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Ti. C. Temple —The Lolcaniti translated 
[No. 3, 
Chapter YI. 
1. A king sleepeth but one watch of the night: a wise man sleepeth 
but two : but he that is wedded sleepeth for three and the beggar sleepeth 
all night.* 
2. In whatsoever place there is none that is rich ; no wise man that 
seeth and heareth much ; no king ; no river ; and likewise none to heal: 
in the place where are not these five remain not even for a day. 
3. In whatsoever place there is none to love, none to desire, none that 
is friendly, none to teach wisdom and learning : remain not in that place 
even for a day. 
4. In the world the house is desolate wherein are no children and the 
kingdom desolate that hath no king : so the mouth of him that hath no 
wisdom is dumb f and all is desolation to him that is poor. 
5. In the world he that would be rich becometh a trader : he that 
would be learned serveth him that is wise : he that would have sons mar- 
rieth a young wife : and he that would be a ruler doeth the desire of the 
king. 
6. The priest that is not content cometh to ruin, as a lord of the 
world, if he be satisfied, cometh to destruction : so an harlot is ruined if 
she become modest, or she that is pure if she lose her modesty. 
7. The strength of a bird is as the heavens : the strength of a fish is 
as the sea : even as the strength of a king is as a weak man and the strength 
of a child is a cry. 
8. Long-suffering, wakefulness, industry, almsgiving, mercy, pru¬ 
dence : these six things are the glory of kings, of rulers, and of parents. 
This is the glory they desire that are good. 
9. In the world kings command hut once ; priests and teachers}; 
speak but once ; prophets § teach but once : and after their manner doeth || 
the good man that is worthy to be loved. 
10. In the world the idle man is evil if he be married, so is the priest 
evil if he keep no guard over his body or his mouth or his heart: likewise 
is the king evil that doeth aught without thinking of it, and the wise man 
that is wrathful if his wrath escape him. 
11. In whatsoever place there are many great men^f each desiring to 
be called a wise man and longing to be the chief of all: the work of those 
men cometh to nought. 
* Or for four watches. 
f Or quiet or desolate. 
t Or Brahmans or Pongnas. 
§ Or saints or gods and the holy. 
|| Or folioweth their teaching or doeth the law of their meaning. 
U Or chiefs. 
