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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18993	The first book of Amadis of Gaule; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 1. English.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1590 (1590)	STC 541; ESTC S112788	287,960	416

he was vnséene of any espied a goodly troupe of Lords and Ladies comming toward them whereof he made haste to aduertise the Prince but he was so perplexed as he could not answere wherefore Gandalin tooke him by the arme saying My Lord sée you not what a great traine maketh toward vs At these words he came to himselfe beginning to sigh and lifting his eies to heauen said Gandalin if in this loue I were maister of my strength as I am in diuers other actions neither shouldest thou haue neede to aduertise me nor my selfe be without councell so much as I am But I feele my selfe so oppressed as all the enemyes in the world can not bring me to such extremitie as this ouer-ruling passion doth therefore I pray thée talke to me of the felicitie a man shall enioy in death for other may I not taste and practise no meanes of my life seeing the contrary doth surmount it What my Lord answered Gandalin estéeme you the victorie ouer your selfe so difficult after so many conquests of stout and bold Strangers Why do you not thinke that peraduenture she loueth you as well for whome you endure such assaults and happily by as great reason as you loue her your personage prowesse beawtie and nobilitie of linage can they deserue lesse then the good grace of the most rare and excellent Lady in the world let these humours my Lord repell your desperations Further he would haue proceeded but Amadis brake him off in anger saying Wretch darest thou blaspheme so much as to say that he who hath merited no condition in the world may be equalled with so perfect a thing as is my Lady enter no more into such tearmes if thou wilt not haue me thine enemy and so lose my conuersation Well well said Gandalin I pray ye wipe your eyes least those that come hitherward perceiue you haue wept What aunswered Amadis commes there any body Yea marie quoth Gandalin and now they be at hand héerewith he shewed him y e Knights and the Ladies who were hard by them by time Amadis was mounted Then as though he had stayed for their company he saluted them and riding among the trayne he beheld a Lady very comely and beawtifull who wept verie grieuously whereupon he left the rest and rode with her saying Madame God comfort ye and giue you ioy In sooth answered the Lady and thereof haue I néede in that as now it is very farre from me which except heauen fauour me with better grace I am vtterly out of hope euer to sée againe And so high a Maiestie said Amadis can prouide therefore when he pleaseth notwithstanding if you were so contented I gladly would knowe the cause of your sadnes Beleeue me my friend quoth she all that euer I enioy in this world consisteth in the triall of a Combat By these words he knew this to be the Lady of whom the Damosels had told him before wherefore he enquired further if as yet she had found a Knight on her behalfe No truely said the Lady and which gréeueth me most of all to morrow must my delay be exterminate What will ye then do answered Amadis What would you that I should do quoth she but lament and loose all vnlesse by hap I finde one in the Kings Court who mooued thereto by charitable compassion will courteously defend the right of a desolate widdow Such fortune said Amadis shall I pray may befall ye for I should not be a little glad thereof as well for your owne sake as also because I neuer thought well of your aduersarie I thanke ye gentle Sir quoth she to God I commit the reuenge of my wrong So passed on the Lady and Amadis turning bridle rode back to the Pauillion where he found the Damosels who were already returned from the Towne and presently they told him how Dardan was come into the feeld with full resolution to do his deuoire And trust me said Amadis it was my hap to méete the distressed Lady euen the same whome the case concerneth héerewith he declared all the talke they had together But now is the hower of quiet come and eche one went to rest till the point of day when the Damosels being risen came to tell Amadis how they would goe before to the Towne and send him word when Dardan was readie Not so quoth Amadis I will not be farre behinde ye but let one ride before to aduertise me when Dardan shewes himselfe in the féeld After he was armed they went all to horsseback and being come to the issue of the Forrest he said to the Damosels Now may you goe if you please for I will not depart this place til I heare some newes from you Away they went when Amadis alighting tooke off his helmet to refresh himselfe No sooner did the Sunne appeare in the East but the King came to the place appointed for the Combat which was without the Towne hard by the walles where Dardan not long after shewed himselfe in such manner and equipage as an ambitious man vseth to gaine goods and honor also like an amourous Champion to maintaine the quarrell of his beloued who to countenance him with the greater fauour was queintly led by the raynes of his palfray then presenting himselfe before the King on his knees he said My Lord according to the ordenance by you appointed this Lady and I humbly beséech ye that the goods may be deliuered her as is no more then reason for if any Knight oppose himselfe against her héere am I readie for the Combat The King then called for the other Ladyes defendant but she poore soule appeared alone Why Lady quoth the King are you vnprouided of a Champion that you come without any one to sustaine your right So help me God answered she wéeping I am my Lord forsaken of all except you graunt me mercie Great compassion had the King on her for he knew her to be very vertuous but he could not together order reason and the lawe In meane while Dardan who thought no resistance would come sate downe in the middest of y e féeld attending the third hower which was the time according to the custome when the King should pronounce sentence to the conquerour but one of the Damosels seeing now the noedfull time made haste to let Amadis vnderstand what want of his presence was in the féeld For this cause he immediatly mounted on horsseback being armed as appertained commaunded the Damosell and his Squire to goe some other way for he would not be seene by any from whence he came assuring them that if he were victor he would returne againe to the Tent. So departed Amadis alone riding on a braue white Courser as he promised the Damosell of Denmarke in Gaule and arriued at the place where Dardan held the world in wunder of him The King and his Nobles séeing him come from the Forrest stoode somewhat in doubt of him for he caryed such a gallant Knightly countenance as

