little Conduct, that he became the Scorn both of the Generals and the
Officers of State. Happy if he could have saved those vast Sums, or have
expended them in a manner suitable to the Honour of the Prince, and the
unbounded Zeal of his Subjects. But they were all in a short Time
squandered away, among Foreigners, who made him their constant Dupe.
Indeed, the best Schemes miscarried thro' his Sordidness, and yet with
all these Faults, he maintain'd his Ascendency over the Prince, so that
no Courtier dared utter any Complaint against him.

_Zeokinizul_, whose whole Life was devoted to his Consort and his
Hunting, of both which he was equally fond, had only the Title and Pomp
of a King, for the _Mollak Jeflur_ had engrossed all the Authority, by
which Means he aggrandized his Family, promoted and enriched his
Creatures, and supplied the enormous Profusion of his Mistress the
Princess of _Ginarkan_, Spouse to a Prince of the Blood of _Vosaïe_.

His selfish Love of Peace, could not, however, hinder his being involved
in an unavoidable War.

_Sicidem_, grand _Kam_ of _Katenos_, among the Provinces of the
_Neitilanes_, dying without Issue, the Emperor of the _Maregins_ laid
Claim to his Succession. This Prince was already too powerful for the
King of the _Kofirans_ not to oppose this Addition to his Greatness. And
thus this ecclesiastical Statesman _Jeflur_, was brought under a
Necessity of employing his Master's Troops, in order to deprive him of
so rich an Inheritance. About this Time also, the Throne of _Goplone_,
of which his Father-in-Law had been dispossess'd, became vacant, and
_Zeokinizul_'s Honour required, that he should lay hold of this
Opportunity to restore him. After a fruitless Trial of all the peaceable
Ways of Bribery and Negotiation to compass his End, the _Mollak_ was at