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A71328	The ancient, famous and honourable history of Amadis de Gaule. [books 1 and 2] Discoursing the aduentures, loues and fortunes of many princes, knights and ladies, as well of Great Brittaine, as of many other kingdomes beside, &c. Written in French by the Lord of Essars, Nicholas de Herberay, ordinarie commissarie of the Kings artillerie, and his lieutenant thereof, in the countrie and gouernment of Picardie, &c.; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 1-2. English.	Pyott, Lazarus.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1619 (1619)	STC 544_copy2; ESTC S106806	494,517	445

to manifest himselfe in any sort vnto the Damosell of Denmarke who sayd vnto him My friend I haue been enformed by the Hermit that you are a knight and because all Gentlewomen are greatly bound vnto good knights for the benefits and pleasures that they commonly receiue at their hands in defending them and deliuering them from many and great dangers I had a great desire before I departed to see you to giue vnto you such prouisions as are in my ship that shall be necessarie for your health Notwithstanding he answered her nothing neither did hee any other thing but lament and sigh and because that in that little Cell wherein hee remayned there was little light the Gentlewoman did not know whether hee were a dying or no. Whereupon she was ware of a window which she opened by the light whereof shee might behold him more at ease but all the while that she beheld him hee neuer cast his eyes off from her neuerthelesse hee spake not one word but sighed without ceasing like vnto a wight whose heart was ouercharged with woe which moued the Damosel to exceeding pittie And comforting him in the best sorte she could by chance shee espied a scarre which he had vpon his face with a blow that Arcalaus the Enchanter had giuen him when hee rescued Oriana as hath beene recited in the first Booke Wherefore shee thought in her minde that without doubt this was Amadis whom shee ●ought and at the instant shee did know that he was euen the same for the same cause shee being grealy amased cryed out Alas what do I see My Lord you are he that hath made me haue many a weary iourney to find you this sayd she embraced him Alas my Lord sayd shee it is now high time to extend both pitty and pardon vnto her who procured thereunto by some sinister report hath brought you to this great extreamitie beleeue me doth now iustly endure a life worse then death then did she deliuer him the Letter that Oriana had written vnto him Hold sayd she your Lady sendeth you this and commandeth you by me that if you be the same Amadis that you were wo●t to be and hee whō she so much loueth that forgetting all passed faults you come vnto her to the Castle of Mirefleur where a full satisfaction shall bee made vnto you for the sorrowes and anguishes which you haue suffered for your ouer feruent loue Here withall was the Faire Forlorne so greatly rauished that it was a long time before hee could answer one word but hee tooke the Letter which hee kissed without ceasing and afterwards put it next vnto his heart saying O poore heart so long time passioned that hardly hast thou beene able to resist such a tempest notwithstanding the abundance of teares which thou so continually hast distilled that it hath almost brought thee euen to the point of death receiue now this medicine the which only is conuenient for thy health and come forth of this darknes which so long hath blinded thee taking thy strength againe vnto thee to serue her that of her owne free grace causeth thee to reuiue Then opened hee the Letter which contayned The Letter of Oriana to Amadis IF great faults committed by enmitie acknowledged afterwards by humility are worthy of pardon what ought those to bee which are caused by too much abundance of loue Neuerthelesse my loyall friend I will not deny but that I haue deserued exceeding punishment for I ought to haue considered that at such times when any are in the greatest prosperity and mirth then fortune commeth and ouerthroweth them into sorrow and misery furthermore I ought to haue remembred me of your exceeding vertue and honesty which was neuer yet found faulty and most of all though I had died yet should I not haue forgotten the great seruitude of my pensiue heart which proceedeth from no other cause but onely from the same wherein your owne is tyed being certaine that so soone as any flame had beene therein quenched mine had as suddenly beene there-withall acquainted in such sort as the care which it hath had to aswage the mortall desires thereof hath been the onely cause to encrease the same But I haue done amisse like vnto them who being in the top of their felicity and most assured of the loue of those by whom they are beloued not being able to comprehend in them so much good become iealous and suspicious more by their owne imagination then by any reason ouer shadowing this bright happinesse with tha cloud of impatience beleeuing the report of some men it may bee wicked slanderers of small credit and vitious sooner then the witnesse of their owne conference and certaine experience Therefore my constant friend I beseech you bartely to receiue this Damosell ●as beeing sent from her who acknowledgeth in all humility the great fault which she hath committed against you who shall better then my letter acquaint you with the extremitie of my life where of you ought to haue pittie not for any of mine own desert but for your owne reputation who are neither accounted cruell nor desirous of reuenge where you finde repentance and submition especially seeing that no penance may proceede from you more rigorous then that which I my selfe haue ordained for me and the which I doe b●re patiently hoping that you will release it restoring vnto me your good fauour and my life together which