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5IO THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

Advice to "yield unto him that winketh at thee with his eyes<br />

^'^=^- i.jj^ order to lead thee astray with evil intent, for<br />

"the baleful look which is in his eyes is a guide<br />

"unto sin. Do thou, then, turn away that thou<br />

"mayest not look at any man other than thy hus-<br />

"band with evil intent, and take an example from<br />

"Sarah, who, when God Almighty went down to<br />

"Abraham to hold familiar converse with him at<br />

"the door of his habitation, made bread [dipped<br />

"in] oil and brought it to Abraham, who himself<br />

"offered it unto his Lords; but she did not in any<br />

"way whatever look upon their faces, for she com-<br />

"posed herself and sat down in the tent, in such<br />

"a way that she could not see the faces of the<br />

"strangers. Now the sight of the eye overwhelmeth<br />

"[p. 317] the heart in sin. Take heed, then, unto<br />

"this counsel, and move thou not from the place<br />

"prescribed for thee, nor from thy habitation, to<br />

"look upon strangers lest thy heart be drowned<br />

"in sin. And, moreover, it is the duty of a woman<br />

"to honour her husband with all her heart, even<br />

"as [her] master, and within herself she must speak<br />

"of him as 'my lord', and besides this, she must<br />

"love him as herself And Sarah gave unto<br />

"Abraham her handmaid that his name might not<br />

"be blotted out from the earth, and that he might<br />

"have seed, for she despaired of herself and al-<br />

"though she knew that she was barren, she said<br />

"'He cannot beget'; but God did as He wished,<br />

"and gave her a child after this wicked speech.<br />

"And thou must learn this law also; thou shalt not

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