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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06790	Saint George for England, allegorically described: by Gerrard De Malynes merchant	Malynes, Gerard, fl. 1586-1641.	1601 (1601)	STC 17226A; ESTC S111940	26,194	100

discontented and to iudge as bondmen do of those that are free neuer being contented with their state alwayes beholding how much inferior they are vnto others And to conclude whereas euery well gouerned common-wealth is to keepe a certaine equality cōcerning the trafficke betweene them and other countries a concord amongst the members of their common-wealth when euery member thereof liueth contentedly in his vocation this dragon hath brought in discord and inequalitie And if this Gangrena be not cured it will in time subuert the whole state of the realme for Synons horse was not so dangerous to the Troyans as this dragon is to our common-wealth Conceiue now I pray you in your imagination on the one side the cruelty of this monster and his subtile practises and dealings and on the other side the meekenesse and innocency of the creatures deuoured by him and by his meanes And because the consideratiō there of wold amaze your iudgement do but remember the tender and inexplicable loue of a father towards his child and especially of a most victorious king towards his faire peereles daughter the bright splendent beames of whose angelicall beauty do dim my sight and captiuate my vnderstanding Hide Absolon thy cleare guilt tresses and you Hester your meeknes beauty giuing place to this Virgin and noble creature you Penelope Marcia Lauine and Helleni make no comparison with her neither you Lucrece and Polixene Dido Laodomia or Tisbe that haue bought your loue so deare or thou Cleopatra with all thy passions you all may be handmaids vnto her for her melodious voyce doth command the heathen Gods Bacchus Pan Ceres Minerua and by her sweete breath a second life is inspired into you all Venus her selfe giueth her the preheminence for the strength of Cupide without her countenance will soone decay his firy darts will soone be cold and his wings loose their viuacity Mars Pallas and Bellona cannot subsist if this Virgin should withdraw her fauour she remaineth still a Virgin immaculate though all the world seemeth to be contaminated by her for her constancy is singular she is bright shining as the Moone although the Eclipse doth darken her for a time to make her brightnesse to appeare more glorious and albeit she receiued her light from the transparent Sunne yet in a manner she seemeth to be predominant and by a voluntarie loue to command for she is the rose of the field and the lilly of the vallies whose fragrant smell as the sauour of good ointments poured out doth reioyce and make glad the king and maketh him runne after her for his soule loueth her and he hath brought her into his chamber where like a bundle of mirrhe she lyeth betweene his breasts his left hand is vnder her head and his right hand doth embrace her for she is faire and pleasaunt She came accompanied with a Lambe representing her innocencie her amiable eyes the messengers of her perplexed heart distilling salt teares did wound penetrate the cruellest mind the lockes of her golden hanging haire did adorne her as a triumphant Goddesse her yuory white teeth stood like a flock of sheepe in good order from her scarlat lips did drop the sweetenesse of hony combes for hony and milke was vnder her tongue and the sauour of her garments was odoriferous as the smell of Lebanon her straight snow white necke like a prety towre of iuory was compassed with chaines of orientall pearle wearing the garland of her virginity of most precious stones as a royall Diademe and yet from her two breasts which were like two yong Roes that are twinnes feeding among the lillies two liuely fountaines of celestiall water did runne nourishing an infinite number her cheekes were as a bed of spices and as sweet floures delectable the ioyntes of her fingers were delicate making the whitenesse of her hands to haue a strong attraction For in briefe such was her perfection that Dame Nature was ashamed to see her selfe ouercome and vanquished of her owne worke her admirable body was couered with a garment of white silke Damaske hanging loose about her embrodered with letters of gold Patientia victrix wherein the Sunne with the assistance of AEolus did seeme to play her illustration with the repercussion of the varietie of colours of the garments of the Virgines following her Consider now the agony of her mind tempered with magnanimity notwithstāding the aggrauating therof by the lamentation of her associats and although the lot cast for her was not so fatall as the rash vow of Iphtah was to his daughter yet she had greater cause to go to the mountaines with her companions to lament and bewalie her virginitie because the deuouring of the dragon was farre more crueller then the fire wherewith Iptahs daughter is sayd to haue bene consumed when as this Virgin being brought vp like a kings daughter in all pleasures and delicacies was brought to the sight of this cruell monster and that she was ready to abandon her ornaments preparing her gentle body to his cruelty with a perfect patience If Griselde was worthy of commendation and obtained the name of Patient for being aduanced by the Marquesse of Saluzze who tooke her from a poore estate to be his wife and afterwards to try her made a shew to relinquish her againe vnder colour that he would haue maried another which vnknowne vnto her was her owne daughter had by him and thereupon depriued her of all her ornaments if she I say was renowned for enduring all this patiently much more without all comparison is the patience of this rare Virgin to be had in perpetuall remembrance who abandoning all her peculiar prerogatiues and pleasures suffered her body to be expounded to the cruelty of this monster And the greater was the exployt of Saint George in deliuering her who like a valiant champion being arriued into this Iland and vnderstanding of the danger she was in came with a Princely resolutiō to deliuer her mounted on a pyball horse of seuerall colours armed like a conquerour to fight the cōbat with the shield of faith hauing on the breast-plate of righteousnesse the helmet of saluatiō his loynes girt about with verity and being adorned with the liuery of the Crosse did with the sword of the Spirit destroy this monster and deliuered this Indian Phenix this Iland of that contagion abominable hell hound being not moued or amazed at his terrible sight and fashion neither regarding those that were in league with this dragon or tooke vpon them to speake in his defence What vnspeakeable ioy came therby let the consideration rauish your mind and ease me of the amplification thereof For I must now exactly describe vnto you this dragon concerning his compounded body as I haue already done his properties and the effects of his mischieuous condition and qualities His ordinary mansion I haue told you to be about the middle part of the city which is beset with many grashoppers round about without any