Ipse primus truncam arborem iecit, clamorque exercitus, index alacritatis, secutus est, nullo  detrectante munus quod rex occupavit.
Alexander himself trimmed and threw in the first tree, and the armys shouting which followed was an indication of their eagerness, since no one shirked the task in which the  king had taken the lead.
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