Alexander e soldatos grec lucta contra dracones, serpentes, e altere animales.

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Vadente circum le fluvio circa le dece prime hora le soldatos grec veni a un laco que es dulce como le melle. Illes construe ibi lor campamentos, e Alexander manda que illes incisa le foreste circum le laco, que es spatiose, con un extension de un millia.

Alexander manda que illes accende plure focos. E quando le luna comencia a lucer, immediate veni scorpiones a biber al laco. Tunc comencia a venir serpentes e dracones grande de diverse colores, e omne le terra resona a causa del sibilos de illos. Le dracones ipse ha cristas e lor pectores es erecte e lor buccas es aperite. Lor halito es mortal, e lor oculos scintilla con veneno.

Vidente los, le soltatos es terrificate e crede que illes omnes tosto va a morir. Alexander comencia a comfortar les, dicente, "Que vos non lassa disturbar vostre animos. E que vos face lo que io face." E immediatemente ille sasi un lancea e un scuto e comencia a luctar contra le dracones e serpentes que veni super illes.

Le soldatos, vidente isto, es grandemente comfortate. Illes sasi lor armas e comencia a luctar contra illos. Unes soldatos occide le serpentes e dracones con armas, alteres con foco, e a causa del dracones vinti soldatos mori e trenta servos.

Tunc veni ex le foreste mures tan grande como vulpes, le quales devora le corpores morte. Vespertiliones tan grande como columbas, con dentes simile a dentes human chocca contra lor facies. Illos los morde e porta via le nasos de unes e le aures de alteres.

Durante que le luce se approcha, veni aves tan grande como vulturas. Lor color es rubie, e lor beccos e pedes es blanc. Illos non vulnera le soldatos ma plena omne le ripas del fluvio et tunc comencia a extraher ex illo pisces e anguillas e los devora.

Le soldatos grec tunc abandona iste locos periculose e veni a terras bactrian que ha auro e altere ricchessas. Le homines ibi les recipe benignemente, e illes remani illac trenta dies. Illes anque trova illac gente appellate chinos.

Il anque ha ibi arbores que produce folios como lana, que iste gente collige, ex le qual illes face vestimentos. Le soldatos comencia a haber animos fortes post le victorias que illes ha post tante calamitates.

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Alexander et milites graeci pugnant contra dracones, serpentes, et alia animalia.

Girantes fluvium, circa horam undecimam milites Graeci veniunt ad stagnum mellifluum ac dulce, et castra ponunt, et Alexander iubet eos incidere silvam circum stagnum, quod spatius est ad unum miliarium.

Alexander iubet eos accendere focos plurimos. Cumque luna lucee incibit, subito veniunt scorpiones ad bibendum ad ipsum stagnum. Deinde incipiunt venire serpentes et dracones magni et diversicolores, et tota terra resonat propter sibilos eorum. Ipsi dracones habent cristas et pectora eorum erecta oraque eorum aperta sunt. Flatus eorum est mortalis, et per oculos scintillat venenum.

Videntes eos, milites perterriti existimant quod omnes sunt morituri. Alexander incipit confortare eos dicens, "Non turbetur animus vester, et sicut me videtis facere ita facite." Et statim apprehendit venabulum et scutum et incipit pugnare contra dracones et serpentes qui super illos veniunt.

Milites, videntes autem hoc, confortati sunt valde, et apprehendentes armas incipiunt pugnare contra eos. Alios serpentes et dracones occidunt ad armas, alios ad ignem; et pereunt viginti milites propter dracones, et triginta servi.

Deinde exeunt ex silva mures maiores sicut vulpes qui corpora mortua comedunt. Vespertiliones maiores sicut columbae, habentes dentes ut dentes humanos, feriunt in facies eorum. Ad alios tollunt nares, et ad alios aures.

Ut lux appropinquat, veniunt aves magnae ut vultures; colorem habent rubicundum, pedes et rostra habent nigros; non nocent eos, sed implent totam ripam et incipunt exinde trahere pisces et anguillas et comedunt eos.

Milites graeci tunc dimittunt loca periculosa et veniunt in loca bactriana quae habent aurum et alias divitias, et benigne recipiunt eos homines ibi, et stant dies viginti. Et inveniunt ibi gentes quae nominatae sunt Seres.

Suntque ibi arbores quae mittunt folia velut lana, quae ipsa gens colligit et vestimenta exinde facit. Milites enim incipiunt habere fortem animum propter victorias quas habent post tantas calamitates.

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Alexander and his Macedonian soldiers fight dragons, serpents, and other animals.

Circling around he river, at about eleven the Greek soldiers come to a lake that is as sweet as honey and then pitch camp, and Alexander orders them to slash their way into the forest around the lake, which is spacious, covering about one mile.

Alexander commands them to light many campfires. And when the moon begins to shine, suddenly scorpions come to the lake to drink. Then serpents begin to come, as well as dragons in different colors, and the whole earth resonates with their hisses. The dragons themselves have crests. Their breasts are erect, and their mouths are open. Their breath kills people, and their eyes shine with venom.

On seeing this, the soldiers get scared to death and think they will soon be dead. Then Alexander begins to comfort them, saying, "Don't worry about any of this, and just do what I do!" He quickly grabs a spear and shield and begins to fight the dragons and serpents that approach them.

Seeing this, the soldiers are greatly comforted, and seizing arms they also begin to fight them. Some kill the snakes and dragons with arms, and others with fire. Twenty soldiers die because of the dragons, as well as thirty slaves.

Then mice bigger than foxes come out of the forest and they eat the dead bodies. Bats like doves with human-like teeth fly around and they hit them in their faces and rip off the nostrils of some, and the ears of others.

As light approaches, birds big as vultures come out. They are colored red and have black feet and beaks. They do not harm the soldiers but fill up the shores and start dragging out fish and eels and then eat them up.

The Greek soldiers then leave this dangerous country and arrive in the Bactrian territories, which have gold and other riches. People there give them a kind reception, and they stay for twenty days. And they find people there who are called Chinese.

And there are trees there that drop leaves just like wool, which the same tribe collects and makes clothing from. The morale of the soldiers goes up because of the victories they get after so many calamities.