THE SCENE: The loyalty of a dog to its master is ageless… and is respected by friend and foe alike.
THE TEXT: In this wood at Coleshill a young Welshman was killed as he tried to make his way through the King’s battle-lines. A greyhound which he had with him watched over his master’s body for nearly eight days without food. With a fidelity remarkable in a brute beat it defended his corpse from the attacks of other dogs, wolves and birds of prey. What son to his father would have shown such affectionate regard? In appreciation of what had happened and as a mark of favour to the dog, which had almost died of starvation, the English, who nevertheless hated the Welsh, had the corpse buried with all due ceremony, although it was almost putrid by this time.
– A Journey Through Wales, Gerald of Wales, 12th Century AD
