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ALEXANDER AND THE BRAHMANS. 1 39<br />

"Know' ye not that God promoteth to honour, and<br />

"bringeth down to the dust; and that He taketh<br />

"away [from some], and giveth [to others]? How<br />

"many [p. 77] of the noble ones hath He abased in<br />

"war, and how many of the humble' hath He<br />

"exalted thereby? And how many rich^ men hath<br />

"He made poor, and how many poor hath He<br />

"endowed with great wealth thereby? Now doth<br />

"this happen by the decree of God or by the<br />

"decree of any one else? If there were no war"*<br />

"this could not happen. Ye know that Darius<br />

"inherited his kingdom = from his father and from<br />

"his kinsfolk, and that they were the first who<br />

"enjoyed sovereignty over the earth—for Nimrod<br />

"the mighty man was of his brethren, and he was<br />

"the first who sat upon his royal throne*—and<br />

"that when I set myself in opposition to him God<br />

"Almighty withdrew from him his kingdom and<br />

"destroyed it. And it was God Who put the<br />

"thought of making war upon him into my heart,<br />

"and I slew him, and succeeded him in his kingdom.<br />

"For Darius being slain and leavinof behind him<br />

eqi |ue 6 Trig TVUJMI? MOu beanoT^c, (Muller, p. loi, col. 2,<br />

Meusel, p. 774).<br />

' For most of what follows there is little authority in<br />

the Greek.<br />

^ Read fll'^u'-C •<br />

3 The scribe first wrote 'hf'tt'O'/i'i ' and then correct-<br />

ed it into h9°'n(h'{'i<br />

4 The scribe first wrote Ti'^A •"<br />

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