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A68436	The gallant, delectable and pleasaunt hystorie of Gerileon of Englande containyng the haughtie feates of armes, and knightlie provvesse of the same Gerileon, with his loues and other memorable aduentures. Composed in the Frenche tongue, by Steuen De Maison Neufue Bordelois. And now newly translated into English.; Gerileon d'Angleterre. Part 1. English	Maisonneufve, Estienne de.; Jennings, Miles.	1578 (1578)	STC 17203; ESTC S109828	154,715	236

THE GALLANT DELECTABLE AND PLEASAVNT HYSTORIE OF GERILEON OF ENGLANDE Containyng the haughtie Feates of Armes and Knightlie Provvesse of the same GERILEON with his Loues and other memorable Aduentures Composed in the Frenche Tongue by Steuen De Maison Neufue Bordelois And now newly translated into English ¶ IMPRINTED AT LONDON FOR Myles Iennynges Dwellyng in Paules Church-yarde at the Sygne of the Byble Anno Domini 1578. ¶ To the right Honourable and vertuous Earle the Lorde Philip Hovvard Earle of Surrey all happinesse healthe felicitie and continuaunce of honour AFTER that I had bestowed both paynes trauaile and charges Right honourable aboute the reducyng of this delightfull Historie of Gerileon into this our mother tongue and had therein vsed the aduise and conference of sundrie my freendes I was aswell by their counsaill emboldened as otherwise of myne owne nature willyng to presente and consecrate the first fruites therof by waie of Dedication vnto your good and honourable Lordship The Historie it self beyng firste written in Frenche was in deede for the greater parte thereof after a kynde of sorte translated by a certaine yonge man more hardie and venturous in attempte then luckie and Fortunate in atchieuaunce whose good meaning as it semeth to merite pardon and perhappes some thankes so vppon further scrutinie examination and conference of the copie with his Translation it was easie to finde where he had tripped and where vnawares he had vtterly loste his waie Wherevpon I was driuen to sustaine a double labour One in perfectyng his imperfections The other in finishyng and supplying that parte of the Booke where he had abruptly brokē of and absurdlie skipped ouer And for that the copie thereof commyng at the firste into my handes by chaunce emong other thynges was so farced with prodigious phrases and so apparauntly halted in sense and vnderstandyng I caused the same to bee repervsed and looked ouer anewe that no diligence should want wherein my industrie might any thyng auaile Which labour and trauaile I humbly dedicate vnto your Honour not doubting but that as the Booke it self shall somwhat dignifie your worthie person and emblazon your renoumed fame so againe that it shall bee from the bright beames of your shining vertues both the better countenaunced and the freendlier accepted of all worthie yonge Gentlemen delightyng in Cheualrie Martiall exploites and suche amourous discourses as are tolerablie incident to the greene Prime of youthfull yeres In fine herein is verie aptly shadowed out a perfecte type of Dame Vertues Pilgrimage whose naturall course vsuall trade and ordinarie happe is through many sharpe daungers bruntes and aduentures to purchase the gole of honour and renoume in this life and afterwarde a Croune of immortall Fame and glorie in the life to come vnto the whiche I humblie beseche Almightie GOD after many yeres heere happely bestowed to bryng your good Lordship Your Honours most humble to Commaunde Myles Iennynges IN AVTHORIS LAVDEM PETRVS LAVERNIVS BVRDECALENSIS I Am iam maternae sileat facundia linguae Gentis Romanae sileat veterumque poesis Ad binos celebrata polos redimita corona Victrici poscit meritam sibi Gallia palmam Doctorū immensum pelagus quos docta sub antro Pallas Castalio teneris nutriuit ab annis Inter quos tibi magnus honos gloria surgit O lux Burdegalae nullum peritura per aeuum Mortua qui dudum lethaeos hausta liquores Corpora viua facis gratū quoque cernere lumen Aeneae Stygijs penè occultata sub vndis Arma Maro cecinit medijsque erepta ruinis Dardamdûm sacra lustratum nauibus çquor Hectora Maeonius bellum que furentis Vlyssis A te Gerileon nigro reuocatus ab orco Euasit superas iterum rediuiuus ad auras Gerileon belli fulmen tonitruque tremendum Qui quantum timido toruus Leo fortior hirco Tantū alios superat nulli aequiparādus in armis Cui nunc belligeri cedunt praeclara Rolandi Facta Amadisij inuicti fortisque Renaldi Hinc procul hinc liuor suet as repetátque cauernas Nullas hic poterit noxas sufferre libellus Vtque duces vincit belloque insignis armis Gerileon vinces alios sic Pallados arte Mantua Virgilium iactet Verona Catullum Roma patrem eloquij laudet Sulmóque Nasonem Ast magni tua fama petet regna alta Tonantis Teque suo illustris gaudebit Gallia alumno Ergo dum caelo stabunt defixa sereno Sidera dumque iubar lustrabit lumine mundum Gerileon leuibus penetrabit ad Aethera pennis Et stabis toto semper celeberrimus orbe AD ILLVSTRISSIMVM LONGEQVE HONORATISSIMVM HEROEM D. PHIlippum Howardum Comitem Surreium Tetrastichon Quitibi cunque placet Librum tibi consecrat vni Inclyte Surreio stemmate nate Comes Ille quidem cunctis alijs placuisse videtur Nam cunctis vnus clare Philippe places