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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09844	[The noble history of King Ponthus.]; Ponthus et Sidoine. English.	Watson, Henry, fl. 1500-1518, attributed name.	1511 (1511)	STC 20108; ESTC S105285	111,150	197

of margaretes that it was meruayll for to se the grete ryches that it was worthe for it was praysed more than thyrty thousande besauntes of golde The kȳge sawe theym and sayd to his doughter Fayre doughter ye be not maryed to prynce dyssheryted god hath gyuen hym and you fayre good and ryche and noble lo ye ought to thanke god After that Ponthus gaue to the kynge ryght fayre gyftes and good Iewelles as precyous stones perles and cuppes of golde and to the barons of Brytayne he gaue gyftes of golde ryches after that they were he was moche praysed for his grete gyftes and of his grete largesse The day of the maryage were the lordes of Englonde of Irlonde of scotlonde rychely arayed and they of brytayne dyde them grete worshyp Grete was the feest grete was the Ioye of mynstrelles and of heraldes Grete gyftes gaue them Ponthus There was many rhynges bytwene y e courses And there were made many meruayllous thynges Ponthus made auowe whiche was moche spoken of for he sayd thus bycause that men sholde n●t saye the kynges doughter hath taken a man without londe therfore I make myne auowe that neuer shal I come in her bedde tyll that I be lorde of the realme and londe whiche was my faders crowned or elles I shall dye therfore And I auowe to god y t I neuer kyssed her nor requyred her of thynge that sholde tourne to disworshyp whan that I departed out of this countree nor thought more to doo vnto her than vnto myne owne moder Soo he sayd thus bycause of the wordes the kynge had meued before tyme for the whiche he departed from brytayne And whā Sydoyne wyste y t he had made this auowe she was ryght Ioyfull therof all thoughe she had leuer haue had his felawshyp so it was moche spokē of some sayd that he was a ryght good man and a trewe knyght and some sayd that he had delayed the grete frendshyp disporte that she supposed to haue hadde with hym Than sayd the kynge in good fayth I was to hasty to byleue suche tales so lyghtly The feest was ryght grete but the kynge wolde not that yere sholde be Iustes for the auenture of that befell of the kynge of bourgoyne for fere that some myschefe sholde haue befallen And than they began to synge daunce and made many gētylmanly dysportes And at euen Ponthus came in to the chambre to Sydoyne and said vnto her A my swete loue all my Ioye my herte my lyfe all my sustynaunce I haue ben to hasty of the auowe that I haue made but in good fayth I made it for to saue your worshyp for the wycked tongues of the worlde are alwaye redy to reporte the worste And for trouth my fayre loue I shall suffre greter dysease than ony body for the grete desyre that I haue to be bytwene your armes but god wyll I shall be there hasty for it is the gretest desyre that myne herte hath My swete loue and lorde sayd she wote it well that all your pleasure is myne we ought to desyre no thȳge so moche as worshyp and good name so ye haue done well for to put awaye the doubte of the mysse sayers Inoughe they talked togyder than they halsed and kyssed there was moche Ioye feestynge of armes tyll the .xv. dayes were passed There was y e monstre and the brytons were nombred foure thousande fyue hondred armed men And of the normans twelue hondred and were all waged payed for syxe monethes It was a fayre thynge for to se theym assemble with the nauy of Englonde ¶ How Ponthus departed from Brytayne for to go ●onquere his countree PPonthus toke his leue of y e kynge and of Sydoyne And by flatery this Guenelet dyde soo moche that he abode with the kynge with Sydoyne as all gouernour keper of them And Ponthus toke hym a party of his tresoure to kepe So at the departynge there was wepynge ynoughe of Sydoyne and of the ladyes Ponthus kyssed her toke his leue and betoke her the moost parte of his Iowelles rychesse to kepe Than he departed wente by londe passed by nauntes came to sable danlon to derbendelles there was his grete nauy And there arryued Geffrey de lesygnen Androwe de la toure with grete felawshyp And than Ponthus