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A00574	The famous history of George Lord Faukonbridge, bastard son to Richard Cordelion King of England Begotten in his royal tower, vpon the princely Clarabel, daughter to Don Iohn Duke of Austria, surnamed the worldes faire concubine. Shewing his knightly adventures, dignified victories, with his life and death, spent in the honor of God and his countrey: never wearing any other garmet, but that lyons skinne, by which his kingly father challenged his lyon-like title.		1616 (1616)	STC 10709; ESTC S118329	29,067	48

desires pleased each party Clarabell in her Pages attire séemed in decentnesse to excéed Ganemede Ioues minion or wanton Adonius the delights of Venus Neuer had Paris the Troyan Prince a greater conquest in the loue of faire Helena then royall King Richard of his admired Clarabell Nature in her greatest pride framed this beautifull Lady as then the onely miracle of woman kind he muses in her praises may write eternally and those lasting reports which aduanced so many Grecian dames may now tell and foreuer speake off the super-abounding graces of this faire Lady that like vnto that Angell-faced Rosamond wrought wonders in all eyes No other comforts could possesse the Kings fancy but this celestiall Lady Europes admiration and the worlds glory In this rau●shing content spent they the time away till happy Fortune se● them safely vpon the shores of England whose swéet sight was as ioyf●ll to them all as the returne of banisht exiles to their w●shed dwellings This ioyfull day of their arriuall in England was by the King and his Counsell canonized for a holy day being the third of March and to thi● time called Saint Richard 〈◊〉 our English Almanacks can yet testifie King Richard hauing againe taken possession of his Kingdome and imperiall dignity first gracing his two déere friend of A●undell and Oxfor● ●o●th commendable ad●●ancement for their loues and loyaltie● then preparing in his City of London a royall lodging ●o● his faire loue néere vnto Cheape-side called his Tower Royall Men royall as he said in harbouring so faire a Paramour as was diuine Clarabell In this place repaired he full often vnto her and tasted of those delights in nature spotting her name with the title of a Kings Concubine Long was he lulled in the cradle of pleasures carelesse of honours aduancement neglecting his countries fame knightly Chiualry was conuerted to courtly dances the lullabies of idle pastimes rockt him asléepe till the disgraces of England receiued by his late imprisonment awaked him and called to armes Then rowsing vp his Knightly courage like Fames darling being set amongst his Barrons he said as followeth Now Fire and Sword the two instruments of consuming warre shall forrage Austria and by the Kingdomes ruine worke me a swéet reuenge My wrongs there receiued by the vniust decrées of Don Iohn shall be quittanced with more then common spoiles his Court shall swim in blood his turrets flame in fire heaps of mangled men choake vp his stréetes woe vpon woe shall beset him round Troy in her ten yéeres warres did not endure more calamities then Austria shall shortly suffer These and such like high spirited spéeches did King Richard speake amongst his Lords to the great incouragement of them all and so fired their lusty bloods that well were they that could the most gallantliest set forth themselues and be the most forwardest in his noble enterprise So desirous were all estates and so willing in this noble warre that in lesse then twenty daies the King was the royall Generall of fifty thousand Souldiers all prouided so manfully as if they had gone to make a new conquest of Ierusalem In which honourable iourney we will leaue him and also the preparation that Don Iohn made to withstand him and his army and speake of the birth of Faukonbridge borne and kept secretly in King Richards Tower royall with many other strange euents that happened in the birth of this Princely babe CHAP. III. Of the birth of Faukonbridge and how he came to be so named and likewise how he was nursed by the Queene of Fairies Faire Clarabels lamentation for the losse of her young sonne and of other accidents TIme the conclusion of all euents brought to the worlds eye the springing wombe of Clarabell and néerely tenne Moones had now wandred out their wained courses when as therein King Richards royall fruit began to grow ripe and ready to fall against which ioyfull houre the carefull Lady spared for no cost and with her déere relenting heart solicited heauen for a happy deliuerie the onely desire of all weomen I will not speake of the tender natured Nurses the diligent Midwiues nor the rich furniture prouided against that time néedlesse it were to report the sumptuousnesse of banqueting dishes nor the variety of seruices belonging to so noble a businesse most honourable and gracious were all the procéedings of this her Christian-like child-birth not any displeasing obiect hindered her content nor any way disquieted her mind but onely the want of her beloued whose presence in her eye had béene more delightsome then the pleasures of Elizeum Little supposed shée that King Richard had taken armes against her Father the successe whereof would haue but bred a strise betwixt loue and nature For nature in reason tooke her Fathers part when as loue leaned to her Lord yet shrowded were