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A89357	The most excellent and famous history of the most renowned knight, Amadis of Greece, surnam'd, the Knight of the Burning Sword, son to Lisvart of Greece, and the fair Onoloria of Trebisond Representing his education in the court of King Magadan, his conquering of the defended mountain, his combat with his grandfather the Emperor Esplandian, his killing Frandalon the Ciclops, and falling in love with Lucella, daughter to Alpatracy King of Sicily, his arrival in the isle of Argenes, where he put an end to the enchantments of Queen Zirfea, his assisting his great-grandfather King Amadis in the island of the great Siclades, and in respect to him taking on himself the name of Amadis of Greece: together with the high and noble enterprizes of his cozen Lucencio, Gradamart son to the King of the Giants island, Birmartes son to the King of Spain, and many other noble knights and gallant ladies: all no less useful, than pleasant. Humbly addrest to the beauties of Great Brittain. By a person of quallity. Licensed according to order.; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 9. English.	Person of quality.	1693 (1693)	Wing M2877; ESTC R230734	225,521	237

Religious Persons such as I am to contribu●● in any manner whatsoever to the death of any one Since it is so answer'd the Knight do as you please I will then find it by some other means This said he and Yneril went out of the Church taking the●r way along a little Path and seeming very joyful that they had found an occasion of acquiring Honour by doing Service to their false Gods They had not Travell'd long before they met a Man d●iving two Mules laden with barrels of Water of whom they askt the way to the Castle which the honest Country Man willingly shew'd them Then they began to ascend the Mountain not without great Pain And because Yneril appear d more pensive than ordinary the Knight of the Burning Sword askt him on what he mus'd on so much Certainly answer'd he were I not afraid of displeasing you I should willingly tell you for the Love I bear you accompany'd with the desire I have to serve you Friend reply'd the Knight thou canst not say any thing that will be disagreable to me since in all things the Intention is more to be regarded than the Effect which proceeds of it And moreover since the Counsel of an Enemy is sometimes good that of a Friend as you are to me ought well to be esteem'd wholsome and salutary Speak therefore boldly and if thy Advice be reasonable assure thy self that I will follow it for I will not imitate many obstinate Persons who knowing themselves to be in Fault do yet disdain the counsel of others committing therein two Offences the one thro' their little sense the other thro' their want of knowledge Truly Sir said Yneril your Arguments are so prevalent that I will freely lay open my Thoughts not concealing from you any thing I have in my mind You are not ignorant that you were found by the Sea-side neither your self 〈◊〉 I believe nor they who bred you up knowing whether the Country whence 〈◊〉 ●ere taken be Christian or Pagan wherefore methinks you are much to bla●e in what you undertake since peradventure you are son to some Christian ●ho ' at present you profess another Religion And then if it be so are not you o●lig●d to follow the way of your Parents Yes indeed are you and you ought to hear●en to the counsel of this poor Sancto till you know better what you are than as yet you do for the hands often act wrong tho' the intention be right Now Yneril said this because himself was descended of Christian Parent●g● tho' he were then a Pagan but his heart perpetually earn'd to return to the Faith of his Ancestors and he would willingly have diverted his Master from passing any farther as well for the fear he had of his Person as for the Evil which might follow if this Country where GOD was so devoutly serv'd should b● conquer'd by him and reduc'd to its first Error The Knight of the Burning Sword hearing Yneril speak with such Affection● could not forbear smiling but said to him Indeed Yneril I may as you say be descended of some Christian but I doubt it whereas I am certain that the King Educated me in the Pagan Law and in doubtful things we must follow the most apparent Now I have always liv'd amongst those of Saba and receiv'd Knighthood according to their Faith in which I will persevere to my death except my Judgment alter otherwise I should properly resemble him who having his s ght perfect knowingly makes himself blind or to say better leaving the High-way known to all I should take the Path that will lead me to Perdition Believe me that Wise men advance only with the Time and follow their good Fortune when it presents it self and to these two Time and Fortune are all Persons naturally subject Put case therefore that my Parents were Christians or still are so it is nevertheless