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A46926	The famous history of the seven champions of Christendom St. George of England, St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. David of Wales. Shewing their honourable battels by sea and land: their tilts, justs, turnaments, for ladies: their combats with gyants, monsters and dragons: their adventures in foreign nations: their enchantments in the Holy Land: their knighthoods, prowess, and chivalry, in Europe, Africa, and Asia; with their victories against the enemies of Christ. Also the true manner and places of their deaths, being seven tragedies: and how they came to be called, the seven saints of Christendom. The first part.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 1	Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659?	1696 (1696)	Wing J800; ESTC R202613	400,947	510

this Tragical Accident drowned their Friends in a Sea of Sorrow for the news of her untimely Death was no sooner bruited abroad but the same caused both Did and Young to lament the loss of so sweet a Lady The silver-headed Age that had wont in scarlet Gowns to meet in Counsel sat now in discontented Griefs the gallant Youth and comely Uirgins that had wont to beautifie the Streets with costly Garments went drooping up and down in mournful Uestures and those remorseless Hearts that seldom were oppressed with Sorrow now constrained their eyes like Fonutains to destil floods of brinish and pearly Tears This general Grief of the Citizens continued for the space of thirty Days at the end whereof St. George with his Sons and the other Champions interred her Body very honourably and erected over the same a rich and costly Monument in sumptuons State like the Tomb of Mausolus which was called one of the Wonders of the World or like to the Pyramids of Greece which was a stain to all Architects for thereon was portrayed the Queen of Chastity with her Maidens bathing themselves in a crystal Fountain as a witness of her wonderous Chastity against the lustful Assailments of all lastivious Attempts Thereon was also most lively pictured a Turtle dove sitting upon a Tree of Gold in sign of the true Love that she bore to her betrothed Husband Also a silver coloured Swan swimming upon a crystal River as a token of her Beauty for as the Swan excelleth all other Fowls in Whiteness so she excelled all the Ladies in the World for Beauty I leave to speak of the curious Workmanship of the Pinacles that were framed all of the purest Ieat enamelled with Silver and Iasper-stanes and I omit the Pendants of Gold the Escutcheous of Princes and the Arms of Countries that beautified her Tomb the Discourse whereof requires an Oratour's Gloquence or a Pen of Gold dipt in the Dew of Helicon flowing from Parnassus's Hill where all the Muses do inhabit Her Statue or Picture was carved cunningly in Alabaster and laid as it were upon a Pillow of green Silk like to Pigmalion's Iuory Image and directly over the same hung a silver Tablet whereon in Letters of Gold was this Epitalph written Here lies the Wonder of this Worldly Age For Beauty Wit and princely Majesty Whom spiteful Death in his imperious Rage Procur'd to Fall through ruthless Cruelty For as she sported in a fragrant Wood Upon a thorny Brake she spilt her Blood Let Ladies fair and Princes of great might With silver-pearled Tears bedew this Tomb Accuse the fatal Sisters of despight For blasting thus the Pride of Nature's Bloom For here she sleeps within this earthly Grave Whose Worth deserves a golden Tomb to have Seven Years she kept her pure Virginity In absence of her true betrothed Knight When many did pursue her Chastity Whilst he remained in Prison day and night But yet we see that things of purest Prize Forsake the Earth to dwell above the Skies Ladies come Mourn with doleful Melody And make this Monument your setled Bower Here shed your brack●●h Tears eternally Lament both Year Month Week Day Hour For here she rests whose Like can ne'r be found Here Beauty's Pride lies buried in the Ground Her wounded Heart that yet doth freshly bleed Hath caus'd seven Knights a Journey for to take To fair Ierusalem in Pilgrims Weeds The fury of her angry Ghost to slake Because their Silvane Sport was chiefest guilt And only cause her Blood was timeless spilt Thus after the Tomb was erected and the Epitalph engraven on a silver Table and all things performed according to Saint George's direction he left ●is Sons in the City of London under the Government of the English King and in company of the other six Champions he took his Iourney towards Jerusalem They were attired after the manner of Pilgrims in russet