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 Earl of Douglas. 
 
 WITH THE 
 
 SECRETHISTORY 
 
 MACB E r H, 
 
 KING of Scotland. 
 
 To which Is added. 
 
 The Art of Love, or the Amours of 
 Count SCHLICK and a young Lady of 
 Quality. 
 
 London, Printed for 
 
 H. Slater, in Clements Inn. 
 
 F. Noble, at Or-ways Head, St. Martlns-Caurt. 
 
 ], Rowlands, No. ix. ? • r . r t c» y 
 
 T. Wright, at the^r&/^> * 
 
 J. Du NCAN>. in St. Martitts-Courty St. Martins'Lam. 
 
 MDCCXLI. 
 

 THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F 
 
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 Earl of Douglas. 
 
 UNDER the Reign of Henry VII. King of 
 England^ George de Ne^uille, Earl of Burgeti^ 
 had the Misfortune to be fufpefted of having 
 had a Hand in the Confpiracy of Edmund 
 Profc : He was taken up and committed to the Tovser ; 
 but being found innocent, was difcharged out of his Pri- 
 fon. Being fenfible of his Innocence, and how ill he 
 had deferved fo harfh a Treatment, he might, without 
 in the leafl impairing his Honour, have quitted the King's 
 Servic:?, and was inclined to pafs the Reriiainder of his 
 Days in Tranquillity in France ; but wanting a plaufi- 
 ble Pretext to encompafs that End for himfelf, he re- 
 folved neverthelefs to have Roger, E rl of VFarnxnck^ 
 his Brother's Son, educated in that Kingdom, he being 
 made his Guardian by the faid Earl lately deceafed. 
 
 It was not long before a favourable Opportunity of 
 fending him thither offering itf^lf, he thought fit to de- 
 lay his Refolution. HeJiry VIII. by this Time beifig 
 
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 mounted on the Throne of England^ had a Siller named 
 Mary^ a Lady of an exquifite Beauty, and defired io 
 Marriage by feveral Sovereign Princes ; but King Hen- 
 ry^ not defirous to fee her married, had refufed their 
 Propofals, till the Duke t)f Longue'ville, being taken 
 Pfifoner by Henry in the Battle of E/perzas^ he propofed 
 to the EngUJh Court a Marriage betwixt the Princefs 
 Maryjsxi^ King Le'ijjh XIL of France. 
 
 The King of Englatid received his Proportion with 
 fingular Marks of Satisfadion ; and the French King, 
 charmed with the Portraiture of this lovely Princels, 
 immediately fent the General of 'Normandy into Eng- 
 land^ who concluded both the Marriage and a Peace 
 in fourteen Days, and conduded the Princefs to iSo- 
 logne. 
 
 ^Be7ore her r>cparture from London^ the Ea'rl of Bur- 
 ^«« .prevailed with her to take Along with her the Earl 
 of Warwick in the Quality of one of her Pages of Ho- 
 nour, who, notwithftanding he was then not above ele- 
 ven Years of Age, was much refpeded at that Court. 
 The. French King fent the Duke of Angouleme to re- 
 ceive the Princefs, and to marry her by Proxy ; and 
 this great Lord, who was a very complete and handfom 
 Perfon, discharged his Commiflion with fo much Gal- 
 lantry and Politenefs, that the young Princefs was 
 charmed with his Perfon, and fecretly bemoaned her 
 Fate, in that Heaven had not been pleafed to beftow fo 
 amiable a Perfon upon her for a Husband. He on the 
 other hand began to be fo far fenfible of the Effeds of 
 her Beauty and Charms, that he foon found the fame 
 Flame to break out in his Breaft, which already burnt 
 jn hers ; and he would certainly have pufhed on his 
 Paflion and amorous Adventure to a higher Pitch, had 
 it not been for the prudent Advice of Mr. Duprat : 
 This Gentleman tried all Means to diflwade him from 
 it upon the Motives of Intereft and Prudence ; but find- 
 ing the Duke not to give ear to them, (being too far 
 gone to be recalled by his Perfwafions) he difclofed to 
 him the fecret Correfpondence betwixt this new Queen 
 and the Earl of ^uffolky and that was fufRcient to cure 
 \ him of his Paflion. 
 
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Earl of T)o\5 Gi. A^, 3 
 
 The King met the Queen at Abbe^ille^ where the 
 Nuptials were celebrated with the utmoil Magnilicence ; 
 but the King died in fix Years after his Return to Va- 
 ris^ at his Palace of Tournelles. The Queen Reli(^ de- 
 claring (he was not big with Child, and the Duke of 
 Angouleme being proclaimed King under the Name of 
 Francisy fhe with his Confent married the Earl of Suf- 
 folk^ and foon after returned into England. 
 
 The Earl of War<v:i:k remained in France at his Un- 
 cle's Defire, where the King admitted him into his 
 Court in the fame Quility he had ferved in to Queea 
 Mary, and he attended that King in his Journey, when 
 the two Kings of England and France were to have an 
 Interview betwixt Jrdres and Guines. They were with- 
 out all Contradidion the two moll accomplifhed and mod 
 gallant Princes in the World, and their Cjurt be- 
 ing the moft magnificent that could well be feen, they 
 fpent feveral Days in Courfes and Turnements in Ho- 
 nour of the Ladies ; and there being a vaft Concourfe 
 of People of the greateft Quality there, to partake, and 
 be Eye-witnefles of the Interview and the Diverfions 
 of thefe two great Monarchs, the Plain betwixt /Jrdres 
 and Guines y got the Name of The Plain of the Goiden 
 ClotL 
 
 Amongfl: a great Number of other Ladles there pre- 
 fent, the Countefs de Lorge had the Satisfadlion to fee 
 her Daugh:er, Madatnoifelle de Montgomery ^ admired and 
 extolled above all the other Ladies that alTuted at thefe 
 Solemnities. The Earl of IVar^'cick, who was then 
 not above fifteen Years of Age, was charmed to fuch a 
 Degree with this very Lady, that he thought he fhould 
 have died for Grief, when the Earl of Burgen told him. 
 That the King had ordered him to re-condud hirn back 
 into England, and that he was going to return the King 
 of France Thanks for the many Favours he had been 
 pleafed to fnew him. Not daring to difobey KmgHen- 
 ry\ Order, or his Uncle's Plealure, with the greateft 
 Diflatisfaftion imaginable he faw himfelf under a Ne- 
 cefiity of following the Intentions of his Superiors, 
 without fo much as declaring his PaiTion to her who was 
 tlie Caufe of it : Thus he embarked for England^ but 
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 carried along with him fo violent and tender an Frnpref- 
 fion of the Charms of Madamoifelle Montgomery^ that he 
 bid adieu to all Delights and Pleafures, iince the Time 
 he had left her behind him. 
 
 Thefe two great Princes parted fo vVell fatisfied with'' 
 one another, that nothing was talked of in all Places 
 but their infeparable Union, and with what Magnifi- 
 cence they had appeared at this Interview. Among 
 the Engl'ijh Lords the Duke ^^ Buckingham had outdone 
 all the reft in Splendor ; but Cardinal Woolfey, the 
 King's Favourite, underftanding that that Duke, before 
 his Departure from Lmdon^ had fpoken againft the 
 King's Journey as ufelefs, and too chargeable to the 
 Public, he refolved to take this Opportunity to procure 
 his Ruin, out of a Motive of Self- intereil, which he 
 found Means to effedl: For no fooner was the King 
 come back out of France^ but he told the King the 
 Duke had confpired againft his Perfon and Government, 
 whereupon King Henry ordered him to come to Court to 
 juftify his Conduft, but was no fooner come, than he 
 faw hintfelf, and the Earl of Burgen^ his Son-in-law, 
 committed to Prifon ; and the Cardinal had the Satisfac- 
 tion to fee his Head cut off* upon a Scaffold, and the 
 Earl of Burgen was not difcharged till after feveral 
 Months Imprifonment, and with the Lofs of his Eltate. 
 Thefe violent Proceedings foon put the Earl in mind 
 fo fend the Earl of Warivkk once more into France, 
 dreading the King's violent Temper, or rather his blind 
 Inclinations for the Cardinal: He took the Liberty to 
 write a Letter to King Francis^ defiring him to continue 
 to honour his Nephew with his Protection, which being 
 granted him by that King with all the Teftimonies of 
 Affeftion that could be, the young Earl, whofe Heart 
 was ftill intirely devoted to Madamoifelle Montgomery^ 
 was tranfported with Joy to meet her again at Court, 
 fhe being then Maid of Honour to the Queen. Ail his 
 Applications were to her, he made his Court to no Bo- 
 dy but to her; his Perfeverance flattered him, not with- 
 out fome Reafon, with Hopes of a tender Return front 
 that lovely Lady. 
 
 About that Time Cardinal Woolfey, who bare a fe- 
 " cret 
 
Earl of Do u G L A s., 5 
 
 C»et Grudge to the Emperor, put all his Wits at work 
 to bring about a Marriage betWiXt his Mailer and Prin- 
 cefs Margaret Q^ France : But Love overpowered, if net 
 quite overturned his Defign ; for the King of England fell 
 defperacely in Lov^ewith Mrs. Ajma BoiJcis:n, D^w^ier to 
 the Chevalier Rechford. This young Lacy attended 
 Queen Mary, when fiie was married to King Lexvis 
 XIL into JFrance, in t'le Quality of Maid of Honour, 
 and after h?r Return thsnce, her exqiifue Beauty, join- 
 ed to a refined Wit, and fupported by a great Share of 
 Cunning, captivated King Henry to that Degree, that 
 he was i.o: s^ble to Lve widiout her, and took no other 
 Delight than how to plcafe her ; fo th it lier conilanc 
 Rjfulais of granting him that Favour he fo much de- 
 fired, made him rCjolve to marry her. He cmitred no- 
 tlung he thought might engage the Pope to difTolve his 
 Marriage with Qoeen Catharine^ but finding him to pcr- 
 ■fift immoveable in granting fo unjuft a Dem.*nd, he 
 was fo exafperated thereat, that from that Time he 
 refolved upon the Ruin of the Catholick Religion in 
 England. 
 
 King Henry went to Boh\ne^ where being met by 
 King Francis L and his Cnildren, they there gave one 
 another frefh Affurances of a moil finafc; Friendfhip. 
 The true Motive of this Interview was, that the King 
 of E ngland inKtndtA to make his Complaints againll the 
 Pope to King Francis L in Perfon, hoping to prevail 
 with him to oblige the Pope by their joint Interell to 
 call a general Council. 
 
 In the mean time the Earl of IVar^wick had, by his 
 own Merits, and conllant AddrefTes to Madamoifclle 
 Montgomery ^ who had now no other Depen dance but on 
 the Queen ( her Mother, the Countefs de LorgCy being 
 dead) prevailed fo far upon her, that (he confented he 
 ihould ask her in Marriage from the King and Queen, 
 he being now of Age, and independant from his Rela- 
 tions. This being a very advantageous Match for him, 
 all his Friends (hared his Satisfadion with him, and 
 having without much Difficulty obtained from their Ma- 
 jellies a Prefent he valued above eve.y thing tX^^^ the 
 .Alarriage was confummated at Calais with the utmoll 
 
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 Magnificence and intire Satisfadion of all Parties; both 
 King^s heaped their Favours upon this iJluftrious Couple, 
 who went along with King Henry into England. The 
 Obilacles that Prince met with in his Love to Anna 
 Bouieigfi, ierving only to increafe his Flame, he married 
 Jier, and had her crowned at Wejlminfter : But the Pope 
 darting his Thunderbolt at him upon that Account, he 
 declared himfelf the fupreme Head of the Catholick 
 Church, and perfecuted thofe that oppofed it, without 
 any Dirtinftion of Sex and Quality, not excepting even 
 thofe who had been his moll intimate and faithful Friends 
 before ; nay, he carried his Refentment fo far, as not 
 to fpare the Reliques ; for he caufed that of St. Thomas 
 of Canterhui-y to be burnt among the reft. Ednuard de 
 Ke'ville Courtray^ Marquis of Exeter, and one of Car- 
 dinal's PgoWs Brothers, animated with a juil Zeal, re- 
 prefented to the King the Wrongs he did to the Church; 
 bat they paid with their Heads for their Counfel. The 
 Earl oK Wamjj'ick beino; a near Kinfman to Edward t^e- 
 '^x-Hh. he was accuftd of having uttered lome di refpecl- 
 ful ' Expreinons j fo that to avoid a Ihamefjl Death, he 
 was, noLVvi:ht:anding his Innocence, forced to leave 
 the liingdoni. The reft of that Fimily dreading more 
 tne Lois of cheir Lives and th- ir Eftates, than of their 
 Souls and Honour, C)mplied with the King's Commands, 
 and proved the nu-ft violent Enemies that could be to 
 the Earl of IFar^vick, whofe Eftace was confifcated : 
 But what moil fenfibly touched him in all his Misfor- 
 tunes was, to fvie hiinfelf necefti;a:ed to leave behind 
 him one of the handfomeft and moft virtuous Wives in 
 the World, and a Daughter named Julia^ not then a- 
 bove two Years old. Having recommended this young 
 Infant to his difconfolate Lady, as the only Pledge of 
 their conjugal Loves, he told her. He ivas y-efdved to go 
 ito Venice, That the Pope, the Emperor, mid the Vene- 
 -tians, being entred into a League againjl Solyman the 
 "Turkiih Emperor, it -juas there he intended to gain Ho- 
 nour, or elfe a glorious Death. 
 
 The Countels of War^joick was ready to expire for 
 
 Grief at the intended Departure of her Spoufe ; flie 
 
 • would not make ufe of the Power flie had ever him, to 
 
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Earl ^Douglas. 7 
 
 diiTwade him aga'nft it, becaufe the Hazard he muft 
 daily be expofed to if he llaid in England, appeared 
 moft dreadfal to her i befides, being fenhble that he 
 had nothing to hope for in his native CoJntry, and 
 being then of an Age, which incites great Hearts to 
 brave Aftion?, her Virtue and Courage got the Ascen- 
 dant over her Love. 
 
 He took (hipping, and in a little Time got to Venice 
 without any finiller Accident ; and being received by 
 their General Capelio with all the Marks of particular 
 Elleem (becaufe the Hoafe of IVar^Jcick was very well 
 known to him ) he embarked aboard him, in order to 
 joyn the Pope's and Spanjjh Gallies off of Corfu. It being 
 refolved in a Council of War to attack the ^'tu^ks, thefe 
 were fo much furprized at the Sight of the Confederate 
 Fleet, that they dii not know whether they had beft to 
 fight or not, till the bra\e Ucirbarojfa^ refolved to repair 
 his Difgrace in his Retreat from Corfu^ advanced with 
 his Squadron againft the Confederates, 
 
 The Venetian General Capclh leading the V^an, no 
 fooner faw the Turks come in fight of him, but, ftimu- 
 Jated by a noble Emulation, t-ngaged the Turks {o furl • 
 oufly, that ih-y were forced to rciire ; and the Prince 
 Doria feeing the Advantage the Venetians had got over 
 the Enemy, advanced with hisSiuadron; but when 
 every one thought he was ready to engage, he gave the 
 Signal to retreat to Cape Cal, 
 
 Ail the other Admirals and Generals, vexed to the 
 Heart at this unexpected Difappointment, could not 
 forbear to break out into viDlent Expreffions, and by 
 this time the Wind beginning to fiacken, the Turks^ who 
 perceived the Diford^r in the Confederate Fleet, came 
 out of the Gulf of Prevefa offering Battle to the Chri- 
 flians, who durft not venture upon an Engagement; 
 their Commanders being vexed to the Soul, to fee fo 
 fair an Opportunity of vanquifhing the Turks cut of 
 their Hands. Above all the reft Capelio, and the />- 
 netian Patriarch Grimaki, animated with Shame and 
 Anger, went aboard Prince Doria^ urging him not to 
 fiitfer that favourable Opportunity Fortune prefented to 
 them to be fnatched out of their Hands. Cofne^ Cvme, 
 
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 my hord, faid the brave Venetian, Let us go ^^here Ho- 
 nour calls us, let us engage an Enemy half beaten alrea- 
 du i^iitnefs their Flight, I only flay for your Orders t9 
 engage: At the fame Time the whole Fleet refounding 
 Avith the joyful Acciamatons of the Soldiers and Sea- 
 men, who cried cut, A Battle, a Battle, ViSiory, Vic- 
 toiy. Doria, almoll confounded with Shame, ordered 
 his Squadron to advance towards the Enemy ; but foon 
 retreated a fecond Time, when every Thing feeined to 
 have a fair Profpeft of Succefs; 
 
 In the mean time Dragat Rais, a famous Turkijb 
 Corfair, intercepted, and engaged two Venetian Gallies, 
 left behind at a good Dillance from the reft; in one of 
 which, as ill Fortune would have it, was the Earl of 
 War^vjick: He performed fuch A<5lions as amazed the 
 Chrjiians, and terrified the Turks ; never did a Man 
 make a braver Reliftance, but was at laft overcome by 
 the great Numbers of the Enemy. Some of the Vene- 
 tians, who faved themfelves by fwimming, having gi- 
 ven Notice of his Ceath to the Admirals and Generals, 
 they, ?.s well as every Body elfe that knew him, were 
 moll fenfibly afflided at his Fate. Ill News commonly 
 flics fafter than good, and the Countcfs ol' PVarivick, 
 who was in continual Pains for her beloved Spoufe, ne- 
 ver neglccling any Opportunity of hearing of him, fhe 
 foon was informtdof the Lofs fhe had fufFered. 
 
 The virtuous Lady, now no .more Miftrefs of her 
 Paflion, found -herfelf fo far overwhelmed with Pain and 
 Grief, that (he foon perceived her lail Hour not to be 
 far off; and her Inclinations being now altogether averfe 
 to the World after fuch a Misfortune, there was nothing 
 afFeded her but that fhe was now to leave her dear Ju- 
 lia. This lovely Infant, which was not much above 
 . two Years old, did already in its tender Infancy give 
 the moll promifing Elopes that could be exped^d : Her 
 afflided Mother holding her in her Arms, and bathing 
 her Face with her Tears, O my dear Julia ! faid (he, O 
 my dear Child! What n^ill be thy Dejiiny ? Who "will be 
 a Father to thee ? Who ivill be injiead of th Mother ? 
 ■ *rhy Father is no more, and thy Mother is at the Point of 
 Death. Mas ! J mufl leave thee, and that at a Time 
 
 njjhen 
 
Earl 5/* D o tj G L A s; 9 
 
 nuhen thou nvih ftand much in need of me \ hut I doiit 
 doubt but that Providence muill take care to prefcr^ve thee 
 againft all the Dangers thou heeji likely to he expofcd to^ 
 and it is to her 1 deliver thee up. At ihefe Words, with 
 her Eyes lifted up towards Heaven, flie implored its 
 Prote<^ion for this innocent Babe. 
 
 Whill'i fhe was labouring under this heavy Affii^ion, 
 my Lord Douglas zxi^ his Lidy came to give her a Vifit 
 in the Country, where (be had been ever fince fhe re- 
 ceived the News of her Lord's Death : They were both 
 Perfons of fingular Merit, and the beft Friends her late 
 Husband and {}ie had in the World. The Houfe of 
 Montgomery being alfo nearly related to that of Douglas, 
 which is one of the moft illuftrious Families in Scot- 
 land ; but upon fome Difguft my Lord had left that 
 Kingdom, and he fettled in Eft7jand, where he mar- 
 ried Madam Bedford, a very deferving Ijidy, and both 
 were at that time in great Elkem with the King. 
 
 At firlt Sight of the Countefs of IVarvjick, they were 
 fo much aftlidcd at the doleful Condition they found her 
 in (bL.Mng almoft reduced to the laft Extremity) that foB 
 fome time neither of them was able to fpeak for figh- 
 ing, Sobs and Tears, till at lalb my Lord forcing him- 
 felf to fpeak, told her whatever he could think might 
 conduce, if not to comfort her, at leaft to allay her 
 Grief She then laying her Hand to her Heart, and 
 fetching a deep Sigh, broke out into fuch doleful Com- 
 plaints as would have touched the moll unconcerned Per- 
 {^^n in the World. Oh Sir, faid fhe, here it lies, tny 
 Recovery is impojjthle, let us net lofe, I beg you, that lit' 
 tie Ti?ne 1 have left in thit miferahle Condition. It 
 feems. Madam, fa'd fhe, turning towards the Countefs 
 of Douglas, as if GOD had brought you hither on pur- 
 pofe to be aiding io^vcards my Tranquillity. I have one 
 fd^jour to beg of you, nxhich if J^u gra^tt me, I jhall die 
 nuiithout Regret ; and I knoiv you both to be of fo generms 
 'm Temper ^ and of fuch good Inclinations, that 1 dare pro- 
 mife jnyfelf youwoillnot refufs it. Nocertainly^ Madam, 
 iaid they, you may be ajfured of us-, and be fatifed, 
 tlat five Jhall think nothing too much for your Satisfac- 
 tion ; thin pray difchfe your Mind, nvith an intin Confi- 
 
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 dence that you ivill be obeyed in ^whatever you Jh a 11 dejire 
 from us. Alas! continued (he, ho^jo is it poffible for 7ne 
 to make you fenjible of my Achwvledgment, if you, ac- 
 cording to my Reque/i and ?ny Hopes ^ nvill take this dear 
 Infant of mine, and make it your onjjn ; this poor Child 
 is going to loofe all in lojing me ; /he 'will full into her 
 Uncle's Hands y n,oho, to carry Faojour at Court, loill 
 ha-ve her educated in the ne-iv Religion ; / knoiv you to be 
 true %ealous CathoUcks, and therefore^ ^without rcfeSling 
 upon the Friend/hip you alivays bore to my Spoufe^ and 
 ivhereof you ha've gi<ven me fuch fignal AJfurances juji 
 no<vjy this Conf deration alone ^ of feeing her brought up 
 in our o^Mn Religion, makes me hope you 'will be 'very 
 careful to conceal her true Extra^ion^ and to fnffer her 
 to go for one of youf oivn Children : I ha've the Honour 
 to be related to you, I c on/id er that you being not horn 
 the King' s SuhjeSf, you are not fo eajil)^ expofed to his ri- 
 olences, and therefore art the only Per/on into nvhofe Hands 
 1 can put this '^freafure 'without fear of iGJing it. 
 
 The Earl of Douglas told her all that could be expec- 
 ted from a generous Man, a near Relation, and a true 
 Friend : And the Countefs protelled to her, that the lit- 
 tb Julia ihould have a Place in her Heart equal to 
 what H)politus and Lucilia her own Children had; and 
 that if fhe made any Difference betwixt them, it lliould 
 b^ to the Advantage of Julia. I q.vant fVords fuitahle 
 to exprefs the Sentiments of my Heart, returned the Coun- 
 tefs of IVarivick \ for <v}kat is it I urn able to fi>f, that 
 hears the leafl Proportion to fo infinite an Obligation ! 1 
 accept t in behalf of my dear Child, the kind Offers you 
 make me. Madam, and 1 ivill deliver up to you fome 
 Jenvels I have, that they mayferve her in cafe of NeceJJity, 
 At the fame time 1 beg you to belie've, that in putting 
 them into yoilr Hands, I mijlruji not your Generofity. I 
 am intirely Jatisfed, that in this regard, as ivell as in 
 refpe^ to her Education, you 'vjHI do every thing for her ; 
 hut fince I have them in my Povcer^ it 'would be a Piece 
 of Injujlice not to let her enjoy 'what is her o'wn. 
 
 She had no fooner fpoken thefe Words, but taking a 
 fmall Trunk from under her Bed, fhe delivered it to 
 them, with the Jewels in it, to the Value of Six thou- 
 
 fand 
 
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 fand Guineas. Here^ faid fhe, this is all 1 haue left 
 out of a 'T.'aji Efate, it is a fender Portion ^ continued 
 fhe, for a youn^ Woman of her ^ality, and njuho perhaps 
 ivill ha<ve a Heart fuitahle to her Birth j hut as true 
 Felicity is in Virtue^ I hope fhe ivill nei'er n.vant Riches^ 
 Madam, being educated by you. lor the refit ivhcn Jhe 
 comes to an y^ge ft to keep a Secret y tell her, J conjure 
 yoUy ivhofe Daughter fhe isy fhenxj her her Father^ s and 
 my PiSiuret (ivhich I ginje you) make her fenfible hoiv 
 tender ive avere of her, and, Madam, engage her to pa^ 
 the fame Dutx to cur Mifnories Jhe ivould qurjlionlefs hate 
 paid to ouyfel'ves, had it not pleafed God to take us a<-Lvaf 
 from her. 
 
 Having finillied thefe Words, flie embraced the Child 
 over and over, and then opening her Anns ro the Coun- 
 tefs of Douglas, fhe bid them, all overwhelmed with 
 n>ars, her lart Farewel. ''7/> 7i me for you to go, faid 
 file, with a feeble Voice, it i>:ill be late before you 
 get to London, avd tho' it be a great Comfort to me to 
 fee you, it is Time nxe Jhould part ; J find m\' Strength to 
 fail me, and am ^willing to lejJoiv the fniail Remainder in 
 making Preparatioris for my long fourncf. 
 
 Aly Lord and Lady Douglaswcre fo far overwhelmed 
 with Grief, that the y could do nothing but fhed Tears, 
 without being able to utrer one Word, or to leave her ; 
 but when tliey were juit ready to go, this dying Ladv, 
 who had always an extrriordinary Prefencc of Mind, told 
 -him, There ni:as one Thing more that much dfurbed her, 
 that nxas, Ho-xv Jhe Jhould fend her little Daitghter to them 
 t^nknonvn to her Domeficks, <who, if they foould k^onv 
 ivherefje icas, n.vouid perhaps gi^e Notice thereof to little 
 ■J ilia'.' Unde. So, after having paufed a while,' fne ca'fl 
 her Eyes upon her Cnaplain, who being a Man cipabl'e 
 of keeping a Secret, ihc told them, She^^culd lea-jc that 
 Part to his Care; and that ncith the .-^fifance of her 
 Nurfe, ivho n.<.as a good Catholick, and in ivhom /v 
 coztld confde, it fould be gi^oen out that f^e died fad- 
 denlf. 
 
 Every thing being thus concerted betwixt rhem, they 
 took tlieir Farewel of this virtuous Lady ; grieved *to the 
 very Soul to be obliged to l«-ave her in fu weak a Con- 
 
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 dition ; they once more told her whatever they judged 
 might fettle her Mind on account of her dear Child, 
 and for fear their Afliduity might create fome Sufpiciqn 
 among her Domefticks, they durft not fend very often to 
 know how fhe did ; but in five Days after they received 
 a Letter from the Chaplain notifying her Death, an.d 
 the Place whither he had privately conveyed the Child. 
 The Counted of Doug/as took it to her own Houfe, 
 unperceived to any of her Family, becaufe fhe had z 
 Daughter much of the fame Age with Julia, which be- 
 ing at Nurfe in the Country, died not long before. 
 When they brought her into her Mother's Apartment, 
 (for fo now we mufl: call my Lady Doug/as J Hypoli- 
 tus happened to be there, being then about feven Years 
 pid, and one of the fairell and wittieft Children in the 
 World ; he was mightily taken with his little Siller Jh- 
 lia^ fo that Lucilia^ who was then four Years old, was 
 nothing to him in Comparifon of the youngeft ; he 
 could fcarce ever be without her^ and even in that ten- 
 der Age, when Nature a6ls without Controul, his In- 
 clinations for her were fo ftrong, that all his Care and 
 Ailiduitles were confined to 'Julia, 
 
 ; It mull be confefiTed fhe was charming to the highell 
 Degree, and that to this Day never was a Woman {fita 
 more accompliflied either in Body or Mind. When 
 fhe was fcarce twelve Years of Age fhe might already 
 pafs for the Wonder of her Time : She was tall, at- 
 tended with a noble Air, yet full of Moderty and Sweet- 
 nefs ; (he had large black Eyes, which call fuch a Lu- 
 llre, that it was not an eafy Matter to look at them 
 without being Ibuck to the Heart : She had a little 
 Mouth, red Lips, a glorious Set cf Teeth.: Her Com- 
 plexion was exceeding fair and bright, intermixed with 
 the mod lively red that can be conceived ; and her fair 
 curled Hairs was no fmall Addition to the reft of her 
 Charms. Moil Englijh Ladies have very handfome 
 Legs, Necks and Cheft ; in this Point alfo Julia fur- 
 pafied her Counlry Women : She walked fo finely, fhe 
 danced with fo good a Grace, fhe fung fo charmingly, 
 that fhe gained the Hearts and Admiration of i;Il that 
 
 ,^held her. Hypolitus was no kU accompli (bed in his 
 
 Kind 
 
Earl of Douglas. 13 
 
 Kind than Julia was in hers : -His Shape. Head, Fea- 
 tures, liis Air, his noble Fiercenefs, his Deporcnr^nt, 
 his Cunning, his Wit, his Complaifance, all thefe, I 
 fay. Nature had bellowed upon him with To profufe a 
 Hand, that no body that faw him could leave him with- 
 out retaining fome Inclinations for him. Lucilia had a 
 great Share of Wit and Pleafantnefs, and exceeded 
 moft others fo far in Beauty, that (he was fcarce inferi- 
 or to any but her Sifter; for both Hypolltus and fhe be- 
 lieved her to be their Sifter, and they lived as fuch in a 
 perkdl Union. But at laft Hypolitus began to be very 
 melancholy, and Julia very penfive, they always loved 
 to be together, and would always look for one another, 
 and at meeting figh and fay little ; they would fpend 
 whole Hours in cafting languifhing Looks at one ano- 
 ther, and whilft they were indulging themfelves in this 
 innocent Pleafure, they would Ibmetimes colour, caft 
 their Eyes to the Ground, and fall in a deep Study. 
 
 All' this while the Dav feemed too ftiort to them, to 
 fatisfy their Defire of feeing one another ; and at parting 
 they were very fenfible that all their Satisfadtion really 
 centred in being together. Lucilia, who was of a very 
 pleafing 'J emper, would often banter them about it : 
 Brother^ faid Ihe to Hypolitus, you lo've my Sifter better 
 than mSy I being the eldeft cannot but be jealous of it ; 
 but after all, I cannot blame you for doing her Jujiice, 
 and tho' I lo<ve you intirelyy yet it feems to me as if 
 ^e frill loved you more than I do. Dontbelie^ve her^ 
 Brother, faid Julia, blufhing, n/je lo've you both alike. 
 A/id ivhy, dear Sifter., replied Hypolitus, ivhy jhould 
 you en-vy me the Pleafure to hear you fay that you love 
 me? Julia being nettled at thefe Words, faid no more, 
 but fell mto her fc;mcr Fenfivenefs. Hypolitus looked 
 furpriz'.d, and full of V'eneiation ; and Lucilia y who 
 locked at them with ibme Amazement, knew not what 
 to think of the Matter. 
 
 One Day, when the Earl of Douglas happened to be 
 with his Family at Buckingham, where h.' had a fine 
 Seat, it happened that Julia, with her brother and Si- 
 fter, was walking on the Side of a Lake, or ftanding 
 Water, ia the midft vvheieof being an artihcial Ifle, 
 
 'fhe 
 
'n H rp L It u's, 
 
 Ihe had a mind to go thither to fee the Swans that ufed 
 to build their Nefts in, or near that Ifle : She no fooner 
 had fpoken of it, but away runs HypoUtus to a Phce at 
 feme Diilance thence, where he faw a fmall Beat tied 
 with a Rope to a Tree ; having loofened the Cord, in- 
 to the Boat he gets, and rows to his Sifters, who imme- 
 diately went into it ; but having m Skill in managing 
 the Boat, they got in among the Bullnifhes, and the 
 young Ladies, diftracled with Fear, throwing them- 
 felves both on one Side, overturned the Boat, fo that 
 they were in great Danger of being drowned. LuciJia 
 was faved by a flr.inge good Fortune ; and as for HypC' 
 Vitus, he might have got off well enough, had he been 
 by himftif ; but we always think ourielves in Danger, 
 if what we love is fo ; this made him think more of his 
 dear y«//^z than of himfelf; his l^exterity and Strength 
 was fo far improved by his Tendernefs for Julia, that 
 having rot hold of her Cloaths, he would net let go his 
 Hold, till he pulled her out of the Water to the llland, 
 they being not far off. B-it it is impoffible to exprefs 
 his Diftra6lion, when he faw her Eyes fhut, and her 
 Cheeks covered with a deadly Palenefs without either 
 Senfe or Motion ; and it being natural to imagine molt 
 readily what we dread moft, he thought no otherwife 
 than that fhe had been dead. Oh! Unfortunate 7, cri d 
 he, I am the Caufe of my Sifers Death, fhe funk to the 
 Bottom before I came to her j^ffijlance \ Julia, my dear 
 Julia, nuhat nvill become of me ? At thefe Words he 
 clcfed her in his Arms, and, laying his Lips to hers, 
 was ready to expire there for Grief ; but the natural 
 Heat of his Sighs, and the Deluge of l>ars wherewith 
 he bathed her Face, foon levived lier from a Swoon, 
 which owed its Caufe to nc thing but Fear. 
 
 She ro fooner opened her Eyes, but fixing them 
 
 ;'on Hypolitui, who himfelf had fcarce recovered his rigiit 
 Senfes, What makes ycu fo tmich concerned, faid Ihe, dear 
 B? ether P What makes you think me r-Morthy of your Con- 
 cern to fuch a Degree^ nvhen I myfelf Jhculd fcarce think 
 
 '97iy Life <vjorth repining after ? Oh ! dear Sifer^ reply'd 
 
 •lie, embracing her, ne-ver talk to me of parting, nxjere 
 %)}U feyifthk- cf rwhat I felt nvithin fne yoU'nvould pity me. 
 
 1 ' ' She 
 
Ejr/o/' Douglas. 15 
 
 She was jull going to return'an Anfwer, when they 
 faw a Boat very niar them, which my LcrJ Douglas had 
 fe.it to fetch them cut of the lile : For by good For- 
 tune he happened to walk that Way when this Acci- 
 dent befelthem ; and had he not taken immediite C:re 
 for Lucilla^ (he had infallibly been drowned: For tho* 
 her Brother loved her dearly, he was fo bafy about J w 
 lia^ that he not fo much as thought of Lucilia. 
 
 When they were got home, my Lord and my Lady 
 Dmglas gave them a (harp Reprimand, beciufe they had 
 thus expofed themfelves to neediefs Danger : Cut Luci- 
 lia reflecting upon the Danger fhe had {o lately efcaped, 
 and her Brother's Tnd'ff;rency to he-, 7/-///y, Hypolitus^ 
 faid (he, it feems I alone am to run all Hazards, for 
 I'jhen ever my Sifter is n.vitb us, JI:?e is ajfured of your 
 Care, but as for tnyfelf I dont kno-iv not ivhat to expeSf, 
 Thefe Words not only nettled the Brother and Sifter, 
 but aifo ferved to open my Lord and my Lady Dou- 
 glas\ Eyes in reference to Hypolitus's Coridudl upon this 
 Occafion, which afforded them fomewhat of V^exation, 
 having for a confiderable Time paft, taken a Refolution 
 to marry Hypclitus with a Graud-daughter of Guile/pie^ 
 Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland^ and Earl of Jr- 
 gyle^ (he was Heirefs to a vaft Eftate, and educated at 
 Edinburgh', and then being bcfides this near Relations, 
 my Lord Douglas was for ft;nding Hypolitus into Scotland 
 to his Miilrels to gain her Favour and Approbation, 
 intending at the fame Tim^ to make a Match betwixt 
 Julia and the Earl of Bedjord, who being of the fame 
 Family with my Lady Douglas^ was extremely in Love 
 with this ycuiig and lovely Lady. 
 
 My Lord and my Lady Douglas difcourfing the Mat- 
 ter together, What, fa;d they, is it pojjible Hypolitus 
 Jhould lo-ve Julia other^vjile than as a Brother does a Sifter ! 
 and recalling to mind feveral Paflages, which they had 
 fcarce taken notice of before, they agreed that the 
 Countefs of Douglas fhould talk to Julia abcut it, as if 
 it were by Accident. One Morning happening to come 
 into her Daughter's Bed-chamber, fhe found Hypolitus 
 upon his Knees at the Bed-fide of Julia, ihe bemg as 
 yet in Bed ; Teu are 'very early, laid my Lady DougLis 
 
 to 
 
r6 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 to her Son, with an angry Tone, you had better fpenct 
 your Time in learning thofe Tlnngs it is requijlte you fi>ould 
 knotw^ than be continually in your Sijiers Bed chamber* 
 Hypolitus went away full of Grief, and my Lady after- 
 wards addreffing herfelf to her Daughters, told them, 
 *^rhat tho* it 'was their Duty to ha-ve a Tendernefs for their 
 Br other y and that Jhe commanded them Jo to do by all the 
 Poiver Jhe had o^er them } that nenjerthelejs nonv they 
 nvere beyond the Age oj Injancy^ Jhe thought not Jit they 
 P^ould continue the Jame Familiarity as bejore i That, tho* 
 Jhe <voiJhed they might alnxjays li-ue in a perJcSl good Uuder- 
 Jianding, yet this did not hinder but that they might aSi 
 nvith Circumjpection. Lucilia told her. She ivas ready 
 to obey, but Julia blufhed, and fcarce duril life up hsr 
 Eyes: And this Reprimand proved fuch an Addition to 
 her former Melancholy, that whatever Caie (he took to 
 conceal it, it waseafily to be perceived. 
 
 She fpent Part of her Day in the Clofet, and towards 
 the Evening, looking out at the Window, (he faw the 
 Earl of Bedjord coming into the Court. His Prefence 
 was at all Times difagreeable to her, but eipecially at 
 this Time, fhe thought it would be infupportabie to her : 
 This made htr go down into the Gard-n, which being 
 very fpacious, with a froall Wood at one F.nd of it, 
 fhe retired thither, intending to keep herfeif private 
 for fome Time, in a very fine Grotto, adorned with ar- 
 titicial l<ocks, and Waterworks, and green Turfs. It 
 was here that the fair Julia did abandon herfelf incire- 
 ly to her melancholy Thoughts, when Hypolitus, drawn 
 thither by his Spleen, which rendered him incapable of 
 enjoying the Company of feveral Perlons of Quality, 
 who were come to pay his Father a Vifit, feated him- 
 felf in the fame Grotto (without feeing his Siiler) lean- 
 ing his Head rgainil one of the Recks, from whence 
 arofe a large Spring, which divided itf^If iwto many 
 fijiall Branciies : He remained for fome Time in»move- 
 •able like one in a Trance ; but ?.t laft, all on a fudden, 
 Julia, my dear Julia, cried he, Jnce the BaJTion I hai>€ 
 far you is a prohibited Pajjion, Jnce in adoring you I con:- 
 mit a Crmc'f eind'thai it is eafier Jor me to ceaje to live, 
 than to ceaJe Ho l^nn yiiu\ ^ 1-^m rejhhed to die, and to die 
 
 innoctnt^ 
 
Earl of Do u g l A s. ij 
 
 hfiocenl, hy a Ftame I am mt able fa extingw/h. At thcfe 
 Words, ^rawing ois Sword, he turned the Point thereof 
 towards his Brcaft, wlien Julian almoft quite out of her 
 Senfes, fetching a greac Cry, . Ala^ ! Brother^ faid fhe, 
 throwing herfe f in his Arms, and flopping his Hand, 
 What is it thai dri^oes you thus tc Despair ? Can any 
 thi?ig be more dreadful than the Refoln.iion you hc¥ve taken ? 
 Hypolitust quite amazed at the Sight of her, threw 
 himlelf at hei Feet, without faying one Word, till at 
 lalt breaking Silenre, Sijier^ faid he, I am no more Ala- 
 Jier no'XK} of my Secret ^ hecaufe you hanje heard it from 
 mv o^wn Mouth , but the only thing that ajionijhes fne is, 
 that^ knonjjing the true Caufe of my Defpair^ you jhould 
 hai)e fo much CompafftoHy as to deftre 1 Jhould live. I 
 dont. dear Julia, defer<ve your Pity, and tho my Crime 
 he n7t 'voluntary, and that I have negle^ed nothing ijohich 
 J thou'iht night regultte my Pajfiyny and reduce it into 
 its due Bounds^ that fatal Planet under %ohich I am 
 horn, oppofes it/elf againji it <with all its Might, fo that 
 finding my Misfortune unanjoidable^ I ivas going to feek 
 for a Re'ved^ another Way. jujl <i\}hen you Jiopt me. Alas f 
 replied Juiia, Jla', Brother, thai Planet you complain 
 of has proved no lefs malignant to me than it has to you ; 
 knotu then our Ma fortunes are the fame, Hypoliius ; / 
 hue you, and I love you too much, you being my Brother i 
 I am 'willing to make this ingenuous Confefjion unto youy 
 to de/eri'e your CompaJJion^ as nxjell as you ha-ve mine, 
 being rejolved fie^ver to fee you any more. Tes^ Brother, I 
 am refolved to go into France into a Nunnery, nxjhere I 
 nvill hide both my Shame and Vexation from all the World: 
 Nay, I had e'ven taken a Refolution you f>ouId hanje 
 kno'wn nothing of it yourfelf ; but honju is it pojjihle for 
 me to fee you in this Condition, ^without affording you this 
 Conflation ? Hypolitus was I'o transported at what he 
 heard his dear Julia tell him, that he was not able to 
 fpeak. He remained all this While at her Feet, and 
 at laft fixing his Eyes on her with a fearful Counte- 
 nance, / can'^t, faid he, oppofe fo generous a Refolution^ 
 tho" it nvill be the greatejl Affiidlion to me in the World to 
 lofe you for enjer, and fee you Jhut up in a Nunnery. My 
 ' JtJeart finds a certain Comfort in this Conjideration, That 
 
 you 
 
t8 h r p l I t u s, 
 
 you are not to be married to the Earl of Bedford. Oh / 
 Jaid flje^ <ixould you I Jhould marry another Man ? Alas 
 Sijlert replied he, don't uige tns to tell you my Sentiments 
 upon that Head, hut reji ajfured, that on my Side I ^mU 
 nenjer alter my Condition ; and that fince ive viuj} part, 
 J ivill lead Jo fady and fo deplorable a Life, as nvill fcon 
 put on End to my Days, 
 
 Julia rtturned no Anfwer but by Sighs, and both 
 burlling out into Tears, Brother, iaid (lie, with a ten- 
 der Look, // is refohed I Jh all fee you no more', let us 
 hide our Misfortunes from all the World, and if pojjihle 
 £'ven from our o-ivn Knon.vledge. She had no fooner fa id 
 thefe Wcrd< but fhe left the Grotco without daring to 
 look upon Hyboliius, and he faw her depart wirhcut 
 daring to Itop her. 
 
 In the Condition (he was then in, ilie thought it beft 
 not to appear in the Countefs of D^uglas^s Chamber tiil 
 pretty late, knowing the Earl oi' Bedford would be 
 there, it being an additional Trouble to her, to meet 
 with a Lovtr who was indifferent to her; and he find- 
 Jrg no Opportunity to fpeak to her, went away again 
 the fame Lvening. 
 
 Julia had a very ill Night of it, being quite di- 
 fttaded with the Thoughts of the Oddnefs of their Fate ; 
 Good God, faid fhe, ciying moft bitterly, What is it my 
 .Brother and 1 hanje done at fo young an j4ge as ours is, to 
 dejeri'e fo feuere a Chajiifement ? At laft, arifmg out of 
 her Bed very early, (vvhich fhe might very well do, 
 having not fhut her Lyes all that Night) fhe drefTed 
 herfelt very neatly, and knowing my Lady Douglas to 
 be in her Clofet, (he went thither, and in a trembling 
 Polture threw herfelf at her Feet : My Lady, furprized 
 at this Adion, What do yawwant, Julii, faid (he, very 
 tenderly? yJnd ivhat makes you to appear in this Pofure 
 J fee you before me ? Madam, replied fhe, // is the De- 
 Ji/e J ha've to cra^ve a Fanjour of you, nvhich I beg you 
 not to refufe jne : I am novj ffteen Years of Age, and be- 
 ing your youngefi Daughter, don't expeSi any conftderable 
 fortune; Idontffid myfelf inclined to Marriage, but 
 rather to a religious Life ; fo that. Madam, ij the Dejire 
 hiwba^e of going into ¥rdnQQ. is not difpleajing to you, I 
 i>! con) we 
 
Earl of Douglas. 19 
 
 conjure you to confent to //, and that either you or my Fa^ 
 ther 'would conduSl me to a Nunnery, D aught er^ faid the 
 Countef«, with a tender Air, ha've you fermijly confi- 
 deredofnAjhatyou are going to do ? I jhoufd he n)ery Jorry 
 to fee you make a falfe Step of this Kiiid ; you are fo te- 
 ry young, that you ought to take fome longer fi?ne before you 
 refol've upon a Matter of fuch Confequencc, Julia^ per- 
 filling in her Requel^ told her witn a great deal of Re- 
 folution. She had ivell iveighed the Matter , and hoped 
 fhe fiould ne-ver repent of it : So Madam Dour las pro- 
 mi fed Jhe 'would do her utmoji nxith her Husband to make 
 him gi-ve his Confent. 
 
 Accordingly flie went immediately into the Earl's A- 
 partment j 1 'was al'ways fcrupulous, faid fhe, to believe 
 that Hypolitas and ]\^\\2l lo'ved me another. Poor Child , 
 Jhe has quite another Thing in her Head., Jhe has a Mind 
 to embrace a relgious Life, and I came in on purpofe fo 
 confult <v:ith you nxihat is be/} to be done on this Occafon, 
 for Jhe defies that either you or I Jhould carry her into 
 France into the Nunnery. I dont fee, faid my Lord 
 Do'g'as, hew nve can refufe her this Satisfa^ion ; hut if 
 fje gocsy it nxill fall to your Lot, M^d.zm, to conJul her 
 thither : Hoive-Jsr, 1 think it requisite* added he, that 
 above all Things 'we let her knonjj (accordn?^ to her Mo- 
 the} \ hji Requeji) <who Jhe /•, and ha^ve the Ihirg con* 
 firmed to her by the fame Chaplain n;:ho 'was entrujied to 
 deliver her to us. My Lady Douglas approved her Lord's 
 Advice, and havi;ig percei/td fjme Unealinefs in Ju- 
 lii, (he fenc for her into her Chamber, and told her, 
 DiU}- Child, your Father and L 'Lvif-^ nothing ?nore than 
 your SatisfiSlion \ He grants that -jOu defred, and I am 
 to conduit you myfelf tho* it is not ivithoat a fingiilar 
 jifiidion^ to have you at fuch a Di fiance for ever, fu- 
 Ua returud Tiianks with all imaginable Tendernefs, 
 and fo It f:' the Countefs's Apartment. 
 
 She was no fooner come back into her own Chamber, 
 bat Lucilia told her, that Hypolitus -r^uaited for her com- 
 trig in his Clofet ; he is fo much altered, added llie, that 
 I am much troubled to fee him : Dear Sijhr, you are his 
 Confident, pray do all you can to comfort him, for hejeems 
 to me to be fallof JJiiclion. Julia, not a little dillurbed 
 
 ac 
 
40 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 at wh<it^had palled betwixt her Mother and herfel^ but 
 mucli more at what Luci/ia tqjd her, went ftraighcway 
 ^0 his Clofet. Here flie found Hypolitus lying upon his 
 Couch, his Face covered with his Handkerchief. At 
 her coming in he would have raifed himfelf, but for want 
 ^f Strength fe^lJ down again upon the Couch. Julia 
 drew nearer, and fqueezing one of his Hands betwixt 
 Jiers, looked upon him for fame Time with Tears in 
 hex Eyes : . After a long Silence, Brother, faid Qje to 
 }iim, the Condi tioii I fee -ou iu ajjiids me to the highsfi 
 ^Degree ; am I not fiifficientl'; rniferahle already, that you 
 Jhoidd add ne-xv AfH'tdtions to thofe I am ready to Jink un- 
 der before ? Tou are refhed to diet Hypclitus, and I 
 ■•iVQuld have you lime. I require of you in the Narne of--' 
 Oh ! d^ar Sifer^ faid he, interrupting her, don't makf 
 ufe of that Pciver you ha^ve over me, to engage me to pre" 
 /erve this wiferable Life^ rather conjider, that I am going 
 to lofe yoUy that it is not in my Potjoer to oppofr. //, that / 
 Jhall never fee you any more j nayt that I mujl not fo much 
 us endeanjour to fee you : Set before your Eyes the difmal 
 Confequences of this Adventure ^ and let me die ivitlout 
 Delay, this being the only Remedy againji that Evil I fuf- 
 fer^ I can either find or vjifh for. Dear Brother ^ re- 
 plied Julia, Reafon vo ill put you in mind of your Duty, 
 y-ju nuill forget me nvhen you fee me no more. Hypolitus^ 
 turning his Head another Way, withdrew his Hand, 
 which Julia Hill held fafl, without anfwering her one 
 Word. 
 
 She looked ftedfaftly upon him for fome Time ; but 
 perceiving he would net (peak, "Nov) Brother^ faid fhe^ 
 // feems as if you nuere quite feparate, you <Txon t fo much 
 as talk to me ! do you think me unvoorthy of your Cotnpaf- 
 fion, and that I dont put a great Violence upon my Incli- 
 nation, in ivhat I am going about to do? He return- 
 ed no Anfwer, and would not fo much as cpen his 
 Eyes to look at her. Tou are then refolved to die* my 
 dear Hypolitus, faid fhe, nxjell, let us die together, I am 
 not againji it ; but you muji make great Hajie, if you in- 
 tend to die before jn'e. Oh ! Sijler, cried he with a deep 
 Sigh, permit me to be the only ViSlim io be offered at this 
 Saf'ifice-, take my Word for it you ka-ve overdone your 
 
 Duty 
 
Earl of jyovGL AS. 21 
 
 Duty already ; Lwr, livet my lovely Julia, ^what Jhtnili 
 make you die F And nvhy ivill you die^ barbarous Man ? 
 irplied fhe angrily, is it not your Obfiinacy that makes 
 you die ? Hyfolifus^ now not able to bear her Reproach- 
 es, threw himfr.If at her Feet, and taking hold of her 
 fair Hands, kiffed them moll tenderly j Be fatisfied, 
 dear Sijfer^ faid he, / am refolved to obey you, and t9 
 follovj blindly your Ad^vice^ and fo conuince you of tht 
 Truth thereof I njcill take immediately fonte Nourijhment, 
 hecaufe I intended to procure ?ny Death^ by aajiainin^ 
 from all Manner of Sufenancey but notv ivill abfolutely 
 fiihmit to your Commands. Julia called to her Sifter td 
 fetch fomething to eat for their Brother, (he being noc 
 in a Condition to be feen by any Body. 
 
 She told Hypolitus what had paffed betwixt Madam 
 "Douglas and herfelf, that fhe had promifed to conduct 
 her into Trance, and was making Prepirations accord- 
 ingly for their Journey. Hypolitus eat a little, which 
 threw him into a violerit Fever rue fame Night. Jw 
 lia was as much concerned thereat as you may imagine, 
 and in this fad Condition did not fail to fee and attend 
 him with great Alfiduity, and her Eyes were more elo. 
 quenr than her Lips, to difcover to Hypolitus what Share 
 fhe bore in his lllnefs : But that which at another Time 
 would have afforded him no fmall Matter of Coiifolation, 
 fervTd at this I ime only to augment his AlRidion, and 
 he would willingly have preferred Juliah Averfion to 
 her Tendernefs ; and this virtuous young Lady enter- 
 tained the fame Thoughts concerning him. 
 
 It being foon noifed abroad that fhe intended to be a 
 Nun, even thofe that had no peculiar Begard to her 
 rejedled her Fate, and it was the Wonder of the whole 
 7'own, that fo accomplifhed a Lady, both in Body and 
 Mind, fhould fhut herfelf up in a Nunnery for the whole 
 Remainder of her Life ; but among the reft the Earl of 
 Bedford was the moft concerned at this Refolution : He 
 Went to the Earl of Douglas ^ who was by this Time rt?- 
 turned to London, and told nim, That he had fo ^violent 
 and fo pure a Pafji'on for J-ilia, that if he njoould but bl" 
 Jtikxj her Perfon upon him, he njjould not look for any 
 jhlhg further^ both his Efiate and Fortune ieing fu^ 
 
 cient 
 
22 H r P^Q L ITU S, 
 
 eient to make Julia happy ; that all his Dejires nverg cen^ 
 tred in her^ that he adored her^ and that if all Hopes 
 cwere taken from him to enjoy her, he Jl^ould be the moji 
 unfortunate Man en Earth. My Lord returned liis Com- 
 pliment with all imaginable Civilities; but withal told 
 him, T^hat he. could not, ii:ithout blaming himfelf take 
 cnvay from his Daughter the Liberty of making her o<vun 
 Choice of txhat Condition of Life Jhe ijuas inclined to em* 
 brace ; that it <U!as true it ivas fuch a one as he had a 
 great Averfion tOy and that neverthelefs he thought he 
 ought not to oppofe her Intentions, and that, to /heiv him 
 the EJieem and Regard he had to his Per/on and Familyy 
 (Madam Douglas being of the fame Name) if he could 
 fettle his Affection upon Lucilia, his eldeji Daughter, <who 
 ijuould have a much better Portion , he nvould give her hint 
 ivith all his Heart. The Earl of Bedford returned his 
 Thanks as well as his prefent Condition would permit 
 him, and io returned Home full of AfHidlion. 
 
 Thus Things were carried on, whiltt my Lady Z)oa- 
 glas was bufied in buying fuch Things as fhe thought 
 neceffary for Julia ; which done, (he told her, it was 
 now Time to take Leave of her Friends, becaufe fhe 
 intended to fet out for France within two Days. At 
 this News, that Courage which was fo natural to 
 this young Lady, began to fail her : She ran up to her 
 Brother's Chamber, overwhelmed with a Flood of 
 Tears ; he being ttill in Bed, fhe bid the Servant that 
 attended him to withdraw, and then feated herfelf upon 
 his Bed, and looking upon him with a very melancho- 
 ly Countenance, I am now come at laft, faid Jhe, dear 
 Brother, I am come at lafl to bid you farewel for ever. 
 Oh ! what dreadful Words ! Farewel for ever. Is it 
 poffible it fhouid be fo ? She could fay no more, the re- 
 peated Sighs and Sobs intercepting the Ufe and Sound 
 of her Voice. Hypolitus, with his Arms acrofs, and 
 .his £yes lifted up to Heaven, replied <with a loiv and 
 'almoji unintelligible interrupted Voice, My dear Julia^ 
 .is this the Day on which I am going to lofe you ? Is 
 this dreadful Moment come at laft, and I dare not fo 
 much as to difluade you from what will render this Life 
 of mine unfortunate and deplorable \ Nay, I will ever 
 
 endeavour 
 
Earl of DoirCLAsA^ 23 
 
 endeavour to hide from you, if it is pofllble, what a 
 miferable Condition you leave me in, for fear your Com- 
 pafTion fhould gee the Vidory of your Refolution and 
 Courage. We muft, we mult part. Sifter, added he. 
 Fate will have it fo. Oh ! Julian Julian why was 1 
 your Brother ? At thefe Words he turned away to con- 
 ceal his Tears, which he fhed in Abundance : But y«- 
 lia defiring him to look at her, Don*c envy me, /aid 
 Jhe^ dear Hypolitus^ this only Comfort I have left, let 
 me be an Eye-witnefs of all your Pains; it is impoflible 
 it (hould encreafe mine, but it may eafe them. And 
 you, continued froey fevere V^irtue, rigorous Duty, ten- 
 der PaflionF, who haveinfufed into my Heart fuch Senti- 
 ments as I ought, and muft difown, accept of this Sacri- 
 fice I make you of all my Paflions and Liberty, I am go- 
 ing to bury myfelf for all the Remainder of my i}ays ; 
 will not this be fufficient to free me from all Sores of Re- 
 proaches ? She was then going to arife, but her Strength 
 failing, and a deadly Palenefs overfpreading her Face, 
 fhe fell backward into an Elbow-chair, and thereby re- 
 duced Hypolitus into the moft pitiful State that can be 
 imagined. However, fhe foon recovered herfelf, and fix- 
 ing her Eyes on her Brother, who was half dead him- 
 (tl^y Farewel my dear Hypolitusy faid Jhe to hlm^ I have 
 loved you too well, both for yours and my own Repofe. 
 Farewel dear Sifter, y^/V /^^, embracing her, and bathing 
 her Cheeks ivith his Tears, you leave me the moft unfor- 
 tunate and moft afflifted of all Men living, I have no 
 Hopes of Relief, but in a fpeedy Death. So Ju/ia left 
 him, and retiring into her Chamber, threw herfelf upon 
 the Bed. 
 
 Oh ! what a difmal Night was this for the Sifter and 
 Brother! What Abundance of Tears ! What numberlefs 
 Sighs ! What a doleful Parting and violent Separation ! 
 But they muft fubmit to the Laws of Duty, and two 
 fuch great and fair Souls could not but accomplifh them. 
 Julia, quite tired out with fighing and crying, flum- 
 bered a little towards Morning, when Eli'x.abeth, her 
 .waiting Woman, came to tell her that my Lady Dou- 
 glas wanted to fpeak with her. She got up immediate- 
 ly, and going into my Lady's Clofet, found her there 
 
 with 
 
44 H r p L 1 r u s, 
 
 with the Earl of Doug/as and a Clergyman. My Lady 
 bid her ftiut the Door, and wdering her to fit down near 
 her, My dear Child, faid Jhe^ we are going to tell thee 
 ibmething which will not a little furprize you. 
 
 You helie've yourfelf to be our Daughter, and in reJfeS} 
 of the Lo've and Tendernefs <we hare you ; you are not mi" 
 Jtaken in it ; but <u}€ niuji nonv difck/e to you a Secret that 
 highly concerns you i you are only a Relation of ours by your 
 Mother's Side, nuho <v.'as of the Family of Montgomery ; 
 looky here is her PiSlure^ continued fhe, and this is that 
 of your illujlriom Father y Roger, Earl of V^Q.tVi\c\'iy Son 
 to the Eat I of Salisbury ; look, here are to the Valve of 
 hetnxjixt fix and fe'ven thoufand Pounds Sterling, Je'uoeti . 
 this <virtuou5 Lady fuf into our Hands for yottr TJfe ; and 
 Mr. Eratua, tt*^© njnas her Chaplain "vchen Jhe died, him 
 you fee here before you , is the Perfon lAjhom Jhe intrujied 
 to deliver you up into cur Hands. *Tis nonv thirteen Years 
 ago, ivhen the King having introduced certain Inno^a* 
 tions in point of Religion to pleafe Anna Boullain, 'whotH 
 he longed j he afterwards made her die upon the Scaf- 
 fold, fuch njoas his fickle and inconjiant Temper, e*uen 
 in relation to thofe Ihings that had been once the dearefi to 
 him. 
 
 The Earl of Warwick, your Father, a good zealous 
 Cathelick, fanv himfelf in^vohfed in the Misfortunes cf 
 €»te of his nearejl Kinfmen of the fame Name, nvho l^ 
 his Life on a Scaffold ; not to fall under the fame Fate, 
 he retired to Venice, and ivent a Volunteer along ivith the 
 Venetian GeneraliJJimo Capello to Corfu, eiJid thence to 
 ■the Gulf ivhere the Turkifh Fleet then had their Station^ 
 The fa?nous Dragut Rais, ct-^o had rendered himfelf fa 
 redoubtable by his many Pyracies, engaging t^ivo Venetian 
 Gallies, took thc7H ; but not till the Earl of Warwick, 
 after a moji noble Defence, 'was fain, and cut to Pieces : 
 Your Mother, quite o'vcrnvhelmed njuith Grief at the Lofs 
 cf your Father, being foon reduced to the lajt Extremity of 
 her Life, and fearing that, under the prefent moji deplorable 
 Circuimfiafices of her Family, you n,vould fall into the 
 Hands of your nearefi Relations, and that by their Autho- 
 rity they nvould have you educated in the nenv Religion they 
 had emhracidthemfehes, Jhe intrujied us 'with this pre" 
 
 cious 
 
Earl of DouoLAS. 25 
 
 cious Pledge, and nve may jujily Jiy» that nusrs you cur 
 oivfi Daughter iKie could not hue you more than nve da : 
 Keep this Secret, my dear Child, continued fhe, (for I 
 neither can, nor ought to call you Qthe)-njjife than fa) 
 dont impart it to anyBodf ; you fee hcnv under this prC" 
 fent young King Edward this neixj Religion increafes daily ; 
 you fee they ad not conformahh to the laf Will of King 
 Henry VI 11. in behalf of the Catholicks ; you fee that 
 the Duke of Somerfet ("ivho by the Rank he bears of being 
 the Kings's Uncle ^ and Proteilor of the Kingdom, is in 
 great Authority) protects publickly the Lutherans ; tb^ he 
 infufes the fame Principles into the King, and that on that 
 Account the Catholicks are in more Danger here than ever i 
 all this obliges you by that Love you ought to hanje for your- 
 felf to conceal your ExtraSIion, but at the fame Time t9 
 pay due Honours to the Memory ofthofe Perfonsijuho brought 
 you into this World. 
 
 Julia, troubled, confounded, and tranfported with 
 Joy (tho' (he did all fhe could to conceal it) ariling, and 
 throwing herfelf at the Countefs's Feet, mod tenderly 
 kiffed her Hands ; Madam, faid fhe, the Obligations I 
 onjoe you are the more 'valuable, becaufe I am not actually 
 your Daughter ; had I that Honour, it ijnould feem as if 
 Nature had incenfed you to give me that noble Education 
 Sou have befionxjed upon me ; but as the Cafe no'w fands, 
 it is all oiving to your o*wn Generofty : At the fame 
 T^ime I lofe all I have to lofe in lofing the Honour of be- 
 ing yours ; you ivHl be no more my Mother, and 1 kno^o 
 not ivhere to meet voith another. God forbid, faid my 
 Lord Douglas, interrupting her, you fbould be no more 
 my Daughter ; you fjall alvoays be fo, my dear Julia, con- 
 tinued he, and you mujl look upon curs as your oi^ti Fa- 
 thers Houfe as long as you live. 'Julia returned her hear- 
 ty Thanks for this frefh Demonllration of their Friend- 
 Ihip, in the moll tender and engaging ExprefTu ns fhe' 
 could ; and the old Chaplain repeated and confirmed 
 tQ her as his verbal Teiiimony every Thing my Lcrd 
 and my Lady Douglas had told her before, and that 
 with Tears in his Eyes, becaufe he fancied he faw in 
 the Perfon of Julia the lively Pidure of the Countefs 
 of Warwick her Mother ; and, to fpeak the Truth, 
 
 C there 
 
26 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 tRef'e^ "was fo perfeft ia Refemblance betwixt both their 
 Features, that when this beautiful young Lady call her 
 Eyes upon her Mmher's Picture which my Lady Dou- 
 g/as gave to her, Ihe really believed for fomeTime it was 
 drawn for her without her Knowledge. 
 
 My Lord Doughs ddired h^r to take the fewels into 
 Ker own Cuftody, and when (he refufed to take them, 
 and begged they would keep them for her, he told her, 
 Ti^af thty heionged io her^ and that therefore it ivas hut 
 r^qfonahle Jhe ^ould hanje them ; hut^ added he, dear 
 Child, thtit 'will he hut for a fittall Tifnes hecaufe to Mor- 
 r))t<J yott go to France to fake a Nans Habit , ^hich has 
 7fot the le/iji Refemhlance to fach fnagnificent Oriiamtnts* 
 She blulhed, and left thein without anfwering one 
 Word. 
 
 She no (ooner was got into her Clolet, but finding 
 Jierfelf alone, and at full Liberty to abandon herfelf to 
 h'er Joy, fhe thought fhe fhould never have outlived it ; 
 P^hat, cried (he, a7n I not HypolitusViSZ/^^fr ? Hea^venhas 
 lyrought a Miracle for my Deli'verance ^ ^without ivhich 1 
 7KuJi have heen all m") Days the mofi unfortunate Woman on 
 Barth. Wljat ivould become of me had they kept this St' 
 cret hut a little longer ? M^ Vo'ws^ and the ajtfere Life 
 of a Nunnery y ivould have robbed me of all my Hopes of 
 fieing our fate united : Jlas ! What makes me tarry fo 
 long ? Why am I not before this Time in his Chamber ? 
 Am I not nonv Mijirefs of a Thing that fo nearly concerns 
 hifnt and I lofe lijne in not telling it him ? So fhe went 
 towards his Chamber, her Eyes fparkling with Joy, 
 with an Air fo lively and pleafing, that thofe that had 
 leen her but two Hours before, would fcarce have 
 known her now. She defired Lucilia to go along with 
 her to Hypolitus^ Chamber, whom they found fo de- 
 jefted, and {o deeply afflifted with his melancholly 
 Thoughts and bis Fever, that he had fcarce E*oWer to 
 fpeak- They asked him how he did. He told them, 
 in a languilhing Tone, be was very ill ; and obferving, 
 not without fome Surprize, mixed with Vexation, Ju- 
 Ha in fo ^ay and brisk a Humour, which fhe was not 
 able to conceal at that Time ; And as for you, Sijler, 
 fuid jje, one iiecd nUt' ask you ho<w you do, it is enough ta 
 
 fee 
 
Earl of Douglas. 27 
 
 fee you y and you nenjer appeared to me /q 'vjell faiisficd if^^ 
 your Life. I never had fo much Reafon, faid llie, fmil-. 
 ing. Ho-w ! cried he, you are goin^ to leave us, andyon. 
 are overjoyed at it ; fray at leafi have fo much Complai- 
 fame as to keep ivithht the Rules of Decency, and don't 
 infult over Lucilia andl becaufe ive are forry for your Dc 
 partHre^ vohich^ alas, being near at hand, n^Jtll fan rid, 
 you of your Paift; don t you knovj that to MorroTv is the 
 fatal Day vce mujl lofe you? 
 
 Lucilia perceiving her to return no Anfwer, but to 
 make a Sign to her Brother, went to the Window, 
 which Ihe opened, and whiiil (he was looking- out oT 
 it, afforded them an intire Freedom of entertaining one 
 another. Then fulia fixing her Eyes on H\politus, 
 who was quite confounded to lee her fo contented, 
 
 * What good News have I to tell you, faid fhe, it is 
 
 * fuch, Mypolitus, as you will fcarce be able to believe,. 
 
 * you will imagine it to be a Fiftion. I will believe 
 
 * every Thing you tell me, faid he, interrupt i/rg her 
 
 * ivith fomevohat of Impatience ; but, dear Sifter, what^ 
 ' can you lell me that Ihould be {o pleafing to me ; my 
 
 * Misfortunes are pail a Cure. And fuppofnig I fhould 
 
 * not be your Sifter, would not that go a great Way m 
 
 * procuring you that Satisfaflion you now defpair of?' 
 He returned no Anfwer, but only lifted up his Eyes to 
 Heaven, as if he would fay, that no fuch Thing 
 could enter into his Thoughts. 
 
 Then Julia continuing, I blame myfelf, faid fhe, for 
 fuftermg you to languifti fo long, after having told you, • 
 that I knew fomething that might afford you fome Con- 
 folation. Dear Hypolitus, be allured you are net my 
 Brother, ncr am I your Sifter. She then told him al! 
 fhe had underftood concerning her Birth, fl>ewed him 
 the Earl of War^vick and the Countefs her MotherV. 
 Pi6t<ires, together with the Jewels. Every Thino- that 
 can be conceived falls far fhort from what this Ixivcr felt 
 at that Moment : He v/as fo far tranfported with Joy 
 as to lofe the Ufe of his Tongue ; his Eyes, wiiich 
 were fixed on Julia's, fometimes by their Sprightlinefs, 
 ibmetimes by their Languifhment, difcovered the diflfe- 
 reiiC Pafiions and Agitations of his Soul : He took hdl4 
 
 C 2 - of 
 
iS HTPOLiruS, 
 
 <if one of her Hands, which he killed with (o much 
 Tranfport,, as if he would never have parted with it. 
 He continued for a confiderable Time in the Surprize, 
 till at laft recovering himfelf, like one revived from the 
 Dead, O God ! charming Julia^ /aid he, don't you on- 
 ly flatter my Pain ? Is it poffible what you teil me 
 ftiould be fo? Nay, it was not to be imagined that fuch 
 fair Eyes as yours Ihould kindle a Flame that is crimi- 
 nal ; what a Pleafure is it to abandon one's felf to all 
 the Tranfports, to all the Agitations of Mind, the 
 ilron^eft and moll refpedful Paffion in the World is able 
 to infpire ? But pray take your Share in my Felicity, 
 my lovely Miilrefs ; pray tell me, are not you well 
 pleafed with it ? Ah ! dear Hypolitus^ can you que- 
 ilion it, /aid Jhe, interruptinfr hhn ? You are too well 
 acquainted with my moft fecret Thoughts, not to be 
 fenfible what EfTeft this unexpected Miracle may pro- 
 duce in my Heart ; but I can't but confefs to you, that 
 my Joy is not without fome Allay of Fear, you are for 
 a confiderable Time paft defigned for my Lady ylrgyle^ 
 I have no great Fortune, and you will £nd, that after 
 we have efcaped thefe dreadful Rocks at Sea, we fhall 
 fuffer Shipwreck in the Port itfelf. 
 
 No, Madam, replied Hypolitu-, kijjlng her Hand, 
 no, I will not miftruft my good Fortune after fhe has 
 done fo much for me, every Thing will be eafy for her 
 for the future, provided, my dear Julian you aft in 
 concert with her. In the mean while. Brother, /aid 
 Jhe* (for I will not wean myfelf from calling you fo) 
 what mull I do to put a Stop to that fatal Journey which 
 is fixed for to Morrow ? Confider every Thing is ready, 
 and what a Nonplus I am likely to be put to. You mull, 
 dear Julia^ feign yourfelf fick, and tell them, it is the 
 Effeft of your Surprize at fo fmgular an Event wherein 
 you are fo nearly concerned : It will not be very hard 
 for me, /aid Jhe, to make them believe for fome few 
 Days that I am ill, but a healthy Countenance will 
 foon betray the Cheat ; there is a very apparent Difie- 
 >ence betwixt one that labours under real Sufferings, and 
 one that only feigns himfelf fo to do. Dear Sifter, re- 
 fli^ Hypolitus, la^^us make a Beginning witli this^ 
 
Earl of DoiTGtA^s. 29 
 
 and afterwards we will confider what is farther to,be 
 done. ..(J 
 
 ; Having faid thefe Words, Luc:I:n 6tqw near.; 'I 
 think, /aid Jhe^ you will at leaft think yourfelf obliged 
 to me for my Complaifance ; I hope, added Jhe^ 'with, 
 a pieafing Smlle^ you do not think 1 took Delight for 
 thefe two Hours pait to look at the Birds, truly I ani 
 too good-natured. Oh ! LuciUa^ Lucilifz, faid JuHa^ 
 Embj-acing her^ if I knew you could keep a Secret, ho\v 
 pleated (hould I be to repay your Goodnefs, with mak; 
 ing you my Confident. U \ could keep a Secret ?";r- 
 plied Lucilia, ftnilijigy yoa make very bold with your 
 elder Siller ; pray a little nlore Refpeft, Julia, or elfe 
 I will defire Juftice from my Brother. Your Judge i^ 
 fure to give it againll you; replied Hypolitus, Jiretcling 
 out his Hands y it is not in my Power to be againH: "Jttr 
 Ha. And who then (hall Hand up for me, add d Luci- 
 lia ? I will for you againll myfelf, y^/W Julia : I am al- 
 ready blaming myfelf for having called your Secrecy in 
 queftion, and for the future I will have none but what 
 you fhall know of. She then related to her every Thing 
 ihe had told her dear HypoUtus before ; and being a 
 young Lady of great Prefence of Mind, fhe j idged 
 rightly it would be very beneficial to them to bring over 
 Lucilia into their Intereil. She then received upon this 
 Occafion the moil convincing Proofs of her Friendftu'p ; 
 for after the firll Surprize, occaficned by fo unexpttled 
 a Piece of News, was over, and that fhe had Leiluie lO 
 confider how for the future fhe was no more to be jfu- 
 lia's Sifter, fhe fell a crying moil bitterly : Alas! /aid 
 Jhe to her., now you know that we don't belong to one 
 another, I have all the Reafon to fear you will withdravy 
 your Heart from me, and fix it en fome Body elffi, 
 which may better deferve it than I. I know not, dear 
 Sifter, replied Julia, interrupting and efnb racing her 9 
 w-here I fhculd meet with fuch a Friend as you fpeak 
 of, and 1 biiieve 1 might look for fuch a one in vain ; 
 then don't think mc to frail as to be guilty of fuch a 
 ijhange ; you fhall always be dear to me, my tendef 
 Ludiiay and I give you the moll convincing Proofs of 
 it that is m my Power to give ; but I think it is' Tin\e 
 ' ■ C 3 fox 
 
3^ II Y POL IT US, 
 
 /or, lis, to tieti*;e, ' for Fear of b Surprize. You know 
 wkat a dark Le^on we had once on that Account. 
 
 They left the amorous Hy'poliius to his own Thoughts, 
 being like one enchanted and tranfported with Joy. His 
 pever which ow'd its Caufe to nothing elfe but the Dis- 
 turbance of his Mind, left him on a fudden, and in fpite 
 of all his Weaknefs, he left his Bed at the fame time Ju- 
 lia took hers. The better to counterfeit this fick Wo- 
 jnan, flie had all the Windows of her Chambers dark- 
 ned, and ihe engaged Lucilia to affift her in perfwading 
 my Lord and my Lady Douglas ^ that fhe was really ill, 
 which they foon believed. The Phyficians finding no 
 Symptoms of a Fever, and there being no Signs of 111- 
 nefs in her Countenance, they were not a little puzled 
 what to prefcribe her ; flie complained of a violent 
 Head-ach, and would cry out fometimes for Pain. Lit- 
 'dlia told them, it was moft at Nights, and that her 
 Sifter did not fhut an Eye all Night long. So no body 
 fufpe^ling the Truth thereof, the Phyficians ordered her 
 to change the Air, which was done accordingly, and 
 they carried her x.q Buckingham . 
 
 Whilft (he was there, Hypolitus was made fenfibleof 
 a certain Pieafure he never had tafted before, I mean, 
 he now had the Opportunity of giving vent to the mott 
 tender and moft violent Paffion a Heart was ever poffell 
 'vhh • M* leiV no? a ^'fjpute, but always was with his 
 Miftrefs J a-id no body imagining otherwife, than that 
 ihe was really fick, and every body wifhing for her fpee- 
 !dy Recovery, nothing was omitted that could contribute 
 towards her Diverfion. This offered abundance of Li- 
 berty to Hypolitus^ and facilitated his free Accefs to her 
 every Hour of the Day. 
 
 Neither my Lord nor my Lady Doa^A?/, were in the leaft 
 concerned thereat, being fully perfwaded Ihe had notal- 
 etered her Refolution, but that fhe would purfue it as ioon 
 ^as the Recovery of her Health would permit her to go 
 'into France. The Earl of Bedford, in the mean time 
 flattering himfelf, that by his continual Addrefles, he 
 might prevail upon this fair Lady fo alter her Relblu- 
 '^ion, mad^ her frequent Vifits £t Buckingham^ not omit- 
 ting any thing on his part, which he thought might be 
 
 requifite 
 
 I 
 
;? Earl of D o u g l a s^ ^ 
 
 vTequifitc to touch her Heart wkh CornpftflTion ; though 
 at the fame lime, (he alvvavs received him with fo much 
 indifferency, as might well make him lofeall Hopes qf 
 Siiccefs. NotwithUanding all this, his repeated Ad- 
 drefles could not but caufe fonie Uneafmefs in the amo- 
 rous Hypolitus, fo that he could no longer forbear to dif- 
 cover it to Julia, one Day as ihe was taking a foliiaiy 
 Walk in a fmall adjacent Wood. Having for lome Tim« 
 fpoken in general Terms of this Lover, I know, added 
 he, he adores you, he carries your Fetters, and eveiy 
 body knows he does {o, I cannot be an Eye-witnefs of 
 it, without much Vexation. Ah ! It" you could be fen- 
 fible how dear he pays for this Honour, faid Julia to 
 him fmiling, you would have nothing but Compafnon 
 for him ; for I give him fuch an Entertainment, as will 
 make him not r^lifh very long hi^ importunate Perfeve- . 
 ranee. 
 
 Whilft tlu^y were thu:- diverting themfelves in Dif- 
 courte, they came to the Grotto, and Julia being fonie- 
 what tired with walking, they went in there to reft 
 themfelves. The Countefs of Douglas happened to be at 
 the fame Time in the Grotto, to confider of fome addi- 
 tional Embelliihments flie had made there ; but per- 
 ceiving her two Children coming that Way at feme 
 diftance, and willing to overhear their Difcourfe, the 
 better to fatisfy her Curiofity and Jealoufy concerning 
 the pretended Sicknefs of y«Zf«, and the Fear ihe ] ay 
 iinder left Hypolitus ihould prove an Obl^acle to her in- 
 tended Departure for France^ fhe flipt immediately into 
 a defart Place, which being between two Creeks, madie 
 a kind of a Nkhe. 
 
 Julia having feated herfelf, Hypolitus threw himfelf 
 at her Feet; I cannot fee you, faid Ihe, in fo unsafy a 
 Pofture, and fo made him fit down by her. Ah.f have 
 you forgot me, faid he, my charming Miftrefs, that 
 this is the fame Place where you faved my Life ; and 
 ought I not to fliew you my Acknowledgment at ycur 
 Feet ? Alas ! Hypolitus^ faid flie, why will you recall to my 
 Aiind that melancholly Day ? I (hall always remember it, 
 and I ought to do fo much more than you, dear Julia^ 
 Jaid he, mterrupting her, for that Day you call melan- 
 
 C 4 cholly 
 
^ H TP L IT ITS, 
 
 chollytoycu, proved very charming tome, being the 
 
 fam€ Day when I underftood from your own Mouth, 
 
 -that you were not infenfible of my Paflion ; were it pof- 
 
 f fible for me to tell you, what a Comfort this Confeflion 
 
 , produced in my Soul, at the very Extremity of my De- 
 
 f fpair, whilft I ftill thought myfelf to be your Brother, 
 
 and that I could not reap any Benefit from that Tender- 
 
 rfit{i, on which depended the Prefervation of my Life, 
 
 you would then be more fully convinced of my Paflion. 
 
 Ah, my dear H\polUus, (nid ihe with a languiihing Look, 
 
 -be fatisfied with thofe Sentiments J have for you they 
 
 are fuch as I could wifh lefs violent ; but my Heart will 
 
 not hearken to the advice cf Reafon, and I dread fome- 
 
 times the difmal Confequences of your Tendernefs. If 
 
 :»your Friends, who defign you for your Coufin, fliould 
 
 get notice thereof, without doubt they wou'd fend me 
 
 far enough oft* ; and it is poflible, Hypolitusy it is poflible, 
 
 alas, your yulia might never fee you again. Don't dif- 
 
 turb the Sweetnefs of my prefent Satisfadion, faid he 
 
 interrupting her, with your difmal Prediftions, Madam, 
 
 and reft aflured, I will rather ceafe to live, than ceafe 
 
 to be yours ; no Power on Earth fhall be able to alter 
 
 my Refcluaon. 
 
 I am fufRciently convinced of your Conflancy, as not 
 in thi leail to doabt of what you tell me, reply'd Julia ; 
 but after all, fuppofing they fhould force me to go into 
 France, and there to embrace a Religious Life, what 
 murt we do then ? Venture at all, reply'd HypoUtus ab- 
 *-ruptIy, Venture all, Madam ; for rather than fubmi" to 
 iuch a ConllraiLt, I would carry Things to the laft Ex- 
 tremity : How ! do you think I will fee you to be made 
 a Sacrifice to the Misfortunes of your Family ; and un- 
 der pretence that Fortune has deny'd you her Favours, 
 when Heaven has heap'd them upon yon, and made 
 you the mod adorable Perfon in the World ? Under this 
 Pretence, fay I, fhould they force you to embrace a 
 Life that is contrary to your Inclinations and my Re- 
 pole ? However, faid he, and fo arifing in the utmolt 
 Fury from his Seat, and walking towards the other 
 .Side of the Grotto, he efpies Madam Douglas ; and 
 
 Julia 
 
Earlof Dou GL AS. 33 
 
 yu/ia feeing her as well as he, they remained as im- 
 movable, as if they had been two Statues. 
 
 iVly Lady Douglas feeing it was in vain to conceal her 
 felf any longer, came forth out of that fatal Place, and 
 looking on both with Eyes fparkling with Anger, J ne- 
 ver thought, faid fhe to Julia, that a young Woman fo 
 well born as ycu are, would difpofe of her Heart with- 
 out the Approbation of thofe to wnom fhe belongs ; And 
 as for you, Hypolitus^ you I fay, who knew our Inten- 
 tions concerning your Marriage, ycu are very infolent 
 in daring to enter into an Engagement with Julia, at a 
 Time when we were upon the Point of concluding a 
 Marriage with my hvidyjr^ylc and you; and To (he went 
 abruptly out of the Grotto without faying one Word more. 
 
 Who is able to defcribe the deplorable Condition thefe 
 two Lovers faw thcmfelves reduc'd to.? C.-rtainly no- 
 thing could exceed their Trouble and Grief: H^polnus 
 drawing near Julia, ihe dropr, as it were, into his 
 Anns. What will become of us, IhpoJiinny /aid Jhr^ 
 wnat a d.eadful Storm Is hanging over our Heads? Eve- 
 ry Thing I foreiee is enough :o confound and render me 
 qui:e inconiolabie ? Alafs I \\\\y did they undeceive 
 me ? Othcrwife 1 had been in a Nuiuiery in France by 
 this Tinie. What makes you regret this your DelHny, 
 my dear Lad), faui jhe, intemtpung htr ? Our Mif- 
 fortunes appear greater to you than really they are ; a 
 reafonable Share of Coailancy will clear our VV'ay, and 
 deliv^er us from thofe Periecutions they prepare for U5. 
 ll^politiis, laid Jhc, I fhall neither want Courage nor 
 Conllancy ; but my Duty is ilill dearer to me than my 
 Love, and ycu may be certain that when the firflfpeak^, 
 the laft mull obey. Oh! what do I ask of you, my 
 dear Juliay continud he, that is contrary to your Duty t 
 Was there ever a Paffion ni. re pure or full of Refpe<ft 
 than mine ? Don't therefore diiturb yourfelf with vain 
 Notions, at the time we ftand in Need of all our PalTion 
 and Strength to fupport the War they are going to make 
 upon us. 
 
 He then kifs'd Julia'?> Hands, and by his Raptures, 
 and the Motions of njs Heart, fufficiently difcovered the 
 true State of bis Soul. It was already very late i Lovers 
 
 C 5 foon 
 
l§^ B TP L ITU S, 
 
 '*foon forget themfelves when they are together, and the 
 
 ■^Hcurs of Love are very fhort : At laft our two Lovers 
 
 °'|5artec!, but not without giving all the mutual Aflurances 
 that could be, that they would love one anc ther till 
 'Death. 
 
 yu I: a intended to fhut herfelf up in her Clofet, there 
 to ruminate upon the Oddnefs of their Adventure, and 
 
 * Yipon the future Deportment towards my Lady Doug/as ; 
 
 V"but it was not long before one of her Maids came to de- 
 ifire her to come down Stairs to her Mother, who wanted 
 to fpeak with her. Poor Lady, Ihe went down trem- 
 
 "^■'■fcling, and with fuch Palenefs in her Countenance, that 
 one would have believed flie was going to receive Sen- 
 tence of Death ; and when fhe came into my Lord and 
 
 "^'riny Lady's Apartment, fhe found them fo far changed 
 in their Locks from what they ufed to appear to her, 
 that Ihe was quite llartled thereat. You deviate fo far, 
 fa:^ my Lad^ Douglas to her, from the Opinion I liad 
 conceived of your Tendernefs, that I cannot at this 
 Time give you the Name of my Child : How I Julia^ 
 after you had been received and treated by us like our 
 cwn Child, can you have fo little Gratitude in you, as 
 to endeavour the Ruin of Hypolitus's Fortune, and to 
 make his Heart rebellious againft his Duty to us } You 
 have railed in him a PaiTion you know muft be difpleaf- 
 ing to us ; you cajole us with the Hopes of your going 
 into a Nunnery, whilft at the fame time, you take 
 quite a contrary Meafure to what is becoming Julia^ of 
 thofe Difpofitions fo full of Sincerity and Dutifulnefs we 
 have infufed into you. Are you not llill the ^ame you 
 always ufed to appear to us? 
 
 7'he fair Julia was touched to the Quick at the Coun- 
 tefles Reproaches ; (he was fo nice in what we call Duty 
 and Sincerity, that Ihe thought it the higheft Piece of 
 Jnjuftice that could be done her, to be charged with 
 want thereof : She blulhed both for Shame and Spite to 
 bave fo fevere a Reprimand given her. She kept her 
 Kves fix'd upon the Ground for fome Time, but at lall 
 turning them upon the Countefs, Ihe returned her an 
 Anfwer, containing an equal Mixture of Modelty, and 
 cf a noble Haughtinefs : I dun afure yoUf Madam j faid 
 
 Ihe^ 
 
Eart !5f D o u G L A S4. "3.5 
 
 Ihe, / ^-fn not ungrateful t ond the Obligations I ctxe you 
 /ball nenjer be rafed -either out of any Remembrance or tsy 
 Heart ; / atn ^willing to oivn to you at the fame 7itne% 
 that 1 betrayed m'^felf by my tender Sentinunts for Hypo 
 Jitus ; / thought 1 lo'ved him no othernvife than a Brother, 
 and^tis in 'vain to deny it, Jince jfou Jtnc<w it already : 
 ^his Friendjhip Jhxiuld ne^ver ha've made any further Pro^ 
 grefs in my Heart than 1 w^ould ha<ve luifhed it Jhould^ 
 had I been Miftrefs of it i but 1 nvaj not fenfihU of my 
 Misfortune till it avas too late, and paji Cure, H}'poli- 
 tus'^ Cafe tvas as defperate as mine ; he protefied to mc in 
 ^ermsfo 'violent and fo con<vincing^ that his Life depexded 
 on me ; that my Frailty fecondcd by certain particular Mc- 
 ti'ves that engaged me in his BeJ:alfy I had not Pawner to 
 deny hiin fome Jlcknonulcdgments ; and iv hat encoumgedm.e 
 in Jht^cing this Indulgence both to him and to mylelf nvas, 
 that I thought myfelf not altogether univorthy of the Hc' 
 iiour of being •jour Relation. ""Tis true. Madam y- my For- 
 tune is but moderate, but that ^ant ahvays make the Re- 
 fofe and Happinefs of our Life ; / hanje heard fay, that 
 the Union of Hearts is a moji necejfary Ingredient in Mar- 
 riage, njohicb is not to ceafe till Death ; I have the Ho- 
 nour to be related to you, as <well as my Lady Argyle, 
 'whom you defign for Hypolitus, and So that, Ma- 
 
 don, faid the Karl of Doug/as interrupting her, you 
 thought it enough for my Son to love you, and you to lo've 
 hi*ti, you thought that your Satisfaction and ours mufl be 
 the fame ; but you ha^ve flattered yourfelf too far, and 
 that for the future you may take fuch Meafures us nvill be 
 vecefjary for your Repofe, I no-iv declare to you, that you 
 muji either chufe to go into FranC-2 in a Nunnerv, or mar- 
 ty the Earl of Bedford, there is no Medium to he ckofen 
 betivixt theje tivo ; cojifider nxshat you think mofi con'veni- 
 ent for yourfelf and let us knoiM your Rejolntion to 
 Morronx). 
 
 Julia, quite diftraded at fo rough a T'reatment, went 
 out of the Room llrait to Hypslitus's Chamber, where 
 Ihe fell into a vSwoon like one half dead. Lucilia came 
 to give her all the neceffary Afliftance, bat as for poor 
 Hypolitus, he was fo full of AfHidion, that he ftood no 
 lefs in Need of Aid than his dear Miftrefs: But after 
 
 C 6 lome 
 
ig^ H r P L IT U\S, 
 
 fome Time, being recovered out of her Swoon, {he told 
 them every Thing that paffed in their Converfation with 
 my Lord and my Lady. 
 
 r. 'Twas at this Time they began to fet before their 
 tSyes all the Misfortunes they foreiaw were intended for 
 .them^ Was I too happy, juft Heaven, ctyd HypoUtm? 
 'Was r too happy, to fee all my Hopes thus overturned 
 ^at once ? But, continud he, what is it I fay, my dear La- 
 ><^y ? If you are not againft me, who is able to feparate 
 
 • our Hearts? Believe me, Hypolitusy /aid Jhe 'with a ten- 
 der Look, 'tis Death alone can pirt us ; I am refolved to 
 venture at All, and I promife you I will never alter my 
 Sentiments ; not that I am infenfible of what I am likely 
 to fufter ; but all my Pains will be welcome to me, lb 
 
 Uong as they can contribute any Thing towards preferving 
 for you your Julia. This faithful Lover touched to the 
 Heart with Love and Acknowledgment, told her Q.\tTy 
 Thing that m y be called tender and engaging upon 
 fuch an Occafion as this ; but they were both of them 
 put to the greateft Nonplus that could be, what An- 
 fwer Julia was to give to Morrow to my Lord and Lady 
 Douglas ; at lail they refolved, ilie was to dcfire a longer 
 Time to confider of the Matter, or elfe to be carried 
 into France i and if they did conient to the laft, then 
 
 • Bypolitus was to go thither alio to fee Julia, but that 
 £Tit fhould flatly rejeft the propofed Match with the Earl 
 of Bedford in fuch Terms, as might forever after free her 
 from any Importunities upon that Score. 
 
 WhJlii: they were thus framing their Projeds, my 
 
 Lord and my Lady Douglas were confulting with them- 
 
 .felves what Courfe they had bell to take to be delivered 
 
 vcf the Fear they lay under of feeing their Son involved 
 
 in too deep a Paflion for Julia. If we carry her into 
 
 France, faid they, he will doubtlefs go and find her 
 
 out there ; Love never wants Ingenuity, and Hypolitus 
 
 has Wit enough to find out a Way to meet with her; 
 
 we can't make her a Nun againll hct Will, fo that the 
 
 ,beft Expedient will be to fend Hypolitus out of the VVay 
 
 into foieigfi Countries; perhaps he will forget Julia 
 
 wheii he kes her no more, and perhaps Ihe may alfo 
 
 . aw. <5:**iVM.»«^.i^ .„ v^.. change 
 
Earl of Dou(S.lAs. 37 
 
 change her Mind, and the Earl of Bedford^ Conlkncy 
 jnay at laft prevail with her to marry him. 
 
 Having taken this Refolution, which they thought 
 moft fuitable to their prefent Intention?, they Tent Word 
 to Julia by her dear Lucilia^ that they gave her fome 
 longer Time to think of the Matter. This News re- 
 vived in her fome fmall Glimpfe of Hope?, that my 
 Loid Douglas intended to make them both happy; fhe 
 communicated her Thoughts to her Lover, but he was 
 not fo eafy to flatter himfelf as fhe. Oh ! dear Lady, 
 faid he to her^ I only am too well acquainted with the 
 Charader of thofe that oppofe our Satisfa(!:>ion, they 
 will not fufier us to live long at Eafe ; my Soul is dif- 
 iturbed, and I know not what it is that fcretels me our 
 Tranquillity will be of no long Continuance. At ihefe 
 Words Julia burfl out into Tear?, and Hypolitus did the 
 like. It was not long before thefe Troubles they labour- 
 ed in, produced fuch a Change in their Countenance, 
 that my Lord and my Lady Douglas fearing they would 
 both fall into fome dangerous Dillemper, thought fit to 
 haften Hypolitus's Departure. For this Purpofe they got 
 fecretly an Equipage in Readinefs, which being vtry 
 fplendid, they hoped he would be well pleafed to fee 
 himfelf thus fumptuoufly equipped, that he might ap- 
 pear with the more Lullrein foreign Courts. Things 
 being in this Forwardnefs, my Lord and my Lady fent 
 one Day to fpeak with him : My Son^ faid my Lord, 
 had ive no other Res;ard but to our onvn Satisfa^iorty Uis 
 certain it njoould be much more f leafing to us to keep you 
 near us than at a covfiderable Dijiance ; but you are no'W 
 of an Agey ivhen it nxill feem undecent for you to fiay 
 at Home i and therefore it njoill be requifite for you to go 
 and fee other Countries , to fafhion yourjelf to auomplifh 
 your Deportment y and render your Converfation more po- 
 lite. We don't quejiion but that you are o-verjoyed to find 
 us inclined to fecond your laudable Intentions of feeing the 
 World; you jhall fixfi of all go into France, from thence 
 to Italy, aftervjard into Germany, a?id fo return Aome 
 by the Way of the Netherlands, and ^within three Tears 
 i^itne five hope to fee you again ivith much Joy and Satis- 
 fa^ion. Hypolitus was full of DiHra^on at this Pro- 
 
 pofaJ, 
 
S« H rPO L ITU s, 
 
 pofal, every Word was like a Dagger to him that wa« * 
 llruck at his Heart, he was under the greateft Perplexity 
 what to do ; fometimes he was for fpeaking out boldly, 
 and telling them of his Pafiion for Jidia, tho' they 
 were acquainted with it already, and that nothing on 
 Earth fhould part them ; and that if they would fend 
 him abroad, they muft firft fecure him in the Poffeffion 
 of his Miitrefs ; but, foon changing his Mind, he be- 
 gan to confider that this would ferve only to bring frefh 
 Perfections upon this fair Lady, and that perhaps they 
 would carry her where he fliould never hear any Tid- 
 ings of her : To be Ihort, it is impoiTible to exprefs the 
 oppofite and various Agitations of his Soul; My Lord 
 and my Lady were not altogether infenfible of it, by 
 the Uneafmefs and Irrefolution they obferved in him ; 
 •but they thought it beft to dilTemble, and take no No- 
 tice of what they knew caufed his Inquietude ; fo they 
 told him they would have him go along with Monfieur 
 de Bois Dauphin (the then French Ambaflador in Eng- 
 land) into France, who being his intimate Friend, he 
 could not meet with a better Conveniency than this ; 
 but that he being ready to leave Eng/and in two Days 
 Time, he had nothing elfe to do but to bellow it in tak- 
 ing his Leave of his Friends. Hypolitus, concealing his 
 Trouble as much as pofTibiy he could, told them coldly, 
 •be would obey ; but that fo fudden a Departure was 
 more like an Exilement than a voluntary travelling ; 
 and fo he withdrew. 
 
 He intended to have gone ftraightway to Julia'^s A- 
 partment to give her an Account of what had paifed ; 
 but he conlidered it would be requifire, above all other 
 Things, to fpeak with the dearell of all his Friends, ia 
 order to take his Meafures with him : So on Horfeback 
 )ie mounted to the Earl of SuJ/ex'^s Houfe in London, not 
 quellioning but that upon this Occafion he would prove 
 as generous a Friend to him as he had done feveral other 
 Times. Underftanding he was in the Park, he went 
 thither, and met him in Company with the Earl oi Nor- 
 thumberland, and of the Son of the Earl of Northumherm 
 land. After the firft Civilities he took two or three Turns 
 with them, and took the firft Opportunity to tell the 
 
 Earl, . 
 
Earl of Douglas:" 39 
 
 'Earl, with a low Voice, he had fomething of Confe- 
 quenceto impart to him. 
 
 The Earl of Suffolk foon parted from his Friends, 
 telling them he would foon come to them again ; but 
 turning towards Hyfolitus, You have obliged me very 
 much, faid he, in giving me an Opportunity of leaving 
 their Converfation, which was not very pleafing to me, 
 fmce it was upon State Affairs, they intending to engage 
 me in the Interell of the Princefs yane^ who, tho' fhe 
 be very young and handfome, and Niece to our King 
 Henry VIII. yet I can't but thinly the Princefs Mary, 
 (wherein the Crown is to defcend into the Female Line) 
 the lawful Heirefs of this Kingdom. He was going on 
 in the fame Difcourfe, without obferving that his Friends 
 hearkened to it, not without much Dillurbance and In- 
 quietude, till coming into a folitary Walk, We are now 
 at full Liberty, faid the Earl to Hypolifus, embracing 
 him^ fpeak, my dear Friend, and don't delay to tell me 
 wherein it is I can ferve you. You may do me a great 
 deal of Service, faid he, in the Condition I am reduced 
 to thro' the harfti Treatment of my Father ; J know not 
 where to look for Aid but from fo true a Friend as you 
 are: My dsar Earl, continued he, I am almoil deipe- 
 rate ; I am going into France with Bois Dauphin^ the 
 French Miniller, who is recalled by his Mafter ; I am to 
 leave yulia^ the fame Julia whom I adore, and who is 
 the only Enjoyment of my Life ; you are fo well ac- 
 quainted with my Sentiments, that I need not infift upon 
 that Point any further at prefent ; but, let come of it 
 what will, I am refolved to pretend only that I am a 
 going, but will fend my Servant to your Country-Seat, 
 (if you approve of it) and will myfelf lie concealed 
 there, to take all Opportunities that poffibly I can of fee- 
 ing my Millrefs. 
 
 All that is in my Pov/er, faid the Earl, is at your 
 Difpofal as much as if it were your own j but, give me 
 Leave to tell you, it will be a hard Task to deceive 
 the Earl of Douglas for any confiderable Time. Were 
 it but for one Day, replied the amorous Hypolitus, it 
 will be very delightful to me, fince it fhall be fpent in 
 feeing of Julia, But tell me whether you will oblige 
 
 me 
 
'40 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 me in it ? ' Whether I will oblige you, r? zV^ de Ear/, 
 
 truly this is a difobliging Queliion, and 1 hoped yoa 
 knew mc much better than I find you do. Hvpo/itus, 
 embracing him, asked his Pardon, and having returned 
 vhim Thanks for his Kindnefs, he was for going away 
 as fall as he could, being very impatient to return to his 
 dear Miilrefs, but the Earl would needs go along with 
 him part of the Way. Whilil they were upon the Road, 
 Alas ! faiii be^ if an Abfence of fome Hours is fo trou- 
 blefome to me, what would become of me if it were 
 for Years ? It would be impoliible for me to Jive long 
 without her, I Ihould die infallibly for Grief So foon 
 as they came in Sight of my Lord Douglas's Seat they 
 parted, and Hypolitus foon after faw Julia looking out 
 of a Window, and making a Sign to come to h:r; he 
 made all the Halle he could. And from whence come 
 you. Brother, faid (he to him ? What I after io long 
 Conference with my Lord and my Lady, you mount on 
 Horfeback without giving me an Account of what Dif- 
 courie paffed betwixt you ? Oh ! Brother, is it thus you 
 love me ! Methinks, had I been in your Place, I ihould 
 not have done fo. 
 
 Tho' Hypolitiis knew himfelf not in the Wrong, and 
 that he might eafily juftify his Conduft, neverthelel's Jw 
 //rt's Anger had fuch an Influence upon him, that her 
 Reproaches rendered him quite fpceehJeis ; but after 
 having recovered his Senfes, he told her, with an Air 
 full of Refpeft, My lovely Julia, ought not 1 to com- 
 plain of your Surmizes ? How is it poiLble you iliould 
 thus fufped my Heart, and that upon fo flight an Occa- 
 lion .? Certainly you are not fufficiently fenfible of my 
 Paflion, thus to accufe me. Julia had too much Ten- 
 dernefs for him to fuffer him to continue long under that 
 Inquietude, whereof fhe was the Caufe. I mud confefs, 
 ■/aid Jhe^ I am in the wrong to give ycu this Trouble ; 
 we are unfortunate enough already, without my being 
 injurious to create us new Pains, Come, let us make 
 Peace, my dear Lady, replied Hypolitus, kijjing her 
 Hand^ I agree with you, that our Misfortunes are fuffi- 
 ciently great without any Addition of our own ; ray Fa- 
 ther will have me leave you, he intends to fend me in;o 
 
 France, 
 
. Earl of DouGtAS.'- ^^ 
 
 France, but I have taken fuch Meafures as not to go out 
 of England ; the only Thing we have to do now, is to 
 concert Meafures how we may fee one another. 
 
 He then gave her an Account of what Refolution he 
 had taken with the Earl of SuJJeXy and afcer feveral De- 
 liberations how they might now and then fpeak to one 
 another in private, they defined Lucilia to come, becaufe 
 they concealed nothing from her ; ComCy dear SiJIer, 
 faid Julia to her, come to our Aid, your Mind is much 
 more free from^roubles than ours, and you ^will therefore 
 fooner think of a good Expedient than ive ; and they told 
 her what they were consulting about. Lucilia was lilent 
 for fome Time, but foon after told them. She kneiv a 
 Pair of Back- flairs leading out of their apartment into 
 cne of the darkcji Walks of the Garden, at the End 
 ^whereof, juft at the Extremity of the Wildernefs, there 
 nvas a little Door looking into the Field j that they mujl 
 get a Key to it, and that Jhe ivould go do'n.n thefe pri'uate 
 Stairs in the Evening, unperceived by any Body, to open 
 it, and let Hypolitus in. Nothing couKi be better con- 
 trived, cried he. It is true, /mV Julia, but what Name 
 will you give to this Contrivance ? I am not your Siller, 
 and if you let him in at Night, this will be like an AC- 
 fignation, and I think there ought a better Decorum to 
 be ojferved in our Interview. Are your Circumllances 
 fuch, replied Lucilia, as to infill with the ulmoll Nicety 
 upon fuch Matters ? 'iho' my Brother is not your Bro- 
 ther, yet is he to be your Spoufe. I engage I will ne- 
 ver leave you alone whilit your Interview laib, tho', in 
 fo doing, I run the Risk of expcfing my Tel f to my Fa- 
 ther's, and my Mother's Anger : 1 will willingly do it, 
 to give you the utmoll Demonilraticns of my Friend- 
 fhip. And as for me, my charming Lady, fn'd Hypoli- 
 tur, me, fays /, who liay in England for no other Rea- 
 fon than to have the Opportunity of feeing you now and. 
 then in this Place, wiiat mull l)ecome of me, if you 
 will not confent to it ? I had as good go into France. 
 Is that your meaning, Julia P You have a mind to ba- 
 nilli me. You are too well acquainted-wicii what Power 
 you have over me to engage me ; however, consider 
 what Danger we are going to expofe ourfeives to ; the 
 
 very 
 
42 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 very Thought of it makes me dreaxi it mod cru«Hy 
 They did all they could to remove her Fear, and the 
 fame Evening Hyp$litus took a Pattern of the Key in 
 Wax, which he fent immediately to the Earl of SuJJex 
 by his yalet de Chambre, in order to have another madie 
 after it, which he intended to deliver to JuHa before his 
 pretended Departure. 
 
 I'his being done accordingly, and the Day appoint- 
 ed for HypoHtus\ Departure come, my Lord would 
 needs condud him to London^ intending to fee him a- 
 board the Yacht ; but contented himlWf to fee him in 
 his Barge with his Attendants, and embracing biiii 
 with all the Txlarks of Tendernefs at parting, he return- 
 ed well fatisiied to fee his Son take \i\^ Leave of him 
 without the lealt Reludancy. . 
 
 Hypolitus, coming aboard the Yacht, found Monfieur 
 de Bois IXauphifi to be tlie/e before him, and knowing 
 him to be his trufty Friend, he took him afide, and 
 told him, That iince fome irrefiitible Reasons obliged 
 him to flay in England^ he would open his whole Heart 
 to him, that he conjured him to take Compaffion of his 
 prefent Condition, and that he hoped the Confidence he 
 put in him would produce an EfFetl fui table to what 
 he expeded from his Gcodnefs ; and difcerning by his 
 Countenance and Aftions a favourable Difpoiition in 
 him to ferve him, he told him, his Intention was to en- 
 gage my Lord and my Lady Douglas into a Belief of his 
 being iick at Diept becaufe if they Ihould pretend he lay 
 ill at Paris^ his Father would wonder he Ihould hear no 
 Tidings of him by the Englijh Miniiler, and fome other 
 Gentlemen of that Nation, refiding at the French 
 Court: But that if he would write to my Lord Douglas 
 to that Purpofe, and deliver it to him, he would make 
 ufe of it in due Time; that, laft of all, he was obliged 
 to confefs to him, that the Prefervation of his Life de- 
 pended upon his Goodnefs in granting his Bequeft. I 
 underhand you, faid Monjieurdc Bois Dauphin, fmiling, 
 you are in Love, my Lord, and you would have me, 
 in order to favour your Paffion, expofe myfelf to my 
 Lord your Father's Indignation ; but, be that as it will, 
 1 have been young, as you are now, and I find a cer- 
 tain 
 
^IsEOrl of Douglas. 43 
 
 tain Inclination within me rather to efpoufe yours than 
 your Father's Caufe : Come, I will write immediately 
 juft as you will have me. HypoUtus, overjoyed at his 
 Courtefy, returned him all imaginable Thanks for fo 
 fignal a Piece of Service, and having received his Letter 
 from his Hands, wherein he told his Father, that his 
 Son was forced co Itay behind at Diep by reafon of his 
 Illnefs, he took Leave of liim, and got into one of 
 the Ships Boats (becaufe he had fent back his Father's 
 Barge immediately) and fo was carried to London^ where 
 Jie landed at the Tow^r Wharff, the Earl of SuJJix ex- 
 peding his Return there in his Coach, and had brought 
 along with him a Gentleman in whom he could confide, 
 with fome Horfes, who was to condud his Friend and 
 his Servants to his Couniry-Seat, where they did not ar- 
 rive till pretty late, it being requifite they Ihould come 
 at fuch a Time when no Body might fee and take no- 
 tice of HjpoUtus, whofe Tiioughts being altogether with 
 yulia, began to bemoan his Fate, becaufe he could not 
 be in the fame Houfe with her. 
 
 I ufed to talk to her every Moment, faU he to the 
 Barl of SulTex, luho Jiaid that Night ivith him in the 
 Country, I had the Freedom to come into her Chamber 
 forty times a Day, and, in fpite of all my Lady's Cau- 
 tions, we found out Ways and Means to lee one another 
 alaioil every Hour in the Day j bat at prefent we are at 
 a great many Miles Dillance, which, tho' it may feem 
 no great Matter to indifferent Perfons, I find it too much 
 for one that ioves : Add to tlii?, what continual Precau- 
 tions I fhall be obliged to take at our Meetings, what 
 Fc;aT3 of being difcovercd I Ihall be expofed to, and of 
 a thoufand unlucky Accidents a Man can neither avoid 
 nor forefee, and which too often will break all cur Mea- 
 fures at one Stroke. You are very amorous, /aid the 
 Earl, interrupting him^ <zvith a SmiUy tliefe faife Alarms 
 which thus dilcompofe you without any real Occafion^ 
 being the Effeds of a moll violent Paflion : Pray do but 
 conlider, continued he, is it not much better to be here, 
 than to be at Sea in a Yacht, which perhaps at this ve- 
 ry Hour being under full Sail with a fair Gale towards 
 the Coait of France, would foon carry you at a greater 
 
 Djilance 
 
44 H TP L ITUS, 
 
 I>iflance from your beloved Miftrefs ? Don't you think 
 it a Happinefs to find your Attendants fo pliable in o- 
 teying your Orders, and even that fame Gentleman, 
 yi^iOr by reafon of his Age, and his Station of being 
 appointed by the Earl of Douglas foT your Governor, 
 had the moft Occafion to be lurprized at your Return, 
 and to ask you the Reafon of it, was the firft who gave 
 9 good Example to the reft ; I proteft to you I wonder 
 at your good Fortune, and find no Reafon to pity you, 
 lince Julia is contented you fhould come and fee her, 
 this being in my Opinion a moft effential Demonllration 
 of her Friendfhip. 
 
