Quae nuntiata regi sic accendere animum, ut, adhibitis cum quibus consultare erat solitus, indicaret insolentiam barbari eludentis ipsos, quia pinnas non haberent; se autem proxima nocte effecturum, ut  crederet Macedones etiam volare.
When this was reported to the king, it so inflamed his mind, that summoning those with whom he was wont to consult, he told them of the insolence of the barbarian, who mocked at them because they did not have wings; but that he on the following night would make him believe that the Macedonians  could even fly.
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