'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.' [‎19] (440/594)

S o l y m a n III. I\tng Pcrfia.
daring, was there any likelyhoodThey ftiould have theConfi-
dence to dec are them, and to carry it againft fo many Voices ?
Neverthelefs it fo came to pals in a Manner that mav be
thought to be almoft Miraculous, as well by reafonof the Cir
cumftances already obferved, as forthofe which wc are goina
about to obferve. Which aflurcs us that there is a Superior Pro
vidence which concerns it felf in the Management of all human
Affairs, commands all Events, and frequently brings things to
Dais contrarvma nnrFvTWW;^. ^ i • t ^ P .
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a Cr LV ; U U & cne contedera cy Of perlons intereffed,
and the favourable opportunities to advance their Defigns
t ,T j S , 6 Eunuch tiiat broke Meafures which thcfe
Lords had taken was Jga-Mubarek, in great Credit at Court, as
weW already obferved, as being the perfon to whom the King
had committed the Tuition of his fecond Son. He, I fay, was
Tutor to Ham^h-Mr^a whom the Grandees all endeavored to
advance to the Throne, and whom it therefore behoved rather
inTinlT f t0 . 1 PP ° rC an , cl enco r ura § e their Suffrages, fince that
in all likelyhood the Grandeur of his Illuftrious Pupil would be
a means mfinicely to advance his Reputation, and prefent him
hope^ foT moft S lorlous t,ia t a perfon of his Condition could
Neverthelefs the love of Juflice prevailed over all other Temp-
tationsthat could affedhis Souljfo that it was not without a noble
Indignation thath e heard the Propofal of the firft Minifter,to pre-
u y oun S er before the Elder Brother, which augmented fo
much the more by how much he found the Lords of the Coun-
cil fo readily inclined to a Condefcenfion. Thereupon he took
l R r u r Wor 1 th y that Ancient and Conftant Fidelity which
the Eumchshwc already gloried in. He thought it his Duty to
prevent luch a diforder and confufion as much as in him lay, and
ir wa ? f i a f n u- rlg r t0 rf,eak in thilt Affem bly, yet that
was lawful for him for once to violate a Cuftom which was
no more than a bare Ceremony, to the end he might reduce into
the right way, thofe that went about to break that Love which
Wed t0 We eftabllflled ' and Which Reli § iori
^ P ^ ever r he l ers h L ftaid ^ ever y one hadfpoken in their turns, as
was i r pe l 0 t ^ e Lords muc h his fuperiors, as for that he ftill
Princ? D te U iT 6 T 0f beCCer J ud g ment ' or a t leaft of better
i ™ P . ^ OU i Ver H 50pinion more J uftl y and according to
Law and dehver him out of that perplexity wherein fuch a trouble-
Accident would en Sage him.But when hefaw that they had all
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