44 ®6ePff«*»of or; 
hofe who have weapons and do not hurt him, he ^ 
will do them no hurt, but only affright and terrify ; 
them. ! 
I, Although, by what hath beenfaid, we may f- 
gather the gratitude of the yet it will fur-f I 
ther appear by the example of a Lpu at Rome, ^ 
who would not touch feryant, becaufe 
that not long before he had pulled a thorn out of ? 
bis footj neither do they alwayes cxercife their I 
power on every objeft. ’ 
1. There ace lixwayes whereby tomakethefe i 
Creatures milde and gentle. i 
1. The firft way is to hood-wink them ; Pll>y | 
recites many examples to this purpofe, vrtiich hap- ; 
pened at Reme. I 
To give them meat, fo as to fill their bellies ; ' 
for (lib. ?.of theHiftory of Animals, cha. : 
44 ) faith that when they arefull and fatisfied, they | 
are very tame, tra£liable, ind gentle. i 
5, When they are kept in a Houfe I whence ^*- 1 
mlft$ did make them fp tame and gentle by this 
means, that his Chariot fometimes was drawn by 
• and Hmm alfo, the Carthaglma»y did by 
this means fo tame them, that they did carry bur- I 
thens like Affes and which is more, Antomm 
CarAculU bad fonie hpns which he brought up in ’ 
thehoufe, which were fo gentle that they would ! 
lick his mouth, and at dinner time ufed to fit on a 
bench by him, and to lye in the bed with him like 
little dogs. 
4. When they are kindly ufed, <x have received 
any benefit, as appears from the fore-cited ftory of 
Ani^fts^ 
