[Footnote 60: The heroine of one of the best, if not the best, of Hindoo plays, and the best known in Sanscrit dramatic literature. It was first brought to notice by Sir William Jones, and has been well and poetically translated by Dr. Monier Williams under the title of Sakoontala, or the lost ring, an Indian drama, translated into English prose and verse from the Sanscrit of Kalidasa.] [Footnote 61: It is presumed that something like the following French verses are intended. Quand on a jure le plus profond hommage Voulez-vous qu'infide le on change de langage Vous seule captive mon esprit ou mon coeur Que je puisse dans vos bras seuls gouter le bonheur; Je voudrais, mais en vain, que mon coeur en delire Couche ou ce papier n'oserait vous dire. Avec soin, de ces vers lisez leur premiers mots, Vous verrez quel remede il faut a tous mes maux. Or these: Quand on vous voit, on vous aime; Quand on vous aime, ou vous voit-on.] [Footnote 62: It is supposed that storms, earthquakes, famines and pestilent diseases are here alluded to.] CHAPTER V. ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN. Kings and their ministers have no access to the abodes of others, and moreover their mode of living is constantly watched and observed and imitated by the people at large, just as the animal world, seeing the sun rise, get up after him, and when he sits in the evening, lie down again in the same way. Persons in authority should not therefore do any improper act in public, as such are impossible from their position, and would be deserving of censure. But if they find that such an act is necessary to be done, they should make use of the proper means as described in the following paragraphs. The head man of the village, the King's officer employed there, and the man[63] whose business it is to glean corn, can gain over female villagers simply by asking them. It is on this account that this class of woman are called unchaste women by voluptuaries.