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the like in future. Nothing tended fo much to conciUatc- 

 the minds of the people to their fovereign as this behsK 

 viour of Yafous, 



In the midft of his relations fjiiere now appeared (as rifen 

 from the dead) Claudius, fon of Socinios, the lirft exile who • 

 was fent to the mountain of Wecbne by his brother Facili- 

 das, grandfather of Yafous. This was the prince who, as 

 we have already ftated, was fixed upon by the Jefuits to 

 fucceed his father, and govern that country when convert- 

 ed to the Romilh religion by th«ir intrigues, and conquered 

 by the arms of the Portuguefe : - This was the prince 

 who, to make their enemies appear more odious, thefe 

 Jefuits have aflerted was flain by his brother Facilidas, one 

 inftance by which we may judge of the juftice of the other > 

 charges laid againft that humane, wife, and virtuous prince, 

 whofe only crime was an inviolable attachment to the re- 

 ligion and coniliiution of his country, and the juft abhor- - 

 rence he mofc reafonably had, as an independent prince, to 

 fubmit the prerogatives of his crown, and rhe rights of his - 

 people to ihe bhi^id controui of a foreign prelate. 



There came from the mountain alfo the- fens of Facili-- 

 das, with their families ; and likewife his owu' brothers. 

 Ay to Theophilns, and Ayto Claudius, fons of his father 

 Hatze Hannes. The light of fo many noble relations, fome 

 advanced in years, feme in the flower of their youth^ and- 

 fome yet children ; all, however, in tatters, and almoft naked, 

 made fuch an impreflion on the young king that he burft ' 

 into tears. Nor was his behaviour to the refpeflive degrees 

 of them lefs proper or engaging. To the old he paid that' 

 reverence and refpedt due to parents ; to thofe about his 



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