Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

212 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
he had allowed him to escape from him while he
was in his power, and by reason of his great
terror he fell from his horse and was neither able
to rise up nor to utter a word before him. And
when he had recovered from his horror he did
homage to the Two-horned, saying, "Give me my
"life, and let me go back to my mother; as thou
"didst [p. I2l] deal graciously with my brother,
"and didst toil for him, even so do thou deal
"graciously with me, O good king." Then the
Two-horned spake unto him, saying, "O Kanir,
"dost thou desire to slay the Two-horned?" And
He submits he spake unto
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him, saying, "O my master, have
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"mercy upon thy servant, and avenge not thyself
"upon him for his folly's sake." Then the Two-
horned said, "I have put away thine offence, but
"as concerning my promise to thee that I would
"put the Two-horned into thy hands, I have not
"lied unto thee, for verily it hath come to pass."
And he sent him away graciously, and he went
back to his mother, and there was love and
affection between them until the end of their
days. Thus the Two-horned encouraged him, and
sent him away in safety to his mother.
Alexander's And' It Came to pass after these things that
AmL"s.""'the Two-horned went to the land of the Martas
(Amazons), who are a nation of mutilated women,
for they have only one breast, and their right
' See Pseudo-Callislhenes, Bk. iii. chap. 25 (Miiller, p.
136, Meusel p. 782).