1822 Aug. 4

Bey of Tripoli Proclamation

Address. I.

Thus /So/ doing, thou wilt be loved, as Sovereign was never before loved by people: for never before did people receive from Sovereign such gifts as thy people will have received from thee

Thus doing, thou wilt be safe against adversaries from within, as before thee no Sovereign was ever safe: for that safety which other Sovereigns seek in fear, thou wilt have received from love.

Thus doing, thou wilt be safe against adversaries from without, as before thee no Sovereign was ever safe: for, seeing thy people clinging to thee, while their subjects flee from them, they will see that, instead of assailing thee, those whom they would lead or send against thee would throw themselves at thy feet, and sue to be received into the number of thy subjects.

People! I know not as yet whether what it seemed to me that I then saw and heard was the truth, or whether it were but an illusion and a dream. When the men of your choice shall stand before me, we will pray with one voice to the Almighty, and his will shall put aside the clouds, and make the truth manifest to our hearts.

Thereupon comes the Charter containing the Declaration of the rights which it conferrs or acknowledges