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mbus moderamma tenentc:ficcp HUs beluadirigentem,tanquam nauem clauo nauicularfum, ref& 

 nauucx peritu, Aeliari. Pugnant onufti turribus,quibus decem aut etia quindecim Indici homines 

 fupcrftat,qui ex turribus tanqua propugnaculis in hoftes iaculantur,aut arcu fagittas torquent,Phi 

 loftratus. Cum cos adbellulndi armat,in clitellas,geminis exferro catenis infra aluu cindas,utrinc£ 

 tanqua caueam lignea imponunt,atcp ad collu alligant,fingulas caueas terni milites ingredmtur :i n 

 ' utriufc^ medio auriga fedet,quibeluam patrio fermoneailoquitur , &C cum progrediendum autre- 

 * grediendum eftjOftendinFerias^inquit^huncjabiilo abftine manum. Itemcp : Inhos inuade, abfjste 

 contine, Atcfi ea magnitudine tanquam caftellum aliquando dorfo conftituunt,ut uel quindecitnex 

 eo armati homines pugnet,quodcum pugna comittere mohuntur,afferibus fuperintegunt: adpro, 

 tnufcidem lorica circummunitam diftriclus gladius longitudine duoru cubitorum,cralfitudine hu= ,„ 

 mansepalma: ailigatur.Nccp modo fcemin^maribus ferociores,fed ad oneru uediones etia fortiorcs 

 exiftimantur,Gillius cY Vartomannus. Sed uter fexus fortior aut robufiior fit inquifiuimus f U pr a 

 cap 4 5. Fcemina aptior eft geftadis oneribus belliris,mas uei 6 ipfis praelfjs,utpote animofior cYp ro . 

 { cerior,Qbfcurus. De eiephantis,quibus rex Porus in prselio aduerfus Alexandrum ufus ei^meri, 

 tione facit Plutarchus in uita A lexandru Elephanti in praelfjs homines alios conculcant, alios pro. 

 bofcide eleuatos rur fus fn terra allidunt, Heliodorus libro nono Aethiopicor6,in praeltj •cuiufdam 

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 rum exercitu aduerfus Iulianum,elephantorum fuigentium formidandam fpeciem dC truculentoj 

 hiatus uix mentes pauidae perferebant: ad quorum ftridorem odoremc^ &C infuetum afpedumma, 

 gis equi terrebantur:quibus infofentes magiftn, manubriatos cultros dexteris manibus illigatos ge- 

 liabant,acceptse apud Nifbin memores cladi's:&: fi fcrocius animal uires exuperafTctregenns,ncrc 

 uerfum per fuos,ut tunc accfderat,collifam fterneretplebem,uertebram,quac caput a xertricedilfo 

 rninat,idu maximo terebrabant t Exploratum eft enim aliquando ab Hafdrubale Annibalisfratre, 

 lta citius uitam huiufmodi adimi beltiarum, Ammianus Marcellinus paulo poft initiulibri i^Idcm 

 libro 19. Lux (mquit) nobis aduenitmceftifsima , Perfarum manipulos formidatos Qftentans,adic/ 

 <5t£s elephantorum agminibus,quorum ftridore immanitatec| corporum.nihil humanac mentcs tcni 4* 

 bilius cernunt t Elephantis pugnaturis non modo ex uitibtis confedi, fed etiam ex oryza faditij ui 

 ni ufus indulgetur, Aelianus t Potionem qua pro uino utuntur fdeo lpfis largiuntur,ut ad prxlium 

 audaciores efnciantur,Gi!lius + Elephantis ui magna propulfis,quos flammis cdnieclis undicp cir 

 cumnexosjtam corporibus tacftis,gradientescp rctrorfus , retinere magiftri non poterant , MarcelK* 

 nus libro 19. Quomodo Megarenfes in praclio aduerfus Antfpatrum,fuibus pice oblitts incenfis^, 

 in elephantos ipfius immifTis,eos perturbarint,iam capite quarto retuli t • Romanos (quoniam non 

 cornua modo arietis, fed etiam fuilli pecoris grunnitum oderunt) Pyrrhi Epirotarumregiselephan 

 tos in fugam uertiffe ferunt, Aelianus, Elephanti in praelfjs magnitudine corporum, barrhitus hor. 

 rore,formae ipfius nouitate,homines equoscp conturbant.Hds contra Romanum exercitumprimiis 

 in Lucania rex Pyrrhus eduxit Poftea Hannibal in Africa, rex Antiochus in Oriente, Iugtirtha in 1* 

 ISumidia copiofoshabuerunt. Aducrfus quos diuci fa reilftendi excogitarunt genera armorum. 

 Nam SC centurio in Lucania gladio manum ( quam promufcidem uocant ) unt abfciditcV bini catas 

 phradi eqtii iungebantur ad currum : quibus infidentes clibanarfj fariffas, hoc eft longiifimos con* 

 tos iU elephantos dii/gebant.Nam mumtiferro,neca fagittarijs,quos uehebantbeluafjlacdebantur, 

 BC earum impetum equorum celeritate uitabant. Altj contra elephantos , cataphraclos militesimmu 

 fei 'irntjtra ut in brachfjs eori5 4 cV incaffidibus uel humeris aculci ingentes ponercntur e ferro, ncma 

 1111 fua elephas bellatorem contra fe uenientem poffet apprehendere* Prarcipue tamen uchtcsantu 

 qui aducrfum elephantos ordinarunt . Velites autem erant iuuenes , leui armatura, corpoi e aiacrf, 

 qui ex cquis optime miftilia dirigebant. Hi equis prartercurrentibus ad latiores lanceas uel maiora 

 fpicula beluas occidebant. Sed crefcente audacia , poftea collecft i plures milites pariter pila, hoceit 

 «liffilkjin elephantos congerebant,eoscpuulneribus eiidebantjllud tamen additum eft,utfunairOi 

 res cumfuftibaiiscx: fundisrotundis lapidibus deftfnatis^Indos (pcr quosregebacur ekphanu)^' 



