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A51707	Brittains glory: or, The history of the life and death of K. Arthur, and the adventures of the knights of the Round Table : giving a relation of their heroick exploits and victories in many lands ... pleasant and delightful, altogether worthy the perusal of the ingenious reader.	Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent.; J. S.	1684 (1684)	Wing M339; ESTC R43418	18,774	26

Brittains Glory OR THE HISTORY Of the LIFE and DEATH of K. ARTHUR And the Adventures of the KNIGHTS of the Round Table GIVING A Relation of their Heroick Exploits and Victories in many Lands but especially in the Holy-Land against the Turks and Sarazens The Combates with Gyants and Monsters and fearful wild Beasts Encounters with Pyrates at Sea His building Pallaces Love to Ladies and the many deliverances wrought by him With other wonderful Atchievements Pleasant and delightful altogether worthy the perusal of the ingenious Reader Printed by H. B. for J. Wright J. Clark W. Thackeray and T. Passinger 1684. Entred according to Order JOHN SHURLY TO THE READER COURTEOUS READER DVring the Revolutions of this Kingdom such have been the Valourous Exploits of the Princes and other Renowned Warriours Natives not only in this our Land and neighbouring Countries but throughout the known World that all Nations have stood amazed and trembled at their Prowess And amongst others well may the famous ARTHUR that Renowned Brittish King take place though to lessen the Credit of his great Exploits some envious Aliens have endeavoured to prove there was never such a man but since it is evident by Chronologers of the most Antiquity and Integrity that he was the Son of Vter Pendragon of the Antient Brittish Royal Blood I shall not use more Arguments to manifest it to the World but proceed to the Matter of History as I find it layed down for the Instruction of future Ages And remain Reader Yours to serve you I. S. BRITTAIN'S GLORY OR The HISTORY of the Life and Death of King Arthur and the Adventures of the Knights of the ROUND TABLE CHAP. I. Of the Parentage of King Arthur and how he came to the Crown after his Fathers death THE Saxons after the departure of the Romans having under the title of friendship seized upon many strong places in this Kingdom the native Brittains after having tryed their fortunes in many dreadful Battels were obliged to retire into Wales and Cornwall ●et retaining many places of considerable strength and from thence by frequent excursions greatly anoyed the Enemy not forgetting their antient Ualour and the former Glory of this Isle amongst which was King Vter Pendragon lineally descended from the Brittish Kings who in the Year Anno 500. began to Raign over the Brittains that possessed the Mountainous Country with great success giving the Saxons many defeats and gaining greatly upon them till at last falling in love with a fair Lady named Igrayin wife to Alfridus Duke of Cornwall he so doted on her Beauty that not finding her to be won by perswasion to yield her chastity to his disposal he plotted with Merlyn a famous Necromancer of that age to bring his designs about by policy This Necromancer undertaking the matter the better to ease his Princes labouring thoughts with Spells and by Magick Inchantment so wrought that either deluding the Ladies sight or transforming the King into the shape of her Lord she received him as such and suffered him in the absence of Alfridus to injoy her a whole night on whom he got our famous Arthur For her Lord being in War against the West-Saxons was slain e're his return of which the King hearing though greatly grieved at the loss of so renowned a Subject yet as much rejoyced that fate gave him opportunity to procure the love of the fair Dutchess in an honourable way which he prosecuting after the days of mourning were over so dealt with her by fair words and rich presents that being now at liberty she was contended to be his Wife and was married to him by the Bishop of Carlile with great pomp and splendour all the Lords and Nobles subject to his Scepter together with their Ladies adorning their Nuptials and assisting at the Ceremony And so great was the joy that easting Turnament and all manner of disports to recreate the sences were held for twenty daies Yet the Queen was troubled to find the fruits of her womb increase so fast as fearing to be suspected of Adultry for well she knew she had been deceived when she computed the time of Alfridus death with the time she supposed him in her embraces but the King to put her out of doubt and to prevent melancholly thoughts in loving wise unrevealed the whole mistery yet it was agreed between them that it should be kept secret and that the Child should as soon as born be conveyed to a trusty Guardian to prevent obloquie The Queen about six months after the Ceremony of the Wedding was over being brought to bed of a Son the Child named Arthur as it was before resolved was conveyed by trusty hands to a Lady of good repute named Marilda Wife to Sir Ector one of the Kings Knights who brought him up in such learning as was meet for his Years When as his Father worn out with the continual toiles of War and much distempered through the many wounds he had received died leaving him sole-Heir of his Dominions who thereupon was proclaimed by most of the Nobility and Crowned King though some taking the advantage of his green years rebelled raised divers Commotions but he growing up and getting the Reins of Government into his hands did many great Exploits as will in the series of this History appear CHAP. II. The Description of King Arthur's usual Accuterments his Vision and the Interpretation thereof And how he constituted the Knights of the Round Table KIng Arthur by this time being grown up became exceeding tall strong insomuch that he seemed more than man and in many Iusts and Turnaments so well behaved himself that none could stand before him A Horse he had which he called Beaucephalus after the name of the Great Alexander's Horse and he in all Exploits proved the best in the world His Sword was of a large size viz. five foot in length and in breadth eight inches cutting with two fearful edges on which hung death and destruction His Launce was eight cubits and the head thereof formed of Massy Steel weighing six pound His Armour was of the highest prooff shining with Gems and burnished Gold And the better to inure him to War and great Exploits he frequently rode thus accutered and often in places of greatest danger glorying in nothing more than his strength and manly prowess delighting in nor fancying none but such as were truly valiant and feared not Death in any of his dreadful shapes but to such he was lavish to Excess retaining no other for his Counsellor but Merlyn the famous Necromancer from whom as from an Oracle he received the certainty of future events and at his request recreated him with strange and wonderful sights the Representation of Magick and amongst the rest upon a great Plain before the Kings Palace at Cardigan he raised a stately Tower and round it a pleasant Garden adorned with Fruits and fragrant Flowers Fish-ponds Fountains pleasant Bowers and Umbrages into which he led the King and all