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made the strongest Anathemas against Ministers who should give him evil advice; after this the Records of those Sovereigns were read whose conduct deserv'd praise; thus the Sovereign was Stimulated to act right, & his abhorence encrease'd against Evil; as to his Diet it was of the simplest kind, & very moderate in quantity; it may not be amiss to mention here that the aversion to Luxury & expence was so great in Ægypt that in Temple at the Thebes there is engraven on a Collumn imprecations against the King that first introduc'd them.

The King's Chief attention was to the administration of Justice; He therefore appointed thirty Persons out of the principle Towns as Judges; & nam'd as head of them the Man most able & expert in the Law; Stipends were allotted them that their private affairs might not draw off their attention from their Duty, besides they explain'd the laws without emolumnet, that Justice might equaly be administer'd to the Poor as Rich; that their determations might not be rash, their proceedings were wrote down at length eloquence was discourag'd in those affairs addition underline least it should state things in false colours /underline /addition & the truth was deletion put in the unclear /deletion could not be put down too dryly; the President woren. deletion Manner /deletion Golden Chain adorn'd with precious Stones, to which