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1 NONE St. George for England WHY should we boast of Arthur and his knights, / Knowing how many men performed fights, St. George he was for England, --- St. Denis was for France, / And sing, --- "HONI SOIT QUI MAL. Y. PENSE." Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1350 St. GEORGE & the DRAGON. St. GEORGE and the DRAGON. Printer J. TURNER ?-?

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WHY should we boast of Arthur and his knights, Knowing how many men performed fights, Or why should we speak of Sir Lancellot du Lake, Or Sir Tristram Drulyon that fought for lady's sake, Read old stories, and there you will see, How St. George, St. George, he made the dragon flee. CHORUS. St. George he was for England, --- St. Dennis was for France, And sing, ---"HONI SOIT QUI MAL. Y. PENSE." To speak of monarchs, it were too long to tell, Likewise of the Romans, how far they did excel, Hannibal, a Scipio, in many a fight, Orlando Tortuso, he was a valiant knight. Romulus and Remus, were those that Rome did build, But St. Geo. St. Geo. the dragon he has kill'd. --- CHORUS. St. Geo. etc. Valentine and Orson they came of king Pippin's blood, Sir Alfred and Alerick, they were brave knights, and good, The four sons of Ammon that fought for Charlemain, Sir Hugh de Bourdeaux, and Sir Godfrey de Bulloin, These were French knights, the Pagans did convert, But St. George, St. George, pull'd out the dragons heart. --- CHORUS. Jephthah and Gideon they led their men to fight, The Ammonites and Gideonites they put all to the flight, Herculas, his labour was in a vale of brass, And Sampson slew ten thousand with the jaw-bone of an ass: And when he was blind he pull'd the temple down, But St. George, St. George, the dragon did confound. --- CHORUS.
Henry the fifth he conquer'd all France, He quarter'd his arms, his honour to advance, He raised the walls, and he pull'd the cities down, And garnish'd his head with a double tripple crown: He thumped the French, and after home he came, But St. George, St. George, the dragon he made tame. --- CHORUS. St. David you know loves leeks and toasted cheese, And Jason was the man that brought home the golden fleece, St. Patrick you know he was St. George's boy, Seven years he kept his horse and then stole him away: For which knavish act a slave he doth remain, But St. George, St. George, he hath the dragon slain. --- CHORUS. Tamerlain the emperor in an iron cage was crown'd, With his bloody flag displayed before the town, Skanderburgh, and Magnanimus, Mahomets bashaws did dread, Whose victorious bones was borne when he was dead: William, so fam'd, the Conqueror he was call'd, But St. George, St. George, the dragon he has maul'd. --- CHORUS. Pendragon and Cadwaladar of british blood do boast, Tho' John of Gaunt his foes did daunt, St. George did rule the roast, Haggememmon and Cleomedes and Massedon did feats, But to be compar'd to our champions they are but merely cheats: Brave Malta knights in Turkish fights, their brandish'd swords drew, But St. George, St. George, thrust the dragon through & through. Ottoman the Tartar, he came of Persia's race, The great Mogul with his chest full of cloves and mace, The Grecian youth Baucephulus, did manfully bestride, But these with the worthy nine, St. George he did deride, Gustavius Adaulphus, was Sweden's warlike king, But St. George, St. George, pull'd out the dragon's sting. ---CHORUS. Mark Anthony, I'll warrant ye, play'd feats with Egypt's queen, Sir Eglemore, the valiant knight, the like was never seen, Grim Gorgan's might was known in fight, old Beves most men frighted, The Mirme Dons and Presto Johns, why were not these men knighted? Brave Spinalaw took in Breedshaw, Nosson did it recover, But St. George, St. George, turn'd the dragon over and over. Bedean the Amazon, Poetat overthrew, As fierce as either Vandal, Goth, Sarisan, or Jew, The potent Olofernes, as he lay in his bed, In came wise Judith and stole away his head, With Jove, the Cyclops, though he shower'd down thunder, But St. George the dragon kill'd, and was not that a wonder.
J. TURNER, PRINTER, HIGH STREET, COVENTRY.