Th. Newtonus Cestreshyrius Thomas Newton in Commendation of this Booke A Perfecte paterne of Renowmne a type of Cheualrie An haughtie harte a breast y fraught with Magnanimitie A Stage of state and stoute attemptes a Theatre of Fame With eche odde circumstaunce of praise belongyng to the same Who list and is dispos'de to see in colours trimly touched Mate in this Booke be fully stor'de with furniture well couched Whiche though the subiecte of the same in feigned matters standes With names of persōs places hilles Moūts Iles seas castles lādes Yet doubtlesse it affordeth stuffe right pleasaunt fitte and good To traine the mindes of noble wightes Impes of Mars his blood By valiaunt ventures to atchieue exploites of passyng praise Whereby their fame maie reache beyonde the date of mortall daies Whiche is and aye hath béen the spurre whiche moued hath the same To passe the pikes through thicke thin through fier sworde flame To whiche effecte this worthie woorke now lately taught hath bin Inuested erste in Frenche attyre an Englishe threede to spinne For verie loue to Natiue soile to moue vs Englishemen To trace the steppes of vertues lore and rouze out of our denne And Cradle of Securitie wherein wee lulled are As men of Englishe prowesse earst not takyng any care In lieu of paines the onely see that craued is of thée Is that thou wouldst iudge of the same with singlenesse of eye And freendly make reporte thereof so shalt thou haue the reste Of stoute Gerileons glorious actes hereafter more exprest Thomas Newton IN stately style the glorious Greekes displaied Achilles déedes and Alexanders fame In worthy woorkes the wittes of Rome assaied To spreade abroade Dan Scipioes noble name So euery writer sought to painte the praise Of suche as were their countreymen of yore But lo the Frenche amazde in these our dayes At Englishe Actes atchieued heretofore Bewray at length by their outlandishe Penne Gerileons gestes a péece of piereles price Causeles therefore shall any Englishemen So good a guifte reiect in scornefull wise Since séemely Surrey shrowdes it from mischaunce And Frenchemen first

Gerileon doe aduaunce W. M. THE FIRST BOOKE of the Hystorie of Gerileon After the death of the most puissaunt and vertuous king Brandismell King of greate Britaine there succeeded hym in the gouernement of the said Realme a Sonne of his called Floridamant The whiche beyng in hys Pallace at London feastyng his Lordes and Barons and making preparatiō one afternoone to go course an Harte in the company of the Princes Huberte of Scotlande and Dorian Sonne to the Kyng of Spaigne which Harte he had seen in a wood neere to the Castle of Mirandoll There entered into the Hall a Damsell who hauyng recounted to hym a certaine aduenture had hym away with her The first Chapter THOSE whiche haue been curious in readyng of auncient Histories are nothing ignoraunte howe amongest those Realmes whiche for their fertilitie and worthinesse haue in tymes paste merited any Commendations Brittaine the Greate hath not only matched but also farre surpassed them all As well because of naturall beauty goodnes therof as in that it is the country vnder heauen which of all Antiquity hath bene more populous better stoared of strong and valiaunt Knightes then any other whatsoeuer thether drawen and allured partlie by the excellent and deuine beautie of the Ladies there inhabityng partly by the merueilous and straunge aduentures there accustomably found In so much that for this occasion it hath béen often called the Lande aduenturous Neither might any one of forraine Coastes or Countries name hym selfe a true and valiaunt knight if in it hee had not made proofe of his worthines there atchiuyng some straunge aduentures But especially in the tyme of the moste Puissaunt and vertuous king Brandismel whiche hauyng by his prowesse and valiauncy conquered many Realmes and Prouinces as Norwaie Swethlande and Denmarke instituted also the order of the twelue couragious knightes of greate Britaine beyng suche and endued with so greate force and valiauncie that fewe their likes were as then to bee founde in the whole worlde Amonge whom for moste valiaunt was the kinge Ferrande of Norwaie Dom Grandilaor and Dom Murcibel king of Denmarke The rest also because of their bounty dexteritie and bouldnesse in matters of Armes were greate praise worthy For this occasion was king Brandismel much feared and redoubted of his neighboures and borderers yet no lesse beloued of them for his courtesie liberalitie lenitie and humanitie with other vertues infinite whiche were resplendisaunt in hym And in suche forte that there was not hee whiche doyng hym the most toylesome and agreable seruice hee coulde did not yet estéeme himself most happy to be insinuated into his good grace and fauour so to gaine his gratious amitie But the fatall Sisters most impious and enuious of the good successe and felicitie of humaine kinde and of those especially whiche retaine a singular contentment and pleasure to bee in the fellowship and acquaintaunce of a Prince so vertuous and debonaire bereft them the shinyng gleames of noblenesse and myrour of Chiualry out of this worlde shreading a sonder the last thréede of this so vertuous a