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So I said nothing, for, after all, what possible social community could one find in a blindfold old mule and a handful of saltant or fluttering creatures?

When he chaseth and followeth after other beasts, hee goeth alwaies saltant or rampant; which he never useth to doe when he is chased in sight, but is onely passant.

Woods and fields are tremulous at twilight with the shimmering of white saltant forms, and immemorial Ocean yields up curious sights beneath thin moons.

Nos saltamus, Vos saltatis, Illi saltant, We dance, Ye dance, They dance.

Called Crapaud from the device of the ancient kings of France, "three toads erect saltant."