3 *. 
The defence of 
the befieged. 
Tgeither fide 
to Hit nr to yeeld. 
VirgT"" 
V.c. t,n. 40 . 
The exerdfe of 
the defendants 
tohen the tnemie 
retired?. 
Of tJ?e 'Bees Enemies. 
flir themfelues moft venteroufly : fome violently through 
the thickeft thrufting in at the gates, others fealing the walls, 
and tearing them downe. If they once make a b reach ;with- 
out prefent fuccour , you fhall quickly haue an end of that 
fight. On the other fide , the delendants will behaue them- 
felues as brauely, not giuing any reft to thecnemie : part en- 
countring with them that are without , part with them thac 
haue broken in : whom in a while they draw out by the 
heeles, fome dead, and fome aliue. Likewife without you 
may fee fome flaine forthright with the thruft of the Speare : 
fome fo deadly wounded , that they are not able to goe three 
foot from the place : andlome more lightly ffrooken pre- 
fently tolofethevfeof their wings, and for a whiletoleape 
vp and downe, forward and backward, like mad things. 
How-long they liue after they are hurt, fee c.i.v. 1 3. 
So loth arc thefecouragious warriours to yeeld on either 
fide, vncill there bee no remedie. 
Ingentes utmraos angiijto in peElore verfant , 
Vf^adeo obnixi noncedere, dnm grants aut bos, 
Ant bos verfa fnga 'vtflor dare ter gacoegit. 
In their fight they are fo furious fometime, and fo thickea- 
bout the Garden ; that, vnlefiTe you haue on your complete 
harneife,?/. you may not dare to come nigh them. 
Thisalfoi haue noted, that when therobbers are fo few, 
thatfmallrefiftance will ferue ; yet being called forth they 
will not bee idle : for you fhall fee fome of them running vp 
and downe about the Hiue , to feeke and fearch if any more 
come : others, like trained Souldiers,praftifing to fight: here 
one wreftling with an other in fingle combat : there two, or 
three, orfourefetting againrt one ; as their vfuall manner is 
to deale with thetheeues. If you would know whecher this 
fight bee injeftor tarneft, with fellowesor with foes; the 
manner, and the end thereof will fhewyou. For if they bee 
fellowes, their fight is not fo fierce, and they will part quiet- 
ly as friends : whereas if they be foes , though they fcape , it 
fhall bee with much adoe. For if the true men cannot kill 
die theeues ; yet will they hold them by the legs or by the 
wings fo long as they can, in hope to haue helpe , though. 