king the yere of grace after the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christ 418. the 66. yere of his age and 32. of his raigne Whervppon I can not rightly expresse the dolour sorrow that the couragious knightes his Subiectes receiued with his most priuate and best frendes In so muche that as recounteth vs the Historie there were suche of them as remained twoo or three Monethes without power to refraine themselues from weeping and lamenting most bitterlie when as it came to them in minde of the Bountie and Vertue of that noble Prince And chieflye the worthy olde Candior Duke of Normandy a Prince surelie amongest the Sage and hardy muche commendable Neuerthelesse as there is noe griefe so greate whiche in course of tyme a quite consumer of all thinges is not put foorthe of remembraunce So for iuste cause this good Lorde of Normandy together with the reste whiche were moste dolefull for the losse of a King so debonaire and vertuous at laste made ende of their plaintes and lamentations And for iuste cause saye I in that he lefte them for successour a Sonne of his begotten by his deere and loyall Spouse and Wife Florixe whiche not many yeres before had departed this life whiche saide sonne after the death of his Father was Heire not onely of his terreine Dominions and Possessions but also of his most rare and singuler vertues For besides that he was a good knight prudent and hardy past measure beeyng of a large stature his members well made formed and proportioned in equality the one with the others of sixe or seauen and twentie yeres of age ▪ or there aboutes he was also had in reputation for the most sage modest courteous Prince of his tyme In so much that to make briefe no man could require or wish any thing proper or conuenient for so great a personage as his whereof his valiauncie and inuincible prowesse was not beautified and adorned This same was called Floridamant the which did neuer finde man of what force or puissaūce soeuer he were who daring to Iust with hym hadde not geuen plainly to feele and vnderstande that he was peerelesse and not matcheable For this cause there was no knight in all Brittaigne the Greate whiche at his newe arriuall to the Crowne did not deliberate and determine to conuerte and tourne the lamentations and weepinges of his Fathers death into ioyes and gladnesse for hauing after the losse of a good Lorde and Master recouered and receaued a better kyng To whom there lacked so litle that he should degenerate from the bountie and goodnes of his predecessour that by his vertue whiche rather more then lesse did hym illustrate he did in suche sort striue and endeuour in equalitie of valiauncie and good behauiour to imitate and counteruale hym that his Knightes Princes and Barons with other of his Vassailes and Seruauntes thought in no wise to haue chaunged their Maister who vnwillyng to omit anye iote of his greate magnificence a while after his Coronemente made and gaue so many faire and Godly Giftes and Presentes not onely to the couragious knightes his Subiectes but also to such straungers as were come to visite him and to make offer to hym of their seruice beeyng nothyng ignoraunt that liberalitie rendreth men subiect and bounde towardes those whiche vse it that there was not he whiche pricked and prouoked with a desire to doe him agreable seruice so muche his lenity and liberality had charmed and enchaunted their affections would not willinglie haue put his life in hazarde for the maintenaunce conseruation of his honour And for that that a little afore the decease of the good king Brandismel his Father he had espoused the daughter of king Barrachen of Scotlande named Bellizenne a Princesse as sage and vertuous as faire and gracious for fewe there were who then for beauty good grace durste compare with her There were come to visite

seen for you prepared to whiche you could in nowise haue resisted without my succour To the greate damage and totall ruine bothe of you and also of your noble house whiche thyng had been lamentable Wherefore I will and praie you for your owne profite that to morowe Mornyng you departe for to goe to Constantinople towardes the good Emperoure to whom you shall make supplication for the order of knighthoode and beleue that as I am certaine he will not refuse to doe your demaunde afterwarde to make prooffe of this greate valiauncie whiche is in you Assuryng you furthermore that my succour shall shielde you still and my aide assist you euer to eschewe the mortall and perilous encombraunces whiche I shall espie to be to you hurtfull When she had ended her speche in this order the youth who attentiuely listened to her tale yea and not without greate maruaile of suche matters aunswered her thus Madame I am muche agreued in this that you haue taken so muche paines in vsyng so many wordes toward me to doe that whereunto your bare commaundemente might haue brought me to obay without resistaunce in any wise wherein if you had not proued me I was purposed to praie you consideryng the greate honours that diuerse haue acquired by haughtie and illustrious feates of valiauncie whereof I read in this booke whiche I helde in my hande at your entrie but seeyng that of your good grace it