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<A FIELDING>
<T MDIOGENES>
<P 226><L 1>
ALEXANDER
WHAT FELLOW ART THOU, WHO DAREST THUS TO LIE AT THY EASE IN
OUR PRESENCE, WHEN ALL OTHERS, AS THOU SEEST, RISE TO DO US HOMAGE?
DOST THOU NOT KNOW US?
DIOGENES
I CANNOT SAY I DO: BUT BY THE NUMBER OF THY ATTENDANTS, BY
THE SPLENDOR OF THY HABIT; BUT, ABOVE ALL, BY THE VANITY OF THY
APPEARANCE, AND THE ARROGANCE OF THY SPEECH, I CONCEIVE THOU
MAYST BE ALEXANDER THE SON OF PHILIP.
ALEXANDER
AND WHO CAN MORE JUSTLY CHALLENGE THY RESPECT, THAN
ALEXANDER, AT THE HEAD OF THAT VICTORIOUS ARMY, WHO HATH PERFORMED
SUCH WONDERFUL EXPLOITS, AND UNDER HIS CONDUCT HATH
SUBDUED THE WORLD?
DIOGENES
WHO? WHY THE TAYLOR WHO MADE ME THIS OLD CLOAK.
<P 227><L 1>
ALEXANDER
THOU ART AN ODD FELLOW, AND I HAVE A CURIOSITY TO KNOW THY
NAME.
DIOGENES
I AM NOT ASHAMED OF IT: I AM CALLED DIOGENES; A NAME COMPOSED
OF AS MANY AND AS WELL SOUNDING SYLLABLES AS ALEXANDER.
ALEXANDER
DIOGENES, I REJOYCE AT THIS ENCOUNTER9 I HAVE HEARD OF THY
NAME, AND BEE . . .
