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A03144	The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia asserted from the fictions, in the middle ages of the Church; and opposition, of the present. The institution of the most noble Order of St. George, named the Garter. A catalogue of all the knights thereof untill this present. By Pet. Heylyn.	Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1631 (1631)	STC 13272; ESTC S104019	168,694	376

Pembrooke IOHN STAFFORD Earle of Wiltes HEN. PERCY Earle of Northumberland IOHN TIPTOFT Earle of Worcester GALLIARD Lord Duras IOHN Lord Scrope of Bolton WALT. D'EVREVX Lord Ferrers WALT. BLOVNT Lord Montjoy WILL. Lord Hastings Sir IOHN ASTLEY Sir WILL. CHAMBERLAINE Sir WILL. PARRE Sir ROB. HARICOVRT Sir THOMAS MONTGOMERY RICHARD OF GLOVCESTER of that Name the third c. and Soveraigne of the Garter admitted these viz. THO. HOVVARD Duke of Norfolke THO. Lord Stanley afterwards Earle of Darby FRANCIS Viscount Lovell Sir IGHN COGNIERS Sir RICH. RADCLIFFE Sir THOM. BVRGH Sir RICH. TVNSTALL HENRY the VII of that Name KING OF ENGLAND c. and Soveraigne of the Garter admitted to this honour MAXIMILIAN Archduke of Austria and after Emperour IOHN King of Portugall IOHN King of Danemarke PHILIP of Austria King of Castile ALPHONSO Duke of Calabria and after King of Naples ARTHVR Prince of Wales HENRY Duke of Yorke and Prince of Wales after his Brother VEALDO Duke of Vrbine EDVV. STAFFORD Duke of Buckingham THOM. GREY Marquise Dorset IOAN VERE Earle of Oxon. HEN. PERCY Earle of Northumberland GEO. TALBOT Earle of Shrewsbury HEN. BOVRCHIER Earle of Essex RICH. GREY Earle of Kent EDVVARD COVRTNEY Earle of Devon HEN. Lord Stafford Earle of Wiltes EDM. DE LA POLE Earle of Suffolke CH. SOMERSET Earle of Worcester GERALD Earle of Kildare IOHN Viscount Welles GEO. STANLEY Lord Strange WILL. STANLEY the Lord Chamberlaine IOHN Lord Dynham ROB. WILLOVGHBY Lord Brooke Sir GILES D'AVBENY Sir EDVV. POYNINGS Sir EDVV. WIDDEVILE Sir GILBERT TALBOT Sir IOHN CHEYNIE Sir RICHARD GVILFORD Sir THOM. LOVELL Sir THOM. BRANDON Sir REGINALD BRAY. Sir RHESE AP THOMAS Sir IOHN SAVAGE Sir RICH. POOLE HENRY the VIII of that Name KING OF ENGLAND c. and Soveraigne of the Garter Chose in his Reigne CHARLES the fifth Emperour of Germany and King of Spaine FERDINAND Archduke of Austria and King of the Romanes FRANCIS the first King of France EMANVEIL King of Portugall IAMES the fifth King of Scotland HENRY FITZ-ROY Duke of Richmond and Somerset IVLIAN DE MEDICES EDVVARD SEYMOVR Earle of Hartford and after Duke of Somerset THOM. HOVVARD Duke of Norfolke CH. BRANDON Duke of Suffolke IOHN DVDLEY Viscount L'isle afterwards Duke of Norhumberland ANNAS Duke of Montmorancie HENRY COVRTNEY Marquise of Exeter WILL. PARRE Marquise of Northampton WILLIAM PAVVLET Lord St. Iohn of Basing after Marquise of Winchester HENRY HOVVARD Earle of Surrey THO. BVLLEN Earle of Wiltes WIL. FITZ-ALAN Earle of Arundell IOHN VERE Earle of Oxon. HENRY PERCY Earle of Northumberland RAPH NEVILL Earle of Westmerland FR. TALBOT Earle of Shrewsbury PHIL. DE CHABOT Earle of Newblanch Admirall of France THOM. MANNOVRS Earle of Rutland ROB. RATCLIFFE Earle of Sussex HENRY CLIFFORD Earle of Cumberland WILL. FITZ-WILLIAMS Earle of South-hampton THOM. Lord Cromwell Earle of Essex IOH. Lord Russell Earle of Bedford THOMAS Lord Wriothesley after Earle of Southampton ARTHVR PLANTAGENET base sonne of Edw. 4. Viscount L'isle WALT. D'EVREVX Viscount Hereford EDVV. HOVVARD Lord Admirall GEO. NEVILL Lord Abergevenny THOM. W●st Lord de la Ware THOM. Lord Dacres of Gillesland THOM. Lord Darcy of the North. EDVVARD SVTTON Lord Dudley WIL. BLOVNT Lord Montjoy EDVV. STANLEY Lord Monteagle WIL. Lord Sands HENRY Lord Marney THO. Lord Audley of Walden Chancellour of England Sir IOHN GAGE Sir HENRY GVILFORD Sir NICH. CAREVV Sir ANTHONY BROVVNE Sir THOM. CHEYNIE Sir RICHARD WINGFEILD Sir ANTH. WINGFEILD Sir ANTH. St. LEGER Lord Deputie of Ireland Sir IOH. WALLOP EVVARD the VI. of that Name KING OF ENGLAND c. and Soveraigne of the Garter ascribed into the Order HENRY the second King of France HENRY GREY Duke of Suffolke HENRY NEVILL Earle of Westm. FR. HASTINGS Earle of Huntingdon WILL. HERBERT Earle of Pembrooke EDVV. STANLEY Earle of Darby THO. WEST Lord de la Ware GEO. BROOKE Lord Cobbam EDVVARD Lord Clinton Admirall THOMAS Lord Seymor of Sudeley WILL. Lord Paget of Beaudesert THOM. Lord Darcy of Chiche Sir ANDREVV SVTTON alias Dudley MARY QVEENE OF ENGLAND c. and Soveraigne of the Garter assumed into the voide places PHILIP of