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A06767	Gerileon of England. The second part of his most excellent, delectable, morall, and sweet contriued historie continuing his meruailous deeds of armes, haughtie provvesse, and honourable loue: with sundrie other verie memorable aduentures. Written in French by Estienne de Maisonneufue, Bordelois: and translated into English, by A.M., one of the messengers of his Maiesties chamber.; Plaisante et delectable histoire de Gerilon d'Angleterre. Part 2. English	Maisonneufve, Estienne de.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1592 (1592)	STC 17206; ESTC S102735	135,690	214

part her louer was with the pursuit of his high enterprises and aduentur● GReat pleasure tooke the fairest of fayre Princesses in the world daughter lykewise to the most mightie Emperour in the worlde to beholde so many notable thinges in so small a time or space as I haue declared to yee in the Chapter going before and desirous to knowe with all what yet remained the next day she failed not to be at the selfe same place experting the comming of the Nymph Aegle who should discouer the deapth of her desire In like maner the Nymph according to her promise came in such equipage as she had done the daie before and beeing there ariued found the princesse willing to sée the other meruaylous strange and arteficial matters that were diuinely engrauen within the round bowle where before she had noted so many singular things alreadie exercised The fayre Nymph opened agayne that rare péece of workemanshippe bidding her behold and touch with her finger all that which Asia contained and first on the East side leading towardes the North shee shewed her the seconde parte of the worlde bounding on the great floud of Nylus which watereth Egipt from Tanais to Mors maior or the Euxine sea and one part with the mediterranean but on all sides it is enuironed with the hoge Ocean in shewing whereof the nymph thus spake This land which ye sée is named As●a beeing of such gret●es comprehend such spacious circuit of ground as it containeth more vnder the name than doth Affrica or Europe It is vnder a calme and temperate heauen the soil being verie fertile and fruitful in bringing forth all sorts of hearbs and plants the reason thereof is because it ab●undeth in all kinde of beasts It is also inriched with golde and siluer and such drugs as are not common to other countries or parts of the world likewise with brasse yron wooll saffron and many other things of great price and value especially in this part of Arabia which is called happy containing within it ●elf an Ile called Pauchaia vpon the gulfe of Persia enriched with thrée fayre and stately cities to wit Dalida Hirracida and Occeanida wher the country is also most fertile abosiding in wines myrrhe incense gold siluer lead and other like mettals which by particular ordinaunce the Pauchaians will not permit to bee transported foorth of other countries Assyria that long since was named Assur the sonne of Sem is this region which yee sée heere hauing the countries of India and Media towarde the East and westward the violent floud that passeth by the citie of Rome called Tigris about the midst it regardeth the soile of Sus●an and by North it is neighbor to mount Caucasus wher rain faileth this countrie is watered by the riuer Euphrates as Egypt in like manner is by flowing Nylus not by naturall propertie or abounding of the riuer but by industrie of the inhabiting people Here southward to the Egyptian or meterranean sea ye see the country so far famed renowmed called Iudea or the land of Chan●an and here is Palestine which by helpe of the floud Iordane is made verie fruitfull in many things for the life of man especially in producing the best balme in the world The middest of this region is so seated as ye may behold it that neither heat or cold are at anie time more ouer vehement there but the aire is so temperate as the Israelites sometime imagined this to bee the land of promise euen the same that God had promised to Abraham In this countrie may ye sée your fayre cosin Pharisor for the gentle knight who disguised like a pilgrime trauayleth in search of your knight but going on full of deuotion to worship the holy sepulchre of the worlds sauior he hath met with the braue king of Phez who hath a little hindered his iourny In speaking these words the nymph shewed the princesse her cosin Pharisor in the same place where we left him listning to the good king of Phez who recounted his aduenture and genealogie to the holy hermit by whose meanes he receiued cure of his wounds which brought her such exceeding pleasure as is impossible to be imagined much lesse to be written And had it not bene for earnest desire to sée her owne knight she would haue intreated the nymph to tel her by what aduenture he came thether and likewise what the king of Phez was but she was so earnest in her owne affections as