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EXHORTATION OF ASHOT BAGRATUNI TO THE PRINCES

Now Ashot, from the House of Bagratuni, the son of Prince Sahak, since he was a man of prudent intellect, did not join in the act of harmful disaster original: "աղէտին". Instead, he urged them also to abandon the harmful opinions they held due to the original: "վնասակար խրատուէ" harmful exhortation of the maniacal monk original: "մոլեկան մոնոզոնին", and to be self-protective of themselves and their families. For he said: "You are children and very young in age. And I know that you cannot stand against the power of the multi-headed dragon. For his power is mighty, and there is an uncountable multitude under his hand, and such is the preparation of weapons in his treasuries. Every kingdom that stood against his authority was shattered like a clay vessel. If the kingdom of the Romans original: "Հռովմայեցւոց թագաւորութիւնն" could not lift up its hands, but rather trembles in fear before his face and does not dare to oppose the lordly command, then you are not unaware of the entire power of the Greek king, the bravery of his own person, and the multitude and preparation of his forces. He did not even take it into his mind to take the land of the Armenians from his hands—Constantine, son of Leo, who, having dueled in one day against terrifying beasts, killed the lion as if it were a kid of goats."

1. Those desiring to rebel against the Arabs.
2. An imprudent monk who incited the Armenians.
3. Greeks, Byzantine emperors.