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I 1 6 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"now turn thee back unto thine own country, and<br />

"know, too, [p. 65] that if there had been any good<br />

"thing in your country we should have overcome<br />

"you and have taken possession of your country,<br />

"and that we should not have left it for Xerxes<br />

The mean- "your king of kiugs. Moreover, your country is<br />

Macedonia, "a wrctchcd pkcc in our eyes, and we know that<br />

"there is nothing at all in it which may be desired<br />

"by kings. Now I live in a rich country, and all<br />

"the people of the earth make entreaty to us to<br />

"be allowed [to come hither], and we forbid them;<br />

"no one hath ever come to our country except<br />

"thyself, and thou hast only thyself to blame." And<br />

Porus sealed his letter' and sent it to <strong>Alexander</strong>.<br />

And it came to pass that when the letter reached<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> he read it before all his army, and he<br />

hid nothing at all of the words of his adversary<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> from his soldiers, and he spake unto them, saying,<br />

his troops. "O men, let not that which Porus, the king of<br />

"India, hath written and sent unto you make you<br />

"afraid. Do ye not remember with what [insolent<br />

"words] Darius, the king of Persia, sent unto me?<br />

"Let not then these words make you afraid, for<br />

"the kings of [this] country know not how to weld<br />

"together their counsels, and they can [only] make<br />

"war with their mouths; moreover God Almighty,<br />

"the most High, knoweth both them and their<br />

"soldiers. Now'' let not lions, and panthers, and<br />

"elephants terrify you, for they have neither<br />

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