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A89357	The most excellent and famous history of the most renowned knight, Amadis of Greece, surnam'd, the Knight of the Burning Sword, son to Lisvart of Greece, and the fair Onoloria of Trebisond Representing his education in the court of King Magadan, his conquering of the defended mountain, his combat with his grandfather the Emperor Esplandian, his killing Frandalon the Ciclops, and falling in love with Lucella, daughter to Alpatracy King of Sicily, his arrival in the isle of Argenes, where he put an end to the enchantments of Queen Zirfea, his assisting his great-grandfather King Amadis in the island of the great Siclades, and in respect to him taking on himself the name of Amadis of Greece: together with the high and noble enterprizes of his cozen Lucencio, Gradamart son to the King of the Giants island, Birmartes son to the King of Spain, and many other noble knights and gallant ladies: all no less useful, than pleasant. Humbly addrest to the beauties of Great Brittain. By a person of quallity. Licensed according to order.; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 9. English.	Person of quality.	1693 (1693)	Wing M2877; ESTC R230734	225,521	237

deliverance since I am so much yours that under your sole Favour I resolve henceforth to follow Arms and no otherwise giving my self the Glory to be servant to the fairest Princess this day living Vttering this word he felt the new Distemper of love so strong that had the Night béen clearer his Coulor might have been seen to change ten times in one Instant He would have said more but the others who had assisted the Queen approacht and they went together towards the Castle where they were met by Frandamella who with great Ioy cast her self at the Queens Feet by whom she was graciously taken up and emb●ac't for the Queen greatly lov'd her for the sake of ●ristion her Father who was Governor of Sicily when Alpatracy and she were disenchanted Then they Ascended the Stairs and went into the Room where the King lay sick who seeing the Queen and Lucella in good Health was as you may believe so fill'd with Ioy that his Speech fail'd him and stretching out his Arms as these two Ladies paid him their Respects he embrac'd them the one with his right hand the other with his left the Tears falling abundantly down his Cheeks Then all of a suddain fetching a deep sigh he lifted up his Eyes to Heaven and cry'd out O Soveraign GOD prais'd be your holy Name since it has pleased you after having deliver'd us out of the cursed Conjuration and Enchantment in which the Sorceress Medea had put us to grant me this farther Blessing that I should this day see with my eyes the two persons that are dearer to me than my own life Ah! ah Knight of the Burning Sword How is it possible that I shall ever be able to acknowledge the Benefit I receive by your means On my faith we are so much oblig'd to you that we may with reason call you our second Father as having given us a new life since without your Assistance we had been certainly lost these Ladies with ill Usage and I with Discontent Now the Queen and Lucella had not eaten any thing in two days Wherefore the Knight of the burning Sword seeing that the King was entring into a Discourse which was like to hold him long interposs'd saying Sir your new Content makes you forget the long Time that these Ladies have been without Food Does it not please you that some Victuals be brought them I beseech you let it be so answer'd he for I believe they have very great need Then were the Tables cover'd and in the mean time the Queen recited the fear she was in till such time she saw the Giantess dead And who slew her said the King Sir answer'd she shewing him the Knight of the Burning Sword this Gentleman cleft her Head in two and she remain'd bury'd in the Mud of the Lake She 's very well lodg'd said he GOD or the Devil will henceforth treat her as she has deserv'd In these and other Discourses they pass'd the Time till the Knight of the Burning Sword bad the King and the Ladies good Night for to retire till Day into another Chamber where instead of Sleeping he threw himself cloath'd as he was upon a Field-Bed and having before the eyes of his soul the Beauty of his new Mistress entred into so profound a Cogitation that he even forgot himself Nevertheless after he had sufficiently tumbled both on the left side and the right he fetcht a deep sigh and remembring the Threat that Urganda made him by the Letter she left him at his going out of Great Britain began to say within himself Alas Wise Prophetess I now well perceive that the Advertisement you gave me is true for the very day that my Lady came forth of Prison I was so made her Captive and Slave that I have nothing in me free or that is not subjected to her Ah ah poor Knight of the Burning Sword Hast thou then hopes