hauing a while pleased her eies with loking on her cosin she importuned the fayre nymph more pearcingly then before to shew her speedily the place where her own knight was being now in farre better hope of seeing him then at anie time else the nymph willing to satisfie her lōging thus continued on her spéech If your affection drewe mee not so so soone from this Land I would shewe yee therein manye more meruailous things as the behauiour and manner of life of the auncient Iewes that inhabit it with sundrie other strange occasions worthie to bee vnderstood but beeing sent hither onely to accomplish your will and to let yee see what is most agréeable to ye let vs passe on viewing awhile the Medes and Armenians The countrey of the first tooke name by one of the sonnes of Medea and king Aegens that long since commanded in Athens albeit it is more likely of one Medos sonne to Iaphet one of Noahs children This neighboring sea on the north side is the Caspian sea and that to the weast is great Armenia and Assiria to the south are the Persians of whom wee will speake anon to the East lie the Pa●theans Hirceans these people haue bin mighty in war had large domination ouer diuers regions as credible histories doe amplie beare witnes but at this present they are as slaues and subiectes to the mightie and puissant monarch of Persia who in former time conquering their king made them tributarie to his owne Empire Marie that wil be but of slender continuance by reason of your so farre famed beautie which will prooue as hurtfull and dangerous to them as Helens did to the Gréekes and Troians and seeing now we are in talke thereof I will let you knowe both the present and future aduenture and by the same discourse the fairie knight your long desired and wished loue The great monarch who by his valour hath dayly augmented and inlarged his monarchie shewing himselfe in all places inuinsible to his enemies hauing by fortune séen the portraite of your beautie somewhat figured nere the life became so surprised with your loue as neuer since hath hée inioied anie rest which was the cause as not long since you vnderstood vppon amorous constraint hee required you in marriage of the Emperour but by reason of his difference in religion the Emperour ●ound an excuse to refuse the mariage But notwithstanding this refusall hee is growen so obstinate in his opinion of inioying yee eyther by force or fayre means thinking

are knights of marke and great reputation the one is king of Niuarie a riche and opulant kingdome that with one Launce brought to death thirtie Cantabres when king Brandissant my brother made warre vpon them wherefore at this day he beares them all depainted in his shéeld as yee might behold if the gréene shaddow were away wherewith it is couered As for the other two they are the valiant Cambarell and Pag●traff Kings of the Iunonian Isles in riches and valour they are not equall to their two former brethren but in age onely and nothing else and further of in midst of the troupe where ye sée yond multitude of goodly pauillions are their people tarrying but when they shall bee ranged in order for the assault toward king Grandowin are they now martching to vnderstand his aduise and councell in what place they should assemble while the rest of their companie beeing merrily disposed fall to such pastimes as martiall men are wunte to exercise And fronting that troope yee may behold my six Giants which shew so high aboue the other as stéeples in a cittie ouerpéere the lowest buildings and they are prepared as they were when I maistred them to resist a verye puissant armie But what is he quoth the princes on the right hand that rides on the roane Courser managing a strong launce vppon his thigh clad in blacke Armour grauen all ouer with golde glittering so brauely as hee rides to an other troope some what further off You meane he Madame said Angrafolt that beares thrée golden Sunnes in his sheeld deciphered in a greene field and bordered round about with purest golde He I meane answered the Princesse that talkes with another knight of like apparaunce hard by the multitude mounted on a sorrell Courser with a very strong Launce in his hand and in his shéeld thrée Leopards heads in a Sable field It is replyed the Corsean prince the worthie king Tauladas of Canada a man woonderfull a●●able and debonaire albeit no lesse hardie with swoord or Launce then anye other in all the Campe euen so is he with whome you see him talking the redoubted Barant king of Carybe they both being come to associate this warre rather for proofe of man to man in combate against king Floridamant your father the fame of whose renowmed vertues called them hither then any desire to doo him hurt or damage but true it is that to fortifie our Campe they haue brought with them from theyr countries and kingdomes great store of armed men and well appointed I am much deceiued sayd the princesse if he whom I see standing