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[Seven, the "motherless" number, which has no factor below ten] The sickness of one ht, allowed to take up its abode within our heart, destroys the entire harmony of the soul When you see this seven therefore, let it recall my heart's wish that youretain that loving gentleness which has made you the most virtuous, and therefore the healthiest of men No thanks, my father, for even if I could restore to Croesus all the treasures that he once possessed, I should still retrain his debtor Gyges, to you I give this Lydian lyre; let its tones recall the giver to your olden chain; I have witnessed that you are the yptians are accustomed to place cords and bands in the hands of our lovely Hathor, the goddess of love and friendship, as sy attributes As Darius has studied the wisdo hiold, on which a skilful hand has traced the signs of the Zodiac

[Diodorus (I 49) tells, that in the tomb of Osymandyas (palace of Raold, one ell thick and 365 ells in circu a complete astronomical calendar The circle of the zodiac fro painting, which was believed at the tie, is not nearly so ancient as was supposed, dating only from the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty Letronne was the first to estimate it correctly See Lepsius, Chron p63 and Lauth, 'les zodiaques de Dendera' Munich 1865] And lastly, to my dear brother-in-law Bartja I commit the most precious jewel in my possession--this a it round ht before we parted; she toldto its wearer the sweet bliss of love And then, Bartja, she wept! I do not knoho according to her wishes in giving you her precious jewel Take it as a gift froardens"

Thus far she had been speaking Greek, but now, addressing the attendants who rean in broken Persian: "Accept old staters" Then turning to Boges, she added: "Let this su the attendants at latest by the day after to-e, Croesus"