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A43362	The most excellent history of the valiant and renowned knight, Don Flores of Greece, Knight of the Swans, second sonne to Esplandran, Emperour of Constantinople being a supplement to Amadis de Gaule / written by Mounsieur de Essule, Nicholas de Hereby ... ; translated into English by W.P.; Cronique du tresvaillant et redouté dom Florès de Grèce. English	Herberay, Nicolas de, sieur des Essars, 16th cent.; W. P.	1664 (1664)	Wing H1493; ESTC R15863	48,470	68

Will I bear unto them and the better to effect my desire I remembred my self that the Court of King Amadis being greatly frequented by Knights séeking strange Adventures it should hardly fall out but that some of them would passe by this Way for which cause I took upon mée to kéep and defend the bridge hoping that if any of them might fall into my hands to make them in despight of him dye an evil death or else give them a life worse then death it self Truely said the Knight of the Swans I would willingly know what punishment those of his house or his lineage have deserved for a thing wherein they never once offended it had béen much more séemly for you to have challenged your Enemy to the Combat and assayed to revenge your self on him alone or have gone into great Brittain to find him there without watching the Passage in such manner after those which not so much as once doubt of you and whereof it may be there will not one passe this way in ten years space The going into great Brittain said the other is not much from the purpose and peradventure it will be done sooner then you think for that already the Children of Arcalaus are assembling men out of all parts to assay by force of Arms if they can recover the places and Fortresses stollen from them by King Amadis and with them are divers great Lords united as well of these countries as others whereby there will begin the cruellest VVars that ever was heard of for it shall not be ended until both he and his lineage Friends and Countrey be utterly ruinated and destroyed You promise much unto your selves said the knight of the Swans those for whom you would purchase this revenge are dead in that Countrey for they were not worth a straw and you shall dye likewise in the same Countrey as they have done being much worse But I advise you better and more for your profit that is so soon as you are able to travail leaving this enterprize of the Wars of great Brittain you shall go unto Rome where from mée you shall present your self unto the Emperor and the Prince Florisando telling them that the new knight bearing for his Devise the Swans in his shield and that took his leave of them to follow the Gentlewoman apparelled in black saluteth them both then you shall recite unto them what hath passed here without this Castle betwéen us and from thence you shall go into great Brittain to King Amadis and there you shal yeild your self prisoner unto him and shall pardon him the death of your Father and kinsman and shall likewise present unto him from mée the Horn and the Chain that hangeth there without and that ● you will do all this I have shewed you you shall swear unto mée to accomplish the same not failing in any point and that from henceforth you shall no more maintain the custome of this Castle or any other like it VVhereunto he obeyed in such manner that being healed of his VVounds he travelled into Italy and spake with the Emperor and Florisando according to his charge given and from thence came to great Brittain where he presented the Horn and the Chain which K. Amadis commanded to bée hung under an Arch at the entry of his Palace and so did hée accomplish all that he had to do but this wicked Mandancedon afterward forgetting himself brake his faith for the which he had his just reward as hereafter you shall hear In the mean time the renown of the Knight of the Swans spread in all places without being known by any other name CHAP. XI How the Knight of the Swans fought in the Forrest with Orlistes and overcame him THe promise by oath received of the knight of the Castle by the Knight of the Swans and having therein recreated himself with all his company for the space of two or thrée daies at the last departed from the said Castle called la Brave Roche travelling so long that the next day about twelve of the clock they encred into a goodly Forrest the Sun being at the highest shining very hot and passing through the same came to the entry of a long Causey where they perceived comming towards them a Knight all armed riding upon a brown bay Horse bearing a Shield of Sable charged with a Lyon Rampant Or Armed langling Argent and a chief gules which sufficiently shewed him to be of the Lineage of Arcalaus for they all do bear the like Arms. And as they approached nearer together they saluted each other in most courteous manner but presently the Knight of the causey perceiving the two young Knights riding with their Helmets off because of the extream heat began