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360 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT<br />

"thy beasts to travel thirty parasangs, that is to<br />

"say, one hundred and twenty, stadia, in a day, or<br />

"if a man shall journey twenty parasangs in a<br />

"day, neither fatigue, nor exhaustion, nor thirst,<br />

"nor weariness shall come upon him."<br />

Aristotle And Arfstotle said to <strong>Alexander</strong>, "Take with<br />

makes four<br />

amulets for "thee [these] four amulets, that is to say, stones.<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>.<br />

"Of the first of them thou shalt make a signet in<br />

"thy ring;' and if any man whatsoever, or any<br />

"spirit whatsoever look thereat, they shall submit<br />

"unto thee and shall obey thy order. And if ten<br />

"times ten thousand men look thereat they shall<br />

"all submit unto thee, and shall hearken unto thy<br />

"behests. And if thou sealest a letter which is<br />

"addressed to a king, or to any other person, his<br />

"gates shall be destroyed, and as soon as he seeth<br />

"the seal his limbs will tremble, and he will submit<br />

"unto thee and hearken unto thy mandate; and<br />

"if thou settest a seal therewith upon the demons<br />

"and fiends even they will submit unto thee. The<br />

"second amulet [is a protection] against the rain,<br />

"and the ice and the snow which thou and thy<br />

"soldiers shall encounter on the way. If these<br />

"things come upon thee lift up this amulet in thy<br />

"hand towards heaven, and the cold, and the snow,<br />

"and the rain shall be put an end to, and shall<br />

"cease, and shall come nigh neither unto thee, nor<br />

"unto thy army, nor unto thy beasts, nor unto any<br />

"one of thy followers.- And the third amulet do<br />

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