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The ivonders of India. 89

rayse vp a pelare of Marble a wonder grete, & an heglie, and Alexander
gart writt Ipare-a-pon this title wit le^^res of grewe, of latyne, a^pifiarand
and of be lanffaefe of Inde. 'I Alexander, Philipp) son of wrote his

r t> b ^ 3 ^ ftr victories

4 Macedoyne, aft(?r ])e discomfyto-i^r & pe deddT of Dariws & Torus on it in

. ,1 • 1 t Greek,

come on werre vn-to this place. Latin and

^ Fra beine kynsr Alexander & his Oste remowed' & come in- ^^ ^^^ ^^'^-

guage of

tilt a felde, J^at was called" Actea & J>are J^ay lugedl Abowte India.

8 f'at felde was a thikke wodd"" of treesse berand" fruyte ; of J^e ^^^ ^i^rSt

whilke wilde men) bat duelt in be Same wodd"" vsede for titt hafe ^^il ^^ '^}^^
. ■• ' . men eating

paire fude, wliase bodyes ware grete as geaunte^, and Jjaire fruit and

clethynge ware made of skynnes of dyuersc beste^. And when) ^^^ skins^of

12 Ip^J saw Alexa9i^^r Oste luee bare, onane bare come oute of be 'beasts.

jj, . &r' ^ . . , ^ They fight

wodd) a grete mi^ltitude of J>am) w^t lange roddes in fjaire hand^ & Alexander

bi-gan) for to feghte wit J)e oste. And J^an Alexa^ic^er cowimanded* ^^^^he^r ^

f»at all: [pe~\ oste schulde sette vp a schowte at anes. And also hands.

i6 sone als pe wylde* mefD herde pai^ noyse, ]^ay were wondere feredT *J^^^^^^
be-cause fay had neu^r be-fore herde swilke a noyse. And than) r^j^^ Greeks
J?ay be-gan) to flee hedir & thedir in pe wodd. And Alexander & v^^^ t^em
his men) persued? f)am) and slewe of ]?afn) vi^ xxx iiij. And J^ay slew shouting,

2o of Alexander knyghtes xxvij. In Jjat felde Alexanc^er & his ^^^^^^f
oste leuged* iij dayes and vetailed? J>am of ]?at fruyte pat growed" them,
in pe woddl

^ Fra J)eine pay remowed" and come till a grete ryuer, & luged' They come

24 pdiin. Jjare. And as it ware abowte none, J^are come apon) pam river and
a wilde man), als mekitt als a geaunte. And he was rusfhe of stay there.

' . ° . . =• There they

hare att ouer, and his hede was lyke titt aswyne, And'his voyce meetawon-
also. And when) Alexander saw hyw, he bad his knyghtis tak ^^an^^th

28 hyffi) & bryng hym bi-for hyifD. And when) })ay come abowte a swine's
hym, be was nathynge fered, ne fledd" no^te, bot stodd" baldly bi- voice,
fore pB,m). And when AlexfmcZer saw that, he comanded" Jjat ]?ay They tempt
sulde take a jonge damesett & nakkefi) bir & sett hir bi-fore hym. nSeddam-

32 And ]pay did" soo. And onane, he ranne apon) bir romyandd" as sel and
he hadd" bene woddl Bot pe knyghtes wit grete deficcultee refte
hyr fra hym. And ay he romyed"" & made grete mane. And
efte pSij broghte hym tilt Alexanc^^r and sett hym bi-fore hym.

36 And Alexander wonderd' gretly of his figure. And J^an) he

* Four lines with red capital F. * Five lines with large red F, small /

^ ^at at the bottom of leaf 37 and/f^ at beside,
the top of leaf 37 bk.

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