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MEM O I R S 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Count du Beauval 
 
 
MEMOIRS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Count Du Beauval, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 Some curious Particulars 
 
 Relating to the D u k e s of 
 
 Wharton and Ormond, 
 
 During their Exiles. 
 
 WITH 
 
 Anecdotes of feveral other Illuftrious and 
 Unfortunate Noblemen of the prefent Age. 
 
 Iranjlated from the French of the Marquis D'Ar- 
 gens, Author of The Jewifh Letters. 
 
 By Mr. DERRICK. 
 
 LONDON? 
 
 Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater- 
 
 Nofer-Roiv. 
 
 M.DCCLIV. 
 
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 To the Right Honovrable 
 
 SO P H I A, 
 
 Lady Desert, 
 
 Of the Kingdom of 
 
 IRELAND. 
 
 M A D A n, 
 
 WH I L E other Per- 
 fons, who volun- 
 tarily inlift them-* 
 felves in the World of Let- 
 ters, either as Authors or 
 A Tran- 
 
DEDICATION. 
 Tranflators, chufe Patrons 
 with a View to fubfequent 
 Favors ; it fhall be my Re- 
 folution, when Recollec- 
 tion fupplies the Idea of 
 them (and my Memory is 
 notftiort-liv'd to Gratitude) 
 to fele£t. thole, who have 
 been any Way my Friends, 
 and thus publicly own my 
 Obligations, fince Fortune 
 has refus'd me an adequate 
 Power of Return. 
 
 Here, your Ladyfhip 
 claims aforemoft Place. You 
 
 have 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 have fometimes thought 
 my boyijh Attempts not 
 below your Notice \ you 
 have vouchfafed them vour 
 Approbation (an Appro- 
 bation that might have 
 grac'd a finifh'd Perform- 
 ance) which excited me to 
 a Continuance in literary 
 Labor, and contributed 
 to make me aim at Im- 
 provement. If there be 
 any Merit in what the 
 World may fee under my 
 Name, it muft be attribu- 
 A 2 ted 
 
DEDICATION. 
 ted to fiich generous En- 
 
 couragement. 
 
 C3 
 
 It is to be hop'd this 
 raz/Reafonwill iufficiently 
 excufe the Liberty taken 
 in this Addrefs to your 
 Ladyihip. Then will your 
 Name, Madam, be a cer- 
 tain Defence to him, to 
 whom your Praife, hereto- 
 fore, has given additional 
 Strength, whom thereby 
 you have authoris'd to 
 proceed, in Spite of the 
 
 fuper- 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 fuperficial Critic, who con- 
 demns where he don't un- 
 derftand ; or the fnarling 
 Mifanthrope, who, fower'd 
 by the Disappointments his 
 Merits have met with from 
 the judicious World, which, 
 except it be animated by 
 the Warmth of fuch a fo- 
 larBody as yourLadyfhip's 
 Applaufe, proves ungrate- 
 ful Soil, mutters Damna- 
 tion over all he meets^ in- 
 difcriminately, thro' Ma- 
 lice prepenfe, or by Way 
 of Revenge retort. The 
 A 3 latter 
 
DEDICATION. 
 latter of thefe calls for my 
 Pity, the former compels 
 my Contempt. 
 
 The Marquis D'Ar- 
 gens, from whom the en- 
 fuing Volume is tranfiated, 
 is a Name, Madam, not 
 unknown to your Lady- 
 fhip 5 his yewijh Letters 
 have been every where 
 admir'd, and his other 
 Writings have been fought 
 after with Avidity. The 
 Marquis, Madam, was al- 
 ways a Defender of your 
 
 Sex, 
 
DEDICATION. 
 Sex, and had he been 
 honoured with your Ac- 
 quaintance, the Strength of 
 yourLadylhip's intellectual 
 Beauties, join'd to the Eclat 
 of your perfonal Perfecti- 
 ons, had fbrc'd him to fue 
 your Protection. Where 
 there appear'd Room, or In- 
 telligence, fufficient to en- 
 large his Stories, or where 
 the Brevity of the Rngliflj 
 feem'd to make the curtail- 
 ing his Phrafes necefla ry, it 
 has not been fcrupled ; there 
 are fome few other mate- 
 A 4 rial 
 
DEDICATION. 
 rial Differences between 
 the Original and the Tran- 
 flation, particularly, near 
 the End of the Work. 
 If Lady Desert, whofe 
 Name implies Judgment, 
 approve, it will be his 
 greateft Pleafure, who is 
 proud to fubfcribe himfelf, 
 
 MADAM, 
 
 With great Re/pecl, 
 
 Tour Lady/hip's 
 Moji obligd, and 
 Obedient humble Servant, 
 
 Samuel Derrick. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 n^HE Ground-work of Romances, 
 till of late Tears, has been a Series 
 of Adlions, few of which, ever exi/led 
 but in the Mind of the Author ;to fup- 
 port which, with proper Spirit, a 
 [irong piciurefque Fancy, and a nervous 
 poetical DiBion, . were necejfary. When 
 thefe great EJfentials were wanting* 
 the Narration became cold, infipid, and 
 difagreeable. . 
 
 The principal Hero was generally 
 
 cnre who fac'd every Danger, without 
 
 A j any 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 any Reflection, for it was always be- 
 neath him to think ; it was a fufficient 
 Motive of perfifting, if there feem'd 
 Peril ; conquering Giants, and diffolv- 
 ing Enchantments, were as eafy to him 
 as riding. He commonly fets out deeply 
 in Love; his Mijlrefs is a Virgin, he 
 lofes her in the Beginning of the Book, 
 thro' the Spite or Craft offome malicious 
 "Necromancer, purfues her thro' a large 
 Folio Volume of Incredibility, andfnds 
 her, indif put ably, at the End of it, like 
 trfd Gold, fill more charming, from 
 having pafs y d the Fire Ordeal of 
 Temptation. 
 
 Amujement and Inflrudlion were the 
 
 Intent of thefe Sort of Writings ; the 
 
 jormer they always fulfilled, and if they 
 
 fometimes fail'd in the latter, it was 
 
 becaufe the Objects they conjur'd up to 
 
 Fancy, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Fancy % were merely intellectual Ideas, 
 confequently not capable of imprejjing fo 
 deeply as thofe which are to be met with 
 in the Bujlle of Life. 
 
 Hence thofe, whofe Genius led them 
 to cultivate this Sort of writing, have 
 been indue' d to examine among ft fuch 
 Scenes as are daily found to move be- 
 neath their InfpecJion. On this Plan 
 are founded the Writings of the cele- 
 brated Monf. Marivaux, and the 
 Performances of the ingenious Mr* 
 Fielding; each ofwlmn are allow 1 d 
 to be excellent in their different Nations* 
 
 The Marquis D*Argens, fenfible of 
 the Advantages accruing from Works 
 of this Kind, was not fatis/IeJ with 
 barely copying the Accidents, but has 
 alfo united with them the real Names of 
 A 6 Perform 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Perfons, who have been remarkable in 
 Life; confcious that we pay a more 
 
 Jlritt Attention to the Occurrences that 
 kave befallen thofe who enter within 
 the Compafs of our Acquaintance, or 
 Knowledge, and if a Moral enfues from 
 the Relation, it is more firmly rooted in 
 the Mind, than when it is to be deduced 
 
 from either Manners or Men, with 
 whom we arc entirely unacquainted. 
 
 The Marquis is eafy in his Stile, de- 
 licate in his Sentiments, and not at all 
 tedious in his Narration. In the fol- 
 lowing Piece we find Nothing heavy or 
 infipid, he dwells not too long upon any 
 Adventure, nor does he burthen the 
 Memory, or clog the Attention with 
 Reflections intended^ too often more for 
 the B go k feller s Emolument, infwelling 
 the Balk oj the Performance, than the 
 Service of the Reader, on whom he knew 
 
 it 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 it to be otherwife an Impofition -, fnce % 
 by long-winded wearifome Comments 
 upon every Pajfage (a Fault too fre- 
 quent in many Writers) he takes from 
 him an Opportunity of exercifmg his 
 refleftive Abilities^ fceming thereby to 
 doubt them* 
 
 TABLE 
 
TABLE 
 
 O F 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 The Defign ofthefe Memoirs. The Author's Birth 
 and Education -, his Acquaintance and Folly with 
 La Norouse. Fights with St. Germain, 
 and is fent into the Country. La Norouse'^ 
 Perfidy. He is committed to the Care of Ra- 
 sac, falls in Love with Angelica, is rivatd*, 
 and involved anew y but rtlMdby Rasac. i 
 
 CHAP. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 RasacV Education and Temper ; his firjl Pro- 
 fpecls in Life ; becomes acquainted with Baron 
 CuiNAC, who flies with his Miflrefs to Bruf- 
 fels ; falls in Love with Lucinda, and 
 isprefs'd to marry another Woman, againjl which 
 he refolves at the Hazard of his Fortune. 14. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 RasaC difobliges his Uncle entirely ; and quits his 
 Houfe. ~L\JClNDA y s, Advice to him, in Confe- 
 quence thereof \ prafiifd ineffectually. She en- 
 tertains another Lover, and Rasac abandons 
 her. His Affairs take an unexpected Turn. He 
 revenges her Infidelity fully upon his Mijlrefs* 
 and difconcerts all her Defigns. The Arrival of 
 the Counfellor* 24 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Le CouvreurV Birth, Family, and Character 
 Her Introduction on the Stage, and Amour with 
 an- Officer, with its melancholy Termination. 
 Her Behaviour afterwards, and Affair with 
 young Glinglin. Their Separation, and her 
 
 Appearand 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Appearance for the frjl Time on the Paris Siage^ 
 under the Care a/Baron, Her Attachment t» 
 Mnrfial Saxe. His Jetting out for Cour- 
 land, and a Proof of her Love and Gallantry 
 :n forwarding that Expedition*. 34 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Count Saxe returns from Courland, and Le 
 Couvreur receives pleafing News from 
 Glingljn. The Count intrigues with the 
 Dutchefs B *****, whom Le Couvreur pub- 
 Ikkly affronts. An odd Adventure of Abbe 
 '*****. His Proceeding aftenvards. Le 
 Couvreur fuddenly taken ill. Tbe Manner 
 of her Death. A Difpute about her Interment ', 
 in which the Priejl gets thz better y reafons 
 again/l his Conducl., 42 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Author and Ras ac fet out for Spain ; com- 
 ?nence an Acquaintance with the Dutchefs of St, 
 Blass and Maria D'Alincastra. A?iew 
 Love-adventure y and Marriage intended. Tbe 
 Marquis De Montorio appears. An unex- 
 pected Change in Affairs. A Country Journey. 
 
 The 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 The Dutchefs manifejls great Friendjhip for 
 Beauval, arid the Match is entirely broke 
 off. 52 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 The OccaJionoftheDuhofW n's retiring 
 
 to Spain. His Reception at Court, Falls in 
 Love with a Maid of Honour. Demands her of 
 the Queen, who atfirft refufes, but is at length 
 prevailed on to confent to the Match. Retires to 
 France with his new marrfd Dutchefs, in a dif 
 contented Mood, but returns again to Madrid. 59 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 The Duke gets a Regiment, quartered at Barce- 
 lona. Affronted by a Majk, and Quarrels with 
 the Vice-roy ^Catalonia. Laid under an Arreji. 
 Falls violently ill. Retires to a Convent, and dies 
 in very indifferent Circumflances. Some Obfer- 
 vations on the Promifes of a Court* Rasac, 
 and his Pupil, fet out for Barcelona. 67 
 
 BOOK 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 BOOK II. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Beauval and Rasac's Arrival at Barcelona. 
 The Friend/hip of the Dutchefs of St. Blass, 
 accounted for by the Marquis De MoNTO- 
 
 rio. 73 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 The Dufchtfs's Birth and firft Intrigue with a young 
 Colonel^ whom Jhe marries, Becomes intimate 
 with the Duke De St. Blass, and makes her 
 Hujband very uneafy y whom Jhe accufes of 
 Imbecillity. Retires to a Convent. Obtains a 
 Divorce^ and marries the Duke, who is foon 
 after kilN. 78 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Beauval Intrigues with Madam De Maris- 
 C H a L , and is fuccefsful Her Husband obliged 
 to leave Barcelona. She makes large Attacks 
 upon his Purfe, and Rasac is rendered very 
 
 uneafy. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 uneafy. A new Acquaintance appears, wm 
 
 undertakes afurpriftng Eclair ciffement. 84. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Mifs Vanderline bred under her Aunt. Lord 
 N— H andG — Y falls in love with hcr^ and 
 his odd Method of winning her. She proves 
 with Child. Marries a Walloon. Affumcs 
 the Na?ne of Marischal, and ft s out for 
 Spain with my Lord. Enamour' d c/Arnaud, 
 and openly acknowledges it. A dangerous Ren- 
 counter. My Lord dies. She makes a Dupe of 
 an old Judge. Her Story concluded. Rasac'j 
 Ohfervations on it. Beauval'j Folly difco- 
 vered. The Officer's generom Refolution. Tliey 
 arrive at Genoa. 93 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 The melancholy Story of young Count ANTONIO 
 D'auvergni, and Seraphina. 105 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Story of the young Count D'AuvERGNl and 
 Seraphina continued and ended. 118 
 
 CHAP. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Political Reflections on the State of Genoa. Be au- 
 VALfets out for Rome, takes a Liking to Pul- 
 c H E R I A , and meets Encouragement. "They cor- 
 refpond, and he refohes to go off with her, but 
 is prevented, and oblig'd to quit Rome for Fear 
 of a Profecution. Arrives at Naples, as does 
 alfo Cardinal CosciA. 127 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Some Account of Cardinal CosciA. .His Con- 
 junction with Fin 1. Their Influence over Pope 
 Benedict XIII. A Quarrel beeween the 
 Cardinals CosciA and Camerlingua about 
 a Woman. The rigorous Proceedings again/I the 
 former, who Jheltcrs himfelf in Naples. 142 
 
 BOOK III. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Beauval, and his Company, fet out for Venice. 
 He intrigues with a Banker's IVife. Remarks 
 on the Government and Manners of the Vene- 
 tians. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 tians. They arrive at Conftantinople. A 
 Char a tier of the Turks. Some Account of 
 Conftantinople. A Conference with Count 
 Bonne val. Some Reflections on his Conducl 
 in Life. 147 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 A Char after of Count Bonne val. An Account 
 of his Birth ^ Family^ and firfl Appearance in 
 Life. He obtains a Regiment of 'Foot ', which he 
 lofes. His Father's Death. The Advantage of 
 his Intimacy with the Duke of Orleans. In- 
 trigues with a Nun. The firji Caufe of his 
 Difguji zvith the French Court. Goes to 
 Rome, and enters the Imperial Service. 156 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 The Emperor promotes him. Prince Eugene be- 
 friends him. His firji Campaign in that Ser- 
 vice. Quarter' d at Cofma. An ungenerous 
 Piece of Revenge. Confpicuous in political as 
 well as military Knowledge. Engagd in a dan- 
 gerous Amour. The Duke of 'Orleans* Fricnd- 
 Jhip for him. He quarrels with Prince Eu- 
 gene. 166 
 
 CHAP. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. IV, 
 
 Bonne val ordered to Flanders. A Character of 
 the Governor, They quarrel. Tbe Count or- 
 dered to Vienna, and feiz'd. Sent Prifoner to 
 Spilburgh, and condemned to die. His Sentence 
 changed to Exile. Arrives in Venice. Meets 
 unexpected Ajftftance. Articles with the Turks. 
 Marries a Venetian Lady. Reception at Con- 
 stantinople, and profejfes himfelf a Mahome- 
 tan. I y5 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 They arrive at Marfeilles. The Adventures of 
 Anna Coliva. 187 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Occafion of the Duke of Ormond'; leaving 
 England. 77/ us'd by the Chevalier De St. 
 George. Retires to Avignon, and has an 
 
 Affair with the Marchiomfs De — — • 
 
 Her Avarice, Ambition, and Ufe of his Grace. 
 Beauval returns to Paris, and falls in Love 
 with Madam De FoNVIELLE, which he com- 
 municates f R a s a c . 196 
 
 CHAP. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Beauval'j Amour with Fonvielle continued. 
 The Arrival of the Marquis De Mirol. 20$ 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 A diverting Adventure, Old Beauval arrives 
 at Paris. FonvielleV Account of her f elf 
 Her Story concluded, 217 
 
 MEMOIRS 
 
MEMOIRS 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Count du Beauval. 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 The Dcfign of tbefe Memoirs. The Author's Birth 
 and Education ; his Acquaintance and Folly with 
 La Norouse. Fights with St. Germain, 
 and fent into the Country. La Norouse^ 
 Perfidy. He is committed to the Care of Ra- 
 s ac, falls in Love with Angelica, is rivaPd, 
 and involved anew, but relieved by Rasac. 
 
 A Remembrance of the many Troubles 
 and Misfortunes, die Confequences of 
 that Love, which has very much di- 
 fturb'd Part of my Life, ftill fenfibly impreffes 
 B me, 
 
•2 M £ M O I r s of the 
 
 me, though a folid Eftablifhment has put an End 
 to my Miftakes. 
 
 Should thefe Memoirs ever reach the public 
 Attention, thofe who read, may draw from them 
 Examples, that may become ufeful, in prevent- 
 ing the Multiplicity of Evils, that too often ac- 
 company a head-ftrong Paffion. 
 
 I was born in the Province of Limoufme, upon 
 an Eftate of my Father's, and as foon as I had 
 attain'd my fixteenth Year, was fent to an Aca- 
 demy in Paris, where the Care of pleafing a 
 young Milliner, who lived near St. Sulpice,engrof- 
 i'ed much more of my Time, than my Studies. 
 She hearken'd to my AddreiTes readily enough, 
 and imagining I had made a vaft Progrefs in her 
 Heart, I one day vainly endeavour'd to accom- 
 plifh my Wifhes ; but fhe refilling both my 
 Prayers and Carrefles, afliir'd me, that without 
 a Promife of Marriage, not the flighted 
 Favour was to be expected. I complied with 
 more Readinefs and Pleafure, than if fhe had 
 afk'dme fix Louis-dors, rejoic'd in obtaining at fo 
 cafy a Rate, as two or three Lines in Writing 
 a Blefling, for the Pofleflion of which, I would 
 
 ctherwife 
 
* Count Du Beauval. 3 
 
 otherwife have freely given up fix Years of the 
 Pcnfion allow'd to aflift my Diverfions. 
 
 For four or five fucceeding Months I liv'd in 
 perfect Tranquility, which was at length di- 
 fturb'd by my jealouly of a young Acade- 
 mician, by Name St. Germain", whofe Fa- 
 miliarity with La Norouse (fo was my Mi- 
 ftrefs call'd) I had for fometime part pcrceiv'd • 
 it was a Correfpondence that gave mc much 
 Difpleafure, and, at length, 1 fpoke to her 
 concerning it. 
 
 She anfwer'd, that having been ftrongly re- 
 commended to her Mother, he was look'd up- 
 on as one of the Family, and it was impoiliblc 
 to avoid {hewing him fome Friendship. This 
 Reply, far from giving me Satisfaction, deter- 
 mine me to tight my Rival. The great Idea 
 was no fooner conceiv'd, than I refolv'd to 
 bring it into Action, with ail the Solemnity of 
 a Hero in Romance; and, firft, I propos'd to him 
 with all the Delicacy to be found in the po- 
 lite World, to defift from viilting La No- 
 
 HOUSE. 
 
 B 2 And 
 
4 Memoirs c///^ 
 
 cc And, wherefore, pray, Sir, (fays he) mall I 
 " avoid frequenting the Houfe of a Woman, 
 " whom I rank in the Number of my Friends ?" 
 " Becaufe, Sir, (reply'd I) I don't like it." 
 «' Really, Sir, (return'd he) I am vaflly forry for 
 " it, but it happens that I do." " Nay, then, 
 " Sir, (anfwer'd I, a little angrily) you mall 
 " not go thither while I live } and I mult try to 
 " cut a Throat with you." 
 
 <c With all my Heart (anfwer'd he) take 
 " care of yourfelf, fince I believe yours may be 
 " in as much Danger as mine. 1 ' He was in 
 the right ; we immediately exchang'd Thrufls j 
 he run me through the Arm, I wounded him in the 
 Thigh ; and when I gave my Hand to aflift in 
 railing him from the Earth, to a Level with 
 which the Hurt had reduc'd him, I told him, 
 " Sir, this is not a Time to finifh our DifTe- 
 46 rence, when you are cur'd we fhall put an 
 « End to it." 
 
 Our Quarrel was too confiderable to be con- 
 ceal'd from the Eyes of the Academy -, the In- 
 tendant could not difpenfc with relating the Af- 
 fair to our refpective Parents 3 and my Father, 
 
 wh# 
 
Count Du Beauval; 5 
 
 who was then at Paris^ having found Love was 
 the Occafion of our Breach, and fearing the ill 
 Effects that might follow from a Paflion, fo 
 very violent in its firil Sallies, refolv'd to re- 
 move me to the Country, and as foon as ever 
 I was cur'd, commanded me to get myfelf ready 
 to fet out for home in two Hours. I anfwer'd 
 him not, the Ufe of Speech forfook me, for the 
 Injunction afYecled me like a Thunder-bolt. 
 
 My Journey was not long deferr'd. Not be- 
 ing able to get a Sight of my Miflrefs, before I 
 fet out, T wrote her a Letter, wherein I related 
 the Accidents that had befallen me ; nor was I 
 long at Limoufme, before I was confoPd with an- 
 Anfwer, for I had furnifh'd her with the Ad- 
 drefs of one of my Friends, fo that it was 
 fcarcely poflible to interrupt our Correfpondcnce. 
 She fwore an inviolable Fidelity in fpite of the 
 longeft Abfence, and for three' whole Months 
 continu'd to fpeak this Language, after which 
 (he chang'd her Sentiments. 
 
 My Departure having left a clear Stage to St. 
 
 Germain, he made the beft Ufe of his Time, 
 
 foon occupy 'd the Place I imagin'd I held in 
 
 my MiihelVs ArTeclions ; and the News of their 
 
 B 3 both 
 
6 Memoirs c//^ 
 
 both quitting Paris clandeftinely together, which 
 was quickly convey'd to my Knowledge, gave me 
 infinite Surprile, and my Father prodigious Sa- 
 tisfaction. He imagin'd me not fo wean'd of 
 this Amour as I feem'd to be, and that my In- 
 difference was but Affectation ; for my Part I 
 was eafily confoi'd for her Perfidy, and the 
 Hopes of foon returning to Paris prevented me 
 from feeling it. 
 
 In a fliort Time I fet out once more for that 
 Capital. My Father, who defign'd me to tra- 
 vel through France, and other Countries, for 
 two or three Years, being willing that I mould 
 firff finifh my Exercifes, fent along with me a 
 Friend calPd Rasac, who, though but young, 
 had all the Wifdom of a Man in Years. He 
 had ofFer'd to accompany me in my Tour, and 
 our Family was charm'd at my affociating with 
 a Gentleman fo very accomplifh'd. 
 
 Here, on my Arrival, by my Friend's Ad- 
 vice, I took proper Meafures to avoid the Re- 
 newal of my Acquaintance with fuch People as 
 had arlifted in hurrying me into my former Fol- 
 lies. My Time was divided between my Ma- 
 thematical, Dancing, and I^ufical Matters, and 
 
 in 
 
Count Du Beauval. 7 
 
 in vifiting the politefl Company ; my Corre- 
 fpondence with the Female Sex was confinM en- 
 tirely to Women of Condition ; the ExcefTes in 
 which I had been lately involv'd were always 
 before my Eyes, and my little Experience of the 
 World made ine believe, that Love was only 
 dangerous among Girls of an inferior Rank ; 
 bur, alas ! e'er long I experiene'd the contrary. 
 
 The lovely Angelica was Niece to the 
 Prefidcnt De Longville's Wife, with whom 
 me liv'd, at whofe Houfe I often faw her in 
 my Vifits. This beautiful Girl was not quite 
 feventeen Years old, her Eyes were bright and 
 fparkling, the Rofe and Lilly were admirably 
 blended in her Complexion, her Deportment 
 was modell: and engaging, and her whole Figure 
 elegant ; Charms, powerful as thefe, were irre- 
 fiftable ; I own'd the pleafing Sway, and became 
 her Captive ; my Heart fwore to her eternal 
 Fidelity, while my bafhful Lips dar'd not to dif- 
 clofe its Sentiments. For two long Months I 
 obferv'd the moll refpeclful Silence, when I re- 
 iblv'd to take Courage, and alleviate my Evils, 
 by imparting them to their dear, their amiable 
 Caufe. 
 
 B 4 Look$ 
 
8 Memoirs of the 
 
 Looks and Sighs were ineffectually us'd for 
 this Eclair cijfemcnt^ they were Terms of a Lan- 
 guage which fhe feem'd not at all to underftand ; 
 at length I explained myfelf more clearly, and 
 if I was not much flatter'd with Hopes, I had, 
 neverthelefs, no great Reafon to be difcourag'd. 
 My Paflion daily encreas'd, and I blufh'd not 
 now to vent my Complaints. How often have 
 I exclaim'd ? Lovely Angelica, will you be al- 
 ways infenfible ? Cannot fuch Warmth of Paf- 
 fion, fuch tender AfHduity as mine, affect you r 
 Her Reply was accompany'd with an Air of 
 Pleafantry that froze my Expectations, and al- 
 moft drove me to Defpair. She affected to turn 
 to Raillery my moll: ferious Proteftations, and I 
 began to be perfuaded, it would be impoflible 
 even ever to imprefs her, for fhe appear'd of a 
 Temper too volatile to be nVd. 
 
 All my Efforts were ineffectual, fhe was too 
 jgplite to be brought eafily to the Point ; if I 
 pafs'd two Days without feeing this lovely 
 Creature, they appear'd to me two Centuries ; 
 it was impoflible long to fupport her Abfence, 
 I flew to the Houfe wherein fhe dwelt, and left 
 it more enamour'd than before. 
 
 My 
 
Count Du Beauval. 9 
 
 My Uncertainty, my Pains, and my Grief, 
 were fuddenly augmented by my unexpectedly 
 difcovering Angelica was not Miftrefs of all 
 the Indifference I had imagin'd. The Marquis 
 of Lansac having acquir'd the Art of fettling 
 her Inconftancy, I faw their Eyes often meet 
 in fignificant Smiles, and they had generally 
 fomething to fay in private ; this led me to a 
 near Examination of their Conduct, and I no 
 longer doubted but my Sufpicions were well 
 grounded. The Happinefs of my Rival added 
 to my Miferies, I no more reflected upon the 
 Pleafures of Love, they were blotted from my 
 Mind, and Rage triumph'd in their Place j I 
 refolv'd to a£t, with Refpecl: to this Rival, as 
 I had done with the former, to deliver myfelf 
 from the Anxieties whieh the Preference given 
 to him by Angelica heap'd upon me, by re- 
 ceiving Death at his Hands, or, with my own^ 
 putting an End to his Life. 
 
 I was confirm'd in my Defign, when my 
 Friend Rasac, who began to be uneaiy :x tay 
 Situation, conceiv'd fome Hint of my Pr< jecx. 
 He perceiv'd, very plainly, that my Behaviour 
 to the Marquis was much more diftantly po- 
 B 5 lice 
 
io Memoirs c/ /^ 
 
 ,n \iiu:.j. He knew as well as I the Mar- 
 quis's Attachment to Angelica, and needed 
 no more to confirm him in his Sufpicion of 
 What I intended. He tax'd me with it in the 
 moft friendly Manner, and as I lov'd him ex- 
 tremely, I ingenuoufly confefs'd my Delign. 
 
 u How, (Gys he) can you be guilty of re- 
 " pcatingfuch a Piece of Folly? I'imagined that 
 <c your firft Adventure had given you fufficient 
 u Uneafinefs, and, credit me, I grieve to find 
 " myfelf deceived. What Reafon obliges you 
 " to quarrel with the Marquis ? Has he been 
 ** any Way remifs in" his Behaviour to you ? 
 u or at any Time entertained himfelf with Dif- 
 " ccurfe to the Prejudice of your Reputation ? 
 ic On the contrary, do not his Civilities to you 
 " daily increafe ? He never mifles an Occafion 
 " of praifing you. Whence then arifes your En- 
 " mity ? From his having found the Secret of 
 " pleafing, and becaufe he has the Art of ap- 
 " pearing more amiable, you would revenge 
 * c yourfelf upon him. If Angelica loves you 
 <<r not, don't attribute the Fault to for, but to 
 «* your Stars ; blame not the Marquis, who, 
 *' when he became in Love, was ignorant of 
 " your Attachments to the Lady. 
 
 « What 
 
<c 
 
 <£ 
 
 Count Du Beauval. ii 
 
 " What can be the Advantage of fighting the 
 Marquis ? You cannot ravifh from him the 
 Heart of Angelica. Do you think that 
 you will make her the more fenfible of your 
 Truth, by ufing ill the Man whom fhe 
 " efteems ? Confider, it is not only inconfiftent 
 cc with good Senfe, but with the Laws of Ho- 
 <c nourj it is no Excufe that you believe it no 
 " Crime to retort Part of your Misfortunes 
 " upon a Perfon whom you regard as your 
 " Enemy ; remember, that it is as fhameful 
 <c for a Man of true Gallantry to be guilty of a 
 <c mean Action, as to avoid the Opportunity of 
 " performing a great one." 
 
 The Reafons of my Friend foon convinced 
 me -, fo that the Government, which his Dis- 
 cretion and good Heart had acquired over me, 
 reduced me, by Degrees, to pacific^ Sentiments. 
 I look'd with Horror upon the Extravagance of 
 my Proceeding, and, in fpite of myfelf, refolv'd 
 to avoid all Places where there was the leafl 
 Poflibility of meeting either Angelica, or the 
 Marquis j fearing, from my Conftitution, that 
 fuch a Rencounter fhould throw me into my 
 former Impetuoiky, I propos'd to my Friend 
 B 6 the 
 
12 M e m o i r s of the 
 
 the pafling fome few Days in the Country, 
 there, if poflible, to wafte the Time, until we 
 fhould be ready to fet out on our Travels ; to 
 this he with Pleafure confented, and we pitch'd 
 upon a Caftle, three Leagues from Paris, be- 
 longing to one of our Friends who was a Coun- 
 fellor in the Parliament, who could not ac- 
 company us himfelf as he at nrft intended, his 
 private Affairs requiring his Prefence in Town j 
 however, he promis'd to come down to us as 
 often as he could poiTibly fpare an Oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 I imagin'd, that after being fettled in our Re- 
 treat, every Day contributed more and more to 
 diiBpate the Anguifh with which I had been 
 fo long opprefs'd ; I recover'd gradually my na- 
 tural Peace of Mind, and Reafon re-afFum'd 
 her Sovereignty. The Admonitions of my 
 Friend, and the fatal Cataftrophes enfuing from 
 that Paflion, determin'd me to avoid Love ; I 
 protefted to him I would never more manacle 
 my Liberty, and that I was too fenfible of the 
 Bleflings of Indifference, to part with it again. 
 
 u Promife nothing rafhly (fays Rasac) you 
 " ought to fear more than many others, fince 
 
 " you 
 
Count Du Beauval. 13 
 
 " you are to guard, not only againft the Delu- 
 " fions of Love, but your conftitutional Pro- 
 " penfity to that Paflion. Heaven has given 
 " you a very tender Heart, a Prefent the mofl 
 " unhappy it could beftow, unlefs you exert 
 ** yourfelf in avoiding thofe Errors wherein it 
 u may involve you ; I fpeak from Experience. 
 u I was born with a Conftitution little differing 
 " yours y but the fatal Accidents which have 
 " thence befallen me, have gradually cor- 
 " reded it, and reduc'd me to my prefent State 
 ii of Tranquility." 
 
 I mall endeavour (replied I) to imitate your 
 Conduct, for which End I fhall always keep in 
 View my firft Miftakes j but inform me, I be- 
 feech you, what Events have contributed to 
 your prefent Happinefs ; they may furniih me 
 with a new Train of Reflections. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
14 M z moj rs of the 
 
 — «» 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 RasacV Education and Temper ; his firfi Pro- 
 fpecls in Life ; becomes acquainted with Baton 
 CuiNAC, who flics with his Mijlrefs to Bruf- 
 fels ; falls in Love with Lucinda, and 
 prefs'd to marry another Woman , againft which 
 he refobues at the Hazard of his Fortune. 
 
 IT is with Pleafure (fays the Chevalier De 
 Rasac) I proceed to gratify your Curiofi- 
 ty, and though I have hitherto carefully con- 
 ceal'd the Troubles of my Life, I mail difcover 
 them to you with Pleafure, hoping the Know- 
 ledge may prove ferviceable. My Heart was as 
 fufceptible as yours of . foft Impreflions, and 
 as I am fix or feven Years older, I felt the 
 Power of Love before you were capable of 
 knowing it. My Father fent me as yet very 
 young to Paris, where I was educated under 
 the Care of a Relation who regarded me ex- 
 tremely, and deftin'd me, from my Infancy, to 
 be the HufDand of one of his Nieces, a Child 
 of my own Age. Our Families communicated 
 their Intentions to us before Reafon had efta- 
 
 blifh'd 
 
Count Du Beauval. 15 
 
 bliflied her maturer Sway ; we confented to 
 their Defires without Repugnance, having as 
 yet no Wifhes of our own, however, we foon 
 learn'd to look on each other as Perfons or- 
 dain'd to be link'd together for Life, and Love 
 grew upon our Friendfhip. Our Happinefs had 
 been perfect, had not our Parents too long de- 
 ferred the intended Marriage. My Uncle poft- 
 pon'd it for ten Months, that he might put the 
 finifhing Hand to an Affair, of very great Im- 
 portance, which it was requifite to clofe, e'er 
 he could endow me with what he intended. 
 
 During the Time of this Delay, my lovely 
 Isabella became acquainted with Baron De 
 Cuinac, who vifited me often upon the foot- 
 ing of Friendfhip ; fhe feem'd to receive him 
 with a good deal of Efteem, which gave me 
 but little Uneafinefs, as I believ'd her Attach- 
 ment to me founded, on a Friendfhip, the ten- 
 derer!, as well as the moft fincere -, but alas ! I 
 was ignorant that Love could eradicate all other 
 Sentiments, and that it was a Paflion whofe 
 Violence nothing could withftand. 
 
 Isabella made a fenfible ImprefTion on the 
 Marquis, which he found ifnpoflible to refift 5 
 
 he 
 
1 6 M e m o I R s of the 
 
 he took every Precaution to conceal it from my 
 Knowledge, and to make her fenfible of it; my 
 perfidious Miftrefs liftened to his Declaration, 
 fhe efteemed my Rival in Proportion to his Love, 
 and on the fame Day, which gave Birth to their 
 Union, was laid the Plan of my future De- 
 ftruction. 
 