thereupon dependeth Herewithall a new ioy possessed the minde of the Faire Forlorne and hee quite banished the continuall melancholy which had so long tormented him neuerthelesse the perplexity wherein Oriana remained in expecting newes from him with held part of pleasure wherefore he praied the Damosell of Denmarke to aduise her selfe what she had to do for I feele my selfe said he so farre beside my selfe that I can thinke vpon no other thing but vpon the new restitution of my life which I haue receiued by your meanes I am of the opinion answered the Damosell seeing that these in my company do not know you to tell them that for pittie sake I will cary you to the Firme Island only to see if by changing the aire you may also change your malady the which was accordingly performed Notwithstanding the Faire Forlorne before his departure declared vnto the Hermit how the Gentlewoman had so long sought for him that now they were heere casually met together onely by meere chance and the storme which had brought her vnto the poore Rock And for this cause my father saide he I am constrained to leaue you and to follow her assuring you that so long as I liue I shall neuer forget the good which you haue done for mee for without your good help I had perished both body and soule And seeing that by your deuout praires as I beleeue I haue beene preserued hitherto I most humbly beseech you to haue your poore guest still in remembrance And moreouer to do so much for me that hereafter you would

thing as I guesse but that the displeasure of a weake woman had brought him to this extremity he would haue tried to colour his fault by the examples of the strong and valiant Hercules Sampson the wise Salomon Virgill and an infinit number of other great and vertuous personages which haue all faln into the like misery being no more able to resist the same then he And Amadis would haue thought their misfortunes sufficient to shaddow his miserie and yet it is quite contrary for their example might haue warned him to haue shunned the like folly Was it likely then that Fortune would bring him out of his calamity he being thus ouercome for so small a cause and to bestow vpon him afterwards more fauours and victories then euer she had done before me thinketh that she should not neither yet had she done it if those things by her executed against him had not turned to the profit of the persons whom she would fauour whose liues depended vpon Amadis his safety whom she tormented in such sort as it seemed she had more compassion vpon them then care of him as your selfe may iudge Because that Amadis being as it were brought vnto the period of his life when he least hoped of remedie euen then was he restored vnto his former estate by such meanes as shal be hereafter recited vnto you But to the end that we stray not too farre from the order of our history you must first vnderstand that which happened to Gandalin after he awaked and found neither Amadis nor his horse who rising vp in a fright misdoubted that which was happened and looked in all places thereabout notwithstanding he could see nothing but Trees and Bushes By meanes whereof he began to cry and call yet no body answered him but the Eccho which resounded thorow the valley whereby he knew well that Amadis was departed For this cause he began to make a most sorrowfull lamentations determining to follow him and to doe what he could to find him againe which that he might the better accomplish hee returned where hee had left his horse the which hee found hauing neither saddle nor bridle vpon him which made him almost beside himselfe But as hee fretted and sought from one place to another in the middest of the bushes hee espied the harnesse of his horse which he sought wherefore incontinently he sadled him and mounted vpon him gallopping through the forrest not knowing which way to take and in this frensie he rode fiue daies together without any stay at all but at the side of the villages where he onely taried to enquire after Amadis Notwithstanding he could heare no newes of him till the sixt day that he entred into a meddow wherein was a fountaine hard by the which Amadis had left his armour There he beheld a Pauillion set vp and two Gentlewomen vnto whom hee came asking them if they had seene a knight passe by bearing in his shield two Lions sables in a field Or. Wee haue not seene the knight which you demand after answered they but we did finde his shield and the rest of his armour vpon the brinke of this fountaine When Gandalin heard this hee cryed out mainely and bearing his haire he said weeping Ay me is he dead Alas what mis-fortune is hapned the best knight in the world is he lost heerewithall did hee encrease his laments so strangely as both the Gentlewomen had great compassion vpon his miserie Alas my Lord sayde hee how badly haue I kept you truely I am worthy to bee accounted the most wicked esquire that liueth on the earth hauing so lewdly forsaken you and you who were wont to be the defence and refuge of all distressed persons haue now nor coūcel nor cōfort of any liuing wight no not of me caitife as I am that through my great fault and sluggishnesse haue left you in your greatest neede euen when I ought best to haue serued you No soner had he said these words but that hee fell downe in a swound which when the Gentlewomen behelde they cryed Alas this esquire is dead and therewithall they ran vnto him but hee moued not in any sort Neuerthelesse they bestirred them so well as they brought him againe to himselfe afterwards they sayd vnto him my friend you are to blame thus to despaire for a thing whereof you are yet vncertaine It were more conuenient for you to goe seeke your maister seeing that the vertuous as you ought to bee do encrease their strength euen when aduersitie most assaileth them Gandalin knew that they sayde true and for the same cause he determined