Austria King of Spaine the Queenes Husband EMANVEL Duke of S●voy HENRY RATCLIFFE Earle of Sussex ANTH. BROVVNE Viscount Montacute WILL. Lord HOVVARD of Effingham WILL. Lord Grey of Wilton EDVV. Lord Hastings of Loughborow ELIZABETH QVEENE OF ENGLAND c. and Soveraigne of the Garter supplied the Vacant places of the Order with 1559. FREDERICK Duke of Wittenberge THOM. HOVVARD Duke of Norfolke 1559. ROB. DVDLEY Lord Denbigh and Earle of Leicester HENRY MANNOVRS Earle of Rutland WIL. PARRE Earle of Essex and Marq. of Northampton 1560. ADOLPHVS Duke of Holsatia 1561. GEORGE TALBOT Earle of Shrewsbury HENRY CARIE Lord Hunsdon 1563. AMEROSE DVDLEY Lord L'isle and Earle of Warwicke THOM. PERCY Earle of Northumberland 1564. CHARIES the Ninth King of France FRANCIS Lord Russell Earle of Bedford 1568. MAXIMILIAN King of Hungary and Bohemia Emperour 1570. FRANCIS HASTINGS Earle of Huntingdon WIL. SOMERSET Earle of Worcester 1572. FRANCIS Duke of Montmorency WALTER Viscount Hereford and Earle of Essex ARTHVR Lord Grey of Wilton EDM. BRVGES Lord Chandos FREDERICK King of Denmarke 1574. HENRY STANLEY Earle of Darby HENRY HERBERT Earle of Pembrooke 1575. CHARLES Lord Howard of Effingham and Admirall of England afterwards Earle of Nottingham 1579. IOHN CASIMIRE Count Palatine of the Rhene and Duke of Bavaria 1584. HENRY the Third King of France EDVV. MANNOVRS Earle of Rutland WIL. CECILL Lord Burghley WIL. BROOKE Lord Cobham HENRY Lord Scrope of Bolton 1486. HENRY RATCLIFFE Earle of Sussex 1588. ROBERT DEVREVX Earle of Essex Sir HENEY SIDNEY Lord President of the Marches Sir CHRISTOPHER HATTON Lord Chancellour 1592. GILBERT TALBOT Earle of Shrewsbury GEORGE CLIFFORD Earle of Cumberland 1593. HENRY PERCY Earle of Northumberland EDVVARD SOMERSET Earle of Worcester THOMAS Lord Burgh EDMOND Lord Sheffeild Sir FRANCIS KNOLLES Treasurer of the Houshold 1596. HENRY the fourth King of France and Navarre 1597. FREDERICKE Duke of Wittemberge THGM SACKVILL Lord Buckhurst afterwards Earle of Dorset THOM. Lord Howard of Walden afterwards Earle of Suffolke GEORGE CARY Lord Hunsdon CH. BIOVNT Lord Montjoy after Earle of Devon Sir HENRY LEA Keeper of the Armorie 1599. ROB. RATCLIFFE Earle of Sussex HENRY BROOKE Lord Cobham 1601. WILL. STANLEY Earle of Darby THOM. CECILL Lord Burghley after Earle of Exeter IAMES the first KING OF GREAT BRITAINE and Soveraigne of the Garter adorned that Noble Order with these Worthies viz. 1603. CHHRISTIERNE the fourth King of Denmarke HENRY Prince of Wales LEVVLS Duke of Lennox and afterwards of Richmond HEN. WRIOTHESLEY Earle of South-hampton IOHN ERESKIN Earle of Marre WILL. HERBERT Earle of Pembrooke 1605. VLRICK Duke of Holst HEN. HOVVARD Earle of Northampton 1606. ROB. CECILL Earle of Salisbury THOM. HOVVARD Viscount Bindon 1608. GEORGE HVME Earle of Dunbarre PHILIP HERBERT Earle of Montgomery 1611. CHARLES the Kings second Sonne after the death of his Brother Henry Prince of Wales THOM. HOVVARD

take it as it is at this time used and we referre the first originall thereof to Simon Magus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the first begotten of the Divell as Ignatius calls him Out of his mouth came those uncleane and filthy spirits like to the Frogs in the Apocal. which came out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false Prophets even the spirits of Divels working myracles 2 No sooner came this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this Generation of Vipers forth into the world but they presently began to doe the will of him that sent them making as many as they could which went upright in the way of Gods Commandements at first to halt and stagger betweene two opinions and at the last to forsake the living God and turne to Baal The Divell when hee was his owne Agent in his attempt to seduce our Saviour assaulted him with Scripture saying It is written and these his children must needs also have a Scriptum est the better to set off and relish their temptations Onely the Divell of the two was the more ingenuous for hee produc'd the words of Scripture as they were in the sacred Covenant though with an ill intention but these besides an ill intention to seduce will both corrupt that Scripture which they had amongst them and devise a new In their attempts to corrupt the Scripture they proceeded somewhat leysurely yet with more haste as the saying is than with good speed for such a vigilant eye the watchmen of the Church did keepe upon them that they were instantly discovered Marcion as Epp●hanius tells us had alter'd and perverted some