¶ Howe the Cite of Lamsac Was Saued From Destruction. LXVIII
¶ As great Alexander on a tyme was fully purposed to haue vtterly distroyed a great cite, called Lamsac,253 he sawe his mayster Anaximenes254 come towarde him withoute the walles: and bicause the kynge perceyued manifestlye, that he came to entreate hym for the cite, he sware a great othe, that he wolde nat do that that he came to desyre hym fore. Than Anaximenes sayde: sir, I desyre your grace, that this same cite Lampsac may be vtterly distroyed. Through which sage and subtile sayeng the noble auncient citie was saued from ruyne and destruction.