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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60008	The famous history of Aurelius the valiant London-prentice shewing his noble exploits at home and abroad, his love, and great success. very pleasant and delightful. Written for incouragement of youth, by J.S. This may by printed, R.P.	J. S. (John Shirley), fl. 1680-1702.	1686 (1686)	Wing S3506BA; ESTC R219626	6,934	26

The Famous History of the Valiant London-Prentice Printed for J. Back at the Sign of the Black-Boy on London-Bridge 1686. THE Famous History OF AURELIUS The VALIANT London PRENTICE SHEWING His Noble Exploits at home and abroad his LOVE and Great Success Very Pleasant and Delightful Written for Incouragement of Youth By J. S. This may be Printed R. P. Printed for I. Back at the Sign of the Black Boy on London-Bridge The History of the London-Prentice c. CHAP. I. An account of his Birth Education and early Valour c. IN times past there was Born in the Famous County of Cheshire a young Man of excellent beauty promising very great things even in his infancy to promote which his Parents being wealthy spared not to Educate or bring him up in the best manner the Country wou'd afford nor did he as he grew up fail in any thing their expectation In learning he was well seen and in many other matters but nothing so enflamed his mind as the desire of Exercising himself in ●eats of Arms and was the more incited thereto by Reading the Famous adventures of Knights-Errant how successful they were in over-coming Gyants and Monsters and rescuing beauteous Ladies from death and misery and as these heroick thoughts increased so he found his strength abound nature not sparing to give him manly limbs and an able body so that in his Childish Encounters those that far surpassed him in Years were not able to resist his force nor come near him in Wrestling Iumping Runing casting the Bar Stone or Dart which made not his Parents but a little proud of such a blessing whom they had named Aurelius as one that promised great things CHAP. II. An account of his first adventures and Enterprizes where he won the Virgins hearts c. WHen Aurelius was at the age of fourteen he went to a Wake or Mercy meeting to recreate himself with other Youths of the Country where he so well behaved himself that his courage activity strength and beauty gained great applause and took so mainly with the Virgins that some of them began to fee a Feavour in their minds which Cupid who at such mercy meetings is seldome wanting in Promoting the Business of Love failed not to increase but he as yet not capable of feeling the flame of passion that way regarded not their amorous glances nor understood the silent Language of inflamed hearts though it notwithstanding created him those Enemies that were causelesly jealous of him as a most dangerous Rival and who gathered their reason for it from the many praises their Mistresses bestowed on him in his absence CHAP. III. How the fair Lucinda fell in love with him and how those she despised for his sake conspir'd against him OVr Youth increasing his Strength and beauty with his years and continuing as occasion offered to appear in publick amongst those admiring Virgins that in a manner doted on him and often wished to be Mistris of his affections Lucinda the fair Daughter of a Wealthy Shepherd was the chief who sought by many ways to oblige him and to let him understand her passion but Modesty sealing her Lips he did not or wou'd not Interpret her dumb signs but kept on his Merriment without any regard of her passion which made her sigh and grow Melancholly refusing to entertain the Address of those that adored her and doted on her Beauties more than she did on those that adorned our Heroick Youth This sudden alteration made them restless till they knew the cause of it which was not long e're they did from her Virgin Compan●ons to whom she had droped some words of her pass●on as likewise by a Letter she had written in order to send to him by a trusty hand but had accidentally droped it in which were these words Dear Aurelius seeing you do not understand the Language of a Love-sick Virgins Eyes pardon my Boldness if with Blushes I have taken the liberty to let you know Lucinda doats on you and begs you wou'd requite her Love with Love who for your sake renounces the rest of Mankind Then have Compassion or Lucinda must be miserable Subscribed Lucinda This giving the Amorists a full knowledge upon whose account they found such cold Entertainment from their beloved Mistris whom every one of them feared to loose they bent their study how to remove that Screen that stood between them and their much-desired happiness some were of opinion that nothing but the death of Aurelius could effect it but others of a milder disposition declared that it would not onely be too much Cruelty but bring their own lives in question therefore considering woman-kind was generally more taken with the Beauty of the Body than with that of the Soul they thought it fit to Deform him with Poyson but where to get it they knew not and so came to re●u●t that disfigure his Face c. with Wounds might work the same effect and put an end to the passion of their dear Lucinda which they knew not any other ways to distinguish CHAP. IV. How they attempted to destroy Aurelius but were overcome and left naked in the Wood. THe Plot thus lay'd against our valiant youth many ways were sought for an opportunity to put it in practice till at last they understand he was gone to pay a visit to an Aunt of his who lived at a Village about two miles from his Fathers house and that he must return by a Wood This Lucky opportunity as they imagined it made them all Leap for Ioy there being four in number they Armed them with mischievous Weapons and in disguise placed themselves in Ambush under a Thicket of Trees in the way he must pass each Swearing to the other to keep the thing secret though they keep not their Oaths as you will hear Long they had not stayed but as they wished our Valiant Youth not dreaming of such Treachery came on but hearing the Bushes rusle he made a halt to see what it meant when out leaped the Lovers and incompassing him after they had uttered many big words and reviled him at an unseemly rate they made in to graple with who ignorant of their intent and scorning to stoop to fear took the two foremost in either hand and by main force brought their heads together that they rung like a Barbers Bason so that stunded with the violent Knocks after staggering some paces down they fell and having by this time wrested a Weapon from one of them he set upon the other two with such fury that giving them several Wounds they when they found the blood run about their ears fell on their knees and cryed for mercy as did the other who by this time were recovered from their Trance yet could not they obtain their wish till he had Thrashed them into a Confession of the whole matter and thereby became sensible of the Love Lucinda bore him and that she might come to the knowledge of what had happened on this