The Seven Champions of Christendom · chunk 9 of 43
Kirke, John · published 1638 · first performed or written 1635 [1634-1638] (Annals) romance · Red Bull Company (second) · Red Bull unassigned nearest T13 Knights, squires and ladies · 517 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
Lie to get profit; borrow, pay no debts, Cheat and purloin, thy are gaming Dicers bets. If Cottington out do me I'll be whipped. Love ease and sleep, it ripes the memory: But in each sleep have several sleepers by thee: Females, no men, I charge thee on my blessing. I'll take my choice here if you will. No, no, go travail farther first; These rules if thou observest and keep'st, Thou soon shalt see thy mother. It shall be my daily practice Father: Farewell if I see you no more. O we must meet again ne'er fear't: Obey but my commands; so farewell son, Blessing on my boy. Father farewell: I were an ungracious boy if I would not obey. Now wenches look to yourselves. Renowned Christian Knights welcome to liberty, The black Enchantress, by whose hell-bred power, Bright honour was subdued, and pinioned up dark, Is now herself fettered and manacled in the store-house Where her accursed crimes can never Pay the sum that ransoms her. Our loves, our honours, and our lives Rest pawns to George of England for this favour. Which we acknowledge with a general thanks. Thus do I cancel all those bonds but love, There rest my debtor still, as I will yours: The lazy dust, that long hath hid your guilt, Is now brushed off, and you new polished to the world again: Sift the dead Ashes ere they kill the sparks, And let Fame's wings fan 'em to glorious flames; Shine bright my Christian Comets of the world, And English George, whom these your loves hath made Seventh brother with you, in the School of Arms Shall prove no truant, Noble Christian Knights. Let Scotland's Andrew be the mount, brave youth, From whence thy beams may take a prospective, To see, to wish, to have, to rule the same. Brave maiden Knight, raise me another hill Upon his mount, a Beacon upon that, Which kindled, all the world may see the flame, And Fame cry out, I'm wearied with thy Fame. The Sybels have foretold no more but seven, The odd man now is come, and all is even. Even in our loves, even in what heaven us sends; Still Pagans scourges, and still Christians friends: Then let us seven defend the Christians' name: And let George bear the Trophy of our fame. Advance it youth; let thy white standard bear A bloody Cross, to fill the world with fear. I crave a general voice, are all so pleased? We are. Let us embrace, and seal it with each breast: And here behold your maiden Knight doth draw Defence to all that wrong insultion treads on: First in our cause 'gainst those fell miscreants, That trample on the Christians' sacred Cross, Lifting aloft the Mahometan Moon, Dishonour both to heaven and Christendom: Next to maintain by force and dint of Arms Oppressed ladies' wrongs, widows, & Orphans, or who else, Which wrongfully dares tread within a List; And further let this Christian power extend 'Gainst black Enchantments, witchcraft, and the like, That Arts foul potency may meet us with.
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Lye to get profit; borrow, pay no debts, Cheat and purloyne, thy are gaming Dicers bets. If Cottington out doe me Ile be whipt. Love eaſe and ſleepe, it ripes the memory: But in each ſleepe have ſeverall ſleepers by thee: Females, no men, I charge thee on my bleſſing. Ile take my choyce here if you will. No, no, goe travaile farther firſt; Theſe rules if thou obſerv'ſt and keep'ſt, Thou ſoone ſhalt ſee thy mother. It ſhall be my daily practice Father: Farewell if I ſee you no more. O we muſt meete agen nere feare't: Obey but my commands; ſo farewell ſonne, Bleſſing on my boy. Father farewell: I were an ungracious boy if I would not obey. Now wenches looke to yourſelves. Renowned Chriſtian Knights welcome to liberty, The blacke Inchantreſſe, by whoſe hell-bred power, Bright honour was ſubdu'd, and pinniond up darke, Is now her ſelfe fetter'd and manicl'd in the ſtore-houſe Where her accurſed crimes can never Pay the ſumme that ranſomes her. Our loves, our honours, and our lives Reſt pawnes to George of England for this favour. Which we acknowledge with a generall thanks. Thus doe I cancell all thoſe bonds but love, There reſt my debtor ſtill, as I will yours: The lazy duſt, that long hath hid your guilt, Is now bruſh't off, and you new poliſh't to the world agen: Sift the dead Aſhes ere they kill the ſparkes, And let Fames wings fanne 'em to glorious flames; Shine bright my Chriſtian Comets of the world, And Engliſh George, whom theſe your loves hath made Seventh brother with you, in the Schoole of Armes Shall prove no truant, Noble Chriſtian Knights. Let Scotlands Andrew be the mount, brave youth, From whence thy beames may take a proſpective, To ſee, to wiſh, to have, to rule the ſame. Brave maiden Knight, raiſe me another hill Upon his mount, a Beacon upon that, Which kindled, all the world may ſee the flame, And Fame cry out, I'me wearied with thy Fame. The Sybels have fore-told no more but ſeven, The odde man now is come, and all is even. Even in our loves, even in what heaven us ſends; Still Pagans ſcourges, and ſtill Chriſtians friends: Then let us ſeven defend the Chriſtians name: And let George beare the Trophy of our fame. Advance it youth; let thy white ſtandard beare A bloody Croſſe, to fill the world with feare. I crave a generall voyce, are all ſo pleas'd? We are. Let us imbrace, and ſeale it with each breaſt: And here behold your maiden Knight doth draw Defence to all that wrong inſultion treads on: Firſt in our cauſe 'gainſt thoſe fell miſcreants, That trample on the Chriſtians ſacred Croſſe, Lifting aloft the Mahometane Moone, Diſhonour both to heaven and Chriſtendome: Next to maintaine by force and dint of Armes Opreſſed Ladies wrongs, widowes, & Orphans, or who elſe, Which wrongfully dares tread within a Liſt; And further let this Chriſtian power extend 'Gainſt blacke Inchantments, witchcraft, and the like, That Arts foule potency may meete us with.