He keeps in for state, ne majestatis dignitas evilescat, as our China kings, of Borneo, and Tartarian Chams, those aurea mancipia, are said to do, seldom or never seen abroad, ut major sit hominum erga se observantia, which the [3704]Persian kings so precisely observed of old.

portas sacro fulgore micantes Coelicolae pandunt, torrentis aurea lucis Flumina prorumpunt; non posthac sole rubescet India nascenti,