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Of sovran guidance: for the Median first[[55]]

Ruled o'er the host, and then his son in turn

Finished the work, for reason steered his soul;

And Kyros came as third, full richly blest,

And ruled, and gained great peace for all his friends;

And he won o'er the Lydians and the Phrygians,

And conquered all the wide Ionian land;[[56]]

For such his wisdom, he provoked not God.

And Kyros' son came fourth, and ruled the host;