ever to receive cure Certainly thou may'st well discern the assured Perdition for thine eyes have plac'd the Ladder of thy Faith so high that thou oughtst rather expect to fall than to get up Thus the greatest Damage will be thy own since thou shouldst have known thy self to be one that ought not to think of obtaining such an Happiness O Wretched Slave to thy self thou wilt henceforward pine away by little and little desiring that to which thou art not capable to attain since the greatest Honour thou canst boast is thy Education in the Court of King Magadan from which thou art also causelesly banisht How dar'st thou then consume thy Time in Thoughts more vain than can be imagin'd No no learn to command thy self at least if thou desir'st to live Then all of a suddain changing his Opinion he said But perhaps I am descended of such a Lineage that I ought not to have so mean a conceit of my self and my Heart 's taking so high a Flight is an Argument to make me believe that my Father was a Gentleman and that it merits something Ah! how I now dream Certainly my Folly is too apparent For were I son to the greatest Princess on the Earth yet must I confess my self unworthy to s●rve such a Lady And b●sides she and I are of different Religions thus put case I should arrive at my pre●ensions I must in gaining her forget our gods and lose both my Body and Soul hencefor●h adoring her as my only Lady and Goddess Shall I do it then Why not Yes surely and come what may I will never while I live repent so Noble a thought being assur'd it would be a true Heresy to essay the withdrawing me from it Death may indeed well use his power over my body but not over my Affecti●ns for whether he will or no they shall live for ever and for ever remain where I have placed them A Thousand and a Thousand other Dis●ourses made the Knight of the Burning Sword all night so that he could not take one wink of Sleep till break of day when he slumbred a little till one tame to tell him that the Ladies were ready wherefore he arose and entring into their Chambers after he had humbly saluted them enquir'd how the King did So well answer'd he who overheard him that I resolve without any farther delay to return into my Ship where I hope to have a speedier Cure than in this place in which I have receiv'd so much Displeasure And tho' the Queen and the rest us'd their utmost Endeavours to disswade him from it till he were better recover'd yet could they not in the least prevail with him who as soon as ever they had din'd caus'd them to put up their Baggage and Embark commanding the Pilot to set Sail. Which when Galfadea Daughter of the Cyclops who had as you were told been given in Hostage perceiv'd she began exceedingly to lament Now she had till then heard nothing of her Parents death but when she understood how all had pass'd never was Woman more discontented Nevertheless

him a Letter from her who as you have heard parted from him at the Kay telling him that she had expresly charg'd her not to deliver it to him any sooner and therefore he might read it at his leisure Then the Knight taking it brake open the Seal to see the Contents which were as follow Vrganda theVnknown to the Knight of the Burning Sword sends Greeting Know that to free another out of Prison thou shalt within a few days enter into the greatest Captivity ever poor Slave was in and shalt have thy Soul and Body so afflicted that the same Sword which has many times sav'd the Place whence thou art issu'd shall pierce thro' thy Body whence it shall be afterwards drawn out by the hands of her who thinking to save her self shall restore thee a Life worse than a thousand Deaths together And this Bitterness shall last thee till such time as thy Fathers House being at the point to fall to Ruine shall be preserv'd and sav'd by its first Possessor Believe me for it shall come to pass as I foretel thee And to the end thou mayst credit it understand that to preserve thee from a Misfortune into which thou wast this day about to fall by fighting with the Knight of the Kay I presented thee the white Shield and asked thee the Gift thou grantedst me and performedst and for which thou oughtst to give me thanks because without my Providence thou wert salling into a Repentance for all thy life as thou wilt better know in time And sooner trouble not thy self with thinking to know any thing of it for it would be Labor lost as it would be als● to look for me Let it suffice thee that I know thee better than thou knowst thy self and that for hope of a Succor I expect one day to have of thee I would shew th●e this Favor For the rest follow thy Enterprize without delaying it on any occasion whatever since it is the Will of him whose thou shalt sometime be Exceeding Pensive was the Knight of the Burning Sword and what rendred h●m yet more Melancholy was that he could not comprehend any