The Burton Holmes lectures; . elity was hlled with powder andblown to pieces. The mere drowning of a wife in the smallartificial lake was but a gentle pastime. He had two 248 THE MOORISH EMPH^E thousand \vi\-es. As to th^ number of his chikhcn \\c mustaccept the word of an ambassador of Eouis XI\, who visitedthe court of Muhii Ismail in 1703. He asked the favoriteson how many brothers and sisters he possessed. After twodays spent in compihng a catalo^i^ue, the Prince submittedtlie names of li\e humh-ed and t\\enty-fi\e brothers and threeliunthed and forty-two sisters. Later reports give the mn
The Burton Holmes lectures; . elity was hlled with powder andblown to pieces. The mere drowning of a wife in the smallartificial lake was but a gentle pastime. He had two 248 THE MOORISH EMPH^E thousand \vi\-es. As to th^ number of his chikhcn \\c mustaccept the word of an ambassador of Eouis XI\, who visitedthe court of Muhii Ismail in 1703. He asked the favoriteson how many brothers and sisters he possessed. After twodays spent in compihng a catalo^i^ue, the Prince submittedtlie names of li\e humh-ed and t\\enty-fi\e brothers and threeliunthed and forty-two sisters. Later reports give the mnn-ber of sons who Hved to mount horse the astounding total ofseven hundred. To create jxilaces and to people them wasthe life-work of Mulai Ismail. One incident that makes this impossible man seem real tous is this : He actually sent ambassadors to Erance to demandof Louis XIV the hand of Allle. de Blois, the natural daugh-ter of the King and Louise de la Valliere ! The honor wasdeclined in polite terms by the Grand HAJ BRKAKS TH1-; M0SLI:M LAW THE M(X3KISH EMPIRE 249
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