 Diflimulation was the Matter-piece of thefe 
 Lovers, convinced that their Parents would ne- 
 ver countenance their Inclinations for each other, 
 and not having the leaft Profpecl of Hope from 
 that Quarter, they refolv'd to fly France, and 
 join their Hands in a foreign Country. My Ri- 
 val was Mafter of a confiderable Eftate, and had 
 no Father, confequently not at all embarak'd 
 bv thofe Inconveniencies, which arife from the 
 Want of Money, and perhaps nothing more fa- 
 cilitated the Execution of their Project, than that 
 blind Friendfhip I entertained for him. 
 
 He often ufher'd Isabella abroad in Com- 
 pany with a Counfellor of the Parliament's Wife, 
 with whom he was extremely intimate, and who 
 fhar'd in the Secret of my Undoing ; fhe feiz'd 
 one of thefe Opportunities to deceive the Fa- 
 mily, and one Evening, when we concluded her 
 
 at 
 
Count Du Beauval. ly 
 
 at the Opera, fhe fet out with her Lover poft 
 for Brujfels. Her Parents were not much un- 
 eafy at her not returning upon the ufual Hour, 
 imagining fhe had gone Home to fup with the 
 Lady, in whofe Company (lie went abroad; 
 however, when the Night was confiderably ad- 
 vanced, they fent thither to know what was be- 
 come of her ; her female Friend anfwer'd, that, 
 after the Opera, fhe had fet her down at their 
 own Gate, and her Aftonifhment, at hearing 
 the Enquiry, was equal to theirs in miffing her. 
 
 This Anfwer threw the whole Family into 
 Defpair, feveral enfuing Days were employ'd in 
 fearching Parts for her to no Purpofe ; at length, 
 from her own Hand, they receiv'd Intelligence 
 of her Fate in a Letter from Valenciennes^ in 
 which me acquainted them, that Baron De Cui- 
 Nac had been the Companion of her Flight, 
 and had married her at Brujfels. She entreated 
 they would pardon the undutiful Abruptnefs of it, 
 and forgive a Fault, to the CommiiTion of which 
 fhe had been led by real Love. There was no 
 Remedy, my Rival was efteem'd a good Match ; 
 and the Family, happy in having recover'd her, 
 was oblig'd to confent. 
 
 Poor 
 
1 8 M e m o i r s of the 
 
 Poor I, the Tool of my Friend, and the Sport 
 of my Miftrefs, fell a Prey to the mofl devour- 
 ing Grief. My Uncle, who was equally fenfi- 
 ble of the Injury I had receiv'd, refolv'd to make 
 me Reparation by a ftill better Eftablifhment ; 
 but the few Months, which had pafs'd away, 
 caus'd a very fenfible Change in my Heart ; 
 the Image of Isabella had been, by little and 
 little, effac'd by a young Breton of a good Fa- 
 mily, but no Fortune, whom I often faw at an 
 Aflembly which I frequented. I did not hefi- 
 tate in opening my Mind to her, and her An- 
 fwer was fuch as kept me (till in Sufpence. It 
 was a great while before {he could perfuade her- 
 felf to give any Credit to my AddreiTes, and re- 
 prefented to me, that fhe was a Woman of Qua- 
 lity by her Birth, yet her little Inheritance, when 
 compar'd with the Wealth of my Family, render'd 
 the Conjunction very difproportionable, and as- 
 certain' d the Oppofition of all my Relations. 
 
 Time and my Attachment conquer'd every 
 Difficulty ; I, at length, won her to give me a 
 favourable hearing, when fhe allured me of her 
 Efteem, provided my Cares and Afiiduity con- 
 tinued fincere. 
 
 The 
 
Count Du Beauval. 19 
 
 The Hopes of a Return made me redouble 
 my Cnrrefles ; Lucinda, the fair Breton, en- 
 grofb'd all my Attention, and I determin'd, if 
 my Parents oppos'd our Union, to follow the 
 Example fet me by Isaeella and the Mar- 
 quis. 
 
 Things were in this Situation when my Un- 
 cle informed me that he had found a Match for 
 me, which would prove of conficlerable Advan- 
 tage. This News fpread a viiible Confufion 
 over my whole Vifage, which, if it efcap'd his 
 Penetration, it was becaufe, that, being entirely 
 ignorant of the Difpofition of my Heart, he 
 could not have the leaft Room for Sufpicion, 
 nor was it my Bufinefs to let him into the 
 Secret. 
 
 I contented myfelf with intreating he would 
 not as yet think of burthening me with a Fa- 
 mily -, I reprefented that I was too young, 
 wanted both Experience and Conduct, did not 
 find in myfelf the leaft Inclination to fettle, and 
 that the Infidelity of Isabella had given me 
 a Diftafte to the b'ex, 
 
 But 
 
20 M E M I R s of the 
 
 But the Girl I have to propofe to you (fays he) 
 is fufficient to fhelter you, tho' you had given 
 Occafion to the fevereft Cenfure ; fhe is hand- 
 fome, young, and rich, and I expect all your 
 wife Reafons fhall cede to my Will ; I com- 
 mand it, Sir, and I expect you to comply, if 
 you do not chufe to forfeit my Favour, to- 
 gether with a very confiderable Fortune. I have 
 already anfwer'd to the Family for your Com- 
 pliance. Matters are fo far advanc'd, that you 
 cannot be oft of taking her Hand j fhould you 
 dare to refufe it, you will difoblige me beyond 
 Redrefs, and I fhall ever after hold you un- 
 worthy both of my Friendfhip and Inheritance. 
 I allow you eight Days to confider, at the End 
 of which Time I expect a pofitive Anfwer ; I 
 would advife you to reflect ferioufly on the Con- 
 fequences of your Determination, and let not the 
 foolifh Capricioufnefs of Youth plunge you into 
 inextricable Misfortunes. 
 
 This Converfation funk deeply in my Mind, 
 and fill'd me with the moft mortifying Grief; I 
 was but too well acquainted with the Haftinefs 
 of my Uncle's Temper, to doubt of his keeping 
 his Word; and his natural Haughtinefs, and 
 
 rous;h 
 
Count Du Beauval. 1 21 
 
 rough Obftinance, left not the leaft Room to 
 hope that he was to be mollify'd. There is a 
 Sort of People, whom it is impoflible to difiuade 
 from a Thing, and he was one of them. 
 
 Judge how great was my Perplexity ! 
 doom'd to lofe the Miftrefs of my Affeclions, 
 and efpoufe a Woman for whom I had not the 
 fmalleff. Efteem, or quit all Pretenfions to an 
 Eftate of above four hundred thoufand Livres 
 value ; yet Love was near being ftronger than 
 the God of Wealth. I fought for my Miftrefs, 
 to whom I laid bare my Heart, and unfolded 
 the precarious Situation of my Affairs, fwore 
 Conflancy to her a thoufand Times over, and 
 aiTur'd her the moft affecting Poverty did not 
 carry with it half the Terrors of the Fear of 
 loiing her. 
 
 This Generofity touch'd her in a moft fen- 
 fible Manner. She reply'd, it were unjuft to 
 repay fo much Affection with Ingratitude. 
 " Dear Rasac (faid fhc) I have lov'd you 
 " a long while, and far from being that indif- 
 " ferent Creature you imagined, I have impa- 
 u tiently waited an Opportunity of your giv- 
 " ing fome effential Mark of your Efteem, that 
 
 " I 
 

 22 M e m o i r s of the 
 
 " I might then have Room to make this Con- 
 cc feflion : the happy, the wifh'd for Time is, 
 " at length, arriv'd, you have given one not to 
 « be exceeded, and if you continue in the fame 
 c< Difpofition, depend on the molt tender Re~ 
 " quital in the Power of Woman to beflow." 
 
 Thefe Words from the Woman I ador'd, 
 fill'd me with unfpeakable Satisfaction. I pro- 
 tefted, that not the Empire of the Univerfe was 
 capable of altering the Sentiments of my Heart, 
 that my Uncle might execute his Menaces 
 when he pleas'd, they would never give me 
 the fmalleft Affliction, provided fhe continued 
 faithful. 
 
 " Your Uncle (anfwer'd fhe) will never 
 " realize his Threats ; continue firm ; if you 
 c< love truly, you will in Time be happy botli 
 " in your Miftrefs and your Fortune. Pa- 
 <c rents are ealily fubdu'd, their Hearts are not 
 " Marble, nor their Anger above being molii- 
 " fy'd, when a Child is the Object which calls 
 " for their Clemency. I am perfuaded of the 
 " Truth of my Aflertion." " Yes (return'd 
 I eagerly) " it mull, it (hall be fo ; my Uncle 
 " will forget his Anger at the Sight of my 
 
 " charmhig 
 
Count Du Beauval 
 
 23 
 
 " charming Lucinda, me fhall charm his 
 " obdurate Heart to foftnefs, he muft be more 
 u than human who refifis thofe Eyes, he will 
 " not, no ! he cannot j yet 1 cannot be hap- 
 cc pier than at this Minute in obtaining your 
 " Confent to adore you." 
 
 CHAP. 
 
24 Memoirs c//fo 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Rasac difobliges his Uncle entirely , and quits his 
 Houfe. Lucinda'j Advice to him, in Confc- 
 quence thereof, praclis'd ineffectually. She enter- 
 tains another Lover, and Rasac abandons her. 
 His Affairs take an unexpected Turn. He revenges 
 her Infidelity fully upon his Miflrefs, and dif- 
 concerts all her Defigns. The Arrival of the Cou?i- 
 fellor. 
 
 WHEN the eight Days were expired, 
 my Uncle defir'd to know my Deter- 
 mination, and I anfwer'd as I had done at firft. 
 He had not Patience to hear me out. " What 
 u then ! (exclaim'd he) you are determin'd not 
 u to obey me; then, Sir, you mull: quit my 
 " Houfe this very Day, and return to your Fa- 
 " ther, to whom I mail write, for one of your 
 cc Brothers, on whom I fhall confer all the Fa- 
 " vours I intended for you." " You may act 
 " as you pleafe, Sir, (faid I calmly) tho' you 
 " may deprive me of worldly Inheritance, the 
 " Mark of external Happinefs, I {till have the 
 
 " Pleafure 
 
Count Du Beauval. 25 
 
 u Pleafure of thinking you cannot force m/ 
 " Inclinations. Thefe are my own, and inde- 
 c< pendent of your Authority," 
 
 There needed not fo much to fet his Ansa 
 in a Flame; he carry'd it to the higheft Pitch, 
 and, in the Heat of his Rage, loaded "me v/itli 
 his Curfe. I left him in this Temper, having 
 order'd my Things to a ready-furniih'd Lodg- 
 ing, and went to give an Account of what had 
 pafs'd to my Miftrefs ; (lie rcceiv'd it with un- 
 expected Surprife. " This is not right (ob- 
 " ferv'd flic) you mud endeavour to regain the 
 " Efteem of the old Gentleman ; you are but a 
 " Cadet, and your Father cannot give you a 
 <c Sufficiency, to fuppojrt you genteely in a mar- 
 tc ried State. Let me advife you to return to 
 '• your L^ncle, and try what you can do to re- 
 " eitablifh yourfelf in hio Friendfhip." 
 
 I promis'd, and indeed attempted it to no 
 Purpofe, he ilill anfwer'd, that he would be 
 obcy'd, or I mud forget he was my Unci-.-. I 
 was obftinatc in my Rcfufal, and irritated him 
 fo extremely, that he made a Gift of the Reyer- 
 fion of his whole Fortune to my cider Bro- 
 ther, beyond a Poffibility of Recall. 
 
 C I cariy'J 
 
26 Memoirs of the 
 
 I carry'd this heavy News to my Miftrefs* 
 who receiv'd it in a Manner that plainly pre- 
 fag'd my fequent Misfortunes. She grew 
 thoughtful, and feem'd troubled, while an Air 
 of Sadnefs difFus'd itfelf over her Countenance, 
 which affected me deeply j her Melancholy aug- 
 mented daily, and UneafinefTes appear'd ftill 
 more and more, the Caufe of which I could net 
 then divine, though the Sequel taught it me 
 fully. 
 
 A Conviction of her Perfidy com pleated my 
 Misfortune^, and it manifefted itfelf in the Dif- 
 covery of a Rival whom Jhe harbour'd and en- 
 courag'd, to whofe Promifes of Fidelity I had 
 facrifie'd my Hopes of Profperity. 
 
 While I was in this melancholy Situation, 
 my Uncle was carry'd off fuddenly by an apo- 
 plectic Fit. Though he had treated me fo very 
 haifhly, I flew to his Houfe on the firft News of 
 his Illnefs. All Endeavours to recover him were 
 ineffectual, he was at the Point of Death when 
 I enter'd the Room, and he breath'd his laft in 
 my Arms, as I {trove to affift him. My evil 
 Fortune did not ftop here, it was crown'd with- 
 
 the 
 
 
Count Du Beauval. 27 
 
 the Infidelity of Lucinda, who lavifh'd her 
 Tenderncfs, and fquander'd thofe CarcfTes which 
 fhe had fworn to give to none but me, upon 
 the Son of a rich Farmer- General, whofe only 
 Merit confided in his being Heir to the large 
 PoiTelTions of his Father. 
 
 My Indignation at her Conduct cur'd me of 
 my Love, and I conceiv'd for her the moft fo- 
 vereign Contempt. The only Confutation I 
 had remaining, was in being determin'd to let 
 her know what was my Opinion of her. When 
 Heaven brought about a very fignai Change in 
 my Affairs, and put in my Power to avenge me 
 fully of her Infidelity ; my elder Brother dy'd 
 in the Country of the Meafles, and left me not 
 only Heir to the PoiTeflions of my Uncle, but 
 alio to thofe of my Father. 
 
 This Intelligence foon reach'd the Ears of 
 the jilting Lucinda, who therefore refolv'd at 
 any Rate to renew her Correfpondence with 
 me, and not knowing how intirely me was 
 blotted from my Heart, me imagin'd it would 
 not be difficult to rename her Seat therein, with 
 all that Profufion of Power {he had formerly 
 exerted. 
 
 C 2 She 
 
28 Memoirs of the 
 
 She began with playing off her former En- 
 ticements ; her Eyes were watchful of the Mo- 
 tions of mine ; her Language and her Behaviour 
 were plain Endeavours to convince me of a 
 real Affe&ion. Piqu'd with the Trick fhe had 
 already play'd me, I determin'd to pay her in 
 her own Coin, and, for that Purpofe, pretended 
 to fwallow the Bait fhe had hung out for me ; I 
 ccmplain'd of the Indifference with which fhe 
 had treated me, when opprefs'd with Misfor- 
 tunes, of which fhe had been the fole Caufe. 
 She juftify'd herfelf but very lamely, yet weak 
 as her Reafons were, I affected to be perfuaded 
 by them, and defir'd fhe would confirm them 
 by breaking off with my Rival, in fuch a Man- 
 ner as mould fufnce to affure me me would 
 never enter into Connection with him as;ain. 
 
 o 
 
 It was with Eafe fhe confented to banifh him 
 from her Prefence for ever, and infilled upon 
 difmiiling him without any Explication j but I 
 remain'd firm in demanding the contrary, and 
 added, that I would be fhut up at the Time in 
 fome Corner whence I might hear their whole 
 Converfation ; a Satisfaction which, after fome 
 feint Refufal, fhe confented to give me. 
 
 I was 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 29 
 
 I was at the appointed Time plac'd in a Clo- 
 fejt within the Room, whence I could conveniently 
 heir every Thing that was faid. She told my 
 Rival on his Entry, me had fent for him to dcfire 
 he would give himfelf no farther Trouble about 
 her. The Lover, a little furpris'd at this abrupt 
 Addrefs, defir'd to know the Reafon of her Ca- 
 price. 
 
 H I have but a fhort one to give you at pre- 
 «' fent (faid me) and that is you don't pleafe 
 " me j befides, as I facrihVd the Chevalier De 
 tc Rasac to you, I now facrince you to him." 
 The young Farmer-General, piqu'd at the 
 Compliment, bluntly reply 'd, " Well, Ma- 
 M dam, fince it is fo, I muft comfort myfelf as 
 " well as I can ; but be fo kind as to return the 
 u Promife of Marriage, and the Deeds you 
 " oblig'd me to give you." This Requeft 
 threw the Lady into fome fort of Confufion. 
 She reply 'd, however, that fhe had torn and 
 loft them, as never intending to make ufe of 
 them. " Excufes of this fort (faid he) won't 
 " ferve my Turn, I won't quit this Room till 
 " you return me my Papers." 
 
 C -? Matters 
 
30 Memoirs of the 
 
 Matters being now come to the Height I had 
 delir'd, I flung open the Clofet-door, and ap- 
 pear'd in the Chamber to the Confuiion of one, 
 and Aftonifhment of the other. " Sir, (faid I) 
 " addrefling myfelf to my Rival, you need not 
 <c take your Papers out of the Lady's Hands, 
 " nobody can make better ufe of them ; and to 
 " you, Sir, I give up all Right and Title to 
 c< her." With thefe Words I left them to- 
 gether without hearing them reply. 
 
 This Revenge was but jufr, ; me caus'd me 
 to forfeit a very noble Inheritance, and had I 
 not had a Heart better than her own, I had let 
 her part with the Writings demanded by her rich 
 Lover. Soon after this I fet out for the Coun- 
 try, whither I was fummon'd by my private 
 Affairs, and never faw either of them again. 
 Indeed I was inform'd fhe had cited him before 
 the Parliament, who condemn'd him, either to 
 marry her immediately, or to pay the Forfeit, 
 to which he was bound in Cafe of Refufal 3 the 
 latter he judicioufly chofe. 
 
 The Impudence of Lucinda open'd my 
 Eyes upon the Deceit of Women, and I exa- 
 
 min'd 
 
Count Du Beauval. 31 
 
 min'd into their Nature fo very ferioufly, that I 
 have been always fince Proof againft their 
 Snares. 
 
 The Remembrance of my Misfortunes dwells 
 flrongly in my Mind, and ferves as a Check upon 
 the Vigour of my Conititution. Let your pad 
 Follies have the fame EffecT: upon you 9 thus you 
 will be prevented from falling into new ones. 
 
 We are now going upon a Tour for two or 
 three Years, look back on the Inconveniencies 
 into which you have heretofore been plung'd by 
 the PaiTion of Love, and you will learn to avoid 
 it in Jlrange Countries. 
 
 I promis'd to accommodate myfelf to his Ad- 
 vife as much as pollible, alluring him, that I 
 mould take, in the kindeft Manner, his laying 
 afide all Referve, and talking to me without Re- 
 straint, convine'd that it was impomble for him 
 to fpeak without giving me Pleafure, though he 
 might feem to deprive me of it, by attempting 
 to curb my Inclinations. The Time when we 
 were to fet out on our Journey being near a r 
 Hand, we were preparing to return to Paris 9 
 when we were agreeably i'urpris'd with the Ar- 
 C 4 riva,l 
 
3>2 Memoirs of the 
 
 rival of the Gentleman in whofe Houfe we 
 were, when we leaft expected him. He wore 
 an Air of Dejection and Melancholy that gave 
 us fome Uneafinefs, and judging that fomething 
 very grievous muft have caus'd it, we were 
 tempted to enquire. 
 
 " I come (fays he) from being Witnefs to 
 " an Accident, as mournful as any which has 
 tx happen'd in my Memory ; from feeing one 
 * s of my beft Friends, a Woman who knew 
 <c really what it was to be a Friend, fall a Vic- 
 f* tim to the blackeft Treafon. Madamoiflelle 
 ** Le Couvreur is dead, fhe was inhumanly 
 M poifon'd. Yes, my Friends, that charming 
 44 Woman is no more, and fhe expir'd in thefe 
 44 Arms. Neither my Sighs, nor the Public 
 44 Regret, could protect her from the Arm of 
 " Death, guided by the Perfidioufnefs of her 
 14 Foes, who, in fhewing themfelvcs fuch to 
 14 her, proved themf elves Foes to Merit and 
 14 Gc odnefs ; it has levell'd her with the 
 44 Dull." 
 
 This News gave Rasac, and me, much 
 Sarprife ; we both knew the Counfellor's At- 
 tachment to this admirable Lady; and when 
 
 acquainted 
 
Count Du Beauval, 33. 
 
 acquainted with the Caufe of his Concern, durfl 
 not enquire into the Particulars of her Death, 
 left the Repetition fhould augment his Grief. 
 
 Two or three enfuing Days were engrofs'd 
 by Endeavours to confolc him, without offering 
 to hint at the Gratification of our Curiofitvi 
 which, at length, triumph'd, and we ventured 
 to afk the Procefs of his Death. " Nobody 
 i " (anfwer'dhe) can inform you better, I know 
 M every Particular of her Life and Death ; of 
 " the one I learn'd from herfelf, of the other 
 " from People who had been acquainted with 
 " her from her Childhood. " 
 
 We exprefs'd many Obligations for this Fa- 
 vour, while he proceeded thus to fatisfy our 
 Requcft. 
 
 C 5 CHAP. 
 
34 Memoirs*?/ the 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Le CouvreurV Birth,, Family, and Char after. 
 Her Introduction on the Stage, mid Amour with 
 an Officer, with its melancholy Termination. 
 Her Behaviour afterwards, and Affair with 
 young Glinglin. Their Separation, and her 
 Appearance for the firft Ti?ne on the Paris Stage, 
 under the Care of Baron. Her Attachment to 
 Marjhal S axe. His Jetting out Jor Cour- 
 xand, and a Proof of her Love and Gallantry 
 in forwarding that Expedition. 
 
 ADriana Le Couvreur was born in 
 Brittany, upon the Eftate of Count D am- 
 ber val, who was an Officer in the Guards. 
 Her Family was extremely poor, and when fhe 
 grew up, her Father, who was cover'd in Mi- 
 fery, imagining his Daughter had Tome theatri- 
 cal Talents, made Interefl for her Admiffion 
 into a Company of Players, who by Chance 
 pafs'd through the Village. The Sweetnefs of 
 her Air, and the Modefty of her Addrefs, pleas'd 
 the whole Company ; they receiv'd her with a 
 great deal of Pleafure, allowing the Father, 
 
 who 
 
Count Du Beauval. 35 
 
 who did not care to abandon the Fortune of 
 his Daughter, fome little Employment amongil 
 them. 
 
 Adriana foon adapted herfelf to the Stage, 
 and it was not long before fhe gave Prefages of 
 her wonderful Talents, for which fhe has fince 
 been fo juftly admired. She pei form'd in feveral 
 different Places before her coming to Strqfburgf 
 where the Company fettled. She liv'd here for 
 fometime without tailing either the Pleafurer, 
 or Anxieties of Love ; but as {he ripen'd, 'twas 
 not to be expected fhe fhould efcape it, in a Life 
 expos'd to fo many Temptations, where 
 h^r Perfections were difplay'd to fuch infinite 
 Advantages, for fhe had no Right to an Ex- 
 emption from the general Law of Nature. 
 
 A young O facer of the Regiment of Plcardy^ 
 who was amiable and well made, was the firft 
 who diilurb'd her Tranquility. Love had mu- 
 tually infpir'd them, and the Officer focn find- 
 ing out the Inclinations of Couvreur, touch'd 
 her upon the Subject ; fhe was not Jifpleas'd at 
 the Difcovcry of his Panlon, and a fympathetic 
 Likcncfs cneu'r'd their Hearts. 
 
 C o 
 
 C 6 Le 
 
$6 Memoirs of the 
 
 Le Couvreur differ'd greatly from the reft 
 of her Sex ; me was incapable of that Fiekle- 
 nefs generally charg'd to it, and inherited Can- 
 dor and Sincerity from Nature. The Officer 
 was a Man of Honour in Love, a Virtue very 
 rare among military Gentlemen ; Co that it i s 
 not 10 be imagin'd the Poifon of Jealoufy, or 
 Fear cf Change, diflurb'd their Happinefs. If 
 Le Couvreur was lavifh ofCarrefTes upon 
 her Lover, he was not wanting in making fuit- 
 able Returns. They faw one another daily 
 without Conftraint, and their Happinefs conti- 
 nually encreas'd, till Fate, jealous of fuch per- 
 fect Felicity, took the Officer out of the 
 World. 
 
 Her Defpair was exceffive as her Love had 
 been great ; me feem'd determin'd to follow him 
 to the Grave, and her Grief reduc'd her very 
 near it ; however, in Time, fhe recover'd her 
 Health, but could not divert herfelf of that me- 
 lancholy Air with which this Accident had en- 
 velop'd her. She had no relifh for any Plea- 
 sure of Life, the Remembrance of her Lover 
 was always prefent to her Mind ; though dead 
 
 flic 
 
Count Du Beauval. 37 
 
 fhe feem'd to converfe with him, avoiding 
 every Thing which might divert her Sadnefs. 
 
 Love could no longer bear to fee fo much 
 Beauty in Affliction, and refolv'd to cure her 
 by giving her a frefh Gallant. The young 
 Count De Glinglin, Son to the Royal Pre- 
 tor or" Strajburg, had a long Time admir'd her ; 
 he was a young Gentleman of genteel Appear- 
 ance, though not quite fo handfome as the Cap- 
 tain ; fhe had often fallen in his Way, but the 
 Gloominefs which furrounded her had prevented 
 his AddrefTes. 
 
 However, as Time cures all Diforders, he 
 imagin'd, that Cguvreur's Grief would not 
 laft always, therefore one day ventur'd boldly 
 to communicate his Paflion to her, which fhe 
 receiv'd in a much genteeler Manner than he had 
 expected. Charm 5 d at the Succefs of his firft 
 Eflay, he redoubled his Afliduity and Care, 
 and though at firft fhe appear'd indifferent to his 
 AddreiTes, fhe, at length, became fenfible of 
 his Conftancy, of which fhe could not avoid 
 fhewing fome figns. He, by little and little, 
 gain'd Ground upon the Remembrance of the 
 
 Officer, 
 
38 Memoirs ^/"/^ 
 
 Officer, and, at laft, found out the Means of 
 making himfelf as well belov'd. 
 
 Le Couvreur, though (he really efteem'd 
 her new Lover, was cautious how fhe pro- 
 ceeded j fhe aim'd at a certain Eftablifhment in 
 Life, having nothing; of the Libertine in her 
 Difpoiition, though me was naturally amorous. 
 With a View to this (he admitted the AddreiTes 
 of Count Glinglin, who fwore to give her 
 his Hand as foon as ever he was his own Ma- 
 fter, and convinc'd her, that it was not the 
 Difparity of Birth which mould prevent their 
 Union. From henceforward fhe was incapable 
 of Deceit, gave herfelf up entirely to his Di- 
 rection, and at the End of ten Months was de- 
 liver'd of a fine Girl, the Effect of their mutual 
 Promifes. 
 
 Some Years roll'd on without producing any 
 remarkable Change in the Fortune of thefe 
 Lovers. When Glinglin's Family oblig'd 
 him to marry, his Perfidy fuTd the Heart of his 
 Miftrefs with almoft abfolute Defpair ; fhe could 
 not bear to fee herfelf fo unworthily facrific'd, 
 and live within the View of her Betrayer. It 
 was this which brought her to the Farifian 
 
 Stage, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 39 
 
 Stage, where fhe was receiv'd with prodigious 
 Applaufes. On her firft Appearance on the 
 Theatre, (he had two illuftrious Rivals to 
 contend with, La Duclous and La Des- 
 marcs ; but Baron took great Pleafure in 
 perfecting fo excellent a Subject as Le Cou- 
 vreur ; (he was in the Beginning put upon an 
 equal Footing with them, nor was it long be- 
 fore me excell'd them ; her Merit, and her Ta- 
 lents, foon gain'd her a Crowd of Admirers. 
 
 It was the Fortune of but one fingled from 
 the Number to pleafe her, this was the cele- 
 brated Count Saxe, the illegitimate Son of a 
 very great Monarch, neither unworthy of the 
 Glory, or Name, of his Royal Father. Mars, 
 and the God of Love, fmil'd at his Nativity, 
 and united in his Compofition - y he was hand- 
 fome as one, and valiant as the other. He 
 lov ; d not Le Couvreur as a tranfitory Mi- 
 ftrefs, he was attach'd to her very fincerely, 
 and as much a Lover of her Candour, and her 
 Probity, as an Admirer of her Wit and Beauty. 
 
 For her Part, neither the Glare of his Gran- 
 deur, nor the Extent of his Riches, commanded 
 her Attention 3 fhe feparated the Ideas of a Man 
 
 of 
 
40 Memoirs/?//^ 
 
 of Honour, and the Son of a King ; for the 
 firfl fhe had the ftri&eft Regard, and for the 
 latter a proper RefpecT:. From among a thou- 
 fand Pleafures, which a fincere Union of thefe 
 two Hearts adminifter'd, Glory fnatch'd the Sol- 
 dier, whom active Solicitude and bufy Care in- 
 fluenc'd more ftrongly than the mcfr. inviolable 
 Affection. A Crown wav'd in the North for 
 his Acceptance, to which he had no other Pre- 
 tenfions than what he deriv'd from his Charac- 
 ter of Courage and Prudence. 
 
 Though a thoufand Dangers were to be 
 waded through for this great Acquifition, his 
 Intrepidity conquer'd them all ; he fnatch'd him- 
 felf from the Arms of his Miftrefs, who, like 
 Niobe, was all Tears, and follow'd the Call of 
 Fame. 
 
 Le Couvreur rightly judging that Money 
 would be neceffary to her Lover in fo tedious a 
 Journey, pledged all her Jewels, and rais'd 
 what Sums were in her Power, amounting to 
 upwards of forty thoufand Livres, which me 
 lent him. 
 
 He 
 
Count Du Beauval. 
 
 4* 
 
 He made no Difficulty in accepting this ge- 
 nerous Afliftance of his Miftrefs, as it was a 
 frefh Conviction of the Goodnefs of her Heart. 
 The Count fet out for Courland, leaving his 
 dear Le Couvreur full of Care and Inquie- 
 tude ; fhe was eternally apprehenfive of the 
 Dangers which furrounded the Man fhe fo fin- 
 cerely efteem'd. She trembled for his Life, but 
 much more for his Liberty ; but alas ! though 
 file was convinc'd of his Sincerity, and his 
 Conflancy, fhe could not fometimes avoid ad- 
 mitting a Doubt of his Fidelity, for her Heart 
 was too tender to repel the Attacks of Jealoufy. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
4* M e m o i r s of the 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Count Saxe returns from Courland, and Le 
 Couvreur receives pleafing News from 
 Glinglin. The Count intrigues with the 
 Dutchefs B***** ? wbomLE Cou v rev R pub- 
 licly affronts. Jin odd Adventure of Abbe 
 ****** His 'Proceeding afterwards. Le 
 Couvreur fuddenly taken ill. The Manner 
 sf her Death. A Difpute about her Interment^ 
 in which the Priejl gets the better j reafont 
 again/} his Condufl* 
 
 IN this Situation (he receiv'd News whick- 
 gave her much Comfort. The Count of 
 Glinglin had been very careful of educating 
 her Daughter, and married her to a Man of 
 Quality in Germany who was extremely rich, 
 fhe having attain'd her fifteenth Year. 
 
 This Man, who ow'd Part of his Fortune to 
 the Count, overlook'd all Formalities of Birth 
 for the Sake of 26000 Livres he had receiv'd in 
 
 Dowry 
 
Count Du Beauval. 4j 
 
 Dowry with her $ convine'd of the Happinefs 
 of her Daughter, (lie prefented her with a very 
 valuable Diamond, notwithstanding the Diffi- 
 culties in which (he was involv'd by Count 
 Saxe -, but this agreeable Circumflance was 
 clouded by the Affairs of the North. Matters 
 took a very ill Turn in Courland^ where, in 
 fpite of all his Gallantry and Precaution, the 
 Count's Enemies prevail'd ; and after having 
 undergone a thoufand Fears on his Account, 
 fhe receiv'd Information that he was returning 
 to Francc\ having been fore'd to relinquifh his 
 ambitious Pretenfions. The Pleafure fhe ex- 
 pected from an Interview, by far out-ballanc'd 
 the Satisfaction fhe would have reap'd from his 
 Succcfa, fnould it have protracted his Abfence. 
 
 — He return'd to Paris as much enamour'd as 
 he had left it. Neither War, nor Abfence, 
 could change his Affection, and his Hazards 
 and Difappointments were buried in the Arms 
 of Love and Sincerity ; a violent Storm fuc- 
 ceeded the Calm of Happinefs and Tranquility, 
 which, for fometime after, gave additional 
 Wings to every Day of Le Couvreur's Life. 
 
 The 
 
44 Memoirs ^/"/k 
 
 The Count enter'd into an Intrigue with the 
 Dutchefs of B****, and though fhe was fenfiblc 
 that he lov'd her very finccrely, fhe could not 
 bear the Enjoyment of a fimple Share in his 
 Heart ; fhe complain'd of his Indifference, and 
 he vainly endeavourd to convince her that her 
 Sufpicions were without Foundation, Contempt 
 for a Pvival joining her Jealoufy, fhe could not 
 contain herfelf from infulting her, and openly 
 avenging herfelf in the Eyes of the Public. 
 
 The Dutchefs of B**** being in one of the 
 Stage-Boxes when Le Couvreur play'd the 
 Part of Phjedra, it was very impatiently fhe 
 fuftain'd the Prefence of her Rival, and finding 
 a few Lines in the Part which fhe perform'd, 
 which fhe imagin'd might be well adapted to 
 her Grace, turn'd herfelf about, and looking 
 fledfaftly at her, repeated thefe Words of Phje- 
 
 DRA. 
 
 Nor could CEnone when opprefid with Crimes, 
 Boajl the rich Treafure of a Mind at Eafe, 
 Likefome hji Women, or forget to blufi. 
 
 This 
 
Count Du Beauval. 45 
 
 This was fufficiently the Character of her 
 Rival j nor did the Public, who faw the Inten- 
 tion, difcourage the Reproof. 
 
 The Dutchefs, who was Le Couvreur's 
 violent Enemy ever after, was determined, by 
 this Injury, to accelerate her long meditated 
 Revenge againft her. She would willingly have 
 engrofTed the Count to herfelf, but fhe knew 
 the Charms of her Rival, to which the Count 
 was more ftrongly attach'd, were far more at- 
 tractive. In order that fhe might perpetrate her 
 Crime without Sufpicion, file let fome Time 
 pafs without manifesting the leaft Uneafinefs ; 
 and when (he imagined fhe could revenge hcr- 
 ielf in Safety, took fuch Precautions in direct- 
 ing the intended Blow, as rendered it impoffi- 
 ble to be avoided, while it was net to be 
 equal'd. 
 
