Storia do Mogor 199.3

199.3

Thus do matters go on in the Mogul kingdom ; sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons are making preparations for the terrible wars which must ensue upon the death of the old king. For there are many aspirants to dominion, it being among them a saying that in such a case a father should not trust a son, nor a son his father. The thing most to be wondered at in my History is the wisdom of Aurangzeb, who, in spite of being an old man of eighty-four years, knows how to regulate affairs with such skill that he maintains himself as king against the will of so many claimants ; and at this great age he still mounts on horseback [255].