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HE L O I S E: 
 
 O R, T H E 
 
 SIEGE OF RHODES. 
 
 A 
 
 LE.GENDJRT "TALE. 
 
 BY THE AUTHOR OF 
 
 y.ARIA: OR, THE GENEROUS RUSTIC. 
 
 SECOND EDITION, 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED, 
 
 HARRIET, 
 
 OR3 THE vicar's tale. 
 
 Fierce "Wars, and faithful Loves, {hall moralize my Song^ 
 Spencer's Proeme to the Fairy ^eeri', 
 
 IN TWO VOLUMES. 
 VOL. I. 
 
 I I I I II I W II B I ] I JIWPaiilUMUtmM — — W 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 For J. Forbes, C. Elliot and T.Kay, P.M*Queen=> 
 
 T. and J. Egerton, Shepperdson and 
 
 Reynold, C. Stalker ; C. RanNj 
 
 Oxford 5 Todd, York ; and 
 
 C, Elliot, Edinburgh. 
 
 M.DCC.LXXXVIl] 
 

 TO THE HONORABLE 
 
 Mrs. PFJRD, 
 
 ARE THESE VOLUMES 
 
 RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 
 
 BY 
 
 HER OBLIGED AND VERY 
 
 OBLDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
 
 THE AUTHOR 
 
ADVERTISEMENT 
 
 TO THE 
 
 SECOND EDITION. 
 
 The Author cannot fufFer 
 a Second Edition to appear, 
 without expreffing the grati- 
 tude he feels for the very 
 flattering marks of approba- 
 tion with which the Siege of 
 Rhodes has been honored bj 
 the Public. 
 
 Inner Temple^ 
 Jpril 2^ 1788. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 AnTHOUGH the candour with which 
 the Author'* s former atter/ipts have been re- 
 ceived^ hasfervedy injome degree^ to dijfi- 
 fate thcfe apprehenfans^ injep arable from 
 the breafi of him who prejumes to attract 
 the public attention > yet (he flatters him- 
 felf) it has by no jnsans Isjfened his 
 anxiety to pleafe. 
 
 me 
 
( ii ) 
 
 Some years having now elapjed Jince the 
 writing of the Generous Riiftic and the 
 Spanifh Memoirs*, he is well aware that 
 a more fnijhed performance than either of 
 them may nozv be expeHed, both thofe 
 works were the produElions of very early 
 years y and their errors are fuch as gene^ 
 rally mark the unchafiifed effuftons of a 
 young author. 
 
 As this is the laft time the author will 
 ever enpofe himfelf to criticifmy (in the 
 
 * Although acddent delayed, for a confiderable 
 time, the publication of this work, yet it was 
 Written (hortly after the Generous Ruftic. 
 
 chara5fer 
 
C Hi ) 
 
 sharaBer of a novelift) he has heen 'parti-- 
 cularly ajfiduous to merit a continuation of 
 that indulgence he has hitherto experU^ 
 m€ed. 
 
 ^he fenfelefs farrago that daily ijfues 
 from the prefs^ through the medium of 
 novels, has created in the minds of many 
 readers a prejudice againft this fpecies 
 if writing', poffibly, however y on en^ 
 quiryy the public may find in themfelves 
 the caufe of this evil. An ejlimate of the 
 literary tafie of any age^ can commonly lefi 
 le formed from the nature of thofe puhlica^ 
 tions with which it abounds, 
 
 "The 
 
( iv ) 
 
 ^be authors of fuperficial novels (how- 
 ever defervedly they may fail in their at- 
 tempts to reach the goal of Fame) arefure^ 
 amongft the fair inhabitants of every 
 country town in England^ to find a nu- 
 merous hoft of readers ; and from the libe- 
 ral fupport they never fail to afford au- 
 thors of this clafsy fome profit at leall is 
 fure to arife \ and that mufi; neceffarily be 
 confidered as the fummum boniim ofthofe 
 literary drudges^ who from the exalted 
 fituaticns to which their fortune confines 
 them^ fidower down voluminous memoirs of 
 cruel fathers, reformed rakes, and 
 conftant lovers j the nature and ten- 
 dency 
 
( V ) 
 
 dency of which zvcrks are to weaken 
 the judgment J and to excite in the 
 minds cf the fofter fex a dangerous 
 Jenf.bility, from which effe£fs the raofi 
 funefte have frequently arifen : precluded 
 as are many- readers of this defer iftion 
 from a general ohfervation cf men and 
 manners^ they naturally form their ideas 
 of both, from the reprefentations cf the 
 novelift yand thefe are too frequently unjuft. 
 ^The corfequences of thefe mifreprefentaticns 
 are often fatal to happinefs, and there is 
 little douhi that many an amiable woman 
 has embittered her days by adopting the 
 ideas y and ' by following the ' example of a 
 
 Lucinda, 
 
( vi ) 
 
 Lucindq^ cr a Leonora: fathers who have 
 cjjly wified to reftrain imprudence^ or pro^ 
 te^ unjufpe5fing innocence, have hen de- 
 Jertedy whilfi the arms of a libertine 
 have been chojen, as affording the propereft 
 ajfylum for one who fuffered under an ima- 
 ginary tyranny. On the other hand, the 
 mvelifi who inculcates the practice of vir- 
 tue, and whoje reprefentations of life are 
 faithful, may often effentially ferve the caufe 
 cf virtue, and promote the happinefs of the 
 many, who will receive infiru^ion through 
 no other vehicle-, a noveliji is often r^- 
 (eived, where the dignified remonftrances 
 cf a Sherlock, and the all eloquent com- 
 
 fofitign 
 
( vii ) 
 
 mfition of a White * would never find ad- 
 miffion. 
 
 It isy however^ by no means the au-- 
 thofs intention to arraign^ univerfally, 
 the tafie cf an age that has received^ 
 with unbounded af-plauje^ the writings of 
 a Richardfony a Fielding^ a Graves^ 
 a Mac lienziey a Burney^ a Reeve^ 
 mid a Lee, nor would there be any 
 impropriety in clofing this catalogue 
 with a name dignified by the prac-- 
 tice cf every human virtue i but the au- 
 
 * Of this gentleman It may juHly be faidj that 
 talents like his have feldom been allotted to 
 man. 
 
 thor 
 
( vili ) 
 
 thor of Rajfehs has left few who are 
 
 equal to the tafk which juflice requires 
 
 from the fanegyrifl c/ Johnfon : to thofe 
 
 whohaveperufedthe leaden volume * lately 
 
 * The Author underftanding that fome people 
 have confidered this pafTage as alluding to Mrs. 
 Piozzi, thinks it incumbent on him not to 
 neglecfl the opportunity afforded him by the ap- 
 pearance of a Second Edition, thus publicly to 
 teftifythe refpeft he entertains for that Lady, of 
 whofe talents he has a jujiy and confequenth 
 a high opinion ; and though her Memoirs of 
 Johnsons are by no means faultlefs, they are 
 neither fcandalous nor ftupid. 
 
 Thofe, who thus mifapplied the pa/fage in 
 queftion, have, it is plain, hitherto ejcaped the 
 perufal of that comprehenft^e libel publilhed un- 
 der the title of J.^;,^^^ Life, If the Author of 
 that performance e^ver poiTeiTed any portion of 
 candour it has yanifhed - like the bafelefs fabric 
 of a vifion, and left not a wreck behind.- 
 
 con- 
 
( ix ) 
 
 ,€onJecrated to his memory,^ the recolleElion 
 of the following line may 'poffiUy occur ^ 
 
 *' Fools will rujh in, where ^figels dare not tread. ^* 
 
 To fome perfons the heroic exertions of 
 "virtue y recorded in the following fageSy 
 may poffiMy appear unnatural 5 hut the 
 reader fhould remember that Heloife and 
 Montmorin lived in the age of chivalry, 
 which (however the enthufiafm it ivfpiredy 
 might fome tinae terminate in folly) was 
 always the friend of virtue. 
 
 To fuch as mayy on perufing this pre- 
 face he inclined to charge the author with 
 ^ arro- 
 
( X ) 
 
 ■arrogance^ he begs leave to ohjerve^ that 
 his remarks relate only to the tendency, 
 and are by no 77ieans extended to the execu- 
 tion of modern novels -y— -where the former 
 cftheje is reprehenfibky no mercy Jloould be 
 jhewn—the patron of vice^ is the de- 
 llroyer of ha^pnefs\ — but he v)ho fails 
 only in the latter, is furely entitled to feme 
 portion of indulgence. 
 
 How far the author of Heloife may 
 
 merit the protection he noiv folicitSy muji 
 he determined by the public ^ whofe aivard 
 be awaits ivith refpe^ful diffidence^ 
 
 Oxford, 
 Dec. 21, 1787^ 
 
C O N T E NTS 
 
 e F 
 
 VOLUME L 
 
 C H A P, L 
 
 Page i* 
 
 jBl Short account of the Family of' 
 Hugh de Montmorin, Heloife left ' 
 
 to the care of his Family hy her 
 Father, 
 
 I Chap. 
 
( ii ) 
 
 Chap* II, 
 Page g, 
 
 Montmorin receives a mejfage from 
 the King, Signifying his intentention of 
 viftting the Caflle^ in his tour through 
 the Province, He arrives. Falls in 
 love with Hcloife. '^he jealoufy it 
 cuafions in Montmorin, She feigns 
 in^Uf^oJition^ 
 
 Chap* 
 
C Hi ) 
 
 C HAP, IlL 
 
 Page 17^ 
 
 fhe King's ijjappintment at He- 
 feife no$ d'pparing. He conjults with 
 Frofltin, his favourite^ and agrees that 
 he Jhall feign a7i indijpfition to re-^ 
 main at the Cafile. ^he King de-^ 
 parts^ M,Gntmorin receives a letter 
 from him^ offering him the comfnand 
 of his troop, Corfults with Heloife. 
 ^he prfuadss him to accep it, 
 
 a 2 Chap* 
 
( iv ) 
 
 C H A P. IV. 
 
 Page a8. 
 
 Htloife/ets off for her Amt, dc- 
 compa7iied by Montmorin, who leaves 
 her there. He embarks for Rhodes. 
 'the King returns to the Cafile. Is 
 tnraged at not finding Heloife there^ 
 Sends orders to all the Jeaports to . 
 prevent her efcape^ 
 I. ^ ' 
 
 Chap. 
 
X ^1 
 
 € H A p. V^ 
 
 Page 36,. 
 
