The late Emperour Achmat made alſo ſome Laws, (how ineffectual ſoever they proved) that deſerve our Notice at leaſt, if not our Imitation; as that, by which, for his ſhort Reign, he effectually cur'd the growing, Crime of Suicide, by Forfeiture of Eſtate and Goods, and ignominiouſly expoſing the Bodies of the Deceas'd unburied to the publick View. He alſo ordered the ſubſtituting perpetual Slavery, as the Penalty of moſt Crimes formerly puniſh'd with Death, not excepting even Theft and Adultery; and prohibited all Playing (which ſpread prodigiouſly among the Turks) either at Games of Hazard or Skill, on pain of the ſevereſt corporal Puniſhment.
'Tis to the ſame Emperor, that they owe thoſe excellent Laws againſt Drunkenneſs, that occaſions ſo many Quarrels and Murders, and deſtroys ſo many Families by Poverty and Diſeaſe; as alſo the appointing Clerks of the Market in all Places of the Empire, to prevent Extortion of Prices from the Poor, and to ſeize on ſuch Meat for their uſe, or condemn it to the Fire, which ſhould be found unwholſome or unmerchantable.
It was he alſo, who ſentenc'd all owners of Houſes, which happen'd by their neglect tobe
