Iskandar, as Envoy, Before Faghfoor

From D5.32, Iskandar Marches His Army to Chin. It illustrates D5.32.11–15:

• D5.32.11
  He hastened up and bowed before the throne,Then sat a long while in the hall of stone.
• D5.32.12
  Faghfoor received him with a gracious face,And lodged the envoy in a splendid place.
• D5.32.13
  When morning’s lamp arose above the height,They brought a mount with golden breast-gear bright.
• D5.32.14
  They summoned then the envoy to draw near,To speak the message that the king should hear.
• D5.32.15
  Iskandar spoke, then gave the scroll in hand,And told the words of Caesar’s full command:

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