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A89357	The most excellent and famous history of the most renowned knight, Amadis of Greece, surnam'd, the Knight of the Burning Sword, son to Lisvart of Greece, and the fair Onoloria of Trebisond Representing his education in the court of King Magadan, his conquering of the defended mountain, his combat with his grandfather the Emperor Esplandian, his killing Frandalon the Ciclops, and falling in love with Lucella, daughter to Alpatracy King of Sicily, his arrival in the isle of Argenes, where he put an end to the enchantments of Queen Zirfea, his assisting his great-grandfather King Amadis in the island of the great Siclades, and in respect to him taking on himself the name of Amadis of Greece: together with the high and noble enterprizes of his cozen Lucencio, Gradamart son to the King of the Giants island, Birmartes son to the King of Spain, and many other noble knights and gallant ladies: all no less useful, than pleasant. Humbly addrest to the beauties of Great Brittain. By a person of quallity. Licensed according to order.; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 9. English.	Person of quality.	1693 (1693)	Wing M2877; ESTC R230734	225,521	237

they are yet at present And these Devils have sent word to the King that he shall never recover them unless he come with another and fight with them concerning the Right they pretend to the Realm and Countrey of Sicily which they say belongs to them as having been at first peopled and inhabited by their Ancestors and if they shall be vanquisht they will restore the Ladies but if the King and his Second shall have the worst he shall be constrain'd and oblig'd by Oath to surrender into their hands the Countrey they claim to be enjoy'd by them as their own without Contradiction Thus you see how this poor Prince has been treated by Fortune which has in a moment depriv'd him of Countrey VVife and Child which he loves and esteems dearer than his own Person so that he has been even ready to dye thro' excessive Sorrow Desirous however to shew the Magnanimity of his Courage and that not Time but Vertue appeas'd his grief he has so far recomforted himself that he has undertaken the Combat against the two Gyants And for this Reason he was sailing towards Constantinople hoping to obtain of the Emperor some Kinsman of his to second him against the Cyclops Now it hapned that traversing the Strait of the Hellespont we met a Galley that was bound for Great B●itain the Master of which acquainted us that the Defended Mountain was newly conquer'd by one sole Knight whom by the marks I heard given him I believe to be your self The King was so troubl'd at this news for the Amity there is between him and the Emperor that he would come ashore and landing over-against the mouth of this stream saw the Forrest so shady that thinking to find pleasure in it he has been more severely handled than I should have imagin'd I have now so well satisfied your Demands that there remains nothing but the Accomplishment of your promise which will serve only to augment your glory and renown My humble Request therefore is that you will be pleas'd to accompany the King into the Isle of Silanchy and contribute your Assistance for the Deliverance of the Queen my Mistress Which will be easie for you to effect considering the Prowess I have with mine own Eyes seen to be in you who have in this manner subdu'd him whom I have heard esteem'd one of the valiantest men on earth In good faith Damsel answer'd the Knight of the burning Sword this I so willingly granted you that had you not desir'd it I should my self have requested it of you having heard the Nature of the Affair which if I could bring to an end I should assuredly account my self one of the happiest Knights living For supposing that those who have forc'd away the Queen and her Daughter be of the same Religion with my self yet would I not support them in their wickedness having receiv'd Knight-hood with no other Intention but to employ my Endeavors for the Relief of those that suffer wrong and injustice And therefore let us go where you please and I shall willingly accompany you whatever Business I have in these Parts During this Discourse the King who had all this while lain in a swound began to open his Eyes which the Damsel espying went to lift up his Head and with a smiling Countenance said to him Ha! Sir chear up for GODS sake Fortune is at present more favourable to you than you would have ever thought having so ●ear you him who will ease you of your Journey to Constantinople to find a Second against Frandalon and his Son How so said the King Sir answer'd she this good Knight is contented to accompany you into Silanchy and to employ himself for the R●covery of your loss Then she punctually related to him all the Discourse that had pass'd between them at which the King was so overjoy'd that he rose up of a sudden and streching out his Arms went to embrace the Knight of the Burning Sword saying to him Certainly good Knight I now well know that you are no less endowed with Vertue than with Prowess and Courte●●e And if you will do me so much Favour as this Damsel assures me you shall always have a King for your Friend and ready