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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53594	Chaucer's ghoast, or, A piece of antiquity containing twelve pleasant fables of Ovid penn'd after the ancient manner of writing in England, which makes them prove mock-poems to the present poetry : with the history of Prince Corniger and his champion Sir Crucifrag, that run a tilt likewise at the present historiographers / by a lover of antiquity.	Lover of antiquity.; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.; Ovid, 43 B. C.-17 or 18 A. D. Metamorphoses.; Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis.	1672 (1672)	Wing O647; ESTC R31770	28,522	136

horse and there was none but he was hit surely so that he bare none Arms that day But at the last came a strange Knight and ran so hard against Sir Fierce that he bare him dovvn horse and man that he lay in a Svvound Novv this stranger as you shall knovv hereafter vvas King Palliobarb vvhich had been esteemed the biggest Knight in the vvorld for having heard of Sir Crucifrag and because Prince Corniger had denied to send his Beard he had great despite and set out from his Castle vvith tvvo Knights to come and kill Prince Corniger or Sir Crucifrag but in the way he said to his Knights Now will I tell you my counsel for ye be the men that I trust most on live and I will that ye wot my going is to this intent for to destroy Prince Corniger or Sir Crucifrag by wiles or by treason and it shall be hard if they escape us Alas said one of them what thing mean you to be set in such a way ye are shamefully disposed for Sir Crucifrag and Prince Corniger are Knights of the most worship that we know now living and therefore I warn you plainly that I will never consent to do him to death and therefore I will yield my service and forsake you Whan King Palliobarb heard him say so suddenly he drew his Swerd and said O false Traytour and smote him on the head so that the Swerd went to his teeth Whan the other Knight saw him do that villanous deed and also the Squires they said all it was foully done and mischievously wherefore we will appeach thee of Treason before Prince Corniger and Sir Crucifrag Then was the King wonderous wrath and would have slain him but he and the two Squires held them togyder and set nought by his malice so he departed from them and they buried the Body Thus came King Palliobarb to Prince Corniger's Castle and smote Sir Fierce thinking by his mervaillous deeds that he was Sir Crucifrag Beside he defied all Prince Corniger's Knights that day and let cry how he would fight with any of them body for body but there could be found no Knight amongst them that would fight with him that day The next day for he might not fight the three days of his Marriage Feast Sir Crucifrag offered himself to fight with that bold Knight I shall fight with him said he or else I will be slain in the plain Field So on the morrow they met to do battail as long as Horse may endure and after that to do battail on Foot to their lives end So whan appointment was made they departed each from the other and they came togyder with all the might that their Horses might run and either smote other so hard that both Horse and Knights went unto the earth Then they both lightly arose and dressed their Shields on their Shoulders with naked Swerds in their hands and they dashed togyder like as they had been a flaming fire thus they traced and raced and hewed on Helms and cut away many pieces and cantels of their Shields and either wounded other passing sore so that the hot bloud fell upon the earth and by that they had foughten togyder the maintenance of an hour King Palliobarb waxed faint and gave sore aback that saw Sir Crucifrag and followed fiercely upon him for he gave him twenty strokes for one and ever he cry'd yield thee So King Palliobarb threw away his Swerd and pulled off his Helm to breath but when Prince Corniger and his Barons saw it was King Palliobarb they were mervailously astonied But he fell dead to the earth for grief and for his wounds Then did Prince Corniger make great joy for the Victory and gave Sir Crucifrag a brave Castel for his reward for delivering him from his great Enemy King Palliobarb who had been counted the most villanous as well as the stoutest Knight on earthly habitation and eke also all the Barons and Knights praised the stern might of Sir Crucifrag so that he was counted the worshipfullest Knight of the world but some were envious For at the season of the merry moneth of May when every lusty heart flourisheth for as the season is lusty to behold and comfortable so man and woman rejoyce for Winter with his rough windes and blastes causeth a lusty man to coure and sit by the fire So in this moneth of May it fell out that there happened a great Love of the Queen to Sir Crucifrag the which never stinted till the Flower of Chivaldry of all the world was destroyed and slain and this befell long of two unhappy Knights who had ever a privy hate unto Sir Crucifrag's Prowess and then they said openly and not in counsaile that many Knights might hear it I mervail that we all be not ashamed both to see and know how Sir Crucifrag lieth daily and nightly by the Queen and all we know it so and it is shamefully suffered of us all that we should suffer so noble a King as is Prince Corniger to be shamed therefore fall of it what fall may I will declare it to the King Ye shall not do so said the rest for if there rise any war and wrath between Sir Crucifrag and us wyte you well there will be many Kings and Knights that will hold with Sir Crucifrag also Sir Crucifrag hath done the King great