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A04556	The second part of the famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome Likevvise shevving the princely provvesse of Saint Georges three sonnes, the liuely sparke of nobilitie. VVith many other memorial atchiuements worthy the golden spurres of knighthood.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 2	Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659?	1597 (1597)	STC 14678; ESTC S101376	113,461	208

that after this it may be called a place of dead mens wandring ghosts But fond wretch why doo I thus lament in vaine and bathe her bléeding bodie with my teares when gréefe by no meanes will recall her life Yet this shall satisfie her soule for I will goe a Pilgrimage vnto Ierusalem offer vp my teares to Iesus Christ vpon his blessed Sepulcher by which my stained soule may be washt from this bloody guilt which was the causer of this sorrowfull dayes mishappe These sorrowfull words were no sooner ended but hée tooke her bléeding limmes betwéene his fainting armes and gaue a hundred kisses vpon her dying coloured lips retayning yet y e colour of Alablaster new washt in purple blood and in this extasie a while lying gaue waye to others to vnfold their woes But his Sonnes whose sorrowes wer as great as his protested neuer to neglect one day but duly wéepe a sea of teares vpon their Mothers graue till from the Earth did spring some mournfull flower to beare remembrance of her death as did the Uiolet that sprung from chast Adonis blood when Venus wept to sée him slaine Likewise the other sixe Champions that all the time of their lamentations stood like men drownd in the depth of sorrow began now a little to recouer themselues and after protested by the honour of true Knighthood and by the Spur and golden Garter of S. Georges leg to accompanie him vnto the holy Land bare footed without either hose or shoo onely clad in russet gaberdines like the vsuall Pilgrimes of the world and neuer to returne till they haue payd their vowes vpon that blessed Sepulcher Thus in this sorrowful manner wearied they the time away filling the woods with Echoes of their lamentations and recording their dolors to the whistling windes but at last when blacke Night began to approach and with her sable mantles to ouer-spred the christall firmament they retyred with her dead bodie backe to the Citie of London where the report of this tragicall accident drowned their friends in a sea of sorrow for the newes of her timelesse death was no sooner bruted abroad but the same caused both olde and young to lament the losse of so swéete a Ladie The siluer headed age that had wont in scarlet gownes to méete in Councell sat now at home in discontented griefes the gallant youths and comely virgins that had wont to beautefie the stréetes with costlye garments went drouping vp and downe in blacke and mournfull vestures and those remorcelesse hearts that sildome were opprest with sorrow now constrained their eyes like fountaines to distill a floud of brinish and pearly teares This generall griefe of the Citizens continued for the space of thirtie dayes at the ende whereof Saint George with his Sonnes and the other Champions interred her bodie verie honourably and erected ouer the same a ●ith and costly Monument in sumptuous state like the toomb of Mausolus which was called one of the Wonders of the World or like to the Pyramides of Greece which is a staine to all Architectures for thereon was portrayed the Quéene of Chastitie with her Maydens bathing themselues in a christall Fountaine as a witnesse of her wondrous Chastitie against the lustfull assailements of manie a Knight Thereon was also most liuely pictured a Turtle-doue sitting vpon a trée of gold in signe of the true loue that she bore to her betrothed husband Also a siluer coloured Swan swimming vpon a Christall riuer as a token of her beautie for as the Swan excelleth al other fowles in whitenes so she for beautie excelled all Ladies in the world I leaue to speake of the curious workmanship of the pinacles that were framed all of the purest ●eat the pummels of siluer and Iasper stones Also I omit the Pendants of gold the Scutchions of Princes the Armes of Countreyes that beautefied her Toombe the discourse whereof requires an Oratours eloquence or a penne of golde dipt in the dew of Hellicon or Pernassus Hill whereas the Muses doo inhabit Her Statue or Picture was carued cunningly in alablaster and layd as it were vppon a pillow of gréene silke like vnto Pigmal●ons yuorie Image and directly ouer the same hung a siluer Tablet whereon in letters of golde was this Epitaph written Here lies the