with his face toward vs bee n●t some Pagan king of great name he I meane that now marcheth 〈…〉 all bearing Ensignes or Guydons of diuers coullers in their hands and he riding somewhat aloof● before them on a horsse more whyte then any Swanne harnessed with ●●mosin veluit the ●●uddes and buckles of perfect golde and if mine eyes fayl me not he 〈◊〉 three 〈…〉 sheeld and those I take to be his armes Madame answered the Pagan I did not well note his countenance beacuse he suddenly turned back toward his 〈…〉 but if hee beare such arms as you speake of it 〈…〉 Marton king of Biscay or 〈…〉 among other things to conduct men of warre on the Seas where in our ●omming hith●r hee was cheefe leader of all our Armie hauing the whole gouernment and charge thereof by reason of the great valour abiding in him and long experience in manie affayres they that follow him are all knights of esteeme whose charge is to manage the Ensignes and Standards in the ships I haue not yet séene sayd the Princesse Polydamie two more braue and comely knights then these two that ryde hitherward ech on a black Stéed marked alike with white in their foreheads their backs and legges richly harnessed with greene veluet one of them beares two Collomes in his sheeld figured in an Azure field the other a flourishing braunche of Roses carrying theyr liuely Roses in a golden field and each hath in his hand a Iaueling pointed with golde and garnished with siluer studdes theyr horsses trot alike both of one 〈◊〉 and height I am 〈◊〉 they are none of the m●anest in your companie I pray ye sir tell me what they are These two Madame are arriued heere since I was taken but as I haue heard by messages from my noble father they are the two princes Orentes and Phoas the one king of Marocco the other of Alger two neighbouring kingdomes on the coast of Barbarie abounding in riches and treasure so likewise of their persons they are as hardie and valiant as any in the world and as heauie enemies to the Christians and their religion the expresse cause of theyr comming hither to hurt and destroy them so much as possiblie they may As the Corsean king held on this speech to the princesse the kings Maurus and Phorbon and betweene them the monstrous Tryphon king of Scithia Gotia Sarmata and Geta came foorth of their pauillions to dorayne theyr people and as the young Ladie noted theyr gestures and countenance intending to enquirs what they were c●●●ing her eyes vppon the Scythian Mou●●er m●unted and ●quipped in such forme and manner as before I haue tolde yee shee was so surprized with feare at the verye sight of him her heart beeing tender daintie and delicate as giuing a loud shrike she fell in a swoune or traunce which the Pagan king perceiuing and dreading some wurs inconuenience would ensue he tooke her vp in his armes and caryed her thence verye gentlye and modestlie into the Queenes Chamber where he declared the occasion of her feare and continued to them the discourse of those thrée before named kings which the Ladyes heard very attentiuely and while the Pagan bethinkes himselfe where to breake off his discourse heere thinke I good to conclude this Chapter CHAP. 17. How king Floridamant hauing assembled his Councell to receiue aduise from the cheefe of his friends and well wellers concerning what was best to be done in this necessitie After he had heard the diuersitie of their oppinions in the end hee set downe his rest on the councell of the wise and aged duke Candior of Normandie KIng Floridamant was all this while in Councell to be aduised as I tolde ye in the former chapter how hee might best delay the assault and by likelye meane de●erre it till the expected ayde from Gaule and Spaine were arriued In which councell there were many of different and contrarye oppinions for some thought good to temporise a while without fighting vntill they should bee somewhat stronger to endure so sharpe and cruell an assault as the Pagans intended against them because in very déede they were ouer-weake to withstand so fierce a charge as was like to be offered for if theyr mishap should be such as the issue of fightes and batta●les is most certainlye vncertaine to be vanquished and the Cittie taken in the assault the hoped for

