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A08548	The second part of the Myrror of knighthood Containing two seuerall bookes, wherein is intreated the valiant deedes of armes of sundrie worthie knightes, verie delightfull to be read, and nothing hurtfull to bee regarded. Now newly translated out of Spanish into our vulgar tongue by R.P.; Espejo de principes y cavalleros. Part 2. English.	Sierra, Pedro de la. aut; R. P., fl. 1583-1586.; Parry, Robert, fl. 1540-1612, attributed name.; Parke, Robert, fl. 1588, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 18866; ESTC S113624	519,990	688

mightie blowes so many together he was constrained to fall downe to the earth but when he saw himselfe in this great perill he did procure to kill all that euer he could of them that put themselues before him which was the occasion that he had space to arise vp againe on foote and séeing himselfe in this great daunger he began to call vpon Iesus Christ committing vnto him his soule and besought him that he would take mercie on it and therwith he pressed vnto his enimies and with double force he laide on them on euerie side but all was in vaine for him to make resistance for that the companie was so great that did compasse him about striking at him as though they were desperate men so that this good knight was constrained to retire vnto the sea side and to put himselfe into the water vp to the wast whereas he made his backe sure that they could not come behind him there hée made his defence somewhat with lesse trauaile against them that did procure to offend him the Gyant which sawe so great a slaughter of men committed by one knight with a furious voyce retourned vnto the people and reuiled them calling them cowardes and cursing himselfe for that hée woulde accompanie himselfe with so naughtie and vile a generation and sayde vnto them Enter into the water and followe him for it is but one knight that is before you And therewith he put himselfe into the water then all the rest for verie shame were constrayned to doe the lyke At this time this valiant knight sawe himselfe in the greatest daunger that euer before that time in all his life he had bene in and made not anie reckoning to liue longer yet neuerthelesse he thought to sell his lyfe verie déere with the death of all such as hée might possiblie fasten one blowe vppon But at this instant came vnto his minde his beloued Lidia and he sayd with a déepe and profound sigh Ah my Lidia what great delight doo I féele in my selfe héere to make my ende and to set me at libertie of so great sorrow and care which I doo suffer in not séeing thée but therewith remembring himselfe he sayd O Lord what is this what haue I sayd I doo finde my selfe at the poynt to be slaine and doo I now call to remembrance her that I know is in the depth of the earth Am not I a Christian It is better for me to returne vnto thée my God vnto whom I doo commit my soule and Lord for thy mercies sake doo not looke vpon this my weaknesse but according vnto thy great mercie take pitie vpon me And although he was weary yet was not his valiant armes at this time vnoccupied but rather with a more strength he did procure to defende himselfe working such wondrous feates that séemed euen impossible but vnto them that sawe it And he recouered vnto himselfe a newe courage and force in such sort that the water of the Sea did giue testimoniall of his great prowesse for that vnto more then ten of them which did pursue him hée gaue the sea for their sepulchar and if it had not bene for the Gyaunt that did trouble him very much he would before he hadde bene slaine made that very few of the rest should haue remained for to brag themselues of their victory But I promise you he was in such plight that of very féeblenesse he was forced to make his strength This wearied Eleno was in this sorte as you haue heard in great weaknesse and voyde of all humane strength although he lacked no courage in his heart At which time there arriued in great hast a barke at y e shore side in the which came one alone Knight armed with verye rich armor who if you doo remember was the valiant Rosicleer that after he had made an ende of that perillous battaile at Lira in the which he lost the company of that good Knight Brandimardo he full of sorrow and griefe retourned vnto the sea whereas by fortune he found his light and inchaunted barke which with her accustomed swiftnes did cary him whereas he saw was made a fearefull battaile the which was this that héere before I haue tolde you that the afflicted Prince did make So that when Rosileer sawe that one alone Knight with so great courage did make resistance against so many who did molest him without all pitie it mooued in him a desire to helpe him which