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QO THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

of Darius their king, and they determined to slay<br />

him so that they might receive a great reward<br />

from <strong>Alexander</strong>/ inasmuch as it would be they<br />

who had slain his enemy. So they drew their<br />

swords and came nigh unto the place where<br />

Darius was, and he perceived that they wished to<br />

slay him, and he sank down before them, and<br />

spake unto them, saying, "O my masters—for al-<br />

"though in the times which are past ye were in-<br />

Darius ap-"deed my servants, to-day ye are my masters<br />

*'<br />

"is<br />

safrap's" thcrcany injury which I have ever done" unto<br />

"you that^ ye should murder me, and should not<br />

"be my helpers this day? Surely <strong>Alexander</strong> and his<br />

"friends would not slay me by your hands.* Ye<br />

"have seen how I have loved you, O my soldiers,<br />

"and how graciously I have dealt with you. More-<br />

"over, inasmuch as ye are my friends, when ye<br />

"have slain me, being my friends, <strong>Alexander</strong> will<br />

"not love you [for it], but he will take vengeance<br />

"upon you and will murder him who murdered<br />

Darius stab- "me." Aud when he had spoken unto them thus,<br />

bed, but<br />

rescued by the two horsemeu rose up against Darius, and<br />

Midiers"^ smote him with their swords, and stabbed him,<br />

and he fell down from his horse. Now x\lexan-<br />

der's horsemen 5 found Darius before his own horse<br />

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5 The horsemen were part of the Macedonian army which<br />

had succeeded in crossing the frozen river Strangas and had

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