 Le Couvreur kept the bed of Company; 
 her Houfe was the Rendezvous not only of the 
 principal Actors, but alio of all People of 
 Fafhion and of Genius. One Night three Men 
 mafk'd, ftopp'd the Abbe P***** in his return 
 from thence, and clapp'd a Piftol to his Throat ; 
 
46 Memoirs c//^ 
 
 who concluding them Robbers, prefented his 
 Purfe, and entreated them to fpare his Lrfe. One 
 of them replied, it is not your Money we feek, 
 we have Bufinefs for you to do, which you muil 
 not refufe; you will find fome Sv/eetmeats, lying 
 upon the Foot of the Pedeltal which fupports 
 the Statue of /Eneas in the Tuilleries, to-mor- 
 row , you muft take them thence, and prefent 
 them to Le Couvreur , they are poifon'd, 
 this we tell you for your own Safety j if you fail 
 in doing it, remember that we know you, and 
 nothing lefs than your Life mail anfwer the 
 Neglect; once more let us repeat it to you, that 
 if you are guilty of the Omiflion, it will be impof- 
 fible for you to efcape us, fo take care of your- 
 felf. At thefe Words they left the poor Abbe 
 frightened out of his Wits, and the Blood chill'd 
 in his Veins. 
 
 He knew not how to conduct himfelf in this 
 Dilemma ; he was, on the one hand, incapable of 
 the Crime which they exacted, and, on the 
 other, he fear'd to be aflaflinated. He commu- 
 nicated the Pain, which he fuftain'd, together 
 with his fearful Situation, to the Lieutenant of 
 the Police 9 who endeavour'd to fecure him againft 
 his Fears, and ordered him fo far to fulfill the 
 
 Injunction, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 47 
 
 Injunction, as to take the Sweetmeats; when 
 he promifs'd to have fome of his People ready 
 upon the Spot, not only to take him into Cuf- 
 tody, but alfo every Perfon who mould be near 
 him, and by this Means, perhaps, feize fome 
 who were to be Spies upon his Proceed- 
 
 At the Hour appointed, which was One 
 o'Clock next Day, the Abbe went to the Gar- 
 den ; he found every Thing as he expected — 
 the Sweetmeats were laid in the appointed Place, 
 and he no fooner was in Poffeffion of them, but 
 he, and almoft every Perfon within Sight of the 
 Statue, were taken into Cuftody, and conducted 
 before the Magiftrate, who gain'd thereby not 
 the leaft Infight into the Affair, all the People who 
 were feiz'd, proving to be honeft Citizens, who 
 could not be fufpected for Accomplices. 
 
 This Adventure was nois'd all over Paris. 
 In an Hour after, the unfortunate Lady was 
 feiz'd with an unheard of kind of Cholic ; fhe 
 felt a devouring Fire prey upon her Entrails, 
 and the Phyficians declar'd that fhe was poifon'd. 
 The Moment this News reach'd the Ears of 
 Count Saxe, he flew to her Afliilance, nor at 
 
 the 
 
48 M E M I r s of the 
 
 the piteous Sight could he contain his Tears, nor 
 fupprefs his Defpair. 
 
 c< I die contented, (faid fhe) convinced of 
 " yourfincere Efteem ; and Death is welcome, 
 " iince I expire in your Arms." " Live! live! 
 " my Angel, (cry'd the illuitrious Lover) or let 
 u me accompany you to the Grave." " Dear 
 " Count, (fays fhe) your Requeft is extrava- 
 M gant, it is vain, I already feel the icy Hand 
 M of Death 5 nor is my Prefervation within the 
 " Power of Art, nor your more prevailing En- 
 " dearments. 
 
 " I feel the Poifoncold at my Heart; and my 
 " Soul already at my Lips, would not delay thus 
 " long, were it not to enjoy your dear Pre- 
 cc fence ;" to the laft Moment fheprcferv'd the 
 moft perfect Tranquility, fcem'd entirely refign'd 
 to the Will of Providence, and expir'd with- 
 out the leaft Complaint at the Rigour of her 
 Fate. 
 
 The News of her Ulnefs call'd together a 
 Number of her Friends, who were fili'd at her 
 Death ith unfpcalcable Grief; for my Part, 
 as la. ' ! her in her laft Moments, my Con- 
 cern 
 
Count Du Beauval. 49 
 
 cern was inexpremble, and I was for a while 
 depriv'd of every Senfe. The Situation of the 
 Count was indeed pitiable, and a Picture 
 which cannot be reprefented ; it was w T ith Dif- 
 ficulty he was forc'd from the Side of her Re- 
 mains, and carried to his own Houfe. 
 
 As it was not imagined the Poifon could be fo 
 fudden in its Effect, the Curate of St. Sul- 
 pice had not been advertis'd of her Ulncfs, till 
 the Miniitry of his Functions was too late, who 
 vex'd and fcandaliz'd by this Forgetful nefs, pro- 
 tc-ited (he mould not be interr'd in confecratcd 
 Ground. I was fo troubled, that at firft I paid 
 little Attention to this Declaration, but it beincr 
 one of the firft Things I heard, on recovering 
 from my Reverie, I was no longer Ivlafter of 
 my Refentment.— Flow, Sir, (cryed I) do you 
 deny funeral Honours to a Perfon, who has been 
 the Object of univerfal Admiration ? Of what 
 Crime has me been guilty ? She was an Actrefs. 
 Was it not the Profeilion of Moliere, whofe 
 Death was altogether as fudden, and have you 
 not allow'd him proper Interment ? How fliall 
 one interpret an Irregularity that dishonours 
 Pcrfons, who are an Honour to the Nation. 
 
 D AH 
 
§0 Memoirs of the 
 
 All Paris mall complain of this Cruelty ; we 
 will be no longer Dupes to this mifplac'd Zeal 
 of the Clergy. What Right have you to refufe 
 Chriftian Burial to Actors, when the Pope 
 himfelf allows it, even in Rome, where they are 
 never refus'd the ^Sacraments. Is the Catholic' 
 Religion different here from what it is in Italy. 
 Perhaps the Pope and the Cardinals are not 
 Catholics, — - or, perhaps, they don't understand 
 the Mifteries of Religion as well as you. 
 
 All our Reafoning was ineffectual, the opini* 
 ated Prieft was not to be mollified, and we 
 were obliged to bury this illuftrious Woman 
 in a Piece of Ground, belonging; to the Count 
 De Maurepas. Happy mould I be, were it 
 allow'd me to erect a Pyramid to her Memory, 
 which fhou'd perpetuate to Pofterity the Efteem 
 I have for her. 
 
 Here the Counfellor finifh'd his Narration - y 
 and tho' we knew very little of Couvreur, 
 we cou'd not but fympathize in his well-founded 
 Concern; it had a fenfible Effect upon Chevalier 
 Rasac ; her deplorable End furnifh'd him with 
 a new Train of Reflections ; in Confequence of 
 
 Which, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 51 
 
 which, he again repeated his Admonitions, that 
 I fhould fecure my Heart againft the Attacks of 
 Love. 
 
 I promifed to fubjec*r. myfelf entirely to his 
 Guidance, and after having ftaid fome few Days 
 with the Counfellor, to confole him for the Lois 
 of his female Friend ; we return'd to Paris to' 
 finifh our Affairs. Our Defire of beginning the 
 intended Tour, made us haflen more than we 
 fhould otherwife have done, and in a Week's 
 Time we were entirely prepar d for it. 
 
 
 ■!'■ 
 
 D2 CHAP. 
 
52 M £ m o i r s cj the 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Author and R as ac Jet cut Jor Spain ; com- 
 mence an Acquaintance with the Dutchejs oJSt. 
 Blass and Maria D'Alincastra. A new 
 Love-adventure, and Marriage intended, ■ The 
 Marquis De Montorio appears. An unex- 
 pected Change in Affairs. A Country Journey. 
 The Dutchejs manijejls great Friendjhip Jor 
 Beauval, and the Match is entirely broke 
 off. 
 
 WE fet out Pofl for Spain, being rcfolv'd 
 to make Madrid the firft Scene of our 
 Review. On our Arrival in this Capital, we de- 
 liver'd the Letters of Recommendation v/e had 
 brought with us from Paris ; one of which was 
 directed to the Dtitchefs of St. Blass, whofe 
 Houfe was relbrted by the moft fafhionable Peo- 
 ple ; where I generally chofe to fpend my Even- 
 ings, preferably to that of any other Perfon, which 
 I might have commanded. Here 1 became ac- 
 quaintedwithMARiAD'AtiNCASTRA, a young 
 
 Spanijb 
 
Count Du Beauval. 53 
 
 Spanijb Lady of fonie Quality, but very mo- 
 derate Fortune. 
 
 I felt the Power of her large black Eyes, the 
 firft Moment I beheld her, and trembled at the 
 thought of being compelPd to tranfgrefs the fo- 
 lemn Promife I had made my Friend. I found 
 the lovely Imprefiion of this Lady every Day 
 more deeply engraved on my Heart, and deter- 
 mined to furrender to the facred Power, becaufe 
 1 could no longer refift. I took fuch Precautions 
 as made it impoiiible for Rasac to difcover my 
 Flexibility. When he was prefent, I affected an 
 Infenfibility at the Sight of Maria, and gave 
 myfelf but little Uneafinefs about him, fince he 
 did not feem to examine my Conduct with a 
 fufpicious Eye. 
 
 Constraint grew insupportable, as my Paflion 
 encreafed, Concealment of which I could no 
 longer endure, but difcovered it to my Mif- 
 trefs, who received the Declaration in a very 
 favourable Manner, and encouraged me to con- 
 tinue my Addrcfs. I now flung off all Con- 
 ltraint, my Attachment was publicklyperceivM 
 and as I was known to be a French Gentleman, 
 whofe Father was extremely rich, the Fami- 
 D 3 ly 
 
§4 Me moirs of the 
 
 ]y of D'Alincastra were not difpleafed atmy 
 Pretenfions. 
 
 My Friend forefaw the Errors into which I 
 was plunging, and if he then defifted, it was, 
 left he fhould encreafe my Anxiety ; befides, he 
 was fenfible my Heart was too far engag'd, to 
 digeft it ; if he difTembled, it was to enfure my 
 Confidence, fo that the firft favourable Opportu- 
 nity, he might be enabled to open my Eyes 
 upon my Manner of Proceeding. 
 
 My Miftrefs feveral times told me, that if I 
 efteem'd her with that Sincerity to which I pre- 
 tended, flic was ready to grant my Defires, on 
 Condition of Marriage; that I was in a Country 
 where the Confent of my Family was not at all 
 neceflaiy ; and that her Intereft at Court (thro* 
 the Means of her Sifter, who was near the 
 Perfon of the Queen) was fufficient to procure 
 Approbation of our Meafures in France. I fub- 
 mitted to her Perfuafion, and refolved to eipoufe 
 her as foon as poiiible. 
 
 Big with my Project, I communicated it to 
 Rasac, who, tho' alarm'd at my Delign, was 
 Satisfied that nothing but Stratagem would pre- 
 vent 
 
Count Du Beauval. 55; 
 
 vent it ; he faw what I intended to fay, before 
 I opened my Lips, and after fome flight Oppo- 
 fition, apparently confented to every Thing I 
 propos'd. 
 
 Charm'd with the Goodncfs of my Friend, I 
 flew to Maria with the News, to haiten the 
 Conclufion; nor were her Parents difTatisfied at 
 my Hafb, fo that the Nuptials were appointed 
 in nr'teen Days. 
 
 Mean Time the Chevalier omitted nothing 
 that might tend to the overthrowing my Project 
 without giving me the fmallefl Room to think 
 of his being fo engag'd. 
 
 I had made fome Acquaintance here with the 
 Marquifs de Montorio, a Piedmontefe Noble- 
 man, whom Curiofity had brought, as well as 
 myfelf, to Spain ; we engaged to travel into Italy 
 together, but after my Amour, I no longer had 
 any Notion of quitting Madrid; my Friend 
 chofe him to affift in forwarding his Defigns 
 upon me ; he was fatisfied that the Dutchefs De 
 Saint Blass had nosxeat Kindnefsfor Maria 
 
 o 
 
 D'ALiNCASTRAjConfequently would gladly con- 
 tribute to her Difappointment. 
 
 D 5 Having 
 
56 Me mo i rs of the 
 
 Having fecur'd the Confidence of thefe two 
 People, he entreated me to fpend fome few 
 Davs at a Seat of the Dutch:fs's; as the Invitati- 
 on was prefented on the Part of her Grace, it 
 was impoiTible I could refufe accepting it, tho' I 
 felt infinite Pain at being carried fo far from the 
 Pjrefence of my Charmer. 
 
 Rasac, the Marquifs of Montorio, the 
 Dutchefs, and myfelf, were the Company ; the 
 firft Day I began to harbour fome Sufpicion of 
 the Caufe of our Retreat, but the fecond left me 
 no Room to doubt. The Chevalier, his Eyes 
 fwimming with Tears, intreated me not to lofe 
 n)yk]f intirely to the World ; he reprefented 
 what a mortal Stroke I was going to give my 
 Family, how infinitely I muft grieve one of 
 the beft of Fathers, whom I had already fuffi- 
 cientfy perplex'd; as would plainly appear from 
 a RetrofpecT: of my former Mifconduch 
 
 I was inienfible to all that he faid, and per- 
 ceiving how very little he gain'd upon me, he 
 solemnly fwore, that the Day which faw me wed 
 MariaD'Alincastra, mould fcclude him for 
 ever from the World j that he refolv'd to fliut 
 himfeif up in a Convent, fince he could not 
 
 think 
 
Count Du Beauval. 57 
 
 think of appearing before my Father, who 
 would not fail conitantly to reproach him with 
 my Imprudence ; furely, (fays he) taking me 
 tenderly by the Arm, you cannot have forgot 
 your Fricndfhip for me, your Duty to your 
 Father, and the Honour due to your Family; are 
 all thefe blotted from your Mind ? Think, think, 
 my dear Count, into what a Gulph of Misfor- 
 tune you are precipitating by the Blindnefs of a 
 mifplac'd Paflion ; let Reafon flop your Carreer, 
 and teach you to avoid the Evils hanging over 
 your Head. 
 
 Here the Dutch efs and the Marquifs, as had 
 been previoufly concerted, enter'd the Room, 
 and join' J in fupporting his Arguments, with 
 fuch Succels, that I promifed to think no more 
 of returning to Madrid, and fet out the next 
 Day for Catalonia ; the Marquifs de Montorio 
 who undertook to fettle our Affairs in Town, 
 fet out for that Furpofe and returned back the 
 fame Dzy. 
 
 " Take it not amifs, dear Beauval, (faid 
 " the Dutchefs, when we were by ourfllves) 
 " that I afk'd you what you could hope from 
 4 - an Alliance with Maria ; {he had no For- 
 
 " tune 
 
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 " tune, and you may be certain that your Father 
 <■■' would, in Coniequence of fuch Proceeding, 
 ^ have left you as poor as herfelf 5 what mutt 
 fC become of you ? Believe me, that Love will 
 f* foon give Ground without Support, and leave 
 u you only to ruminate on your having run 
 ** yourfelf into Misfortunes. 
 
 I anfwered her, that I mould have follicited 
 an Employ in the SpaniJJ) Service, which, thro' 
 the Means of my Miftrefs's Sifter, I mould 
 have eafily obtain'd. " How little do you 
 " know, (replied fhe) the Strefs that ought to be 
 « c laid on fuch weak Hopes ? how fandy their 
 •« Foundation ? Of this I cannot give you a 
 " flronger Proof, than recounting to you a 
 " Story of the celebrated Duke of W~< — N 
 " in Circumflance fomething fimilar to 
 M yours. 
 
 As I was partly acquainted with the Hiftory 
 of his Grace, I was the more defirous to hear 
 this Adventure j a Requeft which I made her, 
 and fhe complied with in the politeft Manner 
 poflibie ; obfcn ing firft that his Misfortunes 
 might warn others from treading in the fame 
 dangerous Paths. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Count Du Beauval. 59 
 
 CHAP. vn. 
 
 The OccafionoftheDukeofW N*S retiring 
 
 to Spain. His Reception at Court, Falls in 
 Love with a Maid of Honour. Demands her of 
 the Queen, who at fir ft refufes, but is at length 
 prevailed on to confent to the Match. Retires to 
 France with his new marry' d Dutchefs, in a dis- 
 contented Mood, but returns again to Madrid. 
 
 WHO is there ignorant of the Diflenti- 
 ons and Animofities ruling in England, 
 caus'd by the Claim, which a Family refiding 
 in Italy , has laid to the Crown of that Kingdom ? 
 How much Blood has been filed, what prodigi- 
 ous Fortunes facrifie'd ? What immenie Sums 
 fquandercd in thefe Quarrels ? They oblig'd the 
 Duke of W- ''"' •. " ~' ; n to quit the Kingdom "in a 
 Hurry, and from the ungrateful Soil of his own 
 Country, he retir'd into Spain, imagining his 
 Birth, Family, and Addrefs, would immediate- 
 ly procuic him a Poll in the Service, andfecure 
 him feme fpeedy Employment, which might 
 not be beneath his Dignity to accept. 
 
 He 
 
Co M e m I r s of the 
 
 He appeared at Court with very great A} plaufe? 
 joining to the external Appearance of a very 
 handfome Man, x delicate Wit, and every 
 Accomplifhment of Nobility. The Reception 
 which he met with from his Chatholic Majefty, 
 confirm'd him in his Hopes, and, perhaps, they 
 had done Juflice to his Merit, had he not by 
 fuch another ram, inconliderate Attachment, as 
 yours, bound himfelf to refide in Spain^ where- 
 by he was obliged to content himfelf with 
 accepting what the Court pleas'd - } and you may 
 be certain they gave according to their own 
 Pleafure, and far inadequate to his Defert. 
 
 The Duke, who had a Heart form'd for Love, 
 became, by attending at the the Queen's Levee, 
 acquainted with Catherina M***** one of 
 her Majefty's Maids of Honour, who was not 
 only very handfome, but a Woman of lively 
 Wit, extreme good Senfe, and Miftrefs of every 
 Thing that could form the Agreeable ; nor was 
 her Virtue inferior to her Charms ; but with all 
 thefe Perfections, me had no Fortune, but what 
 the Queen might plesfe to endow her with, as 
 oae of her Attendants. 
 
 This 
 
Count D u Beauval. Gi 
 
 This was no Objection to him, who was 
 diihacledly in Love, and could never b^ eafy 
 out of his Miftrefs's Company, to whom he 
 unfolded all his Pailion with Succefs ; for the 
 Match was too advantageous to be refus'd, and 
 fhe was.perfuaded the Queen wou'd not at all 
 oppofe her Advancement, but eafily confent to 
 the Defires of the Duke, who, encouraged by 
 the Kindnefs of his Reception, perfonally de- 
 manded her of that Princefs, whole Surprife at 
 fo extraordinary a Proportion was very great. 
 
 Are you in your Senfes, my Lord ? (faid fhe 
 to the Duke) Are you Matter of Reflection, and 
 yet inienfible of the many Difadvantages that 
 mull accrue to you, from the Grant of your 
 Requeft ? Is it not abfolutely oppcfite buth to 
 your Interefr, and future Eftablifhment in Lifer 
 
 He, in return, afTur'd her, he could not be 
 happy without Pofieflion of Catherina ; but 
 this Declaration was very little to the Purpofe, 
 for the Queen was not to be prevailed upon. 
 
 It is in vain (fays fhe) to infill, I will not be 
 acceflary to your embarking in the inextricable 
 Misfortunes which muft enfue from my Confent; 
 
 they 
 
6 2 Memoirs of the ■ 
 
 they will foon appear, when the Warmth of 
 your Paffion is cooled ; when Reafon re fumes 
 the Seat, whence (he's now excluded by the 
 Violence of Defire ; and you will too late lament 
 the irreparable Folly ? Are you not profcrib'd 
 and exiled ? depriv'd of the Fortune neceflary 
 to fupport the Luftre of your Family ? And, can 
 you tamely bear to beftow your Name on a 
 Woman, who has no Fortune herfelf, and on 
 whom you can fettle nothing, but Poverty and 
 a Title ? Ruminate on what I have faid, you will 
 thank me for denying you, and allow that I'm 
 your Friend. 
 
 This Difcourfe threw the Duke into abfolute 
 Defpair -■> from the Royal Prefence he retir'd to 
 the Lady, and having inform'd her of his ill 
 Succefs, and conjur'd her to Conftancy, he 
 vow'd that neither Time nor Force, could ever 
 tear her from his Heart. cc I am determin'd, 
 u (added he) to conquer this Obftinanceof the 
 " Queen, provided you never prove falfe tome, 
 * c or change ; nor (hall the nioft infurmount- 
 " able Obflacles, deter me from my Pur- 
 « fuit." 
 
 Cathe- 
 
flount Du Beauval. 63 
 
 Cathf.rina, who really lov'd him, return'd 
 his Attachment with Sincerity equal to his own ; 
 and confol'd him the beft in her Power ; at laft, 
 thefe two Lovers refolv'd privately to wed, in 
 fpite of all Obftacles, and depended on their 
 mutual Regard for Protection from every Acci- 
 dent. 
 
 The Queen was all this while not to be 
 mov'd ; fhe was deaf to the numberlefs Repre- 
 fentations of the Duke's Friends, for he left 
 nothing undone, that he imagin'd might influ- 
 ence her ; this deftroying all his Grace's Hopes 
 of Happinefs, funk fo deeply on his Spirits, 
 that he was reduc'd to the lowed Ebb ; an in- 
 termitting Fever, attended with the heavier! 
 Melancholy, bringing him almoft to the 
 Grave. 
 
 The Account of his Situation was carry'd to 
 the Queen, and it feem'd to touch her to the 
 Soul. She fent him a MefTage, fetting forth, 
 that the News of his re-eftablifh'd health, 
 would give her infinite Satisfaction ; and, that 
 fhe defir'd to fee him, the firft favourable Oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 He 
 

 4 Memoirs <j//^ 
 
 He feiz'd the Moment that feem'd to promife 
 Alleviation to his Cares, which he imagin'd pre- 
 fented itfelf in this kind Embafiy, and collecting 
 all his little Force, haften'd to Court, to throw 
 himfelf at her Majefty's Feet ; and once more 
 allure her, that Death was welcome, and in- 
 evitable, unlefs fhe gracioufly confented to join 
 his and Catherina M*****'s Hands, in the 
 indiflblvable Ties of Matrimony. tc From your 
 " Majefty's Lips, (fays he) I expect the Deter- 
 " minationof my Fate; Life or Death, (there 
 " is no Medium) depends upon your Words. 
 <s If you continue inflexible, I have a miniftring 
 " Hand, which fhall affift in conveying me to 
 " that unknown Shore, from whofe bourn no 
 " Traveller returns, 
 
 M You have my Confent to marry the Lady, 
 " (anfwer'd the Queen) but it is much againft 
 " my Inclination; and I have Reafon to fear 
 tc you will, one Day, repent of the Rafhnefs 
 « of the Action." 
 
 The Duke was tranfported at this Reply ; he 
 thank'd her in the liveliefr. and moil grateful 
 Manner, and was impatient to convey it to 
 
 his 
 
Count Du Beauval. 6r } 
 
 his Millrefs's Ears ; to whom it gave a Joy, as 
 fenfible as poffible, and, there being nothing 
 now to oppofe their Felicity, they were married 
 without any Delay. 
 
 Their Pleafure laflcd for fome Time unem- 
 bitter'd, but, at length, the Duke began to 
 percei re his faux Pas. The Expences necefTary 
 in fup. orting his Spoufe, according to her Qua- 
 lity, were beyond what he was able to defray ; 
 i . jnues in England had been feiz'd 
 
 bytru; Crown, he was become a Charge to the 
 Court of Spain ; which was tir'd of granting 
 him the S i lies 1 e icquir'd fince his Marriage. 
 When impatient at the Delay of his Payments, 
 and the i hewn to his Demands, he re- 
 
 iriov'd [id of AcYion to France, where he 
 
 hoped to find a Change of Fortune for the 
 better, ancj in e 1 it was necefiary. . 
 
 At Pi ris he was received with all the RefpecT: 
 due to his Qua as with the Polite- 
 
 nefs that always diftinguilhes the Frencff Nation -, 
 every Thing feenvd to frmle upt 
 Hopes wore the moil ; 
 
 but his Taitc for Gj 
 Expences, which brought him confi 
 
 Debt 5 
 
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 Debt ; nor did her Grace, who accompany'd 
 him, oppofe his want of (Economy. This, 
 perhaps, me look'd upon as her Duty, as fhe had 
 brought him nothing, fhe did not think me had 
 a Right to controul his Generofity, and her great 
 RefpecT: for him perfuaded her he was the beft 
 Judge of his own Affairs, as well as his hav- 
 ing Prudence enough to live within proper 
 Bounds. 
 
 The French Court, prov'd in the End, the 
 common Obforvation on the Nation, that Civi- 
 lity is natural to the Soil, and Truth an Exotic ; 
 he return'd to Madrid > but indifferently fatis- 
 fy'd at his Tour ; finding the Gravity and Siow- 
 nefs of Spain, more certain, and more to be 
 rely'd on, than the Alacrity and Quicknefs of 
 France. 
 
 His Affairs were fo much embarrafs'd, by the 
 Profufion with which he had liv'd in his French 
 Tour, that he was oblig'd to content himfelf 
 with any Thing the Court pleas'd to give him j 
 for Neceflity has no Law. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Count Du Beauval. -67 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 The Duke gets a Regiment, quartered at Barce- 
 lona. Affronted by a Mafi, and Quarrels with 
 the Vice-roy ^/"Catalonia. Laid under an Arreff. 
 Falls violently ill. Retires to a Convent, and dies 
 in very indifferent Circurnflances. Some Obfer- 
 vaiions on the Promijes of a Court. Rasac, 
 and his Pupil, fet out for Barcelona. 
 
 TH E Queen receivM the Dutchefs, as be- 
 fore, into her Houfhold, while the 
 Duke was order'd to join a Regiment in Cata- 
 lonia \ having receiv'd the Brevet of a Colonel, 
 with a Penlion, which was nothing to boaft of. 
 Though this Situation appear'd but melancholy 
 for fo illuftrious a Nobleman, he found within 
 himfelf a fufficient Defence againft the worft 
 Attacks of Fate. 
 
 Though he join'd the Characters of the Hero 
 and the Philofcpher, Fortune fpar'd him not, 
 {he had frefh Arrows in Store, ready to follow 
 thofe already difcharg'd againft him. He re- 
 
 ceiv'd 
 
6S Memoirs^//^ 
 
 ceiv'd an Affront from a Mafk, whom he did 
 not know, one Night that he was conducing 
 fome Ladies from a Ball ; this happen'd in Bar- 
 celona where he was in Garrifon. Having, up- 
 on Enquiry, difcover'd this Perfon to be no 
 more than a Valet, in the Service of the Mar- 
 quis of Risburgh, Governor of Catalonia^ and 
 giving Scope to the firft Impulfe of his Paffion, 
 he can'd him feverely in return for his Info- 
 lence. 
 
 The Domeflic complain'd of this Ufage to 
 
 his Matter, who neglected it for fometime, 
 
 imagining the Duke v/ould have fent him a 
 
 complimentary Excufe, which he omitted, either 
 
 not looking on himfelf as oblig'd to do fo, or 
 
 thinking the Fellow v/ould never have the Bold- 
 
 nefs to addrefs the Marquis, who, piqu'd at his 
 
 Grace's Proceedings, in two Days after fent 
 
 him Notice of Arreft, which he obey'd, and 
 
 retir'd to Mont-hm^ and, in a mort Time, was 
 
 ' ; quit. This he abfolutely refus'd to do 
 
 without exprefs O >m Court, whi e 
 
 d would condemn the hau 
 
 f the Governor. Bu lid he find 
 
 Marquis had Intereft 
 
 m Orders for the Duke to retire 
 
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Count Du Beauval. 69 
 
 to the Garrifon a and not re-enter the Town up- 
 on any Account. 
 
 This Difgrace crown'd his Misfortunes ; his 
 Philofophy forfook him, and he was no longer 
 Proof againft the Efforts of his malicious Stars ; 
 he gave himfelf up to a Melancholy that prey'd 
 upon his Vitals, and relaps'd into his former 
 Diforder. 
 
 From the Beginning of his Malady the Phy- 
 fician look'd upon it to be mortal. Grief and 
 Cares had inflam'd his Blood to an infuperable 
 Degree ; his laft Hour approach'd, and he be- 
 held it like a Man ; but Fortune, as if deter- 
 rnin'd to profecute him even to the Verge of 
 Life, pour'd upon him new Griefs. 
 
 During his Sicknefs he was much Rreio-htned 
 for Want of Money ; and the many Delays and 
 Irnpertinencics his Dutchefs was oblig'd to en- 
 dure before me could obtain the Payment of his 
 Penfion at Court, ?ave him additional Ang-uilli. 
 In his Quarters he v/as remov'd at a Distance 
 from fuch Succour as was repeatedly efiential to 
 him. There was a Convent in the Neigh- 
 bourhood, the Religious of which, being in- 
 
 form'd 
 
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 form'd of his Situation and Condition, came to 
 offer their Affiftance. 
 
 He refus'd nothing, and was remov'd to their 
 Houfe. They took all imaginable Care of him 
 during his Illnefs, which lafted about a Month ; 
 and this ill uftrious Nobleman, whofe Birth and 
 Education, and great Abilities, might have 
 made him one of the molt considerable Men of 
 his Time, expir'd in a religious Houfe, in the 
 Arms of a Body of Friars, whofe Motive of at- 
 tending on him was Charity. His imprudent 
 Marriage compleated his Misfortunes, the 
 Foundation of which was his Reliance on the 
 Promife of the Spanijh Court, of which they are" 
 generally profufe, without any View of fulfilling 
 them. 
 
 " Think on the Fate of this great Man, 
 c (continu'd the Dutchefs) look back on hi? 
 ' Adventures, and remember you are in the 
 
 fame Country where his Virtues were fo 
 c greatly difregarded ; you know, as yet, but 
 c little of our Constitution, if you look on Sin- 
 c cerity as a Part of it. While you have no 
 ' Favours to a(k, the People will lavifh Car- 
 1 refles upon you 5 but fhould you become a 
 
 " Charge 
 
Count Du Beauval. yi 
 
 " Charge to the State, and a Suitor for Em- 
 <c ployments, to which the Spaniards believe 
 u they have the fole Right, the greateft Part of 
 <c the Gentry, who now prize you as a Friend> 
 " will be foremoft to decry your Merits. The 
 u Jealoufy which they entertain againft thofe 
 " Strangers, whofe Defert recommends them 
 " to Preferment, is inexprefiible. 
 
 It is with Difficulty the Queen can pro- 
 tect the Italians, though me is one herfelf. The 
 French, who follow'd the King, and behav'd fo 
 gallantly during the laft Wars, have undergone 
 a thoufand Slights. The King was born in 
 France, and it were Injuftice did he not ac- 
 knowledge the Obligations he lies under to 
 them ; notwithstanding which, it is with Diffi- 
 culty he protects them from the Snares that are 
 laid for them, and the Infamy with which it is 
 endeavoufd to cover them. You do not want 
 for good Senfe to teach you how to act after the 
 Lefibn I have given you ; and it mud appear 
 plain to you, that all you can gain by your Al- 
 liancewith the D'Alincastra Family, will be 
 a fruitlefs Dependance upon the Court, which 
 muft end in your Ruin. 
 
 Here 
 
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 Here fome Bufinefs demanding the Prefence 
 of the Dutchefs elfewhere, fhe left me to draw 
 fuch Confequences from her Difcourfe as I 
 mould think beft ; I ftruggled hard to mafter 
 the Flame that prey'd upon my Soul, and my 
 Friend Rasac, who fcarce ever quitted me, 
 fhar'd in all my Pains ; he allow'd the Sacrifice 
 demanded was great ; but, in the mean Time, 
 he made me fenfible it was neceflary to my Duty 
 and Felicity. I begg'd it as a Favour that I 
 might be permitted to write a Letter to Ma- 
 ria, but he oppos'd it, urging it would ferve 
 no other End but that of feeding my Paflion, 
 and keeping alive, in my Memory, the Idea of 
 a Woman I ought to forget, with whom it 
 was requifite I mould openly break off. " The 
 4< more impoffible (fa id he) you make a Re- 
 " conciliation, the more eafily you will find 
 ** the Endeavour at it avoided ; and the Hope 
 " of obtaining her Pardon, will only create you 
 4C new Torments, and frefh Uneafinefs." 
 
 " And what muft fhe. think (return'd I) of 
 
 " fuch a Proceeding ? What Idea muft fhe form 
 
 * of me? Will fhe not have Reafon to com- 
 
 (i plain of my Conduct, fhould I repay her 
 
 " great 
 
Count Du Beauval. 73 
 
 " great Affection with fuch abfolute Ingrati- 
 " tude ?" " What imports her Praife, or her 
 " Reproach ? (fays the Chevalier) Co you are 
 w preferv'd from the Precipice on whofe Brink 
 " you already fraud ? Why this Delicacy to a 
 i4 Woman who would feduce you ? How hood- 
 " wink'd is your Paflion ? Are you callous to 
 '* the Defpair into which it would throw your 
 c< good Father, and your whole Family ? A 
 " Father who loves you ! A Family to whom 
 " you are dear 1 You fear the ineffectual Re- 
 " proaches of your Miftrefs ! How much mors 
 " ought you to dread the Reproaches of the 
 t: others ? To whom are you more obliged, to 
 u her, and her fancy 'd Love ? or to your ten- 
 <c der Father, and your Family ? Draw a Pa- 
 " rallel, and let Reafon give the Palm." 
 
 NcA. all my Friend's Remonltrances were 
 enough to open my Eyes ; and though I was 
 far from being infenfible of their Juftice, my 
 Heart was torn to pieces by my Love for Ma- 
 ria, and my Duty to my Family. 
 
 The Pvlomcnt I got into my Pofl-chaife, the 
 
 Marquis, and my Friend, hurry 'd me away j 
 
 we took the Road to Barcelona, intending, at 
 
 E th„t 
 
74 Memoirs of the 
 
 that Port, to take Shipping for England, The 
 Dutchefs De St. Blass had promis'd, before 
 my Departure, that when I was gone fhe 
 would inform Maria that I had been oblig'd 
 to fet out Poft for France ', having receiv'd fome 
 Difpatches, requiring it, by an efpecial Courier, 
 who had reported my Father at the Point of 
 Death ; and the Hope that her Grace would 
 keep her Word, gave me very great Confola- 
 tion. 
 
 Neither the Marquis, nor Rasac, left any 
 Thing uneffay'd, during the whole Journey, 
 that they thought could divert me ; but my 
 Wound was too frefh to admit of fo fudden a 
 Clofure. The Image of my Charmer was al- 
 ways in my Eye, though, by Degrees, I gain'd 
 an Infight of my Follies. My Friend feiz'd 
 every Occafion of improving thefe Difpofitions, 
 and he, at leaft, obtain'd this coveted end, 
 that if he did not ' entirely banifh Love from 
 my Bofom, he re-eflablifh'd Reafon in the Rule 
 of her Dominion. 
 
