Kebra Nagast

And the King and his soldiers marched quickly, and they came to Gaza. And the King asked the people, " When did my son leave you " And they saying, " He left us three days answered and said unto him, And having loaded their wagons none of them ago. ? on the ground, but in wagons that were and they were swifter than the suspended in the air eagles that are in the sky, and all their baggage As travelled with them in wagons above the winds. in for us, we thought that thou hadst, thy wisdom, made them to travel in wagons above the winds." And the King said unto them, " Was Zion, the " And Tabernacle of the Law of God, with them ? " We did not see anything." they said unto him, travelled ; 59. How THE KING QUESTIONED AN EGYPTIAN, THE SERVANT OF PHARAOH And Solomon left that place, and he met a noble of the nobles of Egypt, whom King Pharaoh had sent and there was an abundance of unto him with a gift treasures with him, and he came and made obeisance to the King. And Solomon the King made haste to his gift question him, even before he had presented " Hast thou seen and embassy, and said unto him, ; men of Ethiopia fleeing by this road " ? And the ambassador of Pharaoh answered and said unto the " O King, live for ever My lord, King Pharaoh, King, sent me unto thee from Alexandria. And behold, I will inform thee how I have come. Having set out from Alexandria I came to Kahera (Cairo), the city of the King, and on my arrival these men of Ethiopia of whom thou speakest arrived there also. They reached there after a passage of three days on the Takkazi, the river of Egypt, and they were blowing flutes, and they ! travelled on wagons like the host of the heavenly beings. And those who saw them said concerning them, ' These, having once been creatures of earth, have 88