LION. | NATURAL HISTORY. 185 
little marrow in his bones ; and his bones be so hard that by 
smiting of them together, fire springeth out thereof. The 
Lion dreadeth when he seeth or heareth a whelp beaten. 
He hideth himself in high mountains, and espieth from 
thence his prey. And he maketh a circle all about 
other beasts with his tail, and all the beasts dread to pass 
out over the line of the circle, and the beasts stand 
astonied and afeard, as it were abiding the hest and com- 
mandment of their King. And he is ashamed to eat alone 
the prey that he taketh; therefore of his grace, of free 
heart, he leaveth some of his prey to other beasts that 
follow him afar off. And is so hot of his complexion, 
that he hath alway the fever quartan; and hath kindly 
this evil to abate his fierceness. His grease is contrary to 
venom, so that whoso be anointed therewith shall not 
dread that time biting of serpents nor creeping worms. 
Also his grease meddled with oil of roses keepeth and 
saveth the skin of the face from wens and vices, and 
keepeth whiteness. His gall meddled with water sharpeth 
and cleareth the sight, and helpeth against infecting evils. 
His heart taken in meat destroyeth the fever quartan. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xviii. § 65. 
Tue Lion has a strong smell, and especially in the 
mouth. When he sleeps in a ship, the ship is in danger. 
The Lion flees before a mouse, and is afraid of the wood 
which is called sethin. Hellebore too and squill kill dogs 
and Lions and many wild beasts. 
Hortus Sanitatis, bk. ii. § 80. 
Tue circles of cart-wheels, empty carts, and the comb 
on a cock’s head do marvellously fear a Lion being a most 
hardy or fierce beast. 
Lupton, “Notable Things,” bk. iii. § 37. 
Ir you join a Lion’s skin to the skin of a wolf or any 
other beast, it will make them without hair, or cause their 
hair to fall or consume away. Ibid., bk. vi. § 54. 
CLotuHes wrapped in a Lion’s skin killeth moths. And 
so great is the fear of Lions to wolves, that if any part of 
a Lion’s grease be cast into a fountain, the wolves never 
dare to drink thereof, or to come near unto it. The 
