hys men to be armed lyghtly and wyth forty thousande men yssued out of the cyte of Ynde Whan Brandyffer knewe that they came agaynst hym he made his men to arme them So it was not longe but that the bataylles assembled that was muche fyerse on eche sayde Ualentine was amongest the prese that on euery sayd smote and caste downe folkes so that none durste abyde afore hym His hardynes was so redoubted that 〈◊〉 knyght wolde approche nere hym he entred into the batayll holdynge hys good swerde so ferre that he came to the king of Ynde and gaue him so great a stroke that he smote hym of hys hors downe to the earthe so rudely that he had no streyngth nor force for to ryse vp Whan Pacolet sawe that he was downe he went anone with dyuers other and toke the kynge of Ynde yelded hym vnto Ualentyne the whyche ledde hym vnto the pauylyon of kynge Brandyffer And whan he knew the tydynges that Ualentyne had taken the kynge of Ynde he cryed vpon hys men sayenge Now to it lordes there is but to do well for to day we shall haue vyctorye vpon our enemyes Soo I swere my god mahowne that neuer the dayes of my lyfe I shal fayle the knyght Ualentyne neyther wyth body nor wyth goodes For these tydinges kynge Lucar and all his men toke great courage and put them in the batayll more fyerslye that before in suche maner that there abode mo than thyrtye thousande vpon the felde Whan the Marshall of Ynde knewe the losse that they had he made anone to blowe the retrette to wythdrawe them and assemble hys men whan Brandyffer and kyng Lucar sawe y t they wyth drewe them they pursued them so nere that at the entre of the cyte there dyed ten thousande Pacolet was moche Joyous for to se so many paynyms dye For he cared not on what syde the losse turned so that he Ualentyne myght escape out of theyr handes The batayll endured so longe that the nyght approched and Brandyffer and kynge Lucar returned into theyr tentes and pauylyons and badde that they should bryng them the kynge of Ynde the whyche was presented vnto theim anone Whan kyng Lucar sawe hym he sayd vnto hym all on hye Ha false toaytoure nowe is the tyme comen that thou shall rendre me acountes thou mayst be well sure that thou shall neuer escape me for I shall make the dye shamefully The kynge of Ynde vnderstode him well but he aunswered him neuer a worde but yet shal the tyme come that he shall be delyuered by Pacolet after his delyueraunce shall yelde vnto him the kynge Brandyffer to be in his subiection as you shall heare afterwarde ⧠Howe Ualentyne harde tydinges of his father and howe Pacolet delyuered the kyng of Ynde by his charme and delyuered hym Brandyffer at his owne wyll ⧠Capitulo lxxviii RYght so as king Lucar spake vnto the king of Ynde there ariued a messenger the which after the saluce made sayd vnto kyng Brandyffer Ryght dere syr I bryng you heuy tydynges â–ª knowe that kyng Pepyn hath taken your cytie of Angorye and hathe put all the men and women and chyldren vnto death that were in it with out hauing any pytie By mahoune sayde the kyng Brandiffer here is euill tydinges for it was the fayrest cytie of all my lande But sythe that it is happened soo that I haue in my subiection the kyng of Ynde I haue doope that I shall haue vengeaunce shortly on myne enemies after he sayde to kyng Lucar Fayre sonne it behoueth sâ—th that we haue the kyng of Ynde in our handeÌ„s that hath done vs so muche daÌ„mageÌ„ that to morow in the mornyng he be condampned vnto a vyllaâ—â—â—us death And after we shall go into Angorye against the Frenchemen that wasteth my lande shall take vâ—â—gâ—â—uÌ„ce For knowe that within the strong castell I haue in my pryson the Emperoure of Grece and the grene knyght that hath lefte outlawe â–ª the whiche shall neuer escape me but shall be hanged within fyftene dayes Ualentyne that was there presence vnderstode well the tydynges and was ryght Joyous to heare speake of his father so he made sygne vnto Pacolet y t the time should be shortly that he must playe with his crafâ—e After he sayd softely to himselfe I pray to God of paradise that he wyll kepe you from daunger for I shal neuer haue ioye tyll that I haue founde the meanes for to delyuer you out of pryson The kyng of Ynde behelde Ualentyne and sayde to himselfe softly Cursed be the houre that euer thou escaped fro my handes y t I made the not dye for than should I not haue bene in suche daunger as I am nowe in After these thinges done king Lucar made to come a hundred sarazyus all armed and sayd to them Felowes I geue you this false traytour king of Ynde so thinke for to kepe him well vpon the paine to lese your lyues And to moro we in the mornyng I shall make hym behanged and strangled when you geue me him agayne The paynyms toke anone the king of Ynde and put him in a pauylyon there they bound hym fast by the myddle vnto a poste and after they bendeth his eyen He myght well heare the playes solace â–ª and disportes but he had but sorowe and discomforte in his harte as he that neuer thought to escape the death ¶ Then Valentyne called Pacolet and sayd vnto hym Frende I thinke not that the kyng Brandyffer holdeth my father in his pryson for if I had knoweÌ„ it I would not haue put my body in so great aduentures for to serue hym as I haue done I haue bene true to himim all his workes but syth that it is so I will neuer serue him more but would fynde gladly the manâ—t how I might dammage him For I am litell beholden for to do him pleasuâ—e that hath kepte my father in soo great distresse in his darke pryson so longe Syr sayde Pacolet you haue good reason to bere him dammage if you wil I shal fynde well the meanes to delyuer the kyng of Ynde â–ª yet he shal lede Brandyffer with him And me thynketh that whan he shall haue him in Ynde he wil make him dye shamefully And by this meanes you shall be auenged on him So may your vncle king Pepyn holde Angorye surely By my fayth sayde Ualentyne suche a thynge would I well And I pray the hartely that thou do some thynge at this houre wherby I may helpe kyng Pepyn and delyuer my father the Emperoure of Grece When it came after souper the hundred sarazing that had the king of Ynde in keping made a great fyre before the pauilioÌ„ And Pacolet that slepte not at that houre entred into the pauilion as one that would watche with them So it was not long after that he caste a charme in suche maner by the arte of Nygromancye that he made them fall to the earth and slepe
Fraunce He was praysed so of euery body y t by the consente of the people he was sacred by the pope Empeorure crowned Moche well he gouerned augmented the chyrche in his tyme. He dyde egall Justyce vnto euery body soo that all folkes sayd good of hym ¶ In this tyme was pope Clement the fourth of that name that consacred kynge Pepyn Emperoure ¶ How Haufray and Henry had enuye at Ualentyne bycause that the kynge loued hym so well Ca. xii AFter that the kynge Pepyn by the grace of god and by the strengthe of armes had chaced the infideles and enemyes of our fayth out of the partyes Romayns he came vnto Orleaunce and there he founde the quene Berthe hys wyfe that receyued hym wich all the Joye and tryumphe that myght be made with her lytell sone Charlemayne and her excellent doughter Eglantyne The whiche was ryght gladde and Joyous bicause that Ualentyne was comen agayne safe and sounde So she sotourned not longe but that shee sente for hym and he came with a good wyll Than whan the lady sa we hym she salued hym amyably saynge Ualentyne my loue ye be hertely welcome well ought you to be de rely kepte and honoured for it is sayd that aboue all other ye haue wonne vyctorye and triumphe vpon the paynyms that helde Rome in theyr subiectyon A madame sayd Ualentyne to god be the laudes and praiâ—â—â—ges euery body sayeth what they lyste And as for me I haue done nothynge that is worthy praise And more ouer the kynge your fader hathe done me soo moche good and honoure that in my lyfe I can not deserue to what seruyce someuer I do hym And in sayenge these wordes Haufray and henry esprysed with enuye dyde entre in to the chambre of Eglantyne And whan Haufray and Henry were entred they sayd vnto hym UaleÌ„tyne what come you here to do in the chambre of our syster that apperteyneth not to you to moche ye shewe yourselfe folysshe and hardy for to entre in to her chambre ryall for you are but a begyler and none can know what you are nor from whens ye becomen Wherfore beware that ye be not founden no more with her leste that euyll come to you Ualentyne sayd vnto Haufray of your syster haue no doubte for syth that I was borne I neuer thought towarde her thynge saue all good and honoure Yf that I be poore and that they knowe not what I am yet wolde I not do nor thynke thynge that sholde be agaynst the maiestery all And to the ende that you haue no doubte that your syster EglaÌ„tyne shall haue by me ony blame at this same houre I promyse you that I shall neuer enter in to her chambre agayne At these wordes departed Ualentine out of the chambre and Eglantyne abode wepyng al alone moche tenderly Ualentyne mouÌ„ted into the palays for to serue the kinge which was set al redy Ther was haufray and Henry and the duke Millon dangler that serued the kyng at table wyth Ualentyne And whan he was rysen he called Ualentyne and sayd heryng them all Lordes here is Ualentyne that hathe well and truely serued me and socoured in my necessitees to the ende that eche of you may knowe it and for the good seruices that he hathe done me in abydynge tyl better come I gyue hym the Erldom of Clermont in â—uâ—rgne Syr sayd UaleÌ„tine god yelde it you for ye do me more honoure and goodnes than I haue deserued To heare suche wordes were Haufraye and Henrye to sorowfull wherefore eche sayde to other Thys same foundelynge which god course is in the grace of the kyng so that yf we fynde not remedy he shall be unes cause of our gret dommage For the kynge hath no chyldren but vs and the lytell Charlemayne of whome we may do our wil after the death of our father but it is of certayntye that Ualentyne wyll supporte him and holde hym agaynste vs. Wherfore we must fynde the manner to put hym in the indignacion of the king and to purchase his deathe for otherwyse we can not auenge vs. And than maye we at oure owne pleasure gouernethe realme wythout contradyecyon Than spake Haufray and said Broder Henry I haue found the maner whereby the false boye shall be deceyued and betrayed I shall tel you howe we shall make the kyng oure fader to vnderstande that he hathe vyoled our syster and that we haue founde hym in