following their counsell to trauaile so long from place to place vntill he had newes of Amadis But I pray you Gentlewomen answered hee tell me where you haue found his armour That will wee willingly said they Wee were of late in the company of Don Guillan the pensiue who within these few dayes past deliuered vs from the prison of Gandinas the malicious with more then twentie other Ladies and Gentlewomen behauing him-selfe so valliantly that he hath broken the wicked custome of the Castle and constrained the Lord thereof to sweare neuer more to maintaine the same And because euerie one had liberty to goe whether they would my fellow and I haue followed him vnto this place and wee haue already stayed here this foure daies because that when we came hither first Guillan knew the armour of him whom you enquire after which were left vpon the side of the fountaine And I promise you that neuer knight was more sorrowful then he for as soon as he beheld them hee alighted from his horse saying Beleeue me this place is farre vnworthy to hold the shield of the best Knight in the world Then did hee take it vp from the ground and hanged it vpon this Tree Which done hee mounted againe vpon his horse commanding vs expressely that we should keepe it vntill hee had found the Knight to whom it appertained And to that end we did set vp these Pauilions which you see Notwithstanding after we had kept the same three whole dayes he returned and arriued but yesterday very late hauing no news of him at all and very early this morning he commanded his Esquires to take the rest of his Armour which were here found and he tooke off his owne shield to hang about his necke the other which we did keepe In the doing whereof he wept bitterly and said Truly shield thou makest a bad exchange of thy Master for me afterwards he told vs that he went to the Court of king Lisuart to present those spoyles vnto Queene Brisena being assured that shee would be no lesse sorrowfull then he for the sad mischance and wee likewise do follow after him to thanke the Queene for the good which Guillan hath done for vs for her sake as he hath commanded vs to do Then Gandalin bid them farewell assuring them that hee would finde him vpon whom his death or life

a great blemish Therefore my Lords I beseech you in performing the duty of a brother a friend and a companion to begin his search a fresh without sparing therein at all either time or toile This perswasiō did Gandalin make in weeping so extreamly that it greatly putied the three knights to behold him so as they concluded after they had beene in the Court if they heard not news of Amadis to begin a new pursuit to compasse the whole world about till they had found him and vpon this determination after they had heard diuine seruice they departed from the hermitage and tooke the way towards London But as they approched nere vnto the Cittie they were ware of the King who was already in the fields accompanied with many noble men and valiant knights for hee celebrated that day with all magnificence because that vpon the same he was crowned peaceable king of great Brittaine which was the principall occasion that many knights came to serue him Who beholding Galaor and his fellowes comming towards them shewed the king thereof and they in the mean season were hard at hand But because Florestan had neuer before seene such an assembly Galaor said vnto him Brother behold the king Now had they all three their head-pieces off wherefore some in the company did know them all forth-with except Flotestan the King imbraced them demanding how they fared Then Florestan 〈◊〉 to kisse his hands the which he refused And because he was the Gentleman that did most of all resemble Amadis and that heretofore he had heard speaking of him he began to suspect that it was his brother and therefore he saide vnto Galaor I beleeue that this is your brother Florestan It is he indeede if it please your Maiestie who hath a great desire to doe you seruice Ah said the king I would Amadis were now heere that I might see you all three together what saide Galaor hath your grace heard 〈◊〉 newes of him No saide the king but what haue you heard It may please your Maiestie answered he wee haue all three sought him a whole yeere yet haue we done no good but lost our labour and we did thinke to haue found him here in your Court wherefore seeing your grace hath certified me to the contrary I am in worse hope of his recouery then before So am not I saide the king for I am perswaded the heauens haue not endued him with such perfections to forsake him after this manner which maketh me to beleeue that we shall very shortly heare some tidings of him Whē they had ended their talke they entred into the Cittie where the Queene and the other Ladies were incontinently aduertised of their arriuall wherewith they were as glad as might bee especially Olinda the friend to Agraies who very lately was aduertised that he had passed vnder the arch of faithfull louers and shee expected his comming with as great deuotion as Corisanda did the arriuall of Florestan Then M●… imagining to do Orian● a pleasure 〈◊〉 to aduertise her but she 〈◊〉 ●wordh-drawn i●to ●…er where shee sawe her ●…ing her head vpon one of h●r h●●ds and reading in a booke to whom she saide Madame will you please to come downe to see Galaor Agr●… and Florestan who are now newely heere arriued Whē she heard her speake nothing of Amadis a new feare strook at her heart so that she knew not what to doe and the teares distilled from her eyes in such aboundance that her speech failed Neuerthelesse in the end not beeing able to dissemble her griefe shee answered Mabila my cosin and sweet friend how would you haue me to go see them in good sooth I haue not my minde so well setled that I may dissemble or hide that which in their presence I ought to doe Moreouer mine eyes are ouerswollen with much weeping