 The King catifes all the Convents- 
 to he Jearched^ under a •pretence of 
 looking for the daughter of D'AnnoiSo 
 Heloife is hy this means dif covered. She 
 refolves to fet off for Rhodes. 
 
 a j: C H^AP..- 
 
( vi ) 
 
 Chap. VL 
 Page 4S. 
 
 Heloife Jets off difguijed as a Min- 
 fir el for the nearefi Jeaport^ and there 
 embarks for Rhodes. Is driven hack. 
 Meets with D*Anois, who endeavours 
 to ferfuade her to accompany him to 
 the King. She not conjenting^ he in^ 
 fends to make her hy force. 
 
P A. G E 6l^. 
 
 Heloife <?^^i ^^r efc^pe,. Em-^ 
 harh on hard a veffel for Rhodes- 
 
 G H A Pa VIIX,. 
 Pag e 68* 
 
 Some acomt of the Siege of Rhodes* 
 a 4 Gh APa 
 
i via > 
 
 C H A P, IX« 
 
 Pace fta, 
 
 \/^ further continuance of the Siege^ 
 ••Montmorin taken prifoner. 
 
 Chap. X. 
 
 Page ^o, 
 
 Heloife arrives within fight of 
 Rhoaes. Is takenprifoner hy the 'Turks ^ 
 Their behaviour to her. 
 
 C H A Fo 
 
i 1% } 
 
 C H A P.. XL 
 
 Page ioi* 
 
 Monemorin fold for a Jlave, His^ 
 adventure with a ^urk in the garden^ 
 His ejcafe,. 
 
 C O N 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 O F 
 
 VOLUME ir. 
 
 C H A p. XIL 
 
 Page i, 
 
 HeLOISE lojes the ufe of hef 
 reajojh Is mfited by the Bailiaw, 
 Her converjation wtth him. He puis 
 
 her 
 
( xii ) 
 
 her en board of a vejel bound for 
 France,. 
 
 Chap. XHL 
 Page 12. 
 
 Heloife recovers the uje of her 
 reafon. She arrives in France. She en- 
 quires about Montmorin. Is informed 
 that he is dead, Refolves tofpend the pe- 
 mainder of her life in a Convent. 
 
 Chap. 
 
( xiti ) 
 
 Chap. XIY. 
 Page 20. 
 
 Montmorm ^^^^y^^j his journey. His 
 .adventure with the bandittis Is taken 
 hy the people^ who come in purfuit of 
 iihe banditti^ and Jent to prijon^ 
 
 C H A p. XV. 
 Page 31, 
 
 Montmorin is examined before a 
 Magiftrate. Is fentenced to die. He 
 efcapes from prifon with Selima, the 
 gaoler's daughter, ^heir adventure with 
 4in Hermit. 
 
 C H A P. 
 
Chap. XVIIL 
 Page 44, 
 
 "T^e Hermit's ^^rj. 
 
 € H A P. XIX, 
 
 • Page 52. 
 (Tbc Hermit's flory CGntlmied^ 
 
 C H A P. XX. 
 
 Page 61. 
 
 '■The Hermit's Jlory muinrnd. 
 
 Chap, 
 
C x^ ) 
 
 C H A p„ XXL 
 Page 71* 
 
 "^he Hermit's Jiory contmei^ 
 C H A P» XXIL 
 
 P A G E. 79. 
 
 ^he Hermit's j^(?rj concluded. 
 
 C H & P. XXIII. 
 Page ^2. 
 
 ^hey take leave of the Hermit, and 
 .£mharkfor Venice. 
 
 C H A Po XXIV. 
 
 P A G E 100, 
 
 '^hey are taken hy an Algerine corfair^ 
 
 and carried to Alters, Jre ranfomed, 
 
 'Ihey 
 
( xvi ) 
 
 They embark for Venice, where they 
 arrive in/afety. 
 
 Chap. XXV. 
 
 Page hi. 
 
 Selima meets with her Father, They 
 ^rocureh'vsranjon. His death, Selinta 
 4iud Montmorin embark for France, 
 
 Chap. XXVI. 
 Page 126. 
 
 The conclufion^ 
 
H E L O I S E: 
 
 OR. THE 
 
 SIEGE OF RHODES. 
 
 LEGENDARY TALE. 
 
 C H A P. L 
 
 T a time, when enthufiaim, re~ 
 religious and military, was at its 
 height, and, with united powers, pro- 
 moted the fpirit of Crujade^ Hugh 
 DE MoNTMORiN, alike infenfible to 
 B the 
 
( ^ ) 
 
 the allurements of martial glory, and 
 the thunders of die Vadcan, remained 
 tranquil within the limits of this pa- 
 ternal territory ; thus facrificing to the 
 dudes of domcftic life that ardent 
 paflion for military atchievement, to 
 which his youthful breaft was by no 
 means a flranger. 
 
 His mother, Laura de Montmo> 
 RiN (by tlue undmely death of her 
 hufband, who had fallen In fingle com- 
 bat with a neighbouring Baron) was left 
 furroimded by a numerous family, and 
 expofed to an encreafing hoil of for- 
 midable diflreiTes. tier caflle lay near 
 to that of the Baron^ who had deprived 
 
 her 
 
{ 3 ) 
 
 lier of her Lord ; nor did the refent- 
 ments of Vallance, fleep in the grave 
 
 of MONTMORIN. 
 
 In thofe days of femi-barbarifm, the 
 fword oi chivalry (which the inimitable 
 Don Quixote has for ever Iheathed) 
 was found a neceffary auxiliary to the 
 fword oijuftke -, and the monarch him- 
 felf, (becaufe unaided by the genius of 
 romance) frequently found that the in- 
 folence of ufurping vaiTals made his 
 Arone to totter. 
 
 X^AURA^s mind v^as well aware of 
 
 '.all the dangers infeparable from her 
 
 Situation., and to her intreaties v/as it 
 
 B a owins 
 
( 4 ) 
 
 owing that the young Baron made a 
 determination not to leave her defcnce- 
 lefs and unprote6led in fo perilous a 
 neighbourhood. His retirement there- 
 fore although ina^ive^ was by no means 
 inglorious. 
 
 In thofe unpolilhed times., a ilate of 
 rural elegant fociety, fuch as we enjoy, 
 was ahjolutely unknown j and neighbour- 
 ing Nobles had little inter courfe, but 
 merely fuch as mutual fafety required, 
 or as a defire to reflrain regal power 
 occafioned. 
 
 Thus circumflanced, Hugh dj: 
 MoNTMORiN could not feek thefweets 
 
 of 
 
( 5 ) 
 
 of focial intercourfe, beyond the limits 
 of his paternal caflle^ within which 
 narrow circle was a young woman^ 
 trained up under the kindeft protedion 
 of his family, daughter of a gentleman 
 who (having borne arms under the 
 father of the youthful Baron) fell in 
 the Plains of Palestine -, leaving his 
 only child to his patron's care. Of 
 this important truft the noble guardian 
 acquitted himfelf moft generoufly, 
 educating his lovely ward as his own 
 daughters were educated, and^ (by his 
 will) allotting her a portion equal to 
 that he bequeathed to each of his own 
 younger children. 
 
 He- 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 Heloise was now in her feventecnth 
 year, her figure elegant, her features 
 not corredly framed according to the 
 ftatuary's eftablifhed rules, but her 
 bewitching countenance was marked 
 with an exprefTion, interefting in thi 
 extreme. Two perfons of different fexes, 
 and of nearly the fame age, and V/'ho 
 vecejfarily pafs much of their time to- 
 gether, feldom continue lo?ig in a flate 
 ©f indifference with refped to each 
 other : it is with people as with plant Sy 
 moft of them have iecret qualities, 
 good and bad, which are difcovered, 
 «nly, by intimate acquaintance. 
 
 The 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 The friendfhip between Hugh de 
 MoNTMORiN, and his fair inmate^ had 
 naturally ripened into that pure love^ 
 which lies concealed at the bottom 
 of the heart i and^ for a time, is not 
 known even to ourfelves, A mutual 
 attachment could notj hov/ever^ re- 
 main for any length of time, a fecret 
 to either party, there being no dif- 
 guife which can long conceal love 
 where it is, or feign it %?here it is not: 
 in thofe days the forms of courtfhip 
 were, in general, tedious and difguft- 
 ingly ceremonious; but the iituation 
 of this happy pair fuperfeded every 
 thing of this nature , and an unequi- 
 B 4 vocal 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 vocal avowal of mutual love, foon took 
 place. MoNTMORiN, however, (ap- 
 prehenfive that a connection fo little 
 Iplendid might not meet the ideas of 
 of his family) determined on keeping 
 his attachment fecret for the prefent : 
 meanwhile he continued to enjoy the 
 delightful opportunities, afforded by 
 his circumftances, of breathing his 
 vows at the feet of Heloise, who (fu- 
 perior to artifice) attempted not to 
 conceal the pleafure fhe received from 
 his addreffes. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 C H A P, IL 
 
 ONTMORIN' had liHieito 
 experienced only the Jweets cf Love^ a 
 pafTion, which, the moment it ceafes 
 to hope or to fear, ceafes to exift i 
 Were we to judge of love by mofl of 
 its effedts, we fhoiild think it refembled 
 hatred more than kindnefs. To the 
 paffion of jealoufy the breaft of Mont- 
 MORiN had been hitherto a ilranger; 
 for although its birth is always coeval 
 with that of love, yet it never difcovers 
 
 itfelf. 
 
( lo ) 
 
 itfelf, until called forth by fome danger, 
 real or imaginary. 
 
 Whilft MoNTMORiN and his He- 
 LoisE were enjoying the pleafures 
 arifing from a virtuous and unreferved 
 attachment, he received a meflage 
 from his Sovereign, notifying his in- 
 tention to vifit the caflle of Mont- 
 MORiN, in his tour through the Pro- 
 vince. 
 
 The various preparations necefiary 
 OB fo important, and (in thofedays) un- 
 common an event, having entirely en- 
 groffed the attention of the Baron, the 
 idea of a royal rival had never prefented 
 
 itfelf 
 
( ^I ) 
 
 itfelf to his imagination. On the ap- 
 pointed day the monarch and his train 
 arrived^ The mother and fifters of 
 MoNTMORiN, with the too lovely 
 Heloise, were prefented to the So- 
 vereign, who received them, 7iot only 
 gracioufly, but with all the obliging 
 attentions to which they had fo jufl a 
 claim. 
 