straight way he put in vre and leping a shore with his accustomed courage he went towards the place whereas they were in battaile and hauing his sword fast in both his hands he pressed in amongst those vile people and when he saw that he which did most trouble the Knight was that furious and diuelish Giant he stroke him such a blow vpon his left shoulder y e harnesse and body altogether he cut downe to the wast made him fall dead into the water where he was Yet his fury rested not with this but striking about him at foure blowes he brought foure Knights to their end And as the watered hearbes or flowers doth recreate themselues when they are couered with the beames of the sonne of Tona in such sort did the Prince Don Eleno reioyce at the comming of this new succour vnlooked for and therewith recouering newe strength with one leape he sprong out of the water and put himselfe by the side of Rosicleer and layd vpon his enimies with great and mightie blowes The worthy Rosicleer being moued with the great outrage that those vile people did wrought such valiant wonders that it was to be meruailed at and vnhappy might he account himselfe who chaunced to receiue a blow at his hande They made so great hast in cutting wounding and killing of those vile people that leauing some dead and other sore wounded others running away to deliuer themselues from the furie of their vnmercifull blowes these knights wer frée at libertie of all their former perill This valyant Eleno would haue gratified the Prince for his good sucour and ayde and went towards him for the same effect and when he woulde haue spoken hée knewe that it was Rosicleer his Cousin by the deuice that he had in his shielde which was Cupide painted in it and therewith in greate hast hée pulled off his healme and sayd Worthy Lord and cousin if the deuice of your shielde and the great strength of your person doo not deceiue me you are Rosicleer sonne vnto the Emperour Trebatio my good vncle The Greeke was very attentiue vnto the wordes that Eleno spake and when he sawe his face discouered and his his helme off it séemed vnto him that he saw the proportion of his owne naturall face as though he were looking of him selfe in a glasse and he receiued great contentment at y e sight of him although he did very much meruaile to sée him in that place and therewith he pulled off his healme and discouered that

furious sort that all the mountaines and valleyes were occupyed with the noyse of their terrible strokes The courage was so great of these two Knights y t many times they lost theyr wits with the weight of the terrible raps which they receiued one of another Then this Prince Don Eleno sayde to himselfe that if all the rest of the Knights with whome hée shoulde haue battaile were of no lesse prowesse then this present Knight that he feared quickly to be disgraced and on the other side Tefereo found himselfe very sore troubled and saw that he was in so great distresse began to inuocate vpon his Gods for aid The prowes strength pollicie was such betwéene these two Princes y t whosoeuer had ben present to haue beheld y e same wold haue said y t there was betwéen them expressed all y e knighthood in y e world for it was wonderfull to sée how somtimes they pressed forwards and presently retired backwards as wel to bestow as to auoyde their terrible strokes It was ful thrée houres y t these noble knights thus contended together yet there appeared not in them any kind of faintnes but by their behauior ther strēgth séemed stil more and more to encrease Then this heroycall Dacian not accustomed to find such resistance began to forget al patience as one ouercome w t anger clasped his sword fast in his hand being setled in his sadle he stroke y e giant so hard in y e midst of the helme y t with y e heuines of y e blow he was forced to fall backwards vpon y e crupper of his horse without any remēbrance with y e great strengh the Prince put to this blow his sword flew out of his hand hanged by the wrist band which while he recouered Tefereo returned to himselfe and with outragious anger prouoked by y e great paine he felt with both his hands he strake such a blow vnlooked for at Don Eleno with the halfe swoord vpon the visour in such furious sort that it bereaued him of his sight glauncing wise it descended downe vpon the head péece of the horse but by reason of y e first blow y e last had small strength so y t it did but little harme notwithstanding it amazed the horse in such sort y t with his staggering the Prince was constrained to vse pollicie to kéep himselfe from falling from his backe but when his horse was recouered he returned againe so inflamed with anger as though sparks of fire had issued out of his mouth crushing his téeth together