thing in it but what seem'd to him grievous to be born He said nevertheless within himself that he was indeed extreamly bound to Urganda who had done so much for him but since he could not resist the Destinies he would pass it over as well as he could The better therefore to conceal his Thoughts he began to look pleasantly saying Urganda acquainted him that the Countrey they had then left was Great Britain and that they should thenceforward have fair weather Thus sail'd they with so favourable a Sea that the King and he being cur'd of all their Wounds discover'd one Sunday Morning Frandalons Fortress at the neerest Port to which they Anchred and went all a Shore except the Mariners who continu d aboard expecting what would be the Issue of this Enterprize to which the King went accompany'd by thirty Knights beside him of the Burning Sword fearing that Frandalon who had taken away the Queen and Lucella would not restore them according to the Conditions of the Combat he had granted but instead of doing it would endeavour by some Treason to Arrest him also For this cause they marcht in very good Equipage strait to a Grove of Trees where they were descry'd by the Sentinel of the Castle who winded a Horn so loud that they heard him and soon after they saw coming towards them with great speed a Damsel mounted on a Palfrey who addressing her self to the King whom by the Richness of his Armor she took to be the chief amongst them said to him Knight My Lord Frandalon the Ciclops sends me to know who you are that have entred so familiarly into his Land without his Permission Damsel answer'd the King acquaint him that if he will accomplish his Promise made to Alpatracy whose Wife and Daughter he injuriously detains he shall find him and another Knight ready to fight him and his Son But because we cannot confide in his Word by reason of his wicked Disposition he must send us an Hostage before we enter the Field one against another else we shall consider what we have to do Ha! ha said the Damsel smiling and shaking her Head You have Reason but he comes soon enough who seeks his own Misfortune which assure your self will soon be shewn you Then going back the way she came she re-entred the Fortress whence she return'd a little after to tell the King it would have been more agreeable to Frandalon that he had freely and without dispute surrender'd him the Countrey of Sicily which belong'd to him by r●ght of Inheritance Nevertheless said she since you are otherwise inclin'd he will send you his only Daughter for the Security you demand on condition that you send back all your People keeping only with you him that is to be the Companion of your Infelicity for there is none in his Castle but himself and Son of whom you should have any doubt Damsel answer'd the King his Daughter being come we shall do what is fit for us Then the Messenger return'd back again where she stay'd not long before she ●ought forth Frandalons daughter so fair well dress'd and of such good Behaviour as you shall hear She was a Giantess with one only Eye having on moreover a Gown the Train whereof was an Ell long cover'd with little Scales of Fishes and on her Head a Vall powdred with Snail-shells Such was the Accoutrement of this Virgin whom the King courteously saluted and yet she regarded him not but addrest her self to the Knight of the Burning Sword whom she saw without a Beard and said to him Are you then he who are to fight with the King against my Father and Brother Yes Madam answer'd the Knight but why do you ask Because reply'd she I think some of my Women much fitter for such Dances than you whom a Ladies Hood would better become than that Helmet which thus heats your Head Tho' the Knight of the Burning Sword perceiv'd himself jeer'd yet did he but laugh at it saying to her In faith Madam if all the Beauties of this Countrey resemble you it will never be thought I came hither to make love and much less that You and I are one mans Children Whilst they were in this discourse they perceiv'd Frandalon and his Son come forth wherefo●e the King commanded his Folks to retire and take with them the Giantess for Hostage 'T was not long ere the two Ciclops approacht the Father being mounted on a Beast almost like a Dromedary and having no other Arms but a Shield of fine Steel hanging about his Neck and in his hand a Battle Ax massy and weighty fit for so genteel and gracious a Gentleman as he was So it is that there was not seen in his time any man bigger than himself nor had he any more Eyes than his Daughter and for this reason was he also

