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

"to come into being from this mountain and from<br />

"the roots thereof. And I tell thee that, when<br />

"God desireth to destroy the earth, together with<br />

"those which are therein, He will pluck up this<br />

"mountain by the roots, and when He doeth this<br />

"the earth will be shaken, and those that are therein<br />

"will perish; and if it were not for the punishment<br />

"which shall come upon the world and the terrible<br />

"death which ye shall die therein, ye should come<br />

"into this world and [stay there] until God Al-<br />

"mighty took away your life from you, even as if<br />

"ye desired some other punishment."<br />

Then God, may He be blessed and exalted!<br />

put it into the heart of the angel to [p. 144] call<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> "Two-horned," and when the angel had<br />

called him by this name <strong>Alexander</strong> grieved ex-<br />

ceedingly, for he thought that he was cursing him<br />

thereby, and he wept and lifted up his heart to<br />

God the Highest. And the angel said unto him,<br />

"What is it that maketh thee to weep?" And<br />

The name <strong>Alexander</strong> said to him, "Thou didst call me by<br />

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"the name 'Two-horned,' but my name is <strong>Alexander</strong>,<br />

"the son of the Greek, and the servant of the<br />

"servants of the glorious God, and I thought' that<br />

"thou hadst cursed me by calling me by this name."<br />

The angel spake unto him, saying, "O man, I did<br />

"not curse thee, I only called thee by the [name]<br />

"by which thou and the works which thou doest<br />

"are known. Thou hast come unto me, and I<br />

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