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A51270	The famous history of the life of the renowned Prince Palmerin of England: or, The glory of knightly prowess In three parts. Containing his parentage, birth, education, travels, strange adventures, noble exploits and victories; combats with monsters, gyants, armies, and armed knights, dissolving inchantments, delivering distressed ladies; and his success in love. The whole being a compleat series, inter-woven with the heroick actions of many valiant emperours, kings, princes, and knights of undoubted fame, whose matchless deeds have won them immortal honour. A book worthy the perusal of either sex. Written originally in French; and now faithfully done into English (for the better satisfaction of the reader) by J.S.; Palmerin of England (Romance). Part 2. English.	Morais, Francisco de, ca. 1500-1572, attributed name.; J. S.; Hurtado, Luis, ca. 1510-ca. 1598, attributed name.	1685 (1685)	Wing M2613C; ESTC R213883	128,505	222

Primalion Palmerin and Florian put the Army in Array and with many Heroick speeches encouraged the Souldiers to revenge the death of their friends and drive the Enemy from their Camp when in good order they marched out with loud shouts wounding the Ayr with Drums Trumpets Clarions Flutes and Phyfes which greatly alarum'd the Pagans and made them instantly betake themselves to their Arms yet so discouraged were they that their General was long e're he could draw them out of his Camp when standing in Array he mounted upon a little Rising and from thence began to encourage them in this manner Fellow Souldiers you see Fortune hath brought us to this place to revenge Injuries and try our Valours which we have already done and the Enemy not gained as yet any considerable advantage over us Therefore this day let your prowess witness you men of daring resolution and the price of your labour shall be the spoyl of you Wealthy City which I design to leavel with the Dust and race out of the memory of succeeding Ages This said he ended and did sound the Charge CHAP. LXVII Of the second Battel between the Christians and Infidels with their overthrow and the Emperor Palmerin THE Charge sounded on both sides the Armys after a flight of Arrows joyned with the Sphere and Sword in a dreadfull manner insomuch that the field was again strewed with new slaughter and many worthy Knights sore wounded the Turks being now desperate to overcome which Palmerin and Florian perceiving charged the Squadron lead by Albayzer with great fury insomuch that it gave back Albayzer himself in the Encounter being unhorsed and in much danger of his Life when as the King of Caspia coming to his relief stayed the fury of the Princes and slew divers of the meaner sort of Greeks who adventured too far in the Battel But King Edoard coming to that part fought so couragiously that he pierced the Caspian King's Array and being seconded by the aforesaid Princes put the Infidels again into disorder to reinforce whom advanced Prince Argelao with Eight Thousand Africans but being received at the point of the Launce by Palmerin of England he was ran quite through the Body and tumbled dead from his Horse in imitation of whom Prince Florian encountering another of Albayzers great Captains slew him The Fight being at this pass Dramusiand and Framustant charging through the Squadrons at last met and encountered each other with great fury when as another Turkish Gyant named Dramator came to the assistance of Framustant whose puissance was little inferiour to the former which Florian from the Squadron where he fought perceiving came to the assistance of his friend so that leaving him again upon equal terms a dreadfull fight continued which ended in the Death of Dramator slain by Prince Florian and the disorderly Retreat of Framustant The Soldian of Persia fighting in the Right Wing and finding his men worsted and greatly slaughtered by Prince Floriman came resolutely to ingage him but was welcomed with such noble force that had not his men again rescued him he had there been slain Yet the fight waxed hot on all sides and loud were the crys and groans of the dying and wounded men so that they were plainly heard into the City yet both sides animated with hope of Victory stood stoutly to their Arms But upon the arrival of a fresh Squadron of Horse and a strong Battailian of foot under the leading of Esterlant King of Hungaria the Christians redoubling their Courage made great havock of their Enemies whereupon Albayzer who had his eye upon every place came thither and brought Three Hundred Knights to succour his friends being desirous of nothing more than to be revenged of Prince Florian whom he beheld slaughtering his men