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and favor. His sons and gsandsons Of
whom Timourleft six and thirty At his de-.
cease. were his first and most submissive
subjects and when<verthey deYiated from
their duty, they were corrected according
TO the laws of Zingis, with the bastonade,
and afterwards restored TO hopo and COM
,mand. Perhaps his heart was not devoid
of the social virtues perhaps heswas not
incapable Of loving his friends and pardon.
ine his enc mics but the rules OF mora Atty
are founded on the public, interest; and i
may be sufficient 70 applaud the wIsdcm OF
a monarch, for the.liberalny by WHICH he
is not impoverished, and for the justice b.
which heis strengthened aed enriched. 10.
maintain the harmony Of authority and O..
ebedience, to chas,se the proud, TO protect
the weak, 70 reward the deserving, to gba-.
nisi, vice and idlensss from his-dominions,
TO secure the traveller and merchant, to
restrain III. depradatlons of the soldier,
to cherish the labors OF the husbandman,
TO encourage Industry and asaraing, and,
by aa equsl aud moderate assessment, 70
encrease the revenue, without INCREASING
the taxes, are indeed the duties OF a prince;
but, in the discharge Of these duties, he
finds an ample and immediate recompenee.
Timour might boast, that, at his accession
10 the throne, Asia was the prey OF auar.
chy ard rapine, whilst under his prosper.
Gus monarchy child, fearless and unhnrt,
might carry apusse OF gold from theleast
to he west. Such wss dis confidence OF
merit, that from this reformation he de.
rived excuse for h;s victories. and a title
10 universal dominion. The four follow.
ing observations VIII serve 20 appreciate
bis claim TO the public gratitude and per.
haps we shall conclude, that the Mogul EN-.
peror was rather the scourge than the bsue.
tarsor OF mankind. 1 II some partial
disorders, some local Impressions, were
healed by the sword of T!mour, the rene
dy was far more pernicious than the dis.
case. by their rapine, cruelty and dis.
cord, the petty tyrants Of Persia mighs al.
Gict their Subjects bur whole nations were.
crushed under The footsteps OF The reform.
er. The groucd which had been soccupi-
cd By fou,ishing cities, was often marked
by bis Accountable trophies, by colulnas.
or pyramids of human heads. Asiracsn,
C4Sizme, Dsihi, Ispahan, Rsgdad, A!ep
pc, Damascus. Hoursa, Smyrna, and a
hossand others, were sacked, or burnt. or
utterly destroyed, in his presence, andby
his troops /; and perhaps his conscience
would have been startled, ifa priest or phi.
losopher had dared 10 numbc. the ra;ilIoEs
OF victims waom he had sacrificed to the
establishment. OF peace ard order. 2. His
most destructive wars were rather inrosds
than conquesss. He invaded Turkes,an,
Kipzac, Russia, Hi1dosron. Syria, Ana.
,olia, Armsua and Georgia, without
hope or desire Of preserving those distant
provinces. From ,hence he departed, Ia.
den vi h spoil; bus he left bshipd him nsi-
Their troops to awe the contumac:ous. MOI
magistrates TO protect ,tescbedienI natives.
When he had broken the fabric Of their
aneisl, government, he abandoned thesn TO
he evils which his invasion had sggrasated
or caused; nor were these evils comrensai-
I'd BY any present or possible benefit. 8.
i>he kingdoms of Transoziana and Persia
were The proper field which he lsbored TO
cultivate and adorn, as the perpetual. inhs.
r'saaee Of his family. But his peaceful Ia
bors were often Interrupted, and some.
times blasted, By the absence Of the con.
qnefor. While he triunaphed on the Volga
or the Gauges, his servants, and even his
Sans. forgot their master and their duty. /!
The public aHc private injuries were. poor.
y redresssd by The tardy riger of enquiry
and punishment; and we must be content
TO praise the institutions of Timour, as
the specious ids@ Of a public monarchy.
g. Whatever nigat be the blessings Of bis
administration, they etaporatedswith his
life. 40 reign, rather than to cavern, was
the ambition Of his children and grand