for me to choose that Religion which shall seem best to me and not to imitate them knowing that they Err. For this cause have the Gods made men differ from Beasts giving them Reason to choose the Good and Avoid the Evil. Wherefore I am resolv'd till such time I am otherwise inspir'd to endeavour by all means the Augmentation of the Pagan Religion and the Destruction of its contrary were I therefore to dye a Thousand Deaths for such Death ought properly to be nam'd the beginning of Life And moreover it is probable that our Gods have cast us upon these Coasts and deliver'd us out of danger expresly to force us to do them some agreeable service here in destroying this Rabble which has so long resided in this place And as to what you have laid before me saying that I am bound to follow my Parents to this I answer that I am yet more oblig'd to them to whom I ow my Education as I will presently prove by an Example which was on a time amongst other things told me by Mandaiar who was my Instructer whilst I liv'd with Magadan There was and still is at Sobradise a King nam'd Don Galaor who being a Knight errant was entertain'd in the House of a Prince which then Reign'd in great Britain call'd Lisvart Now it happen'd that a certain Difference arose between this Lisvart and Amadis Brother of Galaor touching the Isle of Mongaza for defence of which Amadis with his Father the King of Gaul another Brother of his nam'd Don Florestan and many of their Kindred Friends and Allies went into it and to such an height grew this Quarrel that there follow'd many fierce and cruel Battels in which Galaor was always found on the side of the King by whom he had been entertain'd giving by his Prowess a certain Testimony of his acknowledgment for the great Benefits and Favors he had receiv'd of him preferring the Amity and service he bare him before all Right of Affinity and Parentage tho' it were against his own Father And by this thou may'st judge that every Personage of noble Spirit is more indebted to his Honour and Reason by which he ought to govern himself than to Father Friends Kinsfolks or even his own self Discoursing in this manner they came to the Bridge adjoyning to the Fortress which they were a pretty while in Viewing and there the Knight took his Helmet and Shield commanding Yneril to stay there for him and not to pass any farther which was very grievous to him Then he marcht bravely on till he came near the first Tower at the Window of which he perceiv'd two Knights playing at Chess the one bigger than the other each of them about Fifty Years of Age and both clad in Black The lesser had his Hair exceeding long and his Beard below his Girdle twisted with Threads of Gold which made the Knight certainly believe him to be as indeed he was the King of Jerusalem But when the greater descryd the Knight of the Burning Sword compleatly Arm'd ready for Fight and climbing up the Steps cut in the

King Queen Which so imboldned the Knight that gaining ground by little and little he proceeded from Kisses to pressing her Breasts which constrain'd Lucella to fetch a déep Sigh who feigning to be return'd to her self cry'd out sweetly O Sovereign GOD how long shall we be in this danger Ah my Knight forsake me not I beseech you For without you I had been already dead The King hearing her make such pitious Moan call'd her to him and the Queen Now the Air was as I told you so cloudy and the Mist so thick that they could not see one another which made Lucella wish she had refrain'd speaking that she might not have lost the Pleasure she receiv'd from the sweet Caresses made her by her Lover But now there was no Remedy She must in obedience to the King rise and with the Knights Help go to the other end of the Boat where the Queen was devoutly making Vows and Prayers to GOD for their Safety of which she had little or no Hopes for the Storm so master'd their Vessel that during all that day they could not see either Heaven or Earth nor discern any thing but an imperuous Tempest and Clouds driven by Wind intermix'd with Hail Thunder and Lightnings horrible enough to daunt the most resolute Courages In the mean time those who remain'd in the great Ship as the King had commanded them seeing the Weather and Sea change of a suddain their Sails Masts and Rigging shatter'd and broken to pieces were constrain'd to follow Fortune without being able to stay any longer how unwilling soever they were to leave and abandon those of the Boat whom they lookt upon as lost Being in this manner carry'd away by the Impetuosity of the Winds they were about the end of the Week driven on the Coast of Sicily where they entred into Harbor resolving by common accord to conceal the Misfo●tune of the others and to affirm t●at they were still in the Isle of Silanchy the King having sent them away with Frandalon's Daughter This was easily Credited by those of the Countrey when they