For who that hath no tender love
In savinge of a mannes lif,
He schal be founde so gultif,
That whanne he wolde mercy crave
[Nobleness of the Lion.]
In time of nede, he schal non have.
P. iii. 206
Of the natures this I finde,[1263]
Nota qualiter Leo hominibus stratis parcit.
The fierce Leon in his kinde,