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

"How can God bring Darius the great Icing down<br />

"to the dust, and how can a little Greek slave'<br />

"slay him? But know, O Darius, that even if thou<br />

"slayest me thou wilt gain no credit thereby, and<br />

"thou wilt not be able to boast thereof, for thou<br />

"wilt only have slain a thief, even as thou didst<br />

"call me. And as for thy gift, behold I have ac-<br />

"cepted it, and I know that its signification is, if<br />

"God willeth, that I shall have [His] [p. 37] help<br />

"to fight against thee. And as concerning the oil-<br />

"seeds' which thou hast sent unto me, behold, I<br />

The mean- "have tasted them, and I find them to be insipid,<br />

Tesai^e<br />

seeds.<br />

' "and the interpretation of them is that thy soldiers<br />

"and troops are a countless multitude; but they<br />

"are not able to stand against spears. And thou<br />

"hast gathered them together in thy folly thinking<br />

"that thou wilt break my head, but I h^ve hope<br />

"and trust that God will gfather togfether all men in<br />

"submission unto me and all the countries of the<br />

The mean- "nations. Aud as for the ball,^ inasmuch as it is<br />

ball.<br />

° ^ "round it signifieth the earth; and I believe and<br />

"trust in God my Lord, Whom I serve, that He<br />

"will set my memorial and my power in all the<br />

"earth. This I do not hope for through my own<br />

"strength and might, but through the might of the<br />

"glorious God Whom I serve. And behold I send<br />

"to theC a gift in return for thy gift, that is to<br />

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3 Gr. Tf) bk (Tqjaipa (Meusel, p. 734).<br />

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