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Show o S . S3. R e A General Deffi;zption o -~ s e y - - S-Sas e - - T . A e - S v i an s - X e i e- . / 15 e - - w - e T T~y ¢ - - -- -t--- Eldeft Son firft refuming the Paternal Throne : ' Kingsin old times dil-inherited their Children, beinlg}{le\};g r:'fl g' that two or thre put the Scepter ito the hands of Strangers, no ways related : thto Govern ; an often hapned, that the Subjedts have by force wrefted the G Othem It hasaf hands of their lawful Prince, for being too fevere, harfh andOVcrnm.em out of th and conferred it upon one more agrecable to their Hum)our \f/rhlfn]l) lt?] - Reign e y have ac knowledgedfor their-lawful Prince. - Yet herein arethe C : that many amongft them had rather dye honou abl}'f tliwl:;ffe{v;:rbls€ iflmnmmdCd Prince that gets the Crown by force of Arms, having no juft Title to]:;]}' tfo an for they have a Proverb amongft them. ¢lame Marry tw Hmb;zzd.r, nor a faithful Subjeé}gferwe n;)olzjj:djfl et Woman c mmo When the Heir (whic generall is the elde rown, th reft of the Children are tre%ted wit)l'1 Roya Ié?gefits}fozgdcgncs ur; b t muft no ufe any regal Authority The King allots to each of themm ith a Roya Palace, where he lives in Princely State, ferved an Pomp aquSplendoillr tants, neither may the I.n this .Goverz}men waited upon with mig but bas no command in the leaf over any of the Inhabjdepart from that Cie w K 2l Y arcl}ound no old Lal;)';,"alsti];g;;hfhlcffl'g%}cgeqal.Llccn& perial Edits, which had their Original fr m the Antjent Rowiany - btropch are t,he firft Foun ers of their own houfe, and have by Conqueft X; Utht ofe tha {fum'd t!]e Government, make new Statutes according to th%i )Ieaffiieerwfr‘;C.rc. the.reaion why the Laws,. which before his laft Invafion of the Tgrtarf a.nd WI1f l ;1;6 i part obferved to this day by the eople, are of no longer fiandiz'] thcn"lcq mperour Humwno 5 whofe race, for his moft Heroic i t c e ] of the Tarrars, was called amin, which fignifies great Courage This Em[;)l;r;?; -made {everal Laws (which are obferved to this ay) and copfirme d others mad by his Predeceflours Their Em.perour 15 commonly called Thienfu which fignifies the Son of ven 5 and this name is giv n them, not that they believe they had their Or -m from thence, but becaufe they Dbelieve they are better beloved by bei ] l red to {o great a digniry above all other Mortals, fo t e e , n n a d x rt C D _ r h g t e f Vertues, and becaufe they Adore and Worlhi f:) that when they name the Son of Heaven, 'tis as much as if they fa%d the Sol;YO God. 'However, the Commonalty call not the Emperour Thienfu, b t Hoang the Yeliow Emperour, or the Emperour of the Eart 3 whom they name Yclloxfo coloug, to dxfimguifh !fim from Xangti,which fignifie the higheft Emperour. 269 Z Z?]ri, : Cejgi{: (C)thrli{ls Bnrth,re(;gned their firft Prince,who bore t e name of Hoangti e IS e tra c-thf\rI ince called their Emprerlcl)]flrrz I‘-I/:;:lzij.an st Deeds, Fie P00 one ace chofen or employed in the Government and Managemen o P b i fi\girrilbut éuch as, ar f}C]d capab]e? and have the Title of Do&ors of th Chins toenlf greas Lgf"‘"'fl and emnent Parts; for wholoever is preferred i Prodis. f Vces and ofiices of truft, has givena clear teftimony of his Knowledge Qe of iy Fre.f u:f'[;ndd YHIO}JF 5 . for neither the favour of the Prince, nor GranATl M. ifi]rean s sn hu.n inany fiez?d., if he be not fo extraordinarily qualified Gionfs, W%ich éf' S).q oth Civil and Military, are called in the Countrey Idiom e o 8111]{1 Esrmcp fit for Council ; they are alfo called fometimes by th crihates i Che w ]1& fin{fies Lord or Mafter. The PortuguefSes call thefe Ma which name the ngZf ortf""' 1tmay be from the Latin word Mandando; b ftood by us of Exrope. s of State "in that Countrey are alfo received and underAnd although I faid' at the begin28n4ing that the Governme t of this Ki gdom o Empir F an of fini " I fice by tief whe into are Em of Stat yin ever Boo thol Emp T ratio i th b { Pu who fons qual gifte an hi Exc T ples all t whi Alf for do the con glac m Batg T |