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ALEXANDER PURSUES DARIUS. 89<br />

"army, for I place my hope and confidence in thee,<br />

"and I will abide on the borders of my country<br />

"until thy message shall reach me, and I will deal<br />

"graciously with those who shall come unto me<br />

"from thyself and from following thee, and I will Promises to<br />

"reward them abundantly with possessions. If I booty with<br />

"conquer <strong>Alexander</strong> I will send to thee one half^°^'<br />

"of whatever I find with him.'"<br />

And it came to pass that when <strong>Alexander</strong> heard<br />

these things he straightway commanded his army to<br />

make ready for war, and he and all those who<br />

were with him rose up, and they pursued Darius<br />

the king,^ but they found him not.^<br />

Then <strong>Alexander</strong> spake unto the Persians, saying, <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

- "n J • search for<br />

"Is there any man among you who will devise oarius,<br />

"some scheme for me which will lead me happily<br />

"out of my trouble? And who will guide me to the<br />

"place where Darius the king [is hidden]? [If there<br />

"is] I will do for him whatsoever he desireth, and<br />

"I will exak him [p. 49]<br />

above my army." And<br />

it came to pass that when the Persians heard<br />

these words two of Darius' men, whose names were<br />

in the Persian language Hashish and Arsalas,*<br />

promised to do this thing, and they went in search<br />

' Darius also promised to give to Porus <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

horse Bucephalus.<br />

2 <strong>Alexander</strong> set out for Media, but on his way he heard<br />

that Darius was in Ecbatana.<br />

3 See Pseudo-Callisthenes, Bk. ii. chap. 20 (Muller, p. 76,<br />

Meusel, p. 754)-<br />

4 In the Greek Bf\aaoc, Kai 'Apiopaprdvnq.<br />

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