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which was got up in honour of the marriage of Theseus with 
Hippolyta. 
Tue Ticer, Felis tigris. 
The Tiger is mentioned a score of times throughout the plays, 
but a couple of references, perhaps, will here suffice :— 
* * * « The, mild hind 
Makes speed to catch the Tiger: bootless speed, 
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.” 
Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii., Scene 2. 
Menenius, in recounting the evil qualities of Marcius, says :— 
“T paint him in the character. Mark what mercy his mother shall 
bring from him: there is no more mercy in him than in a male T'iger.” 
Coriolanus. Act v., Scene 4. 
Tue Leorarp, Felis leopardus. 
The Leopard, sometimes called “ Pard,” is mentioned about 
half-a-dozen times. See Richard II., Act i., Scene 1; Henry VL, 
First Part, Acti., Scene 5; Timon of Athens, Act iv., Scene 3; 
Midsummer Night's Dream, Actii., Scene 2; Love's Labour Lost, 
Act v., Scene 2; and The Tempest, Act iv., Scene 1. 
“Lubbar” is probably a corruption of “ Libbard,” an old name 
for Leopard. We find Falstaff “indited to dinner to the Lud- 
bar’s Head, in Lumbert Street, to Master Smooth’s, the silkman” 
(Henry IV., 2nd Part, Actii., Scene 1). The arms of the Weaver’s 
Company being a chevron between three leopards’ heads would 
account for “ Master Smooth, the silkman,” adopting a leopard’s 
head as a “ sign.” 
Under the name of “Panther,” the Leopard is mentioned 
three times in the play of Titus Andronicus. See Act i., Scene 2, 
Act ii., Scene 2; and again 
“Come on, my lords, the better foot before 
Straight will I bring you to the loathsome pit, 
Where I espied the Panther fast asleep.” 
Id. Act ii., Scene 4. 