 Perhaps, . replied Hypolitus, ivith fame Impatience, I 
 am in the wrong not to be fatisfied with my good For- 
 tune; but Alas .' mj dear Earl, were you fenfible what 
 a violent Paffion is, you would foon be of my Opinion ; 
 but you ad; the Coquet with the fair Sex, you tell a 
 thoufand pretty Things to every Lady you meet with, 
 and never love any of them: I have often wondred, 
 nay, have been angry at it. My dear Hypolif us » /aid 
 the Earl^ interrupting him^ you fancy the true Felicity 
 of Life to confift m loving beyond all Meafurc, but I am 
 of a quite contrary Sentiment : I would have a Man ap- 
 pear gallant among the Ladies, I would have him alfo 
 make his Addreffes to them, in order to merit fomc 
 of their Favours ; but I would not have him engaged fo 
 far as to difturb his own Tranquility, or to make him 
 negleft either his Duty or his Fortune. C^far was amo- 
 rous in Time of Peace, but indifferent to Ladies in 
 Time of War; Every Kingdom or Province he came 
 into afforded him a new MiUrefs, and thus Love in great 
 Men ought net to go beyond an Amufement ; but, af- 
 ter all, I would not have a Man be without it, becaufe 
 we owe moft of our Politenefs to the Converfation of 
 Ladies, fince it, by Degrees, fmooths our Temper, 
 and takes away its Roughnefs, for it muft be confeffed 
 that they -are moft refined in Converfation ; notwith- 
 ftanding ail this, I ftill am of Opinion, that nothing is 
 more dangerous than thofe violent frenzlcal Pailions, 
 which dilenable us to think of any thing, befidcs how 
 ta, -adore our Miftreffes. A Man under thefe Circum- 
 ' ftances 
 
Earl of DotfGLAs. 4^ 
 
 ftances foon grows troublefome to all the World, nay^ 
 even to himfelf ; he is unfit for civil Society, he crys, 
 he fighs, always dillurb'd, and very often jealous and 
 peeviBi : You pay dearly for a happy Moment, which 
 is preceded and followed by a thoufand others that dif^ 
 turb your Reft For God's Sake, crfd Hypolitus, ;>p^. 
 terrupting hiniy your Criticifm is too fevere, and your 
 Palate out of Tafte, two or three fuch Interlocutions 
 would make me your irreconcilable Enemy, and I an* 
 not able to tell you what a Paflion you have put me into 
 whilft you was framing your Procefs againft the True 
 Looter. The Earl of Sujpx burft out a Laughing, and 
 told him, he would vex him no more, provided he 
 would not contradi<^ him in his Way of loving after 
 his own Fancy. ^ 
 
 It being day-break before they finffhed their Difcourfe, 
 they did not rife out of their Bed till it was pretty 
 late. Hypolitus defired the Earl to go to Buckingham 
 Houfe, in Order to fettle Matters with Julia and Lu- 
 cilia, to let him in at the back Gate near the little 
 Wood. He willingly accepted of the Commiflion, and 
 my Lord and my Lady Douglas having a great Elleem 
 for him, th.^y were both overjoyed to fee him ; You 
 come in a lucky Time, /aid wy Lady Douglas to the 
 Early to give me fome Confolation on Account cf the 
 Departure of my Son, which much afflidls me. You 
 are the Occafion of it yourfelf, Madam, /aid he to her^ 
 fmce it was your Will it fhould be fo, and in your Power 
 to have kept him near you, if you had thought it con- 
 venient. I take you, Sir, /aid Jhe, to reproach me with 
 fuiFering him to leave us ; but in Truth, tho' his Ab- 
 fence caufes me Abundance of Pain, I fee not how we 
 could do otherwife than let him go abroad ; Tender- 
 nefs muft give Way fometimes to Intereft, I hope we 
 may fee him again with Satisfadion within thefe three 
 Years. Lucilia and Julia were in the Room whilft 
 they talked thus, and the Earl of Bedford coming in 
 foon after, the Earl of Sujfex entertained Lucilia, bc- 
 caufe the Earl of Bedford had feated himfelf next Julian 
 Every Thing being regulated betwixt Lucilia and him^ 
 
46 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 concerning the noftarnal Interview, he took his Leave 
 and returned to HypolitMs. 
 
 It was judged raoft expedient they (hould go thither 
 in a Difguife, for Fear of being known and difcovered 
 upon the Road, which they did accordingly, hiding 
 their Hairs under their Bonnets, and fo they fet out on 
 their Journey about ten o' Clock : It happened to be a 
 very fine Night, and very ftill and quiet ; they took no 
 more than a Valet de Chambre along with them, who 
 was to take Care of their Horfes : They came to the 
 little back Gate, which being open, they entred into 
 the Garden, and the two Sifters, who were not far ofF» 
 hearing the Noife, immediately came to meet them. 
 
 Hypoiitus and Julia fek at this Meeting all that can 
 be fuppofed to proceed from a violent Paflion; their Con- 
 verfation run for fome Time upon general Matters, but 
 ibon after they parted Companies, tho' neither of them 
 went out the fame Walk : Hypoiitus leading his Miftrefs 
 by the Hand, as the Earl of Sujfex did Lucilia. Thanks 
 to Heaven, dear Hypoiitus^ /aid Jhe to hinit our Abfence 
 has not been very long, and you are come back in Spite 
 of all the Precautions they have taken to feparate us. 
 Were my Paflion for you, my dear Julian /aid he, lefs 
 violent than it is, perhaps I might have found it diffi- 
 cult to furmount fo many Obftacles ; but my Love is too 
 ftrong, and too ingenuous to be check'd by all the Ob- 
 ftacles they can put in my Way. You were fcarce gone, 
 continued Jhe, but your Mother talk'd to me in Private, 
 and with fuch Uemonftrations of Friendfhip as almoll 
 furpriz^d me, confidering how Matters ftood betwixt us ; 
 told me, Ihe had Peafon to believe I intended not to em- 
 brace a religious Life, and that therefore flie was obliged 
 to advife me, as the beft Friend and Relation I had in 
 the World, to give a favourable Ear to the Earl of Bed- 
 ford''^ Addrefles, who was t Man of Honour, of Qua- 
 litv, and of a great Eftate ; and. that once for all, I 
 muli bid Farewel to all Thoughts of a Marriage be* 
 twixt you and I ; that fhe could not but frankly tell me, 
 that it was I that was the only CauTe of your Abfence, 
 and that neither my Lord nor ihe would ever confeot to 
 your "Return till I was married. And what Anfwer pray 
 ^ did 
 
JS^>'/ ^ Douglas. \3: ^^ 
 
 did you give them, my dear Lady^ faid Hypotitas with 
 fome Impatience ? I told her, continued (he. That as 
 for the Earl of Bedfard, I begg'd of her never to men* 
 tion any more to me, fihce nothing in the World couM 
 have a greater Arerfion againll him than I had i and, 
 that tince flie had fixed your Abfence for three Years, V 
 laight, ndt without fome Reafon, promise my felf (he 
 would allow me fome more time to confider of the Mat- 
 er^ fince all the Repofe of my Life depended on it. 
 
 She could tiot refufe me fo reafonable a Requefl ; 
 and the Earl c^ Bedford zovain^ at the fame time when 
 the Earl ofSoJex was here, he began to renew his Ad- 
 drelTes, till at Ikfl I told him, That his Perfeverance 
 had quite tired my Patience; that hitherto I confidered 
 him as one that was indifferent to me; but that the 
 cafe was altered now, and that I could not look upon 
 him now, but with an invincible Averfion ; and that, 
 if he had a mind to make me Unfortunate, he might 
 continue to make his Addrefies to me. How, Madam, 
 crj'd he^ And will you enjoyn me not to fee you ? Yes, 
 replyM J, I mort: earneftly require you would let me be 
 at refl. Oh ! Madam, continued he, you reduce me to 
 Dcfpair, Will you envy mc the only Felicity I have 
 left in the World ? I love, nay, I adore you, and 
 what will become of me if I (hould not fee you ? You 
 muft endeavour to cure yourfelf, faid I, of a Paflion 
 ^vhich is only troublefome to me, and which makes you 
 fnUtr in vain : Having fpoken thefe Words I left him ; 
 but could at the fame time fee all the Marks of Defpair 
 in his Eyes. Ah f my dear Lady, how happy am I, 
 aihd how much am I indebted to you for this Sacrifice, 
 faid HypoHtus to her? It does not deferve the Name of 
 a Sacrifice, reply'd Juliay I am very well pleas'd when 
 I have an Opportunity of treating him at that fcurvy 
 Rate; fo that you are not obliged to me upon that 
 Store. 
 
 Thus having entertained one another for a confide- 
 rabte time, and given one another a Thoufand recipro- 
 cal Affurances and Oaths of an everkfting Fideiit/,^* 
 they agreed to fe« t)ne another as often as poffibly^" 
 
 the/ 
 
48 H TP L ITUS, 
 
 they could, for which purpofe a Valet dc Chambrc tof 
 the Earl of Su//ex was to walk every Day once, at leaft, 
 through the Garden (for fear of being taken notice of 
 if he ftou'd come fo often into the Houfe) and when- 
 ever he found a Flower-pot with Flowers (landing in a 
 certain Window of ju/ia's Apartment, this was to fervc 
 as a Signal for Hypolitus to come the next following 
 Night to the Back-Gate near the Wood. Every thing 
 being thus concerted, they parted, but with fo much Re- 
 gret, that had it not been for the Earl of SuJJex and 
 Lucilia, who urged them fo to do, they had ftaid toge- 
 ther till Day-light. 
 
 In the mean Hypolitus had taken Care to have Mon- 
 fieur de Bois Dauphin's Letter delivered ro the Earl of 
 Douglas by an unknown Hand. The News of thelil- 
 nefs of his beloved Son caufcd no fmall Trouble and 
 Vexation in the whole Family, but efpecially to the 
 £arl ; and the Son writ from time to time Letters to 
 the Father, as if they had been dated at Diep: Some- 
 times he would tell him he was on the mending hand ; 
 and at another time, that he was worfe again, accord- 
 ing as he judg'd it beft for his purpofe, whiift he enjoy'd 
 the Satisfaflion unknown to tvtry Body, of frequently 
 feeing his Miftrefs. They continued in this happy 
 State for above two Months, without the leaft finifter 
 Accident or Obftacle; but their Satisfaction was too^reat 
 to laft muih longer ; Fortune, envious of the fweet En- 
 joyment£'of Love, would needs difturb their Felicity. 
 
 The Earl q{ Bedford^ touched to the very Heart with 
 Grief at what yulia had told him when he made her 
 the lafl Vifit, had taken a Refolution never to fee her 
 again, and if poflible not fo much as to think of her 
 any more. He upbraided himfelf, he kept more Com- 
 pany than he us'd to do, nay, he wilh'd he might meet 
 with fome Lady or other, whofe Perfeftions might ef- 
 face Out of his Heart Julia'% Charms ; but thefe were 
 fp far beyond all thofe he faw or knew, that when he 
 began to compare them to yulia, they appeared dif- 
 pifeable in his Eyes, and lerved only to encreafe his 
 Love for her. At lail his PaiTion augmented to fuch a 
 
 Degree 
 
Earl of Do V GL AS, 49 
 
 Degree, that he began to haveRecourfe to violeat Re- 
 medies, and refolved to any off ^i//ia by Force, f 
 am Ture, faid he to one of his Friends, my Lord Dau- 
 glas will be very glad of the Match, becaufe his Lady 
 is defcended oi my Family, and he himCelf has offsir'd 
 nje his eldell Daughter in Marriage ; perhaps he is un- 
 willing to conftrain Julia to marry me, but when I 
 once have got her in my Power, I am apt to believe 
 he will be lo far irom being my Enemy, that he will 
 contribute much as in him lies to make me happy. 
 
 To put his Defign in execution with all pclfible Ex- 
 pedition, he pitched upon my Lord Douglas's Gardi- 
 ner, who had formerly lived with him, and knowing 
 him to be a covetous and daring Fellow, he look'd 
 u|>on him as a fit Irftrjment to afiill him in the carry- 
 ing off of this youngXady : He lent for him, gave him 
 a- good Sum of ALjney, and p.omiied him more, if he 
 v/ould be aiding in bringing his Defgn about. 'Twill 
 be aneafy Alatier for you to corapal's it, faid this Fel- 
 low to iiim, I have the Key of the little back Gate at 
 the farther End of the Garden, and 1 can cocdu^ you 
 through a dark Walk to a little Pair of back Stairs, 
 leading up diredtly into yuUa\ Apartment ; I a-n fare 
 that Door is very feldcm lock'd, becaufe I us'd to go 
 up in the Evening to carry her fome Flowers and Fruits;- 
 fo you rnay eafiiy carry her off, without making the 
 kail Ncifc in the Family. 
 
 The Earl feeing every thing ready to favour his De- 
 ugn, appointed a certain Day for its Execution. He 
 went accordingly, attended only by two Gentlemen, his 
 faithful Friends, about eleven a Clock at Night, and 
 finding the back Door open, left one of the Gentlemen 
 at a fmall Diilance thence with the Horfes, whilll he 
 and the other entred the Garden without making the 
 leall Noife. As \\\ Fortune would liave it, this hap- 
 pened juilupon one of theie Evenings when a Meeting 
 had been appointed l^ewixt LucH'ia^ yul'ta, H^p/htus, 
 and the Earl of Su/Jix ; and the two £rll, as they were 
 goifig to let them m, efpi^d tv/o Men by the Light of 
 the Mooa ; but the Walk leading thither being pretty 
 
 D - dark 
 
50 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 daric and thick of Trees, they could not difcern whether 
 they were the fame Perfons they look'd for j as thefe 
 on the other hand feeing two Women coming that Way 
 were for Hiuning them and concealing themfelves. What 
 makes you (hew fo little Concern for your Julia^ my 
 dear Hypolitus, faid (he to the Earl of Bedford? You 
 don't make hafte to meet me ! nay, it feems as if you 
 were inclined fhun me, what means this Coolnefs ? 
 Thefe obliging Reproaches were fufficient to make the 
 Earl know his Miilrefles Voice, who was almoft dif- - 
 trailed that thefe tender Exprelfions were not intended 
 for him : however, overjoyed to meet with her in the 
 Garden, he anfwered her not one Word for fear of dif» 
 covering himfelf; but making a Sign to the Gentle- 
 man that was along with him, to take afide Lucilia, 
 and keep her from making a Noife, he himfelf at once 
 laid hold on Julia^ and being a lufty ftrong Perfon, he 
 carry*d her in fpite of all the Refiftance^fhe could make, 
 to the foremen tion'd Back-Gate, juft when Hypolitui 
 and the Earl of St/Jfex came into the Garden ; and it 
 being a very clear Moonlight-Night, and the Earl of 
 Bedford not far from thence, they perceived at firft 
 Sight every thing that pafs'd. Who is able to exprei's 
 the Fary of Hypolifus f Love and Anger foon made him 
 draw his Sword, and the Earl of Bedford letting go his 
 Hold did the fame, and the Gentleman that came along 
 with him was glad to quit Lucilja : They were all four 
 brave, and animated by a juft Refentment againft one 
 another. Poor ^u/ia and Lucilia were put to the great- 
 ell Nonplus that could be, what Refolution to take ; 
 for if they called for Help, Hypolitus mull of Neceffity 
 be difcover'd; if they did not, they feared his dellruc- 
 tion. 
 
 In the mean while the Gardiner fearing, not with- 
 out Reafon, that the Clalhingof the Swords might 
 be heard in the Family, he went thither himfelf, and 
 having told the Earl of Douglas of it, he halined into 
 the Garden in Perfon, juft as his Son was running the 
 Earl of Bedford through the Body, which made him 
 dxop in an Iftftant. H;^pylitui hearing a Nolle of feveral 
 
 more 
 
Earl of D o u G L A s . . . 5 ti > 
 
 more Perfons coming that Way, told the Earl it wail -. 
 Time to fecure their Retreat i but they found the little- » 
 Gate lock'd up, and all the Earl's Family running that/io 
 Way ; fo into the Gardner's Lodge they got, where they 
 baricada d up the Door, whilil my Lord Douglas polled 
 his Servants round about it to prevent their making their 
 Efeape, little thinking it had been his Son and the Earl . 
 of SuJ/ex that were come thither in Difguife. He or- 
 dered the Earl oF Bedford to be carried into the Houle, 
 and for Fear, in Cafe he fhould happen to die, his^ 
 Death might be laid at his Door, he fent for a Conllabie;' , 
 this Night Magiltrate, with his Attendants, came well, 
 armed after their Manner at Day-break, jull when //>•- 
 politus and the Earl of Sujfex had been opening their 
 Way with their Swords, thro' thofe that guarded the 
 Lodge, and had infallibly made th;;ir Elcape, becaufe 
 they drove my Lord's Servants before them, juH as two 
 young Lions would have done a Parcel of Curs, had, 
 they not been furrounded by the Conftable and his Af-^, 
 fillantSt who crying out they Ihould knock them down^ . 
 and rather kill them than fulfer them to get cfT, they^. 
 thought it better to furrender themfelves, than to expofQ,* 
 their Lives at fuch vail Odds. •; 
 
 Julia and Lucilia were fitting all this while under 4;- 
 Tree, almofl half dead with Fear and Vexation, whicE^ „ 
 was fuch as is paft expreffing it ; but when they faw-^ 
 them carried Prifoners to the Houfe, they fo]lGv,ed them 
 at feme fmall Diftance, fo as not to lofe Sight of them..: 
 The Countefs of Douglas, big with Expcdatlon to fee, , 
 them, as they were brought into the Dining- Room, or-t 
 dered their Bonnets to be taken off (^vhich concealed^- 
 their Hair, and in fome Meafure hid their Faces ;) but . 
 fhe no fooner difcovered Hypolitus, but fetching a great.* 
 Cry, Jull Heaven, /aid Jhe^ 'tis my Son, and fo fell fa-' 
 to a deep Swoon, \\\y Lord Douglas, who had not take)) ^ 
 Notice hitherto of what had' happened, turning tliaf "•' 
 Way, was not a little furprized to iind his Son Prifdner "^ 
 in his own Houfe, when he thought Kim to be fick at'! 
 Diep: He was not able to fpcak tor feme Time, btit at':,' 
 laft recollefting Kimfelf, and looking upon 411111 'wjtfr 
 Byes fparkling with Anger, Is itpJfihl'ethat'^Ai^lP 
 
 D 3 -;,t 
 
52 HYPOLITUS, 
 
 fee be truet is it you Hypolitas ? What is your meaning 
 by all this ? j^t a Time ichen Ifuppofedyou to be in France, 
 / Jin d you difguifedin myonvn Houfe nvith Sivord inHajid, 
 and under the Misfortune of having twounded a G'entle- 
 frtan^ n/jho ivas our real friend, one nvho bears the fame 
 Name as your Mother does, and nvho is a Perfon both of a 
 great Ef ate and Intereji? What do you thinkivillbe the End 
 of this ? For my Part I think you fo unrjoor'thy of my Pro- 
 te6iiony that I am fully refolved to lea've you abfolutely to 
 the Se-verity of the Latv. 
 
 / yulia, who till now had remained in one Corner of 
 the Room, being now no longer Miftrefs of her Pain 
 and Fear, Oh f Father, cry'd fhe, throwing herfelf at 
 his feet, and crying vioft bitterly^ no Body defer^ves to he 
 punijhed but my/elf becaufe Hypolitus <ivas obliged to fight 
 the Earl of Bedford in 7ny Defence ; and had it ?iot been 
 Jhr hiiny he had carried me aivay, he held me in his Arms 
 <tnd njoas hurrying me anvay by Force, and in a moji rude 
 and barbarous Manner : Difcharge all your Aiiger upon 
 iKe, continued (he, fpare your onion Blood, and rather he 
 p^ofufe of mine. Withdranjj, Julia, faid the Earl, endea- 
 vouring to hide Part of his Refentment, / find there is 
 more in the Bottom of it than I could nvijh for ; go along 
 tvithyyur Sifier to your Chamber, and do7it fiir thence 
 tJuithout my Order. 
 
 The unfortunate Julia, as fhe was going to her Con- 
 finement, cafl a melancholy, but very amorous Look at 
 her Lover ; who, foon fenfible of the EfFeds thereof, 
 rtop'd her : He, I fay, who had not fo much as fpoken 
 qne Word in his own Behalf, would not be wanting in 
 taking his dear MiftrelTes Part : $ir, nuhat has Julia 
 done, faid he to his Father, youpunijh her for my Faults P 
 What is it Jhe has committed to defernje fo ill a Treatment 
 at your Hands ? Hold your longue, young Confidence, faid 
 itiy Lord, dont exafperate tne more^ and fo he parte4 
 <with them. ,. 
 
 The Earl of ^ujfex, who was a Spcftator of this wKofe 
 Scene, was ready to run diftratled at this unlucky Ac- 
 cident, and my Lady Douglas no fooner was recovered 
 out of her Swoon, but fhe addrefs'd herfelf to him : 
 $ir, Jaid.fpe, you are.a.ye^ry dangerous Friend; you 
 
^^ Earl of Douglas; 5^ 
 
 have fliewM tco much Complaifance for my Son's Frail- 
 ties J you fee alas ! :o what Extremities we are rcduc'id 
 to ; can there be a more deplorable Cafe than oui's ? I 
 think H;poUtus\ Cafe, replyed the Earl n.':ith a gredt 
 deal of Refolution^ is much more worthy of CompaSion, 
 you are too rigorous in exa«5ling fo ftrift an Obedience, 
 and to fend him away at a Time, when you knew He 
 was fo violently in Love. 'Tvvas done, [aid the Conntefs, 
 interrupting him, to cure him of this Paffion ; we were 
 in Hopes that Abfence would produce the fame Effeft 
 as it does in mofl Men ; and I believe, had my Son not 
 found you fo much difpo^ei to ferve him, he had gone 
 for France, and don't doubt but would have forgot Ju- 
 lia by this Time. 
 
 VVhilft they were thus difputing the Matter, in ccmes 
 the Surgeon who had drefs'd tlie Earl of Bedford''^ 
 Wounds, and told them, he had no lefs tlian three ; and 
 that one appeared to him to be mortal. The Conftable un- 
 derllanding this, required my Lord Douglas to deliver up 
 his Son to him, in order to have him examined and 
 committed to "Ne^Mgatei but my Lord found Means to 
 engage the next Juftice of Peace to take Bail for his Son's 
 Appearance to the Value of 2000 Pounds Sterling. My 
 Lord and my Lady Douglas ^ and the Earl oi SuJJcx would 
 have withdrawn with the reft, becaufe they had con- 
 ceived a fingular Averfion againft him ; but this gene- 
 rous Friend feemedas if lie did not perceive it, anddiff.m- 
 bling his Refentment at this Time, told them frankly 
 he would run the fame Fate with Hypolitus ; that he rc- 
 folved not to leave him, and that if he were to be ru- 
 ined, he would bear his Share in his Deflruclion : So 
 they were lock'd up in one Apartment, and Julia and 
 Lucilia were as narrowly confined in theirs. 
 
 Matters being thus regulated at Home, my Lord and 
 my Lady Douglas went llraightway to London^ and ini- 
 n?ed lately waited upon the Countefs Dowager of Bed- 
 ford: '$)\\Q was not unacquainted with her Sou's Paffion for 
 Julia, and had given her Confent iliat he might feek 
 htr in Marriage, but knew nothing of the lall Night's 
 Adventure ; fhe was no lefs afflitl^d at the Danger ihe 
 finderltood he was in, than at the-Oddnefs tjf the iMis- 
 
 D 3 fortune 
 
', ?54 HTPOLITU S, 
 
 fortune he had brought upon himfelf. You may, per- 
 haps, Madam, /ai^ my Lord to her^ create us Abun- 
 dance of Trouble, but in the End it will fall heaviefl 
 upon yourfelf j for when it fhall be proved at his Trial, 
 that the Earl was attempting to carry off Julia by 
 Force, and that her Brother, to refcue her, was forced 
 to fight him, and gave him his Wound on that Account, 
 all the Blame will be laid at your Son's Djor ; therefore 
 I would have you confider whether you will be fatisfied 
 with the Offer I intend to make you ; that is, I will con- 
 defcend fo far as to fend Hypolitus abroad for three Years, 
 that he may be no Eye-fore to you ; and in Cafe the 
 Earl of Bedford recovers of his Wounds, and that his 
 Paflion for "Julia is ftill the fame as 'twas before, I will 
 do all that is in my Power to make her marry him. 
 
 My Lady Bedford told them, ftie would refolve upon 
 nothing in a Cafe of this Nature without the Advice of 
 her neareft Friends and Relations, who, upon this dif- 
 mal News repairing to her Houfe, and being confulted 
 \vitnal concerning rny Lord Douglas's Propofition, they 
 \\ iliingly agreed to it, telling my Lady, Ihe cculd de- 
 fire no moie, and that they wondered my Lord would 
 conientto his Son*s Departure out ^^ England', but they 
 were altogether Strangers to thofe fecret Motives that in- 
 duced him to make this Ofler. Eveiy Thing being fet- 
 tled betwixt them, the Earl of Douglas went immediately 
 in his Barge to Grat'efettd, (being informed that a V^ef- 
 fel lay there ready to fail for Leghorn) with a Refolution 
 to fend away Hypolitus aboard her, not doubting but 
 that the ///z//^;/ Beauties would foon make him kTgttEr/g- 
 land, and what he had left behind him there. Hz agreed 
 /"/ "iVjfh the Captain for the Price of his Tranfportation ; 
 and being told by him, that he was ready, and rtaid 
 only for a fair Wind, and therefore much queiiioned 
 whether he fhould have Time -enough to fend for his 
 .^ ' Paflenger out of t;he Country, my Lord told him, he 
 .\ -"would brino; iiis Son to London, to be ready to embark as 
 '"A 7fpon as Opportunity fhould prefent. ' 
 
 T * [ Tis impbffible to reprefent the deplorable State ffyfo- 
 
 "^' '//)»/ was redu^ec^ to ; he feared ie very Thing in Behalf 
 
 ' ' "ipf T^/^«, a'iici'*did not inthe- lealt doubt, but that his 
 
 ".^..viV:,y^ Father 
 
Earl cf Dou G LAS. 55 
 
 Fatlxer was feeking means for their Separation. Thefe Tad 
 Refie(ftions would certainly have thrown him into Dcf- 
 pair, had not that Courage, which was natural to him, 
 triumphed over all his Misfortunes. ^]e could not pie- 
 vail fo far upon any of thofe that were fet to guard him, 
 to connive at his E:capc, but he found it no great Dif- 
 ficulty to learn by them every Thing that paiTed j for 
 looking upon him in fome Alcafure as their Mafter, 
 and having a fingular Kindnefs for him, they told him 
 what his Father had been doing at London ; fo that be- 
 ing fuIJy convinced that this Lh-wvefend Voyage would 
 produce but little Good for him, he asked the Viiletde 
 Chambre, that conlh;ntIy attended him, whether he 
 would oblige him fo far as to deliver a Letter to jfuim, 
 and bring her Anfwer to him ? The young Fellow pauf- 
 ed a while, but at la ft, thinking there could be no great 
 Hurt betwixt a Brother and Silb^r's Correfpondence, he 
 promifed to do it ; and as for Ihpo/itusy he run no Ha- 
 zard in the Cafe, fince his Parents were not unacquainttd 
 with his Paffion for Julia, unto whom he writ ihefe fol- 
 lowing Lines : 
 
 IiS it fojfthky my lovely Julia, that in the fame Houfc 
 nvherf firfi of all I felt the pcn.vrrful EJ'eJIs of your 
 EyeSy n.'jhere 1 fo often have tajied the Phafure of enter- 
 tainiNj^ youy nve Jhould at prefent he fo far rcjnote f-'zn 
 enjoyi?2g that Felicity F J being the only Caufe of your Si'f 
 ferings, the Torments I feel had before this put an End to 
 my Lifet I'jere it not that Love protects and fupports me 
 againjlmy Defpair. But, alas ! n.vhat can I hope for frcm 
 this Love ? I am ulon the Point of lofng )0Uy in Spite 
 of all my Endeavours again f it. What Terrors ^ good 
 God, don't I feel nK'ithin 7Ke ? Alas ! they are going to 
 kurry mi anvay from the P lace you are in ? The very 
 Thought of this Separation touches me fo to the ^icky that 
 nothing but ycur onxn Heart is capable of J 'edging nxhat 
 a Condition 1 am reduced to. If in the vtry Depth of 
 this Abyfs oj Miferies, I have fome Glitnpfes of Light 
 left 7re, that may aford me fcn:e Cc7nforty "'tis the }iop»s 
 l^have conceived* that yen ikI II prove for ever faithful 
 ■and confant tame, ■ h it pcJ/ibUy Julia, you Jhculd prove 
 
 i) 4 treacherous 
 
56 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 treacherdus to a Man nxxho thinks rvery thing in the World 
 hdoiv ^QUy and nxho nxill ne'ver heliewe any thing ^worthy 
 to he compared to you? I am free to tell you j that I think 
 it unnecejfury to 'vonv you wy e-verlajfing Ccnjlancy by neno 
 Oaths, you being too ivell acquainted 'with my Heart, and 
 nvhat Ponver you have ever it. No, my Julia, nOy I 
 Jhall 6ilnx>a-^s he the fame ; it <^vill not be in my Ponver to 
 ceafe to adore you, and, in fpite of all the Rage and Ma- 
 lice our Enemies are able to contrive to caufe me nemj 
 Vexations and Torments, my PaJJton Jhall airways be as 
 conjiant as ever it ivas. Write to me, dear Lady, dotit 
 leave me in this deplorable State, unto nx:hich I am redu- 
 ced, you being the fovereign Mijirefs of my Dejiiny, and 
 the only ObjeS of all try De fires and Wijhes. 
 
 The fair fulia having received this Letter, was a 
 long Time of reading it, bccaufe fhe was fcarce able to 
 fee the Charadlers of her dear Hypolitus, by reafon of 
 the Abundance of Tears that covered her fair Eyes and 
 Cheeks. Lucilia had much to do to comfort her a little, 
 tho' (he almoft flood as much in need of it as Ihe did 
 herfelf", my Lord and my Lady Douglas being highly 
 incenfed againft her, becaufe they believed her to be a 
 Confederate in the Intrigues betwixt Julia and Hypoli- 
 tus ; file urged her to fend an Anfwer to her Brother, 
 l>ie did all flie could to flop the Tonent of her Tears ; 
 bjt tho' Ihe did ail llie could to re tram her Paffion, the 
 Letter (he writ was quite bathed with her Tears before 
 Ihe could finilh it, and was as follows : 
 
 A Las ! are you at the Point of being feparated f o?>t 
 7ne, my dear Hypoliciis ? And niuji I fee ycu no 
 7nore /" Who can P''jfjiby comprehend my Pain, and the mi- 
 ferahle State I am reduced to P Alas ! Is it pojjible that 
 innocent Tenderfie/s vue conceived for one another, even be- 
 fore n,ve ivere fcnfible of it, or in a Cov.dition to refji it, 
 Jhould thus raije the Anger of Heaven aguinji us ? M''bat 
 forrents of MisfQrtU7ies ! How is it pojjible for us to ^p 
 them? 1 have not on h loji ail my Enjoyment and Repofe, 
 but even Reafon itjelf-, it is 7iot in my Povjer to refoLve 
 fo fee you- leave me, and yet, not^vithjlandir.g all the 
 iV' Torments 
 
^(Earl vf Do u g l a s. 57 
 
 torments that oppre/s us, I jnuji fee you depart. Let 
 us then, my dear Louver y endea^vour to tiiuifiph o^ver car 
 Misfortunes b^ our Confancy ; you promife to remain al-^ 
 ivays faithful to me, ajid in nvhofe Pov:er is it then to 
 render us unfaithful to one another ? Nothing in thii^ 
 World, navt not Death itfelfi your Conjiancy Jhall trf» 
 umph over our MisfortuneSy nve fball fee one another i?-. 
 gain, dear Hypoiitui, and Love hmHI he the Reuuard of 
 our Sufferings . 
 
 Thefe tender and engaging Affurances given by the 
 fair fulia to her Hypolitus, could never have come at a 
 more proper I'ime, when he Hood in need of alJ his 
 Kefolutions to Aipport his drooping -Heart againil thole 
 Violences my Lord Douglas was at that very Time pre- 
 paring for him ; for, witiujia.fevv Hours after, he fent 
 for him and the Earl oi Suffex, and likewife fcr Julii^ 
 and Lucilia, and, in the Prefence of his Lady, after 9, 
 few Moments Silence, began thu5 to harangue his Son : 
 / did noty Hypoliius, fend for you nc^j hither to load ycu 
 tvith Reproaches, juch ts you have too much defer'ved ; 
 you hawe ^yithdra^i-jt yourfelf from that Suhtnifiton you 
 onve unto us^ -^ you' ha>ve dcceinjcd ui by fiditious Letters ; 
 %x>u^ha-ve.blindk fa(ton.vex{ the fir/i Motions cf your Heart, 
 «;?^ Julia bears her Share in that Difohedience you ha'vj: 
 Jheived us ; But refi affured, and I null Heavens to Witr 
 ncfs to ivhat I am gcing to declare to you, that -ive ivilJ 
 ?ie-ver con fent to your Marrii<gr: nj^'ith her. Had your Con' 
 duel been otherivife than it has bcen^ fo me thing per hap J 
 might ha-ve been expeficd from our Comtlaijance ; but no^v 
 it is become fo odious to us, that rathtr than to gi've our 
 j^pprobation of fuch a Match, there is nothing loe nt-^u/a 
 not undertake both againji you and her ; for tho' Jhe is ^at 
 really our Daughter, Jhe has fo much Dependu-nce on m, 
 that it is in cur Poaver either to make her 'whole Life 
 happy or miferable ; therefore be advifed, andrecal ycur 
 Heart ^within the Bounds of its Duty, ref^dve to take a 
 Voyage to Florence, ivhere, to \our good Fortwie, ywu 
 nxiill meet ivith fome Friends, njoho^ in your Perfon, ^wijl 
 gi've me infallible Demon ft rations cf their A^'eSion ', ysu 
 *wiU be looked upon nxitP .a ^ocdJLye by.the Uli^rioui Hsu/e 
 
 C 5 ''J 
 
 J> 
 
5S H rp L IT U'S, 
 
 of the de Medices ; and to make you acquainted nv^t/j th^ 
 true Caufe thereof , 1 nvill tell yont that abo^je forty 
 Tears ago, bei?7g a Tra<veller in Italy, jujl as yon are go- 
 ing to he non.v, Fortune furnijhed me avith an Opportufiit^ 
 of doing a confiderahle Piece of Service to the Cardinal de 
 Medici s, 'who nvas after'wards made Pope^ and knotivn 
 under the Narne of Leo X. 
 
 He being then the Pope's Legate in the Army of the 
 League t nxjas taken Prifoner at the Battle of Ravenna* 
 end by Gallon de Frixy ordered to be fent into France. 
 He ivas fo fenfihly tij^iSled at his Misfortune, that all 
 his T^houghts ivere employed boiv to make his Efape, but 
 met nvith fuch Objlaeles as rendered all his "Efforts im- 
 praBicable, till at lajt a Gentleman of his Bed-chamber, 
 tvho attended him, found Means to engage the branje Za- 
 eti into his Intereji. J happened to be ivith Zaeti ivhen 
 this Gentleman propofed the CardinaPs Deliverance to 
 him, ajid Zaeti defiring me 99 go along nuith him upon a 
 certain fecret Enterprise, *we came to the Banks of the 
 Po juji as the Cardinal 'vjai ready to pafs that River in 
 a Ferr^-boat ; to be Jhort, iv^ heat the Convoy, and re- 
 fcued the Cardinal^ vjhofn vje carried in Dijguift to the 
 Cajlle of Barnaby Melifpine. Here I took Leave of him 
 ^Mith my Friend Zaeti, atid the Carditiat mfj^red iit of his 
 AcknoTvledgment in the moji obliging Terms that could be ; 
 and I mujl confefs,- that fince his Elevation to the Papal 
 Chair ^ vuhich happened about a Tear after, he gave me 
 fufficient Reafon (upon divers Occafons) to believe that 
 he v^as 7tot forgetful of vohat I had done for him. Thus 
 you fe, Son, you may exped a favourable Reception from 
 Duke Cofmus, unto vjhom you Jhall be introduced by the 
 Senator Alberto, defended from one of the fnojl ilhijlrious 
 Houfes of Ftorence, my moJi intimate Friend ; for tho' J 
 am much older than he, our Friendjhip is never a fot the 
 lefs : He has been tvoice in England and Scotland, find I 
 can aj]ure you he is a Perfon of fuch vaji Merits, that I 
 Jhall not be in the leaft uneafy after I hear you are vuith 
 him, and I ivill take Care you Jhall nvant nothirzg there 
 that niay be either necejfary or pleafng to you ; not that 
 wje are nxilling to part vjith you, but that according to a 
 late Agreement made 'with tny Lady Bedford, / am un- 
 der 
 
;'Earl of Do tj g^l a s^j. 59 
 
 . def a K^ffjity to fetid you out e/" England on account of 
 
 the Slnarfel bet^vlxt you af/d her Son^ ivho is not beyond 
 
 all Datiger of his Life. .If you don't go^ or return into 
 
 England before ihe three Tears are expired^ I ^.cillbe the 
 
 frjl that ivill get you feized^ and perhaps the Mortifica- 
 
 . tions of a naufeous Prifon 'will prove more preuailing Ar- 
 
 guments ivilh you than all our Remonftrances. Sofr, your 
 
 Liberty is in jaur ozcn Hands ^ but lie cant enjoy a?iy till 
 
 , you are gone out it/" England vifiny Lord Sullex, <v:hQ has 
 
 been fo faithful in fer^ving y^j^^f late^ civill fpcak to you 
 
 as/t real Friend^ he ivill ce^;/fiiu/y advife you to obey us ; 
 
 and that your dear J^lU^LAmay^,^^p the fame njoith the 
 
 lefs ConJIraintf ^'e -will lea-uS\j^ti together to bid her 
 
 fare-weL .„ i.^^l 
 
 At thefe \\cirds he vi^spt out; or the Room without 
 flaying for an -Aufvvejr^viaing tdllowei by my Lady 
 
 
 Douglas in a|i Inftant^^ Pi|B L9v^rs then drawing nearer 
 to one ancther, >ylul(l: t|.i£.l^'larrentertained Lucilia, Hy- 
 poPitus xhT^\\.h\^\\(cli fit^^jilia's Feet, kifTed her Hand, 
 not l?eing.., a^lp.. to cj^^gi^f^Jib Grief but by his Looks 
 aivi;Siglx§; a i^.Qrf, ptisan gaage, which proving very 
 ^ntel^igil^je ,a/^d ep4c,arnig to Julia, llie broke Silence 
 't\^\i ' ^^^oi^'iil^, S'^^^f^ difinayed, faid f-Cy my dear and 
 ■ i^ »".'\'9\''^i?t" H\politus^ if our Misfortunes are great, 
 ^\r njiitual Tendernefs is ftill greater ; one Moment 
 may caufe a great Akeration in our Dclliny ; you are 
 going at a great Diliance from me, it is a NccelTitj.' I 
 don't fee we are able to avoid, and therefore mull fub- 
 m't to it with Patience; and it is impolhble for thofe 
 that feparate our Bodies, to fnatch from our Hearts thofe 
 ^'Engagements that have united them ; our Abfence is to 
 lali tliree Years, perhaps b;fbrethey are at an End Hea- 
 ven will take Pity on us. Oh! Julia, Julia, cried hc^ 
 you put no fmall Conilraint upon yourfelf in hopes to 
 jupport my drooping Spirits j you would comfort me 
 .With Hopes full of Uncertainty, at a Time when Lam 
 going to lofe, wiihouc Reprieve, the only Thing that is 
 dear to me in rhii, World : I ufcd to fee you, cear La- 
 -dy, and now I mull fee you no more, what a Fatality 
 ib this ? Can you refolve to ftay behind in this detefled 
 Place, where you meet with fo much ill Treatment ? 
 
6d, HT.P^u^rus, 
 
 Is hot tliat alone futHcient to caufe in me a mortal In- 
 quietude where'er I go ? You are too ingenuous in tor- 
 menting yourfeir, HypolituSy /aid Julia, I Ihall be the 
 fame here I fliould be in any other Place ; for my whole 
 Mind being taken up with you, I fhall look upon all. 
 other Objefts with fo much Indiffcrency, as to make me 
 infenfible both of the good and ill Treatment! am like- 
 ly to meet with. And will you not let me hear of you, 
 my Julia, /aid he? Would to God, repiicd Jhe^ you 
 could hear as often as 1 could vvifh, you might be fure 
 yott would never want that Satisfa6lion. But how Ihall 
 we do to write to one another ? Lucilia and the Earl of 
 Sujfex were not fo deeply engaged in Difcourfe, but 
 that they took notice fometimes of our two Lovers ; 
 overhearing thefe laft Words, drew nearer, and told 
 them, they fliould leave that Part to their Care, and 
 that they would mc;nage it well enough betwixt them ; 
 that they had nothing to do but to direcl their Letters 
 to the Earl, who was to deliver them to Lucilia. That 
 cruel Moment which was to feparate thefe two Lovers 
 being now at hand, Julia took out of her Bofom a 
 Bracelet fet with Diamonds, on which hung a fmall 
 Pitlure, reprefenting two Hearts pierced through with 
 one Dart, made of her own Hair, with this Motto un- 
 derneath, They are joined for e'ver. 
 
 Keep this Prefent, Jaid Jhe^ my 6.tz.x Bypolitus, you 
 are the only Man that knows the Value of it. He 
 was tranfported with Joy at this Favour he durft fcarce 
 have asked ; he kifled this dear Pledge of his lovely 
 Miftrcfs with all the Tranfports of Love that can be 
 imagined, and then embracing, once bid farewel to one 
 another J but with fuch Agonies and iJillradion of 
 Mind, that the Earl of Sujfex and Lucilia were not able 
 to forbear to mix their Tears and Sighs with thofe of 
 the two Lovers. At that very Inilant the Earl of Dou- 
 glds and his Lady coming into the Room, ordered //>•- 
 politus to follow them out, whereat he appeared fo fur- 
 prized, as if he had never expected any fuch Thing ; 
 he turned his Eyes upon Julia^ who kept hers fixed on 
 the Ground to hide her Tears. Lucilia and the Earl-, 
 ob/erving Hypolitus unrefolved what to do, took him un- 
 
 yi ?i. *Ti ic- jj^j. 
 
 9bid 
 
£jr/ of Do tr G l as. ^ 6^^ 
 
 <3er tl^6 Arms, feind fo led him down Stairs. He em- 
 braced his Sifter with all the Marks of Tendernefs, snd 
 told her feveral Times, 'Fhat the hejl^ and the only Proof 
 Jhe could gi've him of her Friendf^lp'was, to deiwte allher 
 Cares to be Jerviceahh to Julia ; and to him, in fpeakinjr 
 to her at all Times in his Behalf 
 
 So he departed, and Julia was left at full Liberty to 
 give Vent to her Moans, Siglis, and Sobs ; it was in 
 vain for Lucilia to endeavour to aftbrd her fome Confo- 
 lation ; for, fo fcon as Hspolitus was got out of Sights 
 (he threw herfelf upon the Ground, and leaning her 
 Head in Lucilia's Lap, (he exprcffed herfelf ia Terms 
 fo full of Tendernefs and Pafiion. as would have allayed 
 in fome Meafure Hypolitus's Grief, had he been near e- 
 nough to hear it. He, on the other hand, abandoned 
 himfelf no lefs to this tormenting Thought than (he, 
 keeping a mod prof:-und Silerxc, without fo much as 
 uttering one Word, till, coming aboard the Veflel, he 
 was to take Leave of his beloved, generous Friend, the 
 Earl of Suj/l'pc. The Wounds of his Heart beginning 
 to bleed afrefh at this Sep ration, / am then condemned to 
 lofe All, my dear Friend, faid he, embracing him ; otv 
 V'.uji part \ 1 thought^ after nvhat I had left behind in 
 Buckinghamfhire, / could not be fenfble of a?iy other 
 Lofs, fince that firji Stroke 'would make me infenfihle of 
 all the rejl ; but, confidering the Condition I find myfelf 
 in at this Moment, 1 am apt to believe, that Love, even in 
 its moji exalted Degree^ is not incompatible nvith Friendjhip ; 
 prefer ve me yours, my Lord, pray do that Jujiice to thefe 
 Sentiments I have for you. He was not able to fay any 
 more, and the Earl was fo highly afflidled at this difmal 
 Parting, that he could not fay one Word, but embrac- 
 ed him with fuch extraordinary Marks of AfFe6lion, 
 and with Tears in his Eyes, in my Lord and my La- 
 dy's Prefence, that notwithftanding all their Anger on 
 account of having fupported Hypolitus his Caufe, they 
 could not but be very well pleafed thereat. As for Hy- 
 folitusi he was himfe!f again expofed to the Trouble of 
 his Father's and Mother's Leffons and Advice ; but being 
 vexed to the Heart at their rigorous Proceedings, he 
 >vould not put fo much of Conllraint upoii himleif as to 
 
 hide 
 
62 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 hide his Sentiments, but broke out into fuch mournful 
 Complaints, as would have touched any Body's Heart 
 but that of his Father's. I'hey had taken Care alfo to 
 provide him new Servants, being not very well fatisfied 
 with thofe that had remained at the Earl of SuJ/ex's 
 Houfe in the Country. Hyfolitus rewarded their Fideli- 
 ty with feme Money, defiring his Father to take Care of 
 them, which he promifed to do, by taking fome into 
 his own Service, and recommending the relt to fome of 
 his Friends. 
 
 My Lord and my Lady Douglas returned in their 
 Barge towards London^ and took the Yj2lx\o{ SuJJ'ex along 
 with them, to take away all Hopes from H)poiiiui of re- 
 turning a fecond Time. Uefore they were got quite out 
 of Sight, the Wind chopping about, they faw the Vef- 
 fcl hoift her Sails, and, after a DiTcharge of fome Can- 
 non, to make the beft of her Way to purfue her Voyage 
 for Italy. Hypolitus remained upon Deck as long as ht 
 could fee the E?iglijh Shore, fending forth a thoufand 
 Sighs towards that Part of the Country whereabout he 
 judged his dear Jtilia might be ; he wiflied a thoufand 
 times, that by fome nolent Tempeil they might be for- 
 ced back into one of the EngUfh Harbours ; and it was 
 r.ot many Days after they had loft Sight of the EngUjh 
 Coail, that they were overtaken by fo violent a Storm, 
 as put them in the utnioft Danger of being loll, all the 
 Hands they had aboard being not fufhcient to manage 
 the Ship; for the Mafts came by the Board, the Cables 
 broke, and the Sails were fhattered to Pieces, the Vef- 
 fel being fometimes covered with Mountains of Water, 
 which foon would raife her up to the Clouds, and im- 
 . mediately afterwards feem to fwallow her up in the 
 Depths of the Sea ; every one dreading his approaching 
 F'ate, they fent forth moll lamentable Cries to Heaven, 
 looking with doleful Countenances upon thofe Shelves on 
 which they feared the Veifel would be ftaved to Pieces. 
 Hypolitus was the only Perfon there who appeared more 
 courageous than all thofe that had for a long Time been 
 accuftomcd to the Danger of the Seas; he feemed un- 
 dillurbed, expedling Death with an unfhaken Refoiu- 
 .t*QIVi-. nay, he wilhed for it fometimes, ai» the only Re- 
 :i, . medy 
 
Earl of D u G L A %T 63 
 
 mcdy-^iat was likely to rrd him of his Pain ; notwith- 
 ftanding which, fuch was his Prefence of Mind, that 
 he gave Orders in every Thing that fell within his 
 Knowledge. 
 
 At lailthis terrible Tempeft ceafed, the Sky began to 
 be ferene, no Thunder or Lightning was heard or feen 
 any longer ; the Storm was fucceeded by a Calm, and 
 the Sea became fo fmooth, as if the Wind were quite 
 baniflied from the Sea. All Hands were now employed 
 in repairing the Damage the Veflel had received during 
 the Tempeil, and they had much ado to fini(h their 
 Work before they were threatened with another Danger 
 by the fo much celebrated and redoubted Pirate Dra- 
 gut Rais : He no fooner got Sight of the ErigUJh Ship, 
 but he prepared for an Engagement, the Englijhman re- 
 fuilng to ftrike at the Sign given him by the Pyrate. It 
 was at this Time that Hypolitus, laying afideall his Trou- 
 bles, behaved himfelf like a Man of Adlion, encourag- 
 ing the Captain and Seamen, not only by his Wordsi 
 but alfo by his Example. After they had plied lOne a- 
 nother briskly for fome Time with their great Guns, 
 the Turk boarded the Engli(hman, upon which Occafion 
 hypolitus did Wonders in his ownPerfon, appearing eve- 
 rywhere where the Danger was greateil, and carrying 
 every Thing before him wherever he came. At lall he 
 leaped into the Enemy's Ship, followed only by a few 
 of his Men ; but the great Actions they performed a- 
 board the Turkijh VefTel, put Dragut Rais into fuch a 
 Fright, that he thought it his fafeit Way to think of 
 retreating, for fear of falling into his Enemy's Hands, 
 Accordingly he gave the necefiary Orders for getting 
 his Ship off clear from the Englijhman^ which he would 
 have found a hard Matter to effed, had not Hypolitus at 
 the fame Time perceived a Turk aboard his own Ship 
 laying about him moft bravely, killing all that came m 
 his Way, and making a Baricado of dead CarcaiTes to 
 defend himfelf alone againft all the red, fo that fcarce 
 any one durll venture to come near him. Seized with a 
 noble Emulation to fight this brave Enemy, Hypolitui 
 got back again into the Englifo Veflel, and whillt thefe 
 two brave Men were engaged in a moll furious Combat, 
 
 the 
 
64 H r P L IT US, 
 
 the Pyrate took the Opporrunity of getting clear, and 
 fheering off. Nothing elfe could have parted thele two 
 valiant Men, who were both wounded in feveral Places; 
 and he who belonged to the Turk'ip Ship feeing himfelf 
 left behind alcne, had no other Way left him than to 
 furrender himfelf to Hyf-clifus, whom he judged to be 
 moft worthy of that Honour. Ufe me, /aid be to him 
 in Engliih, as I have always ufed thofe of your Nation, 
 who hitherto have always had Reafon to be fatisfied 
 with my Deportment towards them, I hope, faid Hy-. 
 politns to kirn, yoa (hall likewife have no other Reafon 
 than to be fatisfied with me ; and fo he went to the 
 Capta'n of the Ship, defiring he might be treated with 
 peculiar PefpccH:, as. a brave and valiant Man. We owe 
 tvery Thing to yoar \^alcur, faid the Captain, and 
 fince, without your Afiift nee, we fiiould icarce have 
 come off with fo much Honour as we have done, the 
 Perfon you interceed for is at your abfolute Difpofal j 
 the only Thing f have to defire of you being to take 
 Care of yourfelf, and to have your Wounds looked af- 
 ter without Delay. Bfpclitus returned him Thanks for 
 his Civilities and Care, and finding himfelf much weak- 
 ned, becaufe he had loft Abundance of Blocd, he v/a3 
 forced to lay himfelf to reft upon his Bed ; but he fcarce 
 get thither, when remembering his Prifontr, he ordered 
 a Bed to be got ready for him in his ovvn Cabin, where 
 he defired him to lie dovv'n, and let his Wounds be fearcK- 
 ed. None of them were found to be dangerous, and h d 
 Hypolitus been as fecure in all other Refpe6ts, his Cure 
 would have been both eafy and (hort ; but fo foon as he 
 had no more Enemies to encounter, he relapfed into his 
 former Melancholy, and his Prifoner heard him cry out 
 in his Sleep for feveral Nights fucceflively. Oh! [ulia, 
 Julia, in lofinz, thee I hwve lofi All ; nothing can £omfof>t 
 m € for your Ahfence . 
 
 After this, it was no hard Matter for Muley (for that 
 was the valiant Prifoner's Name) to guefs that Hypolitus 
 was in Love, and overburdened with heavy Afflictions. 
 Muley was of a middle Age, exadly Well (haped, arkl 
 had moft regular Features, with a certain haughty and 
 n<JW€, but ni^yft engaging Air and Polrtenefs in hi« CoA- 
 
 verfation. 
 
Earr of. D du G L A sj -\\ 65 , 
 
 verfation. I can*t well conceive, Jhid Hypclitus /<7^w 
 one Day, how a Peifon that makes Profellion of pirat- 
 ing niouid appear with fo honourable a Charader, fo 
 agreeable, and fo far different in his whole Deportment 
 from what may be fuppofed to belong to the Life that 
 you lead ! Muley, fetching a deep Sigh, told him, T^hat 
 every one nvas not at all Times Majier of his oiun Dejli- 
 ny, to chufe fuch as he could njjijh ; that he could not but 
 cwn that God had not fent him into this Worl4 to ad the 
 Pyrate, but that he njjas compelled to imbrace this Life by 
 the barbarous IJfage of Dragut Rais. This Anfwerrai- 
 fed a more than ordinary Curioiity in Hyp^litus ; I fay, 
 in the fame Hyfolitus^ who ever lince he had been for- 
 ced to leave his Miilrefs, had not ihewn the leail Concern 
 for any Thing ; but now feeling within his Breaft a cer- 
 tain Emotion which made him very defirous of being 
 better acquainted with Muley ; I know not who you are, 
 faid he, but you appear to me to be above what you feem 
 to be; if you will difcover yourfelf upon your Honour and 
 Faith, I Ihall take it as a fmgular Obligation, and you 
 may be folly afiured both of my Secrecy and of my 
 Friendfhip. Your Duty obliges you to both, faid Mu- 
 ley, embracing him ; for I dare alTure you, that I am 
 one of your Father, the Earl of Douglases, bell Friends: 
 The firft Thing I did was to enquire after your Name, 
 and it feems to me next to a Miracle I fhould happen to 
 fall into your Hands. Whilll he was talking, Hypolitus 
 had Leiiure to view him much better than he had done 
 before, and difcovered in him a certain near Refem- 
 blance to his dear Julian both in reiped of his Air and 
 Features. Ah ! I pray you don'c envy me any longer 
 the Satisfaftion of knowing you, faid hs to him. You 
 can Icarce remember any tiling of me except my Name, 
 continued Muley, and perhaps you may have heard your 
 Parents talking of my Misfortunes ; / an: the fame 
 Earl of Warwick, ivho nvas fuppofed to be flain in the 
 Venetian Service fourteen Tears ago. At thefe Words 
 liypcliths fetched a fudden Cry, and appeared fo far 
 tranfporttd with Joy, that my Lord Wart\;ichy (for it 
 was adually he) could not but be furprized at his Dc- 
 poitment, npr gueU £t the Keaibn thsjreof. But their 
 
 firft- 
 
,66 H r P L ITU S, 
 
 firfl Surprize being over, Hypolitusy by thofe extraordi- 
 nary Marks of lendernefs and Refpeft, having foon 
 convinced him that he had fuch Sentiments for his Per- 
 fon, as could not be the Produft of a few Minutes Con- 
 verfation, he conjured him to give him a Relation of 
 his Adventures, afluring him, that no Body in the 
 World could take a greater Share in them than him- 
 felf. 
 
 I may foon fatisfy your Curiofiiy, /aid he to him ; I 
 am a Catholick, you are not uracquainted with my Fa- 
 ly ; I married one of the handlomeft and moil virtuous 
 Women in the World ; but Fortune, envious of my 
 Happinefs, and the Satisfaction I enjoyed in her, thought 
 fit to part us; for Edivard Nanjellet my near Kinfman, 
 being accufed of, and condemned for High-treafon, had 
 his Head cut off; and the King being informed that I 
 had let drop feme threatening Words, I foon became 
 the Objeft of his Hatred, which obliged me, to avoid 
 the Efteifls of his Vengeance, to quit my dear Spoufe, 
 and the Kingdom alfo, leaving with my virtuous Wife 
 one Daughter only, named Julia^ who was then no 
 more than two Years old, and very dear to us both. Jf 
 at that very Inftant the Earl of JVarnvick had caft but 
 an Eye upon Hyp9litusy he might foon have difcovered 
 in his Countenance the various Agitations this Name 
 produced in his Soul ; but liis Thoughts being taken up 
 wholly with his Relation, he continued thus : I went to 
 Venice, imbarked aboard the Fleet, commanded by 
 their chief General Capelh^ and being joyned by the 
 SpauiJ/j and the Pope's Gallies near Corfoy we engaged 
 BarbarcJ/a^ and the Galley I was in more than once 
 attacked that wherein was tlie famous Corfair Dragut 
 Rais, with good Succefs on our Side, but very unfortu- 
 nate for him ; for I flew Zinkin Rats, his own Brother, 
 whom he loved as tenderly as his own Life. He fwore 
 he would be revenged of me, and fucceeded in his Vow; 
 for whilll we were hovering about the Gulf of Jrtn, 
 and the Prince Doria retreating with his Squadron to 
 the Surprize of all the VV'orld, Dragut Rais, animated 
 with Hatred againil me, took this Opportunity of fur- 
 rounding our Galley with his whole Squadron. I did 
 
 ail 
 
Z Earl of Doug l a'sV 67 
 
 all I could to die fend myfelf againft fo many Enemies, 
 and was fecondtd raoll bravely by another Venetian Gal- 
 ley ; but, bein-g quite overpowered, dropt into the Sea, 
 covered all over with Wounds. Dragui Rais^ who faw 
 it, commanded me immediately to be taken up, not 
 out of any Kindnefs to my Perfon, but to fatisfy his 
 Revenge for the Death of his Brother, for he put me 
 immediately in Chains. 
 
 Whatever Promifes or Propofab I made to him for 
 my Liberty, it availed nothing. I had continued in 
 this miferable Condition for above four Years, when we 
 took an Englijh Veflel after a fmart Engagement. The 
 Misfortunes of my Countrymen ferved only to revive in 
 me the Thoughts of my own : I asked them what 
 News they brought from England^ and whether they 
 had heard nothing lately of the Countefs of Wartf:ick ? 
 There happened to be among the Engl'Jh Prifoners one 
 whom fhe had taken into her Service hnce I left l^ng- 
 landy and who had lived with her till fhe died ; a dole- 
 ful, fatal Day to "me, and which I can never call to 
 Mind without Tears. ^ he Earl, overburdened with 
 Grief, flopped here for fome Time", till at laft reaflum- 
 ing the Tliread of his DiTcouife', and recovering his'Spi- 
 rits, almolt drooping at the Remembrance of that me- 
 lancholly Hour, I underftood by him, continued he, that 
 my Lady War^jjick hearing the News of my being flain, 
 (which fhe believed to be too true) fhe was lb over- 
 whelmed with Grief, as to fmk quite under it, part all 
 Recovery j in fhort, fhe died in a few Days after. This 
 fad Relation was followed by another, n:iz. By that of 
 the Death of my Diughter, that innocent Babe that 
 was fo dear to me, being tlie only Thing, after her 
 Mother's Death, that could incline me to live. It is 
 certain that this laft Stroke quite cruQied me almoll to 
 nothing, fuch was my Affliction as to render me qu!t^ 
 inlenfibJe of all the Hardfliips of my Captivity ; and 
 that to fuch a Degree, t])at the Corfair was vexed at it 
 10 the Heart. He renev/ed his Threats continually, but 
 thefe proved intfi^'.iflual upon me, bccaufe every Thing 
 was now become fo indiflerent as to me, even my Mif- 
 fortunes themfelves, that tiie belt Comfort I had was to 
 
 fee 
 
68 H r P LIT US, 
 
 ffe myfelf in Chains, fhut up in a dark Hole as like in 
 a Grave, which put me in hopes of my approaching 
 Deatii. How oiten ufed I to blame myfelf tp have left 
 my Wife and Daughter at fach a Dillance from me>? 
 If it had pleafed God, Jai^ 7, to have fpared but one of 
 thefe two, it would have aftbrded me fome Confolation ; 
 but, ala5 ! all is loft to me ! and fuch is my Misfortune, 
 that whilll I am debarred from being among the Living, 
 X cannot as yet be numbered among the Dead. 
 
 I will not abufe your Patience with a long Recital of 
 my Grief, it will fuffice to tell you, that after a moil 
 doleful Captivity of eight Years, Dra^ut Rais one Day 
 lemembering mc again (for lam fure he had forgot mt) 
 fent for me, and no fooner came I into the open Air, 
 but I fell into a Swoon ; but foon recovering myfelf. 
 Come, come, /aid hcy Warwick, take Courage, I have 
 a great Mind once more to put a Sword into thy Hand, 
 provided thou wilt fwear to me by what is moit facrcd 
 .among you ChrijiianSy that thou wilt draw it for ao 
 JBody but for me, and againft all my Enemies without 
 Exception ; if thou agreelT to this Propofal, continued he ^ 
 gi'ving me his Handy I will give thee my Word thou 
 Ihalt be as much refpeded here as myfelf; nay, thou 
 flialt command, and be obeyed here, and thou flialt 
 have an equal Share in my Fortune ; and, to give thee 
 a convincing Proof of kt thou (halt be called Muley, a 
 Name I have in great Veneration, and wear the lame 
 Habit as I do, tho' this be a Thing fcarce ever pradlifed 
 among the Mahometans. Thy O^'ers are not fufficient 
 to tempt me, laid I ; I difdain thy Fortune and thy 
 Command thou fets fo high a Value upon, bccaufe they 
 are all below me ; but if my Services are capable cf f ur- 
 chafing me my Liberty, tell me what Time thou wilt 
 appomt, and I will befides this pay thee my Ranfom. 
 It fhali coit thee 6ooo Rixdoliars, /aid he to ine^ after 
 ten Years are expired, during which thou flialt ferve me 
 faithfully, and upon thofe Cor.ditions the Agreement is 
 made. It was this that obliged me to fghtagainll you. 
 I vv.-is engaged upon Honour fo to do, and cculd in no 
 wife avoid it, tho' my Wifhes were all that While for 
 yop, and. Heaven has been pleafed to hear them at lalt.; 
 - '' ' Dtagut 
 
^arl of Do u gX A s, - 6gf 
 
 Dragut R/iis has been forcM to" leave us, and thereby* 
 my Captivity has been lefieh'd for fevcral Years. I did 
 not think it convenient to difcover myfelf, being taken 
 fighting againU the Erfgfi/h for the Infideh ; but the good 
 Opinion I had conceived of you, continued he, made me 
 foon imagine you would make a5 good Ufe of this Secret 
 as I could wifh for. 
 
 I think this a very happy Day to me, faid Hypofitas 
 to the Earl ofWarzvicki on which you are pleas'd to 
 judge me worthy o^ being your Coniident, before you 
 had any particular Knowledge of me; this Teftimony 
 of your Efteem I (hall be careful not to mifufe, and af*- 
 ter all, you could not have entrufted your Secret with 
 any other Perfon in the World, who is able to repay 
 you this Obligation fo well as I can, by communicatinrg^ 
 to you a Piece of News, which will prove no lefs ac- 
 ceptable than fuiprizing to you, and which. Sir, very 
 Kearly concerns you. He then gave him an exaft and* 
 faithful Account of every thing relating to JuTta'y and' 
 tho' he did not think fit to tell him of his Pafiion for het^,^' 
 his molt paffionate manner of fpeaking concerning hcf,* 
 and the Defcription he gave of her, join'd to other Cirl' 
 cum (lances the Earl had taken notice of before, and now 
 recali'd to his Remembrance, as his Sighs, his Moans 
 in the Night-time, his calling in his Sleep upon Julia 
 by Name, eafily convrncM him that he was molt paf- 
 fioriately in Love with her. 
 
 Nothing can be compared to his Surprize and Joy, 
 when he heard that his Daughter was llill alive ; and 
 it was no fmall Satisfaction to him, to underftand that 
 Ihe was adopted in the Catholick Religion, and become 
 a very accomplifhed young Woman : His Defire to fee 
 her was fuch, that had there been a Veffel to be found 
 that would carry him to London, and had it been in his 
 Power to appear there, he would have undertaken that 
 Voyage immediately, with the greateil Pleafure ima- 
 ginable. Ihe next thing he ask'd, was, How Mat^ 
 ters went in England, as v:t\\ in point of Religion as 
 the Government. Hypolitus told him, That not long 
 ago John Dudley, Duke 'oi t<ioNbumhefIttn4* iwd got the 
 ■ ■ '*' "' ^ Title 
 
70 H rp L ITUS^ 
 
 Title alfo of Earl of Warwick i That he had accufed 
 Edward Seymour, the King's Uncle, and Proteftor of 
 the Kingdom, of a Confpiracy to affaflinate him^ and 
 for that purpofe was entred into a League with the 
 "DxikQ oi Sommerftt i That Seymour being unable to re- 
 fill the Power of his Enemies, was put to Death, with 
 his Lady and feveral other Perfons of Note. That af- 
 ter this, the Duke oi Northumberland being become ab- 
 folute Mafter of all, and procured a Match betwixt the 
 Princefs y<7^?^, King Henry the Vlllth's Niece and 
 his Son, had fet her up for Heirefs Apparent of the 
 Crown ; That it was generally believed that they had 
 poifon'd King Edward, a very hopeful young Prince, 
 in Older to facilitate and anticipate this Succeflion ; up- 
 on whom they had alfo prevailed fo far, as to conftitute 
 yane his Succeffor, and excluded the Princefs Mary his 
 Sifter from the Throne ; But that the Legality of her juft 
 Pretenfions prevailing above the King's lafl Will, fhe 
 now reign'd in England, and was very zealous in re-efta- 
 blifhing the Roman Catholick Religion there ; and that 
 this was the true State of the Kingdom, at the Time of 
 his Departure from London. 
 
 After long and ferious Deliberations upon what Hy- 
 poUtus had told the Earl of Warwick, he thought it moil 
 expedient to go to Venice, in hopes to leap there the 
 Fruits of fo long and painful a Captivity he had under- 
 gone for the Service of that Republick. He did not 
 in the leaft doubt, but that his Daughter was extream- 
 \y well at the Earl of Douglas's, the generous Care his 
 Lady had taken for her hitherto, being a fufficient 
 Pledge of what ihe was likely to do for the future ; and 
 little thinking that Matters ftood in that Family as ac- 
 tually they did, he refolved only to give them News of 
 his being alive by Letters, vvhilft he was to manage his 
 Affairs at Venice. He imparted his Thoughts to Bypoli- 
 tus^ who was not ill pleafed to underftand that he in- 
 tended not to go to England as yet. 'Tis poffible, faid 
 he to a Gentleman in whom he much confided ( tho he 
 wasone of thofefent along with him by his Father) 
 that if my Lord Warwick were at Lwden, they would 
 
 be 
 
Earl of Douglas. 71 
 
 be urgent with him to marry fulia^ and in fuch a Cafe 
 it would prove a much more difficult Task for her to re- 
 fill her Father's Commands, than my Father's Argu- 
 ments ; {q that, as long as I am abfent, 'tis beft for me 
 he fhould be fo too, Thefe Reafons obliged him to 
 confirm the Earl in the Refolution he had taken j and 
 from that Time forward they entred into the moft ftrift 
 and moft tender Engagements of Friendfhip that can be 
 conceived, with this Difference only, that //^(j/Z/^i had 
 always fo much Refpedl and Deference to the Earl, that 
 it could not but feem moft furprizing, to all thofe that 
 were unacquainted with the true Motions thereof. Hy 
 po/itut mo&i generoufly ftiar'd his Money and every thing 
 elfe with his Friend, and would have given him all, 
 but that he would not accept of it; thinking that in 
 ferving the Father of his dear Julia^ he did her an ac- 
 ceptable Piece of Service ; and he thought nothing in 
 the World too much to oblige her. 
 
 His Inclinations and Defire of being ferviceable to 
 my Lord Warwick, kept H)potttus\ melancholy Thought 
 as it were in Sufpence, and the Satisfaction of fo agree- 
 able a Companion prov'd a great Allay to his Pin. 
 They arrived without any further finiller Accident at 
 Leghorri : Here the Captain of the Ship told i/y/^/ ///J", 
 he would refign to him all his Intereft to the P.if..ner, 
 for he knew not that Mu/ey was an Englijh Man. Hy- 
 plitus would not be behind with him in point of Gene- 
 rofity, but prefented him with a Jewel valued at 4C0 
 Piftoles, a Piece his Mother had given him at pa ting, 
 and told him, He hop'd to be one Day in a Condition, 
 to make him a better Prefent, to fhew his Elteem for 
 Muky, and his Acknowledgment for the Civilities they 
 had both receiv'd at his Hands. 
 
 No fooner were they landed at Leghorrty but HjpoFitus 
 \ preffed the Earl of ^/2r«;/V/^ to write to J^u/i^; but there 
 ' reieded not much to engage the Earl to what he was luf- 
 ficiently inclined to before ; he writ at 'he fame time to 
 my Lord and my Lady Doughs, giving them an Ac- 
 count of what had befallen him, and letu ning his hear- 
 ty Tiianks and Acknowledgment for all thofe F.voUrs 
 
 they 
 
72 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 they had heap'd upon yfip.it. liypoiitin enclofed a Let- ' 
 tcr in the Earl's Packec for my Lord Douglas, and /ent 
 a Packet of his own with feve^al other Letters, among 
 which you may Gippofe, that to his dear yulia was the 
 firft in Rank and Moment, the rell being for Ludlia and 
 the Earl o^ SuJfeXy unto whom the Packet was direfted, 
 with advice, that he expefled their Aolwer at Fkrente^ 
 whither he was to go by his Father's abfolute Orders. 
 He had given a Letter to his Son to the Senator j^lberti^ 
 wherein he recommended his Son to his utraoilCare,with 
 all imaginable Expreffions of Tendernefs. So the Earl 
 of Warwick and HypoUtus^ without making any Stay at 
 Leghorn, Lucca ox lifa^ went direftly to F^r^;7r^, where 
 they continued to give one another all poflible Demon- 
 ftrations of Efteem and Friendihip. 
 
 Whilft thefe Things pafs'd betwixt them in haly^ the 
 diftrefs'd yulia enjoy'd neither the leaft Repofe nor 
 Health in England \ her Grief had produced fuch an Al- 
 teration in her, that Ihe was fcarce to be known by her 
 bed Friends : She was fo far from appearing abroad in 
 the World, that flie fcarce ever ftirred out of her Cham- 
 ber. If ihe had any tolerable Moments, it were thofe 
 fhefpent with her dear lucilla^ with the Earl of SvJ/ex^ 
 which was not very often, for fear of creating frefli Suf- 
 picions in my Lord Douglas, which would have prov'd 
 a means to be quite deb^arr'd of the Earl's Company. 
 
 As for -the Earl o{ Bedford, he was for fome time fo 
 ill that he was thought to be at Death's Door : But fo 
 foon as his Mother underftood that he was in the leaft on 
 the mendino- hand, cind in a Condition to be carried in a 
 Litter, (he would nctfufrer him to fray any longer in the 
 fame Houfe where he had fought with Hypol:tus, but fent 
 for hirn to Lojidon : However, before lie left Buckingham, 
 he deiir'd the Favour of my Lord Dmgits to bid Fare- 
 well \oyulin, but could not obtain it, (he perfifting re- 
 folutely in her Refufal of feeing him, in fpite of all the 
 Intreaties of my Lord and my Lady; nay, ihe defired ' 
 to be condufted into France into a N unnery, becaufe fhe 
 was now refolv'd to renounce the World for ever. But : 
 whatever flic could tell them upon that Point, they did 
 
 not 
 
Earl of Douglas. 73 
 
 not believe her to be real, and were fo far from comply- 
 ing with her Requeft, that not doubting, but that if 
 they confenced to it, Hfpolitus would foon find her out in 
 France.^wdi that thereby all the Precautions they had ta- 
 ken of breaking their Correfpondence would be fruftrat- 
 ed ; they put her off fometimef, under Pretence of their 
 Tendernefs to her, and fometimes by a full Denial, and 
 gave her to underftand, that fh mufl: either refolve to 
 marry now, or rtay with them till flie did. 
 
 So rigorous a Treatment could not but revive in her 
 all the Pains (he had felt before. 1 am then Prifoner, 
 dear Sifter, faid flie to Luci/ia^ they will not fo much 
 as allow me the Liberty to retire to fome Solitude, where 
 I may at my own leifure refledl upon and abandon my 
 felf to my tormenting Thoughts : Here I am obligM to 
 be conftantly upon my Guard to conceal my Pain ; I 
 am forc'd to fee thofe whofe Importunities {Q(\t only to 
 encreafe my Afflidion; Alas ! what am I referv'd for ! 
 AM other Women are permitted to chufe what is now re- 
 fufed to me ; nobody oppofes a young Woman in her 
 Intentions of embracing a religious Life, nay, they are 
 often forced fo to do, and I alone am fo unfortunate as 
 to be fubjeded to new Laws, and it feems as if thole 
 whocaufe my Sufferings took Delight in feeing them. 
 Thefe different Thoughts fo far prevailed both over her 
 Body and Mind, that, notwithftanding her natural fweet 
 Dif'pofiti. n, file appeared to be full of Spleen and Vex- 
 ation, though Licilia afforded her all the Confolation 
 Ihe could. This young Lady being very difcrect and 
 piudent, allcdg'd to her every 'I hing that could be faid 
 or tliought on to allay her Troubles, and was no lefs af- 
 fiduous in obliging her with any Thing (he thought 
 might ferve 'm give her fjnie Diverfion \ but without 
 T^wy confiderablc c^uccels. 
 
 \ti the mean while Hypo'itus being arrived at Florence^ 
 met with a Reception from the Senator Altertiy even 
 beyond what my Lord Douglas could have defir'd or 
 hop'd for f]om fo generous a Friend. A few Days after 
 his Arrival, he and the Earl oiWarwick were cordudled 
 by hira tg Cajeua, to a magnificcat Summer-feat built 
 ^r E by 
 
74 H r P O L IT U S, 
 
 by LauretKe de MedUis^ where you may meet with every 
 Thing that was thought rare and curious in thofe Times. 
 Cofmus de Medicis the then reigning Duke of Florence^ 
 who happened to keep his Court there at that Time, 
 would fain have engaged the Earl oi Warwick to Hay at 
 Flore7ice ; and gave fo favourable a Reception to Hypoli- 
 ius, that he might well have flatter'd himfelf with 
 great Advantages to be obtained there, had he been in a 
 Capacity to employ his Thoughts upon any Thing elfe 
 but upon his prefent troublefome State, Moft People 
 perceivM it, and Hypolitus finding himfelf not in a Con- 
 dition to hide it, defir'd Signior Alberti not to make 
 any long Stay at Court. 
 
 At the fame Time my Lord and my Lady Douglas 
 did, in the fo much defir'd Abfence of their Son.tafte the 
 Sweats of an agreeable Tranquility, there being nothing 
 now left to interrupt it at this Time, unlefs it were tlie 
 ^^pprehenfion they lay under,of feeing themfelves difap- 
 pointed m thefe Meafures they had taken of getting all 
 the Letters thatfhould be writ betwixt them into their 
 Hands: For, when upon 'Hypolitus'^ Departure, his Fa- 
 ther gave him Liberty to bid Farewel to Julian 'twas 
 not done fo much with an Intention to give fome Caufe 
 of Satisfadion to him, as to find out what Meafures they 
 would take to maintain their Correfpondence by Letters. 
 For this Purpofe they had placed one of the Counteffes 
 Waiting- women in a hollow Part of the Room, cover'd 
 only with Tapeftries, where ihe could fee and over-hear 
 every thing that pafs'd betwixt them ; and it was by her 
 Means they were informed, that all their Letters were 
 to be direfted to the Earl of ^ujfex : So they refolv'd to 
 intercept them, not queftioning but this might be done, 
 provided they fpar'd neither Pains nor Charges. To 
 compafs their Defign, my Lord Douglas corrupted one 
 of the Poll-Officers with Money, who was to deliver to 
 him all the Letters that came from Italy to the Earl of 
 SuJJex. On the other hand, he prevailed with the En- 
 gli/h Agent, or Chief Fadlor, at Florence, who was his 
 old Acquaintance, to fecure for him all the Letters that 
 ihould be dire^ed to his Son : He told him, that his 
 
 Son 
 
Earl of Douglas. 75 
 
 Son being fallen in Love with a yoang Woman who had 
 no Fortune, he had fent him away on purpofe to cun^ 
 him of that Pafilou, and that therefore he lay under a 
 Neceffiiy of making ufe of all the Stratagems thatpof- 
 fibly he could, to reduce him to Reafon, and to his 
 Duty; and that he conjured him to lend him a helping 
 Hand, fmce Hjpolitus's Fortune lay at Stake. 
 
 The firrt Packet my Lord Douglas received from Ifaly^ 
 was actually direfted to him from Leghorn, and in it the 
 Earl of IVatnvick^ and H\politus\ Letters : He was not 
 a little furprized to underlland that 'Julia's Father was 
 ftill alive, and he had not the leaft Reafon to doubt of 
 the Truih of it, after the Letter he had writ him upon 
 that Subje<^. He did not think it convenient to impart 
 this good News to Julia ; llie will, /aid he to ike Count- 
 tejs his Spoufe, make this a plaufible Pretence to contra- 
 di<fl; us, whenever we Ihall propofe a Match to her ; fhe 
 will fay, Ihe ought to ftay till the Return, or at leait 
 for the Confent of the Earl of Wanvick j and, fince 
 he himfelf tells us of the great Obligations he has to 
 our Son, and that 'tis probable he may have difcover- 
 cd to him his Pa{lk>n for Julia, her Father is not likely 
 to aift contrary to the Interefl of a Friend, who is al- 
 ready fo dear to him. Upon thefe Confidcrations, it 
 it was refolved not to let Julia know the leall T hing 
 relating to the Eail of irar-ziicl^; and that they might 
 not om:t any Thing they thought requifite to thwart the 
 Defigns of thefe two t.^nder and unfortunate Lovers, 
 they got certain I-£tters forged, and diredted to the Earl 
 of Si/J/ex {after having intercepted the true ones fent 
 him from Leghorn) to Lucilia, and to Julia, in T/y/s- 
 //Vwi's Name. In thefe 'tuas pretended he writ then!" 
 Word, that having received a VV^ound in the Hand, in 
 his late Voyage, he was obliged to make L'fe of a 
 Friend to write to them in his Behalf. This was done to 
 remove all Sufpicion, when they Ihould fee their Letters 
 written by another Hand but Hypolitus's own ; and 
 to play their Cards the better, tr.at written to Julia, 
 was conceived in Terms full of JndifTerency and chang- 
 ing ; whereab thofe for Lucilia^ and the Earl oi Sujfex^ 
 Were extremely tender. 
 
 E 2 Oil 
 
76 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 On the other Hand, my Lord Douglas caufed other 
 Letters alfo to be forged, as if written by Julia, her 
 Siller, and by the Earl, to Hypoliius, ftiled in fuch a 
 Manner as they judged moO: proper to perfwade him 
 they were written by them ; and to take away all Man- 
 ner of Sufpicion from him, becaufe they were not writ- 
 ten with their own Hands, they let him know, that it 
 was agreed among them to difguife their Hand Writing, 
 that in Cafe they fhould mifcarry, it might not be 
 known from whom they c ime. 
 
 T'hen my Lord Douglas wrote again to the Englijh 
 Head Faftor at Florence^ to defire him to intercept thofe 
 Letters that aduaUy came from the Earl of Sujftx, and 
 kiftead thereof to deliver to Hypolitus the fuppofitious onf s; 
 to dillinguifli thefe Letters, he fent him a Print of the 
 Signet wherewith the fuppofitious Letters were to be feal- 
 cd, conjuring him to fuffer none but thofe to come to his 
 Son's Hands, and fend all the reft back to him. By 
 this Means feeing himfelf Mafter of all the fecret Cor- 
 refpondence betwixt Julia and her dear Lover, he be- 
 gan now to hope to bring his Defires about according to 
 the Scheme he had laid of them j for, according to his 
 Direftions, thefe fuppolitious Letters, by Degrees, ap- 
 peared more and more cold on both Sides. Julia be- 
 came inconfolable. Jlas ! Sijler^ faid fhe lo Lucilia, 
 your Brother lanjes me no ?nore ; pray mind houo itidijff'trent' 
 ly he 'writes y and he has mijfed fe'veral Pojh nxiithout let- 
 ting me hear from him, and ivhen he does, it feems as if 
 it njjere only out of Coinplaifance, and as if 1 nvere forced 
 to fnatch from him his Demonfirations and Remembrance 
 of our Friendjhip ; / am fure ivhat he does is only for a 
 Decorum^ s Sake^ his Heart has no Share in it. Hypolitus 
 is changedy Sijier, continued Ihe, Hypolitus is changed', 
 at thefe Words fhe dropt from her Chair like one half 
 dead. Lucilia would willingly have fpoken in JulUfica- 
 tion of her Brother, and maintained his Conilancy j 
 but thinking herfelf convinced of his Infidelity, ihe 
 -was not a little difcompofed at his Inconfiancy. 
 
 Whilft thefe lovely Perfons pafTed whole N ights under 
 the moft fenfible Afflidion that could be, and in their 
 fetters loaded the unfortunate Hypolitus with a thoufand 
 
 Reproaches, 
 
Earl ^Douglas, 77 
 
 Reproaches, his Mind laboured under no Icfs Dillrac- 
 tion than theirs. Upon the Departure of the Ear] of 
 Warnjuick for FcnicCy he had dirclofed to him his PafTion 
 for Juiia, without in the leaft difguifing the Matter, 
 and told him how much my l,ord Douglas was exafps- 
 rated ac^ainfl him on that Account, and he had prevail- 
 ed at lail fo far upon the Earl, that he brought hirri 
 over quite into his Interell, and cbiaincd from him 1 
 Promife, That this fair Lady /hoiild he no Bcdys elfe but 
 his. He did not fail to acquaint liis beloved Millrefs 
 with this agreeable Piece of New?, but to little Purpofe, 
 fince every Thing was kept from her Sight and Know- 
 ledge, except what might fcrve to increal'e her Grief.; 
 as Hypolitus, on the other hand, oblerved that llie wrote 
 to him as if it were with fome Conllraint and Diffidence, 
 which proved the conftant Occafion of new Diliurbances 
 in his Mind. 
 
 I told you he'bre, that be was received wi:h ail Dc« 
 Xi^.o.iilration of Eftecm and Eriendfhip by tlie Senator 
 Jlberti i he had a Son mucli of the fame Age as Hypo- 
 litus, named Signior Leander, a Peifon well (haped, 
 witty, obliging, of a fweet Temper, and a pleafing 
 and moft engaging Converfation. T liefe two Gentle- 
 inen foon diicovered in one another fuch a mutual Dif- 
 poiliion to love one another, and their Tempers fuitcd 
 fo exai.'Uy well, that at frlit Sight, by a certain EfR*fl 
 of Sympathy, they contr^ided fo near, and fo frm a 
 Fr'endlhip, that in a very fmall Time after they had no 
 Secret, nay, nor fcarce even a Thought but what they 
 communicated to ov.z another. It i: eafy to imagine, 
 that living in fo ftrift a Friendfhip, Hypolitus could not 
 forbear to make him his Confident of his PafLon for 
 Jidia, and he took much Delight in talking of her, 
 and in extolling the Charms and ether great Qualities of 
 his Miitrefs, that it wanted very little but that Leander 
 had fallen in Love with her. 'Nothing in the Worlds 
 faid he, is comparable to her for Beauty ^ vothing v.ofe 
 accomplijhed than her Wit \ /he has a great Soul, and an 
 engaging Air^ enough to inchant e^-vefy Body that con<verfes 
 nvith her. Houj happy are you, Elypolitu^, faid Lean- 
 der % to bCf tny dear, beloved by fa accomplijhed a Lady ! 
 
 E 3' ^t 
 
78 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 j9s for fnyfelff I ha^ve not as yet tajied the Pleafure of a 
 teuder Love. J never 7net fwhh aiiy yet^ in my f^ay, hut 
 ivhat ivere Coquets, ivho are fond of many Lonyers^ 
 'without lo'vi7tg, or being cruel to any one. Thofe are dan- 
 gerous Women, cried Hypolitus, I lo-ved Julia before 1 
 knevj myjelf and I kne<vo not ^vhat Lonje nvas nvhen 1 
 felt niyfelf in Love nvith her ; fo it is not Experience has 
 n:ade me a Lo'ver. Oh ! ho^v Jhould I dread fuch a 
 Woman as ycu /peak of. 1 fuppofe them to he of fo unrea- 
 frnahle and unequal Tempers j that J cannot but pity all 
 thofe that ferve them. 
 
 After they had fpent fome Time in fuch like Difcour- 
 {zSy he ihewed him the Bracelet with Julia\ Hairs in 
 it ; he kiffed it a thoufand Times with all the Tranf- 
 j-orts of Tendernefs that can be imagined, expeding, 
 with the utmoft Impatience, to have a Letter from her 
 fair Hands : But iho' he neglected no Opportunity of 
 having his Letters as foon as they were delivered out, 
 the Englijh Faftor took fuch effedlual Care to oblige 
 my Lord Douglas^ that he had none bat the fuppofilious 
 Letters inftead of the others ; fo that his Grief increafed 
 in Proportion as he obfeivcd in his Miftrefs's Letters a 
 certain Coldnefs he thought he deferved lefs now than 
 ever. Pray mind, faid he, with a melancholjy Air, to 
 Lcander^ nvhat Effefls Ah fence is able to produce ; the 
 lo77ger it isy the more NeglcSl I ohfer-ve in Julia. Oh f 
 cruel Abjence^ cried he, thou hafl robbed 7ne of my Mi- 
 firejs's Heart. 
 
 Leander would willingly have perfwaded him to take 
 a Turn to Rome\ and thence to Venice, and to Itay 
 there for fome Time. No, y^/W tlypolitus, no, I will 
 not llir out o^ Florence i for fince my Father's Deiire 
 was to fend rr.e out of England, I will at leail ftay at 
 Florence, becaufe it is nearer to it than any of the othc^r 
 two Places you would have me go to ; all the Beauties 
 in the World I can look at with Indifference only, till 
 fuch J i.neas I fee that again I love ; and fmce I can de- 
 light in nothing, fince I am int'enfiole to every Thing, 
 nothing can reach my Heart ; all my PalFions being cen- 
 tred in that lovely young Lady* I can take no other 
 Imprelfions but what proceeds from a mod profound 
 
 Grief: 
 
Earl ^Douglas. 79 
 
 Grief: Bat tho' I adore without Intermiflion, you fee 
 Hie kills me by her IndiiFerency. It is that, /aid Lz- 
 ander, which obliges me to find cut fome Means or o- 
 iher to engrige you to conclude a Truce for fome Time 
 with this rplenatick Temper, which makes you fhun 
 the Converktion of all the World. I cannct conceal it 
 any longer from you. That you are looked upon at Court 
 as if you 'ivere a Barbarian, e^cery cne asks rne the Reafon 
 of ity and the Ladies efpeciaily Jhe^w 'very much their 
 Dftike at sonr Deportment ; fray at leafi be a little tnore 
 fociahlc. I heilhcr can, nor nuill he other-vjife than no-i.v 
 lam, anfwered //v/o/Z/z/;. Give me Leaz'e to Jigh, my 
 dear Leander, gix-e me Leave to bemoan mv Misfortunes at 
 Fltafure-i dun t f rait en my Faint Alas I this is a Re- 
 ^ueji fdv vjtll be able to deny me. 
 
 A whole Year being thus pad, my Lord and my 
 Lady Douolas were extremely pieafed to fee their De- 
 figris fucceed fo foriunately, that not the leall Dif- 
 covery thereof had been made hitherto ; but at the fame 
 Time they were convinced, to their no fmall Grief and 
 Vexation, by thofe of their Son's Letters, and by fuch 
 of Julia'^i Letters as fell into their Hands, that Ab- 
 fence had not made the leail Alteration in their Hearts ; 
 that their Tendernefs continued llill to be the fame, and 
 that it was evident, by what they had writ to cne ano- 
 ther, that even Death itfelf Ihculd not make ihtm 
 change their Minds. IVIy Lord having all the Reafon 
 in the World to fear that fome Accident or other might 
 overturn the Frame of his Structure, before he fhould 
 be able to bring it to Perfection, went immediately to 
 the Agent oiFlorence^ then refiding at Lcndon* and hav- 
 ing told him what Vexation he lay under on account of 
 his Son's Paflicn, from which neither Time, nor his po- 
 fitive Commands, had been able to divert him hitherto; 
 he irtreated him to lend him a helping Hand in bring- 
 in"^ about a Delig;n he had tramed to brins: him to Rea- 
 fon. Findmg him fufriciently inclining to comply with 
 iiis Defires, they contrived certain Letters, cne as if 
 written by Hypolitus, the other by the Englijh Head 
 Fa«5lor at Florence, the third by the Marquis de Ncri, and 
 the fourth by the Senator ^Iberti. Theie Letters con- 
 
 E 4 tained 
 
So H r P L 1 TU S, 
 
 tained in Subllance, T^at Hypolitus dejired mv Lord's 
 Confent to marry Madam Neri, a young Lady of ^alityt 
 nubofe Houfe 'was related to the moji illujlr'ious Families of 
 Italy, and ivho^ being an Heirefs, ivould be a <vaj} For- 
 tune to him. They fent alfo her Pidlure, which being 
 not drawn after any Original, but merely according to 
 the Pidure-drawer's Fancy, he had made it a perfedl 
 Pattern of Beauty, fuch a one as no Body could look 
 upon without Admiration. The Senator J^lberti in his 
 pretended Letter pofitively told my Loid Douglas ^ That 
 his Son ivas fo far enamoured <vjith this lovely Lady^ that 
 if he refufed his Confent to Tnarry her, he 'would certain- 
 ly die for Grief. The Englijh Agent added to this, ^hat 
 it nxould he a ^very ad-vantageous Match. And the fup- 
 pofitious Marquis de Neri fent a com pli mental Letter to 
 my Lord, telling him, as it were en paffanty That Hypo- 
 litusV Merits had made fo deep an Impreffion upon his 
 Daughter^ and that he had gi<ven her fuch undeniable 
 Demonjirations of a moJi njiolent Fajfon for her, that hi 
 nvas no longer able to refji both their Praters and In' 
 treaties to acquaint him that he Jl:oulJ joyfully embrace 
 the lioncur of his Alliance, pro'vidcd his might not he un- 
 acceptable to kim. 
 
 Every Thing being thus concerted, one Day wJien 
 the Earl of SuJJex wa at Dinner with my Lcrd Dcuylas^ 
 in coTies a Servant of the Florentine Agent, ddiring to 
 rpeak with my Lord j he told him that his AJafter 
 might come ac what Hcur he pleafed, and that he 
 would expeft him all tre Remainder of the Day. Not 
 long afcer, i.\ he comes, and Julia, who loved to be 
 fclicary, was going tj withdraw; but this being a Time 
 wherein file was lo have the chief Part, the Countefs 
 told her, with a low Voice, that Decency requiiei (he 
 and Lucilia fl.Oild flay as long as fhe Itaid. After the 
 firll Compliments were pai^, the Agent told my Lord 
 he had fomerhing of Moment to communicate to hini 
 concerning H.politus ; and my Lord told hini he m"g .t 
 tell it with a;l imaginable Freedom, there being t.o Bo- 
 dy prefent but his Mo.her, Siller, and intimate Friends. 
 Then the Agent, who aOed his Part to the Life, ofler- 
 ed the before mentioned Letters, which my Lord Dou- 
 glas 
 
Ear/ of Dou GL AS. 8i 
 
 g/as read firft with a low V^oice ; but foon after told his 
 Wife, fo that every Body there prefent might hear him ; 
 TJ^ere is nothing that is a Secret in theje Letters^ fa id he 
 to his Lady, pra'^ mind n^hat they ^Jjrite tne ; and then 
 he read the Letters again aloud, and opening the Cafe 
 wherein was the Pi<flure of the pretended Madam AVr/, 
 fcemed furprized at her Beauty, as well as my Lady 
 Doughs^ whilll: the Agent took Care to extol her to the 
 Sky for a thoufand other great Qualifications : At lall 
 lie intreaied my Lord to give them a favourable Anfwer, 
 and not to retard the Felicity of two fuch accomplifhed 
 and paflionate Lovers. Good God ! who is able to de- 
 fcribe that miferable State unto which the unfortunate 
 jfulia faw herfelf reduced during this cruel Converfa- 
 tion ; fhe refolved to put a Conftraint upon herfelf, and 
 would fee her Rival's Piifture ; but fhe had no fooner 
 cart her L)es upon tliat fital Piece, which appeared to 
 her moll furprizingly beau'iful, bjt (he fell into a Swoon, 
 without Scnfc, \'oice, Motion, or Pulfe, and Death 
 feemed to have fixed his ghaflly Look in her Face. 
 Any Body, lefs prejuJiced than my Lord and my Lady 
 were, would have been touched with Compaflion at fo 
 jr.elaiichclly a Spe<5tacle ; but they feemed unconcerned, 
 and only ordered her to be carried into her Bed-cham- 
 ber. Lu:ilia and the Karl of Sujfexy almoft drowned 
 in Ttar.s ll;iid with her ; but for all the Help and Re- 
 medies they could give ht^r, it was above four Hours 
 belore fhe recovered fo far as to judge whether Ihe were 
 dead or alive. 
 
 Then flie juft opened her Eyes, fixing them ftedfaftly 
 on Lucilia and the Earl, but faid not one VVord, nor 
 filed one 7'ear ; and foon after (hut them again, nor 
 w.uld fhe open them any more, nor fpeak one Word. 
 Dear Sijier, faid Lucilia, embracing her very tenderly, 
 perhaps your Evil is not paji Cure, Hypolitus is tjot mar- 
 ried as yet y and it is likely he ^.cill repent of his InconfiaN- 
 O * ^f ke P^oidd return to his Duty, nx:ouhi not you receive 
 him again ? And if he continuet to he ungrateful, 
 ivill you facrifice your Life for an ungrateful Perfon, and 
 Jeave me in this dejperate Condition 1 am in no<vo ? The 
 £arl forgot not to joyn his Arguments to the Intieaties 
 
 E 5 of 
 
82 H r P L I TU s, 
 
 of LuclUa ; but Julia would not fo much as make therti 
 underltand by a Sign that fhe took notice of what they 
 faid, and it b^ing very late, the Earl went away with- 
 out having the Satisfa<nion of hearing her fpeak ; and 
 Lucilia fpent the whole Night with her in Tears and 
 Lamentations. The next Day the Earl came again, 
 and being told by Lucilia that Ihe would take nothing 
 at all, nay, that whatever ihe could tell or pray her, 
 fhe would not fo much as open her Eyes, nor fpeak 
 one Word, \it went immediately to fpeak with my 
 Lord and my Lady. Thefe feemed not in the leall fur- 
 prized or touched with Compaffion at poor yulia's de- 
 fperate Cafej they only told him carelelly, That Hunger 
 nvould bring her to eat, and that Lovers had generally 
 hut a Jlender Appetite for Viduals. Hoiu ! cried the 
 Earl of Suj/exy in an angry Tone, yoji don''t only ruin a 
 young Lady, hut alfo infult over her Misfortunes ; can 
 you imagine hut that fo unjuft a Proceeding ivill not make 
 you blujh one Time or other ? He continued to intermix 
 moil bitter Complaints with his Reproaches, but all 
 in vain : So, perceiving no Good was to be done with 
 them, he went, fu!l of Affliction, to Julian Chamber 
 again. 
 
 Lucilia ceafed not to make moft prefling Inftances to 
 Julia to take fome Nourilhment, but to no Purpofe ; 
 however, at laft opening her Eyes, (he told them with 
 a feeble V^oice, intermixed with Sighs and Scbs, Dear 
 Si^er, and you y my generous Friend^ fa id fhe, don't urge 
 7ne any further to eat, I am highly obliged to you for all 
 your Cares, and the Demonjlrations you gi've me of your 
 Tcndernefs, but I hope foon to fee a?i End of this deplora^ 
 hie Life. Oh I barbarous Hypolitus, faid fhe. Oh ! 
 barbarous Man^ nvhat ha^e J done againfi thee to defernje 
 fuch cruel Treatment at thy hands ? What is become of 
 all thy Oaths and Vonvs ? Tjou lonjejl ?ne no longer, faith- 
 lefs Man ; and I am fo frail and foolijh as to afflict my- 
 felf at it. Having faid thefe Words, fhe fpoke no 
 more, nor would take the leaft Nourilhment, tho' fhe 
 was reduced to a very weak Condition, having taken 
 not the leaft Thing for two whole Days. Lucilia and 
 the Earl being fenfible her Defign was to fhrve \it^{^\i 
 
 to 
 
Earl of "Dov GL AS. 83 
 
 to Death, they thought it their bell Way to touch her 
 in her Confcience, knowing her to be very meek and 
 tender in that Point; fo they fent for her Father Con- 
 fefTor, and having difcourled him in private, left him 
 alone with her. His Authority proved more prevailing 
 upon her than all the Tears of Luciiia, and all the In- 
 treaties of the Earl of StiJJex were able to do before. 
 Julia fubmitted herfelf to the Direi^ions of him who 
 had always been her Guide, and he was no fooner gone, 
 but ihc fpoke thus to her Sifter and the Earl of SiiJJex ; 
 Dont hear nie any III ivill, faid fhe to them, hecaufe I 
 •was fo pojitize in rejljiing nx: hat you dejived cf me\ it 
 nvas Kot an Effect of nvant of Friendjbip for ycu^ but of 
 tny Defpair only. *fbey tell mCy I mull no! Jhorten jr^y OT.vn 
 Davs, and that I muji he accountable for wv Life to him 
 ivho rave it me. Then I ii-il/ /lie, continued fhe, with a 
 deep Sigh, then I ivil/ li<ve the tno/l unfortunate Perfon 
 that eier ivas feen ; and f nee I am under a Necejjity to 
 li'-ve, I njduld not ha-ve the un^ratefui Hypoiitus knon.v all 
 thofe T^ roubles and Grief he has occajioned in me. Si;?er^ 
 added ihe, if I dare hope that you lo'oe me, gi've me this 
 Proof of it ; dorUt I peak to your Brothtr concerning me ; 
 or if it happen you cannot a'vdd it, tell him I nxas 7iot 
 concerned at his Infidelity \ That Indfferencs has made 
 me fet afdi all mv Anger ^ and that I jcarce e~uer fo much 
 as named him. Grant me this Favour, faid (he, addref- 
 fing lierfelf to the Earl, dont let him he acquainted 
 njjith the Paitis I fuffer for him ; 1 make you my Conf- 
 denty but don't reveal my Secret. They promifed to do 
 as Ihedefired tiiem, being overjoyed to fee her take feme 
 Care for the Prefervation of a Life which was very dear 
 to them. 
 
 A confiderable Time was fpent in bringing her to the 
 intire Ufe of her Reafon, and Luciiia and the Earl of 
 Sujfex in their Letters wrote fuch bloody Reproaches to 
 Hypolitus, that fuppofing the Matter of Fad upon whitk 
 they were founded to have been fuch as it appeared to 
 them, they mufl needs have reminded, and perhaps al- 
 fo recalled him to his Duty : But alas I none of thofe, no 
 more than all the lei they had written before, came to 
 his Hands. In the mean while Julia vvouli fometimes 
 
 £ 6 fiauet 
 
84 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 flatter herfelf in the midft of her Defpair with the plea- 
 fing Hopes that her Lover might repent, and not con- 
 fumate the intended Marriage ; fhe could not forbear 
 fometimes to tell LucIJia, Notnulthftanding 'what Hypo- 
 litus has done againft 7ne, faid (he, I am fenfihle I Jhould 
 be glad to pardon him if he could return lo his Duly ; but 
 alas ! nvhen I confider thefe rare Salifications of Madam 
 Neri, / have great Reafijn to fear he I'jill never be 
 mine. At this Confideration flie plunged into an Abyfs 
 of Pain and Torments. Lucilia, on her S.de, being 
 refolved not to flatter her with fuch uncertain Hopes as 
 would ferve only to revive her Paffion, and confequently 
 to torment her in vain ; Vou mufl forgetViy^Z)\'\.\.\x%, faid 
 flie, dear Sifier, you ought to hate him ; and notvoith- 
 fiandihg he is my Brother, I am ahfolutel^ againft him: 
 Forget, and to hate him, leplied Julia, Oh ! Sfer, do 
 you think me to he Mifrefs of fry ovjn Sentiments ? A 
 Soul prepojjyjed n.vith a Habit of lo ving and being beloved ^ 
 and that contra^ed by a long Procefs cf Time, a fine ere 
 Heart engaged in a Paffion voithout Difguife, is not in a 
 Condition to recover itfelf at the very Moment it finds it- 
 felf betrayed. Dont you fee honv unfortunate I am, even 
 after I vjas confirmed to have lojl this faithlefs Man ? I 
 ?nufi oven to you, my Love for him is rather increafed^ 
 I am very ingenious in contriviti^ my ovjn Torments, I call 
 to fnind every Thing he has told me, every Thing he ufed 
 to do before ?ne ; he is alvjays prefent in my Sight, I di /co- 
 ver every Day nevj PerfeSfions in his Perfo?i, all <v:hich 
 ferves only to increafe my Pain ; no, dear Sifter, no, ?ny Cafe 
 is deplorable beyond all Comparifon, and it is impoffihle for 
 you to be fenfible of the Pains and Torments I fuffer. 
 
 The News moil of all dreaded by Julia, I mean 
 that of Hypolitus\ pretended Marriage, being come at 
 that Jundlure my Lord Douglas had contrived it ftiouid 
 be known, this fatal Stroke once more revived in this 
 fair Lady all her Difcontents and Troubles ; for tho' flic 
 expeded to hear of it every Moment, yet flie flill flat- 
 tered herfelf with fome fmall Glimpfe of Hopes to the 
 contrary : So that now feeing her Cafe to be fuch as to 
 be paft all Cure, flie took a Refolution of fliutting her- 
 felf up m a Nunnery, and there to linger away the re- 
 maining 
 
Earl of Douglas; 8^ 
 
 maining Days of her ianguifhing Life, when on a fudden 
 a certain Motive of Honour and Pride overturned this 
 whole Defign. Hoiv, faid fhe to Lucilia, Jhall 1 league 
 the World for this nvorthlefs Lover ? jSnd Jhall he have 
 the SatisfaSiion of imagining that it <was Grief that made 
 vte take this Re/olution, becaufe I nvas not capable to di- 
 fpenfe njAth the Lofs of him P No, I cannot ^car the very 
 Thoughts of it ; noy let it coft me nvhat it v:ill, I <VLnll 
 make him believe at leaft that 1 am contented and happy. 
 And Jince the Earl of Bedford continues to make his Ad- 
 drefesy and ivith the fame Pafjion courts me to be his 
 Spoufe, I <^vill facrifice my Repofe to my Pride. I hope 
 you are not in earnefly SiJUr, cried Lucilia ; hov: can you 
 refolve to marry a Man <zvhom you love not? Do you fore' 
 fee the ill Confequences that attends fuch a Match ? I fuf- 
 fciently forejee them, replied fhe, in a melancholly Tone, 
 but 1 fore fee alfo that this ^vill prove a Means to pre- 
 vent your Brother s being acquainted voith my Frailties 
 and tender Inclinaticns for him ; he nvill then have Rea- 
 fan enouo^h to believe that 1 changed as vuell as he ; nay, 
 it vuoidd be a kind of SatisfaSlion to me, if he vuas per- 
 fvaded that 1 did fo firf. AW Lucilia^ s Reafons and 
 Intreaties to difl'vvade her from it proved fruitlefs upon 
 this Occafion, and as the Countefs of Douglas let flip no 
 Opportunity of diving into Julia's Sentiments, fhe no 
 fooner underftood her favourable Difpofition for the Earl 
 of Bedford bat ihe acquainted him of it, nor loft they 
 one Moment to ftrengthen Julia in her Refolution. 
 Dear Daughter, faid fhe to her, tho' your Inclinations 
 are not much for the Pcrfon you have pitched upon^ you 
 have fo great a Share of Virtue, and he adores you (if 
 one may fo term it) in fo extraordinary a Manner, that 
 your Gratitude and Duty nvill produce in his Behalf vuhat 
 your Tendernefs ^.vould engage for another Man. Julia 
 kept Silence for a While, but when fhe was obliged to 
 return an Anfwer, fhe faid, with a melancholly Air, 
 7hat fince fhe had rejolved upon this Match, fhe hoped 
 Jhe fhould not be vianting in her Duty. So great Prepa- 
 rations were made for the Nuptials, and that fatal Day 
 being come, Julia appeared in a white Apparel, bro- 
 cadoed all over with Silver, adorned with Abundance 
 
 of 
 
86 H r P L 1 TU S, 
 
 cf Jewels, and her fair Hair curiouily tied up in Locks 
 and Buckles ; (he had never appeared more beautiful, 
 and at the fame Time more languifhing ; (he looked 
 fomewhat pale, but without being the Jeatl injurious to 
 her Complexion ; and her large Eyes containing a cer- 
 tain Languifhmcnt by rcafon of her Grief, feemcd ra- 
 ther to increafe than to diminifh her Charms. The 
 Earl of Bedford thought himfclf the happied Man in 
 the World, and could fcarce imagine how fo unex- 
 pedled a Change could fall to his Lot. He was not a- 
 ble to conceal the Tranfports of his Mind ; but neither 
 his Tranfports, nor his Love, nor his Constancy, were 
 able to touch the lovely J uUa^ Heart. She was mar- 
 ried at Buckingham Houle, in the Prefence of a noble 
 and numerous Aflembly ; every one took notice of her 
 Melancholly, and fome would ask her the Caufe of it ; 
 but fhe fcarce returned any Anfwer to any Thing, whe- 
 ther ferious or otherwife. 
 
 The Earl of Bedford underftood the fame Day he 
 was to be married to her, that Julia was the Eari of 
 WarnvicK^ Daughter, my Lord and my Lady Douglai 
 thinking it not convenient fhe fliould marry the Eari in 
 the Quality of being their Daughter ; but he defired 
 the Tiling might be kept as a Secret, and that he might 
 pafs for her Father hereafcer as he had done hitheno- 
 The Earl, inllead of bringing his new Spoufe to Lon- 
 don^ carried her into Berfjhire^ where he had a Coun- 
 try-feat not inferior in Magnificence to a royal Palace, 
 Art and Nature being joyned together to accomplifh it ; 
 its Situation being infinitely delightful, by reafon of an 
 adjacent Foreil, which furniftied it with the moft plea- 
 fant Walks in the World, in the midft of a fpacious 
 Solitude : For tho' this Seat was not above forty Miles 
 diltant from London^ its Situation among the Woods 
 made it appear much mere remote from that great City 
 than actually it was; and tho' Abundance of Gentlemen 
 live in that Country, yet none had their Houfes within 
 a fmall Diftance from this Seat. This was the Place, 
 whither the unfortunate Julia was condu<5led by her new 
 Spoufe ; fhe defired the Countefs of Douglas to let 
 the lovely Lucilia ftay with her fbme Time, whieh 
 
 was 
 
Earl of Douglas. 87 
 
 was Toon granted. AI-.s! were u pofllble to reprefent 
 to ycu the doleful State of her Heart, you would cer- 
 tainly afford her feme Compairion. / did not think, 
 faid llie to Lucilia, that my Pain could pofjibly be increa- 
 fed ; / belie'ved, that after ivhat I had undergone^ no- 
 thing could augment my Sufferings j hut ho-xv much do I 
 Jind my/elf deceived P My dear Luc'iUa., eucry Moment 
 produces additional Torment to my Pains j this continual 
 Conftraint I am forced to put upon myjelf for a Husband 
 I dont love^ thefe fecret Reproaches I cotiftantly feel 
 tvjithin m\felf and thefe Remcrfesy n.vhich are the Con- 
 fequences of the tender Remembrance of a Lover nvho is 
 fill beloved by me ; thife DeF,res of difchayging one's Du" 
 ty, and the Violence of tearing from one'^s Heart an In- 
 clination ivhich nonv is become criminal ; all thefe Con- 
 f derations appear fo dreadful ^ and caufe fuch hea-vy Af- 
 fiiSlions to ?ne,- as makes me apprehend fo\etimes they<iXjill 
 reduce me to Defpair. Whilf I ivas my onvn Mijirefs 
 J had this Comfort at lea ft ^ that I need not hlufi> on 
 account of my Pajfon. jfujl Heaven^ nvhat a Martyr- 
 dom is this I Ho^lv lo-ng Jhall I be thus afflicted I At 
 thefe Words (he cried biiterly ; her Siller mingling her 
 Tears with hers, would fain have afforded her i'ome 
 Confolation, but without Succefs. 
 
 The Earl of Bedford, in the midft of all the PJea- 
 fures he enjoyed, could not but be feniible that lie was 
 not beloved by his Lady ; for tho' Love be blind, it is 
 very quick-fighted and difcerning in certain Refped.s. 
 It is true, we are apt, when we are in Love, fcarce to 
 make a real Diftindion betwixt that which is the Ef- 
 fed only of Complaifance, and betwixt what proceeds 
 from pure Inclination ; we ara very willing to flatter 
 and to deceive ourfelves : But, after all, there is a cer- 
 tain nice and delicious Relilli which affeds the Heart 
 from Time to Time with a mutual Paffion ; but when 
 only one of the two happens to love, he muft expeft 
 Abundance of turbulent Hours, and the Objetl beloved 
 muft alfo bear her Share in them. This was the Cafe 
 of the Earl of Bedford^ who, during thefe turbulent 
 Minutes, thought of nothing fo much than who could 
 be the Perfon that robbed him of his Lady's Tender- 
 
 nefs. 
 
