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SPEECHES OF ALEXANDER. 45<br />

"earth], and we were gathered together from it,<br />

"and he hath made each of us to inherit it." In<br />

this wise spake <strong>Alexander</strong> unto the men of his<br />

house, and to his soldiers and servants.<br />

And again he gathered together the men of his The second<br />

house, and addressed them, and taught them, and^''<br />

spake unto them, saying, "O ye my friends and<br />

"beloved, ye men of my house, I will not hide<br />

"from you aught of my sins and transgressions,<br />

"for ye are the men of my kingdom. And now<br />

"I will not hide these things from you, for behold<br />

"[I] stand upon honour, the foundation of your fame.<br />

"And moreover I entreat God Who hath bestowed<br />

"upon me my kingdom, that ye may know from<br />

"me that I am not as I was in times past when <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

"I wrought the work of lust,<br />

announces<br />

and I am bound andws conver-<br />

"compelled not to hide this from you. But I have<br />

"changed myself from what I was by works and<br />

"doctrine, with which things God Almighty bene-<br />

"fiteth every man, and He hath exalted my bones<br />

"above all desire through the excellence of my flock.<br />

"And as for you, O all ye people, let not the<br />

"least' among you, nor the greatest, despise me,<br />

"and take heed to yourselves, and pay honour<br />

"unto me before men, but do not make a boast<br />

"among men, and say, 'Great is our honour through<br />

"the king.'^ If ye do not know what honour is<br />

"due to me and to my rule over you, ye will be-<br />

"come my enemies and the enemies [p. 24] of those<br />

' Read 'iO'tlln'^X ^ Read I'hP' -<br />

sion.

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