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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36287	Don Tomazo, or, The juvenile rambles of Thomas Dangerfield	Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing D185; ESTC R12136	80,628	248

were Stories pleasing to the Ear induc'd them to take Don Tomazo for a Companion and to make the same provision for him as for themselves After which they went with Don Tomazo to wait upon the Laird to give him thanks for the great favours he had shewn their Country-man Which piece of Complaisance was so grateful to the Laird that after he had drank a Bottle or two in the Company with Tears in his Eyes for such was his affection to his new Son he took his leave of Tomazo in particular and then of the rest of the Gentlemen Where note that it is not for Clowns and Men of sullen tempers but for Persons of accute complyance and airy behaviour to be Gusmans With these Gentlemen Tomazo travel'd through divers parts of Scotland which prov'd a very pleasant Journey in regard those Gentlemen had Letters of Credit to most Persons of Quality in the Country by whom they were for the most part very nobly entertain'd with good Musick and other Rarities nay in some Parts their splendid Equipage produc'd such credit of it self without their Letters that some Gentlemen of the Country would stand at the back of a Chair waiting while they sate at Dinner using no less then the Title of Lord to the meanest of them though they endeavoured as much as in them lay to perswade them to the contrary Thus having travel'd almost through the whole Country and meeting nothing worthy observation the Gentlemen fac'd about homewards when coming to a Town call'd Dunfreize upon the Borders of England they concluded there to rest for a Week or so in which time they became acquainted with several of the Inhabitants of the Place with whom they us'd to drink smartly One day among the rest as they were merry at a Tavern an old Woman came into the Room to beg a Glass of Wine and in particular of Don Tomazo who for that very reason refus'd to give her any unwilling to assume a preeminence in the company of Friends to whom he was so much beholding At which the Woman went away refusing to take Wine from any other Person but threat'ning Don Tomazo with most dreadful misfortunes and an immediate Curse that should attend him which the Gentlemen little regarding drank on to that excess that very few if one went home sober That night Don Tomazo was not in a condition but the next morning he went to look after his Horse which he found in such a posture as amaz'd him for his Body was drawn up in such a strange manner that his Head and his four Feet were all in a huddle together besides this the colour of his hair was alter'd and a thick white Foam bedaub'd his Chaps from one side to the other This putting Don Tomazo in mind of the Womans threats the night before made him suspect her for a Witch Which he found upon enquiry had been the hard opinion of her Neighbours for many years Upon which information Don Tomazo possess'd with immediate revenge or rather to draw blood of her according as his Nurse had taught him went to the old Womans House where he found her cutting of Wood. So soon as she saw him it seem'd to Tomazo that the antickness of her behaviour was such as shew'd her jealous of Tomazo's design in coming to visit her who while she discours'd him smoothly and calmly enough waited for nothing but an opportunity to surprize her At length perceiving she had got a great Stick in her hand that she could not easily cleave Don Tomazo very officiously desires her to give him the Bill and to hold one end of the Stick to which she readily consenting Don Tomazo having by some discourse or other oblig'd her to look another way with a home stroak cut off one of her Thumbs and so leaving her to curse and ban him to the Devil went immediately to the Stable where he found his Horse upon his Legs in decent order and feeding as well as if nothing had ever ail'd him This accident of the Witch if such she were exalted Don Tomazo to a very high pitch as believing he was or should be some great Hero For quo he Vlysses was belov'd by a Witch and Aeneas was belov'd by a Witch St. George was charm'd by a Witch and Don Tomazo was belov'd by a Witch So that had he given her Wine and not cut off her Thumb who knows what happinesses had been prepar'd for him But having cut off her Thumb she withdrew her affections from him and was so far from advancing his Fortunes that she complain'd to the Magistrates of the Town of the loss of her Joynt for which she accus'd the English Lad as she call'd him Whereupon the English Lad was sent for and upon a full examination of the matter committed to Prison For indeed he own'd the Fact and upon what occasion he did it but could not make out by any sort of reason why he should assume the doing of justice to himself The rest of the Gentlemen offer'd to be his Bail but nothing would serve but one of Tomazo's Thumbs which the Magistrate protested should be cut off and given to the Old Woman to burn before his face Which rigorous Sentence you may be sure did not a little trouble Don Tomazo But Fortune who knew he had more occasion for his Thumb then the Old Woman was for none of those Mosaical Executions so that what by her assistance and the Gentlemans industry a Rope was convey'd to Don Tomazo by means whereof he made his escape out of the Goal without paying his Fees and so being privately convey'd out of Town to a Place where his Horse stood ready he receiv'd directions to post with all speed to Carlisle and there to stay at an Inne appointed till the Company came to him Which by the good conduct of Fortune and with no small hazard he accomplish'd being pursu'd almost to the Walls of the City About a week after arriv'd his Companions who being suspected to have been privy to Tomazo's Escape were detain'd by the Magistrate till they had pay'd their ten Crowns apiece to the Poor of the Town which amounted to a considerable Sum there being five in number These Gentlemen being come to Carlisle found there their beloved Tomazo for which they were not a little joyful their kindness to him being nothing inferior to the Laird of Corheids From Carlisle they set forward for London with all speed where in a little time being safely arriv'd the Company separated and Don Tomazo was left to himself who though so near his Parents was almost in as bad a condition as at his first entrance into Scotland But necessity prompting him to some serious resolution the Story of the Prodigal Son took possession of his Pate and he began to study how to be reconcil'd to his Father A kind Office which was soon accomplish'd by the Intercession of a particular Favourite of his Fathers who so far prevail'd that Tomazo after

