XIV.
JUNE,
1763.
[Emin
with
Heraclius
permission
goes
to
fight
the
Lezguis
with
24
Armenians
-
Encounter
with
52
of
the
enemy
-
The
Lezguis
cannot
overcome
them
and
finally
march
away
-
Heraclius
failing
to
send
supplies,
Emin
has
to
return
to
Tiflis
-
Heraclius
now
becomes
excessively
kind
on
account
of
Emin
having
held
up
the
Lezguis
-
"No
one
can
be
cheerful
in
Tiflis
for
half
an
hour"
-
Emin
goes
with
Heraclius
to
Kakhet,
where
he
is
well
treated
-
Mischief-making
priest
Phillipos
upsets
everything.
]
About
the
month
of
June,
Emin
petitioned
the
prince,
that
if
he
would
be
pleased
to
grant
him
a
firman,
or
patent,
with
100
horse-load
of
flour,
he
would
go
with
his
twenty-four
men
just
taken
into
service
to
the
bishopric
of
Haghpat,
two
days
journey
to
the
south-west
of
Tifflis,
the
inhabitants
of
which
district
had
been
partly
carried
away
by
the
inroaders,
and
had
partly
emigrated
to
Kakhet,
the
princes
hereditary
country,
to
live
in
the
monastery.
In
this
deserted
and
mountainous
country,
the
Lazguis
generally
hold
their
rendezvous.
The
prince
made
no
objection
to
the
proposal;
but
favoured
him
with
due
authority
by
the
following
commission:
"This
is
to
give
notice
and
certify,
that
I,
by
the
grace
of
God,
and
Christ
my
Saviour,
Heraclius,
king
of
Cartuel
and
Kakhet,
have,
by
my
pleasure
and
authority,
authorised
my
most
beloved
faithful
servant
Joseph
Emin,
with
commission
to
go
with
his
men
to
the
inhabited
bishopric
of
Haghpat,
to
take
possession
of,
and
to
live
in
it;
and
also
to
annoy,
kill,
and
destroy,
without
giving
quarters,
those
Lazguis
who
are
enemies
to
the
faith
and
the
country
of
Christians.
We
have
been
also
pleased
to
command,
that
if
any
Armenian
or
Armenians
should
go
to
him
from
any
part
of
the
country,
he
shall
receive
and
protect
them
as
he
shall
think
proper:
and
no
person
or
persons
shall
stand
in
the
way
to
prevent
him,
nor
take
them
by
force
from
him.
We
shall
hear
no
complaint
if
any
mans
subject
should
choose
to
go
and
put
himself
under
Emins
command:
and
such
complaint
shall
expect
no
kind
of
redress
from
us.
Given
under
my
hand
and
seal
&c.
Dated
at
Tiffliz,
in
the
month
of
June.
"
In
regard
to
the
hundred
horse-load
of
flour
he
told
Emin
to
go
to
Beydar,
about
sixteen
miles
or
more
from
Tiffliz;
and
that
in
a
few
days
he
would
send
an
order
for
it
to
be
given
by
the
Musulman
Cossack
clans,
in
his
way,
about
five
miles
from
the
place
above-mentioned.
The
prince
went
to
Kakhet,
and
the
next
day
Emin,
with
his
24
men,
marched
out;
but
were
not
gone
six
miles
from
Tiffliz,
when
they
discovered,
at
a
great
distance,
a
body
of
horse:
who
should
they
be,
but
fifty-two
stout
Lazguis.
He
and
two
more
of
the
men
were
on
horseback;
the
rest
were
on
foot.
The
rogues
drew
nearer
and
nearer,
while
he
took
no
notice,
going
on
in
the
road
till
they
came
within
500
yards
of
him,
making
sure
of
Emins
party,
who
were
so
few,
and
their
charging
and
his
dismounting
happened
at
one
time.
He
facing
his
men
to
the
left,
checked
their
coming
to
close
quarter,
who,
firing
their
pieces
all
in
a
volley,
dismounted
directly,
and
led
their
horses
to
a
ditch
on
the
left
side
of
the
road,
deep
enough
to
cover
them,
leaving
the
horses
behind
it,
and
making
the
bridge
of
the
ditch
a
breast-work,
within
fifteen
yards
of
Emin,
who
stood
in
the
road
exposed
with
his
men
to
the
rogues
fire,
from
eight
in
the
morning
till
six
in
the
afternoon.
