The famous history of the life of the renowned Prince Palmerin of England: or, The glory of knightly prowess. In three parts. Containing his parentage, birth, education, travels, strange adventures, noble exploits and victories; combats with monsters, gyants, armies, and armed knights, dissolving inchantments, delivering distressed ladies; and his success in love. The whole being a compleat series, inter-woven with the heroick actions of many valiant emperours, kings, princes, and knights of undoubted fame, whose matchless deeds have won them immortal honour. A book worthy the perusal of either sex. Written originally in French; and now faithfully done into English (for the better satisfaction of the reader) by J.S.

CHAP. XXXIII.

How Prince Palmerin arriving at the Castle of Almorol the Gy∣ant, overcame the Tristful Knight; And what else hapned: How Dramusiand arrived there, and overcame Almorol, &c.

PRince Palmerin, after long travel, arrived at the wished Castle, where he perceived a Knight bravely mounted, ready to receive him; when coming near to each other, they ran with such fury, that both of them fell to the ground; when drawing their Swords, they charged upon each other with great courage and bra∣very, neither resolving to yield, so that their Armour (shatter∣ed by the forcible stroaks) fell peice-meal to the Earth, and in the end (through loss of blood) the Tristful Knight gave back, not being able longer to maintain the combat; whereupon the proud Lady (though he had expressed his manhood to a high de∣gree, and been victorious till that time) sent to demand his Shield, and charge him to depart the Castle; to whose com∣mands (though with a heavy heart) he yielded obedience, and with a mournful countenance departed to the adjacent Valley with his Esquire Armillo, and there uttered many heavy com∣plaints, that might have melted Marble to relent; but the am∣bitious Lady, though she had notice thereof, would not restore him to her favour; wherefore sending his Esquire (who was greatly unwilling to leave him in that condition) every where to proclaim his death, he betook himself to the solitary company of a Shepherd, who fod his Flocks in the Flowery Vales; where for a while I shall leave him.

Prince Palmerin having obtained this, the Shield was offe∣red him, but he refused it, resolving in that nature to defend no Beauty, but that of his fair, Mistriss Polinarda; wherefore having taken leave of the Lady, he departed towards Constan∣tinople.

Long it was not after the departure of the Prince, e're Dra∣musiand

the Gyant having notice of the Prince's loss in the Perilous Island, came in search of him, and so travelled, that he fortuned to happen on the Castle of Almorol, where he found that Gyant standing before it, with the Shield that she had gi∣ven him upon the Prince's refusal; whereupon after defiance bid, a dreadful combat happened between those Monsters of Men, but in the end Dramusiand (who had been trained up in Feats of Arms from his Youth) prevailed, yet at the Ladys request spared Almorol's life, and had the Shield bestowed on him, which he accepted and became her Champion, upon notice that the Prince had finished the Adventure of the Perilous Isle, and was returned in safety.