Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

174 I'HE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
me and spake unto me haughtily, saying, "To
"whom hast thou come? Who hath sent thee?
"What dost thou need? Tell me, that thou may est
"not die." And I spake unto the captain, saying,
"Thou art a servant, as I have already told thee.
"I was not sent unto thee, but unto the king, and
"it is not meet that a captain should know things
"before the king. I will not declare my embassy
"to any but him, and to him alone." Now when
Hisconver-he had seen and heard these things from me, he
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the king, commanded me to speak unto the kmg of Lhma ;
and the king made me to sit by his side upon
the couch. And he said unto me, 'Who art thou?
"Who hath sent thee? And what dost thou want?"
And I said, "I am an ambassador of the Two-
"horned one, the king of the Greeks." Then he
said unto me, "Who is this Two-horned one?" And
I said unto him, "He is a Macedonian. He is the
"king of the earth, and he is a man {or servant)
"of God, and he is the prince of all the armies
"of the earth." Then he said unto me, "Where
"is this country of Macedonia?" And I said unto
him, "It is away to the west, and is nigh unto
"the place where the sun setteth." And he said
unto me, "Where hast thou left this Two-horned
"one?" And I said, "He is near and is not far
"from the borders of thy country." And he said
unto me, "Why hath he sent thee to me, and
"what dost thou desire?" And I said, "The glorious
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