it rendered the body indolent and ina(5live, yet brought on a disposition to gaiety and wantonnefs: and, indeed, the inhabitants were fo averfe to labour, that the country, though extremely fertile and pleasant, was almofl: wholly uncultivated. I met, in every ftreet, crowds of women loofely dreflcd, fmging the praises of Venus, and going to dedicate themselves to the service of of her temple. Beauty and plcafurc fparklcd in their countenances, but their beauty was tainted by affccTiation; and the modest finiplicity, from which female charms principally derive tlicir power, was wanting: the diiTolute air, the lludicd look, the flaunting dress, and the lafcivious gait, the exprefllve glances that seemed to wander in search after those of the men, the visible emulation who should kindle the mofl ardent passion, and whatever else I discovered in these women, moved only my contempt and aversion; and I was difguiled by all that they did with a dclire to please.

" I was conduced to a temple of the Goddefs, of which there are several in the island; for she is worfliipped at Cythera, Idalia, and Paphos. That which I visited was at Cythera: the ftrucT:ure, which is all of marble, is a compleat periftyle; and the columns are fo large and lofty, that its appearance is extremely majeftic on each front, over the architrave and frieze, are large pediments, on which the mofl entertaining adventures of the Goddefs are represented in bafs-relief. There is a perpetual crowd of people with offerings at the gate, but within the limits of the consecrated ground no vidlim is ever slain; the sat of bulls and heifers is never burnt as at other temples, nor are the rites of pleasure prophaned with their blood: the beasts that are here oflcred, arc only presented before the altar; nor are any accepted, but those that are young, white, and without blcmifh; they are drefTed with purple fillets embroidered with gold, and their horns are decorated with gilding and flowers: after they have been presented, they are led to a proper place at a considerable distance, and killed for the banquet of the priests.

" Perfumed liquors arc also offered, and wines of the richefl flavour. The habit of the priests is a long white robe, fringed with gold at the bottom, and bound round them with a golden

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girdle; the richest aromatics of the East burn night and day upon the altars, and the fmoke rises in a cloud of fragrance to the skies. All the columns of the temple are adorned with fefloons; all the iacrifical vefTels are of gold; and the whole building is surrounded by a consecrated grove of odoriferous myrtle: none are permitted to present the victims to the priefl, or to kindle the hallowed fire, but boys and girls of confummate beauty. But this temple, however magnificent, was rendered infamous by the dillblute manners of the votaries.

" What I saw in this place, llruck me at firfl with horror; but at length, by infenfible degrees, it became familiar. I was no longer alarmed at the appearance of vice; the manners of the company had a kind of contagious influence upon me; my innocence was universally derided, and my modesty and reserve became the fport of impudence and buffoonery: every art was practised to excite my pailions, to enfnare me by temptation, and ta kindle the love of pleasure in my breast. I perceived that I was,, every day, less capable of resistance; the influence of educatiorv was furmounted; my virtuous resolutions melted away; I could no longer struggle against evils that preffed upon me on every fidej and from dreading vice, I came at length to be ashamed of virtue. I was like a man, who attempts to fwim a deep and rapid river: his firfl efforts are vigorous, and he makes way against the flream; but, if the fliorcs are ftcep, and he cannot rest himself upon the bank, he grows weary by degrees; his flrength is exhausted, his limbs become fliff with fatigue, and he is carried away by the torrent. Thus my eyes began to grow dim to the deformity of vice, and my heart flirunk from the toil of virtue; I could no longer call in the powers of reason to my affiftancc, nor remember the example of my father with emulation; the dream, in which I ha.d seen Mentor in the fields of Elyfium, repreffed the last feeble effort

B O O K IV. • 6-j effort of my virtue, by cutting off all hopes of support; a pleasing languor flole infcnfibly upon mc, and I felt what I knew to be poison glide from vein to vein, and diffufe itself through every limb with a secret fatisfacftion: yet, by sudden flarts, I deplored my captivity with fighs and tears; sometimes I pined with regret, and sometimes I raved with indignation. " How wretched a period of life, said I, is youth! Wherefore did the Gods, who cruelly fport with the calamities of mien, ordain them to pass through that state, which is divided between the fports of folly and the agonies of desire? why is not my head already hoary, and why do not my steps falter on the brink of the grave? why am I not already like Laertes, whose son is my father? Death itself would be more eligible, than the fliameful weakness to which I am now conscious!" But these exclamations hati no sooner burst from me, than my anguish would abate; and my confcicnce, lulled again by the opiates of sensuality, would again cease to be fufceptible of shame; till some sudden thought would rouze me once more to fenfibility, and fting me with yet keener remorse.

