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

and there were in the mountain many springs and<br />

pools, and fountains. And the men of the mountain<br />

spake again, saying, "O king, march not into<br />

He is warn- "this mountain, for fiends and devils take shape<br />

ed not to ad'<br />

Vance f^' "therein, and they will destroy and slay the soldiers<br />

ther.<br />

"of all those who approach them." Now when<br />

they had said this to me I cried out to God<br />

Almighty [and asked Him] to preserve me from<br />

the attacks of those fiends and devils, and to<br />

keep them from gaining the mastery over me.<br />

And I heard a voice which I recognized [speaking<br />

unto me] in the Greek language from the mountain,<br />

saying, "O thou Two-horned one, turn thou back,<br />

"and do not go forward [p. 96], for beyond this<br />

"mountain are nations of men which no nation hath<br />

unconquer- "been able to hold in check, and none has been<br />

"able to humble them in their own country, and<br />

"none has returned having conquered them."<br />

And I said, "O my lord,^ if thou commandest me<br />

"to go to them, tell me in a dream what shall<br />

"befall me at their hands, and whether if I go<br />

"thither by myself I shall see them." And it was<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> told to me in a dream, saying, "Go to them by<br />

dream,<br />

^ "thysclf, aud let none but a few of thy guides be<br />

"with thee. Fight thou not with them, for they<br />

"shall submit to thee' without strife. And, behold,<br />

"thou shalt see there a mighty king, and hosts of<br />

"men, and mighty men of war, and exceedingly<br />

"strong men, the like of which thou hast never<br />

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