Addidit praecepta (etenim aderat Meherdates), ut non dominationem et servos, sed rectorem et cives cogitaret, clementiamque ac iustitiam, quanto ignota barbaris, tanto laetiora capesseret.
As Meherdates was present, he subjoined a few maxims:'Let him form the idea not of a despotism and slaves but of a governor and citizens, and practise mercy and justice'qualities unknown to barbarians, and as such doubly welcome.
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