saw Galdafea who was then put into safe Custody those of the Vessel relating before all how the Knight of the burning Sword had defeared Frandalon and his Son and deliver'd the Queen and her Daughter together with the Trouble given them by the Old Giantess who slew three or four of their Companions Then assoon as their Vessel was repair'd and resitted they set forth again to Sea Steering that Course in which they soonest hop'd to have News of those whom they held in a manner for lost CHAP. XXII How the King of Sicily and those that were in the Boat with him were driven into the Isle of Argenes and what befel them THe Boat in which was the King the Queen the Knight of the Burning Sword Lucella and Frandamella was all that day and the night following in wonderful danger and yet more the next morning For it spilt upon a Sand adjoining to an high Rock where they were miraculously sav'd with all that was in the Boat nothing at all being lost And tho' the Countrey was unknown to them and that they saw neither Path nor Way to get up yet they thought themselves much better amongst the Shrubs and Briars than amidst the Rage and Tempest of that merciless Sea where they had been so much tormented Now Neeessity which is as every one knows the Mistress of Arts made them search diligently about till they found a Path a little beaten and frequented Then the Knight of the Burning Sword said to the King Sir I think it would be best that we should go up and see if we can discover any House or Cottage where we may get Shelter Well let us go then answer'd he So they all took horse and climb'd up till they discover'd the Tops of certain Buildings towards which they rode so that about the closing of the Evening they might easily see the Fortress which was a great square Castle environ'd with thick Walls having Battlements and being in good Defence But before they could come near it they saw at a good distance two great Marble Pillars where there began a Wall which went to a very fair Tower and thence to another about a Bow-shoot off where were likewise two Pillars and so to four more each at a Bow-shoot Distance from the last before it and thence to the Castle which compleated the number of seven But they saw neither Man nor Woman of whom they might enquire concerning the Place which made them certainly believe it to be uninhabited Nevertheless considering the Danger out of which they were just escap't nothing could present it self to their Eyes which seem'd capable to offend them They went on therefore till they came to an high erected Pillar of Crystal on the Top of which was a great gilt Statue representing the Person of a Queen holding in her left hand a Roll so long that it reacht down to the Basis of the Pillar wherein with excellent artifice were graven certain Caldean Characters to which she pointed with her Right Then the King askt the Knight whether he understood any thing of it Who answering that he did began to interpret it to him in this manner Zirfea the Magician Sister to the great Soldan of Babylon Queen and Lady of this Isle of Argenes and of all those who either are there or shall arrive here without our Leave whether of the Pagan Religion or of the new Law of CHRIST make known That we have by our Art and Industry built this Palace call'd the Fortress of Treasure which shall be defended by seven Guards appointed thereunto till such time as the Fair one shall seize on the cruel Sword to defend and secure her self against the dreadful Lyon by whose Roarings her doubting and passionate Heart shall recover new Force driving away all Feminine Weakness Then and not sooner shall these Enchantments end which we have here establisht In good Faith said the King this is a strange Hap. As far as I can see we are then arriv'd in the Isle of Argenes of which I never heard as I know of at worst we shall see what Enchantments and adventures are here Sir answer'd the Knight Night comes on upon us and I am of Opinion that we pass no farther till to morrow when we will enter the Castle if we can This was very agréeable to the Ladies wherefore they Alighted and unbridling their Horses to let them feed sat down at the Foot of the Pillar where they had not long been when there came towards them a very Ancient Gentleman having a Faulcon on his Fist He knowing that they were Strangers askt them what they were doing For said he if you be perceiv'd by those of the Castle you cannot avoid being put into the most doleful Prison that ever wretched persons entred into Knight answer'd he of the burning Sword declare to us then if you please on what occasion and by whom

