Beasts of Cfiase. 2 1 3 



*• Historic Devices," bears ample testimony to the heraldic 

 dignity of the beast 



The device of a boar was used by Richard III. before he 

 was a king, and when Duke of Gloucester he had a pur- 

 suivant named Blanc Sanglier. His cognisance was a rose 

 supported on the dexter side by a bull, a badge of the house 

 of Clare, and on the sinister by a boar, which boar he had 

 found among the badges of the house of York. " The 

 latter he selected for his own personal device, and it was 

 that by which he was generally designated, as we know by 

 the doggrel which is said to have caused its composer to be 

 shortened by the head and four quarters " — 



" The Ratte, the Cat, and LotcII onr do^e. 

 Rule all England under the Ho^e," 



meaning by the hog, " the dreadful wild boar " which was 

 the king's crest But Collingboume was one of the most 

 seditious of the disaffected, and held correspondence with 

 Richard and deserved his fate. 



" When I meant the king by name of hog, 

 I only alluded to his badge the boar." 



Queen Margaret calls Richard a "rooting hog," and 

 Hastings says — 



" To fly the boar before the boar parsnes 

 Were to incense the boar to follow us. 

 And make pursuit when he did mean no chase. 

 Go, bid thy master rise and come to me. 

 And we will both tc^ether to the tower, 

 WTiere, he shall see, the boar will use us kindly." 



Again, Hastings to Stanley — 



" Come on, come on, where is your boarspear man? 

 Fear you the boar and go so unprovided ? " 



Nor was the bristled boar wantin:? at the battle of Bos- 