 MEMOIRS 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 75 
 
 MEMOIRS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Count du Beauval. 
 book 11. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Beauval (?«i Rasac's Arrival at Barcelona. 
 The Friendjhip of the Dutchefs of St. Blass, 
 accounted for by the Marquis De Monto- 
 RIO. 
 
 I WAS fomething more tranquile on my Ar- 
 rival at Barcelona^ than I had been for fome- 
 time before. And now the Readinefs which 
 E 2 the 
 
yti Memoir's cf the 
 
 the Dutchefs De St. Blass had (hewn for my 
 Jntcreft, nay, rather the Officioufnefs, occuring 
 to my Mind, I apply'd to Rasac for an Ex- 
 planation of it, who clear'd it up, by telling me 
 he had obferv'd, that my Intereft was, in Rea- 
 lity, the fmalleft Part of the Dutchefs's Care ; 
 but he had Reafon to infer from fome Hints he 
 had over-heard her drop, that the true Caufe of 
 herDiftafte to Maria, was, fhe fear'd my be- 
 ing marry'd to her would over-turn fome darling 
 ProjecT: me had concerted; and this, indepen- 
 dant of any Regard for me, was the Motive of 
 her Proceeding. 
 
 The Marquis De Montorio, who was 
 prefent at this Conference, offer'd to inform us 
 what gave rife to the fecret Hatred fubfiftino- 
 between thefe Ladies. And as we had never 
 heard the Dutchefs's Memoirs but very tri- 
 fiingly, I laid hold of that Opportunity of learn- 
 ing them. 
 
 Perhaps I had not been fo curious in this 
 Matter, had fhe not been fo bufy in the Affair 
 between Maria and me. For though Con- 
 fideration affur'd me, fhe had a&ed a friendly 
 Part with Refpe<a to me, and fuch a one as, 
 
 perhaps, 
 
Count Du Beauval 
 
 77 
 
 perhaps, had fav'd me from Deftruclion, and my 
 Family from very great Grief, I fufpecled, 
 from my little Knowledge of the World, that it 
 was either to revenge fome paft Affront, or 
 forward fome future Scheme. 
 
 £3 
 
 CHAP, 
 
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 CHAP. II. 
 
 The Dui chefs' s Birth and firjl Intrigue with a young 
 Colon el i whom Jhe marries. Becomes intimate 
 with the Duke De St. Blass, and makes her 
 Hufband very uneajj>, whom Jhe accufes of 
 hnbecillity. Retires to a Convent, Obtains a 
 Divorce, and marries the Duke 9 who is foon 
 after kill'd. 
 
 Rosalinda, Dutchefs De St. Blass, 
 (continued he) is Daughter to an Italian 
 who was the Queen's Nurfe, with whom fhe 
 came into this Country; her Alliance wa« 
 fought for by feveral confiderable Families, 
 (while fhe wa6 yet very young) v/ho expected 
 by it, to fecure to themfelves the Royal Pro- 
 tection. 
 
 Her perfonal Charms, for you muft al- 
 low that fhe has fome Attractions, encreafed the 
 Number of her Lovers, as much as her Mo- 
 ther's fuppos'd Intereft. A mong them appeared 
 Don^Pedro De Soto, a Gentleman of fome 
 
 Figure, 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 1 j$ 
 
 Figure, who was Colonel of a Regiment, and 
 reckoned rich. Nor did the young Rosalinda 
 hefitate in the Choice of her Lover, thereby 
 /hewing that her Judgment was not bad. 
 
 Both the Families confented to unite them, 
 as their Inclinations feem'd already mutually en- 
 gaged, nor was the Ceremony deferr'd ; for the 
 firft two Years they liv'd contented and happy : 
 But this was not to laft, they were referved to be 
 the Sport and Amufement of the whole Kingdom. 
 Love and Ambition were the Caufe of their 
 Misfortunes. 
 
 The Duke De St. Blass was young, 
 handfome, and well made; Rosalinda faw 
 him often at Court, his Manners and Addrefs 
 imprefs'd her very deeply, and fhe found it vain 
 to endeavour his Exclufion from her Breaft. 
 
 It was eafy for the Duke to read the Heart of 
 his new Conqueft; he became more attentive to 
 her Motions, and, in a little Time, felt himfelf 
 infpir'd with a Paflion irrefiftable as hers. The 
 Hufband fufpeaing their Intercourfe, bore with 
 Impatience, even the Notion of his Wife's 
 Treachery, and, in order to prevent her feeing 
 F4 thi 
 
80 Me moirs of the 
 
 the Duke, had taken it in his Head to fend her 
 privately into the Country. 
 
 By what Means, I know not, fhe received 
 Intelligence of his Defign, which determined 
 her to break all Meafures, and rifque every 
 Thing for the Duke's Happinefs and her's, who 
 was ready, and joyfully wilfing to give her every 
 pcfiible Afliftance : It was in Confequence of 
 this that {he fuddenly retir'd to a Convent, and 
 commene'd a Suit aga/nfr. her Hufband, accus- 
 ing him of Impotency, and demanding a Di- 
 vorce. 
 
 Judge, but it is impoflible ! his Grief and 
 Rage at this Proceeding, which was augmented 
 by the Noife he plainly perceived it mult make 
 in the World - y he would willingly have agreed 
 to any Terms of Reconciliation, but (he, full of 
 the Notion of wedding the Man fhe lov'd, was 
 deaf to every Offer of Accommodation. 
 
 The Affair was contefted feveral Months ; 
 the Relations of Don Pedro, among whom, 
 appeared Mahia D'Alincastra, Support- 
 ing his Intereft as much as in their Power ; and 
 the Family of Rosalinda joining with her, 
 
 after 
 
Count Du Beauval. 8i 
 
 after having ferv'd for the Diverfion of the whole. 
 Town, and expended a Deal of Money to pre- 
 ferve a Woman who was only happy -in being 
 loft, poor Don Pedro was caft, he was con- 
 demn'd to repay her Dower, the Marriage was 
 fet afide, and both Parties left at Liberty to wed 
 again whom they pleas'd. 
 
 This Sentence, which the Ambition of his 
 Wife had tempted her to follicit, cover'd Don 
 Pedro with Shame and Difhonour, while fhe, 
 exulting in her Victory, was foon after pub- 
 licly married to the Duke De S.t. Blass, ever 
 preferving a mortal Antipathy againft all 
 the Perfons who had eno-ao-'d themfelves, dur- 
 ing the Difpute, in the Intereft of her Hufband, 
 who, difdaining to live in the World after fuch 
 Difgrace, thenVd Object of Ridicule, was ob- 
 lig'd, on the Eve of his advancing in the Ser- 
 vice, and cutting a mining Figure, to quit all 
 his Pretenfions, and retire to a diflant folitary 
 Eftate, which he had in the Country, where he 
 ftill continues given up to Melancholy, and 
 abstracted from all Society. 
 
 The Duke was not much happier than he, 
 for he enjoy'd his Miftrefs but a very ftio$ 
 E 5 while.. 
 
Sz Memoirs ^//^ 
 
 while. In four Months after his Marriage, he 
 went as a Volunteer againft Oran^ contrary to the 
 Inclinations of his Family, whofe Fears for him 
 made them endeavour to traverfe his Deiigns, 
 which he fulfill'd thro' the Intereft of his Wife, 
 who thus became the innocent Caufe of his 
 Death. 
 
 The Lofs of him feems eternally to haunt 
 her ; and yet, if you'll take my Opinion of her 
 Grief, and I mould be forry to wrong her, 
 there is more of Oftentation, than real Regret, 
 in her Affliction. 
 
 Rasac took Occafion from this Story of the 
 Marquis De Montorio, to make new Reflec- 
 tions on the Diforders rifing from Love. Had 
 Don Pedro never felt this Paflion, what in- 
 numerable Inconveniencies, what heart-killing 
 Cares, had he avoided ? Let not his Fate 
 efcape your Memory at any Time, it ought to 
 complete your Cure, to recoiled the many 
 Evils you have efcap'd which muft have enfu'd 
 from your Marriage, fince by it you muft have 
 loft the Friendfhip of your Father, been ex- 
 iled from your Country, and forfeited a fplendid 
 Inheritance, with no other Certainty, than that 
 
 of 
 
Count Du Beauval.' %$ 
 
 of being liable to a Reverfe, which might affect 
 you mil more feniibly. 
 
 My Friend continu'd to fortify my Heart 
 in this Manner againft the Attacks made 
 upon it by Maria ; at length I recover'd my 
 Tranquillity, and, in fix Weeks after, was fo 
 firmly perfuaded of the Friendfhip of his Admo- 
 nitions, that no Trace of my Engagement re- 
 main'd, but that of being afham'd and forry 
 for it ; and I again refolv'd never more to bow 
 to the Dominion of Love. 
 
 The Perils that I had efcap'd, and the Exam- 
 ples that daily pafs'd before my Eyes, were, I 
 imagin'd, fufficient to defend me againit. myfelf, 
 and protect me from its fatal Attacks j but all 
 my Projects were foon loft in Air, and I again 
 was caught in the Snares which I had fo lately 
 cfcap'd. 
 
 E 6 CHAP. 
 
84 Me mo i rs of the 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Beauval Intrigues with Ma clam De Maris - 
 c H A L , and is fuccefsful. Her Husband obliged 
 to leave Barcelona. She makes large Attacks 
 upon his Purfe, and Rasac is rendered very 
 uneafy. A new Acquaintance appears^ who 
 undertakes afurprifmg Eclair cijjement* 
 
 WE had been now about two Months at 
 Barcelona ; our Delay here fo long, 
 was caus'd by the Marquis De Montorio's 
 'falling Sick, and we waited for a full Eftablifh- 
 ment of his Health, he being yet very weak, to 
 proceed on our Voyage to Italy. During our 
 Refidence here, I often vifited Madam De Ma- 
 rischal, a Flemijh Lady, who had married a 
 Walloon Officer ; whofe Houfe was frequented 
 by the genteeleft Company, at which it was 
 impolite not to be known. 
 
 I vifited her often with great Satisfaction, her 
 Air was engaging, and her Manners eafy and 
 unaffected : Female Virtues fo \ery rare in this 
 
 Country, 
 
Count Du Beauval. §5 
 
 Country, that it was impoflible they fhou'd not 
 charm me. Here again, the Weaknefs of my 
 Conflitution prevaird, and, in fpite of all my 
 fine Refolutions, I was once more deeply in 
 Love. She was no fuch Novice, as to be long 
 ignorant of it ; fhe was foon taught to difcern it 
 by her own Penetration, and believing I was 
 very proper for her Purpofe, fhew'd me a 
 thoufand little Diftinclions, which rivetted my 
 Fetters, for I was very rich, a Qualification ne- 
 cefTary to every Man whom fhe receiv'd upon 
 the Footing of a Lo^er. 
 
 I had not dar'd as yet to acknowledge my 
 Paflion, but behav'd with the molt diftant 
 Refpecl:, fearing fhe might interpret trifling 
 Acts of Politenefs into impertinent Marks of 
 my Paflion ; ihe, perceiving my EmbarrafTment, 
 forwarded the Advancement of the Affair, not 
 caring to lofe Time in ufelefs Ceremonies, and 
 approach'd three Fourths of the Way to meet 
 me. 
 
 I don't know (fays fhe to me one Day) to 
 what to attribute it, but, upon my Word, 
 Count, I begin to wifh I had never known you ; 
 I think I heard it faid that you are going to leave 
 
 us 
 
86 Memoirs <?//^ 
 
 us foon ; Is it fo ? And do you only wait for the 
 Marquis De Montorio's being able to bear 
 the Sea ? Well, we mall have nothing then but 
 the Regret of remembering you, but you'll ne- 
 ver beftow a fingle Thought upon us 9 for whom 
 it won't befo eafy to forget you. Ah ! Madam, 
 anfwer'd I, with an Air that plainly fpoke what 
 I felt, I mould be the happieft Man in the World, 
 were thefe your real Sentiments ; nothing mould 
 then have Power to oblige me to quit Barcelona \ 
 the Univerfe has no Jewel which could, in my 
 Eye, be valuable enough to equal your Efteem. 
 
 Here LaMarischal appeared difconcerted, 
 and affected fome Sort of Confuiion. Prithee, 
 fay no more, anfwer'd fhe, our Converfation 
 has already been too long, and I am forry for 
 having faid fo much ; I no longer doubted my 
 being belov'd, and, taking Courage at herfeem- 
 ing Weaknefs, fwore that I would die rather 
 than be forc'd to forget her, and that I found it 
 would be impoffible for me to live out of her 
 Sight. 
 
 I only begg'd to be affur'd that my Affection 
 was not difpleafing to her, and that (he would 
 permit me to hope. Require not of me (fays 
 
 fhe) 
 
Count Du Beauval. 87 
 
 fhe) at once all that you can; be fatisfied at hav- 
 ing fubdu'd me, and fpare me the Shame of be- 
 holding you triumph. Here our Converfation 
 was interrupted by Vifitors. From this Day 
 forward I gave myfelf up to my Paffion ; my 
 Miftrefs, who had obtain'd her End, acted with 
 great Oeconomy ; a kind Look was ftudied, at 
 leaft, two Days before it was given, for there 
 was no Fear of her being hurried away by the 
 Impetuoiity of Paffion ; her Defigns were not 
 upon my Heart, but my Purfe. 
 
 The firft Attack fhe made upon my Pockety 
 was in Favour of her Hufband. She affected great 
 Referve in my Prefence for a Day or two, of 
 which I could not avoid afking the Reafon. She 
 was a good while before I could perfuade her to 
 refolve me, which fhe only did in Confequence 
 of my repeated Entreaties. At laft, " my 
 " Hufband (fays fhe) is order'd to his Regiment 
 " immediately ; I expected to have been paid 
 11 100 Piftoles To-day, which are neceffary for 
 " his Subfiftence, but I have been difappointed, 
 " which has embarrafs'd me very much, as it is 
 " impoflible for him to delay, and he is quite at 
 u a Lofs for Money." I laid hold of this Op- 
 portunity to offer her what fhe wanted, and en- 
 treated 
 
$8 Memoirs c//fe 
 
 treated her to make no Ceremony in the Ac- 
 ceptance, affirming nothing would give me 
 greater Happinefs, than being able to ferve her in 
 Points more eflential. She was a long while be- 
 fore fhe would receive it, and told me it gave her 
 more Pain, than I could imagine, to lay herfelf 
 under Obligations to a Man for whom fhe could 
 not avoid harbouring an Efteem. Our Confe- 
 rence concluded with my paying her ioo Pif- 
 toles, for which fhe forc'd upon me her Note of 
 Hand, and her Hufband fet out the next Day. 
 
 His Abfence made the Approaches to his Wife 
 very eafy ; I pafs'd the greater Part of the Day 
 at her Houfe, and fupp'd there every Night ; 
 the Eafe and Familiarity with which fhe receiv'd 
 me added Fuel to my Flame, and I refolv'd 
 to make the befl Ufe of that Liberty I enjoy'd, 
 by pufhing Things to the greateft Lengths. I 
 became more amduous than ever, and fvvore to 
 her, that, unlefs fhe granted me that Favour 
 which my Conftancy and Fidelity defeiVd, Life 
 had no longer any Charm. She had been us'd 
 to thefe Sort of Attacks, and was no Stranger to 
 the Art of yielding with Addrefs ; her Refinance 
 was but weak, and fuch as I cculd not help at- 
 tributing to my own Abilities and her Love ; 
 
 her 
 
Count Du Beauval." 89 
 
 Jier Refiftance was only to fave Appearances* 
 -and, as I was ignorant of this Part of her Cha- 
 racter, which I foon after leanvd, I efteem'd 
 myfelf the happieft Man in the World. 
 
 After this firfl Step, we us'd but very little 
 Ceremony ; the Abfence of her Hufband gave 
 us Leifure to enjoy ourfclves ; every Hour that 
 was unengag'd, we made the beft Ufe of, and 
 dedicated in the Temple of Pleafure ; but in- 
 deed I bought thefe Moments very dear, few 
 Days pafling without my making her fome very 
 confiderable Prefent j of thefe, aWatch, a Gold 
 Snuff-Box, and a Diamond-Ring, were not 
 the leaft valuable. 
 
 Rasac, tho' he found confiderable Defici- 
 encies in my Purfe, and faw very plainly the Oc- 
 caiion of them, had not paid much Attention to 
 my Liking to Marischal. As here was no 
 Opportunity of my making fuch irreparable Mif- 
 takes by a difhonorable Marriage, as I had be- 
 fore ran the Hazard of, he had Complaifance 
 enough hitherto to be filent ; but, when he faw 
 how inconfiderately I proceeded, he imagin'd it 
 high Time to prevent me from being longer a 
 J)upe to this Woman, who had reduc'd me ex- 
 tremely 
 
90 M e m o i r s of the 
 
 extremely by the Expences into which me had 
 
 run me. 
 
 He had convincing Proofs of her mercenary 
 Guilt, ready to produce upon Occafion ; and to 
 her laft Adventure, which had made a very 
 great Noife in Barcelona, I was yet a Stranger. 
 
 He wasfatisfied, that, hearing it from a third 
 Perfon, who might be thought quite indifferent, 
 would have a much better Effect upon me than 
 his relating it, as I might imagine him preju- 
 diced. He piteh'd upon an Officer of Dragoons, 
 with whom I had contracted fome Intimacy, to 
 do me this Piece of Service ; the following was 
 the Day appointed for it, the Captain was ob- 
 Iig'd to dine with us, and was exact to his 
 Hour. 
 
 The Marquis De Montorio, who was 
 now pretty well recover'd, favour'd us with his 
 Company at Table; the Ladies were the Topic 
 of our Converfation, while we fmifh'd the De- 
 fart, and many a fcandalous Story was related ; 
 among others, the Marquis, by Chance, dropp'd 
 the Name of Mareschal. Stop there (fay* the 
 Officer) I don't want a Quarrel with any Per- 
 
 ibn> 
 
Count Du Beauval. <gi 
 
 ibn, I have nothing to fay to the Lady, my great 
 Refpect for the Count prevents it, and I mould 
 not wifh to have him my Enemy. I am certain, 
 anfwer'd the Marquis, that he is too good hu- 
 mour'd to take amifs what he's not in the leaft 
 concern'd about ; befides, if he was, he has too 
 much Politenefs to prevent our hearing the Ad- 
 ventures of the Lady, as they may contribute to 
 amufe us, I have heard fome Stories before 
 of her, which have been pretty diverting, and, 
 I dare fay, this will prove fufficiently fo ; nor 
 will the Count, though fhe may be his Miftrefs, 
 take amifs the Recital. 
 
 This Difcourfe rais'd my Curiofity, it is a 
 Foible natural to Lovers, and, as I did not ima- 
 gine they either would, or could fay any thing to 
 hurt my Delicacy, I was one of the firfr. and 
 molt preiling for the Story upon the Officer, 
 begging that he would explain himfelf without 
 any Conftraint, at the fame Time affecting an 
 Air of carelefs Indifference for all I could poffi- 
 bly hear. 
 
 Nay, fays the Officer, fince you prefs me to 
 it, it's impoffible to refift ; I'll give you the ex- 
 ad Narration of what happen'd between Madam 
 
 La 
 
92 M E M O I rs of the 
 
 La Marischal and Lord N — h and G — y, 
 for her Adventures and his are To link'd, they 
 cannot be feparated, the Incidents of one fol- 
 lowing neceflarily from the other. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 93 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Mifs Vanderline bred under her Aunt, Lord 
 N — H and G — y falls In love with her, and 
 his odd Method of winning her. She proves 
 with Child. Marries a Walloon. A/fumes 
 the Name of Marischal, and fets out for 
 Spain ivith my Lord. Enamour' d of Arnavd, 
 find openly acknowledges it. A dangerous Ren- 
 counter. My Lord dies. She makes a Dupe of 
 an old Judge. Her Story concluded. Rasac'/ 
 Obfervations m it. BeauvalV Folly dif co- 
 vered. The Officer's generous Refolution, They 
 -arrive at Genoa. 
 
 Catherine Vanderline, at prefent the 
 Wife of Monfieur Marischal, was bred 
 up in Brujfels, where flie was born, under the 
 Care of a good old Aunt, whofe juvenile Oc- 
 cupation had been the Sale of thofe Charms 
 with which Nature had adorn'd her to the 
 liigheft Bidder ; a Difpofition with which fhe 
 infpir'd her Niece, t;o whofe Conftitution and 
 
 Inclina- 
 
94 Memoirs tf//^* 
 
 Inclinations it was not much averfe ; and fhe 
 was from the Beginning taught that the richeft 
 was the mofl eftimable Lover. 
 
 I confefs to you, though I was prepar'd for 
 whatever the Captain fhould fay, this Prelude 
 fomewhat difconcerted me; however, after a 
 Moment's Paufe, I refolv'd not to make my- 
 felf the Jeft of the Company, but to attend, 
 without Interruption, to the Remainder of his 
 Story. 
 
 LaVanderline (continu'd he) knew how 
 to make the beft Ufe of her Aunt's Inftru£tions 5 
 fhe had Variety of Lovers ; and as fhe was per- 
 fectly Miftrefs of Difiimulation, had the Art of 
 coquetting with them all, and perfuading each 
 that he was her Favourite, without any one 
 fearing the Preference of another, or even ima- 
 gining that he had a Rival. Thofe rare Ta- 
 lents were not fo profitable to her younger Years 
 as might have been expected ; her Admirers 
 were none of them of fufHcient Rank to make 
 her a brilliant Fortune ; and while fhe admitted 
 their AddrefTes, partly to fleece them, and 
 partly to pafs away the Time,' fhe was al- 
 ways upon the Watch fctf thofe who might be 
 
 more 
 
Count Du Beauval. 95 
 
 more advantageous ; Fortune was at length kind 
 to her Defires, and threw one in her Way, on 
 whom fhe built great Hopes. 
 
 The Lord N — h and G~ y, anEngli/b Noble- 
 man, faw her as he pafs'd thro* Flanders, and lik'd 
 her ; he did not amuie himfelf with fighing and 
 whining, butchink'dhisPurfe, and made hisGui- 
 neas fpeakfor the Sincerity of his Heart. Van- 
 derline was charm'd with the Sweetnefs of the 
 Language, file found it capable of infpiring with 
 the pureft Sentiments, and the moft tender Senfa- 
 tions ; me had now an Opportunity of putting in 
 Practice every Art of which fhe was Miftrefs, 
 and gave feveral terrible Shocks to his Lord- 
 fhip's Purfe. That he did not trifle in his In- 
 trigues, and endeavour'd to make the moft of his 
 Money, appeared in her being big with Child. 
 
 This threw their Affairs into fome Diforder, 
 and the only Expedient for recovering them was 
 to marry her off, as (he might thereby preferve her 
 Character -, he join'd, to what fhe already pof- 
 fefs'd, a very confiderable Sum of Money, and 
 match'd her to a Fle?ning, who, though he was 
 kept ignorant of her Contumely, and, at any 
 Time, would have preferred Gold to conjugal 
 
 Affection, 
 
96 M E M I R s of the 
 
 Affection, would neverthelefs have eafily over- 
 looked the Lofs of her Chaftity. 
 
 Soon after this Marriage my Lord was oblig'd 
 to fet out for Spain, and propos'd to her Huf- 
 band a Journey with him thither, not being able 
 entirely to refign his Miftrefs, as an Inducement 
 thereto, promifing to procure him an Employ- 
 ment ; he accepted of the Offer, and they ftaid 
 not long after his Lordfhip. 
 
 Soon after their fettling in this Town^ where 
 my Lord remain'd for fome Time, Ihe con- 
 tracted an Intimacy with Capt. Arnaud, be- 
 longing to our Regiment. This Intimacy was 
 not at all pleafing to his Lordfhip, who infifted 
 upon her dropping it, to which foe agreed, and 
 the Moment he was gone broke her Word. His 
 Lordfhip difcover'd this, and repeated the 
 Charge, which fhe again promis'd to obey, and 
 did it with as much Exaclnefs as before. 
 
 On this hehadRecourfe toherHufband,whom 
 he thought it eafy to attach to his Intereft by fome 
 timely Prefents beyond what he ufually gave him. 
 MARiscHALwasno Stranger to his Wife's Con- 
 duct, but the Sweets of Profit had feaFd up his 
 
 Eyes, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 97 
 
 Eyes, and, finding they were upon the Point of 
 lofing my Lord, in whofe Place his Wife had 
 fubftituted a young Fellow, who had neither 
 Wit nor Addrefs to out- weigh his Lordfhin's 
 
 O i. 
 
 Guineas, rciblv'd to ufe the Authority which 
 Marriage had given him, in driving Arnaud 
 from her Prefence ; for the firft Time in her 
 Life fhe was fenfibly touch'd, and, without re- 
 garding any Forms, refus'd to fubmit either to 
 the Threats or Entreaties of her Hufband. 
 
 The Breach betwixt them became very wide, 
 and he, being wound up to a very great Pitch 
 of Anger, gave her a Box on the Ear ; on which 
 fhe fnatch'd a Piftoi that chane'd to be in the 
 Chamber, and difcharg'd it at her Hufband with- 
 out doing any Mifchief. The Noife alarm'd 
 the Neighbourhood, and the Story foon became 
 a Town-talk, nor was my Lord long unac- 
 quainted with every Particular of their Proceed- 
 ings, which determin'd him to quit the Intrigue, 
 beginning now to grow weary of it, more efpe- 
 cially as there was no Dependance on the 
 Heart of his Miftreis. 
 
 This determin'd Marischal to demand of 
 my Lord the fulfilling his Promife, and the pro- 
 
g8 Memoirs of the 
 
 curing him a proper Provifion ; but this was no 
 longer the Object of his Lordfhip's Intentions, 
 fince he had entirely broken off with the Wife. 
 
 MARiscHAL,piqu'd at his Indifference, foon 
 made up the Quarrel with her, and they mutu- 
 ally agreed to demand oT him the Reimburfe- 
 ment of thole Expences they had been at in their 
 Journey, producing Letters in Support of their 
 Pretenfions under his own Hand, wherein he 
 order'd them to come to Spain, directing their 
 Route, and promifmg to take Care of their* 
 Fortunes. The Affair was brought before the 
 Marquis of Risbourg Governor of Catalonia, 
 who would willingly have prevented it from be- 
 ing canvafs'd, and propos'd to his Lordfhip to 
 give them fomething by Way of accommoda- 
 ting the Matter amicably. This, as he had been 
 extremely irritated, he firmly refus'd, nor would 
 he hearken to any Terms of Agreement ; how- 
 ever, Marischal purfu'd his Point, and the 
 Governor, not being able to avoid giving Judg- 
 ment againft him, order'd his Lordfhip to pay 
 them 500 Piftoles, his own Letters being 
 allow'd as ftrong Teftimonies againft him. 
 
 Jie 
 
Count Du Beauval. 90 
 
 He paid the Money becaufe he could not help 
 it, but his Rcfentment againft the Marquis De 
 Kisbourg, on Account of a Decifion which 
 he could not pardon, determin'd him to flay no 
 longer at Barcelona. This caus'd him to fet out 
 for France at a Time when his Health was very 
 much impair'd, notwithstanding all the Remon- 
 ftrances that could be made to diiTuadc him from 
 it. The fecret Contempt he had conceiv'd 
 againft the Marquis, and his Impatience at the 
 Sight of Marischal, oblig'dhim, at all Ha- 
 zards, to the Journey. But he had Reafon to 
 repent his not accepting Advice, for he fell dun- 
 gefroufly ill on the Road, and, though great- 
 Care was taken of his Health, it was-with Diffi- 
 culty he got the better of it. On his Recovery 
 he return'd to Spam* but the Fatigue having 
 incommoded him extremely, he relaps'd, and 
 linger'd but a very fhort Time ; nor, "when he 
 died, were his Phyficians, who attended him, 
 able to determine what had been his Diforder. ' 
 
 The Lady receiv'd the News of his Death 
 without being much mov'd, for, though (lie had 
 been the principal Caufeof it, file did not believe 
 herfelf oblig'd to be qfflified. By this Time flie 
 was tir'd of Arnaud, her Heart was not 
 F 2 fonn'd 
 
ioo Memoirs of the 
 
 form'd for Conftancy, and a Lover, who had 
 nothing to recommend him but being barely 
 amiable, was not to her Tafte. 
 
 As her Commerce with Lord N— H and 
 G— Y had been publifh/d in this Place very little 
 to her Advantage, fhe quitted it for Madrid^ 
 where an old Judge fell a Victim to her 
 Charms, through whofe Intereft fhe provided 
 for herHufband. This debilitated Lover prov'd 
 an excellent Dupe ; fhe drain'd him of a great 
 Number of Piftoles, and he had given her ftill 
 more, had not Death made free with the old 
 Gentleman, and carried him out of this World. 
 It is about' fix Months iince fhe return'd hither, 
 and, as fhe is an amiable Woman, perfectly 
 Miftrefs of the Agreeable^ her Houfe is the Ren- 
 dezvous of Love, Play, or good Company, of 
 which you will always find there rich Crops. 
 
 This Hiftory aftonifh'd me fo that I remain'd 
 amaz'd and confounded while the Captain conti- 
 nued it. Rasac, who, with infinite Pleajure, 
 faw the Effect it had upon me, waited to hear 
 what Reflections I mould make on my hundred 
 Piftoles, Watch, Ring, and Snuff-Box, which 
 I muft have thought fuch certain Guaranties of 
 
 her 
 
Count Du Beauval: ioi 
 
 her Heart ; but I kept a ftria Silence, and my 
 Time was divided between comparing what I 
 had juft heard, with the Conduct fhe obferv'd in 
 Re/pec! of me, the Refult of which was my 
 being fatisficd that I had been once again a Fool 
 to the Sex. 
 
 He afk'd me, fmiling, cc If it was not my 
 " Opinion, that a Man, who fell into the 
 " Hands of fuch a Woman, ought not totrem- 
 " ble for Fear of being left Pennylefs ? and be 
 " thankful to Providence if he efcap'd with 
 " lofing only three or four hundred Piftoles ?" 
 You are merry in a wrong Time (faid I) for if 
 you had contriv'd to give me this Information 
 before, fhe fhould never have had my Ring ; I 
 had kept my Watch, my Gold Snuff-Box, and 
 the hundred Piftoles that I lent her. 
 
 " How! (obferv'd Rasac) have you given 
 
 " her thefe Trifles ? What could you think 
 
 of her ? Do you imagine your Allowance, 
 
 < or your Father's Wealth, can fupport fuch 
 
 ' Expence ? You, perhaps, intended to re- 
 
 ' turn foon to Frame, and, at this Rate, you 
 
 6 muft whether you will or no. But what Idea, 
 
 " tell me truly, had you of her ? You cannot 
 
 F 3 imagine, 
 
102 Me mo i rs 0/ the 
 
 ** imagine, dear Count, that a Woman, ca« 
 " pablc of true Love, either could, or would, 
 * c accept fo confiderable a Prefentj Faith, I 
 " cannot fee how a Man of your good Senfc 
 " could have been fo taken in." 
 
 " Well (replied I) let us forget the part, 
 * c and endeavour to do better for the future j 
 "" what Regret I may have at theLofs of myMo- 
 ** ney, I fnall be compenfated for, and judge 
 u it well laid out, if it protects me from the 
 " Snares that may hereafter be laid in my Way 
 << by Women of her Caft." 
 
 u What ! (faid the Captain) you are kiad 
 " indeed to fit down Contentedly after being 
 " chous'd out of fuch confiderable Moveables j 
 " but you muft not fubmit to be her Bubble ; 
 " you muft have your Money again ; there is 
 " nothing eafier than the Means j you have a 
 c< Right to feize on fuch of her Effects as you 
 " pleafe, nay all of them if you will." 
 
 " Permit me (anfwer'd I) to decline fub- 
 " fcribing to your Advice, though I really hold 
 " her in the. higheft Contempt ; I repent not at 
 " the Prefents I gave her, as they were my own 
 li unconftrain'd Gifts. It is my Bufinefs to 
 
 " know 
 
Count Du Beauval. 103 
 
 " know belt how far I have been her Dupe ; if 
 " I have, it is I am to feel it, but there would 
 " be a forry Avarice, a mean Oeconomy, in 
 '* offeringto re-demand them." " YourReafon- 
 " ing (replied Rasac) is right, Gencrofity 
 " abhors the Action, becaufe you ought to have 
 " known their Value before you parted with 
 " them ; and for this Reafon a Man of Senfe, 
 " if he promife a Thing, will, by no Means, 
 " difpenfe with himfelf the fulfilling that Pro- 
 " mife, no ! not upon any Account whatfo- 
 " ever, becaufe Thought always ought to pre- 
 " cede Aciion. He, who fails in his Word, 
 " fails in the Regard due to himfelf 3 nor 
 " is it, at any Rate, excufable, except the 
 " Engagement fhould appear to be criminal." 
 
 " Fine Morality, Faith ! (fays the young 
 " Captain) but, for my Part, I think it a lit- 
 tc tie too heroical ; if it was my Cafe, I mould 
 " make no Scruple of recovering my Money 
 " and Prefents ; I fhould look upon it I had as 
 " much Right to take them, wherever I could 
 " find them, as if I had been robb'd of them ', 
 *' if I save them to a Woman that was to be 
 " retain'd, it mould be conditionally that fhe 
 " remain'd true to me, at leaft as long as I be- 
 F 4 liev'd 
 
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 ** liev'd me did. If fhe receded from this, the 
 44 Contract mould be null, and the Obligation 
 " no longer of Force ; I mould look upon her 
 " as the Parliament of England do upon their 
 " King, he is their Matter while he protects, 
 " and don't infringe, their Immunities ; I am 
 *' her Subject fo long as fhe continues faithful 
 " to the Laws of Love." 
 
 The Comparifon made me laugh, and, tho* 
 I was fomething vex'd at having been fuch a 
 Blockhead, the Light, in which the Officer 
 ieem'd to hold my refufing to endeavour reco- 
 vering my Prefents, diverted me. 
 
 Rasac was well fatisfy'd to find there needed 
 no farther Arguments to difTuade me from vi~ 
 fiting Marischal. The Marquis having con- 
 quer d the Virulence of his Diforder, we em- 
 l ark'd, not many Days after, for Genoa. 
 
 The Wind was pretty favourable, and in 
 forty-eight Hours we found ourfelves near the 
 high Land of Ant\bes\ but, the Weather chang- 
 ing to dark and mifly, we put into the Port of 
 G our jean for a couple of Days, which is about 
 two Leagues from Lane. When the Wind, 
 veering again in our Favour, and the Clouds 
 flying off, we made Genoa in one Day. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 105 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 They arrive at Genoa. 71? e melancholy Story of 
 young Count Antonio D'auvergni, and 
 Seraphina. 
 