the burning Sword very humbly thank'd him This Discourse was scarce ended when the Infanta who had been to visit her Friend Lucencio came in The King immediately went to salute her with his Knee in a manner to the Ground and she who was of an Accomplisht Behaviour receiv'd him very humbly Then they sat down in two Chairs near to the Knight who addressing himself to her thus began his Discourse Madam you have already done me such Favours that 't is impossible for so poor a Knight as I am ever to return you suitable Thanks I have nevertheless by my Entreaties so far prevail'd with the King that he has of his Liberality been pleas'd to bestow on me the Place you lost some few days since to the end I may restore it into your hands which I very willingly do entreating you that of your wonted Goodness you will pardon me the death of your people who undoubtedly ended their daies more thro' the ill Custom of the place they kept than for any Desire I had to do you a discourtesy Therefore Madam with Thanks to the King you will please to accept this present and to esteem me as one who would hazard his life and whatever else is dear to him for your Service Tho' Axiana was exceedingly overjoy'd at her so easy recovering what she despaired of yet concealing the Excess of her Ioy she modestly thus answer'd him Indeed good Knight the Offer you so liberally make me and the Displeasure I have receiv'd in losing what you have gain'd from me and mine put me in great confusion because considering in what manner my place has been conquer'd and then restor'd and put into my hands my honour seems not however to be satisfied unless the Death of my men were reveng'd as severely as the greatness of the Offence deserves not so much in respect of them as of my person against which the principal Injury has been committed and which ought to have a suitable satisfaction And on the other side the Favour Benefit and Honour I receive from the King and you summons me to forget all past Offences not so much for the value of the thing you present me as to take away the Opinion that might be conceived not only of my ingratitude but that the cause of my Refusal proceeds from a Despair of ever being able to return you the like Which the Gods forbid should befall Axiana and much less that she should shew in the State and Rank she bears any mean spiritedness which is a Fault that never she or any of her Lineage were guilty of And therefore conforming the Time to my Fortune my Thanks for the Restitution you make me shall be such that I wait for some time to requite you not as for a Benefit bestow'd on the Queen of Argenes Daughter but as a bounty proceeding from such noble Persons to me who expected it not In the mean time you shall have for a pledge my good Will with what ever else is in my power Ah! Madam said the King I will no longer contend with you well knowing that your Courtesy can overcome a much better speaker than I am but let it suffice you that all those who see you fall into a Desire of doing you service which Desire brings with it so much force that every Knight who serves you thinks himself well recompens'd if his service is agreeable to you Now Axiana had not yet perceiv'd Gradafilea who to hear what they said left her Brother and came towards her Then they saluted each other very courteously They had not however any long Discourse together for Night drew on and the King of Sicily would return whence he had parted in the morning Which Axiana knowing besought him and Gradafilea also not to forget the Way but to bring thither the next day the Queen and Lucella with all the rest whom she would entertain in the best manner she could and upon this they gave her the good Fight And coming down into the Court they took Horse and went back to the Castle of the Chamber of Treasure where they were very well receiv'd especially by the Ladies who desiring to know in what disposition the two wounded Knights were the King was oblig'd to relate to them more than once all he had seen and heard And in the mean time the Knight of the burning Sword and Lucencio sometimes visited each other whence they began together such a Friendship as lasted ever after CHAP. XXXII How the Emperor of Trebisond the King of Sicily and all the others as well Knights as Ladies and Gentlewoman that were in the Castle of the Chamber of Treasure went to see Axiana And of the Wonders she shew'd them SO well did the did Knight order those he had undertaken to cure that he set them on their Legs sound and lusty At which the Infanta Axiana much rejoycing and desirous to treat the Emperor and his Company requested the Knight of the Burning Sword and Gradamart to go and desire their Company at her house where she design'd to feast them Which being heard by the Knights they one day very early in the morning took horse and having put on Scarlet Cloaks which she had given them with no other Arms but their Swords they went on to the Castle where they were very well receiv'd Then the two Knights told those of the Castle Axiana's Desire to satisfy which they resolv'd to set forth immediatly Sending therefore for their Horses they rode to the Infanta's House who being acquainted