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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"cat/ Now the people who live in this place are wild<br />

"beasts and venomous reptiles, for their outward<br />

"form and their habits are terrible; but power has<br />

"not been given to them to go forth with their<br />

"machinations, lest they should destroy men by<br />

"their terrible appearance and by the sound of their<br />

"voices. Glory be to Thee, O God, and I offer<br />

"thanks unto Thy Majesty, for Thou hast shewn<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s "loviuglvindness unto Adam, the work of Thy hands,<br />

"whom Thou hast made in Thine own form and<br />

"image, and whom Thou hast beautified with Thine<br />

"own beauty. Thou didst give [him] an eye to<br />

"see, and the sun to give him light to see with,<br />

"and an ear to hear, and the lio^ht of knowledge<br />

"to understand Thy grace. And now, O God, my<br />

"Lord, shew Thy sinful servant the way to deliver<br />

"the children of Adam by his hands, that Thy holy<br />

"name may be praised for ever and for ever. Amen."<br />

And it came to pass that when he had prayed<br />

these words the Spirit of God [p, 274] came upon<br />

him, and his heart beat wildly, and he was like<br />

The Spirit of a drunken man, and his mind was terrified and<br />

upon """".! AleX' overwhelmed; and it was shewn to him that he<br />

ander.<br />

should march on for a period of three days. And<br />

[when he had arrived] he saw that the children<br />

of Japhet in that place were cunning workers,<br />

and he perceived that they were skilful handi-<br />

craftsmen in brass, and that they contrived marvel-<br />

ously cunning things for their amusement, and<br />

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