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ALEXANDER AND KANIR. 2 I I<br />

away. Now when <strong>Alexander</strong> had drawn nigh<br />

unto his host he commanded Kanir to encamp in<br />

a certain forest with the gifts and with a few men,<br />

saying, "I will go by myself to bring the Two-<br />

"horned out to thee, and when he cometh out to<br />

"see the offerings thou shalt come forth and lay<br />

"hold upon him with thine own hand, and without<br />

"striking a blow;'" and Kanir did homage to the<br />

command of the Two-horned. And the king went <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

on until he arrived at his camp, and when his his sowiers.<br />

soldiers saw him they sounded the horns and beat<br />

the drums. Then he commanded his host to ride<br />

forth, and they did so, and the captain of his<br />

host set out with eight hundred thousand horsemen,<br />

and his army covered up the ground. And<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> marched out with his horsemen until<br />

he arrived at the forest, and having separated<br />

himself and a few of his friends from them ac-<br />

cording to his command, he himself cried out with<br />

a loud voice, saying, "O thou that dost wish to<br />

"slay the Two-horned, come forth to receive him,<br />

"and take his hand in thine." And <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

went to Kanir, and took him by the hand, and<br />

spake unto him, saying, "Behold, I have delivered<br />

"myself unto thee according to what I sware unto<br />

"thee; rise up now, if thou art able to do so, against<br />

"me." Now when Kanir perceived the matter, theKanir's ter-<br />

light of [his] eyes' was cut off, and he was hor-""''<br />

ribly afraid of <strong>Alexander</strong>, and he was sorry that<br />

' a'l'C • means "stick", "rod". ' Read hd^Tf^'<br />

DD2

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