 TH E next Day, after my Arrival here, I 
 deliver'd, to the Senator Quaglia, 
 Letters of Recommendation, which had been 
 given me at Paris by the Envoy of the Repub^ 
 lie. He received me with great Friendfhip and 
 Politenefs, defir'd I would command him with- 
 out Ceremony, and nothing would pleafe him 
 better than convincing me of his Readinefs to 
 ferve me. 
 
 The Marquis De Montorio introdue'd me 
 to a Number oi' Acquaintance, and there were 
 few People of DimncHon here of whom I had 
 not fome flight Knowledge in a Fortnight. 
 
 An Accident happen'd during our Stay here, 
 
 which is well worth relate, though the Cir* 
 
 Cumitances were very melancholy. The young 
 
 F 5 Count 
 
ic6 Me m oi p. s of the 
 
 Count Antonio D'auvergni, Son toaprin- 
 -<:ipal Senator, fell in Love with Seraphina, 
 a Girl in the Suburbs, who was only a Fifher- 
 man's Daughter. The firft Time he faw her, 
 was one Evening as he took a Walk out of the 
 Town, and his Heart felt immediately the 
 Power of her Charms. 
 
 He found out her Name, Refidence, and 
 Birth, they were no Palliatives to his Paffion, 
 for he could not live without her, and all his 
 Study was to infpire her with an equal Warmth. 
 He retain'd Spies who watch'd every Step that 
 fhe took, who enabled him often to meet and 
 converfe with her on indifferent Things, fhew- 
 ing her a thoufand little Civilities, which fhe at 
 firfl attributed to the EffecT: of Chance, but a 
 conftant Repetition of them open'd her Eyes, 
 and fhe found that the young Nobleman 
 lov'd her. 
 
 She knew fo well the very great Diftance 
 which Heaven had plac'd them at, that ihe 
 trembled at its Progrefs, and refolv'd, as her 
 Honour depended on it, to ftifle the Paflion in 
 its Birth, whofe Confequences might be fatally 
 unfortunate. She returned all his Politenefs 
 
 with 
 
Count Du Beauval. 107 
 
 with extreme Coldnefs, and carefully fhun'd 
 every Place wherein fhe imaging he was to be 
 
 met. 
 
 His Paflion grew daily more violent, and her 
 avoiding overwhelm'd him with the moft heavy- 
 Melancholy j being unable longer to bear it, he 
 refolv'd, the firft Opportunity that offer'd, to 
 declare his Paflion, and waited for one with the 
 greater!: Impatience. 
 
 In the mean Time Seraphina was fo very 
 circumfpecl, that the amorous Count had no 
 other Confolation but that of feeing her in the 
 Street* wherein fhe feem'd not to obferve him, 
 and declin'd giving him the fmalleft Room to 
 fpeak to her. This fet him on feeking new 
 Ways to facilitate the Accomplifhment of his 
 Defigns, for which Purpofe he made an Ac- 
 quaintance with a Shoemaker's Wife in the 
 Neighbourhood, promifing to make her For- 
 tune, provided fhe would fometimes procure him 
 an Interview with her. She promis'd faithfully 
 fhe would, and the Dependance fhe had on the 
 Count's great Generofity, who gave her ten 
 Ducats as a Specimen of it, influenc'd her. Co* 
 F 6 £ reat ty>" 
 
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 greatly, that fhe was encourag'd to undertake 
 any thing. 
 
 TheCommiflion fhe had undertaken was a de- 
 licate one. Seraphina's Senfe, if poffible, 
 exceeded her Beauty, and, though born in a 
 Degree of Life where no Sentiments were to be 
 deriv'd from Education, Heaven had endow'd 
 her with Virtue Proof againft the ftrongeft 
 Temptation of Riches. However, the ingeni- 
 ous Confident manag'd Matters extremely weil, 
 fhe fucceeded in her Project, and inform' d the 
 Count at what Hour he might meet Ser aphin a 
 in herHoufe. 
 
 The anxious Lover haften'd thither at the 
 fame Time, under the Pretext of giving fome Di- 
 rections to the Shoemaker, who being, as the 
 Wife told him, abfent only in the Neighbour- 
 hood, was expecled in every Inftant, and in- 
 treated him to reft himfelf. The Count, ac- 
 cepting the Invitation, went into the little Par- 
 lour, the Confident following as if quite inno- 
 cent of any thing that was to happen. 
 
 Seraphina blum'd the Moment of his En- 
 try, while die Confufion and Satisfaction of the 
 
 Count 
 
Count Du Beauval, 109 
 
 Count prevented his fpeaking ; but, knowing 
 thefe Moments were too precious to be wafted, 
 he made an Effort to begin, and, after fome in- 
 different Difcourfe, of which the Shoemaker's 
 Wife was Witnefs, the good Woman made 
 fome Excufe to go into the Shop, when the 
 Marquis, approaching his Miftrefs, trembling, 
 faid, " Charming Seraphina, you cannot be 
 " ignorant that I love you, nay, I find it will 
 " be impoflible for me to live without you ; you 
 " cannot be ignorant of it, I know you cannot - y 
 " yet my Inclination to ferveyou has been paid 
 " with redoubled Indifference, and you have 
 " endeavour'd every where to fhun and deprive 
 " me of the little, the only Pleafure I enjoy, in 
 •* feeing you. 
 
 " All that Honour and Duty require of me 
 " (anfwer'd Seraphina, having better'd her 
 u Surprize) mutt be comply'd with. Let me 
 " intreat you to ftifle a Paflion in its Birth, 
 •* which you can never hope to gratify, fince 
 " not the World's Wealth mould tempt me to 
 " difparage my Virtue, and you will oblige me 
 M in forgetting me. Confider how difpropor- 
 tc tionably we are fettled in Life ! I am the 
 " Child of a poor induftrious Fifherman, you 
 
 " arc 
 
IIO M 2 MOIRS Of tbC 
 
 " are the Son of a wealthy and noble Senator \ 
 " What Connections can there be between us 
 <c wherein my Reputation will not be ble- 
 " mim'd ? Ceafe then a Purfuit, my Lord, 
 " which can only be term'd Abufe." 
 
 u You accufe me wrongfully, charming 
 " Girl (replied he) if you think I dar'd to en- 
 " courage a Thought that might injure you. 
 " My Love for you is great, fo is my Efteem -, 
 " I will leave nothing, that you require, un- 
 " done, to convince you of it, and it is in vain 
 * c that Fate has fet us at fuch a Diftance, for it 
 " {hall not divide us ; Wealth, Honour, Dig- 
 f* nity, and Grandeur, I would facrifice to my 
 " Paffion for you, nor fhall they prevent our 
 " Union. 
 
 " I allure you, that, if you accept my AfTec- 
 " tions, my Hand mail be yourRecompence.' 1 
 " Will you not be forry (anfwer'd fhe) for 
 " having made fo unequal a Match ? And 
 " don't you imagine, that, when Enjoyment 
 <c takes the Bandage from your Eyes, you will 
 <e repent loving ; I ihall be myfelf miferabl© 
 " unlefs we mutually endeavour to conquer a 
 " Paffion which cannot but be prejudicial to us 
 « both." " Fear 
 
Count Du Beauval. hi 
 
 cc Fear not (faid the Count) that you will 
 <c ever be banifh'd from my Heart, where your 
 " Image is grav'd beyond Erafement. It is now 
 " three Months fince I firft faw you, and my 
 " Love has increas'd gradually with the Time. 
 " Your Indifference and Difdain have added 
 " frefh Fuel to it, fo that, in depriving me of 
 " Hope, you devote me to the Arms of Death ; 
 " therefore I conjure you, by all that's dear to 
 4C you, pity my Situation. Why mould you 
 " fear the Diftance and Difproportion of Birth ? 
 " Since, for you, I am ready to o'erleap all 
 ci Bounds." Here our Converfation was inter- 
 rupted by the Return of the Shoemaker's Wife, 
 who very juflly fear'd that her longer Delay 
 might give Seraphina fome Room to fufpecl ; 
 the Shoemaker was fuppos'd not to have re- 
 turn'd, and the Count went off much more in 
 Love than before. 
 
 " Prithee (fays this Woman to Seraphina, 
 c< after the Count was gone) what has been the 
 " Subject of your Difcourfe ? Whence this 
 " Melancholy ? I am fure I know but very 
 " little of the young Gentleman who juft now 
 " went out, if it is in his Power to fay any thing 
 
 « that 
 
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 cc thatcouldbedifagreeabletoyou/'SERAPHiNA, 
 who look'd upon this Woman as her Bofom- 
 Friend, could conceal no Part of her Vexa- 
 tion from her in he/ prefent Agitation, but 
 related the whole Converfation that me had 
 with the Count. " Andfo (lays the good Wo- 
 " man) you won't accept his Offers, won't 
 " you ? It is the Price of your Beauty, Child, 
 " and why mould you lofe your Profpecl of a 
 " fine Fortune through a ridiculous Fear? 
 •« You are not the firft honeft Tradefman's 
 " Daughter that has been married to a Man of 
 " Quality, and I don't doubt but you merit fo 
 " happy a Situation in Life as well as the belt. 
 " Take my Advice, be cautious, don't reject 
 * the Offer." 
 
 Thefe Words, pronounc'd with feeming Sin- 
 cerity by a Friend, join'd to fome fecret Emoti- 
 ons which the amiable Figure of Antonio 
 had produc'd in her Heart, were the firft Sparks 
 that lighted her Flame. She could not refill; the 
 Idea of that Grandeur fhe mould enjoy wedded 
 to one of the firft Lords of the Republic, the 
 Oppofition of whefe Father and Family, fhe 
 perfuaded herfelf, were Difficulties not infur- 
 mountable. 
 
 It 
 
Count Du Beauval.' iij 
 
 It was in this Hope that (he confented to meet 
 the Count again in the fame Place, News that 
 was carried to him very eagerly, for which not 
 Words, but a fplendid Recompcnce, fpoke his 
 Thanks ; and fo great was the Efteem which 
 grew upon him from their frequent Converfa- 
 tion, that he was foon determin'd to fulfil the 
 Promife, which he had been actuated to make 
 by Love. Serapbina, far from being infen- 
 fible to fuch generous Sentiments, repaid his 
 Attachment with the fincereft Affection poflible. 
 
 The Count, unable longer to defer a Union on 
 which depended his Felicity, having taken pro- 
 per Precautions to conceal it from the Know- 
 ledge of his Family and the Republic, and fe- 
 cur'd a Prieft by a good Bribe, was join'd to his 
 Miftrefs in Wedlock. His Lot feem'd now 
 more happy than if he had married a Woman 
 with a very large Fortune, to which he reckon'd 
 the Virtues of his Wife adequate. 
 
 Content in the PofTeilion of fo inestimable a 
 Jewel, he had no Inquietude but that of keep- 
 ing the Secret from his Father. For eighteen 
 Months he enjoy'd a perfect Tranquillity, vifit- 
 
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 ing his dear Miftrefs every Day, and ftill believ- 
 ing the laft was the firft. Neither Poffeffion, 
 nor the Liberties of Marriage, had diminim'd 
 his Tendernefs, nor had the Right of the Huf- 
 band worn ofFthe Edge of the Lover. But an 
 ugly Reverfe of Fortune happen'd at a Time 
 when they almoft imagin'd they had nothing to 
 fear. 
 
 They had heretofore propos'd to him feveral 
 advantageous Matches, all which he had been 
 cunning enough to find Pretexts for refufing, 
 till one Day his Father mention'd to him, and 
 that very ferioufly, a Woman of a very large 
 Fortune and illuflrious Family, with whom he 
 could match him, and prefs'd him not to ne- 
 glect an Opportunity of fettling, which, if not 
 accepted, was not to be hop'd for again. 
 
 The Count anfwer'd, he was too young to 
 think of the Plagues of Houfe-keeping ; befides, 
 he could not poilibly confine himfelf to one 
 Woman's Humours, nor would he efpoufe any 
 one till he was certain he could like her. His 
 Father ftrove in vain to conquer this Teftinefs ; 
 he reprefented the eflential Neceffity of it to the 
 Good of his Family, and the Cruelty of an only 
 
 Son's 
 
Count Du Bea-uval. 115 
 
 Son's refufing the Confolation of letting him fee 
 him fettled before his Death. 
 
 The Conftancy with which Antonio re- 
 fifted the tender Per fu aliens of his Father, gave 
 Room to fufpect him otherwife attach'd than 
 what was known, fince no other Rcafon could 
 be given to his Averfion for Matrimony. 
 
 Of this he determin'd to be fattsRed, and 
 commiffion'd feveral People to watch all his 
 Haunts. It is to be obferv'd, that, when the 
 Count had married Seraphina, he had taken 
 her Father from the Bufinefs of the Filhery, and 
 appointed him Apartments in a little Houfe 
 which he had taken for her, in a remote Part of 
 the Town, where he fpent all the Time that he 
 could fpare from his Father, to whom he gave 
 no more of it than what Reafon and his own 
 Welfare demanded. Thofe, who were em- 
 ploy'd as Spies upon his Conducl, foon found 
 with what AiTiduity he attended this Houfe ; 
 and, having been inform'd, upon Enquiry, that 
 it was inhabited by the Daughter of a poor 
 Filherman, who had liv'd there above a Year, 
 they carried an exact Account of their Difco- 
 very to the Count. 
 
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 The old Gentleman no longer doubted of his 
 Son's being in Love, and, after having had him 
 dodg'd feveral Times, to fix the Certainty be- 
 yond a Doubt, he determine to carry off the 
 Object of his Baffion by Force, and lodge her 
 in a Convent fo very privately, that me mould 
 not know from what Quarter the Blow came, 
 not doubting but he would eafily forget her 
 when depriv'd of a PoiHbility of correfponding 
 with her. 
 
 Meafures were taken with infinite Precau- 
 tion for Fear of a Difcovery, and this unhappy 
 Woman, walking with her Father in the Cool 
 of the Evening, near the Sea-Side without the 
 Town, was fuddenly feiz'd upon, muffled up, 
 and carried off by four Men on Horfeback, who, 
 fetting Spurs to their Horfes, made up the 
 Country as quick as Lightning. 
 
 It was in vain for the poor Father to cry out 
 for Affiftance, there v/ere no Perfons near at 
 Hand to oppofe the Violence, and he had no 
 Remedy but Tears. In the firft Workings of 
 his Grief he would have flung himfelf into the 
 
 Seat 
 
Count Du Beauval. 
 
 "7 
 
 Sea, if the Hopes of the Count's protect- 
 ing and recovering her, had not prevented 
 him, 
 
 CHAP. 
 
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 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Story of the young Count D'Auvergn I and 
 Seraphina continued and ended. 
 
 DON Antonio's Madnefs, on receiving 
 this News, was inconceivable ; a tbou- 
 fand Imprecations did he vent on the Villains 
 who contriv'd it. He fometimes fuppos'd it to 
 be a conceal'd Rivals for he was certain me was 
 not in the leaft privy to it, and he never fuf- 
 pecled that his Family had difcover'd his At- 
 tachment. 
 
 Search was every where made, but in vain, 
 fhe was not to be found. His Grief was inex- 
 pressible, and his Defpair, for the Lofs of her, 
 reduc'd him to the lail Extremity. His Father, 
 who felt tor his Situation, dreaded the Effecls of 
 a Pafiion fo very violent, that it feem'd almoff. 
 ifeipoffibk to be extinguifh'd ; his Vexation 
 him into a violent Fever, and he was in 
 ::.oft imminent Danger of Death, when an 
 
 old 
 
Count Du Beauval. „ 119 
 
 old Servant, who attended him from his Youth, 
 throwing himfelf one Morning at his Feet, fpoke 
 his great Sorrow for the Condition in which he 
 faw him, and aflur'd him, unlefs he aftifted to 
 retrieve him from it as much as in his Power, he 
 imagin'd he deferv'd infinite Reproach. Sir, 
 (fays he) I am not at all ignorant of what oc- 
 cafions your Malady, I know you have loft a 
 Miftrefs, and, if you imagine that will cure you, 
 perhaps I can put you in a Way of finding her. 
 
 How, replied the Count, canft thou, Do- 
 minic, inform me of mySERAPHiNA ? Oh! 
 teach me then, for Heaven's Sake, where me 
 is to be found ; if it's true that you have lov'd me 
 from my tender Infancy, blefs me with the- Re- 
 iteration of a Jewel more precious than Life ; 
 reftore me to the lovely Girl, who is a hundred 
 Times dearer to me than myfelf. Alas ! Sir 
 (fays Dominic) I can't pretend to give you dL 
 reel: Information where me is, that Knowledge 
 lies in the Breaft of your Father, who caus'd her 
 to be carried off. I affiled in this Affair as a 
 Servant, and there were three others epigag'd 
 along with me ; we carried her about twoLeagues 
 off, where we deliver'd her to the Care of four 
 other Perfons, who faid they were to conduct her 
 to a Monaftery of Urfulineu This 
 
i2o Me moi rs of the 
 
 This threw the Count into a prodigious Con- 
 firmation, of which the Effects would have been 
 very fatal, had not his Father been the Caufe ; 
 but, in this Cafe, he only had Recourfe to 
 Sighs and Tears. It being impoflible for him 
 to quit his Bed, as he was very weak, he fent 
 to entreat his Father to come to him, and, the 
 Moment he enter'd his Chamber, the Count 
 cried out, while his Eyes fwam with Grief, 
 dear Sir, raife me from my Miiery, reftore to ' 
 me her without whom I cannot live, and, as 
 you gave me Being, make not that Being hate- 
 ful. There is nothing in the World can com- 
 penfate for the Lofs of my Sera phi n a, me 
 only can confer Happinefs, and 'tis her that I afk 
 at your Hands. Dear Father, if you can be 
 fenfible of the Sufferings of a Son, and that my 
 Health can give you Pleafure, reftore her to my 
 Arms. 
 
 I would willingly (avow'd he) give you this 
 Mark of my Friendfhip, but I have one to de- 
 mand of you in Return. There is no very great 
 Fidelity requifite to the Daughter of a Fifher- 
 man, the Price of her Liberty is your marrying, 
 and ' then you may do what you will with her. 
 
 Ha! 
 
Count Du Beauval. hi 
 
 : Ha ! cried the Count, then, Misfortune, thou 
 •art eternal, and Death's my only Refuge. 
 Hafte, hafte, thou grim Tyrant ! to deliver mc 
 from this bad World, why do you delay ? You 
 ftrivc to fhun me in vain ; Defpair fhall be my 
 Guide to thy Realms, where, only, Peace is to 
 be found. Here his Pangs conquer'd, his Strength 
 faiPd him, his Voice died away, and he fainted, 
 while his Father, frighten'd out of his Wits, 
 alarm'd all the Houfe, and fought every where 
 for Afliflance. It was with much Difficulty he 
 was brought back to Life. " Leave me (fays he, 
 " faintly) to my Woes, which your Solicitude 
 " etlcreafes.™ His Father, deeply ftruck with 
 what he faw, embrac'd him warmly, and 
 promis'd to reftore him to his Seraphina. 
 " It mud be foon then (replies he) for, till I 
 " fee her, I (hall take no Kind of Nourishment, 
 '< and on this I am refolv'd." However, he was 
 dilTuaded from his Refolution, and accepted 
 fomc little Reirefliment at their Hands. 
 
 The next Evening he receiv'd Advice that 
 Seraph in a was at Liberty, and in her own 
 Houfe ; he kifs'd the Letter that brought the 
 News a hundred Times over, and fent a faithful 
 -Domcitic to enquire ; who, on his Return, 
 G affur'd 
 
12 2 Memoirs of the 
 
 affur'd him of the Truth of it. Love gave him 
 new Strength, and, in a couple of Days, he was 
 able to vifit the Woman on whom his Happi- 
 nefs depended. He caught her in his Arms the 
 Moment he beheld her, and they remain'd, for 
 fome Time, in a mutual filent Embrace, be- 
 dewing each other with Tears of Joy. " Do 
 " I once more fee you, my dear Seraphina, 
 " (faid the Count) and do I live to tell you I 
 M have been the innocent Caufeof your Suffer- 
 c< ings ? Heaven only knows how much the 
 " Uncertainty of your Fate afflicted me, and 
 " how much I fuftain'd in being fo cruelly torn 
 u from you." 
 
 " Forget the pail: (anfwer'd fhe) and let us 
 " turn our Eyes upon the Evils which now 
 " threaten. Your Father told me, that, un- 
 c ' lefs I banifh you my Prefence for ever, I muft 
 f* expecl: the worn 1 Fate ; nay, he would have 
 M me find a Pretext of breaking with you. 
 
 How dreadful is my Situation ?" " It is lefs to 
 c« be lamented than you imagine (replied the 
 " Count) you are in a free Town where Vio- 
 " lence is forbid to all the World. Keep 
 * c within the Walls of Genoa, be at Home al- 
 " ways before Dark, avoid walking into the 
 
 " Country, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 123 
 
 u Country, and you fhall defy his Menaces, 
 " Were he not my Father, you have a Right 
 u to, and mould, commence a Procefs againft 
 M him, which, in Spite of his Credit, he mould 
 " find it hard to contend with. But be content* 
 m my Love, fince Heaven has kindly given you 
 " back to me, I'll take fuch Meafures as mall 
 M prevent your being ever torn from me again." 
 
 This Difcourfe reftor'd Seraphina to her 
 ufual Peace of Mind. She then inform'd him, 
 that they had lodg'd her in a Monaftery, where 
 great Care was taken to prevent her fpeaking to 
 any Body, or from fending any News. 
 
 How many Evils had you fpar'd me (cried he) 
 could I have known the Place of your Retreat ? 
 Plow low was I brought by the Lofs of you ? 
 yet, believe me, I prize, and fhall always re- 
 vere, the Malady that opprefs'd me, fince to that 
 I owe the Happinefs of again beholding you. 
 
 For three Months they liv'd together with 
 undifturb'd Tranquillity, their Happinefs feem'd 
 fettled beyond the Reach of Fate, when the 
 Cruelty of the Father caus'd a fad Alteration, 
 and produe'd a moft melancholy Catallrophe. 
 
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 It Was with Vexation and Impatience that he 
 faw his Son go conftantly to vifit Seraphina 9 
 and he trembled left fo ardent a Pafiion ihould 
 terminate in Matrimony. Hence he often re- 
 pented of having fet her at Liberty, and, not be- 
 ing able to divide them any other Way, he de- 
 termin'd to poifon her, and foon put his barba- 
 rous Defign in Execution. 
 
 Scraphina and her Father found themfelves 
 violently attack'd by aCholic, which tore their 
 -^cry Entrails, their. Skins were cover'd over with 
 great black Blotches, and the Prefcriptions of 
 the moil .fkilful Phyficians, who affirm'd they 
 were poifon'd, were adminifter'd in vain. The 
 Father of Seraphina died after an Hour's 111- 
 jiefs, and the Daughter liv'd only to breathe her 
 lafl in the Bofom of the Count. How inde- 
 icribable are the Paflions which agitated his Soul 
 at this piteous Sight ; Defpair, Rage, Anguifli^ 
 Vengeance, and Pity, predominated in fucceflive 
 Moments. And muft I lofe you (cried he) ? 
 Mufl my Love have haften'd your Death ? For 
 whom is the Thunder of Heaven referv'd ? 
 Why does not the God of Vengeance ftrike 
 dead a wretched Couple I Be comforted (fays 
 
 Seraphina) 
 
Count Du Beauval. ft$ 
 
 Seraphina) I befeech you, for Heaven has 
 been kind in allowing me to expire in your 
 Arms, and I die contented in fo lov'd an Em- 
 brace. You fhall not die alone (replied the en- 
 rag'd Lover) I will not ; why mould I fay I will 
 not ? for indeed I cannot, furvive you ; we have 
 fympathiz'd in Happincfs and Misfortunes, leC 
 us unite in Death. I command you (fays Se- 
 raphina) by the Love you bear me, and by 
 every Thing that's dear to you, to live. She 
 fpoke thefe Words with a faltering Accent, and- 
 the Deftinies put a Period to her Life*; 
 
 The Count appear'd infenfible to the Blow, 
 the Tear no longer ftarted from his Eye, his 
 Voice was firm, and his Countenance fettled. 
 He order'd a Domeilic (and this in a Manner 
 quite collected) to bring him his Wife's Writ- 
 ing-Defk ; being obey'd, he fat down, wrote a 
 Letter to his Father, couch'd in Terms ex- 
 tremely affecting, wherein he acquainted him of 
 her being his Wife, and reproach'd him for 
 having been the Caufe of her Death. Then 
 finding different Errands for two Servants who 
 attended on him, he fent them out of the 
 Chamber, and approach'd his deceas'd Wife with 
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 his Sword drawn, which having plung'd in his 
 Heart, he fell dead upon her Body. 
 
 A Servant, who enter'd Toon after, and faw 
 this melancholy Sight, fummon'd Afliftance, 
 but 'twas too late, Life was fled from the Man- 
 fion, and the poor Count was no more. The* 
 Letter and News of this dreadful Scene were 
 foon borne to his Father. When this proud 
 Senator had learn'd in what Manner Heaven 
 punifh'd his Perfidy, he would have reveng'd 
 the Lovers by laying violent Hands upon him- 
 felf, but he was fav'd from his own Fury, while 
 the Family took all poflible Precautions to pre- 
 vent the Story from fpreading. It could not be 
 iupprefs'd, every Circumftance of it was pub- 
 iifh'd to the World, notwithstanding all their 
 Care, and the beft they could do was to 
 prevent the Enquiry of Juftice. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
Count Du Beauval. 127 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Political Reflexions on the State of Genoa. Be AU- 
 VAl fits out for Rome, takes a Liking toV\jh- 
 cheria, and meets Encouragement. They cor- 
 refpond, and he refohes to go off with her, but 
 is prevented, and obliged to quit Kcme for Fear 
 of a Projection. Arrives at Naples, as does 
 a/fo Cardinal C s c 1 A . 
 
 TH E' Indignation with which this Story 
 fill*d me, gave me a violent Antipathy 
 to the Genoefe ; I could not bear to think that 
 any State mould give Countenance to fo bafe a 
 ChamTement, fo horrible a Crime as that of poi- 
 foning. I communicated my Thoughts to the 
 Marquis of Montorio. You know very little 
 (faid he) of the Politics which prevail among 
 the great Men of this Republic to talk thus, they 
 are oblig'd to be ftrictly united amongft one an- 
 other, and to tolerate each others Crimes for 
 their mutual Support. 
 
 G 3 The 
 
izS Memoirs of the 
 
 The principal Nobles are fo many Tyranfo r 
 who owe their Authority to their Care in fup- 
 preffing their Enemies, or thofe who act. con- 
 trary to their Intereft.. The People, indeed, 
 call themfelves free, but, inftead of one King* 
 they are faddled with thirty, who are always 
 feeking to enrich themfelves at any Rate. And 
 the Republic of Getica is not unlike Athens ^ when, 
 under the Dominion of the thirty Tyrants. 
 
 The Noble Geno-efe may be defin'd an Op* 
 prefTor of the People, a Blockhead in Science, 
 a Coward in War, and a Compound of Vice,. 
 Folly, and Arrogance, who is oblig'd to wink 
 at the Crimes of his Colleagues, that he may 
 tranfgrefs with Impunity. 
 
 You certainly don't flatter the Senate in your 
 Elogium (faid I to the Marquis) and I believe 
 they'll hardly regifter your Character of them in 
 the Annals of the Republic. Should you re- 
 main long here (replies he) you'll allow the 
 Truth of what I fay ; you will find the Nobles 
 to be ftill more contemptible for the fervile 
 Fear in which they fland of the Empire and of 
 France. The firft they love, the latter they 
 
 hate. 
 
Count Du Beauval. 129 
 
 hate mortally ; neverthelefs they are daily ob- 
 lig'd to cringe, and kifs the Hand that chaftifes 
 them. They might avoid this evident Servi- 
 lity were it not for a ridiculous Vanity, which 
 prevents them from a jult Mode of thinking,. 
 From Time to Time they take the moft defpi- 
 cable Steps, from which, in the End, they are 
 oblig'd to recede, cover'd with Shame, and fub- 
 mit to Punifhment. 
 
 They have loft Corfica by their Arrogance 
 and Tyranny ; and they have been many Year : ; 
 always fhamefully defeated by a miferable undif- 
 ciplin'd Rabble, without Arms, Cloaths, Oi 
 Ammunition. 
 
 A Regiment of Genoefe palling Review is the 
 pleafanteft Sight in the World j you would ima- 
 gine them the Refufe of all the Taylors in Eu- 
 rope. I began already to perceive this Chara&ei; 
 of the Republic was not unjuft, and, in the 
 End, was fully convincM of it. The reft of my 
 Time, while I ftaid here, was employ'd in vi- 
 siting their Palaces and Churches ; when the 
 Marquis prefling me to go to Rome, we em- 
 bftl&d on board a Felucca for Civ it a VetcHa* 
 G 5 where 
 
130 Memo i ks of tie 
 
 where we landed, and proceeded on our Jour- 
 ney to the (once) Capital of the World. 
 
 Here my firft Month was taken up with the 
 innumerable Curiofities that are to be feen ; 
 my Time was entirely engrofs'd in examining 
 the Ornaments, antient and modern, of this 
 illuftrious City ; but, alas ! fix Weeks were 
 hardly over, before I was as deeply involv'd as 
 I had been at Madrid, 
 
 The oppofite Houfe to that where I lodg'd 
 belong'd to an Attorney, who had a Daughter 
 nam'd Pulcheria ; I faw her often at the 
 Window with infinite Pleafure, (he had fine 
 Eyes, a charming Mouth, and her Deportment 
 was grand -, I began to find a fecret Satisfaction 
 in looking at her, and at length brought myfelf 
 to attend, regularly every Day, her Hour of 
 Appearance. I then learn'd to follow her to 
 Church, and to the public Walks, but could 
 not gain an Opportunity of fpeaking to her. I 
 was oblig'd to be cautious how I approach'd 
 an Italian Lady, and, whatfoever Genius I 
 might have to Intrigue, I hardly knew how to 
 communicate my Sentiments to Pulcheria. 
 
 However, 
 
Count Da Beauval, 131 
 
 However, I made a Shift to do it by Signs, and 
 fhe, in the fame dumb Eloquence, inform'dme. 
 that I was not indifferent to her. 
 
 Iwas weary of this Manner of Correfpond- 
 ence, and, in Spite of the Obftacle, that im- 
 peded my Happinefs, arifing either from the 
 Cuftoms of the Country, or the Conftraint un- 
 der which Women in general are laid, I deter- 
 min'd, at any Rate, to come to a more open 
 Explanation. For two Months our Eyes had 
 been the only Interpreters of our Pallion, when 
 I ventur'd to write the following Letter in 
 Italian^ a Language in which I began to have 
 tolerable Knowledge. 
 
 G 6 
 
132 Memoirs of the 
 
 To PUL CHERIA. 
 
 M ^T\HE firfl Moment in which I beheld 
 <c JL you, lovely Pulcheria, my Heart 
 " £ became a Slave to your Beauty,, and Melan- 
 4C choly has ever fince been the Companion of 
 " my Life. My Love is exceflive, yet I know 
 " not but it may be anfwer'd with Indifference. 
 tc Let me, by fome Means or other, perfonally 
 tc afiure you of my Paflion, and refufe not a 
 cc Favour on which no lefs than Happinefs, 
 nay, Life, depends to yours, &c. 
 
 ■-t 
 
 I refolv'd to deliver this Letter myfelf, and 9 
 for that Purpofe, watch'd her to Church, where 
 I planted myfelf on my Knees pretty near her, 
 and, her Mother kneeling before her (confe- 
 quently not able to perceive what I was about) 
 I cunningly fhew'd her my Letter, and flipp'd it 
 into her Prayer-Book, which me dropp'd for 
 that Purpofe, and I had the Honour of returning 
 it to her. The Day following an old Woman 
 cnquir'd for me at Home, and deliver'd me the 
 following Anfwer. 
 
 T* 
 
Count Du Beauval. 133 
 To the Count D u Beauval. 
 
 « X Have feen your Letter, and muft con- 
 
 <c X f e ** s 5 tnat > ^ y ou l° ve f° we ^ as tnat cx ~ 
 " preffes, I find it impofiible to be difpleas'd, 
 " I ought not to own my Sentiments fo very 
 lc freely, for my Mother fays I ought always to 
 " avoid any Correfpondence with your Sex. 
 " But, in Spite of this Injunction, I feel a fe- 
 " cret Satisfaction at thinking you love me, and 
 " am fure you are far from being difagreeable to 
 « me. 
 
 " My Nurfe, who loves me very well, has 
 
 undertaken to deliver you my Letter. I cried 
 
 the beft Part of laft Night becaufe I did not 
 
 know how to fend it to you. She was touch'd 
 
 at my Grief, and fo promis'd to ferve me as 
 
 you fee. Try if you can fettle with her fome 
 
 Way for us to talk together. For my Part, 
 
 I have thought to no Purpofe, I can't hit on 
 
 any. I never go abroad without my Mother, 
 
 who does not quit me a Moment. However, 
 
 continue always to love me notwithstanding, 
 
 ; and don't let thefe Crofles make you forget 
 
 : me. I'll do my beft to content you. 
 
 PULCHERIA. 
 This 
 
1^4 Memoirs of the 
 
 This Letter, which fpoke ftrongly Pulche- 
 ria's Innocence and Sincerity, charm'd me. 
 Here, faid I to myfelf, I need not fear the 
 Snares of a Coquet. If Love has again laid 
 hold of my Heart, he won't hurt me by my 
 Miftrefs's Perfidy. 
 
 I rewarded the Woman who brought me the 
 Letter very generoufly, and, after having deli- 
 ver'd her an Anfwer, I then entreated her to 
 find out fome Way for me to fpeak to Pulche- 
 RIA. Sir ( anfwer 'd me) you can have no Op- 
 portunity of addrefling her, except under her 
 Window at Night ; there you will have the 
 Pleafure of talking together though you can't be 
 in the Room. I was to a Minute at the Place 
 of Appointment, where I cough'd three Times, 
 being the Signal of my Prefence, and it brought 
 her to the Window. 
 
 Is it you? (fays fhe to me). Yes, my Angel, 
 (replied I) 'tis he who thinks himfelf the hap- 
 pieft Man in the World in having this Oppor- 
 tunity of alluring you, that you have infpir'd 
 him with Love. What Pains have I fuiFer'd! 
 What Solicitudes have I undergone ! fmce I 
 firft had the Happinefs of feeing you \ but a Li- 
 berty 
 
Count Du Beauval. 135 
 
 berty of perfonally communicating my Senti- 
 ments, recompenfes them an hundred fold, and 
 my Felicity exceeds my Hopes. 
 
