How King Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander were challenged by Nicolas, king of Armenia and Turkey.

Alexander and his fellow new knights, having enjoyed this sport till dinner, went to take their seats at the tables. And twelve of his closest friends and companions, all of them high princes, took it upon themselves to serve at table that day out of the love and affection they felt for the young King Alexander: the first was Antigonus, the second Danselin, the third Ariscé, the fourth Ptholomer, the fifth Festion, the sixth Perdicas, the seventh Leones, the eighth Abilla, the ninth Caulus, the tenth Licanor, the eleventh Philotas and the twelfth Emenidus. And there's no need to ask if the fare was good, for as you surely know, those who can afford it are always well served!

It was in the middle of this splendid feast, which lacked nothing in the way of minstrelsy and acrobatics and all manner of entertainment befitting royal state, that a messenger by the name of Crebrus, herald of Nicolas, king of Armenia and Turkey, arrived and entered the court. He came before King Philip, and in the presence of his son the young Alexander and all the dukes and counts and barons he said this:

‘Philip, king of Macedon, praise and ever greater honour be to the noble Nicolas, king of Armenia and Turkey! Through me, his envoy and herald, he commands you as his sovereign, recognising that you are his inferior and subject, to render him such tribute as befits his noble, royal majesty, and to do so without delay, and to thank him for allowing you to hold your land in peace so long!