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A04555	The most famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome Saint George of England, Saint Dennis of Fraunce, Saint Iames of Spaine, Saint Anthonie of Italie, Saint Andrew of Scotland, Saint Pattricke of Ireland, and Saint Dauid of Wales. Shewing their honorable battailes by sea and land: their tilts, iousts, and turnaments for ladies: their combats vvith giants, monsters, and dragons: their aduentures in forraine nations; their inchauntments in the holie land: their knighthoods, prowesse, and chiualrie, in Europe, Affrica, and Asia, with their victories against the enemies of Christ.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 1	Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659?	1596 (1596)	STC 14677; ESTC S109165	135,141	216

those Nations that acknowledge no true God which for this time I omit and only discourse what hapned vnto him amongst the Tartarians For béeing in the Emperour of Tartaries Court a place very much honoured with valerous Knights and highlie grac●e with a trayne of beauteous Ladies where the Emperour vpon a time ordayned a solemne Ioust and Turnament to be holden in the honour of hys birth day whether resorted at the time appointed from all the borders of Tartarie the best and hardiest Knights there remayning In which honorable Princely exercise the Noble Knight Saint Dauid was appointed Champion for the Emperour who was mounted vppon a Moroco Steede betrapped in a rich Caparison wrought by the curious workmanship of the Indian women vppon whose shield was set a golden Griffon rampant in a fielde of blew Against him came the Countie Palatine Sonne heire aparant to the Tartarian Emperour brought in by twelue Knights richly furnished with all habilliments of honour and paced thrée times about the Lists before the Emperor and many Ladies that were present to behold the honourable Turnament The which béeing done the twelue Knights departed the Lists and the Countie Palatine prepared himselfe to encounter with the Christian Knight being then appointed chiefe Champion for the day who likewise locked downe his Beuer and at the Trumpets sound by the Harrolds appointment ran so fiercely one against the other that the ground seemed to thunder vnder them the skies to resounde ecchoes of their mighty strokes At the second race the Champions ran Saint Dauid had the worse was constrained through the forcible strength of the Countie Palatine to fall backwarde almost beside hys saddle whereat the Trumpets began to sound in signe of victorie but yet the valiant Christian nothing dismayed but with a courage within whose eyes saie Knightlie reuenge ran the third time against the County Palatine and by the violent force of hys strength he ouerthrew both horse man wherby the Counties body was so exstreamly brused with the fall of hys horse that hys heart blood issued foorth from hys nostrels and hys vitall spirits pressed from the mancion of hys breast that he was forced to giue the world a timeles farewell This fatall ouerthrow of the Countie Palatine abashed the whole company but especially the Tartarian Emperour who hauing no more sonnes but him caused the Lists to be broken vp the Knights to be vnarmed and the murthered Countie to bee brought by foure Squiers into hys Pallace where after he was dispoyled of hys furniture the Christian Knight receaued it in the honour of hys victorie The wofull Emperour bathed the Tartarians bodie with teares which dropped like Christall Pearles vpon his congealed blood where after many sadde sighs hee breathed forth this wofull lamentation Now are my triumphs turnd to euerlasting woes from a commicall pastime to a dierefull and bloody tragedy O most vnkinde fortune neuer constant but in change Why is my life deferde to sée the downefall of my deare Son the Noble County Palatine why rends not this accursed earth whereon I stand and presently swallow vp my body into her hungrie bowels Is this the vse of Christians for true Honour to repay dishonour could no bace blood serue to staine hys deadly handes withall but with the precious blood of my deare Sonne in whose reuenge the face of the heauens is stained with blood and cryes for vengeaunce to the Maiesty of high eternall Ioue the dreadfull furies the direfull daughters of darke night and all the balefull companie of burning Acharon whose loynes be girt with Serpents and haire be hangde with wreathes of Snakes shall haunt pursue and followe tha● a●cursed Chrstian Champion that hath bereaued my Countrie Tartarie of so precious a Iewell as my deare Sonne the Countie Palatine was whose magnanimious prowesse did surpasse all the Knights of our Countrie Thus sorrowed the wofull Emperour for the death of his Noble sonne sometimes making the ecchoes of his lamentations pearce the elements another while forcing his bitter curses to sinke to the déepe foundation of Acharon one while intending to bée reuenged vpon Saint Dauid the Christian Champion then presently his intent was crost with a contrary imagination that it was against the Lawe of Armes and a great dishonour to his Country by violence to oppresse a strange Knight whose actions hath euer béene guided by true honour but yet at