all imaginations in the closet of secretnesse and she least report thereof sounded in her eares Vnknowne were all these procéedings For King Richard at his departure gaue commandement not to reueale them till heauen had brought light to the fruit of her body To be short the minute approched of the Babes comming into the World a sweet tender blossome a most ioyfull wish for the pained Mother who being borne was to the beholders an excellent péece of natures worke-manship vpon whose Infant brow sat the promises of good Fortune After the Midwife according to her manner had trimmed vp the swéet Babe and shewed him naked to the other weomen her associats being a man child vpon his breast it had the picture of a golden Faulkon soaring ouer a most dangerous bridge the which being shewed as a wonder in nature the honorable Ladies in the Kings Court by whose meanes it was generally reported through the Land and after called in Christendome by the name of George Lord Faukonbridge A title fitting for so noble an Impe of vertue being descended from so royall a stocke as was King Richard and faire Clarabell But to come to our purpose before one moneth had run out thirty dayes to the more then common griefe hf the mother the tender Infant lying in his cradle attended on by thrée carefull nurses euen at the middle houre of the night when the siluer Moone in her greatest glory danced on the christall Seas euen at that silent houre when the God of Dreames gouerned the World there was heard in the chamber such a melodious sound of Musicke as if it had béene the harmony of Angels or the singing Cherubins of Heauen which in a bewitching manner so inchanted the wakefull Nurses that their eyes closed and their sences yéelded to sound sléepes In this still time of silence came in the Quéene of Fairies with a troupe of her inuisible attendants being the pretty dancing Elues of an vnknowne Kingdome and stoale away young Faukonbridge out of his Princely cradle whose misse at his Nurses waking bred such an amasement amongst them as almost procured lunasie and forced them like Bacchus froes to

The Famous History of GEORGE Lord FAVKONBRIDGE Bastard Son to RICHARD CORDELION KING OF ENGLAND Begotten in his royal Tower vpon the princely Clarabel Daughter to Don Iohn Duke of Austria surnamed The Worldes faire Concubine Shewing his Knightly Aduentures dignified Victories with his Life and death spent in the honor of GOD and his Countrey Neuer wearing any other Garment but that Lyons Skinne by which his Kingly Father challenged his Lyon-like Title Printed at London by I. B. and are to be sold by Iames Danie● at his shop neere Fleet Conduit 1616. THE FAMOVS History of GEORGE Lord FAVKONBRIDGE Bastard sonne to RICHARD CORDELION King of England CHAP. I. How Richard Cordelion King of England going to the holy Land slew Phillip the Prince of Austria and how Don Iohn doomed him to a most strange punishment and of his wofull lamentation in prison WHen the true spirits of illustrious atchieuements possest the Nobility of Europe and that the Babes of honour fed vpon the milke of Knightly aduentures here raigned in England a royall minded King named Richard Cordelion a Prince replenished with the commendable reports of renowne in whose gouernement both Armes and Art flourished warres wrought peace and peace brought happinesse In this Kings time the blessed state of Gods holy City of Ierusalem groaned vnder the heauy yoke of Paganisme and the despised Infidels with pride and tyranny suppressed all her royalties for recouery whereof all Christendome tooke Armes and the rumors of warre wrathfully thundered in all our Northerne Nations Fiue Christian Kings vnder the bloody standers of Godfrey of Bullin that imperious Monarks and worthy of the World marched Amongst which glorious number one matchles King Richard Plantaginet was too aduenturous forward for he in the blooming bud of his youth with the chiefest Chiualry of England cloathed in stéele fired with fame and full of resolution left the gouernment of his kingdome to his brother Iohn then Duke of Ireland and arriued in Austria the méeting place of these Christian Potentates The rest of this Campe royall not then in a readinesse according to the customes of Princes caused King Richard to request entertainement for him and his Knights Don Iohn then Duke of Austria being a Prince so curteous and noble that he could doe no lesse then grant it Now Fame and Fortune in King Richards thoughts smiled and the smooth brow of wished good spéed bad him and his hundred Knights welcome A hundred he had as then for his guard called Knights of the Bath a title of dignity first giuen by this King but now while the rest of his Army planted their standers vpon the downes adioining to the Court these Knightly Gallants so reuelled in the Dukes Pallace that well were they that could purchase their fauours and highly graced were all such as had but the smallest imployment of an English Knight So amiable pleasing and curteous were the conditions of King Richard and his followers so truely were their minds deuoted to honour that they euen inforced loue from all estates the haughty minded of their own accords became gentle the stubborne nature pliable and the frowne of euery English brow by desert challenged both cap and knée Don Iohn himselfe began to grow disgracious his Subiects wauering alegiance