deceiue me withall to make me in the meane while lie languishing before my death which euer yet and at this instant I earnestly wish for for no way can I deuise to turne my selfe to finde my rest wherefore I praie thée deare cosin tell me faithfully what thou doest immagine of all these passed euents think●st thou there is not some bodie in the worlde that by one meane or other either generall or particular can tell me what shall happe● or else shew me some proofe wherein I may repose some trust how little to euer it be Madame quoth Harderina I wyll tell you truly what I thinke agréeing with what I haue●often here●ofore heard There are certaine maligne spirits deceiuers of men which through the meanes of many Magitians as there are too many by a thousand illusions know how to deceiu● such as are lesse skild in that wicked science making them to beléeue what is not and so deceiue the sences of men or women in causing them to credit certainly what they heare or see The charmes of such doo vanish awaye like smoake hauing no more vigor or efficacie then a dreame so that the memorie thereof is as soone lost as found There are other called bonum Genies or good angels which by the meanes of good persons that call them in better sort they are commanded in general what shall happen without spe●ying any thing and to reueale perticulerly what is to come which kinde of spirits I haue oft times héeretofore heard that a Fayrie of good disposition dwelling in some parte of great Brittaine which place of her abode could hardly yet be found she I say knowes very well howe to command them as also so skilfully to imploy them albeit by diuine permission as is said that shee makes them goe whether she thinkes good locking them vp as shee list and by charmes enclosing them in the bodyes of beautifull damosels that inuisibly are transported hither and thither wheresoeuer she commannds them and not else These damosels are called Fayries or Nimphes one whereof perhaps by her commaund did sing the Song to giue you some comfort which if it were so then verely I dare credit whatsoeuer the song disclosed but for better knowledge of the trueth heerein it is necessarie that to morrow you conferre with Sagibell to vnderstand what in this case he will reueale to yee Trust me Cosen answered the Princesse I thinke ye may say true for one reason which as yet you touched not and whereof I was remembred by your spéech to wit that my knight if mine I may name him is commonly called the Fayrie knight because a certaine fairie as he said dwelling in the same countrey you named and called Ozyris as hee tolde vs had giuen him nourishment and sent him likewise to my fathers court there to receiue his order of knighthood But how can that bee quoth then the faire princesse againe continuing her spéech and doubting what reason should mooue her so to do what knowledge hath she of me can shee tell whether I loue or no who should reueale it to her or how can she diuine on matters so strange this can neuer enter into my vnderstanding Well Cosen well replyed Harderina halfe a sléepe wearyed to heare her talke so long in a place appointed for rest sléepe sléepe with patience till to morrowe your phisition tell yee other newes and in the meane while trouble not your selfe but sléepe and let mee doo the like for all this night you haue not suffered me to enioy any quiet When the faire Uirgin perceiued her cosen and deere companion wearie of talking she held her peace and soone after falling into a slumber shee soundly slept vntill the next morning when the sunne arose a little more earlye then shee did on which day what happened yee may read in the Chapters that follow héereafter CHAP. 20. How the Princesse was instructed by Sagibell in the meane to know who sung the Song at the foote of the Tower and how she had resolution in what she most desired to know and vnderstand concerning her looue euen as she would by the meanes of the Nymphe Aegle seruaunt to the Ladye Ozyris WHen the cléere morning had shewed her fayre countenaunce ouer the world according as she was wont and alredy the steads that drew Phebus chariot were wel entered on theyr waie to deliuer abroad the splendor of his looks the beutifull infant Porphyria awaked dreaming yet on the past song and of the conference she had wyth her fayrie cosin and faithfull companion Harderina especially of that she tolde her for resoluing of her doubt which was to talke with her phisition Sagibel and vnderstande his opinion For this cause with all spéed she sent her damsell Marcella to séeke him at whose command the good and skilfull phisition fayled not to come presentlie and being entered the chamber finding the princesse as yet in her bedde she discoursed vnto him all that happened the night past as also what spéeches passed betwéene her cosin and her in selfe same manner as ye read in the Chapter going before earnestly intreating of conclusion of all to tell her his aduise what might be gathered thereby most agréeing with truth if by his art it were possible to comprehend anie matter certaine wherunto the phisition hauing noted euerie circumstance thus answered Madame I cannot presently giue ye anie certaine resolution in these affayres but betwéene this mid day I will promise to tell ye truth of all or at the least shewe yee some meanes whereby to knowe it I praie thée then my good Sagibel quoth the princesse that thou haue precise regarde of the promised houre or sooner if it may be possible go then and in the meane while vse what diligence yee can best deuise that at least I may knowe what thou coniurest or else canst gather of this wonderfull accident