The
loss
on
his
side
were
only
three
wounded,
one
of
his
horses
killed,
and
another
one,
the
only
Georgian
among
them
not
belonging
to
Emin,
mounted
in
the
heat
of
action,
and
rode
away
to
save
himself;
but
two
of
the
Lazguis
horse
overtook
him,
and
made
him
a
slave.
The
enemy
had
none
killed
on
the
spot,
only
thirteen
of
them
wounded,
as
Emins
people
were
told.
Three
weeks
after,
they
went
home
and
all
died.
The
Lazguis
finding
it
very
difficult
to
overcome
few
Armenian
boys,
when
both
parties
were
tired
of
fighting,
and
in
the
heat
of
the
sun,
without
a
drop
of
water,
they
spoke
to
one
another
and
asked
if
they
were
Russians
who
stood
the
brush
so
many
hours?
Emins
little
followers
answered,
"You,
Mahometans,
why
do
you
stand
asking
questions?
this
is
neither
a
hummum
to
wash,
nor
mejid
to
pray
in;
fight
away
till
you
bleed.
"
At
that
very
time
a
big
headed
Lazguis
called
Emin
bad
names,
besides
Caffer,
as
is
common
with
that
nation,
and
at
the
same
time
aimed
his
piece
at
him;
he
missed
three
times;
and
at
the
same
instant
the
fellow
was
answered
by
an
English
piece,
the
gift
of
the
duke
of
Richmond,
the
ball
of
it
took
him
just
in
the
mouth,
carried
away
the
upper
teeth
and
the
jaw
with
half
of
the
face.
When
this
man
was
out
of
the
way,
they
retreated,
and
carried
their
wounded
about
half
a
mile
from
the
place
of
action.
Emin
perceiving
by
their
motions,
that
they
would
not
go
away,
easily
formed
his
men
all
in
one
rank,
charging
them
strictly
not
to
fire
at
random,
as
they
had
done
before;
then
having
marched
a
great
distance
from
the
place,
when
the
enemy
took
advantage
of
the
ditch,
they
stood
in
an
open
field
to
receive
them,
who
forming
their
body
into
a
deep
column,
cried
out,
"Glory
to
Mahomet,
and
destruction
to
the
Christians,
"
charged,
and
halted
within
a
hundred
yards.
Being
taken
no
notice
of,
they
dispersed
to
the
right
and
left
about;
and
in
about
five
minutes
more,
gathered
again
together
to
complete
the
third
onset;
coming
a
little
nearer
than
they
did
the
second
time,
but
found
it
impossible
to
provoke
Emins
party
to
fire
at
that
distance,
as
it
was
their
wish
they
should,
in
hopes
to
frighten
them
into
disorder,
then
to
fall
on
them
sword
in
hand.
Emins
men
called
to
them
to
come
nearer,
and
not
be
afraid,
since
they
had
neither
powder
nor
ball
left;
and
there
were
with
them
half
a
dozen
pretty
Georgian
boys,
who
would
sell
for
two
hundred
tumans
each.
"O
ye
Caffers!"
said
the
Lazguis,
"you
want
in
that
way
to
kill
us
all
at
once.
We
know
you
reserve
your
fire;
but
not
because
you
have
no
powder;
you
are
neither
Georgians
nor
Armenians;
you
must
be
from
the
Caffers
country,
where
the
seven
carolls
and
the
rest
of
them
reside:
but
we
must
tell
you,
that
all
our
comrades
will
not
survive,
as
their
wounds
are
mortal;
once
more,
farewel!
"
Then
each
party
marched
away,
after
a
ten
hours
skirmish;
since,
when
Emins
men
were
in
order,
the
enemy
thought
it
advisable
not
to
have
any
thing
to
say
to
them.
About
nine
oclock
they
reached
the
place
mentioned
before,
the
Armenian
village
Baydar,
and
took
quarters
there;
but,
instead
of
forty-five
days,
the
time
limited
by
the
prince,
Emin
waited
five
months
for
an
order
from
him
to
get
the
promised
flour,
and
was
then
obliged
to
dismiss
the
men,
keeping
only
four
to
take
care
of
two
horses,
and
wait
upon
him.