 No fooner had the King obferved 
 the blufhing Heloise, than his whole 
 foul was abforbed in the idea of be- 
 ing poiTefled of her incortiparable 
 charms. Having (as haflily as he 
 could with propriety) partaken of the 
 fumptuous banquet prepared for him, 
 
 the 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 the love-fick Prince retired to his ap- 
 partment, where, as foon as he found 
 himfelf with no other attendance than 
 his confidential iervant, Frontin, to 
 him the important fecret was commu- 
 nicated. To this faithful domeftic he 
 gave it in charge, that he fhould en- 
 deavour to learn every particular re- 
 lating the fair obje6t of his wifhes. 
 Frontin burned with impatience to 
 merit his mafler*s thanks, and flew 
 from the royal prefence in quell of in- 
 telligence. MoNTMORiN aljo retired to 
 his aparment, but with fuch appre- 
 henfions of the monarch's fufceptibility, 
 as foon brought him out again, that he 
 might difclofe his grief to Heloise. 
 
 Uer 
 
C 13 ) 
 
 Her affeElionfor him was not founded en 
 the tottering bafis of wealth and amhition^ 
 and therefore he had as little reafon to 
 fear from the rivalry of a Prince as 
 from that of a peafant, fo far as her 
 conjiancy was concerned, And^ if her 
 vanity was a little flattered, (by the 
 conlequence which fo dazzhng a con- 
 queft might give her) yet her heart 
 was fincerely alarmed^ when fhe con- 
 jGdered the power of her new admirer : 
 to MoNTMORiN, therefore, fhe pro- 
 pofed the fcheme oiaffeEled indijpfition. 
 The plan was eagerly embraced by a 
 lover, on the rack of jealoufy, as what 
 could alone retrieve his own imprudent 
 conduct^ in having fufFered his Sove- 
 reign. 
 
( H ) 
 
 reign to contemplate the beciiities of 
 his naiftrefs. 
 
 Matters being thus concerted, he 
 returned to his chamber, where, throw- 
 ing himfelf on his couch, he in vain 
 endeavoured to procure repofe: fleep 
 was, for the greatefl part of the night, 
 baniflied fi-om his eyes, by the unde- 
 fcribable agitation of his mind; at 
 length, hov/ever, exhaufted nature funk 
 into apparent forgetfulnefs. 
 
 But the diflracfling idea of being 
 robbed of all that his foul held moft 
 dear, could not be driven from his 
 hrxagi nation 5 his dreams y therefore, 
 
 though. 
 
( IS ) 
 
 though varied in circumftantials^ yet 
 were moft painfully uniform as to their 
 
 Juhje5f, At one time they reprefented 
 the King, as hurrying Heloise from 
 his arms by force ; at another, Ihe 
 feemed to make faint refiftance, or 
 rather not to refifi at ally at length, the 
 appearance of Aurora relieved the 
 wretched fufFerer from diHrefies merely 
 
 . ideal. 
 
 When the Lord of the caftle rofe 
 
 ■ from his couch, he comforted himfelf 
 
 with refle6ling that the .;;zo/?.affli6ling 
 
 part of his dreaming diftrejfss could not 
 
 ■be realized, becaufe he could not fuf- 
 
 ^ped theconftancy of Heloise ; but 
 
 then 
 
( i6 ) 
 
 then he knew that Ihe might forcibly 
 be torn from him by the rude hand of 
 power : it was now, however, time to 
 cut fliort all refledtions, and to pre- 
 pare for the neceflary attendance on 
 the King, whofe repofe had been nearly 
 9.S much difturbed as that of his hoft. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
17 ) 
 
 C HAP. IIL 
 
 MoNTMORIN having received 
 a fummons to attend in the apart- 
 ment of his royal viiitor, haftened to 
 the levee— from whence he waited on 
 him to the great hall, where breakfaft 
 was prepared. Here the King's dif- 
 appointment but too plainly betrayed 
 itfelf in his looks, when on calling 
 his eyes eagerly around, he difcovered 
 the ab fence of Heloise, 
 
 C To 
 
( '!^ ) 
 To Lady Montmorin he expreiled. 
 himfelf much grieved at the va- 
 cancy in the beautiful circle; and be- 
 ing infornaed that her abfence was 
 caufed by illnefs, he exprefTed an-- 
 anxiety which gut the Baron's foul gn^ 
 the rack, 
 
 Breakfaft being, endec!,. the King 
 and his fuite, accompanied by Mont- 
 MORIN5. proceeded to take, the diver- 
 fion of hunting; and on their return. 
 to the caflle, many and anxious were- 
 the royal. enquiries after the health of 
 Heloise: which the monarch had 
 the fore mortification to learn was 
 fionfiderably worfe. 
 
 When . 
 
(■ '9 ) 
 When the hour of refl arrived^ and . 
 the King found himfelf agaiii alone 
 with Frontin^ he fatisfied his im« 
 patient longings after intelligence con-> 
 cerning the fair engrofTer of his affec- 
 tions; and happy was he to find that 
 her fituation was rather a dependant, 
 one^ which circumftance ferved to che- 
 riih his hopes of fuccefs ;-— and after, 
 revolving in his mind the moft prob- 
 able means of accomplilhinghis pro-- 
 jecSV^ he at length determined, that f^/ ' 
 the moment of their departure) Fron"- 
 TiN fliouJd feign himfelf violently ill^, 
 and, on this pretence, remain for fome. 
 days an inhabitant of the caille.. 
 
 C a- %h^: 
 
( ^o ) 
 The monarch flattered himfelf that 
 Frontin's prolonged flay might af- 
 ford a favourable opportunity of con- 
 veying to Heloise information of the 
 • brilliant conqueft flie had made. This 
 fcheme being finally agreed on, the con- 
 fident was difmiffed ;~on the next morn- 
 ing, (after acknowledging the hofpi- 
 talities of the caftle) the King pre- 
 pared to depart, when, juil as he was 
 crofling the draw-bridge, the precon- 
 certed indifpofition of Front in took 
 place; his fits were violent, and his 
 royal mafler, (with a well-feigned re- 
 gret) left him to the care of Lady 
 
 MONTMORIN* 
 
 The 
 
( 2i ) 
 
 The departure of a kingly viiitor 
 is the removal of a great incumbrance^ 
 even from the family of a fubject of 
 the firfi: rank ; but that riddance was, 
 comparatively,, trifling to Montmo- 
 RiN, who parted,^ at once^ with a, 
 rival and a royal guell. 
 
 With reipe<5l to the illnefs. of Fron- 
 ting the Baron had, however, his 
 doubts, which determined him to pre- 
 clude the fuppofed invalid from all in- 
 tercourfe in the caftle, except v/idi his 
 own confidential valet. In a remote^; 
 but ipacious apartment, therefore, he 
 entertained the Jujpe5fed Jfy^ who was 
 C 3 at^ 
 
•< 22 ) 
 
 attended by a fervant entirely devoted 
 to the Baron's intereft. 
 
 After a melancholy and ineffudlual 
 Jejour of three days, Frontin could 
 . difcover that be hhnjelf was watched ; 
 '2ivAx}i\2X therefore he could not render 
 any fervice to his employer; accord- 
 ingly, he rapidly recovered his former 
 health, and bid adieu to the fcene of 
 his voluntary confinement ; leaving the 
 :Caftle, pofTefTed of no one piece of in- 
 telligence, which he had not acquired 
 before the King's departure, excepting 
 only that the Baron and Heloise were 
 Juppofed to cherilli a reciprocal attach- 
 ment for each other, 
 
 Fron- 
 
\ 
 
 '( ^3 i 
 
 Frontin's leaving his ftatioH re- 
 ftored in a good meafure, to the breaft 
 of MoNTMORiN, its accuftomcd tran~ 
 quillit^; and feme weeks elapfed 
 'tindiftinguilhed by any remarkable 
 
 a 
 
 ^eventi 
 
 This calm., waSj however, ruffled 
 moil unexpedledly, by the arrival of a 
 courier with a letter frorri the King^, 
 couched in terms the moil: flattering, 
 and appointing Montmojiin to the 
 command of the troops which he was 
 on the point of fending to the relief of 
 •RhodeSo 
 
 The 
 
( 24 ) 
 
 The Baron was at no lofs to accotint 
 ibr this honorable (but moft unjeajonable). 
 exile \ fo chagrined was he by this inr 
 fidioiis offer, that, at the firft, he he- 
 fitated whether or not he llioiild ac- 
 cept it. Violent was the flruggle be- 
 tween love and lionour ; on the one 
 hand, the rifque of lofing Heloise ; 
 on the other, the idea of fhewing 
 himfelf unworthy of lier, by a daf- 
 tardly rcfufal of an honorable comr- 
 mand. 
 
 In this perplexity, to Heloise: he 
 applied for counfel. — She (with a he- 
 roifm not fo marvellous in her days, 
 as it would be in qvjs) determined his 
 
 choice 
 
(' 15 y 
 
 choice by faying, '^ if you go/' the 
 torch of love will light you in the 
 path of glory ; and I will, in your ab-? 
 fence, retire to the protedlion of my 
 aunt (Abbefs of the Paraclete). There 
 I will awaitj, with an anxiety which 
 words can but poorly exprefs, the return 
 of my beloved, from the field. Reft 
 aiTured (added Ihe) that my love for 
 your honour, it is, which alorie could 
 fupport me in the profpe6t of this tem- 
 porary feparation ; and that my attach- 
 ment to you- is much too deeply rooted 
 to be iliaken by the hand of power, 
 or the rude blaft of adverfity. She 
 clofedher couafelwith rem.arking, thai: 
 
( "-6 ) 
 
 '' ahjence lejfens a moderate paffionj but 
 feeds a great one^ like the wind which 
 extingiiiflies a taper, but kindles a 
 conflagration.'* 
 
 This ipeech had its due weight with 
 the wavering Baron, who notified to 
 the King his ready acceptance of the 
 appointment with which he was lio- 
 noured, and declared, that he waited 
 but for orders to embarks 
 
 To the advice of die heroical 
 Heloise her lover liftened the more 
 readily, becaufe the Baron de Val^ 
 LANCE was at that tii)fte imprifoned^ 
 
 on 
 
( 27 ) 
 
 on account of feme ouvert a6ls of 
 fedition. The elFeds of which would, 
 probably, for a long feafon, incapaci- 
 tate him from offering any violence to 
 the Houfe of Montmorik* 
 
 C H A p. 
 
( 23 > 
 
 Chap. IV. 
 
 JlNI O T many days were fuffered ta 
 elapfe before the generous FIeloise, 
 having procured a proper difguife, fet 
 off at midnight for the Paraclete^ 
 
 MoNTMORiN was her only com- 
 panion, and after a journey of fome- 
 what more than two days, they arrived 
 fafely at the wifhed for habitation of 
 her aunt. 
 
