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 JESSEAiAMES 
 
 ■iVMANVIlLt 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 By Sir WALTER SCOTT, B 
 
 ART. 
 
 
 THE DUEL, fai'r 340. 
 
 LONDON: ADAM & CHAKLES BLACK 
 
 1891 
 

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 counsel her to take snnie pution, which she absolutely 
 refusiiiij to ilo, Its still suspectiiKj the worst ; where- 
 upon thei/ si'iU u messenger on a dny (unawares to 
 her) for l)r. liayly, and entreated him to persuade 
 }icr to take, some little potion bij his direction, and 
 they won I a /etch the same at Oje/ord ; meaning to 
 have, added something of their own/or her comfort, 
 as the doctor upon just cause and cunsiderat ion did 
 suniicet, seeing their great importunity, and the 
 small need the lady hail of physic, and therefore 
 he peremptorily denied their request ; misdoubting 
 (as he afterirards reported), lest, if they had 
 jioinone.il her under the name of his potion, he 
 might after have been hanged for a colour of their 
 sin, and the doctor remained still well assureil 
 that this way taking no effect, she would not long 
 cs' ipc their violence, which afterwards happened 
 thus. Fur Sir Richard Varney above said (the 
 chief projector in this design), who, by the earl's 
 order, remained that day of her death alone with 
 her, with one man only and For ster, who had that 
 day forcibly sent away all her servants from her 
 to Abinglon market, about three miles distant from 
 this place ; they (I say, \rhether first stifling her, 
 or else strangling her) afterwards flung her down 
 a pair of stairs and broke her neck, asing much 
 violence upon her ; but, however, though it was 
 vulgarly reported that she by chance fell down- 
 stairs (but yet without hurting her hood that was 
 ■upon her head), yet the inhabitants will tell there, 
 that she luas conveyed from her usual chamber 
 where she lay, to another where the bed's head of 
 the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, 
 where they in the night came and stifled her in 
 her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her 
 neck, and at length flung her down-stairs, thereby 
 believing the world ivould have thought it a mis- 
 chance, and so have blinded their villany. But 
 behold the mercy and justice of God in revenging 
 and discovering this lady's murder, for one of the 
 persons that teas a coadjutor in this murder was 
 afterwards taken for a felony in the marches of 
 IVales and, offering to publish the manner of the 
 aforesaid murder, was privately made away in 
 the prison by the earl's appointment ; and Sir 
 Richard Varney the other, dying about the same 
 time in London, cried miserably, and blasphemed 
 God, and said to a person of note (who hath 
 related the same to others since), not long before 
 his death, that all the devils in hell did tear him 
 in pieces. Forster, likewise, after this fact, being 
 a man formerly addicted to hospitality, company, 
 mirth, and music, was afterwards observed to 
 forsake all this, ami with miich melancholy and 
 pensiveness (some say with madness) pined and 
 drooped aivay. The wife also of Bald Butter, 
 kinsman to the earl, gave out the whole fact a 
 little before her death. Neither are these follow- 
 ing passages to be forgotten, that as soon as ever 
 she was murdered they made great haste to bury 
 her before the coroner had given in his inquest 
 (which the earl himself condemned as not done 
 advisedly), which her father, or Sir John Robert- 
 sett (as I suppose), hearing of, came with all 
 speed h ither, caused her corpse to be taken up, the 
 coroner to sit upon her, and further inquiry to be 
 iiiade concerning this business to the full ; but it 
 was generally thought that the carl stopped his 
 mouth, and made up the business betwixt them ; 
 and the good earl, to make plain to the world the 
 
 great love he. bare to her while alive, and what 
 a grief the loss of so virtuous a lady was to his 
 tender heart, caused (though the thing, by these 
 and other means, was Imitcn into the heads if the 
 principal men of the university of Ihford) her 
 body to be re-buried in St, Mary's church in 
 (Lrford with great pomp and solemnity. Jt is 
 remarkable, when Dr. Jlabington, the earl's 
 chaplain, did preach the funeral sermon, he tript 
 once or twice in his speech, by recommending to 
 their memories that virtuous lady so pitifully 
 murdered, instead of saying pitifully slain. 
 This earl, after all his murders and poisonings, 
 was himself poisoned by that which was preparcil 
 for others (some say by his wife at Cornbury Lodge 
 before mentioned), though Baker in his dhronicle 
 u-ould have it at Killingworth, anno 1588.* 
 
 The same accusation has been adopted and 
 circulated by the author of Leicester's Coinnion- 
 wealth, a satire written directly against the Earl 
 of Leicester, which loaded him with the most 
 horrid crimes, and, among the rest, with the 
 murder of his first wife.\ Jt was alluded to in 
 the Yorksliiro Tragedy, J a play erroneously 
 ascribed to Shakespeare, toherc a rake, who de- 
 termines to destroy all his family, throws his 
 wife down-stairs, with this allusion to the sup- 
 posed murder of Leicester's lady — 
 
 Tie surest way to citarm a woman's tongue 
 Is, break her neck — a /politician did it. 
 
 The reader will find 1 have borrowed several 
 incidents as well as 7iames from Ashmole, and 
 the more early authorities ; but my first acquaint- 
 ance icith the history teas through the more pleas- 
 ing medium of verse. % There is a period in 
 youth when the mere poiver of numbers has a more 
 strong effect on ear and imagination than in more 
 advanced life. At this season of immature taste 
 the AiUhor was greatly delighted with the poems 
 of Mickle and Langhorne, poets who, though by 
 no means deficient in the higher branches of their 
 art, tvereeminent for their powers of verbal melody 
 above most who have practised this department of 
 poetry. One of those pieces of Mickle, which the 
 Author ivas particularly pleased with, is a ballad, 
 or rather a species of elegy, on the subject of 
 Cumnor llall, which, tvith others by the same 
 author, were to be found in Evans's Ancient 
 Ballads (volume iv. page 130), to which work 
 Mickle made liberal contributions. The first 
 stanza especially had a peculiar species of en- 
 chantment for the youthful ear of the Author, the 
 force of ivhich is not even noio entirely spent; 
 some others are sufficiently prosaic. 
 
 * Ashmole's Antiquities of Berkshire, London, 1719, 
 vol. i. p. 149. The tradition as to Leicester's death was 
 thus communicated by Ben Jonson to Drummond of Haw- 
 thornden ; — ' The Earl of Leicester gave a bottle of liquor 
 to his lady, which he willed her to use in any faintness ; 
 which she, after his returne from court, not knowing it was 
 poison, gave him, and so he died.' 
 
 t [This satire was written by the notorious Jesuit, Robert 
 Parsons, and was largely copied by Ashmole in his Anti- 
 quities. 'These authorities were perhaps too much relied 
 upon by the Author.] 
 
 } [This piece was acted at the Globe Theatre, together 
 witVi three other short plays, under the name of A IT s One, 
 as appears from one of the titles of the quarto 1608, which 
 runs thus : — ' All's One, or one of the fiiur plaies ill luie. 
 called a Yorkshire tragedy— as it was plaied by the ki 4'f. 
 majestie's plaiers.' Shakespeare's name is affixed to this 
 piece. — Malonr.] 
 
 § Note A. Title of ' Kenilworth. ' 
 
 Abbotsford, I 
 
w, and what 
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 iiiij, bi/ thfse 
 
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 Ih/ord) her 
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 iuitji. Jt is 
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 su pitifully 
 ifulli/ slain, 
 I jioinuninijs, 
 Tits prepared 
 •iiburi/ Ludijc 
 his ( hroniclc 
 
 1588.* 
 tdoptcd and 
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 inst the Earl 
 ith the most 
 •at, with the 
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 erroneously 
 ale, who de- 
 , throws his 
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 •owed several 
 'shmole, and 
 Irst acquaint' 
 c more pleas- 
 a period in 
 !•« has a more 
 than in more 
 imaiurc taste 
 th the poems 
 10, though by 
 iches of their 
 verbal melody 
 'cpartment of 
 •le, which the 
 I, is a ballad, 
 he subject of 
 by the same 
 ns's Ancient 
 which work 
 The first 
 fpecies of en- 
 e Author, the 
 lirely spent; 
 
 London, 1719, 
 iter's death was 
 Tiniond of Haw- 
 bottle of liquor 
 
 any faintness ; 
 
 knowing it was 
 
 s Jesuit, Robert 
 Die in his Anti- 
 too much relied 
 
 heatre, together 
 ne of A irs One, 
 irto 1608, which 
 I' plates Hi one. 
 ed by the k- ^'r. 
 > affixed to Litis 
 
 INTRODUCTION TO A'F.Nff.ll'ORT/f 
 
 CUMNOR HALL, 
 
 179 
 
 TllR dews of summer niKht <Ild fall ■ 
 Ihu mnun (sweet rui;cnt uf ilic >ky) 
 
 Silvered the walls uf Cun.nur Hall 
 And many an oak that grew thereby. 
 
 Now nouRbt was heard beneath the skies 
 ( I he s.Himls „f In.sy life were still), 
 
 Save an unhappy jadys sijjhs, 
 I hat issued from that lonely pile. 
 
 'Leicester,' she cried, 'is this thy love 
 
 I lat thou so oft hast swum to me, 
 lo leave me in this lonely nr.ive 
 Immured in shameful privity'/ ' 
 
 'No more ihoii cumest with lover's speed, 
 Ihy once beloved bride |,> see- 
 
 Uut be she .ihve, or be she dead! 
 I fear, stern earl, s the same lo thee. 
 
 ' ^■^'X *" ,'''" ""'''«'= ' received 
 U hen happy in my fathers hall: 
 
 No faithless husbancf ihen me Krievcd, 
 No chillinH f^L'ars did me appal. 
 
 'I rose up with the cheerful morn, 
 No lark more blithe, no (low> more Ray; 
 
 And, hke the bird that haunts the thorn 
 ho merrily sunj; the live-louK day. 
 
 'If tli.at my beauty is but small, 
 .■VmoiiK court ladies all despi,ed, 
 
 \\li>; didst thou rend it fru,n that ball, 
 Where (scornful earl) it well was prized? 
 
 'And when you first to me made suit, 
 1 ow fair I was you oft wouM s,-,y ! 
 
 I lien left the blossom to decay. 
 
 'Yes! now neglected and despised, 
 Xhe rose is pale,-thc lily's dead ;- 
 
 liut he th.-it once their charms so prized 
 Is sure the cause those charms are fled. 
 
 'f'or know when sick'ning grief doth prey, 
 And tender ove's re,,aid with scorn, 
 «;."*■'''','"' '"•'"'">' ^^''1 'Ic-cay- 
 What llow'ret can endure the storm? 
 
 'At court, I'm told, is beauty's throne, 
 Where every Lady's passing rare ; 
 
 I fiat eastern flow'rs, that shame the sun. 
 Are not so glowing, not so fair. 
 
 'Then, earl, why didst thou leave the beds 
 Where roses and where lilies vie, 
 
 I o seek a primrose, whose pale sh.ades 
 Must sicken— when those gaudes are by? 
 
 "Along rural beauties I was one. 
 Among the fields wild flow'rs are fair • 
 
 borne country swain might me have woii. 
 And thought my 1 nauty passing rare. 
 
 'Iliit, Leicester, (or I mu. b am wrong). 
 Or tis not beauty lures thy vows: 
 
 K.ather ambition's gilded crown 
 Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. 
 
 'Ti.";"' .'■?'':<=^'er. wliy, again I ple.ad 
 «A ,-',"J"'''^'' ^"'■'''y "lay reiiine), 
 ^^{jy didst thou wed a country m.iid. 
 When some fair princess might be thine ? 
 
 Abbotsford, ui March 1831. 
 
 'a!',?! ''itiV .','"'" ,•"•'"■"■• "'V '"•■"I'l'^ 'harm.. 
 And oh! then leave them tu decay'/ 
 
 W hy duKt thou will me to thy amis, 
 
 Ihen leave me to mourn the live-lonR day? 
 
 'The vill.ige nmidens of the plain 
 
 Naltile me lowly as they go ■ 
 I'.iiMjious they mark my silken train, 
 
 i>lor think a countess can ha\e woe. 
 
 'The simple nymnhs ! they little know 
 Mow far more happy's their estate,- 
 
 -lo smile fur joy-than sigh f„r w,.c- 
 — lo be content— than to be great. 
 
 ' llow far less blest am I than them, 
 , 'ailv 10 pine .and w.isie with care! 
 
 I.Ike the poor plant 1I1..1, from its stem 
 Divided.-feels the chilling air. 
 
 ' N,.r (cruel earl ! ) can I enjoy 
 
 file humble (h.irms of s,.litiidej 
 \our miniuns proud my peace destroy 
 
 liy sullen frowns or pralings rude. 
 
 ' Last night, .^s s.ad I chanced to stray, 
 I he village death-bell smote my ear ; 
 I hey winkd aside, and seem<l to say 
 Countess, prepare- thy end is near 1 ' 
 
 'And now, while happy peasants sleep, 
 
 Here I >it lonely and f.rlorn ■ 
 No one to s.,ollie me as I weep, 
 
 .Save I'hilomel on yomler thorn. 
 
 'My s|,irits flag- my hopes dec.ay- 
 
 S.ill that dread death-bell smiles my car • 
 And many a b.iding seems to say 
 
 Countess, prepare- thy end is near ! " 
 
 Thus sore and sad that l.ady gricv'd 
 111 Cu-nnor Hall so l„ne and dre.ar ,' 
 
 And many .a heartfelt sigh she heav'd. 
 And let fall many a bitter tear. 
 
 And ere the dawn of day appear'd 
 In fiimnor Hall, so h.ne and drear, 
 
 I- nil many a piercing scre.ani was heard, 
 And many a cry of mortal fear. 
 
 The death-bell thrice was heard to ring 
 An aerial voice was heard to call, 
 
 And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing 
 Around the tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. 
 
 The mastifr howl'd at village dror, 
 'I he oaks were shatter d on the green ; 
 
 Woe was the hour— for never more 
 That h.aplcss countess e'er was seen ! 
 
 And in that manor now no more 
 Is cheeri;ul feast and sprightly ball : 
 
 I'or ever since that dreary hour 
 Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. 
 
 The village maids, with fearful glance. 
 Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall • 
 
 Nor ever lead the merry dance 
 Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. 
 
 Full many a tr.aveller oft hath sigh'd. 
 And pensive wept the countess' fall. 
 
 As wand ring onwards they've espied 
 Ihc haunted lowers of Cumnor iiall. 
 
180 
 
 ir.l VERl.E Y NOVELS 
 
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 VIII. Id liii pliysiLi.in, deornc-' Dwell. At Owtn's iliMlli In 
 I-,'. I it w.is li.iui;lil liy .Niitliniiy l''..slfr, and «.i>. m . uiiiwl 
 liy him for M^vcral yf.irs ; anil at lii- clciiii'se it p.i-.-.iil inl.i 
 till.' Ii.imis cif tliu l';arl nf l.cicfstpr. The I'lacc uUiiii.itely 
 be-. line the property of l.oril Aliiii^ilon. 
 
 ' I'ur a long pcrhiil,' says .Mr. Aillaril, 'Ciimnor was 
 ili'-.eiliil ; the rn:.illi'itioii of Amy I tnilley's mel.inrhuly 
 end was revistil atiioni;'.! tlie i^iior.int \ ill.i^er-,, whose 
 iina^inutiuiiii cunjureil up funics uiid horrors before uii- 
 
 huuril iif, and beiicu arunv ili« legendary tale* thai have 
 de»i:eiulefl lo the iireieiit lime. I»ei iiy followeil (aw mi 
 ■ leitcrtiiiii, anil, with (he aid of the w.iiitoii and iiiiHihiev. 
 mis, before a 1 entury had rolled away it had becunif almost 
 u mill.' 
 
 ' A few fine elms scattered here and lliere arc all that is 
 left t'j aid ill rialisini; the firmer piiliiresipie appearaiiie 
 of this reiie.it, win re we are privileged to sympathise with 
 hUtlcriliK iniioceiiije und bli|{hted ulfcclioii.") 
 
 * |Tho li.ill.id nf Ciiiiinnr Mill, .19 sLileil In tlic liiirnitiatiin, 
 .ij.pe.in'd, ' liuw flrst prliilivl.' lii I i.iiis's Ciillcclinii nf uH h.ill.uls, 
 vol. IV. p. l|.,, i7H4{ mill ill tile new eilitlmi itlio nlUnr ,lisr.tr<liiit( 
 Ihi. aliliiliie wvAa of s|H'lllliui. ml. iv, p .,4, iHi.i. In 1I1I1 funn it u 
 
 (if I ..iii,;tinliii, III lliiiiifriesvliirti, wlii.re he w.is Imrii in 
 
 Mil ill 1; ' 
 
 ' I he 
 .■J4. 
 
 .iiiil cllr..l .11 l.iiiiiliin III 17'H lie Is MOW clilcdy kiiuwn by lib 
 Iraiisl.itiuii fruiii Caiiiuijuii uf tliu LuituU ] 
 
 AUTOGRAPH OF THE EARL OF LEICESTER. 
 
 Were in sii 
 
 the incs.sM 
 
 mine host 
 
 Jirivilcgetl 
 
 iiiinioiir. 
 
 the coiiinai 
 
 they .sehlon 
 
 hooped pot 
 
 them.selve.s 
 
 with the fn 
 
 The villa 
 
 miles of Ox 
 
 year of Que- 
 
 old stamp, 
 
 C'".'*Hiig, a t 
 
 wliat round I 
 
 moderate ii 
 
 payments, I 
 
 ready wit, ,- 
 
 clay.s of old 
 
 Soiitlnvark, 1 
 
 the po\ver of 
 
 tion ; and sc 
 
 hecn in Ciin 
 
 honnie Ulack 
 
 one's self utt 
 
 traveller. A 
 
 from Londor 
 
 majesty. Th 
 
lalcH llial have 
 illiiwcd fuM on 
 I anil iiuhlIiivv- 
 I Ijucunic ulinust 
 
 •e are ull tli.it U 
 i|iii: a|iiiL'ariijiiL' 
 iViii|iulhis« with 
 
 the Iiurnditctiont 
 LHl «l oM li.ill;!.!'., 
 pilltnr ititi .iritiii^ 
 III tlii« fcirni it II 
 . w.m .1 snll "f tho 
 w.is Imru 
 
 lly known 
 
 by'rifi 
 
 TMI ruCHt ritOM CUMNOK, 
 
 f<ig< III 
 
 .1. 
 
 Or I shall he''ar';?o^fl'ai,^;,';«,';',>: '""'^^'^ ''""■'■ 
 
 The New Inn. 
 
 'uinour. Patronize,! liy'hln,'" tl.o ,.l,arart,.rs of 
 "H .stamp, condtictcl, or ratlt.'r "le.l ' r 
 
 J sty. ihe men of Cumnor were proud of 
 
 181 
 
 , lo ! .Idliii Tiipstcr ' 
 
 (ioor, whicli 
 
 half 
 
 ry (Icscrij)- 
 tliat to havp 
 
 ^vithin ami half witho,;t a 
 ••lt.^arodto(k..sccmltoano„tercc.uar. 
 
 aio;;^:ti^„K'ar'^*''^''-'-^^-s-^» 
 
 SinHS? .,y t„e goodly tin ^f'^i^ 
 
 'Is It lo«ic yon talk of, Sir fJuost?' said tl.o 
 '"'«t ; Mvhy, tl„.„, I,av,. at yo„ with ,' ,lo i, ? 
 
 " The horse to the rack, 
 And to fire with the sack." 
 
 said'rstl:i^;;'^'^I!;r"^T';'"^^'' 
 
 <*"fc>=' , let It be a quart of your 
 
182 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 host Canaries, and give nio your good help to 
 drink it' 
 
 ' Nay, you are but in your accidence yet, Sir 
 Traveller, if you call on your host for help for 
 such a sipping matter ns a quart of sack — wore it 
 a gallon, you might lack some neighbourly aid 
 fit my hand, and yet call yourself a toper.' 
 
 ' Fear nie not, ' said tlio guest ; ' I will do my 
 devoir as becomes a mar who finds himself within 
 five miles of Oxford ; tor I am not come from 
 the field of Mars to discedit myself amongst the 
 followers of Minerva.' 
 
 As he spoke thus, the landlord, with much 
 semblauce of hearty welcome, ushered his guest 
 into a large low chamber, where several persons 
 were seated together in different parties ; some 
 drinking, some playing at cards, some convers- 
 ing, and some, whose business called them to be 
 early risers on the morning, concluding their 
 evening meal, and conferring with the chamber- 
 lain aVout their night's quarters. 
 
 The entrance of a stranger procured him that 
 general and careless so-t of ivttention which is 
 usually paid on such occasions, from which the 
 following results we.: deduced : — The guest was 
 one of those v.-lio, with a well-made person, and 
 features not in themselves unpleasing, are never- 
 theless so far from handsome, that, whether from 
 the expression of their features, or the tone of 
 their voiac, or from their gait and manner, there 
 arises, on the whole, a disinclination to their 
 society. The stranger's address was bold, with- 
 out being frank, and seemed eagerly and hastily 
 to claim for him a degree of attention and defer- 
 ence, wluoh he feared would be refused, if not 
 instantly vindicated as his right. His attire was 
 a riding-cloak, which, when open, displayed a 
 handsome jerkin overlaid with lace, and belted 
 with a buff girdle, which sustained a broads\^ord 
 and a pair of pistols. 
 
 'You ride well provided, sir,' said the host, 
 looking at the weapons as he placed on the table 
 the mulled sack which the traveller had ordered. 
 
 ' Yes, mine host ; I have found the use on't 
 in dangerous times, and I do not, like your 
 modern grandees, turn off my followers the 
 instant they are useless.' 
 
 ' Ay, sir ? ' said Giles Gosling ; ' then you are 
 from the Low Countries, the land of pike and 
 caliver ? ' 
 
 ' I have been high and low, my friend, broad 
 and wide, far and near : but here is to tliec in a 
 cup of thy sack— fill thyself another to pledge 
 mo ; and if it is less than superlative, e'en drink 
 as you have browed.' 
 
 ' Less than superlative ? ' said Giles Gosling, 
 drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with 
 an air of ineffable relish--'! know nothing of 
 superlative, nor is there such a wine at the Three 
 Cranes, in the Vintry, to my knowledge ; but if 
 you find better sack than that in the Shores, or 
 in the Canaries cither, I would I may never 
 touch either pot or ])enny moru. Why, hold it 
 up betwixt you and the light, you shall see the 
 little motes dance in the golden liquor like dust 
 in the sunbeam. But I would rather draw wine 
 for ten clowns than one traveller. — I trust your 
 honour likes the wine ?' 
 
 ' It is neat and comfortable, mine host ; but 
 to know good liquor, you should drink where the 
 
 vine grows. Trust me, your Spaiuard is too wise 
 a man to send you the very soul of the grape. 
 Why, this now, which you account so choice, 
 were counted but as a cuj) of bastard at the 
 Groyne, or at Tort Saint Mary's. You should 
 travel, mine host, if you would be deep in tb.e 
 mysteries of the butt and jiottle-pot.' 
 
 ' In troth, Signior Guest,' .said Giles Gosling, 
 ' if I were to travel only that I might be dis- 
 contented with that \vhich I can get at home, 
 methinks I should go but on a fool's errand. 
 Besides, I warrant you, there is many a fool can 
 turn his nose up at good drink without ■^ver 
 having been out of the siuoke of Old England ; 
 and so ever gramercy mine own fireside.' 
 
 'This is brta mean mind of yours, mine host,' 
 said the strangci- ; ' I warrant me, all your town's 
 folk do not think so basely. You have gallants 
 among yor. I dare undertake, that have made 
 the Virginia voyage, or taken a turn in the Low 
 Countries at least. Come, cudgel your memory. 
 Ha'ffi you no friends in foreign parts that you 
 would gladly have tidings of 'i ' 
 
 'Troth, sir, not I,' answered the host, 'since 
 ranting Kobin of Drysaudlbrd was shot at the 
 siege of the Brill. The devil take the caliver 
 that fired the ball, for a blither lad never filled a 
 cup at nudnight. But he is dead and gone, and 
 I know not a soldier, or a traveller, who is a 
 soldier's mate, that I would give a peeled codling 
 for. ' 
 
 ' By the mass, that is strange. What ! so 
 many of our brave English hearts are abroad, 
 and you, who seem to be a man of mark, have no 
 friend, no kinsman, among them ! ' 
 
 'Nay, if you speak of kinsmen,' answered 
 Gosling, ' I have one wild slip of a kinsman, who 
 left us in the last year of Queen Mary ; but he is 
 better lost than found, ' 
 
 ' Do not say so, friend, unless you have 
 heard ill of him lately. Many a wild colt has 
 turned out a noble steed. — His name, I pray 
 you ? ' 
 
 ' Michael Lambourne, ' answered the landlord 
 of the Black Bear ; ' a son of my sister's — there 
 is little pleasure in recollecting either the name 
 or the connection.' 
 
 ' Michael Lambourne ! ' said the stranger, as if 
 endeavouring to recollect himself — ' wliat, no 
 relation to Michael Lambourne, the gallant 
 cavalier who behaved so bravely at the siege of 
 Venlo, that Grave JLaurice thanked him at the 
 head of the army ! Alen said he was an English 
 cavalier, and of no high extraction.' 
 
 'It could scarcely bo my nephew,' said Giles 
 Gosling, ' for ho had not the courage of a hen- 
 partridge for aught but mischief.' 
 
 '0, many a man finds courage in the wars,' 
 replied the stranger. 
 
 ' It may be,' .said the landlord ; 'but I would 
 have thouglit our Jlike more likely to lose the 
 little he had.' 
 
 'The IMichacl Lamliourno whom I knew,' con- 
 tinued the traveller, ' was a likely fellow — went 
 always gay and well attired, and had a hawk's 
 eye after a pretty wench.' 
 
 ' Our Michael,' replied the host, ' had the look 
 of a dog with a bottle at its tail, and wore a coat, 
 every rag of which was bidding good day to 
 the rest,' 
 
 1 
 
K'ENILIVORTH 
 
 d is too wise 
 r the giajio, 
 t so clioico, 
 itaid at the 
 You sliould 
 deei) ill the 
 
 les Gosling, 
 ight be dis- 
 ?t at hoiiip, 
 lol's errand. 
 ly a fool can 
 itliout '>vei' 
 d linglaud ; 
 ide.' 
 
 , mine host,' 
 yoiii- town's 
 ave gallants 
 have made 
 in the Low 
 )ur memory. 
 ts that you 
 
 host, ' since 
 shot at the 
 the caliver 
 ipvcr lilled a 
 id gout', and 
 ;r, who is a 
 lelcd codling 
 
 What ! so 
 arc abroad, 
 ark, have no 
 
 I,' answered 
 insmaii, who 
 y ; but he is 
 
 s you have 
 •ila colt lias 
 .me, I pray 
 
 the landlord 
 iter's— there 
 er the name 
 
 Granger, as if 
 —'what, no 
 the gallant 
 the siege of 
 him at the 
 J an English 
 
 ,' said Giles 
 ,'c of a hcn- 
 
 n the wars,' 
 
 but I would 
 ' to lose the 
 
 know,' con- 
 cllow — went 
 ad a hawk's 
 
 bad the look 
 wore a coat, 
 ;ood day to 
 
 I 
 
 '0, men pick up good apparel in tlie wars, 
 rc])iied the guest. 
 
 'Our Mike,' answered the landlord, ' was more 
 like to mck it up in a frij,pery warehouse, while 
 the broker was looking another way ; and, for 
 the hawk s eye you talk of, his was always after 
 my stray snoons. He was tapstc.'s boy here in 
 this blessed house for a quarter of a vear ; and 
 between misreckonings, miscarriages, 'mistakes, 
 and misdemeanours, had he dwelt with me lor 
 three months longer, I might have pulled down 
 sign, sliiit up house, and given the devil the kev 
 to keep. 
 
 ' You would be sorry, after all,' continued the 
 traveller, 'were I to tell you poor Alike Lam- 
 bourne was shot at the head of his regiment at 
 the taking of a sconce near Macstrieht ' ' 
 
 Sorry ! -it would be the blithest news I ever 
 heard of him, since it would insure me he was 
 not hanged. Rut let him pass-I doubt his eiul 
 will never do such credit to his friends : were it 
 so, I should say -(taking another cup of sack) 
 ~, i?"''^ ^ ^°^ ''est him, with all my heart.' 
 
 lush, man ' replied the traveller, 'never fear 
 but you will have credit by your nenhew vet 
 osnecially if he be the Michael iamboSe wlS 
 wel/?«' o/^'i ,^'«'-y "early, or altogether, as 
 
 whnlfi T*-' ,^''^"/'"; tell me no mark by 
 vhich I could judge whether they be the same'' 
 
 rilp^r 'r"°"'<*^t* ^ ?" ''"'"'^ < answered 
 Giles Gosling, 'unless that our Mike had the 
 
 gallows branded on his left shoulder for stealing a 
 
 silver caudle-cup from Dame Snort of Hogsditcli. ' 
 
 Nay, there you lie like a knave, uncle,' said 
 
 fin f^"^T' '''''?'."^ ''f ''^'^ ^"^ "'"' '^"d turning 
 
 shoulder ; 'by this good day, my shoulder is as 
 unscarred as thine own.' 
 
 host,- and is it thou in good earnest? Nay. 
 I have judged so for this half-hour ; for I knew 
 
 in thir ''"7" ^^""l-i l>r« ta'en half the interest 
 m thee. But, Mike, an thy shoulder be unscathed 
 
 Thnnl°"tr^r'' *''°" '""'* °^"' tl>at Goodman 
 lliong, the hangman, was merciful in his office 
 and stamped thee with a cold iron ' ' 
 
 Tush, unch— truce with your jests. Keep 
 them to season your sour ale, and let us see what 
 
 i'aSi:??r' *'r." "'^* r'' ' kinsman wS 
 
 •br, l,n» ^^V;""^^ ^'-"""d for eighteen years ; 
 
 ^^ho las seen the sun set where it rises and has 
 
 trave led till the west has become the east ' 
 
 winri?" '"\f.,'^'-o"gI't back one traveller's gift 
 
 hat hr' V'""!' ^?,^ ''*'" '''-' *"^» that was 
 what thou least didst need to travel for I 
 
 remember ^vcll, among thine other qualities, there 
 
 vas no crediting a word which came from thy 
 
 'Here's an unbelieving pagan for vou, ccntle- ' 
 men !' said Michael Lamboume, turning'tf those 
 ho witnessed this strange interview betwixt 
 
 line n nnrl nn>0.n,„ ^ /■ i , . ■j^.i-itim, 
 
 1S3 
 
 the'" 1,"''''"'^'' ^""'^ <''■ ^^•''«'^- l^-^i-'fe' "'■'tivc 
 ot the village, were no strangers to his juvenile 
 
 latted calf for me with a vengeance. -Hut, uncle 
 
 1 com. not from the husks and the swine- rough," 
 and I care not for thy welcome or no welcome -I 
 wCe nvilL - ' "° ^"" "^'^•' ""^ welcomeTweni 
 
 So saying, he pulled out a purse of gold, indilfer- 
 
 cntly we 1 filled, the sight of which j^roduced a 
 visible effect u]>on the company. Some si ook 
 tneir heads, and whispered o eich other w t 
 one or two of the less\scrupulous spec i y 1 "1 ° 
 to recollect him as a school-companion a t w, s 
 man, or so forth. On the otl/er ha mlN o 
 hrce grave, sedate-looking persons sho ,1 Vhei 
 eads, and le t the inn, hinting that, if ( ,! 
 Gosling wisiied to continue to thrive, he sho ,1 
 turn his thriltless godless nephew adrift g 
 as soon as he could, (iosiing demeaned hi,,';," 
 as If he were much of the same opinion ; for eve 
 he sight of the gold made less impression „ t e 
 ifKEl:"''"'^''""''''^-"^''-''-'!" nc 
 
 'Kinsman Michael,' he said, ' put up il,v purse 
 My sisters son shall be called to no reckon m' hi 
 
 bouwiI?l°'n "'''*'; '" '"''^'"'- •^"'' I '--'i^"" 
 
 1 1 e'e 1 , rr ""^ "n ' *" '^''}' '^"'«^''' ^^^'^'''^ thou 
 ait een hut too well known 
 
 ' I sbnlVr.';? "]?""■' ""^■'^''' ';epli«'l the traveller, 
 1 shall consult my own needs and conveniences 
 
 Meantime, I wish to give the supper an.l s ec^! 
 
 ■••g cup to those good townsmei, who are not 
 00 prou. to remember Mike Lambourne, the 
 
 -M;ster'.s boy. If you will let me have enter' 
 ninent for my mon.-y, so-if not, it is but a 
 
 ancl I tiust our neighbours will not L'rudtro 
 going thus far with mo.' ^ ^ 
 
 '^'ay, iMike,' replied his uncle, 'as ei-hteen 
 years have gone over thy hea<l, and 1 tni^t thou 
 at somewhat amended in thy conditions, thou 
 Shalt not leave my house at this hour, and shalt 
 een have whatever in reason you list 'to call fo 
 13 t I would I knew that that purse of thine 
 
 iSrwa;::r°'^^^-'=--''--^y- 
 
 'Here is an infidel for you, my good neigh- 
 hours, said Lambourne, again api^ding o fhe 
 audience ' Here's a fellow will riV „,, i7i,s ki ! 
 
 Zd fi^l"' "Vl ^T*^ '"'"' ""^y'"^^ .standing- 
 And for the gold, why, sirs, I have been whcit it 
 grew and was to be had for the gathering In 
 the ]^ew World have I been, n.,an-in Itie Fl 
 orado, where urchins play at cherry-,,it with 
 
 amonds, and country wenches threa.frubies lb 
 
 ecklaces instead of rowan-tree berries; where 
 
 the pantiles are made of pure gold, and the 
 
 pavmg-stones of virgin silver.' '' ''"^' tUc 
 
 'By my credit, friend Mike,' said vomirr 
 
 LaurenceGoldtlu-ed.thecuttingm'erc ofibi •'^ 
 
 on ' that were a likely coast to trade to. Ami 
 
 vlni^T, '"■'"' /yi"''''^'-'*' '■''"' "'''-"''is fct,.l,, 
 wlierc gold IS so plenty?' ' 
 
 'O, the profit wore unutterable,' replied 
 Lambourne, 'especially when a handsome young 
 merchant bears the pack himself; for the ladij 
 of that dime are bona-robas, and, being he,! 
 selves somewhat sunburnt, they catch M.'c like 
 ludcr at a fresh complexion uL thi.e Wt a 
 head of hair inclined to be red.' 
 
 'I would I might trade thither,' said the 
 mercer, chuckling. ' ° 
 
 tliat IS, .f thou art the same brisk boy who was 
 partner with me at robbing the Abbot's orcha d 
 - tis but a little touch of alchemy to .Iceoct thy 
 house and land into ready moncy,'an.l that rea y 
 ■noney into a tall ship, witl, sails, and' s^ 
 
184 
 
 t^A VERf.E Y NO VELS 
 
 cordage, and all thiM.<?s ooiiloiiiiinj,' ; tlicii clap 
 thy wari'hoiiw! of f,r,„>(l,s imdi.,. liatclics, put lilty 
 Kimd lollows nil ,U.ok, with invsdC to coimiiaiid 
 then; and so liuisu topsails, and licy lor the Now 
 World ! •' 
 
 „.' '^''"'" \^^^ taught him a secret, kinsman,' said 
 
 riUa (>03liiirr, ' to ilccoct, an that 1)0 the word 
 
 his pound into a i.nniiy, and his weliH into a 
 
 thread. — fake a fool's advice, neighbour Gold- 
 
 thi-ed, Tempt not the sea, for she is a devourer 
 
 Let cards and cockatrices do their worst, thv 
 
 lathers hales may hide a hanging for a year or 
 
 two CIO thou conicst to the Spital ; hut the s<-a 
 
 hath a hotto.nlcss appetite, -she would swallow 
 
 the wealth ot Lomhard Street in a mornim' as 
 
 easily as I would a poached egg ami a cup of 
 
 clary ;-and tor my kinsman's Eldorado, never 
 
 trust me il I do not helievc he ha.-i found it in 
 
 the iiouches ot some such gulls as thyself.— IJiit 
 
 take no snulf in the nose about it; fall to and 
 
 welcome, for here comes the supper, and I lieartilv 
 
 bestow It on all that will take share, in honour 
 
 ot my hopehil nejihew's return, always triistiiK' 
 
 that he has come home another man.— In faitli 
 
 kiiisman, thou art as like my poor sister as ever 
 
 was son to mother.' 
 
 ' Not quite so like old Benedict Lambournc, 
 her husband, though," said the mercer, noddin.r 
 and winking. ' Uost thou remember, Mike, what 
 thou .saidst when the schoolmaster's ferule was 
 over thee tor striking ni. thy father's crutches < 
 —It is a wise child, saidst thou, that knows its 
 own lather Dr. Hi: chain laughed till he cried 
 agaiii^ and his crying saved yours.' 
 
 ' Well, he ma<le it nj) to me many a day 
 alter, .saiil Lambourne ; 'and how is the worthy 
 pedagogue ? •' 
 
 'Dead,' said Giles Gosling, 'this many a day 
 since. •' •' 
 
 'That he is,' said the clerk of the parish ; ' I 
 sat by his bed the whilst.— He passed aw.ay in a 
 bles,sed trame, " Morior—moHuus mm velfui— 
 wa,,-i These were his latest words, and lie just 
 aa(le(J, "my last verb is conjugated." ' 
 
 'Well, peace be with him,' said Mike; 'he 
 owes mo nothing,' 
 
 'No, truly,' replied Goldthred ; 'and every 
 lash which he laid on thee, he always was wont 
 to .say, he spared the hangman a labour.' 
 
 'One would have thought ho left him little 
 to do then said the clerk ; 'and yet Goodman 
 thiMig had no sinecuro of it with our friend, 
 after all. 
 
 To/,) a Bios.'' exclaimed Lambourne, his 
 mticiico appearing to fail him, as ho snatched 
 lus broad slouched hat from he table and placed 
 It on his head, so that the shadow gave the 
 sinister expression of a Spanish bravo to eves 
 and features which nuturally boded nothiii" 
 l)lea3aiit. ' Harkce, my masters— all is faiT' 
 among friends, and under the rose ; and I have 
 a ready permitted my worthy uncle here, and 
 ;i 1 ot you, to use your pleasure with the frolics 
 ol my nonage. jJut I cany sword and (hi"-<.cr 
 my good tricnds, and can use them lightly too 
 upon occasion -I have learned to bo dangerous 
 upon points of honour ever since I served tlic 
 Spaniard, and I would not have you provoke 
 me to the degree of falling foul.' 
 
 ' Why, what would you do ? ' said the clerk. 
 
 'Ay, sir, what would you do?' said the 
 mercer, bustling up on the other side of the 
 table. 
 
 'Slit your throat, and spoil your Sunday's 
 quavering. Sir Clerk,' said Lambourne tiercelv • 
 cudgel you, my worshipful dealer in tlimsy 
 sarsenets, into one of your own bales.' 
 
 'Come, come,' said the ho.st, interposing 'I 
 will have no swaggering hero.— Nephew, it will 
 become you best to show no haste to take 
 ollence ; and yon, gentlemen, will do well to 
 remember that, if you are in an inn, still you 
 are the innkeeper's guests, and should spare the 
 honour ol his family.— I protest your silly broils 
 make me as oblivious as yourself; for yonder sits 
 my silent guest, as I call him, who hath been my 
 two days' inmate, and hath never spoken a word 
 .save to ask for his lood and his reckoning— .rives 
 no more trouble than a very peasant— pays his 
 shot like a i)rinoe royal— looks but at the sum- 
 total of the reckoning, and does not know what 
 day he shall go away. 0, 'tis a jewel 
 
 guest! and yet, hang-dog that I am, I have 
 sullerod him to sit by himself like a castaway 
 111 yom or obscure nook, without so much as 
 asking linn to take bite or suj) along with us. 
 It were but the right guerdon of my incivility 
 were he to set otf to the Hare and tabor before 
 the iiiglit grows older.' 
 
 With his white napkin gracefully arranged 
 over his left arm, his velvet cai) laid aside for 
 the moment, and his best silver llagon in his 
 right hand, mine host walked uj) to the solitary 
 guest whom he mentioned, and thereby turned 
 upon him the eyes of the assembled company. 
 
 Ho was a ma - aged between twenty-five and 
 thirty, rather above the middle size, dressed 
 w-ith plain iicss and decency, yet bearing an air 
 ot ease, which almost amounted to dignity, and 
 which seemed to infer that his habit was rather 
 beneath his rank. His countenance was reserved 
 and thoughtful, with dark liair and dark eyes 
 —the last, upon any momentary excitement, 
 sparkled with uncommon lustre, but on other 
 occasions had the same meditative and tranquil 
 cast which was exhibited by his features. The 
 busy curiosity of the little village had been 
 ein[)loyed to dLscover his name and quality as 
 well as his business at Cumnor ; but notliing 
 had transpired on either subject which could 
 ead to its gratitication. Giles Gosling, head- 
 borough of the place, and a steady friend to 
 (.•ueen p:iual)eth and the I'rotestiint religion, 
 w^Ls at one time inclined to .susjiect his guest 
 of being a .lesuit, or seminary ])riest, of whom 
 Koine and S])ain sent at this time so many to 
 grace the gallows in England. But it was .scarce 
 possible to retain such a ])repossession against a 
 guest who gave .j little trouble, paid his reckon- 
 ing so regularly, and who propo.sed, as it seemed, 
 to make a considerable stay at the bonnie Black 
 licar. 
 
 'Papists,' argued Giles Gosling, 'are a iiiiich- 
 mg, close-listed race, and this man would have 
 mind a lodging with the wealthy ,s(niire at 
 Hessellsey, or with the old knight at Wootton. 
 or in some other of their Koinan dens, instead 
 ot living in a house of jmblie entertainment, as 
 every honest man and good Christian should. 
 Besides, on Fridays, he stuck by the salt beef 
 
KENILWORTII 
 
 ;j'oo(l sj>itcli. 
 'le tii'uii out 
 
 and carrot, tlKjugli thoro wr, 
 cuokud ucls oil the board a.s cv. 
 ol tlio Isis.' 
 
 Honest Giles, therefore, satisfied hiinsell' tint 
 h.s guest was iio Roman, and wit! 1 eo.neiv 
 courtesy besought the stranger to i lei.re li n 
 in a draught of the cool tankard . Toiio 
 with lus attention a small collat o 1 i 
 ^•as giving to his nephew, in honour of his t 
 turn, and, as he verily hoped, of his refo „ atio,' 
 The stranger at first shook his head, as i S " 
 ng the courtesy ; but mine host .rooee ed o 
 urgo hun with arguments founded in 1 r d 
 01 h.s house and the eoustruetioii ul iVl. t , 
 
 rel;to£^.S'iS'^;'--•^^;;;y 
 
 house, and we have ill tongues amongst ,s?t 
 Cumnor (as where be there^iot ?) wlio m^a, 
 evil mark on men who pull their hat ove thei 
 brows as if they were looking back to tl d n" 
 that are gone, instead of enjoyi,,,, the bli bo 
 sunsluny weather which God ifatir sent s in 
 
 Lluabeth, whom Heaven long bless and ^ pix" 
 
 '^Vhy, mine host," answered the stran-'cr 
 
 lorn IS I l?v ''''""/''■'''^ '" *■'« "O-'IJ twice as 
 
 5fA;^^ii?hL^Ui-,S-;;^- 
 
 ?et me\:Sr;!.'^ " ™'" *° '^^'' '^^«°-' ^ 
 '15y my sooth,' answered Giles Gosling 'if 
 .so. troublesome thoughts haunt your mind 
 
 «e will have one of Father Bacon's pupils fion, 
 Oxford, to conjure them away with lo ic am 
 with Hebrew-Or, what say you to layS them 
 ma glorious red sea of claret, my nob e^.,est 
 Come, sir, excuse my freedom. \ am a", lo d 
 host, and must have mv till- TiwI . ■ i 
 
 humour of melancholy"yi;i\,S^^r1t 
 
 bl k "a f,:" i'^ f'^ 'r'^ •■' '''^t o/ a trim 
 ock, a fiesh cloak, and a full i)ursc— A ni/c 
 0.1 1 , send it off to those who have the r '^ 
 -™ bed wUh a hay-wisp, their h^L tcfeS 
 obweb Kl h""''' *''"'• J«'-ki>i as thin as a 
 
 ^t^S£|-.C4"SnXi-,- 
 will V""',"l',' '"■• °'- '•>' tl'i'* «o"d lir,u"rwe 
 
 I u ' ."^.1 t''e mists of melancholy and the 
 .01 htt e-case. Here be a set of good Allows 
 Ihng to bo merry, do not scowl on the , iTke 
 the devil looking over Lincoln.' 
 
 fiuesi'with^.'';^"] ""^ .''"''"'T ''°-^t,' said the 
 uioiy as It was, gave a very pleasant evnression 
 to his countenance-' You sav we ri^v ; • 
 ■iend; and they that are Zdy "ike ^, S' 
 
 S'ifL; jri'ttrs r f ' ^"''[ «''''^'^ 
 
 feast.' termed a niar- 
 
 185 
 
 persons much disj.osed to profit by the oi.imr- 
 un. y of a merry meal at the expense of 'tar 
 and onl bad already niade s.Mne\nn,a 1 ,, 
 he h„„ts of temperance, as was evi,lei 1 
 
 I the tone .„ which Michael in.p.ir.Ml after 1 i 
 aniuaiutances i„ the town, and the u ts f 
 
 j augher with ^vhieh each answer was, e^L' 
 
 at „ nl f^' '"""''f '''-"^ somewhat s,.andalise 
 at the obstreijerous natun. of their mirth es 
 I ;;;^^ially as he involuntarily felt some i e et fV 
 h.s unknown guest. He 'pause.!, there ore a 
 ■some distance from the table oceu,, ,;' 
 
 apology toi' their licence. 
 
 fello«"s''t'm''''li*'r'H'' '"' ''■"''- 't" '"■•■"• tl-se 
 • \ \ !''"^ '"^'''' ^'■"'^ ""t "!"■ of them 
 
 "ho had no been bre.l to live bv Stand n 
 
 .1. su of a.s painstaking mechanics, and so fbitl, 
 
 s ever cut an inch shoit of measure, or, d^ 
 
 Mter of change m light crowns over a cut i 
 
 The mercer there wears his bat awrv o e a 
 
 vater-dogs back, goes unbraced, wears his cloak 
 
 o.i one side, and affects a ruflianly va pou ing 
 
 uiniour-when in his shop at Abingdot « « 
 
 t.;om his flat cap to his gli'stening slmes a me' 
 
 H"talkiT,."r'"'i ! '' ''■ 'r ^^-^^ "--'J '"'■ '"- yo 
 
 \vay. Ill such fashion that you woubl think he 
 
 LoX'^ "?''^ "H''* "'^'^''''^ Houns . ai d 
 London ; when in fact he may be found sou d 
 asleep on his feathcr-be<l, with a can lie pke 
 bes.de him on one side, and a JJiblc on he ohm 
 to fright away the goblins.' ' 
 
 'And your nei,hew, mine host, this same 
 Michael Lambourne, who is lord of the fca^t- 
 lhem?'°°' '""'' " ^■""'''-'^'^ '•"«''^'' ''^ the Sof 
 
 bnl?l'^/' *''"'*', y°". 1'"^'' '"c liard,' .said the 
 ost; 'my nej.hew is my nephew, and thou, h 
 be was a des,,eratc Dick of yore, yet Alike m 
 bavc mended like other folk's, you w^t-ln I 
 would not have you think all i .4id of 1 in. e ., 
 ..ow was strict gospel-I knew the wag all the 
 
 -AnVn'ru""'"'! '° "'.'"^'^ '''« Pl..n.es f^^on. Id, 
 ,Mv vi V^"'' ''^ '''"'* "«'"« shall I p,.cse„t 
 .n> worshipful guest to these gallants i ' 
 
 mJZ?' "'^" ''m'^-' '■''I''''^^ the stranger, •- 
 may call me Tressdian." *' ' • 
 
 ' ., ' wnrff''"' ■ ' '"'■^"■^''•^d my host of the Hear • 
 .1 worthy nan.e; and, as I think, of Cor. isl 
 lineage ; for what says the south proverb- 
 "Ry Pol, Trc, .i„d Pen, 
 \ou may know the Cornish men." 
 
 you 
 
 So .saying, he arose and joined the comranv 
 who encouraged by the precept and exa , Ic of I Cr^H "" "'"^■'"'■'''''™ in which ho found them 
 Michael Lambourne, ani consisting By "' j ^l^^g^' ^•=''«°""'g >t with many an intervening 
 
 Cornwall ?'^' "'" '''"''^'^ ^^"'''^ Tres.silian of 
 ' &iy no more than I have given vou warr^int 
 
 .Mine host push.'d his eui-iositv no fuither but 
 presented Master Tressilian to 1,^ nor Vs i, ^ 
 P^'.ny,.who, after exchange of saluta ons i 
 'Innking to the health of their revcSanio^^^^^ 
 
186 
 
 tVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Talk you o<" young Master Lancelot ? 
 
 Merchant of Venice. 
 
 Aftkr some brief interval, Master Goldthred, 
 at tlie earnest instigation of mine host, and the 
 joyous oonciirrence of Ids guests, indulged the 
 company with the following morsel of melody :— 
 
 Of all the l)irils on bush or tree, 
 
 Coinineiul me to the owl, 
 Since he may hest ensample be 
 To those the cup that trowl. 
 {■or when the sun hath left the west 
 He chooses the tree that he loves the best, 
 
 Th!.„ ."i ','"'," "'" '''\'*0"g. ="iJ he lauRhs at his jest; 
 Hie though hours he late, and weather foul, ^ ' 
 
 We 11 drwik to the health of the bonnie, boniiie owl. 
 
 The l.irl/ is but a bumpkin fowl, 
 He sleeps in his nest till morn ; 
 
 Hut my blessing upon ;he jolly owl, 
 Ihat all niyht blows h's horn, 
 inen up with your cup though you stagger in speerh 
 
 And S tiirv""-' '^"l''' "" y°" ^^^efer and .sSi, 
 And drink till you wink, my merry men each ; 
 
 wJ'M ? -^t ^°T ';•' '•;",'-■• •■""' "■'^^'her be foul 
 We 11 drink to the health of the bonnie, bonnie owl. 
 
 'There is savour in thi.s, my hearts,' said 
 Miclhiel, when the mercer had finished his .son-' 
 and some goodness seems left among you yet— 
 Init what a bead-roll you have read me of old 
 fiomrades, and to every man's name tacked some 
 ill-omenod motto ! And so Swashing WiH of 
 Walhngford hath bid us good-night ' ' 
 
 'He died the death of a fat buck,' .said one of 
 the party 'beuig shot with a crossbow holt, by 
 old Ihatcham, the duke's stout park-keener at 
 Donington Castle.' ' 
 
 nr-' '}'''\'^K' ''", "■'"■'lys loved venison well, ' reiilied 
 Michael, 'and a cup of claret to boot -and so 
 
 master.^''' *" '"' '"'"'"''^- ^° ""' "«''*' "^^ 
 When the health of this departed worthy had 
 pocn duly honoured, Lambourne proceeded to 
 inquire alter Prance of I'adworth. 
 
 ' I'ranccd off— made immortol ten years since ' 
 said the mercer ; 'marry, sir, O.Kfordf Castle and 
 iTOo.lman Ihong, and a tenpenny- worth of cord, 
 best know how.' 
 
 ' What, so they hung poor Prance high and 
 dry ? so much for loving to walk by moonlight 
 —a cup to his memory, my masters— all merry 
 fellow,s iko moonlight. Wliat has become of 
 Hal with the plume ?— he who lived near Yat- 
 tenden, and wore the long featlier— I forget his 
 name. ° 
 
 'What, Hal Hempseed?' replied the mercer. 
 V\hy, you may remember, he was a sort of a 
 gentleman, and would meddle in State matters 
 and so he got into the mire about the Duke of 
 ^lorfolks matter these two or three years since, 
 led the country with a imrsuivant's warrant at 
 IMS heels, and has never since been heard if ' 
 
 Nay after these baulk.s,' said Michael Lam- 
 bourne, I need hardly inquire after Tony Fo.ster ; 
 tor when ropes, and crossbow shafts, and pur- 
 suivants warrants, and such-like gnar. were so 
 rile, lony could hardly 'scape them.' 
 
 'Which Tony Foster mean you?' said the 
 innkeeper. 
 
 Why ho they called Tony Firo-the-Fagot, 
 because ho brought a light to kindle the pile 
 round Latimer and Ridley, when the wind blew 
 out Jack rhong's torch, and no man else would 
 give hun light for love or money.' 
 
 I Tony Foster lives and thrives, ' said the host. 
 — tint, kinsman, I would not have you call him 
 iony iire-the-Fagot, if you would not brook the 
 Stat). 
 
 ' How ! is he grown ashamed on't?' said Lam- 
 bourne ;' why, ho was wont to boast of it, and 
 say he liked as well to see a roasted heretic as a 
 roasted ox. 
 
 'Ay, but, kinsman, that was in Mary's time,' 
 replied the landlord, ' when Tony's father was 
 reeve here to the Abljot of Abingtfon. Hut since 
 that, lony married a pure precisian, and is as 
 good a 1 rotestant, I warrant you, as the best.' 
 
 And looks grave, and holds his head high 
 and scorns his old companions,' said the mercer! 
 
 llieu lie hatii pros].ered, I warrant him,' said 
 Lambourne; 'for ever when a man hath got 
 nobles of his own, he keeps out of the way 
 ot those whoso exchequers lie in other men's 
 purchase. ' 
 
 ' Prospered, quotha ! ' said the mercer ; ' why 
 vou remember Cumnor Place, the old mansioii'- 
 lioiuse beside the churchyard ? ' 
 
 ' By the same token, I robbed the orchard 
 three tunes— what of that?- It was the old 
 abbot s residence when there was plague or sick- 
 ness at Abingdon.' 
 
