An historical narrative of the German princess containing all material passages, from her first arrivall at Graves-end, the 30th of March last past, untill she was discharged from her imprisonment, June the sixth instant. Wherein also is mentioned, sundry private matters, between Mr. John Carlton, and others, and the said princess; not yet published. Together with a brief and notable story, of Billing the Brick-layer, one of her pretended husbands, coming to New-Gate, and demanding of the keeper her deliverance, on Monday the eighth instant. Written by her self, for the satisfaction of the world, at the request of divers persons of honour.
         Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673.
      
       
         
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             An historical narrative of the German princess containing all material passages, from her first arrivall at Graves-end, the 30th of March last past, untill she was discharged from her imprisonment, June the sixth instant. Wherein also is mentioned, sundry private matters, between Mr. John Carlton, and others, and the said princess; not yet published. Together with a brief and notable story, of Billing the Brick-layer, one of her pretended husbands, coming to New-Gate, and demanding of the keeper her deliverance, on Monday the eighth instant. Written by her self, for the satisfaction of the world, at the request of divers persons of honour.
             Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673.
          
           23, [1] p.
           
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             London :
             1663.
          
           
             Preface signed: Mary Carlton.
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           An
           Historicall
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           German
           Princess
           ,
           CONTAINING
           All
           material
           PASSAGES
           ,
           from
           her
           first
           Arrivall
           at
           Graves-end
           ,
           the
           30th
           of
           March
           last
           past
           ,
           untill
           she
           was
           discharged
           from
           her
           Imprisonment
           ,
           June
           the
           Sixth
           instant
           .
        
         
           
             Wherein
             also
             is
             mentioned
          
           ,
           Sundry
           private
           Matters
           ,
           between
           Mr.
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           PRINCESS
           ;
           
             Not
             yet
             Published
          
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           brief
           and
           notable
           STORY
           ,
           of
           Billing
           the
           Brick-Layer
           ,
           one
           of
           her
           pretended
           Husbands
           ,
           coming
           to
           New-Gate
           ,
           and
           demanding
           of
           the
           Keeper
           her
           Deliverance
           ,
           on
           Monday
           the
           Eighth
           instant
           .
        
         
           
             Written
             by
             her Self
             ,
             for
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             divers
             Persons
             of
             Honour
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Charles
             Moulton
          
           ,
           1663.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           
             Most
             Noble
             ,
             Generous
             ,
             and
             Vertuous
             LADIES
             and
             GENTLEWOMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           what
           great
           advantage
           the
           frequent
           false
           Reports
           of
           my
           Actions
           and
           Demeanours
           hath
           given
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           our
           Sex
           :
           Let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           chuse
           to
           be
           dissolved
           into
           Attoms
           ,
           then
           justly
           to
           deserve
           to
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           .
           I
           therefore
           Adventured
           upon
           this
           Collection
           ,
           to
           evince
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Falshood
           and
           Insufficiency
           of
           the
           Designs
           against
           me
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Person
           of
           Understanding
           ,
           but
           may
           easily
           discern
           and
           conclude
           as
           much
           as
           I
           desire
           for
           Vindication
           of
           my self
           from
           those
           Things
           my
           Enemies
           aspersed
           me
           with
           ,
           or
           that
           have
           lately
           been
           upon
           the
           Stage
           .
        
         
           He
           who
           was
           first
           the
           Contriver
           and
           Promoter
           of
           the
           False
           Suggestions
           against
           Me
           ,
           coming
           to
           Visit
           me
           within
           one
           hour
           after
           the
           Just
           Sentence
           of
           
             NOT
             GUILTY
          
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           If
           the
           Modesty
           of
           my
           Sex
           would
           permit
           me
           ,
           I
           would
           Require
           the
           Comba●e
           of
           him
           to
           appear
           in
           the
           Field
           .
           I
           look'd
           upon
           him
           but
           as
           a
           base
           Detractor
           :
           I
           required
           his
           Retiring
           from
           my
           Presence
           :
           He
           obeyed
           .
           His
           looks
           represented
           his
           Guilt
           .
           I
           could
           mention
           him
           ,
           but
           it
           's
           below
           me
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           him
           ,
           further
           then
           to
           know
           him
           for
           a
           Villain
           .
           But
           it
           being
           the
           Opinion
           of
           all
           Philosophers
           and
           Divines
           ,
           as
           well
           Ancient
           as
           Modern
           ,
           That
           Detraction
           is
           the
           Chief
           Branch
           of
           Envy
           ,
           which
           is
           nourished
           by
           Lying
           ,
           by
           which
           People
           of
           Honest
           Conversation
           are
           grievously
           wounded
           .
           —
           Diogenes
           the
           Cinick
           being
           ask'd
           ,
           What
           Beast
           Bit
           most
           Deadly
           ?
           Answered
           ,
           
             Amongst
             Furious
             and
             Wild
             Beasts
             ,
             None
             like
             the
             Detractor
             .
             —
             And
             amongst
             Tame
             and
             Gentle
             Beasts
             ,
             None
             like
             the
             Soother
             and
             Flatterer
             .
             —
             Themistocles
          
           the
           Thebane
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           occasion
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             There
             was
             no
             greater
             Pain
             nor
             Misery
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             then
             to
             behold
             the
             Honour
             or
             Credit
             of
             an
             Honest
             or
             Good
             Man
             or
             Woman
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Mercy
             of
             a
             venomous
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             tortured
             by
             Detracting
             Speeches
             .
          
           A
           Spanish
           Author
           that
           I
           have
           seen
           ,
           hath
           this
           saying
           ,
           That
           all
           Nations
           do
           observe
           it
           as
           a
           Law
           ,
           That
           a
           Dissolute
           Life
           in
           Men
           ,
           is
           not
           held
           to
           be
           such
           a
           Vice
           as
           in
           Women
           :
           That
           let
           a
           Report
           passe
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           True
           or
           
           False
           ,
           Irreparably
           she
           lyeth
           under
           Infamy
           .
           Therefore
           I
           do
           imagine
           ,
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           so
           prudent
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Instituting
           of
           several
           Orders
           of
           Knights
           ,
           they
           had
           still
           in
           Charge
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           defend
           Innocent
           Ladies
           .
           And
           I
           never
           read
           of
           any
           Knight
           that
           undertook
           a
           Distressed
           Ladies
           Quarrell
           ,
           but
           he
           Vanquished
           and
           Overcame
           .
           That
           Example
           of
           
             Valentinus
             Barnthius
          
           ,
           a
           Native
           of
           Toledo
           in
           Spain
           ,
           in
           his
           History
           ,
           wherein
           he
           mentioneth
           a
           Daughter
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           was
           Married
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           and
           Prince
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           She
           not
           yielding
           to
           the
           Immodest
           Sollicitation
           and
           Request
           of
           Pancalier
           ,
           whom
           the
           Duke
           her
           Husband
           had
           left
           as
           his
           Lieutenant
           in
           his
           Absence
           ,
           whilest
           he
           was
           busied
           in
           the
           Warrs
           of
           France
           ;
           The
           Count
           Imposed
           on
           her
           ,
           the
           Crime
           of
           Adultery
           :
           For
           Confirmation
           (
           wanting
           other
           proof
           )
           he
           Required
           the
           Combat
           of
           any
           that
           should
           gainsay
           his
           Assertion
           .
           The
           which
           was
           Accepted
           by
           a
           Knight
           of
           the
           Noble
           House
           of
           Mendoza
           ;
           Who
           slew
           him
           ,
           notwithstanding
           many
           Disadvantages
           of
           a
           late
           Sickness
           ,
           of
           his
           long
           Travel
           ,
           and
           Disproportion
           of
           his
           Strength
           and
           Stature
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Francis
           the
           First
           of
           that
           Name
           ,
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           granted
           the
           Combat
           to
           Castaigneray
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Jarnac
             ;
             Castaigneray
          
           having
           by
           words
           dishonoured
           a
           Lady
           ,
           that
           was
           by
           Blood
           Allied
           to
           Jarnac
           :
           In
           the
           Opinion
           of
           all
           Persons
           ,
           Castaigneray
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           often
           Combats
           ,
           Strength
           ,
           Judgment
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           Weapons
           ,
           would
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Lord
           Jarnac
           ;
           yet
           the
           Lord
           Jarnac
           slew
           him
           :
           The
           which
           Convinced
           all
           the
           Spectators
           ,
           That
           the
           Innocency
           of
           the
           Lady
           Influenced
           the
           Sword
           of
           Jarnac
           .
           Many
           other
           Stories
           of
           like
           nature
           I
           could
           Instance
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           this
           :
           
             
               Sure
               there
               is
               none
               will
               a
               Woman
               deprave
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               he
               be
               a
               Coward
               or
               a
               Knave
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           mention
           these
           Stories
           ,
           to
           reflect
           upon
           any
           of
           the
           English
           Gallants
           ,
           for
           not
           Taking
           part
           in
           my
           Cause
           ,
           I
           at
           first
           apprehended
           I
           needed
           it
           not
           ;
           and
           now
           do
           much
           lesse
           need
           it
           :
           for
           that
           my
           Enemies
           by
           their
           Insufficient
           Prosecution
           ,
           made
           way
           for
           the
           World
           to
           conclude
           my
           Innocency
           .
           But
           I
           may
           in
           some
           sort
           complain
           of
           my
           Husband
           ,
           who
           wore
           a
           Sword
           by
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           yet
           could
           suffer
           me
           to
           be
           stript
           of
           my
           necessary
           Rayment
           .
           But
           instead
           of
           that
           Civil
           Defence
           ,
           the
           least
           of
           Kindnesses
           he
           might
           have
           afforded
           me
           ,
           that
           had
           enjoyed
           all
           Hymen's
           Rites
           with
           me
           so
           
           lately
           before
           that
           Tragick-Part
           ,
           he
           encountreth
           me
           with
           a
           Volume
           of
           one
           Sheet
           in
           Quarto
           ,
           wherein
           he
           hath
           these
           Passages
           ,
           That
           I
           by
           my
           Parts
           deluded
           him
           .
           In
           answer
           to
           which
           ,
           He
           deluded
           me
           by
           his
           Pretences
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           Thou
           shalt
           receive
           them
           from
           his
           own
           Pen
           ;
           In
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           said
           Work
           ,
           he
           hath
           this
           Passage
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             not
             give
             my self
             the
             Trouble
             ,
             to
             recollect
             and
             declare
             the
             severall
             Motives
             and
             Inducements
             that
             deceitful
             but
             wise
             enough
             Woman
             used
             to
             deceive
             me
             with
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           In
           Page
           the
           4
           h
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Her
             Wit
             did
             more
             and
             m●re
             Ingage
             me
             and
             charm
             me
             :
             Her
             Qualities
             deprived
             me
             of
             my
             own
             :
             Her
             Courteous
             Behaviour
             ,
             her
             Majestick
             Humility
             to
             all
             Persons
             ,
             her
             Emphaticall
             Speeches
             ,
             her
             Kind
             and
             Loving
             Expressions
             ;
             and
             amongst
             other
             things
             her
             High
             Detestation
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Vice
             ,
             as
             Lying
             ,
             &c.
             
