Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

BY AL-MAKIN. 3/1
"stature, and mighty in physical strength. Do thou,
"then, counsel your king to fight with Alexander
"in person, and let whichever of the twain over-
"cometh the other take his kingdom, and then we
"shall rest and you also will rest from this war."
And it came to pass that this counsel was good
in their sight and in that of their kings. And the
kingr of India sent a messao-e to Alexander to
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come and meet him in battle, that the two of
them might wage war together, and he consented
and the soldiers of each army mounted their horses
and stood [ready]. Then Alexander went forth Poms and
from his army, to meet the king of India in combat, AghracTuei.
and he said unto him, "Hast thou brought out
"any one to help thee?" And the king of India
turned round, and straightway Alexander thrust
the spear which he had in his hand into him and
killed him, and the troops of the king of India
fled and were defeated; so Alexander reigned over
the kingdom of India. And he bound in chains
the kings who had come out to help the king of
India, and afterwards he laid upon them an annual
tribute, upon each of them as much as they could
bear, and he set his feet upon their necks and
sent them away. Then he appointed over the
kingdom of India a king from among his own sol-
diers, and, having laid an annual tribute upon
him, [p. 2i8] departed.
And the writer of this chronicle saith : — And
it came to pass that Alexander waged many wars,
and became king over the seven regions of the