Ceterum, sive ludibrium oculorum sive vera species fuit, qui circa Alexandrum erant vidisse se crediderunt paulum super caput regis placide volantem aquilam, non sono armorum, non gemitu morientium territam, diuque circa equum Alexandri pendenti magis quam volanti similis apparuit.
Now, whether it was an optical illusion or a reality, those who were around Alexander believed that they saw a little above the kings head an eagle quietly flying, not terrified by the clash of arms, not by the groans of the dying, and for a long time it appeared around Alexanders horse, seeming rather to float in> the air than to fly.
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