and that which worse is it is impossible for to behold those whom I did neuer see but in the company of your cosin whom I haue so highly offended Heerewithall her heart was likely to haue left her sorrowfull body and she cryed My God how doe you permit mee wretched woman to liue being so worthy of death Ah my deere loue I doe now feele a double griefe for your absence seeing Galaor the rest to returne without you whome you loued as deere as your selfe who knowing the iniury and wicked act that I haue cōmitted against you shall haue iust cause to procure my ruine whereunto I consent with a good will seeing that so vnaduisedly I haue beene the meanes of your losse Herewithall she had fallen downe all along if Mabila who streight espied it had not staied her vp saying vnto her Madame will you alwaies continue these strange passions I know well that in the end you will publish that to your shame which we doe most desire should be kept secret Is this the constancy which you ought to haue especially seeing that day by day we expect to heare good newes by the Damosell of Denmarke Alas answered shee you speake at your pleasure is it possible that shee may finde him hauing the charge but to seek him onely in Scotland seeing that his brethren haue in a manner compassed all the West without hearing any newes at all of him You abuse your selfe saide Mabila it may bee that they had found him but that hee kept himselfe secret from them the which he wil neuer do frō your Gentlewoman knowing that she is priuie to both your loues And therefore be of good cheere vntill her returne and then doe as you shall thinke good and for this time let vs goe if it please you towards the Queene who demandeth for you Well answered Oriana I am content to doe what you will Then shee dried her eyes and went in the Queenes chamber into the which the three knights were already entred who seeing her comming did their duty vnto her at the same time the King held Galaor by the hand vnto whom he said behold I pray you how your good friend Oriana is impaired since you did last see her In good faith answered Galaor your Maiestie saith true and I would with all my heart that I might doe her any pleasure that might purchase her former health Herewithall Oriana smiled saying vnto Galaor God is the only comforter of all men so that when his pleasure is my health shall bee restored and your losses recouered which no doubt are great for so deere a brother Amadis was vnto you And I would that the trauell which you haue taken to seeke him in farre countries had brought some fruit as well for the good of you and yours as also for the seruice of the King my father vnto the which hee was wholly adicted Madame answered Galaor I trust that wee shall very shortly heare some newes of him because he is the knight that I haue euermore seene most valiantly to resist all extremities God grant it said Oriana but I pray you cause Don Florestan to

is the Prince by whom this night you shall receiue such pleasure You say true answered Elisena but what thinke you not that fortune is as fauourable to me as to him for if I be faire is not he one of the most perfect men that hath beene heard of either in personage good grace or hardines assure thy selfe Darioletta my friend that I imagine myselfe so happy as I thinke it is impossible for me to be more therfore let vs make hast I praye thee These words she vttered with such affection that she trembled like the little leafe on the high tree and as she ended those speeches they arriued at the Chamber doore where King Perion was lodged who for the strangnes of this new amorous flame as also the hope he had in Darioletta had not as yet taken any rest Neuerthelesse beeing as then wearye with trauaile ouercome with sleepe began euen as they opened the doore to slumber and dreamed that one entred his chamber at a false dore without knowledge who it should be but he thought that he thrust his hands into his sides and rent forth his hart afterward he saw him throw it into the Riuer when the king saide Wherfore commit ye such cruelty This is nothing at all answered hee that did this outrage for with you shall remaine another hart which I must take from ye against my wil. In great feare he suddenly awaked making the signe of the Crosse commended himselfe to God Now had the Ladyes opened the dore entred the Chamber wherfore he hering the noyse suspected some treason especially by reason of his feareful dreame lifting vp his head beheld thorow the curtans the dore open wherof he knew nothing and afterward by the light of the Moone he saw the shadowe of the Ladyes that were entred For this cause in feare he started out of bed tooke his Sword and went to the place where he had seene them but when Darioletta saw him so affrighted she spake to him in this manner What shal be done here Do you draw armes against vs that come to you with so slender defence the king who quickly knew them especially Elisena whom hee so much desired threw his Sword to the ground and casting a mantle about him which lay neere at hand in great affection hee came to her whom he loued better then him-selfe kissing embracing shewing the best countenance could be deuised which Darioletta seeing as one iealous and enuious of such fauour said to Elisena Now are you somewhat better contented for in my iudgement although till this time you defended your selfe from many And he likewise hath withstood sundry assaultes notwithstanding at this present neither the one or orher of you hath force or meane which way any longer to warrant or defend your selues As thus she spake she looked where the king had throwen his Sword which she took vp as a witnesse of the oath and promise he made her concerning the future mariage of Elisena and himselfe then shutting the dore after her she went into the Garden and so the king remained alone with his faire freind whom after