receyued theym with grete Ioye as the two knyghtes straungers of the worlde that he loued beste than he gaue theym grete gyftes And than came Guyllam de roches a good knyghte Paraunt de rocheforte the lorde de douay Pyers de donne Gerarde de chateau goutyer Iohn meleurier with the herupoys Of the manseaus beaunmount la vale Sygles de doncelles and other of the countre of mayne Of Tourayne baussay mayle hay of other tourangeaus Of poytw the vycount of toures the erles brother of marche maulyon chastemur la garnache dyuers other Ponthus gaue them grete gyftes that they all were abasshed of his largesse sayd that there was none to serue hym he is worthy to conquere and to gouerne all the worlde by his grete courtesye and largesse To euery baron knyght he delyuered shyppes after that they had people And than they toke the see and departed with grete Ioy. It taryed not longe that all the nauy assembled soo it was a good syght to se the shyppes and the sayles drawen vp that it semed a grete forest So they had wynde at wyll passed the yle of doloron And whan they were a .vi. myle from the columpne Ponthus made the ancres for to be caste and all the shyppes to abyde he sayd to the lordes to the chyefteynes it were good to entre in to the countre by nyght for the mone shyneth and therfore lette vs londe a thre or foure myle from columpne and than to withdrawe our nauy agayne for I wolde not sayd Ponthus that they of y e countree sholde knowe vs for certayne causes Than he ordeyned aboute y e sonne goynge downe that they sholde departe and so they dyde And soo they londed a foure myle frome the cyte of columpne Whan they were londed they sente theyr shyppes in to the hyghe see bycause that they sholde not be aspyed Than they hydde them in a valey vnder a grete wood and helde themselfe as preuy as they myght ¶ How Ponthus founde his vncle the Erle of desture syr Patrycke y e knyght in a chapell by columpne THan Ponthus toke an hors rode out at the wood syde for to se yf he myght fȳde ony man of the coūtree for to wete and to knowe the rule of the londe So it befell y t he came to a lytell chapell ryght deuoute It happened of fortune y t the erle of desture Ponthus vncle syr Patrycke y e knyght y t saued him his .xiii. felawes were rysen afore day So these two knyghtes loued togyder as bretherne and they

whan they were in the shyppes wel arayed and garnysshed of al thynge that theym neded and had taken theyr leue of the lordes and of theyr frendes they drewe vp sayles had wynde at wyll departed with grete Ioye out of the hauen of hampton And Ponthus toke his leue of the kenge the quene of Genneuer her doughter So there was ynoughe of sorowe wepynge they made Ponthus to promys them to come agayne se them as soone as he myght come vnto an ende of his warre And he thanked theym hyghly of the grete honour that they had made hym The kynge of scottes and the kynge of Irlonde the kynge of cornewayle they conueyed Ponthus whyther he wolde or not to y e shyppes and there he toke his leue of them with grete heuynes and the kynge of Irlonde sayd vnto hym Now I se well that ye loue me not ye that haue done so moche for me that neytheyr I nor my realme may neuer deserue it to you ye wyll not suffre me to go with you to bere you felawshyp Syr sayd Ponthus I thanke you I refuse not your good helpe after that I fynde in my countre yf nede be but I shall neyther lede you nor none of myne lordes tyll that I knowe more how that the countre standeth for certayne causes Soo they toke theyr leue that one of that other thus departed Ponthus from the realme of englonde with his army And his goynge was sore complayned of the men of the londe So he sayled daye and nyght that he londed by Uennes he ordeyned his nauy to abyde in the hyghe see and sayd that he wolde not that they sholde come to londe nor shewe past a forty shyppes and that they sholde make them marchaūtes to come for salte to y e bay So he ordeyned well his nauy all his nede toke with hym certayne vessell where as he wolde londe and well a thre hondred fyghtynge men londed by nyght bytwene Auroy ▪ vennes there he ordeyned that they sholde not goo thens tyll they herde tydynges of hym that they sholde come to hym lyke as he sholde sende theym worde