Chap, II 
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municated to me by Providence $ and it rejoicees me, 
that God is pleafed to communicate his Works to my 
Underftanding, fo that I know, and am perfuaded of 
his Juft ice. If, at any time, Kings addrefs themfelves 
to me, as to a Meffenger of God, under the Appre- 
henfions of War, or any other Evil, I pray to God in 
their Behalf ; and, having reftored their Courage by 
Words of Confolation, I fend them back with fome 
comfortable Meflage. 
“ Tell me which is beft, to kill and deftroy Men, and 
thereby obtain a Fame for Mifchief, or, by preferring 
them, and doing them good, to acquire that of a Bene- 
factor ? And which agrees beft with the Character of 
the Sons of God, to war againft and overturn what 
God hath eftablifhed, or, rather, peaceably to fupport, 
and earneftly endeavour to reftore, whatever is decayed, 
as the Servant of the Deity ? It is not, O King, either 
thy great Power, thy imfnenfe Wealth, the Multitude 
of Elephants, the coftly Robes that are about thee, the 
numerous Armies under thy Command, or what thou 
haft taken from other Nations in War and Battle, that 
can affift thee, but a proper Attention to my Words, 
and a due Regard to the Counfels I give thee. Neither 
am I afraid of thee, O Alexander , though thou fhouldft 
kill me ; for I fhould go immediately to God, who 
knows my Caufe, and from whom my Life has not been 
hid : For what can there be hid from him ? The Sun, 
the Moon, the Stars, all ferve him for Eyes ; and he 
will judge whoever does an Injury to his Neighbour ; 
neither is there any Place to which thou canft fly, to 
avoid his Juftice in that State of Retribution. 
cc Therefore, G Alexander , feek not to overturn what 
God has eftablifhed, or to ruin and deface what it hath 
pleafed him to adorn : Neither flied the Blood of Ci- 
tizens, or lay wafte whole Nations, that they may feel 
the Weight of thy Power* For, is it not better for 
thee to live, than to make others die ? and, thereby, 
render your own Death a Bleffing to others ? Tell me 
why, having but ohe Soul thyfelf, thou wouldft deftroy 
whole Nations ? Why fhouldft thou rejoice at filling 
the World with Mifchief ? Why fliouldft thou 
regard the Diftrefies of others as thy Gain ? Why 
fmile, becaufe others weep? Share her,e with me my 
naked Solitude, and thereby enrich thyfelf at once, and 
others. Henceforward renounce all Wars, and embrace 
here that Peace which Submiffion to Providence be- 
llows : Boaft no longer of your Power of doing Mif- 
chief, but enjoy here with us all the real Pleafures of 
Lire : Throw off that Garment made of a Sheep-fleece, 
and be no longer proud of wearing the Spoils of a 
dead Beaft : You will then, by imitating us, do Ho- 
nour to yourfelr, and become luch an one as you were 
created to be ; for the Soul exercifcs itfelf in Virtue, 
when in this State of Solitude* Prefer therefore, King 
Alexander , our feemingly lavage Life, in which you 
will be happier than you have hitherto been. Even 
now your Macedonians expeft you to raife new Wars, 
to daughter other Nations, and to defpoil frelh Coun- 
tries 5 for they are fad, if other People be fafe ; uneafy, 
if they make not the reft of the World fo ; and, having 
nothing in View but their own Gain, regard not what 
or how great Injuftice they commit, fo they augment 
it. ° 
“ How ha PPy a Life mightft thou lead, by doing what 
God intended thou fhoulcift do, purfuing thy own 
Good without Prejudice to others ! Now, while it is 
yet Time, hear what I fay, and Men to the good Ad- 
vice I give thee : For, if thou art deaf to thefe Admo- 
nitions, I lliall hereafter, when we are delivered out of 
this World, fee thee fullering in the Air, and bitterly 
lamenting the Evils brought upon thyfelf, by infliftini 
Evil upon others. You will then think of my Words ° 
for none of your Florfe and Foot will follow you there, 
or, by tneir Clamours, difturb your Meditations, which 
will be wholly employed in the Remembrance of Mift 
cinefs done as thou will then feel, to thyfelf : For well 
I know the juft Piiniftiments which God infli&s upon 
unjuft Mem You will then fay to me, Dandamis gave 
me good (founfel : For then will be prefent to thy 
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“ View all the Murders thou haft committed, oAcaufeci 
“ to be committed ; and of thefe how canft thou poffibly 
“ excufe thyfelf r 5J 
All this Alexander heard patiently, and without the lead 
Difpleafure ; but an evil Spirit hindered him from profiting 
by this good Advice. He anfwered, therefore, the Phi- 
lofopher thus : “ I am thoroughly fenfible of the Truth 
“ of a11 you have faid ; for, defending of an holy Race, 
thou art here conveniently fituated, where, without any 
Trouble, thou enjoyeft with the greateft Pleaftire the 
whole Circle of thy Days, and poffeffeft all the Riches of 
Nature in a perfect and uninterrupted Peace,, I, oil 
“ the other hand, live in the midft of Tumult, and of 
“ Toils : For much I fear even thofe, who by their Of- 
fice ought to defend me from Fear ; and feldoni rife 
the Apprehenfions of my Enemies fo high, as thofe I 
have of my Friends ; for I am daily in greater Dread 
of then 1 teachery, than of the Force of my Foes, 
Thus, between the Neceffity of having Guards for my 
Safety, And the Dread that thefe Very Guards may de- 
prive me of Safety, I live in perpetual Anxiety. 
