Sentence:  Soon after this be subdued the "Pisidians" who made head against him, and conquered the "Phrygians", at whose chief city "Gordium" (which is said to have been the seat of the ancient "Midas") he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the bark of the "Cornel-Tree", and was informed that the inhabitants had a constant tradition, that the empire of the world was reserved for him who should untie the knot. Most are of opinion, that "Alexander" finding that he could not untie it, because the ends of it were secretly folded up within it, cut it asunder with his sword, so that several ends appeared. But "Aristobulus" tells us that he very easily undid it, by only pulling the pin out of the <WSD>beam</WSD> which fastened the yoke to it, and afterwards drawing out the yoke itself. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The pole of a carriage or chariot.