Chapter IV: Ariobarzanes

Ariobarzanes great steward to Artaxerxes king of Persia, goeth about to exceede his soueraigne lord and maister in curtesie; where in be conteyned many notable and pleasaunt chaunces, besides the great patience and loyaltie naturally planted in the sayd Ariobarzanes.

[_Source and Origin._--i-Bandello, Pt. i., nov. 2.

_Parallels._--Belleforest iv. f. 9 _seq._

_Painter._--I. ii. 11; II. ii. 9; III. ii. 18; IV. ii. 176.]