Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

296 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"because in times past it hath been sick, and now
"is," and it knoweth not what decree, great and
Alexander's "to bc feared, of God shall come upon it. And I,
Rahaman. "even I havc harmed it greatly by reason of
"[what I have done] to it in times past, for I was
"with it, and was making dark its eyes, and I
"terrified its heart, and set on fire its thoughts,
"O my friend. Now when the mention of death,
"or any story about it, is on the tongue, or in
"the mouth, or when a man heareth thereof [p. 171]
"through the multitude of his conversations [with
"others], then doth he cry out bitterly, and his
"sorrow is great when he considereth that which
"is sent to him and he seeth the death of their
"generations, and the fear and terror which cannot
"be seen by the eyes, or by him that looketh
"thereat. Therefore the tongue is prostrated both
"by the mention thereof and by any story con-
"cerning it, and the ear becometh deaf when it
"entereth therein, and the heart becometh clouded
"over when it cometh into it, and the throat is
"choked, and the eyes are afraid of it, and a man
"weepeth when it cometh into his bones, and he
"is terrified"" by his crying and trembling before
"it arriveth and before it cometh to him, and he
"quaketh at the pain thereof But the memorial
"thereof is certain and is prepared for men,
"and he upon whom it layeth hold should talk
"of it, and should speak concerning it, for the
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