Storia do Mogor 39.1.4

39.1.4

The men of Persia are big, very strong, and fairly good-looking, most subtle in mind, and lovers of music, scents, and flowers. They are of a generous disposition and quick-witted, nor do they fail in becoming good soldiers, intrepid and crafty. With all this, they hold their king in such great esteem that no one makes so bold as to speak against him, or to evade obeying his orders. When he sends an order to behead any grandee, no one raises the least opposition or utters the least contradiction. The orders of the king are considered to be the orders of God; and thus, when a report arrives that the king has sent for the head of any governor or other official, the culprit issues forth to meet the executioner of the royal orders, and offering himself for the stroke, requests him to carry his head into the presence of his king, which he gives as a sacrifice to the royal commands.