“Sir, here are lions, leopards in,
Horses, mares, oxen, and swine,
Goats, calves, sheep, and kine
Here sitten [settled] may you see.”
“Oh, look at the lion!” exclaimed Margery. “Isn’t he beautiful? And the pig, Colin! Did you ever see such a fat pig in your life?”
Ham had now begun to show the animals in his charge:
“Camels, asses, men may find;
Buck, doe, hart, and hind,”
he chanted, holding up the figure of each beast before putting it in the ark.
“Take here cats and dogs too (said Japhet),