Snatched from a prison to preside at court,

His lately bowstrung brother caused his rise;

He was as good a sovereign of the sort

As any mentioned in the histories

Of Cantemir, or Knōllěs, where few shine[FU]

Save Solyman, the glory of their line.[313]

CXLVIII.

He went to mosque in state, and said his prayers

With more than "Oriental scrupulosity;"[314]