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When the whole army had crossed, and the troops were now upon their
march, a strange prodigy appeared to them, whereof the king made no
account, though its meaning was not difficult to conjecture. Now the
prodigy was this: a mare brought forth a hare. Hereby it was shown
plainly enough, that Xerxes would lead forth his host against Greece
with mighty pomp and splendour, but, in order to reach again the spot
from which he set out, would have to run for his life. There had also
been another portent, while Xerxes was still at Sardis - a mule
dropped a foal, neither male nor female; but this likewise was disregarded.
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