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94<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"now fallen! Formerly it was meet that men should<br />

"say throughout the world that I was the king of<br />

"all the kings of the earth, and yet, behold, thou<br />

"hast found me cast down to the dust. I am afraid<br />

"of every one who shall look upon me, whether<br />

"he be little, or whether he be great; my kingdom<br />

"hath passed away and is gone, and I am forsaken<br />

"and left alone; I am remote from my army, I am<br />

"remote from my camp, I am remote from my<br />

"counsellors, and I am remote from my friends;<br />

"we all belong unto God Almighty, and unto Him<br />

"shall we return. And now behold the pains of<br />

"death have laid hold upon me."<br />

The dying Thcn Alcxauder said unto Darius, "Ask of me<br />

Dariul'^ ° "whatsoever thou wishest, and I will do it for thee."<br />

So Darius asked three things, and he spake unto<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>, saying, "Firstly, I would that thou shouldst<br />

"not reduce the poor and needy to slavery and to<br />

"misery; secondly, I would [p. 52] that thou shouldst<br />

"treat honourably the nobles of Persia, for they are<br />

"noble,^ and that thou shouldst deal graciously unto<br />

"the freeborn and the honourable men, and unto<br />

"the priests who are among them; and my third<br />

"request is that thou wilt take vengeance for me<br />

"upon those who murdered me, and that thou wilt<br />

"make them to drink of the cup of which they<br />

"have made me to drink; for as they have not<br />

"kept in mind my good deeds [unto them], in hke<br />

"manner they will not remember the kindnesses<br />

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