 At 
 
( ^9 ') 
 At the caflle, her departure occa- 
 fioned the utmod confiilion. Lady- 
 Mo ntmor in immediately fulpedling 
 the BaroR of having fecreted He- 
 LorsE ; at the fame time fhe was un- 
 able to account for fuch a fep, as tlie 
 King's partiality to her, was a fecret int-o 
 -which no one there had ever dived. 
 
 The Baron having fettled hi^ fair 
 fugitive under the care of the Abbefs, 
 haftened to embark for Rhodes. 
 Thither we Ihall leave him to purfue 
 ^his voyage, and turn our attention to th^ 
 King, v/ho delayed not an hour to avail 
 himfelf of the opportunity, afforded 
 i(as he fuppofed by his rival's abfence) 
 
C 30 ) 
 
 t4} pujh his favourite plan on to per^ 
 fe^iOfU 
 
 To the caille of Montmorin he 
 repaired without lols of time^ under 
 pretext of intimidating, by his pre- 
 fence, the turbulent vafTals of the fe- 
 ditious Vallan^ce; who,, on the im- 
 prifonment of their Lord had given 
 fome proofs of a tendency to in- 
 furredlion. 
 
 Inftantly after the King^s arrival at 
 the caftle, the royal vifitor repeated 
 his enquiries after Heloise. The 
 news 'of her flight enraged him to the 
 litmoft,- and caufed a moft paflionate 
 
 avowal. 
 
( 3^ ) 
 a¥owai of his attachment. The en-^ 
 raged Monarch refolved to ranfack 
 every corner of his dominion till he- 
 fhould difcover the place of her retreat.. 
 To the Lady. MoNTMORiN.he gave it: 
 in charge to tranfmiit to him minutely 
 and expeditiouily^, every intelligence: 
 ^ flie ihould be able to procure, concern- 
 ing the late elopement*. 
 
 From Paris,, whither he^ then re- 
 turned,, he fent the flrideil orders to.' 
 I ©very fea-port in his kingdom,., to> 
 prevent, (if poflible) tlae efcape of 
 Heloise, 
 
 Mean- 
 
( 32 ) 
 
 Meanwhile, flie wrote a letter to 
 L.ady MoNTMORiN, replete with af- 
 fe6tion and gratitude, and exprefling 
 the moft ardent good wifhes for the 
 profperity of the noble family, under 
 whafe patronage the helplefs orphan 
 had been bleffed with the tendereft at- 
 •tentions. She urged, that indifpenfahle 
 neceflity had caujedy and would, one 
 day, fully vindicate, the withdrawing 
 herfelf from Montmorin ; that fhe 
 was then fafe in the retirement of a 
 convent, where ihe propofed to remain 
 until a change of circumflances Ihould 
 render it prudent for her to appear, 
 once more, in the little circle of her 
 Tionoured friends. The ConfeiTor of 
 
 the 
 
( 33 ) 
 'die Paraclete Conveyed this packet hj 
 a peafant, who was prohibited to crittt 
 -the precindls of the caille, being or- 
 dered to repair thither in the. evenings 
 and to throw the letter over the moat. 
 
 Having executed his commiillons 
 the mefienof^r returned to his em~ 
 ipioyer; the packet that he carried^ fully 
 accounted to Lady Montmorin for 
 the King's outrageous behaviour on 
 hearing of the departure of Heloise, 
 'With his Majeily's palTion it feemed 
 probable, that ilie herfelf had long 
 been acquainted^,' and as his defigns 
 muil be confidered as 7wt honcurMei 
 -thet'efore to the virtuous education be- 
 D 'ilowed 
 
( 34 ) 
 
 flowed on the fair fugitive (independent 
 of any pre-engagement of afFedlions) 
 the Baronefs afcribed the prefent con- 
 dudb of Heloise. 
 
 The myfterious manner in which 
 this intellio-ence was conveyed, led 
 Lady Montmorin to fuppofe, that 
 her young friend was fecreted fome- 
 where in the neighbourhood of the 
 caflle ; and ferved totally to preclude 
 all ideas of her having taken lefuge in 
 fo diftant an afylum as the Paraclete. 
 
 The Baronefs (though in a degree 
 difinclined to her fon's intermarriage 
 •.with a perfon not diftinguiilicd by no- 
 bility 
 
. C 3S ) 
 4)ilit7 of birth) yet felt the utmoft ab- 
 horrence, at the idea of her amiable 
 ward's being forced into the toils of 
 royal fedu6tion, 
 
 , To the Kingj therefore^ flie did not 
 communicate the letter, or any part of 
 its intelligence. He had not, how- 
 ever, quitted her cafde, without fir ft 
 fecuring in his intereil a domciiic of 
 the family, from v/liom he received aD 
 accQunt of the purport of that packet. 
 
 D 2 c'h 
 
( 3S ) 
 
 Chap. V. 
 
 1 H E Monarch, whofe patience 
 had been nearly exhaufled by a feries 
 of fruitlefs refearches (made at every 
 port in France) began now to flatter 
 himfelf with fome hopes of fuccefs. 
 He prudently refolved to fcrutinize 
 narrowly the recefles of all the con- 
 vents in his territories, efpecially of 
 thofe that were adjacent to Mont- 
 
 MORIN, 
 
 Re« 
 
( 37 ) 
 Regard to decorum, however, in- 
 duced him to conceal under a Jpe clous 
 ^reienccy the true caufe of this general 
 and accurate enquiry. To this end, 
 the Baron D'Anois, (one of the Nobles 
 who had attended the King on his firft 
 vifit to Mont MORI N, and who there 
 confequently had become acquainted 
 with the perfon of Heloise) was di- 
 re 6led to fecrete his only daughter, a 
 rich heirefs, then in her thirteenth 
 3^ean 
 
 A folemn and formal application 
 
 was next made, for the royal per- 
 
 iniiTion to examine every convent 
 
 throughout the dominions of France, 
 
 D 3 under 
 
( 38 ) 
 
 iiixler pretence, that her great and in- 
 dependent wealth had rendered the fair 
 fubjedl of this fearch a prey to fome 
 avaricious procurefs in the caufe of 
 cloyftered devotion ; and that Ihe would 
 probably be kept immured in the 
 darkfome abode of fequellered piety, 
 until her aflumption of the veil fliould 
 have effeftualiy infured to the convent 
 the poffefiion of her eflate. 
 
 The plan was plaufible, and, as 
 fuch, it was put into pradlice : fUitious 
 intelligence cciTies whenfoever it is 
 wanted 3 accordingly news foon arrived, 
 that fcrved as a pretext to com.mence 
 die fearch, and it began not far 
 
 from 
 
( 39 ) 
 from the caflle whence Heloise had 
 efcaped. ^ 
 
 The conduclor of the fcrutiny car- 
 ried on his inveiligation through the 
 whole vicinage of Montmorin— in 
 vain had he fearched all the neigh- 
 bouring religious foundations, when. 
 the Paraclete was, by one of his con- 
 fidential attendants, pointed out as the 
 probable relidence of her for Vv^hom he- 
 really fought. 
 
 The uncommon veneration in which 
 this convent v/as held, rendered fome 
 (more than ordinary) formalities ex- 
 fedient^ if not necejfary^ in any attempt 
 
 to 
 
( 40 ) 
 to violate the fecrecy of its predn^ls, 
 Accordinglyj the Baron (having ex- 
 plained to the Abbefs the ofiev.fihle caufe 
 e>f his vifit, and prefented to lier the 
 King's letter, addrefled to, and coun- 
 terfigned by the Bifhop of the diocefc, 
 •fblicited her permilTion to fee every in- 
 habitant of the convent. 
 
 At the grate there appeared, there- 
 fore, unveiled^ all the members of the 
 houfe; that no one was fecreted, the 
 Lady Abbefs folemnly confirmed by 
 the requifite oath. The unconfcious 
 Heloise prefented her fair face, with- 
 mt nluBance^ becaiife, without JuJ- 
 pern. 
 
(41 ) 
 
 No fooner had the Baron defer ied 
 her, than he delivered to her a letter 
 from his mailer^ overflov/ing with pro- 
 fefiions of inviolable and ardent at~ 
 tachnient : fupplicating her to accept 
 his heart, and to complete his felicity^ 
 by accompanying his faithful D'Anois 
 to Paris, where it fhould be the un- 
 ceafing bufinefs of his life to make her 
 the hafpiefiy as fhe v/as the moft lovely:, 
 €)f her fex. 
 
 Heloise (after a ciirfory reading of 
 the letter) cooly and firmly replied;^ 
 that her birth rendered her by no means 
 a proper partner for a throne \ but fhe 
 iattered herfclf both it and her education 
 
 might 
 
( 4^^ ) 
 
 might have fcreened her from injalt ; 
 that in her opinion, " innocence was a 
 treajure infinitely too valuable to he har- 
 teredawayy in exchange for the countei'- 
 feit gaiety, and artificial hapfinejs of 
 fplendid ignominy" 
 
 The groveling mind of D'Anois 
 was little prepared for the reception of 
 fo dignified an anfwer to his dazzling 
 though dehafing propofal : but the foul 
 of one who embarks mfuch a hufinefs^ is 
 already fufficiently funk, to ufe any 
 expedient whatever that may promife 
 fuccefs. Accordingly, partly from 
 fear of incurring the royal difpleafure, 
 
 in 
 
( 43 ) 
 
 in cafe of failure, and partly, froi^ 
 the certain expedtation of lofing that 
 reward of his fervices which his 
 imagination had painted in glowing 
 colours—the Baron determined, that 
 force fhould afliU: his own, too feehk 
 'elociue'nce^ 
 
 Againil this premeditated outrage 
 the vigilance and magnanimity of the 
 Lady Abbefs provided efFedually.— - 
 Sh.Qfpiritly ohferved that Heloise had 
 on her, a double claim for protedion 5 
 and therefore, that without her own 
 conjent, ilie Ihould never leave diofe 
 walls, raifed for the facred purpofe of 
 
 afrording 
 
( 44 ) 
 
 affording an afiylum to perjecuted or to 
 dejerted innocence. 
 
 D'Anois entertained too delicate a 
 fenfe of the danger to which {in thoje 
 days) all perfons expofed themielves, 
 who provoked the complaints of 
 cloyllered focieties; to pnfh matters 
 on to extremity, he therefore was 
 conflrained to return, and relate to 
 his anxious employer the failure of 
 his plan. 
 