passages of holy Writ but all observ'd by that good Father So had the Arians corrupted in one place the Gospell of St. Iohn to make it serve their purpose but this was noted as himselfe informes us and restor'd by Ambrose In their designes to devise new Scripture they began more early but with like successe so early and so impudently that they obtruded their most damnable inventions upon the Church during the lives and some of them under the names of the Apostles Of which sort among others were the Prophecies of Enoch whereof and of the rest St. Austin gives this censure Vnde illaqua sub eius nomine proferuntur c. rectè à prudentibus iudicantur non ipsius esse credenda sicut multa sub nomibus aliorum Prophet arum recentiora sub nominibus Apostolorum ab haereticis proferuntur quae omnia sub nomine Apocryphorum c. Of this sort also were the Gospels of Bartholmew and Nicodemus the Protoevangelium attributed to Saint Iames the Preaching and Itinerarie of St. Peter the travailes of St. Paul and Thecla with others of that ranke and qualitie not to say any thing of Barchabas and Barchob and other Prophets of that nature added unto the old Testament by the Hereticke Basilides All these and their associates of the same making by the decreetall of Pope Leo of that name the first not only forbidden to be read but sentenced to be abolish'd and adjudg'd unto the fire Apocryphae Scripturae quae sub nomine Apostolorum multarum habent seminarium falsitatum non solùm interdicendae sed etiam penitus auferendae atque ignibus tradendae sunt So he Can. 15. 3 Nor were these ancient Heretickes excellent onely in their stratagems to deface and falsifie the ancient writers but also in those more neate and subtill projects which they had among them to countenance and enlarge their cause For certainly we may affirme it of the Heretickes that as they are the Children of this World so they are wiser in their wayes than the Children of Light A cleare example of which Aphorisme wee have in those of the Arian Faction which holding longer than any other of that dangerous nature in the Church could not but be supported with a greater cunning Of this kind was their accusing of their Contraries of Magicke and Sabellianisme their strict Confederacies and Combinations to ruine those that held against them their artificiall plots to draw on others to mainteine their partie their curious choyce of instruments whereby to compasse their intents Thus did they joyne together in the severall Councels of Antioch and Tyre to destroy the Orthodox Professours Thus did they winne upon Constantia a woman of no kindred with her name by one of speciall sanctitie in the appearance and by her meanes prevail'd upon the noble nature of her Brother Constantine And thus by sending Poast the same engine which had wrought upon that Lady to signifie the Emperours death unto the eldest of his Sonnes and to deliver him his Fathers Testament which was committed to their trust they did not only work upō him to support their cause but to stickle in it So true is that of Canus although it may be truely verified of him and his Haereticorum diligentiam industriam mirari satis non quco Omnia quippe illi susque deque miscent ut viri pictate insignes praesertim si Reges Imperatores sint ipsorum partes f●visse videantur 4 But to proceed what lucke soever the Heretickes of former ages had in their plots and stratagems upon great persons they found it otherwise in such other of their courses as came within the cognisance and censure of the Church They had as wee have said already divulg'd their damnable errours under the Names of the Apostles but this discovered and their writings judg'd unto the fire by Leo. The Manichees had many Dreames and divelish fancies of their owne which they imputed also to some one or other of those blessed Spirits but this detected by S t. Austin Ipsi antem viz. Manichaei legunt Scipturas apocryphas quas etiam incorruptiss●imas esse dicunt c. So he in his discourse against Adimantus Nor did they onely labour to corrupt the Doctrine of the Church but the Stories also of those times and of the former were made to speake such language as might bee most availeable unto their cause and purpose And not so only but by confounding the false Legends of their partizans with such as had beene Saints indeed they gave occasion to the Church that eyther by suppressing of their Stories the memory of the holy Martyrs might bee ruin'd with them or else out of a pious care to preserve the one the memory of the other might likewise bee continued But herein their device miscarried also the Fathers of the Church distinguishing as well as possibly they could the Tares and Wheat gathered the one into their Barne and left the other to the mercy of the flames Thus the sixt Synode holden in the yeare 680. at Constantinople 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Viz. The holy Synode doth ordeine that those false Martyrologies which have beene written by the enemies of our Religion be no more publish'd in the Churches

