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RINCE who gave a clear admonition to Eve and to Adam,

that they should eat of the produce of Paradise

according to God's command:

"Eat ye of them freely,

of the fruits of Paradise—sweet the fragrance— many, all of them (a festival to be shared)

are lawful for you save one tree.

"In order that you may know that you are under authority,

without sorrow, without strife,

without anxiety, without long labour,

without age, evil, or blemish;

"Without decay, without heavy sickness;

with everlasting life, in everlasting triumph

on your going to heaven (joyous the festival)

at the choice age of thirty years."