Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

BY AL-MAKIN. 379
xvii. Another said, "The king and the peasant
"are equal in death, but the death of the peasant
"rebuketh that of the king."
xviii. Another said, "Formerly thy name struck
"fear [into men], and thy kingdom was exalted,
"but now thy name is of no account, and thy
"kingdom is brought low."
xix. Another said, "Formerly thou couldst dosaymgs of
"both good and evil, but now thou hast no power ^hers"'""""
"[to do either]; and God Almighty [p. 222] sheweth
"mercy [only] unto him that hath done [all the]
"good in his power."
XX. Another said, "Yesterday thou didst make
"thyself terrible and to be feared, and now there
"is none who is afraid of thee."'
And when the sages' had finished their lamen-Th= speech
tations Alexander's wife, the daughter of Darius, °' "'"'"""
came forth from her habitation, and laying her
hands upon the coffin, she wept bitterly, saying,
"O king, thou who didst vanquish Darius and
"didst humble him to the dust, I never thought
"that death could conquer thee."
And after this his mother [Olympias] came forth, The speech
and laying her cheeks upon the coffin, she wept, "[^^
°'^'""
saying, "Ye have brought to an end your words
' The sayings as here given are twenty in number, ex-
clusive of those of Roxana and Olympias, but Mas'udi, torn.
ii. p. 252 fif., gives twenty-eight, and Eutychius, ed. Pocock,
p. 287, gives thirty.
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