Reynard's two Sons had no sooner left him, but his Castle was besieged by the command of the Lion, and all his starting∣holes so it for Travel, called to him Reynardine and Rossel, his two Sons, to whom he com∣municated the State of his Assairs, bidding them take Laprel the Coney with them, for a Guide, and carry his Treasure with them into the Forest of Longwood, and there hide it in the Cave Laprel would shew them, and remain there to expect the Event of his Fortune and to prevent a Discovery, they should kill the Coney as soon as the Treasure was safely stowed: So delivering to them his Riches, and sending some Servants with them to carry it to the Confines of the Fo∣rest the Sun was no sooner set, but they departed with Tears, which presaged they should never see each other more.
The King, having private Intelligence, by means of the Brock, that the Cheats and Fallacies he had put upon the Royal Lion were discovered, he proclaimed a Traytor, and great Preparations made to apprehend him doubting his Safety in the Castle of Malepardus, and being grown aged, and un
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