have dar'd to fight the Gentleman that assail'd him but even Atlas himself nay the very Giants which Jupiter enclos'd in the hollow Mountains he over turn'd upon them This he well let be understood by the Answer he made Frandamella saying M● dear Friend since my Lady has had such Remembrance of me this precious Mantle shall not part from my Arm till either the Honour of the Combat be holy granted me or Death separate my Soul from my Body which in this world is only to obey her as the fairest discreetest and most virtuous Princess on the Earth Scarce had he utter'd this word when the Damsel retir'd for the Knight of the Castle would proceed to the Combat which was between them the most gallant that ever was seen For if the one understood the Art and Method of such S●ort the other shew'd himself an expert Master i● it so that to consider it well it was no less pleasant to behold them than the Exercise was to them dangerous However they continu'd long and many Blows and Thrusts pass'd betwixt them without ever coming to the quick so valiant vigilant and dextrous they were And tho' he of the Tower us'd much Artifice and made many false Osiers to end●●●●a●e and surprise the other yet could he not in the least injure him nor yet so much as touch his Cloak which he guarded and defended more than his own Person whereat his Enemy being irritated as thinking he disdain'd him stept forward and in stepping lifted up his Arm to cleave his Head which the Knight of the burning Sword so well obviated that falling back he made an offer of giving his Adversary a Thrust directly in the Breast but letting fall his Arm gave him such a cut in the Leg as brought him to the ground being not able to stand any longer wherefore he cry'd out Ah ah Knight since success is so much at your command pass on and follow your Fortune And as he would have spoken more the Watch of the next Tower instead of winding his Horn as the others had done made a great Exclamation crying out Come forth Soldiers come forth or we are all lost The Knight of the burning Sword then well thought that he should now find more to do than he had done hitherto wherefore he came to Lucella and putting his knee to the ground gave her her Cloak as whole as he had receiv'd it from Frandamella saying to her Here Madam is what you lent me which I have to the utmost of my Power defended against my Enemies Sword to shew how dear I esteem whatever comes from you Then he hastily took his Arms for he already ●eard the Noise and Bustle of those that were coming forth whom he instantly receiv'd being six arm'd and accoucred Knights and four Servants having Habergeons and Head-pieces of Iron who all ran together upon him Then began a Fight of ten against one but the King would take a Pa●ty and fell in amongst them like one whom the matter nearly concern'd Which the four Slaves seeing they went aside and seiz'd on the Ladies whom notwithstanding all their Cr●s and Lamentations they carry'd into the Fortress Which caus'd such a Fury in the two assaulted Knights that sparing neither their Skin nor their Flesh four of the others fell dead in the place the two that remain'd flying with all speed to save their lives but they were soon overtaken and Treated like their Companions Thus the King and the Knight entred into the Tower into which they had seen the Ladies carry'd whom they found not there and for this cause the went towards the seventh near which they met the four Villains returning from their Enterprize to assist those that were assaulted but whatever Resistance they could make the two principal of them were slain on the Place and the others taken to Mercy on Promise of declaring what they had done with the Queen and her Company Now as they were going into the Castle the Knight of the burning Sword seeing that the last Guard did not appear as the other had done enquir'd of the Villains where he was My Lords answer'd one of them the Infant Ariana our Princess who Intimately loves him has taken him within these few dayes an hunting and we were told yesterday by one who came from them that they would be here this day or to morrow at farthest Nor could any thing have befaln you more favourable than their Absence For if he for whom you ask had been here tho' your Prowess be great nay extream yet could you never have escap'd out of his Hands without Death or Imprisonment So long continu'd they this Discourse till they came into a lower Hall where they found the Queen her Daughter and the Damsel ty'd with great Co●ds and more dead then living But their Fear was soon over when they perceiv'd the King and the Knight of the Burning Sword who incontinently unbound t●em It was now Night and they had neither eaten nor drank all that day Wherefore they askt their Prisoners whether they had any Food who answer'd them that they had Go then and fetch some said the King They did so and He with the Knight of the Burning Sword and the Ladies took their Repose And when it was thu● to be take themselves to Rest they were conducted into a Chamber where there were three Beds having about them Curtains of Gold and Silk the Hanging● of the Room being exceeding rich