 'Ay,' .said the host, 'but that has been long 
 over ; and Anthony Foster hath a right in it, and 
 lives there by some grant from a great courtier, 
 who had the church-lands from the crown ; and 
 there lie dwells, and has as little to do with any 
 poor wight in Cumnor, as if he were himself a 
 belted knight.' 
 
 ■]^^-^''j'^^'^ *''" niercer, ' it is not altogether 
 pride in Tony neither— there is a fair lady in the 
 case, and Tony will scarce let the light of day 
 look on her.' '' 
 
 ' How ! ' said Tressilian, who now for the first 
 time interfered in their conversation ; ' did yo 
 not say this Foster was married, and to a pre- 
 cisian ? ' 
 
 • Married he was, and to as bitter a precisian 
 as ever ate flesh in Lent ; and a cat-and-dog life 
 she led with Tony, as men said. But she is 
 dead, rest be with her, and Tony hath but a slip 
 of a daughter; ,so it is thought he means to wed 
 this stranger, that men keep such a coil about.' 
 And why so ?— I mean, why do they keep a 
 coil aliout her ? ' saiil Tressilian. 
 
 'Why, I wot not,' answered the host, 'except 
 that men say she is as beautiful as an angel, and 
 no one knows whence she comes, and every one 
 wishes to know why she is kept so closely mewed 
 uy). tor my jiart, I never saw her— you have, I 
 think. Master Goldthred ? ' 
 
 'That I have, old boy,' said the mercer. 
 Look you, I was riding hither from Abingdon 
 — 1 pas.sed under the east oriel window of the old 
 mansion, where all the old saints and histories 
 and such -like are painted — It was not the 
 fiorr rnnn path I took, but one through the i.ark; 
 tor the postern-door was upon the latch, and I 
 thought I might take the privilege of an old 
 comrade to ride across through the trees, both 
 
Firo-the-Kagot, 
 kindlo the iiilo 
 1 tlie wind blew 
 man elso would 
 
 ,'said the host, 
 ve yon call him 
 1 not brook tho 
 
 n't?' said Lam- 
 mast of it, and 
 ted liuretic as a 
 
 ti Mary's time,' 
 y's fatlier was 
 ion. Hut since 
 iian, and is as 
 as tho i)est.' 
 Iiis liead high, 
 lid tlie mercer, 
 rant him,' sjiid 
 man hatli got 
 It of tlic way 
 n other men's 
 
 mercer ; ' why, 
 old mansion- 
 
 :1 the orcliard 
 
 was the old 
 
 [ilagiio or sick- 
 
 has been long 
 ■ight in it, and 
 tjreat courtier, 
 e crown ; and 
 
 do with any 
 cere himself a 
 
 lot altogether 
 
 lir lady in the 
 
 light of day 
 
 w for the first 
 ion ; ' did yc 
 md to a pre- 
 
 3r a precisian 
 t-and-dog life 
 But she is 
 ith but a slip 
 moans to wed 
 
 1 coil about.' 
 
 • they keep a 
 
 host, 'except 
 m angel, and 
 nd every one 
 losely mewed 
 -you have, I 
 
 the mercer, 
 m Abingdon 
 ow of the old 
 ind histories 
 ras not the 
 ?h the j)ark ; 
 latch, and I 
 ;o of an old 
 3 trees, botli 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 for shading, as tho day was somewhat hot and 
 for avoiding o dust, b^ause I ha,l on ny ,,ea''h 
 cob red doublet, pinked out with cloth ffld ' 
 \\ Inch garment,' sai<l Michael Lamhomiie 
 
 eyes of a fair dame. Ah, villain thou w f 
 never leave thy old tricks ' ' ^ ""^ 
 
 in.''^laid.T''';'T*'',i;"'^ l^ """■'^"' ^^i''' " «"'"'k- 
 in„ luigli, not altogether so — but euriosifv 
 
 thou knowest, an.l astrain of compa sion wiuS' 
 
 -m- tho poor young lady sees' not ,,"vo,; 
 
 -or. o even but Tony Foster, with his "ow inl 
 
 I'l.'k brows, his bull's head, and his bandy w"^' 
 
 wiy, in a SI ken jerkin-a ,'• ib like a si lorf 
 oggcd hen's in a ..ordovan boot, ami a ro.n ' 
 
 set on uit 1 a velvet bonnet, a Tiiikev feafbei- 
 ■■Mid a gilded brooch? Ah, jolly meiverthev 
 who have goo<l wares are fond t^o " ow lliem^ 
 Come, gentle^, let not the cup stand-here's o 
 loi^siuirs, short boots, full bonnets, and empty 
 
 ' ^'-ly- 'lo^'' ycu are jealous of me, Mike ' sau) 
 
 ssfSi;-nMoS.^ri>^^ 
 £s:f::iS.r''^^"^*"~^^'''^-'i^ 
 
 bes,IJ*'lf'v','!^' ^T'''';."":''''"^ Tressllian, 'let me 
 1 ikl . ; 1 ","^ "'*f ■'■■"1'^ ^''^ Kallant citi.cn ; 
 
 .1}^'^ Tl^ "*" y"'"' '"'i^o"'- tli'in of my desert ' 
 
 answered Master Ooldthrcd • ' but- «;,.„ i • ' 
 
 yo.1 pleasure, worthy mS,- T il f/sG 
 
 •oceed, maugro all the gil,es and n i >; ^f th 
 
 nt'c if?s than' "^°' l-'^?-»turi l^th ha 
 
 1 loic culls than crowns in the Low Countries — 
 
 Ad so, sir, as I passed under the great paT.ied 
 
 lo^y^ oaving mv rein loose on ,„y am ,?. 
 
 Iioys neck partly for mine case, and pa t v 
 
 me Tif tbno 'f""«« "F"; and never credi 
 of ,;?;;. ''"^ "°' ''^■'^"'^ there tho person 
 
 01 ..s fa r a u-oman as ever crossed mine eves 
 and I think I have looked on as many n?e tv' 
 ^^oJ,ches, and with as much judgment, L^otlS 
 
 sili'an!'^' ^ ■'"''' ''"■ '''PP^*™^^ sir?' said Tres- 
 von^lf"'"' '''P'i"'* ^^•■'•''t'"' ^olf'throd, 'I promise 
 
 aint and .leasing dress, that might have served 
 '< queen fiersolf; for she had a forenart wit 
 H '7 and sleeves ofginger-coloured sat n! 1 
 in my pKlgment, must have cost by the vn • i 
 some thirty shillings, lined with murU t u ota 
 
 ^«oKriii:S^Sier£t^i.^f'^r 
 
 her ski « H, "''-•■'"•'l-assing device. Touching 
 feshionl' ' ^ ''"'■'' '" ^'^'^ "'-i pass-devant 
 
 iressilun, who had shown some impatience 
 
 187 
 
 during their conversation, ' hut of her complexion 
 -the CO our ot l.er hair, her features.' "'P''"""" 
 
 HieiSl^lT'lni'lt^r'Sai'eSrtr'l 
 
 . Jr it, \;^v r '" '''^''■""' '*•'' t" t'"" '^"''""• 
 
 t Mi d,t Vb r^i '"" "■•V''"'f' '"-■ 't« '"'•• ^vhat 
 iL iiiignt, tl.iit she wore above it a rw.f ,^t ,„ 
 
 ■s.lk. parcel twisted with gold • ^ ""^ ^'"'" 
 
 ' tb. Zh '"'■'■^•^''•■'p-' ■'"^■m-y.'said Lambourne • 
 
 aShats"::";,^..''!^;^'^'^''^'^^-*^: 
 
 le^mvslvilh a*^;:!'^" ^'^'' ^"^'^'^-^ -y 
 
 ci.:St,^SiLir£:;^i:^,.rp-^"«ata 
 
 Fost^J,in,.elt.witha^udgelthi:/£;i'^^ 
 . And broke thy head acio.ss, I l,oi,e for tl,ino 
 )mperti.,e„ce,' said his entertainer. '' "" 
 
 sw>re M'n?u; "'?''• v'"y ''^'^l t''^n done,' an- 
 suered (.oldthred ind ignantlv • 'im nn \\ 
 
 ik( , and I would have knocked bin. over tl o 
 
 'ate handsomely for his j.ains, only fo the la.lv's 
 
 presence, who might lia've s^oonU'for wff I 
 
 ..;',i^"'''' ,°"* "P°" t^^" ''oi' ^ faint-spirited slave - ' 
 houSrlT';,'" i ',"1"^' 'I'lvoi.turo'us knig 'ever 
 
 o^;!.Xnii^r^''-^'-'''-tmiss:dthr^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 T fi^- T'^'i'.'^ ^■°,"'' ''■^fi*''"'' «iid the mercer • 'and 
 
 . hSc Kb! r" ?'^"'^' 7'^" th^im^ml " ' 
 01 TIC .1L\ il, I shall gam on thee this bout On.- 
 landlord here shall hold stakes am I u li .fVi 
 <!own gold till I send the Hnen'' "^ ^ '"'' ''^^'^ 
 
 OoslinT 'ronf'''''' °" r. ^"^^' matter,' said 
 
 promise you, Master Foster hath n erereno'n.h 
 
 lay you up in laven-ler at the Castrof o"?on 
 
 town''.s?oek^.'"'' ''^ """'" ^^'^-'"ted wS. the 
 
 fb,'M;kt"Ss"!;:ft^?!'r:"^^"°'V''t-'-y; 
 
 hive t.pn,,' ; 1 , the towns wooden p i.lbld 
 luve been «ell known to each other ere now ' 
 said the mercer; 'but he shall not budge from 
 '"■ rf -l r."'''1^J'« '"<'«"■'' to pay forfeit ' 
 
 forfeit? said Lambourne 'I sco it I 
 value Tony Foster's wrath no m'ore than a shelled 
 
188 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 Iica-cod ; and I will visit his Lindabiidcs,* by 
 6amt (.eoii,'(!, 1,0 he williiiff „|. no!" 
 • '} "'.","nl "''"^'y l"'y >■"'"• ''lives of the risk, 
 sir, said liussihau 'to he i.ermittcd to accom- 
 pany yon on the adventure.' 
 
 'Ill what would that advantaM you, sir!' 
 answered Lamhourne. ' 
 
 ma,i"tr'''i''n' '''■.' ' '?'"^ Trcssilian, 'unless to 
 niaiiv the skdl and valour with which you eon- 
 duct yourself. I am a traveller, who seeks for 
 strange rencounters and uueonmuin i)assaL'es, as 
 of ann.!f' ' "'' •^"''" '"'' '*'""' '^''^'''"'"'■'-■« '""1 'eats 
 ' Nay, if it pleasures yon to see a trout tickled ' 
 answered f.in.hourne, 'I care not how many 
 witness my skill. And so here I <lrink succe.s^ 
 to my enterprise ; and he that will not i.ledKe 
 ne on MS knees is a rascal, and I will cut Ids 
 less oil hy the garters ! ' 
 
 The draught which .Michael Lambourno took 
 "lion this occasion had been i.receded bv so 
 inany others, that reason tottered on her throne 
 ne swore one or two incoherent oaths at the 
 mercer, who refused, reasonably enough, to 
 pledge him to a sentiment which inferred the 
 Joss of his own wager. 
 
 'Wilt thou chop logic with me,' said Lam- 
 bourne, thou knave, with no more brains than 
 
 H, "V .'if '^'"*,''"' ■ '^y Heaven, I will cut 
 thee into fitty ya-ds of galloon lace ! ' 
 
 But, as he attempted to draw his sword for this 
 tloughty purpose, Michael Lambourno was seized 
 upon by the tapster and the chamberlain, and 
 conveyed to his own apartment, there to sleep 
 Juniselt sober at his leisure. 
 
 The party then broke up, and the guests took 
 tlieir leave; much more to the contentment of 
 mine host than of some of the company, who 
 were unwilling to .iiiit good liquoi- wlien it 
 was o bo lad tor free cost, so long as they were 
 able to sit by it. They were, however, compelled 
 to remove ; and go at length they did, leaving 
 Gob ng and Tressihan in the empty ai-artment. 
 «y my faith, said the former, 'I wonder 
 where our great folks find pleasure, when thev 
 ypend their means in entertainments, and in 
 playing mine host without sending in a reokon- 
 
 whenever I do, by Saint .Julian, it grieves me 
 
 beyond measure. Each of these empty stoui)s 
 
 now, which my nephew and his drunken comrades 
 
 liave swilleil off, should have been a matter of 
 
 proht to one ill my line, and I must set them 
 
 down a dead loss. I cannot, Ibr my heart, con- 
 
 unvo the pleasure of noise, and nonsense, and 
 
 (II nken freaks, and drunken quarrels, and smut, 
 
 and blasphemv, and so forth, when a man loses 
 
 money instead of gaining by it. A nd yet many 
 
 a f^^ ,1 estate IS lost in upholding such a uselesi 
 
 cmii,..e and that greatly contributes to the decay 
 
 of publicans; for who the devil do you think 
 
 would pay for drink at the I5!ack Bear, when 
 
 .squire's'' "" '^ ''"'' "°''''"" ''^ "'7 l'"'d'« o'' the 
 Trcssilian perceived that the wine had made 
 some impression even on the seasoned brain of 
 mine host, which was chiefly to be inferred from 
 JUS acclaiming against drunkenness. As he him- 
 
 self had carefully avoided the bowl, ho would 
 lave availed himself of the frankness of he 
 "loment to extract from (;osling some IWther 
 i.itormat.on u,,on the subject of Anthony F ster 
 and Mie lady whom the mercer had seem intl o 
 mansion-house ; but his in-iuiries only set tie 
 
 the w,ie.sol he fair se.v, lu which he brought at 
 full length the whole wisdom of Solomon to re- 
 .1 orce his own. Finally, he turne.l his adinoni- 
 ion.s, mixed with much objurgation, upon his 
 tapsters ami drawers, who'wtMe employed 
 •emoving the relies of the entertainn.ent. and 
 u storing order to the apartment ; an.l at length 
 joining example to preee,,t, though with no g-oo, 
 Miecess, he demolished a .salver with half a .score 
 of glasses in attenipting to show how such service 
 as done at the Three Cranes in Vintry, then 
 the most tojqung tavern in London. This last 
 accident so tar recalled him to his better .self, 
 that he retired to his bed, slept sound, and awoke 
 a new man in the morniii". 
 
 *\Undairidcs, a female of doubtful reputation.] 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Nay, I'll hold touch-the game sh.-iU be play'd out 
 It Me er. shall stop for me, this merry wayer ' 
 
 Ihat which I say when gamesome, I'll .avouch 
 Jn my most sober mood, ne'er trust me else. 
 
 The Hazard-Table. 
 
 , 'A^° liow-^doth your kinsman, good mine 
 liost?' said Tressilian, when Giles Gosling fist 
 appeared ,n the public room on the morning 
 following the revel which we described in the 
 ast chapter. ' Is he well, and will he abide by 
 ins wager ? •' 
 
 ' For well sir, he started two hours since, and 
 has visited I know not what purlieus of his old 
 companions ; hath but now returned, and is at 
 this instant breakfasting on new-laid eggs md 
 muscaeline ; and for his wager, I caution you as 
 a friend to have little to do with that, or Indeed 
 auglit that iMike i)roposes. Wherefore, I counsel 
 you to a warm breakfast upon a culiss, which 
 shall restore the tone of the stomach ; and let 
 niy nephew and Master Goldthred swagger about 
 their wager as they list.' 
 
 'It .seems to me, mine host,' said Tressilian, 
 
 that you know not well what to say about this 
 
 kinsman of yours ; and that you can neither 
 
 iJlanie nor commend him without some twinjre of 
 
 con.science. ° 
 
 ',y°''^.f« spoken trnlv'. Master Tressilian,' 
 replied Giles Gosling. ' there is natural affec- 
 aon whimpering into onee.-.r, "Giles, Giles, why 
 wilt thou take away the good name of thy own 
 nephew? -Wilt thou defame thy .sister's son, 
 Giles Gosling? wilt thou dcf-oul thine own ne.st 
 dishonour thine own blood ? " And then, again 
 comes .fustice. and says, "Here is a worthy guest 
 as ever came to the bonnie Black Bear ; one who 
 never challenged ,a reckoning" (as I say to your 
 fa.eyou never did, Master Trcs.silian-not that 
 vou have had cause), "one who knows not why 
 ho came, so far as I can see, or when he is going 
 aw;ay ; and wilt thou, being a publican, having 
 paid scot and lot these thirty years in the town 
 of Cumnor, and being at this instant head- 
 
'owl, lio would 
 ankncHs of tho 
 f,' somo fiiithcr 
 .iitlioiiy Foster, 
 lad seen in tho 
 'H only set thu 
 Illation a^'ainst 
 I lie liiouglit at 
 Solomon to le- 
 led his adnioni. 
 tion, upon his 
 '. einjiloyed in 
 tainnient, and 
 aiidat li'iif,'!!), 
 Ii with no go(t(i 
 til half a. .seoru 
 )wsueli seivieo 
 1 Vintry, then 
 on. This last 
 is hotter self, 
 nd, and awoko 
 
 be play'd out, 
 wager ; 
 II avouch 
 le else. 
 lzard-Table. 
 
 , good mine 
 Gosling first 
 the morning 
 crihed in tho 
 1 he abide by 
 
 irs since, and 
 us of his old 
 2d, and is at 
 lid eggs md 
 ution you as 
 It, or indeed 
 )re, I counsel 
 uliss, which 
 ich ; and let 
 vagger about 
 
 1 Tressilian, 
 y about this 
 can neither 
 ne twinge of 
 
 Tressilian,' 
 itural aH'ec- 
 , Giles, why 
 
 of thy own 
 istcr's son, 
 3 own nest, 
 ;hen, again, 
 orthy guest 
 r ; one who 
 say to your 
 I— not tliat 
 (■s not why 
 he is going 
 an, having 
 1 tho town 
 tant head- 
 
 borough, wilt thou sutler this guest of r,no„f. 
 
 this man of men, this six-hooped Z , "( ' '' 
 say)ofatravdleistof.lli„tJ "^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 =;"f,5:^ '"■"" -vi-LSrit;-,";!;: 
 
 ««^'?;;lS^t:' i,£ ^t' ' ', "•" >- — 
 
 ho was poor and is rich Fnii- f ii ■^,9°^'^ ''"> 
 
 uy my faith, unc c,' said the <rnlln„f < 
 
 cup of bast r^i w ^^^'^Se you willingly in a 
 
 the^ thou sHr f i,"^ ^5fvehef" "'f '%^"^ 
 tight a girl as FnaUri-. ^ {-^ "aistcoat, as 
 
 f^'ENlLlVORTIT 
 
 189 
 
 'Concern not yourself about f'w.ni,, !• 
 said (;iles (ioshng, • but " n M ' ' ^"'^'"«". 
 
 '"'lli-Htter'.:.usi,': ■'■'''' •^''''''''''''''''l<'' you 
 
 ti-)V'i;;n'':n'i;;,i;;:!;'';i:'L''"''-''nK', -tiiink'st 
 
 ."iiH- own house/' ''' "'"' """''l '"''■"' tl'OHO ot 
 
 sweJ/ii'biJm^hJ?;;"^''^'?'^'^'''^''''''''- 
 
 cautionwhl 'lu' Si l'"'""""' "'■'"■''■ 
 
 Aiikc,ami.i/; ,tj,t , '''7;,^,';'f''7''i'H^i';ve. 
 
 be'st bid f T '^^■,~"''"' '"'»■ brave thou 
 
 ti-NSiAiit^'ICi^S :'"■•''■''' ;'"■"'-•" 
 
 'Ay, sir,' replied Lambourne • 'wbm, sf.i- 
 
 ^Si^rd5,^'i^-f{i^-e;'!t 
 
 sonieshareinmy Eu-d . ^^^'"^-^"tt), took 
 
 tuiv!:KreSc"r"^ ^°^;/y ^°"^ -i-- 
 
 gracc. as to perm t"ne ^.n?l 7l ''" '"" ^"'"'•h 
 
 £^,ofthe'.Si;:u;Saiclro^i^:t;;;j 
 
 fair Harrl";,l!n '''' ^""^-^^'^^ Giles Gosling, ' i„ as 
 b7a"'ood^" dl w 'Vo7 T'T ""'^^-^ "'t° -« k 
 
 ^e|o.f.si^cd?^;:s;:.f^-'K^: 
 cKigiiftK^tVcSi;? firs; ^^"^'i '''°^"«'' 
 
 ^le HaH yondef ;ii;'Ki,f;,Vt£<;-^^^^ 
 
 liead-borou't;!, and I m"v " ',n f ^°l'"'^ '''« 
 thing o^c^Ton/y^/r^t: S^^aTfer- 
 
 Maki:;^-SSSs/S^t>"f' 
 
 observiuL' that hie „,;<. ' , '"^ tankard, 
 
190 
 
 WA VERLE y NO VELS 
 
 morning's drmiKlit i-and thoy set fortli toL-etlier 
 li'i' thd )iiil)itiiti(jii uf Anthony FoHtcr. 
 
 Till) vill.ig,. of Ciinmor is idoasiintly liuilt on ft 
 lull, anil m a w()0(io(l j.aik .'losely luljarcnt was 
 situated til.' ancient mansion oiciipicd at this 
 time hy Anthony Foster, of wliiuh the luins may 
 be still ..xtaiit. The |.ai>k was then full of jaiire 
 trees, and m paitieiilai', of aneient ami imVlitv 
 oaks, wliieh stietidied their Kiant arms over the 
 lUKh walls Hurromidiiif,' the demesne, thus L'ivinL' 
 It a melaneholy, seelnded, and monastic appeal^ 
 aiiee. Iho entrance to tli.. park lay throiiLdi an 
 old-fashioned gateway in the outer wall, the door 
 ol whieh w.is formed of two hu«e oaken leaves, 
 thickly studded with nails, like the mte of an 
 old town. 
 
 'Wo shall be finely holpe,! „[, ],e,o_- ^aid 
 Micliael Lamhoiirne, looking,' at the gateway and 
 K'lto, it this fellow's suspiciouM humour should 
 refuse us admission altogether, as it is like he may 
 in case this linscy-wolsey fellow of a mercer's visit 
 to us premises has disquieted him. Mut no,' he 
 added pushin- the hu-e ^ate, which f,'ave w.iy, 
 the door stands invitingly (.[.en, and here wo 
 are within the forbidden ground, without other 
 impediment than the passive resistance of a 
 heavy oak door, moving' on rusty hinges.' 
 
 They stood now in an aveniu! overshadowed 
 by .such old trees as wo have descril m1, and 
 wluch haii been bordereil at one time by hi.'h 
 hedges ol yew and holly. Hut these, havimr 
 been untrimmed for many years, had run ui) into 
 great bushes, or rather (Iwarf-trees, and now en- 
 croached with their dark and melancholy bou.dis 
 upon the road which they oneo had .Screened 
 Ihe aveniK^ itself was ^'rown up with grass, and 
 in one or two places, interrupted by iiiles of 
 withered brushwood, which had been loijped 
 Irom the trees cut down in the neighbuurin<' 
 park, ami was here stacked for drying. Formal 
 walks and avenues, which, at dill'eiviit iioiiits 
 crossed this i)rincipal ajiproach, were, in like 
 manner, choked u|) and interrupted by i)iles of 
 brushwood and billets, and in other i)laees by 
 underwooiJ and brambles. Besides the general 
 eflect ot desolation which is so strongly im- 
 pressed, whenever we behold the contrivances of 
 man wasted and obliterated by neglect and 
 witiie.ss the marks of social life effaced gradually 
 by the mfluence of vegetation, the .size of the 
 trees and the outspreading extent of their 
 boughs difTusod a gloom over the scene, oven 
 when the sun was at tho highest, and made a 
 proportional impression on the mind of those 
 who visited it. This was felt even by Michael 
 Lanibourne, however alien liis liabits were to 
 receiving any impressions, excepting from tliinos 
 winch addressed themselves immediately to Ins 
 passions. •' 
 
 'This wood is as dark as a wolfs mouth," said 
 he to Iressi lan, as they walked together slowly 
 along the solitary and broken approach, and had 
 just come in sight of the monastic front of the 
 old mansion, with its shafted windows, brick 
 walls overgrown with ivy and creeping shrubs 
 
 upon his iwiv.icy. H„t had he been tho Anthony 
 1 once knew him, these stur.ly oaks had Ioiil' 
 sm.e become th.. property of some honest wood- 
 inonger, and the manor-close here had looked 
 lighter at midnight than it now does at noon 
 while iM.stcr played fast and lo(,se with the price' 
 
 \VhftefHar.s''''"'''" ""'"''' '" ^'" '""'''*''"* "*" 
 
 'Was he then .such an iinthriit?' asked 
 iressilian. 
 
 • He was,' answered Lamboiirno, 'like the rest 
 of us no saim, and no saver. 15ut what 1 liked 
 worst of lony was, that ho loved to take his 
 pleasure by him.self, and grudged, as men say, 
 every drop ol water that went jiast his own mill 
 I have known him deal with such measures of 
 wmo when he was alone, as I would not have 
 ventured on with aid of the best tojier in IJcrk- 
 ■shiro ;--tbat, and some sway towards supersti- 
 mn, which he had by temperament, rendered 
 him uuwi.rthy tho company (,f a goo.l fellow. 
 And now hr has earthed him.self here, in a den 
 just befitting such a sly fox as himself.' 
 
 'iMay I a.sk you, Master Lamboiirne,' said 
 
 Iressilian 'since yimr old companion's humour 
 
 jimms so httle with your own, wherefore you are 
 
 so Uesirous to renew ac(iuaintancc with hiu 
 
 and twisted stalks of chimneys of Lavy stone- 
 work. And yet,' continued Lanibourne. 'it is 
 fairly done on the part of Foster too ; for since 
 he chooses not "isit^.a, iL is right to keep his 
 place in a "^ishion that will invite few to trespass 
 
 And may I ask you, in icturn, Alaster Tres- 
 silian, answered Lanibourne, ' wherefore you 
 have shown yourself so desirous to accoini)any 
 me on this party?' '■ •' 
 
 'I told you my motive,' said Tre,s.silian, 'when 
 1 took share in your wagcr,-it was simple 
 
 curiosity. ' 
 
 _ ' La you there now ! ' answered Lanibourne ; 
 see how you civil and discreet gentlemen think 
 to use iw who live by the free exercise of our wits ' 
 JlaU 1 auswored your question by saying that it 
 was sim|)lo curiosity which led me to visit mv 
 old comrade .uithony Foster, I warrant you had 
 set It down lor an evasion, and a turn of my 
 in turn '*^ "^""^ answer, I suppose, must serve 
 
 'And wherefore should not bare curiosity ' 
 saul Iressilian, 'be a sufficient reason for liiy 
 taking this walk with you ? ' 
 ^ -0, content yourself, sir,' replied Lambourne ; 
 you cannot put tho change on me so easy as 
 you think, for I have lived among the quick- 
 stirring spirits of the age too long, to swallow 
 enaii (or gram. You are a gentleman of birtli 
 and breeding— your bearing makes it good • of 
 civil habits an({ fair reputation-your manners 
 declare it, and my uncle avouches it ; and vet 
 you a.ssociate yourself with a sort of scant-of- 
 grace, as men call me ; and, knowing me to be 
 such, you make yourself my companion in a 
 visit to a man whom you are a stranger to,— and 
 all out ol mere curiosity, forsooth !— The excu.so 
 it curiously balanced, would be found to want 
 some scruples of just weight, or .so.' 
 ^ ' If your suspicions were just,' said Tressilian, 
 you have shown no confidence in me to invite 
 or deserve mine.' 
 
 'O, if that be all,' said Lambourne, 'mv 
 motives he above water. While this gold of 
 mine asts. '-taking out his purse, cluicling it 
 into the air, and catching it as it fell,—' I will 
 make it buy pleasure, and when it is out, I must 
 have more. Now, if this my. terious Lady of the 
 
't-'ii tlin Antlinny 
 •Jiiks had loiij^' 
 lie luuiost Wood. 
 I'i'd liiid loolicd 
 V ddcs at liiJDii, 
 '• with the |,ricc., 
 lif imrlieiis of 
 
 tliril't?' askfd 
 
 f, Mike tlic iv.st, 
 lit what 1 liki'd 
 L'd to take liJH 
 I, fts 111(11 siiy, 
 t. his (iwii mill. 
 :'ii iiifasiircs (if 
 ■Diihl not havo 
 tojicr ill IScrk- 
 vavd.s .siijici'sti- 
 iiL'iit, I'eiiih'rod 
 ii good (fllow. 
 lii'ic, ill a deu 
 iisoIC' 
 
 iihoiinio,' said 
 iiion'.s liuiuour 
 Bicl'orc you are 
 witli him !' 
 , Ahistcr Tres- 
 vliureCoro yon 
 to acooiii])any 
 
 ssilian, 'when 
 t was simple 
 
 Laniboui'iio ; 
 itloiiieii tliiiik 
 50 of our wits ! 
 sayiuc; that it 
 H to visit my 
 riant you liad 
 I turn of my 
 ", must servo 
 
 10 curiosity,' 
 ;ason for my 
 
 Lambourne ; 
 le so easy as 
 g tlie quick- 
 ;, to swallow 
 nan of birth 
 i it good ; of 
 our manners 
 it ; and yet 
 of seant-of- 
 Mg me to bo 
 panion in a 
 ger to,— and 
 -The excuse, 
 md to want 
 
 1 Tressilian, 
 me to invite 
 
 oiirne, ' my 
 bis gold of 
 chucking it 
 ill,—' I will 
 out, I must 
 Lady of the 
 
 Manor-tins lair Lindabridcs of Tonv Fiie th^ 
 l-ago , bo so adiiiiiahlo a pioco as moi?s,u w In 
 there s chance that she nay aid i lie to n ,'l - 
 
 iiij'^ hioais inro tail' rose-nobles ai'ain ' 
 
 . A eoiiitoitable nroposal, tnily.'said Tiessilian • 
 
 ^Jmt.I^s., not wliat chance there is of acl^: 
 
 Land!oun,",'''^.7' l"-'''^'""'''« to-morrow,' answered 
 J ami ouiiu I expect not to catch the old lack 
 
 -^iirii^'di; i;;://,;nr:i;jf-'liy-'^^i 
 -y knowledge that he siiair;;ii,ru !,:;., :Xt 
 
 dilai.idated condition ' '" *'" '''"'"= i 
 
 ' Tush ! ' replied the adventurer • • r,« o^u- 
 
 ^t^he=i;rZ^€:9^ 
 
 entrance, and all will go well enough.' 
 
 h'ENILWORTH 
 
 In, a short time the soivaiit returned and 
 ■a^n.gw.tha caivfi.l hand l„„h loj, , d" Z' 
 
 aS, iivi;!;'- "■'"'' "''■''^''■''''''-^ 
 
 i ll, ?^^ n ''■ ■"'""'■'■ ''"'"■'• «"ITo,|l,ded l,v 
 
 ivachiiigaliiiust t.. theioof.d'thero,/' ; 
 w;;.s composed of black oak ; those o.;,i!'','o 
 If .pia.haii^le were obscured by the 'he ft ,f 
 IH' siiriounding buildinfjs, and, a t 'v L 
 
 wmmm 
 
 ^^oiigly, but so c'lumsily as to bonier on k-f „ 
 
 , strangers to the comb, o -er hh luS 1 f f ""''^ 
 
 ' and around his very si i"uh ,■ n tl ^'^ '°^''^> 
 
 ing countenance. 6is kc ^ViTlfe 'i''''''"T''- 
 
 -t beneath broad a.id stlJl-y'eye ^vrand ''a^ 
 

 'nt;' tho nii.Mio of tu.7. 
 
 S:r;t'-:3''""ss::;i,;:;:;;r"'" '>■»■" 
 ii^-'iT^S'^i:-," :■^;~",■;;l;:^l;: 
 I'a.nl,o,„,,o. •^"" "' « Antl.ony Foster, • repliea 
 
 / ofii II It:.... I . '^ 
 
 /^'^/'^/'/..TKA'Or.?/,., 
 
 ""'lie old tti„i I. ■ — — __ 
 
 ''•^''''M.o„„Mo,lV''•,.:''''''^''-■''ael 
 
 '""'"I'OIIM,,., .,> ,■ :,; --wiHyu, 
 
 F 
 
 yo . are a ga,„blor no v a 'h'"'","' '"''^ ^'««ter • 
 
 5:f-? -v;:3^ '»'-■'" «t, ? 
 
 ;'■ ""'^:^■■^;lJ,:r''l'''™■"'»'w£^™fc 
 BiiP 
 
 '^'""o to await tJieir rotun,:* "'' ^'<"'«'n"i"e<l 
 
 CflAPTEK /y. 
 
 ,,„ •-■•'■<. iiiero. • ""*'' iviiiaow 
 
 «t.;fv!&r""^'-^^-' do not, answered the 
 And wherefnro t 
 
 iin..*- ra''' cnan von n„,i i . ^"'"Vo infer 
 
 ^0' serve fiur, ~ 
 
 ' ^"^" tis acted 
 
 Old Plav. 
 
 f'^ater e.tSthan Umt ''"'^"■^'''^''^ ^^^^ o? 
 'irst conversed amih , "' "'''di tlieV Jiad »/ 
 '/ f laimlatio: : "la t o^t """" ""^ "^Sea ance 
 «)ioIves of ti.e sanie wood '" ''''''■'*'*^«' «' ed w th 
 a"d had, at one time °^ ' ;7"'''«''"ded the roo „ 
 "fa nnnierons collect on o,' /' ^'"^ ""^ngameni 
 yet remained, l.nt ton, , i"""^'^- manvof w li; 
 Jf , <leprived o th 'e^S^^f^^'', cov'^red t f 
 ami tossed togetlier n ?f ^ '"'P^'^^d hindin^s 
 as hu.gs altoleti e UstT, 7''' l^' '^^^^el' 
 
 tht^ '"''''' °f "v-erysS ' '^7?,"^ abandoned 
 ciiemsel ves soem„,i ^^^ ''°".«' • 1 he very presses 
 
 red tlifi ).«„i;i.'i 
 
 a;^™y, and pacer ti e 'ol'T ?^"^' ^'"^n turned tJ^^T ''"""'^^ «f tS '"^""''^l' t'/^ Uti,'^;^ 
 
 
 I f^'-e filled. Tliev ,' '" """^ ^'ad been Wetr 
 '"a,ntled of tlic 7sI,eK '" f ^'^''al plaees d s" 
 and damaged, ad ver-'"'^ °*^''''"-'«e ''oken 
 ^bs^d'cover^d'v-itrS:"' ""'"^J°^Sh 
 
 f bo 
 
 Iwli 
 me 
 use 
 f liat 
 nia; 
 
 I citii 
 
 hav 
 I 
 
 JlOJIl 
 
 of t 
 
 nini' 
 
 Wort 
 
 of H 
 
 '( 
 
 said 
 
 I'-., 
 
 ' ii.u 
 
 thi' |i 
 
 hav(j 
 
 and n 
 
 'W 
 
 wont 
 
 of til,. 
 
 'Tl 
 tlie «,, 
 applie 
 am ca, 
 Maiilti 
 
 to tllill 
 
 nf the 
 held l\ 
 and ill 
 lionoiir 
 
 'for l' 
 crrp|,in 
 •levil (j 
 conldst 
 venicnt 
 or on [I 
 
 niemlier 
 
 eonscion 
 
 came ro 
 
 and hill' 
 
 thou wei 
 
 could be 
 
 readiest 
 
 his Siind 
 
 Troul 
 
 said Fost 
 
 stand, Ii;i 
 
 lot ns rat 
 
 word, wh 
 
 hopes liav 
 
 ' The Ii 
 
 answered 
 
 when she 
 
 Look you 
 
 I'ound a s 
 
 his slop-pr 
 
 it would s( 
 
 ff-T men t; 
 
 protection 
 
 stuck, mor 
 
 they not sc 
 
 is Hot pur 
 
V I -™S / 1;: 1","' 
 
 
 -IH ),(, 
 
 '■'• iliysfl/'/' 
 
 "\ "'y ,1'nvatc. ear.- 
 
 UVlVllli' if n. , ^ 
 
 "" '"-• alaniicl l.y tho 
 '' tlio two wortiiio, 
 
 a youih will try ;,_ 
 
 " of villany, 
 when 'tis acted 
 
 Old Plav. 
 
 naster of Cumnor 
 visitant, was of 
 ''"^'l "'ey had at 
 "fitliea|)pearaiico 
 "•esses filled with 
 '"nfled tl.e room, 
 ^'lean^ngement 
 s-riianyofwliich 
 ed, covered with 
 Ps anri hiiidinirs 
 '0" the shelvts! 
 and abandoned 
 i'j';)'«'7l"-es.ses 
 ed the hostility 
 > Jiad destroyea 
 a been hereto- 
 ■al places dis- 
 lerwise broken 
 . mantled with 
 
 e Black Bear. 
 
 ' illO IMCM Wllo wrote tllPHd lln,,tu ' ■ 1 ,~ 
 
 '•">'».■ ,..,u„^ r«,n,/ ™ '".t";,."'''; '■•Ill- 
 
 ^ eit;,i^i,a':::U"n'T"-'''r^'''^««nin 
 
 a-"l a vinlnlVd.'ltll • '"""'■■"'''■^''ip 'ii'- a swddon 
 
 "^th,.t,;;o^n:;:^i,:;r;-,q;^^-i.ntb,.ieath 
 
 i'o.K.,.,.Me ,,e,.son pi^sellt.^^l -.^t'^' "^ - 
 
 eoiil.ist ti,o„ hae hn' 1 f'T''''^'^"' '"'"• 
 venic.it old rcli..ion wl.i ' ''"'^ ^''•■" ''on- 
 
 or on as eas l^a 'Vo , V'""/'"!' '' «" •'^'ip olf 
 nien.bcr how you «o 1 ^ '^^ ' ^° ^ ""^ re- 
 conscience to Cn L IT.w/S *° '■'^■■'■>' J'""'' 
 
 -.1 '-nnshed aLr , tet 'l, :r bt H "°""''' 
 tl.oii u-ert ever readv fn.- H „ \ T, *''e J'.icst, 
 
 conld be devise fiik' . "/Tf' y'"''"y "''i^I 
 readiest to ru^i i„to tL /'• "'^^'l'^' '■^always 
 ^'-«u..day'scleUt.-kin";"^^''"'^''^^'-«'' 
 
 «aiSi -^isS/ir"* '"^^ ---'-.' 
 
 stand, havi ,g ne Vr adl n"f T'^ ""* "'"'er- 
 let u,s rather to tle.S, 5'*^ """" °"-" ! '"'t 
 ;vord, what is t y n I "' If^ *« ""'« i" one 
 
 liopes have draw„^t£'h[^^err ' ""' "'^' ^^•'"^^ 
 ans.S:,feii;;«^:!;if 'liy-lf to be sure,- 
 yhen she leapt over the k^ ,"''' T""''"^" •^■■'"'. 
 Look yon, thi^ ^Z III a] ' f ;' ^''"«-^^""- 
 [?"i.d a .sum as a ma In 1 ''"^V' '^''^ "f ■''« 
 n.s slop.pouch. Y„" are |?1 '"f ' ^" ^■'"•'■y '" 
 It would seem, and as tl t '"'' , ^t'^'-'i^l'ed, 
 for men talk of yJur 1 , "''' T"" '"'(■.■iended 
 P'.'otection ; nay,\ "ro"-nof Hi''"' "''^'' '^""'^^ 
 stuck, mon, thou caiis? 1. '''' ^ I"« ^''-''^ ''^ 
 they notse; thee Now T 11'""° '> ^ ""^^ and 
 - -t purchased for n^iU^;? ,2^^;' 
 
 ''^'KXtUVORTIJ 
 
 103 
 
 ' I'roposo 
 
 t!'atwereaL;lp,,!l'ii.,;''.''''''^'3-'''i«l't .suppoMl 
 
 y-w;;ulJ^•;:::^•;,;:;';;'•'''^a^,bour^ 
 
 'livi'le the r^wal I,, '''''■ "'''■'^' '•'''''' r than 
 Anthony. Covet L„ 1 '' '"" "ve'-Kn'cdv, 
 
 '^piii^ti.,nur'L:n,'S/;;^ 
 
 K"cs to kill ,1 stufj, hM,ik '"",""■ '"""-^'"an 
 than one.- fj,. i,' i '' "' '' ''^i ni(,i,. ,1,,,,^ 
 
 trackthewo Ml M ekt''''.'',,'-^''"''-'''''''''!" 
 
 I" l.ath also t le 1 ' ' :,LV''' '" ' "",'' ''^'''■- '"'t 
 
 :■'•'■»■■ Thou art 11 v^', ),',"";' J" '^'" '''"' "' 
 
 '""1 ean well a|i '" ""."'' "'" "''I ofboth. 
 
 •''■'■p>"Kaeity- aniini,.l,.,(i "'"" ''"'^t 
 
 "n«-b..eathe,i malJL', '" '""'T- '" ■'^'-ady 
 
 -"' properties a,!; ^ ",':;:;;!;'; ,"•''""-'<'. 
 tl'"n,. andwo drive the wor ' '"" """" 
 
 -yestthou-slKUlwebuntneuX;:'^- ""- 
 
 -'^".'-Nnr,lir';:;^''^"-r''-Mhy- 
 
 ''-'.ttboi. wert .■';?'■'; '"f''^ '•oNte. ; 
 
 'Voushallave ,.,;;''''''■''' ^^'''■'''•' 
 «P"r.. my eourt,.sy' ';,;", ^^V'^';- '"'less you 
 
 -tl,e,Wanee^,s;"\^^;;';,^P^irKni,ht: 
 '■•"jnscl.s or trave,-,se then .r i ' ''""''' y*^'"' 
 to be busy, either wil , ? ' ' '"'^■'' '"■"""• l.no 
 
 , *^\-^">^aidAn,E.t:t";"^;::r\V'"s 
 
 leave me so \Wv n i ■*• ^'7 ' '^'n"' thou dost 
 
 <--ithn:;Mi;;;i7'^.s;'-'^er.i,eti;^ 
 
 f"'^ Prefc- thee to tl e en-i,. . 1 "''^ '''«''' ' ^ 
 "■^« enough of mean to m kVus'l 'T/''""' ,"'"' 
 l.'indred more. And tn J , . !'"'' '""' ■■"i 
 'l'>ilified for hi,s ,s^ vi'ee •" y/""l'> thou a.t wWI 
 1.0 den.ands-the .stL ' "'''"'••^ '""l 'lexterity 
 tl.y favour; no taiC, '?; "'''^■■'^. '"'■■"■ "it ne.ss in 
 --"■l.y, wl.o eve uS I'Tr'''''? "' '"■■^ ■^""•i'- 
 an assurance he ,,,'11 , /' "' " '^""■^eienec t 
 
 eourtie.--and hv'^ow s ; ''" "'""''' ''"'l"^^' ^ 
 Alilan vi.sor. T fee'"" ,'^„'^-'^ >n'P';..et,'al,le as a 
 
 fain see amende'l I,, thee ' "'" ^'""« ^ """'^^ 
 
 Anthony"'''ro,,lied lI',,!!'^' "'"'^ '"'^^■'''"■^ '"''end 
 tl.e pillow of e Set^ '^li"'"'-^ = ''or I swear by 
 
 ^lothf.d in amending it ' ^'"'''"'^''' ^ "'" ■'"' '^e 
 raited' ^v" «';? '^"T"'i'l« ^^f it even now, 'said 
 
 eiasLp,': l^:riS';"V'^"'''"^''^^^- 
 '^■ith .sin/-ular oail s f)'"'' '^ '''■^'' ""<' ■'•noi. 
 
 licsides, "your evterior^.. '•■"■°"'' ,"'' ''«pi«trio. 
 " ' • ^nd i:±Z. '"'V"l ■"'<'«""'-• too 
 
 .J"... LMunor nian is .ili 
 sboshed and irrerr,,!.,,. i . "* 
 
 rdshin's fnlL .' .'..^"'" '°. ^'eeome 
 
 to kec^,p i, t,;,''^VeTtheVoHy T-''"'^ 
 somewhat reform v„ur rlmll ' ^ °" '""^t 
 
 and composed fa Ido • « ' ''"" ? "i">e K-'ave 
 •shouldcvs, and Srll'ifn^ i^'^'"i''' '''""'' "" ''°t'' 
 well starchedivou „ ,i S^ ""'■••mpled and 
 your beave.-, and imi ,;">!. "'%'^'-."" o{ 
 your trunk -hose-.r-otnnV i "'"perAuity of 
 l^e better, to meetiS it t's^'' ' °''' "-^'i^'' "ill 
 protest only Upon ^ow fifA "T '^ '"°'>t''- 
 lay aside vour swisbin' 1 , ' *""" '^""science- 
 the hilt of your swonf A' ^{!^' ""'" touch 
 ^i-v tho earn^aT;.c^7o;^'i„^^,Vr J- y- would 
 
 125 
 
i:u 
 
 WAVEKLEV NoiEl.s 
 
 'lly M'^ !i(*(h(i. „ ,,|„., th,,u ful iim.l, ,.- 
 
 HHl'll'll i llltf*IIUllf, Mini I, -t «|piiiTit»'<l Mltll. , 
 '!"■■ Ki'llll. .(HtVllsli.T to a |m„ailli» uil'c, tllllll 
 
 tilt' tiilK-Vvi' of ail (iiiiliiii(Hi, iDuitici' ' YfH, 
 sitf'h tl nhiiijj lis thou w.)uli|>l make of mi«\ 
 slioul.l ttv;ii ,| Look ill his girilli', iiiHtfiul ol ,1 
 |,,/;ilv f nis'l im/|)t Jii.st 1m. NiiHiHTtcil r iimu. 
 ao<»ii i-m.'iii;^ to siiui/'' a jiioikI il,iiiii'citi/( n to 
 the lirin/'- ir\ >*:iiiit .\iitli"liii's, mill iiuiinvl in 
 licr (Wis,. ,vilii ,u) rtat.i.rtj.)»Ml tliivad -iiiiikrr 
 
 lliat wouM lako i' >11 of \w\'. |[,. niii^t 
 
 iiillli' it ill iiiiotliir s,, t that wuiiM walk to 
 
 I t ill a iiolilciiiairN train,' 
 
 ^ 'O, (Miitciit you, .sir,' iviilicd Kosi, r, 'llirni 
 IS a .■liaiij,',. .siiKM. you knew tlir Hii^'lisli world ; 
 and Ihciv ,ii,. t||,n,. « |io can |,,,ld tlioir way 
 llir.iu^-li Ihi' holdi'st coursrs, and ihc iimst wrrct, 
 and yrt iicvi'r a swaf,'!,'(.riii;,' word, or an oatli, or 
 a prolanc wonl in tlii'ir convi'i-sation.' 
 
 'That is to Hiy,' ir|ili,.il riaiiiliouriic, 'they arc 
 111 a tradliij,'co)iartiii'iy, todothiMli \ ll'.s husincss 
 without niciitionin^ihisiiainc in thr llriii? -Well, 
 
 I will do niv iii'st to .■oiintt.rfrii latiicr than lo'si' 
 
 1 ilo my lii'st to coiinttTfrii 
 w\ ill lliiM innv woild, sinci 
 
 Ki'omia 111 Hum innv world, sinci' Ihoii saycst it is 
 Krowii so Mivcis,-. Hut, Anthony, wliat is the 
 iiiinic ol tins nohlcmun, in wiioso service I am 
 to turn hynocrito >.' 
 
 ' Aha I Miistur .Micliad, arc yon tlioro witli 
 
 your bears r said l'osl,.r, with a Krini sniil,. ; 
 
 •and tins is tlic knowlcd,i,'(> you iiri'tcnd of my 
 
 •>ur,.ninii.nts.'— How know you in.w thi-rc is 
 
 'ii'h a iicrsou /(( rcrum itahini, and that I have 
 
 i.ot hirii putting ajapc n|M>ii you ail this timi.r 
 
 1 lion put ajapi' upon nic thou soihlcndiraincd 
 
 gllll ; aiiswcivd Lanilionrne, iiothin;,' daunted • 
 
 •why, dark and muddy as thou think'st thyself, 
 
 I would eii;,'a^r(. in ,1 .iiiy'., „|,.,|.,, (,, j,^,g j^^ |,]j,,^|, 
 
 throngh thee and thy coneernineiits, as thou 
 ••all St t leiu, as through thu lilthy horn of an 
 old Htahli' lantern.' 
 
 At this nionient their ennversatioii was in- 
 terrupted hy a .sereain from the next apartment. 
 
 ' My the holy Cross of Ahingdon,' exclaimed 
 Anthony I'oster, f;)rgettiiig his I'rotestaiitism in 
 iiis^alarm, ' I am a ruined man I ' 
 
 So saying, ho rushed into tlio ai>artniciit 
 Avlienee the seream issued, followed ).y Micliaol 
 Lam lonriio. )5i!i to account for the soiinds 
 which interr.i|iied their conversation, it is 
 necessary to recede a little way in our narrative. 
 
 It lias hcen already observed, that when Lam- 
 hourne accompanied Foster into the library, thev 
 left Tressilian alone in the aiirient parlour. Hi's 
 dark eye followed them forth of the apartment 
 with a glance of contempt, a part of which his 
 niind instantly transferred to himself for haviii" 
 .stooped to be even for a moment their familiar 
 eompanion. 'These are the associates, Amy,'— 
 It was thus he connnouod with him.self, — ' to 
 which thy cruel levi -thine unthinking and 
 most unmerited falscL. ", luis eon.Iemiied him 
 of whom his frieiid.s .nee . • , ,. r oth^T things, 
 and w-ho now scorns liim ..li, in will o- scorned 
 by others, for the baseness :, st s- to for the 
 love of thee ! Hut I .vil' v:.r lea-o tlie inirsui-, 
 <;f thee once the objee^ of my .-irost and mos. 
 devoted allcetion, though to -.,e thou canst 
 ncnccforth be nothing but a thing to weep over 
 —I will .save thee from thy betrayer, and from 
 tliysell— I will restore thee to thy parents— to 
 
 Ihy (Jod. 1 eft.in.1t lild II,.. bright Mar again 
 
 Hp.irkU. ui the sphe.v it has ,>liot Ir bnf__ 
 
 A slifjhf iioisu in the apartment inlei lu'.te.l 
 
 ii.sre»-in . )„. kr.l roni„l, and in the be/uiti. 
 
 III! ami richly iltired female wl nler,.,l at tliat 
 
 I I'l'^t'll't hy a side-diM.r, he ri gnised |h,. „bjeet, 
 
 i ''I Ins M.aivh. Th.. liist impulse arising from thi« 
 
 J dlse.nery mge.l him to eoiieeal his face «itli the 
 
 : eo liir ot his ehiak, until he should lind ,. lavoiir. 
 
 able I. "iiuitof making himsc.lf known, lint hi.s 
 
 pnrpos.- ,iH diNidiicerted bv the young hidv (sho 
 
 W,l.s not above eighteen ye.irs old), who i,in jov- 
 
 Inllv towards him, and, pulling him hy th,' cloak 
 
 ■H.ud playlully, ' Nay, my sweet friend, alter 1 
 
 nave waited \ux you so Imig. you ccuue not t.. my 
 
 I'ower to pl.iy the ina.sipier-Voii are arrniL'md 
 
 of ♦reason t.i true love and fond nMeetion ; and 
 
 yon iiiiist stand nj, at the |„i,., ,„id a.iMver it 
 
 with laeo uncovered- how say you, uniltv or 
 not '. •' ^ • n J ^> 
 
 'Alas, Amy:' f.ii.l Tressilian, in a low and 
 melaiielmly tone, as ho sullered her to draw the 
 
 '"''!'"':,,''■ 'li'^ fH.v. The soun.l of his voice, 
 
 ■•uid still ninre the iinexpeeteil sight of his face, 
 ■■I'anged 111 an instant the lady's playful mood 
 -Nie staggeivd back, turned as j.ale as death, 
 and j.nt her hands before her face. Tressilian 
 was hini.sell lor a moment much overcome but 
 seeming .suddenly to remember the necess'iy of 
 using an opi.ortunity which might not again 
 o.'cur he s;u,l in a low t.me. 'Amy, h.ir me not,' 
 
 W by shouhl 1 bvar you ! ' .said th,' lady, with- 
 drawing her hail. Is from h.^r beautiful face, whidi 
 was now lovered with crim.son, — ' why shouhl 1 
 fear you, Mr. Tivssilian ? -or wlierefore have you 
 intrud..l yourself into my dwelling, uninvited, 
 sir, and unwished for y' 
 
 'Vmir dwelling, Amy?' said Tressilian. 'Alas' 
 IS a i.rison your dwelling ?_a lui.son guarded by 
 one o the most sordid of men, but not a greater 
 wretch than his eni)>loyer !' 
 
 'This iiouse is mine,' said Amy, ' mine while I 
 choo.sc t.; inhabit it -If it is my jilcasurc to live 
 111 seclusion, who sliall gainsay me !' 
 
 'Voiir father, maiden,' answered Tressilian, 
 your broken-hearted father ; who despatched me 
 in (jticst of you with that authority which lie 
 cannot e.xert in person. Here is his letter, written 
 while he ble.s.sed his i)ain of body, which somewhat 
 stunned tlie agony of his mind.' 
 
 'The pain !-is my father then <:] ; ' said the 
 lady. 
 
 'Sp ill, answered Tre,s,silian, 't,!ial: e.v. ■. .-ir 
 utmost haste may not restore liin- * .> iio^ltlijmt 
 all shall be instantly pr<.|mrcd for your departure 
 tlic instant you yourself will give con.scnt.' 
 