vvonder of this vvorldly age For beautie vvit and princely maiestie Whom spitefull death in his imperious rage Procurde to fall through ruthlesse crueltie In leauie sports within a fragrant wood Vpon a thornie brake she spilt her blood Let Virgins pure and Princes of great might With siluer perled teares imbalme this tomb Accuse the fatall sisters of despight For blasting thus the pride of natures bloom For here she sleeps within this earthly graue whose worth deserues a golden tomb to haue Seauen yeares she kept her sweet Virginitie In absence of her true betrothed Knight When thousands did perceiue her chastitie Whilst he remaind in prison daye and night But yet we see that things of purest prize Forsakes the earth to dwell aboue the skies Maidens come mourne with dolefull melody And make this monument your setled bower Here shed your brackish teares eternally Lament both yere month week day hower For here she rests whose like can nere be foūd Her beauties pride lyes buried in the ground Her woūded hart that yet doth freshly bleed Hath causd seuen knights a iourny for to take To faire Ierusalem in Pilgrimes weed The furie of her angrie ghost to slake Because their siluane sports was chiefest guilt And onely cause her blood was timeles spilt Thus after the Toomb was erected and the Epitaph ingrauen in a siluer Tablet and al things performed according to Saint Georges direction he left his Sonnes in the Cittie of London vnder the gouernment of the English King and in companie of the other sixe Champions he tooke his iourney towards Ierusalem They were attired after the manner of Pilgrimes in russet gaberdines downe to their foote in their hands they bore staues of Ebon wood tipt at the endes with siluer the pikes whereof were of the strongest Lydian stéele of such a sharpnes that they were able to pierce a target of Tortoys shell vppon their breasts hung Crosses of crimson silke to signifie that they were Christian Pilgrimes trauelling to the Sepulcher of Christ. In this manner set they forward from England in the Spring time of the yeare when Flora had beautefied the earth with Natures tapestrie and made their passages as pleasant as the Gardens of Hesperides adorned with all kinde of odoriferous flowers When as they crossed the seas the siluer waues séemed to lye as smoothe as christal yce and the Dolphins to daunce aboue the waters as a signe of a prosperous iourney In trauelling by land the wayes séemed so short and easie and the chirping melody of birdes made them such musique as they passed that in a short season they arriued beyond the borders of Christendome and had entred the confines of Africa There were they forced

his Dulcippa after whom he so long traueiled the griefe he receaued at this report stroke such a terrour to his hart that he fell into a sound and was not able to go any further But Saint Georges sonnes who knew him to bee a Knight of much vallour incouraged him and protested by the honour of their Knighthoodes neuer to forsake his company till they saw his Lady deliuered from her torments and he safely conducted home into his owne countrey So traueiling with this resolution the night came on and it was so darke that they were constrained to séeke some place to take their restes and laying themselues downe vnder a broad branched tree of Oake they passed the night pondering in their mindes a thousand imaginations So when the morning was come and that the Diamond of heauen began to glister with his beames vpon the mountaine toppes these martiall Knightes were not slothful but rose vppe and followed their iourneies After this they had not traueiled scarce halfe a mile when that they hearde a pittifull lamentation of a woman who by reason of her lowde shrikes her voice was very hoarse so they staid to heare from whence that lamentable noise should come And presently a farre off they behelde a high piller of stone out of the which there came foorth a spoute of faire and cleare water and thereat was bounde a woman all naked her backe fastned to the piller her armes backeward imbracing it with her armes fast bounde behinde her Her skinne was so fare and white that if it had not béene that they heard her lamentation they would haue iudged her to haue béene an image made artificially of allablaster ioyned vnto the piller These warlike Knights laced on their helmets and came vnto the place where she was but when the prince of Constantinople saw her he presenly knewe her to be his Lady and louely mistresse For by reason of the coldnesse of the darke night and with her great lamentation and weepings she was so ful of sorrow and affliction that she could scarce speake Likewise the