             Her
             great
             Pretence
             to
             Zeal
             in
             her
             Religion
             ;
             her
             Modest
             Confidence
             and
             Grace
             in
             all
             Companies
             ,
             Fearing
             the
             knowledg
             of
             none
             ;
             her
             Demeanour
             was
             such
             ,
             that
             she
             left
             no
             room
             for
             Suspition
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             others
             both
             Grave
             and
             Wise
             .
          
        
         
           Some
           other
           things
           he
           Insists
           upon
           ,
           as
           his
           undertaking
           to
           tell
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           Business
           betwixt
           us
           ;
           In
           which
           he
           is
           so
           far
           from
           doing
           Me
           Justice
           therein
           ,
           that
           he
           wrongeth
           Me
           and
           his
           own
           Soul
           by
           lying
           .
        
         
           For
           Confutation
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           to
           the
           ensuing
           Discourse
           ;
           Only
           there
           is
           one
           Passage
           that
           I
           am
           unwilling
           to
           let
           slip
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           page
           the
           6th
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           That
           my
           Father
           was
           in
           Town
           upon
           my
           Commitment
           ,
           and
           did
           acknowledg
           me
           to
           be
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           playd
           many
           such
           Tricks
           .
           It
           's
           strange
           this
           Father
           of
           mine
           could
           not
           be
           produced
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           if
           that
           had
           been
           true
           ;
           As
           strange
           it
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Jury-Man
           himself
           (
           that
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Jury
           upon
           the
           Tryal
           of
           
             Mary
             Mauders
          
           )
           that
           they
           produced
           ,
           who
           seemed
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           of
           Conscience
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           could
           not
           swear
           nor
           say
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           the
           
             Mary
             Mauders
          
           alias
           Stedman
           .
           But
           I
           wave
           all
           ;
           and
           make
           it
           my
           Request
           to
           all
           Ladies
           and
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           seriously
           to
           consider
           the
           whole
           ensuing
           Discourse
           :
           The
           which
           if
           done
           ,
           I
           may
           rest
           Confident
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           none
           but
           will
           set
           a
           Hand
           to
           the
           Erecting
           my
           Reputation
           to
           a
           higher
           Pitch
           ,
           then
           from
           whence
           my
           Detracting
           Enemies
           endeavoured
           to
           depress
           it
           .
        
         
           
             From
             my
             Lodging
             ,
             
               June
               12
               ,
               1663.
               
            
          
           
             Ladies
             and
             Gentlewomen
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             in
             all
             Submissive
             Observance
             ,
             Mary
             Carlton
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           EPimenides
           the
           Philosopher
           being
           asked
           by
           the
           Rhodians
           ,
           What
           that
           Virtue
           called
           Truth
           was
           ,
           answered
           ,
           Truth
           is
           that
           thing
           ,
           whereof
           (
           more
           then
           all
           others
           )
           the
           Gods
           do
           make
           profession
           ,
           and
           the
           Virtue
           that
           illuminateth
           the
           Heaven
           and
           the
           Earth
           ,
           maintaineth
           Justice
           ,
           governeth
           ,
           preserveth
           ,
           and
           protecteth
           a
           State
           or
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           cannot
           indure
           any
           wicked
           thing
           near
           it
           ;
           also
           it
           maketh
           all
           doubtful
           and
           ambiguous
           matters
           clear
           and
           apparent
           .
        
         
           The
           Corinthians
           also
           demanded
           of
           Chilo
           the
           Philosopher
           ,
           what
           Truth
           was
           ?
           said
           ,
           It
           was
           a
           sure
           Gage
           and
           Standard
           ,
           to
           measure
           all
           things
           by
           it
           who
           neither
           diminisheth
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           nor
           increaseth
           at
           another
           :
           it
           s
           a
           Buckler
           ,
           a
           Shield
           that
           can
           never
           be
           pierced
           :
           it
           s
           an
           Army
           never
           danted
           ,
           a
           Flower
           that
           never
           faileth
           ,
           a
           Haven
           that
           none
           shall
           perish
           in
           ,
           or
           suffer
           peril
           .
        
         
           The
           Lacedemonians
           inquisitive
           after
           this
           rare
           Virtue
           ,
           importuned
           Anaxachus
           to
           delineate
           Truth
           to
           them
           ;
           he
           drew
           its
           Portraicture
           in
           these
           fair
           ,
           Lines
           ,
           
             viz.
             Truth
          
           is
           a
           perpetual
           Health
           and
           Welfare
           ,
           a
           Life
           without
           ending
           ,
           an
           Unguent
           that
           healeth
           all
           misfortunes
           ,
           a
           Sun
           always
           shining
           ,
           that
           never
           suffereth
           by
           Eclipse
           ,
           a
           Gate
           never
           shut
           ,
           a
           Journey
           in
           which
           none
           can
           wax
           weary
           :
           It
           s
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           without
           which
           all
           Strength
           is
           feebleness
           ,
           and
           infirmness
           it self
           ;
           Wisdom
           ,
           Folly
           ,
           and
           Madness
           :
           Without
           it
           ,
           Patience
           is
           but
           a
           Counterfeit
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           but
           a
           Prison
           .
        
         
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Triumphs
           that
           he
           made
           for
           
             Mark
             Anthony
          
           ,
           and
           Cleopatra
           ,
           brought
           with
           him
           to
           Rome
           a
           Priest
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           aged
           60
           years
           ,
           that
           was
           famous
           for
           not
           telling
           a
           Lye
           in
           his
           whole
           Life
           ;
           the
           Senate
           ordered
           his
           Statue
           to
           be
           erected
           ,
           and
           himself
           to
           be
           High-Priest
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Claudius
           ,
           there
           dyed
           at
           Rome
           one
           Pamphilus
           ,
           that
           was
           upon
           good
           ground
           suspected
           never
           to
           have
           told
           Truth
           all
           the
           days
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           He
           ,
           by
           the
           Emperour's
           Order
           ,
           was
           denyed
           Buriall
           ,
           his
           House
           to
           be
           razed
           ,
           his
           Goods
           confiscate
           ,
           in
           detestation
           of
           so
           venomous
           a
           Beast
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           suspected
           ,
           that
           when
           by
           accident
           he
           did
           speak
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Hearers
           suspected
           their
           own
           Knowledge
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           this
           Theam
           ;
           but
           Truth
           is
           an
           amiable
           and
           delightful
           thing
           ;
           it
           hath
           been
           no
           less
           my
           Deliverer
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           my
           Sanctuary
           ;
           
           its
           Precepts
           will
           I
           observe
           in
           this
           ensuing
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Fact
           I
           will
           have
           due
           regard
           ,
           that
           Time
           nor
           Envy
           shall
           have
           no
           Advantage
           against
           me
           ,
           to
           detect
           me
           in
           any
           particular
           or
           material
           Circumstance
           :
           my
           Ambition
           never
           tempted
           me
           to
           write
           a
           History
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           but
           my
           Necessity
           hath
           constrained
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           History
           of
           part
           of
           my
           Life
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           time
           of
           my
           l●st
           coming
           into
           England
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           World
           yet
           never
           had
           an
           exact
           Account
           of
           what
           passed
           between
           Me
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             John
             Carleton
          
           ,
           now
           my
           Husband
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           England
           ,
           unto
           which
           we
           are
           both
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           I
           having
           been
           at
           Colen
           ,
           the
           place
           of
           my
           Nativity
           ,
           from
           thence
           for
           dispatch
           of
           some
           Affairs
           of
           mine
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           Vtrick
           ,
           from
           thence
           to
           the
           Brill
           ,
           where
           I
           took
           shipping
           in
           a
           small
           Vessel
           bound
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           landed
           at
           Graves-end
           the
           30th
           of
           March
           last
           past
           ,
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           and
           came
           in
           the
           Tilt-Boat
           from
           thence
           to
           London
           ,
           betimes
           the
           next
           morning
           :
           In
           the
           Company
           that
           were
           Passengers
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           a
           Parson
           ,
           for
           so
           his
           habit
           did
           be
           speak
           him
           ,
           who
           offered
           me
           the
           Civility
           of
           a
           Glass
           of
           Wine
           ;
           but
           it
           being
           so
           early
           ,
           we
           passed
           several
           Taverns
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           procure
           admittance
           ,
           from
           Billings-gate
           ,
           until
           we
           came
           to
           the
           Exchange-Tavern
           against
           the
           Stocks
           ,
           kept
           by
           one
           Mr.
           King
           ;
           the
           Door
           being
           open
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           King
           in
           the
           Bar
           counting
           of
           Brass
           Farthings
           ,
           the
           Parson
           askt
           him
           ,
           if
           we
           might
           have
           a
           pint
           of
           Wine
           ;
           Mr.
           King
           replyed
           ,
           That
           we
           might
           :
           A
           pint
           of
           Rhenish
           Wine
           ,
           and
           a
           pint
           of
           Sack
           was
           c●lled
           for
           ;
           and
           during
           the
           drinking
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Parson
           offering
           to
           kiss
           me
           ,
           I
           refused
           :
           Mr.
           King
           perceiving
           that
           I
           did
           not
           much
           like
           the
           Parsons
           company
           ,
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           entertained
           me
           in
           Discourse
           ;
           askt
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           was
           a
           Stranger
           ;
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             came
             from
          
           Colen
           in
           Germany
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           King
           said
           ,
           Since
           it
           was
           so
           early
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           go
           with
           conveniency
           to
           seek
           a
           Lodging
           ,
           if
           I
           pleased
           to
           repose
           my self
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           his
           house
           was
           free
           ;
           that
           although
           it
           was
           a
           publike
           house
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           not
           overmuch
           to
           do
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           might
           be
           assured
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           civil
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           a
           kindness
           and
           a
           pity
           for
           Strangers
           ;
           and
           moreover
           added
           ,
           to
           his
           courteous
           Discourse
           ,
           his
           care
           of
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             if
             I
             had
             a
             Charge
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             a
             care
             ,
             for
             the
             Town
             was
             full
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             might
             have
             some
             trick
             put
             upon
             me
             .
          