last this firme resolution entred into his minde There was adioyning vppon the borders of Tartary an inchaunted garden kept by Magicke art from whence neuer any returned that attempted to enter the Gouernour of which garden was a notable and famous Nigromancer named Ormondine to which Magitian the Tartarian Emperour intended to sende the aduenterous Champion saint Dauid thereby to reuenge the County Pallatines death So the Emperour after some fewe dayes passed and the Obsequies of his sonne being no sooner perfourmed but he caused the Christian Knight to be brought into his presente to whom he committed this heauy taske and weary labour Proude Knight sayd the angry Emperour thou knowest since thy ariuall into our Territories howe highly I haue honoured thee not onely ingraunting liberty of life 〈◊〉 making thée chiefe Champion of Tartarie which high honour thou haste repaide with great ingratitude and blemished true Nobilitie in acting of my deare sonnes Tragedy For which vnhappie déede thou rightly haste deserued death But yet know accursed Christian that mercie harboureth in a Princely minde and where honour sits inthronize● there Iustice is not too seuere Although thou hast deserued death yet if thou wilt aduenture to the Inchaunted garden and bring hether the Magitians head I graunt thée not only thy life but therewithall the Crowne of Tartarie after my discease because I sée then haste a minde furnished with all Princely thoughtes and adornde with true Magnanimitie This heauie taske and strange aduenture not a little pleased the Noble Champion of Wales whose minde euer thirsted after straunge aduentures and so after some considerate thoughts in this manner he replied Most high and magnificent Emperour said the Champion were this taske which you inioyne me to as wonderfull as the labors of Hercules or as fearefull as the interprise which Iason made for the golden ●le●ee yet would I attempt to finish and returne with more triumph to Tartarie than the Macedonian Monark● did to Babilon when he had conquered the Angels of the world Which words béeing no sooner ended but the Emperour 〈…〉 by hys oath of Knighthood and by the loue he beares vnto hys natiue countrie neuer to follow any other aduenture till he had performed hys promise which was to bring th● Magitian Ormondines head into Tartarie And so the Emperour departed from the Noble Knight Saint Dauid 〈…〉 ●●uer to sée him returne ●ut rather ●eare his vtter confusion or euerlasting imprisonment Thus this valiant Christian Champion being bounde to a heauie taske within thrée dayes prepares all necessaries in readines

earth and to rattle against the walles of the Castell like mighty thunder claps and had not the polliticke Knight continually skipped from the furie of his blow hee had béene brused as small as flesh vnto the potte for euerie stroke that the Giant gaue the roote of hys Oake entered at the least two or thrée foote déepe into the ground● But such was the wisedome and pollicie of the worthie Champion not to withstand the force of his weapon till the Giant grew breathles and not able through his long labour to lift the Oake aboue his head and likewise the heate of the Sunne was so intollerable by reason of the extreame haight of the Mountaine and the mightie waight o● hys Iron coate that the sweat of the Gyants browes ran into hys eyes and by the reason that hee was so extreame fat hee grewe blinde that hee coulde not see to indure Combat with him any longer and as farre as hee coulde perceiue woulde haue retired or runne backe againe into hys Castell but that the Italian Champion with a bold courage assailed the Giant so fiercely that he was forced to let his Oake fall and stand gasping for breath which when the noble Knight beheld with a fresh supplie hee redoubled his blowes so couragiously that they battered on the Giants Armour like a storme of winters ha●le whereby at last Blanderon was compelled to aske the Champion mercie and to cra●e at his hands some respite of breathing but his demaunde was in vaine for the valiant Knight supposed now or neuer to obtaine the honour of the day therefore neuer resting his wearie arme but redoubling blow after blow till the Gyant for want of breath and through the anguish of his deepe gashed wounds was forced to giue the world a farewell and to yéelde the riches of his Castell to the most renowned Conquerour S. Anthonie the Champion of Italie But by that time the long and dangerous encounter was finished and the Giant Blanderons head disseuered from his bodie the Sunne sate mounted on the highest part of the Elements which caused the day to be extreame hote and sulthie whereby the Champions Armour so extreamely scalded him that hee was constrained to vnbrace his Corslet and to lay aside his Burgonet and to cast his body on the cold earth onely to mittiga●e his ouerburthened heate But such was the vnnaturall coolen●s of the earth and so vnkindely to his ouerlabored hart that the melted grease of his inward parts was ouercooled sodainely wherby his bodie receiued such vnnaturall distemperature that the vapors of the cold earth stroke presently to hys heart by which hys vitall aire of life was excluded and hys body without sence or moouing wherein the