out Commander of his Armies against the Persian Those thus engaged in the common service of the State and the affaires thereof in better order than before the Emperours now out of action converted all their force and furie on the Christians whom they afflicted with the greatest and most savage Persecution of all others For now not onely some part or other of the Church was harassed and depopulated but all at once a prey unto the Sword and Tortures of the publike Hangman no corner of the Empire so farre distant from the Seates Imperiall wherein there was not havocke made of Gods beloved Interea Diocletianus in Oriente Maximinianus in Occidente vastari Ecclesias affligi interficique Christianos praeceperunt quae persecutio omnibus ferè anteactis diuturnior immanior fuit So PAVL OROSIVS briefly according to his manner 8 The Persecution thus resolv'd on and begun already in the Court and Seates Imperiall and not so onely but warrants granted out unto the Officers and Rulers of the Provinces to speed the Execution and that done also in a frequent Senate the Emperour DIOCLETIAN there himselfe in person St. GEORGE though not yet Sainted could conteine no longer but thus exposed himselfe unto their fury his owne glory For thus it followeth in the Storie Cum igitur primo statim die tantam in Christianos crudelitatem animadvertisset c Omnem pecuniam vestem celeriter pauperibus distribuit c. tertio Concilij die qua Senatus decretum confirmandum er at c. ipsi omni foi midine reiecta c. in medio consessu ste tit in hunc modum locutus est Quousque tandem O imperator vos Patres Conscripti furorem vestrum in Christianos augebitis legesque adversus eos iniquas sancietis c. Eosque ad eam quam vos an vera sit religionem ignoratis eos qui veram didicere compelletis Haec Idola non sunt dij non sunt inquam Nolite per errorem falli Christus solus Deus est idemque solus Dominus in gloria Dei patris Aut igitur vos item veram agnoscite religionem aut certe eos qui illam colunt nolite per dementiam vestram perturbare His verbis attoniti inopinata dicendi libertate perculsi oculos ad Imperatorem omnes converterunt audituri quidnam is ad ea responderet c. When therefore GEORGE even in the first beginnings had observ'd the extraordinarie cruelty of these proceedings hee presently put off his military abiliments and making dole of all his substance to the poore on the third Session of the Senate when the Imperiall decree was to be verified quite voide of feare he came in-the Senate-house and spake unto them in this manner How long most noble Emperour and you Conscript Fathers will you augment your tyrannies against the Christians How long will you enact unjust and cruell Lawes against them Compelling those which are aright instructed in the faith to follow that Religion of whose truth your selves are doubtfull Your Idols are no Gods and I am bold to say againe they are not Be not you longer couzned in the same errour Our Christ alone is God he onely is the Lord in the glory of the Father Eyther do you therefore acknowledge that Religion which undoubtedly is true or else disturbe not them by your raging follies which would willingly embrace it This said and all the Senate wonderfully amazed at the free speech and boldnesse of the man they all of them turn'd their eyes upon the Emperour expecting what hee would reply who beckoning to Magnentius then Consull and one of his speciall Favourites to returne an answere hee presently applyed himselfe to satisfie his Princes pleasure Further we will not prosecute the storie in our Authors words which are long and full of needlesse conference but briefly will declare the substance of it which is this Vpon St. Georges constant profession of his Faith they wooed him first with promises of future honours and more faire advancements but finding him unmoveable not to bee wrought upon with words they tryed him next with torments not sparing any thing which might expresse their cruelty or ennoble his affliction When they saw all was fruitlesse at last the fatall Sentence was pronounced against him in this manner that beeing had againe to prison hee should the following day be drawne through the City and beheaded Reclusus ergo in carcere sequenti die tali sententia damnatur ut per totam Civitatem detractus demum capite puniretur Which Sentence was accordingly perform'd and GEORGE invested with the glorious Crowne of Martyrdome upon the 23. day of April Anno Domini nostri 290. 