 The mind of Heloise was, mean- 
 while, torn v/ith inexpreflible dif- 
 quietudes. She dreaded, left her en- 
 raged and difappointed fuitor, armed 
 
 as 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 as he was with regal power;, might 
 be tempted to break down^ or to over^ 
 leap all the barriers with which re- 
 ligious reverence, and public opinionj 
 had defended the retreats of a con- 
 vent: or at the leajl, jfhe dreaded 
 the difmal confequences which might 
 enfue to her generous proteclrefs, in 
 cafe of her perfeverance in the noble 
 -line of condudi; fhe had hitherto pur- 
 ^.fued. Flight from the Paraclete, and 
 a participation of her lover's lot (what- 
 >-:ever that might be) prefented them- 
 felves to her diftrafted miind, as pre-^ 
 • ferable, on the whole, to any other 
 plan. In calamitous circumilances, 
 it is furely wifdom to catch comfort 
 
 where 
 
( 46 ) 
 
 where one can, and what JuMunary 
 comfort more defireable to her, than 
 the focicty of a protedor, fuch as 
 Mont M OR IN ? She therefore refolved 
 ?iot to liften to any fuggeftion of fear , 
 but to repair dire6tjy to the Ifle of 
 Rhodes. 
 
 This determination will probably 
 be, by fome perfons, condemned as 
 rafh in the extreme^ whilfl: others (and 
 thofe the beft judges) will afcribe the 
 condu6l of our heroine to that true 
 magnanimity v/hich (loops to no power, 
 and is fhaken by no adverfity j which, 
 by its own peculiar luftre, adorns and 
 heightens every otlaer virtue, and ren-- 
 
 deis 
 
( 47 ) 
 ders its dignified fubjedl little folic!- 
 tous about the decifion of judges who 
 confider men's adions as blank rhimes^ 
 to which every one may apply what 
 fenfe he pleafes, 
 
 A6luated neither by zvhim nor ca-- 
 price i nor even entirely by her ozvn at- 
 ■tachment^ but under the guidance of 
 genuine ^greatnefs of foul, fhe refolved 
 to leave a country, though her native 
 -one, which too probably could not 
 long afford to her hcnotir a fafe afy- 
 ium : v/ifdom and love confpired to 
 raife, and to fuflain her mind on this 
 arduous occafion, and to what exer- 
 tions is not humanity equal, when 
 ihus direded^ and thus fupported ? 
 
 Chap* 
 
( 48 ) 
 
 Chap. VI. 
 
 iT E L O I S E, her plan once 
 formed, delayed not for a moment 
 the execution of it. The porter of 
 the convent was foon bribed into her 
 intereft, and fhe took leave of her 
 cloyfter, immediately after mattins next 
 morning. For comipanion of her 
 flight, fhe had a guide whom the 
 door-keeper procured for her ; and they 
 direfted their fteps by the light of a 
 ■bright moon to a neighbouring vil- 
 lage. There the amiabk and accom^ 
 
 pii ihed 
 
( 49 ) 
 plillied fugitive afllimed the appearance 
 of a minftrelj for which difguife her 
 mufical talents well feed her* Equiped 
 in her new charader^ fhe purfued her- 
 journey to the next fea-port, and in a 
 few days found herfelf, for the firft 
 time, within fight of the ocean« 
 
 The feelings and the apprehenfions 
 of a young and delicate female, thus 
 circumflanced, will hardly admit of 
 an adequate defcription. 
 
 Umpire of her own fate^ and fove* 
 
 reign of her own a&ions, without the 
 
 aid of any Counfellort-— Of that pru- 
 
 iJence^ which is the refult of experience^ 
 
 E ilie 
 
( so ) 
 
 ilie could not poflefs a large flock; 
 but duty to herfelf, and pafTion for 
 her lover, confpired to point out her 
 path. The novelty of the fcene before 
 her excited admiration; whilft the idea, 
 that the widely extended abyfs, rolled 
 its countlefs waves between her and the 
 objed of her fondeft regard, tempted 
 her to defpair. 
 
 The die was, now cafl -, x\\tfirjl op- 
 portunity was therefore to be em- 
 braced, of committing herfelf to the 
 faithlefs element. A tranfport laden 
 with military ftores for Rhodes lay at 
 the quay, ready to flip her cables; 
 the guide was rewarded, and difmilTed; 
 
 her 
 
 J 
 
( 51 ) 
 her pafTage was agreed for, and (in a 
 few hours after her arrival at the fea- 
 fide) the magnanimous minftrel was 
 launched upon the deep. 
 
 For the firft day and night the wind 
 and weather were propitious j on the 
 fecond morning they both altered un- 
 favourably, and continued adverfely 
 tempeftuous for a week -, the fufftrings 
 of the lovely wanderer during this 
 dreary feafon of mental agitation, and 
 of extreme inconvenience, were fuch 
 as would irremediably have funk a Ipirit 
 lefs elevated and firm» Nothing con- 
 tributed more to the dillrefs of her 
 rnind^, on this occafion, than an ap~ 
 E 2 prc° 
 
( 52 ) 
 
 prehenfion that the winds and waves 
 might b^ found to fight againfl her^ hf 
 driving the^veflel back into a French 
 harbour. 
 
 Thele fears of Heloise, were, on 
 die ninth day of the voyage, fadly 
 realized ^ for,- whilft feated penfive on 
 the deck, and occupied, in ruminating 
 pn this fad reverfe of fortune (being 
 ipWf arrived at the Pier) fhc was 
 ^vyakened' from her reverie by die 
 chilling appearance of D'Anois: he, 
 pH; a fecond vifit to the Paraclete had, 
 ]by promiies of indemnity, arid an.im- 
 menfe bribe, learned from the porter 
 every particular relative .to the de- 
 
 jarturdy 
 
(S3 ) 
 
 parfurej difgui/e, and probable defiina^ 
 tion of the lovely wanderer. Her guide 
 was fent for to the Baron's quarters, 
 near the convent, where the frincifles 
 cf loyalty were found abfblutely ne- 
 ceiTary to be called forth, and their in- 
 fluence added to a confiderable reward, 
 before D'Anois could extra^^l from 
 liim the certain knowledge of every 
 minute circumilance of the embark*. 
 ation. This poor peafant had a mind 
 fuperior to his condition, and could at 
 lall be induced to reveal his employer's 
 fecret, only by an alTurance, (to which 
 ^egave credit) that a treafon of the 
 blackeft dye, againft the life of the 
 E J MO" 
 
( 54 ) 
 
 Monarch, was the charge on which the 
 fugitive was to be arrefted. 
 
 D'Anois, no longer in doubt as to 
 the meafures to be taken, purfued the 
 fteps of Heloise, determining to carry 
 on the chace, on the fea, as well as on 
 the land, in the moll expeditious 
 manner poflible. The contrary and 
 boillerous winds had detained him on 
 the rack, till the morning of die tianf- 
 port's putting backj great was his 
 joy when he beheld his plan advancing 
 fo fuccefsfully, on being toki by the 
 mafter of the vefTel, that a minflrel, 
 in every relpedl anfwering his defcrip- 
 tion, was at that moment upon deck. 
 
 Thither 
 
(55 ) 
 
 Thither he flew to fecure his prey : 
 the fight of him quite overpowered the 
 hitherto unfliaken mind of Heloise, 
 who (whilft yet in a fainting fit) was 
 hurried on fhore by her vigilant and 
 indefatigable purfuer. 
 
 D'Anois v/as the firfl objed that 
 prefented itfelf to her half opening 
 eyes ; — he now afTumed all the appear- 
 ances of foothing and fympathizing re» 
 gard : He fet before her^ what he called 
 the happinefs of her efcaping from the 
 completion of a plan, fo rajh, and fo 
 degrading^ and which would^ probably, 
 have proved difgujiing alfo to him Ihe 
 ought. He then proceeded to ridicule 
 L ^ her 
 
( 56 ) 
 
 her ideas of right and wrong, which 
 Ihe juilly confidered as in their nature 
 immutable , and afiured her, with many 
 eloquent prugSy that ladies were honored, 
 not difgraced, by granting favours to 
 Kings. He urged, that the higheil 
 rank, with fuitable opulence, now 
 awaited her; whilft, in cafe of ob- 
 ftinate refufal of the proffered hap- 
 pinefs, and enviable diflin6tions, Ihe 
 could not exped the enjoyment of 
 her liberty, for, that her Monarch 
 might be hurt by the avowed -pre* 
 Jerencc given by his Jiibje^ to his 
 
 To 
 
( 57 ) 
 
 To thefe arguments Heloise lii^-^ 
 tened with filent difdain — her foul was 
 calm and ferene ; fhe faid, that in form- 
 ing her plan, Ihe had fuffered much, 
 from perturbations, how beft to efcape 
 from titled infamy \ but that, to thofe 
 troubles y an happy calm had fucceeded> 
 which enabled her to judge of herpre- 
 fent perilous fituation ; and that for a 
 mind well principled, a prifon, unat- 
 tended by guilty had no fuch horrors as 
 thole, with which fhe unaffededly 
 thought of }h^ refidence of a King's 
 7niftrefs» 
 
 Heloise then refolutely demanded 
 her freedom — to this D'Anois replied, 
 
 that 
 
( 58 ) 
 
 that Hie who could command a great 
 Monarch had little reafon to regret 
 being reflrained from deflroying her 
 own happinefsi adding, that if ever 
 her royal lover fhoiild betray any in- 
 conftancyj or if, at any very remote 
 period of life, flie herfelf iliould wifh 
 to retire from the world, Ihe might 
 return to her beloved Paraclete ia 
 the exalted rank of Lady Ahhefs. 
 
 Heloise, incenfed to the utmoil, at 
 his laft outrageous infult, replied with 
 indignation, " Think not, that after 
 I fhould have once forfaken the paths 
 of Virtue, I could exped fupport, 
 (under my weight of woe) from any 
 
 elevation^ 
 
C S9 ) 
 elevation that is only advantageous to 
 thofe who have not bartered away prin- 
 ciple in exchange for any othdr good; 
 and you may be afllired, that your bafe 
 bufinefs is not the nearer to a iliccefs- 
 ful illue, becaufe you have obtained 
 the cuflody of my perfon:— nay mind is 
 flill free, and will continue fo , and 
 my affedions will never, can never^ 
 fubmit to the ^ower of that delpicable 
 delpct who difgraces by thus employ- 
 ing you. Defiil therefore from attempt- 
 ing to execute v/hat your heart mufl 
 condemn; bluili at what you have done, 
 for where tbere is Jhame^ there may be 
 lirtus. 
 