naked bedde with her And whan y e kynge shall knowe this I am certayne that he wyl make hym dye shamefully It is wel sayd answered Henry let it be done as you haue sayd and so shall we be auâ—uged In this wyse abode they thynkynge and ymagynynge alway treason agaynst Ualentine for they coueyted his deth ryght sore And valentin serueth the kyng so debonayrly that the kynge aboue all other desyred him in his coÌ„pany For euery daye he maynteyâ—ed him from well to better in prayenge god that he wolde gyue hym know ledge of the place that he was extraught of And Orson his broder is in the forest whiche is so moche fered and redoubted that none durst approche nere the wodde for hym The complayntes came vnto y e kyng euery day from one all partes So it happened daye that a poore man came vnto the kynge all wounded and blody and sayd to hym Syr I complayne me to you of the wylde man For euen so as I and my wyfe passed throughe y e forest berynge breed wyne and other vytaylles y e wilde man came and toke al frome vs and ete it and more oner he toke my wyfe and dyde twyes his wyl with her Now tell me sayd the kynge whether arte thou soryer for thy vytaylles or for thy wyfe By my fayth syr sayd the good man of my wyfe I am moche more dyspleasaunt Thou hast ryght sayd the kyng Now go to my treasourer and sette prise on thy losse for it shal be reâ—ored thâ— After the kynge called his barons to take aduyse on Orson So they aduysed amonge them that the kynge sholde make erye al aboute that who myght take y e wylde man quycke or deed he sholde haue a. M. marke of fyne golde So the counsayl was holden and the crye publysshed And theder came many knyghtes of all estates for to take Orson and the pryse conquere Than the kynge Pepyn beynge in his palays wyth diuers great lordes and noble barons that of thys mater spake and made great admeracions among them selfe Amonge the whych lordes and barons Haufraye that was mortall enemye of Ualentine began for to saye thus Syrhere is Ualetyne that you haue nourysshed and put in great honoure whiche hathe required oure syster Eglantine of loue dysordinate and of great dishonoure And because that I am well informed of this case for to se what he can do and for to she we his valyauntnes let him go seke the wild man that is so dread and you shall gyue hym Eglantyne so
haue two nenewes that are the sonnes of our eldest syster that is for to wyte Florente and Garniere the whiche are muche hardye and fyerse And me thinketh that by them twayne a treason should be sone conspyred and made soner then by vs for they knewe well for a truthe that the kyng loued them not and that he would geue soner credeÌ„ce vnto other then them On the other part the one is botyller of the kyng and the other is vssher of the chambre that he slepeth in And by the meanes of theym twayne we may entre in to the chambre of king Pepyn oure father and slee hym in his bedde and euery body wyll saye that it hath bene Orson for aboue al the other he is the chiefe garde of his body and trusteth moost in hym And by this meane the sayd Orson shall be condampned to death and the realme shall be holly in our handes for our brother Charles is not yet puyssaunt ynough for to gouerne vs. Haufray sayd Henry you haue ryght well deuysed â–ª but for to accomplysshe this thyng it is expedient to make great dylygence in this wyse ymagyned the two false traytours the deth of the noble and puyssaunte kyng Pepyn the whyche was their naturall father And in soo euyl an hour he had engendred them that for the sauynge of theyr soules they cared ful lyttell They sente for ther two cursed traytours that is for to wyte Florent and Garnyere the whiche were right valyaunt hardy And whan they were comeÌ„ before them Haufray toke the wordes and sayd in this maner Lordes vnderstonde our enteÌ„â—yon for we are delivered my brother and I for to do a thynge that we may haue all prouffyte by shal reyse you and mouÌ„te you in honoure more than euer you were the whiche thinge I desyre because that you are my propre neuewes and of my propre bloode and owe more to desyre your good thaÌ„ any other daÌ„ for to come to an ende I wyl tel you myne enteÌ„cyoÌ„ You know that the kyng Pepyn how well that he is our father neuer loued vs in his life with good hert Euer with his puyssaunce he hath reysed vp the straungers and exalted them in honoure and in all offices and dignyties more than vs wherfore all these thynges consydered my brother Henry and I that are youres vncle legyty mes wyll and consent and are delybered for to make kyng Pepyn dye And after his death we fohâ—e shal gouerne holde his londe at our owne wyll But it be houed that the thinge be accomplysshed by one of you twayne And me thinketh that you Garnyete are the most proprest for to vndertake this thyng for you haue a couenable offyce for to do it more than ony other seynge that you are mayster vssher and pryncipall garde of the kyng is chambre And maye knowe bothe nyghte and daye who entreth in to the sayd chambre for the whiche thynge you maye hyde you in some secrete place and when the kyng shall be in his bedde on slepe you shall slee hym without makyng any noyse And on the moro we in the morning when the tidinges shal be that the kyng is dead the charge and the blame shall be gyuen vnto Orson because that euery nyght he slepeth and resteth moost nerest his body and so he shall be iudged and condempned vnto death And after these thynges we shall take the lyfe sone from the lytel Charles And by this meane the realme shall abyde vnto vs for to departe it after our pleasures Uncle sayde Garnyere of this feate doubte you nothynge for kynge Pepyn your father shall lese his lyfe Now was the treason ordeyned agaynst kyng Pepyn that thought none yll by the two cursed children that had no pite to make their father dye In an euill houre is the chylde borne that would purchase suche a death agaynst his father And in an euill houre was euer engendred Haufray Henry when by them treason was done many countreys marred By theym was their neuewe Garnyete full of so euill will that sone after that the treason was made he espyed a nyght as the kyng souped and tooke a sharpe poynted knyfe subtylly entred in to the chambre tyall and behynde the hangyng he hydde hym soo secretely that he myght not be apperceyued of no body And when the houre was come that the kyng shoulde go vnto reste by the gardes and chaberlaynes he was brought vnto bedde as the custome was The king entred into the bedde the whiche recommaunded him vnto God muche deuoutly and all yssued out of the chambre saue Orson that deuysed with the kynge to slepyng time And when Orson sawe that the king would slepe without makyng any more noyse he left hym and the nerest hym that he myght he layde hym downe vpon a couche bedde ¶ Howe Garnyere entred in to kyng Pepyns chambre for to accomplysshe his cursed enterpryse and how he left the knyfe within the kynges bedstrawe ⧠Capitulo lvii WHen it came to watdemydnyght the traytoure Garniereyssued out of this place and in bering the knyfe in his hande he went vnto the bedde of king Pepyn for to acheue his enterpryse but when he was besyde hym and that helyfte by his arme for too haue put hym to death hym thoughte that the kyng woulde haue wakened wherfore so great feare toke hym that he let hymselfe slyde downe by the bedde syde where as he was a great whyle and durste not remeue hym After he woulde haue sinytten secondly but so great fere toke hym as he woulde haue smyten hym that all hys body fayled and began for too tremble in suche wyse that he myght not acheue his enterpryse and put the knyfe within the bedde After he tetourned in to hys place all tremblyng for to hyde hym in abydynge the day so strongly afrayd that he would haue bene a thou sand myle beyond the sea And Orson was in his bedde that of that dede doubted nothing and dreamed a mar ueilous dreame For it semeth him in sleping that they would haue taken awaye the honoure of his wyfe Feronue And that besyde her was two theues that conspyred treason agaynst him After hym thought that be syde a ponde he sawe two great herons that foughte with a hawke and with all their puyssaunce enforced them for to slee hym But the hawke defended hym so valiauntly that he trauayled the two herons in suche wyse that they had bene both dead if it hadde not bene a great multytude of lytell byrdes that descended vpon y e hawke and would haue slayne hym anone if there had not come an Egle that succoured hym In this dreame Orsou awakened that of this dreame was much amat ueyled and began for too saye Ha veray God kepe me from treason and comforce my brother Ualentyne in suche maner that of y e noble lady Clerymonde he may haue certayne tydinges At that houre the daye appeted and Orson yssued softly out of the chambre
from the fayre Rozemonde wherof you shall be ryght Joyous and contente with me ¶ Messenger sayde the kyng I lette the for to wyte that in despyte of kyng Lucar that is so fyerse and proude I was delybered for to haue put you vnto deathe but for the loue of the lady that you haue spoken to me of you shall haue no hurte nor vyllanye no more then my propre bodye if it be soo that you can shewe me some token or sygne from her Syr sayde Valentyne that shall I do well and shall tel you my message in suche manere that I shall not lye one worde for to dye for it It is true certayne that I belonge vnto kyng Lucar the whiche hath sente me to warde you and by me sendeth you worde that for recribuâ—ion and vengeaunce of the death of his father king Tromparte you go and yelde you in his palays of Esclardye all naked with a rope abouâ—e youre necke as an vntrue these and traytour and open murderer And in this estate he wyll that you come before his tyal maâ—estie and all baronage of his courte and as a man cul pable yelde you to suffre suche deathe as shal be geuen and Judged by his counsaill And if that you be not coÌ„tente with suche thynge and wyll refuse me as a messenger therto cominised and sent by him I defie you let you were that within shorte tyme he will come and waste your lande Suche is his eâ—tenâ—ion and hath vowed and sworne vnto god Jupin â—ahoune that in all your lande shall notabyde cytie towne nor castell boroughe nor vyllage but that they shall be all set on fyre and destroyed men womeÌ„ and children shall be put vnto death so that you shall knowe ryght well that in an euyll houre you put the kyng Tromparte to death the whiche was his propre father naturall Messenger saide the kyng of Ynde I haue ryght