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First Authored by: Wichhirt around 320 BC<\/p>

Written into the book by: Frethorik around 327 BC<\/p>

Events described: Before 327 BC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Frethorik about Alexander the Great<\/strong><\/p>

Liudgert, the rear-admiral of Wichhirt was my comrade and afterwards my friend.\u00b9
From out of his diary have I the story which hereafter shall follow.<\/p>

After we had sat by the five waters 12 times 100 and twice twelve years, while our seafighters had sailed all seas which were to be found, came Alexander the king with a mighty host sailing from above, along the stream to our thorps.
No one might resist him.
Though we seamen who resided by the sea, we shipped ourselves with all our movables and bore hence.\u2075<\/p>

When Alexander learned that such a great fleet has escaped him, he became so wroth, as to swear he should set all thorps aflame if we would not come back.
Wichhirt lay sick in bed.
When Alexander had leaned that, he waited until he was better.
Afterwards came he to him speaking very kindly, though he betrayed as he earlier had done.<\/p>

Wichhirt answered thereafter, o all greatest of the kings.\u00b9\u2070
We seamen come from everywhere.
We have heard great deeds of you.
Therefore are we full of respect for your weapons, though yet more for thy science.
But we others, we are freeborn Frya’s children.
We mightn’t not be no slaves.\u00b9\u2075
If I would, the others should rather wish to die, for thus is it commanded through our laws.<\/p>

Alexander said: I will not make thy land to my booty, nor thy folk to my slaves.
I will only that you serve me for wages.
Therefore will I swear by both our gods that no one shall be dissatisifed because of me.<\/p>

When Alexander afterward shared bread and salt with him, Wichhirt has chosen the wisest deal.\u00b2\u2070
He let the ships be gotten by his son.
When they all were back, Alexander has hired them all.<\/p>

Therewith would he ferry his folk to the holy Ganges, which he might not have approached by land.
Now went he about to choose from his folk and from his soldiers who were wont to sail overseas.
Wichhirt had become sick again.\u00b2\u2075
Therefore went I alone with them and Nearchus, on the king’s way.<\/p>

The voyage went, without avail, to an end, because the Ionians were ever in a state of animosity with the Phoencians, thus Nearchus himself could not remain boss.<\/p>

Meanwhile had the king not sat still.
He had his soldiers chop trees and make them into planks.
Through the help of our timbermen (builders, shipwrights) had he made ships thereof.\u00b3\u2070
Now would he himself become seaking, and with all his host sail up the Ganges.<\/p>

However, the soldiers who came from the mountainlands were afraid to sail the sea.
When they heard that they must (sail) with him, set they the timber lots on fire.
Thereby were all our thorps laid in ashes.<\/p>

At first, we though that Alexander had ordered it and everyone stood ready to put to sea.\u00b3\u2075
But Alexander was wroth, he would have the soldiers killed by his own folk.
But Nearchus who was not only his foremost prince but also his friend bade him do otherwise.
Now he behaved as though he thought that an accident had done it.<\/p>

However he could not resume his voyage.
Now would be turn back, though before he did that, he let it be investigated who was guilty.\u2074\u2070
As soon as he wist that, he let them all remain without weapons in order to make a new thorp.
He let some of his folk be armed to tame the others, and to build a burgh.<\/p>

We must take woman and children with us.
As we came to the mouth of the Euphrates, so might we there choose a place to turn back, our wages should be just as gladly dealt to us.
On the new ships which had escaped the fire, he let the Ionians and Greeks go.\u2074\u2075<\/p>

He himself went with his other folk along the coast through the dry wastes, that is through the land which Earth heaved up out of the sea, when she heaved up the straits after our forbears as they came into the Red sea.
When we came to new Gertmania (new Gertmania is a harbour which we had made ourselves there to take in water) met we Alexander with his host.<\/p>

Nearchus went ashore and stayed there three days.
Then went he again forth.
When we came by the Euphrates, went Nearchus, with his soldiers and many of his folk, ashore.\u2075\u2070
Then came he right back.
He said, the king bids you, ye shall yet make a little voyage at his will, along the end of the Red sea.
Thereafter shall everyone receive as much gold as he may bear.<\/p>

When he came there, he showed us where the strait had been.
Thereafter paused he for one and thirty days, always looking over the wastes.\u2075\u2075
Though at last came a lot of people leading with them two hundred elephants, a thousand camels laden with wooden beams, ropes and all kinds of things to draw our fleet to the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>

That awed us, and looked rare to us, but Nearchus told us, his king would show the other kings, that he was mightier, than the kings of Tyre earlier had been.
We should but help, surely should that do us no harm.
We must well yield and Nearchus wist to direct everyone just so that we lay on the Mediterranean ere three months were gone by.<\/p>

When Alexander learned how his design came off, he became so bold that he would dig out the dry strait, to the ridicule of Earth.\u2076\u2070
But Wr-alda let his soul loose, therefore fordrank he in wine (he died of drunkenness) and in his presumption, before he could begin.<\/p>

After his death was the kingdom divided by his princes.
They should each reserve a portion for his sons, though they were unwilling.
Each would keep his share and increase himself.
Then came war and we could not turn around.\u2076\u2075<\/p>

Nearchius would now, we should settle ourselves down on Phoenicia’s coast, but no one wouldn’t naught not do that.
We said: rather will we risk going to Frya’s land.
Then brought he us to the new haven of Athens, whence all true Frya’s children had withdrawn in former times.
Forth went we soldiers bearing provisions and weapons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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