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The famous history of that most renowned Christian worthy Arthur King of the Britaines, and his famous Knights of the Round Table.
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M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?
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1660
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Wing P437aA; Thomason E1022_2; ESTC R208466
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the most most renowned throughout all the whole world the Saxons never daring to come towards it during his reign nor his next successors Constine as I told you heretofore CHAP. IX How King Arthur and his Knights sayled to subdue Ireland which he performed with great honour converting that and the adjacent Lands to Christianity and obedience to him and the British Monarchy GReat Spirits cannot be idle the thoughts once fixed on honourable atchievements and cherished with happy success are ever busied in finding out this iewel where ever it lie hid in the world This is evident in our Christian Worthy and his gallant Knights who loathing to be backward in putting forwards Gods glory in the enlargement of Christendom and hearing that Ireland and other people thereabout lived in heathenish Idolatry and blind worship not having the light of the Gospell as yet revealed to them he raised an army to reduce them to the Law of Christ and obedience to him with happy success this voyage goeth on King Arthur and his Royal army consisting of no more but â—0000 depending on divine Auxiliaries adventure upon this great enteprise and arive happy in Ireland where they find great opposition yet overcome with small difficulty The people by Nature rude and savage as hardy as their Country is cold yet these cold comforts nor the peoples frozen conscience dismay not our undaunted Britains whose zealous fire is of force both to warme themselves and to thaw their enemies hearts a furious encounter they found at their entrance for the barbarous Islanders were upon a sudden ranged into a body of above forty thousand their King Malvasius a renowned and hardy Knight famoused for many victories against the Laplanders and Finians came himselfe in person before his souldiers boldly demanding a sight of and speech with King Arthur which to his happy unhappiness he soon attained CHAP. X. How King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table sayled into Palestine to sight against the Pagan Infidels where they performed wonderfull feats of chivalry to the honour of Christ and Christianity converting or confounding all where ever they came LOng had not King Arthur and his honour thirsty Knights slept at home but fresh adventure pricks them forward to travel Europe by their meanes is quitted and the fold of Christ much enlarged but in Asia the Pagan infidels rage Palestine with her Christians groanes under this heavy yoke therefore our worthy Arthur and his gallant warriers will not rest in peace while tydings of thâ—s horrible war and oppression is spread through the land of Christendome briefly with the very same army which he brought out of the cold Countries he marched upon this hot yet honourable enterprise of all other the most laudable for a Christian Army to engage himselfe in let us now imagine we see the Christian Banner displayed between Jerusalem and Jericho upon the plain of Nabor where an innumerable host of Sarares are encamped against the Xerxian multitude with great confidence goes our Christian Army not doubting of that which they near failed to get victory which by divine providence they accomplished it were incredible to shew what extraordinary vertue King Arthur and his Knights performed in that service for three dayes space the battel continued and then our Christian Army had the happiness to behold the destrustion and total rout of the whole Pagan host CHAP. XI How King Arthur returned into England He and Mordred were both slain in battell and how noble King Arthur was buried at Glasenbury in Summerset-shire NOw hath prosperous wind and weather brought our worthy Arthur and his bold belonists to the British Coasts he seeks lading at Dover but finds it fortified to impeach his arrivall the traytor Mordred had so possessed the people with his spirit of treason and rebellion that they in stead of magnificent shews and trumphes to welcome him as his vertue required and their duty had heretofore done defied him to his face O ingrateful Caitifs and insolently denies his entrance into his owne inheritance a very unfit guerdon for the unparalell'd honour wherewith King Arthur and his Knights had endowed and adorned the British Monarchy upon the British shore he can set no footing but by force which if there be no remedy he knows how to do being so long and so well verst in that business and so by force doth enter and is by a huge army of bastardly Britaine 's opposed a cruell sight is maintained for a long time in fine the King is victor the usurper and his wicked company for so many 〈◊〉 escaped alive fly and were pursued by the King and their own evill consciences yet being hardned with malice and as it were steeled with basenesse the miscreants in that nature worse then the Pagan Infidels which his all conquering courage had so often triumphed over have the face again to afront that majesty the splender whereof had so bazeiled the eye of the world which looking on his glor ous conquest that none beheld his countenance in 〈◊〉 warlike construction without fear and trembling nor durst they have done it had they not been too bold in such an action Britains that dare do any thing Sir Câ—dor that matchless man of men was slaine fighting against a whole Regiment Sir Gawin a man of invincible valour coming to his rescue also with him joyned in fellowship of death the renowned and couragious young King of Scotland Arguisell by name coming to the aide of King Arthur dyed gallantly fighting in his quarrell Sir Killian de Londre environed with a troup of horse after the death of 12. men which with his own hand he slew was himselfe hit with a dart throwne from a common Irish or Pictish hand laid dead on the earth Sir Martin de Foâ—eâ— in rescuing King Arthur encompassed with a troup of horse that sought to have taken him was shot into the heart with an arrow and dyed presently after this Sir Cador Sir Gawin Sir Killian and Sir Martin after so many unequalled victories abroad came to yield their loyall hearis by the hands of perfidious Rebels their own nativis into the power of death in their native Country also that valiant Scot before mentioned King Arguisel though not a Knight of the Round Table yet an undaunted Knight and trusly friend to King Arthur who like an enraged Lyon makes slaughter on every side with his sword beyoud the expectation of humane force insomuch that the enemy beginning to dispaire of victory a Pictish souldier 〈◊〉 by Mordâ—ed 〈◊〉 out aloud in the British Language fly you Britaines what do you fight for Arthur your King on whom you depend and all his Knights of the Round Table are dead This made King Arthurs souldiers begin to starâ— which he hearing made hast to the most eminent place that he could â—iâ—d where being conspirnous and visible to them all he spoke these coursgious words Fight on fellows in armes I am I praise heaven for it neither