9 For this the yeare and day of S. GEORGE his death we shall have proofe enough hereafter of the day chiefly in the Martyrologies and of the yeare thereof in severall Histories Proofe also store inough for this that he was beheaded in which particular all Authors which have descended to particulars agree joyntly Onely the old Franciscan Fryer Anselme whom I lately mention'd will have him end his sufferings in a flaming fire at Rama in the Holy-Land For so it followeth in his text In Beryth autem occidit draconem in Rama autem quae distat à Hierusalem per 20 miliaria fertur fuisse combustus 'T is well they are so link'd together his Martyrdome by fire and his encounter with the Dragon being both of them of the same medley I had almost forgot the doughtie Authour of the Seaven Champions Who as hee makes the first atchievement of Saint GEORGE to bee the killing of a burning Dragon in the Land of Egypt whereby hee sav'd from death the Princesse Sabra so doth he make his last to be a dangerous combate which hee had with a poysonous Dragon upon Dunsmere Heath wherein the Dragon lost his life and the poore Knight return'd to Coventrey his owne Citie so extreamely wounded that hee shortly after dyed And yet the foolish Author tells us expresly in his Title that there wee have the true and certaine manner of his Death But as good lucke would have it hee left behind him to comfort his afflicted people no fewer than three Sonnes and one of them a matter of no common knowledge was GVY that famous Earle of Warwicke the other two being preferr'd to place in Court 10 To returne then to METAPHRASTES for wee will heare him speake no further of St. GEORGE wee now dismisse him to relate the rest that followes unto them that dare beleeve him Wee have already shewne you how hideously the Heretickes had falsified the lives of Saints and Martyrs to countenance their cause and with what little choyce of argument the Church-historians had compiled their Martyrologies and Actes Ecclesiasticall Both observations verified in the storie of our Martyr and the collections of this Author For in the rest that followes wee have the Arian tale of George and Athanasius the Magitian

praemia Georgium dico Demetrium this Demetrius was Proconsul under Maximinian by whom at last hee was made a Martyr vexillis levatis à partibus montanis accurrere Iacula in hostes in se auxilium vibrantes They verily beleeved saith he that they beheld those ancient Martyrs which had once beene Soldiers and were now possess'd of glory George viz. and Demetrius to hasten from the Mountaines with displayed ensignes casting their darts against the enemie and succouring the Christians Nor doth he onely tell the story but doth justifie the truth of it and proove the possibilitie Nec diffitendum est affuisse martyres Christianis sicut quondam angelos Macchabaeis simili duntaxat causa pugnantibus For why saith he might not God send his Saints to assist the Christians as once he sent his Angell to assist the Macchabees both-fighting in the same quarrell Doubtlesse the arme of God is never shortned nor is his love unto the Christians and his care of them lesse than it was to them of Iewrie That God which by an Angell destroyed that infinite Host of 100085. men which beseiged Hierusalem and by a noyse of Horse and Chariots in the Ayre did raise another might not he also doe as much in the defence of those which fought against the enemies of their Redeemer This might I say be urged to prove the probabilitie of that storie related in Robertus if any would assume unto himselfe the office of a Proctour in it which I will not Let it suffice that on this ground the Christian world beeing in those times throughly possessed with the truth of it St. GEORGE became to be accounted a chiefe Patron of the affaires of Christendome which was the matter to be proved 7 If any shall conceive these stories of the apparitions of Saint GEORGE rather to bee Poeticall than Historicall I will not much contend with him What may be thought touching the apparition of the Saints departed we shall see hereafter But for the present though I determine not that it is simply Poeticall yet certainly I dare resolve it