Gaberdines down to their feet in their hands they bore Staves of Ebon wood tipt at the ends with silver the pikes whereof were of the strongest Lydian Steel of such a sharpness that they were able to pierce a Target of Tortoys-shell upon their Breasts hung Crosses of crimson Silk to signifie they were Christian Pilgrims travelling to the Sepulchre of Christ. In this manner set they forward from England in the spring-time of the year when Flora had beautified the Earth with Nature's Tapestry and made their Passages as pleasant as the Gardens of Hesperides adorned with all kind of odoriferous Flowers When as they crossed the Seas the silver Waves seemed to lie as smooth as crystal Ice and the Dolphins to dance above the Waters as a sign of a prosperous Iourney In travelling by Land the ways seemed so short and easie and the chirping melody of Birds made them such Musick as they passed that in a short season they arrived beyond the Borders of Christendom and had entered the Confines of Affrica There were they forced instead of Downy-beds nightly to rest their weary Limbs upon heaps of sun-burnt Moss and instead of silken Curtains and curious Canopies their had the Clouds of Heaven to cover them Now their naked legs and bare Féet that had wont to stride the stately Steeds and to trample in Fields of Pagans Blood were forced to climb the craggy Mountains and to endure the torments of pricking Bryers as they travelled through the desart Places and comfortless solitary Wildernesses Many were the Dangers that happened to them in their Iourny before they arrived in Judea Princely their Atchievements and most Honourable their Adventures which for this time I pass over leaving the Champions for a time in their travel towards the Sepulchre of Christ and speak what happened to St. George's three Sons in visiting their Mother's Tomb in t●● City of London CHAP. II. Of the strange Gifts that St. George 's Sons offered at their Mother's Tomb and what happ'ned thereupon how her Ghost appeared to them and counselled them to the pursuit of their Father also how the King of England Installed them with the Honour of Knighthood and furnished them with Habiliments of War THe swift footed Steeds of Titan's fiery Car had almost finished a Year since Sabra's Funeral was solemnized in which time St. George's three Sons had visited their Mother's Tomb oftner than were Days in the Year and had shed more sorrowful Tears thereon in remembrance of her Love than are Stars in the glistering Horizon but at last these thrée young Princes fell at a civil Discord and mortal Strife which of them should bear the truest Love to their Mother's dead Body and which of them should be held in greatest Esteem for before many Days were expired they concluded to offer up their several Devotions at her Tomb and he that devised a Gift of the rarest Price and of the straugest Quality should be held worthy of the greatest Honour and accounted the Noblest of them all This Determination was spéedily performed and in so short a time accomplished

to arms Next morning no sooner had Phoebus with his refulgent beams enlightned the Hemisphear but St George arose from his drowzy bed and relating his vision to the other Champions they agréed with all speed to hasten to the Christian Army and having acquainted the King of Thessaly with their determination they prepared to be gone being accompanied to the Sea-side with the chiefest of the Thessalians At their entering into the Ship the King presented each of the Champions with a rich Diamond King and to St. George he gave over and above a rich Colle● of Esses having hanging thereon a Medal of Gold beset with precious Stones● and in it the picture of an Elephant for his Elephant and Gy●nt like valour shewed in his defence The Princess Mariana at the same time sent unto Sir Alexander a Signet made of polisht Iasper wherein was engraven a heart wounded with a sword and crowned with a wreath with this word Amarete So taking their solemn leaves of each other the wind standing fair they set sail Where we will leave them for a while to speak of what be●el the Christian Army in the mean time Whom you may remember we le●t upon the Coasts of Asia who hearing the Pagan Army were so near provided themselves both to assail and withstand their enemy and so by leisurely marches drew nearer to them And now did Sir Guy send out twenty of his nimblest Horsemen to discover what they could of the enemy who returning back brought with them six Persians whom they had taken Prisoners by whom they understood that the whole Army was encamped on a spacious Plain not far off dreadless of an approaching Foe whereupon