 Ircssilian,' answered the lady, 'I cannot, I 
 must not, I dare not leave this jilace. (io back 
 to my father- toll hiin I will obtain leave to 
 see him within twelve Iiours from liencc. Go 
 b.iek, Tressilian— tell him I am well, I am happy 
 —happy c_onl.l I think he was so-tell him not to 
 tear that I will eonic, and in such a manner tliat 
 all the grief Amy has given him shall be forgotten 
 the ])oor Amy is now greater tliaii she dare 
 name.— (Jo, goo.l Tressilian— I have injured thee 
 too, but l>elieve inn I have power to jical llic 
 wounds I have caused— I robbed you of a childish 
 lieart, which was not worthy of you, and I can 
 repay the loss with honours and udvancemeut.' 
 
KEN/'H'OliTir 
 
 lit Hiiir ii;,'iiiii 
 ■iiiii, liiil ' . 
 
 It illli'UUJill'll 
 
 ill ilii' lii'Huti- 
 iiliTcil at lliiil 
 
 '1(1 llir iilijccl 
 
 tiiiK licpiii I Ilii 
 I'ai'i' Willi tliii 
 liiiij ,! lavdiii'. 
 '"II. lint lii.i 
 uiiK luily (siio 
 wild mil joy- 
 liy lliiMJoiik, 
 
 ii'llij, (lltlT 1 
 
 III' nut to my 
 111' iiniii|,'iinl 
 H'l'i'tidii ; mill 
 ml iiiiswci' it 
 III, guilty or 
 
 n a liiw and 
 
 to (IlilW tilB 
 
 of his voitit', 
 '■ of his face, 
 ilayful nioocl 
 ik' as death, 
 . Tit'ssilian 
 k'eit'oni", hut 
 not't'H.s'iy of 
 t not iigain 
 li'ar IMC not.' 
 '■ liidy, witli- 
 I faci-, which 
 hy should I 
 lire have you 
 ;, uninvited, 
 
 linn. 'Alas! 
 
 Knardcd hy 
 
 lot a greater 
 
 mine wliile I 
 iisurc to live 
 
 Ticssiliau, 
 sjiatchcd lue 
 y which ho 
 ttor, written 
 ill somewhat 
 
 ? ' S.'lid th*^ 
 
 fc nvi 1. jcir 
 iiPHJtli, Ittit 
 tr (icparturc 
 I sent.' 
 I cannot, I 
 '. Oo back 
 in leave to 
 hence. Oo 
 I am hapjiy 
 I him not to 
 laiiner tliat 
 )c forgotten 
 n she dare 
 iijured thee 
 o heal She 
 fa childish 
 and I can 
 nccment.' 
 
 ' l)i- ym wiy tins to i ,c, Ainy r^lK, you nlf.r 
 >'i"|;"K"''"t,sofi,||canil lion, lor ih-Miuii eu 
 y.m have rohlicd me „, , It'iit he t T u. , 
 i"l to n,,l,ra.d, liiit to .erve and lo f,.... v ii- 
 
 N"l. iMUMot d.sK'l.ise it ||,,„. ,„.,. ',>;'; , 
 
 |'n.oner. Otherwise yoi„ kind heater i v. 
 
 ..nee a kind heart , M have hecu a r a K 
 
 your lathers hedside. ( ^Ml.e -,„„,,/ 1',\^,^7 
 ,'"' '■'IM^V'''''''l«l.^ all shall lH.|,L,lM^^i 
 
 IDS 
 
 'lo given. lmri,otmyim|,o,iu';.ityr„rwliat 
 r.'garde,l our contract -It ^sL a dream an 
 ''7," ;'»"l<"d Milt come your lather :,ic 
 -(.om,.. ami one word of allc<tion-„„e i,. ? 
 
 '"'•''^r'' "'II '■''-'• tiuMiicm;,;': fa iu,;'^ 
 
 |iassci| ^ iiiiii, n.is 
 
 .j.:''ii:./.";;i,;'il^S;:;.t:fi;;,i,:'t;l 
 
 ;■«!;'.■' '■''-''"■. i.:i;;vx,:': ;;;:;;,■■ 
 
 «.£'|S:;^-',™:tv;;;s!,K;;;f:' 
 
 "ated rcssihan inipaticiillv ; 'ami 
 Iroiii whom.'- K,,,,;, ,,„ •> """ 
 dl-sginse of frieiidshi 
 
 villain 
 
 rc- 
 
 ■iiiissioii 
 
 who, iiuder 
 
 .^7;'x.r:.-;™;«;.;s!»,;„'';;,';i;;»; 
 
 ICII 
 
 more 
 
 ;;»fcini.,.'f.ri,i;u,;;i;i,;:;',:;?„;;;;-::;''-|:j;: 
 
 welcoiiii. messenger,' 
 
 'Amy,' replied fressili.iu ..ajinlv thou out 
 
 'Stop thy hasp, unmanncrod tongue !' said the 
 
 i»V'.-'f;i'i;';;'innt;. ''"«'•" '■"■■»>■ 
 
 -en despiS;l;;Ji^^.;^~l "'-"-. 
 i-«I«'l f.'"e" ""'' T'^'"l»». for I Wo men. to 
 
 ; to" 7te' '," .^''« '"^"'^ ««• tldne excellent 
 folk.w,";;!.''""'^'-''^ '■^^''''•' i ^'""""and thee to 
 
 !,'m' I^",' "'"■' "'"""■* '''"'* "•'"" liit uraHi. and 
 ' imd the .creatn whicii. an «e helore n i 
 l.r.-ught u.to the aiMitment l.a n, , , 
 
 TJlo hitler I'^cluililed, as soon .,s |,.. enter,,! 
 ■'"•'>f""T't! wh„ Uvewehere^ Th,' 
 
 ;';!' i'-,ng tCe lady i,. a (one h, avM .,,,:'; 
 andin, Hiaml, headdcd,'r,|s,„,., ,, ■ ,, i ^ 
 
 •;,''';.':;• '^''''V'''-' ''-i'' '•'''«'« '-^t^^^^ 
 
 '"">" "lit with yon, l,ei,„.^. „,,. ,| , I , 
 "; y.Mir costard hcconic ae.piain ^|' i„ ^ 
 •^I'l^';, andud usofth,. kmive'' • 
 
 ,, ';\'[, '•""""•>■■'""'•■ "I'l''"' I.'">il.,„in,e ; Mie 
 . I i.tl,cr,nii,ycoiiipa>iy,an.lhe,s.are|rom.ie 
 '> utters law, at IcMst till we meet auain It 
 l'';':l< y^nivt Ornish .oiiiiadisy.mhav I •,o,,d 
 "'"'-ushirawofwimlwilhyonhith r if 
 .■;.noc,as,heycallitinlhe|i.,|i,,. A .u'; . 
 "" «-■"'■'■.;- depart- vanis • ,ve'l| have m 
 
 that helorcDudmai, and J{.i,ii|ea,l „,.,,, •. 
 
 Away hase,;ro.iln !' said rrcssil.an."-' A,„J 
 Jon, madam, laie yo„ well-wnal li|, linuem i, 
 y-jUrlaliershosuniwilNcavcl ,„ f,^,,' 
 
 1 have to tell. *■ 
 
 He departed, the la.ly saying laiiitly s ;.o left 
 
 ;j';;;;;;;-,'lressd,an,l,e.iotra,tl.sa/n, .anllal 
 
 •Here is proper gear,' said Toster. 1 pniv 
 
 3-'ng|.toy-ourchaml,er,niylady,amllet,.s!.!u;l 
 
 'la^-, I any not.' 
 . sir,' ansv '•led 
 
 "»:i";!A-4sr:?s;L?!;si- 
 
 Mder how this is to he answer 
 'I move not at your c(,uin 
 the lady. 
 
 ' >.'ay, hut you must, fairladv,' replied Foster' 
 
 excuse ,ny rreedom, hut, hy'l,|oo| „,1 nails" 
 
 I. Ls no time to strain courtesies- yo 1 't', 
 
 he , s„ 1 I ""' l"'^""'^''S ^vldle I hrin.r this 
 
 i^;u;;:r'f;il?•^"'•^■•'-''•-^^•""■•'o■tool^la" 
 
 .,,'VL„''"','""' J!""/ «"i'' 'Michael L.mhourne 
 •ml see him lairly o„t of Klanders-Hut L 
 
 ,,,•>"'*;' '" '•-'I till' a|iartmeiit. 
 su,d'''tT ('"'.""■•■";"''"'■• "'"' l"''^ty steps, pur- 
 iiim tliioiigh the wild and overgrown .nrt i„ 
 which the mansion of Ko.ster was siu at ' ,s 
 
 l-i' T '^ lor some time with a hastv and 
 .;ek ess step, eonducted him to the other 
 
 tiro, 1 .7'"'"^',' '''"■'•'^ " postern-door oieed 
 tlnoigh the wall, and led into the open co try 
 Ticsslian paused an instant. Itw, s indi reni 
 
 hi,;,i:|""^ ;';::!^':,[t ''"^"'P^ J'owever,' he said to 
 
 t ,iu ,'• ^"t ;*'".>■ ,""■■"'■•' ol reclaimin.r tl„s lost 
 
 -th^nMserahlc-this «till most Iovcly"and most 
 
 are p^v.^btl.'"""^ °" '"^ '^°™'^" "-'• The expre.Mon. 
 
trA verle y no vels 
 
 unhappy girl-must rest in her father's appeal 
 to the broken laws of his cnuntry-I must 
 genco.'" ''^''"'"' " °''^'''' '"■'"•fading inlelii. 
 
 aimilSui'lfr"; *'"'" °""^''^«"'g ^vith liin.self, 
 appio.ichp 1 to try some means of opnnin- the 
 
 kt J put into the luck troni the outside. It turned 
 
 round the holt revolved, and a eavalie \ , 
 
 entered nnj.'lied in his riding eloak, and v a 
 
 a slom.hed hat, with a droo,;i„. ina her, s ood ^ 
 
 onee w,ti„n four yards of h'in,' who was dcsi o J 
 
 of Romg out They exelaimed at onee, in to s 
 
 tlenH "t* «"-.' «'";i'rise, the one 'Varney!' 
 t]ie otiier 'Iressdian I •' 
 
 put l)y the .stranger to Tr.'ssilian, when the 
 moment of surprise was pa.ssed,-' W],at Inake 
 nor S;,!?- '■' ^°"'' ^''''''''' '' ""''"■•• ^^T-'^ted 
 
 vrnxI^o'^'^'V' '■'''""' Tressilian, 'what make 
 ymi heie? Are you eome to triunipli over tlie 
 mnoeenee you liave destroyed, as tl e vulture or 
 carrion-crow eonies to batten on tiie hun 'whose 
 eyrs It has tir.st plueked out ?-0r arc you eon c 
 to en,..ounter the merited vengeanee of ^n lion 
 man ?- Draw, dog, and defend thyself t ' 
 
 Iressihan drew his sword as lie simko but 
 Varney only laid his hand on the h It o f Is 
 own, as he repiie.l, 'Thou art nmd, Tre.^ilian- 
 1 own appearances are .against me, but by every 
 oath a priest can make, or a nikn ea.As vVji? 
 Mistress Amy Robsart hath had no injury fro, 
 
 huri vo, '•" 'l^^' ^ '''"'' -me«-l'at''h.^tl 
 Im.t you 1.1 this cause-Thou know'st I can 
 
 'I have lie.ard tliee s.ay so, Varney,' replied 
 Tressilian; 'but now, methink.s, I wouhl fai 
 have some better evidence than thine own ioni ' 
 
 he but tiue to mo, answered Varney ; and, draw- 
 ng his sword with the right hand^ho th.'ew I s 
 cloak around his left, and attacke.l Tressilian 
 with .a vigour which for a moment seemed t S 
 li.m the advantage of the comlmt. J3ui t lis ' 
 advantage lasted not long. Tressilian added to 
 a spii It determined on revenge, a hand and eye 
 admiivab y well adapted to the use of the rapier" 
 
 his tm.,7':"F' "'"'"1^ '-"■^'^''•'■■^-■J rressid i,; 
 11I.S till n, endeavoured to avail himself of his 
 .s.^enor strength by closing ^vith his adversa ly 
 t or this purpose he hazarded the receiving one of 
 Tressi ban's passes in his cloak, wrappcl as it wa 
 around his ann, and ere his adveriiry could ex! 
 
 hir O r;V''!""',^-''"' «"t'^"Sl«l, lie close,! with 
 h n s lortenmg his own sword at the same time, 
 u th the purpose of despatching him. i5ut Tres^ 
 ■sihan was on his guard, and, unslieathin- h'is 
 o uanl, p,,n,od witli the blade of that weapon 
 
 fin shed the combat, and, in the stru-lc which 
 fodowed, displayed so much address; "is mid 
 have conhrm^ed the opinion that he dre h , 
 origin from Cornwall, whose natives .are s, cl 
 masters ,n the art of wrestling, as, were he 
 games of antiquity revived, migdi't enable them 
 to el . allege .all Europe to the ring. Varney in 
 us ill.adv,sed attem,,t, received a'fall so Sle 
 and violent, that his sword (lew ,sev..ral , I'c 
 from his hand, and, ere he could recover his 
 
 tinoat''** °' '''' '■"'^'^Sonist was pointed to his 
 
 vir'tS'n'- Tl' ^i'' ''?'*'"1 "^^''"^ °f relieving tho 
 Mtt m o. thy treaehcry,' said Tressilian, 'or take 
 tlie la.st look oi;your Creator's blessed sun ' 
 Am while \ ariiey, too confused or too sullen 
 
 ■s. !> dieu back his arm, and would luave executed 
 Is threat but that the blow was arrested by he 
 
 isa e e'lif 7v ' '""' '''''' "^'J"'^' "' ^""^ 
 Lu .sa\e tne life of \ arney. 
 
 'Come come, eomr.ide,'said Lambourne, 'here 
 IS enough done and more than enough-, u in 
 imwi?R;;£.'^' "^ be jogging-The^laci B<:i; 
 rJPa} ?''''f ' ' '"!'' Tressilian, striking liimself 
 ueiwi,\t me and mine enemy ^' 
 
 'Alijcet ! abject !' repeated' Lambourne • 'that 
 
 bow of- :::r'i""^ "'^l' ?''^ '''^'' whenever 1 
 
 o«) of siiek has washed out memory of the 
 
 mornings draught that we had together n o 
 
 ~:t;::';'^ ^--J «-. shog-tLunp-begl^n - 
 HO aie two to one. 
 
 o,.^ortn!'±f '""'''• ''7' ^'••^■•"^^^' '"''' t^^l^"> tho 
 
 n wive ? '-cgain his weapon, and Tressilian 
 
 euved It was madness to press the ouarrel 
 
 nrther against such odds. He took lis^ purse 
 
 Hung thoni to Lambourne: 'There, caitiff is thv 
 morning wagc-thou shalt not .say tl on hast 
 
 an ,Zt^::f ""''"-l-^'--y. i'cwell-we 
 .sfiall meet where there are none to eome betwixt 
 ns. ho saying, he turned round and departed 
 through the postern-door. "ipaiiea 
 
 Varney seemed to want the inclination or 
 perhaps the power (for his fall had been a'eVere 
 
 'Sworn friends, as the haft is to the knife ' 
 replied Michael Lambourne. ' 
 
 fnlln"°''" 'Y ''""'[' I'''''^*^ '"'' tliee-follow yonder 
 f^ellow, .and see where he takes earth, and brin" 
 
 a ursltiT ^V" 7=^-'""->'o'-o l>erc. Cantiius 
 
 throat!' ' ""' ''' ^'"'" ''^'""■'^'^ t''y 
 
 'Enough said,' replied Lambourne; 'I can 
 rlr,aw on a scent .as well as a sleuth-hound.' 
 
 ]5egone then,' said Varney, sheathincr his 
 •apior; and, turning his back on Michael La ' 
 bourne, he walked slowly towards the house 
 Lambourne stopped but an instant to gather c 
 noiaes which his late eompanion had^flu," „! 
 
 imsel/'uV'? ","^"'™>7'i°"-^Iy. and muttered to 
 n self, while he put them up in his purse along 
 the givatuity of Varney, ' I spoke to yondc? 
 gulls of E dorado-By Saint An hoin- there is 
 no Ehlorado for inei, of our st.amp equai to I m„ e 
 Old England ! It rains nolWes by Heaven t_ 
 they he on the grass .as thick a> de.vdrops-you 
 nmy have them fbr g,atherii.g. And if I hive 
 not my share of such glittering dcwdrops irav 
 my sword melt like an ?eiele ! ' ^ ' ^^ 
 
3 liointed to liis 
 
 of relieving the 
 L'ssilian, 'or take 
 cs.sed sun ! ' 
 icd or too sullen 
 arise, his advcr- 
 Id have exscutfd 
 1 arrested by the 
 lio, directed by 
 "11 just in time 
 
 imbourne, 'liere 
 'iiough— jiut uj) 
 Tlio Black Bear 
 
 striking himself 
 lest thou conio 
 
 nlmurno ; 'that 
 >el •whenever a 
 Memory of the 
 gether. In the 
 imp— begone— 
 
 ■liul taken the 
 .ind Tressilian 
 ss the (iuarrel 
 took his purse 
 gold nobles, 
 ', eaitiir, is thy 
 lay thou hast 
 ', farewell — wo 
 > come betwixt 
 and depai-ted 
 
 nclination, or 
 been a severe 
 !iiiy. But he 
 and then ad- 
 a comrade of 
 
 to the knife,' 
 
 follow yonder 
 
 th, and bring 
 
 :re. Cautious 
 
 vainest thy 
 
 rne ; ' I can 
 iunuid.' 
 Iieathing Ids 
 liehael Lam- 
 i the house. 
 to gather the 
 ad flung .0- 
 muttered to 
 i Jiurse along 
 ke to }-onder 
 my, there is 
 lal to bonnio 
 Heaven ! — 
 idrops — you 
 d if I liave 
 vdrops, ir.ay 
 
 K'ENIL WORTH 
 
 CHAPTER r. 
 
 \T I • , He was n man 
 
 i-w I'KchiviiK-A Thagkov. 
 
 u.;h7"?'>' ^''''■'''''' '™-^ -^till engaged in debate 
 with his (air gmest, who t.eated with sco'n em v 
 '•ntreaty and rcpn.st that she woul re "re to h ■■ 
 mvn aiartment, when a whistle was 1,,.. ,1 II 
 entrauce-door of (he inausi!!,, '' '"'"^ ''^ ""^ 
 '\\e an: fairly sjied now.'said Foster- 'vender 
 i« thy lo.d-.s signal, and uhat to say abou . 
 
 to'vnm'!' '';■''■'''"■'' /'"■ I^"ly, 'and undo the -^te 
 to your master.— Jlv Oid ' mv ,!„.,,. i . i . i 
 
 and of displeasure ' It Vf nM ":«l'g'^"fo 
 
 f,\t'^y'"' 'l^y'"!- y^"^ startled agiM on • am] 
 
 "gam called loudly on Janet ' • im'n, .^ ' f 
 ---rs-aught^hat ma;'n,;J'''S^"-££ 
 
 o.'e.;isueiv^;kS;si:s^sSi;;r?;:iir' 
 
 turkey.leather suord-belt ^ ' '"' 
 
 striitnt'^'iiiSl'li^Ul^'^'^/'^r'"'?*'-,"'- 
 cutnotruedovetnofo/iL.^^"''"'"'^''^^^'-'! 
 
 of Tin,,*- ' ^'.'-1" t.io neat and nimble lingers 
 "uic peail, the companion of a perfumed 
 
 197 
 
 Siad^yjvrir;^.:"^^^ 
 
 tli« ..■harge of her attend nt if " "'T' *" 
 
 i.u.r.h.v.,i.d,_theco;i;;L:;'; i,- 
 ffleXp-i-i-S^''- 
 
 P™Hiswo.th\uk..h.ad' '^''''■^■''' -'■''^■'' 
 
 ^v]H£1;,c'n;^s•I;::[''^^I-v-™•lhthe 
 
 '-'-, girl ;''we'^^;;i;t,--;y ■;;>,<!'-«. 
 
 ^.therto-night.-Jlebids m'gra^ ' ''^^':";': 
 \arney, and to me his wish is a law 'l i 
 
 tti,::\^l"Sat^:£,;,e'^:;;;:S:t;^'ii^ 
 
 lor my lord's rccej.tion tJ- id '"'vj T 
 Mords she left the aj.arlment " "' ^'""'^ 
 
 :-?aiSi:;.2fi,::!S!;;-;7fc;.-;''varney. 
 .;.«ipvei. already the;:;!;;,;;' Jrys - 
 
 ^i:£r;L^r;;^;-'t;;:';'e'';^'''"'-'^ 
 111; ns'^^ '''--'---'' ^-::s 
 
 *lf h.,hl,ng her head aloft,' said Foster 'will 
 
 i:^o;-iirs!;:j:K-f^;-yy-"" 
 
 soarbeyondreachym^hltlfM J'vnr'^' 
 n-mise you, she hciidsni^'t;,^;:^;-,; ■-;;(>• 
 
 oo.;utJd;i;;":;,rS't^;::r''lS;;r''^-';'^'- 
 ti.y..n,a.;:i;siuLSe:'«''''^'''"^'--" 
 
 '^l";ak not thus, Master Varnev,' said Foste- • 
 I'l'omise you, it re"p,ires a go 1 h t Z b ^ 
 
 lofw-;;. '^ir''''\^'i7-;'-i'^'tknow 
 
 liu uiai; ^\lll ,sit down wu i t rii..l-;i„ i 
 knows not of my lord l,u( il ,„ 1 /^"''"''y '^' 
 
 k-„l«^ •'^'' '"^'' H'^" Lambourne, an you naist 
 know, answered Foster "^ 
 
198 
 
 ir^ VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 the 
 
 who passes l,y, to see wliat tliou slioiildst keej, 
 
 secret even from the sun and air.' ^ 
 
 'Ay ! ay ! this is a eourt-liko requital of niv 
 
 service to y„u, Master Richard Varney,' re .1 ie^ 
 
 lor thee a lelh.u- who liad a good sword, an.l an 
 
 iinserupulous coiiseience ? and was I not busy- 
 
 111- myself t.. find a fit man-for, thank Heaven, 
 
 my aciuaintanco h'es not amongst such com- 
 
 pamons-wlien, as Heaven would have it, this 
 
 tall fellow, who is m all his qualities the very 
 
 lashmg knave thou didst wish, came hither to 
 
 lix acquaintance ui^on me in the j.lenitudo of his 
 
 immulence, and I a(hnitted his claim, thinking 
 
 to do you a plcasure-anil now sec what thanks 1 
 
 get lor disgracing myself by converse with him i' 
 
 Anil did he, said Varney, 'bein<^ such i 
 
 fellow as thyself, only lacking I suipos^thy 
 
 lueseii humour of hypocrisy, which lies as thin 
 
 over thy hard rufhanly hea't as gold L 
 
 upon rusty iron—diif ho, I say, brin 
 
 saintly, sighing Tressilian in his train < ' 
 
 ^^i../<'''"V^^*°°'^!"•'' ^y Heaven!' said 
 ;,.?H ' w"'- /'■e-^«'l>"-'i-to speak Heaven's 
 tiutli-obtained a moment's interview with our 
 pretty mopijet, while I was talking apart with 
 Lambourne. ' 
 
 'Improvident villain ! we are both uikIoiic,' 
 said \arii,.y • i,he has of late been casting 
 many a backward look to her father's lialls" 
 whenever her lordly lover leaves her alone.' 
 bliou ( this preaching fool whistle her back to 
 licr old perch, we were but lost men ' 
 
 Fn^fo," ''?'■ "''.t''.'^'' "'y '"'»«ter,' replied Anthony 
 iostei , she is in no mood to stoop to his lure, 
 or she yel e<l out on seeing him as if an adde^ 
 JUKI Stung iier. 
 
 ,I.„7i'f '" S^o^^Z-CHnst thou not get from thy 
 daughter an mkling of what passed between 
 them, good Foster?' 
 
 ' I tell you plain, Master Varney,' said Foster 
 my .laughter shall not enter ou/ purposes, or 
 walk .1, our paths. They may suit me Avell 
 enough, who know how to repent of my mis- 
 doings ; but I will not have' my child^ sml 
 committed to peril either for your pleasure or 
 my lords. I may walk among snares and lut- 
 falls myself, because I have discretion, but I 
 will not trust the poor lamb among them ' 
 
 W liy, thou suspicious fool, I were as avcso 
 as thou art that thy baby-faced girl shoi^d enter 
 into my plans, or walk to hell at he, fathe." 
 
 SgcS of'lt""^ """ ""«"^^* «^"' -"- 
 
 ,, '.^"^^ ,^° } ,«l'd. blaster Varney,' answered 
 I'oster ; 'and she .said her lady called out upon 
 
 \ainey-for me, if I did not hope to live many 
 ycars and to have time lor tlij great work of 
 repentance, I would not go forwardNvith yom' 
 
 s.,i,l V '"'' ''''''* -^'^ ""^ ^""« "^ ^Mttlufsclah,' 
 
 •sdia Vaiiiey, 'and amass as much wealth as 
 
 holoinon ; and thou shalt repent so devoi tl 
 
 hat thy repentance shall be more famous lai'i 
 
 hy viUaiiy, and that is a bold wor.l n 
 
 1 h> lufhan yonder is gone to dog him. i< oon 
 cerns our fortunes, Anthony.' 
 
 'Ay, ay ■ said Foster sullenly, 'this h is to 
 .e leagued with one who knows not eve so 
 inch ol Scripture, as that the labouie is 
 
 'Risk! and what is the mighty risk I 
 you ? answered Varney. ' This fellow will come 
 
 ..•owhng again about your demesne or into vo r 
 louse, and If you take him for a houscbreakr 
 or a park-brcaker, is it not most natural you 
 .should welcome him with cold steel or hot lead 
 Kyeii a inastil will pull down those who con e 
 near his kennel ; ai'U who will blame him r 
 
 Ay, I have niastiirs work and mastiff's wa^c 
 among j;ou,' said Foster. 'Here have you 
 
 aster \ariiey, secured a good freehold es^tate 
 out of this old superstitious foundation : and I 
 
 voidable at your honour's iileasure ' 
 
 k(! all / 
 pray^ 
 
 the sickness of her father. 
 
 'Good!' replied Varney; 'that is a hint 
 worth catching, and I wilfwork u,.on it t 
 
 the country must be rid of this Tressilian-I 
 would have cumbered no man about the matter, 
 01 I hate him like strong poison-bis presence 
 IS hemlock to me-and this day I had been rid 
 
 tilth, 1 ad not thy comrade yonder come to my 
 ad, and held his hand, I should have known by 
 this time whether you and I have been tro.vlinrr 
 the path to heaven or hell." 
 
 'And you can speak thus of such a risk ' ' 
 said Foster. 'You keep a stout heart, Master 
 
 Ay, and tliou wouldst fain convert thy lease- 
 hold into a copyhold -the thing inay cl anco 
 to happen, Anthony Foster, if thou dos ^ od 
 
 .ToVlff "■' r- ^"* ^"'''^y' e°°J Anthony-'itTs 
 not the lending a room or two of this olfl hou.so 
 for keepng niy ord's pretty paroquet-nay, t 
 IS not the shutting thy doors a.uf willdo^^i' to 
 keep her from Hying off, that may deserve it 
 Remember, the manor and tithes are rated at 
 lie clear annual value of seventy-nine ,,ounds 
 hve shillings and livepence halfpenny, besides 
 he value of the wood. Come, colac, t^ ou n u 
 1 c conscioiiab e ; great and .secret service may 
 dc^serve both this and a better thing.-A , 1 lo'v 
 let thy knave come and pluck olf -.ly boot - 
 Get us some dinner and a cup of tliy l,est wine 
 
 1 ulHe<l in aspect, and gay in temper. ' " ' 
 
 Ihey parted, and at the hour of noon, which 
 was then that of dinner, they again met it V d 
 meal Varney gaily dressed like a courtier of 
 the time, and even Anthony Foster improved 
 in appearance as far as dress could amend an 
 exterior so unfavourable. 
 This alteration did not escape Va-ncy When 
 ic meal was fmLshed, the cloth removed, and 
 they were left to their private discourse-' Thou 
 art gay as a goldfinch, Anthony,' said Varney 
 looking at his host; 'mcthinks, thou v-0 
 whistle a ,ig anon-but I crave your pardo 
 that would secure your ejection from t Le co ! 
 gregat.on of the zealous botchers, the pm". 
 hearted weavers and the sanctified bake s of 
 
 feS'iJ '^ '''''' °^^"^ ^°°' ^^'""^ ^'-- ■ 
 
 „;?p ^'.'""'^'"y™ in the spirit, Master Varney,' 
 said Foster, -werc-excuse the parable-to flinL' 
 sacred and precious things before swine. So I 
 wh clff to thee in the language of the worl.l 
 which he who IS King of the World hath 
 
1)6 to live many 
 ! great work of 
 rd with you,' 
 w MethuMeluh/ 
 lucli wealth as 
 it so devoutly, 
 re (anions than 
 'Id word, lint 
 I looked albjr. 
 [him. i* con- 
 
 'this it is to 
 s not even so 
 le laboiii'er is 
 usual, tak(! all 
 
 y risk, I pray 
 How will eomo 
 le or into your 
 house-breaker, 
 t natural you 
 -'1 or hot lead ? 
 ose who eomo 
 me him ;' 
 niastiir's wage 
 re have you, 
 •eehold estate 
 lation ; and I 
 on under you, 
 
 ert tliy lease- 
 may ehance 
 uu dost good 
 iithony— it is 
 his old liou.so 
 niet— nay, it 
 r windows to 
 y deserve it. 
 are rated at 
 nine pounds 
 nny, besides 
 e, thou must 
 serviee may 
 ;. — And now 
 .ny boots, — 
 ly best wine, 
 apparel, uu- 
 
 noon, which 
 mot at their 
 courtier of 
 er improved 
 1 amend an 
 
 uoy. Wlien 
 moved, and 
 rse— 'Thou 
 lid Varney, 
 
 thou wilt 
 )ur jiardon, 
 m tlie con- 
 
 tho pure- 
 I bakers of 
 while their 
 
 or Varnny,' 
 le— to fling 
 'inc. So I 
 the world, 
 'orld hath 
 
 v \ 
 
 J^'ENIIAVORTH 
 
 taught thee to understand, and to |,rofit bv in 
 
 no common measure.' ^ •^ '" 
 
 'Say what thou wilt, honest Tonv ' renbV.,1 
 
 tlL'C. It CttTillot CliHW illlt 111. ..'. , ' 
 
 Ma'"'';;y"H attend,.!, and folhn^d by J. 
 
 —r in their rigllthand-lvllo'e'ler 
 ier,!™"'^ "^-'' "■"• '^ -andal to n>y Z^l 
 
 Fo:sv:;:Se;;d^!i;.„r'he'th;jni""t"^ 
 
 rnanner of game must kip a 1 ,dVo htk " 
 
 meet eaili sort ot service. He must b'lvp i,;. 
 gay courtier, like mvself. to ruffle i?„ t ! 
 presence-chamber, and to lay hand on 1 
 honou"^'"'" '" 'J'«l--genfent"f mrioKri 
 
 appmaeh her himS'' '"' ''^''" '"^ "'^^^ "°t 
 iuL'^o^'imhW h'"'"'^' «°"'^ °" ^^''tl'out appear- 
 
 j™« .,,, «,. .i.vii_A„d L if ■ E: 
 ."SriiJ'LV'ir'''' 1";'" "'» *•« rt" £ 
 
 IS raisea anU at the wildest— And above nil 
 w. .out prejudice to others, he m is have sn .' 
 |oc lly, innocent, puritanic souls as L i L lel 
 
 v'}°'\T'}'^ "°*^ -'^y- ^^faster Varnev- snid 
 
 109 
 
 '"'iy, in order to 
 
 tlKr, because I 
 
 ililon us 
 
 ill the 
 matteis 
 I'Ut the 
 may 
 
 ga}- 
 
 mu 
 as 
 
 answeic(i 
 re fortunes 
 
 ''<'tl' I'lood and brain, soul am 
 '<i'L'p him aloft ; and this I ti 
 eaie not who knows it ' 
 
 A,:thm:yiCe,j;^;!';,,i'-V'' ^T'^'' ^-' 
 
 I'Ut a boat on a vave ■:"'^ "\ '' I'^'^V- is 
 
 -;o,ed upward ,:^s:;;'Vi;;r--'-'S^^t 
 
 "tinie, hast thou arranged all 1 
 h eh were sent Iron. Lo.ulon, ,.„ 
 "estern chambei's into such fas 
 answer my loi'd'shu.mairv 
 
 ^aiSiK;;?."^:,;::,V?''«"'''"^''"''"i-''^'y. 
 A.;ysits\::th,r;Liii;~^;;i',:;r^^-' 
 
 ilsl;ewe.'ethet)ueenofSheba' 
 
 A-.,,., ' *'!\,.'"'"t'''. «oo<l Anthony,' 
 \ a.ney. ' \\ e „„|st lound our futi r 
 on her good liking.' ' 
 
 'We bu.ld on sand, then, 'said Antlionv F.i,t,.r . 
 
 mmmm 
 
 acatc-piUar on an old al , wL^ she Zbf f '•"'' 
 be a painted bnttc,.fly in a 'coult', ,7"" '"" 
 
 Look to voui-sclf Aln^ni. A' ,., V . v., • 
 
 ■ y." »»y „^is«a,';; . , ••,,;-o 'is 
 .rcvii ';."■■ " "" *'°"' ""■'■" »» »"■• "<>' 
 
 l»'r INskt, ,,m ,, ,, T ? ,t ■""' ':°!°,l«»i I 
 
 -I. \V ho anmsed the old knight and IVess a, ' 
 -!• \Mio planned her escane '-it wi. I / 
 
 Ay, Master \'ai'ney.' said Fosfr •' ' but it mnv 
 ■ntotke™,, tl,„tH,. « , 1™ rir'^ «'5' 
 
 ■J! '5»'r,;::,r '""'»'"''"" ''»r»":sy 
 
200 
 
 n -A VERLE V NO VELS 
 
 .She slioukl coiLsider/ «aiJ Vanioy, smiling, 
 'tl.o riu, fu.th I owod niy lord and master prS: 
 yeiilod iMo at hrst from couns.dlii.g marria^'o- 
 'ind yet I did comi.s.l marriage when I «a« she 
 vould not 1,0 .satislied without thc-the sacra? 
 Aiithon'' r '""■'•'"""'>'~^^''''^''' '•'ill'-'st thou it, 
 .'Still she has you at fond on another score ' 
 said Loster; 'and I tell it you tiiat vou n.ay h'ok 
 to yourselj in time-Sho would not hi,fc her 
 
 .o.inLiil '''" "" '' '"""*''*'' '^.x^xong^i 
 
 ' Vcrv natural very right,' answered Varney ; 
 Imt what have I to do with that v_sl.e m:,y 
 .shine tiroii-Ji horn or through crystal at mv 
 lurd s pleasure, I have nought U. sa/ against it.^' 
 .She deems that you have an oar upon that 
 side ol the l„,at, Maste,. Varney,' replied Foster 
 <»>'! that you can pull it or no, at your good 
 h'jvsure. I„ a word, she aseril,es the secTecy 
 and obscurity in which she is kept, to your secret 
 ->unse to my lord and to my st'riet aj^^mly ; an 
 so she loves us hotli as a senteucod man lov-Js his 
 judge and his jailor. 
 
 .3l.u.e'"\nf'l"^'''-'" "' '"*,*',^ *=''" ^''« ''''^^■« ll'is 
 pl.u e, Anthony, iinswered Varney. ' If I have 
 
 coui.se cd lor weighty reasons tllat she renia^ 
 
 UMC or a season, I can also advise her bein- 
 
 .ought lorth in the full blow of her dignit^ 
 
 to ,11} lord s person, wereshe mine enemv. Hear 
 tins truth in upon her as occasion oilers, Anthonv 
 
 e '.' Itin,"v ? "'", '"'■ '"•^■'"'""" y"" '" '«"• -'■' 'i "i 
 •s .1 inmeib all over the world-Tlie lady must 
 
 know her triends, and be made to judge of he 
 Kwer they have of being her euemies-n ea 
 
 ;S\:r '''"■'■ H™"^'^'; •"'* ^^''ti' ^'1 the out- 
 
 i hdl 1 i" "'''""".' tiling that sullen look 
 
 lirni f' l7 ''"!""'"' °' tlnne; thou shouldst 
 
 tl ank (.„d lor it and .so should my lord ; for 
 
 when there is aught harsh or hard-natured to bo 
 
 atuMl doggedness, and not from orders, and so 
 my ord escapes the scandal. -But liark-sonie 
 one knocks at the gate-Look out of the window 
 
 It is ho whom wo spoke 
 
 able to disg use It from him.-Sho loves me not 
 -1 would It were as true that I loved not her ^ 
 Idiot that I was, to move her in my own behaH^ 
 
 iod" Zd H '■'''t T ""^ '^ ''•- ^-'-ko- to mj 
 loid !— And this fatal error has iilaccd me morn 
 
 be at tha ol the best piece of painted Eve's lie J^ 
 
 •so peiuoisa slip, I cannot look at her withonf 
 
 nmgloci, that 1 know not whether, were it ,it 
 ny choice, I would rather possess .ir r in her 
 
 ssiica on what terms we are to stand. J\Iv 
 
 il,i£'7';7i"'''-''"'.iti«>mncown-4S 
 
 u t tiiis ;\ '" '"' '''"."-'lemandseoneeal. 
 
 In, I ; '"'■" """■'■i^'S''--">'<l besides, I 
 
 ol tat. i T '"^'"■'" '? ^"'"'' t" ''^'•^■1'" 
 
 s.:ishe'ifiS;''s^ri'"'\''rT"'^7'^''^ 
 
 iuteres. i.. he, ^Ser^ tKugl/irt ^Su!:;: 
 leal -and who knows Init I may yet rean T,n 
 
 art ' r t n„ / ''' "{'■'•^'i^'n'ioce of courtdiko 
 ut^-Let me but once be her counsel-keener 
 tier conlide to me a secret, ,lid it In t c o m 
 he robbery ol a linnet's nest, and, fair cou ic'ss 
 
 in .silence stopped, hllcd and drank a ciin o 
 ^^ne, as .1 to compose the agitation ol lifs m id 
 and inut ering, 'Now for a dose hear a^^ 1' 
 OF., and unrullled bro.-,' ho left tl I'c apa," 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 The dews of summer night did fall 
 
 I he moon, sweet regent of the skv 
 S.lverd the walls of Cumnor Hall ^' 
 AiKl many an oak that grew thereby.* 
 
 WiCKI.E. 
 
 .1 ,, — " ■■i/vyiv,.^ \ji before dinner ' 
 
 sau bos er, as he looked^l.rough the caSent ; 
 It IS iMichael Lanibourne 
 
 'O, admit him, by all me.ins,' said the 
 cour ler,. 'lie comes to give some ac-'ount of s 
 
 ..CMits Ol Ldmuiid rressiliaii-Admit him, I say 
 but bring h,m not l.ither-I will conie to vou 
 presently in the Abbot's library ' ^ 
 
 Foster left the room, and the courtier, who 
 remained behind, paced the parlour more than 
 once ill deep thought, his arms folded on his 
 
 tations n broken words, which we have some- 
 what en arged and connected, that liis solilZv 
 may bo intelligible to the reailer. ^°"'0'l"y 
 
 ' Tis true ' he said, suddenly stopping and 
 res ing his right hand on the tali atJ fei th y 
 .ad been .sitting, 'this base churl hath fa loi mfl 
 the very depth of my fear, and I have be u u 
 
 Fouu apartments, which occupied the western 
 be n ,i '7''^ '1>.-I.;angle at Culnnor Pla ' a3 
 l»^on htted up with extraordinary spleii lour 
 J IS had been the work of several .lay wTio 
 
 la on which our story opened. Wo^knien en? 
 
 lom London and not permitted to leave tie 
 premises until the work 'was finished, had c i! 
 ^ ei ted the apartments in that si.le of the building 
 from the .lilapidated appearance of a d ssS 
 m<^nastic house, into the semblance of a ?oya 
 palace. A mystery was observed in all these 
 arrangements: the ^vorkmen came thither S 
 •'■turned by night, and all measures were aken 
 to prevent the prying curiosity of the vilC." 
 
 whlcirw^'yyf '"• «lf-"'!t"'« "I'o" the clnS 
 « uch were taking place in the mansion of their 
 once indigent, but now wealthy neighbour. A, 
 thoi.y l-oster. Accordingly, the secrecy .I'siVe 1 
 was .so lar preserved, that nothing go^ broad 
 but vague and uncertain reports,^^hiel Zo 
 received and repeated, but witliou much credit 
 being attached to them. 
 
 On the evening of which we treat, the new and 
 
 nghly decorated suite of rooms were, for ?he first 
 
 time. Illuminated, and that with a .rimancy 
 
 H-™;:xrs^i^[^Tti:^r^i"^ '"^ "^^''^^ «-''y 
 
lio loves me not 
 loved not her !— 
 
 my own behalf, 
 le biokei- to my 
 l)!a(.xMl 111,' more 
 
 would willingly 
 litrd Evo.'s (lesli 
 my |iolioy nmdo 
 
 at li(.'r without 
 I so strangdy 
 ;her, weio it at 
 ss or ruin hn\ 
 ■eat until I luii 
 
 to stand. Aly 
 njino own— lor 
 ■niandsconceal- 
 -and btsitles, I 
 d) to her ehair 
 ot on my necik 
 nuLst work an 
 've or through 
 y yet reaj) the 
 
 Ibriner seorn ? 
 e of court-like 
 unsel-keeper — 
 it but concei'n 
 , (air countess, 
 laeed the room 
 rank a cup ot 
 i> ot his mind ; 
 heart, and au 
 ft the iijiart- 
 
 fall, 
 
 thereby." 
 
 MiCKI.E. 
 
 i the western 
 or Place, had 
 y splendour. 
 :lays prior to 
 ^'orknien sent 
 to leave the 
 cd, had c.in- 
 the building, 
 I' a dissolved 
 
 of a royal 
 in all these 
 thither and 
 
 i were taken 
 the villagers 
 the changes 
 sion of their 
 ghl)our, An- 
 reey desired 
 got abroad 
 which were 
 much credit 
 
 the new and 
 for the first 
 
 1 brilliancy 
 
 f^'ENIUVORTJI 
 
 
 laljad already 
 
 Ihiiii being .seen without. 
 
 Ihe i.rincipal apartments, as we hive sron 
 
 as an occasional council r,mni but if w! 
 
 to have been brought from rb,. \f, -f' t ' 1 ' 
 
 Ah cl, hung against tlu' walls, and by six kn'c 
 
 l;y a huge chandelier of the san.e predous Sal 
 
 uispiay ot plat(! and poreela n. In the midst- nf 
 the table stood a salt-cellar of Ttn i;.,^ ^ 
 
 i"Jli:oil:''^isr;:;^^?,rSelitti;i;''r- 
 
 representing the fall c^?' Phaeton or tS'.'il; 
 
 IJio siccpmg chamber bchm.Mii.' t,. ti ; 
 P^;^.J.dsuUcofapartnH.ntswasdeXj I '' 
 
 so thidc tb'it H, ,''"l"'y"t' it was cari».t,,l 
 
 msmm 
 
 mmmm 
 
 scrit-,.rl fn 1. ' iiiL iiignu, wincn were m-p. 
 
 sentea to honoured wiests ritlir.r Jf , '\ 
 
 met.V „ 1 ;■ 1 *''"* enviable slceinng anart- 
 
 alrri, V 1 ,'^;"'-' "'"K»ili«'>'ce which we ha " 
 
202 
 
 lyAVKRr.EY .YOVEI.S 
 
 nicnts it w„,s H..(l„Iou.sly airan-o.l tliat until 
 m.ins of knowing, wliat was -..in-j forward in 
 
 th,d,j«. ., ti..an..i,.n,in.ii,ii,;;,o"o,';';;i; 
 
 l<^i.s,Jf to 1,(. seen l,y tlM. workmen en-a''..,! in 
 
 SnJo;;'H";r- ^''" •'-""-'. tln.,v,on.J„n" 
 i 1 V'"'""'"'"'^l""'^"'tl'<'",aM.sion 
 
 ii ,. r f >t;'l'l"'a.vd, in ..oinpanson, 
 
 I'lv,. an ■McliantHl palauc.. And wlien ,4o first 
 
 ^^as uith I,o w.M and unri'strainod joy ofa nisti,. 
 '•".■u.ty who finds iM.rscIfsnddc.nly nvo t^d it h 
 ji solendonr wl.i,!, ],,r nu.st .■xtrava-.int visl s 
 ia,| m-vvr in.a^mn.I, and at tho san ^ n. m 1 ' 
 tln> kn.„ fVol ,,. of an alibotionat. mr w i, ' 
 
 ' ■; ^" " "''k of tlu> great magician Lovo. 
 
 ilio Countess Amy, therefore, -for to tliat 
 rank she was exalted by her [.rivite b it sole n 
 ..n,on w.tl, Englan,l's prondast ea 1 - ad fo r 
 "Me fidted hastily f,o„t roon. to room, , dn-' 
 oaeh new proof of her lover and her br de.Zm's 
 taste, and lee ing that a.lmiration onha,?c'ed as 
 she recollected that all she gazed n,,on was o < 
 
 tion.- How beautUul are these lian-in-'s '- 
 
 contuHluith life! -How richly wrought is 
 that plate, which looks as if all the ga io s of 
 
 innisii It forth!— And O, Janet'' she ev 
 
 cu£tv hn attendant, who, with equal 
 
 tu losity, but somewhat less ecstatic joy, fol- 
 owed on her mistress's ibotste,,s-'0 jine ' 
 iow much nioro delightful to think tit all 
 these tan- thugs havS been assembled y h 
 lovo, for the love of me ! and that this eveni ■' 
 
 instdut, I shall thank him more for the love 
 
 it tall?,!:' "":^' -'."'H'-ginabre pa^dt 
 tnan toi all the wonders it contains ! ' 
 
 Ihe Lord is to be thanked first,' said the 
 rretty pur,tan, 'who gave thee, lady the kind 
 
 ;ihZ' tir 'Tr\ "''^r '"^•^ •-« -^-^ - 
 
 muu lor tfiee. 1, too, have (one my jioor share 
 
 lo'to iTn'v'-^ •'■"" "''■'^V '■'•"'" ■■-'^ to roo ; 
 Clio toil ot n)y crisping ancl my curlins nins wil 
 
 ri^fti^ir.'^'-'-'''^°»^'-^^-'-^>'on 
 b.;s;}S5'^tS:2,^;ys£ 
 
 tripping ra. of enra.,tm'eu"lcliglit, aiu look ' 
 at herself f,.ou, hea.l to foot in a \Zl Sw 
 such .-us she had never before seen and wi.T' 
 ...deed, hacl few to match it even ii the n •'; 
 I.alace_'Thou sayest true, Janet ! ' she answeiv I 
 as sl.o saw, with pardonalde self-ai^la ^^ t o 
 noble niinw reflect such charms as were seldom 
 presented to its fair and polished surface "r 
 have more of the milkmaicl tlmn the coimtess 
 h hese cheeks flushed with haste, a ml alj 
 these brown curls, which vou laboure.l to hri i 
 to order, straying as wild" as the tendri h S" n 
 nnpruiied vine-JFy falliuo- nifF is c ,\ tl V 
 
 t%Tir "i """• "^°^- -- tti;°?s 
 
 mo.icst and seemly — Comc, Janet — we will 
 
 j;r'^^^!^::;-..r"«".tJthewith,.:^v;^'^ 
 
 lace 
 
 •UHl cambiic the bos.mi that lieafs t<,o hi.di ' 
 
 nnSly'Su^Hr"'''':'''^"-'!'" "!-•'- '-'t-- 
 '"" 'ni.\ . " lici e the countess p ayfuH v strefrlu.,! 
 
 atte,H|a,:L '''" ''■^'^■"■"^' "> tl- l'.v.ttle of her 
 .■oiStiidh?./'"' '" *'"' ""•""'"• "^'"l ^vith a 
 
 ;::wa;r'i';r^^^-''''"^'^'''^S;;':::;i',^::; 
 
 pectation and gratified vanity, spread a „W 
 over her 1^110 features which ),.,, i. ^ " 
 
 witli a shade of 1 fdit cWmsm. < -vr 
 
 £i.s;i;.^r^"f'^'^™^"<'fcJrio 
 
 Moi handn aideii, who was still ofliciouslv en, 
 
 should I keep terms with so mean a gontlein n 
 
 ^nd^S^"^'^^^'""'-'^*"^^-^- 
 
 'Nay, madam,' rei.lied Janet Foster 'vom- 
 
 !!^^;?.':!1! '^•"""•«,l'«tter than I-But I liave h^arf 
 
 room, m, good girl, and ti;;u shii^t p^^ 
 
 ...y>ti^cr say, ,;;;;-,;, -^f^---™;-d 
 
 wo f, than thwart Richard \'avney „^ '"^'^ 
 ,locts-And he has often charged me to lava a 
 eare of holding commerce withl.im ' 
 the^l/'< ',';;, f;/ ^^•''"' S"''- <■<»■ theCi-epHed 
 
 ^^S^thouS!/i:!rL:::;;;/'r,:;^';o^;t£ 
 m::rbetru?^^'"*'^'°--'^^^^'''""^'''«F'S: 
 
 'Doubt no/V'f' '7.1'^^^^'' ^^"•'"■erl Janet,- 
 JJoubt not that my father purjioses well tlioimh 
 
 sal-J".n!rr'f'r^1 '*' ^"''' '''''' it only for thy 
 I.y mo her, Janet- nay, have done w h that 
 
 ^f;;k^;^^°"^^'^'-^"y'-'^"ro"i.imwS^ 
 
isoii witliin lace 
 its t(ii) liij,'li.' 
 |^' 'il)ai'tiii(.'iit uc- 
 J-ylullystrutc'lied 
 h ciisiliions, lialf 
 ipt ill lier own 
 ■ liwttlu .if her 
 
 'le, and witli a 
 ixt listlossncss 
 and expri'ssivu 
 -'d sea and land 
 
 exiiri'ssive, or 
 lilliiint.s, which 
 ; did not match 
 i^lit blown oye- 
 icacy, and loiiif 
 'cdand shaded, 
 her excited ex- 
 sitrcad a f,'Io\v 
 Jeen soinutinies 
 has her niinnte 
 P. The milk- 
 lieh she wore, 
 ived as a true- 
 :i'o excelled in 
 
 colour of her 
 pleasure and 
 -ined tlie neck 
 -'Now, have 
 't,' she said to 
 >ffieiously eni- 
 lier dress into 
 lUst sec your 
 also A[aster 
 »as liij,'hly in 
 of liini would 
 
 replied Janet ; 
 the wicked in 
 'OSS Varney's 
 ly lord's ear, 
 thwarted liis 
 
 is, my most 
 ss ; ' or wliy 
 a gentleman 
 i his master 
 
 oster, 'your 
 
 1 have heard 
 ss a hungry 
 
 in liis pro- 
 le to liav(3 a 
 
 liee,' re])Iiod 
 veil. It is 
 fr do little 
 liis purpose 
 
 :d Janet,— 
 ■ell, though 
 looks may 
 
 'ily for thy 
 Paces which 
 think even 
 
 with that 
 
 him with- 
 
 K'ENll.lVORrtl 
 
 vl}^ 'f "■'^'■*' ,*^°' »""'aiii,' answered Janet 
 Foster. ,ny mother had those who conld K 
 lier in honoun.hle countenance. \\ ly .v,' 
 .vol., my lady l,oth trembled and bliislw^d whe ' 
 Vaniey brought the hater from my lord ' 
 . . Voii are bold, damsel,' suid the connt-..^ 
 .-.ng IVom the cushions oi, whiyi ^'ti: 
 lined n. the arms of her attendant-' Kow 
 that tiiere are causes of trembling whi,.h hive 
 "otli.ng to do with llvin - Hut Ja , • si e 
 added, immediately relapsing i o 1 . ', Jd 
 na iiied and I'amiliar tone'whk.h was a umT o 
 lioi, 'believe me, I will do what credit I u t 
 vour lather, and the rather that you, v e t 
 heart, are h.s child.-Alas I alas ! ' slie d Ted a 
 sudden sadness ,,a,ssing over her fi le fo ^s 
 and her eyes filling w^th tears, 'I ou t the 
 ratl.er to hold .synrpathy with ihy kZt lea f 
 that my own jM,or father is uncertain o mv 
 fate and they say lies sick and sorrowful fbr y 
 worthless sake . -Hut I will soon chee h m^ 
 the new;s ot my hai-juness and advancement will 
 make h„n young again. -And that I ,uay he 
 
 .spoKe— 1 niust be cheer ul mvself— Mv In.vl 
 must not find me insensible to f, .s kindl^esi oi' 
 
 Xrl"' r'"" ''" '"f '■•'"^^ "^ ^-'-^it to his e, luse 
 after so ong an absence. Be merry. Jane 
 
 aTiS: "S rr''? .7'- rK^^^^ '-'^ ""■«' -o 
 
 akn 7 *• T *'**'"'''' '""'"'- '"'d call Varney 
 atdiou.l'T''' '•'^f'^tment against neither^ 
 am tl ough I may have some room to bo dis 
 pleased with both, it shall be their own Iku If 
 ZLtr'"''''''"* ^'^"^'"'^ them reaches the ea 
 
 JaS Kn^"""','•~?"l' ''"^'" '''t''«'-. Janet ' 
 Janet foster obeyed her mistress • and ii, •> 
 
 few mmutes after,'varney ente.^d 'the w' l' 
 
 drawing-room with the graceful ease and 
 
 clouded front of an accomplished courtier skille 
 
 under the veil of external politeneL. toV S se 
 
 otLr" ?:',"""■ '^:V' *° P--trate thof^'of 
 otiieis. Anthony Foster plodded into the 
 apartment after him, his natural gloomy vu 
 ganty of aspect seeming to beconTe vet nio le 
 remarkable, from his cluTusy attempt to com.e. 
 he loXl"'" ° '^"•^'"tyand dislike with w ,c 
 lie looked on her, over whom he had hitherto 
 
 aSion, T n I'^^'-^^^d in lier husband's 
 aiiections. The blunder iig reverence wlnVh l,o 
 
 festnhUt" t^'^'U^f --tes:, hJ^'eoS 
 
 owns his guilt and impl^re?^e ;^:i-which t^ 
 
 Sttenurat^Tf '" '"^P"'"'* '^"^ eml^; 
 attempt at defence or extenuation, a confession 
 of a fault, and an entreaty for lenity 
 
 Varney, who, in right of his j/entlo blnnrl 
 had pressed into the room befbre Intho„; 
 Foster, knew better what to say than 1 7 
 and^said it with more assurance ^fid a betfc 
 
 The countess greeted liim indeed with an 
 
 plTeT^'n' f r'^'f ^y- ^^•'"■«'' .seemed a om 
 plete amnesty for whatever she miLdit iiavo to 
 complain of. She rose from her seat and ,d 
 vanced two .steps towards him, holding fort her 
 
 hiltZ '^'T^' '^^'"f^""' ^^''''''-'d Varney, you 
 brought me this morning such welcome till ngs 
 
 L'0,'5 
 
 that I fear surprise and joy mad,- nie n.^.ct mv 
 
 lord ami liusbam 's charge to x i,,. , .1 
 
 distiiictinii \\\, ,,. r.*- '" ""i^e you wit I 
 iiisiiiutoii \\e oiler you our hiind sir ii, 
 leconeihation. ""nu, mi, in 
 
 'I am unworthy to t,.uch it,' said Vaniev 
 
 Jle touched with his lips those fair an,I slen.ler 
 'Ugers,sor.cldyl,,a,|cdwi,hrii,gs; I ' : ! 
 Ii^i, ns.ng with graceful galla,,Vrv. was a ,it 
 ojian,lhcr,otheci,airof;n.tc,wlM.n,s|e . 
 ^o, good Master Kichard Var icy I ( ],. i 
 
 E^'rttr|:;e:^t';;;;;:'^ 
 ^ :CiS;:r^eil:'';hy' I^■^;,!;l^'•r"■'■' ■' r-^ 
 
 tof <is your lord amf n^e 'f i" f:;!^,., "^ 
 Holy ^\rlt saith, hath gh-en tl, 1 s mw 
 
 I^UMcniacy and dominion o^^r the wb-Itk 
 itrunsso, orsimiethiiiglikeit ' ' riiink 
 
 prisJ- ' Mtt';.;'V''l' "."""""^ «o pleasant a sur- 
 I : plaster JostiM-,' answered the countess 
 ' b.a I cannot but excuse the i ad h le iu' 
 wlaeh secluded me Iron, these apar m nts ,t?i 
 thj.yhad_assumed an appearance so new imS 
 
 .'Ay, lady,' said Foster, 'it hath cost nianv a 
 fair crown ; and that more need not be a Ll 
 than is absolutely necessary, I leave vou t I mv 
 ord's aiTival with good M^ter m;hi.d'\ ,^ 
 Mio, as I think, hath somewhat to sav to von 
 rom your most noble lord and husband -Janet 
 <ol ow me to see that all be in order" ' 
 
 '■NT„ ,; : ■-- -""^ "'1 iju 111 onier. 
 
