Plinieis Naturall Hiftone, Z2i 



A alight from his backc,and mount upon another. Many other ftrangc and wondcrfull things hce 

 did : in regard whereof, when he vias dead, the king folcmnized his funerals moft fumpruouily j 



' creded a tombc for himjand about it built a citie that bare his namCjB ucephalia. Crf/ScDi^la- 

 tour likcwifc had another horfe^ihat would ftiflfcr no man to ride him but his niaifter:& the fame 

 horfe had his forefeet refemblingihofe of a man: and in that manner ftandeth he poiirtraied be- 

 fore the temple of r<J»«^5 Mother. Morcovcr5y^«^«/?/^ C^/jfjIatcEmperour of famous memo- 

 rie,made a fumptuous tomb* for an horfc that he hadjWhereofG^rw^ww^ Cxjar compiled a po- 

 cmfiAt Agrigentum there be fcencPyramidcs over many places where horfeswerccntombed, « 

 Juha reportethjThat quecne Semirmts loved a great horfe that llie had,fo farre forth^that £bec ♦ 

 , was content hee fhould doe hiskind with her. The Scythians verily take a great pride and gloric 



B much in the goodneflle of their horfes and Cavallerie A king of theirs happened in combat and 

 fingle fight upon a challenge to becflainc by hisenemicj and when hce came to defpoilc him of 

 his armes and roiall habite, the kings horfb came upon him with fuch furic^ flinging and laying 

 about him with his heeles,and biting withalljthat hee madcan^cnd of thcconqucrour-champi^ 

 on .There was another great horfe hoodwinked becaufe hee fhould cover a mare : but perceiving 

 after that he was unhooded that he fervedas a ftalion to his own dam that foled himjran up to.a 

 Ikepe rocke with a downefalljand there for grcefe cafl himfelfc downe and dicdi We find alfo in 

 recordjThat in the icrritorie of Rcatc there was amatc killed and all to rent an horfckecpcr upon 

 the fame occafion. For furely thefc beatts know their parentagCjand thofe that are next to them 

 inbloud. And therefore wee fee that the colts will in the flocke more willingly kecpc companie 



C and fort with their fillers of the former yccre^than ifsith the marc their mother. Horfes are lo do- 

 cible and apt to Iearnc,that we find in hiftorics jhow in the armie of S'^baritanes^'^ whole troop 

 of horfemen had their horfes under them,and ufcd to leape and daunce to cerraine mufick that 

 they were wonted and accultomed unto i They have a fore-knowledge when battcll is toward, 

 they will mourne for the lofie of their maiflers: yea, and othcrwhilcsfbcdteares and weepepiti- '^^ '^ 

 oufly for love of them. When king !ZV({ftf«;^^/f; was flainc, the horfe for his ownefaddle, would 

 never eat meat afterjbut for very anguilb died withfamine* Philarchm rcporteth^That king ^r^- 

 t 'mhtu having in battellflainconcQ»r4rf/«^3 a brave horfeman of the Gallogrcekes or Galati- 

 ansjbecame maifter of his horfe, and mounted upon him in triumphant wife : But the horfe of ^ 

 him that lay dead in the placCjand upon whom Cdntiochus was mounted,for very anger and in- • V 



D dignation at this indignitie,p3flcd neithetfor bitt nor bridlcj fo as he could not be ruled; and fo 

 ran furioLifly among the crags and rockes, where both horfe and man came downe headlong, 

 and pcrifhed both together. P^/7/////^writeth5ThatD/<J»7y//^ was forced to leave his horfe fiic- 

 king faiUn a quavc-mirejand got away -.but the horfe after hee had recovered himfel{c3and was 

 gotten forthjtollowed the tra(5ts of his maiflerjwith a fwarme or caft of bees ferling in his mane 

 and this was the ficft prcfage of good fortune that induced Denis to ufurpe the kingdome of Si- 

 cilie.Of what perceivance and underflanding they be^it cannot be cxprcfled : &. that know thofe 

 light horfemen full well that ufe tolaunccdartsandjavelinesfrom hoifebacke, by the hard icr- 

 vice thatthey gypt their horfes tojwhich theyperformc with great dcxteritie &rcfolutionin Ihai- 

 ning^windingj^i^urning their bodies nimbly every way. Nay^yc fliall have of them to gather 



E up darts andjavelincs from the groundjand reach them againe to the horlcman. And common- 

 ly we fee it to be an ordinarie matter with them in the great race or fhew place, when they are fee 

 in their gcires to draw the chariots, how thcyjoywhen they are encouraged and praifed; giving 

 no doubt a great proofej and confeffingthat they are defirous of gloric. At the Secular folem- 

 nities, exhibited by cUudtm Cdfar^ in the Circenfian games, the horfes with the white livcrie, 

 (notwithftanding their driver and govcrnor^the charioterjwas caft and flung to the ground even 

 within the barres)wan the beft pricCjSc went away with the honour of that day.For of themfelvcs 

 thcybrakeand bare downe whatloever might cmpcach them of runningthe race throughout: 

 they did all that ever was to bee done againfl their concurrents andadverfarics of the contrarie 

 fide, as well asif amoff expert chariot- man had bccnc over their backes todire^andinftru^ 



3 them. At the fight whcreof^men were afliamed to fee their skill and art to be overmatched & fur- 

 mounted by horfes. And to conclude,whcn they had performed their race^as much as by law of 

 the game was requiredjthey flood ft ill at the very goalcjand would no farther. A greater wonder 

 and prefage was this in old time, that in the Circenfian games exhibited by the peoplc^thc hor- 

 fes after they had flung and caft their govcrnourj ran dire(S^ly up to the Capitoll^as well as if hce 



Viij had 



