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A81080	Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind. Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1683 (1683)	Wing C7352; ESTC R171627	176,132	257

the mistake of a Servant he his Father were both poysoned by deadly Wine prepared for the Guests and so he was rewarded for his Ambition and intent of Murther both at once Clarks Mirrour IX Staveren in Holland was the chief Town of all Friezland rich and abounding in all wealth the only staple for all Merchandize whither Ships came from all parts The Inhabitants thereof through ease knew not what to do nor desire but shewed themselves in all things excessive and licentious not only in their Apparel but also in the furniture of their Houses gilding the Seats before their Lodgings c. So that they were commonly called The debauched Children of Staveren but observe the just punishment of this their Pride There was in this Town a Widow who knew no end of her wealth which made her proud and insolent she freighted out a Ship for Dantzick giving the Master charge to return her in exchange of her Merchandize the farest stuft he could find The Master of the Ship finding no better Commodity than good wheat freighted his Ship therewith and so returned to Staveren this did so discontent this foolish glorious Widow that she said to the Master That if he had laden the Corn on the Starboard side of the Ship he should cast it into the Sea on the Larboard which was presently done and all the wheat poured into the Sea but the whole Town yea all the Province smanted for this one Womans errour for presently in the same place where the Marriners had thrown the Corn there grew a great Bar or Bank of Sand wherewith the Haven was so stopt that no great Ship could enter and at this day the smallest Vessels that will anchor there must be very careful least they strike against this flat or Sand bank which ever since hath been called Vrawelandt that is the Womans Sand hereby the Town losing its Traffick in a little time declined the Inhabitants also by reason of their Wealth and Pride grew intellerable to the Nobility who in sumptuousness could not endure to be brayed by them so that this Town is now become one of the poorest of that Province though it hath the greatest Privitedges of all the Hanse Towns Hist Netherlands X Deminicus Sylvius Duke of Venice Married a Gentlewoman of Constantinople she was plunged into sensuality with so much prosusion that she could not endure to lodge but in Chambers full of delicious persurnes of the Fast she would not wash her self but in the dews of Heaven whell must be preserved for her with much skill her Garments were so pompous that nothing remained but to seek for new S●…s in Heaven for she had exhausted the Treasures of the Earth her Viands so dainty that all the mouths of Kings tasted none so exquisite nor would she touch her meat but with Golden Forks and precious Stones God to punish this cursed pride and superfluity cast her on a Bed and assailed her with a malady so hideous so stinking and frightful that all her nearest Kindred were forced to forsake her none staid about her but a poor old Woman throughly accustomed to stench and death this delicate Lady was poysoned with her own perfumes in such a manner that from all her body there began to drop a most stinking humor and a kind of matter so filthy to behold so noysom to the ●…ell that every many ainly perceived that her dissolute excessive Pride and daintiness had caused this Infection in her which brought her to such a miserable and tragical end Causins Hely Court FINIS There are lately published Seven very useful pleasant and necessary Books which are all sold by Nath Crouch at his Shop at the Sign of the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside I SVrprising Miracles of Nature and Art in two parts Containing 1. The Miracles of Natre or the wonderful signs and prodigious Aspects and Appearances in the Heavens Earth and Sea With an account of the most famous Comets and other prodigies since the Birth of our blessed Saviour particularly the dreadful Apparitions before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple The terrible Presages during the Wars and Desolations in Germany as several Suns appearing at once the water in Ponds and Conduits turned to blood and blood rained from Heaven Armies of Crows Dogs and other Creatures fighting and destroying each other Intermixt with Remarks on the Life of the renowned Gustavus Adolphus K. of Sweden Also a particular Description of the 5 Blazing Stars seen in England since 1663. A Relation of the burning of Mount Aetna with the horrid River of Fire and Brimstone which issued thence in 1669. burning near 20 Towns and Villages with abundance of other unaccountable Accidents and Productions of all kinds to 1682. Likewise a true account of the Groaning Board II. The Miracles of Art describing the most Magnificent Buildings and other curious Inventions in all Ages as the Seven wonders of the world and many other excellent Structures and Rarities throughout the Earth Beautified with Sculptures Price One Shilling EXtraordinary Adventures of several Famous Men with the strange Events and many signal Mutations and Changes in the Fortunes of many Illustrious Places and Persons in all Ages Being an account of a multitude of stupendious Revolutions Accidents and observable Matters in many Kingdoms States and Provinces throughout the whole World Namely the Adventures of Christ Columbus and the manner of his Discovery of America or the New World the Cruelties used by the Turks upon the Christians at Argiers their manner of selling Slaves c. The dreadful Mutiny in the City of Naples about their Priviledges in 1647. and how Messanello a Fisher-Boy ruled there for 10 days with greater Power than any King or Emperour An Account of several Nations destroyed or driven from their Habitations by Gnats Moles Pismires Sparrows Locusts Hares Conies Fleas Frogs Mice Grashoppers Serpents Worms and other inconsiderable Creatures The Tragical Deaths of John and Cornelius de Wit at the Hague in Holland Remarks on the Life and Death of Sir W. Rawleigh with his last Speech and behaviour on the Scaffold with Pictures Price One Shilling III. Admirable Curiosities Rarities and Wonders in England Scotland and Ireland Or an Account of many remarkable persons and places and likewise of the Battles Sieges prodigious Earthquakes Tempests Inundations Thunders Lightnings Fives Murders and other considerable occurrences and accidents for many Hundred years past and among others the Battle of Bosworth and the miserable Death of Crookbackt Richard The beheading of the Lord Cromwel and the Earl of Essex with their last Speeches the Rebellion of the Papists in Cornwal c. against the Common-Prayer in King Edward 6 time and the Kings Letter to them The Rebellion under Ket the Tanner and his Laws and Ordinances in the Oak of Reformation near Norwich The Association in Qu. Elizabeth's time The proceedings against Mary Queen of Scots Mother to K. James with her last words on the Scaffold