well vnderstande and herde you and knowe that I set litell store by the menares of the king Lucar nor by his proude diffiauÌ„ce for it is sayd comonly that suche menaceth that haue great drede And for to geue an aunswere vpon this mater I shall make a letter to bee made that you shall bere to hym and in the leâ—ter shall be conteyned how I hauebene desyed by him To the regardâ— of you messenger your message is accomplysshed And also I shall maunde him what good wil I haue for to receiue him and al his puissaunce also often as he will destroye my lande But as for the surplus of thyne enterprise that is of the fayre Rozemonde declare me all 〈◊〉 whiche she maundeth me For amonge the other thynges I haue an ardaunt desyre to here tydinges from her Syr sayd the knyght Ualentyne vpon the feate of the lady I salue you from her as her perfiâ—e and secrete loue And she sendeth you worde that she is maried of late vnto the kyng Lucar but knowe that it is agaynst her will and agaynst her courage For she neuer loued the kyng Lucar nor neuer wyll And the free lady that hath so beauteous a body is so smyten to the harte with your loue that she wyl neuer haue other than you yf it be so that you wyl receyue her for lady For to come vnto the ende of thys enterpryse she hath tolde me that she wyl come hether in the company of Kynge Lucar her husbande whan he departeth from Esclardye for to come hether in armes agaynst you And by thys meanes you maye soone fynde the maner for to haue the fayre lady Rozemonde and led her awaye at your owne wyll and pleasure By mahowue sayd the kynge of Ynde these tydynges pleaseth me ryght well and am muche Joyous yf the thyng be suche as you haue made relacyon of Syr sayd Ualentine if the thynge be true or fals I cannot saye but for â—etayne sygnes and tokens verytable here is the rynge that was gyuen vnto her by you the whyche she sendeth you And not withstandyng that women be of ryght light courage and abyde lyttell in one purpose yet me thynketh well that she aboue all other desyreth your loue that her enterpryse is not fayned Frende sayd the kynge of Ynde that knewe the rynge of thy comynge I am ryght Joyous Now go eat and drynke take thy repaste and the meane whyle I shall make a letter to be wryten that you shal bere vnto king Lucar for the answeâ—â— of your dyfyaunce Ualentyne by the commaundemente of the kynge of Ynde was at that houre hyghly feested of diuers knyghtes that kept hym companye He demaunded dyuers secretely for the fayre lady Clerymonde in â—nquyrynge yf theyr were any tydynges of any christen woman that were in y â— countree And it was answered hym naye soo he helde hym contente Now the kyng of Ynde came anone and gaue hym the lettre And Ualentyne receyued it in takynge leue of hym He knewe not y t hys loue was there the whiche lady lyued ryght poorely in the cytie for the loue of hym in praying God deuoutly that it woulde please hym to delyuer her out of that place and to send her tydinges shortly of her loue Ualentyne Nowe approcheth the tyme that she shall fynde hym but the noble knight Ualentyne shall fyrst suffre endure much pyteous aduentures the whiche shal be recounted vnto you here afterwarde ⧠How Ualentyne retourned into the cytie of Esclar dye And of the aunswere that he hadde of the kynge of Ynde to bere to kyng Lutar Cap. lxx GReate Joye and great solace made the free knyghte Ualentyne for too departe out of ynde and to be out of the haÌ„des of the felloÌ„ kyng of ynde that had slayne so many messengers He mounted on horsbacke anon arryued at the hauen where as the mariners abode him the whyche were muche abasshed of hys comynge and thought betwene them selfe that he had not done hys message Lordes sayd Ualentyne returne we into Esclardy for I haue accomplysshed myn enterpryse wherof I ought well to thanke god By my fâ—â—th sayd one of the maryners we are muche ameruaylled for neuer the dayes of our lyues we sawe none returne agayne Frende sayde Ualentyne who that god wyl helpe none can hurte them At these wordes Ualentyne mounted vpon the see and they rowed so muche that anone they aryued at Esclardye Ualentyne made no soiournyng but also soone as he was dyscended of hys hors he mouÌ„ted vp into the palays and founde there the kynge Lucar accompanyed of kyng Brandyffer and of fourtene stronge and puyssaunt kynges that were all comen in to Esclardy for to so coure the kynge Lucar agaynst the kynge of ynde Of the returnynge of Ualentyne they were muche al 〈…〉 hed amonge the other the traytour kynge Lucar for wende that he should neuer haue returned agayne He made Ualentyne to come before all the barons and sayd to hym Frende tell me tydynges and saye vnto me yf the kynge of ynde wyll come vnto
passed folyshly in pleasures mondaynes and condampne me not but by thy holy mercy receyue my poore souls into thy blessed handes and defende me from the deuyll And in sayeng these wordes an aungell of heauen came and appeared vnto hym sayenge ⧠Ualentyne know for a certaynte that thou shalte departe oute of this worlde within this foure dayes for it is the wyll of our lorde Jesu chryst which sendeth me vnto the. Alas my lord god sayd Ualentyne â–ª I owe well for to thanke the whan by thy holy auÌ„gell thou doest me to wyte y e last ende of my dayes Than the holy man Ualentyne made signe that they should bryng him paper ynke and whan he had it Ualentyne wrote how he him selfe in the habyte of a pylgrym discouered the treasoÌ„ all the estate of hys lyfe After he putte in his name and folded the halfe of the rynge in it and helde it in hys hande And after these thinges Ualentyne made a prâ—este to come to whome he confessed his synnes deuoutelye and receyued the holye sacramentes and at the houre he dyed And forth wyth al the belles of the cyte beganne for to rynge for him where of the people was much abashed and amerueyled And the Emperour Orson and all the lordes and barons descended and dyd fynde the preest besyde the holy body Frende sayd the Emperoure Orson wherfore is it that they rynge so fast in y â— Cyty Syr sayd â–ª the preest I thynke that it is a myracle that God wyll shew for this holy man For euen so as he yelded vp the ghoost the belles began for to rynge on euery syde Whan Orson saw that the poore man was deade in that place â–ª he was muche pensife and ameruayled By my fayth sayd he I thinke that this same is a holy body and that God dothe myracles for hym Than he aduysed the letter that he held in hys hand and thought for to haue taken it â–ª but he myght not haue it in no maner of wyse So there came the fayre clerymonde and she assayed as the other dyd and hadde it For also soone as she touched it the hand opened â–ª and she toke the letter at her owne pleasure Soo it was opened anone and than Clerymonde saw and knew the halfe of the ryng wherefore she sayde Lordes we shall haue tydynges a none of my loue Ualentyne So there was a secretary that redde all the dedes of the holy man It is not to be demaunded the grete dolours and complayntes of Orson of Bellyssante and of Clerimonde for he hadde his herte to harde that wepte not than The fayre ClerimoÌ„de as halfe dead keste her selfe vpon the body in makynge suche complayntes that they wende she wolde haue dyed Alas sayde the ladye where maye I become whan I haue loste my lyfe and my comforte and myne onely hope Alas my loue Ualentyne what haue you thoughte whan you are come to dye so nere me in pouertye and in so great myserye wythout geuyng me ony knowledge of you Alas I haue sene you often in pouertye â–ª colde and trauayle wythout geuyng you any comforte â–ª Nowe am I aboue all the moost vnfortuned whan I might not know nor aduyse him that I ought to serue so longe in bytter trybulacyon â–ª as true and loyall spouse After she kyssed hys face and his handes by a meruyllous dystresse And after the great doole the holy body was borne to be buryed in the great church of Constantynoble â–ª wyth so greate a company that none myght passe through the stretes And it was not longe after but that the body was canonysed and put in shrine Soo God shewed wel that he was wel worthy for to be called saynt for the daye that he dyed all speke men were healed of theyr maladyes that vysyted his tombe So it was not longe after the death of Ualentyne that Clerymonde dyd make her anonne and syth the story sayth that she was abbesse of an abbaye that was fouÌ„ded in the worshyp and honour of sayâ—â—te Ualentyne Thus departed out of thys worlde the holy body glorious And Orson abode Emperour seuen yere the whych he gouerned well and wysely and no more And in that same tyme he had a chylde of Galazye named Morant that same Morante in hys tyme posseded the realme of Angory ¶ Of the merueylous vysion of Orson how hebeâ—a me an heremyte in a great wodde ca. Cxvâ—i MIthin seuen yere Galazyedyed for whom the Emperour Orson made great sorow And after the deeth of her he ete but brede and rotes and small froytes that he founde in the wodde where as he dyd remayne So it happened hym one nyght in vysyon that hym semed that he sawe all the gates of heuen open and sawe the Joyes of the saued the syeges of the sayntes crowned in glorye and the aungelles that songe melodyously before the sauyour of the world After he sawe betwene two hyghe roches in the botom of an obscure valeye the gulfre of helle where as was the dampned Some in a brennynge fyre the other in boylynge caudrous the other hanged by theyr tongues the other assaylled and enuyronned wyth serpentes and generally he sawe all the paynes of helle whiche is horrible and ferefull for to recounte After the whyche vysyon he wakened all afrayed and ameruaylled of the thynges that he had sene And in wepyng pyteously came vnto the grene knyght and sayd to hym Frende I knowe that the worlde is of lytell valoure and of shorte durynge and that all is but vayne glorye of the pompes of this worlde displeasaunt vnto god and to the salute of the soule lytle profytable For the whyche thynge I praye you that you wyll take kepe vpon my chyldren and enfourme them so in dedes and condycyons that they maye gouerne the Empyre of grece to the pleasure of god and the worlde for I leue you the charge as vnto hym that aboue all the men of the world I trust mooste And knowe that the remnaunte of my lyfe I wyll lede solytaryly and habandone the worlde And at this same houre I renouÌ„ce all worldly honoure and take my leue yf you Whan the grene knyght heard these wrodes he beganne for to wepe tenderly and Orson recomforted hym and sayd Alas wepe no more for me but praye vnto god that he giue me strengthe and puyssaunce for to accomplysshe my wyll After Orson departed in defendynge the grene knyghte to tell it anye body So he wente into a greate wodde where as he lyued holyly after his deathe god shewed for him many myracles and was a saynt canonyzed And the grene knyght gouerned the chyldren so that they finisshed their dayes gloriouslye and wente vnto the blysse that neuer shall haue ende to the which he bryng vs all that suffered deathe for vs on the crosse Amen ¶ Thus endeth the hystorye of the two valyaunte brethren Ualentine and Orson soÌ„nes vnto the Emperour of Grece ¶ Imprynted At London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Rose Garland by me Wyllyam Copland for John Walley
