Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
The Country are thcrc gems' and pearls; and there is nothing
of the Living ^j^j^,j^ cxisteth usclesslv in their country, for even
and Its joys. ^ •'
from the herb of the field do they bring forth
manna which is wonderful in its appearance. And
there is there neither freezing cold nor parching
heat, neither summer nor winter; and the fulness of
the grace of God Almighty [resteth] upon it. In
that city there is neither oppression, nor tears,
nor any corrupt thing, and everything is fair,
whether it be animate or whether it be inanimate.
Instead of snow manna falleth [from heaven], and
all their wells and rock cisterns are filled with
honey, and every beast among them is filled with
milk. When the sun setteth upon this world in
his place in the west he riseth upon them, and
when he setteth upon them he riseth upon us in
this world, and between us and them a canopy''
of darkness existeth; for the sun revolveth in the
Alexander height of heaveu, and when it is night with us
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[is shining] upon them, and when it is night
^^ith them he [shineth] upon us. Thus Alexander
and his troops dwelt in the Country of the Living
in great happiness, and no man wished to go forth
therefrom, for the country was graciously provided
with everything; and this hidden city was revealed
to Alexander by the will of God Almighty, because
He loveth the prayers of those who are pure.
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