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long before the birth of Christ, as did Haman the prince; 

 but the disgrace that came upon them because of their 

 pride and folly still lives. Queen Esther bears even to 

 this day the living honor which she gained through her 

 humility; though she was brought to India * as a cap- 

 tive bondmaiden, she was later made queen over many 

 large kingdoms and seated upon the throne from which 

 Queen Vashti was banished. 



Although the events that we last related in speaking 

 of Emperor Constantine and his mother Queen Helena 

 happened after the birth of Christ, it was still so long 

 ago that no man can recall them because of their an- 

 tiquity; yet they are bright with honor even to this day. 

 Craton and Zenophilus, though they are dead, are cele- 

 brated for their wisdom and righteousness. Though both 

 were heathen men, they were chosen to be judges over 

 nearly all the people who were in the world, and were 

 even trusted in behalf of all men, both Christians and 

 Jews, to pass judgment on those laws which neither of 

 them kept, but upon which the welfare of the world 

 nevertheless depended. From such occurrences you will 

 realize that God holds in His hand the tiller with which 

 He turns and moves the hearts of great lords whenever 

 He wishes, and controls all their thoughts according to 

 His will. For King Pharaoh raised up Joseph to a do- 

 minion above that of all the other princes who were in 

 the kingdom before him. Ahasuerus deprived Vashti of 

 her queenship, though she was both wealthy and high- 

 born, and appointed Esther queen in her stead. He also 



* Not India but Persia in the Biblical story; but the Northmen in the middle 

 ages used the term India very much as we use the term Orient today. 