waxed cold and none but the name of English Richard merited Fortunes high graces All Austria estéemed England a happy Nation by nature the darling of vertue and the only hopes of Christendome so grealy are still the fauors of our English people in the eies of forren kingdoms This detracted loue of his subiects did not a little displease Don Iohn and his son Prince Phillip and no little enuy by it were bred in their two fired breasts that nothing could quench the increasing flame therof but King Richards shame and confusion Politicke and close were their purposes deadly and diuellish their intents and most vnhumane and vnchristian like their procéedings the law of Armes was quite laid aside the honor of Princes forgotten and the dignity of Knight hood vilely abused malice and wrath the champions of pale death hourely possessed their two hearts with a secret imagination of vengeance plotted against the life of royall Richard to murther by violence would but incurre displeasures of forren Nations to kill innocents offendeth Heauen and to betray Princes hath rewards in hell a thousand thousands of displeasing motions disquieted their discontented mindes dishonoured as they thought by the vertues of King Richard disgrace boyling in her greatest heart could no longer be suppressed but néeds the flames of fury must breake forth and a flattering practise of reuengement mollifie their intollerable torments and in this manner was it accomplished Prince Phillip the onely sonne and heire apparant to Don Iohn the pride and hopes of Austria in whose life and good Fortune consisteth his countries honor like a desperate and prodigall gallant in a dissembling shape of friendship challenged King Richard at a Princely turnament and in the knightly games of tilting personally to combat hand to hand the English King in the Aprill of his man-hood nothing inferior in prowesse to Prince Phillip hauing the sparkes of Maiesty glowing in his bosome in a most princely manner accepted his challenge and against the day appointed prouided al things fitting for so noble an enterprise Time with his lazy wings séemed to fly too slowly and to crosse the forward attempts of these youthfull combitants each minute séemed an houre each houre a day and each day a moneth till the appointed time came of this royall turnament so bold forward and illustrious were these martialists the one striuing for honor the other for reuenge I néed not here speake of the sumptuous preparations the excéeding charge and costly habilliments prouided against that day numberlesse were the eye-witnesses of this Court-like pastime ready prepared to bid them welcome with a gracious applause To come to the fulnesse of this glory the day approched the morning Sunne chéerefully rose with a bright smile the christall Skie put on her fairest robe and the moderate aire séemed to further their procéedings all things by nature were as furtherers to summon them to Armes Don Iohn himselfe attended by his greatest Nobility sate as Vmpiers in the case and each Lady with a prepared eye was ready to censure of their deserts the tilting place being rayled in quadrangle-wise round about beset with lofty galleries whereon people in degrees were placed in such multitudes as memory it selfe could hardly number the Sunne beames had not more motes by imagination then this theater spectators equally wishing good fortune to them both bright honors sceane being ready to begin the Drums and Trumpets gaue warning of the two combitants approch in such a melodious manner as both aire and earth resounded the first that entered the listes was Prince Phillip in a black caparison his horse betrapt with sable his beuer close made of the fashion of a flying Griffon his Launce and Scutchion borne

thereby came to bee called Richard Cordelion and of other accidents ACcording to the heauy and bitter command of the angry Duke in reuenge of his sonnes death the Nobility and Knights of England departed Don Iohns Kingdome leauing the wofull King in prison as ashamed of so haplesse a voiage where being no sooner come and the reports thereof bruted in the eares of the Earles of Arundell and Oxford but like two English spirited gallants not able to brooke this forraine disgrace they resolutely departed England protesting either to bring their Soueraigne Lord safely to his Kingdome or to leaue their bodies buried in Austria that blood quoth they spent in the honour of our King and Countrey is the sweet sacrifice of Knight-hood and the true vermillion colour that beautifies the rich robes of honour Thus nobly minded they with all speed crossed the Seas which they were ioyfull off so with so glorious a burthen and the whisling wind proud of these Princely resolued Gentlemen louing kind and loyall set open their gentle portals and beyond the expectation of man set them safely vpon the costs of Austria where being no sooner come but they attired themselues in the disguised habits of Fryers the most secret and fittest pollicy to attaine the wished presence of their imprisoned King and by that meanes thought they to relieue him if his extremity so much required so comming to the prison gate in a professed zeale as they said they had of King Richards soules health they desired accesse and that the Lord Marshall would admit them to the Kings presence who being a man of a curteous nature could doe no lesse