Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

AND BALLADS. 307
David was ele&ed a prophet and a king,
He flew the great Goliah, with a ftone within a fling:
Yet thefe were not knightes of the table round ;
Nor St. George, St. George, who the dragon did
confound.
St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
Sing, Honifoit qui maly penfe,
Jephthah and Gideon did lead their men to fight,
They conquered the Araorites, and put them all to
flight
:
Hercules his labours ' were' on the plaines of BaiTe ;
And Sampfon flew a thoufand with the jawbone of
an afTe,
And eke he threw a temple downe, and did a mighty
fpoyle :
And St. George, St. George he did the dragon foyie.
St. George he was for England ; St. Dennis was for France.
Sing, Honi foit qui maly penfe.
The warres ofancient monarches itweretoolongto tell,
And likewifeof the Romans, how farre they did excell
Hannyball and Scipio in many a fielde did fighte :
Orlando Furiofo he was a worthy knighte :
Remus and Romulus, were they that Rome did builde
But St. George, St. George the dragon made to yielde.
St. George he was for England ; St. Dennis was for France.
Sing, Honi foit qui mal y penfe...
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