and curiousl● wrought And whilst the● were busy'd in viewing them the King perceiv'd the Entrance to a Stair-case th● ste●●s whereof were of Porphyty and Iasper which made him askt what ●●airs those were Sir answer'd he to whom he spake 't is the Ascent to the Chamber of Treasure into which none can enter But he who sees the Riches of the Perron plac't before it has enough to wonder at It shall be then for to morrow said the King Repose being at this time very necessary for us Nevertheless good Sir I would gladly know by whom the Chamber is so well defended and what Treasure there is in it that ought to be so much esteem'd Sir answer'd he this I cannot well tell you none but the Queen Z●itfea having ever entred into it not so much as her own Daughter I have indeed heard it often affirm that so great Riches are scarce to be found in the World besides But it is so guarded by Enchantments that none dare approach it We will not said the King stick in so fair a way but will to morrow combat the Devil rather than not see what it is Go you therefore to sleep and leave us two lighted Tapers in this Chamber The servants having done what he commanded them retir'd The King then and the Knight of the Burning Sword lay'd themselves down arm'd as they were for ●ea● of being surpriz'd The Ladies also repos'd themselves on another Bed without putting off their Gowns or any other part of their Habits CHAP. XXIV

Are not you then Lisvart Son to the most renowned Emperor Esplandian and the Empress Leonorina He whom I deliver'd out of the Prison of the Infanta Melia for saving whose life I was almost put to death And you tell me that you never had any Acquaintance with me Certainly if you call to mind Gradafilea Daughter to the King of the Giants Island you will soon change your Opinion for I am she and no other who have for your sake remain'd thirteen years in this Place enchanted as you found me with as much Bitterness and Grief as ever any sorrowful and wretched Woman suffer'd Nevertheless all this Affliction is so well overcome that I am at present the most Joyful and contented on the Earth In good faith said the Knight you may put me in mind of what you please but I as little know the Emperor and the Empress you speak on as I do you Nor can I tell who are my Father and Mother which is indeed the greatest Trouble and Displeasure I could have in this World Gradafilea than more attentively view'd him than she had hitherto done and as well by the Brightness of the Swords Pommel lying on the Floor as by the light and flame coming forth from the open Chamber knew that she was indeed mistaken wherefore she retir'd in very great Confusion At this very Instant came the King accompany'd by the Queen and Frandamella wondring to see the Knight between Gradafilea and his Daughter And as he was opening his mouth to ask them how they came there together he saw the Sword at his Feet which he knew by its shining Pommel and taking it up of a suddain said By my Head this is not the first time I have handled thee and I know that thou belongedst to the best Knight in the World Ah Sir and who was he said the Knight You shall know said the King but not now We must first see the Wonders of this Place Then he advanc'd towards the Burning Door which was immediately chang'd into Chrystal and they all entred without any danger into the Chamber of Treasure where there befel a Case worthy Recital There appear'd in the Air two Hands holding a golden Crown enricht with many great Rubies Pearls and Diamonds which they plac'd upon the Head of Lucella and then disappear'd at the sound of a voice which cry'd out Receive fair Lady this Reward in testimony of having put an End to the strangest Adventure that ever was or shall be prepar'd for Lady or Gentlewoman This being said four tall Statues of Alabaster which in the four Corners of the Chamber represented four Ladies holding each of them an Harp began to play so melodious a Tune that the King and the rest thought they heard the Ioys of Paradise and indeed to consider the Place well there seem'd also to be in it some Divinity For the Walls were of pure Chrystal under which appear'd painted in Gold and Azure many Histories of the glorious Feats of Arms perform'd by several Illustrious Personages which had been from the Time of Deucalion till then The Cieling and the Floor being all of Mosaick Work wrought in Chrysolite and Parphyry rendred the Place so admirable that it might be properly said to have been the Worst not of Vulcan or Neptune who built the Walls of Flium but of Pallas who had employ'd in it all her Industry In the midst of this Room was also a Monument of Iacinth to which there was on every side an Ascent of five steps of gray Marble and upon it the Representation of a great King compleatly Arm'd except his Head which was cleft in two with a blow of a Sword This rested