whereupon he addressed himself to the Combat and layed many strokes upon him which made the Prince recollect his force and leave fighting with such as shunned Death to charge his Capital Adversary which he did with such fury that he tumbled him from his Horse when alighting to unclasp his Helm the Pagans on all sides came running in throngs to the rescue of their General that the Prince was constrained to relinquish his purpose and remount during which Albayzer was conveyed thence Yet so dealt the noble Florian that his anger fell not in vain but with such fury he charged all that fell in his way that they dreaded him worse than Death flying from him on every hand but at length being weary with subduing he retired to refresh himself when as Albayzer having recovered from the amazement he was in came and restored the Battel on that part King Edoard perceiving the Battel at a stand Victory as yet inclining to neither side commanded his reserves to charge the Left Wing of the Enemy which they did with such vigor and bravery of mind that the battel soon began to swerve When Prince Palmerin and his Vncle Prince Primalion coming on the King of Cambia who commanded that part of the battel was slain and the Wing roured notwithstanding a reinforcement of Three Thousand Parthian Archers came in whose Arrows gauled the Christian Horse and caused divers of them to cast their Riders and now was the body of the Pagan Army consisting of Forty Thousand Foot left open amongst whose Ranks the Horse entering put them into such confusion that they lost all order and shrunk together notwithstanding the endeavour their Commanders used to prevent it and so far pierced they that came upon the Soldian of Persia who was retired thither from the Right Wing against whom Prince Palmerin addressed himself and fought with him so long that fainting through wounds and loss of blood he fell dead which so dismayed his men that they fled from that part and left the Victory there intirely to the Christians But the Right Wing fighting strongly and the Left reinforced with Eight Thousand Scithians newly arrived to the assistance of Albayzer Polinardus was over-born and slain by Ferrebroque Captain of the Scyths which greatly grieved the Princes and gave the Infidels occasion to take heart and the rather because with these new supplys came Pandolf a monstrous Gyant but Florendos coming to the aid of his friends and finding the Gyant with a mighty Mace slaughtering the Greecian Souldiers bore upon him with great fury and after a terrible Combat burst his Helm at what time falling he cut off his Head and gave him an unlooked for welcome for that this Gyant boasted himself of ability to contend with ten of the Emperors best Knights all at once Berolde Prince of Spain yet seeking to revenge his Fathers Death desperately charged into the thickest of his foes and there had been slain had not the Soldian Bellagris come timely to his rescue and brought him out of the Battel but so wounded was he that his Souldiers constrained him to retire to the City to have his wounds carefully regarded Yet the fight continued hot on all sides for

time some got into fenced Cities others to Albayzer's Camp filling all with fear and consternation at the news of that dreadful disaster These great Captains having made so successful a beginning with the loss of a few of their own men returned with huge spoiles to their General who highly welcomed them and caused publick thanks to be given to Almighty God for the Victory he had been pleased to grant them over the Enemies of his name And so having refreshed themselves they set forward to meet Albayzer whom they understood by some scouts of his to be on his March towards them Nor were they misinformed for the next morning they could from the tops of the Hills discern the fore-runners of his Army Whereupon the General called a Council of the Princes and great Captains to resolve what was to be done whether they should pass the hills to meet the forward Enemy or imbattail themselves there to expect him in the Plain The reason for the former were That the forwardness of the Christian Army in attempting to meet them would in some sort discourage the Enemy and give new vigor to the Souldiers on their part But it being urged on the contrary That they were in a strange Country with which they were altogether unacquainted the Enemy might lay ambushments to intrap them or might hide his power in divers Forrests and thereby by perpetually renewing his Battail might greatly discourage the Souldiers who would be apt to suppose that like Hydra's heads the more they cut off the more they increased Whereupon it was agreed that the Battail should be fought on that Plain if the Enemy