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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

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

the inchanted Ring Now one thing then another not knowing what to coniecture but when shee saw her selfe quite bereft of his sweet presence the onely preseruer of her life exempted from al hope of his recouery in great griefe of minde shee betooke her selfe to trauell and so with weary steps followed on the first path shee found wherein shee wandred day and night receiuing little rest and lesse food making this sorrowfull mone vnto her selfe Oh thou iust doome quoth shee of all offences will thy heauy wrath be neuer mittigated shall this my pining punishment neuer end shall woe vpon wo still pursue me weep in teares oh mine eyes be neuer dried faire lamentations euen at that houre when I hoped all sorrowes to be finished began new griefe when in loosing my Sonne I found a Friend whom now wanting I find eternall causes of discontent It cannot be possible but that some dismall mischance hath befallen him or some vnlucky Lot deceiued me of him there is no likely-hood of his selfe-wild departure for in his breast he harboured thoughts of true humanity honour guided him and vertue was his friend how can it then be that of his owne accord he is departed Surely some vnlucky euent hath befalne him therefore oh my heart sob in griefe and for his sake make thy life but a pilgrimage of woe consume in care waste with wéeping for I haue lost the Paragon of Knight-hood whose countenance promised me to aduance my desired hope and bring me safely vnto the shoare of my natiue Countrey but séeing dole and discontent hath crossed all my good Fortunes I will for his sake with the treasure of my neuer emptied purse receiued from him built vp a Monastery and in the same like a Monasticke Nunne spend out my daies in the seruice of that God that hath thus crossed me and there be a continuall comforter of distressed Pilgrims and warfaring trauellers hoping that if life be in my déere friend he will once againe arriue in that happy place and once more satisfie my thirsting eye with his Princely person Being thus resolued shée trauelled some thrée moneths iourney from the place where shée lost her déere friend the Lord Faukonbridge and there close by the Sea side shée builded a most stately Monastery relieuing still the wants of such distressed trauellers as passed that way yéelding as well lodging as meat and drinke to such as stood in néed thereof For the maintenance thereof shée had her inchanted purse still ready furnished thither resorted people of all degrées thither came Princes Monarkes and maiesticke Kings that trauelled in deuotion to the shrine of Christ in Ierusalem Thither came worthy champions Knights errant and such as sought for knightly atchieuements t●ither came religious Church-men Prelates and holy minded men zealously séeking by Pilgrimages to wipe away worldly offences thither came Plowmen Shepheards Fishermen and such as were numbred amongst the common people thinking thereby to obtaine absolution for their misdéeds euery one offering in zeale vnto her great store of riches whereof shée had little néed accounting it meritorious to giue towards the maintenance of so vertuous a custome Amongst which number of Benefactors there was one Peter a Fisherman that in deuotion of minde presented vnto her a most dainty Fish called a Dolphin a present more fitter for a Prince then such an humble minded woman as shée was whose humility almost in that Countrey purchased her the name of a Goddesse This gift from the fisherman was by her most curteously receiued and most bountifully requited with great store of golde which shée tooke from out her inchanted purse Herewith was old Peter well pleased and the Lady better contented for in the Dolphins belly shée found the same Ring which the Rauen let fall into the Sea the same Ring after which Lord Faukonbridge so vnhappily followed the same King that by the precious touch of it healed all diseases In this accident fortune shewed the pride of her glory and brought more strange admiration into the heart of Clarabell then euer shée expected but being possest thereof shée verily beléeued that noble Faukonbridge lay intombed in the watery Kingdome and that neuer more the consolation of his presence should in ioyfull manner delight her desirefull eye pale death as shee supposed by the finding of this Ring had made prize of his life too rich a Iewell as shee said for this vngratefull World therefore in the true zeale of heart and in remembrance of his worthinesse shee caused a Faulkon of Gold to be set vpon the top of the Monastery wherein shée dwelled the bright eluminating colour thereof