Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

ALEXANDER AND THE BRAHMANS. I 33
"we offer praise [to Him] even as do they. We
"have knowledge of everything which is in the
"world, and of [that] which shall befall kings, for
"the angel of God hath been sent unto us and he
"hath told us of everything in the world, whether
"it be good or whether it be evil. And behold, Alexander's
"the angel of God Almighty hath informed us ofveaiedtothe
"thy history before ever thou didst come out from ^''^'"*"'''
"thy country and before thou didst wage war
"with [other] kings, and didst conquer them and
"didst seize for thyself their kingdoms. Now the
"things which thou hast done have been done
"neither by thee nor by thine own strength, but
"by the hand of God the Great' and Mighty One,
"because these kings [whom thou hast overcome]
"were evil-doers and men of exceedingly great
"iniquity".^ When Alexander heard their words
he gave thanks unto God that His knowledge
and power had been given [unto them].
And again he asked one of the Brahmans, Alexander's
saying, "Have ye no tombs wherein to bury any question,
"man among you who may die?"^ And an inter-
preter made answer to him,'* saying [p. 74], "Man,
"and woman, and child grow up, and arrive at
"maturity, and become old, and when any one [of
' Read '>$^ '
^ Much of the above is given by Cedrenus (Bonn ed.
torn. i. pp. 267, 268) but in Pseudo-Callisthenes there is no
equivalent for the Ethiopia text.
3 Gr. rdcpoui; ouk exeTS- * Read flJ^fl.A"
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