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The great battle behveen Darius and Alexander. 49

Than Alexander lept apofD his horse, Ipat highte Buctiphalas, Alexander

and rade furthe bi-fore alt his oste, and houed in )?e rayddes Bucephalus

waye bi-twene Ipe twa ostes. And when) Ipe P^rcyenes saw hyw, ^^ ^^^®^

4 })ay had grete wonder of hjm, and ware ri^te ferde for hym, by the two

cause he was so vggly. Neuere-f'e-lesse Jjay tromped" vp & went Tixe Per-

to-warde Alexander. And sone ])e batett ioyned', & faghte ^^^^f^^®

to-gedir fersely, and many men) dyed" on ayther party; Ipare was so his ugli-

8 thikke schott of arowes, Ipat Ipe ayer was couerde, as it had bene Th?battle

wit a clowde. Some faghte wzt swerdej, sum w^t speres, sum begins and

wit axes, & sum) w^t arowes. pe felde lay futt of folke, sum) day. The

dede, sum) halfe-dede, & sum) greuously wondedl Thay began) lose^^ore

12 for to feghte at f»e son)-rysynge, and faghte to Ipe soiD-settyng. than the

Bot ])are dyed" many ma of ]>e percyenes )?an Ipare dide of

Macedoyns.

And when) Darius sawe his men) fatte so thikke in ])e felde, he Darius flees

i6 lefte Ipe felde, and fledd", and 'pe percyenes seyng that, pay fledd' flight

also. Bot bafD baire cartes of werre rane amange be p^rcyens & causes the
i y & r 1 •/ confusion

slewe of f)am) folke w^t-owte nowmer & namely of fote-mefD. For of his army.

by )?at tyme it was myrke nyghte, and bay ne my5te nojte see *Leaf 19

20 for till eschewe ]:>am). When) Dariws come * to the foresaid' -g-J crosses

watere he fande it frosefD, and ouer he went. And when) he was ^^^ ice, but

1 1 1 1 r» ^is Lords

ouer, pe oper lordes 01 p^rse went appon) pe ys^, so grete a are drown-

multitude }?at f>ay couerde J?e ys; fra f)e taa banke to \e toper, ^^^^^

24 & J?at a grete brede, & fan) onane pe ys5 brake als sone als
Dariws was paste ouer, & all pat ware on pe ys^ ware perischte,
ilk a moder son), & drownede in pe water, pe remanawnt, when)
pay come to the water, f>ay my^te nojte wyn) ouer. And J)an) pe

28 Macedoynes come, & dange J?am) downe. In this batelle pare
was slaen of pe percyenes ccc™ w^t-owten) thase ]:>at were
drownned.

Kyng Dax'ius fledd" to pe citee of Susis, & went in titt his fo^t^'e^lty

32 palace, & feKe downe to pe grounde, & sigheand &. wepande of Susa.
wit a sare hert, he said' theis wordes : ' Alias, full wa es me, his lot, for
vnhappye wriche, pat euer I was borne, for pe ire & pe from his ^^
indignacion) of heuen) es fallen) one mee. For I Dariws )?at lifte greatness.

36 my seluefi) vp to pe sternes, Now am I broghte lawe to pe izes on the
erthe. Now es Dariws, pat conquerede alt pe Este nacyons, & f^t^reiive'^
made J»am) subiecte & tributaries vn-titt hym, fayne for to flee and quotes

sftcrpd

fra his enemys and submytte hym vn-to J^ain). And it ware passages.

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