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A62136
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Great Britain's glory: being the history of King Arthur with the adventures of the Knights of the Round Table.
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J. S.
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1697
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Wing S64; ESTC R219789
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Sword entred fix inches whereupon with a terrible groan he fell to the Earth and at what time the King stood on him and devided his Head from his Trunk the which he delivered to his Esquire that bore his Bow and Quiver Nor were the Knights of the Order idle for Sir Lancelot had by this time grievously wounded the Mercian King and taken him Prisoner and Sir Tristrian slain thirty six Captains besides thirty six common Soldiers so that the King of the East Angles seeing all go to wrack and his Men were disordered caused the Retreat to be sounded whereupon his Captains endeavoured to bring off their Men but they being in great Consternation and the Britains pressing on them fearful of death fled in all parts and left all the Booty they had gotten to the Conquerors who fiercely pursuing the flying Foe made terrible flaugheer insomuch that such as could not fly into Castles and Strongholds fell by the Sword to the number of twenty thousand This Overâ—how being noised abroad brought a great Fear upon all the Saxon Princes so that the Mertians wholly submitted and sent a great Ransom for their King who upon his swearing to become Tributary and Vassal to King Arthur was set at liberty Nor were there any of their petty Kings that then possessed this Island which they had devided into Heptiarchey but sent their Ambassadors with great Presents to intreat a Peace the which upon their acknowledging him their Supream Prince and paying eath two hundred Geldings a Faulcon and a Grey-hound yearly was accorded to And thus flourished this Renowned King in the beginning of his Reign but more dreadful and redoubted were his future Deeds as by the Sequel will appear CHAP. III. How King Arthur passed into Denmark conquered the Kingdom of Norway overthrew Burnamissa the Danish King besieged Copen-Hagen and how at the Intreaty of Geneura the Sister of the Danish King he hearkered to an Accord and had an Interview with Burnamissa and how a Peace was concluded between them upon the whole matter being left to the Princes's Award and how King Arthur falling in Love with the fair Princess married her THe King having in a manner brought England to his subjection resolved not to suffer the current of his Victory to be damed up with Ease took counsel with Merlyn and the most valiant of his Knights what Enterprize was next to be undertaken who advised him That it was most for his Honour to revenge the Injuries he had received by the Danes who roaming about those Seas had not only taken divers of his Ships but landing had surprized some smast Towns upon the Sea coast and burnt them corrying the Inhabitants into miserable Captivity and by ctuel Tortures obliged them to offer Sacrafice to their Idols that Kingdom being then unconverted This motion pleased the King whose restless spirit and desire of Glory made him impatient of ease whereupon he caused a great Navy of Ships to be rigg'd in Milford Haven and in all other Ports and gave Order for the building Men of War and Gallies so that in six Months space he had a Fleet of small and great Vessels that consisted of three hundred Sail on which early in the Spring he imbarqued with twenty eight thousand choice Soldiers and all manner of Warlike Provision having by this time inroled twenty new Knights to supply the places of such as fell by the Sword or dyed of divers Diseases and so with a fresh gale weighing Anthor and with a fair Wind arriving in the Baltick Ocean entered the Straits now guarded by the two famous Castles of Coronsburg and Elzeburg the latter standing on the Coast of Norway and there brought such a fear on either Shore that the Inhabitans in all parts fled with what they could most conveniantly carry leaving the rest for a prey to the Britains who under the Conduct of their victorious King intiched themselves with a great booty when incamping before Nidrosia in Norway summoned the City to yield but there being a strong Garison therein they returned Answer That they kept the City for Burnamissa King of Denmark and would in no wise yi ld it without his Order whereupon the King commanded the Assault to be made by twelve thousand Men under the leading of forty faut Knights of the order of the Round Table who heving their Scaling Engines in a readiness on Easter-eve marched to the Wall and with a showre of Arrows and Wild-fire drdve the defendants thence when as Sir Ector bearing the Royal Seandard mounted and making great slaughter of suek as opposed cutting of Arms Legs and Helmed Heads placed it on the chief Bulwark which the rest seeing on all sides sfreve to imitate him so within less than six hours the City was won which the Conquered perceiving retired to the Marker-place and throwing down their Arms begged Mercy which the King generously granted yet gave the Spoil of the City to the Soldiers not reserving any part to himself which so heightned them that leaving a Garison there passed on to Bergen which upon the first Summons surrendred and by its Example all the remaining Cities and walled Towns did the like so that the Kingdom of Norway was entirely at King Arthur's Devotion whereupon finding no more to conquer he having received a supply of five thousand Men to make up the number he brought by reason he was forced to leave the like Number in Garison imbarqued and passed the Straits landed upon the Dainish Shore filling all with Terror and Amazement when as that King having gathered a huge Army advanced to give him Battle which did not a little rejoyce King Arthur who greatly desired to try his strength in Mar when jayning on the great Plain before Copen-Hagen a dreadful Fight began but Victory who never declined our Heroick Prince soon declared for the Britains so that the Danish King Anding the Battle swerve and that he could not stay his Men longer from open flight to cover their Shame sounded the Retreat whereupon they retiring in great Confusion King Arthur and his Knights following so furiously that all the Plain was strewed with the bodies of the slain and so hotly they pressed on that e're three parts of the Army entered the City the Gates were shut up and a third pars shut out for fear the Britains should enter pell-most with them who were by the furious Soldiers slain in the fight of their Friends though the compassionate King bid spare the Sword The Danes thus overthrown the King intamped before the City resolving to carry it by force and the next Day prepared for the Assault resolving to march in the head of his Knights to win immortal Fame by his planting his Srandard upon the Wall with his own Hands or to lose his Life nor could the Peeswasion of his Nobles make him decline it but as he approached the Wall the Gates opened whereupon he supposed the Foe intended to sally but inflead of armed Men there issued