your syster Bellyssant hath to muche euil by the treason and false language of the cursed Acchebisshop for she is vanisshed from the Emperoure and chased out of the countrey And the Archebysshop made him beleue so many false wordes that if the lordes of his court had not bene the whiche fered your futoure he wold haue made her he btence in a fyre afore all the worlde Blandymayn said the kynge Pepyn the whiche was tryst and sorowfull Of as muche holde I the Emperoure more folysher because he made not my syster dye for by the God almighty if I had her hate at this present time I should neuer reste â—il that I hadde made her dye an euil death Nowe forwarde lordes saide kynge Pepyn for oure vyage is done Retorne we vnto Paris for I will go â—oteâ—der I knowe to muche tydinges of my sister w t out demaundinge or enquiryng any more At these wordes he torned the bridle of his horse for to retorne making great sorowe in his courage and beganne to saye vnto himselfe Ha veray God almighty sayd he howe often is man deceiued by woman Nowe am I come to the clene contrary of mine entencion for I purpensed to haue had once of my syster Bellyssant in my lyfe Ioye and pleasure And to haue had the Emperoure Alexander for my frende to succoure me in all my necessities And by her I am greatly diffamed and put vnto a great dishonour In that distresse and melancoly rode the king Pepyna great whyle so longe he â—ode so that he ariued at OrleauÌ„ce Then Blandimain that sawe wel and knewe well the courage of the king Pepyn durste declare no more vnto him of the lady Bâ—llyssant So he â—â—iourned towarde the tre where as he had left her but he founde her not wherfore he was angry and â—yght sorowefull He discended fastâ—ned his horse and began to serche her thorough the wodde And he didde so muche that he founde her lyeng vpon the earth the whiche had wepte so muche for her chylde that she might not speake but with great payne Blandimayn embraced her and set her on her fete and then â—â—â—de vnto her Alas who may haue brought you hether Hâ— Blandymayn said she euer encreaâ—â—â—h my doloure and dystresse Ie is true that whan you were departed there came a beer to me a bare awaye one of my chyldren And I put myselfe on y e waye after thinkyng to haue taken it from hym â–ª but I coude not retorne vnto the tree whereas I left mine other childe Lady sayd he I come from the fote of the tree but I haue founde no chyld yet haue I well loked on euery syde Whan the lady hearde Blandymayne she was more sorowfull than before and yet agayne she tell in a swone blandymayn toke her vp and wepte full hercely for the ladies sake He ledde her towarde the tree where as she had left the chylde but whan she founde it not she discharged so greate sighes and so pyteous that it semeâ— that the hert in her â—ely wolde depart in sunder Alas said she thereis not in the world a more discomforted lady chaâ— I am for from syde to side I am deuoyde of Ioye of pleasure of myrche and am replete wyth doloure and misery â–ª and of intollerable dystresse greued wyth all trybulacyons and amonge all desolates the moost â—esolate Alas Emperour you are the cause toauauncemy death wrongfully and without cause by â—uyl couÌ„sell haue depryued me from your company for on my soule neuer the dayes of my life dydde I faute wyth my body I haue nowe loste by you â–ª your â–ª propre chyldren legityme yssued out of bloud ryall by whâ—nâ— I trusted ones to be venged Come death vnto me for to finisshe my dolour for the death shall be more agreable vnto me than to liue in this martyre Whan Blandymaine sawe the lady so inwardly discomforted the best wyse that he might he comforted her wyth the woman and lead her into a litle village where as she was bayned kepte and cherisshed â—yll that she was well healed and in good poynt and that of her greate sorowes she was a litle appeased for there is no â—ole but that it is forgotten by processe ThaÌ„ blandimain beg aÌ„ for to tell and recyte vnto the lady howe he had encountred the kyng Pepyn her brother the whiche had demaunded him tidinges and how he was angry against her And sayde by God madame I haue greate feare that ye shall not be welcome to the kynge your brother For also soone as he knewe that the Emperoure had expulsed you from him he shewed the semblaunt that he was muche angry against you as he the whiche wil beleue lightly that the faute is in you Ha God sayde the lady Now is come vnto me the thing that I moste doubted at this houre maye I well saye that I from al sydes haue aduersities For I am expulsed froÌ„ my lord and husbande the Emperoure without ryght or reason Neuer shall I retourne vnto Paris but will go into a straunge countrey so farre that neuer man nor woman shall haue knowledge of my faute nor know where I am If my brother the king Pepyn helde me he would make me dye Now it is better for to sechewe his ire and â—uroure then for to abyde the death And Blandymayne sayde vnto her Lady wepe no more for ye be sure that I shall neuer leue you vnto the deathe am delivered to liue and dye with you and to kepe you company whether soeuer you will go Blandymayn sayd the lady let vs go at our aduenture and I thanke you hartely for your good wil for my truste is hole on you Thus is the lady Bellyssant Blandymayn on their waye muche pensyfe and sorowfull all charged with anguysshes Here will I leue for to seakpe of them â— will tell you of the Beer that bare awaye the chylde through the Wodde ¶ Of the beeâ— that bare awaye one of the children 〈◊〉 the â—mpresse Bellyssaâ—t Cap. vi THe Beet that had taken one of the chyldren of Bellyssant deâ—oured it noâ— but bare it in to his caueâ—ne that was profounde and obscure In the whiche was foure younge Beets stronge and â—uâ—ssaunt The Beer caste the chylde amonge hys wâ—â—lâ—es to be eaten but God that neuer forgeteth his â—rendâ—s shewed an euydent myracle For the younge Beeres dyâ—dâ— it no haâ—me but with theyr roughe â—awes strooked it soâ—telâ—e When the Beeâ— sawe that her lyâ—le whelâ—es would not deuoure it she was right amerous of the chylde so muche that she kepte â—t â—nd gaue it â—ouâ—e a hole yeaâ—â— The chylde was â—lâ— toughâ— because of the neueâ—â—taction of the beeâ— â–ª as a â—â—de beâ—st So he began to go in the â—odde aâ—â—â—â—â—ame great 〈◊〉 in a whâ—â—e aâ—d bâ—gan for to smyte the 〈…〉 castes of the forest in suche wyse that they all douted hym and â—ledde before him For he fereo nothyng in the worlde In suche estaâ—e was the
retorned in to Acquytayne and tolde the tydynges and the lettyng of the kynge Pepyn And whan the duke Sauary vnderstode that he might haue no socoure of y e kynge Pepyn he was moche sorowful For y e grene knyght made hym grete warre had assyeged hym to nere And you ought for to knowe that this same grene knyghte was broder vnto Ferragus the gyaunt that kepte the lady Bellyssant in his castell the whiche was Ualentines moder and the wylde Orsons as you haue herde declared before ¶ Now is y e duke Sauary within Acquitayne right pensyf and sorowfull for y e grene knyghte that made hym suche warre for his doughter He made to be cryed and commaunded that all they of his hoost sholde be in harneys as vnto suche a case apperteyned And that on the morowe in mornynge he wolde yssue out vpō y e grene knyght for to fyght with him Euery body put himselfe in poynt and dyde theyr dylygence for to arme them And whan the daye was clere the trompettes and clarons dyde so wne and than the men of armes on euery syde as well on horsbacke as on fote put hem vpon the waye to yssue oute of the cyte Grete haste had the duke Sauary to assayll the grene knyght But suche weneth to auaunce hymself that oftentymes do the his owne dōmage And so it happened vnto the duke as you shal here The duke Sauary yssued out of Acquytaine with a great company And whan he was vpon the feld he made to sown his trompettes and clarons as a valyaunt champyon for to assayll his enemyes and smote in amongest theym The sarazyns and painims that were in grete nombre did rynne vnto armes and than began a meruayllous and a fyerse batayll And the grene knyght sinote wyth his axe of armes myghtye strokes for at his fyrste entre he slewe two knyghtes Than the Duke Sauary drewe to ward hym and they assaylled ech other ryght fiersely for the good duke was much valyaunt But not for that ▪ he did to grete a foly when he enterprised to fight with the grene knyght for the predestynacyon of hym was suche that he shuld neuer be conquered nor vamquysshed but of a man that shoulde be a kynges sonne and that had neuer bene nourysshed of womanne nor souked theyr brestes So he thought that suche a man myght neuer be founden But such a child is vpon the earth that shal fyght wyth hym and vaynquyssh hym that is Orson the sauage as you shal here afterwarde The duke Sauary and the grene knight fought longe togyder But the good duke Sauary entred to ferre in for whan he wend to haue withdrawn him to his hoste he was enclosed wyth painyms and sarazyns that toke hym prysoner and led hym vnto the grene knighte the whiche was so ryght gladde of hym that he wolde not haue let him go for no treasure And the good duke Sauery reclaymed God and the virgin Marye in hys herte Whan the chrystan men knew that the duke was taken they retorned into Acquitayne heuy and sorowfull Than began the people for to make greate dole sorowe in the cytie of Acquytayne wepynge bytterlye for theyr good Duke that they loued so muche There was his thre sones Garyn ▪ Anseline ▪ and Garyn the yōgest that made grete dole for theyr fader But aboue al other the sorowe and lamentacions of Fezonne passed the which teared her here that was shining as the golde and wepte full bytterly with her pleasaunt eyen and sayd Alas in an euyl houre was I borne