 And will you ever think fo (anfwer'd Pul- 
 cher 1 a). They fay all Men are Deceivers,, 
 but thofe of your Nation are remarkably perfi- 
 dious, and greater Tray tors than any other. If 
 it's true you intend to betray me, I pray you tell 
 me of it, becaufe 1 am fenfible that it will be 
 much Iefs difficult to wain myfelf from the Sight 
 of you at prefent, than when Cuftom hath made 
 it a more particular Pleafure. I fwore to her a 
 thoufand Times that I would rather die than 
 prove unfaithful, that I had a Heart fraught 
 with the fmcereft Love, and incapable of Per- 
 fidy. If what you tell me be true (fays fhe) I 
 {hall be as happy as you fay you are fortunate ; 
 and indeed you (hall never have Reafon to repent 
 having lov'd me. 
 
 Thefe delicious Conferences were repeated 
 every Night in the fame Place for three Months 
 together, and we correfponded twice a-Day, the 
 Nurfe being our Meffenger. Our Paffion grew 
 under Reftraint, and fhe never went to Church, 
 or to walk, but I met her j then indeed we 
 
 could 
 
136 Memoirs of the 
 
 could only correfpond by Signs, but even in 
 that there was Pleafure. I propos'd to run 
 away with my Miftrefs, and efpoufe her in the 
 firft Town we fhould arrive at. She confented 
 to commit herfelf to my Care, after fome Diffi- 
 culty, and the little Fear fhe entertain'd of my 
 Inconflancy, was foon overcome by my Protes- 
 tations, which were very fincere. 
 
 I took three Days to fettle my Affairs, and 
 get every Thing in Order. My Valet de Chani- 
 bre was the only Perfon I entrufted with my 
 Project, which I charg'd him by no Means to 
 reveal to Rasac. He promis'd fairly indeed 
 fully to execute my Orders, but, inftead of 
 keeping his Word, fecretly acquainted the Che- 
 valier of my Intention, who fretted at the Danger 
 to which I was going to expofe myfelf, dreamt 
 of nothing but feeing my Head upon the Block, 
 which would have certainly been the Cafe, had 
 I been caught in my Flight with her. He or- 
 der'd my Domeftic implicitly to obey all my 
 Commands, and to avoid giving me the leafl 
 Sufpicion of the Difcovery he had made. His 
 next Step was to acquaint Pulcheria's Family 
 ©f the Danger which thrcaten'd her* 
 
 He 
 
Count Du Beauval. 13/ 
 
 He manag'd Matters fo very difcreetly, as to 
 convince the Father, that the Honour of his Fa- 
 mily had not been violated.- In two Hours after 
 my Miftrefs was remov'd to a Convent, 
 under the Care of one of her Aunts ; the Nurfe 
 was turn'd away, and, to difconcert any future 
 Proceeding at once, Rasac and the Father 
 agreed to fend a Man to fummon me to Juftice 
 as a Ravi (her. 
 
 This Turn of Affairs, Part of which I learn'd 
 firft from the difcarded Nurfe, gave me prodi- 
 gious Concern. Not knowing the Part Rasac 
 had a&ed in this, I applied to him in my Embar- 
 raflment, and related the whole Story without 
 any Referve. 
 
 You have embark'd (faid he, with a great 
 Air of Surprize) in a very dangerous Affair, 
 and muft fly as faft as you can, you have no 
 other Way of being fecure. I delay'd not to 
 follow his Advice, and fet out the next Poft for 
 Naples, together" with the Marquis De Monto- 
 rio, who had been let into the Secret pri- 
 vately. 
 
 Here 
 
i 
 
 15S Memoirsu//^ 
 
 Here I breath'd a Prey t® the moft violent 
 Grief. The Image of Pulcheria was always 
 prefent to my Mind, her Character of Simplicity 
 had made a ftronger Impreffion on my Heart 
 than all the affected Tricks of the many Co- 
 quets that I had formerly lov'd. But, in the 
 End, Ab fence from the Object had wean'd for, 
 as it had before done other s^ from my Thoughts ; 
 and, in two Months, I was fo well cur'd as to 
 hear, without being mov'd, the Part my Friend 
 had taken in dividing me from her. 
 
 " Will you (fays he to me one Day when we 
 " were by ourfelves) be always the Dupe of 
 " Paflion ? Do you refolve -never to get clear 
 ** of one Folly without plunging into another ? 
 " How does it happen, that, after the many 
 " Dangers you have efcap'd, you cannot avoid 
 " new Occafions of manifefting your Wealc- 
 " nefs ? Do you fee to what you would have 
 " expos'd yourfelf, provided you had beenfeiz'd 
 " in your intended Flight with Pulcheria ? 
 " Strange! that, in the Mid ft of Enemies, and 
 * c in their own Country, where they claim all 
 " the common Rights ofCitizens, you can make 
 " no Choice, but that of marrying a Girl 
 
 " whole 
 
Count Du Beauval. 139 
 
 H whofe Birth would be a Difhonour to yours ? 
 " or of lofing your Head on a Scaffold. 
 
 " It is true that Love leads us into a thoufand 
 <c little Irregularities, which, when cooly con- 
 " fider'd, mud: appear not always conformable 
 " to honourable Sentiments. Examine ftriclly 
 " what I fay, and you'll find I am not wrong in 
 " maintaining, that there is no Man of Intrigue 
 {< who would not confefs, if oblig'd to give an 
 Y Account of his Actions, that he would have 
 " left many of them undone, had he confulted 
 cc the Laws of Honouiv Do you think, for 
 " Example, that it is either laudable or virtuous 
 " to carry off the only Daughter of an honefl 
 " Man, and difhonour his Family ? You put 
 * c the Robber to Death who fteals from you a 
 " Trifle j- you treat him with the greatefl Ig- 
 " nominy. Is the Lofs of a Child lefs fenfibly 
 " to be felt than that of a little Money ? And 
 " don't you think the Difhonour reflected upon 
 rt the Family augments the Crime ? 
 
 " You deceive yourfelf indeed, if you think 
 cc differently ; nay, I am fure you are of my 
 * Mind entirely, in Spite of any Excufe you 
 
 w would 
 
1*40 Memoirs/?/ the 
 
 " would make. Don't imagine you are to be 
 
 " juftified by pleading the Violence of your 
 
 <£ Pafiion. The Defire you had of poflefling 
 
 * c your Miftrefs, whofe Charms, in Spite of 
 
 M yourfelf, intic'd you. The Robber can urge 
 
 * c as much in his Defence ; he loves Riches, 
 
 * x he is tempted by a violent Defire of acquir- 
 
 *' ing them, a Pafiion as flrorig with him, as 
 
 M that for your Miftrefs is with you." 
 
 Thefe Remonftrances would hav^ anger'd 
 me from any Body but Rasac. However, I 
 receiv'd all his LefTons with Moderation ; and, 
 that Friendship we had mutually for each 
 other, made me hearken, with Docility, ta 
 every Thing he faid. 
 
 The Time for our being at Venice approach'd, 
 we intended to fet out in about fifteen Days* 
 and now we employ' d ourfelves in a Review of 
 the many Beauties with which Naples abounds, 
 when the Arrival of Cardinal Coscia caus'd a 
 great Buftle. I had heard much of him 
 while I was at Rome, but Love, at that Time, 
 entirely engrofling my Attention, hinder'd me 
 from being exa&ly Mailer of his Adventures, 
 
 of 
 
Count Du Beauval, 
 
 141 
 
 ,of which a young Neapolitan Gentleman, with 
 whom I had fome flight Acquaintance, made 
 
 ♦the following Detail. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
142 Memoirs of the 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Some Account of Cardinal Coscia. His Con- 
 junction with Fini. Their Infuence over Pope 
 Benedict XIII. A Quarrel beeween the 
 Cardinals Coscia and Camerlingua about 
 a Woman. The rigorous Proceedings againjl the 
 former ', who Jhelters h'unfelf in Naples. 
 
 DURING the Popedom of Benedict XIII. 
 the Cardinals Coscia and Fini, go- 
 vern'dthe Ecclefiaftical State. Coscia had an 
 infinite Power over the Mind of the Pope ; he 
 had been his Follower when the Pope was but 
 a fimple Prelate, and rofe by Degrees as his 
 Mafter was rais'd in Life. Since he became a 
 Cardinal, he aflbciated with Fini, another fa- 
 vourite of Benedict. In his Acts of Oppref- 
 fion he had fold Favours, Employments, Bi- 
 fhopricks, and Benefices ; nothing has been fe- 
 cure from their Avarice. 
 
 The Pope, a very honeft Man, but of a li- 
 mited genius, was ignorant of the Male-Admi- 
 
 niftration ; 
 
Count Du Beauval. 143 
 
 migration ; nor did any Body dare to acquaint 
 him with it, fince he would have imputed it to 
 Jealoufy and Hatred on Account of his particu- 
 lar Friend/hip for them ; befides, it was not 
 hard for them, who were fuperior to almoft every 
 Body in the State, and had- his Holinefs's Ear, 
 to perfuade him that they meant to deceive him 
 in order to ruin them. 
 
 During his Pontificate they enjoy'd perfed 
 Tranquility i but Clement XII. fucceeding 
 after his Death, by the Intrigues of the Cardi- 
 nals Camerlingua, Banchieri, and Im- 
 perial^ fworn Enemies to Coscia and Fini, 
 the new Pope caus'd them to be arretted ; the 
 Cardinal Camerlingua declaring himfelf 
 principally an Enemy to Coscia. Love is faid 
 to have been the Occafion of the Quarrel be- 
 tween the two Prelates; however, the real 
 Caufe of their Hatred is not known but to fome 
 few People, who are perfedly acquainted with 
 private Hiftory. 
 
 The Truth is, the Cardinal Camerlingua 
 was in love with the Dutchefs De V— ; Cos- 
 cia, being in the Zenith of his Profperity, be- 
 came his Rival s and as this Lady was biafs'd 
 
 more 
 
!44 Memoirs of the 
 
 more by Ambition than by Tendemefs, his Poft 
 iecur'd him the Preference. Camerlingua 
 found no Opportunity of Revenge during the 
 JLife of Benedict, but, with the Installment of 
 Clement, he devis'd the Deftruclion of his 
 Rival. He would more eafily have forgiven him 
 the fecreting all the ecclefiaftical Riches, than 
 depriving him of the Heart of the Dutchefs. He 
 has had alfo Sufficiency of Power to hinder fo 
 favourable a Judgment being pafs'd upon Cos- 
 cia as upon Fini, though they were both ac- 
 cus'd of near the fame Crime. 
 
 Fini was acquitted for a certain Sum, which 
 he actually paid, and is now feen publicly in the 
 Streets oiRome\ yet Coscia has been profe- 
 cuted with the utmoft Rigour, and his Friends 
 even Fear for his Life. While they were pre- 
 paring his Procefs, he made his Efcape to Na- 
 ples ; and here the Emperor had granted him his 
 Protection. His Enemy's Defpair is the more 
 encreas'd by this Step, becaufe the Dutchefs 
 has made this City her Place of Refidence, ever 
 fince the Death of Benedict XIIL 
 
 Though Coscia's being fo near her Grace 
 might heighten his Rival's Difpleafure, it has 
 
 prov'd 
 
Count Du Beauval. 145 
 
 prov'd no Way unfortunate for him, as his 
 Flight has made an Accommodation of his Af- 
 fairs necefTary. 
 
 This (faid the Neapolitan) is, I believe, 
 a Solution of what you feem'd to demand of 
 me ; few People have heard (o much of the 
 Amours of the Dutchefs, as I have now told 
 you j for thefe Lovers took the greateir. Precau- 
 tion to conceal their Intimacy from public At- 
 tention. You fee no Situation in Life is de- 
 fence againft this Paflion. Coscia had been 
 much happier had he been a Stranger to it ; for 
 it has been entirely the Occaiion of thofe Party- 
 Profecutions which have been (o vigorously car- 
 ried on againft him, under the fpecious Names 
 of Zeal for the Church, and the Good of the 
 State. Thus is the Name of public Good of- 
 ten a Pretence for promoting private Intereft ; 
 and the IU-Will of the People made a Tool for 
 particular Vengeance, 
 
 H MEMOIRS 
 
Count Du Beauval. 147 
 
 MEMOIRS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Count du Beauval. 
 
 BOOK IIl7 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Beauval, and his Company, fct out for Venice. 
 He intrigues with a Banker's Wife. Remark* 
 on the Government and Manners of the Vene- 
 tians. They arrive at Conftantinople. A 
 Character of the Turks. Some Account of 
 Conftantinople. A Conference with Count 
 Bonne val. Some Reflections on his Conducl 
 in Life. 
 
 THE Carnival approaching, we quitted 
 Naples for Venice ; here it was impoiTible 
 for me to remain without new Engagements, 
 II z (my 
 
148 Memoirs cf the 
 
 (my Heart was too eafily moulded;) however, 
 that in which I was now involved was not car- 
 ried to fuch a Length as heretofore. The Va- 
 riety of Pleafures I daily pafs'd through, pre- 
 ferv'd me from fufrering my natural Inclination 
 to Love to predominate ; and the Miftrefs that I 
 had at Venice, was rather by Way of Amufement 
 than Attachment. 
 
 I became acquainted at a Ball with a young 
 Lady who dane'd very well 5 me was handfome, 
 and well made ; I had often feen her in Public, 
 but never had an Opportunity of fpeaking to 
 her before. I engag'd her to dance feveral 
 Times, and between whiles entertained her with 
 lome little Gallantries, to which fhe reply'd 
 very pleafingly, and with a good deal of Wit. 
 I faw her the next Day at the Opera, and fa- 
 luted her, which fhe rcturn'd very politely ; 
 and I did not imagine my little Civilities ap- 
 peared in the leaft difagreeable to her. 
 
 She afk'd me, if I did not intend to be at the 
 Ball, where I had feen her laft, the enfuing 
 Evening: ? I anfwer'd in the Affirmative, and 
 
 ■& 
 
 took Care not to break my Word. It was 
 eafily feen by the Manner in which fhe receiv'd 
 
 my 
 
Count Du Beauval.' 149 
 
 my Salute, that (he felt fome Pleafure in my 
 keeping my Word. The Difpofition in which 
 file feem'd gave me additional Spirits, and en- 
 courag'd me to try my Fortune. 
 
 I had taken Care to inform myfelf of her 
 Birth and Situation in Life, and found (he was 
 the Wife of a rich Banker, who was, if it be 
 poifible, more jealous than an Italian can* be. 
 This Part of his Character made me fomething 
 more circumfpecr. than I fhould otherwife have 
 been ; but it did not prevent my Afiiduity in 
 attending her during the whole Carnival. We 
 did not confine our Love to Sighs, and dumb 
 Shew, but made the beft Ufe of every Oppor- 
 tunity we could lay hold of. In the Hurry of 
 the AfTembly, we found Means to retire a few 
 Moments without being mifs'd ; my Gondola 
 was the happy Retreat ; and the Hufband, not- 
 withstanding his Argus' Eyes, had not the 
 fmalleft Sufpicion of the budding Honours I 
 planted on his Brow. 
 
 The Lent put an End to this Intrigue. I 
 
 loft Sight of my Miftrefs, and in a little Time 
 
 we fet out for Corfou, whence we intended to 
 
 proceed to Conjlantlnople^ a City which Rasac, 
 
 H 3 MoNTORIOj 
 
j$o Memoirs of the 
 
 Montorio, and myfelf, had a great Defire to 
 fee. My Friend congratulated me much for 
 having preferv'd my Liberty fo long as I had 
 done at Venice, He knew of my Affair with 
 the Banker's Wife, but only look'd upon it as 
 a flight Piece of Gallantry, that could not have 
 been very prejudical either to my Health, or 
 Pocket. 
 
 The Venetians (faid Rasac) are certainly % 
 very weak People to agree fo badly as they do 
 amongft themfelves. During nine Months of 
 the Year they are jealous to excefs ; the other 
 three they feem to have entirely laid afide their 
 Character and Oddity. It is now that their 
 Wives enjoy a Fulnefs of Liberty, and they 
 make the bell Ufc of it, confeious of its Charms 
 from that Conflraint with which they before 
 have been kept, and under which they mull 
 again labour at the End of the Carnival. 
 
 This Liberty is political (anfwer'd the Mar- 
 quis) that Carnival that you condemn brings in 
 confiderable Sums to the Republic, each Parti- 
 cular is obliged then to facriflce his Intereft to 
 that of the Public j and all Pleafures are let 
 loofe to attract Strangers, and bring in Money. 
 
 In 
 
Count Du Beauval: 151 
 
 In this State every Thing is conducted accord- 
 ing to the exacted Rules of Polity, and the molt 
 certain Calculations \ nor is it in this fingle 
 Point, that the Venetians manifefl themfelves to 
 be Slaves, they are fo in every Action of their 
 Lives. If they are in any public Station, they 
 cannot receive their bell: Friends, if foreign 
 Subjects, without Permiffion from the Senate. 
 They are fubfervient to a thoufand precife im- 
 pertinent Ceremonies ; and their Lives are a 
 Medley of Cares, Sollicitudes, and Conftraint. 
 
 The common People of Venice are Hill lefs 
 happy than thofe of Genoa ; fubject to as many 
 Matters, equally as careful of enriching them- 
 felves \ they are depriv'd of the poor Confola- 
 tion accruing from Complaint ; and the iaaft 
 Difcourfe of this Tendency, though utter'd in 
 the midft of their Family, fliould it ever tranfpirc, 
 is certainly paid with Death. The Laws of this 
 State are as contrary to the public Tranquility 
 and Happinefs, as thofe of Holland^ and the 
 Swi/s Cantons are favourable, where Birth does 
 not authorife Tyranny, and Folks are more 
 upon an equal Footing, where Merit only bears 
 the Prize, and the People are govern'd by Ma- 
 ilers of their own electing, which they have a 
 H 4 Right 
 
152 Me mo i rs of the 
 
 Right to change if the Immunities of a Citizen 
 are violated, or the Laws of the Country tranf- 
 grefs'd. 
 
 We arriv'd at Conftantinople in about three 
 Weeks ; where, as foon as I had a little fettled 
 my Affairs, I paid my Refpecls to the Fnglijh, 
 French, and Venetian Ambafiadors, to all of 
 whom I had recommendatory Letters, which I 
 deliver'd. After which I vifited fome Mer- 
 chants, upon whom I had Draughts for Money. 
 Monfieur De Villeneuve, Ambaflador from 
 the French Court, to whefe Care I was ftrongly 
 recommended, carried me with him fevcral 
 Times in his Train to the Audiences which he 
 had cf the Grand Vizir. Rasac and the Mar- 
 quis were alfo of the Party, and we were Wit- 
 nefTes to, and, in fome: Meafure, Participators 
 of all the Ceremonies patting between them. 
 
 It was with fome Kind of Aftonimment that 
 I view'd the Solidity and Deliberation of the 
 Turks, which nothing is able to interrupt ; I 
 admir'd the decent Gravity accompanying all 
 their Actions, and nothing fet the ridiculous 
 Levity of our Coxcombs in a ftronger Light, 
 than this Oppofition. Through Monfieur De 
 
 Ville- 
 
Count Du Beauval. 153 
 
 Villeneuve's Intereft we were furnifh'd with 
 a Janizary, and an Interpreter, who fhew'd us 
 every Thing that was curious, and proeur'd us 
 a Sight of fome very elegant Mofques -, they are 
 all built on the Model of St. Sophia, with 
 fome little Change in the Domes, and the Or- 
 ders of the Pillars. We vifited the Amldan y 
 which was formerly called the Hypodrome^ 
 where is {till to be feen an Egyptian Pyramid 
 with Hieroglyphics, fupported by a Marble Pe- 
 deftal, upon which are engrav'd feveral Baflb 
 Relievos. There is another hewn out of great 
 Blocks of Marble that has been much damag'd ; 
 and, at fome Diftance, two Serpents wreath- 
 ing round each other, form a third Pillar, twelve 
 or fifteen Feet high, whofe Heads they pretend 
 Mahomet II. ftruck off with one Blow of his 
 Club. Their Heads are certainly wanting. 
 
 We alfo took a View of the Pvemains of 
 Constanttne's Palace, the two Courts, and 
 the outward Walls of the Seraglio, fome Coun- 
 try-Houfes of the Grand Signior, the Palace of 
 Pcrcelaine^ &c. Having remain'd here about 
 fix Weeks, and fully fatisfled all our Curiofity, 
 without one particular Adventure, we prepaid 
 to re- embark. When the Delire of feeing a 
 H 5 very 
 
154 Memoirs of the 
 
 very great Man, whofe Adventures have made 
 fome Noife in the World, and who was ex- 
 pected very foon at this Capital, urg'd us to 
 make fome longer Delay ; this was the famous 
 Osman Pacha, formerly calPd Count Bon- 
 
 NEVAL. 
 
 Our Defires were foon gratified by his Arri- 
 val ; he came to confer with the Grand Vizir, 
 and ftay'd about a Fortnight. We fignified 
 our Intention of paying our Refpects to him if 
 he chofe to admit it, and were anfwer'd in the 
 politeft Terms, that the Vifit would give him 
 Pleafure. We laid hold of the Invitation, and 
 were receiv'd very elegantly in the French Tafte. 
 He entertain'd us for two Hours together ; we 
 difcours'd upon indifferent Things ; he feem'd 
 particularly inquifitive about the French Affairs, 
 and we retir'd perfectly fatisfy'd with our Re- 
 ception. 
 
 It was not without an Aftonimment, from 
 which I did not immediately revive, that I con- 
 fider'd a Man of Count Bonneval's Genius, 
 Spirit, and good Senfe, could not protect him- 
 felf from falling into fuch a Miftake. I en- 
 quir'd of a good many Frenchmen the Occafion 
 
 of 
 
Count Du Beauval. 155 
 
 of his having embrac'd the Turkijl) Religion, 
 and could find none capable of giving me entire 
 Satisfaction ; they only told me, in general, that 
 it was to revenge himfelf of the Emperor, and 
 Prince Eugene ; yet I was not certain, that 
 this was the entire Truth, and I plainly per- 
 ceiv'd that other Incidents muft have arifen, 
 other Reafons concurr'd to fix him in this State 
 of a Renegade 
 
 At length, Monfieur Mag is, a Merchant 
 in Conftantlnople^ who had been acquainted with 
 the Count many Years, remov'd my Doubts, 
 and gave me an exact Account of the Life and 
 Misfortunes of this famous Nobleman, 
 
 H 6 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 !> 
 
156 Memoirs of the 
 
 chap. n. 
 
 J. C Jar after of Count Bonneval. An Account 
 of his Birth, Family, and firji Appearance in 
 Life, He obtains a Regiment of Foot, which he 
 lofes. His Father's Death, The Advantage of 
 his Intimacy ivith the Duke ^Orleans. In- 
 irigues with a Nun. The firfi Caufe of his 
 Difguejl ivith the French Court. Goes to 
 Rome, and enters the Imperial Service. 
 
 COunt Bonneval has always manifefted 
 an intrepid Courage, and fhevvn himfelf 
 a good Commander. I will not enter into a 
 Scrutiny of his private Character, it is fufn- 
 cient to know him, to become his Friend ; you 
 may obferve, though he talks much, it is always 
 to the Purpofe, that he never goes Lengths 
 which can either weary or difguft you ; and, 
 for my Part, I am inclin'd to believe that he 
 deferves a better Report than what the World 
 in general give him.. 
 
Count Du Beauval. 157 
 
 It is certain, that he is a Man of nice Ho- 
 nour, impatient of an Affront, or even the Ap- 
 pearance of one ; he has a good deal of Vanity, 
 and affects Grandeur, but it is accompany'd 
 with all the Tafte and Elegance of a fine Gen- 
 tleman. It is true he wears a Turban, and 
 has been feen on his Knees in the Mofques ; yet 
 thefe are no Proofs of his being in Reality a 
 Turk) iince it is reported, that he never under- 
 went the Operation of being circumcis'd, but 
 bought the Character of it from fome Der- 
 vifes, to whom had been committed the Care 
 ©f his Converfion ; and his Acquaintances fay, 
 but indeed very privately, that he is neither a 
 Convert to the Belief and Ceremonies of Ma- 
 hometanlfm^ nor was he ever attach'd to any par- 
 ticular Sect of Chriftianity. 
 
 But let his religious Principles be what they are, 
 he is certainlyhonourable in his Dealings, bounti- 
 ful in his Charities, and generous in his Gifts, as 
 can be teftify'd by many Tttrks t who have tailed 
 of his Magnanimity, and a Number of Chriftians 
 who owe to him Redemption from Slavery and 
 Chains. He is eafy of Accefs, and vifited by 
 moil Strangers of any Confequence, as well as 
 
 fuel* 
 
158 M E MO irs of the 
 
 fuch of the Chriftian Clergy as refide here ; nor 
 does the Scandal of his fuppos'd Apoftacy, in 
 the leaft, hinder their Approach ; however, his 
 Table is a good one, and his Munificence ex- 
 tenfive. This may be a very proper Excufe for 
 thofe who too often conceal Impiety under the 
 Mafk of Religion, and cover Avarice with the 
 Appearance of Charity. 
 
 Miftake me not ! when I fpeak thus of the 
 Clergy, I do not mean all who are Preachers of 
 the divine Word ; Heaven forbid I mould pafs 
 fo unjuft, fo fevere a Cenfure ; but it mufl be 
 allow'd, that to fuch a Height has Impiety 
 arifen in this degenerate Age, as to give too 
 much Room for fuch Reflection ; and daily 
 Experience fhews us, that Priefts are no more 
 Proof againft Temptation, than any other Or- 
 der of Mankind ; that they too facrifice to Ve- 
 nality and Self-love the facred Ordinances which 
 they are appointed to explain j and to this Cor- 
 ruption of the Guardians of the Church may 
 be attributed that NegluSt, I will not fay Con- 
 tempt, of Religion, which, afFiited by a Defire 
 of Revenge, has made Count Bonneval a 
 Bafhaw of three Tails, and Governor of Ara- 
 bia, 
 
 He 
 
Count Du Be ^ oval. 159 
 
 He is defcended from a very noble Family, 
 nearly allied to the Blood-Royal of France, and, 
 as an eldeft Son, was formerly Matter of very 
 large PofTeilions. He was enroll'd among the 
 Mufqueteers when very young, and ferv'd with 
 fome Spirit under Marfhal Luxembourg in 
 Flanders^ being prefent at the taking Namur 5 
 loon after which his Defires were gratify'd with 
 a Troop of Horfe ; but not finding fufficient 
 Opportunities of exerting himfelf in the Cavalry, 
 he afk'd for a Regiment of Foot, obtaining it 
 with Eafe thro' the Friendfhip of the Marfhal, 
 who eafily pcrceiv'd he promis'd to be a brave 
 Soldier, and an Honour to the Service. No 
 Man took greater Care in the Choice of his 
 Men, whom, while he kept under the exacleft 
 Regulations, he us'd with fuch paternal Good- 
 nefs, that there was no one amongft them but 
 would have fpilt their Heart's Blood in his Ser- 
 vice. 
 
 He diftinguifh'd himfelf greatly upon feveral 
 Parties, but his Patron dying, the Count's For- 
 tune droop'd. And, on the Conclufion of a 
 Peace in the Year 1696, notwithftanding very 
 great Intereft was made in his Behalf, his Re- 
 giment 
 
160 Memoirs^/ the 
 
 giment was reduc'd, and he put on the Half- 
 pay Lift; while the Impartial allow'd, that 
 many, with but a Tithe of his Merit and Abi- 
 lities, were kept in full Pay. 
 
 This Ufage difguited him confiderably ; but 
 it did not caufe him to retrench his Expences, 
 the Sinews of which were much ftrengthen'd by 
 the Deceafe of his Father about this Time, 
 whereby he acquir'd a large Fortune. Like a 
 true Soldier, he now gave himfelf up to Plea- 
 fure. Women were his principal Delight ; but 
 his Opennefs of Temper, and unguarded Con- 
 duct, made him liable to feverer Ccnfures than 
 what he really merited. 
 
 His Character of Loofenefs and Irreligion 
 hurted him at Court, where not the Sin, fo 
 much as the Scandal, was dctefted ; yet he was 
 always received there with great Refpect, par- 
 ticularly by the Duke of Orleans, afterwards 
 Regent of the Kingdom. He was re-eftablifh'd 
 in his Regiment on the breaking out of the 
 War that enfu'd on the Death of the King of 
 Spain, and ferv'd under Marmal Catinat, 
 who was reliev'd by Villeroy in Italy y where 
 he was once or twice flightly wounded. 
 
 He 
 
Count Du Beauval. ioi 
 
 He took up his Winter- Quarters in a Town 
 fome Diftance from Cremona, where, as he was 
 generally lov'd by the Soldiery, he foon recruited 
 his Regiment that had been roughly handled 
 during the Campaign ; nor is it to be fuppos'd 
 he was forgetful of the Pleafures of Love. A 
 Nun made a deep Impreflion on his Heart, he 
 found a Way of infpiring her with a mutual 
 Paflion, by vifiting and addrefling her' at the 
 Grate ; me even confented to receive him pri- 
 vately in the Convent, provided he could find a 
 Way into it ; and the Danger of the Enterprife 
 gave him frefri Incentives. 
 
 He was determin'd to go through with it ; 
 a Purfe of PiUoles blinded the Keeper of the 
 Garden Gate to a forceable Entry that he made 
 through a Window of the Lodge, by loofening 
 the Bars. They were as happy in their Meet- 
 ings, which were often repeated, as Lovers 
 could be ; there never was any Difcovcry of the 
 Intercourfe, it was only interrupted by the Ap- 
 proach of Spring, which fummon'd him to the 
 Field, where the Remembrance of her was foon 
 eclips'd by Glory, and his Thirit. for martial 
 Exploits. 
 
 He 
 
\6i Me m oi Rsc/ the 
 
 He ferv'd with great Reputation under the 
 Duke De Vendome in Italy, and fignaliz'd 
 himfelf particularly at the Battle of Luzara, 
 where, though Prince Eugene was forc'd, at 
 jatt, to draw off, he claim'd the Victory as 
 well as the -French. 
 
 On his Return to Paris, at the Clofe of this 
 Campaign, there was a Promotion of military 
 Officers ; he expected, and indeed his Beha- 
 viour and Service claim'd it, to have been nam'd 
 am ; them j yet fcorning to follicit, was left 
 out of the Number, while feveral Juniors were 
 preferr'd. 
 
 This was the firft Caufe of the Variety of 
 Fortune he has fince run through ; and if the 
 Errors into which the Count has fince plung'd 
 be fo very great, Chamillard, who had the 
 Management of thefe Affairs, and forc'd bim 
 into them, has much to anfwer for. It was 
 now that his Gre atnefs of Spirit, and the Con- 
 fcioufnefs of his own Merits, began to be dif- 
 play'd ; he was much exafperated, but condes- 
 cended to vifit the Minifter to complain of the 
 
 Neglect fliewn him. 
 
 His 
 
Count Du Beautal. 1C3 
 
 His Remonftrance was receiv'd with an Air 
 of Supercilioufnefs and Impertinence, that put 
 him beyond all Patience ; he refented it, in 
 fuch a Manner, as made Chamillard aflure 
 him his Behaviour mould not be forgot, who 
 left him in a very angry Mood, hinting, as he 
 went, that there was a Place call'd the Baftile* 
 
 When Bonneval had recover'd the Confu- 
 fion and Flutter into which this Conference had 
 thrown him, he began ferioufly to reflect, on 
 what might be the Confequence of it. He 
 wifely judg'd the Threats of the Minifter might 
 terminate in his Ruin ; wherefore raifing what 
 Money he could upon his Eftate, and borrowing 
 among his Friends, he quitted the Kingdom, 
 abandoning his Fortune, Family, and Wife, 
 nor did he ever return to Paris, 
 
 I mould have told you before, that he had 
 been fome Years marry'd to a Daughter of 
 Monfieur Biron, to whom the Duke of Or- 
 leans afterwards reflor'd that Dutchy, the 
 Family having forfeited it in the Perfon of the 
 Marfhal Duke De Biron, who loft his Head 
 in the Reign of Henjiy IV. 
 
 He 
 
164 Memoirs of the 
 
 He had marry'd her with the Confent of both 
 his own and her Family -, and though not a 
 perfect Beauty, fhe was very amiable, and ca- 
 pable from her Appearance, Virtues, and good 
 Senfe, to make a Man of Reflection compleatly 
 happy. However, he had not cohabited with 
 her above a Month or two at firft, and very fel- 
 dom fince that Time ; he has often la- 
 mented this Indifference to fo good a Woman 
 fince his leaving Europe ; and as he is of a very 
 generous Temper, we muff, impute it rather to 
 his thoughtlefs conltitutional Love of Variety, 
 than his natural Attachment to Evil. 
 
 His Flight was nothing detrimental to this 
 Lady, whofe Fortune was well fecur'd, while 
 her Virtues recommended her ftrongly to pub- 
 lic Efteem j and fhe was not only a very great 
 Favourite, but an almoft, infeparable Compa- 
 nion of the Dutchefs of Orleans. 
 
 From the Frontiers he wrote two or three 
 fevere Letters to Chamillard, wherein he 
 plainly told him, he was of a low groveling 
 Genius, ignorant of Bufinels, incapable of di- 
 ftinguifhing Defert, whofe Conduct would, at 
 
 length, 
 
 
Count Du Beauval. 165 
 
 length, wean the Hearts of the King's Subjects, 
 leflen him in the Eyes of all Europe, would di- 
 fhonour his Majeffy's Confidence, and ruin his 
 Affairs; concluding, that not he alone judg'd 
 thus, but half the Army forefaw it. 
 
 He vifited feveral of the German Courts, 
 and then he fet out for Rome, where De Prie, 
 not yet made a Marquis, then refided,as an Agent 
 from the Emperor, who fhewM great Inclination 
 to befriend him, and even boafted afterwards of 
 having engag'd him in the Imperial Service • 
 however, the Count did not feem to acknow- 
 ledge this, at leaft veryflightly, when the Marquis 
 and he afterwards quarrefd in Brujfeh. Prince 
 Eugene, who was a very good Judge of mili- 
 tary "Worth, though, perhaps, but an indiffe- 
 rent Arbitrator in other Matters, look'd upon 
 Bonneval as a very valuable Acquifition, and 
 often fir'd him with the Hope of their conjunc- 
 tively revenging themfelves on the French Court, 
 for the Injuries they had both fuftain'd. 
 
 CHAP, 
 
%66 Memoirs of the 
 
 CHAP. ni. 
 
 The E?nperor promotes h'un. Prince E u G E N E be* 
 friends him. His firjl Campaign in that Ser- 
 vice. Quartered at Cofma. An ungenerous 
 Piece of Revenge. Confpicuous in political as 
 well as military Knowledge. Engaged in a dan- 
 gerous Amour. The Duke ^/"Orleans' Friend- 
 Jhip for him. He quarrels with Prince Eu- 
 gene. 
 