it was determined that that very night somewhat before the break of day they should fall upon them which accordingly they did in this manner First in the Uai●●e marched the valiant Knight Sir Alexander with the choicest of the English Horsemen On his Right hand the famous French Knight Sir Turpin with the flower of the French Cavalry On the Left-hand Sir Pedro commanded a gallant party of Spaniards mounted on such speedy paced Gennets as for their swiftness were said to be engendred by the wind And that their Army might spread the further least they should be surrounded with the numerous Forces of their enemies they had for out wings o● the one side the five thousand Swedes conducted by Sir Lando the VVarlike and six thousand Germans on the other side lead by a valiant Knight named Count Primaleon The main Battle was conducted by the matchless Knight Sir Guy with thirty thousand foot of Bows and P●kemen whose warlike resolutions carried victory in their very looks On his Right-hand marched the warlike Danes commanded by Sir Pandrasus having in his company the Gyant VVonder On his Left-hand was placed the valiant Scottish men conducted by their Heroick Leader Sir Ewin The Rea● was brought up by Sir David with the rest of the English having on his Right-hand the stout Sir Phelim with his nimble Irishmen and on his Left Sir Owen with the hardy VVelch Being thus marshalled they set forward but ere they came to the 〈◊〉 the Enemies had notice of their approach who thereupon instantly armed themselves and put themselves in as good a posture as on the sudden they could The first that encountred each other was the valiant Knight Sir Pedro with his resolute Spaniards against the Bassa of Aleppo betwixt whom was fought such a terrible battle that the Earth resounded with the noise of their blows Next did the magnanimous Knight Sir Alexander encounter with the Soldan of Babylon sending him such a flight of Arrows as would have darkened the Sky in a clear day The Babylonians on the other side laid on load with great courage seeking with their Horse to trample them under foot but that the Pikemen kept them off with such courage as cast many Riders to the ground and put their Troops in great disorder On the other side Sir Turpin with his French gave a lusty charge on the King of Egypt insomuch that he was in great danger of a total rout had he not been timely succor'd by the King of Morocco who stoutly interposing drove the French back in much confusion whereupon Sir Lando the Warlike set upon them with an undaunted courage which gave a check to their procéedings which with his warlike Swedes he so stoutly followed that coming up to the King of Morocco after a fierce encounter betwixt them two in which Mars himself might have been a looker on at length the King of Morocco being deadly wounded surrendred up his Life and Body to the Uictors disposal And now the main Battle came forwards by which time the Sun with his Beams had guilded the Hemisphear so that they could see to fight with more eagerness than they did before The valiant Sir Guy charged strongly upon the Persians who with great courage and skill defended themselves Count Primaleon with his Germans encountered the Arabians and now generally both Armies were fully engaged so that death began to appear in its greatest horrour Then was cutting hacking and flashing on every side The Renowned Christian Captains dealing such blows with their swords and giving so many Mahumetans their deaths as if they intended to overcharge Charons boat in ferrying them over the Stygian River The Infidels on the other side held out with great obstinacy not shrinking for any danger although they were ready to be carried away in streams of their own blood Thus with great obstinacy continued they fighting until the fable night parted their fury when each side retired to their Camp Next Morning no sooner had Aurora usher'd in the day but both armies met again in the Field and as if their stock of Ualour were afresh renewed fell to it with more eagerness and earnestness than before unto their work of Mankinds destruction the thundring Drums beat alarums of Death and the shrill Trumpets sounded forth many thousands that day their knell horrour death and destruction surrounded the Pagans on every side yet still their fresh number made more work for the Christians valour In the heat of this Fight it was Sir Guys chance to meet with the Horse-faced Tartar whom we told you of in the first Chapter of this Third Part whom he resolved to encounter but the sight of him so frighted the other Horses that not one of them would endure to come near him whereupon Sir Guy alighted from his Stood and with his Cuttle axe approached the Monster whose very looks would have affrighted any but such a one whose heart was fraught with true Magnanimity The Monster was readier to assail then be assailed so that betwixt them two began a most fierce and terrible Combat The Monster was so nimble and laid on load so strangely that Sir Guy was never so put to it all the days of his Life at last spying his advantage he gave the Monster such a Wound on his Thigh that sending

