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Letter of Alexander, Another defeat. Poms' letter.
One of his
barons
writes to
Darius,
telling of
his own
defeat and
the
treachery
of others.
Darius
writes to
him, order-
ing him to
gather a
great force,
and to
Porus,
King of
India, ask-
* Leaf 1 8.
ing help.
Porus re-
plies that '
he is at
that time
grievously
sick, but
that he will
come as
soon as
possible
with ten
legions of
knights.
Darius'
mother
writes to
him, coun-
make vs of J^am) clethyng, & schoees ; And wit cameles ]?at 36
haue at Alexsander gerre cary J^am) to J^e wat^r of Eufrates.' In
]?is mene tyme a prynce of Dariws, Nostande by name, wrate to
Darms on J?is wise. 4
* 'To Darms ]:?e wirchipfull grete godd'his seruande Nostand'
law seruyce. Me aughte no3te to sende swylk tytliynge to '^our
ryalle maiestee, bot grete nede gers me do it. pare-fore be it
knawen) vn-to ^our hie lordchipe, ]:at twa grete pryncej of 3owrs,& 8
I, base foghtefi) wit kyng Alexander, And hym)es fallen) j^evictorie,
& slayne be base tbir twa wortby prynce^, & mekilt o]?er folke,
and I fleed' greuously wondedl And many wortbi knygbtis of
3owrs base for-saken '^our lordcbipe & ioyned f)am) titt Alexander 12
oste, J)e wbilk be base wircbipfully, and base giffen grete lord-
cbipes of joi^rs.' And wben) Dariws bad redd" j^is Z^^^re, be
sent in baste till Nostand, and commanded' bym for tilt ordeyne
a grete Oste ; and manfully agaynestande ]?e folke of Macedoyne. 16
He sent also a lettve to Porus kyng of Ynde, prayng bym to
belpe bym agayn'es Alexander, and Vovus wrate agayne in J^is
manere.
"^^ Vovus, kyng of Ynde, vn-to Dariits, kyng of Perse, grety»ig. 20
For J)ou base prayed vs to come to tbe \n belpynge *of ^tbe
agaynes tbyn enemys, we late tbe wete, "^ai we are redy &
alwaye base bene, for to com) to belpe 50W. Bot as at J>is tyme
we are lettede to com) to 50W, be-cause of grete seknesse ])at we 24
ere stadd? in, Neu(?r j^e less^, sekerly, it es ri^te beuy vn-titt vs,
& greuous, vn-titt [vs to] bere of ]?e grete injury ]:>at es done
vn*tiR 50W. And \)areiovQ we late 50W wite, J^at wit-in scborte
tym), we salt come for to belpe 30W wit ten) legyouns of knygbtis/ 28
Bot wben) Eodogorius, Dari^<.5 moder, berd" telte ])ai Dari^^s bir
son) ordayned" bym for to fegbte agayne wit kyng Alexander
scbo was ri3te sory and wrote a le^^re vn-tilt bym J?at contened?
tbis sentence. 32
' To ^ kyng Dariws, bir moste biloued' son, Eodogoriii^, his
modir sende3 gretyng & ioy. I bafe vnderstandefi) J>at 3e bafe
assemblede 50Mr men), & mekitt o\er folke also, for to fegbte
^ Four lines with red capital T, much
smudged ; a small t written beside it in
margin.
* Two lines with smudged capital P ;
a small p written in margin.
^ On leaf 17 of/^e, on leaf 18 of the.
* Bodorins scratched out. Four lines
with large capital T in red; small t in mar-
gin beside.
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