Immediatly the wise man departed the chamber to compasse that she had inioyned him for the intreates of the mightie are strict commandements to the meaner sorte and so diligently heerein he behaued himselfe that at the houre promised hee fayled not to séeke his Ladie and mistres finding her new risen from the table hauing this daie dined with her cosin Harderina Not a little ioyfull was she to sée him being perswaded in her thoughts that her phisition had nowe promised some cataplasme for ease of her griefe but the consolation she receiued was not ●erie great for the phisition onely tolde her that he could know nothing of all that was done But his spirites had reuealed vnto him that to knowe the certaintie in this case it was expedient that the Ladie which desyred such sound knowledge in these affayres shoulde one nyght plaie on some instrument and sing at the same windowe where shee hearde the song before withall the effect of her song should be to aske the voice that had song what it was the wordes and circumstance wherof should agrée with one that

and pondering much more profoundly on her new and fresh conceites than on the discourse of the beautifull and fayre Nymph Aegle and albeit shee was indifferentlie comforted thereby yet made shee no signe or semblaunce thereof to her cosin Wherefore when the night was come thinking in the darke shade the nymph would come again and resolue her in the rest of her desires shee went to the window and song the same vearses which the phisition had taught her but all was in vaine for shee hearde no song but her owne nor anie mellodie but her Lute which made a heauenly concordance with her voyce Fayre Aegle was deafe for this night and woulde not make answere to her musicall questions but when the morning was come and the rising Sunne made shew of a new daie the young princesse hauing enioyed no rest all that night amorous imaginations had so carryed her thoughts to and fro with wishing and rewishing for the midde daie houre So wearing awaie the tediousnesse of the time with as greate patience as he could at the last she got her againe to the same fountains side where she had slept the daie before and the nymph Aegle retourned thether agayne while the princesse slumbered making lyke noyse as at the first she dyd wherwith the Infant awaked marie not so much afrighted as earst shee had béene but beeing verie gladde to beholde and see the fayre face of the demie goddesse from whome shée hoped to receiue greater consolation then shee had done in the daie before Now the Fayrie had brought with her a sphere or for your better vnderstanding a bowle of peeces of engrauen wood made in forme round lyke a sphere wherein appeared the whole vniuersall world how it was inclosed and namely the earth with all the prouinces contained therein painted after the lyfe and in such sorte as within it ye might beholde the mouing of the starres of heauen the foundation of the massie earth the cloudie ayre wyth the fluxe and reflowing of the Ocean the other seas and the riuers that binde in the earth with all the roundnesse of the terrestriall globe These things might there be discerned with more pleasure and contentment than they can conceiue that trauaile farre to see a little portion or many particulars of that which this fayre Nymph shewed at one time to the Infant Porphiria For you must vnderstand that hauing drawen from forth the siluer waters of the cleere fountaine this diuine peece of workemanship so lately named shee opened a certaine little couerture which was expressely made to discouer all the rest within at the opening whereof she vsed these wordes to the princesse I will let thée sée heerein vertuous and fayre princesse all the vniuersall world presented in the proper lyfe and figure wherein likewise thou shalt beholde thy knight and all his aduentures which happened since his departure from thee Speaking these wordes hauing opened the doore that was aboue wherein was contained the figure of heauen and the starres shee parted in three partes the rest of the round Gloabe which when the princesse sawe discouered she cast her lookes on that parte where Affrica was represented and questioning thereof with the fayre A●gle shee sa●●e I praie thée beautious Nymph fauour me more than with the bare sight of the wide world before thou shifte to anie other place tell mee what parte is this heere first described inhabited with people so barbarous grosse and rusticall because they come first to sight and tell mee what desarts these are that nourisheth and bréedeth such infinite number of sauage and cruell beasts This is that part answered Aegle which is named Affrica defenced on the one side toward the Sunne rising with the greate floud which ye heare with such mercilesse noise come from the mountaines and by seauen chanels or mouths runs into the bosome of Thetis called Nylus On all the other sides it is enuironed with the sea especially on