 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER I. 

CAMBYSES. 

B.C. 530-524 

Cyrus di Great.--Im extended conquests.--Cambyses and Smerdis.--Hystaspes and Darius.--Dream of Cyrus.--Im anxiety and fears.--Accession of Cambyses.--War with Egypt.--Origin of the war with Egypt.--Ophthalmia.--The Egyptian physician.--Im plan of revenge.--Demand of Cyrus.--Stratagem of the King of Egypt.--Resentment of Cassandane.--Threats of Cambyses.--Future conquests.--Temperament and character of Cambyses.--Impetuosity of Cambyses.--Preparations for the Egyptian war.--Desertion of Phanes.--Im narrow escape.--Information given by Phanes.--Treaty with the Arabian king.--Plan for providing water.--Account of Herodotus.--A great battle.--Defeat of the Egyptians.--Inhuman conduct of Cambyses.--Im treatment of Psammenitus.--The train of captive maidens.--The young men.--Scenes of distress and suffering.--Composure of Psammenitus.--Feelings of the father.--Im explanation of them.--Cambyses relents.--Im treatment of the body of Amasis.--Cambyses's desecrations.--The sacred bull Apis.--Cambyses stabs the sacred bull.--Im mad expeditions.--The sand storm.--Cambyses a wine-bibber.--Brutal act of Cambyses.--E dey deemed insane. 

About five or six hundred years before Christ, almost the whole of the interior of Asia dey united for one vast empire. The founder of this empire na Cyrus the Great. E be originally Persian; and the whole empire dey often called the Persian monarchy, taking its name from its founder's native land. 

Cyrus no dey satisfied with just annexing all the civilized states of Asia to im dominion. For the latter part of im life, e come reason say e fit get additional glory and power if e fit subdue some half-savage regions for the north, beyond the Araxes. E come raise army, and set off on an expedition for this purpose, against a country wey dey governed by a barbarian queen wey dem dey call Tomyris. E meet different adventures for this expedition, all of which dey fully detailed for our history of Cyrus. But, na only one occurrence wey e dey necessary to talk about particularly here. That one relate to a remarkable dream wey e get one night, just after e don cross the river. 

Numbered answers:```
 <response>: ```1. di river
2. About five or six hundred years before Christ,
3. almost di whole of di interior of Asia
4. yes
5. Cambyses.-
6. yes
7. Di sacred bull
8. Apis.
9. unknown
10. yes
11. Cambyses
12. wine
13. Cyrus
14. Persian;``` 