 The 
 
( Co ) 
 
 The diflieartened D'Anois, full of 
 perplexity, and half afliamcd of his 
 embaffy, retired from Heloise, hav- 
 fiift carefully fecured her door. After 
 the abfence of a few hours this unfuc- 
 cefsful pleader returned to his charge, 
 and informed her that, on the follow- 
 ing morning, he Ihould conduct her 
 to Paris. He then prefTed her to 
 accept of fome refrelhments, of which 
 flie partook fparingly and filently.. 
 This done, he took his leave, with 
 expreflions of much politenefs, and 
 with fentiments of more real re- 
 fped than he had ever before enter- 
 tained for any female whatever. 
 
 Chap. 
 
( 6i ) 
 
 Chap. YIL 
 
 H E L O I S E had not fpent her fo- 
 
 litaiiy time that day, .merely us an hop- 
 lejs frifoner in the Bafiille^ in revolving 
 the adventures of her life, and in think- 
 ing what might hereafter be the fequel 
 of her tragic ftory; but fhe devoted 
 part of her attention to a ftridl ex- 
 amination of the fituation.and ftrength 
 of her priforL She foon perceived 
 that the upright iron bars of the win- 
 dows in the bedchamber were inferted- 
 : in frames lefs ftrong than thofe of the 
 
( 62 ) 
 
 outer room ; and that with the help 
 of a knife, one of them might eafily 
 be removed from its decayed focket. 
 
 Thefe ufeful obfervations were made 
 before flie had partaken of her iparing 
 jepaft, and no fooner had her def- 
 picable jailor wifhed her a night of 
 undiilurbed repofe, than fhe proceeded 
 to avail heifelf of the difcovejy fhe 
 had made refpe6ling the windows. 
 
 As foon as Ihe had cffedled the re- 
 moval of the window-bar, fhe was 
 able, by looking commodioufly out 
 of the cafement, to explore the fitua- 
 tion of her place of confinement. She 
 
 had 
 
( 63 ) 
 
 had now the fatisfadion to find, that 
 as her prifon-houfe was built on the 
 very rampart, if Ihe could, by any 
 means, defcend from her window, and 
 reach the ground unhurt ^ Ihe might 
 pofTibly efFed an efcape : this plan flie 
 accordingly accomphihed by mxeans of 
 D'Anois fafh, which he had left ia 
 the roomo 
 
 Heloise having accuftomed herfelf 
 to fmaller dangers, had increafed her 
 Intrepidity, and fitted her mind for 
 meeting greater ones : ignorant of the 
 country where Ihe now found herfelf— 
 at a lofs whither to fly— -guided by the 
 roaring of the billowsy ihe diredled her 
 
 fteps 
 
( 64 ) 
 
 fteps to the beach. There the amiable 
 wanderer encountered a perfon, wlio, 
 in the event proved, the mafter of a 
 veflel then in the ofEng, which waited 
 but his prefence to flip her cable. To 
 his enquiries, refpeding her deilination, 
 - and the caufe of her prefent nodurnal 
 ramble, Heloise made anfwer, that 
 *M"iaving arrived too late to procure 
 admiflion into the town, flie had been 
 conftiained to await, unhoufed, tlie 
 approach of day, when ihe hoped to 
 procure a palTage for Rhodes, whi- 
 ther fhe was bound* 
 
 The great eflimatlon in which the 
 minftrels of thofe times were held by 
 
 all 
 
C '«5 ) 
 ail ranks, the idea that their charafter^ 
 ^were, infomefort, facrei the eleganC 
 entertainment their company never 
 failed to afford;, in an age not abound- 
 ing with elegance of any fort^ induced 
 the mailer to make offer of a place in 
 liis veffel to the fiditious bard^ ^whe 
 j oy fully embracing h defir able an op- 
 portunity of eluding the refearches of 
 her purfuers^ once more committed 
 ■herfelf to the faithlefs element. A few 
 'hours wafted her from the Ihores of 
 France, and a favourable gale ferved 
 .gradually to diffipaU her apprehenftons i 
 whilft D'Anois (on difcovering the 
 ^ight of Heloise) became quite def*- 
 ,perate j and^ dreading the refentment 
 F of 
 
t 66 ) 
 
 of his difappointed employer, he raflily 
 terminated, by his own hand, a life, 
 devoted to the equally cruel and igno- 
 minious purfuits of fedu6tion ; a con- 
 dud for which he could not even urge 
 the flimfy extenuation of an ungoverned 
 paflion o{ his own. The King, mean- 
 v/hile, confoled himfelf for the lofs of 
 Heloise, bythefocicty of D'Anois' 
 crphan daughter y whofe unprotected 
 condition rendered her an eafy vi6lim 
 to tlie royal defigns. 
 
 It nearly concerns all who lay fnares 
 for female innocence, to confider, that 
 the time may come, when (at the ex- 
 pence of their own iieareft and deareft 
 
 con« 
 
( 67 ) 
 
 connections) the law of retaliation may 
 be put in execution againfl: themfelves; 
 and however the vanity that injpresy may 
 varnijh over the cruel adl of fedudion, 
 yet, in the unavoidable moments of 
 refiedtion it will appear in its true 
 colours, and as the certain fore- runner 
 of events equally fatal to individuals^ ■ 
 and to fociety at iarge^ 
 
 Fa ChaPo 
 
(' 68 ) 
 
 Chap. VIII. 
 
 JN O one would be more unhappy 
 than a perfon who had never known ad- 
 verfity, which, whoever bears ^r^^^/)', 
 (in fonae fort) may be faid to dejerve 
 profperity, 
 
 Heloise was fupported, by conMer- 
 ing, that each wave wafted her nearer 
 -to her gallant lover ^ while he was em- 
 ployed in reaping laurels, on the fliore 
 of Rhodes, at the memorable fiege of 
 a city, reckoned one of .the feven 
 
 •-won- 
 
( % ) 
 
 wonders of the world ; and which had^ 
 -two hundred years before that time^ 
 been refcued out of the pofleffion of the 
 Saracens^ by the Knights of Jeru« 
 
 •SALEM« 
 
 MoNTMORiN fliared largely in the 
 applaufe bellowed on the glorious ex- 
 ertions of pubhc fpirit^ and the nearly 
 unequalled proofs of perfonal prowefsg 
 which confpired to give deathlefs fame 
 to the defenders of Rhodes* . 
 
 . No fooner was the projedled fiege 
 of this city publickly loiown, thaa 
 Europe beheld the flower of her no- 
 bility^ crowding with enthufiafm, ta 
 F 3 piu-- 
 
( 70 ) 
 
 purchafe military glory under the ranv- 
 parts of Rhodes, whofe relief was 
 helped forward by the various jarring 
 interefls of European Princes ; for it 
 is a juft obfervaticn, that turbulent 
 bufy Ipirits are more eafily evaprated 
 than confined » 
 
 A potent Ariftocracy at home had 
 at that period confiderably weakened 
 each Monarch in Europe > therefore all 
 Monarch? faw, that it was their common 
 intereft, and each one felt it to be his 
 own particular interell, to cut out 
 dijlant work for formidable Barons, Thefe 
 petty tyrants were in moft cafes found 
 as cfpeffiue to the lower orders, as 
 
 dan* 
 
( 71 ) 
 
 dangerous to their Sovereigns, againft 
 whofe power they inveighed with a 
 Mtternefsy generally proportioned to the 
 dejpotijm they thennfelves pradifed on 
 their own dependents. 
 
 To the genius of Crujade^ therefore^ 
 were the Sovereigns of Europe much 
 indebted for their deliverance from the 
 encroachment of powerful fubje6ls, 
 who thought " they had a right to as 
 much liberty as they could get'' 
 
 The reigning Grand-mailer, D'Au» 
 
 BussoN, provided with celerity, for a 
 
 vigorous defence % accordingly the in- 
 
 fidel army^ on its firft appearance off 
 
 F 4 this 
 
( 72 ) 
 
 this ifland found a eity prepared to 
 refill the attacks of a more formidable 
 foe. In aid of thefe exertions were to 
 be reckoned the gallant enthufiafm of 
 the times ; and laftly, papal indulgences 
 granted (with a lavifli hand by Sixtus 
 the Fourth, at the inflance of Lewis 
 the Eleventh of France) to all who 
 fhould coninhwtt pecuniary .cjjijl an ce to 
 the Knights of Rhodes^ whofe coffers 
 (exhaufted by perpetual and unprofit- 
 able wars) were thus fpeedily and 
 amply repleniftied. 
 
 It was in the end of April that the 
 Turkifh fleet was defcried in the Off- 
 ing, Handing in for the fliorc : a heavy 
 
 can.' 
 
 1 
 
C 73 ) 
 canonade foon commenced, . which was 
 brifkly returned by the citadel^ and 
 from ths ramparts of Rhodes : after 
 fuftaining a long a<5lion:^ the enemy^, 
 though with very great difficulty, ef- 
 fe6led a landing, both of cavalry and 
 infantry ; and thefe troops fpeedily in- 
 trenched themfelves on the hill of Saint 
 Stephen, on which their batteries 
 were no fooner mounted, and well 
 appointed, than the city was fummoned 
 to furrender. But prcmifes. Sind threats- 
 proving alike inelfedual, the horie 
 made a fally from' their intrenchmentSj, 
 and came up to the very gates. Of 
 this exeurfion, they had, however, fpon, 
 caufe to repent s for Montmorin, at 
 
( 74 ) 
 
 the head of afquadron of light cavalry, 
 making 2^ JorteCy routed and purfued 
 them to the very ditch of their camp. 
 Among the flain on this occafion was 
 found the notorious renegado Deme- 
 trius, who fell, not by the fword of 
 the purfuers, but by the accident of 
 his horfe Humbling in fight, and his 
 own troops riding over him. 
 
 MoNTMORiN returned unhurt him-- 
 felf, and with a very inconfiderablc 
 lofs of his men, fave only the death 
 of a gallant Knight, named Murat, 
 a cadet of the illuftrious houfe of Le 
 Tours. 
 
 The 
 
C 75 ) . 
 
