A beautiful, rare steel engraving showing Reynard spying on his Father as he visits his treasure horde. Reynard steals the treasure and, when brought to the King's court, justifies this by explaining that his father,
"consorted with the traitorous crew
Of vile conspirators, who still,
Against their Monarch plotted ill"

"I therefore sought night and day,
To find out where the treasure lay;
And ceaseless watch'd, with this intent,
When'er my father came or went. -
O'er field and forest, hill and dale,
In rain or sunshine, snow or hail,
I track'd him long without avail,
Yet did my patience never fail; -
At length one happy day,
From out a cave I saw him creep,
Which 'twixt two rocks lay dark and deep:
and mark'd him, as with jealous care,
He hid the entrance to his lair,
While I in ambush lay.