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CIrus whan he had wonne Asia· he entended to warre a∣yenste the Schites. there thanurus the quene of / Shites & messagetes that be al one nacion came ayenste hym / Though she myght haue withstande his entre in to hir londe and all hir ene∣myes / and haue holden hem of atte passage of the Ryuer Arex∣es / Netheles she wylfully suffred them entre to haue the esyer fyghtyng within the lande that she knewe ¶ Also for the Ry¦uer hehynde hir enemyes shold lete not them escape by flyght /
Cyrus sett his pauylon within her lande with grete plente of me¦te and drynk and feyned hym to flee· and withdrawe hym as it were for drede ¶ The Quene had sent hir yong sonne with the thriddele of hir hoost ayenst Cyrus. and whan he come to the deynteous mete and drinke he was vnconnyng of chiualrye and he and his men were rather ouercomen with dronkenesse. than with dedes of Armes Than Cyrus cam vpon him and slough hym. whan the Quene herde therof / she wepte not therfore / But for solace and comfort she desired to take wreche / and begyled Ci¦rus with suche a maner gyle ¶She as it were fleyng for hir sonne that was new wounded drough Cyrus in to a narow va∣leye bytwene highe hilles and slough Cyrus and two honderd thousand of his mē of pers· so that not one escaped to bere home ty¦dynges ¶ The Quene bade smyte of Cyrus heede and throwe it in a fflaket ful of mannes bloode / and despysed hym in this ma¦ner / nowe fylle thy self with the bloode that hast euer desyred & thus Cyrus was dede after that he had regned nobly and ry∣ally thrytty yere and alway done grete dedes ¶ Petrus 178