Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

^o6 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"in the place of peace, now, and for ever, and
"ever. Amen."
And when Aristotle, Alexander's teacher and
counsellor, heard of his death, he also wrote a
letter to his mother, saying:
Aristotle's "In thc Name of God, the Merciful, the Gracious!
oiympia" "0 fairest' among women, thou wise and gracious
"and honourable lady, dost thou not know that,
"when God Almighty, the mighty and most
"noble, created this world and had finished it, ^ He
"said to it, 'O House of sorrow, O mother of
"death, O impediment^ of joy and gladness, O
"destroyer of pleasure, O scatterer* of friends, O
"thou that makest hope a lie, O thou who takest
"away the heart, O thou who withdrawest^ gifts;
"for behold, thou shalt weep, and thou shalt cry
"as thou shalt cry, and thy habitation shall be in
"the darkness, where there is weeping and much
"sorrow?' And, behold, O fairest among women,
"I desire thee to gather together all thy seventy
"kings, and thy nobles, and thy friends, and to
"make for them a splendid feast, and let them
"participate thereat together, and then afcer-
" wards thou shalt assemble [p. 178] the people of
"thy palace there. And having set meat before
"them thou shalt say unto them, 'I make you to
"swear by Him that dieth not, and by the King
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