           I
           thankt
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           a
           charge
           ;
           that
           I
           was
           so
           much
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           no
           where
           to
           go
           unto
           that
           I
           knew
           of
           at
           present
           ;
           but
           where
           e're
           I
           went
           ,
           I
           had
           wherewith
           to
           defray
           my
           charges
           .
           Mr.
           King
           said
           ,
           
             His
             house
             should
             be
             at
             my
             service
             .
          
           I
           answered
           him
           ,
           
             That
             I
             lookt
             upon
             him
             as
             a
             civill
             person
             .
          
           I
           took
           my
           leave
           of
           the
           Parson
           ,
           and
           upon
           Mr.
           Kings
           Invitation
           ,
           went
           to
           my
           
           Chamber
           ,
           parcel
           of
           his
           house
           that
           he
           had
           alotted
           me
           for
           my
           appartment
           :
           Returning
           Mr.
           King
           many
           thanks
           for
           his
           civility
           ,
           I
           took
           my
           leave
           of
           him
           also
           :
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           his
           Wife
           should
           wait
           upon
           me
           when
           I
           rose
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           World
           judge
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           probable
           that
           I
           could
           design
           any
           thing
           to
           insnare
           Mr.
           Carleton
           ,
           when
           at
           my
           accidental
           coming
           into
           that
           house
           ,
           nothing
           could
           be
           more
           remote
           from
           my
           Thoughts
           or
           Apprehension
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           ;
           or
           then
           that
           which
           hapned
           afterwards
           .
           By
           what
           I
           shall
           further
           say
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           to
           undeceive
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           they
           designed
           against
           me
           :
           And
           whether
           I
           have
           that
           Estate
           they
           dreamt
           of
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           material
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           much
           to
           be
           blamed
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           it
           ,
           and
           conceal
           it
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           pursued
           me
           in
           that
           envious
           sort
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           World
           is
           Witness
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           when
           I
           rose
           about
           11
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           Mistris
           King
           ,
           the
           Mistriss
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           attended
           me
           ;
           I
           was
           furnished
           with
           all
           respect
           with
           what
           I
           askt
           for
           ,
           or
           what
           was
           necessary
           :
           After
           which
           ,
           I
           applyed
           my self
           to
           writing
           of
           my
           Letters
           ,
           sent
           them
           away
           by
           the
           Post
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           wherein
           I
           gave
           Instructions
           ,
           for
           the
           managing
           of
           those
           Affairs
           that
           concerned
           me
           .
        
         
           Wednesday
           the
           first
           of
           April
           ,
           Mrs.
           King
           made
           a
           great
           Feast
           ,
           where
           were
           divers
           persons
           of
           quality
           ,
           as
           she
           said
           ,
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           her
           Brother
           Mr.
           
             John
             Carleton
          
           .
           At
           this
           Entertainment
           ,
           Mrs.
           King
           did
           advise
           me
           to
           call
           her
           Cozen
           ,
           the
           which
           I
           did
           .
           Thursday
           the
           2d
           of
           April
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           came
           in
           his
           Coach
           ,
           with
           two
           Foot-men
           attending
           of
           him
           ,
           calling
           him
           my
           Lord
           ,
           and
           Mistriss
           King
           did
           also
           call
           him
           my
           Lord.
           With
           that
           I
           askt
           Mrs.
           King
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           not
           the
           same
           person
           that
           din'd
           with
           us
           yesterday
           ;
           she
           said
           ,
           True
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           in
           a
           Disguize
           then
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           humour
           he
           would
           often
           do
           so
           :
           But
           ,
           saith
           she
           ,
           
             I
             do
             assure
             you
             he
             is
             a
             Lord.
          
           Upon
           that
           I
           replyed
           ,
           
             Then
             his
             Father
             must
             be
             an
             Earl
             ,
             if
             living
             .
          
           She
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           person
           of
           great
           Honour
           .
           The
           same
           time
           my
           Lord
           presented
           me
           with
           a
           rich
           Box
           of
           Sweet-meats
           :
           I
           could
           do
           no
           less
           then
           thankfully
           accept
           thereof
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           came
           every
           day
           afterwards
           to
           Mr.
           Kings
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           importunity
           would
           carry
           me
           abroad
           in
           a
           Coach
           to
           Holyway
           and
           Islington
           .
           Mrs.
           King
           would
           often
           ask
           me
           ,
           what
           my
           Lord
           did
           say
           to
           me
           ;
           I
           told
           her
           ,
           
             Nothing
             that
             I
             observed
             ,
             but
             his
             Lordship
             abounded
             in
             civility-mixt
             with
             Complements
             .
             How
             ,
          
           said
           she
           ,
           
             Madam
             ,
             He
             loves
             you
             .
             Loves
             me
             ,
             for
             what
             Mistriss
          
           King
           ,
           I
           replyed
           .
           She
           said
           ,
           
             For
             your
             great
             Parts
             and
             Endowments
             .
          
           
           I
           asked
           her
           ,
           
             How
             my
             Lord
             could
             tell
             that
             I
             had
             either
             .
          
           She
           said
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             could
             see
             within
             me
             .
          
           I
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             my
             Lord
             must
             have
             very
             good
             eyes
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             see
             within
             me
             ,
             or
             else
             I
             must
             be
             very
             transparant
             .
          
        
         
           After
           which
           ,
           I
           did
           order
           the
           matter
           so
           ,
           that
           his
           Access
           to
           me
           was
           not
           so
           easie
           :
           Mistriss
           King
           importuneth
           me
           to
           admit
           my
           Lord
           to
           visit
           me
           ;
           I
           told
           her
           plainly
           ,
           
             That
             I
             did
             not
             understand
             his
             Lordships
             meaning
             .
          
           He
           provided
           me
           a
           great
           Banquet
           ,
           at
           which
           his
           Lordships
           Mother
           was
           very
           fine
           drest
           ,
           who
           questioned
           what
           I
           was
           .
           I
           told
           my
           Lord
           ,
           
             That
             I
             had
             received
             Civilities
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             the
             like
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             had
             no
             necessity
             to
             give
             any
             account
             to
             any
             person
             what
             I
             was
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             I
             intended
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             any
             Design
             or
             Affair
             of
             his
             required
             any
             such
             thing
             out
             of
             conveniencie
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             he
             might
             forbear
             it
             .
          
           His
           Lordship
           excused
           his
           Mothers
           Inquisitions
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             She
             was
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             that
             Parents
             did
             think
             themselves
             concerned
             ,
             in
             looking
             after
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Children
             .
             But
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             Madam
             ,
             Wave
             all
             this
             ,
             however
             I
             will
             marry
             you
             to
             morrow
             .
             What
          
           (
           said
           I
           )
           
             my
             Lord
             ,
             without
             my
             consent
             :
          
           My
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             your
             Lordship
             not
             to
             come
             near
             me
             any
             more
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             lye
             under
             such
             questioning
             and
             scrutinie
             :
             Your
             Lordship
             will
             be
             safe
             in
             following
             my
             advice
             ,
             in
             not
             coming
             at
             me
             at
             any
             more
             .
          
           Upon
           this
           his
           Lordship
           wept
           bitterly
           ;
           I
           with-drew
           my self
           from
           his
           presence
           :
           He
           writ
           a
           Letter
           of
           high
           Complements
           to
           me
           (
           the
           which
           Letter
           perished
           in
           the
           storming
           and
           taking
           of
           my
           Out-works
           ,
           by
           the
           Forces
           of
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carleton
          
           ,
           my
           Husbands
           Father
           :
           )
           .
           at
           the
           same
           time
           I
           had
           a
           Gown
           making
           upon
           my
           own
           account
           by
           Mistriss
           Kings
           Taylor
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           I
           took
           a
           Coach
           and
           went
           thither
           ;
           all
           this
           while
           the
           young
           Lord
           ,
           not
           knowing
           where
           I
           was
           ,
           remained
           impatient
           untill
           my
           return
           ,
           where
           I
           found
           him
           standing
           at
           the
           Bar
           (
           not
           the
           Bar
           his
           Lordship
           was
           afterwards
           pleased
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Instruments
           to
           make
           me
           stand
           at
           )
           at
           the
           Exchange-Tavern
           ,
           and
           suddainly
           claspt
           about
           my
           middle
           ,
           and
           violently
           carryed
           me
           to
           my
           Chamber
           .
           I
           asked
           his
           meaning
           :
           He
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             I
             had
             forbid
             him
             my
             presence
             ;
             that
             it
             had
             almost
             made
             him
             mad
             ;
             that
             he
             desired
             nothing
             more
             of
             me
             ,
             then
             but
             to
             let
             him
             look
             upon
             me
             .
          
           Upon
           that
           he
           did
           ,
           with
           a
           very
           strange
           Jesture
           ,
           fix
           his
           eyes
           upon
           me
           :
           In
           compassion
           to
           him
           ,
           I
           askt
           him
           what
           his
           Lordship
           meant
           ,
           and
           intended
           ;
           he
           replied
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           discomposed
           manner
           ,
           
             I
             would
             have
             you
             to
             be
             my
             Wife
             .
          
           I
           answered
           him
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             rather
             think
             you
             have
             Courted
             me
             for
             a
             Mistris
             then
             for
             a
             Wife
             :
             I
             assure
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             never
             be
             a
             Mistris
             to
             the
             greatest
             of
             Princes
             ,
             I
             will
             rather
             chuse
             to
             be
             a
             Wife
             to
             the
             meanest
             of
             men
             .
          