he vttered these words O thou infernal diuel is it possible y t by thy strēgth so euil bestowed on thée thou shuldst in y e beginning of my knighthood put me in daunger to be ouercome by one only blow I protest by y e honor y t I owe vnto y e progeny frō whēce I procéed y t if by this one blow I bring thée not to the point of death or ouercome thée y t I will neuer weare armor more against knight so with great rage he returned against his aduersary y t he did not only feare him but if ther had ben there a whole army of men considering his fury they would haue ben afraid pressing forwards y e prince raised himselfe in his stirrops and stroke the Giant so terrible and wonderfull a blowe that the bloud gushed out of his nose mouth and therewith he fell to the ground as though he had bene dead He was no sooner downe but with great lightnesse the Dacian Knight leapt from his horse and stept to the Giant to vnlace his healme which while hée was a dooing hée heard a voyce which sayd Doo not kill him knight doo not kill him and tourning his head about to sée who it was that so disturbed him he perceiued it to be his cousin the Knight of the Sunne This was the great noyse of harnesse that the Knight of the Sunne heard towards his left hand as before I haue tolde you So when Don Eleno had pulled of the Gyaunts helme he withdrew himselfe apart and his cosin alighted from his horse and presently came and imbraced him with excéeding ioye and no little loue which the more increased when he considered that the Knight which should vanquish so great a Giant could not be but of great valour as it appeared by that furious blowe by which the Giaunt was meruailously martyred for the astonishment was such that in a great while after Tefereo could not recouer himselfe till such time as they brought water from the house which was hard by and threw it in his face by which meanes he came to his remembraunce and séeing himselfe in such a pickle and the sworde of his conquerour prepared for his death I doo referre vnto your iudgemens what such a valiant Knight should thereof conceiue and with a verye great and sad sigh he said Oh thou that hast robbed me of my surmounted honor content thy selfe to inioye this my great and high glorie and suffer me not to sustaine any farther shame in sauing of my lyfe with the inioying of which I shall neuer héereafter receiue ioye but euerie daye yea euery houre thereof will represent vnto me a thousand deaths in remembring that one arme hath hadde so much strength as to bereaue me of that which so many with all their forces haue not had power to maintaine themselues against I knowe not wherefor thou detractest time make an ende of me for that thou hast had so much power to ouercome me I earnestly desire thée And neuer think that thou shal● be Lord of the thing which thou hast ouercome for otherwise I will not yéeld my selfe but onely to death For they may account him onely conquered which hauing strength to defend submitteth himselfe vnto the mercie of his enimie Therefore gentle Knight I doo beséech thée not to shewe any pittie towards me but to finish with my death this tragicall triumph which fortune time hath now bestowed on thée These two Knights and Cousins were very attentiue to the words that this mightie pagan vttered and liked excéedingly of hi● reasonings and in reply Don Eleno aunswered Although that Fortune naye rather God thus in the beginning of my glorie hath giuen me this victorie and libertie therewith either to extend crueltie or clemencie yet both ●or thy words which touch mée to the heart and for thy prowesse which I so much estéeme I protest vnto thée I wish rather neuer to haue ben borne then willingly vpon thée to execute this extremitie considering what a blot it is vnto noble Knights to haue the name of tyrants for that it depriueth them of all the honor glorie that strong armes can any way atchieue Therefore knowe worthy Knight that the royall bloud of Dacia desireth not the death of Tefereo neither was it my request to haue thee ouercome but onely to haue thée conuerted from thy cruell conditions to the ende

