Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

I04 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"kines who are like unto thee are wont to do.
"And behold, I have written to the armies of
"Persia' and have informed them concerning the
"marriage of Roxana, the daughter of Darius the
"king of Persia, and that there are very few men
"like unto thee in disposition, and in understanding,
"and in fame [p. 58]. And [I have told them that]
"Darius being dead he hath left us to reign in his
"stead, and that his daughter who hath inherited
"the kingdom from him will marry according to
"the wishes of the satraps and nobles of Persia,
"and that if no male child be born to her and
"there be a daughter, she shall inherit the kingdom
"after Alexander."
And the answer of the satraps of Persia and of
their nobles arrived [speaking] of [their] submission
to Alexander the kino', the Two-horned, and of his
Submission graclous deeds [saying], "Formerly we should have
sians."^
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"chosen death in preference to a life [of subjection],
"or even poverty and misery in preference to a
"life [of submission], but now we welcome Alex-
"ander's rule gladly, for honour and glory are
"added unto us thereby'."
And Roxana sent her own letter, together with
the letter of the Persians at the same time, to
Alexander Alexander, and when he saw Roxana's letter, and
returns
thanks to that of the Persian nobles and of their satraps, he
rose up before the glorious and most High God,
and said, "I give thanks unto Thee, O my God
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