to behold them thinking by reason of their young years and great beauty that their strength could not be much whereby looking upon the sorrowful countenance of the Gentlewoman apparelled in black he could not refrain but said to her Truly Gentlewoman you are as far as I sée worse accompanied then your case séemeth to require which makes mée think your grief procéedeth thereby Truely Gentleman said she the company that guideth mée are such that if it were other my grief should be much more yet can you not so much dissemble said the Knight that I should not perceive you are far meaner guarded then you deserve In so much that if by arms your joy may be recovered you are now but hardly sped having no other with you then Armed gentlewomen and if they be men then have they each man his so shall you be mine whom I will so well entertain that if your grief be to be ended and asswaged by Arms believe mée I am an expert master in that art Knight Knight said the Knight of the Swans it were better for you to bragg lesse of your own prowesse and with more courtesie then you do let the Gentlewoman good sir travel on her way and follow you your own if you think good If I thought not to stain mine honour said the Knight of the Causey in fighting with such Boyes as you are I would make you dearly buy the folly you use yet it is reason I should excuse you séeing that youth by reason of their young years and want of discretion do oftentimes thrust themselves into such matters and turning to his Esquires said Sirs take this Gentlewomans horse by the bridle and make her ride on before whether she will or not Yea truely said the Knight of the Swans if we would suffer her to do it but before you bring that to passe it will be néedful for you to speak in other sort on on said the other to his Esquires take her and make her turn by force at which words the Knight of the Swans overcome with choller although by reason of the extream heat he had his head unarmed could not refrain but approached the other and with the back of his hand stroke him such a blow on the face

but he shall bee sure of a Combat wherein if he be vanquished he must leave both Arms Horse and Gentlewomen if any he have with him but if he be of the Country of great Brittain or any of King Amadis friends he shall be worse used for either shall he be cast in prison or gain a dolorous and horrible death I know not said Don Flores who this brave and glorious Knight is nor for what cause he beareth so great hatred unto the best King now living in the world but were he a Devil inchained or loofe I will prove what he can do Then setting the Horn unto his mouth blew it so loud that all the place sounded therewith It is néedlesse said the villain that had stayed them for the Lord of the Castle will not come forth before to morrow in the morning neither to fight nor yet to parley in any sort Wherefore go forward on your way if you think good or else stay my Lords leisure without any more blowing of the Horn. That will I not do answered the Knight of the Swans for rather will I stay here a whole Wéek together then I will depart without battel you heap the like evil fortune upon your self said the villain that divers others have done that in like sort found themselves discontented herewith wherefore I counsel you to passe on your way and that quietly without so much chafing and vexing of your self When I ask counsel of thée said the Knight give it me if thou canst in the mean time get thée gone and take thy rest for as for me I mean not whatsoever may befall to depart hence until such time I have séen and spoken with thy glorious Master therewith going to the Gentlewomen that stayed for him they all together alighted off their Horses in a fair Meddow full of trées casting a great shadow where they lodged and refreshed themselves for as then the Sun was very high and the daies were long and excéeding hot CHAP. X. How the Knight of the Swans fought with the Lord of the Castle and overcame him IN such sort the Knights and Gentlewomen passed away the night until the next morning that the Knight of the Swans awaked about break of the day when he called Urgandin his Esquire to bring his Armour and saddle his Horse In the mean time Lipsan and the rest of the company awaked to whom he said that time drew on to prove their new adventure When you will answered Lipsan his Esquire Filedrino having already brought him his Horse wherefore Arming himself in all haste they took their way towards the Castle leaving the Gentlewomen attending the event of their fortunes The Knight of the Swans was no sooner come unto the stone but as he did the day before he set the Horn to his mouth and blew so loud that well it might be heard two miles about insomuch that the Lord of the Castle and the Watch start up at the sound thereof as it were in a maze and he that had the entry of the Bridge especially in charge looking out at a Window spake as followeth Trust me Gentleman you are over hasty to séek your