and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.

"Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

"And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;