The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

assistance of these maxims conquered and governed kingdoms, and decorated and adorned
the throne of my empire, let them also act according to these regulations, and preserve the
splendor of mine and their dominions.

"And among the rules which I established for the support of my glory and empire, the first
was this,—that I promoted the worship of Almighty God, and propagated the religion of the
sacred Mahomet throughout the world, and at all times and in all places supported the true
faith.

"Secondly. With the people of the twelve classes and tribes I conquered and governed
kingdoms, and with them I strengthened the pillars of my fortune, and from them I formed
my assembly.

"Thirdly. By consultation and deliberation and provident measures, by caution and by
vigilance, I vanquished armies, and I reduced kingdoms to my authority. And I carried on
the business of my empire by complying with times and occasions, and by generosity, and
by patience, and by policy; and I acted with courteousness towards my friends and towards
my enemies.

"Fourthly. By order and by discipline I regulated the concerns of my government; and by
discipline and by order I so firmly established my authority, that the emirs and the viziers
and the soldiers and the subjects could not aspire beyond their respective degrees; and every
one of them was the keeper of his own station.

"Fifthly. I gave encouragement to my emirs and to my soldiers, and with money and with

jewels I made them glad of heart; and I permitted them to come into the banquet; and in the

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