durst attempt it and if he delayed then should they March on towards the City of Babylon VVhereupon all that night they kept great Fires and a strict watch to prevent any surprize that might happen to their prejudice CHAP. LXXI Of the great Battel fought in Asia between the Christians and Infidels And of the great Victory obtained by the former THe aforesaid resolutions being taken by the Princes Albayzer early the next morning as they wished drew up his Army on the top of the Hills and there incamping sent down a Herauld to defie the Christians and to denounce to them all themselves attendant on VVar swearing by Mahomet that not one of them should remain alive but had answer returned him by King Edoard in the name of the rest That the Princes were come so far to seek him that so they might finish that revenge his flight would not permit them to do under the walls of Constantinople and that if he refused or shunned the Battail they would besiege him even in his Capital City of Babylon Albayzer having received the answer aforesaid groaned with anger and thorowly fired in hopes of revenging the indignity put upon him caused his Army to be set in array dividing it into six Divisions The first consisting of Twenty Thousand Horse himself lead the second of Thirty Thousand Footmen he gave to the King of Cambia the third consisting of Ten Thousand Horse that made the Left Wing he gave to Tomandarus his Cozen at that time Prince of Palastine the fourth consisting of Fifteen Thousand Horse he committed to the Charge of Gondrominus Son to the Soldian of Persia slain in the Battail before Constantinople and these he ordained for the Right Wing the last Battail he committed to Salmanzer Son to the Great Turk and Brother to the fair Targiana consisting of Twenty Thousand Foot which he ordered for a Reserve setting Framustant the Gyant as Guardian to his Person by reason but young and unexperienc'd in Feats of Armes All things being in a readiness Albayzer commanded the two Wings to move as also the gross Body of his Foot and that the rest should keep their station till further order The Christians beholding them descend the Hills in great haste stood from in their order to prevent being over-born when each Captain encouraging his men to incite them to noble and brave Exploits King Edoard commanded the Charge to be sounded whereupon the Armies joyntly moved and King Pompides with his Six Thousand Horse charged the Enemies Left Wing with great bravery over-bearing all that stood before him and with his Spear wounded the Prince of Palastine to whose rescue on all sides his Men came in and pressed so furiously that Pompides weary with killing was obliged to retire within the Ranks of his Men to recover breath By this time the gross of the Armies joyned with such fury as made the Earth beneath them tremble and the Hills eccho with the shouts of the vanquishers and crys of the vanquished There might you at once behold Men fighting like Lyons and others flying like timerous Deer when to give the more encouragement to his men Albayzer left the command of his Squadron to Orcadamus his Lieutenant and accompanied with Morcador Arock Gramandor three terrible Gyants he went from place to place to give orders till at length he came to the Right Wing where he found Prince Palmerin fighting at the head of Six Thousand chosen men making piteous slaughter which so moved him that he interposed between the Prince and such as were in confusion that they ●ight have the better leave to put themselves in a posture and ●●t-face their fear of which the Prince was very glad as desirous of nothing more than to be revenged on him that had been the cause of the death of so many of his friends when without any words a sharp Combat ensued so that wounds were given and received in a plentious manner till their Armour was discoloured with their blood their men fighting the mean while as eagerly on either side them so that the slain lay scattered round them which Prince Palmerin perceiving and w●ll noting the havock the Gyants made of his men redoubled his force so furiously that with a full blow on Albayzer's Cre● he so dented his Helm into his Head that stunned thereby he stagger'd six paces backward and fell to the ground but e●●e the Prince who laboured to take him Prisoner could effect his desire the Gyants came to his rescue two of them carrying him off whilest the third viz. Gramandor combated with the Prince but had not so good luck as his Master For after a terrible fight he falling through wounds and loss of blood had his head smitten off in spight of the endeavours that were used to rescue him The disaster of Albayzer greatly disheartened his Souldiers insomuch that they began to shrink together of which he having notice wounded as he was would again have taken the Field but his great Favourites that were about him would not permit it yet immediately he sent orders for the Reserves to descend and if possible by wheeling about charge the Christians in the Rear which stratagem being perceived by Florian he drew of Ten Thousand men and went ●o meet them giving them a furious charge till breaking through the Ranks he found Framustant

