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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58713	The history of the loves of Lysander and Sabina a novel.; Lisander	T. S., fl. 1681-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing S165; ESTC R1329	33,545	124

surprising grief that their Passion found no vent Tears and Embraces were the last and only Rhetorical Expressions of their cross Love. Lisander when he divided himself and went one half for the Spanish Netherlands was about Twenty years old His complexion was not quite so clear as that of a womans but the Features and Lineaments of his face were pleasing and Majestick to Admiration Nature was so kind to him that he neither wanted nor wore a Periwig for as if she had fore-seen his Military design She had given him a lovely head of brown Hair curl'd all in such rings as the Ladies of the last Generation call'd Heart-breakers He was something taller than the ordinary sort of men and so delicately well limb'd and shap'd to his height that you would have thought Nature had intended him only for a Pattern His very Meen and Presence had always something in them of Noble and if ever he had deni'd his blood would have been sure to have given him the lie But which made every body wonder he had a particular way of wearing his Clothes though neither he nor any body else knew where the secret lay for whatever Suit he had on became him a great deal better than richer Clothes did another man. He had already pass'd five years in one of the Inns of Court where you may be sure he had learn'd to know which Pocket his money was in and how many two and two are without a Conjurer His Natural Abilities without which 't is impossible to be excellent in any thing were such as drew every bodies eyes upon him whatever he did or said He was of a strong and piercing Judgment a ready Wit a most undaunted Constancy and Resolution an indefatigable Diligence and of a wonderful quick Dispatch In a word take him altogether he was a man of a most becoming and Gentile Address and all his Actions were accompanied with a certain fatal agreeableness for which we have no name Only his Disposition was a little too susceptible of that sweet Poyson that gentle Torment that desirable Evil and almost inseparable Plague of a great Mind Love which would now and then be a little too busie in his Management often stealing some Minutes from a serious hour and spoiling a good nights rest after a hard days labour Heaven and the Sea were loath to crush so brave a Spirit in the setting forth and so he arriv'd at Dunkirk once an English Garrison in one Afternoon where the next Morning he took leave of the Master of the Vessel and with his Horse and a hundred Broad-pieces which was all his Stock set forward towards Brussels where the General of the Spanish Forces was at that time to lay the foundation of his Fortune of War. His arrival at the out-guards before the Gates of the City did him the Office of a Court Address and without any of those preliminary Solemnities which are ordinarily made use of to introduce men into the presence of a Prince the custom of bringing Strangers to be examin'd whence they come and what their business is was his safe Conduct to the General It happen'd that the King of England's Resident at the Court was at that time attending the General about some business of his Masters and so very opportunely serv'd for Interpreter between the General and Lisander It is strange to observe what a gentle influence Beauty has upon all mens affections and how insensibly it makes it self 〈…〉 our wills for no sooner had Lisander told him his inclinations but the General was over-joy'd to see a Gentleman of his Breeding and appearance come to offer his Service in the War. And being well assur'd of his Parts and understanding by the pertinence and good manage of his Address receiv'd him with greater Demonstrations of Courtesie and more Affability than the manner of that grave Nation and the height of their Spirits does ordinarily vouchsafe And as he was about to Consult with the Resident which way or what Method he should use to serve this Young Gentleman in his pretensions seeing he had never born Arms A Spanish Maestro di Campo or Colonel of the Army that was just come from Gant where his Regiment lay and had heard all the Discourse told his Excellence not without some Passion that there was an Alfier or Ensigns Commission in his Regiment to dispose of and if the Gentleman in regard it was a proper and an honourable Office for a person of Quality to learn the Trade of War in pleas'd to accept it and his Excellence would give leave he would think himself extremely honour'd and promis'd that he would take a most particular Charge of him as if he were his own Son such a mighty impression and prevalence had the very Presence and Address of Lisander The motion was very acceptable on all sides only the General told Lisander he was almost asham'd to make him so little an offer but if he pleas'd to content himself till he was acquainted with the Spanish Tongue and the Discipline of War he doubted not but to find means to do something for him which might deserve his acceptance Lisander made him a handsome and grave return of his Compliment and told him that he was too sensible of his own want of merit not to understand the honour he was pleas'd to do him and that he would study to avoid the imputation of an ingrate more than he would the preservation of his Life That very night he accompanied his Colonel towards Gant who was almost extasied with his good Fortune and verily believ'd his good Angel had taken care to Conduct him into the Generals presence in that lucky Conjuncture Four whole years did Lisander serve in that Regiment in which time young as he was he made a shift almost without aemulation to run through all the Charges and Offices from an Ensign to a Lieutenant Colonel And acquitted himself in them all with so much Integrity Conduct and Gallantry that the whole Army was full of his name and nothing troubled them so much as that our Hero had not been born a Spaniard When they lay in Winter-quarters Lisander who as I told you was Amorous enough and the fittest man alive to be so to divert the trouble which he conceiv'd for the absence of his dear Mistress did ordinarily pass a good part of his spare hours with the Ladies of the best Character and Quality in the Town and was every where so welcome and his Company so much desir'd that oftentimes it bred such little heats and Animosities amongst them as without doubt had been more publick and made more noise in the world but for fear of doing violence to their Modesty And by this means he never wanted the choisest Laces and Linnen which the Country famous for those Commodities could afford or any thing else in reason which the Ladies had to dispose of And when Summer came that the Army was to March into the Field it would