He says he discovered a caricature of your illustrious person in the guise of a soldier.

Why, then, did he not bring it away from the place where it could only excite disaffection, and might even mislead those who should see it into the belief that your noble person was that of a dwarf?
The answer is self-evident.

He left it to betray others into further mockery, to bring them to ruin." Caesar had listened with approval, and now sternly asked the Egyptian: "Did you see the image ?" "In the Elephant tavern!" yelled the man.
But Alexander shook his head doubtfully, and begged permission to ask the Egyptian a question.

This was granted, and the artist inquired whether the soldier stood alone.
"So far as I remember, yes," replied Zminis, almost beside himself.
"Then your memory is as false as your soul!" Alexander shouted in his face, "for there was another figure by the soldier's side.

The clay, still wet, clung to the same board as the figure of the soldier, modeled by the same hand.