'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.' [‎35] (456/594)

Sol ym A n III, l^mg of Perfk
round about him, calling him their I.ord and Sovereisnrfhde
firft Minutes being over, he appeared more compoled in'his
Countenance , and foftly leaned upon the Chief Eunuch, like
one that had been waked out of a profound fleep. He began to
reflet upon what was paffed, and he found that they were lb far
from having any defign upon his Life, that they came to ad
vance him to the Throne. Neverthelefs, in regard he could
not hear thofe joyful tydings, but as they Were accompanied
With the News of his Fathers death, both unlookt for, the
furpnfe was equal on both fides, and put him a third time into
luch an altoniihment that he flood for fome time in a kind of a
Trance. 1 his Grief for fome Minutes contefted with his Toy
till at length his good nature overcame the latter. He obeyed
theperfuafions of his forrow; not minding what he had sained,
but what he had loft: and in the midft of thofe thoughts, over
powered by his Affliction, according to the Cuftom of the
l wr a tore his Cabaye, or upper Garment, from the Collet
to the watte. He wept biterly, not having fhed a tear till that
time ,• tho the Lamentations of his Mother, and the Confter-
nation wherein he had beheld all the Ladies of his Palace had
given him lufficient cau{e. This fliewed the good nature of the
oung Monarch, as I have already faid, for it cannot be ima
gined that he difTembledin what he did. He was too youncr
to underftand the fly tricks of craft and fubtilty, and being
one who had never feen the world, but had been bred up ten
derly among the Women ,• accuftomed only to talk of fine
Cfoaths, and Baubles, and to command Eunuchs. Befides
that, the dif order of his mind for above an Hour before would
not permit him to obferve fuch a regular Condud:. So that
althougn he had been ill ufed by his Father, who had fhut him
up m a clofe Pnfon, and whofe Death feemed to reftore him to
Life, by giving him his Liberty and a Diadem, he could not
forbear to bewail his lofs as an Evil that was never a whit the lels
for being the caufe of fo much good. Rather muft it then be
an efted of Nature, which fhews that fhe is always the Miftris
o our Affections, and that the Paffions which fhe infpires will
ftill prevail, notwithftanding all the ObftacI.es of Ambition, fn-
terelt, or good Fortune.
•T h r e Ge 7' ai 0 i the Slaves beholding the Prince oppreffed
h fomuch grief, made no Anfwer, fpeaking only,as I may fo
y, with his Eyes,from whence he let fall a fhower of Tears and
ng ^rjoHger dU the Prince commanded him
role of himfelf, and approaching his Majefty, made
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