_Lion rampant tail nowed._--The tail is here tied in a knot (Fig. 289). It is not a term very frequently met with. _Lion rampant tail elevated and turned over its head._--The only instances of the existence of this curious variation (Fig. 290) which have come under my own notice occur in the coats of two families of the name {179} of Buxton, the one being obviously a modern grant founded upon the other. [Illustration: FIG. 282.--A lion rampant. (By Miss Helard.)] [Illustration: FIG. 283.--A lion rampant. (By Miss Helard.)] [Illustration: FIG. 284.--Lion rampant.] [Illustration: FIG. 285.--Lion rampant guardant.] [Illustration: FIG. 286.--Lion rampant regardant.] [Illustration: FIG. 287.--Lion rampant double queued.] [Illustration: FIG. 288.--Lion rampant queue-fourché.] [Illustration: FIG. 289.--Lion rampant, tail nowed.] _Lion rampant with two heads._--This occurs (Fig. 291) in the coat of arms, probably founded on an earlier instance, granted in 1739 to {180} Mason of Greenwich, the arms being: "Per fess ermine and azure, a lion rampant with two heads counterchanged." This curious charge had been adopted by Mason's College in Birmingham, and on the foundation of Birmingham University it was incorporated in its arms. _Lion rampant guardant bicorporated._--In this case the lion has one head and two bodies. An instance of this curious creature occurs in the arms of Attewater, but I am not aware of any modern instance of its use. [Illustration: FIG. 290.--Lion rampant, tail elevated and turned over its head.] [Illustration: FIG. 291.--Lion rampant, with two heads.] [Illustration: FIG. 292.--Tricorporate lion.] [Illustration: FIG. 293.--Lion coward.] _Lion Rampant Tricorporate._--In this case three bodies are united in one head (Fig. 292). Both this and the preceding variety are most unusual, but the tricorporate lion occurs in a coat of arms (_temp._ Car. II.) registered in Ulster's Office: "Or, a tricorporate lion rampant, the bodies disposed in the dexter and sinister chief points and in base, all meeting in one head guardant in the fess point sable." _Lion coward._--In this case the tail of the lion is depressed, passing between its hind legs (Fig. 293). The exactitude of this term is to some extent modern. Though a lion cowarded was known in ancient days, there can be no doubt that formerly an artist felt himself quite at liberty to put the tail between the legs if this seemed artistically desirable, without necessarily having interfered with the arms by so doing.