88 HTPOLirUS, &c. 
 
 nefs, tho' at the fame Time he knew not where to £x 
 the Matter, fhe being a Lady of fo much Prudence, of 
 fo much Indifterency and Refervednefs to all the World, 
 that he had all the Reafon in the World to believe, that 
 if fhe did not love him, fhe did not love any Thing elfe 
 in the World ; and tho' he could not but look upon it 
 as a great Misfortune to know himfelf net to be be- 
 loved by his Wife, he thought it neverthelefs none of 
 the leaft Felicities, that her Heart was not engaged ano- 
 ther Way. Time will make me happy, /aid he to one 
 of his inthnate Friendsy Julia is infenfible to all the 
 World now ; but when her loving Hour is ccme, I 
 don't queftion but fhe will do that in my Behalf out of 
 Inclination, which now is purely the EfTeiTc of her Duty 
 and V'irtue. 
 
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 HISTORY 
 
 O F 
 
 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 Earl of Douglas. 
 
 PART 11. 
 
 ■^H REE whole Months were now expired, in 
 which neither Lusiiia nor the Eail of Sujex 
 had written to Hypolitus ; they were fo enra- 
 ged againft him by reafcn of his Fnconrtancy, 
 tliat they could not forgive him, and the Earl molt of 
 the two ; for tho' he never ufed to keep conliant to one 
 Miilrefs, he was a Man of [icnour, whofe Maxim it 
 was, that a Man wlio pretends to Honour, fhould ne-. 
 Vf r break his Word ; and this it was that made him (o 
 angry with his Friend. 
 
 My 
 
90 HTPOLiruS, 
 
 My Lord Douglas having novv gained his Point, writ 
 to the Enghjh Fador at Florence^ that he returned him 
 Thanks for his Affiduity in intercepting his Son's Let- 
 ters, but that for the futL're he might let them take their 
 due Courfe ; yet this afforded no Matter of Comfort to 
 Hypolitusy becaufe thofe Perfons from whom he expedled 
 his Letters, thought fit now to fend him none. 'I'his 
 put him under ftrange Inquietudes ; forty times was he 
 upon the Point of refolving to go into England to fee his 
 dear y«//<7, had uox. Leander made ufe of all the Power he 
 had over him to divert him from it. One Evening, when 
 his Spleen made him quite averfe to all Converfaiion, 
 even of that of his intimate Friends, he walked out of 
 the Town, following for fom€ Time the Current of the 
 River Arniis, till, turning off a little Way, he got into 
 a Wood of Orange^ Myrtle, and Pomegranate Threes ; he 
 traced for fome Time the Tracl of the High- way, but 
 at laft, by feveral By-paths, got into the meft remote 
 Part cf the Wood. He, findmg himfelf at full Liber- 
 ty, and without the lead Conllraint, began to figh, 
 and to make the moft dreadful Reflexions in the World 
 upon what cculd be the Caufe of his Miftrefs's net 
 writing to him, as alfo of his Sifter's and the Earl of 
 SiiffiXy and that in fo long a Time, He took a fixed 
 Kefolution to leave Florence without Delay, much about 
 the fame Time when his Valet, who knew he was under 
 the greattft Vexation that could be, on account of his 
 herirmg no News from England, having novv received 
 feme Letters, went with all poffible Halle to find him 
 out. Being told that his Mailer was feen to go into the 
 Wood, he fearched all Corners thereof, till, having 
 found him out, he delivered him the Packet. H\po!iti(S 
 fent him home again, and overjoyed to fee the Earl cf 
 Sujfex'% Hand, he opened it haltily, and found in it 
 thefe Lines. 
 
 THo'' I had taken a Refolution not to tvrite to you any 
 v.ore, set I thoug-ht at lajl three Months Silence a 
 Time fujficiently long to make you fcnJi'oL'' ho^M highly I avt 
 concerned at your Infidelity to the faif Julia ; ar.d tho' all 
 XDur Fricndi ought to be nxell fatisficd in fi advantageoiH 
 ^' a Mar- 
 
Earl of Douglas. 91 
 
 « Marriage as yours is, and that I am one of thofe, ivho 
 are moji fenjibly touched ^vith e-very 'Thing relating to 
 you, I can ne'vertheUfs not forbear to oivn to you^ that I 
 cannot be overjoyed at it, atid that 1 could ha<v€ n^ifhcd 
 you had never changed your PaJJion. Poor young Lady, 
 Jhe 'was troubled to the higheft Degree nvhen the Floren- 
 tine Agent delivered your Letters to my herd Douglas, 
 and nvith them the Pi Slur e of your neiv Mijlrcfs : The 
 Confequence of this A fair, did reduce her to the very 
 Point of Death ; and (he has fince done lomething out of 
 meer Spite y ^whereof I fear, Jhe ivill foon repent. 1'ho'y 
 perhaps, your Concern may not be fo great as it ufed to be 
 in this Cafe, neverthelefs I believe you cannot but have 
 fome Refentment againft it, v:hen you underfavd that jhe 
 is married to the Earl of Bedford. This Sacrifice has been 
 attended ivith fo many Tears, that her Nuptial Day feemed 
 to be rather dffgned for a Funeral, than for a Feajf, 
 She is noiv in Berklhire; the lovely Lucilia /:eeps her Com- 
 pany in her Solitude ; and vuhilfl you vjalloiv in PuafurcS 
 in the Place vchere you are, Jhe feels a thoufand Torvients 
 ijuhere Jhe is. Do not take it amifs^ becaui'e I did not 
 nvrite Joorer, and becaufe I ivrite '■^vith fo much Indijfe- 
 rency, my dear Hypolitu"^, I ivasnot able to overcome my^ 
 felf upon that Point ; and that I might be -^ours aga'^n, as 
 entirely as I voas before, it qvas requijlte 1 JJ.ouJd difcovev 
 my Mind to you nx:ith an unlimited Freedom. 
 
 Hvpolitus read with the greateft Surprize in the World 
 the Btrginning of this Letter, not knowing vvhat to make 
 of it. Hii Marriage, his Inccnftancy, and all thefe 
 Reproaches, feemed to be nothing bat Chimeras to him; 
 But when he came to that Pafi'age, where the Earl told 
 him, that Julia was married to the Earl of ^i"^^;-^, he 
 was like one Thunder-llruck, he reeled down under a 
 Tree, and was feveral Times in Mind to run him felf 
 thr>.ugh with his own Sword, and fo at once to put an 
 End to his unfortunate Life, but that fome imall 
 Glimpfes of Hope ilopped his Hand : ''Tis no d/Jficult 
 Matter for me, laid he, to J/^e ivhat they aim at ; "'tis 
 poJJible ^\iX\di. has conceived fome "Jealoufy^ and to put me 
 
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92 HrPOLITUS, 
 
 to the Tryal^ P?e has filched upon this Contrinjante^ to put 
 tne in Fear of lojing hery and to bring ?ne back to my Dw 
 ty, in Cafe I had laid it afde. But thefe thoughts con- 
 tinued not longi being fucceeded by others much more af~ 
 fli^ing than thofe : Ho<w ! Is Jhe married, cried he ? // 
 // pojjible I Jhould be acquainted nvith this fatal Nen,<js, 
 n.t:ithout dying out of Defpair f Julia, adorable Julia^ 
 fivhat is it I have done to you ! If hat could rno-ve you to 
 fufpeSl my Heart to be guilty of fiich a Treachery ! That 
 Heart you ha^ve intirely linked to yours by a thoifaJid f«- 
 dearing Engagements ! Do you think it could have any 
 other Difpofttion hut for you? Alas I I am afraid you 
 fiver e inclined yomfelf to be unfaithful to me, and "'tis this 
 doubtlefs that has made you gi've Ear to thofe hifinuati- 
 6ns againfi me. He paufed a while, and foon after re- 
 penting himfelf to have accufed his Mirtrefs ; he asked 
 her Pardon, no otherwife than if ftie had been piefent, 
 witii Tears in his Eyes, and fuch mournful Exprefiions 
 as are fcarce to be imagined ; threatning the utmoft of 
 his Revenge to him who had robbed him of his Felicity, 
 and to all thofe who had given a helping Hand to play 
 him fuch a Game. In this afflided Condition he little 
 ji)inded what Time of the Night it was, and tho' it was 
 pretty late, he was not inclined to go as yet out of the 
 Woo<i ; but fometimes would be leaning againll a Tree, 
 fometimes fitting upon the Ground, but without find- 
 ing the leall Eafe in this Variety \ the violent Agitati- 
 tions of his Mind, his Defpair, Anger, all thefe Paf- 
 fions tormented him to {-^.Cx a Degree, that he feemed 
 to be nearer Death than living. 
 
 Signior Leander^ with whom he was to fpcnd that 
 Evening, not a little difturbed becaufe he did not fee 
 him, asked the fame Servant, who had carried the 
 Packet of Letters to Hypclitus, where his Mailer was ? 
 And being told he had left him in the Wood, he was 
 fomewhat furprifed and difcompofed at his Haying fo 
 long there, (:ho' indeed the Phafantnefs of the Place, 
 and cf the Scafcn, might have invited any Body to ilay 
 there fome Part of the Night) fo he went to look for 
 him, foon found him, and heard him fend forth moll 
 doleful Lamentations. This faithful Friend, fearing 
 
 leit 
 
Earl of Dov G LAS, 93 
 
 left fomefinifter Accident was befallen him, haftned to- 
 wards the Place where he heard hi3Voice,and by the Light 
 of the Moon faw him lye ftretched along upon the 
 Ground, like one without Senfe or Motion. O^/ rfiy 
 dear Hypolitus, cried he, / doubt you are ^wounded? 
 Whaty 'were xou ajfaulted by High-way- Men, or fome o- 
 therVillaim ? Hypolitus looking at him with a fad Coun- 
 tenance, H01U happy Jhould I bey faid he, nxjere I either 
 (wounded or dead ? My Misfortunes are of a much n^orfe 
 Nature, my dear Leander^ I have lof euery Thirg, 
 Great Gody I have loji every 'Thing. He faid no more ; 
 the Earl of SuJJex\ Letter lay juft by him. Leander 
 finding he could not get one Word from him, in An- 
 fwer to thofe Quellions he asked him, and not queftion- 
 ing but that that fatal News which had reduced him to 
 fo eieplorable a State, was contained in this Letter, he 
 he took it up, and by the Brightnefs of the iMoon-light 
 read it. Finding himfelf oppreiTed with Grief at the 
 News which he knew had caufedhis Friend's Afflidion, 
 he went at fome Diltance from him, to give vent to his 
 Paflion ; but ibon after, returning to the Place where he 
 had left him, found him to be gone thence : For Hy^ 
 politus, without thinking on what he did, or without re- 
 membering that Leander was far off, had left that Place, 
 and was walking in the Wood as fall as he could, with- 
 out knowing whither. Leander was much concerned 
 thereat; he called him feveral Times by his Name, till 
 at latl he heard him figh and fpeak to himfelf fo loud, 
 that he cculd eafily trace and overtake him by his Voice : 
 He took hold by his Arm, and embracing him with all 
 the moft tender Demonllrations of a fmcere Friend, told 
 him every Thing that either Reafon, Wit orTendernefs 
 is able to infpire into a Man upon fuch an Occafion as 
 this. He joined with him in his Complaints, not think- 
 ing it convenient to contradid him at once ; but by De- 
 grees endeavoured to allay his Pain, fometimes by flatter- 
 ing him with Hopes ; fometimes by reprefenting to him, 
 that a great and generous Soul, fuch as Nature had en- 
 dowed him with, ought nottofufferitfelf to be fo far over- 
 burthened with Afflitlions, as not to be able to fupport 
 icfelf under the Weight thereof; he conjured him by 
 
 every 
 
94 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 every thing that was moft dear to him, and in parti- 
 cular by the fame Julia ^ who was the only Obje^ both 
 of hi Love and Pain, to endeavour to vanquifh him- 
 felf, left that might be attributed to his Want of Cou- 
 rage, which adually was the Effect of his Paffion and 
 of his Pain. He knew Hypolitus to be a Perfon of Ho- 
 nour, and that he hit him in a Point, which he was 
 not in a Condition to contradidl. He added, that 
 fince his Miilreis had fhewn fo much Repugnancy to 
 that Marriage, it was an Tnfallible Sign, that he was 
 ftill Mailer of her Heart j and that his Misfortunes were 
 not quite pad Remedy, becaufe he was ftill belov'd. 
 
 Thefe feveral Arguments produc'd this Effe6l upon 
 Hypolitus thai he gave fome Refpite to his Sighs and 
 Sobs, and canrenied himfelf for this Time to eafe his 
 Mind by his Moans, which fometimes prove no fmall 
 Confoladon to an unfortunate Lover. 
 
 Day began to appear before Leander could prevail up* 
 on Hyp itus to go home along with him j for by his 
 good Will he would h^veroam'd about in the Wood for 
 ever, like a Mad Man. They were no fooner got 
 home, but Leander caus'd him to be put into a Bed ; bu^ 
 would needs ftay along with him, knowing that his Pre- 
 fence might Hand him in great Stead at this Time. \x 
 is fcarce to be imagin'd, what a ftrange Alteration this 
 fatal News had made in Hypolitus, and that in a kw 
 Hours; it was fuch, that any one that had feen him 
 then, would have fworn he had lately had fome violent 
 and long Difeafe. And truly can there be a more vio* 
 lent one than Love ? Or can there be a more dangerous 
 one ,? Becaufe we are not fenfible of the Danger at the 
 the Reg.nning of a tender Paffion, every thing appears 
 pleafing; every thing feems engaging ; the Poifon flips 
 infenfibly into our Heart, and is the more dangerous, be- 
 caufe we take it with delight ; all our Senfes confpire 
 againft us, and are a. it were our Murderers. 
 
 A tonfidcrable Time was elapfed, before Hypolitus 
 could take any fixed Refolution, till after having fram'd 
 a Thoufand vain Projedls, he at lafl refolv'd to travel 
 back to London: His Fathers Anger, his Agreement 
 
 with 
 
Earl of DovGLAS. 95 
 
 with my Lady Bedford that he fhould not come into En- 
 gUnd within the Spate of Three Years, were not Mo- 
 tives ftrong enough to divert him from this Deiign, and 
 he was fo far from being concerned thereat, that he 
 thought it below himfelf, fo much as to make the Icaft 
 Refledion upon it i fo that when Signior Leander put 
 him in Mind of it, Oh ! thefe treacherous People, cry'd 
 he, fent me out of the Way for no other End, than that 
 they might with the more Eafe do their worit to me. 
 What Reafon have I to fear them now ? Jufi Hcivens ! 
 there is no Danger fo great, but what I would encounter 
 without fear j my Misfortunes are come to their utraoll 
 Period ; my ill Fortune has poured upon me all its Ma- 
 lignancy, and in that deplorable State I am reduced to, 
 I can fear nothing, unlefs it (hould be the Dread of li- 
 ving too long. Leander feeing him fo rcfohitc, re- 
 folved to go along with him; and as HypoHtus\ Grief ren- 
 dred him incapable of taking Care cither of his Perfon 
 or of his Affairs, he managed every thing with that Ear- 
 neftnefs and Affiduity, as is becoming a true Friend up- 
 on fuch like an Occafion : He told him, they would 
 pretend to go no further than to Rome^ and would take 
 along with them each only one Servant, whom they 
 knew to be true to them. Accordingly Leander ask'd 
 his Father leave to take this Journey with Hyfoiitus, 
 which he eafily obtained. 
 
 They both left Florevce at the fame time, and tra- 
 velled to Eologne ; but carried there no longer than juft 
 to give a Vifit to Count Bentiz'oglio^ an intimate Friend 
 of the Senator yllbertiy who had fent him a Letter by 
 Leander \ then palling over the yjppe?inines, retuin'd pri- 
 vately through Fierofola to Florence, and thence to Leg' 
 horn : But there being no Ship in that Port, then ready 
 to fail for Enghnd^ they hir'd a Tartane, which carried 
 them with a fair Wind to Marfeilks. They had fcarce 
 been there two Days when they embark'd for England-, 
 but Hypolitusy before his Departure thence, had the Sa- 
 tisfaction to receive a Letter from the Earl of IVartvick^ 
 with whom he had all along maintain'd a very llri<rt 
 Correfpondeacc, though they had not very often an Op- 
 
 portu- 
 
96 
 
 HTPOLiruS. 
 
 portunity of writing one to another. The Earl o^War- 
 Kick was gone to Vetiic£y with an Intention to ofFer his 
 Service to that Republick, but he foon found that they 
 enjoy 'd the Sweets of a perfedt Peace there ; this great 
 and glorious City remaining an idle Spedator of all the 
 Calamities Europe was then involved in. * Fwas about 
 the fame time, that Cofmus de Medici s^ with the Afli- 
 ilance of the Imperial Auxiliaries, befieged and took^;- 
 enaf and that the Venetians had revenged themielves up- 
 on Muftapha Bifo. This fo much celebrated Cor/air en- 
 tring the Adriatich Sea with his Squadron of light Ships, 
 ravaged the Coaft of Dalmatian till being engaged and 
 vanqui(h'd by the General Canalis^ he had his Head 
 cut oiFon the Deck of his own Galley. After this Ex- 
 pedition, the Venetians diredled all their Councils to 
 the maintaining an exaft Neutrality with their more 
 powerful Neighbours : And the Earl of Warwick^ whofe 
 Intention was to iignalize himfelf in the Field, foon 
 confidering with himfelf that there was but little Like- 
 lihood to fucceed in his Defign, in a Place which en« 
 joyed the Fruits of a perfect Tranquility, underftood, 
 to his no fmall Satisfaction, that great warlike Prepa- 
 rations were making in the Ifle of Malta againft Dra- 
 gut Rais, who, by Soliman's Orders, was preparing to 
 appear at Sea with fifty Gallies. And the Knights of 
 that Ifland, becoming jealous of thefe vail Preparations 
 by Sea, left no Stone unturned to put themfelves, not 
 only in a State of Defence, but alfo to attack the Ene- 
 my. The Earl of IVarzvicky who had not as yet for- 
 got the ill Treatment he had received at his Hands dur- 
 ing his Captivity, was overjoyed at this Opportunity 
 of fighting for his Religion, to fignalize himfelf in fo 
 good a Caufe, and to revenge himfelf upon Dragut 
 Raii ; fo he defired Ahifto Mocefiigo, the then Duke of 
 Vcjiice^ to honour him with his Recommendation to the 
 Great Mailer of Malta. The Duke was very ready to 
 gratify the Earl of Warwick in his Requeft, to fhevv his 
 own and the Republick's Acknowledgement of thofe 
 Services he had done them : So he fet Sail for Malta^ 
 where meeting with a very agreeable Reception, he 
 
 went 
 
Earl of Douglas. 9^ 
 
 went aboard the Commodore Vaktte ; and having per- 
 formed every Thing that could be expected from the 
 Valour and Conduct of two iuch brave Men, and thfi 
 ,Gallie5 being Jaid up again at MrJta^ the Earl of IVar. 
 wick returned to I'enicey and gave immediate notice of his 
 Arrival there to Hypolitus., who had written to him con- 
 cerning Julia ^ Marriage, and into what a depJorabte 
 JSftate he had been reduced by this terrible News, 
 The Earl, highly abided at the Mifery of his Friend, 
 writ him, in anfwer to his, That he was tranfadling 
 fame Matters of the greatell Confequence at Venice, 
 which he foon hoped to bring to a good liTue, and thjtt 
 then he would make all the Hafte he could for Englmi^ 
 to fnatch his Daughter out of the Earl of Bedford's Arms, 
 iince the Match could not ftand good, being made with- 
 out his Con fen t ; and that therefore he might reft affu- 
 red, that Julia fhould be nobody s but his. The Amo- 
 rous Hypo'itus being willing enough to flatter himfelf 
 with thefe pleafing Hopes, this gave fome prefent AUiy 
 to his Pain, efpecially fince Signior JLeander did not fail 
 to put him frequently in Mind, that yu/ia having ftill 
 a Father alive, and a Father offuch extraordinary Me- 
 rits, and of no lefs Quality than the Earl of IVarwick, 
 they wouW be glad to rellore her to him, (o ibon as he 
 fhould demand her. 
 
 Our two illullrious Travellers meeting with a prof- 
 perous Gale, happily arrived in the Port of Zo//^(?^; ; but 
 Hypolitus bearing an Averfion to his Father's Houfe, 
 would not fo much as come in fight of it, but went 
 ilrait to the Earl of SriJ/'ex who at firft gave him but a 
 cold Reception. Signior Leander feeing Hypolitus ready 
 to run diftrafted, v. ithout being able to fpeak one Word 
 in his own Behalf, addrels'd him.elf to the Earl of Suf- 
 Jex, ( though altogether unknown to him ) difcovering 
 to him the whole Truth cf the Matter, how treache- 
 roufly Hypo'itus had been dealt with; how he had met 
 with the Earl of Wr^rzvick at Sea; and in (hort, every 
 thing he had underftood from Hypolitui'i own Mouth. 
 The Earl then grieved to the Heart at his Friend's 
 Misfortune, threw himfelf about his Neck, and dafp- 
 
 F iflg- 
 
98 H r p L I ru s, 
 
 ing him dofe within his Arms, Oh f my dear and moil 
 faithful PViend, faid he to him, what is it they tell me ? 
 What ihall we be able to do, to remedy your Misfor- 
 tune ? For youa e nrt marri;d in //'^/r, and yet it is this 
 falfe News h s otcafioned you the Lois of your Miftrefs. 
 At thefe Words Hxpolitus reviving as it wtre out of his 
 Trance, and fetching a deep Sigh, Where is fhe, faid he 
 interrupting kirn ? Where is (he? That Miftrefs 1 ilill a- 
 dore, in Sfiteof all the Pain her too prtcip t-.te Rei'clu- 
 tion has c u ed me. She is ftill in Berk/hire^ replied the 
 Earl of SuiTex, and the far Lucilia ftays with her : This 
 yong Lady isfo generous as to comfort her continrally, 
 and to bear Share in all her Afflidions : Ihavehe:n told 
 alfo, that fhe has be^n very dangerouOy ill, and that her 
 Spoufeis mqrtilly jealous of her. The other Diy my 
 Lord Keiille having invited me, with feveral o her Per- 
 fons of Quality, to a Hunting-matcii at his Couhtry- 
 feat (wh'ch y.u koow is not iar dillant from tie harl of 
 Bedford'^) I was very glad to embrace this Opportunity 
 of ftayirg for {\:mi Diys at a Place, where, by Keafonof 
 : its Vi.inity, T mijht vift Julia withcut any Manner 
 ^of Sjipicion of a fr. med Defign. The Earl oi Bedford 
 being one of thcfe iivcX weie invited to this Match, I 
 thought I would prepare him befoie-hand for tl at Viiit; 
 but he told me, with much Coldnefs, tjio' in Terms full 
 of Civility, that it would be a great Favour to him, but 
 that he was fcarce ever at Home. You have, replied /, 
 a Lady at Home, who knows how to perform tie Ho- 
 nour of the Houfe in your Abfence. He bluihcd and 
 feemed difcompofed at thefe Words ; but foon recolledl- 
 jng himfelf as well as he could, Tiiat Lady loves to be 
 by herfelf, faid be ^ and is very often out of Order. This 
 Anfwer, inllead of c'.eckir g me in my Defign, as the 
 Earl fuppofed it would, pi educed a quite contrary Ef- 
 fe^l; for I refolved to run the Hazard of a downrigl.t 
 Refufal. Accordingly I went to hiS Houfe; but fuch 
 effedlual Care was taken, that they were always ready 
 with fome Excufe or other, either that Ihe was aikep, or 
 that ihe was net very well ; fo that it was impoflible for 
 me to fee her, or to fpeak to Lucilia, Alas ! cried Hy- 
 psiitiis^ and how is it poflible for me to fee her I Forme, 
 
 who 
 
Earl of Douglas.' '99^ 
 
 who have ^voun^'eJ her Husband, and whom qaefliort- 
 lefs he hates more than any other Man in t]ie( Lmverle. 
 I fee no Way for you to fee her, reflkd rh-Ecul^ uniefs . 
 it be under a Diigui e. They began then to confidcr, 
 by what Means to bring this Interview .iboit: but Hy- 
 fo/ifus'sMind was too far over-burthened with Grief, to 
 be able to refletl; duly upon the Matter : Leandji' being 
 but newly come into Englandy was unacquainted with 
 the Cuftoms and Manners of the Country ; fo that with- 
 out tlie Earl of SuJJex's Afilllarxj, they m'ght have 
 thought long enough, and that to a very little Parpofe. 
 
 A lucky Thought comes into my Head juft now, /aid 
 he to them ; My Opinion is, to get fomebody to buy 
 feme Ribbons, Gloves, Fans, and in fhort, all Man- 
 ner of other Toys, fuch as commonly are fold by your 
 Hawkers and Pedlars in the Country ; with thefe you 
 muil: have two or three Boxes filled, every Way like 
 thofe the Pedlars make Ufe of; and your Drefs being 
 fuitcd to your pretended Profeflion, you may under this' 
 Difguife go to the Earl o^ Bedford'' s Houfe, and meet.- 
 with an Opportunity of feeing Julia, without the lea(t» 
 Sufpicion. Hypoliius defired the Earl of SuJ/ex to go and 
 buy what Toys and other fmall Wares he thought moll' 
 convenient ; which being done, their VVares were put 
 up in the Boxes, and their Cloaths fitted to their Inten- 
 tions ; for Leander being refolved to f]".a:e his Friend's 
 Fortune and Adventure with him, would act the fame 
 Perfon as he did, and tho' he was unknown in Englandy 
 yet thought fit to difguife his noble Air and, Mein under 
 this vulgar tiabit : But, as to H^politus''i being obliged^ 
 to take more efpecial Care of himfelf, for Fear of being! 
 diftovtred by tiie Earl of Bedford, he puta large Plaifler 
 upon one Eye, which covered Part of his Faci;, 
 
 So they fet Oiit towards Night in their own Cloaths 
 attended only by two Servants, who carried their Boxes, 
 and oLher Accoutrements. A Tiicufand melancholly 
 Reflexions, intermixed with fome Glimpfcs of Comfort, 
 of Hope, and of Defpair, crowded iiito the amorous Hy- 
 politus's Head. What Dirpoficion am I likely to find my 
 dear Julia in ? Leander^ faid he, do you think (he wiil 
 look upon me with CompalTion ? do you think fhe will 
 
 F z give 
 
loo HTPOLITUS, 
 
 gifQ a favourable Ear to me ? Oh ! the various Agita- 
 tions of my Heart ' What an Anxiety of Mind I What 
 a Paflion do I feel ! What will become of me at the firft 
 Sight of her ? If her Husband fhould happen to be in 
 the Room, how fhall I be able to forbear him, and not 
 revenge myfelf upon him, for all the Pains he has made 
 me fufier? They tnus paffed their Time away upon the 
 Road, till coming to the Place where they intended to 
 difguife themfelves, they alighted from their Horfes, 
 put on their Cloaths with their Boxes, and for Fear of 
 any fmifter Event, provided themfelves each with a Pair 
 Pocket-Pillols charged with Balls, and then left their 
 two Servants with their Horfes in the Wcod. 
 
 yuIia'sHo\i{Q was not far from thence, and Hypolitus 
 having been there before, they foon got thither, and 
 Leander undertook the Task of fpeaking and anfwer- 
 ing all the Queftions that fhculd be asked him. i he 
 fiift Man they met with in the Court-yard was the Earl 
 of i?^d)^or^himfelf ; this fatal Sight made Hypolitus tx^m- 
 hie for Anger, fo that with much ado he could fcarce 
 cbntain himfelf within due Bounds. Leander accofted 
 him in 7/«A^z«, (a Language the Earl underftood per- 
 feftly well) and told him he had Abundance of line 
 Toys and Rarities to fell : The Earl ordered them to be 
 brought into a fpacious Room, where having taken a 
 View of their Wares, he was fo well pleafed with them, 
 that he i6nt a Page immediately to defire his Lady and 
 Lucilia to come down Stairs. 'I'hey came in a few Mi- 
 nutes after, Julia leaning with one Hand upon a Cane, 
 abd the other being fupported by Lucilia, like a fick 
 Perfon ; befides, there appeared a certain Palenefs in her 
 Countenance, her Eyes full of Languifhment, and an 
 Air full of MelanchoUy and Sadnefs : But, good God, 
 notwithllanding all thefeDifad vantages, Hypolitus thought 
 her fo furprizingly handfome, that had he not been 
 leaning againft the Wall, he had certainly not been in a 
 Condition to keep himfelf upright. 
 
 An Elbow- Chair being brought in for Julia, fhe o- 
 v^rlooked all the Rarities in a carelefs Way, neither did 
 fhe Ihew the leaiV Inclination cf buying any Thing, un- 
 Jc§ it were a Piece of Miniature, reprefenting Love 
 
 feiaed 
 
Earl of DouGLAS.^^ lot 
 
 fehzecl with a violent Direafe, ,ar<l Reafon flan^mg near 
 her, and offering to her a Viol with Liquor j but Love 
 rufhed it back with her Hands; underneath were thefe 
 Word?, Nothing can cure 7ne. 
 
 She could not forbear to fhevv this little Pidure to 
 Lucilia, which Hypolitus (who rarrowly watched every 
 >\dion and Motion of her':) foon obferving, felt u 
 ftrange Emotion in his Heart; and perceiving the Earl 
 oi Bedford vtxy bufy in viewing \w Imt Leander fhewed 
 him, and fearing lell Ju/ia fhould withdraw be- 
 fore he could fpcak to her, he drew nearer, and pretend- 
 ing to look for feme extraordinary rare Things in his 
 Box, he brought out among the reft, the fame Parapet 
 and Piifture Ju/Ia prefented to him, when they took 
 Leave of one another, upon his going for It^/j ; he 
 gave it into her Hands, and without much difguifing his 
 Voice (which was fufliciently changed already, by thjp 
 various Agitations lie felt within himlelf,) Praj, Madam^ 
 faid he, buy this Piece, njchich reprefents Lo-xe ; perhaps 
 you never fanjo any Thing fo fine in your Life : She too^ 
 it carelefly, but no fooner call her Eyes upon it, but fh'e 
 appear'd fo much furprifed, that had her Husband but 
 taken ever fo little Notice of her at that Inllant, he 
 muft needs have fufpecled there was fome Myftery in 
 the Cafe. After having for fome Time viewed with 
 much Attention, the Hairs, the Colours, the Device, 
 and the Hearts : Where did youbuy this Piece, faid (he to 
 him with a low Voice, as 7iot to he tinderfood by any Body 
 elfe hut by him P Leand r^ feeing his Friend engaged in a 
 Djfccurfe with his Miftrefs, took Care to keep the Earl 
 of Bedford from over-hearing them : So that HypoUtut 
 finding himfelf fomewhat at Liberty, replied. Ton ask 
 7ne, Madam, ivhere I bought it F But there are certain 
 Things not to be purchafed for Money ; / remember the 
 Time, vjhich ^was the Happinefs of 7ry Life, ^iX'hen I ador' 
 ed a certain Lady, and fye ivas plcafcd to accept of my 
 Services', but that Time is pajfed and gone Dii'ine ]\i\\2t.y 
 coitmued he, drawing nearer to her, as if he intended 
 to fhevv her the Excellency of the Workmanfhip of the 
 Piece, that Time fo dear and charming to me, is nonv no 
 moj-c : She fufpe^ied my Conftancy^ pe believed me un- 
 
 E 3 ' foithfui, 
 
J02 HTPOLiruS, 
 
 faithful^ and I am come to protej} at her Feety that I 
 
 never <iuas Jo. Thefe Words, which touched Julia to 
 the \try Heart, foon putting her in Mind of her dear 
 Hypolitus, fhe fetched a deep Sigh, and leaning her Head 
 on one of her Hands, could not refrain from fhedding 
 fome Tears : // ivouU be a great additional Misfortune 
 to this Lndy, fa id fhe to him, if it be true^ that you are 
 innocent upon that Account. WhiHl they were thus dif- 
 courfmg together, Signior Leander Ihewed the Earl of 
 Bedford d moa cmions ^tadranty and told him, that the 
 .better to obferve its Exadnefs, they would make Trial 
 of it upon the Terrafs-walk that was without the great 
 Room : So that Hypolitus feeing no body with fulia but 
 her dear Sifter, could not forbear throwing himfelf at 
 "Julia's Fett, and taking hold of her fair Hands, kiifed 
 them with fuch a Tranfport of Tendernefs and Paifion, 
 that it was thought he would never have ilirred from the 
 Place again. Lucilia was overjoyed at her Brother's Re- 
 turn, and jful'-a .was not able to utter one Word, being 
 quite confounded with Joy, Fear, and Pain j neither 
 .had fhe Courage enough to make a more narrow En- 
 qjjry in:o the i'ruth of the M tter, (notwithftnndin* 
 fhe leJt in herfelf a great Lvigern.fs of upbraid irg him 
 with his Iniidclity) but he was before-hand with he;-. 
 J y lovely Ladj, faid he to her, calling a moll amorous 
 Lojk at her, no^ I am not guilty ; thofe Tray tors that 
 h'lve deceived \^ou volt h a fuptofitious MarriagCy fa thing 
 I ?ifV£r /o much as thought of) jnadi this Contrivance on 
 Pnxpofd to rcndjr the Remainder of my mojl doleful Life 
 infupp-)rtahle to me: I am faithful to yoUy Julia, but 
 you are mt fo to me, Dont encreafe tny Pains ^ my dear 
 Hy- or'.tus, f.iid fhe to him fobbiiig and crying, vjhat I 
 an^ convinced of to Day is a ficfcient Revenue to you^ and 
 aj?unijhnent to ?nCy for having been fo unfortunate, as to 
 f'ii^K ^^yf'-'lf to ^^ t^-i^^ catchcd in the Snare. Tho ?ny P if- 
 Ji^Uy,aud the RefpSul I bear to you, vjill not Juffer me to 
 reproach you, my dear Julia, / cannct hovoever but tell ycuy 
 th/zi you vjcre too hafy in conjummating that fatal Mar- 
 rlagCy and that it feems to mey as if fome other Reafons 
 h£ (ides your Anger, had had a gnat Share in it ; fr 
 'i^hat could make you fo far negle-iful of your Duty ^ as 
 
 not 
 
Earl of DoU/GLAS. 103 
 
 n^t to ask yeur Father i Confcnt^ and flay for his y^ppvq- 
 bation? At thefe Words Julia looked upon him with 
 Kyes full of Compaffion, for (h^ ver ly b-j-licved no other- 
 vile than that i^e was dillrailfted ; What do you tell me of 
 my Father^ faid llie, nvbom as far as I can remember^ I 
 ne^ver fa^jo in all my Life-time I 4las ! had he been all-oey 
 I JJjould not be fo wifrtiinate as no-jj I am. lUpolitus, 
 by this Anfwer, foon underltood, that iny Lord Douglai 
 had intercepted and kept both the Earl of IVar^MiiiC^ 
 atid his Letters. Yen cuiht not to be ignorant any longer^ 
 7/ty dear Lady, ccruinued he, raifing himfejf Irom tiie 
 Cji:cUrid, for Fear ol being furprized, that that fame For-, 
 tune nvhich has been fo contrary to me in e-very Tbin^ elfe 
 in my Foyagtt <vuouid hon.ve-ver oblige ?}:e n.mth one Favdnr 
 that fnof nearly concerned me ; / mean in that f range Ad- 
 ^venture of meeting '■-vith your illufrious Father at Sea. 
 He fwas a Slate to the famous Cor/air Dragut Rai?, the 
 fame againft ivhom he fought in the Venetian Ser-vicCj 
 nxihen he ^was fuppofed to be fain y I deli'vered him from 
 his Captin)ity^ and he acquain ed you ivith it in his Let- 
 ters direded to ycu. Here the Karl o^ Bedford 
 
 came back into the Room, deep y engaged in Difcoiirle 
 with Leander, concerning the Price he was to give him 
 for the ^ladrant ; for it being his Bufmefs to keep him 
 upon the Terrafs-walk as long as he could, hi haJ let \o 
 high a Price upon his Ware, that they were above a 
 Quarter of an Hour arg>:ing the Matter, before chev 
 could agree about the Pme; whicli they did at lall, Le- 
 ander being unwilling to carry the Jell too far with th^ 
 Earl. Scarce were tiiey got into tlie Room, where /i]j- 
 politus was entertaining Julia, but in comes the Countels 
 of lleisille, who was actually Julias Aunt, without 
 knowing it; foriliewas igncrant of her being the Larl of 
 IFariviclis D.iughter; but fhe had always Ihew' 1 her as 
 much 'I'endernels, as if ike had been acquainted with the 
 Secret of her Coniunguinity : Their Seats were at no gieac 
 L'litance fomone another in the Country, fo Ike came 
 to invite her to her Daughter's Weddings who was to be 
 married to my Lord liouoard^ defcended from one of 
 the moil noble Families in Endand. 7h'j I exUci but 
 little Company there^ faid fhc to h.er, 1 do not qucjlion but 
 
 F 4 '-W •? 
 
J04 H r P L I T U S, 
 
 toe Jhall he a^er-y merry. I muji frankly tell yen, Madam^ 
 fnoji obligingly, replied Julia, that unlefs it be the Plea" 
 Jure of feeing you and ycur dear Family thire, nothing 
 10 ill divert me ; for giive me Leanje to tell you, that I am 
 fcare recovered of a 'very long Dijlemper^ 'which makes tne 
 fill fo iveak and faint, that 1 afn much afraid my P re- 
 fence nvill only proije trouble fon:e to fo agreeable an J^ffem- 
 bly. Vou may tell me 'what y.u think fit, returned thei 
 Countefs of Neville, but unlefs you are there the Match 
 JJjall not be confummated ; ic^ Jhall not enjoy ourfelnjes 
 tvithoutyouy and therefore am refolved to carry you imme- 
 d lately along njoith me to my Houfe. My Lord Ho'ward 
 being a near Relation of the Earl of Bedford' $t he fo 
 effectually joined his Entreaties with my Lady Netille, 
 that Julia, not being able to refufe them, went imme- 
 diately along with the Countefs of Newlle, without 
 havirgthe leall Opportunity of fpeaking with //)•/<?//'/«/, 
 cr of knowing where the Earl of JVar^wick now was ; fo 
 fhe, as well as Lucilia, contented themfelves fcr this 
 Time, with telling the fuppofed Pedlar?, that they (hould 
 not fail to come again another Time, beeaufe they in- 
 ttnded to buy feveral Thirg, of them they liked. They 
 took mutually thtir Leaves with the molt tender and paf- 
 fion.t- Looks that could be; and fo f on as the Ladies 
 were g t incother Coaches, t/uy likewifewt-nt their Wi ys. 
 Leatider, as well as Hpolitu<, walk'd along for forne 
 Time, without fpeakirg one Word, both tUeir Mind^ 
 being qaice taken up wuh their Thoughts, which made 
 them very peniive : At lalt Leander addrefnng himfelf 
 to his Friend, Tou ha-ve, faid he to him, brought me ts 
 Day to the Sight of t'vjo of the handfomef Lad.es in the 
 Word. 1 am cf Ofinicn^ "'tis ir?:poJ/tblefor anyone to b el. old 
 them 'without Admiration : I look upon Julia as the Objcii 
 (fyaur Love, but Lacilia, the Charming Lucilia, is be- 
 come the OhjeSl of mine ; hut that you are her Brother, 
 ccncinuM he, I Jhould fear, Icji you /l.->ould he ny Ri^-al : 
 She has quite enchanted ?fiy Senfes, her ivhole Deportment, 
 her engag^ing Air, her regular Features, her Shape, her 
 goodly Mien, all thefe Perfeilions Jhe is Mijircfs of beyond 
 all other Women, have rais'd fuch an Ama^iement in my 
 Sou'i that I tnujl cOnfefs to youy J never felt that for any 
 
 othtr 
 
Earl of Do u g t AsY 105 
 
 ether T'erfon in the Worlds vjhat I fe^livithin ntyfetf for 
 her. Hypolitus overjoy 'd to hear him, threw his Arms 
 all on a faddcn about his Neck ; / aiuld find hut one 
 FitnJt in youy dear Friend, faid he to him, fhat'toctr, 
 your nvant of Love ; / fomeiimes reh^ited my being in Lo've, 
 unlefs you ^couJd he in Love as tvell as I ', it fern'' d to yne, 
 as if^what I told ycu, tC'as not *very intelligible to yout 
 and as if ?ny Pains did not af'e5l you fufficiently, becauft 
 you had never felt any thing like it. I am over j of d to 
 hear, you have at lafl met ivith avObjeFf^ thit is ca- 
 pable of toiichlng your Heart, and it Jha/I not be nrf Faulty 
 if my Sifer does not infpire into you a m^fi violert Pafjion, 
 But Kvhat do you think of the lovely Julia ? Have I ?iot 
 fufficient reafcn to die for her P Did ever yoiijee anything 
 that comes near her for Bcanty F For my Party I ?;:ujf 
 confefs, I am quiie enchanted vcith if; That Langui/^menf, 
 that Sadne/'s you obferve in all her ASlionSy onl\\ferve to 
 nugment her Charms, and to reorder me the more anfortUr 
 fiate. Alafs ! Jll thrle th'rgs taken together, ferve only 
 to make me the more fnfblc of niy Lofs in her. 
 
 Their Converfation 1 fted till they came to the 
 Wood, where they were again to change their Cloaths ; 
 but whilft their two Servants were getting them ready, 
 they on a Sudden lieard a great Noifc of Men and 
 Horfes, who foon furrounded them. They Were not d, 
 little furprized, and had no reafon to queilion, bat that 
 they aim'd at them, when t'ley faw Tome with Swords 
 drawn, others arm'd with Guns and Pillols, approach- 
 ing on all Sides, and (without Ihewing their Authority) 
 calh'ng to them to furrcndtr. They wtre fen-fible it 
 would be in vain to withtland fo great a Number; 
 but being re'blved not to fubmit tamely, they pulTd out 
 their Pocket Pillols, and wounded no lefs than four, 
 and then clapping their Backs againft Tome Trees, (to a- 
 void being furrounded) they fought it out moft bravely, 
 and were fuccefsTuliy fecorrded Ly their two Servants ; 
 but at laH, finding the Number of their Enemies en* 
 crcafe, as their Strength begun to decay by degrees, 
 and tliat they aimM not at their Lives, becaufe they 
 call'd to them without Intermlffion to furrender, they 
 faw themfelves under a Neceffitv of doing lb. No foont'r 
 
 F 5 had 
 
«o6 H r p Tjir U1S, 
 
 Irad they got them into their Clutches, but, to revenge 
 tiiem'elves and their Comerades, that were wounded, 
 they tied Hypo/ilus 3.n6 Leander^ and their two Servant?, 
 Hand and Feet, for fear they (hould either once more 
 ti^ht againft them, or make their Eicape. 
 
 In this Condition they carried them before a neigh- 
 Ibouring Jullice of the Peace, upon vvhofe Warrant they 
 had feiz'd them ; tho' (being mad and in drink) they 
 had notproduc'd nor n^m'd it: The Thing happened thu?, 
 j'jJl as Signior Leander and //y/c/////^ were changing their 
 C. oaths in the Wood, when tiiey were going to the Earl 
 of Bedford's Hou:e, fome Butcliers happening to pafs by 
 that Way, and feing them pull off their embroldsr'd 
 Coats, and inftead thereof to put on others of a quite 
 dilTercntMake, and cnt clapping a Plaiiler to his Eye, 
 thdj did not in the leail queition, but that theie were 
 thefameHigii way men, who hadof late committed many 
 Robberies in that Part of the Country. Several Conila- 
 bles with their Attendants, had been abroad in Search 
 after them, and were jull come back to the Jullice of the 
 Peace's Houfe, when thefe Batchers came in, to give an 
 account of what they had feen : There n>.'eded no more 
 to fatisfy them that thefe were tlie Men they look'd for; 
 and when after the Return of Leander and HypolUus from 
 tiie Earl of Bedford's Houfe, they found them again bu- 
 fied in changing their Cloaths, they thought themlelves fo 
 certain that thefe were the Highwaymen, that without 
 any further Ceremony they fell upon them, feiz'd and 
 carried them to the Juftice of the Peace's Houfe. 
 
 Whilft they were carried along, Hypolitns made the 
 moll melancholy Reflexions that can well be imagin'd, 
 upon the Oddnefs of this Adventure ; not being able to 
 conceive unto whom to attribute, or whom to blame for 
 ^hi3 Mifhap. Is this the Effect of my Father s A-verfion^ 
 faid he to nimfelf ? Jm 1 found out, and has JoTnehody or 
 other difco^'o^d to him my Return into England I Or per- 
 haps, has my Lad^ Bedford and her Son taken the Jd- 
 wantage of my Father s Agreement nvith them? As he was 
 under a great Uncertainty as to his Enemies, fo he could 
 not but be furpriz'd, what fhould make them to feize 
 Leander, being vex'd to the hearty he fliould prove the 
 
 Occafion 
 
Earl of Do0-GLAS^V 107 
 
 Orcafion of his Friend's i.i Treatment. They had 
 tak -n cai'e to part them, fo that they had not ihe Satis- 
 faction of fpcaking to one another, and no fooner were 
 they brougiit before the Jullice, but he examln'd them 
 each apart ; Guefs at their furprize, when he ask'd 
 them, whether they had not kill'd fiich and fuch Per- 
 fons and robb'd them ? They difown'd the F:.<^. bat you 
 Diay believe, this would not difcharge them ; fo far from 
 that, that they were put, Hands and Feet tied, into a 
 deep Cellar, the Door whereof was narrowly watch'd by 
 a Con liable and his Attendants. 
 
 Bt'ing now at Liberty to fpcak, they to!d one another, 
 every thing that can be thought tender and kind, or 
 what can polfibly be conceiv'd to proceed from a mol]; 
 Cnccre Friendlhip upon fuch an Occafion as this. Be 
 not dijlurb\i, my deareji Friend^ faid Lcander to H'^polifus, 
 you fee the njuhole thing is no rnore than a Chimera^ and 
 that let the cvcorji come to the n.K.QrJf, you need ctiJy difcovsr 
 you-Jhlf, and they nvill be glad fo fit us at Liberia. If^oiild 
 you ha^ve me not be di/iwb'' J, cry^d HypoHtus ? Oh! Le- 
 ander, I fee you are far frorn bci?tg full; acquainted nvitb 
 the Sentiments 1 have for \cu, and -with ivhaf tnay be the 
 C-onfequence of this J^Iifchance : I fee you tied Hands and 
 Feet like a CriininaU in a dark Hole, upon the bare Gir.undi 
 y^u follo'du' d me into my c^jjn Country, after you had fjeiK d 
 file a thoufavd Courtefies in yours : Fhe frjl Place I bring 
 y)u to is a Frifon% prayconfuler n,^hat Enter taimncnt 1 ^ive 
 you in my native Countty? And njoouLi you have me re- 
 main infenftble at fuch a Misfortune? Vts, 1 ivould^ faid 
 Leander^ interrupting him, / vjould 7tot have you cai ,f 
 Thinj^s to that Extremity of Tender tiefs ,. ard affure i y^ur 
 felf that in hearing a Share in your Mi.for/ancs, I :)ont 
 feel my o'wn ; hcfidesy let me tell you^ my Friend, I am 
 above fuch an Accident as this ; a dark Holcy ill Treat- 
 ment t thofe are things I value not in Refped to mv felf, 
 und vjere you thoroughly a:quainted njoith the Sentiments of 
 my Heart, this Mifhcip iKouhl not give you the leaf DiJ- 
 turbance* If^ould be very uwi^orthy of the Goodntfs yon 
 Jpeiv me, my dear Leander, reply 'd Hypolicus, nvh'ere I 
 not highly fenfihle of it; and not to ^-iccal from sou' ny 
 fui ther lf4t^iii£iudes, p-ny co^fder, <u,hat ivillletheC'oK- 
 
 ^ ^ ^'feqWncs 
 
io8^ H rp L iru s, 
 
 JequincB of itt if I am forced to tell my Name i and if the 
 Earl of Bedford Jhould be inform' d of cur Dlfguife avd 
 all its CiraimJianceSy nvhat Conjiru^ions do you think he 
 nX}ill make of it ? He njoill lay the blame at Julia'j Door ; 
 he is a 'violent Alan, and full of Jealouly : Neither her 
 Virtue nor her Innocence fwill be fnfficisnt to remonie h i 
 Jealoufy, What 'will be the End of this ! Alas ! "'tis /, 
 that perhaps JJj all pro^'e the Infirument of troubling her 
 ^ranqttdity for ever! Can there be ajiy thing in the World 
 beyond this, to reduce a Lover to the utmoji Oefpair? Add 
 to this, that in Cafe the thing comes to my Father'' s EarSi< 
 he ivill think nothing too much for my Punijhment ; and, fo 
 foon as 1 am difcharg'd by thefujlice^ I muji exfecl to take 
 up 7//V Lodging in fo?ne other Prifon, as he often has threat' 
 md me i So that at once J ruin Julia in refpecl to her 
 Husband, and lofe Julia /« refped to my f elf. Truh, rt- 
 ^y"" di Leander , thefe are 'very cruel Extremities ; andivhat 
 is n.corfe, I fee not nvhich ivay nfje Jhall be able to avoid 
 ibsmt I have thought of fomething, added Hypolitus,j5a 
 knoi'j thefe Jujiices of the Peace are fometimes covetous^ I 
 fuuill try hi?n that Way, perhaps that 7nay prove the beft 
 at laft. Leandera^^ro\''d of his Thought; and fo they 
 pall away the Night, as well as they could, in this un- 
 fortunate Condition. 
 
 It was almoll: Noon, when they came to take them 
 out of the Cellar, to carry them up into the Juftice's 
 Room. Inftead of examining them, as they thought 
 he would have done, he ask'd them whether they had 
 Courage enough to fight ? They not being able to guefs 
 at his Alcaning in asking them that Queinon, Hypolicus 
 told him, he ought to propofe that Qaeilion ratlier to 
 thofe that came v.j aflauk them, than to them ; bit, con- 
 tijiusd he^ feuking to him foftly^ if you will iet us at 
 Liberty, you need only tell us your own Terms, you 
 fhall have whatever you can defire. I am not to be 
 brib'd, faid the Jufice^ I will difcharge my Duty with 
 Honour, and there bcmg fo many People concern'd in 
 this Matter, you ought to be made an Example to o- 
 thers. Hypolitus almoil reduc'd to Defpair to fee iiis 
 Projed fall him, j»fter feveral repeated Initances, to no 
 Purpofe, at laft refolved to tell him his Name; My Re* 
 
 queji 
 
lEarl of Do u g l a«. 'A ife^ 
 
 ^tt/r/? of difcharginz us, faid he ro him, nvill nvt fur'nin 
 the leaji to your Prejudice, for I am ivilltTio^ to tell Jaw 
 mf Name, and am readf to gi've yon fwhat Rtivard yoii 
 pleafe, pro<vided you nvill keep the Secret, becauj% I herue 
 fome njueighty Reafms, to remain incognito here. J arri 
 Hypolitus, Son to theEarlofT)o\ig\viS, and lam con- 
 tinted to pay ^withy'yUf till I ha<ve made you afiitally fuch 
 a Prefent as you Jball require. Tou are •very bold, reply M 
 the Juftice, with an angry Countenance, to dare to take 
 upon you fuch a Na?ne before me, as if I did not knonv po- 
 Jitively, that the Perfon you mention is at prefent in Italy; 
 and fo out of the Room he went, ordering thofe that 
 guarded the Prifontrs, to keep thcmfelves in Readincfs 
 to carry them away. 'Twas not long before the Juftice 
 puthimfelfat the Head of thefc Guards, who had Hy. 
 politus and Leander in the midfl of them. They had not 
 walkM far, before they difcoverM on the Top of a Hill 
 a very fumptuous Strudure, the Arches whereof being 
 planted on both Sides with very fne 'frees, afforded a 
 very agreeable Shade, and extended even from the Hill 
 into the Plain ; they could perceive at a Diftance a great 
 Concourfe of People, and as they came nearer, heard 
 the pleafing Sound of various mufical Inftruments. What 
 does this meauy wy ^(f^jr Hypolitus, faid Leander? yjre 
 ive to be carried to this glorious Houfe, 'where all the 
 Pleafures feem to ha'vefix'd their Seat ? What Part are 
 ive likely to a5l in this Scene ? Hypolitus carting a melan- 
 choly Look at him, Ifuppofe, faid he, rn^e fhall only be 
 Spectators of this Feajf at a Difance ; for I belienje they 
 intend to carry us to the next great Toiun, or perhaps to 
 London. 
 
 Whilft they were thus difcourfing together, they faw 
 a Perfon cni-ng towards them, who appeared to be a 
 Perfon of Note, as well by his noble Air, as by his 
 numerous Attendants. Leander ask'd his Friend, whe- 
 ther he knew him ? No, faid he, but I belieqje him to be 
 fomebody of this Country: So he drawing nearer, the 
 Jultice of the Peace alighted from his Horfe to pay his 
 Kefpefts to him. * My Lord, faid he^ I am come on 
 
 * Purpofe to beg your Pardon, and teftify my Uneafmefs 
 
 * at the Difappointment I am foiced to give you. The 
 
 * two 
 
no HTPOLITUS, 
 
 * two Prize-fighters that promifed to be at my Houfe 
 V. V'eilcrday, have /aiPd of their Promife ; I ftaid for 
 
 * -them till Noon, but they not appearing, I kn^i^w not 
 
 * what 10 do.' I\Iy Lord told him with an angry Coun- 
 tenance, ' Had you i.ot given me your Word, I would 
 
 * have taken care to have fome others provided for me, 
 
 * and the Company that is at my Hoafe, in full Expec- 
 
 * tation of being cntertain'd with this Divertifcment, 
 
 * according to my Invitation; Whi-.t niuft I do in this- 
 
 * Cafe r My Lord, repl\d he, here I have brought a- 
 
 * long with me four fup.pofed Highwaymen, and fome 
 
 * of them being Foreigners, and no pofitive Proof againll 
 
 * them, it will I believe prove no haid I'aik, cither 
 
 * by fair or foul Means, to make them hght together, 
 
 * provided they may be put in Hopesof being difciuirged. 
 My Lord told him, that if he would take tb.e Thing 
 upon himfelf, he would be c< ntenttd j and calling his 
 Eyes upon them, v^as extreamly taken with the goodly 
 Mien and Air of Leander and thpoUtus ; he told the juf- 
 tice thefe two might give fuincient Diverfion to his Com- 
 pany, defiring him to make what halle he could, whilil 
 he would go and give order to make the necefi'ary Pre- 
 parations for the Combat; and accordingly the }u:lice 
 ordered his People to walk on as fall as they could. 
 
 Leander being rtot fo well verfed in the Englijh Tongue, 
 as to underftand what they were contriving againll thern y 
 Hypolitus fetching a deep Sigh told him, ' Oh! my dear 
 
 * Leander-i what do you think they are preparing for u.% 
 
 * the flrangell Cataitrophe that ever was fecn; GoodGod, 
 
 * to what Misfortunes are we rcfjrved? They would 
 
 * have us fight againltone another. Piay explain your 
 
 * felf, fa^'d Signrcr Lea.r\d<iVy for I don't underftand ycur 
 
 * Aleaning. You know, i-ep^y'd Hypclitus, that the 
 
 * Ro?nar2s ufed to divert the People witn publick Specla- 
 
 * cles; in tnefe cert. in Criminals ufcd fomciimes to Eghc 
 
 * one another. This Cullom was introduced into Ertg- 
 
 * lu?,d wlitn they made themftlves Mailers of ihii Ifiand, 
 
 * and has been tr :nfmitLeu to our ^Limes j with this Dv^ 
 
 * ference however, that our Gladiators or Prizi-hghters, 
 
 * devote thcmitlves voluntarily to this Trade; I lay de- 
 
 * vote themil'lves, for there have been Examples cfth.ir 
 
 * having 
 
Earl of Douglas; iii 
 
 having died of theWounds they received in thefe Com- 
 bats, and I call that a Trade, which is made ufe of to 
 get Money by it ; they are commonly drefs'd only 
 in a Shirt and a pair of Drawers, with a Scarfe about 
 their middle, and a Bonnet on their Heads. Thus 
 prepared, they make their Appearance in a Place co- 
 vered wiih Sand, upon a fpacious I'heatre or Staae, 
 wirh broad Swords, bat blunt at the Points, being in- 
 tended only for cutting and flaOiing, and promife the 
 Spedlators not to qait the Stage, till they draw Blood 
 from one another two or three times. So to work they 
 go, wound one another moft miferably, cut off a 
 Piece of the Skull or Shoulder, and don't fpare one 
 another in the leaft at that Time, tho' otherwife they 
 are very good Friends, and go fnacks in the Money 
 that is given. They have alio a Way of fighting 
 with pointed Sticks almoftlike fmall half Pikes, where- 
 with they prick one another's Eyes out; to be fhort, it 
 is a moft terrible Sight, and thofe that are the Spec- 
 tators of it, are no lefs to blam.e, than thofe that do 
 it. This Tragedy, dear Leander, they intend we 
 fiiould aft againil one another. J, my dear Hypoli- 
 tus, to fight and to wound you, cryd Leander, I will 
 rither die on the Spot than do't. 
 They had juft finjfii'd their Difcourfe, when com- 
 ing to the beforementioned fine Houfe, they were con- 
 duced into a fpacicus Room, without being unty'd ; 
 fome Viduals were fet before them, but they would eat 
 none, which the Juiiice (who was an ill natur'd furly 
 Fellow, and in thefe Times of Trouble, prefumed he 
 might ftretch his Autiiority l?eyond its due Bounds) be- 
 ing acquainted with, he came to them, and told them 
 they had beil to comply with what was defired of them; 
 that their Deliverance or Death was in his Hands, as 
 the Cafe ftood, and that h^; fwore to them by all that 
 was holy and facred, that in Cafe they would not do 
 what was propofed to them, they might make no other 
 Account, than upon a certain Death, and therefore he 
 would advife them not to put it to the 7>ial. They 
 requefted feveral Times to fpeak with the Alafter of the 
 Houfe i but the Juftice, who had obferved there was a 
 
 llricl 
 
iii H r P L I TUlS, 
 
 flrift Friendfhip betwixt Hypelitui and his Friend, fobn 
 perceiving that their Intention was to btegofhim, not 
 to fufTer them to fight againll one another, would net 
 let them fee any Body. Nothing can be comparable to 
 tlte defperate Condition they faw themfelves reduced to; 
 the appointed Hour was come, and the more refolute 
 they appeared in not complying with the Jullice's De- 
 mands, the more he threatened them with Death and 
 DeRrudion. At lafi: thefe two Friends dreading the £f- 
 fei^s of an arbitrary Power, refolvcd that as Toon as 
 t'l'Sf^y had got the Swords into their Hands, inflead of em- 
 ploying them againft one another, they would make 
 ufe of them to fell their Lives at the dearell rate they 
 could -y fo they took their Arms and appeared within 
 the Barriers where they were to fight. 
 
 Nctice being given to all the Company there pre- 
 fenr, that two Highwaymen, who had fought fo delpe- 
 rately in the Wood before they were taken, were to 
 fight, every one was very defirous to fee the liTue of 
 this Combat ; bat no fooner were they entered within 
 the Barriers, but you might have heard a confufed mur- 
 muring Noife am.ong the Spectators, every Body there 
 looking upon them with Admiration ; their Youth, their 
 Beauty, their goodly Mien gain'd the Inclinations of 
 all that were prefent. There was not one Perfon who 
 couM hstv6 the feaft Knov^ledge of Signior Leandsr ; but 
 there were net a few who flood almoft amazed, there 
 fhould be fo great a Refcmblance betwixt a Robber, fuch 
 a one as they ftjppofed HypoUtus to be, and my Lord 
 Douofas*s Son : were he not in Itafy, faid they to one 
 another, who could believe otherwife, but it was himfelf 
 in Perfon? Thefe two faithful Friends viewM firft the 
 whole AfTenibly with a noble and fierce Countenance, 
 and then cafl their Eyes upon thofe Wretches they were 
 to engage; of thefe there were th'rty in Number heacei 
 by the Conftable and the Jurtice of the Peace, who lit- 
 tle imagined there would be any Danger in the Cafe. 
 Soon after HypoHtns and Leander clofely embraced one 
 another, imagining (as they had great Beafon to do) 
 that they were to go to a certain Death ; but they were 
 tod cduriigeous to dread the Event j ard IhpcUtus had 
 :-' • " this 
 
Earl of Dov gl as^ i 13 
 
 this particular Satisfaftion in this Misfortune, to think- 
 he fhould remain undifcovered, and that it would never 
 be known, that he had difguifed himfelf, with an Irr- 
 tention to fee Julia, 
 
 Purfuant to what was concerted betwixt them, they leapt 
 both together over the Rails, and running with Sword in 
 Hand towards the Juftice, the Conilable and his Atteir- 
 dands placed along the Barriers to guard them, they 
 fnatch'd their Swords out of their Hands (becaufe they 
 would prove more ferviceable to them than thofe they 
 had) and fighting like two enraged Lions, you might 
 have feen them in an Inftant covered ail over with Blood, 
 and wounded in feveral Places. Ji^Ua and Luciliay who 
 were not prefent at this Speftacle, becaufe they being 
 naturally of a fweet Difpofition, took no Delight in fo 
 cruel a Divertifement, hearing an extraordinary Noife 
 that Way, and the Cries of the Ladies, (fome out of 
 Fear, others out of Pity) run flrcrightways to a fpacious 
 Terra fs where the Speftators were placed, which had 
 divers marble Steps leading into the Place where the 
 Tumult was : They call their Eyes, tho' not without 
 much Relu£\ancy upon the pretended Gladiators, whom 
 at firft they could fcarce diftinguifh in this Confufion from 
 the reil : But alas ! "'twas not long before they difco- 
 vered their d^^v Hypolitus and his generous Friend. 
 Gi^efs what a Sight, what a Stroke this muft be to them! 
 What Word? are able to exprefs their Surprize, their 
 Fe-ir, their Aftli»5lion : Juil Heavens ! 'tis Hypolitus^ 'tis 
 him, cry'd rhey both at once ; fo running headlong dovva 
 the Steps, made all the hafte they could to fecure what 
 they loved from fo imminent a Danger. There was 
 fcArce any Body there but what was ready to efpoufe their 
 Quarrel, every one follow'd them with their Swords 
 drawn. They kept c^ofe to their Lovers, and thefc 
 feeing them come to their Pvclief gathered new Strength 
 and Courage, fo that Mr. Juftice with his Guard feeing 
 fo many Swords rea:dy to be turn'd againft them, were 
 gl;id to fcek for their Safety in their Hee!s, leaving thefe 
 two Champions and dear Friends ablblute Malters of 
 the Field of Battle ; but their Strength hitherto fup- 
 . ported by their Anger, now beginning to fail, UypoUius 
 
 almolt 
 
114 H r P L I TU S, 
 
 almoHdrown'd in a whole Rivulet of Blood, drop'd down 
 half dead at Julias Feet, and Lemider drawing near 
 toaffilt his Friend, had the fame Fate. Julia 2iV\^Lucilia 
 at this molt deplorable Sight, b.-ing ro more Millreffes of 
 themfelves, Julia was altogether taken up with her 
 deareil Lover, vvhofe Head leaning upon her Knee?, 
 ihe held upright in her Arms, bathinghisF.ee with 
 her Tears, breaking forth into moU pamonate Moans 
 and Lamentations, and endeavouring to ilcp with one 
 of her Hands the Blood that gufh'd cut of one of his 
 Vv'ounds ; whilfl Lucilia appiy'd all her Cire to the Af- 
 iiftance q{ Leander i and tins young lovely Lady, ihew'd 
 'already fo particular a Concern for the Prefervation of 
 this Stranger, as might well be fuppolcd to owe its Ori- 
 gine to another Principle and Motive, than to Genero- 
 fity alone. They weie going to carry HypoUtus into a 
 Chamber to drefs his Wounds, but he not aonfidering 
 before whom he fpoke, and cafting a languifliing Look 
 at Julia^ told her with the utmoil Palhon j Permit me, 
 dear Llijlr/fso/my Heart, to die in your j^rms', this Death 
 fwill he more- agreeable a fid piore happy to me than tny 
 Life. There were but few who could hear thele Woids, 
 and thofe that heard it, look'd upon it as an Etfei^ of 
 a Frenzy, which is often the Forerunner of approaching 
 Death ; but the Earl oi Bedford ^ who was one of thofe 
 that heard it, was flruck with it as with a Thunder- 
 bolt ; he kv.tw Julia and H;politus to be no Brother 
 and Siller ; he knew that they were educated together, 
 th.it it was he who wounded him in the Garden, when 
 he was attempting to carry o^ Julia by Force ; in one 
 IVIoment tvQvy thing prefented itfeif before his Eyes, 
 which he had to fear, and thefe Surmizes were in his 
 Mind changed into undeniable Realities: But ib fcon as 
 he was told by the Juilice of the Peace, that thefe two 
 Gentlemen were taken difguifed in Pedlars Habits, he 
 had the Curiofity to look into their Boxes, and there 
 needed no mere to convince him that there was a inutual 
 Lovt: betwixt Julia and IhpoUlus ; but he had ib much 
 Prudence, as to hide the Dart that had pierc'd him 
 through the Heart. 
 
 Both 
 
Earl of Douglas. 115 
 
 Both ihefe loving Friends were carry 'd into one Cham- 
 ber, where their Wounds being fearchM and drefs'd im- 
 mediately, were found to be much larger than dange- 
 rous. In the mean while yulia confidering with her- 
 ■felf, but too late, that her Spcufe would be heartily vex- 
 ed to fee her fo much concerned at Hypolitus^s. Misfortune, 
 to repair in fome meafure this Fault, fte defired Lucilia 
 to tell her Brother, how fhe was oblig'd to adl with Cir- 
 cumfpeflion, and not to fee him unlefs it were in the 
 Earl of Bedford's Prefence ; that he himfelf might eafily 
 judge, what violence flie put upon her own Inclinations, 
 fince fhe was fo unfortunate as not to be able hitherto to 
 efface out of her Heart the Imprefli:>ns he had made 
 there, and that fhe conjur'd him, to let her hear where 
 her Father was. 
 
 My Lord Nevil was almoft inconfolable, that fo un- 
 fortunate an Accident fhould fall out in his Houfe, bear- 
 ing a moll: profound Refpe£l to the Earl of Doug/as, and 
 confe(]uently to his Son j and being inform'd of the true 
 Qiiality oi Lrandcr^ he omitted nothing that might con- 
 vince both of thf-m, of his Uneafineis on that account, 
 and of the p:irt!cular Efleem he had for them. H-^po!itus, 
 unto whom he aJdrefsM himfelf in a molt peculiar man- 
 ner, defircd hini hot to a'-qualnt his Father with what 
 had happened, and told him frankly, that it was his 
 Love Paffion that had halkn'd his return cutof Italy^ and 
 made him difguife himfelf in a Pedlar's Habit; that if 
 his Family got to know of it, it vvculd prove' the Occa- 
 frn of great Contells betwixt them and him, till he 
 might have Time and Opportunity of fettling Matters 
 upon a better Foot; and my Lord promifed to do all he 
 defired of him. 
 
 Several of the Company v.-ere mighty follicitous to 
 knov/ what could induce thefe two Gentlemen to difguife 
 themfelves thu5, and there were very few but what fup- 
 pofed there was a Love In:rigue in the C-fe, but they 
 could r>ot guefs at the Pcrfons concerned therein: for 
 every Bcdy believing yulin to be Hypolitus''s Sifter, there 
 was not the leait rco.n for any Suipicion upon her Ac- 
 count, 
 
ii6 H TP LITUS.... 
 
 count, To that every Body guefs'd according to his Fan- 
 cy, but no Body hit the Mark- 
 In the mean time the Juftice of the Peace being Jen- 
 lible how far he had abuled his Authority, and dread- 
 ing the Revenge of thofe he had fo grofly mifufed, 
 with the utmoft Suhmiflion beg'd jfuHa'i and Lucili.i*s 
 I'ardon, and that they would be fo geoerous as to inter- 
 ceed in his behalf with Hypolitns and Leander^ whick 
 they prcmifed to do, judging itmoU convenient, at this 
 Time, to Sacrifice their Refentment to other more 
 weighty Confideiations. 
 
 Lucilia frequently came into her Brother's Chamber, 
 becaufe J'at./^, as well as (he, was impatient to hear, 
 almoft every Alinute, how he did. He called her to him 
 and faid, • Why, dearSiHier, wiJJ you always come 
 
 * alone ? Does not the lovely Julia think fu to come 
 
 * alfo fometimes to afford me fome Confolation under 
 « my prefent Afflidlion? Were fbe to confuli her owa 
 •-Inclinations only, reply'd fhe, you v/ould have feen 
 
 * heroftner than me; but fhe is obliged to be fo much 
 
 * upon her Guard, that ihe dares not venture to fee 
 
 * you, unlefs it be when her Jealous Husband is pre- 
 
 * fent. She has enjoy n'd me to tell you fo, and to 
 
 * give you from her a thouland Affurances of an eternal 
 < Friendfhip, and to defire you to let us know, in what 
 
 * Place you parted with her Father, becaufe you were 
 
 * interrupted yellerday before you finifh'd your Rela- 
 
 * tion. Oh ! my dear Lucilia, faid he interrupting 
 
 * her, excufe me if I make the bell: ufe of her Cui iofi- 
 
 * ly ; pray tell her, the Amorous Hypolitus v,'\\\ tell no 
 
 * Body but herfclf where the Earl of Warwick is ; this 
 
 * will at leall engage her to come to fee me. After 
 thefe Words he paufed a while, but foon reafTuming 
 his former Difcourfe, * Is it pofTible, faid he, fhe can 
 
 * refufe me a Favour I (land fo much in need of at this 
 
 * time. Dear Sifter, I conjure you, negk'(5l nothing to 
 
 * make her trant me this Req^ elt ; I know not but that 
 « my Life may depend on it, or at leaft do you perfwade 
 
 * her as mu:h as you can, that it does ; perhaps, that 
 
 * may prevail upon her to come. Lucilia promis'd fhe 
 
 would 
 
Earl of Dou G LAS, 117 
 
 would do all that lay in her Power, to engage yt/^a to 
 give him a Vifit in his Chamber. 
 
 The AiTembly at my Lord Htfzo^rd's Wedding, was 
 fo numerous, that being fomewhat firaitned for Rcjom, 
 Julia and Lucilia lay together in one Bed ; they went 
 into their Chamber very early that Nignr, and no I'oon- 
 er were got into Bed and their Maids gone, bu't finding 
 themfelves at full Liberty to talk together, J^iz/A^ retching 
 very deep Sight, intermingled with Subs, and claiping 
 Luc'iUa very clofe in her Arms; * Oh! dear Sifter, 
 *, faid (he, did ever any Body fee fuch a Series of odd 
 ' Adventures as thefe ? Wonder with me at the Fatality 
 
 * of my Stars; fcarce had I got the firll Taft-i of that 
 
 * Satisfaction of feeing again a Man who has rcmain'd 
 
 * always faithful to me, in fpite of all the Reafons I 
 
 * had given him to hate me, fcarce had he acquainted 
 
 * me with the happy News of my Father's being alive, 
 
 * but this Felicity is overturned by a thoufand finiftcT 
 
 * Accidents. Here you fee me at a Feaft, where I had 
 
 * the AtHidion to fee him almoft flain before my Face, 
 
 * and the lingular Concern I (hewed in his Prefervation, 
 
 * has prov'd a fignal Prejudice to me with my Husband ; 
 
 * I could difcern his Seiious Thoughts in his very Eyes 
 
 * and Countenance, in fpite of all my Diftradlion, and 
 ' the Pains he took to conceal them : 1 dare not flat- 
 
 * ter my felf any longer upon that Score, he is certain- 
 
 * ly convinc'd at this very Minute, that Hjp>!uus is 
 
 * dearer to me, than my own Life, and that he is the 
 
 * fo!e Mafter of it : Add to this, that moft cruel Ne- 
 
 * cefTity I lie under of not feeing him, and confider, if 
 
 * you can « You mull overcome thofe Nice- 
 < ties which thus diftuib you, dear Sifter, h'\d La cilia 
 
 * interrupting her, my Brother's Life lies at Stake, he 
 
 * has charged me to make you acquainted with it, and 
 
 * to conjure you in his behalf, by that Paifion he has fo 
 
 * inviolably ipreferved for you, not to refufe him this 
 
 * only Confolation he has left. Oh ! dear Siller, cry'd 
 
 * Julia, he has not rightly confidered of what he de- 
 
 * lires, if you could be fenfible of the Anguilh I am 
 
 * likely to feel within me, whilll I am with him, you 
 
 ..'^. would 
 
ir8 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 would pity me, and notdefireit; for what I owe 
 to my Duty, 1 am afraid will not agree fo well with 
 ray Sentiments for him', but that I may either be too 
 favourable or too cruel to him : But Ju^i^i , faid Lu- 
 ciliii^ if you don't go you will hear no further News 
 concerning your Father; of your Father, I fay, who 
 being as it were recovered from the Dead, ought to. 
 be very dear to you. If you can be fo rigorous to 
 poor HjpolituSf certainly your Curiofity to know what 
 is become of the Earl g{ Warwick ^ will make yoa 
 more pliable; for my Brother protefts, continued^ 
 Julia, he will tell it to no Body but to your own felf. 
 Alas! dear Sifter, fnd Julia, you need not take fo 
 much Pains to perfwade me, my Heart declares for 
 your Brother without it, it feconds your Endeavours, 
 and will prove too ftrong for my Rcafon ; O I how 
 difficult is it to keep from feeing that which is dearer 
 to one than one*; Life ; how weak a Creature is a 
 Woman upon fuch an Occafion as this, and how 
 much in vain is it to ftruggleagainft what one loves ; 
 muft I at laft make a frank Confcflion to you, dear 
 Sifter, I find my felf fufficiently inclined to follow 
 your Counfel, provided you can find out a Way to 
 do it with Secrecy. Unlefs we goto him immedi- 
 ately, fi^id Lucilia, we may be in Danger of being 
 furprized ; I left a Candle burning on Purpofe, and 
 I have found out this very Evening a Pair of private 
 back Stairs, which lead up to the upper End of the 
 Gallery, near our Chamber ; we may go that Way 
 if you pleafe, without making the Icaft Noife. 
 What Sifter, ///V Julia, interrupting her, what, in the 
 Night-Time, what if we ftiould be difcovered? That 
 would fignify nothing to the World, Jaid Lucilia, 
 for all the World believes us both to be FJypoHtus's 
 Sifters. But the 'Ezxloi Bedford knows to the contrary, 
 /aid Julia fighing. You are too fearful, nvfwered 
 Lucilia Jomewhnt impatiently, come, come. Sifter, let 
 us go ; come don't paufe any longer upon the Matter. 
 Julia got out of Bed trembling all over, and throwing 
 a loofe Gown about her, Luiilia took her by the Hand, 
 
 and 
 
 I 
 
Earl of Dov GL AS. ' 119 
 
 oartii condudled her to her Brother's Chamber. It was by 
 this Time pretty late, but he had rot Ihut Eyes as yet 
 that Night: Hearing the Doer lo make a Noife, and 
 feeing h,s beloved Miilrefs coming in, he was (6 far 
 tr. nfported with Joy, that it had almoll coll him his 
 Life ; for all his Wounds opening afrefli, he was covered 
 with Blood, before he was fenfible of it himfelf. Julia. 
 featcd herfelf near his Bid-Side; * Dear Hypoliius, faid 
 faid flie, with Tears in her Eyes (which Ihe was not 
 able to retain, in Spite of all the Pains ihe took to keep 
 them back) you have this Day been made fenfibie by 
 the Excefs of my Grief, that the unfortunate jfulia in 
 changing her Condition, has not changed her Senti- 
 ments for yoa: Ye5, my dear Hypolitus^ J am willing 
 to own it to you, you nre at all 1 imes dearer to me 
 than my own Life ; which I would willingly part 
 with, to purcha'e your Tranquillity ; I think of no- 
 thing but you, I lament you, and bemoan myfel^ and 
 1 Ihall always be inconfolable under my Misfortune ; 
 but fmce *tis part all Cure, we mult furmcunt it by 
 Virtue : You lee I come to pay yoa a Vilit, an 1 it is 
 in Order to bid you my lall Farewel ; we muft, 
 Hypolitus, we muft fubmit to this cruel Necefiity my 
 Du'y impofes upon us : Death fhall always be m.ore 
 preferable to me than a ftiameful Life ; and were I 
 the only Perfon now l.ving in the Wcrld, I would aft 
 as if the whole Earth had their Eyes f xed on me : 
 Don't go about to fhake my Relolution, it would kx\Q 
 only to augment my Pain. No, my dear yuiia, fcid 
 he to her, no, I will not pretend to fhake it : I own 
 myfelf highly indebted to you, becaufe you would 
 foon free me from this languifliing State ; you could 
 not have pitched upon a more convenient Time to put 
 a fpeedy End to my Mifery. The weak Condition I 
 am reduced to by my Wounds, and by what you have 
 told me, will foon deliver you from an unfortunate 
 Lover, whom you would not have abandoned as you 
 have done, had you truly loved him. I will not re- 
 proach you, Madam, you wilh for my Death, you 
 have wifhed for it long ago, and I do fo too, having 
 more prelhng Reafons for it than you.' He laid no 
 
 more. 
 
120 HTPOLJTUS, 
 
 more, yu/ia obferved him to turn quite pale, his Ey^ 
 half (hut, and his Silence threw her into a mortal An-» 
 guifti ; fhe called LuciHa^ who was difcourfing with Sig- 
 nior Leandcr^ to his Afliftance, who coming to HypoU- 
 tMs*s Bed-Side, found him fwimming in his own Blood : 
 They were fo furprizedat the Si^ght thereof, thit at firll 
 they knew not what to fay to him, but at lall calkd 
 for Leander. Tho' he was as yet very ill himfelf, he got 
 out of Bed, and found Means to bind up his Wounds 
 again. Julia was ready to run diilradled, to find what 
 difmal Effedls her rigorous Proceedings had produced ia 
 her Lover, fhe took him by the Hand, and bathing it 
 with her Tears, * You did millake my VVords, /aid 
 
 * Jhe, and fmce there can be no Medium betwixt your 
 
 * feeing me and ycur Death, we will chufe the hrft, 
 
 * my dear Hypolitus^ becaufe the Lofs of your Life 
 
 * would be beyond all other Things to me.' At thefe 
 Words he was going to kifs Julias Hand, but fhe 
 would not fuffer him, * I mull own to you, faid Jhe^ that 
 
 * every Thing appears extraordinary to me' and that 
 
 * the leaft Favoar I ihould grant you, would feem a 
 
 * Crime to me. DediV Hvpolitu: , reconcile your Paflion 
 
 * with my Duty, and then I iliall rell contented. That 
 
 * will not be fb difficult a Thing as you imagine, fair 
 
 * Julia., /aid he^ you have a Fatner alive, you have been 
 
 * married without his Approbation, he dd not give his 
 
 * Confent to your Marriage ; if you doubt it, I have 
 
 * a Letter he writ me on that Subjed, will convince you 
 
 * of it.' He then delired Lucilia to affill him in open- 
 ing a fmall 5)i^«{/^-Leather Cafe, that was faftned to his 
 Arm, and with it the fore- mentioned Ltt:er of the Earl 
 of War^'icki which he gave Julia to read, whereby fhe 
 was fully convinced of the Truth of what he had told 
 her. ' 'Tis certain, adJed he, he will fnatch you from 
 
 * the Arms of that unworthy Raviflier; fo that, Madam, 
 
 * if you plcafe, 'tis flill in your Power to make me 
 
 * happy.' Julia was not a httle nettled, and under no 
 fmall Uncertainty what Anfwer to make, tho' her Incli- 
 nations fufficiently told her what to fay ; fhe thought that 
 being once married, fhe was obliged to fliy with her 
 Husband ; that fhe had no Force put upon her when fhe 
 
 married 
 
Earl of Dov GL AS. 121 
 
 married h^m ; flie confidered what the World would 
 lay of her, and thef; Conliderations made her to delay 
 her Anfwer. Hypolitus foon perceiving her Irrefolution, 
 * I am undone, Madam, cried he \ all tiiat Tendernefs 
 you had for me is gone, ycu are unrefolved to tefti^y 
 yourSa'isfadion in a Matter which ought to be yours, 
 were you not altered from what you ufed to be. Alas \ 
 Hypolitusy replied Jhe, I am not changed, you deal un- 
 jultly with me, let me lec my Father, and I will obey 
 him in every Thing he fhall command me, provided 
 it be not againil my Confcience and my Reputation ; 
 you are no lefs dear to me than my Life. My ador- 
 able Lady, faid he, do you think I could entertain a 
 . Thought that might be difpleafing to you ? Priy be bet- 
 ter acqu.iinted with my Paflion and its Motions. I wiJl 
 do you Jullice on that Account, yiz/V//i'f, rnd 'tis that that 
 engages me to make thefe Steps which are not very com- 
 mon,! hope you willthink yourfelf obliged to me for it, 
 and not make iheleaitill life of them, my dear Hypoli- 
 tus; and let me know all the Circumftances relating to my 
 Father's Adventures.'' He gave her an Ac. cunt of it, 
 and fhe was ready to give him frefh Proofs of her Ac- 
 knowledgement and Love. I am indebted to you, faid 
 fhe, for mf Father s Liberty ; continued fhe, nay perhaps 
 for his Life^ and therefore cannot deny you, ^without In- 
 gratitude, all the Achioivledgment 1 am able to gi<ve you. 
 VVhilll they were thus talking together, Lucilia inter- 
 rupting them, faid, it was near i)ay-break, and that 
 it was more convenient to afford fome Time of Red to 
 tiiefe two Gentlemen under their prefent C rcumltarc s. 
 }iypolitus and Lcandcr blamed her for breakuig off their 
 Converfation, which was fo precious to them ; V.\xiju.^ 
 lia being wii!;ngto follow Lucilia's Advice, conji.rcd h^T 
 Lover to think of nothing elfe but of his Cure. 'Tis 
 the Ufmoft of my Wijh at this Time, dear Brother, faid 
 fhe to him, giving him her Hand, v/hich hekifud mcfl 
 tenderly, at/d you cannot doubt much ^without doin^ me In- 
 juflice^ that it concerns me to the highijl Degree. She 
 fhewed Abundance of Complaifance to Leander, and 
 then returned with Lucilia, to her own Bed- Chamber. 
 The Earl of Bedford hid not flept one Wink all that 
 Night J his Jealcufy and Inquietude being fuch as would 
 
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122 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 not fufFer him to take the leaft Reft ; all his Thoughts 
 were taken up in contriving a Delign, fuch a one as he 
 knew would revenge him lufficiently upon thefe two 
 Lovers, and the better to fucceed in it, he refolved to 
 bring it about with all imaginable Secrecy. He pre- 
 / tended the next Day to be very ill of a Fever, got not 
 out of Bed till pretty late, and then faid he would go 
 Home. Julia not daring tocontradidl him, went im- 
 niediately into Hypoliius*s Chamber : Dear Brother ^ faid 
 fhe, 1 am obliged to leave you^ the Earl of Bedford is re- 
 fol'ved to go aivay immediately. I once more fut you in 
 Mindy manage Matters njoith my Father as you think Jit ; 
 Ihanje no T^ime to tell you any more, but pity and lo've me. 
 1 leave Lucilia njjith you till your Wounds are cured, 
 j^nd <will you leave me, Julia, cried he full of Anguifh, 
 muji that Tyrant of my Repofe fnatch you from me ? Oh! 
 thou too charming Felicity, nvhat makes thee turn avoay 
 from me fo unexpe£iedly ? And nuhen Jhall I fee you again ^ 
 Madam? Alas! replied ihe fighing, that is more than I 
 am able to tell you ; / f>all be fuficiently guarded y and 
 fufficiently unhappy. Lucilia came that Moment to tell 
 iier that every Thing was ready, and that her Husband 
 only ftaid for her coming. Then the amorous Hypolitus 
 kiffing her Hands bathed them with his Tears j Fare- 
 n.velt faid he, continue faithful to your faithful Lover. 
 Julia, without fpeaking one Word, gave him a fine 
 Turquoife Ihe drew from her Finger ; Pray Heavens 
 foon bring the Earl of Warwick into England, cried he. 
 J voi/h it <n.mth all my Heart, replied Julia, and you may 
 fromife yourfelf every Thing from this tender Heart j hut 
 aii fo, as not to leave the leaf Scruple or Nicety to my 
 Virtue, to my Honour, to the World, all thefe muft be 
 fully fatisfied. She left him immediately, and taking 
 Leave of my Lady Nevil, recommended in very pref- 
 fing Terms her Brother to her Care, and then embrace- 
 ing Lucilia feveral Times, they parted, with fuch evi- 
 dent Marks of Trouble in their Countenances, as if they 
 had fome Fore-fight of the Misfortunes that were likely 
 to befal them. 
 
 Julia was no fooner arrived at her own Seat in Berk- 
 foire, but her Husband privately made all the neceffary 
 
 ^ Pre- 
 
Earl of Douglas. 123 
 
 Preparations for the putting in Execution his Projedl of 
 carrying her into France. Three Days were fpent be- 
 fore every I'hing could be got ready, notvvithllanding 
 which, he carried Matters fo clofely, that fhe knew no- 
 thing of her intended Departure, till he ordered her to 
 go into the Coach ; and Ihe had enough to do to get fo 
 rouch Time as to carry her Jewels along with her. Is 
 it pofiible to exprefs the Anxiety of this fair Lady ? For 
 being a Perfon of a quick Penetration, ftie perceiv'd at 
 that very Moment, what fhe mull expe^ from her Hus- 
 band ; fhe would willingly have writ to Hypolitus and to 
 Lucility to give them notice of her Difgrace, to defire 
 their Afliflance, and even to afford them fome Comfort 
 under that Afflidion fhe forefaw they would lie under ; 
 but was too narrowly watch'd by the Earl o^ Bedford, to 
 be in a Condition to attempt any fuch Thing. Ifabella 
 her Woman was the firlt who told her what ihe had un- 
 rierftood concerning the Refolution her Husband had ta- 
 ken of carrying her into France-^ and in fpite of all her 
 Tears and Entreaties, he made her go along with him, 
 without any further Delay. ' In what is it I have dif- 
 pleafed you V /aid /he, with an Air fo full of Good- 
 nefs and Swcetnefs as would have moved a Heart of 
 Stone ? * Ought not you, Sir, to be better fatisiied be- 
 
 * fore you condemn me ? 'Twill be always in your 
 
 * Power to punifh me; but after you have punifliedme, 
 ' it may be too late to repair the Wrong you have done 
 
 * me, both in Refpeifl to the World and to yourfelf, 
 
 * Enter into your own Heart, Madam, /aid he in an an- 
 
 * gry Tone, 'tis that which will jaitify my Proceeding; 
 ' and if I don't enter with you into a long Debate, 'tis 
 
 * not that I acl upon my own Head, or tliat I am not 
 
 * fenfible upon what Foundation I ad, but bccaufe at 
 ' this Jnfiiant it is not proper now to fpsnd our Time 
 '* in trifling Arguments.' So he remained deaf to all 
 her Complaints, and all her Tears and Lamentations 
 ^iid not produce ihe lead EflVd upon him ; and without 
 having the lead Opportunity of advertifmg Hypoiitus zxA 
 Lucilia of her Misfortune j Ihe was forced to fee her- 
 felf carried to Doter by her jealous Hutband, attended 
 »n\y by Ifahdla her Vv ojnan. She fpoke not one Word 
 
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124 HTPOLIIUS, 
 
 to him all the while they were \ji\on the Road, butfighed 
 without Intermiffion. 'i hey embarked at Do-jer for Ca- 
 lais, whilil yulia lent forth her Prayers to Heaven to 
 favour them with a Stcrm tliat might force them back 
 into Engla7idy and that with much more Ardour than 
 Ihe would at another Time have prayed for a favourable 
 Wind and Weather. She lay above Deck, her Head 
 refling upon her Hand, her Face covered with a Veil, 
 and her Eyes turned towards the Englijh Coaft, which 
 Ihe left behind with the greateft Anxiety of Mind. ' I 
 
 * am carried away by Force, my dear Hjpolltus, /aid 
 
 * Jhe, vvhilft thou flatterell thyfelf with our good For- 
 
 * tune. See how all our Hopes are van.fhed, all our 
 
 * Projeds overturned at one Stroke ! Perhaps we (hall 
 
 * never fee one another any more : Perhaps I fhali be fo 
 
 * unfortunate as to prove ths Caufe of your Death, for 
 ' I am afraid you will not be able to fupport yourfelf 
 
 * againft fo fatal a Stroke, as that of my Abfcnce will 
 
 * prove to you/ 7'hus fhe palled away her Time in 
 anxious Reflections, when the Earl of Bedford told her 
 fhe mull go i. to the Boat, in order to be carried afhore. 
 It being very late before they arrived at Calaisy they 
 flaid that Night there, and finding herfelf in her Cham- 
 ber with Ifabella only, whom fhe knew flie might con- 
 fide in, fhe writ with a Diamond thefe following Words, 
 in one of the Glafs Windows. 
 
 If Chance Jhould bring you to this Place, dear H , 
 
 and your Heart difco'vers to your Eyes the Character and 
 
 Hand of the unfortunate J let this be an unfeigned 
 
 ^efimony of her e-verlajiing Conflancy to you : Remain 
 faithful t and do not afliSl yourjelf if younxill gi've the 
 real Proofs of your PaJJion for me. 
 
 Day no fooner appeared, but her Husband carried her 
 forward to Paris, but without affording her fo much 
 Leifure as to reft a few Hour^ in that great and fine Ci- 
 tv, tho' fhe flood much in Need of it, being much 
 tired with her AfHi(^ion, and the Fatigues of fo long a 
 Journey. He went thence towards Bourlont where fome 
 Years before he had made Ufe of the Waters, which 
 are much in Requeft among the Englijh againft the Con- 
 iump tion, bit they muft be taken upon the Spot. Be- 
 «- . for^ 
 
Earl ^Douglas. 12^ 
 
 fore, he reached Bourhon, he floped at a very ancienc 
 Abbey of young Ladies, named St. Men-vick, fitiiated 
 bitvvixtil/oa/wand B. urban at a (mall Diilance only- frcni 
 the laft of thefe two Towns. I:s Situation is fufiicientiy 
 pleafant, but in a very fclltary Ground ; lb that were ic 
 not for the Company that reforts thither, at two diue- 
 rcnt Seafons to drink the Waters, it might be fliled a 
 Defart. The Earl o^ Bedford had formerly contra(fted 
 an Acquaintance with the Abbefs, being as yet very 
 young, and defcended of the ncble Family of ////;/c//t', 
 one who had a great Value for herfelf, and not a very 
 great Share of Senfe ; fo he doubted nn but to prevail 
 v/ith Jicr to take yu/ia into her Cufiody. He thou2;ht 
 it no great Difficulty to fucceed in his Intentions, f«.r hav- 
 ing promifcd her a confiderable yearly Allowsnce, ibe 
 (oon promiftd him his Wife fhoald be watched as nar- ' 
 rowly as a Prilbner of Siate, nor fhould fhe fee or wrire 
 to any Body, this being all the Earl defr.d of her : Sd 
 he delivered up Julia to tiie Abbefs, as likewife her 
 Vy''oman that attended her, and at parting to'.d her with 
 a fcornful Smile ; I hoje the fair Hypoh:us i',-il! fccir.e 
 fventure himfelf fo far for your Sake ; he <vjiil fcarce take 
 fo much Pains again to difguife himfef, :n tlopes of fte- 
 ing you, and he ix:ill fcarce run the Hazard of another 
 Imprifonment. She was pierced to the Soiil at thefe f.of- 
 fing ExprelTions : Do not ?nake thefe Things a Pretence^ 
 ivhereivith to cover the un'^orthy Treatment I am forced 
 to take at your Hands : I had ?io Hand in tlypolirus'j 
 Difguife, and under this prefent Misfortune, the cmy Com- 
 fort I have is, that I have nothing rv.hereixith to reproach 
 myfelf Tou treat me ivith the utmoji Injuftice \ hut Tune 
 ivill juflify my Condu^. He returned no Anfwer, but 
 left her,being very well fatisfied to have fettled this Mat- 
 ter according to his Defire. 
 
 Julia was treated not altogether with fo much Seve- 
 rity by the Aiibefs, as {[\z had promifed her Huband ; 
 but none of all the Religious Ladies, except thofe who 
 were let lo wat.hall her Motions, were fuftered to fpeak 
 to her ; Ifabeila being the only Perfon in whom fne 
 could put fome Confidence. This was a young Wo- 
 man, not unhandlbme, very prudent, and one who bore 
 
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126 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 an extream Love to her Lad y ; and this made her (et 
 all her Wits to work to find oat Means to afTord her 
 Ibme Confolation. * You ought. Madam, y^/Vy^<?, to 
 expe<fl every Thing from 7 ime, and from Hypolitiis's 
 Love ; your Husband m.y happen to die ; my Lord 
 WarTvick may get your Marriage annulled, as you 
 hope he will, and even the greate/l Misfortunes 
 have tlieir certain Turns. The End of my Life, /aid 
 Julia in a languijking Toney will be the Period of my 
 Miferies. I am not fo much as permitted to fue 
 for my Liberty ; I have a hundred and fifty Jaylors in- 
 llead of one, about me : Thus you fee me a Prifoner 
 by my Husband's capricious Temper ; and as to what 
 relates to the annulling of my Marriage, that is at too 
 great a Diftance to make any Account upon it j and 
 I do not know even whether 1 fhould be defirous of it, 
 were it not that my Honour and Confcience are con- 
 cerned in that Matter. How am I fure but Time 
 may make Hypolitus alter his Sentiments for me ; and 
 fuppofing myfelf to be at Liberty to leave the Earl of 
 Bedford, and that Hypolitus fhould continue fiithful, 
 how do you think I fhouli get oat of this Phce ? No 
 B'-dy kiO.vsof my being here, and I have no Op- 
 porcuniiy of acquainting any of my Friends with it, 
 bccaile all my Letters I have endeavoured to fend, 
 have b^^n intercepted ; fo that hitherto 1 have reaped 
 no other Benefit from all the Endeavours I have made 
 that Way, but the Shame and Vexation of feeing them 
 miicarry, 1 his was poor yiilia\ daily Entertain- 
 ment, and the Nights file fpcnt in Sighs and 7'ears ; 
 Sleep feldom robbed her of any Time to improve her 
 Pain, xvhich at lalt prefTed fo hard upon her Spirits, that 
 Ihe was feized with a moll violent Dillemper. 
 
 Whilil thefe Things were tranfading at Sr. Menvick, 
 let us fee what is become of the amorous Hypolitus, who 
 was one of the lail that got Intelligence of his beloved 
 MillrefTes Misfortune. Lucilia fent to her Hcufe in Berk- 
 JJnre^ to know how fhc did, but my Lord's Servants, ac- 
 cording to their Mailer's Orders, fent Word that Julia 
 was gone aloig with him on a fudden to London, upon a 
 Bufmefs of Confequence. Lucilia was not a little ^\^ 
 
 llurbcd 
 
E^r/ 5/^ Douglas. 127 
 
 flurbed at Co hafty a Departure, whereof ihe couid not 
 comprehend in the leall the Caufe, efpecially fince fhe 
 had not given the leail Notice of it to her ; fo that not 
 queftioning but that fome Myllery of very ill Confe- 
 quence iay concealed under this unexpeded Journey, to 
 be fully latisfied in the Point, Ihe told her Brother, that 
 Ju/ia had fent Word fhe defired to fee her ; that fhe 
 would go accordingly, and return in a little Time. This 
 pair.onate Lover conjured her to tell her every Thing 
 that could be thought nioft tender and engaging ; and 
 that he was ready to die with Impatience to fee her a- 
 gain. His and Leanders Wounds began to have a pro- 
 mifing Afped, and neither of them being very dange- 
 rous, they hoped for a fpeedy Cure. 
 
 Hypolitus living now in certiiin Hopes of hearing from 
 Julia, by his Siller, he appeared much more fauisfied 
 than he ufed to be, and 't^vas that that engaged him to 
 i'ay to Lcauder ; Come, dear FrierJ, faid he, gi-ve me a 
 faithful Account of the prefent Stale of your Heart : What 
 Pro^refs have you mside ^vjith Lucilia ."* / can fro- eft to 
 xcuy that to gi-ve you the more Lei fur e to entertain her., I 
 often deprive myfelf of the Satiffa^ion of talking to her 
 about Julia. 6 ! wy deny Hypolitus, cried he, Lucilia 
 nSls n.vith a great deal of Circumfpeclion : hitherto J haie 
 not been able to dive inio her Sentiments, or nvhether her 
 Heart is capable of Tefidernefs^ or not : I ha^ve di fevered 
 to her my PaJJion, nxilh that fear nx:hich is the conjlant 
 Attendant of a truly pafjtonate Lonjcr ; fje airways turned 
 it into jpft, and ^whatever 1 could tell her, it has been im- 
 tojjible for me to engage her into any ferious Con'verfation 
 upon that Point' The frjl Time I fanv her^ I ivas ex- 
 tremely delighted 'zvith her pleafng and diverting Air^ hut 
 at prefent it does not at all agree ivith me, and I am un- 
 der moft dreadful Apprehenfions, leajl foe has no more than 
 a general EJlcem for me. I ha've better Skill in Phyfog- 
 nomy than you, anfwered Hypolitus ; be fides thisy J look 
 upon this Affair nxith fomenxihat more of cool Blood than 
 you do ; and if you njoill take 7n)' Word for it^ you are not 
 indifferent to her. She has fpoken to me concerning you^ 
 nvith a more than ordinary EJieem, a?id in fuch Terms, as 
 need not the Interpretation of a Conjurer to explain them. 
 
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128 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 She asked me pofitin)ely^ ^whether I nvas fare you hadlo'ved 
 no Lady in Iraly ? Jnd ivhen 1 told he}-, you did not ; is 
 it pojjfble. Brother, added (he, that a Per/on cffuchex- 
 traordinary Deferts Jhould he i>jithout an amorous E^igagc 
 ment ; For^ if one may judge by his Looks, he has a tender 
 Heart. ''Tispojible, faid I fmiling, Si/iert that Jince he 
 has feen you, his Heart tnay be full of Tendernefs \ and if 
 it Jhould he you that has infpired thefe Sentiments into himt 
 nAjould you ?iot lend me a helping Hand to dijcharge the Obli- 
 gations I o^ve him ? Pray, Brother, faid Ihe, do ?iot engage 
 me to pay your Debts, your Gratitude n.vill be more accep- 
 table than mine, and your Friend, I fuppofe, has too nice 
 a Palate to <wijh for this Exchajige. Jnd, dear Hypo- 
 litas, faid Leander, did you difcourfe nvith her in fuch a 
 Manner as this ? 1 adually did, faid he, as I tell you ; 
 and I can afpure you pe is 'very nijell pleafed, njjhen ifje 
 talk concerning you. 
 
 Lucilia being by this Time got to Julia's Houfe, in 
 Berk/hire, had much ado to cilcover the real 'I'ruth of 
 wha; fnc defired to know; moil of her Servart3 were 
 ignorant in ti^.e Thing, and thofe few that knew it, durft 
 no: te;l it ; till at laic (he made her Ayplication to the 
 S^Cvvard: Tiiis Man b-ing much obliged to her, bccaufe 
 file h-^iX, by her Interce'Jiun, procured him t .lis Place in 
 my Lore's Family, coald not forbear to give her an 
 Acjount of JuliCii, Journey. 
 
 This fad News put her under no fmall Trouble ; her 
 La.-nentations and her T ears were undeniable Proofs 
 'of the I'endernels and Affcclion (lie bore to her Shier. 
 She threw herfelf upon the Bed, and continued there (^\' 
 ftr.;61ed with Thcughtf, to the higheil legree, for a 
 confidcrable Time ; and that which proved no fmall Ad- 
 dition toiler Fear, was, that (he knew not how to ac- 
 quaint iier Brother with this Mitfonune : She was afraid 
 lead his VVounds might grow worfe, at the Reci al of 
 fo unc;xpe6led an Accident:; and on the otiier Hand, 
 lay under as great Apprehenficn, th.it if fr.c (hould keep 
 It conceal'd trom him, it might prove prejudicial to her 
 dear Julia's Affairs. VVhiiil (he was under this Uncer- 
 tainty, It came into her Head, that (he would cot fait 
 
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Earl of Douglas. 129 
 
 wirh Leander^ what Courfe {he had bed to take ia this 
 critical Point. 
 
 HypoUtus was exptding her Return with the utrr;Oil 
 Impatience; and he was no fooner told fhc was come, 
 but he Tent to defire her to come into his Chamber : 
 She did all {he could to difguifeher Grief, notwithftand- 
 ing which, he difcovered fu{HcientIy the Marks thereof 
 in her Kyes and whole Countenance. Don t flatter me^ 
 dear Sfler^ faid he, with a great deal of Confufion and 
 Dirturbance of Mind, fl^me Accident or other is befallen 
 Julia. I firid sou are inclined to CG7iceal it from zne ; iut 
 this <vjill caup tne at leaf as ?nu:h Pain, as if you dif 
 clofed the ivhole Secret to me. ''Tii not my Intent ion^ faid 
 {}ie, to conceal any thing from you ; Julia is faPn fck ; 
 l.er Weaknefs fince her lafi Difirnper joynd to njobat has 
 happened here, has thrcavn her into a 'violent Fe'ver, At 
 theie Words the Tears arcfe in her Eyes, in Spire of all 
 {he could do to keep tiieni back. O! Lucilia, crfd 
 Hypoliuis, ?ry Misfortune is greater than nvhat you tell 
 7ne of', I am fure fon:e 'very fnifer Accident is happen d 
 to Julia ; your "Tears iiill fcrrce let you fpeak : Sifer^ con- 
 tinued he, feeing (he c-ave him no Aniwer, ikHI you fee 
 rne expire before your Eyes? I am under Juch an Anguif) 
 cf Mind, as is paf a'l Apprehenfion \ tell me ^vhat Mis- 
 fjr'une has hfal'n us? For it is certain., that her and 
 rnv Inter ef are infeparable, and that 1 forebode fuch cruel 
 7hij;gs^ that "'tis impofjihle for me to augment my Vain. 
 Lucilia perfifling in wnat fhe had toKl him befcre ; }1« 
 knoiv, added Ihe, <iKhat Tender ncfs I lave for JmWz, and 
 yet xoii are furpri-^ed to fee n:e conconcd at her being 
 ill. Tou fni^ht fwith much more Reafon nvondcr^ if yen 
 Jhou^d fee ?ne to be otherivife. My Heart has too quick a 
 Forefrht, reply 'd H/j//.:^5 fetching a deep Sigh, Sifer^ 
 'tis not an cafy Matter to de:ei-ve a true Lo'vcr : I am re- 
 folveJ to riCe immediately cu'cfBed^ and to go /«/<? Berk- 
 ihire ; / a-.'/// he fatisfyd in c^jery Trying ; / -xt;/// hazard 
 all, and dive info your Secrets at the E.x pence of my Life, 
 if it muj} he fo. He had fc rce fpken tlicfe Wcrcs, 
 but he cull'd for his Gentleman to nelp him to get out 
 of Bed : He was but juit come bsck from London, whi- 
 ther he had been ient by H;poU:iis to the Earl oi SuJ/er, 
 
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130 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 to acquaint him with every Thing that had happened 
 at my Lord AW/7's Houfe ; and at the fame Time, de- 
 fired him in his Letter, to enquire whether my Lord 
 Doug/as had heard any Thing of this Adventure ; and 
 to let him know immediately how Matters flood there, 
 that he might take his Meafures accordingly. 
 
 Lucilia perceiving her Brother refolved to rife out of 
 Bed, in fpite of his Wounds, ftie drew as near as fhe 
 could to Leander : Good God, Sir, nvhat fnuji nve do ? 
 faid fhe to him very foftly ; the unfortunate Julia is no 
 more in Berkfhire, her Husband has carried her anvay into 
 France ; hoiAJ Jhall I do to acquaint n.y Brother nvitb this 
 fad Nenvs ? And ^vithout it you fee he ivill certainly go to 
 look after her. Leander remain'd for fome Time under 
 fuch a Conflernation, that it could not pofTibly be greater, 
 had this Misfortune happened to Lucilia her {tM \ how- 
 ever recovering himfelf as foon as he could, becaufe he 
 faw fhe expelled his immediate Anfwer. Alas! Madam^ 
 faid he to her, / don't fee hoiv nve frail he able to conceal 
 it from Hypolitus ; his DiJiraSfion is fuch^ that it nxould 
 he a Piece of Cruelty to league him longer under fuch an Un^ 
 certainty. 
 
 Hypolitus perceiving them to talk foftly, drew nearer 
 to them, being fupported by his Gentleman, and then 
 feating himfelf in an Elbow Chair, near Leatider^ Bed- 
 fide, with a Countenance, in which appeared all the 
 Marks of Defpair, Lucilia, faid he, tells you <what has 
 happened, and 1, nxjho am the only Perfori concern d in it, 
 ■mujl be the only Man from ^jjhom fhe thinks fit to conceal 
 it. "Brother, faid fhe, fine e you ha^ve difco'vered in ny 
 Eyes that AffliBion <vjhich oppreffes my Spirits, I am ivil- 
 Img to tell fou the true Caufe of it. T'he Earl ^Bedford 
 hecame jealous and enraged at 'what happened in your Dif 
 guife, and has carried anvay Julia into France fome Days 
 ago \ hut ive knonjo not njohere or honxj he intends to difpofe 
 of her : He had taken care to charge fuch of his Ser- 
 *vants as knenv ofit^ to keep the Secret, but the Sten^vard 
 difclofed it to me. This is that affli£is me, and "'tis this I 
 nvas nvillin^ to keep conceaVd from you, at leaf for fome 
 Days. Hypolitus, laying his Arms acrofs, with his 
 Head hanging down upon his Breaft, ftood like a Statue 
 
 without 
 
Earl of Douglas. 131 
 
 without faying one Word. My dear Friend^ faid Leander* 
 this Mip^ap is not paj} Reprieve, ive Jhall hear rvhere 
 this treacherous Man has carry d her^ ave ivi// fetch her 
 thence ; you nvill have the SatisfaSfion cf being her Deli- 
 *verer ', and ycu imll fee your felf feconded by the Earl of 
 Warwick : Tou knoiv it is not juftif able for a Man i>jho 
 takes a Chimera into his Head, to treat a Lady of ^ali 
 ty at that rate. O ! nvhy iajHI you flatter me thus^ cry*d 
 the difcon folate HypoHtuSy my H bought s are far diferent 
 from ivhat you can tell me upon this Head; "'tis I that atn 
 the Occafon of Julia'j Misfortune ; V/V /, and my impa- 
 tient Dejtres, that have plunged her into this AbyCs of 
 Troubles ; you have Recourfe to Time to allay both our 
 Misfortunes ; But vchat a fender Comfort is this? What 
 is likely to become of me. Great God ! What is likely to be- 
 come of me ? Whihl he was thus giving Way to his 
 Aftl dlion, and rendered Lucilia and Lcandir almoll as 
 inconfolable as himTelf, Word was brought them that the 
 Earl q{ Zuffex was come, whereat they were r.o: a little 
 furprized. He came immediately after into the Cham- 
 ber, and Hood almofl amazed to read in all their Peaces 
 fuch lively Marks of Grief. Hypolitus embracing him, 
 without being able to arife from his Seat, defired him 
 to fit down by him ; j^re you come^ dear Friend^ faid he 
 to him, to bear your Share in my j^ffiiSiion ? *Tis impof 
 fble you ca?i imagine any thing that could more nearly con- 
 cern me. I did not knovj, faid he, of any neiv Caufe of 
 DifatisfaSlion you had ; but I thought I ought not to for- 
 get to come to give you Notice myQlf that my Lord Doi\- 
 giafs having got Intelligence of your being here, intends to 
 come to Morrovu to fetch you from hence ; he is moft fu- 
 rioufy angry nnjith you ; fo you had beji to confcter civhat is 
 to be done upon this Occafon : My v^dvice is, ycu Jbould 
 vjithottt lofing a Moment's Time, tell my Lord Nevil, that 
 1 am fent by him, on Purpofe to fetch you a^jiay, and I 
 nvill take care to conducl you tofome Houfe in the Country, 
 ivhere ive may be at leisure to reflect further upon vuhat 
 is bejl to be done according to your ov:n Inclinations. 
 
