The Khan Questions His Envoys

From E1.7, Anooshirvan Replies to the Khan. It illustrates E1.7.33–41:

E1.7.33
The envoys left the palace well content,With acclamations on the road they went.
E1.7.34
They came before the Khan with praise made plain,And spoke with awe of Anooshirvan’s reign.
E1.7.35
The seasoned Khan dismissed his courtiers all;His minister alone stayed in the hall.
E1.7.36
The Khan then called the envoys to make knownAll they had seen about the Shah and throne:
E1.7.37
First of his wisdom, counsel, sense, and mind,His stature, speech, and bearing among mankind.
E1.7.38
Then next he asked, “How great the arms he wields,And who commands his squadrons in the fields?
E1.7.39
Who bears the crown, the signet-ring, the trust?Is his rule fair, his judgment firm and just?
E1.7.40
What wealth and armies lie in his command?”Mehran Setad addressed the royal band;
E1.7.41
The chief of envoys said, “Mistake him not;No mortal sovereign shares his favored lot.