 II ,^,?'^f'''^^•'*''-''■'' ^^'^ the countess. 
 
 we 
 
 •11 — , -'"•'Lui, sai 
 
 the profuse expense, which had been wa & 
 pon changing his house from a liare a , no is 
 grange to an Asiatic palace When 1 ",,... ^ 
 his daughter took lier embro -''rl ' mi 
 went to establish herself at the bott m of le 
 apartment, while Richard \'ar„ey v • ,,' 
 
 when she saw he was not^ ike ly o op t ,' 
 
 that my sujierintendence is advisable ' ' 
 
 to siliik.' ' '■"" '''^' '"'^' "'J«'''l l^°""d, 
 
 'The theme is most welcome, sir' sai.l tlm 
 
 eountess, ' whether it be of or from' n:;",'oille 
 
204 
 
 ^yAVERl.EY NOVELS 
 
 Set, '^"^ ''^ ''-"^ '^■■' I -1-t hi. hasty 
 'llru'lly, then, limd.iiii,' ivnliod Vanicv 'n„l 
 
 1 ''■'"•' 'r"' ; ''"'l "hat of th,U'' answer i'tl,,, 
 
 'iVtilhin/,' that ciiiiccnis iji,. i.,,i„ ■ \- 
 '■"l'li..,|, with huMiility. 'M, iln.l.^ ^7"'-^' 
 
 'And whcicfoiv .slioiihl lie not ( (,-, ,„ i 
 ""'II}- it "iii^t have ln'i-nsnch I'll ili,... , 
 
 ' I crave your pardon, Juadain,' said \■xx^u-y. 
 ' 'V ou luive a ooiirtly eon.scionco Mi^to,. \' 
 
 Phice, that I w, t , T ""'""^"' '"" "o"' this 
 lord dei.ns ril f "l"'."'''''" ">y "ohic 
 
 I>|' >.ot s .0'; ,1 "'',"'''' r VHilnruns a .sail. 
 
 -'"■ti; 'iMuH n ' hilt '^ V"^'; ^f '-• "'^ 
 '-'ij:; -viti! n; ;S; •;:'i ;,,r:^'^'-«-''y 
 
 -m. .ont:;, ' t^";;;'/;::-''[«i-H'i-d 
 
 tliondit such in ,.,. ■ ,. ' '"■ "'"'t ■'^1'" 
 
 j;;S;i,;;,.i;iJ.i;t-;;,l;^£rS:,-::i;i; 
 
 ' yni|UfstionabIy,' said tlio •■onntcss ' It will 
 
 ia2^;i£,"i™li™ "f-i 
 
 them, were ii.,t ..If ,„,ft ■ '"' •-'■'^i'^''''iiwi 
 
 ,,.,,,; ,, " '""^ 'U (ip'ther iinniurtw — I uill 
 .ii'.iK, tiierc Ore, with uii.i ) ,,f i -n 
 ii'iil speak alh- ^ '""' ^"" ^ ^^'iH «l'i'uk, 
 
 I can see nought of all those t..v,.;i,in 
 jiienees,' said th.?1.„l,. 1 r'"'so teiiible conso- 
 
 mmm 
 
 Ki;?^i'i:£r --"v™"™" 
 
<e Hpfis in wlii,.], 
 •'iiliiioiis a .siiil, 
 
 I'lUlt^hanlly l.y 
 
 ill Tirssil'iuii's, 
 know, luuiitry. 
 til bettiT tliiin 
 
 1st C'liail^ri! Jiiy 
 111!'.' ■' 
 
 ^'iiiliii;,' ; 'nud 
 it will not li(3 
 
 'lit SlR'CcIl hiid 
 
 I imi'jjoso. —A 
 
 ilu ~ tll(( Illlist 
 
 li'. that .stiiiiiis 
 I, li'r i'.\aiiijil,., 
 I, til' wliat sim 
 wiidpil suitor, 
 It ol' lior lioblo 
 
 ti'ss, c'olouiiiif,' 
 >iiiw to Tre.s- 
 mi's tiit'iiil — 
 Jic tliu whole 
 
 said \'iirii(.y, 
 I'll iiiy iKililo 
 liisdiscDvcied 
 i^iy coiiccaicj 
 i;ul ail iiiter- 
 
 Pss. ' It will 
 I'lwith every 
 
 I aiiswer('(i. 
 li'-^, for Tres- 
 he esteemed 
 ted — I will 
 
 will sjieak, 
 
 leasnro,' an- 
 >cvc as well, 
 isclosui'e, to 
 hie lord thu 
 t' helike ho 
 the (lander 
 
 riblo coiise- 
 ' unless hy 
 y thoughts 
 is generous 
 
 Varncy. — 
 lie added, 
 nner, very 
 y — 'Come, 
 ii'tier diiro 
 it concerns 
 d regards, 
 
 II danger.' 
 ids, or at 
 lady re- 
 iiislyVith 
 d, ' noljlu 
 ■hieh this 
 tery with 
 
 Jiossesscs 
 See with 
 bed, and 
 of yonder 
 lid judge 
 
 K'ENIUVORTH 
 
 My lor. s lileasure,' nnswere,l the oountrss ■ 
 and I a, .bound to seek no other motive ' 
 lfis,,l,.a,snre,t IS indeed,' said Varuey, ',„„! 
 
 a ue.isuie, ad who va iifw i> io . iv ■ 
 
 «ee,nv. Iromthedepredationiofotlli^s' ' '" 
 
 "Mat nee( s all thix t'lll- \t, . 1- 
 sniM fl.o 1 1 . " "''■^ IMW, ^Master \ ariii'v ' 
 
 •ttna. Iknow^eureior aioui;;""-'"'''"^'' 
 Indeed, madam ! ■ said Varney. 
 
 ;^ial!l;T-'«'^!"?*-l"!l 
 
 ). > 1 11 " " '"' l""ks into liiv heni'f 
 
 ).o^^.shall only see his own features TellSi 
 as nv"' """"' "'■■"''""- •■•'"•^"•ored Varney; 'and 
 cl.oii '""* "0 liiMlts hlood were he able I 
 
 la a, ,y ^,, ,,_^,, j^, ^^ ^^^ inueh'dist es 
 
 •ill ? i,"■"'!«''^t" '"' -silent. -And yet w,'. 
 J lit avail, smee he was seen by Foster a T 
 think by .some one else ?-Xo no Vii, .'v 
 
 SfaSlti;:T;s,!s^''™t:' 
 
 V our judgment, madam,' said Varnev 'k 
 far superior to mine, esiieciallv as vnn 2/ , 
 
 I.-.,., T •!■ i ^ '' I'lat tlic man lie Knw 
 
 sel ■ 1 : 1 ," "'"^■''■■"s l'>m. He bears him- 
 sell already with austerity enoiKdi and I il 
 h^^not to be judge or i^ivy-ciifi L' mj 
 
 yiur hdvsl, ■ T " '" --^"gl't clistasteful to 
 
 fim n 1^ f ', .. '''"^^■'^ interest enough to Irive 
 
 uampim,ro[ hui'se— He, comes ! he comes i ' slie 
 exclaimed, jumping „p i„ ecstasy. ' ''" 
 
 tl-.f ''™""* f'''"'' '^ '■'^ I'C.' ^aid Vaniev 'or 
 
 205 
 
 exelaimeil 
 himself ill 
 Npokeii ill 
 
 tii^inS;,"-ir;;'he'"""^-'"^ «"" -■" ><-- 
 
 'liut, madam! -but, madam'' 
 
 m;:*;'''^,:':'^,"';''"'' '■''"■■ ■'"'■'■ 
 
 ., ,f ^1 7 '" *''''^ '"y ''"t'l'i'l advice will 
 .-M^etrayed to my prejudice ;-I impW„ 
 
 'CVntent thee, man-content I bee." said the 
 
 "Uitcss, 'and ,pnt my skirt ^ von arc (, boll 
 
 ;;•,;!;;<-" .no-Conle„t thyseU; I .hink mn JJ 
 
 At this moment the folding doors flew wi.le 
 11, and a man ol majcsti,' mien, miiUled i„ 
 
 CIIAPTKR 17/. 
 
 Om. I'i.av. 
 
 s iM li .t"',.<"i'ntcss's brow, owiii" to her 
 
 e.NcnaigK loi an cxpirssion of the unrest iov 
 and allee ion, as she Ihrew hcrsel nt o u .?s 
 lie noble .stranger who cn.ere.l, ,'u„l, i " 
 
 1 in to her bosom, exclaimed, 'At hmr.th-.'t 
 length thou art come ' ' " ^ 
 
 Varney discreetly withdrew as his lord entered 
 and Janet was about to do the same when lu,' 
 ni.strcss .signed to her to remain. Sh'e ok 
 place at the farther en,l of the apa nc i- h 
 con inuec standing, as ifivady foi^a, ',,''' 
 
 sl'c strove to take his eloak from him! " 
 
 iVay, she .said, 'but I wiil unmnntlc vou-I 
 
 °SK"''' " ''"' '''"'I" '»»'"' »• i" « »eiS 
 
 II an she f id when she gave her heart to bim 
 who wore the russet-browt. cloak in tli^Uodt of 
 
 'And thou too,' said the earl, as rr-acefnllv 
 
L'OtJ 
 
 iyAVEKLEY NOVELS 
 
 Wliattliiiik'st llidii ufoiir 
 
 itn|)rovo lliy bcmity. 
 
 •'Illll't tllNtf I' 
 
 niiior us they pa.sM.,! it |,v, „,„| hni sii.l -I 
 
 k..ow,n,tlM..iii.slM.tltl,i,,k no, ,,,.',„, 
 I -JM, w ul.. „„k at .1,,. ,vll,.,li„M „r iH „ 
 
 AlHluithuchildisliw I,.,., wl,irl, I,,.,. v.Mlth 
 
 "It l"'ruiniiiK, "llXHl us it WUS with u ,i,.li,,,t . 
 0.x ,,,.,1 u,„l u,|M„n.,| |,„,M |„,ul to ro„t 11,,. 
 
 J - ,i,'la„ s .Mu„l,.u (,)„„,,,, ,vi„nv,„.,l us it wus t,, • 
 
 i rui i, i ■" '^'■f'"""t"'y I'i\ lovely hri,!,,, u,„I 
 1.11k ,.ynui„l iioM,. fout.nvs „C tli,. ,,ul cMir .ss,.,l 
 !'^tH.sio„s „.o,,. .„„tl« thuM tl„. ,.„m,nu„li u 
 
 lHM,l ai„I n, the pierdi,^' hriiliuiu.y of his 
 
 • 1^ ■.Ve;u,,,ll,,.s,,,il..,lutth,.sin,|,li,4whi,'h 
 f' ; tH.,i„c...,,H,ssh,3,,,^ 
 
 d"coratt.,l "' °''"'""^'"^''* "itl' "l.ich ho was 
 'T],o ciiibroiih.a.a strap, us thou cvillcst it 
 .ii-'mM,l n,y k„,.,.,' l„.sai,l, 'ils fho E„l-s iu te, 
 ;^i. onm,„.nt whi,-h kin,^s are ,„.,m„1 , S' 
 jV'c lu,.e IS I h,, star which l,.lo„^-s tn it u, 
 hciv(heUiuii,oii,l(;eorge, fh ' ■ - 
 » oil liave hcunl how Kiii^ 
 Coimtcss ofSalisliury ' . ' 
 
 sli'-h/lJ mD' •"" ".'"' f^''^' ''"'J ^l'" «0"»tess, 
 Migiitl> bl,i,sl,in;r, 'ail,! how a hulv's .carter 
 
 iKyunc the pmiulost l,a,lg„ of ^:n.lisl/c•hi^^d I- ' 
 hv,'ii so, said the eail ; ' u,,,! this most 
 
 tl T) ,1 1' ^fV\^\}^'''\' '"•'■^^ ""'^l'' <i««oeiute.s, 
 tlio Diiko of Aorh.lk, the Manniis of Xoilh 
 ;U"Ptoi., aii,l the Earl of Ruthu ,1. I was t , 
 ;nv.-st ,,1 the four in rank-but wl, it th," 1- e 
 that^dinibs a ladder must be,^„ at the' £t 
 
 'lint this other fair eollar, so rielilv wrou'dit 
 
 2 ched'tfr^'i'V^^'^Ti' '''■•'« ''^^''-'^sJh: 
 
 ittacliel to It, what,' said the youiiir countess 
 does that emblem siir„ify ? • ^ ^ tountess, 
 
 'Tills ,;ollar,'sai,l 'the carl, 'with its doiihle 
 f...s.lle.s n.tcrchan^red with these k no s w li h 
 
 witli hie, and sustaining the jewel you inouire 
 1.0U IS he l3a,l.e of the noble Oilier "7 Ic 
 
 < pi hm H,ecB, once apiiertainin-r to the House 
 
 "' Hurguii, y It liath InVh privileges. yAn"y 
 Hdonging to it, this most noble Order •brevet; 
 
 t''°,^"'«;'f Spain himself, who hat h „ov?uc 
 
 ceeded to the honours and demesnes of i)u gunc Iv 
 •Y not sit in judgment upon a knigl it^of £ 
 
 Golden FleeeP, unless by assistance and ronsp ? 
 
 01 the Oreat Chapter of the Order ' ''"' I 
 
 And IS this an Order belonging to the cruel | 
 
 King of Spain ?'sui,il he cmntcss. 'Alas' ,„„ 
 o'Horcl, haty,.,nvill,|clilcy,,,,rn,.^ 
 1 ast by bearing si„l, an ,.mbl,.M, ! |Vc ?, k 
 
 }ou ,.l the most unhappy (.)„„.„ Murv' I s 
 "•'' 'ns san„. I'hiliil 'hcl,l sway w fh h ?in 
 
 I'-iWl.u.d an,| of ih,. pil,.swhi,.h'v,.n' n iit ," 
 
 onrn,4cs, u,,,l,MnMis,.s,,un,l,.,,r,,,':t n J 
 Mli,tiiie,i pi,,|ut,.s ah,l .livin.vs Al„l will n 
 
 vlioin n„.„call n,e standard^,, J \m I ,• i i,'. 
 d'nSk'1''''T^''''V;'''''''^''--''''''"^^ 
 
 ' w',.^:ir""'"^ f""' '"y '"'■"-' '"'««fi''d the ,.arl • 
 
 '.:i:.:'U^n,':::r''.;;:,;;.-';-;'S-;-- 
 Kj:;:';:fr''-''i«'-^'or,iirVk;;ighui::i: 
 
 Km, ,,; n '"""' .'""'"■'•'y ''' l'i.'"d.-rs; an., 
 
 Kg noi I, Orang,., aii.f others have pri.lc in see - 
 
 't display,.,! on an English bosom.' '"^'*'".b 
 
 .Nay,niylor,lyou know your own path b,.st.' 
 
 1 lied the countess.-' And this oth,. ■ eollar to 
 
 ^^hut country does this fair j,.wel beh / ' ' 
 
 10 a very j,oor one, my love,' rcplicl (he 
 
 vned by the last .l/imes of Scotland. It wis 
 b«.stowe,l on me when it was thought |,cyoun 
 \Mdowo( Irance an,l Scotlaml w.juld gladly l-e 
 
 S:/^"^"^i'«'''---'''t aliens,::;':; 
 
 .jewel of the Order. 
 I'^dward and the 
 
 Englan,liswortha..i.,nn;m;:.:i,n;,;d,:n;;:w;;^ 
 he humour of a woman, an.l ...uiing o y t£ 
 
 !'onr rocks ami bogs of the norln.' ^ ^ 
 
 the countess i,uiised, as if what the earl 
 i.-t said had exeite,! some painful l,ut uteres 
 
 K'liei hu7''^'V ' '^"''V^? ^'"' ^^'" '-^"^in'j 
 Hiicht, liei Jiiisband jiroceeded 
 
 'An,l now, loveliest, your 'wish is gratified, 
 ad you have seen your vassal in sueTi of h s 
 
 o robe7of"s;7"'^%"'*'' '•''""« -«t'-»t« 
 llcdyli-'"'' ■'"' ^°'""^*^ ''^« «"ly fo-- 
 .'Well, then,' sai,l the countess, 'my "ratified 
 ^v^sh has, as usual, given rise to a'new^one ' 
 
 And what IS it thou canst ask that I em 
 deny ? .said the fond husbaml. 
 
 I wished to .sec my earl visit this obscure 
 and secret bower,' sai.l the countess, 'in all 1 is 
 Pniieely nvray ; and now, methinks, I lo"^ to t 
 ..one 'his princely halls, and see hirn ent 
 
 ^iz^uT"^ "^ ^^"^" '"^ ^™" I-- 
 
 'That IS a wish easily granted,' .sai.l the earl, 
 
 .TyoS Will ■ '■ ""'"* '"'"'^ ''° ^°""^^ to-morrow; 
 
 'But shall I,' said the lady, 'go with you to 
 
 vour'dw^h'' '''''^'' '" ''' ''"- ''- '-!"•-" of 
 Labit r " '' ' '•'"•'■^«1'°"^1 ^vith your peasant 
 
 'Why Amy,' .said the earl, looking around 
 are not these apartments .lecoratcd with " f 
 fieient s,.lendour 1 I gave the most unbo inde 1 
 order, and methinks it has been in Iffe entlv 
 we 1 obeyed-but if tho.i canst te me 3 
 .J.ehi..na„,stobedon,Iwininstanti;|JJ 
 
 f iJ ^'■''•^'' ."^^ '"''I' "°^^' y°" "lofl^ i.if,' replied 
 the countess; 'the gaiety of this rich lofig 
 
'S.H. 'Al.Ls ! my 
 iiiniolilc KiiKliMli 
 I'I'iii I |i,(l,i,ik 
 
 ■ri .Milly's (|;iy.s, 
 iiy Willi hrv ill 
 1 wi'iv liiiilt (nr 
 iiiir iiidst truly 
 Ami will yiiii, 
 
 "I'lT (if the li'iii. 
 
 Miirtlicciiilil|.|ii 
 yi'ttiit as he ol' 
 
 wyrcil the cail ; 
 fifcoiiitiUvoiir, 
 HH wi' love tjic 
 ,' linilc'l' cnloiir.s 
 
 I ■•nil not tlio 
 liiilicy I iimst 
 'piiiii, ill adiiiit- 
 <'/kiii;,'litJi()()(). 
 I'"l;iii(l('r.s ; aiK, 
 piiilc ill scciiig 
 
 |"ii patli licst.' 
 )tliiT collar, to 
 licldiig ; ' 
 ',' iTjilicd tlio 
 t AmliTw, ro- 
 land. It «iis 
 ^'ht till' youiif,' 
 Id gladly havr 
 fVoo foroMct of 
 lonial held at 
 li'.ig only the 
 
 hat tlio earl 
 
 lint intorcst- 
 
 <till remained 
 
 is gratified, 
 snch of liis 
 
 ,' vestments ; 
 
 arc only for 
 
 ' my gratified 
 e\v one.' 
 : that I can 
 
 this obscnro 
 , 'in all his 
 I long to sit 
 'c him enter 
 le won poor 
 
 lid the carl, 
 to-morrow, 
 
 ivitli you to 
 richness of 
 our peasant 
 
 ng around, 
 1 with suf- 
 nnbounded 
 idifrerently 
 inn aught 
 tantly give 
 
 IP,' replied 
 :h lodging 
 
 hliX/l.HoKJir 
 
 I'oin till' toil 
 ii|iarliii('nt, 
 
 t of 
 nor 
 
 oxL'ccd.s my im,>;ii,ati„ii ,.s miicli as i| do.. i„v 
 
 ; ^-^.t. llMi shall not your wif,.. m • 1 • ",> 
 
 ■ast one ,U-,s,u,n,--|,-:, .sinnmi d,.; i h , * 
 
 '"" lir whirl, arises neilhei. c, "" 
 
 the nicrhaiii,. will, derlis li,.| 
 
 !i«.S;;;;i;;;;:K:!;:;,,::rr;;;sT- '""■'»"' 
 
 'On., day?' sai.l h,,- hiislmiid,-' V,,s Amv 
 nyhnisoiie.lay.liis.hallsnn.khap t ai.V 
 '"•l"'Vi' Mie, tlinu raiist not ^^\A^ f, i" | A ' 
 
 }"-:''';"">• tiiani. Willi what ,;„:',i 
 
 nil. , on, laln,,i,s of stale, and car's and ti 
 "' ■""I'll""', to .spend my life in di.-nU ail 
 
 ''■MoMr on niy ,nvii iM-oaif doniains, vi •',! ' 
 
 l<.v. y Amy, l.r my friend and eoni^ui^^ 
 liiit. Amy. Ins ,.;i„„„t v,,f 1, , I 
 
 "It stolen inlervicws an. all f ,..,„' ,'" 
 
 loveliest .uidtheliesthelovllVher ;:;■''"'"''' 
 
 "1 u (. softest tones of persiiasnii, — MVIiv c'im I 
 
 .mt immediately take .laee -th mo c ,e V • 
 
 . th..s unin ernipied union, forwhiel y,, ^ m 
 
 w.sli,andwliieli(lielawsof(;od.aiidni;i',lil, 
 comniaud' -Ah I ,lid you l,nt des e a 
 
 much as you say niigiity and lavonrJ, s y,;^ 
 
 ;";r:i"''^^''''^'^''''''''l'-3-''-ttaii; 
 
 The earl's brow was overcast 
 
 ".-^a secure footing an.l i'csting.,,laee--'i t; .ui , 
 sooner, we slide .lown l,y our own w e d, 
 olliect of universal derisimi. I tarn hi?;, h' 
 
 iMiinatiou lo declare my marriage were to 
 "■the artilicer of my owi/ruin. Hut, I lie 
 me I will reach a point, and that speed ywl, 
 I can do justice to thee and t., niLlf -^Vle. 
 
 "y <icsiiing that which cannot at iirescnt he 
 
 ^ hulls' 'Yr^'1"^'':r'''''-----i^i 
 
 ^ow silan di;;;;!^^^/-^''""' ' ^-'- •''- the 
 ;He reminds me sometimes of the neeessitv of 
 
 .ut that IS reminding me of j-our wishes a ,1 
 
 i~:i'°;^lj;;;^s:z.;r'"'''° '■'■"■ ''»-""' 
 
 L'o; 
 
 no|i( 
 
 hai 
 
 ;-"]f:>.^!;:;'.::,r;i!:;::;;.;E::,i:v:: 
 s ';:;::;;';i"i-."-i->....n„;r:;;;;; 
 
 , as 
 iild 
 
 c\. 
 
 'Hid the prim 
 inadi' with a seiy 
 pair of l,|a(.k eyes 
 
 .s made hrireveivniial curtsey, th ,,| , 
 
 l"'l|: ■sMiiling at the cnni,,.;, ,,|,i,,,' ,, 
 l"'lne siliiplieity of her dress 
 di'mnrem.ss of her looks 
 pn.tty comitcnancc an,l a pair or hia,.k eyes 
 
 !!; loot'Sve. '" ^'""' '"' "'•'"• ""''"■'-•^ •'•-- 
 
 • I .;"U l.ound toy,,,,, ,,,,,, lyd.llnsel,' said the 
 . o I le contentment whieh your service 
 ii.iiii given to t IIS 111 V \s lii> v^,;,l It; 1 
 t;"'l< IVom his fi,,,er a^'in.-; • ,r' ,,^^^^^^ 
 
 ;; ■;;; . o luie, roste,^dding. .C.'i£ 
 
 "M III 1 s.iKe ;in(| lor mhhi..' 
 
 I am well pleased, niy lord.' anMvcred.r-uiet 
 ' I k';.1 '"■^' '"""■ •'''''•^■''■" ''■■'"' gralilied 
 
 1 oii;. ■'•''" '''''•'''■ 1^^ 
 
 a 'gliteis ot this world, to twim. -old aroum'l 
 
 ;jr{ fr74"^T■F•"'s-";-- 
 > istKss ,laiu t, l,ecaus(. y,„:r llngcis are sli.nder 
 ' ul your ne,.k white. l!,lt lieieris w at e ,'■ 
 ll; '^t nor pnntau. lalitudinarian nor -e , ' 
 
 ;.:v'JS;;d- :;;,::-/:-- i-,'^'-^^-: 
 .'i:ii^ss,ii;ra^:n,i;r'""''''-^'-' 
 
 .fant'''i;!;[ n;'.;Tr' ''''r^V'' >"^itl.er,' said 
 ""f. Imt that hope to find a u.se for it. 
 
 somew^iat sullen .;fm;:- but WywrS 
 " U1C Ins fidelity and devotion to ,L scrv" 
 I thou hast aught, however, to conmlaii o tlf' 
 rno^J' ... which he dischai^cs his du y, he 1 
 
 ice, 
 le 
 ,11 
 
 thohi'dV'Chrr"'',* *" "Tl''"'" °''.'a.iswered 
 iiio ladv, so he discharges his task with fidclitv 
 
 and best companion of my solitude-hor little 
 air ol precision .sits so well upon her < ' 
 
 I« she indeed ? ' .said the earl ; ' ' sh'e ^lio -dves 
 
 iuhf^j"!'^' "°^ ^'^^^ ......ewarded.':::c^;i:: 
 
 lord!'"'*'' ""-'^ "'" '''''^'' '''"""^ ^'ither to my 
 
 whij^i willbrii,;^ablessing;m'u;';il 
 
 has It your ajmroliation ? ' "mianus , 
 
 \,ov''r'^"i' /'","■'■'■ "'"«t ''•■IV'' ■'^". luv sweet 
 
 1,,,,. .■""t'y 1.S luy sworn mm, and a close 
 
 n s , '"^'■^«"'«t council ; and for the presen? 
 
 nnnst needs repose miud, trust in this Ai:[?foiiy 
 
 'I had a boon to beg of thee, and a secret to 
 i\L ^arl'"'".'i"s^ 'o.; to-morrow, ,ny love,' replied 
 
 ;.^^ti:ba:ifti!5.^?o;:,*L^';?!-'b 
 
 So .saying, he led his lov..lv wife into 'th^ , . 
 
 [™"vS; US; it"S,rs"E ii?' «;; 
 
 the second after that of the conmr.iUo ' T « 
 earl returned their salutation wIf'hX negligent 
 
208 
 
 WAVSHLEY NOVELS 
 
 1/ 
 
 " it.vsy ol o.„> 1„„« „,s,m1 to suH. l,on.a«o; While 
 t|..l|,^«lMrh.sl,„u,.,l It «u.s not 4,Mt. .so familiar 
 
 n,m|v..s .■orivsi„Mi,|,.,| i„ Mui^rni i,,,,,;^,,. „.jt,, 
 
 ^a .t alom. sto.., ,va,lv to ,v,,it „,m.„ tl,n .on,. 
 
 «itliall that coiiM lir ,|,..si,v,|, tjiat littl,. , r n, 
 a.s,san,..MvaHn,.c,.ssa,T. Tl,;..,! a,.! L . : 
 o « i| i.,| tlin nppor m.f of tli,. tal.lr, an.l Var,M>v 
 a" I'ost.T sat h,.n,.atl, th. salt,' ,. wa ,!• 
 custon, with infniors. Tin, latt ■■• ovomw I 
 l;.;Hu,. l,yson..tytowhi,.|M,,. ^vas^;^«'^ ; 
 
 t," ici>"'^t: whil,. Varnrv, with .rivat tact an,! 
 
 V'Msation as, witlinut th.' apina, tn..,. of intri • 
 «.nM OM h.s part, pn.vvnt.,1 iVfionUansinVI i.i; 
 nn.lmamta,nr.lthofroo,ll,un,onrof th,. ,.,, 1 ai 
 
 tat;:!;;^; ^■i--!.-asin,,,..n..ii;j 
 
 pait 111 
 
 <iiwllll.'|l l,y nature to .lischarKc tlr 
 
 Mx l,M found imnsrif p|,„.,.,ir |„.inL' discrcrt 
 
 an,],.n,tmus,,ntlnMMM.l,/uid,a,.lo U. ol,r 
 
 '1 I<. l<-".witt..,|, an,[ imaginative ot at 
 
 '■V'l the eonnt.'ss, ,MV,ju,lire,l as slu^vas ^a 'st 
 nni on many a,.eoMnts, felt and ..ni.; 7 | S 
 
 than she h,ul over hitherto found herself to 
 
 -m. iM tin, j.raises whieh the earl lavis e 1 . 
 
 ''•sl^tv.,nr.to. Thehonrofrestatlenit vel 
 
 t . •■arl and eounfess retire,! to theirTipar n nf' 
 
 and ,.11 wa,s .silent in tlio ca.stlo for the rest of "ho 
 
 as Se ^..H'.*'';' '^"■^""'K morning, Varney acted 
 as the ear Ls ehamlierlam, as well as his master 
 :; I'oi'H^ thou,i<h the latter ,vas his ,,ro oif £ 
 ' that ma^'n.lieent household, wl ere l<n h ts 
 a «e„t m,en of «ood deseent were well e ! 
 tented to hohl .sueh menial situation.s, as no.les 
 tl" uiselve.s hold in that of the .sover .i-n. Tl 
 
 i-iii ily, was the oarl's p.a.-e ( urin^' his earlier 
 
 hi'd:Zt:'T'T';r''''^v"'''''^'^'''^^^''^^ 
 
 In' If a^ I '' ■•^^.^'■.'•"■''•''■^ contrived to render 
 tinM f no les,s uselul to him in hi.s rapid and 
 
 1 him ""'•■'I'"'" .'" ''"■^""" = t"'"'^ ostal.lish L' 
 h.m ,an mteres , resthij; hoth on present and 
 pa.st servKPs, which rendered him an almost 
 indispens.Thlo sharer of his eonli.Ienco. 
 
 Ilolp me to ,lo on a plainer ridincr suit 
 barney,' said the earl, as ho laid udTlc i 
 Honiu^Kown, lowered with silk, and li, I 
 
 he e (pointiMK to the eollars of tho various 
 
 J eou;l^V'^"^'V''''''^)'"'t"t'-i^p5- 
 ol .seem ty-n.y ncok last ni-ht wn.s well-nicrl, 
 
 h-oko w. h the weight of then,. I an ml of 
 tljo^ n„n, that they shall gall mo^^ ore 
 Thoy arc hon, s whieh knaves have invent to 
 fctb^.- fools. How think'st thou, Varney" • 
 'Ithin If.H^ K'-o'l lonl/ said his attendant, 
 thov aie ever the woightinr tho weleomor ' 
 
 'laniwe , f*' ^'r?'! •■"1^''"' hi,s master, 
 
 1 am well-nigh n-solved they .shall hind me to 
 
 the court no longer. What can further .crvicc 
 
 '"1-1 higher favour kivo me, heyond tho hi-d, 
 
 I th.U heeouhl not hound his wishes within 
 light and reason ? - I have voo L,„,„. 1 "■'."" 
 ouii v.i.f... I • "'^'i J"" ►'Uow, hai mimi 
 
 M ventures ami mine own eseapes; I am well. 
 
 ' Kh ivsolved to tempt the sea no fn t or • 
 ■•^'tmedownin.p.ietontheshore.' """""•'""- 
 
 ai.it;!'^;:;rv::;i;r-^'''"^' "■''•' ^^'"'c-'i'i'i to 
 
 ea,;! s::m,'wSCnr''''''''™'^ '■"''• '■'" 
 
 vviufni;;"'lV''''''''r'','A''''''''>'''''''>'''t''iiKiv 
 witn no II your h.rdship is I,,,,,,,,. 1,, „ \lZ 
 
 sorarely lovely, that, in oilier toe i 'her 2 
 Pany with .somewh,., more freedo n^. 10 
 
 "'lliMg to part with all you h.ive hil lertn i • I 
 
 ;; ™M:.=';;;;;"'S;:;;rr.^ir;rz 
 fS; ™7„S'.;;;r!:'i„i;-';:;ii' :, 
 
 ho^l.j,s heM m your h.rdship's irimdy • " 
 throw-' M.r,;',' 'T' '"■^•■"""•""■'1 when I propose 
 
 'I. niy lord?' said Varney ; '.surelv I h.vn 
 
 Mil not he Riehard Varney who will incur tl n 
 
 •hsp oa,sure ot A|,.,Jesty, and tlK> rid ,1 t 
 
 CO t, wh..n the stateliest fahrie that ever , a ' 
 '""''■'! "P'Mi a prince's favour melts away I ke 
 a nioriiing Irost-work.-I would only Inu^e you 
 yourse I to he a.ssured, my lord, ere yo take " 
 step which cannot he retracted, that yo c nsult 
 your^^ime and happiness in the Lrse"y:u 
 
 tel'r^M''''S"i'' *'"','• ^'a""'}'.' said the carl; 'I 
 tcl heo I h.avo determined nothing, and wil 
 "cigh all coi,siderati,.n.s on either si.fe ' 
 
 Well, then, my lord,' replied Varney 'we 
 II .s.ippo.se the .step taken, tiic frown Vo vncd 
 '"• l.angh laughed, and the moan nioanc 1 Vm 
 have retired, we will say, to some 01,0 f voir 
 
 - u neither the sorrow of your friends nor the ■ 
 « CO 01 yonr enemies. AVe will suppose, to 
 
 hat your successful rival will he .atislie, Ta 
 t I ng greatly to he douhted) with ahrid" g and 
 c tting away the hranehes of tho g"eu^ C^ 
 
 yh.ch .so long kept the sun from him, a tl a? 
 
 oots. Well; the late prim,' favourite of Kiil'. 
 
 tiol led her parliaments, is now a rur.al har.m 
 l">"l;"ig, hawking, .Irinking fat ale witl co i.t ^ 
 
 ofKiijirySf-!!:^''^"'^"''^^'--"-^ 
 
 ; Varney, forhear ! ' .said the e.irl. 
 JNay, my lord, you must giv me leave to 
 conclude my p eturc.-Su.ssex governs ^^land 
 iT: tt d'"n' '''f''' '■«il--the^snecession i,s to 
 1 Ion li I tn ''™' •':'• "'"^'"''' *" ■^'"'^'■tion "'"re 
 1/ .? 1.1 " '•»'"'"t'<'>' fvcr dreamed of.-Vou 
 Icar all this as you sit hy iho hoh, tmdev the 
 
 tlink what hopes ymi have fallen fmm" ami 
 .vh,-it in.signuieanee vou have cmbraced-aiid" all 
 
 £\i^r^:'d e->?«-«y-ofyot;; 
 
 lair wife oftener than once a fortnight " 
 i say, Varney, ' said the carl, 'no 
 
 more of 
 
'"'V'liid tliii liiuh 
 I' I liiivi' alri'iidy 
 ■illii'r t.i till. |,l,„.|<^ 
 
 llin Wiilirs williii, 
 
 II kiiinv, liad miiKi 
 
 (t'fllM'S ; I Hill Wi'U. 
 
 'H 11(1 fuitliur, liiit 
 
 inri'.' 
 
 ntli Dun Ciipid to 
 
 'iiriicy?' said llin 
 
 y. ' '"' not anf,'iy 
 
 li'l'l'y ill II liidy 
 
 to iiijoy licr (.oni. 
 
 Iirilotii, you am 
 VII liilli.Tto lived 
 iii'iy lir .siiIU'I'cih; 
 nil' so lii^'h, thiit 
 nia ntaiii a jmor 
 •J: t II' lii^'h oliico 
 iiiniy.' 
 
 ")n'ii I ]iro|ioHO 
 , wliicli may end 
 
 'surely I Iiavo 
 iji's rotmit !- It 
 
 will iiKuir tho 
 • ridii'ule of till! 
 !■ that I'Vi'i' was 
 nii'lts away like 
 
 1 only have you 
 I'll" yon take a 
 
 that yoiic'on.sult 
 the eour.so yon 
 
 ill the earl ; ' I 
 thinj,', and will 
 r fiide. ' 
 
 d \'arn(y, 'wo 
 frown frowned, 
 moaned. Vou 
 no one of your 
 fonrt that ^-ou 
 (Viends nor tlio 
 I sui)pose, too, 
 he .satislied (a 
 iihridxing and 
 tho gi'eat trco 
 him, and that 
 you n|) by the 
 ourite of Kng. 
 stalf and eoii- 
 i rural haron, 
 ) with eoiintry 
 t tlic command 
 
 ' mn leave to 
 orns Enf:;land 
 leccssioii is to 
 mbition more 
 rncd of. — Vou 
 :)1), under tho 
 then bej^in to 
 nil f'roni. and 
 iced— and all 
 cye.s of your 
 jht. ' 
 'no more of 
 
 />/;A7/,//(MV// 
 
 i 
 
 ~^n i::;!;:;:; r;:;l ;;;ri;:";;rt.;:>,:i: 
 
 still iiii. I „iii i„. , '",' 'I'"*' ''iv iiii'ii ail' 
 
 ^lllllll;,. ' "111 I'llt tukr l..|Hi>i,| liiv |,,,|v I 
 
 "■",'"b', I" ■"■■''•■>li«"ilim i?v Si'i" 
 
 "■.It. lui, wiMiiij „ii ,,,, II ?„".';; 
 
 "",'■"'. '«<l'Nl.ilfll,,. I|ll,|„i|„p ""■ '"" 
 
 ,j, ..1)1: ll:i;':;;rsr;i;;;;s;. ,,,,,,,, 
 ;;s?,:r",';:;;i;:;l-;j;jv7 r'^^i 
 
 S'Si'^^tlTtiJi^'r t • 1 :\ r 
 S";,.:;; ;xi';,i;ri;-;*; , 
 
 =£ ji-i'iiirl-t'is z!;l'~ 
 
 li'st you are ealled to an '■ ' ^ 
 new score. "Thou slialt 
 
 ■JO!) 
 
 witli (ur.^, her 
 tliru^t into 
 
 ■iiiiiS ami again 
 letiirning to kiss 
 
 olil 
 
 ■ course.s, 
 l<oiiing on a 
 
 'Wtniaehui. moment 1,1 Heoanitinn "' "" 
 
 i"ven;:t''';:!d';h.""'', ''"■"• '">■'''""">-• • 
 
 lion . r e, a, ' v'lT'' "•""" '"■"'"« '""'■'"■ 
 
 '""1".'« f^i'iwell, and a^ain 
 "lid hid adieu oiiee m,,,-,,,' 
 
 II II MHi'fiim";..,,''' "'" ' ^'"""'' ''-•" •-" 
 
 Ion «ill not giant niv reom.st. then (' suiil 
 the eoiin e.s.s. • Ah ijiki. l-,,;,.! i . i . , ' 
 
 wifb b,.... ( . .•'"•/.'"'i '^"im|,i ' did ever adv. 
 
 kikht f,'" '" •^I'l;!'"';- -"1< 1 nofabiu;. 
 
 i^iiiKlit. .\et return with denial '' 
 
 > «^l"^;rf;^ »:s;.,;;ffi"i;ii';-",ii:';;i "■" 
 
 ;;i^air!.t;;:;i;;-,,;i!,--:;i;s,K-;:; 
 
 hut end bis misery on mv i,nw,„i|,v aeeonnt- 
 •l..;ysayhe,s,ll,thegi,,,i|;,|,|l,i,,,,.,,;^^ 
 
 3'K'f say.( asked the earl Im.^tilv; 'w h 
 
 Ami'S'i;''.;""', "■''"" ^""1 - li'lls n.i,bi,i,m 
 "iH-let things roll as they mav, ho 
 
 over 11.4. 
 
 sliidl make me I'reat or I mHi , r ,. 
 
 witi 
 
 I iiie for eoneealment and n 
 
 ' iilso must tral 
 
 spite ofal 
 Well, mv 
 
 lutiial 
 
 support in 
 
 spitoof^ltli ,,,__! ,,.;^^-y;;.;^-^;n;oa_ 
 'ii> li'i'l, I <)i<ier your retinue mnv : tlu 
 
 en 
 :is well 
 
 si'3r:;,;;r-;;!»^S' ;;•v-• 
 S» »wi»S, lie l,IJ ,|i„ „,„,,, 
 
 i..l;.i™Ci:»S;\'rki;"\''r'7-7'''"i''''- 
 
 o'" ' ■ " 
 
 worthy an.. hoi.;:;irn,:^r; ':;;::; ,s,s 
 
 " we can pardon ourselves the ill . 
 
 iK^rsohadcWmi; -.ri^iS'!;,;;-- ' V-«>^ she'^a;:;^,;?.^ ,-V'' ^''« -"■"*-«. 
 He (ound her in a white eymar J? I'lt li„,i 
 
 ;>eto™i,.tion-ir;;^;i;}.tl:^:^;; ;;-;-- ^ 
 
 "->ow why you think tlmshaldlv of iessllianr 
 
 \26 
 
210 
 
 IVAVERLEV NOVELS 
 
 Madam, icjilied the carl, 'my will oucht to 
 lie a .sullicu.iil reason. If yoti desire moro, con- 
 .sider how this Tiessilian is Ica^'ued, and witii 
 
 u ."r,r , **^'""''^ '""'' '" t'"' t'l'ii'ioii of tliis 
 Kadclilli", this Sussex, a^'ainst whom I am barely 
 iilile to mamtam my giouiid in the opinioii of 
 our snspicujus mistress ; and if lie had me at 
 .such advaiita<,'e, Amy, as to hueome ae(iuaiuted 
 with the tale of our marriaf^e, before Elizabeth 
 were fitly jireparcd, 1 were an oiiteast from her 
 grace lor ever— a baiikiujit at once in favour 
 and in loitune, ))erhai)s, for she hath in her a 
 touch ol her lather Henry, -a victim, and it 
 may l)e a bloody one, to her olfended and jealous 
 leseiitment. 
 
 'Hut why, my lord,' again urged his lady, 
 should you deem thus injuriously of a man 
 ot whom you know so little ? What you do 
 know of Tressihan is through me, and it is I 
 wlio assure you that in no circumstances will he 
 betray your secret. If I did him wrong in your 
 hehalt, iny lord, I am now the more concerned 
 you should do him justice. You are offended at 
 my s|.eaking of him, what would you say had I 
 actually myself seen him V 
 
 'If you had,' replied the earl, 'you would do 
 well to keep that interview as secret as that 
 winch IS spoken in a confessional. I seek no 
 one s ruin ; but he who thrusts himself on mv 
 secret j.riyacy, were better look well to his 
 uture walk. The l<ear * brooks no one to cross 
 his awful path. 
 
 ' Awful, indeed ! ' said the countess, turninL' 
 very pale. *' 
 
 . ' You are ill, my love,' said the earl, supi.ort- 
 ing her in his arms ; ' stretch yourself on vour 
 couch again ; it is but an early day for you to 
 leave it— Have you aught else, involving less 
 tlian my lame, my fortune, and my life, to ask 
 ol me f 
 
 'Xothiiig, my lord and love,' answered the 
 countess faintly; 'something there was that I 
 would have told you, but your anger has driven 
 it from my recollection." 
 
 'Reserve it till our next meeting, my love ' 
 said tlio earl fondly, and again embracing her • 
 
 and barring only those requests which I cannot 
 and dare not grant, thy wish must be more than 
 i".ugland and all its dependencies can fulfil if it 
 IS not gratiHed to the letter.' 
 
 Thus .saying, ho at length took farewell. At 
 the bottom of the stairc.; ie he received from 
 \ arney an ami)le livery cloak and slouched hat, 
 m which he wrapped himself so as to disguise 
 Ills i)ersoii, and completely conceal his features 
 llor.ses were ready in the court-yard for himself 
 and V arney ;-for one or two of his train, en- 
 tiusted with the secret .so far as to know or 
 guess that the earl intrigued with a beautiful 
 lady at that mansion, though her name and 
 •piality were unknown to them, had already 
 neen dismissed over-night. 
 
 Anthony Foster himself had in hand the rein 
 of the earl s palfrey, a stout and able nag for 
 the road ; while his old serving-man held the 
 Dri.lle ol the more showy and gallant steed 
 
 .1* 7''f '-^["s'/r cognisance w.is the ancient device 
 
 wlii.'h Richard Yarney was to occupy in the 
 character ot master. '" 
 
 As the earl approached, however, Yarnev 
 
 mevenrV'';''"'^ '''' '""•^"''''^ ''™1'' '^"'l t^o 
 pie\ent I'oster from paying that duty to the 
 
 ear , which he probably ^nS^^dere.l as Ik-IoL ' 
 o his own olhee. Foster .seowle.l at an n t" " 
 ierencc which seemed intended to prevent hs 
 paying his court to his patron, but' gave place 
 o arney; and the earl, mounting witCt 
 further observation, and forgetting that lis 
 assumed character of a <lomestie threw him into 
 t e rear of his supposed master, rode pensively 
 out of the quadrangle, not without waving his 
 liand repeatedly in answer to the signals which 
 were made by the countess with her kercl le 
 from the windows of her apartment. ' 
 
 ,,„{.''','"' stately form vanished under the 
 daik archway which led out of the quadrangle 
 \ arney muttered 'There goes fine Joli cy-!!.^the 
 servant before the master!' then, as he dis! 
 
 wirr'T' ' f'*"'"^ }l^^ "'"'"'"* to speak a word 
 «it lM,.stcr. Thou look'st dark on me 
 Anthony, he said, 'as if I had deprived thee of 
 a parting nod of my lord ; but I have moved 
 111 to leave thee a better remembranee for thy 
 faithful service See here ! a purse of as good 
 
 and foiehnger Ay, count them, lad,' said he 
 
 ^velol t" them the goodly remembrance h^ 
 gave last night to Janet. 
 
 FnlfVvf %•>'"'.' ''°";'' tl'is!' said Anthony 
 1 oster hastily, ' gave he gold to Janet ? ' 
 
 Ay, nmn, wherefore not ?-does not her 
 service to Ins fair lady re(iuire guerdon ? ' 
 
 'She shall have none on't,' said Foster; 'she 
 shall return it. I know his dotage on one face 
 b as brie as it is deep. His affections are as 
 fickle as the moon. 
 
 ' Why, Foster, thou art mad-thou dost not 
 hope for such good fortune as that my lord 
 should cast an eye on Janet ?-Wlio, in the 
 fiends name, would listen to the thrush when 
 the niglitingale is singing ? ' 
 
 'Thrush or niglitingale, all is one to the 
 fowler ; and, Master Yarney, you can sound the 
 quailpipe most daintily to wile wantons into 
 his nets I desire no such devil's preferment 
 tor Janet as you have brought many a t)oor 
 maiden to. Dost thou laugh? I will Len 
 
 Ph'l;^=^l'^"lT '''"""y- ^^^ least, from Satan'i 
 clutches that thou mayest rely on-She shall 
 restore the gold.' 
 
 u-il^L"'' ^"''^ 'n *" t''^' '"''{''"g- Tony, which 
 jMll serve as well,' answered Varnev; 'but I 
 lave tfiat to say which is more serious. Our 
 lord is returning to court in an evil humour 
 
 'How meanest tlion ? ' said Foster. 'Is 
 he tired already of his pretty toy -his play- 
 thing yonder? He has puiihased her K 
 monarch s ransom, and I warrant me he rues his 
 
 'Not a whit, Tony,' answered the master of 
 the horse; 'he dotes on her, and will forsake 
 clio court lor lier-then down go hopes, posses- 
 sions, and saety- church-lands are resumed, 
 Tony, and wel if the holders be not called to 
 account in Exchequer." 
 
o ornipy in tlie 
 
 liowpvcr, Viiiney 
 s liriillc, and to 
 liat duty to the 
 .'led as bcloiifjing 
 vied at an inter- 
 i to prevent liia 
 I, Init gave nlace 
 ounting without 
 ;ettiiig that his 
 a tlirew him into 
 r, rode ])ensively 
 hout waving his 
 he signals wliii^li 
 til her kerchief, 
 lent. 
 
 shed under the 
 tlie quadrangle, 
 fine jiolicy— tlie 
 lien, as lie dis- 
 
 sjieak a word 
 daik on me, 
 
 [lefirived thee of 
 t I have moved 
 iiibrance for thy 
 urse of as good 
 miser's thumb 
 1, lad,' said he, 
 
 1 a grim smile, 
 emembrance he 
 
 said Anthony 
 Janet ? ' 
 
 -does not her 
 erdon ? ' 
 d Foster ; ' she 
 ige on one face 
 ffections are as 
 
 -thou dost not 
 
 that my lord 
 
 -Who, in the 
 
 e thrush wlien 
 
 is one to the 
 can sound the 
 wantons into 
 
 il's preferment 
 
 many a poor 
 
 I will keep 
 
 , from Satan's 
 
 on— She shall 
 
 r, Tony, whicli 
 
 irney; 'but I 
 
 serious. Our 
 
 1 evil humour 
 
 Foster. ' Is 
 >y — his play- 
 sed her at a 
 nie he rues liis 
 
 the master of 
 I will forsake 
 hopes, posses- 
 are resumed, 
 not called to 
 
 K'ENIUVORTH 
 
 211 
 
 Ihat were ruin,' said Foster, his brow daikeii- 
 
 iiig with appifhcnsioiis ; 'and all this f„r % 
 
 woman ! Had it been for his soul's sake it 
 
 were something; and I sometimes wish' 1 
 
 myself could fling away the world that cleaves 
 
 churih ' ''^'' """ °'' ^'"^ po'^'f-^t of our 
 
 'Thou art like enough to be so. Ton v,' an- 
 
 swered Uincy ; ' but I think the dc,-il will give 
 
 thee little credit for thy compelled povcrtv, and 
 
 so thou losest on all hands. Hut follow my 
 
 counsel, and Cumnor Place shall bo thy cony- 
 
 ho d yet. Say nothing of this Trcssilian's v Lit 
 
 —not a word until I give thee notice ' 
 
 ' Dull beast ! ' rej-lied \'arney ; • in my lord's 
 nresen humour it were the rcajy way to confirm 
 1 m in his rcso ution of retirement, should he 
 know that his lady was haunted with such a 
 spectre in Ins al,sence. He would be for playin-^ 
 the di;agon himself over his golden fruit, and 
 tliei , Tony, thy occupation is ended. A word 
 to the wise-tare well-I must IbU.nv him.' 
 
