use her as the basest of Women The Aga being a dextrous Courtier and not unacquainted with Lover's Relapses knowing where lay the Weakness of his Prince said not a word for or against her only pray'd him to believe he had not in his Kingdom a Servant more faithfull and jealous of his Master's Glory than him But that he was afraid if his Majstey saw that Woman again things would return to their former course The King blush'd at these words as reproaching him with his frailty Yet he swore a thousand Oaths it should never be so again which his Heart mis-gave him he would not keep as it afterwards hapned As for Rajep Order was given to apprehend him Meharen the Master-Gardiner having no Heir but that dear Nephew of his when he had the News of what had past in the Seraglio and the Order against Rajey threw himself at the King's Feet but was presently rejected Yet his Freinds at Court appeas'd the King in some measure and prevail'd with him to change the Sentece of Death past against Rajeb into that of Banishment during Life My Mistress the first the second and third day of her Disgrace saw not the King This was a long time for the amorous Prince who us'd to be scarce an hour away from her Acquaintances of that nature are not lost without a great deal of pain She had Friends she imploy'd who every moment acquainted the King with the lamentable condition her Repentance had brought her to being so pin'd away she was not likely to live an Hour The fourth day the Prophesie of Osman was fulfill'd The King foftned with the sad News melting into Tenderness sigh'd staggerd and at last following his Inclination went to give her one Visit more under pretence of taking his Revenge of her being asham'd without doubt of so unbecoming a Relapse after the noise he had made of the Falsness of that Woman To excuse himself he said he would go to her only to take from her those Jewels he had given her who deserv'd not to wear auy thing belonging to him The Aga who knew his Master well and of what Consequenee that Visit might be would have diverted him dextrously by taking the Ladies part And telling him It did not become a generous Prince as he was to repent of his Liberality especially to Women But if he design'd only to frighten her which he doubted not was all he intended it would suffice as he conceiv'd to send any one to her from his Majesty without doing her the Honour of a personal Visit The Counsel was good but unseasonable for a Lover who was going in search of what the other would have diverted him from The King answered he knew what he did and that in some Affairs he lov'd to follow his Humour without any Advice The Aga by this judg'd all was lost and that the King would be engag'd deeper than ever He shrug'd and retir'd unwilling to be Witness of an Action which would be charg'd half upon him if present The King was not displeas'd as his retyring and perhaps things would have gone otherwise then they did had the Aga been there The King came to Hattiges Apartment where presently without staying to give her notice of his coming or calling for the Keys of the Closet where the Jewels were he caus'd the door to be broke open entred it and finding the box they were in open he fell to viewing them over and taking particular notice of them as it were to give time to his perfiâ—ious Mistress to come and appease him She fell down at his Feet with her Hair about her Ears and embrac'd his Knees with that irresistable tenderness he took her up and led her into the Closet what Reconciliation was made there I know not but certain it is the King left the Jewels behind him and returning two hours after made her new Presents This agreement by degrees gathered such strength that the Amorous Prince visited her oftner than ever and seem'd to have forgotten not only what he had said of Hattige but all that had past which for a Lover of his Character was of consequence enough never to be forgotten It was talk'd of abroad but not much to his advantage Only the Aga said not a word of it Being politique he knew there was no remedy and that it was an incurable Infirmity in his Prince whose Ascendant was Love So that the Aga held it imprudent in him to ruin his Fortune to serve his Prince against his will and was confident Hattige was a Woman of that humor she would destroy her self at last Rajep being banish'd and Hattige more addicted to Gallantry than ever the King having caus'd her only to change her Gallant and add to her former the Pleasure of Variety Zara who through his means was again taken into her Favour was imploy'd a new to find out one with whom she might break those Oaths of Fidelity she had newly made to the King Hattige did no longer mince the matter to this Slave so well acquainted with her Concerns And the good Matron who knew her Mistress desir'd a Gallant as well out of the Infirmity of her Nature and Weakness of Temper as to please her Inclination resolv'd to find her out one with whom she also might do her Business The King on the other side who after he was convinc'd of the Falseness of Hattige began to love her less was very desirous of a new Mistress and fell in love with Roukia as Hattige had foretold It was an Inclination he was strangely surpriz'd into and perhaps in a manner not to be paralell'd Women besides the natural Beauty of the Face which chiefly gains them Admirers have