service and rescued him from his Enemies and the best of us all had been full cold at the heart root had not Sir Crucifrag been a better Knight than we Do you then as you list said Sir Blaball for it was his name I will hide so no longer With these words came to them the King Now stint your noise said they to Sir Blaball But I will not quoth he Than good speed said they for we will not hear your tales ne ony of your counsel and therewith they departed making great doole And then Prince Corniger asked Sir Blaball what noise they made My Liege said Sir Blaball I shall tell you what I may hold no longer Here is I and my Brother Sneeks know all that Sir Crucifrag holdeth your Queen and hath done long and we your good Friends and Servants may not suffer it any longer and therefore we will prove that he is a Traytour to your person If it be so said the King wyte you well he is an hardy Knight and all know he is the man of most might among us and if he be taken with the deed he will fight with him that brought up the noise and I know no Knight is able to match him But if it be soth that ye say I would he were taken in the deed My Lord said Sir Blaball to morrow shall ye ride on Hunting and when it draweth toward night ye may send the Queen word that ye vvill lie out all that night and so may ye send for your Cooks and then upon pain of death vve shall bring him dead or alive I vvill

and said Damesel for what cause are you girded with this Swerd it beseemeth you not This Swerd said the Damesel that I am girded withall doth me great sorrow and encumbrance for I may not be delivered of this Swerd but by a good Knight and he must be a passing brave man of his hands and of his deeds and without villany and treachery For I have been with King Palliobarb 'cause it was told me that there were passing good Knights with him but none of them can speed Then they all pulled at it eagerly but the Swerd would not out Sirs said the Damesel ye need not pull half so hard for he that shall pull it out shall do it with little might and he must be a clean Knight of gentle stream both of fader and mothers side Now it hapned so at that time that there was a poor Knight which had been prisoner with King Mort half a year for sleying of a Knight that was his Cousin this Knight was named Corniger 'cause his Crest was a pair of Horns and by the good means of the Barons he was delivered out of Prison after the Kings Death for he was a passing good Knight So he went privily to the Castle and saw this adventure whereof his heart rose and would assail it as other Knights did but for because he was poorly arrayed they put him not far in price Netheless he called the Damesel and said I pray you of Courtesie to suffer me as well to assay as these Lords though I be poor clothed in my heart me seemeth I am fully assured to speed right well The Damesel beheld the Knight but for because of his poor array she thought he should be of no worship without villany or treachery Ah fair Damesel said Sir Corniger worthiness and good deeds are not all onely in rayment but manhood and worship and hardiness is not in cloathing In sooth said the Damesel you say true therefore you shall assay to do what you will then he took the Swerd by the Girdle and Scabberd and drew it out easily and when he looked upon the Swerd it pleased him moche Then the Barons had great mervail that Sir Corniger had done the adventure Truly said the Damesel this is a passing good Knight and the best man that ever I found and most of worship without treachery and villany and many mervails shall he achieve Wherefore all the Knights and Barons cry'd all at once We will have Sir Corniger unto our King for we all see that it is Goodness will that he should be our King and who so holdeth against it we will ●lee him And thereupon they kneeled down all at once both rich and poor and cry'd Prince Corniger mercy because he had been imprisoned and Prince Corniger forgave it them And so anon there was Coronation made and there was he sworn to the Lords and Commons for to be a true King to stand with true Justice from henceforth all the days of his life So he became their King and let cry a great Feast But many Complaints were made unto Prince Corniger of great wrongs that were done by their Enemies sithen the Death of King Mort of many Londs that were bereaved of their Lords Knights Ladies and Gentlemen wherefore the King came out of his Towre to the Ambassadours and there went with him Sir Cruel Sir Rasour and Sir Kilman these were the men of most worship that were with him And whan they met togider there was but little meekness for there was stout and hard words on both sides but always Prince Corniger answered them He would make them blow if he lived wherefore they departed with wrath and Prince Corniger bid them keep them well and they bid Prince Corniger keep him well So the Prince returned to his Castle and armed him and all his Knights in the mean while there were three hundred good men of the best that went strait to Prince Corniger and that comforted him greatly And Sir Cruel Sir Rasour and Sir Kilman slew on the right hand and on the left and did mervailous deeds of Arms that the King had great joy of their deeds and hardiness But the Enemies came on afresh behind them and perplexed Prince Cornigers Knights wherefore Prince Corniger drew his Swerd which was so bright in his Enemies eyes that it gave light like thirty Torches and therewith he put them back and slew moch people So in little space the Enemy fled and Prince Corniger returned to his Castle where he found a passing fair fellowship and well beseen whereof he had great joy and