202 Mijcel/a^ea Cur sofa. VoL lU. 



by his Royal Bounties, and by demonftrati- 

 on of a Singular Affedion, the Lamm (or 

 Priefis) thefe Men having a great Repute a- 

 bout all thofe of their Nation, ealily per- 

 fwaded them to fubmit to the Government 

 of fo great a Prince \ and 'tis in confiderati- 

 on of this Service done to the Eftate, that 

 the prefent Emperor looks upon thefe La^ 

 mas with a favourable Eye, that he beftows 

 Prefents on them ; and that he makes ufe of 

 them to keep the Tartars in the Obedience 

 which they owe him : Tho' at the bottom he 

 hath nothing but Dif-efteem for their Per- 

 fons, and looks upon them as a fort of Ig- 

 norant Fellows , which have not the leaft 

 Tindure of the Sciences or commendable 

 Arts, in which without doubt this Prince 

 Ihews a Wife Policy, in fo dilguifing his true 

 Sentiments, by thefe exterior Marks of Efteem 

 and Good-will. 



He has divided this vaflly extended Coun- 

 try into 48 Provinces, who have fabmitted 

 and are Tributary to him. From whence it 

 comes to pafs, that the Emperor that Reigns 

 at prefent in China^ and in the one and the 

 other T^rtary^ may juftly be called the great- 

 eft and nioft powerful Monarch of j4fia^ ha- 

 ving fo many vaft Eftates under him, with- 

 out being any where interrupted by the Ter- 

 ritory of any Forreign Prince, and he alone 

 being as the Soul which gives motion to all the 

 Members of fo vaft a Body. 



For after he had charged hinifelf with the 

 Government, he did not at all intruft the 

 Care to any of the Colaos^ nor .to any of the 

 great Men of his Court. He has not at all 