and this was on the mondaye of Pentecost and the weddynge sholde be on the tuesdaye of y e kynge of bourgoyne and Sydoyne Than he lepte on horsbacke he and a man with hym on the tuesdaye in the mornynge betymes And as he rode he met with a poore palmer beggynge his brede the whiche had his gowne all to clouted and an olde pylled hatte so he alyght and sayd to the palmer frende we shall make a chaunge of all our garmentes for ye shall haue my gowne and I shall haue yours and youre hatte A syr sayd the palmer ye bourde you with me In good fayth sayd Ponthus I do not so he dyspoyled hym and cladde hym with all his rayment he put vpon hȳ y e poore mannes gowne his gyrdell his hosyn his shone his hatte and his bourden And than his man sayd vnto hym syr what do ye be ye out of your wytte that haue gyuen your clothes for suche an habyte Holde thy peas sayd ponthus thou wotest not why that I do it kepe the pryuely thy two horses here at y e townes ende go not awaye tyll that I come agayne to the. ¶ How Ponthus departed from his dwarfe wente to Uennes lyke a pylgrym how he founde Guenelet and the kynge of Bourgoyne SO he wente forth with his bourden came in to the waye where as the kynge of bourgoyne sholde passe And anone after he sawe comynge his somers and his offycers than after he sawe the kynge come rydynge on a palfray comynge togyder he and Guenelet the traytour the kȳge helde his hande on Guenelettes sholdre as they passed Ponthus sayd Se here two well nourysshed felawes for bothe they haue grete belyes A saynt Mary sayd he to Guenelet your bely hathe receyued many a fatte morsell of the courte ye are full well shapen for to be a veray grete flaterer of the courte Guenelet wexed reed was an angred tourned his hors and sayd vnto hym what fals trewande must thou myssay me so he wolde haue stryken hym with his warderer Ponthus lyft vp his bourden and came to hymwarde and sayd that he wolde make his berde yf he touched hym the kynge sayd to Guenelet lete the trewande go for men sholde haue no worshyp for to touche hym So they wente forth And Ponthus that loued theym not made as he had ben a fole mocked them folowed after came to y e courte as he sawe y t men went in he threste in amonge the prees the porters wende for to haue put hym out toke hym by bothe sholders for to haue put hym abacke but Ponthus threwe hym vnderfote and passed forthe sayd that he was one of the poore men that sholde ete before the bryde in y e worshyp of god and of his apostles ¶ How Sydoyne knewe the pylgrym Ponthus by a rynge that she had gyuen hym or he went for to dwell in Englonde AT the solempne feest of this maryage of the kynge of bourgoyne and of Sydoyne at after mete the bryde sholde gyue them drȳke her owne handes suche was the custome there So Ponthus went and set hym downe as for one of y e poore men grete was the weddynge and grete was the feest Ponthus ete but lytell but loked vpon his lady the whiche was ryght symple all for wepte for Guenelet had affermed ouer all y t Ponthus was in Irlonde she wende veryly that it had be soo After mete whan the tables were take vp they ledde the bryde vnto her chambre for to chaunge her aray and her attyre for to go vnto the scaffolde for to se the Iustes And as they went to her chambre there was a tresaunce where as the .xiii. poore men were And there were two gentylwomen that one had a grete potte of syluer full of wyne that other helde a cuppe of golde Sydoyne toke the cuppe and gaue euery man drynke And Ponthus was the laste and he toke the cuppe and dranke and lette fall in the cuppe a rynge of golde with a dyamounde the whiche that she hadde gyuen hym as ye haue herde before whan he had dronken he sayd vnto her pryuely Madame drynke the lytell remenaunt for the loue of Ponthus And whan she herde the name of Ponthus her herte lepte in her breste and soo she dranke the remenaūt and as she dranke she apperceyued knewe the rynge so she was all entred in to Ioye and wyste neuer what to thynke Than she called Elyos her gentylwoman and badde her in counseyll that she sholde brynge the moche poore man in to her warderobe the other poore people wende that she wolde haue gyuen hym some thynge or some grete gyfte for the loue of god for they knewe her for a good