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. I am enabled to look back with pleaſure, and forward with hope; I ſhall now rejoice ſtill to be the  of thy power at Tauris, and to  thoſe honours which I ſo lately  to reſign."—The King, who had  to Mirza with a mixture of ſurprize and curioſity, immediately gave the  to Coſrou, and commanded that it  be read. The eyes of the court were at once turned on the hoary ſage, whoſe countenance was ſuffuſed with an  bluſh; and it was not without  heſitation that he read theſe words.

"To Mirza, whom the wiſdom of Abbas, our mighty lord has honoured with, be everlaſting health! When heard thy purpoſe to  the bleſſings of thy government from the  of Tauris, my  was wounded with the arrow of affliction,  my eyes became dim with ſorrow. But who ſhall ſpeak before the king, when he is troubled? And who ſhall boaſt of knowledge, when he is distreſſed by doubt? To thee I will relate the events of my youth, which thou haſt renewed before me; and thoſe truths which they