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The Land Of Nineveh, A Fragment.
THE LAND OF NINEVEH , A FRAGMENT .
BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR , BART . PRESIDENT OF THE EOARD OF A GRIC ULTUKE .
A ND there lived a king in the land of Nineveh , who ruled the ¦ ^ •^ country in peace , and he distributed his favours among his peopie , giving to one great authority , and to others situations of emolument ; but no man was oppressed " thereby , for he gave but his own , and what the laws of the land permitted . And his nobles confederated together and said , ' Why suffer we this thing ? This man placeth over us whom he listethand ivetli
, g away what he p leaseth to others , and pays no proper respect to our cl .-. ims : Let us endure it no longer : Let us displace him : Let us divide his possessions and authority among us , aud we shall be happy . ' And they did so , and the king fled , and lived in another country , and the nobles returned , triumphing , each to his own home . And the husbandmen of the country heard this , and the } - assembled
together , and said , ' Behold the king that reigned over us is fled , and his nobles have seized every thing he had , and they claim the inheritance of the land . What giveth them a ri ght to do so ? What mattered ] their wax or their parchments ? The laud is ours , for we till it , and we will pay them their heavy exactions no more . ' And the nobles were lew in number , and no man could trust another , and they fled , and the husbandmen took each man the land he possessed , and he kept it as his own , and he lived in his own house rejoicing .
And these husbandmen had many servants , who were employed in tilling the land ; and the servants said unto one another , 'Whence cometh this ? The king that reigned over us has fled , and his nobles are driven from their estates , and the husbandmen possess the soil , and thev claim the whole land as their own ; but what ri ght have they to do so ? Where are their deeds or parchments ? Are their titles better than ours ? Surely not . Let us then join togetherlet us
, drive these wicked men from our bounds , and let us divide the land among us . ' And they did so , and the husbandmen fled everywhere , and none of them retained a spot of the land they had formerly possessed ; and the servants s . tid , 'There is none now to contest with us , we shall soon become rich and happy ; we formerly tilled the land of others , we shall now cultivate our own . '
And behold , in the cities of that country there dwelt persons professing different occupations ; and these persons met together , and said , ' What is this that we hear ?• The king that reigned over us has fled , and his nobles are banished from the land , ami the . husbandmen are driven from amongst us , and their servants are now possessors of the soil . Why should this be suffered ? We live in crouded cities ; we breathe unwholesome air ; we toil for others more than for our-
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The Land Of Nineveh, A Fragment.
THE LAND OF NINEVEH , A FRAGMENT .
BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR , BART . PRESIDENT OF THE EOARD OF A GRIC ULTUKE .
A ND there lived a king in the land of Nineveh , who ruled the ¦ ^ •^ country in peace , and he distributed his favours among his peopie , giving to one great authority , and to others situations of emolument ; but no man was oppressed " thereby , for he gave but his own , and what the laws of the land permitted . And his nobles confederated together and said , ' Why suffer we this thing ? This man placeth over us whom he listethand ivetli
, g away what he p leaseth to others , and pays no proper respect to our cl .-. ims : Let us endure it no longer : Let us displace him : Let us divide his possessions and authority among us , aud we shall be happy . ' And they did so , and the king fled , and lived in another country , and the nobles returned , triumphing , each to his own home . And the husbandmen of the country heard this , and the } - assembled
together , and said , ' Behold the king that reigned over us is fled , and his nobles have seized every thing he had , and they claim the inheritance of the land . What giveth them a ri ght to do so ? What mattered ] their wax or their parchments ? The laud is ours , for we till it , and we will pay them their heavy exactions no more . ' And the nobles were lew in number , and no man could trust another , and they fled , and the husbandmen took each man the land he possessed , and he kept it as his own , and he lived in his own house rejoicing .
And these husbandmen had many servants , who were employed in tilling the land ; and the servants said unto one another , 'Whence cometh this ? The king that reigned over us has fled , and his nobles are driven from their estates , and the husbandmen possess the soil , and thev claim the whole land as their own ; but what ri ght have they to do so ? Where are their deeds or parchments ? Are their titles better than ours ? Surely not . Let us then join togetherlet us
, drive these wicked men from our bounds , and let us divide the land among us . ' And they did so , and the husbandmen fled everywhere , and none of them retained a spot of the land they had formerly possessed ; and the servants s . tid , 'There is none now to contest with us , we shall soon become rich and happy ; we formerly tilled the land of others , we shall now cultivate our own . '
And behold , in the cities of that country there dwelt persons professing different occupations ; and these persons met together , and said , ' What is this that we hear ?• The king that reigned over us has fled , and his nobles are banished from the land , ami the . husbandmen are driven from amongst us , and their servants are now possessors of the soil . Why should this be suffered ? We live in crouded cities ; we breathe unwholesome air ; we toil for others more than for our-