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A06767	Gerileon of England. The second part of his most excellent, delectable, morall, and sweet contriued historie continuing his meruailous deeds of armes, haughtie provvesse, and honourable loue: with sundrie other verie memorable aduentures. Written in French by Estienne de Maisonneufue, Bordelois: and translated into English, by A.M., one of the messengers of his Maiesties chamber.; Plaisante et delectable histoire de Gerilon d'Angleterre. Part 2. English	Maisonneufve, Estienne de.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1592 (1592)	STC 17206; ESTC S102735	135,690	214

meanes whereby they might escape the tyrants power that forciblie sought to make a rape of her wherevnto before shee would condiscend shee minded to murther her selfe with hir owne hands When the knight of the Flower had noted his words desire of honor prouoked him rather to fight for her then all her teares promised her with the helpe of God that dread of death should not with-hol● him from defence of her case which according to her recitall séemed to him most iust and reasonable In this resolue he thus aduised the Quéene to answer the Persian tyrant that shee would not yeelde her selfe to his mercie before shee made some proofe of the loue he bare her a●d whether it were so effectuall that he durst on the morrow aduenture the combate against one knight man to man with what armes himselfe would choose For one should be sent foorth of the Cittie armed at all pointes whom if hee could vanquish shee would condiscend to his will but if the contrary happened and he were conquered he should raise his siedge and depart with his hoste from before the Cittie deliuering and restoring into her repossession all such Citties townes borroughes places castels lands and seigniories as he had taken and ruined rendering and restoring to her likewise all the treasure which she spent to maintaine her resistance in warre the vale we and summe whereof he should credit a●d beleeue vpon her owne oath If he pleased not to accept this offer she was determined to kill her selfe with her owne handes rather then shee would graunt what he so earnestly desired This councell was so agreeable to the Queene that presently she dispatched a messenger to Artabaz to heare from him some answere or resolution At this message hee did nothing but smile and laugh in derision and mockerie as it were assuring himselfe of the victorie and therefore accepted the Combate with knightes ordinarie armes of Launce and Swoord but to make short the knight of the Flower and hee combatted the next day man to man in such sort and so long time as after a fierce and extreame cruell fight Artabaz was vanquished and yeelded prisoner to the Queene Lyxander where by meanes of the knight of the Flower he forcibly was compeld to performe the articles conuentions sollemnly sworne on either part before the combate When Artabaz was enlarged from the Quéenes prison conquered despight and despa●●e hee ranne himselfe vppon his owne sword to let out the loue he before had conceyued towardes the Quéene Lixandra who thus was deliuered from miserie and captiuitie as also the violent furie of so great an enemie Nor fayled ●he to thanke the yong knight the mean of her deliuerance entertayning and feasting him there the space of a whole yere euen perforce as it were causing him to tarrie with her so that in the end she became enamoured of him and but that she was a Pagan and hée a Christian he being lykewise else where vowed she woulde haue ioyned with him in marriage And notwithstanding this prohibiting bond both of the one and other religion she could not support the extreame flame of this amorous fyre but being ouercome with incontinencie was constrayned to yeld her selfe in such sort as she had knowledge of him almost against his heart and will Howe oft this continued I knowe not but within short time she was conceiued which the young knight perceiuing beeing wearie of these amourous sportings which else where ought to be emploied euen in place where his heart serued one daie secretly getting from his companie and being disguised hee went whether the winde and fortune would conduct him At his departure she was meruaylously discomforted causing diligent search to be made for him in all places her lande as also far and neare to enquire after him being willing to change her religion and become a Christian onely to marrie with him or once more to get him in her custodie But hearing by credible reporte that hee was the valiaunt Brandismel king of great Britaine who being a young knight so chaunged his name and disguised his armes hauing espoused his Florixa from whome came the king Floridamant of whome at this daie is held such account she comforted her selfe so well