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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43362	The most excellent history of the valiant and renowned knight, Don Flores of Greece, Knight of the Swans, second sonne to Esplandran, Emperour of Constantinople being a supplement to Amadis de Gaule / written by Mounsieur de Essule, Nicholas de Hereby ... ; translated into English by W.P.; Cronique du tresvaillant et redouté dom Florès de Grèce. English	Herberay, Nicolas de, sieur des Essars, 16th cent.; W. P.	1664 (1664)	Wing H1493; ESTC R15863	48,470	68

affairs and the little leisure he hath had to receive the Princes Knights and others that are come to visit him whereas I have béen constrained to remaine so in such sort that forgeting my self I did not once remember you till this morning that my affairs being somewhat lessened I called you to minde and there with came hither not only to visit you but also to amend the fault I had committed in your behalf And it liketh your Grace answered the Knight I do now very well and better than before perceive that it should bée a thing unnatural if the trée should not bring forth fruit like unto the root from which it first sprang I say this my good Lord in respect of you touching mine own part that have not deserved the honour you did unto me you will therein follow the bounty of that famous King Lusart your Father a man estéemed of throughout the whole world not only for his magnanimity but also for his wisdome and courtesie as much as any Prince that lived before his time or since Wherein truely you so well imitate his steps and that in such manner that having vanquished me in battel I confesse my self more vanquished then before by reason of the great courtesie I finde in you so that I am constrained to account this your victory of greater honor then if I my self had overcome ten of the best Knights in great Brittain Truely said the King this courtesie you talk of as far as I can perceive doubleth in your self But let us leave this discourse and tell me if it please you in what case you find your body and whether you find your self any better then you did upon the seas By how much the more said the Knight that the health of my body increaseth and approacheth so much the more diminisheth and withdraweth the joy I was accustomed to have in place whereof I am solicited by most grievous sadnesse and not without great cause one by reason that perceiving my self healed I finde my self in Prison and arrested whereby my heart is so grieved that I would willingly by death bee delivered out of pain not as I said before because I am so happily falne into your hands but by reason I may not accomplish the voyage I have taken in hand nor yet satisfie and fulfill that which I have sworn and promised to do having already passed so many perils and misfortunes for the attaining of my desire whereunto I have so long time aspired And now because I know that my purpose is failed and the grief my Prince will receive by my fault as also the losse that so many great Lords shall receive by my long staying it so much vexeth me that in a manner I am almost out of my wits and ready to destroy my self This discourse pleased well the King for thereby he perceived his prisoner entring into the very matter it self whereof he was so desirous to be satisfied which the more easily to procure hée said unto him what the cause of your grief is I know not but of this one thing can I well assure you that during your abode here you shall be well assured to receive all the honour and good entertainment that may bee de●ised among us for such is the Emperors will and pleasure so courteous and merciful a Prince is hée In the mean time séeing we are in this discourse I pray you sir by the promise I look for of you on the faith of a Knight ye will declare unto me that which I shall ask you Therein I will do your pleasure said the Knight for though I say it my self I know not any Gentleman living more desirous and careful to maintain his credit and promise than my self and ever will wherein I will not yield to any man Such is to bée looked for said the King at the hands of men of your calling now therefore I pray you declare unto mée who you are what your name is and what that King and those great Lords are which attend your return as also the occasion of your voyage My Lord said the Knight the faith I have given you holdeth me so straightly bound thereunto as it forceth me to declare that fréely unto you which a thousand deaths together should not constrain me unto I am saith he called Cosdroel of Anfamia Son of that valiant Knight Brontaias of Anfamia of the Isle of Sagitaries who was slain by the hands of the Valiant Knight Amadis de Gaule in the battle that King Aravigne fought against King Lisuart your Father _____ At the time of whose death I was so young that I may very well bée excused of the revenge I ought to take for his death and since that time likewise fortune hath béen so adverse and cruel unto King Aravigne that hée attempting twice to supply my want of years and ability assembled two Armies but if he sped evil in the first hée had worse fortune in the second for although he wan the victory and the town of Lubame was taken where King Luisart and his army were overthrown hee was neverthelesse himself overthrown and before his departure from thence remained Prisoner by him that before had béen his Captive which was done by the force of King Amadis whereof I spake before who only hath béen the cause that neither the revenge of my Fathers death nor yet the losse of the King of Aravigne could for those times have any other issue then shame and dishonour Which I considering in my self and being attained unto age and strength correspondent determined once again to try fortune and by all means devised still to recover the losses past in such manner that from the day that King Aravigne made mée Knight with another of my Kinsmen son of Ancidel slain likewise with my Father by the hands of Don Frestan King of Sardaign he and I vowed and made promise unto our Gods to revenge our losses by all the wayes we might and although the means were taken from us to execute vengeance on our Principal enemies at the least we would do our endeavours against their Parents and Allyes wherein wée had already so well procéeded in the War begun against King Brundo that having in a manner recovered all the lands of King Aravigne and dis-inherited his enemies we thought utterly to overthrow him but Don Florestian succouring him with twelve of his Knights fought against twelve of our Knights whereby King Aravigne remained not only vanquished but was slain his people put to flight his honour defaced and all our Army so feared and abashed at so many crosses and evil fortunes that loosing both heart and courage wée retired with shame and dishonour determining neverthelesse once again at some better time to assemble and again to pursue whatsoever befel on so just a quarrel and revenge In the mean time beléeve mée sir I never was at my hearts ease nor yet shall be until such time I shall have revenged my kinsmans blood