 ' The befiegers, wearied with re- 
 peated and indecifive fkirmifhes, em- 
 ployed a German engineer (who had 
 been long in their fervice) to recon* 
 noitre^ and to advife how befl to dired 
 the whole fire of their artillery. This 
 tafk was foon accomplifhed, and the 
 Baihaw Paleologue pointed his bat- 
 teries (by the renegado's advice) againft 
 the tower of St. Nicolas. The Turldlh 
 GeneralifTimo was at the fame time, 
 flattered by aflurances, that under his 
 gufpices, an attack/^ condu5fedy would 
 foon diiplay the crefcnt on the battle- 
 tlements of Rhodes, 
 
 The 
 
( 76 ) 
 
 The Grand-mafter, with a vigilance 
 equal to his valour^ ufed every effort 
 to drive the Turks from their guns^ 
 and to difmantle their fortifications ; 
 and although he was not quite fuccefsful 
 in his endeavours, yet he foon con- 
 vinced the affailants that they had been 
 led, to form expectations, much too 
 fanguine, as to the event of their en- 
 gineer's plan. 
 
 Of the flrength of one tower in par- 
 ticular, experience convinced them, 
 they had thought by far too meanly* 
 A council of war was then held, the 
 refult of which was a determination to 
 fend this fame engineer as a Ipy into 
 
 the 
 
C 77 ) 
 the town, to form an accurate opinion 
 concerning the feveral bailions. 
 
 The faithlefs German readily agreed 
 to adt his part, and accordingly pre- 
 fented himfelf before the ramparts in 
 Z pofture fuited to his pretenceso 
 MoNTMORiN happened to be the firft 
 officer who obferved him^ and he af- 
 forded protedion to the deferterj but 
 it was with a hand ^^^ extended, and 
 J?^^ drawn .back. 
 
 To the Grand-mailer -the cautious 
 ^Baron inflantly conveyed this fulpefted 
 ^convert. D'Aubusson was then fit- 
 ting in council with his principal com- 
 
 -jnanders^ 
 
( 78 ) 
 
 rnanders ; to them the German pro* 
 fefled the deepeft compundion for 
 the part he had taken againil the 
 Chriflians, moft humbly fuing for re- 
 admiflion into the bofom of the church, 
 and for fome military employment, 
 whofe labours and perils might bring 
 his fincerity Ipeedily to the trial. 
 
 The religious part of his petition 
 was immediately granted -, but he was 
 flriclly watched, becauie greatly fuf- 
 peded. On his examination he en- 
 deavoured to inipire the Knights with 
 high ideas of the force, appointment s^, 
 and determined rejolution of the enemy. 
 Thefe artifices being i^^^ through,, 
 
 could 
 
C 79 ) 
 
 could not fail to operate againfl his 
 employers ; and that day's council of 
 war rofe with a fpirit of increafed re- 
 folution : Death or ViEiory were the 
 only alternatives with its deternnined 
 members* 
 
 After little more than a week, the 
 German was deteded in conveying 
 intelligence to the Turks, by means 
 of a letter tied to an arrow ^ and he 
 aext day received the reward of his 
 villainy, from the hand of his exe- 
 cutioner. 
 
 With an almoft incelTant firing from, 
 the batteries^ the befiegers laboured 
 
 to 
 
( 80 ) 
 
 to efFed a breach, which defign they 
 accomplifhed on the ninth of June. 
 Their fury was inftantly dire6ted to the 
 tower of St. Nicholas ^ its Ihattered 
 condition encouraging them to hope 
 that it would become an eafy prey": 
 but there they were again difap- 
 pointed ; for this poftwas/o danger- 
 ous and Jo important, that it had at- 
 traded the attention, and infured the 
 perfonal fervice of the moft experien- 
 ced, and moft valiant commanders 
 of the order. 
 
 The command of the chofen band, 
 which occupied this tower, was Hiared 
 ■between the grand- mailer and two 
 
 Others, 
 
( Si ) 
 
 Others^ of moil diflinguiflied emi« 
 nence; his brother, the Vifcount 
 D'AuBussoNj and the Baron Mont- 
 
 MORIN. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
{ 82 ) 
 
 G H A p. IX. 
 
 J. HE ^urksy although the fur- 
 rounding atmofphere feemed kindled 
 into a conflagration, in a frenzy of 
 contagious courage, fci meter in hand, 
 fix and afcend their ladders, as if to- 
 tally infenfible of the unremitting fire 
 direfted at them from all parts. 
 
 Probably the fury, and the perfeve- 
 rance, which on that occafion united 
 in the aflailants, would have proved too 
 
 hard 
 
( 83 ) 
 
 hard for any defenders but the Knights 
 of Jerusalem, 
 
 M0NTMORIN5 who had early recom- 
 mended himfelf to the favour of the 
 grand-mafler, by fighting at his fide^ 
 on this, as on every other occafion, 
 dii^layed the mod intrepid valour, 
 Caretti^ one of the Commanders be- 
 longing to the order, {landing clofe to 
 them when D*Aubusson loft his hel- 
 met^ refpedfuUy intreated him to re- 
 tire I he v/as anlwered, ^^ ^his is the 
 poft of honor, here^ dud. m where elfe ^ 
 therefore, Ihould your Grand-mafter be 
 feen. If I fall, you have much mor€ 
 to hope, than I to fean" 
 
 G 2 The 
 
( 84 ) 
 
 The eye^ and the example of fuch a 
 leader, could not fail to. raife fuch 
 troops above the ordinary flandard of 
 military exertion. Towards the clofe 
 of the a6tion, the gallant heroes found 
 thennfelves furrounded with a fort of 
 rampart, raifed by their own valour, 
 and compofed of the bodies of the 
 fiain. 
 
 The afiliilants now rendered quite 
 defperate by the obflinate refiftance of 
 the Knights, endeavoured, by means 
 of ftrong iron hooks, fixed to very large 
 cables, to pill thofe heroes down f rem 
 she battlements^ that they might {laughter 
 them in the trenches. 
 
 The 
 
( 8s ) 
 
 TKe grand-mafter himfelf was feized 
 on by one of thefe hooks^ and was 
 dragged to the hrow of the frecipce^ 
 when his faithful Montmorin fevered 
 the cable with one ftroke of his battle 
 axe 3 then, with a well aimed arrow, 
 he transfixed the breail of the Turk 
 who held the rope. 
 
 His bravery and condud on this oc- 
 cafion ferved to raife him ftill higher 
 in the eileem of the Knights, and in 
 the friendfnip of the illuftrious hero, 
 whofe life he had faved, and from 
 whom (on condition of his afiuming 
 the habit of the order) he received the 
 offet of a flation at once elevated and 
 G 1 lucra- 
 
( «6 ) 
 
 lucrative. But here, the tender re- 
 membrance of the beloved Heloise 
 interpofed, and effedually precluded 
 his acceptance of any advantage or 
 dignity cornered with celibacy. 
 
 On the twenty-fixth day of July, 
 the infidels, who had now loft a very 
 confiderable portion of their army, be- 
 gan and kept up a heavy fire againft 
 the Jews' quarter of the town : this at- 
 tack continued with unremitting fury 
 for twenty- four hours ; at the expira- 
 tion of that time a breach was made, 
 at which, however, die impetuous af- 
 fliilants were not fuffered to enter. 
 At this critical jun6lure the Grand- 
 mailer 
 
( 87 ) 
 
 mafter haftened to difplay the ftandard 
 of the crofs, an expedient to whicli 
 recourfe was never had but in cafes of 
 the extremeft neceffity. 
 
 The befiegedj re-animated at this: 
 fight, returned to the charge with' 
 double ardour i they had, however, fooa 
 the mortification to behold the Turks 
 become mafter s of the breach. The 
 Balhaw, who had before this, laid a 
 plan for poifoning the Grand-mafter, 
 now fet an immenfe price on his head 5 
 accordingly, twelve JanilTaries under- 
 took to cut their way to D'Aubusson-^ 
 and they efFeded their defperate en« 
 terprize. . 
 
 G 4 This 
 
( 88 ) 
 
 This gallant leader, of the uncon- 
 quered Knights, received from them 
 fiye wounds at once, and for near a 
 minute, he was unafTiiled by his brave 
 comrades; but his brother the Vif- 
 count, happily at the moment of the 
 exigency, reinforcing that part of the 
 garrifon, cut the Janifliiries to pieces, 
 and feized their holy ftandard, which 
 had been planted in the breach. 
 
 This revolution in their affairs being 
 obferved by the befiegers, they fled in 
 wild difmay, Montmorin obferving 
 their flight (and being animated with 
 an ardourj which the long continuance 
 of the battle had cncreajed^ rather than 
 
 abated) 
 
( §9 ) 
 
 abated) was foremofl in the pirjuit^ 
 and followed the fugitives rafhly, un- 
 til (being furrounded by the retreat- 
 ing foe) he was taken prifoner, and 
 carried on board the Turkjfli gallics. 
 
 C H A ?. 
 
C 90 ) 
 
 Chap. X. 
 
 Jrl ELOISE, after a tolerable paf- 
 fage, had arrived within fight of 
 Rhodes : on beholding, with longing 
 eyes, the wiihed-for fhore, Ihe flat- 
 tered herfelf, that all her troubles were 
 now fpeedily to ceafe. The incon- 
 veniences of her voyage had neither 
 been few norjligbt ; and a very ferioiis 
 and perplexing diftreis had arifen to 
 her in the courfe of it. An unfor- 
 tunate difcovery of her fex gave rife to 
 tliis— the diiEculties refulting from 
 
 which 
 
( 91 > 
 
 which unlucky accident were of a na- 
 ture fo embarraffingj as to require all 
 her quicknefs^ and all her firmnejs of 
 mind to furnnount them. In return to 
 repeated and palTionate offers of mar- 
 riage, Heloise had the addrefs to 
 make fuch equivocal returns, as left 
 the Captain little reafon tofuppofe that 
 his happinefs waited for any thing but 
 the benedidion of the church, which 
 could not be procured before their ar- 
 rival at port. To her importunate 
 lover the fair fugitive had affigned her 
 attachment to a favorite brother, as the 
 caufe of her difguife, and of her ex- 
 pedition. She reprefented her family 
 at home^ as haraHed by a powerful 
 
 neighbour 
 
( 9^ ) 
 
 neighbour, who availed himfelf of her 
 brother *s abfence; and that Ihe had 
 taken this, feemingly delperate, refo- 
 lution with a view of inftantly recall- 
 ing him from the purfiiit of fame at 
 Rhodes, to the protedlion of hiis wi- 
 dow-mother, and defencelefs brphaa 
 fillers at home. 
 
 The enamoured Captain (whilll in- 
 dulging himfelf in reveries on his ap- 
 proaching blifs) was rouled to atten- 
 tion by the fight of a Turkilli galley 
 bearing down upon him. The adlion 
 foon commenced on the part of the 
 Turks-, and after an unequal conteft 
 
 of 
 
( n ) 
 
 of not many minutes, the French fhip 
 was conftrained to ftrike her colour s. 
 
