28 of 'Biuteier • or; 
wqckIs in Caaipanigs , the Dragon lecs on the lafl; 
the ftrlt thing a Dragon doth , when he takes an 
Elephant toentangie tiisfeet in a knotjafter that 
the, Heft part he winds is his Ear, which he 
wounds anciU the blond fpo'itoat , for the Dragon 
being a ver/ hot Creature drinks the bloud of Ele- 
phants , wluch he knows is cold , and that is the 
sreafon the Dragon drincs fo much of it in the Sum- 
mer time. Auer they have killed the Elephant by 
fucking his bloud , they never touch the body j the 
Dragon will drink niuirdf drunk with his bloud, and 
they will drink until! they burst themfelves , fo that 
the Conqueror and Conquered dye both together ; 
hence Eraftans doth inferr the uncertain chances of 
Warr ,for oftencimes both partyes perifh; and 
we may alfo compare it (faith'’he) to and 5 <*v 
combating together, andalfo to the Tyranny 
of wickedmeh to CheUEans ; for as Dragonsdo 
thirft for tine blood of Elephants molf in tue Sum- 
mer-time , which they gee by fraud and 'craft , fo 
Tyrants do chiefly dehre the bloud of good men, 
when Afded by their pa^ti nu ; and as Oragous often- 
times do perilh together with theElepnants, fo' 
Tyrants themfelves oft-times undergo grievous 
punilhments; there are many famous examples to 
this purpofe to be brou|hc out of Enffhats, co icer- 
ning Domltian f Mi^e^mlanus ■, .Ma^enEtts ^ and 
M.ixlm'n*s , wuofe cruelty was fo great , that 
in one Mlaneth were lliin 7000 by their co nmand, 
but they all underwent great and Tragical! punill^- 
ments ; Domthtn killed himfelf > Maulmtanns 
wis m irthered, Mixemm was overcome in warr. 
