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Solomon's Ape.
" There were two jugglers in the train of the Queen of Sheba . And they played each with a serpent before King Solomon . " Now tbe queen sought to prove the knowledge of the king , and said— ' O , Solomon , thou who hast spoken of trees , from the cedar to the hyssop—also of beasts , and of fowls and of creeping things , and of fishes ;
'" Declare unto thy servant , which of the two is the true serpent , ( for one was cunningly fashioned like unto a living snake , and did move and writhe in the hands of tbe juggler ) ; lor , of a truth , there is but one of the two that hath life . ' " And the jugglers played with the snakes before the seat of King Solmnon .
" I hen the king did privily send for the ape ; and when he was brought in , the king caused him to be led near unto the jugglers . " And the ape passed one of the men who played with a snake , and took no note thereof ; but as he approached the fellow who held the second snake , the ape did shake , and his hair did rise upon his skin , and he trembled exceedingly : wherefore King Solomon discovered the true
snake , and all men praised the wisdom of the king * . " Now the ape discovered that he had been made the judge between the true and the false snake ; and his heart did swell with the shouting ; and he was puffed up with vain-glory . "And after some days , a multitude stood before the judgement porch . And a strife had arisen between two carvers—skilful workmen were thev
both . " Palm trees , and open flowers , and every manner of curious carving had they carved . " And they both claimed certain carvings of cherubim . And when they had spoken , and called their witnesses , King Solomon paused to consider before he delivered judgement . "It so chanced that the ape had ciept among the multitude , and had
listened to the story of the carvers ; ancl when he saw the king pause , he said to himself , ' Solomon is perplexed . ' " And the ape brake through the multitude , and ran to the porch , and did motion that he would judge between the carvers . " And the ape did leap upon the shoulders of the one , and did caress him ; but at the other lie did scream , and grind his teeth . And Solomon
understood the folly of the ape , and cried"' It is ever so with the fool . Allow him the wisdom that perceiveth and shunneth a serpent , and straightway he will believe he hath understanding to judge even between the cherubim . '"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Solomon's Ape.
" There were two jugglers in the train of the Queen of Sheba . And they played each with a serpent before King Solomon . " Now tbe queen sought to prove the knowledge of the king , and said— ' O , Solomon , thou who hast spoken of trees , from the cedar to the hyssop—also of beasts , and of fowls and of creeping things , and of fishes ;
'" Declare unto thy servant , which of the two is the true serpent , ( for one was cunningly fashioned like unto a living snake , and did move and writhe in the hands of tbe juggler ) ; lor , of a truth , there is but one of the two that hath life . ' " And the jugglers played with the snakes before the seat of King Solmnon .
" I hen the king did privily send for the ape ; and when he was brought in , the king caused him to be led near unto the jugglers . " And the ape passed one of the men who played with a snake , and took no note thereof ; but as he approached the fellow who held the second snake , the ape did shake , and his hair did rise upon his skin , and he trembled exceedingly : wherefore King Solomon discovered the true
snake , and all men praised the wisdom of the king * . " Now the ape discovered that he had been made the judge between the true and the false snake ; and his heart did swell with the shouting ; and he was puffed up with vain-glory . "And after some days , a multitude stood before the judgement porch . And a strife had arisen between two carvers—skilful workmen were thev
both . " Palm trees , and open flowers , and every manner of curious carving had they carved . " And they both claimed certain carvings of cherubim . And when they had spoken , and called their witnesses , King Solomon paused to consider before he delivered judgement . "It so chanced that the ape had ciept among the multitude , and had
listened to the story of the carvers ; ancl when he saw the king pause , he said to himself , ' Solomon is perplexed . ' " And the ape brake through the multitude , and ran to the porch , and did motion that he would judge between the carvers . " And the ape did leap upon the shoulders of the one , and did caress him ; but at the other lie did scream , and grind his teeth . And Solomon
understood the folly of the ape , and cried"' It is ever so with the fool . Allow him the wisdom that perceiveth and shunneth a serpent , and straightway he will believe he hath understanding to judge even between the cherubim . '"