shined into the Sea and was euer after that made a marke or a guide for Mariners to saile by Also like a curteous Lady to quittance old Peter the fishermans rich present by good Fortune bestowed vpon her shee canonised the Monastery and called it after his name Saint Peters Hermitage a place of charity and a receit for all such as wanted maintenance After this thousands of oppressed people in this place found succour Pilgrims and weary trauellers here freely found lodging Widdowes and succourlesse Children here tasted bounties liberality maimed Souldiers and such as lost their limbes in the seruice of their Countrey here slept vpon downy beds more softer then naples silke Blind deafe and dumbe in this place found helpe not any diseased creature went from hence vncured all which by this vertuous Lady was onely done in charity for Gods sake and to appease the torments of his soule that in guiding her to her natiue Countrey lost his deere life Wherefore from this day to her liues departure shée desired the fellowship of vertue abandoning all immodest behauiour vowing her selfe to the seruice of Heauen and good déeds in which shée continually striued to excéed all others of her time which good deuotions we for a while will ouerpasse and report of other delightfull accidents agréeing to the course of this our History CHAP. VII How Lord Faukonbridge lost himselfe in a barren Iland His meanes of recouery The finding againe of Clarabell How these two were made knowne to each other And of the great ioies betwixt the mother and her Sonne NOw is it time to report againe of Lord Faukonbridge and his fortunes on the Sea and how his ship loaden with his barrels of golde lay houering on the billowes many a day expecting a prosperous wind for England but obtained none For fate and good Fortune crossed their hopes and want of victuals so oppressed them that hunger almost surprised their liues and like a pittilesse Tyrant would grant them no remorse twise sixe moneths continued this their extremity to the terror of all good men a death bringing horror both to man and beast At the last after they had made many submissiue prayers to God for a good winde Aeolus set open his brazen gates and sent them such a gentle gale that they in thrée houres sayling arriued vpon an Iland so

barren that therein they found no other thing to succour their distresses and preserue them from famishment but onely fresh water with the which they sufficiently stored their ship giuing Heauen thankes for so blessed a fauour But this suffised not the desires of noble Faukonbridge hoping to find better reliefe for him and his men resolutely aduentured further vp into the Iland to discouer if he could wherewithall to vittaile his ship But woe is me to report it this aduenturous Gentleman trauelled so farre that he lost his way not being able to returne backe vnto his company by which meanes he was constrained to stay all night vpon the top of a trée for feare of wilde beasts whereof the Iland was full But now marke how vnlucky all things fell out the same night the wind rose and so violently droue the ship from the shore that the Pilot was inforced to leaue Lord Faukonbridge a Land and commit his Fortunes to the Sea where before day light they were cast vpon the coast where Saint Peters charitable Hermitage was scituated they being Infidels and Moorish natured people neuer expected the safety of Lord Faukonbrdge being a Christian but left him comfortlesse in the barren Iland and cast a shore where faire Clarabell abode where comming a Land desired her for his sake that created her to affoord them some reliefe whereby their liues might be saued and their ship sufficiently replenished with food fitting their intended voyage Pittifull Clarabell good Lady shée greatly reioiced that it lay in her power to furnish their wants most willingly gaue them entertainement and yéelded them such refreshing comforts as preserued both their ship and liues from perishing Likewise they meaning to expresse no vngratefull thankes for so kinde a fauour as an humble signe of good will curteously bestowed vpon her the twelue barrels of gold which Lord Faukonbridge reported to be red lead all which according to her gentle nature noble minded Clarabell receiued So parting with thankes to each other the Pilot returned to Morocco very ioyfull for the riddance of Lord Faukonbridge their Countries supposed enemy and shée no lesse delighted in the performance of her bountifull charity extended to the preseruation of so many dying men All this while Lord Faukonbridge remained in the barren Iland almost hunger-starued for want of food in which place was nothing found to satisfie his gentle nature but the flesh of wilde beasts which hee killed with