Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

ALEXANDER'S EPISTLE TO ALL KINGS. 55
"and to Thy lovingkindness. Help Thou me, and
"lead Thou me in the right way by Thy might and
"power, for there is no help save [in] Thee, and
"there is no place of refuge save with Thee."
Then Alexander wrote a letter to all kings,
which read thus:
"From the servant of God Almighty, Alexander, Alexander's
"who is surnamed 'Two-horned', the king of the^^'^^"^ Jj
"kings of the earth from the rising up of the sun^""^""-
"even unto the going down of the same, [p. 30]
"God Almighty, glory be to His power apd holy
"be His Names! hath made me king over all the
"world, and He hath set the thought of Himself
"to be a spear within my soul, and He hath placed
"wisdom in my heart, and He hath made me to
"know His kingdom and His power; sickness and
"health are in His hand, and we are His creatures
"and His servants. No man can comprehend His
"work. He hath marked out the heavens by His
"decree, and by His knowledge He hath created
"the earth, and all that therein is according tone shews
"His wish, and His work is good, and all rivers of^cod."'"^'^
"and seas are in the palm of His hand. He hath
"made firm the world, and hath ordered it beauti-
"fully, and He hath placed therein signs and won-
"ders by the statutes of His knowledge which
"existed aforetime. And ye know that the Dia-
"bolos, who was formerly His servant,' hath set
' When God had finished the creation of the world, He
peopled it with genii before He put Adam into it : He
created
them of pure fire and among them was Iblis (Diabolos or