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A91424 The famous history of that most renowned Christian worthy Arthur King of the Britaines, and his famous Knights of the Round Table. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1660 (1660) Wing P437aA; Thomason E1022_2; ESTC R208466 18,180 24

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dead nor wounded but in perfect health and strength and that these vailanous rebels and traytors who speak what they wish shall soon find these words kindle fresh fire of valour in the bre●sts of all true Britaines so as the battell did as it were begin anew insomuch that the perfidious Mordred without hope fled with his rebellious remnant towards the Towne of Glasenbury in Somerlet shire whither King Arthus and his Knights with the rest of his gallantry speedily pursued them and there began afresh to sight where King Arthur who in former fights had received ten severall wounds in his head but none mortall till now that the speele of a broken Launce hapned to pierce his skull and that proved his deaths wound but before he dyed then when he felt the very agony of death apro●ching in his hot incensed bloud he did wonderfull execution upon his enemies and still continued fighting as though he had felt no hurt till a messenger brought him tydings that the Trater Mord●●d was slain then said he the unresistable will and decree of heaven be done for I am well contented and willing to dye So soon as the Rebels heard and saw that their Captain Mordred was dead it is wonderfull to relate in what a disordered confusion they ran some one way and some another they were sensible by the testimony of conscience that their obstract persisting in rebellion against so rare a King had brought them beyond hope of pardon therefore they asked none in this distraction there was a greater number killed in the flight then in the battell scarce a man of them had escaped if the sud●en approach of good King Arthurs death had not pretented further pu●suit there was slain in the battell twelve thousand and to the slight fifteen thousand Mordreds hatefull deeds in his life time procured him a generall hatred after death be dyed suddenly without any care for his soul thrust thorrow the heart with a Iavelin in the hand of a Common souldier and when he was dead none tooke care of his Body his own kindred a sit guerdon for a Traytor which were of the blood royall and was he being nephew to King Arthur as you have heard before the gallant Sir Gawin Knight of the Round Table who dyed bravely fighting for his King in this battell was his own brother he was cosen garma● to that Illustrate Cador Duke of Cornwall another Knight of the Round Table who also triumphed over death in his Soveraignes cause whole Son Co●stantine succeeded King Arthur in the Kingdome yet all this high birth and al●en●●●ould not purchase a gravs unless some Country hynde buried him in his Orchard or Garden for of his sepulcher though so great a personage no mention was ever made to this day Well enough of him unless he had been better now let us returne to K. Arthus who lying upon his death-Bed at Glasenbury where having like a worthy Christian as he alwayes had lived made an eternall peace between God and his soul and also a likely lasting peace for the future to his Kingdome appointing for his successor dying without any issue his Nephew Constantine the Son of Cador Duke of Cornwall as I told you lately So this renowned Christian worthy valiant King Arthur having first vanquished the Saxons at home and anexed six forraign Crownes to the Monarchy of Britain when he had thus victoriously raigned 26. years he rendred to death his interest and his soule to his Redeemer in the year of Grace 543. and was buryed at Glasenbury they where in this present modern age I meane within living mens memory there hath been an old Epitaph with some other memorials of him ●ound the Epitaph so well as I can I think it not impertinent to render in English King Arthurs Epitaph Here lyes great Arthur Britains King ' Mongst Christian worthies first of three His fame throughout the world doth ring None did such doughty deeds as he Death all unto this passe doth bring He can subdue the greatest King FINIS London printed for Francis Coles at the signe of the Lamb in the Old-Bailey 1660.