55/76 To-day is feast of the Apostle St.Mathias, on which, five and twenty years ago, your Majesty is said to have been born. Five and twenty thousand times thanks and praise to God for His mercy! Your Majesty is, from this day, in a position to prescribe laws to Christians and Turks, according to your pleasure."[468] [Footnote 466: _Sp. and P._, iv., 751, 753, 773, 774, 776.] [Footnote 467: _Sp. Cal._, ii., 692-94, 711.] [Footnote 468: _Ibid._, ii., 722; _cf._ Hall's _Chron._, p. |