¶ Alexander the great.
ALexander the great, kynge of Ma cedony, and son to the foresayde Philip beynge demaūded, where he layd vp his treasurs, With my frē des, {quod} he: Signifieng that a manne can laye vp his goodes no where so sauely, as with his frendes: for when nede reqyreth, he is sure to haue them agayne with gaynes.
Page [unnumbered] When he was enformed that a cer tayne person had rayled vpon hym. Truly, {quod} he, it is kyngly, when a mā doth well, to be reported euyll.
Porus a kyng beyng vaynguished by Alexander, when Alexander after the fylde wonne, sayd vnto hym. How shall I intreate the, Porus? kyngly, {quod} he. Agayne Alexander demaūdyng hym whether he desyred any thynge elles. All tohyther, {quod} Porus, is com∣prysed in this worde kyngly. Alexan∣der marueylynge both at the wysdom and at the noble stomake of the man, enlarged his dominion ouer that it was before.
A certayne Indian whiche was noy∣sed to be so cunnynge an archer, that he coulde shote thorough a ryng, was taken prysoner in ye warres, & brought to Alexander. Alexāder bad hym shew a proufe of his connynge afore hym. Whiche thynge bycause he refused to Page [unnumbered] do, the kynge beynge angrye, cōmaun ded he shulde be put to death. As he was ledde awaye, he say de to suche as led hun, that he had not vsed his feate of shotynge many dayes, and therfore he feared leste he shulde haue fayled. When Alexander was enformed her∣of, that he refused not for spite, but for feare of disworshyp, wonderyng at the mans wytte so desyrous of glorye, he lette hym goo not without a great re∣warde, bycause he wolde rather haue dyed, then to haue loste his renoume.
The same Alexāder, when at the be gynnynge he satte as iudge in causes concernyng lyfe and deth, stopped one of his eares agaynst the accuser, De∣maūded why he did so, The other eare {quod} he, I kepe hole for the partye defen¦daunt.
