Note 303 — Chapter VI · —Alexander recovers and shows himself to the army—His officers remonstrate with him for his recklessness in exposing his life to danger—His reply to their appeal
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Philip was assassinated by Pausanias while entering the door of a theatre. The Elzevir editor aptly quotes an epigram on Henry IV. of France, to whom a saying was attributed Duo protegit unus:
“Gallorum Rex regna, inquis, duo protegit unus; Protexêre tuum nec duo regna caput.”