In English
Thousands of soldiers were under his command, but none could save him from death. Alexander told his ministers and army commanders to wrap his body in a white cloth after his death, keeping both his hands out, and take his funeral procession in the streets of his native town. When the people in the street enquired why the hands of the emperor had been kept out of the hearse, they should tell them that though the emperor had carved out a huge empire, had a big army, and had a number of doctors, nothing could save him from death, and he was departing from the world empty-handed.