on a Pillow of Cloth of Gold which a Knight held between his Arms the King having in one hand a little Key of Emerald and in the other a Padlock made of a great Carbuncle which lockt up the Sepulchre environ'd with Seven and Thirty Kings of Massy Gold behind whom a little higher stood twelve Nymphs of Azure stone holding Silver Trumpets as if they were ready so Sound And that it might be better known whose Body it was that lay in this Magnificence there was at his Feet a Tablet of Agat on which in the Caldean Tongue was graven the following Inscription This is the Representation of Zarzafiel Soldan of Babylon who being at the Siege of Constantinople with King Armato was slain with the blow of a Sword by the hand of King Amadis as is seen by his Figure And the Kings that are about him being in number seven and thirty represent so many Princes subject to them who all dyed in his Company fighting like valiant and hardy men as they were Now to perpetuate his Memory his Sister Zirfea Queen of Argenes has caus'd the Ashes of his Body to be put in a Vessel or Gold here underneath giving by the Magnificence of his Burial a Testimony of the Affection she bear him when living and yet the more to honour him in his death has given him in keeping the Key of this unparallell'd Treasure which shall be well defended till such time as the most perfect accomplisht Knight in the World shall enter in here accompany'd by the fairest Lady then living who by Vertue of the secret Love they shall bear one another shall seize on the Key and open the Padlock In good faith said the King to the Knight of the burning Sword this Prophesy is I think addrest to you and none else Ah Sir answer'd he all asham'd you have power to stile me as you please but I am indeed of opinion that my Lady your Daughter who has begun to break the Enchantments take the Key to accomplish the rest Well then sa●d the King at worst she can but fail Then he commanded Lucella to try But she excus'd her self affectionately desiring Gradafilea to make the first Proof and she would afterwards second her if it were necessary Now Gradafilea was exquifitly fair which made her assuredly think that if the Adventure was to be ended by Beauty she should go a great way in it For this cause she readily consented to Lucellas desire so that approaching the Statue which held they Key she did her utmost to seize it and take it from him but so far was she from it that she could not so much as stir it which made her blush and retire to give Place to Lucella to whom as she advanc'd the Statue stretcht out his Arm and presented her what she desir'd at which the Knight of the Burning-Sword greatly rejoyc'd more esteeming the Honour of his Lady that if himself had obtain'd all the Glory in the World Then Lucella opened the Padlock with which the Tomb was clos'd and took off the covering as easily as if it had been of Cork or Fir and immed●atly the Images of Azure-Stone began to Sound their Trumpets so loud that they were heard all over the Palace at the Sound whereof there rose out of the Tenth

the Emperor of Trebisond Lisvart of Gre●ce Perion of Gaul and the Prince Olorius of Spain who had till then been Enchanted and laid asleep under that Plate without the knowledge of any one but the Queen Zirfea Certainly I cannot well tell who was most amaz'd Whether the King of Sicily a●d his Company to see these four Persons thus resuscitated or the Emperor and his to find themselves in so unknown a Place and amongst Knights arm'd and ready for fight So that if the Emperor being without Arms f●ar'd they should be assaulted those of the other side thinking them to be Phantasms were not over-well assur'd when Gradafilea knew Lisvart yet doubting that she was in a dream she durst not at first approach him but sixt her Eyes upon him as he did upon her yet without speaking one Word for a pretty while Now these four Knights had been so depriv'd of their Vnderstanding by Zirfea that without knowing any thing of one another they were brought from Trebisond and put in so strait a Place by such means as you shall presently hear CHAP. XXV How Zirfea enchanted the Emperor of Trebisond Lisvart Perion and Olorius in the Castle of the Isle of Ar●●enes Where she afterwards stay'd Gradafilea being in quest of Lisvart THe History of Lisvart of Greece recited at large in the sixth Book of Amadis of Gaul Records that at the Siege of Constantinople where King Amato was in person himself with the greatest pa●t of the Pagan Princes has an End put to their Days by the high Chivalry at King Amadis of Gaul his Son Esplandian and others whose never dying 〈◊〉 registred in the said volumes Now among these that were thus ●●●n by this King of Great Britain was Zarzafiel Soldan of Babylon who had a Sister nam'd Zirfea a Woman of great Skill in Magick which she had in her younger years learnt of the