The Alhambra . % \ ^\ i8o THE ALHAMBRA sellor of the king, who appHed to him for advice in everyemergency. Aben Habuz was once inveighing against theinjustice of his neighbours, and bewaiHng the restless vigilance hehad to observe to guard himself against their invasions ; whenhe had tinished, the astrologer remained silent for a moment,and then replied, Know, O king, that, when I was in Egypt,I beheld a great marvel devised by a pagan priestess of a mountain, above the city of Borsa, and overlooking thegreat valley of the Nile, was a figure of a ram, and above it afigure of a cock, bot
The Alhambra . % \ ^\ i8o THE ALHAMBRA sellor of the king, who appHed to him for advice in everyemergency. Aben Habuz was once inveighing against theinjustice of his neighbours, and bewaiHng the restless vigilance hehad to observe to guard himself against their invasions ; whenhe had tinished, the astrologer remained silent for a moment,and then replied, Know, O king, that, when I was in Egypt,I beheld a great marvel devised by a pagan priestess of a mountain, above the city of Borsa, and overlooking thegreat valley of the Nile, was a figure of a ram, and above it afigure of a cock, both of molten brass, and turning upon apivot, ^^henever the country was threatened with- invasion,the ram would turn in the direction of the enemy, and thecock would crow ; upon this the inhabitants of the city knew ofthe danger, and of the quarter from which it was approaching,and could take timely means to guard against it. God is great I exclaimed the pacific Aben Habuz, whata treasure would be such a ram to k
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