There you can have all the suffering which heart can wish, and inevitable death.

To all classes and ranks in the whole nation we promise to grant a diminution in their wealth by one-quarter.

In the abundance of our mercy we are willing ourselves to bear the burden of all the offerings that may be necessary in order to accomplish this.

All in the land may at once give up one-quarter of their whole wealth to us." At this the hags and paupers gave a horrible yell of applause.
"As rulers of Light and Darkness, we will henceforth govern the nation in the light as well as in the dark.

We will sacrifice ourselves so far to the public good as to live in the light, and in open palaces.
We will consent to undergo the pains of light and splendor, to endure all the evils of luxury, magnificence, and boundless wealth, for the good of the Kosekin nation.