own misfortunes whereof peradventure you may repent at leisure Thou saiest well answered the Knight of the Swans but thinkest thou wée have nothing else to do tell thy Master honest fellovv that hée is to blame to play so much the Coward within his Castle let him come forth into the fields where we have stayed for him are you at that point said the other you think then you have to do with some foolish Coward but truely I hope to sée you both before noon brought into such perplexity that I think you will be better contented with a little rest than desirous to travel any further on adventures and that you may prove it to be true blow the Horn the second time that your evil fortune and mischief may fall upon you all at once Then the Knight of the Swans blew the Horn again louder than before in such sort that presently after hée perceived the Gates of the Fortresse opened and a great Knight issuing forth mounted upon a Horse so high that hée séemed a Tower shaken with the Wind the Knight armed in all points bore a Shield half parted Or and as hée approached near unto the Knight of the Swans hee said Perdy Sir Knight you have béen overbold with my Horn for the which you shall spéed never the better séeing without cause or reason you have waked mée out of the sound sléep I was in I know not answered the Knight of the Swans to whom the evil fortune shall happen but this know peradventure you had been better in your Bed than here fighting with us kéeping and defending the passage without cause against all men and as I have heard by one of your men as also perceived by the stone threatning wrongly and without cause the Knights of great Brittain What said the other are you then of King Amadis house I would willingly bée one of his house said the Knight of the Swans being well assured that none but honest men and of honourable houses are received there yea and the best Knights in the Land so wise a Prince is hée Of his vertues said the other I never heard in all my life but sufficiently of his folly and more then néedeth both for him and his and so much that I have fully determined if any of them fall into my hands to prove if I can heal the light head of their King by the sorrow I will cause them to indure That is not so said the Knight of the Swans for I beleive that if any of them that you threaten passed this way he would heal you of the pride and rashnesse that maketh your head so out of temper and to make you know that I speak not without reason I will first begin and therefore beware of mée for I assure you without doubt I am both his kinsman friend and servant to the death and you are but a fool so to estéem of your self Ah said the other never in all my life was I better pleased then now to have found so good opportunity to revenge upon thée and thy companion the death of my good Father long since dead a man of himself more worthy estimation then thy kinsman Amadis and all the rest of his lineage together and to the end thou mayest try my force come thou and thy companion together against mée alone and when I have vanquished you both yet shall I in a manner be nothing moved therewith The Knights of King Amadis's Court answered the Knight of the Swans are not accustomed to fight against others with advantage And séeing thou hast had this conference with mée alone with mée onely thou must wilt thou or not have now to do my companion being such and so valiant a man that be it against thée or any other as great a Lubber as thou art hée néedeth not

any help Make thée ready then said the Knight of the Swans therewith giving back about a carrier length upon the bridge being large and plain vailing both their vizards they ran so right one against the other that the great Knight strake the Knight of the Swans right upon his Shield wherewith his Spear brake all in pieces not doing him any hurt but his enemy moved at the injurious words uttered by him against King Amadis could single him out better and with such force that striking him out of his Saddle with the blow put his right shoulder out of joynt so great was his fall Neverthelesse he stayed not on ground but rising up lightly least if he defended not himself better on foot then hee had done on Horseback he should fare but ill and taking in his hand a Falchon he bore by his side said unto the Knight of the Swans Knight the hazard and hard fortune is fallen upon mée on Horseback but we shall sée how it will fall out on foot wherefore light off your Horse or I will kill him O said the Knight of the Swans laughing even now you would have had to do with two at once how comes it to passe you can behave your self no better against one Well then in Gods name let the rest of our Combate be on foot therewith he descended and delivered his Horse unto Vrgandin and covering himself with his Shield set upon the glorious Knight whom he within short time handled in such manner that with one blowcleaving his Shield in two parts hée put him in fear of his life yet did he strike