habited with infinit number of wilde beaſtes: and meeting there with good paſture and better ayre, in time he waxed whole and ſounde as euer he was, ſauing that age had ſtolen upon him, by meanes whereof he had quite forgot Incoronata: to weete the crowned heighfare. Yet continuing thus without any make of his kinde, he rored and yelled amiddeſt that valley & caues, whoſe lowing ecco rebounding backe with terrible ſounde, impreſſed a merueylous feare in all the herde of wilde and ſauadge beaſtes. The Lyon that was Kinge of all the reſt, hearing the hollow and fearefull noyſe of this mighty Bull, not acquainted before with the like noyſe: notwithſtanding his hardineſſe, yet was hee fore afrayde and amazed both, and durſt not once for ſhame ſaye I am afrayde. In the ende parplexed thus, he reſolved to ſende a ſpye, and calling to him ſecretely a wilde Bore, he ſent him ſtraight to ſee what newe and ſtraunge thing that was. This wilde Bore running through thickets, thornes, bryers, and hedges, at length came neare to the Bull. And when he ſawe ſo goodly a beaſte, with his ſharpe hornes ſo pointing out, and with his parted hide (halfe blacke, halfe white) and blaſed ſtarre in the foreheade, ſo well ſhaped with all—hee ſtoode in a maze, as one ouercome with feare, and ſo much the more, bicauſe at that
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