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 In the mean time, St. George grew in strength and beauty, whose noble deportment (being now grown to man's estate) so fired the heart of the enchantress with lust, that with all the seducement imaginable she sought to accomplish her desires, and to gain his affections, revealed to him of what lineage he was, and also gave him the command of her cave, by the gift of a silver wand, which she put in his hand, leading him to a rock to behold some trophies of her sorceries, but she entering in before him, he struck the rock with his wand which presently closed, and in it this miserable woman, where she ended her wretched life.

St. George then, like a valiant knight, released from thraldom six worthy Champions, whom this enchantress Kalby had a long time kept prisoners; viz. St. Dennis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. David of Wales; he with them mounted their steeds, and girding on their swords, which also they found in the cave, departed forth to seek out adventures, travelling till they came to a spacious plain, in the midst whereof stood a brazen pillar that had seven several ways leading to it, which invited these seven Champions to take each of them a diverse path. Where we will leave six of them to their different progresses, and relate in the first place the adventures of our English knight, as you may read in the chapter following.

CHAP II.

''How St. George killed the burning Dragon in Egypt, and redeemed Sabrine the King's Daughter from death. How he was betrayed by Almidor the black King of Morocco, and sent unto the Sultan of Persia, where he remained seven years in prison.''

HE valiant St. George, having left the other six Champions, as you have heard, after some few months travel, arrived within the Egyptian territories,