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 U THE INDUU ANTIQUARY. [Mir. lime eaten a little, and having been recreated j with musical atroiiiSi" ho went to rest early, in that lie mlcrlit rise rafrwihcd from his labour* Of the miniate** the two principal persons were thu Foreign Minister and tho Comuiiiuder- bj-Ghinf (p. 16' 56). lTouio affiiire appear to hare been chiefly tamiaotod by the king in person. Tim qualifications for I he post of foreign minister anil tho principles of foreign length, anil lire art of war is expounded ray folly. Ev i ! order of the march and tha beet mode of eonimeneing n general actum arc OVrn * nmn very prudent advice ia given rulatirc to the conduct • ing wus to hu resorted to only as the la*. I tad podfost : " bet him," says Mann (p. 184* lt'7), x peaking of the king, *' ■secretly bring over to his party all such an ho can safely bring orori let him bo informed of all that hia enemies are doing : and, when a fortunate moment is oil by heaven, let him give battle, pushing on to eouq'- loaing fear: yet he should be mom sedulous to reduce hi* pnanriffl 1 Satiation, by well-applied tjifts, and by creating divisions, using either all or soma of I hose mBj .. titan by hnanrding :»t any time a declaim i. aiuco victory or dufeat am not, ■ foreseen on either side when two arm t& the field: M the king then avoid a pitched battle ; but should there ha no means of apply* ing the throe expedient*, lei him, after da pant ion, tight bo valiantly numy may be total y m n red/ * Maun goes on (p. lftl 20 1 ) < ; tlmt in a conquered country the re* Itgion should ho respected, the established law* maintained, and tin* rights ot property an far a* possible ho undisturbed, It is evident th and thu enlargement of dominion formed a sub- ject which had engaged the attention and bean niadiud success fully by men or advanced iuteUU ganco in the i tftmt. If unfortunate that the uracil tire admiuia- i ration of the internal affairs of the kingdom did not offer the like ft to the author or compiler of (tic Wu hardly get tha smallest glimpse of the Civil Service system. ■ ehnumts of troops commanded bv trust- worthy oft] cers won quartered in military an OTGttite country, in order to protect tho peupte I, 114), Besides theaOi there was n dril header gi-'. every town, or rather vill with ita district; and ever a group of ten town* or villages was a superior officer to whom these worn sti hnrdmato ; higher again was the lord bandied towns, and so »&. To the head of a village was assigned for Iris maintenance the food, drink, wood and other articles which were by law daily dne from the inhabitants to the king (p. 173, 11- 1. H' head of a group of ten villages was entitled to " the prednce of two plough lands" (tbjj b, of so much land as required two ploughs for its cultivation) ; "' the lord of kw ! Of five plough lands; lord of a hundred that of a village or innall town -, tha lord of u tlwu.-and that of a huge town" vp. 174, Hi 4 ). It is by no means clear what were the emot. fnnoi ronn of the otEcBn m this graded system. No doubt it devolved up- i maintain general peace and - (p. 17 fit what sort or atatf of police force each had at bis command for this purpose is not apparent. Thu affair* of I ho towiihhip* and distriats (whatever this word ' anairs' comprehend) were inmsnete-i > (p. 174» 120). And probably tho king's revenue wa* ell, ..-, i bv i hom. Si • i '"-'v ! Ma i m hinarj waa aotuev, roogh and ••linraetar, and apurooched thai psitriarchul form whi generally very dcht;htfnl to tha gnvernors, and imugined by them to be in rt^'-tly adapted li» secure the happiness and welfare of the govcruNl. Wide latitude of discretion, only control I the will of a superior officer, did in those days lead to tho most happy result* Mann himself says (p. 17!. 128): "Since the ' the Liitj? whom ho has appointed guardians of districts art? generally knaves, wl" J seise what belongs to other men, from such knaves let hir I his people ; froin evil-ti > van Is us writ- i sub - jeets* often do on htutineas, let the king confiscate ull the powfcBsions, and banish them from Iris realm," With the object of kt the local officers to their duties, and pvotooting thu puoplu from oppression at their hands, ' was an entirely separate body of inspector*, and also in even* large town a snperinteudent. of nffairs (p. 171, l-l). olevated in rank, loriv pi iwcr,diet,iu{fuiahed'*aB a planet a -its," — a sort of exalted commUtJonpr of di vi*! j " time* tarns to tH vayntr.
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