a Thousand other ways to engage Men to love them for their Voice their Wit their Humour their Shape their good Meen and other Qualities capable to produce great Effects in the Hearts of their Lovers But I scarce dare tell you how Love brought the King enamour'd of Roukia who being one of the Handsomest Women of the Kingdome charm'd him by that part of which she took the less care because she would have been asham'd to shew it him and would not have expos'd it to the Light but for necessity and without dreaming it could be the cause of so lucky an Effect Excuse me Sir says Razi laughing if I enlarge no further on this Sublect You may guess by what I have said few Fish are caught with that Bait. One Evening about Sun-set the King from the Terrasse of the Garden of the Seraglio looking through the Trees had a sight of Roukia in that pleasant Posture The Sun who seem'd to stay to guild with his Rays an Object so charming to that Prince never saw any thing whiter or better shap'd 'T was in truth a Master-piece of the kind and notwithstanding the unpleasing Function it was about inflam'd the Heart of the Royall Spectator who did all he could to see a little more but Love would not
that cruel occasion and to this Day I have not wore out the sorrow for the loss of him But it is not that I have to say to you dear Zara you know it already what I am to acquaint thee with is I have seen a man so like my dear Brother in Meen in Features in Stature in Actions in a word so every way like him I verily thought him the same and I had without doubt taken him for my Brother had I not been told he was the Master-Gardiner's Nephew Who Rajep says Zara Yes Rajep the very same answers Hattige as high as Fortune raises us see how cruelly she uses us sometimes for you may believe I could not see this man but my Heart bled afresh with grief for my Brother but the worst of all this which I am almost ashamed to tell thee I have by a strange Sympathy the same inclination for him I had for my Brother and the sight of this Man hath not only forc'd Tears from my Eyes but sighs from my heart What wouldest thou have me say more I find my sels so unhappy that 't is my ill fortune not to love any but whom I cannot or ought not to love Hattige with that dropp'd some Tears which the officious Zara endeavour'd to stop No no adds Hattige there is no Remedy for me but Death The Age of dying for Love is long since past says Zara trouble not your self with the thoughts of a Vertue which is a Stranger to our times What wouldest thou have me do then says Hattige You shall know answers Zara when you have told me what 't is you desire And seeing Hattige in a study what to say to give Zara time to guess what she wisht for Would you see Rajep says Zara would you have me bring him to your Apartment Ah my dear Zara cryes the amorous Lady embracing her tenderly how pleasantly thou flatterest most passionate desires could'st thou do that for me thou wouldest Eternally oblige me but I am heartily afraid for thee and would rather dye than any harm should happen to thee on my account Take no care for that says Zara this is not so great a matter for me to effect I have already taken my measures how to bring it about do but write a Billet to Rajep to advertise him of his good Fortune and let me alone with the rest My Mistress to encourage her the more to serve her faithfully presented her with a Gold Chain and assur'd her it was but the Earnest of what she would do for her Pen Ink and Paper being brought Hattige writ this Billet to Rajep LOve as well as Fortune sometimes bestows favours where least expected A Lady desires to see you the access will be somewhat difficult but you will not repent the pains you shall take usually the dearer we purchase any thing the better we esteem it Prepare yonr self to receive the good Fortune is offer'd you and to purchase it with the peril of your Life Your Courage is known and if you find Fortune as favourable as Love you cannot be unhappy Zara took the Billet and went to give it an Eunuch she confided in most she had several she employed on such Errands whose Faithfulness she bought with good ready Money she carefully instructed him she sent on this Message and conjur'd him to Secresie But what trust is there to be reposed in those who are alwayes for him that gives most Zara's pay was not comparable to the Aga's and that Eunuch being one of his Spyes you may believe he carryed him the Billet in confidence of a good reward Osman receiv'd it as the best Present could be made him and impatient to see what it contained he retir'd into his Closet open'd it knew the hand read it over and over with that extremity of revenge that attends the desire of pleasure when in a hopeful way of being Master of the Life or Reputation of an Enemy He paus'd a while e're he came to a resolution what to do with the Billet to Copy it out would signifie nothing nothing being more to easie then to deny what we have not written to keep it were to put a stop to a business which to appear of considerable consequence must be carryed on further Having thought well of it he was of Opinion it would be best to keep the Original and send Rajep a Copy which he caused a Woman to make of it and send it to Rajep who knowing neither the Character nor the Person that writ it would be easily taken in the snare The Messenger very