'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎17] (438/594)

S o l y m a n III. Perfia.
well affeded to thepublick Welfare, when indeed'rf^^r"
ed nothing but their own Grandeur: For the fame Confiderations
that had jway d the Prime Mmifter,and the Chief Supermtendant^s
we have laid already had got polleffioa of their Minds likewife
and infiifed into them an Apprehenfion of the uncertainty
ot their Conditions,if Sephte-Mr^a were advanced to the Throne
For that the Young Prince, were it only to fhew his Abfolute
Power, would Ru e according to his own Fancy, and change
his Officers as he pleafed himfelf. Nor could they think other-
wife but that fome fecret Inftigations of Revenge would govern
his Proceedings againft them, as being perfwaded, thai their
Complacency had contributed to his Misfortunes j and that
they were fo far from pacifying the difpleafure and complaints
hich the deceafed King his Father made againft him, that
they had applauded and flattered his Indignation. On the other
fide, if the report were true of being poyfoned by the
Gonlpiracy of fome of his Lords, it was eafie to conicfture how
they that were guilty could not choofe butfeel a Remorfe ofCon-
Icience and with what Terror they look'd upon a Succelfor,
who being naturally enclined to violence, would readily lav
hold upon a Pretence lo plaufible to revenge his Father's Death.
But from the Eledion of the Younger Son there wasnofuch
Apprehenfion of danger; in regard all things would move in
i ir ufual Courfe, and for that his Minority would give them
leifure to provide for themfelves, and to make the bit advan-
tage ol the Employments which they enjoyed. Thereupon
they weighed in the fame Balance the Probabilities, which the
Prime Mimfter had fet forth, of the Death of the Eldeft
ot the two Princes, and the hazards which the Monarchy would
run through a tedious Expedation. And therefore they all with
one Voice concluded upon the Eledion of Ham^eh-Mrza.
r , ^ an J on g a JJ Grandees there was not any one that tefti-
fied fo violent a Paffion for the Eledion of the Youngeft Son, as
the bupenntedant General : nor indeed was there any one whofe par-
it, as having more
to fear , the advancement ofthe Elder,than anyof the reft And
moreover he made no queftion, that he would lay it to his
t , l , n r OC Furniture, the rich Cloaths, and
other things that he defired : all which things by virtue of his
Ofhce of Supemtendant, were at his difpofal. On the other fide he
roar L kuidnefles for Ae Mother of the Younger Son,
Am f 1- ! f l outward Palace, and then by the
Aliiftanccof the Eunuchs that attended her in the Womens Apart-
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