| Show amusement years ago just years ago king james 1 of england visited the liens then kept in london tower the show froin which is derived the lions in the sense of the sights of a place the king had an arena built on to their cages for fights with bears dogs and bulls but the two lions that entered it on this day simply stood blinking two racks of mutton and a lusty live cock were successively thrown to them and devoured after this the king caused a live lamb to be easily let down unto them by a rope and being come lo 10 the ground thu lamb lay upon his knees and both the lions stood in their places and only beheld the lamb but presently the camu lamu rose up and went unto the lions which very gently looked upon him and smelled on him without sign of any further hurt however a lion and mastiff fight abat followed was better sport |