Quodsi perculsis Mazaeus, qui praesidebat itineri, supervenisset, ingens clades accipi potuit; nunc, dum ille segnis in eo quem occupaverat tumulo sedet, contentus non lacessi, Alexander cognito pavore exercitus signum ut consisterent dari, ante ipsos arma deponere ac levare corpora iubet, admonens nullam subiti causam esse terroris, hostem procul stare.
Now if Mazaeus, who was guarding the road, had fallen upon them in their panic, a great disaster might have been suffered; as it was, while he sat idle on the eminence of which he had taken possession, satisfied not to be attacked, Alexander, becoming aware of the armys terror, ordered the signal for a halt to be given, and bade the soldiers lay down their arms in front of them and rest themselves, advising them that there was no cause for their sudden alarm, that the enemy were at a distance.
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