Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

282 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
on for many days. And again he sent forth a third
eagle which flew up into the air, and after three
days it returned and came into the ship, for the
earth had appeared unto it; and the Two-horned
said, "There should be a harbour here". Then he
Alexander weut into 3. Cage of glass which was covered with
int^^he^ea asses' sklus, and which had an opening that was
in a g'ass^j^ggj with chains and ringfs, and he took with
cage. o '
him such food as was needful, and placed it therein,
and he took two of his friends with him. And
he spake unto his troops, saying, "This shall be
"an understanding between me and between you.
"If I return unto you before the end of one hundred
"nights, [well and good], but if I do not, then go
"ye on your way [without me]"; thus he left his
men, and God did not cast any of them away.
Then, at the end of seventy nights, God commanded
the angel who had charge over the sea, saying,
"Everything which the Two-horned shall command
"thee, hearken unto; and take him and deliver
"him from all evil, and keep every evil thing away
"from him, and everything which can terrify him
"in the billows of the [p. 163] sea."
Alexander So thc angcl Went unto the Two-horned with
with the peace and goodwill. And Alexander said unto
t'hTL"'
him, "Who art thou.?" And the angel answered,
"I am he who hath charge over the sea and
"over the beasts thereof, from the beginning
"even unto the end thereof" Now behold,
the ark in which the Two-horned was sailing,
was being destroyed, and the sides thereof were