        
         
         
           Upon
           which
           ,
           he
           uttered
           divers
           asseverations
           in
           confirmation
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           his
           intentions
           ,
           and
           earnest
           desire
           of
           the
           Honour
           in
           making
           me
           his
           Wife
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           what
           I
           had
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           being
           Saturday
           Easter
           Eve
           ,
           the
           Taylor
           brought
           me
           my
           Gown
           to
           my
           Lodging
           ,
           I
           being
           drest
           and
           adorned
           with
           my
           Jewels
           ,
           he
           again
           renewed
           his
           Sute
           to
           me
           ,
           with
           all
           importunity
           imaginable
           ;
           and
           a
           little
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           having
           intercepted
           my
           Letters
           ,
           and
           understanding
           how
           my
           Estate
           did
           lie
           ,
           he
           and
           all
           his
           friends
           renewed
           their
           Sute
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           give
           my
           consent
           to
           marry
           the
           young
           Lord
           :
           His
           courteous
           Mother
           is
           now
           most
           forward
           ,
           pressing
           me
           to
           consent
           ,
           by
           telling
           me
           ,
           that
           
             she
             should
             lose
             h●r
             Son
             ,
             and
             he
             his
             wits
             ,
          
           he
           being
           already
           impatient
           with
           denyals
           and
           delayes
           ,
           adding
           withall
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           person
           hopeful
           ,
           and
           might
           deserve
           my
           condiscention
           :
           I
           withstood
           all
           their
           sollicitation
           ,
           although
           they
           continued
           it
           untill
           12.
           of
           the
           Clock
           that
           night
           :
           The
           young
           Lord
           at
           his
           taking
           his
           leave
           of
           me
           ,
           told
           me
           he
           would
           attend
           me
           betimes
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           and
           carry
           me
           to
           St.
           Pauls
           Church
           ,
           to
           hear
           the
           Organs
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           be
           very
           excellent
           Anthemes
           performed
           by
           rare
           voyces
           ,
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           young
           Captain
           Sakvell
           who
           they
           had
           made
           privy
           to
           their
           undertaking
           ,
           out
           of
           some
           discontent
           ;
           threatned
           to
           discover
           the
           whole
           business
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           promised
           200l
           .
           to
           be
           silent
           ,
           and
           plied
           closely
           with
           Sack
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           dead
           drunk
           that
           night
           :
           the
           morrow
           being
           Saturday
           ,
           the
           19th
           of
           April
           last
           ,
           in
           the
           morning
           betimes
           ,
           the
           young
           Lord
           cometh
           to
           my
           Chamber-door
           ,
           desiring
           admittance
           ,
           which
           I
           refused
           ,
           in
           regard
           I
           was
           not
           ready
           :
           yet
           so
           soon
           as
           my
           head
           was
           dressed
           ,
           I
           let
           him
           have
           Access
           he
           hastned
           me
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           his
           Coach
           was
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           he
           carrieth
           me
           to
           his
           Mothers
           in
           the
           
             Gray-fryers
             London
          
           ,
           where
           I
           was
           assaulted
           by
           the
           young
           Lords
           teares
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           give
           my
           consent
           to
           marry
           him
           ,
           telling
           me
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Parson
           and
           a
           License
           ready
           :
           So
           I
           being
           amazedly
           importuned
           thereunto
           ,
           did
           then
           and
           not
           before
           ,
           give
           an
           amazed
           Consent
           :
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Great
           St.
           Bartholomews
           we
           are
           carried
           ,
           married
           by
           one
           Mr.
           Smith
           ,
           from
           thence
           we
           travelled
           to
           Barnet
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           known
           at
           Court
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           married
           a
           forraign
           Princess
           :
           He
           lyeth
           with
           me
           Sunday
           and
           Monday
           right
           ,
           we
           return
           to
           St.
           Bartholomews
           again
           ,
           and
           were
           there
           married
           again
           the
           second
           time
           with
           a
           License
           ,
           (
           they
           having
           before
           falsly
           pretended
           a
           License
           )
           that
           there
           might
           be
           no
           defect
           or
           flaw
           in
           the
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           On
           Friday
           following
           ,
           being
           the
           24.
           of
           April
           ,
           Lodgings
           are
           taken
           for
           my
           Lord
           and
           my Self
           in
           Durham
           Yard
           ,
           and
           much
           State
           and
           Grandeur
           is
           used
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           Lordship
           .
           The
           next
           Friday
           following
           ,
           being
           
           
             May
             Day
          
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           with
           great
           State
           carrieth
           Me
           into
           Hide-Park
           where
           I
           was
           accommodated
           by
           the
           Courteous
           Respect
           of
           divers
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           with
           great
           Rarities
           .
        
         
           My
           Husband
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           publickly
           owned
           the
           Title
           of
           Lord
           ,
           by
           the
           which
           Title
           privately
           ,
           he
           carried
           on
           his
           design
           upon
           me
           ,
           he
           being
           one
           day
           in
           company
           with
           some
           of
           his
           old
           Acquaintance
           ,
           hearing
           him
           boast
           of
           the
           fortune
           he
           had
           matched
           ,
           they
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           possibly
           commit
           an
           errour
           ,
           in
           calling
           him
           Mr.
           Carlton
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           readily
           give
           him
           his
           due
           ,
           by
           what
           Title
           soever
           was
           proper
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           knew
           not
           better
           how
           to
           be
           instructed
           then
           from
           himself
           ,
           who
           they
           thought
           would
           be
           least
           guilty
           of
           flattery
           in
           that
           case
           .
           Why
           truly
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           my
           Princess
           calleth
           me
           Lord
           :
           upon
           that
           ,
           he
           took
           upon
           him
           the
           acceptation
           of
           the
           Title
           ,
           publickly
           as
           well
           as
           privately
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           time
           he
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           he
           pretended
           to
           be
           a
           Lord
           ,
           the
           which
           Title
           he
           could
           not
           well-maintain
           ,
           as
           the
           case
           stood
           ,
           unless
           he
           made
           me
           a
           Princess
           :
           Now
           let
           but
           the
           World
           judge
           how
           divilishly
           I
           had
           been
           cheated
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           been
           a
           Princess
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           undeceive
           them
           in
           their
           wilful
           mistakes
           ,
           when
           I
           saw
           by
           their
           practises
           ,
           how
           much
           I
           was
           deceived
           ,
           and
           disappointed
           ;
           for
           now
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           M●s.
           King
           calleth
           me
           Sister
           ,
           and
           I
           come
           to
           understand
           that
           his
           Lordship
           was
           a
           young
           Clark
           ,
           his
           Father
           finding
           that
           his
           Lordships
           concealed
           Honour
           had
           taken
           Aire
           ,
           addresseth
           himself
           to
           me
           ,
           least
           I
           might
           take
           dislike
           thereat
           ,
           in
           finding
           my self
           so
           palpably
           deceived
           ;
           and
           by
           all
           meanes
           I
           must
           make
           over
           my
           Estate
           unto
           my
           Husband
           ,
           saying
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             Daughter
             ,
             you
             will
             do
             well
             to
             settle
             your
             Estate
             upon
             my
             Son
             ,
             itwill
             satisfie
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             redownd
             to
             your
             Honour
             .
          
           I
           told
           him
           I
           saw
           my self
           deceived
           ,
           and
           that
           although
           I
           could
           not
           keep
           my
           affections
           from
           him
           ,
           I
           would
           keep
           my
           Estate
           untill
           that
           I
           did
           die
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           make
           a
           stop
           here
           ,
           when
           I
           remember
           how
           violently
           they
           lately
           did
           prosecute
           me
           ,
           without
           all
           peradventure
           this
           saying
           of
           mine
           animated
           them
           to
           seek
           my
           life
           so
           vigorously
           .
           This
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           my
           first
           breach
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           of
           my
           troubles
           that
           did
           immediately
           insue
           .
        
         
           In
           one
           or
           two
           dayes
           ,
           the
           Scene
           alters
           ,
           and
           a
           Letter
           from
           Dover
           is
           contrived
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           discovery
           of
           me
           ;
           For
           an
           accouut
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           my
           Speech
           in
           my
           Tryall
           ,
           for
           Vindication
           of
           my Self
           in
           that
           Particular
           .
        
         
         
           My
           Husband
           's
           Father
           cometh
           to
           my
           Lodging
           in
           Durham
           Yard
           ,
           with
           Mris.
           Clark
           ,
           and
           my
           Husband
           and
           others
           ,
           called
           me
           Cheat
           and
           Harlot
           ,
           violently
           stript
           me
           of
           all
           my
           Apparell
           and
           Jewells
           ,
           pulled
           off
           my
           Silk
           Stockings
           from
           my
           Leggs
           ,
           cut
           the
           Lace
           of
           my
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           scarce
           left
           me
           any
           thing
           to
           cover
           my
           Nakedness
           with
           ;
           hurried
           me
           before
           a
           Justice
           ,
           where
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           are
           bound
           to
           Prosecute
           me
           for
           having
           of
           two
           husbands
           ;
           they
           prefs
           me
           to
           confess
           the
           Truth
           ;
           I
           did
           insist
           upon
           no
           other
           Justification
           then
           my
           Innocency
           :
           The
           which
           at
           last
           was
           my
           Security
           and
           Refuge
           ,
           against
           their
           Malitious
           and
           unnatural
           Dealing
           with
           me
           .
           But
           I
           can
           do
           no
           less
           then
           say
           ,
           That
           my
           Husband
           did
           nothing
           but
           with
           Reluctancy
           ,
           and
           was
           prest
           thereunto
           by
           his
           Friends
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           which
           ,
           I
           was
           committed
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           
             Gate-House
             ,
             Westminster
          
           ,
           without
           one
           penny
           of
           Money
           ,
           or
           any
           manner
           of
           Relief
           ;
           But
           my
           Husband
           came
           thither
           to
           Visit
           me
           ,
           and
           Charged
           the
           Keeper
           I
           should
           want
           nothing
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           40
           l.
           went
           ,
           he
           would
           see
           paid
           ;
           and
           afterward
           on
           the
           11th
           of
           May
           ,
           sent
           me
           this
           Letter
           ,
           the
           Copy
           of
           which
           I
           here
           insert
           Verbatim
           ;
           the
           which
           I
           have
           now
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           shall
           keep
           it
           as
           a
           Relict
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Dearest
                 Heart
                 ,
              
