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he used his weapons and aimed at him, but with the missile having missed, he himself, being unharmed, was clearly shown to be a man of Providence. When this happened, the people withdrew from arms and tumults and continued celebrating the most mighty emperor in cheerful revelry and dancing, having suddenly changed from the greatest tumults and fears to flutes and dances, and a whole abundance of provisions descended upon the city, with all those who had been hiding wherever and had escaped the dangers streaming into the city without fear and with gladness and contributing to every kind of prosperity; for already everyone hoped that the way of life 256 would for the future be harmless and profitable for the subjects, with good things abounding in it, wherefore the emperor with the same prefect eagerly begins to raise up the Sanctuary of the great God; and a river of money flowed, poured out by the prayers of the emperor and the justice of the prefect. Therefore, the prefect immediately poured four thousand pounds of gold upon the works of the sanctuary, with no one being wronged nor any common prosperity being devised for an impious purpose; for he rejoiced, having been deemed worthy to exert himself for the honor of God and zeal for piety. And it is no wonder that, with God being present, all things are at hand for those who attribute the abundance of good things to Him rather than to the contrivances of men. And the administration, just as one pours abundant oil on an already extinguishing flame, blazed up again; and there was a delightful bustle in the proceedings, and prudent gains friendly to the law followed for those serving, and the Sanctuary of Justice was opened, and orators were distinguished in their speeches, and the production of books and rivalry returned to the whole character of the government. The end of f 97r

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τεύχεσιν ἐχρῆτο στοχάζεται μὲν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ δὲ βέλους ἀμπλακόντος, αὐτὸς μὲν ἀβλαβὴς ὢν ἄνθρωπος τῆς Προνοίας φανερῶς ἀπεδείχθη. τούτου δὲ συμβάντος, ὁ μὲν δῆμος τῶν ὅπλων καὶ θορύβων παρεχώρει τόν τε κράτιστον ἀνυμνῶν βασιλέα ἐν εὐθυμίαις ἡδυπαθῶν καὶ σκιρτήμασι διετέλει, ἀθρόως ἐκ μεγίστων θορύβων καὶ φόβων εἰς αὐλοὺς καὶ χορείας μεταβαλών, πᾶσα δὲ ἀφθονία τῶν ἐπιτηδείων κατελήλυθε τὴν πόλιν, ἀδεῶς καὶ μετ' εὐφροσύνης πάντων τῶν ὅπου δή ποτε κρυπτομένων καὶ διαφυγόντων τοὺς κινδύνους εἰσρεόντων τῇ πόλει καὶ παντοίαν συμφορούντων εὐετηρίαν· ἤδη γὰρ ἅπας ἤλπισεν ἀβλαβῆ καὶ λυσιτελῆ τὸ λοιπὸν ἔσεσθαι τοῖς ὑπηκόοις τὴν τοῦ βίου 256 μέθοδον, τῶν γε ἀγαθῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πλημυρούντων, ἐξ ὧν ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τὸν αὐτὸν ὕπαρχον ἐνάρχεται προθύμως ἀνιστᾶν τὸ τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ Τέμενος· καὶ ποταμὸς ἔρρει χρημάτων ταῖς βασιλέως εὐχαῖς καὶ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ ὑπάρχου χεόμενος. τέσσαρας οὖν χιλιάδας αὐτίκα χρυσίου λιτρῶν ὁ ὕπαρχος τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέχεε τοῦ ἱεροῦ, μηδενὸς ἀδικουμένου μηδὲ τῆς τυχούσης εὐετηρίας εἰς ἀσεβῆ ποίησιν ἐπινοηθείσης· ἔχαιρε γὰρ ἠξιωμένος εἰς θεοῦ τιμὴν καὶ σπουδὴν εὐσεβείας παρατεινόμενος. καὶ θαυμάζειν οὐκ ἔνεστιν εἰ, θεοῦ παρόντος, πάντα παρεῖναι συμβαίνει τοῖς αὐτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ περινοίαις ἀνθρώπων τὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀναφέρουσιν. ἡ δὲ τάξις, καθάπερ τις σβεννυμένης ἤδη φλογὸς ἔλαιον ἀφθόνως ἐπιχέει, ἀνέλαμψεν· καὶ θόρυβος ἦν τοῖς πραττομένοις χαρίεις καὶ κέρδη σώφρονα καὶ φίλα τῷ νόμῳ τοῖς ὑπηρετοῦσιν ἠκολούθει καὶ τὸ Τέμενος τῆς ∆ίκης ἀνεῴγει καὶ ῥήτορες τοῖς λόγοις ἐνέπρεπον καὶ βιβλίων προαγωγαὶ καὶ φιλονεικία ἐφ' ὅλον τὸ χρῶμα ἐπανῄει τοῦ πολιτεύματος. ὁ ̣end of f 97r