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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01059	The famous historie of Montelyon, Knight of the Oracle, and sonne to the renowned Persicles King of Assyria Shewing his strange birth, vnfortunate love, perilous adventures in armes, and how he came to the knowledge of his parents. Interlaced, with much variety of pleasant and delightfull discourse.	Ford, Emanuel.	1640 (1640)	STC 11167.5; ESTC S120140	156,123	202

beléeue that he should finde her and that she was liuing therefore he constrained his royall heart to yéeld to any thing And hauing taken the King of Armenia's Oath not to interrupt him in his Kingdome vntill the time prefixed they parted Persicles to the City and the King with his Army into Armenia Palians heart was linckt in such louing admirations of Montelyons vertues that he humbly intreated his Fathers leaue to stay in Assyria to beare him company but he denyed him reprouing him greatly and with bitter tearmes checking him but notwithstanding within few dayes in disguise he departed The King would haue sent after to stay him but that he was earnestly entreated to the contrary by his Nobles Palian being kindly welcommed of Montelyon disclosed the cause of his departure from his Father onely with no other intent but to enjoy his company and by shew of duty to doe Persicles Seruice which procéeded not of any coloured or imaginary dissimulation but from the depth of a constant resolution Such a sudden Metamorphosis had the view of Montelyons vertues and his Fathers tyrannie wrought in him that he admired the one and abhorred the other Of which he gaue such manifest tokens that Persicles had no cause to misdoubt him nor Montelyon to refuse his familiarity CHAP. XVII How after the Peace concluded Persicles left the Government of Assyria unto Pisor determining himselfe to travell in search of Constantia How they arrived in Persia. Of their honourable entertainment and of other contrarious accidents in Love that befell in their Persian Court. AFter all these troubles were ouerpast the Persian Souldiers richly sent home into Persia and Persicles had established his kingdome leauing the same to the gouernment of Pisor he determined to trauell in search of Constantia making the occasion of his departure to be to accompany Deloratus into Persia none but Pisor and Montelyon knowing the contrary By the way as they went Cothanes desired them to vouchsafe to visite his Habitation which the rather they did to sée the robes that were found about Montelyon They were honourably welcommed thither and royally feasted Cothanes Lady bringing forth the packet which they opened and well viewed neither Deloratus nor Persicles knowing any of them for they were such as Constantia had in Arabia Amongst the rest there was a Iewell of excéeding beauty and richnesse which Montelyon in the presence of them all put about his necke vowing neuer to part with it vntill he had found out his Parents Afterwards they departed Montelyon leauing Cothanes and his Foster-mother bewayling his departure with aboundance of teares Within few dayes they arriued in Persia the King sending out Troupes of gallant Knights to attend them the States Nobles and Péeres of the Land in rich attire to entertaine them and himselfe with the Quéene Piera and Lanula his eldest Daughter with a number of other gallant Ladies forsaking the Court to méet them The Citizens likewise hearing of their approach prepared to entertaine them with delightfull showes the Knights met them some two miles from the City welcomming Deloratus with reuerence and the other thrée Knights with courtesie Next the Nobles embraced them and at the City gates they saw the King with his royall assembly staying their comming vnto whom Deloratus knéeled whilest they with teares welcommed his safe returne and whilest he embraced Piera and his sister Lanula the King and Quéene welcommed Persicles And when he had left them to speake to Piera they demanded of Deloratus who those strange Knights were The one of them quoth he is our late reconciled friend Palian and the other is the most valiant Knight Montelyon that by his valour hath both preserued our liues confounded his Enemies and wonne himselfe immortall honour The King of Persia had Palian welcome into Persia he likewise embraced Montelyon who with humble reuerence knéeled at his féet All that there beheld him admired that one of such young yeares should be endued with such honoured Chivalry especially the Ladies with their nice eyes surueighed each part of his perfect lineaments which they found to be most exquisite judging none like him in comelinesse but Persicles All tedious saluta●ions being ouerpast vntill they came to the Court entring with such royalty as it draue an admiration to the beholders eyes there might one haue beheld the people with gréedy desire by multitudes thronging to behold them but especially the White Knight euery one asking which was hée that he himselfe might heare them which oftentimes made the blood reuiue in his chéekes with such a blush that it might easily haue béene discerned To rehearse euery particular would be ouer tedious and to stay long in recitall of their Royall entertainment Feasts spéeches and welcomes would detaine you from the hearing of Constantias misfortune for such entertainment there was and euery thing performed with such royalty as might haue beséemed the greatest Monarch of the world After Supper the time of rest being come the aged King and Quéene bad goodnight to their Ghosts and euery one betooke themselues to their seuerall Lodgings remitting all conference vntill the next dayes opportunity Persicles being alone spent most part of that nights rest in studying which way to Iourney in search of Constantia Montelyon in consideration of his vnknowne Parents Palian surfeiting in loue with Praxentia She in commendation of Montelyon Deloratus in pleasure with Piera and the olde King and Quéene in joyfull remembrance of all their safety euery one possest with a seuerall conceit vntill that slumbring sléepe ouercome their sence Earely the next morning they forsooke their Beds Persicles and Deloratus in conference with the King and Quéene and Piera in the hearing of Praxentia and divers other Ladies rehearsing the warres in Assyria and the manner of their victory Montelyon in company of Palian commended the royalty of the Persians Court and the beauty of the Ladies Which s●éech they entred into by reason of Palian whose heart could not chuse but vtter his inward thoughts which had entertained a furfeiting view to Praxentiaes beauty which was so exquisite as it might haue intangled the sences of any man with their beautious object Onely Montelyon rested as frée from as one that neuer thought of loue hauing his sences so fully possest with desire to find his Parents and search for Constantia that no other thought could enter his brest But such a contrariety had blind Fortune wrought amongst them that euery one desired a contrary thing for Palian doted not so much on Praxentias as she did on Montelyon and he was so farre from thinking such a thought that it was in vaine for her to hope Palian séeking opportunity to giue her knowledge thereof and she expecting when Montelyon should proffer loue to her and he on the other side séeking meanes to hasten his departure which he would instanly haue done but that he could not so soone séeke to leaue the King of Persia nor his sister but notwithstanding the