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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

any man to traueli there but on foote Then goinge thus through the Forreste thitherwarde where hee hearde the neighynge the whiche the more hee wente forwarde the further of was it hee was brought into suche extremitie that after long and vaine toylyng through hedges and bushes hee loste and dismissed hymselfe from the Pathe by the whiche he was come into the most thicke of the Forrest Notwithstandyng hee did so muche at laste by goinge and comminge from one place to another that within twoo howers after he began to finde a Pathe whiche conducted hym straight to the place where hee had lefte his horse tyed to a little Tree Whereof hee was somwhat ioyous but his ioye endured smal time For when he was ariued he founde hym not there Whereof he became farre more astonied and sorowfull then afore for he had bounde hym so well that in no wise he coulde escape to flee awaie as in deede he was not fledde but as writeth the Historian Gallarx he was taken and stolne by the subtill shift and craft of a good fellowe which was commonly called the wily outlawe remainyng in that Forreste And wyly outlawe might hee well bee called in that verie fewe passed that waie of what disposition or qualitie soeuer hee were whom hee had not by some meanes robbed of somewhat alwaies as he now did these twoo Horses of the kinges For the euenyng before duryng the tyme hee fought with the knight whom hee slewe this Thiefe had filched and stolne hym whiche in followyng the Damozelles Palfreie all the daie before was laide doune on the grounde for fainte and feeblenesse and that mornyng beyng determined to gette somewhat by suche as passed by accordyng to his custome aperceiuyng the king passing that waye beyng mounted on an other Horse had greate desire of hym to beare hym compaignye to the intent to gette that other horse also And to bryng the thyng he purposed to passe hee went neighing through the Forrest like an horse feigning so well the matter that the king hearyng hym beleued stedfastly that it was his Horse whom to pursue he was alighted But duryng the while he was in the rough Forrest in quest of the same the Royster was come to take awaie the other by an other bypath whiche he well knewe Whereof the kyng was so vexed and wearie in that as a Lackie it behoued hym to goe a foote that he beganne to curse and banne the Damosell whiche was wandered and straied from hym repentyng hym but to late of his follie Notwithstandyng he trauailed so farre a foote for fallyng here and there that about Middaie he beganne to abandon the Forest a mile from the whiche he mette an Heremite in a fower cornered pathe who kneelyng deuoutely afore the Crosse read busilie his Mattens with spectacles on his nose for he was so old and feble that he sawe but little in so muche that the Kyng was full nere afore he could discrie hym But seeyng hym armed as he was the visier of his healme being let doune he had of him so great feare that thinkyng he was some euill Spirite or Phantasme began straightewaies to marke hym selfe with the signe of the Crosse one while hym self an other while the Kyng mumblyng with his mouthe many suffrages and holie Praiers in Latine to coniure him Which the kyng seyng knowyng his feare to assure hym 〈◊〉 better toke his hedde péece of hauing humbly saluted hym reasoned with him in this sorte For Gods sake Father saied he bee you nothyng astonied of me for I am nought els but as you are also tell me where I might finde a place to repose my self and take some refection for since yester daie Mornyng haue I neither eaten nor dronken whereby I féele my self so feble and weake that with paine I can vneth sustaine my self The good manne Heremite hearyng hym speake of God hauyng taken courage to hym aunswered hym in Latine with like woordes Manne I knowe not what thou demaundest but if thou wilte vouchsafe to repose thy self in my little Celle I will giue thee to drinke water of the cleare Fountaine whiche is there nere vnto vs and also I haue some Chestenuttes and rootes of Hearbes boiled since yester night whereof if thou wilte thou maiest eate The Kyng whiche vnderstoode Latine knewe well that he could speake no other waies wherefore he aunswered hym in the same language that he was thereof content In so muche beeyng come into the Heremites Cell hee eate with a reasonable good appetite certain Chestnuttes the whiche the old man gaue hym verie daintely deemyng by hym self that fewe would suffice hym after whiche hauyng dronken a good cuppe of the fore saied Fountain water he departed not without greate thankes to the Heremite giuen reasonably well satisfied with the sustenaunce of that sumptuous banket Then did he nothyng but trauaill till it was nere night that he ariued on the Sea coste where he founde a boate in whiche was a man slepyng full soundly whom first hauyng awaked hym he required if he could transporte hym into any hauen where he might embarke hym self to goe to the Realme of Thrace and the manne aunswered hym yea and that he