his owne hands which for want of fire hee rosted in the sun and with the same to his content made more pleasinger banquets then when he feasted in the Morocco Court onely patience chiefly guided him but being thus lost and exiled from the society of humane creatures he liued a long time in the woods in such penurie and want that his strength began to faile sicknesse grew on and danger of life tormented him for want of naturall sustenance caused a grieuous kind of leprosie to grow quite ouer his body in such sort that his Princely countenance was suddenly changed into a most vgly visage and pale death as it were sate perching vpon his heauie brow betwixt life and death hee sate him down vpon the root of a dead withered trée making this complaint vnto himselfe If euer pitty quoth he entred the celestiall gate of Heauen or euer remorsfull mercy tenderly lookt into the poore estate of a miserable Gentleman then by this my liues ruine may be séene the true patter●e of calamity woe vpon me crosse vpon crosse and extremity vpon extremity makes a vnity and all conspires together to worke my good Fortunes confusion Here am I now left in a wildernesse of desolation friendlesse without comforter not knowing which way to get forth but committed to the vile tyranny of vntamed Tygers euen ready to intombe my dying body within their blood-thirsting bowels a graue most vnfit to close vp my new created life In speaking these words he heard from a farre as it were out of a hollow vaute a voice sounding forth these spéeches Faulkonbridge rise vp and follow me Fate and good chance will prosper thée This séemed to be the voice of the Fairy Quéene his old Nurse being still most carefull of his liues preseruation as it was indéed which no sooner ecchoed in the eares of Lord Faukonbridge but he arose from vnder the trée where he lay and being ready to goe forward all weake and sickely as he was he espied before one of the Fairy Instruments which was an Ignis Fatuis the fire of destiny or a going fire which by nature fully leadeth wandring trauellers out of the way This as his guide went still before him he with a slow pace followed after not intercepted by any misaduenture till hee came to the Sea side where being ioyfully arriued in good time he beheld a Barke sailing by to which he made shew of entertainement as one desirous to be taken into their ship and to be conducted in to some better resting place both his motions and his intent the Mariners soone perceiued whereupon they satisfied his desire and within few ●aies set him safely vpon the next inhabited kingdome which was the happy place where Clarabell affoorded such bountifull liberality Being thither come the Countrey people and such as beheld his perplexed estate led him as diseased as he was vnto Clarabels Monastery where being arriued and standing shaking at the gate he desired for his sake that pardoneth all sinnes and requiteth all good déeds that shée would with the oyle of her skill balme his grieued paines and with the mercy that shée fréely bestowes vpon distressed soules cure his malady Gentle Clarabell at this his humble request called him in leading him vp inio a close chamber prepared onely for the comfort of such wofull creatures in which place after shée had receiued his drooping sences and by the vertues of the same ring he in former times had bestowed vpon her recouered his wonted health shée séeming in his face that beauty replenished againe which before that time shee supposed to haue séene and calling to remembrance his former Fauour shee perfectly knew him whereupon seeking to imbrace him shee sounded in his armes and for the sudden ioy that he receiued by his strange returne lay for a good season in a dying trance but being by great diligence recouered they recounted each to other the wonderfull Fortunes passed betwixt them from the first loosing of one another to that houre Likewise he spake how hee neither knew Father nor Mother nor from whence he descended and withall opening his bosome he shewed her the golden Faulkon by nature pictured vpon his breast which when shee beheld her very soule as it were eleuated it selfe to Heauen and more then mortall ioy possest her heart By this shee knew him to bee her onely Sonne begot by King Richard Cordelion King of England and so made it knowne vnto him Which when good Lord Faukonbridge vnderstood he in the true duty of a Sonne newly created downe vpon his knées craued her blessing and in great humility of mind gaue thankes to heauen in that it was his Fortune to defend his mother in an vnknowne Land from so many dangers and shee likewise made many deuout Orizons to God that in his mercy had so preserued them and in this manner brought them most strangely together FINIS