CXLVIII.

He went to mosque in state, and said his prayers

With more than "Oriental scrupulosity;"[314]He left to his vizier all state affairs,

And showed but little royal curiosity:

I know not if he had domestic cares—

No process proved connubial animosity;

Four wives and twice five hundred maids, unseen,

Were ruled as calmly as a Christian queen.[FV]

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