At
the
latter
end
of
November
1763,
the
prince
sent
him
an
order
in
writing
to
receive
one
months
provision
only,
to
maintain
twenty-four
men
and
himself,
with
forage
for
four
horses,
of
which
two
were
destroyed;
one
ran
away
with
the
Georgian,
and
the
other
was
killed
in
that
little
fight.
Emin
answered
and
thanked
the
prince
for
his
liberality,
and
said,
"Great
Sir,
this
one
months
provision
will
be
just
enough
to
maintain
four
men
for
forty
months
to
come;
as
the
rest
are
gone
away,
there
will
be
no
more
need
of
it
till
then;
but,
in
a
country
like
this,
every
eatable
is
so
cheap,
it
surprizes
me
to
find
your
Highness
so
niggardly
as
to
disgrace
the
very
name
of
economy;
which
puts
me
in
mind
of
a
merchant
in
Ispahan,
who
almost
starved
his
own
children
to
save
his
money;
but
as
he
was
travelling
in
a
caravan,
a
highway-man,
with
fifty
companions,
robbed
him
of
all
his
riches,
and
left
him
on
the
road
starving.
He
was
sorry,
"
he
added,
"that
he
did
not
hearken
to
count
Worronzoffs
friendly
hint,
when
he
said,
that
prince
Heraclius
was
not
the
man
to
satisfy
him:
sure
his
prophecy
was
nearly
coming
to
pass,
and
he
was
not
far
from
being
starved.
"
The
prince,
in
his
answer,
comforted
him,
and
desired
him
not
to
take
it
to
heart,
adding,
"Every
thing
in
good
time,
patience
will
conquer
all;
come
to
me,
my
dear
Emin
Aga!
I
will
do
all
in
my
power
to
make
you
happy.
Pater
Philipus,
your
only
friend
and
mine,
translated
every
letter
you
sent
into
the
Georgian
language;
when
I
read
them,
I
swear
by
the
grave
of
my
father,
it
would
be
infinite
pleasure
to
make
Emin
happy.
"
So
it
might;
and
he
was
able,
at
that
time,
to
make
all
the
Armenians
both
free
and
happy,
if
the
dark
angels
had
not
stepped
in
the
way
with
their
black
hearts,
which
made
him
at
last
lose
his
poor
Emin
for
ever.
In
obedience
of
the
princes
order,
Emin
immediately
marched,
with
his
four
servants,
from
the
Cossack
clans,
two
days
journey
back
to
Tiffliz.
In
his
way
he
convoyed
a
caravan
to
Telave,
the
capital
of
Kakhet
Georgia,
a
pitiful
town,
containing
twelve
hundred
mud
houses.
When
he
waited
upon
the
prince,
he
was
received
with
extraordinary
kindness,
more
like
that
of
an
affectionate
father
than
a
prince.
Heraclius
thanked
him
for
his
behaviour
against
the
Lazguis,
expressing
great
surprize
how,
with
a
handful
of
boys,
he
could
stand
so
many
hours
under
so
hot
a
sun,
against
fifty-two
veteran
mountaineers;
and
he
added,
"after
your
engagement,
the
same
men
robbed
a
caravan
of
five
hundred
men,
well
armed
going
from
Tiffliz
to
Baydar,
on
the
very
same
ground,
killed
several
and
carried
away
above
a
hundred
of
them.
"
Emin
said,
"If
your
Highness
would
have
ordered
the
promised
hundred
horse-load
of
flour
they
would
not
have
enslaved
away
an
hundred
good
subjects,
besides
taking
their
arms,
horses,
and
baggage,
while
their
miserable
families
are
groaning.
May
God
in
heaven
direct
your
Highnesss
heart
to
the
right
way
of
protecting
them!"
The
prince
said,
"I,
in
firm
belief,
agree
with
you,
that
nothing
can
be
done
without
Him:
they
deserve
it
very
justly:
if
you
knew
them
as
well
as
I
do,
you
would
not
be
so
great
an
advocate
for
them,
or
feel
so
much
for
their
misery.
I
do
all
I
can
to
defend
and
keep
them
happy;
but
go
yourself,
enter
into
them,
and
read
their
hearts,
what
is
there
written
will
soon
bring
you
back
to
my
way
of
thinking;
and
take
this
from
me,
it
will
not
be
long
before
they
will
do
their
utmost
to
divide
my
heart
from
you,
and
will
glory
in
their
wicked
minds,
as
if
they
had
effected
a
great
thing:
come,
sit
nearer
to
me,
let
us
enjoy
one
anothers
company,
while
we
are
in
Kakhet,
for
Tiffliz
is
not
a
place
in
which
we
can
remain
cheerful
for
half
an
hour.
