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PRESTOR JOHN, THE KALABHRAS AND MAHABALI ; WHAT IS ONAM ALL ABOUT? M. M. NINAN<br />
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IX.—Our men have abundance of all kinds of riches; there are not many<br />
horses among us, and they are but sorry. We liken none on the face of the<br />
earth to us in riches. When we go to war in force against our enemies, we let<br />
carry before us fifteen large, magnificent crosses made of gold and silver, with<br />
precious stones therein, one in each car, in stead of standards, and behind<br />
each one of them twelve thousand men of arms, and a hundred thousand foot<br />
soldiers, without counting the five thousand who have to do with bearing food<br />
and drink. But when we walk abroad in peace, a wooden cross precedes our<br />
majesty, without any legend whatever, either of gold or silver, that the suffering<br />
of our Lord Jesus Christ may be brought back to our remembrance constantly;<br />
and a vessel full of earth, that we may recognize that our flesh returns to its own<br />
source, that is, to earth; and other vessels, full of gold, are borne before us, that<br />
all may understand that we are lord of lords.<br />
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Nasrani Cross<br />
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