sound like a bell and he without anie remembraunce fell downe backwards vppon his horse crouper the blowe was so terrible and deliuered with so greate strength that the bloud started out both at his eies and at his nose And as the Emperour would haue turned to haue stroken him againe he heard one with a great noise that called aloude and sayd Stand still vile knight and hold thy hands except thou wilt die the death The Emperour lifting vp his head to see who it was that with so great arrogancie threatned him beheld another Giant which descended downe from the Castell of a greater stature and séeming to be of more strength and furie then the other two which by reason of his greatnesse was faine to goe on foote for that there was no horse able to beare him When the Emperour sawe a thing so monstrous comming towards him he said with an angry voice Cursed he that euill and diuellish generation from whence such monsters doth procéede if it please God I will doe my best to abate this thy courage and in this time the Gyaunt was come to himselfe and rose vp againe and was prepared against the Emperour who seeing him so nigh with purpose to strike him tooke the aduauntage and stroke first with such an ouerthwart blowe that by the force therof it cut his throate necke and all so that the head fell downe to the earth and the bodie also like the corner of a great castell This other Gyant seeing his brother dead in such sort cryed out reuiling his Gods and with blaspheming of all creatures hee descended downe the hill and drew out his huge and mightie sworde pressing towards the Emperour with such furie as commonly the fierce Lyon doth after his praie which béeing wel perceiued by the Emperour he auoided a little on the one side with his horse lighted in greate hast and with his accustomed courage hee went to méete the Gyant who was readie with his sword in his hand came stroke at the Emperour a mightie blow which he receiued vpon his shéeld that did then deceiue him and by reason therof it fell downe vpon his healme and made him s●oope with both his knees to the grounde loosing somewhat of his sight by force of that furious blowe The Emperour seeing that it was not then time to sléepe and that the Gyaunt had his swoord ouer him to strike him againe he béeing somewhat troubled stepped aside and cléered himselfe from the fall therof and therwith preased to the Gyant before he could againe recouer his terrible swoorde to bestow on him a blow corespondent to his rage and stroke him vpon the arme but by reason that the Emperour was not wholy come to himselfe of the former blow he receiued he could not repaie him with his whole strength as his heart desired or as he would if hee had ben come to himselfe notwithstanding it was not so little but that his sword cut his arme to the bone wherwith he was so sore hurt that he could not lift his sworde from the ground with the paine whereof the Gyant did feele himselfe verie ill and was constrained to chaunge his sword into his left hand with the which he stroke blowes verie much out of order In this time the Emperour stroke at him so terryble and thicke that it did almost amaze him when the Giant sawe himselfe so ill intreated he began with a terryble voice to call for helpe of his people from the Castell The which béeing vnderstoode by the valyaunt and heroycall Emperour he sayd no thou traitour for neither thy strength nor thy Gods nor thy people shall deliuer thée but thou shalt die by my handes and therewith hée stroke at him the faster and with more courage but within a small time after he sawe descending from the Castell another mightie gyant and in his company more then fortie knights who with greate showting descended downe the hill the which beeing séene by the worthie Trebatio he was perswaded certainly that there hee shoulde dye And although he was somewhat wearie of y e great trauaile which had passed yet hée purposed to sell his lyfe verie déere determining that they should paie well for it before he lost it Then all they which descended from the Castell did compasse the Emperour rounde about and stroke him on euerie side without mercie or pittie whosoeuer had bene there to haue séene this worthie warriour should haue had iust occasion to saie that there was the valiant Emperour Trebatio the flower of all knighthoode for that he alone defended himselfe against his enimies in that great extremitie and if those gyants had not so pressed vpon him he had estéemed y e other knights verie little but it were the gyants that did most trouble and molest him neuerthelesse he that did come in the daunger of his blowes might thinke himselfe bewitched or to haue euill fortune for either he was slaine or else maimed or beaten downe to the grounde but yet all this valour that he vsed little profited him except hée did first procure to destroie these two diuellish Gyauntes who through their might brought him into great perplexitie making him sometimes to decline with his handes to the earth and at other times also to stagger heere and there And these shamelesse people by the importunate noise of their Lordes procured on euerie side to hurt and molest the Emperour and with the same noyse there descended from the Castell more then thrée score persons besides them that were there before But when the Emperour Trebatio sawe himselfe so euill intreated and beset on euery side round about