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 HENRY Earl of MORELAND. 
 
 [ The Hijhry of a ReprobaU^ continued^ 
 
 THE palnce, though it appeared one uniform edi- 
 fice, was divided into two by an impafrable bar- 
 rier. The one was the habitation of Ah and his atten- 
 dants : and jiis wives, with their eunuchs, were lodged 
 in the other, where it was impalement for any man, 
 fave AH hiinlelf, to enter. For three days and nights, 
 after I entered his palace, though I was treated with an 
 attention that gave me much unealiners, yet I had not 
 the honour ol being called to his prefence. At length 
 I was conducted by a private door to his cabinet. My 
 friend David, faid he, what haft thou to tell me con- 
 cerning my dear and brave nephew Ofmyn ? I then 
 minutely, and at large, recited to him the particulars 
 above related. And we Ihed many tears, that were 
 provoked by the tears of ench other. 
 
 Having cloi'ed my narration, he caft his eyes down 
 awhile, a.^ in deep meditation ; and railing them again, 
 he laid, ihc prelu'.r.ptions are ftrong, very ftrong againft 
 this man, and yet there is a poilibility that he may be 
 guiltlcls. And though Ofmyn was my nephew, and 
 almoft ray bowels, yet humanity demands of us, David, 
 that nine criminals fhould efcape the puniOiment they 
 deierve, rather than one innocent perlon fhould perifh 
 in his righteoufnefs. But the great Alia may give us 
 further lights in this bufinels. 
 
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 7n about five days after, a convift was to be gaunch- 
 ed for the rape and murder of a free woman. He was 
 to be thrown fiom the to|D of a high tower, from whofe 
 walls projccled feveral fharp and (liagged indruments, 
 reieinbiing hooks, fcythes, tenters, at certain diflances, 
 fome below others. He fainted leveral times as he was 
 carrying to execution ; and then being in an agony, he 
 faid, he h'ld a matter of the highefl confecjuence to im- 
 part to the great Ali, and prayed to be brought into 
 hjs prefence. 
 
 I Avas on the fpot when he was led in, and looking 
 earneniy at him, recollected that he was the rufliari 
 who had fpit in my face, and given me a buffet when I 
 entered Barber's fliip. 
 
 Wretch ! cried the Dey, what haft thou to fay to 
 Ali ? That I am guilty, anlwered the convift of crimes 
 more heinous than that for which I am to fufFer ; of 
 crimes that nearly concern yourfeif^ Oh Ali, but which 
 you fliall never know, unlels you fwear to me, by Ma- 
 homet, to mitigate the mariner of my death. I do 
 fwear it, faid the regent, provided the difcovery which 
 you make Ihall be fcjund to be of due import. 
 
 He then depofed that on the night in which Ofmya 
 difappeared, the captain, with ten confederated ruihan& 
 of whom he was one, entered the prince's cabin, and 
 h;»ving mulrled the faces of him and his attendant, to 
 prevent their crying out, bound them hand and foot, 
 and heaved them tino' the window into a frigate that 
 waited for them. 'I'hal then getting into thefiigate 
 they mafiacred the feven Moois to whofe care flie had 
 been left, and rilling her of A\ the money and plate and 
 valuables they could find, they funk the frigate, wilh 
 Ofmyn and his attendant in her, and then returned to 
 their own fliip. 
 
 Here I^arbcr was fent for, who as foon as he faw 
 the face of the convj^l, without waiting to be con- 
 fronted by his evidence, luflied violently, with hi* 
 head foreinof>, toward the oppofite wall, and if a man 
 who was at hand had not caui^ht him by the chain, he 
 vould inflantly have diflied his fliull to fhivers. 
 
 All hereupon, without further examination, order- 
 ed the head of the convid to be ftruck off, and liar- 
 
 ber 
 
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 ber to be impaled in the face of the people. Never 
 was joy like mine, on hearing this fentence pronounced 
 againft barber; and I roi'e early the next mornnig to fee 
 tl>e execution. Pie was fo enfeebled by his panicks, that 
 they were obliged to draw him on a fledge to the ftake ; 
 and his counienance had all the imprelHons of death, 
 defpair and hell, reprefented upon it. 
 
 This, however, did not affsft me with any other 
 fenfation than joy, till the executioners, with unfeeling 
 hearts began to take the wi-etch in hand. But when I 
 law them, with difficulty and great violence,, thrufting 
 the ftake thro' his body ; when I law him writhing in 
 agony, and heard his horrible roars and groanings, all 
 my revenge was turned into terror and compaffion ; his 
 pangs and fufferings, as it feemed, were transferred to 
 jny own perfon, and, had I not turned away, I fhould 
 have fainted on the fptit. 
 
 The Dey from this time became extremely fond of 
 me, and familiar with me. He allotted me an affluent 
 penfion, with Haves, horfcs, and attendants. He faid I 
 fnould be to him in the place of a nephew, and of a 
 fon, and he called me by the name of David Ofmyn. 
 
 Some tinie after, tidings were brought that Caled 
 Amurath, of Fez, was making mighty preparations to 
 invade his dominions. We will moie than meet him 
 half way, cried the gallant Ali : perhaps we may ever\ 
 prevent his threatened expedition. He then fummoned 
 his forces from all quarters. I was prefent when he 
 made a general mufter of them. His foot were morfr 
 formidable for their numbers than their difcipline ; but 
 his horfe were perfeftly trained. 
 
 'J he day before he let out I threw myfelf at his feet, 
 I will go with you, my mafter, I will go with you, I 
 cried. I will not have any command or poft of ho- 
 nour ; 1 only defire permifTion to fight by your fide. 
 No, Davidj he replied, my people know you'are ftill 
 a chriftian. I could not refrain from Pnewing the love 
 I have for you ; and that might be matter of jealoufy 
 to my c?ptains. I will leave you here a band of foU 
 d'ers, with whom you are to encamp within fight of 
 my palace, and to keep thefe v^alls from violence, and 
 A 3 my 
 
{ 6 ) 
 
 jny women from pollution. But, while you are their 
 guardian, beware that you do not turn an invader, 
 David ! I would pardon you any thing but this, I 
 vould not pardon you the invahon of my bed, David 
 Ofmyn ! No, my Lord, I cried aloud, I cannot prove 
 ungrateful. Tho' your women were as obvious to my 
 walks as yonder pavement, and tho' adorned with more 
 graces than their firft mother in Paradife, they fhould 
 have no temptation for me, my mafler. 
 
 The next morning Ah began his march ; and hav- 
 ing efcorted him a piece on his way, I returned to my 
 charge. That night, as I lay in my tent, 1 began to call 
 myfelf to an account. David,' faid I to my foul, thou 
 haft now gotten preferment, and riches, and honours ; 
 thou art as it were, the fecond man in the realm, and 
 all this people have thee in high eftimation : but art 
 thou the better or the happier man for all this, David? 
 Far otherwife,. far oiherwife. Oh frail and vain heart ! 
 ihefe glories have taken hold upon thee, and they have 
 drawn a painted veil between me and my God. To 
 ray chain, and my flraw, and my nakednefs ! return 
 me to them, O Lord; return me to my flavery, re- 
 tarn me to my labours! I was not then, indeed, gain- 
 ing conqucfls and winning prizes ; but J was near to 
 obtaining the prize of the high calling. My body was 
 not adorned with gold and pearl ; but my fpirit re- 
 joiced in the pearl of great price ! 
 
 In about five weeks after, as I was taking, by moon- 
 light, my evening's walk of meditation, on the marble 
 that chequered the pavement before the palace, Muley, 
 an old black and chief of the eunuchs of the feraglio, 
 came up and accolled me. Ofmyn, faid he, taking a 
 bundle from under his arm, I have here a prefent for 
 you that would make proud the greateft emperor upou 
 earth. It is a complete fuit wivjught purpofely for 
 you by the fingers of the Sultana, as alfo by the fin- 
 gers of her fair and princely filters. They have heard 
 of your great atchievements during the feiiival, and 
 they fend you this in reward. So fayii.g, he unfolded 
 the robes to the moon. They were flowered with 
 gold, pearl and gerns of fuch a vivid luilrc as reflected 
 Ler bcan-i with tenfold brightnefs. 
 
 And 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 And what is required of me, Muley, T demanded, 
 in return for this ineflimable. honour ? Nothing, faid 
 Muley, but a fingle hour's attendance, to give them 
 a Ihort Iketch of your life and adver/tures. I'ake back 
 your prefents, 1 -cried, there is poifon and death ia 
 them: I will not betray the truH that oar mafrer has 
 repofed in me. Nay, faid Muley, I affirm to you that 
 -there is no fuch intention., Our ladies are all womeui 
 of the feverefl chaftity. I will undertake to conduct, 
 and recondu<^ you back in fafety. Neither can our 
 mailer be betrayed in any. degree. They all live to- 
 gether, they love like fifters, and no one keeps a fee ret 
 from the other. Howev.er, they defired me to tell yoa 
 tlmt, if you are of a fearful temper, they will not 
 infill on the favour fo much expected. Here I felt 
 myfelf piqued : No, Muley, 1 cried, I am no coward, 
 J can. dare all honelt dangers.. J will attend you. But 
 I will not Hay, Muley. I will let your ladies know, 
 that, in the caufe of honour and virtue, I can refill all 
 temptations. 
 
 I then called a diflant flave, who waited my orders, 
 and, giving him the bundle, deiired him to lay it 
 within my tent. Where now, Muley, faid I. I will 
 fhew you, faid Muley. He then led me to a large 
 bucket, wherein water was accuilomed to be raifcdj 
 by pullies, to the balcony, and there to be emptied 
 into vefTels that flood upon the leads. You muft net 
 enter any door of the lov/er ilory, faid Muley ; for 
 there our domeflics inhabit. But, if you get into this 
 bucket, in a m.inute or two 1 will raife you by the 
 pullies, and take you genily in. 
 
 Muley then went fiom me, and was admitted, en 
 llriking at a diflant door ; while I flood by the bucket, 
 and, obferving its firll motion, jumped in and was 
 conve; ed to the top of the pahce. Muley there re- 
 ceived me in darkn'^fs and filence, and, taking me by 
 the hand, led me down by a fe-.v fleps into a narrow 
 apartment thai was fcarcely enlightened by a gliir.raer- 
 ing lamp. He there left me again, giving me only a 
 whiipeniig promife that he would quickly return. I 
 waieed for him, under .gr^at impatience of getting 
 fpcediiy back again. At kngtiiiie came, and, taking 
 ^ .ine 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 ine by the hand, without fpeaking a word, he led me 
 thro' a long and dark entiy, till, coining to a folding- 
 door he touched a fpring, whereupon the door flew 
 open on either fide, and threw a fudden blaze' upon 
 niy daii/Jed eyes. 
 
 The faloon, upon which it opened, was profafely 
 illuminaied, and moll fumptuoufly furniilied. in the 
 midit a board was covered with an elegant collation. 
 Around it were placed a great nnniber of fmall icfas ; 
 and behind each fofa Hood a lady richly adorned, bat 
 veiled from the head to the wailt. 
 
 Again Muley led me to the further end, while I 
 made a low obeilance as I pafTed the company. He 
 then compi-lled me to fit, where, by a fmall rum of 
 my head, J could have a full profped of each fair-one 
 at table. Then, as by one motion, they were all 
 inftanily feated ; and again, as by one motion, they 
 all inftandy threw up their veils, and I had like to 
 have fallen backward with aftonilhment. The Sultana 
 Adelaide, fat nearell to me on the right ; and was ao 
 way diftinguiftied from her princely fillers, but by a 
 f ;)all coronet of feathered diamonds that was inferted 
 in her lovely locks. Ofmyn, farid Ihe, you fcem fome- 
 thing furprized ; were you never in a fcraglio before ? 
 Have you no feiaglios in your country, Ofmyn ? No, 
 Iviadam, I replied, we have no feraglio in our coun- 
 try ; but fure, no feraglio upon earth, ever produced 
 fuch and fo many beauties as now rtrike my eyes. 
 
 Would you not wifh then, faid Adelaide, to have 
 fuch a feraglio of your own ? No, Madam, 1 an- 
 iwcred ; without love, in my judgment, there can be 
 no true enjoyment ; if ever I love, it can be but the 
 one objeft, and her I (hall love with my whole heart. 
 Here flie looked at me with a tcndernefs that funk into 
 my foul, and, taking out her handkerchief, wiped 
 away a fwelling tear. 
 
 Here they preiTed me to tell them iny ftory ; and 
 here 1 confcfs, to my ihame, that, however vile J ap- 
 peared in my own eyes, I was ambitious of appearing 
 as honourable as polfible in the eyes of the fair Ade- 
 laide. 1 therefore fupprtficd what was black, giuifvi'd 
 over what was ofFcnlive, and enlarged on every thing 
 that 1 deemed advantageous in my ciurader. 
 
 The 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 The night was far fpent, by the time I concluded 3 
 and the Sultani arifing, propored to (hew me the cu- 
 riofities of an adjoining cabinet. I accordingly at- 
 tended her, and was aftonilhed at the luftre, the riches, 
 and profafion of the jewels, as well as at the miracles 
 of art that fhe difplayed before my eyes. 
 
 On our return, we perceived that our company 
 had abfconded. Adelaide grew all crimfon, and caft 
 down her eyes ; 1 alfo was confufed, my heart began 
 to throb, and I looked about for fome pretence to 
 make a quick efcape. But — but^— in ihort. Gentle- 
 men, neither my refolutions, nor religion, nor honour, 
 nor gratitude were of any avail againft fuch a tempta- 
 tion ; they fell together, an eafy vidim to the all-con- 
 quering Adelaide. 
 
 Adelaide was the fir ft to prefs my retreat. It was 
 not yet day. I found Muley in waiting. We went 
 by the way we came, I ftepped into the bucket, and 
 he let me gently down. As I approached the pave- 
 ment, I felt a hand behind that feized me violently by 
 the fhoiilder. I fprung round, and feizing the wretch 
 by the throat, would have plunged my poniard into his 
 bofom ; but fome power arrefted my arm, and faid to 
 my heart, beware that thou add not murder to adul- 
 tery, David ! 
 
 While I hefitated, a number rufhed upon me : they 
 griped me by each arm, and, wrefting the poinard 
 from me, bound my hands behind, and led me to the 
 cell of the Imams that flood fomething aloof from one 
 end of the palace. As foon as they had brought lights. 
 What, Ofmyn ! exclaimed their chief, can this be our 
 renowned Ofmyn r Is it thus that you repay the fa- 
 vours of your generous and kind m:ill:er ? You are a 
 Chriftlan, cried another ; has your Chrill then taught 
 you to betray the confidence that is repofed in you ? 
 This was a home ftab ; it went thro' my heart ; but I 
 Hood in a ihamefaced fullennefs, and opened not my 
 lips. 
 
 Here they went apart, and having confuited awhile, 
 returned. Ofmyn, faid their chief, you are a. brave 
 man, and it is a pity to lofe you. Your fecret is yet 
 with us ; and, we fwear to you, by our holy Prophet, 
 and- by the terrible Alha, that if you perform the 
 
 finele 
 
( 10 ) 
 
 fingle condition we enjoin, we will bury what we 
 know, in a depth below the grave, and we will re- 
 commend you to the love of Ali, and the acclamations 
 of all the people. Name it quickly, 1 cried, what- 
 ever it may be, at the rifque, at the lofs of my life, I 
 will perform it. It is, faid he, no more than to abjure 
 Chrill, and to confeCj Mahomet, whofe priefts we are. 
 
 Here 1 gave a deep groan ; and calling down my 
 head, and Ihedding a filent tear, without daring lo 
 lift my thoughts to heaven ; No, no, I cried, though 
 C'hriil is nothing to me, tho' I have no interell in him; 
 tho* he has rejedled me, for time, and for eternity 5 
 tho* 1 have daily denied him by every action of my 
 life ; yet my tongue Ihall never deny him. in po- 
 verty and nakednefs, in dangers and in dungeons, in 
 death here, and in hell hereafter, my tongue Ihall con- 
 fcfs him. 
 
 Here they went apart again, and, returning, told 
 me that I Ihould have two days to deliberate on their 
 propofal ; but that, if 1 did not comply, I ftiould be 
 impaled alive on the third morniflg, with all the ad- 
 ditional tortures that art could invent. They then put 
 ipe into a covered waggon, and conveyed me to 
 Algiers, where 1 was call into a noifomc dungeon, 
 bolted down to the ground with irons, fullained with 
 coarfe bread and water, and not allowed a ray of 
 ligiit to divert my thoughts from the horrors of my 
 fituaiion. 
 
 Mean time I endeavoured to reinforce my refolution, 
 by repeating to myfelf the facred promife, where 
 Chrill fays, " Whofoevcr (h-ill confefs me before men, 
 him will I confefs before my Father which is in hea- 
 ven.'* Mine, indeed, faid 1, is but a verbal confef- 
 fion ; but even that, with what I am about to fuffer 
 for his lake, may fervc to make me lefs criminal, if 
 not acceptable, in his fight. 
 
 I then longed to be brought to the tell, while I 
 fhuddered at the thoughts of it. At length the day 
 arrived. The Imams came and once more repealed 
 the queilion ; but 1 Hill perfllled, tho' in terms that 
 were fcarcely intelligible, for xny tongue clave to the 
 roof of my mouth. They then Itripped me to thefe 
 drawers, cut of which alfo they took my money with 
 
 other 
 
{ >' ) 
 
 other valuables, and every thing except this infignlfi- 
 <:ant walnut, and, having tied me to a fledge, 1 was 
 dragged to the place of execution. 
 
 lUie chief Imam once more afked if I would re- 
 "Younce the Son of David ; but I made him no anfwer, 
 for I was unable to fpeak. I had feen the prepara- 
 tions ; the flake in the hands of the executioners ; the 
 fires kindled about me, with horrid inllruments ready- 
 to be put therein, for the tearing off my frying and 
 quivering flefli from the bones. 
 
 Could I then have had the confidence to have turned 
 my foul to God, and to have befought his affiflance in 
 that trying and terrible hour, I make no queftion but 
 he would have given me ftrength from on high, to 
 defy all that men or devils could do unto me. But 
 when I refleded on the writhings of Barber, the bare 
 fight of which my fpirits were not able to fupport ; 
 when I faw fuch an apparatus of additional torments ; 
 and when they took me in hand, for inflant execution, 
 1 utterly lofl my fenfes ; I flirunk inward with fear, 
 my hairs flood on end with horror ; my tongue found 
 fudden utterance, and 1 cried, Stay, flay, I will fay, I 
 will do whatever you enjoin me. 
 
 The Imam then began to pronounce a form of re- 
 nunciation, which he ordered me to lepeat after him ; 
 but I was fo panting and breathlefs, that they were 
 obliged to get a cordial for me to keep me from 
 fwoonii;g. ^s foon as my fpirits were fomething re^ 
 flored, the Imam again began his impious ceremony, 
 and I make no qucflion but I fhould have gone thro' 
 it, however repugnant to my foul, but in that inflant, 
 we heard diftarit ihouts and cries, as of many people ; 
 the found of the clamours drew nearer and nearer ; 
 and, Iccn after, we faw numbers hurrying to and from 
 the city. Their words became now, as diflinft as 
 they were audible; Ali is ilain, Ali is flain ! was the 
 on;y cry ; and Amurath comes in full march upon us. 
 
 Here all turned fuddenly from me, and, flying feve- 
 ral ways, left me unbound and alone, fitting clofe by 
 the iiake. Seeing this, I began to recover from the 
 fearful condition in which I was ; and, rifing, I made 
 ^he beft of my way to the port. There I faw a long- 
 boat juft about to fct oiF with a number of fellows, 
 
 much 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 much in my own plight, and, taking a run, T fprunp' 
 from the beach into the rnidft- of them, A man thcii 
 demanded, in EngJiili, if I was one of the raujbmed ? 
 Yes, ranfomed, ranfomed, I cried, wonderfully ran- 
 fomed indeed. Whereupon, without further queftion, 
 tliey fet up their fail, and in about two hours we 
 reached the (hip, which the conful had appointed to 
 take them in. For the remainder of that iay, I con- 
 tinued in a ftate that is hard to be conceived. My 
 head and ftomach, at times, Vvcre difordered by fick 
 fits, and my foul hovered in a fearfL^! kind of a doze, 
 as one not rightly awakened from a dre-dm of horror. 
 
 Toward evening I threw myfelf down in the hold, 
 and funk into a Hate of utter oblivion, as I had not 
 llept for the three foregoing nights i... I days. The 
 day following I found my body fometning refrelhed, 
 but the fituation of my mind wcs like that of a dif- 
 turbed and tumbling fea after a racing ftorm. I looked 
 around for comfort, but no comfc t was near; I looked 
 afar off for hope, but no hope came in profpe6l. The 
 fenfe of exiftence became a mifery under which I was 
 not able to bear up ; and, could I have had my wifli, 
 creation would again have been uncreated. During 
 the whole of our voyage I continued very nearly in 
 this diilemper of fpirit ; in a depth of defpondence, 
 whofe darknefs would admit no ray of confolation, 
 
 I would then call myP^lf at dead of night, before 
 that terrible judgment. Thou fiend, David, I would 
 fay, wherefore art thou funk in guilt above all that 
 ever were guilty ? It was thy fortune to get three 
 good and kind mafters, good and kind above thy 
 wants, and even up to thy wifhes ; and all thefe thou 
 haft deceived, thou haft fpoiled and betrayed them. 
 Even the Mafter of all mafters, the Mafter who was 
 my freedom in the n;idft of my captivity. I was on 
 the brink of denying Jcfus alio; nay, J did rejcft, 
 1 did deny him ; i promiied, I engaged to rejeft and 
 deny him ; and he will rcjed thee, thro' time ; and 
 thro' eternity, he will deny thee, David ! 
 
 One evening a terrible ftorm arofe ; and, while moft 
 of the crew gave fojs c of their little matters to the 
 Providere for liquors, and fat, drowning the fenfe of 
 daoger, at one end of the ftiip ; my companions, who 
 
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are prefent, were praying or finging glory to Cod in 
 the other. Both parties invited me to join them, but 
 I refuCed to be partaker with either ; for I could not 
 abet in others, that vvickednefs which 1 condemned 
 and detefted in myfeif ; and I could not think of tak- 
 ing into my execrable mouthy the facred name of that 
 Chriil to whom I had fo lately turned a falfe apoftare. 
 In the mean time, I held myfeif as Jonah, whofe 
 crimes brought perdition on all in the veffel ; and I 
 was on the point of advifmg the mariners to caft me 
 out. At length the tempeft abated, but my peturba- 
 iions did not abate. I willied to repent, but 1 deemed 
 myfeif paft the polTibility of repentance. And thus I 
 continued in a ftate of enmity againil my God, againfl 
 man, and woman-kind. 
 
 When the conflables entered, and by the order of 
 Sir Thomas, laid hold on fuch a number of my latft 
 afTociates ; tho' I did not care what became of me, yet 
 nature began to re-affert her rights ; I trembled and 
 turned p:ile, as I fuppofe ; all my crimes came ralliing 
 together into my memory ; J imagined that they weris 
 cxpofed before your eyes alfo ; and I expefted every 
 moment, to be feized, like my fello-;? culprits, anti 
 thrown into a dungeon. Bat, when I found that, in- 
 ilcad of punifnment, you propofcd to load me with 
 your bounties, aU my fms appeared to me more ej?- 
 ceeding finful ; your gocdnefs came, in a heap, upon 
 the head of my own guilt ; and I fell proftrate at your 
 feet, as under the weight of a mountain. 
 
 As foon as he had clofed his ilovy ; Take courag*, 
 David, I cried. Your cafe is not near fo defpeiate- as 
 your fears have formed ic. Your error lay in trufV 
 ing to your, own ih-ength for refilling temptation j and 
 the beil: man that ever breathed, with no better a d*- 
 pendance, mud inevitably have fallen, as you did. 
 You now know your own weaknefs ; you are taught, 
 by repeated experience, that, in or of yourfelf, you 
 no more can ftand againft the enemies of your foul, 
 when they affail you, than a tree fevered from its root, 
 and barely fet on end, can Hand tlie afiaults oi' a tem- 
 peft. Keep therefore to your root, David. Never 
 dare, in your own firength to opr>ofe yourfelf to a 
 reed. Apply to the Rock, my f^idid, fiom whence 
 
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( H ) 
 
 you were hewn. Cliiig to him, repofe upon him, put^ 
 your whole coniidence in him ; and then your vveak- 
 nefs (hall become Itronger than an army with banners ; 
 and neither life nor death, nor principalities, nor 
 powers, nor things preient, nor things to come, (liall 
 be able to feparate you from the love of God which is 
 in Chrill: Jefus. <- 
 
 While 1 fpoke, his eyes began to gliften, the cloud 
 of his countenance cleared, his afped ailumed a cheer- 
 ful ferenity, he could fcarce have been known for the 
 fame peri on ; and he cried, — I will, 1 will, once more 
 Teek to my God. Do you, my Mafter, pray him to 
 permit my approach ; and in life, or in death, 1 never 
 will let go my hold of him any more. He then would 
 again have call himfeif at my f^^et, but I hailened to 
 prevent him. 
 
 David, faid J, I am goino- to France, and before I 
 fet out, I ftiould be greatly pleafed to fee you in fome 
 decent way of livelihood. Now, inftead of the twenty 
 pounds, of which you held yourfelf fo unworthy, here 
 are two hundred to make a beginning for you, and I 
 ihould be glad to know the ufe you propofe to make 
 of this money. 
 
 In the iiril place. Sir, faid he, I will refund to my 
 
 two mafters, all the money of which I defrauded them, 
 
 with full or double interefl, amounting, as 1 fuppofe, 
 
 to feventy or eighty pounds. And in the next place, 
 
 1 will return to your honour every penny of the re- 
 
 . inainder ; for indeed you fliall not perfuade me to trult 
 
 xnyfelf with it. In my prefent way of thinking, it 
 
 would be of no more ufc to me than the ilones or dirt 
 
 of the ftreet. My flatc of llavery and labour was the 
 
 only Hate of happinefs that i have known fince my 
 
 birth i and I dread, I (hudder at the apprehcnfion of 
 
 aillaence. 1 am already but 'too rich, in having my 
 
 liberty. I am now in a free country, and therefore. 
 
 Lord of my own earnings. Matter of labour is bat 
 
 matter of play to me. The pay of a porter, on the 
 
 fpot where I am, will be too much of opulence ; it 
 
 will give me a further fuificicncy to fupply the wants 
 
 of tlie needy, and the cravings of the beggar. 
 
 My good David, my beloved penitent, faid the 
 worthy bir Thomas j and fo faying he took him moll 
 
 cordially 
 
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 cordially by the hand. How came you by that walnut^ 
 the only remnant of all your treaiures, which yoa 
 called infignificant, and have yet retained to this day ? 
 You are as Pliaroah to his chief builer. Sir, faid Da* 
 Vid, you bring my faults fully into the rernembranc* 
 of your fcrvant. While the Sultana, as I told you, 
 was {hewing me the treafures of her cabinet, fhe de* 
 fired me to take whatever 1 held moll eftimable. But, 
 as my covetous fit was not upon me, I turned my ey« 
 on a few walnuts that I favv in a corner, and taking 
 one of them, faid, that I would keep it for her fake. 
 Swear" to me then, fhe cried, that you will never break 
 or open it, till you get into your own country^ 
 This was an eafy condition, and 1 inftantly complied 
 with it. 
 
 Did you love the Sultana, David r Yes, Sir, ta 
 cxcefs, as I am alfo perfuaded that fhe loved me ; and 
 we vowed to intermairy, if ever it (hould be our for- 
 tune to regain our liberty ; and, bound or free, never 
 to marry another. 
 
 Let me look at your walnut, David, faid Sir Tho- 
 mas, you are now under no farther injunction concern- 
 ing it. Do not break it, I befeech you, then, Sir, 
 faid David, becaufe I intend never to part wi-th it. I 
 will not break it, David, 1 will only open it with my 
 knife. 
 
 Sir Thomas then took the walnut, and having poifed 
 it Tor fome time in his hand ; I will give you a hun- 
 dred guineas, David, faid he, for your hazard of whac 
 this fhell contains. I would take a hundred pence. 
 Sir, faid David, if I was inclined to take your money 
 without giving value. Sir Thomas then took his 
 knife, and dividing the fhell with the utmoH: caution, 
 I have a flrong fancy, David, faid he, that 1 mull: 
 foon raife the market ; and inllantly produced a dia- 
 mond of the iiift water and magnitude. We all ftarted 
 back and looked aftonilhed ; and David was the only 
 peribn in company, who, neither by word or look', 
 expreffed the fmalleil joy or fatisfiic^ion. 
 
 Sir Thomas, who was a jeweller, having infpefled 
 the Hone with much delight and admiration, Mr. Da- 
 vid, faid he, I would offer you feventeen hundred 
 pieces for this diamond, if I did not think my offer 
 3 2 confiderabiy 
 
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 fonfiJerably under the value, but I fhall be a betfer 
 judge 'A hen I have put it in the fcales. Keep it, keep 
 it. Sir, cried David, and heartily welcome, return me 
 only the ihell, it is all I will accept of. Then, turn- 
 ing to me a pale and alarmed afped, Ah ! Sir, faid 
 he, this is queilionlefs another device of the tempter; 
 I fear that I am not to get quit of my old alfociate fo 
 foon as 1 looked for. 1 do not think with you, David, 
 in this matter, I replied. I rather conceive that Pro- 
 vidence hath fent you this treafure at a time that he 
 fees you ^vill make a worthy ufe of it. O, Sir, he 
 cried, if it fhall ever again be my cafe to fill from my 
 God, I fhall certainly run mad, or make away with 
 myfeif. Why fo, David ? faid I. You mull not ex- 
 ped, all on a fudden, to jump into a finlefs ftate. 
 Such a ftate is only for thofe who have already fought 
 ihe good fight. Such a ftate is only for thofe in whom 
 the babe of Bethlehem is not only conceived, but 
 grown up. I'hefe indeed run, with a joyful and fre# 
 willj into all forts of goodnefs, as a ftream is prone 
 to run to its kindred and parent ocean. But as for 
 fuch as you and I, brother David, we muil be content 
 to ftruggle on. Yet we fhould not dcfpond, but turn 
 to our Helper, in total diiiidence of ourfelves, and 
 full confidence in his mightincfs. 
 
 Here he catched at my hand, and prefling his lips 
 upon it. What ftiall I render you, my mafter ? What 
 ihall I render you, he cried, for the peace and comfort 
 which you have fhed abroad thro' my bofom ? I may 
 now draw near to the Throne of Compaflion, heavy 
 laden with all my fm?, that is to fay, with all myfelf ; 
 and 1 will truft to free-mercy for removing the burden, 
 and to free-grace alone for any good that ftiajl ever be 
 irt me. As it now grew late, we agreed that Sir 
 Thomas fliould take David home in his own coach, 
 and that 1 ftiould take Thomas with me in a hackney ; 
 and I gave iheir remaining comrades an order for a 
 hundred and fifty guineas /^tr man. 
 
 When we were juft upon feparating, Thomas caug-ht 
 David about the neck. Oh my dear David ! faid he, 
 1 ftiall furely never dare to judge any man again ; for 
 I held you to be a very repri)bate, when v<hi were 
 fifiy times over, a better man than mylclf. Hereupon 
 
 I wiflicd 
 
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 I wlflied Sir Thomas and David a good night, and, 
 making Tirlah and Thomas go into the coach with me, 
 went direftly home. As 1 entered the houfe Mrs. 
 Tirrel met me with joy in her countenance. My dear 
 Sir, fhe cried, I began to be in trouble about yon ; I 
 have kept flipper back this long time. Then, faid I, 
 let us have it as foon as you pleale ; for I have brought 
 a dear friend liome v.'ith me. I placed the twins 
 dire6lly oppofite to each other at table, and I made 
 Tnl.ih and young James fit down along with us. 
 
 While I was employed in obferving the emotions of 
 the brother and filler, they looked crgeriy at each other,, 
 they both changed conntenance, and neither of them 
 offered to tafie a bit. Mr. Thomas, faid I. why do not 
 you eat? Thomas! Thomas! cried the fifter, in a 
 quick and paRlonate accent ; it may be — it may be— 
 O ! — my brother ! 
 
 So faying, fliC gave a jump which, for the world, 
 
 fhe could not have done at any other time. Over 
 
 tumbled the table, meat, dit^lies. and plates; while flie 
 
 catched and clung about her brother, without cafting a: 
 
 thought dway upon the ruins that fhe had Wrought.: 
 
 O my Tom-my, O my Nelly ! my Tommy, my Nelly I 
 
 was ail that v^as utt'eied in the midTt of their careffes. 
 
 They fiuv no one but each other ; they heard no one 
 
 but each other ; and I would gladly iofe a ihoufand 
 
 fuDDcrs, to be feafted as I was at that feafon. 
 ■* ' 
 When Mr, Clinton came to this part of his ftory, a 
 
 mefienger entered in fearful halle, and delivered a letter 
 
 to Lady Maitiand. As icon as Oie had run ii over. My 
 
 dearefc Sir, (he cried, I mufi leave you this inftant. I 
 
 lately m^de you an olTer of a hundred thoufand pounds, 
 
 and now I know not that I have fo many ihillings 
 
 upon earth. 1 am here informed that the truiiee of all 
 
 my affairs has abfconded and made his elcape ta 
 
 Fmnce ; but 1 mull hurry to town, and enquire into 
 
 this buhnefs. So faying-, fke fuddenly withdrew, 
 
 without giving her couun time to make a tender of his 
 
 fervices. 
 
 The next morning Mr. Clintoii ordered his chariot 
 
 to the door, and hailencd to attend her ladyfhip at her 
 
 houfe in London ; but th>ere he was told that fne had 
 
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 ict out for Dorer about an hour before, and he retorned 
 jTUch grieved upon her account. 
 
 In about three weeks after Mr. Clement, with his 
 young pupil, came home quite lightened of the money 
 they had taken aBroad. Mr. Fenton, for fo we fhall 
 call him again, gave Clement a friendly embrace, and 
 took Harry to his carefles as though he had returned" 
 from a long and dangerous voyage. Well, Clement, 
 faid Mr. Fenton, what account have you to give us of 
 your expedition? An account. Sir, that would be 
 extremely difpleafmg to any man except yourfelf. 
 Our young gentleman, here, has plunged you above a 
 thoufand pounds in debt, over and above the large 
 fums that we carried with us. I hope the objefts were 
 ■worthy, faid Mr. Fenion ; wonderfully worthy, in* 
 ^.eed. Sir ; I never faw fuch afFeding fccnes. Then f 
 flL'ill be over-paid by the narration. 
 
 Here Harry enquired for Mrs. Clement and his friend 
 Ne.i, and being told that they were on a viiit to the 
 ^idow Neighbourly, he took a hafty leave for the 
 prefent, and away he flew to embrace them. 
 
 Asfoonas he was gone. Sir, faid Mr. Clement, I 
 €annot think that there is, in the world, fuch another 
 boy as your's. I will leave to himfelf the detail of our 
 adventures in the feveral prifons ; they had fuch an 
 effed on his heart, that they cannot but have made a 
 deep imprelTiOn upon his memory ; fo 1 fliall only tell 
 you of what happened in our way to London. 
 
 By the time we approached the fuburbs, we had 
 nearly overtaken a gro.vn girl who carried a balket of 
 «ggs on her head. A great lubberly boy, juft thca, 
 pahed us by at a fmart pace, and tripping up to the 
 girl, gave the bafkct a tip with* his hand, and dafned 
 ail the eggs into malli againft a llony part of the road, 
 and a2;aiu taking to his heels, run on as before. Im- 
 mediately Harry's indignation was kindled, and, fct- 
 ting out at top fpecd, he foon overtook him, and gave 
 him feveral fmart (Irokes with his little cane acrofs 
 the Ihoulders. The fellow then turned upon Harry 
 ?.nd crave him a furious blow with his fill over the head^ 
 while 1 hallcned to his relief, as the other appeared 
 Ooite an over match for him. But, before I had ar- 
 rived, our hciO had put a quick end to the combat, 
 
 for. 
 
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 fdr, fpringing from the ground, he darted his head 
 full into the nofe and mouth of his adverfary, who 
 inftantly roared out, and, feeing his own blood come 
 pouring down, he once more took to flight, while 
 Harry continued to prefs upon him, and belaboured 
 him at pleafure, till he judged that he had beaten him 
 to the full value of the eggs. 
 
 Mean while the poor girl, wholly unmindful of what 
 pafled, remained wailing and wringing her hands over 
 the wreck of her merchandife. The voice of a Syren 
 could not fo powerfully have recalled Harry ; he re- 
 turned with fpeed to her, and 1 followed. My poor 
 girl, fays he, where were you going with thofe eggs } 
 To market, Mafter, fays flie: and what did you expert 
 to get for them ? About five fhillings, Sir, and I had 
 promifed my Daddy and Mammy to 'ay it out in flioes 
 and il:ockings for my little brothers and fifters ; and fo 
 I muft now bear all the blame of the poor things going 
 barefoot. Here fhe again fet up her wailings, and her 
 tears poured down afrefh. 
 
 Harry then defired me to lend him ten fiiillings, 
 and, turning to the mourner. Hold out your two hands, 
 my poor girl, he cried. Then, putting five fliilling* 
 into each hand, here is the payment for your eggs, 
 faid he, and here are five (hillings more, though I fear 
 it is too little, to pay for all the tears they qoH you. 
 Never did I fee fo fudden a change in any countenance. 
 Surprize, gratitude, extacy, flaihed from her eyes, 
 and gave a joyous fiufh to her whole afped. She hur- 
 ried her money into her bofom, and diopping on her 
 knees in the dirt, and feizing hold of Harry's hand, 
 ihe fqueezed and kiile"^ it repeatedly, without being 
 able to utter a word. While Harry's eyes began to 
 fill, and having difengaged himfelf, he made off, as 
 fall as he could, from fuch thanks as he thought he had 
 no way deferved. 
 
 This, Sir, was our adventure going to London. 
 But, had you fecn us on our re'urn, about two hours 
 ^go> yo^ would have wondered at the miry plight 
 into which we were put by helping pafTengers up with 
 their bundels that had tumbled into the dirt ; or by 
 affifting to raife cattle that had fallen under their car- 
 liiges J for Mafwcr Harry would compel me to be as 
 
 bufy 
 
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 tufy and a(5live, in matters of charity, as h'lmfelf. 
 However, Sir, I am to tell you, that Mailer Harry 
 with all his excellencies, will be accounted a mere 
 ideot an;ong people of difundion, if he is not permitted 
 to enter into fome of the falhionable foibles and vices 
 of the age. 
 
 We were taking a walk in the Mall, when we were 
 met by the Earl of MansSeld, who exprelTed great joy 
 at feeing INL^der Ildrry, his old acquaintance, as he 
 called him ; and he prefled us fo earneftly to dinner, 
 that we could not, in good manners, refufe him. 
 There was a vafl concourfe of company, more efpecially 
 of the young quality of both fcxcs, who carne to pay 
 their refpects to young Lord Bottom and his filler the 
 X.ady Louila. 
 
 Harry was received and faluted by Lady. Mansfield 
 and the young Lord, without any appearance of the old 
 animolity. Some time after dinner a large packet of 
 letters was brought In to the Earl, who making his 
 cxcufe to Harry alone, rofe from the table and retired 
 to his clofet. Lord Bottom and his fifter then led the 
 young males and females to an adjoining apartment, 
 where feveral card-tables were laid, and I bc^an to 
 tremble for the cicciit of my y^upil. 
 
 I flood 2t a little diflance behind my Lady's chair, 
 feeraingly inattentive to any thing that palled, when 
 Bottom entered on lipioe, and, tripping up to his 
 mother, and tittering and vvhifpering in her car, What 
 do you think, Mamma, faid he; fare, Mafltr Fcntor* 
 is- a fool, a down-right fool; upon my honour. He 
 does not know a fingle card in the whole p<ick, he does 
 not know the dilTercnce between the ace of hearts and 
 the nine of clubs, i do not think either that he knows 
 anv thing of the cliilerence or value of coin ; for as wc 
 paired through the hall to-day, a beggar afked for a 
 halfpenny, and 1 faw him flip a (hilliiig into his hand. 
 Lndeed, Muinma, he is the greatefl fool that ever I 
 knew ; and yet, poor fellow, he docs not feem to know 
 any thing of the m-attcr himlt If. 
 
 Srx^n Jificr, Harry entered with the refl of the fmall 
 quality. Mailer Fenton, cries my Lady, I beg to Ipeak 
 %viih you. Do not you kuow the cards, my dear? 
 
 No, 
 
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 No, indeed, Madam. Cannot you play at dicef N'o^ 
 Madam. Can you play at draughts or chcls? Not at 
 all, Madam. Why then, my dear, 1 muft: tell you, 
 that all your father's fortune will never introduce you 
 among people of any breeding or fafliion. Can yoil 
 play at any kind of game, Mafter Harry ? A little a| 
 fox and geefe, Msddtn : and pray, my dear, faid my 
 Lady, fmiling, which of the parties do you efpoufe ? 
 The part of the geefe, Madam : I thought as much^ 
 cried out my Lord Bottom, whereupon a loud laugh 
 was echoed through the room. 
 
 Here my Lady chid the company, and calli»g Harry 
 to her again, Tell me, I pray you, faid fhe, why you 
 .efpoufe the part of the geefe ? Becaufe, Madam, I 
 always wifh that firaphcity fhould get the better of 
 fraud and cunning. The Countcfs here looked af- 
 tonifhed, and having gazed awhile at him, caught an4 
 kilfed him eagerly. You are a noble fellow, flie cried, 
 and all mud be fools or mad that take you for the onf 
 or the other. 
 
 Jemmy Bottom, cried my Lady aloud, come here 3 
 I cannot but tell you. Jemmy, that you have behaved 
 you rfelf extremely ill to your young friend here, who 
 might have improved you by his example as much as he" 
 has honoured you by his vifit. I muft further tell you, 
 Jemmy Bottom, that whenever you pique yourleif on 
 degrading Mafi:er Fenton, you only p'ride in your own 
 abafement, and glory in your fhame. Hereupon, I 
 got up, and, leaving our compliments for the Earl, I 
 car ied off my young charge. 
 
 Harry now entered, with Mrs» Clement careffing 
 him on the one fide, and his old dependant Ned hang- 
 ing about him on the other. As foon as all were fettled 
 and feated: Well, Harry, faid Mr, Fenton, will you 
 favour us with fome account of your expedition ? 
 Have you ever a pretty ftory for me, my Harry ? 
 Several ftories, Sir, faid Harry, but Mr. Clement had 
 better tell them ; they would be fadly bungled if they 
 came through my hands. The company will make al- 
 lowances, replied Mr. Fenton ; let us have ihefe flones 
 in your own way. 
 
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 On the fcconc! day. Sir, as my futor and I were 
 v/alking in th« court-yard of the Fleet-Prifon, who 
 ihould I fpy but my old Mafter, Mr. Vindex, walking, 
 very fad, to and again by the wall. lie was fo pale and 
 Ihabbv, and fo fallen away, that I did not rightly know 
 him, till 1 looked at him very earneftly. My heart 
 then began to foften and warm toward the poor man ; 
 for It told mc that fomething very forrowful muft have 
 happened, before he could have been brought to that 
 condition. So I went up to him with a face, 1 believe, 
 as melancholy as his own. 
 
 How do you do, Mr. Vindex? faid I. I fhouM 
 te glad to fee you, if I did not fee you look fo fad. 
 He then flared at me for fome time, and, at length, 
 remembering me, he turned av/ay to fhun me ; but I 
 took him by the hand, and faid, You muft not leave 
 me. Mr. Vmdex; will not you know your old fcholar, 
 Harry Fenton ? Yes, fays he, cafting down his eyes, 
 I know you now, Mafter; I know I ufed you bafely, 
 and 1 know why you are toiifc ; but reproach mc as 
 much 23 you pleafc, all is welcome nov/, fince I cannot 
 lie lo-.ver till 1 am laid in the earth. 
 
 I do not mean to infult you ; my dear Mr. Vindex, 
 and fo I wiped my eye. Here are twenty guineas to 
 put warm clothes upon you in this cold wcaLlicr. Lit- 
 tle and low as I am myfelf, I will try to do fomething 
 better for you, and fo give me one kifs in token ihat 
 we are friends. The poor dear man then op.:ned his 
 broad eyes, with a look that was made up half of joy 
 and half of fhame. He then kneeled down, that I 
 might reach to kifs him, and taking me into his arms, 
 You are not born of woman, you are an angel, an 
 • ngel, he cried ; and fo he fell a crying, and cried fo 
 fadly, that I could not, for my heart, but keep him 
 company. 1 did all I could to pacify him, and g>;tting 
 him up' at Lifl, You mufb not part with me, Mr. 
 Vindex, faid I, wc muft dine together. Here is Mr. 
 Clement, my tutor, you and he too muft be friends. 
 
 I then led' him by the hand into a large ground room 
 that Mr. Clofe, the keeper, had appointed for us; and 
 I ordered dinner to be brought up. As foon as v,s 
 were all feated, Mr. Vindex, laid 1, be fo kind to let 
 
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 rue kn«Av what the money may come to for which you 
 are confined? A terrible fum, indeed, my Darling, 
 faid he. no lefs than a hundred and fifty two pounds. 
 I th«n put my hand in my pocket, and taking out two 
 bills and a little matter of money that made up the fum, 
 I put it into his hand, faying, My friend (hall never lis 
 in jail for fuch a trifle as this. 
 
 Having looked for fome time at the bills with amaze- 
 ^ment, he turned to my tutor and faid, Is this young 
 Gentleman, Su", duly authorized to difpofe of fuchvaft 
 matters as thefe? He is, faid Mr. Clement, he is the 
 dilpofer of his father's fortune ; and I am confident that 
 his father will think him.felf doubly paid in the ufe that 
 his noble fon has made of his privilege this day. A 
 gleam then, like tlvat of funfhine, broke through hia 
 fad countenance ; And, are you the one, he cried, 
 Maftcr Harry, whom 1 treated fo barbaroufly ? You 
 may forgive me, my Jittle cherub, you, indeed, may 
 forgive me, but I nevej* fhall forgive myfelf. O, Mr. 
 Vindex, faid I, I would undergo the fame whipping 
 again, to make you love me twice as much as you now 
 love me. 
 
 Dinner was now ferved, and calling for wine, I 
 filled him a bumper, in a large glafs, which he drank, 
 to the health of my glorious Dada, as he called you. 
 Sir, Upon this we grew very friendly, and, when 
 dinner was over, I begged him to tell me how he cam« 
 to be put into confinement. 
 
 O, Mafter Harry, he cried, I have fufTered all that I 
 have fuflered very juftly, for my harfh and cruel ufage 
 of you. Mailer Harry. After the affair of the hobgob- 
 lins, as you know, the fhame to which J Vv'as put by 
 my fright, and by my fcourging, began to be whif- 
 pered, and then to be noifed about the town. The 
 boys at length, catched the rumour, and began to hoot 
 atnie; and the morel chafliied them the more they 
 fliouted after me, A rod for the flogger, a rod for the 
 fioggcr ! 
 
 No blading (o baneful, as contempt to a man in 
 the way of his profefTion. My boys grew diforderly, 
 and behaved themfelves in'fchool, without refpeft to 
 my perion, or regard to my government. Even my 
 
 intimate* 
 
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 thtimates Ihunned me, and would call at me a -fidfe 
 glance of fmiling fcorn as they palled. My Ichool 
 melted from me like inow in a fog. Even my boarders 
 forfook me. I flood at a high rent ; my effefts were 
 (eized by the landlord. It was in vain that I fohcited 
 payment from the parents of my fcholars. No one who 
 was indebted to mc would give me a penny; while all 
 that I owed came like a tumbling houle upon me; and 
 fo I was cad into th:s prifon, from whence your bounty 
 has fet me free. 
 
 Alas, alas, poor Mr. Vindex, faid I, had I gueffecJ 
 • ny part of the miichiefs that our unlucky pranks have 
 brought upon you, 1 would have put both my hands 
 into a furnace, rather than have born a part in fuch 3i 
 wickednels. In conlcience, now, we are indebted to 
 you for every mislortune we caufed you ; and, as you 
 are not yet paid for the haK of your iufferings, 1 here 
 give you my hand and wcr<i ic» make up a hundred and 
 fifty pounds more for you ; ?i,d \ov this I will not ac- 
 cept the Imalleft thanks, as 1 think it is no more than 
 an aft of common honefly. And 1, cried Mr. Fenton, 
 I hold myfelf indebted to you a thouland pounds, my 
 noble Harry, for that fingle fentiment. That is well, 
 that is well, Sir, cried Harry, leaping up and chipping 
 his hands, I {hall now be clear in the world with all my 
 poor creaitois. Thus, Sir, continued he, it rejoiced 
 jiiy heart greatly to fend poor Mr. Vindex away in fuch 
 triumph; while my tutor and I went two or three 
 doors ofF, to lee a mighty pretty young creature who 
 was confined with her ancient father. And 1 will tell 
 you their (lory with two or three other florics. 
 
 On tapping at the door we were defired to walk in, 
 and faw a female, with her back to us, weaving bon« 
 lac€ on a cuOion ; while an elderly man, with fpec- 
 tacles on, read to her in Thomas a Kern pis. They both 
 rofc to falute us. Mr. Clement then fteppcd up, and, 
 feeing what they were about, cried, God cannot but 
 profper your work, good people, fince you employ 
 your time to fuch purpofes. As an carncfl of his kind- 
 nefstoyou, he fends you, by us a confiderable charity, 
 which you fhall receive as foon as you inform us who, 
 and what you are, and how you came here ? BlefCeU 
 
 bit 
 
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 be the meCfengers of my GoH, cried out the father, 
 whether they come with hzppy or with heavy tidings, 
 I fay with old Eli, *' It is the Lord, let him do what 
 feemei>i him good." 
 
 O, Sir! I was quite charmed when the daughter 
 turned to me. There was fuch a fweetnefs, fuch a 
 heavenly harmleffnefs inher face, that 1 could have 
 killed her, and kiOed her again. The good man thus 
 began his ftory. My father's name was Samuel Stern. 
 He had a clear eftate of nine hundred and fifty pounds a 
 year, in Suffex, and had, by my mother, three daugh- 
 ters and four fons, of whom I was the fecond. Ivly 
 father, unhappily, was a loyalift, and when the troubles 
 broke out between King Charles and the Parliament, he 
 took up all the money he could, at any intereft, and 
 railed a company at his own coft, which he headed on 
 the part of his royal m after. ^ 
 
 After fom.e fuccefsful fkirmiflies, his head was fplit 
 by the broad-fvvord of a trooper, at the battle of Nalisby. 
 Immediately all our fervants forlook us, each carrying 
 away w:th them whatever came to hand; and, quickly 
 after, the fokliers came, drove off ail the cattle, and 
 left nothing of our houfe except the bare wails. In 
 the mean time we, poor children, huddled together 
 into the garden, ?.nd, there feparating, ran and crept 
 under buihes and hedges, as f« many chickens endea- 
 vouring to gain fheltcr from .the. kite. '^ As foon as i]\e 
 ■no; !e was over, we arofe, and 'looked about fcarfulLvj 
 and, getting together again, we helped one another 
 through the garden-hedge, and made, as fift" as we 
 could, to the cottage of a neighbouring farmer, who 
 had been our father's tenant. Here we were received 
 coldly, and fared but very hardly for that night. -On 
 the next day, however, in order to^'get quit of us, aS^I 
 iuppofe, the man v/ent among our relations, ^and.^'C- 
 vailed on one to take a fon, and on another to taka'a 
 daughter, till v/e were all divided among them ; and'fo 
 we entered on a kind of fervice to our kindred ; 'a 
 fervice, i\s I believe, that is found, on experience, "to 
 be much liarder than any fervice to a ftranger. 
 
 I forgot to tell you. Gentlemen, that our mother 
 4ied before our father engaged in arms, infcmuch, that 
 
 Vol. 11. C we 
 
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 ^•c bccams orphans in all refpefts. I fell to the (hare 
 «f an uncle by my mother's fide. He had a fmaUeftaie 
 •of about a hundred and twenty pounds yearly income, 
 with one fon, and a daughter whom I thought very 
 lovely. My uncle appointed me overfeer of his labour- 
 ers, as alfo his clerk ; but when it was intimated to him 
 that there was a liking between his daughter and me, he 
 called me afide, and fwore that, if ever I married his 
 daughter, he would not give us a groat. If you ever 
 knew what love was, faid he to Mr. Clement, you 
 inufl: know that it breaks over flronger fences than 
 thcfe. In fhort, wc were wedded, and turned out of 
 the houfe without any thing to live upon, except about 
 twenty pounds, in fmall matters, which had been given 
 lo my wife, from time to time, by her god-mother. 
 
 We made the beft of our way to London. My wife 
 iinderftood needlework, and as I knew that my father- 
 in-law was irreconcileable, I joined myfelf to a houfe- 
 painter, to whom. I gave my time for nothing, on con- 
 dition of his giving me an infight into his bufinefs. la 
 the third year my dear wife brought this poor creature 
 into the world ; but, happily, fhe did not encumber 
 mankind with any more of our wretched progeny. 
 All our care and delight was fixed on this our little 
 daughter, and we thought nothing o§ any pains that 
 might ferve to introduce her, like herfelf, into the 
 world. 
 
 As foon as Charges II. had afcended the throne, our 
 relations were fully aflTured that we (hould be leftorcd 
 to our ancient pofleflions ; and they contributed, for 
 their own credit, to fet us forth in a fuitable manner for 
 appearing at court. There accordingly we attended, 
 from time to time, for the (pace of twelve months, and 
 got a number of woeful memorials prefented to h4« 
 Majefty ; but his Majefty was fo deeply engaged in his 
 pleafures, or fo fearful of offending the enemies of his 
 houfe, that he gave no attention to our wrongs. There 
 may alfo be fomething in the great that excites them to 
 aOis of bounty rather than a6ls of juflice; for thefe, as 
 ihey apprehend, might be accepted as matter of debt, 
 auid D.^1 at mattex of favour- 
 
 B*ing 
 
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 Being tired of a fruitlefs fult I returned to my formeir 
 employment, and, by induftry and frugality, I lived 
 with my little family quite happy and contented. 
 About ten months ago two men came to our lodgings* 
 The one was in a rich livery, and having enquired fov 
 my daughter, prefented her with a note to this efFeft.-— 
 ** Lady Diana Templar fends Diana Stern the encloled 
 bill of twenty-five pounds, in order to put her into 
 fomc little way of livelihood." — As my poor, de^vr 
 child had no caufe to fufpeft any fraud in the cafe, fhe 
 defired the men to return her mofl humble thanks and 
 duty to her Ladyfhip, and away they went. 
 
 As this lady was a diftant relation of my wife's father^ 
 xny daughter, in a few days. drelTed her (elf in her beft 
 clothes, and went to return thanks to her ladyfhip in 
 J)erfon ; but was told that ihe M'as gone to her feat in- 
 the country. In the mean time fhe laid out her fup- 
 pofed bounty in furnifhing a little {hop with fome mil- 
 linery wares, and was already beginning to get fome 
 cuftom, when one evening two bailiffs entered, arrefted' 
 her, and, taking her up in their arms, hurried her into 
 a coach that drove up to the door. 
 
 My wife and I had rufhed out on hearing our child 
 fhriek, and feeing a coach fet ofP with her at a great 
 rate, we ran after as faft as we could, fhouting, fcream- 
 ing, and crying, Stop the coach, flop the coach, a 
 rape, a rape ! At length a bold fellow, who was paff- 
 ing, caught one of the horfes by the bridle, and, while 
 the coachman lalhed at him, took out his knife and cut 
 the reins in two, A mob then began to gather, where- 
 upon a well drelTed man, who was in the coach, leaped 
 out and made his efcape ; but the coachman was not fo- 
 lucky, the people pulled him from the box. and having- 
 beaten and kicked him, they dragged him through the 
 kennel. 
 
 Mean while we got our child out, and then the mob' 
 overturned the coachy and, jumping upon it, broke and" 
 dafhed it all to pieces. We then thought that we had- 
 nothing further to apprehend, and, talking our child 
 between us, we turned back and walked homeward; 
 but, alas ! we were not permitted to enter ; the two' 
 bailiffs met us, and, producing their writ, again ar--- 
 
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 refted our daughter at the fuit, as they faid, of Jonathan 
 Delvil, Eiq ; for the fum of twenty-five pounds, which 
 he had lent her on fiich a day. So they conduced her 
 here while my wife and 1 accompanied her, weeping^ 
 and fobbing all the way, I then took thefe poor apart- 
 ments, and haftening back to our lodgings, had our 
 bedding brought hither. 
 
 It was now evident that the pretended gift of Lady 
 Templar was no other than a fcheme of the villain 
 Delvil, to get the perfon of my darling within his 
 fangs ; and J curfed my own ftupidity for not perceiv- 
 ing it; butblefled be my God, however, in all events, 
 that my lamb was IHII innocent. What with grief and 
 tne fright together, my dear wife took her bed, from 
 whence Ihe never rofe, but expired on the fifth day, 
 ble fling and prefling her daughter to her bofom. My 
 poor infant then fell as dead befide her mother, and 
 could not be recovered from her fit in many hours ; 
 and, indeed, it was then the wifh of my foul, that we 
 might all be laid and forgotten in one grave together. 
 
 As foon as my darling v/as recovered, however, I 
 again wilhed to live for her fake, that 1 might not 
 leave her without a comforter or protedor, in the midlt 
 of a mercilefs world. 
 
 In order to pay the nurfe, the doftor, and apothe- 
 cary, as alfo to defray the funeral expences, J left my 
 child with the nurfe, and going to our former lodgings, 
 I fold all her millinery wares under prime coit ; and 
 having difcharged the lodgings and paid my jail debts, 
 1 prepared to lay my precious depofit in the womb of 
 that earth, which is one day to render her back incor- 
 ruptible to eternity. When the corpfe was carrying 
 out at the door ray child fell once more into fits, and I 
 was divided about what I Ihould do, whether to ftay 
 with the living, or f-ay my duty to the dead. But I 
 will no longer detain you with melancholy matters, 
 fince all worldly griefs, with all worldly joys, mult 
 fhortly be done away. 
 
 As loon as I underftood that Lady Templar was re- 
 turned to town, I waited upon her, and giving her an 
 abridgement of our manifold misfortunes, 1 produced 
 the note that had been written in her name ; but fhe 
 coldlv replied, that it was not her hand, and that (l)C 
 \w.:, not anfwerable for the frauds or villanics of others. 
 
( 29 ) 
 
 Jifean while my dear girl accufed herfelTas the cairfe 
 ^f all our calamities, and pined away, on that account^ 
 as pale as the fheets fhe lay in. She was alio fo en- 
 feebled by her faintiih and fick fits, that (he was not 
 able to make a third of her ufual earnings ; and as 1, 
 on my part, v/as alfo difqualified from labouring in mf- 
 profefiion> fince I did not dare to leave my child alone 
 and unlheltered, we were reduced to a ftate of the 
 greateft extremity. One day word was brought me 
 that a Gentleman) a few doors off, defired to fpeak 
 with me; and as they who are finking, catch at any^ 
 thing for their fupport, my heart flutteredin the hope 
 of foine happy reverfe. Accordingly I followed the 
 nieiTenger. His? appearance, in drefs and perfon, was 
 altogether that of a Gentleman. 
 
 He ordered all others out of the room, and requef!- 
 jtig me to fit befide him, in a half whifpering voice' he 
 began : I am come, Mr. Stern j from one whom you'- 
 have great reafon to account your greateft enemy, I- 
 i5ome from Mr. Delvil, at whofe fuit your^ daughter- 
 no w lies in prifon. J fbartcd. — Be patient, Sir, he laid,- 
 He knows your diftrefles, he knows all yonr wants^ hs- 
 knows alfo that he is the author of them, yet I tell- 
 you that he feels them^ as if they were his own, and- 
 that it was not his enmity but his love that occafioned^ 
 ihemi 
 
 He depends on* his old uncle Dimmock foravaft- 
 fortune. He faw- your daughter and loved her ; he- 
 faw her again and loved her to madnefs. He enquired- 
 Ifer family, her charader, and' found that he had noth- 
 ing to ex'pe6l from any licentious propofal. He feared,- 
 however, that all muil love her as he did, and, to pre-- 
 v«nt other pirates, he made ufe of the ftratagem, which,- 
 cS^'-ntrary to his intentions, has brought you here. He 
 n'ever meant any thing diihononrable by your daughter. • 
 Had he carried her clear off you might all have been 
 Ilappy together at this day ; and, if you consent, he- 
 \*ill marry her here, in the prelence of a few v/itnefTes, . 
 who fhall be fworn to fecrely till his uncle's death, - 
 and he will inftantly pay you down three hundred- 
 pounds in recompence for your fufferings, and wilU 
 fettle one hundred oounds arjJuity on yoar- child foff' 
 life. 
 
 C 3 l-muil- 
 
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 1 mud own that, to one in my circumftances, tTiis 
 propofal had fomething tempting in it. But who is. 
 this Mr, Delvil., faid I, 1 know him not, T never faw 
 him ? — 1 am the man. Sir, laid he. I would have dif- 
 ^hajged my action as J came to this place, but I dare 
 not permit your daughter to get out of my cuftody ; 
 |or, at the lofs of my fortune, at the lofs of my life, 
 I am determined »hat no other man fhall pofTefs her. 
 i then promifed him that I would make a faithful nar- 
 rative to my child of all that had pafTed, but lold him 
 at the fame time, that I would wholly fubicrlbe to her 
 pleafure ; and To we parted. 
 
 As foon as I reprefented this n)atter to my Diana, O 
 BO, iTiy Papa, flie cried, it is impofiible I it never can 
 be ! 1 would do any thing, fuffcr any thin^^, but this> 
 for your relief. Would you a6l the marriage of the 
 lamb and the wolf in the fable ? If fuch have b^en the 
 confequcnccs of this Gentleman's afFeiR;ion fqr us, what 
 have we not to e^:pect from the efFeds of his averfion ? 
 I M'ould prefer any kind of death to a life with fuch a 
 ina;i. And then my mother, Ihe cried, and buril into 
 tears, my dear mother whom he has murthered ! 
 Though he were worth half the world, and would 
 marry r.ie publicly in the face of the other half; it will 
 not be ! it cannot be, indeed, my Papa ! Hereupon I 
 wrote Mr. Delvil almoll a literal account of my 
 daughter's anfv/er. It is nearly five weeks fince this 
 happened, and we have not heard any thing further 
 from him. . 
 
 In this time, however, we got acquainted with a 
 family at the next door, whofe converfe has been a., 
 great confolat'on to us. There is a father and mother, 
 withjevcn imall children, boys and gii 3; they are 
 very worthy people, and of noble defcent, but how. 
 tbey contrive to live at all I cannot conceive, for ihey 
 have.no vlfible means of niaking a penny. Had wc noc 
 known them, we fhould have thought ourfelyes the 
 poorcfl of all creaiurei. We mull own them mQrQ 
 d;ircrving of your charity than wc arc. 
 
 Here poor Mr.' Stern, ended ; and you cannot think. 
 Sir, how my heart leaped with love toward him, on 
 his recommending others as more defcrving than him- 
 Iclf. bo i rciolvcd at once what to do, and taking 
 
 two 
 
( $1 ) 
 
 two fifty pound notes from my pocket beck, yon {h&A 
 not be under the neceflity, Mr. Stern, fays I, of marry- 
 ing your pretty lamb to the ugly wolf, fo here b 
 fifty pounds to pay your adion and fees, and other fmall 
 debts. 
 
 On taking the note, Sir, he looked at it very earn- 
 eftly, and when he faw it was a true note, he opened 
 his eyes and his mouth fo wide, and ftood fo ftiff with-, 
 out ftirring hand or foot, that he put me in mipd of 
 Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar of fait. How- 
 ever, I did not feem to mind him, but, turning to his 
 daughter, and ihewing her the other note, Mifs Diana, 
 fays J, here are fifty pounds for you alfo, in order to 
 fet you up in your little fhop again, but you ihall nor 
 have, it without a certain condition: What condition. 
 Matter, faid fhe, fmiling; The condition, fays I, of 
 putting. your arms about my neck, and giving me one; 
 or two fweet kiffes. She then looked earneftly at me, 
 with eyes fwimming in pleafure, and llarting fuddenly to 
 me, and catching me to her bofom, Die kiiTed my lips, 
 and my forehead, and my head, again and again, and 
 then fet up as lamentable and loud a cry as if her father 
 had lain a corple before her. 
 
 Mr. Stern then lifted up his eyes, and dropping on 
 his knees, O my God ! he cried, how bountiful art: 
 thou to a wretch who is not worthy the leait of ail thy 
 mercies! Hereupon the daughter turned, and, feeing- 
 the pollure of her father, ihe fell on her knees before 
 him, and throwing her arms about him, he foWed her 
 in his alfo, and they wept plentifully upon each other. 
 
 How comes it. Sir, that crying Ihould be fo catch- 
 ing ? However it be, Mr. Clement and I could not 
 contain. On hearing a fmart rapping, Mr. Stern rofe 
 and opened the door, where a footman, almoil breath- 
 lefs, delivered him a letter. The letter was to this 
 purpofe, that Mr,. Delvil was ill. of a quinfy, that he 
 had but a few hours to live, and requeued Mr. Stern to 
 bring his daughter to him, that, by marriage he might, 
 give her a ;lawful title to his fortune. No, Papa,- cried 
 Diana, living or dead, nothing l}iall ever bribe me to 
 give my- hand to a man Vho has been the caufe of the 
 death of my deareft mother, Mr. Clement, however, 
 thought it advifeable that Mr. Stern Ihould attend the 
 
 mefienger 
 
melTenger to fee If Mr. Delvil was really 111, or wRetKe?- 
 this might not be feme new contrived treachery. 
 
 We promifcd to rtay with his Diana till his return ;: 
 and he had not been long gone till fome one tapped ati 
 the door. I opened it, and faw an exceeding old ani 
 reverend man ; he was dreffed all in black, and his 
 white head looked like fnow on the feathers of a raven. 
 Is Tom Stern here ? faid he. No, Sir, faid I, he is 
 gone into town. J thought he was a prifoner; no, Sir, 
 k is not he, but his daughter, who is under confine- 
 ment. Will you give a feeble old man leave to fit with, 
 you, Gentlemen ? and fo down he fat. Come here tc^ 
 me, child, fays he to Diana, are you the daughter of 
 Tom Stern? I am. Sir, fo pleafe you. And what 
 was your mother's name ? Anne Roche, Sir ; but al is ! 
 fhe is not living, I v^as the caufc of her death ; flie broke 
 her heart, good Sir, on my being put to jail. I hope,- 
 child, faid the old Gentleman, that you were not im- 
 prifoned for any thing that was naughty ? No, Sir, 
 no, cried Mr. Clement, it was her honefty alone that 
 brought and kept her here ; had (he been lefs virtuous, 
 (he might have been at liberty and flanting about in her 
 coach. 
 
 The old man then put on his fpeftacles, and order- 
 ing her to draw nearer, he took a hand in each of his, 
 and looking intently in her face. What is your name, 
 my dear? faid he: Diana, honoured Sir. Indeed, 
 Diana, you arc a fweet babe, and the prettiell little 
 prifoner that ever I faw. 1 will pay all your debts, 
 ?nd give a thoufand pounds over, if you will comc- 
 along with me and be my prifoner, Diana. Ah, Sir, 
 cried the girl, it is too much to have broken the heart 
 c( one parent already ; I v/ould not leave m.y deaf 
 father for all the money in the world* You- do not 
 leave your father, he cried, by going with me, Diana. 
 1 am your true father, the father of Nanay Roche, the 
 father of her who bore you, your own grandfather, my 
 Diana. 
 
 Here (he funk on her kneer^ between his knees, 
 begging his blefling ; while his hands and eyes were 
 lifted in prayer over her. He then railed her, and 
 placing her gently on his knee, clafped her in his aged 
 arms; while ilie Uircw hi^r's about his nsck^ and join* 
 
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 ing her cheek to his, fobbed aloud and poured her tears^ 
 into his bofom. The old gentleman, however, did 
 not exprefs his concern by word, or fob, or even any 
 change of his countenance ; and yet his tears fell fail; 
 down hiu reverend and delightful features, upon his 
 grand-child. 
 
 As foon as the height of their paffion was abated, 
 Mifs Diana turned her eye toward me, and faid, Voa 
 were pleafed, my grand-papa, to promife that yoa 
 would pay my debts ; but that is done already. This 
 angel here was fent to prevent all others, and he further 
 prefented me with this bill of fifty pounds to fet me up 
 in a better Ihop than I kept before. 
 
 I rejoice, cried the old man, I rejoice to find that (o 
 much of heaven is flill left upon earth. But you, my 
 Diana, are now in a condition rather to give charity 
 than receive it from any. Your dear uncle Jeremy, 
 who traded to the Weft Indies, lately died of the fmall- 
 pox on his paflage homeward. You are the heir of his 
 fortunes, and the heir of my fortune ; you are the 
 whole and fole lady of all our pofTeflions. But, tell 
 me, how much did this young gentleman advaace in 
 your favour ? A hundred pounds. Sir. 
 
 Me then took out a bank note of a hundred pounds, 
 and having offered it to me, I did not dare to refufe it, 
 for fear of offending the refpedlable old gentleman; fo 
 I held it in my hand after a doubting manner. My 
 dear Mifs Diana, fays I, I will not be put to the pain 
 of taking this back again, but on the condition of your 
 telling me to whom I {hall give it ? O, ihe cried out 
 intlantiy, to the babies, to the fweet babies at the next 
 door ; 1 wifh to heaven I had as much more to add to ii 
 for their fakes. 
 
 I then enquired the name of her favourite family at 
 'the next door, and being told it was Ruth. I looked 
 over my lilh and found that Mr. Ruth was in for above 
 feven hundred pounds. This grieved me very much, 
 as fuch a fum nearly amounted to the half of our whole 
 ftock.' However, I comforted myfelf with the hope 
 that God would fend fome one elfq to make up ta this 
 poor family w hat fhould be wanting on my part. 
 
 Mr. Stern jufl then returned. I beg pardon, fnd he. 
 Gentlemen, for detaining you fo long, but I could not 
 
 avoid 
 
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 avoid it. The unhappy man is aflually dying, a very 
 terrible death, indeed, in his full ftrength, and almoll 
 in his full health, ftifting and gafping for air, which 
 the iwelling of his glands will not fuffer to pafs. As 
 foon as I entered he beckoned to me, and put this 
 paper, fcaled, into my hand. And again, obferving 
 that I was deeply concerned for the ftate under which 
 he laboured, he reached out his hand to me, and, 
 grafping my right hand, put this ring upon my finger. 
 This paper contains, under his hand and feal, a difcharge 
 of the adion which he had laid upon my daughter, 
 as alfo a conveyance to us of the cafh notes enclofed, 
 amounting to three hundred pounds, in confideration, 
 as he recites, of our unjuft fufferings. And fo, my 
 dear Mailer Fenton, I here return you your hundred 
 pCunds with all poilible acknowledgments, and a fenfe 
 of the obligation that will never leave me during life* 
 
 Sir, faid I, you mull excufe me, I am already paid. 
 That Gentleman, yonder, compelled me to accept of 
 the very fum you offer. Mr. Stern then llarted, and 
 turning, he faw his uncle ; and, eyeing him iuqui- 
 fitively, at length recolleded who he was. He then 
 Hepped up, and falling on his knees before him,, O, 
 Sir, he cried, your pardon, your pardon! it is all I 
 prefume to afk, I dare not hope for your bleiring. 
 
 Tom, faid the old Gentleman, I wanted to be ever* 
 with you ; I wanted to feduce your daughter, as you 
 feduced mine. But your daughter, Tom, though come 
 of very rebellious parents would not be feduced. How- 
 fomeA^er, as I have taken a liking to her, Ihe mud come 
 along with me v/hether (he will or no. And, as Jacob 
 faid to Jofeph concerning Epbraim and Manaffeh, fhe 
 ihall be mine and not thiae, Tom ; and my name and 
 the name of my fathers (hall be named upon her, ac- 
 cording to her inheritance. But if you have any affec- 
 tion for this my cliild, Tom, and are unwilling to part 
 with her, you may follow her an>d welcome. 
 
 Soon after we got up, and, having congratulated 
 this happy family on the ble(nng of their meeting and 
 reconciliation, I (lepped to the old Gendeman, and, 
 catching him about the nepk, tenderly took my leave of 
 him, as I did alfo of Mr. Stern. But when I went ta 
 uke leave of the fair Diana, ihe drew fome flepn back- 
 
 ward» 
 
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 vrzrd, and her eyes and fweet features beginning t9 
 fwcll, fhe again run forward, and, catching me in her 
 dear arms, O my darling ! my darling, fhe cried, am 
 I then going to loofe you, it may be, never to fee you 
 more ! Were it but once in a week, in a month, in a 
 year to behold you, even that would keep me alive. 
 O my bell, my moft generous, my firft preferver, it is 
 you who might be the feducer, who might make me and 
 others to run after you bare-foot. But if we muft part, 
 my little angel, do but promife to know me in heaven, 
 and there your poor Diana will meet you, never to part 
 any more. 
 
 What could I fay or do. Father, in anfwer to the 
 dear girl ? My heart fwelled, almoft to burfling, 
 while Ihe careiTed and wept over me. At length, as 
 well as my tears would give me leave, I demanded the 
 name of the place to which Ihe was going, and promifed 
 to pay her a vifit as foon as poffibly 1 could. We then 
 parted very melancholy, notwithftanding all our fuc- 
 cefs ; and going out, I wiped my eyes, and begged 
 Mr. Clement to order tea and coffee, with a comfort- 
 able entertainment for the family, at the next door, 
 while I fhould go in and introduce myfelf as well as I 
 could. 
 
 Having tapped gently at the door, it was opened by 
 a little ragged boy of about five years old. Mrs. Ruth 
 fat full in my view, and her three little daughters ftood 
 before her, while fhe examined them in the Old Tefta- 
 ment-queftions of who was the iirfl man, and the wifefl 
 man, and the flrongeft man, and the oldell man, and, 
 above all, the man after God*s own heart. 
 
 Mrs. Ruth was a fine woman, and had a great deal 
 of hurpble dignity about her. I bowed to her as I 
 entered, and going familiarly up, I took her by th^ 
 hand and kifled it. Allow me. Madam, faid I, to 
 introduce a little neighbour to yoa ; 1 lodge within a 
 few doors, and fhall think myfelf happy in being ac- 
 quainted in your family, Alas, my dear, fays fhe, 
 there are very few who feek acquaintance with calamity. 
 They who wifh to relieve it, feek acquaintance with it. 
 Madam. Having eyed me all over with an earneft kind 
 £>f furprife. You look, my love, faid fhe, to be very 
 good-aatufed, and I dare fay will be very charitable 
 
 whea 
 
( 3^ ) Hjl 
 
 1^-hen you come to have the ability. The little ability 
 I have. Madam, (hall be ilrained for your Tervice. Ja 
 the mean time, pray pardon the freedom I have taken 
 in ordering tea and coffee into your room, with fome 
 cakes and fweetmcats for thefe pretty Miiles. I wifl 
 only trouble you, Madajn, With one gueil more, it is 
 Mr. Clement, my tutor, who, good man, has been no 
 llranger to poverty or diArefs. 
 
 Here fhe called Mr. Ruth from an inner room : Give 
 me leave, my dear, fays fhe, to introduce a young 
 llranger to you, from what world he comes I know not, 
 but 1 am fure that he is not wholly of the world that 
 we have lived in. Mr. Ruth's countenance fpoke at 
 once the meeknefs of Mofes and the patience of Job. 
 Having faluted, we both fat down. Mr, Ruth, faid 1, 
 I have a mefTage to you and your Lady from your fweet 
 pretty neighbour, Mifs Diana Stern. In token of her 
 refpecl and affection for you. fhe prefents you with this 
 cafh note of a hundred pounds. Diana Stern ! cried 
 out Mr. Ruth, why, Mafter, flie is nearly as poor as 
 ourfelves. By no means. Sir, I allure you ; her grand- 
 father is come to town, fhe is worth feveral thoufands, 
 befides a confiderable ellate to which fVie is heirefs. O, 
 the dear angel ! cried Mrs. Ruth, 1 will inftantly go 
 ind pay her my acknowledgements ; fo up ihe got, 
 and out (lie ran, before 1 could prevent her. 
 
 As (bon as fhe was gone, Mr. lluth, fays I, my Father 
 is much fonder of me than 1 deferve. He has given me 
 a little money to difpol'e of at pleafure among the con- 
 iined debtors, and though 1 may not have enough to 
 anfwer your occafions, yet my Father is fo very good, 
 that if you give me the fum of your ilebts, with the 
 flory of your diRreHes, his heart, I am fure will melt, 
 and he will fct you clear in the world. 
 
 He made no anfwer, however, to this my ofTer, but, 
 lifting up his eyes, he cried. Well mightefl thou fay, 
 great Saviour of the fimple, *' fuffer little children to 
 come unto mc, for of fuch is the kingdom of heaven. 
 O, thou firlt born of many . brethren." Here indeed, 
 is a true brother of thine ; but he fpeaks in his fimpli- 
 city, and not according to knowledge. 1'hen, turning 
 toward mc, Can you ^q(s, my darling, faid he, what 
 you under lake to do for me ? I rfueltion if the charities 
 
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 of all this nation would be TufHcient, when united, to 
 eltecl my deliverance. Nothing, nothing but the arm 
 of the Almighty can do it. He will doit, indeed in 
 death ; but what then Ihall become of my wife and feven 
 infaats, that truly is terrible, it is worfe than death to 
 think of. 
 
 While we were fpeaking two fweet little fellows came 
 in, the eldell very nearly of my fize, but both clad in 
 very thin and poor apparel. Having kneeled for their 
 father's bleffmg, they flipt behind us, and, turning my 
 head to obferve them, I was quite afhamed, and drew it 
 back again, on perceiving that the poor things were 
 unlading their pockets of old crufts and broken m.eats, 
 which 1 fuppofed they had begged for the family, 
 
 Mrs. Ruth juft then returned, and her countenance 
 looked fomething dejefted. She took her feat by her 
 hulband, and, continuing a while filent, fhe put her 
 handkerchief before her eyes, and began in broken 
 words. Can you guefs, my dear, faid fhe, what fort of 
 a creature this is whom we liave got among us ? This 
 little heavenly impoftor, to lighten our obligatien, would 
 have perfuaded us that the hundred pounds was the gift 
 of another, but it is all his own bounty, it is all his own 
 gracioufnefs. Come, my daughters, come my children, 
 kneel down and return your thanks to this your patron, 
 your benefador, your little father here ! 
 
 O Sir, you \\ould have pitied me fadly had you fecfi 
 me at that time. The poor dear things came, all in 4 
 clufter, prefling, and catching, and clafping, and cling- 
 ing about me ; while my love and my very heart were 
 torn, as it were, to fritters among them. So 1 tools 
 them, one by one, in my arms, and kified and em- 
 braced them very cordially, calling them my brothers 
 mnd fitters. I then took out another hundred pound 
 note, and, giving it to the eldeft of the daughters. 
 Here, my dear, faid I, I always loved the little MiiTcs ; 
 here is for yourfelf and your fifters to clothe you in a 
 way more becoming your family. And then taking ;i 
 note of equal value I gave it to the eldelt fon, for him- 
 felf andhis brothers, as 1 faid, to help to educate them 
 in a manner more agreeable to the houfe from whence 
 they came. 
 
 Vol. IL J) Mr, 
 
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 Mr. and Mrs. Ruth looked fo aftonifhed at me, and 
 at each other, that for a while they were not able to 
 utter a fyllable. And jull as they began to -make their 
 acknowledgments, I cried, Hull; ! hufh ! here comes 
 my tutor. Mr. Clement juft then entered, followed 
 by people bringing tea, cold fowls, and a bottle of 
 wine. Having introduced Mr. Clement, we all got 
 round the table, and, when we had finifhed our little 
 repaft, I befought Mr. Ruth to give us the ilory of his 
 misfortunes. 
 
 My father, faid he, was Baron of Frankford. He 
 left my brother, with the title, four thoufand five 
 hundred pounds a year, entailed, however, upon me 
 in cafe of his dying without male iflue, and he left me 
 four hundred pounds yearly, to fupport the appearance 
 of a Gentleman, As my concern bordered on my 
 brother's eftate, we faw one another every day, and 
 continued for feveral years in tender am.ity. 
 
 Being both invited one day to dine, w ith other com- 
 pany, at the houfe of a neighbour, called Mr. Hartlefs, 
 a queftion happened to be Parted over I'lC bottle, whe- 
 ther the method of fetting an egg on end was originally 
 the invention of Columbus, or whether it was commu- 
 nicated to him by fome other ; and I unhappily 
 efpoufed the opinion that was cppoAte to chat of m.y 
 brother. Now, though the queftion was not worth the 
 very (hell of the egg about which we debated, yet we 
 entered as warmly into it as though a province had lain 
 at Hake ; for it is not tiuth or inllrudlion that difpu- 
 tants feek after : it is vidory that is the object of their 
 contention. 
 
 After fome warm words had palled between my 
 brother and me, he darted into a pafiion, and gave me 
 the lie ; whereupon, reaching acrofs the table, 1 gave 
 him a tap on the cheek with the flat of my fingers ; 
 then, riling fariouily from his feat, he fwore a fearful 
 £)ath, and cried, 1 will ruin you, Harry, though 'it 
 coil me my eftate ; 1 will ruin you, Harry Ruth, with 
 jail who are your's. 
 
 The very he;<t d«y he muftcj"d his tenants and 
 labourers, and coming up6n me with a little arniy, he 
 l^id ;iJ0ii of my fences lever with; the earth. ■ Whe^ 
 
 i complained 
 
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 t complained of this violence to my n^xt neigbbcufs^ 
 Mr. Heartlefs, and Mr. Hollow, they protefted they 
 would ftand by me againil fuch outrageous proceedings 
 to the lall of their fortunes. They then advanced me, 
 between them, five hundred pounds for the purpofe. I 
 itmmediately commerced a fuit againil my Lord's 
 tenants. But, though I call them all with colls, J un- 
 happily found that nearly all my money i^as funk iR 
 the coatell. 
 
 Mean time fcarce a <iay paffed wherein I was not 
 ferved with a fubpcena from Chancery to anfwer fuch 
 or fuch a bill, to which my brother had procured me to. 
 be made a party. And he alfo commenced a fui: againft 
 me himfelf, in order to invalidate my father's will, 
 whereby I claimed my little patrimony. When I told 
 this to my friend Mr. Hollow, he broke into a loud 
 laugh. Your title! cried he; the v/orld cannot invali- 
 date your title, Mr. Ruth : I will let you have a thou- 
 fand pounds upon it to-morrow : and this I was under 
 the neceffity of accepting ibon after. 
 
 The more I had loved rny brother, the more I no\y 
 detefled him. Inflead of any fubmifiion or overture to 
 appeafe him, my lips uttered, in daily inveftives the 
 overflowings of my heart; as I alfo was a/lured that, 
 oil his part, he wifhed me nothing lefs than perdition. 
 Thus we burned on both fides with unquenchable fire, 
 and the kingdom of Satan was fully opened within us. 
 
 At length my body was imprifoned, at the fuit of 
 my neighbour Hartlefs, for feven hundred and fifty 
 pounds, and my lands were taken under execution, at 
 the fuit of my neighbour Hollow, for thefum of two 
 thoufand pounds. But 1 foon was informed that aii 
 this money was my brother's, who had advanced it» 
 from time to time, to thofe his clandeiline corref- 
 pondents, in order to hallen and deepen my dellrudion. 
 When I underflood this, 1 raged, i was all on fire : 
 and I took a horrid pleafure in the notion of having 
 the fangs of a tyger, that J might tear my brother to 
 piecemeal, and my falfe friends, limb from limb, and 
 fead my fpirit on their pangs, and mine eyes on their 
 carnage. 
 
 But when l turned a look on my wife and feven 
 infants, grief joined with rage to tear me by a double 
 D 2 diilradion. 
 
( 4° ) 
 
 diftra£lion. I cuiTed the let to which I was appointed 
 upon earth : and I fnould have fought ferae defperate 
 means of putting an end to my torments, but that I 
 dreaded, by my death, to give pleafure to my brother, 
 ten times more than I dreaded the pain of death itfelf. 
 
 O, my friends, had all that e\er were fainted come 
 and preached to me the peace of our Lord Chrift, at 
 that feafon, it would have been no more than beating 
 theair. It is diftrefs alone that humbles a proud fpirit. 
 by plucking away all its props. At firft 1 was as a 
 "Worm under the foot of my God. 1 turned, and 
 Itruggled, and writhed, and fought with all my force 
 againft the cruftier. But alas ! all was in vain ! he 
 was roo mighty for me ; and oppofition ferved only to 
 add to my anguifh. At length I was compelled to 
 acquiefce, rather through the want of power than the 
 want of will to refill. And I lay as it were without 
 motion under his difpenfations, at the fame time that 
 my heart reproached him in fecret. 
 
 Having fold ail ovir moveables, and even our wear- 
 ing apparel, for fudcnance, v/e were reduced to the 
 necefficy of fending cur eldell boys to beg fragments of 
 victuals at kitchen wimlows, to keep us from utterly 
 famiOiing. This 1 held to be fuch a further difgrace 
 as Hung my foul to the quick ; 1 therefore began to kick 
 againft thefe pricks a!fo ; but finding that the miore 
 1 fpurned the Wronger I was held, I gave up all refif- 
 tanc€, and contented myfelf with grieving and weep- 
 ing under the hand of the Almighty. 
 
 From hence I gradually funk into a ftate of refigned 
 ferenity, which, although without funlhine was yet 
 without diilurbance. My fury fmoo'>hed its creil, my 
 pafiions fubfided, and 1 felt nothing more of ran- 
 cour againil my brother, or refillance againfl my God. 
 As I had now no further profpe6l or concern upon 
 earth, I began to turn my tiio-Jghts and attention 
 toward heaven, J locked myfelf into yonder cloiet. 
 I ihrew myfelf into the dull. I have fmncd, I cried, 
 I have greatly finned, O God ! 1 am nothing, 1 am 
 crudicd even lower than the nothing that 1 am : fpare, 
 fparc mc from a deeper perdition, 1 befeech thee. 
 
 I felt that my prayer was heard ; peace dcfcendcd 
 wpon me lik'? dew upon the gr^ifs. The day-ilar began 
 
 gradually 
 
( 4> ) 
 
 gradually to dawn upon my foul. The dark kingdom 
 of Satan. gave way before the kingdom of the San of 
 Light and Love ; and I would no more have enter- 
 tained any one of my former paiTions,- than I would 
 have taken burning coals in my bofom. 
 
 I now pitied my brother as much as ever I had hated 
 him. I grieved for having caufed the \o{$ of his peace, 
 I wilhed to reftore it to him. I wrote a penitential ac- 
 knowledgment of my faults. I befought his pardon, 
 in the humbleft manner, for the unfortunate blow, f. 
 fubfcribed to the jultice of my conlequenc fufFerings ; 
 and I fent my fon, here, to attend his Lordfnip v,'ith 
 my lowly addrefs. 
 
 The triumph which this humiliation gave to my- 
 brother, fupplied him with patience to go through mv 
 memorial. Bat then conceiving, as 1 fuppofe, that is 
 was didated by mercenary meannefs and hypocrify, he 
 tore it to pieces and dalned it into the lire. Then^ 
 returning to my chiM the box which had fo infiamed 
 the foul of his Lordihip, he kicked my poor little fel- 
 low out of his houfe. 
 
 My child came home to me weeping fadly ; but I 
 confoled him the^ beft I could, and mingled my tears 
 with his ; not in any refentaient for the treatment re-" 
 ceived, but through grief for the inveteracy of liiy un- 
 happy brother. O my God 1 I cried, I no longer 
 repine at my abafement, at the weight of my fuiFer- 
 ings ^ I blels thee for them, O God 1 they "have proved 
 my bell friends, my moll faktary phyficians. Gruei 
 and rtern, indeed, is the porter who Itands at the irOn 
 gate of pain ; but O 1. it opens upon regions of inward 
 delight ; for he wtio clotheth himfelf with the crofs, is 
 all glorious within, . " 
 
 My happy experience of this truth opened for me a 
 new profpeft into themyltery of God's difpenfation to 
 mortals ; and threw a number of fhining lights On thofe 
 very articles of gofpel-redemprion which hud formerly 
 appeared to me fo exceptionable. If God, faii i td' 
 myfelf,. hath fuffered man to fall, he hath alio pro- 
 vided for him every poffible means of recovery. 
 
 Wherefore, when fm came into the world, God alfo 
 fent i'uR'cring, its infeparable- attendant, to be a cure 
 and an antidote to the poifon thereof. If lin, there- 
 D 3 fare, 
 
( 4'^ ) 
 
 fore, hath thruft the kingdom of heaven from withm 
 us, fuifering comes as God's fore-runner ; it relaxes 
 and unfoMs the brazen gates of our polluted temple, 
 that Chriii our righceoufnefs, may enter, the very hem 
 of whofe garment is falvation to every foul that lays 
 hold upon it. 
 
 £Iere I took Mr. Ruth about the neck, and, kifling 
 him, faid, I v^as fure my Father would be willing to 
 pay his whole debt, in return for the Iweet inftrudions 
 ■which he had given to his Harry. You fpeak of your 
 Father, my dear, faid he, as though he were the repre 
 fentative of God in the gofpel, w ho forgave to his fcr 
 vant ten thoufand talents. What you have given me 
 already. Mailer, is beyond any human bounty that 1 
 ever heard of. I fhall therefore lay by two of thef« 
 notes, till I am better informed how far your good 
 father may be f^itisfied with the donation 
 
 Soon after we took leave for the prefent, of this 
 honourable family. We then went among the other 
 principal debtors, whofe diftrefles, indeed were great, 
 though their ftories had little in them. 
 
 On Tuefday, about noon, in the laft week, I ftepped 
 to Mr. Ruth's, to fee if the family had been decently 
 cjad, agreeable to my rcqueft. There 1 found him 
 and his four fons clothed in warm and clean, though 
 verycoarfe, apparel ; and he told me that his wife had 
 gone abroad with her three daughters, in order to put 
 them alfo into a fuitable condition. 
 
 While I fat with him a young woman came in, of a 
 Yery genteel appearance, though in a plain drefs. Do 
 not you remember the girl. Sir, faid ftie, to Mr. Ruth, 
 v/ho ufed to come to you over night in a green bonnet 
 ;ind a little red mantle. I (hould be very ungrateful, 
 indeed, faid he, if any change of drefs could conceal 
 fjom my remembrance that fweet and charitable coun- 
 tenance. O, Sir, (he cried, the few fliillings that I 
 brought you, from time to time, came from a very 
 affectionate hand, though from a ha.nd you would little 
 fvifpcd of any affedlion to^yaid you; they came from 
 ■your loving niece Belinda Ruth, who has fhed many a 
 iiiower of tears on your misfortunes. May heaven be 
 her portion, cried out the good man, fince earth hajs 
 nothing equal \o fo much goodnefs, Indeed, Sir, coa* 
 
 tinued 
 
( 43 ) 
 
 tinued the girl, the little that your niece fent you v^r^f 
 procured with much difficulty and danger to herfelf; 
 for, from the time that, on her knees and with a deluge 
 of tears, fhe petitioned her father, in your behalf, he 
 kept a watchful eye over her, and took, from her all 
 family trufts, fo that fhe had nothing wherewith to 
 fupply you, except the price of fome call gowns, and 
 of other little matters. Moreover, my Lord fwore 
 vehemently, thatif e\er (he furnifned you with the 
 value of a farthing, or kept any kind of correfpond- 
 ence with you or with your's, he would difown and 
 turn her into the public flreets. 
 
 You alarm me greatly, cried out Mr. Ruth. Is any 
 thing amifs, has any thing happened to ray dear child ? 
 She was a lovely little lamb, a little angel from her 
 cradle; though I ihould not know her now, if ihe 
 flood before me. I hope, I fay — tell me — proceed, I 
 befeech you ! 
 
 There was a fervant. Sir, a man whom your niece 
 thought very faithful, and therefore entrufted with the 
 fecret of my coming to you, that he might attend and 
 fee me fafe back again. This fellow, prefuming on 
 the confidence that was placed in him, would, this 
 morning, have taken indecent liberties with his young 
 miftrefs. This fhe refented in a becoming manner, 
 and threatened to complain of his infolence to her 
 father. The revengeful villain initanily ran and told 
 the affair to his Lord, with many aggravations, as 
 though his daughter was robbing him of all his fub- 
 ftance. Thereupon ilie was halHly called, and, having 
 in part confefied the charge, my Lord drew his fword 
 in his fury, whereupon, giving a fnriek and a fudden 
 fpring, fhe got out of his prelence, and has fent me to 
 know. Sir, if you will be pleafed to receive her. 
 
 Yes, cried Mr. Ruth, to my bofom, to my heart; 
 with the fame pleafure and welcome that a convid 
 receives pardon on the hour of execution, juft thea 
 Mrs. Ruth entered, with her three daughters, who 
 running up to their father, dropped together on their 
 knees before him for a blefling. While his hands an^ 
 eyes wer eraifed in prayer over them, a young ftranger 
 flepped earneftly up, and, falling on her knees belide 
 the daughters, fne broke into tearsj and cried aloud, 
 
 Blefs 
 
( 44 ) 
 
 Blefs me, blefs mealfo, O my father ! I am your niece;^ 
 your Belinda. My father is no more ! Your's, my 
 Lord, is the title, your's all the pofleffion ; I now, in 
 my turn, depend on your bounty for a morfcl of brer.d. 
 My brother, my brother is dead ! exclai;ped Mr. Rutht 
 He is, my Lord, (he replied ; he was fuifocated by his 
 rifmg choler, and expired on the fpot. 
 
 While the young Lady fpoke, ?v1rs. Ruth looked aa 
 . quite terrified by the tidings of fuch a fudden eleva- 
 tion ; and clapping her hands together, and, lifting 
 her eyes, fhe cried, It cannot be, it is impofiible I 
 Our's the title, our's tlie fortune ! — O my God ! — O my 
 hufband ! — O my childicn ! — with which word fhe funk 
 fenfelefs on the floor. 
 
 Whils Harry was fpeaking, Ned faw a woman Hand- 
 ing before one of the windows, and, looking earneiUy 
 at her, he gave a fudden jump, and cried, O Sir, Sir, 
 my mammy ! my mammy ! my «iammy ! There is my 
 mammy, there is my mammy, as fure as day ! 
 
 Run, Ned, inftantly, cried Mr. Fenton, and call 
 James to me. — James, yonder is the woman who flole 
 Ned from his parents ; have an eye to her, do not let 
 her efcape ! Order Frank to take a horfe and go with 
 all fpeed to Mr. and Mrs. Fielding, that they may 
 come and know of a furety, whether Ned is their child 
 or not. — Stay a moment ; as foon as you have given 
 Frank his orders, take the rell of tlie fervants and lay 
 hold on this bad woman, briiig her into the hojfe by 
 force, and confine her in one of the back rooms till 
 Mr. Fielding arrives. By all Ned's account, ihe mud 
 be a very fad creature. 
 
 James went out upon his commifTion, and, having 
 executed matters with his accullomed punctuality, he 
 returned to the company. La 1 Sir, cried James, it 
 is irapofTible that this woman (hould be Ned's mammy, 
 as he called her. This is fome unhappy decayed g.:n- 
 tlewoman, as innocent of the fadi, I dure anfwer, as 
 the child unborn, I am forry, with all my iieart, that 
 I had her ufed fo roughly. Bef.de, Sir, (lie is fo deaf 
 that fhe cannot anfwer to any thing of which (he may 
 be accufed. 
 
 Go to her yourfelf, Ned,- cries Mr. Fenton, and 
 cblerve her more exadlly ; for, if what fne fays has 
 
 any 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 any truth in it, it -is impoflible ihe fliould be your 
 mammy. Ned accordingly went, but returned under 
 evident confufion. I do not know what to think. Sir, 
 cries Ned. When I look at the gentlewoman's face, I 
 could fwear, twenty times over, to every feature ; but 
 when 1 look at her drefs and manners, I could again 
 almpll fwear againft her face. 
 
 Ned's perplexity added greatly to Mr. Fenton's 
 curiofity. He got up in halle and went in perfon to 
 infpedt the party. When he entered, he faw a young 
 woman who looked very pale and fickly, but of a 
 genteel appearance, and neatly, though plainly dreffed. 
 She cafl upon him a penetrating look, and curtfying to 
 him, with downcaft eyes, Sir, fays Ihe, your prefence 
 tells me that you are mafter here. I know not for what 
 offence your people have confined me ; but, if it is on 
 any fufpicion of mifbehaviour, I have here the certifi- 
 cate of a worthy man, who vouches at leall for the in- 
 nocence of my conduft. — Here Ihe prefented him with 
 a paper that contained the following words, 
 
 *' I certify that the bearer hath ferved me upwards 
 of five years in quality of houfekeeper. That Ihe is a 
 young woman of diftinguifhed piety and merit, and 
 departs, at her own deiire, on fome bufmefs to London, 
 Given under my hand, &c. 
 
 Marmaduke Catharines, CI." 
 
 On reading this, Mr. Fenton bowed, and made a 
 motion with his hand for her to fit down. He then 
 took a pen and paper that lay befide him, and wrote to 
 the purpofe, that he requeiled her to allow him to detain 
 'Tier certificate for about an hour, after which he would 
 return it, and endeavour to make her amends for the 
 treatment which his people had given her. On calling 
 his eye over the paper, (he made a low curtfy, and 
 faid, I (hall willingly attend. Sir, during your plea- 
 fure ; but hope, in the mean time, that your charity 
 will afford me a raorlel of bread, for I am faint with 
 hunger. 
 
 Mr. Fenton then pulled a bell, and, having ordered 
 fome cold meats and white wine to be ferved, he bowed, 
 and withdrew to his company, 
 
 Ned, faid he, as he entered, this v/oman is juft as 
 much the emprefs of Ruffia as fne is your marnm/> 
 
 Here, 
 
( 46 ) 
 
 Here, Mr. Clement, look at this c^rfificate ; T havc'iiGf 
 reafon to doubt the truth of the charafter given in it, 
 for her perlon and manners are every Nvay conformable 
 to it. I am forry at heart that 1 fent iu fuch a hurry 
 for Mr. and Mrs. Fielding ; I have thereby raifed a 
 fort of expectation in them, and it may be very morti* 
 fying to have the expectation wholly defeated. 
 
 Some time after a coach and fix drove full gallop up 
 to the door, and Mr. and Mrs. Fielding alighted, with 
 anxiety in their countenance. As foon as Mr. Fentoa 
 had duly received and feated them; My dear Madam, 
 fays he to Mrs, Fielding, I think myfelf very unhappy 
 in having given you any unnecefTary trouble. My poor 
 Ned, here, has been utterly millaken in the perfon of 
 the woman whom he took to be his mammy. The cer* 
 tificate of her certain refidence bears a date even pre-r 
 vious to that in which, we found him ; and her deport-r 
 ment is more than a thoufmd tellimonies againft her 
 being of the wandering or difTolute clafs of people. 
 Be pleafed, Mr. Fielding, to look over this certificate; 
 1 think it has all the marks of genuine. 
 
 The moment Mr. Fielding caft his eyes on the papery 
 *' h well known charaCter, a well known charafler, 
 indeed !" he exclaimed. It is the hand of Mr. Catha- 
 rines, my tutor, my friend ; the man of the world, 
 excepting yourfelf, Mr. Fcnton, for whom I have the 
 deareft affeftion. No queftion can be made of any 
 thing to which he fets his affirmative. 
 
 Alas ! cried Mrs. Fielding, then all the hopes we had 
 conceiv^ed muft again be caft afide. Here comes our nurfe 
 too, poor woman, in great hade ; I fent her word that 
 we had found the perion whom we fufpeclcd to have 
 Itolen our child, and defired that (lie would meet me 
 here direclly. 
 
 While Mrs. Fielding fpoke, nurfe entered trembling 
 and almoft breathlefs, and, without taking any notice 
 of the company. Where, fhe haftily cried, where is 
 the boy, Madam, whom you fuppofed to be your child ? 
 
 Ah! nurfe, fald Mrs. Fielding, we were quite mif- 
 taken in the woman whom we fuppofed to be the kii« 
 Dapper, and fo that afftiir is all over. 
 
 1 have nothing to fay, cried nurfe, to this woman or ^ 
 the 'other woman; but you muft not have another 
 
 body'* 
 
( 47 ) 
 
 body's child put upon you ; if he is indeed your fon, I 
 fhall know him in an inftant ; I fhould know him from 
 all the children that ever were born. Why, nurfe, 
 cried Mrs. Fielding, eagerly, do you know of any 
 mark, by which you could guefs at hini ? He had no 
 foot upon him. Madam ; but, if he be a living boy he 
 has a mark of my own making that never will out, 
 and that is the reafon that I never dared to tell you of 
 it. What mark, nurfe ? what mark? tell me inllantly* 
 
 Why, Madam, you muft know as how the weather 
 was very cold, it being Twelfth day in Chriilmas holi- 
 ■days. So you and my mailer were from home a vifit- 
 ing, and 1 had a roufmg iire, and my child Hood by 
 my knee, being jull then twelve months nineteen days 
 old, and as flurdy a fellow, of his age and inches, as 
 any could defire to fee. So the cat all at once, threw 
 down fome crockery-ware behind me. Up I ftarted, 
 and ran to fave the veiTels ; bur, hearing my child 
 fcream, I turned much nimbler back again, and found 
 him fallen, with his little neck againft the upper bar of 
 the grate. It was w^eli that I did not die on the fpot, 
 for then he muft have died too. So I whipt him up 
 in my arms, but he roared terribly. So 1 got fome 
 foftening cream and fpread it over the burn, and put a 
 plaifter upon that again ; and 1 covered the place, from 
 day to day, fo well with his cap, that neither you nor 
 my mafter knew any thing of the matter. But the 
 ihape of his hurt went io deep into rny memory, that, 
 as I was faying, I fhould know him by it again among 
 all the children in all the world. 
 
 Go then, my dear nurfe, cried Mrs. Fielding, im- 
 mediately, and examine if this boy has your mark 
 upon him. Is this the mailer. Madam, whom you faf- 
 pe«5l to be your fon? It is, nurfe, it is; my heart 
 took a liking to him the lirll moment I faw him j he 
 too was llolen from his parents, and may as well be my 
 fon as the fon of another. 
 
 Here nurfe made a hafty Hep or two toward Ned, 
 but, fuddenly Hopping and turning pale. Ah ! Madam, 
 {he cried, I wi(h you v/ouid go and try yourfelf ; the 
 wound, if he has it, is jull under his right ear i fori 
 if -I Ihould find, that lie is' my very child, I fhall cer;^ 
 ■• . • • . • • tainly 
 
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 talnly run mad for joy. I dare not try, nurfe, I d^re 
 not cry for the world, faid Mrs. fielding. 1 am all of 
 a tremble. 
 
 Nurfe, then, plucking up a little refolution, ftepped 
 fuddenly to Ned, and turned up his hair; when, giv- 
 ing a loud fcream, (he had juil the power to cry out. 
 My child ! my child ! and dropped down in a violent 
 hyileric fit. 
 
 Mrs. Fielding, on hearing the nurfe cry out, rofe 
 hailily from her chair, and would have gone to em- 
 brace her fon, bat, falling inftantly back, ihe fainted 
 away. 
 
 While the family were all in a buftle, applying 
 remedies to their patients, Mrs. Fielding recovered, 
 and, hearing the cries of her nurfe, (he went and 
 kneeled down by her, and wept with her and over her, 
 while her tears proved a feafonable reftorative to 
 ierfelf. 
 
 As foon as Mr. Fielding found that his lady was re- 
 covered, he turned to Ned, and, lifting his hair, ob- 
 ferved the remarkable feam that the burn had made. 
 It is, it is my child ! he tenderly cried. O my God ! 
 how is this ? wherein have I deferved thy fmalleft 
 notice, that thou fhouldft thus vifit me with thy 
 wonders, and, by thy mercies put me to confufion of 
 face ? 
 
 Here Ned kneeled reipe^fuWy down for a bleiling, 
 which his father filently called upon him with lifted 
 hands and eyes. He then raifed him, and, fitting 
 down, took him fondly to his bofom ; '^Thou art, 
 thou art my fon, my beloved fon, he cried ; my firft 
 and my laft, the only offspring of rny life. Thou 
 ftalt no more be a wanderer, no more be a beggar, 
 my babe. Thrice blefled be our meeting, and tenfold 
 Weffed thy future fortunes ! O that our lives, ray 
 child, might be one whole oblation to Him from whom 
 this amazing falvation hath come !" 
 
 By this time, the nurfe's diftemper was greatly 
 abated, though (he Hill continued extremely low and 
 feeble, and did not feem to recoiled, except by faint 
 glimmerings, any thing that had pafTed. Mr. Field- 
 ang then propofed to lake her to town, to the phy- 
 ftciau'i i obKrving that there was room enough for her 
 
 and 
 
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 .^n^ Ned'^n their ca^rruige, and, the coach wrs ordered 
 •to turn diredly to the door. Poor Ned, during this 
 time, vvas as a perfon who fiuduatcd between the dread 
 *of leaving known enjoyments, and the hopes of his 
 poffeffing ibniewhat that he had not yet taft-ed. 
 
 Mr. Fielding then Hepped up, in a kind of ecflafy, 
 to Mr. Fenton. He caught him in his arms ; my deareft 
 Sir, he cried, 1 love, 1 refped, I rever<3 you, even 
 next to my God 1 What can I return you ? All that 
 .1 am or have finks out of fight from your benefits.— I 
 am blefTed, my dear Sir, I am blefied beyond expref- 
 jQpn, replied Mr. Fenton, in being made an humble 
 
 in'tlrument of happinefs to a worthy man. O Sir, 
 
 •cried Mr. Fielding, what events next to miraculous I 
 We came, to your door, but we were not permitted to 
 pafs ; our carriage broke for the purpofe ; you then 
 told us of this foundling ; but what likelihood thax 
 ^roong millions he fhould happen to be ours ? You 
 theji propofed an expedient for afcertaining the perfons 
 ^roni whom he was kidnapped This expedient failed. 
 God, however, would difcover him. He fet upon 
 -him an indubitable mark fo:- the purpofe j none knew 
 of this but his nurfe, and Ihe has revealed it. Had 
 aoyone of thefe many circumftances been wanting, 
 our child mull have continued a ftranger to us for ever. 
 Indeed, Sir, faid Mr. Fenton, tbey are all concurring 
 preofs that you are under the efpec'al eye of Provi- 
 dence. But, Sir, I fear -we fh^U have a heavy lofs of 
 oar friend Ned; for, though he does not wane, his 
 fmall faults, he is a worthy-hearted child, and a very 
 pleafant companio?^. O Sir, cried Mr. Fielding, 'you 
 and Mailer Fenton have a right to command both him 
 r.iid us at ,all times. But come, Ked, take leave, for 
 the prsfent, of your bcil friends. 
 
 Mere i>Ied, witli filling eyes. Hepped refpeflfully to 
 Mr. Featon, and, kneeling before him, took each of 
 his hands and kifTcd them, crying. My father 1 my 
 father ! Whereupon Mr, Fenton tenderly raifed him, 
 and, pieffing him aifedionately to his bofom, cried, 
 God be good to you, fon, and make you a blefiing to 
 your true parents and to all your kin 1 
 
 Ned then turned to Harry, and taking him by both 
 hands, and looking him fondly in the face, O Mafter 
 
 Vol. 11. E Harrv, 
 
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 'Harry, Mafter Harry, he cried, I never Hiall be ab!« 
 to fay the word farewell to you, m} Mailer Harry. I 
 was hungry and you fed nie, I was naked and you 
 clothed me, I was a llranger and you took nie in ; the 
 whole world to me was fatherlefs and friendkls, when 
 you were father and mother, and a whole world of 
 friends to me, my true Lord and Mailer Harry. Are 
 you not my owner, am I not your prope/ty, your own 
 hard bargain ? Did you not purchafe me with your 
 frripes, and will you fuffer me to be taken away from 
 you, my heart's mailer? 
 
 Here Harry, fwallowing his pafiion as well as he 
 wa^ able, clafped Ned in his ar.-is and cried. My 
 brother, my frieni and brother for ever! Then turn- 
 ing to Mr. and Mrs. Fielding, and wiping his eyes, I 
 hope. Madam, Sir, lays he, that you will excufe ray 
 young friend here, for his partiality to a family who 
 have loved him long and very dc-arly ; in a litde time, 
 to be fure, he will love and refpecl you both above ;^11 
 the world. Though I grieve to pan with him, X 
 heartily rejoice at his being acknowledged to b2 the 
 child of fuch worthy parents, and J hope, I fay, that 
 you v.'ill not be offended at his concCiH for parting 
 with his old friends. 
 
 No, my noble creature, cried Mr. Fielding, wc are 
 delighted at the proof that he gives of his graiitude, 
 and at the ilrength of his attachment where he has been 
 fo highly obliged. C) Sir! O Madam! fays Ned, 
 kilfing the hands of his parents, did you but know the 
 value of what 1 lofe, when 1 leave, when I leave — and 
 here he burU afreih into tea:s. 
 
 Mrs. Fielding then took Ned in her arms, and, ten- 
 derly embracing him, cried, Wc do, my love, we do 
 know the value of the family that you leave, and it is 
 the deare'i wiih of my heart that we ftiould all become 
 as one family and as oce houHiold. This angel here, 
 as you fay, is your rij;htful owner, and we owe him 
 more, on that account, tiian cur whole fortune can pay, 
 and he fliall have you as lojug aud as often as ever he 
 plcafes ; but, for this night, my darling, it would be 
 very unkind not to go with your good purie, yojr true 
 and loving mammy, who has fuffcred fo much for yoar 
 iake, and her cafe requires that we ihould take her iav 
 
 mediateiy 
 
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 xTiedratcly to the do(flor's. Here Ned acquiefced, and^, 
 Saving taken a weeping leave of all the family, not 
 forgetting the meaneft fervant in the houfe, he flept 
 flt)wly into the coach, fat down by his nurfe, and away 
 they drove. 
 
 As foon as the family of the Fieldings were gone, 
 Harry withdrew to his chamber and locked himfelf in, 
 T/hiJe Mr. Fenton went to enfranchife his late prifoner. 
 He firft returned her certificate to her, and then, pre- 
 fenting her with twenty guineas, he bowed and made a 
 motion with his hand to the door, intimating that ihe 
 was at liberty to depart. 
 
 Having looked feveral times, with filence and fur- 
 prize, now at Mr. Fenton, and again at the money, I 
 fhould be very ill deferving of your bounty. Sir, fhe 
 faid, fhould J attempt any longer to impofe upon you; 
 I am not deaf, it was only an artifice which I made ufe 
 ©f, when taken into cuftody, to avoid anfwering quef- 
 tions that might have brought a worthy family into dif- 
 grace. But you look fo much the gentleman and the 
 chriilian, that I ought to have no referve toward youv 
 Be pleafed then, faid Mr. Fenton, as far as prudence 
 will allow, to let me know who and what you are. 
 
 r hope. Sir, fhe replied, that I am very far from 
 being what 1 was, otherwife I fhould be the very vilefl 
 of the vile. Wherefore, if you will allow a weakly 
 woman to fit, I will tell you the whole of my flory, 
 v^ith the f^me opennefs that I make confefTion of ray 
 fins to him from whom alone I look for remifTion. My 
 maiden name was Fielding ; my father was a gentle- 
 man of large fortune and good repute : he had by my 
 mother a very worthy fon who inherits his cftate, and 
 a very unworthy daughter who now takes the fhame of 
 Gonfeffing her faults. My mother was one of the holiefl 
 of women, and brought me upj to the beft of her 
 power, in her own principles and praiflice ; but fhe 
 died when I was in the thirteenth year, before I had 
 acquired a due relllh for my duty, before the yoke of 
 ChriO: became eafy or his burden light. 
 
 My Father then provided me a governefs, a woman- 
 well ikilled in French aad needle-work, and other fhewy 
 accompliihinents ; a woman alfo of much apparent 
 iaodeily, though inwardly of a bad difpofition. There 
 E. 2. is- 
 
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 is nothing' fo permcrots to the morals of childreR, as 
 being permitted to keep the company cf fervants. My 
 governefs, though ibmeihing eidcrly, took a liking 
 to my father's clerk, a n^.odcft youn;g -man, whom, ' 
 however, ilie had the art to T^dacfe to her wanton pur- 
 poies. In order to pronjoce her intri<;ue, in iny father's 
 abfence, at tvenings, .ihe uftd to procure collations,' 
 and, after we had e:.t and drank, to propofe plays and 
 otlier matters of innocent merriment, as ihe called 
 them. The chief of our men fervants was one GaiJ- 
 H.iume, the butler, one in whom my father had placed 
 great triift. 
 
 One night, as we were playing at Hide and Seek, 
 this man watched the place where I fought to conceal 
 myfclf, and, coming foftly and fuddenly to me, he 
 .cau[;ht me up in his arms, itnd, running with me to a 
 diflr.nt apartment, he there ruined me. A falfe fhame 
 did rot permit me to fay any thing of the matter, and 
 t]ic villj-in had afterward the infoience to threaten me, 
 that, if I did not admit him to a repetition of his crime, 
 he would expofe me to the family. At length both the 
 governefs and I proved with child, of which the houfe- 
 keeper, in private, informed my father ; whereupon 
 the governefs was turned out of doors, and I was 
 locked up in a wafte room. On the third day of my 
 imprifonment my father entered, and, examined me 
 with a ilern though fcdate feverity ; when on my 
 knees, and with a flood of tears, I confeiTed the whole 
 affair. 
 
 The butler was then fent for. Guilllaunne, faid my 
 father, if you do not direftly marry this ftrumpet I will 
 hang you for a rape; but, if you marry her, I will 
 give you two hundred pounds to fet yau going in fome 
 poor way, on condition that i never fee the face of 
 cither of you any more. The laft terms were imme- 
 diately complied with. A licence was fent for. We 
 were married in my father's prefence. The money 
 was paid down, and we were diredly turned into the 
 llreets. Upon this fmall fund, and about a hundred 
 and fifty pounds more which my hulband had faved, 
 he fet up a garning-tavern, to which there was great 
 rcfort ; and, as he was a very bold, fenfible, and 
 cntcrprizing man, he became extremely agreeable to 
 
 numbers 
 
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 jUimbers of his' cuflomers, among whom th^re Vfer5 
 manv perious of fortune and dillindlion. 
 
 Ac length the time of my labour approached. 1 layv 
 for a fortnight, in aphonics that admitted of little inter- 
 roiffion. My child died wiihin me, and was brought 
 into the world piecemeal. I languifhed for three 
 months after my delivery, without being able to quit 
 my bed ; and the remembrance of the pangs that I 
 endured caufed me to vow, that I would never more 
 have any commerce with ramkind. On my recovery, 
 therefore, I refolutely rejedled the careffes of my huf- 
 band, whereupon he began to behave with great cold- 
 nefs, and to frequent the company of lewd women. 
 
 In about fourteen months after my marriage, my 
 hufband had a run of dice againft him, whereby he loft 
 fifteen hundred pounds ; and, as he had not where- 
 withal to difcharge the full fum, he deiermiaed, at all 
 events, to pay to the lalt penny of his debts of honour, 
 as he called them. Hereupon he began to raife contri- 
 butions on the public, and, after feveral very bold and 
 Aiccefsful exploits, he was taken- from arnidlf his right 
 honourable aflbciates at a gaming-table, conveyed ta^ 
 Newgate, tried, convided, and executed at Tyburn. 
 Upon this, all our fubHance v^as immediately feized 
 by creditors ; and I was turned into an unknowa- 
 ■world without any thing to fuliain me, fave a few 
 Shillings in rny pocket, ar.d the fingle ;fuit of clothes- 
 which I had on my back. L forgot to tell you, my 
 dear Sir, that my worthy but afilicced father had died 
 before this period; and this oughx to have been the 
 greateft of afHictions to myfelf ; but the feafon of my 
 feelings was not yet come; and I barely, dropped a- 
 flight tear, without any i'saf^ of remorfe for having 
 been, in all likelihood, his principil executioner. 
 
 As my brother was now the only perton upon earth 
 to whom i had any right to ap^ply fonfupport, i accord^- 
 ingly went to his houfe with an anxious, beatiag hearf, 
 and fcnt him in a written ilate of my deplorable cafe. 
 Bat his anfwer was, that, if ever I again appeared. be- 
 fore hjs doors, he would take ine up as a vagabond, 
 and tranfpori me to the plintations. 
 
 Wholly defperate by this di a.>pointment, and iKmu- 
 lated almoft to fren-/) , my blood boiled- in my veins, 
 £^ 3. The 
 
f 54 ) 
 
 The horrid thoughts of vengeance could alone afTu.ige 
 ,my raging fpirit ; and I relolved to compals my ends 
 \y poilbn, by dagger, or any of the fpcedieft means. 
 For I looked upon my brother as a robber, who had 
 <ierpoiled me of my title to my father's affedion and 
 inheritance. For this accurfed parpofe it was neceffary 
 to get near him. I fold my clorhes, and, having dif- 
 guifed myfelf in the dreis of a chair-woman, I engaged 
 as a fervant in a cellar over ths way. From this place 
 I obferved an infant of about two years old, who at 
 times was brought to the door by his nurfe ; and I 
 learned that he was the only child of my brother, and 
 that the lives of his parents were wrapped up in him. 
 
 Here I conceived 1 had found an objed\ on whom I 
 itjight execute my revenge^ with better fafecy to my 
 own perfon, and greater torture to my adverfary, than 
 by any other method. 1 therefore couched on my 
 watch, like a lioneis for her prey, and, fpying the 
 child alone, I fnot ucrofs the ftreet, caught him up in 
 my arms, and away 1 flew. I hadened with him as 
 fail as f could till T reached the fields. I ihen got 
 wider a ditch, and Aripped him of his raiment, which 
 1 folded in a h?.ftu!:erchief ; and having cut in pjeees 
 an old petticoat, and tacked it about him, 1 made my 
 way to a little alehoufe, and there took up my lodging 
 for the firxi night. 
 
 I b-ilieve, Sir, I am the greateft inllance, that ever 
 vva«, of the length to w.hicii human nature can go m 
 reprobacy. when abandoned of God. The (bong bent 
 which my mother had given me to religion, cau(ed me 
 only to recoil with the greener force ; and, when my 
 father call me off, I even jcproaqhed God, for having 
 fuffered me to. fait into my firit offence. , .^ 
 
 I was yet urged and carried further down the hi-ll of 
 perdition, by the example of the .licentious fct o-f pro- 
 fligates tiut daily and nightly fre(|'.icnteci my hiiiilyrird*s 
 ho'iife. In \liorc, I became an aiien tq -Al g ednefs ; 
 and i would willingly have been a paity in any kind 
 of wickeJnei's, fave that of perional prollitttiion. How 
 pitiable then muft have.b.cen the cafe of the unh4ppy 
 infant who had fallen into my cruei gripe ! 1. often 
 fuftercd him> on purpofe, to weep for huixger, that I 
 
 miglH 
 
( Si ) 
 
 might pteafe myfelf, with the mlferies of ihy trrothef 
 in the perfon of his child. 
 
 For four ye.Lrs and nine months I led a wandering 
 and mendicant life, in which trade my little nephew 
 grew very fuccefsful and uieful fo me, fo that I began 
 lo abate of my fe verity toward him. Deteiled by my 
 relations, and outcail from the world, I cared for 
 nothing but myielf, and nightly indulged my appetite 
 with the bell vi6\uals and liquor that m/ pocket could- 
 afford. 
 
 One day, having pafied through Enfield, where I 
 had raifed foine petty contributions, i Ipied an infant 
 on a bank at a diftance from any houfe, and initantly 
 the project occurred of exa<5ting the larger chanties by 
 his means. 1 looked about, anvl, thinking that I was 
 not obferved, i caught the child up and ran off with 
 all my fpeed. But! had not gone far, when i heard a 
 man Ihouiing after me, and perceived that I was pur- 
 faed. Thereupon 1 C-lft down the child with my poach 
 cf proviiions, and, leaving iitsle Ned behind nie aifo, 
 I made the bei^ of my way through the oppoiite thicket,. 
 
 As my terrors continued, I continued to run, till 1 
 was faint \^iih fatigne, but ilill keeping forward, 
 though iiowei* and flower.- God ccriduded ms withia 
 fighc of the parfon age- houfe of Mr. Catharines, which 
 I reached wiih dirTicuIty, and funk away on the threfh- 
 old. 1 kjiew nothing further of what paffed till i 
 found myielf in a warm though coarfe bed, with one 
 woman holding a bottle of falls to my nofe, and 
 another prefenting me with a cordiaJ. I looked about 
 and found myfeli fomething revived, but, on the iight 
 of fomc meat which was brought, I again faintedi. 
 Within Tome hoursy i was feized with pains in all my 
 bonea, and fell intOf a raging fever. Mr. Catharines, 
 who was phyfician to the bodies as well as fouk of »J.i 
 his flock, viiited and prefcribed for me, and had me 
 attended with great humanity. 
 
 On the third night I dreamed that an invifible band 
 came, and feizing me by a fingle hair of my head, 
 horried me aloft, through the regions of the air, tiJl 
 it held me right tiver a fiery galph, in the pimiacled o/ 
 whofe flames a variety of daemons appeared to hover, 
 tiie horridnefs of whofe figures ,was indefcribaule* 
 
 They 
 
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 They all feemed to ftruggle toward me, and to (Ir^tch* 
 forth their fangs to receive me, while my hufband, 
 Guilliaume, afcendcd fwiftly in the midft, and, rufh- 
 ing up with a pair of fneers, cut the hair, that with- 
 held me, in twain ; fo down 1 thought I fell, and,, 
 giving a great ihriek, I awaked to darknefs and inex- 
 preffible horrors. 
 
 Though no light was in the room, my confcious- 
 fpirit lupplied the office. All my tranigreirions arofe 
 minutely and diiHn6liy to my memory. They ap- 
 peared as fo many fiends, within me and around me ; 
 and I fcil into an iigony that threw me into a fit. I' 
 awoke a^ain before morning, but without any abate- 
 ment of my terrors. I groped about for a knife, or 
 other inflrument of felf dellrudlion ; for, I Aiid to my- 
 felf, perhaps death may bring rell to the weary and 
 over-laden, or at lea(t afford fome refpite before the 
 fearful judgment of final condemnation. So, finding 
 DO other means, I grafped my neck in my hands, and 
 exeried rny force to ft r angle myfelf; but nature proved 
 repugnant, and i funk from my agonies into a fecond 
 fit. 
 
 O.-^ the breaking of the day Mr. Catharines entered^ 
 but, as ihe room was darkened, I did not know who he 
 was. He approached my bed, and, taking hold of 
 my hand, he ^ighcd and faid, You are very ill, poor 
 woman, exceeding ill, indeed; you have more need of 
 a phylician for your Ibul than your body ; if you pleafe 
 then, 1 will kneel down and pray with you and for 
 you, that God may receive your departing fpirit. O 
 lU), Sir, I ».ried, I cannot pray ; even to hear a prayer 
 would be worie than hell to me. I hive no God, no 
 Saviour ; they have long fince departed from me. I 
 a.Ti a finner lo whom hope can never come. Omni- 
 potence iifell can do nothing for me; I feel that, .if 
 God would, he cannot favc me, except he were to 
 create me over again. 
 
 And he can create you over again, cried the good 
 Mr. Caihirines; even in this inflaut he caii m.tkc yoa a 
 new creature ; he can five you fiom a 1 your lias by an- 
 inward f.iUation, by pouring the abund.mce ot- iuxiifeif 
 ittiu your bofoni. 
 
 O, Sir, 
 
f 57.-. ) 
 
 O, Sir, I exclaimed, yoa do not. kp.o*v h-ovv:vik|. 
 am. Even now 1 am in hell : the ^iiends have tlie pro-: 
 perty arid poiieiTian of me. O, if any fmgle foul were 
 to fuffer, for ever, what I fuffered iail night, better it. 
 were that creation had never .been. Here .1 recounted, 
 to him my dream, with the agonies that I felt, and my. - 
 attempt to deilroy mylelf: when he cried cut, Good- 
 hopes, good hopes i • vei-y excellent hopes, indeed, 
 Thefe are llrono- and bleiTed comoundions. I fee that,, 
 trae Saviour of fmners h determias* not to loic yoii.^ 
 Be of good cheer ! here, take tM^ j-'^^ap to recruit your 
 wearied fpirits, that you may be able to lay open the. 
 wounds of your foul to the miniilring phyficiaa of your..- 
 dear anil loving Lord, 
 
 But, do you think. Sir, faid I, that there is any 
 hope for me? Hope, cried he, there is affurance, , 
 more liable than the foundations of the earth. God i^^ 
 love : he never rejedled any that turned to him. His , 
 incarnation, his whole taik and bannefs upon earthy 
 his fufferings alid crucifixion, his agonies and death,- 
 were embraced by him for the fake of fmners. It is ia.. 
 the darknefs and the Ihadow of death, that the light of 
 the loving Jefus delights to fpring up. But come, my 
 dear filler, tell me who and what you are. Lay open,, 
 with truth, the manifold diilempers of your iin-fick. 
 foul ; your weaknefs, your poverty, your nakednefs,.. 
 your poihnions, your errors, and yoar emptinefs ; and' 
 he, who (liineth in darknefs, will defcend into you, 
 and will be your llrength, and the riches of pardoning^ 
 mercy to you ; and will purify your pollutions, and 
 turn your errors into reditude, and your emptinefs. 
 into the fulnefs of the joy and glory of your God. 
 
 Here I ma^e him a full recital of all the paffages of 
 my life, more minutely than I have done to your 
 honour. Never was man fo affedled. He groaned, hc; 
 fobbed aloud, he wet his handkerchief with his tears 
 as though it had been drenched in a river. 
 
 As foon as I had concluded. Do yoa not know ma 
 then? he cried, (breaking afrefh into tears,) do y out 
 not know me, Mrs- Phcxbe ? Know yoa not Marma^ 
 duke Caiharines, your brother's tutor and your uii;or»^ • 
 the man from whofe lips you ufed to imbibe inllrudion. : 
 with fo much avidity ? All, had 1 ftajced,: nothing c>f 
 
 this. 
 
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 tJiis would have happened ; but yonr brothor gt)t me* 
 pTefented to a rich living here, and (o I left my vine- 
 yard and the fruits thereof unguarded ! Oh ihat ac- 
 curfed Guilliaurre ! I left my lamb to the remorfelefs^ 
 v^olf! — From your infancy, Mrs. Phoebe, you were 
 the darling of my affeftions ; the day did not feem to 
 foine in which I faw you not. Your fmlles cheated my 
 fpirit, and your unalFefted graces played- round my 
 heart. 
 
 Your brother, too, faw and approved my paflion for 
 you. What happinefs did he not propofe to himfelf in 
 our union ! V/e will be brothers, he cried, my Catha- 
 rines, folding me fall in his arms ; we will be brothers 
 in reality as well as inclination. But thofe blifsful 
 profpefts foon vanifhed away. You were feduced, my 
 daughter, you were feduced from your duty, from- 
 your God, and your lover. Your brother wrote me an 
 account of your fatal falling away ; and 1 fpent my 
 nights in tears, and my days in anguilh. Ah, how are 
 you altered, even in perfon ! I could not have known 
 you again. Sin hath taken away the fweetnefs of your 
 countenance, and fpread a cloudinefs and ftain in the^ 
 place thereof. But yoa are returned to virtue, to- 
 yourfelf, and to your God ; and he will once more- 
 beautify you, and make you, as the king's daughter^ 
 all glorious within. 
 
 While the holy man fpoke, the hardnefs of my heart, 
 began to diflblvc, my terrors departed from me ; my 
 breaft began to heave with a kindly though fad emo- 
 tion, and a torrent of tears greatly eafed my diftemper 
 both of body and mind. Mr. Catharines, as I after- 
 ward learned, on hearing of my mifcarriage, had 
 vowed to himfelf, never to have commerce with 
 woman-kind. 
 
 A widowed lady, however, of large fortune and 
 liberal education, but much advanced in years, hap- 
 pened to refide in the neighbourhood. She was firfl 
 caught by the fimple and afFeding piety of his dif- 
 courfes from the pulpit. She vifited and was vifited by 
 him. She was then further charmed by the luilre of 
 hi* fentiments, the fanftitude of his manners, and the 
 fweetnefs of his difpofition. Sir, faid fhe to him one 
 da/> 1 am, by birth, a foreigner, and neither have 
 
 children,. 
 
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 «>KlMren, nor any relation in this kingdom. I MtsJh 
 not to tell you that, if I were young and beautiful, 
 you are the man whom 1 would have chofen for my 
 Jiufbcind. But my defeds take nothing from your great 
 merits You Tire as precious in my eyes as if I were 
 <Jererving of you; and 1 am defirous of making yo-u 
 my own for life, provided you fwear to me, before the 
 nuptial knot is tied, that my fortune, my company, 
 and my obedience, are ail that ever you will require 
 from me in right of our marriage. You (hall live, and 
 :be as an only ion to me; and 1 will have for you, at 
 once, all the duty of a wife, and the tendemefs of a 
 mother. In the me n time my two capital profped* 
 wiil be compalTed by this fcheme j the one of giving 
 myfelf a J'. gal title to your company ; the other of 
 giving you a le. al title to my fortune. 
 
 A propofal for fuch a fpecies of marriage anfwered 
 exadlly to Mr. Catharine's vow. The iady, though 
 conhderably upward of fixty, fhone in all the graces 
 feparable from yoiuh. He could therefore form no 
 jational objedion to the fcheir.e ; and, within a few 
 weeks they were privately married. 
 
 While i wept, as I told you. Sir, under a kindly 
 yemorfe for my manifold offences, Mr. Catharines 
 kneeled down and poured forth his prayers with aji 
 elocution fo warm, and fo deeply affefling, as entered 
 and fearchcd through my heart and my reins, and 
 feemed to tear oai, by the roots all the evil that was 
 in me. 
 
 As foon as he had ended, and that I had thanked 
 him, with words half fuffocated, for the gracioufnefs 
 of his coniolations, Mrs. Catharines carne in. Would 
 you then, bir, faid ihe, would you monopolize all the 
 charities? Will you not fuffer a filler near the throne 
 of grace, who may affift in the under lervices to the 
 fervants of our mailer ? My dear, faid he tenderly, I 
 was about to requeft your prefence. Here lies on the 
 bed of ficknefs, and perhaps of death, the daaghtei^ of 
 my patron, the fuler of my friend, and once tiie deareft 
 x>bjetl of my affedions. Pray order a cha^nber for 
 her, more becoming her ftation, and my dsbia to her 
 fapiiiiy, 
 
 5he 
 
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 *^ie inflantly went out, and, within a few minutes, 
 ■Several female fervants entered, who, gently wrapping 
 me in the clothes wherein 1 lay, conveyed me to abed 
 ready flieeted and warmed, that ftood' in a fmall bet 
 decent apartment. As foon as I was placed, Mrs. 
 Catharines came up, and, ft.>oping, tenderly killed 
 me, and faid, God be gracious lo you, m) daughter ! 
 
 Here I was treated with an attention and delicacy, 
 that joined with my evil deedu as put me to utter 
 ftiame. However, I began to recover apace, and, 
 within a few days, was able to fit up. On the feventh 
 night 1 had a very fmgu^ar dream or vifion which will 
 never depart my memory, and which, I trull, ikrough 
 life and death, will preferve its happy ioHuence over 
 me. Mcthought I walked with vaft crowds of tm^ 
 and merry people, along a road of a geatle and 
 pleafant defcent. On a fudden my hufband flood 
 teiKie me, i iurveyed him with a deiicht that 1 hi.d 
 ■never known before. He feemed to furpafs in b'^uuty 
 all the perfons around us; his garnients were embeliilhcd 
 •with fold and gems, a«d nis countenance fhone v/uh a 
 wonderful luflre. 
 
 Come, Mifs Phoebe, faid he, gracefully taking me 
 by- the hand, come with me to yonder paradife, where 
 i will' weave a-garland fdr you of never fading fiowers, 
 ^and treat you with fruits of a heavenly flavour; Im- 
 mediately a vaft garden opened ita incomparable 
 beauties to my quickened imagination. The odours 
 thereof perfumed the air far and wide, and tha bur- 
 ^lened trees reached forth ftuics of irreiilhbl^. temp- 
 tation. 
 
 My hufband then plucked, and gave me to eat of 
 •4lic ciullers of the grape, which 1 feized and devoured 
 with an intemperate relifti ; when, happening to look 
 <lown, J perceived that he hud got the legs and hoofs 
 •of a goat, and it iiiftanily occurred thdi jic could be 
 no other than the tempter of • ur firft parent^. Terri- 
 fied almoft to death, I did not dare to f eak oat ; but 
 lifting up my heart in fccret prayer, he amd his paradife 
 immediately vanilhed. At once I found mylwif in a 
 vaft and dreary w-ildernefs, whole trets were barren of 
 fruits ; through which there was no path, and from 
 %viu;uce there was no outlet. Go on v/hat fide I would, 
 
 I had 
 
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 I had fcarce made my way through oue thicket, when 
 i was prefented with another; till, being fpent with 
 fatigue, I defpaired of any deliverance, and fat me 
 down to die. 
 
 Soon after methought Mr. Catharines approached, 
 in mean apparel, but with a majelHc and Itern coun- 
 tenance. Wretch ! he cried, are you at length come 
 to a knowledge of the evil of your ways? Are you 
 now come to a fenfe of your vile and forlorn eftate ? 
 Do you find at lafl: that I alone can be your ftay and 
 your helper ? So faying he feized me by the hand, 
 and his touch filled my frame with confidence. We 
 rofe into the air, we moved together over a boundlefs 
 trad of defert, from whence the lions roared and the 
 wolves bayed at us. At length we allighted at the 
 entrance of a narrow path that led up the afcent of a 
 mountainous country. The nearer fide was covered 
 with clouds, and blalled by tempefts, through which 
 the farther part feemcd to gleam with a faint radian<je 
 that promifed the riling day. 
 
 Courage ! faid my conductor, we muft afcend this 
 mountain, in fpite of all oppofition ; in fpite of the 
 toils, the difficulties, and dangers ; the pains, cala- 
 mities, diftreifes, and difcouragements of the way. 
 No obflacles, I cried, fisall appal or difcourage me ; I 
 will rejoice in diftrefies and pains while I have you by 
 my fide. 
 
 Hereupon I felt wonderful ftrength and alacrity. I 
 ran up the afcent with an eager pace, and hoped in a 
 few minutes to reach the top. But, alas ! 1 was widely 
 out in my account. The way became ftraiter, and 
 tteeper, and rougher. 1 began to fail through fatigue, 
 and the edged flints tore my feet, and marked my 
 footileps with blood. Ah, Sir, I cried, this is very 
 grievous indeed. Peace, f-iid he, \l is very falatary ; 
 thefe flints are your kindeft friends, your trueft phy- 
 ficians ; and the wounds that they give your body, 
 will be more than the balm of.Gilead to the healing of 
 your foul. I then fummoned all my po^vers and pro- 
 ceeded, though with much angniOi, which often com- 
 pelled me to lean, with all my weight, upon my com- 
 panion. 
 
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 At length we came to a pafs that was thick fet and 
 interwoven with briars and thorns, and, feeing no way, 
 1 made a full Hop. Good cheer, cried my guide, this 
 mull alio be traverfed ; there is no quailing now, you 
 muft endure to the end, my daughter. The thoxn was 
 pronounced a curfe to the firll Adam and his polterity, 
 but your fecond Adajn has made it a wreath of living 
 brightnefs ; thefe accordingly are appointed to twill 
 the garland of your bleffednefs, and to make you a 
 partaker of the crown of eternal glory. 
 
 Revived by this promife, I rufhed into the midft, 
 and flruggled to get forward, though fcreaming with 
 anguifh ; but, when the thorns rent my fkin, ^nd 
 entered into my body and foul, and lodged their flings 
 v/ithin me; I could endure no longer; but, carting 
 myfelf on my condu£lor, O that death, I cried, would 
 put an end to ray fuiterings! He then turned and 
 imiled upon me, and, taking me under his arm, bore 
 jne harmlefs through the remainder; then, fcating me 
 iOn a bank, he placed himfelf befide me. 
 
 While I fat, iHil panting with pain and fatigue, he 
 went forward, and pulled off his fandals. 1 then faw 
 the large wounds that the nails had made. My fpirit 
 inftantly told me that it was my Lord himfelf, under 
 the form of his minifter. J threw myfelf prollrate 
 before him. My bofom opened wide; and taking hold 
 of his feet, covered with duft as they were, I prcfled 
 them to my heart ; when on their touch I felt fuch an 
 ecltatic tranfport, that, if I had not awoke, my body 
 x:ould no longer have retained my fpirit ; it muft 
 inftantly have ifTued to him who breathed it. The 
 confo'ation of this dream greatly ftrengthened me, and 
 J haftened to get up that 1 might delight myfelf in 
 icrving the fervants of my benefactors. 
 
 When Mrs. Catharines rofc, fhe found mc bufied in 
 the bafeft employments of the kitchen. She looked 
 ^ftoniihed. Why, my dear, fhe cried, would you 
 demean yourfelf In this manner ? O, Madam, I 
 replied, 1 befeech you to leave me to my own con- 
 science, it tells me that even this office is much too 
 honourable for me. 
 
 When breakfaft was ready, Mr. Catharines came in 
 from hie niorning's walk of meditation. As he entered, 
 
 1 cait 
 
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 I cail myfelf before him, and, Glafping hi? knee3> 
 cried, How blefied are the feet of him who bringeth 
 ^ood tidings of falvation to finners ! BiU, above all, 
 blefied is he who beareth, in his own peiTon, the image 
 and impreffion of the Prince of Peace ! Being much 
 furprized and abafhed at my manner of falutation, he 
 demanded the reafon of it, and 1 told ray dreamy 
 whereupon they were fo ajReded, that they" both fbed 
 tears of tender congratulation. 
 
 I have already told you. Sir, that Mr. Cathariner 
 was phyfician to the bodies as well as foals of all his 
 pariftiioners ; I niight have added, to all the country 
 about him. For this purpofe he had provided a little 
 kind of apothecary's Ihop, where he kept all manner 
 of drugs for the fick, as well as matters of furgery for 
 the fore and the wounded. On thefe occafions I be- 
 came his principal affillant. I was myfelf often ailo- 
 niflieci -it the eli'e^s of my application in this way.' I 
 fcarce remember an inltance wherein I failed of fuccefs. 
 A I'pirit of healing feemed to accompany my walks. I 
 have frequently cured thofe who have been given up 
 as incurable by the doftors and furgeons. And I never 
 had fuch heartfelt delight as when, on my knees, i 
 b-itned the feet of the fick, or waihed the ulcers of the 
 beggar ; for in them inethocgHt the great phyfician of 
 fin-fick ibuls lay befci e mc, who had healed my own 
 wounds, and done av ■.y my tranfgreiiions. 
 
 About three monLis ago Mrs. Catharines began to 
 decline, and pzaceably dropped, like over-ripe fruit, 
 into the lap of our general mother. Mr. Catharines 
 had often defired my permifiion to write to ray brother 
 in my favour ; but, confcious of the injury that I had 
 done him in the perfon of his child, I had hitherto 
 declined the propofal. At length, however, I deter- 
 mined to throw myfelf at his feet, and confefs my 
 guilt, though without any profpedl of obtaining his 
 pardon. My bcnefadlor approved of my refolution ; 
 he wrote a letter to my brother by me ; and, within a 
 few days, 1 fet out in his chaife for London. 
 
 On the road, 1 took it into my head once more ta 
 
 make trial of my brother's nature, and to prefenc 
 
 myfelf before him as an objedl of his charity. For 
 
 this purpofe I difmiiT^d tlie chaife at St. Alban*s. I 
 
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 alfo fent back my little baggage with an account of n, . 
 projeft in a note to Mr. Catharines, and retained no- 
 thing but this poor garb that 1 have on. 
 
 On that night I was taken fuddenly and extremely 
 ill, and could keep nothing on my ilomach for fix days. 
 I fent to London for a phyfician, who attended me; 
 and, by the time 1 was able to creep abroad, what with 
 fees to the pocior, the apothecary's bill, and a iHll 
 more exorbitant bill from the Jandlord, I had fcarce 
 erghteen-pence left to bear my charges to the city. 
 With that Turn, however, 1 fet forward on foot ; but, 
 finding myfclf liill very weak and lickly, I was tempted 
 to repine for not having brought more money from 
 home. But, again, I remembered that my Mailer had 
 told me that fuffcrings were the befl phyficians for fuch 
 a finner. J was therefore pleafed to be once more 
 reduced to the lowed Hate of beg'gary, and, after three 
 days fore travel, God was pleafed to condud me to 
 your door. 
 
 This, Sir, is the letter which my friend wrote in my 
 favour to my brother. You fee it is open, but, before 
 you read it, 1 ought to account to you for fome touches 
 of uncommon tendernefs, which Mr. Catharines has 
 exprefTed toward me. 
 
 Some weeks after the funeral of his lady, he and I 
 flood chatting in the front of the houfe. The evening 
 was exceeding pleafant, nnd the maids (i\t fmging and 
 milking the cows before us ; when the great bull, fud- 
 denly tearing up the grou^^d with his feet, ran furioufly 
 at his mailer. On feeing him approach, 1 fliriekcd 
 and rufhed into the houfe ; but, obfcrving that Mr. 
 Catharines did not follow, 1 turned and ran as precipi- 
 tately out again. There I faw the terrible creature had 
 pinned him up between his horns agalnft the wall. 
 
 Then carting fear afide, I fprung up, and, Iclzing 
 the bull by one of his horns, would have torn him 
 away from my dear protedor. Jn the mean time a 
 little favourite dog came out, and, leaping up, caught 
 the monilrous animal by the nofe, whereupon he gave 
 H hideous roar, and, flinging away, ran kicking and 
 leaping about the yard. 
 
 1 rememb.r nothing more till I awoke from a fwoon, 
 and perceived that Mr. Catharines fat bcfidc me. He 
 
 held 
 
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 held one of my hands, which he had wafhed with his 
 tears, and wliich at times he prefTed to his lips, and 
 again to his bolbrn. When he had prevailed upon me 
 to ivvallow a ipoonful of cordial, O my Phcebe, he 
 cried, you' have this day offered up your precious life, 
 a vidtim, for the p, eiervation of mine ; and, from this 
 day forward, my life, and all that I am is your pro- 
 perty forever. But tell me, my Phoebe, whence could 
 you get, in a moment, fuch alloniiliing intrepidity r 
 ViGw attain to the power of aO.ing againil nature, 
 againil the conititutional • terrors and delicacies of your 
 fex ? Ah, Sir, 1 replied, the book of life tells us, 
 chat " perfcd love caileth out fear.'* 
 
 From thrit time Mr. Catharines earneftly preffed me; 
 to marriage. My firlt, and my laft, and my only^ 
 
 r love, he would fay, you know that in wom^n-kirid I 
 can love nothing but you. Your whole image, youc 
 every feature, is imprelied upon my foul ; I am. already 
 wedded to them, they are infeparable from my being. 
 O, Sir, 1 would then iay, let not our nuptials be 
 fnllied by any gloom or regret ; let me firil be recon- 
 ciled, if poiTible, to my brother, and then difpofe of 
 me as you pleafe. 
 
 I thank you Madam, f\id Mr, Fenton, I thank yo« 
 for your afiedling and edifying narrative r and I will 
 endeavour to recompenfc you for the trouble that I have 
 given yoa by being the t>earA3r of very happy tidings. 
 Your little licphew has lived with- mc almoll ever fince 
 you loft him. He has received an education becoming: 
 his family, and was this day difcovered and reftored to 
 
 ■ Ivis parents. 
 
 My God, my Chri\i, fhe exclaimed, what a wonder 
 inhere! How are blind and erring mortals, wilfully 
 island, and. wilfully erring, deferving of fuch a clue as 
 this to guide rhem ? My nephew alive and well, dif- 
 covered and reiloicd tiiis very day to his true parenis I 
 } am confounded, I am craihed to the center, beneatii 
 the '.V eight of thy benefits, O thou overflow4ag_ Eaun*>- 
 
 ■ tai.n of Mercy ! 
 
 Now, Madam, faid Mr. Fenton, now- it is atyoor^ 
 
 eledlion- to reveal or fuppr^fs th< affair refpefting yoar 
 
 nephev/.. 1 know, Sir, fhe'rephed, you pronofed this- 
 
 aaly to t3?.y me j. i defne no advantage iroan fraud or 
 
 E 3 difguife. 
 
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 dirguire, and, could I be Co bafe, this letter, a& you 
 will find, would detefi and betray me. 
 
 Mr. Fcnton then unfolded the letter, and read as 
 follows : 
 
 ''To Edward Fielding, Efq ; 
 ** Friend, and brother of my foul, 
 
 " T Have often reproved and always dstefted that 
 A cruel curtom of calling off our friends or kindred, 
 on account of their errors or frailty, or even of their 
 fail from honour. U'his cuRom is more efpccially con- 
 demnable, when it alfefls the more tend'cr fex, the- 
 indifcretion of their parents begins the alarm ; the- 
 world follows and increafes the cry ; the wretches, like 
 marked deer, are driven forth to the hounds, and muft- 
 fpeedily become a prey to famine and death, or for 
 ever be precluded from any return of virtue. 
 
 " Had- you, my dear brother, had you given that, 
 charity to your only fifter, which you tlirovv to a com- 
 mon beggar, you might hive faved her foul alive, and 
 have continued a happy parent of a promifing Ton at: 
 this day. She refented your treatment ! She rent 
 your child from you ! You merited refentment ; but< 
 1 am grieved at the confcquence. 
 
 *' As God has been pleafed wonderfully to rellore: 
 your filler to virtue, fhe would rejoice to reflore. 
 yt)ur fon to you ; but it is not in her power, he ftrayed. 
 from her uiihin fome miles of this place; we have- 
 ufed all poflible means to recover him, but in vain > 
 ^nd his loh has colt her feas of tears. 
 
 ** Receive her then as a precious pearl from the bot- 
 tom of the deep, as a caflcet of jewels recovered from 
 ilji^pwreck ; flie was dead but is alive again, flie was- 
 Iplt hut is found. Receive her then, 1 fay, as an 
 angel of God fent on purpofe to elTcdl your own fal- 
 vation. 1 know not how it comes to pafs that grea<-. 
 finners often become the greatcft of faints. It is even 
 lo v\ith our precious Phoebe. She is. become a gentle 
 flame of divine love. While flie Hands upon earth and 
 bt-nds, in" her lowlinefs, beneath all creatures, the 
 moon of changeable things is. put under her feet. 
 
 *' Receive her then, 1 fay a^^ain, as the deareil boon 
 and bieiiiiig that Ueavcucdubcllo^v. But, O^ rellor.e 
 
 her 
 
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 her to uie ; give her to me, according to promife, th?.& 
 ftie may afiill to condufl me to that kingdom of little 
 children, whereof (he is a blelfed inhabitant at this 
 day. Yours, Sec. M, Catharines." 
 
 You fee. Sir, faid Mrs. Phcebe, fmiling, you fee 
 that Mr. Catharines mull be a lover, by the extrava- 
 gance of his praife. I fee. Madam, faid Mr. Fen- 
 ton, that he defcrvedly loves, and" greatly defcrves alfo 
 to be beloved. But, Madam, if you will be ruled by 
 my advice, you will flay here till your brother Ihall' 
 call upon me, which I expeft he will do iu a very little 
 time. Mean while I will introduce you to a filler 
 faint, who has been long tried in the hottell furnace of 
 affliilion. 
 
 The very next morning Mr. Fielding rode to the door, 
 attended only by a fingle fervant. As foon as he had^ 
 faluted Mr. Fenton, and fat down, he took out a note 
 for 2000I. and prefented it to him. You muft not re- 
 fufe, faid he, to relieve my diilrefs, by accepting this- 
 iii part of what I owe you. I can fpare it without the 
 fmalleft inconvenience. I have lately recovered a tra6l 
 of land that lies contiguous to Mr, Catharines, the 
 worthy man of whom you heard me fpeak yefterday ; fo 
 that I ihall foon have tne pleafure of taking poflefiion of 
 a conTiderable acceffion to my fortune, and, at the 
 fame time, the greater pleafure of embracing fo very 
 dear a friend. "^Ihis fum. Sir, faid Mr. Fenton, co.mes 
 very feafonablv to the relief of a perfon for whom I 
 have concei\cd an extraordinary efteem and afFedion, a 
 perfon who is intitled to my bell ferv ice, and who may 
 alfo be intitled to your further munificence. So faying, 
 Mr. Fenton role, went to tlic door, took Mrs. Phcebe 
 by the hand, and leading her toward her brother^ 
 This, Sir, faid he, is the gentlewoman of whom I 
 fpoke, and vn hom I recommend to your tenderciV 
 regards. 
 
 Mr. Fielding looked earnefily at his fifrer, changeiT 
 colour, and, for a while, fat mute v.ith ailDnilhment : 
 When, fuddenly rifmg, and ftepping hallily to her, he 
 clafped her in his arms, and cried aloud. My Phcebei 
 my deareil Phoebe, my long loft, long fought, my Jong 
 lamented filter ! Have I ibuad you at lail ? Are my 
 
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 prayers at length heard ? And are you once more reftor- 
 ed to my bofom ? Ah, what muil: have been your fuJfFer- 
 ings ? What have 1 not fufFercd myfelf, from the fling- 
 ing recollection of the barbarity of my behaviour ? But, 
 at the time that you applied to me, I u as exafperated 
 againft you, by being told you had turned out a common 
 proiHtute ; and, from your connexion with that repro- 
 bate to whom my father had unhappily married you, T 
 was ready to believe the worllthat could be reported 
 concerning you. Pardon me, however, my Phoebe, do 
 but promife me your pardon, and I will endeavour to- 
 compenfate for my injurious treatment of you. 
 
 Here the filler dropped oa her knees, and breakings 
 into tears and fobs, replied. You want no pardon, my 
 brother, you never wronged me. — 1 deferved all Ions 
 ©f evils ; they were due to my tranfgreflions ; — but [ 
 have injured }ou, I fear pad forgivenefs, my brother. 
 It was I who llole your little darling, who robbed 
 you of your only child, and cauled yoa fo many years 
 of forrow and bitterncfs. I deferved it, J deferved it,, 
 exclaimed Mr. Fielding; let us then exchange forgive- 
 nefs, my Phoebe, for our child is rcilored to us, an^' 
 we remember our forrows no- more. So faying, his 
 eyes filled, and, tenderly raifing his filler, he took her 
 again to his bofom. Mr, Fcnton, wholly melted by 
 this paflionate fcene, took them jointly in his arms, 
 and thenfilently feated them oppoiite to each other. 
 
 My fi:^er, faid Mr. Fielding, yoa have promifed me- 
 your pardon, before yoa were acquainted with the 
 extent of my faults. Our dear father, in^ his lall 
 illaefs, made me fit by his fide ; when, heaving a deep 
 figh, he thus began : 1 fear, my fon, that i have- 
 greatly wronged your filler. I erieve al heart that I 
 had her married to that ruffian Uuilliaume. With a. 
 little hCa of feverity, fhe might have arifcn from her 
 fall; fhe might have returned to virtue; her errors- 
 ■light have been forgotten ; fhe nvight have been lefs 
 wretched, and my days might have been longer. She 
 %vas young, flje was arilefs and obvious to fedu^ion. 
 I myfelf joined to betray her, by that fhe-wolf whom 
 I appointed the guardian of my lamb. Perhaps, as 
 flie aifirmcd, \\er inclinaaon no way concuried with the 
 force thai was offered her. We ought, as far as^ 
 
 goflibJe,. 
 
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 polTible, to have covered her fhame ; fcandel only 
 ierves to make a baQ-iful countenance, altogether fhame- 
 lefs. Aias, my child, all things appear quite dilFerent 
 at my death, from what they did during my life-time ; 
 and the pride of blood, and the refentment for injured 
 gentility, give place to the calls of nature, and the 
 feelings of humanity. I intended your filler 5000I. 
 but by my will J have cut her off with a (hilling, left 
 the villain her hufband, (hould come in for any fliare 
 of our fubilance. Wherefore I leave you, in my place, 
 at once the brother, the father, and the guardian of my 
 dear child. — And here his burfting tears prevented 
 another word. 
 
 As foon as he was more compofed, he proceeded r I 
 adjure you, my fon, in the name of our common 
 Father, in the name of that God to whom I am going ; 
 I adjure you, I fay, to keep a conftanc watch over the 
 condud of your ftill precious fifter r For, O, the 
 foul of my wrecked child, at this hour, is infinitely 
 precious in my eyes. 1 further enjoin you that in cafe 
 the reprobate her hufband fliould perifh by fword or 
 piilol, or by the gallows, as is mofl likely, you will 
 pay your fifter the fum of 3000I. but gradually at firft, 
 as her necefTities may crave, and the whole on your 
 affurance of her return to virtue. 
 
 While her brother was fpeaking, Mrs. Phoebe had 
 thrown her apron over her face, and, by her groans 
 and paffionate fobs, prevented his proceeding. At 
 length fhe exclaimed, Wretch, parricide thiit I am ! I 
 have cut fliort the facred life of him who brought me 
 into the world. You then loved me, my father; you 
 ftill continued to love me, though I kn:rw it not ; and 
 1 have murdered the tendereft of parents, but I will 
 die to make atonement, 1 will not furvive you, my 
 father ! 
 
 Mr. Fielding arofe, and fiepped affeflionately to his 
 filler, and taking her in his arms, and mixing his tears 
 with her's, endeavoured to confole her. You did. not, 
 my deareft fitter, you did not murder him, he cried ; 
 you accufe yourfelf of faults of which you are no way 
 guilty. Our father was aged, and Uboured under. a 
 ciJmplication of diforders that mull ftiordy have put a 
 
 period 
 
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 period to all that was mortal in him. Be comforted 
 then, 1 fay, be comfoited, my filler ! 
 
 When Mr. Fielding had refumed his feat, and the 
 violence of his filler's paffion had fubfided, he looked 
 carneflly and tenderly at her. I will, faid he, m/ 
 Phecbe, at fome other time, account to you for the 
 motive of my barbarity toward you, and how I was 
 impofed upon by the VQiy peiTon whom I kept in pay: 
 to give me intelligence concerning you. But tell me 
 how it comes to pafs that, in my life, I never faw yoa 
 look fo charmingly ? Even during your infant years, 
 you never had fuch a fweet fimplicity, fuch a heavenly 
 childiihnefs of counienance as you now have. It is, 
 faid Mr. Fenton, becaufe fhe is the King's daughter, 
 *' /he is all glorious within," and the lovelinefs of her 
 Spirit informs and fhines through her afpeft. — But here 
 is a known character that will fully clear up the matter. 
 And fo faying, he prefented him with the letter from 
 Mr. Catharines, when, at the fight of the fuperfcrip- 
 tion, Mr. Fielding gave an exclamation of furprife. — 
 Then, unfolding, he read it in deep filence, but by- 
 fits and interruption ; frequently putting, and long 
 holding, his hankercliief to his eyes. 
 
 As foon as he had finifhed, — Yes, yes. my" dear 
 Catharines, my brother, he cried, the wifh of my 
 heart {haii be accoinplifhed for us both. You Ihall 
 have your Phoebe rcilored to yoa, and (he (hall be 
 reftored to you with Benjamin's portion, even a double 
 portion ! — hfut, O my God, how wonderful, is all 
 this ! to have my only child, and my only filter, at once 
 reftored to mc by one and the fame hand 1 Teach me, 
 teach me, Mr. Fenton, by fome new method of grati- 
 tude, to exprefs a part of the fenfe of what i owe 
 you ! 
 
 You have already. Sir, cried Mr. Fenton, done and 
 faid too much upon that head, and have thereby given 
 me pain. The payn.cnt that I get is a treafurc hidden 
 from all men, fave him to whom it is given. 1 will 
 not, however, do yoa the offence to return to you 
 your biil, but (hall difpofi of it in a manner that, I 
 truft, will be as equitable. Mean while, my dear 
 fdend, 1 mo.1 cordially con;:ratulate yoa on the fijjnaL 
 
 evidences 
 
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 evidences that have been given of the favour of your 
 God to you, and of his watchful and fuperintending- 
 providence over you and yours. I fuppofe you win 
 ibon fet out, witii your amiable fifter, on your viiit to 
 your friend and brother, the worthy Mr. Catharinesi 
 1 (hall heartily pray for a blifsful iffue to the union of 
 the fainted pair, and 1 requell you to favour me with 
 a call on your way. 
 
 Within an hour after, Mr. Fielding fet off for 
 London, on horfeback ; and Harry accompanied his 
 filler, in Mr. Fenton's poll chaife, upon a (hort vifit to 
 his friend Ned. As foon as they were departed, Mr. 
 Fenton took paper, and. wrote the following letter to 
 Mr. Catharines; 
 
 *' Reverend and dear Sir, 
 
 *' A LLOW a Itranger, but a very warm lover of 
 jlV yours, to felicitate you with his whole heart 
 on the fuccefs of affairs. Our precious Phoebe was 
 received with tranfport by her brother, and you cannot 
 be more impatient than {he is for your union. He 
 generoufly prefented me with the inclofed bill for 
 2000I. merely becaufe God had appointed me a humble 
 inftrument for doing him fome little fervice. Though 
 .1 determined not to accept of any part thereof, yet 1 
 dreaded to grieve him by a refufal. I therefore rellore 
 it to you and your Phoebe, as a matter of equity next 
 to that of returning it to himfelf. That your heart 
 may always continue where your true treafure is already 
 laid up, is the wilh of. Dear Sir, &c." 
 
 When he had folded and fealed this letter, he took 
 bills from his pocket-book to the amount of 1300J. 
 and, on Harry's return from London, f>refented them 
 to him. Here, my dear, faid he, here is what will 
 en.ible you to be more than juft to your engagements ; 
 it will enable you to be generous alfo. And I deiire, 
 my Harry, in matters of charity, that you may never 
 Hint the fweet emotions of your heart ; for we have 
 -enough, my child, and we are but the flewards of the 
 Jbounty of our God. Here Harry's fpeech was ftopt, 
 but his filence wai. more eloquent than a thoufand 
 harangues. He fuddenly threw his arms about his dear 
 
 father. 
 
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 father, and, hiding his face in his bofom, he there 
 vented the tears of that pleafure, and gratitude, 
 with which he found himfelf afFeded. 
 
 On the afternoon of the following day, Harry and 
 Arabella went to drink tea with the widow Neigh- 
 bourly, who received them with a countenance that 
 fpoke an uncommon welcome. Some other company 
 had arrived before them, and rofe on their entrance. 
 When all were again feated, Mrs. Neighbourly very 
 afFeftionately queilioned Harry concerning his father. 
 
 On hearing the name of Mailer Fenton, an elderly ' 
 gentlewoman Ilarted : Pray, Madam, faid flie eagerly, 
 is this Mailer Fenton, the Ton of that noble genileman 
 who lives on the hill ? He is, Madam, laid Mrs. 
 Neighbourly. My God ! exclaimed the ftianger, can 
 this fuckling be the father of the orphan anJ the 
 widow ? Is this he who goes about turning forrow 
 into joy ? Who wipes the tears from the afflidied, and 
 heals the broken of heart? Permit me then, thou 
 beloved child of the Father which is in heaven, permit 
 me to approach and throw myfelf at the feet of my 
 preferver. 
 
 So faying, flie rofe with a rapturous motion, and, 
 dropping at Harry's knees, fne clafped his legs, and 
 killed his feet, before he could prevent her. Poor 
 Harry, fat aflonilhed, abalhed, and dillrelTed to the 
 laft degree. At length difengagifig himfelf with diffi- 
 culty. Dear Madam, he cried, what have I done that 
 you fhould put me to fo much pain ? 
 
 Babe of my heart, Ihe cried, I am the wife of )K)ur 
 Vindex, your own Vindex, whom you redeemed from 
 beggary and Havery ; whom you reilored to his 
 wretched partner, whom you reilored to his infant 
 daughter ; all pining and perifhing apart from each 
 other, but now united by you, my angel ! in joy and 
 thankfgiving. 
 
 Here her words were fufFocated, and, throwing her- 
 felf back in her chair, Ihe was not afl^.amed to give 
 way to her tears, and, putting her handkerchief to her 
 face, Ihe vented her paflion aloud. 
 
 Harry then rifing, and going tenderly to her, put 
 his arms about her, and killed her forehead, and then 
 her lips. You owe me nothing, my dear Mrs. Vindex, 
 
 faid 
 
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 faid he, I am (1111 greatly in your debt ! T was the very 
 naughty boy who brought your misfortunes upon you. 
 But I am willing to make you amends, and that will 
 do me a great pleafure, inftead of the puniuiment 
 which I deferve. 
 
 The tea-table was now laid, and Mrs. Vindex grew 
 more compofed. When her huiband entered, leading his 
 daughter by the hand, a very pretty little girl of about 
 fix years old. Harry inRantiy fprung up, and run- 
 ning, and throwing himfelf with a great leap upon 
 him, he hung about his neck, crying, How gkd I am 
 to fee you, my dear Mr. Vindex 1 Boy of boys, 
 cried Vindex, am 1 fo blelTed as to have you once more 
 in my arms ! 
 
 The company then rofe and faluted Mr. Vindex, 
 and congratulated him on his return to his ancient 
 habitation. But Harry took him afide, and, having 
 cautioned him in a whifper, not to take any notice of 
 what Ihould pafs, he ftole a bill for i6ol. into his 
 hand, faying foftly. It is good firll to be honed, fo 
 there is what 1 owe you. And here alfo \z a fmall 
 matter for your daughter; I did not know tijl now, 
 that we had fuch a fvveet little charge in our family. 
 So faying, he flipped to him another bill of 50I. and 
 then, turning from him, ftepped carelefly to his feat, 
 ?is though nothing had happened. 
 
 Mean time the aitoniihed Vindex was greatly op- 
 prefled. He did not dare to offend Harry by any open 
 rntimation of his recent bounty ; and yet he could feel 
 no eafe till the fecret Ihould be difclofed. He there- 
 fore ftole foftly to the back of our hero's chair, where, 
 un perceived of Harry, he difplayed the bills to the 
 company, beckoning, at the lame time, in a way that 
 forbade them to take any notice ; tiien raifing his 
 hands over his head, and lifting his eyes toward 
 hec^.^'en, he bleffed his benefaclor, in a filently ardent 
 ejaculation, and taking an empty feat, joined in with 
 the company. 
 
 While they were In chat, the little Sufanna flipped, 
 unnoticed, from befide her mother, and, veering over 
 toward Harry, (he went on one fide, and then on the 
 other, and furveyed him all about ; then, coming 
 clofer, (he felt hi* clothes, and next his hands, in a 
 
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 way, as it were, of claiming acquaintance with KiriT. 
 At lengtli, looking fondly up in his fxc, (lie lifptd 
 and faid, Me voud kifs oo, if oo voud afk me. Indeed 
 then, {aid Harry, me vill kifs oo, fedder oo vill or no. 
 And fo, catching her up on his knee, he preffed her to 
 iiii. bofoni and killed her over and over agcdn. 
 
 You all fee, cried Mr, Vindex, it is not one of the 
 ciders w ith whom our Sufanna has fallen in love. My 
 fweet babe, cried Mrs. Vindex, her little heart inftinc- 
 tively led her to her beil friend, to the one of all living 
 who b'eft deferved her love. 
 
 On the following day, Harry introduced his friend 
 Vindex and family to Mr. Fenton, who received them 
 with a graciouiiieis that foon difpelled that auk ward 
 diffidence, and humbling fenfe of obligations under 
 which the late unhappy preceptor apparently funk, 
 .As foon as it was known abroad that Mr. Vindex 
 ..enjoyed the good countenance of Mr. Fenton and his 
 family, his former friends reforted to him, his acquain- 
 tance was fought by all the neighbourhood, his credit 
 was reilored, his fchool daily increafed, and, like Job, 
 his latter end was far more blelfed than his beginning. 
 
 For two fucceeding years and upward, little intereil- 
 xng happened, fave that our hero increafed in flature 
 and all perfonal accomplilhments. He was no.v nearly 
 mafter of the Latin and Greek languages. He could 
 outrun the rein-deer, and outbound the antelope. He 
 was held in ven-Jration by all maftcis of the noble 
 fcience of defence. His adlion was vigour, his coun- 
 tenance was lovelinefs, and his movement was grace. 
 
 Harry, by this time, was^alfo verfed in moil of the 
 felecl and interciling portions of hiftory. Mr, Clement 
 had inllruded him in the ufe of the globes and maps ; 
 and, as he there led him from clime to clime, and 
 country to country, he brought him acquainted with 
 the different manners, cuitoms, laws, government, 
 rife, progrtfs, and revolutions of the feveral nations 
 through ^\hich they pafl'ci. Finally, laid Clement, 
 you Tec, Mailer Fenton, that the mightiell Hates, like 
 men, ha/e the principles of gro^vth, as likewife of 
 diflblution within their own frame. Like men, cliey 
 are born and die, have their commencement and their 
 period. They ari.e, like the fun, from the darknefs 
 
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 t>t prruerty^ to iP.mperancey indufiry, liherty, n.>r.lcio'y pon^ver;^ 
 conqucj}^ glory y opulence, and there is rheir licnith. 
 From whence ihey decline to eaje, fenfuality, njenuhtyy 
 ^'.ce, corr:iptio?ii co.wara'ice, imlfucii/ity, infamy ^ JJavery. 
 And fo good night. 
 
 Mr. Fenton novv judged it full time to give oar hero 
 an inngat into the nature of the conliitution of his own 
 country; a conliitution, of whole conilruclioa, poife, 
 adion, and counter-adion, the lettered Mr. Ciemcnt 
 had fc.ircely any notion, and even the learned in our 
 laws, and the leaders in our fenatc, but a very ccniukd 
 one. 
 
 For this efpecial purpofe he called Harry to his 
 <:;ofet. You are already, my love, faid he, a member 
 of the Briiijh /hite, and, on that recount, have many 
 privileges to claim, and many amies lo pjrforni toward 
 your country in particulai, independent of your general 
 duties to mankind, ' Should It pieafe God to bie!"s your 
 friends witn the continuance of your life for eight or 
 ten years longer, you will then be a member of the 
 Ugiflature of Great Britain, one of the moil im^- 
 portant tiuils that can be confided by mankind. 
 
 Here, my Harry, I have p^a-;;ed or rathei pencilled, 
 for your u:e, an alDftradl in uiiniature of this wonderful 
 conliitution. But before I give it, for your ftudy and 
 frequent perufal, -I would give you fome knowledge of 
 the Claims whereon it is founded, as alfo of the nature 
 of man in his prei'ent depraved flate, and of his feveral 
 relations as a fubjedl and as a fovereign. Man comes 
 into this world the weakefl of all creatures ; and, 
 while he continues in it, is the moil dependent. Nature 
 nsuher clothes him with the warm fleece of the fheep, 
 nor the gay plumage of the bird ; nor does he corae 
 forth iii the vigour of the fole or the fawn, who, on 
 the hour of their birth, friik about and exult in the 
 blsiTing of new exillence. 
 
 Sacred Hiilory, indeed, intimates that man was 
 originally created invulnerable and immortal, that the 
 fjre could not burn him. Hones wound, air blail, or 
 water down him ; that he was the angelic lord and 
 compf.-oller of this earth, and thefe heavens tliat roll 
 around us ; with powors to fej, at once, into the 
 eiTyiices, propgrtiesj and diftindions of things ; to 
 Q 2 unfold 
 
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 tinfold all their virtues, to call forth all theii* beauli-^s, 
 and to rule, fubdue, and moderate thefe elements at 
 phafure. Thefe truly were go Hike gifts, illu.lrious 
 powers and prerogatives, and well becoming an off- 
 fpring produced in the express image of an all- 
 powerful, all-wife, and all beneficent Creator. 
 
 True, Sir, faid Harry, but we fee nothing now of 
 all this greatnefs- and glory. Man, on the contrary, 
 is himfelf fubjeded to all the elements over which, 
 ycu fay, he was appointed the ruler; he has every 
 thing to fear from every thing about him ; even the 
 infers fearlefsly attack this boalled lord of the crea- 
 tion ; and hiilory (hews, from the beginning of the 
 ivorld, that the greateil of all enemies to man, is man. 
 '^Ihis, replied iVlr. F-nton, is continually to remind 
 him oi tlie guilty ftate into which he is fallen. Man 
 indeed is now no beiter than the ruins of man ; but 
 then thele ruins are fufficient to prove the dignity of 
 his oriiiinal Hate, When you behold the ruins of fome 
 lofty palace, you immediately form an idea of its 
 original beauty. Even fo, in our prefent feeble and 
 fraduied ftate, a difcerning eye may difcover many 
 traces of man's magnmficent ruin; thoughts 
 that wing infinity ; apprehenfions that reach thiough 
 eternity ; a fancy that creates ; an imagination that 
 contains an univerle ; wifhes that a world hath not 
 wherewithal to gratify ; and defires that know neither 
 end nor bound. 
 
 Thvife, however, are but the faint glimmerings of 
 his o.ice glorious illumination ; all his primitive faculties 
 ar? now lapfed and daikened ; he is become enflaved to 
 his natural fubjt-'(fls ; the world is wrelled out of his 
 hands ; he comes as an alien into it, and may literally 
 be called a Jiranger and pilgrim upon earth. 
 
 All other animals are gifted with a clear knowledge 
 and inllant difcernment of whatever concerns them. 
 Man's utmoft wifdom, on the contrary, is the bare 
 refult of comparing and inferring, a mere enquirer called 
 Rea/o/i, Vi.fuhJ}ititu' in the want of knoLvledge, a. grcper in 
 the want of //ghi. He mufl doul^t before he reajons^ 
 and examine before he dtcid^Ss Thus ignorant, feeble, 
 deeply depraved, and the Icaff iulhcient, of all ere i- 
 tares, in a Hate of independence, man is compelled ta 
 
 derive 
 
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 derive fuccour, ftrength, and even wifdom from foci- 
 ety. When he turns a piiying ear and helping hand 
 to the diftrefled, he is intideJ, in his turn, to be heard 
 and affiiled. He is interelled in others ; others are in- 
 terefted in him. His afiedions grow more diffufed, 
 his powers more complicated ; and, in any fociety, 
 each may enjoy the ilrength, virtue, and efficacy of 
 the whole. 
 
 You have. Sir, faid Harry, here drawn an ''xceed- 
 jng fweet piflure of fociety, and you know I am but a 
 fool and a novice in fuch matters. Bui, if any other 
 man breathing had given me fuch a d?fcrip:ioji, f 
 fhould, from my little reading, havii wiwhllood him to 
 the face. Look through all t.ie Hates and alTociations. 
 that ever were upon earch ; throughout the republics 
 of Greece, Italy, x\fia- Minor, and others, the moil 
 renowned for virtue ; and yet, what do you f.nd them, 
 fave fo many bands of public robbers and murderers, 
 confederate for the deftrudion of the reft of mankind ? 
 What defoladons, what bloodihed, what carnage from 
 the beginning! what a delight in horrojs ! whac a 
 propenlity in ail to infiidl mifery upon others I the 
 jnalignity of the fiends can, I think, pierce no deeper! 
 Neither is this. Sir, as I take it, the extent of their 
 malevolence. For, when any of theie bands, or ftates, 
 as you call them, have conquered or uaughrered alj 
 around them, they never fail, for want of employment, 
 to fall out amonaj themielves, and cut the throats of 
 their very confederates. 
 
 Say then, my dearell father, tell me, whence comes 
 this worfe than flinty, this cruel hard heartednefs in 
 man? Why are not all like you ? Why are they noc 
 happy in communicating hap: inefs ? If mv eyes did not 
 daily lee it, I ihou:d think it impoflible that any one 
 fhould derive pleai'ure from giving pain to another. 
 Can it be more bleifcd to deftroy taan to preferve, to 
 wound than ro h^A ? My heart wrings with reg et for 
 b^ing call into a world, wne;e naiio.i againit nati;. i, 
 family aoainft family, and man agiinll man, are per- 
 petually imbatded, g.udging, gralpin^:, tearing every 
 enjoyment, and life itfeU from eajii otner. 
 
 Here Harry, fo- a while, heid his handkerchief :-v 
 his eyes 5 while his fond uncle dropped a uic^i L§^r 
 G 3 oi 
 
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 of delight, at beholding the amiable emotion of hl% 
 beloved. 
 
 Take care, my Harry, rejoined Mr. Fenton, of the 
 fmallelt tintflure of uncharitablenefs. You fee only 
 the worft part, the fhell of this world; while the 
 kernel, the better part, is concealed from your eyes. 
 There are millions of worthy people upon earth ; but 
 ihcy are as a kingdom within a kingdom, a grain 
 xvithin a hufk ; it requires a kindred heart, and a 
 curious eye to difcover them. Evil in man is like 
 evil in the elements ; earthquakes, hurricanes, thun- 
 ders, and lightnings are confpicuous, noify, and 
 glaring ; while Goodnefs, like warmth and moifture, 
 is filent and unperceived, though produdive of all 
 the beauties and benefits in nature. 
 
 I once told you that all the evil which is in yoa 
 belongs to yourfelf, and that all the good which is in 
 you, belongs to your God ; that you cannot in or of 
 yourfelf, fo much as think a good thought, or form a 
 good wi(h, or oppofe a finglc temptation of any kind. 
 And what 1 then faid of you, may equally be faid of 
 all men. 
 
 God is the fulnefs of all poflible things ; he has 
 therefore, all things to give, but nothing to defire. 
 "The creature, while empty of God, has all things to 
 crave, but nothing to beftow. No two things in the 
 Univerfe, can be more oppofite. Remember, there- 
 fore, this diilindtion in yourielf and all others ; remem- 
 ber that, wnen you feel or fee any inftance of rclfi(h- 
 nefs, you feel and fee the coveting, grudging, and 
 grappling of the creat ire : but that when you feci or 
 fee any inftance of benevolence, you feel and fee the 
 informing influence of your God. All poflible vice 
 and malif^nity fubfifts in the one; all poflible virtue 
 and blcflednefs in the other. 
 
 [Here follows Mr. Fenton*s (hort fyftem x)f the 
 beauties and benefits of our conrtitution. But, if the 
 reader loves amufement preferable to inftruftion, he is 
 at liberty to pafs it over, and proceed in the Ilory.] 
 
 The REGAL ESTATE. 
 
 THE King, in the conftitution of Great Britain, is 
 more properly the king o/, than a king cvtr tht 
 
 pcopl 
 
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 people ; united to them, one of them, and contained 
 in them. At the fame time that he is acknowledged 
 the Head of their body, he is their principal Servant 
 ©r Minifter, being the Deputee of their executive 
 power. 
 
 He is called to govern the people according to the 
 laws by which they themfelves had confented to be 
 governed ; to caufe jullice and mercy to be difpenfed 
 throughout the realm ; and, to his utmoft, to execute, 
 proteft, and maintain the laws of the Gofpel of God, 
 and the rights and liberties of all the people without 
 diftindlion. And this he fwears on the Gofpel of God 
 to perform. And thus, as all others owe allegiance to 
 the King, the king himfelf owetb allegiance to the conJU- 
 tution. 
 
 The exiftcnce of a King, as one of the three ellates, 
 is immutable, indifpenfable, and indefeafible. The 
 conftitution cannot fubfiil without a king, fiut then 
 his perfonal claim of poiTeflion, and of hereditary fuc- 
 eeflion to the throne, is, in feveral inftances, defeali- 
 ble. As in cafe of any natural incapacity to govern ; 
 or in cafe of any attempt to fap or overthrow a fun- 
 damental part of that fyftera, which he was conllitutedj 
 and fworn to maintain. 
 
 Though the claim of all kings to the throne of 
 Great Britain is a limited claim, yet the world can 
 afford no rival, in power or glory, to a conflitutioned 
 fovereign of thefe free dominions. For the honour 
 of their own body, they have inveftcd this their head 
 with all poflible illuftration. He concentrates the rays 
 of many nations. They have clothed him in royal 
 robes, and x:ircled his head with a diadem, and enthronei 
 him on high. Neither are his the mere enfigns or ex- 
 ternal (hews of regency. He is invelled alfo with 
 powers much more real than if they were abfolute. 
 
 There are three capital prerogatives with which the 
 king is entrufted, which, at firft fight, appear of dan. 
 gerous tendency ; and which mult infallibly end in 
 arbitrary dominion, if they were not counterpoifed 
 and counterafted. His principal prerogative is to 
 make war or peace, as alfo treaties, leagues, and al- 
 liances with foreign potentates. 
 
 His 
 
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 His fecond prerogative is to nominate and appoint 
 all niiinfters and fervants of Hate, all judges and acj- 
 miniftrators of jaftice, and all officers, civil or miliiary, 
 throughout theie realms. 
 
 His third capital prerogative is, that he has the 
 whole executive po-.ver of the government of thefe 
 nations, by his laid minilters ana officers, both civil 
 and niiiitary. 
 
 I might here alfo have added a fourth prerogative,, 
 a power of granting pardon to criminals. Had this 
 power been unrellrained, all ob.igations to juftice 
 might be abfolved at the king's pleafure. But God, 
 and our glorious anceftors be praifed ! he is reflraine4 
 from proteding his bell beloved minillers, when they 
 have eiFefted or even attempted the damage of the 
 conflitution. He is alfo limited in appeals brought by 
 the fubjeft for murder or robbery. But, on indi<St- 
 ments in his own name, for offences againft his proper 
 perfon and government, fuch as rebellion, inlurredion, 
 riot, and breaches of the pc^ace, by murder, maim, 
 or robbery, &c. here he is at liberty to extend ths 
 arm of his mercy, forafmuch as there are many cafes 
 fo circumftanced, lb admiffive of pit able and palliati 
 ing confiderations, that fum7non jusy or Hrid juHlce, 
 might ^vowt/umma injuriay or extreme injuftice. 
 
 All pardonable otitnces are diilinguifhcd by the title 
 of crimina Itejte tn ijcjiatisy fins againji the King. Ail urr^ 
 pardonable offences are diitinguuhed by the title of 
 crimina laftt hbcrtutlsy fins aga^nji the LOnflitu.kn^ \\\ 
 the firll cafe, the injury is prefumed to extend no 
 further than to one O' a few individuals ; in the 
 fecond, it is charged as a fin agiinll tiie public, againl^ 
 the colledlive body of the w .oie people. Of the lat- 
 ter kind are nuifanccs that may ind.inger the lives of 
 travellers on the high-way; bu^ inoie capitally, any 
 imagination, proved by ov;?rc-ail, or evil advicri, tend- 
 ing to change the nature or form of any one of the 
 three tltates ; or tending to velt the government, or 
 the adminiilration tneieof, in -jux^ one or any two of 
 the faii eitates indepen lent of tne otncr ; or tending to 
 raife armies, or to continue them in time of peace with- 
 out the confent of pariiaraent i ox tending to give an/ 
 
 foreiga 
 
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 foreign eftate an advantage over thefe realms, by fea or 
 by land. 
 
 The king hath alfo annexed to his dignity many 
 farther very important powers and prerogatives. He 
 IS firll confidered as the original proprietor of all the 
 lands in thefe kingdoms ; and he founds this claim, as 
 well on the conqueft by William the Norman, as by 
 the kings or leaders of our Gothic anceftors Hence 
 it comes to pafs that all lands, to which no fubjed can 
 provs a title, are fuppofed to be in their original 
 owner, and are therefore, by the conllitution, veiled 
 in the crown. On th^ fa.ne principle alfo the king is 
 intitled to the lands of all perfons who are convided 
 of crimes fubverfive of the conftitution. 
 
 His perfon is conditutionaliy facred, and exempted 
 from all atfls of vi .ience or conftraint. As one or the 
 ellates, alfo he Is conllituted a corporation, and his 
 written teirimony amounts to a matter of recoid. He 
 alfo exercifes, at prelent, the independent province of 
 fupplying members lo the fecond eftaii by a new crea- 
 tion, a very large accefiion to his origiaai powers. 
 Bithops alfo are appointed and nominated by the king, 
 another confiderable addition to the royal prerv>gatxve. 
 His is the fole prerogative to com or imprefs money, 
 and the fpecify, change, or determine the current 
 value thereof; and for this purpofe he is fuppofed to 
 have referved, from his original gr^rts of lands, a 
 property in min'?s of gold and fiive*!-, w ii;'i are there* 
 fore called royalties. 
 
 As he is one of the three conititutional elates, 
 neither can he be barred of his title by ieng' h of time 
 or entry. And thefe illuilrations of his digaity call 
 rays of anfwerable privileges on his royai conlort, heir 
 apparent, and eldcll daughter. 
 
 The king hath alfo fome other inferior powers, fuch 
 as of inftituting fairs and markets ; and of ifluing patents 
 for fpecial and perfonal purpofes, provided tney iliall 
 not be found to infringe on the rights of others. He 
 is alfo intrufted with the guardianftiip of the perfons 
 and poifefllons of idiots and lunatics without account. 
 I leave his majefty's prerogative of a negative voice 
 in the legillature ; as alfo his prerogative frequently to 
 -call the other two eUates to parliament^ and duly to 
 
 continue, 
 
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 continue, prorof^ue, and difr:l.e the fame ; till I com«s 
 to {pe.ik of" the three eilates, when in parliament 
 afiembled. 
 
 Here then we iind that a king of Great Britain i» 
 conlVitutiunally in veiled with every power that can 
 poffibly be exert:.d in acls cf beneficence. And that, 
 while he continues to move within the fphere of his 
 benign appointment, he continues to be conilituted the 
 moft worthy, moll mig ity, and mod glorious reprefen- 
 tative of Omnipotence upon earth. 
 
 In treating of the fccond and third eftate^ I come 
 naturally to confider what ihofe reltraints are, which, 
 while they are preferved inviolate, have fo happy 
 a tendency to the mutual profperity of prince and 
 people. 
 
 The ARISTOCRATICAL, or 
 SELOND ESrATE. 
 
 THE Nobility, or fecond eftate, in the conftitirtion 
 of Great Brit.iin, is origina'ly reprefentative. 
 The members were ennobled by tenure^ and not by 
 nurit or patent j and they were holden in fervice to the 
 crown and kingdom, for the refpedlive provin. es, 
 counties, or baronies, whofe name they bore and which 
 they reprciented. 
 
 A title to be a member of this fecond eftate was 
 from the beginning heieditarv. The king could not 
 anciently either create or defeat a title to nobility. 
 Their tiiles were not forfeitable, fave by the judgment 
 of their peers upon legal trial. 
 
 Till Henry VI 1. the nobles were looked upon as fo 
 many pillars whereon the people rc-rted their rights. 
 Accordingly we find that, in the grand com^ja6l be- 
 l.veen Jjhn and the collective body of the nation, the 
 king and people jointly agree to confide to ihe nobK s 
 the fupeiintendence of the execution of the grf.it 
 chart'^r, with authority to them and their fueceiTors lo 
 enforce the due performance of the covenants therein 
 comprized. 
 
 Such a preference mufl have proved an unremitting 
 incitement to the cultivation of every virtue, and to 
 i"uch exertions, and ads of public beneficence, a» 
 
 ihould 
 
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 (houK! draw a man forth to fo fiiining a point of light, 
 and fet him like a gem in the gold of the conflitution. 
 The crown did not at once afTume the independent 
 right of conferring nobility, Henry III. firft omitted 
 to call lome of the barons to parliament who were 
 perfonally obnoxious to him, and he iHued his writs or 
 written letters to fome others who were not barons, 
 but f.om whom he expected greater conformity to his 
 niea!ure5. Thefe writs, however, did not enoble the 
 party till he was admitted, by the fecond eftate, to a 
 feat in parliament ; neither was fuch nobility, by writ, 
 hereditary. 
 
 To fupply thefe defedls, the arbitrary miniftry of 
 Richard II. invented the method of ennobling by 
 letters patent, at the king's pleafure, whether for years 
 or for life, in fee-fimple to a man and his heirs at 
 large. This prerogative, however, was In many 
 inftances, declin,ed and difcontinued, more particularly 
 by king Henry V. till meeting with no oppofition 
 from the other two ellates, it has fucceflively defcend*- 
 ed, from Henry Vll. on nine crowned heads, through 
 a ptefcription of near a century and a half. 
 
 Next to their king, the people have allowed tO 
 their peerage feveral privileges of the moft illuitrious 
 dillindion ; their Chriftian names, and the names that 
 defcended to them from their anceftors, are abforbed 
 by the name from whence they take their title of 
 honour, and by this they make their fignature in all 
 letters and deeds. Every temporal peer of the realm 
 is deerticd a kinfman to the crown. Their depofition 
 on their honour is admitted in place of their oath, fave 
 where they perfonally prefent themfelves as witnefTea 
 of fads, and faving their oaths of allegiance, fupre- 
 macy, and abjuration. Their perfons are at all times 
 exempted from arrelts, except in criminal cafes. A 
 defamation of their character is highly punilnable, 
 however true the fads may be and deferving of 
 cenfare. Duiing a fjlTion of parliament, all adions 
 and fuits at law. againft peers are fufpended. In pre- 
 fentmtnts or indidrrents by grand juries, and on im- 
 peachments by the houfe of commons, peers are to be 
 tried by t'.eir pe-^rs alone ; for in all criminal cafes 
 they are privileged from the jurifdidion of inferior 
 
 courts. 
 
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 cearts, excepting on appeals for murder or robbery. 
 Peers are alio exempted from ferviiig on inquelts. 
 And, in all civil caufes, where a peer is plainiifF, 
 there mull be tv\o or more knights i.npannelled on th« 
 jury. 
 
 The bilhops, or fpiritual lords, have privilege of 
 parliament, but kave not the above privileges of per- 
 fonal nobility. In all criminal cases, favmg attainder 
 and impeachment, they are alfo to be tried by a petit- 
 jury. Moreover bilhops do not vote, in the houfe of 
 lords, on the trial of any pcrion for a c pital crime. 
 
 All the temporal and fpiritual nobles that compofe 
 the houfe of lords, however different in their titles 
 and degrees of nobility, are called peers, (pares) or 
 equals : becaufe their voices are admitted as of equal 
 value, and the vote of a bifliop or baron is equivalent 
 to that of an archbi(hop or duke. 
 
 The capital prerogative of the houfe of peers con- 
 fifts in their being the fupreme court of judicature y to 
 whom the final decifion of all civil caules is confided, 
 in the lafi refort. This ccnflitutional prinjilege is a weighty 
 counterpoife to his majelty's fecond prerogatl've of ap- 
 pointing the adrr.inijirators of jvjiice throughout the nation ; 
 forafmuch as judges (who are immediately under the 
 influence of the crown) are yet intimidated from in- 
 fringing, by any fentence, the laws or conftitution of 
 thefe realms, while a judgment, fo highly fuperior to 
 their own, impends. 
 
 The fecond great privilege of the houfe of peers 
 confiils, in their having the fole judicature of all im- 
 peachments commenced and profecuted by the com- 
 mons. And this again is a very weighty counterpoife 
 to his majefty's third prerogatl^ue of ihe executi-ve go-vtrn- 
 ment of thefe nations by his minijiers, fince no minilter can 
 iae fo great, as not juftly to dread the coming under 
 fach a judgment. 
 
 The third capital privilege of the houfe of peers 
 fubfills in their fliare, or particular department of 
 rights, in the legiflature. This extends to the framing 
 of any bills, at their pleafure, for the purpofes of 
 good government ; faving always to the commons 
 their incommunicable right of granting taxes or fubfi- 
 dies 10 be levied on their coalUtuente, But on fuch 
 
 bills. 
 
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 bills, as on all others, the houfe of lords have a nega- 
 ti\e ; a happy counterpoire to the power both of king 
 and commons, Ihould demands on the one part, or 
 bounti6s on the other, exceed what is requifite. 
 
 The DEMOC RATIC a L, or 
 THIRD ESTATE. 
 
 THE ELECTION of commoncrs, to be immediate truf^ 
 tees and apt reprefentatives of the people in par- 
 liament, is the privilege of the people. The perfons 
 of thefe, daring their feihon, and for fourteen days 
 before and after every meeting, adjournment, proro- 
 gation, and diflblution of parliament, are equally ex- 
 empted, with the perfons of peers, from arreit and 
 durefs of every fort. They are alfo, during their 
 feffion, to have ready accefs to the king or houfe of 
 lords, and to addrefs or confer with them on all occa- 
 fions. 
 
 No member of the houfe of commons, any more 
 than the houfe of peers, ihall fufter, or be quellioned, 
 or compelled to witnefs or anfwer, in any court or 
 place whatfoever, touching any thing faid or done by 
 himfelfcr others in parliament* in order that perfect 
 freedom of fpeech and action may leave nothing undone 
 for the public weal. They have alfo (during feffion) 
 an equal power with the houfe of lords, to punifh any 
 who Ihall prefume to traduce their dignity, or detrad 
 fiom the rights or privileges of any member of their 
 houfe. 
 
 The commons form a court of judicature, diilin<5l 
 from the judicature of the houfe of lords. Theirs is 
 the peculiar privilege to try and adjudge the legalit)' 
 of the eledion of their own members. They may- 
 fine and confine their own members as well as others, 
 for delinquency or oifence againll the honour of their 
 houfe. But, in all other matters of judicature they 
 are merely a court oi inquijition 2l£A prefentment , and 
 not a tribunal of difniti've judgmeict. 
 
 In this refped, however, they are exremely formi- 
 dable. They conftitute x\iQ grand inqusj} of the nation ; 
 for which they are fuppofed to be perfedlly qualified 
 by a perfonal knowlege of what has been tranfa<5led. 
 
 Vol. II. H throughout 
 
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 throughout the feveral fhires, cities, and boroughs, 
 from whence they afierr.ble. and which they reprefent. 
 Over and above their inquiry into all public grie- 
 ^ vances, nvicked minijiers, tranfgrejfing jnagijlrates, lorrupt 
 judges ayid jujiiciaries, who fell, deny, or delay juftice : 
 tvil ccunfelhrs of the crown, who attempt or devife 
 the fubverfion of any part of the conflitution : with 
 all fuch overgrown malefadlors as are deemed above 
 the reach of inferior courts, come under the particular 
 cognizance of the commons, to be by them impeached, 
 and prefented for trial at the bar of the houfe of lords. 
 And thefe inquifitorial and judicial powers of the two 
 houfcs, from which no man under the crown can be 
 exempted, are deemed a fuflicient allay and counter- 
 poife to the whole executive power of the king by his 
 ininirters. 
 
 The Jegiflative department of the power of the com- 
 mons is in all refpc6ls co-equal with that of the peers. 
 They frame any bills at pleafure for the purpofes of 
 good government. They exercife a right, as the lords 
 alfo do, to propofe and bring in bills, for the amend- 
 ment or repeal of old lav.s, as well as for the ordaiw- 
 ing of new ones. And each houfe alike hath a nega- 
 tive on all bills that are fiamed and pafied by the 
 other. 
 
 But the capital, the incommunicable privilege of 
 the houfe of commons, arifes from their being im- 
 powered to take from the people a fmall portion of 
 their property, in order to reftore it three-fold, in the 
 advantages of peace, equal government, and the en- 
 couragement of trade, induitry, and manufidtures. 
 
 By this fundamental and incommunicable privilege, 
 the commons have the fole power over the money of 
 the people ; to grant or deny aids, according as they 
 iliall judge them either rcquifite, or unneceHary to the 
 public fervice. Theirs is the province, and theirs alone, 
 to enquire and judge of the feveral occafions for which 
 fuch aids may be required, and to meafure and appro- 
 priate thefums to their rcfpcftive ules. Theirs alfo is 
 the fole province of framing all bills or laws for the 
 impofmg of any taxes, and of appointing the means 
 foi le^-ying *he fame upon the people. Neither may 
 the litil or fecond cflate, either king or peerage, pro- 
 pound 
 
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 poiind or do any thing rel^iting to thefe matters, that 
 may any way interfere with the proceedings of the 
 commons, fave in their difient or afTent to fuch bills, 
 when prefented to them, v.ithout addition, deduction, 
 or alteration of any kind. 
 
 After fuch taxes have been levied and difpofed of, 
 the commons have the further right of examining into 
 the application of them ; of ordering all accounts re- 
 lative thereto to be laid before them ; and of cenfuring 
 the abufe or mifapplication thereof. 
 
 The royal aiTent to all other bills is exprelTed by tha 
 terms Le roy k njeut, the king nvil/s it. But, when the 
 commons prefent their bills of aid to his majelly it is 
 anfvvered, Le roy remercier fa loyal fujc£ls et ainjilenjcut, 
 the king thaiiks his loyal fubjeds cjid fo 'ujilleth, Ari 
 exprefs acknowledgment that the right of granting or 
 levying monies for public pnrpofes, lies folely in the 
 people and their reprefentatives. 
 
 This capital privilege of the commons conilitutea 
 the grand counierpoife to. the king's principal prero- 
 gative of making peace or war; for how impotent mull 
 \ warlike enterprize prove without ffic^xcy, Vrlilch 
 makes the finews thereof 1 
 
 The three ESTATES in PARLIAMENT. 
 
 THE kins:, lords, and commons, in parliament af- 
 fembled have the legijlati-ve ponver ; the faid king, 
 lords, and commons, when fo affembled, being the 
 great reprefentative of the whole nation. As the in- 
 flitution, repeal, and amendment of laws, together 
 with the redrefs of public grievances and oifences, 
 are not within the capacity of any of the three eilates, 
 diftind from the others, the frequent holding of 
 PARLIAMENTS is the vital food, without which the 
 conllitutlon cannot fublift. 
 
 The three eftates originally, when affembled in par- 
 liament, fat together confulting in the open field. Ac- 
 cordingly, at Running-Mead, five hundred years ago, 
 king John pafled the great charter (as therein is ex- 
 prefled) by the advice of the lords fpiritual and tempo- 
 ral, by the advice of feveral commoners (by name 
 recited) et oliorum Jiddiuin, and of others his faithful 
 H 2 people. 
 
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 people. And in the twenty -firft claufe of the faid char- 
 ter, he covenants that, " For having the common 
 council of the kingdom to affefs aids, he will caufe the 
 lords Spiritual and temporal to be fummoned by his 
 "writs ; and moreover that he will caufc the principal 
 commoners, or thofe who held from him in chief, to 
 be generally fummoned to faid parliaments by his fheriffs 
 and bailiffs," 
 
 In the faid aflemblies however, the concourfe be- 
 came fo great and diforderly, and the contefts frequent- 
 Jy fo high between the feveral eftates, in afiertion of 
 their refpeftive privileges ; that they judged it more 
 expedient to fit apart, and feparately, to exercife the 
 oiiices of their refpedive departments. 
 
 In all Heps of national import, the king is to be 
 conduced by the diredlion of the parliament, his great 
 natit)nal council ; a council on whom it is equally in- 
 cumbent to confult for the king with whom they are 
 conneded, and for the people whom they reprefent. 
 Thus the king is conilitutionally to be guided by the 
 fenfe of his parliament ; and the parliament alike is to 
 be conflitutionally guided by the general fenfe of the 
 people. Now, while the three cltates a6l diftindly, 
 within their refpeftive departments, they effedl and 
 are reciprocally atTctSled by each other. For inllance. 
 The king has the fole prerogative of making war. 
 But then the means are In the hands of the people and 
 their reprefentatives. 
 
 Again. To the king is committed the whole execu- 
 tive power. But then the minifters of that power are 
 accountable to a tribunal, from which a criminal has 
 jio appeal. 
 
 A^ain. To the king is commiucd the cognizance 
 of all caufes. But fhould his judges or judiciaries 
 pervert the rule of rightcoufnefs, an inquilitlon, im- 
 peachment, and trial impends, from whofe judgment 
 the judges cannot be exempted. 
 
 Again, the king hath a negative upon all bills, where- 
 by his own prerogatives are guarded from invafion. 
 But fliould he refule the royal aQent to bills tending to 
 the general good of the iubjed, the commons can alfo 
 withhold their bills of aflefiVnent, or annex the rejeded 
 bill to their bill of aids; and they never fail to pafs 
 luch agreeable company. While 
 
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 While the king is thus controuled by the lords and 
 the commons ; while the lords are thus controuled by 
 the commons and the king ; and while the commons 
 are thus controuled by the other two eihites, from 
 attempting any thing to the prejudice of the general 
 welfare ; the three eilates may be aptly compared to 
 three pillars divided below at equi-diftant angles, but 
 united and fupported at top, merely by the bearing of 
 each pillar againft the other. Take but any otje of 
 thefe pillars away and the other two muft inevitably 
 tumble. But while all aft on each other, all are equally 
 counteraded, and thereby eilablifh the general frame* 
 
 WITHIN little more than a month, Harry made 
 himfelf perfect mafter of the foregoing ryftem, 
 and wrote comments upon it much more voluminous 
 than the text. As he had loA his friend Ned, who was 
 now under tutelage of his uncle, Mr. Catharines, little 
 Tommy " Clement became the principal companion cf 
 his hours of amufement, and Tommy with his good 
 will would never be from his heels. One morning as 
 they ftrolled up the road, fome dirtance from the 
 town, Harry obfei ved a crowd gathering faft on the 
 way, and haftened, like others, to fee what was the 
 matter. As foon as he arrived, he perceived Mr. 
 Gripe the conllable at the head of the poffe, with his 
 ftafF of authority exalted in his hand. Pray, what are 
 you about, Mr. Ccnllable, fays Harry ? 1 am going. 
 Sir, to feize a robber, who has taken Ihelter in yonder 
 walle hovel. — And who did he rob ? — He robbed Mr. 
 Niggards here, that is to fay, his boy here of a fix- 
 penny loaf. Perhaps the man was hungry, faid Harry, 
 and had not wherewithal to buy one. Pray tell me, 
 my lad, how this affair was. 
 
 Why, mailer, you muft know as how Mr. Niggards 
 my mafter here, fent me this morning to the town with 
 a fhiiling to buy two lix-penny loaves. So as I was 
 coming back, I met a man, who made me afraid with 
 his pale and meager face. My good bey, fays he, 
 will you give me one of thofe loaves in charity ? I 
 dare not. Sir, fays I, they are none of my own. Here, 
 fays he, I will give you my hat for one of them ; but 
 this I refafed, as his hat, to my thinking, was not 
 H 3 worth 
 
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 worth a groat. Nay, fays he, I muil have one of the 
 loaves, that is certain ; for I have a wife and feven 
 children all ftarving in yonder hovel, and, while there 
 is bread in the world, I cannot but fnaich a morfel for 
 them. So, as I told you, T was frighted. I gave 
 him one of the loaves without any more words, and 
 away he run as flifl as his legs could carry him ; but I 
 followed him with my eye, till I faw him fafe lodged. 
 
 Here Harry wiped his eye and mufed awhile. Tell 
 me truly now, my good boy, continued he, if both 
 thofe loaves had been your own, would you willingly 
 have given one of them, to keep the poor man and his 
 family from periihing ? 
 
 I would. Sir, faid the lad, with a very good will. 
 And, had I fixpence of my own, I would have gone 
 back with all my heart, and have bought another loaf. 
 But, my mafter is a hard man, and fo I was forced to 
 tell him the truth. 
 
 Here, my lad, fays Harry, here is a crown. Go 
 back, buy two loaves for your mailer, in place of the 
 one he has loil, and keep the remaining four (hillings 
 to yourfelf for your trouble. You lee Mr. Conftable, 
 continued he, you never can make felony of this mat- 
 ter. The boy confeiTes that he gave the bread with a 
 good will, and tliat he would not have informed had i» 
 not been for the fear of his mafter. 
 
 It is very true, pleafe your honour, replied Mr. 
 Gripe, I myfelf pity the poor man from my heart, and 
 have nothing more to fay in this bufinefs. 
 
 vStay awhile, fays Harry, perhaps we may find fome 
 further employment for you. J« not that the Niggards 
 >vhom you had in cuftody the other day, and for whofe 
 deliverance I paid five and twenty pounds to his credi- 
 tor ? The very man. Sir, fays Gripe. 
 
 Harry then put his hand in his pocket, and, taking 
 out a fmall fcrip of parchment, exclaimed, I am glad 
 of what you leli m.e with all my heart ! Indeed, I did 
 not like the looks of the man at the time, and that 
 njade me accept the afiignment of this adlion. Here, 
 JMr. Gripe, take your prifoner again into cuftody inr 
 ray name. Away with him to jail diredly ? As the 
 holy gofpel has it, IJe pall not depart thence till he has 
 paid the uttmnofi fartkings No, no, Mr. Niggards ; i 
 
 wUl 
 
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 ^lII not hear a word. Go learn henceforward to be- 
 merciful yourfelf, if you would look for mercy from 
 God or man. 
 
 Tommy my dear, go back again, fays Harry, our 
 neighbour Joieph here will fee you fafe home. I will 
 not fuifer any one to go in my company, for fear of 
 putting the poor man or his family to ihame. Harry- 
 had not advanced fifty paces toward the hovel, when 
 his ears were Ilruck with the found of fudden and joint 
 lamentation ; and, turning he perceived that the in- 
 quifitive crowd had gathered at his heels. My friends 
 fays he, I befeech you to leave me for the prefent, I 
 would not choofe any witneffes to what I am about. 
 Pray oblige me fo far as to depart on your own oc« 
 cafions. 
 
 Hereupon, being loth to offend him, they retired a 
 few fteps, and flood together, aloof, attentive to the 
 €vent of this uncommon adventure. Mean while the 
 cry continued with a bitternefs that thrilled through 
 every nerve of our hero ; and as he now approached 
 the place, he did his utmoft to reftrain himfelf and 
 quell the feelings within him, and he drew his hat over 
 his eyes, to prevent the parties from feeing the emo- 
 tion that they caufed. 
 
 The hovel was of mud walls, without any roofing 5 
 but, as there was an opening where the door had once 
 been, Harry ftole to the entrance, calling an eye of 
 obfervation about him. Hereupon a woman turned. 
 She had been fearfully peering over the wall at the 
 crowd which had not yet difperfed, but having notice 
 of Harry's entrance fhe looked toward him, and drop- 
 ped on her knees. 
 
 O Sir, (he cried, if you are the gentleman who 
 owned the loaf, for Chrift his fake I pray you to have 
 mercy upon us ! Money, indeed, we have not, but we 
 will Itrip ourfelves of our covering to make you a re- 
 compenfe. Alas ! alas 1 could we have gueffed how 
 my hufband came by it, we would have famillied a 
 thoufand times rather than touch a morfel. But he, 
 dear good man, did it all for our fakes, for the fake of 
 the heavy burden with which he is overladen. Ah, I 
 would to heaven we were all dead, hanged, or drowned 
 out of his way ! He might then walk the world at large 
 and be happy as he deferves, 
 
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 Here again ihe fet up her wailing, which was ac- 
 companied by her feven children, in I'uch a woful con- 
 cert, as the heart of Harry could not fuftain, neither 
 fuffer him, for a feafon, to interrupt or appeafe. 
 
 At length he faid, with a faultering voice. Pray be 
 not alarmed. Madam, for I difcern that you are a 
 gentlewoman, tho* in a very unhappy difguife. The 
 affair of the loaf is fettled to your fatisfaftion, and here 
 are ten guineas ; it is all that I have about me, and it 
 is only to fhew you, for the prefent, that you are not 
 quite fo friendlefs as you thought. Mean time I re- 
 queft that you will all come with me to Hampftead, 
 where we will try to do fomething better for you. 
 
 Here the woman looked with an earneft and eager 
 rapture at him. May Jefus Chrift, ihe cried, be your 
 portion, fair angel ! and he is already your portion ; 
 he -is feen in your fweet face, and breaks out at your 
 eyes in pity to poor finners. 
 
 Harry was now ilepping forth, and the reft prepared 
 to follow him ; when the poor man, who, for fliame, 
 had not yet uttered a fyllable, gently Itayed him at 
 the opening. Turn, generous mafter, faid he, pray 
 turn, and hear a fmall apology for my tranfgreflion. I 
 am a very unhappy man ; 1 have feen better times ; but 
 I am driven, by cruel ufage, from houfe, and home, 
 and maintenance. I was going to London to apply to 
 the law for relief, when my youngelt child, who was 
 on the breaft, fell defperately fick about four days ago. 
 As we had no money to hire lodging, and had begged 
 the means of life for the two foregoing days, we weie 
 compelled to take up with this (helterlefs hovel. From 
 hence I frequented the road, and for the three laft days 
 begged as much as fuftained us in coarfe bread and • 
 water. But this morning my boy died, and his brothers 
 and I, with our (licks and our hands, dug his grave 
 that you fee yonder, and I placed that flag over him 
 to preferve his tender limbs from the pigs and the 
 hounds ; till it may pleafe heaven to allow me means 
 to bury him according to the holy rites of our church. 
 This melancholy oHice, Sir, detained me fo long, 
 and exercife had made the appetites of my children fo 
 outrageous, that 1 was in a manner compelled to do 
 what 1 did, As I had no cofhn nor winding fheet, I 
 
 took 
 
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 ook the walftcoat from my body and wrapped it about 
 PAY babe, and would willingly have wrapped him 
 with my flefh and my bones, that we might quietly 
 have lain in one grave together. 
 
 Harry anfwered not a word, but walking onward 
 before his company, plentifully watered the ground 
 with his tears, while the poor man took his youngeft 
 fon in his arms, and the woman her youngeil daugh- 
 ter on her back, and thus, with a leifurely pace, 
 they all arrived at Mr. Fenton's 
 
 The door being opened, Harry led his nine guelb 
 to the back parlour, where he inftantly ordered plenty 
 of bread and butter and milk for the children, with 
 cold meat, ale, and cakes for the father and mother; 
 and this was a matter too cuilomary in this houfe to 
 be any caufe of wonder to any member of the family. 
 
 As foon as they were refreihed, he took them all to 
 his wardrobe, where he compelled the parents to take 
 of the beft things for themfelves and their children ; 
 and having fo done, he walked out and left them to 
 drefs. 
 
 Mr. Fenton was in his ftudy, and had juft finifhed 
 a letter as Harry entered with a fmiling countenance, 
 J have been very lucky this morning Sir, fays he; I 
 think I have got the prettieft family of boys and girls 
 that is to be found within five fhircs. Do you know 
 any thing about them, Harry ? Nothing further as 
 yet. Sir, than that they and their parents are exceeding 
 poor, and have fallen, as they fay, into great mis- 
 fortunes. The miother is a very genteel young woman, 
 and the father a very comely man, fave that he has a 
 large purple mark on the left fide of his face. A pur- 
 ple mark ; cried Mr. Fenton, and darted. Go, my 
 dear and bring that man to me diredlly. Why pray. 
 Sir, do you know him ? No my love, I fhould not 
 know him though he flood before me, but I would 
 give a thoufand pounds that he may prove the man 
 I mean, and that I fnall difcover on a fliort exami- 
 nation. 
 
 By this time the father of our new family was dreffed, 
 and Harry took him by the hand, and l:d him in to 
 his uncle. He bowed twice with an awful and timid 
 rerpec% while Mr. Fenton rofe and looked earneftly 
 
 at 
 
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 at him. I rejoice, Sir, (liys he, to find that my Ton 
 here has been of fome ufe to you and your family. 
 Pray take a feat nearer to me. Sir, if you pleafe. He 
 tells me you have met with misfortunes ; I alfo have 
 had my (hare. 1 think myfelf nearly of kin to the 
 unhappy ; and you will fingularly oblip;e me by as 
 much cf your ilory as you Ihail pleafe to communicate, 
 J am intereited in it. 
 
 I have nothing to conceal from your honour, 
 anfwered the ilranger. And 1 Ihall willinoly give you 
 an open and faithful narrative of my (l^ort, but fid 
 hiftory. My name is Giltard Homely. My father was 
 a farmer in eafy circumltances near Stratford. He 
 bound mc apprentice to a tanner, and when mv tims 
 was oiit, gave me a hundred and twenty pounds to fet 
 me up in bufmefs. But, dying foon after, he be- 
 queathed che bulk of his fubftance to my elder brother. 
 
 Though my brother was a fpendthrift I loved hiai 
 dearly; and, when his creditors fell upon him, I be- 
 came his bail for tv/o hundred pounds. Within a few 
 months after he fuddenlv difaDoeared, and i nev§f 
 could learn further tidings concerning him. A Writ 
 was thereupon marked out againft me, and put into 
 the hands of bailiffs. But liberty was precious. I \eft 
 all my fubftance to the poffellion of my purfuers, and 
 pafling at a great rate, *I efcaped into Lincolnfliire. 
 There I joined myfelf to Anthony Granger the tanner. 
 Independent of his trade he held a very beautiful 
 farm, under Sir Spranger Thornhill, the lord of the 
 manor. And, as I ferved him with great zeal, affec- 
 tion, and application, his aftairs profpered under my 
 hands. 
 
 He had an only child, a very lovely girl, of about 
 ten years of age ; her manners, like her countenance, 
 were extremely engaging ; and I took vail delight at 
 all leifure hours, in leaching her to read and write, 
 and in diverting her with a variety of little amufe- 
 inents. I had no intention, at that time, of gaining 
 her young heart, but that happened to prove the con- 
 fequence; and a heavy price ic is that my poor dear 
 girl has fince paid for her aftc(5lion. Year after year 
 ihe grew in flature, but much more in lovelinefs, at 
 leaft in my eyes ; and yet I flattered myfelf that I af- 
 
 fedcd 
 
( 95 ) 
 
 felled her merely for her own fake. I ufed to pleafe 
 myfelf with the profped: of her being advanced to high 
 fortune; and I thought that I would willingly have 
 given her up to fome lord of the land. 
 
 One twelfth night a parcel of young folks of us 
 were diverting ourfelves about the fire with feveral 
 paftiraes ; and among the reft the play was introduced 
 of, / lo've my lonje nvith cni A becaufe Jhe is a7niahle, 
 and fo on thro' the alphabet. 
 
 When it came to my Peggy's turn, fhe faid, T love 
 my love with an H, becauTe he is honeft, and I never 
 will hate him for is being homely. And this might 
 have paffed without any obfervation had fhe not call a 
 glance at me and bluflied exceedingly, which threw 
 jne into equal confufion. 
 
 As this was the firft difcovery that I made of her 
 affedion it alfo ferved to open my eyes to the flrength 
 of my own palfion ; and this coft me many a fleeplefs 
 night and aching heart. I did not look upon myfelf 
 as a fufficient match for her \ I refleded that it would 
 be v£ry ungenerous to lefTen the fortune or happ5nefs 
 of the girl that I loved ; and I refolved a hundred 
 times to quit the country, that my abfence might cure 
 both her and myfelf of our foolifn fondnefs for each 
 other. But tho* this was what my reafon approved, 
 my heart ftill held me back, as it were, for a while 
 longer, when I was on the brink of departure. 
 
 Peggy was juft arrived at her fixteenth year, on the 
 24th of April, and was ele-fled by the neighbours to 
 be queen of the following May, and to deliver the 
 prizes to the vidors. I had made a vow, within myfelf, 
 to forfake her and the country, the very day after her 
 regency ; but, in the mean while, I could not refill 
 the temptation of (hewing my addrefs before the queen 
 of my wifhes. Accordingly, on the'day I entered the 
 lifts among the other young candidates. But I will 
 not burden your honour with a particular detail of 
 our infignificant contefts. It will be fufficient to in- 
 form you, that as 1 had the fortune to get the better 
 at the race, and at wreftling, when I fucceffively 
 went to receive the refpedlive prizes, my Peggy's eyes 
 danced, and her feet went pit-a-pat with joy as I 
 approached her. 
 
 Cudgels 
 
( 96 ) 
 
 Cudgels came next, and a little ftage was ercdled 
 that the fpeftators might fee with the better advan- 
 tage. I bad long learned this art from a famous 
 mailer; and, as I was confident of my fuperiority, 
 I hurt my rivals as little as poflible, only juft fuflicient 
 to make ihem acknowledge that they weie foiled. At 
 length one Hedor Pluck, a butcher, mounted the 
 ilage. He had been quite an adept at this fpoi t, and 
 for ten foregoing years had carried off the prize in 
 feveral neighbouring fhires ; but he was now come to 
 fettle near Lincoln, and was to have been married 
 the following day to a farmer's daughter, who was one 
 of the fair fpeflators at the wake. 
 
 The moment he alTailed me, I perceived that his 
 paflions were up, and that his eye was a plain in- 
 terpreter of the deadlinefs of his heart. He fought 
 cautioufly however, and kept on a watchful refervc ; 
 and we had long attacked and defended without any 
 advantage on either part, when with a motion and 
 fury quick as lightning, he made a fide flroke at me, 
 aimed to cut me acrofs the face with the point of his 
 flick. This was a blow which I had not time to inter- 
 cept or even to fee. The villain however happily 
 miffed of his intention ; for his cudgel being fomething 
 advanced, only bruifed my right cheek, when inilantly 
 I gave him a ilroke on the head, and laid him fp raw- 
 ling on the ilage, whereat all who knew me gave a 
 great iliout. 
 
 After fome time he arofe, and, advancing a little 
 toward me, he ftrctched out his left hand, as in token 
 of reconciliation ; while, pulling out his butcher's 
 knife, from a fljeath in his fide-pocket, he, with his 
 right hand, made a llab at my heart, and fuddenly 
 leaping off the ilage, attempted to efcape. Imme- 
 diately the blood poured from me in a ilream, and 
 ran along the boards. I found myfelf growing weak, 
 and, fitting down on the flage, 1 had the prefence of 
 mind to open my bofom, and taking out my hand- 
 kerchief, 1 held it to the wound. 
 
 in the mean time the whole concourfe was in an 
 uproar. The cry went about that Giffard Homely 
 was murdered, Giffard Homely was killed. My poor 
 Peggy fell fcnfelefs from her throne, and was carried 
 
 home 
 
( 97 ) 
 
 home in the fit. Several horfemen hailed away, of 
 their own accord for a furgeon ; and the butcher was 
 purfued, knocked down, hard pinioned, and conveyed, 
 with following curfes to Lincoln jail. 
 
 Among others who came to condole with me, little 
 Mafter Billy Thornhill, our landlord's fon and heir, 
 came running, and defired to be lifted upon the llage. 
 As foon as he faw the blood, and how weak and pale 
 I looked, he broke out into a paffionate tit of tears : 
 O GifFard, my GifFard, my poor GiiFard, he cried, I 
 fear you are a dead man 1 You will no more be my 
 holiday companion, Giffard. Never more will you 
 go a birding with me, or catch little flfhes for me ; or 
 carry me on your back thro* the water, or in your 
 arms over the mire. Alack ! alack ! what fliall I do, 
 if 1 lole you, my poor GifFard ! 
 
 The furgeon came at full gallop. As foon as he had 
 feen the greatnefs of the gafli. Say your laft prayer, my 
 friend, he cried ; in a very few minutes you muft be a 
 dead man. But when he h?d piobed the wound, his face 
 turned to chearfulnefs. A moft wonderful efcape, he 
 cried ; the weapon has mifled your vitals, and only 
 glanced along the rib. Be of good courage; I engage, 
 in a few weeks, to fet you once more upon your legs. 
 
 Mean time my loving neighbours made a litter and 
 bed for me of the tents and tent poles, all ftriving who 
 Ihould carry me, and all efcorting me home. The 
 good Mr, Granger had been that day confined by a 
 fprain in his ancle, and now fat weeping by his 
 child, who fell out of one fainting fit into another, 
 till fne was told that I was brought home, and that the 
 dodlor had pronounced me cut of danger. 
 
 As foon as I was put to bed, and my kind attendants 
 withdrawn, Mr. Granger, on a crutch, came limping 
 and fat down by me. He endeavoured to rellrain his 
 tears before the crowd, but as foon as he was feated 
 they broke out anew. O GifFard, GiiFard, he cried ; 
 my dear Peggy is very ill, and you are very ill, and to 
 lofe you both at once would be hard upon me indeed f 
 
 Notwithllanding a (hort fever, with the alFiflance of 
 youth and a good habit, I foon began to gather 
 itrength and recover apace. As foon as I was up and 
 about, I obferved that Mifs Peggy feemed no longer 
 
 Vol. II. I defirous 
 
( 98 ) 
 
 defirous of retraining her kind looks or her kind offices; 
 and this gave me fome concern, till I alfo obferved 
 that her father took no umbrage at it. 
 
 One evening, Giffard, fays he bluntly, what would 
 you think of my Peggy for a wife ? Nothing at all. 
 Sir, fays I ; I would not marry your daughter, if fhe 
 would have me to-morrow. Pray why fo, GifFard ? 
 Peggy is very pretty, and deferving, I think, of as 
 good a man as you. Her defervings. Sir, faid I, 
 are my very objeftion ; I fcarc^ know a man in the land 
 who is deferving of her. If that is the cafe, GifFard, 
 her hand is at your fervice, with all my heart. O, 
 Sir, I replied, 1 have no fuitable fortune ; but 1 know 
 you are pleafcd to banter ; I am no match for her. 
 You are an induftrious young man, faid he ; and fuch. 
 a one is richer, in my eye, than a fpender with 
 thoufands. Befides, you are loving and good-na- 
 tured, my fon, and J (hall not lofe my child by 
 you, but gain another child in you as dear to me as 
 herfelf. 
 
 Here I was fo over-powered by the kindnefs of the 
 dear good man, that 1 could not get out a fyllable ; 
 but finking before him, I eagerly grafped his legs, 
 and then his knees, and, rlfing, went out to vent my 
 paflion. 
 
 In about a month after. Sir Spranger Thorhbill and 
 my young friend, Mailer William, honoured our niip- 
 tials with their prefencc ; and all oui" kind neighbours 
 came crowding to the folemnity, and, by their joy, 
 appeared lo be parties in our union. 
 
 For eight following years never was known a happier 
 family. But about that time, Sii Spranger Thornhill 
 fickened and died, and was attended to the dark man- 
 fion of the bodies of his anceftors, by the greateft 
 concourfe of true mourners that ever was feen in the 
 (hire, all lamendng that goodnefs was not exempted 
 from mortality. Our dear father could never be faid 
 to hold up his head froln that day. He filently pined 
 after his old friend and patron. Sir Spranger ; and all 
 our cares and careiTes were not Lhle to withhold him 
 from following the fame appointed tack. Never, 
 furc, was grief like mine and my Peggy's. In look- 
 ing at each other wc faw the lofs that we had fullained ; 
 
 and 
 
( 99 ) 
 
 and while we lay arm in arm often have we watered 
 the good man's memory with our tears. Time, 
 however, helps to foften the forrows that he brings 
 ill his train. An increafing family of children, fweetly 
 tempered like their mother, called for all my con- 
 cern ; and our young landlord, Sir William, when- 
 ever he came from college, ufed to make our houfe his 
 home, and take me with him wherever he went, till 
 Lord Lechmore his guardian, took him from the uni- 
 verfity, and fent him abroad, with a tutor and fervants, 
 on his travels. 
 
 As I had made confiderable favings, and now looked 
 to have a number of children to provide for, 1 refolved 
 to realize all that I could for the poor things : fo I 
 built a malt-houfe, and wind-mill, and planted a large 
 orchard, with other profitable improvements, which, 
 coll me about eight hundred pounds. While thefe 
 things were in agitation. Sir Freeftone Hardgrave, 
 one of the knights for our fhire, came into that part of 
 the country. He had lately purchafed a fine eiiate, 
 adjoining to the well fide of my concern ; and was a 
 man of valt opulence, but a flranger among us at thaj 
 time. Though Sir Freeflone was an old batchelor, 
 and had one of the moll remorfelefs hearts that ever 
 informed the fhape of man, he had yet a pleafmg 
 afpeft and inlinuating addrefs, and always applied 
 thofe qualities to the purpofe of betraying. His 
 avarice outgrew even the growth of his wealth ; and 
 his delires increafed in exadl proportion, as age de- 
 du(fted from his ability to gratify them. 
 
 Unhappily he call a greedy eye at my little farm. 
 Like another Ahab he coveted the vine-yard of poor 
 Naboth ; and at length, compafTed his ends. When 
 he propofed to give me more than value for it, I 
 anfwered, that I myfelf had taken a fancy to it, for 
 the fake of the dear man who had given it to me, in 
 trull for his child and her poflerity ; and that I would 
 flot part with it for twenty limes an equivalent. With 
 tfiis, however, he did not appear in the leall difcon- 
 certed ; but faid he efteemed me the more for my grati- 
 tude to the memory of my old benefador. 
 
 I was afterwards told, and learned by dear ex- 
 perience, that he never pardoned art olFence, nor even 
 I 2 adif- 
 
( loo ) 
 
 a dlfappointment ; but nothing of this dirpofition ap- 
 peared for the prefent. He vifited, and made it his bufi- 
 nefs to meet me in feveral places ; fought and feemed 
 quite deiirous of cultivating an acquaintance with me ; 
 did me many little friendly offices among my richer 
 neighbours; condefcended to toy with my little ones ; 
 appeared to take a huge liking to my two little boys ; 
 Hood godfather to my little girl that is now in her 
 mother's arms ; faid he wondered how I contrived to 
 maintain fo numerous a family upon fuch flender means ; 
 and promifed to procure me a poll in the colledion of 
 the cuftoms. 
 
 While my heart glowed with gratitude, in the 
 recolIe(ftion of his favours, he came to my houfe in a 
 mighty hurry. My dear Homely, faid he, I have jull 
 ftruck up a mod adv-^antageous bargain with our neigh- 
 bouj Squire Spendall. Bat he wants the money im- 
 mediately. I have not the whole about me ; and if I 
 do not pay him down diredly, fome curfed difappoint- 
 ment may intervene. Do run an! bring me ail that 
 you have quickly II will repay you within two or 
 three days at furthell. 
 
 Here 1 haftened with Joy, to the corner where I had 
 depofited my calh, as well for payment of rent as 
 another little pavment I had in my eye ; and, bring- 
 ing out a leather bag, I laid it on the table. There, 
 Sir, faid I, are two hundred and thirty guineas ; take 
 but the trouble to count them out, and give me a fhort 
 acknowledgment. No, faid he, my dear Homely, 
 never heed it for the prefent ; I will be back with you 
 the moment J have paid the purchafe ; and fo faying, 
 he caught up the bag, and huddled away as faft as his 
 old legs could fcamper, while I fat ftill thro* aftonifti- 
 ment, my heart fnifgiving me at that time, as if it 
 foreboded the mifchiefs that were to follow. 
 
 I waited, with great anxiety, for his return till 
 evening, when haftening to his lodge, I was informed 
 he had fet out for London five hours before. This 
 threw me into a panick, though not without hope, 
 and fo I waited till the three days of his promife 
 fhould expire. Mr. Snack then came to me and de- 
 manded the rent. He was a Lincoln attorney, whom 
 Lord Lechmore had lately preferred to the care of my 
 
 landlord's 
 
( «o. ) 
 
 landlord's concerns, upon the death of the good old 
 agfent. - I told him ingenuoully how matters had hap- 
 pened, and Taid I would hurry to London, and bring 
 back the money diredlly. Accordingly I pofted away, 
 and relied not till I arrived at the great city. There, 
 for [even days fuccelTively, I befieged the doors of Sir , 
 Freeftone, hourly reqaefting to be admitted to his, 
 prefence. But he was either not up, or jull gone out, 
 or had company with him, or was jull then, very bufy 
 and not to be fpoke to, and fo forth. 
 
 At length, when he found that I would not quit his 
 houfe without anfwer, he ordered rne before him. His 
 chariot waited at the gate, and he Hood drelTed in the 
 hall. As I approached, and bowed with the refpedt 
 and mortified air of a petitioner, he put on a look of 
 the mo/l audacious effroniery 1 ever beiield. Who arc 
 you friend, faid he, and, what may your bufinels be 
 with me ? J am come, and it pleafe your Honour, 
 humbly to tell you that I am called upon for my rent* 
 and to befeech your Honour to rellore me the two 
 hundred and thirty pieces you had from me the oiher 
 day. Here, fays he to his fervants, this mult be fome 
 defperado, who is come to rob me in broad day, and 
 in the middle of my own people: the fellow fays I 
 owe him money ; J know not that I ever faw his face 
 before ; I <ieiire that you will not fuffer fuch a dan* 
 gerous fellow to enter my doors any morq. And fo 
 ^ying, out he.ilepped, and away he drove. 
 
 O, Sir, how I was ilruck to the heart at that inftant! 
 I fneaked out, fcarce half alive, not .remembering 
 where I was, or whither- I was to go. , Alas 1 I was 
 far from making the fpeed back again that I had donp 
 in coming. I knew not how to. fi^ew my face to my 
 Peggy, or her. dear little ones, whom .1 had pl,unde;^4 
 and Gripped of their fubllance by llupidly furrenderia* 
 it without witnsffes, or a fmgle line whereby 1 might 
 reclaim it. At length 1 got home, if home it might 
 be called, that had then nothing in it, or at ieail no- 
 thing for me. 
 
 Mr. Snack had taken the advantage of my abfence 
 
 to pollefs himfelf of my farm and of all that I was 
 
 worth. Under colour of diltraining for rent, he had 
 
 feized every thing, even the beds whereon my wife 
 
 I 3 ' and 
 
{ 102 ) 
 
 and children lay, with all their wearing apparel, fave 
 what they had on their backs. The bill of appraife- 
 ment, which 1 have here, conies to upward of fix 
 hundred pounds. But, when the cattle and other 
 cfFeds were fet up for fale, the audlioneer and bid- 
 ders proved of Mr. Snack's providing ; all were 
 intimidated from offering any thing, fave thofe who 
 offered in truft for this charitable agent, and the 
 whole of my fubilance went off within the value 
 of one year's rent, being one hundred and eighty-fix 
 pounds. 
 
 Never, exclaimed Mr. Fenton, never did I hear of 
 fo daring a violation of all laws divine and human, 
 and that too under the fanflion of the mofl perfe£l 
 fyflem of law that ever was framed. But, what will 
 not power efred, when unreft rained by confcience, 
 when prompted by avarice, and abetted by cunning ! 
 And is there no remedy. Sir, cried out our hero ? 
 None that I know of, my Harry, fave where power 
 oppofes power in favour of weaknefs, or wealth op- 
 pofes wealth in favour of poverty. But we will fee 
 what may be done. Mean while let Mr. Homely pro- 
 ceed in his narrative. 
 
 When my family, continued Homely, were thus 
 turned out of doors, an old follower made way for 
 them in his own cottage, and retired with his wife and 
 daughter to a cow-houfe hard by. Mean while my 
 loving neighbours fupplied them with fufficient bed- 
 ding, and daily kept them in vidluals, even more than 
 they could edt. While I went flowly to fee them, 
 flopping and turning every minute toward our old 
 habitation, all the horrors of our fituation flew in my 
 face, and I accufed myfelf as the robber and murderer 
 of eight perfons, for any one of whom 1 would have 
 fpent my life. 
 
 When I (looped to enter their lowly roof, all trem- 
 bling and fick at heart, 1 expedled to meet nothing but 
 faces of averfion, and expreffions of reproach : but, 
 when they all fet up a fhouc of joy at my appearance, 
 when they all crowded clafping and clinging about me, 
 the violence of my inward emotion deprived me of 
 fenfatlon, and I fwooned away. When I revived, I 
 call a look about me^ and perceived that their grief 
 
 had 
 
( 103 ) 
 
 had been as extreme, ^s their joy was at my arrival. 
 Ah, my Peggy, I cried, how have I undone you ! 
 By you I got all my poffeffions, and, in return, 1 have 
 deprived you of all that you pofTefTed. You were 
 every bleffing to me, and I have repaid you with no- 
 thing but mifery and ruin. 
 
 Do not be concerned, my love, fays fhe, nor repine 
 at the confequences of your own goodnefs and honefty. 
 You are not as God to fee into all hearts ; the wifell 
 may be deceived; and the beft, as 1 believe, are the 
 mofl fubjeft to be impofed upon. Common charity 
 muft have fappofed that there could not be fuch a foul 
 as Sir Freeftone upon earth. But be of good courage, 
 my hufband, I have good news for you ; I dreamed 
 that our dear father appeared to me laft night ; do not 
 be difheartened, my child, fays he; bear the crofs 
 that is laid upon you with a free will, and all fhall bt 
 reftored to you fcven fold upon earth, and feventy^ 
 feven fold in the life that has no end. 
 
 When I found that my Peggy, inilead of up- 
 braiding, had nothing bat love in. her looks, and 
 confolation in her expreffionc, I folded her to my 
 bofom, and to my foul that went to meet her, and 
 1 would willingly have made her one with my owa 
 be^ig. 
 
 ^Y neighbours were not as birds of the feafon j 
 they leither defpifed nor forfook me becaufe of my 
 povert; ; they came crowding to console with me ; 
 they advi;ed me to apply to the law againft Sir Free* 
 (lone and Attorney Snack ; and they offered to con- 
 tribute towards my journey ; they alfo joined in this 
 written teftiuony of my character and profperous cir- 
 cumftances be'oi e Snack made his feizure : and two of 
 them have witn^fTed, in this bit of paper, that whea 
 the alarm came or Mr. Kindly's death, and of a Grange 
 agent being put ii.his room, they heard me fay that I 
 did not matter the worft he could do, and faw me 
 count down twenty ji^eces over and above my year's 
 rent. 
 
 The late frights and ntigues which Peggy under- 
 went during Snack's operations, together with her 
 extremes of joy on my retu-n, and of grief at the fit 
 into which I had fallen, hafttned on her labour, and 
 
 ihe 
 
( iP4 > 
 
 Ihc \ras delivered before her time of that weakly babe 
 whom T buried this morning. 
 
 Witliin fix weeks after her thild-birth we prepared 
 for our journey. Our neighbours, like the good 
 Samaritan, had compaffion upon him who fell among 
 the thieves. They made up a purfe of thirty-five 
 pounds, and promifed to contribute further toward the 
 carrying on of my fuit. We travelled happily, by 
 ealy journeys a few miles a day, till nine days ago we 
 reached a Imall village the otfler fide of St. Alban's, 
 There we took up our reft for the night, at a houfe 
 that had no fign, but let occafional lodgings and fold' 
 bread and fm'all beer. 
 
 As J defired a feparate apartment for curfelves, we 
 were put into a wafte room that had no faltening to 
 the door. After a flender fupper we lay down to fleep, 
 and I {luffed my breeches under my head wifh all pof- 
 Cble caution. We had made an extraordinarv journey' 
 that day, and I was particularly fatigued by carrying 
 feveral of my fire^ children fucceffively in my arms ; 
 fo'that wealfiflej)^ buttjbo fpundly, and when I awbke 
 in the morning neither m6n<5y nor breeches werft to be 
 found.[ " ' ^ '■ / : ' ' '^' ''• ' ; ; _;;"-- 
 . Such a lofs at another time v^olild 'have been as'nOi 
 thing to me; but, in our prefent circumftance*^, it wa' 
 a doubiing of all that we had loft before. 1 fummdr^d 
 the pcopfe of the houfe, and, in 'i good dea^' of 
 Warmth, cHa'rged our landlord With the felony, tailing 
 him that J had 'been robbed' of abov^ thirt.'-tl'i'ee 
 pounds. ' Wliy mafter, fays he, 1 krfdw nothiig to the 
 contrary, but it would be very hard, indeed; it 1 was 
 to be anrwerable'foi-' the honefty of everv one-'who 
 goes this road. If you ' had given yO(<" money im 
 charge to mc,, I 'would have been accountable for it. 
 I believe by 'the grief you are in, tht> yoii "^uft have 
 beeulofers :' f will therefore forgive/ou yo"r reckon- 
 ing," and giv^* you a pair of breeche' inf<^ t^^ bargain ; 
 but this is all 1 will do, till the la-^ forces me. 
 
 As there was no remedy, I j»:ceptcd this overture 
 and fet out. Uut, O Sir ! it v impoflible to defcribe 
 the horrors of my foul as I t'epped along, cafting an 
 eye of mingled pity and de¥>air upon my children. I 
 turfed in fecret my' own eiilleuce, and wiihed for fome 
 
 fudden 
 
 I 
 
( >o; ) 
 
 fudden thunderbolt to cru{h me into nothing. All truft 
 in God or his providence, had now wholly forfakea 
 me, and I looked upon him as neglefting all other ob- 
 jefls of his wrath, and exerting his omnipotence againll 
 me and mine alone. 
 
 Peggy, perceived how it was with me, and kept 
 behind awhile, that (he might give way to the prefent 
 tumult of my mind; at length, hoping to adminifter 
 fome comfort to me, (he carr^e up and put a few (hil- 
 lings into my hand, faying, Courage, ray dear hufband, 
 all cannot be loft while we have a God who is infinitely 
 rich to depend upon. Ah, faid I, thefe are the fruits 
 of your dreams ; thefe are your promifed blefRngs that 
 heaven had in ftore for us ; And (till has in (lore, (he re- 
 plied ; the fame hand that holds the rod holds the com- 
 forting ftait alfo. Tell me not of comfort, I cried, I fee 
 that the face of God is fet againft me. But, for me it 
 matters not, had he not taken me at an advantage. 
 He fees that 1 have eight lives, all dearer than my own, 
 and he is determined to kill me in every one of them. 
 Do not call from you, my love, (he faid, the only 
 crutch that the world and the wretched have to reft 
 upon. God is pleafed, perhaps, to take all human 
 means from us. that he may ihew forth the wonders of 
 his powei in our relief. While any other hope is left 
 we are apt to truft to that hope, and we look not 
 toward the fecret hand by which we are fed and fup- 
 ported ; but, when all is gone, when no other Hay 
 is left, (hould fudden mercy come upon us, our Com- 
 forter then becomes viikble, he Hands revealed in his 
 greatnefs and glory before us, and we are compelled 
 to cry out with unbelieving Thomas, My Lord, and ray 
 God ! 
 
 Though thefe pious expoftulatious of my beloved 
 preacher had little influence, at the time, for appea(ing 
 my own paflions, 1 was yet pleafed that my Peggy had 
 her fecret confolations, but liitle imagined that her 
 prophecy approached fo near to its completion. 
 
 For two days we held on, living on fuch bread and 
 milk as we could purchafe at the cottages that had the 
 charity to receive us. But my boy, who was on the 
 bread, grew exceeding fick ; fo we were obliged to 
 ihorten our journeys for the two fucceeding days^ 
 
 partly 
 
( io6 ) 
 
 partly begging and partly paying for fuch vi£luals a* 
 we could procure. Toward evening we came within 
 fight of this town. Our little money was ]uite ex» 
 haiifted, and our child grown too ill to bear further 
 travel ; fo 1 looked about, and perceived iome rooflefs 
 wails that ftood off from the highway, and thither we 
 turned and took up our bleak abode. 
 
 For the three following days 1 frequented the road, 
 and, by begging, procured what kept my family from 
 periihing. Mean time my fpirit was tamed and fub- 
 dued, and I looked up to heaven, and cried. Pardon, 
 pardon, O my God ! the offences and blafphemies of 
 my murmurings againll thee! Thou formerly bleffedll 
 me with an over-abundance of bleffings, and that too 
 for a long feafon ; and, as Job juitly fays, " Shall we 
 receive good atthe hand of God, and not receive evil ?'* 
 O Saviour of finners ! if thou loveft whom thou chaf- 
 teneft, and received thofe whom thoa doll fcourge, 
 when death (hall have put a period to the fufferings of 
 mortality, may I not humbly look to find grace at the 
 footftool of the throne of thy mercy ? At length our 
 child died this morning, and we buried him in our 
 hovel, and watered his grave with the tears that we 
 fhed for him and for each other. The reft. Sir, you 
 know, till this angel of God was fent, to accomplifh 
 the prediiflion of my Peggy in its fulnefs. 
 
 Here Homely concluded; and, after a paufe and a 
 deep figh, Mr. Fenton demanded, Have you told me 
 the whole of your hillo/y, Mr. Homely ? 1 have, fo 
 pleafe your Honour, through every particular of any 
 fignification. — 1 am forry for it. Pray think again. 
 Did you never meet with any adventure that is yet un- 
 recited ? Did you never fave any perfon at your own 
 peril ? — No, Sir, — O, now I recoiled. 
 
 Some two or three and twenty years ago as I fled 
 from the bailiffs wlio purfued me, as I told you, for 
 the bail of my brother, I came to the river Avon : the 
 flood was great and rapid after the late rains, and I 
 thought of looking for a place of fmoother water for 
 my paffage, when a gentleman and lady, attended by 
 a train of fervant's, came riding along the banks. As 
 they rode, chatting and laughing, a fowler, who was 
 concealed in a copfe jufl; at hand, let fly at a bird ;, 
 
 whereupon 
 
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 uhereupon the fiery horfe that the gentleman was on 
 took fright, and, with a bound, fuddcnly plunged 
 into the current ; whereat the lady gave a loud ihriek, 
 and fell fenfelefs to the ground. The horfe rofe with- 
 out his rider, and fwam down the Itream. ,SQon after 
 the rider appeared, and the attendants were divided 
 beiween the care of the lady and their lamentations for 
 their mailer. Then, feeing no other help, my Jieart 
 
 ;fmote me, and I call myfelf in w^ithout refleiSlion.,^, I 
 kept aloof, however, for fear he ftiould grapple a^ me, 
 and imk us both together ; fo I fupported and Ihoved 
 him before me toward laml, till, having reached t^he 
 bank, I laid hold on it with one hand, and with the 
 other raifed him up within .the reach of his fervants, 
 ■who had ftretched themfelves flat upon the brink to re- 
 ceive him ; then, being already drenched, and having 
 nothing further to do, 1 turned and fwam over, and fo 
 made my efcape. ,, „ 
 
 Did you afk the name of the party whoniyqi^. fayed 
 in the manner you fay ? No truly. Sir, there was no 
 leifure for fuch enquiry. — Why did you not wait for 
 the recompenfe that was your due for fo great a 
 deliverance ? — Recompenfe ! Pleafe your Honour^ I 
 could have done no leis for the jaeggar who begs at^the 
 corner. , ; . , < - . 
 
 Noble, noble fellow 1 exclaimed Mr. Fenton, I am 
 he, I am he whom you faved that day, my brother ! 
 And fo faying, he arofeand caught Homely in his 
 arms, and preffed him to his bofom. While Harry, 
 all impatient, fei^ed hAd of Homely alfo, and ftrug- 
 
 . gled hard to get him to himfelf from his. uncle. 
 
 When they were fomethiiig compofed, and all again 
 feated. Ah, Homely I fays Mr. Fenton, I have lent 
 and made many enquiries after you. But for fome 
 years after the day in which you faved me,, I hated, 
 I loathed you, for having prolonged my life to fuch a 
 mifery as few other men ever endured. O — h, that 
 lady! — But, no n^atter for the prefent. — (And, fo fay- 
 ing, he wiped the fweiling tear from his eye.) — Tell 
 me. Homely, that devil. Sir Freeflone 1 — I am not of a 
 malicious temper, and yet I willi for nothing more than 
 a juft punilhment on his head. — Dont you believe that 
 .Ije^went to you. with a feloniops intention of defraud- 
 ing 
 
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 ing you of your property ? — Believe it. Sir ! I can 
 
 fwear it. The circumftances and their confequences 
 are full evidence thereof. 
 
 Very well, faid Mr. Fenton, though we may not be 
 able to carry a civil aftion againft him ; we may affail 
 him with better advantage in a criminal way. I will 
 draw up and take your depofition myfelf; and, to- 
 morrow, I will fend you with a note to Lord Portland, 
 where more may be done for you, my Homely, than you 
 think. In the mean time, you and your family Ihall 
 take up your abode in the back part of my houfe, and 
 from thence you fhall not depart till, as your Peggy's 
 dream has it, all your lofTes fhall be reftored to you 
 feven-fold upon earth ; what your portion may be in 
 heaven muft be your own care ; and may the Spirit of 
 Grace guide you in the way you fhould go. 
 
 Early the next morning, Mr. Fenton fent Homely 
 to London with his depofition and feveral papers, ac- 
 companied by a letter from himfelf to Lord Portland. 
 In the evening Homely returned, and, entering with a 
 face of triumph, he feized Mr. Fenton's hand, and 
 eagerly kifling it, BlefTed, bleffed, be the hand, he 
 cried, that hath the power of God, among men, for 
 good works ! When I fent in your honour's letter, I 
 was not detained a moment. His lordfhip made me fit 
 down, perufed my papers w ith attention, queiHoned me 
 on the particulars, grew inflamed againft Sir Freeftone, 
 and gave him two or three hearty curfes for an ex- 
 ecrable villain. He then called a gentleman to him 
 who was waiting, and ordered an attachment to be 
 inftantly ifTued againft the kuir^ht. It was accordingly 
 executed upon him, and he now lies in Newgate. 
 God be praifed 1 faid Mr. Fenton, fo far there is 
 equity ftill upon earth. 
 
 It is not unnatural to fuppofe that Mr. Fenton*s 
 family were immoderately fond of thofe whofe father 
 had faved the life of their moll dear mailer. Mr. 
 Clement in particular, took pains and pleafure in for- 
 warding the boys in their letters ; and Mrs. Clement 
 pafled inoft of her time very happily with Pe^gy and 
 her little girls. 
 
 Frank, the butler, had been abroad upoa-an expe- 
 dition, at the time that Mr. Homely 's family arrived, 
 
 and 
 
( 109 ) 
 
 and did not return till Homely had come l^ack from 
 Lord Portland's. He was then informed, vnth joy, of 
 the guefts they had got ; and he waited with impa- 
 tience, till the man he longed to fee fhould come out 
 from his mafter. As foon as he appeared, he catched 
 one of his hands in both of his, and, looking lovingly 
 at him, cried. Do I once more behold that happy face, 
 Mr. Homely ? I was the man to whofe hands you 
 delivered my precious lord from the devouring floods. 
 Gladly, Heaven knows, would I have facrihced my 
 own life for the falvation of his. But, alas! l had 
 no Ikiil in contending with the waters, and the fure lofs 
 of my own life would not have given the fmalleft 
 chance for the recovery of my mailer. You are the 
 perfon, Mr. Homely, to whom God committed that 
 bleded tafk : and Mr. James, and I, and all of us have 
 agreed to make up a hundred paunds a-piece for your 
 children, in acknowledgment of the fervice you did us 
 on that day. 
 
 Here Homely took Frank very affectionately into his 
 arms, and, with a faultering voice, faid. Your oiFer, 
 Sir, is dear, indeed, unto me, as it is a proof of that 
 love which you all fo warmly bear to our lord and 
 mailer. If there is any occahon, I will not refufe this 
 extraordinary inftance of your benevolence ; but our 
 mailer's influence and bounty are doing much in my 
 behalf: and, in the mean time, I will take it as a very 
 particular favour, if yoa will be pleafed to introduce 
 me to my fellow fervants of this houfe. 
 
 Within the following fortnight, a fervant in a rich 
 livery came on a foaming horfe, and, delivering a 
 letter at the door, rode away direftly. The letter ra» 
 thus : 
 
 To Henry Fen ton, Efjj. 
 
 Dear Sir^ 
 
 The trial of our recreant knight is at hand ; and, if 
 you infill upon it, fhall be profecuted to the utmofl ex- 
 tent of our laws. The wretch, indeed, deferves to be 
 gibbetted. But he has relations of worth and con- 
 fideration among us. They have befought me to Ihield 
 them from fhame on this occafion ; and I join them ia 
 requeuing vott to accept the incloicd order for three 
 
 Vol. iL K thoufaai 
 
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 thoufand pounds, in favour of your client, together 
 with his farm and eiFeds, which Attorney Snack iliall 
 immediately re/lore. Let me have your anfvver 
 
 within three days, and believe me your true, as well 
 as obliged fervant, Portland. 
 
 The day following Mr Fenton fent Harry, in his 
 chariot, to return his acknowledgments to the favourite 
 of the king. Here Harry met with Sir William Thorn- 
 hiil, juil returned from his travels; who after fome 
 converfation, promifed to call upon him. A day or 
 two after he came. And Mr. Fentoa and he took ac- 
 quaintance with each other. After fome time. Sir 
 William, faid Mr. Fenton, there is a man come to this 
 houfe, who once faved my life at the rific of his own. 
 It is a great many years ago, and I have not feen him 
 fince the adlion, till very lately. I have fent Harry 
 for him, that you may learn the particulars, and 
 advife with me what recompenffe he ought to receive. 
 
 If the recompenfe, faid Sir William, is to be pro- 
 portioned to the value of the life he faved, I Ihould 
 not know whtre to fix the bounds of retribution. 
 
 At this inllant Harry led in Homely by the hand, 
 and left him (landing diredly oppofite to the baronet. 
 Homely gazed with all his eyes, and flood mute thro' 
 axlonifhnient. At length he exclaimed, Blefs me ! 
 Mercy upon me ! As fure as I hope for heaven, — it is 
 — I think it is, my dear young mailer ! 
 
 Sir William, at the voice, lifted up his eyes to 
 Homely, and, remembering his marked man, rofe 
 quickly, and, fpringing forward, embraced him with 
 much familiar afFedlion. My dear Homely, my old 
 companion and brother fportfnan ! cried Sir William, 
 how in the world comes this about? So joyfully, fo 
 unexpeftedly to meet you here 1 — Ho^ is your wife, 
 and pretty babes? I hope you left all well at home. 
 
 Yes, pleaCe your honour, they are all well, wonder- 
 fully well in this houfe ; for, indeed, your Homely has 
 no other home upon earth. 
 
 What you tell me is quite aflonifhing, replied the 
 knight ; no home for you within the manor of your 
 friend ? What misfortunes, what revoluiions, could 
 bring this to pafs i 
 
 Sit 
 
( 111 ) 
 
 Sit down, faid Mr. Fenton, pray be feated, Mr. 
 Homely, and give your Lord an account of the inim- 
 itable pair. Sir Freeftone and his coadjutor. 
 
 As foon as Homely had told his tale, from the com- 
 mencement of his dillreffes to his arrival at the hovel, 
 he ftepped (hort and faid, — I have fomething more to 
 impart, — but I hope your honour will pardon me, — I 
 am loth to deprive your friends of your company ; but 
 then my Peggy and my boys will be fo tranfported to- 
 fee your dear face again, that I cannot but befeech you 
 to indulge them a minute or two. 
 
 Sir William rofe with a troubled hum.anity in his 
 countenance, and followed to a back apartment, 
 where Homely again Hopped him fhort ; and, before 
 he would take him to his Peggy, he there gave him a 
 minute detail of his obligations to what he called this 
 wonderful family. But, pray. Sir, continued he, 
 let them know little of what I have told you, for 
 nothing puts them to fo much pain as any kind of ac- 
 knowledgment. 
 
 After a ihort vifit to Peggy and her children. Sir 
 William returned to his friends, with fuch an inward 
 awe and veneration for their charafters as, for awhile, 
 funk his fpirits. This poor man. Sir, faid he, has 
 been miferably treated ; but God has been exceedingly 
 gracious to him, in calling the fhipwrecked wretch oa 
 fuch a happy fhore as this. But this makes no dif- 
 charge of any part of my duty toward him. Mark 
 me. Homely, 1 am now of age; and Lechmore has no 
 further authority in my affairs ; wherefore, before I 
 leave this houfe, I will give you a letter of attorrxcy 
 for the whole agency of the manor. Thank your 
 honour, thank your honour, cried Homely ! If I do 
 not prove as faithful to you as another, I will do 
 youjufcice on myfelf with the firit rope 1 can lay 
 hold on. 
 
 As for that reprobate Snack, continued the knight, 
 I will take care to be up with him. He owes the 
 executors of my father fix hundred and feventy pounds.r 
 1 will have that matter put diredlly in fuit, and, as 
 foon as it is recovered, it lliall be laid out on a com- 
 milTion for your fon, my friend Tom. Laftly, that 
 you niay no more be diftreft for rent, I ^Vili never ac- 
 K 2 cept 
 
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 cept a penny of it, till all your children are decently 
 provided for. 
 
 O, Sir ! exclaimed Homely, 1 {hall be too rich, I 
 fljall not know where to lay my treafuies. Not fo faft, 
 my good friend, replied Sir William fmiling ; you 
 have not heard of the draw-back that I propofe to have 
 upon you. Whenever 1 refide in the country, you are 
 to have a hot diih, ah, and a cool hogfliead too, ready 
 for me and my company. Agreed, Sir, cried Homely, 
 provided I may have the liberty, during your abfence, 
 to drink yoiir Honour's health out of that lame hogfiiead. 
 — A julc referve, faid Harry, laughing. — Why, gen- 
 tlemen, rejoined Homely, a man of fpirit would fcorn 
 to accept fuch benefits without making conditions, 
 
 After an afFcdionaie and tender adieu. Sir William 
 ftt out by moonlight for London. 
 
 The two following days were employed in preparing 
 for Homely's departure ; and a coach and four, with a 
 chaife, were provided for the conveyance of him and 
 his family. 
 
 The night befoie their parting, Mr. Fenton defired 
 that Homely and his wife ihould ,be fent to him to hii 
 ciofet. As foon as they entered, he clofed the door. 
 My dear friends, faid he, as 1 jnay not be up in the 
 morning to take a timely leave of you, it might do us 
 well to go through that melancholy oiHcc to night. — 
 Here, Mrs. Homely, here i:> fome little matter a-piece, 
 toward beginning a fortune for your three pretty daugh- 
 ters. Pray, Homely, take care to have it difpofed of 
 for them upon good fecurities. Here he put three 
 orders upon his banker, for five hundred pounds each, 
 into Peggy's hand; then, turning to Homely, and 
 taking him in his arms, God be with you and your 
 Peggy, my Homely, he cried, and give us all a bleiTed 
 meeting where friends fnall part no more ! 
 
 The dillreffed Homely was part utterance; but 
 flinging himfclf at the feet of his patron, while Peggy 
 kept on her knees weeping and fobbing befide him ; 
 O, he cried, at length, Next to my God ! O, next to 
 my Lord and my God I — My lord and my mailer, my 
 mafler and my lord ! 
 
 I^he next morning, before fun-rife, Harry \yas up, 
 and going to Homely's apartment, embraced him and 
 
 \ 
 
( "3 ) 
 
 hh wife. He then kifTed and carefTed all the girls and 
 boys round, and gave to each of them a gold medal 
 to keep him in their remembrance ; when Homely and 
 his Peggy, with open arms, trembling lips, and fweil- 
 ing eyes, began "to take their leave. God be with 
 you ! God be with you ! fobbed Honicly aloud ; 
 never, never, till 1 get to heaven, Ihall I meet with 
 fuch another dear alTembly. 
 
 .Mr. Fenton now judged it time to forward his 
 Harry*s education, efpecially with refpecl to his know- 
 ledge of the world, of the views, manners, and charac- 
 ters of mankind. For this purpofe he propofed to 
 leave Arabella fole regent of his family. And, for a 
 few weeks, to flay with Clement and Karry in London, 
 there to fhew him whatever might merit his infpeftion. 
 While the coach was in waiting, and they all fcood 
 on the hill, the great city being extended in ample 
 view beneath them, Mr. Fenton exclaimed: **Ol 
 London, London ! thou maufoleum of dead fouls, how 
 pleafant art thou to the eye, how beautiful in the 
 outward profped 1 but within how full of rottennefs- 
 and reeking abominations 1 Thy dealers are all Itudents 
 in the myftery of iniquity, of fraud and impofition on 
 ignorance and credulity. Thy public officers are hourly 
 exercifed in aftions and extortion. Even the great 
 ones of thy court have audaciouily fmiled away the 
 gloom and horrors of guilt, and refined, as it were, 
 all the groflnefs thereof, by inverting terms and pal- 
 liating phrafes. While the millions, that crowd and 
 hurry through thy fireets, are univerfally occupied ia 
 llriving and ilruggling to rife by the fail, to fatten by 
 the leannefs, and, to thrive by the ruin of their fel- 
 lows. Thy offences are rank, they lleam and cloud 
 the face of heaven. The gulph alfo is hollow beneath, 
 that is one day to receive thee. But the meafure of 
 thy abominations is not yet full ; and the number of 
 thy righteous hath hitherto exceeded Uie proportion; 
 that was found in the liril Sodom.'* 
 
 A few following days were employed in vifiting the 
 Tower, in furveying the armory, regalia, &c. in 
 viewing the Monument and Exchange ; and, laflly, ia 
 contemplating the folemnity of Weitminller-abbey, 
 with the marble effigies and monumental depofits of 
 K 3 the 
 
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 the renowned in death ; the place, as Mr. FentOB 
 afFedlingly obferved, to which all the living muft 
 finally adjourn. 
 
 The next night they went to the theatre, to fee the 
 feats of Signor Volanti, the celebrated Italian pofture- 
 maller, rope-dancer, and equilibrift. Our hero felt 
 himfelf attached by the fimilar excellencies of his 
 adivity in another ; and, going behind the fcenes, he 
 accofted Volanti in French. Signor, faid he, I have 
 been highly entertained by your performance this 
 night, and here are five guineas in return for the 
 pleafure you have given me. The foreigner looked at 
 Harry, and then at the money, with a kind of aitonilh- 
 ment. I thank you, noble Sir, he cried, my poor 
 endeavours are but feldom fo liberally rewarded. Pray- 
 how long do you Hay with us ? In about a fortnight, 
 fo pleafe your noblenefs, I intend to leave London. 
 But, before 1 go, I would do fomething to leave a 
 name behind me. A day or two before my departure, 
 I will fly from the fpire of St. Clement's church in the 
 fight of all the people ; and this I will do gratis, or 
 Tather in acknowledgment of the favours 1 have re- 
 ceived in this kingdom. 
 
 Here an arch thought ftruck Harry, and, mufing a 
 moment, will you permit me, faid he, to be the con- 
 ductor of this affair ? Allow me only to appoint the 
 day and draw up your advertifemcnt, and I will make 
 you a prefent of twenty pieces. Agreed, Sir, cried 
 Volanti, and twenty thoufand thanks to confirm the 
 bargain. Accept thefe five guineas then, in earneil of 
 my engagement ; my fervant, here, will ihew you 
 where I am to be found. 
 
 That night, at fupper, Mr. Fenton remarked an un- 
 iifual pleafantry in the mufcles of his darling's coun- 
 tenance. My Harry, I find, faid he, does noc always 
 impart all his fecrets to his friends ; he has certainly 
 fome roguilh matter in cogitation. Why Sir, cried 
 Harry, the public as you know, have put the fool on 
 me from my birth ; and fo I am meditating in turn how 
 to put the fool upon the public. And how do you 
 contrive it Harry i Only by ading the old proverb,, 
 that one f'.ol mnkes many. But pray aflc mc not about the 
 manner, till I bring the bufinefs to fome bearing. 
 
 Some 
 
( "J ) 
 
 Some days after, Harry, agreeable to his covenant 
 with Signer Volanti, penned the following advertife- 
 ment, and inferted it in all the public papers, to wit : — 
 '* On Saturday next, between the hours of ten and 
 twelve in the forenoon, the celebrated Dominico Jachimo 
 Tonino Volanti will take his flight from the fpire of 
 Clement's Iteeple, and alight at the diftance of two 
 bows {hot on the Strand; and this he will perform 
 before the eyes of all people." 
 
 On the impatiently expelled morning, Harry took 
 Mr. Clement with him in a hackney chaife, and found 
 an innumerable concourfe, as well of the gentry in 
 their carriages, as of the populace on foot, London 
 had poured forth its numbers to behold this alloniih- 
 ing flight. The windows were all eyes on every fide, 
 and the houfe-tops were hung with clufters of people. 
 
 After Harry had furveyed the crowd with titillation, 
 lie whifpered to Clement, and faid. You fhall fee now, 
 what a difcomfiture I will make of this huge army. 
 He then put forth his head, and faid to all around. 
 Do not ye perceive, my friends, what fools we are all 
 made, do not you remember that this is the Firjl of 
 Jpril? He had fcarce fpoke the words, when they 
 fpread from man to man, and foon were muttered 
 throughout the aflfembly. And then louder, and more 
 loud, x.\iQ Firji of /^prily i\it Firfi of Jpril, was repeated 
 all about. 
 
 The company now began to be in motion. All 
 heads were inftantly withdrawn from the late thronged 
 windows, and the houfe-tops began to be cleared. 
 Immediately was heard the rolling of many wheels, 
 and the lafhing of many whips, while every coachman 
 preflTed through the crowd, impatient to deliver his 
 honourable freight from the public ftiame. But the 
 populace now began to relifli a joke that was fo much 
 againft their betters ; and, in peals of laughter, and 
 united Ihouts of triumph, they echoed and re-echoed 
 after them, April Fools ! April Fools! 
 
 Among others lord Boitom had come wich his friend 
 Rakely, in an elevated phaeton, of which his lordfhip 
 was charioteer. As they happened to brufh clofe by 
 Harry's carriage, fwearing, and puffing, and lafhine, 
 and curfing at the crowd, X-iarry cried to his old 
 
X ti€ ) 
 
 ^ttemy, You need not be in Co violent a hurry, my Lord ; 
 perhaps yoaare not (o great a Fool as you imagine. 
 
 The fools of faQiion were fcarce withdrawn, when 
 a long and Ihong rope was let down from the top of 
 the Ileeple, to which it was faftened at the upper end. 
 A man then, laying hold on it below, dragged it along 
 through the crowd, and braced it, at a great diftance, 
 to an iron ring that was ftapkd into a poll:, purpofely 
 funk on a level with the pavement. They then brought 
 a large and well-ftuffed feather-bed, and iixed it under 
 the cord where it joined the ring. 
 
 In the mean time, Voianti appeared on the top of 
 the fteeple, and, bending cautiouily forward, and get- 
 ting the cord within an iron groove that was braced 
 to his bofom, he putlied himfeif onward, and, withfa 
 kindling rapidity, flew over the heads of the fhouting 
 multitude, poifing himfeif with expanded legs and 
 arms, as he pafTed, till he was landed, without dam- 
 age, on his yielding receiver. 
 
 Harry had now lecn whatever London could exhibit 
 of elegant, curious, or pleafmg ; and Mr. Fenton 
 judged it time to hold up to him the melancholy 
 reverie of this pidure, to ihew him the /.^ou/e cj mourtir- 
 7ngy X.\iQ eyid of all men 'y to fhew him the dreary fliades 
 and frightful paflages of mortality which humanity 
 Amdders to think of, but through which human nature 
 of neceifity mull go. For this purpofe he took him to 
 the Ge iN'£RAL Hospital, where death opened all 
 his gates, and ihewcd himfeif in all his forms. But 
 the great poet, on this occafion, hath anticipated all 
 defcription : 
 
 ' Immediately a place 
 
 Before his eyes appear'd, — fad, noifome, dark, 
 A lazar-noufe it feem'd, wherein were laid 
 Numbers of all difeas'd, all maladies 
 Of ghalUy fpafm, or racking torture, qualms 
 Ol heart-lick agony, — all fev'rous kinds, 
 Convullions, epilepfiea, fierce catarrhs, 
 Inteltine rtone and ulcer ; colic pan:>s. 
 Demoniac phrenfy, moping melancholy. 
 And moon-ilruck m.idnefs ; pining atrophy, 
 JWarafmus, and wide-walling pellilence, 
 
 Dropliesj, 
 
( "7 ) 
 
 l^ropfies, and afthmas, and joint-racking rheums. 
 Dire was the toffing, deep the groans ; — Defpair 
 Tcndedthe fick, bulieft from couch to couch ; 
 And over them triumphant Death his dart 
 Shook, but delay'd to itrike, though oft invok'd 
 With vows, as their chief good. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 While Mr. Fenton led his pupil through groaning 
 galleries and the chambers of death and difeale, Harry 
 let down the leaf of his hat, and drew it over his eyes, 
 to conceal his emotions. All that day he was filent, 
 and his countenance downcail; and, at night, he 
 haftened to bed, where he wept a large tribute to the 
 mournfully inevitable condition of man's miferable 
 flate upon earth. 
 
 The next day, Mr. Fenton took him to the Beth- 
 lehem hofpital for lunatics. But when Harry beheld 
 and contemplated objedls fo fhocking to thought, fo 
 terrible to fight : when he had contemplated, the ruin 
 above all ruins, human intelligence and human reafon 
 fo fearfully overthro^vn ; where the ideas of the foul 
 though diilorted and mifplaced, are quick and all alive 
 to horror and agony ; he grew fick and turned pale, 
 and, fuddenly catching Mr. Fenton by the arm. Come, 
 Sir, let us go, faid he, I can ftand this no longer. 
 When they had reached home, and that Harry was 
 more compofed ; Are all the miferies. Sir, faid he, 
 that we have witnefied thefe two days, the confe • 
 quences of fin ? Even fo, indeed, my Harry, all 
 thefe and thoufands more, equally pitiable and difgull- 
 iug, are the natural progeny of that woe-begetting 
 parent. Nor are thoTe miferies confined to hofpitals 
 alone ; every houfe, nay, every bofom, is a certain, 
 though fecret lazar-houfe, where the fick couch is pre- 
 paring, with all the difmal apparatus, for tears and 
 lamentations, for agonies and death. 
 
 Since that is the cafe. Sir, faid Harry, who would 
 laugh any more : is it not like feafting in the midll of 
 famine, and dancing amidft the tombs ? 
 
 All things in their feafon, my dear, provided that 
 thofe who laugh be as though they laughed not, re- 
 merabring that they mull weep. And provided that 
 
 thofe 
 
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 thofe who weep be as though they wept not, having 
 joy in their knowledge that the fafiiion of this world 
 quickly pafTeth away. 
 
 On the following day, Mr. Fenton returned to 
 Hampflead, leaving Harry and Mr. Clenaent ability to 
 indulge the benevolence of their hearts. One evening, 
 as our comp:inions were drinking tea ni the Temple- 
 Exchange cofi\;e-hou(e, a man advanced in years, but 
 of a very relpeftable appearance, got up and addrefTcd 
 the aflembly : Gentlemen, laid he, among the feveral 
 hofpitals and other charitable founcations that have 
 done honour to the humaruty of the inhabitants of this 
 city, there is one ftill wanting, which, as I conceive, 
 above all others, would give difi.in6tion to the bene- 
 ficence of its founders ; it is a houfe for repenting prof- 
 titutc-s, an afylura for unhappy wretches who have no 
 other home, to whom all doors are fhut, to whom no 
 haven is open, no habitation, or hole for reft upon 
 ih-^ face of the earth. 1 have the plan of th's charit- 
 able foundation in my pocket ; and, if any of you, 
 g:rntlemen, approve of my propofal, and are willing to 
 fublcribe, or to folicit your friends to fo beneficent a 
 purpofe, I lequeft your company to the tavern over 
 the way. 
 
 Here the fpeaker walked toward the door, and was 
 followed by Harry and Clement, and thirteen or four- 
 teen more of the alTembly. When the company was 
 feated round a large table, the gentleman produced his 
 plan, with a fuminary of the rules and inftitutes for the 
 conduct of the houle, which he propofed to call the 
 Magdalen Houfe. A plan which hath hnce been 
 cfpouled, and happily executed by otheis without 
 alciibing any t'f the merit to the firft projedlor. As all 
 prclent applauded the manner of the Icheme and inten- 
 tion of the charity, each of them fubfcribed from a 
 hundred and twenty pounds, till it came to Harry's 
 turn, who fubfcribed a thoufand pounds in Mr. Fenton's 
 name. 
 
 Mr. Mole, a learned philofopher, and a man of prin- 
 cipal figure in the prefent company, then addreflcd the 
 projector and laid, If you will admit me, Sir, into 
 parmerlhip in the conda6l of your fcheme, I will 
 
 engage 
 
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 engage to levy contributions to the amount of fome 
 thoulandsj over and above the hundred I have already 
 iubfcribed. You are heartily welcome, Sir, replied 
 ihe genilcman, either to join or take the conduct of 
 the whole upon yourlelf. That is not fair neither, 
 faid another of the company; you Mr. Goodvilie, had 
 the trouble of contriving this bufinefs, and you ought 
 at leaft, to have the honour, if not the conduct of your 
 own plan. 
 
 Mr. Goodvillc ! Mr. Goodvilie! exclaimed Cle- 
 ment, eagerly flaring at him, and recoUtfting, as from 
 a dream, ihe altered features of his quondam friend and 
 benefactor. Prav, Sir, do you remember any thing of 
 one Clement, a wortlileis young fellow, whom once in 
 your goodnefs you condefcended to patronife ? Cle- 
 ment ! Clement ! cried Mr. Goodvilie, getting up and 
 haftcning to him, and catching him in his arms; my 
 dear Clement, my man of merit and misfortunes, how 
 rejoiced am 1 lo find you ! God be praifed, God be 
 praifcd, it is at length in my power to do fomething 
 material for you. But come with me to another room. 
 I have fometbmg to fay to you ; we will leave thefe 
 gentlemen, to think further of the plan that lies before 
 them. 
 
 Vv'hen Pvlr. Goodvilie and Clement had withdrawn, 
 Mr. Mole, fiid one of the company, you are concern- 
 ed in a -number of thefe public benefaftions. Yes, 
 gentlemen, anfwered Mole, I believe there is no charit- 
 able inflitution of any note in London in which I am 
 not a truflee, and to which I am not a contributor. 
 For, though I do not fet up for fanftiftcat-ion by faith, 
 yet I think I may pretend to fome jufLification by 
 charity. Let the vulgar herd pay their priefthood for 
 cheating them out of their fenfes, I give nothing to the 
 fat impoflors, or their lucnitive fable; my fubftance is 
 little enough for mylelf and the poor. Why, pray, 
 Sir, faid Harry, are you not a Ciiriftian ? ^'No mdeed, 
 mafter, anlwered Mole, nor any man who has fenfe 
 enough to think for himlelf. Be pleafctl then, cried 
 Harry, to hand me that paper a m.oment ; here. Sir, I 
 dadi my name and contribution from the lid of the fub- 
 fcnbers. He who denies glory to God in the higkcft^ 
 
 can 
 
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 •«n never have ^MCf and good-will tozuard men; and, 
 fo Sir, you {hall never be the almoner of a penny of 
 my money. 
 
 You talk, as you look, my dear, cried Mole ; like 
 one jufl eloped from the nurfery, where you were 
 affrighted by tales of ghofts and hobgoblins. I ac- 
 knowledge, gentlemen, the benefit of morality in its 
 fuUefl: extent ; and, had Jehis, the Chriftian Prophet, 
 confined himlelf to his lyftem of moral precepts, I 
 think he would juftly have been cfteenied the greaicft 
 philofopher that ever breathed. But, when he, or 
 rather his difciples, in his name, in order to enhance 
 the authority of their miffion, pretended to divinity in 
 their raafter, the low-bred and ignorant wretches pulled 
 together jigainft the grain, and compounded fuch a 
 ftrange medley of fighting inconfiftencies, as are wholly 
 fubverfive of every principle of right reafon and com- 
 mon fenfe. They taught that God was made a man ; 
 that, in order to expiate the fins of the world, the in- 
 nocent was appointed to iuffer for the guilty. That the 
 lins of all offenders were to be imputed to one who had 
 never offended ; and that the righteoufnefs of him, 
 who had never offended, was to be imputed to Crimi- 
 nals of the deepeft dye ; that the Creator fubmitted 
 himielt to the malignity of his creatures, and that God 
 himfelf died a fliameful death on the crofs. And this, 
 gentlemen, makes fuch a heap of ridiculous incohe- 
 rences, as exceeds even the worfhip of apes and (er- 
 pents, leeks and onions, and the other garbage of 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 You are a villain, and a thief, and a liar, cried 
 Harry, altogether inflamed with choler. Mole, on 
 liearing thefe terras of reproach, inffantly caught up a 
 bottle and threw it at our hero's head, but it happily 
 miffed him, and only bruiled the fleffiy part of the 
 fhoulder of the gentleman who fat next. Harry in- 
 ilantly fprung up and made at Mole, while the com- 
 pany role and attempted to interfere; but fome he caff 
 on one hand, and fome on the other, and, overturning 
 fuch as diredlly oppoled him, he reached Mole, and, 
 w.th one blow of his fiff. on the temple, laid hi« 
 motionlefs along the floor. 
 
 Then, 
 
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 Tl-icn, looking down on his adverfary, I (liouTd be 
 forry, iaid he, that the wretch fliGuld die in his pielent 
 ftate ; here, drawer, run quickly and bring me a fur- 
 geon. Then, returning to his place he fat down with 
 great cotnpofure. 
 
 After a paufe he looked round ; I hope, Gentlemen, 
 faid he, that none of you are hurt. Indeed I am much 
 concerned for having, in any degree, contributed to 
 your difturbance. But, had any of you a dear benc- 
 faftor and palron, to whom you were bound beyond 
 meafure, whom you loved and honoured above all 
 things, could you bear to hear him defamed and vili- 
 fied to your face ? No, certainly, anfwered one. No 
 man could bear it, cried another. But, pray, afked a 
 third, how came you to call the gentleman a thief? — 
 Becaufe, replied our hero, he attempted to rob me of 
 my whole eftate. He endeavoured to thieve from me 
 the only friend I have in the univerfe, the friend of my 
 heart, the peace and reft of my bofom ; my infinite 
 treafure, my never-ending delight! the friend without 
 whom I would not chufe to be ; without whom exift- 
 ence would become curfe and an abhorrence unto 
 me. Happy young creature ! exclaimed an elderly 
 gentleman, I underftand you ; you mean your Ch rift 
 and my Chrift, the friend who has already opened bis 
 early heaven within you. 
 
 By this time, Mr. Mole began to move, where-upoh 
 Harry rofe, and, putting his hand into his pocket, 
 Here, gentlemen, faid he, is one guinea for the fur- 
 geon, and another for the reckoning. M'hen my com- 
 panion returns, be pleafed to tell him 1 am gone to our 
 lodgings. For 1 will not flay to hold further converfe 
 with that bane of fociety, that peft, whom the rulers 
 of darknefs have commiflioned to fpread contagion, 
 diftemper, and death among men. 
 
 Harry went early to bed, but lay refllefs and muclji 
 difturbed in his fpirit all night. Mr. Clement |)ad 
 heard the particulars of our hero's behaviour, which 
 he partly difapproved ; but, as he faw him already dc- 
 jefted, he did not chufe to expoilulate with him for th« 
 prelent. 
 
 Vol. lU i. TU 
 
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 The -next day they* returned to HampOiead, A^'here 
 Mr. Fcn;on, r.otu ithftanding the conftrained Tmiles of 
 'his H;uTy, obferved an unufual cloud and uneafinefs in 
 his countenance. I want to fpeak with you, my love, 
 Taid he ; and, beckoning him into his clofet, he took 
 him affcclio'nately by the hand, and made him fit befide 
 'him. What is rhe matter, my dear, faid he, looking 
 concernedly in his face ; what is it that has difturbed 
 the peace of the bolom of my beloved? Ah I Sir, 
 
 cried Harry, I am indeed, very unhappy, I doubt 
 that 1 am partly lofing my faith, and the fear of that 
 has given me inexprelTible horror. It is like tearing 
 me from a fort, out of which there is no home or reft 
 for me in the univerfe. 
 
 Here Harry made a recital of the late affair to his 
 uncle, and, having clofed his narrative. Is not this 
 very wonderful. Sir, faid he, how or where in the 
 world could this Mole have muftered together fuch 
 arguments againft reafon, fuch appearances againfl 
 truth ? How muft the vulgar and illiterate be ftag- 
 gered by fuch obje6lions, when, even J, who have 
 been bred, as I may fay, at the feet of Gamaliel, have 
 not been able to anfwer them, othcrwife than by the 
 chaflifement which the blafphemer received at my 
 hand ? 
 
 Here Mr. Fenton fmiled, and faid. Do not be 
 alarmec!, my love. We fhall quickly difpel the thin 
 xnifls of infidelity that were coUefted to fhut the Sun 
 pf Righteoufneib from your eye, I confcfs, indeed, 
 that this fpawn of Antichrift has compiled a fummary 
 of all that has ever been uttered againd the Lamb zofio 
 uas jlain from the foundation of the luorld ; yet he is but 
 a Mole in nature as well as name; and he, with his 
 brother- moles, kpow no more and fee no further than 
 the little heap of dirt and ruhbifh, that the working 
 of their own;^ purblind reafon hath caft about them. 
 $acred depths and i^wpendous my denes belong ^o this 
 inatler, and,, w-hpn you arc able to bear them, they fhall 
 be clearly and fully unfolded to you, my Harry : in 
 the mean (pace, a few fimplc pbfervations will luffice to 
 jrc-^dablidx the peace of your heart. 
 
 As 
 
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 Ai Chriftianity was inflituted for the falvatipn of all,. 
 the principal truths thereof are very obvious anci plain.. 
 They fpeak the language of nature, and all nature j» 
 exprelTive of the ienfe thereof. Whatever is witjhin, 
 you, whatever is without vou, cries aloud for a 
 Saviour. For fm hath been as the Mezentius, of whom, 
 you rejd in Virgil, who bound the bodies of the dead 
 to the perfons of the living. Thus it is that the (in of 
 fallen angels, and of fallen man, hath bx^und chaina 
 and corruption, diftemperature and death, to the ele-. 
 ments, to the vegetables, to animals, and even 1© the 
 immortal image of God himfelf in the humanity * (o^ 
 that all things cry out, with the Apoftle, Whojivall 
 deliver me from the body of this death ? So that all things , 
 cry out, with Saint Peter, Save Lord, or I perifti ! , 
 Thcfe are truths, my Harry, which all men, at lome 
 time, mufl: feel throughout their exiflence, whether; 
 they read them or not. And he alone, who never , 
 experienced, nor even fhall experience frailty, error,:^. 
 or ficknefs. pain, anguifh, or dindution, is exempt 
 from our fyftem of falvation from fin. 
 
 But wliat fort of a Saviour is it, for whom all things 
 cry fo loudly ? Is )t a dry moralift, a legidator of bare 
 external precepts, fuch as your mole-philofopher re- 
 quired our Chrift to be? No, ray. darling, no. Tbff 
 influence of the Redeemer of nature mufl be as exten* 
 five as nature herfelf. Things are defiled and cor- 
 rupted throughout ; they are diijempered and devoted 
 to death from their inmofl: effence ; and nothing, under 
 him, in whom' they live, arid move, and have their be- 
 ing, can redeem them, can reflore them. 
 
 O Sir, exclaimed Harry, his ct)untenance brighten- 
 ing up, why could I not thmk of this? 1 fhouldthea 
 have been able to foil my malignant adverfary, at his 
 own weapons. 
 
 Our Jefus himfelf, continued Mr. Fenton, appeals 
 to the truth I have told you, where he lays to the rick 
 of the palfy, Son, be of good cheer, thy {ins are for, 
 given thee. But, when the Pharifees thereupon con- 
 cluded that he blafphemed, he demonflrated his. in- 
 fluence in and over the foul by the evidence of his in- 
 L 2 flucoce 
 
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 Huence in and over the body. What reafon yc in yout 
 hearts ? faid Jefus ; whether is it caiier to fay, Thy fins 
 be forgiven thee, or to fay, Rife up and walk ? Then 
 laid he to the fick of the palfy, Arife and take up thy 
 couch, and go to thine own houfe. And iinmediately 
 he rofe up before them, and took that up whereon he 
 had been carried, and departed to his own houle, glori- 
 fying God. 
 
 Here it was neceflary, for the performance of this 
 inftantaneous cure, that Jefus (hould inftantly operate 
 in and through every member, nerve, and fibre of the 
 fick of the palfy. In hke manner, his fins, raufl hav« 
 been pardoned, by an inward falvation. 
 
 Bur, pray, Sir, be plealcd to inform me, how God 
 fould be made man ? For this was one of the principal 
 ohje£tionsof Mole. 
 
 God was never made man, my Harry. God cannot 
 eve debafed. He could not degrade himfelf by any 
 change into manhood, though he could alTume hu- 
 manity into God. Neither could God die or fuffer. 
 To this, Chrifl himfelf who was God and man, bears 
 tciTimony ; where he cries out, in the agonies of his 
 fufFerJng humanity. My God, my God, why hajl thou 
 jorjaktn ,mt? And again, where, crying with a loud 
 voice, he faid. Father, into thy hands I commend my 
 Jpirit. — But, you are leading me Something deeper than 
 1 chufe to go, for the prefcnt. 
 
 From eternity, God faw that, fhould he produce any 
 cieatuies in his own image, to be glorious by hislikenefs 
 and happy by his communication, he mud of neccfrny 
 create them intelligent and free; that as creatures they 
 mud be finite ; and that, as creatures who were free, 
 they would alfo be fallible. Pie, therefore faw that all 
 might fall, and he alfo forefavv that fome would fall. 
 JBut his gracioufnefs had piovitlcd an injailibie remedy 
 for this evil. He had provided a Saviour. 
 
 Indeed, had no creature ever fallen, God could not 
 have been duly glorified to all eternity. Millions of his 
 iiifmitely amiable qualifies trud have lain an inltrufable 
 leciet to worlds upon woihJs. While all his crea'ures 
 UCtc h.<pp\ in Iwrc, nnd p?.it;cip^icd c.{ hi(n. no diilitK- 
 
 ti.^ 
 
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 tion could be duly made between them and ihtlr Civ^ator. 
 Had evil never been, goodnefs would have fui.k un- 
 fpeakably in the fenfe of its value, which is now infi- 
 nitely heightened and glorified by the contrail. Free 
 grace and free mercy on the part of God, and penitence 
 and thankfgiving on the part of humble linners, would 
 have been prevented of their thoufand endearing con- 
 nexions. And all the amities and charities, through- 
 out the brotherhood of man : all the melting and fond 
 relations, which the vine [ChriftJ infufes throughout 
 his ingrafted branches, bearing bloflcras and fruits of 
 j^ divine fragrance and flavour niufl ever have remained 
 "^ unblefling and as dead, from eternity no e ernity. 
 
 But our God, my child, is as powerful, as he is 
 gracious and wile, to bring light out of darknefs, and 
 life out of death, and infinite and ever-during good out 
 of the limited and fhort Rate of tranfitory evil. To 
 
 prove that no being beneath himielf could fland of 
 their own fufficiencvj Gcd 'permitted his two principal- 
 creatures, the moft glorious reprefcntatjvesof his divine 
 perfeftions, to fall off from their allegiance, and con-* 
 icquently from their happinefs, with all their progeny. 
 The firfl; was the angei Lucifer- who fell through pride, 
 and the fecond was the man Adarn wlio fell thiough 
 luji. Thefe two capital fins of pride and of luji are the 
 genuine parents of all moral and natural evil, of all the 
 guilt and milery that ever did or ever can arile through- 
 out duratior>. 
 
 The firfl of thefe areh-felons deemed himfelf worthy 
 of Deity, and, being unexperienced in the power with 
 whom he had to contend, attempted to arrogate all wor- 
 fhip to himfelf, and to rob his divine benefaclor of glory 
 and Godhead. 
 
 The fecond of thefe felons was attempted by thefirfb 
 to afpirey through his own merits, at a godlike in- 
 dependance ; to call off his allegiance to the author of"' 
 his being; and to expeft k-iK^v/ledge from the' lenfual 
 fruits of this woild, afier which he lulled. Ke ac- 
 cordingly took and ate of the tree that was pregnant 
 with all evil ; and he fell, with his progeny, imo all 
 the depravity that the fin of f^Uien Lucifer had iiuro- 
 L- ^ duced 
 
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 duced into thefe vaft regions, now made more exceed 
 ir.gly corrupt and finful by the fin of fallen Adam. 
 
 Here, Mr. Fenton was interrupted. His man 
 Frank entered, booted, and all befpattered with diit,. 
 and having whifpered fomething in his mafter's ear,. 
 Mr. Fenton turned a fide his head to hide his concern* 
 from Harry, and flepping to his clofet locked him- 
 felf in. 
 
 Nearly nine years had now elapfed fince the earl and 
 his lady had feen or heard of their Harry, except by 
 two or three anonymous notes in a year, giving a ihort 
 account of his health and accomplifhments; inlomuch, 
 that time and long abfence had, in a menfure, worn 
 him from the regrets of the family , excepting his 
 brother Richard on whom Harry's generolity, in tak- 
 ing his quarrel upon himlelf, had left an indelible im- 
 preflioru 
 
 Lord Richard was, indeed, fweetly difpofitioned by 
 nature, and of an afpect and perlon extremely elegant ; 
 and as he had tutors in all branches, in which he chofe 
 to be in Q rafted, he learned fufBoent, to render him- 
 one. of the moft actomplifhed youths in the nation- 
 He was alfo naturally unafTuniing and modeflly dif- 
 pofcd ; but the unremitted adulation of domellics and 
 ilcpendan's, with the coinplemcntary artillery of all 
 the neighbours and vifttnnts, c<uild not fail of fome im- 
 pfcflTion, at leaft fo far as to make it evident that he was 
 confcious of his condcffcnfion when he became familiar 
 with you. He was, however, eafy to all whx) applied 
 to him, for any favour, exceeding charitable to tha 
 poor, and particularly fond of our Harry's fofler- 
 mother, and kind to her for Harry's fake. With fuch 
 amiable qualities, lie was eneemed and beloved of all^ 
 and became the little idol of the adjacent country, inlo- 
 much, that when he was feized with the hnall-poy, the, 
 -anxiety for him was univerfal, and the great manfion- 
 houli? v\ras hourly circled by peojxle who came ciowdmg, 
 to enquire, concerning his danger. 
 
 The eruption was but flight, only a few fpots, fo- 
 fhat my lady was in high triumph, on obltrving, that 
 ihe bcauly of her dajling would nut be defaced. But 
 
 ah, 
 
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 aJi how frail is the foundation on which mortality^ 
 builds its happinefs I Who can infure it, for an hour^ 
 for a moment ? On the eleventh day, when the phy- 
 ftcians pronounced that all was promifing, lord Richard 
 was iuddenly taken with convulfions, and, in lefs than 
 an hour, expired. 
 
 Lady Enna, Countefs of Moreland, from whom ths 
 feat had been newly denominated Enna's Field, was 
 prefent at the death of all that Ihe held mod precious 
 upon earth. She had never left his chamber fince he 
 had taken to his bed : and was now carried off in a 
 deep fwoon. She never after recovered her fenfes, ex- 
 cept by deplorable ftartSy to lament that fhe was the 
 mod wretched of all that ever were created ; an<l, on 
 the fecond dav, (he alfo expired, and v/as interred irv 
 the fame tomb. 
 
 Never was feen fuch a concourfe at any funeral, 
 fince the funeral of Jacob, on which all Egypt attend- 
 ed. They crowded from a diftince of thirty miles- 
 round. But, when they faw the old and reverend^ 
 patron of the country, all covered with fad and folemn 
 weeds: when thsy beheW his countenance exceeding: 
 all pomp of iorrow, and conceived the weight ih^t wa» 
 then at his heart ; envy was quite blunted and robbed 
 cf its fting. They now lamented the living more thaa 
 they mourned the dead ; and the poored among the 
 poor looked down, with an eye of compafTion upon 
 the great man, now rendered as they deemed, more- 
 pitiable and defolate even than themfelves ; without 
 child or kindred *, without any to continue his name or 
 his honours; without any who could claim a fhare in. 
 his wealth or his woe ; without any caofe of further 
 comfort or further care upon earth. 
 
 During the following week the earl kept his cham- 
 ber, and would admit of no vjfitor till Mr. Meekly his 
 old acqiwintance arrived. Mr. Meekly had long 
 edranged himfeif from Enna's Field ; he had gono elfe- 
 where, feeking the houfes of mourning, and breathing 
 peace and coniolation wherever he went ; hut as foon 
 as he heard of the affliftion of his noble friend, he 
 haftened to help him to bear up under the weight of 
 bis calamity*. He eiuered, and feating himfeif ij»' 
 
 iilenc^ 
 
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 filence befidc the earl, he there wept an hour without 
 uttering a fyllable. 
 
 My Lord was the firft who fpoke ; Mr. Meekly, 
 faid he, my heart gratefully feels this proof of your 
 love. You weep for nie, my friend, bccaufe you fee, 
 and kindly feel, that there is no other comfort for me 
 on this fide the grave. 
 
 God forbid ! God foibid ! faid Mr. Meekly, the beft 
 and greateft of all comforts is coming to you, my lord. 
 EUernal truth has promifed it, and he will make it good 
 tQ you ; bUfed are they who 7nourn,/or they Jk all be com-- 
 forte (I. 
 
 Ah, Mr. Meekly, replied the earl, the comfort that 
 you raeniiun is promilcd only to the broken of heart ', 
 to tliofe who duly lament the bafenefs of their offences 
 ag nnft fo great and good a God. Neither do I deljnur 
 iTiy friend, but that i may finally fhare (bme portion of 
 that com f lit ; for, as 1 feelingly acknowledge mylelf the 
 greateft of all fmners, fo 1 wilh for grace to make me 
 the gieatell of penitents. 
 
 God be praifed, cried Meekly, for the grace already 
 given ! Th«:re was a time, my lord, when, as you told 
 ix»e, you had nothing of thcie divine difpofitions ; when 
 the world, as you faid, feemed to hold out happinefs to 
 ypu in either hand ; when forti:ne, title, precedence, 
 circling honours about you, and witiiin you youth and 
 health, and n revelling flow of blood and fpirits, wholly 
 concealed the flate of your nature from you ; when 
 they hid from you your own' body of frailty, diftem- 
 p^r, fin, and death, and left you no occafion to call 
 €Hit; for a Saviour, as you felt nothing from which you 
 d«jfircd to be Caved. But God has now been graciouHy 
 plealed to fend you his monitors, and co call upon you 
 by affliction, that you, in your turn, may call upon 
 bim, who alone can give you coaloUiion. It is not 
 my lord, to the mourners for fin,- alone, to whom 
 comfort is promifed. The ftate of fuffering and 
 mourning is in its nature of happy tentlency to m.in, 
 and it is, therefore, that the fuftciing Jefus has pro- 
 nounced It blefled. 
 
 The God of AIL r ovE takes no delight in the fufTer- 
 ings of iui> poor and piiiullfi creatures i neither would 
 
 he 
 
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 he liave mar!c this (late of oar mortality a vale of tear* 
 and a flate of mifery, had it not been in order to. con- 
 duct us through tranfitory evils to ever-during blifs, 
 where he himlelf will wipe all tears from our eyes. 
 
 When Adam, by his apoftafy from his Maker, had 
 converted all the goods of this temporary ftate into evil 
 incitements to lufl, covetoufnefs, and fenfuality ; God 
 'determined, by a gracious reverfe, to turn all the evils 
 x>f corrupt and fallen nature into means of enduring 
 good to his fallen and frail creatures ; he therefore 
 appointed pain, affli£lion, diftrefs, and difeafe, to be 
 his minifters, his monitors, and preachers within us, to 
 convince us of all the evil of our depraved and mortal 
 nature ; to wean us from a world that is full of falfe 
 promifes, but empty of true enjoyment ; to remind us 
 that we are ftran^ers and pilgrims upon earth, to turn 
 our eye to the Star that has vifited us from on high j 
 and finally, through our fufferings to accomplilh tli# 
 great work of his own falvation in us. 
 
 Thank you, thank you, Mr. Meekly ; thefe are 
 comforting things indeed. They pluck comfort from 
 the very depth of affliftion. You have now rent the 
 dark veil that long hung before my eyes ; and the Sun 
 of Righteoufnefs breaks upon me through the clouds of 
 my mortality. — But, what of death, Mr. Meekly, what 
 is death, my friend ? I am interefted in the queflion ; 
 my time is approaching. When this body fliall fall to 
 duft, and all thefe organs of fenfation be entirely cut 
 ofl; what remains? What then fhall follow? By 
 what means fhall my fpirit attain the powers of new 
 perception : or am I to lie in the grave, in a flate 
 of total infenfibility, till the lafl trumpet fhall found ? 
 My nature fhrinks,. I confefs, from a total deprivation 
 of the ienfe of exiflence. 
 
 It is no way evident to me, my lord, that the body 
 is neceffary to the perceptions of our fpirit. God him- 
 felf is a Spirit, an all-feeing, all-hearing, all-tafling, 
 all-fmelling, all-feeling, all-knowing, and all-governing 
 Spirit. "He who made the eye, fhnlt he not fee ?^ 
 He who made the ear, fhall he not hear ?'* Wherefore, 
 as our {pMits are the offspring of his divine Spirit, we 
 may juflly pts^fmne iheta endawed with like capacities. 
 
 Of 
 
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 Of this, my lord, I am confident as I am of my 
 being, that he who, by faith, hath already put on 
 Chrift, {hall break through death in the brightncfs of 
 an immortal body, incorruptible, and bleffed to all 
 eternity. *' I am the refurreftion and the life, faith 
 Jesus; whofo believeth in me, though he were dead, 
 yet ftjall he live ; and he who liveth and believeth in 
 me fhall never die." Death fhall become a new and 
 divine birth unto him. And the great Apoftle fays, 
 ♦* There are celeftial bodies, and bodies terreftrial ; but 
 the glory of the celeftial is one, and the glory of the 
 terreftrial is another." And again he fays, " We know 
 that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were dif- 
 folved, we have a budding of God, a houfe not made 
 with hands, eternal in the heavens." 
 
 Thefe are great things, indeed, Mr. Meekly, and 
 full of hope as well as incitements to divine ambition. 
 
 But why, my lord, fhould a new birth from Jefus 
 Chrifb be thought wonderful ? Is there any thing 
 more wonderful in it than in the forming and unfolding 
 of the whole ftupcndous mechanilm of the human 
 body, from a fcarce vifible fpeck of entity? Is there 
 any thing more wonderful in it than the growth and 
 unfolding of any common vegetable from fomc latent 
 principle or invifible fpeck in the feed, which not all 
 the glafTcs cf a Galilaeo would be able to difcover ? 
 Were not tiicfe the known fafts of every day and hour, 
 incredulity would have Lmghed the fuppofition to 
 nought. But, I think, I have got about me, fome- 
 thing mod furprizingly analagous, and appofite to the 
 nature and manner of our new buth in Jelus. 
 
 Mr. Meekly then put his hand to his pocket, and 
 took out a luTip of matier, in form like a long and 
 huge maggot, evidently without motion, apparently 
 without life, Hiid hiird and incruflied all about to the 
 feeling. What have you got there, my friend, faid 
 
 the earl ? An old worm, my lord, that, at this 
 iiiftant, is pregnant with the birth of a new creature. 
 ImpolfiUle, cr;ed the earl, the thing is ablolutely dead. 
 The boJy of the old worm is dead, indeed, my lord; 
 but there is centainly a principle of a new life within 
 it, that vvill loon maaifell iilelf in the birth of a very ' 
 
 beautiful 
 
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 beautiful cieziture. And this you will fihd, if you 
 leave it for a few days where it may get the fofteriirg 
 warmth of the fun through one of your windows. 
 Have y,ou ever feen the fly they call the dragon-fly,, 
 my lord ? 
 
 Yes, and have admired the elegance of its fhape, the 
 inechanifm of its double wings, and the luftre of its 
 irradiations. 
 
 This mafs, my lord, of apparently infenfible matter, 
 is now a£lually pregnant with one of the fame fpecies. 
 The parent, through whofe death it is to attain life, 
 was no other, as you fee, than a vile and grovelling 
 maggot, who once was fed and took its delight in the 
 ordure of a jakes. But the new creature that is to be 
 born from it will be quite of a different naturg. It will 
 lothe the food and occupation of its foul progenitor. 
 It will foar fublime over earthly things. It will drink 
 the dews of heaven, and feed on the confuramate neftar 
 and fragrance of flowers. 
 
 This, indeed, Mr. Meekly, rejoined the earl, is to 
 make the invifible things of God vifible, even to the 
 naked eye, by the things that are feen. 
 
 While my lord and his friend were thus deeply in 
 -dilcourfe, Mr. John, the houfe-fheward, came in and 
 told his mafter that one waited in the hall with a letter 
 for him. A letter, cried the earl, what can I have 
 
 to fay, John, to any letters, or any of the writers 
 thereof? — But fomethmg is due to humanity, and it 
 ihall be p^id ; defire him to flep in. 
 
 Hereupon a (Iranger entered, whofe figure inflatltly 
 caught the eyes 3nd attention of the earl and his com- 
 panion in an aftonifhed captivity. The youth was 
 drefled in fimple fuftian; and his dark broxvn locks, 
 tied behind with a black 'ribbon, flowed careiefsly Be- 
 tween his fhoulders ; while feme of the front flraying 
 curls, as in fport, alternately fhaded and difcover^d a 
 part of his lovely countenance. / He howed, he moved 
 attraftion ; and gracefully advancing toward my lord, 
 he again bowed, laid a letter before him on the table, 
 and then filently retired backward a few fleps. They 
 
 viewed him, they gazed upon him, as it had been the 
 fijdden vifion of an angel of light, Mr, Meekly wis 
 
 not 
 
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 not able to utter a word ; neither had my lord thi 
 power to lay a finger on the paper that was dircfted to 
 him ; till Mr. Meekly, at laft, giving a great ftroke on 
 the table, cried fuddcniy out, I would lay a thoufand 
 pounds of it! It is he I it is he! — My heart tells me 
 he can be no other but your Harry Clinton ! 
 
 Here Harry fprung forward, and cafting himfel^ 
 precipitately at the feet of the earl, he clafped his 
 knees with an eager reverence, crying, My father, my 
 honoured, my dear, my dear father! and broke into 
 tears. 
 
 My lord, all in a tremor, attempted to raife him to 
 his arms; and Harry, perceiving this, rofe and threw 
 himfelf into the bofora of his father. But the earl 
 gently and fondly put him off a little, and gazing 
 intently at a countenance that appeared to him lovely, 
 above all that was lovely in the cncle of creation, he 
 gathered new ftrength, and catchmg Harry to his 
 breaft, he exclaimed in a tranfport, '' Let me die, let 
 me die, fince I have fcen thy face, my fon ! " 
 
 Thus my lord, in the recent acquifition of fuch a 
 fon, forgot all his lofles, and caft the whole weight of 
 his late calamities behind him. His eye could not be 
 tired with feeing him, neither his ear with hearing the 
 fweetnefs of his voice ; and he continued to hold, to 
 gaze at him, to carefs him, unmindful of aught elfe, 
 unmindful even of his friend Meekly, who fat enrap- 
 tured befide him. 
 
 Will you leave me again, my child ? cried out the 
 earl. Do you intend to go from me again, my Harry? 
 You raufl not, you fhall not leave me, not for an hour, 
 no not for a minute ; a fccond lofs of my fon would 
 fluickly bring my grey hairs with forrow to the grave. 
 Never, never, my lord, will 1 leave you, tenderly, 
 cried Harry ; never, for a moment, will 1 forfake you 
 again, my father. I come purpofcly to watch over, to 
 comfort, to tend you, while I have life, with all pof- 
 fible tendernefs, affedlion and duty. 
 
 But where, haftily aflced the earl, where is the mur- 
 derer who ftabbed my Peace ? Where is that old 
 thief, that robber, who rent my child from me? Ah! 
 iny lord, cried Harry, he is very far from meriting 
 
 fuch' 
 
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 fuch opprobrious epithets. He is a fummary of all that 
 is amiable in Nature. He refpefls and loves you too, 
 above the world, and all that is in it deferving of love, 
 O ! had you lately feen his grief for your loffes, the 
 
 floods of tears he Ihed, — for — for — for ! Here 
 
 Harry could no more, but on the recoUeftion of his 
 piother and brother, buril into tears. 
 
 But lell me, my dear, continued the earl, tell me 
 who and what he is, whom you commend fo highly > 
 
 Even the fon of your own mother, my lord : my 
 much loved, my reverend, my moll honoured uncle. 
 
 Impoffible, my child. That old defpicable man my 
 brother ! No, no, my Harry, he mull have deceived 
 you. My brother was all that was amiable upon earth ; 
 the llraighteft cedar in the foreft. 
 
 And iuch he is at this day, my lord. But, alas, 
 alas, he has been broken by the batteries of many 
 affliftions ; a man made up of forrows, and acquainted 
 with killing griefs. You wanted me not, when he 
 took me, my father. You had other and richer trea- 
 fures, comforts that were iniinitely more worthy your 
 regard. But, little and defpicable as I was, he' had 
 noihinp; but me. 1 became his only comfort, the only 
 treafure in which he delighted. Yet, as foon as he 
 heard that you wanted coiifolation, he chofe rather to 
 be without it himfclf : and {o he reflores me to you, if 
 1 may be any comfort to you, my father. 
 
 And where is this dear uncle, this precious brother, 
 my Harry .? Is he come with you ? fhall I be fo blelled 
 to take him In with my eye, to take him in my arms, 
 to petition, to obtain his pardon, to prefs him to my 
 bofom, to my heart, to my foul ? Vv' here is he, where 
 is this precious brother, my Harry ? 
 
 He is not come with me, my lord : he feared, as he 
 faid, that you would not forgive him the carrying off 
 of your Ganvmede, but he is defirous of aitendlng 
 you on the iirlt intimation. 
 
 Then you mull; write to him for that purpofe, to- 
 morrow, my fon, and difpatth your invitaiicn by fonie 
 of our fwiftcfi: .Jxories, The influence of his dariino- 
 will, unqueitionably, be greater than that of an offend- 
 ing and unnatural brother. Is this letter from hirn, 
 Harry ? — It is, my lord. — Then I will no: p^'nife ic 
 
 Vol. II. M ' ' till ' 
 
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 till I get by myfelf. Ic probably contains reproaches 
 but too well merited ; or, pofiibly matters of con- 
 foiation, too tender for me to bear.-^But, Mr. Meekly, 
 my dearell Meekly, ten thoufand pardons! — Harrys, 
 take to your arms the man in the world, next to your 
 uncle, moll deferving of your reverence, molldeferv* 
 ing of your heart. 
 
 Here Mr. Meekly kiffed and embraced our hero» 
 with all the tendernefs of a father and the ardour of an 
 old friend. Mr. Meekly, cried Harry, looking 
 •arneftly and fondly at him, do J not remember fome- 
 thing of that face, Mr. Meekly ? Are you not the 
 gentleman, for whom I long fmcc conceived fuch an 
 attachment, to whom my heart cleaved, as I may fay, 
 from my infancy ? 
 
 I am, anfwered Meekly, 1 am the man, indeed, 
 ^ivhofe foul was knit to yours, like the foul of Jonathan 
 to David, the firft moment I beheld you ; and who faw 
 in you then, ail thofe noble, and humane propenfities, 
 that I fee arrived to their maturity this happy day. 
 
 While Mr. Meekly was thus rejoicing, Harry hap- 
 pened to turn his head afide, and fpying the lively 
 portraits of my lady and lord Richard, he ilarted, he 
 rofe, and, gazing on them a minute, he went foftly to 
 the window, and, taking out his handkerchief, kept 
 his back to the company, while he vented his emotions 
 in a filent paflion of tears, fiis father and Mr, Meekly 
 perceived what he was about, but they did not difturb 
 him. He brought frefli to their remembrance ail the 
 paffages of late afflidlion, and they filently joined a 
 flow of grief to his. But their tears were the tears of 
 fympathizing humanity ; or rather tears of delight, on 
 v©bferving the fweet fenfibilities of their darling. 
 
 In the mean time Mr. Frank, who attended on 
 Harry, had whifperingly given the mourning domeftics 
 an intimation, concerning the pcrfon of the ftranger 
 \^^ho had arrived. Some of them well remembered 
 him ; and all of them had heard of him, and con- 
 ceived a very kindly impreffion of Our Harry. They 
 firft expre fled their mutual joy by kifles, embraces, and 
 filent ihakes of the hand ; but, in a little fpace, their 
 congratulations became more loud and tumultuous, and 
 the voice of exultation was heard through all the lower 
 
 houfe. 
 
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 henfe. Harry hereupon fek himfelf fecretly hurt, and 
 turning to his father with his yet tearful countenance. 
 My lord, fays he, I befeech you to fupprefs this un- 
 feafonable found of joy among your fervants, in a 
 houfe that ought to be the houfe of mourning. — My 
 love, mildly and kindly anfwered the carl, I cannot 
 wholly refufe, to my poor and afRidted people, fome 
 (hare of that comfort which 1 myfelf feel on the return 
 of my Harry, They are all my old and true fervants, 
 my child ; this is no other than an expreliion of their 
 love to you, and to me, and I requeft you to receive 
 them afTedionately for my fake. 
 
 Here the earl rung a i3ell, and defired that all his 
 domeftics Ihould come in. They accordingly en- 
 tered. Harry perfedly recolle<5led Mr. John the ftew- 
 ard, Mr. Samuel the butler, and old Mrs. Mary, the 
 cook. He called them by their names, reminded them 
 pf old times, and took them in his arms with much 
 afFeftion. He then turned to the other fervants. He 
 took each of them by the hand in turns, and fpoke to 
 them, with fuch a natural eafe and lowlinefs, as though 
 he himfelf defired, in his father's houfe, to become 
 alfo, "as One of his hired Servants.'* Hereupon, 
 gathering all about him, they catched and kiffed his 
 hand by force ; and then kneeling around, they pro- 
 mifcuoufly petitioned for bleflings on his head ; and 
 rifmg, retired in a pleafing pafiion of fobs and tears, 
 while the enraptured earl beheld all, with a mixture of 
 fuch blifsful fenfations as he had never felt before. 
 
 It now began to grow late, and, after a fhort repall, 
 my lord propofedftheir retiring to bed : But, my friend, 
 faid he to Harry, you muft content yourfelf with being 
 my Prifoner for the prefent; you mufl lie in my cham- 
 ber ; 1 will not truft my lamb from my fide, for fear 
 of its going once more aftray. Ah, my lord ! cried 
 Harry, there is no fear of that. My heart is wholly 
 your property, and you have, thereby, a fure hold of 
 all that I am or can have. The next morning Harry 
 impatiently rofe, before the fervants were ftirring ; and 
 unlocking the great door, and clofing it foftly after 
 him, he went out exulting on his premeditated expe- 
 dition. He recolleded the happy fcenes of his child- 
 M 2 hood. 
 
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 liood, and, flying like a bird over the fences, he made 
 the fliorteft way to his ftill precious mammy's. 
 
 When he approachfed the place of his infant endear- 
 ments, he met his fofter father going forth to his field 
 with a folemn and mel.mchoiy air, on his ufual occu- 
 pations. Harry inftantly remembered the features once 
 fo delightful, and fpringing to him, and catching at 
 him, he kifled and clafped him repeatedly, and cried 
 aloud. My daddy, my dear daddy Dobfon ! how glad 
 am I to fee you once again ! how is my mammy, my 
 dear mammy ? how is little Tommy, and little Rachel, 
 and all your dear family ? 
 
 The old man, refpedfully withdrawing a fpace, I 
 do not know you, my fweet mailer, faid he ; I never 
 faw you before. Indeed but you did; many a time, 
 and oft, cried Harry, you carried me in your arms 
 almoll the live-long day, and prefTed and hufncd me to 
 fleep at night in your bofom. Do you not remember 
 your little Harry? Do not you remember my two 
 dog5 ? Do not you remember my cock ? 
 
 O ! exclaimed the good old man, I now believe that 
 you are my child, the dearefi child that ever was born4 
 But I never hoped to fee him fuch a thing as you are ; 
 1 never thought to fee fuch a glorious creature upon 
 earth ! Here old Dobfon returned Harry's careffes 
 with a two- fold force, and, crying aloud, had like io 
 have fmothered him with the int nfenefs of his em- 
 braces. Bring me, bring me, cried Harry, to th» 
 fight of my deareft mammy, 1 am all impatient to be- 
 hold her ! Not fo faft, faid gaffer Dobfon. I love 
 my old loving Kate, and fhould Ihe find you out of a 
 fudden (lie would die of joy. But I will bring you to 
 her as a llranger, and fo yoa may bring matters about. 
 "And, indeed, I fear that my own head is likely to be 
 crazed by this bufinefs j for 1 do not find that I am the 
 fame man that 1 was awhile agone ; I ihall grow too 
 proud, I doubt, and look down upon all my better 
 neighbours, 
 
 Goodman Dobfon then conduifted Harry to their 
 ancient habitation, where nurfe Dobfon was juft up, 
 and preparing to comb the heads of her children when 
 they entered. Kace, fays he, I have brought you a 
 
 young 
 
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 young Granger, that fays he can give you fome account 
 of our little Harry, who, he fays, is ftill alive, notwith- 
 Handing all your frights, and will (hortly pay a vifit to 
 feme parts of this country : and who knows then, but 
 that we among others may happen to fet our eyes upon 
 him ; and that, I think, Would be a great bleffing, m/ 
 Kate! 
 
 O, no, no, no, exclaimed nurfe, without deigning to 
 caft her eyes on the ftranger ; he is dead, he is gone 
 from me thefe many, many years ! I once hoped to 
 have his infant on my knee, and in my bofom, but 
 that hope is quite gone : never, never, Ihali I behold 
 my darling again ! 
 
 Harry had feated himfelf juft oppofite to nurfe, 
 when, looking up, fhe ftarted, and ilared eagerly iii 
 his face. Do not impofe upon me, William, fays Ihe j 
 tell me, tell me at once, may hap this is my child I ah, 
 againit the world I the dimple in that fmile, is the 
 dimple of my Harry. Here Harry fprung up, and 
 at one leap caught his rifing nurfe in his arms, crying. 
 My mammy, my deareft mammy, do I live to be preifed 
 once more to your dear bofom i 
 
 But the poor woman breathed fnort, and could not 
 get out a word. Twenty times ilie put him from her, 
 and catched him to her again, gazing at him, by 
 intervals, with a frantic afFedion, At length, flie calt 
 herfelf back on the bench that was behind her, and, 
 clapping her hands together, {he gave a great fhout, 
 and burit into a paiTion of tears ; while Harry feated 
 himfelf befide her, and gently drawing her head to him* 
 • placed it fondly on his bofom, and mixed his tears with 
 her*s. This gu(h came very feafonably for cur loving 
 nurfe*s relief. She foon recovered her breath, and her 
 fenfes ; and, feeing fome drops on her Harry's cheeks, 
 ihe drew them in with her lips, crying, precious pearls 
 •be thefe ! I would not exchange one cf tiiem for the 
 brighteft diamond in the mines. Mammy, fays 
 
 Harry, I ftole away to come and fee you, while my 
 father was afleep, or elfe I Hiould not have had leave 
 to ilir from him a foot Bat you and my daddy muft 
 promife to come and dine with me ; we will have a 
 table by ourfelves. And do you^ my dear mammy, 
 M 3 Hep 
 
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 ftep to oul- houfe, and, if my father {hould mifs me, 
 tell him I will be back with him before breakfaft. 
 
 Harry then rtepped into the village, and, remember- 
 ing gaiter Truck*s houTe, he went familiarly in, and 
 enquired of the good woman how all the family was. 
 Pray how is my honell o!d Bartholomew ? fays he, and 
 how is your pretty daughter Molly? and above all, 
 what is become of my old friend Tom ? The poor 
 woman all in amazement, cried, a pretty Tom he is 
 forfooth, to be a friend to fuch a young gentleman as 
 you are. But truth is, that our I'om is prentice to a 
 barber at next door. Well, fays Harry, when gaffer 
 Truck comes home, tell him that his old acquaintance, 
 Harry Clinton, called to fee him. 
 
 Tom had jull fmiilied an operation on a neighbour as 
 our hero entered. How are you Tom, fays he, care- 
 lc{Ily ? Tom gaped, and flared, and gaped ; but an- 
 fwered not a word. Will you give me a call of your 
 cilice, Tom ? Ah, that I will. Mailer, as foon as you 
 get a beard. Why, Tom, you are grown a huge hulk- 
 ing fellow fince 1 faw you laft ; will you llep to yonder 
 «jTeen and wrellle one full with me ? No, no, mailer, 
 i fliould hurt you ; methinka I could throw a dozen of 
 fuch fair-weather gentlemen as you are, mailer. Harry 
 inflantly feized Tom, by the breall with one hand, and 
 by the Ihoulder with the other, when Tom, feeling the 
 Jiardnefs of his gripe, immediately exerted his powers, 
 and grappled with his adverfary ; but Harry, giving 
 him a flight foot, laid him on the broad of his back in 
 the middle of his own floor ; but kept him with both 
 hands from being hurt againll the ground. 
 
 J believe, faid Tom, rihng, you mull certainly be 
 the devil, and come, as they fay, to fling poor finners 
 in the fhape of an angel of light. Ah, Tom ! Tom ! 
 cried Harry, this is not the firit flruggle that you and 
 I have had. Do you remember the bag of nuts and 
 poor blind Tommy ? have you forgot your old friend, 
 your little Harry Clinton r 
 
 Blefled mercy ! exclaimed Tom, can you be my 
 young lord, my heart's dear young niaOcr ? I am 
 indeed, anfwered Harry, your old acquaintance, my 
 dear T®m, your loving friend Harry Clinton. And fo 
 
 faying. 
 
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 ^ 
 
 'faying, he took Tom about the neck and kiiTed him 
 cordially. 
 
 Tom, fays Harry, I want you to take a walk wit^ 
 me. Tom inilantly aflented, and out they went. As 
 they walked along, Harry began to grow fad. Tom, 
 faid he, do you know where my dear brother Dicky 
 was buried ? Yes, Sir, faid Tom, a great way off, in 
 yonder church-yard below ihe town's end. Do you 
 know where the fexton lives, Tom ? In a little white 
 houfe, Sir, juft joining the yard. As foon as they ar- 
 rived, Tom called out the fexton, and Harry, putting 
 a guinea into his hand, ordered him diredlly to unlock 
 the family vault. The man looked aftoniflied, but 
 obeyed in filence, and Harry, as he entered, defired 
 the fexton and Tom to wait at a diflance, and promifed 
 to be with them, by-and-by. 
 
 He put to the door after him, juft leaving light 
 enough to diftinguilh the recent depofits of the dead. O, 
 faid he, as he advanced. Thou true houfe of m.ourning, 
 thou filent end of all men, how fad art thou to fenfe ! 
 how fad to me above all, who beareft in thy dark bofora 
 fuch precious and beloved relics. 
 
 Then, calling himfelf on the coffins of my lady and 
 lord Richard, as they lay fide by fide, and clafping his 
 arms about them as far as he could reach, O ! he cried, 
 my mother, my brother, my dearell brother, my dearefl 
 mother, you are gone, you are gone from me, and you 
 never knew the love that your fon and brother had for 
 you. Ah ! how did I flatter myfelf, what h:ippinefs 
 did I not propofe, in attending, ferving, and pleafing 
 you 1 in doing thoufands of tender, and endearing 
 offices about you 1 but you are fnatched from me, my 
 mother ! you are fiiatched from me^ my brother ; all 
 my profpefts arc cut away for ever. You will no more 
 return to me, but 1 ihail go to you ; and O ! that I 
 -were laid with you this minute in this iliil and peaceful 
 manfion, where hopes and fears ceafe, and all are 
 humbled together 1 
 
 Mean while, Mr. Meekly, had gone abroad on his 
 morning's walk. He m^-t nurfe on her way to the 
 tnanfion houi'e, and accolliiig her in a kind of triumph. 
 My good nurfe, fays he, ue have bleifed tidings for 
 yon, yt)ur Harry, your hero, is come to the country, 
 
 1 know 
 
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 I know It, Sir, I know it, anfwered nurfe, it U but a 
 little while ago that my babe left my bofom. IVIr. 
 Meekly then proceeded in order to join his young 
 friend, enquiring of all he met which way lord Henry 
 went, till at laft he was diredled to the church-yard. 
 There he found Tom and the fexton, who, on further 
 queftion, filently pointed to the door of the family 
 vault, that hung on the jar. Mr. Meekly felt himfelf 
 afFeded, and withdrew to a greater diftance ; but Hill 
 keeping his tearful eye on the fad manfion that now 
 held the living with the dead. 
 
 At length Harry came forth, drying his cheeks with 
 his handkerchief. He afTumcd a conftrained air of chear- 
 fulnefs, and joining Tom and the fexton, obferved that 
 a great crowd were gathering in the town. Who are 
 thofe, Tom ? fays he ; I fuppofe, anfwered Tom, your 
 honour's tenants and old acquaintances, who are get- 
 ting togeiher to welcome you to the country. \f that 
 is the cafe, Tom, we mull: go and falute them; and 
 you ihall introduce me, and tell me who is who. Mr. 
 Meekly, perceiving that Harry was on his return, kept 
 oivward, aloof from him, but with an eye on his 
 motions. By this time, the crowd had forted them- 
 felves, the principals of the families into one group, 
 the young men into another, and the fair maidens into 
 another, and, as Harry approached, they all let up a 
 joint ftiout of triumph. 
 
 Fleafe your honour, fays Tom, this is my father, 
 and this is Gaffer Gubbins, and this Goodman Demiler, 
 and this farmer Felller, and fo on. Harry, with the 
 lowlinefs of a wa.her of feet, would have kified and 
 embraced them all in turns ; but, prelTmg about him, 
 they feized a hand on either iide, and eagerly kifled 
 them, as alfo the {kins of his clothes all around. God 
 blefs your fwcet face ! God blefs your fwect face ! 
 cried Goodman Di mfter, whofo fees it in a morning, 
 cannot fail, I think, of profpciing the live-long aay. 
 When he came, in fucceilion, to the companions of 
 his infancy, as he kifltd and Oiook hands with each, in 
 turn, fome reminded him of having beat them at box- 
 ing, others at wreiUing, and all ot his having played 
 with thein» 
 
 Me^n 
 
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 Mean while, the girls panted, gazed at him, and 
 longed to get him to themfelves. Sir, fays Tom, here 
 is your old acquaintance, my filler Molly ; there is not 
 a lad in the town whom fhe is not able to tofs, except 
 your honour. Molly looked full of health as Hebe, 
 and rofy as May, and Harry caught her about the neck 
 and kified her very cordially. Do you remember me 
 Molly? O! anlwered Molly, I fhall never forget 
 fmce your honour's lorddiip and I ufed to wreille every 
 day behind our houfe. Ah, Molly, cried Harry, there 
 was no harm in it then ; but a fall, at this day might 
 be dangerous to one of us ; above all things take care 
 of that, my good Molly. And, if you know ever a 
 pretty lad to whom you have a iiking, I will give you 
 fifty guineas, for old acquaintance fake towards making 
 up your portion. The refl of the girls now preiTed 
 for their fhare of Harry, and it was vvith difficulty 
 that he divided himfelf with any fatisfactory equality 
 among them. 
 
 At length Harry's watch reminded him that it was 
 lime to attend his father ; and, as he parted, they 
 fhouted after him. Long life and health and honours to 
 our townfman, our ov/n boy, our own dear fweet 
 child ! In the mean time, Mr, Meekly had returned 
 hoi-p.e, with his heart full of tidings to the earl. 
 When Harry arrived, breakfall was on table, and he 
 perceived that his father had been in tears. But, no 
 notice was taken of the affair at the charnel -houfe on 
 either part. 
 
 When breakfafl was over Harry called in John. Mr, 
 John, fays he, can you tell me how many families 
 there are in this village of yours ? Tw^enty-five fami- 
 lies exadly, my lord. Then Harry turned to his father 
 and faid, if your lordlhip will be pleafed to lend me 
 iive hundred guineas for the prefent, 1 will pay yoa 
 very honeftly the hour that my uncle comes to the 
 country. Why, firrah, cried the earl, pleafantly, what 
 right has your uncle to pay your debts, efpecially to fuch 
 a great amount as you fpeak of? O, my lord, an- 
 fwered Harry, I have already fquandered away above 
 fifty thoufand pounds of his money, and this is but a 
 trifle, which 1 am fure, 1 may very fafely add to the 
 rell. 
 
 Here 
 
( H2 ) 
 
 Here the earl looked truly aHonifhed. Fifty thoa- 
 fand pounds ! he exclaimed, impoirible, Harry ! Why, 
 you had neither fuch ponds nor lakes, as mine, in 
 London, whe;ein you might make ducks and drakes 
 of them. How in the world could you contrive it ? 
 Where did you difpofe of them ? In hoTpitals and 
 in prifons, my father, anfwered Harry, in flreets and 
 highways, among the wretched and the indigent. 
 Supplying eyes to the blind, and limbs to the lame ; 
 and chearfulnefs to the forrowful and broken of heart ; 
 for fuch were my uncle's orders. 
 
 Let me go, let me go from this plr.ce, my lord ! 
 cried Meekly; this boy will abfolutely kill me, if 1 
 ilay any longer. He overpowers me with the weight 
 of his fentiments. Well, Harry, laid the earl, go 
 to my defk, here is the key of the drawer on the left 
 hand, and I make you a prefent of the key and the 
 contents ; perhaps you may find there nearly as much 
 as will anfwer your prefent exigencies. 
 
 Harry went, and opening the drawer, was aftoniflied 
 to fee it quite full of gold. However he took no more 
 than jull the fum propofed ; and, returning to his 
 father, faid. What fliall 1 do, my lord, with that vail 
 heap of money f Why, you extravagant rogue, re- 
 plied the earl, there is not as much in it as will pay the 
 debt yoa have contrafled with one man. O ! cried 
 Harry, I am quite eafy upon that fcore. T will never 
 a£ront "my uncle by ihe offer of a penny. And, do 
 r.©t you think, faid the earl, that we have got poor 
 among us in the country, as well as you have in the 
 city, Harry ? I believe you have got fome, my lord, 
 but then I am much more diHicult than you may think 
 in the objeds on whom I would choofe to confer 
 charity. I look upon the money amaffed by the 
 wealthy, to have been already excradlcd from the earn- 
 ings of the poor, the poor farmer, the poor crafifman, 
 the hard-handed peafant, and the day labourer, whofc 
 feven children perhaps fubhft on the fvvcat of his brow. 
 Wherefore, the objefts on whom we bellow thefe 
 gatherings ought at leaft to be fomething poorer, 
 and more worthy of compaifion than thofe from 
 whom the money was exaded. So faying, he (tepped 
 out. 
 
 Amazing 
 
( H3 ) 
 
 Amazing boy ! cried Mr. Meekly, how pew, and 
 yet how juft \^as that obfervation ! I am, cried the 
 earl, as it were, in a kind of delicious dream, and can 
 icarce yet believe myfelf ib blefTed as to be the fatiier 
 of fuch a child. 
 
 In the mean time, Harry had called John afide. Mr. 
 John, fays he, here are five hundred guineas, be 
 pleafed to fi:ep and dillribute them by twenty guineas 
 to each of the families in the village. I would fave 
 you the trouble, and give them myfelf, but that, for 
 the prcfenv., my heart turns with difgufl from their 
 thanks and their honours. Tell them that this is a 
 token in memory of my dear brother, to keep them in 
 mind of hi.-n. Tell ihem further, that I will have no 
 caroufals, no rejoicings, on account of my arrival ; 
 and that it would pleafe me infinitely better, if my 
 return would bring their late lolTes to their remem- 
 brance, and fet tht-m all in tears and lamentations. 
 
 My lord now propoied a faunter into the park, in 
 order to procure an appetite for dinner. Accordingly 
 the gate was ordered to be unlocked ; and they entered 
 on a gravel walk, that was walled in on the left hand, 
 and paled in on the right, along the verge of five 
 canals that fell fucceffiveiy, in cafcades, the one into 
 the other. Beyond the canals, a vaft lawn fled the 
 eye, thinly incerfperfed with trees of different hues and 
 natures. The lawn again was clofed by an extenlive 
 lake ; and, on the further fide of the lake, the profpedl 
 was broken by feveral hills and glens, that varied their 
 forms as they opened to the view. Beyond the glens 
 there arofe again to the eye, a huge forefl of time imme- 
 morial oaks ; and, beyond all, there afcended a range 
 of romantic mountains, whofe fronts were whitened 
 here and there with impending locks, but whole tops 
 fcaled the heavens, and confounded their forms and 
 colours with the clouds. 
 
 As they talked and walked along, they met with a 
 gate that dire£lly thwarted their paffage ; my lord 
 thruft his hand through the rails, for the key, which the 
 keeper had left in the lock on the infide, but could not 
 reach it. We are all at a full Hop now, faid he, unlefs 
 Karry could make Ihift to climb over the gate ; but 
 no, do not, my dear, your foot might happen to Hip 
 
 between 
 
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 between the rails and hurt you. I will obey your 
 lordlhip, aniwered Hdrry, I will not venture a foot 
 upon one of them. So faying, he catched at the top- 
 moft bar with his left hand, and throwing himlelf 
 nightly over, opened tiie gate for his companions. 
 The earl and Mr. Meekly flood mute, in utter ailonilh- 
 ment. At length the earl cried. Child, you mull furely 
 be of more than mortal mould, or elfe you have a 
 familiar Ipirit that conveys you through the air. I 
 have indeed a familiar fpirit, my lord, anfwered 
 Harry, a ipirit much humbled by the fenfe of its own 
 defeas. 
 
 On their return, John called his mafter afide, and 
 told him of his due diftribution of Harry's bounty to 
 the villagers. But, my lord, faid he, when I went 
 down 1 found them all very bufily employed, in pre- 
 paring bonfires and illuminations in honour of my 
 young lord, i his, however, 1 was obliged to coun- 
 termand, by his fpecial order ; and it has greatly mor- 
 tified all your poor people. Well, well, laid the earl, 
 it cannot be heipd for the prefent ; we n^uil not dare 
 to offend our Harry at any rate ; and fo theie matters 
 of rejoicing may refl in refer ve till the arrival of my 
 brother. 
 
 Soon after our hero's foflerers came, decked out 
 in their bell attire ; and Harry ordered a fide-table to 
 be covered for him and them ; but my lord infilled on 
 their dining all together. Harry placed hiinfclf very 
 lovingly between them, at table, that he might help 
 them, and prevail upon their balhfulnefs to eat. 
 
 When dinner was nearly over, nurfe enquired after 
 the little beggar-boy, whofe abfence, flie imagined, 
 had caufed the elopement of her darling. He is come 
 to grcai fortune, anfwered Harry, he has found his 
 faihcr and moiher, and is heir to a large eltatc. Harry 
 then told the manner in which Ned had been d\{- 
 covered, and they were all highly pleafed with the 
 relation. 
 
 But mammy, fays Harry, wliat is become of my 
 fifter Neliy, on whofe milk 1 was fackled ? And what 
 is become of my little brother lommy, who was but 
 two years younger than myfelf ? — They are both dead, 
 my precious ; but God has been ple<\fed to give me 
 
 others 
 
( H> ) 
 
 Others in their room. — Well, mammy, I Find we mdft 
 all die, and feme time or other that will be a great 
 grief to one of us, which ever fhall happen to out-live 
 the other. I am fatisfied to die once, laid nurfe, but 
 never let me hear again of your dying, my angel, I 
 cannot fuffer the thought, Ihe cried, and burll forth 
 into tears ; I could not bear, 1 could not bear to die a 
 thoafand deaths in the death of my Harry. 
 
 Bat, mammy, laid Harry, in order to divert her 
 paffion, you have no: yet enquired after the man with, 
 the beard. O, the old rogue, exclaimed nurfe, I can- 
 not think of him with patience. Ah but mammy, you 
 muft know that that fame old rogue is my own darling 
 uncle, an own, and only dear brother to my own dear 
 father here. If that is the cafe, faid nurfe, I do no« 
 wonder he fliould fo greatly yearn after you ; and in- 
 deed I would rather wonder if all the world did not 
 yearn and long after you, my love. 
 
 And now, mammy, to Ihew you how much you are 
 obliged to this fame darling uncle, he has ordered me 
 to make you a prefent of five hundred pounds, in pay- 
 ment, as he fays, of the grief he has coil you. And 
 take no heed for your children, mammy, I will take 
 that care upon myfelf ; for this fame dear uncle has 
 made me a gift of the lands, and houfe, and plats, 
 ^nd furniture that he has in this to An, and fo you feel, 
 am well able to provide for you all. 
 
 Here, my lord call an eye of tender jealoufy upoa 
 Harry. I perceive, my fon, faid he, that your uncia 
 is your only truil, ihe only dependence that you choofc 
 to have upon earth. Harry, with a glance of his eve., 
 inilantly caught the meaning of the eye of his father, 
 and throwing himfelf at his feet, O, pardon, my lord I 
 he cried, pray pardon the overflov/ings of a grateful 
 and hmple heart I My uncle is my property, but I am 
 your's, m)^ father, to be difpofed of in life, and ia 
 death, at your pieafure. I do trull, I do depend upon 
 you, my father, and you have already overpowered me 
 with the weight of your aftedlions. 
 
 My lord's eyes then glidened, and raifing his fon, 
 and taking him fondly to his bofom, I believe 1 have 
 been wrong my love, faid he; and hereafter I Ihall 
 always think fo, rather "than think any tiling; amifs ia 
 
 Vol. IL N - my 
 
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 my Harr)'. But tell me, my dear, and tell mc £n- 
 cerely ; you Ipeak of your uncle as one of the richeil 
 and greateil men upon earth ; as a prince, as an em- 
 peror, enabled to give a way fortunes and provinces at 
 pleafure. 
 
 And he is, my lord, cried Harry, he is greater than 
 any prince or emperor upon earth. For his Wealth, 
 which exceeds that of a fubje<^, is truly his own, and 
 devoted folely to his happinefs, in making other people 
 happy. 
 
 And yet this is the man, exclaimed the earl, (turn- 
 ing an eye of penitence on Mr. Meekly) this is the 
 man, as I told you, my friend, on whom I looked 
 down with fuch provoking contempt ; whom I treated 
 with fuch unpardonable infolence. My lord then en- 
 quired concerning the perfonal adventures of our Hero 
 in London, the account of which would have been 
 roore entertaining, had not Harry fupprefled, through- 
 out his narrative, whatever he apprehended might tend 
 to his honour. 
 
 As foon as the foilerers had taken their leave my lord 
 propofed a walk to his guefts in the gardens ; and, 
 after a few turns, they fat down in a rural arbour, that 
 was interwoven all about with jeifamine and honey- 
 fuckle. Mr. Meekly, faid the earl, 1 have often longed 
 to hear the particulars of your life, and how you came 
 to live by faith and not by fight, and to hold your con- 
 verfacion in heaven, as you do at this day, 
 
 I can foon obey your lord (hip, anfwered Meekly, 
 for my ilory is very Ihort and very fimple, and no way 
 adorned with uncommon incidents. My mother died 
 a few hours after 1 was born. My father did not fur- 
 vive her two years ; and 1 fell to the care of my only 
 kinfman, an uncle by my father's fide. My uncle was 
 an old batchelor, and though he was of a cold temper, 
 and had no tendernefs for any one, yet he fpared no 
 coll in my education. He fent me to Eaton fchool, 
 and from thence to Cambridge, where I remained till 
 1 took my degrees. I then went to London, bought a 
 fword and laced-coat, and commenced fine gentleman. 
 
 Though my head had been duly ilored, by my 
 tators, in the rudiments of our religion, my heart had 
 BOt yet felt any of its precepts ; and 1 conceived that 
 
 to 
 
( HI ) 
 
 lo go regularly to church, receive the Tacrrtment, con- 
 fei's myfelf a miferable fmner, and avoid grofs vices, 
 was the fum of chiiftianity. I therefore entered, 
 without fcruple, into all the fafhionable pleafures of 
 the age ; and I held that, to pardon an affront, would 
 have been one of the deadly fins in a Gentleman- 
 Chriilian. 
 
 One day, at James's coifee-hoafe, colonel Standard 
 and another gentleman engaged at backgammon for 
 five hundred guineas ; and, as the flake was fo con- 
 fiderable, and both parties celebrated for their Ikill 
 in the game, we all crowded about them to fee the 
 jlfue. 
 
 1 happened to be next behind the colonel's chair, 
 and others preffed behind, eagerly bending and look- 
 ing over my fhoulders. At length he began to fret, 
 as the game was going againft him. Pra'y gentlemen, 
 he would cry, do not bear upon me fo ; for heaven's 
 fake keep off, you will make me lofe the game. Here- 
 upon, I did my utmoU to bear back from him ; but 
 the company preffed me forward in fpite of all I could 
 do, till the colonel, giving an unhappily decifive cad, 
 turned about in a fury, and fpit directly in my face. 
 
 Indignation gave me unufual flrength, and calling 
 all off who had borne upon me, I inilanily drew my 
 fword, and ran the colonel through the body. The 
 company cried oat that all was fair, and opened a 
 window for me, they urged me to efcape. Accord- 
 ingly 1 got o.f, rode port to Dover, and there em- 
 barked for France, The colonel, God be praifed, 
 did not die of his wound. He lay under the hands of 
 the dodors for about feven months ; then recovered, 
 and went to join his regiment in Flanders. Of this 
 my uncle fent me advice, telling me at the fame time 
 that I might return with fafety. Yes, thought I, with 
 fafety to my life, but with death to my honour. I have 
 taken revenge indeed, but not fatisfa£tion. The co- 
 lonel T.uil be compelled to make me perfonal repara- 
 tion for the affront which he dared to put upon me# 
 His recovery has again dafhed the fpit into my face ; 
 and I will purfue him through the world, till it is 
 wiped from the remembrance of all men. 
 
 N 2 With 
 
( H* ) 
 
 AVlih this deadly determination I went pofi: from 
 Paris to Flanders, and traced the colonel from place to 
 place, till I found him in a village on the road to 
 Amflerdam. I believe, Sir, faid I, bluntly, you may 
 r.ot remember me; for our acquaintance was fudden 
 and of very fhort duration. 1 am the man in whofe 
 face you fpit publickly in James's coiFee-houfe. Then 
 Sir, faid he, I am fcarce yet recovered of the caufe 
 which you gave me to bear you always in mind. Bwt 
 pray, what may your commands be with me for the 
 preient ? I am come to demand a remedy at your 
 Hands, for the wound which you gave my honour, 
 and which otherwife mull remain for ever incurable. 
 Ah ! he cried, no man ever exa6led fo fevere a fatis- 
 fadlon as you have already taken ; what then may be 
 the nature of the further reparation, that you are 
 pleaf=d to require ? Either to alk my pardon, or fight 
 me within this hour. 
 
 7'hat is very hard upon me, indeed, replied the co- 
 lonel ; the honour of my commiiTicn will not allow me 
 to beg pardon of any man. at leall in order to avoid a 
 combat ; fo. Sir, if you infnl: upon it, I mull obey 
 your fummons, though very reludantly, I confefs. 
 Then Sir, faid I, meet me in half an hour with your 
 pillols and fword, behind yonder little hill. The co- 
 lonel was punclual to the appointment. We both 
 grafped a piftol at a ciftance of twenty paces, and 
 advancing each. Hep by ftep, cried, fire 1 fire ! fire ! 
 feeming determined to make furc of his adverfary ; till 
 coming v/ithin arm's length, 1 fired dire6lly in his face, 
 but the ball pafTed through his hat, and only grazed 
 the fkin of his left temple. 
 
 The colonel then took up his pillol into his left hand, 
 and reaching out his right to me, with a fmile of great 
 complacence, 1 think. Sir, faid he, I may now afk 
 your pardon with honour. And to convince you that 
 I did not come to engage you in malice, be pleafed to 
 examine my arms, you will not find a grain of powder 
 in the one or the other. 
 
 Ah ! colonel, 1 then exclaimed, I acknowledge you 
 xny conqueror, both in honour and humanity. Had F 
 been fb unhappy as to kill you, and find your arms 
 
 unloaded. 
 
( H9 ) 
 
 unloaded, I fhould certainly, have done you juftice, 
 by fhooting myfelf through the head. But why did I 
 purfue you from kingdom to kingdom? Why was I 
 unappeafed by all the blood that J (hed ? Was it from 
 any malignity of heart toward you ? By no means ; but 
 while I lamented the mifery 1 had already occafioned 
 you, I was impelled to finifh your deftru6lion by a bar- 
 barian world, or rather, by the bloody prefcribers of 
 cuftom, whofe cenfure I dreaded, worfe than death, or 
 even futurity. Courage, colonel, incites foldiers to 
 iight for their country ; but it is cowardice alone that 
 drives duelifts together. 
 
 For three days, I remained with my late enemy, but 
 now warm friend. He then was obliged to return to 
 quarters ; and we parted with a regret much exceeding 
 the holtility with which we had met. On the depar- 
 ture of the colonel I went to Amilerdam, from whence 
 I drew upon my uncle to the amount of (twQa hundred 
 pounds. For I refolved before my return, to make a 
 tour through the Seven Provinces, though 1 had gone 
 for a very diiferent purpofe. 
 
 During nine months I journied from place to place, 
 Holland is, unqueftionably, the wealthleii, the bufieft, 
 and moft populous ftate upon earth. Not a hand is 
 unemployed, not a foot of ground unoccupied j and, 
 for a long time, I afcribed their extraordinary prof- 
 perity to an indullry and ingenuity peculiar to them 
 alone. But on further obfervation, I difcovered the 
 true fource, as well of their induftry as their opulence, 
 and am perfuaded, that any nation, bordering on the 
 ocean, might derive the like profperity from the fame 
 fpring. 
 
 Not, my lord, that I think opulence a real benefit 
 to a people, for *' man's life confilteth not in the abun- 
 dance of his pofTeflions.*' But I look upon indullry, 
 the natural parent of opulence, to be as well a bleffin^ 
 as a duty to man, from the time that he was appointed 
 to *' earn his bread by the fweat of his brow." Many 
 virtues, alfo, as well as temporal benefits, follow in 
 the train of induftry ; it makes men healthful, brave, 
 honeft, focial and pacific. He, who labours hard to 
 acquire a property, will ftruggl^ hard to preferve it, 
 and exerciie will make him adive and robuit. laduilry 
 N 3 farUiejT 
 
( ISO ) 
 
 further incites to commerce and good neigbbourhocd, 
 in order to dirpofe of mutual redundancies for the fupply 
 of mutual wants. And laftly, it dehghteth in peace, 
 that its time and its labours may not be interrupted, nor 
 the fruits thereof endangered by rapine and mvafion, 
 and all this may belaid of nations, as well as of men. 
 
 On my return to Amflerdam, from my tour through 
 the Seven Provinces, I grew affe6^ed one evening in a 
 manner I had never before experienced. I did not feel 
 myfelf any way fick or in pain, and yet I wifhed to 
 exchange my ienfations for any other fpecies of malady. 
 I was wholly pervaded by a gloomy defpondsnce. I 
 locked abroad for comfort but it was no where to be 
 found, every objecl gave difgud to my dilcontented 
 imagination. 1 fecretly enquired of my foul, if richess, 
 honours, dignities ; if the empire of the world would 
 reftore her to joy ? But fne turned from them, and 
 laid, all thefe things are aliens to my peace. Alas! 
 faid I, tell me then where your peace may be found ? 
 I know not, fhe replied, but I feci that I am wretched. 
 For three days I continued under this oppreffion of 
 fpirit. And on the third night an increafirig honor of 
 deep and heavy darkricfs fell upon me. All hope died 
 Avithin me, and mifery teemed to open a gulph of ever 
 deepening deflru6lion in my foul. I lay all the night 
 bathed in drops of unutterable anguifh. I wilhed and 
 ilruggled to arife and change my htuation, but I felt 
 that my mind was its own place and its own hell, 
 from whence there was no removal, no poITible efcape. 
 I now concluded that fome how I mud have linncd 
 beyond the mealure of all Tinners, fmce my damnation 
 was deeper than that of any other. I therefore turned 
 toward God and wifhed to repent; but, as I did nol 
 feel convi6lion for the fins of which 1 accufed myfclf, 
 no place for repentance was found in my foul. 
 
 Tremendous Author! I cried, 1 find that thou canft 
 fink and flay at pleafure, but canft: thou not alfo raife 
 up and make alive P If all things have their e>;i{lenLC 
 in thee, O God! is it not ealy unto thee to impart to 
 us fome fenfation of thine own peace, the fenfe that it 
 is ihou alone who canft be our luftnincr ? Save mc, 
 Jefus, favc mc, from ths hell of mine own nature J 
 
 Save 
 
( 'P ) 
 
 Save me thou Son of David, O fave me from myfelf. 
 While I thus prayed in an agony, my whole frame 
 was fuddenly overpowered, and funk, as 1 fuppofc, 
 into a (late of infenfibiUty, till the following day was 
 far advanced : at length I perceived that I ftill exifled, 
 I dreamed that I found myfelf in a deep and noifome 
 dungeon, without a fingle ray that might even fuffice to 
 fhew me the horrors of my fituation. I attempted to 
 rife and grope about, but I perceived that I was tied 
 and faftened down to earth by a number and variety of 
 bands and fetters. 
 
 At length a fudden light appeared, and diffufed itfelf 
 throughout the darknefs of my manfion. When, look- 
 ing up, I obferved that the keeper of my pnfon had 
 entered, the doors being yet locked. His head, as I 
 thought, was bound about with a Tiara, from whence 
 the glory arofe that flicne around me. In the coronet, 
 inftead of gems, were inferted a number of thorns, 
 whofe points flreamed with inceffant and infufferable 
 brightnels. And on the golden circlet was engraved, 
 in all languages, Jesus of Nazareth, King of 
 THE Jews. 
 
 Immediately my fhackles loofened and fell away of 
 themielves, and I wifhed to call ray whole exiftence 
 under the feet of ray Lord, but was fo overcome with 
 extafy that I could not rife. When looking upon me 
 with a fmile of ineffable gracioufnefs, he approached 
 and took roe by the hand : and, at the contaft, I 
 fprung up a great height in my bed, and awoke to fen- 
 fations of indefcribable blefiednel's. Thou art come 
 then, my Lord, my falvation, thou art come, my 
 Maftcr ! I cried ; and I will cling infeparably to thee : 
 never, O, never more will I fuffer thee to depart. Ah ! 
 I have felt, feverely felt, what it is to be without thee. 
 For in thy abfence, though but for a moment, lies the 
 cffence of hell and mifery ; but in thy prefence, ray 
 Beloved, is peace unfpeakable, and joy for evermore. 
 
 From that day my nature became, as it were wholly 
 inverted. All the honours and worldly refpefts. for 
 which I formerly rifq led my life, were my averfion, 
 and I turned from fen'i l':- wiih lo?.;hing. Nothing 
 could now affiont^ . .: could offend me. As I 
 
 totally 
 
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 totally defplfed myfelf, fo I widied, after a proccfs of 
 my divine Mailer, to be defpifed and rejetled of men. 
 This made all others, the very mcaneft of human crea- 
 tures, refpeftable unto me. Even in reprobates me- 
 thouglu, 1 difcerned Ibme unerafcd traces of the image 
 and luperfcription of my Gtd, and i bowed down 
 before it, 
 
 I grew weary of my own will, and I earneftly 
 prayed my Lord that lie would rid me of it, and be 
 inftead thereof a controuling principle within me, 
 ever influencing and direfting me according to his own 
 pleafure. Turn me, Jefus, Mafterl O turn me, I 
 cried, from all the evil propenfities of my own evil 
 nature, though thou fliouldeft turn me, as thou didfb 
 Sehacherib, with thy ruling reign on my neck, thy 
 bridle in my mouth, and thy hook in my nofe ! Take 
 nay heart and afleftions captive, and into thy own 
 divine guidance ! Compel me into ail the ways and all 
 the works of thy commandrneists ; till thy yoke fhall 
 become eafy and thy burden hght ; till 1 fhall move as 
 down a defcent, wherever thy goodnels would guide me ; 
 till I fhall feelingly find and know that " all ihy ways 
 are ways of plealantnefs, and all thy paths are peace!" 
 This, my lord, may look lomewhai like boafling, 
 but it boafteth of nought, excepting Chrift crucified, 
 whereby all worldly matters are crucified unto me. 
 
 Within about a fortnight after my converfion, I 
 received a letter from a friend m London, informing 
 me that my old uncle had fecretly married a young 
 creature, who was lately delivered of a fbn. That he 
 now openly acknowledged her for his wife; and that 
 this, as he feared, did not bode me any good. At 
 another time, thefc tidings would have greatly alarmed 
 me ; but I was now equally indifferent to all events. 
 
 In a few days after, as I was Acpping out of my 
 lodgings, I was arreftcd in the name, and at the fuit of 
 my uncle, for fcven hundred pounds, the fum for 
 which I had drawn upon him about nine months before. 
 All the confequenccs of this caption immediately oc- 
 curred to me. I perceived that ray uncle intended to 
 deprive me of my patrimony in favour of his new 
 faaiily ; and, as I hjd no mean? for oppoiing his mach- 
 inations^ 
 
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 inations, fave what lay in his own hands, I concluded 
 that a jail was to be my portion for life ; wherefore, I 
 lifted up my heart, and laid within myfelf, *'To prilons 
 and to death give me cheerfully to follow thee, O thou 
 who art the Life and Refurreftion." 
 
 My fpirit had no fooner uttered this fliort ejaculation 
 than I felt fuch a weight of peace dcfcending upon me, 
 that my heart leaped within me at the prolpeft of fuf- 
 fering, and I would not have exchanged my prifon for 
 a throne. While I quietly walked with the olhcers 
 toward the place of my durance, they came to a great 
 tavern, where they entered, and propofed to regale, 
 themfelves at my expence. Mean time a Dutch mer- 
 chant, of great eminence, happened to be with his 
 lady in the principal room, and hearing a buftle in the 
 houfe, enquired the caufe, and fent for the chief bailiff. 
 Soon after I was condutled into their prefence* 
 They both rofe as I entered, and the gentleman ap- 
 proaching, took me familiarly by the hand and faid, in 
 Dutch, Mr. Meekly I hear you are in diflrefs, and that 
 is fufficient to recommend you to my fervices ; but your 
 appearance exa6ls fomething more from my inclinations. 
 Pray let rne know wherein, and how far it may be 
 requifite for you to command me. 
 
 I muttered foraewhnt, as I fuppofe, inarticulately 
 towards an anfwer. For I proteft, my lord> I was lb 
 flruck, fo awed, fo confounded by his prefence, that I 
 was loft for the time to the confideration of my own 
 affairs. Mean W'hile he placed me at table juft oppofite 
 to the heavenly vifion of his bride, and then went and. 
 refumcd his leat befide her ; while I, gazing in filence 
 and utmoft wonder, recollefted thofe lines of Milton,, 
 where, fpeaking of Adam and Eve, he calls them, 
 
 . « The loveliell Pair 
 
 That ever fince in Love's embraces met ; 
 Adam, the goodlieft Man of Men fince born 
 His Sons, the faireft of her Daughters, Eve." 
 
 The gentleman perceived my aftonifhment, and 
 fmiling, again afked me what fum was requifite to ex- 
 tricate me from my prefent difficulty. Ah ! Sir, faid 
 I, it is a fum that far exceeds all human bounty ; and, 
 
 indeed. 
 
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 indeed, I would not accept tlie oijligaticn from any 
 man, unlefs I were allured of being fhortly in a capacity 
 to reirnbuiTe him, of which J lee no bkclihood, 1 think, 
 r.o poflibility. Here I told hiir,, in a few words, how 
 Kiy father had left mc an infant at the difpofal of my 
 uncle, who h^d now put me under an arreft for feven 
 hundred pounds, which fonie time fmce he had freely 
 remitted to me as in my own right. 
 
 I lee, faid the gentleman, your uncle is a villain, 
 and means, by cafting you into prifon in a flrangc 
 place, to deprive you of the power of bringing him 
 to account. But he muft be detected ; itisajuftict 
 which you owe to the public, as well as yourfelf. 
 And, as the amount of the pretended debt is not fuffi- 
 cient for that purpofe, here is an order on the bank in 
 town for double ihe fum. For this you mufl give me 
 your note of hand. Be pleafed to reimburfe me when 
 it IS your convenience. If that fhould never happen, 
 be under no concern ; for I hold myfelf already repaid 
 with ufury in the opportunity of ferving an injured and 
 worthy man. 
 
 O Sir, I cried, 1 cannot, indeed I cannot, I will 
 no* accept it on any account. I am patient, nay, I 
 am pleafed with the lot that is appointed me. Shall I, 
 in an inftant, break the yoke, and caft the burden 
 which my gracious Maftcr but this inftant has laid upon 
 me ? No, Sir, I fubmit myfelf to it with thank- 
 ful nefs ; I take his crofs to ray bofora and prefs it to my 
 heart. 
 
 O Meekly, faid he, you are a very mifdeeming 
 chriftian, if you think yourfelf intitled either toaffume 
 or retain your crolTss at will. There is too much of 
 felf-righteoufners in fuch a zeil. Meekly. Humility 
 would rather bid the will of our xM ifter, to be done ; 
 and he offers you enfranchifement by my hand. Do, 
 my de^r Sir, cried the angel befidc hi;n, do, let me 
 petition, let me perfuade you to accept this little in- 
 ftancc of our good-will to fogood a creature. Though 
 my lord here has not been able to prevail, a lady hiS 
 fupcrior claims, and I mufl not be refufed. 
 
 C^uite funk, quite overwhelmed, 1 dropped invo- 
 Imuarily on my knees before them. , Blelfed pair, I 
 
 exclaimed, 
 
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 exclaimed, blefled and beautious beyond ex prefllon : if 
 angels are like you, what happinels mud be in heaven ! 
 I could no more, my words were choaked by my nfmg 
 emotions. 
 
 My benefaftor then rofe, and coming tenderly to- 
 ward me, he took me warmly in his arms. Mr, 
 Meekly, lays he, do not opprefs me, I pray you, by 
 ihrs excefs of acknowledgement ; I am but a worthlefs 
 jnftrument in the hands of your Beloved; for, from 
 him, and him alone, is every good gift, and even the 
 will of the giver. O, Mr. Meekly, added the lady 
 her eyes glittering through water, we thank you. we 
 cordially thank you, Mr. Meekly ; you have occa- 
 fioned us much pleafure this day, I alTure you ; and 
 the means of our happinefs fhould be delightful in our 
 eyes. 
 
 My patron then rung a bell, and ordered his prin- 
 cipal attendant into his prcfence ; when, putting the 
 order into his hand, here, fays he, take this, wi^h the 
 bailiff, direftly to the bank ; there pay hira his demand 
 of fevcn bundled pounds and fees; and biing me a 
 hundred pounds in cafh, and the remainder in bills on 
 London, Then, calling for pen and ink, he drew the 
 follov.'ing fhort note, " I owe you fourteen hundred 
 pounds." To which I figned Charles Meekly. 
 
 On the return of the meffenger, I was put in 
 poffeffion of the cafh and bills, and a dinner of little 
 elegancies was ferved up. After a fhort repaft, the 
 decanters and glaffes being placed, and the attendan'S 
 dilmiffed, my tv/o patrons gave a loofe to loci al joys, 
 and invited me to be a partaker in their feftivity. 
 Never was I, nor ever fhall I again, be witnefs to iuch 
 flights of fancy, fuch a Ipontaneous fluency of heart- 
 Ipringing glee : with what pleafure did erudition caft 
 off its form.il garb ! how deligiitingly did wi'dom 
 affume the femblance, and at times tiie very phrale of 
 childhood! they laughed, they rallied me, themlelves, 
 and the world. Their merriment was as the breaking 
 forth and exuberance of overflowing innocence and 
 virtue. Conceive to yourlelf, my lord, a large room 
 furrounded with benches, whereon are feated the prin- 
 cipal philofopt^erSj literati, lawyers, ftatefmen, chief 
 
 captains, 
 
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 captains, and chief conquerors in all ages ; then think 
 you behold two fportively obiervant children in the 
 fnidft, looking and laughing at the infignificance of the, 
 leveral fages ; taking off and holding up the folemiiiiy 
 and felf-im porta nee of each profefiion in caricature ; 
 and fetting the whole world, with/dl its wifdom, its 
 toils, and boafted acquirements, its folicitudes, appli- 
 cations, and atchievements at nought. 
 
 The gentleman, indeed, pretended, and only pre- 
 tended, to defend the fophifls, the valiant, and the 
 renowned of his fex ; but, he evidently exulted in his 
 own defeat ; while the lady, with a drollery amazingly 
 voluble, ran through the fchools of philofophy, the 
 iyftems of human policy, and hiftories of heroifm, un- 
 pluming the crefted, bringing the lofty low, and depre- 
 cjating and reducing all magnitude to mmiature. And 
 all this fire did with fuch looks, eyes, and attitudes of 
 bewitching Iranfition, as would have infufed fafcination 
 into old age and uglinefs ; what mufl it have done when 
 accompanied by a beauty that fcarce ever was equalled, 
 that could not be exceeded ? 
 
 At length the enraptured hufband, no longer able to 
 contain, bent toward her with looks full of foul-darting 
 delight, and, reftraining his arms that would have 
 cruihed her to his bo!om, O, my Louifa ! he cried, 
 you are too much, too precious a tieafure for me 1 
 But, giving him a fweetly petulant pat on the cheek, 
 Away you rogue, Oie faid, I will have none of your 
 Tuockeriesl 
 
 What can expreffion add further to this divinely 
 pre-eminent of all human creatures? Whatever was 
 her prefent glance, afpeft, or pollure, you would have 
 wiHied to fix her in it, that you might gaze and admire 
 for ever. But, when fhe varied the enchantment of 
 her adion and attitude, you forgot the former alirac- 
 tjons ; and fhe became as it were, a newnefs of ever- 
 riling delight. ALs ! how tranfient, how momentary 
 was the bills I then enjoyed ! A chaiiot and hx pied 
 liorfes drove up to the door, attended by;a. retinue of 
 tf.ii or twelve men, all armed, gallantly mounted, and 
 ju rich apparel. 
 
 My. ' 
 
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 My dear Meekly, mournfully faid my benefaflor, I 
 am lorry that we fire deftined to different apartments. I 
 lodge to night at a Villa belonging to one of my ccr- 
 relpondents, and to-morrow we fet out to vilit {'omQ of 
 the German court. Fare you well, Meekly, for a fliort 
 feafon at leaf):. 
 
 J would have ciil myfelf at his ftet. It was an 
 emotion, a propenfity \rhich I could not refift^; but he 
 prevented me, by kilfing and calling his arms, affcc- 
 tienately about me. The lady then turned to me, and, 
 with a fmile of heart-captlvaling gracioufnefs, God be 
 with you, God be with you, my good Mr. Meekly, 
 ihe cried, perhap3 we may meet e'er long in your own 
 England. I aniwered not, but, bending on one knee, 
 1 caught her hand, preiTed it fervently to my lips, and 
 permitted her to depart. 
 
 AlaSj they did depart, I faw them for the laft time. 
 They mounted their carriage, and being feated, ihey 
 bent foiward, and, bowing to me with a fixed regard, 
 off they drove, and tore away wuh them, as 1 thought, 
 the bell part of my foul. I followed them with flrain- 
 ingeyes; when out of fight methought I held thenj 
 flill in view ; and I bkffed and kiCcd, in imagination, 
 the very ground over which they went. At length I 
 avv'oke from my delirium, and with flow and heavy 
 fleps turned back into the houfe, 1 had not yet through 
 iliame, fo much as enquired the name of ray benefaftor. 
 i therefore called to my hod, in order to inform mylelf 
 of what I could learn concerning him ; as alfo to make 
 out a bill, for it had not been called for, and I pleraied 
 myfelf with tlie thought of diicharging a reckoning 
 that my friends had forgotten. When I queflioned 
 my hoft on this head, he put his hands to his fide imd 
 broke into a violent fit of laughter ; No, no, mader, 
 laid he, there is nothing for any one to pay in this 
 houfe, 1 allure you; mynheer never troubles himleif 
 about thofe matters, his major domo pays all ; ah, and 
 for every guefl too that happens to be in the fame inn 
 With his ma (ler. Why pray, faid I, is he a lord ? A 
 lord, quotha ? Not fo littlo as that comes to neither ; 
 no Sir, he is a prince, the very prince of our mer- 
 chants, and our aierchants are priacos above all lords. 
 
 Vol. II. O And 
 
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 And pra^ how <3o they flyle or call hiin ? He has many 
 names and titles : when our traders Iper^k of him. tliey 
 call him mynheer V^an Glunthong : but otheis, my 
 lord, the friend to the poor. 
 
 The remai-ndcj- of my ftory is very Qiort, and flill 
 more infignificant. 1 loon let out for England, m 
 order to tile a bill againfl my uncle, and compel him 
 to difcover what patrimony my father had left me. 
 But God was plealed in the mean fpace, to cut of all 
 debate; his wife and child had died of an epidemic 
 <liftemper, and he did not furvive them above a fort- 
 might. He left me a penitential letter, with a fmaU 
 Will inclofed. whereby I became entitled to three 
 hundred a year in right of my father, and an additional 
 four hundred in right of ray uncle, with a fum of near 
 three thoufand pounds in ready money. 
 
 If I know my own heart, the only caufe of rejoic- 
 ing, that I felt on that occafion, was, that it put ii ia 
 my power to difchargc my pecuniary obligations to my 
 late generous preferver. I immediately wrote and 
 tranfmitted bills to Holland for the purpofe, but the 
 bills were returned, and I could hear no tidings con- 
 cerning the refidence of my patron. 1 then put out 
 his fourteen hundred pounds to the bcfl fecurities that 
 1 could procure. It is now clofe upon five and thirty 
 years fince I faw liim ; and in that time the princip.il, 
 •with the intereft, yearly turned into a capitd, has 
 -amounted to nearly five thoufand pounds, one penny 
 <Sf which 1 never touch, but hold the whole as 
 lacred. Mean time, it has cofl me hundreds upon 
 hundreds in corrclpondencies, advertilements, and even 
 in fpecial meffengers to feveral parts of Europe to dii- 
 cover where this greatefl, this eminent of men could 
 have con-cealed himfelf; but alas, my learch prOvcd 
 as fruitlefs as that of the mifcr in hunting after the 
 pearl of mighty price. During the five and thirty 
 years, the Image of the perions of ihofe my two 
 gracious patrons never left my memory, were ever at 
 my heart. Ah, I would fay to myfelf, they are dead, 
 they are dead, of rapt, perhaps, like Elijah alive into 
 heaven ; fleih and blood, refined as theirs, might 
 eafily pat through the fire of the love of God, to the 
 
 place 
 
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 place of its blifs. And again it was my doily and ardent' 
 petition, that, if their mortal \vas not yet Iwallovvcd- 
 up of immortality, I might once fct my eyes upon theru- 
 before I died. • 
 
 Here Mr. Meekly ended. — I thank you, my dear 
 friend, faid the earl, frtr your hiftory ; it has enter- 
 tained me mofl: pleafirigly, and I have beea highly 
 ledified by fome paffages in it. But, with refpefct to 
 the gliinpfe that you had of ybur twa wonderful- 
 friends, I think it mud have been a vifion ; for, I 
 never faw in nature, nor read in ficlion, of any thing 
 comparable to the excellencies that yon have defcribed- 
 in that exalted pair. If it was a vifion, my lord^ it 
 mud have been one of the bleffsd angels indeed ; but I- 
 hope you will allow that the benefits which they con- 
 ferred were no way vifionary. O, Mr. Meekly, liiid 
 Harry with a figh, the pifture that you have drawn o^ 
 that dear lady has almoll given me a diftafle to the refk 
 of her fex. Ah, might I meet hereafter fome daugh- 
 ter, fome defcendent, fome diflant likertefs of her, ho\V 
 happy fhould I think myfelf ! May heaven fucceed* 
 your ominous wifli, my dearefl child, cried Meekly I 
 It is juft, perhaps prophetic that it fhould be fo. For, 
 Ficver did I fee lo perfeft relemblance between, any two 
 creatures, as between the confort of that bewitching, 
 woman and yourfelf; it flruck me, the other night, 
 the moment you entered the room ; and I thought that 
 I beheld my' very benefaftor newly arifen, like a young 
 Phoenix, from the aflies of old age. 
 
 Near a fortnight more elapfed, without any news or- 
 notice from Mr. Clinton, or from the meffenger who 
 was Tent difpatch for him. Harry daily advanced in 
 the favour and familiarity of his father, and Mr* 
 Meekly continued with them in a mofl: plealing fociety,. 
 
 On a fine morning, as they were walkmg together 
 toward the village, This is the firfl time, my Harry,- 
 faid the earl with a figh, that I have ventured to turtl- 
 my face this way fince the death of my wife and the 
 interment of your dear brother. O, my Lord, cried- 
 Harry, I would gladly exchange my lot in life with 
 the meaneft of yonder cottagers, who earns his daily 
 bread by the labour of his hands, provided I mig^ht 
 O 2 thereby 
 
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 thereby reflore them both to your bofom. Not fo, not 
 fo. my fun, fervently replied the earl, I would not 
 lole my H.irry, tliougli I were thereby to refufcitate all 
 that are dead in England. I have no caufe, no manner 
 of right to complain. I am flill happy, wonderfully 
 happy, too happy in the poffeflion of fuch a child. 
 
 Juft then a great fhouting and uproar was heard in 
 the village. Ihe huge maftifl', belongmg to Pelt the 
 tanner, had run mad, and came foaming up the road, 
 puifued by a crowd of the townfmen, armed with 
 iiaves, fpiis, and pitch-forks. The dog rufhed on at 
 fuch a rate that there was no pofTibility for our com- 
 pany to efcape him ; and Harry, oblerving that he 
 made direftly toward his father, threw himfelf full in 
 his way. Inftanily the envenomed monfler fprung up 
 and cad himfelf open mouthed upon our hero : but 
 Harry, with a wonderful prefence of mind, having 
 wrapped his left arm in the ikirt of his coat, dafhed it 
 into the frothing jaws of the terrible animal, when, 
 giving a trip, at the fame time, to his hinder legs, he 
 threw him flat on the ground, and fpringing up into 
 the air, he delcended upon him with all the force of 
 his heels, and dafi-ied his bowels to pieces ; whereupon 
 
 ; to pi 
 , fpf a 
 
 the creature uttered a faint howl, fpfawled awhile, and 
 expired. 
 
 The earl and Mr. Meekly flood yet awhile pale, 
 ailonifhed, and una (lured ; and my lord looking about 
 in a panic, cried, Where is the dog, what's become of 
 the mad dog ? In the mean time the villagers came on 
 in full purfuit, crying out, the mad dog, the mad dog, 
 take care of the mad dog. But, when they all ar- 
 rived, and beheld their huge enemy looking formidable 
 even in death, never was amazement equal to theirs* 
 Tijcy ftarcd at the earl, Meekly, and Harry, in turns ; 
 and leeing no weapon in any of their hands, God, 
 cried goodman Demder, God has been wonderfully 
 gracious in your deliverance, my lord.; for nothing 
 lefs than a thunderbolt could (b iuddcnly have flricken 
 this monfler dead. 1 proteft, faid the earl, 1 was lb 
 much alarmed that 1 know not how it happened. I 
 remember nothing further than that my dear child 
 thrult himfelf between his father and danger. But I 
 
 beheld 
 
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 beheld faid Meekly, when with one (Iroke of his wm^ 
 he dafhed the creature to the ground, and then in- 
 ftantly cruflied hirrii to death with his feet. Not I, 
 Mr. Meekly, modeftiy replied Harry; God gave me 
 ftrength for the feafon in defence of my father. But 
 are you not bit, are you not hurt, my child ? cried the 
 earl, coming up tremblingly to his fon. Not touched, . 
 indeed, my lord. "Glory for that in the higheft,'* 
 cxultingly cried the earl. I knew, exclaimed Tom 
 Truck, with a fliout and look of triumph, I knew it 
 eould be no other but my brave and noble young 
 mafter who did the feat. On my life, cried farrner 
 Felfler. he is able, with his naked arm, like another 
 young David, to fave his lambs from the jaws of thfe 
 lion, and the paws of the bear. 
 
 Though thefe praifes ferved only to put our hero to 
 confufion, they went trickling, like balm of Gilead, 
 to the heart of his father. Pelt, faid the earl, let it be 
 vour tafk to flea and tan me the hide of your own dog, 
 i will have his fkin {lulled with incenfe, and his nails 
 of lolid gold ; and he fliall hang up in mv hall, from 
 generation to generation, to commemorate the pietV 
 and p rowels of my Ton ; mean while,' my good friend.v, 
 I invite you all, with your families, and neighbours,, 
 to come and feall.with me this day. Sorrow hath 
 endured her night; but joy cometh, with my child^. 
 and a; ifetb on us as a new morning,,. 
 
 In the afternoon all the townsfolk' and neighbours,, 
 with their wives r^v^d children, convened to the great 
 houie, .having their calrk and themlelves heavy laden 
 v.'ith faggots for a magnificent illumination. The who.'s'- 
 coui t wa.s. Ipread with tables, and the tables with vic- 
 tuals and liquors. 
 
 The earl, in the joy of his own efcape, and th^ 
 recent prowefs of his young heroj went forth with a- 
 chcarful countenance, and gracioufly welcomed all his 
 guefts; whereat they wiQied health and long life to hii.s 
 lordfhip and their young lord, and, . giving a joint 
 huzza, fat down to their, banquet. From whence, . 
 after a night far fpent in caroufal, their great fire being ; 
 out, and their fpirits exhaufted, they peacefully helped.; 
 each other to their refpc^live homes; regretting ho w^ 
 O 3 ever ; 
 
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 ever, that they had not been honoured with the prd* 
 fence of their young mafter among them. For Harry 
 had befought his father to difpenle with him awhile, 
 from' partaking in any fccne of feflivity, efpecially 
 \vhen appointed in his own honour; and Mr. Meekly 
 highlv applauded his motion. 
 
 On the eve of the following day Mr. Meekly rode 
 abroad on a charitable vifit to a dymg man in the neigh- 
 bourhood, and my lord was fondly toying with his 
 darling as they flood at the hall door, when Harry 
 fpied a mourning coach turning up the lower end of 
 the great avenue, and infiantly cried out, There is my 
 uncle ! and off he fhot like lightning. The coach 
 drove but flowly. Harry was up with it in a twink^ 
 img, and vaulting in at the window, was in an inflant 
 in the bofom of his befl friend and patron. 
 
 In the mean time the earl had retired into the houfe 
 in great agitation. He feared and w^-^is jealous of the 
 manner in which his brother would meet him, and this 
 gave him equal doubt and hefitation re!pe£ting the man- 
 ner in which he ought to receive his brother. Mr. 
 Clinton en the olher hnnd, was not wholly witliout 
 lome fimilar emotions -, fo that when Harry introduced 
 his uncle into the parlour, no two noble perfonages 
 could falute each other with a more diftant refpeft, 
 
 1 he earl however, on cafting a glance up<^n the face 
 of hjs brother, felt a tide of returning affettion, and 
 lifting up his hands and eyes, exclaimed, It is he, it is 
 he ! my Harry, my Harry Clinton ! my dear, my long 
 loft, my long fought brother ! then haftened forward, 
 in a gufh of pafiion, and Caught him in eager arms. 
 When Mr. Ciinton, alternately folding the earl to his 
 bolom, cried, I ao) content, O my God ! give me now 
 to depart in peace, fince at laft I find -and feel that 1 
 have indeed a brother ! 
 
 Our hero obferving the violence of their emotion, 
 interpofcd with a gentle care, and fupporting them to 
 feats, placed them tenderly by each other. For a wliile 
 they both fat filcnt with a handkerchief at their eyes, 
 till the e^rl turned, and plaintively (aid, You do not 
 forgive me, Harry Clinton ; you never will, you never 
 can forgive me, my brother! Whereupon Mr. Clinton 
 
 cauj^ht 
 
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 caugkt up the earl's hand to his lips, and praising it 
 with a fervent refpedl, cried. My brother and my lord, 
 ray brother and my lord ! 
 
 O then, faid the earl, yoa do forgive me I find ; 
 but never can 1, never will 1 forgive myfelf. My 
 faults toward you, my noblelt brother, for thefe many 
 long years have been ever before me ; my neglefts, 
 jny pride and infolence, m.y contemptuous treatment of 
 one fo highly my fuperior ; of my Harry, the only 
 boall and glory of our houfe ! 
 
 Mean while our hero llood aloof with his head 
 averted, weeping and fobbing with evident agitation. 
 Till Mr. Clinton cried. No more, my brother, no 
 more, I befeech you ! It is already too much ; 1 can- 
 not bear my prefent excefs of grateful affedion for 
 you ; it llruggles to ruih forth, but utterance is not 
 given. Befide we Ihall break the heart of our dear 
 child there ; his nature is too tender to fupport fuch a 
 fcene as this. 
 
 Harry then fmilingly turned his face, tOA'ard his 
 parents, all fhining through tears, as the fun in a 
 fhower. And advancing, and kneeling before them, 
 as they fat, he took the hands of each, alternately, 
 and prefled them in filence to his lips. 
 
 In about an hour after, while their afFeflions were 
 ilill at the higheft, but their fpirits fomewhat com- 
 pofed, Mr. Meekly returned. The earl immediately 
 rofe, and advancing, took him by the hand with a 
 cordial familiarity, Mr. Meekly, fays he, I Ihall now 
 have the pleafure of introducing you to that ineftimable 
 brother of whom you have heard me fpeak fo often. 
 Brother, this is Mr. Meekly, my beil and worthielt 
 friend. 
 
 Mr. Clinton rofe and advanced ; and Meekly ap- 
 proached with an abafed reverence, not venturing to 
 look up, but faluted him as he would have faluted an 
 angel of light. 
 
 Meekly, Meekly, cried Mr. Clinton, I have furely 
 heard that name before. Pray, Mr. Meekly, were you 
 ever abroad ? Have you travelled. Sir ? Were you 
 ever in Holland, Mr. Meekly ? 
 
 Here Meekly ftarted, as awaked by the found of a 
 voice, whofe recollected tunings went thrilling to his 
 
 heart ; 
 
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 licart ; and lifting np his eyes and beholding the traced^ 
 of features, once fo lovely, and ever deeply engraved 
 on his memory, he Ilarted, and daggering back feme 
 Heps, he funk down on a chair behind hiin, almoll in 
 a fainting fit. 
 
 The earl, greatly alarmed, went up, and taking 
 him by the hand. What is the matter, my friend, fays 
 he ? Are you taken fuddenly ill, are you not well, 
 Mr. Meekly ? 
 
 O, my lord — he pantingly cried — there he is — as fare 
 as 1 lire — my patron — my bertefadbor — the wonderous 
 man that I told you of — tlrere he Hands, in his own 
 precious perion before us ! 
 
 IVlr. Clinton then approached, and taking a feat 
 befide him, leaned toward him with a melting^compla- 
 ccnce. Mr. Meekly, laid he, I expeded ere this to 
 liave embraced you in heaven; but 1 rejoice to meet 
 you even on earth ; for I have ever retained a very 
 afredlionate impredion of you ; and more efpecially 
 rejoice to meet you in the prefent fociety. 
 
 But then — but then you come alone — you come 
 alone, iny lord and mailer! — Alas, you wipe your eye ! 
 — O then, it mali be fo 1 And here he broke into a 
 pafi'onate g'^fh of tears, 
 
 ^iy lord and our hero hereupon recollefting the en- 
 gaging circumrtanccs of a character,, on whofe dd'crip- 
 tion ihey had b-een fo lately enamoured, could not. 
 refufe their tribute to the memory of that admirable 
 lady, to whole perion thry now found themlclvcs 
 endearingly attached by affinity. 
 
 At length Mr. Clinton, diltrcffed to the laft degree 
 for the dillrefs in which he faw the forlorn Meekly, 
 fweetly turned from his own afiiidlicn to the conloiing 
 of that friend whom he found fo dtepiy affli-fted fur 
 him. 
 
 Mr. Meekly, fays he, let us not weep for the dead/ 
 but ratlier for the living ; for tiiofe who are yet in the 
 vale of mortality. Shall we mourn the condition of. 
 aaigcls, fliaJl we lament that a weight of glory is fillen . 
 on thofe whom we loved ? No, let us rather rejoice 
 in the profpedl of being fpccdily partakers with them. 
 When fupper was over, Harry laid iiold of the firic 
 interval of converle, to enquire after his friends in* 
 
 tQwn, 
 
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 town, more eipecially Mr. Clement and his Arabella, 
 and their little Tommy. They are come, faid Mr. 
 Clinton, to iudden and great afHuence. Old Clement 
 is thoroughly reconciled to his fon, and is doatingly 
 fond of Arabella and her child. 1 am glad of it with 
 all my heart, cried Harry, clapping his hands ; but 
 pray how did this matter come about, Sir ? By ait 
 event, my dear, in which the arm of Providence was 
 fignally vifible. But before I fay how it came to pafs, 
 you ought to give your company a fhort hiilory of this 
 worthy family ; they will foon become intereiled in 
 their fuccefs. 
 
 Harry willingly and gracefully performed the tafk 
 enjoined him, and then his uncle proceeded : 
 
 The fecond day after you left me, a man of genteel 
 appearance, but pale and bleeding, was carried, 
 ft retched on a door, by fome of our charitable townf- 
 men, and brought to my houfc. I was then abroad 
 with Clement on a vifit xo your old friend Vindex ; but 
 Che ftranger was inftantly admitted, and while fome of 
 the fervants rode off for a furgeon, others tenderly un- 
 dreffed and put him into a warm bed. 
 
 Soon after I had returned and was informed of what 
 had paiicdt> the furgeon arrived, and, patting five 
 guineas in his hand, I defired him to attend his patient 
 and bring me word of his eftate. In half an hour he 
 came forth, and, fhaking his head, faid. Our patient. 
 Sir, will not do. He is wounded in the groin with a 
 piftol bullet. The ball has got within the abdomen, 
 my inftruments will not reach it, and if it has entered 
 the vifcera he will die of convulfions in lefs than three 
 hours. I have accordingly told the gentleman what I 
 thought of him, and advifed him immediately to fettle 
 his worldly affairs. He told me his name is Saint 
 Belial, and he requefted me, as foon as I reached Lon- 
 don, to fend Mr, Clement to him, who lives over- 
 againfl the Blue Polls in the Strand. 
 
 The name of Clement made me curious to know who 
 the party was, and entering his chamber, 1 took a 
 chair and fat down foftly by the fide of his bed. But 
 the moment I call my eye on his vifage, I fhrunk in- 
 ward with the fhock : for all the malignity and horrors 
 of hell were jointly legible on his countenance. 
 
 Humanity, 
 
( i66 ) 
 
 HartTanity, however compelled me to addrefs him, 
 I am lorry to hear. Sir, faid I, that you are not for 
 this world, but 1 truft that your hope looks forward to 
 a better home. I have no hope, iaid he, fave fuch as 
 my faith has been, that fince I muil die, I fhall die 
 ■^' holly. 
 
 I proteit, I was fo flunned and difconcerted by the 
 words and looks of the man, that I found no anfwer, 
 and h^ proceeded. 
 
 As 1 have no further concern with this world, I ha\re 
 fent for an old gentleman with v/hom I had fome con- 
 nexions, and refolve to do an aft of juftice before I die, 
 ihe only one that ever 1 did during my life-time. For, 
 your charity, and that of your people, has h^lf 
 frightened me into a notion, that there may be fome- 
 thing of that which is called goodnefs upon earth ; and 
 then how fearful, how tremendous mult my fituation 
 be ! Wherefore, as old Clement may not arrive ia 
 leafon, 1 will with your permiffion, inform you of 
 fuch things as concern him. For as I have nothing to 
 hope, through all ecernity, neither have I any thing 
 to fear on this fide of it. 
 
 My father's name w^s Belcher Saint Belial- He was 
 an under retainer to the Taw, and raked \ip a little for- 
 tune by crooked praftices ; fo that he grew ambitious 
 of preferring me his only child to the bar, and in that 
 view fent me to fchool, and from fchool to Oxford, 
 But I ought to have began my hiltory earlier. 
 
 If there are devils, 1 furely had one, and was filled 
 with the evil fpirit from my mother's womb; info- 
 much, that my nuife died of a cancer in her brcaft, oc- 
 cafioned by the envenomed bites 1 gave her nipple with 
 my toothlefs gums while flie fuckled me. 
 
 While an infant, I took a heart-felt pleafure in dif- 
 membering flies and empaling worms alive upon pins ;: 
 and, when at fchool, 1 was the promoter of all partieis 
 for worrying and torturing cats and dogs to death.» 
 But my principal amufement lay in catching and fleaing 
 frogs, in feeing them fpring about in the rage of their 
 pains, and fo leaving them to perifli in unutterable 
 anguilh. 
 
 As I grew in ftature, I grew alfo in the ftrength of 
 my malignity. Evil became my good. My enjoyments 
 
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 lay in the lofs, damage, and detriment of others, t 
 conceived a kind of envious hate againil thofe that had 
 done me a benefit. J requited open friendfhip with 
 liidden malevolence ; and I cannot remember that ever 
 I felt a fenfe of any thing that goes by the name of 
 gratitude;, humanity, or virtue. 
 
 1 ufualiy carried about me a walking flick or cane, 
 in the hollo.v part of which an iron fpike was con- 
 tained, which 1 could caufe to fpring forth with a 
 fliake of my arm, and again return to its cafe at plea- 
 sure. With this, as f flrolled the fields, which I often 
 did for the purpofe, I fiabbed the cattle of the neigh- 
 bours in the belly or fundament, and chuckled to fee 
 them leap, and kick, and plunge about in their agonies. 
 In fhort, 1 drew to my comfort from the miferies that 
 I inflid;ed on other creatures ; and had the elements 
 been at my controal, nothing but pell and hurricane, 
 dillemper, and lingering death, fhould have arifen and 
 prevailed throughout the ftate of nature. 
 
 At college I got acquainted with one Clement, a 
 gentle tempered, but weak lad, of whom I made a 
 property. And I prevailed upon him to turn awjiy 
 ieveral of his fervants, under colour of their having 
 flolen the cafh, books, and other effeds, of which 1 
 had fecretly plundered him. 
 
 At length I had private intelligence that my father 
 had been pilloried for forgery ; that he had died of the 
 bruifes which he received on the execution of his fen- 
 tence ; and that his effedls had been feized by a variety 
 of claimants. Whereupon, without taking any notice 
 of my father or family, I made my ihortefl way to 
 London, with all that I could borro.v or lay a light 
 hand upon among my acquaintance. 
 
 The firfl thing I did on my arrival, was to wait 
 upon old Clement, the father of my friend, with a 
 forged draught upon him for a hundred pounds ; on 
 the. fight of which, he fo fretted, and exclaimed, and 
 walked about in fuch pertuibation, that I greatly feared 
 I had over-fnot ray mark. At length however, he laid 
 me down the money, but catching up a book, Avore 
 *that it was the lafl penny his foa Ihould receive from 
 Jhim for fi;^ mondis to come. 
 
 He 
 
{ i68 ) 
 
 He then began to queftion me touching the charafter 
 of the young gentleman, and, under colour of praillng 
 him for articles to which I perceived the old man had 
 an averfion, I exafperated him to fuch a degree, that 
 he again fwore he would hold no further correfpond- 
 ence with him, until he fhould be fully allured of his 
 reformation. 
 
 Having thus efFeflually cut off all commerce between 
 my friend and his father ; I caft afide my fears of be- 
 ing fuddenly brought to account for my late acqui- 
 fition. I was even fo daring as to take lodgings the 
 very next door, where I got in league with a young 
 woman of a moil feducing face and perfon, but whole 
 profligacy of manners was artfully covered by the moll 
 artlefs appearance of lliamefaced innocence that ever 
 graced any adrefs on any llage. 
 
 She did not attempt however, to impofe upon me, 
 for kindred miinds like ours inilantly law into each 
 other; and we foon concerted a plan for her marrying 
 goodman Clement, and dividing the fpoils of the old 
 mifer between us. 
 
 This we eafily brought about, and never was man Co 
 happy in being fo impofed upon, while I Ihared with 
 him in the polfelTion of his purfe and his bride. 
 
 In the mean time, as 1 had promifed to procure him 
 intelligence concerning his fon, I produced fcveral 
 forged letters from pretended correfpondents in Cam- 
 bridge, containing fuch accounts of the gallantries 
 and other extravagancies of young Clement, a? u hoiiy 
 alienated his father's affedlions from him, and he fcnt 
 him a final note, whereby he difcarded him from his 
 fortune for ever. 
 
 About two years thus paffed in the full enjoyment of 
 all that could glut flefh and blood ; though, in order lo 
 ingratiate myfclf wiih ihe old man, I appeared to him 
 the molt frugal and abileniious of mankind. But oae 
 night, while Mrs. Clement and 1 fat together, indulg- 
 ing ourfelves in the hope that the good man had been 
 knocked on the head, he was brought to us in a chair, 
 pale and wounded, and told us tliat he lliould have 
 been certainly murdered, had he not, by the moll 
 wonderful providence, met with his fon, who bravdy 
 knocked down the robber and happily delivered him 
 
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 1 
 
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 and that he had given him what cafh he had about him, 
 with a note for five hundred pounds on his banker. 
 
 All in a panic, and thunderllnick as I was by thw 
 news, 1 yet pretended to congratulate him on the return 
 of his fon to duty, but advifed him to bed diredtly for 
 the recovery of his health and fpirits. 
 
 The remainder of the night 1 walked about, agoniz- 
 ing, and racking my brain for forae expedient to 
 divert the inilant ruin that impended, when a fudden 
 thought flarted, and'at daWn of day T went to an agent 
 who had done feveral jobs for me of no very laudable 
 tendency. 
 
 When I had given him his leflbn, and put twenty 
 guineas into his hand, he hailily went and defi.red to 
 fee Mr. Clement on bufinei's of great confequence, 
 when, falling on his knees, he confelfed with apparent 
 penitence, that he was the perfon who had woanded. 
 him the foregoing night ; that he did not intend to 
 hurt him fo much, but that young Mr. Clement had 
 hired him for the purpofe, and lay in wait hard by, 
 in order that he might appear to come in to his refcue* 
 
 This tale the old man fwallowed as a greedy fiih 
 fwallows the bait that at the fame time conveys the 
 barb into his bowels. He thereupon had me called to 
 him in a hurry, told me what he had dlfcovered, and 
 gave me an order to Hop payment of the iive hundred 
 pounds, with a hally note to be left at the banker's for 
 his fon. 
 
 On die way I recollefted an -advertifement in the 
 public papers, that offered a large reward for the cap- 
 tion of one Arabella Clement, who had been guilty of 
 the murder of the late lord Stivers ; and it inilantly 
 occurred to me that ftie .was probably the wife of my 
 quondam friend and patron. Wherefore as fcon as I 
 had difpatched my bufmefs at the banker's, I ran and 
 colleded a number of conftables, and waited with them 
 aloof till 1 faw the object, whom I dreaded and de- 
 teited above plague and poifon, enter and return dll'- 
 contented at the difappointment I had prepared for 
 him. We then dogged him at a dillance till wti 
 faw him fafe lodged, and following {oi'dy Up ibirs» 
 we demanded a woman who ftood before as, for our 
 prifoner. 
 
 Vol. ir. P young 
 
( 170 ) 
 
 Young Clement then all enraged, exerted himfetf 
 with wonderful aftion and intrepidity. With one- 
 ilroke of a poker he tore off my riglit ear, and cleft 
 my fhoulder to the bone ; then drove us all down 
 flairs, though feveral Ihot were fired at him. 
 
 What happened to him afterwards I know only from 
 report, for 1 lay ill of my wounds for feveral months, 
 and on my recovery could learn no tidings concerning 
 him. 
 
 In the mean fpace my continual fears of his ap- 
 pearance made my life extremely miferable. My para- 
 mour and I had often thoughts and confultations 
 touching the expediency of making away with the 
 old gentleman ; but it occurred to us that young 
 Clement might IHU be alive, and on the death of 
 his father might bring us to a fevere account for his 
 fubllance. 
 
 At length about fix weeks ago, as I returned from 
 tranfafting an affair at St. Alban's, I met, and inftantly 
 recognized my old enemy, walking with a young gen- 
 tleman, about a mile from this town. Immediately I 
 flopped, and pulling my hat over my eyes, pray gen- 
 tlemen, faid I, am I on the right /oad to London ? 
 For I have travelled far, and fear I may have gone 
 aftray. You are on the direft road, faid the lad, bat 
 if you choofe to flop fhort, you are heartily welcome to 
 a lodging with us for the night. Why gentlemen, 
 faid 1, do you live in yonder town ? We do, faid 
 Clement. In that anfwer I had all the intelligence I 
 delired, and away I fpurred. 
 
 From that time fcarce a day pafTed wherein I did not 
 take an airing on the fame road, fiill expe<5ling and 
 panting to meet my adverfary. I rode armed, with 
 one cafe of piftols before me, and another in my 
 pockets; and I determined, though [flioald meet Cle- 
 ment in the midll of a hundred men, to fhoot him di- 
 rcftly through the head, and truH to the fpeed of my 
 horfe for my efcape. But this day, as I returned near 
 the farther end of the town, a white goat, purfucd by a 
 dog, rulhed fuddenly through a hedge, whereupon my 
 horfe plunged, and one of the piftols that was ready 
 cocked in my r\ai)koat pocket went off, and reduced 
 me to the condition in which you behold me. 
 
 His 
 
( 171 ) 
 
 • His laft words w^re fcarce intelligible. He wa* 
 ff ized with convulfions and lay fpeechlefb near two 
 hours. At length old Clement arrived; his fervants 
 helped him out of his coach ; 1 met him in the hall, 
 and led him into the parlour. 
 
 There, being both leated, I fuecinftly gave him the 
 heads of Saint Belial's hiftory. When looking earn^ 
 eftly at me. You appear. Sir, faid he, to be iiiuch of 
 the gentleman, but if you were an angel, I would 
 credit nothing againft the honefty of that good young 
 man ; and leall of all to the prejudice of the dear young 
 innocent that 1 have married. I confefs that I was 
 fomewhat piqued at this fudden rebuff, but fupprefiing 
 the tendency that 1 had to refentment, I wilh, fai<i 1, 
 you had come time enough to be prefent at the unhappy 
 man*s confeffion, but it may yet pleafe God to open 
 your eyes to your own wrongs before he expires. Sd 
 faying, 1 conduced him to the room where the wretch 
 lay, to all appearance, infenfible. I then recollefted 
 an approved elixir that I had in my clofet, and fending 
 for it, I infufed a tea fpoonful, drop by drop, into 
 his mouth. 
 
 In a quarter of an hour he came perfeftly to his 
 fenfes, and turning his languid eyes toward the old 
 man, You are come then, faid he, to hear my dying 
 words. I forged the note for which you gave me a 
 hundred pounds. I forged all the letters that you 
 received to your fon's prejudice. I was the father of 
 the child which the flrumpet with whom you live 
 brought into the world. She is not your wife. She is 
 wife to Caleb Cable the boatfwain, who lives by the 
 Monument. He has got hundreds of your money for 
 keeping counfel. ft was, in truth, your fon who ref- 
 cued you from the hands of the robber. I forged the 
 tale, and bribed the man who deceived you in that 
 matter. Often as you lay in bed, Moll Cable has 
 urged me to difpatch you before morning. Had I 
 murdered yoUr fon, as I long fmce intended, you 
 fhould not have furvived him four and twenty hours. 
 
 He.'e. turning his eager and ghaftly vifage upon me, 
 O Sir, faid he, is there, is there for certain, a judg- 
 ment to come ? Alas I 1 anfwered, death, judgment, 
 heaven and hell^ are the four capital things of which^ 
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( »72 ) 
 
 tJift univerfe cffords the highiefl aftd deepeft 5fl*Lirance. 
 O then, he cried, I am going, down ! down ! down ! 
 
 This he fpoke with all the vifible horrors and defpair 
 conceivable in Judas, when juft fixing the rope to his 
 neck, and lapfing into his lall agonies, he loon ex- 
 pired. All pale and aftoniftied, the old gentleman fat 
 filent, and panting ; and feeing he was about to faint, 
 i ordered fome drops and water, with a bottle of wine, 
 ■while I fupported him from falling. When he was 
 'fomewhat reftored, and had recovered his fpeech, he 
 3aid hold on my hand and faid, I beg your pardon. 
 Sir ; I would do it if I were able, upon my knees. 
 But who could have thought this : — I wilh that I had 
 indeed been murdered. — I would that I had died, 
 before I was thus undeceived in the only objects of my 
 love. — Alas, Sir, 1 have now no relation, no kindred, 
 no friend except yourfeif upon earth. All others are 
 tqualiy plunderers and murderers in my eyes. — — 
 Thefe words were interrupted by a flood of tears. 
 
 Having confoled him in the kindelt manner I could, 
 \vord was brought that dinner was ferved, and I led 
 him partly by conftraint to the table ; but whifpered 
 private orders that Arabella and her Tommy fhould 
 not appear, for Clement Hayed to dine with his friend 
 Vindex. 
 
 After he had dined, and drank three glaifes of wine, 
 which was all I could force upon him, I remonilrated 
 the expediency of his immediate return to fecure his 
 effeds, lell all fhould be fpirited away upon any inti- 
 mation of the prefent accident. Ah, Sir, faid he, I 
 fliall fcarcc, 1 fear, be able to bear the fight of a place 
 in which I fo long thought myfelf lb happy ; but if 
 you will be fo gracious as to accompany me, 1 will 
 venture. I wilJ, faid J, on condition that you engage 
 to return and fleep here this night. Early in the after- 
 noon we arrived at his houfe, in my coach, attended 
 bv his two fcrvants and fcur of mine, well armed. As 
 we entered the parlour, his fuppofed wife rofe in an 
 alarm that fhe evidently endeavoured to fupprefs. 
 What is the matter, lovce .? faid flie, advancing; for 
 what did Saint Belial fend to you ? It became him 
 much better to have attended on you, methinks. I fear 
 my lovec is fadly tired ; but pray, what did he wane 
 
 with 
 
( '73 ) 
 
 Vflih you ? To tell me, aniwered old Clement, that 
 he was a dying man, that I was a dupe and cuckold, 
 . and that you was a ftrumpet. 
 
 O fye, lovee, faid fhe, thofe are very naughty 
 names ; but you cannot be in earneft. Step, faid 
 he, and enquire of Caleb Cable, the boatfwain ; tell 
 him, at the fame time that I cannot afford to maintain 
 hi5 wife any longer, and that he has feen the very laft 
 of his hulh money. Ah, Polly, Polly, he continued, 
 meltingly, all this I could almoll away with ; but 
 murder is a frightful thing ; who could think that my 
 Polly would murder her old man ! 
 
 O then, fhe cried, 1 fee that the villain has betrayed 
 me. I fee that I am undone. My youth and beaut)f 
 cad away, my arts and time fpent in vain ! Why, yea 
 doating, drivelling wretch, your fortune v/as little 
 enough to compenfate the pains I took in difguifing my 
 averfion to you. But you fnall not live to triumph in 
 my difappointment. 
 
 So faying, fne fprung forward, and, grafping his 
 neck in both her hands, he inftantly grew black in the 
 face, his eyes rolled, his jaws expanded, and he muil 
 have expired on the fpor, but I Ikpped haltily to her, 
 and feizing both her wriils, I gave them a fudden 
 wrench, whereupvon fhe loofed her hold, fhouting out 
 that her arms were broke, and throwirig herfelf, groan- 
 ing, into a chair, Ihe called for iuilant perdition on 
 .me, the crazy dotard, herfelf, and all the world-. 
 
 In the mean time, the old gentleman had funk pant- 
 ing to the floor ; but, raifmg him gently, 1 placed 
 him on a large fofa, where he began to reipirs witht 
 freedom. I then fent for a coiiuable, and giving oar 
 heroine into his hands, I deiiied hlwi fo provide her 
 with a decent room and fuitable accommodations, and 
 not to admit any company, except her fervant, till 
 further orders. Ah, away with her, av/ay with her, 
 at any rate! exclaimed the old man, (he has the looks 
 of a very gorgon, and every hair of her head is turned 
 into a frightful ferpent. 
 
 As foon as ihe was gone, I called her principal maid.. 
 
 and, putting a few pieces into her hand, I defired her 
 
 to follow her miftrefs, and to ferve her with care and 
 
 tendernefs, afid further to intimate to her, that when 
 
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 file gave any proofs of repentance and reformation^ 
 fhe fhould yet be humanely and generoufly provided 
 for. Having thus far fettled matters, 1 gave commif- 
 fiOn to James and Andrew, with a male domeftic in 
 vhom the old man confided, to remain and take care 
 of the houfe and eifeds ; and, taking the keys of the 
 cabinet with us, we fet off on our return to Hampflead. 
 
 On the way Mr. Clement grew deeply dejeded and 
 iighing faid, O, Sir, how flrong, how vtry llrongly is 
 the defire of fociety imprefled on the human heart ; 
 when even in the abfence of robbers and murderers, T 
 feel a want and difconfolation that 1 cannot exprefs. I 
 have now no relation, no friend but yourfelf, no kin- 
 dred or connedlion with any other upon earth. To 
 you, indeed, I owe my life, and all e\{Q that I am 
 worth ; and, if you will not chafe me from you, if 
 you will allow me to remain with you, you fhall be all 
 the world to me, the heir and fole poileffor of all that 
 J poflefs. 
 
 But, have you not a Ton ? I cannot think I have, 
 faid he, it is now above eight years fmce 1 fet eyes on 
 my dear Hammel, the precious pearl whom, in my 
 dotage, I madly caft away. But, were he ftill living, 
 after what is pafl, 1 could never more have the courage 
 to look him in the face. A cruel and a falfe pelican 
 'have J proved to my little one; inftead of foilering 
 him with my vitals, 1 have withheld and torn from him 
 even the common means of life. Do you know non-e 
 .•of your name, faid I, who may claim your fubllance 
 under colour of being of your blood ? Not any, Sir ; 
 my father was a foreigner, and 1 never heard of any 
 ether of the name in this nation. There is one of 
 your name, faid I, who lives in our town. But then, 
 he is in flowing circumRances, quite above the defire 
 of increafing his fortune by bafe or low means. He i-s 
 my moft iniimate friend, a very accomplifhed gentle- 
 man, and has one of the finert women to wife, and two 
 of the lovelielt children that I have feen. Jf yoa 
 pleafe I will invite and introduce them to you, to- 
 night, or to-morrow. 
 
 On our arrival, I left o'd Clement awhile in tire 
 parlour, while 1 flepped to give private diredions 
 tefpe^ting the condud of }Our lutor, Harry, and the 
 
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 internew which I propofed between him and his 
 father. Sir, faid I, as I returned, I have taken the 
 liberty to invite your namefakes to Tup ^ith yoti. 
 They are a very amiable family, and 1 hope their 
 company and acquaintance will prove a matter of con- 
 folation, perhaps a bleffing to you. Ah, he cried, my 
 claims are of a very different nature ; I have no right 
 to bleffirigs or confolations of any kind Some time 
 before fupper, a rapping was heard, and Arabella 
 entered, leading in a little daughter of about four 
 years old, and followed by her fon Tommy, all 
 elegantly dreffed. Madam, faid I, this is a namefake 
 of yours, my worthy friend Mr. Clement, pray let me 
 have the pleafure of introducing "you to each other. 
 
 When they were both feated, the old gentleman 
 took out his perfpedtive, and, peering at her for fome 
 time. Ah, he cried, what lovely faces there are in the 
 world ! But all have not proved lovely throughout like 
 you. Madam. 
 
 He then called Tommy to him, and taking him by 
 bolh hands, and bringing him forward between his 
 knees, what is your name, my dear ? fays he. Thomas 
 Clement, Sir, fo pleafe you, I would it were Bartho- 
 lomew, replied the old gentleman ; but names fignify 
 nothing, you are a fweet little fellow, and perhaps 
 may be fomething the better for my death. 1 would 
 not wifh your death. Sir, faid Tommy, for all that [ 
 could get by you. O, how heavenly, exclaimed the 
 old man, how heavenly is the fimplicity and difinter- 
 eilednefs of infants ! 
 
 He next requeiled Arabella to fpare her little 
 daughter to him, for a minute ; and fhe accordingly 
 took and led her to him : when fondly carefiing her, 
 and feating her on his knee. Could you find in your 
 heart, fays he, to love fuch an ugly old Thing as I 
 am ? Yes, me could> fays {he, and me has got fome 
 comfits for you in my pocket. Whereupon Ihe pro- 
 duced a little paper, and, unfolding it, prefented him 
 with fome candied feeds and almonds. O my God \ 
 cried the old man, what a heaven (hould I yet enjoy 
 upon earth, could I but purchafe the fociety of thefe 
 dear infants 1 — I heard him with a moillening eye, and 
 rejoiced in ite ripening fruits of my liuleprojedl. 
 
 Pray, 
 
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 Pray, Madam, faid I, what is become of our good 
 friend your hufband, are we not to have the happinefs 
 of his company to-night ? Sir, faya flie, he vs j^s en- 
 gaged on indifpenfible bufinefs at the time, but will 
 certainly attend you before fupper. She had fcarce 
 fpoke when a fecond rapping was beard, and in came 
 our Hammel, not in gay but coflly apparel, as I had 
 appointed. 
 
 On introducing the fon to his venerable father, they 
 refpedfully faluted each other as utter ftrangers ; for 
 our prefent Hammel was more different from the 
 meager and threadbare Hammel that his father had lail 
 feen, than Pharaoh's fat kine could be from his lean 
 ones. During fupper and after, I purpofely threw out 
 occafional topics, and gave feveral oj-ens wherein I 
 -knev/ that Hammel could fhine ; and he accordingly 
 made ufe of them wich great fpirit and advantage. 
 
 His father gazed at him with n refpeftful admiration, 
 and at length exclaimed. You are an ornament, an 
 honour. Sir, to your name, to yonr lineage, and the 
 country wherein you were born. But pray of what 
 family ? Alas, Sir, you add ftings to the recoUedlion 
 of my faults this day. I once liad a fon, a fon who in 
 a humble degree, might now have refembled yourfelf; 
 but ray unkindnefs muft long fince have broken his 
 gentle heart. My child faved me from murderers, and 
 1 in return was the murderer of my child. O, Ham- 
 mel, my Hammel, my fon, my fon Hammel, would 
 to God I had died before I had wronged thee 1 Would 
 to God that I had died for thee, O Hammel, my fon, 
 my fon ! 
 
 His lail words were broken and nearly fupprefled 
 by a gufh of tears, when the tender hearted Hummel 
 turned an eye upon me and cried, O, Sir, we have 
 gone too far ! — Then hallily advancing, he threw him- 
 felf at the knees of his father. I am here, Sir, he 
 cried, your Hammel, your own Hammel, in all duty 
 and affeftion, fubmiHive and prollraie before you. You 
 my Hammel 1 are you my Hammel ? aficed the old man. 
 Ah, had you but his familhcd face and Lis tattered 
 garment, I v^ould take you to my arras, to my heart, 
 iufco my vitals, 
 
 O, my 
 
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 O, iny father, cried Hammel, look not fo ftrange 
 and wild upon me ! I am indeed your child, once the 
 darling of your heart, whom you follered fo tenderly, 
 and nurtured at fchool and at college ; the true fon of 
 your true wife ; look upon me, my father. You ofteii 
 told me that 1 was her pidture ; do you not fee the very 
 features of my dear mother in my face ? 
 
 Yes, yes, I think I do. — But then I have been 
 mightily impofed upon of late. 1 would you were 
 leaner and worfe clad, my child : however, if you 
 come in the name of my fon, I alfo will kneel down, 
 and crave his pardon and your pardon. Here the old 
 gentleman funk down upon his knees, and poor 
 Hammel flarting up at the fame inllant, cried aloud, 
 Alas, Sir, he is befide himfelf, and I too fhall go 
 dillraded. 
 
 T then was grieved at heart for the llratagem I had 
 made ufe of, to connedl this worthy family the more 
 endearingly together ; and coming foothingly to him, 
 and raifing him in my arms, I replaced him in his feat, 
 and faid. Believe me, truft me, my dear Mr. Cle- 
 ment ; this is your true child, your only child, your 
 true Hammel. He has lived with me many years. I 
 can prove him to be your's by a thoufand witneffes, by 
 thofe who can witnefs what he has fuffered on account 
 of being your fon. 
 
 Well, well, well, faid he whifperingly, it does not 
 fignify much, for I have another one coming ; my 
 Poriy is now in the ninth week of her reckoning. 
 Ah, but that Saint Belial, who knows but the child 
 may be an imp of his begetting ? A curfed couple 
 thsy are, I am fure, {he a fuccubus, and he the devil 
 hiinfelf incarnate — J hope they did not hear me — fliut 
 the door 1 — O, there they are ! — Save me, fave me !-— 
 they come upon me! — My throat, they gripe my throat ! 
 — My breath, my breath I — Oh. — Here he fwooned. 
 Euc, on taking a little blood, he became to himfeJf. 
 So I ordered all to be kept quiet about him ; and get- 
 ting him to bed, he fvvallowed a foporific draught, 
 flept foundly till morning, and av/oke in his perfeft 
 fenfes. 
 
 I then went to bid him good morrow, and took a 
 chair by. his bedfide.— That was a mighty agreeable 
 
 family. 
 
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 /amlly, fald he, who fupped with you laft night. Si?* 
 The very woithieft, I replied, that I know upon earth* 
 — You called ihem Clement, I think. — That is their 
 name. Sir. — Pray did they go home ? — No, they are 
 here llill. At times we make but one family and one | 
 liouihold. While I fpoke, I was furprized to fee Cle- i 
 ment enter, drefled in the fame Ihabby clothes in which 
 we firft found him, Harry. And the old gentleman, 
 turning his head to the door, llarted up in his bed, 
 and cried. If I am a living man, that is furely my 
 Hammel, my very fon liammel ! 
 
 On hearing this poor Clement leaped haftily forward, 
 and, falling by the bed, feized one of his father's 
 hands, repeatedly kified it, and wept upon it. Yott 
 are reftored to me then, he cried, my father, .my 
 father 1 God be praifed, God be praifed 1 You are 
 reftored to me entire, I trull, with all that paternal 
 fondnefs which once was the bleffing and the treafure 
 that J prized above the world. No Hammy, faid the 
 old man, I will not deceive you, I cannot love you as 
 I once loved you, becaufe you can never forgive me. 
 If you could forgive me, Hammy, I would love you 
 with a doable love, a love pafling the love of fathers, 
 
 O, my father ! exclaimed Hammel, this one happy 
 moment of reconciliation, amply outweights all fuffer- 
 ings. Permit me ihen, my deareft father, to introduce 
 thofe to you who have an equal right to your bleffing. 
 So faying, off he went, and brought in Arabella, with 
 her attending children ; and all the four kneeled down 
 by the fide of the old man. O, my God 1 he cried 
 out, thou art tocv bountiful, too gracious, thou op- 
 prefied, thou crafheft me to nothing with this exceed- 
 ing weight o-f thy benefits 1 I was a withered and a 
 blailed b:mch, and thou haft caufed me, like Aaron's 
 rod, to bud and blofTom anew, and to bear thefe blefled 
 fruits, I truft, to thy glory. 
 
 When breakfaft was laid, ^nd the old gentletnait 
 dreffed, I feat up for hr.n, and when we were feated, 
 Clement entered with his family, all elegantly dtciXedy 
 as on the preceding night. HarniniJl, faid I, hovy came 
 you by that difguife which you put on this morning ? 
 You looked fo unlike youifelf you almoft frightened 
 me. — Do you not remember that drcfs. Sir ? — How 
 
 Should 
 
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 ihould I remember what I never faw before ? — O, yoa 
 did i'ee them before, Sir, thole were the weeds I wore 
 when ycu Caved me and mine from familhing ; and I 
 have ever fmce proferved, and Cn^i) ever prefcrve them, 
 as the precious *ir.emorial of my obligations to you. 
 "What, exclaimed the old gentleman, my life, and" 
 your life ? Has he fived your life alfo, my fon ? Yes 
 Sir, cried the grateful Ci-e:iture, all who are alive here, 
 live only by — Here while 1 pat one hand to the mouth 
 of my friend, his venerable father feized hold of the 
 other, and bending one knee, he prefied it to his lips 
 in a filence that paffed all poffible utterance. 
 
 Bat pray, Mr. Clement, faid I, to turn afide the 
 fubjedl, what do you propofe to do with Mrs. Cable? 
 You know that in cafe of pertitence I promifed to have 
 her taken care of. To be fure. Sir, faid he, I will 
 make good all your engagements, and will further do 
 whatever (he defires, on condition of her refiding in a 
 different kingdom ; for I would not for the world that 
 fhe fhould come within the reach of me, by fifty leagues 
 at Icaft, unlefs you were always to be with me for a 
 fafeguard. 
 
 I laughed ; when immediately Mrs. Cable's maid 
 entered al) in a heat, with a frightened countenance. 
 So my £,Jod girl, faid I, how is your miftrefs to- 
 day ? Ah, 6ir ! Ihe cried, 1 have but a very fad ac- 
 count to give you of my com.miiTion. My miitrefs is 
 dead, and I doubt that I myfelf have been ignorantly 
 her murderer. 
 
 Soon after fhe was fhewn to her apartment, Hetty, 
 fays fhe, I find myfelf growing very fick, pray Hep 
 and bring me the little bottle of cordial, that ycu will 
 find fianding in fuch a corner of my clofet. I did as I 
 v;as ordered, and returning in all haile, I prcfented 
 her with the bottle. When looking mournfully at it, 
 and giv'ing a heavy figh. Ah, fhe cried, this is the 
 right cordial, this wLU do the biifmefs ; then calling 
 for a >vin3 glafs, fhe filled and drank it off. 
 
 In a little while afier, me complained of being 
 drov/fy, whereupon I undrefTed and helped her to bed, 
 and lighting a candle, 1 fat down to watch befide her. 
 For a time ihe appeared to fleep quite found and eafy, 
 but again began to moan and tofs the clothes. In a 
 
 while 
 
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 '«''hile after, however, fhe reemed quite compofed. 
 But, toward the dead of night, not hearing her 
 brciithe, I held up the candle, and faw that her fine 
 face was livid and ghaftly, and her fkin all dilcolourcd. 
 
 I then thought that J myfelf fhould have dropped 
 dead on the fpot. I gave a great fliriek, and, I be- 
 lieve, continued fhrieking till the keeper and a fcrvant 
 maid came in. So, Sir, if your honour is pleaied to 
 think that the blame of this matter belongs to me, I 
 am come to deliver myfelf up to juUice. 
 
 No my girl, faid I, you are not at all fufpefled. 1 
 do not perceive any intereft that you could poffibly 
 have in this melancholy event. No, Sir, faid old Cle- 
 ment, I can anfwer for her innocence; fhe is but a 
 late comer, fhe was particularly careful of me, and, I 
 dare fay, knew nothing of the ill defigns of her 
 miftrefs. And fo Hetty, I will recommend you to a 
 better miftrefs, Hetty, an angel of a miflrefs, even to 
 my own deareil daughter, who fits blulhing before you 
 there. 
 
 That night, after the inqueft of the coroners, Mrs. 
 Cable was fccretly buried in the fields, and my fervants 
 interred her confederate on the high road ; for I did 
 not choofe to have the facred ceremony of our church 
 prophaned over a reprobate, who rejefted the hope of 
 a blefCed refurredlion. 
 
 The day before I fet forward, our kind hearted 
 Clement earnelHy petitioned to accompany me, and 
 urged his impatience to embrace you, my Harry ; but 
 this I peremptorily refufed, as I was fenfible that his 
 own affairs demanded his prefence. So 1 came away 
 alone, yet attended by the tears and good wilhes of 
 the happiell family that is, I think, within his Majelly's 
 dominions. 
 
 My dcareil brother, faid the carl, the latter part of 
 your ftory is exceedingly pleafing, and yet fcarce 
 jnakes amends or the horrors that preceded. My 
 flefli, as well as my fpirit, llill fliudJcr at the chara«fler 
 of that accurfed Belial. 1 did not think that fuch a 
 malignity of difpofition could be generated in the 
 bottom of hell itfelf. And yet, my lord, 1 am per- 
 fuadcd. Lid Mr. Clinton, that fliould it pleafe God, 
 at this inflant, to withdraw from mc the inilutnce of 
 
 his 
 
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 his Holy Spirit, I fhould become altogether as evil as 
 Belial himlelf. 
 
 I cannot think fo, my brother, replied the earl, you 
 would dill continue a rational and free creature. 
 There is certainly a diftindion in the nature of things ; 
 there is the beautiful and deformed, the amiable and 
 deteflable ; your judgment would approve the one, and 
 rejeft the other ; and your freedom of agency would 
 act conformably to your eleftion. 
 
 Ah, my lord 1 cried Mr. Clinton, what beauty, 
 what am.iablenefs, what freedom is this that you fpeak 
 of? Have you found out another univerfe, or another 
 deity befide him in whom our life fubfifts ? Are there 
 any things in nature, fave the things of our God ? Or 
 what beauty or amiablenefs can they pofiibly exhibit, 
 fave what they derive from him; fave fome manifef- 
 tation or impreffion of his own beauty or amiablenefs ? 
 To make this matter clear, let us go fomewhat deeper, 
 quite back, if you pleafe, my lord, to the very birch 
 of things. 
 
 Throughout nature, we find that God can impart to 
 his creatures a being, an intelligence^ a confcioafnefs, 
 a force or a6lion, a will, and a freedom, dillindl from 
 himfelf, and diftincS: from each other ; and this is the 
 utmcH extent of created nature, whether refpefllng the 
 powers that are in hell or in heaven. 
 
 Now all thefe powers, although diftinfl from God, 
 are infinitely far from being independent of him. For 
 he will not, he cannot depart from his fupremacy, or 
 that univerfality of efience : By and in him alone all 
 eflences fubfiil. He can indeed, impart the foremen- 
 tioned powers to any limited degree that he pleaies ; 
 but ^len, in their highell degree of life, or fagacity, 
 force, atlion, or freedom, you will perceive, on the 
 flighteft refieftion, that there is nothing of the beautiful 
 pr amiable y but that they may be equally exercifed to 
 evil, or good purpofes, according to the difpohtion of 
 the agent. 
 
 I haye already fpecified the many great and wonder- 
 ful powers that God can impart to his creatures, dif- 
 tinclly, though not independently, from himfelf. But 
 there is one po wear, one quality, v/hidh God cannot 
 create; which, with all his oiuaipotence he cannot 
 
 Yo^- n. 2 pofTibly 
 
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 pofTibly impart, in any kind of diftinflion from him- 
 lelf ; and thu Oualicy is called Goodness. And now, 
 in order to convince you of this moil important of all 
 truths, a truth upon which, time, etcrniiy, and the 
 univerle all turn, as on their axis, it may be necelTary 
 to enquire what Goodness is. 
 
 Goodness is various and infinite in its kinds and 
 degrees. It is fo indeed, for it is at once. One and 
 Many. It fprings forth from our God, a» the living 
 fountain in Paradife, that thence divided itfelf into 
 rivers and numberlefs flreams, to water and rcplenifli 
 the whole earth. All thofe ilreams however, were but 
 fo many portions of the one varioufly bleiTing fountain, 
 and that fountain is Love. There is no fpecies of 
 conceivable virtue, that is not reducible under the 
 ftandard of this their great leader, and all-generating 
 parent, called Love. 
 
 Here lies the great and impaiTible gulf, between 
 God and his produftions, between the creature and the 
 Creator. The will of God is an eternal Love toward 
 his creatures, and goes forth in bleflings upon them, as 
 wide and univerfal as his own exiilence. But die will 
 of the creature is limited like its efi'ence. While it is 
 diiiinift from the will of God, it cannot poffibly adt 
 beyond or out of itfelf; it cannot poflibly feel for any 
 thing except itfelf; it cannot wifli any welfare except 
 its ov/n welfare, and this it endeavours to compafs by 
 all its powers. 
 
 Fro'm this dillinfl, fellifh, and craving will of the 
 creature fprings every pofuble evil, whether natural or 
 moral. From the preference of itfelf to others, arifeth 
 prid«. From its grafping at all advantages to itfelf, 
 arifeth envy. Pride, covetoufncfs, and, envy, l^-get 
 hatred, wrath, and contention, with every fpecies of 
 malignity j and the difappoirttment of thefe palhons 
 produces all rancour and mifeTy ; and altogether 
 they conllitute the whole nature of hell itfelf in the 
 foul. 
 
 But, when God is pleafed to inform the will of the 
 creature, with a meafure of his own benign will, it 
 moves fweeily forth in afredtion to others. He fpeaks 
 peace to the ftorm of rending pafiions, and a dejight- 
 /"ul dawning arifes on the fpirit. ' And thus, on the 
 
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 >linal confurnfioation, when every will fhall be fubdued 
 to the Will of Good to all, our Jefus will take 
 all our hearrts, he will -tune them, as fo many inftru- 
 nvents, to the fong of his own fentiments, and will 
 touch them with the finger of his own divine feelings. 
 Then ihali the wifdom, the might, and the goodnefs 
 of our God, become the wifdom, might, and goodnefs 
 of all his intelligent creatures. The happinefs of each 
 fhall overflow in the participation of the happinefs of 
 ail. The univerfe ihall found Vv'ith the fong of con- 
 gratulation, and all voices ihall break forth in an 
 eternal hallelujah, of praife tranfcending praife, and 
 glory tranfcending gl-ory, to God and the Lamb. 
 
 Hallen, hafien that blefied period, great God, we 
 befcech thee ! exclaimed the earl. But, tell me, -my 
 heavenly brother, for it is furely in Heaven that you 
 hold your converfation, is there no diftindion, no pre- 
 ference, in matter of goodnefs, between creature and 
 creature, between man and man ? 
 
 Your queftion, my dear lord, is very deep, fald 
 Mr. Clinton, and leads to greater depths than 1 would 
 choofe to difclofe before our Harry yet. I will how- 
 ever attempt, in few and fimple words, to give you 
 fome fatisfaction on this moft interefting article. There 
 arc two capital errors, under which the world hath 
 laboured, and ftill continues to labour, ever fince the 
 creation. The firll is, that of afcribing to ourfelves 
 every inclination toward virtue, that we feel within us : 
 the fecond is, that as free agents, we are enabled to 
 el^Q: and rejefl, merely by the a£l of our own will, 
 independent of any impulfo whatever. I have already 
 fhewn your lordfhip that tvcry created will, independ- 
 ent of its God, can crave only after its own happinefs. 
 Wherefore, every created will, in fuch a feparate Hate, 
 is as an Ifhmael, whofe hand is againft every one, and 
 every one's hand againft him. 
 
 On the other hand, I have fhewn you that God, the 
 fole fountain of all being and bleffednefs, can, be no- 
 thing but love; and that, even in loving himfelf h'e 
 mull love his own produftions, the v/ork of his own 
 power. What, indeed, fhould hinder our God from 
 being wholly a God of love? What Ihould affedt 
 him with the fiightell tintflure of malignity ? Could 
 
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 he add to his own happinefs by roufing^ the hatefui 
 pafiions within his own bofom ? Purblind reafon, here 
 will fay, if our God is all love, if he is a will to all 
 happinefs in his creatures, v/hy did he fuffer any evil 
 to begin in creation ? Could evil have aiifen contrary 
 to ihe will of Omnipotence, if Omnipotence had willed 
 that it fnould not ariie ? Ah, my friends, no evil 
 ever did or ever can approach the will of God ; 
 neither can he will or afFedl any fpecies of evil in 
 nature. But he can allow a temporary evil in the 
 creature, as a travail tov.ard its birth into the more 
 eminent degree of that Goodnefs which God afFeds. 
 
 Could creatures, without the experience of any lapfe 
 or evil, have been made duly fenfible of the darknefs, 
 and dependence of their created nature, and of the 
 diiiance and diftindlion between themlelves and their 
 God ; could they have known the nature and extent of 
 his attributes, with t,he infinity of his love ; could they 
 have known the dreadful confequences of falling off 
 from him, without feeing any example, or experienc- 
 ing any confequence of fuch a fall ; could all intelli- 
 gent creatures have been continued in that lowlinefs, 
 that refignation, that gratitude of burning aftecUon 
 which the llain will of the mortified lamer feels, when 
 called up into the grace and enjoyment of his God ; 
 could thofe endearing relations have Tubfillcd in crea- 
 tion, which have fmce newly arifen between God and 
 his lapfed creatures, wholly fubfequent thereto ; thofe 
 relations, I fay, of redemption, of regeneration, of a 
 power of conve^fion that extracts good out of evil ; 
 if thefe eternal benefits could have been introduced, 
 without the admifiiou of evil, no lapfe would ever 
 have been. 
 
 To make this matter ftill clearer, if pofllble. — In 
 the dark and ihe boundlefs mirror, called- nature, God 
 beheld and contemplated, from all eternity, the loveli- 
 jicfs of his own light, and the beauty of his own ideas. 
 He f:iw that, without intelli^yence no creature could be 
 excellent, or formed in his likcnei's. But he faw alfo 
 that, unlcfs fuch intelligence fliould be ruled by his 
 wifdom, a:id wholly conformable to his will, the 
 creature could not be wile, the creature could not be 
 happy. In the impolhbiiiiy of the creature's dcfire of 
 
 independence. 
 
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 independence, God faw he poffibility of moral and 
 natura] evil ; hut he faw that fuch partial and Temporary 
 evil might be converted to the pioduAion of an i.nfi« 
 jiity of good ; and he faw that, without the admifiion 
 of fucli evil, the good that bore relation thereto coul4 
 not ariie. 
 
 I-ie knew that, till the lapfe of fome of his crea- 
 tures, his own infinite attributes could not duly be 
 nianifeftcd, could not be duly adored in the glory of 
 their contrail. That no creature, till then, could be 
 duly fenlible of its own fallibility, could be duly fen.- 
 uble that fulhciency and perfedion were only in God, 
 :ind that all things depended on him, as well for every 
 quality of bieiiednefs as of lei,'?^. 
 
 He forefaw all the mifery that would attend upon 
 error ; but he faw aifo how beneficial was the fenfe of 
 fuch error ; how it might fap the felf-coniidence of the 
 creature, and engage him to cail his truft wherc'his 
 ilrength alone lay. And he the more willingly pej-- 
 mitted the fufferings of all his fallen offspring, as the 
 future blifsful period was already prefent to him, 
 when the miferies of the fhort parenthefis, called time, 
 fhould be for ever fhut up between the two eter- 
 nities ; aiid when all his beloved and redified creatures 
 Ihould enter upon the fulnefs of the enjovment of their 
 God. 
 
 From the blacknefs of guilt, and the cloud of pains, 
 calamities, difeafes, and deaths, God faw remorfe, 
 conirition, humility, patience, and relignation, beam- 
 ing forth into new wonders af light and etiernal life. 
 He faw new relations, new connections, new endear- 
 ments atife, between created gocd and cre'ated evil, 
 between tranfgrelTion and redemption, repentance and 
 pardon; a-nd he joyed, in calling his loved oflspring 
 from error to redlitade, from lowUnefs lo exaltation, 
 from death into life, from time to eternity, and from 
 tranfitory aiIli<ftioRs into ever enduring and ever en- 
 crearing bleffednefs. 
 
 God forefaw, in future worlds of new and v/onderful 
 -conftru6lion, the frailly and -lapfe of his favourite 
 family of man. He faw him fmk into the inclemency 
 ef outward elements, and into the inward darknefs of 
 his diilindl and limited nature : externally beiieged and 
 Q 3 tempted 
 
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 tempted by lying offers of enjoyment, and internally 
 rent by clifappointed defires and malignant paflions. 
 But he had provided a redemption of fuch ftupendous 
 potency, as would not fuffer the perverfe creature to 
 tear itfelf out of the arms of his affeftion. He had ^ 
 provided a Seed, in the Son of his love, that fhould 
 take root in man's world of inward and outward evil, 
 that fhould grow as a fragrant flower through corrup- 
 tion, into the freedom, the light, and the purity of 
 heaven ; that fhould reprove his unrightcoulnefs, that 
 fhould convift him of wickedncfs, that fliould con- 
 vince him of weaknefs, and fofien him into forrow for 
 his own tranlgreiTions ; that fhould melt him into a 
 lenfe of the calamity of others ; that Oiould diffufe as a 
 dawning light through his dark nature, fubduing his 
 pride, affuaging his pafTions ; calling him forth into the 
 eypanfion of benevolence, into all the chiinties and 
 amities, the feelings and offices of the human heart 
 thus made divine; and laftly, maturing in him a dif- 
 ferent nature ; that God may be in all men the one 
 •WILL TO THE ONE GOODNESS, thereby uniting all 
 men, as one man, in their God, For deep, indeed, 
 are all his counleis ; and all the mazes of his providence 
 will fina'ily unwind ihemlelves in the re6Litude and ful- 
 ncR of the wifdom of his love. 
 
 That a creature, inexperienced or newly brought 
 into being, fhould fall by attempting fomeLhirg through 
 its ozvn will, and the prefurapiicn of us oii}n power, 
 does not appear to have any thing, wonderful in it ; but 
 that a creature, fdllen into the mifery and depravity of 
 a feccnd and bale nature, fhould rile again fuperior to 
 its original goodnefs and glory, this is the work pro- 
 duced in time, that will be matter of amazement 
 throughout eternity. 
 
 That man, I fay, fallen into a body of mortal flefh, 
 fallen into in evil nature; fallen into circling elements 
 (jf hoftil!i\-, diflcmpcrature and dijfolution to lus frame; 
 th?t man^ tlms degraded, tlius opprelfed and airaiilted 
 jiom within and fiom without, fhould yet advance and 
 piocccd through his courie of appointed warfare, 
 ti<nving his own appetites, pulling down his own 
 j^icic, combating fuficrings wiih patience, lubdning 
 
 injiAiies 
 
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 injuries with love, delighting to labour under thfi 
 hinder part of that crols which Simon the Cyrenian 
 was compelled to bear ; conquering, rifing, triumphing 
 overdefircs, difappointments, tribulations, languor, fick- 
 iiefs, and death ; and all this, without any violation of 
 that principle of liberty which his ETERt^ALLY free 
 Progenitor imparted unto him ; this indeed is a 
 V\'onder to Cherubim and Seraphim, and, from eternity 
 to eternity the greatest work of God. 
 
 Here, Brother, faid the earl, y-ou ex prefsly acknow- 
 ledge that man is a free agent. I acknowledge, an- 
 fwered Mr. Clinton, that man has a principle of liberty 
 within him, a power of turning, or, at leaft, of leav- 
 ing his will, to the impulfe of good on the one handj 
 or of evil on the other ; he could not otherwife be ac- 
 countable ; and this brings me direftly to your lord- 
 ihip's queftion refpe£ting the diflinftion in point" of 
 merit between man and man. Know thyself, was 
 the wileft of all the laws in the ancient Ichools ; for 
 the moft ufeful of all ftudies to man, is that of man. 
 
 Man has been reprefented, by theboaftings of pagi-n 
 phiiolophy, as equal in many refpetts, and in fome 
 articles fuperior to the Godhead. They define him a 
 rational and lordly intelligence, fole dictator to his own 
 aftions, controuler of his own palTions. and of powers,' 
 virtues, and faculties wholly free and independent; 
 But what fays nature on this head ? 
 
 Man goes out of this world, even as he comes into 
 it, quite paflive and without his own confent. From 
 the womb to the time of his maturing in reafon, and 
 even till fome degree of power is awakened in him 
 toward governing his appetites and refifting his incli- 
 nations, he is as merely a fenfual and fervile machine as 
 any inferior animal. His pulfes beat, his blood circu- 
 lates, and all the offices of refpiration, fecretion, and 
 perfpiration are performed alike, awake as afleep, with- 
 out any more attention or care on his part, than if he 
 had no interefl therein. 
 
 In the mean time, he is begirt by outward objefts, 
 and outward elements, which hold an intimate corref- 
 pondence with his flefh, with all his organs, and his 
 animal life j exciting m him a vaiiety of appetites and 
 
 defixes. 
 
^efuc?, which he can no more refifl than 9 twig can 
 lu im agaiafl: a torrent ; infomuch, that were this the 
 vhcle of the man, with refpeft to his appetites, he 
 \vould of necelTity be a brute, and with relpeft to his 
 jjalTions, he would of neceffuy be a devil. 
 
 Thus far, my lord, you fee that man is wholly acled 
 upon, and does nothing but as he is impelled thereto ; 
 and were there no other agent to aft upon him on the 
 oppofite part, had he no prei'ent friend to combat with 
 and controul the evil propenfities of his nature, he 
 would be as totally a flave to his carnal and diabolical 
 lufhj as the rower in a galley is to the bench whereon 
 he is chained. 
 
 But, bleffed be our all-creating, all-redeeming, and 
 ^U-loving Friend, who is ever- prefent. and does not 
 leave our impotence dcftitute of his-help ; who, in the 
 'center of our old Adiim, implants a divine feed; even 
 the renewed image of himfelf in our fouls, it is this 
 infant refemblance of himfelf in our effence, which 
 God always cherifhes, which he ele6ls, which he pur- 
 sues, which he calls upon by the word of the Son of 
 his Love, which he informs with the breath of his holy 
 Spnit, v/hifpering into it the fi::ll voice of his own 
 Lei»ri*"ying affeclions. 
 
 Now, though thefe two principles are fo intimately 
 united in us, that very few obfervc any diflinttion he- 
 tween them, yet no two things can be more oppoiite 
 tha-n they are to eech other, both in their natures and 
 propcnf.ties. And, accordingly, the great Apoflle Paul 
 hath fpeci&ed and marked out their feparate offices with 
 the mofl exa6t precifion. Reach me yonder sBible, 
 Harry : — Here iL is : — 
 
 " That which J do, I allow not : for what I would, 
 ,that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. If then I 
 ■do that which 1 would not, I confent unto the law, 
 that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, 
 but fm that dwcll«-:ith in me. For I know that in me, 
 that is, in my flcfn, dwcUelh no good thing ; for to 
 will is prefent with me, but how to perform that which 
 is good, 1 find not. For the good that I would, I do 
 Dot ; but the evil which I would not, that I do. 
 Now, if I do that I would not, it h no more 3 iliat 
 
 do 
 
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 ^o it, but fm that Hwelleth in me. I find then a lavv^ 
 that when I would do good, evil is prefent with me. 
 For 1 delight in the law of God, after the inward man. 
 But I fee another law in my members, warring againft 
 the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to 
 the law of fin, which is in my members, O wretched 
 man that I am, who fhall deliver me from the body of 
 this death ?" 
 
 Here, my friends, you fee the ApoAle diftinguifhes 
 mod precifely, between the oppofite natures of the firil 
 and the iecond Adam, between the outward and m- 
 ward, the vitiated and regenerate, the old and the new 
 man. The old warring againft the new, and endeavour- 
 ing to bring him into captivity to fin and death. Now, 
 between thefe adverfe offsprings of the earthly and 
 heavenly Adams, our principle of freedom, or pov.er 
 of eleO-ion, is placed. On the one part, we are 
 befieged and affailed by a world of tempting objefts, 
 that hold intimate intercourfe with our flefli, and 
 impel their influences on our Ipirit through every 
 organ ; while the rulers of darknefs enter through the 
 faid fenfual avenues, excite their diabolical paffions 
 Within us, and try to open a kingdom of their own in 
 our foul. 
 
 On the contrary part, our heavenly Father is gra- 
 ciouily pleafed to aft upon us, through that divine 
 nature which he implants in our effence. He attra£ls 
 us flrongly, though not forcibly ; and he fheds into us 
 feelings and affections, to which flefh and blood is 
 ^vholly an alien. 
 
 Here then, when the will turns away from divine 
 influence, and delivers itfelf up to the operations of 
 the evil agents, the whole man becomes a prifoner ir\ 
 the regions of darknefs and fliadow of death, and no- 
 thing but mtenle fufTerings can awake him to a fenfe of 
 the error and folly of his purfuits, and of the lofs and 
 horror of the flate in which he lies. 
 
 But, when the will yields ilielf to the gracioiis 
 influence of God's blelTed Spirit, God opens himfelf 
 unto it, and attracts it ftill more powerfully, till he 
 gradually delivers it from the flavery c^ JenfCj of^??;, 
 and of fclf, into the perfect freedom of a willing 
 feivice to goodnefs. 
 
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 Above all, when the will is afTaulted by violent, 
 prefTing, and permanent temptations; if yet, with the 
 alTiftance of fupportmg grace, it ftrives and ftiugglcs 
 to maintain the fight, and to tear itfelf away from the 
 caftody of evil, though tortured in the flrife, and 
 pierced, even to the dividing of the bone from the 
 inarrow : then is the fcripture fulfilled that fays, " the 
 Kingdom of Heaven fufFereth violence, and tlie violent 
 take it by force •, then is our Jefus in the highejt height 
 •cf his throne and dominion ; then does he deem all his 
 fufferings over-paid ; and he will himfelf be the cham- 
 pion in the will of fuch a champion, and he will fight 
 the good fight, and run the good courfe, and hold faft 
 the good faith both in him and for him, and he will 
 impute the whole of his conquefls to the willing inftru- 
 •ment of his operations, and will crown him \nl\\ the 
 crown of his own glory. 
 
 Here then, my honoured brother, you have your 
 queftion fully anfwered touching the difterence, in 
 pomt of merit, between man and man ; fince no 
 creature can have any merit, fave fo hx as he opens his 
 will to the impreirions of the goodnefs of God upon 
 hiS fpirit. 
 
 What ! you will fay, is this the utmoft merit that the 
 beft of men can boaft, that of barely yielding his will 
 ■ to the influence of the Spirit of goodnefs? — It is, in- 
 deed, my lord, the very whole of the merit that any 
 creature can have, the very utmofl that he con do to- 
 ward co-operating with his God, and conducing, in 
 any degree, to his own falvation. 
 
 O, that all men! that all men had this merit, my 
 friends ! that all would open the gates of their ever- 
 Jafting fouls, and hiniibly and earncftly petition the 
 King of Glory to come in. This would lead to ever- 
 duiing and ever-encreafing merit ; for our God would 
 then impute his own merits unto us, not by an out- 
 ward, but inward imputation, even the feeling fenfe, 
 and participation of bis nature, within us. We fiiould 
 become good in his goodnefs, wife in his wjfdom, and 
 itrong in his omnipotence. By refigning to him our 
 ciaik, emptyj hungeiy, and uncomfortable creature; 
 '.v« Ihould gain in lieu thereof, the plenitude of th« 
 
 rica 
 
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 rkh and iHutlfnnating Creator. The fulnefs of all de-» 
 light would become our portion, and the proprietor of 
 the univerfe would be our property and pofleiTion. 
 
 Here Mr. CHnton paufed, and his auditors continued 
 in a kind of relpeftful mufing. At length the earl 
 exclaimed. Never, never more, my brother, will I de- 
 bate or queftion with you, further than afking your 
 advice or opinion. Our dear Meekly, here, and I, 
 have had feme former converfe en a few of thefe deep 
 fubjefts, and I received much fatisfaftion and inftru£lion 
 from him, but he was not quite fo explicit as you have 
 been. Ah, my lord, cried Meekly, were I as intimate 
 with the Fountain of all knowledge, as your pre<:ious 
 brother is, you would not then have perplexed me in 
 the converfation we lad held on thofe heads. 
 
 On the following day at breakfaft, Mr. Meekly took 
 out his pocket-book, and produced bank bills to the 
 amount of fomeihing upward of five thoufand pounds. 
 He then prefented them to Mr. Clinton, and faid, 
 here, Sir, is a little matter toward repayment of the 
 ioan I had from you in Holland. 1 blefs, 1 blcfs my 
 God, that he has enabled me thus far to approve myfclf 
 an honeft man ; but above all, I blefs him for giving 
 me once more a fight of the gracious countenance of 
 my Patron. But for you, I had miferably pcrifhed in 
 a dungeon ; to you. Sir, I owe my liberty, to you I 
 owe my life, to you I owe the recovery of the inherit- 
 ance of my fathers.. With refpeft to fuch obligations 
 I am indeed a beggared infolvent ; but my heart is 
 plealed with the thought, that the connexion between 
 us, of creditor on your part, and of debtor on rnine, 
 fliould remain on record to all eternity. 
 
 Here the worthy Meekly became opprcfled under 
 fenTsriohs of grateful recolieftion, and, putting his 
 handkerchief to his eyes, he fobbed out his paffion. 
 
 In the mean time Mr. Clinton held the bills in his 
 hand, and carelefsiy cafling his eye over them perceived 
 the amount. As icon as he faw that his friend's emo- 
 tion had partly fubuded, You have, Mr. Meekly, ftys 
 he, you have been quite a gofpel fteward, and have 
 returned me my own with mofl: unlocked for ufury, 
 and i heartily pray God, in recompenfe of your 
 
 integrity, 
 
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 integrity, to give you the principality of many c't'es 
 in the kingdom of his Son. But what (hah I do w. h 
 this money, my dc.ir Meekly ? My wealth already 
 overflows ; it is my only incumbrance. It clanns my 
 attention, indeed, as it is a truil for which I know I 
 am flri6Uy accountable. But I wifh Providence would 
 reclaim the whole to himlelf, and leave me as one of 
 his mendicants, who daily wait on the hand that fup- 
 plieth all who feek his kingdom with necefTary things. 
 For my Harry has enough, and more than enough now, 
 in the abundance of his noble father. You mull there- 
 fore keep thefe bills to yourfelf, my worthy friend ; 
 retain, or give, or dilpofe of them, even as it fhall 
 pleafe you ; whether as your property or as my pro- 
 perty, it matters not fixpence ; but, take them back, 
 you muft take them back, indeed, my Meekly. And 
 fo faying, he fnoved them over from him on the 
 table. 
 
 Ah, my mofl: honoured Sir, exclaimed the repining 
 Meeklv, (ure you would not ferve me fo : My foul is 
 but jufl: eafed of a load that lav heavy on it for many, 
 many years. Be not then fo ievere as to replace the 
 burden upon me. It would break my very heart fliould 
 you perfift in refuling this little mflance of acknow- 
 ledgment from one of your warmcii lovers. 
 
 Here Harry found himlelf affected and diftreflcd for 
 the parties, and, in order to relieve them, took the 
 decifion of the rrialter upon hlmfelf. Gentlemen, fays 
 he, I will, with your good pleafure, put a quick end 
 to this difpute. I olTcr myfelf to you as your joint 
 truflee, to be your almoner and difpofer of thefe bills. 
 As I was lately on my rambles through Ibme villages 
 near London, the jingle of a number of infant volce« 
 liruck my ear, and turning and looking in at the window 
 of a long cottage, 1 perceived about thirty little girls, 
 neatly dreffcd in a kind of uniform, and all very bufily 
 and varioully employed in hackling, carding, knitting, 
 or fpiuning, or in fcwing at their lamplers, or learning 
 tlieir letters, and fo forth. 
 
 The adjoining houfe contained ahout an equal num- 
 bcr of boys, moll of whom were occupied in learning 
 the rudimenli of the fcvcral handy. craft trades, whilt 
 
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 the reft were bufied in cultivating a back field, intend- 
 ed as a garden for thefe two young families. I was fo 
 pleafed with what I law, that 1 gave the mafters and 
 miftreffes fome fmall matter; and I refolved, wit,hiii 
 myfelf, if ever I (hould be able, to gather together a 
 little family of my own for the like purpofes. Now, 
 gentlemen, here comes Mr. Meekly's money quite in 
 feafon for faving jull: fo much of my own. But fmce I 
 am grown fuddenly rich, I think 1 will be generous 
 for once, and add as much more out of my proper 
 ftock. 1 (hall alfo make fo free as to draw on my 
 uncle there for the like fum ; and thefe added together 
 will make a pretty beginning of my little projeft. 
 As to my poor father here, he has nothing to fpare, 
 for he has already lavifhed all his wealth on his naughty- 
 boy. 
 
 My lord and the company laughed heartily at Harry's 
 pleafantry. — But hearkee, honelt friend, added the earl, 
 you mull not think to expofe me, by leaving rae out of 
 your fcheme; cannot you lend me as muah, Harry, as 
 will anfwer my quota r Yes, my lord, faid Harry, 
 upon proper fecuricies 1 think 1 may venture. You are 
 a rogue, and my treafure, and my hoROur, cried the 
 carl, turning and bending fondly toward him, while 
 Harry's eyes began to fwim with pleafure, and carting 
 himfelf into his father's bofom, he^there hid the teats 
 of his fwelling delight ; Mr. Clinton and Mr. Meekly 
 fitting filently wrapt in the enjoyment of the tender 
 fcene. 
 
 But it foon became too oppreflive for Harry's fenfi- 
 bility. He arofe from his father's bofom, retired into 
 the garden to give vent to his pafiions, and recover his 
 fpirits in the open air. 
 
 .After fome minutes fpent in this fpeechlefs rapture, 
 1 believe, Sir, faid Meekly to Mr. Clincon, that there 
 is not fuch a boy as your nephew, no, not in the whole 
 univerfe ; every look and accent, every motion, fibre, 
 and member, fo wonderfully anfwering to the rneeknefs 
 and modefty, the honour, the gallantry, and intrepidity 
 of his fpirit. He fhrinks from praife, he is aihaaied 
 before it ; and yet his words fmk as balm on the heart, 
 and his adlions compel people to affront him with re- 
 jeded honours wherever he goes. While 1 look on his 
 
 Vol. iL R lovely 
 
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 lovely and lowly coup.tenance, and Inwardly embrac* 
 hini, I fecretly fay to myfelf, you are a proof, my 
 Harry, that the lower the roots of humility ftrike, the 
 more the exalted branches afcend, I attend, l lludy 
 him, and look upon and revere him, as the moil per- 
 feci copy that ever yet was taken of the omnipotent 
 babe in the manger. 
 
 The other day, he prefervcd his noble father and mc 
 from being rent in pieces by a mad and foaming mon- 
 jler of a mailifF. But, his calmnefs of courage, with 
 his quicknefs of adion, his prowefs and power on- that 
 Qccahon, exceeded all that I ever met with in fable-. 
 Pray, my lord, have you not yet told your brother of 
 that wonderful incident? No, indeed, faid the earl, 
 my Harry continued with us, till within this minute> 
 and I was cautious of offending him by mentioning the 
 matter. For, he can fcarce bear to be thanked for the 
 charity he gives, and much lefs to be praifed for any 
 accomplifhraent. O, my brother, my brother, what 
 do I owe you.? A debt immenfe indeed, never, 
 never, to be paid, for this inellimable treafure of a 
 boy. 
 
 As the earl and his beloved guefts were enjoying 
 themfelves in this blifsful manner, John entered, with 
 tidings that an embally of a fcore of laffes waited at 
 the hall-door, and were puOiing before them the pret- 
 tied maiden he ever beheld, to be their fpokefwoman. 
 Immediately my lord ordered that they fhould be intro- 
 duced, and quickly after a clatter was heard without, 
 crying, " Indeed, indeed now Mifs A^gy, you mull 
 aiid ihall fpeak for us." The door was then throvvn 
 open, and a young creature entered, -blufliing, and 
 panting, and followed by a group of girls, who put 
 her forward before them. 
 
 The earl, in pain for her fweet confufion, fpoke 
 kindly to encourage her, while Harry arofe and helped 
 them round with a glafs of wine. By the time that 
 this was done, the foremoft who had not yet dared to 
 look one of-them in the face, but kept her eyes bent 
 on the ground, as though (he had been afhamed of their 
 brlghtnefs, became a little more affured. 
 
 If — if — my lord, faid Ihe, tremblingly, if your 
 ■ honoured — your very honourable brother is here — we 
 
 come 
 
( 'W ) 
 
 ecftnte to invito him and his company to a dance :-- ^ 
 And we will attend you with pleafure, my little angel, 
 cried the earl. But, pray, who are you, and where 
 do you live ? — So pleafe you, my lord, my father's 
 name is Abel JeiTamin, and he is lately come tenant t6 
 part of your lordfhip's eftate. — Then 1 will make him 
 a prefent of at leaft a year's rent for his fair daughter** 
 fake. Here, John, give five guineas a-piece to thoC^ 
 pretty laffes, to buy each of them a riband. And, do 
 you hear, bring me twenty guineas for this their 
 ambafiadrefs. — Not for the world, my lord, indeed I 
 will not accept a farthing. My father, though peer, 
 is very jealous of his honour, and fiiould I take any- 
 thing from any man living, he would never fufter me 
 to darken the light that fnines in at his door. 
 
 Aggy th'en made a curtfey to the ground, and re- 
 treated, attended by the affedionate regards of tlie 
 company. Who can this creature be, cried out the 
 6arl, fo lovely, fo uncommon, fuch a fvveet diilinftion 
 about her ? Ah ! exclaimed Mr. Clinton, what a pity 
 it would be that fuch innocence fhould be feduced ! 
 And yet, that is mod likely to be the cafe, faid Mr. 
 Meekly, (ince beauty procures its own undoing, and 
 lovelinefs is the very magnet that attracts men to its 
 deftrudlion. Harry half fupprefled a figh, bat fai4 
 nothing. 
 
 The horfes were now immediately ordered to be put 
 to, and our company drove into the town, accompanied 
 by the acclamations of hundreds upon hundreds who 
 lined the way. As foon as they came to the market- 
 place, the coach fet them down near a fpacious flooring 
 that was raif^d in open air, about a foot from the 
 ground, and furrounded with benches raifed one above 
 the other, fo as to be capable of containing the great 
 number prefent. 
 
 When they were fhewn to the feats prepared fof 
 them, they were ferved with a variety of wines and 
 cakes ; for our open-hearted townfmen hai fpared no 
 cofl for the entertainment of their noble guerts, and 
 their neighbours ; the band of mufic (the choiceft that 
 could bi got) began to play, and the jubilee was 
 opened in full triumph. My lord then wiftied, in 
 fecret, that Harry and Mifs Jeflamin would lead th^ 
 R z ball; 
 
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 ball ; but, obfcrving that his fon looked f^mething 
 dejedled, he imputed it to fatigue, and fuppreiTed his 
 defire. In the mean time the lads and lafTes entered 
 upon the ftage, and feveral footed it away featly, and 
 with all due applaufe. 
 
 As Harry had not yet opened his lips to the amiable 
 A^gy, nor even prefented his hand to lead her out, 
 ihe declined every other hand that was offered to her. 
 At length, as the day began to lofc of its luHre, Mr. 
 Clinton whifpered to Harry, and requefted the favour 
 that he would dance. 
 
 The defire of father or uncle was inftantly, to 
 Harry, the fame as the command of the grand Seignior 
 to his flave. He arofe, and walking up to Mifs Aggy, 
 took her hand with a moil refpedlful bow, and led her 
 out to dance a minuet, in which they both acquitted 
 themfelves with fuch grace, as to bring tears of delight 
 into molt of the eyes that beheld them. That night, 
 after fupper, while Harry joined with the company in 
 a kind of conftrained cheerfulnefs, they began to com- 
 pliment him on his dancing, when Harry replied, in 
 evident difcontent, No fnore, no more, my friends ! 
 indeed, 1 never fo thoroughly defpifed and detelled 
 myfelf as I do at this inftant. And fo faying, he rofe 
 hailily and withdrew. 
 
 Mr, Meekly foon followed him into his chamber, 
 and fitting down in filence, while Harry was flowly 
 undrefling, My dear young friend, fays he, I grieve 
 to fee you indifpofcd. Indeed, Sir, faid Harry, I am 
 fiot quite as I wifh, and yet I dare not complain. Ah, 
 my dear boy, cried Meekly, I know your diforder 
 perfedly well. I marked the rife and the progrefs, I 
 law the whole as it palfed. Had Aggy Jeflamin been 
 indifferent to you, you would have danced and con- 
 verfcd as familiarly with her as with any other girl. 
 But you dreaded your own feelings, and you dreaded, 
 (till more, that thofe feelings fliould be betrayed to the 
 obfervatlon of others. I know Aggy Jeflamin and her 
 father ; fiie is indeed very lovely and very deferving ; 
 but yet (he is no mate for you, my Harry. 
 
 Ah, Sir, cried Harry, fince you have already fee» 
 fo far into my foul, 1 think I had better open my whole 
 bofom to you. You will look down upon me, to be 
 
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 fure, you will hold me in the utmoft contempt ; bur, 
 no .matter for that, (o you promife not to love me the 
 lefs. I own to you Mr. Meekly, that I love Aggy 
 Jeffamin; my heart alfo tells me that I fhall always 
 love her. What then muft be the confequence of my 
 unhappy affedlion ? Neither my father nor uncle will 
 ever approve of our union ; and I would rather pine 
 to death than offend the one or the other. 
 
 Should I happen to meet the fweet girl apart, I fear. 
 Bay 1 feel, that I Ihould not be able to refill the temp- 
 tation, and, fhould fhe happen to yield, what a ruin 
 mult enfue ! If Ihe loved me, it would break the poor 
 thing's heart to be forfaken, and the breaking of her's- 
 would break my heart alfo. And yet I could never 
 think of continuing in a criminal commercer 
 
 Ah, my dear Mr. Meekly, pity the wcaknefs of 
 your friend, and pity the ignorance that he is in of his 
 o>wnfpirit. My ^eart exalted this very day in its own 
 humility, while it: felt itielf infenfible to the acclama- 
 tions of the vulgar, and while I refle<Sled that a fev/ 
 years would fo^n cripple the performer of fuch trifling, 
 exploits, or poffibly render me in old age^, the ridi- 
 culous boa Her of the feats cf my childhoods Buc^ 
 when the fweet breath of Aggy gave its pleafmg 
 applaufe, vanity and felf-efteem funk, with* her appro- 
 bation., deep into my bofom, and 1 have not yet been- 
 able to difpoffefs them. O, help me then, Mr. P*Ieekiy, 
 help me to- ftruggle againlt rayfelf j better it is to fuffer 
 all that the cruel conflift may cofl me, tkan^ to fuifer the- 
 ftings of that never-ending remorfe, which would teap 
 my foul for having injured the obje<5l of my aiFe(5tion, 
 
 Meekly was in tears, a^id could not anfwer for fome 
 ti«ne. — Yes — fays he at length, 1 will aifill youin-thr:> 
 combat, a combat more glorious than ever was foughSk 
 by all the Cssfirs and Alexanders that ever drew fwoidv 
 And I will p;ray to the Captain of our faivatioR> in- 
 your behalf; that he may fight the good fight ho-zh ir* 
 you and for you, and finally crown you with the wr^atlv 
 of eternal glory. But then you mufV be ruled;^ yoit- 
 muft conform to- the prefcriptions of your fcvere, but 
 wKolefome phyfician ; in (hort, my dear child, yoa 
 ipuil not fee her any more. — What never, Mr. Pvleekly, 
 never fee her any more? That is haf4; iitdeed. — U 
 
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 is a necefiaTy hardfhip ; could you anrwer to yourfelf 
 the confequences of iuch an indulgence? — I could not, 
 1 could not, I confefs it, my friend. — I will prevail 
 Bpon her father to fend her far from you; and I will 
 look out for fom.e agreeable man who m.ay make her a 
 worthy hufband. 
 
 O, you bear, too hard upon me, too hard, indeed, 
 cried Harry. What, give her to another ? And yet 
 tnat is an ungenerous regret ; for, why fhould I 
 grudge that happinefs to another which I cannot 
 enjoy ? Well then be it fo, fince it muft be fo, Mr. 
 Meekly. Take her, bear her, tear her away from my 
 fight; a fortune equal to her merit is above my power 
 to give ; but take for her a fufficiency to fupply the 
 comforts, the conveniencies of life ; and more, I am 
 confident (he defpifes. Here Harry fat down and 
 wept, and was accompanied by his friend. But, the 
 conflicl was now over ; and though his heart was 
 deeply grieved, it was much more at eafe. 
 
 The next morning, at brcakfaft, Harry appeared to 
 be quite compofed. When the earl^ taking a bundle 
 of papers from his pocket, turned with a fond and 
 ConciliwCing air, to Mr. Clinton, and faid : My deareft 
 brother, when you fhall be at leifure to call your eye 
 over this parcel, you will find that I have not been all 
 along the unnatural kinfman you had caofe to appre- 
 hend. Thefe are copies of the letters which I fent in 
 fearch of you through feveral parts of Europe, and 
 in which I petitioned you to pardon my pail offences, 
 and to return and pofTefs yourfelf of your rights in 
 tlie half of my fortune, and the whole of my heart. 
 
 Precious pledges, cried, Mr. Clinton, are all things 
 to me that bring me any inftance of the afFedion of fo 
 dear a brother ; and fo faying he put the papers into 
 his bofom. But tell me, my ever amiable Harry 
 Clinton, continued the earl, where in the world could 
 you hide yourfelf from my enquiries thefe twenty 
 years pail ? I have got fome fcattered fketches of your 
 hillory from Mr. Meekly and my fon here, and have 
 been burning to learn the whole, but dreaded to afk 
 you that favour, left the recollec^tion of fome pafTages 
 fliould give you dillrefs. 1 refufe no pain to do you a 
 fie^fyrp, my brother.. 
 
 (Hen 
 
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 (Here the honourable Mr. Clinton began his Jlory, as 
 formerly recited , and that night fent his auditors ^Meeting to 
 bed. On the follouoing morniTig ^johen he came to that part of 
 his narratinje <where lady Maitland broke aivay, he pro* 
 ceeded as follows.) 
 
 Having travelled through fevera,! parts of Fraacr 
 and Italy, I took Germany in my tour. I ftayed fome 
 time at Spa where I drank the waters, and within the 
 year arrived, ir^ perfect health, at Rotterdam. 
 
 On a vifit to Mr. De Wit, at his Villa near the city,. 
 he told me, he had, at that time, in his houfe and his 
 guardianftiip, one of the moft extraordinary women in 
 the univerfe. Though fhe is now, fays he, advancing 
 towards the decline of life, fhe is by far the mofl. 
 finifhed female I ever beheld, while all fhe fays, and 
 all llie does, give a grace to her perfon that is quite 
 indefcribable. She has a youth too, her fon, with her, 
 who is neatly as great a rarity as herfelf ; and, were it 
 not that his complexion is fallow, and that he is fome- 
 what fhort of a leg, and blind of one eye, he would 
 pofitively be the moft lovely of all the human fpecies. 
 
 You put me in mind, faid I, laughing, of the Bar- 
 ratarian wench, who was commended to governor San- 
 cho as the mofl accomplifhed beauty within a league^ 
 with this exception only, that one eye was blind, and 
 that the other ran with brimflone and vermilion. But 
 pray, who are thefe wonders ? 
 
 That, faid he, I cannot declare. They are^evidently 
 people of the firft fafhion, and muft have fome umcom- 
 mon reafons for their prefent conduiSl, as they, live 
 quite retired and admit no company. 
 
 I protefl, faid I., you have raifed my curiofity in. 
 earneil. Is there no managing fo as to procure me a. 
 Ihort tete a tete with them ? I wifh there was,, fays he, 
 for I long to know how far your fentiments agree with 
 mine in this matter. Yefterday the lady told me that 
 Hie intended to go and. refide fome time in England, 
 and that I would oblige her by getting a perfon duly 
 qualified to initiate her and. her foa inthe language of 
 that country. And now> if fuch a fine gentleman as 
 you could condefcend to undrefs himfelf, you might 
 tom.c to-morrow, as a perfon who wanted hire, and I 
 
 might 
 
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 «ight introduce you to an interview by the way or 
 treating, provided you are apon honour not to reveal 
 any thing concerning them or their place of abode. 
 
 /JThe next morning 1 waited on Mr. De Wit, under 
 the appearance of a reduced gentleman. 
 
 The lady received and fpoke to me with that digni- 
 fied complacence which awes while it engages, and, 
 while it attrads, forbids an irreverent familiarity. She 
 was, every thing that my friend had boafted of* her ; 
 for though her perfon was all majefiy, her manner was 
 all grace. Will you anfwer for the difcretion of this 
 young man, Mr. De Wit ? I will. Madam, fays he, 
 1 bowed to them both. 
 
 On turning, I perceived that her fon eyed me with 
 much attention, and I, on my part, furveyed him with 
 the utmofc aftoniftiment. He laboured indeed, ap- 
 parenily, under all tiie difadvantages that my friend 
 defcribed ; but incliantment lurked on his accents and 
 in the dimpling of his lips; and, when he fmiled, 
 heaven itfelf was infufed through the fine roundings of 
 his olive-coloured countenance. 
 
 In fhort, I felt fuch a fudden attachment to thefe ex- 
 traordinary perfonages, that I refolved to keep on the 
 deception, at lead for a few days, and accordingly en- 
 gaged with them at a Hated falary. I entered on my 
 province. My young pupil, efpecially, began to im- 
 prove apace ; and, as I was particularly cautious of 
 obfcrving the diftant refpe<^ that fuited my ilation, I 
 grew into great favour both with mother and fon. 
 How long, Mr. De Wit would fay, do you propofe ta 
 €arry oa this farce ? Till I can prevail upon them, I 
 anfwered, to accompany me to England. For I feei 
 my affections fo tied to them, that 1 cannot think of 
 parting. 
 
 On a day as I fat with my pupil in his apartment, 
 he happened to let his book fall, and, as 1 fto-oped to 
 take it up, the pi<^ure of my Matilda, highly done in 
 enamel, and fet with brilliants to a great value, fud- 
 denly loofed from its riband, and dropped through the 
 bofom of my fhirt upon the floor. I Hood greatly 
 abaihed by this accident ; but my pupil, ftill more 
 alarmed, ftartcd up, and, catching at it, gazed upon it 
 iateatly. Ah, my friend, faid he, 1 doubt you are aa 
 
 impollor i 
 
 
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 impollor ! The proprietor of this Jewel would never 
 let himfelf out to hire without fomt- finifler defign. 
 Who, Sir, and what are you ? 
 
 I own, faid I, that I am not what I Teem ; I am of 
 noble defcent, and have riches fufficient to purchafe a 
 principality. — And what then could induce you to 
 impofe upon us as you have done ? — Curicfity at firft, 
 and then the ftrong inclination which I took both to 
 you and your mother at our firft interview : nor did I 
 propofe to reveal myfelf till we {hould reach my native 
 country, where all forts of honours a-«d affluence at- 
 tend you. — Tell me then, faid he, whofe pi<^ure is^ 
 this ? Is it the face. Sir, of your millrefs or your 
 wife? (looking very inquifitively at me.) Ah, faid T, 
 ihe was once millrefs of the hearts of thoufands. She 
 was once alfo my wife : but the dear faint is now 
 eternally blefled with a more fuitable bridegroom. 
 
 Will you indulge me. Sir, faid he, with the ftory 
 of your loves ? It may atone, in a great meafure, for 
 your late deception, which, however well meant, was 
 very alarming. Here I related to him the ihort pathe- 
 tic hiftory that I told you of my Matilda, with which 
 he was fo affrftec^^ and in fuch a violent agitjation, 
 that I was quite affrighted for him, and flopped 
 feveral times, but he infilled on my proceeding. 
 
 Ah, faid he, when I concluded, fhould 1 ever be 
 conforted in the manner that you and your Matty 
 were, how blelTed I fhould think myfelf 1 I have, faid 
 T, a little coufin in England, perhaps the loveliell 
 child in the world, and if you will marry her, when 
 you both come to proper years, I will fettle ten^ 
 millions of French money upon you. ^Mean time I 
 befeech you to fay nothing to your mamma of what 
 has pafTed. I wiil not, faid he, unlefs I fee a necefliiy 
 for it. 
 
 That night I went to the city to fettle the affairs of 
 my houfehold. On my return next morning, I met 
 Mr. De Wit at the gate of his court. Ah, my friend, 
 faid he, our amiable guefls are departed. Gone! I 
 cried, gone ! which way, where to, I pray you ? 
 That alfo is a fecret, faid he, which I am not per- 
 mitted to tell you. Late in the evening there arrived 
 a retinue of about twenty fervants, flrongly armed and 
 
 mounieda 
 
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 mounted, with a flying chaife and fijc horfes, and a ''^ 
 packet of letters. The lady did not go to bed, but 
 ordered all things to be in readinefs for their departure 
 againil the rifmg of the moon. When they were near 
 ietting out, and going to bid me adieu. Have you no 
 commands. Madam, faid T, for the good young man 
 year tutor ? Not a penny, fays ihe, I cannot aftbrd 
 wages equivalent to fervanis of quality. How; 
 Madam, faid J, is my friend then deteAed ? But it 
 was a very innocent and friendly fraud, I afTure you; 
 I fhould not h;ive impofed him upon your ladylhip^ 
 did I not know you to be fafer in his honourable hands 
 than in thofe of any other. 
 
 I then gave them an account of your family, your 
 vail fortune, nor was I quite filent as to your merits, 
 my dear friend, and 1 added that I was fenfible yo* 
 would be deeply afiiided at the departure of perfons to 
 whom you were fo flrongly attached. There is no help 
 for h} rer'lied my lady ; we have reafons of the utmoft 
 import for not difcloling ourfelves to him. Tell him, 
 however, that we eiteem him highly — afFe6l him ten- 
 derly — fhall think of him — (hall pray for him — and — 
 and laftly — that you faw drop a grateful tear to his re- 
 membrance. 
 
 As I could extort no further intelligence from my 
 friend Mr. De Wit, I parted in a half kind of chagrin, 
 and prepared to purfue my fugitives, though I knew 
 not what .road to take, nor where to turn me for the 
 purpofe. At all adventures, however, I fet out on the 
 way to France, as they appeared to be of that country, 
 as well by the elegance of their manners as by their 
 fluency in the language. I was attended by eleven of 
 as brave and faithful fellows as ever thruft themfelves 
 between their mafter and danger. 
 
 On the fifth day, as we got on the borders of French 
 Flanders, in an open and defolate v/ay, with a forell 
 far on tiie k-fc, ^ mm rode toward us on the fpur, and 
 approaching, crijd out, Help, gentlemen, for heaven's 
 fake, help to refcue .my dear ladies, who are plundered 
 and carried away by the banditti. They have killed 
 or mortally wounded twenty of my companions, and I 
 alone am left to cry out for relief.— I bid him lead, 
 and we followed. 
 
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 In a-'few' mimites \^e' catne where we Taw a great 
 .iwimber of the dead and dying, covering the fand ahct 
 ^hin heibage. But our leader cried out Stop nOt here, 
 my noble friends ! Yonder they are, yonder they are ! 
 they- hare jtift taken away all our horfes, luggage, 
 and coach, and are now at the plunder. I am weak- 
 through lofs of blood, but will help you the bell I 
 may. 
 
 Here he fpurred again toward the enemy, but his- 
 borfe would not anfwer his courage, I then looked' 
 -about to obferv^e if any advantage c6uld be taken; for 
 I perceived that the ruffians were fllll very numerous, 
 about thirty who had furvived the late combat ; but 
 feeing that the country was quite open, and that we 
 had nothing but refolution and our God to help us, I 
 commended myfelf to him in fo good a caufe, and 
 putting my horfe to fpeed, I rode full at the foe, con- 
 fident of being gallantly fupported. 
 
 When the banditti perceived us, they inilantly 
 quitted the plunder, and gathering into a group, they 
 prepared their carbines, and difcharged them full at us 
 as we drew near. As I happened to be foremoft £ 
 received the greateft damage. One of their balls gave 
 me this mark in ray neck, another palTed through the 
 flefh of my left (houlder, and another through my hat, 
 and left this fear in my head. But when we came in 
 upon them, hand to hand, had they doubled their num- 
 bers they would have been as nothing to us, IVIy 
 faithful Irifliman levelled half a fcore of them with his 
 own hand, and in a few minutes we had no opponent 
 in the field: I then rode up to the coach and perceived^ 
 two ladies in it, pale as death, and funk fenfelefs to 
 the bottom. Immediately I ordered my furgeon to 
 take a little blood from them, and on their recovery, 
 to follow me, with all my people, and all the horfes, 
 baggage. Set. to the neareft inn. Then feeling my- 
 wounds begin to fmart, I took my furgeon with me, 
 and gallopped away. 
 
 In about a league we came to a large houfe of enter- 
 tainment, and finding myfelf fick and qualmifh, thrd' 
 the great effafion of blood, I had my wounds direftly 
 drefled, and taking a draught of whey, got into a 
 warm bed. After a night of uneafy {lumbers, the cur- 
 tain 
 
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 tain of the bed was gently^ drawn afide, and awaking, 
 I heard a voice fay, in foft mufic. Ah, my de^r 
 mamma, i. is he, it is he himfelf ! 
 
 On lifting my feeble eyes. I perceived a vifion at 
 my fide of a female appearance, but more lovely than 
 any thing 1 had ever conceived of the inhabitants in 
 blifs. Her eyes fvvam in glory, and her whole form 
 feemed compofed of harmony and light. While I 
 gazed in filent altoniihment, I heard another voice fay, 
 Do not you know us, my fon, my dear Mr. Clinton, 
 do not you rememi^er your pupils ? Do not you re- 
 member your blind, lame, and tawny Lewis ? He is 
 now turned into a pafiable girl there, whofe honour 
 and life you yellerday preferved at the peril of your 
 own. 
 
 Here, feizing her hand, I prefled it to my lips, and 
 cried. Am I then fo bleffed, my honoured Madam, as 
 to have done fome fervice to the two deareir objeds of 
 my heart's affedions ? Soft, fays flie, none of thefe 
 tranfports ! Your furgeon tells us that repofe is necef- 
 fary for you. Mean time we will eo and make the bell 
 provifion for you that the place can afford. And after 
 that I will fend a difpatch to my lord, and let him 
 know how very deeply he and we and all his houfe are 
 indebted to you. 
 
 For that day and the foUov/ing week, as my fever 
 grew fomewhat high, I faw no more of the daughter, 
 and the mother ftayed no longer than to adminiflcr 
 fomething to me, or barely to enquire how I was. At 
 length I began to recover, when the former vifion de- 
 fcended upon my ravifhed fenfes, the vifion of that 
 Louifa, the fight of whom never failed to bring de- 
 light to the hearts of all beholders. 
 
 They fat down by my fide, and my lady, taking my 
 hand, and looking te'nderly at me. What would you 
 think, faid (he fmiling, of my Louy for a wife ? Ah, 
 Madam, I exclaimed, fhc would be too much of blifs, 
 too precious, too overpowering for the heart and fenfes 
 of any mortal. Do not tell me fo, cries my lady, in 
 my eyes, you are full as amiable for a hulband as (he 
 can be for a wife. Befide, you have earned her, my 
 fon, (he is your own dear purchafe, by a fervice cf 
 infinite value, and at the price of your precious blood. 
 
 She 
 
( 'bs ) 
 
 She has told me the (lory of your firfl love, and" the 
 recolledion of it never fails to bring tears from my 
 eyes. But 1 mull hereafter hear the whole from your 
 own moath, with all your other adventures, the fmall- 
 eil incident will be very intereiling to me, I aflure you. 
 O, you are, to a hair, the very man I wilh for my 
 Louifa; the brave, the tender, gentle, and generous 
 heart ; juft the thing I would have wiHied for nlyfelf, 
 when 1 was at the age of my Louy. 
 
 But, my deareft, my honoured Madam, you have 
 not yet told me how your Louifa is inclined. Where- 
 upon the bewitching creature, fmiling, and b ufhng, 
 reached forth a polifhed hand of living alabailer. 
 Here, (lie cried, I prefent you with this trifle, in token 
 that 1 do not hate you. — 
 
 My Clinton, faid my lady, I have fent oiF my 
 favourite fervant Gerard, with my difpatches to my 
 lord. He is the only one that remains of all my 
 Tdtinue. Your furgeon has dreiled his wound, and 
 pronounces it fo flight as not to incommode him on his 
 journey. I chofe him more particularly for the carrier 
 of my purpofes, as he was a witnefs of your valour, 
 and can teftify to my lord with what intrepidity you 
 rufhed foremoll into the thick of the aflallins, and with 
 what unexampled bravery you defeated, in a fhort 
 time, a body of three or four times your number. 
 Thefe things, I trufl: will have their due weight ; for 
 though my lord is of a lofty and inflexible nature, he 
 is yet alive to the feelings of honour and jullice, fo 
 that Our affairs have a hopeful afpesSl. But you are a 
 little fluihed my child ; we will not encroach further 
 upon you till to-morrow. 
 
 During the three following weeks, though confined 
 to my room, I was able to e^joy their company ; ani 
 the happiiiefs of my heart accelerated my recovery. 
 Whcii bills did I experience during that interval ! The 
 .leather ar.ci daughter fcarce ever left my flde. One 
 morning, when I jail awoke from a terrifying dream, 
 they both entered with peace and comfort in th^i 
 'Ouhteiunces. 
 
 What is thd matter, ihy Clinton, faid my lady, youi 
 ■ce do&$ notfeem compoied to thiu complacence which 
 
 fe^t^d in vour heart. Ah, Madani, I cried, I hav^ 
 
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 tctn all night tormented with the moft alarming viilons ' 
 1 ever had in my life. Three times I dreamed fuccef- 
 fively that my Louifa and 1 were walking hand in 
 hand through the fields of Elyfium, or in the gardens 
 of Alcinous, gazing, and drinking in large draughts 
 of love from each other : when at one time a huge and 
 tremendous dragon, and again a fudden earthquake, 
 and agr.in au im.petuous hurricane came, and caught, 
 and levered us far afunder. 
 
 But my vifions, faid the heavenly fmiling Louifa, 
 have been of a very different nature. I dreamed that 
 while we were ftanding on the brink of a frightful preci- 
 pice together, your Matilda defcended, all celeftial, 
 and a thoufand times more lovely than fiie appears in 
 the portra it that youcarry about you. At firft 1 feared 
 tha;f fne came to reclaim you to herfelf ; but inftead of 
 that Ihe fmiled upon me, and began to carefs me, and 
 taking my right hand (he put it into yours. Then 
 afcending in her brightnefs, ihe hovered awhile on 
 high, and calling down upon me a look of fixed love, 
 ihe gave me a beck with her hand, as it were to fol- 
 low, and was immediately loll m glory. O, my dear 
 children, cried the Marchionefs, might I but once fee 
 you united, how I ihould lift my head ! or rather how 
 Satisfied 1 fhould be to lay it down in peace, having 
 nothing further to care for on this fide of eternity. 
 
 That night 1 ilept founder than ufual, and did not 
 awake till the day was fomewhat advanced. On open- 
 ing the curtain, I faw James feated in a moody pollure 
 by the fide of my bed. How are the ladies, James ? 
 faid I. Gone, Sir, gone. Gone ! I cried out. Yes, 
 Sir, gone indeed, but with very heavy hearts, and both 
 of them diowned in tears. Here has been a large 
 body of foldiers fent for them, fo that there was no 
 refifting. Poor Gerard went on his knees to his lady, 
 to beg permiflion to throw himfelf at your feet, and to 
 bid you adieu, but Ihe would not allow him. Mean 
 time, ihe charged me with this watch and ring, and 
 this letter for your honour. I catched at the letter, 
 and, tearing it open, read over and over, a thoufand 
 times, what will for ever be engraved on my heart. 
 
 "We leave you, we leave you, moil beloved of 
 xnen, and wc arc miferable io fo doing, but alas, we 
 
 are 
 
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 aie not our own millrefies. My lorH, for this time, 
 has proved unjuft and ungrateful ; and refufes your 
 Louifa, as well to my prayers, as to your infmice 
 merits. He has affianced her, as it fecms, to a princ9 
 of the blood, and his ambition has blinded hiin to all 
 ether confiderations. Be not yet in defpair, we (hall 
 exert our very utmoft to get this injurious fentenet 
 reverfed; and if your Louifa inherits my blood or 
 fpirit, not all the engines of torture in France wilj 
 ever compel her to give her hand to another. In thf 
 mean time, follow us not, come not near us, w# 
 befeech you. Should you be difcovered, you will ine- 
 vitably be alTaffinated, and we alfo fhouid periih in 
 your lofs, my fon. We- are diilra^led by our fears for 
 you, and it is this fear that has prevented us from dif- 
 clofing ourfelves fully to you. Keep up your corref- 
 pondence, however, with our friend Ds Wit, and 
 through him you (hall learn the firit favourable turn 
 that happens in our affairs. 1 leave you my ring in 
 token of your being the wedded of our heart, an4 
 Louifa leaves you her watch, to remind you of 
 time part, and to look upon, when at leafurCj.and 
 think of. 
 
 Your Eloisa be ■ ■ 
 Your Lou IS A DE 
 
 Yes, T cried, ye precious relics, ye delicious me- 
 morandums, to my lips, to my heart! Be ye the 
 companions of my folitude, the confolers of my afflic- 
 tion ! fooner (hall this arm be torn off, and time itfelf 
 pafs away, than one or the other Ihall be divided frocn 
 my cuilody. Ah, how ufelefs are admonitions to the- 
 impatience of a lover ! fervent love can know na 
 fears. I was no fooner able to fit my horfe than I fet 
 off direftly for Paris, with this precaution only, that 
 my people ihould call me bv my mother's maiden name 
 of Goodall. 
 
 As we knew not the names or titles of thofe after 
 whom we were in fearch, our eyes became oar only in- 
 quifitors, and 've daily ranged the town, poring intO' 
 every carriage of diilindion for the fight of the mother 
 or daughter ; and even prying among the lacquies and 
 liveries for the face of our friend- Gerard. 
 
 S 2. Or. 
 
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 On a day, as my faithful Iriiliman and J rodt? 
 abroad, reconnoitring the fuburbs, we heard a noir<? 
 and a (hout of dilhefs that iflaed fiom a dilhmt farm- 
 houfe : and, as we hailened up, the tunnilt grew 
 louder, and the cry of help ! and murder ! was feveral 
 times repeated. We inftantly knocked at the door, 
 but were refufed admittance; when my man alighting', 
 ran againft it, and breaking through bars and all with 
 Jtiis foot, threw the door off its hinges. On entering,, 
 we faw a man ftretched on his back on the fioor, with 
 four others about him, who were going to ufe liini 
 very barbaroufly. Stay your hands, I cried ; I will 
 ihoot the firil man through the head who ihali dare to 
 proceed in this bufmefs^ 
 
 Why, Sir, faid a young fellow, rifing, this man 
 wanted to be gracious with my pretty young wife. I 
 caught him in the very attempt, and fo I think it but 
 fair and honed to fpoil him at fuch fport for time to 
 come. Ah, but, faid I, you might murder him, and 
 I cannot fuffer that. Come, my friend, no harm ap- 
 pears to be done as yet, and if he pays a handfome 
 penance for the wickednefs of his intention, I would 
 advife you to pafs matters over for the prefent. Say 
 how much do ypu dernand ? Five hundred louis d'ors, 
 faid the feiloy^' ; if he pays that he fhall be quit for 
 this turn. 
 
 Five hnisfcdred louis d'ors ! I exclaimed, why, all 
 ihc clothes on his back are oot worth the hundredth 
 part of the furo. True, mailer, faid the peafant^ 
 T^'inking, but his pockets may happen to be richer than 
 his clothes. Well laid I, if he fecures you in half the 
 fum, I think you may be iiitisfied. Why mufter, fincc 
 you have faid it, I will not go back. Whereupon the 
 alloniihed piifoner was permitted to rife. . What do 
 you fay, you fad man you, are you willing to pay this 
 fellow the fum 1 agreed for, in compenfatioj^ of ibu 
 injury you attempted to do him? 1 am. Sir, faid h^e, 
 vith many thanks for your mediation. Then, haHil/ 
 puiiinu; his hand to bis pocket, he too-k out bankers 
 notes to the amount, and we departed the houfe to- 
 gether. 
 
 Ai 1 was juft going to mount, he came up Hful ac- 
 colled me with elegance and dignity. Sir, £iid he, 
 
 you 
 
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 you have made me your debtor beyond exprefilon, be- 
 yond the power of princes to pay. Be pleafed how- ■ 
 ever to accept tlie little I have about me, here are five 
 thoufand louis d'ors in this little note-book. Not a*- 
 penny. Sir, indeed, I am by no means in want. You- 
 muft not refufe, laid he, fome token of my acknow--" 
 ledgement, here is a ftone valued at double the fum t 
 . offered you. Then, taking from a pocket the diamond 
 button of his hat, he prefented it to me. You muft 
 excufe me. Sir,- faid I, I cannot accept of any confi- 
 deration for doing an' aft of humanity, and- 1 rejoice- 
 to have preferved a perfon of your dirtindion and 
 generofity. I then turned my horfe, and though he- 
 called after me, I rode away,, being neither defirous of- 
 knowing nor being known. 
 
 My refearches hitherto being altogether' fruitlefs, T 
 imagined I might, with better likelihood, meet my 
 beloved in the public walks, public theatres, or rooms 
 of dirtinguiihed refort, Oiie night, as I fat alone ina- 
 box at the opera, intently gazing around for [omQ 
 fimilitude of my Loui)a, there entered one of the 
 loveliell young fellows [ ev^er beheld. He careleflly 
 threw himfelf befide me, looked around, withdrew his- 
 eyes, and then lojked at me with fuch a long and' 
 piercing inquilition as alarmed me, and gave m.e caufe 
 to think I was difcovered. 
 
 Though the French feldom hefitate, he- feemcd at 
 once backward and defirous of accoiHng rne. At 
 length he entered upon converfe touching the drama 
 and the mufic, and fpoke with judgment and elc-- 
 gance fuperior to the matter; while I anfwered him- 
 with due complacence, bat in a manner 'that par- • 
 took of that reg^arJleffnefs for trifles which then fat at ^ 
 my heart. 
 
 Between the a£ls, he: turned^ and cafl his eye fud-- 
 denly on me. Sir, fays he, do you believe that there ■; 
 is fuch a thing as fympathy? Oecafionally, Sir, I- 
 think ic may have its efFeft, though I cannot credit all * 
 the wonders that are reported of it. I am forryfor 
 that, fiid he, as I ardently wi(h that your feelings. - 
 were the fame as mine at this in hint. . I nt-ver {aw- 
 you before. Sir, I have no knowledge of yoi\> and^- 
 yetX-declare that, were 1 to choafe-aii-advocate ia* 
 S 3^ iove^. 
 
( 2iO ) 
 
 loye, a fficond lo conibat, or a fiiend in extremity,' 
 yoAi, you are the very man upon whom 1 would pitch. 
 
 I aoiVered not, but fcized his hand jAid prefiid it to 
 my bofom. I conceive. Sir, continued he, n.otvvith- 
 llanding your fluency in the language, that you ai-e 
 not a native. My name is D'Aubigny ; i live at 
 iuch a place, and, if you will do me the pleafure of a 
 iingle vifit, all the honours, refped, and fervicej^ < 
 that our houfe can confer (hall be your's without 
 rekrve. Sir, faid 1, I am of England ; my name is • 
 Goodall, and, as foon as a certain affair allows me to- 
 admit of any acquaintance in Pas is, you lliall be the. 
 iirtl elected of my arms and my heart. 
 
 In a few nights after, as ray Iriihman and I were ■ 
 turning a corner of the Rue de St. Jaques, we faw ; 
 three men, wich their backs to the wail, attacked by 
 nearly three times their number: We did n-ot hefitate 
 a iTioment what part to take. At the firft pafs 1 ran 
 one of the aflafiins through the body; ray fervant 
 levelled two more wiih his oaken fiaff, and the red 
 took to flight. Gfnilemen, faid one of the three, I 
 thank you for this brave ami leafonab'e aflillance. — 
 Koche, run for a furgeow, 1 am wounded, I doubt 
 dantieroufly. — Pierre, Lend me your arm : come gentls- 
 men, we have but a little way to my houfe. 
 
 Though the night was too dark for examining fea- 
 tures, 1 thought the voice was not quite unknown to 
 me. Within a few minutes we arrived at a place that 
 retired inwar i, from the houfes that were ranged on 
 ciihcr hand ; on pulling a bsll, the great door opened 
 upon a fumptuous hall, which led to a parlour, en- 
 lightened by a filver fconce that hung from tl\e vault- 
 ing. As we entered, the mailer turned fliort upon me, 
 and looking full in my face, flatted, and lifting his 
 hands in furprizc, Great Ruler of events ! he ciitd, 
 the very niiin 1 wilhcd my bi'Other and companion 
 through life, and this is thir very man ycai have feut to 
 my relcae f Juft then the furgton arrived, and 1 heard 
 him haltily afking where the marquis v.as. On enter- 
 ing he faid, i am forry for your misfortune, my lord ; 
 but matters may be better than we apprehend. And 
 iimrifidiaiely he took out his cafg of iallrumeiUs, One 
 
 Of 
 
 1 
 
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 of the ruffians, faid the marquis, before I was aware, 
 came behirud ami ran me through the back. 
 
 The furgeon then ripped open his lordfhip's vvaill- 
 eoat, and changed colour on feeing his {hirL drenched 
 in blood ; but, getting him quickly undrefTed. and 
 having probed his wound, he ftruck his hands together 
 and ciied, Courage, my friends ! it is only a I'l-cfh- 
 wound, the weapon has paft'ed clear of the ribs and' 
 vitals. As focn as the marquis's wourjd was drefled, 
 and that we had got him to b-ed, I fancy, Sir, faid I to 
 the iingeon, 1 may have lome fmall occafion for your 
 affi-ftance, I feel a little fmart in my fword arm. On 
 dripping, he found that a chance thrufl had entered 
 about half an inch into the mufcle above my elbow. 
 But he quickly applied the proper dreiTing, and I was 
 preparing to take my leave, when the marquis cried 
 out. You mud not think of parting, my dear friend; 
 you lire the roafter of the mafter here, and lord of this 
 houfe and of all I'hat is in it. 
 
 The furo^x3n then ordered his lofdH^sip to compofe 
 himklf as looii as poflibie ; and, h-avmg wilhed him a 
 good night, I fent my man to my lodgings to let my 
 people know that I was well and in friendly hands. I 
 was then conducted by the domeltics to a fuperb apart- 
 ment, where a cold collation lay upon a fide-board, and 
 a door ftood opsn into a bed-chamber, prepared for my 
 reception. 
 
 I had no domach to eat, I drank a ghfs or two of 
 wine and water, and I rofe and launtercd through the 
 room, muling on my Louifa, and nearly deipairing of 
 being ever able to find her. Some time after I fat 
 down to undrefs and go to bed, when a number of the 
 officers of ju dice fiienily entered my chamber, feized 
 my fword that I had put off, and coming whifperingly 
 to me, comiTKinded me to accompany them, without 
 making any noife. 
 
 I lasv that it was madnefs to refid, and, as I went 
 with them, I oblerved that two of the family liveries 
 had joined themfelves to the officers. It then indanlly 
 occured that I was in the houfe of my rival ; that the 
 marquis was the very perion to whom my Louifa had 
 'bcea dcdiaedi that i was foiaehow difcovered ; and 
 
 that 
 
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 tT»at they were condufting me to the Baftile, of wHich 
 I had lieard fo many affrighting floiies. Ah, traitor, 
 faid I to myfclf, is it thus you I'erve the man who but 
 now laved your life at the expence of his own blood ? 
 Let no one hereafter truft to the bleating of the lamb 
 or the cooing of tlie turtle ; the paws of the lion or 
 the pounces of the vulture, may thus deceitfully lurk 
 under the one and the other. 
 
 After pafTing fome flreets, they took me to the Lieu- 
 tenant of the Police. Having kriocked refpeftfully at 
 the gate, and waited fome time, at length we were 
 admitted, and they took me to a kind of lobby, where 
 we (laid while one of the poffe went to inform the 
 magiftrate of my attendance. At length he returned, 
 and, accofting me in a tone of furly and dilcouraging 
 authority. Friend, fays he, his worlhip is not at 
 leifure, to-night; tomorrow, perhaps he may hear 
 what you have to plead in your own defence. So fay- 
 ing, he and his fellows thruff me into a wade room, 
 and bidding me, with a fneer, to warm or cool my 
 heels at pleafure, locked and chained the door upon 
 me. 
 
 '^ Fool, fool th^t I was, faid I. to quit the fide of my 
 brave and faithful conipanions! How quickly fhouldi 
 we have difcomfited this magiflrate. and alLhishoft! 
 but I muft: be a knight-errant, forfooth, and draw my 
 fword in the defence of every fcoundrel who goes the. 
 ftreet. I then went and felt the windows, to try if I 
 could force a paffjge f(-r making my efcape; but, find- 
 ings '.hat all were grated with flrong and impaflable bars 
 of iron.. O, 1 cried, that this marquis, this ungrate- 
 ful D'Aubigny, were now in his fulled ffrength, and 
 oppofed to me, point to point, that I might leclaim 
 from him, in an inft.ant, the life 1 have given ! 
 
 I then traverfed the room .with an irregular pace, 
 now rafhly refolving on furious events •, and again more 
 fcdately delibeiatiiig on what I had to do, I'ili, having 
 ruminated thus for the rcmuinder of the night, I at laft 
 became more at eafe, and refigned myfelf to the difpcn- 
 fations of all-dilpo(ing Providence, though 1 confefs, 
 with a reludaiit kiud of. content, 
 
 Whci> 
 
( ^^3 ) 
 
 When ihe day fomewhat advanced, I heard my door 
 unlocking, and concluded that they came to rumrao.n 
 me to my triaJ. .But, iaflead of the officers of jullice, 
 1 faw near twenty men in the marquis's, hvery who 
 filcnily bowed down before me, and refpe6lfully fliewed 
 me, with their hand, the way out of my prifon, I 
 followed thejn alfo in fileiice, and getting into the 
 llreet, J wiflied to know if I was really free, and 
 turned from them down tlie way that led to my lodg- 
 ings : whereupon they cafb thcmfelves before roe, and, 
 in a fupplicating pofture befought me to go with them» 
 
 Finding I was flill their prilbner, J gave a longing 
 look out for my faithful and brave attendants : but, ai 
 they did not appear, I fuffered myfelf to be conduced 
 to the marquis's palace, and followed my obfequious 
 commanders into the proud apartment, to which they 
 had led me the preceding night ; and where, bowing to 
 the ground, they all left me, and retired. 
 
 As I had been much fatigued in body and mind, I 
 threw myfelf on the bed, leaving events to their iffues, 
 and fell into a kmd of flarting flumber ; when I heard a 
 voice at ray fide, cry out, O my deareft mamma, it is 
 he, indeed it is he himfelf ! 
 
 On this 1 awoke, and roufed myfelf; and lifting my 
 languid eyes, and fixing them on the objett that ftood 
 before me, And are you then, I cried, are you alfo, 
 Louifa, in the confederacy againft me? — -Say nothing ; 
 you are not the Louifa I once knew. — I will anfe, X 
 will go forth ; not all your gates., and bars, and bolts 
 fhall hold me ; I will tear my body, and my foul alfo, 
 if poflTibl.e, from you for ever! — Go to your betrothed, 
 to your beloved ! and leave me to penlh ; it is a matter 
 of no import. — I am y«t pleafed that I (iived youjf 
 chofen ; as it may one day ferve to reproach you with 
 the merits of the mtan whom he has fo unworihily 
 treated ! 
 
 I could fay no more. A long iilence on all fules enfued, 
 &.ve the language th^it was uttered by he.avings and job- 
 bings ; when the marchioneis, coming and calling her- 
 iclf on her knees by ray bed, You have re.afon, Sir, 
 Hie exclaimed, you have realbn to reproach and to deteft 
 every branch of our ungrateful family for ever ! You 
 
 favcd 
 
( ^H ) 
 
 %ved myfelf, you faved my daughter, and yet th» 
 Fatlier and the HuilDand proved averfe to your defcrv- 
 ings, and turned your benefits into poifon. You have 
 now faved our Ton, the only one who can convey our 
 name to pofterity; and yet, from the beginning, you 
 have received nothing in return, fave wounds, pains, 
 and ficknefs, loffes, damages, and difappointments ; 
 and, even, at this very day the mod ignominious ufage, 
 %vhere you merited endlcls thanks. Blame my Louifa 
 then, and me, but blame not my fon, Sir, for thefR 
 unworthy events ; he is quite innocent of them ; he is 
 fhocked and di drafted by them ; he refpefts and loves 
 you more than ever Jonatlian loved the fon of Jeffe. 
 But he will not, he dare not fee you, till wc have, in 
 fome meafure, made his peace. 
 
 How, Madam ! I cried ; — but no more of that pof- 
 ture, it pains me pad bearing : — Is it a fa£l ? — Can it 
 be poflible that tiie rnaiquis D'Aubigny fhould be your 
 fon ? Is he not of the blood royal ? The very rival 
 whom your letter rendered fo formidable to me ? And',, 
 was it not by his order that I was difgracefully confined 
 in a dungeon all night ? No, na, faid my lady, ht 
 would have fuffered the rack firft. He is in defpair, 
 quite inconfolable on that account. Let us go, my 
 deareft Clinton, let us go and carry comfort to him o£ 
 whom you are the beloved. 
 
 Ah no, my mamma, cried out Louifa, let us put no 
 conflraint on Mr. Clinton, I pray you ! There has 
 been enough of confinement : we leave him now to his 
 liberty ; let him go even where, and to whom he likes 
 bed ; once, indeed, we could have tied this all- con- 
 quering champion With the. fpinning of a filkworm ; 
 bit now he tells us that neither gates, bars, nor bolts. 
 Ihnll hold him to as. 
 
 Here, 1 threw myfelf at her feet ; Pardon, pardon,, 
 my Louifa, I cried, O pardon the mifdeeming tranf- 
 ports of your lover, an(l pardon the faults that love 
 alone could commit. My enemies are foreign to me^ 
 they and their injuries affcfl me not ; but you aie regent 
 within, my Louifa ! you fit throned in my heart, and 
 the prefumption of an offrnce from you makes ft range 
 uproar in my foul. Well, fays flic, reaching her hand, 
 
 and 
 
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 and fmiling through tears, fince it is fo, poor foul, here 
 .is the golden Iceptre for you ; I think I mud take you 
 to mercy. I caught her hand, imprelTing my very 
 fpirit on the wa,x, and my lady, calling her arms about 
 us, and kilTing us both, in turns, requefled that we 
 fhould go and carry fome confolation to her dear re- 
 pining Lewis. As we entered his chamber, the marchi- 
 onefs cried put, Here he comes, my fon, we have 
 brought your beloved to you, yet not your Mr. Good- 
 all, as you thought, but one who is, at once, both your 
 good angel, and our good angel, even our own Mr, 
 Clinton, the betrothed of our louls, 
 
 I took my feat on the fide of the marquis's bed, and 
 looking fondly upon him, enquired of his health, but 
 my fpeech for the time was overpowered by my affec- 
 tions. Then, taking my hand in his. The power of 
 this hand, fays he, I have found to be great, but, has 
 your heart the power to pardon the outrage you have 
 received in the houfe of him who is deeply your 
 debtor? My Lord, faid I, I have already drank 
 largely of Lethe on that head ; nothing but my diffi- 
 dence of your regard can offend me. 
 
 You know not, faid my lady, you know not yet, my 
 dear Mr. Clinton, how this provoking bufinefs came 
 about. I will explain it in a few words. On our return 
 to Paris, and on our remonftrating to my late lord on 
 the ineflimable fervices you had rendered to his family, 
 he enquired your charafter among the Englifh : and, 
 notwjthffanding the report of the nobility of your birth, 
 and your yet nobler qualities, hearing alfo that you 
 had acquired part of your fortune in trade, he conceiv- 
 ed an utter contempt and averfion to you. Sometime 
 after, as he took notice that Louifa and I wanted our 
 watch and our ring, I dreaded his difpleafure, and gave 
 him room to thmk that the robbers had taken them 
 from us ia Flanders ; and this report became current 
 among our domefhics. 
 
 In the mean time my lord became impoitunate with 
 our Louifa, about h.r marriage with the prince of C— 
 who was then with the army, while her prayers and 
 tears were the only fhields Ihe ufed in her defence. 
 When couriers brought word that the prince was oiv 
 
 his 
 
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 his letum, rny lord fent for Louifa, and gave h6r in- 
 ftant and abfoiute orders to prepare for her nufptials ; 
 but fhe, full as pofitivcly and pererfiplOrily, replied 
 ftiat her foul was already wedded, tliiit (ne would never 
 proOitune her body where her heart was an alien, aiid 
 th3t tortures fhould not change her rcfolluion. Tier 
 father, thereupon, role to fuch ungovernable fury, 
 that, with one blow of his hand he druck her fenfelcis 
 to his feet ; but, when he faw rhy lamb, all pale and 
 l)ing as dead before him, the tide of nature returned, 
 and the conflid of his pafTions became fo violent, that 
 an impofthume broke in his flomach, nnd he was fuffo- 
 cated, and expired on the fpot. 
 
 Soon after, the prince arrived. He had never fecn 
 iny daughter, but his ambition to poflfefs a beauty of 
 whom the grand monarque himfeif, was faid to have 
 been enamoured, had caufed him to demand her in 
 marriage. For thsft purpofe he alfo did us the honour 
 of a vifit. Louifa refufcd to appear ; and I told his 
 highnefs, with the beft grace I could, that flie happen- 
 ed to be pre-engaged. In a few days after, he met my 
 fon in the Thuilleries and accofled him to the fame in- 
 tent, but my fon had been previoufly prejudiced in your 
 favour, my Clinton, and anfvvered the prince with fo 
 cold an air, that further words enfued ; they both drew, 
 and his highnels was (lightly wounded, but, as company 
 inter pofcd, the affair was hufhed up, and fhortly after 
 the prince was killed in a nightly broil upon the Pont- 
 neuf. We then wrote to our friend DeWit, to ac- 
 quairrt you of thcib matters, and to haften V( u hither ; 
 but you arrived, my child, you arrived before there 
 could be any expeftation of an anfwer. 
 
 Two d;iys ago, as I oblervcd that my lamb's fpirits 
 nverc for/ieihing dejcfted, I prevailed upon her to take 
 an aiin*^g to our country villa. On our return this 
 tt!ot-mng, we were ftvuck half dead with the news, 
 that our Lewis was wounded and dangeroufly ill in his 
 feed. We flew into his room, and were ftill more 
 alitmcd to find him in a fury that is not to be imagined, 
 •while Jacomc, his old fteward, was on his knees, all 
 pale and quaking at a diflancc before him. Villain, he 
 cried, what have you done with my friend, what have 
 
 you 
 
( 2'7 ) 
 
 5'ou done with my champion, the preferver of my life? 
 Pleafe ycur lordfhip, laid he, tiembl.ng, I took hitn 
 for a highwayman, 1 faw my lady's ring ai.d my young 
 mifucfs's watch in his cuftcdy, I will fwcar to the pro- 
 perty before the parliament of Paris, and fo I loaded 
 him in prilon, — till' — till — 
 
 Go, wretch ! cried my fon ; recall your information ;, 
 take all your fellows with you, and inftantly bring ins 
 back my friend, or your cars fhall be the forfeit ; but 
 conduct him to his own chamber ; I cannot yet bear to 
 fee him ; I cannot bear the leproach that his eye mufb 
 caft upon me. 
 
 All afflicled, and yet more afloniflrd, mv Louifa and 
 I fat down by the fide of my fon, cafting looks of fur- 
 prize and enquning doubt on each other. At length I 
 laid, What is this that I hear of our ring, and of our 
 watch ? Alas, he is no highwayman who took thera 
 from us ; they were our own free gift, a m>ite in return 
 for a million of fervices. But do you know any thing 
 of the poflelTor ? I know, anfwered Lewis, ihi^ he is 
 the loveliell of mankind, the preferver of my life, and 
 that his name is Goodall. Ah ! fcreamed out Louifa, 
 there we are lofl again ; this Goodall muft certainly 
 have murdered our precious Clinton, and poflelfed hirn- 
 felf of our gifts; he would never have parted with 
 them while he had life. O my fifter, laid my fon, 
 when you fee my friend Goodall, you will think no- 
 thing of your flarry Clinton. Why were you fa 
 haftv, fo precipitate in your choice? A robber, a 
 murderer? No. Had I a thoufand lives, I would 
 pawn them all for the probity that Heaven has made 
 apparent in the face of my preferver. 
 
 it is with great relutlance, my dearefl; brother, that 
 at times, I recite paflages tending fo rpuch to my own 
 praife! and yet, did I omit them, I fhould do great inr 
 juftice to the kind and amiable partiality of thofe wh® 
 were fo fondly my lovers and my beloved. 
 
 But, madam, (aid I to the marchionefs, did you not 
 
 bint fomethmg of his majefly's being enamoured with 
 
 ipy Louifa ? Ah, fuch a rival would be terrible in- 
 
 deeti^ efpecially m a country of unlimited power, 
 
 Voi,. II. T There 
 
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 There is no feur of that now, faid my Indy. The king 
 has changed his fancy, from young miftreiTes and old 
 counlellors, to young counlellors and old miftreires. 
 But, what 1 mentioned was once very leiious and 
 al.irming. 
 
 My Louifa was fcarce turned of fourteen, when the 
 dutchefs dc Choiffeul rcqueftcd her company at Marii, 
 where the court then was. The king fixed his eye on 
 her, and enquired who fhe was; but took no further 
 notice at that time. Miffing her, however, at the 
 next, and again the following drawing-room, he afked 
 the marquis what became of his fair daughter ; faid he 
 had a place in his eye for her, and defirad in an accent 
 of authority, that he would fend her to court. 
 
 The marquis indantly tooic the alarm. He was ever 
 jealous of his honour, and fingularly nice in matters of 
 female reputation. He gave his majefly a fort of equi- 
 vocal conient ; and, hurrying home, ordered me di- 
 re£lly to prepare for carrying my daughter out of the 
 French dominions. The night was employed in haften- 
 ing and packing. We difguifed our Louila in the man- 
 ner as you faw her metamorphofed at Rotterdam, and 
 fet off for Holland before day. The reft you know, 
 my Clinton, as you were the principal mover in all our 
 concerns. — But, icU me, my Lewis, can you conjec- 
 ture on what account thofc afifaffins fet upon you ? — I 
 declare, madam, faid the marquis, I cannot ; perhaps 
 they raiilook me for another ; or, now 1 recolleft, it 
 might be owing to fome familiar chat which I had 
 the other night, with a pretty opera girl, who is faid to 
 be in the keeping of a very great man. But, madam, 
 you forgot to tell my brother how my father was 
 banifhed, on account of Louila, to his paternal feat 
 in Languedoc, on the borders of the Mediterranean, 
 Very true, faid the marchionefs, and was not recalled, 
 till Madam Maintcnon was taken into fupreme favour. 
 
 But, I wonder what is become of our faithful 
 Gerard; J thought that he would have been the firfl to 
 come and lo throw himielf at the feet of his hero. In- 
 deed, my Harry, he would have tired any, who loved 
 you lefs, with his praifes and perpetual talking of you 
 
 and 
 
{ no ) 
 
 ,ancl your exploits.— O, here he comes;— *Stcp in, 
 Gerard. Is there any one In this company that you re* 
 jmember, behde the family ? 
 
 Gerard then advanced with a half-frantic afpe(5l, 
 and kneeling, and grappling at my hand, feemed 
 defirous of devouring it. God be praifed, he cried, 
 God be praifed, my noble, my glorious mailer, that I 
 fee you once again, and above all that I have the 
 blefling of feeing you in a place, where a throne of 
 beaten gold fhould be raifed to your honour. O, had 
 I been here, all forts of refpeds and uorfhips, inftead 
 of indignities, fnould have been paid to your defervings. 
 But, I have provided for the hang-dog jacome; I 
 have tied him neck and heels, and tumbieci him into 
 the dark vault. 
 
 Ah, faid I, but, my good friend Gerard, I have 
 not yet got my Ihare of fatisfadlion upon him, pray 
 fhew me where he is. I then followed Gerard to the 
 place where the deplorable wretch was call ; and 
 cutting all his cords, I led him back to the company, 
 and warmly joined his petition for pardon and reftora- 
 tion. 
 
 As foon as Jacome and Gerard were withdrawn. Ah, 
 my brother, cried the marquis, what new name (hall 
 we find for a man of your new character ? Moreover, 
 what lliall we do with you, what Ihall we do for you ? 
 You have quice overpowered us, we fink under the 
 fenfe of our obligations. We have nothing worth 
 your acceptance, fave this fimple wench, and what is 
 ihe in comparifon of what we owe you ? Ah, I cried, 
 flie is tnat without which all things are nothing ; Ihe is 
 the living treafure ! I would not exchange this little 
 pearly joint of this very little finger for all the gems 
 that glow in the mines of India, and (o faying, I 
 preiTei the precious finger with my lips ; vv'hile Louifa 
 lurnei upon me an eye of fjch ineffable fatisfa^tion, as 
 funk upon my foul and wrapt it in Elyfium. 
 
 Ah but, my Harry, fiid the marqui?, you ought not 
 to prize your Louy as much as me; flie did not fall in 
 love with you at firll fight, as 1 did. How do you 
 know that, honell friend, cried Loaifa ? Is there a 
 necelTity that our tongues, as well as our bluthes, 
 Ittould be tcli-tales ? Are maidens to trumpet fortii 
 T z their 
 
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 tlieir tlioughts like you broad-fronted men, whofc 
 ornaiTient is your bold-f^icednefs ? 
 
 TJius happy, above all ftiled happy upon earth, wft 
 joyed and lived in each other, continuing a commercs 
 of delightful icnfibilities, and mutual love. But alas, 
 our blifs was fcon to be broken in ui-on. In a few 
 days one of the royal pages came and intimated to the 
 marchioqefs that his majefty required her immediate 
 prefence at court. She necefiarily obeyed fuch a fum- 
 nions, while we remained in a kind of fearful fufpenfe 
 till her return. 
 
 As fhe entered, the confternation in her countenance 
 inftantly ftruck an alarm to all our hearts. O my chil- 
 dren, my dear, my dear children, we muft p*irt, fhe 
 cried, and that too, fpcedily. Our hour of blifs ia 
 pail, our funlhine is over, and the clouds gather thick 
 upon us, heavy laden with wretchednefs. Alas, my 
 heart mifgave me ever fincc the inaufpicious encounter 
 the other morning. As we came from our villa, a great 
 funeral mefus, cur carriage flopped to let thcra pafs, 
 and the carriage of the duke of Ne — rs drove up befide 
 lis. As Ave remained within a few paces of each other, 
 lie gazed at Loaifa with fuch an unmanncred intenfe- 
 nefs, as caufed her to colour and turn afide. How- . 
 ever, he accofled us not, nor enquired concerning us ; 
 It feems our arms and livery were too fure an indi- 
 cation of our name and quality, Jn fliort, on my ap- 
 proaching the prefence, the king affefledto fmile very 
 gracioufly upon me, and fiid, I have provided, madam, 
 a princely hufband for your daughter ; it is the duke of 
 
 Ne rs. Ah, I cried, bending my knee in a fup- 
 
 plicating pollure, my daughter is already engaged by 
 bands of the moll endearing and indifibJuble obliga- 
 tions, to a man who has preferved the lives and 
 honours of all our family ; to a man who, I truil, by 
 his eminent courage and qualities, will become the 
 brighteil jewel in your majelly's crown. Madam, faid 
 hefeverely, you mud withdraw your eletSlion ; I find [ 
 have ordered matters fuperior to your merits, but my 
 \vill is the law here, and (hall be obeyed. I role, de 
 jedlcdly, curtfied, and withdrew without reply. 
 
 Ah, I exclaimed, on what fummit does this rival 
 hold his abode? I will inllantly go and fc.ile it, and 
 
 it 
 
{ i2t ) 
 
 *at once put an end to his life and his pretenfions ! My 
 lady then, throwing her arms about my neck, and 
 prefiing her lips to my cheek. What romance, fays 
 ihe, is this, my Harry ? Would you at once fight the 
 duke, and the king, and the whole army of France ? 
 No, my child ; prudence reduces us to more falutary 
 meafuies. We mud part, my Karry, we muft part 
 this very night, and my Louifa mult depart with you. 
 My chaplain ihall, this minute, unite yoti by ties that 
 death alone can funder. Alas, my precious babes, I 
 little expefted that your nuptials would be celebrated 
 by tears and wailings 1 But, better thefe than no nup- 
 tials. When you are once joined^ I fliall care little for 
 myfclf : and, if we meet no more here, we may yet 
 meet hereafter, as happily as the barbarians who tear 
 us afundci*. 
 
 The chaplain was then fummoiied ; and, having 
 performed his office, no congratulations nor falutations 
 enfued, fave a kifs on the hand of my angel. The 
 marquis then called me; and, drawing me down to 
 him, he prefTed me ardently ta his bafom, cried, O 
 my Harr\', O my Harry ! burll into tears, and dif- 
 luifled mc. 
 
 Mean while all was in a bullie throughout the palace. 
 No feilival was prepared, no bridal bed laid. Horfes, 
 arms, and carriages, were all the cry : and the march- 
 ionefs, with a bleeding heart, but amazing refoUition^ 
 iffued her orders with a prefence of mind that feemed 
 ferene in the midit of tempeft, 
 
 I then fent for my. brave fello-ws, with o-rders to 
 double their arms, and to doable their ammunition. 
 They came accordingly. Jt was now within threa 
 hours of day. All was dlfpatched, all In readinefs, 
 the carriages were at the gate. Silence- fat o=n every 
 tongue, and a tear on every cheek. I threw myfelf at 
 my mother's feet, I clafped, I clung to them- ; llie 
 wept aloud over me, but neiiher of us uttered a word. 
 When, rending myfelf away, 1 took ni.y fobbing 
 Louifa under my arm, featcd her gently in her chariot, 
 placed myfelf to fupport her, and away we drove. 
 
 When we got clear of the Town, and were fpecd^ 
 ing on the way, my Louifa darted and cried out, O, 
 how fail, how very fall they tal^e me from you, niy 
 T 3 mammal 
 
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 xnamma ! Whither, whither do they cany me, per- 
 haps never to return, never to meet agnin I I aRrv\cr- 
 ed not, but kificd her head and drew her gently to me, 
 and (he feemed to be more at eafe. But, after awhile, 
 I felt her agitation at my bofom, and (lie exclaimed. 
 From my birth to this hour of woe, my bleffed mamma, 
 never was I from thofe dear arms of yours ; fliall I 
 ever, fhall I ever again behold thofe eyes that ufed to 
 look with fuch fondnefs upon me ? 
 
 Here, I could no longer contain, but taking her 
 hands between mine, and weeping upon them, J faid. 
 Will you then, my angel, are you refolved upon 
 breaking the heart of your Harry ? O no, fays Ihe, 
 no, not for worlds upon worlds would 1 break thut dear 
 and feeling heart, tlie heart of my heart, the heart of 
 which I became enamoured. She then leaned her head 
 fondly over, and, in a while fell fait afleep : while 
 my arms gently encircled and my foul~broodt:d over 
 her, as the wings of a turtle over her new-begotten. 
 
 When file awoke and found herfclf fo endearingly 
 fjtuated ; fhe gave me a look that overvalued the ran- 
 iom of a monarch ; fhe kiffed ray hands in turn, ftie 
 kiiTed the fKirts of my garments. O, (he cried, I will 
 rndeavoar, I will do my bcfl to be more compofed. I 
 know I ought not to repine. 1 am too rich, too 
 happy. 1 ought to wifh for ncthing more, I ought to 
 \vilh for no one more; fince my Harry is fo near me, 
 fmce i have him to myfelf. — But — but — And here her 
 ]ovely lips be^an again to work ; and tlie drops that 
 trembled in her living brilliants couli hardly be re- 
 trained from breaking priibn. Soon after, the grief 
 of her heart overweighed her fpirits, and (he fell again 
 afleep in my arms, that opened of themfelves to re- 
 ceive her. 
 
 On felling up for the night, I rejoiced to find that 
 my Louil'a was fomething more alive ; and that her 
 xepofe on the way had greatly deduced from the fatigue 
 tjiat I apprehended. When we had eaten a bit of (up- 
 per, file looked to me and from me, with downcafl: 
 lids ; and, wiih changing looks and a faultering accent 
 b?gan to fiiy. Will you, will you permit me, my love, 
 .to be regent for a Utile time, and in a very trifling^ 
 ^laucr? Allow nie only to be goveraefs for a i'^vf 
 
 da/3. 
 
( 2^3 ) 
 
 tUys, and I promife that you (hall be my fapreme lord 
 and fweet mafter all the reit of my life. 
 
 I fwear, faid I, in a tranfpoit, by that precious 
 head, that you are already fovereign of all my thoughts 
 and adions ; and that, during my exiilence, you fliali 
 ■difpofe of all that I have and all that 1 am at pleafure, 
 
 O then, faid Ihe, my Hurry, we muft lie apart for 
 fome nights. I would not have our bleffed bridal bed 
 flained by tears and dvrg-es. Nay, no hefnation, yoa 
 have fworn that 1 am ruler, and 1 will be obeyed. 1 
 then call myfelf at her knees, and hiding my face in 
 her lap, — Cruel, cruel Louifa, I cried, I find yoa 
 are not yet mine. What fhall I do to earn you ? 
 But I will be patient, if poilibl-e ; I ^vould not for the 
 world put the colour of conftraint on the love of my 
 beloved, i^nd fo I killed her gown in token of due 
 homage. Ariiing I called her maids, and deured that 
 they would order their miftrefs's chamber to be pre- 
 pared, as alfo a bed for themfelves in the fame apart- 
 ment. I then fecretly ordered that a pallet (hould be 
 fpread for myfelf before her outer door, and laying 
 myfelf down, with m.y arms at m.y fide, [ guarded, 
 like the dragon of old, the precious fruit of my 
 Hefperia. 
 
 At length we reached Calais, and immediately fent 
 to the Beach to engage a (hip for Vr-afting us to the 
 ■Land of Freedom, but the wind was contrary. Mean 
 ■while the day advanced toward evening, and my Louifa 
 and I fat together in the harbour of a little pleafare- 
 -garden that lay behind the houfe, when James came 
 haftening to us and cried. Hide yourfelf, madam, for 
 iieaven's fake hide yourfelf! here is the duke de 
 
 Ne rs with a large party of the king's guards. 
 
 •Poor Louifa llarted up and attempted to fly, but flie 
 trembled and grew faint, and funk down again on her 
 feat. 
 
 James, faid I, ill/ and take care of your miHrefs. 
 Then, turning with hally fteps to the houfe I recom- 
 mended my fpirit in a il^ort ejaculation, and entered, 
 ^determined that the duke lliould accompany me in 
 ■death. His highaefs was in the parlour. 1 advanced 
 'fiercely toward him. So, Sir, fays he, you have cofi 
 «s a warm chafe.— Heavens ! what do I fee? — » 
 
 acd. 
 
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 and, fo crying out, he threw himfelf back into an 
 arm-chair, all pancing, and his afpedl working with 
 dillraflion. — Curfed chance! he again exclaimed, arc 
 you the man, Clinton ? — Ah, I muft not hurt you, I 
 ought not to injure you, but what is then to be done ? 
 Where have you put my Louiia ? — But no matter, let 
 her not appear, let me not lee her, 1 could not anfwer 
 the confequence. — 1 would be jull if 1 could, Clintoa, 
 — O love, O honour, how you do dillrafl me ! — You 
 refufed my treaiures and jewels, Clinton, but then you 
 have rent from me a gem more eilimable ilian my duke- 
 dom. — Help faints, help angels, help me to wreltle 
 withmyfelfl — Honour, Virtue, Gratitude, O, compel 
 me to be juft ! — I'ear, tear me away, while there is 
 flrength to depart I — Adieu, Clinton, you are recom- 
 penfed ; fliould we happen to meet again, 1 may afiail 
 you witliout reproach. And fo faying, he roie fud- 
 denly and rufhed out of the houfe. 
 
 I then hailened to feek my love, but had fcarce 
 entered the garden when I faw James on his knees be- 
 fore her, endeavouring to uppole her way to the houfe. 
 But Ihe cried. Away, villain, let me pafs, they are 
 murdering my lord, they are murdering my hulband ! 
 I will go and ptrifn with him. Then breaking away 
 from him., ihe (hot along like a lapwing, till, feeing 
 me advancing, (he fprung upon my boforo, crying, O 
 my Harry ! O my Harry, are you fafe, are you fafe ? 
 And fainted away in my arms. 
 
 The rell of my ftory, my lord, is no way material or 
 entertaining. The ferene of heart- felt happiaefs has 
 little of adventure in it, and is only interelting to the 
 pofTeflbrs. Having fettled my affairs in London, and 
 carr>ing my Eden along with me, I pafled into Hol- 
 land to fettle and be quit of matters there alfo. For 
 the world that 1 w illied for was in my holding, and all 
 things elfe appeared encumbering. It was there that I 
 met our Meekly, and taking a pleafant tour through 
 the fkirts of Germany, we entered France, and leaving 
 Paris on the right hand, we reached the maiquis's 
 country feat, fituate near twenty leagues beyond the 
 metropolis. 
 
 What a naeeting, what an interview ! My Louifa 
 .funk in tears, for half an hour, on the bofom of her 
 
 mother. 
 
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 J«other. And t"he marquis would put me from hm), 
 and pull me to him again, all panting with tranfport ! 
 It was roo much joy. The domeflics would no longer 
 be rellrained from their fliare of the felicity ; they 
 rufhed in, and as though we had been new defcended 
 divinities, they dropped on their knees, they fell prof- 
 Irate and clung about us, kifled our feet, our hands, 
 our garments, and broke forth into cries, as though it 
 had been the houfe of mourning and lamentation. 
 
 On retiring, they got my Louifa's Gerard to them- 
 felves ; he no>v became a man of mighty importance 
 among them. They croaded about him and in a joint 
 Vvoice, but a diilradion of queftions, enquired after 
 our travels, our adventures, our good and evil occur- 
 rences, and all that concerned us. The marchionsf* 
 then coming, and cafling her honoured arms around 
 me, and weeping upon me, cried alouJ, O Harry, my 
 fon, my fon, I delivered my daughter to you ; and I 
 fee that you have entreated her very kindly, my (on, 
 my fon ! 
 
 As my Louifa now began to be apparently pregnant, 
 I earneftly prcifed my precious mother and brother to 
 accompany us to England, the place where law was 
 regent, where there was no apprehenfion of inquifitions 
 or baililes ; and where the peaf.nt was guarded, with 
 'a bulwark of adamant, againft every encroachment of 
 arbitrary power. They alTented with jov, and the 
 marquis, going to his efcritoir, brought forth bills to 
 the amount of ten millions of livres, the produce of 
 fome concerns which he had difpofed of for the pur- 
 pofe. Here my brother, fays he, if I am not able to 
 be generous, I will at lead be juft ; here is the patri- 
 mony to which my lovely filler is entitled. But, J faid 
 to the marquis, My lovely Louifa can admit of no acr 
 celiion of value. Keep your goods to yourfelf. Re- 
 member how Efau faid to Jacob, J have enough, my 
 brother ; thcfe things can add nothing lo the abun- 
 dance of my blefTings. Bat then, he cried, you muft 
 accept them, as a token of our loves, and fo he con- 
 Urained me. 
 
 Soon after, we pafTed to London, where we con- 
 tinued forae months, and where my Louifa was deliver- 
 ed 
 
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 ed of my Utile Elolfa, who was iaid to be the \beautlful 
 likenefs of her father. 
 
 We then retired to ray feat near Stratford on the 
 fatal Avon, the chief of the landed pofTefTions that Mr. 
 Golding had bequeathed me ; where wc remained 
 fomeihing upward of five years, happy, 1 think, 
 above all that ever were happy upon earth. For my 
 Louifa was perpetual feltivity to our fight and to our 
 hearts ; her attitudes were g.ace, her movements were 
 hirmony, and her fmiles were fiifcination, Stiil vary- 
 ing, yet exhibiting the fame delight, like the Northern 
 Aurora (he ihone in all diredions. She had been, from 
 her earliell years, the beloved difciple of the celebrated 
 Madam Guyon ; and the world, with all its concerns, 
 its riches and refpedts, had fallen off from her, as the 
 cloak fell away from the burning chariot of Elijah. 
 She looked at nothing but her Lord in all things, Ihc 
 loved nothing but him in any thing. 
 
 Our friends now prevailed upon us to accompany 
 them in our turn, to France ; together with our prat- 
 tling Eloifa, who was become the darling and infepar- 
 ^I'jtc companion of her grandmother and her uncle." 
 We again took London in our way, I there renewed 
 for a-while, my old acquaintance with my fellows in 
 trade, and they perfuaded me to join them in a petition 
 to his majefty for the reiloration of fome of the lapfed 
 rights of their corporation, as your lordfhip may re- 
 member. 
 
 From Calais we turned, and by long, but pleafant 
 journies, at length arrived at the marquis's paternal 
 feat in Languedoc, that opened a delightful profpedl 
 on the Mediterranean. And here we continued up- 
 wards of five years more, even as Adam continued in 
 paradife, compared in by blifs, from the relt of the 
 world. Daring this happy period, I often prefled my 
 dear marquis to marry, but he would take me to his 
 arms, and iay, O, my Harry, (hew me but the moll 
 dillant refeniblance of our Louifa, and I will marry 
 and be blelTed without delay. In the mean while, my 
 auGjcl made ine the joyful father of a little fon, who 
 WIS alio fiid to be the happier refemblance of his un- 
 . happy f ither. Then, though I had long difregarded 
 
 the 
 
 '1 
 
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 the world and all its concerns, as I faw a famriy in- 
 creafmg upon me, and alfo coniidering the poor as my ' 
 appointed and fpecial creditors, I refolved once more 
 to return and fettle my long fufpended accounts. 
 
 As for the marchionefs, ilie piotellcd that Ihe could 
 not think of parcing with her little Eloifa, and that 
 (he fhould not be able to furvive her abfence ten days. 
 So'my Louifa and I, and my little Richard, who was 
 named after you, my lord, fet out by fea, and, aftet a 
 favourable voyage, arrived in England ; comforted 
 however with the promife that our friends would join 
 us as foon as poflible in Britain. 
 
 Within the ten fubfequent months we received the 
 joyful tidings that our brother was married to the third 
 daughter of the duke of Alenfon, that they were all in 
 the higheft triumph, and would fpeedily be with us on 
 the banks of the Avon. Soon after, as my Louifa and 
 1 rode along the river, pleafing ourfelves v/ith the prof- 
 pe6t of a fpeedy union with perfons fo dear to us, and 
 talking and laughing at the cares of the covetous, and 
 ambition of the high-minded, a fowler inadvertently 
 fired a fliot behind us ; and my horfe, bounding aloft, 
 plunged with me into the current, from whence how- 
 ever 1 was taken, and unwillingly referved to years of 
 inexprefhble mifery. Mean while my love had fallen, 
 with a fliriek, from her horfe, and lay fenfelefs on the 
 ground. Some of my people flew back, and bring- 
 ing a carriage, conveyed us gently home, where my 
 Louifa was undrefled and put into a bed, from 
 whence fhe never rofe. Her fright had given fuch 
 a fhock to her blood and fpirits as threw her into a 
 violent fever. 
 
 On the fecond day while I fat with the phyficians by 
 her fide, James put in his head and beckoned me forth. 
 Ah, my dearell mailer, fays he, I pray God lo give 
 you the ftrength and patience of Job ; you have great 
 need of them, for your calamities, like his, come all 
 in a heap upon you. Here is a meiienger difpatched 
 from FrKUce with very heavy tidings, that my fweet 
 young lady-, your darling Eloifa, was caft away, in a 
 iloop, upon a ;jarty of pleafure, and that the good old 
 marchionefs did not out-live her five days. 1'hen iif;- 
 i"g niy eyes to heaven, Strip, ftrip me, my God, I 
 
 cried 
 
( 228 ) 
 
 cried, to the fkin, to the bone, leave but my Louifa, 
 and I will blefs ihy difpenfations ! 
 
 On the next day, my little Dicky was taken ill of a 
 fevere cold. As he was of a florid complexion, his 
 diforder fell fudd.enly into an inHair.niaticn on his 
 lungs, and in a few days he went to join his little fifter. 
 in eternity. Did I not feel thele loiTcs ? Yes, yes^ 
 my friends ; they wrung, they rent my vitals. Yet, I 
 flill lifted up my heart, and repeatedl) cried. Take, take 
 all, even the lad mite, leave, leave me but my Louifa, 
 and I will blefs thee, O my Creator. 
 
 Alas, what could this avail ^ Can an infecl arreft 
 the motion whereby the univerfe continues its ccurfe ? 
 On the fifth day I perceived that the eyes of my 
 Louifa, the lamps of my life, began to lofe their 
 luftre. The breath that was the balm of all my cares 
 and concerns, grew difficult and fhort. The rofes of 
 my fummer died away on her cheek. All agonizing, 
 I felt and participated her changes, and (he expired 
 while 1 dropt fenfelefs befidc her. I knew not what 
 our people did with her or me afterward. For three 
 weeks 1 lay in a kind of dofing but uneafy flupor; 
 neither do I recolle(5l, during that period, when, or 
 whether I received any kind of fullenance. 
 
 At length I awoke to the poignancy and bitternefs 
 of my fituation. I did not awake to life, but rather 
 to the blackeft regions of death. And yet it was from 
 this depth of death alone, that my foul could find, or 
 would accept an alleviation of its anguifh. O ^arth, X 
 cried,, where is thy centre, how deeply am I funk 
 beneath it ! How arc the worms exalted over me ! 
 How much higher are reptiles that crawl upon earth ! 
 1 will not accufe thee, thou great Difpofer, I have had 
 my day, the fwcetelt that ever was allotted to man ; 
 but O, thy p-ift bleflings ferve only to enhance my pre- 
 fent miferies ! 
 
 1 then rofe, and threw myfelf along the fioor ; my 
 faithful fervants immediately gathered to me, and find- 
 ing that I would not be removed, they caft themfclves 
 around me. AH U't^ht was fliut out, fave the glimmer- 
 ing of a taper, and* for feven niglus and (even days 
 we dwelt in filcnce, except the foicmu. interruption of 
 foiothe'fcd fobs mid wailints. 
 
 At 
 
( 229 ) 
 
 At length my fpirit reproved me. What property, 
 faid 1 to myfelf, have thefe people in my fufferings, or 
 why (liould 1 burden thofe who love me, with my attlic- 
 tions ? -I then conflrained mylelf, and went and took 
 out a drawer. Here, my friends, I faid, here is fome- 
 thing that may help hereafter to dry up your tears. 
 Divide this among you; neither thefe counters nor your 
 fervices are now of further ufe. Fare ye well, fare ye 
 well, my worthy and beloved friends ! God will give 
 you a more gracious mailer, but — but — fuch another 
 millrefs you never — never will find 1 1 then took each 
 of them to my arms, and embraced them, and the houfe 
 was inilantly filled with heart-tearing lamentations. 
 
 I now expelled and wifhed to be left wholly alone ; 
 but James and two domeflics remained' againll my will. 
 I then endeavoured to feem eafy, 1 even ftruggled to 
 appear cheerful, that 1 might communicate the lefs of 
 grief to the voluntary fharers in my mifery." ' O world,, 
 world, I faid to myfelf, thou once pleafant world, we 
 ROW bid a long, an eternal adieu to each other ! froQi^ 
 thee I am cat afunder, thou art annihilated to me, and 
 we mutually rejecl every kind of future co^nmerce. 
 
 Ah, how much deeper was -my death than that of 
 thole in the tomb, *' where the wicked ceafe froni 
 troubling, and where the weary are at reil ! " While 
 I was dciid to ev^ery reliih of light and of life, I was 
 v/holly alive to all the gloom and horrors of the grave. 
 The rays of the fun became an offence to my foul, the 
 verdure of the fields, the whole bloom of nature were 
 blafted and blading to my fight ; and J w'ilhed to fmk' 
 yet deeper, and to own a lower bottom of darknefs. 
 ?jid diftrefs. 
 
 I no longer regarded what the world thought of me, 
 or what it did to me, and 1 left my hair and my nails, 
 even as thofe of Nebuchadnezzar, to grow^ like eagle's 
 feathers and birds claws. My faithful James, in the 
 mean time, took a houfe for me in this village, in order 
 to remove me from fcenes that could only ferve to per- 
 petuate or aggravate my mifery, by reminding me of 
 thQ bleffednefs that I once enjoyedi He was now be- 
 come the controller. 1 was patient and paCive to every 
 thing, and fo he conduced me hither, I neither knew 
 nor cared how. 
 
 Vol. H. U la 
 
( 230 ) 
 
 In ali this time, though I panted after a fiate of in- 
 fenfibility, even as a traveller in the burning defait 
 thirlts after a cool and fiaJsing (tj-eam, 1 n^ver attempt- 
 ed to by a violent hand on the work of my Creator^ 
 I did not even vvifh an alleviation of mifery, fmce my 
 God hath appointed that I Ihould be fo miferable. 
 j^U length my fpirit rofe from its blacknefs, tea kind 
 of calm twilight. I called for a Bible, and, fmce 
 this world was incapable of ai^ording me a, drQp of 
 confolation, I wifned to know if the next had apy in 
 ilore. 
 
 As I read the letter, the whole, and the fa6ls con- 
 tained therein, appeared as fo many feals and veils that 
 removed from before my eyes, and difcovered depths 
 under depths, and heavens above heavens to my 
 amazed apprehcnfion. 1 h.id no vifion, no revflatioa 
 of thefe matters; but the convidion was imprefled as 
 lUongly on my foul, as though an angel, or God him- 
 felf, hiid revealed them to me. How this came to pafs 
 I know not. H&mer gives to his heroes a fight into 
 futurity at the time that their fpirits arc breajcing away 
 from the fhackles of flefh and blood. And it is not 
 unlikely that the eye of the foul, when wholly turned 
 from all carthiy objec^ts, can penetrate with greater 
 perfpicuity into concerns that are merely celelHal and 
 divine. 1 have now told you the whole of my dreary 
 hiilory, my friends, till 1 niet with our Harry ; and 
 the reft our Harry can tell. 
 
 But Harry was in no manner of vein, at prefent for 
 entertaining or receiving entertainment from any one. 
 His eyes were fwelled with weeping, his fpirits totally 
 depreffed, and getting up, as with the burden of four- 
 fcore years on his ihoulders^ he retired flowly and 
 filently to his apartment. 
 
 Here Mr. Meekly took the opportunity of our hero's 
 abfence, to apprife the company of what had paffed 
 refpedling the fair Aggy Jeflamin. And why, my 
 dear Meekly, faic the earl, why would you baulk my 
 boy ? I would rather than fifty thoufand broad pieces 
 get any offspring of my Harry into my arms. He is a 
 glorious fellow, he cannot be dcbafed by marrying a 
 kitchen wench, although his alliance would ennoble a 
 princcfs. What is your opinion, brotljer ? Indeed, 
 
 faid 
 
( =31 ) 
 
 hid Mi-. CRtfton, if the girl is virtuous, as her coim* 
 tcnance pfortiifes, I have no objeflion. 
 
 Mr. Meekly inftantly went with thefe indulgent 
 tidings to Harry, but he {hook- his head, and faid. No, 
 no, my friend, I will not abufe their goodnefs. Be- 
 hds, fince I heard the llory of my uncle's Louifa, my 
 pafilon is not quite fo violent. I "have formed a perfe^ 
 idea of the bride i would wil"h ; and, if I get not fome 
 one anfwering the image in my jicart, 1 will go un- 
 married to my tomb. Yet as I ftiil ardently love tlie 
 fweetgirl, I would not for the world rilk the temptation 
 of a meeting with her ; aud I am willing to pay roundly 
 for her removaL Be pleafedthen, my dear friend, to 
 fettle this matter with her father ; the llipulated fuiti 
 fhall be ready on demand to any amount that you 
 pleafe, if it may ferve to promote her happinefs. 
 
 On the next day Mr. Meekly introduced to Harry a 
 tall and comely young man ih a peafant's drefs, but of 
 an air and deportment much fuperior to his appearance. 
 My lord, faid Meekly, as he entered, you muft quit 
 all further thoughts of the lov^ely Mifs Jcffamin. I 
 Jiave here brcmght a prior claimant, to whom, I ani 
 confident the probity, the generofity of your heart will 
 give place. 
 
 Harry rofe to receive him, when the flranger, look- 
 ing earnefll'V and amazedly at him, cried out, Ah no, 
 we muit all give place. Does ihe know him ? has 
 Aggy {een hiir. ? I will then go and bury myfelf 
 where my heart may break in defpair of ever reclaim- 
 ing her affections. No fear. Sir, faid Harry, reach- 
 ing his hand, give me but to know that you have en- 
 titled yourfejf to her regard, and my own heart fhall 
 break in a thoufand pieces, rather than oppofe the 
 peace of two gentle lovers, 
 
 T will give you our llory, my lord, in a few words. 
 Mr. JeiTamin, and my father Jel'fop, ferved an ap- 
 prenticefhip to the fame merchant, and, when that was 
 expired, they joined in trade to the Levant. But, as 
 my father was of the more adventurous temper, they 
 foon after broke partnerHiip. My father traded to 
 Turkey, and Mr. Jaflamirt confined himfelf to the 
 Jtalian coafl. In one of his voyages to Genoa, he 
 -there married and begot the charmiag Aggy ; and, re- 
 U 2 turning 
 
( 232 ) 
 
 t'jrning to London after a number of years, he fitted 
 out a (hip of confiderable force in order to convoy his 
 wife and daughter, with all his treafures, to England. 
 On their way home they were taken by a French 
 priiateer. Their fhip and rich cargo were fent to 
 Toulon. And Mrs. and Mifs JefTamin, with fome 
 other perfoRs, were taken on board the enemy's veiTel, 
 that proceeded on her cruife for further captures. I 
 happened, at the time, to be on my return home- 
 ward, in a llouc fnip that had the appearance of a 
 merchant-man, but was adlually better fitted for war 
 than trade. 
 
 The fame privateer came up with us, and bearing 
 on us, with confidence, commanded us to llrike ; but 
 we anfwered them with an unexpected broadfide, and, 
 coming to clofe quarters, nearly cleared their deck by 
 the diicharge of our fmall arms. Soon after, we grap- 
 pled and boarded ; when, haftening down to the cabin, 
 i there, for the firfl time, beheld my Aggy, in a faint- 
 ing fit, with her lovely head reclined on the lap of her 
 mother. 
 
 As I kneeled to give afTiilance toward her recovery, 
 fhe firil opened the morning of her eyes upon me, then 
 turning them to her mother, cried, Ah, madam, what 
 new misfortune has been added to our mifery ? I hope 
 we have not fallen into the hand of the infidels. No, 
 Mifs, I faid, you are free, you are free, and you are 
 freed by hands that offer thenifelves, of their own ac- 
 cord, to your (hackles. 
 
 When we came to port I divided the freight of our 
 prize among the brave fellows who had feconded me (b 
 gallantly. And, having fold the veflel for three and 
 twenty hundred pounds, I compelled Mrs. Jeffamin to 
 accept of it, as fome fmall compenfation for the lodes 
 that her family had fuilained. 
 
 As Toon ^s I had paid my duty to my father, and 
 that the warmth of his firll care(res was over. Sir, faid 
 I, 1 have melancholy news to tell you. I fear your old 
 friend and partner, Mr. Jclfamin, is undone, as to 
 trade ; great part of his fortune has been feized by the 
 French, and that may prove a heavy lofs to myfelf alfo. 
 He has but one daughter, and might I have prevailed 
 upon her to accept of my hand, I fhould have become 
 
 entitled 
 
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 entuled to^ all her father's poiTeiTions.^ But, Sir, I 
 cried, cafting my'*-:l{ palTionately at his feet, if the 
 happinefs of your fon is of any weight vyith you, you 
 will itill aiTent to our union, and thereby make me the 
 moll blefTed of all human beings ! 
 
 Everard; faid my Father, fedacely, you know I love 
 you, and I am willing to divide that love between your- 
 fancy and your fortune. If JefTamin lays down twenty 
 thoufand pounds, in hand, toward portioning your 
 fillers, I will confeat to your union. And that is what 
 I would not do with any other wench under double the 
 fum. 
 
 As I knew my father's difpofition to be obflinate, 1 
 rofe and retreated without reply. I ihftantly went to 
 Mr. J^flamin's, I found my charmer alone, i threw 
 myfelf at her knees. I folicited, I urged her to au 
 immediate marriage. When^ biafhing like the morn- 
 ing, Sir, faid ihe, v/e owe you all things, I liever can 
 refiile ybti any thing that virtue will allow' me to grant. 
 Ah, how cold is that,, I cried; I will not accept y out ■' 
 as a debt, my Aggy, if your heart is riot a free-will 
 oifering, then. let mine burft in f under ;' they can havd ' 
 170 commerce together. Indeed, fays frie, giving her' " 
 hand, I never had an inclination for any other, aiidl ' 
 have in the world. but one objection to you. What is- 
 that, what is that ? — It is, fhe cried, with filling eyes, ' 
 that I fear to hurt you by a match fo difproportioned: 
 to your merits. 
 
 Her parents entered and found me Hill at her feet, 
 t rofe in. much confuuon, and, taking a feat, I can- 
 didly told them what had palied between my father and' 
 me ; and urged the fame petition to them that I had 
 to their daughter; when Mr. JelTamin recollecling 
 himfelf, gave itic an anfwer deferving an.everlalling 
 Jnemoriah 
 
 Mr. JefTop, fays he, had I a province to bellow 
 along with my child, you lliould have it as' freely as 
 T would give of my water-ciitern to a thirlly traveller* ' 
 But here it -happens that the inellimable obligations 
 which you have heaped upon my fam/ily, raile irifu- 
 perable obllacles to the gratification, of your prefent 
 defires, 
 
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 In the firrt place, as a man of probity, if I w ifh one 
 day to Rieric the happinefs of youj alliance, I cannon 
 confent to be a party in any clandeiline matter. Again, 
 ihall a heart burltino; with gratitude, bring either dariv- 
 age or difgrace on the only one whom 1 account my 
 benefaitor and patron ? LalMy, fhall a father, who 
 efiimatts the honour of his child as a pearl above the 
 vorid's purchafe, fubjedl lier tender gratitude to the 
 tcmptaiion of yielding further than ihe ought ; or 
 even to the temptation of binding her virtuous affec- 
 tions beyond the power of a retreat? This \\ould be 
 loo fevere a tribute even for all that you have done for 
 iis^ Do not exad it, ijiy fon. My heart bleeds under 
 the ncceility of rejecting your fuir. You cannot be 
 pained as 1 am by iliis refufal. But it is inevitable. 
 You and my daughter mull meet no more till thefe 
 clouds are over-pailed, and that a new light of happier 
 influence begins to dawn upon us. J anfwered not. 
 
 I wept where I fat for half an hour, (not unaccom- 
 panied) and then withdrew. 
 
 But, my lord, I begin to grow tedious, in fpite of 
 my intentions. I returned to my father, and requefted 
 him, in order, as 1 faid, to get rid of my prefent 
 pafhon, that he would difpatch me abroad upon another 
 voyage. I had givtn him a very lucrative account of 
 my lai^, and that made him the lefa inquiiitiv'e refpec- 
 ting tne prize we had taken. He aflentcd with joy, 
 as he feared that my love might yet prevail in the 
 combat againrt duty. And he took upon himfelf the 
 Care of equipping out my fhip in a more gallant plight 
 than ever. 
 
 The day before I went on board, I Hepped to Mr. 
 Jeflamin's. My Aggy did not appear, and I found 
 her parents employed in preparing for a difconfolate 
 retreat to the country. 1 told them I came to take my 
 leave, and afkcd if they would fend any venture by 
 ine ? The worthy man then went to his defk, and 
 taking out the produce of the fale of the privateer. 
 Here, my Everard, fays he, 1 have nothing to adven- . 
 ture with you fave your own free gift. 'i'h«.' remainder 
 of the wreck of my fortune is enough to fupply us 
 With every frugal .atcommodaiion, in oui dcfned ex- 
 
 clufion 
 
CjUilon iroui the world. And here is a little note of 
 the place of our retreat, if ever, my child, if ever— 
 it" ever we fhall happen to meet on this fide of eter- 
 nity ! O, I cried, kiiTmg-the bills, if I do not bring 
 you a good account of thefe ventures, never, will we 
 meet till parting fhail be no more. 
 
 We then fet about taking leave, and having feveral 
 times rufhed alternately i»to the arms of each other, 
 v.e again fat down and wept till no tears were left; 
 when, rendring myfelf away from them, and nearly 
 blind to the way that I went, 1 departed. 
 
 Within a year and a half I returned, and, in a i!orm, 
 put in at Plymouth. But notwithftanding the intre- 
 pidity, and great aifedlion of my companions ; though 
 1 had made death and fuccefs matters equally indif- 
 ferent, and on one of which 1 was determined; yet 
 our high hopes had failed us on feveral occafions, and 
 I am come back with little more than ten thoufand 
 pounds for Mr. JefTamin, over the produce of the 
 voyage which my father may exadt from me. Where- 
 fore, with a beating heart, I have crofTed the country, 
 impatient, yet fearful, to know how the heart of the 
 nobly inexorable JeiVamin may be afFeded toward me, 
 and this morning, as I fkulked about the houfe, this 
 gentleman met me, and having quellioned me, brought 
 me direclly before your lordfhip. 
 
 Here Harry covered his eyes with his hand, and 
 muling for a time, at length faid, I fear, my friends, 
 it may be difficult to bring this matter about with pro- 
 priety. I would not willingly affront Mr. JeiTop by a 
 gift of the fum that is deficient to his happinefs. 
 Neither, indeed, would it be delicate in Mr. Jeffop to 
 offer to his father-in-law, a penny beyond what his 
 venture had acquired. You therefore, my dear Mr. 
 Meekly, Ihall be the conduit of the expedient that I 
 propofe on the occafion. I queftion if the war was 
 proclaimed when Jeffamin's fhip was made prize ; but 
 be that matter as it may, I truft I have interell fuf- 
 ficient to procure a relloration of it. Do you there- 
 fore, my friend, get me an order from Jeffamin for 
 ^io,ooo, on the firft of his effects in France, and then 
 take this key and deliver to our fr-iends the fam re- 
 quired by the father of this worthy man. 
 
 Meekly 
 
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 Meekly then Tprung up, and catching, and clinging 
 Jibouc Harry, O my hero, he cried, you are ihe very 
 champion whom heaven deli^hteth to empower to fubr- 
 due itfeif by vioknce ! Go onj till the wreath o( 
 triumph ihall be bound to your head in all its prepared 
 glories! Jv-Ican while young Jefibp lay proifraie, in 
 I he opprefTton of gratitude, at the teet of his younger 
 patron. But Harry gently and affeiflionately diien- 
 gaging- himfelf from them, withdrew to his cloi'et, 
 laying to his own heart. Now Aggy, . adieu, adieu 
 Aggy, for ever I 
 
 For three fiicceeding Sundays, our hero heard the 
 iianns of marriage publJIhed between Eve;rard JeiTop 
 nnd Agnes jeiTamin, all which he bore with the rcfig,- 
 nation of a Chriilian. Perhaps, fonle may be curious 
 to know how Aggy ilood affeded in regard to oar 
 yoi'tng lord. Let ft lufhce to be told, that fhe made 
 t-he worthieft of wives to the worithy Ev'erard, not- 
 xn'ifhi^aniiing that he had the imprudence to tell her of 
 iiarry's re-gnrd, as aifo of the obligations by which he 
 had bound ch^mi Aggy therefore could not jullly re- 
 fufc H-crry a fliare in her friendship ; and there is fome- 
 thing extremely ter.der in the friendHitp of a generous 
 female. 
 
 One evening, after coffee, the earl turned to ?Jr. 
 Clinton, and faid. How came it to pafs, my brother, 
 that Jefus fuiR'red near four thoufand years to clapfe 
 before he became incarnate for the falvation of the 
 world, although it was by him alone that the world 
 could be faved f 
 
 We may as v/ell demand of God, faid Mr. Clinton, 
 v;hy he fuffered near four days of creation to elapfe, 
 •before he compacted yond glorious body of far-beam- 
 ing light. For, the fun himfelf is but a Ihadow of 
 the Christ that was to come. But, did the world 
 want light, before light became incorporated in its 
 illullrioas circumftances ? No, my lord, Jesus, whO' 
 was from eternity the illumination of the dark immen- 
 fny of nature; Jefus who, alone, is the living light 
 -of fpirits ; the perpetual fountain of the Itreams of 
 beauty and truth; he faid. Let there be Light ! 
 and inftantly, through the darknefs of a ruined world, 
 his ever living light kindled up a corporeal irr.idiation> 
 
 that 
 
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 that has Us cfFulgence from him, and cannot beam but 
 by him. 
 
 Now, as a day is as a thoufand years, and a thon- 
 fand years as a day, in the fight of God ; you fee that 
 the fourth day of Creation, wherein the light of the 
 outward world was compacted into the glorious body 
 of the fun, precifely anfwers to the four thoufandth 
 year wherein Jefus, the light of eternity, was to be- 
 come enibodied in Chrill, the Sun of Righteous. 
 NESS But, as the world wanted not light, before 
 the fun opened his firil morning in the eaft, neitlier 
 did it want the means of falvation before the bleffed 
 doctrine of the Messiah was promulged upon earth. 
 
 All perfons of feliilli and little minds would make a 
 monopoly of the Saviour, they would fhut him up 
 into a conventicle, and fay to their God, thus far Jhalt 
 thou go, and no further. But he is not to be confined. 
 The Spirit of our Jefus bloweth where he lifteth. 
 And he is at once botn the purifier and redeemer, as 
 well of all nations, as alfo of all nature. Accordingly 
 we fee that the Turks, who are wholly unblefTed by 
 true religion or liberty ; who live the flaves of Haves ; 
 without a fettled form of civil government ; temporally 
 fubje<5led to the will of a tyrant ; and fpiritually to the 
 worlhip of a fenfual impoftor ; yet want not the feeling 
 of our Jesus in their hearts. 
 
 Even the wild Indians, who never heard the name 
 of Jefus, who know no law but that of nature ; 
 thefe want not their attachments, their friendfhips, 
 their family-feelings, nor the fweet compundions and 
 emotions of the human heart, by Jefus, forming to 
 Divine. 
 
 The truth is, that people live incomparably more 
 by irapuli'e and inclination, than by reafon and pre- 
 cept, Reafon and precept are not always within our 
 beck ; to have their due influence, they require fre- 
 quent inculcation and frequent recollcf^ion ; but im- 
 pulfe and inclination are more than at hand, they are 
 within us, and, from the citadel, rule'the out-works 
 of man at pleafure. 
 
 VvHien the Apoitle, fpeaking of Christ, affirms, 
 ihat thirs ;r n^j cthir Name under Heanjm nKiherebj a man 
 
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 may he fiired i and again, when he affirms, that thole, 
 <ic/'o ha-iie not ncciz/td the La~.Vy are a La-zu unto them- 
 Julvesy he inteads one and the fame thing. He intendti 
 that Chrvst, fyom the fall of man, is a Prikcii- 
 PLE OF jR.BD£MPTioN in the j3oroni3 of all living, 
 1 hat he is not an oiitivard^ but an if/nvartJ R^iieemt^r, 
 working out our falvation by the change rif our deprc:.<vcd' 
 xaiure. That in and from him, alone, arife all the 
 fentiments and fenhbilities thai warm the heart with^ 
 love, that expand it with honour, that wring it witht 
 compun<^bon, wr that heave it with the ftory of diilant 
 diilrefs. And that he alone can be qualified to be 
 judge at the laft day, who, from the firil day to the- 
 lafl, was internally a co-operator and witnefs of all 
 thiife ever pafTed within the bofoms of men. 
 
 Hence it is that, although the Chrillian countries 
 have received the /avo Tables of the law of Chriil, his 
 external as well as i^iterna! Re-uclationy (each witnefling^ 
 to the other, that the God of our Go/pel is the God of 
 our }\ature) the nations however, who are llrangers to 
 his name, yec acknowledge his influence ; they do not 
 indeed hear, but they/t'f/ the precepts of that Light 
 nvhich lighteneth every Man nx)ho cometh into the World. 
 
 My tkareH; brother, faid the earl, my conception* 
 are quite clear with refped to the oniniprefence of 
 Chriii's divinity. But, as his body is circumfcribed 
 by external lineaments, I can form no notion of its 
 being in feveral places at once. How then will it be, 
 I pray you, at, and after the lail day ? Will he be 
 preient to, and approachable only by a feled number 
 of his faints ; or will he go certain circuits through 
 the heavens, blcJmg all, in rotation, with his beatific 
 pre fence ? 
 
 Is not the body of 5'onder fun circumfcribed, my 
 lord? — Moil certainly. — It is now, faid Mr. Clinton, 
 at a diilance of many millions of leagues from you, 
 and yet you fee it as evidently, and feel its influence 
 as powerfully, as if it were within yoar reach. Nay, 
 it is more thin within your reach^ it is within your ex- 
 illence. It fupplies comfort and life to your anima:! 
 body ; and you could not furviv^e an iiour vv Ithout its 
 nduence. 
 
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 Now, this is no otlier thafi the type of what Chriit 
 v.'ill be to his new-begotten in the refurreftion, when 
 Corruption Jhall be f^Joallcn.<jcd up of glory., and mortal of im- 
 mortaUiy. The fame blefTed body which, for the re- 
 jdemption of coinmiferated finners, went through the 
 Ihameful and bloody procefs of agonizing fcourges, 
 thorns, fpittings, and bufFetings ; which hung fix 
 hours on the crofs ; which defcended into the grave, 
 and thence opened the way through death into life, 
 and through time into eternity ; even this body ftiall 
 then fhine forth in ineffable beauty and beatitude, in 
 ^fFcntialiy communicative grace and glory ; thro' the 
 height and the depth, thro' the length and thro' the 
 breadth, beaming wide beyond the univerfe, from 
 inhiiity to infinity. 
 
 Fcithei , Son, and Holy Spirit, will then become co- 
 embodied in this divine body ; they will be the reple- 
 tion of it, they will operate all things by it. To 
 bring the Creator nearer to his creatures, the invifible 
 Godhead wdl theabeconae vifible, the infinite circum- 
 scribed, the unapproachable aeceffible, and the incom- 
 prehenfible compiehended, within the humanity of our 
 Chriii. Then will his crofs be exalted, for an enfign 
 to the circling, bending, and worlhipping univerfe. 
 His wreath of thorns will kindle all nature with the 
 darlings and effluence of its corufcation?, . And his 
 reed of mockery will become the fceptre of unlimited 
 dominion. 
 
 From his five wounds /hall be poured forth incelTant 
 floods of glory, and wide diftufmg blc/Iednefs upon 
 all his redeemed. Adoring worlds, in felf-abje<5lion, 
 ihall ilrive to link beneath the abjection, that became 
 their filvation, Thefe ever -apparent enfigns of fo 
 dearly purchafed benefits fhall attra(5t the w ills of all 
 creatures, they (hall caufe all hearts and afie£lions to 
 rufh and cleave to him, as ilcel-dull rufiies to the mag- 
 net, and as fpokes ftick in ihe nave whereon they are 
 centered. There (hall be no lapfe thenceforward, no 
 falling away, for ever; but God in his Chrilt, and 
 Chriit in his redeemed, fhall be a will and a wifdom, 
 and an adion and a mightinefs, and a goodnefs and a 
 gracioufncfs and a glory riling on glory, and a blefiing 
 
 riling. 
 
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 fifing on bleflTednefs, through an ever beglnnkig to 
 a never ending eLernity. 
 
 O brother, exclaimed the earl, I am enraptured, 
 I am entranced ' — 1 feel it all, I feel il all. I am 
 already with all my tranfgreflions, defirous of being 
 crulhed to nothing under the foot of my Redeemer. 
 But he comforts inftead of crufhing me. O that I 
 were this night, this very moment to be diHolved, and 
 to be with Chriil I That night, the earl was quite 
 
 happy and pleafant, and afFe<51ionate even beyond his 
 cuitom. He faid and did every thing that could be 
 endearing to his Harry and to hie friends. HecarefTed 
 them at parting for bed. He fmilingly fh.ook hands 
 with all the domeilics that approached him ; and, in 
 the morning, was found dead, without any notice to 
 the fervant who attended and lay in the room. 
 
 A fudden alarm was inllantly given through the 
 family, and quickly reached the town, and fpread 
 through the adjacent country, Harry fell upon his 
 father's face, and wept upon him, and kifi'ed him cry- 
 ing, My father, O my father 1 And they laid his re- 
 mains in a rich coffin under a fable canopy of velvet, 
 and the houfe and the court was circled with mourners 
 from all parts, until his body was depofited in the 
 family tomb : but Mr. Clinton would not permit 
 Harry to attend the funeral of his father. 
 
 Our hero was now the mader of unbounded wealth, 
 approaching to the prime of youth, glowing with 
 health, action, and vigour, of beauty incomparable, 
 beloved of all who knew him, and the admiration of 
 every eye where he pailcd. Yet all thefe advantages, 
 with his higher accompli(hments, became as matters of 
 no v^iiue ; they funk and fickcned to his fenfe, while 
 he felt a void in his bofom, after he knew not what, 
 fighing he knew not why ; keen and craving in 
 his defires, yet pining and languid in the want of 
 pofl'eflion. 
 
 What is the matter, my love faid Mr. Clinton ? My 
 dear brother died in a good old age. Such things 
 ftiould be expe^cd ; and we ought not to grieve as 
 perlons without hope. ^iVue, Sir, faid the young 
 
 carl, and yet it is a melancholy thing for a poor n^an 
 
 f 
 
(24^) 
 
 to refled how rich he was a very little while ago. I 
 lately had a dear brother, a dear mother, and the 
 dearell: of fathers, but where are they now ? I look 
 round the world and fee nothing but yourfelf therein. 
 And— Ihould you too. — He could no more. His uncle 
 alfo broke into tears, at the thoughts of parting with 
 his darling Harry, though it were to join his Louifa. 
 
 My Harry, fays he, at laft, for never will I change 
 that dear name for any title however deferved by you, 
 we have yet two precious treafures upon earth, if we 
 did but know where to find them ; it is your coufm the 
 countefs of Maitland, and the brother of ray Louifa, 
 the marquis D'Aubigny. Let us go in fearch of them, 
 my fon. Next to my Louifa they are the loveliell of 
 all living. They abound in all human and divine 
 aiFediops, and will carefs us with kindred and corref- 
 ponding hearts. 
 
 Soon ;ifter, they fet out for France, and, foon ar- 
 rived at Paris, where Mr. Clinton ordered his large 
 retinue to his ancient hotel, and, taking only two 
 footmen, he and his Harry went in their poll-chaife to 
 the marquis's palace. 
 
 On ringing of the bell and opening the gate, a 
 fingle domellic came forth. Mr. Clinton perceived 
 that ail was dark in the hall, and this inilantly gave 
 an alarm to his ever ready feelings. He alighted, 
 however, and, entering with his Harry, Where is your 
 mafter, fays he, where is my brother the marquis ? 
 Heaven blefs us, cried the fellow, are you ray mailer's 
 brother ? I have heard much talk of and about your 
 lordQiip, though I never was fo happy as to fee your 
 face before. Ho I he continued, and rung another 
 bell, come all of you ! attend the brother of your 
 lord ; attend the prefent mafler and lord of your houfe- 
 hold I Im.mediately the palace was in commotion, the 
 houfe was lighted up, and all feemed to have acquired 
 wings to aid their motions. Mr. Clinton looked with 
 eagernefs at each of the domeftics, endeavouring to 
 recolledl the features of fome old acquaintance, but all 
 the faces were flrange to him. Pray tell me, my 
 friends, fays he, where is your mafler f Where and 
 iiow are he and his lady ? are they fdli in good health ; 
 !uis he had any children by her ? 
 
 ToL. II, ' X ^ Pleafe 
 
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 rieafe your honour, faid an elderly man, my mafter^'s 
 fcrll lady died in her child-birth, and her infant perifhed 
 with her. Eat he is fince married to one of the love- 
 lieft women in the world. He is gone, a year fince, 
 on an embaffy into Africa ; his lady would not be left 
 behind ; we lately heard from them ; they are both ia 
 health ; and we expe6l that lefs than a month will 
 bring them fafe to us ; indeed, the fum of our prayers 
 is for their happy and fpeedy return. 
 
 What, faid Air. Clinton, are there none of my old 
 friends, not one of our ancient domeftics here ? — Pleafe 
 your lordfhip, Jacome, the white headed lleward, is 
 flill left, but, though in good health, he is very little 
 more than half alive. — Pray go and tell him that an 
 old friend of his is here, and would be very glad lo 
 fee him ; but do not- do things fuddenly, and be very 
 tender and careful in bringing him to me. 
 
 Old Jacome was wheeled in, wrinkled, pale, and 
 paralycic ; and all enfeebled as he fat reclining in an 
 cafy chair, he feemed to recover life and new fpirits, 
 as they brought him forward. Bring me to him, bring 
 me to him, he cried ; my eyes are wonderous dim ; 
 bring me clofer, that I may know if it is my very 
 mafter indeed. Bring me but once to know that it is 
 his fweet pardoning face, and then let me die, 1 care 
 not. 
 
 Mr. Clinton then took him lovingly by the hand ; 
 My good friend Jacome, fays he, v/e are both grow- 
 ing old ; I rejoice however to fee you once more upon 
 earth. O, cried the old man, a well known and a 
 fweet tuned voice is that voice ? it is you then, it is 
 you yourfelf, my mailer ! Alas for your lofles fmce 
 lafl we parte'^ ; 1 have got a fait rheum in my eyes of 
 late, and I never thought of you but it began to come 
 down. Here Jacome, fobbing aloud, provoked the 
 joint tears of his attending fellow fervants ; though 
 they had never been partakers of the foregoing calami- 
 ties, farther than by the ear, whence they were now 
 lecollefted and carried home to their hearts. 
 
 My lord, fays Jacome at lall, I am not the only one 
 that remains of your old fervants. Your Gerard too, 
 who (bleffmgs on his hands) once tied me neck and 
 heels, Gerard too is forth coming and Bear at hand. 
 
 Your 
 
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 Your honour's wonderful bounty made a gentleman of 
 him at once, and he is now in a high way with a wife 
 and three children. A hundred and a hundred times 
 have we walhed your remembrance with our tears. 
 And indeed I- think your honour ought not to fend for 
 him, left he fliould fuddenly die, or run diflrafled at 
 feeing you. 
 
 In the mean time, one of the lackies had officioufly 
 gone and informed Gerard of the arrival of his patron. 
 He came panting, and rulhed forward, as it were, to 
 call himfelf at the feet of his lord : but Hopping fud* 
 denly, and drawing back fome fteps, he nailed his 
 eyes, as it were on the face of Mr. Clinton, and 
 fpreading his hands, cried : You live then, my lord ; 
 you ftUl live, my deareft mailer ! , You furvive all 
 your deaths and fufferings, and the weight of ten 
 mountains has not been able to crufh you ! — O, the 
 times, my mailer, never more to return ! — V/ill there 
 be fuch times in heaven, think your — Wiil there be 
 fuch angels there as we once lived with upon earth ? 
 Here he clapped his hands together, and fet up fuch a 
 fliout of bitter lamentation, as was enough to fplit th« 
 heart of every hearer. 
 
 As foon as Mr. Clinton and his two old friends had 
 parted, for the night : Tell me, my dear Sir, faid 
 his Harry, are there different kinds of grief, oris it 
 merely that grief afre(5ls us in different manners ? 
 When I wept for iny dear father, my mother and 
 brother, my afRiclion was altogether bitter without 
 any fpecies of alleviating fenfition to compenfate my 
 milery. But, it was far otherwife with me to-night ; 
 when 1 grieved in the grief of your old and faithful 
 domeltics, I felt that it was my happinefs fo to grieve ; 
 and I could wiih a return of the fweet fenfations. 
 
 The reafon is this, my love : faid Mr. Clinton, 
 when you lamented your parents, you lamented your- 
 felf in your lodes. Your aifliftion was juft, it was; 
 natural, it was laudible ; but Hill it participated bur 
 little of the emotion that is excited by the affiiftion of 
 others, and the anguilh was the keener by being nearly 
 limited to your own bofom and your own concern--. 
 But, in the griefs of my old and loving fervants, thi=. 
 night, yot became wholly expanded ; you went be- 
 X 2 vond,. 
 
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 yond, you went out of yourfelf. You felt without 
 refle£iion, how delightful it is to go forth with your 
 Gog, in his focial, generous, and divine fenfibilities. 
 And you delightfully felt, my Harry, that fuch a 
 toufe of mourning is more joyous to your foul, than 
 all the feltivals that fielh and fenfe can open before 
 you. 
 
 As Mr. Clinton propofed to wait the return of the 
 marquis, he employed the mean feafon in endeavours 
 to amufe his darling, and to difpel the cloud of melan- 
 choly that continued to hang over him. For thjs pur- 
 pofe, he went -with him to Verfailles, and to the many 
 other elegant environs of Paris, where our Hero be- 
 came opprefled by his involuntary attradion of all 
 eyes upon him. One night, happening to go to the 
 play, without the company of his guardian, as he 
 came forth, with a crowd, a carriage was opened for 
 him, which he took to be his own, and in he Hepped, 
 and away he was taken. 
 
 In the mean time, Mr. Clinton waited fupper for him, 
 nnd began to grow uneafy when the clock Ilruck 
 twelve. At lafl his carriage and fervants, returned 
 with tidings that they flaid for him above an hour, 
 after the play was over, and had ever fmce been in 
 fearch of him to no purpofe. 
 
 Though Mr. Clinton was of an intrepid fpirit, and 
 was flill more adured by his reliance on Providence, 
 he yet found himfelf ngitaied ia a very alarming man- 
 ner. He therefore retired to his clofct, and there, 
 fervently commended his Harry to the protedion of 
 his God. At length the clock llruck three. Soon 
 after the bell was heard from the hall, and Harry 
 entering, with a page in a rich livery, flew like light- 
 nino- up flairs, and call himfelf into the bofom of his 
 patron. My father ! he cried, 1 have been in fad 
 panics for you. 1 knew the love that you bore to 
 your worthlefs Harry. But, indeed I could not help 
 It. I have been a prifoner. Sir, and here is .my dear 
 deliverer. 
 
 A;, foon as they were fomcthing compofed, Harry 
 proceeded. As J came out of the theatre, I found a 
 cKaiiot in the fpot where I had left my own, and 
 fteppiijg hcedlcflly into jt, T was fet down, andhaftcn- 
 lig through the great hall, flew up ftaiis to fulute 
 
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 you. But, think how I was furprlfed, when I {ad^ 
 denly found the moll fumptuous chamber, perhaps, in. 
 the univerfe. 
 
 All allonifhed, I recoiled, and was going to with- 
 draw, when I was met by a lady who accofted me,. 
 Have you any commands. Sir, fays Ihe, for any one 
 in this houfe ? — A thoufand pardons. Madam, I per-- 
 ceive my error! I really thought I was fet down at. 
 my own lodgings. — No great offence, Sir ; but now 
 tna: J look at you again, 1 think you ought to pay for;- 
 your intrunon, by giving me an hour cf your com-- 
 pany at leaft. — You muil excurfe me. Madam,, my 
 guardian would be under the molt terrifying alarms for 
 me. — A iig.for a guardian, fne cried ; you are now my 
 prifoner, and nothing lefs than my friend Lewis with, 
 his army at his back, (hall be able to take you out of. 
 my hands.. 
 
 So faying, ihe rung a bell, and immediately a door 
 opened, and lliewed us acother apartment, where a 
 fu^^per, compofcd of all the elegancies of the feafon, 
 was ferved up.. She then took me by the hand, and 
 having featcd me, placed herfelf oppofite. A number 
 of fervants then vaniihed, leaving a dumb waiter, of. 
 filver behind them. 
 
 Sir, faid (he, we are not to have any further coitu- 
 pany. You alone were expeded, you alone are de-- 
 fired. In fhort, 1 have feen you often at the public 
 walks and theatres. You did more than ftrike my 
 fancy, you laid hold on my heart. I enquired every 
 thing about you. I know your rank and fortune. I[ 
 naJe ufe of this ftratagem to decoy you to me, ajid' 
 t'li'ough there are few women in Europe of equal opu- 
 lence or dignity, I think I cannot much demean myfelf- 
 by an alliance with a fweet fellow whom I fo ardently 
 love. But come, our fupper cools. 
 
 I gazed at her with admiration. She was indeed 
 the moft finifhed beauty 1 ever beheld^ An-d I was ia- 
 a manner attached to her, by her partiality in my. 
 favour. After fupper, (he drew her chair-nearer to 
 me. What fay you^.my lord, fays Ihe, fondly, aml'- 
 to live, or to periOi ? 
 
 Ah, Madam, I cried, love is as a little bird, if yoa 
 cage it, it will beat itfelf to pieces againft its prifon*. 
 X 3 Not. 
 
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 Not that I regard your late threats of confirement ; I 
 am a willing prilbn?r ; and time may, poiTibly, reccn 
 cile me to your different culloms. What cuftoms, I 
 pray you ? Why, Madam, love in England, is a 
 kind of warfare between the fexes, juft fuch a one as 
 once happened between the Parihians and old Rome ; 
 our ladies conquer by flying, and our men are van- 
 quiflied while they purfue. Perfons, Sir, of rank, 
 faid (he, are difpenfed with from conforming to little 
 matters of decorum. However, if you will endeavour 
 t<) adopt the manners of my country, I will do my beft 
 to conform to thofe of yours. 
 
 So faying, llie looked languidiingly at me, and 
 dr^w her chxiir quite clofe ; when, by an involuntary 
 motion, I put mine further back. Do not be alarmed, 
 my lord, fays fhe, women of my condition know 
 alvn'ays where to ftop. Right, Madam, iaid J ; but 
 pofiibly you might not be quite fo fuccefsful in teaching 
 me where to be flopped. Cold cnnititutioned boy ! 
 
 flie cried, (indignantly rifmg and colouring) your bed 
 tics yonder, you may go to it, if you like, and rumi- 
 nate till morning on the danger of flighting a princefs. 
 So faying, {he fwept out of the room, and locked me 
 in. Daring an hour after fhe had withdrawn, while I 
 walked about, confidering the threats of this extraor- 
 ilinary woman, 1 heard a great buflling in and about 
 the palace ; but, in another hour all was quiet. I 
 then conceived thoughts of attempting my efcape. 
 But 1 hold ii beneath me to be caught in the attempt ; 
 and fo 1 reiolved to wait till morning, and then to 
 force my pafTage in open day. 
 
 In the mean time, I imagined a pannel in the 
 ^vainfcot ftirred. And, foon after, it was removed, 
 and my young friend, here, entered my chamber. 
 i-ie beckoned me to filence, and, taking me by the 
 hand, led n e through the way by which he came. 
 
 V/e then defcendL-d a pair of back Hairs, and, grop- 
 ing along a daik entry, he caulioufly i-nbclted a door 
 that opened into a garden, and hurrying with me, 
 acrofs, he unlocked another door, that opened to the 
 flreet, and out we got, rejoicing. 
 
 M V lord, faid Petree, (for that was the page's name) 
 it wcjlu be dangerous i^x you to Jtnuiin another day, 
 
 or' 
 
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 or even till morning in Paris. The princefs \s4he 
 inoft intimate friend of Madame Maintenon, and 
 through her can do what fhe pleaies with the king. 
 During rriy reiidence with her, ihe grew tired of two' 
 handronie lovers in fucceffion ; but they told no tales ; 
 and no one can yet tell what became of them. 
 
 Mr, Clinton was quite of Perree's opinion. He 
 inllantly fent for his people. All was xhiirry, and, 
 toward dawning, they fet out on the road to Switzer- 
 land ; but, changing their courfe again, for feveral 
 fuccelTive mornings, they arrived at Cal.iis, by a tour 
 of near five weeks travel. Mr. Clinton fet up at his 
 old inn, and after dinner the hoxl entered to pay his 
 compliments. Have you any news, landlord ? No- 
 thing at prefent, my lord, all is quiet again. But here 
 has been a fearful buftle about ihree weeks ao;o. A 
 party of the king's guards came down, in purfuit of a 
 young Englilhman who ran away with a lady of quality 
 from Paris Harry looked quite fecure, being wholly 
 innocent of any prefent defign on the fex ; but poor 
 little Perree tuintd as pale as the table-cloth. 
 
 I remember, continued our talkative hoft, thatjuil 
 fuch another affair happened when 1 was a boy and 
 fervant in this houfe. Here came a young Englifh- 
 man, juil fach another fweet fellow as this before me ; 
 and brought with him an angel of a creature, the like 
 of whom my eyes never faw. After him came one of 
 our great dukes with a party of foldiers, and terrible 
 things were expedled ; but, they made it up,- 1 know 
 not how; 2.ndi Milord Anglois carried off his prize in 
 triumph 1 Mr. Clinton Hooped his head, and drept a 
 filent tear. 
 
 That evening a gale fprung up, and going on board, 
 thcv were fafe anchored, before morning, in Dover 
 harbour. They then mutually embraced ; and Harry, 
 catching his beloved deliverer to his bofom, We are 
 now upon Engliih ground, fays he, welcome to my 
 arms, my dear Perree, no longer my page or fervant, 
 but my friend and my brother ! You cannot conceive 
 what pain your officioufnefs has hitherto coH me, but 
 there muft be no more of this ; you (hall hereafter he 
 ferved as I am, nay, I myfelf will kiY-i yeu to the 
 u-tmoil of my power. 
 
 Ah. 
 
Ah, rr,y lord, cried the lovely Ferree, gently falling 
 nt the feet of his mafter, if you deprive me of thn 
 pleafure of ferving you, you deprive me of all the 
 pleafure that the world can afford me. if you knc.v 
 the delight I iind in being always about you, in watch- 
 ing your thoughts and moiions, in looking into your 
 eyes, and there reading your defires, before they rife 
 to exprefilon, you could not find in your heart to de- 
 prive me of fuch a bleffing. Well, then, faid Harry, 
 raifmg him fondly in his arms, our future contefl 
 iiiall be, which of us fhall ferve the other with moft" 
 aiieftion. 
 
 After dinner, the evening being calm and tine, 
 Plarry took his Perree wiih him along the Hiore that 
 flreiches under the ftupendous cliffs of Dover. They 
 had not walked far, when, getting out of the fight of 
 people within the winding of a creek, a man advanced, 
 towards them, and taking out a piliol, called to Harry 
 to throw down his purfe. Our hero did not regard his 
 purie, but thinking it an indignity to be robbed by 
 one man, he put his hand to his fword. Hereupon the- 
 villain levelled his piiiol, and the faithful Perree, ob- 
 ferving that he was going to fire, inilantly jumped in, 
 between his mailer and danger, and received. the balii 
 Into his own Bolbm. 
 
 Harry faw his darling drop, and, frying all enraged 
 at the robber, he ran him thrice through the body. 
 Then, flying as fuiftly back, he threw himfelf by the 
 fide of his dying Perree,. and gently raifmg his lan- 
 guifhing head, placed it fondly on his bofom. 
 
 You are wounded, my friend, fays Harry. Yes, 
 my lord, I am wounded juft as I could wifh ; and L 
 would not exchange my prefent death for the happieli 
 life that the world could beftow. — But, it is time to 
 reveal a fecret to you, which nothing but. death lliould. 
 ever have exLcried from me. — 1 am not what I feem, 
 my moll beloved mailer! — I am a foolifh girl, who, at 
 the firft glance, conceived a paffion for you. — My 
 name is Maria de Lavjanne : — 1 am neice to that bad. 
 v/oman whom you rcjedcd. — But, what did 1 purpofe 
 by this dirguil'c?. Firft your deliverance, m^j lord, 
 and that i cfFeded. — But, did I further afpire to the 
 honour of you& hand \ f ai^ from it, fiir from it. — I 
 
 felt 
 
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 fl'It my own unwcrthinefs ; I did not think you could 
 be mated by any thing lefs than an angel. — But then^ 
 to fee you, to hear you, to ferve, to touch, to be near 
 you, to fix my eyes on you unheeded, and, if poffible, 
 to win your attention by the little offices of my fond- 
 neTs, this was my happinefs. — I have had it, 1 have 
 enjoyed it; — and I ought to die content. — But, alas, 
 to part from you, there is the pang of pangs. — O, if 
 this day merits any thing, by the offer of my own life 
 for the prefervation of my beloved, — then caufe my 
 chafte clay to be depofited. in the tomb of your ancef. 
 tors — that — when time Ihall come — my dull may be 
 neighboured — to your precious duft — and there fleep- 
 in peace — befide you— till we fpring together — into 
 glory and immortality 1 
 
 During thefe fhort fentences and difficult refpirations, 
 lord Moreland could anfwer nothing. — He was fufrb- 
 cated by his grief. — But, putting his fpeechlefs lips to 
 the fading lips of his Maria, he drew her lateft breath 
 into his own bofom, while angels caught her fpirit 
 into the regions of purity, of love, and of faith un- 
 failing. 
 
 His iordfhip, then plucking up courage from defpair, 
 preffed his lips to the pale, and unfeeling lips of his 
 true lover, and cried. Yes, my Maria, our dufl ihall 
 be joined, and I feel that our fpirits too fnall (hortly 
 be wedded ! — Then, raifing her in his arms, he bore 
 her to the town, while he poured upon her, the two 
 fountains of his affedlion. 
 
 When he got to the inn, and came to his uncle ; 
 Here, Sir, faid he, 1 prefent you with a precious bur- 
 den, a burden that lies much heavier on my heart than 
 it did in my arms. He then related to Mr, Clinton 
 the whole of what had paffed ; when, heavily fighing, 
 and Ihedding a tear, Mr. Clinton cried, Ah, my 
 Harry, I would to heaven that your Maria had lived ; 
 Ihe exceeds your Aggy JefTamin all to nothing. 
 
 Lord Moreland ordered a carriage on purpofe for 
 himfelf and hfs beloved. She was depofited in a coffin; 
 and, notv/ithftanding all the remonftiances of his uncle, 
 he would not be divided from his Maria, till they 
 reached London; where he paid the lafl te.^imony of 
 his regard to her remains in the moil fplcudid manner. 
 
 As 
 
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 As lord Moreknd thought it his duty, fo he thoagKt 
 
 it v/ould be his delight to lament his Maria for ever* 
 Bat time, chough it may rot wholly efface, daily 
 wears an infenfible portion of the deepeft impreffions^ 
 
 In the mean time, Mr. Clinton received a letter, by 
 the French mail, in anfwer to one which he had left 
 for his brother-in-law at Paris ; and this letter in- 
 formed him, under the marquis's hand, that he had 
 returned from his embalT;,' to the court of Morocco, 
 and that he and his lady would be fnorily in England. 
 And at the bottom he found written in a different: 
 charafter, ** Will it be any fatisfadlion to fee them ac- 
 companied by your once loved — Fanny Goodall?" 
 
 We have found them, my Harry, he cried, we hav« 
 found them, our long and far fought friends ; the two 
 treafures which our God had gracioufiy laid in llore^ 
 for us. 
 
 Within the following fortnight, as our hero ilood 
 with a fmgle attendant in Fleet-Itreec, over-againft the 
 Devil Tavern, he was accolled by a glittering appear- 
 ance, who took him by the hand and faid how are you, 
 Ma^er FerJon P — Well," Sir, I thank you. Lord Bo/- 
 tern, I prefume ! — The fame. Sir. — And pray how are 
 the worthy lord and Lady Pv^ansfield, alfo your lovely 
 filter, the Lady Louifa ? — Paffable, Sir. But what 
 makes you in bliick ? 1 hope Mr. Fenton is flill in the 
 land of the living ? — He is, my lord. But black is a 
 cheap kind of wear. — Well, I inHft on your rtepping 
 over the way to take one glafs with me. — Your loid^ 
 fhiip muft excufe me, 1 am going to «.'iiq'rire concern- 
 ing fome friends whom 1 exped from France. O, I 
 proteft, Mafler Fcniony you fhall n.>t difippomt me ; I 
 infnt on renewing our old acquaint :i:e. 
 
 Lord Moreland could hardly liave found it in his 
 heart to refufe the requeft of an enemy ; much lefs 
 could he rcjed an invication that was made under an 
 appearance of friendtliip. When lord Bottom had 
 feaied his old enemy (as he ftill fuppofcd him to be) 
 in the mid It of fourteen or fifteen bloods and bucks, 
 lord Moreland would gladly have retreated ; but re-/, 
 jeded the thought left they Ihould think thatJie was* 
 ii^riniiilatcd* \ 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
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 Gentlemen, cried lord Bottom, give me leave to 
 introduce a phoenomenon to you ; my friend yonder is 
 aCHRisTiAK! A ChrilHan, cried one ; a Chriftian, 
 cried another? Ah, faid lord Bottom, a Chriilian of 
 the right caft, he literally conforms to the example of 
 his mailer. Iffepusfmite him on the one cheek, he 
 will turn the othS- to you, and you cannot delight him 
 more than by kickings, fpittings and fpurnings. 
 
 Pray, Sir, faid one of the company, are you ac- 
 tually a Chriftian ? I hope fo. Sir, faid Harry. And 
 may T fpit in your face. Sir, faid another, without fear 
 chaflifement r You might perhaps. Sir, faid lord 
 Moreland, had you done it in the fudden impulfe of 
 pafiion, but, — I told you fo gentlemen, exclaimed lord 
 Bottom. 1 have myfelf put the chriflianity of my 
 friend there to the proof. I have made him the butt 
 and the jell of all companies. And yet he never 
 iliewed the lead inftance of his being offended. For 
 example now, and fo faying, he fpit diredlly in his 
 face. While lord Moreland calmly pulled out his 
 handkerchief to wipe himfelf, another of the fet 
 advanced, and followed lord Bottom's example. 
 
 This was too much for his fortitude to bear. He 
 darted from his chair, and returned the outrage with a 
 Ilroke that felled the caitiff to the ground. 'Sbl — d, 
 cried one of the company, I fear Bottom, you have 
 brought us into the wrong box. You have certainly 
 miftaken your man. He has indeed, faid lord More - 
 land, calmly. He calls me Fenton, but my name is 
 not Fenton ; my name is Henry, earl of Moreland , 
 and you ihall every man fuffer for this outrage on a 
 Peer. 
 
 The whole legion was inftantly ftruck with terror. 
 They funk on their kT\ees in petitioning poilures. J^ut 
 lord Moreland faid, with a firm accent, 1 defire youi** 
 reformation, gentlemen, and I will endeavour to com-^ 
 piete it, by treating you in fuch a manner as (hall make 
 you afVaid to repeat fuch infults upon humanity and 
 religion hereafter. Saying this he arofe, and, taking 
 each of the intimidated wretches in fuccefTron by the 
 nofe, he led them out, and kicked them down llairs, 
 through tJie midii of thei^r own fervants^ the waiters, 
 
 &c. 
 
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 ^c. crying, a kicking to all the Tcoundrel Tons of 
 Belial t who dare to fpit at chriftianity ! 
 
 The next morning as lord Moreland was walking 
 along Cheapfide, he faw a crowd gathered about a 
 coach that had broke down ; and while fome ftcod 
 gaping, the reft only laughed at the diRrefTed fituation 
 of the people in the coach. Bat, the Tight had a very 
 diiterent effedl upon him. He burfi through the 
 crowd, and forcing his way to the coach, found in it a 
 lady, with two female attendants, and a black boy, 
 who all appeared to be foreigners. 
 
 This circumftance interelled him ftill more flrongly 
 in their behalf. He foon extricated them from their 
 own carriage, and engaged in aflilling the fervants to 
 fet every ihin;^ to rights, and remove their luggage to 
 a hackney coach ; he then led the lady, and her 
 women, and the black boy, to a neighbouring tavern, 
 to wait till his coach, for which he had fent, (liould 
 arrive. 
 
 In the mean time, while he was buficd in helping the 
 lady to a bit of cake, and a glafs of v/inc, happening 
 to turn his head, he perceived the black youth by 
 ftealth kifiing the hat, and preffing the gloves to his 
 bofom that he had laid on a table. 
 
 Whatever the darknefs of any afpci^ or perfon may 
 be, if the beauty of the loul fhall burll upon us, thro' 
 the cloud, the dark becomes light, and wc begin to 
 afFe6l what was lately our averfion. Thus it was that 
 lord Morelaiid found himfelf fuddenly attached by the 
 two recent proofa that this out-landifli youth had given 
 of his afFe(!^Uoa. 
 
 Being all .eated, his lorddiip looked earncftly at the 
 young Moor, ana turning to the lady, faid, I now per- 
 ceive, Madam, how ridiculous all forts of prejudices 
 are, and hnd that tiiie may change our opinions to the 
 reverfe of what they were, i once had an averfion to 
 all forts of blacks, but I avow that there is foraething 
 fo amiable in the face of this youth, as is enough, as 
 Sh'ik ipear has u, to make us in love with night, and 
 pay no more worfhip to the gaudy fun. 
 
 The Moor, hereat, fmiled celeftial Avcetnefs, and 
 joy beamed from his cycs^ aud tliroughout his dimpling 
 
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 But who can you be, my fvveet fellow, faid the lady, 
 who are the pifture, the image, almoft the thing itfelf 
 that I was fo fadly in love with five and thirty years 
 ago ? Why, Madam, faid our hero, you could not 
 have been born at that early day. Ah, you flatterer, 
 fays fne, I am turned of forty. But, pray Madam, 
 who was he that was fo happy as to attra6l your infant 
 affections ? — His name was Harry Clinton. — Why, 
 Madam, Harry Clinton is my name. — Hai-ry Clinton, 
 Harry Clinton ! fcreamed out the lady, and (farted up 
 from her chair. — Yes, Madam, I am fon to the late 
 earl of Moreland, and I almoffc dare to hope that you 
 were once the enchanting Fanny Goodall. — Yes, my 
 lovely kinfman, I am indeed your Fanny Goodall, I 
 am your uncle's marchionefs.D'Aubigny ; and 1 am the 
 dutchefsof Bouillon. 
 
 Harry then fprung forward, and feizing her hand, 
 kept it dwelling on his lips. But, difeng^ging it, fhe 
 opened her arms and clafped him to her bofom, and 
 wept over him as a mother would over a long-lofb fon, 
 while the young Moor ran and danced about the room 
 Jike a mad thing, clapping hands, and fpringing alraoft 
 to the cieling. 
 
 When they were fo;Tjething compofed. the Moor 
 caught the lady about the neck, and kiffing her, cried, 
 Joy, joy, my deareft Madam, the grestefl: of all joys! 
 Then turning to our hero, he took each of his iiands, 
 in turns, and prefled them to his lips, while lord ?vIore- 
 land kiffed his forehead, and cried, My brother, my 
 brother ! 
 
 News was now brought that the carriages v.'ereat the' 
 door, whereupon they fct out in a hurry for Mr. Clin-" 
 ton's, the dutchefs readily affenting to lord Moreland's 
 deiire to go thither. 
 
 When they arrived, the dutchefs haflened in, enqr.ir- 
 ing for Mr. Clinton, and when Che came where he was, 
 fhe cried out, as fhe advanced, Your Fanny, your 
 F^nnv Goodall, my coufin ; and throwing herfelf into 
 his arms, dwelt there for a minute. Then recoiling 
 awhile, flie looked fondly at hnu, i-.v.d cried, Your 
 fifler alfo, my brother, your fifter D'Aubignv ; the 
 happv wife of the brother of vour heavenly Louifa ! 
 Vol. n. V ' then 
 
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 then clafping him to her arms, (he broke into tears; 
 and again, quitting him, fat down to q^uiet her emo- 
 tions. 
 
 Mr. Clinton, having feated himfelf befide her, faid : 
 Thefe are wondrous things that you tell me, my fiHer ; 
 by what miracle have thefe bleflings been brought 
 about ? 
 
 I am too much agitated at prefent, fays {he, let me 
 recover myfelf, and the matter fhall be unravelled. 
 
 When they had fat a few minutes, Give me leave, 
 Sir, faid the dutchefs, to introduce my little black 
 companion to your notice. He is a fweet fellow I 
 affure you, notvvithftanding his complexion. He is 
 child to our royal friend the emperor of Morocco, who 
 has entrufted him to our guaidianfhip. However he 
 might have come by his {able outfide, his father, the 
 great Abtnamin, is the lead tawny of any man I faw in 
 Africa, and his mother is one of the faireft women that 
 ever opened a pair of living diamonds to the light ; but 
 my brother, 1 fhall more p- rticularly recommend him 
 to your regard, by telling you that he is an exceedingly 
 pious Chnflian. 
 
 She then turned, and taking the little Abenamin by 
 the hand, led him up and placed him before her bro- 
 ther. Wher; the youth fuddenly dropping on his 
 knees, looked up to Mr. Clinton, with eyes ihat fpok€ 
 love and reverential awe, and befought his bkfTing. 
 
 The old gen'Jeman found himielf furprizin^ly af- 
 fected, and, lifting up his hands, cried, *' God be 
 gracious to you, my child, and make your foul as 
 bright as your countenance is fable ! and miy the Sun 
 of Righteoufncfs fhine with power upon you, and il- 
 lumine every (hade that is about you." The prince 
 embraced his legs, killed his knees and arofe. 
 
 You may remember, my deareft coufin, faid the 
 dutchefs, in what a hurry I lad paited from you. Mr, 
 Fairface, with whom the bulk of my fortune was 
 depofued, went oft" with above a hundred thoufand 
 pounds of my fubftance. I traced him to Paris, and 
 there he had the impudence to give me an interview, 
 but at the fame time, had the greater impudence to biii 
 me defiance. 
 
 Inonediotely 
 
( ^JJ 5 
 
 Iminediately I commenced a Tuif, andTent to London? 
 f«r my papers and witneires. On the opening of my 
 caufe in court, I was fummoned by the title of coun- 
 fefs of Maitland, otherwife Frances Goodail. On 
 hearing the name, a gentleman who was near me 
 llarted, and turning, Pray, M.idam, fays he, are you 
 related to the honourable Harry Clinton, who once 
 went by that name in this city ? 1 am, Sir, faid 1,- 
 almcft the neareft relation that he has upon earth. 
 He is Madam, my deareft friend and brother. Pray 
 fpeak to your advocates to poftpnne your fuit] for 
 a few days, till I am infgrmed of the merits of your 
 caufe. 
 
 This was done. He defired to know where I 
 lodged, and in lefs than an hour his chariot was at my 
 door. Except yourfelf, ray coufin, the marquis had 
 the mofl lovely afpeft and perlon that I ever beheld. I 
 foon convinced him of the equity of my demand, and- 
 of the villainy of my tr^u'lee. But he flill continued 
 to vifit, and to (lay wi.h me a confiderable part of 
 every day, under colour of being better informed. The 
 remaining time was fpent in foliciting for me. 
 
 At length a hearing came on ; and, after a fhort 
 trial honell Fairface was cafl. He was inftantly taken 
 into cuftody, and put under confinement, till he dif- 
 charged the whole amount of thejudgment. 
 
 No fooner was one fuit over, wherein I was plain- 
 tiff, but another was commenced wherein I happened 
 to prove but a weak defendant. The marquis now be- 
 came folicitor for himfelf. 
 
 I could not refufe part of my time to him who had 
 devoted the whole of his time and afllduity to me. 
 We fpent whole days together. But O, what floods 
 of tears did that time coft both him and me, while he 
 pathetically related your hiflory, from the place where 
 you broke off, to the death of your Louifa and your 
 precious infants. 
 
 I believe, my coufin, that, as grief is a greater 
 foftener, fo it is a greater cementer of hearts than any 
 other pallion. I gave the marquis, in my turn my 
 little (lory, and dwelt on every rainurenefs of my in- 
 fant palTioa for you. Ah, faid he, what a pity that a 
 Y » heart,. 
 
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 heart, fo fufceptible of all humane feelings, fliould fit 
 as a lonely turtle, upon the houfe-top, without a fuu- 
 ablc mate ! 
 
 I took him for that mate, my coufin, and in a huf- 
 band I found the tendereft of lovers. I became preg- 
 nant, for the firfl time of my life, and was delivered of 
 a fvveet little fellow, whom we left at nurfe in our 
 country feat, while I attended my lord on his embaffy to 
 Morocco. 
 
 But here I muPt flop, my brother ! I am under the 
 pofitive mlerditlion of a hufoand, not to divulge a word 
 furtlier till he fees you face to face. But I trufl that he 
 hjS bleOTed tidings for you, my brother ; he fays that 
 otherwile he would not have dared to preient himfelf 
 before you, after his lofs of your Eloifa. 
 
 Mr. Clinton fmiled, carelef^ as at the impofTibility 
 of any confoling event upon earth. Again, f'niiling, [ 
 proteft, my fiRer, faid he, you appear to me to grow 
 younger for your years. 
 
 But pray, when may we expefl mv brother ? — In 
 about two months ; at prefent he is engaged with the 
 kn-jg, who lately created him a duke, on account of the 
 fervices which he rendered the ftate in Africa. We re- 
 ceived your letter, my deared brother, at Paris, but 
 wondered who the fwcet fellow could be who was faid 
 to accompany you. 
 
 In the mean time, our hero, and the young prince 
 were in dole combination. Abenamin flepped about 
 and about lord IVIoreland, and toyed with him, and 
 twifted the curls of his carelefs locks around his fn- 
 gers. Then turning and looking up in his face, Ah, 
 how fair, fays he, does this black vilage of mine fliew 
 in thole fine eyes of yours! It is in truth, faid his 
 lordlhip, fo fair in my eyes, that I would not exchange 
 it for fifteen of the faireft female faces in Britain. 
 The prince then caught his hand and prefled it to his 
 bofom. 
 
 As foon as lord Moreland's grief for his late Maria 
 would allow him to alTociate, he had been to fcek his 
 old friend and tutor Mr. Clement. But he found only 
 a fingle domeflic at home, who told him that the old 
 gentleman had been fome time dead, and that the family 
 
 were 
 
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 were lately gone to take poffeflion of a new feat that they* 
 had purchafed in the country. However, as his lord- 
 fhip found himfelf happy in the prefent Ibciety, he 
 fought no further acquaintance in London. In lefs 
 than three weeks they all fet out for Ennavilley there tO' 
 await the arrival of the duke. 
 
 The fecond day, as they flopped at a village to repair 
 the harncfs of a horfe, lord Moreland took a walk 
 with his Abenamin along the road. In their way they 
 came to a long and wade cottage, where they heard the 
 confufed clattering of voices. His lordfliip ftepped to 
 the door, and, looking in, perceived it bout forty or 
 fifty boys ranged on benches, while a man of pale 
 afpefl fat on a decayed chair, inllruding them in their 
 leffons. 
 
 Your fervant, Sir, fays lord Moreland, what lan- 
 guage do you teach? — I can teach Latin and Greek 
 too, fo pleafe your honour ; but the people of this 
 country choofe to confine themfelves to the language of 
 Old England. — If I am not too free. Sir, pray what iS' 
 your name ? — Longfield,-fo pleafe your honour. — Long* 
 field, Longfield ? I have furely heard of that name 
 before. Pray, were you ever acquainted with a man 
 called Hammel Clement? — Hannrel Clement, Sir, he- 
 was my deareft friend, the friend whom I injuied, the 
 friend of my heart ! Then, cries his lordfhip, this ac- 
 knowledgment makes you my friend alio, Mr, Long- 
 field. And fo faying, he took his hand and fhook it in^ 
 the mod affe6lionate manner. 
 
 The poor man (hrunk back in half wonder and half 
 terror at what this might mean ; but the earl foon* 
 quieted his apprehenfions. Your friend Clement, fays 
 he, is come to a great fortune, and, 1 dare anfwer for 
 him, would feel fmcere joy at your fight, and gladly 
 divide his fubftance with you ; but, if you pleafe, you 
 ihall be no incumbrance upon his growing family. 
 You fiiall inftantly come with me, and, as Pharaoh- 
 faid to Jacob, regard not your fluff, for the good of' alf 
 my land lies before you, Mr. Longfield. And I rejoice- 
 raore in acquiring fuch a heart as yourS; then if \ had- 
 acquired the poirefTion of a province, 
 
 Y 3 I-ord 
 
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 Lord Moreland then called a few of the neighbours 
 in, and giving them feme guineas, to be divided among 
 the children, in order to enable them to fee a new 
 mafter ; he and Abenamin took the threadbare Long- 
 field, on each fide, under the arm, and carried him 
 away. 
 
 When they came to the turn that led to the iTianfion^ 
 houfe, the earl perceived with much pleafure that the 
 two fchool-houles, which he had put in hand before 
 the death of his father, were completed. They flood 
 oppofite to each other, with the road between them. 
 Their fronts were of hewn flone, and a fmall cupola 
 rofe over each, with bells to fummon the children to 
 meals and to Icffon. Here, Longfield, fays our hero, is 
 to be your province. You are to fuperintend thefe 
 fchools, at a falary of one hundred a year. And I 
 will foon fend you, with proper means, throughout 
 the country, to muiler rae a hundred chofen children 
 of each fex, for I wifh to be a father, Longfield, and 
 to gather my family of little ones under my eye and my 
 iving. 
 
 It is impoffible to defcribe the happinefs of this mod 
 ^vorthy fet. Feflivity glowed on every face, and the 
 late houfe of mourning became a houfcof joy. Above 
 all, Abenamin infpired good humour throughout the 
 family, and melancholy fled before him wherever he 
 turned. He was daily inventing new matters of enter- 
 tainment. He danced African dances for them, with 
 wonderful grace ; and he fung African fongs that imi- 
 tated and exceeded the wild warblings of the nightin- 
 gale ! fo that he became the little idol of the whole 
 houfehold. 
 
 Lord Moreland had fcnt for a taylor, and got Long- 
 field fitted with three or four fuits from his father's 
 wardrobe. He then fcnt him on his commiffion, in 
 company with iVlr. Trufly the agent, whom he ordered 
 to (hew him the country, to introduce him to the 
 feveral families of the pealimtry, and to furnifli him 
 with whatever fums he fhould call for. 
 
 Jn the mevintime, our hero and Abenamin became 
 infeparable, He made the prince a prcfcnt of his httle 
 
 jennctj 
 
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 jennet, and often preffed him to ride, but Abenamin 
 always found fome excufe. One night, as our hero fat 
 with the prince in his apartment, Have yoa ever been 
 in love, Harry, fays Abenamin ? I confefs, faid the 
 earl, that I have had my twitches that way. 
 
 He then gave him a narrative of the ftruggles of his 
 heart, refpefting the fair Aggy JelTamin. And again 
 he related to. him the tragedy of his faithful Maria, 
 which coft the prince many tears. Ah, exclaimed the 
 prince, never, never will I forgive your Maria her 
 death ! Why was it not my lot, fo to prove to you 
 the fuperiority of my affeftion ? What, cried the earl, 
 would you not leave me a fingle companion upon earth ? 
 When my Abenamin quits the world, I fliall alfo bid it 
 adieu ! 
 
 When the tears were wiped away, the prince took 
 his friend by the hand, and faid : I have a fifler, my 
 brother, a fifter twinned with me in the womb, and as 
 fair as 1 am black. All Africa is pleafed to hail her as 
 the beauty of the univerfe, but the truth is, that I 
 think but poorly of her. The duke brought her with 
 him to France, and fhould he bring her to England, be- 
 ware of your heart, my Harrv ; for though I am pre- 
 judiced againft her, flie is the idol of all o'lhers. This 
 has made her fo vain, that fne thinks the homage of the 
 world nothing lefs than her right. And now, my 
 Harry, though I earneftly wifli to be allied to you by a 
 tie nearer if poflible thari that of friend Oiip, yet I 
 would not wifli my own happinefs, at the expence of 
 your peace ; and fo I give you timely warning cgainft 
 this dangerous and haughty girl. 
 
 Our company had now been upward of fix weeks at 
 the manfion houfe. Lord Mtn eland, hiLiierto, had 
 never feen any part of the country, C'r any part of his 
 own eftate, above a mile from' the houfe. Wherefore, 
 leaving his friend Abenamin in bed, he iffued early 
 forth one morning, accompanied only |by J'^ck, and 
 his agent's runner, who knew and was known every 
 where. With their ftaft'i) in their hanus, they croffed 
 and quartered the country at ple-ntire. 
 
 At length they came within profpeft of a houfe 
 fumptuoufly fronted; and of a ^Jppy frtuation. His 
 
 lordfliip 
 
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 lordfhip flopped here, with pleafure, comparing, as he^ 
 approached, the improvements of art with the advantages 
 of nature, when a fervant iffued forth and humbly be- 
 fought him to walk in. What is your mailer's name, 
 fays he ? Fielding, fo pleafc your honour, and we are 
 this day celebrating the nuptials of his fon. 
 
 The mafler of tne family met our hero at the out- 
 ward door. The earl recoiled at recognizing the face 
 of the Mr. Fielding, whom he had leen at Hampflead, 
 but taking no noiice, walked with him into the houfe. 
 Breakfafl: was foon ufhtred in, and Mrs. Fielding and 
 Mr. and Mrs. Catharines, and Ned, came with his bloom- 
 ing bride to the table. 
 
 The earl rejoiced at heart, but flill took no notice ; 
 when, after lome curiory conveilation, Ned looked at 
 him with, an eager diflurbance, and cried, Blefs me, 
 my heart tells me that there is fomething in that face 
 which is not quite unknown to me. If 1 could think, 
 after my many enquiries, that my patron was alive, I 
 fhould verily believe that you were, — Your Harry Fen- 
 ton, cried our hero, fpringing up, your Harry Fenton, 
 my dear Ned ! Lord Moreland then opened his arms, 
 while Ned leaped and catched at him, as the grapling 
 iron of a corfair would catch at a fhip from which a 
 great prize was expe6led. 
 
 All the family then ftruggled who fhould be foremoft 
 in their acknowledgments and careffes. The truly 
 reverend Catharines fondly taking him to his arms, 
 cried, Chrift be gracious unto you, my child! and 
 may the God, who has formed you as an angel upon 
 earth, make you alfo of the highell order of angels ia 
 heaven ! 
 
 After dinner lord Moreland rofe, and took his leave ; 
 but they all got in a group and oppoled his palfage : 
 telling him he mufl be their prifoner for that night. I 
 confcnt, only on this condition, faid his lordfhip, that 
 all of you dine with me to-morrow. Why, pray Sir, 
 where do you live, lays Mr. Fielding? At EnnaviUe, 
 with the young earl of Moreland, lays Harry ; but he 
 has a great fricndlhip for me, and the houfe is as it were 
 Biy own. 
 
 Lord. 
 
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 Lord Moreland rofe, by the dawning, and walked 
 \n an hour to Ennaville. He jRew up ftairs to falute the 
 family, but found no one, fave Mr. Clinton, from 
 whom he received at once, a warm blefiing and an 
 embrace. Where is the datchefs. Sir, and my 
 
 friend Abenamin ? Gone, Harry, fays his uncle. 
 About breakfafl. time yeilefday, a courier arrived with 
 the joyful tidings that my brother was on the road ; 
 and fo my filler and our Abenamin hailened to meet 
 him. By this time I fuppofe they are all on their re- 
 turn ; and now take care of yourfelf, my Harry. The 
 duke brings with him the filler of our Abenamin, the 
 fair princefs Abenaide; the dutchefs tells me that a 
 lovelier creature never beheld the light : fo that you 
 Hi ail guard your heart againil the power of this 
 beauty.— She is vain, Sir, exceiUvdly vain, I nm told, 
 fo that her pride will prove an antidote againiV the 
 polfon of her charms. However i will huite to meet 
 and welcome your moll noble brother. 
 
 H) accordingly took horfe diredly, and had not 
 gone very far, when he met them. The princefs 
 rode in the foremoll carriage : lord Moreland bowed 
 twice as he approached, but fhe fcarce deigned a per- 
 ceptible acknovviedgmenc to his falute. — Our hero felt 
 himfelf piqued. Proud beauty ! thought he, 1 thank 
 you for timely prevention of a paffion that, perhaps, 
 might have proved unhappy. He then palled forward 
 Vrith affected carelelTnefs to falute the duke. 
 
 V/hen he came up, the coach Hopped, and lord 
 Moreland, flying from his faddle, approached the 
 window. My lord, faid the earl, feizing the duke's 
 hand, and kilTmg it, if you were fenfible of the joy 
 that my heart receives from your prefence, 1 think it 
 would make you nearly as hapoy as myfeif. My fweet 
 fellow, faid the duke, I have often heard of you at 
 Paris, as alfo by the letters of my love here ; my 
 longing at lall is gratified, though my wonder is in- 
 creafed. 
 
 But, madam, fays his lordfhip, what have you done 
 with my little playfellow, what is become of my 
 Abenamin ? O, cried the dutchefs, laughing, he is 
 forth coming 1 warrant you ; but what has fo be- 
 witched you to him ? 1 think vou could not be fonder 
 
 if 
 
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 jf he wete a miilrcfs. True, madam, anfwered the 
 earl, llghin,?, I never e>:pe(^ to have a miltrefs that I 
 Ihall love h .'f as well ; but pray put me out of pain, 
 and let m<''. know where he is. Be pacified, faid the 
 fmiling duke, he is not far off; and here is my hand 
 that you (hrM <eo him before night. 
 
 As our he 10 attended the carriage of the duke, the 
 princefs and her train had got to the houfe and alight- 
 ed, while he opened the coach door, and handed out 
 the noble p'.iir, who alternately killed and took him to 
 their arms. Mr. Clinton then came forth, and received 
 them all witii tranfport. But the earl under fome pre- 
 tence walked away, in order to avoid the difdainful 
 jegatd of the young lady. 
 
 in the mean time, our company careiling each other 
 all the way, had got flowly to the great parlour. l"he 
 duke then, refpe«?«.fully taking the young lady by the 
 hand, permit me, brother, fays he, to recommend to 
 you my lovely ward, the fair princefs of Morocco. 
 The lady tlien gently bent one knee toward the ground, 
 while the received the cordial blelling aad falute of the 
 old gentleman. 
 
 They then took their feats, When Mr. Clin^con, 
 while he looked more earneiUy on the princefs, grew 
 fuddenly affected, and called out for a glafs of water 
 and hartihorn. When he drank it, he found himfclf 
 in a meafure rellored, and, lifting his hands, he cried, 
 I proteil one would think that nature had copied this 
 lovely creature from an image that has lain imprefled 
 upon my heart near thcfe forty years. 
 
 You are in the right, my brother, exclaimed the 
 duke, it is even as you lurmile. Allow me then, once 
 more, to introduce to you the counterpart of our once 
 adorable Louifa, to introduce to you my niece and 
 your own offspring, my brother, even the daughter of 
 your ftill living and ever precious Eloifa. The princefs 
 then fprung forward, and, dropping precipitately at 
 the feet of her grandfather, flie put her face between 
 his knees, and, feizing both hands, fhe bathed them, 
 with her tears, crying, My father, O my father, my 
 dear, my dearell father, how inexprefiibly bleffed I 
 think myfelf, to be the offspring of fuch a father I 
 Mr. Clinton, then raifing her, and feating her fondly 
 
 on 
 
(263 ) 
 
 on ills knee, and grafping her to his bofom, I will not 
 afk, he cried, how thefe miracles came about, it is 
 enough that I feel the attraclion which pulls you iato 
 my heart. And To faying, their tears flowed, till they 
 mingled on the floor. 
 
 Go, my angel, faid Mr. Clinton, and take yonder 
 feat, that I may view and delight my foul with your 
 fight, at leifure. My eyes begin at thefe years, to fee 
 bed at a diflance. At length the foft voice of the earl 
 was heard in the hall, and the duke whifpering his 
 brother, requefted him, for a little time, to take no 
 notice of what had paflTed. Our hero entered, bowing 
 refpedlfuily, but carelefily toward the fide where the 
 princefs fat, and taking his feat befide the duke, bent 
 fondly to him, and feizing a hand, with both his 
 hands, he prefled it to his lips, and cried. Welcome, 
 welcome, my deareft lord, to the houfe and to the 
 hearts of your trueft lovers. 
 
 Then giving a glance to tha fide where the princefs 
 fat he caught a glimpfe of her attra£lionSj and, figh- 
 ing, faid to himfelf, O the pity, die piiy ! But no 
 matter ; her pride ihall never fuiTer a fingle charm to 
 take place ; and, fo thinking, he turned his eyes afide. 
 
 Mean, time Abenaide arofe, and ftealing round, 
 came behind the earl's chair, and covering an eye with 
 each of her hands, fhe turned his head to her, and 
 made a found with her lips as though fne had kifled 
 him. The earl opened his eyes in utter ailonilTi-.Tient, 
 while in a twinkling Handing before him, ihe burft out 
 a laughing, crying, My Harry, what, have you forgot 
 me ? Do not you remember your old playfellow, your 
 little friend Abenamin ? 
 
 Lord Moreland's eyes were now opened, in the 
 midil of the hurry and agitation of his foul. At a 
 glimpfe he took in the whole oppreiTion of her 
 beauties ; and, call hitnfelf, quick as a glance of 
 lightning, at her feet. At length, lifting up his 
 eyes, he cried. Ah, what are all thefe wonders to 
 me, or my happinefs, unlefs my Abenamin will alfo 
 become my Abenaide ? That, replied the princefs, 
 is not at my option ; there fits my lord and father, 
 at whofe difpofal I am. 
 
 The 
 
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 The earl then arofe, and, throwing himfelf at the 
 feet of his uncle, embraced his legs in filence, while 
 Mr. Clinton cried oat. Yes, my Harry, I underltand 
 you J nothing lliall ever be wanting to the happinefs of 
 my darling, that the power of his tender parent can 
 effeft. 1 can have nothing in heaven or earth, that is 
 not the property of my Harry. Then, turning to 
 Abenaide, he continued, I aver I am Hill in the laby- 
 rinth. Did you not fay, my Abenaide, that you were 
 alfo our Abenamin ? J did, my lord, fays (lie ; but F 
 did not dare to avow myfelf. Ah, what a painful 
 ilruggle did that refiedion coll me ! while I panted to 
 ding to your honoured feet ; while I ufed to gaze 
 upon you unperceivcd ; while my heart fw^lled with 
 affeftion, and my eyes with reftrained tears, and while 
 I kiffed in fecret the book that you read, and the 
 ground that you trod on. 
 
 Abenaide then fat down, and lord Moreland, lightly 
 throwing himfelf befide her, looked befeechingly around 
 and cried. My lord, my deareft lady, our ftill precious 
 Fanny Goodall, can you vouch, can you warrant that 
 I am fife in this matter ? jufl then Mr. Meekly came 
 in. He had been long and far away, upon many a 
 blefi"; d tour of doinq: good through the earth. But as 
 foon as he heard of the arrival of his beloved patron 
 and young lord, he rode poll to embrace them. Lord 
 MoreLnd iprung from love to friendlliip, and catching 
 him in his arms, crif*d, O, my Meekly, my dearell 
 Meekly, how feafonahle you come, to temper, by 
 your advice, the inTufftrably tranfports of my foul ; 
 b aold the regent of my heart, behold the queen of 
 my wiftics ! Meekly then fixed his eyes upon the 
 prlncefa, and foon aher exclaimed ; Gracious Father ! 
 what do I fee ? Can Louifa be raifed from the dead ? 
 O then, it mull be fo, (he muft be her defcendent. No 
 one fave my p:'crlefs patronefs, could produce thellke- 
 nefb of my patrontfs. But how this blcffed miracle 
 war- brought about is the queflion. 
 
 That io my qucllion too, my dear Meekly, faid Mr. 
 Clinton, if my moft noble Irother would be io p,ood 
 as to folve it. 1 will gratify you, gentlemen, faid the 
 duke, in as few v/ords as poffible. Mean while the 
 
 priacefs 
 
( 26s ) 
 
 princefs vviihdrew. On my embaflV to the court of 
 Morocco, Iliad feveral* private interviews with the 
 emperor, before my credentials were opened in public. 
 I had the good fortune to be liked by him, fo that he 
 fuffered no day to pafs without feeing me. His name 
 was Abenamin ; he was accounted a great captain, he 
 exceeded all in his dominions, for grace of perfon and 
 beauty of afpeft. And that which rendered him ftijl 
 more i'lnguh.r was, that he had given liberty to all the 
 ladies of his feraglio, and, for many years, had kept' 
 conliant to the reigning fultana, faid to be the molt 
 exquifite beauty upon earth. 
 
 As we grew more intimate, in the exuberance of his, 
 alFedion for the emprefs, he could not refrain from 
 fpeaking of her rb me, and he promifed that, before I 
 departed, J fhould fee and converfe with her ; a grace, 
 jie faid, never granted to any other man. At length the 
 day being appointed for my public entry, 1 rode 
 through the city, attended by a fumptuous train, and, 
 alightmg before the palace, advanced to the hall of 
 audience. As foon as that ceremony was ended, and I 
 v/as preparing to withdraw, one of the emperor's 
 principal eunuchs led me into an inner apartment, 
 v/here, he faid, the emperor defired to fee me. I had 
 hot waited many minutes wiien a door opened into 
 another room, where the emperor was feated, with his 
 fultana at his hand. As foon as T had approached the 
 prefence, the emprefs gave a great fhriek, and fell in a 
 iwoon upon the bofom of her hufband. 
 
 The royal Abenamin iniiantly turned pale as death, 
 tore off her veil with trembling hands to give her air^, 
 and called me to his affiilance, as all the attendants had 
 been ordered to withdraw. But, O heaven, O my 
 friend ! think what was my allonilliment, when in .the 
 pale face of the queen, I beheld the lovly features of 
 our darling Eloifa ! As foon as Ihe recovered, fne 
 opened her eyes upon me, and reaching out her arms, 
 and catching me to her, fhe cried, O my uncle, my 
 deareil uncle 1 am 1 fo bleffed then as to beiiold you 
 before I expire ? The monarch, in the mean time, 
 looked upon me with a jealous eye, and twice put his 
 hand to his dagger, but checked his indignation, till 
 he fhould have tiie myftery of his queen's behavicjir 
 
 Vol. il. Z explained. 
 
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 explained. Her women whom the emperor had called 
 then railed her up and bore her to her apartment; 
 while turning to me, with no very friendly alped, he 
 ordered me to follow him. 
 
 When 1 hud. attended a conliderable time in the anti- 
 chamber, he came forth with a joyous countenance, 
 and embracing me, cried, O my friend, my dear kinf- 
 inan, how tranfported I am to find and acknowledge 
 you for fuch ; the relation of my angel becomes a part 
 of myfelf. He then led me by the hand into the 
 ciiamber of my Eloifa, where we renewed our careffes 
 without reilraint. But the monarch, fearing that thefe 
 emotions would be too much for her, told me that he 
 had fomething for my private ear till dinner; and took 
 me into an adjoining room. Inhere, feating, and 
 taking me affectionately by the hand, 1 will now tell 
 you, my uncle, fays he, how 1 came by this inefti- 
 mable trcafure. 
 
 1 had fitted out a royal ihip of my own, not as a 
 corfair, but rather for trade in the Mediterranean, On 
 their return from the coaft of Egypt, as they paft, 
 after a violent hurricane, within fight of old Carthage, 
 my people perceived, at a dillance a Hoop Ilranded on 
 a ihoal of fand about a league from the fliore. Imme- 
 diately they fent out a boat and took the diftrefled 
 company in, confiiling of my charmer, two female 
 companions, and feveral fervants in livery, befide the 
 boatmen. 
 
 The intendants of my fliip behaved themfelves with 
 all pofiible refpect toward the young lady and her at- 
 tendants, and endeavoured to quiet her terrors, by 
 aiTuring her that ihe was free, and that their prince 
 was a perfon of too much humanity to derive any ad- 
 vantage from the difafters of the unfortunate. The 
 moment they brought her before me, pale, trembling 
 jtskd in tears, while ihe dropt on her knees, and lifted 
 to me her fine eyes in a petitioning manner, the gates 
 of my hd\ opened to the fweetly alFefting image, and 
 ever after clofcd upon it. Ah, I cried, heavenly 
 creature, calm, calm your caufelefs fears ! I fwear by 
 our prophet, and the God of our prophet, that 1 would 
 rather iuflfer death, than put the fmallefl conllraint on 
 youx perfon or inclinaiion. You are free, madam, 
 
 you 
 
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 you thali ever be free, Tave {o far as I inay hmA yoii 
 by my tender offices. I railed her, and flie grew Tome- 
 thing better afTured ; when bending a knee in my turn, 
 I cried. Look not upon me as your tyrant, look not on 
 me as your lover ; but look upon me as your friend, 
 the tendereft and ti-uell of friends, who ihall ever bs 
 ready to facrifice his own happinefs to your's. 
 
 From that time I flndied every amufement,- that 
 might diiupate her remaining apprcher.f.ons, while I 
 comiufled myfelf toward her, with a diihnt thongli 
 fond refpeft, not even prefuming to touch her hand. 
 In the mean time, my foul fickened, and grew cold to 
 all other women. If you were ever in love, my dear 
 D'Aubigny, you know that it is a challe as well as a 
 tender pafTion. I languiflied indeed for her, I longed 
 and languiflied to death -; but then it was rather for her 
 heart than her perfon. 
 
 One day, as ilie lieaved a h-eavy, bnt half-fuppreiTed 
 ilgh, Ah my angel, I cried, I can have no joy but 
 yours, and yet you have griefs to which you keep 
 your friend, your Abenamin a it ranger. True, my 
 lord, fays fhe, tears breaking from her, all your boun- 
 ties have not been able to filence the calls of kindred 
 or claims of nature within me. Ah, my parents, my 
 dear parents ! I feel more for you, than I feel even for 
 myfelf, in being torn from you. 
 
 The weight of her affiidion fell like a mountain on 
 my foul, and crufhed me to her feet. You would 
 leave me then, Eloifa, you wilh to leave me, but your 
 generofity delays to tell me fo, for fear of breaking 
 my heart. — Well, be it fo — go from me. — You know I 
 cannot furvive you — But, my death is of no confe. 
 •qnence, my Eloifa Ihail be happy. — I will go this 
 inlUnt, I will difpatch my fwifteft galley to Langue- 
 doc. — I will write wxjrd to your parents that you are 
 fafe ; that yon are beloved ; and yet pure and un- 
 touched. — I will invite them to come and take pofief- 
 fion of my treafures, my dominions, my heart : -But— 
 fliould they rejedl my fait^ I again fwear, by Alia, to 
 fend you to them, laden with wealth, though I myfelf 
 fhould drop dead at the inftant of your departure. 
 
 The noble foul of my Eloifa became inftantly af- 
 fected. She caught a hand beiwcea both of hers, and 
 Z 2 bathing 
 
( 268 ) 
 
 bathing it with tears, cried, O, now indeed you have 
 bound me by chains infinitely ftronger than all the 
 fhackles that taften the flaves to the galleys of Africa, 
 
 I kept firm to my engagement, and in a few weeks, 
 my winged mefiengers returned. But, O the tidings, 
 the very doleful tidings for my beloved! They 
 brought word that they found no creature, fave a few 
 ancient domeftics in the palace, as ravens in the midil 
 of a lonely foreft. From thefe they learned, that my 
 Eloifa's mother and little brother were dead, that her 
 grandmother was dead, her aunt the marchionefs alfo 
 dead, and that the marquis had retired they knew not 
 whither. She wept inceflantly, and I wept with her. — 
 At length Ihe foftly faid ; You have conquered, my 
 lord, you have conquered ; I am fubdued by your 
 weight of afFe6tion 1 O, that you could but conform 
 to one article more, that we might be united as one 
 heart, and one foul, and one fentiii»ent for ever ! 
 
 It u-as now, for the firil: time, that I dared to feize 
 her hand. I prefled it to my lips, and cried, I would 
 do any thing, dare any thing, to be united to my 
 Eloifa. In life and in death, body to body, and dull: 
 to duft, never, never to be fundered, till her fpirit 
 Ihould make the heaven of my fpirit hereafter. 
 
 Ah, fi-.e fuddenly exclaimed, that, that is the very 
 thing I fo eagerly defire. Let the God of my heart 
 be the God of your heart ; let the God of my fpirit 
 be the God of your fpirit ; fo (hall we be united in 
 him, and jointly partake of his bleiTednefs through 
 eternity. 
 
 Ah, f cried, can I forego the divine precepts of our 
 prophet? Your prophet, fays fhe, preaches only to 
 the eye and the ear, and this is all that he does or can 
 pretend to: but Christ, my prophet, preaches in 
 the heart, to the afFe£\ions. From him is every good 
 motion : he is the unknown God of your fpirit, my 
 inafter, my Ahenamiriy and you feel his precious power 
 while you difavow his name. 
 
 I was pu2^2rled, [ was filenced. I bent a knee in 
 reverence, killed her hand, and withdrew, I fent for 
 the chief of the Chriflian mifiionaries, throughout the 
 city and country. 1 confulted each of them in private, 
 but received no fatisfadion from them. They all 
 
 appeared 
 
( 269 ■) 
 
 appeared equally zealous for my converfion, but at- 
 tempted it by diiFerent and even by oppofite argu-' 
 ments. I knew not what to do ; I was put to a ftand, 
 and quite confufed by this multiplicity of conflicling 
 opinions. At length, a countryman of my o,vn came 
 to me from the dsfert. He had been a great fir.ner, 
 but was converted by the fenfe of his fms, and he 
 was revered and reforted to by all the friendlefs and 
 affliaed. 
 
 J opened my foul to him, with ail its d,oubts and 
 difficulties. — My friend, faid he, with a gentle and 
 liill voice, they have all been leading yoa aitray, quite 
 away from the heaven that ftretches forth its arms for 
 the reception of long toiled mariners, whom ItoriiiS 
 have ^t length, compelled to feek a iinal port. 
 
 The God of your creation can alone be your re- 
 demption ; the God of your nature can alone be the 
 falvation of the nature that he imparted. But, who 
 Ihall convince you of this : Npt all the angels ia. 
 heaven, nor all the dodlors upon earth, till Chrift hira- 
 felf fhall be pleafed to convince you that you are, 
 however mighty a monarch, a poor, frail, erring, vile^ 
 and defpicable creature ; fubjetTted to innumerable 
 lapfes and infirmities, ficknefs, paffions, and croiles, 
 griefs, agonies, and death ; when this is eifcStumly 
 done, the whole of the bafmefs is done. You will 
 call for and catch at a Saviour, in the feniibility of 
 your want of him. When you come thus laden with, 
 your fms to him, he will in no wile call you out: but 
 he will take you, as Noah took the v/earied dove into^ 
 the ark. He will take you within the veil of his owa 
 temple of reft, and all feels, forms, and ceremonies 
 will be as the outward courts, on Avhich yoa wiil lay 
 no manner of ftrefs. 
 
 My heart felt the v/eight and fulnefs of convivJlion* 
 I took him to my arms and requefted inftant baptifm* 
 My Eloifa was called, we locked curfelv-^s in, and I 
 was wafhed by water and faith into Chrift, while my 
 kneeling angel wept a ftream of delight befide me. Jt 
 is faid that poftTeilion cloys. But 1 experienced, my 
 dear D'Aubigny, that love never cloys. Every day, 
 v/ith my Eloifa, feemed to triumph, in heart-felt hap- 
 pinefs over my bridal day. But, O what was the joy, 
 Z 3 the 
 
( ^/O ) 
 
 the exultation of my fond heart, when fhe gave me to 
 be the father of a little daughter of Paradife ! 
 
 One day, while we were toying and fooling with 
 the fmiling infant, Ah, my hufband, cries Eloifa, how- 
 poor I was lately ! No parents, no kindred, no- 
 thing but my Abenamin upon the whole earth ! And 
 now God has been pleafed to make my afHidion to 
 laugh, and to give this babe for a further band, a pre- 
 cious link of love between us. He was jull in this 
 part of his narration, when the mufic founded to the 
 banquet. We inllantly rofe and joined our Eloifa. 
 
 When the eolation was removed, Madam, faid I to 
 the emprefs, have you ever heard of a relation of 
 yours, chrillened by the name of Fanny Goodall, and 
 lately countefs of Maitland ? 1 have, faid fhe,* often 
 heard my fond father fpeak of her with filling eyes. 
 She is in this city. Madam. She is no longer countefs 
 of Maitland. She is now doubly your relation, your 
 aunt as well as youR coufin, and goes by the title of 
 the marchionefs D'Aubigny. With the good leave of 
 my lord here, I will bring her to you diredly, 
 
 I went to the palace appointed for my refidence : I 
 there gave my Fanny a few heads of the fiory of our 
 Eloifa, and took her haiiily to the prefence. The 
 ladies looked at each other, in long and filent admira- 
 tion. Then, opening their arms, and rufliing to- 
 gether, they continued fome minutes locked in mutual 
 embrrxes. Madam, faid the emperor, fmiling, I think 
 1 ought to be allowed the fame liberties with my 
 aunt, that your hu(band took with his niece. Where- 
 on, he welcomed and carelfed her with an aifedionate 
 fervour. 
 
 O, exclaimed the royal fair, how very poor, and 
 how very rich our God can luddcnly make us ! But 
 then, lord of my life, to think of parting, of parting 
 with thefe dear, friends again, perhaps never to lee 
 them more, that is what wrings my heart, in the midft 
 of exultation! That, my love, faid the emperor, is 
 the very important article on which I wi{h to con- 
 fult with you and our friends here, our dear kin- 
 dred in Chrilh But I muft firit ihew them their 
 young relation, my little enchantrefs, my eyc-dehght- 
 ki!i Abcnaide. 
 
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 ] 
 
( 271 ) 
 
 He then flept forth, and, after a while, led In a 
 gracefully moving creature, but veiled from the head 
 to the waift. Throw up your veil, my love, fays he; 
 here are none but your friends, your very -dear re- 
 lations, your lovely aunt and your uncle, the marquis 
 and marchionefs D'Aubigny. 
 
 She did as fhe was ordered, andinflantly broke upon 
 my light, like a new glory arifen upon mid-day. My 
 Fanny feized upon her, as defirous of devouring her ; 
 and I, in turn, took her to me, with tearful eyes, as 
 almolt perfuaded that I embraced the newly revived 
 perfon of my deareit filler Louifa ; fo perfed was the 
 refemblance in every grace and feature. 
 
 When we had nearly opprefTed the celeftial looking 
 maid with our infatiate carefTes ; fhe feized our hands, 
 and kiffing them, cried. What a blefled day is this, 
 that enriches Abenaide with two parents more; another 
 precious father, and another lovely mother; happy 
 Abenaide ! Her royal father then gave a beck, and 
 fhe inflantly vanifhed ; v/hile her abfence feemed to 
 caft a fhade throughout the room. 
 
 The monarch then, deeply mufing, and heavily 
 
 fighing, began : 1 am now, my deareft friends, 
 
 friends beloved above the world and all that it con- 
 tains, I am now to open to you my inmoft heart, and 
 to reveal a purpofe whereon I have been ruminating 
 thefe many months, but could not hit on an expedient 
 for bringing it to pafs. How opportunely has our 
 Jefus fent you to us on this occafion ! I have but two 
 children living ; my Abenaide, and a fon, by a former 
 v/oman of my feraglio. His name is Abencorrage ; he 
 is a youth renowned in the field, but of a proud and 
 impetuous demeanour. He had long conceived an 
 illicit pafiion for his young and lovely filler. At 
 length the hre broke forth, and he lately attempted 
 her honour. 1 would inftantly have put him to death, 
 had 1 any other heir to fucceed to my dominions. I 
 therefore contented myfelf with banifliing him my 
 court and my prefence, though I am fenfible that 
 this has not availed for the extinguifhing his horrid 
 fiame. 
 
 Now, my friends, fhould I die, or fliould this 
 wiolent boy break into rebellion, for he is the favourit^ 
 
 of 
 
( 272 ) 
 
 of the foldiery, I tremble to think what would become 
 of my bright-eyed dove, within the talons of fuch a 
 vulture. 
 
 This, together with my eager defire of quitting a 
 kingdom of infidels, and of joining with the blefled 
 fociety of holy faints, has, after fome ilruggles, deter- 
 mined me to abdicate my throne, as foon as I can 
 amafs and tranfmit a fund fufficient for fupporting my 
 Eloifa and myfelf, with becoming dignity, in her 
 native country. 
 
 Ah, my lord, I cried, clafping him paffionately in 
 my arms, regard not your ireafures, delay not a 
 moment for that ! Your Eioifa's relations, both by 
 father and mother, are pofieffed of princely fortunes, 
 and they will all be freely at the difpohil of your 
 majelly. 
 
 Ah, my D'Aubigny, faid he, I am not yet fo duly 
 mortified a Chriftian as needleffly to defcend at once 
 from the king to the beggar. I have however been 
 preparing : 1 have alrt^dy converted a large part of 
 my effetfts into bills and jewels, of high value but 
 light portage, to the amount, as I think, of about 
 twenty millions of French money ; this 1 will tranfmit 
 by you ; and as foon as I fliall have compafled an equal 
 fum, I will flay no longer in Africa; I will fly to your 
 bofoms, my precious friends. 
 
 Jn the mean time, this violent boy gives no reft to 
 my apprehenfions. It is therefore necefiary that I 
 commit my Abenaide to your truft. It is neceffary, I 
 fay, that I tear away my choiceft limb,, the deareil 
 part of my vitak. Support me, Chrill, in the trial ; 
 hut it mull be gone through. This, however, mu'l 
 be done with all pofTible privacy. 1 am perfuadcd 
 that my young villain has fpies in and about my palace. 
 I fliall therefore requell my dear aunt, to difgulfe my 
 little girl in boy's appurel, and to blacken every part 
 of her vifible complexion, that (he may pafs unnoticed, 
 as your page, through the midft of my attendants : as 
 alfo that it may prove, daring the travels of my dar- 
 ling a prefcrvative againll any further attempt tending 
 to violation. 
 
 At length the time approached for my departure; 
 but hovi to par; was liic ijucftion. All atcendants were 
 
 ordgicd 
 
{ ^,3 ) 
 
 ordered to avoid the prefence far away. Our meta- 
 morphofed Abenaide flood weeping befide us, while her 
 father and mother preffed us fucceffively to their 
 bofoms. All was paffion, a gulh of tears, but not a 
 word was uttered on any part. 
 
 O, my D'Aubigny, cried the Emperor at length, 
 friend, brother of my heart, can you conceive what I 
 feel at this inftant ? 1 regard not the world, nor the 
 things of the world. Omit fuch neccffary accommoda- 
 tions as are common to us with brutes : and all belong- 
 ing to the immortal and divine humanity of man, is 
 magnetifm, is fellowfhip ; the feeling as of fleel to the 
 ir.agnet, and of the magnet to Heel. There is the 
 friendihip, the endearment, the love furpafUng all 
 other enjoyment. If we meet again, my D'Aubigny, 
 I fhall anticipate my heaven 1 
 
 Again he embraced his little angel, and again he 
 embraced his queen, and befought her to be comforted. 
 We then took leave, and again they called us back, 
 and embraced and took leave again; till, feeing no 
 end, I fuddenly broke away, hurrying with us our 
 Abenaide for fear of obfervation. 1 forgot however 
 to tell you, that the day before our departure, the 
 royal Abenamin had enjoined me to fet apart ten 
 millions of livres, for the portion of his child, in cafe 
 fhe fhould be married to any prince or potentate ; re- 
 ijuelHng me, at the fame time, not to put any con^ 
 liraint on the inclinations of his lamb. 
 
 I have little further to fay, my brother. We ar- 
 rived fafe at Paris, where we received your letter ; and 
 impatient to make you happy, I difpatched my Fanny 
 with your Abenaide before me; enjoining them how- 
 ever, not to reveal our fecret till my arrival. For as I 
 had charged myfelf with the lofs of your Eloifa, I 
 deemed mylelf beil .entitled to make you reparation ia 
 perfon. But 1 ougKt not to omit, that, before I left 
 Paris I received a letter fiom the emperor, fo that we 
 may fpeedily look to have the royal pair in England. 
 
 Soon after a poll-chaife whirled into the court, and 
 lord Moreland flying out, caught Clement and Ara- 
 bella into his ftrid embrace. He then hurried them in, 
 where Mr. Clinton received and carefied, and intro- 
 duced them to the duke and dutchefs, as perfons^of 
 
 great 
 
( 274 ) 
 
 grest meru. and his highly valued friends. He then 
 prefented to them his Abcnaide, who fiiluted Clement, 
 and embraced Arabella with an afFedtionate familiarity, 
 O. Sir, cried our hero, kifiing his uncle's hand, am 
 I to be the lall perfon in the world whom you will 
 honour with a falute from your bewitching daughter? 
 I afk your pardon, my lord, faid Mr. Clinton fo- 
 lemnly, aliow me then, at length to repair my omiflion 
 by prefenting to your lordihip her little highnefi 
 Abenaide, 
 
 JuA then a footman entered : My lord, fays he, to 
 Harry, htr^ arc three carriages and fcveral horfcmen 
 wailing without the gate, they enquire for one Mr. 
 Fenton, who, they fay, lives with the earl of More- 
 Jand, but I a/Tured them there was no fuch perfon in 
 the houfe. O, Sir, faid lord Moreland, thefe are our 
 old friends, the F ieldings j and out he flew. As he 
 approached the carriages, the company gave a (hout of 
 joy. Why, Sir, faid Mr. Fielding, a fervant denied 
 you to us, and faid that no one of the name of Fenton 
 lived here. O, f.iys his lordfhip, heed him not ; he 
 is but a new comer. He then opened the doors of the 
 carriages, and handed and kiffed them in turn as they 
 came out, Mr. and Mrs. Fielding, the reverend Mr. 
 Catharines and his Phoebe, and Ned and his blooming 
 bride. 
 
 Mr. Clinton received them at the door, with the joy 
 of his heart apparent in his countenance. He then 
 introduced them to his moil noble brother and filler, to 
 his friend Meekly, and lallly he prefented his Abenviide 
 to them, on <vhom they all gazed in mute aftoniihment. 
 Pray, Sir, faid Mr. Fielding, whifpcringly to Mr. 
 Clinton, is the earl of Moreland in company ? — That 
 is he. Sir, pointing to Harry. — then, cried Field- 
 ing, he is tilled below his meri^; it was for an era- 
 peior that nature intended him. , 
 
 Dinner was then ferved. — During the repaft the duke 
 faid. Let us not, my brother, keep our Harry in pain : 
 why fhould we delay the happinels of children fo dear 
 to us ? With regard to your child's marriage to fome 
 mighty prince, as her father hinfed, J think her more 
 ennobled, by her marriage with our hero here, than it 
 fhc were mated to the gi-eatcrt potentate on earth. You 
 
 mull 
 
( 27^ ) 
 
 muft excufe me, my noble brother, fald Mr*. Clinton, 
 I will have no clandellinc doings in this bunn^rs. My 
 girl iliall be married in the face and witneinng of thou- 
 iands. What day of the week is this? Thurfday, I 
 think ; let Monday fe'nnight be the day. Lord More- 
 land rofe, preffed and kiffed the hand of the duke 
 with rapture, and then kiffed the hand of his uncle in 
 filent fubmiiTion. They kept the Fieldirrgs with them 
 for three days. But the earl would not part with his 
 CleiTient, nor Abenaide with Arabella till the marriage 
 fhould be over. 
 
 At length the aufpicious morning rofe ; the beau- 
 teous pair wanted no ornament to fet them oil'. Lord 
 Moreland was dreifed in a fuii of the finell white cloth, 
 of the manufadlory of his native country, lightly em- 
 broidered with gold. The princefs was habited after 
 the Perfian falliion, in a veil of filver filk. Our hero, 
 coming forth, beheld her, jufl: iffuing, from her anti- 
 chamber. He ftepped back, as fhe advanced, and 
 fixed his eyes upon her in mute allonifliment ; then 
 lifted his hands toward heaven, and cried, O, may 
 every day rife, like this, on my foul-enrapturing 
 Abenaide, encircling her with friendfliip, love, and 
 joy ! 
 
 Arabella attended her royal friend, and Clement his 
 noble pupil, juil as Longfield entered to give an ac- 
 count of his expedition. But he had fcarce begun his 
 detail, when, catching the image that had long fmce 
 made an impreffion on his heart, he llarted and turned 
 pale, and breaking off, he cried, Blefs me, my Lord, 
 Mrs. Clement, i think ! Yes, Longfield, faid the earl, 
 and there too is your old and fall friend Hamm.el Cle- 
 ment. Clement would not have known Longfield in his 
 genteel plight, but hearing his name, and recollefting 
 him at a glance,- he^'SSew and fcized him with a flre- 
 nuous em.brace. Arabella then advanced to welcome 
 her old friend ; but poor Longfield refpedfuUy bowed 
 and fhrunk back. 
 
 You Ihall not efcape me fo, my dear Mr. Longlleld, 
 fays (he; 1 cannot forget what 1 ovve you, even my 
 life and reputation ; and 1 biefs the Father of mercies, 
 who has put it in our power to pay part of our debt ; 
 
 and 
 
( =76 ) 
 
 and fo faying (he embraced him with freedom and 
 cordiality. Yes, my dear LorigfielU, cried Hammel, 
 yours is the half of our fortunes, and more than half 
 of our hearts. Your heart. Sir, fnid Longficid, will 
 ever be moll valuable ; but as to any thing^additional, 
 the bounty of my young mafter has rendered all further 
 fortune quite uipeniuouo to me. 
 
 Longrield then beckoned his lord forth, that he 
 might relate to his eye, rather than to his ear, the fuc- 
 cels of his commifiion. 7'hcy haiicned to a long barn, 
 where he (hewed Harry two ranges of beautiful chil- 
 dren, one of a hundred chofen girls, another of a 
 hundred chofen boys, all dreiTed in a clean and neat 
 uniform, Harry walked between the ranks, his heart 
 exulting in the fcnfe of its own divine humanity. 
 Then e.i, bracing his agent. Yes, my Longiield, he 
 cried, thefe fnaJl be indeed my children, and I will 
 prove a true and aifedionate father to ihem ; but let us 
 haften to bellow upon them a tender mother too. 
 
 He flew back as a glimpfe of lightning, and feizing 
 the hand of his bride, Will you pardon me, my be- 
 loved, fays he, fome matters that ' have happened be- 
 fore our union ? I have colleded all the children 1 
 ever had before marriage. I fcorn any thing that is 
 clandeftine. They wait for your infpeJiion ; and 1 
 hope that you will not prove a hard llep-mothtr to 
 them. You are a ro^ue, fays (lie, fniiling; but come 
 along, and fo faying away they tripped. 
 
 The princefs v/alked, with a filcnt and mufing at- 
 tention, up and down the ranges. Her heart grew 
 flrdngly affe<5led, and taking out her handkerchief,- (Vie 
 wiped away the dropping tear. And has my Lord, 
 fays Ihe, to Longfield, has he indeed taken upon him 
 to be a father to all this pretty hoU of little ones ? He 
 has, fo pleafe your highnefs, fay^Longfield, and has 
 accordingly clothed and provided for them. O, ihe 
 cried, under the Father which is in Heaven, he is the 
 dearelt and fweeieil father that ever was upon earth! 
 So exclaiming, fhe ftew to her Harry, and notwith- 
 ftanding her late coyneis, tlirew her arms about his 
 neck, and hiding her face in his boiom, vented her 
 paHiun ia lears. 
 
 On 
 
( 277 ) 
 
 On tiieir return, they perceived Mr. Clinton, the 
 duke and dutchefs, all {landing at the great folding 
 door, and, flying up the marble fteps, they both bent 
 the knee, and received the joint bleifings and fucceffive 
 careffes of their three exulting parents. 
 
 High as my impatience juftly is, faid lord More- 
 land, to take pofielTion of the happinefs before me, I 
 thou'ght it my duty to do the bufmefs of my Mafter 
 lirft. I have been ihewing to Abenaide her family ; I 
 have been fhewing my children their heavenly mother. 
 
 The proceflion then fet out for the pariHi church, in 
 this order, Firft, Mr. Clinton and Mr. Meekly mioved 
 away in Mr. Clinton's coach. The family of the 
 Fieldings then followed. Next went Clement and his 
 Arabella, in their poll chaife. The duke and dutchefs 
 then fucceeded. Lall advanced the princefs's four 
 faithful Moors, mounted on fiery courfers. And lail 
 of all came our hero and his Abenaide, in an open 
 phsston. Never will any fight more glorious be ex- 
 hibited, till the heavenly Jerufalem lliall defcend upon 
 earth. 
 
 The crowd, however, extended wide and far beyond 
 the cavalcade. They bowed refpeftfully to Mr. Clin-- 
 ton, the duke, SiC. as they palled ; but as foon as they 
 got a glimpfe of the carriage of their young Lord, 
 their acclamations became almoll infuiFerable to the' 
 ear, like the fhouts of a Perfian army at the rifing of 
 the fun. 
 
 Slow as lord Moreland moved, the m.ultitude flrove 
 to retard him by throwing themfelves in the way, that 
 they might fatiate their eyes. Bended knees and lifted 
 hands, prayers, bleflings, and exclamations were heard^ 
 and fecn on all fides; and all the way as they went, 
 thoufands upon thoufa-nds, Ihouted the hymeneal of 
 the happy pair. 
 
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