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158 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"and do not imagine that the knowledge of<br />

"everything shall be given unto thee. Seek not to<br />

"pry into the mysteries of God the Eternal." Now<br />

the lord of the couch was Enoch.' "It is P who<br />

"have commanded that I should speak with thee<br />

"when thou shouldst come into this place concerning<br />

"the things which shall befall thee; now as for thee,<br />

"thou art the conqueror,^ [p. 88] and nothing shall<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> "do thec harm." Now when I had heard these<br />

GoT "things I rejoiced, and I cried out to God Almighty<br />

and entreated Him to watch over me and to help<br />

me,"* and again I offered up sacrifice. And it was<br />

told to me, saying, "Thy guides, who come from<br />

"the land of India, are not' acquainted with the<br />

"paths and roads of this country, and they can<br />

"neither make thee to ascend above the air nor<br />

"above the lofty mountains to the place where<br />

"existeth Paradise, which is the Country of the<br />

"Living, nor to the abode where the saints dwell.<br />

"Now those who live there are Enoch, and Elijah,<br />

"and Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses,<br />

"and those who are like unto them; and, behold,<br />

"they shine above many mountains, ofwhich, however,<br />

"God hath revealed unto thee but very little."<br />

The siaugh- And when he had told me these things I com-<br />

ter of the<br />

guides.<br />

' His identification is, of course, due to the Ethiopian<br />

translator: the god was Dionysos.<br />

' Read toKliX • ^ Read ^"9^ • h'J+ :<br />

* In the Greek <strong>Alexander</strong> wishes to carry away the can-<br />

dlesticks which stood by the couch.<br />

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