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At MORAN AND HAMET.
give the lanffion of their joint authority : thaf
witenany addition or alteration shouid bethought
necesiary, itslrould be made in the iame manner ;
and that when any insuperable difference of ten-
ement happened, either in this or in any acf of
prerogative independent of the laws tor regulating
the manners of the people , the kings thould re-
fer it to lome perldn of approved integrity and
wisdotn, andabide by his determination. Omar
eahly forelaw, that when the opinion of Almoran
and Hamet slaould differ, the opinion of Almo-
ran would be etfablished ; for there were many
causes that would render Almoran indexible , and
Hamet yielding: Almoran was naturally confident
and asfuming, Hamet disfident and modest; Al-
moran was impatient of contradiction , Hamet was
attentive to argument , and sblicitous onlv for
the discovery of truth. Almoran alto conceived?
that by the wiil os his father , he had suifered
wrong; Hamet, that he had received a favour:
Almoran, therefore , was diipoied to relent the
firss appearance of opposition; and Hamet , on
the contrary, to acquieice , as in hisshare of go-
vernment, whatever it might be, he bad more
than was his right by birth, and his brother bad
less. Thus , therefore , the will of Almoran
would probably predominate in the hate' but as
the same cause which conferred tin's superiority,
would often prevent contention, Omarconsidered
it, upon the whole , rather as good than evil.
When he had prepared his plan, therefore,
he lent a copy of it , by different messengers at
the same time, both to Almoran and Hamet, in-
closed in a letter, in which he expreii his senseof
obligation to then- sather , and his zeal and afse-
ction
give the lanffion of their joint authority : thaf
witenany addition or alteration shouid bethought
necesiary, itslrould be made in the iame manner ;
and that when any insuperable difference of ten-
ement happened, either in this or in any acf of
prerogative independent of the laws tor regulating
the manners of the people , the kings thould re-
fer it to lome perldn of approved integrity and
wisdotn, andabide by his determination. Omar
eahly forelaw, that when the opinion of Almoran
and Hamet slaould differ, the opinion of Almo-
ran would be etfablished ; for there were many
causes that would render Almoran indexible , and
Hamet yielding: Almoran was naturally confident
and asfuming, Hamet disfident and modest; Al-
moran was impatient of contradiction , Hamet was
attentive to argument , and sblicitous onlv for
the discovery of truth. Almoran alto conceived?
that by the wiil os his father , he had suifered
wrong; Hamet, that he had received a favour:
Almoran, therefore , was diipoied to relent the
firss appearance of opposition; and Hamet , on
the contrary, to acquieice , as in hisshare of go-
vernment, whatever it might be, he bad more
than was his right by birth, and his brother bad
less. Thus , therefore , the will of Almoran
would probably predominate in the hate' but as
the same cause which conferred tin's superiority,
would often prevent contention, Omarconsidered
it, upon the whole , rather as good than evil.
When he had prepared his plan, therefore,
he lent a copy of it , by different messengers at
the same time, both to Almoran and Hamet, in-
closed in a letter, in which he expreii his senseof
obligation to then- sather , and his zeal and afse-
ction