Insperato gaudio elatus pater sermonem eius excipit, et rex in medio cupiditatis ardore iussit afferri patrio more panem'hoc erat apud Macedonas sanctissimum coeuntium pignus'quem divisum gladio  uterque libabat.
The father was elated with unexpected joy on hearing the kings words and Alexander, in the full tide of his ardent passion, ordered a loaf of bread to be brought in according to his countrys custom'this among the Macedonians was the most sacred pledge of those contracting marriage'which was cut in two  with a sword and tasted by each.
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