he called vppon the name of God and desired him of pardon for all his sinnes and that he would haue mercie on his soule for that he thought verily there to end his life and therwith he encouraged himselfe a new and gathered such strength to his heart that what with the iust quarrell he had and the great anger he conceiued hee gaue vnto that Gyant who had called for succour such a terrible blowe vpon the wast that for all the greate force of his armour it had almost parted him in two péeces wherewith hée fell dead at his féet And at the verie same instaunt hée stroke one of the knightes such another blowe vpon the helme that he diuided both it and his head downe to the shoulders The other Gyant when he sawe such meruailous blowes began to exclaime out against Mars reuiling him that he had bestowed so much strength and force on one knight to declare such prowesse as there the Emperour shewed The rest of the knightes were somwhat afraide of that which they had séene done and durst not prease so nigh as before they did yet by reason of the great feare they had of the Gyant they did not let greatly to molest and trouble him and they preased vpon him in such wise that he waxed wearie so that his good heart and noble courage wold

without giuing her anye comfort to speake vnto her she made a meruailous and great lamentation and cryed out with terrible shrikes the which did augement much heauinesse and sorrowe in them which were in companye with the Princesse and she sayd Ah my loue how many troubles and great trauailes haue I passed in seeking thee by mountaines and hils by vallies wilde fields and high wayes watering them with my amorous teares alwayes demaunding for thee and alwayes in vaine calling thée yet was I neuer desolate of the true loue which I bare vnto thée Oh howe many times in calling for thée haue I bene answered by the ecko which was vnto me great dolor and griefe and nowe that fortune hath brought me into the same place whereas thou art for to recreate and reioyce my selfe with thy beutie the same fortune would that it should be for the more increasing of my dolour and griefe in finding thée in this sort as now thou art Oh cruell Fortune I haue not deserued to be thus ingratefully vsed at thy hands for when I thought to be cléere of all sorrow and trouble now I finde my selfe most afflicted therewith Ah my Lord séeing that in thy lyfe time thou gauest me so bitter and euill a life for that thou didst hate abhorre me now in thy death giue me some comfort Open these swéete eyes and behold me lift vp this wounded head and giue me some comfort before thou dyest Ah Zoylo my ioye if euer thou didst beare me any loue it is now time to giue me to vnderstand thereof before thy soule depart from thy body and in saying these lamentable words she was constrained to hold her peace for that she saw that this woūded Tartarian recouered some strength who opened his eyes and when he sawe himselfe in the armes of her who at that time he so much loued before by force of inchauntment he hated he sodainly arose vp and recouering strength he sate himselfe on the ground and cast his armes aboute the white necke of the Princesse and they ioyned theyr faces the one with the other distilling betwixt them manye salt and bitter teares in such sort that it would haue moued the wilde beasts vnto compassion and with a féeble weake voice this vnfortunate Prince sayde Ah my Ladie and mistres let me recreate and comfort my selfe in inioyeng this thy mouth the time that I shall remaine aliue and before that my soule doth depart the company of this my body giue me my Lady some comfort doe not make any excuse although without all reason I haue bene pitilesse vnto thée in making thee to trauaile with great sorow séeking him y t because he would not see thée fled alwaies in shunning thée now I come to desire thée Héere must you shew me in what estimation you had me in in giuing me succour before that I do leaue thée in this wildernesse alone with my dead bodie colde and wan Oh my loue giue me a thousand kisses let me onely haue this delight for the little time I haue to tary afterward I desire thée to giue my body his sepulchar This sad and discomforted Ladie answered Ah Zoilo what doest aske of me what wouldest that I shuld giue thée I alwayes was thine I haue nothing of mine owne I am all thine it were now a straunge thing to beginne a new to loue thée for all that euer I could giue thée I gaue it thee long ere this oh my loue why doest thou not vnderstand this alasse what shall I saie I that am without all good fortune for now I sée that thy time draweth on that my contentment ioy and comfort is verie short Ah my Lord dost thou request of me to giue thy bodie a Sepulchre well I see that it is requisite