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The long livciot the Elepuams is very wonder- 
full ; feme fay it liveth aoo yeares , others 300, 
when iiad conquered oncf’ha- 
K Dgof ./WMjhe took a great Llefha^jt., which 
bad fought very valiantly for his King , and named 
him -<i;«;e,ar d dedicated him to the Suu,andlethiin 
go with this !i feription , le.xander the efj$t- 
fiter f)»th dedicated Ajax to the Sm, This Elephant 
was found with the fame inlcrptioi* 350 years after, 
butihanyof them do I lot live to that age , for they 
are ofen 1 ck of very dangerous difeafes. 
II. We Ihallnextipeak of the Antipathy that is 
in this Creatures and though they are many,yet we 
lhal! fpeak of iome of the moft obfervahle. 
1 Tbev cannot endure the grunting of Hoggs, an 
cxamf^e of which we have in the Wars of the Ma- 
garens ; for when Afttipater brought a great many 
Elephant t loaded with armed men , againft whom 
the Enemy brought a great Company of Hoggs in 
themiddleof them , after the Hoggs had been 
pretty well beaten , they began to fall a grunting ♦ 
the Elephants , as foon as they heard them , ran all 
away. We may hence fee the rcafon, why wife 
men are moved with calumny and reproaches, 
2 There is a great Antipathy between Elephant t 
Dragons ^ although Elephants do exceed thetts 
not only in the greamefs of their body , but alfo in 
ftrengrh, yet oftentimes the Dragon doth overcome 
and enfnare him, fometimes by lurking in patbes 
in which he uferh to go , fometimes by get- 
liny on the top of that againft which he leaneth 
at tiightjand becaufe Elephants alwaycs go through 
woods 
