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 A I N T Dennis the worthy champion of France, after he parted from the other ix Champions at the brazen pillar, travelled till he came into the deart country of Thealy, inhabited only by wild beats, where being almot famihed with hunger, he chanced to feed upon the berries of a mulberry tree, which being enchanted by magic art, in an intant transformed his body into the likenes of a hart (only his natural reaon remained) in which condition he remained a long time, bewailing his misfortune, till one day hading himelf under the leaves of that luckles tree, he heard a hollow voice from the trunk thereof breathe forth thee words. " Worthy Champion of France, know that this tree proceeds from fair Eglantine, the King's Daughter of Thealy, who for my pride was transformed into this mulberry-tree; seven years thou mut continue in the hape of a hart, when thou shalt be retored by eating of roes, which being done, cut down this tree, and thereby, hall the enchantment be ended."

At the end of which prefixed time, his hore, who had a long time left him, brought two roes in his teeth, which St. Dennis took and ate, and immediately fell into a deep leep, and upon his awaking, he found himelf returned again to his former hape, for which he returned thanks to God, and curiouly decked and trimmed his hore for his worthy ervice. Then taking his word in hand, proceeded to finih the enchantment, and with one blow cut in under the tree, from which iued a most beautiful damsel, of uch an angelical form, as fired the French Champion's heart with affection to her, and after ome parley's of love pat betwixt them, they plighted their faiths to each other, and then travelled together to her father's court, who received them with unpeakable joy and comfort; where we will leave this Champion of France to relate what happened to St. James the champion of Spain.