mercie of pale death he lay bereaued of féeling for the space of an houre During which time faire Rossalinde one of the Daughters of the Thracian Kinges beeing as then Prisoner in the Castell by chaunce looked ouer the walles and espied the bodie of the Giant headles vnder whose subiection shée had continued in great seruitude for the time of seauen monthes likewise by him a Knight vnarmed as she thought panting for breath the which the Ladie Iudged to bee the Knight that had slaine the Giant Blanderon the man by whome her deliuerie should be recouered she presently descended the walles of the Castell and ran with all speed to the aduenterous Champion whome she found dead But yet béeing nothing discouraged of his recouerie féeling as yet a warme blood in euerie member retired backe with all spéede to the Castell and fetcht a box of pretious Balme the which the Giant was wont to poure into hys woundes after his encounter with any knight with which Balme this curteous Ladie chafed euerie part of the breathles Champions bodie one while washing his stiffe limbes with her salt teares the which like pearles fell from her eyes another while drying them with the tresses of her golden haire which hung dangling in the winde then chafing hys li●eles bodie againe with a Balme of a contrarie nature but yet no signe of life could she espie in the dead Knight which caused her to growe desperate of all hope of his recouerie Therefore like a louing méeke and kinde Lady considering he had lost his life for her sake shee intended to beare him companie in death and with her owne handes to fin●● vp her dayes and to die vpon his breast as This be died vpon the breast of her true Pyrramus therfore as the Swanne singes a while before her death so this sorrowfull Ladie warbl●d foorth this Swan-like song ouer the bodie of the Noble Champion Muses come mourne with dolefull mellodie Kinde Siluane Nimphes that sit in Rosie bowers● With brackish teares commix your harmonie To waile with me both minutes monthes and houres A heauie sad and Swan-like song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die Dead is the Knight for whome I liue and die Dead is the Knight which for my sake is slaine Dead is the Knight for whome my carefull crie With wounded soules for euer shall complai●●● A heauie sad and Swan-like song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die Ile set my breast vpon a siluer streame And swim vnto Elisium lillie fields There in Ambrosian trees Ile write a Theame Of all the wofull sighes my sorrow yeelds A heauie sad and Swan-like song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die Farewell faire woods where singes the Nightingales Farewell faire fields where feeds the light foote Does Farewell you groues you hilles and flourish dales But fare thou ill the cause of all my woes A heauie sad and Swanlike song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die Ring out my ruth you hollow Caues of stone Both birds and beasts with all things on the ground You sencsles trees be all assistant to my mone That vp to heauen my sorrowes may resound A heauie sad and swanlike song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die Let all the Townes of Thrace ring out my knell And write in leaues of brasse what I haue said That after ages may remember well How Rosalinde both liude and dide a Maid A heauie sad and Swanlike song sing I To ease my hart a while before I die This wofull Dittie béeing no sooner ended but the desperate Ladie vnsheathed the Champions sword which as yet was all besprinkled with the Gyants blood and béeing at the verie point to execute her intended Tragedie and the bloody weapon directly placed against her Iuorie breast but shee heard the distressed Knight giue a grieuous t●rrible grone whereat she stopped her remorc●les ●and with more discreation tendered her owne safetie for by this time the Balme wherewith she anoynt●d hys bodie by wonderfull operation rec●uered the dead Champion insomuch that after some few gaspes and earnest sighes hee raised vp hys stiffe limbes from the cold earth where like one cast into a trance for

would send him for his deare sonnes sake such strength and agillity of body as to slay the furious and tirrable monster which béeing done with a bold and couragious heart hee smote the Dragon vnder the wing where it was tender without scale wherby his good sworde Askalon with an easie passage went to the verie hilts through both the Dragons heart liuer bone and blood whereout issued such aboundance of purple gore that it turned the grasse which grewe in the valley into a crimson colour the ground which before partched through the burning stinch of the Dragon was now drenched with ouermuch moysture which voyded from his venemous bowels where at last through want of blood and long continuance in fight the Dragon yéelded his vitall spirits to the mercy of the conquering Champion The which béeing happely performed the Noble Knight Saint George of England first yéelding due honour to Almighty God for the victorie then with his good sword Askalon he cut off the Dragons head and pitcht it vpon the trunchion of a speare which at the beginning of the battaile hee shiuered against the Dragons scalie backe