and good will, and doe their beſt indeuour. I haue preſumed vnder you Maieſties good licence to ſaye thus much, bicauſe I recken myſelfe to be one of the faythfulleſt ſeruaunts your Maieſtie hath euer had, or now retayneth.
The Lyon, as King of beaſtes, and that knew before of the wilde Bores report the nature and propertie of this mightie beaſt the Bull, mooued not a whit at theſe wordes, but wiſelye hid that inwardly which hee openly vnderſtoode; and with large wordes and new deuiſes ſayned diuers his perticular accidents, ſaying that he was not well at eaſe, and founde himſelfe ſubiect to his ordinarye ague. And thus the King and Moyle diſcourſing togithers (a happie chaunce for the Moyle, and an yll happe for the Lyon) the Bull that was harde at the Court gate gaue three or foure terrible lowes that the Lyon ſhooke agayne to heare him as one that was more afrayde now than he was before, by reaſon of the great noyſe and rebounde of his voyce: and not able any longer to hide his griefs, he ſayde. This voice ſo bigge and terrible runneth throughe my whole bodie, and in counſell I tell it thee, (knowing thy troth and fidelitie to me) I promiſe thee I am afrayde of my Kingdome: and my reafon is this. That ſeeing the voyce of this