 The vi6lors having manned the 
 TeiTel from their own crew, conduced 
 her in triumph to the Ihore^ where 
 their fleet lay at anchor^ 
 
 Heloise (who immediately on the 
 
 ^difcovery of her fex) had. affumed her 
 
 .proper habit, was, without delay, conr 
 
 veyed to the galley of Paleologue^ 
 
 ithere to await his pieafure. She now 
 
 abandoned herfelf, for the firfl time, 
 
 to the moil poignant grief. Her mind 
 
 foftened by the contemplation of ex- 
 
 jeded felicity) was doubly fenfible of 
 
 the 
 
( 94 ) 
 
 the cruel ftroke that diflblved the 
 vifionary charm. Seated at the win- 
 dow of her cabbin, Ihe now, with 
 indefcribable anguifh, defcried the walls 
 of Rhodes, and her terrors infinuated, 
 that every Jhot the enemy fired^ might 
 deprive Montmorin of life. 
 
 A prey to thefe cruel reflexions, 
 Heloise remained for fome time, till 
 the memorable defeat of the 27 th of 
 July determined Paleologue rather 
 to rifque the effe6ts of Mahomet's 
 anger, than another rencounter with 
 the Knights, 
 
 Accord- 
 
( 95 ) 
 Accordingly^ on the twenty-eighth 
 he embarked^ and on the following 
 day ipread his fails for his own Ihore, 
 carrying with him and his ruined army^ 
 no other trophies than Montmorin 
 {who, with all conceivable indignation 
 rejeded the offers made to procure his 
 apoftacy) and the unfortunate Heloise^ 
 now finking under the preiTure of an 
 intolerable weight of woe: the idea^ 
 that every time the oars divided the 
 briny waves^ they bore her flill farther 
 from all Ihe held moft dear, was little 
 Ihort of diftradling. In thefe circum- 
 fiances, ftill ignorant of her lover's 
 fate, flie received a notification from 
 
 the 
 
( 96 ) 
 
 the Bafhaw, that he meant to pafs the 
 night in her cabbin. 
 
 Paleolqgue, originally a Greek 
 Chiiflian of the Imperial family of 
 Constantinople, had fo far adopted 
 the brutal manners of the Turks, that 
 he m.ade known diis intention to his 
 -beautiful captive, wldiout any defire 
 to engage her affe^ions^ but merely to 
 fo^ejs herferfon. To her, this mieifage 
 was terrible, in the exlre;ne/,. ihe now 
 confidered her fituation as abfolutely 
 defperate, and that therefore fne was 
 not only GUthoriJed^ but called upon to 
 have recourfe to tlie mod deiperatc 
 -exerdoni accordingly, fne refolved that 
 
- C 97 ) 
 
 the apofkate ihould pay his life^ as the 
 forfeit of his crime. 
 
 TheBaihaW) on entering the cabbinj> 
 &und HeloisEj leated on her Ibfa, 
 with a dagger in her hand : — a fight 
 fo uncommon made him Hart. He 
 ordered his captive to ^^ throw afide 
 that inflrument of death." Scarcely- 
 had he uttered thefe wordsj when a 
 number of mutes appeared^ who (by 
 order of the fecond in command) ar* 
 refted the unfufpedling Bafliaw* 
 
 The fecond in command who had 
 
 i^iven orders for this arreft, well knew 
 
 the indignation that Mahomet would 
 
 H feel 
 
( 98 ) 
 
 feel againfl Paleologue, for having 
 raifed the fiege ; and therefore he de- 
 termined by this flep, to fecure to 
 himfelf his mafter's favour. On the 
 removal of the fallen Bafhaw, out of 
 the cabbin of Heloise to his own 
 (where he was ftridly guarded) Hie 
 returned thanks to Heaven for her 
 wonderful delivery 3 and confidering this 
 as an earnefl of future help, her fpirits 
 revived, and fhe retired to reft. Un- 
 acquainted with the whole extent of her 
 prefentgood fortune, ftie knew not that 
 ilie herfelf was now confidered as part 
 of the conji/cated property of her brutal 
 admirer ; and that en this acccufity her 
 perfon would neceflarily remain ia- 
 
 violate^ 
 
( 99 ) 
 violate, until the Emperor (to whom 
 fne now devolved) ihould determine 
 her deftiny* 
 
 A propitious voyage foon condu6i:ed 
 into port the vefTel which carried this 
 rich prize, and Mahomet delayed not 
 long to confirm the difgrace of the 
 Balhaw, who was, however, permitted 
 to retire into exile, all his pofleffions 
 having been firft configned to the Em- 
 peror's ufe. 
 
 Heloise was, within a few days, fent 
 
 for into the prefence of Mahomet, 
 
 Vv^ho (not being as much fmitten with 
 
 4ier as others had been) bellowed her 
 
 H 2 on 
 
( 100 ) 
 
 on die fucceflbr of Paleologue, the 
 very fame officer who had put him 
 under arreft for having given up the 
 fiege; by her new proprietor was 
 the lovely Heloise conduced to his 
 Haram. 
 
 Ch aP# 
 
( loi ) 
 
 Chap. XL 
 
 MONTMORIN, in the mean 
 time, was fold to a wealthy Mahome- 
 tan, who, for one part of the year, re- 
 fided at Constantinople,, but for the 
 other part, at a villa near the city. 
 This m after employed his new purchaie 
 in the loweft menial offices of his 
 houfe, in which fituation did feveral 
 tedious months roll over the head of th^ 
 diftrefled Baron, . 
 
 H 3 ^Airing 
 
( 102 ) 
 
 During the fiege; the perpetually 
 varying fcenes, the din of arnns, and of 
 martial mufic,— thefe had banifhed^ in 
 feme degree, from his recolle^lion, 
 the charms of Heloise ; but in the 
 cheer lefs uniform folitude of adverfity, 
 her beloved idea was mere Jlrongly 
 ftamped on his yielding heart than 
 ever. 
 
 His fufFerings nov/ naturally ferved 
 to awaken in his anxious breaft a thou- 
 fand diflrefling apprehenfions on her 
 account, and on that of his family. 
 
 Bufincjs is perhaps the very beft hu- 
 TTian remedy againft forrow ; but then 
 
 iC 
 
( 103 ) 
 
 it mufl be a hufmejs that interefts the 
 mindy fomewhat more than did the cc- 
 cupations of the unfortunate MoNXr 
 
 MORIN. 
 
 Whilil the penfive captive indulged 
 his melancholy reflexions, his mailer 
 afforded him fome fmall relief by 
 changing the fcene of his employment, 
 which was now transferred to the coun- 
 try, where to him was configned the 
 care of a garden,. 
 
 Cicero, fomewhere fays, that "the 
 pleafures of an hufbandman are next 
 to thofe of a philofopher^" but then 
 ^a<^ peafant mufl not be deprived of 
 
 / liberty. 
 
( I04 ) 
 
 liber ty^ and he mull not be far removed 
 from his native country, elfe his pica- 
 fures will htfem indeed. 
 
 The profound retirement of the villa 
 Jbon became far more irkfome to the 
 love-fick flave, than the laborious life 
 led in the metropolis; and yet, def- 
 perate as matters appear to be, the 
 hour of his delivery drew nigh. 
 
 One evening, as MoNTMORiri 
 walked alone in the garden, he ob- 
 ierved a man Aiding down one of the 
 walls ; on perceiving that he was dif- 
 covered, he endeavoured to return as 
 he came^ but (miffing his hold) he 
 
 fell. 
 
( 105 ) 
 fell. In this condition the Baron feized 
 him j when the Turk drawing a 
 dagger from his breaft^ threatened his 
 antagonill with infbant deaths if he did 
 not quit his hold. 
 
 MoNTMORiN proving the more alert 
 and able of the combatants, feizing the 
 dagger, difarmed the ftranger, who 
 from the drefs, colle<5i:ing the condition- 
 of his conqueror, thus addrelTed him : 
 ^^ Doubtlefs liberty mull flill be dear 
 to you I and (if you will affift me in 
 eloping with one of your mailer's 
 wives, who now expeds me) I will 
 fupply you with money, and facilitate 
 your return to your native country. 
 
 Here, 
 
( io6 ) 
 
 Here, added he, is a bag of fequins, 
 as an earneft of my foture protedtion, 
 and you may inftantly become the com^ 
 panion of my flight." 
 
 The propofal was readily accepted, 
 and at the moment, appealed the ex- 
 pe6led fair one in the garden. She, 
 and her lover, made their efcape on 
 Arabian fleeds prepared for them, and 
 which foon conveyed them beyond 
 the reach of their purfuers; Mont- 
 MORiN (mounted on the horfe of one 
 of the attendants) being of the party. 
 
 In 2l few hours Abdad, the adven- 
 turous Turk, and his miftrefs, found 
 
 them- 
 
( 107 ) 
 
 themfelves at a fmail country retire-^ 
 ment, where the mailer of the houfe 
 treated Montmorin with great bene- 
 ficence, who, after a flay of three days, 
 left his hofl and his fukanna happy in 
 the enjoynnent of each othen 
 
 IJnder the direftion of a 'guide, the 
 Baron bent his courfe towards the fea 
 coaft; the fun had not rifen when 
 he left the abode of Abdad ; and he 
 diligently purfued his route, without 
 any interruption, until he and his com- 
 panion were driven, for Ihelter, into a 
 cavern by the road fide. 
 
 Here 
 
( loS ) 
 
 ■ Here they repofed, till they were 
 (by the evening's lengthening fha* 
 dows) invited to profecute their jour- 
 ney. Night overtaking the travellers 
 on the houfelefs edge of a foreft, they 
 refolved to avail themfelves of its pro- 
 te6bion, and to pafs their fleeping hours 
 amid the boughs of fome lofty tree, 
 that they might efcape the danger, in 
 thofe regions fo common^ of attacks 
 from wild beafls. 
 
 A ftately tree prefented itfelf, in the 
 branches of which Montmorin was 
 no fooner placed than he extended his 
 hand to the guide, who (in the adl of 
 afcending) became the prey of a lion. 
 
 Thii 
 
t 109 ) 
 
 This beail lay deeping at the foot 
 of the tree, and being covered by the 
 brufh-wood that furrounded it, had 
 efcaped the obfervation of the tra- 
 ivellers. 
 
 Piteous as were the cries of the 
 guide,— humane and brave as was 
 MoNTMORiNj yet, before any afTiil- 
 ance could poffibly be attempted, the 
 motion of the lion's jaws declared the 
 lamentable fate of the poor Turk, 
 
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