Excerpt from Li Romans d'Alixandre: Nach Handschriften Der Königlichen Büchersammlung Zu Paris
De Deire, le Borsaet, si cam il l'ot conquis, et de 1' roi Pron de Inde, qu'il chaica et unis.
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