The king, being informed of the impost which the governor had laid upon the fruit, ordered him to be brought in chains to court.

The king ordered him to be exposed to the people at one of the gates of the palace; then he commanded the son to pluck off the mustachios of his father, to cut off his nose and ears, to put out his eyes, and then cut off his head.

The king then told the son to go and take possession of the government of his father, saying, _See that you govern better than this deceased dog, or thy doom shall be a death more exquisitely tormenting_." My Lords, you are struck with horror, I am struck with horror, at this punishment.

I do not relate it to approve of such a barbarous act, but to prove to your Lordships, that, whatever power the princes of that country have, they are jealous of it to such a degree, that, if any of their governors should levy a tax, even the most insignificant, and for the best purposes, he meets with a cruel punishment.

I do not justify the punishment; but the severity of it shows how little of their power the princes of that country mean to delegate to their servants, the whole of which the gentleman at your bar says was delegated to him.
There is another case, a very strong one, and that is the case of presents, which I understand is a custom admitted throughout Asia in all their governments.