The fireside sphinx . CHAPTER V THE CAT OF ALBION Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, Where have you been ? I ve been to London, To look at the Queen. THIS beaste is called a Musion, for thathe is enimie to Myse and Rattes. Heis slye and wittie, and seeth so sharpelythat he overcommeth darknes of the nighte by thesbyninge lyghte of his eyne. In shape of bodye heis lyke unto a Leoparde, and hathe a great mouthe. THE CAT OF ALBION 83 He dothe delight that he enjoyeth his Ubertye; andin his youthe he is swifte, plyante and merrie. Hemaketh a rufull noyse and a gastefull when he pro-fereth to fightewith an othe
The fireside sphinx . CHAPTER V THE CAT OF ALBION Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, Where have you been ? I ve been to London, To look at the Queen. THIS beaste is called a Musion, for thathe is enimie to Myse and Rattes. Heis slye and wittie, and seeth so sharpelythat he overcommeth darknes of the nighte by thesbyninge lyghte of his eyne. In shape of bodye heis lyke unto a Leoparde, and hathe a great mouthe. THE CAT OF ALBION 83 He dothe delight that he enjoyeth his Ubertye; andin his youthe he is swifte, plyante and merrie. Hemaketh a rufull noyse and a gastefull when he pro-fereth to fightewith an other. He isacruell beastewhen he is wilde, and falleth on his owne feete frommost high places, and seldom is hurt he hath a fay re skinne, he is, as it were,prowde thereof, and then he goeth faste aboute tobe seene. So writes John Bossewell, in his Workes ofArmorie, 1597; and the vigour and accuracy ofthe description shame our feebler pens. Bosse-well, it is true, found part of this admirable portraitin a
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