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persia_n be_v pure_o despotic_a or_o tyrannical_a for_o the_o king_n have_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n over_o all_o his_o subject_n independent_a from_o his_o council_n and_o without_o any_o trial_n or_o law-proceeding_n he_o can_v put_v to_o what_o death_n he_o please_v the_o chief_a lord_n of_o the_o kingdom_n no_o man_n dare_v to_o dispute_v the_o reason_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o sovereign_n in_o the_o world_n more_o absolute_a than_o the_o king_n of_o persia._n the_o king_n decease_a and_o leave_v male_a issue_n behind_o he_o the_o elder_a ascend_v the_o throne_n while_o his_o brother_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o haram_fw-la and_o their_o eye_n be_v put_v out_o and_o if_o there_o be_v the_o least_o suspicion_n of_o any_o contrivance_n against_o the_o king_n they_o be_v forthwith_o put_v to_o death_n without_o any_o far_a examination_n and_o not_o only_o they_o but_o the_o child_n also_o of_o the_o king_n brother_n and_o sister_n i_o remember_v when_o i_o first_o 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