            
             
               ALthough
               the
               manner
               of
               your
               usage
               may
               very
               well
               call
               the
               sincerity
               of
               my
               Affection
               and
               Expressions
               to
               you
               in
               Question
               ;
               Yet
               when
               I
               consider
               ,
               That
               you
               are
               not
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Compulsion
               of
               my
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Animosity
               of
               my
               whole
               Relations
               both
               against
               You
               and
               my Self
               for
               your
               sake
               ,
               I
               am
               very
               Confident
               your
               Goodness
               will
               pardon
               and
               passe
               by
               those
               things
               which
               at
               present
               I
               am
               no
               way
               able
               to
               help
               :
               And
               be
               you
               Confident
               ,
               That
               notwithstanding
               my
               Friends
               aversion
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               nothing
               within
               the
               Reach
               of
               my
               Power
               shall
               be
               wanting
               ,
               that
               may
               Conduce
               both
               to
               Your
               Liberty
               ,
               Maintenance
               ,
               and
               Vindication
               .
               I
               shall
               very
               speedily
               be
               in
               a
               Condition
               to
               furnish
               You
               with
               Money
               ,
               to
               supply
               You
               according
               to
               your
               desire
               .
               I
               hope
               Mr.
               Bayly
               will
               be
               very
               Civill
               to
               you
               ;
               and
               let
               him
               be
               assured
               ,
               he
               shall
               in
               a
               most
               exact
               measure
               be
               satisfied
               ,
               and
               have
               
               a
               Requital
               for
               his
               Obligation
               .
               My
               dearest
               ,
               alwayes
               praying
               for
               our
               happy
               meeting
               ,
            
             
               
                 I
                 rest
                 ,
                 Your
                 most
                 affectionate
                 Husband
                 ,
                 John
                 Carlton
                 .
              
               
                 
                   May
                   the
                   11th
                   .
                   1663.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           his
           Brother
           George
           came
           and
           Drank
           a
           health
           to
           my
           Confusion
           ,
           fell
           down
           dead
           Drunk
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           said
           ,
           That
           ●
           had
           poysoned
           him
           .
        
         
           Other
           of
           my
           Husband's
           Friends
           came
           to
           Visit
           me
           in
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           (
           of
           the
           many
           hundreds
           of
           others
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           )
           one
           of
           them
           said
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           I
           am
           one
           of
           your
           Husbands
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           ,
           I
           had
           a
           desire
           to
           see
           you
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           your
           breeding
           .
           Alas
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           I
           have
           left
           that
           in
           the
           City
           amongst
           my
           Kindred
           ,
           because
           they
           w●nt
           it
           .
        
         
           Another
           in
           his
           discourse
           delivered
           as
           an
           Aphorism
           ,
           
             That
             Marriage
             and
             Hanging
             went
             by
             Destiny
             .
          
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           
             I
             had
             received
             from
             the
             Destinies
             Marriage
             ;
             and
             he
             in
             probability
             might
             Hanging
             .
          
           To
           wave
           many
           others
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           3d
           of
           June
           ,
           1663.
           
           I
           am
           by
           Order
           brought
           to
           the
           Sessions
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Bayly
          
           .
           The
           Court
           being
           sate
           ,
           a
           Bill
           of
           Indictment
           was
           drawn
           up
           against
           Me
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Mary
             Moders
          
           ,
           alias
           Stedman
           ,
           for
           having
           two
           Husbands
           now
           alive
           ,
           
             viz.
             Thomas
             Stedman
          
           and
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           .
           The
           Grand
           Jury
           found
           the
           Bill
           ,
           and
           was
           to
           the
           effect
           following
           :
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             That
             she
             the
             said
             
               Mary
               Moders
            
             late
             of
             London
             ,
             Spinster
             ,
             otherwise
             
               Mary
               Stedman
            
             ,
             the
             Wife
             of
             
               Tho.
               Stedman
            
             late
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Canterbury
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Kent
             Shooemaker
             ,
             
               12
               May
            
             ,
             in
             the
             sixth
             Reign
             of
             his
             now
             Majesty
             ,
             at
             the
             Parish
             of
             St.
             Mildreds
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             aforesaid
             ,
             did
             take
             to
             Husband
             the
             aforesaid
             
               Thomas
               Stedman
            
             ,
             and
             him
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Stedman
            
             then
             and
             there
             had
             to
             husband
             .
             And
             that
             she
             the
             said
             
               Mary
               Moders
            
             ,
             alias
             
               Stedman
               ,
               21
               April
            
             ,
             in
             the
             15th
             year
             of
             his
             said
             Majesties
             Reign
             ,
             at
             London
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             Great
             St.
             Bartholomews
             ,
             in
             the
             Ward
             of
             Farringdon
             without
             ,
             Feloniously
             did
             take
             to
             Husband
             one
             
               John
               Carlton
            
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             was
             married
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Stedman
            
             her
             former
             Husband
             
             then
             being
             alive
             ,
             and
             in
             full
             life
             :
             against
             the
             form
             of
             the
             Stautute
             in
             that
             case
             provided
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Peace
             of
             our
             said
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Afterwards
           I
           was
           called
           to
           the
           Barr
           ;
           and
           appearing
           ,
           was
           commanded
           to
           hold
           up
           my
           hand
           :
           Which
           accordingly
           I
           did
           ;
           and
           my
           Indictment
           was
           read
           to
           me
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           .
           Mary
           Moders
           ,
           alias
           Stedman
           ,
           
             Thou
             standest
             Indicted
             in
          
           London
           
             by
             the
             Name
             of
          
           Mary
           Moders
           
             late
             of
          
           London
           
             Spinster
             ,
             otherwise
          
           Mary
           Stedman
           ,
           
             the
             Wife
             of
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           And
           here
           the
           Indictment
           was
           read
           as
           above
           :
           
             How
             sayst
             thou
             ,
             Art
             thou
             guilty
             of
             the
             Felony
             whereof
             thou
             standest
             Indicted
             ,
             or
             Not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           Nor
           guilty
           ,
           my
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           .
           How
           wilt
           thou
           be
           tryed
           ?
        
         
           I
           said
           ,
           
             By
             God
             and
             the
             Country
          
           .
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           .
           God
           send
           thee
           a
           good
           deliverance
           .
        
         
           Aud
           afterwards
           I
           being
           set
           to
           the
           Barr
           in
           order
           to
           my
           Tryal
           ,
           I
           prayed
           time
           till
           the
           morrow
           for
           my
           Tryal
           :
           Which
           was
           granted
           ,
           and
           all
           persons
           concerned
           were
           ordered
           to
           attend
           at
           Nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Forenoon
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           sent
           to
           New-Gate
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Evening
           my
           Husband
           came
           to
           the
           Place
           I
           was
           lodged
           at
           ,
           and
           desired
           admittance
           .
           After
           I
           was
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ,
           I
           desired
           he
           should
           be
           admitted
           to
           my
           Presence
           .
           Upon
           his
           entring
           the
           Room
           he
           said
           ,
           
             How
             do
             you
             do
             ,
             Madam
             ?
          
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           ever
           I
           was
           in
           my
           life
           ,
           never
           better
           .
           
             I
             pity
             you
             ,
             Madam
          
           .
           I
           scom
           your
           Pity
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           too
           large
           a
           Soul.
           But
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             I
             come
             to
             take
             my
             leave
             of
             you
             for
             ever
             ;
             You
             have
             not
             long
             to
             stay
             here
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             for
             you
             .
          
           Why
           ,
           (
           said
           I
           )
           my
           Lord
           ,
           have
           you
           numbred
           my
           dayes
           ?
           My
           propitious
           Stars
           a
           better
           sort
           of
           Influence
           then
           you
           imagine
           them
           to
           have
           .
           Well
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             I
             shall
             pray
             for
             you
             ,
             Madam
             .
          
           I
           said
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           why
           ,
           are
           you
           Righteous
           ?
           The
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Wicked
           are
           not
           effectuall
           .
           Upon
           that
           ,
           he
           stept
           backward
           to
           be
           gone
           .
           I
           stept
           forwards
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
        
         
           
             Nay
             ,
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             't
             is
             not
             amiss
             ,
          
           
             Before
             we
             part
             ,
             to
             take
             a
             kiss
             .
          
        
         
           Why
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             will
             you
             kiss
             me
          
           ?
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           Yes
           :
           and
           did
           so
           .
        
         
           A
           Person
           of
           Honour
           desired
           him
           to
           stay
           and
           take
           a
           Glass
           of
           Sack
           ;
           He
           
           said
           ,
           No.
           I
           Replyed
           ,
           
             I
             am
             sorry
             your
             Lordships
             Breeding
             is
             so
             poor
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             give
             you
             leave
             to
             be
             Civill
             .
          
        
         
           On
           Thursday
           the
           4th
           of
           June
           ,
           at
           9.
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           I
           was
           brought
           by
           my
           Keeper
           to
           the
           Barr
           ,
           and
           Silence
           being
           made
           ,
           the
           Jury
           was
           Sworn
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           called
           ,
           
             viz.
             James
             Knott
             ,
             Sarah
             Williams
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           the
           Elder
           .
           The
           Court
           with
           great
           Patience
           staid
           the
           p●osecution
           above
           an
           hour
           and
           a
           half
           ,
           in
           regard
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           alledged
           he
           was
           not
           ready
           with
           his
           Witnesses
           .
           After
           which
           ,
           the
           Court
           proceeded
           ,
           and
           acquainted
           Mr.
           Carlton
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           stay
           so
           long
           as
           they
           had
           already
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           be
           provided
           to
           prosecute
           .
        
         
           The
           Indictment
           was
           Read
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           this
           Effect
           ;
           That
           I
           had
           at
           several
           times
           married
           several
           persons
           that
           were
           now
           living
           ;
           That
           I
           had
           married
           in
           St.
           Meldreds
           Parish
           in
           Canterbury
           some
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           one
           
             Thomas
             Stedman
          
           ,
           a
           Shoe-maker
           now
           living
           ;
           And
           that
           in
           April
           last
           past
           I
           had
           Feloniously
           married
           one
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           ,
           against
           the
           Statute
           in
           that
           Case
           made
           and
           provided
           .
        
