Courage crowned with conquest; or, A brief relation, how that valiant knight, and heroick champion Sir Eglamore, bravely fought with, and manfully slew, a terrible, huge great monstrous dragon. To a pleasant new tune.

1672

Courage Crowned with Conquest;

OR, A brief-Relation, how that Valiant Knight, and Heroick Champion Sir Eglamore, bravely fought with, and manfully slew, a terrible, huge great Monstrous Dragon.

To a pleasant new Tune.

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SIr 
Eglamore that valiant Knight

with his fa, la, lanctre down dilie,
He fetcht his sword and he went to fight;

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
As he went over hill and dale
All cloathed in his Coat of Male.

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

A huge great Dragon leapt out of his Den

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
Which had killed the Lord knows how ma­ny men

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
But when he saw Sir 
Eglamore
Good lack had you seen how this Dragon did roare

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

This Dragon he bad a plaguy hids

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
Which could both sword and spear abide

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
He could not enter with hacks and cuts
Which vext the Knight to the very hearts blood and guts;

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

All the Trees in the Wood did shake

with his fa la lanctre; &c.
Stars did tremble, and men did quake,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
But had you seen how the birds lay peeping
'Twould have made a mans heart to fall a wéeping

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

The second Part.

To the same Tune.

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But it was too late to fear

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
for now it was come to fight Dog, fight Bare

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
And as a yawning he did fall
He thrust his Sword in hilt and all,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

But now as the Knight in choler did burn

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
He owed the Dragon a shrewd good turn

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
In at his mouth his sword he bent,
The hilt appeared at his fundament,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

Then the Dragon like a coward began to fly

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
Unto his Den that was hard by

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
And there he laid, him down and roat'd
The Knight was vered for his Sword

with a fa la lanctre, &c.

The Sword that was a right good Blade,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
As ever 
Turk or 
Spaniard made.

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
I for my part do forsake it
And he that will fetch it, let him take it

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

When all this was done, to the Ale-house he went

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
And by and by his two pence he spent Dragon

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
For he was to hot with tugging with the
That nothing would quench him but a whole Flaggon.

with his fa la lanctre, &c.

Now God preserve our King and Queen,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
And eke in London may be seen,

with his fa la lanctre, &c.
As many Knights, and as many more,
And all so good as Sir 
Eglamore.

with his fa la, langtre down dilly.

London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright, 1672.

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