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SUBMISSION OF DARIUS.<br />

"the glorious God Who hath decreed this for us.<br />

"But tell me who hath done this deed unto thee,<br />

"and I will gain the mastery over him and take<br />

"vengeance upon him [p. 51] on thy behalf, if God<br />

"the most High pleaseth."<br />

And when <strong>Alexander</strong> had uttered to him the <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

words "God the most High", he was stricken withri"!<br />

grief for Darius, and again he wept bitterly. Then<br />

Darius asked <strong>Alexander</strong> to allow him to lay [his<br />

head] upon the breast of one of his servants, and<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> took his hand and placed it upon his<br />

mouth, and he kissed it while tears poured from<br />

his eyes. And Darius said, "O king, glorify not<br />

"thyself, and magnify not thyself above thy<br />

"power," [and think not] that thou canst perfect thy<br />

"will in all the earth, and that thou canst rule over<br />

"it, and that thou canst march into all the ends<br />

"thereof; and think not that because thou art a<br />

"mighty king thou canst attain unto whatsoever<br />

"thou dost determine. For I know that what is<br />

"decreed of God is unalterable, and that none<br />

"knoweth His counsel, neither king nor subject; it<br />

"hath neither respect unto a king because of his<br />

"kingdom, nor doth it despise the poor and needy<br />

"because of his lowly estate, and everything<br />

"happeneth according to what is decreed by the The lament<br />

"glorious God. And we know from Him, O king, overhisTat'e.<br />

"that there is nothing left unto us. Consider now<br />

"what I was, and yet unto what condition have I<br />

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