to do you any Pleasure for I have such Hope in your high Prowess that I am in a manner secure by your means to recover the thing which I love and esteem dearer than my self and for loss of which I have already undergone a Discontent and Sorrow worse than Death Sir answer'd he I will follow you where ever you shall command me not so much to accompany and serve you as to acquit my self of what Reason enjoyns me for altho' by reason of the Real Dignity that is in you every inferior Person ought to serve you nevertheless the difference of the Religion I profess from that in which you live forbids me to favour or assist you but not to succour the Afflicted in whose Number I reckon you and for this good work alone I will put my self in hazard of death when occasion shall offer Now Alpatracy was so wounded that he was scarce able to stand upon his Legs wherefore the Knight and Damsel took him under the Arms and with exceeding great difficulty got him back to his Ships where his wounds were viewed by the Chirurgions who took such care of them that they were soon heal'd as were likewise those of the Knight of the Burning Sword who had also had such a share in the Cake that he was fain to keep his Bed In the mean time the King acquainted his Attendants with the Danger he had been in telling them that he brought the best Knight in the World to fight against Frandalon the Cyclops and that therefore their Voyage to Constantinople should be excus'd Wherefore he immediately commanded his Pilots to set sail for Silanchy but storms arising drove them far from thence CHAP. XV. How Alpatracy and his Fleet were driven by tempest into Great B●itain where they fought with a Knight that kept a Passage for love of the Dutchess of Savoy FIfteen days and as many nights did the King of Sicily and the Knight of the Burning Sword sail on the Sea with so favourable a Wind that they made account they should soon be in Silanchy But Fortune who cannot continue long in one estate to follow her usual Inconstancy rais'd so great a Tempest that both Knights and Pilots were in frequent expectation of the Hour that burying them in the depth of the Waves should make them bec●me Food for Fishes For there was nether Rope nor Sail which was not torn in pieces so that bring wholly in de●●air they abandon'd their Ship to the mercy of the Winds by which they were driven about for the space of two Months not knowing whether or which way they went Yet the Divine Clemency was so propitious to them that one Sunday morning they found themselves near the Edge of a Forrest on which the Sea

who had seen the King and the Knight of the burning Sword go into the inner Court and the Queen also withdraw from the Window came forth of the Water and ran straight th●o ' the outward Court into an Hall where she caught up a strong Bow and a Quiver full of Arrows with which returning back she took the Shield of the Giant her Husband and a great Semiter which hung at his side and then got back again into the Lake without being perceiv'd by the King or any other for they were gone up into the Chambers where they found two men weeping whom they commanded to shew them the door of the Tower They trembling through Excess of Fear led them to an Iron Door fastned with a great Pad-lock whither being come There is say they besides this another door stronger and better barr'd and both of the one and the other the Giantess has the Keys so that 't is imp●ssible to get in without her Sir said the Knight of the burning Sword you are greatly wounded I am of opinion therefore that you disarm your self and ly d●wn on this bed to the end I may bind up your Wounds and then I will consider of some means to recover your Queen and Daughter To this the King accorded who soon after fell asleep and for this cause the Knight of the burning Sword went forth of the Chamber to meet those whom Frandamella had been to fetch whom he saw at the Lake pursuing the Giantess but she so infested them with her Arrows that one of them fell down dead at which the others extremely vext entred so far into the Lake that they thought they should not get out again Then this She-Devil let fly her A●rows with one of which she pierc't a Ste●d into the Head so that he tumbled down into the Water carrying his Master along with him which so terrified the rest t●at they began to draw back Now the Queen and Lucella beheld this Sport through the Window of the Tower which the Giantess seeing let fly at them with such fury that the Arrow hit against the middle of the Bar without doing them any hurt whereat they were astonish'd as was also the Knight of the Burning Sword who was then underneath the Arrow falling at his Feet which so irritated him that reproaching those who for fear of death had left the Giantess in Peace he forc'd them to return to the Assault Then the Old Woman well knew that she should ha●e enough to do and yet resolving rather to dye than to fall into their hands sho● so tast at them that she mortally wounded two of the most likely amongst them and then went so far into the Water that t was impossible for them to get near her unless they swam Which nevertheless one more adventurous than the rest attempted but as he thought to joyn her she raising her