was thereof right well contente and that same euenyng he would bryng hym where he should bee lodged in the moste magnificent Castell that euer he sawe The Kyng being ioyous and right well apaid of so good an hap entryng the boate nothyng knowing how to take the wordes of his Ferie man but to sone alas he knewe them to his great damage For scarce was hee a mile frō the shore when he sawe not his man within the boate well might he perceiue the Oares to moue and traile forward the boate vpon tke waues of the Sea with so greate celeritie and swiftnesse as though some one had moued theim whereof he was more astonied and abashed then euer he was of any other thing that euer had chaūced in his life Notwithstandyng he yet reioysed somewhat that the sea was calme and quiet hauyng none other winde to tosse or trouble it but a sweete and pleasaunt Zephyrus And hauyng remained in this forte wandering solely vpon the sea without trouble of any Tempest hauing nought to eate but certaine course bread peeces whereof hee founde in the Boate till suche tyme as hee might discouer and perceiue in the mornyng when the Sunne began to shine vpon that parte where his vessell pretended to take Lande a faire Ilande garnished and munited with a multitude of faire leauie Trees and grassie greene Meadowes and in the midst therof approaching nearer and nearer the hautie Towers of an exceeding faire Castell whiche there was pight And issuyng foorth into the I le to finde some one which might tell hym what Countrey that was he saw moreouer in one coaste of the same the aire as red as flamyng fire Then muche marueiling what aduenture that might bee determined so still to walke till he might finde one that might tell him

tymes more sharpe then the horrour of death it selfe And thus it chaunced that one daie as hee was in the queste and pursuite of straunge aduētures to make proofe of his force and valure also to get praise and honour the only Guerdon of Illustrious and gentle hartes as all wanderyng knightes accustomably doe passing by chaunce through a certaine Forrest he encountred a wilde Boare whiche beyng striken and wounded through the bodie with a Darte came and fell doune not farre from hym starke dead which he apperceiuyng tooke and charged vppon his horse to cary it away but as hee beganne to departe there came towardes hym another knight of so small stature that hee exceeded not the height of two or three cubites but therwith so strong and puissaunt that no knight nor Giaunte whatsoeuer might endure his force and for this cause so fearce and presumptuous that if he sawe any thing to hym not agreable were it wrong or right he would haue it This fellowe seeing the praie whiche my Lorde and Father caried said to him very stoutly that he either should deliuer geue to hym the wild Boare out right or otherwise he would let hym vnderstande that it was not for suche a one as hym to gainsaie any thyng to hym agreable My father which had his Hearte so fixed and settled and who was of so greate courage that he could in no wise suffer so presumptuous a bragge to hym answered that he shoulde not haue it without conquest made by the pointe of the Swerde Whereon the litle knight whiche had to name Nabot was so chaffed and enraged that putting without more wordes his hande vpon his Swerde he stroake my miserable father so rudely vppon the head that at the firste blowe hee brought hym doune all astonished from his Horse to the grounde whereon after he had laied the wilde Boare he tooke my Father betwixt his armes and caried hym into the moste straunge and Butcherous Prison that euer was hearde spoken of For besides that he hath clogged his feete with greate and weightie Giues of Y●on hee ne geueth hym all the day to eate ought elles but a Morsell of most salt Bacon without drinking more then once in twoo daies of the moste odious and corrupte Water that is to be founde and when as hee purposeth to take his iourney anye where on Horsebacke he causeth hym to bee brought foorth to crouche to the grounde that he setting his foote vpon his backe may make hym serue for a Stirrope to mounte on Horsebacke then sendyng him backe to his Prison againe causeth hym to bee scourged and tormented moste cruelly I knowyng this my Lorde haue been often before hym to entreate hym to haue my Father raunsomed at what he woulde require But hee therein hath alwaies gainsaide mee manafyng mee with like crueltie if in fixe Monethes I coulde not prepare and present a knight whiche should bee able in iustyng to bryng hym from of his Horse Whiche thyng I endeuouryng to doe haue brought hym already full many parte whereof he hath slaine and parte whereof he hath put in a prison farre more miserable then that of my poore Father In so muche that now ignoraunte of what woodde to frame myne Arrowes I haue enterprised to make this rashe request whiche you haue harde So muche hopyng in that bountie and prowes whiche aboue all others maketh you esteemed through eache coast of the vniuersall worlde that it shall bée you onely who shall haue power by puttyng to death the cruell and