Infanta Melia. In this ●●t she became so expert that disdaming the Court of the Soldan her Brother she relir'd into the Isle of Argones where the better to experiment her Science she did many incredible things in the Castle of Treasure as we have already discrib'd it to you From which she could not by any Intreaties or Letters sent her by the Soldan her Brother be withdrawn whilst he liv'd Now Zirfea writ several times to him that he should by no means go to the Siege of Constantiople assuring him that he would infallibly be slain there with all who should Accompany him But he made flight of this Advertisment thinking that it proceeded from her Fear of losing him which she preferr'd before the Honor and Glory he might get there so that he went and was there slain as you have been told Of which Zirfea his only Heir being advertis'd she incontinently set forwards towards Babylon hoping to gain possession of the Country where she found one that her Brother had left there for Governor who either thro' Love or Force had already receiv'd the Crown and obedience of the Subjects And for this cause he commanded her to be gone and void the Realm or else he would ●ut her to death This Message seem'd to her very hard of Digestion but seeing there was no Remedy she packt up her Baggage taki●g with her for all her Inheritance the Body of Zarzafiel into the Isle of Argenes where being arriv'd she Sacrific'd it to the God Mars causing the Ashes to be carefully gather'd up and enclos'd in the cl●ft Head erecting him the Sepulchre we have already told you of And to the end a Death which so nearly toucht her might not go unreveng'd she deeply and solemnly vow'd to procure all the Dammage and Displeasure she possibly could to King Amadis and the other Christians she accordingly us d all her Endeavor to put in execution this Resolve Wherefore being one day advertiz'd that Lisvart of Greece and Perion of Gaul were in Trebisond she put to Sea and as she was sailing invented for their Surprizal the Deceit recorded in the said sixth Book of Amadis of Gaul laying her Project so well that in fine she not only brought away them but also the Emperor and Olorius all which she would have instantly put to death had she not foreseen by her Magick that from them should proceed one by whom her Lineage should in time to come be greatly illustrated tho' she neither knew when nor how For this only cause were the four Knights preserv'd and put into her Bark where she was afterwards enamor'd of Olorius with whom she had such Converse that her Belly began to swell she being with chield yet being no more willing to pardon him than the rest being arriv'd in her Isle of Argenes she enchanted them and put them all under the Soldans Tomb unknown to any one even to their own selves Then she conjur'd the Chambers and clos'd the Doors by the Fire which continually burnt there Now it hapned some time after that Gradafilea understanding the loss of Lisvart put her self in quest of him And having travers'd many strange Countries without learning any Fews of him she come at last to Zirfea to whom she entirly declar'd the Occasion of her Travel very earnestly beseeching her that she would please to deliver her out of his Pain Zirfea promis'd her she would and de facto having fasted her some dayes brought her to see the burning Doors before which was plac'd Lisvarts Sword She then askt her if she knew it Alas Yes answer'd Gradafilea For GOD's sake tell me what is become of him whose it was I will tell you reply'd Zirfea you shall keep it till his Return For it is reasonable since you are so much his that you should have the Enjoyment of it Then she took it out of the Place where it stuck and put it in Gradafilea's Hands conjuring her in this manner Your abode shall be in this very place till such time as being in despair of ever seeing him any more you shall recover him to your great Ioy and Pleasure The Queen having utter'd these Words the Infanta was so firmly enchanted that she remain'd still there at the Arrival of Lucella by whom the Conjurations were brought to an end Which yet Zirfea did not imagin but made account that very difficultly would meet there at the same time the best Knight and the fairest Lady in the world at least that should murally bear each other such perfect Love as she had establisht by her Magick And to make the Entrance into the Place yet more strange and difficult she built a little lower the Perron where were the seven statues holding their writings and other Singularities Then she found the means to procure five Knights of excellent Prowess to whom she gave the keeping of the five first Towers expresly praying and commanding them that no person of what Estate or Condition soever should arrive in Argenes without being stay'd and taken Prisoner whence it happned that several pass'd there many ill Days Having