During this long and dangerous Combat his trustie Stéede lay altogether in a sounde without any moouing which caused the English Champion with all spéed to crush the ioyce of an Orringe into hys cold mouth the vertue whereof presently expelled the venemous poysons and recouered his former strength againe There was as then remayning in the Egiptian Court one Almidor the blacke King of Moroco who long had prosecuted in the way of marriage the Loue of Sabra the Kinges daughter but by no pollicie meanes nor manhood could hée accomplish what his har● desired But now finding opportunitie to expresse his trecherous minde intended to robbe and spoyle Saint George of his victorie whereby he thought to attaine the gratious fauour and singuler g●●d liking of his Lady and Mistresse who lothed his companie like the detested Crokadiles but euen as the Wolfe though all in vaine barkes at the Moone So this fantasticall and cowardly Almidor through many rich gifts and faire promises hired twelue Egiptian Knights to beset the valley where Saint George slue the burning Dragon by force bereaue him of his conquest But when this magnanimious Champion of England came ryding in triumph from the valley ●spected to haue beene entertained like a Conquerour with Drums and Trumpets or to haue heard the belles of Egipt rung a ioyfull sound of victorie or to haue haue séene the str●etes beautified with bonefires but contrary to his imagination was he met with Troupes of Armed Knights not to conduct him peacefullie to the Egiptian Court but by falshood and trechery to dispoyle him of his life and honour For ne sooner had he ridden past the entry of the valley but he espi●d how the Egiptian Knights brandi●hed their weapons and deuided themselues to inte●c●pt him in his iournie to the Court By which he knew them to be no faithfull friendes but vowed enemies So tying his Horse to a Hatkorne trée he intended to try his fortune on foote for feare of disaduantage they béeing twelue to one but in the skirmish Saint George so valiantly behaued himselfe with his trustie sword Askalon that at one stroke he slue thrée of the Egiptian Knights and before the golden Diamond of heauen had wandred the zo●iack th● compasse of an houre but some he dismembred of thei● heads some had their limbes lopt off some their bodies cut in twaine some their intrayles trayling downe so that not one was left aliue to carrie news to Almidor the black King which stood during all the time of skirmish a far off vpon a mountaine toppe to behold the successe of his hired Champions But when he saw the Egiptians bloodie Tragedies howe the happie fortune of the English Knight had wonne the honour of the day hée accursed his destenie and accused the Quéene of chaunce with crueltie for disapointing hys pretended enterprise but hauing a heart fr●ught with all wicked motions s●cretlie vowed in his soule to practise by some other trechery S. Georges vtter confusion So ●unning before to the Court of King Ptolomie not reueali●g what had hapned to the twelue Egiptian Knights but ●rying in euery place as he went Victoria Victoria the enemie of Egipt is slaine Then Ptolomie commaunded euer●e stréet of the Citty to be hung with rich Ar●as imbrothere● Tapestry and likewise prouided a sumptu●us Charriot of gold the wheeles and other timb●● worke of the purest ●bonie the couering thereof was made of purple silke crosse b●rde with sta●es of gold Likewise a hundred of the Noblest Péeres of Egipt attired in Crimson Ueluet and white mounted on milke white Coursers with rich Caparison attended the cōming of S. George Thus all things apopinted for his Honourable intertainement which they performed in such solemne order ●hat I lacke memorie to discribe it For when he first entered the gates of the Cittie he heard such a mellodious h●rmonie of heauenly sounding Musicke that it séemed in his conceite to surpasse the sweetnes of the Cherubins or the holy company of Angels Then they most Royally presented him with a sumptuous and co●●ly Pale of gold and after inuested him in that Iuorie Charriot wherin he was conducted to the Pallace of King Ptolomie where this Nobl●●nd Princeli● minded Champion surrendred vp his conquest and victorie to the séemelie handes of the beautious Sabra where shée with like curtesie and more humillity requited his bountie For at the f●●st sight of the English Knight she was so rauished with his Princely countenance that for a time shée was not able to speake Yet at last taking him by the hand she led him to a rich pauillion where she vnarmed him and with most precious sal●●s imbalmed his woundes with her ●eares washed away the blood which being done she furnished a table with all manner of dillicates for his repast where her Father was present who demaunded his Country P●rentage name after the banq●et was ended he insta●●d him with the hon●ur of Knighthood and put vpon his féete a paire of golden spurres But Sabra who féeding vppon the banquet of his loue conducted him to hys nightes repose where she sate vpon hys bed and wa● bl●● forth most heauenly melody vppon her Lute till his sences were ouercome with ● asweet and silent sléepe where she left hym for that night after 〈◊〉 dangerous battaile But no sooner did Auroraes ●adi●nt blush distaine the beauty of the East and the sun shew his morning countenance but Sabra repayred to the English Champions lodging and at his fi●st vprising presented him with ● Diamond of most rare and excellent vertue the which he wore vpon his finger The next that entered his lodging was the Trecherous Almidor the blacke King of Moroco hauing in his hand a boule of Greeki●h Wine which hee offe●ed to the Noble Champion Saint George of England but at the receaite thereof the Diamond the