victuals they wanted none Next day Prince Corniger with his good and trusty Knights set upon his Enemies so fiercely that they overthrew their Pavilions on their heads but by manly Prowess of Arms they were forced to take a fair field and when it grew towards day Sir Fierce smote down Horse and Man and Sir Rasour cut an infinite company of heads off and Sir Kilman slew many a valiant Knight so the meddle waxed passing great and hard on both parties But when Sir Fierce saw Sir Cruel on foot he ran like a Lyon upon Sir Meddlemuch his Enemy and smote him through the left side that horse and man fell down to the ground Then he took the horse by the Rayns and led him to Sir Cruel and said Have thou this Horse mine old Friend for grete need hast thou of an Horse Gramercy said Sir Cruel and lightly mounted So then he saw Prince Corniger do mervailously that all men had wonder thereof for he smote King Boldenough on the Helm that a quarter of the Helm and half the Shield fell down and so the Swerd carved down unto the Horse neck and so both Horse and Man fell to the ground But there came fourteen Knights upon him and then he smote one of them on the Helm and it went down to the Teeth and he rode to another and smote him that his Arm flew into the Field then he went to the third and smote him on the Shoulder that both Shoulder and Arm flew into the Field and he smote another Knight on the Neck that Head and Helm went to the earth So Sir Cruel Sir Fierce and Sir Rasour and Sir Kilman by Prince Cornigers example smote off Heads Legs and Arms wonderfully So the Battle was passing hardy that many Knights shook and trembled for eagerness Then Prince Corniger seeing the Battle wou'd not be ended by no manner he faced like a Wood Lyon and stirred his Horse here and there on the right hand and on the left that he stinted not till he had slain twenty Knights so there was a terrible meddle of breaking Spears and smiting of Swerds with sleying of men and horses and the enemies were at a loss for there was newly arrived Sir Bloudy as a fierce Tyger that his strokes redounded again from the Wood and the Water so that the Enemies were forced to hurtle togyder

vvell said the King but bevvare for ye shall find him mighty vvyghty So on the morrovv the King rode on Hunting Then Sir Blaball and Sir Sneeks did themselves in a Chamber in the Castle So vvhen night came Sir Crucifrag told his trusty Friend Sir Fierce he vvould go speak vvith the Queen Sir said Sir Fierce I alvvays dread me moch of Sir Sneeks and his Brother Sir Blaball vvho vvait you daily to do you shame and never gave my heart against any going that ever ye vvent to the Queen so much as novv Have ye no doubt said Sir Crucifrag I shall go and come and make no tarrying and I will not be so moch a Covvard but that she shall understand I vvill see her good grace Speed you vvell said Sir Fierce and send you safe and sound So Sir Crucifrag departed and took his svverd underneath his arm and so that noble Knight vvent forth in his Mantle and put himself in great jeopardy and so he passed till he came to the Queen And than the Queen and Sir Crucifrag vvere togyder and vvhither they vvere a bed or at Other manner of sports me list not thereof to make mention for Love at that time vvas not as it is novv adays but thus as they vvere togyder there came Sir Blaball vvith Sir Sneeks and ten more Knights crying vvith a loud noise that all the Court might hear it Traiterous Knight Sir Crucifrag novv art thou taken Alas said the Queen novv are vve mischieved both Madam said he have you any Armour here vvithin your Chamber that I might cover my body vvithall and if there be any I pray you heartily let me have and I shall soon stint their malice Truly said the Queen I have no Armour ne Shield ne Svverd ne Spear vvherefore I drede me sore our long Love is come to a mischievous end and therefore ye are like to be slain and I shall be brent Alas said Sir Crucifrag in all my life vvas I never thus bestead that I should be thus shamefully slain for lack of mine Armour but alvvays Sir Blaball cry'd Traytour come out of the Queens Chamber O Jesu mercy said Sir Crucifrag this shameful cry and noise I may not suffer for better vvere death at once then thus to endure pain and therevvithall Sir Crucifrag vvrapped his Mantel round about his Arm vvell and surely and by then they had gotten a grete Form out of the Hall and therewithall they dashed at the Chamber door Faire Lords said Sir Crucifrag leave your noise and your dashing and I shall set open the door and then may ye do with me what it liketh you to do Then Sir Crucifrag unbarred the Door and with his left hand he held it open a little so that but one man might come in at once and so anon there came striding a good Knight a big man and a large and with a Swerd he struck at Sir Crucifrag mightily but Sir Crucifrag put aside the stroak and gave him such a buffet upon the Helm that he fell down dead groveling within the door and then Sir Crucifrag with his stern might drew in the dead Knight within the Chamber and with the help of the Queen and her Ladies was lightly armed in his Armour and ever stood Sir Blaball crying Traytour come out of the Queens Chamber we will have thy Head maugre all thy might if we please to slay thee for we will let thee to wyte that we have the choice of Prince Corniger to save thee or to slee thee So then Sir Crucifrag was wroth and set open the Chamber door and mightily and Knightly he strode amongst them and anon at the first beset he slew Sir Blaball and within a little while after five more for there was none of all them that might stand Sir Crucifrag a buffet