"
It
had
in
fact
become
a
common
remark
in
every
bodys
mouth,
that
the
Valy
changed
his
temper
as
soon
as
he
went
out
of
town;
and
especially
when
he
was
in
Kakhet,
turned
entirely
to
an
angel,
with
good-nature,
politeness,
and
pleasure.
Emin
enjoyed
the
princes
company
for
several
days,
which
was
really
very
improving,
as
if
it
had
been
the
conversation
of
a
learned
English
nobleman,
without
the
least
pride,
stiffness,
or
domineering
deportment,
which
are
so
common
to
Asiatic
princes;
and
with
such
a
quickness
of
apprehension,
that
at
the
opening
of
any
subject,
he
understood
the
whole
extent
of
it.
His
voice,
in
pronouncing
words,
conversing
or
treating
any
topic,
was
so
melodiously
sweet,
that
the
hearer,
without
seeing
his
greenish
brown
complexion
mentioned
before,
would
have
thought
an
angel
was
haranguing.
Of
pride
he
had
not
the
least
particle;
he
never
perhaps
boasted
in
his
life,
though
he
overthrew
in
many
battles
almost
every
competitor
since
Nadir
Shah;
and
it
would
have
been
all
the
same
to
him,
if
he
had
been
in
possession
of
all
the
kingdoms
in
the
East.
One
evening
about
nine
oclock,
he
sent
for
Emin
and
Pater
Philipus;
when
they
came,
they
found
him
sitting
alone;
he
said,
"Come,
my
dear
Emin
Aga,
we
are
not
in
Tiffliz
now,
to
be
interrupted
by
any
one
of
those
great
fellows;
we
can
talk
at
our
own
pleasure.
"
He
seemed
to
be
very
cheerful,
and
his
fine
eyes
sparkled.
The
conversation
turned
on
various
subjects,
till
it
rested
upon
religious
matters.
He
said
very
wisely,
that
ever
since
the
two
brothers,
meaning
the
Armenian
and
Georgian
nations,
differed
on
points
of
faith,
they
had
become
for
that
sole
reason
divided
from
each
other;
the
consequence
of
which
discord
was
so
apparently
effective,
as
to
make
them
both
fall
headlong
under
the
dominion
of
infidels;
that
unless
they
would
join
in
one
opinion,
and
unite
in
one
body,
like
two
hands
(opening
his
fingers,
and
clasping
them
close
into
one
another),
they
would
never
be
able
to
form
any
noble
design.
These
sentiments
made
Emin
rise,
lay
hold
of
both
his
hands,
which
he
kissed
seven
times.
Heraclius
returned
the
compliment,
kissing
his
forehead,
and
both
shed
tears
of
sympathy;
which
Philipus
seeing,
he
was
no
less
affected
with
sensibility:
and
the
sympathizing
prince
added,
"I
do
not
mean
that
your
countrymen
should
entirely
change
their
way
of
thinking,
which
is
morally
impossible;
it
will
be
only
necessary
to
cut
off
some
superfluous
and
useless
ceremony
on
our
side,
and
some
on
yours;
that
alone
can
make
the
two
nations
one:
what
do
you
say
to
that,
my
Emin
Aga?"
He
answered,
"I
have
already
approved
it
by
kissing
your
hands;
and
it
is
my
humble
opinion,
that
none
but
your
Highness
can
effect
that
great
design,
being
by
God
established
both
in
fame
and
power;
provided
you
will
not
hear
the
tales
of
those
who
will
be
ready
to
sacrifice
your
good
mind,
and
make
your
sublime
councils
fall
victims
to
the
hostile
ambition
of
men,
who
are
entirely
strangers
to
unity
or
peace
between
the
two
churches:
the
best
way
will
be,
to
take
no
notice
to
them
of
so
grand
an
enterprize.
"
The
prince
asked
Emin,
if
he
could
give
advice
how
to
go
about
it?
