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A44299	The honour of the taylors, or, The famous and renowned history of Sir John Hawkwood, Knight containing his many rare and singular adventures, witty exploits, heroick atchievements, and noble performances relating to love & arms in many lands : in the series of which history are contained likewise the no less famous actions and enterprizes of others of the same art and mystery : with many remarkable passages relating to customs, manners &c., ancient and modern : illustrated with pictures and embelished with verses and songs wonderfully pleasant and delightful : to which, as an appendix, is added a brief account of the original of the Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors, as to their being incorporated &c., ...; Honour of the Merchant Taylors	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1687 (1687)	Wing H2599; ESTC R7888	66,825	61

this means I say Hawkwood being freed from what he before apprehended would suddenly leave him no place for Hope rejoyces like a reprieved Malefactor that at least he has gained Time though not the utmost of his Wish and by new Services strives what he can to appear something in the Eyes of fair Dorinda who had by this time cast off the disturbance she was in and concern for what had so lately happened which required not much difficulty seeing in that Match she rather strove to gratifie her Ambition than Love but still he found her the same towards him Sometimes indeed she would seem to give him a Smile but then again would destroy that favour with a Frown during which time the restless Gaspero had used his utmost diligence to find out the Author of the Intreague before mentioned breathing nothing but Threats of Revenge and was so successful by the Description and other Circumstances that he pitched upon Hawkwood to be the man and the rather for that at that very time he was not only absent from his Master's House but was seen returning from that of the Doctor 's and therefore verily concluding that it had been contrived by him and Dorinda not so much for his Nephew's disgrace as his own who had so earnestly laboured in the business He concluded sometimes on one thing and sometimes on another to revenge the Affront Sometimes he thought to make known what had happened to Dorinda's Father and to demand a publick acknowledgment and satisfaction At other times he thought this low and vow'd to Right the Injury by Law but these were dashed upon the consideration of the Proposals he had made to Dorinda viz. That in case the Marriage succeeded all the Rents and Profits he had already received of his Nephew's Estate should redound to himself and this covetous Reason was the only one for which he was so earnest in contriving and clapping up a private Match So that waving these he resolves on a private Revenge whereby as he supposed the Suffering of the one might redound either to the Grief or Shame of the other for he verily believed that upon Dorinda's little Concern for the breaking off the Match that another had gained her Heart and so proceeded to conjecture this might be him Whereupon blinded by Passion and Mistake he at first resolved upon a fatal way to make a Separation which was by procuring him privately to be murthered But again upon second thought weighing the dangerous consequences if it should be discover'd he contented himself to change it into an extraordinary Beating or Cutting which might prove more lasting and painful than the former and this was his absolute determination CHAP. VII How Gaspero being still resolved upon Revenge accidently happens on Da●iel and Bragwell two Ruffians to whom he commits the Punishment of Hawkwood and by what means it is to be brought about GAspero having decreed as aforesaid yet not daring to attempt it himself it so hapned As he was looking out of his Window one Evening he espyed two Ruffian-like fellows walking carelesly in the street appearing by their Garb and Motion to be destitute both of Money and Imployment insomuch that at that time it came into his Head that these were wonderful sitting to execute his Revenge Wherefore when he had a little narrowlier observed them he sent a little Youth he kepe to run on Errands after them with order to invite them to his House These Fellows who would have run a Mile to a Three-penny Ordinary upon this Invitation began to wonder what it should mean yet stood not to dispute the matter but followed the Youth as supposing to what end soever it was it could not be to their prejudice And so being brought into the Hall the Boy went up to his Master and informed him that the Men he had sent for were below and waited his good pleasure whereupon he ordered him to carry them into his Parlour and set before them such Meat and Drink as the House at that time afforded which was done with all convenient speed This unexpected Entertainment did not a little surprize them for Now or Never they thought they had met with their good Angel which made them smile upon each other and ask the Boy the cause who told them he knew no other than that it was his Master's good pleasure Then began they to conclude that this was some Gentleman of an Ancient Family who generously though contrary to the fashion kept up the Hospitality of his Ancestors and so without any further scruple fell on feeding and carrousing not only for present satisfaction ●ut to pay their hungry Bellies the Arrears of divers days before wherein they had Dined at Duke Humphry's When Gaspero supposed his new-come Guest had well refreshed themselv●s he came into the Room and whilst they stood cringing and complementing ●id them heartily welcome and so commanding the Boy away after a Glass