that ftood wide gaping, as it paft into his throat, where it brake, after it had made a

very deep wound; but not able to withstand "the violence of the encounter, he was over"thrown to the ground with fuch pain, that "he thought his body had been all crufh'd: "nevertheless rifing up fuddenly, for the mon❝fter was gone on, he drew out his rich fword, "and with a refolute courage, waited to charge "him as he fhould pafs by: but confidering

that his legerity would more advantage him, "than his force, he concluded to combat him "with judgment, ftepping lightly afide; then

when he faw him return with rage, he gave "him fo mighty a blow full upon the body, that it was able to have cleft a rock, howbeit in vain, for he found his fcales fo hard, as "the fword left no mark behind of the ftroke,

The End of the First Volume.

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