He
said,
"This
moment
give
orders
to
6000
horse
and
10,
000
foot,
which
will
be
ready
in
five
days
time;
put
yourself
at
the
head
of
them;
march
directly
to
Bujazid,
the
country
of
the
Curds,
without
seeing
Tiffliz;
it
is
but
a
march
of
six
days;
invade
that
country
first,
where,
see
by
this
very
letter,
4000
Armenians
are
ready
to
join
you:
pass
thence
to
Arzerum,
in
three
days:
the
next
countries
are
Bassan,
Susan,
and
Betlis;
there
you
will
have
12,
000
foot,
before
the
Turks
will
rise
from
their
everlasting
drowsiness.
The
Armenians
of
Mush,
with
10,
000
horse,
will
join
you;
the
whole
making
40,
000.
Then
issue
a
proclamation,
that
you
are
come
to
claim
Armenia
by
hereditary
right,
as
lawful
heir
to
that
kingdom;
and
that
your
ancestors
in
former
days
reigned
300
years
over
it.
Do
this,
you
will
succeed;
but
your
Highness
will
do
nothing.
This
letter
of
bishop
Jonas
of
the
monastery
of
St.
John
the
Baptist,
will
tell
you,
that
the
Armenian
nation
do
acknowledge,
and
have
acknowledged
for
these
twenty
years
last
past,
that
you
are
their
sovereign;
it
was
through
necessity
that
they
invited
your
Highnesss
humble
slave
to
enter
into
those
parts;
for
by
writing
only
he
had
awaked
them
to
a
noble
zeal,
and
that
not
without
your
consent
and
permission;
and
that
it
is
not
possible
for
a
layman
like
him
to
be
their
king.
When
you
were
angry
last
year
at
their
calling
him
prince,
who
is
the
son
of
Hovsep
the
Armenian
now
in
Calcutta;
can
he
pretend
to
the
sovereignty
of
Armenia,
whose
real
sovereign
(whom
God
preserve)
is
living,
with
seven
princely
sons,
and
five
angelic
daughters?"
By
these
words
of
Emin
the
prince
was
so
roused,
that
his
inward
emotions
made
him,
from
sitting
cross-legged
like
a
taylor,
change
his
position,
and
sit
upon
his
knees.
He
began
to
twist
his
whiskers,
resembling
a
fierce
lion,
and
said
to
Philipus,
"Christis
madlema
zalisuy
utkhar;
"
that
is,
"By
Christ,
he
speaks
very
strongly.
"
The
priest
said,
"May
it
please
your
Highness,
if
he
had
not
been
extraordinary
in
every
respect,
how
could
the
princes
in
Frankestan
have
esteemed
him
worthy
to
be
recommended
to
your
Highnesss
favour:
by
what
I
can
judge,
without
being
partial
to
the
Armenian
nation,
your
Highness
will
never
find
another
like
him,
even
among
your
own
people.
I
am
told
by
Armenian
merchants,
that
his
father
is
in
a
good
way,
and
himself
might
have
lived
very
happy
with
great
credit
in
England,
but
he
must
be
inspired
with
love
for
your
name
and
glorious
actions;
otherwise
how
could
it
have
been
possible
for
him,
without
seeing
your
person,
to
have
so
great
an
attachment
for
your
Highness,
whose
life
may
the
great
God
prolong,
for
the
happiness
of
your
subjects!"
Then
the
prince
said
again,
"My
Emin
Aga,
every
word
you
have
spoken
is
a
gun
in
my
ears,
and
I
hope
we
shall
act
with
great
satisfaction
and
success,
provided
God
himself
will
be
our
conductor.
I
only
wish
my
eldest
son
had
been
alive,
whom
the
small-pox
snatched
away
from
my
arms
two
or
three
years
ago,
and
that
at
the
age
of
twenty
(saying
this,
he
burst
into
tears);
he
would
have
joined
you
with
hand
and
heart,
and
with
all
his
might,
to
ease
me
of
my
troubles,
which
have
almost
worn
me
out
for
the
last
twenty
years;
I
should
then
have
lived
at
my
ease.
Can
you
recollect
a
letter,
when
you
were
last
at
Travan,
sent
by
the
archbishop
Zachariah
of
Tiffliz,
and
the
advice
of
your
wise
father,
in
regard
to
matrimony?"
He
was
just
going
to
complete
the
sentence,
and
to
say
that
Emin
had
demanded
his
daughter,
when
Philipus
thinking
to
do
Emin
service
or
honour,
and
well
understanding
the
princes
meaning,
interrupted
him,
saying,
"He
has
made
an
engagement
already
at
Astrakan,
to
marry
Avankhans
rich
grand-daughter,
named
princess
Marian.