or two had gone round he said Gentlemen you may well wo●der that you being Strangers to me I have taken upon me to invite you into my house for indeed as I rem●mber I have n●t seen either of you before I saw you passing by But continued he Gentlemen there is more in it perhaps than you can guess at or I am willing without a solemn Promise of Secresie to divulge unto you Promise me I say to keep Secret what I shall propose to you and if when it is proposed you will undertake it you shall be bountifully rewarded Or if you refuse it in consideration that it may spread no further and that thereon you will plight and engage your faiths and troths you shall not go altogether empty-handed from my House This kind of Discourse made the two Ruffians stare upon each other as not knowing for some time what to reply but being men of a desperate Fortune at length waxing bold one of them brake the silence and said Sir your Bounty towards us has already ingag●d us to oblige you in any thing that is within our power therefore for my p●rt I shall be willing to be directed by you in any thing that may stand with your conveniency or good-liking and as for your mistrusting our fidelity let that be far from you Thus said the one and the other confirmed it as the Sentiments of his Mind and in brief both of them made such Protestations that Gaspero stood no longer doubtful but opened all the business to them from the beginning to the ending aggravating the Affront and requiring them to revenge it in executing what he had determined on Hawkwood This without further delay they promised to undertake and seemed to rejoyce that an opportunity of that kind was put into their hands to serve him and then murmured that him they were to undertake was not some Gyant or Monster of a Man that in exerting their Valour their Zeal to serve him might more eminently appear or that it was not their happiness to engage with

odds of number boasting at a large rate their wonderful Exploits and valiant Atchievements adding that in this case the Affront being so great in their opinions Murther was too small a Revenge if it was possible it could be carried further These Expressions delivered with so much Bravado made Gaspero conceive he had happened on the most worthy Champions of the World and began to compute Guy Bevis and the Ancients but Child●en to these and thereupon perceiving they wanted convenient Weapons to mawl the Youngster who all this while was ignorant of what was intended against him impatient of delay he runs to his Armoury and fetches a couple of rusty Back-swords made in the days of his great Grandfather and these he recommends as fit Instruments of his Indignation but withal commands them they should proceed no further than to cutting and slashing or make him compound for his Life with the loss of a Limb or the like But now a greater difficulty was started viz. how they should conveniently light on young Hawkwood so that when they had accomplished their business they might escape undiscovered one while they were for watching his going abroad at another to find some quaint Device to get him abroad by a wile as he had done Impolito or to send for him in a feigned Name Many things they suggested of this kind and often randyed about the matter when in the end the old blade bethought himself that Green-Goose Fair annually kept at Bow by Stratford was on the following Monday which luckily happened to be St. Willielmus day who is much honoured by the Taylors as their Patron and in honour of whom they for the most part keep every Monday Holy-day as those of the Gentle-Craft do for St. Crispin To this place he doubted not but young Hawkwood who was ever frolick and gay would resort and that upon his return singling him from his Company they might under some pretence of scraping acquaintance use him at their pleasure and the better to know him that they might not be mistaken in the man one of them was to go to his Master's House in the habit of a Porter to deliver a Letter as brought up by the Carrier from a Friend of his in the Country All which succeeded so to their wish that having a good Stipend in hand and larger promises when the business was effected they laid their Ambush though to their small advantage as in the following Chapter will appear CHAP. VIII How Hawkwood coming from Green-goose Fair was set upon by Two Ruffians hired by Gaspero and how he left them for dead The consternation he was in and the debate with himself about his departure The Lines he left for Dorinda His setting forward unknown to the Family and the consternation it occasion'd AS Fortune or Fate would have it young Hawkwood answered their expectation so pat in making it his Recreation to ●●lk to the Fair that they could not wish as they thought any thing to fall out better When having dogged him a great part of the day when the evening approached they perceived by his taking leave of his Company who were revelling with their Lasses that ●e was about to return home and so it happened to further what they possibly could expect That notwithstanding the Iollities of the day he being somewhat melancholly for the scorn wherewith Dorinda seemed to treat him and for that since the departure of Impolito she seemed to cast her favours on another such-like of a Medly of Creation of whom I shall say something hereafter he to avoid the concourse on the main Road and shun the company of those of his Profession who in the height of their merriment● he well knew would entice him to stay abroad late which was not his custom he● I say to do this took his way the farthest about through the lonely fields very few Buildings being in those days between that and London And now Dareill and Bragwell