raising such clouds of dust as covered the face of the darkned Sky when presently Pikes Bills and Darts like a moving Wood rushed against each other The Horses angry in their Masters anger with love and obedience brought forth the effects of hate and resistance and with winds of serv●tude did as if they affected glory And now all hands were busied in killing and the poor Soldiers stood with fear of death as dead struck the thirsty Earth drank up whole streams of blood and mounts were made of slaughtered Carcases Sir Guy did wonders that day with his Sword sending thousands of souls to the Infernal Regions As thus he made lanes of his Enemies dead Bodies he came at last to meet with Grimaldo with whom he entered into combat and notwithstanding his Body was enclosed about with glittering walls of Steel yet made he such breaches therein as Death had many ways to enter and Life as many holes whereby to creep out and now Grimaldo craved for Mercy which Sir Guy refused saying No Varlet thou mightest have taken it when it was proffered thee but now nothing but death can satisfie for thy disloyalty and therewithal reacht him such a blow as brought him headlong to the ground and redoubling the same the second sent him post hast to Prince Pluto to keep company with his fellow Rebels Grimaldo being thus killed the whole Army betook themselves to flight whom Sir Guy and his Company persued in eager wise killing and destroying whomsoever they overtook without any remorse or pity so that there was more slain in the chase then in the fight Having obtained this signal victory Sir Guy ordered a part of the Army to persue the residue of the Rebels whilest he with the rest marched back unto the City and now was such a universal joy amongst the Citizens as was not to be credi●ed all the way as Sir Guy passed along the streets the people sending forth such loud Acclamations as the vast Air was deasited therewith and that their joy should resound to the Antipodes When they came to the Palace Gate they were met by the Queen accompanied with a great Train of Ladies and Nobles that attended on her before all which the Queen could not forbear but taking Sir Guy about the Neck gave him a kiss My dearest Love said she what recompence can our Country afford thee in retribution of such inestimable benefits as the Divine Powers by thy victorio●s Arms have bestowed upon us how had our Weal beee b●ried in woe our Plenty in penury our Riches in ruine hadst not thou rescued us from Rake-hells and Rebels Consider this my Honoured Nobles and so submit to him as your King whom I intend very speedily to make my Husband And so hand in hand they marched up to her Palace were he was entertained with a stately Banquet Sir Guy behaving himself so affably and courteously to the Nobles and Ladies that he wone their applause they accounting him to be the very mirrour of true Magnanimity and pattern of noble Chevalry And now all things being thus quieted and the two Princely Lovers assured of each others real affection towards one another their hearts and minds were very well satisfied The Thessalian Army being richly rewarded were sent home and wi●h them an Honourable Messenger to King Alexander to return him thanks for his aid as also to invite him to the Wedding of Sir Guy and the Quéen Urania the prefixed day whereof was suddenly to be And now till that long wished for day came did they mix Times wings with pleasant discourses and delightful Son●ess amongst others Sir Guy contemplating the perfections of his Mistress breathed forth her Praises in this Sonnet Appelles like when Nature did thee make Sl●e view'd the Beauties of the Earth each one And from them all the best of all did take That thou should'st not excelled be by none And for to make thee super excellent She joyn'd in one what many Beauties lent And thus with Uenus beauty she endow'd thee And Pallas like she wisdom to the gave The Learning of Cornelia she allow'd thee That thou no lack of any thing shouldst have And more then thus thy better parts to grace Infused a divine Soul to a fair face Some though but few as beautiful may be Others and those not many may