Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

THE EXTENT OF ALEXANDER'S TRAVELS. 2/7
them a grape, and they ate and were abundantly
satisfied.
And the Two-horned found in the stone a mul-
titude of gems which were like unto the eyes of
an ox, and of which no man knoweth the price.
Then the Two-horned commanded them to set the
stone in the earth, and they poured gold over it
until it was as high as a man; and he took the
gold and of some of it he made a crown for his
head, and he set the stone therein for an orna-
ment. Now the weight of this [crown] was two
pounds {?), according to the weight of the Persian
pound \ and when the Two-horned wished to wear
this crown, men lifted it on to his head upon the
tops of spears. And they say that the eye ofAiexander's
man never saw its like, either for size [or value], "°'^"'
for it was made of gold, and jewels, and precious
stones of great price.
So the Two-horned, together with his soldiers,
marched from that place, for [all] kings had [p. i6o]
submitted unto him, and [all] countries were sub-
ject unto him. And he journeyed from the east
even unto the west, and he reached the mountains
thereof, and he knew and comprehended the
length and breadth of the earth, and how many
mountains and seas there were in all the world
which could be travelled over, and how many
which were trackless, And he made himself small,
and flew through the air on [the back of] an
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