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wolde streyht runne to ye Kynge and faun uppon hym 

 and leape with his fore fete upon ye shoulders of ye 

 Kynge. It came to passe that onne daye as ye Kynge 

 and ye Erie of Darbye talked togyther in ye yarde of ye 

 Courte ye Greyhounde who was wonte to leape uppon 

 ye Kynge, left ye Kynge and came to ye Erie of Dar- 

 bye, Duke of Lancastre, and made to hym the same 

 f riendlye continuance, and chere as he was wonte to do 

 to ye Kynge. The Duke, who knew not ye dogge, nor 

 whence he came, demanded of ye Kynge what ye Grey- 

 hounde wolde do. Cousin, quoth ye Kynge, it is a great 

 good token to you, but an evyl and a gruesome signe to 

 me. How know ye that, quod ye Duke. I know it fulle 

 wele, quod ye Kynge. Ye Greyhounde acknowledg- 

 ethe and acceptethe you, here this daye as ye ryteful 

 Kynge of Englande, as ye shal be, without doubte, and 

 I shal be streyghtwaye deposed ; the Greyhounde hathe 

 thys knowledge, naturally, there fore take hym to you, 

 he wil followe you and forsake me. Ye Duke wel un- 

 derstoode those wordes and cheryshed ye Greyhounde, 

 who wolde never after followe Kynge Richarde, but 

 continued to follow at all tymes ye Duke of Lancastre." 

 The owner of the dog an English Water Spaniel, 

 tells the following anecdote, which is stated to be abso- 

 lutely true : " I was once on the seacoast, when a small, 

 ill-made and leaky fishing boat was cast on shore, on a 

 dangerous reef of rocks. Three men and a boy of ten 

 years, constituted the crew, the men swam to land, but 

 were so bruised and knocked about against the rocks 

 that they were unable to render any assistance to the 

 poor boy, and no one was found to venture out to help 