wherewith he found himself in a great perplexity neverthelesse with the best and chearfullest countenance he could shew he made King Norandel answer saying Cousen the King my Father is not a learner to prove the force of these Pagans neither yet am I. Divers and sundry times have they assailed to land in great Brittain as also in my countries but God be thanked they never wan any thing therein but death or their confusions and as much shall now happen unto them neverthelesse we must advertise the King together with all other Christian Princes to the end they may be prepared for them especially the Kings Agraies and Grasandor The Kings of Scots of Sardignia and Sobradise my Vnkles as also the Prince Florizando all which together are strong and puissant enough to withstand and resist these brave Giants and others their assistants in the East Countries and if they make way hither believe mee they shall find with the aid of my Son Luisart and others our friends but a hard morsel for them to chaw So may it bée I beséech God said the King but yet am I in great fear as touching the Country of great Brittain for as Cosdroel hath very well noted unto mée Arms are therein of late time so much left off and unfrequented that at this present there is not a wandring Knight to bée found therein as was accustomed to be neither yet any other doing that whereby in times past they were so much estéemed of more then in any country of the World Truely said Don Flores then thereat am I much abashed and truely I made my account that you my Lord turning unto the Emperor would have given me leave to travel thither there to receive the order of Knighthood therein to prove my force and valour in such manner as you Luisart my Brother and other kings our predecessours have done in times past but by your sayings I perceive I must be forced to take another course The occasions of trying your manhood are sufficiently at this present offered in our own countrey said the Emperor and here shall you finde from henceforth wherein to employ your strength and exercise Arms being knighted without séeking any further at the least if all be true that Cosdroel saith In good faith my Lord saith the K. and so I think he doth but in the mean time what is your gracious pleasure that I shall do with him he would gladly it might please your grace to give him liberty that he might go and perform his voyage upon condition to return and yeild himself my prisoner again as now he is and so hath he desired mée most earnestly to crave the same at your hands but I made him answer that it lay not in mée to do but rested onely upon your Graces Will and Commandement and that I would move it unto you I am very well content said the Emperor that he shall not onely have liberty to do as he requireth but also that he shall go whither it pleaseth him letting him well understand both to him and his that we fear them but a little and that we care not for their enterprizes Truely said King Norandel your Grace speaketh like a great and couragious Prince and you cannot better do for therby and as also by him they may well perceive that you are not so easie to be feared as they think neither yet Christendom so lightly to be won as they account VVell then said the Emperor go and carry him these news and let him depart hence as soon as it pleaseth him Then King Norandel went presently unto Cosdroel and finding him up out of his bed began to speak unto him saying Sir knight the Emperor hath by mée understood all that you declared unto mée this morning and because he estéemeth you for such a person as I have told him and what you are he giveth you not onely liberty to accomplish your Ambassage but also to go whither it pleaseth you and so you may do as soon as your health will permit It shall then be presently answered Cosdroel and after diverse congratulations and thanks with other spéeches that they had together whereupon I mean not to stay taking leave one of the other they departed Crosdroel entring into a ship by him prepared and Norandel returning unto the Emperors palace CHAP. IV. How the Emperour Esplandran sent Sergil into great Brittain to King Amadis to certifie unto him the news hee had received and of a strange adventure happened unto Don Flores THe matter by King Norandel declared the morning before did not cease to trouble the Emperors minde and more did it move him the night following till the next morning so that he being up hee called his counsel together to whom hée declared all the discourse before rehearsed desiring them as much as such a Prince as hée was might do or require at the hands of his Lords Friends Servants and Subjects to give him as spéedy good and faithful counsel as they might the matter being of so great importance as it was Where many points were discoursed some left off and others agréed upon in the end they determined that the Emperor should dispatch Sergil of an Ambassage into great Brittain to certifie King Amadis of the great preparations made against him unto whom instructions being given there was a letter delivered which the Emperor wrote unto the King his Father wherewith the Messenger had charge to signifie to him that all the Pagan Kings perswaded thereunto by the Children of Arcalaus and others which hée named prepared divers Armies for to invade his Land and therefore hée wished him to prepare all his Haven Towns to fortifie his Frontiers and to assemble from all parts his friends allies vassals and subjects because the descending of those Armies were uncertain and that the Emperor could never have any intelligence thereof but only by Cosdroel Yet did hée estéem it for most certain and true remitting the rest unto Sergils consideration whom he estéemed wise enough to deliver the same as having heard it likewise from the mouth of King Norandel himself Hée being then dispatched away having wind and shipping ready imbarked himself and being at Sea leaving Thrace and sailed towards Italy and from thence passing the straights entred into the Ocean Seas making towards Brittain but wee will leave him on his voyage for this time that Don Flores complain not of us to have forgotten him Hée being pricked forward with the spéeches of his Father thought hee did him wrong to delay his taking the order of Knighthood until the coming of the Turks wherewith hée found himself not greatly pleased but tossing and revolving in his minde on the same had no other thought but only to find the means how without his Fathers leave or his knowledge hée might attain unto his purpose but by no means could hée devise the same for first hee had heard King Norandel blame the over great sluggishnesse of the Brittish Knights for being