And so they did, and the foreigner being summoned to the common administration of the farm, in answer replied: ‘I will administer all with you in common, for it pleases me to be amongst you, and I shall be with you as one of yourselves.’ And from that moment forward, the farmer’s sons cared for the farm in common with the stranger, and they lived as friends, the brothers, their sons, their grandsons and their descendants, meeting in council together to decide all matters that concerned them, and defending the farm together against all foreign attack. And God sent blessings down upon them. These quarrelling brothers are your ancient forefathers. Their father is the ancient ruler of this your subjugated country, and the foreigner who arrived and with whom your fathers began to administer t