" In this flate of perplexity and anguish, I frequently wandered about in the consecrated grove, like a hart that has been wounded by the hunters •, the fpeed of the hart reaches the distant forest in a moment, but he cames the tormenting fhaft in his fide: thus I vainly attempted to escape from myself; for the anguish of my brcaft could not be alleviated by changing place.

" I was one day in this situation, when, at some difliance before me, in the most gloomy part of the grove, I thought I difcovcrcd Mentor; but, upon a nearer approach, his countenance appeared fo pale, and expressed such a mixture of grief and aufterity, that I felt no joy in his presence. " Can it be thou, said I, my dcareft friend, my only hope! can it be thou thyself in very deed? or do I

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thus gaze upon a fleeting illufion? Is it Mentor? or is it the spirit of Mentor, that is flill touched with my misfortunes? Art not thou numbered among the happy spirits, who rejoice in the fruition of their own virtue; to which the Gods have fuperaddcd the pure and everlasting plcafures of Elyfium? Speak, Mentor, do fl: thou yet live? am I again happy in thy counsel, or art thou only the manes of my friend?" As I pronounced these words, I ran towards him breathlefs and tranfported: he cnlmly waited for me, without advancing a Angle ilep: but the Gods only know, with what joy I perceived, that he filled my grasp. " No, it is not an empty iliade — I hold him faftj I embrace my dear Mentor!" — Thus I expressed the tumult of my mind in broken exclamations; till burfting into tears, I hung upon his neck without power to speak. He continued to look lleadfaflly at me with a mixture of grief, tcndernefs, and compalTion j and at lafl I found words: " Alas, said I, whence art thou come? What dangers have furroundcd me in thy absence! and what should I now have done without thee!" Mentor, not regarding my questions, cried out, in a voice that. lliook me with terror, " Fly! delay not a moment to fly. The very fruits of this soil are poison j the air is peftilential, the inhabitants themselves are contagious, and speak only to diffufe the mofl: deadly venom. Sordid and infamous sensuality, the moil dreadful evil that illued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart and eradicates every virtue. Fly! wherefore dofl; thou linger > Fly! cast not one look behind thee; nor let even thy thought return to this accurfed island for a moment."

" While he yet spoke, I perceived, as it were, a thick cloud vanifh from before me, and my eyes were once more illuminated with the rays of unbroken light. My heart was elated with a peaceful yet vigorous joy, very diflferent from the diflblute and tumultuous pleasures of desire: one is the joy of frenzy and confusion, a perpetual

B O O K IV. 69 f>ctual tranfidon from outrageous padlon to the keeneft rcmorfe; the other is the calm and equal felicity of reason, which participates of divine beatitude, and can neither fatiate nor be exhausted: it filled all my breast and overflowed in tears; nor is there on earth any higher enjoyment, than thus to weep. " Happy, said I, are those, by whom virtue vouchfafcs to be seen in all her beauty! thus to behold her, is to love her; and to love her, is to be happy."

" But my attention was recalled to Mentor: " I must leave you, said he, nor can my flay be protracfted a moment." " Whither dost thou go then? said I, to what defart will I not follow thee! Think not to depart without me, for I will rather die at thy feet!" Immediately I caught hold of him and held him with all my force. " It is in vain, said he, that thy zeal attempts to detain me-. I was fold, by Metophis, to the Arabs or Ethiopians; who, being on a trading journey to Damascus in Syria, determined to part with me, imagining that they could fell me for a large sum to one Hazacl; a man who was seeking after a Grecian slave, to acquaint him with the manners of the country, and inftrudt him in the sciences: nor were they mistaken, for I was purchased by Hazael at a very high price. The knowledge which he soon acquired of the Grecian policy, inclined him to go into Crete, to study the laws of Minos; the voyage was immediately undertaken; but we were driven, by contrary winds, to Cyprus, and he has taken this opportunity to make his offering at the temple: I see him now coming out; a favourable wind already fills our fails, and calls us on boards Farewel, my dearTELEMAcnus! A slave who fears the Gods, cannot dispense with his obligation to attend his master: the Gods have made me the property of another; and they know, that, if I had any right in myself, I would transfer it to you. Farewel! remember the atchicvcments of Ulysses, and the tears of Penelope;

