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lord_n	daughter_n	heir_n	marry_v	22,785	5	9.8759	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76087	The knight errant being a witty, notable and true relation of the strange adventures of Sir William Hart now prisoner in the tower: his severall exploits, cheats, and most witty tricks by him acted ever since his first beeing untill his proclaiming the Scotch king at Worcester, in August last. Written by J.B. Gent.	J. B.	1651 (1651)	Wing B107; Thomason E1370_5; ESTC R209334	7,261	24

upon Kinman who unawares upon the watch word from the guide breakes out upon Naworth men in the mean time Sir William steales out of the Castles sets fire on the Barnnes stables and out-houses and hasts away to the other party by Carlyle packs away part of them like Countrey men for Naworth with all speed as assistants to slack the fire which was much increased by reason of the time of night the small number that was left about the house to asswage it these Hacks so behaved themselves that whilest the family runne confusedly and amazed up and downe they robbed severall roomes of a great deale of treasure and so escaped in the middle of this hurley burley Back comes those that had been in pursuit of Kinman cut and beaten stript and dismounted crying out they had beene betrayed by a false Scot whilest Kinman Hart and their comrades were marching through Asike up to their dens well laden with a rich prize this plot taking so good effect proclaimes our Sir William famous amongst the Mossetroopers who honour him now as much as the Senate of Rome did their perpetuall Dictatour hee perceiving the influence hee had upon them they being gathered together in councell hee thus delivers himselfe unto them I make no doubt but it is well knowne unto you all that how these divels dig'd out of the Indies viZ. Gold and Silver are become the Idols of the earth and that their power ransome Kings saves the condemned from the jawes of death and leads captives the desires of the World it being thus my Bulleys I thinke a treasury amongst us would bee a greater safety to us then our dens holes and sculking places by the vertue of which wee might release any of our fellows from captivity when fallen therein by any adventure This project is approved of and they conclude to treasure up the tithe of all their gain in the hands of Sir William and one more of their chiefe to the intent above mentioned which in few years contrary to the Proverb amounts to a very large summe which our Knight perceiving having drawne in one of the sub-theeves as his man having horses and other things necessary robs his fellow treasurer of the money who was the next day dirged by the Mossetroopers for a Conspirator in the fact notwithstanding his innocency But our Sir William escaped so well that you shall finde him presently a banisht Knight out of Ireland amongst the then Noble housekeepers the Catholiks of Lancashire Now all ye Scots behold and see how your Repentant Stoole Made this our doughty Errant Knight become more Knave then Fowle Though he by silly birds were fed who from guilt and fraud are free Yet for creeping to his sisters bed my Bulley was fain to flee And as the Mossetroopers can tell he being turned loose They Gods wot●ken full well he prov'd more Fox then Goose How Sir William Hart rob'd a Roman Catholick in Lancashire AT Kirby Loyndsdayle our Sir William puts himselfe and his in Noble equipage and under the notion of an Irish Knight hee sets on upon his progresse falling into society with severall Gentlemen of Lancashire and was well liked of having a fluent tongue being full of gold and silver hunting a weeke here and a weeke there alwayes largely giving to the servants wheresoever hee came which made him be cryed up for the bravest Gentleman that came within their Masters doores but coming on hee betakes himselfe to one of the richest Catholicks houses in that Countrey Mr. Preston by name and there seemingly betakes himselfe to his devotions hee was but a seeming Saint God wot Lent running on he charges his man to have ready their horses against Maunday Thursday at night the day comming that family with many others of the said Religion were at their devotion Sir William likewise Now as they were at their Ceremonies singing the Lamentations in the Chappel the Altar being most sumptuously drest when they came to the passage of representing how Judas came to take our Saviour at which time they put out all the lights then I say did our Knight step to the Altar nimbly though profanely dismantling that sacred place of a world of rich Jewels and stealing out of the Chappell to his horses and away which caused at the relighting of the Tapers the Lamentations to be renewed many being taxed the Knight not suspected which gave a greater scope to his escape Thus did he with Religion cloak his Sacriligious act And in the Holy Altar smoak Judas like commit the fact To mowe the lasse was not so bad that 's but a fleshly sin Nor when he was Mossetrooper lad for them the prize to win But by pretence of Holy prayer to doe so bad a thing Will to the world appear most rare if that he scape the swing How Sir William Hart after his Robbery in Lancashire upon his Journey towards London lights into a rich Inne in Warwickshire and by a wyle marries the mans daughter of the House OUr Knight after his Robbery at Mr. Prestons flyes towards London making no stop but what necessity forced him to and lighting into an Inne not far from Coventry he resolves to rest himselfe some dayes there which he accordingly doth and observing his Host he findes him a notable Cavalier and of a believing nature which sets Sir Williams wits a grinding the mans daughter being hansome and Sir Williams kisses complements and glances amorus But observed with a majestick distance by Sir William his man not fayling his part the house much listen and hearken to find out what our Noble man was who fits them for their hearking his man always being telling him when they where hearkning what a disgrace it would be for him a Lords son and heir to match with an Inkeepers daughter but Sir William calls him rogue swearing maugre the world he would have her this being heard by his Host and his daughter at severall times they rejoyce infinitely otherwhiles his man would be at him saying Please your Honour send me to this Lord or that naming persons of Honour they will think themselves obliged to furnish you with an hundred pound or two which the man of the house overhearing causes his daughter to furnish the Knight upon all occasions which so sweetens him that he in a short time marries her has to boote most of her fathers wealth and all this to be a Lady To the world nothing is more common Then the proud ambition of a woman Eve our first father did deceave And of that heavenly blisse did us bereave Which none but Adam ere did know Pride having wrought our overthrow For which proud fact women oft doth smart As for example take our lady Hart. How Sir William Hart came to London where living at a high rate at last Cozened a Linen Draper living upon Ludgate-hill of an hundred and forty pounds in monies and for lodging NOw behold our mighty match marching towards London Sir William and