the North coast with the Libique sea whereon the auncient people called Penes exercised many outragious and extreame piracyes these people came of the ●henicians that passed thether with Dido Qu●ene of Carthage and the Gréekes more ancient than they that passed thether before with Hercules And to tell thée in few words least I should offend yée with tediousnes with what other regions this land is inhabited ye must vnderstand that Ethiopia is this which ye sée rising from the red sea and butting on Arabia neighbouring towarde the North with the Egyptians and Lybians who were so called after a man named Aethipos that the olde Pagans sayde was the sonne of Uulcan he being the first king all the region tooke the name of him Then may yee discerne here on the other side the habitation of these olde idolatrous Egyptians a verie fertile region which in elder time was called Aeria and since thē cleped Egypt by a brother to Danaus so tearmed On the west is the limitrophing borders of Cyrena towards the east it beholdeth Palestine and on the North side the mediterranean sea The great citie which yee sée in this region so well seated with walls so ancient and whose proud pallaces are now like an olde ruined mazure is the ancient citie of Thebes whereof Amphion is sayd to laie the first foundation and the king to whom Andromache wife to the hardie Hector was daughter being there slayne when cruell Achilles entered to sacke and spoyle the towne murdering seuen of his children the future hope of his genealogie since which time this ancient citie hath continued in such had estate as ye beholde it But afterward in this other place was builded by king Alexander the great this other beautifull citie the walles whereof are not so ancient as the other and according to the name of the edifier it is named Alexandria Sée on the other side in the same prouince the citie called Abiros Here is proud Babylon and the citie of Memphis renowmed by reason of the meruailes which Queene Semyramis there builded and erected This other greate Citie and wonderfull strong whose walles are more fresh as also beeing more newlye builded then all the other is the famous Cittie of Hieropolis so called in former times but at this present is named the graund Cayre which signifieth a Fortrosse in Egyptian language in this Cittie lies the king or Soldan of all the countrey Héere in this parte not farre from the people I told ye off before that made many courses and piracies on the Lybian sea I meane the Phoenitians which are deuided into sundrie regions and prouinces for héere are the Namasones in Lybia and Marmarica drawing towards the kingdome of Barcha néere the sea there are the Guydanes their neighbours who in steed of bearing bucklers with them to the warres doo carrye the Skinnes of Cranes On the other side countenauncing the sennes Trytonia are the Machlides that weare theyr hayre as there ye may beholde one long behinde and are powled short before contrary

to these other called Anses who as the painter discribes weare theyr hayre long before and shorte behinde theyr daughters once a yeare fight extreamely with stones in honour of the Goddess Minerua whom they adore The great mount ye sée not farre from this place is the mount Atlas whereby the neighbouring people are called Atlantide which in the greatest heate of the day rayle the sunne and cu●sse it with many iniurious spéeches They that are on this side hauing the right side of their heads shor●e and raced toward the-left side are called Maxes that vsuallie paint their faces with Uermillion and make vaunte of theyr discent from the Troyans as likewise do these Zigantes being not farre off from them and they liue by the flesh of Apes wherwith the countrey meruailou●●ie aboundeth These other abiding in the region of the Hesterues are named Troglodites otherwise Megauares people that being dead make no account of buriall but after the decease of buriall but after the decease of one of them they vsually come to the place where he is and being loden with stones in a great laughter they throw them at him and so retur●e againe without any thought of death To these are next neighbours the Hylophages and Spermatophages the first are so called because that for their nourishment or food they climbe and craule vp Trées like Squirrels and there cutting the tender sprigs or branches feed thereon and so liue The other are so named because they substantiate their bodies with many séedes of hearbes that come from the midst of the marishie grounds in that soyle There hard by likewise are the Ceneigdes which inhabit the woods and sit sleeping all the night on the trées like birds Furthermore concerning such like people in the deserts of Lybia are the Acridophages which liue onelye but by Locusts that are found is those deserts and therevpon they are so called In the extreame being of this part of the world are the Cynanimes so called by the Greekes in their