Lady gaue him which he wore vpon his finger waxed pale and from his nose felt thrée droppes of blood whereat he started which sodaine accident caused the kings daughter to suspect some secret poyson compounded in the Wine and thereupon so vehemently s●riked that a sodaine vprore presently ouerspread the whole Court whereby it came to the Kinges intelligence of the proffered Trecherie of Almidor against the English Champion But so beare was the loue of the Egiptian King to the blacke King of Moroco that no beliefe of Trecherie could enter into hys minde Thus Almidor the second time was preuented of hys pr●ctise whereat in minde he grew more inraged than the chafed Bore yet thinking the third should pay for all· So 〈◊〉 spying a time wherein to worke his wicked purpose which he brought to passe in this manner Many a day r●mained Saint George in the Egiptian Court sometimes reu●lling am●ngst Gentlemen dancing and sporting with Ladies other s●m● in Tilts and Turnim●nts with other Honourable exercises Likewise long and extreame was the loue that beautious Sabra bore to the English Champion of the which this Trecherous A●midor had intelligence by many secret practises and manie times his eares were witnes of their discourses So vpon an Euening when the gorgious Sunne lay l●uell with the ground it was his fortune to walke vnder a Garden wall to take the coolenes of the Euenings aire where vnseene of the two Louers hee heard their amorous discourses a● they sate dallyin● in the bower of Roses Courting 〈◊〉 ●nother in this manner My soules delight my hearts choose comfort swéet● George of England saide the loue-séeke Sabra Why art thou more obdurate than the Flint which the teares of my true heart can neuer mollifie How many thousand sighes haue I breathde for thy sweete sake which I haue sent to thée as true messe●gers of loue yet neue● wouldst thou requite mée with a smiling countenance Refuse not her deare Lord of England that for thy loue will forsake hir Parents Countrie and Inheritance which is the Crowne of Egipt and like a Pilgrime f●llowe thee throughout the wide world O therefore knit that gordion knot of wedlocke that none but death can afterwards vnty that I may say the Sunne shall loose his brightnesse the Moone her splēdant be●mes the Sea her ●ides and all thing●s vnder the cope of heauen grow contrarie to kinde before Sabra the Heire of Egipt prooue vnconstant to her deare S. George of England Th●se wordes so fiered the Champions heart that hée was almost intangled in the snares of loue which before time onlie aff●cted Martiall discipline But yet to trie patience a littl● more made her this a●swere Ladie of Egipt cans● thou not bee content that I haue ventured my 〈◊〉 to set thée free from death but that I should linke my f●ture fortunes in a womans l●ppe and so burie all my Honours in Obliuion No no Sabra George of England is a Knight borne in a Countrie where tru● C●iualrie is n●urisht and hath sworne to search the world so far as euer the Lam●e of Heauen doth lend his light before he tie himselfe to the troublesome state of marriage therefore attempt me no more that am a stranger and a wanderer from place to place but s●●k to aime at higher States as the ●ing of Mo●roco who will attempt to climbe the ●e●uens 〈◊〉 gayn● 〈◊〉 loue and good liking at which spéeches shee sodainely 〈◊〉 in this manner The King of Moroco is as bloody minded as a Serpent but thou more gentle th●n a Lamb his tongue as ominous as the scriking night Owle but thine more swéeter than the morninges Larke his kind imbracinges like the stinging Snakes but thine more pleasant than the creeping vine ●●at if thou béest a Knight of a strange countrie thy body is more precious to myne eyes than Kingdomes in my heart There stay replyed the English Champion I am a Christian thou a Pagan I honour God in heauen thou earthly shadowes below therefore if thou wilt obtaine my loue and liking thou must forsake thy Mahomet and bée christned in our Christian faith With al my soule answered the Egiptian Lady will I forsake my country Gods for thy loue become a Christian and therewithall she burst a ring in twaine the one halfe she gaue to him in pledge of Loue kept the other halfe her selfe and so for that time departed the Garden But during all the time of their discourses the Trecherous minded Almidor stood listning to their spéeches ● fretted inwardly to the verie gall to heate the Mistresse of hys hart reiect hys former curtesies Therfore intending now or neuer to infringe their plighted band went in all hast to the Egiptian King and in this maner made his suplication Know great M●narke of the East that I haue a secret to vnfold which toucheth nerely the sauegard of your countrey It was my