Ardeshir's Last Charge to Shapur

From D7.10, Ardeshir’s Last Message to Shapur. It illustrates D7.10.1–5:

D7.10.1
At seventy-eight, the watchful monarch layIn sickness, as his strength ebbed day by day.
D7.10.2
He knew that death had drawn its shadow near,And that his green leaf yellowed with the year.
D7.10.3
He summoned Shapur, gave him counsel deep,A charge for royal memory to keep.
D7.10.4
He said, “Remember all my words today;Let slander pass like gusts of wind away.
D7.10.5
When you have heard my sayings, practice them;Know worth from worthlessness; the false condemn.