N. B. Here follow Books 2d and 3d, being the Institutes and Designs translated by Major Davy and edited by Professor White, 4to. edition, Oxford, A. D. 1783; and which also appear in the French edition of the Institutes, by Monsieur Langlès, Paris, A. D. 1787. In some of the MSS. that I have examined, the Memoirs precede the Institutes, but in Col. Davy’s copy they follow them. ----- Footnote 11: The following two lines are in the ancient Jagtay Tūrky, the words of which are not to be found in Meninski’s Dictionary. The lines will be found in Appendix No. 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEMOIRS OF TIMŪR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOOK IV.—MULFUZĀT. -------------- CHAPTER I. Be it known to my fortunate Children, to my intelligent Ministers, to my faithful and zealous Nobles, that Almighty God, on account of the Twelve following Rules, which I have constantly practised, hath conferred greatness on me, and hath made me the Shepherd of his flock, and hath assisted me by his celestial aid so that I have attained the high pre-eminence of Sovereignty;— 1st. Having taken in hand the Scales of Justice, I have neither increased nor decreased (the portion of any one) but weighed equally to all; 2d. I have administered strict justice to mankind and endeavoured to discriminate between truth and falsehood; 3d. I paid obedience to the orders of God and respected his holy laws, and honoured those whom he had honoured; 4th. I had compassion on mankind and conferred benefits on all, and, by these qualities, I gained the affections of God’s creatures, nor did I ever vex a single heart by injustice, I never turned away a supplicant from my court, but whoever took refuge with me I assisted; 5th. I ever gave the affairs of religion precedence over worldly affairs. I first performed my duty towards God and then attended to my worldly concerns; 6th. I always spoke the truth, and ever listened to the truth, and with sincerity performed my religious and secular duties, and avoided the paths of crookedness. For I have heard that, when God created Adam, the Angels said to each other, “a creature has been formed whose posterity will be liars, breakers of their promise, and guilty of wickedness.” The Lord said to the Angels, I will send a Sword among them, which shall cut in pieces every perverse or unrighteous person it encounters, as I have heard that the Sword there meant is (the power of) Princes, it is therefore incumbent on every Monarch to speak and listen only to truth;