 He turned his horse, .struck him with the 
 
 of his iZ! ""'^"' '''° '"■'■'"^■''"^' '" '''"'^''it 
 
 'Would thy oeeu[)ation were ended, or thv 
 
 Fn'l,'°Mi\ ''?'""'-''' I'^n'le''!' «'"'l Anthony 
 Foster ' But I must fbllow his beck, for his 
 inteiest and mine are the same, and he can wind 
 the proud earl to his will. Janet shall give le 
 these pieces, though-thcy shall be laidSnit in 
 some way for (io.l's service, and I will keep the 
 separate in iny strong chest till I can fall upon 
 a fitting en.poyment for thein. No contagious 
 
 u Hs a'r/ '^'T*''' °" Janet-she shall rc4ain 
 pile as a b ess3d .spirit, were it but to j.ray God 
 tor her father. I nec.d her prayers, for I an 
 at a hard pass -Strange reports arc abroad con 
 cernmg my way of life. The congregation look 
 old on me ; and when Master Hol.fibrU, spike of 
 ypocntes being ike a wliitcd sepulchrc,\vhi<^ 
 vithin was full of dead men's bones, me hough 
 he looked lull at me. The Romish w as a con - 
 fortable kith ; Lainbourne spoke true in that A 
 man had but to follow his thrift by such wav^ 
 as ofTered-tell his beads-hear a nufss-con e4 
 and be absolved. These puritans tread a harder '■ 
 and a rougher patli ; but I will tiy-I will read ' 
 .ny^Bible for an hour ere I again o^pen mine iro;, 
 
 wblmT/V "''?"*'"'S' «P'"''«^ nfter his lord, 
 V oni he found waiting for him at the postern- 
 gate of the i)ark. ' 
 
 'You waste time, Varney,' said the earl ; 'and 
 t]T:T- ^. T"^ ^'^ "t Woodstock before I ean 
 
 ^ournJ?. "' " "'y,'>'^Si"««; ">"] till then, I 
 jouiney m .some peril. 
 
 'It is but tw-o hours' brisk riding, my lord ' 
 said Vainoy ; 'for me, I only stopped to enforee 
 your commands of care and^sccxA.y on yo 2r 
 Foster, and to inquire about the abode of le 
 gentleman whom I would juoniote to your lord 
 ships train, in the room of Trevors.' ^ 
 
 think'!f^*i'^ ^"\ -*''"• V\^'''^''^" "'■ tl'c antechamber, 
 tninK st thou ? said the earl. 
 
 'He promi.ses well, my lord,' replied Varney ; 
 
 but If your lordship were pleased to ride on I 
 
 could go back to Cumnor, and bring him to your 
 
 ship at \\-oodstock before you are out 
 
 of 
 
 . ^^ hy, I am asleep there, thou knowest, at 
 this moment, said the carl; 'and I pray y.,, 
 not to spare horse-flesh, that you maj be w^i, 
 me at my leve(^ •' 
 
 «o saying, he gave his horse the spur, and 
 
 ■.;ccedc, on his journey, while Varney rode 
 
 ck to Cumnor by the j,ul,Ii,. ,.„ad, avoiding 
 
 he park The latter alighted at the door of the 
 
 bonnie 15 ack Hear, and desired to st,eak wi h 
 
 .Master Michael I.ambourne. That respe,.tablo 
 
 character was not long of appearing bcfoie 
 
 us new patron, but it was 'with clowncast 
 
 iookh. 
 
 'Thou hast lost the scent,' said Varney, 'of 
 thy comrade Trcssilian-I know it by thy haii"- 
 dog visage. Is this thy alacrity, thou iinpudent 
 
 ' Cogswounds ! ' said Lamboiirne, ' there was 
 
 never a trail so finely hunted. l' saw him to 
 
 .11 til at mine uncles here-stuck to him like 
 
 ices -wax-saw Inm at supper-watched him to 
 
 s chamber, and prcsto-hc is gone next morn- 
 ing, the very hostler knows not where ' ' 
 
 'This sounds like ],ractice upon me, sir,' 
 replied \ arney ; 'and if it proves so, by my soul 
 you shall repent it ! ' ^ ^ 
 
 'Sir, the best hound will be sometimes at 
 fault, answered Lambourne ; 'how should it 
 serve me that this fellow should have thus 
 evanished ; ^ on may a,sk mine host, (Ules C!os- 
 liii''-ask the tapster and hostler-ask Cicelv 
 ancT the whole household, how I k^ eyes c!,'. 
 liessihan while he was on foot.-On my soul, I 
 could not be expecte<l to watch him like a sick- 
 nurse when I },ad seen him fairly a-bcd in his 
 chamber. That will be allowed ine, surely V 
 
 Varney did in fact, make some inquiry among 
 he household, which confirmed the truth o^ 
 J. ambourne s. statement. Tre.ssilian, it was unani- 
 mously agreed, had .lepartod sud.lenly and unev- 
 pecteJly, betwixt night and morniin' 
 
 I aJue of his reckoning, with some"allowance to 
 the servan s of the house, which was the less 
 necessary, that he saddled his own gelding al t 
 seems, without the hostler's a.ssistance ' 
 
 Thus .satislied of the rectitude of Lambourne's 
 ;:onduct,\arney began to talk to him upohi.s 
 luture prospects, and the mode in which he 
 meant to bestow himself, intimating that he 
 understood fnmi Foster he was not disinclined 
 to enter into the liousehold of a nobleman 
 . Jiavc you,' .said he, ' ever been at court ? ' 
 Ao, rej)lied Lambourne ; ' but ever since I 
 was ten years old, I have dreamt once a-week 
 tfiat 1 was there, and made my fortune ' 
 
 It may bo your own fault if your dream 
 
 comes not true, sai.l Varney. 'Are Jou needy ? ' 
 
 Urn I replied Lambourne; ' I love j.lea.sure.' 
 
 Ibat IS a sufficient an.swer, and an honest 
 
 one, said Varney. 'Know you aught of the 
 
 Zt^tT.'^^^""'"''^'""^^'-''*^'''-°^^nsing 
 
 ',1 have imagined them to myself, sir,' an- 
 swered Lambourne; 'a.^ for example a quick 
 eve-a close mouth-a ready and bold liand-a 
 stiaip wit, and a blunt conscience.' 
 
212 
 
 IVAVERI.EY XOllil., 
 
 'And thiiio, I sii|,i,os..,'.saiil VariR.y, ' ]uis had 
 
 Us I'llrrc bltllllcll |l)l|<f silKT ? ' 
 
 'I I'luiiKil, iviiiciiilicr, sir, thiit its (.(l;,ro was 
 fvcr ovci' kiTii.' iT|jli,.(] l.iuiilioiiriin. ■ Wlicri I 
 was a yo.itli, I liad sonic U'w whimsies, hut I 
 nihhed Ihriii p'lrllyciutoriiiy nrollpctioM on the 
 roiiKhgniiiistoiioof the wars, and what remained 
 1 waslied out in the hroad waves of the Atiiuitio ' 
 ' Ihon hast served, tiieii. in the Indies'' 
 '111 hoth Ivist and West,' replied the eaiidi- 
 (liite tor court service, ' hy h„th sea and land • I 
 have .served hoth \\w. I'ortu-al ami the Spaniard 
 ^-lioth the Dutcluiiaii and tiio I'Veni'liinan, and 
 liiive made war on our own ac.'ouiit with a crew 
 pi ,|ollv- Icllows, who lield tl„.,e was no iieace 
 beyond the Lini'.'* ' 
 
 'Thou ir.ayest do nie, and niv lord, and thy- 
 se f, K,.od servi,M>,' sai.l Varnev, after a .uium.. 
 Hut ohsi^rve, I know the world- , and answer me 
 truly, eanst thou he faithful /' 
 
 ' Did you not know the world,' answered Lam- 
 I'ouriiP, ; It were my duty to say ay, without 
 lurtiier cireumstaiiec, and to swear it with life 
 and honour, and so forth. Hut as it seems to 
 me that your worship is one who desires rather 
 honest truth than politic liilsehood -I reiilv to 
 you, that I can he faithful to th," ^mI lows foot • 
 ay, to the loop that daiij,des from it, if I am well 
 useil and well recoinpensed ;— not otherwise ' 
 
 To thy other virtues th.ai eanst add, no 
 (loul.t, said Varney, in a jeering tone, 'the 
 knack ot seeimuf,' serious and l•eli^dous when the 
 moment (h'lnands it / ' 
 
 'It would cost nic nothiiif,',' said Lainhoiirne, 
 to say yes— hut, to .speak on the sijuare, I must 
 iiecls say no. If you want a hypo,'rite. vou may 
 take Anthony Foster, who, from his childhood 
 had .some sort of phantom hauntini,' him, which 
 lie called religion, though it was' that .sort of 
 gocllmess which always ended in heiie' <rreat 
 gain. Hut I have no such knack of it.' ^ ^ 
 
 'Well,' replied Varney, 'if thou hast no 
 Hypocrisy, hast thou not a nag hero in the 
 stable ? 
 
 'Ay, sir,' .saiil Lambourne, 'that shall tako 
 hedge and ditch with inv lord duke's best 
 liunter.s. When I made a little mistake on 
 hliooters Hill, and stopped an ancient grazier 
 who.se pouches were better lined than his brain- 
 par., the bourne bay nag carried me sheer olf in 
 spite ot the whole hue and cry.' 
 
 'Saddle liiiii. then, iiistantlv, and attend me ' 
 sai( Varney. 'Leave thy clothes aii.i ba.'.,a<re 
 under ehirge of mine host, and I will eonSuet 
 thee to a service, in which, if thou do not better 
 t ly.sell, the fault shall not he fortune's l)ut 
 thine own.' 
 
 ' Heave and hearty : ' said Lambourne, 'and I 
 am mounted m an instant. — Knave hostler 
 saddle my nag without the loss of one instant, 
 as thou do.st value the safety of thy noddle. - 
 Pretty Cicely, take half this purse to comfort 
 tliec for my sudden departure.' 
 
 'Gogsnouns !' replied the father, ' Cieelv wants 
 no such token from thee. -Oo awav, Mike, and 
 gather grace if thou eanst. tliough I think thou 
 goest not to the land wliere it "row; ' 
 
 *.Sir Francis Dr.ike, Morg.in, anil many a bold Imc 
 ^Z.°^ "'°^'= '''»>'^' «"-. i" f^'ct, li.tle better thai, 
 
 ' r.et nie look at this Cicely of thine, mine 
 lost .said arney; ' I have heard much talk of 
 III r beauty. 
 
 ' It isaMinbnrntbc.iuty,'. said mine host, 'well 
 <piali led o stand out rain and wind, but little 
 calculated o plea.se such critical gallants as 
 yoursel . She keeps her chamber, and cann 
 
 eneouner he glance of .such sunny -.lay eourtic, 
 as my iioljie guest. 
 
 ' Well peace be with her, mv good host ' 
 
 wrbi:[;:,:j::ri^,L;v-''-----"patient-i 
 
 sail/S;;;^.""''''"^'^"^^'^''^""' -»•'-- your 
 
 Va'^^c '• ''"^'' '** '''■'^ piii'pose,' answered liichard 
 
 ' Vim are right-fully right,' replied mine 
 
 rhou hast got a gay horse, .see thou light not 
 -".aware upon a halter-or, if thou wilt needs 
 Iw made immortal by means of a rotie, which thv 
 puj-pose ot to lowing this gentlenuui renders not 
 iHilikely, I charge thee to lind a gallows as fur 
 li'om Cumnor as thou conveni.ntly mayest, and 
 so I commend you to your .saddle ' ^ ' 
 
 The master of the hor.se and his new retainer 
 mounted accordingly, leaving the landlor.l to 
 conelude his ill-omened larewell to him.self and 
 at leisure, and set olf together ,at a ranid i.ace, 
 which prevented conversation until the ascent of 
 a .steep .sandy hill j)erinitted them to resume it 
 
 > ou are .■ontented, then,' said Varney to his 
 companion, ' to take court .service ' ' 
 
 'Ay, worshi],fiil .sir, if you like my terms as 
 well as I like yours. 
 
 'And what are your terms?' demanded Varney 
 
 II I am to have a .piiek eye for my iiatron's 
 
 mterest, he must have a dull one towards my 
 
 laults, said Lanibourne. ■^ 
 
 ' Ay ' s-aid Varney, '.so they lie not so gro.s.slv 
 open that he must needs break his shiiis owr 
 
 'Agreed,' .said Lambourne. 'Next, if I riui 
 dow;n game I must have the picking of the bones.' 
 J lat IS but reason,' replied Varney, 'so that 
 your betters are served before you.' 
 
 'Cood,' said Lambourne ;' 'and it only re- 
 mains to be .said, that if the law and I quarrel 
 my iiatron must bear mo out, for that is a chief 
 
 'Reason again,' .said Varney, 'if the quarrel 
 liatli liap]iened in your master's service.' 
 
 'For the wage and so forth, I s,ay iiothincr,' 
 proceeded Lambourne ; ' it is the secret gucrdmi 
 that I must live by.' 
 
 'Never fear,' .said Varney; 'thou shalt liave 
 clothes and spending money to ruffle it with the 
 best ot thy degree, for thou goest to a household 
 wliero you have gold, as they say, by the eye.' 
 'vf |''''\*^yi"'"l« 'il' ^v'tl> my humour,' replied 
 .■\licliael Lambourne ; 'and it only remains that 
 you tell me my master's name.' 
 
 'My name is Master Richard Varney,' an- 
 swered his conqianion. 
 
 'Hnt I mean,' said Lambourne, 'the name 
 ot the noble lord to whcse service ynu arc to 
 prelcr me.' '' 
 
 'How, knave, art thou too good to call me 
 master? said Varney hastily; 'I would have 
 tliee bold to otiiers, but not saucy to me.' 
 
i^'ENIUVORTII 
 
 y of tliiiic, iiiiiic 
 -'iird niiii'h t;ill< of 
 
 I Mlillc host, ' Well 
 
 I wind, liut little 
 tiral f,'all;uits ms 
 ibor, mill (•.■tiinot 
 miy-(l;i3' court icis 
 
 my good host,' 
 iiiL' impatient— 
 
 1, so jiluasu you?' 
 
 iiswcrod Ricliiii'd 
 
 ->' M']llilMl luJMC 
 
 lit, my luiisnmn. 
 •■ thou lij,dit not 
 thou wilt needs 
 I'ojie, whieh tliy 
 nan lenders not 
 a jjallows as fur 
 itly niayest, and 
 
 0. ' 
 
 his new retainer 
 (lie landlord to 
 to liiiiiself and 
 at a rapid pace, 
 til the ascent of 
 n to resume it. 
 
 II Variiey to liis 
 e ?' 
 
 ke my terms as 
 
 nanded \'arney. 
 I'oi' my jiatron's 
 no towards my 
 
 ? not so gi'ossly 
 his sliins over 
 
 Next, if I nui 
 ig of the bones.' 
 irney, '.so that 
 
 lid it only re- 
 aiid I (piaiTel, 
 that is a cliief 
 
 'if tlio quarrel 
 'rviee.' 
 say nothing,' 
 secret guerdon 
 
 on shalt have 
 fifle it with the 
 to a hou.sehold 
 hy the eye.' 
 nonr,' replied 
 ' remains that 
 
 Varney,' an- 
 
 ', ' the name 
 'e you are to 
 
 id to call me 
 I would have 
 to me.' 
 
 I erayo your worshij.'s i.ardon,' said r/mi 
 I.onrne ; ' l.nt you .seemed familiar with Ant ' 
 J|^o«ter; now 1 am familiar with Anth 
 
 'Tliou art a shrewd knave, I 
 
 213 
 
 liony my 
 
 'Hid let the dcjinestics do 
 
 repli 
 
 to 
 
 Vanioy. 'Mark nie-I .h. i.Hleea ..opose 
 ntroduce thee into a nobleman'.s ho, s 'hold • 
 Im It 1.S upon my person thou wilt cliie. y it' 
 and noon my countenaiico that thou wilt .|e, , ' 
 I am ins master of horse-Thou wilt so, i k i 
 
 ii:irth;i;:;-""'^«'-^-thccoui;:iJ:::d 
 
 .■u7/ *Y' "«''tv;'.l^''ive .spell to conjure with ' 
 
 ' Used with disiMction, it may ,,rove so ' re 
 Led V arney ; ' h„t mark-il' thou con ju.ewi." 
 
 ill tear'tl,""'" r""^'' " ""^^ •'^'^^ » ^'«vU w ho 
 \Mii tear thee in Iragments ' 
 
 n.;«s;'„r;;;'i!;:,i;:';"""'i-»|"""«'.'i.v.ii 
 
 victory of Mar horon-di and no 1 f i 
 
 111. t,H?^ /•'"'-''"'''• *° "'« «''^'^t imiioverish 
 
 Ming of hounds were heard; for my Ion n i 
 liis occupation of inspectimr and sur^vim/Vi 
 mnorand demesne, w'-as of co r e ovW Kt 
 
 "1 j'ttiK, saui to t ave been tlip nmO.'not. ti ^ 
 enclosed i" EnglandfaSd wh di w s 1N« 
 
 ^oveial of the inhabitants of the villa.re in 
 anxious hope of a favourable re ult f on 'tli ' 
 muvonted visit, loitere.l about t lico iTy. 
 
 iheir attention was excited by the liastv arr v i 
 
 The Earhs master of the horse'' w^,i p tbev 
 hurried to bespeak favour by hastily Jionn 7 
 ing, and ^^^.^^^ . ^^ j^^j^ ^^^^ briS Ja SS", 
 
 'Sta rr"^ '',^T'\ ^"^' •"■^ attendant ^ 
 btand somewhat aloof, my masters ! ' said 
 
 lick 
 'lis 
 
 I'y, 
 
 more 
 
 \''U'ncy iiaiightily 
 tlieir office.' 
 
 Tile mortified citi/ens and ,,ea.saiits fell 
 ■rt the signal ; while Lambourne, who h ,i 
 c'y« iijion Ins superior's deportn)ent, reoelled the 
 semecs o tliosc who olfei'ed to as i t'lin w h 
 J <■ more ihscourtcsy-'Htanil back, .lack e'isl ,/ 
 
 »;^»;j;;»:,™';;i";;!;i;;;S;„:rs.E,";: 
 
 M ;l™.l"»Jlal<...ll, a,,,|,-,.i|,„, ■" 
 
 iiiaii fus due. 
 
 'Silence, good neiglibours ! ' .said the bailiff 
 kecj. tongue betwixt teeth - we .s hill k w 
 n;oi^ by and ..y.- li.a never will a Wl e 
 
 il. i\ He would hor.sewh p a fellow one diC 
 |v|th ns own royal hand, and' then I gib, 2 
 KU, Iful o .SI ver groats, with his own broa ace 
 oiUhem, to 'noiiit the sore withal ' 
 
 ' it S'l 'bf I" ''■'"' 11'" K •''■''°'^'' tl"' '""litors ; 
 whi;> any'of 1;^'^' '^" ^'"^ ^^'''^^ ^''-^'-tl. Loisc' 
 
 ;MS^:L£;:;tiS:^or3i:o,:;riSE 
 
 .Meanwhile, Varney, elo.scly followed bv bis 
 ""«■ .lependent, nia.le his way to te hall where 
 -nen of more note and eonsjquene t ^ lo e 
 
 e . ',1 "/'"'"'^■^"'"■^' ^"•'"'^•'1 tl>e appeLn nci of 
 the earl, who as yet kej.t his ehambJi Al paid 
 
 el Iheir""^'' ''"'','"°''" "'■ '^''^■^ '''^'«"'»^' - a 
 suited the 1 own rank, or the urgency of the 
 iH isiness winch brought them to lii.s'l^'cfs Icve 
 
 'See vni, , ; ^ '^V"^ ' ''" «^'''^ I'l'ief aii.swers, as, 
 
 ' ui t the ll '°'' '"'^'""- "'■ 't'' ""^1 tl'o like, 
 
 I tU tfie same query was jait in a higher tone 
 
 I'y.a personage of more importance. ' I WilMn 
 
 :i"ti:'rSv^"'^i'^'''t"\'"; Ti'omas'c; :;,; : 
 
 , "•■ynt lejily The chamberlain, distingnis],; 1 
 
 I "^i 1^ Masi;J'^ '''"'''•"'"^' ^'"'^ ^'- "-' ->y 
 
 liV e el n^ . '''^ V '•'^^ •'^1"'^''^ ^^'f' I'i"' >•>' In- 
 nate chamber. A arney, therefore, bowed to 
 
 Srtmelit."'' "'' '°'"^ '"''■'' ^° ^^^ '"'^ 1°-1'^ 
 
 lasTed a w'. '^ "!"'™"', "*' ^^^P'^ctation which 
 asttd a few minutes, and was at length hushed 
 I'y the opening of the folding -doors at 1, 
 upper en, of the apartment, thi^ugh wli3i li,'; 
 ,. n,.,i I • ", ^''t-'H't'e, marshalled by his 
 c amberlain and the steward of his famil/ a,! 
 
 ana piincely features, men rea,l tiothin" of tint 
 insolence wiiich was practised by his d pen e s 
 
 rank of those to whom they were addressed but 
 eyen the meanest person pksent had a share of 
 Ins gracious notice. The inquiries wlii 1 he 
 
214 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 iimde rospoctiiiR thn coiHliti.,:! of tlio manor, of 
 the ..mvM'.s ric,'lits tlinv, and of the advantafffH 
 and (isad vantages wliieh niiglit attend licr oeca- 
 Bional residence at the royal seat of Woodstoek 
 seemed to show tliat lie had most earnestly 
 investigated the matter of the petitiou of the 
 inhahitants, and with a desire to forward the 
 interest of thu jjlace. 
 
 'Now, the Lord love his nohlo eoiintelianee,' 
 said the hailiir, who had thrust himself into the 
 iiresence elianiber ; 'he looks somewhat pale. 
 1 warrant hini he hath si)ent the whole iihdit 
 in perusing our lueinorial. Master Toughyarn 
 wiio took SIX months to draw it up, said it 
 would take a week to understand it ; and see 
 it the Earl hatii not knocked tho marrow out 
 ol It 111 twenty-four hours.' 
 
 The earl then aeciuainted them that he should 
 move their sovereign to honour Woodstoek oeea- 
 sionally with her residence during her royal iiro- 
 gresses, that the town and its vicinity nii"ht 
 derive, from her countenance and favour the 
 same advantages as from those of her i,re- 
 deeessors. Meanwhile he rejoiced to be the 
 Gxpo".!!der of her gracious pleasure, in assuring 
 thein that, for the increase of trade, and en 
 coiirugenient of tho worthy burgesses of Wood- 
 stock . her Majesty was minded to erect the town 
 into ■<■. staple for wool. 
 
 This joyful iiit(!lligence was received with the 
 acclamations not only of the better sort who were 
 ddmittci t.> tho audience-chamber, but of the 
 commons who awaited without. 
 
 The fre; dom of the corporation was presented 
 to the ear) upon knee by the magistrates of the 
 place, together v,ith a purse of gold jiieces, which 
 the earl I.Piided to Varney, who, on his part, 
 gay. a share to Lambourne, as the most acceijt- 
 all'! ( irnest of his new service. 
 
 Tl.e earl and his retinue took horse soon after, 
 to return to court, accompanied by tho shouts of 
 the inhabitants of Woodstock, who made the old 
 oaks ring with re-echoing, 'Long live Queen 
 .Uizabeth, and the noble Earl of Leicester!" The 
 urbanity and courtesy of the earl even threw a ! 
 
 ghani of popularity over his attendants, as their 
 haughty deportment had formerly obscured that 
 of their master ; and men shouted, ' Long life to 
 the Elarl, and to his gallant followers ! ' as Varney 
 and Lambourne, each in his rank, rode i)roudlv 
 through the streets of Woodstock. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Host. I will hear you, Master Fenton ; and I will, at 
 least, keep your counsel. 
 
 Merry Wives of Windsor. 
 
 It becomn necessary to return to the detail of 
 P'ose circumstances which accompanied, and 
 indeed occasioned, the sudden disai)i)earanee of 
 rressilian from the sign of the Black Bear at 
 Cumnor. It will lie recolleete.l that this gentle- 
 man, i>''ter his rencounter with Varnev, had 
 returned to Giles Gosling's caravansary," where 
 he shut himself up in his own chamber, demanded 
 pen, ink, and paper, and announced his purpose 
 to remain private for the day : in the evening he 
 
 ap]ieared again in the public room, where Michael 
 Lain()ouriie, who had been on the watch for hiui 
 agreeably to his eiigageinent to Varney, en- 
 deavoured to renew his aciuaintance with him, 
 and hoped he retained no unfriendly recollection 
 ot the part he had taken in the morning's s( ullle 
 lint Iressilian repelled his advances lirmlv, 
 though with civility-' Master Lambourne,' sakl 
 ic, 1 trust I have recompensed to your pleasure 
 tic time you have wasted on nie. Under the 
 show of wild bluiitiiess which voii exhibit, 1 know 
 jou have sense enough to understand me, when 
 1 say traiikly, that, the object of our ti'inporary 
 acquaintance having bcfii accomplished, we 
 must lie strangers to each other in future." 
 
 'JVo/' .said l,aiiibouriie, twirling his 
 whiskers with one haiiil, and grasping the hilt 
 of his weapon with the other ; ' if 1 thought 
 
 tliatthis usage was meant to insult me' 
 
 ' You would bear it with discretion, doubtless ' 
 interrupted Tressiliaii, ' as you must do at any 
 rate. \ou know too well tho distance that is 
 betwixt us, to require me to exiilain myself 
 further — Good evening.' 
 
 So .saying, he turned his back u]ioii his former 
 companion, and entered into discourse with the 
 landlord. Jlichael Lambourne felt strongly dis- 
 jiosed to bully ; but his wrath died away in a 
 lew incoherent oaths and ejaculations, and he 
 sank unresistingly under the ascendency which 
 su])erior spirits possess over persons of his habits 
 and description, He remained moody and silent 
 in a corner of thu apartment, i)aying the most 
 marked att. iitioii to every motion of his late 
 companion, against whom he began now to 
 nourish a quarrel on his own account, which he 
 trusted to avenge by the execution of his new 
 master Varney's directions. The hour of sujiper 
 arrived, and wiis followed by that of repose 
 when Trcssilian, like others, retired to hi.s 
 sleejung ajiartment. 
 
 He had not been in bed long, when the train 
 of .sad reveries, which siipjilied the jilace of rest 
 in his disturbed mind, was suddenly interrupted 
 by the jar of a door on its hinges, and a light 
 was seen to glimmer in the apartment. Tressilian, 
 who was as brave as steel, sjirang from his bed at 
 tins alarm, and had laid hand upon his sword, 
 when he was prevented from drawing it, by a 
 voice which said, ' Be not too rash with your 
 rapier .Master Tre.ssilian-It is I, your host, 
 Giles Gosling. 
 
 At the same time, uiishrouding the dark 
 lantern, which had hitherto only emitted an 
 indistinct glimmer, the goodly aspect and figure 
 of the landlord of the Black Bear was visibly 
 presented to his astonished guest. 
 
 'What mummery is this, mine host?' said 
 Iressilian ; 'have you supped as jollilv as last 
 night, and so mistaken your chamber? or is 
 midnight a time for masquerading it in your 
 guest's lodging ? ' a j 
 
 'Master Tressilian,' rejilied ni'i. host, 'I 
 know my jilace and my time as well as e'e a 
 merry landlord in England. But here has been 
 my hang-dog kinsman watching you as close us 
 ever eat watrhrd a mouse ; and here have you 
 on the other hand, quarrelled and fought either 
 with him or with some other person, and I fear 
 that danger will come of it.' 
 
h^ENlLlVORTH 
 
 I, whero Mioliaul 
 3 Wiitcli Uw liim, 
 to Viinicy, eii- 
 aiico with liiin, 
 idly recollection 
 orniii^r's. St utile. 
 ;lvaiiee.s liriiily, 
 unlioiinie,' sai(l 
 
 yoiii'iilcasiire 
 le. Under tlje 
 exhiliit, 1 know 
 tand nie, when 
 
 our teinpoiary 
 r)ni])li,slied, wu 
 
 1 liiture.' 
 twilling' Ijis 
 
 ispiuK the liilt 
 ' if 1 thought 
 
 It me ' 
 
 ion, doubtless,' 
 lUst do at any 
 istan(;o that is 
 'xjilain inyselt 
 
 |>ou his former 
 ourse witli tlie 
 It strongly dis- 
 ind away in a 
 .tions, and he 
 ■ndency which 
 IS of his liahits 
 ody and silent 
 >'ing the most 
 111 of liis late 
 legan now to 
 lint, wliich ho 
 m of his new 
 'loiir of su])jier 
 lat of repose, 
 3tired to liis 
 
 hen the train 
 ' place of rest 
 y interrupted 
 s, and a light 
 t. Tressilian, 
 0111 his bed at 
 111 his sword, 
 iving it, by a 
 <h with your 
 , your host, 
 
 ig tlio dark 
 
 ■ emitted an 
 let and figure 
 
 ■ was visibly 
 
 host?" said 
 ollily as last 
 niber ? or is 
 ; it in your 
 
 1. host, 'I 
 ell as e'e' a 
 lere has been 
 u as close as 
 c have you, 
 ought either 
 1, and I fear 
 
 "fi 
 
 'Cio to thou art but a fool, man,' said Ties- 
 
 imd bcMdes why shouldst thou think I ha, 
 <iuanellcd with anv one whomsoever r 
 
 U, sir, rei)lied the innkeei.er, 'there was 
 a red spot on thy very eheek-bolie, 'which bod" 
 
 Man uwl '^'^ ^'m'"'*-' '■'^ *'"' conjunction of 
 yais and haturn tli.eatens misfoitune-and 
 when yon returned, the buckles of your gin 1 
 were brought forward, and your ste,, was n ck 
 
 Vo;rtl^rM''''V''T^''""-''''^''"'-l-''-^ 
 your h It had been lately acquainted.' 
 
 to draw my sword,' .said Tressilian, 'why sluml. 
 •swch a .•ircnmstance fetch thee on of hv wa 
 
 SrL^S.Sr'"''"'«"'^ ThouseesJ'iiiJ^r 
 
 Zl.'"^'';""'WS which hath borne bin o Hi 
 nutters ot very deep concernment. An.l then 
 
 ai'i^l if'TlTV'^'i ^ ^''■'' ^"l-' >'- "'-t 1 ; 
 and it these two old cronies have nia.le in. their 
 old acquaintance, I wonkl not, my w, , fu 
 
 foiTM ke 1 '^'■r'' '" f *''^ ^^"^^ i '- '" " 
 
 \ZU ;, • ^^'"!'';'°"'''"' lw« been making very 
 
 a ular inquiries at mine hostler, wh,m and 
 
 f u.7.r" "'''"• ^^°^^' ^ ^^""I'l l"^ve you 
 so 1 itti. ;^ -'r' V-\ ""'^ ""' ^'"'^ ''"'"' «'■ «'"'! 
 
 uEt^'^ii5v:::5e5"' "'^^ ""' ^^"^^ -•• 
 
 'Ihou art an lionest man, mine host ' said 
 
 Tress.l,an,atera ..oment'sconsideratio:'an 
 1 will deal frankly with thee. If these men's 
 
 ^i'^f rfr^ against me-as I de;:';^" bu 
 It may— It is because they ar.> the aeeiits of a 
 "lore powerful villain than themselves ' 
 
 J on mean Master Richard Varnev do von 
 "otr said the landlord; 'he was a^t £1.110 
 1 ace vesterday, and came not thitlier so , ~ 
 but wfiat he was espied by one who told me ' 
 1 mean the same, mine host.' 
 
 TresJZ*. •'""''•/'."'^'^ "'^''' ^vorshipful Master 
 
 ,^^^ ' 4^^\^''^''^ ^"^'^''^^ ''°°k well to 
 
 mrn.,.rA I' ^"^"''y •' t'"' protector and 
 
 r H hv^ -^r "'°"^ ^°''"' ^^I'o holds under him 
 
 a Id tt nlrk'" V' """' '-- o'' y°"J«'- "-"-oil 
 aiKi tiifc park. Variiey got a arge crant of die 
 
 lands of the Abbacy o^f^Abingdo^n ^id Cuii 
 PJaee, amongst others, from his master, the 
 
 wifi T"'^"\ ^^f" '"'•'^ >'« can do everythinL 
 •1 i h,m, though I hold the Earl too good a 
 
 rid'tiu:!/^""!''"^ '"™ '^ ''""^ "-" t'^lk"' - 
 And then the tarl can do anytl intr (that is 
 
 E hef t"^"'* °'' ««"f)-ith^tlieg'u^en:G d 
 n.iul^to'youL^r-'"'^ "^"' "^ enemy you' have 
 
 anJSll^JesSliS;:"^' ""^ ' ^^"""^ ^'«^I' '^ 
 'Uds precious, but it must be helned in some 
 manner, said the host 'Richard \-a ney-X 
 hat between his influence with my lord am 
 
 I aims in right of the abbot here men (ear 
 almost to mention his name, much n're to se 
 theuKselves against his practices. Yo 1 
 
 sai( 
 
 21.5 
 
 li.brp hu "»,'."■"' '"•■' i'racrioes. \ ou ni.ay 
 Ko by our discourses tiie last night. Men 
 
 of RicS v"'"''*' °!','r<'">; *'°«ter, bntfiot a wl rd 
 
 be at Z wi'"^'' * '°''«'] '^^ '"<^» J"dge him to 
 oe at the bottom of yonder mystery about the 
 
 w:irr;Sa;;i;:cSori::r;:';:;a.;r^ 
 
 ' I do indeed know more of that poor unlbrtnn 
 ate lady than thou dost, my friendly J " 
 
 ' I am''bIit^l'f''''^''T'''""'' «'''■''•'''■ l""-"">-'l- 
 1 am but a j.oor innkeeper, little able to adiust 
 or counsel such a .uest as yourself, ii, t a ,, 
 as I have risen decently above the wo, L 
 giving good measure and reas.mable cha ^s 1^ 
 am an honest man ; ami as such, if I ,!.; ,'ot 
 be able to assist you, I am at least n ot i,a le 
 to abuse your confi.lence. .Say awav t h e 'o e 
 as conti.lently as if you spoke t^.'u fk , '• 
 
 "';lrV''n'''Vr'^''^«''-"'*'-t'.yc, £y 
 - or I will not deny that which belomrs to m v 
 
 :£K^«' to a reasonable dtgi;";^ 
 
 'I doubt it not, mine host, • answered Tressilim • 
 and wlule h,s auditor remained in 'u .i s' 
 '■xpec tat.on, h,. meditated for an instant We 
 should comnienee his narrative. ' My t 1 ' « 
 at length .said, 'to be miite intelligii] „„ t 
 begP: at some distance {.ack.-You lave he.nl 
 
 the battle^of Stoke niy good host, a;;;r;''^^^^^ 
 
 01 old S,r Roger Robsart, who, in that battle 
 vahan ly took part with Henry \\\., the ( ue , '; 
 gi-andtather, and routed the^ Earl'o Li o 1 
 Lord Gerald.n and his wild Irish, a. t ^ 
 Hemings whom the Dnche.ss of Burgnn i- lid 
 sent over, m the quarrel of Lambert sfmnel /' 
 
 I remember both one and the other,' .said 
 Gles Gosling ; ',t is sung of a do.en times l^^l 
 
 to tlds ho^i'r?^~ '" ^'"" "' ^^•''°'" "'"'«*'■'''« «i"S 
 
 "wr"*' K^ "•"^S'' °'" ^^°^^'^ '^d field. 
 
 When Martin .Swart on ground lay ilain • 
 '" ™e',n,g rout he never redd, ^ ' 
 
 iiut like a rock did firm remain ♦ 
 
 Ay, and then there wus Martin Swart I have 
 heard my grandfather talk of, and of the t\\l 
 
 douLlet: *2T' '■' '^.T"-"^^^, with their slaihS 
 (Joiblets and quaint hose, all frounced with 
 ribbons above the nether stocks. Her-'s a soiS 
 goes^of_Martin Swart, too, an I had but memo,'? 
 
 Martin Swart and his men, 
 
 Saddle them, s.iddle them • 
 Martin Swart and his men, 
 
 Saddle them well.'f 
 
 t.l'J?''V^°r^. "•]"'' liost-the day was loni; 
 talked of; but If you sing so loifd, you wU 
 
 'I crave pardon, my worshipful guest," said 
 
 l,-,!!.'!^''''' ^■^"'^' °'' ^onx^t'iing similar, occurs in a Ions 
 ballad, or poan, on Klodden Fi-ld renri^trtl I v t! » I .^ 
 Henry Weber (p. bj, Kdinb. .Soi! Svof * " 
 
 poemlby Skdtonl ^A"''' f°"^.«^"'f''J' occurs in an ok! 
 pucm [uy SkeltonJ, where the singer boasts— 
 
 ■ Courteously he can both counter and knack 
 
 rc^ ,„ ? "'" ^*'^" ""'' "" '''s merry n.en " 
 
 [See Weber's notes, in the above vol. p. 182.] 
 
21 fl 
 
 If 
 
 ■iVERLrV NOVELS 
 
 I'linc host ; I was ubhvi..us. When an ol.l s,,,,,, 
 coinos across us ini'i-ry .'1.1 l<iii-I,(,s „r th,. s|,i.r„t 
 It runs away with ..111- (iisnvti.m.' ' 
 
 nfi! T^'o' '"',"" '""^' '">■ «'-"'d'all'fr, like son.o 
 otlun Onush nwii k.'pt a warm atlction to tlio 
 Jloiiso ot \oi'k, an. cspous,.,! tlu' .iiuutoI .^t this 
 6iiniiol, assuming tlu. title oC Karl of Waiwi.k 
 us the county altfrwar.is, in givat numh.rs,' 
 rounlciiamr,! tliocaus. of I'.M-kin \Vail„.,.k, ,.alli„.; 
 
 Slmn •";'"!'"' ."''^■"■'■'^' •^'yK.'an,lsin',join,.,i 
 Mmnt-ls staudani, ami was takon ti«htii .' Av- 
 ■■l»'i-iit.'ly at St„k,., who:v, most oiti, " 
 
 ol 
 your 
 
 the 
 
 suit 
 
 ,),.,, ', ^" '""■■'. >" 111.' I.'aili'rs ol 
 
 that unham.y army wviv slain in their liariu'ss. 
 Ihe ^'...,,1 kuiKht to whom ho r.m(l..r..,l liimscli; 
 Ml K.),i,'or liohsart, prol.Tt.-il him from th.. im- 
 
 iKMliato vim^^eaiux- of ih,. king, an.l dismiss.,! 
 
 > V thout rans.,m. Hut ho was nnablo to 
 
 Kia .1 him (roni otli..r inmalth^s of his rashness, 
 
 hemg ho hoavy nios l.y which ho was im- 
 
 lH.v,.r.sho,l according to Henrys mo.lo of 
 
 . .k,Mung his ,.„cmies. The good knight did 
 W.at he might o n.itigalo tho distresses of my 
 
 i |.r,n'J;-?r' "'^•"•'"^"•'^'''I' ''*-■«'">"■ «'> strict, 
 
 1 .t my lath...- was bred uj. as the sworn brothel' 
 a. d .ntiniatc o the jirosont Sir Hugh Kobsart, 
 
 ho only son of Sir lioger, an.l the heir of hi,; 
 
 ones and gc.ierous and hospitable temper, 
 though imt e,,ual to lum in martial achievements.' 
 . 1 have heard ol goo.l Sir Hii.di lioiis^irf ' 
 "'^-:'»Pted the host," < many a tC and oft. 
 Ills huntsman ami sworn .servant, Will Hadyer 
 hath sp,.,<en of him an huiidr.^d tim..s in thw 
 very house--a jovial knight ho is, an.l hath 
 . U..1 hospitality an. open housekeeping more 
 
 an the present fashion, which lay.' a" mu.:li 
 gold lace on he seams of a <l.,ublet as woul.l 
 le d a d.,zon ot tall fellows with beef and ale fo 
 a t volven.onth, and let them have their evening | 
 
 Imblican'^ "" """^ """■""''' '" ''° ^"""^^ *" '''" 
 
 said Tressihan, 'you have hear.l enough of Sir 
 Hugh KoWrt; an.l therefore I will but say' 
 that the hospitality you boast of hath iiroved 
 somewhat detrimental to the estate of his family 
 w uch IS perhaps of the less consequence, as lie 
 1 us but one daughter to whom to beouJath it 
 And here be-ms my share in the talo. Upon 
 
 fu.f^\ r°'' """'"^ willingly have made me 
 his constant companion. Tliere was a time 
 however at w iicli I felt the kind knighfs ex- 
 cessivo ove tor lield-sports detained me from 
 studies by wueh I might have profited n.oi^ 
 hut I ce.ased to regret the leisure whicii gratitude 
 and here,l,tary friendship compelled me to bes ow 
 
 S''"' A^ '^^°i;^^"«- The exquisite beauty 
 of M stress Amy Robsart. as she grew ni. from 
 childhood to woman, could not escape one who, 
 
 mine 'f,o .V'^^'f^ >'°.\"" '''"= l''''''^' "° ''""'^t ? ' sai.l 
 
 1 .)udgo It must have been so in your instance 
 fl.™ the he,.vy si^li you uttered exen now/ ' 
 
 1 lie ca.se was dilferent, mine liost. Mv suit 
 
 RobsS Tt'f ''"y"^ ^ *'r fe"^""'°"« Sir^uS 
 my rassi^^/ '' ''""S'"''"' "''"^ "'«« ^^^'1'' *" 
 
 twl^'"' '7',,t''«."'"-'*t .langerous enemy 
 t"o, sai.l the innkeoi.er. 'I fear 
 proved a old one.' 
 
 'She yiol.lcd me her esteem,' .siii.l Tressilian 
 
 an, seem.lnotunwillingthaUsli.n.ldlmp:it 
 ; 'liight rijen into a wanner jiassioii. There was 
 
 ■V . , '■"""-'''^■'■'^'"" ! l"'! to comply 
 
 .I.St V. , "f "''''"■^'' *'"' "•■■^'■'■'"i"" "'.s 
 Kill m ' :■ •/"•'"'^•'■'""""•. Duringthis perio.l, 
 Kiclaid\arney appeared in tho countrv ami 
 ivailing lum.seif of .some distant familyTo, o 
 
 i;;;; with Sir ijugh Robsart, s,.mt ,;;K,^ 
 
 Sintay:^'"''^''''''i''''«^''- ■-•'■-■-' 
 
 'That could bode no good to Ih.. tihieo lie 
 )ionouiv,I with his resi.leiico,' said ()...sli!;g " 
 Ao by the rood ! rej.lied Tressilian. 'Mis- 
 understan.lmgand nii.sery followe.l his pr,.,sence 
 
 1.JSS to trace the gi'a.latwns of th.-ir eneroachnient 
 "Pon a family, which ha.l, till then, been so 
 I'ai'l'y; For a time Amy Robsart reed ved the 
 
 lie. attached to eomnmn courtesies; then fol- 
 < e.l a pen.K in whi..li she seemed t'rgd 
 mil with dislike, and even with .lis.mst -an 
 
 nlivd !''^'-^"'''"'-^, «I-i- of ^olmectio 
 . ppodicl to grow up betwixt them. Variicy 
 . ppned hose airs of pretension and galla S: 
 
 I "T;'"'\ '"' '"■'"'" Hpi-roaches ; and 
 
 Amy, on the o her hand, seemed to renounce the 
 
 I- Isguised disgust with which she ha.l regarded 
 
 1 in. 1 hey .seemed to have more of .^^ivacy 
 
 an confidence together than I fully liked; an^ 
 
 I va ess r '* '}''J '""•* '" l-'-iv'^te; where 'there 
 was less restraint than in our presence. Many 
 
 1 1 ie""for'T'i '''"^'' / "°^-^ I'-t little at the 
 time -tor I deemed her heart as open as lier 
 angehc countenance-haye since arisen Z Z 
 niomory, to convince me of their private under- 
 staii.lmg. But I need not detail them-tle fact 
 
 Im se-\arney dLsappeared at the same time- 
 aid this very day I have seen her in the character 
 of lnsj)arainour, living in the house of his sordid 
 dependent Foster, an.l visited by him, nuiX 1, 
 and by a. secret entrance.' 
 
 'All,! this, then, is the cause of your nuarrel v 
 Methinks, you should have been sure tlmt tl e 
 fou^lady either desired or deserved your interfer- 
 
 ' Mine host,' answered Tressilian, 'my fathei 
 such as I must ever consider Sir Hugh Robsart 
 8 s at home struggling with his grfef, or, so 
 ar recovered, vainly attempting to diwn, n the 
 practice of his fielcf-snorts, tlle^•eeoIIecti;,l that 
 he Jiad once a dangtiter-a recollection whicli 
 ever and anon breaks from liim under eircun - 
 
 the Idea that ho should live in mi.sery, and Amy 
 ". gu.t; and I en.leavoured to seel her o t^ 
 
 family. I have found her, and when I have 
 either succeeded in niy attempt, or have found 
 
 oaik for the \ irginia voyage.' 
 
 'Be not so rash, good sir,' replied Giles Gos- 
 ling, and cast not yourself away because a 
 woman-to be iuief-/. a woman, and changes 
 
KENir.ivoKfn 
 
 iw unemy of tlic 
 Iwir joiir Hiiit 
 
 siiid Trt'sHiliaii, 
 I sliould liO|H' it 
 ion. TliciL' was 
 xcciitcd ln'twixt 
 ; lint to coniiily 
 
 |^\('(■lltioll was 
 i'iii,L;tliis jicriod, 
 (^ c'diiutry, and, 
 
 liiniily uoiincc!- 
 ■nt mnuh of his 
 n^'tli, lio almost 
 
 a lln' \Am'x\ lie 
 1 (ioslinj;. 
 .'ssiliaii. 'Mis- 
 'd Ids incscncc, 
 is nioinout ut a 
 r cncroat'liniont 
 
 then, liecn so 
 It leucivcd the 
 til the indiifer- 
 sies ; then fol- 
 nicd to rpi,"ird 
 : disi,'tist ; and 
 of connection 
 leni. Vanicy 
 
 and gallantry 
 proaolies ; and 
 o renounce the 
 c had regarded 
 )re of ])i'ivacy 
 Uy liked ; and 
 te, wliere there 
 senee. Many 
 It little at the 
 •i oi)en as lier 
 arisen on my 
 irivate uiider- 
 Iieni— tlie fact 
 ni lier father's 
 ' same time— 
 
 the cliaracter 
 e of his sordid 
 liini, muffled, 
 
 your miarrel '\ 
 sure that the 
 your interfer- 
 
 , ' my father, 
 ugh Robsart, 
 ;rief, or, if so 
 howu, in the 
 )llcction that 
 ection which 
 nder circum- 
 d not brook 
 ly, iind Amy 
 -'ck lier out, 
 eturn to her 
 then I have 
 • have found 
 rpose to em- 
 
 i Giles Gos- 
 f because a 
 md chanc'cs 
 
 hor lovers like her suit of ribands, with no better 
 
 susiMcion dnvct,.,! yun so trnly to this 
 ulvs residence, or rather to b.r j.lace .,f 
 
 ;.'i7 
 
 con- 
 
 stances 
 ladv's re: 
 ccalnieiit ? 
 
 ' The last is the better chosen word miMe host • 
 «n.lYessilian;.andtoucldni;;r^ t 
 
 I nts of h;'"^'"''«'- <'>^\^ Varnef j^eld 1 u-Je 
 ^ . nts <> th. , emesnes formerly belon.rj,,,. |„ 
 tnionks ol Abm^don, di.vete.l me T Ih 
 
 And what ,s no»' your jMirpose, worthy sir ^ 
 ^xcjuse my freed.m, in asking tl.; .juestiot/so 
 
 ;.-t n,h..n.widWyehang;d1vru;att 
 |H>cr «as, ,f my words make no itni.ression „,,on 
 
 the kSh.^l"'"' '"''"""'■' ''^'^'■^^'''' ''"'•'•■^"ilian,' said 
 .1110 i,i(l\. If I uiulerstaiK vou, lias alir.i,k- >•,. 
 jected your interference in tiie tliatte, ' ^ "- 
 ^l^_U,,s_buttootrm,'saidTressiIian;'Ieannot 
 
 m-oeeJ,^";"""'''^' ''^ "■''"' '•'■«'" "'• "'toiest do vou 
 piocessacomimlsoryinterfereneewithherincli,, 
 
 y<iU to J)rVoii- 
 
 "P 'oi' Sir Jluj'li 
 
 liost, ' said Tres- 
 ''y yoMi advice, and 
 
 of jiis cameradoes, y„u should hi, 
 ^li"c, get a petition drawn 
 
 ... ^"'' 'lave .sjioken well, mini 
 Jiilian. 'And 1 will j,n>|ii 
 leave you to-morrow early 
 
 a «ticst s arrival mor.. eagerly il, n , ?, '"' 
 
 ^:ou«ue,y,,„„, Mykif;sm^,'!:';i:i ; ;;;- 
 
 kc to be ),a„u,,,i |„, ,s„ni..ll,i„„ but I w ,M 
 • 't tlia the ea.,.se were tiie murder of ai I, „ , 
 gne.st ot mine. " lirtt.r ri.le .safe in 1 ,! . •! 
 
 aiKi neie is your score. •'' 
 
 . '.It is .somewhat under a nol,le,' .said TressiJi.,,, 
 
 "elti^cicH;" '''" 'r'< '«'^''' tl- '«i-^ "; 
 
 'Tlicy .shall taste of your bounty, sir,' sai.l 
 ■"«li ig, 'and you shouhf taste of my lai /'h te 's 
 I.PH ••■ fe-atcful acknowledgment, Itit ^ ' i 
 Iq.,^ slie eaiinot grace the poivh to greet you^ 
 
 'Do not trust vour daugliter too far with vour 
 g.ie.sts, my goo,l andlord,' .said Tressil.an ^ 
 
 ' I Mill apjieal to the Earl of Leicester ' said 
 
 i'", s H^"-^' ^'"' -/-"y oniisf::iu;,tr.- 
 
 Hp ! T"'" '""^ •''^''''t sect of puritans 
 
 -He dare not, tor the sake of his own claraetp • 
 
 oi cue piniciiles of honour and nobleness wifl, 
 
 paseu to protect his dependent (as indeed he is 
 baid to be very confidential with Va nev/ H," 
 
 S Ve'%?""I' '"^>- ^-i' them ' fo h'5o 
 and r f^iM ' ^["^"'^y '' ''"^t '" socl' matters 
 and (.ft be not treason to speak it) will mther' 
 
 cnest • forif H 1 fo'^'ig'"' then, my brave 
 a tbV f f . l',"" '?^''^'* "^ Petition from S^r Hutrh 
 
 utepest,a.sollertoprotpetVarne"iinpn„-„ eu • 
 
 you must go formally to work ; and withnnt 
 
 ■ vZ S.or^nV"*'' *^° --*"" ho^set 
 I ivy councillor, and expose yourself to the dagger 
 
 'O \.;,. , •—■••■■'"■, .-'a.u iicssiiian. 
 
 ' I own,' said Tre.ssilian, ' it was angry as well 
 
 i.s conluse.], and affords .i,e little h,./tlmt s] e i 
 
 3et awakened from her unhappy deLioli.' "" 
 
 111 mat ease, sir, I .see not why yon should 
 
 ;Iay the champion of a wench that^WH no lo 
 
 !^:v;nl^^:'7''''"'•^^^''''"''■''"'■^''^vourt,^ 
 
 .;"^^^i;:;mr^.^i'£:irrvrd:s 
 
 .csire t hat Aniy should ever turn tliougl.r;, ,o 
 
 1. and .hi'!"-' ^' 'T ^''■' '''^""-^^ to her 
 t I, and dl 1 have to do in Europe-iierhans 
 111 Uie world-is over and ended ' ^ ' ' 
 A wiser resolution were to drink a .•iii, of ,saek 
 111.1 forget her, .said the landlord. ' But five ami 
 wenty and fifty look on those ma te ts wi 
 
 ^.f:^£t;s;n'Lidi3-'''r;,5'ir 
 
 you^^tE'ii^aS.;.""' ' '- •- "-'"• ' -'-i^i 
 
 -'Kelna wl'T' '"IT ''"'*'' ''''I'"'''' Trcssilian 
 Place wlfi I '"' *'" "'"^'"'"^ °'' tl'ose at the 
 
 n.ic<, which thou canst casi y leani without 
 su.spie.on as all men's news fly to the ale bend 
 and be pleased to commvni.^ate I e tidiS in 
 vnt.ng to .such person, and to no otl .-, wKha 
 
 t is^Ch e' "'f r ''■fr'^ token-1 Ja^r 
 
 i\"' !• ! ""•' I;"' ''•«•-■'>■ l^-stowiton you.' 
 
 ^ay, sir said the landlord, ' I desire no re 
 
 compense-but it seems a„ unadvised ourseTn 
 
 liic Lemg ina,,ublie line, to connect myself in L 
 
 haJb!;''?'* 'w ^' ''''*^'' '■" t''° '^"d who would 
 Iiave his daughter relea.sed from tlie snares of 
 
218 
 
 H'.-t VERl.E Y NO VELS 
 
 shaiiio, aiid sin, and niiHery, have an intorcst 
 (Icu'iicr than a.\\^\\t conccniiiif,' eaith only could 
 create.' 
 
 ' Well, sir," said the liost, ' these arc liravo 
 words ; and I do pity lioni my soul the Cnink- 
 hearted old gentleiiian, who has niinished his 
 estate in ^ood hoiisekeeinuK for the honour ol' his 
 country, and now has his dau^diter, who should 
 be the stay of his ii;,'e, and so forth, whisked up 
 hy such a kite as this Varney. And though vonr 
 l)art lu the matter is sonu^what of the wildest, 
 vet I will e'en lie ji madcap for comjiauy, and 
 help you in your honest attempt to f,'et hack the 
 K'ood man's child, so far as heinj; your faithful 
 intellicrencer can serve. And as I shall he true to 
 you, I i)ray you to he trusty to me, and keep my 
 secret ; lor it were had for the custom of the 
 IJlack Hear should it he said the hear-warder 
 mtertercd in such matters. Varuey has interest 
 enijUKh with the justices to dismount my nohle 
 emblem from the jiost on which ho swings so 
 gallantly, to call in my licence, and ruin me 
 Irom garret to cellar.' 
 