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LOPE; remember also, that the Gods are just. Ye powers, who arc the protedors of the innocent, in what a country am I eompelled to leave Telemachus!" " No, said I, my dear Mentor, here thou canil not leave me; for I will rather perish, than suffer thee to depart without me. But has thy Syrian master no companion? will he tear thee, by violence, from my arms? He mull cither take away my life, or suffer me to follow thee. Thou hast thyself exhorted me to fly: why, then, am I forbidden to fly with thee? I will speak myself to Hazael; perhaps, he may regard my youth and my distress with pity. He, who is fo enamoured of wisdom as to seek her in distant countries, cannot furcly have a favage or an infenfible heart. I will throw myself at his feet; I will embrace his knees; and will not suffer him to depart, till he has consented that I Ihould follow thee. My dear Mentor, I will wear the chains of slavery with thee! I will oifer myself to Hazael, and if lie rejedls me, my lot is thrown, and I will seek reception, where I know I shall find it, in the grave,"

" Just as I had pronounced these words. Mentor was called by Hazael, before whom I immediately fell proftrate on the ground. Hazael, who was astonished to see a stranger in that pofture, asked what I would request: " I requcft my life, said I; for, if I am not permitted to follow Mentor, who is your servant, I must die. The son of the great Ulysses is before thee, who furpafled in wisdom all the Grecian princes, by whom Troy, a city famous thoughout nil Asia, was overturned: but think not that I boaft the dignity of my birth, to exad a tribute to my vanity; I mean only to strengthen the claim of misfortune to thy pity. I have wandered, from coast: to coast, in search of my father, with this person, whom friendship has made a father to me; but fortune has at length compleated my calamity by taking him from me: he is now thy slave; let me, .therefore, be thy slave also. If thou art, indeed, a lover of justice,

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B O O K IV. . 71 and art going to Crete to acquaint thyfclf with the laws of Minos, thou wilt not rcfift the impoitunity of my distress. Thou fcefl: the son of a mighty prince, reduced to fue for slavery, as the only possible condition of comfort: there was a time, when I preferred death to fcrvitude in Sicily; but the evils which I there suffered, were but the first eflays of the rage of fortune: I now tremble, left I should not be admitted into that state, which then I would have died to shun. May the Gods look down on my misfortunes! and may Hazael remember Minos, whose wisdom he admires, and whose judgment shall, in the realms of Pluto, pass upon us both."

" Hazael looked upon me with great complacence and humanity; and, giving me his hand, raised me from the ground: " I am not ignorant, said he, of the wisdom and virtue of Ulysses; I have been often told what gloiy he acquired among the Greeks, by Mentor; and fame has made his name familiar to all the nations of the Eafl. Follow me, son of Ulysses! I will be your father, till you find him from whom you have derived your being. If I had no fcnfc of the glory of Ulysses, or of his misfortunes or of yours, the fricndfliip which I bear to Mentor, would alone induce me to take care of you: I bought him indeed as a slave, but he is now mine by a nobler connexion; for the money that he cost me, procured me the dearest and most valuable of all my friends. In him, I have found that wisdom which I fought; and to him, I owe all the love of virtue that I have acquired: this moment, therefore, I restore his freedom, and continue thine; I renounce your service, and require only your esteem." '

" The most piercing anguish was now changed in a moment to unutterable joy. I perceived myself delivered from total iniin; I' was approaching my country; I was favoured with aftiftance that might enable me to reach it; I had the consolation of being near a pcrfon,

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person, whose love for mc had no foundation but the love of virtue; and whatever else could contribute to my felicity, was comprehended in my meeting with Mentor to part no more.

" Hazacl proceeded dirc(5lly to the port, followed by Mentor and myself, and we all embarked together: the peaceful waves were divided by our oars; and a gentle breeze, which fported in our fails, seemed as it were to animate our bark, and impel it forward with an easy motion: Cyprus quickly disappeared; and Hazael, who was impatient to know my sentiments, asked me what I thought of the manners of that island. I told him ingenuoufly the dangers to which my youth had been exposed, and the conflidl which had agitated my bosom: he was touched at my hoiTor of vice, and cried out, " Venus, I acknowledge thy power and that of thy son, and I have burnt incense upon thy altars; but forgive me, if I dctell that infamous effeminacy, which prevails in thy dominions, and the brutal sensuality which is pradifed at thy feasts."

