King Francis was a great lover of all types of sport : and one day he and his
courtiers, nobleman and ladies,
sat watching wild
savage lions fighting with each other the enclosure below . Amongst the courtiers sat count de Lorge besides a beautiful and lively lady of noble birth whom he loved and hopped to marrt. The lions roared and bit and tore each other with savage fury ,until the
King said to his courtie ," Gentlemen we are better up here than down there !"
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