whan that so many noble knyghtes and vassalles must suffre so hydeous deathes and pyteous lamentacyons for me And yet there is a thyng in my hert that greueth m◠muche more that is for the good Duke my father that is in the handes of hys mortal ennemyes for my sake where as it behoueth hym for to fynyshe his dayes in sorowe and dystresse Alas my ryght dere fader to muche haue you loued me whan that my loue is sold you so derely that you must suffre death therfore Thus complained Fezonne full soore wepyng the which had the wil and courage to haue slayne her self but the ladies letted her And the grene knyght in hys pauyllyon that made the good duke to be brought before him sayde vnto hym ryght fyersly Now seest thou that thou art in my subgeccyon at this tyme and that I haue puysaunce for to saue the or spyll the. I shall tell the what thou shalte do gyue me thy doughter Fezonne vnto wife and in thys doynge thy lyfe shal be saued and I shal leade her into thy greane mountayne where as I shal make her to be rychely crowned Sarazin said the Duke I shal tel the my wyl Know that thou shalt neuer haue my Doughter if that thou make the not be Baptyzed and byleue in Jhesu Christ. Sauary sayd the greane knighte neuer speke vnto me of suche a thynge for neuer the dayes of my life wyl I byleue in thy god And yet I tel the more that and thou wil not beleue my counsall I shal make the dye and fynysshe thy dayes vyllaynouslye And yet I tel the that I shal make Acquitaine to be brente and to be putte to execucyon And all menne and womenne and chyldren lytle and great I shall make suffer deathe Paynym sayde the Duke Sauary god of his inestimable grace kepe me from thy furour and great cruelnesse for in hym is all my trust and in hym is onely my conforte For longe were they speakyng of this mater bothe the grene knyght and the Duke Sauary that in reclaymynge god syghed full tenderlye And the greane knyght beheld hym And whan he saw the great lamentacyons that hee made ▪ and the pyteous teares that hee wept he sayd vnto him Free duke leue thy wepyng for I am so esprysed with the loue of thy doughter and so ardauntly enbraced that for the loue of her I haue no talent nor courage for to put the vnto deth but am to tally delibered for to let the go vnder this condiciō that thou shalt finde me a knight wythin thys syxe monethes that by strength of armes maye wyn thy doughter agaynst me and thou do I shall retorne home into my countre agayne wythal myne host wythout was tynge or destroyinge of the lande And yf it happen so that I be not conquered ouer comen within y e sayd terame I shal haue thy Doughter vnto wyfe and leade her into my countre without makyng ony other warre And the Duke accorded thereto And than the trewes was cryed for the space of syxe monethes ¶ After that the crye was made the grene knyght gaue the duke sauary lycence for to go and made hym for to swere that he shuld hold the sayde couenaunt truely Thus the appoyntment was made bytwene theim twayne for euer And after came in to Acquytayne made it to be knowen and publysshed al aboute the forme of the appointemen And whan he had
had remayned in them yet they ymagyned and aduised that they should make Ualentyne to be taken by the waye and orson that he ledde with him and make them dye and fynysshe their dayes shamefully to the ende that he myght be auenged of the thing that they desyred mostâ— in the worlde Howe Hawftay and Henry made to watche Ualentyne and Orson vpon the waye for to make them dye ¶ Cap. xviii AS UaleÌ„tyne Orson were departed from the courte of kyng Pepyn for too go in to Acquytayne enuy deceiuable and cursed treason entred more then before in to y e hartes and courages of the two false and cursed traytouts the kynges sonnes Haufray Henry in suche wise that for to come vnto their false enterpryse they spake vnto a cosyn germayn of theirs so muche abused him that it was aduised amongest them thâ—â— xxx men puyssaunt and strong shoulde watche theym and take good kepe vnto the chylde Ualentine and also Orson so that where someuer they founde them â–ª that they should be destroyed and put vnto death After this counsaill he made to assemble thirty men of the moste redoubted that he might finde And after he sent them armed and made them go in to a forest that was both great and large by the whiche Ualentyne and Orson shoulde passe God it was not longe after that valentyne and Orson that ranne on foote before hym more faster then a horse entred into the forest ThaÌ„ they were apperceyued of Grygar and his â—elowes that were in an enbulshement when Grygar sawe valentyne he yssued out against him with his orâ—wen sworde in his hande for to haue slayne valentyn and suche a strooke he gaue vnto the noble knyght valentyne that he cut his fleshe through his harneis and made the bloud to yssue out and after said vnto him Ualentine here must you dye for to longe haue you lyued When valentyne saw that he was wounded and assayled on euery syde with enemies he recommaunded him vnto God and vnto the glorious vyrgyn Mary and after saide vntoo them My lordes you haue sâ—oren my death and I see well nowe that with wronge and withoute cause here must I fynishe my dayes but and it please god to daiâ— I shall sell you my death so dere that you shall not retourne all together in hele agayne And then he drewe out his sworde and gaue the first so great a stroke vpoÌ„ the head that he cloue him to the teeth and so he dyed After he went towarde the other by so great fiersnes y t or euer he stynte he slewe foure or fiue And Orson sterte forche as halfe aftayde with his rough handes and â—ore and rent all them that he founde in his waye soo that with his sharpe nayles he pullee them in peces bote and strangâ—ed them with his teeth He threw them to the ground one vpon another and after passed ouer them in smiting them with his fete muche vylayâ—osly Ualentyne was on the other syde that helde his bloudy sworde in his handâ— defendyng hym so valiauÌ„tly that none durst approche nere the two noble brethren And when Grygar sawe that none durste approche nere them he was muche sorowfull and cryed vnto valentyne saying Ualentine yelde you to me for here it behoueth you to dye Then the chylde valentyne recommended hym vnto God besechyng him that he would kepe him from euill and sucoure him at his nede And after he went to warde Grygar and began batayll with him againe muche fyerlly Of Grygar and his men it is a pyteous thing to recounte for they had longe speeres wherwith they kepte Orson of and anone they had enclosed valentyne rounde aboute the whiche defended hym so valiauntly that the hardyest of them all durste not come within his reaâ—he for them that he hitte the throue neuer after But for all that in valentyne and Orson were great prowesses and valiauÌ„tnes corporal not for that by the great nombre of the other the which were thyrey strong and puyssaunt valentyne myght not â—esiste for they preased vpon hym soo sore that he myght not welde his sworde and then they toke hym and bounde hym strayghtly and rode away with hym also fast as they might when Orson sawe y t the which had newely slayne one of them he ranne after theÌ„ houlyng right hydeosly but nothyng auailed his pursuite for they rode awaye so faste that Orson hadde loste the syght of them anone and wyste not whether to goo Then Grygar commaunded them for to pursue Orson and that they should take hym quycke or dead but for nothyng go they after for he ranne so impeâ—ueusly thorowe the forest that the moste hardiest of theim durste not come in his syght so Orson escaped fro the traytours And they led valentyne to a castell that was in the forest whiche a these kept y t was cosyn to Grygar And the false tray tours bare al their butyâ—s together But y e king Pepin knew nothing therof for he wende verely that there had bene no better men in al Fraunce when Ualentyne was entred into the castell they toke him rudely led him into a tower obscure and darke and after put hym in a profunde dongeon When Ualentyne was closed in the sayd dongeon he began for to wepe right pyteously in praying and reclaymynge god and the virgyn Mary that they woulde geue hym grace for to escape from that place Alas sayd Ualentyne nowe am I come to the thynge that I moste doubted That is for to were into the handes of mine enemies and of them that desired my death from daye to daye longe agone Wherfore I beseche God deuoutly y t he will sucoure me in this great daunger Alas good king Pepyn neuer y e daies of my lyfe shal I se you nor of my death you shall knowe nothyng For in this pyt obscure and foule behoueth me to fynisshe my dayes Farewel Orson for thou hast suffreth death for my loue And if thou loued me with perfitâ— loue so did I the as muche and more than if thou had bene my propre brother Alas my swete mother that I haue so muche desyred for to se I shall neuer haue knowledge of you wherfore my poore hart sygheth myne eyen melteth in teeres aboue all the moste sorowfulness when it behoueth me to dye without knowing what I am but sith that it pleaseth God that I muste dye thus I thanke hym and committe my soule in his garde In this maner complayneth Ualentyne in the obscure pyt and his enemies is in the castell that amongest them holdeth pleâ—e what they shoulde do with him Than some of them sayde Lordes the moste expedient that is is to make Valentyne dye without ony other deliberacion Lordes sayd Grygar to that thyng I am not consenting but am of the oppynyon that we shal kepe Valentine in prison the whiche can not escape vs and that we go toward Haufray and Henry for â—o tell and recount vnto them this
