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The late minister, Maouyenshow, took with him the portrait of a beautiful lady, and presented it to the K'ban, who now sends me, his envoy, on purpose to demand the Lady Chaoukeun, and no other, as the only condition of peace between the two nations. Should your Majesty refuse, the K'han has a countless army of brave warriors, and will forthwith invade the South to try the chances of war.
For this the Emperor would have beheaded me; and I therefore escaped with the portrait of the lady, which I present, great king, to yourself. Should you send away an envoy with the picture to demand her, she must certainly be delivered up. K'HAN. Whence could so beautiful a female have appeared in the world! If I can only obtain her, my wishes are complete.
I will take this true portrait of Chaoukeun and show it to the Tartar K'han, persuading him to demand her from the Emperor, who will no doubt be obliged to yield her up. MINISTER. I am a minister of Han. In the western palace of the Emperor is a lady, named Chaoukeun, of rare and surpassing charms.
ENVOY. Hanchenyu, K'han of the Tartars, sends me, his minister, to state before the great Sovereign of Han, that the Northern tribes and the Southern empire have long been bound in peace by mutual alliances; but that envoys being twice sent to demand a princess, his requisitions have been refused.
PRESIDENT. This day after the close of the morning council, a foreign envoy appeared, bringing with him the fettered traitor Maouyenshow. He announces that the renegade, by deserting his allegiance, led to the breach of truce, and occasioned all these calamities. The princess is no more! and the K'han wishes for peace and friendship between the two nations.
This southern shore is the Emperor's; on the northern side commences our Tartar dominion. I await thee in the next! The K'han, in great consternation, endeavors to save her, but in vain. K'HAN. Alas! alas! so determined was her purpose against this foreign alliance she has thrown herself into the stream, and perished! Tis done, and remediless!
Far is he, however, from entertaining the presumptuous expectation that a destiny of equal splendor awaits the present drama; and he will be quite satisfied if the reader has patience to read it to the end, and then pronounces it to be a somewhat curious sample of a very foreign literature. YUENTE, Emperor of China of the Dynasty Han. HANCHENYU, K'han of the Tartars.
K'HAN. I lately sent an envoy to the sovereign of Han, with the demand of a princess in marriage; but the Emperor has returned a refusal, under the plea that the princess is yet too young. This answer gives me great trouble. Had he not plenty of ladies in his palace, of whom he might have sent me one? The difference was of little consequence.
MAOUYENSHOW, a worthless Minister of the Emperor. CHAOUKEUN, Lady, raised to be Princess of Han. Tartar Soldiers, Female Attendants, Eunuchs. The Scene is laid in the Tartar Camp on the Frontiers; and in the Palace of Han. Enter Hanchenyu, K'han of the Tartars, reciting four verses. K'HAN. The autumnal gale blows wildly through the grass, amidst our woolen tents.
Let me entreat your Majesty to remit their contributions and extend favor towards them! EMPEROR. That shall readily be done. Approach and hear our imperial pleasure. We create you a Princess of our palace. Enter K'han of the Tartars, at the head of his Tribes.
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