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A43362	The most excellent history of the valiant and renowned knight, Don Flores of Greece, Knight of the Swans, second sonne to Esplandran, Emperour of Constantinople being a supplement to Amadis de Gaule / written by Mounsieur de Essule, Nicholas de Hereby ... ; translated into English by W.P.; Cronique du tresvaillant et redouté dom Florès de Grèce. English	Herberay, Nicolas de, sieur des Essars, 16th cent.; W. P.	1664 (1664)	Wing H1493; ESTC R15863	48,470	68

shed in such sort as I have declared unto you And for that wée are diverse of this one opinion and intent we therefore have made a league and promise to yeild and all with one consent have required aid and succour of all the Pagan Kings our friends who to that end have already begun to assemble men from all parts and that in so great number that they being altogether and once entered into great Brittain it shall be impossible that the King raigning therein should resist us neither whole Christendome although they were altogether assembled and would undertake the same But what Kings and Lords said Norandel dare so much presume séeing that those which in times past assayed the like have sped so ill that the greatest part of them have left their lives remaining so well chastised for their presumptions that this country whereof you speak hath béen their Sepulchre and that therein as yet are living the same Knights which in those times both overcame and vanquished them Ha answered Cosdroel assure your self as I said before unto you that their number is now so great and they mean to descend in so many places of the Land that the small number of those valiant Knights you praise so much will be estéemed as nothing in that behalf and which is more we are well advertised that within this little time Knighthood is rusted among them that in a manner there is not any more talke ministred of wandring Knights but all like carpet Knights in stead of following Arms as in times past men were accustomed to do study onely to fit by the fire and court fair Ladies which maketh them so much the worse estéemed of I pray you then shew mée saith the King who are these Pagan Kings whereof so much you vaunt VVho answered the King first the Soldan of Liquie the Admiral of the great Turke the King of Licom son of King Ataligo the King of Libia the King of Persia the King of Media the King of the Isles of Colcos the Children of Arcala most strong and valiant in arms with all those of the Isle of Caville kinsmen and friends unto the Children of Dardan le Superbe the Gyant Dramiron of Aucone bastard Son of Bonterbo a far better knight then ever was his Father and bringeth with him above ten thousand fighting men the Gyant Gromolias the son of Panorente Brucalan le Brave Manibuenca le Dissemblalle the Duke of the Desart the Signeur of the Brave Rothe both Gyants and the Gyant Almandragro Nicrofero son of the Gyant Bultrase and divers other valiant personages And now I came from the great Turk himself having béen with him to desire his aid therein who of his great liberality and vertue hath made mée answer that of his own power he will cause so many men to enter into Britain and France that hée himself will onely overthrow them meaning in the mean time to send so puissant an army against the Emperor and thereby give him so much to do that he shall not by any means be able to aid or assist King Amadis or any other his friends These things are not so easie saith the King to be atchieved and gone thorow withal as they are begun by reason the first point is easie but the second much more hard and to prove it to be so assure your self that in all the countries by you named they shall find such and so many good and valiant Knights and Souldiers that never in their lives it may be they found themselves so hardly matched and their proud enterprises as I hope shall remain as much voyd and frustrate of all means as they to the contrary think it strong fortified and Iust Iuster then it is can it not be answered Cosdroel for that some of them come to revenge the deaths of their Parents and kindred other their own injuries and the most part for to recover their lands and possessions lost VVho are they said the King Who answered he I will shew you that is Cosdroel of Aucone to recover the Isle desart that was his Fathers the Children of Arcalaus the Castles and places of the Isle that Dragonis holdeth Barsman the Seignior of Sansuegne wherein at this present Don Quedragant remaineth the Kingdome of Aravigne that King Brundo holdeth which most assuredly was the said Kings whose sonne not long since hath béen elected and crowned King of Licome and a thousand other which I could name unto you To which King Norandel for that time would make him no further answer meaning thereby not to give him any intelligence or perseverance of the desire he had to understand further of the matter but onely demanded of him in what time hée thought they would be assembled and joyned together In good faith answered Cosdroel the greater part of them are already prepared to embark