 'Do not doulit my secrecy, mine liost,' said 
 Iressdian; 'I will retain, besides, the ileei)est 
 sense ot thy service, and of the risk thou dost 
 run— remember the ring is my sure token.— And 
 now, farewell— for it was thy wise advice that I 
 should tarry here as short a time as may be.' 
 
 'Follow me, then, Sir Ouest,' .said the land- 
 lord, ' anil tread as gently as if eggs were under 
 vour toot, instead of deal boards.— No one must 
 know when or how you departed.' 
 
 By the aid of his dark lantern he conducted 
 Tressdian, as soon as lie had made himself ready 
 for his journey, through a long intricacy of 
 passages, which opened to an outer court, and 
 (rom thence to a remote sui'l,!.- where he liad 
 already placed his guest's horse. He then aided 
 him to fasten on the saddle the jinall portmantle 
 winch contained his necessaries, opened a postern- 
 door, and, with a hearty shake of the hand, and a 
 reiteration of liis promise to attend to wliat went 
 on at Cumnor I'lace, ho dismissed his guest on 
 his solitary journey. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Far in the lane a lonely huf lie found. 
 No tenant ventured on tlie unwholesome ground : 
 Here smokes his forge, he bares his sinewy arm. 
 And e.-irly strokes the soundinj^- anvil warm ■ 
 Around his shop the steely sp,i,l<les flew, ' 
 As for the steed he shajied the nending shoe. 
 
 (jAv's Tkivia. 
 
 As it was deemed properby the travellerhimself, 
 as wel as by Giles Gosling, that Tressilian should 
 avoid being,seen in the neighbourhooii of Cumnor 
 I V'°^,V^ accident might make early risers, 
 
 the landlord had given him a route, consisting of 
 yurious byways and lanes, which he was to IblTow 
 m sucecssion, and which, all the turns and short- 
 cuts duly observed, was to conduct him to the 
 public road to Alarlborongh. 
 
 Jiut, like counsel of every other kind, tliis 
 jpccies of direction is much more easily given tlian 
 toUowed ; and wliat betwixt the intricacy of the 
 way, the darkness of the night, Tressiliaii's 
 
 Ignorance of the country, and the sad and iierplex- 
 ing thoughts with which he had to contend his 
 .journey [iroceedcd so slowly, that morning |,miid 
 hiin only m the vale of Whitehorse, memorable 
 or the defeat of the Danes in former deys, with 
 Ins horse deprived of a forefoot shoe, an accident 
 wlueli threatened to j.ut a stoi. to his journey, by 
 ammg the animal. The residence of 'a smith \,L 
 his hrst olijcct of iiKpiiry, in which lu' received 
 litth^ satistactioii from the dubiess or suUeiiness 
 ol one or two peasants, early bound for their 
 aliour, who gave brief and indillerent answers to 
 his iiucstions on the subject. Anxious, at length 
 that the partner of his journey should suller as 
 little as possible Irom the unfortunate accident, 
 Jrcssilian dismounted, and led his horse in the 
 direction ol a little hamlet, where he hoped cither 
 to li ud or hear tidings of such an artilicer as he now 
 wanted. Through a deep and muddy lane, he at 
 length waded on to the place, which proved only 
 an assemblage of live or six miserable huts, about 
 the doors ol which one or two persons, whoso 
 api)earance seemed as rude as that of their dwell- 
 ings, were beginning the toils of the day. One 
 cottage, however, seemed of rather superior as- 
 pect, and the old dame, who was sweeping her 
 threshold, appeared .soiucihing less rude than her 
 neighbours. To her Tressilian addressed the oft- 
 repeated (|uestioii, whether there was a smith in 
 this neighbourhood, or any place where he could 
 refresh his horse ? The dame looked him in the 
 lace with a peculiar exjircssion, as she replied, 
 'Smith! ay, truly is there a smith— what wouldst 
 ha wi' nil, nioii ? ' 
 
 'To shoe my liorse, good dame,' an.swered 
 Ircssilian ; 'you may see that he has thrown a 
 forefoot shoe. 
 
 ' Master Holiday!' exclaimed the dame, with- 
 out returning any direct answer— 'Master Heras- 
 nius Holiday, come and speak to moii, and 
 please you.' 
 
 'Favcte linffuLs,' anm-ered a voice from within ; 
 'I cannot now come forth. Gammer Sludge 
 being m the very sweetest bit of my morniiiff 
 studies.' ° 
 
 ' Nay but, good now, Sfaster Holiday, come 
 ye out, do ye— Here's a mon would to Wayland 
 Smith, and I care not to show him way to devil 
 —his horse hath east shoe. ' 
 
 ' Quid mild cum cabitUu?' replied the man of 
 learning from within ; ' I think there is but one 
 wise man in the hundred, anil they cannot shoe 
 a horse without him ! ' 
 
 And forth came the honest jiedagogue, for such 
 his dress bespoke him. A long, lean, shambling, 
 stooping figure was surmounted by a head 
 thatched with lank black hair .somewhat incliii- 
 ing to grey. His features had the east of habitual 
 authority, whicli I sujipose Dionysiiis carried 
 with him from the throne to the schoolmaster's 
 jnilpit, r.iid bequeathed as a legacy to all of the 
 same profession. A black buckram cassock was 
 gathered at his middle with a belt, at which 
 hung, insteail of knife or weapon, a goodly 
 leathern iien-andiiik case. His ferula was stuck 
 on the other side, like Harleijuin's wooden 
 sword ; and he carried in his liaud the tattered 
 volume which he had been busily perusing. 
 
 On seeing a person of Tressilian s appearance, 
 which he was better able to estimate than the 
 
Ill and pciplox- 
 •I ciiiitL'iKl, hia 
 iii()riiiii;,'|()iind 
 St', iiioiiioialile 
 iiur di'/ys, witii 
 >o, an accident 
 lisj'omiu'y, liy 
 Df'a.sniitli \.a.'i 
 ■li lie icceivi'd 
 < 111' sullunni'ss 
 und tor their 
 I'nt answers to 
 uns, at lengtli, 
 onld snil'er as 
 iiate accident, 
 1 iioise in the 
 e lidiied citlier 
 liceras he now 
 dy lane, lie at 
 li [iroved only 
 ie huts, aliout 
 ersons, wlioso 
 >t' their dwell- 
 hc day. One 
 [• superior as- 
 sweeping her 
 rude than her 
 •essed the ol't- 
 as a smith in 
 here he could 
 d him in the 
 she replied, 
 what wouldst 
 
 0,' answered 
 uis thrown a 
 
 dame, with- 
 laster Heras- 
 3 mon, and 
 
 from within ; 
 nier Sludge, 
 my morning 
 
 sliday, come 
 to Wayland 
 way to devil 
 
 the man of 
 •e is but one 
 cannot shoe 
 
 ;ue, for such 
 shambling, 
 by a head 
 what inclin- 
 b of habitual 
 siua carried 
 loolmaster's 
 o all of the 
 cassock was 
 t, at which 
 a goodly 
 a was stuck 
 II 's wooden 
 he tattered 
 using, 
 ippearance, 
 ;e than the 
 
 KENIJ.WORTir 
 
 couPhy folks had been, the Hchoolmaster un- 
 bonneted, and accosted him witli ^iiuhr, dLZ. 
 
 ln'.ssilian mustered his learning to reply 
 SwrT"'' "'"'^"^'^^•»'' ^''■'■nnadam Uhcntius 
 
 tlie ellect which the mason's sign is said to i.ro 
 
 'l>KMMmthcbrctlMcuotthet,:we!. I walrt 
 once interested in the learned tmvellc ist c'n 
 with gravity to his story of a tired ho s. 
 
 'St shoe, ami then replied will, s ,„„i,v 'I 
 
 nay.,,pearaM^^ 
 
 •^ ly oyou hat there dwells, within a brief 
 ale ol these h./nrin, the best fahn- iWrnnin 
 t y most accomplislaMl blacksmith that em- 
 .ailed u'on upon hors... N„„. „,,rc I to .say so 
 
 loti 01 as he vulgar have it, a made man.' 
 I should at least,' .sai.l Tressiliau, 'have a 
 
 I'hidtrbe'.iV^- •''■."■' 'V'-"-^"""' ^^•''•^•'' ««'"- 
 
 anncuit to ha obtained m tliis country ' 
 
 evil un'-ldT'tl '''"',' V'" "'■ '^ •'''"'"' ■^"•'' t" the 
 e\H un, said the old woni.in, 'the sendintr a 
 
 living creature to Wayland .Smith.' ^ 
 
 eace, (Jammer Sludge!' said the jiedagoguc' 
 
 pana vn-ba, (iammer Sludge; look to b, 
 
 S^ Sr"'^f '•'"'- /''^''''- >"'«-^- 
 cos H ! T. ^'V ''■" e'""tl«nian is none of tl.; 
 his tv tot" T"/'^' '" Tressiliau, he resunu'd 
 nis loity tone, 'And so, most worshipful von 
 would really think yourself felu h^ln^^r 
 
 tZ^^r '"'' *" ^-^ ^"<^ ^-"-« orZl ; 
 
 haifan''C''T'^''''f ''"."• '^ ^'"""'1 '" tl'«t «««« I 
 nave all that I want at ])resent— a horse (it to 
 
 r^ Th rt'"'-?'', "' ^'™'"'^" "^ '-"- •-• '■ ' 
 
 iiig. Ihe last words he muttered to himself. 
 
 man , \yell was it sung by Junius Juvenalis 
 
 "numuubus vota cxaMlta malumis'"' ' 
 
 Learned Alagister,' said Tressiliau 'your 
 
 capacity, tliat you must excuse my seekiiK' else 
 wheretor information which I can^b^er under: 
 
 learning can condescend so far, whe her there 
 any ,. ace here where I can have op ortunity t 
 
 masS 'lea, ''TV'^'''^'- ,'"•'■ «'^"1 the school- 
 there 1, ^:,f' /."^^^'^y ■■ender you, that although 
 theie 13 m this poor hamlet {nostra vnumrn 
 rcgna) no regular hospitium, as n,y nainesake 
 Erasmus calleth it, yet for'ismicl, . namesake 
 
 «cmiewhatim,n,edor^l!r?lSlltw^^ 
 Mtl good letters, I will use my interest wit the 
 
 withaXterl/'" 'T'' to acconn^oda te jt 
 •hicb f' t"^' f f"™>ty-an wholesome food, f'or 
 
 bottle of sw^efi^;;: it r;^;^d San 
 Sludge so much abounds, that it may be saTd o " 
 her cow /«.;«»« habet m cor>,u; and if it please 
 you to bestow on me the pleas , re of ym ,• com 
 
 Sili) 
 
 P" '. tlie bamjuet shall cost you ne snnn-rw 
 ,.uarm .0 m,„.h is (ianimer Sludge bo , 
 
 '.« lor the pains I have bestowed on\l,e an 
 bottom ot her h(,pcliil heir Dickie «• ,„ ' i 
 
 '"''w^ ;■:':?;'' V''-'^'-Sii::a:;i;;:'r^ 
 
 said t le' rl ? ' ^'" '"': "•.•^'^'•^''■■' Herasmns,' 
 
 kkie mu nZ'' '"" «'""f "'"t li.tl'e 
 
 /icKii, may be the better for his accident '- -and 
 
 I "'•the rest, ,(■ the gentleman list to s , ■ l„e k 
 
 jH shal l,eon tli.' board iiMlM. wri r'inl a 
 
 d.shco,a;andlorhorse.„,,u,andnu.^'s';,,eat; 
 I I .Mr no such base mind as to ask a penny ' ' 
 Lonsld, n„g the state of his hoise Tressili.n 
 -;pon the whoh., saw no better co, rs t "o 
 "■'•'■I.' he invitation thus learnedlv ma 1 „ ,1 
 
 -Hl'itab yconlirnicd, and take chance Iw 
 t u- good pedagogue ha,l exhausted every to i" 
 o '•;»|vcrsation, he might possibly co, Le d 
 to tell 1 ,m where he could lind the s,„iih they 
 «1 >keol. He entere.l the hut a..cordinily, ,^ 
 •at down with the learned Magisl.r K.. si 
 
 ol.day, partook of his furmity,%„i listeie to 
 
 ■ IS learne. account of himselt lor a good hall" 
 
 ■-''--•.ore he could get bin, to talk ^i,,o , ' 
 
 < bcr topic. 1 he ,,ader will readily ex use our 
 
 fcom,,anying this n,an of learning into all le 
 
 details with which be favoure.l Tressilia of 
 
 which the following sketch may sullice. ' 
 
 He was born at Jlogsnorton, where, accordiiu- 
 
 to popular .saying, the pigs ,,lay upon the o «« " 
 
 a i.roverb whi..h he int.Tp.'.fed allego lica y "s 
 
 l-avi'ig reference to the 'herd of J^c r is'"? 
 
 which litter Jlo,,ice confessed liinKsell' a p ker 
 
 His name of Krasnais he derived partly Uom 
 
 IS father having been the son of i r i^owi e 
 
 asherwoman, who had hel.l that great schola 
 
 n clean linen all the while he was at O.xfbrd a 
 
 task ot .some difheulty, as he was only ,^ L e ,sed 
 
 tw-o shirts ' the one,' as she expres,4, 1 er^df, 
 to wasii the other.' The vest ges of one o 
 
 i l"i,T"/'"''"' ' ^•'"^'^[ Holiday l,oasted, were 
 still m his mssession, having fortunatei; been 
 
 01 bci bill. J3ut he thought there was a still 
 
 fe;i?"'\T''"'""^' '"'''' *°'' "''■'' J'aving ad 
 
 t le Zn'\ ^''""'T' '=°"'"''^'l "» l'i"b "ai'-ely; 
 te secret presentiment of his mothe 's mind 
 tliat, m the babe to be christened, was a hidden 
 
 Ui"fk;.:''"f'\r''°"''^ °"^ ''-^y'™^! '''»" to i a" 
 TbesM 1 the great scholar of Amsterdam. 
 Ihe schoolmaster's surname led him as far int^ 
 dissertation as his Christian aimellative He 
 wa. inc^iued to think that he b'oi-e the imnie of 
 Hohdny , J, ms,/ucus a von hwcndo, because he 
 
 sir he" V '" Y''Y^' '" ^"'^ «^1-"'- 'Hone? 
 r /; u ? «'^'jool""i.ster is termed, classicall^, 
 Sefn '^'"O'f"-' I^f «'«e l-e deprives the boys o 
 H n }ll ■ f '^ y'^' o" the other hand, he 
 
 n " ind ","f " 'f "''^ "'^'•>' ^'"'''••"'t interpiWa! 
 tion and refer to his own exquisite art in 
 arranging pageants, moms -dances. May- day 
 lest.v.ties, and .such- like holiday delights fti^ 
 vhich he assured Tressiliau he had ,k,.s t ye ly 
 EmW '^^r • *""' *'%"'"'^' inventive l.rain if, 
 such pleasures had made him known to many 
 honourable persons both in country and in con ? 
 
 ' Anrl ^'in"""^ ^Z "'" "°'^'«' '^•"■1 of Leicester- 
 
 And although he may now seem to forget me ' 
 
 he said, 'in the multitude of state affaii^s y^t I 
 
220 
 
 n'AVEKl.EY NUVEL<i 
 
 .1111 well ass.iml that, Imd li.. somil. ...Ptlv ti.Htiiiir 
 o anay^M•,..tert,ii,^M.l^ or tlH.(A,,..u-,\ ;.,;,;, 
 
 •t age o( Krasmus II„l„|ay. /•„,,•. ,»./,„/,,., 
 
 Ill the n.rai.wliil,., I hrar niv pupiLs pai-.c, aiK 
 
 ...nstn.,,wo,.iu,,twl.i, aMd.l,.iv.!awai,ny'ti, ' 
 
 .1 i, "';' "'■ "'" •^'"*'''- ^"J ' I'^'ve at 
 a t „.., w ,..,. in f<..T....siM„uh-iRo with ford;;!, 
 
 miNto, an.l liav,- .njoy,.,! the .lisliiuaioi. ,i,„' tu 
 H' fani,.,l iiiM ,..• that title; witness ti„. e.udile 
 
 u !i I"i ?lf ' I'f ';«'""'''<i"^ "'h..,ie,lieated ton.e 
 1 Kiel that title Ins treatise on the letter Tau. 
 
 'r.onf;„„,y it i,e «o si,!' sai,l tho traveller; 
 
 "It peniut .lie to aslc, ii, your own learne, 
 |"..'«»e, quia k,cad r.lnirii /-^.-.s-what 1 a 
 tl. IS to ,lo with the shoeing of my poor na.^r- 
 will , "'m'"^'''""'' ""'■ """' "flfarninr'.'we 
 
 ea ^t\r'''' '"•'' "'• tl"fe years past, there 
 T. to tl"''^;M"iit.s one ivho ealled hinis..lC 
 Doctor DolM-ohie, although it .nay he he , "v.! 
 jviote even Mwjistcr urtium, save in ri-ht ofhis 
 '".iKiyhelly. Or it niayl,; that, if he had any 
 degiees, tli.'y were of the devil's L'ivin.' for he 
 was what tho vulgar call a white wTtch-a 
 cunning man, and such like. Now, good sir I 
 noM,k'VV"l •"■' '"'I«^f''-''!t ; 'mt if a^nan tell 
 not his t<ilo lus own way, how have you warrant 
 to think that he can tell it in yours''' 
 
 '\\fll, then, learned .sir, take your way' 
 answered Tressilian ; 'only let us travel at^a 
 
 afterwards. Xmv hi'ie 
 viiy marrow of riiy tale 
 
 conies the mctlul/a, tho 
 
 hnrn"!,';,;.'";,'" '"^ "'"'• , 'i''"'-* Uoi'tor Dohoolm, 
 ■ ' seivant a po.,r snak.', whom he employed 
 n trimming his tnrnaee, regulating it 1 y LI 
 
 'neasure-eompouMding his drugs-Ttraeing ■* Is 
 
 \ ell, light worsh.plnl, the doetor heing removod 
 tns stra.igely, and in a way which .struck tho 
 «1 ok. c,mntry with terr,,r, this poor Zany thinks 
 """ '/ret „//,,• .•"and, even as a tradcman',; 
 ' l;P';-'nt.''.; sets hin.self up in his n,aster\s Z, 
 
 t a, .' \;'y'""'l "ssnme the dangerous 
 
 tiade ul Ins dehinct mast.^r. Hut altlLLd, 
 [m.st worshipful sir, the world is ."-er i^'' 
 ten to the pretensions of sneh unworthy men? 
 
 an,, Ihougl, usurping the stvle an.l skill of 
 loetors ol med.,.ine, vet the pretensions of thi. 
 poor /any, this Wayrand, were too gross to „a"s 
 on them, nor wa.s there a m,re rustir a vi la'^e 
 vo was n,,t ready to accost him in the .sense o 
 leisiu.-,, though m thei.- own rugged woids,- 
 niliii.s hullclwnim, certo conipuscrc- puncto 
 IS -cms u.vamen ,' velat hoc i.alura nicdendi ; 
 
 WiU thou mix hJltbore, who dcth not know 
 ihe art of medicine this forbids ■ 
 
 1 — I ""V i^i. lis iiavei at a 
 
 shoru's't.''*"'' *'"' '"•^ *"'" '' «"'"cwhat of the 
 
 'Well sir,' resumed Erasmu.s Holiday, with 
 1 10 rnost provoking perseverance, 'I will not .say 
 that this same Demetrius, for .so he wrote hini- 
 h,L n '" ''^'■«'Kn.r''»'t^. was an actual eon- 
 
 , but certain it is that he professed to be a 
 I'l'other ot the mystical Order of the Rosy Cross 
 a diseip e of Geber(.,. ,■.,, u'«. .,</«,v vaufverb^^n 
 
 !vt' '/ !V"" •"'''*'•'■•*•''.)• H« ^■'"■«1 \vounds by 
 s-ilving the weai.on instead of tho sore-told 
 01 tunes by palmistry-discovered stolen goods 
 by the sieve and .shears-gathered the ri.rht 
 ma.kIowand the niale-fe:,. std, through nX 
 we men walk invisible - pretended some 
 exban^i,' '■"/'" ^"''""''^' °' ""ivei'sal 
 soi^y silver.' ' '" """^"''^ ^°°^ ^'^'^ '"t'> 
 
 'In other words,' said Tressilian, 'he was a 
 Mnaeksalver and common cheat: but what has 
 
 he Ims'losl V "'^ ''^^' ^""^ "'' '^'°' ''^'^^' 
 
 ,.„^^'/'''yo"i' wor.shipful patience,' rei)lied the 
 
 thatjre.ontly -;,«^A.,//„, then, right worship. 
 = '.I / r ,'^°'''^' '^'^cording to our Marcus Tulliii 
 IS flij/ici/ium rcrutii diurna pcrpcssio." This 
 same Demetriu.s Doboobio, aft^r dealing with 
 the conntiy, as I have told you, began to acquire 
 lame cncr magnates among the prime men of 
 the land and there is likelihood he might have 
 
 vulgar fame, (for I aver not the thing as accord- 
 ing with my certain knowledge), the devil 
 claimed hi.s „ght, one dark night, and flown off 
 with Demetinis, who was never seen or heard of 
 
 , 1 trow. 
 
 Moreover, the evil reputation of the master, and 
 Is strange and doubtful end, or, at least, sudden 
 di.sappearance, prevented u.-y, excepting the 
 nio.st desperate of men. to seek any adv^e r 
 
 V :";'•;" "■""','•"', '^''^ ■' 'vla-refo^o the ,oo 
 \eiinin was hkely at hrst to Mvarf for very 
 
 heTiV, ";>ft^'" devil that serves him. s . c{ 
 the death of Dome ru.s or Doboobie, ,>ut him on 
 a fresh device. This knave, whether from the 
 inspirafon of' the devil, or from early education, 
 s Iocs horses better than e'er a ma.i betwixt u.s 
 ad Iceland ; and so he gives up his ,,raetice on 
 the 1 ipeds, the two-legged and unlle.lged sjieeies 
 called mankind, and betakes him tmtirely to 
 shoeing of horses.' •^ 
 
 'Indeed! and where does he lodge all this 
 inu-r .said Tres,silian. 'And docs he .she 
 horses well /-show me his dwelling p.e.sently.' 
 
 The interruption pleased not the Magister 
 
 who exclaimed. ' 
 
 ccvca Mcns mortalium! 
 
 bSnl?^'''' X V" '^'l^'' ^ "^ed'tiiat'qn^tatioii 
 before. But I would the classics could afford 
 me any sentiment of power to stop those who 
 hI, Vy^ ^^ '"''' "l'°" ""^"' own destruction, 
 man'i'l'il 1 ''"'^ ^1^' tbe conditions of this 
 ■U ', \^' '" ^'""tl'^'at'o". 'ere you are so 
 
 villmg to ],lace yourself within his danger' 
 
 A takes no money for a's work,' said the 
 -lame, who stood l,y, enra,,tured as it were with 
 t lie fine .\oit1s and learned apoiihthegms which 
 
 Matin .•'^'"'^.''''"'l'.'"^'' ^''-"^it" i""'"te 
 Master Holiday. But this interruption pleased 
 not the Magister, more than that of the traveller 
 Itace, said he, 'Gammer Sludge; know 
 your place if it be your will. iumJj^^, 
 Uammer Sluage, and allow me to expound this 
 matter to o„r worshipful guest. -Sir^sakl 1^ 
 again addres,sing Tressilian, 'this od woiim' 
 
he maluUa, tlio 
 Doctor Dobooliit) 
 ulii 111' ciniiloynd 
 itiiiK it l.y jiist 
 K;'<— tiiiciiij.' his 
 nil- (Ic call fix. — 
 'f liiiiif,' rtinovud 
 liicli striK'k till! 
 oor Ziiiiy tliiiiks 
 I, " L'ho iivii/si), 
 s a triidciimn'.s 
 s iiiiiHtcr'.s .sliuji 
 
 flOlll llllsilH'SS, 
 
 till' iliiii^'crdua 
 Hilt althoiigli, 
 
 i CVfl' ]JI(I1IC to 
 
 unworthy men, 
 iniiii uiid i-ldir- 
 li! ami skill of 
 fusions of thi.s 
 )0 t,'ioss to iiass 
 ^tif, a villager, 
 in till' si'use of 
 wl words,— 
 
 5 puncto 
 nieclendi ; 
 
 •MY parajihrase 
 
 not know 
 xture go? 
 trow. 
 
 10 master, and 
 ; least, sudden 
 xwiiting the 
 ny advice or 
 fore the jioor 
 varf for very 
 e.s him, since 
 i, imt liim on 
 her from tlie 
 ly education, 
 n betwixt xis 
 is ]iractice on 
 edged si)eeies 
 
 I entirely to 
 
 dge all this 
 oes he shoe 
 ; presently.' 
 le JIagister, 
 mortalium ! 
 tt quotation 
 could afford 
 
 11 those who 
 destruction, 
 ions of this 
 
 you are so 
 
 langer' 
 
 k,' .said the 
 it were witli 
 egms wliieii 
 ito inmate, 
 iion pleased 
 le traveller, 
 ige ; know 
 Siiflam.inri, 
 :po\ind this 
 r,' .said he, 
 old Woman 
 
 ^T.Nll.U'OKTIt 
 
 spoaks tni,. thoMgl, in her own rude stvl. • for 
 - tainly this fnber fn-mriu,, „r VlXnith 
 takes money of no one.' 'latK.smitii, 
 
 «Hi;M;i;:;:'^;:;p:'!''.:t'''n;:''''!^7''i,^''''-' 
 
 w^ddeverrernse'\,;,:;:^;.:;;ifi;:iL.;,;v-t.an 
 
 Ifie old woman hath tow.'hed it again ' said 
 the pedagogue; ■ ,rm nn< w,,/,/ _'; , ' , "' 
 rf;'\ n will, her needles poii t.-Tlis \ v 
 
 'And can this madman, for sueh I hold In'm • i 
 
 Si^tr- ''•''•' '^'--'''^''^'iki aril' 
 
 --}iy-,endhin,.' lulii^liulX Ti^iS 
 u>'lom ,n t.ak.ng eounsel or re.eivin-' a d lorn 
 
 r|;?i^-th-;--T.-^^ 
 
 sai/ti;;'"oMV" "'"'T '"'"' '^'^'*'''' H''iasmus,' 
 .said tno old (lanip, who w:is i Ii.,,,., i ■ 
 
 to get her house I v../ ,, ;,',"''• ';^'''''',^ 
 needs go when the devil .Irives'"' '' """^ 
 
 '/)o w.,„„,v,' said the .Magister, 'I snhmif 
 taking the world to witness thit I 1^ V- 
 ses.sed this honourable gent h.n w I tl 'r'n' 
 
 ;njusti^whi,.,hchas^;r:rr:.a''d;';s 
 
 nivseif, but rather send mv iim.il / ■ , , 
 
 vn'n!^?.''''';'^'"'"' ''"■"'"■' ""^ «o/ answered the old 
 
 oma ; 'you may peril your own soul, v, 
 It, but n.y son shall budge on no suel ,' un 
 and I wonder at you. Dominie Uo..to • to ' ' 
 pos,.sm.h a pieee of sH^viee for little Di'jkie. •'''"" 
 i>aj, my gooil tiaminer .Shuh'e ' msw,.!-..,! 
 the preceptor, ' Kieardus shall g" ?, t to e o 
 of the h.l, and indicate withlus liS to h 
 stranger the dwelling of W'avland Sr?iH, il 
 lieve not that any t.vil ca i^ e e to I im £ 
 
 1 10 ^eptuagmt, and, moreover, havinsr had ].i« 
 lesson in tho Greek Testament ' ^ 
 
 Ay, .said his mother, 'and T bnv . c... 
 
 w.„.^"h ■ ' ' •^'°''' ''^^ (»« I ''"Sely s>>si.pct) to 
 
 iplSilsssa, 
 
 mmm 
 
 I '11.. 1 was imiMjssible to look at the littl, 
 I "U" without soine disoosition to I u,g " 
 •"■b when (iamnnr S ud.'e sei/i„ r 7, , ' ,' 
 
 l^"»";u';i::i,i':,l'',™-'''"' i"'i."o.-.. 
 
 ™f!i;;"f;X"!,;;,rsi;r':.:;:i,i3' 
 
 lli'l who knows but the devil .,„ t- (I 
 With me before I come Ck '■ ^ "^ ''"■"^' 
 
 vn,"/!^'-' W'P' "'",>■ ""•' '"'^'^ "•"!"■ f^lii'lue 'and 
 .\<>M might have th.mght twire, Master Domi 
 
 "-^■ous.,,tn.yd,dnty darling on '.Irlow''";;:;; 
 
 errami I ; ^ '"> Marling on arrow such 
 rind. It IS not lor such doings I r,,.,! voir 
 
 ««.n, I ""•''"■' f^'"'*' <''''"inier Slnd^o' an- 
 heel'i;T'''''','^"'^''''^>-<''''''''^>^''t 
 
 ire n'"" '" '•"■ '"''• ■^''^'" "ot touci a 
 II' ead o h s garment ; for l)i> kii! can sav his 
 r'tn- with the T,est, and niav dely the oi r,ie i 
 
 ^\y, and I, as 1 said before, liave .sewed a simIl. 
 
 Si ;x;,s;s •;»'■" ""'•-•*;*; 
 
 'Now for it,' said the urchin to Tiessili.,, • 
 snateli your beaver, get out yoi.r h ''^ d 
 nave dt tl e silver groat you .spoke of. ' 
 
 '^^^^.llu'j^^;,:?'^'' -'^ t'- I"-eptor. 
 ' ^'"■'■y your.sclf,' said Dickie ' and tlifi.l- „•),„<- 
 
 bouring r s ii" cronnd ■ i.i.ii^ li ' "t'lgli- 
 
 „ ■'ojup, {,iuuii(i , wliUe the Drecenfnr do 
 
 auoias^ to jiersuade his return l-!„f +„ •'^- 
 
 enaeaiments, the truant turned a deaf ear anH 
 kept frisking on the top of the rising ground like 
 
222 
 
 n'AVERl.EY NOVELS 
 
 aKoliliii :.y jiKioiiliKlit, making si^n^ to hin new 
 iitiiiiaiii(,i/i(T, TiVHsiliiiii, tti lolldw liim. 
 
 Tlic tiayrllrr l„,st no tinin in K"ttinK out lii.s 
 hoiH,. a,„| ,|,,[,ait(.(| to Join his clviHli Kui.lc, 
 iitti'i- hall loivinK "i' H"' poor <hsc'i(,Ml tra<liii a 
 ivconi|icusc' tor till! I'Mtritaiiini.ht 1m. hail to. 
 .•••iv,.,|, whi.'h puitly,,llayi.(l lli.. tnror hf had h.r 
 liicmj,' thr irtiirn cj' ij,,. ,,|(1 !a,|v of the niaii-iion 
 
 Apiaiviitly this took placr soon aficiMaiils • for 
 iTo Jiv.sMiliaii ami his xni'lf h.id pi-ocrchMl far 
 on their Joiirncy, tliry hranl tlir ,s.ivain.s of a 
 fnvi'kcl Ifniiiif voice, intemiiMKlcd with the 
 diisHiual olijuiKations of Master Krusnius Holi- 
 <la;y. lint Dickie HludKc ciually deaf to the 
 voice (it MiaterniU teiidorness and of nmL'isteriai 
 authority, skipped on nm.'onseionsly hefore Tres- 
 silian, only ohservinK that, ' if they .■ried them- 
 selves hoarse, they niiKht go lick tlie honey-iiot, 
 lor he hai eatun ui, all tlio honcy-comh himself 
 on yestt'iduy even. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 There enterinR in, tlicy fonn.l the Roodman selfe 
 full Imsylif iirito Ins work ylierit, 
 
 «;■'■' \^''m '" *'■''•'' •' Wf^'i^'icil wuarish elf, 
 Willi liulluw eyes and rawlx.iie cheeks forspent, 
 As It lie had been long in prison pent, 
 
 TtlK tAERV yUEKNK. 
 
 ' AiiK WO fur from tho dwelliiif,' of this .smith 
 my pretty lad r .said Tie.ssiliaii to his voui,.' 
 guide. •' " 
 
 , ' Mow is it you call mn?' .said thn hoy, look- 
 ing askew at him with his sharp grey eyes. 
 . ' I call you my pretty lad-i.s there any (Jirence 
 in that, my hoy /' 
 
 ,. '^/'.J-';",^ were you with my grandam and 
 Uonunio Holiday, you might .sing chorus to the 
 old .song ot 
 
 We three 
 Tom-fools be.' 
 
 ' And why so, my little man r .said Tre.s.silian. 
 Hecause,' answered the ugly iirehin, ' you aiv 
 the only three ever calleil me jirettv lad.— \ow 
 iny graiidani does it because shi; i.s parcel hlind 
 liy age, and whole hlind l,y 1 iudied-aiid my 
 ma,ster, the poor dominie, does it to uurry favour 
 and have tho fullest platter of furmity, and the 
 warmest seat hy the tire, lint what you call me 
 pretty lad lor, you know hest your.self.' j 
 
 ' Thou art a sharp wag at least, if not a iirettv ' 
 
 floligohliu,' answered thn lioy readily ; 'hut 
 ti;r all that, I would rather have my own ugly 
 viznomy than any of their jolterheads, that ha\ e 
 no more hraiiis in them than a hrickl.at.' 
 
 ' Then you fear not this .smith, whom you are 
 going to see ? ' ■' 
 
 „ ' ^''' !f 'F ,',''"' ' ' answered tho hoy ; ' if he were 
 the devil tolk think him, I would not fear him ; 
 but though there i.s something queer about him 
 hes no more a ilevil than you are, and that's 
 what I would not tell to every oik' 
 
 'And why do you tell it to me, cii, iny bov « ' 
 said Tressiuaii. ' 
 
 ' Beeause you are another gues.s gentleman 
 tliaii those we see here every day,' replied Dickie ; 
 
 'ind tliougli am «« „^iy «« hI,,, I woiilil not 
 have you thmk ine an ass, especially as I may 
 have a hooi, to ask of you one d.iy ' ^ 
 
 ' And wh.it is that, my lad, wlmm I must not 
 eall pretty \ nplied Tressilian. 
 
 'O, If f we,,. |„ a,k it Just n.iw,' .said the boy. 
 you would deny It me but I will wait till u,' 
 
 are you hound for court ?' 
 
 meet at com t. 
 
 ' At court, Kichard,' 
 said Tii'ssilian. 
 
 'Ay, ay, that's Just like the rest of them,' 
 
 i;pl"d the boy ; '1 warrant me you think, what 
 shoii ,1 such an ill-lavoured, scranihling urchin 
 ;1" "t court / Hut let Richard .Sludge alone ; I 
 have not heen cock of the roost lice for nothing. 
 I will make sharii wit mend fotil biitiire ' 
 
 ' l!ut what wi I your grandam .say, and your 
 tutor, Dominie lloliilay {' ^ 
 
 'K'en what they like,' rejilied Dickie; 'the 
 oiH' ha.s her chickens to reelco,,, ami the other 
 has his Ij'-yx to w ,i,, I „,,„,,, ,,,^^.,^ ^,i^,^,|^ ^,^^,^^^ 
 
 the candle to hold long sime, .im| .sh.nvn this 
 triini|iery hamlet a fair pair of heels, but the 
 dominie pr.Muiscs I shoiihl go with him to bear 
 s bare in the iie.\t jiageant he is to set forth, and 
 tliey .say there are to be great revels shortly ' 
 
 'Am. wherealionts are tli<.y to be held,' my 
 little friend r said Tie.s.silian. ' ^ 
 
 '0, at some castle far in the north,' answered 
 lis guide --a world's breadth Irom iierkshirc. 
 liui our ol, doniinio holds that they cannot go 
 birward without him ; and it may be'he is ri^'ht 
 tor he has put ill order many ;i fair pageant "lie 
 is not hall the fool you would take him for, when 
 he gets to work he understands ; and so he can 
 spout verses like a play-actor, when, (iod wot, if 
 you set lum to steal a goo.se's egg, he would he 
 drulihed hy the gander. 
 
 'And you arc to phiy a part in his next .show ? ' 
 .said licssiluin, .somewhat intercstcii by the hoy'.s 
 lioldness ot onversation, and shrewd estimate of 
 eharauter, 
 
 ' In faith,' .said Richard Slmlge, in answer ' he 
 hath .s() iiromi.sed me ; and it he hreak his word 
 it will be the worse for hiii ; for let me take the 
 ut hetween my teeth, an . turn my head down 
 li'll, and I will .shake hi in otf with a tall that 
 .y harin his hones-. Viid I should not like 
 Mich to hurt him neither,' .said he, ' for the tire- 
 some old tool h.as painfuny lal.oured to teach me 
 a I ho eoul, , Hut inough of that-here are we 
 at Waylaiid .Smiths forge-door.' 
 ^ ' Yon Je.st. my little friend,' said Tressilian ; 
 here is notlnng but a hare moor, and that ring 
 of stones with a great one in the midst, like a 
 (.Ornish barrow.' 
 
 'Ay and that great flat stone in tlie midst, 
 which hes acro.ss tlie top of these uprights,' .said 
 the hoy 'is Way land Smith's counter, that you 
 must tell down your money iijion.' 
 
 ' What do you mean hy such folly ?' said the 
 traveller, beginning to be angry with the hoy, 
 and ve.xed with him.sclf for having trusted such 
 a harebrained guide. 
 
 'Why • said Dickie, with a grin, 'you must 
 tie your horse to that upright stone that has tho 
 ring in t. and tlien yoo inust wliistle t)!!'.",-i tin-= 
 and lay me down your silver groat on that otiier 
 Hat stone, walk out of the circle, sit down on the 
 west side of that littlo thicket of hushes, and 
 
■in, I would not 
 
 •■(•ially as I nmy 
 
 >\y.' 
 lioiii I imwt not 
 
 iV,' siiid till. |,i,y, 
 will wait till un 
 
 iiiiiid riiri'oiu't (' 
 
 ' lost of them,' 
 yi'ii think, wlmt 
 aiidiliiig iirchiu 
 ■^liidKi^ alone ; I 
 nil' liip nothing. 
 Iriiture. ' 
 II wiy, and yoiu' 
 
 d Dickie; 'tho 
 , and tlic iithcr 
 lavii ),'ivtn thmi 
 'lid .slidun tid« 
 hct'js, lint the 
 til him to lii'ar 
 II set toith, and 
 t'is shiiitly.' 
 o !»' lii'hl, my 
 
 oi'th,' answered 
 loin Hi'ikshirc. 
 they <annot go 
 ■ III' ln' is ri;,'lit, 
 !■ pageant. Ho 
 ' liiiii lor, when 
 and so lie can 
 LMI, (iod wot, il' 
 I,', ho \voi:!d be 
 
 is next .show ? ' 
 'li hy the hoy'.s 
 wd estimate of 
 
 ill answer, 'he 
 leak his word 
 ■t ino take tlie 
 iiy head down 
 th a tall that 
 iiuld not like 
 , ' for tho tire- 
 il to teach me 
 ■ — hero are we 
 
 id Tressilian ; 
 
 and that ring 
 
 midst, Hko a 
 
 in the midst, 
 ijirights,' said 
 Iter, that you 
 
 ly ? ' said the 
 
 iith tile boy, 
 
 trusted such 
 
 that has the 
 
 ^ tlirep times, 
 
 311 that other 
 
 down on the 
 
 bushes, and 
 
 A'/i.vuiroA'r// 
 
 tl'ke heed y„n look neiihe, to lin||| „„, ,v 
 
 I'lityis lor tl„. siiaee von e„n| , i, 'i "^ j^'"!'' 
 
 >"!",'', >K"""."ndyonrl,o,.e;C' '"""' 
 
 ... ''O "|'"l''y K'lll'' to a eeitaiiitvi's.lil Tv 
 
 "ili'iii; Mint as lor the re,.t I .Iv ,' ■" 
 
 «;;;;i^;;':^':^r;;i;x'-"Sv:i■ 
 
 ...k^.tu.„„.;;;;,;,;,:;|!,;;;»,i;;;i;i,). 
 j;.f&;^::f:,-t",;;;;!'r;:'"i^,;». 
 
 KL,nI :;S-£'|,,:;;"|;:;:,™;K;^;^ 
 
 i" i'siiiStn'i' ' ""'■"'" 
 
 actual hobgolilin ""■' '■' ''"' ""^ "• view «n 
 I'lovoked extrei.ndv vet .if tl. , 
 
 Cornish man retnrne.l to hi, 1,,,, "" "°"N t'"* 
 
 'I "ill make no eondition with tl„.,> fi 
 "aughfy varlet!' said TreUiai ' I ' i l''°" 
 theeatmymerryinam„„Knt.-'' ^ "'" '"^^^ 
 
 «aid, 'thmi niiselii'vons ".^r; i""'" '\°"'". he I 
 i'lg and n,owi„g;and com;' hit£^ fZiTT ^ 
 
 "tmo't S^fidencJ'ld'd ''"■M'"" '''^'^ ^he 
 ""iiuence, and danced down from Ids 
 
 323 
 
 Hjane.. with a galliard sort of h.,.,., kee,,i„g ,,i, 
 
 fifSi::^^ 
 -Mi;s,,;;''i;,:';:;..;':;::t;;-;.;!^,^r'-^ 
 
 jhmv me. n g..,i,i ,,,,,',,,, ^,,,;,,^,;^ 
 
 ^;;iiii'.::^li;. S;:. J''' ''''^- ''''■'■ ''iti'' 
 
 said^lli!.'Li-'"i'/"i ^''■'',""' "" '"•'■'""■'' "I' ■•'|i|'l-s ' 
 
 ',, '■''■'''''''\;''7 .low n the Mlver token n 
 I ^7 '"' .^tone- whistle tl,,,.,. limes-then e , 
 
 ;s :';:;■'';','''" ""•"'''''•'""■•-I .m.iy 
 »v...:; ;i,;„f;™" '""■■ "'"' •■'■'-* u..*- h....'' 
 
 ..»);l.; ,„ ,]„ KI„gof J.-,.,,.,.. .U"",,:;'.! Jj 
 
 «ij":i''iv.-™;i."''' '"" ""» '"■ •■•" «» 'i."i.' 
 
 wilier :'i'wli/"''''''r'^^^^^^^^ 
 
 I "-.111 , you Will soon hear the tni.l- „c ,. 
 
 diseoveiW \v t , ' l*' '""K'"« •''t the boy, and 
 'iseo\enng, by the arch, malicious expression of 
 
224 
 
 IK-i VERI.E Y NU I 'ELS 
 
 I J 
 
 J'i '1 
 
 his uountenaiice, that tlie urchin saw and en- 
 joyed liis slight tremor, he beeanie convinced 
 tiiiit tlie wliole was a concerted .stratagem, and 
 determined to know by wlioni, or for what pur- 
 pose, the trick was jilayed oil'. 
 
 Accordingly, ho remained iierfectlv quiet all 
 the time that the hammer continuecl to sound, 
 being about the space usually employed in lixing 
 a lioisc-shou. But the instant the sound ceased, 
 Trossilian, instead of interposing the s[iaco of 
 time wliicli his guide had re([ucst(!d, started up 
 witli his sword in his hand, ran round the 
 thicket, and confronte(l a man in a farrier's 
 leathern apron, but otherwisi^ fantastically at- 
 tired in a bear-skin dressed with the fur on, and 
 a cap of the same, which almost hid the sooty 
 and licgrimed features of the wearer— 'Come 
 back, ccnne back ! ' cried the lioy to Tressilian, 
 ' or you will be torn to pieces -no man lives that 
 looks on him.'— In iact, the invisible smith 
 (now fully visible) heaved uj) his hammer, and 
 sliowed symi)toms of doing battle. 
 
 Hut when the boy observed that neither his 
 own entreaties, nor the menaces of the farrier, 
 appeared to change Tressilian's iiurposo, but 
 tliat, on the contrary, he confrontc'il the hammer 
 with his drawn sword, ho exclaimed to the 
 smith, in turn, ' Wayland, touch liim not, or you 
 will come by the worse !— the gentleman is a 
 true gentleman, and a bold.' 
 
 'So thou hast betrayed me. Flibbertigibbet?' 
 said the smith ; ' it shall bo the worse for thee V 
 ' Ho who thou wilt,' .said Tressilian, ' thou art 
 in no danger from me, so thou tell me the mean- 
 ing of this i>raetice, and why thou drivest thy 
 trade in this mysterious fashion.' 
 
 The smith, however, turning to Tressilian, ex- 
 claimed, in a threatening tone, ' Who questions 
 the Keeper of the Crystal Castle of Light, the 
 Lord of the Green Lion, the Rider of tlie Red 
 Dragon ?— [lenco ! — avoid thee, ere I summon 
 Talpack with his fiery lance, to quell, crush, and 
 consume ! ' These words he uttered with violent 
 gesticulation, mouthing, and nourishing his 
 hammer. 
 
 ' Peace, thou vile cozener, with thy gipsy 
 cant ! ' replied Tressilian scornfully, ' and follow 
 me to the next magi.strate, or I will cut thee 
 over the pate.' 
 
 ' Peace, I pray thee, good Wayland ! ' said the 
 boy; 'credit nu;, the swaggering vein will not 
 pass here, you must cut boon whids ! ' * 
 
 ' I think, worshipful sir,' said the smith, 
 sinking his hammer, and assuming a more gentle 
 and submissive tone of voice, ' that when so poor 
 a man does his day's job, he niiglit be pormitteil 
 to work it out after his own fa.shion. Your horso 
 is shod and your farrier paid— What need you 
 cumber yourself further than to moimtand pursue 
 your journey ? ' 
 
 'Nay, friend, you are mistaken,' re])lied Tres- 
 silian, ' every man has the right to take the mask 
 from the face of a cheat and a juggler ; and your 
 mode of living raise.s suspicion that you are 
 both.' 
 
 ' If you are so determined, sir,' said the smith, 
 ' I cannot help myself .save by lorce, which I were 
 unwilling to use towards you. Master Tressilian ; 
 
 ' C'.ive good words.'— .SVaHif dialect. 
 
 not that I fear your weapon, but becau.se I know 
 you to be a worthy, kind, and well-accomplished 
 gentleman, who woidd rather help than haiin 
 a poor man that is in a strait.' 
 
 ' Well .said, Wayland,' said the boy, who had 
 anxiously awaited the issue of their conference. 
 ' Hut let us to thy den, man, for it is ill for thy 
 health to stand liere talking in the open air.' 
 
 ' Thon art right. Hobgoblin,' replied the smith ; 
 and, gonig to the little thicket of gorse on the 
 side nea!'est to the chde, and opposite to that. 
 at which his customer had so lately condicd, he 
 discovered a traji-door curiously covered with 
 bu.shes, raised it, and, descending into the earth, 
 yanislied from their eyes. Notwithstanding 
 Tressilian's curiosity, lie had some hesitation at 
 following the fellow into what might be a den of 
 robbers, especially when he heard the smith's 
 voice, issuing from the bowels of the earth, call 
 out, 'Flibbertigibbet, do you come la.st, and be 
 sure to fasten tiie traji ! ' 
 
 ' Have you seen enough of Wayland Smith 
 now ? ' whispered the urchin to Tressilian, with 
 an arch sneer, as if marking his companion's 
 uncertainty. 
 
 ' Not yet,' said Tressilian lirnily ; and, shaking 
 oir his momentary irresolution, he descended 
 into the nari'ow .stairca.se, to which the entrance 
 led, and was followed by Dickie Sludge, who 
 made fast the trap-door behind him, and thus 
 excluded every glimmerof daylight. The descent, 
 however, was only a few steps, and led to a level 
 passage of a few yards' length, at the end of 
 which aii])cared the reHcction of a lurid and red 
 light. Arrived at this iioint, with his drawn 
 sword in his hand, Tressilian found that a turn 
 to the left admitted lain and Hobgoblin, who 
 followed closely, into a small square vault, con- 
 taining a smith's forge, glowing with charcoal, 
 the vapour of which filled the apartment with 
 an opjiressivf' smell, which would have been 
 altogether sullbcating, but that by some con- 
 cealed vent the smithy communicated with the 
 upper air. The light 'ailbrded by the red fuel, 
 and by a laiiqi suspended in an iron chain, served 
 to show that, besides an anvil, bellows, tongs, 
 hammers, a quantity of ready-made horse-shoes, 
 and other articles jirojier to the profession of a 
 farrier, there were also stoves, alembics, crucibles, 
 retorts, and other instruments of alchemy. The 
 grotesque figure of the smith, and the ugly but 
 whimsical features of the boy. .seen by the gloomy 
 and imperfect light of the charcoal fire and the 
 dying lamp, accorded very well with all this 
 mystical apparatus, and in that age of supersti- 
 tion would have made some impression on the 
 courage of most men. 
 
 Hut nature had endowed Tressilian with firm 
 nerves, and his education, originally good, had 
 been too sedulously imjiroved by subsequent 
 study to give way to any imaginary terrors ; 
 and, after giving a glance around him, he again 
 demanded of the artist who he was, and by what 
 accident he caine to know and address him by 
 liis name. 
 
 'Your worship cannot but remember,' said the 
 smith, 'that about three years since, upon Saint 
 Lucy's Kvo, there came a travelling juggler to a 
 certain hall in Devonshire, and exhibited his 
 skill before a worshipful knight and a fair com- 
 
k'E NIL WORTH 
 
 : liecause I know 
 oil-accomplished 
 help than haiin 
 
 [c boy, who liml 
 heir conference. 
 • it is ill for thy 
 he open air.' 
 lilied the .smith ; 
 of gor.sc on t\w 
 )]i]io.sito to that. 
 tcly couched, lie 
 ly covered with 
 ; into the earth, 
 I'otwithstanding 
 no hesitation at 
 ij,dit 1)0 a den of 
 ml the .smith'.s 
 ■ the earth, call 
 nic la.st, and bo 
 
 Vayland Smith 
 Tres.silian, with 
 li.s companion's 
 
 •! ; and, shaking 
 
 he descended 
 
 'h the entrance 
 
 ie Sludge, who 
 
 him, and thus 
 t. The descent, 
 id led to a level 
 
 at the end of 
 a lurid and red 
 vith his drawn 
 nd that a turn 
 lobgoblin, who 
 lare vault, con- 
 
 with charcoal, 
 ipartment with 
 uld have been 
 
 by some con- 
 cated with the 
 y the red fuel, 
 m chain, served 
 bellows, tongs, 
 ,de hor.se-.shoes, 
 profession of a 
 ibic's, crucibles, 
 alchemy. The 
 d the ugly but 
 I by the gloomy 
 )al fire and the 
 
 with all this 
 ige of supersti- 
 iression on the 
 
 ilian with firm 
 ally good, had 
 by sub.seqnent 
 2;inary terrors ; 
 him, he again 
 s, and by what 
 .ddress him by 
 
 mber.'said the 
 ice, upon Saint 
 ig juggler to a 
 exhioited his 
 nd a fair com- 
 
 I 
 
 done me wrong ' ' '*' "^ '"'^^''^y ^'^ ""t 
 
 the painful train Sf reeSlections ■ hi'/f'^'' 
 cl..scourso had unconsciously iwaCed'''"' '" 
 
 in the company held .. Trt to be i t ' "'^h ''"' 
 
 silian ' '""""""'' "'^'^' l"-'^-^"-" «aid Tres- 
 fblwTM^/rwSu'^.r'''''"'^^''^-'*'''' 
 
 SfHsagSS 
 
 a smile of her a ma„ might weir!!l_"'''' '° ''''' 
 Ki^l- the Lt^S^v- Xl^ I 
 
 afte?£r;^fe:ti:JSfS'!v^?-f"« 
 
 silian uttered these wo ds-^She^„^'''' ^''^- ' 
 beautiful, and beloved as she was T^ ^°""^'' 
 worship's pardoii-I wo, I ) , ^ °"'''° y°"'' 
 
 another thme- see niavenw ^TT''^ °" 
 nail to the quick ' '"'warily driven the 
 
 attiact'%'h7 in Snatf^lrS^o'^''" " ^""" 
 sympathy with their sorrows °' ''^"'""« 
 
 tricks-why do I fiiid t lee « ifl -^ J%'«l'"ff 
 craftsman, plyi„. thv trupfn '^''°"""'' 'audi- 
 
 oted sS"'t T ^Pir °^'«d to thrfi;.c a 't "re ? 
 
 the boy, diewa ericulff *?'''^'t' *« ''" called 
 Iooked^,p7ir hi £\.°t, ''??'"''•' ';''''*> «"•' 
 illuminated by the go v of thoT ''''''''' "'^ 
 convulsed with ii fPifi • " ^"^'^''' «««ne.l 
 said the smTt \o r^lTrie r' ''[?" '°°'' 
 'Icservest at my la 1 H.,,- />'•'''' "'°" "«''■ 
 life a.,,] ;„/■;,•!' "'° "lief history of niv 
 "It, and. 111 troth, it were .is unii f„ii -/ii •> 
 leave thee to ferret it onrj, x-'.'^ thee as 
 packed a shrewder wl ■'/"'" '^"'nre never 
 
 casket.-Vei sir fll,!"'" f '''°"' ""^'ainly 
 yoMtisa^Jo^;!i2P«;Tn.ayph.su.^ 
 
 225 
 
 said^t^ sS^fo,"" '""r ^-^ ™^'thcT7eIay;^ 
 
 fed in thTnle'an[l;:l/Zn'To^S:' ^t '^t^'" 
 "TA';f;,''"^Jn'ade fitter for traveL' '"'" ""^ 
 
 af^'^SS?i^;^;rte'T""'^'^ 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 And "1 e hatlte?; iTel ^'l "■"' ""l !"^- 
 That all the grouTd on^wh ".'':LT:'<"-P). 
 
