How and in what manner ought yee to bee sodesirous of worldly honour so dangerous! Therefore mee thinketh thispresent booke is right necessary often to be read, for in it shall yeefinde the most gracious, knightly, and vertuous war of the most nobleknights of the world, whereby they gat praysing continually. Also meeseemeth, by the oft reading thereof, yee shall greatly desire to accustomeyour selfe in following of those gracious knightly deedes, that is to say,to dread God, and to love righteousnesse, faithfully and couragiously toserve your soveraigne prince; and the more that God hath given you thetriumphall honour, the meeker yee ought to bee, ever feareing theunstablenesse of this deceitfull world."XIMAELDUIN'S VOYAGEAn Irish knight named Maelduin set forth early in the eighth century toseek round the seas for his father's murderers. By the advice of a wizard,he was to take with him seventeen companions, neither less nor more; butat the last moment his three foster brothers, whom he had not included,begged to go with him. He refused, and they cast themselves into the seato swim after his vessel. Maelduin had pity on them and took them in, buthis disregard of the wizard's advice brought punishment; and it was onlyafter long wanderings, after visiting multitudes of unknown and oftenenchanted islands, and after the death or loss of the three fosterbrothers, that Maelduin was able to return to his native land.
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