hath pleased you to open me the waie and heate the pathe of a voyage to me moste agreable seeyng I saie that it pleased you I assure my self so well of the bountie and amitie whiche you beare me that you would not sende me in suche affaires without Harnesse Horse Pages and other necessaries Whiche when I haue I will not faile to departe when it shall please you to commaunde me And I maruaile muche of that whiche you haue saied that desirous of my welfare ye haue rauished me out of the hādes of mine owne frendes to make me so escape the destenie perilous as you saie for me prepared For which seyng that it is so I cānot rēder you thākes as you deserue besechyng you to explane vnto me those speaches or els I shall neuer set my minde at quiet Seyng that I suppose my self none others childe but yours It is true in deede that of any Father that I had ye neuer as yet tolde me and I knowe not what a one he was Softe my freende saied the Faierie deemed you me so doultishe or vndiscréete that I would sende you towarde so greate and noble a Lorde as the Emperour of Constantinople is to receiue the order of knighthoode without furniture both of Horse and Harnesse according to your callyng I promise you to be as well thereof prouided as any Knight in the world shall be better neither shall there be any that either in goodnesse of Horse or Harnesse shall surpasse you to the ende to make you redoubted and feared aboue the rest to demonstrate the degrée whence and wherof you are Wherefore I will tell you nothing vntill suche tyme that through your vertues and valiauncie whereof your deedes shall yelde cleare testimonie you haue merited to bee called and esteemed the Sonne of hym who hath begotten you if not as well you thinke you bee not my naturall Sonne but issued from a stocke royall whereof I praie you speake no more for at Gods appointment you shal wel knowe it the regarde whereof in all your déedes and enterprises I praie you to haue aboue all thinges before your eyes and the Honour of Ladies and Damozelles in due recommendation together also with the loyaltie and fidelitie of her whiche in shorte space shall rauishe you of the beste thing you haue in you The youth without any replie made to her either further of his Race or any other matter although verie curious noted and well marked all that whiche the Fairie had saied to hym chiefly her laste woordes purposyng with hym self that none should rauishe hym of ought that he had but he was more out of his accompte then he thought And hauyng been silente a certaine space he saied to her Madame then I praie you shewe me if it so please you what furniture you will bestowe on me to the ende that to morrowe Mornyng I maie finde it all readie when it behoueth me to departe and also what Squire you will that I haue Then the Fairie tooke the Lion whiche the youth had founde in the Foreste whiche as then laie stepyng vnder the Table like a Dogge and recityng certain woordes of Enchauntemente and annointyng hym with a kinde of licour whiche she had shee caused hym to receiue the forme of a youthfull manne of twentie yeres of age or there about And you must vnderstand that this was Geliaste the Ioylie Squire to the Queene Bellizenne who in searchyng the youth Gerileon at firste when he loste hymself in the Woodde of Cipres was by the Faierie chaunged from his firste forme into the likenesse of an hideous Lion and had without waxyng olde in anye wise remained so till that time followyng vsually the youth into euery place like as the Dogges also to the chase Wherein he killed multitudes of wilde beastes He also had the same apparell whiche the other had when he was first Metamorphosed or rather if it be not lawful to empaire the Greke language to saie better when as he chaunged his firste shape At this thyng bothe the Youthe and also the poore Squire muche maruailed For the Squire remembred of nothing paste no more then as if he had been but euen then borne notwithstandyng that hee was the same and had like Sense as hee had before But the Fairie addressyng her speache to the Youth said to hym My freende see here is now the Squire whiche I meant to giue to you for seruaūt when you brought him to me at the first you Geliaste said she to the Squire sée here your Lorde and Maister whō I will that you serue and accōpanie in all that wherein he shall haue néede and through all places where he shall passe Now moreouer she saied you want nothyng more but Horse Harnesse And takyng hym by the hande she ledde hym ouer the steppes whiche stoode against a base Court wherein when thei were come doune the Youth sawe the moste gallant braue greate and beste made Horse that euer man sawe since the death of Bucephall kyng Alexanders Horse the Greate of whose kinde and bréede the Faierie had so wrought that she had recouered this of a straunger Thessalion called Philonicus who of twoo faire Horses whiche he had solde the one to kyng Alexander for thirtene Talentes that is Bucephall and this whereof wee speake to the Faierie Oziris for eightene whiche was called Lycocephall for that that he had on his forehedde the forme of a Wolfes hedde was farre fairer greater then the other For the Fairie had alwaies after her buiyng of him