best Souldiers and breaking through the Ranks of the Enemy made such slaughter that the field was afresh bedewed with blood and the Trebesonians routed in all parts which brought such a fear upon the whole ●agan Army that they began to shrink together and were only restrained from flight by pure shame During this Battel King Edoard rode through all parts succouring his men where he saw most need and making great slaughter of the Enemy with his own hands being attended every where he rode with an hundred choice Knights when as the Emperor Palmerin who from a Tower beheld the fight together with the Ladies greatly marvelled at the Prowess of the Warriours desiring nothing more than to have been amongst them had his Age permitted as not in his Youth being accustomed to be an idle spectator whilst others fought yet mindfull of the charge of so great a Potentate he hourly sent such succours as could be spared to reinforce the fainting Regiments and charge the Enemy with fresh vigor and to give such orders as he thought convenient The Battel being in the highth the chief of the Princes dismounted and with their Swords cutting their way entered the Battalian of the Foot men where Primalion and the King of Trebesond meeting a dreadfull Combat began but such was the fierceness of the Fight between them that for want of breath and through loss of blood they were obliged to pause a while When as Palmerin with a Thousand Knights charged the Battalian of the Souldian of Babylon and made exceeding slaughter insomuch that they fled from him as from their certain death none being able to resist his force On the other side fought Florian whose death the Great Turk had strictly injoyned when those that had it in charge perceiving him far entered amongst the Ranks of his Enemies inclosed him on every side and gave him many strokes that bruised his Armour which roused his Courage to that degree that with a force exceeding he so dealt that soon they opened on every side yet fought he so long till ramparts of dead Bodys hemmed him in But so well fared not Prince Majortes for being inclosed by a Squadron of Persian Horse he fought in hopes of succour till through wounds and loss of blood falling he gave up the Ghost whose death much grieved the Christian Princes especially Prince Palmerin who intirely loved him insomuch that to revenge his death he so furiously charged the King of Trebes●nd that breaking his him Armour in many places and infixing divers wounds upon he in spight of his men who laboured to rescue their Lord brought him to destruction And so long and dreadfull did the fight continue between Dramusiand and Framustant that through loss of blood and weariness they fainted and were carryed out of the Battel by their friends on either part Great was the sorrow of the Ladies who from the Battelments beheld the fight there being few of them but had a Husband Relation or Friend ingaged so that some of them seeing the field bestrewed with slaughter swounded away and others retire their beautious eyes not being able longer to behold the Tragick action not knowing what to think of the Battel or to whom fortune owed the Victory During the fight the City was strongly guarded on all parts to prevent a surprize King Edoard retiring from the foiles of War to take breath and dress a wound he had received within a short time came on afresh with a commanded party of Horse and made great slaughter insomuch that the Infidels gave back and the Christians on that side recovered the ground they had lost taking new vigor and charging couragiously insomuch that Albayzer coming thither to restore the Battel was over-set with the furious Charge of the Greecian Horsemen and himself thrown to the ground but soon recovering his Legs he drew his Sword and killed divers Knights yet was so strongly resisted that there he had been taken or slain had not his Gyants who alwaies guarded his Person bestirred themselves with their mighty Battel-Axes yet one of them fell by the Sword of Prince Primalion and another was carryed off sore wounded of which wounds he soon after dyed By this time the Right Wing of the Turks was broken and disordered being pierced by Recinde and the Gyant Almorol to rally which Albayzer strove in vain till such time