Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

THE
HISTORY OF ALEXANDER,
BELONGING TO
THE HOLY REDEEMER OF THE WORLD/
A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE.
IN THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY, THE TRIUNE GOD,
THE GOD OF OLDEN TIME WHO NEVER HAD A BE-
GINNING, THE GOD OF AFTER TIME WHO SHALL NEVER
COME TO AN END, WE BEGIN TO WRITE THIS
BOOK OF THE EXPLOITS AND SOVEREIGNTY
OF ALEXANDER THE KING, THE BELOVED
ONE OF god; may HIS PRAYERS
AND BLESSING BE WITH HIM
THAT LOVETH HIM!
AMEN.
[p. 259] Open, O God, the eyes of our heart, that The author's
we may perceive with the eyes of our mind the
glory of Thy dominion, and the wisdom of Thy
wonderful works, the sign of which is in Thy
servants who fear Thee. Thou dost strengthen
those who do Thy Will, and who have restrained
their bodies from fornication by setting Thy will be-
' See above, p. 2, note 4.