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From whence it comes topafs , that the Emperor that 
Reigns at preient in Chimj and in the one and the other 
Tartary, may juftly be called the Greateit and moft Power- 
ful Monark of Afa^ having fb many vaft Eftates under him, 
without being any where interupted by the Territory of any 
Forrein Prince, and he alone being as the Soule which 
gives Motion to all the Members of fo vaft a Body. 
For after he had charged himfelf with the Governmxent, 
he did not at all intruft the Care to any of the CoUosj nor to 
any of the great Men of his Court, He has not at all luiFe« 
red, that the Evnucks of the Palace, or any of his Pages, 
or any of the young Lords that have been Raifed by him, 
ftiould difpofe of the leaft thing in his Houfe, or fliould 
Regulate any thing of themfelves : which appears very ex- 
traordinary ; efpecially if we examine v/hat Cuftomes his 
PredicelTors were wont to ufe. 
He Chaftifes with wonderful Equity the Great Ones as 
well as the Inferiors ; he Deprives them of their Charges^ 
and makes them deicendfrom the Rank they held, Propor* 
tioning always the Penalty to the Heinoufiiefi of their 
Fault. He takes Cogniiance of the Affairs which are tranP 
aded in the Royal Councel, and in the other Tribunals, e« 
ven to the caufing them to Render to him, an exa£t account 
of the Judgments there given. In one word, he of himfeif 
Difpofts and Orders all things ; and 'tis by reafbn of the 
Abfolute Authority which he hath thus acquired, that the 
greateft Lords of the Court , and Perfons of the higheft 
Quality in the Empire ; even the Princes of the Blood, ne- 
ver appear in his Preience, but with a Profound RefpeQ:. 
But to what remains, the Lamas or Tartarian Preilts, of 
whome we have fpoken, are not only refpefted by the Peo- ^ 
pie, but alfo by the Lords and Princes of their Nation, who 
for Politick Ends teftify to them' a great deale of Freind- 
fhip : This makes us fear that the Chriftian Religion, will 
not find fo eafy an Entrance into the Weftern :r^r/-/?r)'. 
They are alfo verv powerful upon the Mind of the Qneen 
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