Also he wounded Sir Sneeks and he fled with all his might and the rest with him and then Sir Crucifrag returned again to the Queen and he kist her and promised to rescue her and either gave other a Ring and so he went to his Lodging and told Sir Fierce all that had happened so they fled to Sir Crucifrag's Castle and many good Knights cleave to them Now whan Prince Corniger was advised of what was passed he commanded his Knights to be ready in their best Array with their brethren to bring the Queen to the Fire for she shall soon have her Judgment And then the Queen was led forth without the Castle and there she was despoiled to her Smock and so then her Ghostly Father was brought to her to be shriven of her misdeeds Then was there weeping and wailing and wringing of hands of many Lords and Ladies but there were but few in comparison that would bare any Armour for to strengthen the death of the Queen Then was there one that Sir Crucifrag had sent for to spie what time the Queen should go to her Judgment and anon when as he saw that the Queen was despoiled to her Smock and and also that she was shriven then he gave warning to Sir Crucifrag then was there hot spurning and plucking up of Horses and right so they came to the Fire and who stood against them were slain there might none withstand Sir Crucifrag and Sir Fierce So all that bare Arms and withstood them were slain even many a noble Knight Then when Sir Crucifrag had done this and put to flight all that would withstand him he rode straight to the Queen and made a Gown to be cast upon her and then he made her to be set behind him and pray'd her to be of good cheer Wyte you well that the Queen was right glad she was escaped from death and then she thanked God and Sir Crucifrag and so he rode away with the Queen and many cleave to him Now when this was known openly that Prince Corniger and Sir Crucifrag were at debate many Knights were glad of their debate and many Knights were sorry of their debate So then Prince Corniger sent Writes and let cryes throughout his Realm in length and breadth for to assemble all his Knights so that he had a great Host and when they were assembled the King told them how Sir Crucifrag had bereft him of his Queen Then all made them ready to lay Siege to Sir Crucifrag whereas he lay in his Castle Thereof heard Sir Crucifrag and purveyed him of many a good Knight some for his own sake and some for the Queens Then Prince Corniger made many Knights to blow upon Sir Crucifrag and all at once they called him Traiterous and recreant Knight At this Sir Crucifrag was wroth and all his Knights and on the morrow either party made them ready to do Battaile and great purveyance was made on both sides Then came forth Sir Hasty on the Kings party and proffered to Just. So Sir Fierce ran against him and smote him through the body Then there began a great stir of breaking Spears and smiting of Swerds and ever Prince Corniger was nigh to Sir Crucifrag for to have slain him and Sir Crucifrag suffered him and would not strike again Wherefore Sir Traiterous encountred with the King unawares and there with a Spear he smote him down to the ground and so he alighted and drew his Swerd and said to Sir Crucifrag Shall I make an end of this War and therewith he meant to have slain the King Not so hardy said Sir Crucifrag upon pain of thy Head if thou touch him any more for I will see that the most noble King that made me Knight be neither slain ne ashamed and therewithall Sir Crucifrag alighted from his Horse and took up the King and horsed him again and said unto him thus My Liege Lord for Gods Love stint the strife for ye may get no worship and I do my uttermost to forbear you and ye ne none of yours forbeareth me My Liege remember what I have done for you and now am I evil rewarded So when Prince Corniger was again on Horseback he looked upon Sir Crucifrag and the tears brast out of his eyes thinking on the great courtesie that was in Sir Crucifrag more than in any other man and therewith the King rode his way and might no longer behold him and said to himself Alas that ever this War began and then either party withdrew them for to rest and bury the dead bodies and to the wounded they laid soft Salves and thus they endured that night till on the morrow and then they made them ready to Battail Then came Sir Crucifrag as grim as any Bear in a black Armour that he might not be known with a great Spear in his hand and he smote on the right hand and on the left which astonied Prince Corniger and all his Knights so they resolved to set upon that sturdy Knight but he ran Sir Killman through the body horse and all and also with a buffet kill'd Sir Rasour but as he stroke at Sir Ironside his Swerd brake and Prince Corniger slew him Then he drew away the body to see who that famous and stern Knight might be and when he savv it was Sir Crucifrag he ran his own Swerd through his body and died by him Thus the dismal War ceased and when the Queen heard of all the dolorous case she poysoned her self Then was vveeping and vvailing and great dool such as vvas never made for the Flovvers of Chivalry vvere vvithered and dead O hone O hone The Authours Friend to the Readers upon his perusal of the Work LO here Antiquity what think you Sirs To see a Poem drest in Boots and Spur A short Cloak and long Breeches in the fashion Of those that liv'd before us in this nation 'T is pretty faith and pleasant for to see How we with Antiquity disagree And to that purpose here my loving friend His Conjuring-glass unto the World doth lend Where both his worth appearing we may finde And Chaucer's Ghoast or else we all are blinde FINIS