         
           
             James
             Knott
          
           was
           sworn
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           married
           in
           the
           place
           aforesaid
           ,
           unto
           one
           
             Thomas
             Stedman
          
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           alive
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           come
           up
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           had
           Money
           to
           have
           born
           his
           Charges
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           gave
           Me
           in
           Marriage
           :
           That
           I
           was
           born
           at
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           that
           my
           Father
           in
           Law
           his
           Name
           was
           
             Richard
             Foord
          
           .
        
         
           He
           being
           asked
           ,
           If
           he
           knew
           my
           own
           Father
           and
           Mother
           ;
           He
           said
           ,
           No.
           And
           further
           said
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           about
           a
           Week
           or
           a
           Fortnight
           before
           the
           Act
           for
           Marriages
           by
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           was
           put
           in
           Execution
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ask't
           Knott
           ,
           What
           were
           the
           words
           used
           in
           the
           Marriage
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             so
             young
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             remember
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             William
             Clark
          
           Sworn
           ,
           said
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           an
           Indictment
           against
           Me
           at
           Dover
           ,
           for
           marrying
           of
           one
           Day
           ,
           after
           Stedman
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           was
           prosecuted
           by
           Stedman
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           was
           cleared
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           the
           Elder
           being
           sworn
           ,
           gave
           in
           Evidence
           ,
           That
           he
           saw
           my
           Husband
           at
           Dover
           .
           Being
           asked
           ,
           
             Whether
             he
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             her
             Husband
             ?
          
           He
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           could
           not
           swear
           it
           .
        
         
           
             James
             Knott
          
           gave
           further
           Evidence
           ,
           
             That
             I
             had
             two
             Children
             by
          
           Stedman
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           the
           Elder
           being
           askt
           ,
           If
           he
           had
           any
           thing
           further
           to
           say
           ,
           acquainted
           the
           Court
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           searcht
           the
           Register-Book
           of
           
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             Meldreds
             ,
             Canterbury
          
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           find
           any
           such
           Marriage
           Registred
           .
           And
           further
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             present
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             did
             tell
             him
             ,
             That
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             said
             Place
             was
             often
             guilty
             of
             neglect
             in
             that
             kind
             .
          
        
         
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           the
           younger
           being
           Sworn
           ,
           said
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           married
           unto
           his
           Brother
           ,
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           ,
           in
           April
           last
           ,
           in
           Great
           St.
           Bartholomews
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Smith
           ,
           the
           Parson
           that
           married
           me
           there
           ,
           gave
           in
           Evidence
           ,
           That
           he
           married
           Mr.
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           and
           my self
           ,
           in
           April
           last
           ,
           by
           the
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           Licence
           produced
           to
           him
           for
           his
           Warrant
           ;
           I
           craving
           leave
           to
           speak
           ,
           said
           ,
           I
           acknowledged
           that
           I
           was
           married
           to
           Mr.
           Carlton
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           manner
           as
           is
           before
           expressed
           ;
           therefore
           they
           might
           save
           themselves
           the
           Labour
           ,
           and
           the
           Honourable
           Bench
           the
           trouble
           of
           further
           Proof
           in
           that
           Case
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             George
             Carlton
          
           the
           elder
           being
           askt
           ,
           If
           he
           had
           any
           other
           Evidence
           to
           offer
           ,
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             more
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             my
             being
             marryed
             to
             other
             persons
             .
          
           The
           Bench
           Replyed
           ,
           
             That
             there
             could
             be
             nothing
             given
             in
             Evidence
             that
             was
             not
             contained
             in
             the
             Indictment
             .
          
           The
           Court
           askt
           Knot
           ,
           Who
           were
           with
           him
           besides
           at
           the
           Wedding
           he
           mentioned
           in
           his
           Evidence
           ;
           he
           said
           ,
           
             That
             there
             was
             Mr.
          
           Man
           ,
           
             the
             Parson
             that
             marryed
             Us
             ,
             the
             Sexton
             ,
             my
             Sister
             ,
             and
             himself
             that
             gave
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Some
           of
           the
           Jury
           desired
           the
           Court
           to
           ask
           Knot
           ,
           How
           old
           he
           was
           now
           :
           he
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             one
             or
             two
             and
             thirty
             years
             of
             Age.
          
           Mr.
           Carlton
           being
           askt
           ,
           If
           he
           had
           any
           more
           Witnesses
           ,
           answered
           ,
           No.
           
        
         
           I
           standing
           all
           this
           while
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           not
           once
           interrupting
           or
           disturbing
           the
           Evidence
           of
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           Court
           calling
           upon
           me
           to
           make
           my
           defence
           ,
           I
           without
           any
           disturbed
           thought
           ,
           or
           unquiet
           mind
           ,
           did
           in
           a
           deliberate
           composed
           manner
           ,
           address
           my self
           to
           the
           Bench
           in
           this
           sort
           :
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             I
             do
             with
             all
             due
             respect
             and
             submission
             ,
             humbly
             beseech
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             this
             Honourable
             Bench
             ,
             not
             to
             impute
             any
             thing
             that
             I
             shall
             say
             to
             confidence
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             the
             necessity
             that
             lyeth
             upon
             me
             ,
             to
             make
             my
             Defence
             for
             my
             life
             .
             A
             thing
             that
             will
             sufficiently
             oblige
             any
             to
             make
             the
             best
             Defence
             they
             can
             :
             but
             that
             doth
             not
             weight
             so
             much
             with
             me
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             every
             whit
             as
             dear
             to
             me
             as
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           
             It
             is
             my
             Reputation
             and
             my
             innocency
             ,
             that
             incourageth
             me
             to
             speak
             before
             your
             Lordship
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             that
             which
             produceth
             confidence
             in
             me
             ,
             that
             as
             I
             am
             innocent
             of
             the
             thing
             urged
             upon
             me
             by
             them
             ,
             the
             Justice
             and
             Reason
             of
             you
             before
             whom
             I
             stand
             ,
             by
             the
             which
             I
             hope
             to
             be
             acquitted
             and
             rendred
             
             to
             the
             World
             what
             I
             am
             ,
             not
             what
             my
             prosecutors
             would
             have
             the
             World
             to
             believe
             me
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             you
             with
             any
             thing
             impertinent
             ,
             nor
             with
             any
             things
             that
             related
             to
             these
             affaires
             more
             then
             needs
             I
             must
             :
             When
             his
             Son
             my
             Husband
             ,
             came
             and
             addressed
             himself
             to
             me
             ,
             pretending
             himself
             a
             person
             of
             Honour
             and
             upon
             first
             sight
             pressed
             me
             to
             Marriage
             :
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             Sir
             ,
          
           said
           I
           
             I
             am
             a
             stranger
             ,
             have
             no
             acquaintance
             here
             ,
             and
             desire
             you
             to
             desist
             your
             Suit
             ;
             I
             could
             not
             speak
             my
             mind
             ,
             but
             he
          
           (
           having
           borrowed
           some
           thredbare
           Complements
           )
           replyed
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           
             Your
             seeming
             virtues
             ,
             your
             amiable
             person
             ,
             and
             noble
             department
             ,
             renders
             you
             so
             excellent
             ,
             That
             were
             I
             in
             the
             least
             interested
             in
             you
             ,
             I
             cannot
             doubt
             of
             happiness
          
           ;
           and
           so
           with
           many
           words
           to
           the
           like
           purpose
           ,
           courted
           me
           .
           
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             and
             indeed
             could
             not
             but
             much
             wonder
             ,
             that
             at
             so
             small
             a
             glance
             he
             could
             be
             so
             presumptuous
             with
             a
             Stranger
             ,
             to
             hint
             this
             to
             me
             ;
             but
             all
             I
             could
             say
             ,
             would
             not
             beat
             him
             off
             .
             Therefore
          
           my
           Lord.
           
             I
             do
             humbly
             acquaint
             your
             Lordship
             that
             old
             Mr.
          
           Carlton
           
             did
             rather
             Design
             upon
             me
             ,
             then
             I
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             what
             passed
             before
             I
             was
             married
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             was
             enough
             to
             demonstrate
             that
             evidently
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             was
             married
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
             he
             desired
             me
             to
             make
             over
             my
             Estate
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             was
             somewhat
             amused
             ,
             and
             in
             doubt
             of
             what
             is
             seems
             they
             had
             spread
             abroad
             for
             their
             own
             Reputation
             :
             I
             answered
             him
             ,
          
           Sir
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             not
             dis-invest
             my self
             of
             my
             Estate
             ,
             untill
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Carlton
          
           intercepted
           my
           Letters
           ,
           by
           that
           understood
           how
           my
           Estate
           did
           lie
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           that
           expectation
           of
           what
           I
           had
           ,
           is
           farther
           evident
           ;
           for
           his
           Son
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           pretending
           to
           be
           a
           person
           of
           Honour
           and
           great
           quality
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           to
           accomodate
           himself
           in
           his
           application
           to
           me
           ,
           he
           borrowed
           his
           Brother
           Georges
           Cloak
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           same
           he
           hath
           on
           his
           back
           in
           Court
           before
           your
           Lordship
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           be
           deceived
           ,
           I
           am
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           If
           that
           they
           could
           but
           have
           been
           insured
           that
           I
           had
           been
           the
           person
           as
           to
           Estate
           ,
           that
           they
           imagined
           me
           to
           be
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           should
           not
           have
           been
           troubled
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           if
           I
           understand
           them
           aright
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           contented
           to
           have
           practised
           concealment
           ,
           in
           case
           I
           had
           had
           more
           then
           one
           Husband
           .
           Instead
           of
           this
           defamation
           that
           I
           am
           loaded
           with
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           my
           crime
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           an
           Estate
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           such
           a
           one
           as
           they
           imagined
           it
           to
           be
           ;
           therefore
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           brought
           at
           this
           time
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           And
           therefore
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           were
           my
           Jewels
           seized
           to
           defray
           the
           Charge
           of
           their
           expensive
           courting
           of
           me
           .
           To
           colour
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           they
           fix
           the
           Offences
           of
           some
           Woman
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           a
           person
           that
           may
           be
           
           dead
           ,
           or
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           upon
           me
           :
           the
           place
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           a
           place
           that
           I
           am
           a
           stranger
           unto
           ;
           if
           that
           had
           not
           bin
           so
           ,
           they
           have
           had
           time
           enough
           since
           my
           first
           Commitment
           to
           have
           produced
           more
           Evidence
           then
           any
           that
           hath
           as
           yet
           been
           urged
           before
           Your
           Lordship
           :
           My
           Lord
           ,
           They
           brand
           me
           for
           marrying
           of
           a
           Shoo-make
           ,
           and
           another
           sad
           piece
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           a
           Brick-layer
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           My
           Soul
           abhorreth
           such
           a
           thought
           ,
           and
           never
           was
           accommodated
           with
           such
           Condiscention
           ,
           to
           move
           in
           so
           low
           an
           O●b
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           I
           can
           observe
           of
           the
           Persons
           that
           appear
           against
           me
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           divided
           into
           two
           sorts
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           them
           come
           against
           me
           for
           want
           of
           Wit
           ,
           the
           other
           for
           want
           of
           Mony.
           
