Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

I 1 4 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"a Greek slave and of no account. Proceed not
"to carry on war, for it is unseemly for thee to
"march against any king whatsoever, and therefore
"think not of this thing; for thy father, of his own
"good will and pleasure, used to pay tribute [unto
"Darius]. Behold, now I have made answer unto
"thine ambassadors concerning [the letter] which
"thou didst send unto me by them."
Alexander And it Came to pass that Alexander [p. 64J rose
India. up and set out on the march before [his] ambas-
sadors reached Porus, and he marched on with his
troops and arrived at a country filled with trees and
forests; and he halted with them therein, and
they hid themselves until they had put their in-
struments of war in good condition. And Porus,
the king of India, heard thereof, and he sent a
second letter to Alexander which is as follows;
Porus "From Porus, the king of India, to Alexander
Alexander a "the SOU of Philip the Greek. Behold, news hath
second t.me.,,^^^^j^^J mc of what thou hast done, and of how
"thou hast arrived hither having passed through
"other countries and provinces, and of how thou
"hast passed over our boundaries [to fight] against
"our men. Thou imaginest that thou art able to
"vanquish the gods whom we ourselves worship,
"and who have informed us of thy invasion of our
"territory which thou hast made against us, but
"behold, thou wilt only waste thyself, and destroy
"thyself, and do harm unto thyself Moreover,
"because, by the decree of God Almighty, the days
"of Darius have come to an end, dost thou imagine