the paynims was in their tentes the batayll was to great that foure thousande christen men were slayne whiche was a pyteous thyng to them of the cytie Ryght sorowful and displeasaunt was the Emperour of Grece for many noble barons and knyghtes that he had losse â—n the batayll but aboue al the other he was sorowful in his harte and bitterly displeasaunt for his valyauÌ„t sonne valentine and the grene knight that had done so great dedes of armes and in lyke wyse was the kyng Pepyn of Fraunce Those twaine made great dole and lamentacioÌ„ casting out great cryes and syghes for the chylde Ualentyne that they had lost so soone But the lytel Pacolet recomforted theim muche saying Lordes leue your wepyng and discomforte for of Ualentyne you shall be ioyous and of hym haue good tydynges sooner then you wenefore Frende sayde he God here the and geue the suche puyssaunce for an thou maye do so muche as to bryng hym vnto me and delyuer hym from the handes of thâ— soudaâ— that hathe sworen his death thou maist say surely that aboue the other â— shal mounte the in honoure and rychesse Syr said Pacolet put your trust in me for shortly you shall knowe with what loue I loue you and your sonne valentine Then Pacolet toke his horse of wodde and without any mo wordes departed for to go in to the sondans hoost And the soudan is in his pauylâ—on that for to iudge Ualentyne and the grene knyght had assembled all the greate lordes of his hoost But his enterpryse was all turned contrary as it shall be shewed you more playnly here afterwarde ¶ Howe the enchauntoure Pacolet delyuered Valentyne and the grene knyght out of the pryson of the soudan Moradyâ— Ca. xliiii WHan the Soudan Moradin was wythdrawn in to his pauiloÌ„ he made to be brought before him the child ValeÌ„tine the grene knight in the presâ—ce of all the most greatest barons and knights of his court and sayd in thys maner Lordes at this hour you may well se and knowe the twayne of the worlde that doth moost â—â—spleasure and outrage vnto the kynge Ferragus And amonge the other thynges this knyght hath lefte out law and made hym to be christened to here vs the more domage wherfore me thyncketh it were well none to sende them vnto kynge Ferragus for I wotâ—e wel that he wil take vengeaunce on them and that he shal make them dye a shameful death as thei haue wel deserued Syr sayd the sarazyns and paynims that of theyr deathes had great enuy It is no nede to soâ—ouru so muche but make forkes to be reyse◠〈◊〉 in the felde for to hange the two false caitifes on tomorow in the umornyug that hathe borne vs so great dommage and harme Lordes sayde the soudan â—oradyn your counsayll is fayre and good and soo wyll I vse it for by the god mahowne I sweare you and promyse you that tomorowe in the mornynge I shall make theym to be hanged so hye that all they of the cyte of Constantinoble may se them and take ensample at theyr death After these wordes sayde as the Soudan entred into hys â—ent for to go to souper the litel Pacolet found himself before hym the which salued him by mahoune highly Pacolet sayd the paynym thou arte welcom Now tel me lyghtly howe doth the feate of the kynge Ferragus that aboue all the other is my parfyte frende Sir said Pacolet he fareth right well and aboue al recoÌ„maundeth him vnto you and by me â—e sendeth you tydynges good that are muche secrete the whiche I shal tel you yf it please you to here me Frâ—ede sayd the souden ryghte voluntaryly with good herte I wyll here youre message Than he drewe him apaâ—â—e for to tel hym his secrete And Pacolet sayd to him all softly Syr wyâ—e that I come from Portyngale and am sente hether by my redoubted lady the wyfe of Ferragus the whiche wyth all her heart recoÌ„maundeth her vnto you moche more hardely than I can recounte and that it be true I do you to wyte that aboue all the men of the worlde she loueth you best for she is so esprised and takeÌ„ with your loue that she maye neyther slepe nor reaste in noo place Nowe it is true that she the which in all trusteth her in me hath sente me towarde you and sendeth you worde by me expressely vpon the loue that maye be bytwene two true louers that without soiourning or deferrynge you come and se her For the kyng Ferragus is at this presente tyme gone towarde Acquytayne so maye you at your owne pleasure and wyll of the pleasaunt lady that aboue al the other shineth in beaute do your pleasure wyl And therfore syr come your waye with me for vpon my hors I shal coâ—duyâ— you so well and in suche manner that tomorowe in the mornynge I shall set you in Portyngale before the noble and fair lady by the pleasure of my God mahoun Ha Pacolet sayd the soudan Moradyn thou gynest me at my heart more greater Ioye and comfort than ony other person dydde euer before this For aboue all the wemen of the worlde I am and haue bene longe tyme of the wyfe of kynge ferragus enamoured but so much there is that neuer no day I myghte fynde my selfe before her in no maner that I myght accomplysshe my wyll or cell my secrete but at thys tyme I shall accomplysh the desire of my heart that so muche and so louge I haue abyden For I promyse the that tomorowe in the mornynge I shall goo wyth the and accomply me my well and my desyre It that houre that I recount vnto you the soudan Moradyn satte hym down at the table and made the enchauntoure Pacolet too bee serued also honestlye as he myght for he was so ryght â–ª Ioyous of the â—â—oinges that the enchauntour Pacolet had broughte hym that the heart lept in hys bely for Ioy and made grete cheare And Pacolet that sa we wel that the Sowdan was in greate ioy sayde all softelye to hym selfe I am feasted and kept wel at ease but or that it be to morow at nyght such gyueth me of hys bread to eate that shall curse the tyme that euer I was boorne Now Ualentine and the grene knyght was in the tente and pauilyon of the soudan Moradin that were wel and straytly bounden well knewe they Pacolet whereof they were ryghte Ioyous in their courages in sayinge and thynking in their hertes that for their deliueraunce he was comen theder but they made no semblaunt And Pacolet in she wynge grete chere and fayre semblaunt vnto the soudan Moradin in beholdynge the prisoners said all on heyght Syr how be you so curteis for to kepe y e grene knight in your prisons withoute makinge him dye for aboue all liuinge men he hath borne dommage vnto his brother Ferragus And for to greue him y t mohe hathe renounced Mahounde and founde the wayes and manere to take frome him his
and clerkes in greate deuocion wente in a generall procession in the â–ª whiche they made to goo wyues and children against the valiaunt princes that had destroyed the paynyms in syngyng hymnes and laudes vnto God tyll that they came vnto the greate churche of saynt Sophye accompanyeng them and for great ioye and pytie wept tenderly And after that they had made their prayers in the saide churche and geuen thankes vnto God the Emperoure and kyng Pepyn enâ—râ—â— into the Palays the whiche demeaned so great Ioye the syxe dayes they kept table rouâ—de Soo it nedeth not to be demaunded of it there was great triumphe and noble seruyce â–ª for euery body was Ibcunde made great there and feaste for the gracious vy◠〈…〉 that God had geuen them agaynst their enemies 〈…〉 After certayne dayes dyuers prynces and barons 〈…〉 leue of the Emperoure for to retourne into their countreys of whome I thynke not to make you any more mencion saue alonely of kyng Pepyn ⧠Howe the kyng Pepyn toke leue of the Emperour of Grece for to retourne in to Fraunce Cap. lv AFter the destruction of the enemyes of the christen fayth the whiche for to demynyshe the faith destroye the christen men had besyeged Constantynoble the kynge Pepyn toke leue of the Emperoure for to retourne into Fraunce â–ª When Orson sawe that the kyng dyd retourne he said vnto him Syr I haue great desyre to go with you into Fraunce and to passe and vse my dayes in your seruyce without euer for to chaunge you for to serue any other ¶ Orson sayd kyng Pepyn of that I am contente And sythe that you haue so good courage for to serue me loyally know that I shal leade you into Fraunce and aboue al for to gouerne my realme I shal make you my conestable And if it happened that by the wyll of God my litell sone Charles finished his dayes duryng my tyme I shall make you kyng of Fraunce Syr sayd Orson I thanke you a thousand tymes for syth that it is your wyll for to receye mee into youre seruyce I wil lede wyth me my wyfe Fezoune vnto you be euer true and loyall and with my sharpe swear â—e defende your good ryght So they departed fro Constantynoble with muche great chiualry For the departynge of kynge Pepyn the Emperoure the Empresse Bellyssant wept bytterly and also dydde all the other as well lytell as grete Orson kyssed his broder Valentine in recoÌ„maundynge hym vnto God and wepynge bytter teres O this moder Bellissant he might not take leue for the great sorow that he hadde to leue her saue alonely that he enbraced her and kyssed her swetely After the leue taken of lytle and grete the kyng mounted vpon the see with his compani And the Emperoure and them of his courte retorned in to the cyte of Constantynoble wepinge haboundauntly But with y e departinge of king Pepin more than â—ny other the child Ualentine was displeasaunte And for the loue of clerimonde the whiche he had loste he said vnto the Emperoure of Grece wepinge piteously Dere and redouted fader please it you pardon me yf I take leue of you for I shall neuer in my lyfe haue Ioye nor rest tyll that I knowe certaine tidinges where my loue is become For in daunger of my body I haue conquered and won her for the whiche I oughte well for too desyre her and bewayle her Whan the Empresse his mother vnderstode that her chylde wolde go her way she fel in a swown Mother sayde Valentine leaue your wepinge for vnto the deathe I wyll seeke her that I loue so muche And if it happen that I cannot fynde her neuer the dayes of my lyfe shall I haue Joye but shall desire the death for to abredge my dayes and my dolorous dyscomfortes Than he called Pacolet and sayd to hym Frend if it please the to serue me in this necessytie come wyth me thou shall neuer haue worse than I. Sir saide Pacolet as for that it shall not stycke for I am ready and apparaylled for to go with you and folowe you â–ª in euery place and do your good pleasure thus was Pacolet delibered for to go with Valentine ¶ And Ualentine was so taken with the loue of the fair lady Clerimond that he lefte father and Mother and withoute soiourninge he made him ready and so departed out of Constantinoble with thre seruauntes alonelye for to finde her that hys heart was so sorâ—wful fore Of the sorow of the Emperoure and of the Empresse Bellissant it caÌ„not be recounted For they were in suche paine that w t oute spekinge ony worde they entred in to theyr chambre piteously discomforted And Ualentyne that hadde his courage constauÌ„t for to acheue his enterprise mouÌ„ted on horsbacke for to go toward the hauen and ther entred into a ship and his company ⧠Nowe I shall leue to speke of him and wil speke of king Pepin that whiche arriued in Paris and was receiued honourably For out of euery churche issued processyons prestes and clerkes and men of euerye estate wente a greate waye oute of the citye againste him And amonge the other ther was the quene Berthe the whiche kissed hym moche sweteli Charles his litel sonne