Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

196 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
their lord who had carried away the woman captive,
and they carried her away from him after he had
lain with her—now he loved her dearly—and they
The wife of gave baclc the woman to her husband. And when
restored to Candauks looked at the woman he fell down upon
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the ground and did homage unto the Two-horned
one, who was pretending to be the chief of the
counsellors of Alexander. And he said unto him,
"Thou hast dealt graciously with me, and God
"Almighty hath wrought a blessed thing by thy
"counsel." Then they laid waste the city and
slew all those that they found therein, because of
what the man had done to the woman, for he
had lain with her.
And when they had returned to the camp of
Alexander, Candaules, the son of Candace, rose
up and kissed the head^ of the chief counsellor,
and said unto him, "O my brother, I will beg of
"the king to send thee with me to my mother in
"order that I may reward thee for what thou hast
"done for me;" and he said unto Candaules,
Alexander "Speak to the klug, and ask [this] of him, and he
sent to Can- "will scud me wlth thee, for I desire to eo with
sent!
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''"'' '^ "thee, and also to see thy city." And when they
were with the king Candaules asked him" con-
cerning the journey, and he consented to let him
go. And Ptolemy said, "O Candaules, thou seest
"what Antigonus, my chief counsellor, hath done
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