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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
And it came to pass, that when the ambassadors
had arrived with Alexander's answers to the first and
to the second letter, and they had come' into the
presence of Darius with the answers to his letters,
he rejoiced to find them still alive, because he
thought that they had been slain by Alexander".
And when he had finished [reading] the answers,
which the ambassadors had brought, they fell down
Darius bcfore him on the ground,—now they had seen
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ander's let- Alexander s power, and his knowledge ,
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speech and had marvelled thereat\ and they told
this unto Darius. Then Darius assembled his
friends and had Alexander's letters read unto them,
and an ambassador told him, that Alexander had
eaten some of the oil-seeds, which he had sent to
him. And Darius was exceedingly angry, and he
commanded the ambassador to eat some of the
He eats mustard seeds, which Alexander had sent unto^ him,
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mustard Dut hc was not able to do so, and he knew not
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the signification thereof Then Darius took a hand-
ful of seeds and put them in his mouth, but he
was unable to swallow them, and he spat them
out, while the tears poured from his eyes, saying,
His inter. "It Is quite true that they are few in number'', but
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them. "their Strength is great .
Darius Then Darius wrote unto all the satraps of his
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satraps. provmces^ and ordered them to make ready
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