that was wise wel taught salued his fader y e which tooke him in his Armes and kissed him and after entred in to the palays with grete honoure muche richlye accompanyed And for the loue of his cominge there was made a grete feâ—st and diuers grete offices was gyuen that daye but aboue all the other the valiauÌ„t knyght Orson was mounted in honoure so muche and in suche maner that all that the which he wolde saye and coÌ„maunde it was done and holden He was so prudent and so wyse that by him was all the courte gouerned the male factours punysshed and the good eleuate in honoure ⧠How Haufray and Henry ymagined great treason against Orson by the ayde and consentynge of twayne of their neuewes Ca. lvi THere was none that had to doo wyth the kinge that sought other meane thaÌ„ Orson for the whiche thinge Haufray and Henrye that I haue made mencyon of to fore hadde soo greate enuye agaynst the good Orson soo greate that they ymagyned mortall treason against him with all their puyssaunce And sayd the one to the other it was to great a reproche vnto them and to greaous whan y t Orson was eleuate more in honoure then thei By god sayd Haufray vnto his brother Henry well ought we to praise our puyssaunce litell whan we can not take vengeaunce of Orson for if he reygne long we shall se the time that by him we shalbe casten out of the realme of Fraunce brother sayd Henry you haue sayd truthe Now we be but two brethren germaynes and now to comforte the one the other and helpe agaynst our enemies but vpoÌ„ this mater I can not tel what to thinke Henry sayd Haufray vnderstande my reason we
sene and if sarazyns come towarde you put them all vnto death and let none escape Whâ—n he had sayde this he put him on his waye and went to the gate of the castell the crowne vpon his head When the porter sawe him he sayde to him who bryngeth you hether Frende sayde Ualentyne I am a marchaunt that goeth in to spayne so I haue diuers ryche marchaundyses in my shyppe and I haue hearde says that no marchaunt maye passe here by withoute paying trybute vpon payne of their lyues so I wil not pas without paying it Syr sayd the porter abyâ—e me I go vnto my lady for to gyue you aunswere Soo he went towarde Galazye and tolde it vnto her ¶ How the Seneshall went vnto Ualentyne shyppes how he was put to death w t all his men Cap. C. iiii WHan she vnderstode that there was so many Jewelles she called the Seneshall and sayd vnto hym Go towarde the porte and receiue the trybute of the marchauÌ„tes that passe lede wyth you so many of my men so that they may take nothynge fro you ¶ The Seneshall thought well to haue wonne ledde them towarde the porte vnto theyr euyll aduenture for anone as they sawe the rychesse that was wythin the shyppes they were ardaunt to beholde them and Ualentyne sayd Lordes entre in and take of the Jewelles vnto the nombre of the trybute The paynyms entred in that wende to haue bâ—n ryche and the crysten men that were hydde yssued out and stewe them all anone Nowe vp sayd Ualentyne it behoueth vs to do more for to haue the castell Than he made hys men to put on fyfty gownes of the sarazyns vpon theyr harneâ—s and laded them wyth stones and ryche â—â—lkes so they wente towarde the castell And the porter y t wende that they had ben hys felowes bounde vp the lyons and auayled the brydge and thynkynge for to haue had some ryche Jewell yssued out of the barres and Ualentyne tooke hym and ledde hym towarde the shyppes Than he shewed hym the dead men and sayd to hym Fayre syr you shall be suche as these be but yf you swere me by your God to make me entre thys day into the stronge castell keâ—e me bodye Syr sayd the porter I shall do your wyll and here I swere vnto you by the great God that I shall delyuer vnto you the castell at your owne pleasure Porter sayd Ualentyne I shall rewarde the well but kepe the that thou betray me not No sayd the porter come wyth me make your men that are in habyte of sarazyns entre in one after a nother for the daunger of the brydge for they resemble them of the castell So it was done the fyfty christen men entred in and Ualentyne And whan they were in the porter shewed them a fals posterne Ualentyne made it to be opened anone than he blewe hys horne So they that were in the shyppes came thether quickly and Ualentyne wente into Galazyes chambre the whyche of hys comynge was â—ore abasshed Lady sayd Ualentyne of me haue no doubte for I haue passed the see for your gentyll body Than the lady behelde hys countenauÌ„ce of him was touched at the heart and made hym great chere Now are the crysten men within the castell the whyche made great noyse and crye soo that the lady went vnto the wyndowes and sawe well that she was betrayed And returned her towarde Ualentine and said vnto hym all wepynge Free curteyse knyght saue me my maydâ—nhedâ— for I se well that I am betrayed Lady sayd Ualentyne haue no fere for by me nor by other you shall haue no vyllanye but as for the surples of the castell it shall be myne All the paynyms were put vnto deathe Than Ualentyne went towarde the prysoners and brake the pryson dore sayenge on hye You that are wythin speke and you be on lyue Orson vnderstode wel his brother Ualentyne and cryed vnto hym My brother well be you comen what dryueth you hether in to thys place Lordes sayd Ualentyne make good chere and be Joyous and gladde for at thys presente tyme I shall delyuer you all out of the prysons of Brandyffer Whan the Emperoure of Grece hys father hearde that for pure Joye he sowned and Orson toke hym vp bytwene bothe hys armes Thanne came all oute of the pryson the whyche were porely clothed and ryght euylly coloured So it is not to be demaunded the ioye that they made They passed the nyght and dronke good wyne that recomforted them muche The christen men were seuen dayes within the strong castell leading a good lyfe and at that same time Orson acquainted him with the faire Galazye for he knewe not whether Fezon was dead or not not withstandyng it happened that he wedded her after the death of Fezonne and hadde a sonne of her that was called Orsayre that helde the Empyre of Constantynoble ¶ How the Emperoure Orson and the grene knight abode in garnyson in the strong castel And how Haufray and Henry made their father to dye Capitulo C. v. AFter that the strong castell was taken and that the prysoners were a lytell refresshed they toke counsayll together that it shoulde be good to leue soâ—â—e to kepe the castell for that place myght grene the paynims Soo there was some that sayde vnder coloure that it should be good that Haufray and Henry abode in that place Lordes sayde Haufray speke no more for we are delybered for to retorne in to Fraunce to serue our father By my faith said OrsoÌ„ we ought not to wepe for your departing for you were neuer yet good who that leseth euill company he ought to thanke god and I know by experience that you are men that by nature demauÌ„deth not but treason Haufray Henry had grea dispite of those wordes but force constrayned them to haue pacience for they were not men to saye the contrary ¶ It was apointed at the last that the Emperour that was alredy auncient and had nede of reste with his sone Orson and the grene knyght should abyde in garnyson in the strong castel Ualentine with all the other should retourne in to Angorye ¶ Here wyll I tell you of the two traitours Haufray and Henry that retourned into Fraunce the whiche haue conspired the death of their father with that of lytell Charles and the quene Berthes Now they haue ryden so muche that they are arryued at Parys mounted vp in to the palays where as they saluted the king al the baroÌ„s The king made them chere and after demaunded them tydinges of the Emperoure of Grece of Ualentyne and of Orson and of the twelue peres and the other lordes Syr sayde the traytours praye for them for they haue bene slayne in a great batayll before Angory whan the kynge vnderstode these tydinges he wepte tenderly in bewayling the lordes that he wende had bene dead But the traytours dyd it for to angre the kyng the whiche
had the strengthe of ten and for the loue of Jhesu christ were content for to suffre death And the sarazins that were ten agaynst one enclosed the tristen meÌ„ 〈◊〉 it nedeth not to demaunde the prowesse of Orson and of the grene knight for they dyd suche dedâ—s of armes that there was no paynym that abode on liue before theÌ„ Whan the Admitall paynym sawe theyr prowesses he approched nâ—re them and smote a valyaunte knyght in to the sea beside Orson of the whiche he was muche angrye for he loued hym soo he toke an axe and gaue the Admyrall suche a stroke that he ouerthrewe hym dead in his shyppe And whan the paynyms sawe that they were all discomforted and lost their strength and wichdre we them in fleyng all that nyght ¶ But they loste fyftene of their shyppes and foure thousands of their men that was slayne And after the Emperour of Grece spake vnto his men and sayd Lordes I counsayll that we take the armes of these cursed paynims armed vs with araye vs like sarazins for I doubte me sore that we shall bee meete on the sea by the Paynyms The counsaill pleased euery body because that they should not be knowen of the sarazins The Gownes the armes and the harneys of the dead folke they toke and caste the bodyes in to the sea In an euil houre dyd the Emperoure of grece aduyse hym therof for by the armes that he beareth he shall be put vnto death by his sonne UaleÌ„tine as you shal here afterwarde Now the christen men â—te vpoÌ„ the sâ—a that rowled â—y al their baners and set forth in the wynde theÌ„ of the sarazyns and to wed so wel that they aryued within a lytel whyle at the hauen of Angorye ⧠Howe the christen men yssued out of the cytie of Angorye and of the ordenaunce and of their marueylous batayles Capit. C. viii THe kynge Brandyffer and the kynge Lucar a moneth after had assyeged the cyte of Angorye wyth all theyr puyssaunce Valentyne and the other barons had taken counsayl for to yssue out vpon theyr enemyes so they sente the defyaunce vnto BraÌ„dyffer agaynst the mornyng and Brandyffer that was fyerse accorded it Than the Chrysten men that were wythin the cyte of Angory ordeyned theyr bataylles in ten partyes wherof the duke Myllon hadde the fyrste The seconde Sampson of orleaunce The thyrde had his soÌ„ne Geruays erle of Vandosme The fourth the erle of champaygne The. v. quin tyn of NormaÌ„dye The. vi the duke of Burgoyne The vii the erle of Dampmartyn The eyght the erle of Asserue The. ix the Marshall of Constantynoble And