Hideyoshi is a mean and ignoble-looking man; his complexion is dark,and his features are wanting in distinction. (9) Beware of thoughtless people. Not withoutjustice, therefore, have the English been charged with some share ofresponsibility for the In 1428, he fell sick, and, the end being in sight, heordered his advisers to consult about his successor.
Itwas a thoroughly wholesome measure, but the quality of the preciousmetals available did not suffice. Yielding to the anger ofthe moment, he directed the Otomo troops to attack the Satsumaforces, and the result was disastrous. There can be no doubtthat he himself had contemplated becoming shogun. -Foreign trade, so far from benefitting the nation, cannot fail toimpoverish it, inasmuch as oversea commerce simply mean
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