[The history of the excellent knight Generides] This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21717 of text S115251 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 11KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 8 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B13738

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info(at)umich.edu for further information or permissions.

 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B13738) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 177246) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 958:7 or 1817:8) [The history of the excellent knight Generides] [10] p. : ill. (woodcuts) Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, [London : 1506?] T.p. lacking: title and imprint from STC. In verse. Printed in de Worde's 95-mm. textura with an early form of w2, and w2 capital. Known only from four leaves at the Huntington Library and one leaf at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. Identified as STC 11721 on reel 958. Reproductions of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Appears at reel 958 and at reel 1817 (same copy filmed twice). Leaves X3-6 only.

Header created with script mrcb2eeboutf.xsl on 2016-01-28.

Manually keyed and coded text linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines available at TCP web site (http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/docs/)

 eng eebo [The history of the excellent knight Generides] n/a 1506 8 1726 27 0 0 0 0 0 156.43 F The rate of 156.43 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2014-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-03 Sampled and proofread 2014-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
N 〈◇〉 the prynce of sezar come agayne 〈◇〉 the kynge of ynde Generydes Whiche in soth of hym he was fayne For he abode his comynge styll apes And to tell you shortly the proces Without delay in a shorte space The prynce was wedded to Lucydas And whan the feest was all togyder do For tender loue and specyall rememb●●unce With hym and her to gyue the londe also That was h●r faders olde enherytaunce The kynge also his honour to auaunce Gau● hym full power sygned with his honde In his absence to gouerne all the londe .
How two constables came to Generydes & folde hȳ how his fader & his moder were deed . Caplo . xiiii . HOw goth Generydes the kynge of yn●● Towarde surrey without more delay And in story lyke as I do fynde Two constables there mette by ●n by the way One of them the very trouth to saye Of all surrey chefe gouernour h● was That other kepte the cyte of amas ●ll sadd● they were and made full heuy there Gen●●ydes meruaylled what they ment To his presence he bad they sholde come nere That he myght knowe the 〈◇〉 of theyr entent And vpon that a stray●● comaundement He b●d●e them bothe tell all the case Truly and playnly what maner thynge it was Full lothe they were to tell the certaynte For heuy tydynges came to soone alway But whan they sawe it myght none other be To hym they sayd syr please it you quod they To take in pacyence what that we wyll saye The kynge your fader is deed for certayne And your moder also quene Serayne Bothe he and she within thre dayes dysceased Grete hurte to the londe nere goddes wyll And whan Generydes wyst it he was not wel pleased Downe from his hors in swounynge he fyll Tyll tyme he was a wake there laye he styll Than eche man there dyde theyr payne To sette hym vpon his hors agayne They brought hym to the cyte of damas And passynge seke in his palays he laye All pale and wan out of lykynge he was His fresshe coloure dyde fade awaye And than to Natanell gan he saye Go you now hastely quod he And saye to Sygrym that he come to me Whan he was come than sayd Generydes Sygrym quod he I haue sente for you here God wote I am no thynge at hertes ease And very seke ye se in what manere Go to Claryonas my lady dere Haue here this rynge and bere it her fro men I am afrayed I shall her neuerse Tell ye her in veray sertaynte Me recommaundynge in all goodly wyse Besechynge her that she wyll praye for me I aske no more for all my true seruyse Syr quod sygrym ryght as ye wyll deuyse What shall I say or do your entente I am all redy at your commaundement
How Gener●●●es sente 〈…〉 Syg●●● Cl●ryonas that he was seke . Capitulo . xiiiii . NOw goth Sygrym without wordes mo Forth in to perce he rydeth apace To mountanar the cyte is he go On his message as he commaunded was So streyght he goth vnto Claryonas And there he tolde her all the cyrcomstaunce Of his syknes with wepynge repentaunce And whan Sygrym had all togyder sayd Anone she fell in swounynge forth withall Wherwith Myrable was dysmayd And on her lady fast gan to call Madame quod she what thynge euer fall Hurte not your selfe I praye you in this case With tho wordes awoke Claryonas Alwaye your comforte is good quod she But in this case I wote not what for to saye Madame quod she wyll ye do after me Gladly quod she all that I can or may By my counseyll ye shall take your Iournay To surrey this is myn aduyse In poore clothynge and in secrete wyse And take with you Guynet your chaumberlayne And one to kepe your horses it shall suffyse Take vpon you the labour and the payne And he shall be hole on warantyse I wyll do quod she as ye me deuyse And certaynly without wordes mo To morowe erly forwarde wyll I go . 〈◇〉 〈◇〉 now goth Claryonas With her Sygrym to be her guyde Full secretly as she appoynted was That none of the cyte her aspyed And forth towarde surrey gan they ryde And in as goodly haast as myght be Anone they came to damas the cyte Sygrym departed fro them forth withall Streyght to the castell goth Claryonas Vpon the porter she gan to call And he agayne asked what she was For certayne syr quod she this is the case The kynge is seke it is enfourmed me I trust to god to make hym hole quod she In strength of herbes that be profytable Of them I knowe the vertue this is sure In euery kynde whiche is moost curable And accordynge to euery creature For oftentymes I haue put it in vre Wherfore I praye you saye myn erande so That I may se the kynge or I go Damsell quod he your erande shall be do With that the porter goth in to the place And spake with Natanell a worde or two And brought hym forth vnto Cl●ryonas 〈◇〉 kno●ynge to them bothe what she was Ye are welcome syster myn quod he What is your wyll I praye you tell me T●uly quod she I am a poore woman Your kynge is seke wherfore I gretly complayne And I worde shewe suche cunnynge as I can Trustynge to god to make hym hole agayne Than he behelde her for the more certayne A rynge he knewe that on her fynger was Yet wyst he not that it was Claryonas From her he wente streyght to the kynge Syr please it you to vnderstonde quod he There is a woman whiche is full cunnynge In euery syknes and as thynketh me By her wordes it semeth so to be At the castell gate with her I spake To make you hole this wyll she vndertake On her fynger there is a rynge quod he Whiche me thynketh is a straunge case For this I wote in very certaynte Ye gaue suche one to Claryonas And in my selfe I meruayle how it was Than sayd the kynge I wyll that ye go And brynge her to me without wordes mo
How Claryonas with a symple aray came to Generydes in surrey / and how she made hym hole / and how she retourned in to perce / & how Generydes came and wedded her with grete solempnyte . Capitulo . xiv .

