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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37489	Delightful novels exemplifyed in eight choice and elegant histories lately related by the most refined wits ; with interludes in which are comprised the gallant adventures, amorous intrigues and famous enterprizes of several English gentry ; with the most pathetick oratory and subtil stratagems used in love-affairs.		1686 (1686)	Wing D904; ESTC R37723	67,955	176

the dark and cannot Guess at your meaning b●●●ssure your self it is not in your power to di●oblige me Madam says Cratand r wh●n 't was my good fortune the other Night to eng●ge the Thieve● who had broke into your House after the fall of one of them I prest forward with my Sword receiv'd the hurt upon my Breast from another which by that glimmering light of the Moon we then had bo●e the perfect Shape and likeness of this Gentleman who at the same time receiv'd a hurt on his right Hand which this Person seems to have Sir says the Lady a little warmly pray what do you infer Madam sayes he I ●o suspect this Gentlem●n to have been in the Company and I should be very glad to be satisfied in it Sir says she you seem to hint someth●ng more then I am willing to believe you do Madam reply'd Cratander I shall make no reserves in your Ladyships Company but I heartily wish this Hand did not Contribute more to your Uncles death then I ever design'd it should Sir sayes she 't is impossible I dare acquit you and do at this Minute and pray let us discourse no farther on so unpleasant a Subject Madam sayes he I will Trespass but in one word more my Suspition commenc'd when I first saw that Gentleman at the House before I ever knew he had any hurt on his Hand for I observ'd I could never fix my Eye upon him but either through shame or Guilt he avoided the Test of my looks and either chang'd Countenance or Show'd some inward emotion of Spirit which they who are better Read in the lines of Nature and more Critically observe her Rules would Construe in the same Sense that I do Sir sayes the Lady I am no wayes averse to your Satisfaction in that point but I would at the same time have a due regard to my Name and Family Madam reply'd Cratander I will proceed by such wary Methods as you your self shall approve of I will go to some Chirurgion thereabouts and complain the wound I receiv'd on my Breast Festers within and advise with him for the Cure and so from one to another and if this Gentlemans wound appears to be so and no strain in all probability he applyed himself to some Neigbouring Chiru●gion and by him may receive some leading Circumstances to confirm or abate my Suspition Sir sayes the Lady upon the Terms I before mentioned you may use your pleasure Cratander accordingly the next day took his Horse and at a publick Inn near the Town wh●re the Uncle liv'd desir'd to know if there was ever a Chirurgion in that part of the Country whom he might safely intrust The Landlord directed him to one at the next Town to whom Cratander Show'd his wound which was not perfectly Cured and in discourse was asking if he had much practice in the Country for green Wounds the Chirurgion told him every tittle and that by accident the other day a Gentleman who had been engag'd in a quarrel receiv'd a Cut on his Right Hand whom he now had under Cure which had it not slanted a little had certainly Cut all his Muscles in two and for ever disabled him The Person Circumstance of time he more particularly urg'd but at that distance as if rather for discourse sake then Enquiry and found them all Correspond with his first Suspition At Night he acquainted the Lady with the particulars and prevail'd with her that he might get a Justice of Peaces Warrant to apprehend him and oblige him upon his Examination to give a Satisfactory account where and when he r●c●iv'd that wound This was done and the Gentleman taken into Custody who giving only Evasive Answers was told if he would not be more positive and direct they should be forc'd to charge him more Criminally which an ingenious Confession m●ght prevent o● in some measure attone The Gentleman was in great confusion what to say but at last fully Confest the whole matter that he with two more whom he Named were won by the Uncle upon the promise of a Considerable reward to assist him in this Enterprize that they pitch'd upon that Night rather then any ot●er because the Men-Servants would be abroad and the House defenceless that they had resolv'd to Murther the Young Lady and all the Family for f●ar they should hereafter tell any Tales that the Uncle was Shot at the door where he receiv'd his hurt by Cratander and afterwards they came back and brought of his Body for fear of a discovery Upon this the Gentleman was committed to Winchester Gaol the other Two having some Notice of it fled The Body of the Uncle was taken up and found to be Shot into the Heart with a Pistol Bullet which was there found the Motive to so bloody and barbarous a design besides the instigation of the Devil and his own Covetousness was generally suppos'd to be the Estate of the Young Lady which descended to him who was her Fathers Younger Brother and she the only Child he left behind The Young Lady considering how miraculously she had been preserv'd and that next to Heaven she ow'd her Life to the Courage and Gallantry of Cratander Franckly told him Sir I never yet Enquired whether you was Married or no nor was it a question ever in my Thoughts before if you are not and will accept of my Person with the Fortune that attends it I hope to be Happy in your Embraces Cratander who little Expected that Fortune who had been alwayes a niggard to him should now pour down her Blessings with so Lavish a Hand in a Rapture of Bliss cry'd out O happy Cratander for ever happy Dear Madam I am yours for ever and let the declining Sun tell the other part of the Globe how happy his Fellow Traveller is made to day which she readily consented to and they were immediately Married within a Month after the Aunt dyed for grief and that Estate fell to Cratander in Right of his wife who was next Heyr at Law Thus Lives he Master of a fair Estate which his courage and generosity most worthily deserves Lysander ended his Story with the applause of the whole Company and Melintus himself Smiled at the Close and said th● Lady could do no less then Crown her Champion with the full Enjoyment of her Estate and Person Florimel whose turn it was to lead desir'd to be Excus d that she had never a Story fit for such sober Company but Melintus told her he would admit no Excuse She was not so Airy hut She had some more serious Intervals and he hop'd this was one of them Well Sir says Florimel I 'le take my Course and you must take your Chance NOVEL the Fourth By FLORIMEL CHarilus for under that Title I intend to disguise his proper English Name out of respect to his Person and quality was the Eldest Son of a Worthy Gentleman in Oxfordshire and Heir to a fair Estate His Father