such a blow on the Knight of the Swans Helmet that he failed not much to strike him down his eyes and ears therewith starting and tingling which he bore not long without revenge for he séeing him without a Shield stepped forward and with all his force stroke him right upon the place where before hée himself had béen strucken and passing through the Helmet and coif of stéel Wounded him so déep in the head that losing his sences hée fell flat down on his face upon the bridge and as he thought to stride over him and strike off his head hée heard a great noyse out of the Castle which was of two Knights that perceiving the Weaknesse of their Lord came forth all Armed for to succour him which Lipsan perceiving stepped forward to receive them in the mean time the Knight of the Swans leaped lightly on his Horse that Vrgandin held ready for him Then it was who could do best for the two Knights newly issued forth sought if it were possible to revenge his cause whom they estéemed dead and the two strangers to use them worse if it were possible and in such sort striking and Combating together both on the right hand and on the left the Knight of the Flames with a crosse blow stroke the one with whom hee fought so fiercely on the vizard that with the blow he clove his Iaws and therewith cut off a péece of his neck wherewith he was so feared that turning his back he began to run in all haste to the Castle crying with a loud voyce Come forth men come forth and be revenged on these Traitors and presently thereupon fel down dead in the place by reason of the blood that ran into his throat and choaked him In the mean time the Knight of the Swans that dealt with the other brought him into such extremitie that being not able long to endure against him hée was forced to suffer as much as his companion had done which caused them of the Castle to stay their course being already comming to set upon the two strange Knights but upon the sudden stayed themselves looking what would become of their man that lay still upon the Bridge Vnto whom the Knight of the Swans returned and lighting on foot went and unlaced his Helmet thinking to strike off his head but hée féeling the air began to breathe and opening his eyes perceived his enemy lifting up his Sword to strike off his head therefore with a loud voyce hee said I pray you sir Knight for Gods cause do mée not that injury but rather spare my life upon condition that you shall passe the bridge at your own pleasure O Traitor said he the Bridge will I passe and thou shalt lose thy head to assure them that hereafter shall chance to follow mée this Way My Lord said the other if I have done evil I will make amends for it at your pleasure which I promise you to do upon my honour and credit Give mée your Faith said the knight of the Swans that neither by you nor any of yours wée shall receive any hurt or damage then shall you sée what I will do That do I swear and promise unto you said hée then the Knight of the Swans took him up but when hée saw the one Kt. dead and that the other likewise could not get unto the gate never was there man more grieved at the heart Neverthelesse he made signs to his men that they should lay their Weapons down and let fall the Draw-Bridge out of hand but they could not as then hear what he said therefore there issue forth more then thirty men Armed with brigandines and halberts for to assail the two Knights which their Lord perceiving stepped before them commanding them to honour him by whom he had béen overcome whereunto they obeyed then Don Flores Lipsan the Gentlewomen and their Esquires entred into the Castle where they were well lodged and the Wounded Knight laid in his bed where oftentimes the Knight of the Swans went to visit him who the next day minding to depart said unto him Sir Knight you must discharge your promise made to mée for now I must be gone having other enterprizes to accomplish My Lord said hée rather will I dye a thousand deaths then once fail therein Begin then said the Knight of the Swans to declare the cause wherefore you so much hate King Amadis and who hath moved you to maintain the evil custome of this Castle then you shall know what resteth for you to accomplish Sir said hée King Amadis being a Kt. adventurous slew my Father named Ardan a Knight most redoubted in the court of King Luisart at which time I was but one year of age but since that time growing unto mans estate and continuing with my Mother one of the richest Ladies in this Countrey sister to Dardan le Superbe slain likewise at Winsore by the said Amadis I was by her in such manner perswaded to bear a mortal hatred against him and his Lineage that having attained that ripenesse of years capable to receive the order of Knighthood being a knight yea and one of the best in these countries I determined with my self that so long as life and limb lasted to assail by all means to hurt and endamage our common Enemy doing so much that both he and his might féel some part of the evil