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ALEXANDER REFUSES TO PAY TRIBUTE. 35<br />

"friend, and say unto him that we will neither pay<br />

"tribute to him' nor be subject unto him. And<br />

"further I myself will come unto him in a very<br />

"short time, and I will avenge myself upon<br />

"him with my army, and I will ride upon my horse And sends<br />

"which was begotten' with me and I will fight<br />

"with him,^ and will slay him, and he shall not<br />

"abide in this [world] if God the most High<br />

"willeth. And I would inflict chastisement upon<br />

"you, only it is not right to punish an ambas-<br />

"sador." So the ambassadors returned to their<br />

king speedily, and they told him of what had<br />

befallen them.<br />

Then Darius was perplexed, and he said unto<br />

his friends, "* "This boy does not understand that<br />

"which a man' saith unto him. Now I cannot punish<br />

"his parents for his faults, but I will send another<br />

'"^*^'<br />

"embassy unto him." So he sent a second time second em.<br />

a great number of ambassadors, so that <strong>Alexander</strong> riug°^°<br />

misfht boast about it and think that Darius was the<br />

king of kings, and that besides himself no other<br />

king existed. And he sent a golden box filled<br />

with grains, that is to say with oil-seeds, and in<br />

it [also] was a pearl.<br />

' Read hJl'U'fX •<br />

^ The meaning seems to be, "which was begotten at the<br />

same time as I was"; see above p. 19.<br />

3 Read (Dh^^^ftT<br />

4 The MS. actually has A^^^iXO' •<br />

5 Read HJ&ih91C •<br />

^ According to the Greek Darius sent a whip, and a ball.

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