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The copy of the letters was this: "The great King Artaxerxes writeth these things to the princes and governors that are under him from India unto Ethiopia in a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:
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"After I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life and, making my kingdom peaceable and open for passage to the farthest borders, to renew peace, which is desired by all men.