Laugh'd heartily and Melintus could not forbear a publick Smile I knew sayes he we should have one Roguish Story or another I expected it Florimel but above all commend me to your close where you come off with a Rellish indeed Parmenio sayes Melintus I think it now falls into your division pray will you oblige us with a Story that may Temper the heat and passion of Florimels and Compose us to our wonted Gravity NOVEL the Fifth By PARMENIO A Gentleman who had been formerly a Merchant in the City of London and acquir'd a considerable Estate withdrew into the Country having Spent his younger years in the Noise and hurry of Business resolved now to enjoy the fruits of his Labours in quiet and Gratifie himself with Solitude and Retirement having a fair House in Hartfords●ire he inclined to fix there where he was eminently hospitable to the Gentry and Charitable to the poor But that he might not be out of all concern of business in the world like an idle pe●son he still kept some Ventures a broad which he called the poors Stock in which and all other his endeavours providence blest his Industry with that constant success that he used familiarly to say he grew Rich in spight of his Teeth for if he shut Money out at the door it would come in at the Window This Gentleman at his death left only one Child a Daughter call'd Joanna to whom he gave a very great Fortune and committed the care of her Person and management of her Estate to two Gentlemen her Guardians She was now about Eight years old when she desir'd she might as she usually did once a year go see her Uncle a Gentleman of fair Reputation and good Estate in Ess●x which they granted and s●nt her over attended with two Servants After she had been there a Month her Uncle wh● was a passionate Man catching her in some fault threatned to whip her She farther provoking him with some Scurvy reply he d●d so at which time as she cryed out was heard to say by some of the Neighbours O pray Vncle don't kill Me which neither he or any of the Family took much Notice of at that time The next Morning early she stole out of the House and after she had wander'd some Hours not knowing whether to go met with a Company of Gipsies who took her up made much of her changing her Cloths and staining her C●mplexion brought her with them in few dayes to Lo●don and from th●nce went their Rounds into Hampsh re Wiltshire and about the Country The Uncle missing his Neece next day made all possible Enquiry after her sent to all the Neighbouring Villages search'd all the publick Roads but could not receive any account of her He next sent into Hartfordshire to her Guardians to know if she was return'd home but meeting with no satisfaction concluded that some young Gentleman who knew she would be a great fortune had Stole her and carried her far away to some distant County where she lay conceal'd This the Guardians believed too till some of the Neighbors at their Gossipping were pratling what they heard others say and began to wish seriously that it was not too true esp●cially when they consider'd that if the Child dyed in her Minority the whole Estate would descend to the Uncle This was buzz'd about till at last it reach'd the Guardians Ears who making more particular enquiry into the truth of it were inform'd by some of the Neighbours that the Night before the Child was missing they heard her cry out most lamentably pray Vncle don't kill Me this they considered as an odd Circu●stance to happen just the Night before an● asked the Persons who thus informed if they could safely take their Oaths of it and would do so before a Magistrate who said yes it was all true and nothing but the truth After some delibe atio● they acquainted the Uncle what the N● ghb●●rs said and how nearly it did touch his ●●putation now and might his Life hereafter if his Neece was not found He told them he was altogether innocent of any Injury done to her nor did he remember that ever she sa●d so tho' he own'd he whipt her severely which was for telling a notorious Lye and using some other indecent expressions which he thought she deserved to be Corrected for Upon this all the ponds and Rivers were search'd and a considerable reward promis'd to any Person who could give an account of her alive or dead No News being heard of her the Neighbours b●gan to Grumble and said that the Guardians and Uncle had Complotted to Murder the Child and Share her E●tate This being now grown a publick discourse in the Country to the great disadvantage of their Reputation who before were Esteem'd a● Gentlemen of Honour and integrity They reso●ved to probe the bottom of this cause and prosecute the Uncle as far as the Law directed them Accordingly they went over into Essex and s●n● for him to a Gentlemans House who was his Neighbour and a Justice of the peace Being altogether the Guardians complain'd to the Justice of this report and desir'd him that he would take Cognizance of it as far as the Law required that if possible their Reputations and the Gentlemans might be preserve● free from such an undeserved calumny The Justice sent for the witnesses who Swore positively that on such a Night which was the immediate Night before she was missing they heard her cry out with a lamentable voice pray Vncle don't kill Me. Upon which the Justice bound the Uncle in a Recognizance of two Thousand pounds to appear at the next Assize and the Guardians in a bond of five Hundred to prosecute the Uncle In this Interval the Uncle having used all the probable means for a discovery that humane Wit could imagine but not being able to make any began to think what was to be done the time of the Assize drew on and then he should certainly be Indicted for the Murder of Joanna nor had he any way to clear his Innocence against such Circumstantial Evidence but by a down-right Negation which though some of his Friends might Credit would yet take no place in a Court of Judicature Having thus considered the difficulty of his Case he at last resolved thus In his search after Joanna he had found a poor Mans Daughter in another County who both in Age Features and Complexion so much resembled her that at first sight he thought she had been the real same now sayes he to himself if I can get this Girle of her Parents and dress her up in the same habit Joanna wore the very Guardians shall not distinguish her from their own Pupil she will appear so like the very same nor have I any other course but this to preserve my self he accordingly did so and for a Sum of Money bought the Girl of her poor Relations diligently instructed her in the part she was to act who being of