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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: discover any root of disease in the man: wherefore I suppose that
this weakness is to be ascribed to distress of spirit." But, on
hearing his words, the king suspected that his son had been wroth
with Zardan, and that this slight had caused his retirement. So,
wishing to search the matter, he sent Zardan word, saying
"To-morrow I shall come to see thee, and judge of the malady that
hath befallen thee."
But Zardan, on hearing this message, at daybreak wrapt his cloak
around him and went to the king, and entered and fell in
obeisance on the ground. The king spake unto him, "Why hast thou
forced thyself to appear? I was minded to visit thee myself, and
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