many amourous embracings infinite kissings and execution of delights he behelde verily perswading himselfe that all the beauty of the world was in her reputing himselfe much more then happy that the heauens had allowed him so good an aduenture See now how it chaunced to this Princesse that for so long time in the cheefest flower of her youth beeing requested by so many mighty Princes and great Lordes she had withstood all to remaine in the liberty of a Maiden now won in lesse space then one day and at such time as her fancie in her one thinking was farthest off from such matters Thus Loue breaking the strong bandes of her holye and chast life caused a sudden alteration of her purpose making her soone after of a faire virgen a faire woman seruing for example to many other who assaying to withdraw their thoughtes from worldly things despising the great beauty wherwith nature hath endowed them tender youth which maketh them ignorant of the plesures delights in their Fathers Courts whereof sometime they might haue tasted yeelde themselues for saluation of their soules in poore and religious houses thereto in offering their free will vowing themselues to the subiectiō of others hoping to passe their time without any renowne or glory of this world Certes such Ladyes ought with great sollicitude to stop their eares close their eyes and giue themselues to continuall deuoute contemplatiōs prayers accepting them as their true and singular pastimes as to such they are and aboue all they should exempt themselues from sight of Parents neighbours and freinds because oftentimes the talk and frequenting of such procureth achange of their holy chast will and not without cause haue I made this little discourse for it is to the end that it happen not to them as it did vnto the faire Princesse Elisena who so long labored in thought to preserue her selfe yet notwithstanding in one only moment seeing the beauty and good grace of King Perion changed her will in such sorte as without the aduise discretiō of Darioletta who would couer the honor of hir Mistresse vnder the mantle of mariage you may see she was at the poynt to fal into the very lowest parte of all dishonor As it hath happened to many other of whom hath commonly beene heard speech who not keeping them selues from what I haue saide before haue beene taken bad enough and taken will be if they admit no better foresight Now then are these two louers in their solace Elisena demanding of the king if his departure should be shortly or no. Wherfore Madame do you aske said king Perion Because quoth she this happy fortune that with so great delight hath giuen ease to our affectionate desires doth threaten me already with extreame anguish sorrow which by your absence I shall receiue and feare it will rather cause my sudden death then long life Haue no doubt thereof saide the king for although my body is seperated from your presence my hart for euer shal remain with ye which shall giue strength to vs both to you to suffer and to me by my speedye returne These two contented louers are thus deuising when she that had bin the cause of their meeting seeing it was time to call her mistresse who by this pleasure forgot her selfe in her louers armes entred the Chamber speaking somewhat loude saide Madme I know that heretofore you thought my company more agreeable then you doe at this present but it is needfull that you arise and let vs goe for the time calleth vs. When the King heard her knowing that perforce it must be so he played Darioletta to walke into the Garden and to bring him word in what corner the winde sat in meane while he tooke his amourous conge with such reciprocall pleasure as you that loue may easily iudge

such braue viuacity of spirit as his enemy found he had a hard taske in hand At this instant an other knight chanced to passe by who seeing the combattants so ●ierce against each other determined to expect who should depart with victorie and placing himselfe by the Damosell demanded if shee knew them or the cause of their quarrel I must needes know them answered the Damosell because I set them together as you see and this good hap is not a little pleasing to mee for it is impossible but one of them must die nor doe I greatly care which of them it be but if both end together my ioyes would bee the greater Now trust me said the Knight full well doe you manifest a wicked disposition practising for your pleasure the death of two such braue men whose health and safety you rather ought to desire then imagine such a disloyall thought toward them but tell me I pray ye what reason you haue to hate them so That can I sufficiently quoth she He whose shielde is most defaced is the onely man of the world to whom mine Vncle Arcalaus wisheth most harme he being named Amadis And the other that combats with him is Galaor who not long since slew the chiefest man I loued It so fel out that Galaor here●ofore made me promise of any thing I would request and because this day I was most affectionate to his death I haue brought him to deale with fuch a one as will hardly permit him to escape with life For I knew the other to bee one of the best Knights in the World on whom this Dwarffe which you see attendeth I therefore desired Galaor to giue the little villaines head being perswaded Amadis would rather die then suffer it Thus the one to deliuer me my request and the other for his Dwarffes defence are fallen into the extreamitie of their liues which doth me good at the heart to behold By my conscience Damosell replyed the Knight I neuer thought such malice had remained in a woman of your sort and I beleeue assuredly being yet so yong if longer you liue you will accustome your self to such vilainie as this you begin withall whereby you shall infect the ayre and the other elements to the disaduantage of the honest and vertuous Ladies liuing at this day But to shielde