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" those princes with Avhom some particular subjects only have cause to he "pleased , Avhen the public has reason to complain ! and though private persons " may sometimes suffer , they have no right to blame their princes , Avhen the " body of the state is sound , and the principles of goA'crnment salutary . " However , as irreproachable as the queen has appeared to us , with regard to " men , with respect to you , ye just gods , she builds her hopes of repose and " bliss upon your clemency alone . "

As soon as the hi gh-priest had finished his discourse , he covered his head and face Avith a veil , and prostrated himself on the chariot Avhere ho stood , in expectation of judgment . The judges immediately entered into consultation in the middle of the -place ; and after haA'ing conferred some few minutes , retook their seats . The president of the tribunal then asked the Avhole assembly AA'it-h a loud A oiceIf one had thing to lay

, any any to _ the _ charge of the queen ' s memory ? Some of those who had been prejudiced in their private affairs , by some regulations of great advantage to the public , had prepared complaints , more justifiable on their parts , than of validity against the queen . But the last plea , made by the hi gh priest of Memphis in her defence , had put a stop to their intentions , and they AA erc the most zealous of that numerous assembly in promoting , by

then * applauses , her entrance into the mansions of the blessed . When , as in tho case before us , no charge is entered against a deceased monarch , the urn is of no use , but he is admitted by general assent . ¦ The president of the tribunal having therefore looked round upon all the judges , and received from each of them the sign of their consent , said , " Sacred priest of Memphis , arise ; the gods approve the testimony you have

" borne concerning your queen , and are now going to confer upon her the reward " due to good kings . May her successors Avalk in her footsteps , and , by rendering " their people happy , treasure up greater blessings for themselves . " He then commanded the chief officer of the second order to touch the queen Avith his wand , of Avhich our poets have made Mercury ' s Caducous . At the same time turning to Amedes , the chief of tho tivo judges appointed by the nomo of Memphis , Avho sat at his right hand , ' he said : —

" Wise minister of your queen , you , Avhose prudent counsels have had so great " part in tho actions which bring her this day to glory , accompany tho hol y " priest , Avho conducted her hither ; help to convey her iuto tho barque , and from " thence into that temple , the gates of which are shut against the Avieked , be " they living or dead . AVe hasten to open these gates to her , and to receive her " ourselves . " The judges immediately aroseand entered the temple of the infernal

, deities by a private Avay . Tho dead , AVIIO Avere obliged to enter the subterranean gate , had no other passage to come at it , but bj crossing the lake , the breadth of Avhich Avas in that part about a quarter of a lca » ue , and upon Avhich no other bark was admitted but that of Charon . The officers having loosened the cords Avith Avhich the queen Avas fastened to her throne , and laid her in the same coffin Avhich had brought the

highpriest , she Avas corn-eyed into the bark , and the high-priest , together Avith Amedes , having first paid the usual tribute to Charon , accompanied her . They Avere no sooner arrived at the gates of the labyrinth , but the people , Avho folloAved them Avith their eyes , heard a noise as of thunder , which they believed to be real , and looked upon it as a miracle Avhich always happened AA'hen the temple of the infernal deities Avas opened . But in reality it wati no more than the holloAV sound of the brazen gates at the