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. Let thy virtue be thus diffuſed; if thou believeſt with reverence,  ſhalt be accepted above Farewel. the ſmile of Him who reſides in the of Heavens be upon thee! And thy name in the volume of His  may happineſs be written!"

The King, whose doubts like thoſe Mirza, were now removed, looked  with a ſmile that communicated the  of his mind. He diſmiſſed the prince his government; and commanded  events to be recorded, to the end  poſterity may know, "That no life  pleaſing to God, but that which is  to mankind!"

 de Medicis, Grand Duke of Tuſcany, concerning whom, on account of his prodigious wealth, it was  that he had the art of,. A noble Venetian who tho' had but a ſmall fortune, was  well recommended to his Highneſs