Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...

¶Of them of the cyte of Boyaux of hanybal and of De¦nys the Tyraunt / ¶Capitulo / iij /

IN the tyme of the conquestes of rome it happed ones that the oost of the romayns sholde passe by the forest that is called Latyne for to goo vpon the cyte of Boyaux And whan the dwellers were aware of hit they went soo¦ne in to the sayd forest & dyde sawe al tho trees by the wa¦ye there as they shulde passe by / so that a lytel thinge wolde haue brought hem doune / and after they had thus doon they hided hem self within the thykke busshes of the forest / And whan the said oost was entred therynne / they that were hydde lepte fourth / ¶And dyde shoue the trees that thus were sawed vpon the oost of the Rommayns so that a Ryght grete parte of theym were ther by feld adoune

and slayne / And by al thus they were delyured quyt & free fro the said oost / And semblably thys was ano∣ther tyme doon / ¶Item Hanybal prynce and emperour of Cartayge and of Affryke was alwayes wont to lede ma¦ny elephauntes wyth hym in bataille / It happed hym ones that he muste passe ouere a grete watre and there was no way to passe hys elephantes / but he aduysed hym self of a subtylyte / He had in hys company a man emonge other that coude swyme ryght well and was full of corage bolde and hardy / to hym he comaunded that he shuld make angry one of the moost cruell elephantes that he had there / and whan the man had doon hys comaundement and had hur∣ted sore the elephante / he ryght soone plonged hym self in to the watre / And thenne the grete beste full of yre and cru∣ell folowed the man withyn the watre for to be auenged / & in lyke wyse all the other elephantes entred in to the ryuere after hym / and in thys manere the said Hanybal made hem all to passe ouer the watre / ¶ Item Denys the tyraunte prynce of Cyracuse in Cecylle knewe that they of Car¦tage wolde com in to Cecylle wyth a ryght grete oost ayēst hym / ¶So dyde he ryght wel garnysshe the townes and castelles where they sholde passe by / And gaffe comaunde∣ment by hys ordynaunce that whan the enemyes were com¦me nyghe / that hys garnysons shulde yssue out of the cas∣telles and townes as thoughe they were a ferde and that they shulde come to hyme atte Cyracuse / And thenne the Cartagyens that trowed to haue goten all the contrey toke & seased all the sayd fortresses & townes & garnisshed them with theire owne peple / and of so muche was theyre oost made lesse / And the oost of Denys encreaced / whyche dely¦uered them bataylle soone after where they were ouercome

and the other cartagiens that kepte the said townes and castelles were famysshed /