up to him daily frankincenfe, and flattery, and myrrh; gold alfo and precious jewels to the only houri of his heart. The mighty prophet leaveth the chafe of beafts in the black foreft, that he may commune with thee. Thou art favoured beyond the fons of men.

For lo! he hath appointed thee his vice-gerent upon earth. And thou fhalt come forward with chariots, and with horses, and much people, and thou fhalt ftand upon a pinnacle of glory, and fhalt fwear with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth, that Liberty fhall be no more! But, O my fovereign, my protector, and my joy! why art thou an enemy to the delights of love?

Throw afide thy maiden coynefs, and raise up feed to do thee honour: fo fhall thy feed be more numerous than the fands of the fea, or the ftars of the firmament.

And I will bring unto thee a young virgin of Circaffia, whose polished skin shall be more white than the tooth of the elephant.

Her two breafts fhall be bunches of ripe grapes that wait for the preffing.

And her breath fhall be a morning zephyr in the citron grove, when the birds begin to pair, and the fpring appeareth:

And her copious treffes fhall be like the beams of the young moon, when the peepeth over the great

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And the kiffes of her lips fhall be like pure honey taken from the cedars of Mount Lebanon.

O turn not away from her with difdain, reject not the transport of her embraces, indulge the longings of her heart!

For the poffeffion of her charms fhall give a tendernefs to thy nature, and humanize thy foul.

Then the miracle of thy prowess fhall be wafted to the uttermoft parts of the fea, and all the tribes of the: earth fhall be glad..

And Dundafophat shall glorify thee for thy good deeds, omnipotent. Pittander! and there fhall be much feafting and wine-bibbing in the Holy Wood, becaufe of the day of thy greatness.

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Wilt thou not liften to the prayer of thy flave; confider that the number of thy days is nearly thirty and fix years, and it is time thou fhouldft learn to love.

Even the mighty Mahomet is himfelf a progenitor: has he not much issue?

The murder of millions, the overthrow of liberty, and the deftruction of a nation, will not so console thee as the foft preffure of beauty in the bowers of blifs.

Let me then fly upon the wings of the winds, and bring her to thine arms.

And filence fhall guard thy chamber, and the gales of night fhall be hushed to fleep, during the feafon of thy myfteries.

When the morning breaketh, I will fing unto you both a new fong, I will heartily rejoice in the ftrength of thy mightinefs.

So fhall I have a new title to the world's esteem, so fhall I find a place of comfort for my age.

Glory be to thee, fublime fultan! till time fhall be no

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MUSTAPHA.

PART III.

MIGHTY Lord of all things, most excellent Pittander! have compaffion on the forrows of thy flave; alas! his adoring heart is torn with anguish, and his foul fickens with defpair; for lo! his flumbers have been vifited by affliction, and his deep fleep by a terrible vifion.

Now it came to pafs, that as I lay upon my couch in the night season, the likeness of a giant ftood before me, and his limbs were of adamant, and his head was of pure gold, and he cried with a dreadful voice, faying, I am mankind.

And I looked up and beheld his breaft, which was of chrystal, and his heart, which was of fire: in his left hand he bore a branch of olive, in his right hand was a deftroying fword.

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On his brows he wore a cap of fcarlet cloth, on which was written, Peace, good-will towards men, and liberty to the world."

Then my spirit trembled with affright, and the hair of my flesh stood up.

As he fpake, his countenance became like the countenance of an houri, and he faid unto me, Awake, Mustapha, arife thou flave! for thine eyes are opened, and many marvels shall be revealed unto thee.

Then I looked forward, and beheld an immense continent at a distance, and methought it was called Europe,

And mighty armies, were in motion, and there was a dreadful carnage, with groans and howlings and bewailings.

On a fudden I saw divers Kings, arrayed in purple and fine linen, with crowns of precious ftones upon their heads, and they marched forward with innumerable hofts, that they might conquer and deftroy.