faithfully deliver'd Rajep the Billet the Gallant who lov'd no sport better was so proud of the Honour he receiv'd by it that he would willingly have gone presently to see what they would have with him But his time was not yet come he knew not the Lady who had so much kindness for his Person He thought of several but this Eunuch belonging to the Serraillio the Billet in all probability came from thence where Rajep was altogether unacquainted He could not imagine Hattige should be the Person she who was the proudest as well as handsomest Lady of the Kingdom and the King 's Principal Favourite He would have ask'd the Eunuch but feared he might spoyl all by being too curious This made him content himself with asking a few Questions for some further light but finding by the Answers all he was to hope for at that time was the Billet he dismist him with this Answer THere is nothing too hard for me when concern'd in the Service of Ladies 'T is the duty of a civil Person to endeavour to oblige them I take such delight in it I always think my Life well expos'd in their Service You may guess Madam how ready I am on such an occasion as this let me but know the way I am to take no Obstacle shall stop me I dye with impatience to engage in the Affair and if Fortune be not wanting to her duty I shall quickly be where Love would have me The Eunuch was liberally paid by Rajep that moment for betraying him he gave him a fair Diamond the honest Agent in acknowledgment of the favour went directly with the Billet to the Aga who ravished at the good success caus'd a Copy to be made of this as of the former Billet and sent it to Hattige The passionate Lady at the return of the Eunuch having read Rajep's Answer was so overjoyed that the whole Serrallio rung of the News she embraced her dear Zara a thousand times over she caress'd the very Eunuch who you see deserv'd it well at her hands she rewarded both liberally and promis'd them so largely the performance would have ruined her The fair Lady was so impatient she writ a new Billet on the morrow and the Eunuch who had serv'd her so Faithfully with the first was trusted with the second He carry'd it as he had cause to the Aga who opened it with as much joy as
the former and found in it these words A Sight of you is enough to convince one you are a very gallant man and that one cannot hazard too much to engage with you Make good use of the Sentiments you rasise in those that see you do as the Moor shall tell you and you will quickly have reason to thank Love for his favours Osman having read the Billet ask'd the Eunuch the particulars of his new Embassy who told him He carryed Rajep the Assignation of a Rendezvous at Night with the hour and the manner he was to be introduc'd The Aga more joyful of the news than can be exprest caus'd a Copy to be made of this Billet by the hand that had copied the other and dismiss'd the Eunuch to pursue his Commission Rajep who did not expect so great a progress in so short a time thought himself highly obliged to the fair LÃ dy unknown who sav'd him the Troubles and Inquietudes of longer delayes His Answer was this WHatever you think of me Madam I have not vanity enough to fancy I can merit the favour you do me I acknowledge I owe it entirely to your Goodness and if I have any thing worthy of it it is the extreme passion I have had for you now a whole day a passion so violent had you delay'd any longer my happyness of seeing you it would have certainly been the death of me I will do as directed and if I fail of my design it shall not be for want of Love it will be entirely Fortune's fault which will undoubtedly be for me if she favour those who are deepest in Love as she does those who are boldest in Action The Aga was glad of this Billet also had it copied and ordered the Eunuch to bring him word as soon as Rajep entred the Seraglio which he punctually did about one a Clock in the morning It was a little too late to carry the News to the King but it was an Occasion to good to be lost He went his ways and found the King just going to Bed The King surprized to see him come into his Chamber What says he Osman up at this time of the Night Nothing but good Fortune should keep a Man so long awake Who knows says the Aga but 't is that brings me hither You are come a little too late says the King and I am so well pleased with my good Fortune to day I will not rise to go in search of a better Hear me adds the King observing Osman very desirous to interrupt him I will tell you part of the Pleasure I have had this Evening and shall not relish it so well unless I acquaint you with it You must know that Hattige whom in spight of the hatred you have for her you will acknowledge one of the handsomest Women you have ever seen was fallen of late into so strange a Melancholly and Grief that nothing could divert her She did nothing but weep and her Tears troubled me so that at last I believe I should have died for Grief so great is the Love I have for her This Day more charming to Me at least and more beautiful than ever though not without some languishing in her Looks which shewed she was not throughly well at Heart taking pity of the Condition her Sadness was bringing me to Sir says she embracing me with extremity of Tenderness I see well enough what you suffer for my sake Were my Life only concern'd I would dye a Thousand