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<strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

address to<br />

Rahimdn.<br />

294<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"therein, perchance it may be profitable unto thee.<br />

"And thou shalt know my counsel, and I will make<br />

"thee to hear of the knowledge thereof, and that<br />

"which is therein I will not hide from thine under-<br />

"standing. For it is because of thy noble disposition<br />

"that I have received thee, and it is because of<br />

"thy sincerity in all things that I now make known<br />

"unto thee what shall come to pass in respect of<br />

"thee and of all [other men]. And now, O my<br />

"counsellor,' behold the day [appointed for me]<br />

"by the King of might, the God of gods, and the<br />

"King of kings hath come upon me, and the time<br />

"of death, the death which hath no remedy, hath<br />

"found me; this is the cutting of the cord, and<br />

"the end of my days. Behold, I am remote from<br />

"my own people, and they cannot find me, and<br />

'help hath moved afar off from my sight; but I have<br />

"seen and considered this time, and there hath<br />

"come upon me that which hath never before ap-<br />

"peared" among the good, and pure, and righteous<br />

"servants, [p. 170] O my counsellor. For the pain<br />

"of the fetters of the chains of death hath risen<br />

"upon me, and at this time it hath entered (?) into<br />

"my bones, and hath sunk into my members, and<br />

"hath made me drunk exceedingly, and it will<br />

"remove far from me thy habitation which was<br />

"nigh unto me; but thy love for me is true, and<br />

"my vision and that towards which my heart<br />

"looketh is thyself<br />

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