part whereof was broken and the Lyons being yet so hungry as they ran about the Court to séeke way into the feelds nor was there any man in the Castell so hardy that durst come downe to shut them vp againe no not the Damosell who had the gouernment of them for they were so chafed as no obedience was looked for in them nor the wisest of them knew how to remedy it except the olde Lady should intreat the strange Knight to let them foorth imagining because she was a woman he would graunt her request sooner then to the rest But she considering her false dealing toward him durst not aduenture to mooue the sute yet when she beheld it was her last refuge she put her head foorth of the windowe thus speaking to Amadis Although sir Knight we haue intreated ye very hardly yet let your courtesie excuse what is past and to saue our liues open the gate that the Lyons may come foorth to the end our present feare may be quallyfyed and they raunge the feelds as is their desire This fauourable kindnes let vs obtaine at your hands whereby we shall yéeld amends for the wrong we haue done ye and on my faith I sweare to you ●ur intent was no otherwise then to gaine you our prisoner vntill you consented to be our Knight Madame answered Amadis you should haue laboured your determination by a more honest way for without constraint I would willingly haue yeelded my selfe as I haue to diuers other Ladyes who know full well my seruice Will ye then Sir quoth she open the gate No replyed Amadis wherewith she went from the windowe and the young Lady trembling shewed her selfe thus calling to Amadis Ah gentle Sir such are within héere who could not suffer the iniurie done to you the better they deserue to finde some fauour With such seemely modesty vttered the Lady these words as Amadis asked her if she would haue the gate opened Yea mary Sir quoth she I humbly desire ye Presently he arose to obey her request but she willed him to stay awhile till the old Lady warranted him assurance from the rest of her seruants nor could he but commend her wit and discretion who getting him securitie from all in the Castell made promise likewise that Gandalin and the Dwarffe should be deliuered from imprisonment Then came the auncient Knight of whome we spake before and calling to Amadis he said Because me thinks Sir your Shéeld is greatly impaired and your sword in like manner broken take this Shéeld and this Mace wherewith you may defend the Lyons when they come foorth so throwing the Mace and the Shéeld downe Amadis willingly tooke them vp returning this answere Let me neuer be ingratefull to them that succour me in néede By heauen said the Knight séeing you vse loyaltie to wursse then beasts no doubt is to be made of your mercy to reasonable creatures Amadis opening the wicket the Lyons furiously ran foorth and he entred the Castell which they within perceiuing came with the Ladyes to entertaine him desiring pardon for their offences committed and presenting him Gandalin with the Dwarffe By my soule said Amadis neuer was I so r●isused vpon no occasion but séeing all enmitie is ouer-blowen you must giue me a horsse for your seruants I thanke them haue slaine mine Sir Knight answered the old Lady it is now somewhat late if you please to vnarme your selfe and rest héere this might to morrow you shall haue a horsse or what else you neede In hope you meane no wursse then you say quoth Amadis I will not refuse your offer because the time dooth request no lesse Forth with was he vnarmed in a sumptuous chamber and a costlye mantle brought to wrap about him then returning to the Ladies who attended his comming they were stricken in admiration of his excellent beautye but much more at his vallour béeing so young and casting his eye on her at whose intreatance he let foorth the Lyons he reputed her one of the fairest that euer was seene but he spake nothing to her as yet by reason he procéeded in this manner with the olde Lady I pray ye Madame let me vnderstand why the picture which I saw in the Chariot hath his head so seperated Sir Knight quoth she if you wil promise to accomplishe the couenants before you be acquainted with the accident I will tell ye if not I pray ye holde me excused It were no reason Madame replyed Amadis to promise any thing ouer-lightly being ignorant to what end it may relate but if you wil let me heare y e couenants they seeming reasonable and in compasse of a Knights power to execute feare not to tell me for I will imploy my vttermost therin You haue reason answered the Lady then causing eche one to with-drawe except the faire yong virgin she thus began Understand gentle Sir that the figure of stone you behelde was made in the remembrance of this Ladies Father who lyeth intombed in the Chariot being in his time a crowned King but on a especiall festiuall day as he helde open courte and royall he was assayled by his brother the vncle to this mayden who came to tell him that the Crowne he wore was his by as good right as he could claime it they being bothe issued from one roote Then drawing a swoord which he had hid vnder his mantle gaue him such a stroke ther-with on the head that it parted in such sorte as you saw in the picture Long time before did the traitour excogitate this treason and to the end he might the better execute it he confederated himselfe secretly w t certayne of the Kings seruāts by whose meanes he wexed the stronger in his enterprise But the King béeing dead this disloyall wretche was honoured with the crowne for the murdered Prince had no other heire then this his faire daughter whome the aged Knight y t brought you hether had in guard he shewing him self so faithfull to her as he conuayed her thence ere her Uncle could take her and perfourmed such painefull dilligence y t he brought my orphane Niece hither for her better safetie After-ward finding the meane to recouer the body of the King her Father eche day we put into our Chariot riding ther-with about the féeldes as you saw vs we hauing all sollemnely sworne not to shew it any one vnlesse by force of armes we should be compelled therto though such a one happened to sée it yet would we not reueale why we conducted it so except he would promise to reuenge this horrible treason Now if you be a noble Knight bound to prosecute vertue and on so iust occasion you will imploy the forces God hath lent ye in a matter of right for my parte I will continue as I begun vntill I finde two other Knights on this behalfe that you three for vs may confound the traitour and his two Sonnes who will allow no combate vnlesse they fight altogether which they haue often