£lerfeexcufac> & vas ^neum ejus cibarium oftendit perflucm 

 & percufiim, jubecigicur ad fabrum aerarium ferac reconcinnan-^ 

 dumjPromufcideaufert, &fabroofIerCi acillej fivepernegli- 

 genciam, fiveftudio^ infideliter reparac : Elephas hero referc» 

 quivitium videc&indignacur,inclamacillumab(encem,hunc 

 pr^feiicem^denuoredirejubeccumipfovafe 5 Facic, & fabro 

 querolus impingic, ille homo fuavis icerum imponere cona« 

 cur, & admoco malleo clauderefimulac, nontamenclaudic: 

 fed ille qaucusrefumpcum adflumendeferc, immergic, &perl« 

 culi faciendicaufa, aquareplec, quamvideteffluere. Plenus 

 igicur irarum ad fabrumrecurricj inconacmagnavoce, con-^ 

 fiuuncvicini, &inceralios VicariusRegis : Faber blandis eum 

 verbis demulccc, & vas denique refingicprobc,acqueexfide; 

 yerumiile^ ne cumquidemfidens, adflumenferecipic, dum- 

 queconcinereaquamvidec, vercicfeadaftances&oftendic , tc 

 fteseosdemadvocansfadi, icademumabiicdomum. 



Miles, in cadem urbe, Elephancum cumrefloreobviam 

 habuic , fcd noluic decedere ; Elephas in fiii & Reftoris concu- 

 jmeiiam fadtum hoc incerprecacur , ulcifci camen a ReiStore pro- 

 hibecur; Poftdiesaliquoc, in ripa fluminis milicemociosefa- 

 bulancem reperic, & cumRedor non adeflTec , corripic illico 

 hominem , in alcum coilic , nec precibus nec clamore aftancium 

 mocus, aliquotiesfluminemergic, allevans fubinde ac demic* 

 cens, cumque lufiim eum facisdiulufiffec, concenciishacvin- 

 difta, vit^ (ucediflSdentem, redum&ill^fijmdeftituic, eo iplb 

 loco , unde eum fuftulerar. 



InAnciochia, SyriseUrbe, elephas foeminam force non 

 in(cicamvidiC3 ftd vidic &periic, nam promufcidefaciemma- 

 nusque lambere , cergere , & quacunque pocerac blandiri, feque 

 infmuare accencavic : Cum aliquandiu perfeveraflec mucuus 

 hicamor, mulier ecce ad pluresabiic, elephasverodefiderium 

 non culic, nec mencis fu^ ulcra compos, dacus eft in furorem. 



Sic , Tiberio Principe , XII. Elephanci decore & verecundd 

 IL Anntis o men& 



