You have not got a lion rampant guardant or regardant, I notice.
I'm a dreadful noticer.
You do have lions passant guardant - or regardant - they are, I think - different but I am not sure how. It is why I have such a need for sturdy bookshelves. I have a book of heraldry which must weigh 3lb.
The French ones are not called lions but leopards.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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