for so they were called thinking themselves cock-sure of doing what they had undertaken passed him who in his pensive mood took little notice of them as being ignorant of their purpose But coming to a convenient place it being now dusk in the Evening they loytered for him suffering him to overtake them and then after giving him some opprobrious words from which he gathered what they intended and shrewdly guessed at the cause and would have made some Reply but they so furiously fell upon him who had no weapon to defend himself that they prevented it for now he that in One Man had never met with his equal in strength thought that Now or Never was the time of trying his utmost force and therefore without any words having received several severe Cuts he grapled with Dareill and violently wresting his Sword out of his hand flung him from him again with such force as mad● his bones shake within him and so furiously charged upon Bragwell before the other could recover that he not only obliged him to give back but made the Blood run fearfully about his Ears Dareill seeing his Companion in this plight and himself without any weapon runs to the Stile and pulls from thence a Bar with which he came behind Hawkwood and gave him such a blow e're he could turn about to receive him as made him bend with one knee to the ground but suddenly recovering himself he was not long unrevenged for being by this more and more in raged he laid so hard upon Dareill the other be●ng already faint for loss of blood that he made him fall as dead at his feet and then charging upon the other who was staggering to the relief of his Companion inflicted on him so many fresh wounds that he likewise dropped and with a faint voice cryed out for Mercy So that Hawkwood by the fearful wounds he had given them supposing they were no longer men of this World and finding himself hurt threw down the bloody Sword least by bearing it away the matter might be discovered and bidding them beware how they basely and ingloriously attempted to turn Assassins for the future tho' at the same time he verily believed they were never more capable of it he pursued his way pensive and thoughtful of many things but especially of what had befell him and soon concluded by what he had gathered as I said from some words they had let fall that it hapned through Gaspero's procurement but thinking himself sufficiently revenged he resolved to conceal the matter and so coming home and pretending weariness and indisposition he got him to Bed having first provided materials to dress the hurts he had received Long had not Hawkwood been in Bed but the Servant-Maid who came to bring him a Cawdle and to enquire how he did told him That a Neighbours Boy who had been at the Fair had brought the sad News of two mens being murthered in the Fields and I 'le warrant you said she it has been done by some damn'd Rogues or

other for their money and it was well Iohn said she looking earnestly upon our Youngster for whom she had no small affection that you escaped their hands seeing you came home so late It was so replyed he and thereupon shewing much disposition to sleep though indeed he had other matters to think on she left him And now being alone he began to think of what he had done as also what would become of him if it was known Although thought he Heaven knows I fought in my own defence to save my life yet having no w●tness on Earth to prove it should revengeful Gaspero who will undoubtedly hear of what had hapned bring the matter to a Tryal it will assuredly go hard with me But how then replyed he again to himself can he prove it Yes surely my being abroad late by the self-same way I took which many th●t knew me we●l noted and above all if I am searched by the wounds I ha●e received which will answer the weapons found by the dead Bodies But then again may I not plead my in●ocence and justifie the Fact Alas alas trust not fond man too much to that Might and Clamour in so doubtful a ●as● may overbear even Innocence it self Well what then is to be done Why only to avoid the Danger by slight Ah! but then Dorinda must be left Why what of her She scorns thy service rejects thy Love yet in the beholding of her lovely Eyes there is some pleasure and in Hope there is a glimmering of Joy. VVell but consider again that to come to a disgraceful end though undeserved end will not only divorce me from Dorinda but bring a reproach upon my Relations Fly th●n fly I say and reserve your self for a better Fortune Thus the pensive Hawkwood having debated with himself passed over the restless night till the morning dawned when getting up he packed up such Necessaries as he thought convenient together with the money he had got by his obliging behaviour during his Service that he might be gone with the first opportunity the which whilst he was doing he heard the People tune their discourse to the bloody Dialect of Murther and horridly exclaim against the Murtherers desiring nothing more than that they might be taken protesting Hanging was too good for them and devised amongst themselves a Thousand ways to dispatch them when found Ah! says one they were bloody-minded Villains I 'le warrant ye Ay says another or else they would have been contented with the poor Mens money and not have robbed them of Life and Money too Alas continued a third and perhaps of something else that was more precious for I 'le warrant ye these poor men were in drink God bless us and men in drink ye know Neighbours are not in a sit condition to dye Then by a cross Wind comes in another and with a shrill tone cries Ay but Neighbours consider consider I say their poor Wives and Children what a Taking they will be in when they hear of this sad misfortune