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222 ." Thus he became rich; and from a robber was made a prince and a dispenser of justice. (43)

My beloved, the pirate in his galley is a sinner in the world; Alexander is a prelate.

enemies of a certain king wished to destroy him by administering a very potent poison. Some of them came to the city where he abode, arrayed in humble garments. Now there was a fountain of water, from which the king frequently drank, and they impregnated it with the poison. The king, ignorant of their treason, drank according to custom, and died.