as wise Others may be as Learned but in thee All Natures Jewels in one Casket lies That who so views thy looks a Lover makes him Either thy Vertues or thy Beautie takes him The appointed day being now near at hand the Nobles and Knights prepared a solemn Iusts to be holden against all comers and many costly Pageants and delightful shews were prepared by the Citizens the Ladies got them many costly Iewels and other rich Ornaments to adorn themselves against that day and to compleat the solemnity King Alexander with a splendid Train of followers came to Sicily who were most magnisicently entertained by Sir Guy and the Queen Urania On the Marriage Morning the Bride and Bridegroom were saluted up with most sweet sounding Musick the Palace was hung round about with Garlands and rich perfumes cast into fires which gave a most odoriferous smell melodious Harps and Songs tickled the Ears with delight In brief every thing was so well ordered as befitted such a Royal Solemnity All the way as they went to the Temple the ways were strowed with Flowers of Flora's chiefest pride and the Priest having joyned them in Hymens Nuptial bands as they returned there was great store of money thrown amongst the poorer sort of people that they also might participate the gladness of the day the Bells rang Trumpets sounded Cornets flourisht and the Acclaimations of the people were so great as would have silenced the 〈◊〉 of thunder shot from a divided Cloud In this stately manner they marched back to the Palace where was provided for them a most magnificent Dinner which for variety of Dishes and most artful Dressing is far beyond my skill to express the variety of the Dishes being so many as if this Feast would as the Floud destroy all sorts of Fowls and Beasts The Afternoon was spent in Dancing Masking Rebelling and other Delightful sports until such time as Morpheus the drowsie Sergant of the Night summoned them to Bed there to take their Repose Next Morning no sooner had Aurora from the East displayed her purple dedr●●● and the rosie Morning drawn away his sable Curtain and let in the day but the Knights and Nobles prepared themselves to Iust Sir Guy King Alexander and the Queen Urania with divers Ladies and Péers seating themselves on Scaffolds to behold the same The first that entered the Lists was a Sicilian Knight named Sir Albert mounted on a Horse of a fiery sorrel colour with black féet and black list on his back who with open Nostrils breathed forth War before he could see an Enemy His Armour was Green like to the Earth when it begins to put on its Summer Livery

was great store of Beefs Muttons Hares Conies and other sort of Beasts so gentle that when they had any mind to take them they would come to them at their first call never making any resistance but submiting to any thing you would do to them and of every thing such plenty as was sufficient to maintain a multitude of people Being thus extraordinarily well satisfied in beholding the curi●sities of this incomparable Island they drew down to the Sea side where they sat beholding how the Oceans frie were playing on the briny face of Neptune and casting their Eyes a little further they might behold a Boat come rowing towards them wherein sat an old man whose hairs did wear the sober hue of gray and whose wrinkled Countenance did seem to cast the account of many cares They came rowing directly towards them and being landed the old Gentleman desired to speak with the chiefest of their Company and being brought unto Sir David he spake to him in this manner Most worthy Knight whose Fame resounds as far as Phoebus darts his Golden Rayes and whose valiant Acts are memorized all the world over let melting pity creep into your heart to give some comfort to my Calamity Know then most worthy Chieftain that in my Native Country being an Island hard by there liveth a cruel Tyrant one whose will is his Law and who seldom sleeps soundly unless he hath Blood for his Bolster thinking no thing unlawful that makes for his advantage and to that intent keeping a constant kennel of Blood-Hounds to accuse whom he pleaseth and who are so desperately wicked for his purpose that they will dispose whatsoever he would have them by these men was I accused to have conspired against his Life and though there were neither plain Evidence nor and circumstance conducible thereunto yet being Judge in his one Cause I was condemned and presently had my Estate siezed on which indeed was the main cause of my Accusation I was then blest with a Beautiful Daughter named Tremelia of whom this Tyrant burned in Lust who took her from me pretending to keep her as a pledge of my