Igitur promissis quanta et praesens necessitas exigebat et ipsius fortuna capiebat oneratum, armari iubet Macedonum more et, quod bene verteret monstrare iter quamvis arduum et praeceps; evasurum se esse cum paucis, nisi forte crederet qua ipse pecoris causa isset Alexandrum pro gloria et perpetua laude ire non posse.
Therefore, after loading the man with promises as great as the present necessity demanded and as suited his condition, he ordered him to arm himself in the Macedonian fashion, and, uttering a prayer that it might result favourably, to show him the way, however steep and difficult it might be; that he would pass through it with a few men, unless by any chance the shepherd supposed that, where he had gone to feed his flock, Alexander could not go for the sake of glory and immortal fame.
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