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Crowns of Diamonds. Behold the crown’d Monarch Greater than the Greateſt Solima^[1], and the great Mihrage.^[2] After he has pronounc’d thoſe Words, the Officer behind the Throne cries in his Turn, This Monarch, ſo Great and ſo Powerful, muſt die, muſt die, muſt die. And the Officer before repiies, Praiſe be to him who lives for ever.

Further, the King of Serendib is ſo juſt, that there are no Judges in his Dominions. His People has no need of ’em, They underſtand and obſerve Juſtice exactly of themſelves. The Califf was much pleas’d with my Diſcourſe. The Wiſdom of that King, ſays he, appears in his Letter, and after what you tell me, I muſt confeſs, That his Wiſsdom is worthy of his People, and his People deſerve ſo wiſe a Prince. Having ſpoke thus, he diſcharg’d me, and ſent me home with a rich Preſent.

Sindbad left off ſpeaking, and his Company retir’d, Hindbad having firſt receiv’d 100 Sequins, and next Day they return’d to hear the Relation of his Seventh and laſt Voyage as follows.

BEING return’d from my ſixth Voyage, I ab’olutely laid aſide all Thoughts of Traveling any farther, For, beſides that my Years did now require Reſt, I was refſolv’d no more to expoſe my ſelf to ſuch Risks as I had run. So that I thought of nothing but to paſs the reſt of my Days in Quiet. One Day, as I was treating a Parcel of my Friends, one of my Servants came and told me, That an Officer of the Califf’s ask for me. I roſe from the Table, and went to him. The Calf, ſays he, has ſent me to tell you, that he muſt ſpeak with you, I follow’d the Officer to the Palace, where being preſented to the Califf, I ſaluted him by proſrating my ſelf at his Feet, Sindbad, ſays he to me, I ſtand in need of you, you muſt do me the Service to carry my Anſwer and Preſent to the King of Sererndib. It’s but juſt I ſhould return his Civility.