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know no one else ; for whenever the King did ride he 

 that kept the greyhound let him loose, and he would 

 straight run to the King and fawn upon him, and leap 

 with his four feet upon the King's shoulder. And as the 

 King and the Earl of Derby talked together in the court, 

 the greyhound, who was wont to leap upon the King, left 

 the King and came to the Earl of Derby, Duke of Lan- 

 caster, and made to him the same friendly countenance. 

 The Duke, not knowing the greyhound, demanded the 

 King what the greyhound would do. " Cousin," quoth the 

 King, "it is a great token for you and an evil sign for 

 me." 



' " Sir, how know you that ? " asked the Duke. 

 ' " I know it well," answered the King. " The grey- 

 hound maketh you cher this day as King of England, as 

 you shall be, and I shall be dispossessed. The greyhound 

 has this knowledge naturally, therefore take him to you. 

 He will follow you and forsake me." 



' The Dulve understood well these words, and cherished 

 the greyhound, who would never after follow King 

 Richard, but followed the Duke of Lancaster.' 



Another greyhound anecdote is that an officer named 

 St. Leger, who was imprisoned at Vincennes during the 

 war of St. Bartholomew, wished to keep a greyhound that 

 he had brought up with him, and to which he was much 

 attached. He was refused permission to keep the dog, and 

 the greyhound was sent to his house in the Rue des 

 Lions St. Paul. 



The next day the dog returned to Vincennes and 

 began to bark under the windows of the tower where his 

 master was confined. St. Leger approached and looked 

 through the bars, and was delighted to see his faithful dog, 

 who began to jump and to play a thousand gambols to 

 show his joy. He threw the poor beast a piece of bread, 

 which it immediately ate. This greyhound during the four 

 years of his master's incarceration visited him daily; 

 whether it rained or snowed the faithful animal never 

 failed for a single day to pay his accustomed visit. Six 



