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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07482	The famous historie of Chinon of England with his strange aduentures for the loue of Celestina daughter to Lewis King of Fraunce. VVith the worthy atchiuement of Sir Lancelot du Lake, and Sir Tristram du Lions for fair Laura, daughter to Cador Earle of Cornewall, beeing all knights of King Arthurs round table. By Chr. Middleton.	Middleton, Christopher, 1560?-1628.	1597 (1597)	STC 17866; ESTC S109998	50,146	96

of his prize the other seueral rewardes he determined to send ouer into England to present to his Laura for whose conueyance he adressed a trustie Esquire of his owne that from a childe had followed him in all hys actions of honor where awhile we must leaue him to his further aduentures and prosecute the presentment of his Prize to his peareles Parramour which by his Page was quickly performed who flying with the fauorable fortune of well wishing windes in shorter space than commonly acompanieth such tired trauellers ariued in England at the olde Earle Cadors Court where was then a Royal assembly of Courtlike company to whom when it was knowne that there was arriued one ready to tell straunge tydings of the admirable atchiuements of their late fortune finding friends assembled all together to heare those welcome wordes into the Earles great Hall where both himselfe his daughter and his vnséemely sonne as also the rest of that Royall resort orderlie placed with attentiue diligēce quieted themselues to heare expressed these straunge exploits to whose presence did prease a comely Esquire attended by a drudging Dwarffe that was loaded with a rich Armour who after he had in order rendred deseruing duty to euery seuerall assemblant thus deliuered hys message Great Earle to whose honor wholly submites it selfe the whole worth of his worke that from the fierce furie of Alians armes hath brauely born away these Princely rewards Grant pardō to my rash resort and giue licence to my truth telling tonge in few wordes to disclose the especial cause of my hastie comming and then with the honorable accidents of these worth worthie wars gins he to paint forth the praises of that famous fight wherein from the stil flowing force of many furious foes had his matchles master brauely borne away the home brought booties Which tale hee so furnished with fitting Epethites and true titles of aduenterous valour as neuer sung the swéet tuned tongue of heauenly Tullie in the famous Capitoll of still renowmed Roome with more applausiue spéeches of a truth vrging tale extolling the eternized honor of those thrice famous aduenterours with the heauen scaling stile of a more than earthly Oration and then with the blacke tragicke tunes of strange misfortune s●ch as was the Art framed action of that Thracian Knight when he described to doleful Dido the true story of Troys estate To whose powerfull spéech listned the attentiue care of that pitty mouing Prince of whom we before told whē the happy heauens dispersing now the sable vale of sad faced follie that so long in the darke dungeon of ignominy had lockt vp the happines of his after hopes being now able in himselfe to sée that which before in another he could not discerne euen as the Eagle after her age casts her bill the Serpent slides off his skin or the wanton Bucke his harmles head So he to the great admiration of all those worthy witnesses suddainely starting at the strange tale of this well spoken Page griuouslie be wailed the lucklesse date of his forespent dayes that had so sluggishly ouer slipt the young yeares of his youthfull iollitie in the fabling fancies of childish follie wherein hee neyther had discharged the duty of a sonne satisfied the honour owing to hys countries seruice nor won the least part of that worth that by due desert he saw generally attributed to many men of far meaner byrth therefore nowe turning his former foolish demeanors to more Princely promising ●ndeuours he suddainelie sollicited his old sorrow tyred sire that hee would thus far further his intent as to graunt him leaue a while to forsake his natiue soyle and learne thus to aduenture for honor in far forraine lands whose instant intreatie not brooking the deferring of further delay earnestly vrged his now more fortunate Father to further so his forward Sonne as that presently prouiding all such necessaries as to him was most néedefull without any more meanes made for his bootlesse abode fitly furnished him in euery point for such a purpose where euery necessary being prouided and himselfe now readie to depart blessed with the many praiers of hys ioyful father to sée hys forward sonne recouered from the helples horror of darke ignorance to the approuing prowesse of Princely pusance and with the well willing wishes of all his friendly fauorites he departs his home to séeke his so long lost glorie abroad Meane while whilest thus Lancelot has sent ouer to hys Mistris the afore named fauors spéedy preparation was prouided in Fraunce for the solemnezing of this Royall marriage betwixt Sir Triamore and faire Celestina which for that his father then resident vpon his Dukedome was desirous to content his old conceit with the sight of his sonnes marriage Syr Triamore earnestly intreated of the King that he would so farre further his olde fathers request as to licence their departure home into Brittanie whereto the old King willingly condiscended and most Royally furnished this their ioyfull iourney whither being attended with sir Lancelot du Lake and sir Tristram du Lions besides many other aswell valiant Knights as beauty brauing Dames drawen out from the chiefest choice of all that Countrie merrily sets forward on their way In the meane time the Soldan hearing of the disgraced death of his sonne and certefied by some of his ●spials of the pretended purpose of these Christian Princes were the onely sharers of that glorie gins presently to leuy what forces his Countrie in so short a time was able to lend and imbarking with all spéede his Armie in short time landed all his men vppon the vnhappy Coast of Britanie where orderly incamping themselues about the warlike walls of that strong defended Towne where the Duke with all his attendants kept then a puisant Court for the welcomming of his sonne and his beauteous Bride cutting off all those conueying passages that leades any way to their neighbour compassing Confines remoouing all semblance of succour from their longing fight And being further certefied of the néere approach of that triumphant troope of valiant Victors that fearing nothing lesse than such trothlesse treason weares out their iourney with such ioy as experience in farre meaner mens matters proues passing all other pleasure Whose purpose the subtle Soldan purposing to preuent in an old ouergrowne wood scituate some foure miles from the Citie flily insconse● a great Scout both of horse and foote who as soo●e as they had encompassed this carelesse company within their ill intending Armes rudely rusht out vpon them who for because their comming somewhat too sudden in with the other Knights could hardly prouide to resist their foreplotted purpose and the numbers so far different as scarcely might they afford one Christian to twenty Pagans whereby they were forced to a furious sight In which sane onely Lancelot Tristram and Triamore all were slaine and Celestina maugre all their force conueyed away in the sight Which when they perceaued like three inraged Lions amidst the troopes