1He took care that the report of this deed should not reach the king before he himself did. 1And so, without anyone knowing, he came to the place where the king was, and on the following day he took Thuys, a man of huge body and fearsome appearance, since he was dark and had long hair and a flowing beard, and clothed him in the finest robe, such as the king's satraps were accustomed to wear, and adorned him also with a necklace and golden bracelets and the rest of the royal finery; 2he himself, wrapped in a rustic double cloak and a shaggy tunic, wearing a hunting helmet on his head and holding a club in his right hand and a leash in his left, drove Thuys before him, bound, just as if he were leading a wild beast he had caught.
3While everyone was gazing at this because of the strangeness of the attire and the unfamiliar figure, and a great crowd was gathering on that account, there was someone who recognised Thuys and reported it to the king. 4At first the king did not believe it, and so he sent Pharnabazus to find out. 4When he learned from him what had been done, he at once ordered them to be admitted, greatly delighted both with the deed and with the costume, above all because a noble king had come into his power when he least expected it. 5And so he sent Datames, magnificently rewarded, to the army which was then being assembled under the command of Pharnabazus and Tithraustes for the Egyptian war, and ordered him to hold command equal to theirs.
5But after the king recalled Pharnabazus, the supreme command was handed over to him.