them from such danger and these two good Knights whom treacherously thou wouldest should kill each other I will make a Sacrifice of thee according to thy deserts then lifting vp his Sword he smote her head quite from her shoulders that it fell on the ground at her horse feete saying Take the reward of thy merits for the loue I beare to thine Vnckle Arcalaus who kept me his prisoner till the vertuous Knight Amadis deliuered me then running to the combatants he cryed out aloud Holde Lord Amadis hold your hand for the man you fight against is your brother Galaor When Amadis heard these words he threw down his Sword and Shield to the earth and embracing Galaor said Alas my friend my brother rightly may I be tearmed the most vnhappy Knight in the world offering you such outrage as I haue done Galaor amazed at this aduenture knew not what to say but seeing how Amadis humbled himselfe on his knee he fell downe likewise desiring pardon reputing himselfe wonderfull vnfortunate in wronging thus his Lord and brother then Amadis weeping with inward conceite of ioy thus answered Noble brother and my friend I esteeme the passed perill well imployed because it beareth witnes of what we are able to doe So taking off their helmets to refresh themselues they heartily thanked the Knight that rhus caused their acquaintance whereupon he told them all what the Damosell said the execution hee committed on her Now trust me quoth Galaor neuer was false strumpet more rightly serued and now am I dischargd of the promise I made her All the better for mee said the Dwarffe and thereby haue I saued my head yet I meruaile why shee should hate me so much in respect I neuer saw her till now to my knowledge Then did Galaor at large discourse what happened betweene him the Damosell and her friend as you haue heard already rehearsed but the Knight that seperated them seeing their Armour all couered with blood thus spake to them My Lords your Armours deliuer testimony enough how discourteously your Swords haue intreated your bodies wherefore me thinks long tarrying in this place will but endanger your wounds let me request ye then to mount on horseback and accompany me to the Castle whether you shall not onely be welcome but finde helpe for your hurts by one skilfull therein Wee will not refuse your gentle offer said Amadis Let vs set forward then answered the Knight and happy shall I thinke my selfe in doing any seruice that may be liking to you for you Lord Amadis deliuered mee from the cruell imprisonmēt as neuer poor knight endured the like Where was it I pray replied Amadis At the castle quoth he of Arcalaus the enchanter whē you restored so many to liberty How are you named said Amad●…lays answered the Knight and because my Castle is cleped Carsanta I am often tearmed Balays of Carsanta therefore my Lords vse mee and mine as your owne Brother said Galaor seeing the Knight reputeth himselfe so much bounden to you let vs goe with him In short time they arriued at the Castle of Balays where they found Gentlemen and Ladeies that courteously entertained them by reason Balays had sent them word before how he brought with him the two best Knights in the world Amadis who deliuered him from the strong prison of Arcalaus and his noble brother Galaor For this cause were they welcommed much more honourably and brought into a goodly chamber to bee vnarmed where likewise stood two costly beds and a table furnished with soueraigne medicins for their wounds the cure whereof two Ladies being Neeces to Balays vndertooke for they were very learnedly skilled in Chirurgery Now did they imploy their vttermost cunning to recōpence Amadis for his worthy pains in restoring their Vnckle from the slauerie of Arcalaus so that within few daies they felt themselues indifferently amended and almost able to beare their Armour as they did before Here-upon Amadis comming with his brother Galaor declared how to seeke him he departed from the Court of King Lisuart promising not to returne without his company wherefore he intreated him to yeelde no den●all in respect no Princes Court was better frequented with Chiualrie nor could he finde more honour in any other place My Lord quoth Galaor I intend to accomplish what you please to command me albeit I desire not as yet to be knowne among men of account first would I haue my deedes giue some witnesse how desirous I am to imitate your proceedings or else to die in this religious affection Certes brother answered Amadis for this matter you neede not abandon the place seeing your renown is already greater

beside for I do not thinke seeing hee did hide himselfe from me that it is euer possible for any other but shee to finde him out For this cause Madam you ought henceforth to liue in good hope and to reioyce more then euer you did to the end that when he returneth he may not finde your beauty in such sort decayed What saist thou Gandalin answered she laughing doest thou thinke me now so vgly Nay rather Madame what do you thinke of your selfe that in this sort you doe hide you from the sight of all men I do it to this end said Oriana that when thy Master commeth if he would flie me for my deformity I might in this place stay him as my prisoner I would said he that he were here already and free from that other prison wherein hee remaineth for your loue Well said Oriana we haue now other matters in hand his Cosin and I haue done so much that wee haue gotten the keyes of these gardens by the which at his returne he may come in hither to see vs at al times and as often as he will and thou must do so much to cause two other keyes like these to bee made the which he shall keepe In good faith said Gandalin it is well and wisely aduised Then the Princesse deliuered him the keyes and without any longer staying in Mirefleur he returned to London where he executed his commission so diligently that the next morning he came