CCCXXX.
Fortes nimis sunt canes vt in alio
latere.
Solinus tellis þat þer er bred in Albanye hondis þat & þai be set at any maner of beste, þai will kiƚƚ it & halde stiƚƚ what at evur þaim happynd to mete. So when̛ kyng Alexander went into Ynde, þe kyng of Albany sent hym̛ ij of þies hundes, and þe tane of þaim wolde nowder luke on̛ swyne nor on bere, and he wald̛ eate no meat, in his keneƚƚ þer he lay. And kyng Alexander garte lowse hym̛ & lete hym̛ go. And þe toder, evur when̛ he was commandid̛ be þaim at folowid̛ hym̛, he wold̛ sla lyons or any other wylde beste. So þai lete hym̛ se ane olyfante, and he chasid̛ so þat he was werie; and at þe laste he pullid̛ hym̛ down̛ & killid̛ hym̛.
- ...Fortuna est variabilis So Harl. MS. The Engl. MS. has, inenarrabilis. . Infra de gloriacione et ordinacione.