" He then difcouirfed with Mentor, of that FjrftJ^jsreJV-which produced the heavens and the earth; that hifinite and Immutable

Intelligence, which communicates itself to all, but is not divided;

that Sovereign and Universal Truth, which illuminates intellecflual nature, as the sun enlightens the material world. " H^, who has never perceived this pure emanation of Divinity, faidHazael, is blind as those who are born without fight; he pafTes through life in darkness, like that which involves the polar regions, where the night is protraded to half the year; he believes himself to be wife, but is indeed a fool; he imagines that his eye comprehends every objedl, yet be lives and dies without seeing any thing; or, at moll, he perceives only some fleeting illufions by a glimmering and deceitful light; some unfubflantial vapours, that are every moment changing their colour and shape, and, at length, fade into total total obscurity: such is the state of every man, who is captivated by the pleasures of sense, and allured by the gaudy phantoms of imagination! Indeed, none are worthy the name of men, but those who walk by the dictates ofxLernal reafQp, who love and follow the guiding ray that is vouchfafed from above: it is by this reason that we are inspired, when our thoughts are good; and by this we are reproved, wh^n they are evil; from this we derive intelligence and life; this is an ocean, of which we are but small ftreama, iliat are quickly reabforbed in the abyss from. which they flowed!"

" This difcom-fe, indeed, I did not perfe(5lly comprehend, yet I perceived something in it that was elevated and refined; and my heart caught fire at the beams of truth, which glanced within the verge of my underflanding. They proceeded to talk of the origin of the Gods, of heroes, poets, the golden age, and the universal deluge; of the river of oblivion, in which the souls of the dead are plunged; the perpetualpunifliment, that is inflidled upon the wicked in the gloomy gulph of Tartarus; and of that happy tranquillity, which is enjoyed, in the fields of Elyfium, by the spirits of. the just, who exult in the afTurance that it shall lall for ever.

" "While Hazael and Mentor were difcourfing these topics, we perceived several dolphins- approaching, whose fcales were varied with azure and gold, and whose fport fwelled the sea into waves, and covered, it with foam: these were followed by tritons, who, with their fpiral fbells, emulated the music of the trvimpct; and in the midst of them appeared the chariot of Amphitrite, drawn by sea horses whiter than snow, which dividing the waves as they pafTcd, left behind them long furrows in the deep;. fire fparkledl in their eyes, and from their noilrils ifiiied clouds of fmoke: the chariot of the Goddefs was- a fliell, whiter and' more bright than, ivory, of a wonderful figua-e; it was mounted upon wheels of gpld, and fecmed almost to fly over the level fur face of the water: a, great number of young nymphs fwam in a croud after the.cha---

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•fiot, and their hair, which was decorated with flowers, flowed loofely behind them, and wantoned in the breeze. The Goddeft held, in one hand, a fceptre of gold, with which Ihe awed the waves to obedience; and, with the other, she held the little God Palemon, her son whom she fuckled, upon her lap: such sweetness and majefly were exprefled in her countenance, that the rebellious winds difperfed at her appearance, and gloomy tempefls howled only at a distance. The tritons guided the horses with golden reins; arid a large purple fail waved above, which was but half diftended by a multitude of little zephyrs, who laboured to fwell it with their breath. In the mid air appeared iEolus, bufy, re,fllefs, and vehement; his wrinkled and morofe countenance, his hoarfe and threatening voice, his fliaggy brows which hung down to his beard, and the fuUen auilerity that gleamed in his eyes, awed the hurricanes of the North to silence, and drove back the clouds U) the liorizon. Whales of an enormous size, and all the monfters of the deep, that caused the sea to ebb and flow with their noflrils, .rufhed from their secret receiTes, and came in hafte to gaze upon the Goddefs.

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" OOON after the Goddefs and her train disappeared, we began O to discover the mountains of Crete > though we could yet fcarce diftinguilli them from the clouds of heaven and the waves of the sea: but it was not long before the fummit of mount Ida was seen, towering above the neighbouring mountains, as the spreading antlers of a flag are diflinguifhed among the young fawns that furround him. By degrees, we discovered more diftin<5lly the coast of the island, which had the appearance of an amphitheatre: as, in Cyprus the soil was wild and uncultivated; in Crete, it was fertilized and enriched with every kind of fruity by the labour of its inhabitants.

*' We perceived innumerable villages that were well built, towns that were little inferior to cities, and cities that were in the highefl degree magnificent: there was no field, on which the hufbandma i had not imprcflcd the characters of diligeiace and labour; th;

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plough was::eyery where, to he tracMv;. 3:^4. there was fcarce a bramble or a Ayecd to be found in the island. We remarked, with pleasure, the degp vallies, in which numerous herds of cattle were grazing among many rivulets that enriched the soil; the sleep that were feeding on the declivity of the hills, the fpacious plains that were covered with the golden bounty of Geres, and the mountains that were adorned with the lively verdure of the vine, and clufters- of grapes that were already tinged with blue, and promised the blefling of Bacchus, wine, which fooths anxiety to peace, and animates wearinefs with new vigour.

