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 replies, �Praise be to him who lives for ever.’
“Farther, the king of Serendib is so just, that there are no judges in his dominions. His people have no need of them. They understand and observe justice rigidly of themselves.”
The caliph was much pleased with my account. “The wisdom of that king,
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 replies, �Praise be to him who lives for ever.’
“Farther, the king of Serendib is so just, that there are no judges in his dominions. His people have no need of them. They understand and observe justice rigidly of themselves.”
The caliph was much pleased with my account. “The wisdom of that king,
