aily in the most
concise manner possible, at his Highness's gracious command, by his
private secretary":[193]

On the 1st of September his Highness was shown in London the
English dogs, of which there were about 120, all kept in the
same enclosure, but each in separate kennel. In order to
gratify his Highness, and at his desire, two bears and a
bull were baited; at such times you can perceive the breed
and mettle of the dogs, for although they receive serious
injuries from the bears, and are caught by the horns of the
bull and tossed into the air so as frequently to fall down
again upon the horns, they do not give in, [but fasten on
the bull so firmly] that one is obliged to pull them back by
the tails and force open their jaws. Four dogs at once were
set on the bull; they however could not gain any advantage
over him, for he so artfully contrived to ward off their
attacks that they could not well get at him; on the
contrary, the bull served them very scurvily by striking and
beating at them.

[Footnote 193: The secretary was named Jacob Rathgeb, and the diary
was published at Tuebingen in 1602 with a long title beginning: _A True
and Faithful Narrative of the Bathing Excursion which His Serene
Highness_, etc. A translation will be found in Rye, _England as Seen
by Foreigners_, pp. 3-53.]

The following is a letter from one William Faunte to Edward Alleyn,
then proprietor of the Bear Garden, regarding the sale of some game
bulls:

I understood by a man which came with two bears from the
garden, that you have a desire to buy one of my bulls. I
have three western bulls at this time, but I have had very
ill luck with them, for one of them hath lost his horn to
the quick, that I think he will never be able to fight
again; that is my old Star of the West: he was a very easy
bull. And my bull Bevis, he hath lost one of his eyes, but I
think if you had him he would do you more hurt than good,
for I protest I think he would either throw up your dogs
into the lofts, or else ding out their brains against the
grates.[194]

[Footnote 194: Collier, _The Alleyn Papers_, p. 31.]

Finally, among the Alleyn papers of Dulwich College is an interesting
bill, or advertisement, of an afternoon's performance at the Bear
Garden:

To-morrow being Thursday shall be seen at the Bear Garden on