 Hypolitus, inllead of returning an Anfwer to his 
 
 Friend, cry'd out like a dillradted Man, And muji I 
 
 Jee her no more ! That lyrant has f natch'* d her avoay from 
 
 G 6 me t 
 
J32 H r P O L I TU S, 
 
 ?nc ! I viuji fall under the fatal Stroke! The Earl of 
 Sijjj'ex, lurprized at thefe Words, lookM ftedfafl upon 
 Lucilia, to make her fenlible of his Curiofity to know 
 the Meaning thereof. She had no fooner given him an 
 '\ccount of y/f/zVs being carry'd 'm.\.o France, but em- 
 bracing Hypclltu., * This is a new Matter of Trouble 
 and Vexation, faid he, but your Courage muft fur- 
 mount all thefe Obftacles, take my Word for it; 
 let us depart hence without Delay, it would not do 
 well to meet my Lord Djuglas here j when we are at 
 a greater Dirtance and in a lefs fufpicious Place than 
 this is, we have nothing elfe to confidcr of, but the 
 Deliverance oi Julia. 
 
 Thty were all of the fame Opinion ; * T am going 
 to part from you, lovely Lucilia, faid Sig?iior Leander, 
 fuAth a loiv Voice, fo as to le heard by no Body hut her 
 felf^ Friendihip for once, lias got the better of Love; 
 but I hope you wil be obliged to me for this Sacri- 
 fice I offer to him, it being made in Behalf of a Bro- 
 ther who, as you have told me, is dearer to you than 
 your own Life. I make his Fortune my own, I fol- 
 low him wherever he goes, I leave you behind me, 
 and yet I adore you. Pray give me to underllanJ, 
 that you are not infenfible of thofe Sentiments I have 
 both for you and him ; that will afford me the great- 
 ell Comfort J am capable of receiving at this Junc- 
 ture, I Hand indebted to you for every Thing, faid 
 Lucilia blujhing, and I am of too great a Soul and 
 Temper, to look with Indifferency upon that Friend- 
 ihip you Ihew to my Brother : After this don't urge 
 me to enlarge my felf any farther upon my Senti- 
 ments for you, but ba fatisfy'd I fhall always do Juf- 
 llice to your Merits, and that I can't fee ycu leave us 
 without Pain. The amorous Leander feern'd to be 
 overjoyed to fee himfelf blefb'd with fo engaging a 
 Farewel. 
 
 His Wounds had no lefs impair'd his Strength, than 
 thofe of //v/'o//.'«j had done his ; notwithihnding which, 
 my Lord and my Lacy could not prevail upon them, 
 with all their Intreaties, to Hay a little longer, for they 
 were not acc^uainted with my Lord Douglas'^ Intention 
 
 of 
 
Earl of Dov GL AS. 133 
 
 of coming thither the next Day, and how careful they 
 were to avoid the Siglit of him : Hypolitus and Leander 
 returned their in oft hearty Thanks for all the Obliga- 
 tions they had received at their Hands : Lucilla coulcl 
 not part from h^r Brother without Tears, who promifed 
 to let her hear from him ; and Leander defired to give 
 him leave lo write to her what Refolations Ihe (hould 
 take; a: fhe, on the other HanJ, was very well plea- 
 fed to have a plaufible Pretence to grant him a Favour 
 ihe was very defirous to bellow upon him. 
 
 T he Earl of Su/Jex^ mounting on Horfeback, left 
 his Coach for the two wcuiidcd Lords to be carry'd in, 
 and b^ing provided with a good Quilt, they went on 
 pretty commodioufly ; but that Hypolitus^ under his pre- 
 fcnt Circumllances, took very little care of his Eafe or 
 Health ; and Signior Leander was fo deeply in Love 
 with Lucilia^ that her Abfence caufed in him all that 
 Pain which a Lover i> capable of feeling upon fuch like 
 Occafions. They talk'd very little, and what they faid 
 ended all in Lamentations. 
 
 The Earl oi SuJ/ex condu<fled them to a magnificent: 
 Seat abjut forty Miles dillant from my Lord Ne-vlTSy it 
 belonged to the young Dutchcfs o^ Northampton, a lovel/ 
 youhg Widow, but then und^r the feverelt Affliction, 
 on Account of her Husband, who wa? executed with the 
 Duke of Northumberland and John Dudley, whom the 
 King had made Earl o{ PVari-vick ; fhe had chofen this 
 Country Seat for her Retirement, in Order to fpend the 
 rell of her Days there in her doleful P.ededions and me- 
 lancholy Thoughts. Queen Ma>y had not as yet thought 
 fit to recal her to Court, tho' the Earl of SvJJTex, as well 
 as many other gr^^at Lords, ufed all their Litereft with 
 the Queen for that Purpofe. To be (hort, the Ear], 
 with all his Indifferency, had not been able to fland 
 it out againil: the Charms of fo fair a Lady. He had 
 p.iid her frequent Vifits ever fince the Misfortune of her 
 Family. Her engaging Temper, her Virtue, her Ge- 
 neroiity, all thefe grcai Qualilications had made fo deep 
 an Impredicn upon the Earl's fieart, that he foon found 
 thofe Saniiments of Compaflion, (as he though, they 
 were) changed into the moil tender Effeds of Love. 
 
 She 
 
J34 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 She received Hypolitus and Leander with all poflible 
 Civility, being taught and difpofed by her own Afflic- 
 tions to compaflionate and comfort the Afflicted, and 
 this made her take fhare with a great deal of Good- 
 nefs in Hypolitus\ Misfortune. 
 
 The Earl of Sujfex knowing her to be a Lady of 
 much Difcretion, thought it fit to conceal from her 
 Knowledge his Friend's Paffion; and fhe defired him 
 to afTure him, in her Behalf, that he might reft af- 
 fured of her Services, and be welcome to her Houfe 
 as long as he pleafed, and even command part of her 
 Eftate. Tho' Hypolitus^ at that Time, was fcarce fen- 
 fible of any Thing, he could not but be touched with a 
 moit profound Senfe of this Lady's Generofity ; and 
 notwithftanding all the Anxiety of his Mind and his 
 Sadnefs, he return'd her his hearty Thanks with all 
 imaginable Acknowledgment. 
 
 In the mean Time my Lord Douglas coming to my 
 Lord Ne-viPs Houfe, and finding his Son gone, 'tis al- 
 moft impofTible to exprefs his Fury and Refentment : He 
 fpared no Pains to find out which Way he had taken; 
 but the Earl of SuJ/ex had provided againft all this, by 
 travelling all Night long, and that in By-Roads; and 
 no fconer were they come to my Lady Northampton^ 
 Houfe, but he took all poflible Precautions net to be 
 difcovered there. Poor Luc'iUa was forced to ftand the 
 Brunt alone, and feel the Eff^ds of her Father's Fury; 
 he loaded her with Reproaches, he told her fhe had con- 
 fpired with Hypolitus to do every Thing they though t 
 would vex him ; and fo he carry'd her to London^ with- 
 out fhewing the leaft Concern at the Misfortune of Lu^ 
 cilia ; the Confiderations of his private Intereft having 
 llifled in his Heart all thofe tender Sentiments he ought 
 to have had for this fair but unfortunate Lady. 
 
 Hypolitus confulting w.'th his two Friends, they 
 pitch'd upon the only Way they had left them under 
 their prefent Circumftances. They were all fenfible that 
 the Earl of Bedford having got the Start of them for 
 feveral Days paft, it would be impoflible to overtake him, 
 and efpecially fince they knew not what Way he had tak- 
 en to go into France, it would be in vain to follow, or 
 
 hope 
 
'Earl of Douglas; 13^* 
 
 hope to meet with him before he came to his Journey's 
 End ; fo it was thought convenient they fhould feparte^ 
 and to go to the three Sea-Ports for England ; and not 
 queftioning but that they fhould meet with him in one 
 of thofe Places upon his Return thence, it was agreed 
 betwixt them, that which of them fhould find him out 
 firft, fhould revenge Julia's Wrongs with his Sword. 
 
 So foon as Hypolitus and Leander found themfelves 
 ftrong enough to travel, they writ to Lucilia, defiring 
 my Lady 'Northampton to convey the Letters to her 
 Hands ; and then returning her all imaginable Thanks 
 for her Goodnefs, took a mofl tender Farewel of one 
 another. Ho'vj much Ji and I indebted to you, my dear 
 Friends ? faid Hypolitus embracing them, you efpoufe my 
 parrel ; and injlead of oppojing your Intentions as I ought 
 to doy I C07ijure you not to negled any Opportunity of 
 finding out my Enemy. They told him, he might rely 
 upon them ; and that they would convince him at the 
 Peril of their Lives, that they loved him above all other 
 Things. Laft of all they cime to this farther Agree- 
 ment ; That after a Month's Stay in that Place where 
 each of them defign'd for, they fhall return to London^ 
 and meet at the Earl of SuJJex\ Houfe, who went to 
 Diep. Hypolitus took the Way to Calais^ in the Com- 
 pany of his Friend Leander^ as far as Do'ver, where 
 having feen him cmbark'd for Calais, he did the fame 
 in another Ship bound for the Ifles of Guemfey and 
 jferfey^ becaufe fometimes PafTengers return that Way 
 out of France into England. 
 
 They happily arrived at their feveral Port?, but we 
 leave the other two for this Time, to follow Hypolitus 
 to Calais. He happening to lodge in the fame Inn where 
 Juiia had loJg'd before, the firft Thing he ask'd after 
 was, Whether they had not feen fach and fuch a Lady, 
 defcribing to them her Features and Shape, as well as 
 poflibly he could, as likewife her Husband. The VVo- 
 man of the Houfe told him, fhe had lain there one Night: 
 Then he ask'd her many more Queflions, fuch as Lovers 
 are apt to do ; Whether fhe feem'd to be Melancholy > 
 Whether fhe eat heartily ? What fhe heard her fay ? And 
 whatever elfe his Curiofity could prompt him to. At 
 
 laft 
 
'136 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 ' laft he defired he might have the fame Chamber where 
 fhe had lodged, which he took Pollefi'ion of with fach 
 an Agitation of Mind, as if Ihe had adtually been there 
 prefent: He was wall^ing very faft up and down the 
 Room, ruminating with much Anxiety upon the Od- 
 ■ nefs of y alias Adventure, and at laft caft his Eyes 
 upon the Glafs-window, on which "Julia had written 
 the beforementioned Words with a Diamond; Good 
 God, how furprized was he at the Sight thereof ! How 
 he flood amazed ! And what a Comfort did this prove 
 to him under liis prefent Circumftances ! He kifsM the 
 Hand-writing, and took cut that piece of Gbfs on 
 which it was written, looking upon it as a more pre- 
 cious Thing to him, than if it had been the findl 
 oriental Diamond in the World ; and as t!us Demon- 
 ftration of his not le'.ng forgotten by his beloved Mi- 
 ftrefs, much encreafed his Paflion and Acknowledgment; 
 fo he took all pofTible Prec-iutions not to mifs the £arl 
 o^ Bedford in his Return for England^ in Cafe he fhould 
 take the V/ay o^ Calais. 
 
 He had ftaid three Weeks, expeftirg his coming with 
 the utmoll Impatience and eager Dehre of revenging 
 'juUa\ Wiongs upon him, when one Night walking 
 i,e-r tiie Sea-fide, he fawhim coming towards the Port, 
 vvliere a Boat lay ready to carry him on Board the A'ef- 
 fel that was to tranfport him into England. Hxpolifus 
 tranfported with Rage, pull'd him by the Arm ; Be- 
 fore you go into England, faid he fiercely to him, 1 ha^ve 
 jomething to fay to you. The Earl cxafperated at his 
 hajghty Carriage, and flill more upon divers other Ac- 
 counts, followed him immediately: Neither of them 
 fpoke one Word, but caft moft fuiious L:oks at one 
 another, their Eyes fparkli; g with Anger like Fire. No 
 fooner did they fee themfelves at a lufiicieLt Diftance 
 from the Town, but witiiout any further Delay they 
 drew their Swords, and tiie one being animated by Lcve 
 and Rage, the other by Jtaloufy and a deep Refent- 
 ment, they fought with (b much Defperation, that it 
 was likely this Combat would Icarce end but with the 
 Lofs of one, if not both their Lives. They fought with 
 fo much Eaeernefs, that both of them were foon wcund- 
 
 td 
 
Earl of Douglas. 137 
 
 ed in diverfe Places ; till at laft UypoiUus, enraged to 
 meet with fo much Refiftance from a Man whom he 
 mortally hated, clofed and threw him upon the Ground : 
 He asked for Quarter, which H-poIitus moil generoufly 
 promifed him, on Condition that he fhould fet Julia 
 at Liberty ; when a Servant of the Earl of Bedford''^, 
 who had followed his Mailer at a Diftance, and lay 
 concealed behind an old Boat upon the Sands, near the 
 Sea-fhore, feeing his Matter reduced to this Extremity, 
 came from behind, and ran his Sword into HytolitUi*s 
 Back, fo that he dropt down for dead ; and the P'el- 
 low fuppofmg no otherwife than that he had been ac- 
 tually fo, ran prefently to the AfTiftance of his Mailer, 
 and fupporting him with his Arms, carried him to a 
 Fifher's Hut hard by, where he lay down upon an old 
 Quilt, till they could get Surgeons to fearch and drefs 
 his Wounds. They having no farther Bufinefs at Ca- 
 lais, refolved to get on Board the Ship that was to car- 
 ry them into England, as fall as they could, which 
 they did accordingly ; and engaged the Surgeon to go 
 along with them, for Fear his Wounds fhould open a- 
 freOi, by the violent Agitation of the Sea. 
 
 In the mean while the too unfortunate Hypo'itus left 
 deilitute of all Hell--, wa? wallowing in his own Blood, 
 and th^t at fo confiderable a D fiance from the Town, and 
 pretty late at Night, that there vvas but little Hopes of 
 his meeting with any feafonable AfTiilance in that Place. 
 But his Gentleman, who loved him entiiely, fvjaring 
 fome finillcr Accident fhould befall him, and not feeing 
 him return by that Time it was dark, he took fome a- 
 long with him with a Flambeaux, who difperfing in- 
 to feveral Parts, enquired after Hypvi:u<. He having 
 been already three Weeks at Calais, began to be pretty 
 well known there, fo they we e dire<5led into the Road, 
 which fome Country People had feen him take, in Com- 
 pany with another Perfon. They fiiflof all efpied the 
 Fifher's Hutt, and approaching near it, fourd fome 
 Blood upon the Ground, (which ilTued from the Earl's 
 Wounds as he was carrying thither) and following the 
 IVacl, came at lall to the Place where Hypolitus lay ex • 
 
 tended 
 
-138 H TP L ITU S, 
 
 tended upon the Gronud, without the leaft Senfe or .Mo- 
 tion. They cut fome Branches and Twigs of Trees, 
 which they twifled together, and fo carry 'd him to his 
 Inn. Hypolitus''s Wounds proved fo dangerous, that 
 his Gentleman thought fit to give Advice thereof to my 
 Lord Douglas. He was infinitely concern'd at this dif- 
 •mal News ; he was his only Son, and a Son of fuch ex- 
 traordinary Qualifications, as made him beloved even 
 by Strangers ; judge then how much his Family mull 
 be affli(fled at this Accident. 
 
 My Lord D uglas^ Lady and tucilia^ went immedi- 
 ately for Calais^ where they found him a^nioft at the lafl: 
 Extremity. Now it was that his Father and Mother, 
 mortally afflided at this Cafualty, began to repent, but 
 too late, of all the Severities they had laid upon him, 
 to fupprefs a PafTion fo juft and fo innoc^"^ ^^ that of 
 HypolUuSy who, notwithftanding all the Hardfhips he 
 had endured upon their Account, was fo ^^^ afretfled 
 with their Grief, that he conjured them to moderate 
 if, unlefs they intended to increafe his Misfortune. The 
 Earl of SuJ/ex and Leandery returning to Lo^idon much 
 about the fame Time, heard the News of their Friend's 
 Quarrel and its fatal Confequences, and refolved to go 
 thither immediately to fee him. 
 
 Hypolitus at the Sight of them, felt within himfelf all 
 that Excefs of Satisfadtion, a Man under his Circum- 
 fiances can be capable of; as they on the contrary, could 
 rot but be feized with the utmoft Grief, to fee him fo 
 near his End. Notwithftanding the utmoft Extremity 
 he ftruggled under, he neglcdled not to prefent Leander 
 to my Lord Douglas, and to my Lady his Mother j con- 
 juring them to look upon him no otherwife than their 
 own Son ; and praying them, that in Cafe it pleafed 
 God to call him out of this World, they Ihould adopt 
 him in his Stead : He fpoke thefe Words with fo en- 
 gaging an Air, that they drew Tears from all that heard 
 them. However, at the End of two Months, his Life 
 was judged to be out of Danger. 
 
 In the mean while Signior Leandcr^ who was infinite- 
 ly in Love with LudUa, had prevaird upon the Earl of 
 
 Sujftx^ 
 
'Earl of Douglas. 139 
 
 Zulfex^ to fpeak to my Lord Douglas in his behalf, and 
 to ask his Confent for a Marriage with his Daughter, 
 that accordingly he might, without lefs of Time write 
 to his Father the Senator Alberti. The intimate Friend- 
 Ihip which had been cultivated betwixt my Lord and the 
 Senator jf^lberti^ and the perfonal Merits oiLeaiider, fup- 
 ported by a confiderable Eftate, proved fuch powerful 
 Temptations with my Loid Douglas ^ that, confidering 
 he could not eafily beftow his Daughter better than fo, 
 he very favourably received the Propofitions made to 
 him upon that Account. 
 
 Leander, tranfported with Joy, writ to his Father 
 about it, and at the fame Time engaged one of his bed 
 Friends to interceed in his behalf with him. Firft of 
 all he beg'd his Pardon for having undertaken fo long 
 a Voyage, under pretence of going only to Kome\ then 
 told him all the Reafons he thought molt expedient to 
 plead his Excufe; and at lail extoU'd the great Qualifi- 
 cations of LucUia to the Sky, and what Advantages he 
 might expedl fiom my I^ord Louglis, in cafe he mar- 
 ry'd her J defiring him to give hi, Confent to the only 
 Thing he moft of all defired in the World, and which 
 Would prove the Happinefs of hi^ Life. 
 
 The Senator Alberti was not a little furpriz?d to under- 
 ftand his Son was gone to ErglafiJy inUead of go- 
 ing to Rome ( for hitherto he had managed Matters with 
 fo much Dexterity, that his Fatht.r iicliially believed 
 him to be at Rome) but confidering that his Son's Wel- 
 fare depended on this Propofition, he would not lufFer 
 his Anger to get fo far the Afcendant over his Paternal 
 Love, as to cbllruft this Match. He knew the Family 
 of the Douglas's, and my Lord perfonally. He had feen 
 H)politus and loved him, and guefTin^z at the Siller by the 
 Brother, he could not but fuppofe her to be an accom- 
 pliftied young Lidy.T'o be fhort.he readily gave his Con- 
 ient, and order'd whatever was requifite to make Leander 
 appear upon this Occafion according to his QuaLty and 
 Ellate. 
 
 Hyp'Jitus was pretty well recovered when this News 
 was brought to his Friend and Siller i he was no lefs fen- 
 
 fible 
 
140 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 fible of their Satisfadion, than if it had been his c^n, 
 and this contributed not a little towards the Advance- 
 ment of his Cure; but he was advifed by his Phyficiana 
 and Surgeons to accomplifh it by drinking the Waters 
 o^ Bourbon: He wasabfoluCely againd it, all his Thoughts 
 being now bent upon Revenge ; he could fcarcely Hand 
 upright when he was contriving alieady to get into Eng- 
 gland, to find out rhe Earl of Bedford, and either to pe- 
 riih under his Hands, or make him fall by ^is. But 
 my Lady Vouglas'% Tears, his Father's Entreaties and 
 Commands, and Lu.iiia\ Prayers, at lait fo far prevail- 
 ed upon him, that he could not refufe any longer to 
 omply vvith their Deiire=. * Alas! (aid he, when he 
 found himfelf alone with them, what would you have 
 me do for you ? You would have me look for proper 
 Remedies, and at the fame Time little confider that 
 I have within my Heart a languiftiing Poifon, which 
 will never let them take efFed, but will foon bring 
 me to the Grave; Is it not much better, I fhould 
 bellow that fmall Remainder of Life to punilli him 
 who thus tyrannizes over yulia? But thefe Argu- 
 ments Were of little v.'eight with his Friends, they op. 
 pofed others of much more Force againft them, and fo 
 foon as he found himfelf in a Condition to leave his Bed, 
 the Marriage of Lucilia with Leander was confummated 
 'to the mutual Satisfadlion of both the young Lovers. 
 
 Four Months were now already paft fmce the Earl of 
 Bedford and Hypoltus fought upon Calais Sands, and 
 his Wounds being now compleatly healed up, fo as to be 
 able .o ride in a Coach, and Lucilia''s Equipage got rea- 
 dy, my Lady Douglas^ her Mother, refolved to con- 
 dud her to Florence: My Lord Douglas and the Eail of 
 Sifjfex were for going back to London; and at parting, 
 gave their Friend all the real Demonilrations of a ten- 
 der Fiiendfriip; and the Earl, on his part, faith.'u'.ly 
 ■promi{£d Hype litus to write to him to Bourton, and to 
 give him an Account of every Thing that might con. 
 cern him. * Let m.e hear, faid he, how the fnir 
 
 * Countefs of Northampton does, your Sentiments for 
 
 * that lovely Perfon, and the Obliga-ions I owe her 
 
Earl of Douglas. 141 
 
 * in particular, will not permit me to be indifferent In 
 « relation to any Tiling that concerns her; and if any 
 
 * Thing in this World was able to allay the Anguifh cf 
 
 * my Heart, and make this Life tolerable to me, it 
 
 * would be to fee you both happy together. Signior 
 Leander having alfo contracted a very intimate Friend- 
 Ihip with the Earl of Suffex, he told him at parting, 
 in a moil obliging manner ; * You take from us, that 
 
 * which we look'd upon as moft amiable among us ; 
 
 * but how can a Fiiend grudge you that Happinefs 
 
 * Fortune has put into your Hands ? You are fo wo; thy 
 
 * of it, that no Body can envy, without Injuftice, your 
 
 * Felicity.' Leander anfwered him in the moft obliging 
 Terms in the World, and fo they parted. 
 
 Hypoiitus had by this Time got his Equipage in readi- 
 refs to go along with Leander and Lucilia as far as Mou* 
 linsy from whence they continued their Journey to LyonSy 
 and fo to Florence ; but he ftaid behind ?.t Moulins, which 
 is no more than four Leagues from Bourbon. 
 
 During their Journey, all the Satistaftion Hypoiitus 
 obferved in this new-marry'd Couple, was not able to 
 make him fenfible of any; he continued in the fame 
 melancholy Humour as before; they would fomecimes 
 blame him for it, but he told them with a fad Counte- 
 nance, * Be fatisfy'd to fee me be an Eye-witnefs of your 
 
 * Happinefs, without being dillurbed at it; believe me, 
 
 * this is the moft real Proof I can give you of a fmcere 
 
 * Friend/hip. Alas! can you imagine, but that that 
 
 * Felicity you enjoy does recal into my Mind the Mis- 
 
 * fortunes I fufFer ? You have not met with the leaft 
 
 * Obftacles in your Paffion, and Hymen has crown'd your 
 
 * Love ; you have had no Time to fear, to hc}>e, to 
 
 * be jealous, to dread your Rivals ; no Pain, no finifter 
 
 * Accidents : But poor I, what have I not been forced 
 
 * to undergo? And how flender a Profptd have I at 
 < this very Time to fee an End of m> Su brings ?' Thefe 
 Refledions caft him fometimes into luch Agonies, as is 
 fcarce to be expreffed. They all arriv'd happily at Mcu^ 
 linsy which being the Place where they were to part 
 Companies, this Separation proved one of the moft ten- 
 der 
 
142 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 der and moft painful they had feen in a great while before? 
 for Lucilia could not fo much as flatter her felf, that flie 
 Ihould fee her dear Brother again, unlefs it were after 
 z. great while ; and as for Leander^ Lucilia was the only 
 Perfon in the World he loved beyond H\po/itus, This 
 unfortunate Lover had the deepell: Senfe that could be 
 of the many Obligations he ow'd them; his Love for 
 Julia proved no Diminution to his natural Inclinations, 
 and his Acknowledgement. He begM of them, not to 
 omit any Thing to learn fome News of the Earl of War* 
 tvicky and to acquaint him with what they could learn, 
 he having received no News from him fince he left Mar- 
 fillies ; he moft earneftly enjoyn'd them to fend him a 
 Letter to Venice, and make him acquainted with his 
 Daughter's Misfortune ; he had fometime before got Z>- 
 ander to write one to him whilft they were at Lalais^ 
 and he was much troubled to have received no Anfwer 
 to it. 
 
 Hjpolitus went to Bourbon ^ a Place but of an indiffe- 
 rent Afpeft, the Buildings are very mean, the boiling 
 Water Springs are the only Things that makes this 
 Place noted among thofe, who twice in a Year drink 
 them for their Health, and at thofe Seafons you fee a 
 great Concourfe of good Company there ; but this was 
 of no ufe to him, he being moft at eafe, or at leaft lefs 
 uneafy when he was alone, becaufe he was then at full 
 Liberty to give Way to his Afflidlions, a Thing he 
 could not do fo conveniently in the Company of others, 
 whofe Prefence put a Check upon his Inclinations. 
 
 Thus he paffed away his Time at Bourbony without 
 feeking for the leaft Acquaintance, but fpent his Time 
 for the moft Part in walking, and that in fuch Places 
 as he thought were fartheft from Company ; and if he 
 happened to meet with any Body in his Walks, there 
 appeared fuch vifible Marks of Grief in his whole 
 Countenance, that, tho' according to the Cuftom of 
 this Place, even Strangers take the Freedom to accoft: 
 one another when they meet abroad, and that every 
 Body makes it his Bufinefs to divert themfelves with the 
 Variety of Company, yet no Body thought fit to jn~ 
 
 iprru^t 
 
 \ 
 
Earl of DovGL AS. 143 
 
 terrupt aMan, whom they faw overwhelmed in his Me- 
 lancholly Thoughts. 
 
 One Day walking abroad early in the Morning, and 
 taking the firft Path, he found it was not fo much beaten 
 as the reft J this brought him infcnfibly to a Wildernefs 
 which might be faid to contain all the Beauties of a plea- 
 fant Country. He ftoped on the Defcent of a Hill co- 
 vered by the Branches of fine Trees which afforded a moft 
 agreeable Shade ; he remained very penfive for fome 
 Time in his Solitude, till at laft heingraved, with a Pen 
 of Steel he had about him, divers Lines on the Bark of 
 a Tree, under which he had feated himfelf ; they con- 
 tained in Subflance, 
 
 T/.'at nelt/jer the Meado^vs, vor Ri'VuIetSt nor JVoods, 
 Tier Plains^ nor Vales, i':ere able to afford him the leajh 
 Delight t U7ilefs he could fee them nxnthout thinking on Cli- 
 mene ; ^whereas Jhe being abfent, they Jerked only to attg- 
 fnent his Pain. 
 
 His whole Mind being taken up with thefe Thoughts, 
 It was a confiderable Time before he caft his Eyes upon 
 a Piece of Paper that lay on the Ground not far from 
 him, and when he faw it, he thought it not worth his 
 while to take it up, believing it to be a Letter; and had 
 not the leaft Curiofity to be acquainted with its Con- 
 tents : But It being a pretty windy Day, and feeing the 
 Paper often moved by the Wind, a certain Sentiment of 
 Goodnefs which was natural to him, for thePerfon unto 
 whom the Letter might belong, at laft prevailed with 
 him to take it up, leaft it (hould fall into the Hands of 
 Strangers. He foon perceived there was fomething 
 wrapped up in it, and found it to be a Cafe of Shagreen. 
 jHe opened it, but good God, guefs at his Surprize, guefs 
 at his Joy, when he faw it to be the Portraiture of Ju- 
 lia / of his dear Julia ; for at firft Sight, he thought no 
 otherwife than that it had been hers ; but viewing it more 
 attentively, found it to be the Countefs of IVarivick's 
 Pidlure, which he had feen frequently in his beloved Mi- 
 ftrefs's Room : His Eyes were fixed with the ut- 
 inoft Attention on this Piece, which recalling to 
 
 his 
 
144 H n P.0 LIT US, 
 
 his Mind many fad and ib many tender Paffsgev; he 
 could not imagine what Hazard had put it into .his 
 Hands. It belongs to Julia, faid he, V/'j not likely Jhe 
 Jhould ha^ve parted <v:ith it to any Body, perhaps it is 
 Jiolen from hex : 1 ufed to fee it in a Cafe fet <yvith Dia- 
 monds, and fio^vu it is in a Shagreen-Cafe i hut if it ^^e 
 Jiolen, nvas it fto/en in England or Fiance ? Hotveier, 
 iaid he, *tis probable the Thief is fomeixhere in this Pa,rt 
 ef the Country. Whilit he was ruminating upon the 
 Matter, he fees a Man of an incifterent good Appear- 
 ance coming that Way, who feeing him hold thePj<^ure 
 in his Hand, fetched a great Cry tor Joy ; 1 nvill freely 
 o<vjn to you, Sir, faid he, accofting him with Refped, 
 J nvas almofl mad, hecaufe 1 knenv not njjhat 1 had done 
 rwith the Figure you ha've found. I beg of you, reflore it 
 tG me. Pray then do me firft the Fa^vour, faid HypoUtus 
 to him, to let me knonv nvhere you had it. Sir, faid he, 
 J am a Pi^ure-dranver l I come every Tear to Bourbon, t9 
 fell Pitlures ; becanfe there being a great Cone our fe ofPeo* 
 pie here, I can fell them eafier and dearer than in any other 
 Place. I often go to an Abbey not abcrje t~Mo Leagues from 
 hence, it is called St. Menoux ; the Lady Abbefs has a 
 wery fine Clofet, n.vhich Jhe intends to adorn ivith all man- 
 7ier of PiSiures, fhe fhenxed it ?ne the other Day, and ask- 
 ed ^whether J nxould ft ay and ivcrk there for fome Time F 
 Whilft I nvas nxjith her, I fanv a certain Lady come into 
 her Clofet, nvho ly her Accent feemed to be a Foreigner ; Jhe 
 nvas handfome to Admiration, notnvithftanding fhe locked 
 fo pale, that 1 could guefs no othernvife, but that fhe had 
 been njery ill lately. She asked me nvhether I could mend 
 the Drapery of a certain fmall PiSlure, upon nvhich, by 
 Mifchance, fojne Water had been caft ; f?e called for it 
 immediately, and taking it out of a Cafe fet nvith Dia- 
 monds, game it into my Hands, and I put it into this Sha- 
 green Cafe, nvhich I happened to h an) e about me, and pro- 
 mi fed her to go to nvork upon it immediately. I did fo ac- 
 cordingly, and nvas to carry it to her this n:ery Day -, but 
 happening to fell fome Figures to a Ferfon of ^lality, 
 nvhom 1 expelled to meet hereabouts, 1 hanje, doubtlejs, 
 pulled it out of my Pocket nvith fome other Things, and fo 
 diopt it, 
 
 I'y^o'i'us 
 
Edrl of Douglas.' 145 
 
 Uy-poUtus was fo furprized and overjoyed at what he 
 heard the Pi(^ure-d rawer tell him, that he was not able 
 to give him tlie leaft Interruption, looktrrg upon it ac 
 firft rather like a Dream than a real'T'ruih. At laft 
 fetching a very deep Sigh, If you luould be faithful to 
 ine, faid he to him, / nvill take Care you pftll be <ve>y 
 <weU paid for your Journey. I am a grateful Maff ^ avd 
 ho've njjherenx'ithal to reward your Fidelity ; but I mujl 
 tell you, I expeSi you f you Id irfviolably keep my Secret, 
 The Piciure-drawer imagining no otherwile, than that 
 he was to draw the Pifture of fom€ Lady, with w^om 
 he was fallen in \ja\Q at Bourbon, told him, that his Fi- 
 delity was put to the Trial almoft every Day, and that 
 hitherto no Body in the World could fay he had been 
 the worfe for confiding in him ; and that he had fo ftrong 
 an Idea, that provided he could fee a Pcrfon but once, 
 he could draw the Features exactly ; and that in Cafe it 
 was impofTible to come to the Sight of her, he need only 
 dcfcribe her Features to him, and that by the Strength of 
 his own Imagination he would draw the Pi^lure like her. 
 Hypolitus could not forbear fmilmg at the Pis^ure-drawer^s 
 good Opinion of his own Capacity ; The Point in ^lef- 
 iion, faid he to him, // not concerning the Dra^Mtng ef d 
 Pitlurc ; but ^whether you can C6ntri<ve a IVay to intra* 
 duce 7ne into the Abby of St. Mtnoux, vjhen ycu j^o thi- 
 ther ? I think it 'vjill not prove <very dificuh for you fh 
 to do i I am knonxin by no Body living here i I may very 
 fwell pafs for one of your yomig Scholars.^ and 1 ha'vt 
 learned to defign and make a Draught of a Piece, enough 
 to make me adl that Part pretty Kvell. Tdu may fay I a?n 
 ■47 n Italian, becaufe my Accent is foreign ^ and undertake 
 the Work the Ahbefs offers to you, at her o-vcn Pricey and 
 do not trouble yourfef ary further^ I ivill take Care of 
 ■all the reji. The Pi<^tu.e- drawer thought he had no 
 Keafon to refufe fo advantageous an Offer, which would 
 be "io gainful to him without runn ng any Hazard. 
 
 Ic being refolved to put this Projcd in Execuiicn the 
 fame .Afternoon, Hypolitus left ail his Servants Jit Bour- 
 -bon ; he told the Pufture drawer, hii Name (hould be 
 Hyacinthy as long as tiiey flaid £t St. Menoux^ and hav- 
 ing changpd his C.oaths, they tooJi Co.ch, (.lecaufc Hy 
 
 H folitus 
 
-146 Hrnchzit 
 
 ^'pelitus durft not as yet venture to go onHorfe-back)'.and 
 i^ove as.h^rdas th^y ^^ould.to St. Mm>uxp fbr Love is 
 rja f>vift Glpide, and driyjes on apace, 
 {.; When he entered; tl;^ Abby .Gate, he was felzed with 
 ..^ch a trembling, ^$^ fcarce to be able to keep himrelf 
 upright, or to walk into the Parlour, where ihp Abbefs 
 cxpeded the Pidlure-drawer^s, coming. She asked him 
 iinme;diately, who he w^ he had brought along with 
 him ? And not without much Reafon ; ior tho' he af- 
 fjpf^eda, more than ordinary Plainnefs both in his Qloaths 
 jand De|)ortment, yet ^s graceful Mien, his noble Air, 
 Jhis regular Features ; and in fhort, his whole Perfon had 
 .jTpmething in it fo extraordinary, that he ftruck with 
 .^^Admiratioa all thofe that fawhim. The Pi(^ure- drawer 
 , ,tpld her, he wag. an Itallgn^ who having an Inclination 
 for Painting, had been his Scholar for fome Tinie : The 
 , ..Abbefs anlvvered^ fhe had a Mind to have her Pifture 
 . iJrawn, that they fhould begin to morrow, and that Ihe 
 *^\^had Work eriough to employ them a whole Year. 
 ./ This was \&xy vvelcpme. News to Hypolitus^ he got 
 ^ put of Bed before Day-light, and made the Pidure- 
 drawer rife Ukewife, who was not in the leaft furprized 
 ;thereat, being fenfible it was fpr weighty Realons he 
 ;. was fo eager tp come to St. Menoux ; and no fconer was 
 f the Abbefs awake, but fhe fent for them to the Abby. 
 . Hypolitui lookM every where round him, whether he 
 jcould not fee Jul'ta\ he was ready to die witii Impati- 
 ence to get Sight of her ; his Heart and Mind were in 
 fuch Confufion, as is fcarce to be expreflbd j but he was 
 forced to conceal his Paflion, for Fear of being taken 
 . JN'ptice of, and making himfelf to be fufpefted ; neither 
 ' was he under lefs Apprebsnfion, in Refped of his Mi- 
 ilrefs, leaft ftie fhould not be able to hide her Joy and 
 fSurprize at the firll Sight of him, which alpne would.be 
 ■^ enough to ruin their whole Proje^. 
 
 The Lady Abbefs having feated herfelf in a certain 
 Place in her Clofet, where fhe intended to fit for her 
 Pifture; Hypolitus, to make them believe he was not there 
 for nothing, began to manage and mix the Colours, (un- 
 der Pretence that they fhould want a confiderable Quan- 
 tity for fo long a Time as the Abbefs propofed they 
 
 fhould 
 
-ftould w<Srk there) 'd^ trde-, hfe did it at a wry fcurvy 
 Rate, beiiTg little acquamced with that Art, but ft was 
 enough for him not to fecm idle. Alasf he was ftr 
 irom being idle, every Hour was a Year to Jum Whilfl: 
 he worked in contiimal £xpe^tion (^ feeing his de^r 
 
 The drawing ^ a Pifture is not to be performed with- 
 out a ferious Thought ; for the Abbefs began to be tired, 
 and fearing lead it might d3s^ Prejudice to her Pifture": 
 I- thinks I ha've beard fayt laid flie, that FiHure-dra'VJ' 
 trs ha"je cotnmokly feme pleajhnt Sftry or other, ^where- 
 luith they dive ft' thvfe that fit fof their Pictures ; hut 
 you ha'ue not yet told me the leafi Thing that may make- one 
 merrw and I am fenfihle my Face luill not look long 'Very 
 pleafanty unlefs you find out fomething that may divert 
 me. Madamj faid Cm dint to her, (this was the Paint- 
 ers Name) I am too mite b taken up njoith your Pi^uri at 
 Prefinty to difcompoje try Thought i ; and after ally / o<wn 
 I han>€ not Wit enough to tell you -vjhat may be plsafirig or 
 diverting, to you^ but there is Hyacinth, n/jhom' I commonly 
 carry along ivith me, chitfiy to divert the Ladies ; / af- 
 fitre you^ his Con'verfiztion is <very diverting. Pray theh^ 
 faid Ihe, Hyacinth, cafting a very obliging Look at him, 
 fray do you tell us a Story, hecaufe you fie Cardini enjoyns 
 youfi to do. Hypo! it us bluftiM for V^exaticn, being fo far 
 from being in a Humour to talk, that he had much ado 
 to tell them very coldly, he did not know what to fay; 
 but ray Lady Abbefs urging the Matter more and more, 
 he began to fear he might difoblige her, if he periifted in 
 liis Refafal ; and confidering it was in her Power to ex*- 
 clude him from a Place which cbntainM the only Objcft 
 of all his Wifties, he thought it beft to overcome himfelf, 
 and then recalling to his Mind a certain Story not unlike 
 one of the old Tales of the Faireffes, he began to fpeak 
 thus with a moll furprizing graceful Air; 
 
 * Rujfia is a Country fo cold, and fo fubjeft to tem«> 
 
 * peftuous Weather, that it is a great Rarity to fee a fair 
 
 * Oiv there. The Hills are for the greateft Part of the 
 
 * Ybar covered' with Snow, and the Trees are fo much 
 
 * covered with Ice, thatwhen the Sun begins to call his 
 ^ Beams upon them, ycu would believe their Branches 
 
 Hz « to 
 
34^ HTPOLIQ'US, 
 
 * to be one folid Piece of Chryftal. In this Country are 
 
 * Forells of a moll: prodigious Extent, wherein they hunt 
 ' white Bears, which is fometimes not done without 
 
 * great Trouble attd Danger ; this is the molt noble Ex- 
 
 * ercife the RuJJiani are acquainted with, and which is 
 
 * moll frequently ufed among them. This Nation had 
 
 * once a King named ^^(j^^, a Prince fd bea'utiful, fo 
 
 * polite, and fo adive both in Body and Mind, that 
 
 * it feenis almoft incredible, that fo favage and wi- 
 
 * polifhed a Country as this is, Ihould produce fo" ac- 
 
 * complifhed a Perfon. Before he was full twenty Years 
 
 * of Age, he was already engaged in a War againft the 
 
 * Mufco'vites, wherein he Ihewed an equal Share of Cou- 
 •rage and Intrepidity, and of Conduft. When his 
 
 * Army halted in fome Place or other, he was never- 
 
 * thelefs always in Adion, and often woald follow that 
 
 * dangerous Sport of hunting the Bears. One Day bslng 
 
 * abroad a Hunting, with a numerous Retinue, he fol- 
 
 * low'd the Chace with fo much Eagernefs irto a great 
 '- Foreft thro' different Roads and Paths, tliat on a 
 ^ Sudden he faw he had loll both his Way and all his 
 
 * Company. The Night began to draw near, he 
 
 * was unacquainted with the Place he was in, and faw a 
 
 * moft furious Tempeft was likely to furprize him in 
 
 * this Solitude, fo he thought it his btft Way to take?, 
 ' with his Horfe, to the next great Road, and there to 
 
 * found the Horn ; but all this to no Purpofe. Imme- 
 
 * djately after, the fmall Remainder of the Day became 
 
 * more dark than the darkeft Night itfelf ; he could 
 
 * not difcecn the leall Thing, unlefs it were by the 
 
 * Lightning ; the Noife of the Thunder-claps founded 
 
 * moll dreadfully among the vail Trees and the adja- 
 
 * cent Mountains, the Winds and Rains encreafed every 
 
 * Moment. He endeavoured to Ihelter himfelf under 
 
 * fome Trees, but by the Violence of the Rains, the 
 f Ground thereabouts being foon overflow'd, he was 
 
 * under a Neceffity of getting out of the Forell, in hopes 
 ^ to meet with fome Conveniency or other to fhelter him- 
 f felf againfl the Tempeft. With much ado he got at Jail 
 
 * out of the Foreft into the open Field ; but finding him- 
 
 ' k\i tte;^jiiQrg, e^p^fc^d to the ^^O" |C '^ -^^^"^ ^"^ 
 
 c;i;Cjv....v* ^-^-= >.• -•-,'-_' - ■ • Wind, 
 
 .5 ? H ' 
 
Earl of Douglas. 149- 
 
 Wind, than he had been before, he cafting his Eye^ 
 about him on all Sides, and at lill efpying (ome Light 
 on a high Hill, he turnel his Horfe that Way, and 
 with unfpeakable DifHcuky reach'd the Foot of an 
 almoft inacceflible Mounrain, lurrounded with rteep 
 Precipices and craggy Rocks. He went forward for 
 two Hours together, ibmetiines on Foor, fometimes on 
 Horfeback, till he came to a very fpacious Cive, thro' 
 the_ opening of which, he could dilcover fome Light, 
 (being tht^ fame he had feen before at a Diilance.) He 
 llop'd a little before he would enter into it, believing 
 it to be a Ktii of Thieve= and Robbers, who frequently 
 infeft that Country, and who, in all Probability, would 
 miirther him, to commit their Robbery with lefs 
 Danger. But as molt commonly Princes have more 
 noble and more daring Souls than other People, he 
 reproach'd himfelfwich his Fear, and going diredly 
 to the Entrance of the Cave, clap'd his Hand to his 
 Sword, with a Refolution to defend his Life, in Cafe 
 they (hould afTauIt him : At the very Entrance of the 
 Cave, he was feized with fuch a violent Shivering, 
 that he thought this very Moment would be his lalh 
 * At the Noife he made in entring into the Cave, an 
 Old Woman, whofe white grey Hairs and VVrinkles 
 fufficiently difcjvered her great Age, came forth from 
 under the craggy Rock, and with a feeming Amazement, 
 You are the tirft of all Mortals, /aid pe to him^ that 
 ever I faw in thefe Regions: Do you know. Sir, 
 whofe Dwelling-place this is ? No, /z/^ Adolph, good 
 Woman, I know not where I am. This is, r^- 
 plydpe, the Seat of EoIuSy the God of the Winds ; 
 this is the Place of Retirement for himfelf and his Chil- 
 dren ; I am his Mother, and am left alone at Eiome at 
 this Time, becaufe they ere all abroad ; fjme to do 
 good, fome to do Mifchief upon Earth. But, conthmed 
 Jhe^ I fee you are wet to the Skin by the violent 
 Rains, I will make you a Fire, that you may dry your 
 felf ; but. Sir, what moll vexes me, is, that your 
 Fare will be very hard here ; the Winds live upon 
 light Food, but Men want more folid Nourifhment. 
 The Prince thankM her for the kind Reception (he 
 
 H 3 * gave 
 
ijp HrpoLjrus, 
 
 'gave him j he got to the Fip«, which was lighted in 
 ' ah inftant, bccaufe the ff^eji Wind juft coming in,' 
 
 * blew it up immediately. He was no fooner cqme 
 
 • in when the North-Eajf, and feveral other northerly ' 
 
 • Winds arrived in the Cave; £o/us follow'd them in 
 
 • Perfon, .attended by Boreas, Eaji, South Wejl and 
 
 • 'North Winds ; they were wet all over, and their Hairs 
 '•'all clogged together i they were not in the leaft ci- 
 
 • viliz'd, but very rough in thei.r Cirriage j and when 
 •' x^ty began to fpeak to the Prince, he thought he 
 
 * ihould have been kill'd by the Coldnefs of their 
 
 * Breath. One told them, how he had difperfed a 
 •whole Fleet of Men of War ; a fecond how he had 
 '-lent feveral Merchants to the Bottom of the Sea; a 
 *• third related, he had faved many VeiTels from falling 
 
 • into the Ha^ds of Pirates ; but they all agreed in this, 
 
 * that they had torn up a vaft Number of Tr-eesiyy the 
 
 • Roots, and overturn*d Walls and Houjfes; in ibort, 
 •'«very one brag'd of what Feats he had done. Tke 
 f xld Woman hearkened to them with much A«en- 
 •• tibn, but on a Sudden fecming to be \txy uneafy ; 
 » What, faid Jhe to them^ did yoa not meet with your 
 « Brother Ze^hyrus in your Way ? It is already very latf, 
 
 • and be is not come home yet, I am uneafy at it : 
 
 * They told her they had not feen him, when Prince 
 *\ Ahlph faw come into the Cave a young L^d, as fair 
 ' as tney paint Love i:feJf. His Wings were of white 
 
 • Featners, intermix'd with carnation Colour, and fo 
 *" thill and fine, that they feemed to be in a continual 
 
 * Motion J hjs fair Hair curled up into a thoufand Buc- 
 V jiles banging down carelefly below both his Shoul- 
 •~-ilef^>.on his Head he ha.d a Garland ofRofes and 
 ^ Je^amy, and his whole Air was pleafing aind agree* 
 ,*^able. 
 
 * Where have ycu been fo long, you little Libertine? 
 ' .pjV the old U^oman nuith a harp Voice. All the reft' 
 •'"'•of your Brothers have been here a go^d while ; you 
 ^ alone take the Privilege of indulging yourfelf, with- 
 
 * out troubling your Head what Diilurb nee you caufe 
 
 * me by your long Abfence. Oh ! Mother, faid ife, ' 
 
 * I was very njucn troubled to come home fo lat^. 
 
 ' becaufe 
 
lEarl of DouGLA's. P( iji 
 
 * betaufe I knevtr you would take it ill ; b«t I have- 
 
 * been in the Garden of a Princefs C2i\Vd Felicity \ flie 
 
 * was waHcing therewith all h^r Nymphs; roroe of 
 ^^thern imploy'd themfeives in gathering Flowers, others- 
 V4ay afleep on the Grafs difcovering their Necks, to- 
 "give me an Opportunity of drawing near to^ and kif- 
 
 * img them; feme of them danced, others fang, the 
 
 * Princefs diverted herfelf in a Walk of Orange 
 "Trees ; I did blow my Breath into her very Face, I 
 
 * play'd all round about her, and I now and then 
 
 * gently lifted up her Veil : Zephyrus, /aid Jke^ how 
 *. .pleafanr and agreeable art tbou ? As long as thou con- 
 
 * cinucft here, I ftiall fcarce leave this Walk. I mull 
 
 * confefs, that fuch engaging Words as thefe, coming 
 
 * from the Mouth of fo charming a Lady as fhe was, 
 
 * had fuch an Influence upon me, that being no longer 
 
 * Mailer of myfelf, I could willir^gly have refolvc^.^ 
 
 * not to leave her, had it not been that I feared to dif- 
 pleafe you. Prince Adolph lillened to him with fo 
 much Satisfaction, that he was heartily forry he left 
 oft'fpeaking fo foon. Give me leave, /izrV^f, lovely 
 Zephyrus, to ask you where that Country is, over 
 which this Princefs has an abfolute Sway ? In the 
 Ifle o^ Felicity, rep/y'd Zephyr [is, no Body is fufTtr^-d 
 to come there, tho' every one goes in Quell of it ; 
 for fuch is the Fate of Mankind, that they are not 
 able to find it out: 'Tis true, abundance of them 
 go round about it, and fome flatter themfeives to be 
 there, becaule they are catl fometimes into fome neigh- 
 bouring Pores, where ihey enjoy the Fruits of a Calm 
 and Tranquility : Here moll of them would be glad 
 to continue ; but thefe Ifles, which after all, bear but 
 a flender Proportion to the Ifle of /fZ/aV); itfelf, are 
 floating Iflands, they foon get out of fight ; and En- 
 vy, which will not fufter Mortals to enjoy even the 
 Shade of Tranquility, Cjnltantiy chafes them from 
 thence ; and I have feen a great Number of Perfons, 
 of uncommon ^''Ierits, perifti in that Attem:pt. The 
 Prince ask'd him many more Queflions, all which lie 
 refolved him with more fihan ;ordjnarj' Exa^nds an<l 
 
 * Vivacity of Wit. ^ ^ ,^ , ..„ , , 
 
ijz H r P O UTTU^, 
 
 t)0*; IfWds now very late, fo the good Womfen ordpred 
 
 * her Grandchildren to recire each to his ilcle* Zephyrus 
 *■ offered the Prince a Place in his little Bed; which was 
 
 * ^/ely near, and not near fo cold a Corner as the tcX 
 *■ of the Ccncavjties of this vaft Grotto', being covered* 
 *-■ with Herbs and Flowers. J^dolph lay that Night with' 
 *^ Zephyrus^ but fpent the greateiVPart of it in talking of 
 
 * the Princefs of the l/le of Felicity. How dcfirous fliculd* 
 
 * I be to get fight of her, /aid the Prince, and is thi^ 
 
 * aThing impoHible, as not to: be attained tOj.everf 
 *• wth your Affiitance ? Zephyrus told him, the Enter- 
 
 * prize was full of Danger, but that if he had Refolu- 
 ■ tion enough to commie himfeif entirely to his ConduO,' 
 J;- he had thought of a Way to accomplifh it; that hef 
 ? 'Would take him betwivt hi* Wings, and thus carry 
 "* him through the vail Regions of the Air; I liave, coH' 
 ^ tinned J^e J a Cloak, which I will give you, which a^ 
 
 * often as youiput it the green Side outwards, you wil! 
 *. hQ inviiibie ; which will prove abfolutely neceflary fof 
 ' the Prefervation of your Life^ For if thofe that guarcf 
 '♦'this Ifle, which -are the moft dreadful Monilers)OLi 
 *ever heard of, fliould happen to iee you, you wt uid 
 *-ip.fdlJibIy be loit, were you bi aver than. //^r<r/c/?j h.m- 
 
 * fc-lF. I'lince J^dolph was ib eager to iee an End of this 
 •'Adventure, that notwithftanding all the Danger he 
 •*"• foreiaw would attend it, he embraced his 0€lr with 
 {'" all imaginable Satisfaction. No fooner began Auro,a 
 
 * to appear in her Chariot, but the Prince full of Ira- 
 
 * patience, vovatdZephyrus, who flurabered a little. I 
 
 * can*t let you be at reft, /aid he y embracing him ; but 
 
 * my moll generous Heft, methinks 'tis Time we fhould 
 
 * b^ going. Come, come, let us go, Jaid he, initead 
 
 * offaking.it ill, Ireturn you Thanks for it ; for I can't 
 
 * but own to you that I am in Love with a certain Rofe, 
 
 * which is lively and fomewhat mutinous ; fo that per- 
 
 * haps it might occafion a-bitcer Quarrel betwixt u?, 
 ' fh(.;uld I not tome to fee her as loon as it is Day ; 
 
 ' fhe gio.vs in ons of the Gardens of the Princefs ot' 
 
 * Felicity. He had no ibontr fpoke thefe Words* but 
 
 * he gave the Prince the Cioak he promifed him, and 
 « wart.kiiig him up betwixt his VVingsj but finding 
 
 ' that 
 
Earl of ' Do i)^ at An s . '.^ 153 
 
 t^^hat Way fomewhat incommodious, I wiil carry you 
 
 * the Way, fatd he, as I did PJychiy by the Command 
 % of Lonje^ when £ carry'd her to that beautiful Palace 
 ^J^e liad ciufed to be ere^ei for her ; fo hs took him 
 
 * under his Arras, find reiling a little at the Point of a 
 *• Roek, to make the Baliance equal in his Aloiion, he 
 
 * flretch'd iorth his Wings and To foaied up into the 
 
 * Air. Notvvithftanding all the Prince's Intrepidity, 
 
 * he could n:t forbear to feel fome Symptoms of Fear> 
 *■ when he fivv himfelf carried up at fo vaft a Height, 
 
 * under thj Arms of fo young a Lid ; fo that to revive 
 
 * hisdrcOj.ing Spiiits, he thought it mull be a God, 
 
 * knowing that Lo-ie hirafelf, who app-ars fo fmall, 
 
 * and tie mcft feeble of all the reil, is neverthelefs the 
 
 * ftrongeft and moft terrible. So leaving himfelf in- 
 
 * tirely to liis Deftiny, he began to recoiled himfelf, 
 « and to look with Attention upon all the Places over which 
 
 * hepaffed. Who is able fo much as to enumerate all 
 
 * thefe Places, Cities, Kingdoms, Seas, Rivers, Plains, 
 ' Defarts, Forells, unkr.o.vn Countries, and diftercnt 
 
 * Nations ! He was flruck with fuch an Amazement at 
 
 * the Sight of all thefe Things, that having quite loll 
 
 * the Ufe of his Tongue, Zeph\rus took care to acquaint 
 
 * him with the various Manners and Cuftoms of all the 
 
 * Inhabitants of the Earth. He flew tut gently, and 
 
 * they relied a little upon the dreadful Mountains of 
 
 * Caucafus and Aihis^ and upon feveral o:hers that fell 
 
 * in their Way. Were I fure, yfl;V/Zephyru5, that that 
 
 * fair Rofe I adore, fhould prick me with her Thorns, 
 .*• I can't fuficr you to traverfe fo vail a Trad of Ground, 
 /without allowing you fome Time, to have the Satis- 
 
 * fadion of contemplating thofe Wonders you fee. 
 ' Pnnce Adolph returned his Thanks for a!l his Good- 
 
 * nefs, but at the fame Time told him, he was much 
 1 afraid lead this Frincefi of ¥ elicit y Ihould not undcr- 
 
 * Hand his Language, and that he fhould not be able 
 « tp fpeak to be,r. Don't trouble yourfelf on that Ac- 
 
 * jcoun.t, faid the It^U God toMaiy this Prrnccfs has arT 
 *• univcrfal Knowledge, and it. will not be long before 
 
 * you both fpeak the fame Language. 
 
 H 5 * At 
 
i^4 HYPO'i,lTXfS, 
 
 * At laft they got fight of this defirable Ifland, which 
 appeared fo beautiful and delightftil to the Prince, 
 tha; he thought no othervvife than that he had been in 
 an en'chanted Place. The Air was all perfumed, the 
 Dew and Rain fmelling like Rofe and Orange Wat^r, 
 the Spring threw out the Water to the very Skies, the 
 Porefts v/ere full of the rarefl Trees that can be feen, 
 the Grounds coloured t^ith the moll delicious Flowers; 
 Rivulets, clearer than the fined Cryftal, gently run 
 through the Plains, ihaking an agreeable Noife ; the 
 Birds made a moft harmonious Melody, exceeding all 
 that the beft Maftersof Mufick ever could attain to^ the 
 Earth produced her Fruits without any Labbur of" 
 Cultivating, and, with a. Wifh only, you favv yfiur 
 T.ibles covered and ferved* with all the deiicious 
 Meats you could think of. The Palace itfelf far ex- 
 ceeded every Thing has been mentioned as yet": 
 The Walls were of Diamonds, the Floor and Wain - 
 fcoting all of precious Stones: Gold was as commch 
 there as Stones are with usj the Moveables andFur- 
 
 'niture were the Workmanlhip of the is&/r/V.f, and 
 that of the mod curious Pieces j every Thing being fo 
 nicely done, that it was hard to diilinguifh/ whe- 
 ther Magnificence or Contrivance had thfe ^feateft 
 Share in it. 
 
 * Zephyrus fet the Prince down in a plea fan t Rowl- 
 ing-Green : Sir, /aid hcy. J have performed my Pro- 
 mife ; 'tis now your Bufineft to do your Part, fb they 
 embraced one another. Adol-ph return'd him a thoU- 
 fand Thanks, and Zephyrus impatient to fee hi^ Mi- 
 ftfefs, left him to himfelf in a very delicious Garden, 
 He took feveral Turns in divers agreeable Walks, 
 and faw a great Number of curious Grott6*s, fo 
 charming and beautiful, that it feem'd. as if they were 
 made en Purpofe for Delight and Pleafure. In ojie 
 of thefe he faw a Statue of white Marble, reprefenting 
 Cupid, a Piece of mdft excellent Wdr^cnian(hip, call- 
 ing out of his Flambeaux a Stream of Water inllead of 
 Fire, leaning iigainft an artificial Rock; he alfo faw 
 the following Words- engraven on a Stone : " 
 
 He 
 
He that is ignorant of the FlMfures ofLo^ey has. n€- 
 fver tajled a^ real H<f^pinejj j Vw Jhe ah»e that can 
 gratify viir Defires^ and ren4^r this L^e Ggretahle to us •; 
 iMithmt her all other Felicities lofetiieix /Charms ^ lind 
 ^very Thing is Jkdi^ (knd fainting, . ' 
 
 ^''; / . -Jv T-:4i . i .-..J, ■ ..■;;■' 
 
 * Jdolph Hf>ymg ^n A-foour fo dofely covered with 
 
 * Greens, <hat the Sun-B-ams could not penetrate into 
 /j this d^rk^and retired. PJgqq, featesd Kiw/df on the Pe- 
 
 * deilalof a Fountain, and afforded fome Hours Reft to 
 
 * his Body, not a litti^ tired by the Fatigues of fo vaft 
 
 * a Journey, 
 
 * ' Fwas almoft Noon before he a.Nvakned, and be* 
 
 * ing much v&xM he had loll fo much Time in vain, 
 ,* to maigs himlelf amends for it, he made all the hal>e 
 
 * he could towards the Palace. As he drew nearer, he 
 
 * took a full View, and admired, at his own L.eifure, 
 .* iill the Beauties thereof, with much more Attention 
 
 ' than he could do, at a greater Diftar^ ; and it feem'd 
 
 * as if ell the Artirts in the World had jom'd their Skill 
 
 * arkl Labour to make, it the moll maguiii cent and rpoll 
 . • . pei fad St^-u^ii^re thaf, could be imagined* T he F*rince 
 
 * had all this while kept ihe Grem-fide of his Cloak 
 
 * outward, fo that he could fee every Thing without, 
 
 * beiqg feen ; but after alU he look'd a long Time with- 
 -* out biing abl» to fee the Entfaniee into it ; whether 
 
 * the Doors were fhut, or whether they wtre on the 
 c*! o^pofite Side, before he could find them, he faw a 
 
 * Jovely Lady opening a Window of one entire Piece of 
 
 * Cryftal, and at the fame Time a little femah Gar- 
 
 * diner running towards the Window ; ftie that was at 
 
 * the Window, let down thence a Basket of Filligree- 
 
 * Work of Gold, faftned to fevcral Strings and Knots of 
 
 * curicui Ribbons ; (he bid the Gardiner to gather fome 
 
 * Flowers for the Princefr, which fhe did in an In- 
 
 * flant, and put them in the OBasliet : JdaJph' got ix]^ on 
 
 * the Flowers, and fo was drawn up into the Window by 
 
 * the Nyjnph. You muft imagine, that the fame green 
 
 * Cloak,, which had the Virtue^ of making him inviiable, 
 
 * muil.iiiro fliAl^Jum very light, for -withput t)»is Cir- 
 
 H 6 • cumftance. 
 
156 H rp L itu s, 
 
 cumltance, it would have proved a very hard Task 
 
 * for the Lady to have drawn him up to the Window ; 
 
 * through which he got into a very i'paclous Apartmenr, 
 
 * and his Eyes were furprized with fuch an amazing 
 
 * Light, as is part all Imagination. Here he faw whole 
 
 * Companies of Nymphs, the «ldeft of whicli appeared 
 
 * not to be above eighteen Years of Age, and a great 
 
 * many of them much younger ; fome were Itiir, others 
 
 * brown, but all of a fine Complexion, white, freih 
 
 -* colour'd, exadly featured y with glorious white Teeth 5 
 
 ■''* to be fliort, there was riot- one among all thefe Nymphs 
 
 ^^^ but what might pafs for a compleat' Beauty. He 
 
 * would have fpent the whole Day in admiring their 
 
 * Perfe6lions, and had not the Power to ftir out of this 
 
 * charming Apartment,; had it not been for a mbfta- 
 :^ greeable Harmony ofMuficky-as well of Voicesi'as 
 '^^ of the choiceft mufical- Inftruments, that raifed his 
 ♦*- Curiofity to fee from whence it. came ; fo drawing 
 •'* near to ah adjacent Room, he no fooner enter'4 ic 
 
 v|^ but hea'fd' thewi^fibg thefe Wordf. ' - i /ifu/ * 
 
 ]xACA:i\.-i'n-J[l--f..,i./:' .(■.. u. lii. ■ .'■ ::l. ■'■•; ' 
 
 -• ' ' Trtfv'e ' thn^fy. fro'ue faithftily' Is coitftant io the^ laji, 
 ^tis that that <will conquer the Heart: 6 f yoitr fair Onei 
 ■^irne hrings every Thing to pafs : Tou that ore infpired 
 <ivith a mutual PaJJj on, if yoiir cruel Defiiny Jhort ens your 
 'happy Moments, you muji hope fgr fair Weather t 'lirAe 
 brings everything to pafs. ■■'■■■-'■ ... 
 
 :*» •■'•'Whilft the Prince was in the great Apartment, he 
 
 '**• thought nothing could have -ftood in Con^ petition with 
 
 >.^* thofe he faw there ; but he foon- found hinklf moft 
 
 * agreeably deceived in his Opinion ; thefe Female Mii- 
 
 * ficians far furpaffing tho'e Nymphs he had fetn b6- 
 ,'"* fore in Beauty : and what was almoft prodigious, he 
 1* underftood every Thing he beard, tho* he was not ad- 
 
 ■• qua^nted with the Language of that Ifle. He flood 
 .*• behind one of the fairelt of thefe Nymphs ; ihe hap- 
 
 * penedtodrop her Veil, and he, wichojt confideririg 
 
 * thiit he fhould put her into a Fright, took it up from 
 ^' the Ground and gave it to her ; ihc Iqueek'd out dn 
 
 "^ a Sudden, and I believe this to be the ii^ Time th^ 
 5^.^- ~ ' ever 
 
Earl of Do V C^L'A s. ^ 157 
 
 ever knew what Fear was in thefe happy Manfions : 
 All the reil of the Nymphs flock'd about her, ask- 
 ing, what was the Matter with her ? I believe yoQ 
 think me to be in a Dream, faid Jhe to them ; but I 
 am fure I let my V^ail fall to the Ground, and fome*- 
 thing that is invifible pat it into my Hands again. 
 They all fell a Laughing, and fome went into thb 
 Princefs's Apartment, to divert her with this Story.' 
 * Prince Adolph followed them by the Help of hfs 
 green Cloak ; he pafb'd through fpacious Rooms, 
 Galleries and Chambers without Number, till at laft 
 he came into the Apartment of the fovereign Lady di 
 the Ifle. She was feared on a Throne made ojt of 
 one intire Carbuncle Stone, brighter than the Sun it- 
 felf, but the Princefs of F^//aVys. Eyes carry 'd dill a 
 more furprifing Luftre than tiie Carbuncle itfelf ; fhe 
 was fo perfedT a Beauty, that Ihe appeared more like 
 a Favourite of Heaven, than of a terreftrial Offspring; 
 fhe was very young, and a certain fprightly but iMa- 
 jeAick Air appeared in all her Adions, which infpir- 
 ed both Love and Reiped: Her Apparel had more df 
 Neatnefs than Magnificence in it ; her fair Hairs 
 were adorned with Piowers, fhe had a Scarf rn, 
 and her Gown was Gauze fioWer'd with Gold. 'iiWo. 
 was furrounded with a great many Cupids, whodanc*d 
 and play'd a thoufand little divertir^: Tricks ; fo.Tie 
 kifb'd her Hands, others climbing upon both Sides of 
 the Throne, put a Crown on her Head i the Piealures 
 were alfo playing and courting her on all Sides ; ta 
 be Ihort, ail that can be thou^it or imagined to be 
 charming, is . much below avhat- the Prince fealled 
 his iiycs with there. He was like one in a Rapture, 
 he was fcarceable to bear the Luf.re of this Prin- 
 cefs's Beauty; and under this Agitation of his Heait, 
 all his Thoughts being taken up with that Object he 
 already adored, he dropt his Cloak, and Ihe fawliim. 
 She had never feen a Man before, and therefore was 
 infinitely furprized at the Sight of him. Adolph feeing 
 himiclf thus difcovered, threw himfelr at her Feet with 
 the utmoll Refpedl: Great Princefs, faid he to her, 
 I have traverfed the Univerfe, to come hither to 
 
 * adiuire 
 
158 IirPOLlTUS, 
 
 * admire your divine Beauty; I am come to maJcf 
 'V yoj an Offer of my Heart and all my DeftreE j wifl 
 j(5. ycu not pleafe to accept of them ? The Priocefs was 
 if a Lady of a fingolar Vivacky of Wir, notwichftand- 
 / jng which^ her Surpriae was fuch that ihe could not 
 
 * rpeak one Word. Hitherto Ihe had itcver beheld any 
 ^ Thing that appear'd more amiable 10 iier Eyes thah 
 
 •.this Creature, and believing him to be the only one 
 «? of his Kind, fhe imagined he muft needs be the fo 
 
 * much celebrataed Pbcemx of the ,AncientSi but fcjirce 
 
 * ever feen by any Bcdy. Lovely Phanix^ faid Jhe to 
 t? him, (fcr 1 judge you are the fame by your P«rfefti- 
 1^ ons, there being noihrng comparable to you in thfs 
 •^ilflej I am infinitely pleaied to fee yon here; wiiart 
 ^ :Plty 'riB yjou .fliould be the only one of your JKind, 
 ^ artaaiy jirore fuch Birds as you are, would make a 
 # molt glorious Shew. Jdolph could not forbear fmil- 
 ;*, ing at what ihe told him with a moft graceful Air, 
 -f full of natural Simplicity ; but being unwilling that 
 -■* this Lady for whom he felt already a moft violent Paf- 
 
 V Qcsny fhould be detain'd in Ignorance, in a Matter he 
 cfrijudgud ihe ought to be .acquainted with, he took care 
 .ft to inibud her in every Thing of this Nature, and ihe 
 ?i*::praved fo .2pt a Scholar, and of fuch a natural Viva- 
 !>• city of Wit, that fhe even anticipated her Mafter in his 
 rj* Leffons ; ihe loved him beyorid herfelf, and he loved 
 
 V her more than himfeif; all thofe fweet Enjoyments 
 it have is able to give, alLthe Beauty and Vivacity of 
 o5 Wit, all the T€ndernefs:a Heart is capabk of feeling, 
 :?*] were centred in thefe two tender Lovers ; nothing 
 h*, could diilurb their Tranquillity, every Thirg ooh- 
 / curr'd to increafe their Pleafures ; they knew not 
 -J* what Sicknefs was.; nay, they felt tloi fo much as 
 yf the leafl Inconveniencies or Decay ; their Yowth was 
 ;|(1 not impair'd by a long Courfe of Years, becaufe in 
 .if this delicious Place, they drink of the Water of the 
 2^ Fountain of Youth. They were unacquainted wich 
 >* amorous Inquietudes, with jealous Surrailes ; nay, 
 
 * not fo much as with thefe little Wranglings, which 
 . \* commonly end in a happy Accommodation and Re- 
 
 ^ newing of Love i I fay, they knew .iifliiur^. of all 
 
 * thefe 
 
''Ear! of Dou6las:- i^^ 
 
 * thde Things ; they were inebriared with Pleafures, 
 
 * and till that Day never had any Mortal enjoy'd fo great 
 
 * and fo conftant Felicity. But this is the Condition 
 
 * t>f us Mortals, that even that Happinefs has its fad 
 f and doleful Confequences, nothing is cverlaftJng oh 
 
 * Earth, but always fiibjcft to change. 
 
 * Prince Ad>)lph being one Day entertaining the Prin- 
 
 * cefs, it came into his Head to ask her, how long 
 
 * it was fince he had enjoy'd the Pleafare of feeing him ? 
 
 * The Time pafTes away fo fall where you are, /aid he, 
 
 * that I fcarce ever look'd backward, or thought oT 
 
 * the Time when I came here. I will tell you, fatd 
 
 * Jhey provided you frankly confefs to me beforehand. 
 
 * how long you really think it has been. He paufed 
 
 * a while, and then faid ; when 1 confult my Hcar^, 
 ' and think of the Satisfajftion I feel within myfelf, 'I 
 
 * am almoft apt to believe, I have not been here above 
 
 * a Week, my dear Princefs ; but when I recall to my 
 
 * Mind certain Things that are pad fome time ago, T 
 
 * think it can't be much lefs than three Months. Shte 
 ,"■ burft out a Laughing; Hesir Adtslph^ /aid Jhe, 'with 
 * a njiry ferioui Air^ you mnft know it is no \t.{s thah 
 
 * three hundred Years. A':as ! had fhe known hoxV 
 
 * dearly the was likely to pay for thefe Words, ih'e 
 
 * would never have fpoken them. Three hundred 
 
 * Years, cry'd the Prince^ how muft the World Hand 
 -^ by this Time? Who mull be the univerfal Monarch 
 
 * there ? I wonder what they are doing there ? When 
 
 * I come there again, who will know me .? Or how 
 
 * fhall J know any Body ; My Dominions are, doubt- 
 
 * lefs, fallen into the Hands of fome ftrange Family? 
 •* I can't fuppofe <hei« will be any left for me ; fo thstt 
 
 * I am likely to be a Prince without a Principality ; 
 
 * every Body will ihun me as if I were a Speftre, and 
 \9 T .(hall be altogether unacquainted with the Manners 
 !• and Culloms of thofe among whom I am to live. 
 "zff The Princefs beginning to be impatient, Adolph^faid 
 ^ Jbe iHlt>rupting him^ what is it you repine af ? Don*t 
 'i^.you fet no more value than io upon all the Favours I 
 ^f have Ih^vvn you, and ali the Love I bear you ? I have 
 '^ given you Admifiion imo jny Palace 9 you are Mailer 
 
 . * ^ere. 
 
i6o H rP OLI TVS, 
 
 bene, I have jpreferved your life for three Ages, 
 7 "without the leaft Decay or Regret till this Moment j 
 ;: i whereas, had it not been for me, where would you 
 f have been by this Time ? I abhor Ingratitude, fair 
 rtiPrincefs, reflyd he in fotne Canfufiony I know, and 
 am fenfible how much I am indebted to you: But 
 after all* had I been dead before this Time, I'fhould 
 .perhaps have perform'd fuch great Aftions as would 
 
 * have render'd my Name famous ior ever to Pofterity^ 
 
 * I can't without Shame,, fee my. Courage to lie dormant^ 
 and : my Name buried, in Oblivion. Such was the 
 
 ':? ^brave Repwld'm the Arnr.s of h\3 Armide-t hwt Glory 
 '•'i'natch'd him the rice. • So thai Glory is likewife to 
 t ilhaxch y-ou out of my Arms, barbarous Man, cry^d the 
 f.^Frlncifs jheddUtgia Rnjuletof^Bars, thou haflaMind 
 f to leave m?, ansd therefore art unworthy of the Pain I 
 r* feel for thee. She -had no fooner faid thefe Words*, 
 'but fhe fell rntt> a" Swoon : The Prince was highly 
 
 * afiiidled thereat, becaufe he loved her extreamly, but 
 ;f .-at the fame Time cculd not forbear upbratdiDg hirrf- 
 •cl^.fdf for having fpeht fo mjch Time with a Miilfef?, 
 iff.- without any Thing, that might raife his Name .among 
 ^* the Rank of the great Heroes : In vain he endea- 
 :*'vGUr'd to reilrain his Sentiments, or to . conceal his 
 '^- DifTatisfafetion ; he was foon feized with fuch a Larr- 
 
 * guiihmenr, as quite alter'd his whole Difpufition ; fo 
 •* that whereas hitherto he had miftaken Klonihs fot 
 
 * Ages, he thought now every Month as long as an 
 
 * AsTe.' The Princefs,: who perceived it,-was afflided 
 
 * thereat to the highelt -Degree ; but notwithflanding 
 i* this, would not' engage him to flay bu rely out ^ 
 jl: Complaifance ; fo fhe told him, he fhoulJ be mailer 
 
 * of his o\vin Deftiny, and might depart whenever, he 
 
 * thought fit; but that fhe much feared fomt -great Mi?- 
 o*. foriune^would befal .him.. Thefe. lall Words caufed 
 .* much lefs DiiTati.'fadlion in him, than he had found 
 .5 -Saiisfaftion m theiirft.; and thoV the very Thoughts 
 •3*1 of partings from his Princefs nearly afl^fted his Mind, 
 }* yet huriy'd on by h: f Dcfliny, he bid farewel to her 
 
 * he had adored, and hy whom he was, no lefs tenderly 
 
 * beloved;, he protelled to her, that.fo foon as.hje had 
 0;. * perforihed 
 
Earl ^ DbuG'LAs.y i6i' 
 
 performed any glorioas Adions to render himfelf mor^ 
 wocthy of" her Favours, he fhculd never be at reft till" 
 he could return and pay his Homsge to her, as his 
 fovcreign Lady, and as the only Felicity of his Life. 
 His Eloquence, which was natural to him, fupply'd 
 the D^k^. of his Love : but the Princefs \vas too clear 
 fighted not to dive into the Boitom of the Matter, 
 and her Mind prefaged her fhe knew not wh:tt Mis- 
 fortune which would rob her for ever of the SatisfadU- 
 on of feeing again what was fo dear to her. 
 
 ,.* Whatever Violence fhe put upon her own Indi- 
 gnations, (he was overwhelmed with Grief pall all 
 exyrefling : She pre fen ted Adolph with a very rich 
 Armour, and with . the belt and finell Horle the 
 World afforded.. Bichar (that was- theHorfe's Name) 
 will condud you, /aid Jhe to him, thro' all Danger, 
 and make you come off with Honour in your Com- 
 bats ; but have a care not to touch the Ground with 
 your Feet, before you come into your own Country j 
 for by Virtue of that. Spirit of the Fairies^ the Gods 
 h^ve beftovv'd upon me, I forefee, that if you flight 
 my Advice, i?/V/^<7r will not be in a Condition to re- 
 prieve you. The Prince promifed he would follow 
 her good CounfeJ, and killing her Hands a thoufand 
 Times, went away, but in lo much hafte, that he 
 left his wonderful Cloak behind him. Coming to the 
 Shore of the Ifle, Bichar fvvam over Rivers and Seas 
 with his Rider, ran over Mountains and thro' Vale^, 
 thro' Forefts and Fields, and that with fo much 
 Swiftnefs, as if he had been a wing'd Horfe. 
 * One Evening coming to a fmall crooked and Stone 
 Lane, with Hedges on both fides, he faw a Cart over- 
 thrown in the Middle of the Road, which hindered 
 his Paflage. The Cart was laden with Wings of 
 divers Shapes and Sizes, and under the Cart lay a 
 very old Man, who was the Carte.-. His bald Head 
 his trembling Voice, and his Misfortune, moved the 
 Prince to Compaflion. Bichar was ready to leap over 
 the Hedges, when the old Man cali'd to Adolph in a 
 moft pitiful Manner; Pray, Sir, pity my Condition.; 
 
 * ualefs you will help me, I mult perifh here. The 
 
 * Prince* 
 
i62 H rP O LJ TU S, 
 
 * Priqce, not able to refift the Entreaties of the Y>W 
 *" Man, ^d his own Inclinations to help him up, alighcr' 
 
 * ed from his Horfe, and reach'd .his Hand to him ;' 
 
 * but alas j guefs at his Surprize, when hefaw the old 
 
 * Man arife without his AfEftanee, aivd that (o fuddenly, 
 
 * that he laid hold of him before he was aware of it. 
 « At lall, Prince of Ruffia^ /aid he with a dreadful 
 
 * threatntng Voices at lall I have met with you j my 
 
 * Name is Time^ I have been in fearch for you thefe 
 
 * three Ages, I have worn out all thefe Wings whei'e- 
 
 * with you fee this Cart is loaded, to fly all over the 
 « Univerfe to find you out ; you fee, that noiwifhiiand- 
 
 * ing all your Care to hide yojrfelf from me, nothing 
 
 < in this World can efcape me : At thefe Words he 
 
 < ftruck him with his Hand upon his Mouth, with fo 
 
 < much Violence, that he beat the Breath out of his 
 » Body, and fo ftifled him upon ih^ Spot. 
 
 * Zephyrus happening to come by juft at that fatal Mi- 
 
 * Tiute, was forced to be an Eye-witnefs, to Wis grfeal 
 
 * -Regret, of his dear Friend's Misfortune ; and fo foofi 
 ^ as the old barbarous Fellow had left him, he try'd 
 
 * whether he could blow frefh Breath into his Body ; 
 
 * but finding all his Endeavcurs in vain, he took hiiti 
 
 * under his Arm, as he had done before, and weeping 
 
 * bitterly carryM him to the Garden of the Palace of 
 
 * Felicity', there he laid him in a Grotto upon a Rock 
 
 * that was flat at Top, covering his dead Body with 
 
 * Plawers : He ereftcd a Trophy of his Arms, and a 
 
 * Column of Jafper next to it, on which he engraved 
 
 * thefe Words. 
 
 ^ime is the Majier of enjery Thing ; Time brings e-veh 
 Thing to pafs ; Beajcty pajjes anf}ay ivith our Time ; Ma>t 
 frames to himfelf a thoufand nenv Defres ; And his Mittd 
 is difcompofed even in the midji of his Enjoymenfi. 
 Jf he thinks his Pains renxarded^ if he appear contented 
 for Jxitne Time, And njalues himfelf upon the Conqueft he 
 has made ; he *will Joon be con'vinced by fome unfortunate 
 Turn of /Affairs, that there is no Love that lafs fore^vet, 
 nor any perfe^ Felicity* 
 
 ...., ......... , . . .'xhc- 
 
 I 
 
l^rl of tioh^ LA ^ ''• 16 f' 
 
 '^ frhe difconfolate Princcfs ufed to ctrmc every Bay 
 
 * fa tMs Grotto, fince the departure of her Lover, there 
 
 * to bemoan his Abfence, and to augment the Torrents 
 
 * of the Rivulets by a Deluge of Tears. Gueft at her 
 
 * Satisfaftion, when (he found hhn fo near her at a 
 
 * Time when (he thought him at a vaft diftance; ihe 
 
 * thought, that being much fatigued in his Journey, 
 
 * he had laid himfelf down to reft there ; fhe was con- 
 
 * fidering whether flie had beft to awake him, or not; 
 
 * and at laft the tender Motions of her Heart overbal- 
 
 * lancing all the reft, fhe was opening her Arm to era- 
 
 * brace him , then it was, that being made fenfible of 
 
 * her Misfortune, fhe cryM out, fhe wept, fhe matie fuch 
 
 * doleful Moan, as would have moved even a Stone ; 
 
 * the commanded immediately the Gates of her Palace 
 
 * 10 be kept fhut for ever. Certain 'tis, that fince that 
 
 * fatal Day, -no Body has iDeen able to boaft, that he 
 
 * has -got "irghi of her; for fhefeldom appears abroad 
 
 * finijefhrs Misfortune; and whenever fhe does, Inquie- 
 
 * tudes and Vexations are her Fore-runners, and Unea- 
 
 * finefs and DifTatisfadtion her Followers. Thefe are 
 
 * her ordinary Attendants, The whole World is fuffi- 
 
 * ciently convinced ofthis Truth, by woful Experience, 
 
 * and fincethis deplorable Adventure, it has been a con- 
 
 * ftant Sayfng ; That Time brings every Th'mg to pafsy and 
 
 * that there is no felicity in its full Perfeilion, 
 
 Hypiitm having finifhed his Story, fhe told him, fhe 
 was at this Moment a living Inftance of what he had 
 faid ; becaufe the Fear fhe was in, of hearing the plea- 
 fing Relation to be brought to a Period, had not a lit- 
 tle difturbed the Pleafure fhe enjoy'd in hearing it relat- 
 ed to her ; fhe highly commended his Way of rcprefent- 
 ingitwjth fo good a Grace, and was returning her 
 Thanks to him, when yulias Waiting woman came 
 into the Abbef^'s Clofet. After the iirft Compliment 
 from her Mrftrefs (who was flill in Bed, being troubled 
 with the Head ach) fhe dcfired her to lend her fome 
 Books, wherewithal to divert her Miftrefs. IjabelU, faid 
 the Abbefs, I have no Time at prcfcnt to look for Books; 
 
 but 
 
1 64 H TP Liiru S, 
 
 but 1 would have you condiQdi .Hyacinth inio\\tr Cham- 
 ber ; he. will divert her much better ihaa^U the Books 
 can do i he hasjufi. now related tp me a very pleafant Sto- 
 ry, and I don't queftion, but he will have fo much Com- 
 plaifance, as to tell it over again before your Miftrefs: • 
 So ihe defired Hypolitus to. go along with Ijabelln ; and • 
 you may eafily imagine, he was not very backward to ■ 
 obey the Abbefs. He took Care to hide part of his 
 Face wi;h his Handkerchief, lead the Abbefs might per» 
 ceive the Alteration this unexpedled News produced in • 
 his Countenance ; befides, that it prevented Ifubella from 
 being furprized at fo unex ceded a Sight, which might 
 have made hertodiicover more of Fear, than was conve- 
 nient to their prefent purpofe. 
 
 She conduded \\\m x.o Julia\ Chamber, where /ff- 
 folitus finding himfelf at Liberty, kneeled at her Bed-fide, 
 a;id being unable to fpeak one Word, took hold of cne^ 
 of her Hands, which he kiG'd, with fuch exceffive Tran-< 
 (ports of Joy, as is fcarce to be conceived. The Cur-^ 
 tains of her Bed being drawn, and that Part of the Room- 
 where the Bed flood being pretty dark, and her Head* 
 laid clofe within the Pillow, julli could not know- 
 him, and therefore did all fhe could to pull her Hand- 
 back. Eypolitus putting a wrong Interpretation upon thia- 
 Coynefs, which he look'd upon as an EfFedl of her Aver-« 
 fion to him, let it go ; but at the fame Time turn'd pale,> 
 a Trembling feized him, and he was ready to drop down, 
 for Grief: He had fcarce fo much Strength left, as to 
 tell her with a moft tender and engaging Air j ' Julia 
 
 * you hate me ; you lay your Misfortunes at my Door, 
 
 * and though you know I am only the innocent Caufe 
 
 * of them, you have conceiv'd fuch an Antipathy againil 
 
 * me, that you will not fo much as fufFer me to come 
 
 * near you. Oh \ what do you fay, my dear Hypolitusy 
 
 * faid (lie to him (for fhe knew his Tongue immediately) 
 
 * how little are you acquainted with my true Senti- 
 
 * ments ! And then embracing him with much Tender- 
 nefs, this proved the moil efFeftual J unification that 
 could be to Hypolitus, who was tranfported with Joy^ 
 ^t.fo kind a Reception. They look'd upon one another 
 
 i 
 
fof^" c0flft<!erable TlmeV witfibut fpeakYng one Word? 
 their Eyes being the (oh Interpreters of the Agitations 
 of what they felt within themfelve^^ they could not for- 
 bear to mingle their Tears, occafioned partly by Joy, 
 partly by Sadnefs, their Minds being then divided be- 
 twixt thefe twd Paflions; till at laft Joy got the 
 Vi^Qty' for that Tinie : Nothing can be imagned more 
 tender or more engaging, than. what they told one nno- 
 thc-, during thofe firft Emotions of their Hearts; you 
 xi.sy be affiired thty had no Time to talk ferioufly qi' 
 their own Affairs. When People meet with great Dif- 
 appointmenls, if two Perfons love to the higheft degree, 
 if they are parted, if they meet again, the Heart is fo 
 full, their Minds are quite taken up with their prefent 
 Sight, they are in fuch a Confufion, that they are, as 
 if it were, Tongue-ty*d i and if they utter a few Words, 
 they are incoherent, or interrupted with Sighs ; and 
 they begin to talk of many Things, withouc making 
 an End of any dne. Every thing puts them in Mind of 
 their prefent Happinefs of being together; and from 
 this Reflecftion, which adds new Vigour xo their Love, 
 they run upon mutual Affiirances of loving one another 
 for ever : and thus the Time pafTes away infenfibly ; a. 
 great many Hours feem to be no more than a few Mi- 
 nutes. Thus it happen'd with the amiable yulia and 
 her faithful Hypolitus ; fo that it would be next to an 
 JmpoiTibility to infert here what they told one another 
 at this firft Interview ; but fuch as are of a tender Dif- 
 pofition, and have felt the Effefts of this Paffion, may 
 'ca lily imagine it. ' '*^ ' 
 
 ' Immediately after the Abbefs's Dinner was over, (he 
 went attended by Cardini to vifit the fair fick Lady in 
 lier Bed-Chamberj fhe ordered her Pidlure to be brought, 
 to fhew it to ^«A'/7, and to have her Opinion, whether 
 the firft Draught thereof was well done. After their 
 Difcourfe had run for fomc Time upon the Pidure ; * I 
 ' can*t queftion. Madam, faid Ihe to Julia, but that 
 ' you are ready to pay me your Acknowledgement for 
 « the Care I have taken to fend up Hyaihith to you. 
 
 * I am fure you can*t deny, but that he has a great 
 
 * Share of Wit; and that he can tell a Story, better 
 
 * than 
 
.i;66 H r P QL I T US, 
 
 *i thap the Fairies themfebes could Ijav« dp^e,. whereof 
 ' he has given you a Relation.' yulia underllood not 
 the Abbeis's Meaning; but, at a hazard, tol4 her in 
 general Terms, • That (he fhould look upon it as an 
 < unpardonable thing, in herfelf, to have neglefled to 
 
 * return her Thanks for this Favour, but that fhc had 
 ' been fo intent upon feeing and hearing him, that, if 
 
 * Ihe thought fit, fhe Ihould be very well pleafed, to 
 
 * underrtand a little of the Art of Drawing and Defign- 
 " ing; which, ihe hoped, might prove a Means to di- 
 
 * vert her melancholy Thoughts. The Abbefs told 
 her, (he would not be againil it ; and that, whilft Car- 
 Mni was- employed in Painting for her Clofet, Hyadnth 
 might come to teach her, provided he would now and 
 then fpare Time to tell her a Story . Hypolitus was lilcnt, 
 whilft they were talking together, but could rot but be 
 infinitely pleafed, to underftand that he was likely to 
 fee his Miftrefs every Day ; and that very Moment he 
 would rot have chang'd his Condition with the great- 
 eft Monarch upon Earth. 
 
 Matte s being thus agreed betwixt them, he fail'd 
 not to vifit his Miftrefs every Afternoon, and to fpend, 
 at leaft, two or three Hours with her. He told her of 
 Z^/?»^^^'s Marriage with Lucilia-, it would be difficult 
 to reprefent the Satisfaflion fhe felt at this good News ; 
 her Tendernefs for this Friend had not fufFered the leaft 
 Diminution ; and fhe eftcem'd her Spoufe for hi« extra- 
 ordinary Merits, and for his being an entire Friend of 
 her dear Hyp^Iiius ;_ fhe told him all that poffibly fhe could 
 think on to teftify her Joy on this Account; and he lay- 
 ing hold of this O^ porlunity ; * If it be fo, dear Lady, 
 
 * faid he, that you are fo very feniible of Lud/ia*s 
 
 * good Fortune, you ought to endeavour to encreafe it, 
 
 * by fecuritg mine. Go to live with her, you will find 
 « every Thing ready to obey you there; I will foUow 
 
 * you thither, and there I may ke ypu without ejither 
 
 * Troubleor Fear: Confider with yourfelf^ how foon 
 « Ijnay be difcover'd here; and with what ill Confe- 
 
 * quenees, to our Affairs, this Difcoyery would be at- 
 « tended : Take my Advice, Lei us make ufe of our 
 
 * prefent 
 
 \ 
 
^ Earl of t)ou 6x A ^ '% 
 
 prefeiit good Fortune. I will fafely condoil you thi- 
 ther; ajnd when we are at Liberty, we will then con - 
 filt what is further to be done in our Affairs. My 
 Honour,, dear Hypiitus, my Reputation, cryM (he in 
 a. melancholy Tone, what muft become of thtm? 
 What ! would you have me make my Efcape along 
 with you ? All the Vexations my Husband makes 
 me undergo, owe their Original to the Opinion he 
 has conceived, that I love you ; this is certainly the 
 Cloak wherewith he covers his ill Temper; and to 
 confirm bim, and the World in thefe Surmifes, to 
 juftify his Proceedings, and to cut ou' my own De- 
 ilruftion, yod would have us go away together? Ohf 
 dear Brother, 'tis impoflible to be done ; I had better 
 die here. How unjullly you deal with your fdf and 
 me, Madam, reply'd he in a moQ. difconfolate Man- 
 ner ; can any Body blame ^ou for breaking your 
 Chains, for getting out of a Prifon, unto which you 
 have been foundefervedly and unworthily confined f 
 If you infill upon my not going along with you, I 
 will come after you; and is there any Thing in this 
 World more natural or more common, than to endea- 
 vour to regain one's Liberty after it is loft ? My dear 
 yulia^ if ever your Inclinations were for me; if my 
 PafTion, if my Conftancy is able to touch your Heart; 
 grant that to my earneft Prayers, and to my 7'ears, 
 which perhaps you would refufe to your own Defircs. 
 Urge me no more, Hypolitus^ faid fhe to him, I am 
 reduced almoft to defpair, to fee my (elf neceflitated to 
 refufe what you would have me to do : It feems to me, 
 that if you loved me more you would be the foonerin* 
 clined to agree with me in my Sentiments, and fliare 
 my Pains with me. He continued lying at her Feet 
 fighing without intermifiion, but returnM no Anfwer for 
 fomeTime; at laft breaking Silence firft, * What then 
 muft become of me, good God, cry 'd he? What muft 
 I do, cruel Lady? I am not capable of convincing you ; 
 you delight in your Troubles ; you rejeft a Remedy 
 which will infallibly meet with the Approbation of all 
 • tie World ; Is not this an Effedt of your Averfion to 
 ^ « me ? 
 
*^^?? <?J6i •«o/.»itiy dear HypoUtas^ fa id fhc with aincft 
 ^ 'ttnde*' IjOok, --ghnng vhim ber Hand; no, I^ hto^e 
 
 * ^dt fh'c Icaft Avcrfion to you ; and I don't believe ydu 
 ♦*^ can think fo for above one Minute : I am Hill the fame 
 "^^'Jvti'h who prefer'd your Repofe to her?y who would 
 
 * not live, but for your Sake: but I am alfo the fame 
 ■* yaiia^ who loves Virtue and her Duty beyond you, 
 
 * and beyond herlelf : Do you think me fo infenfible of 
 ^ my prefent Circumftances, as not moil paflionately to 
 
 * wilh for my Liberty ? And do you think I am lefs 
 
 * apprehend ve than yBu, of the Danger of your being 
 
 * difcovered here? I forefee all the ill Confequences 
 "« that would attend it, and the very Thoughts thereof 
 
 * make me infinitely uneafy ; but I have an Expedient 
 -'* to ofFer^ which, I hope, will put me in a Condition 
 
 « to gratify you without Blame: Let us write to my 
 
 * Father, and perfw^de him to come hither ; when I 
 "*•* am once with him, I can then bid defiance to ill 
 
 * Tongues. H\'politus reprefented to her, how long a 
 Time this was likely to take up ; and that in the mean 
 while they might be expofed to a thoufand finifter un- 
 
 •^-forefeen Accidents; but to little purpofe : ihe peififted 
 •immoveable in her Refolution ; but to obey her Com- 
 mandsj and forward as much as lay in his Power, his 
 
 -own Happinefs, he fen t their Letters to Z,^/7»^/^r, defir- 
 
 ' ing they might be difpatched to the Earl oilVartvkk ', 
 full a writing concerning her Sufferings, and Hspolitus 
 Jet him know, by what lucky Chance he had met with 
 
 * her, when he lealt of all hoped for any fuch Thing. 
 'In the mean while the Abbefs had taken Care to cau- 
 tion Cardim, that it was of the utmoft Confequence, that 
 
 'neither he, ncr his Scholar, ihould rake any of the fair 
 Stranger's Letters, to fend them into her own Country : 
 iCar^ini promifed upon his Word, he would accept of 
 
 -none ; or if he did, he would deliver them into her owa 
 
 ^Hands. He told h-tr, he would b? anfwerable for Hya- 
 r/>//^'s Fidelity, which fhe eafily believed; iiaving. al- 
 ready conceived a very favourable Opinion of this Stran- 
 ger, on Occafion ot his pic-afing Relation of the Prince 
 of Ruffiai and fhe did not in the Jealt qocftion, but that 
 
 he 
 
JE^r/^ Douglas: 169 
 
 he would prove more obliging to her thzn to ya/ia. 
 At the fame Time 'lis imp-jfliblc to reprefent to you the 
 high Satisfadion of ihefe two Lovers; they iiwv one a- 
 nother every Day, ihey pafs'd away their Time in this 
 -<lelightful J^efert with more pleafure, than if they had 
 lived in the moft fplendid Court of EtLro^Cy and had en- 
 joy 'd all the Favours of the greatefl Monarch on E4irth. 
 *Tis certain, that it is one of Love*s Secrets, to cu"e us 
 of Ambition, and ofathoufand other Pallions, which 
 tyrannize over thofe that are incapable of Tendernefs. 
 Hypoliius related to her every Thing that had befallen 
 him during her Abfenoej as fhe, on the other hand, 
 told him all that had happened to her. They would fomc- 
 times recall to their Minds, the firil beginning of their 
 PaflioD, with the fecrct mutual Pleafures that attended 
 it ; fometimes they would frame Projefts for the Time to 
 Qomc, and endeavour to conceit Meafures about future 
 Things, which depended on many Uncertainties ; fo that 
 fix Months pafs'd away thus infenfibly, they thinking 
 all this Time as fhort, as if they had fpent it in ths Pa- 
 lace of Felicity. 
 
 Cardini look eiFe£lual Care (as it had been ^reed be- 
 t\L'i\t Hypolitus and him) not to worJc too fail, and the 
 Abbefs took notice of it, fcecaufe ihe had agreed with 
 him for the whole; nay, flie judged that the rnorc time 
 he bellowed upon the Work, the bst;er it would be 
 done. All this while Hypoiitus^s Servants remaining at 
 Bourbon^ without feeing their Mailer, it was feared this 
 might afford fome cauie of Sufpicion to thofe who love 
 to dive into other People's Concerns; fbhe ordered them 
 to go to NtverSy and no: to tell any Body that they be- 
 longed to him. He received frequently Letters from the 
 F.nrI oi Sujfex nx]d £ud/ia, unto whom he had commu- 
 nicated his prefent Happinefi ; snd writ to the Earl of 
 Dor^g/as, th<it it \vas the Phyficians .Advice, he ihould 
 jTiake ufe of theWaters during both the Seafons.; fo he 
 remained undiilurbed where he wa.% o.nd his Friends 
 urged not his return from Bourbon. 
 
 Among other Things, he received with all the Sa- 
 tisfaclion imaginable ilxe News concerning the Earl of 
 
 X Warzvitk 
 
T,70i H r H O.UJ%US, 
 
 Warzoick, whofe coming was expefled every Day by all, 
 his Friends and Relations, who were all overjoy'd to un- 
 derftand that he was not flain, as had been reported, 
 and that J^H'^ was his Daughter ; the Earl o^ Bedford 
 was the only Man who appeared much difturbed thereat, 
 being under a great Uncertainty what Courfe he had beft 
 to, take; and HypvUtui'% Satisfaftion was foon difturbed 
 with another Piece of News, which came much about 
 the fame Time, for the Countefs of Douglas in her I^et- 
 ter to him, told him, That if he intended to fee his Fa- 
 ther alive, he muftcome quickly, he being fo ill, that 
 Jlis Life was quite defpaired of. Upon this Occafion it 
 was, that Nature and Reafon got the better of Love 
 and Tendernefs. y^^li'' declared to him, it was her 
 abfolute Will he fhould go where his Duty call'd him ; 
 and back'd her Counfel with urgent Reafons, * Re- 
 *' member, faid fhe to him, that this will prove a Means 
 
 * to bring my Father hither along with you, at your 
 
 * return ^ that you will reap the Fruits of this Journey, 
 
 * and that 1 fhall have a considerable Share in it; and 
 « upon that Account alfo, it is worth all your Care. 
 Not that fhe was much concerned whether fhe had a 
 great or fmall Eftate, every Thing of that Nature was 
 indifferent to her ; for, provided fhe could but live with 
 her Hypoiitusy Ihe had enough to fatisfy both her Love 
 and Ambition; fhe thought all the refl not worth her 
 Care and Wifhes ; but at the fame Time fhe knew he 
 could not be fatisfy *d to fee her live in a Condition be- 
 low herfelf, and that he would fland in need of Motives 
 no lefs confiderable than thefe to get him away from St. 
 ^enouxi we might rather have faid, to fnatch him 
 away : Good God ! what a deplorable Condition was he 
 not reduced to ? what Pangs, what Anguifh did he not 
 feel v/ithin his Soul, at this doleful parting with yu- 
 lia i nay, what a miferable State were they both en- 
 tangled in ? Such a one, in efFeft, as made them ready 
 to expire. Whatever can be thought or faid, that is ten- 
 der and paffionate, they told one another upon this Oc- 
 cafion ; and when their Tongues failed, the Language 
 ofth^irEyes, and their Sighs ferved for the true In- 
 terpreters 
 
Earl of Douglas. ' \^X^ 
 
 <erpreters of the Anxiety of their Hearts, and ofthat^* 
 Grief which had penetrated to their very Souls, Gh f'^ 
 how, upon fuch Occafions as this, we ftand in need of'* 
 all our Virtue and Courage, to counter- ballance the ^ 
 Frailties of our Heart and Mind ! However, fupported-^ 
 by Hopes, they flatter'd themfelves to meet again be-^ 
 fore it was lopg, and they had very good Reafon tgr^' 
 hope it. ^ 
 
 Ciirdini promifed Hyppfitui at parting, to take Care«*' 
 Julia'^ Letters fiiould be difpatch'd fafely to him, and^^ 
 his to Julla\ and he,to reward his Fidelity and encourage - 
 him to continue fo for the future, made him a confide- '- 
 rable Prefent. The Abbefs being told by CarJini^ that - 
 Hyicinth was recaU'd by his Father into Italyy was very-''* 
 forry thereat; but poor ^/^//^, notwithftanding fhe put * 
 all poffible Violence upon herfelf to hide Part of her " 
 Trouble, was not able to overcome it : He was no foon- 
 er got out of Sight, but fhe fhut herfelf up in her Cham- 
 ber, and threw herfelf upon the Bed, where fhe remain- 
 ed like one at the laft Gafp ; at laft a Torrent of Tears 
 feem'd to eafe her a little in her prefent Anguifh ; fhe 
 pretended to be fick, the better to indulge her melan- 
 choly Thoughts, and to avoid being feen : But in fome 
 Time after, fhe began to afRift herfelf afrefli, beyond ' 
 all mcafure, becaufe fhe had not heard the leaft News ' 
 from Hypolitus. She writ to the Earl of 5'//^a*, to know 
 whether he were come to Lonaoti, and whether her Fa- 
 ther was arrived in England? He return'd her an An- 
 fwer, intimating, that they were very uneafy at Lctidon^ 
 at their not coming, having heard no Tidings of cither 
 of them of late ; that my Lord Douglas being lately 
 dead, Hypolitus^s Prefence vvas abfolutely necefiary there, 
 to fettle the Affairs of his Family. Nothing being more 
 natural, than to take Things as we are apt to conce)ve 
 them to ourfelves, the unfortunate ^^^//Va would not be 
 perfwaded, but that her Lover was loft at Sea : At their 
 parting, fhe imagined that nothing could be able to en- 
 creafe her Affliction ; but alas! She foon found to her -^ 
 coft, that fhe was not come, as yet, to the Depth of ^ 
 her Mifericsr; and that Ihe herfelf vvas too, too inge-^ 
 
 I 2 niou^ 
 
173 H r P O L in u s, 
 
 nious in caufing to herfelf new AjfRidions ; for it was 
 not long» before flie faw herfelf en tajigled in more Trou- 
 bles than ever. 
 
 One Day my Lady Abbefs coming to fee her, hap- 
 pened to . drop a Letter out of Carelefinefs, in her 
 Chamber, which fhe had received that very Morning j 
 Ihe was no fooner gone out of the Room, but Ifabella 
 took it up, and gave it to Julia ; fhe foon knew it 
 tOibe the Earl oi Bedford' % Hand, fhe opened it tremb- 
 ling, and found in it thefe Words. 
 
 . „ J am ohligedy for I'ery urgent ReafonSy to leave London 
 immediately y in order to retnot'e Julia, and to put her 
 into a Placey njuhere Jhe may be more fecure and prinjate 
 than ivithjou. I ha-z'e got Notice that her Father nvi/I 
 jom he at London, and that he has got Intelligence 
 of her hei}^g at St. Menoux. Honvever, Madam, IJhall 
 ke?p the Obligations I oive you, in conjiant Remembrance ; 
 and be ready to return them^ as I ought to do. 1 am^ 
 Madam, nvith fill pojjible Refpe£I and ^cknorwledgmenti at 
 your Devotion. 
 
 The fair Julia was quite diftra£led with Thoughts, 
 at the Sight of this Letter; however, after having pau- 
 led upon it for fome Time, fhe judged fhe ought not to 
 fiay any longer in a Place where fhe was likely to be 
 expofed afrelh to the violent Treatment of her Husband. 
 Purfuant to this Refolution, fhe defired Cardini^ by Jfa- 
 belltty to come into her Chamber, under fome Pre- 
 tence or other, which he did ; fhe dcfired him to go 
 to MoulinSf to fell fome of her Jewels, to bu> with fome 
 of the Money, a Coach and Horfes , charging him to 
 keep the Bufmefs fecret, and to bring her an ordinary 
 Habit, the better to difguife herfelf in her Flight, and 
 fome Saddle-horfes, wnerewiih fhe intended, in the 
 Night-time, to go to Moulins. The chief Difficulty 
 was, how to get out ; but her Chamber looking into 
 the Garden, it was agreed, fhe was to defcend out 
 of the Window, by the Help of a Ladder made with 
 Cords, which Cardini promised to procure her; and 
 ^s good Fortune would have it, Parx of the Wall of 
 i^- the 
 
W'!Earl of Douglas; i^\ 
 
 the Garden being, a few Days before, tumbled dovvn» 
 they did not qoeilion but fhe might eafily get out tH^I 
 Way. ' .';' ^ 
 
 Every Thing Aicceeded without much Difficulty, jufl 
 as they had laid the Defign betwixt them i for Cardiiti 
 having full Liberty to go in and cjme out of the Abbey> 
 as he pleafed, be difcharged his Truft with the utmolt 
 Zealand Fidelity, and fafely ccndu£l'-*d her in the Night, 
 with Ifabella, to Moulins. Julia made no ftay there, 
 Hie prefented the Pifture-drawer with a rich Jewel, and 
 enjoy nM him to go t) London, to tell the Earl o^ ff^ar*- 
 tvick and HypoHtus what had obliged her to make her 
 Efcape with fo much Precipitation ; that flie was going 
 to Florence to her Sifter Lucilta^ where Ibe defired they 
 fhould let her hear from them. She did not think fit 
 to commit all thefe Things to a Letter, for fear it fhould 
 be loft, or that by fome Mifchance or other, it might 
 fall into my Lord Bed/onT^ Hands ; for Ihe fufpefted he 
 had intercepted fome of her or Hypolitus's Letters ; and 
 that this had occafioned the Rumour of her being at 
 St. Menoux. 
 
 Whilrt ihe was making the beftof her Way towards 
 Italy^ (he took all poftible Precautions to remain inco^ 
 hito, and to avoid the Sight of all fuch as, prompted 
 by their Curiofity, might be inquiiitive a'ter her Perfon ; 
 (for being fo extreamly beautiful, (he ufed to meet 
 with as many Adorers as (he met with Perfons that 
 faw her) but Cardlni having conduced her fome Part 
 of the Way beyond M(?w//;/j, return'd ftrait to St. /l/t'- 
 r?oa.v,leaft he (hculd befufpedled of having had a Hand in 
 y^AVs Efcape. He went to his ordinary Employment, 
 expefting every Moment to hear what Noiie this un- 
 expefted Accident would make in the Abbey. It was 
 already pretty late in the Morning, when one of the re- 
 ligious Ladies belonging to this Abbey, came to tell 
 the Abbeff, that the Door of Julias Apartment was 
 not opened yet ; that (he had calTd feveral Times Ifa- 
 bella.^ but that neither tie Miftrtfs, nor the Woman, 
 had return'd any Anfwer to her ; and that (he was 
 afraid there was fomething more than ordinary in the 
 Matter. The Abbefs, not a little furprizcd and di- 
 
 r 5 l^.urbed 
 
b.74 HT P O LIT U S, 
 
 "-fturbcd at what (he heard, immediately ordered the 
 TD6cr CO be broke open ; but coming into Julia' t Cham- 
 ber, and Ending (he had made her efcape out of the 
 Window, fhe was almoft diflradled what to do ; fhe 
 'fcrt fome in quell after Julia, ordering them to take 
 the Road to P/?m, net queflioning but that this was 
 ' the Place ihe would have recourfe to ; fhe knew r.6t 
 whom to charge with being acceflbty to her Flight, 
 till at lall thinking it could be no Body but the Pic- 
 ,tu re-drawer, ihe had him feiz'd j they fearch'd him, 
 -and put him into a Dungeon,' but all in vam, they 
 could not make him tell one Word that might tend to 
 the Prejudice of Julia. The Earl of Bedford is expeSIed 
 here e'very Day, faid the Lady Abbefs to her Confidents, 
 'he nvill ask me^ nvhat- is heco?ne of ''his Lady? What 
 muji I tell him ? Houo fivill he exclaim againji my Neg' 
 ' le^ ? And not ijoithout Reafon, Jtnce Iha've betn-fo care- 
 'lefs in keeping *what he cvmmifted 1o n,y care. She \ifas 
 thus tormenting herfelf, Nvhen one of her Coftfidents 
 'put her in the Head of an Expedient, which would, 
 ct leaft, put a flop to the Earl's coming, and fecure 
 her agaihil his Reproaches for Tome Time. Ifyouivill 
 follo'VJ my Jdvice, Madam, faid (he to her, / tuould 
 ha<ve you 'vjrite to him immediately, thai Juha. heing feiziSi 
 ivi'th a moft 'Violent Dijiempey, - dfd iviihin- a fe-tv D.iys 
 afier \ that yoiC Hot only took all' po£7ble caj-e of hfr /';/ her 
 lllnefs, but alfopiovididfr'her Funeral Obfequies 'ac- 
 cording to ler ^ality ; that fhe had given all her Jc'ivds 
 to her^ju liiing-Woman, and that therefore you had nothing 
 you could find to him, of nvhat fhe hod brought along 
 tvith her to the Abb e^. ^rhis Coritnvance was very \vell 
 reliih'd by the Abbefs, who 'refleiled not much upon 
 the Cinfequences thereof; ihe being a VVoman of very 
 good Quality, but Miftrefs of no great Share of Senie, 
 being ruled, in molt Things, by this ycung religious 
 Wom^n. -^It^o gave her this Advice. So ihe writ a 
 Letter, th'e Subilance whereof was according to what 
 they had agreed upon ; but poor Cardini was never the 
 better for it ; they kept him a great while fo ciofe a 
 ■ Piffoner, that he had not the leall Opportunity either of 
 juftifying hinifelf, or of writing to -any Body, 'to -let 
 
 them 
 
f 
 
 Earl of D o u G L A U • >75 
 
 them know what a Condition he was in. yu/ia had 
 the good Fortune to getto F/orencey without any fmifkr 
 Accident, but judging it abfoluteiy requifjte, not to go 
 to LuciUa\ Houfe, before fhe had feen her, and taken 
 fuch Meafures with her, as they fliould think molt 
 fuitable to her prefent Circumftances, fhe fent a Let- 
 'ter to her by Ifabella. 'Tis impoflible to exprefs the 
 Satisfaftion of Luciliat when Ihe underilood that her 
 Sifter v/as fo near her j (he had not, Patience to (lay one 
 Moment, but immediately went to fee her : They 
 embraced one another a thoufand Times, they told 
 cne another every Thing that can be faid or thought 
 the moft tender and obliging j and at lail agreed, Julia 
 (hould go for a young Widow, and a Kinfwoman of 
 luci/ia's, who was to (lay with her fome Time j flie 
 was to go by the Name of Hmvard, which being one 
 of the belt and moft numerous Families in Englandf it 
 would be a hard Muter to find her out by that Name. 
 She got a mourning V>rcUf fuch as Widows wear im- 
 mediately after their Husband's Deceafe* and (he midc 
 the Excefs of her Love, a Pretence for her Journey into 
 Italy t not being able to flay in a Place where fhe had 
 loft what was fo dear to her. 
 