disloyall Nabot to deliuer me from the mortall and languishyng dolour whiche for long space hath made in me residence geuyng to hym libertie whiche hath begotten me The kyng hauing well heard the purpose of the Damofell and supposing her to haue said true deliberated to succour her aswell for the necessitie whiche she seemed to haue of ayde and assistaunce as to proue hymselfe againste that Nabot of whom hee had often hearde speake and for whom he had searched in many Countries to doe the same without euer findyng hym at all And seeyng than when he least thought thereof the occasion too bee ministred so to fit his purpose to make proofe of the force and valiauncie of hys person by encountring with that mightie Nabot he would not lette it slippe so Yea chiefly for so iuste an occasion as that of the Damoselles In suche wise that it was not possible what pithy reasons socuer one alledged to distourne and staye hym from going alone into Thrace there to combate for so iuste a Quarell Whereof the Queene Bellizenne was much grieued and discomforted praiyng moste instauntlie the valiaunt and hardie Prince Hubert of Scotlande her brother to beare hym company whiche thing hee promised her to doe Yet the king in no wise would suffer nor permit it but deepely vowed and sware to trauell solelie with the Damsell to geue accomplishment to his promise whereof she was much inyous who instauntlie putting her selfe in waie spurryng her Palfrey in the flancke with all diligence possible And the kyng whiche was furnished of all Armour necessarie for the Combate and eke well Horsed pursued her as fast as his Horse would runne a grande gallop After whose departure al the Worthies whiche as then were resident in his Court retired home abandoning the same in suche sort that of the xij couragious Péeres of the said Britaine the Greate there remained but the kyng Ferrande of Norwaye onely whiche because of his faithfulnes and bountie was appointed Gouernour of the Realme in the absence of king Floridamant and the prudent prince Candior Duke of Normandie the whiche because of the sodaine absence of their kyng were greatly sorrowfull and astonished Notwithstanding takyng it paciently they made of necessitie a vertue for lettyng ceasse their late dolours they betooke themselues to cōforte in best wise they could the desolate Princes Bellizenne whiche for sorrowe and yrksomnes tare her haires cōmitted many suche foolishe actes of a frāticke woman one without sense Which thyng the prudent Prince Ferrande of Norwaye seeyng counsailed her thereby the better to forget her griefe to goe sport her selfe at Myrandol as she did where chaunced to her that which you may perceaue in the Chapters followyng For we there muste now leaue her to make recount of that whiche hapened too the kinge after his departure with the Damosell Who was the Damosell whiche led awaie the Kyng Floridamant and who was the Necromancian Minofoll which had builded by his enchauntments the superbious and sumptuous edifice of the red Castell And also how the king lost the Damsell in a thicke wood replenished with wilde and sauage beastes where his Horse beyng dead vnder hym he hard the lamentable voyce of a certaine Damsell whiche complained most bitterly Towardes whom as he marched to succour her he recountered a Knight whom after a fierce and tedious Combate he slewe ¶ The seconde Chapter WHEN once the desire of vengeaunce hath taken roote in

voyce That she should with all spéede go to bespeake an Horse Litter to transport her to the Castell whereto the Damozell sone obeyed leauyng her sole alone in the compagnie of her little Infaunt whō she began to busse beholde with a Million more of amiable and motherly lookes And euen as shee earnestlie behelde hym in euerie parte she perceined in him a thing most merueilous That is to wit a little place in his backe drawyng towarde the right side full of heare and like in purtrature to a fierce and fell Lion hauyng his Tongue out of his mouthe whereby she had hope that hee shoulde in tyme beecome an hardie and valiaunte Knight Seeyng that there was none other reason but that nature had brought foorth signed and marked it in suche forme for some such purpose But duryng this thought of hers beholde there ariued a troupe of Knightes and Damoselles whiche brought thither a faire horse litter all wrought within with Blewe veluet who went with greate haste toward the place where the Queene was and findyng her in the same takyng that the Damosell Antiziliane had lefte her liftyng her vp softly laied her in a good bedde whiche was in the Litter with the litle baby by her whom her Damosell wrapped couered with riche clothynges brought redie for that purpose which doen thei quickly conuaied her to the Castell of Mirandol Where thei no soner ariued but the Prince Ferrand of Norwaie whiche was in the Citie of London without further delaye with a greate troupe of illustrious and valiaunt knightes came to visite her muche ioyous and pleased of so good an aduenture trustyng that now the Queene would for euer after leaue of her griefes and complaintes who