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<NAME>Simon Charles</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>An Excellent BALLAD of St. <HI>GEORGE</HI> and the DRAGON.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="illustration"><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of St George slaying dragon</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>WHY &s;hould we boa&s;t</L>
<L>Of <HI>Arthur</HI> and his Knights,</L>
<L>Knowing how many Men,</L>
<L>Have performed Fights?</L>
<L>Or why &s;hould we &s;peak</L>
<L>Of Sir <HI>Lancelot du Lake,</HI></L>
<L>Or Sir <HI>Tri&s;trum du Leon,</HI></L>
<L>That fought for Ladies Sake?</L>
<L>Read but old Stories,</L>
<L>And there you &s;hall &s;ee,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ow St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George.</HI></L>
<L>He made the Dragon flee.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI></HI></L>
<L><HI>St <HI>Dennis</HI> was for <HI>France,</HI></HI></L>
<L><HI><HI>Sing,</HI> Honi &s;oit qui Mally Pen&s;e.</HI></L>
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<L>To &s;peak of Monarchs,</L>
<L>It were too long to tell,</L>
<L>And likewi&s;e to the <HI>Romans,</HI></L>
<L>How far they did excel:</L>
<L><HI>Vanni<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">al</HI> and <HI>Scipio,</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> many a Field did fight;</L>
<L><HI>Orlando Furio&s;o,</HI></L>
<L>He was a valiant Knight,</L>
<L><HI>Romulus</HI> and <HI>Rhemus,</HI></L>
<L>Were tho&s;e that <HI>Rome</HI> did build;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>The Dagon he hath kill'd,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Jepthah</HI> and <HI>Gideon,</HI></L>
<L>They led their Men to fight,</L>
<L>The <HI>Gibbionites</HI> and <HI>Ammonites,</HI></L>
<L>They put them all to Flight:</L>
<L><HI>Hercules</HI> his Labour,</L>
<L>Was in the Vale of <HI>Ba&s;s,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> &s;lew a Thou&s;and,</L>
<L>With the Jaw-bone of an A&s;s.</L>
<L>And when he was blind,</L>
<L>Pull'd the Temple ro the Ground;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St <HI>G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">orge,</HI></L>
<L>The Dragon did confound.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI></HI></L>
<L><HI>St. <HI>Dennis</HI> was for <HI>France,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Valentine</HI> and <HI>Or&s;on,</HI></L>
<L>They came of <HI>Pepin</HI>'s Blood;</L>
<L><HI>Alfred</HI> and <HI>Aldricus,</HI></L>
<L>They were brave Knights and good:</L>
<L>The four Sons of <HI>Ammon,</HI></L>
<L>That fought with <HI>Charlemain,</HI></L>
<L>Sir <HI>Hugh de Bourdeaux,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Godfrey de Bullogin;</HI></L>
<L>The&s;e were all <HI>French</HI> Knights,</L>
<L>The <HI>Pagans</HI> to convert;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>He pull'd out the Dragon's Heart.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>King <HI>Henry</HI> the Fifth,</L>
<L>He conquered all <HI>France,</HI></L>
<L>He quartered their Arms,</L>
<L>His Honour to advance:</L>
<L>He rais'd their Walls,</L>
<L>And pull'd their Cities down,</L>
<L>And he garni&s;h'd his Head</L>
<L>With a double tripple Crown:</L>
<L>He thumped the <HI>French,</HI></L>
<L>And after Home he came;</L>
<L>But St <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>He made the Dragon tame.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>St. <HI>David</HI> you know</L>
<L>Loved Leeks and toa&s;ted Chee&s;e,</L>
<L>And <HI>Ja&s;on</HI> was the Man</L>
<L>Brought Home the Golden Fleece;</L>
<L>And <HI>Patrick</HI> you know,</L>
<L>He was St. <HI>George</HI>'s Boy;</L>
<L>Seven Years he kept his Hor&s;e,</L>
<L>Then &s;tole him away:</L>
<L>For which knavi&s;h Act</L>
<L>A Slave he doth remain;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George.</HI></L>
<L>He hath the Dragon &s;lain.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Tamerlane</HI> the Emperor,</L>
<L>In Iron Cage did Crown,</L>
<L>With all his bloody Flags</L>
<L>Di&s;play'd before the Town:</L>
<L><HI>Scanderberg</HI> Magnanimous,</L>
<L><HI>Mahomet</HI>s Ba&s;haws did dread:</L>
<L>Who&s;e victorious Bones</L>
<L>Were worn when he was dead:</L>
<L>His <HI>Beglerbegs</HI> his Corn like dreads,</L>
<L><HI>George Ca&s;triot</HI> was he call'd;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>The Dragon he hath maul'd.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L><HI>Ottoman</HI> the <HI>Tarter,</HI></L>
<L>He came of <HI>Per&s;ia</HI>'s Race;</L>
<L>The great <HI>Mogul</HI> with's Che&s;t,</L>
<L>So full of Cloves and Mace:</L>
<L>The <HI>Grecian</HI> Youth <HI>Bucephalous,</HI></L>
<L>He manfully did be&s;tride:</L>
<L>But the&s;e with their Worthies Nine,</L>
<L>St. <HI>George</HI> did them betide.</L>
<L><HI>Gu&s;tavus Adolphus,</HI></L>
<L>Was <HI>Swedeland</HI>'s Warlike King;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>He pull'd forth the Dragon's Sting,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Poldragon</HI> and <HI>Cadwallader,</HI></L>
<L>Of <HI>Briti&s;h</HI> Blood do boa&s;t;</L>
<L>Tho' <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> his Foes did daunt,</L>
<L>St. <HI>George</HI> &s;hall rule the Roa&s;t:</L>
<L><HI>Agamemnon</HI> and <HI>Clemedcn,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Macedon</HI> did Fea&s;t,</L>
<L>But compared to our Champion,</L>
<L>They are but meer Cheats&punc;</L>
<L>Brave <HI>Malta</HI> Knights in <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Flights,</L>
<L>Their brandi&s;h'd Swords out-drew,</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George</HI> met the Dragon,</L>
<L>And run him through and through&punc;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Bida</HI> the <HI>Amazon,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Poetus</HI> overthrew,</L>
<L>As fierce as either <HI>Vandal,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Goth, Saracen</HI> or <HI>Jew:</HI></L>
<L>The potent <HI>Holofernes,</HI></L>
<L>As he lay in his Bed,</L>
<L>In came his Wife <HI>Judith,</HI></L>
<L>And &s;ubtiley &s;tole his Head:</L>
<L>Brave <HI>Cyclops</HI> &s;tout, with <HI>Jove</HI> he fough</L>
<L>Tho' he &s;hower'd down Thunder;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George</HI> kill'd the Dragon,</L>
<L>And was not that a Wonder;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<L><HI>Mark Anthony,</HI> I'll warrant you,</L>
<L>Play'd Feats with <HI>Egypt</HI>'s Queen;</L>
<L>Sir <HI>Elamore,</HI> that valiant Knight,</L>
<L>The like was never &s;een.</L>
<L>Grim <HI>Gorgon</HI>'s Might was know in Fight,</L>
<L>Old <HI>Bevis</HI> mo&s;t Men frighted;</L>
<L>The <HI>Mermidons</HI> and <HI>Pre&s;ter Johns,</HI></L>
<L>Why were not the&s;e Men knighted?</L>
<L>Brave <HI>Spinola</HI> took in <HI>Breda,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI> did it recover;</L>
<L>But St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI></L>
<L>Turn'd the Dragon over and over,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>St. <HI>George</HI> he was for <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
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