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

"thy country, and to destroy thy cities. But he<br />

"heard that thou wert a wise and an under-<br />

"standing man, and he hath sent me unto thee,<br />

"while he himself hath encamped on the borders<br />

"of thy territory, saying, 'Go and bring [him] to<br />

"me, for, according to what hath been told to<br />

"me, he is a wise man. If he hearkeneth and<br />

"becometh subject [unto me], leave him [to rule]<br />

"over his kingdom; but if he acteth wickedly, and<br />

"sheweth himself obstinate, I myself will come to-<br />

"gether with my army, and I will do battle with him.'"<br />

The king of Now when he had heard these words from me,<br />

swer.<br />

" he spake, saying, "O Metyaos,' [return] to thy<br />

"master, and tell him [this my] answer to thy<br />

"message to us:—I have heard'' concerning^ what<br />

"hath been given unto thee by God Almighty,<br />

"and how [p. 100] sovereignty hath been given<br />

"unto thee in the world, and victory over Darius,<br />

"the king of Persia, and over Porus, the king of<br />

"India. Now although [divers] nations have sub-<br />

"mitted unto thee and thou hast conquered kings,<br />

"thou must know that this hath not happened<br />

"because God Almighty hath magnified thee, but<br />

Victory is "[by reasou of His] vengeance and wrath hath<br />

from God.<br />

' In the Syriac (p. iii) Pithaos. ^ Read fl)rt"?dVh =<br />

3 In the Syriac the king of China orders <strong>Alexander</strong> to<br />

make merry with him as is the custom of ambassadors on<br />

the day of their arrival, and he promises to give him his<br />

answer on the morrow. In the morning, when it was still<br />

dark, <strong>Alexander</strong> is brought in before the king, who suspects<br />

that the man before him is none other than <strong>Alexander</strong>.

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