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The Fresent State os PERSIA. 385
payed ; in which if there happen any lapse or faille, the House Chap.Xlir.
becomes forfeit at the end of the time, and is scized for the use of >-^\<
the Creditor, as well as if the Principal be not restored: And this is
held good in Law among them.
Besides the Cadi, they have another Splitter of Causes, called T,
Sheik el eSoum, being Interpreter of the Ancient Laws, or some- e '
thing like our Court of Chancery; (the other being for the Common-
Law) who sits in his own House also without any subakernateju-
risdidrion.
Nor does the Codre or Mufiy disdain to Hear sometimes ; but this -j-iie c^
Eagle catches not at Flies, hm Aquila non capit Mafias, the most
weighty Assairs being rcserved for his Audience.
And through these muefdy Streams runs the Law over all the Guilty osBri-
Realm, they acting under the Cauns in the sevcral Distncts, and the bery and ia~
Codre under the Emperor ; which how consentaneous to sclf-prescr- iuslice-
vatjon, Jet any one judge, where Bribery and Extortion get the
upper-hand : For where Nature has prescribed that Rule as a Fun-
damental Maxim, That every man without respect to any ought to
Patronize the innocent, or help the injured, whereby we seek to
uphold the Community, and therein indeed preserve our selves,
how can this come to pass, unle£s it Ihould be alike dissusive to all,
whereby every one of us become united in the same Law os Na-
ture ; which if Magistrates would consider, they would find the
Press of the Argument He thus, To preside is to do right and pro-
fitable things, agreeable to the Laws of sels-preservation; for as
the Rulers arc over the People, so the Laws ought to be above the
Rulers, I mean so sar as to Govern by them, and act nothing con-
trary to them : Nor can that Man be justor vertuous,who conforms
himselftoany other Sentiments; or are they otherwise to be esteem-
ed, than those whosc Senses being depraved have not the true relissi
of their Food ; who enssave the Laws, and act not within their
prescript, and must come under the denomination of lustful, ssagi*
tiousj covetous, and insensible persons, who have not the true Talte
of Justice,butstupidly follow the Dictates of their own Wills; which
is too truly the Case of this Government.
Nor need this be wondered at, since even their Sumtmm lemm
is placed in such Sensualitics, as no ways consist with rectified Rea-
son.
A Paradise Calculated for their blockiih Temper, whose Reach is xk&p™-
not superior to the groveling Beafls, and therefore aim at no higher nr™
Felicity j
Which makes them rely on their Interpreters of their Law
when they preach, That after this Lise the blessed Mahometans are to
be received intopleasant Gardens, where they are to He under the
spreading Boughs of ihady Trees;Clothed with soft Raiments;Adorn-
ed with most costly Gems; hung with Rich Chains, and Precious
Rings; sed with the most delightful Fruits, delicate Fowls, and
inticing Cates j mall quass the bestWetfar to Eternal Healths, with-
out Intemperance ; their Liquors distilling from Vines that are not
ebriating, which ssiall never offend the Brain ; their Couches lhall
be fluffed with the yielding Down ; their Quilts stiall lighty press
. a* D d d their
payed ; in which if there happen any lapse or faille, the House Chap.Xlir.
becomes forfeit at the end of the time, and is scized for the use of >-^\<
the Creditor, as well as if the Principal be not restored: And this is
held good in Law among them.
Besides the Cadi, they have another Splitter of Causes, called T,
Sheik el eSoum, being Interpreter of the Ancient Laws, or some- e '
thing like our Court of Chancery; (the other being for the Common-
Law) who sits in his own House also without any subakernateju-
risdidrion.
Nor does the Codre or Mufiy disdain to Hear sometimes ; but this -j-iie c^
Eagle catches not at Flies, hm Aquila non capit Mafias, the most
weighty Assairs being rcserved for his Audience.
And through these muefdy Streams runs the Law over all the Guilty osBri-
Realm, they acting under the Cauns in the sevcral Distncts, and the bery and ia~
Codre under the Emperor ; which how consentaneous to sclf-prescr- iuslice-
vatjon, Jet any one judge, where Bribery and Extortion get the
upper-hand : For where Nature has prescribed that Rule as a Fun-
damental Maxim, That every man without respect to any ought to
Patronize the innocent, or help the injured, whereby we seek to
uphold the Community, and therein indeed preserve our selves,
how can this come to pass, unle£s it Ihould be alike dissusive to all,
whereby every one of us become united in the same Law os Na-
ture ; which if Magistrates would consider, they would find the
Press of the Argument He thus, To preside is to do right and pro-
fitable things, agreeable to the Laws of sels-preservation; for as
the Rulers arc over the People, so the Laws ought to be above the
Rulers, I mean so sar as to Govern by them, and act nothing con-
trary to them : Nor can that Man be justor vertuous,who conforms
himselftoany other Sentiments; or are they otherwise to be esteem-
ed, than those whosc Senses being depraved have not the true relissi
of their Food ; who enssave the Laws, and act not within their
prescript, and must come under the denomination of lustful, ssagi*
tiousj covetous, and insensible persons, who have not the true Talte
of Justice,butstupidly follow the Dictates of their own Wills; which
is too truly the Case of this Government.
Nor need this be wondered at, since even their Sumtmm lemm
is placed in such Sensualitics, as no ways consist with rectified Rea-
son.
A Paradise Calculated for their blockiih Temper, whose Reach is xk&p™-
not superior to the groveling Beafls, and therefore aim at no higher nr™
Felicity j
Which makes them rely on their Interpreters of their Law
when they preach, That after this Lise the blessed Mahometans are to
be received intopleasant Gardens, where they are to He under the
spreading Boughs of ihady Trees;Clothed with soft Raiments;Adorn-
ed with most costly Gems; hung with Rich Chains, and Precious
Rings; sed with the most delightful Fruits, delicate Fowls, and
inticing Cates j mall quass the bestWetfar to Eternal Healths, with-
out Intemperance ; their Liquors distilling from Vines that are not
ebriating, which ssiall never offend the Brain ; their Couches lhall
be fluffed with the yielding Down ; their Quilts stiall lighty press
. a* D d d their