" Mentor told us, that he had before been in Crete, and acquainted us with whatever he knew of the country: " This island, said he, which is admired by all foreigners, and famous for its hundred cities, produces all the necefTaries of life in great plenty for its inhabitants, a;lthough they are almost innumerable: for the earth is always profufely bountiful to those who cultivate it, and its treasures are inexhaullible: the greater the number of inhabitants in any country, the greater plenty they enjoy, if they are not idle: nor have they any cause to be jealous of each other; the earth, like a good parent, multiplies her gifts, in proportion to the number of her children, who merit her bounty by their labour. The ambition, and the avarice of mankind, are the only sources of their calamities; €veiy individual wishes to poflTefs the portion of all, and becomes wretched by the deftre of fuperfluities: if men would be content with the simplicity of nature, and wish only to satisfy their real necessities, plenty, chearfulnefs, domestic concord, and public tranquillity, would be uninterrupted and universal.

** A deep knowledge of these important truths, was the glory of Minos, the wifeft legiilator, and the best of kings: all the wonders of

B O O K V. 77 of this iiland, are the efFe<5ls of his laws; the education which he prefcribcd for children, renders the body healthy and robufl, and forms an early habit of frugality and labour. That every species and degree of voluptuoufnefs will proportionably debilitate both the body and the mind, is an established maxim; and no pleasure is proposed as the objedl of desire, but that of becoming invincible by heroic virtue, and diflinguifhed from others by superior glory: courage is not considered as the contempt of death only in the field of battle, but of fuperlluous wealth and fhameful pleasure; and three vices are punished in Crete, which, in every other country, are suffered with impunity, ingratitude, diflimulation, and avarice.

" It might, perhaps, be expecSted, that there should be some law against luxury and pomp; but, at Crete, luxury and pomp are not known. Every man labours, and no man thinks of becoming rich; labour is thought to be sufficiently recompenced by a life of quiet and regularity, in which all, that the wants of nature have made necefTary, is enjoyed in plenty and in peace. No splendid palace nor coftly furniture, no magnificent apparel or voluptuous feflivity is permitted: the habits are, indeed, made of the finest wool, and dyed of the moil beautiful colour; but they are perfectly plain, and without embroidery. Their meals, at which they drink little wine, are extremely temperate, confiiling chiefly of bread, such fruits as the season produces, and milk: if they ever tafle animal food, it is in a small quantity, plainly drefled, and of the coarfeft kind; for they always reserve the fined cattle for labour, that agriculture may flourifli. The houses are neat, convenient and pleasant, but without ornament: architecture is, indeed, well known among them, in its utmost elegance and magnificence; but the pra(5lice of this art is reserved for the temples of the Gods, and it is thought prefumptuous in a mortal to have a dwelling like theirs.

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theirs. The wealth of the Cretans consists in health vigour and courage, domellic quiet and concord, pubhc Hberty, plenty of all that is neceflary, and contempt of all that is fuperiluous, an habit of induilry, an abhorrence of idlcnefs, an emulation in virtue, fubmiilion to the laws, and a reverence of the Gods."

" I enquired, what were the bounds of the sovereign authority? and Mentor answered, " The authority of the king over the sub- ]e6t is absolute; but the authority of the law is absolute over him j his power to do good is unlimited, but he is restrained from doing evil. The laws have put.the people into his hands as the most valuable depoiit, upon condition that he shall treat them as his children; for it is the intent of the law, that the wisdom and equity of one man shall be the happiness of many, and not that the wretchednefs and slavery of many should gratify the pride and luxury of one. The king ought to poflefs nothing more than the fubjecfl, but in proportion as more is neceflary to alleviate the fatigue of his station, and impress upon the minds of the people a reverence of that authority by which the laws are executed. In every other refpeft, the king should indulge himself less, as well in ease as in pleasure, and should be less difpofcd to the pomp and the pride of life, than any other man: he ought not to be diflinguiflied from the rest of mankind, by the grcatnefs of his wealth, or the variety of his enjoyments, but by superior wisdom, more y heroic virtue, and more splendid glory: abroad he ought to be the defender of his country, by commanding her armies; and at home, the judge of his people, diflributing juilice among them, improving their morals, and increafmg their felicity. It is not for himself that the Gods have intrufled him with royalty, he is exalted above individuals, only that he may be the servant of the public; to the public he owes all his time, the public should engage all his attention, and his love should have no objedl but the public; for lie deserves