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^6 ; THE<br />

HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"to me?" The high priest' of the Jews said unto<br />

him, "O most honourable king, we did not ima-<br />

"gine that thou wouldst come unto us, and we did<br />

"not think that thou wouldst receive [our words]<br />

"in their plain meaning, and moreover, [had we<br />

"accepted thee] it would have been made a pretext<br />

"against us by Darius, the king of Persia." <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

said' unto them, "Accursed ye have ever been,<br />

"but I will let you abide for this time. Ye are like<br />

"the setting of a precious stone, for when the<br />

"precious stone hath been taken away therefrom,<br />

"the setting is cast away on the earth. And I swear<br />

"by my mighty God, the God of the heavens and<br />

The sacred "of thc earth, that I only paid honour unto you for<br />

Qured by "the Sake of the Name of God, the most High,<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>.<br />

"and it is a blessed thing [for you] that ye came<br />

"out to me therewith." The high priest^ of the<br />

Jews said to him, "Forgive us, and be merciful<br />

"with us, for God Almighty hath given thee royal<br />

"power that thou mayest deal graciously with the<br />

"world and with that which is therein." And the<br />

king [p. 42] said to him, "I have forgiven"* thee<br />

"and thy people, and I place thee above our own<br />

"people and above all the nations who have come<br />

"into subjection unto us."^<br />

' Read A.* •<br />

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