Chap-books of the eighteenth century . Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church Yard. Bow Lane London. 224 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, This book is in reality two : one, the history of Sir Hugh, andthe other, of Crispin and Crispianus. Sir Hugh seems to havebeen the son of Arviragus, King of Powisland in Britain, andGenevra, daughter of a king in North Wales. He went abroadfor his education, and there distinguished himself by slayingmonsters and giants, and by fighting against the Saracens—somuch so, that he was knighted by the Roman Emperor, and. promised one of his daughters as a wife
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church Yard. Bow Lane London. 224 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, This book is in reality two : one, the history of Sir Hugh, andthe other, of Crispin and Crispianus. Sir Hugh seems to havebeen the son of Arviragus, King of Powisland in Britain, andGenevra, daughter of a king in North Wales. He went abroadfor his education, and there distinguished himself by slayingmonsters and giants, and by fighting against the Saracens—somuch so, that he was knighted by the Roman Emperor, and. promised one of his daughters as a wife ; but this he would nothave, although the princess loved him dearly. He returned home, and whilst visiting Donvallo, King ofFlintshire, fell in love with his daughter Winnifred. Findingher one day reading in her bower in the garden, he declared hislove, but was courteously, though firmly, declined by the prin-
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