that they were alighted in the lower Court came to receive them with so pleasing a Countenance as was highly to the Satisf●●tion of all the Company Now as she saluted them one after the other seeing the great Beauty of Lucella of which she had been told she could not forbear saying to her In my Conscience Madam you are the compleatest Beauty I ever saw in my life and I no more wonder that the Adventure of my Castel is ended the Gods having bestow'd on you so great Excellence Lisvart who heard this Discourse and the Praises which Axiana gave the Princess desiring in some sort to acknowledge the Pleasure he receiv'd by it spake thus to her By my Faith Madam you have in my opinion no cause to complain of them For if they have given this Infanta any Beauty you also have so good a share of it that you come not far behind her And to speak Truth after Lucella one could not easily have found any one that equall'd her and yet she could not forbear smiling and blushing together She would not however contest any longer but changing the Discourse brought them into the Hail where the Tables were cover'd for d●nner and they were so abundantly serv'd with all sorts of Delicacies that 't was to be admir'd Dinner being over and they having discours'd a little of such things as most delighted them Axiana willing to shew them the Beauties and choicest Rarities of her House address'd

vast Number of Towers and Turrets along which were many guilded Pipes receiving the Waters from four great Parts of the House in a Square the Walls of which within and without were enricht with the most curious work that Apelles ever wrought either in Imagery or Painting To this Palace was adjoyning a Park containing in compass six great Leagues full of so many Curiosities that I know not whether the Palace of Apolidon could shew any thing beyond them For Zirfea had employ'd all her Skill to render it perfectly curious having beautify●d with whatever Art or Nature could afford as you shall hereafter understand And tho' the two wounded Knights were in so much Pain that Rest was much more convenient for them than their Amusing themselves either in beholding or discoursing about Buildings yet having heard the Damsels by the way relate the Perfection of the Place they took so great Pleasure in viewing its Out-side that they scarce thought of entring in when Axiana inform'd of their Arrival by a Page came to receive them with such a Countenance as shew'd her more content and satisfy'd than if she had regain'd her Castle and Chamber of Treasure she had lost Which the Knight of the Burning Sword perceiving said to her Madam you have been so mindful of our Healths that should we dye a thousand times in your service yet can we never recompence favour we receive from you But the as the Sun is natually bright and cannot be otherwise so you being descended of the house you are and so well educated cannot shew your self other than wise prudent fair and vertuous using Sweetness and Courtesy as that with which you are born and which naturally accompanies you to render you the most accomplisht of Ladies Sir Knight answer'd she you give me great and undeserv'd Praises for that which I could not have omitted without offending against the three principal Points requisit to a Person of my Condition The first of which is to acknowledge in time of Adversity the Pleasure one has receiv'd from ones Enemy letting every one know that he who when afflicted can requite a Favor has also the Means to avenge himself of the Injuries suffer'd during his Misfortune The second to shew ones self at all times civil and compassionate as occasion requires And the third never so to trouble ones Mind for any Discontents or Crosses which may happen but that Reason and Discretion still keep the upper hand And these three Points are evidently necessary to all generous Persons for the preserving their Greatness always firm and unchangeable For undecaying Virtue renders a person much more noble and exalted than all the corruptible Goods of Fortune which are always subject to her Passions and Inconstancy and but too often bestow'd on such as never deserv'd them But 't is quite otherwise with Virtue for he alone obtains it who does Acts worthy the gaining it And for it alone ought men to be esteem'd and honour'd yea and reputed Richer than if they possess'd all the Treasures of the word Because the true and never fading Riches is the Renown of good and heroick Actions perform'd by the vertuous Person The Knight of the Burning Sword hearing her speak with such a Grace conceiv'd a very great Esteem for her But she was Daughter of one of the discreetest Ladies in Asia and of Prince Olorius of Spain a most wise and prudent Knight from whom it would have been difficult for her to have degenerated And to speak true when we consider the tenderness of her Age joyn'd with her Discretion Nature shew'd in her