CAESAR FREDERICK ad. 



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gotten this praye, when they first come to this field, they 



send presently to give knowledge thereof to the Citie, 



and with all speed there go out fiftie or sixtie men on 



horsebacke, and doe beset the fielde rounde about : in the 



great fielde then the females which are taught in this 



businesse goe directly to the mouth of the darke way, 



and when as the wilde Eliphant is entred in there, the 



hunters shoute and make a great noyse, asmuch as is 



possible, to make the wilde Eliphant enter in at the gate 



of that Pallace, which is then open, and assoone as hee 



is in, the gate is shut without any noyse, and so the 



hunters with the female Eliphants and the wilde one are 



all in the Court together, and then within a small time 



the females withdraw themselves away one by one out 



of the Court, leaving the wilde Eliphant alone : and when ^^ excellent 



he perceiveth that he is left alone, he is so madde that ^/^.^^f ^ °^ ^^ 



ror two or three houres to see nim, it is the greatest 



pleasure in the world : he weepeth, hee fiingeth, hee 



runneth, he justleth, hee thrusteth under the places 



where the people stand to see him, thinking to kil some 



of them, but the posts and timber is so strong and great, 



that hee cannot hurt any body, yet hee oftentimes 



breaketh his teeth in the grates ; at length when hee is 



weary and hath laboured his body that hee is all wet with 



sweat, then he plucketh in his truncke into his mouth, 



and then hee throweth out so much water out of his 



belly, that he sprinckleth it over the heades of the lookers 



on, to the uttermost of them, although it bee very high : 



and then when they see him very weary, there goe 



certaine officers into the Court with long sharpe canes These canes 



in their hands, and prick him that they make him to goe ^^/ ^^^ ^° . 



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into one or the houses that is made alongst the Court .^^ich they call 



for the same purpose : as there are many which are made Joco de tore. 



long and narrow, that when the Eliphant is in, he cannot 



turne himself to go backe againe. And it is requisite 



that these men should be very wary and swift, for although 



their canes be long, yet the EHphant would kill them if 



they were not swift to save themselves : at length when 



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