language but wee call them sauage men They which yee see heare all naked are the Ichtipophages and there is the place called the cape of Gardafuni which lookes on Arabia named the happie where are the kingdomes of Adel and Barnagas In this marshie Isle neighbour to Aethiopia and mount Atlas named Hesperia within the Tritonian ●ennes dwell the Amazones women experimented in feates of warre and which onely manage the affayres of theyr common wealth with out men medling or inhabiting among them I leaue all the other people that are heere in this parte because it would be ouer long to expresse their names life manners and dayly behauiour wherefore passing ouer this straite that seperates the great Ocean from the Mediterranean sea called Gibaltare or Hercules pilles is the kingdome of Hea which hath on the north side the Ocean and Athlantique sea and toward the middest the great mount Atlas I shewed ye before there also are the kingdomes of Phez Marocco Alger and Thunis inhabited with terrible and cruell people and soure Pagan kings all cosens germaine in their possessions they are very mightie men well skild in warring against theyr enemies But aboue all the king of Phez is of high resolue and meruailous valiance as I will declare to yee anon when seeing the place where hee is at this present I shall recount the meruailous aduenture happening him so long since forborne and with speech of him I will likewise tell ye tidings of your Colen Pharisor who is as sorrowfull as you for the wante of his companion They that gouerne these two kingdomes of Marocco and Alger the one named Phoas and the other Orontes haue led in their conduct a great multitude of the barbarous people of theyr Realmes to sight against the Christians and with huge numbers of Pagans expressely assembled séeke to destroye the great and famous Cittie of London wherein king Floridamant father to your knight is cruelly besieged in danger to loose his li●e or see himselfe disposest of crowne and kingdome but God of his infinite goodnes will prouide some helpe that such misfortune shall neuer befall him As for the third vnder whose lawes and commaundements they of Thunis are gouerned to wit Adylas I will likewise tell yee more when we meet him in place where he is to let ye know what he hath doone and then shall yee see him that yee are so desirous of But before this may bee doone or you attaine to behold the long wished place I will tell yee what these fayre Islandes are which you see within the Sea the neere bordering neighbours to this kingdome Knowe then that these are the Hesperides otherwise called Fortunate Isles and commonly Canaries not such as many haue esteemed them to bee they are greatlye abounding in Dogges but much more fertile are these aforesayde Isles abounding in store of Reedes or Canes from which are made the Melasses Cassonades and then Sugars most fine and swéete abounding in very great quantitie The people there dwelling are subiects to a puissant Pagan king who at this daye swayes the scepter thereof named Brandissant that chased thence sometime Argamor the cruell father to foure sonnes who succoured king Brandissant in so dooing because the king had promised to each of them one of these Isles for his part and seuerally they should weare kingly crownes such was their greedie desire to reigne before theyr fathers death whose life was more offensiue to them then any infectious disease to a healthfull time according to which promise after that Argamor was then chased thence who afterward dyed with extreame greefe the foure brethren the eldest whereof is named Salazard the second Zorlot the third Canibarell and the fourth Phagotroff had the gouernment of the foure isles by them demaunded conditionally that thence●foorth they should be obedient to the commaundements of great king Brandissant and liues as they ought vnder his Empire all these are likewise at this instant in these warres with great multitude of the Islanders and other neighbours that owe tribute and allegeance in company of the father to Brandissant who hath engirt with siedge as I told ye before the famous Cittie of London assisted by many more whereof ye shall know anon Thus breaking off the faire Nimphe Aegle turned and quickly ioyned together the seperated partes of the sphere which beeing inuisibly closed and brought into the former estate and casting it into the Fountaine immediatly she threw her selfe in after it promising to returne againe vpon the more owe to tell what remained to the princesse of Constantinople she sitting still by the fountaines side rauished with ioy and delight for seeing such are sights and heere because the day continued no longer wee gaue great reason to knitte vp thys Chapter CHAP. 22. How the Nymph Aegle appearing againe to the Princesse Porphyria daughter to the mightie Emperour of Constantinople made her see in her Globe of all world all that which Asia containeth and in what