chance this Euening at shutting vp of Titons golden gates to take the comfort of the Western● breathing aire vnder your priuate Garden walkes where I heard though all vnséene a déepe pretended Treason betwixt your Daughter and the English Knight where shée hath vowde to forsake her God and beléeue as the Christians doo and likewise shée intendes to flye from her natiue Countrie and to goe with this wandring trauailer which hath béene so highly honoured in your Court. Now by Mahomet Apollo and Termagaunt thrée Gods we Egiptians commonly ador● sayde the King this damned Christian shal not gaine the conquest of my daughters loue for hée shall loose hys head though not by violence in our Egiptian Court Therefore Almidor bee secret in my intent for I will send him to my cosen the Persian Soldan from whence he neuer shall returne to Egipt againe except hys Ghost bring newes of bad successe vnto my Daughter and thereuppon they presentlye contriued this Letter The Letter to the Soldan of Persia. I Ptolomie King of Egipt the Easterne territories sendeth Greeting to thee the mightie Soldan of Persia great Emperour of the Prouinces of 〈◊〉 Asia This is to request thee vpon 〈◊〉 of friendship betwixt vs to shewe the bearer hereof thy seruant death for he is an vtter enemie to all Asia and Affrica and a proude contemner of our Religion Therefore faile me not in my request as thou wilt answere on thine oath and so in hast farewell Thy kinseman Ptolomie the King of Egipt WHich Letter béeing no sooner subscribed sealed with the great Seale of Egipt but Saint George was dispatched with Embassage for Persia with the bloody sentence of hys owne destruction to the true deliuery whereof he was sworne by the honour of his Knighthood and for hys pawne he left behinde hym his good Steede and hys trusty sword Askalon in the kéeping of Ptolomie the Egiptian King only taking for hys puruay easie trauayle 〈◊〉 of the Kinges horses Thus the Innocent Lambe betrayed by the willie Foxe was sent to the hungerstarued Lyons den

for hys departure and so trauailed westward till he approach to the sight of the Inchaunted Garden the scittuation whereof somewhat daunted his valiant courage for it was incompassed with a hedge of withered thornes and briers which séemed continually to burne vpon the toppe thereof sate a number of straunge and deformed thinges some in the likenes of night Owles that woondered at the presence of Saint Dauid some in the shape of Progines transformation foretelling hys infortunate successe and some like Rauens that with their harsh throuts ring foorth a balefull knell of some wofull Tragedie the elements which couered the Inchaunted Garden séemed to bee ●uerspread with 〈…〉 from whence continually shot ●●ames of fire as though the skies had bin ●●led with blazing Commets which 〈…〉 or rather the very patterne of hell stroke such a terror into the Champions hart that twice he was in minde to returne without performing the aduenture but for hys oath and Honor of Knighthood which he had pawnde for the accomplishment thereof So laping hys body on the bare earth beeing the first nurse and mother of his life her made hys humble petition to God that hys minde might be neuer opprest with cowardize nor his heart daunted with any faint feare till he had performed what the Tartarian Emperour had bound him to the Champion rose from the ground and with chearefull lookes beheld the elements which seemed at hys conceit to smile at the enterprise and to foreshew a luckie euent So the Noble Knight Saint Dauid with a valiant courage went to the Garden gate by which stoode a Rocke of stone ouerspread with mosse In which Rock by Magicke Art was inclosed a sworde nothing outwardly appearing but the h●●t which was the richest to hys iudgement that euer hys eyes beheld for the steele worke was ingraued very curiously beset with Iasper and Saphier stones the pummell was in the fashion of a Globe of the purest siluer that euer the mines of rich America brought foorth about the pummell was ingrauen in Letters of gold these verses following My Magicke spels remaines most firmely bound The worlds straunge woonder vnknowne by any one Till that a Knight within the North be founde To pull this sword from out this Roc● of stone Then ends my charmes my Magicke Arts and all By whose strong hand wise Ormondine must fall These verses draue such a conceited Imagination into the Champions minde that hee supposed himselfe to bée the Northen Knight by whome the Nigromancer should bée conquered Therefore without anye further aduisement he put hys hand into the hilt of the rich swor●e thinking presently to pull it out from the Inchaunted Rocke of Ormondine But no sooner did hee attempt that vaine enterprise but hys valiant courage and inuincible fortitude fayled him all hys sences was ouer taken with a sodayne heauie sléepe whereby he was forced to let goe hys hold and to fall flatte vppon the barraine ground where hys eyes were so fast locked vp by Magicke Arte and hys wa●ing sences drowned in such a dead ●●umber that it was as much impossible to recouer himselfe from hys sléepe as to pull the ●unne out of the firmament For through the secret misterie of the Nigromancers skill hee had intelligence of the