[Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Archibald Sayce]@TWC D-Link bookEarly Israel and the Surrounding Nations CHAPTER VII 133/171
They say not yes to thy words.
The iron-workers enter into the smithy; they rummage in the workshops of the carpenters; the handi-craftsmen and soldiers are at hand; they do whatever thou requirest.
They put together thy chariot: they put aside the parts of it that have been made useless; thy spokes are _faconne_ quite new; thy wheels are put on, they put the _courroies_ on the axles and on the hinder part; they splice thy yoke, they put on the box of thy chariot; the [workmen] in iron forge the ...; they put the ring that is wanting on thy whip, they replace the _lunieres_ upon it. Thou goest quickly onward to fight on the battlefield, to do the deeds of a strong hand and of firm courage. Before I wrote I sought me out a Mohar who knows his power, who leads the _jeunesse_, a chief in the _armee_ [who goes forward] even to the end of the world. Answer me not, "That is good, this is bad;" repeat not to me thy opinion.
Come, I will tell thee all which lies before thee at the end of thy journey. I begin for thee with the palace of Sesostris (Ramses II.).
Thou hast not set foot in it by force.
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