alas my Heart e'en bleeds to think on 't Our Youngster hearing these and the like discourses although he was before but wavering about his departure so much did Dorinda's love constrain him is now resolved upon it and thereupon that the consternation of the Family may be lessen'd about his departure for he intends to acquaint no body with it by word of mouth he wrote the following Lines and put them through the Key-hole of Dorinda's Chamber not doubting but they by that means wou'd come to her fair hands and to her discretion he left it whether she would communicate them to any other for so much he signified as a Superscription The Lines I say were these NEeds must the man be gone that cannot stay The man whom Fate and Fortune drives away Ask not the cause fair Maid you know in part 'T is you have caus'd the Wounds that makes me smart Your Cruelty your being too unkind Has wounded me in Body and in Mind Yet scarcely can you guess for what I go Though Time in Bloody Lines the Cause may show And whilst I range the World the news may fly Into your Ears with an unwelcome Cry That I in my defence that blood have spilt That wou'd with me more cruelly have dealt And leave you Judge whose was the greater Guilt Your Cause it was in the Original That did create the bold Assassins fall The love of you occasion'd what is done For which remember me now I am gone Me who through Fate through Death and Dangers wad● For you most fair and yet most cruel Maid He needed not subscribe it for she very well knew his hand Nor did his wish in part fail him for when she came to unlock her Chamber-door espying the Paper she took it up and read it wondering what it should mean. But whilst she was pausing news was brought her that Hawkwood was missing and that he had been met some Miles out of Town with a Bundle under his Arm which had bred no small wonder in the Family in consideration that upon the searching of his Trunks they found he had taken with him many things the which if he intended to return in any convenient time at least he would not have done Nor could the Maid who brought this word and entirely loved him though her modesty had all along concealed it refrain from Tears in the Relation And now the fair Dorinda too plainly guessed at the meaning of his Lines though she knew nothing particularly of what had lately befallen him And so leaving Hawkwood on his way and the Family in wonder and consternation at his sudden departure I shall return to the two Desperadoes that I lately left for dead CHAP. IX How upon the Bruit of a Murther divers persons hasted to the Field tho' before they came the two Ruffians recovering w●re got from thence when killing by the way a Sheep and taking out his Heart they made G●spero believe it was Hawkwood's whom they said they had murthered With other things c. IT seems a little after Hawkwood had left Dareill and Bragwell destitute as he thought of recovery for the one he imagined already dead and the other expiring a Youth came by and seeing them in that condition together with the blood that coloured the ground affrighted at so ghastly a sight he fled to the Town and reported what he had seen but for some time could not gain belief the Peo●le telling him they might be some drunken men who came from the Fair fallen asleep and that having disgorged their stomachs he by the imperfect light took it for Blood but he constantly affirming the contrary and repeating their words and groans at last so far prevailed that divers undertook to go with him to the place And upon this Youth's report it was that those that I have mentioned grounded their discourse Divers as I said before undertaking to go with the Youth it so happened that when they came

Dread and threatning Danger now The P●ough-men and the Shepherds safely go Vnder this Memorial was engraven their Names and the Time of these Atchievements so that their Fame spread wide and many came to congratulate their Success In which Ioy and Esteem leaving them a while I shall now speak further of the Adventure of Lorenzo or the disguised Lamira CHAP. XIX How Lorenzo remembring her Promise endeavoured by a Stratagem to gratifie the fair Lu●rina And what thereupon succeeded both Comical and Tragical With other things and matters of moment THe Adventure of the Lady being somewhat strange though Love as I have said takes the Diadem from Queens and where it is truly fervent in spight of the nice and troublesome Laws of Modesty and bashful Nature or Restraint will blow the Passion into a visible Flame and so in this case it happened Wherefore Lorenzo or the disguised Lamira not being ignorant of the Promise that was made after Supper was ended began to cast about how she might satisfie Lucrina's expectation and come off with Honour and not being willing to discover her self as to what she was till a further opportunity required it she thought not fit to acquaint any of those she termed her Companions and whose Hearts she knew were taken up elsewhere of the matter But casting her Eyes as she imagined upon a handsome young Gentleman newly arrived whom she conceited somewhat to resemble her self she resolved to let him know the Intreague and withal to tell him if she had not been already engaged beyond recast she would not have refused so worthy an Offer but have esteemed it as a Favour cast upon her by the smiles of Fortune And so taking her opportunity she discovered whatever had happened on that kind together with the Promise she had made But the supposed Gentleman being no more capable of pleasuring the Lady in her expectation than her self to her no small wonder refused the Offer without giving any reason for so doing for indeed he was no other than the fair Dori da who