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EPISTLE OF ARISTOTLE TO ALEXANDER. 21 ^<br />

Then the Two-horned went to their country The Ama-<br />

and received from them tribute and gifts, and h°r tributi!<br />

afterwards he returned to the land of Persia; and<br />

it came to pass that as he was on the way he<br />

met the envoys of Aristotle the sage, and they<br />

had with them a letter which was as follows:<br />

"In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Gracious !<br />

Anstotie's<br />

"From Aristotle the sage, to the king, the Two- <strong>Alexander</strong>,<br />

"horned. Behold, news hath reached me concerning<br />

"thy travels, and concerning that which hath<br />

"happened unto thee, and how God Almighty<br />

"hath given thee [His] help and victory over<br />

"thine enemies, and how He hath opened by thy<br />

"hand a way through cities and countries; now<br />

"all these things have taken place through the<br />

"help of the glorious God and through His power.<br />

"He hath given unto thee all these things whilst<br />

"thou art still a young man and a child in years,'<br />

"and He hath bestowed upon thee gifts which He<br />

"hath not given unto any other man before thy<br />

"time, [nor will give] unto any whose days shall<br />

"be longer than thine or whose punishments shall<br />

"reach further than thine. Behold now, that thou<br />

"mayest keep His chastisement away from thee<br />

"it is meet [p. 123] that thou shouldst return thanks<br />

"unto God Almighty for what He hath bestowed<br />

"upon thee. Offer thanksgiving unto Him, and<br />

"perform God's will, and cry out to Him, and<br />

' In the Syriac version (p. 131) Aristotle sayS; "for at<br />

present thou art but thirty years of age".

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