fidelity but having her in his keeping sought to deflower her but she resisting his unchaste desires and giving him some opprobrious words he in a great rage stuck her to the heart with his Dagger I having notice of what was passed thought it high time to provide for my self and daring trust no body I lay hid for two or three dayes and nights amongst Bushes Thorns and Brakes when disguising my self I went to a village hard by where I heard of your notable Atchievments in conquering this Island the Garden of Ceres and Orchard of Pomona hoping according to your former favours to others in distress that you will afford me some succour in redressing my wrongs Sir David hearing this sad Relation of the ancient Gentleman was moved to great pity towards him so that he vowed by the Honour of Knighthood to which all that bear Arms are sworn unto either to revenge him of the Tyrant or to lose his Life in the attempt and so giving the ancient Gentleman some of the water of the Fountain to drink and some of the Apples to eat which to that purpose they alwayes carried about them he was so refreshed as he seemed to forget his former sorrows and to have new life and vigour inspired into him as had old Eson when the sage Medea infused young Blood into his aged Ueins Next they began to consult which wayes to accomplish this enterprize for should they take too great a strength along with them they might endanger the losing of the Island for well they wist that when the fellows of those who were slain came to hear of it they would endeavour not only to revenge their Friends blood but also if possible to recover again so fruitful an Island they therefore agréed to send for more succour to Sir Davids Country intending to stay there until their return but in the mean time this ambitious Tyrant whose name was Almantor having heard how this Island was conquered by a few persons and of the rare qualities belonging thereunto he thought in an instant to surprize it and to that purpose manned out what force he could make and with great bravery and ostentation sailed towards this fruitful Island having conquered it in conceit before he came thither Sir David séeing this Fleet of Ships which upon a smooth Sea danced Levalto's on the briny Main not tossed by any rage of Eolus he therefore having laid an ambush to surprize them upon their first landing séemed to sly until he had brought them into the Net prepared for them when turning head he gave them such a brisk charge as gave them a total rout not sparing any in the chase but by several wayes of deaths made passages for their Souls into the other World so that all the way as they were chased the spectacle was ugly and griefly to behold here lay Bodies torn in pieces mangled Limbs cut and hackt in divers manners so that a man beholding such a sight might say that War is an e●ercise not of Manhood but of Inhumanity Almantor himself fought most valiantly doing what in him lay to have obtained the Uictory and as if he had had a spirit that durst War against the Fates seemed to dread no danger but with an undaunted Courage to meet pale Death with triumph in a Tomb but all his Ualour would not bear him out against the unresistable force of Sir David who coming up to him with handy blows after a smart fight took him Prisoner few was saved alive besides for the Soldiers were so enraged against them that all compassion was for the present banished their Breasts The Uictory being thus clearly obtained and the Soldiers swords glutted in blood they led Almantor towards the Fountain where first they refreshed themselves with some of those healing Fruits and afterwards sat in Iudgment upon him where was laid to his charge all the Tyrann●ea Cruelties Murthers and Rapines which he had committed all which he could not excuse nor very well deny and therefore he was adjudged for his crimes to be put to death And now did the horrour of a guilty Conscience plainly appear in Almantor repenting not so much for his crimes as exclaiming against the punishment of them and yet in that punishment might he behold what cruelty he used to others although the greatest smart to him was to think that he justly deserved it whereas they suffered innocently And now to save his Life what did he not promise what Protestations use what Nows what Oaths what Asseverations that he would hereafter use Iustice mixed with Clemency not doing nor suffering any wrong to be done by others that he would deliver up to the ancient Gentleman his former Cstate and repossess him in all his Inheritance with many other flattering speeches to move their hearts to be inclinable to pity but his crimes were of too