times rather than tell you the cause of my melancholly but the care I have of your Health far dearer than mine and the Concern I am under to see you so altered in few days will not permit me any longer to conceal from you the cause of my sadness I must tell you then though I were sure to lose your Affection by it my grief proceeds only from a dream I had lately which made such impression on my spirit I cannot to this moment get it out of my thoughts At that she stop'd not able to proceed for weeping and sobbing which she could not forbear and I had much ado to perswade her at length to put an end to and pressing her more earnestly to go on and tell me her dream Alas continued she sighing may it not be a fatal Prediction out of my own mouth against my self I dreamt Sir I saw you in Roukia 's arms the Master Gardiner's Wife and was not able with tears or reproaches to force you thence Can you be so false and will you not endeavour at least to divert the blow Heaven threatens me with Ah Sir rather let me die than ever see this come to pass Here her grief seiz'd her more violently than ever and she fell half dead into my Arms. You may believe dear Osman I said many things to her to bring her again and perswade her out of the thoughts of the Dream which you know signifies nothing I have often heard talk of Rouchia but as beautiful as they report her to be I never had the curiosity to see her I was so satisfied with the lovely Hattige for whom I have resolv'd to keep my self entirely and stick to her alone To end my Story you must know I prevail'd with her so far with oaths and kind words that I disabus'd at last and left her perfectly cur'd of those suspitions of falsness she had entertain'd against me She recover'd her former Gayety of humor and was kinder than ever having exprest to me all the tenderness and strength of an extraordinary Passion I stay'd with her longer than ordinary and am more in love with her than ever I am but newly come from her and to tell you the Truth had scarce the power to leave her Pray stay a little longer says she still as I was going And still one moments stay procur'd another full of love and of kindness which seem'd to increase still as she staid me I could entertain you all night with the pleasure I had in the Closet of that charming Woman and yet not tell you all which you know is not discretion in a Lover to do to his Confident though never so faithful But what think you of her tenderness for me Was ever woman in love so allarm'd at a Dream And must I not love her more than ever for having endur'd what she did without daring to acquaint me with it 'T is true says the Aga very seriously what you have said is surprizing but not to that degree you imagin'd Give me leave to acquaint you only that a Man for whom I have the highest respect and veneration being passionately in Love as you are with a Woman one day in confidence gave me an account how pleasantly he had spent some moments in her Company and that she had given him a taste of all that the most tender and passionate Love hath of sweet and of charm and that he thought himself the happiest Lover on Earth You would think your self much abus'd
Hattige OR THE AMOURS OF THE KING OF TAMARAN A NOVEL AMSTERDAM Printed for Simon the African at the Black-Prince in the Sun 1683. THE PREFACE OF THE Translator I Read in French this following Book over in my Passage from England into Holland and finding it to please me very well I resolved to make an Essay to put it into English And in order to that I found I had a great deal of leisure time to do it for not being able to speak Dutch and being not very desirous to learn it I sat often alone in my Chamber and in a few Days finished this little Novel Which how well I have done it let the Reader Judge But let me put him in mind that it is the first Essay in this kind or any other that I have offered at I will say something as to the Original that I think it is as full of Intrigues and those managed as well and the whole Designe carried on as probably as it is possible for any thing of this Nature to be and that the Design is laid with great Art and managed with as good a Wit If the Reader receive this Book favourably I do promise him that I will in a little time make him amends with something of a more usefull Subject Although I cannot but acknowledg that I think it equall to any of Scaroons or the more Famed D. Miquel de Cervantes and hath been esteemed so abroad For in this small time since it came forth which is not four years since the first Printing of it here at Amsterdam I have seen four other Editions one of London one of Paris and another at Colen and the last at Bruxels which is the most imperfect Copy of all I think I have said enough and desire the Reader to excuse me and pardon all the Errors that are committed in the following Discourse By Dear Country-men Your Humble Servant B. B. Amsterdam St. Briget's-Day 1679. HATTIGE OR THE KING of Tameran 's AMOURS OF all places of the world the Sea is fullest of Adventures but not those of Love 't is the Scene Fortune most delights to play her Pranks in but that Element is too boysterous to agree with the tenderness of the Sex Yet Love derives his Original from the Sea which gave birth to his Mother and though Gallantry be a Rarity there it cannot appear strange where Venus was born A young Knight