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 of Wales awaked out of his sleep, where he had lain for even years. The necromancer after he had briefly declared his forepat life to St George, gave a mot terrible groan and died; whoe head, with the enchanted word, the Englih Champion gave to St. David, to carry to the Tartarian court, according to his promie, whilt he himelf travelled towards Barbary, where our mue will now attend him.

HE noble St. George having, after many weary teps got to the kingdom of Barbary, he thought it vain to attempt upon Almidor by force of arms, seeing he was attended by o many worthy knights and yet deiring above all things, to have a ight of his beloved Sabrine, for whoe ake he had endured o long imprionment; therefore he reolved to patch out the lion's kin with the fox's tail, and gain by policy what he could not gain by force; to this end he exchanged his hore, armour and furniture with a palmer for his gown, taff and crip, and o accoutred went directly to the court, where he beheld a number of palmers, waiting in the gate for alms, which the queen herelf in peron daily betowed, in remembrance of the English champion; in ditributing of which, when he epied this trange palmer, remembering how he reembled the princely countenance of St. George, she took him by the hand and led him aide from all the company, where he oon made himelf known to her, who wept for joy of finding him whom he never expected to ee again, and after ome hort dicoure of her health and welfare, he related to him how her father had forced her to marry Almidor againt her will, but tho' outwardly he was linked to him, yet none but St.