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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31223	The life of Donna Rosina a novel : being, a pleasant account of the artifices and impostures of a beautiful woman, who jilted and cheated the most experienc'd sharpers, and made all persons unhappy, that thought her handsome / originally a Spanish relation, in three parts, done into English, by the ingenious Mr. E. W. ...; Garduña de Sevilla y anzuelo de las bolsas. English	Castillo Solórzano, Alonso de, 1584-1648?; Davies, John, 1627?-1693.	1700 (1700)	Wing C1232; ESTC R41881	79,793	168

amorous Italian called and usually after the Visit came in a Servant with a Treat of sweet Meats and wild Fowl which the Officer and his Wife were well pleased with for most of it fell to their share At length the Lady with her Health received also her good Complexion and Beauty and the Italian continuing his Civilities offered her a House with a fine Garden which he had on the side of the pleasant River Quadalquevir Garay whom she called her Uncle advised her not to refuse his kindness for he observed the Gentleman to be extreamly in Love with her and was very Rich and that they might get as much out of him as they had out of the Avaritious Marquina Rosina hereupon accepted the Offer and put things in order to go to the Merchant's and continue there till she had recovered her self The Italian would not have it known at Corduba that he had brought her to his Countrey House to prevent the talk of the People and other inconveniences that might have ●nsued So that with the consent of Rosina he ●ave it out that she had left the City in ●rder to prosecute her Journey Accor●ingly there was two Mules brought for ●er and Garay and two others to carry ●heir Baggage and having left Corduba towards Evening to blind the eyes of the ●nquisitive they put on towards Madrid ●ut having rid half a League thay turn'd ●ack again and took up their Quarters at ●ignior Octavio's which was not above ●wo Flight shots from the City There he ●xpected them having provided a Mag●ificent Supper to entertain her Here ●he Italian discovered his Love to her more ●●eely than he had done before He was 〈◊〉 Person of about 40 years of Age of a ●ood manly countenance having buried ●is Wife by whom he had no Children ●bout two years before He was a whole●●le Merchant and dealt in all sorts of ●oods insomuch that all the other Trades ●ot only of the City but also of other ●laces thereabout came to him for he ●eld correspondence in all parts He was a very thrifty Person to say no ●ore and had some yearly revenue be●●des twenty Thousand Crowns in ready ●oney and Sixty Thousand in Credit ●●d his own Trading which was very great He was a great Student and had been at the Universities of Pavia and Bologna before he came Heir to his Brother who died a very rich Man in Spain and that Estate occasioned him to marry at Corduba He had so passionate an affection for Rosina that he used all means possible to Insinuate himself into her favour and upon that account offered her the use of his Country-House to take the Air and recover her indisposition hoping that having her there he should more easily compass his desires She had been told by Garay that this Merchant was well feathered and easy to be Plum'd and since that good luck had fallen to them by chance they ought to make the best advantage of it That night they only Supp'd together and every one went to their rest it being very late though the Italian pretended he would have returned to lie in the City But his Servants whom he had before instructed pursuaded him not to go abroad at that unseasonable time of the night for fear of meeting with Thieves or the Press-Masters who were abroad and many times did a great deal of Mischief and robbed all they met At last seeming to be persuaded not to stir out he was glad to pass away some part of the night in discoursing with Rosina and being got to bed his business was to consider by what means and how with the least charge he might purchase the prize he aimed at Several things came into his mind agreeable to his humour but the easiest he could find was to forget and never think of her more for he was sensible that the Age we live in was such that it is very difficult to obtain any favour from an handsome Woman without extraordinary charge The next day he commanded a Breakfast to be provided for her and being told ●he was got up went into her Chamber to ●hide her for rising so soon and by that means to observe whether she used any Art to set off her Beauty He found her ●ombing her Head and so had a full sight ●f her Hair which was of a great length ●nd of a Chesnut colour The Italian less'd himself that his new Mistress to all ●er other perfections was furnished with ●o fine a head of hair but he was more ●●rprized when upon her dividing it into ●wo Parts to make him an Answer he saw ●er Face which appeared as beautiful as ●hen she went to bed a thing able to en●●me a Person less inclined to Love and ●ore to Covetousness than he was since ●ere is no greater charm to secure a ●overs Heart than to see that the perfections of his Lady are natural and scorn to borrow any thing from Art Indeed Rosina wanted neither Paints Waters nor Ointments wherewith Young Women oft-times hasten wrinkles and lose their youth e're they are aware She only washt her face in fair water and needed no Vermilion to heighten her sweet Complexion than what was natural to her The Merchant ask'd whether she would please to see his Garden who replyed she was extreamly obliged to him for the trouble he gave himself to divert her and to satisfie him how kindly she took that favour at his hands went along with him just as she was without putting up her hair which hanging over her shoulders added much to her beauty and it is not to be doubted but she had some design in it Her new Gallant thought it an extraordinary favour to have her by the hand and in that posture She saw the whole Garden seeming much pleased with the delightfulness of it Having Recreated herself with him till the Sun grew hot She returned into the House after which discoursing of many things she desired to see all the Apartments The Italian being very willing that she should view his wealth shewed her a great number of Fine Pictures done by the best Painters in Europe Some very rich pieces of Tapestry Cabinets of Ebony of several Fashions Embroidered Beds All sorts of Household Stuff of great value and all other things requisite for furnishing a House fit for a Noble-man Having seen all the Rooms he opend a Curious Closet which was full of Books richly bound and neatly disposed into gilt Drawers Garay who was with them opens one of them and finds in it the Works of Rugmundus Lullius with several other Philosophical Books The Merchant perceiving him taken up with the perusal of those Books ask'd him what he lookt at so attentively I find Sir Said he a great many Books of Chymistry and from the Curiosity I observe in your Collection of Treatises of this kind I suppose you have studied that Science 'T is true says the Italian I have spent some time in the perusal of those