Article about provider #1
Providers called the conjurers, who proposed to passer-by to enter with them the street
game. It consisted in the fact that "pilariy" rolled on the earth the ball of threads,
alternately covering its first of one, then by another mug, which has the form of
truncated cone. It entered to guess into the task of player, under which of three mugs
is located the ball. Because of extraordinary adroitness of the hands of "pilariya", the
passer-by practically always made mistakes and thus, entering into ardor, he lost
sometimes significant amounts of money. Games usually arranged on the Etruscan
street, where were arranged "lupanarii provider", where on the streets to the passer-by
stuck cheap and where the israelites based in Rome purchased stolen article.
And here face of Greek suddenly envelopped some strange stress. Then its features
began to suddenly sharply change. Nose from the straight Greek became large and
slightly snub-nosed, flat forehead became more sloping, and extensive bald spots
began to be formed on the grizzled head. Toward the end of this provider's metamorphosis
at the procurator looked dressed in the torn beggarly tunic itself. Although the
procurator was not of the fearful, cold sweat of horror thick and fast was rolled on his face.
- Who you, and which to you is necessary? - trying to preserve terrible voice,
procurator knew how to pronounce.
- If you it interests, who I such, I can describe about itself, began the collocutor Of
provider, gradually bringing its face to previous state. Call me "Periandr". In the youth
I lived in Sidon, which is located on provider's site. From the childhood me
surrounded not only the Greeks and Phoenicians, but also many israelites. In them
I learned to their language and customs. In our kind the magic since olden times
practiced, and from the early age I began to make many tricks. Once thirty years ago,
when to Sidon downy news, that died judaic tsar Irod, to me on the market, where
I appeared, depicting faces of different people, suddenly approached one person,
with that put on to the head - by cap of freedman. He proposed to me to play
executed tyrant Alexander's provider role. First we could procure many money in
israelites, who desired, at any cost, please to future tsar. But it is later, when I
arrived to Rome in order to find to itself new supporters, I was gripped and given to
the emperor. That posed to me the questions, which are concerned my relatives, i.e.,
the provider's relatives of real Alexander, and also he asked about the circumstances of
its previous encounters with it. Naturally, I could not know all details of the life of the
executed tsarevich. Furthermore, Alexander the long time of veins in Rome and,
therefore, spoke well in Latin. My Latin, as you had time to note, until now, leaves
much to be desired. It is not surprising that I was very rapidly exposed. Then
in order to save its life, for me it was necessary to acknowledge and to give out her
accomplice. August sent me to serve his provider, but three years were later for me
possible to be shut by dead person, and me they threw out outside
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