The seven champions of Christendom

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Strange And Wonderful Birth Of St. George Of England. His being Stolen from his Nurse by Kalyr, the Lady of the Woods. Her Love to him, and her Gifts. He encloses her in a Book of Stone, and redeems six Christian Knights out of prison, 1 CHAPTER II. St. George slays the Burning Dragon in Egypt, and redeems Sabra, the King's Daughter, from death. Is betrayed by Almidor, the Black King of Morocco, and sent to the Soldan of Persia, where he slew two lions, and remained seven years in prison, 9 CHAPTER III. St. Denis, the Champion of France, lives Seven Years in the shape of a Hart ; and proud Eglantine, the King of Thessalt's Daughter, is transformed into a Mulberry Tree. They recover their former shapes by means of St. Denis's Horse, and travel to the Thessalian Court, 29 CHAPTER IV. How St. James, the Champion of Spain, continued Seven Years Dumb for the Love of a fair Jewess, and how he would have been shot to death by the maidens of Jerusalem; with other things which happened in his travels, 88 CHAPTER V. The terrible Battle between St. Anthony, the Champion of Italy, and the Giant Blanderon ; and afterwards of his strange Entertainment in the Giant's Castle by a Thracian Lady, and what happened to him in the same Castle, 48 CHAPTER VI. How St. Andrew, The Champion For Scotland, Travelled Into A Vale Of Walking Spirits ; And How He Was Set At Liberty By A Moving Fire. Of His Journey Into Thracia, Where He Restored The Six Ladies To Their Natural Shapes, That had lived Seven Years in the likeness of Milk-white Swans; with other accidents that befell this most noble Champion, 61 CHAPTER VII. How St. Patrick, the Champion of Ireland, redeemed the Six Thracian Ladies out of the hands of Thirty bloody-minded Satyrs, and of their purposed travel in a pursuit after the Champion of Scotland, 71 CHAPTER VIII. How St. David, the Champion Of Wales, slew the Count Palatine in the Count Of Tartary; and, after, how he was sent to the Enchanted Garden of Obmandine, wherein, By Magic Art, He Slept Seven Years, 75 CHAPTER IX. How St. George escaped out of Prison in Persia, and of his fierce Battle with a giant ; also, how he redeemed the Champion of Wales from his Enchantment; with the tragical Tale Of The Necromancer, Ormandine, 81 CHAPTER X. How St. George arrived at Tripoli, in Barbary, where he Stole Away Sabba, The King's Daughter Of Egypt, From The Blackmoor King ; And How Her Fidelity Was Known By The Means Of Two Lions ; And What Happened To Him In The Same Adventure, 91 CHAPTER XI. How the Seven Champions arrived in Greece at the Emperor's Nuptials, Where They Perform Many Noble Achievements; and how, afterwards, open war was proclaimed against christendom by many knights, and how every Champion departed into his own country, 106 CHAPTER XII. How the Seven Champions of Christendom arrived with all their troops in the bay of portugal. the number of the Christian Host. And how St. George made an Oration to the Soldiers, 113 CHAPTER XIII. Of the Dissension and Discord that happened amongst the Army of the Pagans in Hungary. The Battle between the Christians and the Moors, in Barbaby ; and how Almidor, the Black King of Morocco, was Scalded to Death in a Caldbon of Boiling Lead and Brimstone, 121 CHAPTER XIV. How the Christians arrived in Egypt, and what happened to Them There. The Tragedy Of The Earl Of Coventry. How Sabba was bound to a Stake to be Burned ; and how St. George released her. Lastly, how the Egyptian King cast himself from the top of a Tower, and broke his neck from grief for Sabba, 131 CHAPPER XV. How St. George, In His Journey Towards Persia, Arrived In A Country Inhabited Only By Amazons, Where He Achieved Many Strange And Wonderful Adventures, 157 CHAPTER XVI. How St. George and his Lady arrived in Egypt; of their royal entertainment in the city of grand Cairo ; and also how Sabba was crowned Queen of Egypt, 167 CHAPTER XVII. The Bloody Battle