of Malta which Character speaks him of Eminent Quality full of generous emulation for the bravery of his Brethren of the Order resolv'd in pursuance of the Duty of his Profession to follow their steps in seeking Honour by making War against the Infidels He came to Malta in a Frigat of 30 Guns excellently fitted and the best Sayler that had of a long time gone out of that Port. The Knight having performed his Land-services was grown a little acquainted with the Sea but it was the first time he commanded a Vessel and very glad he was at his coming to Malta to find Gourdan there and made him an offer of being his Partner for Honour and Arms. Gourdan an Old Corsair very loth to admit a sharer in Profit or Honour and very rarely making use of a Second in War did notwithstanding accept the Proposal made him by a young Man the most hopeful of any that Order ever had The Agreement was made and the 15th of May they left Malta and went to cruise on the Coasts of Tunis in hopes to meet with three Vessels which Gourdan was informed were bound with Pilgrims for Mecha The Wind was favourable and in three days they were in Sight of Tunis On the Fourth Gourdan's Vessel drawing nearer the Coast discovered some Sail and discharg'd a Gun to warn in his Partner The Sails he discovered were those of the three Vessels they went in search of which made up to Gourdan and attacqued him very vigorously and were glad to see the Knight come up to second him making full account of him as a Second Prize But 't is no slight dealing with the Corsaires of Malta whose Custom it is to fight to the last and dye before they yield Those I am speaking of were strangers to fear the one having long run an uninterrupted course of Victory in all his Engagements and the other supplying his want of Experience by incomparable Valour I will not enlarge in particulars The Fight was sharp and bloody the Turks having four times as many Men as the Christians and three Ships at least as good as the Malteses Gourdan had kept aloof from the Enemy about a Musket shot till the Knight came up who no sooner joyn'd him but Gourdan would let him see at what rate he had purchas'd his Honour in the Levant He fell in furiously among the Turks and ply'd them so terribly with shot and Granadoes from both sides his Ship that you would have thought him on Fire The Knight though he needed no President to teach him his Duty yet glad to have a Man Famous as Gourdan witness of his Actions seconded him so bravely that the Turks who till then made no doubt of the Victory began to fear the success They cool'd in their Attaques and fell off to more distance not daring to grapple with the Christians The Knight had no sooner observed it but to make use of his advantage which had visibly rais'd the Courage of his Souldiers he commanded them presently to Board the Ship that lay next him being the stoutest of the three he was readily obeyed and as readily rushed a-Board the Enemy a Company of Volunteers immediately followed him with some stout Souldiers who animated with his Example did every one the Actions of Heroes 'T was wonderful to see though nothing more true all the Decks covered with the Bodies of those Barbarians slain at the first Assault by a handful of Men The Knight of Malta appear'd more than Man he seem'd to be in ten or twelve several places at once so ready was he and nimble to help where need But I forget my self to engage thus in describing the Fight which is not my design having a Thousand other things to say not of greater importance this Engagement being possibly the most terrible and glorious happen'd on those Coasts but more ordinary and gallant which my intention at present is to entertain the Reader withal I shall add only that after six or seven hours Fight wherein you may believe there wanted not occasion for these excellent Captains to signalize themselves the Vessels having all boarded one another the Christians sunk one of the Enemies and put up the Standard of Malta in the main tops of the other two Gourdan who at that day thought no Man his equal at Sea began to apprehend from the Actions he had newly seen the Reputation of the young Knight might one day exceed his and rob him of the glory of Soveraign of those Seas He had observed him more than once enter the Enemy's Ships and bear
down all before him that offered to resist and hewing his way to Victory through Wounds Blood and Death and that the honour of the Victory was almost wholly due to him In a word You are not to expect so much Justice in the Old Corsaire as not to believe him jealous of the growing Reputation of his young Partner and therefore less glad of the Victory than otherwise he would have been The Knight had been wounded though not mortally yet so dangerously that he was oblig'd for some Days to keep his Bed the news was no sooner brought Gourdan but he went to see him and exprest the best he could how much he was troubled at it he ended the Complement with all the Commendations and Praises a Man jealous as he was of the young Knight was capable to give But the young Hero no less modest than brave put him off handsomely attributing to Gourdan the whole advantage of the Fight only he did justice to some of his Ship who had signalized themselves most without saying a word of what he had done They resolv'd to return to Malta to refit their Vessels