 The Canon's Yk<,ma.n1. Prologue- 
 Canterburv Tales. 
 
 iJS,,::'^!!' r""""^-' ''^^ "anative 
 
 roliowiiig terms : — 
 
 in the 
 
 swart-faced kLve oft a ';m1;i"'""T"-''l''""^ 
 I tired of ringing hamne^-f^' ^^'*"'^' *^"' 
 i and went m\ nto p '"n T' °," "'°" ""^hies, 
 ' acquainted witlia elebr', ''•'""'', ^ ^"^^•'»"'« 
 fingers had hcclo ra le'to stiR''\ "''?" 
 main, and who wished to hnvp I *^°' jegerde- 
 apprentice in his noble 1%;,^ "i%:!'l,?', "" 
 for si.x years nnffl I „•„ •' jy- „^ served him 
 
 I refer Cself f i, «'"?■ ^''' " "'^ ^''-'^d''— 
 cannot li d s,,ute^r\vWi '''i' fT' J"d«nient 
 , I'ly the craft1i;d£en!'r;tlH''' '"* '•^«"' ^o 
 Kvcellcntly ' said Tressilian ; ' but be brief ' 
 
 HuiJsS'S;f3S^;4;'r^ -'o^d'^tlir 
 
 the artist ' that I S .1 ' r ^' ' P''esence, ' said 
 
 have ^^iJ::i\£t,T^z^:^^^'^^ '^t 
 
 Here so plent^tifyL^tTat"?,^ 'Tr^^^^ 
 wlg^e..^!^^ S--f^ep^in. 
 
 eomp:V-S7e''rv"ri? ?7 ''"^'^ ^''-'^ ■" t'" 
 
 busk-ins to the- war/rohp *^ V'>' eorarade-my 
 a clean pair df Lels ' ' ""' '''"^'"^ ^ho theatr^ 
 
 I .^^^^^t^"^'^ Tressilian, 'was 
 
 ^t'-^::t:;Sli*i^™i5h:KK^.'.an 
 
 stance, who nractised the h. ,i .■ , ^'"le sub- 
 ' r,,\,ii i""'''-''''-!! Tiie trade of a Dhvsipiniio,. • 
 
 ^ac'pufcfi 
 
 .oott^rSs.;;sj^ -,£;i:e, -I 
 
 had acquire Tn'fii'>^|;',£rf"''';I ^''''='' ^ 
 of horses was fremLv Iv ' r ^, ^°'' ^l'" benefit 
 
 patients. But E p2;7''J!1£ T'' '"""?" 
 same; and if turnentinn V '".^'adics are the 
 suet, mingled w th f . ' ^•'"'' l^'^cli, and beef- 
 oneiu-adofffxiKc. :;;':'"/, «r'-'"'*'f ''• «"'» 
 been pievedVilh^" li 'I%t^rTn^', '?'•'' 
 
 -ay benefit the man tha\Tatrb;;';? Sets 
 
 127 
 
226 
 
 irA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 with a swoi'd. lint my master's practice, as 
 well as Ins skill, went far beyond mine, and dealt 
 in more dangerous conccrii.s. He was not only 
 a bold and adventurous juactitioner in physic, 
 but also, if your i)leasure so chanced to be ai'i 
 adept, who read the stars, and exiiouiidcd the 
 fortunes of mankind, gonethliacally, as lie railed 
 It, or otherwise. He was a learned distiller of 
 simples, and a iirofound cliemist— made several 
 efforts to fix mpicury, and judged himself to have 
 made a fair hit at the philosoiiher's stone. I 
 liave yet a i)rogramme of his on that subject, 
 wluch, if your honour undcrstandeth, I believe 
 you have the better, not only of all who read, 
 but also of him who wrote it.' 
 
 He gave Tressiliaii a scroll of parcliment, bear- 
 ing at top and bottom, and down the margin 
 the .signs of the seven planets, curiously inter- 
 mingled with talismanical characters and .scraps 
 of Greek and Hebrew. In the midst were some 
 Latin verses from a cabalistical author, written 
 out so fairly, that even the gloom of the pla.'c 
 did not prevent Tressilian from reading them. 
 Ihe tenor of the original ran as follows :— 
 
 .Si lixum solvas, facia-sque volare solutiim, 
 lu volucrem figas, facieiit te vivere tutiun ; 
 .Si panat yentum, valet ami pondere centum ■ 
 Ventus ubi viilt spiral— Capiat qui caperc potest.' ' 
 
 ' I prote.st to you,' .said Tressilian, ' all I under- 
 stand of this jargon is, that the last words seem 
 to mean, " Catch who catch can." ' 
 
 'That,' said the smith, 'is the very principle 
 that iny worthy friend and master. Doctor Do- 
 lioohio, always acted upon ; until, being besotted 
 with his own imaginations, and conceited of his 
 liigh chemical skill, he began to spend, in cheat- 
 ing himself, the money which he had acquired 
 in cheating others, and either discovered or built 
 for himself, I could never know which, this 
 secret elaboratory, in which he used to seclude 
 liimse f both from patients ami di.sciplcs, who 
 doubtless thought his long and mysterious 
 absences from his ordinary residence" in the 
 town of Farnngdon, wore occasioned by his pro- 
 gress in the mystic sciences, and his intercourse 
 with the invisible world. Me also he tried to 
 deceive ; but though I contradicted him not, he 
 saw that I know too much of his secrets to be 
 any longer a safe companion. Sleanwhile, his 
 name waxed famous, or rather infamous, ' and 
 many of those who resorted to him did so under 
 persuasion that he was a sorcerer. And yet his 
 supposed advance in the occult sciences drew to 
 liim the secret resort of men too iiowerful to be 
 iiamed, lor purjioses too dangerous to be men- 
 tioned. Men cursed and threatened him, ,aiid 
 bestowed on me, the innocent assistant of his 
 studies, the nickname of tb- Devil's foot-iiost, 
 which i)rocurcd me a voll-_^ of stones as soon as 
 ever I ventured to show ny face in tlie street of 
 tiie village. At length, mv master suddenlv 
 ilisappcared, pretending to mc that he was about 
 to visit his elalioratory in this jilace. and forbid- 
 fling me to disturb him till two davs were jmst 
 \\ hen this period had elajwed, I became anxious 
 and resorted to this vault, where I Ibund the fires 
 
 * (This rhytlimic gibberish refers to Tim Pmi.omrm.R's 
 ^To^■E. .See the sequel and l!eiiJonson's.(/,/;(^;««/.) 
 
 extinguished and the utensils in confusion, with 
 a note from the learned Doboobius, as lie was 
 wont to stylo himself, acquainting me that we 
 should never meet again, bequeathing mo his 
 chemical apjiaratus and the parchment which I 
 liavo just put into your hands, advisin" me 
 •stroiurly to prosecute the .secret wliicli it con- 
 tained, which would infallibly lead me to the 
 discovery of the grand magisterium.' 
 
 'And didst thou follow this sage advice «' 
 •said Tressilian. 
 
 'Worshipful sir, no,' replied the smith ; 'for 
 'eing by nature cautious and susiiicious, from 
 knowing with whom I had to do, I made so 
 many ].erqiiisitions before I ventured even to 
 iglit a hre, that I at length discovered a small 
 ;arrel of gunpowder, carefully hid lieneath the 
 lurnace, with the purpose, no doubt, that, as soon 
 as 1 sliould eominence the grand work of the 
 transmutation of metals, the explosion should 
 transmute the vault and all in it into a heai, of 
 
 nuns, which might serve at once for my slauffhter- 
 house and my grave. This cured me of alchemy 
 and fain would I have returned to the honest 
 bammer and anvil ; but who would bring a hor.se 
 to l>e shod by the Devil's post ? Meantime I had 
 won the regard of my honest Fliljbertigibbet 
 Here, he being then at Farringdon with his 
 master, the .sage Erasmus Holiday, by teachini; 
 Jiim a few secrets such as please youth at his 
 age ; and, after much counsel together, we agreed 
 tliat, since I could get no practice in the ordinary 
 way, I should try how I could work out business 
 among those ignorant lioors, by practising uiion 
 tlieir silly fears ; and, thanks to Flibbertigibbet 
 wlio liath spread my renown, I have not wanted 
 custom But it is won at too great risk, and I 
 fear I shall be at length taken u|i for a wizard • 
 so tliat I seek but an ojii.ortunity to leave this 
 vault when I can have the protection of some 
 worshi])ful person against the fury of the poi.u- 
 laco, in case they chanec to recognise me.' 
 
 'And art thou,' .said Tressilian, 'perfectly 
 acquainted with the roads in this country?' 
 
 I could ride them every inch by midnight ' 
 an.swered AVayland Smith, which was the name - 
 tills adept had assumed. 
 
 ,„ "^il?" '''*■'** "0 lio''«fi to ride uiion,' .said 
 tressilian. 
 
 'Tardoii me,' rejilied Wayland ; 'I have as 
 good a tit as ever yeoman bestrode ; and I forgot 
 to say It was the best part of the mediciner's 
 legacy to me, excepting one or two of the choicest 
 of Ins medical secrets, which I picked nii with- 
 out his knowledge and against his will.' 
 
 'Get thyself wa.shed and shaved, then,' said 
 Tressilian ;' reform thy dress as well as thou 
 canst, ,ind fling away those grotesque trappiuL's ; 
 and so thou wilt be secret and faithful, thou 
 slialt follow me for a .short time, till thy pranks 
 here are forgotten. Thou hast, I think lioth 
 address and courage, and I have matter to do 
 tliat may require both.' 
 
 Wayland Smith eagerly embraced the i.roposal 
 and jirotested his devotion to his new master 
 In a very tew minutes he had made so great an 
 altemtioi! Ill hi.s original apj.earaiicc, by chance 
 of dress trmiming his beard and hair, and so 
 forth th,at Tressilian could not help remarking, 
 tiiat he thought he would stand in little need of 
 
in confusion, with 
 Joobiiis, as lie was 
 nting me that wo 
 queathing mo his 
 larchnient wliich I 
 nds, advising me 
 ret wliich it'con- 
 y load me to the 
 M-iiim.' 
 lis sage advice ? ' 
 
 I the smith ; ' for, 
 susiiicious, from 
 to do, I made so 
 yeiiturod even to 
 liscovcrcd a small 
 ■ hid liencath the 
 Julit, that, as soon 
 ■and work of the 
 ox])l()sioii should 
 it into a heap of 
 ! formyslaughtor- 
 3d me of alchemy, 
 ed to the honest 
 3uld bring a horse 
 Meantime I had 
 t Flibbertigibhet 
 iTigdon with his 
 day, by teaching 
 use youth at his 
 getlior, we agreed 
 L'e in the ordinary 
 vork out business 
 r' jiraotising upon 
 ) Flil)bertigibbet, 
 have not wanted 
 Rrcat risk, and I 
 uj' for a wizard ; 
 ity to leave this 
 atection of some 
 iry of the poim- 
 gnise me.' 
 ilian, 'perfectly 
 is country?' 
 h by midnight,' 
 h was the name - 
 
 :de upon,' .said 
 
 "1 ; ' I have as 
 le ; and I forgot 
 the mediciner's 
 
 of the choicest 
 picked up witli- 
 is will.' 
 
 vcd, then,' said 
 IS well as thou 
 sque trappings ; 
 
 1 faithful, thou 
 till thy pranks 
 
 I think, both 
 e matter to do 
 
 cd the i)ro]iosal, 
 is new master, 
 ido so great an 
 ilicc, by cliangt! 
 d hair, and ,so 
 icli) remarking, 
 n little need of 
 
 wlSitZkiTt a'^^W''r'°''^^'' -'-' 
 
 of ve.y'ki,Kl'S'r,;.«'l||!^S7 
 And, in truth, I hold mvs ir w ■^.- "'^,'^'^- 
 
 ciuractci, as is your worship ' 
 
 ■ngering for an instaV, app SlJ 'l, the if'"' 
 furniture, when Wayland closed n, ",e horse 
 covered ui, the tran nn,- T ' ■''''•^>'lo"«ly 
 
 again serv^ him a^'h^° ^ed Zld^' H f^'' 
 
 K ia^^r^'h^s- .;;i^\!i:-j«S 
 
 few mmutes both were ready to i'^unt. "' "' " 
 
 hroad-footed naes sb"- L , }" i'''"' *'»eir 
 imps?' ^ '> ^'"^ f'evil and his 
 
 l-t^-iiS^Ti' ■ ■»'^"!i«""th; -thei 
 
 >"y boy, art th'oiiiy tw,;;; •;;''S v:L:i'{.^^"' i 
 
 '"'•-.se which I sh.ll regr'u li ' h I 1 ^ *"''• 
 'Well T l,i,l n ^ ',," "^ave behind me.' 
 
 Slu-Jg^'foryou ii ;,'° Z::''"''^^ «'>"' I^i'^kie 
 and so shal I ; • • n ^^^^l""^? /ovols, I judge, 
 
 not thitliS b;4 e ±'7l"'^''t^^;^-^'^''^^ ' 
 
 -Iking iitiloirieig^'trir'' ifvi^'>"'' 
 
 yon are a mile from these^to, e you s !.' 1 '""'''' 
 I'ya sure token tint I ,,,„,''' y™'S''all know, 
 
 «"'.lin about C'tta^yL'Sram l'"^ ■!',"''■ ' 
 'iiiinaEP, that, ir .m„ . t , "f- ""^ I "ill m < 
 
 >■>'«% n!„;,i,r "" "l™'"8«. JO" »iav . 
 
 01 him. ^"'''''''^"« 'o™"!- attempts to get hold | 
 Sn^iS^tt^^Sf ''■-•: «-^W,iyIand 
 
 C^o" oS/ 1"; In ''^™^^'"'«'^-- -^ 
 
 Tressilian had explaned ? ^''^-.i ''V''°°" «« 
 
 ;j horse feltCr iVolf;„5rr TiTthr ""^' 
 ^vlion ho moPnted in the^mornim' " """ "'''" 
 
 f^'ENlT. WORTH 
 
 227 
 
 sniinn"/°''S'^i:'''^''-'^^'^^'^^ 
 
 which shall save v u. «n •'"' ,'"'',"""' "'" «ats 
 I of spurring t^C: ^ix h S'lel f' k'" '[T'^'^ 
 
 ' my horse no harm ' ' '' ^■'""' •^'■"'«'^ ^^-i" 'h. 
 
 hin? ■u::;^rS"h;' arl- T'^' "i'"^ "■'"'^'> '-'-1 
 ; to . lilate on the even 1 '; ' '"'A^''''' i""ceeding 
 ' ho was interru t<. bv !'' " '" "'''^'' ^'h^'" 
 
 t.emendous a ' 1 Si u'.'-'T",",' "'^ '^"'^ '""' 
 
 ';'"M«rt of ; tg^ed '''^^^^^^^ 
 
 started, and thn ,;,i„, ^' ^hc hor.ses 
 
 They tur Sly^-^J''?- •^'1".""^- ■"^'•'■pn-sed. 
 
 the thu dei. hn w. ' ' '\'"-''^T '''■om whirl. 
 
 over the .^tS' had 'ir'' '"'^ '''^I'l, .just 
 
 mention the dooto '^ t^ i • ^ ^ ^ "'"^ '' fool t,) 
 
 u;'™r;;yif;,rs:,tt'i]:!.'r,«'^ 
 iioi!:s,?""-'» '«i""ro..E'LSt;.^ 
 
 ; So saying, lie .sj)urrcd his horse n,„1 T,. -i- 
 
 -.iS'iokS'vid^rhe 'irr"!'^ °^ ""^ ^'"'« 
 
 <-'hief, yet not ™ ? H; . '^ ^7 ^'''^''l 'or mis- 
 
 K'4.t deHLit w "?' '"° r,"'''°"'«''^'* ; 'or hi 
 b;:hind tte'tr a,e^\,^fi;,^^ £verin. 
 
 ol my hammer I t]„->,i- n^ H ^'"^ '^^'"•'^ 
 ■she lodged a lub e ittJv'n? l^"*'"''^.' ^^•''"' 
 "'i.«.shapen head o his gate^h?n 'fl"'" "' ^^''^ 
 ^■Uoying other peo,£ Si^':! 'r-I^^f 
 
 <ind themselves sevnel ^/''''^''''K' 'those who 
 liarities of form iT h ii^""": {""'"'^y ''>' Pecu- 
 hnlk of manki /d i'i'L'^? "':' ''^,^« "'" ^^mon 
 -iinposed to en ov their n,T "°* f ^"gethcr in- 
 ' 'But Flib eitiJl e ■ ''^^' and calamities.' 
 ' hath that abouM i W,??^^""' T'^^'land, 
 tnrn for misch evou f^l /'o""^- '''^'T'" ^"'^ 
 when attached, a,s he is tricl v aS '' f '^"'''"'"^ 
 
 --^-;and,asIs:ii'^efe'f,-;;S^ 
 
 ^:?r;SrS£ti^'-.%aln 
 1} , that /// «(.,/,s jf,j yjj,^^ 
 
228 
 
 /F// VEA'f.E V NO FJ:/S 
 
 I < 
 
 and that Lislaicrs sddovx hear a good talc af 
 themselves. 
 
 The inn-yard was in a sort of combustion whon 
 tliey alighted ; insoniucJi that tlioy could scarce 
 Rct man or hoy to take care of tlieir horses, so 
 full were tlie whole Iiousehold of some news 
 W'hich ( ew from tongue to tongue, tlie import 
 of which tliey were for so o time unable to 
 discover At length, ind. .\, they Ibund it 
 respected matters which touclied tlicm nearly. 
 
 'What IS the matter, say you, master?' an- 
 swered, at length, the head liostler, in rci.Iy to 
 Ircssihans repeated questions— 'A\'hy, truly I 
 scarce know myself. But liere was a rider but 
 now, who says that the devil hath flown away 
 with him they called Wayland Smith, that won'd 
 about three miles from the Whitehorse of Berk- 
 shire, this very blessed morning, in a flash of fire 
 and a pillar of smoke, and rooted ui) tlie iilace 
 lie dwelt in, near that old cockpit of uiiiight 
 stones, as cleanly as if it had all been delved uii 
 lor a cropping.' ' 
 
 'Why, then,' said an old farmer, 'the more is 
 the pity- for that Waylaiid . nith r whether he 
 was the devil's crony or no I skill not) had a 
 good notion of horse diseases, and it's to be 
 thought the bots will spread in the country far 
 and near, an Satan has not gien un time to leave 
 his secret behind un.' 
 
 'You may say that. Gaffer Grimesby,' said tlie 
 hostler 111 return ; ' I have carried a horse to 
 Wayland Smith myself, for he passed all farriers 
 111 this country.' 
 
 ' Did you see him ? ' said Dame Alison Crane, 
 mistress of the inn bearing that sign, and deh'n- 
 ing to term husband the owner thereof, a mean- 
 looking, hop-o'-my-thumb sort of person, whose 
 halting gait and long neck, and meddling, hen- 
 pecKcd insigniHcance, are supposed to have given 
 origin to the celebrated old English tuned 'My 
 danie hath a lame tame Crane.' 
 
 On this occasion he chirped out a repetition 
 ot his w;fe s question, ' Didst see the devil. Jack 
 Hostler, I say ? ' 
 
 'And what if I did see nn. Master Crane i ' 
 -ephed Jack Hostler, -for, like all the rest of 
 'le household, he p-.id as little respect to his 
 master as his mistress herself did. 
 
 'Nay, nought. Jack Hostler, 'replied the pacific 
 Master Crane ; 'only if you saw the devil, me- 
 tliinks I would like to know what un's like i ' 
 
 'You will know that one day. Master Crane,' 
 said his helpmate, 'an ye mend not your manners, 
 and mmd your business, leaving off such idle 
 palabras. -But truly. Jack Hostler, I should be 
 glad to know myself what like the fellow was.' 
 
 Why, dame, said the hostler, more respect- 
 fully, as for what he was like I cannot tell, nor 
 no man else, for why I never saw un.' 
 
 'And how didst thou get thine errand done ' 
 said Gatier Grimesby, ' if thou seedst him not ? ' 
 vVhy, I had schoolmaster to write down 
 adment o nag,' said Jack Hostler • 'and I went 
 wi the ugliest slip of a boy for my guide as ever 
 man cut out o' lime-tree root to please a child 
 withal. 
 
 'And what was it?— and did it euro your na" 
 Jack Hostler ? '—was uttere(J and echoed by aTl 
 who stood around. 
 
 'Why, how can I tell you what it was?' said 
 
 tlic nostler; simjily it smellcd and tasted-lbr 
 1 did inake )>old to jiut a pea's substance into 
 niy moutli— like hartshorn and .savin mixed with 
 vinegar— but then no hartshorn and savin ever 
 'V'""^'l'* ?° ?l"-''l''y '^ "I'-e-And 1 am dreading 
 that if A\ ayland Smith be gone, the bots will 
 have more power over horse and cattle.' 
 , I ho pride of art, which is certainly not inferior 
 ill Its inlluenco to any other pride whatever, here 
 so far piicratcd on AVayland Smith, that, notwith- 
 standing the obvious danger of iiis liciug recog- 
 nised, he couhl not help winking to Tressilian, 
 and smiling mysteriously, as if triumi.hing in 
 the undoubted evidence of his veterinary skill 
 In the meanwhile the discourse continuecf. 
 
 ' E en let it be so,' said a grave man in black, 
 the comi.anion of Garter Grimesby , 'e'en let us 
 perish under the evil God sends us, rather than 
 tlie devil be our doctor.' 
 
 'Very true ■ .said Dame Crane ; 'and I marvel 
 at Jack Hostler that he would peril his own soul 
 to cure the bowels of a nag. ' 
 
 ' Very true, mistress,' said Jack Hostler ; ' but 
 tlie img was my master's ; and had it been yours, 
 1 thmk ye would ha' held me cheap enow an I 
 had feared the devil when the i.oorlieast was in 
 such a taking. -For the rest, let the clergy look 
 to It. Every man to his craft, says the proverb, 
 the parson to the prayer-book, and the groom to 
 his curry-comb.' 
 
 'I vow,' said Dame Crane, 'I think Jack 
 Hostler speaks like a good Christian and a 
 laitiiful servant, who will spare neither body 
 nor soul in his master's service. However, the 
 devil has lifted him in time, for a Constable of 
 , ? i*""^"'?? '^ame hither this morning to get 
 old Gatier Pinniewinks, the trier of witches, to 
 go with him to the Vale of AVhitehorse to com- 
 prehend W ayland Smith, and put him to his 
 probation. I helped Pinniewinks to sharpen 
 his pincers and his poking-awl, and I saw the 
 warrant from Justice Blindas.' 
 
 ' Pooh— pooh— the devil would laugh both at 
 IJlindas and his warrant, constable and witch- 
 indcr to boot, 'said old Dame Crank, the papist 
 laundress ; ' Wayland Smith's flesh would mind " 
 linniewinks' awl no more than a cai.^bric nilf 
 minds a hot piccadilloe- needle. But tell me, 
 gentlefolks, if the devil ever had such a hand 
 among ye, as to snatch away your smiths and 
 your artists from under your nose, when the 
 good Abbots of Abingdon had their own ? ]?y 
 Our Laiiy, no !— they had cheir hallowed taper.s, 
 and their holy water, and their relics, and wliat 
 not, could send the foulest fiends a-packing — 
 Go ask a heretic parson to do the like— But 
 ours were a comlbrtable people.' 
 _ 'Very true. Dame Crank,' .said the hostler; 
 so .said Sinipkins of Simonburn when the 
 curate kissed his wife,-" They are a comfortable 
 peo])le,' said he.' 
 
 'Silence, thou foul-mouthed vermin,' said 
 Dame Crank; 'is it fit for a heretic horse-boy 
 like thee to handle such a text as the Catholic 
 clergy ? 
 
 ^ ' In troth, no, dame,' rejilied the man of oats ; 
 aiK .IP. you yourself arc mm no text for their 
 liaiulling, dame, whatever may have been the 
 case la your day, I think we had e'en better 
 leave un alone.' 
 
Ifd uiKJ tastud— for 
 en's .sulwtiincc into 
 (] savin mixed witli 
 urn and .savin ever 
 ^nd 1 am dreading 
 ;ono, tlie liots will 
 nd cattle.' 
 rtainly not inferior 
 ride whatever, here 
 lith, that, notwitii- 
 af ills liciiig rc^cog- 
 king to Tressilian, 
 if triunipliing in 
 is veterinary skill. 
 io continued, 
 avc man in black, 
 esby , ' e'en let ns 
 ds us, rather tlian 
 
 ic ; 'and I marvel 
 peril his own soul 
 
 ick Hostler ; ' hut 
 
 liad it been yours, 
 cheaj) enow an I 
 jioor beast was in 
 
 et the clergy look 
 says the proverb, 
 
 and the groom to 
 
 , 'I think Jack 
 Christian and a 
 are neither body 
 e. However, the 
 "or a Constable of 
 3 morning to get 
 ier of witches, to 
 litehorse to com- 
 put him to his 
 inks to sharpen 
 1, and I saw the 
 
 lid laugh both at 
 table and witcli- 
 l-'rank, the papist 
 Hesh would minii " 
 n a cai.ibric rati' 
 !. But tell me, 
 lad such a hancl 
 your smiths and 
 nose, when the 
 tlieir own ? ]?y 
 hallowed tajiers, 
 lelics, and what 
 ids a-packing. — 
 
 the like— But 
 
 aid the hnstler ; 
 burn when the 
 ire a comfortable 
 
 1 vermin,' said 
 eretic horse-boy 
 as the Catliolic 
 
 he man of oats ; 
 o text for their 
 have been the 
 had e'en better 
 
 h'ENnjVORTH 
 
 set'^m^hifr Hn.nY''"f? '"^ •^'^'•^■=''*"'. I>'i'ne Crank 
 s(t uj) Jiei throat, and began a horrible exclaim 
 
 ,;;•" a«a.nst„'ack Hostlct under cov rof w M,' 
 
 I;-.l.an and h,s attendant cs,.p,.d t^Z 
 
 Tluy had no sooner .Miteird a private chamber 
 __ which^ Goodn,an, Crane hin,Llf had eonde: 
 
 to 
 
 ance. '" o»ve vent to his self-import- 
 
 'th„^°"T'''"''n '■'' ""'."' ^"'' aJ<i''es.sing Tressilian 
 
 worst no conjuror. ' ' '■'"' 
 
 'God forbid else ! ' said T-essilim ' n„f i 
 
 Ihe least' " '''''''^"*' ^^'^'^ '''"^^ -soniethi.^g of 
 inSe^^°f!L^'',""* *^!' i""' ^^-^^ Crane herscH' 
 
 said and done, was much less wortfiv of f?;„ 
 distinction which Satan has done him. '^ "^ ^^' i 
 Wavlin 1 ffi!"" ■"*'! ?""' 8"°'l fe'Io^v,' replied 
 th^t^ SiL"? ' =^'"' ' -'^ 'J''"k to you .'.pot 
 
 ^sliV^tl■^i<.r'''^ r "^^" ^-^^ deals 
 
 229 
 
 S'l"™ ''°''~'°" "'■ ''°™« «>"n,o,„., bed 
 
 un. 1 a,lv.se his worshipful Masier Tressi'li'n 
 AccoidiiiB to the nm,i„e,, „f the «,„,, ,|,„ 
 
 I dared .,, Iv 1 T' ''"'^^'"•'"t. a pl.ace where 
 
 capon a more welcome .iai.ity ' '""' 
 
 II you are pleased, friend,' said Tressilian 
 
 £y9.>JrS^>;SeXH! 
 
 sail ty and iny concerns crave travelling ' ^ 
 
 the nSit. ' "■' '''^^ '■'^l'"^*^'^ themselves for 
 
 Aik/";,!!^ "i* ']'°.'""'- ^""'' t''"" '•'"•ly travellers 
 pa tic. ar*" b 'f t ''"^ '''^'V^"' ^*'t'' """«ce ary 
 
 ;-bout noofof 'th'e i d" ay"l,S"Tr''-,^"'?' 
 leaving Cunmor, arrived a %, H^^m 1'''^"> 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Joanna Baillie's Family Legend. 
 
 nea?tL'"?iKf the ''•''™*'^ "^" ^^^ ^"uated 
 the wiltl . 1 ^ .^ *• 'i""'^ "ame, and adjoined 
 the ^^,ld ,.nd extensive forrst of Exmoor, pK 
 
230 
 
 fVM VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 ftily stwkwl witli{{nnio, in wliicli some uncipiit 
 riKlits, l.cloiigiiif. to the Rob.sart lUiiiily, fntitl.'d 
 hi.- J u«l. to pursue liis favourite aniusunient of 
 the diase. Tlie old mansion was a low, venerable 
 liinlilin^', oeeupyiufT a <M,iisi,ieral.Ie spaeo of 
 Knniiiil, whieh was surrounded hy a dee , moat 
 llie aiiproaeh and drawbrid^je were defended by 
 an octagonal tower, of ancient briek-worl<, buY 
 so clothed with ivy and other creejiers, tiiat it 
 was diHieult to discover of what materials it was 
 constructed. The angles of this tower were each 
 decorated with a turret, whimsically various in 
 form and in size, and therefore very unlike the 
 inonotonous stone i.ei.i)er- boxes, which, in modern 
 t.othie architecture, are employed for the same 
 purpose One of these turrets was square, and 
 occupied as a doekdiouse. Hut the clock was 
 now standing still ; a circumstance .peculiarly 
 striking to Iressilian, because the good old 
 knight among other harmless i)eeuliarities, had 
 a hdgety anxiety about the exact measurement 
 <)l time, very common to those who have a great 
 deal that commodity to dispose of, and find 
 it ho heavy upon their hands, -just as we see 
 
 shojikeepers amuse themselves wUh" takin^ an 
 exact account of their stock at the time there is 
 least demand for it. 
 
 The eiitraneo to the court-yard of the old 
 luans.on lay through an archway, surmounted 
 I >> the aforesaid tower, but the (Irawbridge was 
 • own, and one leaf of the iron-studded foldinrr. 
 doors stoo< carelessly open. Tressilian hastify 
 ode over the drawbridge, entered the eourt, and 
 began to call loudly on the domestics by their 
 names, lor some time ho was onlv ans«ere<l 
 by the echoes and the howling of the hoiuids, 
 wliose kennel lay at no great distance from the 
 mansion and was surrounded by the same moat. 
 
 a tendant ot the knight, who acted alike as 
 -squire ot us body and suiierintendent of his 
 sports, made his appearance. The stout, weather- 
 •eaten forester showed gi-eat signs of joy when 
 he rciognised Tressilian. J J' ' "ui 
 
 'Lord love you,' he said, 'Master Edmund, 
 be It thou in flesh and fell ?_Then thou mayest 
 do some good on Sir Hugh, for it passes the wit 
 of man, that is, of mine own, and the curate's, 
 and Master Mumblazen's, to do aught wi' un.' 
 
 AViii V "i '■".' *,''rn" "'"''•^'' '^'"'■'^ I ^^'ci't away, 
 \\ill? demanded Tressilian. 
 
 'For worse in body-no-he is much better,' 
 replied the domestic ; 'but lie is clean mazed as 
 It were-eats and drinks as ho was wont-but 
 sleeps not, or rather wakes not, for he is ever in 
 a sort of twilight, that is neither sleci)ing nor 
 waking. Dame Swineford thought it wa" like 
 the dead palsy -Rut no, no, dame, said I, it 
 IS the heart, it is the heart.' 
 
 'Can ye not stir his mind to any pastimes'' 
 saiil Iressilian. 
 
 AVnpR'y'™".T"','^"'*° °'^'"« sports,- said 
 AVill Badger; 'hath neither touched back- 
 gammon or sliovel-board-nor looked on the bi- 
 book of harrowtry wi' Master Mumblazcn. I let 
 the clock run down, thinking tlie missing the 
 S K' «°'""^- i«t i"ove him, for yon know. 
 fim„ 1 H i'"""^' ''*' ''■''■" l''"-tienlar in counting 
 tin e , but he never said a word on't, so I may 
 e en set the old chime towling again. I made 
 
 .0 d to treac on liungay's tail too, ami you know 
 
 u hat a round rating that would ha' cost ine o ice! 
 
 I ay-but he ..nded the poor tyke's whine o 
 
 u oie tlian a niadge howlet whooping down the 
 
 ehimney_so the case is l,eyond me.' 
 
 Will M '^','", ""■ •-''^' ''^^t ^^ifl'i" Joors, 
 
 butted; n?I "■'''';'' '■ ';''''^ '"-'•••'*°" '"" ''^'^•" to th^ 
 iHitte.y, ami us,.! with respect-ile is a man of 
 
 Hadrr'''''tb',l r' '/'■";'' '"■'' ^ ^^■''"^^'' «"**'• ^^'ill 
 
 U Here T v'T} ''V ^^ ''^''''^' ^ould help 
 
 amfs^e H,' \T ' "^ "'■ ^"""^ *° the man of art-i- 
 h Ikb.,) ",'*''''' "°r °*' f'y «I'oons, lad,' 
 
 ones . fv, 'r<- r,'""'?' '' ^"^^'« known as 
 that!' '' '"*^' '''■^ •'"""«'' to lio 
 
 anf/welir\M'"''f^''''''''''" "'*° '^ '""• l«''>o"r. 
 
 and \vent, at his desire, to see in what state liis 
 
 naster was, lest the sudden return of his darl ng 
 
 in 1^"'°';^'' ■'^""-"'-J'^"-. sliould affect hin! 
 
 at Si ^P^- ,"" "■'",''"V''J i"'»'«liately, and said 
 
 b t tl Lt M^'f'''A;^°'^V!S "' ^''^ elbow-chair, 
 
 Siste, T ■^'.t:^tcr Mumblazen would acqiiain 
 
 blaster Iressilian the instant he awaked. 
 
 huntsnao '^^■'"^■"-•e if lie knows you,' said the 
 
 lu t,man, 'for he has forgotten the name of 
 
 e l^in""' "; 'Y '"'^'^- ^ thought about a 
 
 u^'k since he had gotten a favourable turn :- 
 
 S Idle me old Sorrel," said he suddrnly, after 
 
 ix.Lt iu^ ' '"' ""'^1 "iS>',t-flraiight out of the 
 
 f on .f T"' "•'' '^'"^ *'*''« the hounds to 
 
 we ,T 'T'^ to-morrow." Glad men were 
 
 lie I ode to cover as usual, with never a word 
 spoken bu that the wind was south, ami the 
 
 hat w. I-! J''*'?!*",'^'""' ™'"^' •^i"^' like a man 
 b ,^L . ',V^'' «"'y o"t of a dream -turns 
 
 u ?o bln,^ 7 y^' '"'"^ *° ""^'l '^g''*"'- ""d leaves 
 us to lull t at leisure by ourselves, if we listed.' 
 ^ on tell a heavy tale, Will,' reiilied Tres- 
 ;^';^^,;:^'"t«-l"'"«thelpusJtheiisno^l 
 
 AmI''""Tr."^T"'i'' "'"," "cws of young Mistress 
 1 e{t 'V'''r r"' I ash-your brow tells - 
 
 wool';) V T\ ^ ''^I'"''- ^^'^ *''^"y ""in -^ould 
 
 01 \ould track her, it must l)e you. All's over 
 and lost now. But if ever I have that Van'ey 
 ^ ked T'r' "'," «igI>t-shot, I will bestow I 
 Ind bleall:- °" " ' ""' "'"* ^ '^^■'"•' ^'^ «^'t 
 
 Mnrnl,!!," "''"'''' tl'c 'loor opened, and Master 
 Mun blazen appeared ; a withered, thin, elderly 
 gentleman, with a cheek like a winter appk^^ 
 and his grey hair partly concealed by a sniall 
 1 g hat shaped like a cone, or rather like 
 nvh I„f 't'a«berry-bask.!t as London fruiterers 
 exhibit at their windows. He was too senten- 
 tious a iierson to waste wonls on mere saluta- 
 tion ; so, having welcomed Tressilian with a nod 
 ivf «' of the hand, he beckoned him to 
 follou to Sir Hugh's great chamber, which tlie 
 good knight usually inhabite.l. Will Badger 
 followed, unasked, anxious to see whether his • 
 master would be relieved from his state of apathy 
 by tlifi arrival of Trnwilian. ^ 
 
 . In a long low parlour, amply furnished with 
 implements of the chaso, and with sylvan trophies 
 by a massive stone chimney, over whieli hung a 
 
 
too, uiid you know 
 Id lia' i!o.st 1110 oni:o- 
 (ir tyko's wliino no 
 ■lioojiinf; down lliu 
 id 1110.' 
 
 rest witliin doors, 
 I'son 1)0 ta'eii to tlio 
 t— ilo is a iiiuii of 
 
 would,' said Will 
 
 which could help 
 
 3 the man of art — 
 
 f thy sjioons, lad,' 
 
 utlor, who showed 
 
 I have known as 
 art oiioiigli to do 
 
 II to a low ])arlour, 
 in what state his 
 iini of his darling 
 
 should all'ect him 
 lediately, and said 
 
 his elbow-cliair, 
 
 would acquaint 
 e awaked, 
 ws you,' said the 
 ten the name of 
 thought about a 
 vourable turn :— 
 e suddnily, after 
 I'aught out of the 
 ke tlie hounds to 
 
 Glarl men were 
 :he morning, and 
 th never a word 
 
 south, and the 
 d uneouiiled the 
 him, like a man 
 ^ dream — turns 
 gain, and leaves 
 's, if wo listed.' 
 1,' roiilicd Tres- 
 -tliere is no aid 
 
 ' young Mistress 
 your brow tells - 
 t' any man could 
 »'ou. All's over 
 vc that Variiey 
 I will bestow a 
 I swear by salt 
 
 d, and Master 
 d, thin, elderly 
 I winter apple, 
 lied by a small 
 or rather like 
 udoii fruiterers 
 nis too senten- 
 n mere saluta- 
 ian with a nod 
 jkoned him to 
 ber, which the 
 Will Badger 
 e whether his • 
 state of apathy 
 
 \jrnislied witli 
 >'Ivan trophies, 
 which hung a 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 
 swo-d and suit of armour, somewhat oliscured bv 
 ne. ect, .sat Sir Hugh Kobsart of Li.lcote a m i^, 
 ot largo sixe, which had been only kept with 
 
 xoieise. It .seemed to Tressilian tliat tl„ 
 YY,^y ""'1'7 which his old IVien.l la 
 to labour had, oven during his h'y< weeks' I 
 senco, added bulk to his person, at 1, it 1 
 obviously diminished the viva.'ity of his 'v 
 wh.c li as they entered, first folfowed Mast i' 
 Muniblazen .slowly to a large oaken desk on 
 
 listen, as u III uncertainty, on the stiinm.r 
 who had entered along witl. him. Sie cum 
 a g.'ey.headed clergyman, who hud b .„' cc,: 
 essor in the days of g„een Mary, sat with , 
 
 nop He too signed a mournful Kreetii" to 
 1 essilian, and laid his book aside, to^v. , rtl ! 
 
 ^E^'oid'rr'"^^ ^""""^ i""""- ™ !i- 
 
 As Tressilian, his own eye- (iHiiu- fast wit), 
 ears, approached more aiuf more nc^i to 
 lather o( his betrothed bride. Sir Hu<d 's i ite 
 gence seemed to revive. H^ sigl" feaJ 'a^ 
 one who awakens from a state of stuiio Lh 
 convulsion pa.sse,l over his features 1 h. o £ 
 arms without speaking a v.-ord, and, a.s Ti v 
 hifbosir '"'"«'="■ '"t"^''"". he'folded him to 
 
 i\7tT '' f ™'''''"'« '--'ft to live for yet,' were 
 the hrst words he uttered ; and, while ho „ ko 
 lie gave vent to his feeling.s in a ar Us „f 
 ^yeep.ng the tears chasing each n 1 r ow, ].i 
 m.nburnt cheeks and long white beard. 
 
 mvlTf"" '°"^"* *°, ''^^■'^ ^'^^"k^'l Ood to .see 
 niy master weep,' said Will Hadgor ; • but now 
 
 kniih <?u, *"'."" 'l"«^tions,' sai.l tl.e ol,l 
 ha t nnf f ;i",'^«tions-none, Edmiind-^thou 
 wefe Se';S..""''' °'' '^'^ '■-"' '"■■■' ^l-t she 
 Tressilian was unable to reiilv otherwise H,nn 
 by putting his hands before his^ace 
 
 ween rn,'r"^'llT'* is enough. But do not thou 
 ueep for her, Ldniund. I have cause to weei. 
 
 Soiee' tb^.'"!; ^-^"f'toi^-thou hast eau e o 
 rejoice that she did not become thv wife 
 
 ^o^u ifw *''"■ """"rT' "'-^ "•'-' i' go,^ 
 
 see Amy and Ldmund wedc ed,— had it been 
 granted it had now been gall added to biS- 
 
 'Be comforted, my friend,' said the curate 
 2i'7f'"g S';; Hngh; 'it cannot b ha t ,' 
 d lighter of all our hopes and allbctions is o 
 vile creature you would bespeak her.' 
 
 O no, replied Sir Hugh imimtientlv 'T 
 were wrong to name broadl/tho bE 1 1, /sh 
 
 ter:no;si^e'5re[^;Sots 
 
 ^man of a gay courtier,-of Varnev too -of 
 
 Varney, whose grandsire was rel eve" by^v 
 
 fthettt^'S'°''T"^^;^-^l'™'--''"«*'l'« ^-tT>^ 
 
 on 11 '*' o{-whoro Rieliaid was slain-out 
 
 heirT^,r'-!i'^ '-''"' ' ^^"'™"^ "™« of y"" win 
 
 bla^Il' ^f"-', °^ '^r^""'*^'-' '^"^'d Master Mum- 
 ''lazen, stricken between Richard Crookbaek 
 
 281 
 
 ■""1 Henry Tudor, grandsire of the Oiii^that 
 now IS, prnno Ihnrin Scpthni ; and in t "e wa 
 one t loiKsand four hun.l/e.i and eigh y-ivcl," 
 
 ' Av, even so,' said Ibo ,,1,1 kiibdit 'overv 
 'Hid knows it-liut my poor head o 'ets aU ?t 
 huuld remember, andVemoinbnrs 01,? Xt 
 
 "t iuirr."'- "'«'^ 'r^''- ^^y '"-ain has bee 
 It lault, Ire-ssilian, alnmst ever since thou hast 
 l>eon away, and even yet it hunts counter!' 
 
 ^our woivhip,' said the good cleiL'vmn,, 
 
 ■ had better retire to your apartment, a dCo 
 
 sleep lor a little spa.e,-tlie phys dan eft a 
 
 .•o.nposing draught, -and our (ireat Phy Ln 
 
 as commanded us to use earthly means tm 
 
 .senX?' '"■^^"^^^"""''^ '' ^"^^''"^*''« ""alshe 
 
 'Trne true, old friend,' .^aid Sir Hindi 'ami 
 
 ve will bear our trials nianfully_w ."Cave lost 
 
 but a womaii.-See, Tic.ssilian,'-he diew f 1 
 n.s bosom a long ringlet of faii^ hair,^' see 1,^ 
 o<.'k !-I tell thee, Edmund, the ve I'y nil'ht s 
 
 disappeared, when she bid me good evei as she 
 
 was wont, she hung about mv ^.ck, and fo d e. 
 lie more than usual ; and 1, like an old foo 
 
 liela her by this lock,;-util she took hei sc ss ' 
 
 severed it, an.l left it ,0 my hand,-a a ' a^ 
 
 ever to see more of her.' 
 Tressilian was unable to reply, well judgin- 
 hat a comi. ication of feelings must have crofsecl 
 
 .101110^"' °aV'"r'"f'''^ ''^'«'^'^^ '' t'-t "'"d 
 
 ,t ^ n, I ^^'''Sy^T "■"« '^bout to speak, 
 
 I'lit S r Hugh intcrrui)ted him. ' ' 
 
 I know what you would .say, JIaster Curate 
 -after all, it is but a lock of woman's tresses - 
 i >id by woman shame and sin and dea h can^ 
 into an innocent world.-And learned Mas? 
 i^dbrioi %!''' "' '"" '"^ ''^'^"'^y '''"'g"^ «f their 
 ; fye,t I'/wmme; liaid Master Mumblazen, 'gui 
 
 'True,' .said Sir Hugh, 'and we will bear us 
 heicfore like men who have both mettle and 
 
 aVT 7," "\"«i-'f^'-'^«ili''". thou art as welcome 
 as it thou hadst brought better news. But we 
 liave spoken too loii<?dry-lii,„ed -Amv fill ! 
 .0...I. of wine to Edi,^ii,,,!a,iriotft; me."^ 
 
 Ti,„, • i ,"" ■•"■■•., uiju uiioiner 1 
 
 llien instantly recollecting that he had called 
 upon her who could not hear, he shook Is head 
 and said to tlie clergyman, 'This gr"ef to mv- 
 
 to our iw k we ,„ay lose oursdves amonj; the 
 b ars and thickets for a little space, 1 u Vom 
 lie end of each avenue we see the old g^ey steep' 
 and the grave of my forefathers. I would I we c 
 to travel that rnad to-morrow ' 
 
 rrossihan and the curate joined in uiL'iiur fl„> 
 exhausted ol.l man to lay him.self to r t^ a^d a 
 
 S\''i?r"'''- .'^'■^«'"*''» .emainedby h 
 pillow till ho saw that slumber at length sunk 
 down on him and then returned to con! It v^t 
 the curate, what steps should be adopted in these 
 nuhappy circumstances. ' 
 
 Maltr^SeTSbl'';!^"''^*^"^'^'''''^^-''--^ 
 11 .>iiLii..Ki Miinibia.'^e;! ; and thevadniiffpd 
 
 um the more readily, that beside ^ihat'"es 
 
 .H e cj'r:^ f'"'" }^ ?ea/'ty, they knewK 
 
 wa no<Snn '"^'^ to taciturnity, that there 
 
 - ..„ ,.„„„^, „, i„s Nooping counse . He was nti 
 Old bachelor of good fa'raify, but smalf K,fe" 
 
232 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 and distantly relitcd to tl.o Houso of Rolmrt • 
 1 yirtuo of w huh connention, Lidcoto \hx\\ had' 
 wMi hoiioinvd with lii. r,..Hi.h.nH. for th.. las 
 tw-nty years His ,,„„,,any was a^ v.' M. To 
 ;S.r HuKh ..hetiv on a.rount of his prof ,„ 
 1« r„„,g. w ,u:h, tfiouKh it only related to'horal v 
 and genealogy, wuh siuh serai.s of history as 
 connec ed hen.selvos with theio sul.jcots ^w s 
 
 knight ; besides the eonvonienec wliich Tie found 
 m liaving a frien,] to appeal to, whnn his ow> 
 inomory, as frequently hapi.ened ,.rovo,l infirm 
 
 iMumblazen supplie.i with -luo brevity and .lis 
 cretion. Anr , indee.l, in matters concerning e 
 rnoJern world he often gave, in hi.s enigmati 
 and heraldic phrase, advice which was well wort 
 a tending to, or, in J5ill liadger's language, star e 
 tlie game while others beat the bush. 
 
 VVe have had an uiihai)py time of it witli tlm 
 
 Tiave'^''!' ''«"*"; ^^'"•'■''^• -i^ tiurl 
 
 I have not suttered so much since I was torn 
 away from my beloved Hock, and eompe ed to 
 abandon them to the Romish wolves '^ 
 
 Mum'bhLer '" '"''' ''""< '^''^ ^^-t- 
 'In the name of Heaven, 'continued the curate 
 
 oiirs "or Wv/""'" ^""'' ''•""' '"^"«'' ■'*I'«"t than 
 ours or have you any news of that unhappv 
 maiden, who, being for so many years the pi ,^ 
 c.paljoy of this broken-down hous^, is now pii.v d 
 
 disn^r r ""'"?l'l»n^/8 ? Have you not at least 
 discovered her i)laee of rcsidenco V 
 
 'I have,' replied Tressilian. 'Know you 
 Cuninor Place, near Oxford i ' ^ 
 
 nf lfr'''''i''/'''!^> ^''•' ^'^''Sy"""' ; ' it was a houso 
 of I'craoval for the monks of Abingdon. ' 
 
 Whose arms,' said Master Michael, 'I l,ave 
 
 seen over a stone chimney in the hall-a cross 
 
 patonee betwixt four martlets ' 
 
 '.There,' said Tressilian, ' this unhapi)y maiden 
 
 resides, in company with the villain Varney 
 
 liutfora strange mishap, my sword had revengtvi 
 
 hear '"^"™'' '' ''"" *' ^''''' ''" '■'« ^^•"'•t''>'«^« 
 ' 'Thank God, that kept thine hand from blood- 
 guiltiness, rash young man I ' answered the curate 
 Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I will 
 
 IZV-- '^^ T--^ '•«««'■ «t.uly to free her f o 
 the villain s nets of iiiiamy.' 
 
 /«tsrfn«io«r,' said Muinblazcn. 
 ««i'r) t!" '"i*''^* I '-equire your aid, my friends,' 
 said Tressilian ; ' I am resolved to accuse this 
 VI lain, at the very foot of the throne, of f d e hoo 
 seduction and breach of hospitable laws. To 
 Queen shal hear me, though the Earl of Leicester 
 the villain's patron, stood at h.v right hand ' ' 
 Her Grace, .said the curate, 'hath set a 
 comely example of continence to 1. r ub cots 
 roir" 'ir^'^'n 1? •'"^"'^•^ °" t'"« inhosi.itable 
 i-arl of Leicester, m the first place, for nisticc on 
 his servant ? If he grants it,' thou' dost ;ave th 
 nskof niakingthyselfa imwerful adversary, which 
 will certainly chance, it' in the first instannr yo 
 
 bS tSem' '"'^ ^'°^" '''' I'-'"- ^-°-^« 
 'My mind revolts from your counsel,' said 
 
 Tressilian. ' I cannot brook to j.lead my noblo 
 
 I .m wilt a V ■ n'"' r'^'."'''«"- Leicester, 
 nioii wit say, is noble— be t so ^he is but a 
 
 Md.jeet like ourselves, and I will no ,rn';,,V 
 paint to Imn, if I can do better. .Still 7 will 
 think on what thou hast said.-but I must j, •« 
 your assis ancc to persua.lc the good Si h U o 
 
 natter, for it is in h-s name I must s,,eak ad 
 lot 11. my own Since she is so far cl anged as 
 ia rlt'ir't l''^ '""f;^>--.I"".«'-^"'te courtS,'h 
 
 i.is 'owel' ■ '"' "" •'"'"^■^ "■'''^'' '« y«t in 
 
 ' Jietter she died ca-kbs and sine prole ' said 
 
 Mumblazen, with more animation tlmSsnal y 
 
 Ho ;Tt wi I'tT I""r*' n'P"'"' ^''« ""'''^' -'^t S 
 itohsait with that of such a mi.scrcant i ' 
 
 the , le . /v/"""' ■I'''"'*' ''' ^ '"'""''* 'l"estion,' said 
 tie clergyman 'to save, as much is is yet pos- 
 sible, the credit of this unhappy you.g w. man I 
 
 UrEa,roff ""Vl''''^A>" t^'« h-' ni.sta..ce^''tJ 
 the Lai of Leicester. He is as absolute in his 
 household as the (,)ueen in her kingdom, ad ? 
 c expresses to Varney that such is his p ea sure 
 ho. ^honour will not stand so publiJy com! 
 
 ca2l? Zuiffi ^'r "■'' ,"«•'*'' '"''^ Tressilian 
 • ageiiy, and I thank you lor pointing out what 
 
 1 ovcrlonkc.1 .; my haste. I little thought ever 
 
 have besougnt grace of 1,. irester ; but I co.Ild 
 
 kneel to the p.oud Dudley, if do ng so cm 
 
 remove one shade of shame' 'f.-om tl.i^ imhap y 
 
 damsel. \ ou will assist me, then, to procure the 
 
 necessary powers from Sir Hugh Robsart " 
 
 tl J lo,":'!"*' iT,"""^ '""' °^ '"'^ assistance, and 
 tlie herald nodded assent 
 
 te.'tS" ;,'!'"' ''°''^ yourselves also in readiness to 
 test, y 11 case you are called upon, the open- 
 hearted ho.spitality which our good patron 
 cvercised towards this deceitful traitor, a id h" 
 sol citude with which he laboured to sediie is 
 unhappy daughter.' ^ 
 
 'At first,' said the clergyman, 'she did not as 
 It scorned to me, much affect his compa.iy, bu 
 M ily I saw them often together.' *^ •" "" . 
 
 '.^■lant m the fiarlou.-,' said Michael Mum- 
 blazen, ' and passant in the garden ' 
 
 priest "'"b?r."^ *'"*'""" I'y 'Chance,' said tho 
 
 l>uest, in the South wood, in a spring oveniiiL' 
 
 -V a. ney was muHled in a russet cloak^so that I 
 
 saw not his face,-they separated hastily as hey 
 
 can me rustle among the loaves, and I ol!se vej 
 
 she turned her head and looked long after him/ 
 
 \\ ith neck rcguardant,' as^id the herald-'and 
 
 on the day of her flight, and that was on SaTt 
 
 Austens Eve, I .saw Varney's groom, att red n 
 
 his hveries hold his master's horse and Mistress 
 
 Amy s ijalfrey, bridled and saddled ^roi,«- bel. nd 
 
 the wall of the chuichyard ' ^ ^ ' "-^'""a 
 
 nlact nl'oT '' ''T ,''">'.",<1 ™ewed up in his secret 
 place of retirement,' said Tre.ssilian. 'The villain 
 IS taken in the manner ; and I well wish lie may 
 eny his crime that I may thrust convict on 
 down his false Uiroat ! Hut I must prepi e for 
 mi^n /"'^' P" y°"' g«"tlen.en, dispose my 
 p,atron to grant mc such powers as are needful to 
 act in ins name. 
 