as she could and couered her fault so cunningly that albeit shée was great with child she married with the worthie Knight Florinor at that day king of Armenia in time of whieh mariage by about seauen 〈◊〉 after she was deliuered of a goodly son called Florant in remembraunce of the knight of the Flower his father Within thrée years after she had thrée other sons one named Adylas the second Phoas the third Orontes all found such hardie aduenterous knights as euer liued in anie time Now because Ferramond was chased forth of Armenia by Clarion brother to Artabaz who was king after him and father to Mutinel at this time raigning a long while he vexed him with warres to recouer home his kingdome agayne but he could not compasse what hee intended vntyll Florant grew strong and abie to carrie armes who beeing assisted with a mightie and puissaunt armie and especially imployed in these affayres went forward with his charge so effectually that hee expelled thence Clarion and his people who grew into such vexation heereat as séeing he was no longer able to stand agaynst him he caused him traiterously to be slayne by foure Persians who counterfeiting to come in embassage to him with letters pretended from Clarion as he talked alone with them in his chamber they c●uelly murdered him with certaine pistols which for the purpose they had closely hid vnder theyr mātles Florinor who tooke himselfe to be his father was so offended and grieued hereat as a good father will naturally be for the death of so valiant a sonne and sent Adylas his other sonne with a far more great and stately armie to reuenge the death of Florant his brother but hee followed his busines so slenderly that albeit he was a valyant knight ther he lest his life and his armie discomfited which went so neere the hart of Florinor that with conceyt of griefe he dyed being then aged in yeres as lykewise was his Quéene Lixandra who carefully nourished me vp being the sonne of Florant and endued with his name as also young Adylas bearing likewise name after his slaine father In this time or soone after the death of Florinor Phoaz and Orantes seeking after aduentures as knigh●es arrant prickt forward with desire of fame and honour were slayne in two seuerall encounters by king Floridamant beeing then as they were a young knight and following the same affayres Eache of them left a sonne behinde them bearing their owne names who lykewise remayned in the charge and kéeping of Queene Lixandra our grand-mother shee verie carefully nourished and brought vs vp especially me to whome verie often shée discoursed these accidents and litle before her death which rather was through age than anie other extremitie she parted and

a Fiction first deuised in French Yes So shall it be in English Why tell mee art thou so impudent to abuse the worke of so noble a Gentleman as the French Author was wherein such excelent pollicie such morrall prudence such singular conceipted passions are included Go too let me not take thee publishing a counterfet part thereof in print if I doo I will hang Saint Peters Church Corner with such Scutchions of thy shame that Mannering musing what it should meane shall neuer cease bestirring him with his tip-staffe till at Landen Hall all the Ballad-●ingers be gathered into one Assembly and there in rime doggrell like thy Winter bitten Epitaph carroll thy rude conceipts But whether runne I Let this bee 〈◊〉 for a warning and so wil I leaue him to the mercie of his mother wit Beseeching you to proceede as you haue begun in that delectable Hystorie which as it is much desired for the delightfulnes therof so shal you be no lesse commended for your diligence therein Your friend T. N. THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE PLEAsant Historie of Gerileon of England Cap. 1. How the Infant Porphiria daughter to the Emperour of Constantinople being very sick for the loue of the Fairie youth that was sent by Ozyris is brought by the meanes of Sagibell her Phisition in the companie of Marcella and Harderin● her ●ousin to a Castell neere Constantinople for change of ayre Where the wise Sagibell promised to let her see by art Magique in what estate her friend was the Knight of the Fayries with his originall and aduentures THe Princesse Porphiria hauing taken no rest since the day and houre when falslie the maide Dynamia sister to Pharisor and Amidrea who déerely loued him notwithstanding shee receiuing no loue againe came to informe her how the Fayrie youth on whom she had fastened such earnest affection as it was not possible for any King or Prince like him selfe to be belooued of any Princesse as he was of the Infant Porphiria was slaine with Pharisor who had wun like conquest of the Uirgin Amidrea and that the murderer was go●e to make his vaunt in the Emperour her