and to sell the Prizes Resolutions at Sea depend much on the Pleasure of the Winds and they found themselves becalm'd on the morrow which for three Weeks stopp'd their design and render'd that a very tedious Voyage which a Week before they had perform'd in three Days The Knight was soon well of his Wound and finding himself able enough to walk about in the Calme he had a mind to take a view of the Prizes with Gourdan who that day had given him a visit He found them both considerable for the number of Turks and Moors of both Sexes which in a Christian Country would be a current Commodity When they return'd a-Board their own Ships Gourdan's Lieutenant being a Friend of the Knights and not well satisfyed with his Captain took an occasion as they were speaking of the prizes to tell the Knight privately he had not seen the most considerable Prize being a Turkish Lady of Eminent Quality and one of the handsomest Women that had ever been seen The Knight was surpriz'd Gourdan had said nothing of her but looked on it as a Trick of an old Corsair yet he could not but be displeased with the proceeding as unjust and uncivil but the Lieutenant told him he was not to wonder at it from a Man who never knew what it was to be civil or just to the best of his Friends He went on and told him how Gourdan had shifted the Lady into his Vessel by Night and plac'd her under the Guard of a Moorish Eunuch who had serv'd her long and that Gourdan was so much in Love with her and so jealous he would not permit any one to see her that the Eunuch had told him the Lady had so great an Aversion for Gourdan not only for his ugliness but for his ill usage of her that she was resolv'd to dye rather than comply with his desires The Knight was of too noble and generous a nature not to pity the poor Slave especially being handsome and no ordinary person he presently laid designs in her Favour and told the Lieutenant he would go see his Captain on the morrow and reproach him with having conceal'd that Treasure in hopes to prevail with him at least to use the Lady better and send her back into the Vessel she was taken in The Lieutenant better acquainted with Gourdan's humour told him it was more than he was to expect from one so deeply in Love and so brutish as Gourdan However the Knight went to see him on the morrow Gourdan receiv'd caress'd and entertain'd him with a great deal of kindness but not a word of the Slave the Knight had of purpose given him occasion to discourse of her but Gourdan made him no satisfactory Answer At length the Knight having lost all patience ask'd him as in raillery if he knew what was become of a handsome Turkish Woman which he was told had been taken in the bigger Prize and told him he was much surpriz'd he had not seen her when they took a view of what was found in the Turkish Ships and that he had said nothing of her The Amorous Corsair took this for an Affront and told him roundly he knew not what Woman he meant that they had seen Women enough in the Prizes that true it was he had one in his Ship who was no handsomer than the rest but if that troubled him there were enough left and he might go pick out one from amongst them that should please him best The Knight little satisfyed with the Answer reply'd very seriously that he held the Conditions of their Partnership so sacred that till they came to a dividend he thought neither had right without the privity and consent of the other to appropriate to himself any thing found in the Prizes Gourdan was a Man of so shallow Discourse he had not a word to say for himself but without any reply rose up and went to walk on the Deck leaving the Knight in his Cabbin who mustering up the Forces of his good nature and gentleness to stifle the resentment the cross usage of this savage Man had raised within him resolv'd to win him to reason by Civility he followed him and embracing him with a kindness would have gain'd the heart of a Beast of the Field I have no design says he to contest with you for the fair Slave you have possest your self of 't is a sort of Commodity I have no mind to deal in but pray do not refuse me the sight of her Gourdan was quite deaf of that Ear 't was a ticklish Request and he did not intend to expose her to the view of a young Man so handsome as his Partner he lov'd her too well to hazard her on such an Adventure and walking on still without answering a word he made it sufficiently appear to the Knight he must hunt for other Game as for this Gourdan reserv'd it for himself the Knight knew not whether he should be angry or laugh at the proceeding yet looking on Gourdan with more pity than anger Few men in my Circumstances says he would be satisfyed with this usage but you must be comply'd with make much of your Slave the time may come you will be a weary of her and then I may be allow'd the liberty of seeing her Having said this he left Gourdan and retir'd to his Ship A few days after he sent Gourdan word he had taken his Counsel and was going among the Prizes in search of a Woman to his mind that might bear him Company though in truth it was to find out one who could give him an account who she was the Old Corsair had got aboard and very luckily he met with one who had serv'd her long and took her a-board his Vessel where he treated her with more Civility and Kindness than a Woman of her condition knew how to