Quéen of Britain Of this gallant Lady Queen Igren our worthy Arthur was begotten and born of whose matchless achievments for the honour of God and his Nation and the terror of his enemies this following epitomy or abstract of his History gives a briefe and reall notion this first Chapter serving as a proeme to what follows in order according to the Rule of Chronography or History CHAP. 2. How the learned Merlin who flourished in those daies had the tuition of Prince Arthur committed unto him and how he tutored him IN those daies lived and flourished that learned Clark Mrlin by some accounted a Negromancer by all a Prophet of whose predictions a Prophecies so much talk is at this day especially among the Welch who being in great favour with King Uter as one by whose counsell he was chiefly governed in all his actions to him was committed the tuition and education of the young Prince whose advice gave him his name Arthur for some cause which he propounded Merlin having gotten himselfe to be intrusted with the government of this Child of whom he Prophecied great and admirable deeds to be done applied all his best of skill and industry to continue and augment the good opinion which both the King and his People conceived of his Learning Wisedome Gravity and Fidelity to his Nation and his Soveraign so that he nurtured the Prince in his minority in rudiments sutable to his age and proclinity and as he grew and increased in years so Art Learning and Vertue grew and increased in him insomuch that in him appeared all that might promise a future greatnesse and goodness his mind and study above all things earthly he dedicate to divine documents and next unto that his discourses were all military and his déeds answerable exceeding the compass of his age briefly what may be possibly expected in a Prince every way pointed out or set apar◠for God and his Countrey honour and service in our Arthur was so conspicuous and visible that the whole world made him the severall objects of both envy and hope Thus much concerning his education under Merlin in the next Chapter we will bring his to Father his Sepulcher and him to his Throne CHAP. III. Of the death of King Vter Pendragon and how Prince Arthur at the age of 18. years was crowned King of Britaine by common consent KIng Uter having royally and lovingly both governed and nourished the sickly estate of Britain for the space of 28. years in which time he had gotten many fortunate battels against the Saxons then being a prevailing party here at last to verifie our now common saying too much familiarity breeds contempt growing too much familiar with a Saxon Prince called Enerinus he was by him or his appointment poisoned at a great feast held in the Town of Salop leaving his noble Son Prince Arthur the expectation of England and the just revenger of his Fathers death who immediately seconded his exit with his own entrance upon the stage of majesty he was at that time but a strippling in age having past over but 18. Winters and as many Summers but in Statute Strength Wisoome and Valour he passed thousands that doubled his days Such majesty in his eyes such gravity in his gesture and countenance such mediocrity and modesty in his behaviour and comportment joyned with subtle wisedome prudence and temperance in his words that justice and fortitude in his actions were void of doubt or question so that his wise and cunning Tutor presenting his Pupill so exquisitly qualified gained the lasting love of the Commen-Wealth for his so artificially yoaking grace and nature to draw on the Chariot of Britains honour and happiness The same night that his Father was poisoned Prince Authur in a dream saw a vision in this manner a huge spreading Vine with great ripe clusters shewed themselves red and ready to be crushed From the roof of this Vine issued a venomous Viper which Viper was seconded with a great Snake between the Viper and the Snake was a cruell Combate the Snake for her advantage wound her selfe about the body of the Vine and from thence parlied with her enemy the Viper breathing out threatnings against the Snake instead of hurting her with his venemous breath poisoned the grapes which a man in sad sable habit comming after to tast of died immediately Soon aftar all this came in a lusty raging Lyon that with his roaring scared away both the Viper and the Snake and also awaked Prince Arthur This dream and vision Merlin disected in these or the like words most noble branch of British Royalty whom my prophetick spirit dares in the present tense regarding of the future call the sole and absolute Monarch of all Christendome this last night thy royall Father hath by late reconciled enemies whom we are forbidden to trust been invited to a supper and though as yet fame hath not sounded the trumpet of his death neither do I know any thing by the voice of the People but that he is very well and in perfect good health yet worthy Prince my genius conspiring with your highness dream and vision dictats to my thoughts that he is by this time to our great sorrow dead being poisoned by Remon at the appointment of Querinus the Saxon Prince who was lately of a fierce foe transformed into the shape of a feined friend This I tell you and this you will find true these are the Viper and the Snake for they were at variance before but agreed for the poisoning of Vter which have between them poisoned the Vine intimated by the grapes which your Father signified by the man in a sable habit a fit emblem of death tasted and dyed thereof well what renowned Prince remains now but that you must he that raging fierce revenging and roaring Lyon who with your powerfull and frightfull voyce of command shall make this Snake and this Viper this Remon and this Querinus with all the rest of that hellish rabble of heathenish Pagans these miscreant Saxons to fly away and hide themselves from your Lyon like fury No sooner were these speeches by learned Merlin uttered but presently a Post came in all hast to give information of the business signifying that King Uter Pendragon was poisoned the Saxons had possest themselves of the Town of Salop having most treacherously butchered man woman and child that were therein first ravishing both Wives and Virgins before their Husbands and Parents faces and then made a generall massacre of all together When Prince Arthur heard this sad and horrible report after sundry short ejaculations invoking divine assistance he furning to his Tutor Merlin said thus learned Sir your words are oracles and so I shall ever esteem of the same during my mortal life when I swerve from your counsell I can expect nothing but destruction to my self and my people and if Alexander estermed so much a dead Homers works what shall I Arthur deem of a learned Merlins voyce the noblest