George enjoyed her heart, for whoſe love ſhe had hitherto continued a pure virgin, by virtue of a golden chain ſteeped in tyger's blood, which ſhe wore ſeven times doubled about her neck. Then delivered ſhe to him, his horſe and ſword with which he had formerly encountered the burning dragon. And now, my George, quoth ſhe, nothing remains but to free me from the power of my forced huſband, which opportunity invites us unto; he having with the whole court rode out a hunting. St. George willingly condeſcended to her motion, ſealing the ſame with as ſweet a kiſs as ever Leander beſtowed on Hero; and having gotten the good will of an eunuch to go along with them, ſtoring themſelves with proviſions, being gallantly mounted, they poſted away with all the ſpeed they could make, paſſing through divers woods, deſarts and unknown places, to eſcape the purſuit of thoſe whom the black-moor king would ſend after them.
Having travelled thus for ſome few days together, at laſt the beautiful Sabrine began to faint with hunger, which made St. George to leave her under the ſhade of a broad ſpreading oak, accompanied with the eunuch, while he went out in purſuit of ſome prey, to ſatisfy their craving appetite; ſo it was his fortune to kill a deer, which, having cut out with his keen edged ſword, he brought a haunch thereof along with him, to preſent to his beloved lady; but, a ſad accident happened in his abſence, for two hungry lions raging about for prey, came directly to the oaken tree, where theſe two weary travellers were repoſing themſelves. who with angry mood, ſeized upon the eunuch, and ſoon buried him in their hungry entrails, then they tore his ſteed in pieces. Sabrine all the while beholding it, expected herſelf to be the next morſel to allay their hunger; but, quite foreign to her expectation, with fawning geſtures they came unto her, and laid their heads in her tender lap, and there quietly fell faſt aſleep, at which time St. George returned, who,
