for he order'd all her Debts to be discharg'd, and settled on her a very
large Annuity. _Lenertoula_ was so fully satisfied by such evident
Proofs of her Sovereign's Love, that she now consented to make him
happy. The Monarch's Desires were heightened by Enjoyment, which was
recompenced with the Power of disposing, according to her Fancy, Titles,
Posts, and Monies; so that she greatly exceeded all her Predecessors in
an unbounded Authority. _Jeflur_ was now no longer in a Condition to
contrive her Fall, as he had that of _Leutinemil_. He was too much
shock'd at the Sight of his approaching End; for a few Days more were to
terminate his Greatness. He employed them in salutary Counsels to his
Master in Relation to the Government of his Dominions. Yet he persisted
in his Perfidy and Ingratitude towards his best Friends, even till his
last Moments, by alienating the King from a _Mollak_, whom he had often
promised to recommend for his Successor. This old Minister died
unlamented by all but the King, who being ignorant of his Incapacity and
Mismanagement, especially in the last three Years of his Life, shewed a
sincere Sorrow for him, and ordered a stately Monument to be erected to
his Memory, in the royal _Mosque_ of the Capital of the Kingdom. But
when after having declared, that he would admit of no prime Minister,
and began to govern himself, he plainly saw how unworthy _Jeflur_ had
been of the great Trust reposed in him, he no longer lamented him; but
not to carry his Resentment too far, he only countermanded his Orders
for the Monument, and left the Ashes of his ignorant and treacherous
_Visier_, to remain in the obscure Corner where they had been deposited.

The Death of his Minister soon changed the Face of the whole Court.
_Zeokinizul_, who hitherto could not bear the least Application to
Business, now regularly shut himself up every Day for some Hours,
in order to consult Means to repair the Losses of the Nation, and
retrieve its Strength and Character. Now all Remembrance of its many