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On The Sacred Characters Of Kings.
man , who cried out as loud as possible , " Soldier , do not kill Kin * Crcesus ! " To this voice the soldier obeyed , rendering all honour to " Crcesus—and according to the ri ghts of war , he led him a-prisoner to Cyrus . The ancient Scythians , in order to shew the greatness of their grief for the death of their princes , shaved their heads , cut off the tip of their earsand slashed their armstheir foreheadand their in
, , , nose ; a word , gave themselves up to every excess of grief and mourning : They sacrificed , at the funerals of their kings , pag ; es and horses in great numbers , and two of his favourite women . Among the Lacedemonians there was a law which ordained , that five of- the nearest relations of those who had been convifted of a conspiracy against their kin ? , should be put to death . ' A -
Nimrod had his residence with his people in the land of the Chaldeans , and was their first king , and began to extend his limits b y force on his nei ghbours , by sending colonies ' to establish other kingdoms . Scipio A . fncanus having been surrounded b y thieves and pirates in his country - house , far removed from the city , displayed so noble al majesty in defending himselfthat they threw down their assuring him
, arms , they were only come there with an intent to guard and to obey him . Princes ought to shine in virtue and good morals more than others ; for which reason the Persians were accustomed to carry fire before their kings , and to cause it to be . extinguished through the whole country after their death . The Romans placed fire before the throne of their
emperors . _ King Darius having ordered all the governors of provinces subjeft to him to appear before him , asked them among other thing's , whether the taxes and tributes were not very hi gh ? They answered the King ' , that they were moderate : He then gave orders that only one half should be levied . Osyris had for his motto a sceptre , ' on the top of which was placed an eyedesigning the wisdom that ht to guide kingit not
, oug a , belonging to one who wanders or goes astray to be the leader of others ' ; " nor one that knows nothing to pretend to teach ; nor one that will not obey reason to command . Where is the prince who will not rejoice , when he shall hear that Menandre , King of the Boeotians , was so well beloved byhis subjects , for his justice and his virtue , that after his death the cities were in great debate who should have the honour of his burying-? order to
place In appease them it was ordained , that each city should ereit a tomb to his memory . Who will not be moved for love of Trajan , emperor of the Romans , hearing or reading his . praise ? for Pliny , after raising him to the heavens , concludes in this manner— " that the greatest , happiness to the empire would be , that the gods , would take example by the life of Trajan . " Who would not the of when he
envy glory Agesilaus , was condemned toa penalty by the E phores , for having gained il \ e love andaffeition of his fellow citizens ?" Demetrius advised King Ptolemy to purchase and read such , books as ' treated on the government of ' kiugdoms ; for what the minions of a court dare not say to their prince will be found in these books . Agesicies , King of the Lacedemonians , being interrogated byacour- .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Sacred Characters Of Kings.
man , who cried out as loud as possible , " Soldier , do not kill Kin * Crcesus ! " To this voice the soldier obeyed , rendering all honour to " Crcesus—and according to the ri ghts of war , he led him a-prisoner to Cyrus . The ancient Scythians , in order to shew the greatness of their grief for the death of their princes , shaved their heads , cut off the tip of their earsand slashed their armstheir foreheadand their in
, , , nose ; a word , gave themselves up to every excess of grief and mourning : They sacrificed , at the funerals of their kings , pag ; es and horses in great numbers , and two of his favourite women . Among the Lacedemonians there was a law which ordained , that five of- the nearest relations of those who had been convifted of a conspiracy against their kin ? , should be put to death . ' A -
Nimrod had his residence with his people in the land of the Chaldeans , and was their first king , and began to extend his limits b y force on his nei ghbours , by sending colonies ' to establish other kingdoms . Scipio A . fncanus having been surrounded b y thieves and pirates in his country - house , far removed from the city , displayed so noble al majesty in defending himselfthat they threw down their assuring him
, arms , they were only come there with an intent to guard and to obey him . Princes ought to shine in virtue and good morals more than others ; for which reason the Persians were accustomed to carry fire before their kings , and to cause it to be . extinguished through the whole country after their death . The Romans placed fire before the throne of their
emperors . _ King Darius having ordered all the governors of provinces subjeft to him to appear before him , asked them among other thing's , whether the taxes and tributes were not very hi gh ? They answered the King ' , that they were moderate : He then gave orders that only one half should be levied . Osyris had for his motto a sceptre , ' on the top of which was placed an eyedesigning the wisdom that ht to guide kingit not
, oug a , belonging to one who wanders or goes astray to be the leader of others ' ; " nor one that knows nothing to pretend to teach ; nor one that will not obey reason to command . Where is the prince who will not rejoice , when he shall hear that Menandre , King of the Boeotians , was so well beloved byhis subjects , for his justice and his virtue , that after his death the cities were in great debate who should have the honour of his burying-? order to
place In appease them it was ordained , that each city should ereit a tomb to his memory . Who will not be moved for love of Trajan , emperor of the Romans , hearing or reading his . praise ? for Pliny , after raising him to the heavens , concludes in this manner— " that the greatest , happiness to the empire would be , that the gods , would take example by the life of Trajan . " Who would not the of when he
envy glory Agesilaus , was condemned toa penalty by the E phores , for having gained il \ e love andaffeition of his fellow citizens ?" Demetrius advised King Ptolemy to purchase and read such , books as ' treated on the government of ' kiugdoms ; for what the minions of a court dare not say to their prince will be found in these books . Agesicies , King of the Lacedemonians , being interrogated byacour- .