Champions vnfortunate successe who sent from the Inchaunted garden foure spirits in the similitude and likenes of foure beautifull Damsels which wrapped the drousie Champion in a shéete of the finest Arabian silke and conuayed him into a Caue directly placed in the middle of the Garden where they laide him vpon a soft bed more softer than the downe of Culuers where these beautifull Ladi●s through the Artes of wicked Ormondine continually kept him sléeping for the tearme of seauen yeares one while singing with sugered songes more swéeter and delightfuller than the Syrens mellodie another while with rare conceited Musicke surpassing the swéetnes of Arions Harpe which made the mightie Dolphins in the Seas to daunce at the sounde of hys swéet inspiring Melodie or like the Harmonie of Orpheus when he iournied downe into hell where the diuelles reioyst to heare hys admired notes and on earth both ●rées and stones did leap when he did but touch the siluer stringes of hys Iuorie Harpe Thus was Saint Dauids aduenture crost with a w●onderfull bad successe whose dayes trauailes was turned into a nights repose whose nights repose was made a heauy sléepe which indured vntill seauen yeares were fullie finished where wee le●●e Saint Dauid to the mercie of the Nigromancer Ormondine sleeping and returne now to the most Noble and magnanimious Champion S. George where we left him imprisoned in the S●ldans Court But now gentle Reader thou wilt thinke it straunge that all these Christian Champions should meete together agayne 〈◊〉 that they bee seperated into so many borders of the world For Saint Dennis the Champion of Fraunce 〈◊〉 maineth now in the Court of Thessalie with hys Ladie Eglantine Saint Iames the Champion of Spaine in the Citty of Ciuell with Celestine the faire Lady of Ierusalem Saint Anthonie the Champion of Italie trauailing the world in the companie of a Thracian maiden attired in a Pages apparrell Saint Andrew the Champion of Scotland séeking after the Italian Saint Pattricke the Champion of Ireland after the Champion of Scotland Saint Dauid of Wales sléeping in the Inchaunted garden adioyning to the Kingdome of Tartarie and Saint George the famous Champion of England imprisoned in Persia of whome and of whose noble aduentures I must a while discourse till the honoured Fame of the other Champions compelles mée to report their Noble and Princelie atchiuementes CHAP. X. How Saint George escaped out of prison at Persia and how he redeemed the Champion of Wales from his Inchauntment with other thinges that hapned to the English Knight with the Tragicall tale of the Nigromancer Ormondine NOW seauen times had frosty bearded winter couered both hearbes and flowers with snow behung the trées with Christall I sickles seauen times had Ladie Vir beautified euerie field with natures ornaments and seauen times had withered Autum robbed the earth of springing flowers since the vnfortunate Saint George beheld the chearefull light of heauen but obscurely liued in a dismall dungeon by the Soldan of Persias commaundement as you heard before in the beginning of the Historie● His vnhappy fortune so discontented hys rest●es thoughtes that a thousand times a yeare he wisht an end of his life a thousand times he cursed the day of his creation his sigh● in number did counteruaile a heape of sand whose top●● might séeme to reach the skies the which he vainely breathed forth against the walles of the Prison Many times making his humble supplication to the heauens to redéeme him from that vale of miserie and many times séeking occasion desperatly to abridge hys dayes whereby to triumph in hys owne Tragedie But at last when seauen yeares were fully ended it was the Champions luckie fortune to finde in a secret

her ●allying pastime with his haire could bring him a sléepe she strained forth the Organs of her voice and ouer his heade song this wofull Dittie Thou God of sleepe and golden dreames appeare That bringst all things to peace and quiet rest Close vp the glasses of his eies so cleare Thereby to make my fortune euer blest His eies his hart his senses and his minde In peacefull sleep let them some comfort finde Sing sweet you prettie birdes in top of Skyes With warbling t●nes and many a pleasant note Till your sweet Musicke close his watchfull eies That on my loue with vaine desires doth dote Sleepe on my deare sleepe on my loues delight And l●t this sleepe be thy eternall night You gentle Bees the Muses louelie birdes Come aide my dolefull tunes with siluer sound Let your inspiring melodie recorde Such heauenlie musicke that may q●ite confounde Both wit and sence and tier his eies with sleepe Tha● on my lap in sweet content I keepe You siluer streames which murmuring musicke makes A●d filles each dale with pleasant Harmonie Where at the floting fish much pleasure takes To heare their sweet recording melodie Assist my tunes his slumbring eyes to close That on my lap now takes a sweet repose Let whispering windes in euerie sensles tree A solemne sad and dolefull Musicke sing From hilles and dales and from each mountaine ●ie Let some inspiring sound or eccho ring That he may neuer more awake againe Which sought my marriage bed with lust to staine This delightfull song rocked hys