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Ye, brilliant and accomplished prince, |
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Have conferred on me this happiness. |
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Your favours to me are without limit, |
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And my descendants will preserve [the fruits of] them. |
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Be not mercenary nor extravagant in your States, |
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And the king will honour you. |
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Thinking of this great service, |
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He will enlarge the dignity of your successors. |
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What is most powerful is the being the man; -- |
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Its influence will be felt throughout your States. |
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What is most distinguished is being virtuous; -- |
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It will secure the imitation of all the princes. |
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Ah! the former kings are not forgotten! |
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by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia