ABSTRACT
Cyrus hearing of the woman's act, returned with speed, to see if there were any hope of life. Cyrus hearing no remedy, marvelled at the stoutness of the woman, and weeping at her calamity, departed, and caused sepulchres to be made according to every man's degree, with letters on the lower pillars, of them that bare the sceptors. Artagerias perceiving that Cyrus had given the onset, with the Camels set upon the right wing, according to Cyrus' commandment. Croesus was fled into the palace, and cried for Cyrus. Cyrus made a great trench and deep for the more safety of his host, and with good measure of the ground, left so much space as might serve to build a tower, compassing the city with a great ditch. The trench and towers being furnished, Cyrus had learned that there was a feast in the town, at which the Babylonians used to revel and riot all night.