        
         
           That
           Mony
           hath
           been
           proffered
           to
           subborn
           some
           against
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           Witness
           to
           prove
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           These
           People
           have
           been
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           finding
           none
           there
           that
           could
           justifie
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           they
           get
           here
           an
           unknown
           Fellow
           ,
           unless
           in
           a
           Prison
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           borrowed
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           all
           judg
           to
           swear
           against
           me
           .
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           were
           there
           any
           such
           Marriage
           as
           this
           fellow
           pretends
           ,
           methinks
           there
           might
           be
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Minister
           ,
           or
           place
           :
           Certainly
           if
           married
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           registred
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           no
           Registry
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           can
           be
           no
           Certificate
           ,
           no
           Minister
           nor
           Clerk
           to
           be
           found
           :
           And
           if
           I
           should
           own
           a
           Marriage
           ,
           then
           you
           see
           that
           great
           Witness
           cannot
           tell
           you
           ,
           whether
           I
           was
           lawfully
           married
           ,
           or
           how
           ?
           But
           it
           is
           enough
           for
           him
           (
           if
           such
           a
           paultry
           fellow
           may
           be
           believed
           )
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           was
           married
           .
           I
           was
           never
           yet
           married
           to
           any
           but
           
             John
             Carlton
          
           ,
           the
           late
           pretended
           Lord
           :
           But
           these
           persons
           have
           sought
           alwayes
           to
           take
           away
           my
           life
           ,
           bringing
           persons
           to
           swear
           against
           me
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           When
           old
           Mr.
           Carlton
           saw
           that
           he
           could
           not
           obtain
           his
           End
           of
           me
           ,
           he
           threatned
           me
           with
           a
           Justice
           ,
           and
           a
           Prison
           ;
           and
           the
           Justice
           bound
           him
           over
           to
           prosecute
           me
           ;
           he
           must
           make
           the
           best
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           he
           repaireth
           to
           such
           Means
           and
           Instruments
           to
           effect
           my
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           desire
           that
           my
           Witnesses
           may
           be
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Elizabeth
             Collier
          
           said
           ,
           That
           she
           coming
           to
           the
           Gate-House
           to
           see
           her
           husband
           ,
           being
           a
           Prisoner
           there
           for
           Debt
           ,
           one
           pretended
           that
           he
           came
           to
           see
           his
           Wife
           there
           ,
           named
           
             Mary
             Maullers
          
           .
           Upon
           that
           ,
           she
           took
           upon
           her
           to
           personate
           the
           said
           Person
           he
           asked
           for
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           
             I
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             thou
             art
             that
             unhappy
             Woman
             that
             I
             married
             .
          
           The
           which
           person
           she
           never
           saw
           before
           in
           her
           life
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Ed.
             Bayly
          
           ,
           Deputy-Keeper
           of
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           hath
           heard
           40
           People
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           ancient
           Livers
           and
           Inhabitants
           there
           ,
           say
           ,
           That
           they
           never
           knew
           ,
           nor
           did
           ever
           see
           me
           ,
           before
           they
           came
           to
           see
           Me
           in
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           upon
           the
           Fame
           that
           was
           spread
           abroad
           of
           my
           being
           born
           at
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           having
           acted
           such
           a
           part
           at
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           was
           pleased
           to
           ask
           Me
           ,
           
             Where
             I
             was
             Born
          
           ?
           I
           answered
           ,
           
             In
             Germany
          
           .
           He
           ask'd
           me
           ,
           Where
           ?
           I
           said
           ,
           
             At
             Colen
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Clark
           was
           askt
           by
           the
           Court
           ,
           
             Whether
             he
             could
             prove
             ,
             or
             swear
             ,
             That
             I
             was
             the
          
           Mary
           Mauders
           
             that
             was
             Tryed
             at
          
           Dover
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           could
           not
           ,
           neither
           prove
           it
           ,
           nor
           swear
           it
           himself
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           whole
           Business
           .
        
         
           I
           perceiving
           the
           sleight
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           needed
           not
           either
           to
           say
           more
           ,
           or
           offer
           more
           evidence
           in
           my
           behalf
           ,
           submitted
           my
           Cause
           to
           the
           Bench
           and
           Jury
           .
        
         
           Upon
           my
           being
           askt
           by
           the
           Bench
           ,
           
             If
             I
             had
             more
             to
             say
          
           ;
           I
           Replyed
           ,
           No.
           
        
         
           The
           Court
           gave
           Instructions
           to
           the
           Jury
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Indictment
           was
           Briefly
           recited
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           the
           Court
           observed
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           but
           one
           Witness
           to
           prove
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           could
           not
           remember
           the
           manner
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           nor
           the
           words
           used
           there
           .
        
         
           
             And
             if
             that
             I
             had
             been
             Married
             ,
             and
             had
             two
             Children
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Jury
             should
             believe
             that
             Single
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             sworn
             aright
             ,
             I
             was
             to
             dye
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Judge
           told
           the
           Jury
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             heard
             of
             a
             Tryall
             against
             me
             ,
             for
             having
             had
             Two
             Husbands
             before
             ,
             one
          
           Stedman
           ,
           and
           Day
           ,
           
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             a
             Jury-Man
             that
             was
             upon
             the
             Jury
             at
             the
             same
             Tryall
             ;
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             swear
             ,
             That
             I
             was
             the
             Woman
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Jury
           went
           forth
           ,
           and
           continued
           absent
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           :
           Upon
           their
           Return
           ,
           and
           Silence
           being
           made
           ,
           the
           Jury
           being
           called
           over
           ,
           they
           were
           askt
           as
           the
           Custom
           is
           ,
           
             Who
             should
             say
             for
             them
          
           ?
           They
           answered
           ,
           
             The
             Fore-Man
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Court
           askt
           ,
           
             Whether
             they
             found
             the
             Prisoner
             Guilty
             ,
             or
             not
             Guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           Fore-Man
           answered
           ,
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           .
           Upon
           which
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Great
           Shout
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           After
           Silence
           being
           made
           ,
           I
           moved
           the
           Court
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           Order
           the
           Restoration
           of
           my
           Jewels
           .
           They
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             I
             
             had
             Owned
             Mr.
          
           Carlton
           
             for
             her
             Husband
             ,
             he
             must
             sue
             for
             them
             ,
             if
             Old
             Mr.
          
           Carlton
           
             shall
             deny
             the
             delivery
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           Jury
           was
           Returning
           with
           their
           Verdict
           ,
           my
           Husband
           in
           the
           Garden
           ,
           met
           them
           ;
           he
           askt
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           
             If
             they
             had
             found
             me
             Guilty
             ?
          
           He
           in
           answer
           to
           his
           question
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             We
             shall
             leave
             you
             to
             make
             much
             of
             your
             Princess
             .
          
           He
           Replyed
           ,
           
             By
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             undone
             ,
             I
             will
             never
             own
             her
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           Envy
           against
           me
           rested
           not
           here
           ,
           they
           preferred
           severall
           other
           Bills
           the
           same
           Afternoon
           ;
           and
           endeavoured
           as
           much
           the
           next
           day
           :
           but
           the
           Grand
           Jury
           perceiving
           it
           to
           be
           rather
           upon
           Malice
           ,
           then
           upon
           any
           just
           ground
           that
           they
           had
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           flung
           them
           our
           .
        
         
           During
           my
           stay
           at
           
             New
             Gate
          
           after
           the
           Tryal
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           my
           Lords
           came
           to
           Visit
           me
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             Madam
             ,
             I
             think
             you
             are
             with
             Child
             .
          
           I
           answered
           him
           ,
           
             That
             if
             I
             were
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             young
             Clerk
             he
             would
             be
             born
             with
             a
             Pen
             and
             Ink
             in
             his
             hand
             and
             a
             Bond
             about
             his
             Neck
             .
          
