This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...and we may therefore assume, if we are to attach importance to this declaration, that King Hart was written between 1501, when the Palace of Honour was finished, and 1512, when the translation of Virgil was begun. King Hart (or the heart of man) is represented as a mystical king in all the bloom of youth, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...and we may therefore assume, if we are to attach importance to this declaration, that King Hart was written between 1501, when the Palace of Honour was finished, and 1512, when the translation of Virgil was begun. King Hart (or the heart of man) is represented as a mystical king in all the bloom of youth, and sur-2 vols. 8vo. / rounded by attendants-ho-P-of tree ' n hoe of Ms get-without any hope of Ms get-P-u the castle pleasance is next described. sH?Sit= easily made prisoners. But these young wights, abased at the sight, Full soon were staid in their courageous mood; Instant within them died all power and might, And gazing, rooted to the earth they stood; At which Fair Calling, seeing them subdued, Seized on their slackened rein with rosy hands: Then to her castle swift away she yude, And fastened soon the twain in Venus' silken bands."f The king sends out new messengers, who are also captured. At last, becoming enraged, he arrays his Tibst for battle with Dame Pleasauce and her army. In the contest the king's party are defeated, and King Hart himself being injured by an arrow, is handed over to Dame Beauty to have his wound dressed, but the more she tries to cure it the worse it becomes. Many of the king's subjects are taken prisoners and confined in dungeons. King Hart is also imprisoned in a grated chamber, near the donjon, where he listens to the mirth that proceeds from the halls of the Queen. By means of Dame Pity, who at this juncture treacherously deserts Dame Pleasance, King Hart ajid his retainers are set free, and now take possession of the palace, making Dame Pleasance herself a prisoner. The Queen, after an interview with King Hart, finds that he is deeply smitten with her charms, and the first canto ends with their espousals...
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