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For

Lester del Rey

with affection and gratitude

C
ONTENTS

P
ROLOGUE
F
OR HE MUST REIGN
,
TILL HE HATH PUT ALL ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET
.

—I C
ORINTHIANS
13:25

I A
ND
I
WILL GIVE CHILDREN TO BE THEIR PRINCES, AND BABES SHALL RULE OVER THEM
.

—I
SAIAH
3:4

II B
EHOLD
, I
COME QUICKLY
:
HOLD THAT FAST WHICH THOU HAST, THAT NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN
.

—R
EVELATIONS
3:11

III T
HESE THINGS HAST THOU DONE, AND
I
KEPT SILENCE; THOU THOUGHTEST THAT
I
WAS ALTOGETHER SUCH A ONE AS THYSELF
.

—P
SALMS
50:21

IV B
EHOLD
, I
HAVE SET BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR
.

—R
EVELATIONS
3:8

V F
OR THOU HAST MAINTAINED MY RIGHT AND CAUSE
.

—P
SALMS
9:4

VI S
EPARATE THYSELF FROM THINE ENEMIES, AND TAKE HEED OF THY FRIENDS
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
6:13

VII T
HEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT ALSO WITH WORDS OF HATRED; AND FOUGHT AGAINST ME WITHOUT A CAUSE
.

—P
SALMS
109:3

VIII R
IGHTEOUS LIPS ARE THE DELIGHT OF KINGS; AND THEY LOVE HIM THAT SPEAKETH RIGHT
.

—P
ROVERBS
16:13

IX A
PRUDENT MAN CONCEALETH KNOWLEDGE
.

—P
ROVERBS
12:23

X I
WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF
G
OD
:
THAT WHICH IS WITH THE
A
LMIGHTY WILL
I
NOT CONCEAL
.

—J
OB
27:11

XI W
HO COVEREST THYSELF WITH LIGHT AS WITH A GARMENT
.

—P
SALMS
104:2

XII I
N A TRANCE
I
SAW A VISION
.

—A
CTS
11:5

XIII S
URELY THOU HAST SPOKEN IN MINE HEARING, AND
I
HAVE HEARD THE VOICE OF THY WORDS
.

—J
OB
33:8

XIV A
ND WHY STAND WE IN JEOPARDY EVERY HOUR
?

—I C
ORINTHIANS
15:30

XV S
URELY
I
WILL KEEP CLOSE NOTHING FROM YOU
.

—T
OBIT
12:11

XVI L
ET US EXAMINE HIM WITH DESPITEFULNESS AND TORTURE
,
THAT WE MAY KNOW HIS MEEKNESS
…

—W
ISDOM OF
S
OLOMON
2:19

XVII F
OR THE HAND OF THE ARTIFICER THE WORK SHALL BE COMMENDED
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
9:17

XVIII F
ORGET NOT THY FRIEND IN THY MIND
…

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
37:6

XIX O
BSERVE
,
AND TAKE GOOD HEED
,
FOR THOU WALKEST IN PERIL OF THY OVERTHROWING
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
13:13

XX F
OR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES
.…

—J
UDE
1:4

XXI H
E THAT DELICATELY BRINGETH UP HIS SERVANT FROM A CHILD SHALL HAVE HIM BECOME HIS SON AT THE LENGTH
.

—P
ROVERBS
29:21

XXII F
OR THOU
, O G
OD
,
HAST HEARD MY VOWS; THOU HAST GIVEN ME THE HERITAGE OF THOSE THAT FEAR THY NAME
.

—P
SALMS
61:5

XXIII D
ELIVER HIM THAT SUFFERETH WRONG FROM THE HAND OF THE OPPRESSOR; AND BE NOT FAINT-HEARTED WHEN THOU SITTEST IN JUDGMENT
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
4:9

XXIV I
SAID IN MINE HEART
, G
OD SHALL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
3:17

XXV A
ND ANOTHER DIETH IN THE BITTERNESS OF HIS SOUL
…

—J
OB
21:25

XXVI G
O NOT AFTER THY LUSTS
,
BUT REFRAIN THYSELF FROM THINE APPETITES
.

—E
CCLESIASTICUS
18:30

XXVII A
BROTHER OFFENDED IS HARDER TO BE WON THAN A STRONG CITY
.

—P
ROVERBS
18:19

XXVIII M
INE ENEMIES REPROACH ME ALL THE DAY; AND THEY THAT ARE MAD AGAINST ME ARE SWORN AGAINST ME
.

—P
SALMS
102:8

XXIX H
OW LONG SHALL THEY UTTER AND SPEAK HARD THINGS
?
AND ALL THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY BOAST THEMSELVES
?

—P
SALMS
94:4

XXX B
UT A SORE TRIAL SHALL COME UPON THE MIGHTY
.

—W
ISDOM OF
S
OLOMON
6:8

XXXI F
OR THEIR HEART STUDIETH DESTRUCTION
,
AND THEIR LIPS TALK OF MISCHIEF
.

—P
ROVERBS
24:2

XXXII L
ET US CONDEMN HIM WITH A SHAMEFUL DEATH
.

—W
ISDOM OF
S
OLOMON
2:20