gaue hym in charge to cause the Infant to be baptized whom she would haue to bee-named GERILEON with the greatest ioy and sumptuous preparation that she could prepare not lettyng passe either Iustes Turneis or any other pastymes whiche could bee inuented And expressely commaunded that those who for the losse of their Kyng were cladde in Blacke attire should exchaunge of theim for others of diuerse coulours more gaie and pleasaunt whereto thei with all diligence obeyed For after the Baptisme of the Infaunte the whiche in greate pompe and magnificence the Kynge Ferrande of Norwaie hym self had holden ouer the Fonte with the maide Antiziliane the one in the name of the Kyng Belligent of Fraunce who was a greate frende to the Kyng Floridamant The other representynge the Persone of the Quene of Scotland they caused to be made ready the Listes win the City of London in the great place of the Pallaice the next day to make Proclamatiō of the publike Iustynges on the behalfe of the Prince Ferrande of Norwaie and his couragious cousin Grādilaor who in Iusting chalēged all goers comers for the price wherof he prescribed two gaie Genettes of Spaine white as Swannes trapped and harnessed with Ueluet of the same coulour all embroydred and wrought with fine golde of Ciprus wholie to remaine to theim whiche were not dishorsed at the Iustes And thei proclaimed that whosoeuer should take in hande this matche should giue to the victours one of the fairest and moste riche tokens that euer thei had receiued of their Mistresses and if perchaunce there were founde any who hauyng fixed and sette his affection in a place too haultie and difficile were so vnfortunate in his Loues that he neuer har receiued any he should bee bounde and holden to faste wholie three daies without either meate or drinke sauyng breade and water and he should fulfill his promisse Moreouer it was also said that all those whiche should protest that thei were frée exempte frō the flames of loue should goe knele doune before the Damosels of the Quene Bellizenne kissyng their feete and the stones in their Rynges whiche thei had on their fingers with all humilitie Which thing being knowē euery one of the knightes who hearde these Iustes proclaimed in so straunge and vnvsuall condition saied to the Heraulde who had to name Geliaste the Ioily What is that saieth hee that maie bee doen in lieu of kissyng the Rynges of their fingers if by chaunce some of the Dames want them It shall bee expedient Sir knight no displeasure saied the Heraulde that if you be of the vanquished side and want a Mistres with Rynges that you maye go kisse thē Mum ye wot where At this cloked knauishe aunswere was greate laughter moued not onely to the bystanders but also to the knight to whom he spake who although he sawe hym self mocked was little or nothyng thereat displeased But to come to the matter againe the Iustynges beeyng openly Proclaimed as is afore saied one might haue seen knightes of all partes to prepare theim selues to the same on the one side of the Listes and on the other side the twoo braue warriers Dom Ferrande of Norwaie and Dom Grandilaor his Cosine fully determined to make that daie suche a proofe of their knightly prowesse that worthe ly thei should bee iudged valiaunt at those Iustes aboue all others And especially the yoūge Grandilaor who so felte his force and strengthe to redouble and encrease because of a certaine white Plume of Feathers whiche he caried vpon the creste of his Helmet giuen hym that daie by the Damosell Antiziliane his Ladie and Mistresse for whose Loue he felte greate tormentes that vnder her fauour he should behaue hym self so well at the Iustes that he might become victorious he entred firste into the fielde mounted vpon a braue courser of Arabie so well trained and paced that to se hym mannadge carrire and braue it in the ayre one would haue iudged hym of no lesse desire to the matter then his maister who giuyng hym the spurre fiuely as wel he could remained so sure and vnmoueable in the saddle yea and with suche a grace that to viewe hym there was none of the lookers on whiche thought not verely that for his parte the Pryce of that Tournay should not bee loste And the like saied thei of that valiaunt prince of Norwaie who pursued hym full nere for in prowesse and Chiualrie he surpassed eche other knight of greate Britaine But as thei were entred within the Barriers to combate beholde the heauen beganne in lesse then an hower to waxe so darcke and too become so troubled with thicke and stinking smoke whiche remained in the ayre more then a quarter of an howre that the knightes could not see from the one eude of the Listes to the other in suche sorte that there was none so hardie and valiaunt whiche was not greatly astonished and abashed at this sodaine straunge mutation of tyme for neuer any of them that were in that companie had seen the like chaunee But yet thei had more cause of maruaile when after hauyng a while beholden through the the ayre whiche waxed yet more darcke especially aboute the Castell a multitude of hideous flames of fire as redde