then grant their request being so honest and vertuous a demand Frowning Fortune beganne now a little to smile and a little to ease his languishing sorrowes for no sooner had his gentle eies cast their dimme sights almost blinded with teares vpon his two deare friends but a sudden reioycing hope assailed his heart and like a royotous heire newly possessing his patrimony surfetted in pleasure all dispairing passions by the delightfull presence of these two English Earles were immediatly conuerted into iollity their imbraces were as the closes of new married Damsels where the extremity of ioy so swelled in their bosomes that euen their eyes distilled teares and their hearts as it were danced These two supposed Friers had no other Orisons but comfortable reports from his loyall Subiects in England their Bookes were their loues and their Beades their fealties Thus in this secret manner vnsuspected of any repaired they daily to this distressed King expecting hourely his liues metamorphoses either of liberty or death Freedome or confusion royalty or captiuity in which wauering doubt while these three subiects of sorrow remained the displeased Duke still harbouring in his heart blacke malice called a counsell of flattering sicophants such as be still the attendants of Monarkes where against both the law of Armes and Nations it was decreed that King Richard should combate with a Lyon which if he ouercame his liberty thereby might be purchased but being ouercome he should endure the sharpe punishment of this mercilesse beast whose greatest fauour were but death vpon which pittilesse doome this bloody counse●l concluded and thereupon appointed the time and houre to the extreame griefe of many thousadns whose whose gentle harts euen trembled at this remorslesse iudgement But now marke the difference in nature of a cruel Father and a kind Child the Father mercilesse the Child mild the Father proud the Child humble the Father vnreasonable the Child reasonable the Father cruell the Child louing betwixt whom tyranny and remorse strous for superiority for Don Iohn bore not more extreame hate against the English King then his daughter faire Clarabella extended loue In her heart partiall Cupid builded his Bower and pitty with his smooth countenance sent dumbe messengers to the distressed King which were modest sighes bashfully sent from her maiden-like breast fearing to offend in affecting her Fathers enemy yet loue which hath commanded euen the Gods themselues and still blindly leades earthly Monarkes with vnequall affections making no difference betwixt Kings and Beggars so ruled the desires of diuine Clarabell that shée wished no other consolation in this world but the sacred loue of English Richard whose presence if shée might possesse were to her soule as the pleasures of Paradice duty and obedience by nature her Fathers right were now exchanged into desire and loue the Princely behauiour of King Richard guided her thoughts and though as yet vnknowne to him intangled her loue-sicke heart in the toiles of Venus wherein was no hope of recouery but the vniting of them both in the equality of desire These were faire Clarabels discontents which as an vncurable wound dismembred all the liuely wishes of virginity offending onely in thought and with the chilling feare of her second solues destruction by the terrible censure of her angry Father shée grew like madde Medea lunaticke and distraught expecting the sauage murther of royall Richard shée railed both at Heauen and Earth conspiring thus against all her good Fortunes For in loosing him quoth shée the bloome of my maiden-head withereth and I am like to pine in the languishing estate of misery made onely miserable by the Eagle like pitch of my lofty desires In this manner spent shée away the day till the sable Canopy of Heauen couered all the earth a time of silence a time of peace and rest a time that the eyes of all things closeth vp yet sléepe the comforter of distressed minds could not locke vp her eyes for care had made them watchfull griefe and distrust like two dreadful companions waited in her chamber euery idle imagination buzzed in her cares the misaduenture of her loue fighting with all the misdoubts of desire shée consumed away the slow night where euery minute séemed a day till morning came and then like a carefull bride shée cloathed her selfe in her richest attire and by the Sunnes rising came vnto the prison where shée found royall Richard vpon his Princely knée pleading for his soules saluation preparing himselfe ready for his Lion-like combat the night before brought to the Lord Marshall in a warrant from the Dukes counsel Farewell vaine world quoth he thy flattering pompe hath béene to me as water bubbles in a rainie day or as Aprill showers or the flourishes of Gardens sudden and variable Comfort me God only in thy power is my deliuery and without thy assistance this day is like to be my doomes day and the last day of all my liues fortunes At these words faire Clarabel sunke into a swound and so abounded in griefe that her sences were hardly recouered but being againe come to her selfe shée fell at King Richards knée and in a most milde nature spake as followeth Most imperious Potentate in whose happines consisteth my liues ioy and in whose welfare my glory shineth In thée thou pride of manhood haue I built my hopes and in louing thée