fathers Court of such a monstrous and vnhappie déed clad in his Armour and mounted on the good Knights horse that had vanquished the Giants as is declared in the xvi Chapter of the first Booke of this nistorie After she had by insupportable gréefe swounded many times she fell into an extreame burning feauer as what with the violence therof and her balefull passions of loue together she had at this instant dyed but that she was continually comforted by the Ladyes Harderina and Marcella after that the Giant Ergoferant who followed in quest of the vnknowne Knight and hauing found him brought him to the Emperours Court where in eight dayes his wounds were healed By meanes whereof these Ladyes who knew well the cause of the In●ants disease perswaded her so much as they could with this hope grounded in them that the death of the Knight and Fayrie youth was no more certaine or to be credited then the report of Pharisor And that the vnknowne Knight who rumourd foorth these tidings had doone it but for the aduantage of his glorie or to couer the dishonour he receiued in the Ioust which made her somewhat to recomfort her selfe so that but for her feauer she might easily haue recouered her former state of health But if she suffered such anguish for her friend the Fairie youth endured no whit lesse for her in that his loue tooke life at that instant when she did him the honour to girde on his sword with her dellicate hands but he fearing that their loues were not reciprocall languished in selfe same fits as the Infant did esteeming him selfe so vnfortunate and flenderlie fauoured by loue that he thought their wounds to procéed from shafts of contrarie nature whereby the cure of either would prooue as different Thus did the fire search through the bone to the marrowe and he was so distracted in himselfe as hath béene toucht in the former Booke as wandering from the care hee had to séeke the vnknowne Knight to reue●ge the death of his good friend Pharicor he now hath lost himselfe in thinking and contemplating on that heauenly beautie which lay neerest his hart and aboue all things else he most prefered So that in steed of taking the right way for embarking himself so some strange countrey hee returned with his Squire Geliaste towards the Cittie of Constantinople imagining neuerthelesse that he rode farre enough from it On the other side the Princesse Porphiria was euen at deaths doore for the loue of her knighth and so farre extended each extremitie as notwithstanding all soueraigne remedies appplyed from one houre to another a daungerous end was still expected The Emperour and Empresse were wonderfull gréeued at their daughters sicknes not knowing whence the occasion thereof procéeded and therefore wholy committed her to the care of Sagibell her Phisition a man most expert and skilfull in the art of medicine This Phisition was likewise greatly experimented in the art Magique and the Princesse of long time discerned in him very speciall affection and fidelitie towards her wherefore among diuers contrarie opinions which day and night combatted in her labouring thoughts she imagined how to finde some ease for her afflictions and sent for him by the Lady Marcella who knewe much better then the phisition where the disease pained her she beeing then to Harderina participating these secrets Right prompt and readie was shee to obey the Princesse will and suddenly went to finde this wise man who was altogether confounded with greefe and pensiuenes because he could not attaine the meane whereby the faire Princes might recouer footing againe for to her serui●● he was intirelie affected considering that all his happines depended on her safetie and health and shee recured it would enrich him for euer for the Emperour had promised him that if by his skill he could restore his daughter he would returne him such a recompence as should both exalt and content him for euer But without any such promise Sagibell was carefull enough of the Infants health and failed not in his very vttermost endeuours and Porphiria for her part was willing to bestowe on this skilfull man what euer she might enioy by the Emperour and Empres prouided that her amorous sicknes might finde desired recouerie Wherevpon Marcella hauing tould him the Princes would speake with him and that with speed he should repaire to her chamber without further questioning with the Lady he went thither immediatly not a little ioyfull of this message which he hoped might presage some good to ensue because hauing so lately left her he was now so suddenly sent for When Sagibell was come to her he demanded how she felt her selfe When the Princesse breathing foorth a déepe fetcht sighe from the bottome of her hart thus spake vnto him Ah Sagibell impossible is it I should be well considering the estate