hearing of Hawkwood's Renown and by this time weaned from her covetous disposition repenting the hard usage she had given him cast off her second Lover and with such Treasure as she could conveniently convey away was come in search of him in disguise Lorenzo thus refused by the supposed Gentleman resolved rather to go her self than to break her word but whilst she was considering on this point withal wondering that so Noble an Offer should be rejected it came into her mind that the Party who refused it must undoubtedly be some such Adventurer as her self or otherways be cold to love if no pre-engagement had seized that Heart which prompted the Tongue to refuse to charming an Enterprize and withal she began to blush and condemn her self for discovering the weakness or rather the effects of Lucrina's unfeigned love Yet notwithstanding at the Time and Place appointed they met and there renewing the former Discourse at the wondrous importunity of the amorous Lady whose Discourse Love shaping in a Thousand extravagant Expressions it was agreed that for the better secresie the Nuptials should be solemnized the Evening of the next day Lorenzo knowing that if no other way was found to colour the Design it would prove but a frolick in the end and so Lucrina promising to give necessary Orders to a Nurse of hers who lived some distance from her Vncle's House and in whom by reason of the many Obligations she had layd upon her she doubted not but she might confide they parted The Ladies being separated it so fell out that Lorenzo in the way to Janthine's House being thoughtful of the Intreague whilst the fair Lucrina no doubt was in as large a Contemplation of her approaching bliss overtook a young Gentleman very pensive and sad upon whose Face sorrow had made visible impressions and whose sighs betrayed his inward grief the cause of which after the usual Complement and some enquiry into the Affairs of the Country she demanded but he put it off with many excuses till being pressed beyond any reasonable cause of Refusal after a sigh he thus began to breathe out his sorrow c. I being said he born in England at London the Famous Metropolis of that Kingdom and having but one only Sister whom indeed I scarcely knew being separated from her by my Parents when she was very young and sent abroad to travel the World upon my return home I found them in Tears and thereupon enquiring the cause was informed that the loss of that Sister was the occasion who by a strange Adventure the particulars of which they could not tell had made her escape or was otherways conveyed away they knew not how though they imagined it was for the sake of one Lovewell who in Female Disguise had courted her and from whose company she was restrained Wherefore the better to comfort them I undertook to travel in search of her but hitherto have been unsuccessful This Story made all the blood in Lorenzo's Body flush in her Face Yet recollecting her self and finding he knew her not she plucked up a courage and said Well Sir and Is this the cause of your grief Perhaps that Sister of yours may in a short time return home or you may happen to find her nor is it impossible but I may further you in this matter at least ways accompany you in the search therefore Up Sir and be not thus discontented Ah! said the disconsolate Gentleman if this was all the cause of these Clouds of Sorrow that damp and overshadow my Joys though this you 'l say is great enough my Spirits could not sink so low but there is more and more perhaps than I am willing to reveal And here a sigh interrupted his further utterance Lorenzo perceiving this began more and more to press him to a discovery When having a long time kept silence and struggled with his passion as loath to discover the mighty Secret at last with a sigh as though his Heart would break these words burst from him Ah! says he Lucrina the fair and lovely Lucrina 's killing Eyes have robbed me of my Peace And thereupon hanging down his Head some Tears trickled from his Eyes whereat Lorenzo moved to compassion began in the best wise to comfort him not a little inwardly rejoycing at what she had heard and when she found him a little come to himself she made so strict an enquiry into the matter that she found he had seen this beautiful Lady but had never the happiness either through fear or opportunity to speak to her or reveal that Passion which her fair Eyes had kindled in his Breast promising him in this case some assistance for which he returned a thousand Thanks and implored Ten thousand Blessings But she fearing that by some words that might drop about the Sister he was in search of which she knew to be her self and whereby Lovewell might be startled she carried him to

another House resolving to stay with him till the Intreague was accomplished Nor did they delay but went on discoursing about this important Affair our young Gentleman desiring nothing more than to hear what Lorenzo had to propose suspending his thoughts between Hope and Fear and so it happened in the end Germander for so he was named being now in the Company of his beautiful Sister though to him unknown they went to a Shepherd● House not far from that where Lucrina had appointed the Meeting and contented themselves with such homely Fare as the Cottage would afford where Lorenzo for so we must yet call the fair Lamira having understood from him the great concern her Parents were in for her absence and many other things relating to his Travels and the Affairs of divers Countries she told him the whole Story of the amorous Intreague how the fair Lucrina found her and what had passed between them not forgetting the Promise she had made whereat Germander imagining himself lost for