HERE AND THERE 



Happy and free, right merrily, 

 We'll mount and ride away. 



Lord Sands. 



A French Boar-hunt ^:> ^z^ ^o^ 



IN the meantime, Louis followed contentedly the 

 chase of the wild boar, which was now come to 

 an interesting point. It had so happened, that a 

 sounder {i.e. in the language of the period, a boar of 

 only two years old) had crossed the track of" the 

 proper object of the chase, and withdrawn in pursuit 

 of him all the dogs, except two or three couple 

 of old staunch hounds, and the greater part of the 

 huntsmen. The King saw, with internal glee, 

 Dunois, as well as others, follow upon this false 

 scent, and enjoyed in secret the thought of triumphing 

 over that accomplished knight in the art of venerie, 

 which was then thought almost as glorious as war. 

 Louis was well mounted, and followed close on 

 the hounds ; so that, when the original boar turned 

 to bay in a marshy piece of ground, there was no 

 one near him but the King himself. 



Louis showed all the bravery and expertness of 

 an experienced huntsman ; for, unheeding the 

 danger, he rode up to the tremendous animal, which 

 was defending itself with fury against the dogs, and 

 struck him with his boar-spear ; yet, as the horse 

 shied from the boar, the blow w^as not so effectual 

 as either to kill or disable him. No effort could 

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