as he had reinforced them with Ten Thousand fresh men and clapped into the front two of his Gyants viz. Dromorant and Tramfamore between whom and King Recinde seconded by his trusty Servant Almorol began a fierce Combat but being hemmed round by the Infidels the King after two houres fighting against infinite odds and no succour coming fell wounded from his Horse and was slain by the Gyant Tramfamore which so inraged Almorol that leaving the side where he fought he came to revenge his Masters death overthrowing with his Mace all that stood in his way when coming upon Tramfamor with a fierce blow he bruised his Helm and Head so much that he fell dead with a horrible groan breathing out his last Prince Palmerin and Primalion hearing of the death of Recinde were greatly inraged and to revenge it redoubled their strength fighting like Lybian Lyons so that all the ground where they fought was covered with blood and slaughter but Primalion having lost much blood in the fight and finding himself faint by the advice of his friends after having killed above an hundred Turks with his own hands retired into the City Yet the Fight waxed hot on all sides upon the coming in of fresh supplies so that Victory hovered doubtfull over either Army Arnedes King of France having notice that his Couzen Recinde was slain came with Onistaldus to revenge his death but after a long fight in which many of the Turks Persians and Babylonians were slain the King having his Horse killed under him and his Helmet burst was slain as also was Onistaldus in endeavouring his rescue but long their Deaths were not unrevenged For King Edoard and Prince Florian coming with a fresh Troop of Horsemen pierced the Squadron of the Turkish Horse where they found many of their friends inclosed yet valiantly fighting against Dromorant and divers others upon which the King and his Son put themselves between making great slaughter of the Enemy though not without some wounds received but so eager was the Prince against the Gyant that after a dreadfull Combat with him he gave him a wound on the right side of his Head which brought him to the ground when setting his Foot upon him he divided his Head from his Body Whilst this was doing King Polendos and Belcar entered the Squadron of the King of Aetolia and made great slaughter insomuch that Prince Berolde desirous to revenge his Fathers death coming to their assistance the routed Pagans in great disorder fled not regarding the Person of their King who labouring to restrain their flight was overborn with the trampling of the Horses Then

now came Blandidon on with fresh Troops being the Subjects of the Soldian Bellagris newly arrived and with these he charged the Enemy in the Rear where fought the King of Sparta with his Vncle Antistes and his Son Luimeno but his battel being over-born they were all slain to revenge which Marlearque a Spartan Gyant advanced against Blandidon and charging him at unawares smote so forcibly upon his Head with an Iron Mace that he cast him dead to the ground which so inraged the Soldian Bellagris that with all his fury he charged the Gyant not leaving him till he had made him shorter by the Head And soon after fell the King of Cambia and his two Brethren with the Gyant Pisistrato the later of which had a little before slain German of Orleans And now Albayzer fighting with Florian and carried wounded to his Tent the Pagans began again to shrink together which King Edoard perceiving drew all the Forces out of the City and charged upon the Right Wing so furiously that broken and disordered the Turks and Persians of which it was composed fled and in flying over-bore a Battailian of their own foot which advantage the Christians laying hold on followed so fiercely that all the Plaines were strewed with the dead bodies and the Ditches and Ponds coloured with blood Albayzer himself hardly escaping in a Chariot to his Ships so that the Camp being quite abandoned the Christians entered and found infinite Riches as Gold precious Stones Embroideries rich Carpets bars of Silver and Embroidered Ensigns together with an Emperial Crown with which Albayzer intended to have Crowned himself Emperor of Constantinople When having pursued the Enemy out of the Emperor's Territories with incredible slaughter the Princes entered the City in Triumph being met by the Emperor King Tarnaes who had the charge of the City committed to him and divers others they were conducted to the Pallace and the Souldiers highly rewarded yet some grief remained for the loss of so many Valiant and Renowned Knights for this War cost the Christians no less than the Lives of Twenty Thousand men of all degrees and the Infidels thrice the number But that which augmented