ever as to the gaining her Love looked pale as Death and scarcely with all the Courage he had left could support himself from falling in a swound but continuing her discourse as she had brought him near the Grave or Pit of Despair so she in the end exalted his Thoughts above the Clouds of common Ioy Scarcely could he believe she was in earnest scarcely could he believe that any Engagement could hinder her from embracing so great an Off●r but being by her protestations better satisfied he fell at her feet and in token of inexpressible Thanks kissed the Ground whereon she trod and so spending that Evening and the next Day in discoursing of the charming Theam it was agreed That being so like each other as indeed they were as much as the difference of the Sexes would admit that they should change Habits and that Germander being informed of all that was past that so no scruple nor doubt might arise in any doubtful Answer should proceed to possess the fair Lucrina At the thoughts of which how great a Ioy he conceived I leave to the imagination of those that love so much as him and would be gratified therein And so leaving Lorenzo at the Shepherd's House in expectation of the News of her Brother's success I shall return to our other Adventurers CHAP. XX. How Lorenzo fortunately having met her Brother and assigned Lucrina to him and he having gained her love by that means is set upon by Nine Men sent to kill him and take away Lucrina And how he was rescued by Hawkwood and Lovewell With other things that happened As also their Shipping for England LOrenzo being by this time much enquired for by Hawkwood Lovewell and the rest who by reason of their entertaining and discoursing with their new-come Guest the fair Dorinda who went by the Name of Orlando and whom for some time I must as occasion serves so call did not miss her till the second day but then notice being given that Lorenzo went out early the day before and that she had been seen entring the Forrest and no Tydings though some had been sent out to make enquiry heard they began to make many conjectures of different natures but in the end at the motion of Hawkwood and Lovewell it was agreed they should ride in search of that fair Companion which they did in company of others a long time but finding the ways different or passing too many places at once they resolved to divide when far they had not gone or separated from each other but Hawkwood heard at a distance not only the clashing of Arms and Armour but the shriek and out-crys of a Woman to which he directed his Course with speed and found on the edge of the Forrest just entering upon a great Plain near to a small Cottage a Gentleman grievously wounded yet defending himself though feebly with his Sword against Sir Men whilst Three more held and rudely handled as appeared by her dishevel'd Hair and torn Garments a beautiful Woman overwhelmed with sorrow and struggling for Release which made him with the greater speed make up to them resolving at any rate to succour the Distressed when looking earnestly upon t●e wounded Gentleman he verily conjectured him to be no other than Lorenzo for so like were the Brother and Sister as I have said that on a sudden it would be much difficult to distinguish them and therefore being in a great fury to see him so dealt withal he covered him with his Shield by interposing between him and Death and cryed out Villains What me●ns this Cruelty this Ins●len●e to my Friend Slaves said he you shall Repent And thereupon whilst they began to scoff at him and call him presumptious Mad-man drawing his Sword he with redoubled fury charged upon the foremost and by a forcible blow beat him from his Horse and layd him on the ground for dead which the rest perceiving and thinking with themselves to revenge that Injury charged all a Front and layd upon him many heavy strokes but the Passage not being verywide he manfully defended it so dealt with them that his Fury encreasing he not only made them give back but brought Three of them through wounds and loss of blood into so feeble a condition that they were little capable of defending themselves and less of endamaging him when as those who held the Lady perceiving his more than Manly force left their Charge and came to the rescue of their fellows Now by this time Hawkwood through a wound he had received in the Shoulder by the loss of much blood losing of his Strength though not of his Courage it so happened that a cross Lane which Lovewell had taken brought him directly to that place who seeing one of his Friends as he supposed him taking him as Hawkwood had done for no other than Lorenzo disabled and the other engaged without speaking any word fell in like Lightning and so striving to emulate or exceed each other whilst the Lady freed from the Tyranny of her Guard was binding up the Gentlemans wounds Hawkwood and Lovewell having layed the greatest part of them for dead made the rest submit to their mercy and upon their Knees beg their lives and them at the intercession which was more than they deserved of Lucrina Our Champions having thus subdued their Opposers had now time to enquire into the cause of this unequal Encounter and were given to understand by one of those they had overcome That Lucrina having put too much confidence in the faithfulness of Canida her Nurse in this Affair of her Love she had from time to time betrayed the Secret to one Signior Ormasdes and he in revenge of being slighted had caused this Ambush to be layd to intrap the Lovers with strict Command to kill the Gentleman and bring the Lady to his Bed by force But the design continued he being unjust our Fortune proves the worst though indeed no more than we deserve yet something in the