sences to such a careles and heauie slumber that ●e slept as soundly vpon her lappe as if he had béene couched in the softest bed of downe whereby she found a fit opportunitie to 〈◊〉 her vndefiled body from his lustfull desires So taking the Poyniard in her hand which he had cast a little aside and gazing thereon with an irefull looke she made this sad complaint Graunt you immortall powers of heauen said she that of these two extreames I choose the best either must I yeeld my body to bée dishonored by his vnchast desires or staine my handes with the trickling streames of his heart blood If I yéeld vnto the first I shall be then accounted for a viscious Dame in euerie place but if I commit the last I shall be guiltie of a wilfull murder and for the fame the law will adiudge me to a shamefull death What shall I feare to die and loose my vertue and renowne No my heart shall bée as tyrranous as Danaus Daughters that slewe their fiftie husbands in a night or as Medeas crueltie which scattered her brothers bloodie ioynts vpon the sea shore therby to hinder the swift pursute of her father when Iason got the golden Fléece from Calcos Ile Therefore stand still you glistring Lampes of heauen stay wandring time and let him sléepe eternally Where art thou sad Melpomene that speakst of nothing but of murthers and Tragedies Where be those Dames that euermore delights in blood Come come assist me with your cruelties let me excéede the hate of Progne for her rauishment rage hart and take delight in blood banish all thoughts of pitty from thy breast be thou as mercilesse as King Priams Quéene that in reuenge of fiue and twenty murthred sonnes with her owne hands staynd the pauements of Agamemnons Court with purple gore these words being no sooner ended but with wrathfull and pale countenance she sheathed the Poyniard vp to the hilts in the closure of his breast whereat he started and woulde haue got vpon his féete but the streame of blood so violently gushed from his wound that hee declined immediatly to the earth and his soule was forced to giue the world a dolefull adue But when Sabra behold the bedde of violets stainde with blood and euery flower conuerted to a crimson colour shée sighed grieuously but when she saw her garments all to be sprinckled with her enemies blood and he lay wallowing at her féete in purple go●e she ran spéedily vnto a flowing fountaine that stoode on the further side of the Orchard and began to wash the blood out of her clothes but the more shee washed the more it increased a signe that heauen will neuer suffer wilfull murder to be hid for what cause soeuer it is done This straunge spectakle or rather wonderfull accident so amazed the sorrowfull Lady that shee began a newe to complaine O that this wicked murther neuer had bin done said shée or that my hand had béene stroken lame by some vnluckie Plannet when first it did attempt the déede whether shall I flie to shrowde me from the company of vertuous women which will for euermore shun me as a detested murtherer If I should goe into some forraine Countrie there heauen will cast downe vengeance for my guilt If I should hide my selfe in woods and solitarie wildernesses yet would the winde discouer me and blow this bloody crime to euery corner of the world or if I should goe liue in Caues or darkesome Dennes within the déepe foundation of the earth yet will his Ghost pursue me there and haunt mee day and night so that in no place a murtherer can liue in rest such discontented thoughts shall still oppresse his mind After shée had breathed forth this comfortles lamentation to the aire she tore her blood stayned Garment from her backe and cast it into the fountaine where it turned the water into the colour of blood so heynous is murther in the sight of heauen Thus béeing disrobed into her Petticote she returned to the slaughtered Earle whome shee founde couered with mosse which added more griefe vnto her sorrowfull soule for she greatlie feared her murther was discried but it fell not out as she mustrusted for it is the nature and kind of a Robbin Red-brest and other birdes alwaies to couer the bodie of any dead man and them it was that br●d this feare in the Ladies heart by this time the day began to shut vp his bright windowes and sable night entred to take possession of the earth yet durst not the wofull and distressed Sabra make her repaire homewards lest she should bee discried without her vpper garment During which time there was a generall search made for the Earle by his seruauntes for they greatly suspected some daunger had befallen him considering that they heard him the night before so wofullie complaine in his Chamber At last with Torch light they came to the Orchard gate which they presently burst open wherein no sooner entring but they found their murthered Master lying by a bed of violets couered with mosse likewise searching to find out the murtherer At last they espied Sabra in her naked Petticote her handes face besprinckled with blood her countenance as pale as ashes by which signes they suspected her to be the bloody bereauer of their Lord Masters life therefore because she descended from a noble linnage they brought her the same night before the King which did then keepe