sometimes create sudden shifts he espying the Ladder against the wall presently apprehends what had been whispered of Fryer Johns love to the Knights Lady and lifting him on his Shoulders by the help of the same Ladder he carries him into the Porch of the Knights Hall and there sets him afterward secretly conveying himself back into the Monastery the same way he came not in the least suspected by any while this was doing the Knight being perplexed and troubled in Conscience could by no means sleep but calls up his Man and bids him go listen about the walls of the Monastery forth he goes out of his Masters Chamber and having passed the length of the Hall designing to go through the yard he finds Fryer John sitting upright in the Porch and starting at the sight he runs back affrighted and almost distracted and speechless tells the news to his Master who being no less astonished could not believe it to be so but rather his mans Fantasy till he himself went down and became an Eye-witness of this strange object At which being extreamly concerned he ressects on himself that murder is one of the crying sins and such a one as cannot be concealed yet recollecting his Spirits he resolves to try a desperate adventure and put the discovery upon chance he remembers he had an old Stallion then in his Stable one of those he had used in Service in the French Wars and likewise a rusty Armour in his Armory these he commands instantly to be brought with a Case of rusty Pistols and a Lance the Horse is sadled and Caparison'd the Armour is put upon the Fryer and he fast bound in his Seat with strong new Cords the Lance is tied to his wrist and the lower end put into the rest his Head-piece is clasped on and his Beaver is put up being thus accoutred like a Knight compleatly armed Cap-a-pe they designed to turn him out of the Gates both he and his Horse without any Page or Esquire to try a new Adventure whilst these things were thus fitting Fryer Richard in the Monastery was no less perplexed in his mind than the Knight about the Murther and much dreading the strictness of the Law summons all his wits about him to prevent the worst and at length concludes with himself that it is his best and safest way to fly for his life he likewise remembers that there was in the Fryery a Mare imployed to carry Corn to and from the Mill which was about half a mile from the Monastery and being somewhat fat and doubting his own footmanship he thinks it better to trust to four legs then two and therefore calls up the Baker that had the charge of the Beast and tells him he understands that there was Meal that morning to be fetcht from the Mill which was grinded by that time therefore if he would let him have the Mare he would save him that labour and bring it back before morning the Fellow being willing to save so much pains caused the back Gate to be opened the Fryer gets up and rides out of the Monastery Gate just at that instant when the Knight and his Man had turned out the Fryer on Horseback to seek his fortune the Horse presently scents the Mare and after her he gallops Fryer Richard looking back was amazed to see an armed Knight follow him much more when by the light of the Moon and the Beaver flying up he perceived that it was Fryer John who was thus armed and thereupon away flies he through the Streets and after him or rather after the Mare speeds the Horse a great noise there was in the City insomuch that many being awakened out of their morning sleep looked out at their Windows at length it was Fryer Richards ill fate to ride into a certain turn-again Lane which had no passage through there Fryer John overtakes him the Stone-Horse covers the Mare which causes a terrible noise among the rusty Armour Fryer Richards guilty conscience accuses him and he cries out aloud Guilty of the Murder at the noise of Murder the People being amazed ran out of their Beds into the Street they apprehend Miracles and he confesses Wonders but withal he freely tells them of the horrid and inhumane Act he had committed in murdering one of his own Convent the former Grudge that was between them is generally known and the apparent Justice of Heaven the rather believed Fryer John is dismounted and sent to his Grave Fryer Richard is committed to Prison he is Arraigned and in pursuance of his own Confession is condemned But before his Execution the Knight knowing his own guilt and concern in the business he posts instantly to the King makes his voluntary Confession and hath his life and estate for his former good Services granted to him Fryer Richard is released and this notable Accident still remains upon Record Hist Women II. In the reign of Queen Mary Sr. Walter Smith of Shirford in Warwickshire being grown an aged man at the death of his wife considered of a Marriage for Richard his Son and heir then at mans Estate and to that end made his mind known to Mr. Thomas Chetwin of Ingestre in Staffordshire who entertaining the motion in the behalf of Dorothy his Daughter was contented to give five hundred pound with her But no sooner had the old knight seen the young Lady but he became a suiter for himself offering five hundred pound for her besides as good a joynture as she should have by his Son if the Match had gone forward this so wrought upon Chetwin that he effectually persuaded his Daughter and the Marriage ensued accordingly it was not long ere her affections wandring she gave entertainment to a young Gentleman of about Twenty two called Robinson of Drayton Basset and being impatient of all that might hinder her full enjoyment of him she contrived how to be rid of her husband having therefore corrupted her waiting Gentlewoman and a Groom of the stable she resolved by their help and the assistance of Robinson to strangle him in his bed and though Robinson came not the designed night she no whit staggered in her Resolution for watching her husband till he was fallen asleep she called in her complices and casting a long Towel about his neck caused the Groom to lye upon him to keep him from strugling whilst her self and the maid straining the Towel stopped his breath having thus dispatched the work they carried him into another room where a close stool was placed upon which they set him an hour after the maid and Groom were got silently away and to conceal the business this Lascivious bloody woman made an outcry in the house wringing her hands plucking her hair and weeping extreamly pretending that missing him sometime out of bed she went to see what the matter was and found him in that posture by these feigned shews of sorrow she prevented all suspition of his violent death and not long after went to London