 BOnneval was confirm'd in his Refolution 
 of entering the Imperial Service by the Pro- 
 mile of a Regiment of Foot bearing his own 
 Name, and of being foon made a General Offi- 
 cer, a Point at which he had long aim'd, toge- 
 ther with the AfTurances of Friendfhip he re- 
 ceiv'd from Prince Eugene, who had great 
 Sincerity, and fupported his Credit at the Court 
 of Vienna, for fome Years, againft the Clamours 
 often rais'd againft. him on Account of his At- 
 tachment to fome People in France, and his 
 Character of Irreligion, either of which, fingly, 
 
 had 
 

 Count Du Beauval. 167 
 
 had been fufficient to have fupprefs'd his grow- 
 ing Credit, had it not been for the Support of 
 fuch an illuftrious Patron. 
 
 Befides, he receiv'd Advice his Behaviour had 
 difgufted the King fo very much, that no Fa- 
 vour was to be hop'd from that Quarter. His 
 Eftate was conhTcated, and few People endea- 
 vour'd, or even dar'd, to mitigate his Majefty's 
 Refentment. His Countefs implor'd Royal 
 Mercy to no Purpofe, all fhe could obtain was 
 a farther Security of her Income ; and even this 
 was regarded as a fpecial Favour. 
 
 A vaft Number of Soldiers, who had ferv'd 
 under him in Italy, deferted on hearing that he 
 was raifing a Regiment for the Emperor. But, 
 whatever Halle he made in completing it, it 
 could not be brought into the Field early enough 
 to ferve that Campaign. 
 
 So that he was forc'd to be content with hav- 
 ing it quarter'd fome Leagues from Vienna, 
 which gave him not only an Opportunity of 
 cultivating his Pleafures, but of paying his Re- 
 fpe&s to the Emperor, with whom he had fe- 
 veral private Conferences, wherein he acquainted 
 
 that 
 
1 68 M e mo i rs of tie 
 
 that Monarch with the Polity of the Court of 
 France^ and the Characters of her firft Minifters, 
 ableft Statefmen, and moil renovvn'd Generals. 
 About this Time was fought the ever-memora- 
 ble Battle of Blenheim^ an Event which confirmed 
 his Imperial Majefty in a good Opinion of the 
 Count's Penetration and Sagacity, who had al- 
 moft foretold it in his Character of Tal- 
 
 LARD. 
 
 His nrft Campaign, in the German Service, 
 was in Italy under Prince Eugene, where he 
 was prefent at the Fight of CaJJano. Few Ge- 
 nerals made a greater Figure than him ; he en- 
 tertain'd his Officers every Day at Dinner, and 
 it was inconceivable how he could fupport his 
 Expences, as he was never known to be in 
 Debt. 
 
 He was foon after made a General Officer, as 
 the Prince had promis'd, nor did it feem to pro- 
 cure him any Enmity, as is too often the Con- 
 fequence of Promotion. Indeed, it may be faid, 
 his being a complete Matter of the Art of plea- 
 fing prevented it. During the Winter he plung'd 
 deeply into all the Diverfions of the Court, 
 drank hard, and gam'd very largely ; the former 
 
 agreed 
 
Count Du Beat/val. 169 
 
 agreed with him, in the latter he was a very 
 great Gainer. 
 
 He return'd with Prince Eugene into Italy, 
 where the German Army, that Year, had con- 
 fiderable Advantages. The Duke of Orleans 
 was attacked in his Entrenchments, and com- 
 pletely rbuted, after being dangeroufly wounded, 
 leaving his Camp, which was immenfely rich> 
 to be plunder'd by the Imperialijh. Bonneval 
 had his Share of the Booty, and, after the Bat- 
 tle, was quarter'd at Cof?na> laying the Country 
 round under Contribution, while he made his 
 Refidence a Sort of Paradife, wherein was want- 
 ing no Pieafure, no Diverfion, that could con- 
 tribute to the Entertainment of the Nobility 
 and Gentry, who were invited at free Coil. 
 
 In this Place he was guilty of an Aclion which 
 retorts Difgrace upon a iVIan of his Gallantry. 
 I am fure you won't forgive it him j nay, I 
 quefKon whether he ever forgave it himfelf. 
 Imagining he had been ill us'd by a very furly, 
 but a very rich, Fellow, who was jealous as 
 Argus of a Wife, handfome as an Angel; to her, 
 out of Revenge, the Count, at a pretty large Ex- 
 pence, procur'd himfelf to be privately introdue'dj 
 I h c 
 
170 Memoirs of the 
 
 he always made the beft Ufe of his Time 
 among the Women ; nor is it to be fuppofed he 
 was more backward in this, than in his other 
 Adventures. The Lady, you may be fure, gave 
 him Satisfaction enough for the Impertinence of 
 her Hufband, and he took Care to repeat that 
 Satisfaction fevera! Times during his Stay at 
 Cofma. However, he did not imagine his Re- 
 venge fully compleated, without the Hufband's 
 knowing of the Pleafures he had reap'd in the 
 Arms of Hie Wife. Wherefore, on quitting the 
 Town, he wrote him a Letter, jefting on the 
 Circumftance, who, the Moment he had pe- 
 rus'd it, without faying a Syllable to any Body, 
 mounted his Horfe, and purfu'd the Army, 
 which he foon overtook, and enquir'd for the 
 Count, who knew his Errand, and retir'd with 
 him into a little Wood by the Road-fide, where 
 they both drew, and, after a ftrong Conteft, he 
 laid the jealous Italian dead at his Feet, who* 
 before he breath'd his laft, declar'd, that had it 
 been his Fate to have conquer'd, he would have 
 cut off the Count's Head, and carry 'd it as a 
 Prefent to his Wife, whom he would have af* 
 terwards ftabb'd to the Heart* 
 
 My 
 
• 
 
 Count Du Beauval. 171 
 
 Italy being evacuated by Treaty with the 
 French, he was made a Major-General, and 
 went to Flanders with the Prince, who conjun- 
 ctively, with Marlborough, took Lifle after 
 a ftout Siege, and concluded the Campaign with 
 forcing Ghent, 
 
 The Confequence of thefe Operations was 
 ErEWls XIV. being oblig'J to fue for Peace. 
 The Hague was the Seat of Negotiation, and 
 BoNNEVAL was appointed in private to oppofc 
 it, as much as po/Hble, by fomenting the Dutch 
 againft it j he fucceeded to Admiration. The 
 Operations were commene'd the enfuing Sea. 
 ton with frefh Vigour. 
 
 During his Stay at the Hague, he became ac- 
 quainted with a young EngUjh Girl, of whom 
 lie continu'd long extremely fond ; fhe liv'd 
 with her Mother upon a very fmall Income, 
 and the Count to the laft took Care of their 
 Fortunes. 
 
 He was judg'd by Prince Eugene as a very 
 
 proper Perfon to defeat the Plans of the French 
 
 prefented to the States-General ; and he, and 
 
 I 2 Count 
 
172 Memoirs of the 
 
 Count SiNziNDORFF, had a principal Hand in 
 the many Papers publim'd againft them. It 
 was owing to thefe Noblemen, and Lord 
 Townshend, the Englijh Minifter, that Abbe 
 Plolignac, and Marfhal D'Uxelles, were 
 forbid coming to the Hague. He was now pro- 
 moted to the Rank of a Lieutcnant-General. 
 
 I am tedious in my Narration, but you'll ex- 
 cufe it, when you remember I cannot give you a 
 real Picture of this great Man, without point- 
 ing out to you his Behaviour in every Employ- 
 ment. And it were Injuftice if I conceal'd x his 
 Abilities as a Politician, when I intermix'd his 
 Skill of Intrigue with what he manifested in 
 War. 
 
 It was not without great Intereft, and the 
 Interpofition of Prince Eugene, that he fav'd 
 his Regiment from being broke on the Peace ; 
 an Accident that might have reduc'd him to 
 Beggary. The firft Difappointment he met 
 with at the Imperial Court was being refus'd 
 the Government of a Town taken from the 
 Turks 9 agJiinft whom Prince Eugene had turn'd 
 his Arms) but then the Emperor's Manner 
 
 ftf 
 
Count Du Beauval. 173 
 
 of refufing was fo very polite, it could not be 
 taken amifs. 
 
 He at this Time narrowly efcap'd being, 
 kill'd in returninc; from the Houfe of a certain 
 Countefs, with whom he had had an Intrigue,' 
 being fa upon by three Affaffins, two of whom 
 he foon put to Flight, and took the third Prifo- 
 ner, having dangeroufly wounded him, from 
 whom, to his great Surprife, he learn'd they 
 were Servants of the aforefaid Lady, who re- 
 tain'd them to cut off her Gallants ; and that 
 this was the Fate of feveral who had unaccout- 
 able difappear'd foon after being remarked to 
 have vifitcd her often. This Story he laid be- 
 fore the Emperor, and the Countefs was feiz'd, 
 and order'd to be confin'd for Life in a Cattle in 
 the Mountains of ThroL 
 
 He was foon after fent into Italy, with the 
 Title of General of Foot, to profecute fome 
 Enterprifes devifed by Cardinal Aleee.cni? 
 that prov'd abortive. It was here that the 
 Duke of Orleans, then Regent of France 
 {hew'd him a thoufand Civilities, ordering the 
 States of Provence to furnifh his Officers with 
 all Sorts of Ammunition and Artillery -, at the 
 I 3 fame 
 
j74 Memoirs of the 
 
 fame Time difannulling the Sentence of OuU 
 lawry that flood againft him in France^ reftor- 
 ing him to his Honours, and he would have 
 recover'd his Eftate, but one of the Count's 
 Brother's had got PofTeflion, and refolv'd not 
 to quit it. 
 
 Some People imagin'd this arofe from a 
 Friendfhip they had contracted together when 
 Children,, and others imputed it to a Defire of 
 regaining fo good a General to the French Ser- 
 vice ; the latter is not improbable. I have heard 
 it faid, that he made him Offers on that Ac- 
 count, which, notwithstanding his great Defire 
 of fettling in his native Country, he generoufly 
 refus'd, alledging the Emperor had prov'd to 
 him a very gracious Matter, and heap'd on him 
 unmerited Favours, which it were Ingratitude fo 
 to repay. Perhaps he had been glad of fuch Re- 
 treat when there was no Duke of Orleans 
 living to offer it. 
 
 Prince Eugene had a Miftrefs who was faid 
 to govern him entirely, and there were few 
 Employments in his Highnefs's Gift that did 
 not pafs through her Hands. Bonneval afk'd 
 of the Prince a Poft of very little Confequence 
 
 in 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 175 
 
 in Favour of a Domeftic to a Lady, with whom 
 he had an Amour ; but was anfwer'd it was al- 
 ready given away, and, on Enquiry, it ap- 
 pealed to be to one whom the Prince's Miftrcfs 
 had recommended. 
 
 This Refufal nettled him ; he told the Prince, 
 nobody could be angry with him for keeping a 
 Miflrefs ; but every Body that lov'd him muft 
 be forry to fee her rule his Conduct, and direct 
 his Judgment. The Reply was, that he was 
 beft acquainted with his own Affairs, that he 
 never troubled himfelf about any Perfon's 
 Amours, nor did he defire any one to inter- 
 meddle with his. 
 
 However, Bonne val piqu'd at not being 
 able to gratify his Miftrefs, wrote fome fatiricai 
 Verfes upon her who had been the Caufe of it ; 
 they were fhewn to the Prince, he refented them 
 very highly, and this was the Beginning of the 
 Breach between them, which, at length, 
 widen'd into an irreconcileable Quarrel. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
176 Me mo i rs of the 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Bonnev al ordered to Flanders. A Characler of 
 the Governor, They quarrel. The Count or' 
 der'd to Vienna, and feiz'd. Sent Prifoner ts 
 Spilburgh, and condemned to die. His Sentence 
 •changed to Exile, Arrives in Venice. Meets 
 unexpected AJfiflance. Articles with the Turks. 
 Marries a Venetian Lady, Rec ption at Con- 
 ftantinople, and profejjes hhnfelf a Mahome- 
 tan. 
 
 BOnneval was foon after order 'd to Man. 
 ders to take upon him the Command as 
 General in Chief of the Foot and Artillery, at 
 the fame Time he was paid all his Arrears, 
 which were very confiderable, and Notice given 
 him to fet out directly. It was thought the 
 Prince difpos'd thus of him, as he had always 
 tfteem'd him, to prevent an open Rupture be- 
 tween them. 
 
 Here he found the Marquis De Prie, Go- 
 vernor of the Low Countries under Prince EU- 
 GENE* 
 
Count Du Beauval. 177 
 
 gene, which was far from being agreeable to 
 him, as he loolc'd upon him in the Light of a 
 Dependant to the Lady, who occafion'd the 
 Difpute between the Prince and him. The 
 Marquis was univerfally hated for his Exactions 
 and Meannefs, while Bonneval's Hofpitality, 
 and munificent Difpofition, from the fir ft Mo- 
 ment he fettled in BruJJeh, made him the Idol 
 of the People. They had a Number of little 
 Difputes, in which the Governor was always 
 ^orfted ; but the great and principal, the Caufe 
 of his retiring to the fublime Porte, was as fol- 
 lows. 
 
 It had been faid at the Sub - Governor's 
 Houfe by the Marchionefs, and her Daughter, 
 that the young Queen of Spain, Daughter to 
 the Duke of Orleans, Bonneval's great 
 Friend, had been difcover'd in an Intrigue with' 
 a young Nobleman, who was flabb'd before her 
 Face, and flung out of a Window, for which 
 fhe was committed to clofe Confinement. The 
 Words were repeated next Day at the General's 
 Houfe, who, impatient of fo grofs an Injury 
 done to the Family of his Friend, enquir'd into 
 the Foundation of fuch a Report, which ap- 
 I 5 pear'd 
 
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 pcar'd to be a falfe and malicious Invention of 
 De Prie's Family, who hated the Duke. 
 
 On this he allow'd to be publifh'd a fort ot 
 Defence of the Queen's Reputation, fign'd by 
 himfelf, in Oppoiition to what De Prie ftill 
 publickly afTerted, wherein he went very near 
 calling him a Villain, and his Wife and Daughter 
 Whores. Thefe were the firft Over- Rowings 
 of Paflion ; they were certainly Terms very 
 grofs, unbecoming the Mouth of a General Ol- 
 iicer, and injurious to the Royal Character he 
 would have defended. 
 
 This Difpute grew, at length, to be very 
 warm. The Count openly affronted the Mar- 
 quis, who, in Return, accus'd him of behav- 
 ing difrefpeclfully to his Imperial Majefty, by 
 abufing his Officer, and of an Attachment to 
 the French Court, which would prove, in the 
 End, prejudicial to the Aujlrlan Intereft. Bon- 
 keval defended himfelf, and they both heap'd 
 Defences, Remonftrances, Replies, and recri- 
 minating Allegations upon the Attention of the 
 Aulic Council, as well as on that of the Em- 
 peror. 
 
 De 
 
Count Dv Be aw a l, 179 
 
 De Prie order'd the Count to repair to the 
 Citadel of Antwerp ; to this, on being advis'd, 
 he fubmitted, and went there to remain as a 
 Prifoner till the Emperor mould pleafe to fettle 
 the Difpute. He wrote to Prince Eugene* 
 who fent him but a cold Anfwer. 
 
 It was a great while before he receiv'd an 
 Order, fummoning him to repair to Vienna to 
 give an Account of thefe Tranfaclions. He 
 took the Hague in his Way, where he flaid up- 
 wards of a Month, and publiuYd a fevere Me- 
 morial againft De Prie, then proceeded, in 
 Spite of the Advice of all his Friends, and fe- 
 veral anonymous Letters, alluring him, that 
 there he certainly brav'd an unmerited Death. 
 
 He was feiz'd when he came near Vienna^ 
 and carry 'd Prifoner to the Caftle of Spilburgh in 
 Aloravia^ where he remained a fhort while. 
 When he was acquainted, that the Aulic Coun- 
 cil had examin'd into his Conduct, and con- 
 demn'd him to die ; but the Emperor, out of his 
 great Clemency, fpar'd his Life, ordering him 
 to be confin'd for one Year, and then difmii : \i 
 I 6 his 
 
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 his Service, with a Ariel: Injunction, never 
 again to fet Foot in the Imperial Dominions. 
 
 The Subftances of the Articles of Accufation 
 againft him were, that he was feldom feen at 
 Church, and eat Flefh-Meat on Days that 
 were forbidden. To this, his having been 
 lick and gouty, during his Refidence here, was 
 thought a fufficient Reply. 
 
 That he was too popular, and his Heart ftill 
 
 French, 
 
 That he had abus'd the Sub- Governor, his 
 Family, and Friends. 
 
 That he had difpers'd Satires againft the Go- 
 vernment. But the Principal was, 
 
 That he had difobey'd the Emperor in not 
 repairing to Vienna as foon as order'd, but de- 
 laying at the Hague. Thus proving farther the 
 DifafFeclion to his Imperial Majefty, which he 
 had before manifefted in contemning him, in the 
 Perfon of fuch as were invefted with his Autho- 
 rity. 
 
 After 
 
Count Du Beauval." 181 
 
 After his Confinement he retir'd to Venice^ 
 and lodg'd at a public Inn, without a fingle Do- 
 meftic to attend him, he offer'd his Service to 
 the Republic, but was politely refus'd, as he 
 was alfo by the Ruffians. In this Dilemma he 
 fcarcely knew which Way to turn himfelf, when 
 he receiv'd, from an unknown Hand, a Prefent 
 of ten thoufand Franks, juft before the Carni- 
 val, and foon after a fecond Sum of equal Va- 
 lue. At firft he knew not to whom he ow'd 
 this Kindnefs, but, at length, had Reafon to 
 believe it came from an illuftrious and wealthy 
 Lady, whofe Views were purely, being fervice- 
 able to fo great a Man in Diftrefs ; nor was he 
 vain enough to infer, from this Behaviour, that 
 fhe lov'd him, or befriended him on any Ac- 
 count, but his Deferts. 
 
 A Turkijh Bafhaw, who was charg'd with 
 a private Commiflion to the Republic, and 
 whom Bonneval had formerly known in 
 Hungary ; renewing his Acquaintance, often 
 touch'd him upon his Situation in Life, his Dif- 
 pofition, and the unfair Ufage he had met with 
 from the Imperial Government. Difcourfes of 
 this Sort awaken'd the Sleeping Embers of Re- 
 venge 
 
182 Memoirs of the 
 
 venge within his Bofom, alarm'd his Pride, arkl 
 brought Remembrance in Blufhes to his Face ; 
 he knew himfelf wrong'd, and he could not 
 bear to hear another repeat it ; that there was 
 great Partiality in the Sentence that had been 
 pafs'd upon him ; for it had been no more than 
 Juftice to have tried De Prie, on the Allega- 
 tions preferr'd againft him by the Count, as< 
 they had mutually accus'd each other. 
 
 The Turk reprefented to him, it was not 
 impoflible but the Court of Vienna might In- 
 fluence other Powers to refufe the Offer of his 
 Sword and Service, which were of themfelves 
 fufficient Bulwarks of a Throne. That a De- 
 fence of his Honour ought to lead him in Search 
 of Revenge, which was to be found no where 
 fo probable as in the Service of the Grand Sig- 
 nior, who would be proud of receiving fo great 
 a Man, and fo experiene'd an Officer, with 
 open Arms. And here was an Afylum in which 
 he might foon teach Prince Eugene to repent 
 of his having neglected him, and make even 
 his Matter tremble. 
 
 The Count was of a warm Nature, and Ma- 
 iler of a lively Imagination \ thefc Profpe&s 
 
 pka^d 
 
Count Du Beauval. 183 
 
 pleas'd him prodigioufly, he commiflion'd his 
 Advifer to make offers for him to the Porte, par- 
 ticularly demanding a Toleration of Chriftianity. 
 This laft Article was abfolutely refus'd ; and 
 we have before remark'd in what Manner he is 
 faid to have efcap'd ibme Ceremonies a Man 
 muft undergo in turning Mahometan. The 
 other Terms which the Bafhaw obtain'd for 
 him, was the Title of Bafhaw of Three Horfe- 
 Tails, with a Salary of near fifty thouiand 
 Livres a Year ; . the firft good Government that 
 mould fall, and the Promife of being made Com- 
 mander in Chief of an Army, fhould there be a 
 War with the Emperor ; to thefe he willingly 
 fubfcrib'd, and was oblig'd to be fudden in what 
 he did, fince it was fear'd thefe Conditions 
 mould tranfpire. Befides, fome AfTafiins were 
 difcover'd, with Defigns againft his Life. 
 
 Nor did his Engagements, while in Venice, 
 prevent his ufual Defire of Intriguing. He fell 
 in Love with a young Woman of Fafhion, 
 whom, it is faid, he wedded, having procurM 
 a Difpenfation of his Marriage from Rome, at 
 the very Time he was in Treaty with the Tur- 
 kijh Priefts how to fave Appearances ; there his 
 Intereft with the Religious, both at Rome and 
 
 Conjiantinopki 
 
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 Conjlantinople was the fame ; Money liberally 
 beftow'd ; with thofe of the former it was to 
 pleafe his Miftrefs, who was a zealous Catho- 
 lic, and fatisfy his Love ; with thefe of the 
 latter, it was to be able to revenge him on his 
 Enemies, maintain his Defire of Pomp, and 
 fupport his Ambition. 
 
 It is not long fince this Lady arriv'd here, 
 after having been long expected ; and it is faid 
 the Count has laid afide his natural Incon- 
 ftancy, and is faithful to her Charms. He left 
 Venice fo very privately, at the fame Time hav- 
 ing procur'd a Report of his Death to be artfully 
 fpread, which gain'd fufficient Belief, that it 
 was not without Surprife the Chriftian Powers 
 heard of his' Arrival here, and his having 
 profefs'd himfelf a Turk; it has been hinted", 
 that the Imperial Minilter had Notice of his 
 firft coming into the City, and demanded him 
 to be deliver'd up, on which he follicited the 
 French AmbafTador to claim him as a Subject of 
 his Mafter, which was refus'd. The Truth of 
 this I can't affirm, but I know that he aflum'd 
 the Turban very fuddenly, and entertains no 
 very great Efteem for his Countrymen. 
 
 Achmet 
 
Count Dv BeauvalV i$£ 
 
 Achmet III. receiv'd him with open Arms, 
 confirm'd all the Promifes he had made him, 
 and, what is very unufual, had feveral private 
 Conferences with him before his public Au- 
 dience, in which it is not to be doubted but he 
 quitted himfelf pleafingly, and with Honour. 
 He was alfo invefted with the Government of 
 Arabia Pctraa, which is accompany'd with the 
 Dignity of a Viceroy of the Ottoman Empire> 
 and his Income was augmented to near one 
 hundred thoufand Livres, in Consideration 
 that there was no War, admitting of his 
 having a Military Command conferr'd upon 
 him. He ftands very well at Court, and has 
 been of fome Service in his Government, where 
 he refided a fhort Time. The Grand Vihr, 
 who is fond of the French for fome Favours 
 conferr'd on him by them in his Youth, is his 
 Friend, and he lives now more happily than 
 ever, having won the general Efteem. 
 
 This Hiftory led me into a Train of Re- 
 flection upon the v^ciilitudes and Uncertainties 
 of human Life, the Chain of Incidents con- 
 ducting the Count to Conjlantinople^ appea/d to 
 me as whimiical as they were furpriiing ; and 
 
 I could 
 
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 I could not help faying to myfelf, it is fome- 
 thing odd that the Regent of France fhould in- 
 tereft himfelf fo deeply in the Affairs of a Man 
 who fo readily became a Mahometan ; we had 
 no other Opportunity of feeing him during the 
 Time we ftaid here. Rasac, Montorio, 
 and myfelf, embark'd for Malta, imagining we 
 fhould there fpeedily meet with VefTels bound 
 for Mar feilles, it being our Intention to return 
 to France. 
 
 The fatisfying our Curiofity in a Review of 
 this celebrated Ifland, did not at all break in 
 upon our Route. Here, with infinite Pleafure, 
 we beheld thofe Fortifications that are daily dug 
 out of the Rocks. \ - There was n great Num- 
 ber of my Friends who would have advifed me 
 to flay with them, promifing to procure me all 
 the Diverfions the Place afforded ; but I was 
 deaf to their Entreaties, and embark'd on Board 
 a French Veflel, which brought us in nine 
 Days to Marfeilles, where the following me- 
 lancholy Adventure, which had happen'd a few 
 Days before our Arrival, was related to us 
 by a Merchant lodging in our Inn. 
 
 CHAR 
 
Count Du Beauval. 187 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 They arrive at Marfeillcs. The Adventures of 
 Anna Coliva. 
 
 ON board one of my Veffels, (fays 
 the Merchant) which left Tunis about 
 twelve Daysfince, there was a young Woman, 
 nam'd Anna Coliva, whofe Adventures in 
 Africa it is necefiary I (hould relate, before I 
 give you a Detail of what befel her in Mar* 
 jeilles. 
 
 She was born in a Village of Albania (a Ter* 
 ritory belonging to the Venetians) and defcended 
 from a noble Family, but betray'd into Slavery, 
 with her Father, Mother, and one of her Sif- 
 ters, by the Perfidy of a Greek Renegado, who 
 was a Shipwright. The Father, ignorant of 
 the Grecians Apoftacy, whofe Friend he had 
 been a long Time, conferred to dine, on the 
 Ship-builder's Invitation, together, with all his 
 Family, on board a new Ship lying in the Road 
 
 completely 
 
i88 Memoirsu//^ 
 
 completely fitted, and ready to fet fail. The 
 Traytor immediately fecur'd them, put out 
 to Sea, and fleer'd with a fair Wind for Turns, 
 where he fold thofe four unfortunate People. 
 They did not long fupport their Bondage, her 
 Father and Mother dying foon, the Sifter follow- 
 ing fhortly after, fo that Ann only rcmain'd 
 alive, a fine Girl, and but jufl fifteen Years 
 old, with whom her Patron, Mehemet, fell 
 defperately in Love. 
 
 He would have exerted the Right Turks ge- 
 nerally ufurp over their Slaves ; and it was not 
 without Tears and Entreaties that this virtuous 
 Girl appeas'd, at leafl for a while, the criminal 
 Defires of her pitilefs Mailer. Her Tranquil-, 
 lity was but fhort-liv'd, his Paflion increased, 
 and was to be fatisfied only by Gratification. 
 It is certain that he really lov'd her, for he ad- 
 vis'd her to change her Religion, promifing to 
 become her Hufband. The dreadful Propofi- 
 tion flartled her, fhe rejected it with Horror, 
 and the Fear, which fhe had of his incefTant 
 Importunities, joining her Grief for the Lofs of 
 her dear Parents, threw her into a violent Fit 
 of Sicknefs. 
 
 Father 
 
Count Du Beauval".' 189 
 
 Father John Damazin, of the Order of 
 
 Redemption, coming to this Capital to redeem 
 Captives, being inform'd of her Danger, made 
 her Illnefs a Pretext to fnatch her a while from 
 the inordinate Defires of the intemperate Me- 
 hemet. He demanded that fhe might be car- 
 ried to the Hofpital of St. John the ap- 
 pointed Receptacle for fuch Chriftian Slaves 
 as are found to be dangeroufly ill. Mehemet 
 confented, Coliva was remov'd, and, for a 
 little Time, in fome Meafure, confol'd. 
 
 She remain'd here three Weeks without Per- 
 secution, when her Patron, who daily enquir'd 
 after her Health, requir'd her to be re-deliver'd 
 to him. In vain was it alledg'd fhe remain'd 
 fick. He anfwer'd, he was Mailer of his own 
 Slaves, and infilled abfolutely on her being given 
 up, adding, if they refus'd, they mould find he 
 would fetch her thence by Force. The good 
 Father, finding it would be as well dangerous 
 as fruitlefs to refift, promised fhe mould be forth 
 coming in two Days, in which Time there hap- 
 pen'd an Accident that fpoke the Interpofition of 
 the divine Arm between her Vi/tue and De- 
 struction. 
 
 Mehemet 
 
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 MehEmet was arretted by the Dey's Orders, 
 all his Goods confifcated, and Coliva chang'd 
 her Mafter for the Monarch. This Prince, 
 who took a Review of the Slaves, underftand- 
 ing one of them was then at the Hofpital of St. 
 John, order'd her to be produc'd, and, having 
 feen her, appointed her Apartments in his Sera- 
 glio. He had a Son nam'd Hali, born of a 
 Genoefe Woman, who had turn'd Turk. This 
 Prince, having married two Women without 
 having Children by either, took a Liking to 
 Coliva, and denYd it as a Favour of his Fa- 
 ther that he might marry her, hoping fhe would 
 prove lefs barren than the others. The Dey 
 eafily confented to gratify his Wifh. The young 
 Prince believ'd that the Ambition of becoming 
 Sultana would have wrought fo effectually on 
 the Mind of Coliva, as to perfect a Change of 
 her Religion ; but he foon found that he knew 
 little of her Difpofition, in thinking fhe was to 
 be won by the Pomp of Titles, or the Glance of 
 Greatnefs. She obftinately refus'd to renounce 
 Chriftianity, and was not to be tempted by 
 Riches, which are but tranfitory, nor to be 
 *often'd with Sighs, ftill lefs to be depended on. 
 
 Mildnefs 
 
Count Dxr Beauval. 191 
 
 Mildnefs was exercis'd in vain, fhe continued 
 inexorable ; fo that, rinding how little he gain'd 
 upon her, he us'd her grofsly ill, notwithftand- 
 ing Promifes of the contrary made to the reve- 
 rend Father ; nay, his Anger went fo far as to 
 order her corporal Punifhment from the black 
 Eunuchs. The Priert, being inform'd of her 
 Situation, plainly faw, that, to fave her Honour 
 and Virtue, fhe muff, be redeem'd. He talk'd 
 to the Dey of her Ranfom, which was nVcl at 
 1500 Piaffres; but Father John, not being 
 Matter of that Sum, was oblig'd to apply for it 
 among the Chriftian Merchants, by whom he 
 was foonfurnifVd. Coliva was releas'd, and 
 Orders taken to have her tranfmitted to Mar- 
 feillcs, whence fhe might eafily pafs to Spain , to 
 the Family of the Dutchefs De Medina Celi, 
 to whom he had particularly recommended her. 
 Her Grace had promis'd to take this Orphan 
 into her Family under her own Care, and 
 waited her Arrival with Impatience after the firft 
 Intelligence fhe had recciv'd of hen 
 
 She embark'd on board my VefTel (fays the 
 Merchant) being accompanied to the Water- 
 Side by all the Frmh who were at Tunis, The 
 
 Captain 
 
192 Memoirs of the 
 
 Captain fet Sail with a fair Wind, which con- 
 tinu'd forty-eight Hours, when a Storm arifing 
 put the Ship in fome Danger ; however, it not 
 being quite contrary, they arriv'd the fourth Day 
 off the Caftle Z>'/7, where they were oblig'd to 
 perform Quarantine. 
 
 Coliva, and a Monk who was on board, 
 chofe to be carried to the Hofpital of Lazars to 
 reft themfelves after the Fatigue of the Seas, 
 which ftill ran very high, the Wind not being 
 much abated ; where the Captain entreated 
 them to defer going on Shore till it was fome- 
 what calmer. His Remonftrances were in vain, 
 the Agitation of the Veffcl being very great, 
 made them fo qualmifh, that they determin'd to 
 quit it at any Rate. The Captain order'd his 
 Boat out to conduct them into Port, that they 
 might be prefented to the Commiflaries of 
 Health. They had made more than Half their 
 Way when a fudden Squall of Wind overfet the 
 Boat. Poor Coliva and the Friar were 
 drown'd in the Sight of many Perfons, who were 
 unable to afiift them ; nor was it without great 
 Difficulty that the Sailors fv/am to Shore. I had 
 the Adventure (fays he) oftiasGirl, and the 
 Account of her Death, communicated to me by 
 
 Letter 
 
Count Du Beauval. 195 
 
 Letter from the Captain, who has not as yet 
 fmim'd his Quarantine. 
 
 This Story feniibly affected me ; I admir'd the 
 Fatality of Deftiny, and could not, without 
 Pain, reflect upon the many Troubles joining 
 
 ► to make fome People's Lives unfortunate, who, 
 in Reality, merit very different Fates. 
 
 The Marquis De Montorio took his Leave 
 foon after our Arrival at Bnijpls, and embark'i 
 for Nice ; nor was it without Regret we parted 
 from fo amiable a Companion. After having ken 
 every Thing that is worth it here, we proceeded 
 to Aix, the Capital of Prrjence. This Town 
 is handfome and well-built, it has agoodRiver t 
 fome Fountains after the Italian Taile, and the 
 Houfcs are magnificent. 
 
 We pafs'd our Hours here but very indiffe- 
 rently, the Affair of Father Girard and Mifs 
 Cadi ere, which had happen'd a very fhorC 
 Time before, had thrown the whole Town into 
 Confufion, fo that Strangers, who would chufe 
 to avoid fuch Buttles, could find very little Sa- 
 tisfaction. Hence we went on to Avig?ion^ 
 where we had the Honour of meeting the Duke 
 K I of 
 
j 04- Memoirs ^///^ 
 
 «5f Ormond, who appear'd not in the leaft af^ 
 flicted at his diftrefs'd Situation. His Houfe 
 was the Rendezvous of the moft amiable People 
 of both Sexes ; Strangers were entertain'd at it 
 with the greatefl Elegance, and we were among 
 the Number who often vifited his Grace during 
 <5ur remaining at this Town. 
 
 I was, in fome Meafure, furpriz'd at that 
 Air of Eafe and Content with which he fup- 
 ported his Misfortunes, and knew not how to 
 account for it. However, a Gentleman, who 
 was an Inhabitant of the Town, and attended 
 him often, with whom I had fome Difcourfe 
 upon this Subject, told me it arofe from Love, 
 that univerfal Balm for every diftrefs'd Mind. 
 
 " The Duke of Ormond (continual he) on 
 4< his firft Arrival here, feem'd but ill adapted 
 " to the Frowns of Fortune ; he bore his Ba- 
 " nifhment with vifible Impatience, but, to the 
 " Love-beftowing Eyes of the Marchionefs 
 
 « De , he facrinVd all Thoughts of his 
 
 " Country; England^ Difgrace, the Lofs of 
 LC Titles, and Forfeiture of Wealth, were no 
 41 longer Objects of his revolving Thoughts ; 
 " thence were they exil'd all, and the God of 
 
 " Love, 
 
Count Du Beauval. 195 
 
 " Love, whofc Pangs are not to be tranfeended, 
 " whofe PJcafures are fupreme, aflum'd the ab- 
 <l cheated Place." 
 
 I fhould be glad to hear (faid I) fome of the 
 Particulars of this Paflion, whofe Effects have 
 been fo very violent as to induce lb great a Maja 
 entirely to forget his Misfortunes. 
 