Princes hart so yerned at the sight of his vnhappy Lady that almost he could not looke vppon her for wéeping But yet at last with a sorrowfull sigh he said Oh cruell hands is it possible that there should remaine in you so much mischiefe that whereas there is such great beauty and fairenes you should vse such basenes and villany she doth more deserue to be loued and serued than to bee in this sort so euill intreated This wofull Prince with much sorrow did behold her white skin and backe all to be spotted with her red bloud and taking a cloake from one of the marriners he threwe it vppon her and couered her body and tooke her in his armes whilest the other knights vnlosed her This vnhappy Lady neuer felt nor knew what was done vnto her till such time as shee was vnbound from those bands and in the armes of her louer Then giuing a terrible sigh she thought that shee had béene in the armes of the monstrous two headed knight s●ying Oh Pollimus thou true betrothed husband where art thou now that thou comst not to succour me and therwithall ceased her spéeches This Prince hearing these words would haue answered her but he was disturbed by hearing of a great noise of a horse which s●emed to be in the woods amongest the trées The rest of the Knights intending to sée what it should be left the Lady lying vpon the gréene grasse in the kéeping of Prince Pollimus and the Marriners and so saint Georges sonnes went towards the place whereas they heard that rushing noise and as they vigelently lookt about them they beheld the two headed monster mounted vpon a mighty and great palfrey who returned to sée if the Lady were aliue for to torment her anew But when he came to the piller and saw not the Lady with an ireful looke he cast his eies looking about him on euery side and at last he saw the three knights comming towards him with a reasonable and quiet pace and howe the Lady was vntied from the piller wher he left her and in the armes of another Knight making her sorrowfull complaint The two headed knight séeing them in this order with great fury vpon his mighty horse he came towards them and when he was neare them he staid and did behold the princely proportions and gentle dispositions of y e knights that without my leaue hath aduentured to vntie the Lady from the piller where I left her or come you to offer vppe your blouds in sacrifice vpō my fauchion to whom one of the thrée valiant brothers answered said we be knights of a strange countrey that at the sorrowfull complant of this Lady arriued in this place and séeing her to be a faire and beautifull woman and without any desert to be thus so euill intreated it moueth vs to put our persons in aduenture against them that will séeme farther to misuse her In the meane time that the knight was speaking these wordes the deformed monster was beholding him very presizely knitting his browes with the great anger hee receaued in hearing his spéeches and with great fury he spurred his monstrous beast that he made him to giue so mighty a leape that he had almost fallen vppon the English knight who with great lightnes did deliuer himselfe and so drawing foorth his sword he would haue stroken him but the beast passed by with so great fury that he could not reach him Here began as terrible a battaile betwixt the two headed knight and saint Georges sonnes as euer was fought by any knights their mighty blowes séemed to rattle in the elements like to a terrible thunder and their swords to strike sparkling fier in such abundance as though it had béene from a smithes anuile During this conflict the English Knights were so grieuously wounded that all their bright armours were stained with a bloudy gore and their helmets brused with the terrible stroakes of the monsters fauchion whereat they grew more inraged and their strengthes beganne to increase in such sort that one of them stroake an ouerthwart blow with his trusty sword vpon his knée and by reason that his armour was not very good he cut it cleane a sunder so that legge and all fell to the ground and the two headed knight fell on the other side to the earth and with great roring he began to stampe and stare like a beast and to blaspheme against the heauens for this his sodaine mishap The other two brothers seeing this presently cut off his two heads whereby he was forced to yéeld to the mercy of imperious death There was another knight that came with the monster who when he sawe all that had passed with great feare returned the way from whence he came These victorious conquerours when they sawe that with so great ease they were deliuered from the tyrantes cruelty with lowde voices they saide oh thou God whom we