ij^ The^Hiamral Hiflory 
dim C(^far^ when he was called to the alTiftance of the Fr<£tor 
Aulm Plautim^ fore preffed by the Britans^ then revenging the 
death of their (lain VnncQTogodumnm, amongft other prepara- 
tions, gathered together his Elephants^ ti aMwr, ^ EAg^ai/Twi; 
eoe^piu/ftAgjtTD, are his very words. But Suetonim in his Hfe , 
where he is very particular concerning this Ex-pedition into Bri^ 
tan^ mentions no fuch matter ; nor indeed doth J)ion fay, that- 
he brought them hither with him^ only that he gather'd them to- 
gether in order to it. But they both agree in this, that he met 
with fuch ftormsin his intended paifage by Sea thither, that he 
was forced to put in at Marfeilles^ and march by Land quitd 
through France to Gefforiacum^ now fuppofed to be Boulogne^ 
from whence 'tis true he paifed over to Brit an. But fo fwift was 
his motion in this Expedition^ that they alfo both agree, that he 
was returned to Rome again within fix months, a time fcarce a- 
greeable with the m.otion of fo unwildy Creatures as Elephants ; 
which in all likelyhood were therefore left behind at Marfdlles, 
becaufe hindered by the weather of their Sea portage, and ne- 
ver tranfported into 5n7^« at all. Nor find I in other ^^///'ori"^ 
that it was ever after attempted. One there was, 'tis true, fent 
hither as a prefent by St. Lewis the King of France^ to King 
Henry the Third, Anno 1255. which, fays MatthevpFaris was 
the firfi: feen on this fide the Alps ; and perhaps there may have 
been two or three brought for fhew hither fmce : but whether 
it be likely any of thefe fhould be buryed at Cornwell^ let the 
Reader judge. 
163. Befide, had this thigh-hone and toothy and the feveral o- 
thers that have been found in England^ fuch as the two teeth 
tdkenxip Edulfsnefs in the County of Efex^ intheRaign of 
King Richard the Firji, that might have been cut into two hun- 
dred of an ordinary cize"" ; and divers other bones and teeth 
found at Chartham near Canterbury and Farley near Maidfione 
in Kent^ whereof I have one now by me, dug up and given me, 
by the truly Noble and Ingenious Jacob Lord Aftlej^ near feven 
inches round, and five ounces and g in weight, of which more 
when I come into Kent, Had, 1 fay, thefe bones and teeth been 
ever the fpoils of Elephants^ we fhould certainly at fome time or 
* Matth.Paris/w2?<?g. He». 3. /w^»wX>ow, 1255- Cmnbde»\n Vffex, " C^<7r^/i^wnewSj fet forth' 
by Mr- Job' Somner. 
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