a Master-piece admirably well deserving the highest Commendations Wherefore he resol'd to do her all the Honor he could and she very courteously embrac'd him Then were he and Gradamart brought into a fair Chamber where being laid in two several Beds they were visited by the old Knight whom we formerly mention'd who thro' his great skill and long Experience sav'd their Lives as he had done of many other valiant men who held themselves therefore very much oblig'd to him CHAP. XXXI How the Knight of the Burning Sword caus'd Axiana's Castle to be restored to her and the Discourse the King of Sicily and she had together FOur whole days did the Knight of the burning Sword and Gradamart continue under the Old Mans Hand without any discerning of Amendment in them till towards the end of the Week when the Feavor left them and their Wounds began to Heal. Axiana in the mean time treated them in the best manner she could imagin and sent to desire the King of Sicily that he would come and visit them Which he very readily did Gradafilea also bearing him Company They then being come to the Infanta's House whilst Gradafilea was entertaining her Brother Gradamart the King of Sicily discours'd with the Knight of the burning Sword who falling from one matter to another the Knight began to say to him Sir tho' the little Service I have hitherto done you is so far from deserving any Recompence that it merits not the least Thanks nevertheless considering your Goodness Liberality and courteous Disposition as you also I believe have already some Assurance how much I am yours and into what danger I would put my Person for any thing that might redound to your Service I have taken the boldness to make you the Request you will hear You know Sir in what manner the Chamber of Treasure was Conquer'd and the Guards slain at which as 't is to be thought the Infanta Axiana receiv'd a double Discontent And nevertheless for my desisting at her Request from the Combat against her Knight Lucencio which was as great a Benefit to my self as to him she has taken such care of my Health that laying aside all the ill Will she might reasonably bear me she has so preferr'd Virtue that 't were impossible for the greatest Prince in the World to be more honour'd or better treated Which has constrain'd me Sir humbly to beseech you that you will be pleas'd to give me what we have won from her to the end I may make her a Present of it acknowledging in some manner the great Civility she has shewn me The King who desir'd nothing more than to please and satisfy him being very glad of this Overture thus answer'd him My dear Friend I could wish you had askt also of me the three best Citys of my Kingdoms that I might have had an Opportunity of shewing you how sensible I am of the Obligations you have laid on me who owe you even my Life as for what you now request of me you alone have the Absolute Right to dispose of it at your pleasure having purchas'd it with your blood it seems therefore injurious to me to ask me that which is already your own and in which I have no part but if you please to accept of any thing that belongs to me you shall freely have it how dear soever it is to me The Knight of

her self to the Queen saying You Madam and this excellent Company having so far honour'd Axiana 't is reasonable she should endeavour in some sort to acknowledge it by giving you the Pleasure of certain singularities which are here and which several have sometimes thought to be strange Will it please you therefore to see them Yes indeed answer'd the Queen 't is what we request of you Then they arofe from their Places and not to tire themsel●es over much sent for their Horses on which being mounted they entred first into a great Park part of which was curiously planted with Rows of Orange-trees Lemon-trees Myrcles Pomegranates Cypres Lawrels Lentisk Pines Fir-tres Palm-trees Olive-trees and several others wonderfully pleasant A little higher on a small rising was a Thicket of Codars Plain-trees whither repair'd all sorts of Animals wild and tame And at the foot ran a Rivulet proceeding from many pleasant Fountains which water'd the Place where 't was convenient in the midst of which there was an high Pillar of Amber that cast forth such abundance of Water as made a spacious Lake Then going on the left hand they entred into a long Walk set on each side with Elms Lime-trees and Sycomores which so shaded it that the Sun in the height of Summer could not have offended the Eye of any one and to rest ones self there were on the Sides of it Arbors of Woodbines and Box entermix'd with Laurels and Laylacks And in the midst was a Round of an hundred yards over where were Pallas Juno and Venus of white Marble who look on Paris sleeping on a Rock of Chrystal whence issu'd another Fountain in which they all took so much Pleasure that they had not any thoughts of Returning when there arose so