vnto Mabila vnto whom he deliuered the counterfeit keyes who shewed them straight vnto Oriana saying vnto her behold already a good beginning for the recompencing of the hurt which you procured vnto your Amadis Mine answered Oriana I would to God he were here I then might well call him mine whether hee would or no Go to go to let vs not come out of Gods blessing into a warme Sun said Mabila but let vs see this night if Gandalin haue performed his taske well and whether the keyes will open the dores or not I pray you let vs said Oriana And for that present they made an end of their talke waiting a conuenient time to finish their enterprise and according to their appointment about mid-night when euery one were sound asleepe they secretly rose vp and came down into the Court it was then in the time of the moones waining and for that cause the darknes did beare the more sway wherefore Oriana began to bee afraid and said vnto Mabila I pray thee hold me by the hand for I am almost dead with feare No no I will defend you well enough answered shee am not I cosin to the most valiant knight in the world But although Oriana did tremble yet could shee not refraine from laughter said vnto her Let vs go then garded for I will henceforth thinke me safe being to be garded by you who are so valiant in deeds of armes Seeing that you knowe me so well answered Mabila let vs march on boldly and you shall see how I will finish this aduenture wherein if I faile I sweare that for one whole yeere I will neither hang shield about my necke nor strike one stroke with the Launce Heerewithall they began to laugh so loude that they might haue bin heard very easily and at the same instant they came vnto the dore where they tried the first key which they found maruailous fit and the second also wherefore they opened them without any difficultie and entered into the Orchard Then sayde Oriana vnto Mabila Cosin all that wee haue done is to no end except some-what more be done how may your cofin returne when wee once haue brought him into the place considering the height of the wals I haue already thought vpon that answered she it shall be very easie for him by the corner of this wall against the which wee will set by this peece of timber and with the same and our helpe together hee may easily mount vp to the top thereof but it behooueth that the chiefest helpe come from you for you onely reape the commoditie thereof Wee shall see what will happen sayde Oriana and therefore for this time let vs depart and goe to sleepe the which they did And as they laid them downe in their bed Mabila on bracing Oriana saide vnto her Madame I would that the knight for whome you attempt so many fair enterprises were now in my place vpon this condition that I did goe to sleepe else-where because I would heare none of your complaints for the harme that hee might doe vnto you Gentle cosin answerrd she if he were here I would endure very much before I would complaine of it And so long they continued this pleasant discourse that loue stinged them so vehemently as euery amorous Reader may easily imagine what they wanted to cause them sleep till the next morning that they went to hear diuine seruice and at their returne they found that Gandalin was already come from London whom they led with them into the garden where they told him how they had tryed the keyes and what words Mabila had vsed in the proouing of them By my faith Madame answered he you do now put me in minde of some iniurious speech that I vsed of you vnto my Lord thinking thereby to haue comforted him but therewithall he had thought to haue taken my head frō my shoulders and shortly after I did abide sore penance for thus leasing because that I fell asleepe and when I awaked I neyther found my bridle nor saddle for my Master rode away and had hidden them of purpose to stay me from following of him Wherefore seeing that he was lost and that he had left mee for the words that I had spoken of you I was driuen into such a Melancholy that I had slaine my selfe if I had had a sword to do it friend Gandalin answered Oriana thou needest not to excuse him I kn●w that he loueth me without ●…lation therefore I pray th●● put mee no more in remembrance of that mischiefe whereof I am the chiefe cause except thou wilt force my Soule and body to part asundet for thou knowest that I stand betweene life and death according to the newes that the Damosell of Denmarke shall report vnto mee CHAP. XII How King Lisuart being set at the Table there came before him a strange knight armed at all points who defied him the conference that Florestan ●ad with him and how Oriana was comforted with the good newes that she receiued from Amadis KIng Lisuart being ready to rise from dinner as Galaor and D●● Florestan were taking their leaue of him to conduct Corisanda onward of her iourney there entred into the hall a strange knight armd at al points except onely his head-peece and gauntlets Who kneeled before the King and deliuered vnto him a Letter sealed with fiue seales hee said vnto him It may please your Maiesty to command this Letter to be read that you may vnderstand the cause of my comming

