ABSTRACT
C. 1596 Crown him with blood. When any subject plaineth To us ’gainst some one of this loyal host The heart of the unjust one will I break, And rase him utterly, both root and branch. See that ye take no freedoms with your Sháh, And in especial one that is devout, For he by turns is bane and antidote ; So choose the antidote and leave the bane. Of all things seek to please the Sháh and never Approach his throne unless with joyful looks. When he is wroth excuse thyself and bless him, Just or unjust. Whene’er thou sayest : ‘ I Am wise, and I am mighty in all knowledge,’ Know that thou never wast more ignorant, So be not thine own enemy: If now Ye shall obey the counsel that I give By hearkening to my profitable words, Ye shall receive the treasures of wise Sháhs : I never yet saw knowledge injure any.”
