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THE SAYINGS OF IMBAUN
The Prophet of the gods said: "Yonder beside the road there
sitteth a false prophet; and to all who seek to know the hidden
days he saith: 'Upon the morrow the King shall speak to thee as
his chariot goeth by.'"
Moreover, all the people bring him gifts, and the false prophet
hath more to listen to his words than hath the Prophet of the
gods.
Then said Imbaun: "What knoweth the Prophet of the gods? I know
only that I and men know naught concerning the gods or aught
concerning men. Shall I, who am their prophet, tell the people
this?
"For wherefore have the people chosen prophets but that they
should speak the hopes of the people, and tell the people that
their hopes be true?"
The false prophet saith: "Upon the morrow the king shall speak to
thee."
Shall not I say: "Upon The Morrow the gods shall speak with thee
as thou restest upon Pegana?"
So shall the people be happy, and know that their hopes be true
who have believed the words that they have chosen a prophet to say.
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