 But what was the oddeit Chance of all in i\h A J- 
 venture, was, that at the fame Time (lie was in Mourn- 
 ing for her pretended deceafed Husband, .he wore his 
 mourning Apparel for her. The Abbefs of St. Me- 
 nouxh Letter came t?ime enough to my Lord Bedfor^^ 
 Hands to ftop his Journey for that 'J'lme : He was at 
 firft much concerned at the Lofs of a Wife, whom once 
 he loved fo pa(riOnately ; but her A b fence for fome 
 Time, the Caufs of Complaint he thought he had 
 againlt her, and his inconftant Temper, focn made him 
 forget Julia. Her Death was Icon known all oxer 
 London ; the Countefs o^ Douglas ^ and the Earl q{ Sujftx^ 
 were moft fenfibly afHi(^ed thereat ; and the Earl oUVar- 
 <u.-ick, who came into England not long after they re- 
 ceived this frtd News, was no lefs grieved thereat, than 
 W he had b.-cn fu'ly acquainted with all his Daugh.e s 
 Merits, Virtues and Beauty. Am I not to he pityd, 
 'Would he fay to his Friends, after fa hng^ afid rigorous a 
 
 1 4 CapH^'ity^ 
 
' Vtrp^Ity, ihahje leen forced to undergo, after Jo fbng 
 '^h Ah fe rice f rem my natit'e Couniryy to return thither on 
 Piirpofe,, as it 'were, to be ivfcimd of my Dattghter'% 
 J)ecith ; the only cne I had in the World y of rviom I ha've 
 heoi'd fo mitch fpoken to her Advantage, n.vhom I loved fo 
 tenderly, both for her hlcther''s and her on.vn fake, ivhom 
 I had -proniifcd as a Reward to that *ver)' Perfon, 1 o%ce 
 the highejl Obligations to in the World, and nx;ho is ready 
 to die for Grief on Account of the ill%eatment fhe rt- 
 csi'ves at her Husband's Hands. 
 
 -"•:'^ The Earl cf Bedford fent to dcfire him to let him 
 Rave the Honour of paying him a Vifit, but he wolIcI 
 not admit of it, becaufe he retained a very violent Re- 
 fentment againll a Perfon whom he look'd upon as the 
 Author of his Daughters Misfortune. Thus AJatters^ 
 went in London wlien Hypolitus arrived there, being 
 ftop'd by the Way by an unfortunate Accident : For 
 riding Poll from Paris to Calais, he fell with his Horfe, 
 and- endeavouring to difengage himfelf out of the Stir- 
 rop, put his Foot out of joynt, which proving extreamly 
 painful, he had much ado to get, by the Aflillance of 
 his Valet de Chatnbrey (becaufe he had fent his other 
 Servants by another Way for England) into the neigh- 
 bouring ViHage to have it f ut into its right Place again; 
 but the Country Surgeon, proving an ignorant Fellouv 
 mnce it rather worfe than better ; and the Violence of 
 the Pain throwing him into a molt violent Fever, he 
 was forced to tarry two Monthf, before he could conti- 
 nue his Jou ney. 
 
 ■■^ Ail this while he did not think it expedient to write 
 X'&yuliay for fear of afford. ng her frefli Matter of Grief,, 
 tho' what he did for her Repofe, ferved only to increale 
 her Inquietudes f his Silence almoll reduced her to Def. 
 pair; but alas; it was now his Turn to pay dearly for 
 tvnat he had made her fuftcron that Account; for he no- 
 feoner came to London, but was inform 'd, at the fame 
 '^J'ime, both cf his Father's and his Millreis's Death. 
 Ke could net, in the lealt,. call in QueiUon the Lofs of 
 hiis Julia \ my Lady Douglas had got the Abbefs of St. 
 I^Jenouxh LeJt.T, which fne fent to her Son, in hopes 
 this might -cure -him ©fa PafUon,. which hitherto lad 
 •' ■ -i tajfed 
 
Earl: of Dou6r^A§,^ 177 
 
 caufed all the Misfortunes of his Lift, at the Expcnc.; pf 
 all his Tranquilli:y, and prevented him f^om making 
 his Fortune in the V/jiid. ^.-^^^ \i - \y:-.\'\ 
 
 Hypolitus had been long enough at St. MenotiXy to 
 be well acquainted with the Abbeib's Hand writirg; fo 
 that at the Sight thereof, he could not dcubtany lo.iger 
 of the Death of his Aliilrefs, and confequently extip- 
 guifli'd that very Spark of Hopes that remain'd. hitherto 
 in his Heart. Where (V-a'l I fearch for Words capable 
 to leprefent you the Deipair the moll amorous and moll 
 faithful of all Lovers was reduced to? All that had been 
 faid hitherto concerning a thoufand Accidents of his Life, 
 and his fucceeding Pains and Grief ; the Marriage, the 
 carrying away, the Abfence of JtiUa ; all thefe, I iay, 
 bore not the leail Comparifon to what he felt at this 
 moA deploriible Conjundure ; he would fee no Hody, 
 nor fpeak to any Body, but to the Earl o^ Warwick, 
 and the Earl of Sujfex, and they were forced to have 
 Kccourfe to my Lady t>ouglas\ Alfillance ; who by her 
 Authority, and moll prefllng Inllance?, prevail'^l upon 
 him to take fome iSfourifliment ; he was fo far from 
 taking any Reft, that he fcarce ever would go to bed, 
 and on a Sudden k\\ into fuch a Languifliment, that 
 every Body thought he would never have overcome it. 
 
 One Day he communicated to the Earl of SuJJex 
 his Refolutionof fightirg the MixXo^BeJfordi this being 
 the only Thing which feem'd both to fupport his Cou- 
 rage and his Life. He defired him to go to the Earl of 
 Bedfcrdy and to engage him to appoint a certain Time 
 and Place where they might be at Liberty once more 
 to meafure their Swords, and to put an ilnd to a Quar- 
 rel which could not be decided but with the Lofs of the 
 Life of one of the two. The Earl did all he could fo 
 put Hvpolifus in Mind, that he oig'u not to hazard 
 his Perfon thus, at a Time when he was fcarce in a 
 Condition to ftand upright; he told him again, he was 
 fufficiently fenfible what he was capable of doing, an4 
 that Deipair would furnifli him with as much Strength 
 as he fhould have Occafion for ; that let Things come 
 to the worft, he could but fall in the Combat, and 
 that chat was not the Thing that would frighten him> 
 
 i I ana 
 
*^U8, H r P L ITU S, 
 
 and he urged the Matter fb home, and wiih fo much 
 JEarnellners lo the Earl of SuJ/ex, that leeing no Means 
 f.tp refufe any longer his Requeft, he went to the EaVl 
 . of BcJ/ord's : When he faw him, he found him under 
 .no fmall Irrefolution, what Anfwer he had bell to give 
 him. It was not very long fince he was well cured 61' 
 his Wounds Hypolitus gave him at Calais ; he had made 
 trial of his Courage, and knew what violent Motives 
 •induced him to challenge him. He told the Earl, th^t 
 |heir Majeflies had forbid all Manner of Duels, that 
 -v'ihe was ready to give him any Satisfaftion ; but that 
 to make the Thing appear in the Eyes of the World 
 lilte an accidental Quarrel, he would decide their Quar- 
 rel the firft Time Hypolitus and he fhould meet. 
 
 No fooner was the Earl of Sujjfex gone to carry his 
 
 Anfwer to Hypolitus^ bat the Earl o( Bedford goi every 
 
 .i^'^hing in Readinefs, and left £/7^/<7;:^ under Pretence, 
 
 that he had a Mind to go abroad to travel. Hypolitus 
 
 did all he could to find him out, but found too late, 
 
 t'jat hewas gone, to his infinite Diffatisfaf^ion, becaule 
 
 he had flattered himfelf wiih fiopes of facrifcing him 
 
 to the Memory of his adorable Julia. After this Dif- 
 
 appointment, feeing himfelf in a Place, where every 
 
 Thing feem'd to confpire to revive in him his deadly 
 
 -Grief, by recalling to his Mind the Remembrance of 
 
 'his fo dearly beloved Miflreff, he refolved to leave 
 
 Englandy and to carry his Fortunes along with him to 
 
 fome Place or other, where he hoped he might put an 
 
 End to them by a glorious Death. 
 
 The Earl ci' IVarivick feeing him abfolutely refolved 
 _ to leave his native Country, ofFer'd to take him along 
 with him to Malta, whither he intended to go along 
 with the Grand Con/er'vator of Montjerrat, who was 
 not long before come into England; and who at the 
 Interceifion of Cardinal Pool, had obtained from her 
 Majefty the Reftitution of all the Revenues belonging to 
 'the Maltefe Knights. Hypolitus was very glad to 
 accept of this Opportunity of f gnalizing himfelf, and 
 to run the fame Fortune with a Man, whom he Icvcd 
 like his Father, and honoured with a moll peculiar El- 
 teem for his great Qualifications. 
 
 The 
 
Ear i of Dou^LA|i^ -yVlO 
 
 The Earl of ^u'Tcx was a!f:) inclined lo make this 
 Campaign with them, having fome particular Reafons 
 
 ■.to keep for fame Time at a Diilance from Coort, be- 
 .;c ufe the Queen would not heaik n to his Petition, and 
 
 .of fcveral other Loids, who earneilly follicited, that the 
 Countcfs of AV/^<2v//>/<7/? might b^ received again into 
 
 •Favour ; but the Queen continued to fiiew her Hatred 
 to ths very Memory of her unfortunate Spoufe, in the 
 Perlbn of this fair Widow ; ani being not ignorant that 
 the Earl of Sitjex loved her moll infinitely, and was 
 very defirous . to -rmarry her, (he made it her Bufinefs 
 to crofs this Match ; and tolJ the Earl, ftie Ihould be 
 very well pleafed to fee him marry'd to the Daughttr qi 
 the Vifcount Montague, wiiom (he h id fent her Am- 
 bciilador along with the Bilhop of EU to Rome. This 
 Lord being upon his Departure, had recommended his 
 
 .Daughter to the Queen, defiring llie would fee her 
 well marryM j and the Queen, who had a great Kind- 
 nefs for her, and knew both the Merits, Birch and Ef- 
 tite of the Earl of .S/^'a;, thought Ihe could not beftow 
 hrr bctrcr than there ; but he refolving net to facrifice 
 his Pailion to his Forume, chofe rather to abfent him- 
 felf for fome Time, till the Queen might alter hci Sen- 
 timents, being very well pica ed to take thisOpportu- 
 ni:}- to enter into a llrictcr Tye of Friendfhip with hiin 
 who was his intimate Friend before, and either to ac- 
 fju ire Glory, or die together i fo they prepared every 
 'Fning for th?ir Voyage. 
 
 Hyfolitns v^diS unuilJing the Countefs cf Douglas 
 fhouid know any Thing of his intended Voyage, being 
 fenfiblc, that the Ttndernefs of a Mother, would n9C 
 very well agree with fuch a D-l^gn ; and that it might 
 prove the Occafion of new Vexation to him, not to 
 comply with her Defires ; fo he kept every Thing pri- 
 vate, which he might tafily do, having his whole Ef- 
 tate in lis own Hands. He left Etigland'm Company 
 of the Earl o'i War^':ick, .^nd the Earl of 5//^j:, wit-hout 
 letting any Body know whither they, intended to' go, 
 and H)pol/tus was reduced to fo.Iangaifhing and unfor- 
 tunate a State, that wherever he went, he expelled no- 
 thing clfe bat to lead a moll deplorable Life. -"Upoa 
 
 16 ^their 
 
l§<5 HTPOLI'rV'S, 
 
 their arrival at Malta, they found Things in no (mall 
 Confu'icn there, becaufe by a late moH dreadful Tempeli, 
 fome Galleys, befides feveral other Ships, were caft away 
 in the Harbour : An Accident which would have moved 
 the greateft Stranger to Compaffion, confidering the 
 great Number of Knights, of other Perfons of Note, and 
 of Slaves that loft their Lives upon this Occafion ; how- 
 ever a good Number oi Maltefe y whom they call Bon- 
 nc'voglies, becaufe they fcrve for very flendcr Pay at the 
 Oars, offered their Service upon this necefTitous Occafion, 
 long after Francis of Lorainy Grand Prior of Malta 
 came thither with two moft magnificent Gallies, curi- 
 ouily painted and gilt. This Prince made an Appearance, 
 in all Refpefts, fuitable to his iliuftrious Extrac1:ion ; he 
 was (as indeed all the rell of the Hcufe of Lorain are) 
 very liberal, extreamly handfom, gallant, brave and 
 magnificent. General Falette, upon his Arrival there, 
 refignM his Command to this Prince; and the Earls of- 
 Warnvick and SuJ/ex, and HypoHtus meeting with a very 
 friendly Reception from the Great Mailer, he prefented 
 them to the Prince of Lorain, unto whom they offered 
 their Services, and were received by him aboard the 
 Capitana^ or Admiral Galley, with all the Marks of 
 Diftinftion they could exped from their Merits, and the 
 Goodnefs of fo difcerning a Prince. He had three Gal- 
 lies, befides his own, under his Command ; they fail'd 
 to the Coaft of Barbary^ in Queft of Dragut Rais j but 
 they met and took a Brigantine of Tripoli^ commanded 
 by one A[fan Bahy, who informed them, that Dragut 
 Jiais did not intend to put to Sea this Year, becaufe he 
 was bulled in the Siege oi Tripoli. Upon this News they 
 faw them felves obliged to alter their Courfe, and to feek 
 for further Opportunities of fignalizing themfelves elfc- 
 whsre, which they did accordingly ; and thefe three 
 brave EngUJh Lords fhew'd fo much Courage and Con- 
 dud in all their A(^ions, that the Prince being extreamly 
 taken with tl^eir Perfons, beftow'd upon them fuch Em- 
 ployments as were worthy their Acceptance, and in 
 which ih^y met with frequent Opportunities of expoiing 
 their Perfons J which they did upon all Occafions that 
 o0i;F*d» cfpecially HypoHtus, who at ali Times was the 
 '•-; ' foremoil. 
 
 I 
 
Earl of Doubt AS. ' i3r 
 
 Foremofl, if any dangerous Attempt was to be made ; h\t^ 
 whilll they are endeavouring to facrificc their l»iyfs,J^ 
 us fee how Matters went in other Places. .' . ; r ,.;. „^ 
 
 'I'he Abbefs of St. Minoux^ perceiving by the Earl ot 
 Bedford's Anfwer to her Jail Lecter, that he adually be^ 
 lieved liis Lady to be dead, and had laid afide his J juf-* 
 ney into Francey thought beft not to keep the Pi(iture- 
 drawer any longer in Prifon, his Impiifonment being 
 foflr from having made him to confefs any Thing relat- 
 ing to Julia's Efcape, that they found him every Day 
 more and more obllinate. His Refolution proved the 
 Occafion of his Liberty ; and he had no fooner obtained^ 
 il, but remembring his Promife made to Juliay to go,* 
 into England, he undertook that Journey without Delay. 
 Coming to Lofidon, he made Enquiry after Hypoliiust and 
 the Earls of IVarnjoUk and Sujfex\ but was told, they^ 
 had not appeared at Court for fome Time palt ; and. > 
 notwithftanding all his Endeavours to find them out, he 
 could not fo much as learn where they were. He then 
 enquired after the Earl cA Bedford', and was informed 
 that fince Julia's Death, he led a very retired Life. 
 Car dint was mofl fenfibly afHiifted at the Death of fo 
 handfome and generous a Lady ; he imagined no ether- 
 wife, than that ftie died in her Way to Italyy over- 
 whelmed with Grief, and overburthened with the Fa- 
 tigues of fc long a Journey ; fo that finding he could do 
 no further Service at London, he went back to Paris^.-^ 
 Poor Juliay at the fame Time, lingred in Expeftationv' 
 of fome Letters, with the utmoft Impatience, withou; * 
 the leaft Probability of receiving any ; becaufe all thofe 
 from whom Ihe might expedl them with any Probabili- 
 ty, thought her to be before that Time in the other. /, 
 World, and never thought of her, except when they •- 
 bewailed her Death. 
 
 She lived with her dear Luciliay and pafTed for a 
 young handfome Widow, who had refolved to lead a 
 retired Life, without much Converfation in the World ; 
 and to fpeak the Truth, had it been in her own Choice, 
 fhe would never have ftirred out of her Room, and con- 
 verfed with no Body but Lucilia, The Inquietudes fhe.; 
 laboured under, as well for her father, as for her dear 
 
 Hypolitus, 
 
1^22 H TP O'LirU S, 
 
 I'i^ypolitus^ piodaced in her Eyes a certain Languish- 
 
 /^Hnjent, which encreaied her Charms. Ma^ar/t, faid the 
 
 .-;,Senator j^lbini to her, nui/l you be aizvays he<v}ailin'f the 
 
 '\£)ead? Arid at ike fame T^ime ^vill you Jfjcfiv no Com- 
 
 -fajfion for thofe ytu make to die for you ? He feconded 
 
 thefe Words, with To paflionate an Air and Lcok, that 
 
 • fhe fixed her Eyes on the Ground to avoid the Sight of 
 
 •him. My Lordy faid fhe in a very melancholy Tone, 
 
 / <vcijh you ^u.'vuld leave me to the Eajoymtnt of my 7roU' 
 
 blesy for I take a Sort of Plea fur e in aMiBirig msflf: 
 
 And in Eft'eft, the Senator's amorcus Addreffes furnifhed 
 
 her with frefli Matter of Vexation. 
 
 He was not fo far advanced in Age, as not to be ca- 
 pable of an amoioas PafTion; he had been a vtry hand- 
 .^ifome and galiant Gentleman j he was a Man refclute 
 and pofitive in his Opinion, and had more than once 
 been inclined to marry again, but that loving his Son 
 ; dearly, and knowing he could not doit, without is 
 rp^oving prejudicial to him, that Gonlideration had made 
 him not purfue that Defign ; but Julia appeared to his 
 Eyes fo handfome, a Lady of fo much Senfa and Dif- 
 creticn, that from the firil Minute he faw her, he fell 
 Tnoll paffionaiely in Love with her. His Ac^drcfles were 
 extremely trcublefome to her, which made her fome- 
 times take a Refolution to treat him fo fcurvily,.as to 
 cure his Eagernefs of naking his Addreffes tJ her : Fc. r 
 this Purpofe, ihe would Sometimes ridicule thofe of an 
 advanced Age, who ^fead Vanity enough to ipiagine 
 themfelves fufficiently capable of making a young Wo- 
 man fall in Love with them : * What can they pretend 
 ■ * to, faid Jhe^ but either to meet with a Refufal from 
 
 * a Woman of Honour, or to be jilted by thofe who 
 *' are of a contrary Stamp ? For my Pa-t I muft own, 
 
 * that were I capable of receiving an amorous Impreffion, 
 
 * there muil be foraething of Surpriie in the Cafe, my 
 'Eyes mull be dazled, my Fancy muft: be enchanted to 
 
 * fuch a Degree, that my Heart muft be mutinous a- 
 
 * gainll myfelf j and tliat before I could have Leifu.e 
 
 * fufH"cient to refiedl ferioufly upon the Matter : Thefe 
 
 * are Things which do not belong to thefe that are in 
 
 * their Decay, and the impreflioRS they ^ive, are too 
 
 * weak 
 
 ;jn-j 
 
Ear} of Douglas: 183 
 
 weak to turn to any confiderable Account to them: 
 'Tis therefore my Opinion, they cannot expcdt, with 
 Reafon, to be beloved, unleis it be after a long Ac- 
 quaintance, and a perfeifl Knowledge of their Merits : 
 And, after all, I cannot conceive how People fhould 
 in cool Blood expofe themfelves to the greateil 'of 
 Dangers for iiich a like Love to be. If we will but 
 never fo little give Ear to Reafon, wh^t monftious 
 Things does not fhe fet before our Eyes r So that it is 
 a Kind of Chimera for a Man who is pafl: his youth- 
 ful Days, to think himfelf capable of railing a Paf- 
 fion in a Woman, who is fcarce well arriveJ to an 
 Age of Maturity; but what is much more infupportable, 
 is when an old Woman pretends to infpire Love-Paf- 
 fion into a young Man ; Ihe then goes beyond her own 
 Element ; Love, which is a wanton Child, loves 
 Pleafures and Enjoyments, and a Woman mufl ba 
 Miftrefs of a great Share of a pleafing and engaging 
 Wit, who, without making herfelf ridiculous, can pre- 
 tend, in an advanced Age, to attain to the true Cha- 
 rafter of Love. An old Woman who laughs heartily 
 in Hopes to render her Converfation more pleafingand 
 agreeable, fliews moll: commonly a Set of Tetth e- 
 nough to frighten any Body ; nay, fometimes fhe has 
 none at all to lliew : and it happens fometimes with a 
 doating old Lover, that by a Alifchance his Peruke 
 drops olf, he fliews his bald Scull, and fo loofes all the 
 Advantage he had got before by his fair and long Wig. 
 The Senator hearker>cd to her Difcourfe with the ut- 
 moft Impatience : * You have fuch an Averfion, /aid he 
 
 * to her, for every Thing that has not as much Youth 
 
 * and Beauty as yourfelf, that it is vtry probable you 
 
 * will never be in Love. Oh ! How is it poflible for a 
 
 * Man to hope to pleafe you upon fuch hard Terms, ef- 
 
 * peciaily in Reference to Beauty? Bu-, Madam, will 
 
 * you give me Leave to tell you, thefe unhappy Men, 
 
 * in v/hofe Cafe you make yourfelf both a Party and a 
 
 * Judge, knowing how to make their Choice with the 
 
 * moll Difcretion, are confequently more refpe<ftful, more 
 
 * conftan^, more difcreet, and more devoted to that Ob- 
 
 * jea they love } Afcer having felt the Effefts of a thou- 
 
 fand 
 
i8|r H r P O L 1 TU'^, 
 
 * "fand trifling Engagements, . they found unworthy 40 
 
 * chaH^nge a Place in their H^rts, they at this Age 
 
 * make thdr Choice for good and all. What Satisfa<5lu>n 
 
 * is there in loving and being beloved, if the Flame -is 
 
 * of no longer Continuance than your Wild-fires or AJe- 
 
 * teprs, which make a great Shew, but never hokl, 
 
 * and are no fooner feen, but loft again. Thus they 
 entertained one another ; and in Spite of Julia s harfli 
 Exprefiions (without, however, applying them to him 
 in particular) in Spite of his Defpair, caufcd by her In- 
 differency, and his fecret Refentment, it was not in his 
 Power to pull out of his Heart that fatal Dart that had 
 wounded him. 
 
 Jiiliay at firft, forefaw not all the Danger that was 
 likely to attend it, and when fhe perceived ir, and 
 would fain have ftcped the Progrefs of aPaflicn fhe had 
 given Birth to, fhe found it was too late, and it was 
 not till then fhe began to be fenfible of all the Danger- 
 fhe was likely to be expofed to ; for the Senator, quit^ 
 tranfported with his violent Paffion, declared to her,^ 
 that unlefs fhe would confent to marry him, he was re- 
 folved and muft die: She did all that lay in her Power, 
 to reprefent to him the Prejudice fuch a Marriage would 
 do to Leander ; what Reafons fhe had to refufe a Match, 
 which muft prove ruinous to her Kinfwoman, and the 
 beft Friend fhe had ; and that ihe was fully refblved not 
 to change her Condition as long as fhe lived. All what- 
 ever fhe could fay, ferved only to afflicl, but not to con- 
 vince him. He told her at laft, fhe might do as fhe 
 pleafed, but that he was refolved to difmherit his Son ; 
 becaufe it was the Confideration of his Intereft, that 
 proved the Obftacle of his Happinefs ; he back'd his 
 Words with fuch heavy Threats, and fuch other Ex-" 
 iravagancies, as fufficieutly fhewed, that his Paflion 
 was arrived to the highcft Pitch, and that being unabJe 
 to keep himfelf within his due Bounds, Julia ought lo 
 fear every Thing at his Hands. 
 
 He was no fooner gone, but fhe went into Luciiias 
 Chamber, her fair Cheeks bathed all over with Tears: 
 ' Oh I dear Sifter, /aid Jhe to ber^ you are not ac- 
 fi ^quainted with all my Misfortunes y et. Your Fathex- 
 '^Vi'.;^4 * in* 
 
Earllf Do u G t as.-" iS;;^ 
 
 * in-law puts me To clofe to it» that I am ready. to rup 
 
 * diftrafted at it. You know you and I ufed now an4 
 
 * then to laugh at his Paflion ; but, alas ! 'tis no jed- 
 
 * ing Mattf r, he has conceive J a Pafiion, which, I fea^, 
 
 * will oblige me to leave ycu. Ke would have me 
 
 * marry hijn ; nay, he pofitively fays, he will ; and 
 
 * fpeaks of it to me, with as much Boldnefs as a Ty- 
 
 * rant would to his Slave. He knows what Authority , 
 
 * he has here, and I am afraid, I ihall be cbliged to 
 
 * go from hence, rather than put his violent 1 emper 
 
 * to a further 7>yal. Now judge of my Trouble i I 
 
 * liave had not the leaft News neither from my Fa- 
 
 * ther, nor from Hypolitus, thefe fourteen Months, 
 ♦'ftnce I have fneltered myfelf here with you; all that 
 
 * I have been able to learn hitherto, amounts only tJ 
 ** this, that neither my Father, nor your Brother ai'e 
 
 * til London : But, Great God! where can they be f 
 •^ J« it poflible, that after what Intelligence I Tent them 
 
 * from Sc. Menoux by Cardlnit I fhould be abandoned 
 
 * by both of them at once ? What ought I not to fear 
 
 * for them ? What ought I not to fear from my Hus- 
 
 * band ? And what ought I not to fear at prefent from 
 
 * the Senator ?' At thefe Words ihe found herfelf fo far 
 opprefled with Grief, that (he was forced lo ftop, 
 
 * Don't, my it^r Julia, /aid Lucilia to her^ don't give 
 
 * way to your AfRi^ions, beyond what you ought to do ; 
 
 * your Misfortunes are, Thanks to Heaven, net pad 
 
 * all Remedy; I am fatisfy'd it was for weighty Rea* 
 
 * fons, and fuch as we are not able to conceive yet, 
 
 * that the Earl of JFarnvick, and my Brother left Lon- 
 
 * don. My Mother, who is unacquainted, perliapr;, 
 
 * with the whole Matter as yet, will, dcubtlefs, find it 
 
 * our, and give us Advice of it before long : Nay, I 
 
 * dare almcft be confident, they will come hither to 
 
 * confummate your Delivtr.mce. As to what concerns 
 
 * year Spoufe, you need not ftand in Fear of him, as 
 
 * long as you are with me ; and for him who is fo im» 
 
 * poriunate to be your Husband, he niull be acquaint- 
 
 * ed wi.h what invincible OLftades lie in the Way, by 
 
 * that Means you will put a Stop to the Career of his 
 *• Paifion. You ar^ under -a Miilakea:.§ilkr,. /aid iMji?,- 
 
 inter' 
 
^^Si5 H r p o L I r tf'S, 
 
 ^^^ inten'uptihg her, the Senator will certainly give hist 
 ' the kart Credit to what we can fay upon that Head } 
 
 * every Thing that comes from us, will be fufpededby 
 '* him of Fallhood, and be lookM upon as a cunniag 
 
 * Contrivance of ours, to difappoint him in hia De- 
 
 * fign ; fo that I am fure, that the revealing of this Se- 
 
 * crer, which perhaps might prove a Means to be dii*- 
 
 * covered to the Earl q>{ Bedford y would prove of no 
 " * Eifeft in Refpeft of your Father-in-law. The belt 
 
 * 'Way to avoid his Importunities, feems to me to be, 
 ' to feek for Shelter for fome Time in a Nunnery, aod 
 
 * that with fo much Privacy, that he may not know 
 
 * whithei I am gone.' 
 
 This Expedient feemlng the bell and cafiefl; to Luci' 
 hay they went immediately to a Nunnery, where ihc 
 had a great Intereft ; but the amorous Senator, who 
 dreaded the Lofs of his Miftrefs, and who guefled by 
 what fhe had told him, that Ihe might cafily take fuch 
 Mcafures as were not agreeable to his Intentions, filled 
 not to keep a watchful Eye over all her Anions, and 
 thofe of Lucilia, and for that Purpofe, had, by Prefenps, 
 gained one of her Waiting- women, v/hom fhe not jn 
 the leaft miflrufted, fo that he had immediate Notice 
 given him of Julia & Defign to retire within a few Days 
 to a Nunnery. 
 
 He thought he fiiould have been (Iruck Dead upon 
 the Spot'at this Piece of News; he was convinced, by 
 the Refolution ftie had taken, that (lie had a great Aver- 
 ' fion to him, and endeavoured with all his might, to yan- 
 quifh a Pafllon which muH needs put him to unfpeak- 
 able Torments ; but in vain did he call his Reafon, his 
 Courage, nay, even his Refentment to his Aid; they 
 flood him in no Stead, againft the tyrannick Power, oi' 
 the moil cruel and moft violent Paffion that ever wa& 
 known: The very Thoughts oflofmg Julia, rekindled 
 thofe Flames he intended to extinguilh, and rekindled 
 them with lb much Violence, that he relblved to have 
 recourfe to all the mofl violent Remedies, lince neither 
 his Conftancy, nor his fubmiffive Addieffes, had b«en 
 able t-og,ain any Thing upon her to his Advantage; 
 
 and 
 
Etfrl^of Douglas. 187 
 
 ^and his Eagernefs foon furnifh'd him with Means to put 
 it in Execution. 
 
 Julia\ Lodging Room being below Stairs, look'd 
 into the Garden, and had a double Glafs-Door, facing 
 the middle Walk ; Ijabclla ufed to lie in a large Clofec 
 within her Room, but was then abfent, beingdetain'd, 
 on purpofe, by the fame Woman of Z«r///Vs, who be- 
 tray'd all their Secrets ; for Ifabella knowing her Lady 
 loved not to go to Bed, till it was ytiy late, was not {o 
 forward to be with her at that Time. The Door that 
 look'd into the Garden being fet open on purpofe to let 
 in the frefh and cool Air, Julia fat down to write ify 
 her Hypoiitus ; for though Ihe knew not whither to fend 
 if, (he fcarce ever mifsM a Day without writing one for 
 him, intending to fend them all in one Packet, fo foqn 
 as flic fliould know how to direft to him. She was writ- 
 ing the following Words. 
 
 /!t thff/e fihnt Hours, nvhen all the World feeks for Rsjf, 
 
 I break mine, my dear Hypoiitus, to eafe my /elf in tel- 
 ling y9u my Pains, /^las ! tbey are excej/lnje, and touch 
 me to the Heart. I cannot learn the liajl Nenxss of you ; 
 / kno-vj not lAjhat is become ofjm ; and, tho' I can't think 
 your Heart capable of Inconjiancy, I am/enjihle the ajju- 
 rances thou ha/} gi-ven me of thy FiltHty, are abfolutely 
 necffary for the Pre'fer'vath-i of my Life! 1 nvou'd not 
 take Care of th's Life, no lon2,er than I havi it to tender 
 to you \ t.lis beinr the only TLing that males it fuppor table 
 to met and fince the- Senator Albtxiihas declared his Pa* 
 JftJn to me, I 
 
 H^rt^hQ was furcrized to fee come into the Door, 
 three Altin in Mailis, who taking her in their Arm?, 
 while a fourth more carefully dilgLiiCed than all the rell, 
 
 II opt her Voice," by puaing a Hanckerchief into her 
 Mou-.h, carryM her av/ay, in fpite of all the Refiilanee 
 
 ihe was able to m.^ke ; they crofi'd the Garden with all 
 imaginable Expeditit»n, and it being late and vtry dark, 
 no Body in the Houfe perceived any 'Ihing of it. yu' 
 lia being pat into the Coach, they carry'd her out 6f 
 
 the 
 
the Gate of the Crof?. making the bell of their W^y 
 towards Siena; tiieythought fit to take their Road thrd' 
 the Mountains,' which being very trouSlefpme and urt- 
 ieven irt many Places, the Axle-tree of the Coach hap- 
 pened to break : The Nights being very fhort in the 
 Summer in ttaly^ Day began to appear, when one of 
 thofe that were along with yul'ia, and who feem'd to 
 have an Authority over the reft, feeing the Coach broke 
 in Pieces, ordered them to put her before him, he be- 
 ing onHorfeback; Ihe ftruggled, and kept them oiF 
 Vith more Courage and Strength, than could be ex- 
 jpe£led from one of our Sex ; * No, faid fhe, barbarous 
 
 * Wretch, thou (halt not make me Hi r from this Place, 
 
 * as long as I am alive: Thou haft violated the Law <5f 
 
 * Hofpitality. I fought for Shelter in thy Houfe, as 
 
 * in a Sahdtuary ; and after all this, thou carrieft me 
 ' * away by forde, and art my Perfecutor. She had fcarce 
 
 finifhed thefe Words, pulling away, ail this while, her 
 Arms, and ftruggling with thofe that were for fetting 
 her upon the Horfe j and the Refpeft they bore her, 
 together with her extraordinary Beauty, which fcarce 
 any Body living was able to withftand, inclined them 
 not to ufe her too roughly, or to make ufe of all their 
 Strength to force her upon the Horfe ; when they faw 
 eight Men well mounted and arm'd coming in a full 
 Gallop towards them j and the firft ihe caft her Eyes 
 upon, was the Senator Alberti. They advanced with 
 their Piftols ready cock'd, which was a fufficient Warn- 
 ing to thofe that had carried away Julian to think of 
 ilanding upon their own Defence. 
 
 Whilft they were engaged, fhe took the Opportunity 
 of making her Efcape ; and following a By-Path that 
 led her down from the Mountain into a Vale, ihe 
 walked a good Pace, and, as you may imagine, not 
 without a great deal of Pain ; and even afier fhe was 
 got fo far off, as not to hear the Noife of their Piftols, 
 jind had all the Reafon to believe, they had now other 
 Work upon their Hands, than to feek after her, yet 
 fhe was under continual Apprehenfions, leaft fome ope 
 Or other of them m;ght follow and overtake her. *; I 
 
Eail of T>ovG las:' 189 
 
 ♦ mufl fear every Thing, faid ftie to herfelf, as well 
 
 * from thofc that came to my Relief, as from thofe that 
 « carry'd me away. But who coald thefe be ? I verily 
 
 * believed it had been the Senator, whereas it was he 
 « that came to refcue me, and gave me this Opportu- 
 
 • nity of making my Efcape. She had no other Com- 
 panions, but thefe difmal Refledions, whilft her lender 
 Body being quite tired out with the Fatigues of the 
 rough and almoll unpalTable Ways, Ihe had almoft fpent 
 her Breath ; and as the leaft Noife fhe heard, put her 
 into fuch a Confternaiion, that without the leaH Regard 
 to herfelf (he ran among the nearefl Bulhes and Briars, 
 to hide herfelf, this poor Lady's Face was all coveoed 
 wjch Blood, her Hairs hung quite loofe, her Cloaths 
 were miferably torn ; to be ihort, (he was an Object 
 worthy the Compaflion of a Barbarian ; fo that now, 
 quite reduced to Defpair, without being able to think 
 what to do, fhe call her Eyes on all Sides, and by good 
 Fortune efpying in the Valley a Shepherd's Hut, fhe 
 jupde all the Hade (he couM thither. 
 
 In the Hut (he found a Woman bafy at Work, who 
 feeing her in fo miferable a Condition, ran towards her, 
 and received her with luch Marks of Corapaiiion, as 
 afforded fome Confolation to the fair Juliay under her 
 prefent Circumllances. If you will do me a Piece of 
 Service, which I will keep in perpetual Remembrance, 
 fa5d fhe to this good Woman, find out as foon as po(Ii- 
 bly you can, a Place where I may hide my felf, being 
 fenfible that it will not be long before they will be here, 
 to take me away by force. The Shepherdefs carried 
 her up, without lofing one Minute, into an old Grana- 
 ry, where they had laid up Provifions for their Houfe ; 
 and having fhew'd her a dark Hole, where no Bcdy 
 could poffibly find her out, (lie went down to Work 
 again. Soon after, two Horfemen came at full fpeed 
 up to the Door of her Hut, and ask'd her abundance of 
 Queftions concerning yulia^ whom they defcrlbed to 
 her, and would needs tell her, they were fure fhe had 
 feen her, threatning her, in cafe (he did not tell liieni 
 what was become of her; but the Shepherdefs anfwer- 
 
 cd 
 
190 H r P L IT US, 
 
 ed them with fo much Calmnefs, and apparent Sil^fi- 
 city, that they went their Way, '■ 
 
 So foon as ihey were gone, (he went into the Grana- 
 ry to comfort poor JuRa, aimoft half dead with Fear, 
 becaufe (he had heard the Senator AlbertC^ Voice : But 
 being told by the Shepherdefs, they were quite gone, 
 fhe gave her fome Milk and Bread, wafh'd the Blood 
 from off her Face, and attended her with a great deal of 
 Zeal and Charity. ^» V/? did not think fit to leave this 
 little Sanftuary, but rather refolved to tarry there for 
 fome Days, being uncertain what Courfe to take; fhe 
 dreaded, not a little, the Senator; but much more that 
 unknown Enemy of hers, who kept his Mask on, even 
 after they carry'd her oiF; (he judged, not without good 
 Reafon, that Ihe might much eafier ftand upon her 
 Guard againft one (he knew, and that fuch a Misfor- 
 tune as that, was much the lefler, in comparifon of 
 (landing in fear of all the World; < For, faid (he to her- 
 ' felf, as long as I d::n't know the Perfon that ufed me 
 < with fo much Violence, I (hall always be in fear of 
 « putting my felf undefignedly in the Power of thofe I 
 • ought to fhun, 
 
 Thefe different Refieftions caufed fuch a Confufion 
 in her Mind, as proved a great Addition to her Trou- 
 bles. The Shepherdefs's Husband coming home at 
 Night, Julia was obliged to give her Confent to make 
 him a Partaker in the Secret : He was an old Labourer, 
 but of good natural Parts, and foon gueiTing by the 
 Beauty and Apparel of his new Gueft, that (he was a 
 Perfcn of Quality, he was touch'd with Compa(rion at 
 her AfRidion. She ask'd him, whether he had feenj 
 any Horfemen abroad? He told her, he had feen feveral"]^^ 
 pafs by, and fome mask'd and wounded, riding full 
 fpeed; that one of them rid, on purpofe, out of his ^ 
 Way to ask him. Whether he had not feen a young ' 
 Lady all alone; and that he told them, he had not; 
 fo he went on with the reft. Julia not queftioning 
 but that they would go in queft of her, had one of the 
 worft Nights of jt that can well be imagined. By good 
 Chance (he had her Purfe and fome Jewels about her,' 
 
 being 
 
Earl of D o u G L iLs. . 191 
 
 being not as yet undrefs'd when they carry'd her away ; 
 fo (he gave fome Money to her Holls, to engage them, 
 fortheir own Sakes, to keep her Secret, and be (tr- 
 viceable to her. She told them, crying nioft bitterly ; 
 
 * You fee what a Condition I am in, I muft not ftay 
 
 * here, but look out for fome Place of Security; but 
 
 * pray advife me. What I had bed to do, to keep my 
 
 * felf from being known, for I am fo much overbur- 
 
 * then'd with Grief, that I am not capable of taking 
 
 * any Refolution. I would advife you. Madam, faid 
 
 * the Shepherdefs, to put on my Cloaths, and under 
 
 * that Difguife, you may be long enough without be- 
 
 * ing taken.' She approved of her Counfel, and willing 
 to try what a Figure fhe was likely to make under that 
 Difguife, (he drefsM herfelf like a Shepherdefs, but 
 ap^ear'd fo liandfome, notwithftanding all the Care 
 fhe took to conceal her Air and her Face, that both 
 the Labourer and his Wife, were then of Opinion, that 
 it was impofTible, under that Drefs, to difguife her Qua- 
 lity. At laft, after fome further Confiderations, the 
 good old Man advifed her to difguife herfelf under a 
 Man's Habit, and to pafs for a Pilgrim ; for being vtry 
 tail, fhe might pafs for a young Man. Looking upon 
 this as the moft fure and mofl feafible Way, fhe defired 
 him to go to Sien^y and to buy for her what was ne- 
 ceflary for that purpofe, and he went accordingly. But 
 whilil our Shepherd is on his fhort Journey, let us fee 
 how Matters were carry'd on at Florence. 
 
 That fame Night Julia was carried away by thefe 
 unknown Perfons, the Senator Alberti intended to have 
 feized her by force, thereby at leaft to fecure to himfelf 
 her Perfon, fince he found it impofTible to gain her 
 Heart. Ifabella^ as I told you before, had flaid fome- 
 thing longer than ordinary with one of Lucilia'% Wo- 
 men ; but fearing her Miftrefs might be ready to go to 
 Bed, fhe went to her Bed-Chamber, at the vtxy Mi- 
 nute after ihe had been carry'd off; fhe found her Veil 
 torn in Pieces, her Table, Candles and Cand'efticks 
 upon the Ground; and not feeing her Millrefs, imme- 
 diately fjufpefted fomething of an ill Accident to have 
 
 befalieB 
 
19^ HTPOLITUS, 
 
 befallen her. She fet up moft deplorable Outcries, which 
 alarmed the whole Houfe ; but efpecially the Senator, 
 who wa3 then juft preparing every Thing to put his 
 Defign in Execution. Coming into the Room, and 
 not feeing yulia there, he was ready to run diftrafted, 
 not queftioning but that (he was carried away ; and all 
 his Men appointed for his before mentioned Purpofe, 
 being ready at hand, he went without Delay in purfuit 
 cf thofe that had carried her away. 
 
 When they came to the Gate of the Crofs, they were 
 informed by the Guards, that they had given them 
 ibme Money to keep it open, under Pretence, that a 
 Coach with fix Horfes was to go out there that Night, 
 to avoid travelling in the Heac of the Day. The Sena- 
 tor y^lbertiy accompanyM by Signior Lenndery who was 
 got out of Bed, and attended by thofe that were to be 
 made ufe of on the fame Account, purfued and over- 
 took them ; they fought and foon put them to flight ; 
 their Leader with his Followers made their Efcape crofs 
 the Mountains, except one, who being mortally wound- 
 ed, was not likely to go far, nor live long. Leander 
 feeing him drop from his Horfe upon the Ground, 
 pulled ofF his Mask, and did all he could to make him 
 give him fome Infight into this Adventure. But all 
 he could get out of him was, that he believed his Ma- 
 Ikr being in Love with Julia^ had, for a confide/able 
 Time, been refolved to carry her away by Force ; but 
 what had made him haften to put his Defign in Execu- 
 tion, was, that one of the Senator y^/^^r//'s Servants, 
 whom he had debauch'd by Money to facilitate his En- 
 trance into the Houfe, had informed him, how fhe Sena- 
 tor, his Mailer, intended to feize her by Force the felf 
 fame Night. Lennder ask'd him the Name of his Ma- 
 fter ; unto which he reiurnM no Anfwer, but only told 
 him, with a weak and incoherent Voice j * Sir, I am 
 • at the Point of Death, pray leave me a hvi Moments 
 ' to think of my Confcience i' and fo he dy'd within a 
 Quarter of an Hour. 
 
 The Senator A'lberti, upon his Return to Floretife, 
 foand hijnfelf reduced to fuch a Degree of Defpair, as 
 
 cannot 
 
cannot well be expreffud? at laft he remembered that he 
 had fa ken up a Piece of. Paper not folded up, mjuliui 
 lloom, whicti he thought was wrirtei) with her own 
 Hand; he looked for ic and found it in his Pocket'; 
 and having peruied it, was . convinced, to his Grief!, 
 that Ihe loved fomebody effe, and tliat it was probable 
 this was tlie Motive that induced her to receive his Ad- 
 da fles with fo much Sccrn. 1 hoped at lea]} ^ faid he to 
 himfelf, that Jhe had an hidifferency for all the. World ; 
 and that conjequently my Cafe cwas not nuorfe than others ; 
 but alas ! I find my f elf deceived! Tits d^ep Melancholy 
 that appeared in her Countenance and Actions^ ^ivas occa- 
 fioned only hy the Ahfence of her Lover ; and all the ft' 
 njere and ill Treatment I received at her Hands ^ nj.-ere 
 fo many Sacrifices offered to him. He was ruminating 
 a long while, who this dear HypoUtus could be, he faw 
 meniioned in her Letter; and recalling to his Mind Lu~ 
 cilia-^ Brotiier, the fame HypoUtus whom he knew to 
 be fo handfonie, fo full of VVit, made to love and to be 
 beloved, he began to fear leall he ihould be his Rival. 
 Ho'w Ought lio treat hi7ny faid he, Good God ! Cant I, 
 at this Age ^ have the Confidence to difput£ fo fair a Con- 
 queft <u>ith him ? Tranfpor-ted with thele furious Reflec- 
 tions, without hefitating any longer upon the Matter, 
 into Lucilia'^ Chamber he goes, and accofling her; Set 
 my Heart at eafe, dear Daughter, faid he, you have a 
 Brother, wchom I have jeen here, pray tell 7ne, is it he 
 that loves the fair Englifli Lady that nxjas carried avuay ? 
 / coHJitre you to tell me the Truth nvithout the leaf Difguife. 
 Lttcilia paufed a while upon what Anfwer il-»e was to 
 gi'vc him, which making the Senator fufpe(fl fome My- 
 iiery in the Thing, he urged her fo far Home, that fhe 
 could not refufe any longer to give him the whole Re- 
 lation of Julian Affairs. He was fo much furprized, as 
 to be almoll irrconfolable, for having importuned her 
 with his Paffion ; Tou 'would have faved me Abundance 
 cf Trmible^ faid he to Lucilia^ had you thought me fooner 
 *v.'Otthy of being your Confident ; you 'were ^well acquainted 
 nvith the beginning of my Pcifiiont as n.vell as ivith the 
 Jlenih'r Progrefs 1 ^cas likely to make, and^at the fa^e 
 Time you have not ftopped the Current of my Pajton, 
 
 K 'which 
 
194 HXP L 11 US, 
 
 <i,vkkb you fee is 7io^ upon the Point of fivailoiving me vp 
 into an Ahyfs cf Mifoy. He leaded her with bitter and 
 ihaip Reproaches, and left her abruptly, fo far over- 
 whelmed with Love, Anger, Jealoufy and Pain, that i 
 he took his Bed immediately, being feized with a burn- | 
 ing Fever, which in a few Days I'ime put an End to 
 his Life, being much regretted by his Sen and all his 
 Friends. 
 
 Whilfl they were bewailing the Senator's Death at 
 Florence, the unfortunate Julia, now difguifed under a 
 Pilgrim's Habit, having given a fufficient Reward to her 
 kind Hoils, and enjoined them to deliver a Letter to Lu- 
 cilia^ wherein Ihe gave an Account of her intended 
 Journey, left her Shepherd's Hut, and took the Road 
 towards Bologna^ with an Intention to go from thence to 
 Rome, and fo further to Venice, in Hopes to be fo hap- 
 py as to meet there with her Father, or, at leaft, with 
 fome of his Friends ; who, upon his Accounr, would 
 afFcrd her fome Shelter in a Convent, where ihe might 
 flay till fli3 could appear abroad without Danger. All 
 this while the four Horfemen in Masks, who had feized 
 and carried her off by Force, were conftantly in her 
 Thoughts : After a thoufand Reflcdions, (he began to 
 think it might perhaps be the young Marquis of Sitrot- 
 %i ; he was defcended of one of the moft illuflrious 
 Houfes of Florence t his Father had fent him abroad a 
 travelling, and upon his Return, happening to {eejulia^ 
 he was ftruck with an Admiration beyond what is com- 
 monly cbferved in Men, when they have only a gene- 
 ral Inclination for a hand fome Woman. He was a Per- 
 fon of Merit, heAvas brave and daring; znd Julia had 
 heard certain Stories told of him, which had fome Re- 
 femblance to her Adventure; befides, that being a Fie- 
 rentine^ he needed not fo much fear the ill Confequences 
 of carrying away a Stranger, who being out of her 
 own Country, was not likely to have Friends enough 
 there to revenge her Quarrel, fo fhe concluded it mufl: 
 be the Marquis of Strotzi, that was the Author of her 
 prefent Calamities. 
 
 She appeared fo very fair and handfome, even in this 
 pilgrim's Habit, ;hat ihe had enough to do to hide her 
 
 Face 
 
Earl of DoUGL As.'"^^ 195 
 
 F^ce from being taken Notice of by every Body that 
 faw her. She had cut her Hairs in the fame Way as 
 the Men wear them, hanging carelefly in Locks over her 
 Shoulders, and not in the leaft changed by the Heat of 
 the Sun, no more than her Complexion. She made but 
 (lender Days Journeys, becaufe her tender Feet were 
 not able to bear the Fatigues of a long one on Foot ; (hs 
 had already pafTed the Fierofola^ feated on the great 
 Road of the Appennin Mountains, and was going on to- 
 wards Bologna, when coming into a moft delicious Wood 
 of Orange and Pomegranate Trees, when it was pretty 
 near Sun-fet, much tired with that Day's Work, Ihe 
 ivas invited, by the mumuring Noife of a moil pleafant 
 Brook, to take a little Rell upon the green and fvveet- 
 fcented Herbs that grew in great Plenty near it ; fo lay- 
 ing her Head upon the Root of a Tree, the Brandies 
 whereof ferved her inftead of an Umbrello, fhe took off 
 her broad Hat, nnd her VVearinefs made her infenfibly 
 fall into a found Sleep ; but it was not long before (he 
 was awakened with no fmall Surprize, and much more 
 Pain ; for fhe felt a Dart flicking in one of her Legs, 
 and at the fame Time heard the Noife of the Horfes, 
 Dogs and Hunter?. She made a doleful Outcry, en- 
 deavouring at the fame Time to pull the painful Dart 
 cut of the Wound, when fhe faw coming that Way, 
 three Ladies on Horfeback, fo handfome, of fo goodly 
 an Air, and fo gallantly and nicely dreffed, that fhe 
 feemed not to be fenfible of her Pain, for fome Time, 
 whilll fhe had the Satisfa«5lion of contemplating them. 
 One among them had a Bow faflened to her Girdle, 
 and a Qaiver with Darts upon her Shoulders, fo that 
 one would have taken her for Diana amongll her 
 Nymphs. This charming Lady feeing the Pilgrim's 
 Wound, told him Ihe was much concerned, and greatly 
 diflurbed at his Misfortune, it being, queflionlefs, her 
 that gave it, becaufe fhe knew the Dart. What Fatality 
 brought you in my Way, juft ivhen I only intended to di- 
 'uert my/elf and thefe Ladies, in Jhenjoing them my DeX' 
 ferity F Certainly ive are both njery unfortunate Per/ons ; 
 you to feat yourfelf in this Place, and I to 'vjound you 
 thui by meer Chance, Tour Compajftm, Madam, laid 
 
 K 2 Julia 
 
196 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 Julia with a languifliing Air, is fufficient to allay my 
 trouble on Account of the Wound you gwve me. 1 ccuit 
 telly replied the fair Lady, njohether it may pro^e a Com^ 
 Jar t to yoUy but am fenjible 1 feel a great deal of Pity 
 for you, and to make, in fame Meafure, a Reparation 
 for the III I ha--ve done you, pray come and Jiay at my 
 lioufe till you are fully cured. She then ordered oae 
 of her Attendants, to bind up the Wound as well as 
 he could, to put him in her Chariot, and carry him 
 Home. 
 
 Julia., confidering her prefent Circumftances, judged 
 ihe could not do better than to accept of her Offer j fo 
 fhe returned herThanks to the Lady for her Generofuy ; 
 and the before- mentioned Servant being witli her in the 
 fame Chariot, told her, his Miilrefs had been married 
 but lately ; that fhe was of the Family of Becarelh, 
 well known at Bologna ; that (he being the only Child 
 her Father had, and he being unwilling to fee his Name 
 extindl with his Death, had relolved to pitch upon one, 
 who would take both his Name and his Arms, for his 
 Son in-law, and fettle a confiderable Eilate upon them. 
 7he Lady that ganje you this Wound, continued he, is a 
 Lady of Merit and Wit ; her Husband, nuho^ at prefent^ 
 is knonvn by the Title and Name of the Marquis of Beca- 
 relli, ha^'ing been abfent for fome Time, his Lady ufed to 
 ditert herfelf nvith Hunting, and other fuch like Diver- 
 Jions prahifed among Perjbns of her ^lality ; aiid that 
 thofe Ladies, he fa'vj <vj:th her, nvere either lur Kinf- 
 sivomen or Neighbours, He then asked Julia whither 
 ihe was going ? Tou feem, faid he to him, to be fome- 
 thing bepfid ^vhat your Habit difcovers ; / dare be cer- 
 tain you are of noble Extras ion. Lfcarce knonv ^vhat 
 I am, replied Julia fighing ; but to fatisfy your Curio- 
 fity, I am ivilling to let you hnoifj, that my Name is Syl- 
 vic, that I am going to L^retto i and that my ill Fortune. 
 has reduced me to fuch a Condition, as 7iot any more to 
 fear its Infults hereafter. Tou tell me all in afenxj Words, 
 faid the other ;^i^/, according to my Judgment, a Per- 
 fon Jb handfome as yourfelf, can farce ha^ve fufficient 
 Caufe to appear fo jnicch afflided as you do. Thus they 
 entertained one another till they came to the Country- 
 2.%-:<ii i '■ Houfe, 
 
Earl of Douglas. 197 
 
 Houfe, where this Stranger was lodged in a very hand- 
 fome Apartment, 
 
 The Marchionefs had a Vakt de Chatnbre, who being 
 a tolerable good Surgeon, drelTsd Svh>io''s Wound, (or 
 io we muft call yu/ia, at leaft, for fome Time) the 
 Wound was very deep and painful, but without any 
 malignant Symptoms^. The Marchionefs no fooner re- 
 turned Ho;ne, bit flie went with the two Gentlewo- 
 men that were a Hunting with her, into the Pilgrim's 
 Chamber, and the Servant haviig told her their Dif- 
 courfe upon the Road, fhe agreed with him in Opinion, 
 that there was fometliing (o noble and great in his Phy- 
 fiognomy, as made her imagine he muft be a Perfon of 
 Quality. She ftaid not long with him at that Time ; 
 but fhe carried away within her Heart, his Idea in fo 
 lively a Shape, that under Pretence of Hofpitaliiy, (lie 
 foon came to fee Sylvio. Are you Jomenjjhat h^t/er, hid Ihe, 
 with a very obliging Air, and ha-ve you fa much Good- 
 nefs af fa pardon me for the 111 I hwve dove jm. Oh' 
 Madam, faid he to her, bonv little are ym acquainted 
 ivith my Temper, if you think I can he concerned at fo ia- 
 fignifcant a Wound? I declare to you ^ I think myfdf 
 happy to ha'Ue received it by your fair Hards. The Mar- 
 chionefs did asif Ihe had nor underftood thefe lail Words ; 
 but thefe gallant ExprefGons touched her to the Kcarr, 
 imagining fhe had made as deep an Impreil:cn on \\tT 
 handfome Stranger's Heart, as he had on ies. She 
 had a young Woman who w. s both her Companion and 
 Confident, nan[>ed Eugenia ; Did ycu e^ver fee any Thing 
 fo beautiful and chartning as this yovng Sylvio ? laid file 
 to her, do you take Notice 'what Looks he cafts at me ? 1 
 read it in his Efes ', atid the Confufion he has raifed "xvith- 
 in my Heart, puts me under fo much Perplexity, that I 
 am refolved to fee him no more. And ihe adually fo far 
 prevailed over her Inclinations, as not to come into Syl- 
 t'io^s Chan-b?r for feveral Days after, under P;erence, 
 that fhe was not very well, for fear her Servants fliould 
 take Notice of it ; but tlio* fhe did not fee him in Per- 
 fon, her Thougliti were iilways with him. 
 
 She became very mch'.nchcly, and delighted in foli- 
 tary Places only ; fo that my Lord Becarel/i, her Fa- 
 
 K 3 thcr. 
 
198 H r P L I T u s, 
 
 ther, who lived at BologMCy and came frequently to fee- 
 her, was not a little furprized and diftnrbed to fee fuch 
 an Alteration in her. '^I wo or three Days pafled, when 
 at laft the Alarchionefs pafling accidentally by Syh'h^ 
 Chamber, had not Power enough to forbear going in ; 
 flie found him in Bed, and oblerved by his red Eyes 
 and Voice, that he had been weeping, and believing no 
 otherwife, than that it was her long Stay that had caufl 
 ed his Pain, (he foon found fhe had gained but little 
 Ground, by not feeing and fpeaking to him ; but that 
 her Heart was lofl paft Relief, as foon as flie found flie 
 had fo tender a Part in his Remembrance. Honv do you 
 doy Sylvio, faiJ ihe, you feem to be o'verivhelmed nvith 
 ^adnefs. Madatn, replied he, it is becaufe I a?n not yet 
 acciijiomed to my Misfortunes ^ they feem No'velties to me 
 every Day : But, continued fhe, / am afraid, you are 
 too ingenious in framing your o-rvn Misfortunes in your 
 Thoughts. Not Madamy replied he, 1 dorCt invent any ^ 
 hut ivhat 1 adualiy am <very fenjible of', but I mufi alft 
 <r..^fefs to ycuy thai on the other Hand^ I do not Iwe to 
 "utter myfeif They remained both very penfive for 
 ffime Time ; the Marchionefs quite taken op with her 
 Pallicn, verily believed Syhio to be in Love with her ; 
 and Syl'vio, without taking Notice of the languiftiing 
 Looks and Sighs of the Marchionefs, thojght of no- 
 thing but her own Misfortunes and her dear Hjpolitus. 
 
 The fair Marchionefs returning to her own Apart- 
 ment, became more and more fenfible, that Syl-vio was 
 infinitely dear to her ; which put her under no fmall 
 Perplexity. IVhen I reflect upon my prefent Condition, 
 faid fhe to Eugenia, I find nothing hut nvhat ?nuji carfe fne 
 the higheji of Afiiciims : The nvorj? of all is, my Frailty 
 of loving him ; m^ Frailty, I fay^ nvho being novj no more 
 my oivn Mifircfs, cannot fo much as figh for another Man, 
 but for my Husband, ^without corr.mitting a Crime both 
 againji hi7n and his Honour ; hefides, pray, dear Euge- 
 nia, confider ivhat other Difgraces are likely to attend it. 
 I knovu not vjho this Sylvio is, he is a Stranger ivhom I 
 7)iet accidentally in a Pilgrim'' s Habit ; he may, perhaps, be 
 of mean Birth, and altogether undffer-ving of thofe tender 
 Sentiments I have for him ; but vjhat is mofl certain, is^ 
 
 that 
 
Earl cf DouGLAs.H 199 
 
 that I mull lofe him^ a7id mull loj'e him for e<ver' Oh A 
 fatal Dart ^ dy'd (he, the Wound thou gan}cjly mjiltjorjU''. 
 er be healed, than that 'I'^hich this lovely Stranger has 
 made in my Heart, 
 
 The Marchionefs forbore, for feveral Days, going in- 
 to Syhio's Apartmsnt ; but fo foon as he found nim- 
 feif in a Condition to ftir a little, he judged it his Duty 
 to go and pay her his Refpefts : He obferved her to co- 
 lour feveral Times, when he fpoke to her, and ima- 
 gined fhe was out of Order : but out of Refpecl durlt 
 not ask her. She dclired him to fit down by her, and 
 having lookM upon him for fome Time without fpeak- 
 ing ; at laft, faid fhe, Sylvio, you njoill Joon be in a Con- 
 dition to league us ; but before that lime comes, nvill you 
 not be fo complaifant as to let us knonv the Nufne of him 
 nvhom 1 nvounded ; and on 'vjhofe Account 1 ha-ve been f9 
 much difcompofed ? Madam, faid he, 1 am an uvfortu»ate 
 FerfoHy uwworthj your majt obliging Care and Cwiofty. 
 My Birth and my Fortune are both of no great Cokfdera' 
 tion, you fee me in my true Station. I am no more than 
 twhat I appear to you to be. lou fay a great deal^ 'wbiiji 
 you fay notbingy icplyM the Marchionefs ; if ytu aye 
 fucb as you appear to me, I farce knoFW any TbiTsg that is 
 above you '» and fince, perhaps^ certain Rcafons oblige ycu 
 not to difcover your true Quality-, pray tell me, at Itafiy 
 nvhether you are in Love P I don't ask you this ^fion 
 to engage you in any particular Account, any further than 
 you are inclined to gi^oe it. Hovje-'jer, tell me fencer eh, 
 ^whether you have not fome peculiar Confederation for ?n€? 
 This Quellion reviving in Sylvia's Mind liis part Mis- 
 foitunes, fhe fetched a deep Sigh ; Tes, Madam, la;d he 
 with a tender Air, / muji covfefs 1 love, but ^tis vuith- 
 out Hopes ; and am by Fate defegned to be the mof unfor- 
 tunate Perfon on Earth. The Marchionefs, tiy thefe 
 Words, being confirmed in her former Opinion, that he 
 loved her, bluihcd, but would not lit': up her Eyes, nor 
 return an Anlwer. After having paufed a while. Then 
 are you to leave us,^ Syivio, ibid ihc, ahd -zvill you fome^ 
 tifnes think of ??ie, after you are gone r' 1 fall fooncr net 
 remember mfelf, replied he, Madam, believe me, your 
 Gocdiicfs tovjards me, vjHI never be rafed out of ?n^ 
 
 K 4 Ihart, 
 
k2oo H r p o L 1 r us, 
 
 Ifeayt. So, fearing he fhould be troublcfome, he re- 
 lUrnM to His own Apartment. 
 
 yllas ! I am upon the Point of loafing you ^ /oi'f'^ Silvio, 
 C:y'd (he, fj foon as fhe faw herfelf at Liberty to bemoan 
 her Fate ; you are juft ready to leave u- ; and, after all, 
 I am 'very much decei<v£d, if you. dont lon:e me : But nvhy 
 ivontyoufrid out fame Pretence or other, to (lay fome~Lvhat 
 longer in the farne Place 'vjh ere I am F The Reafon is, 
 hecaufe you think me not frail enough to lome you ; and you 
 fear leji you Jhouli engage too deep m a fuitlefs PaJJion : 
 tVell, avoid the Sight of me, charn.ing Sylvlo j y?j? from 
 mCy 1 am contented you Jhould', your Prefence ferrjci only 
 to encreafe my Misfortune j and, perhaps^ luhen I fee you 
 no more^ 1 may ceafe to love you. She faid no more, her 
 'fears flop'd her Voice, and detained her in her Clofet 
 for fbme Tinie after. Syln;io did not vifit her the next 
 Day, nor did meet with any Opportunity of fpeaking to 
 her for feveral Days after ; but then finding himfelf well 
 enough to continue his Journey, he paid her a Vifit, to 
 return his moft humble Thanks to her for all the Favours 
 he had received at her Hands, and to take his leave of 
 l;er: He told her, he was rot in a Capacity to return 
 her any effei^ual Thanks, and fhew his Acknowledg- 
 ment, but that he would make it his Bufinefs to make 
 known to the World, in all Places wherever he Ihould 
 tra\ el, that her Generofity vvas not inferior to her great 
 Deferts and Beaut/. The Marchlonefs put an almoft 
 unfpeakable Conftraint upon herfelf, to conceal the 
 Pain fhe felt within herfelf at this cruel Separation : Go, 
 Sylvio, go, faid Ihe to him, dfcharge your Vo<ijjs \ I pro- 
 mife you, 1 ivill fe7id up mine to Heauen, for the Profpg- 
 riiy of your Life. He tclJ her, he intended to go away 
 to morrow Morning at Day-bieak ; and they parted in a 
 few Minutes after. 
 
 It b.Mng an exceiTive hot Night, he threw hiirifelf upon 
 \\Vi B;.^d, without pulling off his Cloaths, in Hopes of 
 getting a little Relt to purfue his next Day's Journey 
 with the m re Eafe ; the young Pv'Jarchionefs, at the 
 fame Time, having not Refolution enough to let him 
 go away without feeing him once more, and bidding 
 him farewei, got out o^ her Chamber; and it being a 
 
 br.ght 
 
Ear/ of T)ou GL AS, 201 
 
 bright Mo n light Night, (he made noUfeof a Candle; 
 befides that, bcirg fenfible fhe fliould be apt t> fay 
 fomething very te.ider to Sy/v/o at parling, Ihe fliOuld be 
 tl-.e lefs afhamed, when he did not fee her blulh ; fhe 
 alfo refolved to prefent him with her Piifljre, in hopes 
 that this tender Teft'.mony of her kind Sentiments, would 
 prevail upon him to keep her always in his Remem- 
 brance. The Curtains of Sjlvio^s Bed being not clofa 
 drawn, flie faw his Hair fpread carelefly over his Shoul- 
 ders; he was fait alleep, and his beautiful Face put tiie 
 Marchionefs in Mind of that of C«//V, when P/ych^ c&mQ 
 to make him a Vifit. O/'/ Sylvio, faid fhe, cafting her 
 amorous Looks at him, ivere it foy that I had made 
 Jome In:preJJions of Tendernefs in thy Hearty thou couldll 
 not Jleep fo fouudly at a T'jne ivhen thou art juj} u^on the 
 Point of halving me! Is it poffihle^ that at the fame li^r.e 
 thy Departure is likely to coll me fo dearl\;^ thouf?ouldcji 
 lie at thy oivTiEafe, ivithcut the leaf Difurbancc? How- 
 ever, wanting Courage to awaken him, Ihe drew nearer, 
 and by the Brightnefs of the Moon, having a fuflicient 
 Opportunity of viewing his Charms a;id contemplating 
 all his Pcrteftion?, What is it cj': fand in Competitim 
 iv'th thes in the Uui-i'erfj F fa'd file witii a low \^oice and 
 ^fuU of Admiration ; Who can reprefent all thy Beauties ? 
 Who is able to a<void their Force ? Thus (lie fWallow'd by 
 Degrees tiie Poifon which this fair Siranger's Charms 
 conveyed infcnlibiy into her Heart. She put her Pidure 
 into his Pocket, flattening herfelf thu he v/ould be moll 
 agreeably furprized, when he fliould find there (o dear 
 and prec'oas a Prefent a: a Time when leall of all lie 
 expedled it: At lail, quite overcome by her Paflion, (he 
 could net fo.b-T.r to put her Mouth to hi5, and to em- 
 brace him with fo much Eagernefs, that it feem'd as if 
 llie v/ould- never let go her Hold again : But, Good Gcd, 
 guefs at her Amazement, when (he felt herielf wounded 
 with a Dagger by a Man, whom fhe fo^n knew t3 be 
 the Mar.;uis 5f<.v7;W//, her Husband, and who no fooner 
 left her, but wen: to>varcs vyln;io to revenge himfelf 
 upon him. Being throughly awakened at the Noife, 
 a'l.i not a little frightned at theappproaching Danger, he 
 £.0; up as fait as he could, in order to make his Ef- 
 
 K 5 cape. 
 
202 H r P L J T U S, 
 
 cape, but received a Wound in the Arm, by the fame 
 Hand that Jmd wounded the Lady. This Man, turn'd 
 quite furious with Jealouly, was a going to fecond his 
 Blow, had he not been prevented by two Genilemen, 
 who bfing his Confidents, llopM his Hand, and put him 
 in Mind of what Projed; liad been concerted betwixt 
 them, which he was not likely to effedl, iFhefhouId kill 
 this young Stranger; To they iln: Syhio a Piifoncr to a 
 {Irong and dark ToN^er. The unfortunate Marchionefs, 
 in the mean while falling into a Swocn, and Iwiming in 
 her own Blood, her Husband order'd her to becarry'd to 
 her own Appartment, ar.d to be watch'd clofely like a 
 Prifoner there. You may judge of the Anxiety of her 
 Heart ; and after all, Ihe felt iefs Pain at her own Mis- 
 fortune, than at what was likely to befal him fhe loved. 
 She feai'd not without Reafon, lert her Husband fliould 
 have faCrificed this innocent Vidim to his Jealoufy ; 
 and what was v/orfe to her than all the rell, Ihe durft 
 not fo much as ask what was become of him, partly 
 becaule fhe dreaded fome Fatality, partly becaufe fhe 
 knew not whom to trulx, being fenf.ble flie had been 
 betray'd. Eugenia, whom fhe had made her Confident, 
 was indeed the Perfon that lad done her Bufmefs ; be- 
 ing engaged to watch all her Steps by the Marquis Be- 
 carelli, before hs went on his Journey, a Thing not 
 \evy difHcuit to be done, if you join great Promiies to 
 your prefent Lberality. He had enjoyn'd this young 
 Woman to give him an exadl Account, by Letter, of his 
 Lady's Condud in his Abfence ; and fhe had been fo 
 punctual as to communicate to him every Word fhe heard 
 iier fay concerning Syh<io, and herPalhon for him. The 
 Marquis, enraged at this News, came home with all 
 poflible Speed, and keeping himfelf concealed for two 
 Days, by Euge?iia\ AfTiltance, in his own Houfe, till he 
 fhould have an Opportunity of furprizing his Spbufe 
 with her Lover, his Intention was to have her fhut up 
 like a Prifoner, for the reft cf her Life, to have all her 
 Eflate adjudged to himfelf, and to proceed againfl Syl-vio 
 as the worlt of Criminals ; but when he faw her feated 
 upon the Bedfide of this Stranger, he was fo far from 
 
 being 
 
Earl of Douglas. 20; 
 
 being MiiHer of his Anger, that during the £iil Mo- 
 tions of his Jealouf/ he wounded them both. 
 
 In the mean wi.ile Juliay under the Difguife of a 
 Pilgrim, and under the Name of Sjhio, being fliut up 
 ia a dark Tower, remain'd in fo deplorable a Condition, 
 as would have touch'd the woril cf hjr Enemies vvi:h 
 Compailion: She was wounded in the Arm, quite de- 
 je<fted by the !ong Series of her Misfortunes, diRurbed at 
 her hard Fate, without any Hopes of Aid, and in the 
 greateft Perplexity in the World what to do under her 
 prefent difmal Circumllances. She was once in:lined 
 to difcover her Sex, as the neareft Means to jullify the 
 Marchionefs, and to obtain her Liberty, and wasjuft 
 upon the Point to fpeak to her Guards to tell the Mar- 
 cuis Becarelli, that (lie wanted to fpcak with him ; when 
 refieding more ferioufiy upon the Alatter, (he began to 
 fear, leail the Expedient fhc intended to make Ufe cf, 
 to obtain her Rcleaferaent, might caufe the Lofs of her 
 Life : For confidering, that if her Husband, quite di- 
 flra(Jled with Jcaloufy and Choler, who had wounded 
 her with a Dagger, fnould be convinced of her Inno- 
 cence, and confequently dreading the EfKfds of her and 
 her Families Refentment, might fo far tranfgrefs all 
 Bounds of Humanity, as to have her poifon'd ; to pre- 
 vent, by this Means, the Di'cjvcry cf the whole Matter; 
 fo that upon fecond Thoughts, Ihe judged it more for 
 her Safety, to let Juilicc fike its Courfe, by which 
 Means Ihe Ihould free herfclf out o." iier Enemies Hands. 
 
 She had the worll Night of ic that can well be ima- 
 gined. After the Wound giv^n her wilh the D.^.gger 
 was drefi'd, they fearch^d htr and found the Aiarch;o- 
 nef^'s Pidure in her Pockv.^t, which they intended to 
 make Ufe of as a orroborating Proof againft them 
 both. Julia was infinitely furprized to Hnd tliis Pidure 
 about her, which fhc had not fo much as ever feen 
 before; neither could (he imagine how it came into her 
 Pocket ; fo they conduced her in a Coach to Bologna, 
 It would prove a very difHcult Ta k to reprefent the 
 various Troubles this fair and unfortunate Lady laboured 
 under at that Time. My dear Hypolitus, cry'd ihe figh- 
 ing, if you n;:ere fenfihh o.t this njery Minute t that your 
 
 K 6 faithful 
 
2G4 H r p o L I r u s, 
 
 faithful Julia is loaden ivith Irons^ under a Mans Dif- 
 guijc, that Jhe has beeji carry d atvay by Force ^ made her 
 Ejcape f-juicey and has tnxjice been ivoundedy and that 
 roiv Jhe is going to a Prifon : Alafst <rvhat ivould you do? 
 But rather^ contina'd Ihe, <rivhat tnuji I expect from 
 you ? lla'j'ing not recei-t'ed the leaf Ne-tvs from you in ft 
 long a 'Time, ^what Reafon have I to imagine, that you 
 fhould fo much as remember me ? And is it my hard Lot^ 
 to ha've this additional Afiidion^ to think you love me no 
 more? She cry'd bitterly all the 'l^ime fiie was upon the 
 Road, tho' her Tears itood her in no ftead, but only 
 to expofe her to the Scorn of thoie that conduced her, 
 who Icok'd upon them as an EfTe<5t of her Fear, and 
 Want of Courage. The Marchionefs being likevvife 
 Cairy'd to Bologna, her Husband urged to have her com- 
 nited to the common Prifon, notwithilanding the 
 Wound fli? had received ; but her Father, who, as well 
 by his Extradtion as his Ertate, made a confiderablc Fi- 
 gure in that City, prevaii'd fo far with the Governor, 
 as to have her confined in the Callle. So uncommon an 
 Adventure, which had happen'd betwixt Perfons of the 
 b>rrt Qualicy, made no fmall Noife in thoie Parts, each 
 Pa.ity engaging all the F/icnds they could to maintain 
 their Caale. VV'h it iVjod the Marquis in the grcateft 
 ftead, to perfwade the World that his Accufation was 
 ill ground .-d, was the iirefiftible Charms of Sylviy. Moft 
 ofthe L. dies who had tiie Cuviofity to vifit him in Pri- 
 fon, left their Hearts captivated with him ; and there 
 wtre but few among them all, but v/hat felt the fame 
 tender Sentiments for him, as the fair Marchionefs had 
 done ; b' t after all this, tho' moft People thought her 
 not innoceit, yet her Father's Intereil was fuch, as was 
 thought would incline the Ballance on his Side, and the 
 Marquis had certain Intelligence given him, that the 
 Commiff.oncrs appointed to try this Caufe, were for 
 the moft Part inclined to acquit the Marchionefs and 
 Eylnjio. fie vvas under the greateft Perplexity and 
 7>ouole that can well be imagin'd ; for knowing his AH 
 I'ly' at Stake, he found himfelf reduce to an abiblut'iJ 
 Nec<-,ffKy of niainiainir.g to the utmoft of his Power, 
 what he had begun with (o much Vi»>iene^, and fo 
 
 little 
 
Earl of \3ov g\ As^^ 205 
 
 little Circumrpeclion. At laft it came into liis Head, 
 that to counterpoize his Wife's Party, he would peti- 
 tion the Govemor, that the CommiiTioners fhould net be 
 all Italians ; but that he being a Foreigner, one half of 
 them fhould be his Countrymen, according to the Law 
 of that Country, it being a Thing that had frequently, 
 and not without very gcod Reafoii?, bsen pradlis'd in 
 tht Bo lo^neli. The Count o^ Benti-vog/io^ Governor of 
 Bologna, granted his Requeft, and at the fame Time, 
 bo:hthe Father and the Husband of the fair Marchio- 
 nefs, left the Choice of them to the Governor's Difpofal. 
 
 The whcle Town appeared at the Caitle on the Day 
 of his Trial, in Expedation of the liTue thereof, (for 
 the Marchionefs being all this while detain'd a Prifoner 
 there, the Governor tliought this the molt conveiienc 
 Place for it) there was fo numerous an Ailembly of all 
 Degrees and Ages, that the like had net been feen in 
 many Years before. The fair Marchionefs was brought 
 in, clad in Mourning, a Drefs fhe judged moll fuitable 
 to her prelent unfortunate Circumilances ; flie looked 
 very pale, by Reafon of her VVcunds and Troubles ; 
 but flie appear'd neverthelefs charming t.; all that be- 
 held her : Her Father, a Perfon venerable for his Age 
 and his goodly Mien, conduced her by the Hand, fol- 
 low'd by a good Number of Gentlemen belonging to the 
 fame I'amily. Sylvia was brought in thro' another Door 
 Jcadi^n with Irons and Chains; but moft of thofe that 
 took a full View of him, thought him (even in this 
 diimal Condition) more qualifv'd to make others wear 
 his Chains, than to carry them himfelf. Both thefe 
 pretended Criminals coming before thofe tiiat were to 
 be their Judges, with Eyes full of Tears, and their 
 Hearts ready to break with Sighs, My Louis, faid the 
 MArchionefs, 1 implore both your Jujlice and CompaJJion. 
 I am unfortunate ^vithout being guilt) ; Heuven is Wit- 
 nefs cf my Innocence ; he that p-ofecutes v.e at this Time 
 nxjith Jb much Violence, and nhith fo little Refpedi to my 
 Honour and V.eputaiion, haf, at the mofy nothing but bare 
 Zttrmijes to fonnd his 'Accufdtton upon. 
 
 Before Syht'j couM begin to fpcak in his own De- 
 fence, the Marquia i?fc«/TZ// ftood up, as did alfo the 
 
 two 
 
2o6 H r P L I T U S, 
 
 two Gentlemen, who had feen his Lady in S\hio''s Bed- 
 chamber, and holding tiie Pidnrc fhe had put into his 
 Pccket, and which they had found upon him, in his 
 Hand ; Look here^ faid he, an undeniable E'-uidsnce of 
 a aimin.il Correfpondence bettvixt them j no virtuous 
 Woman ivculd ha've bejloivd her Picture upon a mije- 
 rable Pilgrim ', and he himfelf cant deny, but that it 
 twas found in his Pocket, Sylvio (whom now we mull 
 call again Julia,) Julia, I fay, ftruck like as witn a 
 Thunderbolt at the Sound of this Voice, turn'd as pale 
 as Aflies, trembled all over her Body, and fell into a 
 Swoon. Every Body there prefent came to hrr A{- 
 fiftance, and among the reft, a Foreigner, who was to 
 be of the Number of her Judges, who knowing and 
 embracing her with tlie higheft Tranfports of Joy, that 
 can beconceiv'J, cry'd, O Julia, O m-^ adorable Julia! 
 // it you or a Vifion I behold ? Is it pojjihle I Jhould meet 
 nvith you again, after halving benfjail'd you fo long, think- 
 itsg you had been in your Grave ! There was fcarce any 
 Body there prefent, but what believed the Gentleman 
 to have been cut cf his Wits; however, his Voice had 
 fuch a powerful InfiuenCi upon Julia^ that it foon re- 
 vived her Spirits; fhe opened her Eyes, and the fiift 
 Objeil fhe favv was her dear Hypolitus on one Side, and 
 the Tiarl 'of Bedford on the other. At the confufed Noife 
 of the AfTembly, who often repeated the Name of 
 Julia^ another of the intended Judges arofe from his 
 Seat, and coming towards her, Look here is your dear 
 Daughter^ faid Hypolitus to him, ?ny Lord, 'tis Julia. 
 The B'arl of Warwick (for it was he) embracing his 
 Daughter, was ready to die for Joy; and fhe throwing 
 herfelf at his Feet, bathed his Hands with Tears, and 
 fuch were their mutual Tranfports at fo unexpected a 
 Meeting, that never any thing was feen comparable 
 to it. 
 
 The Earl of Bedford acled but a fcurvy Part in this 
 Scene ; the Marchionefs of Becarelliy her Father, tiie 
 Count de Bentlvoglio, and in fhort, all that could come 
 near them, furrounded thefe three Friends with their 
 repeated Acclamations, without knowing fully the true 
 Caufe thereof. Julia, in fpite of her Husband's Pre- 
 
 fence^ 
 
£^>/'^^ DOU GL AS. 207 
 
 fence, declared in open Court, who fhe was, and find- 
 ing herfelf feconded by a pleafing Noife and the clap- 
 ping of Hands of the Afiembly, as foon as (he thought 
 fhe might be heard, told them, that the Earl o\^ Bed- 
 ford, who was both the Profecutor and Husband of the 
 Marchionefs o^ BecareUi^ was likewife hers, and had 
 both thefe Qualifications, and that confequently he had 
 two Wives. The Earl could not deny it to be matter 
 of Faft; fo that whereas he had hitherto profecuted 
 thefe two Ladies, they thought it now their turn to pro- 
 fecute him ; and the Marchionefs's Father, as well as 
 yulias Father, prefllng the Count de BentivogUo to 
 have him feized, in order to his Profecution, according 
 to the Laws of the Land, lie was committed to Prifon, 
 where he made this voluntary ConfefTion. 
 
 That confiding in the Abbefs of St. Memux\ Inte- 
 grity, who had given him Advice oi yuUd'% Death, in 
 her Letter, he left England with an Intention to travel ; 
 that he had an Inclination to go into Italy firft, becaufe 
 he had fome Relations there he was willing to be known 
 to ; that my Lord Becarelli, being one of them, he went 
 to Bologna, where being fall'n defperately in Love with 
 Madam Becarelli^ he had obtain'd her Father's confent 
 to marry her, on Condition, that he Ihould take both 
 his Name and Arms. That fome Time afcer coming 
 to Florence with his Father-in Law, and one Day feeing 
 Jjicilia along with Julia in a Widows Apparel at the 
 Repurata to hear Mafs there, he thought he fhould have 
 been flru:k into the Ground at fo unexpeded a Sight; 
 that he thought it not convenient at that Time to take 
 any further notice of it, for fear of my Lord Becarclii, 
 who was along with him i but refolved to try one of 
 the Senator Albertr% Servants, whether he could engage 
 him in the Defign he had laid of cairying away Julia 
 by Force ; that having obtain'd his Confent he came 
 back to Bologna, where he ftaid for fome Time with 
 the young Marchionefs his Wife ; but that he could 
 never b^ at reft, for fear leall Julia being fo near, 
 might one Time or other find out his fecond .vlarriage, 
 and take that Opportunity of revenging herfeljffor what 
 
 he 
 
2o8 HTPOLITUS, 
 
 he had made her fuffer before. That it was upon this 
 CoDhderation, he took Care to fecure a Nunnery at 5/- 
 ma^ where he intended to (hut her up for the remainder 
 of her Days, and then re urn'd to Florence. That the 
 fame Servant of the Senator A]berti^ whom he had 
 made his Confident, came to tell him, that he mud 
 not lofe one Moment to put hi; Defign in Execution, 
 becaufe his Mailer had ordered him to keep himfelf in 
 a readinefs, in order to carry her off; that thereupon he 
 and three more putting on Vizard- Masks, carry'd her 
 away ; but being foon after purfued and forced to fight 
 thofe that overtook them, he was wounded by a Piftol- 
 Ball, and was forced to Hay for fome Time at Siena, 
 where he ufcd frequently to receive Letters from "Euge- 
 nia, the March ioneiVs Confident, who being bribed by 
 him, gave hinj art Account, that his Spoufe was fallen 
 in Love with a Pilgrim, whom (he had brought to her 
 Houfe in the Country ; that thereupon being almoft 
 diftraded with Jealoufy, he had pufli'd on the Matter 
 to that Extremity, they faw his Afniirs in at this Time. 
 The Earl of 5^^^^r^, quite diftra^ed with Rage, Jea. 
 loufy and Defpair, foon after found himfelf feized with 
 a moil violent Fever, which at the beginning was 
 judged mortal; befides, that the Wound he had re- 
 ceived v;hen he was carrying away juIia, opening 
 afrefh, put him to the moil exquifite Pains j for want 
 of Patience to fee the Cure accompliiird before he would 
 ftir abroad to take Revenge for the fuppofed Infidelity 
 of his Wife. So whilH amongft the continual Torments 
 of Body and Mind, he lived only in Expectation of his 
 Death; Julia, the Earl of Warwick^ and Hypolitus tB.- 
 fted all the Sweets of an entire Satisiadion, the higheil 
 that can polTibly be conceived upon fo favourable and 
 fo long defired a Conjun£lure. Then it was this paf- 
 fior.ate Lover, and this faithful Miftrefs gave one ano- 
 ther Account of their mutual Pains, not without a Mix- 
 ture of Tears, becaufe they could fcarce be fully fatis- 
 fy'd as yet, that that good Fortune they enjoy'd, was 
 either poiTible or real: * Who is it th?t is able to ex- 
 * prefs my Anguiih, dear Julia, faid he to her, when 
 
 I heard 
 
Barl of Dov GL AS. 2090 
 
 I'hesrd the fatal News of your Death; I was rt(6W^ 
 ed not to outlive you long; Death was the only 
 Thing I vvifh'd tor; notwithllandJng which, it firem'd 
 to me ever fince, as if Death, which 1 purmed v.ith 
 fo much Refolution, and courted in the greatefl Dan- 
 ger, always expofing my felf to the greateft Hazards, 
 was refolved to fpare me ; for I was not fo much as 
 wounded all the Time I continued aboard the Galleys 
 o'i Malta \ fo that feeing, I was not likely to meet 
 that Death, I fo much defired in that Service, and 
 finding my warlike Adions to produce not the kail 
 EfFed in diminilhing my Pain, I refclved to go and 
 fee my Sifter at Florence y with no other Inteniion, 
 than to fpend all my Time in talkmg continually 
 with her of you I communicated my Refolution to 
 the Earls of Warwick and ^ujjex % the firft was 
 very willing to go along with me, becaufe our Voy- 
 age would not take up much Time, being call'd by 
 Honour to martial Employments : However, my 
 Lord Warwick having received a Wound in the Vene- 
 tian Service, found that a little Reft would be necefla- 
 ry to perked his Cure; and as for the Earl ot' SuJJex^ 
 he took Shipping for London, upon feme ag'^eeable 
 News he had lately received from the Countefs of 
 Nonhampt'.n, which gave him hopes of foon feeing 
 their Deftinies united by the Bands of Marriage ; and 
 as he had an uncommon Pafhon for her, 'tis no won- 
 der if he let fiip no Time to be with her as foon as 
 poiiibly he could : As for us two, Madam, conti- 
 nued he, after having ftaid feme Time at Venice, we 
 began our Jojrney for Florence ; but the Earl of War^ 
 wick finding that travelling did not fo well agree with 
 him as yet (becaufe he grew much worfe) we were 
 obliged to tarry here fome Time: We u fed often to 
 vifit Count Bentivoglio, and the Bufinefsof the Mar- 
 chionefs ai BccareUi making ro fmall Noife at this 
 Time, he wou!d almoft every Day tell us fome new 
 Story or other concerning her Husband, cr her, or 
 the Pilgrim. Alas! my dear Lady, could it ever 
 come into my Head, that this Pilgrim fhould be my 
 
 • julia! 
 
210 HrPOLITUS, 
 
 JuUd ! whofe Death I bewatl'd every Day, and at 
 the fame Time was loaded with Irons in a naufeous 
 Piifon. At laft the Marquis BecarelHj or to fpeak 
 more properly, the Earl of Bedford^ requiring the 
 Governor to joyn a certain Number of EngUJh Gen- 
 tlemen, in Commiffion with the Italians y to counter- 
 poife the Iniereft of his Wife's Family, he defired us 
 to fit with thofe he had pitch'd upon before the Bench 
 to try this Caufe. Can there be a more fad Accident 
 than this ? I was to be one of your Judges at the Pro- 
 fecution of your Husband; I, I fay, who always 
 refpedled you as my Sovereign Lady, and who am his 
 mortal Enemy. You are acquainted with all the 
 rell that happened, except it be the Joy, Tranfports 
 and Satisfaction I feel ever fince that happy Day/ 
 yulia returned in lieu of thefe tender Expreffions, fuch 
 AfTurances as were fuihcient to convince Hypolitusy that 
 he had not loH the leaft Ground in her Heart, and that 
 (he knew what Value to put upon ^ Pafiion fo pure and 
 cooflant as his. Wh.u becomes in the mean while of 
 the Marchionefs ofBecarelH ? It would be a hard Task 
 to reprefent to you the various Troubles and Perplexities 
 fhe laboured under when ihe faw yuUa, and at the fame 
 Time remembred her Paffion for ^jtvk ; but what was 
 worfe than all the reft was, that flie had not as yet fo 
 much Power over herfelf as to ceafe to love Sjhio. She 
 retain'd fo lively an Idea of him in her Heart, that fhe 
 was a moving Objed of Pity ; 'lam ^rzt to confefs 
 
 * to you, faid ihe to Julia^ that I was more fenfibly 
 
 * afflidled at the \o(s oi Sy'.v to, than at all my other 
 
 * Misfortunes ,- and tho' I had taken a Refoludon ra- 
 
 * ther to die than endeavour to make him eafe my Pain, 
 
 * it was fome Sausfaclion to mc, to think he was alive, 
 
 * and that one Time or other Chance might bring him 
 
 * again in my Way ; but now my Misfortune is paft all 
 
 * Cure, becaufe I love ftill, and love only a Chimera. 
 
 * Bur, my lovely Marchionefs, faid Ji^^i^i to her, can't 
 
 * you find out a Place for me in your Heart, fmce mine 
 
 * is much inclined to love you; you were much Icfs be- 
 
 * loved by Sy.vio, then you will be by Jujla, The fair 
 
 It a Hah 
 
Earl of Douglas; 2ir 
 
 Italian returned no Anfvver, but Ihe would often turn 
 iier Eyes upon Julia, and feldom part from her without 
 Ihedding abundance of Tears. 
 
 The two Fathers of thefe two Ladies, had pufh'd on 
 their Profecution of the Earl of Bedford with fo much 
 Vigour, that every Body expelled it would go very 
 hard with the faid Earl, when his Diftemper encrea- 
 fing daily, foon reduced him to the hit Extremity. 
 'Twas at that Conjuncture, that thefe two Ladies, be- 
 ing willing to let their Generofity take Place before 
 their juft Refentment, got him removed into the Caftle 
 where, inftead of that Hatred he had fo much deferved 
 at their Hands, they fliew'd their Pity and Duty to him 
 in a moft eminent Degree, 'till quite overwhelmed with 
 the Remembrance of his Inquietudes, Pains and Mis- 
 fortunes, Death put an End to his Life, and the Mar- 
 chionefs of Becarelli immediately after took her laft 
 Farewell of Julia ; * I am going to leave you for the 
 
 * Remainder of my Days, faid ihe to her ; and fince 
 
 * your Sex is an invincible Obft de to all my Hopes 
 
 * of ever feeing you to be mine, I am refolved to be no 
 « Body's elfe ; I intend tu embrace a Religious Life, to 
 
 * hide my Frailty and Paffion from all the World. 
 yuVia left nothing unattempted to diffwade her from 
 purfuing this Refolution, but to no purpofe ; the Mar- 
 ch ioncfs was already gone away, when on a Sudden 
 (he faw her come back into her Room; * Don't refufe 
 
 * my Requeft, faid Ihe, afford me once more the Sight 
 
 * of my Conqueror in the fame Drefs you raifed my 
 
 * PafTion firft. Julia being then alone, and willing 
 to comply with her Defire, foon put on her Pilgrim's 
 Habit, "and came to the Marchionefs ; but flie no foon- 
 er call her Eyes upon her, but ihe was leady to faint 
 away. * Alas! cry'd fne, I meet with my Diftemper 
 
 * where \ thought to have found a Cure. Syluio, ado- 
 
 * rable Sjli'io, you now keep a Place only in my Soul, 
 
 * every Thing t can conceive of you is a Chimera, 
 ' which can neither flitter nor cure my Pain. She 
 arofe, went oat as fail as die could, and retired immedi- 
 ately into a Nunnery, to the great Regret of her Father. 
 
 . ' Julia, 
 
212 HTPOLirUS, 
 
 Julia took thfi Way to Florence with the Earl of 
 Warw'ck |ind Hypolitus^ where being inform'd of the 
 Senator Albert'ii Death, they went to Signior Leander\ 
 Hoafe, uhom they found in deep Mourning; but this 
 did not hinder him from difcovering his Satisfadlion at 
 the Sight of thofe Perfons who were fo dear to him ; and 
 Lucilia was fcarce able to contain her Joy, becaufe the 
 coint-inual Inquietudes (he felt on Account of her Bro- 
 ther and yuUa, proved no fmall Allay to thofe Enjoy- 
 ments, and that Tranquility fhe alfo might have been 
 fenfible of to the utmoft i'erfedion in a Husband of fuch 
 extraordinary Merit. The Earl of Warwick, and they 
 being unwilling to fee the Accompliftiment of the Hap> 
 pinefs. of the faithful Hypolitus and the moft admirable 
 JuHa delay'd any longer, the Nuptials were celebrated 
 at one of Leander^s Country Houfes. Never did the Sun 
 enlighten with her glorious Beams a more pleafing Day 
 than this, never did two Lovers relifli with morfe Satis- 
 fa^ion and Union what they had purchafed at the Ex- 
 pence of fo much Care, and of fo many Sighs and 
 Tears ; and npon their Return to Eng land^ never was 
 there a more general Rejoycing feen among all that 
 knew them, on Account of their happy Marriage and 
 fate Arrival in their native Country. They found the 
 Earl oiSuJfcx marry'd to the fair Countefs o{ 'Northamp- 
 ton, and Hypolitus took the Title of Earl of Douglns, 
 by which he has rendered himfelf famous to Pofterity, 
 and obtained the Reputation of the moil police and molt 
 couragious of all the greateit Men of his Age. 
 
 1 
 
 FINIS. 
 
THE. 
 
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 II 
 
 SECRET HISTORY 
 
 O F 
 
 MA C B E T H, 
 
 KING of Scotland. 
 
 I'aken from a very Ancient Original 
 Manuscript. 
 
 LONDON: 
 Printed in the Year MDCCXLI. 
 
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 SECRETHISTORY 
 
 O F 
 
 MA CB ET H. 
 
 ENG L j4 ND had now refpired from the deadly 
 Wcunds of the Danljh Invafions and Yoke, 
 for fome Years, under the eafy and happy Go- 
 vernment of E D w A R D the ConfefTor ; whom 
 in the pleafing Month of May, before the louthing Sun 
 had fpread Beams too fultry to fufFer a delightful Enjoy- 
 ment of the flowery Seafon, in the frefh Breezes cf the 
 Morning Air ; Eric, and his beloved Bertha forfook 
 their Downy-Bed, and as they ufed to do, took an a- 
 greeable Walk on the Beach of the Sea, not far from 
 the Mouth of the River Luna in Lancajhire. 
 
 The Morning-Sun now gathering Strength, unwill- 
 ing to pervert their Pleafure into a Toil, they rttired 
 beneath the Covert of a fhady Rock, hung with wild 
 and wandering Greens, and paved with foft Mofs, and 
 odoriferous Herbs, ther:^ to entertain themfelves with a 
 View of the rowling Surges, which with vain Fury 
 dafhed fucceflively on the founding Shore in hoarfe Mur- 
 murs ; and to heighten their prefent Felicity by the Re- 
 membrance of their paft evil Fortune. 
 
 Ohl 
 
ci6 7he SeciRET^I^istorv 
 
 Oh ! my dear Eric, faid Bert hay ho<w much happier 
 tw£ <we in this lonely Retirement % thaa in the falje Splen- 
 dor of the Court, luhere Ambitiony A'varice, Malice^ 
 En'vyy Interej}, and haje Plots and Defigns never fuffer 
 41 Pleafure jtncere to approach the nv retched Fools, that 
 €ourt' their cwn undoing ; not knowing or not conjidering 
 that Happinefs is the only Value of Life! 
 
 '■The Prance of the WarHdy mydear^Qr\}si2.y replied 
 the grave Enc, is as ContradicJory, and. abfurd as the 
 Debates of the old Philofophers about their fupreme Good, 
 One places it in Pleafure^ atiother in Wealthy another in 
 Dignities and Poiuer ; and fo C'very one a different, yet 
 denjious Way gi'ves it Chace, yet none come in ivith the 
 Quarry, becaufe all ha^e miftaken the Scent. But indeed 
 'tif^ chief Rtafon is becaufe Men generally rather confult 
 their Pafjiom than Rtafon ; for they alavays tnagnifying 
 the Idea, and fo herghtning the Defirf, altvays find Dif- 
 appointment, e-ven in the Succefs of their Wifhes ; <which 
 alivayst therefore, travelling on after this Ignis Fatuus, 
 never arrive at their Journeys End. Whereas nve have 
 conquered thofe pandering and uncertain Hopes and De- 
 fires , vchich depend on Things ^without us, confine our Hap- 
 fine fs to ourfelves, and our prefent Poffeffons. The Di- 
 fireffes ix.e have t^et nvith not only in the common Ga- 
 la/? ity of our Country ur.der the Danes, but thofe of the 
 Norman C^urt in our Exile^ and the foul P lay 1 hav>€ 
 found in that of England, fmce our good King* s Reflerati- 
 on, have taught us to put no Value on the Pomp and Gran- 
 deur of Ambition ; but in this peaceful Retirement to trufi 
 to the Benefit of Nature, and Love. 
 
 While Bertha and Eric w€re in this Dlfcourfe, before 
 they perceived it, the Heavens were obfeured by thick 
 Cioucis, and the gloomy Darknefs that invaded the 
 chearful Light of the Sun, rouzed them to confider 
 where they were, and how to efcape the impending 
 Storm by a timely Retreat to their Hoafe. But that vvaj> 
 too far off to venture from the Covert they poflefTed, 
 fince they now found the Clouds begin to defcend in 
 Showers, and the Wind to rife high, and Lightning to 
 flafh, and Thunder to rowl in a moft fudden and vio- 
 .kttt Manner. Wherefore retreating farther into the 
 
 Cave, 
 
of MACBErH. 217 
 
 Cave, or Grotto of the Rock, they got a fafeProtet i n 
 from the Inclemency of the Tempeft, but had yet the 
 Benefit of viewing in Safety the Horror in Pe;fpe(St:ve, 
 which gave them a Sort of dreadful Pleafure. 
 
 The Storm had now continued about an Hour, when 
 they perceived at km^ Diltancc a little Bark or Veffel 
 tofn^d about by the Waves and the VVjnd in a molt la- 
 mentable Manner; now it difappeared quite OJt of their 
 Sight, as if funk down to the Bottom of the Ocean, 
 and then on a fadden it was mounted up to the Clouds, 
 and flood as if it were on the Brink and Precipice a lofty 
 Wave, ready to tumb'e into the Abyfs without any Hopes 
 of rifing again. Through this woeful Variety tiiey 
 faw plainly, that it drcv^ every Minute nearer the 
 Coail where they were, and now within a little of the 
 Shore it was quite dafli'd in Pieces againft fome fecret 
 Rock, that neither Caution nor Art could avoid. A 
 genercuE Pity gave their Hearts many compafilonate E- 
 motions for the miferable Creatures, that it CGn:a iied, 
 all f.emingly perifhing in Sight of Land, without any 
 PofTibility of Help or Afliliance. However they cb* 
 fcrved fevcral en Pieces of thi Ship floating on the 
 Waves, which drove them ftill nearer the Beach where 
 they flood. The Storm, as if it had done its Office by 
 this Wreck, began to relent, the Clouds difperfe, and 
 the Sun again recovered its Brightnefs, and Sovereignty 
 of the Sky. Encouraged by this, Eric and Bertha left 
 the green Cave, and defcended by the Rocks to the 
 S'TanJ to help any poor Creature, that Providence n.i ht 
 make the Surges drive to the Shore. 
 
 When they came down they found two reverend Her- 
 mits ready there to execute th- fame charitable OfHcei 
 nor did they wait long e're they fuv a fnall Plank come 
 alhore loaden with tv.'o Men, and a LaJy clinging clo.'e 
 to this little Hope, tho' they feemed quite dead with the 
 Terror and Severity of the Tempril, They all heli/d 
 to draw up the Plank, and take up the People, to re- 
 llore them, if pollible, to Life. The good Hcnnits 
 were fuinifhed with Cordials for To fad r.n OccaHon, :\.^ 
 r.dminillered to a you.ig Gentleman and youn?- Lady, 
 who held e.ch otiier (o fad, that Death Teemed' unable 
 
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 tb part them ; while Erie took the fame pious Care of 
 an old Gentli'lnan, whofe Silver Hairs affured them, 
 that Violence alone cculd be to him an untimely Fate. 
 
 The Hctit of the Cordials joining with the Heat of 
 the Sun, at laft began to make them come to themfelves. 
 The young Gentleman firft opening his Eyes, and wak- 
 ing as it were from the Slumber of Death, gazed with. 
 Wonder about, and eagerly cried our, O^ ! let me dle^ 
 lit me perrjh in thofe Wwves^ that have JhvalIon;jei up my 
 dearejl Eugenia ! Life <would be a Punijhment nx'ithout 
 her^ for "jjkom only I 'would live ! E're thcfe Words 
 "U'ere quite uttered, the young Lady, aflillcd by one of 
 the fiermit% and Bertha, began to feel tlie Return of 
 of the Offices of Life ; and Love, that Death could not 
 put an End to, returned to its Seat, her Heart, and 
 taught the firft Accents fhe utteiei, to breath out the 
 Tendernefs of her PafTion. Oh! my Soul! Oh my Soul ! 
 it/)' Lo<vey my Lorn, ivhere art thou ? For far thou canjl 
 not he ! We ivere too clofely lock' d together for Fate to 
 fart us, Lfe and Death muji he the fame *vjith both 
 of JiS. 
 
 The young Lorn hearing the Voice of his beloved 
 EugS'-iiay foon drew near her, and after mutual Joy for 
 fo happy an Efcape, and Thanks returned to the Her- 
 mits and Bertha for their kind AiTiftance ; Eugenia now 
 bi'gan to enquire whether a reverend old Gentleman 
 was not likewife favcd by their charitable Care from 
 the Fury of this Storm, fince the Lcfs of a Father in 
 him would too much fower the Joy of their Deliver- 
 ance. Being affured, that he likewife was taken up, 
 the whole Company came up to Eric to fee whether the 
 Succefs of his CJar^ had anfwered theirs; but Age wan 
 not fo able to Ibuggle with fuch Fatigues as Youth ; and 
 Eric had found all his Endeavours to little Purpofe, till 
 forcing fome Cordial down his Throat, and chafing his 
 I'emples by the Afiiftance of the two Hermits, he be- 
 gan to groan, and at laft to open his Eyes, and give cer- 
 tain Proof, that Life was yet poffefTed of his Perfon ; 
 tho' it held there but a frail and weak Empire, and of 
 fhoit Luration without thofe Comfort?, which that naked 
 Beach could not afford Jiim. 
 
 The 
 
 / 
 / 
 
of MACBETH. 219 
 
 '. TheHoufe of Eric and Bertha was too far off,, and 
 no Place fo near as the little Cottage of the Hermits* 
 where tho' no extraordinary Accommodation could be 
 had, yet fufficient was affured to give himforae Repofe, 
 and Refreihment to enable him to advance farther irvta. 
 the Country. 
 
 The Men aU joined in helping the oM Gentlewoman 
 up the Cliffs to a little Hut, where thefe two venerable 
 Anchorites dwelt, and with much ado accompliilied the 
 Work; Bertha and Eugenia followed after, and the 
 whole Company being entered the Hermitage, a Fire is 
 ■made, and the old Gentleman placed near ir, and hi* 
 wet Garment removed, while i'uch Covering as could 
 there be got was thrown over him, the young Genth* 
 man and his Lady dried theirs on their Backs, all the 
 while more felicitous for the Recovery of their Father, 
 than any Danger to themfelves. 
 
 Pain and the Extremity to which he was reduced, 
 had rendered him fo pale and disfigured, that his bell 
 Acquaintance could fcarce know him ; yet Eric Sixid Ber- 
 tha obferved one of the Hermits to eye him very eagerly, 
 and that all the Symptoms of Anger, Indignation and 
 Hatred frequently fhewed themfelves in his Face. But 
 when by the Heat of the Fire, and the Coi dials, he 
 had taken, new Life fpread through his Body, and 
 brought his Face to its natural Pohtion, and reftored 
 fome of that Freflinefs of Colour, which was fo natural 
 to him, he began to fpeak, and blefs the kind Powers 
 above, that had yet preierved him from Death, to fee 
 his dear Eugenia happy in the Arms of her Lorn. 
 
 He had not uttered many Words of this Nature, with 
 
 his Thanks to the Company for their generous Affif- 
 
 tance, but the Hermit, that had all along fo earneftly 
 
 eyed hira, unable to contain his Rage any longer, buril 
 
 out into a Fury in this Manner ; Ha f it is he ! it is that 
 
 Villain ! that Dtn,nl incarnate ! that cur fed Ad'vifer and 
 
 Miuifier te the Tyrant ! Honv juj}, oh ! you hea^venl) 
 
 Porters have you fro'Ved your/el=uest by bringing this 
 
 Monjier to ftiffer by my Hands, that Death, njuhich he 
 
 . <ywei to ten thou/and. Look on me, Angus ; knoxv Glamis, 
 
 I- fwhom thou hajl ^wronged nxith thy devilijb AMjice to the 
 
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220 I'he Secret History 
 
 tyrant ; 'vjho haji dri'ven me from my natlnje CUmey tf 
 rwa/ie all my D^ys in hated Exile from my native Country^ 
 a Wanderer , a Stranger to my/elf and all the World. 
 Forbear, M generous Englifh, from affording him any fur- 
 ther Ajjijiance ; let him perijh like a Dogy by the Hand 
 cf Heaven^ to ivhichive are impious by cur mi [placed Cha- 
 rity on the mojl <^icked, and fvileji of Men y the Bane^ and 
 TfeflruBion of his Country ^ the Ruin of her ancient No- 
 bles, the Oppreffor of his People y the Butcher of tfjf 
 Lanxis and Liberties of Scotland. Let him perip? by tht 
 Bage of the Elements, and caji him out of thefe holy Walls , 
 to die on the Rocks, and become a jujl Prey to the Beajls 
 of the Field, and the Foivls of the Air, as haniing for- 
 feited all his Claim to Humanity and Hofpitaliiy. Ceafe, 
 J fay, to fx his fluttering Life, unlefs you nvould dehe^e 
 iny Hand to be his Executioner here before you all. 
 
 With thefe Words he drew out a Dagger, and brsji)- 
 dlfhing it on high, was going to pierce ihe^hane of An- 
 gus (for fo was the old Gentleman called ) to the Heart, 
 The Company were extreamly furprizedat this Turn, and 
 at thellrange Fury of the Thane of Gla?ms, who had difguif- 
 ed his Quality and Perfon, under the peaceful Habit of an 
 Hermit, in fo remote a Corner of the World to avoid the 
 bloody Attempts of Macbeth and his Bra^voes, who had 
 jTiade feveral Attempts upon his Life, in the Cities 
 where he had dwelt in the firft: Years of his Exile. 
 
 Fear and Piety threw the beautiful Eugenia between 
 her Father and the Blow, and Love foon fhct the young 
 Lorn betwixt the Thane and liis MiiUefs, and direded 
 his young nervous Arm to the Hand of the furious Gla- 
 mis, whence with fome Difficulty he wreftedthe Dagger. 
 Hold, Glamis, faid the noble Youth j let not the Inju- 
 ries of Fortune make thee fall bela<v^> ioyjelf, belo^w the Re- 
 putation of thy Arms, of thy Honour, and Virtue, by flah- 
 bing an old, njueak^ and dying Gentleman, n»ho, if he has 
 been guilty of many and great Crimes, has on the other 
 Hand paji thro' great Repentance, and ought to be fuffered 
 to Ifve in his penitent State, to nvafo off that Guilt ivith 
 his Tears, ^uuhich you 'would punif^-n^ith his Blood, But 
 affure thy f elf, tioble Glamis, nvhile Lcrn hai any Blood 
 
I 
 
 tif MAC B Em. 221 
 
 if\ '■■■ ".'• ' ■ -_ 
 
 in his Veinst thou Jhalt not come at his Life lut thrcugh 
 my Heart. 
 
