28. And now do you⌃ not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
29. Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the illustrious Barticus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
30. and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; yes, she struck the king with her left hand:
31. and therewithal the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, he was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
32. O sirs, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
33. Then the king and the nobles looked one upon another: so he began to speak concerning truth.
34. O sirs, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he encircles the heavens round about, and fetches his course again to his own place in one day.
35. Is he not great that makes these things? therefore great is truth, and stronger than all things.
36. All the earth calls upon truth, and the heaven blesses her: all works shake and tremble, but with her is no unrighteous thing.