Valentyne the tenthe that gaue all the othes oftentymes courage to do well Than the christen men yssued out of Angorye for to assayle Brandiffer that had made fiftene strong batayles and there was in the leest a king Nowe it is not too be demaunded the great rychesses that shyned on the fyelde as well on one syde as other One myght haue heard than trumpettes and clarons and the great batayll begynne About the standarde of the paynyms was Brandiffer kyng Lucar the kynge of Ynde the kyng of salute the admyrall of cordes the admyrall of Orbye the kynge Damene the kynge Dubyas Josue of Paâ—erne the earle Draymant the duke Corâ—hyllant and Croste of Orâ—â—nye Whan it came to the approchynge of the bataylles a paynym of Surye that had neuer bene in warre the whiche for to assaye his body passeth forth came to ward the christen men with his spere couâ—â—â—d muche fyersly Ualentyne sawe him wel the whiche smote his horse with the spores ranne agaynst the paynim and with one stroke smote him downe dead At that same houre the batayle began muche fyersly But the valyauntnes of the paynyms is not to be compared to that of the christen men specially of Ualentyne of the duke Myllon and of the. xiâ— peres The kyng of Ynde entred in to the barayl greued the christen men sore Whan Ualentyne sawe that he roâ—e toward him gaue him so great a stroke that he smote him downe Than the christen men made the sarazyns to recule a backe a great waye for they were dyscomfyte But a sarazyn capitayne of the reâ—egard came and succoured them with thyrty thousande paynyms And there began the batayll more stronger than before The kyng Lucat found the kyng of ynâ—e that fought muche strongly gaue hym succour The christen men were so muche charged with the paynyms at that houre that it was force to theÌ„ to withdrawe theim towarde a poude that was nere a fielde and they shold haue had to muche to do if it had not bene two valiauÌ„t knyghtes that arriued that daye in Angorye accompanied with seuen hundred men of armes The. ii knyghtes that I tell you of came from the holy sepulcre the whiche had suffred great aduersyties as well in pryson as otherwise for to do their vyage The one of theÌ„ brought in to Fraunce the daughter of a ryche admyrall named Claradine and made her to be baptyzed The least of the two knyghtes was Reynarde of Prouaunce and the other Myllon of Dyion and they were fayre and hardy knyghtes So they hadde tydynges of the batayll that was there besyde and made their men to be armed and gaue them sygnes and standardes for to make the paynyms the more afâ—rde And so they came out of the cytie for to succoure the christen men and smote in to the bataill muche fyersly At the approchyng the paynims was muche abashed of this newe coming and not without a cause for Myllon of Dyion at his entre smote downe dead the kyng Lucar and the king Rubres wherof Brandiffer was muche abashed And after enâ—red Reynarde that slewe diuers of the moost valyauntest Ualentyne was muche amarueiled whaÌ„ he sawe those two knyghtes do suche dedes of armes so he rode towarde them and sayde to them Lordes wel be you come tell me if it please you what you are and What dryueth you hether Frende sayde Reynarde we are lordes of FrauÌ„ce that come from the holy sepulcre so we haue heard speke of this enterprise and in the honoure son by the God in whome I beleue euer my harte telleth me that this poore man doth some penaunce that he hath promysed to god In this wyse was Ualentyne a great whyle within his palays without beyng knowen of any body so longe that euerye body sayde that he was dead wherfore the kyng Hugon made the faire Clerymonde to be demaunded for wyfe And after enter prysed and dyd a great treason ¶ Howe the kyng Hugon made Clerymonde to be demaunded for wyfe and howe he betrayed Orson and the grene knyght ¶ Capit. C. xiii IN that same time there was a king in HoÌ„grye that was named Hugon That same king herde speke of Ualentine that had left the Empire of grece the laÌ„de of â—uerpe So he went in to Constantinoble and was receiued of Orson muche honourably
wordes vnto the fayre Clerymonde He salued all the company and after sayd all on hyghe to the Empresse Bellyssant Lady I beseche you humbly that you wil shewe me the wyfe of Ualentine Pilgrym sayd Hugon that chaunged coloure go in to the kechyn and there thou shalt haue thyne almesse Syr sayd Ualentyne I will do a message vnto her Pylgrim sayd the lady I am she that you demaunde My lady in a good houre said he I haue sene your loue that salueth you by me letteth you wyâ—e that he wyll be here with in this thre daies Pilgrim said the lady aduise the wel what thou sayest for I haue had certayn tydinges that he is dead Lady sayd Ualentyne you ought not to beleue it for I deliuer me vnto death if he bee not yet on lyue and that thou shalt se him within thre dayes â–ª WhaÌ„ Hugon herde the wordes that Ualentyne tolde vnto y e ladyes he yssued secretly out of the palays and mounted vpoÌ„ the horse without retourning The ladies were to muche amarueiled and woulde haue feasted the pylgrym But he would do nothing and said to them My ladyes pardon me for I haue my felowes in the towne whiche I wil go se. Than Clerimonde gaue him much money the which he distrybuted afterwarde to the poore folkes Than she was out they demaunded where the kyng Hugon was By fayth sayd a damosell I sawe hym renne presently vnto his horse And vpon these wordes Galeran entred that demaunded after his vncle By God sayde Bellyssant in a good houre are you come for you shall neuer escape till that you haue tolde the treason that your vncle hath made And whan Galeran herde these wordes be began for to tremble Was lady sayde he for God haue mercy on me and I shal tel you all saye on I pardon the. It is true that mine vncle Kynge Hugon hath dâ—one this treason and solde vnto the paynims within Jherusalem the Emperour Orson and the grene knight After he recounted to her â–ª all alonge as you haue herde before There was made a meruaylous sorow so whan Galeran had told all he departed thinking to haue escaped but the prouost made him to be haÌ„ged and strangled And Valentine lefte the pilgrimes gowne and toke his clothes agayne and into the palays Poore man sayd Clerimonde where haue you bene I beleue that you are displeasaunt because that I wyll mary me Ualentine enclyned his heade and left her and began for to pray god Clerimond had made a quilte to be broughte vnto him but he lay vpon the earth so he did his penaunce among the dogges ¶ Howe Orson and the grene knighte were deliuered out of the pryson of the king of Surye by the appoyntement of the warre that they made after to kynge Hugon of Hongry â–ª Ca. Cxvi THe kynge of Surye that helde Orson and the grene knyght in pryson made them one day be brought before him and sayd to them Lordes you see y t I may hauge or drawe you wherfore I sweare by my god mahowne that you shall neuer escape me but yâ— that you tendre to me the Lyte of Angory and the stronge castell wyth thyrtye other stronge places that you holo Syr sayd Orson we wyl not do it but yf you yelde vs the kynge Hugon that you holde and the kynge of Surye sayd vnto them Speke not to me of hym for he is gone and bereth wyth him your seales wyte that by hym you haue ben solde to me and betrayed Whan the Emperour Orson vnderstode hym he was muche ameruaylled and swore that he wolde neuer reste tyâ— that he had taken vengeaunce on the kynge Hugon the grene knyght sayd y t he should not fayle him Now Orson and â–ª the grene knyght accorded the kynge of Suâ—â—e his demaunde for to saue theyr lyues and retorned into Constantynoble where as they ceased great sorow After the fayre Clerymonde tolde him how she had her detydinges of Ualentyne wherof Orson was Joyous for he desyred muche hys comynge That night Orson laye with Galazye and engendred a soÌ„ne that was called Morant the whiche helde the realme of Angorye It was not longe after that Orson reised his hoost for to go into Angorye And whan the kynge Hugon knewe it he sente a messenger vnto hym sayenge that and he wolde accorde he wolde leue hym the Cyte of Angory â–ª gyue hym foure horses laden wyth golde And yf that any accused him of treason â–ª he wolde fyght wyth hym excepte Orson Than after the message was done the grene knight waged a batayll against him And the kinge Hugon came out of Angory armed for to fight wyth the grene knight as it was accorded but the grene knighte was there fyrst ThaÌ„ they smote theyr horses with the spores recouÌ„â—ted eche other broke theyr speres After they set theyr handes vnto theyr swerdes and god wote what strokes they gaue eche other so muche that god helped the ryght for the grene knyght gaue suche a stroke vnto the kyng Hugon vpon the helme that he cut a part of his head to his sholdres so he fell in a soooâ—ne Than the grene knyght was honoured after hugon spake and demaunded a confessoure and tolde hym all the falsnes and treason and dyed in that place â–ª Orson made the body to be taken and notably buryed in an ab baye there besyde And suche honoure was done to him bycause that he was kynge crowned And in so muche Orson shewed the noblenes that was in hym Euery body was enfourmed of the treason of kynge Hugon and by the couÌ„sayll of the wyse men they rendred the cyte of Angory to the Emperoure Orson and all the countree the whyche toke possessyon and also the homages Tho after he returned into Constantynoble and the Grene knyght Ualentyne was muche Joyous of that he saw them in good prosperyte Clerymonde meruaylled much bycause that Ualentine came not and sayd Ha false pil grym thou haste betrayed me whan thou toldeme that my loue Ualentyne should come on the thyrde daye and yet I haue no tydynges of hym Alas she thought not that he was so nere her for he was vnder the stayres of hys palays where as by the wyll of god he shall finisshe hys dayes shortly and than they shall knowe hym ¶ How at the ende of seuen yere Ualentyne dyed wyth in hys palays of Constantynoble and howe he wrote a lettre that he was knowen by Ca. Cxvii AT the ende of seuen yeare a greuous maladye toke Ualentyne so that he felte hymselfe much feble whereof he thanked god deuoutlye Alas sayde the holye man my god my creatoure that hathe made me to thy semblaunce haue mercye on me that am a wretched synner and please it the for to pardon me the deathe of my father and all the sonnes that euer I dyd syth the tyme that I was borne Ueray redeÌ„ptour of all the worlde consyder not my folyshe youthe the which I haue