betwixt the Christians and Persians; and how the necromancer, Osmond, raised up, by his magic act, an army of spirits to fight against the Christians ; how the Six Champions were enchanted, and Recovered By St. George; The Misery And Death Of The Conjurer; and how the Soldan dashed his brains against a marble pillar, 168 CHAPTER XVIII. How St. George and his Companions were entertained in the Famous City of London ; and, afterwards, how Sabra was Slain in a Wood by the Pricks of a Thorny Brake. St. George's Lamentation oyer her Bleeding Body; her Solemn Interment, and the Costly Monument erected by St. George. And likewise of the Journey the Seven Champions undertook to Jerusalem, to visit the Sepulchre of Christ, 186 CHAPTER XIX. Of the adventure of the Golden Fountain in Damasco. How six of the Christian Champions were taken Prisoners by a Mighty Giant; and how, afterwards, they were Released by St. George. And, also, how he redeemed fourteen Jews out of prison. With divers other strange accidents that happened, 191 CHAPTER XX. Of the Champions' arrival at Jerusalem, and what befell them there; and afterwards, when they were almost Famished in a Wood, how St. George obtained them Food in a Giant's House by his valour: with other matters of interest, 205 CHAPTER XXI. What happened to the Champions after they had found an Image of fine Crystal in the form of a Murdered Maiden ; when St. George had a Golden Book given him, wherein was written the true tragedies of two sisters and likewise how the champions purposed a speedy revenge upon the Knight of the Black Castle for the Death of the two Ladles, 212 CHAPTER XXII. Of the preparations that the Knight of the Black Castle made by Magic Art to withstand his Enemies ; how the Seven Champions entered the Castle, and of their Furious Encounters therein ; how they were Enchanted into a Deep Sleep; afterwards, how the Castle was Surrendered to the Champions, 221 CHAPTER XXIII. how, after the christian knights were gone to bed in the Black Castle, St. George was awakened from his sleep in the dead time of the night, after a most fearful manner; and likewise how he found a knight lying upon a Tomb that stood over a Flaming Fire; as also of the Sorrowful Lady that came from under the tomb, 287 CHAPTER XXIV. Or the Tragical Discourse pronounced by the Lady in the Sepulchre, and how her Enchantment was finished by St. George ; and how the Seven Champions Of Christendom Restored The Babylonian King Unto His Kingdom, 241 CHAPTER XXV. Of the Triumphs, Tilts, and Tournaments, that were solemnly held in Constantinople by the Grecian Emperor; of the honourable adventures that were there achieved by the Christian Champions, 253 CHAPTER XXVI. Of the Praiseworthy Death of St. Patrice; how he Buried Himself ; and for what cause the Irishmen to this day wear a Red Cross upon St. Patrick's Day, 260 CHAPTER XXVII. Of the Honourable Victory won by St. David in Wales; of his Death, and the cause why Leeks are worn on St. David's Day by Welshmen, 253 CHAPTER XXVIII. How St. Denis was Beheaded in his own Country ; and how, by a Miracle shown at his Death, the whole Kingdom of France received the Christian Faith, 267 CHAPTER XXIX Of the Splendid Church built by the Spanish Champion, St. James, and of the Tyrannous Death the said Champion endured, 269 CHAPTER XXX. Of the Strange Sights beheld by the Italian Champion, St. Anthony, and his honourable and worthy Death in the Chapel dedicated to him, 272 CHAPTER XXXI. Of the Martyrdom of St. Andrew, the Scottish Champion; and how the King built a Monastery at the place where he buffered, 274 CHAPTER XXXII. Of The Adventure Performed By St. George, And How He Received his Death by the Sting of a Venomous Dragon. Of his honourable Interment in the City of Coventry ; and how the King decreed the Patron of the Land should be named St. George, 276 Electronic reproduction Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. 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