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Life and Writings of Father Beschl 



[April 



The ancients followed the path of the virtuous^ hvi besides these all the 

 other Auner {Giants) are evil doers : the station of gods is obtained by vir^ 

 tue, but is it obtained by delusion, deceit and violence ? 



If we consider the mighty deeds by which, even after we had forsaken 

 virtue, ive conquered the gods, we shall find that they were not an effect pro- 

 ceeding from any acts of devotion performed by ourselves, but from the 

 power conferred on us by those ivho had forsaken evil (i. e. by the Sages 

 and the gods by whom we were endowed with power). 



Having conquered the divine Triad, and having received under their 

 protection the whole world, while exulting in prosperity, they are dead and 

 have toiled in vain ; who then among the conquerors of the gods are truly 

 great? 



Who shall describe those, who, having overcome both good and bod worhsy 

 have obtained eternal felicity? but who among these, the giants, have, from 

 their innate wickedness, at any time performed virtuous acts tike the sages 

 and the gods ? 



Q s [T esT s ft QpQ£,(5u ^ j^esr^'Qsrrp jjO(ip(S^ 

 UJ tr ear eu errs piS^eQi^ ^(SL}ii)(cO ^ 



This royal city and thy former victories have been consumed by the chas* 

 iity of JaniJci, the mistress of the world ; if not, what glory is there in the 

 thought that they wei^e burned by an ape'? 



lB^Q:)1 O JSQ IRIS U.(sSl ISO IEl€S)SGiSU m'Qpi^ 



(gj ^<ssiL—0 j5(B ^ ^ (su p ^ err ir ^^<F/r tusu G^frtr 

 Lnrrei5fiu^LDL-.^eni ^uufrOeo^jDeufrajOLOfri^ 

 Q ^ ^es)L-Uj<siiiki eedrruS^ ^n'^iurr io. 



It was foretold that the power of the king of llangei surrounded by the 

 ocean, obtained by long penance, should decline by means of a female of 

 the human race ; know this to be now accomplished, O thou who art adorn- 

 ed with a wreath of sweet flowers ! 



eorrli ^^l^uSg^t t^Lutr esrcs>/D fi^iuir eijih <su(T h fi^OuaSjOiuesr ojLpikjQ^ 