 What Prodigy is this., replied the ^hane of Ghfni;^ 
 flill full q( K2ige, what unheard of Bafene/s in pung Lorn, 
 to protect that guilty Head, l'fn,vhich his oivn Father ^vas 
 treacheroujly murdered, by ivhom his Relations are robb'd 
 Qf -their Efiates, and thifc^ ^Jsho could efcape the Stabt 
 ffK Vaifony forced to avandcr in foreign Lands ^ and li've 
 ttn the Charity of Strangers ; it is impcjfibh ! Thou caTi/i 
 tiot ha-ve any of the generous Blood cf Argyle ii thy Veins, 
 aJ^ways Haters of ^Ijrants, and of the ^^ile Injimments of 
 thur Tyranny^ that Canjl declare thyfelf the Prote^or of 
 thi fnoji tHlh.nous Mi^nion that ever fer^ily comply' d 
 *XK'itht or rather prompted on a royal Murderer to /r //- 
 chief. Js not Argus the "vsry Soul of Macbeth \ Does 
 that Ufurper do an^ Ihing^ contrive the Ruin of any 
 Man, fujiihut confuhing his infernal Oracle Angus ? Oh f 
 Lorn, that hcarcji thy Father s dear Image in thy Fuci 
 und Ferjon^ Injiardi^g fiet thyflf, nor degenerate from 
 that nobis Line a^d PrinHptft nvhidj hat hen fo illu/hi' 
 out for Virtus and Honour, 
 
 ** If I cannot jullify my Honour, replied young horr), 
 ** and yet guard the Life uf the Father ot my dear Fu* 
 ** genia^ I will offer both his and mine to the S%wtv ty 
 *• of your Jullice. But be you fnft a Judge, jfty aLde 
 '** your Pamon, which never P^tends an equitat e Ear, 
 ** and hear me plead with ImpenJaliiy the Cauie I 
 «« efpoufe.'* 
 
 Ericand the real Hermit jo'n inappeaHng of Glafi^'u, 
 while Eric informed him that as he was a Alagiftrate oi 
 thofe Parts, fo he could not fuffer any of thofe private 
 Revenges, which are not juilifiable by the Law of this 
 Land ; the Hermit urged the Motives of Chriilianiry, 
 which forbid us thofe tciirible Revenges, which proceed 
 from liilening to the Didates of cur violent PalTions, not 
 our Reafon, or the Precepts of our Religion, which 
 ought to be the Guide and Condud of our Aftions. 
 
 Glamis could not refill the Onfet of fo many Perfons 
 
 of Honour and Reputation, but retiring a while into 
 
 the open Air, he recovered that Cairn, which is more 
 
 "worthy a Man of Senfe, than a blind Obedience to the 
 
 L 3 violent 
 
222 7be Secret Hjstory 
 
 violent Impulfe of every Pafllon ; which ihp* fometrmes 
 fet off with the fpecious Name of Zeal, never perfuades 
 what is iuil and right. 
 
 . -In the mean Time Eric makes all the Hafte he could 
 hence, and difpatches Horfes and Men to convey the 
 whole Company to his own Houfe, where their Ac- 
 commodation being better, the ^ha?ie of Angus ^ the 
 Thane of Lorn^ and the Thane of Glamisy might be cn- 
 <ertained more fuitable to their Quality, and prefent 
 Coalition. Bertha ihewed a particular Care of the 
 young and beautiful Eugenia, while the Alen found the 
 iame from their generous Hoil, the good ErU. But 
 notwithltanding Giamis had pacify 'd his Wrath at the 
 Hermit's, the daily Remembrance of his pall and pre- 
 ient Sufferings, all which he laid at the Door of the 
 wicked ^ngus, would not permit him to throw off en- 
 tirely all Thoughts of Revenge, when a more favoura- 
 bli Opportunity fliould offer. 
 
 Angus was now pretty well recovered from the 111, that 
 be had contrafted from the Misfortune of his Shipwreck, 
 and fat up in his Chamber, and received Vifits from 
 thofe of the Houfe, and Neighbourhood, who tihought 
 fit to pay him that Complement. But Giamis could not 
 f> well difguife his Rcfcntment, as to be one of the 
 Number of thofe, who congratulated his Recovery, 
 when he heartily wilh'd him much worfe. This was 
 vifible to Eric, the Thaw of Lorfty and the reft of thie 
 Family, who all endeavour'd to infpire another Spirit 
 into him, tho' in vain ; they yet at laft prevait'd with 
 him to pay Angus a Vifit ivith the reft of the Company. 
 When Angus faw the Thane of Glainls enter his Cham- 
 ber, he fpoke to him in this Manner. 
 
 This generous i^ifit to the Man, I confefs^ you ha^ve 
 hut too much Reajbn to hate, touches m£ more fenjihljy 
 than all that Rage, 'which you exprejed at cur firfi 
 fneetifg ; for to be angry at Injuries is Jo <very common, 
 that tt yields nothing furpriocing-, hut to Jind the Per fan 
 injur d paying a Vifit to the Injurer, is fa uncommon, 
 and fo noble, as only the Thane cf Giamis is capable »f 
 doing. Honve'ver in return, give me league to extenuate 
 my Guilt as much as I cany and Jhonv, that you do me 
 
 fame 
 
fome Injujiice to len: el all your Anger at me^ woho have 
 only been guilty by a too blind Obedience to a Majier, ivhsm 
 J onvn it my Shatne to have fer-v^d. lify dear Eugenia, 
 / ntuji dejire thy A'-> fence, for I am to deli'ver Things^ 
 nvhich I 'would not ha-ve knoivn to thy Goodne/s^ leafl it 
 Jhoitd alarm thy Tears of fuffering for try Offences ; go 
 retire to the Churchy and mediate ivith Heav'>n, ^hat 
 luhile I am conf effing my Enormities to ^^en, my Guilt 
 Jttaj be remitted , and my Penitence receivd.'-^ [^ y- 
 
 Eugenia with Tears in her lovely Eyes retif'd, look- 
 ing with fuch Earneiliiefs on young Lom^ as ix ihe by 
 them ask'd him whether he wou'd fuffer her to be alone 
 in her Sorrows ; but as he was going after her, Angus 
 caird to him, and defirM him to ftiy, fince fome o\ his 
 Story wou'd nearlv concern him. So, much againfV 
 his Inclination, the Thane of Lorn fufTcr'd his dear 
 Eugenia to retire with no other Companion, than her 
 Sorrow to fpend her Hours in l^rayers and Tears, while 
 he was confined to hear a Narration, that might not 
 bring him that Satisfadlion, which he defirM from the 
 Mojth of the Father of her whom he adored. But 
 Bertha wou'd not be ilopt, and therefore went after her. 
 The Company being now fdcntly attentive, the Thane 
 of Angus thus began. 
 
 iTbe Hijiory of Macbeth, and the Thane of 
 
 Angus. 
 
 THERE is a necefTity, Gentlemen, (faid he) for 
 my greater Juftificat'.on, and the giving a better 
 Light to my own particular Story, to join a full Ac- 
 count of the Affairs and Anions of Macbeihj the prefent 
 Kin^, or rather Tyrant of Scotland, 
 
 You all know, that by Birth he is of the Blood Royal, 
 that he is Mailer of great Penetration, a Sharpnefs of 
 Wit, and very lofty Spirit ; and I do further believe, 
 that you will agree, that if he had been bleft with a 
 greater Mc deration and Juliice, he had been worthy 
 of that fovereign Command which he obtained by 
 Atb not fo juihtable by the Rules of ^ -common Hc- 
 
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 ^efly. But he was of C afar s Opinion, that Right lU 
 felf was to be abandoned forthe Sake of Dominion. 
 ■ His firll Appearance at Court, was in the Beginning 
 ftfthe Reign of Dondldy or Duncan the Seventh; a 
 Prince of too fweet and eafie a Difpofition to be at th6 
 Head of a Government fo difficult to manage, as that 
 of Scotland has always prov'd to be. His Perfon was 
 tail, ani exaftly proportioned, a mafculine Beauty fate 
 cnthronM in his Face, and from his Eyes fuch a haughty 
 and commanding Spirit fhone out, as difcover'd a Chal- 
 lenge of fovereign Sway. But his Manners were ever/ 
 Way engaging to aU he Convers'd with, never aflum- 
 ing to himfclf above his Company ; affable and com* 
 plaifant to all, and Openly an Enemy Cj none. This 
 won him the Hearts of all the Men of the Court, whilft 
 his Perfon and Addrefs made an eafy W.,y for him CD 
 the Hearts of the Ladie?. 
 
 I h;d my filf been at Court about five Years, juft 
 the Years that my Age exceeded that of Macbeth, I 
 had no Reafon to complain of my Reception with either 
 the Fair or the Great, and my Favour with the King 
 was as much as my Youth, and little Experience in 
 AHalra of Policy cou'd exptiV. Madtth ^9a now in 
 the Twenty firft Year of his Age, and 1 in my Twenty- 
 fixrh, Rivals in the Fair and Fortune, both amorouily 
 cnc)inM> and both f^afon'd with a very great Tinduce 
 of A'-nbitionj which yet was not come to that rcbuft 
 St.te, aa to flifle all other Paffibns, which generally js 
 tie ET-cl; of Years ; but Love chiefly empioyM ou.r 
 lidultry ; Intrigues vvjth the Ladies took up more of our 
 'i'ime, than Intrigues of State. 
 
 Among the Ladies none flione with fo univerfal an 
 Influtn:e, as Jaquenetta and Jnahella, Daughters to 
 the Tuane of Bioadalbain, thq firll VVife to the Tliane 
 ^f Gauiy, the later Wif- to the T h i ne of A^/<', both 
 Men of Power in the Court, but of Years n)uch fupe* 
 rior to their Ladies, nor able to fatisfy thofe Fire-, thi^^ 
 Youth and the Addreires of the giy and gallant are 
 wont to raife in Ladies of their lieauty and Quality. 
 Jaquenetta \\ A kindled a Flame in my Heart, whipl^ 
 I had not Virtue enough to extinguilli, without en^ 
 
 deavouring 
 
of MACBETH. 225 
 
 favouring its Satisfadlion, and Anahella had made, the 
 fame Conqueft in the Eofom of Macbeth. It would be 
 too tedious 10 tell you the Particulars of the Progrefs we 
 made, in our Amours ; let it fufiice that by the Affiduity 
 of our AddreiTes we found no ingrateful Return, and 
 that in a few Months we were as happy as our PalTions 
 could defire. 
 
 Macbeth had an AfTignation one Night with Ana- 
 hella^ and for the Security of his Reputation made no 
 Confident of his Intrigue, and fo went to the Rendez- 
 vouz alone. He was waiting the Signal beneath her 
 Garden- Wall, when he heard the Approach of three or 
 four Perfons, and hid himfelf in the Door of the Garden, 
 which was hollow, and deep, hoping they wou'd pafs 
 by before the Signal was given, but contrary to his 
 Expectations, they plac'd themfelves jull by the fame 
 Place ; when he heard one of the Company fpeak to 
 the reft ; Watch this Poji njuiih all your Care, for it 
 cannot he long ere he come ; my Intelligence is certain ;, 
 and nvhen he comes before yotiy let him not efcape to tell Tales 
 of the Attempt. 'Tis true, he is a Prince of the Blood ^ 
 but he is my fortunate Rival, and Love defpis'd knonvs «<? 
 t)i(iindion of Per Cons ; the Reivard 1 have fromis'' d yoti 
 Jhall furely be paid you i keep bejides in your Memory the 
 Injury he has done you. Tour Places nuill then be in my 
 Father^s Po<wer^ and ivhat cant an only Son do njuith a 
 fond and indulgent Father, in Behalf of fuch as have oh- 
 lig'd him in fofenjible a Manner? 
 
 The Words were fcarce out of his Mouth, \i\xi Mac- 
 heth found they were fpoke by the Son of the 'I'hane of 
 Caithnefs, whom he very well knew to be his Rival, 
 not only in Jnabella, but in his Favour with the King. 
 But what to do in this Strait he cou'd not imagine* 
 or how to make his Party good with three or fouc 
 Men arm'd with Revenge, as well as with Swords. Ftr^ 
 he had employ'd in this Office three young Ruffians, 
 ^hom Macbeth had turnM out of their Polls for £x- 
 prbitancjs, which he cou'd net with Honour fee pais 
 unpunilh''d. The Charge being given, his Rival with- 
 drew, and the Rogues, with a Defign to fit down and 
 wait there, eatei'd the Porch where Macbeth was con- 
 
 'L 5 ceal'd. 
 
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 2-26 The Secret History 
 
 ceal'd. He haft juft Time to draw his Sword, and leaping 
 cut betv^'ixt them, broke through them to the open 
 Street. The AfiaiTins immediately purfu'd him, and 
 confident that he was the Prize that they fought after, 
 all three fell upon him, vvhilft he retreated fighting 
 \Virh little Hopes of Deliverance from fo imminent a 
 Danger. 
 
 It was my good or evil Fortune, that Minute to be 
 <3irmifs'd from the Arms (A Jaquenetta, vvhofe Houfe 
 jbin'd to the Garden of her Sifter, and coming by 
 found him maintaining a very unequal Fight againll 
 three. There had no particular Friendfhip then paft 
 betwixt us, nor any Enmity to forbid any future En- 
 dearments. I did not know prefently who was the 
 fmgle Perfon, but the Barbarity of the Aflault, ^^\tr- 
 min*d me to his Relief; fo drawing my Sword, I plac'd 
 ihyfelf by his Side, and bid him not defpair fince the 
 Villainy of the Aggreflbrs mull render them unable to 
 withftard the Force of our Arms. That Moment, as if 
 he h'ai tiken frelh Vigour from this Appearance of 
 Relief, he laid one of the three down at his Feet; the 
 other two foon difcover'd that they truiled more to their 
 Number, than Courage, and immediately fled away ; 
 whom while v/e were purfuing, the Young Caithnejs 
 comes up with them, and endeavouiing to put frcfh 
 Valour into the Fugitives, draws to lead them on, cur- 
 bing their Fear and their Cowardice for flying from an 
 equal Number. When Macbeth coming up to him, 
 defiring me to defift, attack'd him himlelf, and with 
 fome Reproaches on his Villainy, foon wounded him fo 
 defperately, that he dropt down on the Spot, curfing 
 his Stars, and the partial Anahella, that had furrendred 
 her Charms to him, and flighted a Love, that no Man 
 but himfelf cou'd have for her. 
 
 The Rage of Macheth was going to put an End to 
 
 ^his Life by another Wound, but I llopt his Hand, and 
 
 bd him be more generous, than poorly to flab a Wretchf 
 
 ■fhat lay at his Mercy ; which tho' he did not deferve, 
 
 'yet it was due to his own Character not to do a Thing 
 
 bi?neath his Honour and Reputation. So we left him 
 
 in the Street and direded our Way Home to the Ap- 
 
 partmect 
 
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of MAC BET H. 227 
 
 partment of l^rlacheth ; where being arrlv'd he found 
 liimfelf \vojndtd flightly in two or three Places. Hav- 
 ing therefore fent for a Surgeon, and had his Wounds 
 drefs'd, t left him to his Repofe. I confefs I never found 
 more Sentiments of Gratitude, than all his after Actions 
 di'coverd. He courted my Friendfhip, and drew by 
 Obligations, and a thoufand Confidences into a moil 
 iin|ular Union and Amity. 
 
 Coming to fee him the next Morning, he gave me 
 a thoufand Carefles, and call'd me his Preferver, af- 
 Turing me, that all his Life ihould be fpent in returning 
 the Obligation. Our Difcourfe now turning on the 
 Caufe of the laft Nights Adventure, he fet me dowu by 
 him, and thus began : 
 
 My dear Preferver, faid he, you fhall now begin to 
 find, that you have obliged a Man, that perfe^^ly knows 
 the Duties of G:a:itudc. For I will confide that to 
 your Knowledge, which no Body in the World ycc 
 knows but the charming Annahella and myfelf, unlefs, 
 as I fear by what I heard the AiTaflin deliver to his 
 Creaturcr, ftie have made fjme Servant of hers a Con- 
 iident of. You mull therefore underhand, that Fortune 
 and my own AlTiduity has given me the Happincfs of 
 the Favours of Jrif?ahella the beautiful Wife of the old 
 Thane of Kyle. I have for fome Time been bleil with 
 the dear Carefleb of that charming Fair, as often as his 
 Bufmefs and Abfence allows us an Opportunity. But 
 Affairs of this fecret Nature are never to be gone through 
 without Hazards and Danger?, whxh whet the Appe- 
 tite and heighten the Pleafure. 1 h.«ve m^t with many 
 befldes this laft Ni2;ht, and vet the Inconvenience ne- 
 ver rebates the Edge of my Pafiion, which periiaps on 
 too eafy a PofTeflion had been dead before now. Bat the 
 Husband takes care to give me fuch Interruptions, that 
 I ever rife from the Banquet of Love with my Stomach 
 not half full, 
 
 The Thajie of Kyle laft Week was oblig'd to go 
 fome Diftance from Home ; I had Notice of the lucky 
 Minute, and was foon admitted into her Bed-Chamber, 
 where I found her in a perfe^ Undrefs, but foadorn'd 
 as migh\ lender her moit agreeable to her Lover i a thin 
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 loofe Rcbe but ill concealM the charnung Proportion of 
 her Limbs, and her fnowy Bofom was all bare, and 
 difcoveiM two fuch beautiful Breads, as wou'd have 
 tempted an Hermit to have prefs'd them with his con- 
 fecra:ed Hands. They were white, firm and round, 
 and heav'd with an agree .ble Motion, that betray 'd the 
 foft Defires of her Heart ; on her Face was fpread a 
 warm and confcious Blufh, her Eyes darted Fire, and 
 her curious Hair hung loofly down her Shoulders, in 
 fuch Quantity as made her a natural Veil for her Body. 
 
 You may imagine this Sight was like Wild- fire in 
 my Blood, and made me immediately throw myfelf 
 down by her, put afide the thin Garments that de- 
 ny'd my Eyes the Ei^auties of her naked Body, and 
 difcover fuch Symmetry, that all the Poets feign oi Venus 
 cou'd not come up to. I was now fcarce got into 
 Poffeffioa of this ineftimable Treifure, when in the next 
 Room we heard the Thane s Voice, which made us 
 ftart from all our Pleafures intJ the utmoll Confufion. 
 I'he Danger was prefling, the Moments of Confidera- 
 tion fo few, that we concluded of nothing but the worft 
 Events. I was refolv'd to deliver her by the Death of the 
 ThanCy and therefore drew my Sword, which had he 
 then entred, he had certainly found immediately in his 
 Body ; but fome Accident detaining him a few Mo- n 
 ments in the Anti-Chamber, fhe came to herfelf, and 
 bid me hide myfelf under the Bed ; that to be fure he 
 cou'd not (lay long with her, and that her Reputation 
 wou'd not fuffer me to take any fuch defperate Remedy, 
 which wa, worfe than the Difeafe, fmce it cou'd pro- 
 . duce nothing but both our undoing. 
 
 J immediately comply'd with her Defire, and was 
 now fettled in my uneaiy Poll, and fhe pretty well com^ 
 pos'd from the Dif rder, and plac'd on the Bed, the 
 better to conceal what had been done, when the Thane 
 enter'd the Room ; and approaching the Bed, ask'd her 
 what made her in that Undrefs, and that Place in the 
 Middle of the Day. Becaufe it is the Middle of the 
 Day, reply'd flie, <^^Jhen the Heat is fijirong, as to make 
 all Cloaths intolerable, and is only Jit for lying filly and 
 Jleep away the fultry HourS:,^ 
 
 ■,^rt^»t\i')fiSi--" " Thf 
 
of MACBETH. 229 
 
 The Thane fate down by her, and his playing with 
 her Bofom, and looking on her Beauties In fo tempting 
 a Pofture, gave him Defires, which he was refolved not 
 to balk. Thou art fo charming^ my Annabella, (/aid he) 
 that I find a frejh Touth invade all my Veins at tbeVicfvu. 
 of thy Perfon ; I muji indulge the luelcome Vigour, anct 
 enjoy the Treafiire, that is my onvn <vuhen I am able. Ana^ 
 Bella try'd all Means to put off the odious Enjoyment^ . 
 which was as difguftful to her, as tormenting to me« 
 She pretended, fhe was not well, afTum'd an ill Hu- 
 mour, ftruggled, fcolded, but all in vain, the olcj.; 
 Thane by the Authority of a Husband made her fub- 
 mit to his Pleafure, while I fay in a double Rack, both 
 for fear of a Difcovery, and to be witiiefs of my Mi- 
 ftreifes fufFering the Embraces of another, which neither 
 fhe nor I cou'd prevent. . . 
 
 The Matrimonial Contefl: being over, and fome taftew ' 
 lefs Endearments paft, the Thane retir'd, with AiTurance 
 of his Return before the Evening ; for her Beauties were 
 fo great, that he loft all his Happinefs by the Tyranny 
 of his Bufmefs, which deny'd him to be alvv: ys in her 
 Prefence, and to dedicate himfelf entirely to her. 
 
 She faw him down Stairs, and mounted his Horfe, 
 that Ihe might be fure he was gone, wifhing the Beaft 
 might fo dii'able him at his Journey's End, that he might 
 not return very foon to interrupt her Pleafures. Alfoon 
 as fhe came up, having lock'd all the Doors, ^Hq came 
 to me, and bid me enlarge myfelf from fo uneafy a 
 Prifon. I foon obeyM her Summons, and with Shame, 
 and Defpondence in my Eyes, obferv'd no lefs in hers, 
 which were caft down on the Ground, while her Face 
 was all on a Flame with Blufhes at what was paft. 
 T)o you not hate me., faid fhe, after nuhat has paji. To 
 hate you is impoffibky (reply 'd 1) thofe Eyes and t horfe 
 Beauties J nvcre made to give Love and not Hatred. 1 
 hate the Tyrant thy Husband, and hope he <u)ill break his 
 Neck and never may be admitted to rifle thofe SvoeetSf that 
 fwere made for the Blefjing of Youths not to be ahufed 
 by old Age. I cou^d have voijh'd, that his fond Fit had 
 been lefs fuccefsful <when I voas fo nigh. But certainly 
 there nvas no other Courfe to get rid of his Impertinent » 
 
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 // njcas the Malice of my Fortune ^ dear Annabella, and 
 not any Fault of Tours : It ^-was a Check to my Happinefsp 
 *wbkh elfe evooud have made me too fat'nfyd in my Ccn- 
 ditibn ; but let us keep the Memory of the curfed Accident 
 no longer ali<ve hy our Difcourfe, nvhich I nvould have 
 utterly forgot. Let us lofe no more time in repeating our 
 Miferyy hut drmvn all thoughts of ii in an Oct an of 
 Joy.- 
 
 No (faid Annabella) / can''t forgive myfelf^ and 1 
 nfsill therefore deny my/elf the Satisfadion of your Em- 
 ifraces, to do Penance for wy Folly. But indeed I knevo no 
 other Way of delivering both my/elf and you from his Com- 
 pany. No morey my Charmer (laid 1) lamfatisfydvuith 
 the NeceJJiiy ofvchat is pajl^ hut cannot be fo vjith a de- 
 nial of vchat ought to enfue. Let us therefore to the Bed, 
 and there redee7n our Time in Pleafures, better felt than 
 expefs'd. 
 
 No, fa id (he, I Jhall cotne polluted to your Arms'^ hut 
 1 nv ill make n Purgation hy Water, as the Ancients us^d 
 to do — faying thefe Words, fhe open'd two folding 
 Doors, which difcover'd a neat Bath Itrow'd with fweet 
 Herbs, and pafnng in, threw off her Cloaths, and bu- 
 ry'd herfelf in the liquid Odours. The Sight of this 
 Venus fet me again on Fire, and fpeedily undreffing 
 me, I ralh'd i.uo the Bath and clafpM her in my Arms. 
 What nevj Ways dojl thou find, my everlafiing Charmer, 
 to vary thy Beauties and my Plcafures ! Having fpent a 
 few Moments in this watiy Scene, we came out and 
 drying curfelves with the Linnen, that lay ready for 
 that Ufe, I conduded my Venus to the Bed, and throw- 
 ing off the Silk Counterpain and the Sheet, with which 
 only it was cover'd, we enter'd the foft Lifts of Love ; 
 where we fought the Battle with that Obftinacy, that 
 we had fcarce Time to drefs, and I to get away before 
 the old Thane returned. I was juft got out of the Garden- 
 Door, and gone a few Steps when I faw him and his 
 Servant, turning of the Corner of the Street, and mak- 
 ing full fpeed to his Houfe ; and I made as much hafte 
 as I cou'd to my own Apartment to refrefh myfelf 
 . with Food, and Repofe after a Journey fo long and 
 fatiguing. 
 
 Since 
 
ofMACBErn. 231 
 
 since this I had no Opportunity of feeing Annahella 
 again till this Day : But yefterday had a Summons to 
 meet her in the Garden-houfe when the Thane was a- 
 fleep, and all the Houfe at their Repofe, But how 
 that AlTignation came to the Knowledge of young 
 Caltknefs I can*t imagine, unlefs ihe has told fome 
 Servant near her Perfon, of trufting whom there is in- 
 deed fome Neceffity. Thus you find, my dear Friend 
 (concluded Macbeth) that I put a perfedt Confidence in 
 you, and let you in:o the Secrets ot my Soul, which no 
 Man alive {hou'd partake of but yourfelf. 
 
 lam fenjible of tl^ Favour y my Lord, (reply 'd I) and 
 I dare believe yon ivHl never have Caufe to repent your 
 intrKJling me nv'ith any Taking. But to give you the greater 
 JJfurance, I Jhall return your Favour ^ vcith the Account 
 of another of my oivn nvith a Lady no lefs beautiful^ as 
 Jharing indeed her Beauty in fo near a Relation as aSijier. 
 What the charming Jaquenetta ihe Wife of the Thane of 
 Gaury (interrupted Macbeth?) The fame, return'd I. 
 ^Fhen our Souls tvere dejiind to an Intimacy by Sympathy, 
 vjhich drevj both our Hearts to the charming t-ivo Sfjiers. 
 
 In that indeed we perfed:ly agree, but my Amcur 
 is too calm» and fecure to give me thofe Whets to my 
 Appetite which you enjoy. You know the two Fac- 
 tions that divide the Court, is that of Caithnefsy and that 
 of Rofs. The Thane of G««ry, is wholly in the Intereft 
 of the Thane of Rofs^ from whofe Interell in the King 
 he promifes himfel/ the Eftablilhment of that Greatnefs 
 he aims at. Ambition is his only Aim, and the im- 
 portant Bufmefs that takes up all his Thoughts, to which 
 he facrifices all Confiderations whatever. This makes 
 him fo aftive in engaging all the young Noblemen he 
 can in the Interell of the Faction of Rofsy adapting his 
 Baits to the Inclination of the Party he wou'd profelyte. 
 Youth is generally fway'd by fome Paflion andPleafure, 
 or other, \yhich biaffes its Reafon, or at leaft Opinion 
 and Zeal. This Man he entertains with Mufick, that 
 with fplendid Treats; this with Prefents of Horfes, that 
 with lofing his Money to him at Play. He eafily dif- 
 cover'd my Inclinations to his Wife, which gave him 
 more Joy, than Difturbance, fince he had now found 
 
 a Bribe 
 
^fz^ The Sec r e t H i s¥o icy 
 
 a Bribe in his Power to win me from a Party he thooglit 
 me before too much inclin'd to. He, therefore, in-- 
 vites me to his Houfe, carefles me with all the Ten- 
 (fernefs of a Brother, and vows all that is in his Power 
 at my Service. 
 
 After Dinner he leaves me with his Wife, and offici- 
 oufly fhuts the Door after him. She had her LefTon 
 from her Husband, anJ immediately attacks my Incli- 
 nations for the Caithnefs Fadlion, urges the Honour and 
 publick Spirit of th: t of Rofs. I tell her the Story of 
 my Heart, and afTure her that her Will fhould biafs me 
 to which Side fhe pleafed, fince her Eyes had obtained 
 an abfolute Sway over my Heart, that it was impofTible 
 for me to purfue any Ccurfe, that fhe did not direft. 
 That in pleafing her I arrived at my Willies, and that 
 from that Moment I lifted myfelf in the Catalogue of 
 of her Converts, and would receive all my Diredions 
 from her. 
 
 In fhort, I urged my Paflion with that Eagernefs and 
 Addrefs, that I found Ihe had no Averfion to the Story, 
 which had made me hope for the fpeedy Succefs that 
 followed. In this Difcourfe I had drawn pretty near 
 her, being fallen on my Knees with her Hand in mine, 
 en which I fealed all my Vows of Fidelity and Service. 
 From thence I venture to her Lips, and found nO Re- 
 pulfe from the eager Advances of KifTes, as warm as my 
 Defires. This gave me Boldnefs to proceed to greater 
 Libertie-, and brought me a nearar Degree to Enjoy- 
 ment, till fhe funk in my Arms, and fuffered me to 
 rifle all thofe Sweets, which merited greater Difficulties 
 to obtain, and yet leijjbned not their Value by being 
 given fo eafily. 
 
 I retired to my Lodgings, highly fatisfied with my 
 Succefs, and made no Difficulty of entirely furrenderinff 
 myfelf to the Party of Rofsy in which I have continued 
 xealous ever fince. The Caufe is known only to Jaque" 
 netta, her Husband, you and myfelf j but Love not 
 Reafon, was the Motive of my Converfion; and I look'd 
 on the Parties with fo indifferent an Eye, that a much 
 lefs cogent Argument might have carried me to either 
 Side. For the Strife is not at all for the public^ Good, 
 
 but 
 
■rf MACBETH. 23^ 
 
 but which (hall engrofs the King, and make all the Pre-,, 
 fermerts their own, and thofe of their Fadion. This 
 Affair has continued feme Time ; but Jaqucnetta has 
 the Addrefs artificially to make Obftacles, where reall/ 
 there are none, by that to falve her Husband's Reputa- 
 tion, and heighten my Love. For fhe always makes 
 our Enjoyments To fecret, and with fo much Caution, 
 as if fhe were afraid of her Husband as much as her 
 Sifter, tho* whatever (he does in this Amour, fhe doe's 
 by his Authority. 
 
 Having thus made a mutual Confidence, and vow*^d 
 a perpetual Friendfhip, we parted. I went imn-.ediately 
 to Court to hear what was become of young Caithnefi\ 
 and whether his Wounds had prov'd mortal ; or that 
 there was any Hopes of his Recovery. Thu' Caithnefs 
 was not of the Blood Royal, yet he was a powerful 
 Man in his Country, and had ftill fuch an Interell ifi 
 the King, that it would have been hard for Machethf 
 then not much known at Court, nor ^ttty much in the 
 King^s Favour, to have efcap'd a Difgrace iiv his ilrft 
 Rife. 
 
 When I came to Court I found the Thane of Caith- 
 m/ixxi fome Fury, telling his Cafe to the Ch't?f of his 
 Party, aggravating the Alf ult on hjs Son by Macbethi 
 as if he had endeavoui'd to f flaliinate the young Caltl* 
 vi/s^ and not he Macbeth. Ke urg'd, rhat if the Princes 
 of the Blood were permitted fuch Excefies, none cfthe 
 Nobility were fafe, who flioa'd prCiume to oppofe then% 
 on the moll jullif able Occafions. That all t!ie Quurel 
 Macbeth had to him, was hisefpoufing theCaufe of three 
 innocent Gentlemen, whom he had turnM out of their 
 Pi ces to gratify his Creatures; that one of them had 
 fallen in Defence of his Son, by the Hands of many 
 bold Affaffins, headed by that Prince. He urg'd thenn 
 all to iurround the King with one common Complaint, 
 fmce doubtiefs it was meant, as an Infult to the whole 
 Party ; that the Fadion of Rofs was certainly in the 
 Bottom of the Defign, and had put a young hot-headed 
 Prince o;i an A(^ion, which they durll net engage ia 
 them .elves.. 
 
 ''kiili4<4 911* iv'.- ■*ii 
 
234 ^^'^ Secret Hi-story 
 
 Jufl as he had done his Complaint, the King came 
 out of his Apartment, when old Cnithnefs falling on 
 his Knees, with Tears in his Eyes demanded Jullice 
 for the Lofa of his Son, that now lay expiring with the 
 Wounds he had receiv'd from a Band of Rufhans, head- 
 ed by Macbeth. This was feconded by all the Party, 
 and urged with that Vehemence, that the King was 
 going to order him to be taken up, and committed to 
 Prifon till the Event was feen of his Life or Death; 
 when making up to the King I defir'd to be heard, and 
 told them th^ the V^ane of Caithuefs had foully afpers'd 
 and belyM his Kinfman Macbeth', that to my Know- 
 ledge Macbeth was aflaolted by three Rogues, em ploy 'd 
 by the Son of the 7hane,SLnd had only efcap'd with his Life, 
 hy my accidental paffing by and coming to his Refcue,; 
 that as we were purfuing two of the Affaffins, the third 
 being fallen by the Hind of Macbeth ^ the young C-aith- 
 nejj llopping the Run-away s, exhorted them to renew 
 their Attack on both of us, which he encouraged by 
 /drawing himfelf, and putting at Macbeth; but the 
 Rogues had not Courage to join him, but flying ftill 
 fafter, Macbeth in his own Defence, and with his fin- 
 gle Arm had given thofe Wounds to the Son^ which 
 die Father without Caule complained of. 
 
 The Heads of the Fa£llon of ^^ being by, took 
 hdd of this Opportunity of engaging Macbeth in theijr 
 Party, and with fuch Vehemence efpoufed his Caufe« 
 that at once provoked the Indignation of old CaithneJ)^ 
 and brought the King over to their Side. They there- 
 fore prevailed with the King to fet a Day when Mac- 
 beth (hould clear himfelf, and bring the young Caithnefs 
 to a Tryal for his Affault of one of the Blood-royal of 
 Scotland; which being fixed to the tenth Day after the 
 Wounded was recovered, one Side went away with Sa- 
 tisfaftion and T riumph ; the other with Shame and In- 
 dignation, and fecret Vows of Revenge, when Oppor- 
 tunity offered. 
 
 There was no Body fhevved more Zeal in the Caufc 
 ■kA Micbethy than 5rj:/?^«/o another Prince of the Blood, 
 prompted both by a particular Fiiendlhip between them. 
 
 and 
 
of MACBETH. 235 
 
 and his Apprehenfibns of the like Danger himfclf, as 
 frequently having Occafion for going by Night, axid 
 alone on AiFairs of the fame Nature, that had thus ex- 
 pofed Macbeth to the Aflaylts of his Enemies. 
 
 The Faftion of Caithnefs had frequent Confultatiofts 
 on this troublefome Affair, and the uneafy Condition of 
 their Party, which was very much in the Wain, and 
 every Day lofing ground with the King. But he being 
 a very weak Prince, was often won and loft by each 
 Side, as the laft Impreflions were made on him. TIic 
 Tbane of Caithnefs himfelf was a Man of Skill in pub- 
 lick Affairs, of great Addrefs in Bufmefs, and of a ge- 
 nerous Temper j but all his Defigns were fpoiled by his 
 Impatient Temper; which was a Weaknefs fo well 
 known to his Enemies, that they frequently made afe 
 of it to difforb his Reafoning in Council. The Thane 
 of Kofs^ the Head of the contrary Fadion was a Man 
 of a very clear Head, cool and fedate in his Debates^ 
 and never was obferved to be in a Pafiion in publick in 
 his \Mq, It was not in the Power of Man to ruffle his 
 Temper, or make him lofe that Moderation of Con- 
 do^, by which he conflantly fteered all his Adions. 
 Bat then he was avaritioos, nerer forgave the leaft 
 Offence, and fore though late would pay Revenge where 
 he thought it was due. He had no Meafure in his Am- 
 bition, nor Luff of Wealth, yet he knew whom to let 
 participate of the publick Spoils, and whom to exclude. 
 He knew the Temper of all the Nobility, nor wanted 
 the Arts to wheedle the People into an Opinion of his 
 Honour and Love of the Publick. 
 
 This being the Character of the two Heads of the 
 oppofite Parties, the Followers had a greater or lefs 
 Searoning of either of thefe Qnalities. Thofe of Caith- 
 tiffs were generally hot-headed, but generous, thofe 
 o\ Rofs affable, courieou", but rapacious and niggardly. 
 However all managing their Penary with fo much Pru- 
 dence, as to fufpend the Hatred of the People by popu- 
 lar Pretences till their Bufinefs was done; and thea 
 they eafily took their ^ietta to make Room for ano- 
 ther of ths fame Clan to follow their Steps, and enjoy the 
 
 fame 
 
236 T^he Secret History 
 
 feme Benefit. If their Exorbitances loft them the Iting^ 
 Jind the People for one Year or two, ihey always had 
 Addrefs enough to wipe out the Odium, and force their 
 Way to the Head of AiFairs, and keep their Polls folj 
 ten or twelve. 
 
 in a Debate of the Heads of the Faftion ofCaithnefSf 
 it was rcfoived, that the young Lord fhoa'd, as foon as 
 able, apply himfelf to the 7hane of Ky^e, and tell him 
 all that he knew of the Intrigue o[ M(2cbetb with his 
 V/ife, and infinuate, that his Wounds, and Difgrace 
 were the EfFeds of his Zeal for his Honour ; by which 
 Means he might revenge himfelf on the Partiality of 
 the Lady, who had negleded him, and prompt the 
 Jealoufy of Kyle, to revenge himlelf on the Man that 
 had done him fuch Wrong ; which being fpcedily put 
 in Execution, might prevent what he could fay againlt 
 him on his Trial ; and laftly, it might bring the ^hani 
 of KyU over to their Party, when he found the Spoiler 
 of his Honour in the Party ofR/s. 
 
 This rafli Refolution was too agreeable to the hot 
 Temper of the Youth for him to delay the putting it in 
 Pradtice. He therefore fends to the 7hane of Kyle^ 
 that he was coming to wait on him, and defired him to 
 ilay at Home for him, becaufe his Bufinefs was of fuch 
 Importance to his Honour and Reputation, tjiat it might 
 rot be deferred. 
 
 The old Tbam happened to be with his Wife, when 
 this Meflagc was delivered, and returned for an Anfwcr, 
 that he waired him that Hour. Annabella was imme» 
 ditely apprehenfive, that his Refentment of her Slights, 
 and the Difgrace that Macbeth had given him, prompt" 
 ed him to fome Mifchief againft them. b»jt could not 
 conceive how he could have Grounds fufficientto do her 
 any Prejudice, unleG the Declaration of his finding Mac- 
 beth in the Porch of her Garden door might be thought 
 fo ; and yet fhe could not tell how to Account for his 
 watching there, if he had not had fome Intelligence of 
 the Aflignation. Full of thefe Thoughts fhe fends up 
 for her Maid, that was her only Confident in the 
 Amour. She charges her with Treachery, in betray- 
 
of MACBETH. 237 
 
 ing her Secrets to the young Caithnefs, from whom flie 
 expefled her immediate Ruin. That it was in vain to 
 deny that this Minute, which (he muft be called to de- 
 clare the next, as an Evidence againll that Miftrefs that 
 had confided her Honour and Lite to her Fidelity. But 
 that yet it was in her Power to retrieve what fhe had done 
 unlefs fhe was really her fecret Enemy ; but fhe fhoald 
 remember, that fhe could not long enjoy the Benefit of 
 her Treachery, fince Macbeth would be fure to revenge 
 her Quarrel ; whofe Interell, and Power every Day 
 encreafed, as that of the Houfe of Caitbnefs declined, 
 and withered away, ^>' 
 
 In the midft of thi, Difcourfe the Maid was fent for 
 in hafte to her Mafter, fo acknowledging her Weaknefs, 
 unable to refill the Bribes of young Caithne/s, yet fhe 
 was refohed to turn his Malice on himfelf, and favfc 
 her Lady from that Danger into which fhe had thrown 
 her. 
 
 The Maid went to the Thane without any feeming; 
 Concern ; but the Millrefs followed after with too much 
 Uneafinefs not to be feen in her Countenance ; refolving 
 to liilen to the Confult, and determine either immediate 
 Flight or Stay as fhe heard her Caufe go. 
 
 AfToon as the Maid was entered, the young Catthnefs 
 
 thus addrefs'd himfelf to her. The Difcovery you 
 
 ha<ve made to me of your Ladies intrigue luith Macbeth, 
 has lain fo long on my Conjcience. that I could not reji till 
 I had informed my honoured Friendy the Thane of Kyle, 
 <fthe Treachery of his lVife\ an Angel indeed in the Beait- 
 tiesofher Body, and 1 <rjoiJh for her Husband'' s fake^ fhe 
 nvere no lefs in Mind and Manners, 
 
 Sir, (reply'd the Maid, without any Change of Coun- 
 tenance, or Fear) Tou furely are mad, and knonv not 
 nxhat you fay j or eife you take this hafe ungenerous Method 
 of renjenging yourfelf on me, and my Lady for flighting 
 your Endeavours, at ixihat you noiv accufe Macbeth cfi 
 you are unjufi to dery her thofe Beauties of Mind ofixhieh 
 you ha've made Experience, njohen fhe reje^ed your ivfa^ 
 mous Suit, though you are young and baudfomey and rkp 
 Lord fometUng in Tears, .'in. 
 
 thou 
 
238 T^e Secret History 
 
 7Jjeu Monjier of Women! (cry'd out the hot young 
 ^lan) is it pojjjbie fo much Impudence and Guilt can 
 meet in one Per/on ; Did you not let me knonxj of the -^JJig' 
 nation the Night I fought 'vjith Macbeth I Was he not 
 foitJid in the Porch of your Garden? Had you not my Gold 
 for the Intelligence ? true (my Lord) reply d the Maidy I 
 confefs 1 had Gold of you^ and you defer'jed to lofe it nx:ith>' 
 Out anf Effect y fincc it <was n.eant as a Bribe to my Inte- 
 grity ; and as the Sho^tver of Jove to let you into the Bra- 
 xen lonuer nvhere my Lady luas concealed. But, Sir, I 
 frefume you cannot boaji that I did perform 'what you de^ 
 fired I never did admit you, nor e<ver ivould^ Heaven 
 knoivs ny Hearty any Man li<ving to the Injury of the 
 Honou. of m^ good Lord, or my Lady , being 'very nxjell af- 
 fu^ed of the eternal Hatred of both, and immediate Pu- 
 nifhn.cnt for any fuch TranfgreJJion. 
 
 The Thane of Kyle was almoft confounded in the 
 Matter ? for he could not imagine, that the young C^ith- 
 tiefi could have fo much Folly and Madnefs as to fum- 
 moa the i\ iaiu tor a Witnefs of the Truth of what he had 
 afTerted againit his Wife, if he really had not been told 
 fo by her But then that Readinefs and Unconcern 
 in the Wench, and the Heartinefs of her Alfeveration 
 , would not let him believe, that there was any Thing 
 in the Matter, more than the Jealoufy of Caithnefs, or 
 fome I/iifiniormataion he had had from her, or fome 
 other of his Family on purpofe to bubble him of his 
 Gold. At laft, Sir, faid he, / <Txould ivillingly think 
 a Man of Honour fpoke Truth , but nvhen I find a Gentle- 
 man quitting his Honour in the Accufation of a Lady, 1 
 ha've more Reafon to credit my Ser'vant, 'whofe Enjidence 
 feems to argue )ou guilty of a Will, though not a Poiver of 
 injuring me that -very Way, 'which you nvould perfwade 
 jne you abhor in Macbeth. 
 
 This fedate Speech of JC);/<? provoked yo\xx\g Caithnefs 
 ; more than the Impudence of the Maid, and made him 
 utter Words that railed the Spirit of old Kyle; who put- 
 ting it dole to him, whether he had ever made any amo- 
 rous Attempts onAnnabella? He in a Rage,and by way 
 of Contempt, replied Tes^ and had juueidid as well as 
 
 others^ 
 
(f MACBETH. iig 
 
 Others t had I had but as much Jlavifh "Patience to attend. 
 This confirmed the Thane, that his Wife was wrong- 
 fully accufed, and that all that had been faid was the 
 EfFedl of Revenge for his Difappointment. 
 
 In this Difpute the Name of Annabella was often 
 mentioned with fome Noife ; hence ftie took her ^e and 
 entered, defining of her Husband the Reafon of that 
 Noife and the frequent mention of her Name. Dopu 
 knoiv this jou/ig Gentleman ? faid the Thane, he accufes 
 you '—What of Cruelty to his P^o» '— interrupted fhe, 
 7ny Lord? 1 am ajhamed that ycu encourage thofe hy your 
 Trieitdjhipy nvho knonxy no Return^ hut to affront your 
 Wife luith their criminal Love, I knoio not nvhat he can 
 atcufe me of, hut the flighting his odious AddreffeSy and 
 that I hope, my Lordy is no Crime in your Eyes. Enough^ 
 my Deary faith the Thane, I doubt not hut thy Virtue is 
 as good Proof againft Macbeth, as againf himt though 
 he tells me a lame Story of an Intrigue you had ivith him^ 
 of njohich he nvas informed by his Maid; but Jhe denies his 
 Jffertiony and his Bafenefs in affajjinating Macbeth, and 
 accufing a Lady of Adultery^ hecaufe fye nxould not com- 
 mit it wcith him ^ and aho^ve all, hecaufe I knonv thy chajfe 
 Temper and Moderation y I do for e^ver renounce all Com- 
 municationnuith him, and forbid him my Houfe ^ and 'will 
 be for e'ver after an eternal Enemy to him and his. Tou . 
 tnay therefore noixi depart in Safety young Gentleman^ he- 
 caufe you enter d my Houfe nonv as a Friend', but Death 
 Ts your Loti f from this Moment you fet your Feet ivith- 
 iii it. 
 
 1 confefs, faid young Caithnefs, 1 am in the torong to 
 think that any Man could be believed againji fo much Beau- 
 ty i that the confcious Impotence of A^re could ceafe to have 
 the Vanity of believing itfelf fuficient for fo much Youth. 
 But be not too fecure, old Lord, Time may difcover <what 
 that villainous Maid denies me the proof of. 
 
 Having faid this, he left the Houfe in Confufion and 
 Shame to relate his Succefs to the Cabal. 
 
 Though the Thane o{Kyle was fatisfyM in his Wife's 
 Innocence by the Confufion of young Caithnefs, yet, 
 his laft Words would never out af his Head. He con- 
 
 iidered 
 
Z4^ ^^ Secret History 
 
 fidered his Age, and her Youth, and that Confideration 
 gave him a perpetual Alarm, and made him keep a 
 continual Watch over her Adions. But Spies are mer- 
 cenary, and will not fee what they are fet to Watch, 
 when the Gallant^s Gold flies into their Eyes. This 
 JMac&etb found true, for the very Creatures of the Hus- 
 band mod promoted his Amour, till too much Security 
 threw them on a Difcovery, which if not prevented by 
 the Death of the Thane, might have been fatal to both ; 
 to fuch Hazards does unlawful Love expofe its. Devotees, 
 Annab^.lh had lately took a Fancy when in her Lovers 
 Embraces to barracade the Door of the Anti Chamber, 
 with fome Chairs, and at a little Diilance ihe placed 
 fome fmali Stools, with the Fire-ihovel and Tongs up- 
 on them J perhaps forfeeing what afterwards happened, 
 if not on Purpofe to produce the Event which came to 
 pafs. One Night, fhe was in the Arms oi Macbeth^ 
 and the Thane of KyU having Notice of it by 
 fome new Spy, not yet difcovered, nor in the Enemies 
 Intereft, came up a back Way, and taking a Candle in 
 one Hand, and his Sword in the other, he opens the 
 Door of the Anti chamber, which finding barricado'd 
 in that Manner, fo raifed his Indignation, that he 
 made his Way in, and going in a Paffion, flumbled 
 over one of the little Stools, and bruifed himfelf fo 
 much in the Fall, being old and grof?, that he lay for 
 dead. This alarms the Lovers ; he is hid, fhe comes 
 out, removes the I'ongs, Stools and Chairs, before any 
 one could come ; fummons the Houfe to his Aid, and 
 gives herfelf the Air of a Grief, which fhe ought to 
 have on fuch an Occafion ; for tho* the Thane breath'd, 
 and fhewed manifefl SVnsof Life, )et he neither open- 
 ed his Eyes nor uttered one Word, 
 
 Macbeth was conveyed away ia the Hurry, Surgeons 
 fent for, and all Things applie.l that might do him 
 Good, but having bruiled fome Part within him, all 
 Applicadons were in vain, for he expired before the 
 Morning, in the Arms of his Wife, and the Prcfcnce of 
 the Family. Tho' AnnabcL'a was infinitely plealed in 
 her Heart at that Accident, that had not only laved her 
 
 Life, 
 
^ i>J MACBETH. 24r 
 
 Life, but fet her at Liberty to enjoy her Lover at Plea- 
 fure, yet (he put on that ou;ward Form of Sorrow, 
 which Widows generally ufe on OccaCons of this 
 Nature. 
 
 Many Days (he paid to this Formality, and foon af- 
 ter the Interment many Nights to Love. Bat while (he 
 could not be fatibfied with the frequent Enjoyment of her 
 beloved Macbeth^ unlefs he confined himfelf perpetually 
 to her Arms, he finding no more Difficulties in his A- 
 mour, and tired of the intollerable Fondnefs of his 
 Miftrefs, grew weary, and cold in her Prefence, and of- 
 ten made lame Excufes for his Abfence. Till now hav- 
 ing call his Eyes on the Daughter of the Thane o( Rofs^ 
 newly arrived at the Court, he perfe<5lly abandoned /^«- 
 jtahelUy in fpight of all her Endeavours to retain, or re- 
 cover his Heart. 
 
 This was an Amour of another Nature, and Matri- 
 mony only could accompli(h his Defites ; there was In* 
 terefi enough in the Match to engage his Prudence, and 
 Honour enough to ftir up the Ambition of her Father. 
 Macbethy whole Mind was e/er thinking of a nobler 
 Chace than Women-kind, confidered that to link him- 
 felf fo fait with the Head of fo power'ul and popukr a 
 Party, would make an eafy Way to the down, if o- 
 ther Circumiiances fhould ever concur: And the Lady, 
 vs'hofe Soul was much fuller of Antbition than Love, 
 fancied htr marrying a Prince of the B!ojd, fet her at 
 lead fome Steps nearer the golden Circle. Both Sides 
 having th^fe Klotives, th.* Match was foon agreed on, 
 and the Day ^oi the Celebration of the lilarriage foon 
 lixcd. 
 
 But now the Trial of the young Caithmfs was pufli'd 
 on with \'igour, which had all this -while been delayed 
 by the Father's Arts and his Pretence of no: being yet 
 recovered. The Matter was plainly proved againll him, 
 ev-^en by the Villains he employed, who had their Par- 
 don to be Evidences againlt him. He is convnTted, and 
 condemned to Bani(hment into the Ifles during the King's 
 Pleafure ; who was now fo well guarded and furrounded 
 by the Creaturesof RoTs^ that no Application could be 
 made to alter or retard the Sentence. Being therefore 
 
 M~' compelled 
 
242^ 7b& Sechet Hi'STORy 
 
 compelled to go into Banifiiment, he was accompanied 
 by all the Party of Cahhnefs feveral M-les from the City, 
 and Macdonaldy a Man of great Intereft in the Ifles,went 
 quite to the Place of his Exile, with an Intention to re- 
 venge his Caufe,not only on Macbeth^wx. the King and the 
 whole Court j as his after Attempts plainly difcovered. 
 
 In the mean while the Wedding q{ Macbeth is cele- 
 brated with great Magnificence, and the Prefence of the 
 whole Court, except Cahhnefs and his Party, too melan- 
 cholly, and too much difgulled to be prefentat a Solem- 
 nity, which was fo hateful to them, and fo prejudicial 
 to their Caufe, 
 
 Soon after this Caitlnef, retired to his Eftate -in the 
 North, which gave him a formidable Power in thofe 
 Parts, and with him weni the Thane of Nairn and Su-. 
 i her land ', Men of tuibulem. Spirits, as well as very poT 
 tent in thofe Parts, where we thali iea-ve thein till their 
 preparing thofe Fadions, in which they were Co fall in 
 the Beginning of the Reign of Macbeth. 
 
 Macbeth being married, his Lady infpijed a new Air 
 into his Face, and Spirit to his Conduft. Amours, that 
 had taken up fo much of his Time before, found but 
 little Share in his Leifure Hours afterwards. He ap- 
 plied himfelf wholly to Bufmefs and military Affairs, in 
 which his Progrefs was fo {^tdy and conliderable, that 
 he foon appeared at the Head of an Army, which he 
 made by his Condufl and Valour fuccefsful. 
 
 Macdonaldy whom I mentioned, retiring into the Wef- 
 tern Iflands with the young Caithnefs, had been fo in- 
 duftrious in MIfchief, as to ftir up the People of thofe 
 J*arts into Rebellion, declaring againft the Fadion of 
 Rofsy and the King himfelf, as the meer Tool of that 
 Party, not free in his Adions, nor at Liberty to do Juf- 
 tice to any, whom the RoJJians had a Mind to opprefs. 
 l^acbeth and Bancho were made Choice of by the Mini- 
 ilxy to command the Army againft the Rebels. They 
 rendezvouzed at In^vemefst where the Command was 
 thus divided : Bancho, with a fufficient Force, marched 
 into Rofs to the Borders of Sutherland, to have an Eye on 
 the Thanes of Caithnefs and Sutherland, who they had 
 Keafon to believe were in the Defign, and would join 
 
 them^ 
 
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 tliem, \f they found the Iflanders met with any tolcra- 
 tle Succefs. But in Appearance they lay ilill, as not at 
 all concerned in the Affair, either awed by the Neigh- 
 bourhood oi Baucbo, or their own Diitrufl of good For- 
 tune^ 
 
 Their Agents however fpread ftrange Rumours of the- 
 Power of the Iflanders, and made incredible Stories of 
 their wonderful Exploits, thereby to dilpofe them to the 
 like Attempt, or at leaft to difcover how ftrong their 
 Party would be (hould they join in the Revolt, 
 
 Macbeth part over into Skie, where all the Rebels wer« 
 met, and ready to invade the Continent, had he not 
 prevented them by his Speed. Macdonald and his Ifland- 
 ers were fomething diflieartened at his Approach, and of- 
 ten confulted of a Retreat; bat that was impofijble^ with- 
 out a Victory, which they had Caufe to defpair of Not 
 but that they were far more numerous than the Army of 
 Macbeiky but they were a rude and ill-difciplined Mul- 
 titude, and ill provided with warlike Stores and Arms^ 
 and no News of the Men of Caithnefs and Sutherland^ 
 ■who, Macdonald, had allured them would join them, 
 Macbeth would not give them Leave to recover of their 
 Fears, but immediately fell on them, totally routed 
 their Army, killing vail Numbers on the Spot, and tak- 
 ing al), or moll: of the rert Prifoners. He then purfued 
 Macdonald to a Itrong Fortrefs, whither he was retired 
 with a Handful of his Follov/ers, that had efcaped the 
 Battle. Bui finding himfclf unable to hold our, and ex- 
 pecting or defining no Mercy from Macbeth, he fell on 
 his own Sword, expiring the very Moment the For- 
 trefs furrendered. Macbeth was not fatisfied with the Ex- 
 ecution he had done on himfelf, but ordered his Head to 
 ht ilruck off on a Scaffold by the Provoft Marlhal in the 
 Sight of his Army. Nor was he conten^t with this Pu- 
 «iflimcnt of the Leader, but contrary to the true VoWcy • 
 of fparing the Multitude, he hung up all the Prifoners 
 he took, which drew the Hatred oi all the People on the 
 King, as done by his Order. 
 
 ^lacbeth and Bancho return in Triumph toCccrt, and 
 receive the Compliments of all Degrees, and the Thanks 
 <3f the King, and the CurelTes of their Friends. But 
 
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 they enjoyed not long the Tranqaility, fuc)^ a great S^JC- 
 ■cefspromifed them. For the domeftick Enemy being 
 fuppreffed, Fate raifed them another far more terrible 
 ^id dangerous. For Siveno or Sra;ane King of Nor'vjay, 
 ^ame into the Firfb of Forth with a very numerous Fleet, 
 Aboard which he had a very formidable Army, which 
 he landed in Fife. 
 
 The King immediately difpatched Macbeth to draw 
 together all the Force he could in the Eaft, while he and 
 Bancho made a Stand with what he could in Hafte ga- 
 ther together ; and being too confident in his Men, ven- 
 tured, contrary to Bancho^ Advice, to march againft 
 Snx'enot and endeavour to drive him to his Ships before 
 he had made too firm Footing in his Kingdom, as the 
 Danes had done in England. He came to a Battle with 
 the Narivegians^ and was beaten, but not in fo difgrace- 
 ful a Manner, but that he made good his Retreat to 
 Berths there to attend the Arrival of Macbeth ; who 
 ^now being come near him, at a Confult betwixt them, 
 advifed the King to have Recourfe to Stratagems, fmce 
 lie had met with fuch ill Luck in his Trial of Force. 
 It was therefore propofed by Macbeth ^ that the King 
 ftiould fend feme CommifTioners to Snveno to treat of a 
 Peace, and of the Conditions that Siveno would be 
 pleafed to allow them. That the Commiffioners fhould 
 adt fo as to give the Nornvegtan Reafon to think the 
 King's Cafe was very defperate, that fo he might be the 
 ^ore remifs in his Difcipline, and taking it for granted, 
 that his Bufmefs was already done, make him negli- 
 geirt.of the means of accomplifhing it, 
 :_f,TheCQ Meafures approved, I was by Macbeth recom- 
 niVended as a fit Perfon for managing this Affair. I 
 took Carje to difcharge my Truft fo well as tc give full 
 Satisfjifftion to thofe that employed me. For by my Ad- 
 drefs I infpired a Belief, that the King only waited his 
 Terms for an eatire Surrender. His firft Demand was 
 a fufficient Qaajitity of Wine and Provifion to fupply 
 his Army, to be furniihed every Day during the Treaty. 
 I defired Leave to fend the King Notice of his Demand ; 
 which being known to Macbeth, he took the Hint, and 
 ri|-Djvti(e^ tP t.he Kmg the poifon^jj^ all the Liquor with 
 .•■'''"' ^ >i^ ' ' a fopore- 
 
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 -a fopjreferous Drug, common enough in Scotland ^ and 
 that when the Nornuegian Army had had their full Dofe 
 the Zcots ftiould fall on them, and make them an eafy 
 Prey. This was immediately put in Execution, and 
 Word was returned, that the Supply demanded fhould 
 be fent into the Camp the next Day, on Sivcno": Parol*, 
 that none that brought it in fhouldluff-r any Injury, buc 
 be permitted to depart in Security. 
 
 The Norvjegians, afrer the Fi^tigue of a long Voyage, 
 and that of a Baitle, were too fond of Refrelhmenf, to 
 be at ail temperate in fuch a Plenty of good Lir^uor, fp 
 that they foon threw themfelves into the Condition thit 
 we defired. And oi r Army advancing, came Time e- 
 nough to cut all their Throats, except the Kind's, and 
 three or four more, who had been more tempetate than 
 the rei^, who bore ofF the King, now half afleep with 
 the Potion, and laying him acrofs a Horfe, hurried him 
 a Ship-board, fcarce able to man one fmall Veffel with, 
 all the Survivers of that fatal Day ; the ether Ships 
 without Mariners fell foul on each o.her, and were funk 
 in the Firth. 
 
 This Difgrace coming to the Ears of Canuius, he 
 fends another great Fleet with Men to revenge th^ Quar- 
 rel of the Norivegiansy but Macbeth and Bancko fell en 
 them as foon as landed, and cut moll of them to Pieces ; 
 the reft make a precipitate Retreat to their Ships, hoifl 
 their Sails and away to Sea, having had enougn cf At- 
 tempts on the Scottijh Coaih. 
 
 7'hefe terrible Defeats to the Narnuegiats and Danes, 
 reftored Peace and Security to Scotland, fo that there be- 
 ing nothing now to fear from abroad, they had the 
 more Leifure to take Advantage cf a weak King, and ftir 
 up Faftions at Home. This Succefs againft domeftick 
 and foreign Enemies gave the Fa<^tion of Rofs too much 
 Security to fuffir them to obferve any Meafures of right 
 or wrong. They threw afide t}-.e> Veil of public Good, 
 and every Man plainly drove at his own Gain, and Ad- 
 vancement to Ports, tJiat might yield him that Profit 
 which he fought. 
 
 This Conduct in a little Time bred ill Blood in the 
 People, and a RoJJian grew more odious than ever one 
 
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 f)f Caitln-e/s had formerly been. The Thanes of dtith* 
 ftefs^ Sutherland and Nairn had Notice of this State of 
 Affairs, and thought it now Time to return to Gourtt 
 where the public Grievances made Way for their Re- 
 admiflion to the Ear of the King, and Adminiftration 
 of the Public. Their Arrival alarmed thofe of Rofsy 
 and the Scruggle begun with great Fury on both Sidesv 
 The public Complaints gave the Advantage to thofe of 
 Caithnejsy fo that they are again received into Favour, 
 and, all their Dependants exalted to Places ; but that In* 
 folence, which always made them lofe the Hearts of the 
 People in a little Time, notwithftanding all the Exorbi- 
 tances of the Faftion of Rofs^ who had the good breed- 
 ing to pick your Pocket with an humble Bow, and op- 
 prefs you with all the gay Affability in the World ; but 
 thofe of Ca'ithnefs did it with Infolence and Pride, as if 
 ^hey had a Right to do what they did, and offered you 
 no Injury at all. 
 
 . During thefe Bickerings betwixt thefe Parties, now 
 this, now that b^ing uppermpft, Macbeth being one 
 Summers Evening in his Garden, beneath a fhady Ar- 
 bour, was luird afleep by the chirping of the Birds, and 
 the Murmurs of a tumbling Brook that ran jull beneath 
 it. He had not been long afleep, but a Vifion appear- 
 ed to him moil furprifing and pleafing ; three Women 
 appe.ired to him with Faces Ihining with celeflwl Glory, 
 and Qar'ment: like the Beams of the Sun. The firll: fa- 
 lutes him by the Name of Tliane oi/^ngus; the feccnd by 
 that of Af//r/-<2>' ; and the third by the Title of King of 
 : Scotland. X know very well that there is a Story fpread 
 abroad fmce his evil Adminiftration, that he met three 
 Witches in a Foreil, who vifibly, and by Day-light, 
 , gave him thofe Salutations, but I had it from his own 
 Mouth long before, and take the Dream to. be nothing: 
 'elfe but the EfFccl of his perpetual Thoughts how to 
 bring that ambitious Delign about, and to which his 
 La4y, whole Soul was nothing but Ambition, pufhed 
 him on inceiTantly. 
 
 NotwithlVinding the Power of Caithnefsy he found 
 both the Popularity and Nobility fo much in the Interell 
 Qi Macbeth, that he fmother'd his former i<efen;ment, 
 
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 J^nd raade it his whole Endeavours to gratify his Am- 
 i>inon, and make him his Friend. By his Intereft 
 therefore he was firft made Thane of Angicsi and atiei- 
 wards Thane of Murray.. However, Caithnefs pu: 
 notfuch Confidence in the Merits of his Services to Mac- 
 beth^ as not to have Spies enow about him to give him 
 a continual Account of all his Defigns and A£iions. 
 
 At this Time you know, Thane of Glamis, that 
 there arofe a third Faction betwixt both, which grew 
 extreamly popular, becaufe the redrefling the Grie- 
 vances which came from the other two was their Pre- 
 tence, and I believe the Defign of many of them. Ar- 
 chibald^ Thane of Argyle^ was one of the Chief of 
 this Party, call'd the Patriots ; and Macbeth forefeeing 
 how advantageous it wou'd be to him to be at the 
 •Head ofchejTi, foon encer'd himfelf in their Lilh, an<^ 
 by Confequer.ce became their Head. Many of theie 
 •Gentlemen, efpecially your noble Father, my dear Lorfi^ 
 jnov'J with a generous Love and Companion for their 
 Country, torn to Pieces by Faftions (for let which 
 Side foevcr be uppermoft, Scotland was fure to be a Prey) 
 began to confider how to put an End to a Mifchicf, 
 that if not quickly prevented mull prove the Deftruc- 
 tion of their Country. They found the King of fo 
 iickle and weak a 1 emper, that he had loft his Re- 
 putation and Efteem with the Nobility and Peopl'e; 
 and fhow'd fo little Rel'olution, that his Declarations 
 never carry 'd with them any Authority. The Evils 
 were too great ior Duncan to redrefs ; they wanted a 
 Man of Spirit, Bravery and Refolution to over-awe 
 and quafh all the Parties, that had got too great Head 
 for the Safety of Scotland. 
 
 It was no new thing with us to remove one King, 
 and fet up another, as we have judged it conducive to 
 the publick Good ; and Mankind indeed feems to have 
 a Right of doing this on jud Occafions. So thtit 
 finding no Hopes of Remedy from Duncan, or his Fa- 
 mily, they concluded to beftow the Crown on Macbeth, 
 who was a Man of thofe Parts, that were reqiiifite to 
 fo grea^. a Worth, in fo difficult a Time. " 
 
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 i,|j Caithnefs, had fom^Jblind Intelligence of theiif jDelfgrr, 
 ,^^ leall had fuch Account of their ConfultationSy as 
 l^compari^i^ it'wfth their A6Hons, he concluded that they 
 *^.aimM at cletlirpning of Duman^ and fetting up Mac- 
 heth or Bancho, or (ome other Relation of the Crown. 
 , He fignify'd his Fears to the King, but the Patriots were 
 '.too powerful to be attacked by open Force, and 
 ''therefore Caithnefs advisM tlie King, that fmce the 
 Government of Cumberland was the firft Step to the 
 Throne, he fliou'd cut off their Hopes that Way by 
 immediately declaring his Son Malcolm Governor of 
 that Province, tho* a Child. The King had but two 
 ■ Sons by his Wife, the Daughter of Sibert^ Duke of 
 Ujrthufnberland ; this Malcolm was the Eldeft, and 
 Donald or Duncan, the Youngeft, neither of them ca- 
 pable by their Years of a Poft of ih^t Importance and 
 
 dignity- Z.^- , 
 
 This Step gave fuch an Alarm to the Patriots, that 
 
 they were forc'd to have feveral Confultations about it. 
 
 Some wouM net take the leall irregular Meafures for 
 
 obtaining the greateft Good ; but thofe were but half 
 
 Patriots ; while thofe who were refolv'd to put an End 
 
 to the publick Miferief, were refolved to pufh on their 
 
 Delivery by depofing of Duncan^ and letting up of 
 
 Macbeth Or Bancho^ who was alfo thought on, tho* 
 
 not furnifV/d with many Votes in the Cabal. 
 
 In the mean time Macheth grew unea fy at thefe 
 
 Delays, evVy Day exprels'd a greater and nearer Kind- 
 
 ncfs for Banchot till having perfwaded him to a Belief, 
 
 • that the Crown might be his \i Duncan were remov'd ; 
 
 . cr if it fhould fall 10 Macbeth by Plurality of V^oices, 
 yet as he had no Children, nor likely to have any, 
 
 . Bancho wou'd by his Heir and Succeffor, either in his 
 own Perfen, or in his Offspring. At the fame Tinje 
 he put me on to perfuade Bamhoy that the Way to 
 make ih^ greater Intereft with the Patriots, was to 
 be before- iiand with Macbeth in the Dilpatch of the King ; 
 for as long as hi was alive the Cabal would be very 
 dilatory in their Refolves. I perfuaded Macbeth in the 
 
 :mean lime to leave the Difpatch of the King wholly 
 
 Ko Bancho, who wou'd ge: the Odium of that A<5lion, 
 
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'tf MACBETH. 249 
 
 llie Benefit of which Woti'd be" altogethCT " ))is^ H'J 
 feemed to allow of my Reafons-. Bat whetTier pufti'd 
 on by his Lady, or his own Impatience of expeftir g 
 that golden Round, which already he fancy 'd on Ijis 
 Brow, he fent a Party of Men, who joining Banchi^-, 
 ' and meeting the King on the Road to Innernefs^ fell 
 'Oh him from their Ambufh, and ha\ing left him and 
 fome of his Train dead, feparated without any J^irfujt, 
 (b odious was the King grown to the People. . . ■,--^.^ 
 \^ the News of the King*s Death arriving, the NoDi- 
 •''t\ty aflembled at Scone, whither Macheth and Banc'lo 
 came with the firft, both in Mourning for his Majefty, 
 and fhowing in their Faces no little Concern. How- 
 ever they were neither of them remifs in the making 
 their Intereft, tho* it is faid, that Bancho made all Kis 
 for Macheth, and only fet up for a Candidate to pt^e- 
 Vent any other. However that was, it is plain, that 
 Macheth Q2.x\Y\ the Point by a very great Majority ; 
 and was very fpeedily crown'd King at 5'<rwt'. 
 
 Malcolm and Donald, the Children of the unfort\2- 
 nate Duncan^ fled away immediately, Malcolm for 
 Cumberland his Government, and Donald to the 
 la rds. 
 
 Did I in this, O Glamis ! more than you, and the 
 reft of the Patriors, who join'd in the Delivery of our 
 Country from the Oppreffions of Faftions ! Did not 
 Macbeth anfwer the End for which he was fet upon the 
 Throne? Did he not keep his Word with the Nobility? 
 It was by my Advice, that the firil Years of his Reign 
 were fo eminent for Juftice and good Policy, that few 
 Kings have excelPd him. Seneca cou'd not reftrain the 
 Nature of Nero above five Years ; I did in gr^at Mea- 
 fure that o^ Macbeth for ten. WouM you accufe Se/iecii 
 for the Evils that Nero did after he had deferted his 
 Counfel ? That wou'd be Injuftice. 
 
 But I confefs, that I did not fufter, like Seneca, far 
 
 'a Zeal for the Publick. I. confefs my Weaknefs, I 
 
 did not oppcfs the wild and bartarous Will of my 
 
 Prince, and my Friend, with that Warmth, that I ought 
 
 "to have done. I have had, I own, more Regard to t.he 
 
 Advantage of his Friendfhip, thaii to thst ^ub.ick Good. 
 
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 which fet him on the Throne. But then I knew sdl 
 Endeavours that Way had been to no Purpofe, and 
 iCou'd only produce my Ruin without any Advantage to 
 ihe Publick, as will appear when I come to an Account 
 of his laft feven Years ; and then I hope you will fee 
 that tho*^ my Favour with Macbeth, made me obnoxious 
 to the Malecontents, yet that I turn'd that Favour to 
 the Service of fome when it was any Way in my 
 Power. 
 
 When he was got on the Throne he endeavourM to 
 fix himfelf by frequent and fignal Honours done the 
 Nobility, and Gifts which were anfwerable to their 
 Services to him and the Publick. He charm'd he Peo- 
 ple by a due Adminiftration of Jullice, which the late 
 Reign had deprived them of the Benefit of, and a real 
 Severity v/hich foon reclaimed the wild Multitude from 
 their irregular Ways. The RemifTnefs of the Govern- 
 ment under Duncan, had given Rife to Robbers, and 
 High- way- men to that Degree, that People lived as if 
 there were perpetual Incuriions of an Enemy in the 
 Country ; no Man being fafe on the Road, or fo much 
 . indeed as in his Houfeor Caftle; whole Bands of them 
 furrounding, nay openly bsfieging them in the Day- 
 time. . 
 
 This was an Evil as bad as War, and therefore to be 
 removed by a Prince of any common Prudence. But 
 thefe Robbers were grown fo numerous, that to attack 
 them by plain Force might prove the Work of Time, 
 and the Lofs of the Lives of many good Subjefls. Mac- 
 beth therefore laid a Stratagem to do it all at once. His 
 Money eafily found Admiifion among the Sons of Ra- 
 pine, and corrupted fome to betray the reft. It was 
 given out that there was a great Cargo of Treafure 
 . coming out of the North ; but defended by a numerous 
 Guard j the Creatures of Macbeth perfuaded the At- 
 tempt with all their whole Force, as it palfed through 
 , the Blair of Jthli by that Means not only to enrich 
 ^themfelyes, but even difable the King in his Endeavours 
 of their Suppreffion, Money being the Nerves of War. 
 Macbeth had taken Care to difperfe his Army on feve- 
 ,ial Sides of the Blair, with Orders all to march toge- 
 '^^"^^ ther 
 
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 'tlieron fuch a Signal given. The Bait was come into 
 the Plain, the Thieves engaged with the Guard, whence 
 the King's Forces advanced on every Side, and hem'd 
 in the Robbers ; (o that the greater Part furrendered ^t 
 Difcretion, and the Obllinate were foon cut to Pieces, 
 and fo put an End to that Plague of the Country, which 
 had reigned a long while. This gave the new King no 
 fmall Reputation among the People, while by his Be- 
 nefit, they find they could now fafely fit under their own 
 Vines, and enjoy the Fruit of their own Labours, wilh- 
 
 .out having it raviftied from them by fuch lawlefs Out- 
 rages. 
 
 But there ftill remained the grand Evil, which had 
 been the Source of the former ; and that was the Facti- 
 ons of Rofs and Caithnefs y^\\o now began to llruggle who 
 Ihould engrofs the Ear of the new King ; each pretend- 
 ing the Merit of feating Mm pn the Throne. But Macbct!^ 
 
 .was not a Man to be under Tutelage, ani tlicrefore na- 
 turally hated both Parties, and refolded 0.1 their Extir- 
 pation. He declared there (hould bs an End of all 
 Parties, for no Man Ihould have Favour frpm the Crpwn, 
 
 :bat by his own particular Defert, and thofe be entirely 
 rejeded who diilinguifhed themfelves by the Names of 
 either Fa£lion. Nor was his Declaration like thofe of 
 Duncan, meer Words without Meaning, for he pun6lually 
 
 xbferyed whatever he had determined. 
 
 This put both Parties into a Rage, and that fo extra- 
 Ordinary, that they both joined together, with a Refo- 
 
 -lution tofetup yopng Malcolm^ or it he refufed it, any 
 one eife whom they could manage better than they found 
 they could Macbeth : To this Purpofe the Thane of 
 Rojsy Caithnefsy Sutherland and Nairn retired to the 
 Country, and there, according to their turbulent Na- 
 ture, fet all in a Flame. Loyalty to the true Heir of the 
 Crown vvas their Pretence, and the putting an End 10 
 the Scandal of an Ufurpation, which mult end in the 
 Ruin of the Nobility. 
 
 Thefe Pretences drew in fome, but the Love of fifli- 
 ing in a troubled Stream, many more, who had been 
 too long ufed to Rapine to be pleafed with a legal Ella- 
 blifliment, where Right only was to prevail, and Op- 
 
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'^f£2 Thr^EC R ET tHlS TOR Y 
 
 /rr^oa to be deftroyed, -The Thanes were Alen* of 
 "^reat Ertates, and had a numerous VaflT.ilage that de- 
 ^'j)qnded upon them, which enabled them to bring into 
 ihe Field a formidable Power. But Macbeth wis not 
 ''^'remifs and idle in this Conjunfture, but muftering up a 
 Force fufficient to curb the Rebels, making the Thane 
 'of /^rgyle. Lieutenant General under himfelf, marched 
 dircftly to the Foe. The Leaders of the Enemy were 
 a liule furprifed at the Readinefs of the King, and 
 fo refolved not to delay a Moment falling on him, for 
 'fear that their Party fliould by his Strat; gems and En- 
 .deavours fail from them, and their unjuitifiable Under- 
 staking. They march therefore to feek out the King's 
 "Forces, which yet were not all joined. The Thane of 
 Jrgyli was advanced a Days March before the grand 
 Army with about four thoufand Men, Horfe and Foot, 
 but on receiving Advice of th'i Enemies Approach, he 
 made Halt for the King to come up to him. But be- 
 fore they could join, the Faftion fell on him ; but he 
 maintained his Ground fo well, that they gave no Way 
 till the main Body joined, and with that united Force 
 foon put 2a End to the Debate. A miferable Carnage 
 enfi;c3, the 'thanei were all taken Prifoners, and carried 
 to Scone^ and the common People, by my Advice, mucK 
 belter fpared than they were in the Ifle of ^kie» » jsr^Ji 
 Macbeth and his Friends returned in Triumph, hav** 
 ing perfedly fettled the Country, where thefe Commo- 
 tions had been. And now the Debate came on whsit 
 Ihould be done to the Ring-leaders of all thefe Diftur- 
 banccs. Perpetual Imprilonment was the general Cen- 
 fure ; and few of the Lords of his Council were for put- 
 ting fo many Noblemen to a capital Punifliment. This 
 Advice did not then relifh the Opinion of the King ; and 
 much lefs when he had confulted the Queen, who was 
 always for violent Ccurfes, and now warmly declared for 
 the Execution of them all, tho' her own Brother, the 
 Thane of Rojs^ was of that N umber. However, I be- 
 lieve, myfelf, the Thane of Jrgyle, and you, my Lord 
 Glamisy had prevailed, had not, at that very Moment, 
 News come of the rifmg of Macgi/d, the moll power- 
 fal Pexfon of Qalloi^aj. 'ihis piu an End to the Dif- 
 
of MACBETH. 2si 
 
 pate, and immediate Orders were given for the behead- 
 ing the Thzne of Ro/s^Caifhne/sy Sutber/anJ Sind- Nairn, 
 ' This Execution was fcarce over when the King drew 
 his Forces down io Gallo-ivayt and after many Skirmifhes, 
 in which he generally was wcr lied, he came to an En- 
 gagement with the main Army of Macgild^ and gave 
 him a compleat Overthrow, and took him Prifoner; and 
 not rtaying for any formal Trial, by Law of Arms 
 commanded his Head to be ftruck off on the Spot. 
 
 ^y his Succefs, and this Severity, he quafhed all the 
 turbulent Spirits of the Time, andeitablilhed that Peace, 
 which at firft he improved by making many good and 
 wholefome Laws, and thofe indeed mere numerous, and 
 more ufeful than any Prince before him. 
 
 By thefe Arts, and this Condud he fixed himfelf in 
 the Love of the Nobility and People ; and Scotland for 
 fome Years enjoyed that happy Tranquility, it had not 
 tafted in many Years before. 
 
 All Obftacles being removed, which kept awake the 
 ftirring Temper of Macbeth ; he began to give Way to 
 that amorous Inclination, which Hurry, and Ambition, 
 and Bufmefs had a long while lulled afleep. The Queen 
 was a Woman, that took fo little Delight in the Conju- 
 gal Embraces, that (he had an utter Averfion to Man in 
 that Particular ; and the better to engrofs her principal 
 Delight, the governing of the Nation, (he took Care 
 to amufe her Husband with the Chaceof fome Ladies of 
 the Court, while Ihe drew the Difpatch of all Af- 
 fairs of State into her own Hands. 
 
 As (he was ambitious, fo ftia was extreamly jealous of 
 her Power, and mortally hated any one that could giv? 
 her the leaft Caufe of Sufpicion, She remembered that 
 Ba7tcho had appeared a Competitor with her Husband, 
 and had for that Reafon a vigilant Eye over him. Her 
 Spies had told her that fome Gypfies had affured Bancho, 
 on enquiring his Fortune, that his Pofterity (hould be 
 Kings of Scotland^ and keep PofTefTion of the Throne, 
 as long as the Nation remained. This, tho' an idle 
 Story, was fu(ficient to alarm a Woman of her Temper, 
 who, from that Time, was contriving how fhe (liou],d 
 engage the King to take him off, and his only Son 
 
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 Hearts f which would be an effectual Defeat of thePi^ 
 phecy. She was apprehcnlive that the Story of the 
 Gypfies would fcarce be of Force enough to raife a Jea- 
 
 , ioufy in Machetht a Man of whole Fidelity and Frjend- 
 ihip he had had fuch Experience. Her only Way there- 
 fore was to make a Breach betwixt them, which would 
 make Way for thofe Infinuations (he had a Mind to 
 make to his Prejudice. After much Study, Accident fur- 
 niftied the Means. About this Time came to Court a 
 beautiful young Lady, that was half Sifter to Banchoy 
 tho' . of as few Years as his own Son Fleans. She was 
 committed to the Care of her Brother, and his Wife, 
 who was very intimate with the Queen. This young 
 Lady by her was bioaght to kifs the Queen's Hand, 
 and offer her Service. The Queen praifed her Beauty, 
 and having heard who fhe was, immediately refjlved to 
 make her the Engine of her Defign. She was very fen- 
 fible of the amorous Temper of Macbeth, and was fo 
 well pleafed with it, that fhe always indulged, nor ever 
 gav£ him any Interruption of his Amours ; but on the 
 contrary, if they depended on her, perpetually promoted 
 them, fince fo long as the King minded his Pleafures, 
 ihe enjoyed hers of the chief Adminillration. 
 
 The firft Opportunity fhe had alone with the King, 
 ihe took Care to ferve him with fuch a Defcription of 
 this young Lady, that could not fail of the defired Ef- 
 feft. When fhe had done thus, fhe took Care to fhew 
 
 ^her to the .befl Advantage, fo that by her Beauty,, and 
 her Converfation, which was fprightly, fhe made an en- 
 tire "Conquefl of the Heart of Macbeth. His other A- 
 mours were nothing but Games of Pleafure ; contain- 
 ing nothing difficult, few Ladies thinking it any Wrong 
 to their Virtue, to take a King to their Arms. But 
 Inetta (for that was her Name) had brought that Mo- 
 defly, and Principle to Court that could not eafily be 
 corrupted. She was about nineteen Years of Age, and 
 had fo noble an Education, that fhe might jullly be 
 reckoned among the learned Women. She was, befides, 
 in her Temper more inclinable to Ambition than Love; 
 and tho' fhe would not have been difpleafed to have been 
 
 the 
 
f>f MA CBETH. ZS5 
 
 the Wife of Machfth, yet -(he coald not think it agree- 
 able to her Greatnefs, to be his Whore. 
 
 The King made fome little Advances to try her fome- 
 times, but foon found her of a different Relifh from t^e 
 iqft of the Coort Ladies; which made him Hill more in 
 Love, and defuous of vanquilhing a Difficulty, he had 
 not yet met with in all his amorous Affairs. 1 he Queen 
 was pleafed to fee her Plot take fo well, but was unfa- 
 tisfied that the King's Defires were not more violent. 
 She therefore told him that fhe would pleafe him with 
 a Sight, that vyould give him a gveat deal of Pleafure, 
 if he could bear it with any Moderation. She faid ihe 
 was fenfible of his Inclinations for Inetta, and that fh^^ 
 approved them, as worthily placed, but that it did not 
 become a King to fuffer a Repulfe from the Pride of a 
 fooliftiGirl, fo long as he had Power and Force to ac- 
 complifii his Wilhes. Inetfa^ faid ihe, you hanje feen 
 yet but by Halves ; o-ver the Door of the Bath you knew 
 there is a little Inlet of Light , nxhence you may fee all hfr 
 Perfedions of Perfon undifco-vered, and then you nvill he 
 <oni<inced that /he is a Prize n»orth the taking. This 
 Mornitig I intend to take her in nvith met he you at ysur 
 Poji at the Hour. 
 
 The King was tranfported at the Thought, and the 
 Queen was as good as her Word, Ligtta innocently ap- 
 pearmg to the View of the King as naked as ihe was 
 born. I have heard him in Raptures give a Defcription 
 of her Form, and a good Painter might idikt sl Fenus 
 from the Draught he gave of her. Jf he was in Love 
 before, he was now almoft raving ; Company was dif- 
 guftful to him, and I only was admitted to the Secret of 
 his Difturbance. I affure you, my Lords, I did what 
 lay in my Power to divert him from a Courfe that mult 
 be fo injurious to his Reputation and Intereft; but I 
 might as well have preached to the Winds, Love had 
 engroffed him, and nothing but the Satisfailion of his 
 Defires cuuld give him any Temper. This being evi- 
 dent, and loving the Man more than the King, I ad- 
 vifed him to try fair Means ; that few Women could 
 withftand Opportunity, and the Charms of Royalty in 
 <heir Adorer, That Affiduity might do much, while 
 
 force 
 
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 Force gave "biit lialf Enjoyment, and ex^ofed him Nf6 
 the Revenge of Bcncho, who being of the Blood, artd 
 a Man of high Spirit, would take no Attonement for 
 fuch a Diflionour. ^' ' 
 
 Macbeth feemed fatisfied with my Advice ; aiid find- 
 ing Inetta alone, fell into Difcouife with her. The Queeri 
 very decently leaves the Chamber, as on fome ftiddeii 
 Bufinefs, while they were very earneft in fome Difpute. 
 Ipor (he with fome Heat defended the Honour of Wo- 
 jnan, which he maintained to be only a ufeful Word to 
 • cover her Pleafures. But the Queen being gone, the 
 King taking hold of her Hand fell down on his Knees 
 by her, and cafting his Eyes full of Love, and burning 
 
 Defire on Inetta^ thus delivered himfelf to her. — 
 
 .Alas^ tnofi charming of thy Sex, doft thou knon» that thofe 
 ■ Eyes of thine have made thy King the moji tniferable 
 Wretch in the World. Tes, Inetta, / loi'e you, and love 
 you beyond myfelfy for my Life fnuji quickly terminate, un- 
 lefs you ivill give me Leave to hope^ that 1 Jhall not al- 
 fuays Jigh in vain. 
 
 At that he clafped her Hand hard, and prefled it with 
 ardent Kifles, thence rofe to her Lips, and amidft a 
 thoufand Struggles ravifhed as many Kifles, without 
 giving her Leave to fpciik one Word. But diiingaging 
 •herfelf from him, fhe was running out of the Room, 
 but that the Queen immediately entered, and feeing his 
 Confufion, ask'd him what was the Matter. Nothing, 
 9ny Dear, reply 'd the King, but that I have been rob- 
 bing the fine Lips e/' Inetta of fome Kiffes, nvhich Jhehad 
 no Mind to part vcith to me. She thinks me too old for 
 fuch Favours. Inetta, return'd the Queen, is but a 
 young Courtier, elfe Jhe voould not think the Kiffes of a 
 King could be dijguftful\ efpecially nvhen fo innocent as 
 .yours f tny Lord ; a little platonic Love any Lady might al- 
 lon-v a King vuithout Injury to her Honour. All other 
 Love, afl'umed Macbeth, is your Due, my ^leen j but 
 that is vjhat 1 am confident you vjill not deny me, nor 
 , Inetta refufie fit harmlefs an Amifement. 
 
 I do not love to play voith a Flame (faid Inetta) 
 •fyibich tho perhaps in itfelf innocent, fwill not be looK'd 
 JUjb ^ Beholders, flki Kin£i platonUk Addreffei IJhqlf 
 <VM.- V ' " ' ' not- 
 
of MAC BET m 2if 
 
 not pre fume to cert fur e ; yet I mufi have that Regard (tj 
 my o'wn Reputation as to retire from the Court , unlefs t 
 can he affur^d of heing free from them. The Honour I 
 have of being related to the King^ ought to infpire mi 
 nuith a Caution of doing nothing derogatory to my high 
 Blood, j^nd if 1 admit the Love of a King^ it fhall be 
 9f onet that can make me a ^ueen. 
 
 The Queen applauded her Kefolution, but was fhock*d 
 with the Conclufion of her Diicourfe, leait the Fire fhe 
 had rais'd ftiou'd turn to her Ruin ; for what might not 
 a Man do fo defperately in Love, to enjoy the Perfon 
 he lov'd on any Terms ; ihe therefore refolvM to get a 
 fpeedy Enjoyment for the King, tho' fhe aded a Part in 
 the Play, which did not at all become her. She ad- 
 vis'd the King to have a few Days Patience, and fhe 
 wou'd find a Way of fatisfying his Defires in Spight 
 of the froward Virgin's Averfion. 
 
 In the mean Time the King was extremely penfive 
 and melancholy, nothing could pleafe him or give him 
 any Mirth. Bancho diV^dht were together in the Palace 
 Garden j and after fome Time Bancho prefsM him hard 
 to know the Caufe of his Melancholy ; the King wcu'd 
 by no Means be brought to declare it j till by his Im- 
 portunity wore out, he ask*d him, what he would do 
 to remove it, when he knew the Caufe. Bancho little 
 fufpeding what was to CJine, afTur'd him, th-t if his 
 very Life wou'd rellore him to his ufual Temper he 
 Ihou'd command it. Well then ^ my Friend Edincho, (laid 
 the King) you n:ujl knovj^ that it is in you>- Pov.'ef alone 
 to give me that Relief vjhuh you novo Jeem fo -zealous 
 to bejiovj upon me\ nor is it fo dear as to c of you your 
 Llfey it may be fo done at a much cheaper Rate : tho" I 
 fear fo dear, that you voill farce be fo good as your 
 Word. Bancho ftill not rcfleding on the true Caufe, wa3 
 prodigal in .his AfTurances, nor wou'd defift till Macbeth 
 had declarM the whole Matter to him. 
 
 I have a Ji range Confidence in your Friendjhip and Love 
 
 (reply 'd the King,) nothing elje coud v:refi the Secrjit 
 
 from tne. Knovj therefore, that I am in Love^. and in 
 
 Love ivith your Sifer, and mujl perifh if I do not enjoy 
 
 her. Bancho was quite ailonifli'd at this DifcQvery, and 
 
 for fome Moments utter*d not a Word. At laft. ^ 
 
 / mujl 
 
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 i mufl confefs (faid he) / little thought the Thunder 
 •would fall there. I cou'd nvillingly facrlfice nf^ Life to 
 your Repofe, hut not my Honour ; you woou'd net hwve ffit 
 frcjfitute a Virgin of mj oivn Blood to your LuJ}^ you ha've 
 not fo tnean an Opinion of my Virtue. Bancho (faid the 
 King) / kno^jj thy Virtue in the Purfuit of Womankind. 
 What Tyes of Religion or Honour didji thou e-ver ohferve in 
 thofe Affairs? Tour Language usd to he that Woman 
 diffol'v'd all other Conf derations, yet nonv you p> efer that 
 •Trifle to the Life of your King and your Friend. 
 
 I grant (reply 'd Bancho) that 1 ha've been a Latittt- 
 dinarian in Lonjey hut noijo it touches myfelf I find my 
 Error ; yet I ivas ne-ver fo unreafonahle , as to defire the 
 Brother to pimp for me to his Sijier', nay, I ahvays took 
 tare to conceal my Intentions from all, njolx)fe Intereji It 
 nvas. to prevent my Pleafure^ and I knonv nt? Triendjhff 
 or Duty that compels me to Jo njile an Office. 
 
 Noiu had my Cafe been nuhat J pretended (faid the 
 (King) I find I fijould ha^ve found no Complaifance to any 
 Folly in you. But to tell you the Truth, that nvhich chiefly 
 troubles me is, that 1 ha've no Children to twhom 1 may 
 connjey this Dignity I have gaind j and that the Feopli 
 are alvjays uneajy about a Succeffor in a barren Reign • 
 Honv, therefore, to prevent this has puzVd me a kng Timei 
 €ind I cannot yet tell vjhat Courfe to take in the Matter, 
 J have had 'Thoughts of putting fome other into my Bed to 
 f^pply my Place, perhaps Change might accompUJh vohat my 
 confiant Toil cannot effeSf. But then, vjhom to choofe ai 
 much confounds me ; it mufl be a Friend, or he is not t9 
 be trvfted in an Affair of that Importance. And fuch a 
 Friend I have not unlefs you nvoud comply nvith my De- 
 fire ; for voith you it might prove effeSlual and fecretf 
 nvifh another perhaps neither. 
 
 Bancho w^s as much furprizM at this Propofal as the 
 fGinier, nor couM tell what to fay to the King, who 
 fpoke in fo ferious an Air to him. My Lord (faid he) 
 •you feem to amufe mg avith Paradoxes ; and the befi Way 
 I can interpret them is, that you have a Mind to divert 
 ^ourfelf at my Expence ; but no Matter if this remove 
 hut your Melancholy. The King cou'd not perfuade 
 him that he was in earnell ; and fo putting it off with 
 :foiiie other Difcourfe, they parted. Bancho 
 
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 . Sando was alarm 'd about his Siller, and tho^ Mach 
 h^th had put it off with fo lame an Kxcufe, yet he was 
 afTraid, that there was fomething in it. He iherefoic 
 examines her nicely, and finds, tr.at the King had told 
 her his Paflion, but turn'd it off tq the Queen, as a pla- 
 tonick Addrefs. 'Tis therefore refolv'd betwixt them* 
 that file fhou'd retire from Court hy the iirft Opportu- 
 nity, and that without any Notice till the Day of her 
 going. 
 
 This Difcourfe was not fo fecret, but it was over- 
 heard and carry'd to the Queen, who had perpetual 
 Spies about them both. She told it the King, who ia 
 Return told her all that had pall betwixt him and Bancho, 
 *rho' I cant appronje of your Propo/al to Bancho of a 
 Thing of that Nature (faid the Queen) ivho looks on 
 himfelf as your Heir, and has already given out Pro- 
 phecies of it ; yet. if you can purfue the Hint^ and niuork 
 kifn up to the Undertaking, J ik-ill fecitre him from ever 
 giving. you any Trouble i hut Care muji he taken of young 
 Kleans likcnvife, for my Mind cannot he at reft till the 
 iKihole Family is remov d \ for till then you are not 
 fecure on the Throne. The Night that is effected -% Vll 
 take Care you Jhall he admitted to the Bed of lacttSL, 
 fivhere you may compleat the Ruin of that odious Family ^ 
 that fwi II oe a perpetual Source of our Fgars 
 
 Mticbclh purfues the Queen's advice, being really 
 alarmed with an Apprehenfion of BanchOy both in his 
 Love and his Power. He confidered, that he would be 
 a perpetual Curb to him, if he ihould think ht to indulge 
 his Paflions, and go a little out of the Way in their 
 Gratification. That he was popular, both among the 
 Nobility and People, and a Man of a daring Spirit, 
 that might eafijy be wrought oji to purfue the fame 
 Tra6l with himj as they both had done with Duncan, 
 He found it therefore no ill Pblicy to begin firft and fe- 
 cure himfelf by deftroying him. But he had a further 
 Rage againft him, for dcfigning to rob him of his Alif- 
 trefs, by fending away his Silter without any Warning. 
 
 He therefore fenc for Bancho into his Clofet, and be- 
 gan the fame Difcourfe he had fo JaLely amufed him 
 wichi giving him this Airurance, that he kul confuked 
 
$^9 ^he SjiCRET.HiSTORv 
 
 |he Queen* and that fhe would approve of no otTicf 
 f erfon ; conjured him by Friendfhip, and all other Mo- 
 tives, to the Performance of fo impious a Deed, and fa 
 injurious to his own Pretences of fucceeding to the 
 Throne. However, Macbeth managed the Matter with 
 that Addrefs, that he could not avoid complying, but by 
 telling him it was dire«511y againft his Intereft that the 
 Queen fhould have a Child, and that he might reafon- 
 ably imagine might raife a Jealoufy in Macbethy fince 
 there are few Princes but are eafily wrought into a Sufpi- 
 cion of their Succeflbrs. Bancho therefore yields to the 
 earned Entreaties of the King; who promifes to carry 
 him to the Bed chamber himfelf, and fee him in Bed. 
 The Bed is appointed, Bancho zxi^ his Siller are invited 
 to Supper that Evening ; the Q^een puts on a more than 
 ordinary Gaity, and the King lays afide that morofe 
 Countenance, which had fo long ufurpt upon him. Mil* 
 Tick, Mirth, and Pleafure wafted the Evening, till the 
 Ladies withdrew, and waited on the Queen to Bed ; 
 where leaving her, Inetta was conduced to her Appart- 
 .ment to be Bed-fellow to one of the Maids of Honour, 
 who was already prepared for the Mifchief by both- 
 King and Queen. 
 
 ' This Apartment was the moft remote from the royal 
 Bed chamber, on purpofe to be cut of the Noife, that 
 would foonbe in the Palace Macbeth difmiffing the Com- 
 pany, conduced Bancho to his L dging, and leaves 
 him there to undrefs, then comes alone, and iconduds 
 him in his Gown to the Queen's Bed fide, where he 
 leaves him, and goes to Bed in a Room not far diftant. 
 The Queen lies, as afleep, and admits him into the Bed ; 
 but when now he turned himfelf to her with KifTes and 
 Carefles to perform the Duty he came about, with a 
 Dagger (he had prepared, (he ftab'd him to the Heart, 
 and cryM out in fo violent a Manner, that the Ladies 
 and Guard entered the Chamber, and found Bancho in 
 the royal Bed all welt'ring in his own Gore. 
 
 The Queen all in a Fright juft got from her Bed in 
 
 her Night-Gown lets the Company know, thatreturn- 
 
 _ irg from the King^s Bed to her own, fhe was no fooner 
 
 ■ " compofea 
 
compofed to Reft, but (he felt a Man come io Reef t^ 
 her, and fpeaking to him as her Hugband, he anfwer'e^ 
 nothing, ;,ut proceeded to Rujenefs ; which ftie refiftingj 
 and offering to cr)* out, he ftopt her Mouth, and af- 
 fured her he was a Lover, that could no longer live 
 without this Happinefs, which he was refolved to take 
 by Force, if I immediately wou'd not yield ; and that 
 he had his Friend ready to fecure his Efcape; at which, 
 faid ihe, I c/iu ht this Dagger, which always iierhy m( 
 in tbs Night-time^ on/i duck him to the Hearty as the cn(y 
 IV'iy to fecure my fe If from a Rape jo dijhomurtthle to the 
 rcyd^ame. ^ V h nt^^ 
 
 , Macbeth by this Time, and all the Court were come 
 into the Chamber ; he pretends the laft Surprize, and 
 could not fadsfy himfelfbut that all weremiftaken, fmce 
 his Fiiendlhip for Baticho could never let fuch aThought 
 enter his Bofom. Nay he (hed fome Tears at his Lofs, 
 and ordered his Body to be carry'd into his Apartment 
 till the next Morning, when the Caufe Ihould be heard 
 by the whole Council, So he dirmifs'd them all, and 
 he and the Queen retired to their Lodgings from whence 
 he came. 
 
 Now all was filent, and Macbeth takes a Candle and 
 goes to the Lodgings where Inetta and the Maid of Ho- 
 nour were in Bed. She told him fhe had fo far prepared 
 her, as to give her a Dofe, which wou'd not eafily be 
 removed by all his Efforts, at leaft before he had found 
 the Reward of his Labour. Then fhe retired to a Palet- 
 Bed in the next Room, and Macbeth throwing off his 
 Gown enter'd that of the unfortunate Inetta, He found 
 her faft afleep, and throwing off the Cloaths, foon at- 
 tempts his Satisfadion. He had now been fometimes 
 as happy as no Refiftance could make him, but unfa- 
 tisfy'd ftill with fo imperfeft a Blifs, he longed for a 
 compleat Enjoyment of what fhe fhould be as fenfible 
 of as he. So repeating his Pleafure, fhe at lafl begun to 
 ftir, and roufe from her deep and double Sleep, and 
 by his eager Embraces waked in the midfl of Fruition. 
 She leapt from his Arms, and cry'd out with all her 
 
 Force, 
 
Force, but in vain ; he purfues her, brings her Back t<^ 
 the Bed, tells her ihe now flruggles in vain for what 
 is pall Redemption, fince the Jewel ihe valued was al- 
 ready in his PofleiTion ; that Ihe now would be only an 
 Enemy to herrelt to lofe that Pleafure (he might enjoy- 
 without her own Confent. All he faid was to no par-* 
 pofe, (he avowed her Innocence, vowed Revenge, and' 
 abfolutely deny'd all Compliance. But the Place and 
 her Condition, compelled her- to fuffer frelh Violences 
 from him, till fatiated with Pleafure, and checked per- 
 haps with fome Remorfe, and threatning her on any 
 Difcovery of what was paft, fo left her, and returned 
 to the Queen, who was now looking oVer fome Papers, 
 and preparing Matters to improve this Plot oi Bancho^ 
 and with whomfoever (he thought might be a Curb 
 en her exorbitant Defires of arbitrary Power. 
 
 The Morning came on, the Council is fummoned, 
 and the whole Matter laid down before them, with aU 
 the heightning Aggravation, that Malice could invent. 
 The Fa£l was fo plain, that the Council was confound- 
 ed, and could not help condemnii g the dead Bancho to 
 Infamy. But out of a falfe Mercy, the Queen and the 
 King forgave any Indignity to his Body, which was 
 then honourably interred. 
 
 The Noble Thane of Arg'^le, was a Relation of the 
 Mother of InettOy and a Man of that perfed Honour, 
 that Ihe refolved to tell him the Story, and conjectures, 
 that her Brother fell by Treachery. The Thane infi- 
 nitely furprized and enraged at the Indignity, was re- 
 folved on Revenge, and drew into his Party all the ho- 
 neft Patriots, among whom, my Lord Glamis, you were 
 one. But the Court Spies foon gave Information of all 
 your Confults, which gave no fmall Alarm to the King 
 and Queen i to whofe Debates I only was admitted. 
 The Queen told him, that there was no Security for 
 him as long as he left one Man of Power in Scotland % 
 fmcethey, as often as they thought fit, could advance, 
 and dethrone whom they pleafed.That it was plain from 
 this prefent Confpiracy, that they would never be quiet 
 on every Pretence of Difcontent. That he now had an 
 
 Op- 
 
.,of MACBETHi 2-% 
 
 Opportunity of ridding his Hands of fo many at onice^ 
 which eafily might be accufed of ConfeJeracy with Ban-^ 
 cho in his deftin'd Efcape, ;,nd fuch Proofs of their pre- 
 fent Confult. tions, as mi^ht colour the Execution. I 
 did what I could to mollify her Majefty,^ but to no pur- 
 pofe, and fndeed I did believe that NUcieth Was pc*-- 
 fafe if you Were not apprehended. 
 
 The Orders were immediately iffued out, and fever al 
 taken up, none but yourfelf, and Jrgyle efcaping ttf 
 your Country Seats. The reft you know were execut- 
 ed after a formal Trial. Bu: Fleans got away the 
 Morning he heard of his Father's Muither. Then the 
 young Lorn was not far from Home at an Aunts, and 
 lo was immediately feized and committed to my sJufto- 
 dy, and a Meflenger difpatched to his Father^ that un- 
 lefs he returned to Court, on the King's Parole for hi* 
 Safety in anfwering to his Accufation, his Son fhould 
 be a Sacrifice to his Abfence. The pious Father, to fave 
 his Son, returned in a few Days, but was immediately 
 clapt up into Prifon. I was deputed to examine him 
 in Prifon, and to get what I could out of him, in order 
 to his Piocefs. 
 
 There had been an old Friendlhip betwixt us. I 
 told him, that I was forry to be an Agent in fo deteftable 
 a Matter, but would do him all the Service I was able. 
 That he muft certainly expeft to fall in publick or pri- 
 vate. That all I could do was to perfwade the Kincr 
 to the latter, that then I might have the Means of fe» 
 curing him a Flight, on this Condition, that in remrn 
 he fliould confine himfelf to my Caftle in la, till bet- 
 ter Days offered ; leaft fhould he appear any where elfe 
 I might fuifer in his Room, and fo his Son would 
 want my Protedlion, by which I had hopes of preferv- 
 ing him in my Cuftody. I returned to the King, 
 told him, I could difcover little from his Words but 
 his Belief, that he had ravilhed Inetta, (who was fmce 
 retired to a Monailry attefting that Truth) and mur- 
 dered Bancho. But I advifed him if he thought of put- 
 ing him to Death, he had beft to confider of the beft 
 iind fafeft Way. He feemcd to me too popular a Man 
 
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264 TJ/ Secret History 
 
 to be executed pablickly, even if he were evidentljr 
 convided, fince he would certainly declare all he knevif 
 of Inefta, and his Sufpfcions of Bancho*:. foul Play. But 
 that he had better order him to be privately killed, and 
 give it out that he had murdered himfelf ; that the Care 
 of the Execution ftiould be mine, if he pleafed, and 
 could confide in me. 
 
 He was pleafed with the Advice, and confulting the 
 Queen, found my Re.ifons of Force enough with hef 
 to brin;j her to my Opinion; and both agreed, that I 
 was the fitteft Man to take Care of the Bufinefs ; with- 
 out doubt believing, when I had thus fhared their Guilt, 
 I ftiould be the more firm to their Dcfigns, 
 
 I had a Servant I could confide in ; and difgnifing the 
 Thane, I committed him to his Charge, to convey to 
 Jky while taking a Malefaflor in the Prifon, I ordered 
 his Throat to be cut, and his Face extreamly mangled. 
 He was much of the Size of the Thane, and foeafily 
 deceived the King when became to fee him in that Con. 
 dition. He ordered him private Burial, and gave it 
 out, that in Defpair he had cut his own Throat. But, 
 my deareft Lorrif thy Father is yet alive, and if you 
 can difpaich a Ship to Jia, I will give you fuch a Token 
 as ftiall bring him fafe to you. 
 
 / pardon all thy Roguery, interrupted the Thane of 
 GlamiSf for this one only good Deed in prefer'ving the tnojl 
 noble and bra<veft Man in Scotland. Why ivould you con- 
 ceal this Happinefs fo long^ purjued Lorn, frof/i me, nfjhom 
 it fo much concerned. Ho-iv nvould my Love for Eugenia 
 ha've exceeded all Meafure, had I knonvn that I had ovjd 
 my Father'' s Life to you, as avell as my oixjn. 
 
 I mull tell you, my dear Youth, I did not think fit 
 to tell any one of it; my Wife never knew it to her 
 Death, nor was my Daughter admitted to a Secret on 
 which my Life and Safety depended. But to proceed 
 in my Story— —This Adlion fo engaged the Tyrant, 
 for fo he was now become, that he declared me Thane 
 o^ /ivguSy a Title till then feldom feen out of the Royal 
 Blood. I eafily afterwards per fwaded him to give tie 
 young Lorn co me, that being bred up under my Direc- 
 tion, 
 
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 tion,I might feciire him a Friend of a Man of fuch Pow- 
 ^r. That however, 1 could have a watchful Eye over 
 him, that he made not his Efcsrpe. I prevailed as far 
 as 1 couid hope from his Jealouiy, which was that he 
 fliould remain my Prifoner confined to my Hoafe, and 
 that if ever he was feen without the Bounds of that, 
 I (hould forfeit his Favour, and I;r« his Life. 
 
 This obliged me to a ilrit^l Obfer\ance ot your Con- 
 £neraent ; but whether I ufed ycu well, allowing for 
 that, or omitted any Thing to render your Captivity 
 eafy, I appeal to yourfeif. Lorn having afTured the 
 Company of his Ufage, the Thane of ^gus purfued 
 his Diicourfe in this Manner. 
 
 On thefe barbarous Murthers all the Nobility forfook 
 the Court, and left it to a Band of Cut throats, -and Sy- 
 cophants, who were pliant to all their Prince's Defires, 
 and who inrtead of foftning his wild Temper, rather 
 prompted him to more Mifchief, becaufe they reaped the 
 Benefit of his \'illanies. This Retreat of the Nobility 
 added Fewel to his Fire, and made him feck all Occa- 
 fions of putting his Wife's Advice in Execution, by de- 
 llroying the Nobles on any Pretence, and confifcating 
 their Eflates, which went to the maintaining that Band 
 of Debauchees about him, whom he called his Guard. 
 As they were the Inftruments of his Lull, and bloody 
 Murthers, fo he indulged them in all they thought 
 good to do. I (hall only give one Inftance of theix 
 Immunity. 
 
 There was Gentleman of the Highlands ^ whofe Name 
 was Maclean y who had a very beautiful Wife, with whom 
 he lived in perfect Agreement and all Happinefs of a 
 jnarr)'d State. He was bleG'd with feveral Children by 
 her, though then they were all extreamly young. 
 There was in this Band of Rogues, on the Kind's 
 Guard, a Fellow of mighty Eiteem with the King, and 
 always employ'd in his lecret Murders. He had by 
 Chance feen the Wife oi Mac/e^fi, as he rid by the Ca- 
 Ule, and conceived fuch a Defire of enjoying her, that 
 he with a fmall Party of his Comrades, gees in the 
 Night, furrounds the Houfe, fets Fire to fome Part o£ 
 
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266 TZv Secret History 
 
 it, an3 enters the other. The poor Lady was awake, 
 and waked her Husband, and fearing it was fome deadly 
 Engines of the King, to deftroy him, becaufe of fome 
 Power he had in thofe Parts, lets him down the Privy 
 to make his Efcape, knowing herfelf and Children 
 fecure. 
 