 K 
 
 CHAP, 
 
96 Memoirs of the 
 
 CHAP. VL 
 
 The Occafton of the Duke of Ormond'j leaving 
 England. Ill us'd by the Chevalier De St. 
 George. Retires to Avignon, and has an 
 
 Jffair with the Marchionefs De • • . 
 
 Her Avarice, Ambition, and life of his Grace. 
 Beauval returns to Paris, and falls in Love 
 with Mada?n De Fonvielle, which he com* 
 muni cat ts to R A s A c . 
 
 YO U know (fays he) that this Nobleman, 
 whofe Name is Butler, was not only 
 one of the richeft Peers of the Kingdom of Ire- 
 land, but defcended from one of the molt con- 
 fiderable Families ; it was he who fucceeded 
 the Duke of Marlborough as Commander 
 in Chief of the Britijh Forces, when they fepa- 
 rated from the grand Alliance previous to the 
 Peace of Utrecht, He was made Ufe of as the 
 Head of a Party, who, not able to fupport the 
 Superiority they had cbtain'd, were forc'd to 
 abandon their Chiefs to a Difgrace in which he 
 fiurU 
 
Count Dv Beauval. 197 
 
 The Divifions, that fubfifted in England im- 
 mediately after the Death of the Queen, in 
 which his Partifans were manifeftly worfted, 
 oblig'd him to retire to France, where hejoin'd 
 the Pretender, who, not ufing him with all that 
 Delicacy he veryjuftly expected, on Account of 
 his Wealth, his Adherence, and his Family, 
 became obnoxious to him, and his Grace with- 
 drew to Avignon. 
 
 The Ingratitude of the Chevalier De St. 
 George (of which he imagin'd he had Reafon 
 to -complain) the Confederation of what he had 
 forfeited on his Account, attended by fo indif- 
 ferent a Return, weigh'd heavily on his Heart ; 
 but Love can fmooth the frowning Brow of 
 Fate. 
 
 He had often feen the Marchionefs De , 
 
 (he is agreeable, has a great deal of Wit, and 
 her Converfation is able to conquer, if poilible, 
 a ftronger Melancholy than his. Of this he be- 
 came, in a fhort Time, fo fenfible, that he 
 could fcarcely bear to be out of her Sight. She 
 went to one of her Country-Seats, where he 
 foc*i vifited her, and ftaid for three Weeks. It 
 K 3 was 
 
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 tvas then he firft began to perceive his being in 
 love, without being able to refill the Paflioh, 
 to whofe earfier Attacks he had been a Stranger. 
 The fecret Impulfes of his Heart now aiTur'd 
 him of its Subjection, in which he rather feem'd 
 to take Satisfaction, than to endeavour to era- 
 dicate it j he doubted not but, at length, he 
 fhould entirely forget thole Misfortunes, the 
 Remembrance of which gradually retir'd before 
 the Progrefs of her Perfections. 
 
 He unfolded to her the Sentiments of his 
 .Soul, nor was he difpleas'd at the Reception ; 
 it was what fhe had long expected, being be- 
 fore convine'd me was not indifferent to him, 
 and flatter'd with the Idea of having a Lover of 
 his Rank, (he was eafily won, relying for Ha£- 
 pinefs on his Conftancy ; nor did flic fcem to 
 deceive hcrfelf, for his Grace, charm'd with 
 the Hopes fhe had given him, appear'd to have 
 no other Care but that of plcaftng his Miflrefs. 
 His Troubles were forgot, and he own'd no 
 Power but Love. 
 
 It is true fhe refitted his Attacks at firft, but, 
 in a Month's Time, furrender'd at Difcretion. 
 It muft be allow'd in her Favour that he was 
 
 -vigilant 
 
Count Du Beauval. 199 
 
 vigilant and active, and as flic had no Allies, 
 Proof againft his powerful Aflaults, it was im- 
 poJftbie to expecl fhe fhould hold out for ever. 
 
 Jn the Country this Lover made himfelf en- 
 tirely happy j it was in a Wood bordering upon 
 the Rhone^ where he frrft clafp'd her in his 
 Arms, and it often afterwards ferv'd them for a 
 Retreat. Beneath a verdant Bower the Duke 
 bid Defiance to Care, and gave a loofe to Plea- 
 fure, blefr. as ./Eneas in the Grotto; and if 
 our Hero was lei's pious, he had the Merit of 
 being more conftant. For two Years fucceflively 
 he enjoy'd the Marchionefs, notwithftanding 
 which he every Day found her more and more 
 amiable. The Public were not long Strangers 
 to this Intrigue, nor did the Rendezvous in the 
 Wood remain urxlifcover'd. 
 
 Some of his Grace's Attandants, who fuf- 
 pected the Matter, mifs'd the Marchionefs and 
 him upon a Walk ; on their Return it was ob- 
 ferv'd, that they were a good deal ruffled, and 
 feem'd involv'd in that agreeable Confufion, 
 confequential to the Plealures and Fatigue of an 
 amorous Encounter. 
 
 K 4 This 
 
200 Memoirs cf the 
 
 This Intrigue of the Duke of Ormokd en- 
 grofs'd, for a few Days, the whole Attention of 
 this Place j the Defire that he had of convincing 
 her how truly he efteem'd her, induc'd him to 
 devife daily fomething new for her Entertain- 
 ment, in the Enjoyment of which all the People 
 of Quality fhar'd. Concerts and' Balls, either 
 preceded, or follow'd by very elegant Repaftsj 
 were incefTantly beftow'd, while the Marchio* 
 nefs, raptur'd with the illuflrious Conqueft, 
 fear'd only the Lofs of him, and meditated 
 nothing but how to bind him fatter. 
 
 It was necefTary his Grace fhould imagine 
 this her firji Intrigue. She had not liv\| io 
 long without being taught, both by Reafon and 
 iixpericnce, that unmolefted Fofleffion, and a 
 conftant Ccurfe of Enjoyment, were certain 
 Damps to the Torch cf the God of Love ; it 
 was for this Reafon fhe, from Time to Time, 
 affected little Piques, and rais'd trifling Quar- 
 rels, which commonly ended in the tendereft 
 Reconciliations. Thus did fhe.fecure his Fidelity, 
 encreafe his Paffion, and bind him fecurely in 
 the Fetters of her Attractions, 
 
 But 
 
Count Du Beauval. 201 
 
 But her Stratagems were forfaken when fhe 
 thought her Point abfolutely gain'd ; (he law 
 him fincere in his Attachment, and relying on 
 that to fecure his Conflancy, dropp'd the En- 
 tertaiment and Feftivities that the Duke had 
 fo long maintain'd, through an innate Spi- 
 rit of Avarice, which was a prevailing Paflion 
 in her Compofkion ; and the Public loft con- 
 jlderably, both in Profit and Pleafure, by this 
 Retrenchment, 
 
 Gold was the darling Paflion of her Soul, and 
 Guineas had Charms much more attractive 
 than Toys, Sweetmeats, or Ribbons, while he^ 
 attentive only to what might give her Pleafure, 
 became covetous alfo in his Turn, or, at leaft, 
 affected to be fo. She reform'd his Houfe, re- 
 gulated the Number of Domeftics, turn'd away 
 fome, retaining only whom (lie pleas'd, and re- 
 trenching the Superfluities of his Table. He 
 feems now to have no Thought but of her, as 
 mfenfible to his domeftic Avocations, as to the 
 Calls of Grandeur and Renown ; this Day be- 
 holds him abandon'd entirely to the Difcrction 
 and Guidance of a Woman. 
 
 K 5 Though 
 
202 Memoirs of the 
 
 Though you perceive a good deal of Splen- 
 dor about him, it is but a poor Refidue of his 
 Magnificence. About two Days fince the 
 Marchionefs went into the Country, whither 
 he is preparing to follow her, and in about fif- 
 teen Days they intend returning again to Town. 
 It is in this happy Retreat, that abandon'd to 
 an uninterrupted Courfe of Pleafure, they for^ 
 get all the World, and find Content in mutual 
 Endearments. 
 
 It was not my Bufmefs to find Fault with 
 the Conduct of the Duke of Or d, per- 
 haps I was the laft Man in the World who 
 fhould blame the Violence of Paflion. Rasac 
 now prefs'd me to return to Paris, nor did I 
 find myfelf much averfc to his Advice, my Fa- 
 ther having written Word that he intended to 
 meet me there. We fet out Poft from Avignon^ 
 and came to Town in about a Week, where 
 we foon renew'd our former Set of Acquaint- 
 ances, and re-afTum'd our old Manner of Liv- 
 ing. The Morning was employ 'd in ferious 
 Vifits, the Afternoon in the Improvement of 
 ufeful Studies, and the Evening at the Opera, 
 Concert, or the Counters of ■ j it was 
 
 here 
 
Count Da Beauval. 203 
 
 here that I often: met with Mademoifelle De 
 Fonvielle. She was handibme, fung to 
 a Miracle, and as we had often private Con- 
 certs, (he had frequent Opportunities of exert- 
 ing her Voice. 
 
 Love now found Entrance at my Ears, I took 
 Delight to accompany her,, and fhe began at 
 laft to ftile me her Mufic Matter. I taught her 
 fome Italian Cantata's, which were admir'd at 
 Venice and Rome, in thefe it feem'd to be her 
 Care to fhine, and my Liberty every Hour de- 
 creas'd ; nor was it from, this alone that fhe 
 charmed, fhe was very lively, had a great deal 
 of Wit, Eyes whofe Power were irrefiftable ; 
 and if her Beauties were not the molt regular, 
 yet fhe had the Art of pleafing beyond thofe 
 who are handi'omer ; there was no need of Ad- 
 vantages to entrap a Heart fo tender as mine ; 
 my Tranquility vanifh'd, my Peace of Mind 
 was fled, and Love ftole once again upon my 
 Inclinations ; this my Friends cafily perceived, 
 however I took great Care to conceal my Weak- 
 nefs from the World,, but more particularly 
 from R asac ; there was one Perfon to whom in 
 the Communication of it I mould have found. 
 very great Pleafure, and this was the dear Cauie 
 
 of it. 
 
 K 6 The 
 
204 Memoirs of the 
 
 The Paffton grew upon me, yet I determined 
 to conceal it, fince there was no Profpecl of 
 Conization, but from revealing it to a Woman, 
 of whom I dreaded to be made the Jeft, tho' 
 fhe often enquii'd the Occafion of my Melan- 
 choly. I did not dare to fatisfy her, notwith- 
 ftanding my Impulfe thereto was very ftrong, 
 I fcar'd her Anfwer might be fuch as would have 
 made me defpair, and I chofe rather to let it prey 
 upon me, than by feeking Comfort from apply- 
 ing to her, to run the Hazard of having my Paf- 
 fion defpis'd, for her Gaiety perfuaded me fhe 
 was incapable of Tendemefs. 
 
 It happen'd one Morning when we were all 
 fitting together, and I was teaching her an Ita- 
 lian Air, that fome Bufinefs call'd the Counteis 
 away, and left us together. I had been fo me- 
 lancholy for fome Time paft, that Madamoifelle 
 *aid to me, " Faith, dear Count, I believe we 
 xt mail lofe you very foon ; you will certainly 
 M -fall into the Vapours if you give yourfelf up 
 " thus to imaginary Griefs ; come, tell us 
 *« what's the Matter with you ? What is it you 
 " torment yourfelf for ? Why this difmal Coun- 
 " tenance ? I fee no Reafon for it, and, if I 
 " was not intimately acquainted with you as a 
 
 " daily 
 
Count Du Beauval. 205 
 
 " daily Vifitor, in Truth I fhould imagine you 
 " in Love.'' 
 
 My Confufion, at thefe unexpected Quern-' 
 ons, was too vifible to be conceal'd, and tho * 
 it aftected me ftrongly, I laid hold of the pre-' 
 fent Opportunity to fay, " Yes, charming Fon- 
 " vielle, it is Love that renders me un- 
 ' c happy, a Love that is the Caufe of all my 
 c< Evils, which nothing can remedy but Death, " 
 " O ho ! (cries me) you are in Love then, are 
 " you ?" I am (o (anfwer'd I) and though my 
 " Paflion is very violent, I have not the Cou- 
 " rage to acknowledge it to her who caufes 
 « it.'' 
 
 The tender and expreflive Manner in which 
 I fpoke thefe Words made her ferious. She found 
 fhe had gone too far, and would willingly have 
 retracted, but I had already fpoke too much to 
 make me afraid of proceeding. " It is you 
 " (continued I) who gives me this Uneafinefs, 
 " which a tender Look, or a kind Word, can 
 " alleviate ; my Fate is in your Hands, and it 
 <c is yours to pronounce it. If you are fo irre- 
 u concileable an Enemy to Love, as not to be 
 tc imprefs'dj if you infift upon my ftifling my 
 
 " Paflion 
 
2o6 Memoirs of the 
 
 " Paflion and my Sighs, in Silence and Separa- 
 ic tion, I only afk to finifh my Days in a Courfe 
 " which Fortune feems to have allotted me. I 
 cc infift not on your Love, I only intreat you to 
 iC give me AfTurances of not hating me, and not 
 M to deprive me of the dear Satisfaction of think- 
 " ing, that, at one Time, I may be able to 
 M conquer your Indifference." 
 
 Madam Pe Fonvielle heard me with a 
 good deal of Coldnefs, and replied, with an 
 Air of Wifdom and Modefty, it was not con- 
 fiftent with her Character, to enter into my 
 Sentiments; but neverthelefs the Friendfhip 
 which Hie had for me, prevented her from an- 
 fwering fo fharply, as fhe might otherwife have 
 done, that fhe was not one of thofe Prudes 
 who ridiculoufly imagine their Virtue fcandaliz'd 
 by the flighteft Occurrence, but fhe was not at 
 all ignorant, that a Girl, of confiderable Ex- 
 pectations and genteel Family, might juftly be 
 accus'd of Imprudence to enter into any En- 
 gagements without the Confent of her Friends, 
 
 Though this anfwer was very vague, and had 
 nothing in it leading to Certainty -, yet I deter- 
 mined to hope. For three Months I attended 
 
 her 
 
Count Du BfcAuvAL. 207 
 
 her conftantly, and watched every Opportunity 
 of doing her Service, which (he accepted with 
 an Air of Friendfhip and Politenefs, that made 
 me applaud my own Addrcis. 
 
 As 1 fhe avoided every Opportunity of being 
 alone with me, I was obligM to have Recourfc 
 to the Language of my Eyes to fpeak that of my 
 Heart, fince Looks and Sighs, that now and then 
 efcap'd me, were Bounds I durft not prefume to 
 exceed. Rasac, to whom my Gloominefs 
 gave Concern, examined ftriclly my Conduct, 
 and, doubting not but Love was the Caufe of 
 my Grief, foon became Mafter of the Secret by 
 clofely attending my Behaviour. Nor was it 
 long before he receiv'd Conviction whofe Charms 
 had aflaiPd me ; the Difcovery gave him a great 
 deal of Satisfaction, as fhe was a Lady for whom 
 he had the higheft Efteem, and he lookM upon 
 her as a Perfon very fit for my Alliance* 
 
 CHAP. 
 
2c8 Memoirs of the 
 
 CHAP. VII.. 
 
 Be auvalV Amour with Fonvielle ccntimid* 
 The Arrival of the Marquis De Mirol. 
 
 AS my Father was foon expected at Paris 9 
 Rasac told me the Intent of his Jour- 
 ney was to look out a proper Match for me, 
 and fettle me in Life. It was then I unfolded to 
 him my Inclinations, and protefted to him I 
 fhould efteem, beyond the Wealth of Worlds, 
 the obtaining, through his Affiftance, the Hand 
 of her I lov'd. " Has fhe confented (fays he) 
 . " that you fhould demand her of her Family in 
 " Form I* . No (anfwer'd I) and though I am 
 *' certain fhe has no Averfion to me, I never 
 " yet had the Boldnefs to explain myfelf to 
 " her." 
 
 " Well then (fays Rasac) fince you arc 
 " fure that you have no Difficulty to triumph 
 " over, but the Confent of both your Fami- 
 " lies, leave the Management of that impor- 
 " tant Point to me," The Friendfhip I knew 
 
 he 
 
Count Du BeauvalV 209 
 
 he had for me, left me no Room to doubt but 
 he would do all in his Power for my SftLsfaey 
 tion ; embolden'd by thefe hopes, I waited im- 
 patiently an Opportunity of fpeaking privately 
 with my Miftrefs ; an Attempt in which ♦For- 
 tune favour'd me, in fpite of all her prudent Pre- 
 cautions. 
 
 I happily found the Countefs and Made- 
 moifelle tete a tete, after Dinner. You are 
 come very appropos (fays the former) for I am 
 obliged to ftep into my Clofet to write a Letter, 
 and muft beg of you to entertain the Lady ; So 
 faying, {he left us together without waiting a 
 Reply. I laid hold of the lucky Moment to 
 approach her, and faid, You fee, Madam, not- 
 withstanding the prodigious Care you have taken 
 to prevent me the dear Pleafure of telling you 
 the Power of your Eyes, and the very great 
 EftecT: they have upon me, Fortune, yet lefs 
 cruel, has beftow'd the Satisfaction. What 
 have I done that I mould appear fo very odious 
 to you ? Why would you deprive me of the 
 Happinefs of complaining ? This was all that I 
 entreated of you, fince 1" neither minted upon 
 your loving me, nor on any Return of my De- 
 clarations 5 all that I afk'd was the fmall Satis- 
 faction 
 
2io Mz m oiks of the 
 
 faction of telling you that I ador'd you. Don't 
 refufe me this trifling Favour ; allow me, at 
 leaft, to alleviate my Grief, by the Pleafure I 
 may enjoy in fpeaking it. 
 
 I have already told you (fays fhe) what were 
 my Sentiments, and that if I enjoin'd your Si- 
 lence, it was that I might not be obliged to ba- 
 nifh you for ever from my Prefence. Suppofe 
 it were true that you are not indifferent to me, 
 is it not to be fufpecled you would think your- 
 felf too happy ? But you will never be taught. 
 Have I not already told you that I have not the 
 Difpofalof my Hand, but amdependant upon my 
 Family j they are to regulate my Fate, and to 
 decide for me the Perfon that I ought to Love ; 
 if any weak Inclinations mould otherwife dif- 
 pofe me, my Heart, incapable of Difiimulation, 
 will endeavour to fubjeft my Love to the Laws 
 of Virtue, and confine it in the Bounder ies of 
 Duty. 
 
 But, dear Fonvielle (faid I) how fhall I 
 pretend to afk the Confent of your Family, 
 without having previoufly obtain'd yours ; it is 
 a Proceeding you would not have taken well of 
 me ? And, I confefs to you, I would not take 
 
 a fingle 
 
Count Du Beauval. lit 
 
 a finglc Step which would give you room to 
 imagine, that I fhould be happy in obtaining you 
 from any other but yourfelf. 
 
 Here I related to her the Conference I had 
 with Rasac, and the Hopes which he had 
 given me in Confequence thereof. I have al- 
 ready told you (anfwer'd me) that I am fubfer- 
 vicnt to the Will of my Parents, and you mall 
 never find me oppofe what they command ; if' 
 they confent to gratify your Defircs, you fee 
 that I know to what my Duty mult lead me. 
 
 Cannot (faid I) my Tears, my Sighs, my 
 Conltancy, or my Afliduity, influence your De- 
 termination, and muft I only owe you to Obe- 
 dience ? I would rather renounce the Happi- 
 nels than win you at that Price ; it is not thus, 
 Madam, a Heart, tender as mine, is to be fa- 
 tisficd. You are vaftly delicate (reply'd (he, 
 laughing) there are few Lovers would pufh their 
 Scruples to fuch Length as you do j however, 
 to content you once more 1 repeat it, that I 
 (hall pay a proper Deference to my Parents, and 
 youfhall find me not at all averfe, if they chance 
 to approve of you as well as I do. 
 
 Charm'd 
 
212 Memoirs (/& 
 
 Charm'd with this Declaration I fell upon 
 one Knee, and grafping her Hand, luffed it fe- 
 veral Times, with great Eagernefs, much 
 againft her Will, crying out, ycu have reftored 
 me to Life, you have re-eftablifhed my Soul in 
 Peace* there is no Obftacle in the World which 
 would not appear Light in my Attempt to fur- 
 mount it, if in the End I was to be rewarded 
 with your Ccnfent. Prithee, rife, (fays my Mi- 
 ftrefs) and don't play the Fool any longer, what 
 would the Countefs fay mould me find you 
 in this ridiculous Pofture ? Though our Con- 
 verfation is very innocent, wc cannot aflure our- 
 felves that fhe would believe fo -, if it be really 
 your Intention to pleafe me, refume yoi'' former 
 Behaviour with RefpecT: to me, and be certain 
 of my Difpleafure mould your Sentiments tranf- 
 pire to the World. 
 
 Though it is apparent that our Families will 
 neither of them oppofe our Union, it is im- 
 poflible to be certain of what may happen ; and 
 a Girl who admits of Gallantries, though with 
 a very innocent Intention, will thereby hurt her 
 Reputation by giving Breath to Scandal. I 
 thanked her a thoufand Times for the Advice 
 
 which 
 
Count Du Beauval. 213 
 
 which (he gave me, as well as for her favour- 
 able Declarations, and afTur'd her of my Silence 
 and Diicretion. 
 
 The Counted came in foon after, and had 
 me examin'd me ever fo little, might have eafily 
 perceiv'd that fomething more than common 
 had happen'd to me, notwithstanding the com- 
 pofed Air which I affected. She propos'd going 
 to the Opera, Fonvielle confented to ac- 
 company her, and I had the Honour of being 
 their Gentleman Ufher, after which fhe invited 
 us to fup at her Houfe, which it was impofftble 
 for me to refufe, though I never long'd for any 
 Thing more, than an Opportunity of commu- 
 nicating to Rasac the Heads of the Converfa- 
 tion which had pafied between my Miftrefs 
 and me ; fhe would willingly have engaged Fon- 
 vielle to be of the Party, but fhe refus'd. 
 
 The Opera was flnifh'd early ; and while we 
 were waiting for Supper, after our Return, the 
 Countefs entertain'd me with Obfervations upon 
 the feveral Ladies fhe had ieen in Public - } fhe 
 was very fatyrical, but there was fo much Wit 
 intcrmix'd with all fhe faid, that her Conver- 
 sion provM vaftly agreeable, infomuch that I 
 
 W£# 
 
214 Memoirs of the 
 
 was never better pleas'd in my Life. Tell me 
 honeftly(faid fhc) don't you think our Sex much 
 more fmcere than yours j I fpeak plainly what I 
 thinks if I call Sylvia a Prude, and Maria 
 a Coquet, it is becaufe, in my Opinion, they 
 deferve it. While for your Part, Count, (conti- 
 nues fhe) notwithftanding all your Philofophy, 
 you can find a thoufand Faults in the Things 
 which, at the fame Time, you applaud. Now 
 don't you think it a Mafter-Stroke of Politics to 
 have perfuaded Mr. Lungs that he fmiles 
 gracefully, though nothing can be more dif- 
 agreeable than his Horfc-Laugh ; that there is 
 Spirit in his Argument, while for its Incohe- 
 rence and Folly he ought to be excluded So- 
 ciety. You applaud the Sloven! inefs of my 
 Lord Indolent, fwear that he is amiable, and 
 does every Thing with an Air of Gallantry, 
 while his Behaviour is utterly inconfiftent with 
 Delicacy, or even Decency. 
 
 Madam (faid I) that for which you blame us 
 is, in Society, efteem'd Complaifance, I make 
 it my Study to excufe People's Failings, becaufe, 
 confcious of my own Deficiencies, I would wil- 
 lingly be treated mildly myfelf; and without 
 fetting up for Cenfor-Gertcral of the Age, I 
 
 am 
 
Count Dv Beauval, 215 
 
 am content to fupprefs and condemn in myfelf 
 the Ridicule which I perceive in others, with- 
 out priding myfelf for my Penetration, and en- 
 deavour to apply them to my Improvement, as 
 well as Amufement. 
 
 I underftand you (faid the Countefs, laugh- 
 ing) your Leflbn is a good one, but I overlook 
 that fraternal Charity which you are pleas'd to 
 have for Ridicule and Folly; however, you 
 wont prove to me that this ought to engage you 
 in fupporting Impertinence, or interpreting 
 drunken Frolics into Sallies of Wit and happy 
 Exploits; yet I do not doubt but your great 
 Goodncfs would call Colonel Rhenish a fine 
 Gentleman, or tell Lord Looby that he is 
 well made, and has the Air of Nobility. 
 
 No, Madam (reply'd I) I mould never carry 
 Complaifance to fo great a Length ; but now 
 excufe me if I repeat fome of the Failings of 
 your Sex, fince you have been fo free with thofe 
 of mine. There is fomething more than fimple 
 Sincerity in the fcandalous Chronicles the La- 
 dies compile of their Neighbours, though you, 
 Madam, are an Exception to the Number; 
 and, I am afraid, that Love, Hatred, Jea- 
 
 loufy, 
 
216 Memoirs c//^ 
 
 loufy, the Defire of pleafing, and indeed all the 
 Paflions, by Turns, precide in their Decifions, 
 and they have greater Inclination malicioufly to 
 enjoy, than humanely to correct Error. 
 
 This Converfation was interrupted by the 
 Entry of the Marquis De Mirol, who feem'd 
 bi^ with fome new Intelligence. I am come to 
 fup with you (fays he) and I have got the co- 
 micaleft, the moil furprifing Story to tell you — 
 all the Town will have it foon, fo I was re- 
 folv'd to be the firft to tell it to you, only for 
 this I mould have gone to Lady Pique's tp 
 Night, but I have put it off on your Account. 
 
 • 
 
 Well (faid the Countefs) prithee let us have 
 it. You fhall, you fhall (anfwer'd he) don't 
 you know La Popliniere ? Not I, indeed, 
 (return'd me). Then (fays the Marquis) the 
 Story concerns him ; but before I relate it I'li 
 draw his Picture for you, you will find it an 
 Original. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
-Count Du Beauval. 217 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 A diverting Adventure. Old Beauval arrive ■• 
 at Paris. FonvielleV Account of h'erfelf 
 Her Story concluded. 
 
 LA Popliniere is very rich, and very 
 ugly, a compleat Blockhead, and fond 
 to excels of his powerful Genius, and prettv 
 Perfon ; he is Son to a Farmer-General, afreets 
 the Air and Deportment of a Man of Quality; 
 has a Knack at Rhyming, can make out a halt- 
 ing Stanza, fet it to Mufic, and iing it with 
 his own bafe Voice, and all the Grimaces of 
 the Girls of the Opera, a Set of Women who 
 engrofs all his Time, through whofe Means he 
 commene'd Acquaintance with thePrinceDE — . 
 
 You cannot be ignorant of his Highnefs's 
 
 great Charadcr ; he is all Goodnefs, and dc- 
 
 clar'd himfelf the Protector of Arts, at a Time 
 
 When Ignorance feem'd to make large Advances 
 
 L « 
 
_ ; ^ Me moi r's of tb'e- 
 
 ■fet afluming her anticnt Empire of Darknefs, 
 Deceiv'd by a flight Acquaintance, he miflook 
 the Character of La Popliniere, treating 
 him with great Ccmplaifance, making him one 
 of his private Parties, and forgetting his . Rank 
 ib far, as in his Company to give an unbounded 
 Loofe to Pleafure. 
 
 The Prince was fond of Madam La IIAn- 
 tiere, and generally made this Coxcomb one 
 of a felecl Number of Friends who attended 
 him in his Vifits to her ; but he, inftead of pri- 
 zing the very great Honour done him, which 
 he fo little deferv'd, had Vanity enough to be- 
 come his Rival ; and though the Refolution was 
 ridiculous, he took fuch Care to conceal it 
 from his Highnefs, that it was never in the lcaft 
 Kipe&ed. 
 
 The Farmer-General depending upon his 
 -Riches, and knowing how prodigioufly Gold 
 influences Girls of her Profeflion, made no My- 
 itery of his Paflion to La Hantiere, ac- 
 companying his Declaration with a Purfe of 
 Luifdors, which was favourably receiv'd. The 
 good-natur'd Girl imagining a rich Citizen in 
 Love was worthy to fliare with the Prince in 
 
 her 
 
Omit D u Beau v at,. 2 1.9 
 
 her Embraces, iince Money made up for the^ 
 Deficiency of Pvank, and this Commerce was 
 fodifcreetly conducted for fome Months, that the 
 illufhious Dupe had not the leaft Intimation of 
 k. 
 
 The Prince being connVd to his Chamber-by 
 a flight Indifpofition, fent for La Hantiere 
 to come and vifit him ; the young Farmer-Ge- 
 neral approaching, at the fame Time, to pay 
 his Refpecls. After an Hour or two palled in 
 Converfation, his Highnefs, inclining to Sleep, 
 order'd the Curtains to be drawn clofe round 
 his Bed, and endeavour'd to compofe himfelf to 
 reft, leaving the two Lovers on a Couch by tha 
 Fire. 
 
 Though they had no Occafion to lay hold of 
 fo dangerous an Opportunity, the Devil, who 
 is always an Enemy to Mankind, with his ufual 
 Malice, flirr'd up the Flame of Concupifcencs 
 in their Hearts ; the Fear of any Accident, for 
 fome Time, prevented their giving Way to 
 fuch ill-tim'd Defires, but Necefiity has no 
 Law, the Couch was deftin'd for the Scene ot 
 p-leafure ; but, in the very Moment of their 
 Happinefs, the Prince, who. had only flumbercd 
 L 2 a little, 
 
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 a little, drew back the Curtains, and beheld 
 his two Friends in a Situation, as comical as it 
 was furprifing and unexpected \ their Confufion 
 excited his Mirth as well as Anger ; he rung 
 for his Servants, intending to have {hewn La 
 Popliniere the fhortefi: Way into the Street 
 out of a Window, but he anticipated the Prince's 
 Intention by getting out of the Houfe with alT 
 poflible Expedition, though not with his ufual 
 tirefome Servility, which the Diforder of his Af- 
 fairs would not permit. 
 
 La HantieRe was ignominioufly difcarded* 
 and the Prince, inflexible to her Teari and I*» 
 treaties, lind her the next Day eenfin'd in a 
 Workhoufe, while he proeur'd an Order for 
 banifhing La Poplin i ere to BounUaux. 
 
 There is a good deal of Humour in this Story, 
 Marquis, faid the Countefs j and, I think, the 
 many Tales of this Sort every Day told about 
 the Opera Singers, fhew how ridiculous it is tp 
 intrigue with them. What Satisfaction can . a 
 Man of Gallantry and Delicacy reap from ail 
 Amour with a Woman for whofe Birth, Man- 
 ners, Conduct, and Sentiments he mult blufli 
 twenty Times a Day, 
 
 I took 
 
Count Du Beauval, 22J- 
 
 I took my Leave of the Countefs after the 
 Recital of this Story, and foon found Rasac, 
 to whom I immediately communicated the Con- 
 vention I had with my Mifhefs, and, by my 
 Emotion, he eafily judg'd the Violence of my 
 Paffion. The Arrival of my Father, which hap- 
 pen'd a few Days after, accelerated my Feli- 
 city, fmce, from the Reprefentations of my 
 Friend concerning my amorous Inclinations, he 
 readily confented to giving me that Eftablifh- 
 ment which feem'd abiblutely necefiary for my 
 Peace, promising to demand the Lady in Form 
 of her Family } a Piece of News which, the tract 
 Moraing, in Pci'fon, I communicated to her, 
 
 Why (fays fhe) here is one Party gain'd with 
 Eafe, I can't anfwer for your having fo little 
 Trouble with the other. My Father, who for 
 fome Time paft thought he could have given 
 me a very large Fortune without hurting him- 
 felf, is at prefent a little flraighten'd by the In- 
 difcretion of one of my Aunts, not but it will 
 be all made up in the End, for, at her Death, 
 Things will fall into their proper Channel 
 ngain. 
 
 You 
 
2 2 2 MemOIRSo//^ 
 
 You are miftaken (reply'd I) if you imagine 
 Intereft has the leaft concern in our Union, and' 
 I mould prefer you, without any Portion, to 
 the greateft Heiref3 in France. You may, per- 
 haps (fays (he) but do you think your Father 
 will ? Confider what a great Fortune I have 
 been efleem'd for fome Time, which, at pre- 
 fent, he is not able to difburfe. I told her, that 
 this would be the lealt of my Father's Concern. 
 Well (fays me) you arc the belt. Judge of this 
 Affair; but pray have you never heard what 
 occaiion'd the Difpute between my Father and 
 my Aunt ? on declaring I had never heard any 
 Thing concerning it, fhe went on thus.. 
 
 You cannot have forgotten with what Fury 
 and Vehemence the good Woman fomttime fince 
 declaimed againff. the Jefuits, and the Bull, two 
 or three Prices whom fhe maintains, who are 
 always with her, and encourage her in her Fol- 
 lies; fhe was very bountiful in her Prefents, n.»t 
 only to feveral Perfons whom the King ba- 
 nifli'd, but alfo to many of the Party who re- 
 main'd in Paris ; though ' my Father could not 
 help regretting this whimfical Extravagance, 
 yet it was his Bufinefs to praife her, as fhe left 
 
 hijr» 
 
Count Du Beauval, z&$ 
 
 him the peaceable Enjoyment of 16000 Livret 
 a Year. Ten or twelve Days ago (he inform'd 
 me, that fhe could not, v/ithout Scandal to her 
 Confcience, think of admitting ib much of her 
 Subftance to be fquander'd away by a Man whofe 
 Faith was fo much fufpedled - y in vain did my 
 Father attempt to reafon with her, me infifted 
 on its being given up, and the only Favour we 
 could obtain, was her making a formal Gift of 
 the Reverfion of it to me and my Brother, in the 
 Prefence of a Notary, though it was ours by 
 Right of Inheritance. 
 
 This Accident, Madam, (faid I) mail be no 
 Obftacle to our Happinefs, of this let our fpeedy 
 Marriage convince you j for, by this Time, my 
 Father and my Friend have obtained the Con- 
 tent of your Family. What I utter 'd was true, 
 my Father facrificed prefent Advantage to my 
 Happinefs, which is indeed great, and her 
 Friends could have no Exception to the Match. 
 
 'Our Nuptials were foon after celebrated, and 
 every Day fince this coveted Conjunction, has 
 been one uninterrupted Scene of Pleafure and 
 Tranquility, Matrimony has rather increas'd 
 
 than 
 
£24 Me m oirs, fcfo. 
 
 :than diminifh'd my Tendernefs, and I am more 
 than a Hufband. I no longer remember my* 
 former Inclination, except when I would fome- 
 
 times compare my paft Misfortunes with my 
 
 -prefent Felicity. 
 
 
 F i n j s. 
 
 
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