Cumque ad locum venisset, unde navigari posse didicit flumen, lembis escensis, quos opportune fors dederat plurimos, per alveum, quantum fieri potuit, ferebatur occulte, ideo latens, quod toleranter et fortiter, nullius cibi indigens mundioris, sed paucis contentus et vilibus, oppida forinsecus transibat et castra, imitatus egregium illud Cyri veteris dictum, qui cum delatus ad hospitem interrogaretur ab eo, quid ad convivium parari deberet, panem responderat solum: sperare enim aiebat, prope rivum se cenaturum.
And when he came to the place where he learned that the river was navigable, embarking in boats, of which by a fortunate chance there was a good supply, he was carried down the channel of the river as secretly as possible; and he escaped notice because, being enduring and strong and having no need of choice food, but content with a scanty and simple diet, he passed by the towns and fortresses without entering them, taking as his model that fine saying of Cyrus of old, who on coming to an inn and being asked by the host what viands he should prepare, replied: Nothing but bread, for I hope to dine near a stream.
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