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66 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"hold, I have sent to thee by my ambassadors<br />

"[oil-seed]' and if thou art able to count them [thou<br />

"wilt know how few] are the soldiers of thine army<br />

He sends se- "[in comparisou with] my men. Peace [be] upon<br />

same seed.<br />

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a i t^ i i 11<br />

"thee. And Uarius sent with the ambassadors<br />

a measure^ of oil-seed and a ball.^<br />

And it came to pass that when the ambassadors<br />

had come to <strong>Alexander</strong> and had delivered to him<br />

the letter and the oil-seed, he took his friends<br />

and read to them the letter of Darius, the king<br />

he said to them, "Hear ye what<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s of Persia. ' Aud<br />

address to<br />

^<br />

^<br />

his friends. "DaHus saith concerning me and concerning you.<br />

"If ye rise up and attack him in a body ye will<br />

"defeat your enemy, but if ye are slothful he will<br />

"conquer you;" and they all answered him [saying,<br />

'We will conquer him']. Then <strong>Alexander</strong> answered<br />

them, saying, "I will speak unto you, for behold<br />

"my heart is strong to overcome Darius, therefore<br />

He deter- "help jj^g (-q succeed in this undertaking. And I<br />

*-*<br />

mines to<br />

fight Darius, "compare the army of Darius unto [this] oil-seed,<br />

"for it is something which can be eaten, and is, there-<br />

"fore, to be eaten up. And I have confidence in<br />

"the glorious God, Who created us, that the king-<br />

"dom of Darius shall come into our hands, if God,<br />

"[p. 36] the most High, pleaseth." And they said,<br />

"O king, may God ordain [things] in this wise for<br />

"thee and for us."<br />

Then <strong>Alexander</strong> ansvvrered and said, "I will send<br />

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