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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 48<br />

carried off with them. And <strong>Alexander</strong> the king<br />

was disturbed in his mind, for they were carried<br />

off from him before he had conversed sufficiently<br />

with them, and before he had had his fill of the <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

graciousness of their countenances. Then he mount- hL Iy.<br />

ed his horse and came back among his soldiers,<br />

who said unto him, "It is not good for us to return<br />

"to our own country, let us abide in this place, for<br />

"it is the storehouse of gladness, and we have had<br />

"neither pain nor sorrow since we came here."<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> said unto them, "To dwell here is not<br />

"according to my will or yours, but according to<br />

"the Will of God Almighty is our coming in and<br />

"our going out; nevertheless so long as God Al-<br />

"mighty willeth we will abide here."<br />

CHAPTER XI.<br />

Now a certain man who was a fisherman, whilst<br />

going about to catch fish wherever he could find Fish wwch<br />

them, lighted upon a piece of water which was aSkmed.<br />

white as milk, and in it there were fish sporting<br />

and playing; and he went into the water and<br />

caught several fish, and brought them out there-<br />

from; and they did not die, but moved about and<br />

glided along upon the ground. And it came to<br />

pass that when he saw them he marvelled, for<br />

when other fish are brought out of the water they<br />

die, but these continued to live. Then the fisherman<br />

took a knife from his side and cut up the<br />

fish, but they came to life again after [p. 294] a<br />

short time. And again, he beat them with sticks<br />

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