20
And a cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralysed the vehemence of his spirit.
21
They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
22
The king's wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
23
For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,
24
Ye have governed badly; and have exceeded tyrants in cruelty; and me your benefactor ye have laboured to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.
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