cambysses

Updated: May 1, 2025

By dint of their exertions and those of the floundering and groaning horse, the vehicle, which was too deeply imbedded in the muddy ruts to dread an overturn, was dragged out by main force; the driver sometimes wringing his hands in King Cambysses' vein, and sometimes strenuously applying his shoulder to the wheel.

John Hughes - Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone: Made During the Year 1819