because I meane to bring them with mee yea such as shall well defend the right of this Lady and reuenge the treason done the king her Father These words he spake in respect he hoped ere then to find his brother Galaor and intended to bring his Cozin Agraies with him by whose assistance he doubted not to finish the enterprize Right humbly the Ladies thanked him for his good will and because quoth they they whom you must deale withall are valiant rough expert in Arms as any the circle of the world enioyeth wee request your choice may be made of such Knights as shall be able to run through this worke Beleeue me Ladies answered Amadis if I had found one I am in search of I would not stand long studying for the third were our enemies Diuels and no Men. Tell vs then gentle Sir said the Lady if you please of what Countrey you are and where we may finde you in time of our need Madame quoth he I am of King Lisuarts Court Knight and seruant to his Queene Brisana By this time was supper ready and the tables couered wherefore they brake off talke and went into a very faire Hall where such good cheere and honour was made him as might be deuised euen vntill the houre of rest came The good night being giuen on all sides by the Damosell that let loose the Lyons hee was conducted to his chamber where she kept him company an indifferent while and among other speeches she vttered this You haue her neere you my Lord who succoured you this day more then you imagine Wherein faire Lady answered Amadis My selfe quoth she by commandement of the young Princesse she pittying your perill and the wrong offered you was charged to let loose the Lions from their Denne I neuer saw replied Amadis a more wise and discreete Lady of her yeares In sooth said the Damosel if she liue she shal be endued with two extremities the one in beauty and the other in wisedome I desire ye quoth Amadis to thanke her most humbly on my behalfe and how in acknowledging the good she did me henceforth I will remayne her Knight I am wel content my Lord answered the Damosell to carry her this message because I know it will bee most wel-come to her so bidding him good night she departed the chamber Now was Gandalin and the Dwarff lodged in the next roome where they heard what had passed betweene Amadis and the Damosell and because the Dwarffe knew nothing as yet of his Maisters loue to Oriana he imagined some new affection was kindled betweene the young Princesse and him in respect of the offer he made to bee her Knight And to such end did he retaine this opinion as wofull Amadis after-ward had small ioy thereof for hereby he thought to receiue a cruell death as in continuance of this History shall be declared The night being spent bright day appearing Amadis came to bid the Ladies farewell requesting to know their names against whom he should combat The Father quoth the Lady is named Abiseos his eldest sonne Darrison and the other Dramis all 3. most valiant Gentlemen atarms excelling al other in that countrey which likewise is commonly called Sabradisa confining on the Kingdome of Serolys Very well replied Amadis by Gods leaue we shall one day see what they can do When he was armed as he mounted on a lusty courser the ancient Lady had giuen him the young Princesse presented him a goodly Sword which sometime belonged to the King her Father saying Sir Knight I pray ye henceforth for my sake to weare this Sword so long as it will last and I shall pray it may be helpefull to you in all your affaires I assure ye faire Ladie answered Amadis for your sake will I carefully keepe it and thanke you therefore with all my heart hereof likewise ye may be perswaded that I remaine to obey you and shal aide you in all things concerning your estate and honour Well might it be discerned in the Lady how these humble thankes and his former offer pleased her not a little wherefore the Dwarffe who noted the gestures on eyther side softly said to her Madame you haue this day made no small conquest hauing so good a knight at your commandement CHAP. XXIII How Amadis departed from the Ladies Castle and of the matters which were occurrent to him by the way AMadis being gone from the Ladies Castle rode on without finding any aduenture till he entered the Forrest of Angaduze and the Dwarffe riding somewhat before saw a farre off a Knight and a Damosel cōming toward them When the Knight came right against the Dwarffe hee drew his sword to offer him outrage but he started aside so that the blow lighted on his shoulders wherewith he was in such feare as he fell downe from his horse crying out for help to his Maister who seeing when he smote him made hast for his defence thus speaking to the Knight What mooues you Sir to wrong my Dwarffe without cause now trust mee it is but simple man-hood to lay hand on such an excrement of nature as hath no defence of himselfe but being in my guard the presumtion is great I am sory sir answered the Knight to giue you any displeasure but I must needes take his head from his shoulders because it is my gift to this Damosel Sooner said Amadis shalt thou loose thine own So encoūtred they together with such force as they were both cast beside their horses yet quickly recouering themselus they began a most sharpe and cruell combate with their Swords Now were they in greater danger of their persons then euer they had beene before for their Shields being sliced in peeces their swords coloured with their blood their Armor broken their helmets battered and them-selues so sore laboured as they were constrained to draw back a while to take breath when the knight that conducted the Damosell thus spake to Amadis My frend you may iudge the danger wherein we both may fall if longer we continue the Combat therefore I pray ye let mee haue my will on the Dwarffe and I will amend the offence afterward if it may bee tearmed an offence to you What said Amadis doe you thinke me of such slender stomacke as that I will suffer any thing of mine to bee wronged in my presence not so I must and will defend him to the vtter-most And I must needes haue his head answered the Knight By Heauen quoth Amadis one of ours shall first acquit him and that immediately Herewith they charged each other againe with such wonderfull courage appearing in eyther as seuerall desire to gaine the honor of the combat made them shew extream violence one against another so that the best resolued of them both thought to die by aboundance of blood which issued from infinite wounds on his body especially the Damosels champion who thought he felt himselfe greatly impairing yet made he no shew thereof but held out with