to séeke some to giue it vnto vs both And without strēgth to procéede anie farther in spéeches she kissed the face of her welbeloued so long desired Zoilo with great sobbing sighs making within her selfe a terrible conflict tarrying for the answere of her welbeloued friend who with no lesse paine anguish of death sayd Ah my Ladie and mistres I do know that thou wert alwaies mine I thine That which I will now desire of thée is for that I was beloued of thée in my life time that now in my death I may be fauoured of thée Oh cruell loue oh what a wish is this a case neuer the like heard of before that I shuld desire the death of her that so long time hath trauailed and taken paines and sorrowes with terrible wéepings and sighs for my sake Ah my mistres how happie shoulde I be that thus imbracing one in the others armes we might depart together Oh what a happie death would it be oh swéete Fortune I haue no other griefe with me but to leaue thée behinde me Oh vnhappie that I am I neuer determined to desire thy death but nowe and onely for that I woulde not leaue thy companie The Princesse béeing very much troubled with griefe and sorrowe aunswered him and sayde Oh my loue therein take thou neyther griefe nor care for héere I dooe promise thée by the greate loue that I doe beare vnto thee that if death doe shew himselfe any thing contrarie vnto mée that I will procure it with mine owne handes for that the Gods will not consent that I should liue and thou die therefore I saye that if hée doe contrarie mée I will giue thee this contentment for that without thée I shall finde héere no ioye nor comfort at all for me neyther yet any ease of this my great griefe so that I shall thinke it for the best to loose all my ioye and now I doe finde in my selfe that death will be my friend Ah my swéet loue and Lord ioyne thy face vnto mine let vs kisse together and let vs make our departure both together The Prince béeing troubled with the anguish of his hastie death sayd Héere I doo desire thée my Tigliafa by y e firme faithfull loue which thou doest beare me not to consent that I be the occasion that with a cruell death thou doest finish thy life but to sustaine maintaine it so long as the Gods doth permit the same and when that I am dead which shall be verie quickly let me receiue this fauour at thy handes that thou wouldest vouchsafe to giue a Sepulchre vnto this my bodie for with great ease and comfort shall I depart séeing that I die in the armes of my Ladie and mistres and a greate deale more comfort shall I receiue if I knew of a certaintie that thou woldest performe this that I doe craue and desire at thy hands Oh my loue doe not denie this my supplication and for that I am certified that thou wilt performe the same héere I take my leaue of thée farewell the Gods preserue thée and take me to theyr mercies And when he sayde these wordes he inclined his necke vpon

the face of the Princesse When this sorrowfull Ladie sawe that the soule had got the victorie and departed from the bodie she kissed the mouth of the dead bodie and giuing déepe and dolorous sighes she beganne a meruailous and heauie lamentation calling her selfe vnhappie and vnfortunate and laide her selfe vppon the dead bodie cursing her selfe so that it was lamentable to ●eare All her Damosells who did beare her companie in that great sorrowe when they sawe theyr Ladie in a sound they tooke the healme of the dead knight brought water in it from the Riuer side and in throwing of it in her face and all to be bathed her therewith they brought her againe vnto her remembraunce who beganne a newe to make greate lamentation and to bewaile her ill fortune vttering wordes of greate dolor and griefe which procéeded from the bottome of her heart and sayde Ah my good friend what small benefite haue I receyued for all my trauaile and paine the which I haue suffered in séeking of thée and nowe in finding of thée it is the more for my griefe for that I came to sée thée die Ah most vnhappie that I am where was I when I sawe descend vpon thée that mortall sworde Whereon was my thought Wherefore did I stand still and did not with great lightnesse make resistaunce against that terrible blowe And if my strength woulde not haue serued me yet at the least I shoulde haue borne thée companie Ah you furious beastes that now are hidde in your dennes and déepe caues where are you nowe Why doe you not come and take pittie of my griefe and put remedie therein in taking awaie my life for in so doing you shall shewe your selues pittifull for that I doe abhorre this dolorous lyfe Yet she did not forget the promise the which she made vnto her welbeloued Zoylo which was the occasion that she did somewhat cease her lamentation And taking vnto her selfe more