184 SHAKESPEARE’S [ LION. 
with his tail, and afterward, as the wrath increaseth, he 
smiteth and beateth his own back. And out of each 
wound, that the Lion maketh with claw or with teeth, 
runneth sharp and sour blood. Also in peril the Lion is 
most gentle and noble, for when he is pursued with hounds 
and with hunters, the Lion lurketh not nor hideth himself, 
but sitteth in fields, where he may be seen, and arrayeth 
himself to defence. And he hideth himself not for dread 
that he hath, but he dreadeth himself sometime, only for 
he would not be dread. When he is wounded, he taketh 
wonderly heed, and knoweth them that him first smiteth, 
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and reseth on the smiter, though he be in never so great 
multitude ; and if a man shoot at him [and do not hit 
him—BSartholomew] the Lion chaseth him and_ throweth 
him down, and woundeth him not, nor hurteth him. 
When the Lion dieth, he biteth the earth, and tears fall 
out of his eyes; and when he is sick, he is healed and 
holpen with the blood of an ape. And he dreadeth 
greatly the crowing and the comb of a cock. And the 
Lion hath a neck as it were unmovable, and is full 
grim; and moveth alway first with the right foot, and 
afterward with the left foot, as a camel doth; and [hath] 