the sorrow was the death of the Emperor Palmerin who through Age and Infirmity gave up the Ghost his last words being That now he was willing to lay aside the ponderous waight of Empire blessing God that he had lived to see his Enemies overthrown and his Empire left in quiet whereof he commended to his son Primalion desiring his Nobles from that time to acknowledge him their Emperor which they promssed to do with the same reverence and service that they had ever respected and served him with CHAP. LXVIII How Primalion was Crowned Emperor of Greece And of the Counsel taken for the Invasion of Babylon THE Emperor Palmerin being dead and his Death greatly lamented his body was intered in a stately Sepulchre of Marble Ivory and Gold erected in the great Cathedral of Constantinople after the solemnizing whose Funeral the Princes and States of the Empire assembled to place the Emperial Crown upon the Head of Prince Primalion Eldest Son to the Emperor In order to which great Pomp was provided and he Crowned in the following manner In the Morning ten days after the Interment all the Princes in Cloth of Gold and Rich Embroidery of Pearl and precious Stones came to Prince Primalions Chamber and saluted him Emperor the Great Master of the Houshold laying before him upon a Velvet Cushion embroidered Gold and Diamonds the Emperial Crown Scepter and Regal Globe whilest his High Chancellor held the other Ornaments of Majesty on which Primalion laying his Right hand in token of having taken possession thereof the Trumpets and loud Instruments of Musick sounded which the people that were crouding round the Pallace hearing with vniversal shouts proclaimed the Choice Then being again saluted Emperor he was lead by King Edoard and King Esterlant to the Great Cathedrall in this order Before him went a Horse in rich Traping of Gold then followed a Herauld proclaiming his Titles and bearing the Armes of the Empire after them followed the Servants of the Houshold leading many Horses in Silver Trapings sounding all manner of loud Musick next went the Nobles two and two according to their degree then six Ensigns bearing the Armes of the six Provinces his Father and himself had anexed to the Empire After them four Esquires one bearing his Sword the other his Shield the third his Helmet and the fourth his Armour Then went the Great Master of his Houshold and High Chancellor the first bearing the Emperial Crown Scepter and Globe and the later a Coronet done of Gold for the Empress After them followed the Emperor lead by the aforesaid Kings and was followed by the Empress and her Ladies in a Chariot covered with Cloth of Gold and she succeeded by a number of other Chariots covered with Gold and Silver interwoven And in this order passed they through a Lane of Armed Knights to the Cathedrall where they were received by the Arch-Bishop and all the Clergy of the City singing Anthems and conducted to the High Altar where a Chair of State being set the Emperor and Empress placed themselves and were by the Bishop Crowned after the manner and custom of the Empire when having received the benediction of the Church they returned in the same order and were all the way saluted with the Ioyfull Acclamations of the People when as all manner of Pastimes were ordained together with feasting in abundance for all that would come with many new and pretty devices ordained to divert the Ladyes and make them forget the sorrow they conceived for the loss of their friends but the impression in most of their minds was too deep to be so soon obliterated Twenty days lasted this feasting and pastime at the end of which a Grand Council was called to settle the Affairs of the Empire When after a long debate it was resolved That since Albayzer had so treacherously dealt as to invade the City of Constantinople without cause ingratefully requiting so the kind entertainment he and his Princess Targiana had received at the hands of the Emperor Palmerin the wary should be carryed into his Country and the Siege layed to his City of Babylon This resolution greatly pleased the Princes and Knights at Armes who swore they would as much as in them lay assist the Emperor in the undertaking whereupon great preparation were made against the Spring both of Shiping Arms and Provision yet did they what they could to hide the Design from the Ladyes lest it should administer new cause of Grief so that every Prince sent secretly into his Country to leavy Forces to be ready at the time appointed CHAP. LXIX Of an Adventure that happened in the Court And how the late married Ladyes were delivered of divers fair Sons and Daughters THE Face of Ioy being a little restor'd at Court and the loss of Friends by little and little