to bee such as may bee made the ground of an excellent Poeme if any darling of the Muses would vouchsafe to undertake it Cui mens divinior atque os Magna locuturum For my part rather to leade the way to others than out of any hope to prove happy in this kind my selfe I will make bold to venture on it by way of tryall and essay Tanquam si placet hic impetus tametsi nondum recepit ultimam manum as hee in PETRONIUS The battailes ready were to ioyne when loe Lord Godfrey eager to assaile the foe Cheeres up his men My valiant host said he Which have thus long beene wed to victorie Be not this day divorc'd Maintaine your right Got in so faire a love by this dayes sight A day which if we win we may secur'd From further Rivalls rest our selves assur'd Nor shall the haughtie Persian ever dare To court her favours or hereafter care How to disturbe us more instructed right That we prevaile as often as we fight These forces overthrowne and what are they Poore heartlesse men borne onely to obey Mustred in haste never before in field And brought of purpose not to fight but yeild These overthrowne the way will open bee As well for us to win as them to flee Nothing to stop our march till we set downe With all our troopes before the Holy Towne And then how poore their forts how weak their powers To hinder that the conquest be not ours Hierusalem the beauty of the East More than all earthly habitations blest In thy dread Lord how happy shall we bee When in thy glorious freedome we shall see Where our Redeemer preach'd and where he died Where last he supt and where his cause was tried Or see the garden where he was betrai'd Or view the place in which the Lord was laid Where we may see the Tropheies of our God And kisse the sacred pavements where he trod Thrice happy soules are we whom he hath chose To free those honour'd places from his foes From them which with unhallowed hands have made A gaine of godlinesse his tomb a trade And eyther force the pious soule away Or sell him his devotions make him pay This is the cause Christs cause for which from farre We tooke the Crosse and undertooke the warre He leades us on and he desires no more But we would doe as we have done before That we would conquer still which never yet Knew what it was to flie or to submit Advance then be as forward to subdue His foes for him as he to die for you This said the holy armie kneeling downe With hands rear'd up besought the Lord to crowne The action with successe to shew his might In them whose greatest strength was will to fight When streight a precious dew falls from above A timely signe of Gods regardfull love Vpon the Host which ready was before To faint for drought and now had moisture store Refresht with this they cry amain● why thus Doe we permit these dogs to barke at us Why stand we still Why make we not our way Vpon the bellies of our foes say they And saying so as if anew inspired With heavenly vigour never to be tyred In length of fight upon their foes they run Each man an armie in himselfe Begun Is now the deadly mixture brest to brest The armies meet and crest oppos'd to crest As when two Rammes encounter on the downes Both fierce and iealous both their horned crownes They rudely mingle and full-fraught with ire Each strives to make the other to retire So they thus met and iustling face to face Each seekes to force the other from his place Oh who can tell the horrour of that day The grones the deaths the flights the disaray Of either part each in their turnes opprest Both reinforc'd when they expected lest The Christians angry that they now should find Resistance which did elsewhere like the wind Sweepe all before them stomack'd it the more And prest upon them harder than before See how Duke Robert with his English bands Even in the front of his Battallion stands Grasping a Sword well tryed in many a iarre And layes about him like the God of Warre More deathes he gives than stroakes and yet his blowes Fall thicke like stormes of haile upon his foes How happy had he beene if fighting thus He had there died and not return'd to us See yonder where Lord Godfrey roaves about In plates of seaven-fold steele well arm'd throughout The soule of all the Campe dispersing aide To all whose hearts were faint or thoughts dismaid What should I speake of noble Tancreds deeds Of Eustace Baldwin or who both exceeds Of warlike Bohemund well knowne in feild And skill'd in all things but to flie and yeild Or what of Ademare whose onely words His words were prayers did more than they with swords These raging thus and every where the