And I heard the prancing of their horse-hoofs, and the found of timbrels, and the fhouts of triumph, as they rushed onward in the fury of their pride.

Then they fell upon a fingle nation, which was without a King, that they might bind the people in fetters of iron, vanquifh opinion by the fword, and divide the land amongst themselves.

Moreover fundry ftrong cities fubmitted to their power, and many thoufands were maffacred, and women, and children, and aged perfons were slaughtered, and divers war-fhips were burnt; and on every fide was treachery, and fire and defolation.

Now the Kings who were combined against the fingle nation, glorified themfelves, faying, "Yea, verily, this people alfo fhall have a King."

Then the giant ftretched out his right arm, and fmote the earth with his fword, and fhouted vehemently-" Come forth my armies."

And in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the whole nation was in arms, even every man from the

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age of fixteen to fixty, and they haftened to meet the Kings, and to give them battle.

They took alfo with them fulphur and brimstone, and javelins, and spears, and scymeters, and all the implements of war.

The neighing of their war-horfes rent the air, their fongs of victory mounted the skies.

Before them went a Spirit of Light, whofe eyes were two funs, whofe voice was the mufic of the fpheres, and whofe name was Liberty.

And when the fhrill clangor of their trumpets rattled in the gale-when the threatenings of the hoft was heard, the many Kings were feized with a deadly fear, and they fled in horror and dismay.

Yea, their immenfe armies were every where difcomfited, they were driven to the Eaft and to the West, to the North, and to the South, they perifhed miferably by thousands, and the birds of the air, and the beafts of the field devoured them..

Then the fingle nation took unto itself the territories, which had been conquered from the many Kings, and gave freedom to the inhabitants thereof, who rejoiced thereat with exceeding joy.

And again I looked, and faw afar off an island in the northern fea, its ports were full of fhips, its furface was covered with abundance, yet its wealth and its commerce were for the advantage of the few, while the many were in want, in fubjection, and despair.

But my Sovereign, my Guide, how may I make known unto thee the fequel of my vifion!

For as I gazed, even thou thyfelf, fublime Pittander, were prefented to my view, feated on a throne of fulphur, with a rod of iron in thy hand; and lo! I heard. thee utter these words: "This people is my people, their treasures are my treafures-My will be done."

"Go forth, my people! and fubdue the fingle nation that hath humbled the many Kiugs, for as my foul liveth, it fhall be overcome.”

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"Now it is written, that fociety to be civilized must be enslaved, tranquillity and order must be enforced by deftruction and alarm, and our holy religion must be established by blood."

"And the treasures of my people fhall not be spared, until the words of my mouth have been fulfilled."

Then methought the great Windhamite who was befide thee, with exultation cried out, " Perish the profperity of the world, for our high places be fecure." Moreover Dundafophat, and Loughboroboam and all the majoritites who had found favour in thy fight, exclaimed with one accord, "Amen, fo be it."

Now it came to pass, that the inhabitants of the island were poffeffed by an evil spirit: and the name of the evil spirit was lucre. And they moved forward in madness and in fury to exterminate the fingle nation, and they affaulted it by famine, by corruption, and by the sword. Nevertheless the fingle nation fmote them forely in the prefumption of their pride, drove them backward with fhame, and triumphed over them. Then throughout that island was remorfe, with murmurings, and lamentation.

But at the found of the murmurs, thou didft wax wrath and didft feize thofe who uttered lamentations, and didft cause them to be bound in chains, fent to the uttermoft parts of the earth, or caft into the burning fiery furnace which had been prepared for all men who put not their trust in thee.

"Verily, verily," didft thou fay unto them "forafmuch as ye have erred in your hearts, and have not known my ways, neither have hearkened to my words, but have received my commandments with complaint, fo fhall ye every one be chastized and tormented, and there fhall be no falvation amongst you."

Then fuddenly there appeared an immenfe multitude, that advanced with much clamour, and terrible indignation, and they were even like unto fwine.

And the Swinith Multitude cried out and faid, "where is this Pittander, who would not hearken to

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