"
At
this
rapid,
violent,
and
most
imprudent
speech
of
Philipus,
the
prince
stopped,
and
never
said
a
single
syllable
of
what
he
with
cheerfulness
had
begun,
which
brought
on
a
profound
silence
of
all
three,
like
persons
thunder-struck,
looking
down
without
speaking
a
word
almost
half
an
hour.
This
forwardness
of
a
priest
knocked
on
the
head
all
his
project
of
friendship
and
union;
after
he
had
taken
so
much
pains,
and
gone
through
so
many
hardships,
he
was
reduced
at
last
to
nothing
by
this
over-hasty
interruption
of
a
man
for
being
honoured
with
being
admitted
interpreter
between
prince
Heraclius
and
the
rough
soldier
Emin.
The
rejoicing
prince
was
most
bitterly
dejected,
and
lifting
up
his
head
from
deep
thoughts,
asked
what
hour
it
was?
Then
looking
at
his
watch,
he
saw
it
was
past
three
in
the
morning;
and
said
to
Emin,
"I
wish
the
old
priest
had
not
been
here
this
night,
he
spoiled
our
council;
I
am
very
sleepy,
are
not
you
so,
Emin
Aga?"
This
was
exactly
twenty-four
years
ago,
and
no
soul
knew
this
secret,
except
Heraclius,
Emin,
and
the
priest.
Emin
cannot
help
thinking,
that
many
who
are
not
well
acquainted
with
him,
nor
have
seen
him
in
that
country,
will
suspect
what
passed
between
him
and
the
prince
to
be
fabulous;
such
a
suspicion
may
be
excusable
in
those
who
consider
his
present
situation
in
life,
which,
though
honourable,
is
not
equal
to
the
dignity
he
aspired
to;
or
in
those
who
are
not
well
versed
in
the
disposition
of
the
Georgian
nation,
whose
nobles
sell
their
own
children
to
the
Turks;
so
that
it
would
have
been
no
great
wonder
if
prince
Heraclius
had
given
his
daughter
in
marriage
to
an
Armenian
Christian
soldier,
to
fight
and
bleed
for
him.
He
remembers
one
day
in
Petersburgh,
at
the
princes
fathers
house,
the
late
king
Tahmuras
asked
Emin,
if
he
was
married?
He
answered,
"No.
"
The
king
said,
he
would
take
care
to
marry
him
to
a
handsome
daughter
of
one
of
his
Armenian
merchants
in
Tiffliz.
Emin
said,
his
choice
was
to
have
a
Georgian
tavats
(or
nobles)
daughter,
who
would
be
handsomer.
One
of
the
tavats
standing
by,
said
in
a
tone
of
anger,
"Do
not
you
know
that
you
are
an
Armenian;
that
our
law
abominates
the
very
name
of
those
who
are
as
bad
as
heathens?"
He
said,
"Yes,
Sir,
you
would
rather
give
away
your
daughters
to
circumcised
Persian
dogs,
who
are
worse
than
heathens.
For
my
part,
if
I
were
a
king,
and
had
an
only
daughter,
and
if
the
sultan
of
the
Turks
and
a
Christian
young
Georgian
were
rivals
in
her
love,
the
Christian
should
have
her
sooner
than
that
powerful
Mahometan.
"
This
shews
the
difference
between
Armenian
Christians
and
those
of
the
Greek
church,
who
are
full
of
malice.
The
good
king,
not
understanding
their
conversation,
as
they
spoke
in
Turkish,
when
it
was
explained
to
him,
put
his
hand
on
his
breast,
and
swore
by
Jesus
Christ
that
Emin
was
in
the
right.
He
then
added,
"Never
mind
what
he
says,
you
shall
have
my
daughter;
"
and
if
he
had
lived
he
would
have
been
as
good
as
his
word,
for
he
was
the
most
pious
king
Georgia
produced;
but
hard-hearted
fortune
was
too
cruel
to
let
him
succeed
in
either
of
his
views.
The
late
duke,
his
patron,
hearing
all
this
from
his
letters,
comforted
him
in
his
answers,
saying,
"My
dear
Emin,
fortune
sports
with
you;
go
on,
never
mind
her
crossness,
for
one
day
or
other
she
will
favour
you
fully
to
your
hearts
satisfaction.
"
