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A04555	The most famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome Saint George of England, Saint Dennis of Fraunce, Saint Iames of Spaine, Saint Anthonie of Italie, Saint Andrew of Scotland, Saint Pattricke of Ireland, and Saint Dauid of Wales. Shewing their honorable battailes by sea and land: their tilts, iousts, and turnaments for ladies: their combats vvith giants, monsters, and dragons: their aduentures in forraine nations; their inchauntments in the holie land: their knighthoods, prowesse, and chiualrie, in Europe, Affrica, and Asia, with their victories against the enemies of Christ.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 1	Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659?	1596 (1596)	STC 14677; ESTC S109165	135,141	216

THE MOST famous History of the Seauen Champions of Christendome Saint George of England Saint Dennis of Fraunce Saint Iames of Spaine Saint Anthonie of Italie Saint Andrew of Scotland Saint Pattricke of Ireland and Saint Dauid of Wales Shewing their Honorable battailes by Sea and Land their Tilts Iousts and Turnaments for Ladies their Combats vvith Giants Monsters and Dragons their aduentures in forraine Nations their Inchauntments in the holie Land their Knighthoods Prowesse and Chiualrie in Europe Affrica and Asia with their victories against the enemies of Christ. AT LONDON Printed for Cuthbert Burbie and are to be sold at his shop at the Royall Exchange 1596. To the Right Honorable Lord Thomas Howard c. R. I. vvisheth health honor and happinesse HAuing heard Right Honourable by a general report of the laudable vertuous qualities vvherevvith your Honours minde is beautefied and your fauourable acceptance of good vvill from the meanest I haue attempted though fearing to fall like Phaiton to present into your Lordships handes this homely gift vvhich is a Historie of the seauen Champions of Christendome vvhole names to this day is held in great estimation through Europe vvhere in steede of musicke I bring you mislike for a learned booke an ildle discourse thereby to beguile your ingenious Iudgements exercised in the best rudiments Yet presuming vpon this that as the Noblest mindes are euer the most curteous so your Honour vvill vouchsafe to cast a smiling glaunce at this simple toy if not for the vvorkemanship yet for the good vvill of the giuer vvherevvith if I be fauoured as I hope vvell my labour hath his revvard and my desire his content in vvhich assured hope resting I commit your Honour to the Almightie Your Honours in all humilitie most affectionate R. I. To all curteous Readers Richard Iohnson vvisheth increase of vertuous knovvledge GEntle Readers in kindnes accept of my labours and be not like the chattering Cranes nor Momus mates that carps at euerything vvhat the simple say I care not vvhat the spightfull speake I passe not only the censure of the conceited I stand vnto that is the marke I aime at vvhose good likeinges if I obtaine I haue vvonne my race if not I faint in the first attempt and so loose the quiet of my happie goale Yours in kindnes to command R. I. The Authors Muse vpon the Historie THe famous factes O Mars deriu'd from thee By wearie pen and paynefull Authors toyle Enroulde we finde such feates of Chiualrie As hath beene seldome seene in any soyle Thy ensignes here we finde in field displaide The Trophies of thy victories erected Such deedes of Armes as none could haue assaide But Knights whose courage feare hath not detected Such Ladies sau'd such monsters made to fall Such Gyants slaine such hellish Furies queld That Humane forces few or none at all In such exploits their liues could safely shield But vertue stirring vp their Noble mindes By valiant Conquests to inlarge their Fames Hath causde them seeke aduentures forth to finde Which registreth their neuer dying names Then Fortune Time and Fame agree in this That Honours gaine the greatest glorie is Gentle Reader beare with the faults ouerpast in correction and they shall be amended God willing in the next Impression The Honorable Historie of the Seauen Champions of Christendome CHAP. I. Of the wonderfull and straunge birth of Saint George of England how he was cut out of his Mothers wombe and after stole from his Nurses by Kalyb the Lady of the woods Her loue to him and her giftes and how hee inclosed her in a rocke of stone and redeemed sixe Christian Knights out of prison AFter the angr●e Gréekes has 〈◊〉 the chiefest Cittie in Phrigi● and turn● King Priams glorious buildinges to a 〈◊〉 and desolate wildernes Duke Aenzas exempted from his natiue habitation with manie of his distressed countrimen 〈◊〉 Pilgrims wandered the world to 〈◊〉 some happie r●gion where they might erect the Image of their late subue●ted Troy but before that labour could 〈◊〉 accomplished Aenaeas ended his dayes in the con●i●●s of Italie and left his sonne Askanius to gouerne in his 〈◊〉 Askanius dying 〈◊〉 Siluius to rule Siluius deceasing le●t ●he noble and ●●●ent●rous Brutus which Brute being the and hollow trées wherein they were entertained with such a dismall croking of night Rauens hissing of Serpents b●llowing of Bulles and roaring of monsters that it rather seemed a wildernesse of furies than any worldly habitation by which they knew it to be the inch●●ted vale of Kalyb the Lady of the woodes So pacing 〈◊〉 the middle of the thicket they came to a Ca●e whose gate and entrey was of Iron whereon hung a mightie brasen borne for them to winde that would speake with the Sorceresse first offering their Lambe with great humlitie before the post●rne of the Caue then exempting all feare they winded the brasen horne the sounde whereof séemed to shake the foundation of the earth after which they heard a loude and hollow voice that vttered these wordes following Sir Knight from whence thou camst retorne Thou hast a Sonne most strangely borne A Dragon fell shall split in twaine Thy Ladies wombe with extreame paine A Champion bold from thence shall spring And practise many a wondrous thing Returne therefore make no delay For it is true what I doo say THis da●ke Ri●●le or rather misticall Oracle being thrice repeated in this order so much amazed them that they stood in doubt whether it were b●st to returne or to winde the br●●en borne the second time but being perswaded by the other Knight not to mo●ue the impatience of Kalyb hee rested satisfied with that answere Thus le●● he the i●chaunted Caue to the gouernement of Kalyb and with all sp●●de dispatched his iourney to his 〈◊〉 hab●tation but in the mean● time his Lady b●ing ouerch●rged with extr●●me paine and bitter anguish of her laborsome wombe 〈◊〉 forced either to the spoyle of her Infant or decay of her owne life But regarding more the benefit of her countrie than ●er own safetie and for the preseruation of her childe ●hee most willingly committed her tender wombe to be opened that her Infant might bée taken forth aliue Thus with the consent of many learned Chirurgions this most Noble and Magnanimious Ladie was cast into a dead sl●epe her wombe cut vp with sharpe razers and the Infant taken from the bed of his creation Upon his brest nature had picturde the liuely forme of a Dragon vpon his right hand a bloody Crosse and on his left leg a golden garter they named him George and prouided him thrée nurses one to giue him sucke another to kéepe him a sleep and the third to prouide him foode not manie dayes after his natiuitie the fell Inchantresse Kalyb béeing the vtter enemy to true Nobilitie by charmes and witchcrafts st●le the Infant from his car●les Nurses At which time though all too late her Noble Lord and Husband returned in g●●d hope to he●re a