Alexander.
[Fol. 309]
[How alixandre partyd þennys.]
Whan þis weith at his wil · weduring hadde,
Ful raþe rommede he · rydinge þedirre.
To oridrace wiþ his ost · alixandre wendus,
4Alexander comes to the Oxydrace Þere wilde contre was wist · & wondurful peple,
Þat weren proued ful proude · & prys of hem helde.
This people go naked. Of bodi wente thei bar · wiþ-oute any wede,
& hadde graue on þe ground · many grete cauys.
8Þere here wonnynge was · wyntrus & somerus.
No syte nor no sur stede · soþli þei ne hadde,
But holus holwe in þe ground · to hiden hem inne.
and live in caves. They are called the Gymnosphists. Þe proude genosophistiens · were þe gomus called;
12Now þat name to mene · the nakid wise.
Wan the kiddeste of þe cauus · þat was king holde
Hurde tiþinge telle · & toknynge wiste,
Þat alixandre wiþ his ost · atlede þidire,
16To be holden of hem · hure hieȝest prynce,
[How alixandre partyd þennys.]
Whan þis weith at his wil · weduring hadde,
Ful raþe rommede he · rydinge þedirre.
To oridrace wiþ his ost · alixandre wendus,
4Alexander comes to the Oxydrace Þere wilde contre was wist · & wondurful peple,
Þat weren proued ful proude · & prys of hem helde.
This people go naked. Of bodi wente thei bar · wiþ-oute any wede,
& hadde graue on þe ground · many grete cauys.
8Þere here wonnynge was · wyntrus & somerus.
No syte nor no sur stede · soþli þei ne hadde,
But holus holwe in þe ground · to hiden hem inne.
and live in caves. They are called the Gymnosphists. Þe proude genosophistiens · were þe gomus called;
12Now þat name to mene · the nakid wise.
Wan the kiddeste of þe cauus · þat was king holde
Hurde tiþinge telle · & toknynge wiste,
Þat alixandre wiþ his ost · atlede þidire,
16To be holden of hem · hure hieȝest prynce,
Historia Alexandri magni regis macedonie de preliis; ed. 1490; leaf g iii. back.
Quomodo alexander inuenit Exidraces qui dicuntur Gimnosophiste
[E]T inde amoto exercitu venit exidraces. Exidraces siquidem homines sunt in quorum mentibus nulla superbia dominatur; vocantur itaque gimnosophiste. Non pugnant nec altricantur, et nudi ambulant; ciuitates non habent, sed in tuguriis et in speluncis montium commorantur. Cumque audisset rex huius gentis aduentum alexandri misit sibi epistolan ita continentem.
