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MUTINY OF THE GREEKS. IO9<br />

"are all things, and it is He Who giveth power'<br />

"and conquest unto whomsoever He pleaseth. Know<br />

"ye, moreover, that it was my counsel and com-<br />

"mand which ye followed, and that it was I who made<br />

"supplication to the glorious God Who gave me His<br />

"aid against Darius; for ye were a [p. 6i] people<br />

"who did not know how to fight against your ene-<br />

"mies, and ye were in fear of them, and ye gave<br />

"tribute unto them, and they brought your country<br />

"into sore straits, and whenever they defeated<br />

"vou thev left vou nothing- whatsoever. Behold, "= '='""= "<br />

J J J O their mind mmH<br />

"now, what I have wrought for you I have wrought, ws services.<br />

"and I myself alone have set you free; I myself<br />

"have made a resurrection, and I will not turn back<br />

"[therefrom], for God the Highest hath holpen<br />

"me, and I have vanquished your enemies. Who-<br />

"soever, then, among you desireth to return to<br />

"Macedonia let him return, and make yourselves<br />

"brave soldiers if ye are able so to do, and P<br />

"if God the Highest pleaseth—will not leave be-<br />

"hind you any enemy who shall make you to be<br />

"afraid.^ And as for myself, I will not go back<br />

"to Macedonia, but I will march on according to<br />

"the command of God; whosoever is with me is<br />

"with me, and whosoever rejecteth me re-<br />

"jecteth me."<br />

Read '>f^t\. '• ^ Read Y\lh -<br />

3 The Greek gives the speech a different ending:— d'TTiTe Koii<br />

biacTtuffacrBe eauxouq, Kai |Lir| d^cpiffpriTiiffaTe Ti eiq dWii^ouq,<br />

'iva iLidOiiTe 1L5 ou5ev bijvarai ffxpaTid dveu cppovi'icreuji;<br />

PaffiXeuj? (Miiller, p. 95, col. i).

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