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

"their country. [Hereby] thou shalt know the truth<br />

"of my words." And when Ptolemy perceived''<br />

the truth of his words, he came in to me and<br />

woke me up from my slumber, and he related to<br />

me that a son of Candace the queen, unto whom<br />

I desired to go, had fallen into my hands, and he<br />

made known to me concerning what had happened<br />

in the matter of his wife; and I detained him^<br />

for one day and for one night while I meditated<br />

on the affair, and determined what I would do<br />

in it.<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> Now when the morning had come I ordered<br />

hims"eiTas Ptolemy to sit upon my royal throne,^ and I ar-<br />

ptoiemy.<br />

j-aycd him* in my apparel, and I set my royal<br />

crown upon his head, and I stood up by his side^<br />

to minister unto him. And I called him by my<br />

name, and I called myself by his name, and I<br />

commanded my horsemen and my soldiers to stand<br />

up before him, and I ordered^ the captain to bring<br />

in before him the son'' of Candace [p. log]. And<br />

when the captain had brought him in neither he<br />

nor anyone else recognized them, and the son of<br />

Candace saluted the king who sat on the throne<br />

as king, and related to him what had befallen him.<br />

And when Candaules and his men saw the soldiers<br />

candauies and that uoblc presence they thought it was<br />

deceived by<br />

his appear-<br />

ance.<br />

^ Literally, "heard". ^ Read mh9°^!h\\9*<br />

3 Read tro-itld. • OD'i'^/^-1'? : 4 Read ffl^AnfthP =<br />

5 Literally, "between his hands.<br />

« Read fflhHTfVlfP : ? Read fllA^ '

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