self a Tip-toe gave his Steed such a blow with her Semiter between his two ears that Horse and Man sank down to the Bottom not being any more seen By this the Knight of the burning Sword well knew that he should never have her without some other Artifice Wherefore he made them all Retire and hoping to gain by words what he could not get by Arms speak to her in this manner Lady give us the Keys of the Tower and I promise you on the faith of a Gentleman that you shall not receive any displeasure otherwise your Daughter shall pay her Head for your Folly But she made no account either of his Prayers or Threats wherefore the Knight return'd to the Castle and the rest with him there to find out with the King some better Expedient for the Queen and her Daughter were almost famisht nor could they tell how to give them any Victuals CHAP. XX. How the Knight of the Burning Sword slew the Giantess Wife to Frandalon the Cyclops and fell in love with the fair Lucella for whom he did afterwards many high Feats of Arms. NIght being come and the Knights betaking themselves to their Repose the King whose Thoughts were ruminating on his Queen and Daughter that remain'd still shut up without Food or any means of being speedily succor'd had not yet clos'd his Eyes when he heard the Voice of one who cry'd out for fear Wherefore suddainly starting up he call'd out to the Knight of the Burning Sword saying As I live my dear Friend I am greatly mistaken if they are not outraging the Queen for I have heard a great cry At this the Knight rose hastily up and taking his Sword in one hand and a Flambeau in the other ran to the Place where he heard the Noise and as he was going down the stairs saw the Giantess who carried the Queen and her Daughter under her two Arms flying with all the speed she could toward the Lake And the the Burthen was very heavy yet she made such hast that he could not overtake her till she was gotten up to the knees in the Water But then he so surpriz'd her that she never more parted thence but immediately dy'd letting the Queen and Lucella fall into the Water of which they at that time Drank more than they did of Wine In the mean time came the others whom the King had likewise ●ak'd and that just in the nick as the Knight of the Burning Sword was hard put to it to save the Mother and the Daughter Thus were the Ladies assisted and whilst those that came last took up the Queen he carry'd Lucella to Land whose Elegancy and excellent Beauty gain'd such power over him that he found himself seiz'd with Love a thing very new to him who had never till then experimented the force of that little god who nevertheless treated him with so much Gentleness tho' contrary to his Custom that at the same time he inclin'd the heart of the Princess to a Reciprocal affection making her no less desirous than desired Nevertheless both the one and the other with great Prudence and Discretion carefully conceal'd this Passion tho' the Knight of the burning Sword had no sooner freed her out of Danger and set her on firm Land but making her a great Reverence he askt her how she did Alas Sir said she my heart beats so vehemently that I know not whether I am dead or living For GOD's sake conduct me to the King and tell me whether he be much wounded for when I saw him yesterday I was in great doubt of his safety Madam answer'd the Knight he is certainly wounded but not so much as you may think and the Joy he will receive by your presence will make him forget the greatest part of his pain Indeed Sir reply'd Lucella you have so much oblig'd us that we are bound to you for ever especially I poor Gentlewoman who never merited Favour of such a Knight Ma am said he I shall esteem my self the happiest man in the World if you graciously accept the little I have done for your

in a Forrest near the City into which about Evening they entred without being discovered The Empe●or who doubted not in the least of any Treason seeing the honest Message the Lord of Buillon had sent him by Madaran was in his Palace discoursing with the Empress and several Knights that accompanyed him when the Duke came in compleatly Armed and with him twenty or thirty more who putting their hands to their Swords ran on those they met At which the Emperor much affrighted endeavoured to get away but Madaran stept before him and striking him on the head said Stay Emperor stay and remember the Injury thou hast done the house of Buillon The blow was Mortal and the good Prince fell dead in the place Which Dinerpius seeing he entred into such Fury that disarmed as he was he flew at the Murtherer Arm'd striking him so firmly that he cleaved him to the very brains Then the bustle grew hot for many Gallant Men who were there present wrapt their Cloaks about their Arms and with their naked Swords a long time resisted the Traytors Now Dinerpius knew that he could not avoid present death wherefore he resolved to sell his Life dear so that he met not any Man but he fell without speaking a word more notwithstanding by misfortune one of the Traytors got behind him and wounded him through the body Ah! said Dinerpius Villain thou hast slain me And turning about separated his shoulder from the rest of his body Then they both sell at the