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• like a King he disdains the company of the masses

• His second characteristic is that he seems to have his eyes open when he sleeps.

• His third characteristic is that when the lioness brings forth her cubs, they come into the world dead.

• The nature of the lion is such that he is not enraged by men if he is not harmed by them. [...] The merciful nature of lions is confirmed by multiple examples: they will spare men lying on the ground, and will lead captives whom they meet to their homes. They will attack men rather than women. They will only kill children if they are exceptionally hungry. Equally, they will abstain from eating to excess

• They mate face to face, as do the lynx, camel, elephant and rhinoceros.

• A sick lion will seek out an ape and devour it in order to be cured.