themselves and attend onely the comming of the Turks Army that they may set sail all together and you for your part sir Knight said the King what shall become of you Are you in hope to be there in person Yea truely said he if your vertue be such that setting apart the revenge you might well take of so poor a Prisoner and a stranger as I am you will discharge him of imprisonment and give him liberty to accomplish his message he hath promised to make unto those Lords to whom hée was travelling at such time as you stayed him which done look whether it will please you I shall return I promise you of my faith so to do without failing in any point Touching your liberty can I not dispose said the King for that concerneth the Emperour himself but I will declare the whole discourse unto him and therein will use my self so well in your behalf that I doubt not but according unto his accustomed clemency and Princely magnanimity you shall obtain whatsoever you request at his hands therewith bidding him farewel he took his leave and departed CHAP. III. How the Emperor understood of the Pagan King's enterprize and of the Turkish Prisoners deliverance KIng Norandel thus departed from Cosdroel went presently unto the Emperour whom onely being accompanied with Don Flores he said may it please your Grace my Lord I have this morning béen to visit our Turkish prisoner but as far as I can perceive and learn by him your Grace hath more cause to assemble men of War and prepare your Armors then either to dance or use any other pleasure Why said the Emperor what saith he Then King Norandel began from point to point to declare unto him the whole discourse which you heard before as touching the great assembly of men made by the Pagan Princes not onely to assail great Brittain but also the whole Land of Christendome and the City of Constantinople it self And as he continued on his discourse not omitting any thing thereof the Emperour both wise and well advised in the mean time pondered in his mind the dangers and accidents that might happen thereby

wherewith he found himself in a great perplexity neverthelesse with the best and chearfullest countenance he could shew he made King Norandel answer saying Cousen the King my Father is not a learner to prove the force of these Pagans neither yet am I. Divers and sundry times have they assailed to land in great Brittain as also in my countries but God be thanked they never wan any thing therein but death or their confusions and as much shall now happen unto them neverthelesse we must advertise the King together with all other Christian Princes to the end they may be prepared for them especially the Kings Agraies and Grasandor The Kings of Scots of Sardignia and Sobradise my Vnkles as also the Prince Florizando all which together are strong and puissant enough to withstand and resist these brave Giants and others their assistants in the East Countries and if they make way hither believe mee they shall find with the aid of my Son Luisart and others our friends but a hard morsel for them to chaw So may it bée I beséech God said the King but yet am I in great fear as touching the Country of great Brittain for as Cosdroel hath very well noted unto mée Arms are therein of late time so much left off and unfrequented that at this present there is not a wandring Knight to bée found therein as was accustomed to be neither yet any other doing that whereby in times past they were so much estéemed of more then in any country of the World Truely said Don Flores then thereat am I much abashed and truely I made my account that you my Lord turning unto the Emperor would have given me leave to travel thither there to receive the order of Knighthood therein to prove my force and valour in such manner as you Luisart my Brother and other kings our predecessours have done in times past but by your sayings I perceive I must be forced to take another course The occasions of trying your manhood are sufficiently at this present offered in our own countrey said the Emperor and here shall you finde from henceforth wherein to employ your strength and exercise Arms being knighted without séeking any further at the least if all be true that Cosdroel saith In good faith my Lord saith the K. and so I think he doth but in the mean time what is your gracious pleasure that I shall do with him he would gladly it might please your grace to give him liberty that he might go and perform his voyage upon condition to return and yeild himself my prisoner again as now he is and so hath he desired mée most earnestly to crave the same at your hands but I made him answer that it lay not in mée to do but rested onely upon your Graces Will and Commandement and that I would move it unto you I am very well content said the Emperor that he shall not onely have liberty to do as he requireth but also that he shall go whither it pleaseth him letting him well understand both to him and his that we fear them but a little and that we care not for their enterprizes Truely said King Norandel your Grace speaketh like a great and couragious Prince and you cannot better