        
         
           Saturday
           he
           6th
           of
           June
           ,
           I
           was
           discharged
           from
           my
           Restraint
           ;
           since
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           acquaint
           the
           World
           with
           what
           hath
           hapned
           to
           my
           Vindica●ion
           :
           It
           was
           one
           of
           my
           pretended
           Husbands
           ,
           by
           whom
           a
           Bill
           was
           prefer
           ed
           (
           but
           not
           found
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           by
           Billing
           the
           Brick-layer
           .
           Upon
           Whusun-Monday
           ,
           the
           8th
           of
           June
           instant
           ,
           the
           said
           Billing
           came
           to
           New-gate
           ,
           demanded
           of
           the
           Keepers
           to
           deliver
           his
           Wife
           to
           him
           :
           The
           Turn-Key
           ,
           and
           other
           subordinate
           Officers
           of
           the
           Goal
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           They
           had
           none
           of
           his
           Wife
           ;
           he
           insisted
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           with-stood
           all
           deni●l
           ,
           mentioned
           my
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           particulars
           of
           my
           Tryal
           :
           The
           Keepers
           remembring
           there
           was
           a
           former
           mistake
           of
           the
           same
           person
           ,
           given
           in
           Evidence
           on
           my
           behalf
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           called
           one
           
             Grizel
             Hudson
          
           a
           Convict
           ,
           a
           pretty
           Woman
           ,
           and
           in
           good
           habit
           ;
           the
           Turn-key
           a
           ked
           Billing
           ,
           Whether
           this
           was
           his
           Wife
           ?
           Billing
           replyed
           ,
           Yes
           ;
           and
           askt
           her
           ,
           Why
           she
           did
           not
           come
           to
           him
           upon
           his
           first
           sending
           for
           her
           ?
           She
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           the
           Keepers
           would
           not
           permit
           her
           to
           stir
           out
           of
           the
           Prison
           ,
           in
           regard
           her
           Fees
           were
           not
           paid
           .
           Billing
           said
           ,
           He
           would
           pay
           the
           Fees
           ;
           and
           whispered
           her
           in
           the
           Ear
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           hang
           her
           (
           meaning
           the
           Carltons
           )
           but
           he
           would
           not
           prosecute
           her
           :
           True
           it
           was
           ,
           he
           had
           put
           in
           an
           Indictment
           against
           her
           ,
           but
           he
           could
           not
           help
           that
           .
           Well
           Moll
           ,
           said
           he
           to
           her
           ,
           
             Have
             ye
             all
             your
             things
          
           ?
           She
           said
           ,
           Yes
           .
           But
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             Moll
             ,
             Why
             do
             you
             stay
             here
             amongst
             such
             wicked
             Company
             ,
             Rogues
             and
             Whores
             ,
             I
             see
             their
             Irons
             about
             their
             Legs
             .
          
           Why
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           
             I
             have
             left
             
             some
             Li
             〈…〉
             ingaged
             in
             the
             Cellar
             .
          
           To
           the
           Cellar
           the
           Keeper
           carryed
           them
           both
           ;
           and
           there
           Billing
           left
           a
           Note
           under
           his
           Hand
           ,
           to
           pay
           five
           shillings
           to
           the
           Tapster
           :
           Which
           Note
           he
           hath
           to
           produce
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           any
           that
           shall
           make
           further
           Enquiry
           in
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           He
           further
           said
           ,
           That
           she
           had
           cheated
           him
           of
           fourty
           pounds
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           pawn
           the
           Lease
           of
           his
           House
           ,
           rather
           then
           she
           should
           want
           Money
           ,
           although
           she
           was
           a
           wicked
           Rogue
           ,
           if
           she
           would
           but
           live
           with
           him
           :
           She
           promised
           she
           would
           .
           He
           told
           her
           he
           would
           give
           her
           a
           Sky-colour'd
           Silk
           Petticoat
           ,
           and
           Wastcoat
           ,
           and
           a
           Podesway
           Gown
           ,
           new
           Holland
           for
           Smocks
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           things
           necessary
           .
           Billing
           turning
           himself
           to
           the
           Company
           the●e
           present
           ,
           said
           merrily
           ,
           
             That
             she
             had
             cost
             him
             much
             bef●re
             when
             he
             marryed
             her
             ,
             but
             he
             never
             lay
             with
             her
             ,
             but
             he
             had
             kist
             her
             ,
             and
             f●l●
             her
             a
             hundred
             times
             .
             Billing
          
           askt
           her
           again
           ,
           If
           she
           would
           leave
           these
           wicked
           Rogues
           ,
           and
           go
           long
           with
           him
           .
           She
           said
           ,
           she
           had
           another
           Debt
           to
           pay
           :
           He
           askt
           what
           it
           was
           ;
           She
           said
           ,
           Twenty
           pounds
           to
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           a
           Stranger
           then
           present
           ,
           unto
           which
           person
           he
           gave
           a
           Note
           to
           pay
           20l.
           in
           one
           moneth
           after
           the
           Date
           thereof
           :
           (
           it's
           mo●e
           then
           probable
           he
           will
           be
           made
           so
           to
           do
           .
           )
        
         
           He
           further
           said
           to
           her
           ,
           
             That
             now
             it
             will
             trouble
             me
             to
             pay
             all
             this
             Money
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             to
             run
             away
             from
             me
             in
             a
             short
             time
             .
          
           Withall
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             Moll
             ,
             You
             need
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             a
             better
             Estate
             them
             the
             young
             man
             that
             tryed
             you
             for
             your
             Life
             .
          
           So
           gave
           the
           particulars
           of
           his
           Estate
           ,
           what
           in
           Money
           ,
           Houses
           ,
           Leases
           ,
           and
           Land.
           He
           added
           moreover
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           love
           her
           out
           of
           measure
           ,
           notwithstanding
           she
           had
           done
           him
           other
           mischief
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           had
           before-mentioned
           .
           She
           ask
           him
           ,
           wh●t
           they
           were
           ?
           He
           said
           ,
           She
           had
           stollen
           from
           his
           Daughter
           a
           Knife
           and
           a
           wrought
           Sheath
           ,
           a
           Handkercher
           ,
           and
           a
           Seal'd
           Ring
           .
           With
           that
           ,
           the
           Standers
           by
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Grizell
             Hudson
          
           was
           not
           the
           person
           :
           He
           swote
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           her
           well
           enough
           ;
           that
           he
           saw
           her
           in
           the
           Gate-house
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           knew
           what
           passed
           between
           us
           there
           :
           But
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             Moll
             ,
             Thou
             art
             a
             cunning
             Rogue
             ,
             I
             desire
             nothing
             of
             thee
             but
             to
             be
             honest
             ,
             and
             live
             with
             me
          
           ;
           the
           which
           she
           promised
           ,
           and
           he
           parted
           with
           great
           content
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           Take
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           view
           it
           well
           ;
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           thy
           Ingeruity
           ,
           Whether
           from
           the
           Tryal
           it self
           ,
           and
           other
           Circumst●nces
           ,
           there
           be
           not
           enough
           to
           clear
           one
           ,
           in
           thy
           Judgment
           .
           I
           have
           omitted
           cloathing
           of
           it
           in
           polite
           Language
           ,
           in
           regard
           I
           was
           confined
           to
           render
           it
           in
           those
           proper
           
           Terms
           and
           Words
           ,
           that
           every
           Accident
           carryed
           along
           with
           it self
           ,
           without
           adding
           or
           diminishing
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           AN
           Encomiastick
           POEM
           UPON
           The
           German
           Princess
           .
        
         
           
             FAmes
             Trump
             sounds
             forth
             the
             Amazons
             Renown
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             Worthy
             Feats
             have
             Kingdoms
             ovethrown
             ;
          
           
             The
             Triumphs
             of
             their
             Sex
             may
             win
             the
             Bayes
          
           
             From
             Masculine
             Fortunes
             more
             unworthy
             praise
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             for
             Valour
             ,
             some
             for
             Learning
             prais'd
             ,
          
           
             Beauty
             and
             piercing
             Wit
             have
             others
             rais'd
             .
          
           
             Man's
             highest
             Honours
             can't
             pretend
             to
             claim
          
           
             What
             is
             not
             justly
             due
             to
             Womans
             Name
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             all
             Histories
             defective
             are
             ,
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             nam'd
             a
             Female
             half
             so
             rare
             ,
          
           
             As
             this
             our
             PRINCESS
             ;
             whose
             WIT
             so
             refin'd
             ,
          
           
             Made
             frustrate
             what
             her
             En'mies
             had
             design'd
             ;
          
           
             Deceiving
             her
             deceivers
             ,
             cast
             them
             all
          
           
             Into
             the
             Pit
             they
             digged
             for
             her
             fall
             .
          
           
             No
             more
             shall
             Cleopatra
             boast
             her
             .
             Parts
             ,
          
           
             Which
             won
             great
             Antony's
             and
             Caesar's
             hearts
             ;
          
           
             Though
             with
             one
             Passion
             she
             did
             both
             enflame
             ,
          
           
             In
             all
             Estates
             her Self
             being
             still
             the
             same
             .
          
           
           
             To
             vainer
             purpose
             did
             Thalestris
             come
          
           
             From
             distant
             Regions
             to
             procure
             a
             Son
          
           
             Of
             Alexander
             :
             'T
             was
             not
             (
             I
             greatly
             fear
             )
          
           
             Courage
             or
             Wit
             's
             Effect
             ,
             but
             hot
             Desire
             .
          
           
             This
             Forreign
             PRINCESS
             such
             perfections
             brought
          
           
             Into
             our
             English
             World
             ,
             as
             Lessons
             taught
          
           
             Most
             proper
             ;
             for
             our
             Age
             declining
             still
          
           
             From
             bad
             to
             worse
             ,
             goes
             on
             to
             what
             's
             most
             ill
             :
          
           
             Our
             Ancestors
             renowned
             Vertues
             priz'd
             ,
          
           
             But
             we
             all
             reall
             Honours
             have
             despis'd
             :
          
           
             How
             well
             doth
             she
             our
             dulled
             Souls
             revive
             ,
          
           
             And
             good
             Examples
             to
             the
             Great
             Ones
             give
             ,
          
           
             To
             Brave
             and
             Noble
             Vertues
             to
             aspire
             ,
          
           
             And
             make
             the
             under-duller
             World
             admire
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             though
             disguis'd
             ,
             her
             most
             Illustrious
             Worth
          
           
             Through
             all
             Impediments
             of
             Hate
             brake
             forth
             ,
          
           
             Which
             her
             Detractors
             sought
             within
             a
             Prison
          
           
             T'
             Eclipse
             ,
             whereby
             her
             Fame
             's
             the
             higher
             risen
             .
          
           
             As
             Jems
             i'
             th'
             dark
             do
             cast
             a
             brighter
             Ray
             ,
          
           
             Then
             when
             obstructed
             by
             the
             Rival-day
             ;
          
           
             So
             did
             the
             Lustre
             of
             her
             Mind
             appear
             ,
          
           
             Through
             this
             obscure
             Condition
             ,
             more
             clear
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             they
             thought
             by
             bringing
             to
             the
             Barr
          
           
             To
             gain
             her
             publicke
             Shame
             ,
             they
             rais'd
             her
             far
          
           
             More
             Noble
             Trophees
             ,
             She
             being
             clearly
             Quit
          
           
             Both
             by
             her
             INNOCENCE
             and
             Exc'lent
             WIT.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .