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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33822	A Collection of novels viz, the secret history of the Earle of Essex and Queen Elizabeth, The happy slave, and, the double cuckold : to which is added, The art of pleasing in conversation, by Cardinal Richlieu.	Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.; Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693. Art de plaire dans la conversation. English.; Brémond, Gabriel de. Double-Cocu. English.; Brémond, Gabriel de. Heureux esclave. English.	1699 (1699)	Wing C5149; ESTC R640	304,340	556

remember of it adds he Did you observe nothing in my Eyes worthy taking notice of And was it possible you should inspire into me so much Love without feeling the Power of it in your self The Friendship I had for the Earl of Rutland and the Progress he had made prevented my speaking of it Yet Time and Absence have but increas'd my Passion And I protest sincerely from the first moment I saw you my Heart was never affected with any but your self A Discourse of this nature may perhaps be thought unsuitable to the Condition I was then in who Mourn'd for a Father and a Husband Yet I had not the Power to be offended with it The Earl of Essex assur'd me I had gain'd his Affection I was willing to gain his and I car'd for no more You will give me leave Madam to pass over my Answers and tell you only the Earl of Essex was very well satisfied with them that we then settled the Correspondence we have so long maintain'd and that we found Occasions and Opportunities to polish and perfect it Thus far you see me ignorant of the Queen's Inclinations I as well as others attributed the Favour we saw the Earl of Essex was in to his Services and his Dexterity in setting them out to advantage But in time I perceived my mistake And as reserv'd as the Queen was found out the Mystery and tremble at the Discovery The Earl of Essex had an elevated Soul and capable of Greatness Ambition might rob me of him and I was willing to fortifie my self against all Misfortunes and to reserve only an Esteem for him But what hopes of doing that now which all my reason and two Years Marriage had not effected At last Jealousie succeeded my Fears and I began to believe the respect the Earl of Essex had for the Queen might proceed from a secret Affection I fretted at this and grieved at the Heart The Earl perceived it and sollicited me long to tell him the Cause I refus'd as long as I was able I am Jealous said I to him at last with a little Heat and afraid I should lose your Affection 'T is not an Unhappiness answers he to see you love me so as to doubt of me But there is no Cause to question my Faithfulness who never lov'd any but you The Queen loves you said I and her Kindness for you with the Advantage of her Grandeur may be dangerous Temptations to your Perseverance The Queen love me Madam Replies he How you interpret her ordinary Bounty which hath perhaps too generously recompenc'd my Services beyond their Merit She is too Haughty and too Great a Mistress of her self to fall into such a Weakness You know what Illustrious Alliances she hath slighted and are to believe she is above the reach of Love There is not a Monarch on Earth but I would prefer you before him answer'd I and measuring the Queen 's Affection by mine I am easily persuaded she may do so too her Eye is always upon you spite of all her Precautions and is never else satisfied and I have observed some Sighs from her which a Heart concern'd as mine cannot hear without Trouble I did not till now know how happy I was says the Earl of Essex but your Jealousie makes me sensible of it Yet Madam give me leave to assure you you have no Cause for it Were the Queen Weak as you Imagine did she offer me her Crown and her Kindness I would by my Refusal let you see though I have Ambition my Love for you infinitely exceeds it To satisfie you of your Mistake allow me to procure her Consent to our Marriage You have mourn'd long enough to avoid all imputations of Indecency It is in your Power to make me the happiest of Men and to clear all the doubts you have of my Faithfulness I was far from opposing the Proposal he made and I was not fully convinc'd the Queen was in Love with him yet I thought if she was he knew it not To let you see adds he I will not conceal from you any Kindness the Queen hath exprest for me I declare I Sacrifice to you one of the handsomest Ladies of the Court who hath a thousand ways invited my Love I prest him to let me know her Name but he conjur'd me to be satisfy'd with what he had said and not to force him to further Indiscretion I gave over Pressing him The Countess of Nottingham Blush'd at this Part of the Discourse having Reason to believe her self the Person intended She Hated him the more for 't but had the Command of her self not to interrupt the Countess of Essex who proceeded in her Story This freedom of the Earl put an end to my suspicions I left him to take his Time for speaking to the Queen When he went to thank her for the Government of Ireland bestow'd on him he return'd to me with a Transport of Joy to tell me The Queen had not only Consented to his Desires but intented to make the Earl of Leicester King of England This quieted my Spirit and made me acknowledge I had no cause to be Jealous We spent some days with a great deal of Pleasure but were Cruelly interrupted by the Order the Earl of Essex received to go into France to command the Forces the Queen sent in aid of that King I had not time to express my Grief to him or to be a Witness of his We parted in haste and then it was I repented I had believ'd him and that the Queen's Coldness towards me convinc'd me of the Truth of my former Suspicions and that her sending away the Earl of Essex was but to remove him from me I left Court as soon as I could with Decency ask the Queen leave to retire into a House of my Fathers about Fifty Miles from London I will not tell you how I was Alarm'd at the News of the Earl of Essex his Death in his Return from Spain nor how we Writ to one another in his absence I was ready to Dye for Grief when he arriv'd at my House more Respectful and more Amorous than he had ever appear'd He would have put me out of my Opinion concerning the Queen But I obstinately maintain'd it True When I had convinc'd him of it he offer'd to leave England if I would name a Place where he might Live quietly I had Affection enough to incline me to Consent to this Proposal But considering it Unjust in me to spoil the Progress of his good Fortune and put an end to his hopes by an Unexcusable Retreat I told him it was impossible And ushering with a Sigh the Advice I was going to give him Forget me Sir said I for I see your Fate will force you to it The Queen will still cross us and never want Pretence to Seperate us 'T is better breaking off an Engagement that suits not with your Affairs Nothing in the World can be a greater Misfortune to me but I

Actions were the Interpretations Men made of my Refusal of Marriage with these Princes It redounded much to my Honour my Glory was increas'd by it and the World admir'd my Contempt of Love even then when my Soul was wholly possest by it The Aversion I exprest for Foreign Alliances rais'd the Hopes of the Earl of Leicester and Essex seem'd overjoyed at it Not said he as I heard afterwards but that the Queen is discreet in all her Actions and her Choice had she made one had been decent and just But that I think her so fit to reign alone that I could not without extream Trouble see her share her Authority with a Husband who perhaps would in time be her Master The Construction I made of the Earl of Essex's Zeal was suitable to my Affection and the Desire I had of gaining his Heart which I wish'd so passionately that I fancy'd it done and that the pretended Severity that made me slight Kings was the only thing that frightned his Respect and that he had declared his Love to me could he have thought he durst presume to do it The Duke of Alanson not discourag'd by my Refusal of his Brother began soon after to make Addresses for himself and it was not in my Power to deny my Consent for his Voyage to London But what Advantages soever he pleaded in his Favour certain it is the Earl of Essex lost not any he had gain'd over me The Stay of that Prince in England fortify'd the Earl's Interest He was constantly at my Elbow When the Duke of Alanson spoke to me methought I read Reproaches against my self in the Earl of Essex's Eyes The Earl of Leicester watched me as carefully though not with equal Regard from me I rais'd so many Difficulties against the Duke of Alanson's Design that he was forc'd to desist And I rid my Hands of his Person and his Suit without giving him Cause of Complaint You know that after the Death of the Queen of Scots the King of Spain who still makes himself indispensibly subject to a Necessity of opposing me enter'd into a League with the Pope against me And having fill'd the World with injurious Declarations against my Right to the Crown they joyn'd all their Forces to pull it off my Head The Spaniards made themselves on the sudden Masters of Daventer The Duke of Parma laid Seige to Sluys It was high Time to provide for Defence and the Earl of Leicester was sent away with all the Nobility of the Kingdom in the Head of a numerous Army The Earl of Essex was one of the first to follow him and as strongly inclin'd as I was to stay him yet I thought the Man I lov'd ought not to be idle when he had Opportunity by Glorious Actions to merit the Kindness I had for him I will not spend Time in giving you a Relation of a War which perhaps you are sufficiently inform'd of and concerns not the Secrets of my Life It tended to our Advantage all to the very Winds having favour'd our Side When the Generals of the Army arriv'd at London I was carry'd in Triumph to St. Pauls yet the Joy I had to see the Earl of Essex was greater than that for the signal Victory obtain'd Amongst an infinite Number of Persons of several Ranks my Eyes were fix'd only on him And much ado I had sometimes out of Policy to cast a Look on the Earl of Leicester Both of them had done very great Actions I commended them publickly and particularly joy'd the Earl of Essex for the Success of his Valour and Conduct who spoke so much in Praise of the Valour and Conduct of the Earl of Leicester that he was forc'd in Requital to do him Right in giving him openly the Elogies he deserv'd Not long after this Expedition the Earl of Essex fell into a very deep Melancholy I was the first that perceiv'd it and took it for an Effect of some secret Passion I wish'd now and then he would once take the Boldness to declare himself but presently my Reason upon second Thoughts set before my Eyes the Confusion would certainly follow an Explication of that Nature to the Ruine of my Reputation and that high Esteem the World had for me Yet to speak Truth I could not resolve what to do or to wish I am in Love I desir'd to be lov'd again and that was all I could make of it The Earl of Essex in the mean time continu'd sad I was troubled to see him so and fancying my self the Cause I was desirous to know it and resolv'd to fetch it out of him He had full Liberty of Access to me and I enlarg'd it daily But not to expose my Reputation in forcing him to declare himself I pretended an Inclination to favour the Earl of Leicester who since his late Victories had entertain'd new Hopes One Day as the Earl of Essex came to thank me for the Government of Ireland I had bestow'd on him I was loth to lose the Opportuity and interrupting what he would have said in Acknowledgment You need not enlarge your self said I on a thing I am fully assur'd of I take Pleasure in raising your Fortune and wish I could as easily remove your Melancholy as I am pleas'd to give a new Proof of the Sense I have of your Service You may in your Turn oblige me added I who am fallen into a troublesome Conjuncture and find it very difficult to reduce my Affections into a Compliance with the Necessity of the State This presses me hard to provide England a King This Choice is difficult and I have not a mind to make it among Foreigners You are discreet and I have Reason to believe not the least loving of my Subjects I will take your Advice speak your Mind freely what Man in England you think best deserves this Fortune I look'd on him with that Kindness as would have inspir'd the most fearful with Boldness I observ'd in his Eyes extraordinary Emotions and all the Symptoms of a Secret ready to break out The Point appear'd Tender and My Imagination flatter'd Me all would be as I wish'd Your Majesties Resolution answers he will render a Man more Glorious by the Quality of Your Husband than of the Greatest Monarch on Earth Remember said I I expect not a Panegyrick but Advice from You And that your Business at present is to Nominate the Man I am to make King not to Commend his good Fortune in being so The Business is so nice Madam replyed he I dare not speak my mind though Your Majesty order it Did you know said I what moves me to this Confidence in you you would perhaps express your self with a great deal more Freedom But because to bring you to it I must proceed further tell me whether you think the Earl of Leicester deserves to be your Prince The Earl of Leicester answers he is Well Born and a Person of Great Merit and will answer the Honour your