do for therby and as also by him they may well perceive that you are not so easie to be feared as they think neither yet Christendom so lightly to be won as they account VVell then said the Emperor go and carry him these news and let him depart hence as soon as it pleaseth him Then King Norandel went presently unto Cosdroel and finding him up out of his bed began to speak unto him saying Sir knight the Emperor hath by mée understood all that you declared unto mée this morning and because he estéemeth you for such a person as I have told him and what you are he giveth you not onely liberty to accomplish your Ambassage but also to go whither it pleaseth you and so you may do as soon as your health will permit It shall then be presently answered Cosdroel and after diverse congratulations and thanks with other spéeches that they had together whereupon I mean not to stay taking leave one of the other they departed Crosdroel entring into a ship by him prepared and Norandel returning unto the Emperors palace CHAP. IV. How the Emperour Esplandran sent Sergil into great Brittain to King Amadis to certifie unto him the news hee had received and of a strange adventure happened unto Don Flores THe matter by King Norandel declared the morning before did not cease to trouble the Emperors minde and more did it move him the night following till the next morning so that he being up hee called his counsel together to whom hée declared all the discourse before rehearsed desiring them as much as such a Prince as hée was might do or require at the hands of his Lords Friends Servants and Subjects to give him as spéedy good and faithful counsel as they might the matter being of so great importance as it was Where many points were discoursed some left off and others agréed upon in the end they determined that the Emperor should dispatch Sergil of an Ambassage into great Brittain to certifie King Amadis of the great preparations made against him unto whom instructions being given there was a letter delivered which the Emperor wrote unto the King his Father wherewith the Messenger had charge to signifie to him that all the Pagan Kings perswaded thereunto by the Children of Arcalaus and others which hée named prepared divers Armies for to invade his Land and therefore hée wished him to prepare all his Haven Towns to fortifie his Frontiers and to assemble from all parts his friends allies vassals and subjects because the descending of those Armies were uncertain and that the Emperor could never have any intelligence thereof but only by Cosdroel Yet did hée estéem it for most certain and true remitting the rest unto Sergils consideration whom he estéemed wise enough to deliver the same as having heard it likewise from the mouth of King Norandel himself Hée being then dispatched away having wind and shipping ready imbarked himself and being at Sea leaving Thrace and sailed towards Italy and from thence passing the straights entred into the Ocean Seas making towards Brittain but wee will leave him on his voyage for this time that Don Flores complain not of us to have forgotten him Hée being pricked forward with the spéeches of his Father thought hee did him wrong to delay his taking the order of Knighthood until the coming of the Turks wherewith hée found himself not greatly pleased but tossing and revolving in his minde on the same had no other thought but only to find the means how without his Fathers leave or his knowledge hée might attain unto his purpose but by no means could hée devise the same for first hee had heard King Norandel blame the over great sluggishnesse of the Brittish Knights for being

old Knight travelleth taking pains to please you she cannot do it for a greater Prince nor one that more deserveth it and so hath she given mée in charge to shew you which having done I am presently to return back again unto her Wherefore my Lord having fulfilled her commandment it may please you to give mée leave I am well content said the Emperor My friend said the Empresse you shall commend mée heartily unto her and shall give her certain small presents which I will send her and to her two kinswomen Then she commanded a little coffer of Cedar to be brought full of exquisite things which the old Knight having received and his leave taken both of the Emperor and all the rest he returned the same way he came leaving the Court very joyful and contented with the good news he had delivered them kéeping on his way as best pleased him And now let us sée in the mean time what Sergil being embarked for England on message to King Amadis doth to whom Wind and Fortune was so prosperous that having sailed the Italian Seas and Ports of Spain passed the straights entring into the Ocean Seas sailed so well that within two daies after he departed he arrived at Winsore where he met with Angerote de Stravanx whom he knew very well of whom he asked where King Amadis lay for that séing the town so bare of Gentlemen and Knights he thought that the King had not as then béen lodged there Angerot bade him welcome and therewith lead him unto the Court to the Kings presence