middle of the den which is full straight, and when the leopard knoweth that the lion is so let and holden in the straight place, he goeth out of the den forward, and cometh again into the den in the other side behind the lion, and reseth on him behindforth with biting and with claws, and so the leopard hath often in that wise the mastery of the lion by craft and not by strength ( Steele edition of 1905) Middle English Bestiary (British Library Arundel MS 292 ) [13th century]: The leun stant on hille, and he man hunten here, / Other thurg his nese smel smake that he negge, / Bi wilc weie so he wile to dele nither wenden, / Alle hise fet steppes after him he filleth, / Drageth dust with his stert ther he dun steppeth, / Other dust other deu, that he ne cunne is finden, / Driveth dun to his den thar he him bergen wille. / An other kinde he haveth, wanne he is ikindled / Stille lith the leun, ne stireth he nout of slepe / Til the sunne haveth sinen thries him abuten; / Thanne reiseth his father him mit te rem that he maketh / The thridde lage haveth the leun, thanne he lieth to slepen / Sal he nevre luken the lides of hise egen. / Welle heg is tat hil, that is Heven riche. / Ure loverd is te leun, the liveth ther abuven; / Wu tho