NOw Natanell goth to the castell gate And brought this woman streyght to the kynge But she was wympled so that wote ye what Of her had he no maner knowlegynge With that anone he had aspyed the rynge Whiche he gaue to Claryonas the fayte And yet he wyst not that she was thayre I praye you syr be of good chere quod she And please it your goodnes for to here I am a woman of ferre countre And therwithall in curteys manere She profred hym to kysse with louynge chere Naye syster myn with goddes grace I must praye you of pardon as in this case For I wyll kysse no woman be ye sure To make me hole as euer I was But onely her whiche is that creature That I loue best that mayde Claryonas And yt she were present in this place If I her kyst I thynke so god me saue It were the best pleasure that I coude haue I haue she sayd brought with me her Image Ye quod the kynge I praye you let mese Anone she dyde vnwymple her vysage Without tayle I am the same quod she Than sayd the kynge ye benedicite How haue ye take on you all this payne Therwich he toke her in his armes twayne Than kyssed he her without more taryenge And all that nyght tyll daye began to ryse They two sate vp without departynge In grete pleasure and in all goodly wyse As gladde and mery as they coude deuyse And on the morowe sothly for to saye She toke her leue & home she goth her waye All hole he was and very well at ease And at his hertes rest in especyall So than within a whyle Generydes Was crowned kynge of surrey forthwithall Than his lordes all in generall With very dewe and faythfull obeysaunce Dyde hym homage with humble obseruaunce Whan he had set the londe in gouernaunce Vnto perce he taketh his Iournay In grete estate and good ordynaunce With grete lordes and in ryche aray Thus rydeth he takynge the redy way To mountanar where as the Sowdan was There for to wedde the mayde Claryonas Whan he was come the cyte was fayne For at all tymes of necessyte He toke on hym the labour and payne And was theyr sh●lde fro all aduersyte So than within the space of dayes thre As ryally as they coude it deuyse The maryage was made in solempne wyse Buynam the kynge was at that maryage The kynge of tarce also withouten les Whiche was called Ismaell the sauage Brother to the kynge Generydes And for to guyde and gouerne all the pres Appoynted he was lyke as they thought it best The prynce of sezar was stewarde of that feest . Of other grete estates there were mo Bothe of lordes and sadyes many one Grete Iustes there the Sowdan made also And all pleasures that so lide be thought vpon Than for to se the people everychone Whither 〈◇〉 to se the feest he the youge and olde It was a very wonder to beholde Soone after whan the fe●st was done all And euery man gone home to his countre Within a whyle as auenture can fall The Sowdan dyed whiche was pyte Grete mone was made of the men of the cyte Saue theyr comforte and trust in euery thynge Was hole in Generydes the kynge