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BZOOXA Crass I. 
ufed to heighten the torments of the — fuf- 
ferers on the crofs. 
Nuda Caledonio fic pe&tora prebuit urfo 
Non falfa pendens in cruce Laureolus *. 
And Plutarch relates, that Bears were tranfported 
from Britain to Rome, where they were much admi- 
red+. Mr. Lkvydt alfo difcovered in fome old 
Welfo MS. relating to hunting, that this animal 
was reckoned among our beafts of chace, and that 
its flefh was held in the fame efteem with that of 
the hare or boar. Many places in Wa/es ftill retain 
the name of Pennarth, or the bear’s head, another 
evidence of their exiftence in our country:. It does 
not appear how long they continued in that princi- 
pality ; but there is proof of their infefting Scotland 
fo late as the year 1057||, when a Gordon, in re- 
ward for his valor for killing a fierce bear, was di- 
rected by the King to carry three Bears’ heads on 
his banner. They are ftill found in the mounta- 
nous parts of France, particularly about the 
grande Chartreufe in Dauphine, where they make 
great havoke among the out-ricks of the poor farm- 
ers. Long after their extirpation out of this king- 
dom, thefe animals were imported for an end, that 
* Martial, Lib. Spe@. ep. 7. 
+ Plutarch, as cited by Camden, p.1227. 4 Raii fyx. quad. 214. 
|| Hitt. of the Gordons. I, 2. 
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