 Mocktin was no fooner thus difpofed of, but they 
 enter the Room, bear away the Wife, and Children, 
 and leave the Houfe on Fire. Having gotten her now 
 fome Miles from her Houfe, they retreat to a Confede- 
 rate's Lodge in a Park ; and there in fpight of all the 
 poor Ladies Prayers, Tears, and Struglings, ravifhed 
 her in the Prefence, and by the Help of his Comrades, 
 threatning unlefs Hie confcnted, that they would murder 
 her Children before her. 7 he poor Lady fwoon'd away, 
 and in that Agony of Life and Death the Villain ob- 
 tained his Defires. Not fatisfy'd with thi5, each affilled 
 the other, till all had abufed the unfortunate Gentlevvc 
 man ; whom with her Children they left the next Day 
 in the Neighbourhood, at a poor Cottage ; to whom be- 
 ing known, fhe found all the Affiftance the Place afford- 
 cd. The poor Man went up to her Caftle, found moft 
 of it burnt, and Mnchan in Defpair for his Wife and 
 Children, who returned to Life at the mention of her 
 beina at his Cottage; He- faddles his Horfes, and 
 fetches her home, learns all that had paft, and the poor 
 Lady, breaking lier Heart for the unparallell'd Misfor- 
 tune, dy'd in a Day or two. 
 
 Maclean comes to Court, makes his Complaint to the 
 King, is kept in Sufpcnce, till the Matter is examined ; 
 and the Villain having owned it, let him know, that 
 MacU^n was a Man of Power, and difaffedled, and that 
 what they did was in Revenge of fome faucy Words he 
 had uttered againft the Honour of his Majeity. Thus he 
 was fo far from Redrefs, that he was clapt up into Pri. 
 fon, and there fecretly murdered. 
 
 This one Example is fufHcient to fliew you whatCoun- 
 fel he was governed by, and how little the bell Advice 
 would prevail on him. I was glad to keep myfelf fe- 
 cure, and in a Poll that might fometimes give mean Op- 
 
 porcunity 
 
of MACBETH. 267 
 
 portunity of doing good to fome of my Countrymen. 
 But the People, that fee not the fecret Hinges of public 
 Tranfadlions, lay all on the Miniller, when it is the pure 
 EfFeft of the Prince's Obllinacy, or wicked Inclinations. 
 
 This Courfe of Murder, and Oppreffion, inftead of 
 delivering Macbeth from his Fears, only increafed them. 
 For now he was afraid to live in any City ; and therefore 
 looks out for a Spot of Ground to build a Caftle on, 
 that fhould not be acceflible to any of his Enemies. This 
 was the Occafion of his building Dunftnaiie, on the 
 Top of a Hill, difficult of Accefs, and as ftrongly for- 
 tify 'd, as the Place wou'd admit. 
 
 But in the Building this Place of Security he took 
 Care to play the Tyrant, and force every 'I'hane of the. 
 Kingdom to contribute to the Edihce ; and in their 
 turns ovcrfee the Work. 
 
 Mackduffy Thane of Fife^ was a powerful Man, and 
 therefore odious to the Court : On him therefore, for 
 his pretended Negligence in his Contribution to, and 
 over-feeing this Work, the King bcg^in to (how hia 
 Refentment. But he was taught by what had happen- 
 ed to others, betimes to make his Efcape for Engiind, 
 Yet the EmifTaries of the Tyrant were fj dexterous 
 and quick, that he was forced to fly in a little Boat, and 
 leave all his Affairs to the Management of his Wik\ 
 who, being both a prudent Woman, and related \.oMa:- 
 beth^ he thought fecure from his Cruelty. But when her 
 Husband's Flight was talked of, the Iving made halls 
 with fome Troops to his Ellate to feize his Perfon, and 
 plunder his Demefns. Bui finding, that the Bird was 
 flown, he enters his Caille, and feizcs his Wife and 
 Children. The Lady Macduj^ applies herfelf in io mo- 
 ving a Manner for his Alercy, and pleads fo earneilly 
 and pioufly for her Husband, as would have movTj 
 any Creature lefs monftrous to ComjalTion. But all 
 Hie moved in him was yet more C:uelty, in a luflfijl 
 Refolve, of firll fatisfying his Appetite in her Arms, and 
 then to murder her and her Family, He apply'd him- 
 felfgenily, and told her, that the only way for her to 
 
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263 Ti6^ Secret History 
 
 Tave her Husband and Children, was to yield to his 
 Embrace?, and that wJThout much Delay. 
 j>fShe urged, that he was admitted to the Caftle as 
 her King, her Relation, and her Friend ; that flie hop- 
 ed he would not be guilty of fo unroyal a Vice, as to 
 abufe her Hofpitality : That though fhe valued her 
 her Husband and Children much, yet fhe prefer'd her 
 Honour and Virtue to both. The Tyrant laughing 
 at her naming Honour and Virtue, commanded her to 
 be bound, and while he was fatisfying his abominable 
 Luft, ordered her Children to be murdered, and next 
 herfelf, in that Excefs of Cruelty, lefs cruel, than if he 
 had fuffered her to live after fuch a Difgrace. He im- 
 mediately proclaims him a Traytor, forbids him Shel- 
 ter, and all Correfpondence with any Native oi Scotland. 
 
 The Caftle oi Dunjinane was now finiflied, and fitted 
 up for his Reception, and I and my Family commanded 
 to accompany him to his Retreat. He had never before 
 fccn my Daughter, or the gentle young Lorn ; who now 
 was a more clofe Prifoner than I could wifli, but ftill 
 under my Dircdlion and Guardianlhip. During his 
 Abode at my Houfe, there arofe fingular Love and 
 Friendlhip betvvixt Eugenia and him, not without my 
 Approbation, never defiring to bellow her better, than 
 on ib illuftrious a Youth j but here that Correfpondence 
 was forced to be concealed, leaft the Tyrant fhould fear 
 fomething from their Union, to himfelf : And all their 
 Meetings were to be as private as poffible. 
 
 The King, that fet no Bounds to his Inclinations, 
 took fere at my Daughter's Beauty, and made feveral 
 Attempts on her Virtue; Which fhe ftill refifting, not 
 doubting my Confent, demands her of me for a Miftrefs. 
 I had too terrible an Example before me of Inetta and 
 Bancho to give a flat Denial ; but told him, I would 
 myfelf exhort her to be fenfible of the Honour he de- 
 signed her ; that I did not doubt a few Days would 
 gain her Compliance. 
 
 In the mean Time I took Care to provide for my 
 Efcape ; but an Accident happened, that made it fome- 
 thing looner than I had defigned. Eugenia was by 
 
 Stealth, 
 
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of MACBETH. 269 
 
 Stealth with young Lorn, and there deploring their un- 
 happy Fate, the King deals upon them, in the midll 
 of their innocent Endearments. He approaches in ^ 
 Fury, and fays, that fince he has found for whom he 
 was flighted, he would on the Morrow take Care to 
 remove his guilty Rival, who lived only by his Fa- 
 vour ; fo flinging out of the Room, he left them to- 
 gother. Eugenia advifed his immediate Flight, to a- 
 void a Fate nothing elfe could deliver him from ; that 
 ihe would let him down by a Rope; and follow him 
 herfelf without Delay. The Matter was agreed, and 
 my Daughter informed me of all that had happened. 
 I was refolved not to (lay behind, fo having aflilted her 
 in letting down her Lover, taking fome Gold and Jew- 
 els with me, fhe, I and he departed, and taking three 
 Horfes from my Stable made the bell of our Way to 
 Gallozv/iy \ tho' we were fo clofely parfued, that we had 
 jull I'ime to gee into a little VefleljWith three Men, at 
 l\iQ Mull o^ G a !kw ay, before the Blood-hounds were at 
 our Heels ; there happened to be no other VefTel in the 
 Road, but one little empty Boat, that waited to bring 
 off fome others : Who, while the Officers puifued us, 
 made their Efcape to fome other Place of Safety. But 
 their Endeavours were in vain, for hoiiting our Sails, 
 we flew before the Wind, for a brisk Gale then fprung 
 up, which, tho' contrary to my Defign of calling ac 
 //(?, and bringing off the Thane of Argyk, it foon 
 brought U5 on the Efiglijh Coaft. When the Wind rif- 
 ing higher, that Storm enfaed, which threw us on the 
 Shore, where your Charity found and relieved us. 
 
 The Thane of u^ngus having done, the Thane of 
 Glamis and Lorn both embraced him, and blelt Hea- 
 ven for his good Luck ; which had preferved two fuch 
 Heroes, as the Father and Son. 
 
 The Yoiing Lorn then left the Company, and went 
 to find out his dear Euger,ia^ impatient of any longer 
 y^bfence from her, in whofe Sight all his Pleafure and 
 Happinefs were placed. He found her with Bertha, 
 and yet in Tears. They flew into each others Arms, 
 and expreffed fo tender a Paflion, as touched the 
 
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 gentle Bertha with a Defire to know fometlung of their 
 JPohune. Which the young Loni began in this Man- 
 ner to give her a Relation of. 
 
 Your Neighbourhood to ScctLind^ Madam, cannot 
 tut have let you know from fome of that Number, 
 which daily fly thence, of the Mifery that Country has 
 for fome Years Iain under, by the more than barbarous 
 Cruelty of the moll bloody of Tyrants. By his Cru- 
 elty many thcufands have fallen, and the Nation is al- 
 mofi: defpoiled of all her Nobility : Among whom rriy 
 Father the Thane oi Argybt claimed a foremoft Place 
 both in his Quality, his Virtues and Sufferings. For, 
 rhe Tyrant finding him an Enemy to his Villanies, hav- 
 ving fccured me, -drew him into his Power to fave my 
 thr^atned Life. But having now got him, he confined 
 him to Prifon, and gave the Charge of his Murther to 
 the Thane q>^ Angus^ his Favourite, and the Father of[ 
 my belcved Eugenia ; but he generoufly conveys hin\ 
 away, and puts a Malefa(5tor in his Place, as murder'd* 
 " by his Order. And as if this Obligation was not e-' 
 rough, he prevailed with Macbeth to have the keeping 
 of me as his Prifoner, under whofe Diredlion I might 
 be educated a Friend to the King and his Defigns. But,' 
 fviadam, 1 found the noble Thane of ^^/g-^v/ honourable 
 trnuugh to deceive the Tyiant, and never to attempt 
 the inftiliing any fuch bafe and fervile Notions. On 
 the contrary, from the Time that I came under his Tu- 
 telage, which was in my Thirteenth Year, 1 found 
 Mailers provided to iniirucl me in all the Sciences that 
 were necefTary to give me Qualifications fit for a Man 
 of my Birth and Family ; and to infpire fuch Notions 
 as were abfolutcly inconfiftent with the flavifh Condi- 
 tion, to which the bloody Macbeth had defi^ned me 
 
 My Application to my Studies, in which I took a 
 more than common Delight, took av/ay all Senfe of 
 a Confinement which was foftned by all the Tendernefs 
 of a Father. At the Intervals of ray Study the pretty 
 Ei'geni^i^/ i\if.\\ Icarce ten Years of Age, afforded me a 
 ve'r'/" agfeeable Amufcnient. We were both then too 
 '. ing to liaVeany Notion of Love, tho' in that very 
 V^^" ' ' ' Dav^n 
 
of M AC BETH. 271 
 
 Dawn pfher Beauty fhe promlfed that glorious Day, 
 wJiich now enlightens my Heart. She would dance to 
 me, fing to me, and often entertain me with Difcourfes 
 much above her Age, tho' agreeable to her Underftand- 
 
 In my Turn I ufed to give her an Account of the 
 Hiflories I read i of the admirable Virtues of the Ko- 
 .maris and Greeks ; of the Degeneracy of the former 
 under their Emperors. I told hei of the extravagant 
 Villainies of Caligula y Nero, Domitian and Heliog.da- 
 Jus ; the Condudl and Prudence of yiuguftus ; the 
 Goodnefs of Vcfpafian, Trajan and the Automnes. M\ 
 Lord, faid the charming little Creature on this Occafion, 
 J h:c<vo not <z{jhcthcr n.ve may haue had ^«v Trajans ot 
 Antoninef, hut ala^l I fii:d tve han.e wo-u; ^ Nero, Ca- 
 ligula «/?^ Heliogabalus in one. Ho^jj often ha^ve 1 oh 
 Jernjcd my Father s Complaints of the Cruelties ^ he could 
 not prevent, xiid heard him tell of the barbarous Di/lref- 
 fes, to ivhLh the poor unhappy People of this Country are 
 brought by an inhuman Tyrant P Hoxv often has he ivif^'dy 
 that he could retire nvithout ruining his A^.iirs^ v.hich, 
 for my Sake, he 'was njcilling to prcjer've ? The only Thing, 
 concluded Eugenia, that I have to thank him for, is his 
 confinir^ you to our Houfe^ hy nvhich I ha-ve a a.'ery a- 
 greeahle Play-felloiv^ and hear the Jccownts of a better 
 IVorld, than that nve non,v li<vc in. 
 
 In this Manner we fpent our Time in our particular 
 Innocence, Sometimes the Thane himfelf would vifit 
 me, but our Converfation was of another Sort ; for he 
 with a tender Sort of Gravity ufed to examine into 
 the Progrefs I made in my Studies ; and to try what 
 Study I was moll inclined to, that he might not make 
 my Solitude uneafy to me by compelling my Applicati- 
 on to what was not agreeable to me. One Time when 
 I was now about fifteen Years old, and a pretty good 
 jMafler of the Greek and Roman Hiftory ; he brought 
 me a little Alanufcript of hi» own Writing; which 
 confiiled of the Lives and Adions of the great Men of 
 our Family, and the feveral brave Deeds they had 
 done in the Defence of their Country agiinll foreign 
 
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272 T& Secret HistorIt 
 
 and domeftick Enemies, from Fergus the fir^ to my 
 Father. Nor did he omit a generous Charader of him, 
 and fairly relating his Zeal for the Publick, and the 
 Injuft ce he had done him by Macbeth, both in hisSuf- 
 iierings and Death. For he did not think fit to truft 
 iTie at that Time with a Secret, on which his Life 
 defended. 
 
 This had in my Breaft the Fffed he defired, for it 
 raifed in me the utmoft Averfion and Abhorrence of the 
 Tyrant imaginable, and indeed againil all Princes, 
 ihat fo far forget their Office as not think their Peoples 
 Gpod the chief Caufe of their Being. At the fame 
 Time he would excufe my Confinement, and let me 
 underftand, that it was the Will of the King, and that 
 with fome Difiicuhy obtained, my Death being what 
 he was much more enclined to. He conftantly took 
 Care that I fhould have all the Diverfions my Cir- 
 cumftances allowed ; which his good Lady took Care 
 to improve, as long as fhe lived, being indeed a perfect 
 Mother to me, and always calling me her Son. 
 
 There was a little Summer-houfe, which looked into 
 a publick Walk, whither the People frequently took 
 their Promenade in the Day-time ; where I could fit un- 
 feen, and hear and fee all thatpaft in the Town. The 
 Pleafurc I had to overhear this Lifccurfe of the People, 
 jnade me o'ten. refort to that Seat j where I have been 
 a fecret WimeTs of the Curfes fent cut againft the Ty- 
 rant, and of the Accounts of his daily Rapes and Mur- 
 ders, which fufficiently fortified my Averfion to fuch a 
 Monfler in Nature. Being here one Day in the Dusk 
 of the Evening, I faw a young Girl genteel in her 
 Habit, and beautiful in her Face and Perfon, ccme 
 and feat herfelf down on the Bench beneath my Wall. 
 J heard her figh very often, before another Gentlewo- 
 man of a graver Afpe<5l came to her — She no foonei* 
 came but the young Lady all ia Tears, asked if her 
 Lover were yet alive, and whether he would be at the 
 Rendezvous that Evening, the Matron replied, that he 
 had prepared all Things for their Efcapc, and hop'd 
 ilie was ready to go with him. 
 
of MJCB ETH. 273 
 
 JIasf. faid the young Lady, I ivould go any nxhere 
 ^vith him ; but the Villain, that has been the Caufeof all 
 our Misfortunes, has ahvays Spies on me fwhere-ver I go, 
 0ncl I quejiion not but tlxre are fome not far from this 
 Place, and fjould they catch us together ^ tny Dear 'vjould 
 he facrifced to his Rage, and I to his Lujl. 
 
 1 have. Madam, faid the Matron, heard an imper- 
 fed Account if your Affair, but ne^er could knoiv the 
 n.vhole Cafe. It is an Hour before I can 'venture to re' 
 turn by the tnoji round-about Ways to carry him your An- 
 fiver, ivhercfore if you luill do me the Favour to git'e me 
 the Relation you njolll extremely oblige me. After foms 
 previous Sighs the young Lady thus began. 
 
 My Father was a Merchant of as confiderable Deal- 
 ings as any in Scotland, and had fo far improved his pa- 
 ternal Stock, as to be able to give me a confiderable 
 Fortune, before Rogues and Villains had fwallowed up 
 the Court, and furrounded the King. Killibarren was 
 of the foremofl of the noble Thane of ArgyW^ Retinue, 
 that often frequented our Houfe, and being very we I 
 received by ray Father, made his Addrefles to me. My 
 Mother at the fame Time had in her Eye an old Ad- 
 vocate, whofe Pradice had very much enriched him ; 
 and whpfe old Eyes, it feems, fixed themfelves on my 
 Perfon, as an agreeable Match to his Inclinations. 
 Killibarren was very tall, well fhap'd, of a fprightly 
 Conver ration, and every way pleafing Company both 
 to the Men and the Women. The old Advocate was 
 decrepit, deformed, extreamly ugly in his Countenance, 
 and avar;tious to the laR Degree. You may therefore 
 eafily imagine which Way my Inclinations bent, and 
 with what Relu6lance I heard my Mother's Propofal of 
 the Advocate, after my Father had allowed of the Ad- 
 drefs of Killibarren. 
 
 My Father was an eafy-natured Man, and too much 
 complaifant to the Will of my Mother, who' imme- 
 diately accufed himfelf of Folly, in admitting a Ser- 
 vant to Hopes of being his Son in law, when (he h.id 
 provided me a Husband, near as rich as the Thane him- 
 felf. Afterwards he furrerdered me entirely to her Dif- 
 
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j274 ^h\ Se C,R 5 T ^ H I ST OR Y 
 po'e ; K:!ubarrir] was forbid the Iloufe, and I charged 
 Under ihe Penalty of his Curfe, and no Fortune, never 
 to fee nor fpeak to him again. But alas ! this Injunc- 
 tion came too late, 1 had already given up my Heart, 
 and myfelf to him by Vows, which I thought too fa- 
 cred to be broken. However, I thought it beft to dif- 
 iemble my Thoughts, left a fevere Reftraint fhould de- 
 prive me of the Opportunity of feeing him fometimes 
 at a Friend's, and affuring him of my Fidelity, and 
 confirming his Love. I kept the old Advocate in Suf- 
 penfe as long as I could, till both he and my Mother 
 grew fo impatient, that fhe fixed the Wedding for two 
 Days aftcF. All I had to do was to apply myfelf to 
 my Father, who loved me dearly, and to tell him that 
 if he wiili'd to hear of my Death before the fatal Day, 
 he fhould agree with my Mother on that Point; but if 
 he valued my Peace and Happinefs, he fhould find 
 fome way to delay, if not break it off. 
 
 Accordingly he goes to the Advocate, and tells him, 
 that as my Father he ought to look into the Marriage 
 Agreement, and fee that all Things were fair ; that he 
 'had too much Experience of the Lawyers to depend 
 wholly on their Honefty ; but that let the Advocate be 
 as fair as he would, it was his Duty as a Parent to 
 make all fafe and fure. He defired him therefore to 
 let him have the Settlements to confult with one learn- 
 ed in the Law about them ; and that it was necefiary 
 till then to put off the Wedding. The old cunning 
 Advocate, that had wheedTd my Mother with Pretences 
 and Affurances of Mountains of Gold, if fhe left it to 
 him, was at once both furprized and angry at this 
 Difiiculty, which my Father had ftarted ; and telling 
 him all Matters were agreed with his Wife, and that 
 he had nothing to do in the Matter ; this brought on 
 Words, thofe a perfeft Breach, till my Father came 
 home in- a Paflion, and accufed my Mother of throw- 
 ing me away on an impotent old Mifer, without the 
 kail Security of any Thing to my Advantage propor- 
 tionable to the Sacrifice I made of myitM. That tho* 
 he had yielded to her Importunities of putting o?t Kil- 
 
 ■ Hbafreny 
 
' of MAC BETH. 275 
 
 liharren, a Man of Jvierit and Worth, yet he would 
 not truly fee me thrown away and ruined, for meef 
 empty Hopes. 
 
 What he faid had too much Force not to touch my 
 Mother a little, efpecially when he had bid her confi- 
 der how little ConfidcRce he cculd put in the bare Pro- 
 mife of an old Mifer ; flie therefore undertook to manage 
 him to her purpofe, and prccure a Settlement worthy 
 my Acceptance. The wretched Mifer was fenfible of 
 his Age, and thought if he kept me not to a perpetual 
 Dependance upon him, he (hould have but few of m,y 
 Regards ; he therefore ll'X)d out, and hag-^led Day after 
 Day, one Day conceding a little, the next retraiftirg 
 what he had allowed. So that Time was protracted 
 till th- Advocate feli fick ; and foon went to make up 
 his Accounts in the other World. 
 
 This had been fome Dawn of Comfort had itreftored 
 my KHiibarrcn to my Mother's oood Graces. But llie 
 had found out another Match for me, as contemptible 
 as the laft, or indeed the more infamous of the two, 
 and that was this curfed Calender that now purfues me. 
 He was then known to have the King's Ear in Private ; 
 for he was his Pimp, and fome aflure me his fecret Af- 
 faflin, when any one was to be difpatehcd; nor is he 
 free from the Imputation of having a Hand in the Mur- 
 der of the good Thane of Aigyle^ who about this 
 Time fled away for the Country on the Murder of Ban- 
 cho, and the Rare of Inctta his Sifter. With him my 
 poor KiHibarren was obliged to depart, b ;t not without 
 athoufand Proteftatious of Conftancy, and Vows of eter- 
 nal Love. Ah Madam f you cannot gne{s the Agony 
 of my poor Heart at that Time, for 1 did not exped to 
 outlive this Separation. Nor was he behind me in 
 Love or Tendernefs, but Necefiity was to be obey'd, and 
 the terrible Shock muft be gone through, and he muft 
 depart. In fhort, my Friend in whofe Houfe it was; 
 had much ado to get me Home, where immediately I 
 look my Bed, and continued ill for fome Time, which 
 freed me from the Perfecution ofCalemder feme Months. 
 In which Time the Thane was charmed back with the 
 
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2,76 Tlje Secret History 
 
 King's Promife for his Security, to fave his innocent 
 Son from the Paw of the Lyon, reColving to give him 
 JLife rather twice, than cake that away by his Abfence, 
 ,.iyhich he had given him before. 
 
 But as foon as he arrived, he was clap'd up in Prifon, 
 and never more appeared, it being given cut by the 
 Court, that he had cut his own Throat. But my Kil- 
 hharren informed me, that he was murdered in Prifon 
 by the King's Order, and by Gme of his Cut- throats, 
 cf which Calender was one of the Chief, His Lord be- 
 ing taken off, fearch was made for his Retinue, and 
 for KMibarren in Particular, a« his Mailer's chief 
 Favourite. But he concealed himfelf fo well at my 
 Friend's in Women's Apparel, that he efcaped all their 
 Searv.h ; For Love would not let him go further from 
 his Eelcved. My Mother prelVd me clofe in the be- 
 half oi Calender ^ and I utterly deteiled him, as ncuriflitd 
 with human Blood. 
 
 This Refillance of mine made my Mother keep a 
 ftritt Eye over me, and obferving, that I went very 
 cfcen CO this Friend's Houfe, faucy'd there was fome 
 other Motive of my Vifits, than a meer Compliment of 
 Fiiendlhip. She bribes fome of the Servants, who let 
 her know, that there was a Lady, or Man in Difguife 
 in the Houfe, in whole Apartment I fpent all my Time 
 when I was th^re. My Mother informs Calender of 
 what ftie had difLOvered, and his villanious Temper 
 fo^n found out Matter for Mifchief in the Story. So 
 under Pretence of fearching for obnoxious Perfons, he 
 came one Day when I was there, deploring my hard 
 Fate wiih poor Killilarretu I was looking out through 
 the Window as he came up to the Houfe with his Atten- 
 dance, and in a pannic Fear informed my Lover, that 
 I Lared v/e were betrayed. He immediately without 
 much Concern, went up another Pair of Stairs, and 
 tliCie by an Engine, lini g up a trap Dv^or, got down 
 b^iiCath it. I'his trap Door was a vaft great Trough 
 or Cheit, £xt full of Mea', a Commodity, in which 
 iny Frit;nd's Huiband dealt, fo that no Body cou'd fup- 
 pore'ary lurking Place near it. I and the MiHrefs of 
 
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 the Houfe, and a female Neighbouf fat ftill in his 
 Room, to which C^AW^r and his Men camediredly 
 up. And feeing none but Women, fpar'd me, butwou'd 
 fcarch the other two, where Decency forbid?, to fee 
 which was the Man they had in Difguife. But enrag'd 
 at the Difappointment, fearch'd the whole Houfe, b,ut 
 in vain, retiring full of Curfcs at the falfe Informa-' 
 tion ; by this we found that wc were betray'd, and that 
 by fome of the Family. It was therefore agreed, that 
 he fhou'd about Midnight remove to feme other Security, 
 to which ev'n I vvas not to come but in Difguife, and 
 after fome fhort Interval. So that very Night he went 
 to your Brother's Houfe. 
 
 My Mother on this fends for the Servant, that had 
 given the Information, who llc«od in the Story, and af- 
 firmed that he was adlualiy in the Houfe, when they 
 fearch'd for him, hid in fuch a Place which was to be 
 open'd in fuch a Manner. This caus'd a frefh Search 
 l\-\Q next Morning, but to as little Purpofe, the Bird 
 being flown. This aggravated my Mother againft my 
 Friend's Servant and made her let them know all 
 (lie had told her; fo the Servant was cafbier'd, and the 
 People gave Calender a Bribe, and no more was faid 
 of the Matter. 
 
 How f:;ldom I have fmce feen him you know, and 
 how earnelily I defire to fee him the Heavens above 
 can witnefo for me ; but I am afraid of the Spies of my 
 Mother and Calender^ leafl my uncauticus Love fhouid 
 hi his Deilrudion. But let him appoint Time and 
 Place wjien I fhall meet him never to part more from 
 him, and I'll be pundlual to his Aflignation. 
 
 She had no fooner faid this, but feeing a Man come 
 up to her, fhe advis'd the Matron, to be gone the con- 
 trary Way, as if fhe knew nothing of -her. This Man 
 I found was Calender himfelf, who coming up to her, 
 as ihe rofe to go away, took hold of her Hand, and 
 prefs'd her to fit down again. She was unwilling to truit 
 herfelf alone with him in the Dusk, when all the Peo- 
 ple had now left the Walks. But he pull'd her down, 
 accus'd her of her Unkindnefs, and Difobedience to 
 her Mother, and of holding a Correfoondence with the 
 
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278 The SjECRET History 
 
 King's Enemies, with Traytors and Rogues. Tho/e only 
 are '^fraytors^ (faid llie) ivho prompt the King to Injujlice, 
 and the Ruin of innocent Men ; and ajfure yourfelf if there 
 nuere not a Jingle Man left ali<ve but yourfelf, I coud 
 neater admit of your Lonje. 
 
 Whether you approve of my Per [on or not, I am not 
 at all €oncern''d to knoiv (reply'd the Villain) after fo 
 treafonahle a Declaration as you hanje made ; lut I am 
 refolv^d before you leave this Place, youjhall try ^whether 
 you do or not. With which Words he attempted t3 
 put his Threats in Execution ; while the poor Lady cry'd 
 cut, fcratch'd and tore, but I fear all had been to no 
 Purpofe, had not a fudden 1 hought come into my Head, 
 with one Blow to deliver the Lady, and revenge my 
 Father's Death. The Wall that was over them was old, 
 and feveral Stones loofe, I took ore out of a pretty good 
 Size, and dire(fting it with all my Force as he was Hoop- 
 ing, gave him fach a Blow on the Back, that he fell 
 to the Ground, the Lady run away, and I with ano- 
 ther complcated the Bufmefs of hii Death ; however, the 
 kofening of thole Stones, had thrown down fo many, 
 that it look'd, as if it had fall'n by Accident. 
 
 His Body was found the next Day, and Informa- 
 tion given, that fome one was feen in the Thane of 
 Jngus"^ Garden, who threw the Stones down on Caler.' 
 ^/^r'sHead. J was immediately thrown into the King's 
 Imagination, as mifchievous by Nature, and alio to bs 
 an Enemy to all the King's Friends. Enquiry was 
 made, the Matter related to the Thane, when my dear 
 Eugenia was by, not then full thirteen Years of k'gz. 
 She immediately apprehended the Danger, that threat* 
 eft'd me ; and of her own accord bsgg'd her Father's 
 Pardon before the King's Officers, and faid that it was 
 her Misfortune to be there the Evening before, and 
 endeavouring to get a Stone out to raife herfelf up and 
 look at fome that made a terrible Noife beneath it, 
 the Wall tumbled down, but that fhe hop'd there had 
 been no Harm done, fince Ihe heard fome Body run 
 ft way. 
 
 The innocent Concern, which ftie difcover d in ac- 
 cufmg herfelf fufnciently fatisfy'd the Courtier, that it- 
 had 
 
.of MACBETH. 279 
 
 had been my Eugenia's Misfortune to have done that 
 Mifchief by Chance, which flie never defignM. I came 
 in foon after the Courtiers were gone. The Thane 
 told me of the Accident, and the Danger that threatn'd 
 me upon it, had it not been Eugenia s Fortune to have 
 done the Fadl. However he advis'd me to refrain that 
 Place for a while, leaft it fhould renew the Sufpicion. 
 I was extreamly furprizM at this generous Service, and 
 going to own what I had done, fhe perceiving it, took 
 me by the Hand, and told me our Dancing- Mafter 
 waited for us, fo led me immediately away, accufing 
 me of Rafhnefs, in going to difprove what fhe had faid, 
 when I knew not but there were more Witnefles of 
 our Difcourfe than were feen. 
 
 I cou'd not but clafp her in my Arms, and exprefs 
 my Gratitude for preferving my Life. I had Time to 
 fay no more, for we were enter'd the Hall where our 
 Dancing Made r attended us. Where having perform'd 
 our Exercife, we reti/'d to my Apartment, to pafs an 
 Hour in Difcourfe, as we daily us'd to do. Being come 
 thither, / knotv pit (faid Eugenia) came in a Hurry 
 lajl Night from the Place nvhere the Mi/chief <was done ; 
 you did but your Duty in punijhing your Father s JJfaJJtna- 
 tor J tho' -^Lve hear a young Lady, a Merchant's Daughter 
 being mijjing from her Parents, is accusd of the Murder ^ 
 hut Ihopejhe ivill efcape the Purfuers. 
 
 Ah ! J^veet Eugenia (replji'd I) j(7« hanje as fenfthh 
 touch'd me ivith this generous Service, as you have all 
 along done nxith your Beauty and Wit* Tes^ my Charmer y 
 1 find I am novj groivn a Man, hecaufe I feel fome Sen- 
 timents /o tender for you, that I do not kno^v txbat Name 
 to call them by if it he not Love. 1 am only pleas" d njuhen 
 you are by, and alivays utieajy njohen you are abfent ; / 
 take delight to hear you talk^ and think it a Kind ofHea- 
 wen to touch you. Alas! I am content nvith my Capti- 
 vity, and vjijh never to be free, if that Freedom muji fe- 
 parate me from Eugenia. 
 
 Eugenia, young as Ihe was, blulh'd at my Difcourfe, 
 and told me her Friendfhip for me was great ; that I 
 might call it Love if I pleas'd ; that my Company 
 was as pleafuig to her, as hers cou'd be to mci that 
 
2^0 TJ^SecreT HisTORr 
 
 Ihe' took the laft Satisfaftion to think, that it was lier 
 good Fortune to skreen me from any Mifchief. But (he" 
 knew nothing elfe ; {he defirM buc my Company with 
 that Linocence and Freedom which we had enjoy'd 
 from our Child-hood together. 
 
 In this Manner a Year or two more pafl: on, my 
 Love encreafing, and (he never denying the Augmen- 
 tation of hers; till we feaVd our Love with Vows of 
 perpetual Condancy, and Marriage, as foon as our Cir- 
 cumftanccs would allow it. To make my Captivity the 
 lighter, fhe wou'd fometimes drefs me in her Maid's 
 Cloaths, and take me abroad as her Servant, to diver: 
 me with a View of the Court, the Ladies and the 
 Gentlemen that reforted then to it ; if we m^iy call 
 that Mob of Villains by fuch a Name, however diftin- 
 guifli'd by the arbitrary Will of a Tyrant. Eugenia 
 met with many AddrefTcs, but her Quality, and Fa- 
 ther were her Proteilion againil the AiTionis in fo di- 
 folute a Court. I will not. Madam, detain you with 
 any of our Adventures of that Nature ; nor with our 
 appearing in the Country in the Habits cf Peafants, 
 and the wild or flavifh Notions of the Vulgar under fo 
 opprefTive a Head. Let i: faffice, that all the Com- 
 fort and Pleafure of my Life was in and fjom Eu- 
 genia. 
 
 , We were not fo cautious of our Love, but that it 
 was foon known to her Father and Mother, and to 
 both their Satisfa£lIons, tho' the Thane gave us a Charge 
 to keep it a Secret even to the Family, nothing being - 
 fafe in Scotland. Her Mother after this falling fick on 
 her Death-Bed, called us to her one Evening, and ev'ry 
 Body being remov'd, told me, thai pe hofdjhe had 
 fioi. hehanjd her/elf fo to me, as that I Jhoud abuje her, 
 poor Dr-:>.ghter ^vith a deceitful Pretenfon of Lo-ve^ if 1 
 hiTid y:C'ir- ] that <wou d he a Return un--vJorthy of me, and 
 of 7liy Fa?nily alnvays re?narkahle for Honour a^idGra- 
 
 :\*Q confounded at her Words, and made her, 
 t; T.-.ur njsry Sufpicion of my Infidelity has 
 
 f. V'^ Cqnftiflon ijnaginahle, nxjith fear, that 
 
 V 'toltf efcafd'Tm unkno'vjn, hy "which you 
 
 Jhlu'd 
 
of MACBETH. 281 
 
 JhotCd judge me capahlt of fuch a Villany. Noy noy Ma- 
 dam^ 1 have learn d better Maxims in your Schctolt than 
 to betray my Benefa^refsj to 'whom I doubly onve 7?iy Li/hy 
 andfrojn ivhom only I can hope any Happinefs. Koy Ma- 
 dam^ on my Knees 1 take her fro?n your Hands ^ and 
 promife you on your d^inr Bed, that 1 luill marry her as 
 foon as the Thane Jhall think fit y and in the mean Time both 
 her Virtue and mine are IVarrants enon» of Innocence. 
 
 Her Mother then gave her to my Hands, and witf» 
 her Breath pour'd out Bleflings upon us, and fo expir'^ 
 to all our Regret, and unfeign'd Sorrow, which held us 
 till one more near and terrible approach'd us. The 
 Tyrant, unfafe in his own Mind, had built a high in- 
 accelT;bIe Fort, in which he thought he might be more 
 fecure againfl: the Defigns of all Men, whom he had 
 by his Cruelties made his Enemies. Thither he re- 
 mov'd his whole Court, and thither, therefore, mufl I 
 go with my Guardian the Thane, who the Night be- 
 fore our Removal, call'd her and me into his Chamber, 
 and (hutting the Door, gave us this Caution, with all 
 the earneft Tendernefs in Nature. The King (laid he) 
 is amorous in his Temper^ and youy Eugenia, are noiv 
 groivn a Woman ^ capable of raijing thofe Defires, ivhich 
 he njjill be fure to difcharge at the Expence of your Ho' 
 nour and my Life. Keep therefore out of his Sight. Tour 
 Familiarity i^ith this Touthy may like-wife perhaps raife 
 up fame J eahufiesy n.Khich may prove the Rocky on ivhich 
 vje may all fpHt. Manage^ therefore^ yourfelt'es luith 
 your beji Caution till I can prepare Things to make our 
 efcape, if Hearfn afford us not a Deliverance before. 
 
 Furniih'd with this Caution, with heavy Hearts we 
 prepar'd to go to Dunfnane, where Confinement was the 
 leait of the Trouble J expected ; fmce my Euget.i^f and 
 1 mLil be more ilrange even in Appearance, v/hich gave 
 me Cauie of Sorrow and Difcontent enough. We had 
 not been there long, but we had a Vifit from the King ; 
 who having a Defire to fee me. I was fent for by the 
 Thane 10 his Apartment. Macbeth eyed me all over, 
 and ask'd me feveral Quertions, which I anfwer'd with 
 lefs Complaifance, than was agreeable to my Condition. 
 However, the Thane brought it off, by attribuiing it to 
 
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282 I'he Secret History 
 
 my Want of Converfation, I ivas no fooner gone, 
 but Eujenia, ignorant of his being th;re, run into the 
 Room. The King's Eyes were immediately fixt upon 
 her, and all his Soul was in a Flame ; he demanded 
 v/ho fhe was, and underflanding her to be the Daughter 
 of the Thane, — he fmilM, and faid, My good Friend, you 
 have too long kept this y envel from the Court, ivhere Jhe 
 ^was made by Nature to Jhine in the faremoj} Sphere of 
 Giory. With that he began to talk to her, and askM 
 her many Quettions, to which her Anfwers were com- 
 pofed of fuch a Mixture of ModeRy and Wit, tl.at Ihe 
 compleated the Conquert: which litr Eyes had begun. 
 The Thane was in all the Confufion in the World, and 
 cou'd fcarce diiTemble his Thoughts, the' be endeavoured 
 all he cou'd to exert the Courtier on this Occafion. Eii' 
 genia made him a Curl'zy, and modeftly withdrew, full 
 of Indignation, at the King's Praifes, foreboding what 
 mufl be the Event. 
 
 The Thane from this Moment fet ferloufly about 
 providing for ourEfca}:ie, but the Secrecy he was bound 
 to manage it with, was the Reafon he went on the flower; 
 and the King in the mean while daily prefs'd his Love to 
 Eugenia ; who at laft unable to bear it, told him boldly 
 and plainly, that cou'd he make her his Queen, ihe 
 wcu'd net admit of his Love, much lefs fmce he cou'd. 
 not make any Thing of her but what was too in-famous 
 for her to name, and fo fled from him, nor cou'd be 
 brought by any Conflderation to fee him any more, till 
 the King, impatient of Repulfe, comes to the Thane of 
 Angus in a Fury, and aff'ureshim, that unlefs he teach 
 his Daughter how to receive this Honour he meant her 
 better, he fliould lofe his Head, fince he had Reafon to 
 fufped, that he had given her fome Documents that 
 were not very complaifant to his Charader ; but fince 
 he had been the Inllruder of her {0 much to his Dif- 
 advantage, he allowed him two Days to prepare her 
 for his Bed ; that if he faii'd he knew his Fate, and flie 
 fliou'd neverthelefs be the Viftim of his Pleafure. 
 
 The Thane told him wlthojt any feeming Concern, 
 that he was furpris'd at his Majelly's Anger at him, 
 who was highly fenflbie of the Honour he .did hira 
 
 in 
 
 
of MACBETH. 283 
 
 iu loving his Daughter ; and that he had already made 
 fonie Advances on his Behalf; that the Girl \v.>s a little 
 skittilh, but he did not at all doubt but fhe would 
 alter her Mind by the Promifes of Glory and Riches, 
 which he begg'd leave of the King to promife in his 
 Name.- The King gave him Authority to promife 
 Mountains of Gold, nay and his Crown, if he thought 
 that wou'd win her ; and afTured \\\m that his Ambiti; 
 on cou'd not reach ib high, as he wou'd exalt him if he 
 made good his Word. 
 
 My Eugenia and I cou'd not have our Meetings {o 
 clofe, but "his Spies had found them out, and given 
 the King Notice of them. As he came now from her 
 Father, Word was brought him that we were together, 
 and that he might overhear our Difcourfe, and fo 
 judge beft what he had to determine. He was fir'd 
 with Madnefs at a Rival, which he fo much con- 
 temned, but fully refoh'd to remove this Obllacle of his 
 Love that very Night. 
 
 While we were deploring our unhappy Fate, and 
 curfing the Tyrant, and his odious Amour, he was 
 plac'd fo as to hear every Word that we fpoke ; fo 
 fo immediately burning in upon us he drew his Sword, 
 and made immediately at me. Eugenia ft rove to get in 
 betwixt us, while I flew like Lightning upon him, and 
 vvrelled his Sword out of his Hand, and had that Mo- 
 ment refcu'd Scotland^ had not his Followers been too 
 near, who feizing me, difarm'd me, and wai:ed his Or- 
 der to difpatch me that Moment. Eugenia, quite def- 
 ponding, yet raifing her Spirit, defires the King to 
 difmifs his Followers to a greater Diftance, and ihe 
 had a few Words to fay to him perhaps to his Satif- 
 fadion. 
 
 With thofe Words llie caft fo gracious a Look on 
 him, that he xou'd not refill her Commands, fo order- 
 ing them to hold me at the fartheft Part of the Room, 
 he retir'd to the other, to hear what Eugenia had to 
 offer, il// Lordi (laid fhe) / confefs the only Ohjiacle to 
 your Lo've has been this young Lordy 'whom I hav^ lo'v'd 
 long ; and do love fo much, that for the fauing his Life, 
 I may be brought to do that^ 'which all the IVorldy nor 
 
 any 
 
2^4- ^^^ Secret'History 
 
 any tortures JhoiCd eer prevail on we to da othernulfe. If 
 you lijill give me your royal Word to far don )0U7ig Lorn, 
 and fet hitn at Liberty nxjhen I ha've comply' d ^vith your 
 Defire't this Night I 'will do njjhat no other Conjideration 
 tou'd make me. But yet in Pity to his Love, let him not 
 think I buy his Life at fo foul a Price ; keep yet your 
 Shoiv of ^nger, and command my Father to ajiri£lcr Watch 
 'ever him this Nighty than ever ; nay ivith your Threat of 
 }fh Life if he he not forthcoming in the Morning. Thus 
 I do him a Service, and not injure 7ny oven Pelutationj 
 rvjhile nobody is confcious of the Crime but the Ailors 
 in it. 
 
 The King was infinitely plea^-'d with her Difcourfe, 
 and concluded b/ all the Caution fhe us'd, that (he 
 was fincere in her Intentions. But, my Dear, (faid he) 
 think it not a Crime, it is a good SubjeSi*s Duty to obey 
 his King in all his Commands ; a King is the Ficegerent 
 of Heaven, not accountable to any but his Principal from 
 nvhom he receiv'^d his Povjcr, that is God ; and he or 
 Jhe 'who refjis his Will commits an horrid Crime, but 
 thofe nvho are obedient can be guilty of none. 
 
 She feem'd to be convinced by his Reafons, but 
 begg'd his Obfervance of all fhe had defir*d, which im- 
 mediately he did, breaking from her in a loud Tone, 
 Madam, (cry d he) you know hisRanfom, or to Mor- 
 row his Head fliali march after his Father's ; fhe put 
 her Handkerchief to her Eyes, and anfvver'd net a Word. 
 The King fent for the Thane, and rattl'd him feverely, 
 gave him flrift Charge of the keeping me that 
 Nighr, fmce I Ihcu'd die to morrow for attempting his 
 Life, and invading him in hij Love; and that if I were 
 not forth-coming his Head fhou'd anfwer it. The 
 Thane exprefs'd his Lidignation againit us both, and 
 afFur'd the King that he would take care to watch me 
 to Night, and defirM to be freed from the Charge for 
 the Future, fmce I had made {o ill Ufe of the Favours 
 he had done me. The King however order'd a Sen- 
 tinel to Itay in the Room all Night with me, and that 
 none but the Thane himfelf fhou'd be permitted to come 
 to me i fo locking me up, and leaving me alone, I had 
 
 Time 
 
of MACBETH. 285 
 
 Time to confider of my certain Fate, which the Ma- 
 lice of my Fortune had brought upon me. 
 
 The Thane had a Window that look'd down into a 
 Precipice, tho' of no very great Depth ; but however 
 fo inacceffible, that no Guard was placed that Way i 
 and he had before this provided a Cord of the full 
 Length, and placM Horfes ready at his Stables at a 
 little DiHance to receive us. Eugenia told her Father 
 all that had pafied betwixt Macbeth and her, and that 
 there was no longer Time to confider, unlefs he wculd 
 forfeit his own, the young Thane of Lorns Life, and 
 ray Honour j but all he had to do was on the firfl 
 approach of Night, to make his Efcape with them 
 to the neart'ft Sea-port, or Place of Security. The 
 Thane taking her in his Arms wept over her a while ; 
 at lift, faid he, '7/V certain, my dear Eugenia, nxe rkiU 
 make ufe of this precious Moment of Timey that thy Wif 
 dom has got us \ hut nvhat nvill be the E^jent of it I 
 can t tell t <vohate^oer my Crimes defer've, I beg Heai;en 
 to prefernje thy Innocence y and that of thy Love. 
 
 Immediately he came by a little Clofet-door, which 
 join'd his Apartment to mine, and brought me a 
 Dagger, and convey'd it to me, fo that the Sentinel 
 cou'd not fee it, and told me foftly that that mull 
 work my Deliverance, all Things elfe being ready for 
 my Efcape. He aek'd the Sentinel fome QueRions, 
 and whether his Order extended to hinder my going 
 into his Apartment. He replyM in a furly Tone, 
 that wherever I went he wou'd go with me, and 
 that he did not care to trull me outofthat Room. The 
 Thane told him he ought to go with me, and ftay 
 while I llept. So all going through the little Door, 
 as the Sentinel came kill, 1 took my Opportunity and 
 flabb'd him to the Heart, fo that he fell almoil without 
 a Groan. 
 
 We went to work immediately, and faflning a Chair 
 to the Cord, I firft let down the Thane with a Ca- 
 binet of Jewels, and then my dear Eugenia to her Fa- 
 ther, with other Things of Value; and patting my 
 Gloves on, I being young Aid down the Cord my (q\{. 
 All being thus fafely tranfaded, -cheie was an eaCy Def. 
 
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286 T^he Secret History 
 
 cent the reft of the Hill, and in A little Time we came 
 to his Scabies, got on Horfe-back, and flew, as fall as 
 Fear and Defire cou'd carry us, towards Gallo-way, 
 where the Thane had fome IntereH ; and whither he 
 direfted his Courfe to call, and take my Father away 
 in the fame Ship. 
 
 We relied not Day nor Night, till we got to the 
 Mully and finding ourfelves purlu'd, we immediarely, 
 without retting, get on Board, hoilled our Sails, and (6 
 efcap'd a terrible Fate, which none but my Eugenia 
 couM preferve me from, having fav'd my Life twice by 
 her Addrefs, as her Father had firft by his Kindnefs 
 for mine. 
 
 When we were on Board, and under fail, the Thane 
 of Jngus told me with what Addrefs Euge?iia had ma- 
 nag'd the doating Tyrant to get that Reprieve, that pro- 
 duc'd our Delivery. For which we had not long le- 
 joic*d when the Storm arofe, which threw us on your 
 Coaft. And thus you have heard the Fate of two 
 Lovers, whofe PafTion rofe in Diltrefs, and has hitherto 
 met with nothing elfe, till our coming into this happy 
 Country gave us Security, and frefh Hopes of once 
 more returning to our own. 
 
 The Thane of Lor^r had no fooner done, but News 
 was brought that there was an Exprefs come from 
 Court, with Orders to Eric to raife a thoufand Men 
 to join Sibert Duke of Northumberland, who witli Mac- 
 duff ^ and other Scots Nobility were marching to fet 
 Malcolm on the Throne, and put an End at Lengtli to 
 an Ufurpation under which that Nation had fo long, 
 groan'd. 
 
 This News foon brought all the illuftribus Guefts of 
 £nV and Bertha into the Hall, where £; 2V was dif- 
 courfing the Meflenger, who had brouglit iiim the Or- 
 der, and with him a Scots Gentlen^an, who was im- 
 mediately known to be a Relation of il/«frt'»^'s, and 
 had fled with him into England. 
 
 The Thane of Glamis firll faluted him, and then 
 the reft of the Company, but the Thane of Ang7is com- 
 ing up to do the fame, he ftarted back, as if iirucken 
 with Thunder, to fee him in that Company, whom he 
 
 ftill 
 
of MACBETH. 2871. 
 
 ftill thougTit of the Cabinet of Macbeth. The Company 
 in few Words inform'd him of his Fortune, and what 
 he had done for the fufTering Argyle^ and his Son. 
 l)Ut what News (perfiiled Glamis) from the Court of 
 England^ has our Cafe at lall mov'd the pious Ed-ward 
 to fend us Relief? 
 
 There are (laid the Gentleman) on full march fix 
 thoufand branje Men^ ajid the 'valiant Duke Sibert, 
 Grandfather to Malcolm, King Duncan V Son, at the 
 Head of them; in this Train is Macduff", fvonving Revenge 
 on the Tyrant for his Wife and his Children. To him. 
 Gentlemen y and his Indujlry you onve the Hopes you hanje 
 of feeing your Country once more free, and the gentle 
 Alalcolm on the Scots Throne. Four Iboufand more I 
 ha^je Orders to the fcveral Magif rates of the North t9 
 get ready to meet them ; nvith 'vjhich Ten Thoufand, and 
 our Tr lends in Scotland , there is no doubt of punijhing a 
 Tyrant noau odious to all Men. 
 
 The News was fo furprizing and pleafing, that th« 
 Company defir'd an Account of the Negotiation, and 
 how Macdiif[ found Interell enough to bring it about. 
 According to their Defire, the Company being feated, 
 he thus began. 
 
 Macduffy Gentlemen, aflbon as we got into England 
 in a little Boat, thought not of an idle Retreat from 
 the Tyrant, but how to deliver his Country, by the 
 Afliftance of England. He remembered the Son of the 
 late King Duncan, was alio the Grandfon by the Mo- 
 ther's Side, to Sibert Duke of Korthumberlandy a Man 
 of the firft: Quality of England, and of the greateft 
 Confideration v/ith Earl Godwin. Underftanding there- 
 fore, that Malcolm was at Court, he direfted his Jour- 
 ney dircftly to the fame. And having found him, let 
 him know his Fortune, and how unpopular Macbeth 
 was, how eafy it was for him to put in his Claim to 
 the Crown of Scotland ; and as he was the Son of Royal 
 Duncan, he advis'd him to ihow the Spirit of a King, 
 and endeavour to recover his paternal Dignity. That 
 Piety would certainly not fuffer him to let the Mur- 
 ther of his Father pafs unreveng'd, nor negledt the iVli- 
 ieries of that People who look'd on themfelves as com- 
 mitted 
 
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 'iBiitted by God to h s Charge: That he ought by n» 
 Means to be deaf to the Petkions of his Friends ; and 
 that as he tou'd not doubt of King Ed-warcTs Aflillance, 
 fo he cou'd have lefs Doubt -of the Favour of God 
 againft fo impio.iis a AJan, that had trampl'd on all 
 Rights both human and divine. 
 • But Malcolm having often been tempted in this Man- 
 ner to return to Sect land ^ by the Creatures of Macbeth^ 
 was more than ordinarily cautious on any fuch Mo- 
 tion, being fenfible, that the Tyrant wanted to have 
 him in his Power. He therefore, to try the Sincerity 
 •■of Macduff^ and to avoid being drawn into a Snare be- 
 fore he committed a Concern of that Importance to be 
 decided by Fottune, made this Reply to the Inftance 
 of Macduff. 
 
 I am fenjihle (faid ht) that all you ha've ur^dy as to 
 the Tyrant f and the Rea/ons for my Undertaking, is true : 
 But I am afraid^ that you njuho are non.v fa earnejl 'with 
 pie t9 affume the regal Poiver^ are ffot fufficiently ac- 
 quainted •with my Difpofit ion. Since I muji o'wn to you, 
 that thofe Vices^ Lufi and A'varice, ivhich ha've ruined fo 
 many Kings ^ ha<ve but too large a Dominion in my In- 
 clinations. 'Tis true, that my pri'vate Condition, and ivant 
 of Ponver to exert them, ha<ve hitherto dijguis'd them fo 
 far^ that they appear not to any i yet the Liberty of Em- 
 pire, and the /Authority of Poiver, ivill let them loofe to the 
 Burthen and Opprejfton of many. Conftder, therefure^ 
 that you in'vite me not rather to my Ruin, than a Throne. 
 
 When to this Macduff had reply'd, that Lull, and a 
 rambling Inclination to Women, might be reflram'd 
 and bounded by the lawful Pleafures of Matrimony i 
 and the Avarice, which proceeds from Apprehenfion of 
 Want, wou'd be taken away, when that Fear was re- 
 mov'd by being on a Throne : Malcolm a.iiam''d, that he 
 had rather now make an ingenuous Confefiion of his 
 Faults to him as his Friend, than to both their Damage 
 be found guilty cf them hereafter. For to deal plainly 
 ivith you, (continu d he) / mu/l tell you, that there is no 
 Truth nor Sincerity in me. I confide in no Man living, 
 • hut J change tny Defgns and Counfels on C'v'ry Rumour and 
 
 ^ujpicion i 
 
of MJCBETH. 289 
 
 Sujpicreft ; and from this Ivconjiancy of my o^n Difiojitiom 
 J form my f ud-rir.ent cf other Men. 
 
 Macduff y onable to bear any more, cryM out in a 
 
 ■ Paffion Avant ! thou Prodigy, and Difgrace of thy 
 
 Royal Name and Family / swarthier to he bayiijh'd into the 
 ptoji 'Wild remote Defarty than to be called to a "Throne f 
 
 [mmediately turning from him, he was, in hade^ 
 leaving his Appartment. Bat Malcolm, who by his Paf- 
 fion dilcover'd his S:ncerity, taking him by the Hand, 
 defirM him to have Patience, letting him know the 
 Neceflity of his DiiTimuIation to his own Infamy, be- 
 caufe he had been often thus tempted by the Wiles 
 of Macbeth ; and Prudence therefore demanded, that 
 he (hould be extreamly cautious of whom he trufted, 
 but that he found nothing to fear or fufped in Macduff, 
 fmce he was fecur'd by the Nobility of his Family, 
 the Knowledge of his Manners, Reputation of his Ho- 
 nour, and the Conliderablenefs of his Fortune, 
 
 Thus having enter'd into a molt fhri(ft and firm 
 Friendfhip, they re'blv'd to make immediate Applica- 
 tion to the King of England^ by the Means of his 
 Grand-father Sibert ; and to Earl Godnvin by another 
 Intereft. In the mean Time the News arrived of the 
 Deilru«nion of Macduff's Lady and Children. As the 
 Account gave him the ucmoll Pain and Fury, fo the 
 Abominablenefs of the Fa(^ ftruck the pious King with 
 fiiCh an Abhorrerxe of Macbeth^ that he mimed:ately 
 granted oui Suit, made Sibert General of the Expediti- 
 on ; and Men were raisM with much Expedition in a 
 Caufe fo juft, as the Deliverance of a Neighbour Na- 
 tion. The Forces are all on the Majch, and will be 
 in this Neighbourhood by that Time we can get ready 
 thofe Men, which thefe Countries are to provide. 
 
 The whole Company were reviv'd with the welcome 
 Account of their fpeedy Deliverance trom all t.leir Di- 
 llsefs; and every one ban;fli'd all 'I houghts of paft 
 Elvils, with the Hopes of feeing a fpeedy End of all 
 their Misfortunes. 
 
 Eric had been extreamly indullrious, and ^ot his 
 (^oca, according to the King's Order, ready mutterM 
 and cjifcipij^'d, by that Time they had Couriers arnvM 
 
 O of 
 
290 The Secret History 
 
 of Duke Sibert's Arrival in thofe Partf. The Day ; 
 therefore is come for the Departure of the Gueils, and 
 every one made ready to appear with that Spirit the 
 Caufe requir*d. But juft before their Departure, the 
 Thane of Argyle came to them in a V^efiel, that Eric 
 had difpatch'd to lla with the Thane of Augus^^ par- 
 ticular Orders for his Releafe. The Meeting was Joy 
 on all Sides, and every one that had been an Enemy 
 to Angus was now his Friend. The Day of Departure 
 being come, the Thane of Angus told the Company, that 
 he never more wouM return to Scotland ; that he had 
 been guilty of too many Crime?, in a flavifh Submiflion 
 to the Tyrant, for a few groi Deeds to remit ; that, 
 therefore, he refoIvM to lliy where he was and fpend 
 the reft of his Days in Penitence, with the gocd Hermit, 
 who help'd to fave his Life on his Ship-wrack. 
 
 All the Company endeavcurM to difTuade him from 
 his Refolution, but all in vain; his Daughter, the young 
 Thane of Lorn, and the generous Argyle, ail prefs'd 
 him by Friendfhip, Piety, and every Motive they cou'd 
 think of or urge, but none couM prevail; he faid, he 
 had not long to live, that it was Time to think of 
 himfelf, and his own Soul ; ^and fince all his Care of 
 his Daughter, and young Lorn being now devolved on 
 Argylpt the World had no further Need of him ; that 
 therefore, he would make his Retreat to Heaven, and 
 pray for their good Succefs. 
 
 All Perfuafions be-ng in vain, and theNsceflity of the 
 
 'Time calling on th?m, they were forc*d to feparate, the 
 whole Company having artended the Thane of /^ngus 
 to the ETermit's Cell, and there taken their Leave of 
 Jbim. I will not pretend to defer ^bi the Pain of the 
 Daughter and her Lover on fo terrible a Parting ; but 
 }e: it luffice, that it was equal to the Love and Virtt;e of 
 thofe who were to parr, 
 
 • The Enghjh Army was now entered the Scots Domirf?- 
 ons, when the Country came in on all Sides, not only 
 with Provifion and Necrflaries, but with Men and Ar- 
 mour, on purpofe to aflift in the Reh'ef of their Country. 
 Among the lalt came KiUiharren ; and hearing his old 
 Mafter the Thane of Argyle was alive, he addrefs'd him- 
 
 ■■^^■^ ftlf 
 
of MACBETH. 291 
 
 fclf to him with all the Joy of a faithful Servant, and 
 was received by him with all the Satibfaition of a gei.e- 
 rous Mailer. The young Thane of Lorn being by at 
 this Iiutrview, had tl.e Curiofity to enquire about the 
 Lady, whom he had delivered from Calender. Kilhbar- 
 ren informed him, that the Lady was now his Wife, 
 that flying away on the Stones falling on him, and hear- 
 ing him groan like a dying Man, fhe made diredUy ca 
 him, and that both in Difguife retired into the fartbclt 
 Part of /ir^y'ey where he had fome Friends and fome 
 fmall Eltate. He returned his Thanlcs to young Lom^ 
 for delivering his iMiilrefs; and having received his Poll 
 from his Lord, he retired. 
 
 As the Army marched on, it daily encreafed ; which 
 flruck fuch a Terror into Macbeth^ that though he had 
 drawn his Forces together, with a Refolution to give the 
 Englijh Battle, yet finding every Day fuch Defertions, 
 and how ill his Orders were obey'd, he fled to the Ca- 
 IVie oi Diinjinane^ hoping there to make a S and agiinil 
 fo dangerous a Torrent. But his Men here likcwue left 
 him, and none but his own Cutthroats ftood by him, 
 compelled by their common Guilt, to run his Fate for 
 fear of one more ignominou,, if they fell not in Fight. 
 
 Bit the Fcrtilications of Duvftnane were not ft)Ong 
 enough to keep out his Fears. For when from the Hiil 
 he had obfervcd the Englijh marching from Bernham- 
 Wood, with green Boughs all in their Hats, as in Tri- 
 umph for a bloodlefs Conqucll ; he and his fmall Pur:y 
 quit;ei the Caflle, hoping from Fligh: another Day for 
 his Fate; which mull there ccme on him, if he fjffcr'd 
 himfelf to be coop'd up within the Waih : On w^iich a 
 Party took Pofltflion of the Gillie, and another u.ider 
 the Command o( Ma:duf^\xri\iS the Tyranc, till they 
 brought him to a Ne^cllity of fighting, or of being 
 tak'n Priioner. Defpair was to him Courage ; where- 
 fore he turns on his Enemies, and hghts with that Fuiy, 
 and almoil Madnefs, that had the rcil of his Troop pcr- 
 form'd like him, they had made their Way through all 
 Oppofers: But they found themfelves we.gh'd down 
 With Guilt, and a dallardly Spiri:, fo as to let their 
 Mailer be furroundcd, where ne defejujUd, hunfelf foi « 
 
 O 2 ■■" " wlUtt 
 
292 The Secret History | 
 
 while agalnft all ; till Macduff commgM'^y and knowing 
 hifl), notwithftanding this DiCguife that he had put on 
 for his fecure Efcape, encounter'd him with equ^i Force, 
 and foon brought him to the Ground, with many 
 Wounds, and frequent Exprobraticns lor the Murder of 
 his Wife and Children. 
 
 Thus fell the Tyrant, who had rais'd hirofelf by 
 Viitues he had nor, and fell by the Vices he cou'd 
 not mailer ; after he had ellabliili'd his doubtful Throne 
 in Righteoufnefs and Love, he forfook both, to de- 
 ftroy in feven Years by his Folly, what he Lad built up 
 in Ten by his Wifdom. 
 
 T he Party, that feiz'd the Caflle found the Qneen 
 dead ; and examining into the Manner of her Dcith, 
 they were informed, that for fome Time before thefe 
 Events, tliat were fo fatal to their Caufe, fhe had been 
 frequently difturb'd in her Sleep, and walk'd about the 
 Cattle with her Eyes fliUt talking to he;fclf, as ccn- 
 cern'd for the concealing the IViurthers fhe had bten 
 guilty of; but that thefe Fits at laft reachM her awake, 
 and threw her into fuch Defpair, that a few Days be- 
 fore the Arrival of the profperous Forces of her Ene- 
 mies in Sight of the Caitle, fhe being left alone hang'd 
 htrfelf, and was not found till fhe was quite dead, 
 every Body being got on the Caflle Walls to view the 
 Ehgliff} Army, full of Fear and Defpair for themfelvep. 
 
 The Tyrant, and his Latly, being dead, Macduff^ 
 and all the Thanes prefent with one Voice declared 
 Malcolm King of Scotland: And he in return revers'd 
 all the Ads 01 Macbeth to the Prejudice of the Nobility, 
 and People. 
 
 The Coronation being now at Scone, the Thane of 
 Ar^le made this fhort Speech to the new King. 
 
 Ivlv Liege, T^he Example before your Eyes may give 
 ycu 'vaarnlng not to fall into the Errors of your Predccef 
 for ; for thd the Royal Dignity have the j^dvantage of 
 many Places, and ynuch Wealth and Povjer in its D'lf 
 fcjt, that it n:eiy a gf eat ijuhile fometifnes keep off' the In- 
 di na'ion of the Nobility and People ; yet the Blonv nvill 
 at Ictjl come as effeSluc^lly as if at frjl. Society is the 
 . Jvfiitution of Heai'en, in the njery Formation of Man" 
 
 kind^ 
 
ofMACBETn. 293 
 
 kind, hy making human Life infutportaile nvithout it. The 
 Good^ therefore^ of that Society mujl be the chief Aim of that 
 omnipotent Being, that nvas the Cau/e of it ; The Prince 
 therefore of an^ People Jhould refle"!, that he is chofu and 
 exalted to that hi^h Poji, not to indulge his Appetite, giiff a 
 Loofe to his PaJJions^ and make enjery Thing fuhleruient to^ 
 his Will ^ as if he ^vere the Lord, not Ruler, of his People, 
 and they his Slaves, not Sulyeas ; tl.at he is mat only 
 made to exalt a Favourite or tivo to 'va/i If'ealtk^ and ex- 
 cejjive Poiver, ar:d facrifce all Things to his ^^v^ificeor 
 Ambition. Nc, nty Lord, a Prince has lefs Right to iit' 
 dulge or gi've Way to his PaJJjons than his Subjects^ 
 Jince by the PaJJions of the firji^ the Society for luhofe 
 Good he is mude, is a Suffer ery lut thofe of a Subject 
 reach no farther than Particulars. Te.t ^'hen a Subje^ 
 gives Way to his Papons fo as to injure his Ntighbour, 
 he is liable to fuffer by Lai'j far making a Breach in the 
 Kules of Society. If therefore a pri'zjate Man has a 
 legal Remedy againji the ungo-uern^ d Pajftons of his NeigJj- 
 hour for a private Wrong, /hall not the Pnblick ha-ve at 
 juji a Remedy againft a Prince for indulging his Pafflons 
 to the Injury of the Publick ? The Reafon is fo much the 
 fironger for the later, than the former ^ as the Publick 
 is preferable to the Private. 
 
 My Liege, The King of Heaven, that made us all^ 
 end betiAjixt ivhom and us there is no Proportion, for 
 nve are in his Hand as nothing \ yet has he fet himjelf 
 Laivt and Rules in his Meafures <u)iih Mankind. What 
 mad and prophane Flatterers are thofe then, tisho nvou*d 
 ferfuade Monarchs, that they are free from all Bounds but 
 their Willy njohen the Supreme Being has confiri'd himfelf to 
 certain Lanvs in his Adminiji ration, nxjhich he has af- 
 fur^d us he nenjer ivill tranfgrefs ? My Lord, Let the Pub' 
 lick hi your Council^ hanje no private Favourite, for he 
 *will alvoays have an Interefi of his ovun to drive ony 
 injurious to yoUy and injurious to your People ; but the 
 Publick nvill give you faithful Advice, becaufe it is 
 their Intereliy and they cannot benefit themfelves by de- 
 ceiving you i but there fcarce ever vjas or ever ivill be 
 a Favourite f that nvill not turn a Princess Favour to his 
 
 O 3 Prejudice, 
 
1 
 
 294 ^^'^ Secret History 1 
 
 Prejudu'€y if not Ruin. Injhort, wy Lordy kno^jj that 
 your Office is conjlifiited for the Good of the People^ and 
 mt they for your Will and Pleofure. Linje langj and 
 reign happily and jufly. 
 
 The King thank'd him for his Advice, andpromi-'d 
 to follow it as long as he liv'd ; and to begin his Reign 
 with a remarkable Affair, he created the Thane of 
 Argyle^ Karl o^ Argyk, and fo the other Thares Earls, and 
 Barons; Titles, till then, never heard ijf m Scot land. 
 
 This Coronation was followed by the Marriage of 
 the new Lord Lorn ard Eugenia. 7'he King was her 
 Father at the Altar, rir;d tlie Earl of Argyle gave his 
 Son. The Ceremony being over, the Pnell, as in^pii'd 
 by fome divine Spi ir, thus bleft the new-marry'd Pair. 
 
 Hail happy Pair ! faid he, born under the happy In- 
 fluences of the Planets, or rather oidain'd by PrcVidenCQ 
 for your Countries Good. From you two ftiall arife a 
 noble and illultr o is Race of Heroes, that in latter Day?, 
 before ^'ro^/^^^ is no more, fi-all be the Guardians of 
 the publick Liberty ; fome fhall fuffer in this glorirus 
 Caufe, but ftill another golden Bough fprouts out, that 
 confirms his Father's Glory and his own. 
 
 F 1 N J s. 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 AMOURS 
 
 O F 
 
 Count SCHLICK, 
 
 Chancellor to the Emperor Sfgifmuncf^ 
 and a young Lady of Quality of Siejina. 
 
 By MNEAS SYLVIUS, Poet-Laurear, and 
 Secretary to the fame Emperor, afterwards 
 Pope Fins the Second. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed in the Year MDCCXLI. 
 
■d 
 
 -k I 
 
THE 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 HE following Treatife ofJEne- 
 as Sylvius, being a Piece of ad- 
 mirable Defign and Performance^ 
 has always been efleemed by the 
 Ingenious^ that underjlood him 
 in his own Language-, and it 
 was therefore thought worthy a Tranjlation^ and 
 fit to bring up the Rear of the Now celebrated 
 Madam d' Unnois. I fhall 7iot queflion the A- 
 bilities of this fuppofed^ or real Lady^ hut I 
 may venture to fay^ that ro French Author of 
 this Kind {befuies her) has the leafl Pretence to 
 a Rivaljhip with our Author. The French 
 Performances of this Nature are generally flight ,^ 
 trifling., and little acquainted with Nature^ in 
 the Expreffwn of the Paffions., and furprizing 
 Incidents of an Intrigue. It is true^ indeedy . 
 that -^neas Syh'ius has the Advantage in ^lac- 
 
 O 5 
 
 '"i 
 
.3 PRE FACE. 
 
 mfhhis Scene of his .Amour in Italy, ^here phs 
 Difficulty of Accefs to the Ladies^ furnifkes more 
 Occafio'tts of uncommon Adventures^ and puts 
 the Heads of both the Lady and Gallant on In- 
 vent i on ^ to find out Ways of deceiving a jealous 
 Husband and 'usalchful Spies •, but the free Con- 
 verfaticn of the Women of France makes the 
 Succefs more eafy^ and the Paffion by Confcquence 
 lefs violent. So that iiideed .all their Amours 
 7nay be called Gallantries^ little lambent Flames^ 
 which never arrive at Force enough to caufe 
 ihofe raging Emotions of Def.re^ v:hich Con^ 
 firaini end Difficulty create in Italy. "This has 
 furmfijed JEneas Sylvius ^vith the Opportunity 
 of giving us the Lineaments of Paffions^ which 
 ive can only find in the Ancients^ and which the 
 French Authors are little acquainted zvith, 
 ■■'■ There is yet. another Advantage which cur 
 Author has above the Monfieurs, in writing on 
 a real not- ficiitious Story, For tho* he gives his 
 Levers the Names of Eurialus and Lucretia,.// 
 is plain frora a Paffage in his Epifile Dedicatory 
 to the Count of Schlick, that he drew his Pic- 
 ture from the true Adventures of that Lord, 
 It is granted^ that a great Genius can form a 
 Story more ct^cellcnt than common Life ; can 
 keep up the Chara^ers^ give us ynore jufi and 
 fircngcr Lineaments of the Paffiions than we 
 meet with every Day \ as is plain from Homer, 
 Sophocles, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid, a7idthe 
 like \ but then by the fingular Force of their 
 Genius they keep whole Nature in View^ and 
 
 drazv 
 
rhe PREFACE. 
 
 draw her in the Abftra5l^ and the general Fea- 
 tures of the whole Kind. But alas ! to hope 
 any fuch Excellence from a French Author^ Is 
 in vain. For in thefe gayer Performances they 
 are led away by their native airy Temper from 
 all Juftice of Thought^ and draw at beft but 
 -particular Faces •, while JEne^s and the Anci- 
 ents give us general Nature, 
 
 i^neas Sylvius was likewife a Scholar^ had 
 fludied Books and Men -, had blended the College 
 ■ and the Court fo happily^ as to have the Force 
 and not Stiffnefs of the former *, and the Gen- 
 te chiefs^ and not Ignorance of the latter. For 
 thd* Arts are not much learned at Courts^ or 
 much encouraged there ; yet a Man of Art^ by 
 the Court polifhes his hear^iing^i and gains a 
 pleafing Mode of writing.^ if not thinkings at 
 leajl in Gayety and Amom\ and their juji Ex- 
 preffion. He was a Poet of that Confideration 
 in his Age., as to be made imperial Poet to Sigif- 
 mond the Emperor^ and his Secretary befides. 
 From whence he made his Way to be Secretary 
 in the Council of Bafil •, and by the fever al Steps 
 cf Bifhop and Cardinal^ to the tripple Diadem 
 itfelf. 
 
 The Occafion of his writing this Story^ he 
 gives us both in his Epiflle to Count Sz\\\\Q\^y 
 and in his Prologue to Marianus Sozinus of Si- 
 enna, which in Jufiice-to the Author^ I fhall 
 here tranjlate, 
 
 O (> The 
 
®^' PREFACE. 
 
 T^he Epiftle Dedicatory of iEneas Sylvius 
 to Count Sehlick. 
 
 To the moil Magnificent, and moft Gene- 
 rous Knight, the Lord Cajpar Sehlick, 
 Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Lord 
 of Newcajlle, Chancellor to the Empe- 
 ror, i^c, 
 
 iEneas Sylvius imperial Poet and Secre- 
 tary^ jendetb Healthy &c. 
 
 MA R I A N u s Sozinus of Sienna, my 
 Countryman, a Man of an affable 
 and eafy Temper, and of fo general Extent 
 in all Manner of Literature, that I believe, 
 I Ihall not eafily find his Fellow ; has lately 
 very iiluch importuned me to defcribe to him 
 two Lovers ; he was indifferent, whether the 
 Story were a poetical Fiiflion or a Reality. 
 You know he is a Man worthy the Name of 
 Man, yet yoq will be furprifed at my Ac- 
 count of him. Nature has been parfimoni- 
 ous to him in nothing but Stature. He is 
 indeed a very little Pv.^rfon, and ought to 
 have been of my Family, whofe Surname cf 
 Plccolomini^ figniiies Utile Men. He is elc- 
 quent, and learned in both the Canon ai d 
 CiVil Law *, lie is acquainted with all Hiflo- 
 nes, llsillful in Poetry ; writes Verfe both in 
 ..^ Latin and the Tufcan Tongue; is as great a 
 ^'.^^l^uilvfophcr :ioPlafOj in Gcom:tiy equal 
 
 CO 
 
rhe PREFACE. 
 
 to Boetius \ in Arithmetic to Macrohius% he 
 can play on all Manner of M-jfical Inftru- 
 ments •, and is as knowing in Agriculture as 
 Virgil himfelf. There is nothing of civil Af- 
 fairs that he is ignorant of. While yet he 
 was frefli, and in tlie Bloom and Vigour of 
 his Youth, he was a perfect Mafter in all the 
 vigorous Exercifes of his Age, nor could bs 
 vanquiflied in any of them by any of his Co- 
 temporaries. The VcfT.ls of lefTer Bodies 
 fometimes gain a Value from their Smallnefs, 
 as Jewels and precious Stqiies may witnefs. 
 And as Statins fays of Tydctts. -^ m- 
 
 Major in exiguo regnahat Cor pore Virtus, 
 The lelfjr Bulk, the larger Soul contained. 
 
 Had the Gods but given him Beauty and 
 Immortality, he had been a God. Bat no 
 mortal Man ever polTefTed a'l Things \ and 
 I never knew any Man, who wanted lefs than 
 Marianus. Nay, he is learned in the mod incon- 
 fiderableThings. He paints likeanothery^^//^j-, 
 and nothing can be more corredt and beauti- 
 ful than thofe Manufcripts which he has 
 wrote. Praxiteles was not a better Carver •, 
 nor is he ignorant of Phyfic : to all which 
 admirable Q^ualifications I muft add the mo- 
 ral Virtues, which govern and diredt others. 
 I have in my Time known feveral Perfons 
 that have given themfelves to the Study of 
 Letters, make a great Progrcfs in Learning, 
 but they have nothing of Urbanity and the 
 
 Civilities 
 
rhe PREFACE. 
 
 Civilities of Life •, they know not how to go- 
 vern either themfelves or others ; neither 
 the Public, nor their own private Affairs. 
 Flagarenfis was furprifed and amazed at his 
 Bailiff, and accufed him of Theft, when he 
 told him that his Sow had farrowed eleven 
 Pig?, and his Afs but one Colt. Gomicius 
 of Milan thought himfelf with Child, and 
 long expecled to be brought to B.^d, be- 
 caufe in Generation his Wife had taken 
 his Place -, and yet thefe Men are looked on 
 as the greatefl: Lights of the civil Law. In 
 -others you find either Pride or Avarice. 
 But this Man is extremely generous, and his 
 Houfe is always full of honourable Acquaint- 
 ance ; he is Enemy to none ; he defends the 
 People •, comforts the Sick ; helps the Needy; 
 aflifts the Widows ; and never difappoints 
 the Hopes of any one that wants him. His 
 Countenance, like Socrates^ is always the 
 fame. He is undaunted in Adverfity, and 
 never puft up with the greateft Profperity ; 
 he knows fo well the Principles of Cunning, 
 not to reduce them to Pradtice, but to be on 
 his Guard againft them ; he is doated on by 
 his Fellow-Citizens, and beloved by Stran- 
 gers ; he is hateful nor cruel to none. But I 
 do not know the Reafon that has induced a 
 Man furnifhed with fo many Virtues, to de- 
 fire a Thing of that Lightnefs. L only 
 know this, that I ought to deny him nothing. 
 For when I lived at Sienna^ I had a peculiar 
 
 Love 
 
The PREFA CE. 
 
 Love for him •, nor is my Love diminiflied 
 tho' divided. And as he was endowed with 
 all other admirable Qualities of Nature, fo 
 was he mofl eminent for this, that he never 
 let any Man's Love to him be barren, and 
 without fome Benefit. 
 
 I could not therefore think that the Re- 
 quefts of fuch a Man ought to be negle6led ; 
 and for thatReafon I have wrote the Adven- 
 tures of two Lovers, without Fi6i:ion. The 
 Affair happened at Siemia^ during the Abode 
 of the Emperor Sigifmmid in that City ; you 
 was there at the fame Time, and if I may 
 believe my Ears, you beftowed fome of your 
 Time and Addrefs in Love. It is the City 
 of Venus. Your Friends, who know you 
 well, fay that you were there much in Love, 
 and that no Body was more gallant than your- 
 fclf *, and believe that there was no Amour 
 pall, at that Time, that you had not fome 
 Knowledge of. I therefore defire you to 
 read over this Hiftory, and fee whether I 
 have wrote Truth or not ; blufli not if it call 
 to your Mind any Tranfadbions of yours, that 
 were like thefe, fince you were a Man, and 
 therefore fubjed to the Frailty of Man. He 
 zvho never was in Love^ is either a Stone or a 
 Beaft, 
 
 Farewell, 
 
 Whether his Friend Sozinus merited this 
 
 extraordinary Chara^er^ or whether iEneas Syl- 
 
 . . vius 
 
^^ PRE FACE. 
 
 vius heightened that to jujiify his writing on fo 
 cmoYous a Suhje5i at the Age of Forty^ I jhall 
 not determine. The following Prologue will fet 
 it in a plainer Light, 
 
 Ihe PROLOGUE. 
 
 ^fieas Sylvius^ Poet and imperial Secre- 
 tary, to his Fellow-Citizen Marianus 
 Sozhiiis, ProfefTor of both Civil and 
 Canon Law, Health. * ' 
 
 YOUR Requeft is not agreeable to my 
 Age, and quite oppofite and repugnant 
 to yours. For what can I, who draw near 
 to forty, write of Love, or you of fifty hear? 
 Love is a Theme that pleafes the Ears of 
 Youth, and feeds on their tender Hearts. 
 Love is as improper a Difcourfe to the Did, 
 as Prudence is to the Young. Nor is there 
 any Thing more odious and ridiculous than=- 
 when old Age difcovers an Affedlation of A- 
 mours without Strength. You may indeed 
 find fome old Men that love, but you never 
 can find one beloved: For old Age is defpifed 
 in Marriage and Addrefies to the Fair. A 
 Woman never loves any Man, that is not in 
 his Vigour and Luilyhood. If any one 
 would perfwade you to the contrary, iie 
 would but impofe on you. I know very well 
 that it is not proper lor my Years to write of 
 Love, when I am now pall the Noon, and 
 
 turning 
 
The PR EFA C E. 
 
 turning on the Evening of Life. Bat then \j 
 know, that it is equally improper for your 
 Requeft, as for my Performance. It is my 
 Duty to obey you -, you mud therefore take 
 Care what you command me. Your fupe- 
 rior Age impofes the Duty of Obedience on 
 me by the Laws of Friendfliip •, which if 
 your Juftice is not afraid of infringing by 
 your Commands, my Folly fhall not fear to 
 tranfgrefs by obeying them. I have received 
 fo many Benefits from you, that I can deny 
 nothing to your Defifes, altho* mixt with 
 fomeching lefs honourable. 1 (Lall, there- 
 fore, now obey that Requeft, which you 
 have now ten Times repeated ; nor will J 
 any longer refufe what you afked wuth fuch 
 Importunity. Yet I fhall not, as you defire, 
 feign a Story, nor make Ufe of my poetical 
 Right, as long as it is in my Power to write 
 a Truth : For who is fo fond of Falfhood as 
 to lye when he can fpeak the Truth to more 
 Advantage? Bccaufe you have often been in 
 Love, and yet want not Fire, you would 
 have me write a Story of two Lovers. 'Tis 
 a Pronenefs to Amour that will not fuffcr you 
 to be old. I will be complaifant to your In- 
 clinations, and I will rouze all the amorous 
 Spirits of this grey-headed Lover. Nor will 
 i have Recourfe to Fi6lion, where I have fo 
 great a Plenty of Truth. For what is more 
 tommon all about the World ? What City, 
 vvhat Village, what Family is free from Ex- 
 amples 
 
The PR EFACE. 
 
 amples of this kind ? What Man pad thirty 
 has done no Exploit for the Sake of Love ? 
 I form my Conjecture from Self,whom Love 
 has expofed to a thoufand Dangers. I thank 
 the Powers above, that I have a thoufand 
 Times efcaped the Ambufhes laid for me ; 
 more happy than Mars^ whom Vulcan caught, 
 fn his Iron Net, in the Embraces of Venus^, 
 and expofed them to the Laughter of the 
 reft of the Gods. 
 
 But I will rather choofe to relate others 
 Amours than my own, leaft that, by ftirring 
 up the Embers of the old Fire, I lliould yet 
 find fome Spark alive. The Love I fhall give 
 you an Account of, is full of Wonder, and 
 almoft incredible, with which the Breafts of 
 the two Lovers were on Fire. Nor will I 
 have Recourfe to old forgotten Amours, but 
 the violent Flames of our own Time. I will 
 not entertain you with the Loves of Troy or 
 Babylon^ but of our own Native City, tho* 
 one of the Lovers was born nearer the North- 
 ern Pole. 
 
 Some Profit may perhaps be drawn from 
 this very Story. For fmce the Lady, who is 
 the Argument of the following Difcourfe, 
 having loft her Lover, breathed out her Soul 
 full of Grief and Indignation*, and the Gal- 
 lant never after enjoyed a perfedl Satisfadlion ; 
 It may be a juft and timely Warning to 
 Youth, to avoid fuch criminal Amours. Let, 
 therefore, the young Ladies hear, and gather 
 
 this 
 
7he PREP aX: E. 
 
 this Leffon from what I relate, never to niin 
 theinfelves in engaging in Love with young 
 Gallants. This Story inltni(fls Youth not to 
 lift themfelves in a Warfare, that yields more 
 Gall than Honey ; bat calling off Lewdnefs,. 
 and the furious Dictates of Lufl:, which make 
 Men mad, they apply themfelves wholly to 
 Virtue, which only can make a Man happy. 
 If any one knows not the Multitude of Evils 
 and Mifchiefs, that lie concealed in fo fpeci- 
 ous a Name as Love, here he may have a full 
 View of them. 
 
 Farewell, my Friend, and pray lend your 
 Attention to the Peru fal of that Story, which 
 you commanded me to write. 
 
 ^hefe ttvo Letters^ and vobat I have /aid aU 
 ready ^ ijDill he ftifficient for the Author, I jhall 
 only add for the Tran/lation^ that I have kept 
 as near the Author* s Di^ion as was agreeable to 
 the Difference of the Languages •, that I have 
 never made any Scruple to. add^ where the Au- 
 thor gave a Hint worth the improving \ and 
 have ventured to leave out^ what I thought 
 might prove tedious to an Englifli Reader, In 
 the main^ I hope I may pretend to have done 
 iEneas Sylvius Juflice, and given him fuch an 
 Englifh Garb^ as very few of our modern 
 French Authors weary when they vifit us in the 
 Britifh Tongue. 
 
 the 
 
Tl)e tKl^P ACE. 
 
 ^Jhe Moral of this Fahle^ or rather Hifiory^ 
 fi very good^ and yet fo general as to he extend- 
 ed to all of this Nature^ that are jujlly writ *, 
 hut the French generally make the Offenders 
 'Very eafy^ and meet no ^tinijhment hut what 
 they find in the Infidelity of each other. 
 
 THE 
 
[ 309] 
 
 THE 
 
 HISTORY' 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 AMOURS 
 
 O F 
 
 Count Sc H L I C K, ^c. 
 
 EVERY Body already knows witli what Pomp 
 and Magnificence Sicnnay the Place of both our 
 Nativities, received the Emperor Sigifmon^/. 
 They built a Palace for his Reception, near the Church 
 of St. Martha ; where after the Ceremony of the Day, 
 when he arriv'd, he was met by four Matrons, almoit 
 of equal Quality, Beauty, Age and Habit. Any one 
 might eafily miltake them for G. ddjfies, confeiTing no- 
 thing mortal in their Afpe<fl and Appearance. Had 
 they been but three, they might well have pall for 
 Vciiusy Juno and Pallas^ that appear'd to the Royal 
 Shepherd, in the Solitude of Mount Ida. 
 
 The Emperor Sigifmondt tho' in Years, being of a 
 very amorous Temper, took no greater Delight than in 
 his Converfation with the Ladies, nor ccu'd Nature af- 
 ford him any Thing more pltafing, than the Sight 
 of a beautiful Woman. As foon, therefore, as he call 
 his Eye on thefe four Ladie*, leaping from his Horfe 
 he was received by them, and turning to his Atten- 
 cants, fuUof Surprize ard Satisfadion, fiequendy ask'd 
 
 them 
 
310 The History of the 
 
 tliem if they had ever beheld fuch Charms before r 
 Far f7.y Party faid he, / know not whut to determine, 
 whether they are H^omen, or Angels^ at Uajl J am Jure 
 they have heavenly Faces. 
 
 While the Emperor was fo loudly zealous in their 
 Praife, a modefl Blufh ovcrfpread their Face?, and 
 theii bafhful Eyes fixt themfelves on the Ground; but 
 that which fet their Modefty in a better Light, gave a 
 heightning to their Beauty : The Indian Ivory drained 
 with the purple Violets, and the ruddy Rofe mingled 
 with the Lilly, caft no fuch beauteous Colours, as their 
 Cheeks. 
 
 ; Among the.e there was a Lady named Lucretia, who 
 (hone above the reft with fuperior Light and Grace.' 
 She was not yet twenty Years of Age, of the Family 
 of the Camilli^ but was marryM to one Mcnelaus^ a 
 Man of very great Wealth, tho' far unworthy of having 
 fo much Youth and Beauty under his Jurifdidion, but 
 throughly worthy of the Honour of being deceived and 
 impofedonby his Wife, and furnilhed with the larg- 
 eft Browantlers in the World. Lucretia was taller 
 than all the reft; ftie had an Abundance of Hair, and 
 that bright as Threads of burnifhed Gold, which was 
 not ty'd clofe back like that of a Maid, but interwovea 
 with Jewels and Gold ; her Forehead was open and of a 
 juft Largenefs, not ruftled with the leaft Wrinkle ; Her 
 Eye-brow black and drawn in an exadl Bow, and fepa- 
 rated from each other by a regular Interval : Her Eyes 
 darted Beams fo fierce, that like thofe of the Sun they 
 made the Beholders blind. With thefe flie could either 
 kill* or revive whom ftie pleafed; Her Nofe drawn in 
 a diredl Line and juft Height, with equal Bounds di- 
 vided the Rofy Pi ovinces of her Cheeks, than which 
 nothing could be more lively, or more delightful, ef- 
 pecially when a graceful Smile formed in each a charm- 
 ing Dimple, which none could behold without a Deftre 
 of kifting : Her Mouth was fmall and charming, her 
 Lips of Coral hue, difcovered a wondrous Aptnefs for 
 the amourous Bite: Her Teeth fmall and even looked 
 Jike Mother of Peail ; her tremulous Tongue, wheo it 
 
 moved. 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 311^ 
 
 moved, feem'd to fend forth not meer Words, but Har- • 
 xnony in Perfeftion. What fhould I fay of the Beauty 
 of her Chin, or the Whitenefs of her Neck ? Since 
 there was no Part of her Body or Face, that was not 
 worthy of a Panegyric Men judged of the inward 
 Beauty of the Mind, by the ejcterior C^>arms of her 
 Perfon. No Body tliat faw her, butenvy'd the Hap- 
 pinefs of her Husband, who was fure to have as many 
 Rivals, as his Wife had Beholders. Befides thefe, the 
 general Air of her Face, difcovered a Thoufand en- 
 g.iging and peculiar Graces. As to her Speech, what 
 Tradition gives us of the Difcourfe of Cor?ieliay the Mo- 
 ther of the G/-/7r^-^/, or the Daughter of Orteftu^^ was 
 true of her, for nothing could be more fweet and modefl:, 
 than what Ihe faid. She made not a Show of Honefty, 
 with a four and fupercilious Look, as moft of her Sex 
 affed to do, but difcovered a vifible Modefty in a chear- 
 ful Countenance ; not dalhed with a too bafhful Rullici- 
 ty, nor too forward and bold in her Deportment, but 
 bore a Mafculine Soul in her Female Heart, tempered 
 with a becoming Modeity. The Ornaments of her 
 Drefs were various, every where diftinguilhed with 
 Jewels and precious Stones ; her Head drefs was both 
 graceful and rich, and her Fingers adorned with Dia- 
 mond Rings of confiderable Value. Helen difcovered 
 not more betwitching Charms that Day, when Mene- 
 Jaus firft had Paris for his Gueft ; nor was /Andromache 
 fet out with greater Magnificence on the Day of her 
 Marriage to Hector. 
 
 In this beauteous Company was Catharine the Wife 
 of Petrucio^ who dying foon after this Solemnity, had 
 Ceefar himfelf in the Train of her Mourners, having be- 
 fore devoted her Infant Son to the Service of the Empe- 
 ror ; a Lady of uncommon Charms, though much In- 
 ferior to thofe oiLucretia. Every ones Mouth was full 
 of the Beauties of Lucretia^ and Lucretia was the 
 whole Subjed of every Difcourfe. She had the Tribute 
 oi C^far^s Praife, and that of the whole Court, and 
 drew the Eyes of all that were prefent to whatever 
 Place (he turned herfelf. As it is faid, that Orpheus 
 
 by 
 
312 The History of the 
 
 by the Power of his Lute drew Wbods and Rocks to his 
 Harmony, fo did Lucretitt by her Eyes all that beheld 
 her. But Euriahis of Franconia^ whofe Perfon and 
 Wealth, made him extreamly fit for a Lover, was 
 more, than all the reft, and beyond the Bounds of 
 Juftice, born by an impetuous Paffion to be her pecu- 
 liar Devote : He was not yet quite thirty two Years of 
 Age, of a middle Stature, of a gay and graceful Mien, 
 fprightly Eyes, foftned with an engaging Swectnefs, 
 and all other Parts of his Body compofing a graceful 
 Majefty of Mafculine Beauty. The other Courtiers 
 after a long Campaign were not fo well drefs*d, or fo 
 plentifully furnifhed with Gold ; but he by his own pa- 
 ternal Wealth and Eftate, and thefingular Advantage of 
 the peculiar Friendftiip and Favour of the Emperor, 
 which drew to him abundance of Prefents, appeared 
 every Day more fplendid in the Eye of the World. He 
 was followed by a long Train of Servants ; he one Day 
 wore his Cloaths all over embroider'd with Gold, ano- 
 ther Velvet enobled with the Tyrian Dye, and every 
 Day vary'd his Equipage with forae Pomp and Magni- 
 ficence. His Horfes were fuch as the Fables tell us, 
 came to the Siege o^Troy with Memnon. In fhort, 
 there was nothing wanting bur Quiet and Eafe to kin- 
 dle up that kindly Warmth of Mind, which we call 
 Love. But Youth, and that Luxury of good Fortune, 
 by which Love is nourifhed, prevailed ; and EuriaJus 
 was now no longer Mafter of himfelf; he no fooner 
 faw Lucreiia^ but his Heart look Fire, and dwelt on 
 her Face; he thought he could never fatisfy his Defire 
 with looking upon her, nor did his Love prove 
 vain; The Event was wonderful. The Number of 
 handfome Men was great; but Lucretia c\\o{t only Eu- 
 rinlui ; nor was the Train of beautiful Ladies inconfi- 
 derable, yet Eur talus could think of none but Lucrdia. 
 ■•Tis true, they were noc fo happy, as to be fenfibleat 
 that Interview of the mutual Flame they had caufed 
 in each others Breaft ; but both had the Pain to fear, 
 that each loved without any Return from the Perfon be- 
 loved. As foon, therefore, as the tedious Ceremony of 
 
Amours of Cowtt Schlick. 313 
 
 Xu<eiar^^ Entry and Reception were over, and each retir- 
 ed to their Apartment, Lucretia's Mind was wholly 
 pofTeft with Eurialus, and his entirely taken up with 
 Lucretia\ (he could think of him alone, and he only of 
 her. 
 
 Who after this will be furprized at the Amour o^ 
 Pimmus and Thiibe. Their Neighbourhood gave the 
 firft Steps to their Pafiion, which from the Opportunity 
 of their adjoining Houfes in Time grew to a Head. 
 But this Couple never faw one another before, or had 
 ihe leaft Preparation by a preparatory Report, till that 
 Moment unknown even by Name to each other. He 
 was a Franconian, fhe a Tufcaji ; nor did the Tongue do 
 the Office of a Mediator, the Eyes only did the Woik 
 compleatly, by pleafingone another at the hr ft View. 
 Lucretia, being therefore thus deeply wounded by 
 Love, and burning with a fecret, bat violent Fire, 
 forgets that fhe is marry'd, hates her Husband hearti- 
 ly ; and nourilhing the amorous Wound in her Bofom, 
 fte there hugs the dear Image o^ EurialuSy now deeply 
 fixt in her Heart, nor allows any Red to li^r Body, 
 nor Quiet to her Mind, till thus llie rcafons with 
 herfelf. 
 
 * I know not what is the Matter, fuys JJ:c to hcrjelf^ 
 I can no longer bear my Husband's Company , I take 
 no Pleafure in his Embraces; his KiDes are taftelefs; 
 his Difcourfe odious; the Image of that lovely Strang- 
 er I faw fo near Cafar is perpetually before my Eye? ; 
 drive away if thou canfl, Lucretia ^ thofe guilty FJamts 
 from thy chafle Bofom ! But alas ! could I do that, I 
 were no longer Sick, as I am ! I find a new and un- 
 known Force drag me away, which I cannot refifl : 
 Defire perfwades one Thing ; but Juftice another ! £ 
 know which is beft, yet I mult follow that whica 
 is worft. Where alas is my Honour? The Senfe of 
 my Quality ? What 1 ave I to do with this Foreigner ? 
 Why do I thus burn with a PalTion for a Man of a 
 diltant Country ? And why am I fo mad as to wifli to 
 fhare the Bed of a Perfon of quite another World ? If 
 I am weary cf ray Husband, this City may fure af- 
 
 P ford 
 
3T4 T^he History of the 
 
 * ford an agreeable Gallant? But alas ! how foft, and 
 yet how majelTiick his Face? who is there but mull be 
 charmed by his Beauty, Age, Quality and \'irtue? 
 At leafl I find he has found the Way to my Heart; 
 and I muft perifh unlefs he afford me Relief; But oh ! 
 may the Fates be far more propitious. But» O mon- 
 i\rous Shame ! fhall I betray my chafte Nuptial-Bed to 
 a Stranger of whom I know nothing at all ; and who 
 perhaps, as foon as he has abufed my Embraces, 
 (hall go quite away, be the Husband of fome ether 
 too happy Woman, and leave me behind unvalued, 
 and unthought of? But his Looks, the Noblenefs of 
 his Mind, and the graceful Form of his Perfon pro- 
 mife no fuch Evils, as to make me dread any Treach- 
 ery from him, or that he fhould ever forget the Ten- 
 dernefs of my Love! Befides he (hall firll plight me 
 his Faith in Ten thoufand binding Oaths to be con- 
 flant. Wliy in the midft of Security fhould I be fo 
 fearful of Danger ? Away, away, ye idle Terrors, I 
 banifti you all my Bofom. My Beauty is not fo very 
 fmall but that he may defire me with an equal Ardor. 
 He will always owe himfelf to me, if I once admit 
 him to my Embraces, How many pefler me with 
 their Addreffes wherever I go. How many Rivals 
 fpend the Evening at my Doors without any Regard ? 
 No more, O Love I I furrender to thy Power, and 
 I will apply myfelf to thy Diredion. This lovely 
 Man (hall either flay here with me, or take me with 
 
 him wh^rev^r he goes. But fhall I then abandon 
 
 my Mother, my Husband and my Country ? My 
 Mother is fevere and cruC.l., and ever an Obftacle lo 
 my Pleafures : I had rather ht without my Husband, 
 than fuffer his Carefles j and that only w V^y Country, 
 where J find P'eafure in living. But 1 fh'ail \^ SPY 
 Fame, ^y Reputation. But what are the idle j^u- 
 mours of Men to me, which will never come to my 
 Ears ? He that is too cautious of his Fame will never 
 venture upon any bold and brave Undertaking. Be- 
 fidep, I have abundance of Examples tojuflify my 
 Conduit. Helen gave her confent to the Rape, and 
 
 Faris 
 
 ■^ 
 
Amours of C:)unf SchMck. 315 
 
 *' parts bore her not away againft her Inclination. 
 « What fliojld I mention Jria^/ie, or MeJfa ? No bo- 
 < dy condemns them who err with a Multitude. 
 
 In this manner did Lucretia fpend the wakeful Nights, 
 and tedious Days, in arguing with herfelf to llrengthen 
 her Caufe, and juftify that Guilt, to which (he hid al- 
 ready furrendered her Heart. Nor had Euria'.us lefs 
 furious Contefts in his Bofom, and Tumults in his Mind. 
 Lucretia'^ Houfe was jult in the Mid-way, betwixt the 
 Court and his Lodgings ; nor could he pafs to the Pa- 
 lace but he muft fee her, fhewing herfelf out of Ker Win- 
 dows. But Lucretia always blulh'd every Time fhe faw 
 Euriaiu<y which made the Emperor himfelf fenfible of 
 her Love. For riding up and down, as his Cuilom was, 
 and often pafllng this VVay, he had made it his Obfer- 
 vation, that fhe immediately changed Colour on the 
 Approach oiEuriahiSy who was always as near him, as 
 M'tcen^s was to y^uguJJus. 'I'urning himfelf to him, 
 faid the Emperor, Do you obferve Eurialus hozu you zcound 
 the Ladies Hearts ? Tfjis Lady has certainly a P^JJion for 
 you. And fometimes as if he envy'd the happy Lover, 
 he would draw Eurialus^s Hat over his Eyes, when he 
 
 reply'd Eurialus, but this Aflion of your Majefty's may 
 be prejudicial to the Lady, by giving her a Sufpicion of 
 what there is no ground for, for upon my Honour I 
 have not the lead Affair with the Ladies on my Hands 
 at this Time. 
 
 The Horfe of EuriaJu^ was of a light reddifh Colour, 
 beautiful in its Shape, and fit for fo accomplifhed a Ri- 
 ^er ; fo full of Fire, that when the Trumpet founded 
 he could not be kept without Motion, curveting, and 
 pawing the Ground with his Hoofs every Way, dif- 
 tovering his Ardour at the martial Mufic. Lucretia 
 was not wholly unlike this Horfe, when fhe faw Eu- 
 rialus, who, though when alone fhe had refolved to 
 Hiut up all the Avenues to Love, yet when fhe once be- 
 held him, fhe fet no Bounds to her Pafiion or herfelf; Bot 
 
 P z as 
 
316 The History of the 
 
 as a dry Field of Corn fet on Fire, is more inflamed 
 by the Blafts of theadverfe Wind, fo bjrnt the unhappy 
 Lucretia at tie Sight of her Eur'ialus. 
 
 The wife Men are certainly in the right, who tells 
 us, that Challity is only to be found in the humble 
 Cottage; and that Poverty alone feels Pa ffions without 
 Guilt; which is confined to a little Hur, while Pa- 
 laces, and noble Structures are wholy unacquainted with 
 ChalHty. Who ever enjoys a profperous Fortune, a- 
 bounds in Luxury, and always purfues what he has not 
 yet enjoy'd. Luft has chofen for her abode, magnifi- 
 cent Strufture:, and the large fpread Palaces of unwieldy 
 Fortune. 
 
 Lucreiia having fuch frequent Sight of 'Eurin/u^, was 
 unab'e any longer to contend with her Pafiion, but 
 wholly apply'd her Thoughts torefleft whom fliefhould 
 make a Confident in her Amour, fmce the Fire, that is 
 deny'd a Vent, burns more fiercely. She had among her 
 Husbaud's Servants an old Fellow, aG^'riw^^^byBirth, and 
 by Name ^ojtas^ faithful to his Mailer, having lived a 
 great while in his Service. This Man the poor Love- 
 fick Lady tries to bring to her Devotion, confiding 
 more in his Country, than the Man. One Day the 
 Emperor was to pafs by her Houfe, followed by a very 
 numerous Train ; when Eunnlus was near fhe calls to 
 
 *~ofiaS' Come hither^ ^(^c^// Sofias, faid fhe, I have a 
 
 httle Bufinefs with you look down out of the Window, 
 
 What Nation can boaft of fuch Men as theje ? See haw all 
 their curled Hair falls in comely Ringlets down their Should- 
 ers I What charming Faces, all fupported with Necks of 
 Ivory? which Way foever they turn themfelues, what Cou- 
 rage^ and Vigour they dijcover in their Bofoms? 7his is 
 quite another Sort and Species of Men, than what our Cli' 
 mate produces ! Ihefe are certainly the Seed of the Gods, 
 aud of a Heavenly Race ! Oh I that Fortune had bounti- 
 fully bcfozved ohe of thefe Demi-Gods on me for a Hus- 
 band I Had not n:y Eyes been witnefs of this Miracle, I 
 (hould never have believed thee telling fuch Wonders, tho* 
 Fame allow s, tbat the Germans ex cell all the reft of Man- 
 kind. I believe abundance of the Snow of their Northern 
 
 Clime 
 
Amou R s ^/ Count Schlick. 3 1 7 
 
 Clime is con-je^d into their Ccfriplexion. But do you 
 kno^iM any of them F Mo/i of the;n ( reply'd Sofas. ) 
 Do you hiovj Euriaius the Franconian, purfud Lucrc- 
 tia? Js n.vell as I do Avj^/y { anf.vered Safins.) But 
 ivjj))^ Madam^ do you ask }ne that '^lefdon ? FIl tell thee 
 
 .(reply'd Lucretia) confident that the Uelp^ ivhich I de- 
 
 fire fro:n your good Nature, <^viil not "vanijh into Air. 
 ^here is no Man in all this Retinue cf the Emperor ^ 
 that is fo agreeable to me, as this Euriaius, V/V he that 
 has dijlurh''d my Mind. I find my Breaji hum ~vith 1 
 knoav not ivhat Fires : I can neither forget him, nor re- 
 . fore tny Peace of Mind, unlefs I make my Condition known 
 to hiri. Go, tny good So{\zs, feek cut VMn2.\\:xs ; tell him, 
 I lo've him', this is all 1 defre ofihciy nor fpall you bear 
 this Meffage iKithout a Renxard. 
 
 Dear Madam (reply'd Sofas) <vch:it is this you tell 
 me? Do you think me capable. Madam , of doing ft ch a 
 Villa^y, fo much as ev'n in Thought P TVhat^ betray my 
 Mafter ? Shall I in my old yJge 'vetiture into Treachery^ 
 ijchich in ?ny Youth, I altvays abhorred. Rather^ moj} 
 noble Lady, refleSl on your illufrious Blood, dt i-ve atvav 
 thefe abominable Flames from )our chafe Breaf, nor lifen 
 to the Flatteries of a pernicious Hope ; extinguijb this in- 
 
 fernal Fire. The Difficulty of reftjlifig Love is not gi-eat, 
 if you check his frf Infults ', ntchile he that uourifies the 
 
 fvveet E'vil ly foothing it, delivers himfelf up to the 
 hard Tyranny of an injolent Lord ; and puts on a cruel 
 Yoke ivhich he cannot caf offn.'jhen he ivould. But Jhoud 
 
 your Husband come to knon.v this, nvhat intolerable Pu- 
 nijhments 'woud he infiSi j and no Amour can long be kept 
 a Secret. 
 
 Hold thy Peace, good Sofias, (interrupted Lucretia) 
 here is no Room for Terror, for h^ that fears not to die, 
 fears nothing. I am ready to bear nvhate'ver E-vent my 
 Lo-ce Jhall bring upon me. 
 
 Alas / my unhappy Miftrefs, (reply'd Snfas) njohither 
 does a blind Paffion hurry you ? Will you make your Houfe 
 infamous ; and be the only Adult re fs of your Family ? 
 Can you think yourfelf fafe in your Guilt, <vohen there are 
 G thoufand Eyes, that obfern)e you 2 Neither your Mother, 
 
 P 3 wr 
 
3i8 7he History of the 
 
 nor your Huiband^ your Relations ^ vor Ma'tdi imUI fuj^er 
 
 this Crime to be. Jeer et. Shcud the Ser-vants be faithful, 
 
 and flent, the <very Beofts thenfel-ues ivoud reveal the 
 
 IVickednefs'y and the wery Dogs, Pillars, and Marble of 
 
 the Walls accufe ycu aloud. But Jhou\i you keep the Secret 
 
 from all here, you cannot fom him, nvho fees all Things, 
 
 God. RefeJl on the prefent Pain, in the Terrors of Con- 
 
 fience; a Scul full of Guilt, fearing e'ven itjef? There 
 
 is no Confidence, r.o Truji in great Crimes: I beg you to 
 
 fife the Flames of impious Lonje j expel I the horrid Crime 
 
 from your chafe Mind, and ha've a ixfe Fear of admit" 
 
 ting a flange Intruder to a Share in your Husband*^ 
 
 Bed. 
 
 I confefs (reply'd Lucretia) all that you ha-ve faid is 
 *very true ; 1 allo^w it ; but the 'viclorious Madnefs cqtjU' 
 pels me to follo-jj the nxorfe and contrary Cour/e. My 
 Mind knonfjs the deadly Precipice, on the Brink of nvhich 
 it ftands , and knoiving tlxzt, jumps headlong into Ruin', 
 the Frenzy prenjails, and rules my Heart, and poiverful 
 Lo^e tyrannizes through all my Per [on. I am refolv'd 
 to follo^jo, nxhatever the DomirJc7i of Love Comrnands. 
 Alas! alas, I have too long Jlruggled ^voith the mighty 
 Poiver in vain. Carry therefore., if thou haji any Pity 
 en my Mifery, my Meffa^^e to the Man I love. 
 
 Sofas Q\\ this fentfoith a mod pitiful Sigh, and fal- 
 ling on his Knees, proceeded / beg you. Madam, 
 
 ly tbefe grey Hairs of m^ -^gs, and this Breaji nxorn out 
 vuith Cares, and that Fidelity which 1 have alvjays 
 Jhevo'd in my long Service to your Parents, put a fop to 
 your Fury, and help your fe If ', half the Cure is the Will 
 to he cur''d. 
 
 I have not (faid Lucretia) lof all my Modefty, I voill 
 follovj your /Advice, good Sofias ; the only Refuge that is 
 left for this Evil, I voill fie to, and that is Deaths 
 vjhich alone can prevent the Wickednefs. 
 
 Sofas, frighten'd with fo ' dire a Refolution, cry'd. 
 Moderate, Madam, this unruly Rage of your Mind, ap- 
 peafe this Fury ; you that think yourfelf worthy of Deaths 
 are worthy of Life, 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. ji^ 
 
 A''^, "'tis i^ecreed (interrupted Lucretia) that I ivHl die*- 
 The Wife of Col latin us kiird her/elf, ofta- jhe had Jvf* 
 
 fer'd the adultercus Embrace ; hut I 'will a>iticipaie the 
 Wickednefs by a generous Death ; e^oew Thing ^a-ill eafil} 
 
 funiijh me nvith the Means of that, a Dagger, Poifon^ or 
 throwing my) f elf from hence into the Street ; it is Ju/i that 
 I revenge the Forfeiture of my Chafity , and this is all 
 xonv that I JJ^all attempt. 
 
 I will not fufFer it (faid Sofas) Alas! (repl)'d Lu- 
 cretia) youUl frupgle in 'vain, for wchen the Mind is bent 
 on Death, it is irnpoffible to pre^vent it ; for ivhen the 
 S'word 'Was taken from Portia, Cato'j Daughiery on the- 
 Death o/" Brutus, fje pivallo'w''d burning Coals. 
 