obscure dark cloud a Cloud that they all lost sight of each other and suddenly heard a serpent hiss and beat his Wings so that the whole Park resounded the Noise Alas poor Ladies were you not then afraid Yes certainly were you and in such manner that you thought immediately to dye For the last mention'd Fountain was chang'd into so great a Fire that the Flames seem'd by little and little to have seiz'd on the whole Park those who beheld this wonder expecting nothing but a miserable and desperate end and cursing Axiana who had so subtilly b●ought them thither to take as they thought vengeance for the Displeasure she had receiv'd of them And the more to encrease their Fear they heard on the g●eat Lake such a Noise Thunder that they thought Heaven and Earth ●ould came together when they perceiv'd making from thence towards them a great and terrible Serpent casting Fire and Flame thro' his Eyes Nostrils and Th●oat And upon him the Infanta Axiana holding in her hand a naked Sword with which she gave the Beast such a Blow between his Ears that thro' the Greatness of the Pain he leapt into the Basin of the Fountain where he began so to bestir himself that the Knights Ladies and Gentlewoman were washt with the Water which spurted up and fell from their Horses to the Ground yet without receiving any farther Hurt Then the Darkness vanishing and the Heavens becoming clear and bright they all found themselves in the midst of the Wood and Axiana amongst them having Lisvarts Sword and without any more seeing any thing that might trouble them Wherefore the Knights knowing their Illusion and past Fear fell a laughing so did not the Ladies but trembled like the Leaves on the Tree what fair Words soever Axiana gave them who would have brought them farther But Lucella very farely told her she would not for any thing in the world go on unless she promis'd to free her from these Plantasms She was indeed more like one dead than living and utter'd these Words with such a Grace as encreas'd the Laughter Wherefore Axiana gave her Lisvart Sword saying to her Madam the better to secure you take this Staff which has such Vertue that no Enchantment can hurt the Person who bears it And for this cause did I request the Lord whose it is to lend it me at our entrance into this Park Which he did and I deliver it to you to defend yourself the rest if you are assaulted with the like fear as you have been Certainly answer'd Lisvart I should willingly choose such Defence from her and so that I am ready to confess that she and such like have more Power over me tha● any one who should be arm'd and in a will to sight me Well then said Lucella on this word I receive it and will defend you if Occasion offers They thus jesting one at the other the Knight of the burning Sword who thought that Lisvart spake thro' Affection and that he was in love with Lucella entred into so strong a Iealousy that he would gladly have found a Pretence to have ●ought him presently But neither Place nor Opportunity being dispos'd for it he kept in his heart this ill Will to make him sometime repent it tho' this Suspicion was very unjustly conceiv'd For all the good Entertainment he made this Lady was only in remembrance of the fair Onoloria whom she resembled and for whom he dy'd day and night CHAP. XXXIII How Alquifa arriv'd in the Isle of Argenes And of the Departure of the Emperor and the others to return into their Countrey EVery one being as you have heard recover'd of their Fright they all took horse again to visit the Remainder of the Park going on till they came to the Sea-Shore by which it was on that side enclos'd where they discover'd a far off a great Ship making towards them with wonderful Swiftness Wherefore they stay'd expecting to know who was in it And when the Vessel was within two Bow-shoot of the Shore they that were in it put forth a Boat which two Mariners began to row b●inging with them nine Damsells holding each of them an Harp the Sound of which eccho'd ●y the water was wonderfully sweet A little after they came asho●e and Alqu●fa who was one of the nine was known by almost all the Knights even by him of the Burning Sword for he remembred it was she wh●●●sir'd him to leave off the Combat against Esplandian in the Defended Mountain For this cause every one was pleas'd to see her and the Empero●●●●●a●'d her as did also the Knight of the Burning Sword who said to her My great Friend give me leave to kiss you She who well enough understood what he asm'd at humbly saluted him answer'd Sir Knight you know the great Desire I have to do you service and how much I am yours Lisvart and Perion wondering at this Acquaintance knew not what to think of it Nevertheless they took at that time no notice but after they had receiv'd her as she deserv'd she said to them My Lords my Father and Vrganda salute you in all humility and send you word by me that for your Good you enter