Abisares, qui, priusquam cum Poro dimicaretur, legatos ad Alexandrum miserat, rursus alios misit pollicentes omnia facturum quae imperasset, modo ne cogeretur corpus suum dedere; neque enim aut sine regio imperio victurum  aut regnaturum esse captivum.
Abisares, who had dispatched messengers to Alexander prior to his battle with Porus, dispatched another group with the assurance that he would obey all the king's orders, on the condition that he would not be forced to relinquish his sovereignty; for he would rather not live than exist without kingly power or rule as a prisoner.