of whom being welcomed hée said In Gods name Sergil what is the cause you do return so soon again from Constantinople How doth my Son My Lord said Sergil and it like your Grace your Son is well and in good health commending him unto you and therewith kissing the Letter he presented it unto him Which the King having read said It certifieth us of some news at hand Such news and it like your Grace answered Sergil were good to be certified unto all your councel Then the King commanded to send for King Arban of North Wales Listoran de la tour Blanch Grindolan Brother unto Angerote Saquilles his Nephew Lazadin Lescrimeur the Earl Durdalin and divers other before the which assembly Sergil turning himself toward the King began to recite what had happened unto them after his departure from Brittain what a great tempest he was in in what danger they were the battel betwéen the Sarazens Ships and theirs the imprisonment of Cosdroel and lastly the determination and pretence of the Pagan Kings moved thereunto by the Children of Arcalaus and others as mischievous as they whereof the Emperor my Master hath thought good to advertise your Grace to the end you may provide for them that you be not taken upon the suddain And to the same end prayeth you to send for all your Captains and Souldiers Friends and Allies together with the Emperor of Rome all which being assembled and your Ports well furnished in Warlike manner he hopeth this great and huge Army of Enemies can nothing at all hurt you but that all will turn unto their own confusion and overthrow And for his part assure your self my Lord he sléepeth not but determineth if they enterprize against him so to receive and entertain them that he hopeth to give them cause never to be so bold again as to visit him in such sort Truly said the King these hell-hounds have still a quarrel against mée yet have they at other times sufficiently found and assayed what I can do But if God will they shall féel once again this voyage what slaughter I can make of them for if they once set foot on land be it in great Brittain or in any other place where I command whatsoever falleth out I will give them battel My Lord said King Arban things done deliberately and by counsel have commonly good successe If they come to visit you as they brag they will time and season will give you means to resist them then as you shall find convenient In the mean time according to the Emperor your Sons counsel you shall if it please you make the matter known unto the Emperor of Rome and the rest of your friends by whom you may be ayded giving order likewise that your Ports be well furnished and all your ships rigged and prepared to set sail when it pleaseth you So will I do answered the King and therefore good cousin I pray you let mée have your counsel therein Séeing it is your will my Lord said Arban that I do it I will take what pains I can therein But who will you send in Embassage unto Rome Marry you my Lord Lazadin said the king taking him by the Arm shall take that charge upon you You have heard what Sergil hath declared unto us from my Sonne the same shall you declare unto the Emperour and that I desire him to have his men in a readinesse promising him that if the cloud falleth in Italy presently to aid him there and that whensoever it falleth here about that he will aid mée in like case as I doubt not but he will My Lord said Lazadin your pleasure shall bee fulfilled And I pray God give mée grace there and in other places to do you any service I may Prepare your self then said the King and take what company you think good with you That done the Counsel brake up every one repairing to his lodging The King and Arban together devising what order were best to bée taken for the Country In the mean time Lazadin having Vessels and men prepared with a prosperous Winde set sail unto Ostie where being arrived he Landed and from thence took his journey unto Rome being there hée presented himself before the Emperor of whom he was first most courteously entertained and then demanded the cause of his repair thither And if it please your Grace answered Lazadin King Amadis my Master recommendeth himself most affectionately unto you and hath written you a Letter wherewith he presented the same unto the Emperor wherein was nothing specified but onely a credit for the Messenger and that he could at large dilate the matter unto him Wherewith the Emperor prayed Lazadin to delare the same which he did from point to point as ye heard before desiring him at the end in his Masters behalf to prepare a puissant Army ready to resist the Pagans power wheresoever they should Land were it in Italy or great Brittain assuring your Grace said he to the Emperor and so hath the King my Master given me in charge to declare unto you that if the cloud fall in your countrey he will aid you with so great a force that you shall know what desire he hath to do you pleasure and if it falleth in his Countries that it will please you to succour him in like manner for that he saith your two forces being united together with your Friends and Allies all the Princes