courage then her dolorous griefe did consent vnto With the helpe of her Damselles she put the dead bodie vnder that greate and mightie Pine apple trée where the armour did hang commanding some of those that were with her that they should goe vnto those villages that wer nigh at hand to cause some people to come thether ●hat they might with as greate spéede as was possible make a verie sumptuous péece of worke in the which they shoulde burie the dead bodie of Zoylo the which was the occasion that in Constantinople they did knowe of the death of this vnhappie knight and when the Emperour and all those that were in the court did knowe of it they were meruaylous sorrowful for the same for that hée was welbeloued of them all That same daie came likewise newes to the Court of the restoring againe of the kingdome of Lyra which cost the lyfe of the Prince Brandimardo which was the occasion that they made no triumph nor reioycing of that greate victorie but rather a double lamentation for the death of the Prince The Dutchesse did then prouide for her departure as it was determined leauing the Court in great heauines The death of the Prince Zoylo was published all about and the occasion thereof insomuch that it came vnto the knowledge of the Emperour Alphebo of Trapisond which was the occasion of great griefe in the Emperour but he did dissemble it in the best wise he could with intent to reuenge the same Whereas we will leaue them vntill time shall serue and I will also omit at this time the great worke which y e princes Tigliafa caused to be made for that héere I will tell you what the Pagan Brufaldoro did ¶ How the fierce Brufaldoro hauing spoken euill of women and of them that are louers was taken in the snares of loue with a Ladye that hee met after that he finished the battaile with Zoylo Cap. 7. ALl the day after that Brufaldoro had finished the battaile with Zoylo he trauailed through the thickest of the forrest being very wearye of the troublesome iourney till such time as the darke night drew on and what with werines and with the great desire he had to eate which did trouble him very much he was constrained to alight from his horse by the riuers side whereas he remayned till such time as the morning came and rising on foote for to begin to take his iourney being halfe amazed in beholding the great calme and quietnesse which was in the riuer and the little noyse which it made by reson of y e great depth thereof in that part vpon a sodaine in the midst of the riuer he saw that the waues did increase arise vp like as though it had bene taken with a whirlwinde or tempest which caused the water to make a great noyse and being verye desirous to sée what was the occasion of that great and sodaine change in the water he beheld that it was a Nymph which appeared in his sight from vnder the water who did showe her selfe to the breasts in discouring them vnto him and her face was so faire that in his life he had not séene the like and the whitenesse of her flesh was such that the snowe in comparison to her was obscure and darke The Pagan receiued no alteration at this sodaine sight but the Nymph with a meruailous swéete and delicate voyce began to sing these few verses following WHo thinks himselfe at freedome most of all and least esteemes of Lady Venus fire Let him not boast for he may soonest fall and quickly feele the furie of her ire Her blinded sonne such sodaine shafts lets fly That freest hearts are first inthrald thereby There is not one which may himselfe defend by strength nor wit from mightie Cupides dart For that vnseene he doth his arrowes send and vperceiude with paine doth pearce the hart Bereauing wholly all delight and ioye Leauing behinde distresse and great annoye The wonted weale He into woe doth turne of him that once despised hath his power His cold affection He doth cause to burne and turnes his sweete to most detested sower Triumphing most with terror to torment The man that earst against his will was bent When she had made an ende of her song without anye more tarrying with a furious force she threw her selfe into the water againe from whence she came leauing the Pagan much amazed but by reason that the force of his stomacke was such he determined to let it passe to thinke no more thereof beléeuing that it was some inchauntment and hauing his heart at libertie with a light courage without putting his foote in the stirrop he leapt vpon his light horse and laying the bridle vpon his necke he let him goe at his owne libertie whether he would without gouerning him So his horse brought him into a great plaine where a farre off he discouered an armed Tent pitched which séemed to be faire and rich and by it vpon the gréene grasse ther lay foure great Gyants who had in