small Taste of their Ingenuity steer'd directly for the Country of Cornwal where they found great Opportunities of Business play'd several Pranks and among the rest this in particular Don Tomazo having taken up his Quarters at a Town call'd Pensanse and Don Pedro at another call'd St. Ives both Sea-ports lay there without taking the least Cognizance of each other They had been such strangers one to another for some Weeks that the one had not been in the others Company but once and that as it were by an Accidental Meeting So that it was impossible for the Country to imagin or suspect any such thing as an Intimacy between them which was the Foundation upon which many Designs were laid and brought to perfection One time among the rest it hapn'd that Don Tomazo being at Church upon a Sunday paying his Devotions to something or other Cupid finding him at a loss for an Object of his Zeal fix'd his Eyes upon a very pretty Lady whose Beauty made no slight Impression in Tomazo's Heart The inflam'd Lover whose business it was always to use the swiftest Expedition in his Affairs now more violently hastn'd by his amorous Impatience returns to his Quarters and makes all those diligent Enquiries after the Lady that Lovers are wont to do which concluding with such a passionate Joy that all their Answers satisfi'd his Expectations the People easily from thence drew their wonted Conjectures and presently reported that Don Tomazo who past for the Son of a Person of great Quality in the North was deeply in Love with such a Lady This Report flew like Lightning and was presently bandy'd from one Tittle-tattle to another till it came to the Father's Ear with all the Embellishments of Multiplication in reference to the Behaviour and Gallantry of the Enamour'd Esquire The Father was tickl'd at the Tidings and as it is the fashion of the Unwary to look upon distant Prospects with a Magnifying fancy thought it but an act of Paternal Affection to advance his Daughters Fortune and the Daughter her self proud of the Conquest of her Victorious Beauty already imagin'd her self riding in her Coach and Six Horses the ador'd Mistress of many Tenants and the charming Wife of a brisk bonny and wealthy Heir Thereupon the Justice comes thundring to Pensanse to take view of his Son-in-Law and having found him out took an occasion to fall into a sifting Discourse with Don Tomazo who had all his Story so Geometrically fram'd and deliver'd it with such a careless Exactness without the least Hesitation that the Cornish Chough was not only taken with his Person and Behaviour but so intoxicated with his Narrative that he invited him over to his House Don Tomazo kindly accepted his Invitation and accordingly gave him the Honour of his Company home where he had leisure enough to unbosom his Affections to the Young Isabella the Name by which hence forward she shall be known Some time after the Justice his Wife and his Daughter went to visit a Gentleman of their Acquaintance that liv'd not far from St. Ives who after Dinner inform'd the Justice of a Gentleman that quarter'd at St. Ives that was certainly the best Company that ever he met with withal That he was a Spaniard whose Curiosity had brought him thither to view the Country Upon which rare Character of an intimate Friend the Justice desir'd he might be sent for as he was with all speed But when he came the Country Gentleman who only thought to compleat his Pastime with the mirth of some Comical Droll was strangely out of Countenance and in a Surprize believing his Old Acquaintance had put some Trick upon him For such was Don Pedro's Air and Deportment that the Justice took him for no less then some Person of High Quality which was no small trouble to the Justice to be put out of the road of his Rural Addresses and Country Complements and forc'd on a suddain to recollect the Exercises of his Youth at the Dancing-School for new Congies and Refin'd Expressions For indeed Don Pedro might well have past for such a one as the Justice took him to be in any part of the World He was a Person so comely that few Spaniards were like him very Fair full Ey'd with a lovely Head of Long Hair as black as a Raven's Wing and a Body most curiously proportion'd to which his Graceful Carriage his affable sweet and complaisant Humour his fluencie of Speech and his Noble Equipage were such charming Additions that it was no wonder Cupid took his Stand in such a Face and bent his Bow to kill two Birds with one Stone I say bent because at that time I believe the God of Love made use of a Cros-bow in regard of the Crossness of the Shot In short the Mother and the Daughter were both shot Plumb-dead at the same time insomuch that there was no Peace or Quiet in either of their Bosoms till they had prevail'd with the Justice who could hardly think his Mansion worthy such a Guest to invite Don Pedro to his House But at last overcome by their Importunity and his own Ambition he took the Confidence to give him a Solemn and Cardinal-like Invitation which Don Pedro readily accepted You may be sure the Entertainment could not chuse but be splendid where the Master consulted his Honour the Mistress her deep Affection and no question but the Daughter sate up late and had a Finger in every Pye and every Tart. Nor was the Female diligence of those two Love-shot Ladies less to dress and trim and trick and adorn themselves with all the Ornaments their Trunks and Cabinets could afford What Fairs and Christnings saw but seldom and in Parcels that D. Pedro saw at once and every day display'd while the Mother strove to renew the Youth of her past Beauty the Daughter to beautifie her present Youth All this Don Pedro contentedly observ'd and as he was extremely acute in his Observations after Dinner he gave Madam Isabella an occasion to convey a little Billet into his hand at what time the Mother took an Opportunity to slip another into his Pocket ignorant of what her Rival Daughter had done Neither indeed was Don Pedro aware of the Mothers contrivance So ambitious they were which of the two should make the first and deepest Impression in Don Pedro's Heart The two Ladies having thus disburthen'd their Affections the one into his Pocket the other into his Hand Don Pedro after a powre of Complements and Kindness took his Leave and being return'd to his Quarters drew forth the Billet which he had receiv'd from Mrs. Isabella wherein he read these following Lines SIR THe first time I saw you the Idea of your Perfections caus'd a violent Passion in my Heart which having ever since tormented me pardon the Flame that enforces me to let you know the Wound you have giv'n me I doubt not but that a Person of your Quality will be careful to manage this Secret with