Feet of the Duke who fearing lest Dinerpius should get up again cut off his head Thus the one Assailing and the others defending Brisenna and Esclariana who were in there Chambers heard the noise and sent suddainly a Damsel to know what the matter might be but as soon as she came into the Hall she perceived the Emperor dead and the Empress in a Swound on the body At which being greatly affrighted she returned to the Ladies to whom she said sighing and weeping Alas alas Ladies Would you know the matter The wicked Duke of Buillon has murdered the Emperor and all those that accompanyed him At this cry the Princess Brisenna found no better remedy than to take her Daughter and flying under the Vaults of the Palace came to a Sally-port on the side of the River where they perceived a Fisher-boat into which they entred and setting it a drift the Stream began to carry it down with so much swiftness that they came to the Sea before it was day In the mean time those who lay concealed in the Dukes House and who only waited for the Slaughter ran forth strait into the Market-place killing and wounding all they met There was a pittiful and horrid Spectacle for these wicked Men often spared not the poor Women who with their Hair about their Ears lamented one for her Husband another her Father or her Brother And nevertheless the Fury of the Traytors did not decrease till it was day and the Duke commanded every one should endeavour to find out the Princess Brisenna and her daughter Esclariana for he had the Empress and all her damsels in safe custody Then was search made in every place and nevertheless they could have no News of them At which the Duke being exceedingly vext caused it to be publisht by sound of Trumpet that they should be brought forth on p●in of death and that if they should be found after the Proclamation those that should have concealed them should be hanged But 't was in vain the Good Ladies were out of his power and of the Mercy of GOD and the Waves By means whereof the Traytor s ized on the Empire and sent to raise Soldiers on all sides to destroy who ev●r should contradict him And for this cause there were assembled in a little time above twenty thousand men with whom he did innumerable Evils commanding before he went forth of Mentz that the Emperor and his Son should be Hanged in the same place where M●nasses had been before And there they stayed many days as you shall hear about the end of this Book CHAP. XLIX How the Princess B●i●enn● and her daughter Esclariana were lost at Sea and taken by Pirates VEry lamentable it is to describe the Fortune of Brisenna and her Daughter who being carried down the Stream of the Water in the little Vessel weeping and lamenting came into the deep Sea just as the dawning of the day began to appear and in less than a moment they were driven in such fort that they lost sight of Land But lit●le did the two good Ladies care for they more dead than living and without thinking on the new Danger into which they were faln held each other embraced desiring for their better Comfort their approac●ing death And thus being driven too and fro as it plea●ed the Wind and the Waves they remained two days and two nights without eating or drinking or any way minding themselves All they were me● by a ●hip● in which were two Hungarian Pirats who accompanyed by fifteen as honest Persons as themselves and whom they had in their pay Robbed and P●llaged whoever fell into their lands They th●n wondring to see in this little Boat thefe two Ladies in so good Equipage and shedding so many tears imm●diately thought that they should get a good Ransom for them and went theref●re to ●e●e them before they perceived it but being amazed at Esclarianas great Beauty they were moved to so much Compassion that they courteously saluted t●em Now the Princess Brisenna was still so disturbed that she certa●nly thought they were some of the Duke of Buillons Men wherefore exasperating her self against them she began to cry out saying Traytors Murderers disloyal to your Natural Lord what will you have with me or this poor Maiden who is Fatherless and depriv'd of all things Make an end Wretches of killing us and let your Rage be glutted with our blood for to live any longer is troublesome to us Then she held her peace and soon after began again her Lamentation more bitterly than before and with so many Complaints that the very Tyrants could not forbear weeping wondring nevertheless what caus'd in her such a Passion Wherefore they graciously answer'd her Lady there is none in this Company that will do you any displeasure nor have we ever as I believe seen you before and yet we should be glad to avenge you on those of whom you complain if we had an Opportunity wherefore tell us if you please who they are and the Occasion of your Discontent At this word Brisenna recover●d a little her Spirits and knowing for certain that she was mistaken having taken them for the Duke's Soldiers earnestly desir'd them to excuse her thanking them heartily for the Offers they made her And think it not strange said she if my Sorrow is extream For I see my self at this day without help without wealth and wholly ruin'd nevertheless I hope that at length the Pleasure we shall receive