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 and tail, who nimbly avoided her fury, gave her uch a thrut with his pear, that it evered into five hundred pieces; the dragon coming on afreh, mote him uch a deadly blow, as felled both hore and man to the ground; when again riing and tepping a little backwards, he went under the protection of an orange tree, which was of uch virtue, that no venomous thing durt approach unto it, where this valiant knight a while reted him, and refrehed himelf with the juice of one of the oranges, he again entered combat with the dragon, after many fierce aaults with an eager courage cloed with her, and thrut his word up to the hilt in her belly, being penetrable in no other place, from whence iued uch abundance of purple gore as turned the gras into vermilion colour, and then redoubling his blows, gave her uch another thrut under the wing with his word, as pierced her heart, liver, and bone, and made her yield her life to the force of the conquering champion, who returned thanks to heaven for his victory: With his good word, which was called Acalon, he cut off the dragon's head, and pitched it upon the truncheon of his pear, rode towards the court, expecting for his good ervice to be mot royally entertained.

At that time Almidor, the black king of Morocco, was in earnet uit with king Ptolemy, for to have his daughter Sabrine in marriage, and having notice of St. George's victory, fearing he would become his rival, he intended to rob him of his honour, and to that purpoe, hired twelve Egyptian Knights, who et upon St. George as he was coming to court; but the valiant Champion o behaved himelf, that in a little pace he made their lives pay for their treachery; which Almidor perceiving, when he could do no otherwie, ran to the court, crying, Victoria! Victoria! The enemy of Egypt is overthrown.

This being made known to K. Ptolomy, St. George was most royally received by him, but far more