 If Jo dire a Fury poffeffes your Mind (laid S-)fas)ix;e are 
 rather to conjult your Life than Fame. Reputation it 
 often fallacious y a good one being be/lo'tv'd on an e-vil Man, 
 and one that is nuorfe on a Man of Honour. I 'will try 
 this Eurialus; and diligently apply myfclfto thefe amorous 
 Affairs \ this /hall be my Pro'vince^ ofivhicb, if I mijlakt 
 not, I Jhall be able foon to girue you a good Account, 
 
 Thefe Words gave Love a frelh Fire, and Hope ta 
 her doubtful Mind. Yet he did not defign to proceed 
 as he promised ; he endeavour'd by Djlays to afluage 
 the Fury of her Mind, becaufe Time produces a Cure,, 
 that nothing elfe can effed. Scfas bejiev'd, that he 
 cou*d by falfe Toys keep her in Sufpence. eirh'-rfil ''->-'» 
 Emperor ihnnM ^.^, .... i^ouia ilek anotner Mefftn- 
 ger, or that fhe fhould lay violent Hands on hericlf. 
 He often, therefore, pretended to go and come between 
 che Lovers, and that he was tranfported with her Love, 
 and only waited a happy Opportunity to accomplifhbcth 
 their Defires. Sometimes he pretended that he was 
 fgnt out of Town, and delay'd their Wifhes till his Re- 
 turn, and thus he fed her fickly Mind for many Days ; 
 but that he might not tell her always Falfities, he once 
 
 addrefs'd himfelf to Eurialus in this Manner ^ 
 
 Did you but kno^o honv you are belo-Sd ! but wou'd 
 give him no Aufwer on his Enquiry, what he meant- 
 by the Exclamation. 
 
 P 4 Bdtr- 
 
3^0 7he History of the 
 
 But Eurlaliis, ftruck deep with Arrows of Love, gave 
 
 himfelf no Repofe, while the furtive Fire devour'd his 
 
 Blood and Marrow ! yet he knew not Sajias., nor that 
 
 ho had been fent to him by his charming Lucretia, every 
 
 Alan having lels of Hope than Delire. When Euria/us 
 
 found himfelf in Love, he had Recourfe to his Prudence, 
 
 and often rep roach'd himfelf in this Manner. Tou kno'w^ 
 
 Eurialus, n>jhat the Empire of Love is, long Griefs 
 
 and Jhort Pleafures ; liitle jfoys and great Fears. A 
 
 Lonjer is a/ivays dyi»g, but ne-ver dead. What makes you 
 
 again de-viate into thefe Trifes. But when he found all 
 
 his ilruggling fruitlefs. To 'vjhat Purpofe alas ! do I 
 
 frive in <vain againjl the Po'vjer of Lo've P Can I think 
 
 that Frailty beloiv me, nxihich dotiiincerd in the Breajis 
 
 ^Julius Cacfar, Alexander and Hannibal? But nvhat 
 
 veed I fljslter niyfelf under the Examples of military 
 
 Men ? Let us turn our Eyes to the Poets, and au^ fnd 
 
 Virgil hanging by a Rope halfnvay donjon a Toiver in 
 
 hopes to enjoy his Miftrefs ; yet <vjho is it excufes the Fa^^ 
 
 as of a Man of a loofe Life? If ive look on the Philofi- 
 
 phers^ the Mofters of Difcipline, and Teachers of the Art 
 
 of linjinv nvell, ive fj all find Ariftotle like a Horfe rid 
 
 by a Woman, <with a Bridle in his Mouthy and the Ro^wels 
 
 of her Spurs in his Sides P The Power of Csfar is equal 
 
 ^^ *kj> Gods., nor is that Verfe of Ovid'j true, M groivn 
 
 Bright Majefty and Love hut ill agree. 
 And feldom in one P erfon join d <^tje fee . 
 
 For nxho is a greater Lover than our prefent Csefar ? 
 Hoio often has he been a Sla<ve to Cupid ? Hercules the 
 mofi njaliant of the Heroes ^ and the certain Off-fprin^ of 
 the Gods, throixing afide his Lions Skin and ^i-ver^ 
 took up the Difiaff, and taught that Hand nvhich us^d to 
 wjield his Club to drefs a Lady's Head, fet her Je^-vjels in 
 Order, difcrirninate the Hair and Spin. Love is a natural 
 Pajforj and fpreads through all the Species of the Animal 
 Kingdom. The Birds that luing the liquid /^ir, feel their 
 Lofims <v,-arm^d <vjith this Fire. 
 
 The 
 
Amours ofCorint ScHick." 321 
 
 y 
 
 The fable Dove by the green Bird's belov'd ; 
 And the white Turtle's to the fpotted join*d. 
 
 If I remember right the Words of Sapho to her Lover 
 Pharon in Sicily. If ive look among the Beafs, ewe fnd 
 the Cattle make Wars for their Mijirefs of the Field, ^he 
 fearful Hart from Lonjejiravge Courage dra^jos ; and chaU 
 lenges his Ri'vals to the Combat, exprtfjing ^oith his Tore 
 the Signs of the Fury that has fei'X^d him. The Hyrca- 
 nian 'tigers burn nvith the fame Fires', the rugged RuiTian 
 Bear beneath his frozen Clime ^ ifjarmd by Lonje ivhets 
 his Tusks n.vith Fury againf his Foe; and the Lions of 
 Africa fhake their horrid Manes ; and tto Creature Jo 
 *wild and crucly but Love reduces him to his Poivev. 
 There is nothing free from Love. Love blonvs up the 
 fercer Flames ofTouth, and lights a^ain that hire, n'^'hicb 
 'Very old y^ge had extinguijh'^d, and JJrikcs nxjlth up.knQv:n 
 Heat the Virgiyis Heart. Whv therefore fhould I Ji, uggle. 
 nvith this univerfal Laiu of Nature, from ivhich nothing 
 that lives is exempt ? 
 
 Love conquers all, and I muft yield to Love. 
 
 Having thus fortify 'd himfelf with Examples and 
 Arguments, for the Jullnefs of his Paifion ; he wanted 
 a MefTcnger to carry a Billet to his IVIiRrefs. He had 
 a dear and intimate Friend, calPd Achates, a perfect 
 Dodor in Aftairs of this Nature : he undertakes this 
 Province, and foon finds out a Woman by whom the 
 following Letter was fent. 
 
 IShou'd fend Health to the fair Lucretia in this Billet^ 
 but that I have not Stock enough of that to make 
 my Wijhes effe^ual; f nee my ivhole Health, and all my 
 Hopes of Life depend on you alons, Tou it is, Madam^ 
 that I lo^e more than myfelf, and I fatter myfelf, that 
 you are not ignorant of the Flames of my vjounded Heart • 
 My Face <vjet nvith Tears, and my Bofom heaving iklth 
 thick Sighs, ^whenever I Jee you, are plain Evidences of 
 
 P s the 
 
322 TIjc History of the 
 
 the Pan^s 1 feel imthin. Ah ! hear me <with an equ.nl 
 Ear, if I pre fume to laf open my Bofom /& your Eyes. 
 Tour Beauty has taken me Capti<vey and your Charms nvhicJj 
 are greater than thofe of all your Sex hefides^ hold me 
 hound in Chains. Till noiVj alas ! I net'er knew nuhat 
 Lo've <TMas, but your Eyes hanje at once fubmitted yny Soul 
 to its Empire. '7is true, and I confefs it^ I fought long 
 before 1 ^woud yield to fo tyrannic a Lord '■, hut your Beau- 
 ties njayiqui[h''d all my Endea^vours ; the Bea?ns of your 
 Eyes more glorious and cheering than thofe of the Sun, 
 iMoud not longer fuffer me to difpute the ViSlory. I am. 
 Madam, no'wyour Prifoner of War, cut of my on^jn Po^ver, 
 and fwholly at your Difpofal. Tou ha^ve rob'd me of the . 
 Ufe of Sleep and Food ; you Day and Night 1 Icve ; you 
 1 defre j you 1 in^voke ; you I expe6l ; of you are all m^ 
 Thoughts', you only I breathe i -ivith you only I recreate 
 and delight my felf : my Soul is yours, and ^ith you I 
 nvholly am ', and you only can fave me, and only you can 
 dejiroy me. Choofe nvhich of thofe you ivill do, and in 
 your Anfn.vfr let me kno<w your Mi?id ; nor be you more 
 fenjere iJuith your JVords, than you 'were ivith thofe Eyes, 
 that bound me to you. My Requeji is not great nor un- 
 reafonable ', fince all 1 ask is only leanje to ^vjait on you. 
 Tl^e nvhole Bufnefs of this Letter is only to obtain Per- 
 Ttiiffion to tell you <tvith my Mouth nfjhat 1 am non;j forced 
 to co?nmit to my Pen. If you grant me this, 1 live, and 
 linje repleat nxith Happinefs i if you deny me, that Heart 
 immediately perifhes, nvhich loves you far more than me, 
 I com?nit myfelf to you and your Generojity, Adieu, my 
 Soul, and the Support of my Life. 
 
 The Female Mercury having received this Letter 
 feal'd up, made the belief her Way \.o Lucrelia'sViouie, 
 and having found her alone, fhe delivers it to her with 
 thefe Wordi,' The mofi noble and povuerful Favourite 
 of the Emperor^ s Court, fends you this Letter, Madam, and 
 hegs you vjith the mofl moving and humbleEntreaties to have 
 
 Pity on his Condition. 'This MeiTenger happened to 
 
 be a mofl notorious Bawd, and fo publickly known, that 
 even Lucretia was not ignorant of her Character i and 
 
 Ihe 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 523> 
 
 file was not a little concern'^, that fo infainous a Crea- 
 ture fhou'd be fent to her on this Errand ; fo that turn- 
 ing to her with fome Fury, What faucy hnfudence (faid 
 ihe) has gin} en theeBoldnefs to etiter my Houfe? What Frenxy. 
 has prenjaiTd on thee to dare to approach a Lady of my 
 Ponjoer and ^juality in this City? Dar''J} thou ^venture to- 
 enter the Palaces of the Nobility ^ and attempt the Corrup' 
 tion of a Woman of'^iality? I can fcarce forbear tear- 
 ing out thy Eyes: Day-'Jl thou bring Billets to tne ? Speak 
 to me againft n.y Virtue P and look on 7ne as thy Prey ? 
 Had I not more Regard to Decency, and ivhat is ft for 
 me to do, than nvhat is thy Due, I njjoud this Motnent 
 fpoil you for a Letter Carrier to Cupid as long as thee 
 liifd. Begone therefore^ and that quickly^ thou Witch, 
 
 nvith thy Letters, noy rather gi-'ve me the I^etter that 
 
 I may tear it in a thoufand Pieces^ and thron.o them into- 
 the Fire. 
 
 hi thefe Words Ihe fnatcher the Paper out of the 
 Bawd's Hands, and tears it to Pieces, and trampling thein 
 under her Feet, fhe threw them into the Alhes. This 
 Punijhmcnt ought likcwife to he yours, faid file too, infa- 
 mous Creature^ more n.vorthy the Fire, than Life. But 
 fy aivay immediately, lejl my Husba?id coiTje and fnd thee 
 here, and tho* 1 hai'e forginjen thee, punijh thee according 
 to thy Defert ; but have a Care thou come no more in my. 
 Sight. 
 
 Another Woman wcuM have been frighted at thefe- 
 Threats, and feeming Anger ; but this Bawd was too; 
 well acquainted with the Temper of the Wives of Sienna, 
 
 and therefore mutter'd to herfelf No~cv am I cer^ 
 
 tain, that you defire moji, f nee you pretend an An: erf on — 
 And then fpeaking out to Lucretia, (he faid — / thought,. 
 T^ladam, that I had done an Offue agreeable to your De- 
 fres ; if I am mijiaken, 1 hope your Lady/hip ivi II forgive 
 ?ny Sin of Ignorance ; and if you nx:ill not ha-ve me come any^ 
 more to your Houfc, IJhall, Madam, obey yvur Coinmands ;. 
 and leanje you to ■ refeci on the Lonje you njuou'^d feem to .■ 
 defpife. ^ 
 
 Having fpoke this, fhe went her way ; andTiaving 
 
 found EurialuS) fhe flatters him in thid Manner. Take 
 
 P 6 courage, » 
 
2_24 ^he History of the 
 
 C6urage^tncji fortunate Lover, the Ladfs PaJJton is greater 
 fir you, than yours fir her j but I had the ill Luck to come 
 'when Jhe coud not ha<ve an Opportunity of returning you 
 €in Jn/wer. I found LuCreda in a njery deep Melancholy, 
 but at the Mention of your Name and Letters from youy a 
 fuddn Joy fhot inio her Eyes, Gaiety hamjh'd Grief 
 and ^ orronjj from her Countenance, ayid jfhe kifs'dthe Paper 
 a thoujand Times O'ver. Trouble not your felf Sir, you 
 nuill not be long nvithout an Jnfiver, take my Word for 
 it' 'Having faid thi?, and had her Reward, fhe 
 
 departed, and took care to keep out of the Way for 
 the Future, for fear Ihe fhou'd have Blows inftead of 
 Gold. 
 
 Lucretia^ as Toon as the old Woman was gen?, takes 
 care to gather up the Bits of the Letter, and placing 
 each in its Place, reilor'd the Epiflle to its Form fo well, 
 as to he perfectly read and underilood. Which having 
 read a thoufand Times ever, fhe kifs'd as many, and 
 then wrapping it up in fine Linen, fhe placM it in her 
 Cabinet among her [ewels and Rarities. Now thinking 
 of this Exprellion, now of that, fhe took down larger 
 Draughts of Love every Moment, and refolv'd to write 
 in the following Manner. 
 
 Lucreiia'% Anfwer. 
 
 CEASE, Eurialus, to hope <what it is not lanjoful to 
 obtain ; fpare me the Trouble of your Letters and 
 MeJ/engers ; nor take me for one of thofe Creatures, that 
 fet themfelves to Sale. Tou feem perfedly mijiaken in my 
 Chara^cvy Sir, elfs you ivoud fcarce ha-ve njenturd to 
 affront me, by fending a Ba-vjd on your Errand. I ad- 
 mit of no Loz'e, that is inconfjient nvith Modejly and Virtue", 
 <with others you may aSi as you think fit ; but I hope yon. 
 'will ask nothing of me but imth Caution and jfujiice. 
 
 FarevvelJ 
 
 Though this Lett3r was far haifher, than he had 
 Reafon to exped from the Bawd's Aflurances,. yet it 
 open'd the Way for a free Intercourfe of Letters betwixt 
 them, for he cou d make no Scruple of trulling a Mef- 
 
 fenger. 
 
Amou R s ^ Count Schlick. 3 2^ 
 
 fenger, in whom he found Lucretia put fiich a Confi.- 
 dence. His only Trouble was, that he was ignorant of 
 the Italian Tongue ; he therefore apply'd liimfelf with 
 unweary'd Diligence to learn it. Drawing AiTiduity 
 from Love, he foon accompIifti*d his Defires, and now 
 wrote his Letters himfeh^, which before he was faia tq bg 
 oblig'd to a Friend to indite. >, ' \[ ^ 
 
 He therefore replies to Lucretia % Billet, * 'That vhe 
 ought not to be angry with him for fending an infa- 
 mous Woman on his Errand, fmce his Ignorance of 
 the Place, and of the People, as a Stranger, might 
 very well excufe his Miftake. That the Motive and 
 Caufe of his fending, was a Love, that aim'd at no- 
 thing diihonourable ; that he believ'd her model! and 
 chafte, and by Confequence worthy of the greater Paf- 
 fion ; that an infolent Woman, and one profufe of 
 her Honour, he was fo far from loving, that fhe was 
 his utmoil: Averfion ; for when once a Woman had 
 forfeited her Reputation, fhe retained nothing valua- 
 ble about her ; that Beauty indeed was a Benefit, 
 yeilding abundance of Pleafure, but then it was frail 
 and fleeting, and without Modelly of no Value ; that 
 fhe who join'd Beauty and Chartity was a truely divine 
 Worn in : That he knew her Miftrefs of both thefe 
 Perfedions, and that was the Reafon, that he cou'd 
 not but love her, nor fhou'd he defire any Thing 
 loofe or injurious to her Fame; that all he defir'a 
 was to come to her Speech, where he fhou'd be able 
 to exprefs himfelf better than he cou'd in Writing.— 
 With thefe Letters he fent fome Prefents valuable both 
 for the Matter and VVcrk. To this Lucretia made the 
 following Reply. 
 
 YQIJ?^ Letter has remo'v'd my Caufe of Complaint on ■ 
 Account of the fcandalous Bearer ofyourfrfi. / 
 fet 710 great Value on your Declaration of Lo'ue^ f nee you 
 are neither the firjiy nor the only Man, that my Beauty has 
 led ajiray. Many haue^ and many do love me, and made 
 their Addrejfes to me in 'vain, nor Jh all your Endeanjout^i •, 
 meet nvith better Succefs. Give you a Meetings I neither '^^ 
 fan, nor 'will-. Nor can you find me alone, unlefs you change 
 
 Jour/el 
 
'326 T^he History of the ' 
 
 yourfelf inld a S*waIIorw. My /Ipartment is 'very higl%. 
 and all the Anjenues fortify* d ivith Spies. Tour Prefenti I 
 recciai'dy hecaufe I lilCd the tVorktnanJhip. But that you 
 Jball gi've me ?iothing nvithout a njaluable Confide ration^ 
 and that they may not feem the Pledges of Love, I fend 
 you a Ringi that my Husband made a Prefent of to my 
 Mother, as the Price of the Jenjjelsy for the Ring I fend 
 you is not ofleffer rvalue. Adieu. 
 
 To this Billet Eurialus made the folloioing Reply. 
 
 * XZOUR Billet gave me no fmall Joy to find that 
 
 X. * you had difmifs'd your Complaint about my- 
 
 * firft MefTenger ; tho' it gave me no little Pain to 
 
 * find you fet fo little Value on my Love. For tho' 
 
 * you have a thoufand Adorers, yet no Breaft burns 
 
 * with a Fire like mine. You do not believe this, but 
 
 * it is becaufe I am not admitted to you to con- 
 
 * vince you of your Error, elfe you wou'd not con- 
 
 * temn me. Oh ! that I cou'd indeed transform myfelf 
 *.- into a Swallow, tho' I Ihould rather wiih the Meta- 
 
 * morphofis into a Flea, elfe you might fhut the Window 
 
 * againfl me. But my Grief arifes not from your Want 
 1^ of Power, but Want of Will; for what fticu d I re- 
 t;gard but the Mind? Ah! my Lucretia! Why did 
 
 * ycu fay that you wou'd not fee me ! What ! were it 
 
 * in your Power, wou'd you net allow me one Word ? 
 
 * Me, who am all entirely yours ? All whofe Defires 
 
 * are to obey you ; who, fliou'd you command me to 
 
 * go into the Fire or Precipices, through Seas, wou'd 
 
 * make my Obedience almoil anticipate your Command. 
 
 * For God's Sake leave out that unkind Word; if you 
 
 * have not the Power,, at leail have the Will. Kill 
 
 * me not with your Words, who draw my Life from 
 ' your Eyes. Alter that fevere Sentence, by which. 
 •_ you aflure me, that all my Labour will be in vain. 
 -• Far be fuch obftinate Cruelty from your Heart ; be 
 
 * more companionate and tender of your Lover. If you 
 
 * proceed in this Manner you will be a Murtherefs ; 
 
 * for believe it, your Words will foaner find a fatal 
 J PaiTage to my Heart, than the Sword of any ether, 
 
 . „ * Tho* 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 327 
 
 Tho' I will not here prefs any more Favours, yet I 
 mufl: ask you to return Love for Love. You have no 
 Objedion to this ; this no Body can hinder ; tell me, 
 that you love me, and you make me the happiell of 
 Men. I am pleas'd that you keep my Prefents on any 
 Terms, they will put you in Mind of my Palfion ; 
 'tis true they were of Imall Value, and thefe I fend 
 now are of lefs, yet do not defpife the Ofterings of 
 Love. When thofe I expedl every Day of greater 
 Confequence arrive, Lucre tia (hall be fure of receiv- 
 ing my Acknowledgment. Your Ring fhall never go 
 off my Finger, which inllead of you, I will moiften 
 with my Kiffes. Adieu, my Delight, and fend me 
 what Comfort you can afford me. 
 
 After feveral Letters to this Purpofe, Lucretia fends 
 him at laft the following Billet. 
 
 I Am willing, Eurialus, to comply with your Defire?, 
 and make you a Partner in my Love, as you requeft, 
 for your Quality, and your Merits forbid your loving 
 in vain. I fhall not fay how agreeable your Perfon may 
 be in my Eyes j but to love wou'd be very injurious to 
 myfelf. I know my felf too well, that fhou'd I oiice 
 begin to love, I fhou'd pafs all Bounds. You can't lia/ 
 here long, and yet when I have given a Loofe to my 
 Heart, I cannot be without you. You wou'd not take 
 me with you, and I cou'd not flay behind you. I have 
 too many Examples before my Eye5, of the dangerous 
 Confequence of an Amour with a Foreigner, to venture 
 to love you. Jafon deceived Medea, tho' by her Means 
 he threw the wakeful Dragon into a Sleep, and bore 
 away the golden Fleece. Jhefeus was to be thrown a 
 Prey to the Mmotaur, but by the Counfel of Ariadne he 
 efcap'd, yet he cou'd fleal from her in the Nighr, and 
 leave her exposed in an Ifland by herfelf. Did not her 
 Love for a Stranger bring the unhappy Dido to a difmal 
 End ? No, no, Sir, I know very well the Danger that 
 attends me in an Amour of this Nature ; I fhall there- 
 fore never expofe my felf to fuch Hazards. You Men 
 are of a more flay'd andfolid Judgment, than we Wo- 
 men; 
 
328 7he HisTO'RY of the 
 
 men; you can reign and rule the Fury of your Paflions 
 as you pleafe ; but when once a Woman admits the Fu- 
 ry of Love, Death only can terminate her Pafiion ! A 
 Woman may be faid to bemad, not in Love, and un- 
 lefs there be a correfpondent Affeftion, there is no great- 
 er Terror than a Woman in Love, When once we have 
 given Admiflion to the fatal Fire, we regard neither 
 Fame nor Life, and only purfue the Enjoyment of the 
 Man beloved j nor will any Danger deter us in the Pur- 
 fuit of Love. Being, therefore, a Wife, a Woman of 
 Quality and Wealth, in Prudence I mull Ihut out all 
 Thoughts of Love from my Bofom, efpecially of a 
 Stranger, which can be of no Continuance, left I fliould 
 be look'd on as another Rhodopean Phyllis^ or Lesbian 
 Sapho. I beg you therefore to prefs me no farther for 
 my Love, but with all the Speed you can ftifle and ex- 
 tinguifh your own ; for that is what a Man can do with 
 far greater Eafe than a Woman. And if it be true, 
 that you love me, you will not ask that of me, that 
 mull be my Ruin. In Return of your Gifts I fend you 
 a Golden Crofs let with Diamonds ; which, tho' fniallj 
 is of Value. Jdieu, 
 
 Eurialus having received this Billet, gave not over 
 the Combat, but immediately taking Pen in Hand, he 
 wrote the following Reply. 
 
 Eun'alus's Anfwer. 
 
 My Souly I iKnJh you Healthy nvho hy your Letter^ 
 LucretJa, ba^e made me immortal ^ tho* <v:ith the 
 Siveets you have mingled fame Gall', but that I hope you 
 *will remove n.vhen you have heard me /peak. Tour Let- 
 ter clofe fealed nvith your Signet catne fafe to my Ha7tdsy 
 nvhich I read often ^ hut kijfed ofiner : But your Letter 
 promotes ijohat you feem to dejign to dij/iiade. Tou bid me 
 give over lo'ving you, becaufe it nvould be inconvenient for 
 you to engage in an Aff'air ivith a Stranger, and you fet 
 before me the Examples of the Ladies of old, nvho vuere 
 deceived on the like Occajion ; but this you tell in fo inge- 
 nious aitd polits a Mamur, that it obliges me rather to 
 
 loiti 
 
Amours of Count Sclillck. 3^9^ 
 
 l(hve yoaand your Wit the more, than to fc^et you. Who'' 
 can begin to love his Mijirefs lefsy nuhen he finds by he^'^ 
 Prudence and Wit fije defewes it more? If you ^vould ^* 
 have had tny Love decreafe, you JI?ould not have difcover' 
 ed nevj Charms in your Knowledge. For that is not the 
 Way to extingui(Ij a Tire, hut to blovj up a Spark into a 
 Flame. I burnt all the while I read, finding your Beau* '^ 
 ty ana Honour have fo uncomjnon a Companion as Learn- % 
 ing and Senfe. When you ask me not to love., you only lofe ' " 
 Words y for you nright as well bid the Mountains defcen'd^ 
 into the Plains, or the Floods to run backward to their- ' 
 Fountain-Heads ; the Sun may fooner forfake its daily 
 Courfe, than I ceafe to love Lucretia. ^he Scythian 
 Mountains 7nay be voithout Snotv, the Sea ivithout the 
 finny Race, and Deferts ^without Beafis of Prey, fooner 
 than Eurialus can forget thee. Tou are iniftaken, fair 
 Lucretia, nvhen you imagine that a Man can eafih extin» 
 guijh the Flames of Love, and that very Inconfiancy you 
 charge on our Sex, the World is ufid to charge upon yours. 
 But this is a Debate, 1 w)ill not no^w enter upon, but art' 
 fiwer the Objeflions and Examples you have brought ; you 
 tell me you cai make no Return to my Love, becaufe tht 
 Love of Strangers has been fatal to many. But I could 
 mention many Men <whom the Ladies have forfaken ; you 
 knovj that Crefiida abandoned Triolus, the Son o/'Priam ; 
 that Helena betrayed Menelaas ; CiiC3 transformed her 
 Lovers into Svoine, and other brute Animals. But it is 
 Crimeofafl^'^^'i^ofcirguing, to condemn all for the 
 or four treacherous Strangers' 'to ^ndemn ki^' Sf l^''"' 
 down the whole Sex for half a Score falfe Women, it c^ouFd 
 te equally unjufi ? Ko, rather let us Jet before us Exam^ 
 pies of another Nature. What was the Love ^/Anthony 
 and Cjeopatra, and others, whom the Brevity of a LeL 
 ter wtll not fuffer me to name? If you have read Ovid, 
 you find that after the DefiruSlion of Troy, feveral of 
 the Gxt^i^v, Chief never returned to their own Countri 
 betng detarned by jl^ Uve of fi range Ladies. They clove 
 to thetr M^firejes with fuch Ardour and Truth, that 
 they chofe a Banijhment from their native Kingdoms and . 
 Kelations, and all thofe Things, ^hich render every Man's -^ 
 ' Lountrj ,^ 
 
33^ TZ*^ History of the 
 
 Country dear to himr rather ihanforfake their Miftrejfes of 
 f range Nathns. 'Think^ my Lucretia, on thofe many Ex- 
 amples that are fa'vouralle to our Lo-ve, and not on thofe 
 nvhich are feixj attd depuainje of cur Satisfaaion. Call 
 not me a Foreigner^ Jtnce I am more a Citizen than he 
 that is born here ', Chance made him a Citizen, but Choice 
 me. I ivill hanje no Country., but nvhere you are. And 
 tho* my Affairs call me fotnetiines hence ^ yet my Return- 
 Jhall alivays be fpsedy. Nor "will I return into Germany, 
 only to fettle my Concerns fo as to make my Stay nvith- 
 you the longer. It is no hard Matter to fiid an Excufe 
 for my flaying here ; the Emperor has a great many Af- 
 fairs to negotiate in thefe Parts., the .Admin if ration of 
 <which I nvill take Care to procure for myfelf. he miif 
 nece/farily ha've a Vicar in Tufcanv, nvhich Pojl I nvill 
 get for myfelf i difmifs all Doubts y my Life, my Heart, 
 my Hope, my Lucretia. If 1 can li-ve ii-ithout a Heart, 
 then I may linje ^without you. At length, therefore, hanje 
 Pity on your Lonjer. RefleSl on my Labours^ and no'va 
 put an End to my Sufferings. Why do you torment me 
 long ? I ^wonder ho^w 1 ha<ve been able to undergo fo many 
 Racks and Tortures -, nxjho hanje paffed fo many fleeplefs 
 Nights, and njuore out fo many Eajling-days. Obfernje honxj 
 lean I am gro<uni and honv pale, honu little a Matter can 
 keep Life and Soul together F Had I murdered your Pa- 
 rents or your Children, you could not hanje infixed a more 
 cruel Punipment upon me. If thus you punif> the Man that 
 krves you, rwhat nvould you do to him that does yot^ axty 
 Prejudice or En^ilJ^^Ah^^ ^'cfrYjhment ', take me into thy 
 GraceTadmUme to thy Fanjour ; at length tell me that I 
 am dear to you, that is all I defire. Let me ha-ve the 
 Pleafure of faying, that 1 am the Servant of Lucretia, 
 and Kin^s and Emperors lo've thofe Ser^vants they find 
 faithful: Nor do the Gods themfehes difdain to return 
 lo'v'e for Love. Adieu, my Hopes. 
 
 ■ As a Tower undermined falls on the firft Affault, fo- 
 did the Refolution of Lucretia, on reading the Letter of 
 Eurialus, which gave the Viftory to his Love, i-or 
 having made Trial of the Affiduity and Perfeverance ot. 
 
I 
 
 Amours of Count Schllck. 331 
 
 her Lovei, llie freely dlfcovered in the following Billet, 
 that Love which (he had fo long diffembled in her Bo- 
 fom. 
 
 Lucretia's Anfwer. 
 
 Can no longer refill your Affauhs, nor fuffer you^ 
 
 Eiirialus^ to be any longer excluded a Share of my 
 
 Heart. You have overcome, and now I am yours. 
 How miferable has the Receipt of your Letters made 
 me, unlefs your Fidelity and Prudence preferve me from 
 the Dangers that threaten me ! See that you pundually 
 obferve all that you have writ to me. J now furrender 
 myfeif to your Love ; if you forfake me, you arc cruel, 
 ! a Traytor, and the woril of Men. Ic is cafy to de- 
 ceive a poor Woman, but by how much tlie more eafy 
 it is, by fo much the more bafe and unmanly. As yet 
 all is well, if you defign to forfake me, let me know it 
 before Love takes too firm Hold of me ; nor let us be- 
 gin an Affair, which we ftiall hereafter repent. We 
 ought to regard the End of every thing we undertake. 
 As a Woman I have but little Fore-fight j as a Man 
 you ought to take Care, both of me and yourfelf. I 
 furrendcr myfeif up to you, and depend on your Faith; 
 nor do I begin to be yours, but that I may be always 
 yours. Aciju, my Defence, and Conduder of my Life. 
 
 After this many Letters pall betwixt them, and 
 Eurialus wrote not with moie Ardour, than Lucre- 
 tia anfwered. Their Defire of meeting was mutual 
 and equal, but the Difficulties feemed unfurmount- 
 able, fince Lucrctia had the Eyes of every Body on 
 her, and never llirred out alone, or without a Spy to 
 attend her. Argos had not a more watchful Regard to 
 the Charge committed to him by yuno^ than Menelaus 
 had commanded fhould be had of Lucretia. 'Tis a 
 common Vice of the Italians to hide their Wives like 
 their Money under Bars and Bolts, but in my Opinion, 
 to little Advantage or Purpofe. For Women, to fpeak 
 generally, defire that moil which they are the moil fe- 
 verely forbidden ; who when ycu have a Mind to it 
 refulie you, and when you defill feek you of their own 
 accord. Were thcfe lefs rellrained they would fin lefs 
 
 frequently. 
 
3'}2 The History of the 
 
 /requently. So that it is much as eafy a Matter to corr- 
 £nea V\'oman,as to keep a Stock of Gnats in the Sun. If 
 a Woman have not a natural Chaflity, to no purpofe 
 does a Husband plague her wkh Locks and Bars. But 
 who (hall keep thofe Keepers ? The Wife is cunning, 
 and always begins with her Guard. Woman is a wild 
 untam'd Animal, that no Bridle can curb. 
 
 Lucret'tn had a Baftard-brother, by whom fhe con- 
 vey'd her Letters to Eurialus ; for him Ihe had made a 
 Confident of her Amour; and with him fiie agrees, 
 that he fhould privately admit Eurialus into the Houfe 
 he had here with Lucretid'^ Mother, to whom (he often 
 paid Vifits, and from whom as often received them, 
 and the Diftance was not great from each others Houfe. 
 Thus their Plot lay. That as foon as her Mother was 
 gone out to Church, Lucretia fhould come to pay her a 
 Vifit, and there finding Eurialus in the Parlour, fhcu'd 
 pafs her Hours with him. The Meeting was appoint- 
 ed in two Days time; which feemed to the Lovers 
 longer than two Years ; for the Hours feem long to 
 thofe who hopefomething, that is good; but fhort and 
 fwift to thofe who fear and exped any Evil. 
 
 But Fortune difappointed this Happinefs of the Lo- 
 vers ; the Mother fmelt out the Defign, and to prevent 
 it, took her Son-in-law out with her when fhe went to 
 Church. The trufly Squire informs Eurialus of the 
 Misfortune, who felt as much Pain for it as did Lucre- 
 tia herfelf ; who when fhe underftood, that her Defigns 
 were difcovered, faid. Since this zuay has mifi'd of Suc- 
 ce/Sy I muji take another Lour fey ncr f:) a II my Mother have 
 Power fufficient to diffaf point my Pleafures. 
 
 There was one Pandalus a Relation of her Husband's, 
 to whom fhe had confided the Secret, for her Mind 
 was too much on Fire to defift. She lets Eurialus know, 
 that fhe would treat with this Man, becaufehe was truf- 
 ty, and could procure them a Meeting. But Eurialus 
 did not think it fafe to confide in him, whom he faw 
 always with Menelaus^ and fancy'd that there was fome 
 Treachery in the Matter. While Things wei-e in this 
 State, Eurialus is depute4 by. the Emperor to go to the 
 
 "**■ Pope 
 
Amours o/' C(?//^^ Schlick. 335 
 
 Pope to adjuft the Time of bis Coronation, which was 
 very difagreeable News to both the Lovers ; but there 
 was no refuring the Ccmraands of C^/ar. He is gone 
 on his EmbaiTy, and flays there two Months. Lucretra. 
 in the mean while never Hired out ; kept her V; indovvs 
 clofe, and put on Mourning. Every body wondered at 
 her Condudl, but no body knew the Caufe. All her 
 Servants thought they dwelt as much in the dark as in 
 a full Eclipfe of the Sun, by her Retirement ; feeing her 
 always fad and often lying on her Bed, they concluded, 
 Ihe was not well ; they therefore fought what Remedies 
 they could to remove the Evil; but fhe never fmiled or 
 went out of her Bed-chamber, till fhe heard that the 
 Empcrcr was gone to meet Euri^jlus on his Return. 
 Then, as if ihe had ftarted from a profound Sleep, 
 throwing afide her Mourning Drefs, fhe put on all her 
 Ornaments, fet open her Windows, and expedted his 
 Approach with joy in her Eyes. Which when the Em- 
 peror obferved. Deny it no more, Eurialus, /77^/^f, tht 
 Matter is as plain and evident ns the Sun. While \ou 
 fvers nhfcnt, no Body couli fee -Lucretia, but now you are 
 come back behold Aurora breaks forth. Love has no Bounds ^ 
 and can be no more hid, than a Cough. Your Majeily is 
 pleafed to banter me, and divert yourfelf at my Expence, 
 {aid he. For my Part I know nothing of the Matter, 
 perhaps the Neighing of your Horfe, and this Prance- 
 ing may have roufed her from her Sleep. And reaving 
 faid thus, he ftole a Glance to Lucrttia, and fixt his 
 Eyes on hers ; and that was the firll Confuh they had 
 aiter his Return. 
 
 In a few Days Kifus the faithful Servant and Com- 
 panion of Euriaius, had found out a Tavern behind 
 the Houfe of Menelaus fo fituated, that from a Room 
 there he might fee into Lucretia's Anti-Chamber. Ni- 
 fus engages the Vint'ner, and carrying Eur talus up, 
 told him, thence he might Difcourfe with his Lucreti'a. 
 This Place was divided from her Apartment by a 
 Gutter, of about three Yards wide, in which the Sun 
 never fhone. Here the Lover feated himfelf and waited 
 to fee whether Chance might not bring Lucreiia to his 
 
 Sight. 
 
334 T/je History of the 
 
 Sight. He was not deceived in his Expeflation?, (he 
 was Toon in the Roam looking about her Affairs. 
 What are you -doing, the Governcfs of my Life, faid 
 Eurialus ; whether turn you your Eye , my Soul ? turn 
 this Way, my Safety, my Life, thofe Eyes, and fee 
 your Eurialus ; look, look on me, on me for here I am. 
 Are you here, my Eurialus^ replied Lucretidy I can now 
 talk with you, oh ! that I could embrace you too with 
 thefe Arms. That I can eifily compafs,y^/i Eurialus, for 
 I will bring a Ladder hither, and mount to your Win- 
 dow, you look to your Bed-Chamber, we have delayed 
 our Joys too long. Have a Care, my Eurialus y if you 
 have any Regard to my Safety ; this Window on the 
 Right-hand belongs to the worft of Neighbours, nor is 
 there any Confidence to be put in the Vintner, who 
 may i'acrifice either of us to a little Money. Let it fuf- 
 fice now that there be free Accefs for our Speech, we 
 will find fome other Meafures of meeting. But I die, 
 faid Eurialus^ unlefs I prefs you in thefe Arms. They 
 had a long Difcourfe out of this Place, and their Gifts 
 were conve)'ed by a fplit Arrow, both equally generous 
 in their Offerings. 
 
 Sofias dilcovered the Interview, and thu£ faid to him- 
 felf, I find that I lliove in vain to oppofe the Paffion of 
 thefe Lovers ; if I apply not my utmoft Cuaning, my 
 Lady will perifli, and my Mafter fall under an infa- 
 mous Reputation. It is thefafeft Way in tliefe Cafes to 
 divert the worfl of thefe Evils. Let my Millrefs love 
 on, and enjoy her Love, if it remain a Secret, it is a 
 meer Baggatelle. She is blind with. Love, and there- 
 fore fees not what fhe dees. If a Woman's Chaftity 
 cannot be preferved, to prevent the Knowledge of the 
 I-ofs, is fufficient to fave the Family from Infamy. I 
 will go, therefore, and offer my Service ; I oppofed it 
 fo long as I was able, to prevent the Wicked nefs from 
 being committed ; but fince I could not do that, my 
 Bufmefs now is to conceal what is done. The Difference 
 is not very great betwixt not doing at all, and conceal- 
 ing what i? done. Luft is of a general Extent, nor is 
 there any Man free from the Iniection j he only is ef- 
 
 teemed 
 
 
Amours of Count Schllck. 335 
 
 teemed the chafteft, who a6ls with the mod Caution. 
 While he was in tiiefe Soliloquies, Lucretia comes out of 
 her Chamber, and fo coming up to her, he faid, * How 
 
 * comes it to pafs, Madam, that you keep yur Amour 
 
 * a Secret from me ? You love Eurialus ilill, and yet 
 ' you conceal your Love from me. Have a C re whom 
 
 * you confide in. The firft Degree of Wifdom is not 
 
 * to love at all, the fecond is to love fo that the Affair 
 
 * remain a Secret ; you cannot carry on this Intrigue by 
 
 * yoi'rfelf, and you have had a long Experience of my 
 
 * Fidelity to you ; if you will put any Confidence in 
 
 * me, and employ me in any Part or Office of your 
 ' Pleafure, I fhall take the higheft Care to keep all con- 
 ' cealed that you may efcape a Puniihment, and your 
 
 * Husband the Reflexions of his Neighhojrs.* 
 
 Lucretia m2idt xhis Reply to ^'o/t/^/s Olfcr of Service. 
 
 * What you have faid, Sojias, is very true, and I af- 
 
 * fure you I have great Confidence in you ; but yoa 
 
 * feemed negligent of, and oppofite to my Defires ; but 
 
 * fince you offer yourfelf, 1 will make Ufe of thy Dili- 
 
 * gence without the Fear of Treachery. You know with 
 
 * what Ardour I burn, I cannot long bear this Flame ; 
 
 * help U3 that we may be together without Witnefs. Eu- 
 
 * rialus languifhes for Love, and I die. There is no- 
 
 * thing more pernicious than to withfland our Defires. 
 
 * Had we once but met, our PafTions would be more 
 
 * moderate, and our Love more concealed. Go, there- 
 
 * fore, to Eurialus, and tell iiim the only Way of our 
 
 * meeting is about four Days hence, when the Country- 
 
 * men bring in our Corn ; for him to put on a Carter's 
 
 * Habit, and drive one of the Carts in, and carry the 
 
 * Sacks of Corn up the Stairs into the Granary ; yoa 
 
 * know my Bed chamber has the firll Door opening on 
 
 * thefe Stairs ; give Eurialus a full Account of att 
 
 * Things, I will attend him here, till the Time come, 
 
 * and then I will be in my Bed, let him gently pufh the 
 
 * Door open, and come to me.' 
 
 So/ias»^ tho* he found it a difficult Attempt, fearing 
 worTe ''^^^ follow, undertook the Matter ; and having 
 
 found £;^;^,«,. ^' 8*f, ^ZX ff 1" h"' "'" ^'' ^"' 
 ftreff« Stratagcmf •>, J^""" Lkes the Hint, papar« 
 
§36 The History of th' ' 
 
 ail Things neceffary, and dreffing himfelf in this Equi- 
 page, complains of nothing but Delay. 
 
 The Morning now coming on, the Sun appearing 
 brings the long'd for Refrefhment to the eager Wiflies" 
 of Eun'alus, full of Expcftation and Defire, who now 
 efteemed himfelf happy and fortunate. When he had 
 mingled himfelf among the vile Servants, and not to hi 
 known by any that faw him, he drives on his Cart, and 
 coming into Lucretia\ Houfe, he takes up his Load, and 
 having put his Wheat into the Granary, he wr» thtf 
 lall of thofe that cime down, and as he had Diredion^, 
 he pufiies open the Door in the midil of the Stairs, and 
 being entered, he found Lucretia all alone ; and coming 
 near, he cried. My Soul^ my Life, my Hopes. Noiju I 
 ha've found thee alone, and no'vo all my Wijhes are ac'- 
 complijhed, that I embrace thee ifjithoiit any Wttnefs of 
 our Actions J no Wall no^cv, nor any Diflance leffens or in- 
 tercepts the Si^ht, Lucretia, tho' fhe ordered this Affair 
 herfelf, was yet furprifed at firfl, and doubted whether 
 fhe faw Eurialus or a Ghoil, imagining that fo great d 
 Man would never expcfe himfelf to fuch Hazards. But 
 fo foon as ihe found it to be really Eurialus in his Em- 
 braces, fhe burll out into an Extafy. Is it you indeed, 
 
 my dear one? Are you here indeed, ^ry Eurialus r And a 
 ruddy Blufii fpreading over her Face, fhe prefs'd hint 
 clofe in a ftridt Embrace ; and kiffing his Eyes and Fore- 
 head in a rapturous Silence, fhe then llarted into Speech 
 again, and * Alas! my Id^zx, /aid /he, to what Dan- 
 
 * gers have you expofed yourfelf ? What need of more 
 
 * Words ? It is now evident, that I am moll dear to 
 
 * your Heart ; and I have now made Trial of your 
 
 * Love ; nor fliall you f nd me lefs true, or lefs loving. 
 
 * Let but the Gods give us a profperous F.ate, and a 
 
 * happy Event to our Amour, fo long as Life animates 
 
 * theie Limbs, none fhall have any Power in Lucretia 
 
 * but her Eurialus ; not even my Husband ; if I may 
 
 * properly call him a Husband, who was forced oh 
 ' me againfi my Inclinations, and who had never my 
 
 * Confent. But come, my Pleafure, my Delight, ofj* 
 f with this couife Covering, and difcover thykWio me, 
 
 as 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 337 
 
 * as thou art ; awiy with thefe Cir:ers Garments^ 
 
 * throw afide thefe Cordf, and let me fee my Eutialus. 
 fie loon threw off his courfe Dirguife.and fhone out in 
 
 Purple and Gold ; and was hurrying with al! the Speed 
 of eager Defire to the Goal of Love, when Sofun 
 knocking at the Door, cried out to then:, * Have a 
 
 * Cire, ye Lovers, for I fee yonder Mentlaus returning 
 
 * Home for fcmcthing or other; conceal your ThefcS, 
 
 * and bubble the Husband with Addrcfs. 1 hen, faid 
 
 * Lucretia, under the Bed there is a Place, that will 
 
 * conceal you, for there feveral Things of \'alue lie. 
 
 * you know what I wrote to you, if my Husband Ihould 
 
 * find us together ; come get into this Hole, the Dark- 
 
 * nefs will there fecure you, ftir not a Jot, not fpit, leaii 
 
 * we be 9II difcovcred.' Enrialus, doubtful what to d>.Q^ 
 fubmits to the CcnJuiftof his Miftreff, and flie opening 
 the Doors, fits down again to her Work. Then Mene- 
 lausy and with him Beliu came in to fe^k for feme 
 Writings belonging to the City Affairs, which, when 
 he could find in none of his Cabinets and Scrutoires, he 
 faid, perhaps "'tis in our hiding Place, Lucretia, hiivga 
 Light hither y and let us look for the?n here. 
 
 Eurialus was ftruck almc'll dead with thefe Words, 
 and now his F^ar detra«fled from the Charms and Men'ts 
 o{ Lucretia, upbraiding himfelf in this Manner. ' Curfe 
 
 * on my Felly, what compelled me to this Place, but 
 
 * my Levity ; now fiiail I be caught n:ipping, and be- 
 
 * come the Jeft and Talk of the Town, and loofb the 
 
 * Favour of the Emperor ; nay perhaps I ftiall not 'icape 
 
 * hence with my Life. Who can deliver me ? no Tnui'l 
 
 * certainly die for it ! O molt vain and greatell of Fco's ; 
 
 * I have willfully fallen into this Snare; what are thelpys 
 ' of Love, if we mat pay fuch a Price for tlicm ? MVh's 
 
 * Ignorance is wonderful, he will not undergo fhort La- 
 
 * hours for long Joys ; and yet for Love, whofe very 
 
 * Joys are Hke Smoke, he vv;ll expofe himfeh to infinite 
 
 * Hazards. But if ever I get out of tin's Straight, Love 
 
 * Ihall never again get me jnto his Noofe. 
 
 Lucretia was not in lefs Pain, both for herfcif and 
 her Lover ; but ss a Woman, is always rcadieft in fud- 
 dQn Danger, having found out a Remedy for the Evil ; 
 
 Q * ray 
 
33^: ^he History cf the 
 
 * my Dear, /did Jhe to her Husband, there is a little 
 
 * f abinet over the Window where I remember I faw 
 
 * you put fome Papers and Records j let us go fee whe- 
 
 * ther this that you want be not there laid up.*- Im- 
 mediately running to the Window, as if fhe would o- 
 pen tlie Cabinet, fhe cunningly threw it out of the 
 Window, as if it had fallen itfelf by Accident. My 
 Dear, my Dear, faid fhe, make hade leaft we loofe 
 fbmething or other, the little Cabinet is fallen out of 
 the Window ; make hafle down, leaft I loofe fome of 
 my Jewels or Writings ; go, go, get you gone both, 
 what do you ftand llill for, I will here watch that no 
 Body fleals any Thing. 
 
 The Ladies Boldnefs is worthy Remark. Now let 
 any Man be fo Fool hardy as to truft a Womjn, for 
 there is no Man fo fharp fighted, but a Woman can de- 
 ceive. He only is not deceived, whom his Wife has 
 not yet endeavoured to deceive. Our Happinefs de- 
 pends more on our good Fortune than our Underftand- 
 ing. Moved with this Accident, boih Mtn'-hus and 
 Betas run with all Speed down Stairs to fecure the Ca- 
 binet. 'This ^-^vQ Eurinlus Time, to change his Station, 
 who, by Lfdcretia's Diredion, retired to a new Hiding- 
 place. The Husbind and his Friend having gathered 
 Dp the Jewels and Writings with the Cabinet, and not 
 finding what they wanted there, met with it where Eu- 
 rialus had been hid, and fo taking their Leave went 
 their Way. 
 
 They were no fooner gone, but Lucretla opening 
 the Door of Eurialus's Lurking-hole, called to him. 
 
 * Come forth, my Eurialus, come forth, my Soul ; 
 
 * come, thou Sum and Suhllance of all my Joys ; thou 
 
 * Spring of all my Pleafure, come forth ; come, the 
 < Hoard of my Joy ; come, thou incomparable Sweet- 
 « nefs, all Things are now fafe j now we have full 
 
 * Freedom for our Difcourfe; now we may embrace 
 
 * in Security ; Fortune had a Mind to oppofe our Hap- 
 
 * pinefs, but the GoJs regard our Loves with a favour- 
 
 * able Eye, and will not forfake two fuch faithful 
 
 * Lovers. Corae, come into my Arms, there is no- 
 
 thinjr 
 
Ai^oURS of Coimt Schlick. 33^ 
 
 'thing now to interrupt us, my Lily, nvy Bed of Rol"-^ 
 *' es ; why delay you ? What do you fear ? I your Za- 
 « cretia am here ; what makes you forbear the Em- 
 ' braces of your Lucretia\ 
 
 Eurialusy fcarce yet recovered of the Fright, Gomes'^ 
 oat of his Hole, and embracing his Miftrefs, * Never 
 
 * ( [aid he) was I in fo much Fear in all my Lifc^,, 
 
 * But you are worthy of all we can undergo ; no ManJ 
 
 * ought to tafte thofe KifTe-, or come into thofe Arms' 
 
 * on cheaper Terms ; nor have 1, to confefs the Truth/* 
 
 * yet deferved fuch a Happinefs. Could 1 come to Life"^ 
 
 * again after Death, and enjoy fuch Charms, t ihould 
 
 « not make any Scruple to die a thoufand Times to^ 
 
 * purchafe your Embraces. O ! my Happinefs, my ' 
 
 * Elifs ; do I really fee you ? Is it really fo ? Am I 
 
 * not deceived by the Illufion of fome vain Dream ? '' 
 
 * Nj 'tis you whom I hold in my Arms,' 
 
 Lucretia had on a fmcoth Night-Gown, wliich co-'' 
 vered her Limbs without any Fold or Wrinkle, hiding 
 neither her round fwelling Breafts, or be'ying any na- 
 tural Beauty of her Farts or Limbs. The fnowy white 
 of her Neck fhewed itfelf without Veil ; and her Eyes 
 darted Rays like the Beams of the Sun. Joy danced 
 in her Looks, and Gaity in her Face, while her glow- 
 ing Cheeks difcovered a curious Mixture of the Lilly 
 and the Rofe; her Smiles were fweet and modell; her 
 Bofomfull, on which her Breafts like two Apples fwel- 
 led on each Side, while their gentle Heaving fet the 
 Defire in a Flame. 
 
 This Sight had raifed ^uriaJus too high to fuffer him 
 to delay the Attempt of Satisfying the Eagernefs of his. 
 Wifhesj but forgetting his pall Fears, putting afide ' 
 Modefly, he begins the Afl'iult. Now, my Dear, let 
 us enjoy the Harv. ft of our Love. With this he ad- 
 ded Actions to his Words. Lucretia oppofed his De- 
 lires, telling him (he could not furrender her Honour 
 and Reputation, and that all fhe defired from this A- 
 mour was only KifTes and Difcourfc. 
 
 At which E7iric2,us{im\'mi faid, * Either my coming ., 
 * here, is knov.'n, or it is net; if it is known every 
 
 0^2 « one 
 
34^ The History of the 
 
 * one will fufpedl the worft, and 'tis but a Folly to bear 
 
 * the Scandal without the Pleal'ure : li it is not known, 
 
 * nar fliail our pleahng Theft be more divulged : This 
 
 * only is the Pledge of Love, and I muft die if I have 
 
 * not that. But 'tis a Sin, /aid Lucretia. It is a Sin, 
 
 * nplyd Eurialus, not to make Ufe of the Goods we 
 
 * enjoy, when we may. What fhall I loofe this lucky 
 « Opportunity, which we have wifhed ?' At thefe 
 Words, turning afide her Gown, he eafily vanquifhed 
 a Woman that fought not Vidlory. This Enjoyment 
 gave not Satiety, but a greater Thiril and Appetite. 
 But Eurialus y mindful of the Danger of the Place, after 
 a Repaft of Wine and Food, as well as of Love, much 
 againft Lucy€tia\ Defires, retired without any further 
 Adventure, the Family taking him for one of the 
 Carters. 
 
 Eurialus could not but view himfelf with Wonder in 
 this Livery of Love. * Oh J Jaid ke to himfelf ^ fliould 
 
 < the Emperor meet me in this Pickle, and know me t 
 
 * What Sufpicion would my Drefs give him, how he 
 
 * would laugh at me, and I fhould become the Dif- 
 
 * courfe of the Court and City. I muil remain a ftand- 
 
 * iLi-^ Jefl with him till I difcovered the Caufe of fucli 
 ■S z. Difguife. Should 1 pretend the Intrigue with fomc 
 
 * other Lady, he would never believe me, for he is \vi 
 *'Love with Lucretia y but 1 ufe not to make him the 
 
 < Confident of my Amours ; fo J fhould betray the 
 
 < charminfT Lucretia^ who received me to her Arms, 
 
 < and preferved me by her Wit and Ad.drefs.' 
 
 " -• While he was bufying himfelf with thefe Fears and 
 " tineafy Thoughts, he fees his faithful Friends Achates 
 and Palinurus, and marching on before them was not 
 difcovered by them, till he was entered his Houfe, 
 where having thrown off his Rags, and put on his 
 Robes, he gave them a Relation of all the Adventure. 
 And as he defcribed his Fears and Joys, his Looks and 
 Anions made a faithful Rcprefentation of the different 
 Paflions. * \n this Affair, fuid he, how like a Fool 
 
 * have I trulted my Life in a Woman's Hands, con- 
 ^ '♦ trary to my Father's Piecepts, who told me, that I 
 -;'*i * never 
 
Phi 
 
 Amours of Coim t SchWck. "3*4:1 
 
 never ought to confide in a Woman. He ufed tofay 
 that a Woman was a wild, governlefs, faithJefs, mu- 
 table, cruel Animal, fabjeifl to a thoufand I'affions ; 
 but I forgetting my Father's wholefome Difcipline, 
 have trulted my Lire to a filly Woman. What if 
 any one fnould have feen and known me, carrying 
 up the Sack of Corn ; what Difgrace had it been, 
 and what an Infamy to my Pofterity ? The Emperor 
 might well have throv/n me off, as a thouj^hfkfs 
 light Fellow, void of all Prudence. But what if h$r 
 Husband had found me flowed beneath the Bed,'\\hife 
 he was in Quefl of his V^'ritings ? Whether he hay 
 eX; ofed me to the Emperor, followed by the Re- 
 proaches of his Family, or left me to the Law, or 
 executed me himfelf, unarm'd a> I wa? ; either Way 
 had fufficiently punifhed and expofed the Madnefs I 
 hsd been guilty of. My Deliverance from which 
 w^s more owing to Chance than Wifdom or Pru- 
 dence ! No, no, I will not rob Lucret-ia of the Ho- 
 nour ; it was her ready Wic, and not Chance that fc- 
 cured me. Oh ! Woman worthy Trull I A Miflrefs 
 full of Prudence ar^*^ Love, both noble and fingular ! 
 V/hy fhould 1 not confide in thee ? And trull to thy 
 Fidelity ? Yes, had I a thoufand Lives to fecure, I 
 would place them all in thy 7 ruth and Faith. T\\o\x 
 art faithful and caurious, and knowefl how to feaion 
 
 * thy Love %\ith Prudence, and how to fecure thy 
 
 * Lover from Danger. Who but thee could have found 
 
 * cut fo ready a Aleans of diverting thofe, who were 
 
 * jull upon me? You have faved this Life, I therefore 
 
 * devote it to you. When fhall I again behold that 
 
 * fnowy Bofom, hear that charming Tongue, gaze on 
 
 * thofe fweet languifhing Eyes, lilten to that ready 
 
 * Wit, view thofe Marble Trory Limbs again ? When 
 
 * fhali I bite thofe Coral Lips again I When fhall I feel 
 
 * that tremulous Tongue murmuring at my Mouth ? 
 ' Shall I never never more prefs thofe round hard 
 
 * Brealls ? You cannot, ^ckateSy make any Guefs at 
 
 * this Woman's Pcrfedions, by what you h.ive feen c>f 
 ' her, for the nearer you are to her the more charm^ 
 
 0^3 * ing 
 
:j42 ^he History of the 
 
 9*,ingfhe is. Had you been with me, you had feen a 
 
 * Sight far beyond that, w/KichCandaui^s l^ing oiLydta 
 •;■* difcovered to Gyges. He had a Mind to enhance his 
 
 * Pleafare, by fiiewing his Favourite his Wife all na- 
 
 * ked, the fame would I do by Lucretia and thee, if 
 
 * in my Power. Elfe it isimpoffible for me to declare 
 
 * the Extremity of her Beauty, or for you to judge of 
 
 * the Ful nefs o^ my Joy. However, rejoice with me, 
 
 * fince my Raptures we;e greater, than any Tongue 
 
 * can exprefs. 
 
 This was the SubP.ance of the Difcourfe o'i Eunalus 
 to Acbatci. Lucretia f?.id not lei's to herfelf on this Oc- 
 cafion, but her Joy was lefs, becaufe more confined, 
 having; no Confident to unburthen her Mind to, for fbe 
 Was afhamed to tell Sojlas the whole Matter. 
 
 In the mean while, there was one Baccarus an hun* 
 garian Knight, of confiderable Quality in his own 
 Country, in the Emperor's Retinue, began to be in 
 Love with Lucretia, and being a Beau, and handfom 
 Man, perfuaded himfelf, that ihe loved him as much, 
 and only was withheld by her Modefly from a Declara- 
 tion in his Favour. She, after the Mode of all our 
 i";?/?^/? Ladies, gave all Men a favourable Look j it is 
 an Art, or rather a fort of Deception of the E) c by 
 which they conceal their real Inclinations. Baccanis 
 was quite wild in Love, nor could he be fatisfy'd till he 
 knew Lucretia' i Mind. 
 
 It is a Cuftom of our Ladles of Sienna to vifit the 
 
 'Chapel of the bleffed Virgin in Bethlehem , as they call 
 
 it, a ATile out of Town. To this Chapel Lucretia was 
 
 ,*^oing, attended by two young Maids, and an old Wo- 
 
 '-'iinan; B/iccarus follows after her with a Violet in his 
 
 ' 'Hands, with Leaves all gilt with Gold, in the Stock 
 
 /'of which he had concealed a Love-letter, wrote on very 
 
 / Jine Paper. The Reader need not be furprized at this, 
 
 - fince Cicero fays, he had feen the Iliads wrote fo fmall, 
 
 that they could be put into a Nut-fhell. Baccarus of, 
 
 \, fers this Violet and himfelf to Lucretia \ Lucretia refufes 
 
 J -'the Gift; the Hungarian prefTes it with great Importu- 
 
 ^mw^' when the good old Woman joins on his Side, by 
 
 ^^ ' ^- defirin^ 
 
Amours ^Q?//;^/ Schlick. 343 
 
 oefiring her Lady to accept a harmlefs Flower, in 
 v/hich there could be no Danger. 7he Gentkmati'^ Ke- 
 qu-ej}^ faid fhe, is Jo fmall, that you inn^ enfi'y fntisfy bis 
 Dfftres. 
 
 Lucretla comply'd with the old Woman's Perfuafion, 
 and going a liitle Way farther, fhe gave the Flower to 
 oneof her young Maids that attended her. They had 
 not gone much farther but they met two Students, who 
 eafiiy prevailed with the Girl to give them the Violet, 
 who opening the Stalk of the Flower, difcovered a Co- 
 py of Love-verfes. Thefe fort of Men us'd formerly 
 to he very agreeable to our Ladies, but after :he Empe- 
 ror's Court was fixt AtSietindy they were laught at, de- 
 |p:s'd, and had in Contempt, becaufeour Women were 
 K)r.der of the Soldiers bluftring, than the Wit of the 
 Scholar. This gave them a great Hatred to the Court 
 and military Men, and made them watch ail Opportu- 
 nities of doing an Injury to the Men of the Sword. 
 As foon, therefore, as they had found out the Secret of 
 the Violet, they carry the Letter to MenclauSy and c'e- 
 fire him to read it; he returns Home full of Concern, 
 accufes his Wife, and fills the Houfe with Rage apd 
 Noife. His Wife denies, that fhe is guilty .of any 
 Fault, tells him the whole Story, which is vouched fcy 
 the old VVoman. He gees immediately to the Empe- 
 ror, and makes his Complaint; J5.<?rr^/-«j is called i or, 
 acknowledges his Fault, and asking Pardon, fwears ne- 
 ver to trouble Lucretia again. But knowing that Jove 
 laughs at the Perjuries of Lovers, the more he was for- 
 bidden the more he purfued his barren Flame. 
 
 The Winter comes, and all the Sky is now under the 
 Dominion of the North-wind, the gentle South being 
 entirely banifhed the liquid Space. The Snow faUs 
 down into the Streets, and adminillers Sport to the Peo- 
 ple; the Ladies throw Snow balls into the Street, and 
 the young Sparks into the Windows. This furniflied 
 Baccarus with an Opportunity of Writing again to Lit^ 
 cretin ; for he wraps a Letter up in foft Wax, and co. 
 vers that with Snow, and fo throws it, as a Ball, into 
 Lucr€ti(i\ Window. Who would not fay, that all 
 
 0^4, ' Things 
 
?j44 ^^^'^ History of the^- 
 
 Things are governed by Fortune ? for the lucky Hour 
 is of more Confequence, than a Letter of Recommenda- 
 . tion frcm VenusYitrk]?. They pretend, that Fortune has 
 no Power over the Wife. I may perhaps allow this 
 Advantage to chofe Wife-men, v/hofe only Joy is in 
 Virtii', Vv'ho in Poverty, in Sicknefs, nay ihut up in 
 the Brazen Bull oi Phalaris^ believe thcmfelves pofleft 
 ofHappinefs, though I confcfs I never met with any 
 luch i^erfon, nor do I believe there ever was fuch a Fel- 
 low living. The common Life of Mankind depends 
 extreamly on Fortune, which raifes and deprefTcs whom- 
 fover fhc pleafes. Who was the the Ruin of Birccnrus 
 but Fortune ? Uis Prudence and Caution were fuffici- 
 ently iliovvn in clcfing a Letter in the Stalk of a Violet ; 
 and now another in the midfl of a Snow-ball. You may 
 fiy, he ought to have been more cautious ; but if he had 
 iucceeied in his Adventure, he had been cry'd up for 
 Cautious ?nd Prudent too. But Fate, his Enemy, drew 
 it from Lucretia'% Hands to the Fire- fide, where the 
 Scow and Wax mel.ing, difcovered the Letter to the 
 old Women that were warming themfelve?, who deli- 
 vered it to Mmelaus who was prefent, and made new 
 Dillurbance and Complaints, the Effed of which -5/7<-» 
 (arus efcap'd by Flight, not Excuses. 
 
 Tuis Adventure oji Baccarus was of UCetoEun'alus^for 
 whiieche Huibmd apply'd all his Care and Spies about 
 the Former, he left an open undefended Fafiage to the 
 Stratagems of the Latter. That faying is very true, 
 fiiat it is a hard Mutter to preftwe-, that zvhlch many 
 I ve or Qpicfe. The firi't Enjoyment had made the Lo- 
 vers delirous of a iecond Encounter. 
 
 'Fhere wis a little Street, or rather narrow Alley, 
 betwixt the Hou'e o'i Msneluui and his [Neighbours, by 
 v.'hich it was no d.Hlcult Matter lo get into Lucretia\ 
 Window, by mounting with your ^titx. on each Wall ; 
 butthis could only be done '\k\ the Night-time. Mene- 
 laus was to go into the Country, and flay there all 
 Night i whi,:h lucky Hour was expeded with the laft 
 Impatience by both the Lovers. The T'ime is now 
 come, the Huibandis gone into the Country, Eurialns 
 
 has 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 345 
 
 lias changed his Cloaths, and got into this Jitt/e Sttepc 
 or Alley ; tliere was Menelaus'% Stable, which by Scfiiis"^ 
 Advice he entered, where hid under, the Hay, he vvait- 
 ed for Night ; but as Fortune would have it, Drom.'o^ 
 fecond Groom to Menelaus's Horfes, took .Hay from. 
 Eurialui\ Side to fill the Rack-, and he had flruck him 
 with his Fork in taking more, had not ^ofia^ xtxy op- 
 portunely come to his Refcue ; who finding the Danger 
 Eurialus was in, taking the Fork, faid he, * Leavi^ 
 this Bufinefs to me, my good Brother, I v;ill give 
 the Horfes their Food and Litter, if you will go 
 in, and look if our Supper be ready ; we muil make 
 merry now our M.ifter's a Tent ; we live better undcc, 
 our Lady, tha i under him ; fhe is gt^eafanr, and very , 
 bountiful, he is pafhonate, noily, covetous and hard j 
 we never fare well while is at home ; don't you 
 obferve how he itints our Bellies with his fcanty Mea- 
 fure ? who always ftarves himfelf only to plague us - 
 with a perpetual Hunger, nor will fufFcr a mouldy 
 Crull of Bread to be loll, and will keep an old Gal- 
 limaufry for a Month, and the falted Grigs of onq',^^ 
 Supper he fets up for another, and looks out ev£f^_,v 
 from that, lealt we (h^^uid gormandize on , Scr^p^ CI 
 worfe than the Poor's Basket. Wretched iVIifer,^,-, 
 who feeks after Riche, tiirough fuch exquifite Tor^ 
 menis ; for what can be a greater Folly, than to liv;e . 
 poorly to die rich ? How much better is our Milbefs,,,.-. 
 who is not fatisfy'd to treat us with Veal anci ten^ •; 
 der Kid^, but regales u. with Fowls and Thrufhes, . 
 and Crowns all with a Glafs of the bell Wine : Go, , \ 
 DromiOy fee that the Kitchen be clean and neat. ■,; 
 
 * I warrant thee, howt^Sofeasy reply 'd Z)ro'/^/V, I will 
 take Care of that, and had rather rub the Table down, 
 than the Horfes Heels. I carry M my Mafler into ihe 
 Country to Dav, the Devil fplit him, he faid not one. 
 Word to me all the Day, bat in the Evening when 
 he lent me back with ray Horfes, bid me tell my 
 Lady that he would not return to Night. I com- 
 mend thee, S.ofiasy \vho at lafi beginnefl to abominn:e 
 my Maihr's 'r<?mper ; I had changed him before now, 
 
 0^5 * had 
 
>246 ^^^I'he History of the 
 
 i^^had not my Lady retain'd me by a Scrap fometimes 
 
 . ' in the Morning. Oh ! but you were of my Mind, 
 
 ,^^ the Devil a bit would we fleep this Night, let us eat 
 
 «■ and devour till Day-light returns, my Mafter Ihall not 
 
 * fcrape up in a Month, what we will confume in one 
 
 * Supper. 
 
 Eunalus was pleafed to hear this Difcourfe, though 
 he could not but condemn the Manners of the Servants, 
 not at all doubting but it might be his own Cafe in his 
 Abfence from Home. Dromio being gone, Eurialus 
 . rofe up and, * Oh! What a happy Night, {[aid he) 
 *■ %/i/7j-, fhall I owe to thy Afliilance! who haft con- 
 
 * vey*d me thither, and took fuch timely Care not t j 
 
 * have me difcovered. Thou art a very honeft Fellow, 
 
 * and highly deferving my Love, thou fhalc not find me 
 
 * ingratelul, I will make here a Return for this Service.* 
 The deft; n'd Hour is now come j Eurinlus^ though 
 
 he had efcaped two Dangers of Con fe que nee, yet with 
 Joy afcends the Walls, and paffir.g the open Window, 
 iie iinds Lucretia by the Fiie, and the Table fpread 
 expelling him; ftie, as foon as fhe faw her Lover, 
 rofe up, and took and prefs'd him in her Arms ; they 
 begin to rufh into Kiftes, and with full Sails they pals 
 into the Sea o^ Venus ^ and now C^r^/, and then Bacchus 
 refrefh the tired Voyagers; Alas! the fliort Joys we 
 pciTefs, and the long Sollicitudes they occafion ! EU- 
 r in Ins had fcarce had an Hour of Joy, but Softas in- 
 terrupts their Satisfaftion, with the News of his Ma- 
 ilers Return ; Eurialus is all in a Fright, and trying to 
 make his Efcape, Lucretia having hid the Table and 
 ^Provifion, goes out to meet her Husband, and welcome 
 him Home • Oh! my Dear, I am glad you are 
 
 * come Home, for I thought I had loft you, this whole 
 
 * live-long Night at your Country Villa! But pray 
 
 * what Trade do you drive fo much in the Country ? 
 
 * Have a Care, I don't find you out? Why don't you 
 
 * ftay ^t Home ? Why do you take fuch Pains to make 
 
 * me melancholy by your Abfence ? I am always un- 
 
 * eafy V/hen you are away, and jealous leaft you retire 
 
 * to fohie Miftrefs, for Husbands often defraud the 
 
 * Wives 
 
Amours of Com f Schlick. '^^ 
 
 * Wives of their Due to give it to others; of which Fea'' 
 
 * if you would free me never lie abroad again, for jio 
 
 * Night affords me any Eafe or Pleafure without thee* 
 
 * But let us fup here, and then go to Bed, 
 
 They were now in the Common-Hal!, where the 
 Family us'd to dine, where to detain him till Euria'as 
 had made his Efcape was all her Aim ; fjr which a little 
 Time was abfolutely necefTary. But Menelaus had 
 fupp*d abroad, and mnde what hailc he cojid to his 
 Bed-Chamber; Jh (faid Lucretia) I Jiv,d you lo^e me 
 n great deal indeed, Jlnce you had rather fup abroad ^ than 
 nvith me ; hecaufe you ixere ahfent, I ha^ue not eat a bic^ 
 nor drank one Drop all this Day. There came to Daf foms 
 thai helongd to your Farmsy and brought feme excellent 
 Wine^ as they faid\ but 1 njjas too mtlanchoh to tojle a 
 drop of iff but noiv you are come home, let us go unto the 
 Cellar, and tajle of this Wine^ and fee if it he as delici- 
 ous as they pretend. 
 
 Saying this, and taking her Husband in her left, and 
 the Candle in her right Hand, went ciredlly into the 
 Cellar. Wh=re being come, flie fiift pierc*d th.'s Vcfiet, 
 and then that, and fip'd to her Husband, till flie thought 
 Enrialus had made his Efcape, and after that retir'd to 
 the odious Embraces of h;s conjugal Love ; and Eurialus 
 got home pretty late at Night. The next Day, whether 
 out of Caution or Jealoufy, Menelaus made that Window 
 up with a Wall. I believe that as our Citizens are fliarp^ 
 in their Conjectures, and full of Sufpicion and Jealoufy, 
 Menelaus was afraid of the Convenience of the Place, 
 and having but little Confidence in a Wife's \ irtu^, was 
 refclv'd to take away the Opportunity of finning. For 
 tho* he knew nothing of her Actions, or criminal In- 
 trigues, yet he was not ignorant, that fhe was daily 
 plagu'd with AddrefTes, and knew that a Woman's Mind 
 was never fo conftant, as to be mov'd, as having as 
 many Minds, as the Trees have Leaves. Fcr tne fe- 
 male Sex is avaritious of Novelties, and feldom love 
 the Man they aie pofTcft of. He therefore follow'd. the 
 common Ivlaxim of Husbands, who are of Opinion that 
 all Misfortunes of that kind, are to be kept out by being 
 on their Guard. 
 
 CL6 This 
 
243 J^^kiisTORY of the ■ 
 
 This had cepiiv'd them of the Power of meeting, 
 nor Was \\iz Opportunity left of fending Letters to ea;h 
 orher^ For the Vintner, out of whofe VVjndow Euriahis 
 had conveyM, and reach'd Ijetters with a Cane to Lu- 
 cretiay by the A^\ izo. o{' Mejielaus, was turn'd out of his 
 Hoafe by the Magiilrates. Their Eyes alone were tlie 
 Mediums of Ccnverfation, by which they only now 
 cou'd fpeak to, and confuk vvitli each other, ihj Grief 
 rtf each was inexpreflible, that they cou'd not ceafe to 
 love, and yet were depriv'd of all means of continuing 
 their Amour. 
 
 In the Midft of this Anxiety, Eurialus recollefled 
 what Lucrctla had wrote about Paiuiahis^ the Coiifin of 
 Memlaus : And following the Method of skilful Phyfi- 
 cians, who in defperate Diilempers apply defperate Re- 
 medies ; and rather try the utmoft Medicine, than leave 
 the -nircare without Cure, he determin'd to attempt 
 PandaJns, and take up with that Recipe, which he had 
 before rejeiSled. 
 
 Having, therefore, fent for Pandalusy and carry'd 
 him into his Clofet ; pray Friendyjit doivn (faid Eurialus) 
 
 * I have Aff'^irs of Confequence to impart to you ; I 
 
 * Hand extreamly in need of forae Virtues, which are 
 
 * eminent in you, Diligence, Fidelity and Secrecy. I 
 
 * wou'd long fmce have difcours'd with ycu on this Head, 
 
 * but you were not then fo well known to me; but now 
 
 * I know you perfed^ly well, and that you are of ap- 
 
 * prov'd Fidelity, I love and refpeft you. But were I 
 
 * perfonally ignorant of your Merits, yet the univerfal 
 
 * Applaufe ct all your fellow Citizens wou'd be fuffici- 
 ' ent ; but my x'\cquaintance with whom you have con- 
 
 * trafted Friendfhip, have informed me who you are, 
 
 * and how much you ought to be valu'd ; from whom 
 
 * I a,m inform'd that joa are defirous to make ufe of 
 *. my Service, which I at this Inftant offer to you, as 
 *' merxjng it as much as I yours. Now fince it i:. be- 
 *'' twixt Friends, I will in a few Words let you know 
 *' what you can ferve me in. 
 
 ■ * You know how prone all Mankind is to love, 
 
 * whether it be a V^irtue or Vice in our Nature, 1 Ihan't 
 
 * (kttrmine, yet the Calamity extends far and wide. 
 
Amo u r s ^ Count Schlick , 349 
 
 Nor is there any Heart of Flefh and Blood, but Some- 
 times is lenfible of the Sting of Love. You kn.ow.^! 
 tiiat this Paflion fufFer'd not Do.vid the moil hol)r' 
 Man, Solomon the VVifell, and Sampfon the rtrongeft 
 Man, to efcape its Power. The Nature of a Love- 
 fick Heart is this, that the more the Oppoiition is 
 to its Defires, the more they burn and rage; and no- 
 thing is a furer Cure for this Evil, than the PoflelHon 
 of the Belov'd. There have been many Men and 
 Women, both of the prefenc and former Ages, who 
 by the Obftacles they have found to their Love, 
 have been the Occafion of cruel and barbarous Mur- 
 thers. On the other Hand we have frequent Exam- 
 ples of thofe, who after Enjoyment, and a Liberty for 
 a while, of a tender Commerce with the Belov'd, have 
 been calm enough in their Amours. The moft pru- 
 dent Method is to give Way to the Fury of Paliion, 
 which by Oppofiiion increafes. For he that fwims 
 againfl the Stream often fmks to the Bot:om, and he 
 that gives Way to the Stream efcapes. Thefe Things 
 I have pun over to you, becaufe I'm going to make 
 ycu a Confident of my Amour, and let you know 
 what Service you may do me in it ; nor fhall I con- 
 ceal the Advantage it will be to you, becaufe now 
 
 I look en you as the one half of my Heart ^ 
 
 * Yoa muil know then, 1 love Liicretia^ nor is it my 
 Faulr, my dear Friend Pa^idalusy but by the Will of 
 Fortune, which governs human Affairs. I know 
 not your Manners, nor the Cuftom of your City. I 
 thought that your Women meant, what they exprefs'd 
 in their Eyes ; but your Ladies are only Baits for Men's 
 HeartF, but love none at all ; by this I am deceiv'd. 
 I thought 1 fhould be lov'd by Lucretia, when I faw 
 her look on me with Eyes not ill pleas'd, and there- 
 fore I began to love her ; nor cou'd I think the kind- 
 Advances from a Lady of her Beauty ought to die with-, 
 out Return. As yet I neither know you nor your 
 Family. I lov'd, becaufe I thought I was belov'd, for 
 who is fuch an infenfible Creature of Stone, not to- 
 love when belov'd ? 
 
 ' Bui 
 
'jjt) l^he History of tht^^ 
 
 * But after I had found oat the Deceit, and that I 
 /had been betray'd by a falfe Appearance inio Love, 
 3f; that I might not have the Scandal of a barren Amour 
 
 * I endeavour'd by all my Arts to heat her Breafl with 
 
 * the fame Fiie ; for to burn for a Woman, and not to- 
 •^ be able to warm her Eofom, was a Shame and Anx- 
 f" iety, that broke my Rcpofe both Day and Night, tp 
 
 * fuch a Degree that 1 was not able to fiir out of Doors. 
 
 * Jn ihort, the Event of my Endeavours was fuch, that 
 
 * our Paffions grew equal ; fhe is on Fire, and I burn, 
 ' nor do Vv^e know any Means of preferving our Live^ 
 ■* but by your ARilbnce. Her Husband and his Brother* 
 
 * keep and guard her with greater Vigilance, than the 
 
 * Dragon did the golden Fleece ; nor does Cerberu;s 
 
 * himfelf more ftri6t!y watch the Avennes of Hell. 
 ■* I know your Family; I know you are Gentlemen of 
 
 * Quality among the Chief of this City, that you are 
 
 * rich, powerful, and belov'd ; I wifh I had never 
 
 * known this Woman ! But who can refill his Fate ? 
 
 * I made not choice of her, but Chance threw her in. 
 
 * my Way. 
 
 * This is the State of the Affair; our Loves are yet 
 
 * a Secret, but if it be not managM prudently, it may 
 
 * produce fome mighty Evil, which Heaven I pray 
 
 * avert ! perhaps I might vanquifh Paflion if I went 
 
 * from hence, which tho' moil miferable to me, I 
 
 * wou'd yet do for the Sake of your Family, if I faw any 
 
 * Advantage arife to it from thence. But I kncv/ her 
 
 * Madnefs, either fhe wou'd follow me, or be kept here 
 
 * by Force, and then llie wou'd lay violent Hands on 
 
 * herfelf, which wou'd be an eternal Blot on your Houfe; 
 « My Bufmefs, therefore, with you is, that we may 
 
 * f nd fome Remedy for thefe Evils : Nor is there indeed 
 
 * any other Way, than this, that you will be the Pilot 
 
 * of our Love, and take care that a Paflion, that has 
 
 * hitherto been very well conceal'd do not take Air. 
 « I commend my felf to ycu, to you I furrender and 
 
 * devote myfelf ; humcur the Fury, left by Oppofiti- 
 
 * on it increafe the more. Take care to bring us to- 
 
 * gether, by which Means the Ardour may decreafe 
 
 * and prove more tolerable. You iinow the Avenues 
 
 ^ * of 
 
Amo urs of Count Schlick. 3 5 2 
 
 .* of the Houfe; when the Husband is abfent, and how 
 ^ you can introduce me. The Husband's Brother muft 
 
 * be obferv'd ; who is too quick fighted in thefe Affairs ; 
 
 * and watches Luctetia^ as a Fort belonging to his Bro- 
 
 * ther, and guards her with greater Care : He carefully 
 
 * confiders and weighs all that Lucretia iays or does, 
 
 * her turriing away, her Sighs, her Spitting, her Cough, 
 
 * and her Laughter, her Smiles ; this Man we muft de- 
 
 * ceive, andean we do it without your Afiiftance ! Stand 
 
 * by me, therefore, and introduce me to her in her 
 
 * Husband's Abfence, and amufe the Brother, and re- 
 
 * move him from being fo clofe a Sentinel about her in 
 
 * his Abfence ; or join mere Spies to him. He'll con» 
 ' fide in you, and, which I hope, he will commit her 
 
 * to your Charge; which if you undertake, and prove 
 
 * my Friend in, your P.eward fhall be prefent ! For 
 
 * you may introduce nic in the Night when all are 
 
 * alleep, and fo footh and .'.bate the Fury of our Love. 
 
 * Out of this what Advantage will arifo to you, I 
 
 * hope is evidenc to your Prudence ; you will in the 
 
 * f:rft Place frive the Honour of your Houfe, keeping 
 
 * that a Secret, which cannot be known without your 
 
 * Infamy : You will fave your Ccufin's Life, and Me- 
 
 * hlUhs his Wife. To whom one Night given to me 
 
 * wi hout any Bodies knowing it, will not be fo great 
 
 * an Evil, as fcr her, before all the World, to run af- 
 
 * ter me into my Country. Hippia the Wife of a 
 
 * Roman Senator, run away with Lihdus to Pharos^ and 
 
 * the i\V/?, and the noble Wails of Laius. What if 
 
 * Lucretia Ihou'd follow me, a Man of Power in my 
 
 * own County ? What Difgrace wou'd it be to your 
 
 * Family? Whata Jelt to the People .? VVhat an Infamy 
 
 * not only to your Houle, but to your City ! I know 
 
 * fome wou'd fay, Ihe ought rather to be ftcibb'd or 
 
 * poifon'd, than do any fuch Matter. But wo be him 
 
 * that wou'd pollute his Hands with human gore, and 
 
 * punifli a fmaller with a greater VVickednefs ! Crimes 
 
 * are not to be heighten'd but lefTen'd. Wc know that 
 
 * of Goods we ought to chufe the beft, of an Evil and 
 
 * Good, the Good; but of two Evils, the leaAj every 
 
 * Way is full of Danger; But that which I point out 
 
 * is 
 
3.52r .;i'7Z<? HisTORv of the'jSfih. 
 
 i« the fafeft ;, by which ypu not only /ecure youf 
 Family, but oblige me extreamly, who am almoft 
 diilraded to tiiink, that I am the Caufe of fa many 
 Torments to Lucreiia, who I had rather fhou'd hate 
 me, than ask you iUch a Favour. But this is cur 
 Condition, this the dcfperate State of our Affairs, that 
 we have no hopes of any Safety to our VelleJ, unlefs 
 you become the Pilot, and fave it by your Addrefs, 
 Care and Judgment. Aflift, therefore* both me and 
 her, and preferve your Houfe from Biemilli. Nor 
 think me ingrateful ; you know my Interefl with the 
 Emperor, whatever you defiie I'll engage he fhall 
 grant you. 7'his I promife you firft, and give you 
 my Word for it, you fhall be made a Count Palatine, 
 which Title fhall defcend to all your Poflerity. I 
 commit to you, and your Care and Fidelity, Lw 
 cretia, and myfelf and cur Love, the Fame and Re-f 
 putation, and the Honour of your Kindred. - You are 
 the Judge of the Matter, and all thefe Things lie 
 v^^holly in ycur Breart. Confider what you do, it 
 is in your Power to preferve or deflroy them. 
 Pandahis fmu'd at what he heard, and after a little 
 Paufe made this Reply. * I am not unacquainted, 
 
 * Eui'ialw, with this AfTair, and wifh it never had 
 
 * happened ) yet it is come now to that pafs, that I 
 ' mull do as you defire me, or fuffer my Family to 
 
 * fall under the greatell Blemifh and Scandal imaginable. 
 
 * As you fay, the Woman is out of her Senfes with the 
 
 * Fury of Love ; and if I do not alTiil her, fhe will 
 
 * flab herfelf, or throw herfelf headlong out of the Win- 
 
 * dow » file has no longer any Care of her Life or her 
 
 * Reputation. She told me herfelf of her Paffion, I 
 
 * check'd and reprimanded her, I endeavoured to abate 
 
 * the Flame, but IcoaM make no Progrefs in the Cure, 
 
 ' fhe values nothing but you ; you are always in her . 
 
 * Head: you fhe feeks j you fhe deiires ; and ofyoa 
 
 * only fhe thinks ; fhe ofcen calling to me, cries, I prithee, 
 
 * Eurialus, hear me. The Wom. n is ib alier'd by Love, 
 '* that ycu wouM not take her for the fame Perfon. 
 
 * Alas! there was never a L*dy;in this C.ty more 
 ' chafle and prudent than hucretia: ^Ti^.Xo. i»e,a very 
 
 '^ftrange 
 
Amours of Count Schfick. 3^3 
 
 * -ftrange Thing, that Nature (hould give fuch a Power 
 •"■to love over the Minds of Mankind. This Diftemper 
 
 * muft be cur'd, but there is no Remedy but whatyoa 
 
 * have exprelVd. I will apply myfelf to the Difcharge 
 
 * of this Office, and will give you Notice v.hen Time 
 
 * gives an Opportunity; nor do I feek any Favour of 
 
 * you, becaufe an honeft Man ought not to fcek a Fa* 
 
 * vour till he hasdeferv'd it. For my Part, I under- 
 
 * take this to prevent the Infamy of our Family, in 
 
 * which Zeal if you find your Account, I challenge 
 
 * no Love on that Score. 
 
 * f lovvcver, /aid Eiu-ia/u!y even for that I am in- 
 
 * debted to you, and I will tike care you fhall be 
 
 * made a Count Palatine as I faid, provided you do 
 
 * not defpife the Dignity. No, 1 do not defpife it, 
 
 * (faid Pandalus) but I will not have it proceed from 
 
 * this; if it come freely let it come, and welcome, I 
 
 * afl no: on any Conditions. Cou'd you have come to 
 
 * Lucretia withojt your knowing that I was concerned 
 
 * in it, I ihou'd have aded with moreWillingnefs. Fare- 
 
 * well— —Fare well, reply^d Eurialus. 
 
 Pandalus went away with his Heart brimful of Joy, 
 both becaufe he had got the Favour of fo great a Man, 
 and becaufe he hop'd lo fee himfelf a Count Palatine^ 
 of which Dignity he was fo much the more deuroas, as 
 he endeavcur'd to feem lefa ; for fome Men vxz like 
 Women, who when they refufe wi:h the greatelt Ear- 
 neftnef?, defire it moft. He had an Earldom for a Re- 
 ward Of his pimping, and Pofterity will (how the golden 
 Bull as a Proof of his Nobility. 
 
 There are feveral Steps and Degrees, my Marianus, 
 in Nobility ; if you feek into the Rife of them, you 
 will find none, in my Opinion, or very few, that came 
 not from a criminal Original, p'or when we find thofe 
 cali'd Noble, who abound in Wealth, and Wealth is 
 very rarely the Companion of Virtue, 'ti^ vilible to all 
 that the Rife of Nobility is degenerate and bafe. This 
 Man is made rich by Ufury, that by Rapine, a third 
 by Treafon, and the Spoils of his Country. Ihis Man 
 grows rich by Poifon and Murder, that by Flattery; this 
 Man by the adulterous Corruption of Wives ; that by 
 
 Lies 
 
354 Tie History of :tAek 
 
 Lies and Perjuries ; fqme gather Riches by M;t^rla''^» 
 fome by their own Children. But Riches are very 
 rarely got with Juftice. Men rake and fcrape abun- 
 dance of Riches together, nor care whence they come 
 proi'ided they come in Abundance. This Yerfe pleafes all 
 
 No Maf: ash ^vhence your Riches you derive. 
 But to ha've Riches is KeceJJhry — ■ ■ ' ■ 
 
 When the Bags are full, then NobiJityis fought, which 
 thus obtain'd, is onJy the Reward of Iniquity. My 
 Anccfiors were cali'd Noblemen, but I will not flatter 
 myfelt, I do not think they came one jot more honelily 
 by it, than others, who have only Antiquity for their 
 ExcuJe and Safeguard, their Vices being now quite 
 forgot. ' Tis my Opinion, 
 
 No Man is i:obIe, but he that loves Virtue. 
 
 I am not dazlM with golden Garmentf, Horfes, Dogs, 
 
 along Train of Servants, fplencid J'ables, marble Pa- 
 
 Jaces, Villas, Fifti ponds, Manours, Jarifdidions, Woods, 
 
 Groves, iffc. for a Fool may have ail thefe, and fuch 
 
 a one whoever calls Noble, is himfelfa Fool. Our 
 
 Pandalus fwas made a Nobleman for Pimping. 
 
 , A few Days after tliis there happened a Broil among 
 
 the Country Servants of Menelaus^ and fome that had 
 
 drank more than they fliou'd, were kiird ; fo that to 
 
 .put things in Order, there was a Ncceflity for Menelaus 
 
 to go thither. Then faid Lucretia, My Dear, you are an 
 
 .■old Man and infirm, your Horfes go hard, and are fiery t 
 
 horronAj one of a more gentle Pace. With all my Heart, 
 
 reply'd he, but ^here/hall I get one? Oh, faid Panda-. 
 
 lus, Eurialus has the befi in Europe, and he'' II cer- 
 
 •tainly lend it you if you II let me ask him. On Menelaus' s 
 
 Requeft Eurialus fent him his Horfe. And took it as 
 
 the Barbinger of his Joy. 
 
 It was agreed, that Eurialus fhou'd be in the Street 
 about the fifth Hour of the Night, and if he heard Pan- 
 dalus fing, he fhou'd have Hopes of Succefs. Menelaus 
 was gon5, and the dusky Shades of Night had ob- 
 fcur'd the Hemifphere, when the Lady lay full of Ex- 
 :|>i€£lation in her \i^^. Eurialus was before the Door, 
 = F. but 
 
Amours of Count Schlick. 355 
 
 but heard neither finging ncr any other Sign of Hope. 
 The Hour was now pall, and Achates pcnuadsd Eiirialui 
 to return Home, and that he was impo5'd en. 
 
 'Tyvas a hard Task for a Lover, full of Defire, to 
 <|uit the Rendtzvouz of Delight, while any Hcpe re- 
 mained, fo he made fometimes one, and fometimes ano- 
 ther Excufe for Delay. The Realon that Pandalus did 
 not fing, was becaufethe Brother of Af(f;;^/a«j llay'd in 
 theHoufe, and fearch'd every Quarter, Jellrhere fhca'd 
 be any Defign en Foot, and fo pail: the Night without 
 Slet;p. To whom at ialt (aid Panduins, Shall <we fiat 
 go to bed to Night ? "'tis no^M fafl Midnight, ajid I begin 
 to be dro^jojiey I tvonder yon that are a young Man Jhould 
 ha've the Nature of an old Man, 'whofe Drxmfs robs 
 them of Sleep, 'vjho never Jleep till a little before Day 
 nvhen other People are about to rife. Come let us go to 
 bed ; to ivhat End are thefe V/atchings ? li'ell if you nx'ill 
 have it f} (reply 'd /Igameninon) bui firll let us fee that 
 all the Doors are fait asjainfc Tnijves, and fo went to 
 the Dor, and added Bars to Bolts, 'i'here was there 
 a mighty Bar of Iron, which two Men cou'd fcarce lift 
 up, with which tiie Door was never us'd to be faflen'd ; 
 
 which when Agamemnon cou'd not lift up — Come, 
 
 -faid he, Pandaius, help me to put on this Bar* and then 
 "we'll go to Bed. 
 
 Eurialus heard all this Difcourfe, and faid to him- 
 •ielf, if this Bar be put up, there is an End of this 
 •Nights Adventure Pf'hat's the ^fatter (iaid Pan- 
 dalus) njcith youy Agamemnon } you are taking as much 
 Care as if the Houfe n.vas to be bejieg'd! and ive not fafe 
 in the City ? Here is Liberty and !^.iet to every Bod) ; 
 and our Enemies the Florentine?, ntjith i<:hoin lue are at 
 War, are a great nvay off. If you fear Thie-ves, ive are 
 frong enough a'^ainli them ; if Enemies, njuhat can pro- 
 tect you in this Hiufe P For m\ Part, I Jhall not undertake 
 any fiich Labour, 1 am too njceak a Burfen, and not fit 
 for Burthens \ if you can do it your fe If , you mas, if not ^ 
 let it alone. Well, well, 'cis enough faid Agamemnon, 
 and {o went to Bed. 
 
 Well (faid Eurialus) P II fay here one hour longer, and 
 fie If any one lu ill open the Door. Achates was quite 
 
 tifd 
 
SS^ TZ^ History of ihe 
 
 . tk'd outwith attending, and curs'd Euria/us in his Mind, 
 for keeping him lb long out of his Bed. They had 
 not Iky'd long, but he difcover'd Lucretia through a 
 Crevice, carrying in her Hand a little Light; going 
 towards it, he calPd to her, my Luoetia, my Soul, 
 faid he; ihe at iirft frightened, was running away, but 
 recolle(fiing herlelf, fhe ask'd him who he was? I am 
 jo;^r EuriaJus, (faid he) open the Door ^ myPIcafurey fny 
 Pleafure, my Delight, I 'wait for thee here no<vj till 
 Midnight. Lucretia knew the Voice, but for fear of 
 being deceived, fhe diirll not open the Door, till he had 
 given the fecret Sign known only to themfelve?. After 
 this with abundance of Pains fhe remov'd the Bars and 
 Bolts, but there being many iron Chains, l^c. beyond 
 the Female Strength to remove, fhe cou'd not get it 
 above half a Foot Wide. Nor fhall this, faid he, hinder 
 my Entrance, fo throwing himfelfon his right Sidi, he 
 ■.made his Way in, and caught her in his Arms. Achates 
 ftay'd without in the Sentinel's Poll. Then Lucretia, 
 either out of Fear or Joy fell into a Swoon in Eurialus\ 
 Arms, her Eyes fhut, her Vifage grew pale, and per- 
 iedly like one dead, but that fhe had Heat, r.nd a Pulfe. 
 Eurialus being flruck with the fudden Misfortune, 
 knew not what to do in the Cafe ; if he went away, he 
 might be the Death of the La^ly ; if he flay'd, he might 
 fall into 'the Hands of /^gamemno7i, or fome other of 
 the Family, and fo perifh himfelf. But Honour and 
 Love prevailed with him to ilay with her, and take 
 care of her Recovery; vvher^-fore lifting her up, and 
 bending her forward, and killing her Cheeks, on which 
 his Tears flow'd, he call'd to her, My Lucretia, 'where 
 art thou F Where are thy Ears P l^^hy dojl thou not arif- 
 nver me ? Open thy Eyes, and look on me as thou art nvcnt 
 to do. I thy Eurialus am here embracijfy thee, my Soul ; 
 fpeak^ fpeaki ihy Life, m^ Lonie, my foy -Speaking 
 
 this and the like, he let fall a Shower of Tears on her 
 Face,; by which being rous'd, fhe came to herfeif, as 
 waking fiom a profound Sleep, and feeing her Lover 
 by herj Alas I my Eurialus (faid fhe) Where ha^ve I'been? 
 Why did. yon, not let me go' gently a'way ? I flpoiCd ha-oe 
 <^4tk^pi{^ . in your Arms, ah I may I fo ferijh before ydti 
 
Amours of Count SchVick, 357 
 
 Uave this City ! After fuch mutual pathetick Difcourfe, 
 they went to the Bed Chamber, where they pill fuch 
 a Night, as we believe that to be, that bewitched the 
 two Lovers, when Paris had born Helena away in his . 
 Trojan Siiips J nay the Night was fuch, that bo :h Par- 
 ties afTerted, that Mars and Fenus never had one of 
 greater Pleafure. Says Lucretiay you are my Gany* 
 7nede^ my Hippolitus, and my Diomede. You are to me^ 
 reply'd Eurialus^ Polyxena, j^mylia, and yenus herfelf. 
 Now he prais'd her Mouth, now her Eyes, and throw- 
 ing off the Slieet fometimes he furvey'd all the fecret 
 Charms he had not feen before. I find more (/aid he) 
 than I cou'd exped j fuch was Diana, feen in the Foun- 
 tain by Acleon. What can be more beautiful, what more 
 white than thefe Limbs ! Now I am overpaid for all 
 I have undergone ; and what indeed fhou'd one not un- 
 dergo to come to this Blifs ? Oh ! charming Bofom ? 
 Now Death wou'd be more cafy and welcome while yet 
 the Joy is frclh and unfaded, that no Calamity inter- 
 vene. My Soul, do I hold thee in my Arm;^, or do I 
 dream? Is this PJeaiure real, or is it a pleaiing Fit of 
 Madnefs, that leads me into fuch a vifionary Elizium? 
 It is no Dream \ it is no Kladnefs ! it is all Reality f 
 oh ! delicious Kiffes ! and charming Embraces ! no Man 
 is fo happy, none fo blell as I am. But oh ! the fwift 
 Hours! Why fly'll thou fo fail, invidious Night? Stay 
 PhcshiiSy in the Arms of Thetis^ and give me fuch a 
 Night, as you gave Jonje and Alctnena. Never knew 
 l^fp (hort a Night, tho' I have been in Britain and Dacia. 
 To this Purpofe fpoke Ewialus : nor was Lucretia filent, 
 or let either VVord or Kifs pals by unrewarded ; heftrain*d 
 her in a ihi£l Embrace, and flie him j Enjoyment leffen'd 
 not their Vigour. But as the Sons of the Earth rofe 
 more ftrong from their Fall, {o they from their Wounds 
 gath'er'd more Strength and Alacrity. 
 
 The Night being now fpent they parted at Break of 
 Day, nor cou'd they meet after many Days, everyone 
 redoubling their Guards. But Love overcame all Things, 
 and at lail found a Way for the Meeting of the Lovers, 
 which they were fure to make ufe of. In the mean 
 Time the Emperor, now reconCil'd to Vo^Engeniuf, 
 
 made 
 
358 Tfje History of fhY^ A 
 
 made fome Speed in his Departure for Rome. Lucrttitt 
 was fenfible of this, for what dots not Love difcover ? 
 Or who can deceive a Lover ? She therefore writes to 
 him this Letter. 
 
 LucretiaV Letter to Eurlalus. 
 
 * A^OuId my Soul ever be angry with you, this wou*d 
 V^ ' be the Time, that ail fhou'd conceal your De. 
 parture ; but my Spirit is fonder of you, than of thefe, 
 and no Caufe can provoke it againft you. Alas ! my 
 Heart! Why did you not tell me of the Emperor's 
 Departure ? He is preparing for his Journey, and I am 
 too fenfible, that you will not flay behind : Oh ! What 
 do you defign to do with me ? Oh ! Wretch, that I 
 am, what (hall I do? Where fliall I find Repofe ? If 
 you leave me, I will not live a Day. I beg you by 
 thisLetterall wet with my Tears, by your right Hand, 
 and your plighted Faith, if 1 have defer v'd any Thing 
 at your Hands, or any Thing that I have was ever 
 dear or pleafing to ycu, take Compaffion of a niifera- 
 ble Lover ! I defire you not to flay here, but ah .' take 
 me with you. I will pretend in the Evening to go 
 vifit the Chapel of Bethlehem, attended only by one 
 old Woman; let but two or three of your Servants be 
 there to receive me, there is no great DifRculty of the 
 Rape v/here the Party gives her Confent. Do not 
 think it unworthy of you, fince the Son q^ Priam 
 provided himfelf a Spoufe by a Rape. You will do 
 no Injury to my Husband, for he Ihall loofe me en- 
 tirely ; for if you deny me. Death fhall deprive him 
 of me. But be not you fo cruel, nor leave me behind 
 you, who have always preferr'd you to myfelf. 
 
 ^0 this Eurialus retunCd this Anfzver, 
 
 THAT I have thus long conceal'd my Depar- 
 * ture, my Lucretiay has been becaufe you . 
 fhould not give Way to Grief before there was a 
 Neceffity. I know your Temper, you are too apt 
 to give Way to Sorrow, and to vex ycurfelf on every 
 Occaiion., The Emperor is not going from hence. 
 
 1 
 
Amours of Count Schiick. 359' 
 
 never to Return to this City any more. It is our 
 dired Road into our Country. But if the Emperor 
 take fome other Road, you may depend on it, I 
 will return if I live. May the Powers above deny 
 me a Sight of my own Country, but make me fuch 
 an unhappy Wanderer as Vlyffes, if I do not come 
 hither again. Recover, therefore, yourfelf, my Soul, 
 and take new Courage; do not rack yourfelf with 
 fruitlefs Tortures, but rather live with Joy and Sa- 
 tisfadion. As for the Rape you propofe,—— there 
 can nothing be more defirable, and agreeable to 
 me, than to have you always with me, and enjoy 
 you at my Will and Liberty; but I ought rather to 
 confult your Honour, than my Pleafure. For that 
 Trull, which you have repos'd in me, demands of ' 
 me faithful Counfel, and juft to your Intereft. You 
 know that you are of great Quality yourfelf, and 
 marryM into an eminent Family. You have the Re- 
 putation of the moll beautifil and mcft chafle Lndy 
 in. Vienna', your Fame is not con6n'd to this City 
 or Ita^y, for it reaches the Germans ^ HurgarianSy B^- 
 hemians, and all the northern Nations. 
 * But fliou'd I commit a Rape on your Perfon, I 
 ■ take no Notice of my Difgrace ; that I cou'd eafily 
 
 * bear for your Sake. But what Ignominy wcu'd it 
 ' bring necelTarily on ydur Relation- ? What Agonies 
 ' wou'd you give your Mother ? What wou'd be faid 
 ' cf you ? What Noife wouM there be about you in 
 ' this City ? It wou'd be faid, Sce^ that Lucretia, zvho 
 ' was look'' d on as chajier than the Wife of Brutus, bet' 
 
 * ter than Penelope, follows her Gallant about, forget- 
 
 * ful of her Family^ Parents and Country ; this was 7iot 
 
 * Lucretia, but Hippia, or Meda:a folinoivg Jafon. 
 
 * Alas! I cannot exprefs the Grief I fee), when I 
 
 * refled that fuch a Thing Ihould be faid of thee. 
 
 * Our Amour is yet a Secret, nor is there any one 
 ' but praifes you ; but a Rape wou'd deftroy all ; nor 
 
 * had you ever fo much Praife as you wou'd then have 
 
 * Scandal and Curfes. But let us fet afide Reputation 
 
 * and Honour -, and what does not contribute to the 
 
 * Enjoyment 
 
360 The History of" the 
 
 * Enjoymentof our Love let us not value. I am the 
 
 * Emperor's Servant; 'twas he that made me a Man of 
 
 * Power and Riches, nor can I leave him without im- 
 ^'^< mediate Ruin; and fhou'd I forsake him, I cou'd 
 .^■* not have you with Decency^ If I follow the Court, 
 
 J* you wou'd have no Rell; we move our Camp every 
 ' * Day ; the Emperor never ftay'd fo long in one Place, 
 
 * as he has now in Sienna^ which was the Effedl of the 
 « Neceflity of the War. Wou'd it be honourable for 
 
 * either you, or me to carry you about in the Camp 
 
 * as a publick Woman ? I beg you, my dear Lucretia^ 
 
 * to lay afide all thefe wild Thoughts, and confult 
 
 * yourfelf more than your Paffion. Another Lover 
 
 * perhaps wou'd perfuade other Matters ; he wou'd 
 
 * urge you to a Flight, that he might abufe you as 
 
 * long as he cou'd without any Regard to Futurity, as 
 
 * long as he fatisfy'd his prefcnt Defire; but he is 
 
 * no true Lover, that confalts more his own Luft, 
 
 * than his Miftrefs's Reputation and Honour. For 
 
 * my Part, my Lucretin^ I give you fafe Advice. Stay 
 
 * where you are , nor, doubt of my Return. I 
 
 * will take care to get the Adminiftration of the Tufcnn 
 
 * Affairs into my Hands, and then I fliall take care 
 
 * tp enjoy your Charms without Prejudice to your Hap- 
 
 * pinefs. Farewel, live, love, nor think my PafTion 
 « lefs than yours, nor believe but that I leave this 
 
 * Place with the u moft Reludlance. Adieu again, 
 
 * my Delight, the Food of my Soul. 
 
 Lucretin was fatisfy'd with this, and promised to do 
 what he had defir'd. 
 
 In a few Days after, 'Euriahs went with the Empe- 
 ror to Rome', where he had not been long but he fell 
 fick of a Fever ; unhappy indeed, to have the addi- 
 tional Fire of a Fever, to that of Love. And when 
 Love had fufficiently weaken'd him, the Pains of a 
 Diftemper coming on, left Life but weak footing, 
 which indeed feem'd rather to be held by the Force 
 of the Phyfjcians Medicines, than really to abide in 
 him. The Emperor was with him every Day, and 
 took as much Care of him, as if he had been his Son, 
 
 ordering 
 
 an. ....^« .- 
 
 b'uow 
 
> _- p. ^. _ . . 
 
 A Nfoir R s of Count S'chlick, j6 1 
 
 ordering all the hiedklnal Art to be try'd for his Re- 
 covery ; to whicli nothing fo much contributed, as a 
 Letter from Lucretiiu by which he underllood, that, 
 flie was alive and well. This a little mitigated his 
 Fever, and gave him Force to get en his Legs again, 
 fo as to be prefent at the Emperor's Coronation , 
 where he was entei'd a Soldier, and receiv'd the gol- 
 den Spur. 
 
 After which when the Emperor went to Perujium^ 
 he flay'd at Rof?!e for the perfed Eflablifhment of his 
 Heahh. Whence he return'd loSien/ia, tho' yet weak 
 and very thin. But his Mi fortune was, that he ecu d 
 only fee, not fpeak to Lucre. ia. Many Letters paft 
 betwixt them, and her Flight was again the Subject of 
 their Debate. Eurialus ftay'd there three Days, but 
 finding all Approaches ftop'd up, he inform'd her of 
 his Departure. The Sweets of their Converfition had 
 not fo much Pleafure, as this parting gave them Pain. 
 Lucretia was plac'd in her Window, and Eurialus on 
 his Horfe in the Streets, each calling their Eyes full 
 of Tears on each other. The one wept, the other 
 wept, one common Grief rag'd in the Breaft of each, 
 feeling their very Hearts tore from their Seats by Vi- 
 olence. 
 
 Let him, that is ignorant of the Pangs of Death, 
 refleft on the Agonies of the parting Lovers ; tho' the 
 later is a Grief of greater Intenfeneis, and a more ex- 
 quifite Torture, In Death the Soul grieves to part with, 
 its belov'd Body ; but the Body when the Soul is fled, 
 fteiiher grieves nor feels Pain. But in the Separation 
 o^^lwo united Hearts encreafes, and continues in Pro- 
 portion to the Love of the United. A common Pale- 
 nefs ufurp'd both their Faces, and drove the Blood, to 
 fupply Spirits, to their Hearts j and had it not been, 
 that they wept and figh'd, they wouM have been taken 
 for dead. Who can write or exprefs the Pangs.of their 
 Minds, that has not been infeded a little with their 
 Madneis. When Protejilaus fet out foi: the War of Jircy, 
 Laodarn'm funk down on the Shore pale and lifelefs 5 
 and when flie had heard of her- Husband's Death, ihe 
 
 R ''• wou'd 
 
362 The Hi^*roRY of the 
 
 ffiou'd not furvive him. DUoy on the Departure of 
 JEneaSy kill'd herfelf ; nor wou'd ^ertia outlive the 
 Death of Brutus. Our Lueretia, as foon as ever E«- 
 rialus was gone out of fight, funk down on the Floor, 
 whence by her Servants remov'd to the Bed, (be lay 
 till Ihe came again to herfelf. Being now reviv'd, fhe 
 threw afide her rich Cloaths and Ornanients fr'om that 
 Time forv/ard, and never dreffed, or was ever heard 
 to fing or laugh ; nor couM any Pleafantry, Joy or 
 Diverfion ever ftir her up to Mirth 
 
 Continuing this Courfe of Melancholy, in a little 
 Time he fell ill ; and her Heart being abfent, in the 
 Midft of the Tears and Sorrows of her Mother, fhe 
 gave up the Ghoft. When EurlaJus was gone out of 
 Lucretiah Sight, he paft on his Journey without fpeak- 
 ing one Word to any of his Company ; his Mind being- 
 wholly taken up with Lueretia alone, and how he-^ 
 fhould compafs his Return to this Place, till he came 
 to the Emperor at Pdufiutn, whom he afterwards at- 
 tended to ¥irrara, Mantua, ^rent^ Cmjiance, BafiU and 
 laftly into Hungary and Bohemia. But as he foUow'd 
 C^far, fo did Lucrdia follow him wherevet he went, 
 awake, and in his fle^p,- no Night free from Cares on 
 her Account. And the true Lover hearing of her Death, 
 immediately put on Mourning, full of a real not a 
 formal Sorrow; nor could he admit of any Confola- 
 tioB, till at laft, the Emperor provided him with a 
 young. Virgin, of a noble Houfe for a Wife, as Emi- 
 nent for Chaftity as Beauty. 
 
 Thus, my dear Friend, M&riams, you- have the 
 Event of a Love, neither fiftitious nor happy, which- 
 thofe that read, fhiou'd turn to their own Advantage,'. 
 by making ufe of the Hazards of others for their own 
 Improvement ; and fo third not after the Draught of 
 Love, which has always more Aloes than Honey. 
 Farewel. 
 
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