Fantasy fiction; Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
“Renouned Kinge and moste highe Prince and Lorde, Goreiyse Twelft of
Wychlonde and of Daemounlonde and of all kingdomes the sonne dothe
spread his bemes over, Corsus your servaunte dothe prosterate miself
befoare your Greateness, evene befoare the face of the erthe. The
Goddes graunte unto you moste nowble Lorde helthe and continewance
and saffetie meny yeres. After that I hadde receaved my dispache and
leave fram your Majestie wherby you did of your Royall goodnes geave
and graunt unto mee to be cheefe commaundere of al the warlyke foarces
furneshed and sent by you into Daemonlond, hit may please your Majestie
I did with haiste carry mine armie and all wepons municions vittualls
and othere provicions accordingly toward those partes of Daemonlonde
that lye coasted against the estern seas. Here with xxvij schyppes and
the moare partt of my peopell I sayling upp ynto the Frith Micklefrith
did fynde x or xi Daemouns schyppes asayling whereof had Vol the
commaundemente withowt the herborough of Lookingehaven, and by and by
did mak syncke all schyppes of the sayd Voll withowt excepcioun and did
sleay the maist paart of them that were with hym and hys ashipboard.
“Nowe I lette you onderstande O my Lorde the Kyng that or ever wee
made the landfalle I severinge my armye ynto ij trowpes had dispatched
Gallandus with xiij schyppes north-abowt to lande with xv honderede
menne at Eccanois, with commande that hee shoulde thenceawaye fare upp
ynto the hylles thorow Celyalonde and soe sease the passe calld the
Style because none schoulde cum overe fram the west; for that is a gode
fyghtynge stede as a man myghte verry convenably hould ageynst gret
nomberes yf he bee nat an asse.
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