“ My Days are fpent in troubling, diftrefling, and de- 
coying other People ; and, in the Nights, I am fil- 
led with Terrors and Sufpicions, left, by fome fudden 
and fecret Enemy, I fhould be cut off myfelf. If I 
put to Death thofe I fear, I become hateful ; if, again, 
I am mild and gentle, I am contemned : And how,' 
“ out of fuch a Variety of Dangers, I fhall be foie to 
“ fnatch m y felf » 1 know not ; for, if I fought to quit 
the World, and to live with you in the Deferts, it would 
“ not be in my Power. It is impoffible for me to quit 
the Station I am in ; and, therefore, I hope that this will 
excufe me to God, who placed me in this Station, and 
“ made me what I am. But thou, O wife and good 
Man, who have heard my Complaints, and foothed my 
“ Griefs by the Wifdorn of thy Words, difluadino- me 
£t from War and Battles, be pleafed to accept the Gifts I 
offei ; and do not contemn me fo far, as to reiedt the 
“ Tribute I bring to thy Wifdorn.’ 5 J 
As he fpake thefe Words, the Slaves, who waited with 
the Prefents, brought them in, and fpread abroad o- re at 
Variety of Gold and Silver Veffels, rich in thcmfdves^ 
and exquifitely wrought ; together with large Quantities 
of Oil and Bread. 
At the Sight of all this, Dandamis could not help fmile- 
E At laft he delivered himfelf thus : cc Who do you 
think could perfuade the Birds, that haunt thefe Woodsy 
to the Ufe of Gold and Silver, and to fing the better 
for it ? Or, if tliis you conceive impoffible, why fhould 
you judge me to be worfethan they? Why fhould I ac- 
cept from you what I cannot neither eat or drink ? Why 
fhould I take what I can make no Ufe of? Why retain 
under my Care what cannot contribute to my Be-* 
nefit ? and fo bind and infnare myfelf, who have hitherto 
been free ; for I defire not to purchafe, in any Shape 
what in thefe Solitudes I cannot fell. God bellows upon 
me here Fruits on every Side, which I pull and eat 
freely. God fells Man nothing for Gold * nay he 
even beftows his Wifdorn freely upon fuch as are able, 
and qualified to receive it. I am covered with that 
Garment with which my Mother brought me forth. 
The Air I freely breathe, and efteem my Limbs at Li- 
berty, while unreftrained by any Garment • and Honey 
be fweeter to the Tafte, than whatever from the 
„ Rell J fll j H unger I eat and drink. If thefe Cakes were 
good before, why were they expofed to the Fire ? For 
my part, I fuffer not that Element to touch what I eat A 
any more, than in the Flefih of other Animals, I chufe 
to eat at fecond-hand what they have eaten before s 
Take then away thefe Cakes that are baked ; but, that I 
may not feem to defpife every thing you offer me. I am 
content to accept this Oil/' 5 
. handamis^ having faid this, immediately rofe ; and go- 
inginto the Wood, gadiered up a confiderable Quantity 
of dry Sticks, which having raffed in an Heap, he 
£ 7 hem \ and / hen ’ turning to Alexander , faid* 
cc ? ie kath all Things, and enjoys Abundance, 
becaufe he enjoys all he defiresd* Then pouring Oil into 
the Hi-e, while it burnt up f&f Sicily * he fung m 
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