 So saying, Tressilian left the room. 
 He IS too hot,' said the curate ; 'and I pray 
 
 
to |)loatl my jiohio 
 ny'srauNC— heforo 
 •niKii. Leietistcr, 
 t .so -lip i.s liiit u 
 vill not ciii'i'y my 
 tiT. Still, 1 will 
 -but I must liiive 
 good 8irlJugli to 
 I fiduciary in this 
 must sjieak, and 
 10 far changed, aa 
 i^'ate courtier, he 
 i' which is yet in 
 
 sine prole,' said 
 n than he usually 
 the nohle coat of 
 loreant ! ' 
 ot question,' said 
 :h is is yet pos- 
 yo'infjwoman, I 
 first instance, to 
 i ahsolnte in his 
 kingdom, and if 
 1 is his pleasure, 
 publicly com- 
 
 ' said Tressilian 
 inting out what 
 ;Ie tliouglit ever 
 er ; but I could 
 doing so could 
 1 this uidiappy 
 1, to procure tiic 
 Kobsai't ? ' 
 assistance, and 
 
 > in readiness to 
 pon, the open- 
 good patron 
 raitor, and tlio 
 1 to seduce his 
 
 she did not, as 
 company, but 
 
 Vlichael Muni- 
 i.' 
 
 nee,' said the 
 pring evening 
 loak, so that I 
 astily, as they 
 md I ol)served 
 ig after him.' 
 lierald— 'and 
 was on Saint 
 >m, attired in 
 and Mistress 
 n-qjer, behind 
 
 ) in his secret 
 
 'Tlie villain 
 wish lie may 
 3t conviction 
 t prepare for 
 
 dispose my 
 ire needful to 
 
 kenilworth 
 
 ' and I 
 
 pray 
 
 d?.a?wit?v,.^ "^"y.f^T'^. him the patience to 
 • iiaiwitli Varncy as IS fitting.' 
 
 ' I'aticnce anil Varncy,' said Mnmbla/en 'is 
 
 worse heraldry than nu'tal upon n, 'tal f. s 
 
 noro false than a siren, .mo,.! rapa.i tit, a 
 
 ciuei tnan a lion rampant. 
 
 'Yet I doubt much, '.said the curate, 'whether 
 we can wi h all right ask from Sir Hugh Robv / 
 «■"'« m his present condition, any decM denut ^ 
 
 t^Hr-™ "«''* '" ^'■'-"•-^ An,7\;:T.s 
 
 winM"", '■•"""'?"' "^''''' ""t 'l<">bt that,' sai.l 
 ^\ ill Badger who entered as he spoke, ' for I « 
 fvy my life he is another man when h wake ' 
 than he ha,s been these thirty .lays past ' ' 
 
 Ay, \\ 111, said the curate, ' hast thou then «,. 
 "HieJi eonlidence in Dr. Di.ldleuni'.s d ," . J ' 
 
 tastSlV'"'' r' ^^'i"' '''-'"'s« ".as^^ ne'er 
 tasted a drop on't seeing it was em,,tied out l?v 
 tlie housemaid. But lube's a gentleman wm 
 came attending on Master Tress-ilia ,'" a" g ^ 
 S r Hugh a draught that is worth tw;nty o^^yo 
 
 better ■ r rer'^'n^'" '""" "«'7 ^^■'"' '''"'- ''"'^ " 
 
 S.;tl^o;i^nS^r\^^:; 
 ffitirii:^^°-^-''''''-->^e"^-tt:^^ 
 
 'A farrier ! you sau.y groom-And by whose 
 authority, pray?' said the curate, risin^i sir 
 prise and indignation ; 'or who will beCmnt 
 lor tins new physician ' ' «auant 
 
 had*i^,r*''°",'^,: ''" '^ ^'^^ y°"'' 'eveienee, he 
 
 laa mine; and for warrant, I trust I have not 
 
 been five-and-twenty years in this house w ho t 
 
 haying right to warrant the giving of L\lraS. 
 
 SnTnd'bM^-'tT''" ^'^"^ ■« -^--il'Si 
 
 bai;, and bleed, or blister, if need, to my very 
 
 The counsellors of the house of Robsart thourrht 
 It meet to carry this information in tan th" to 
 r.^ssiha.i who as speedily summoned beforeii n 
 ^\ ayland Smith, and demanded of him (inmVa 
 however) by what authority he had veiXe.l o 
 admrnister any medicine to^Sir Hugh KoS ' 
 VVhy, replied the artist, 'yourworshincannot 
 but remember that I told you I had made more 
 )Sn","°K^ niaster'sll mean thel aZ 
 oou^ r-"?'T,"'^'*''7 than he was willin" 
 
 to own ; and indeed half of Ids quarrel and malie7 
 against me was, that, besides hat I go on e 
 hing too dee,, into his secrets, several cf °scerX 
 persons, and particularly a buxom young widow o?' 
 Abingdon, preferred my j.rescriptLns to hi^^ 
 
 sterJ^^v"' °u\l ^"'["""^--y. «iV said Tre ilian 
 sternly If thou hast trifled with us-mnn^ 
 niore, if thou hast done aught that mav n-e 
 jud.ee Sir Hugh Robsart's health, thou^Ht 
 find thy g,.ave at the bottom of a tin-mine ' 
 
 conJert"?he*nt^l"''^ of the great arcanum to 
 convert the ore to gold,' said Way land firmly 
 
 Tre" ilian""% *ir". ?l'r^hensions, Ma"£ 
 iressiiian — I understood the good knight's 
 case, from what Master William^ Badger tl 
 mo and I hope I am able enough to alminstS 
 a poor dose of nmndragora, whiclT, with theslee, 
 that must needs follow, is all hat S Hu„ 
 Robsart requires to settle his distraught br"nf ' 
 
 iJ?n:fdSsSr^^^^'^-^"-'^^-i 
 
 233 
 
 I "jmewinks IS not even now rending ,v|"| 
 and sinews with his accursed pin..ers, an. pro 1 1 
 every mo e in my body with' his si arpei ed a 1 
 (a murrain .,„ the han.ls which l.-rg d it i) 
 Oder to fmd out the wit.h's mark- I irust 
 yoke inyself as a humble follower to y, uj 
 
 shmi lfers5 ''^ '^' '''''"'' "'' "'« «"°<^ ^night'^ 
 tiol^^^'n"' "''';"!•' "f '■'■«''' i» '"'^ rrogn..stica. 
 
 iqiaie.i, a.id Will Badger's contiilenee ha.l 
 a;'eS''r'^"';"''''''-'"'tl-".oJ^b.'"' 
 
 e d 1 f 1 . T'T, l"'l"'"t « «l«'p was long an.l 
 altlful; an. the po.,r ol.i knight awoke 
 
 umbled in.leed in thought, .and weak in frame 
 }et a much better judge of whatever was sub" 
 ,l<;ete.l to his intellect than he ha.l lee , fo, some 
 time past. He resisted for a while tl e proZu 
 
 dertal^;.;"- ^"'""'^; ^'"^^ Tressilian' si 
 ,r,.f^ •" ^'"'^''t^r, an.l the redress of 
 
 eai;r'''\ei C'-r ^''Y ""«''' >-t •- 
 
 hawk iLf > ^'"' ,'"'«a"l ; 'she is hut a 
 
 lawk that goes .l„wn the win.l ; I would not 
 
 arSont lu .^ ""f , ^'"'f '"'i"'t«i"ed this 
 if. ftv\n A t\ ''"«"' convinced it was 
 Ills luty to take the part to which natural 
 a ..ction iiic ined him, ind consent ha such 
 ellorts as could yet be made should be used by 
 Tiessihan in behalf of his daughter. He sub 
 
 All matters were piejjared for Tressiliai.'s 
 • ocond departure, within twenty-four l.om^ af er 
 ho had returned to Lideote Ilall but one 
 materia circumstance had been forgotten which 
 was hrst called to the remembrance^o K ai' 
 by blaster Mumblazen. 'Von are toiZ f^ 
 court, Master Tressilian,' said he 'fo7w5! 
 
 S 'Z't"' """./""^ '^'^^°"'y "''^«t ^ 
 
 e barrassini r"""'"' '''''' "1"^"^ .'»«' and 
 cmnaira,ssing. To iirosecute a suit at court 
 ready nmney was as indispensable ev<^, i', , ' 
 
 SeS-'a^i^d t f '''''''' " '' any'succeed! g 
 peiioa , and it was a commodity little at the 
 command of the inhabitants ofWcote Ha 
 
 "ooTsir"Cl/'R"T''r'-' *'"^ revenues of 
 oooa oir Hugh Rob.sart were consumed and 
 even anticipated, in his hospitab e mode of 
 iving; ancf it was finally necessary that t hi 
 herald who started the doub sho ild hfmself 
 
 ilV^- ^^T' ^H'^'^'^ Mumblazen diS so by 
 blT°^'' ^"^ °^ "'°"«y' containing nearly 
 
 \anous coinage, the savings of twenty years • 
 winch he now, without speaking a syllable' 
 upon the subject, dedicatecf to the service of 
 %r\Z tr ^^«lt-/"d protection lad 
 given nim the means of makine this littlo 
 hoard. Tressilian accepted ,t without affecting 
 
23 J 
 
 iVAVEK LEY NOVELS 
 
 ,, V - "^ nii.ii-i.i III iiix ioiirucv .Mil 
 
 HU.ldeuly ren.ov.Ml, an,l in a Puu.i.cr ho ^u..! 
 
 a .MoMinits l.rsilHtion, and a nmtn.il L-i/isi, „r 
 li>^ Land was u I timt ,,as.se,i L.twixt tl , 
 
 ;;:';;:« ..« aU t,, s,ul. a ,m,.,,„s.. and tlm 
 
 u ''"';"'';■'■ '■'^,""'^■'"1 "•""' finding so n.ateriul 
 an oh.staclu to tho .success uf liis 
 
 ilv 
 exiioctcd, 
 
 Whilo Ticssilian was niakinK I'lvpaiations 
 for "s dcpartntc oa.ly tl.o en-^nng LrninK 
 Wyland ,s,nitl, .Icsiml to speak witl, 1, ^ 
 and, oxpressmK Ids hopo tliat he had lieen' 
 
 I'fhall ot Mr Hugl, liuhsait, a.kl.Hl his desire (,. 
 acco,„|.auy h.m to court This was indeed wl<at 
 liessilmn liiniselt had several times tliou.-ht ul 
 lor the slirewclnoss, ahutness of understaiulinL' 
 an. variety ot resource, which this (ellow h,ui 
 fiXhi ited duriiu- the Mnie tliey had travelled 
 to«etiier liud n.ado him sensihle that his assist- 
 ance nnglit 1.0 of importance, liut the,, Way- 
 land was ,n danger f,om the g,-asp of law ; a,;d 
 ot th,3 lrcss,l,an reminded hi,,,, nientionin. 
 .something at the same time, of the j-inceis o? 
 inniewmks and the wari'ant of .Master Justice 
 Sn ^ '^'""^ ^""''' '''"«''"J '^°''' to 
 
 'See you, sir ! ' said he, ' I Iiave changed mv 
 garb fio,n that of a farrier to a su,ving.,nn? 
 but we.0 ,t still as it was, look at my moustache 
 -they now hang down-I will but turn then, 
 up, and dye then, with a tinctuiv that 1 know 
 of, and the dev.l will sca.'co know me again ' 
 
 He accompanied these words with the apni-o- 
 I-nate action ; and in less than a minute, hv 
 settmg up his moustaches and his hair he 
 semed a dillerent person from him tiiat had 
 but now entered the room. Still, however 
 Tress, lian hesitated to accept l„s services, and 
 tlic artist became proportionably urgent 
 
 would fam pay a part of the debt, esi.eeially as 
 I know from Wi 1 ledger on what 'danger 
 
 pretend o be what ,s called a man of mettle 
 one ot those nitiling tear-cats. who maintain 
 tlieir master s quarrel with sword and buckler 
 J<ay, I am even one of those who hold the en<i 
 of a feast better than the beginning of a fray. 
 But I know that I can serve your wo,ship 
 better ,i, such quest ••,« yours than any of these 
 swoid-and-dagger men, and that my head will 
 be worth an hmidi-e.l of their hands ' 
 
 Tressiiian still hesitated. He knew not much 
 ot tins .strange fellow, and wa-; doulitful how far 
 he could repose m hini the confidence necessary 
 to render 1,„„ a useful attendant upon the 
 present eniergency. Ere he had come to a 
 determination the trampling of a l,o,se was 
 
 and Will Badger both entered hastily into 
 Tiessilians chamber, speaking almost it the 
 same moinent. 
 
 'Here is a serving-man on the bonniest gi'ey 
 titt I ever seed in my life,' said Will Bad-e/ 
 ^vho got the start;-' having on his a,-,n a 
 silver cognisance, being a fire-drake holding i„ 
 his mouth .a brick-bat, under a coronet of an 
 earls degi'ce, said Master Murablazen, 'and 
 bearing a letter sealed of the .same.' 
 
 lo thewo,Hh,plnl Master Ivlnmnd Tressiiian. 
 our ovmg kmsman-These ride, ride rid. 
 
 ^^rthvlle, lor thy life, t-,,r thy li,V.','l'L 
 opeu..,l It, an.l fonn.l th,. following contents •- 
 
 '^''rm'',?"'"""-''''' '"'" ''"'^l' fuiEND AND 
 wiso^^'soTl'** ^T'" '" '" "^ ""^'■' <*'"' "tl""'- 
 
 WI.SO so tinhippily . ircumstanctd, that we are 
 .iesirous to have around us tho.se of our friends 
 ennsr'-' 'rV"^' '*""'"*^^'* '"' '^^'"' ""-^ es-e ally 
 good .Ma.ste,' l,-essil,an ,me of the foren,..st ind 
 m.,u,,.st, ,„„u in goo.l will an.l good ab lity 
 We th,Pio,e pray you, with your most con- 
 venient spec,l, to repair f. our poor lodging at 
 
 Imthei with you ot matte,'., which we ,le.„, it 
 not ht t.. cnuimit ..ato wi-,ting. And so w. bi.l 
 
 'Ratclikfe, Eaul of Su.s.sf.X." 
 'Send up the messenger instantly, Will 
 
 tt Too„rV ^'■'"'f ''" 'r^' ''' the ma,;;nter d 
 e .00,1, he exclaimed 'Aha, Stevens, is it 
 you? How does my good loi'd»' 
 
 re>',lv''/^'"S*^r' 'f'''«^-^''''i".' was the messenger's 
 leiily an.l having therefore the more need of 
 good fnemls around him.' ' 
 
 'But what is my lonl's malady?" .said Ties- 
 sil,;in anxioiusly. ' I hear.l „othi,1g of his being 
 
 'I know not, si,,' ,eplied the man, 'he is 
 very .11 at ease, The leeches a,e at a stand, an 
 m;uiv ot his household suspect foul pract ce- 
 witchcraft, or worse.' i •. i- 
 
 Sn!iH?"if ..",'" ^^\- ■''J""J',t'""s?' said Wayland 
 hmith, stei.iung forward hastily. 
 
 ini ilTmeaid:^ "" """"«^'' ""* ^"'"l-'--'- 
 
 lie: his dis^r,'^"^''' ■^'''^^^''^'-' ='-!'- 
 
 Tho man looke.l at Tressiiian, as if to know 
 
 whe her he should answer these' ii„iuir[es fom " 
 
 at^ve ife hn'ri '■''""'"« " ^'«" '"the aHirin- 
 n.r,!',f ''•^' f'""'eraterl gi-adiml loss of 
 
 : ncHo',-""'-:'"""'' per.spiration, and loss of 
 ajipetite, lumtness, etc. 
 
 . 'Joined,' said Wayland, 'to a gnawing pain 
 111 the stomach, and a low fever « ' ^ ^ 
 
 sin'iuS. '°'' '^"^ "'" messenger, somewhat 
 
 arti!t''"amlVr ^\t''"'^'^ '■' ''^''^'^'' S'^ifl the 
 I aitist, and I know the cause. Your master has 
 
 aten of the manna of Saint Nicholas. I knov 
 he cure too-my master shall not say I studied 
 in his laboratory for nothing." 
 
 'How mean you?' said Tressiiian, frowning- 
 we speak ot one <,f the first nobles of England.' 
 Bethink you, this is no subject for buffoonfry." 
 
 Ood forbid " .sai.l Wayland Smith. ' fsay 
 tfiat I l^now his disease and can cure him 
 Remember what I did for Sir Hugh Robsart " 
 'Go5^LSu:."*'"'''"^^"^^^''^^'^TresBiliati. 
 
 mot"vrf^"'f'^'- 'l^'^'^r mentioning this new 
 motive for his instant departure, though without 
 alluding to either the .suspicio is of Stevens or 
 
Iiieh was addieHucd 
 iIiiiiukI Tri'HHiliaii, 
 liflc, liili', ride— 
 liylili'.' » In then 
 wing contents :— 
 
 mni FlilKM) AND 
 
 t cast', mid otlior- 
 iced, tliat wo aro 
 oso oCour friends 
 111 most esjietially 
 liuiii wo liold our 
 till.' loreiiiost and 
 nd good ability, 
 your iiioHt con- 
 poor lodging, at 
 liiTc wc will treat 
 ■liic'li wo de» III it 
 And so w,) bid 
 r loving kinsman 
 
 RLOF Sussex." 
 
 instantly, Will 
 1 the man entered 
 I. Stevens, is it 
 
 the messenger's 
 10 more need of 
 
 dy?' said Ties- 
 liug of his being 
 
 10 man ; ' he is 
 
 ' at a stand, and 
 
 foul i)raetice— 
 
 said "Wayland 
 
 lot comprehend- 
 
 lyland ; • wliero 
 
 , as if to know 
 
 inquiries from ' 
 
 in the aftirm- 
 
 raduiil loss of 
 
 I, and loss of 
 
 gnawing pain 
 
 ?er, somewhat 
 
 used,' said the 
 our master has 
 lolus. I know 
 ■ say I studied 
 
 ian, frowning ; 
 es of England, 
 buffoonery.' 
 mith. ' I ,say 
 m cure him. 
 h Robsart.' 
 lid Tressilian. 
 
 ng this new 
 lOugh without 
 of Stevens or 
 
 h'ENIl. WORTH 
 
 J !i.:;tr!;;;,r:srr',^';™i;;:ri 
 
 L',35 
 
 C//A/'7EA' XIII. 
 
 \Wt\^.^yL \ ''"°* y?" '•"^e arsenic, 
 vitriol, sal-tartre, iirxai e, .-xlkalv 
 
 llIK Al.CIIK.MIST. 
 
 luuii wiui all clesiiatch. He Inul iwi-.. i .i 
 
 l.i".so(r in a wonde;a.^n,!l ; , ' ii:'S'r« 
 overgrown thicket of beard wa^ now r ^ Ln 
 to two small moustaches on the um,cr 1 >, f , ■ 
 
 Sei; i a w';j^'°r'^' ;i •^"•'■^t'"-. «» as com 
 fll ^r/ ■ ^^'*y'a"'l« outward man and 
 
 Surthi^^T!;i:Si^£^'' f 
 
 nil "" '"« ^'-o'-'J--''-. I'o looLl ik a'Z 
 
 life. 'Hi;:' El^ a "!s;n:;''' ;'!'''"""'' 
 
 .seemed equally changed ^'uofof^v :"='.'' 
 
 singing a sta;f^o:;i^l::;ii;;'i,~;-l,.Jy 
 abl^'iudlrr"'''"^^''' --"ithemoV: w! i 
 
 ^oiS'wLh^;^. ^^^.s^iLs!- '•'•"-' '^^''^ 
 
 ■Ban, 'R-in, ca Calilun- 
 
 «^et a ntw m.-istcr- lie a new man 
 
 itsp r . '^•'8'':l'j"7''r. a circumstance which of 
 
 )„-m= If Poisonal ai>pcarance. The artkt 
 
 niniselt was so confidpr / -.( i„-= i- ? " 
 
 .'Si. •.Lwr.c'Lii'i'* "■" '"""•''■■" ■■"■ "» 
 
 J-nely^c^aMe'^'H'^'''^^^'')^^^ 
 , iiinkeciiers on ;i t'liun !,„„■,«■ t> "^ • '.l'"'*^''^ anu 
 
 .■i»rVS„';'°';,"''i"°'""""i «'• «>"'»poii,, 
 
 L.X ISiT ""'""'■ *'"' """J- 'i-y «»'«i 
 
 _l;_~sTre.sili.,i-. pn|.,,i„e to go ,low„ ,\\,«a.\y 
 
 'NweC. UgenJ „r Wayland Smi.h. 
 
299 
 
 WAVEKl.F.Y NOVELS 
 
 to U..|.ttor(l, wliPm Lord Hiihh..x r.-Hid-d in ordn 
 o H. ....,..• th.. .....rt. (h,.„ |,.,i,| at .;;....„«•. , 
 
 Ih, lav.Minl,. r...sHl.Mr.M,r Kli,a|.,,|,, ,^,,,1 1,,,,,,,,,,.,,, 
 
 "s l,n,. I,„tl.pla,:n. Still u l.ri, C hall in I,„m,|,„ 
 van ii,.,r,s.s,iiy ; aiid It was s,.i ...wliat |.n.loiit"M| 
 .y tho .,a.„,.Ht..nin.ati,.,s of Waylai.d Hmilh, wl.,. 
 
 a«sirfl.l |H.n,u.s..on to take a walk thro.iKh th.. 
 
 'Take thy H^n,|,l and l,ii.:kIor, and lollou i,,,. 
 then said I .ilian; 'l an. ulmnt to wa. 
 niysdl, and >ve will «.■ in .'onipany.' 
 
 ihw ho said lionuiso ho was not altoKntluT sa 
 
 Hcnro of tho id.lity of his now r.^tainor, as ,„ 
 
 'H<. s.Kl.t of 1,.,,, at this intnivstinK n.oni..nt 
 
 ■lion rival fa,a „ns at tho court of Klii:il,o,h v' '. 
 
 '""'■"« «". h,Kh. Wayland Smith willinLrJy 
 
 at.ou,«sc,.,l ,n th. prcantion, of which ho ,n. 
 
 hah ycon,|...tMn.d thn niotivo, hut only stipulated 
 that Ins niasfr sho.dd enter the shops of sll 
 chennsts „r aj.othenaries as he shonl.l jH.int o 
 
 I walkn,« through l-'loot Street, and perndt 1, ', 
 to make some necessary purchases. Tressilian 
 -W-Kl and. oheyi„« the si'^nal of his attendan 
 walked successively into more than four or live 
 l.ops where he ohserved that Wayland purclaiw 
 n ea,.h only one single dru^, in various, nantitics. 
 The nu.die.ne, whid, ho first asked for were 
 nd.ly furnished, each in s.iccession, hut t ose 
 which 1.0 afterwards required were less ea ilv 
 sui.plied -and rressilian ohserved, that Wayland 
 more than once to tho surprise of the s 
 
 Tlf^t ''.""'/"'J '■•'""Pfllc'l l.in, to exchange 
 It for tho right sort, or else went on to seek it 
 e sewhere Hut ono ingredient, in partie ula 
 seemed alrnost in.nossihle to ho fo.ii d. S ,o 
 chemists plainly a,k,itted they had never een 
 it-otl.ers denied that such a drug existed ex 
 cepting .11 the imagination of eraz/ald, mis'tsl 
 and most of them attempted to satisfy their 
 ci.ston.er l.y i.roduoing .some suhstitute, which 
 when re,eete<( hy Wayland, as not hei. g hat 
 he had asked for, they n.ai..tai..ed possc^e 
 a supenor degree, the self-san.o .■ ualities I 
 general, they all displayed sou.o curiosity co" 
 cernnig tho purpose for which ho wanted i . 
 One oUl, meagre chemist, to whom the artist 
 put the usual que.st.on, in terms which Tressilian 
 
 trankly, there was none of that drug in London 
 
 ' I tho.ight as much,' said Wayland. And as 
 oon as they left the shop, he said to Tressi ian 
 w H,„,7rT 'T'''^"'t'' '''' ^"* "« ''rtist can work 
 Ian' fT*°°''- • ^ "'"*** "^"^'^^ Ko to this Yog. 
 v., .' '^ I P'-oni>**e you, that if this detains 
 you lo.,ger than your leisure seems to pern 
 you sha , nevertheless, bo well repaid, by he 
 use I wi 1 make of this rare drug. Permit ne' 
 anu'tt'blVf Y''\''''' f- wo arTtw o 
 sTed"i'f'nStlt:;y/"'^^^^-" "-'^^ '^-'^'e 
 Tress.han acquiesced, and, following the smith 
 down a lane which turned to the left hand to™ ds 
 
 Seat 71h' ""1^ '^"* ^'' ^''^' ^^'^'ked on with 
 great speed, and apparently perfect knowledge 
 ot the town, through a labyrinth of h- -*— -^^ 
 courts, and blind alleys, until at length "ivavland I 
 paused in the midst of a very narrow la.te, the j 
 
 tcimination of which showed a imp of tho 
 Ihames looking misty and mu-ldy, 'wllh ha k 
 « ' «'"Y'-osscd salticrwisc, as-^Ma tc .M m 
 
 Khtcls ha lay wailing for the tide. The sho, 
 
 'l^iy«, a gla/cd window -hut a i.dliy , va' 
 screen suiToundcl such a stall as i ( o L ■ , . 1 
 '"•^■"1-"'^ having the fVnnt ..pen, mu 1 . t „ 
 
 lay. A littli' ol.l smockla.;e. man, tie vcrv 
 
 s. It-haiied as well as hear.ll..ss, app..are.l, a. .^ 
 "111 many courtcM.^s asked Wayhu ,i what 1. 
 please.! t., want. Ho ha.l no .so.u.er nam,' to 
 ;ln.g than tho Jew starte.l an.l lo..kc.i smp s 
 
 Ami vat might your worship vant wi , t1 i 
 >ln.K, whi.h is not namcl, n.ein (^,d, in fo v 
 years as I have been chemist her, ' ' ^ 
 
 . Ihes.! .luestions it is no part of my commis- 
 sion to answer,- said Wayland ; ' I , nly wisl ^o 
 
 ■iroTii'iu^:';' '"v;%"/'.'^^ ' ^^•"'^ •- ^•^^ 
 
 aro w.ll.ng to sell it ^ o > 
 
 'Ay, ni,.in (!,„1, f^,. having it, that I have 
 
 id l.>r .s,.ll...g .t, 1 am a chcndst, an.l sell ev.uy 
 
 ig. Ho saying he o.xhibitcd a j.ow.ler, ami 
 
 then e.,ntinne.l, 1 nt it will cost much ni.u.uy 
 
 -\at I aye .'ost its weight in gold -ay, gold 
 
 W; „:r"«!"' .-^ \"1 «''y ^i'' times ^-It ..om^ ^r. n 
 Mount Sinai, where w,. ha.l our bl,.sse.l Law 
 
 CJ^hunlSd yel^^^ >''^"* '■'"-"- ^"^ -- '" 
 w ■ ^ l''?,.""* .'o"'^^- how often it is gathered on 
 
 .1 M''"'ir^"'7'. •'^''''' ,^Wla..d. after lookingTt tl o 
 «h'ng offered hi.u with gr..at .lisdain, ' but I w 1 1 
 wag.T n.y swonl an.l huckhT against your gabe 
 d. UN that his fash you olltr mc^inste'id of 
 
 .lav of /r^'^ Y'- ""f^ '"' '""' *■'"• B'^theringany 
 day of the week m the eastle-ditcl. of Aleppo ' 
 
 .>ou a.e a rude man,' said tho Jew ; 'aii.l 
 I'es.des, I .ave no better than that -or if I ave I 
 w. not sell It without order of a physic an-., 
 without you tell me vat you make of it • 
 
 I tie artist made brief answer in a la..£ruaL'e of 
 which Tiessiliai. could not understand^ vo,-,l 
 an.l w-l..ch seemed to strike the Jew with 1,'. 
 ..most astonishment. Ho stared upon Wayland ' 
 
 mld.tThc,'o" 1 " ,"r''''""y >-'i"i-d «omJ 
 migtity l.eio or drca.led potentate, in the person 
 of an unknown and nnmark.Ml stranger. ' Holy 
 Wilis ! he exclaimed, when he had recovered the 
 hrst stunning ellects of his surprise ; and then 
 passing from his former suspicious and s.lrly 
 iTcrbw I *, T'y f ^trcmity of obsequiousne.ss, 
 he ci.ngPd low to tho artist, and besought hi.i 
 to o.iter his poor house, to bless his ..dserab le 
 tl.resl.ol.l by c-ossing it. 
 
 I „ ')'''! yo" not taste a cup with the poor Jew, 
 Zacl.arias \ ..glaii ?-Vill you Tokay ive ?-.vil 
 
 you Lachvyma' taste ?— vill yon ' - 
 
 _ ' Yoii offend in your proffers,' said Wayland • 
 minister to me in what I require of you, and 
 forbear further discourse.' J- ", ""u 
 
 The rebuked Israelite took his bunch of keys 
 and, opening with circumspection a cabinet which 
 seemerl more strongly secured than the other 
 cases of drugs and medicines amongst which it 
 stood, he drew out a little secret drawer, having 
 a glass hd and containing a small portion of a 
 black powder. This he offered to Wayland, his 
 
■0(1 a |ieep of th« 
 
 nifl.Iy, wJiiol, |,a,k. 
 1'', iM MasliT Mil,,,, 
 till' limstM III two 
 III' till.., 'I'll,. f,||,,|, 
 lint, as in iihhIi'I'ii 
 It ■•» piiltiy ciiiivtts 
 
 II iW il col. ill,. I' iKnv 
 
 ||M'ii, iiiiiih il, tho 
 |>tli of tho iir(;.st'nt 
 ■fil iiian, tho very 
 )ii, lor he WHS \ I'ly 
 '!«, a|)|n.,irf(l, and 
 Wayliii,,! what ho 
 soonoi' iianu'il tlio 
 I lodkcil siiriiiiscd. 
 l> viiiit with that 
 loiii Hod, in loity 
 
 I ere ' ' 
 
 irt of mv comniJM- 
 ; ' I ' nly wish to 
 it, (i"i, Jiaving it, 
 
 : it, tliat I liftvo, 
 iat, anil hcII nvoiy 
 ;d a puvvdor, and 
 ost iiuilIi miiiioys 
 
 II gold -ay, L'old 
 'H It coiiios from 
 our lili'Hsi'd Law 
 sonis but ouco ill 
 
 it is gathered on 
 tor looking at tho 
 •lain, 'but 1 will 
 ainst your gaber- 
 r nie instead of 
 |>r gathering any 
 tell of Alej)]io.' 
 tho Jew; 'and, 
 It— or if I ave, I 
 a liliysician— or 
 ko of it. ' 
 in a language of 
 erstaiid a word, 
 e Jew with tho . 
 1 upon Wayland 
 eeognised some 
 e, in the person 
 ranger. ' Holy 
 ad recovered the 
 jrise ; and then 
 ious and surly 
 obsequiousness, 
 1 besought him 
 s his miserable 
 
 1 the ])oor Jew, 
 )kay ave ?— vill 
 
 said Wayland ; 
 ire of you, and 
 
 bunch of keys, 
 
 I cabinet which 
 han the other 
 ongst which it 
 Irawer, having 
 
 II portion of a 
 Wayland, liis 
 
 KENIUVORTJI 
 
 ||mmirM.o,,v,.ying ,h,. dn ,,..:,t d.'Vo,,,.,, towaids 
 
 niiii, though an avaricious and jcttlmis ..vi,ro« 
 
 H on. wh.cT. .,,„,„, t„ «,,„,^., live ; Va r'', f 
 
 whiih l„s cu.st(,i.H'r was about to |m,snL hi, ," . , 
 
 •l''H|".ted g,.ound in hiN CO,. ,t ,,"„.' '; 
 
 c.^-,.no,.s di'Icrcncc which he dcsln.d H lllld 
 
 •Have you HcoloM » • said Wayland. 
 
 ™l:;ir;::';i:!.';;,;j:T:'i:„'',l7::s,:: 
 K;!;;\;;~.;:'- ''■■'''■' ",„.';,;,:,;':l;i 
 
 'llu'y must be other than these,' said Wav- 
 and sternly; 'know you not Ih.u hoi tl >l's 
 
 ;;:M.,;:n:«fs,;*;;4:'"i;;'.''r 
 
 manded the iiriee of „ *' , "" " '^'-'- 
 
 shaldng hS'h^^iLidS^n^ig :::"'" ''"^"•'^'•'''^• 
 vou ll,',T~""'n"""''"« "' «" <■>•""> such as ' 
 
 f 1, , ,^^' "" walke( gravelv nn tl>.. l^r,,, 
 
 Wayland omrlf f ^''^^ ^y tnes,sed was, tliat 
 drurwhatet'^it'^Jr" ^"'^ ^^"^ "'"" '^ ^-' 
 
 ti.ougi,jt';:'^itd;;j;;as^;.,;';::;,;ri;;-ji 
 
 •i advise ? '?"'' ■l"^t;^'-''g''t of brick-du t • 
 them out nfl,; • ^''^^r^- '""id scarce mis,s 
 
 devil to the ^?",ii,,J';^' '\ °'V";f'''' T'^ ^^' 
 
 worth my .„,od ^'^^ ^''^ff'^.'i'f ''••'"« .^vas 
 well worihiiisgoodgoW • ^"'^'^•'^''^t is a.s 
 
 ' in ill'"] • ^ ^" '" ''"■ '*"«'it I I^'"ow, • said Tressilian 
 
 237 
 
 'li'iiiain practised by olio Mttemlii,., „ 
 
 ;;;;,',;,!':;:,■ i"««". i-^. i, ,„!',;, 
 
 I ''■«,;i^ ;;;;;;;::■:'!" >■■;'■'■ IT'-'"'"'-' 
 
 I'hcii.,, I, 
 They 
 'lelliSav 
 ; ffj-.i^cd 
 
 fainii, 
 
 le I to 
 
 ,,,,. ,1 """ "' ,11, no 
 
 Miy all my materials from one 
 
 'Z r,'"i"'"."'', '■; *'r'"' '"" ^•''" '"""nis 
 
 ; ").n>id while thel„„,|, Sussex s, servant 
 
 ..■horses tor their journey. Wayland 
 
 I5> the time Wayland'^s electuary was meimred 
 the horses were leadv nn<l n .< \ i r"-I.'"'ea 
 brouL'lif fl„„, . ,1 ^' ' * ''""■' '"""'" '■' ing 
 S iss^.^^ «,? '": ''"'"'"^ l"il'itation of Lor3 
 ■>nsse.\ nn ancient house, c.illcd Save's Conrf + 
 
 a ecntiirv, been dosspus,.,! i ,. ti ")'"'"us or 
 l.onourair^; familJ of Fvln^ % ancent and 
 liresent-itive „t' Vf f ^^y'^'y"; Hie present re- 
 ntero tt, h Vll';'!!^ ''""•'^'' ^''^k a deep 
 
 aeJommoda S '^^:^ tns I"' ""''"^'^ 
 tinne ill 1,;^ 1, 'V I, " '"*' 'iiinierous rc- 
 
 linUC in Jus I 0,S|lltable mnneif^n O < ly 
 
 Hn-tkir^ '. °'" "^''"^ '« •'*"" tl'e manual of 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 Old Pi.av. 
 
 fJt'^'^'l ^T'"T ""*•'' watched like a beleaguered 
 t^af tI' "m-'"^''' '?? *'"= suspicions of Se 
 
 these paRes to hold .K^""' '^?'-"'^ *'""' •'e Peruses 
 ,,.]~.^r, "^'-'•"i-U Dy the learned a* we!! as bv thr 
 
 is Sed'hy a workhou:.^'!"'^ di^ippearcd. and its site 
 
 Selection of Familiar Le, er7 uh Ih^i' f'° '^u"-'' iV"' " 
 discovered at Saye^s Court in , s'is] ^""^ ""' ^^^^^ 
 
238 
 
 l-l^A VERLEY NOVELS 
 
 \ 
 
 
 lbot?n,n!l!!"'t^ rq.eai.aiy hy .sentinels, both-m 
 • I tlic sick earl. In truth, the \\\<A\ laiik wlii,.l> 
 -Sussex held i„ gueen Elizabeth's fivoirt 
 his known and avowed rivalry of the Ear o 
 Leicester, caused the ut.nost i.nportVnco to b 
 atached to h,s welfare; for, at the period we 
 treat of, .nen doubted whether he or t Le Earl of 
 
 S:r'^S'^"'"'"^^«'^^--*'-''i«>-™^ 
 Elizabeth, like many of lier sex, was fond of 
 pvern.ng by factions, so as to balance two o Is' 
 iiig interests, and reserve in her own hand the 
 |.ower of making cither predonuna e Ls 1 „ 
 
 a .rice t^T1^' T ^T^'' "^ ^'<^'- ""'" ^^ 
 caprice (|„r to that loible even she was not 
 
 upenor) might linally determine. To H Is 1 
 aiiothei-to bridle lum who thought himself 
 
 'In' of a^ 'h ■ "^'"'"'n'^ *'"' ''^'^"■■^ L'Mnusl e^" ! 
 hZ^l *'"'■ ""!"='' y ^'""^t'^d, if not equally 
 beloved, were arts which .she used throughout 
 her ■•e.gn, and which enabled her, tl o^h IVc 
 (luently giving way to the weakness o £ur - 
 ism to prevent most of its evil elfects on er 
 kingdom and government. 
 The two nobles who at present stood as rivals 
 
 n ber lavour, po.ssessed ve/y different pretens ,m 
 
 the Far! 'nV T^ '' T^'\ ''" '" «'"""''^' ^^i^'- tha 
 the Eail of Susse.v had been most serviceable to 
 
 wire's:'"'" ^''"''"'' V' '"°«<^dear to the 
 Oman. Sussex was, according to the phrase of 
 the times a martialist ; Iiad done good senice 
 m Ireland and in Sootland, and especiX hi 
 Slfe'd'Mr''''"'" r'""'"" ^'^ l-^«» 'vhicll^vls 
 
 on I 1 , ?" ''"'^' <^''erc(ore, naturally surrounded 
 and looked uj, to by those who wished to lake 
 anus their road to distinction. The Ear of 
 Sussex, moreover, was of more ancient and hon 
 curable descent than his rival, uniting in Is 
 
 erson the representation of the Fitz-wflte s 
 I e neste,°' "'' ^^^''^\'^'^'' ''^'^^'^ ^I'e -scutcl e n f 
 c™Tdfatbr;'%f "'""'' ^'^'^^'' degradation of his 
 MaiKllathei, the oppressive minister of Hcnrv 
 V 11., and .scarce improved by that of his father 
 the unhappy Dudley, Duke of Nortlmmberl nd' 
 executed on Tower Hill, August 22, I™ B ,t 
 1.1 person, features, and aSdress, weapons so 
 formidable in the curt of a femdo .so v dgn 
 Leicester had advantages more than sufiicient^ to 
 counterbalance the military services, big lb ood 
 and frank bearing of the Earl of Sn.sscx ; and he 
 'ore, m the eye of the court and kingdon t c 
 iMgher share in Elizabeth's favour, tlfougVf • 
 such was her uniform j,olicy) by no n « ns o 
 decidedly expressed as \o J/rrant him agin' 
 the hnal preponderance of his rival's pretensio s 
 The Illness of Sussex, therefore, h- pe e f '^ 
 opportunely for Leicester, as t^ give^ S o 
 ^t ange surmi.ses among the public^; whi o the 
 followers of the one earl wore filled m" h e 
 leepes apprehensions, and those t: M.o other 
 
 ML,inwhile,-for m that old time men never 
 forget he probability that the matter m Id ?' 
 
 eat'nobl'^fl'^,^':]^''' "^ j»-?''d.-tl.e retainers of 
 each noble flocked around their ..atron. .appeared 
 
 aisturbed the ear of the sovereign by their fre- | 
 
 qiient and alarming debates, held even within 
 
 'itrent"f °' '"'■ ^''''''- Tl'i« rrelinS y 
 statement is necessarv, to render what follows 
 intelligible to the reader.* '"'ions 
 
 On Tressilian's arrival at Saye's Court he 
 found tlu. place tilled with the retainers of' to 
 
 to a teul'H:''' '"'f "^.^'-f .K'^"tlen.en who came 
 to attend the r patron in his illness. Arms were 
 
 , " every hand, and a deep gloom on every coun! 
 
 I tenai.ee, as il they had app'?ehcnded an iLned . 
 
 I„ tl 1 .!h f ^''^"'^ '''°"'/'"' °l'I'°^'t« f''«tion. 
 in the hall, however, to which Tressilian was 
 liered by one of the earl's attendants, while 
 another went to inform Sussex of his arrival o 
 ouud only two gentlemen in waiting. The o 
 vas a remarkable contrast in their drcs^, appear- 
 ance and manners. The attire of the clde.lv 
 gen leman, a pc,-son as it seemed of quality a .J 
 ..the prime of life, was very plain Ind s^idi '.' 
 ncn. '""/^t"'-? 0^^-. ''IS limbs stout, his bea.'inrr 
 urig acef,.l, and his featu.-es of that kind which 
 
 vivacity or imag.nation. The you.igt^- who 
 oen.ed about twenty or „pward,s wa,? ad in 
 the gayest habit used by persons of quality at 
 the perio;J, wean..g a crimson velvet cloak richly 
 ornamen er with lace and embroidery, with a 
 bonnet of the sa.ne, eneh-cled with a gold chain 
 
 m'edai *'ir /""- '-"!! it, and sec^S 'l^'a 
 medaL H,,s ]^„, ^-as adjusted very nearly like 
 that of .some h.,e gentlemen of o,.r own time, 
 
 s nnr) .c 'V ''^' """'''^"^ Upwards and made to 
 stand as .t were on end ; and in his ears he wore 
 a iiaii of Mlvcr ea.-.riiigs, having each a pearl of 
 coiisiderabesize. The countenance of this' youth 
 besides being regularly handsome, a..d a^-c^,.: 
 
 iH,a.;„ '^ ''\ ''"' l^'^''-^°"' "■'•IS animated and 
 stuking .n a degree that seemed to speak at once 
 le hrmness of a decided, and the fire of an 
 enterprising character, tin; power of reflection 
 and the p.o.nptitude of determinatio... 
 
 lioth these gentlemen reclined nearly in the 
 same j,osture on benches near each other; b, t 
 Inn!-:^"";" ""T.'"S''S'1 '" ^''^ "^^ meditations, 
 o tblf ''"^ '* "r" "\' ^^'^^ ^^-'^i^l' "-^s opposite 
 'Fhe ook7' ^?' '?r'^'"S ^^ ^'' companion. ■ 
 Ihe looks of the elder were of that sort wliicfi 
 .=onvinced the beholder that, in looking on the 
 all, ho saw no more than the side of an old 
 hall h,„.ga.;ound with cloaks, antlers, bucklc,-.s, 
 old p.e. s of armour, pa.tisans, a..d the similar 
 articles wh.ch we.-e usually the furniture of such 
 -^ place The look of the younger gallant had i, 
 1 , .meth.ng.mag„.ative ; ho was sunk in reverie, 
 a Id It see.ned as if the empty space of air betwixt 
 .n a..d the wall were the stage of a theatre on 
 ^^lllch his fancy was musteri.ig his own i/mwafis 
 d' ■''"V''?',*'-'' ^""\"-i^'' si«l't« fardifl'ere, 
 
 ?ourdt;':rired'.''^"^'^'^''"'=^^"^-'^^'i>^--o" 
 
 At the entrance of T.'cssilian both started from 
 the.r musing, and bade him weloon.c ; tZ 
 jounger, m part.cular, with great appearance of 
 animation and cordiality. ^ """.i- oi 
 
 ,hl ,?^''',""'°" S'ves us numerous and curious particulirs of 
 vtr^^^l'A'"SS\e which took_ place betwee" Ratclin-°; 
 ;■;•■• ' •^"--<^<, f;d tnc riiiiiM Cavuuriic Leicester "Jhe 
 
 ha'aftrr his°de.^,h '^r^:^'^ ^'f^''""^ '° Lis foMowe^: 
 hirda^l^nm^l^ • '^"'^ gifsyCso he called Leicester, from 
 Ills daik complexion) woulcl prove too many for them! 
 
Iicld even within 
 
 Tliis i)reliiiiiniiiy 
 
 iiJer what follows 
 
 Saye's Court, he 
 retainers of the 
 tleinen who came 
 Iness. Arms were 
 iin on every coun- 
 ^ndetl an inmiedi- 
 3 oj)]iosite faetion. 
 h Tres.silian was 
 attendants, while 
 of his arrival, he 
 waitini,'. There 
 eir dress, ajipear- 
 ;'o of the elderly 
 d of quality, and 
 lain and soldier- 
 tout, his bearing 
 that kind which 
 ithout a grain of 
 ! younger, who 
 ds, was clad in 
 lis of quality at 
 Ivct cloak richly 
 •roidery, with a 
 ith a gold chain 
 id secured liy a 
 very nearly like 
 our own time, 
 s and made to 
 his cars he wore 
 each a pearl of 
 cc of this youth, 
 le, and acconi- 
 animated and 
 
 speak at once 
 the fire of an 
 
 2r of reflection 
 ition. 
 
 nearly in the 
 ich other ; but 
 n meditations, 
 ;h was opposite 
 is companion. ■ 
 liat sort which 
 ooking on the 
 side of an old 
 lers, bucklers, 
 nd the similar 
 •niture of such 
 gallant liad in 
 link in reverie, 
 of air betwixt 
 f a theatre on 
 own drnmalis 
 ts far different 
 earthly vision 
 
 1 started from 
 ■clcomo ; tlie 
 appearance of 
 
 JS particulars of 
 ween Ratcliflp, 
 Leicester. The 
 o liis followers, 
 Leicester, from 
 .• for them. 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 Ihou art welcome, Tressilian,' .said the youth • 
 thy plnosophy .stole thee from us hen t ' 
 lionsehold h,n objects of ambition , o £^it ' 
 an honest philosophy, since it retu, ,s thee to us 
 
 saidS!i;al''""'^°'"'°'^''°->>-"'^i«P"-cl?' 
 
 -^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 is]in"oumt'^""''""'''"y^-d°'Leice.ster 
 
 'Jfo, no,' replied the elder gentleman 'tlu.,v. i 
 are Tracy, Markhain, and sevefa mor^ 'b„t 've 
 keep watch h.ere by two at once Zl ;, e\ •« 
 «eary and arc sleeping ,n the gallery above • 
 
 0. such r luSl^r"''"' ""^ ^'^l'*'""^' to look ' 
 over w ,,i,i lay ournoble'lord i ".rnobfei? e 
 
 ai" fo E"l' ;■ °l^P°rt'""ty suits, and t en 
 
 purses ■ '- '"''' ^'^'^^y ''"^'t" «"d 'i^I't 
 
 'It may be,' said Tressilian, 'that I will 
 
 seted'l"'',''""' P"l'°«^' «" «°"" ■« I l.av 
 settled some business at court. ' 
 
 at once" '','Swf '* '°7'' ' ', "'^^ ''""' "^^-^I'"""^'! 
 'WW T * '°" ,"''''"' ^'"^ ^'"J'an voyage ' ' 
 Why rre,s.silian,' said the younger nian '■i.t 
 
 oitunr hlT'd .•"• Ti ^"=^'"''' tirese Zs 
 loicune, that drive folks out to sea when Wu.W 
 
 bark bears fairest for tie haven f_\St I 
 
 mvX°' l^^^^^'^'^'I'-J'^'^iorathatwa to mate 
 my Amoret for truth and i caiitv % ' ' 
 
 23!) 
 
 ' H,i ri""-i ^'''''^,7«;,' said his comrade, laughin.. 
 
 , "HI jjing on his couch, ,>nd was shnnl-o,! „i 
 
 01 li,. .Itendam, .„d „„ |,,„t" ,i", L'S' J, 
 
 ''""g h.m a certain casket w ich contahied 
 
 Er'tlK'^'T 'Take out itoiHEc? 
 1 c saifl tlie declaration of the rascal cook who. . 
 
 c had under examination, and look 1 ee u " 
 If the name o( Demetrius be not there mentioned'' 
 
 The .secre ary turned to tlie ,,assage at once 
 
 Hail Tressiliai?, averting 
 
 , ' Speak not of her 
 his face. 
 
 takii^'l^f,"^' i' '" '''^'' .VO"?'said the youth 
 taking h s Imud very affectionately ; 'then ftar 
 'ot I will again touch the green wo i.nd- ut ii 
 IS strange as well as sad news. Are one o on, 
 
 What man that sees the ever-whirlinc wheel 
 Her cruel sports to many men's decay.' 
 
 Jw^1:Lq*i^'t:iKi[ir'°'"'"«'^^"^''> 
 
 ivi,,U4.i ' "fe "'"^ "au witli some imimtiencp 
 
 siluin. von will feed the h,f .i,; ,fV'' ^'^*'^- 
 ir n,„„ , ''^'' '" '■''IS Riiiv humour 
 
 If tliere were aught to draw a judgnfe t nn , n 
 a v.rt„„„3 and honourable honselffi ike 'my 
 lo.ds, renounce me if I think not it'were tdl 
 
 I i;;;-^g.-edients ^:ii;^^ ^^^^ 
 
 ...aterials by a herbali.st called l')Sriu!s!' '"'' 
 
 he add.' Z7 '"' f ".^^^■^'-'-'l tl'e secretary. ' And 
 lie adds, he has not .since .seen the said Demetr us ' 
 Th s accords with thy fellow's story Ties 
 sil.an, .said the earl : 'call him hither'^' 
 W„,"i T^ ?'''""ioned to the earl's presence 
 ^Vayland Smith told his former fale w th firm' 
 iiess and coii.sistencv. 
 
 'It may l,c,' .said the earl 'thou arf c.„„f i 
 
 iiicdie.nc, It may go hard with thee/ ' 
 
 . -I'lat were severe measures,' .said Wavlmd 
 
 since he i.ssue of medicine, and (he end c S' 
 
 TC ^'°''> "'J'r'- '^"t i "ill stand he rk' 
 
 afrSrofTU;"? " '""^ "■'"^"' «-"-""'« 
 
 of'S;:^^fSir^«^:ii'-^t^:^ 
 
 earned can do nothing for me. TeU me ho w 
 
 this mcdinuPi.s tube taken.' "°'' 
 
 iliat will I do presently,' said Wayland • 
 
 Init allowm^o^,^^i^„ that, .since fincu; 
 
 * Note U Sir Walter RaleighT 
 
240 
 
 /f:-/ veki.e y no viiLs 
 
 all t lu risk ol this treatment, no other nhvsician 
 shall bo permitted to interfe.e with it ■' "^""'"' 
 1 hat IS ])ut fair, ' replied tlie earl ; ' and now 
 prepare your dnif,'.' ' """""" 
 
 While Wayian.l obeyed the earl's commands 
 his servants, by tlie artist's direetion, and esS 
 their master, and placed him in bed 
 
 I warn you,' ho said, ' that the lirst operation 
 of this mcdicn.e will be to produce a heavy sleep 
 during which time the chamber must b^ S 
 '•"disturbed ; as the consequences may other 
 wise be fata I myself wilf watch by U.e S 
 with any of the gentlemen of his chamber.' 
 
 „. Tr 11 >""■ ,'^'"-' '■"'^"' «'''^'o 'Stanley and this 
 good fellow,' said the earl. 
 
 ,' i'''^.K.*.^'"_^' '"." also, 'said Tressilian. ' I too 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Wh!i/°!,f-f;?'"'5'' ^"'' ""P°'ish'd grooms, 
 What, no attendance, no regard, no duty'' 
 Where is the foolish knave I sent before?' 
 
 Taming ok tub Siikew. 
 
 am deeply interested in the elfects of thi.; potion ' 
 J3e It so, good friend,' said the earl ; 'and now 
 
 on^STarwisr^ bii? ^uitrt tr.^. 
 
 ->ieu, that our honourable friend Tressiliai is 
 m no way responsible for the effects which this 
 medicine may produce upon me, the taking t 
 being my own free action and choice, in re-an 
 
 „ii T' '*/° '" ^ '■''"^^'^y ^^''if^J' <^od has1\-r 
 lushed me by unexpected means, to recover me 
 
 noble and princely mistress ; and say that I live 
 and die her true servant, and wish to all about 
 tier throne the same singleness of heart and will 
 to serve her, with more ability to do so than 
 hatli been assi-med to poor Thomas Ratcliffe.' 
 
 He then folded his hands, and seemed for a 
 second or two absorbed in mental devo? on, tin 
 took the potion in his hand, and, pausi g ™ 
 garded Vayland with a look that seenied destned 
 to penetrate his very soul, but which caused no 
 
 n l^ll^ °'; ''««"?ti°n i" the countenance or 
 manner of the artist. 
 
 Tres^ilL'n' "°'/""^ ^? be feared,' said Sussex to 
 Tressihan, and s\yallowed the medicine with- 
 out further hesitation. 
 
 ull T T'' '° P-'-'^y yo'"- lordship,' said Way. 
 i?vn„ "^'^P^^V^u-'sel'' to rest as commodiously 
 as^I .nT ' T"^ °.y""' g'"'tle"ien, to remain 
 deaShbed.^ ^' ^"'^ '"'''"'^ *** y°"' "^°<^h^'-'« 
 
 . The chamberlain and secretary then withdrew 
 giving orders that all doors be Ixilted, and all 
 1 o se in the house strictly prohibited. Sevei^ 
 gentlemen were voluntary watchers in tl. 'lall 
 but none remained in the (chamber of the sick 
 earl, save his groom of the chamber Stanley the 
 artist, and Tressilian.-Waylaiid Smith's pr^dic' 
 fell'nnon'H '''''1"^ accomplished, and a sleep 
 
 V lioTf , , f-\'^ ' '5"P '^"'^ «°'""1' that they 
 who watched his bedside began to fear that in 
 his weakened state, he migh^ pas^ awa; i?h'o ^ 
 
 himself appeared anxious, and felt the temi.les 
 o the ear slightly, from time to time, attending 
 
 CS«f /", '^' f*"*' °^ respiration, which 
 was fill and deep, but at the same time easy 
 and uninterrupted. -^ 
 
 1 IKUK IS no period at which men look worse 
 
 lo table, than when the lir«t dawn of daylight 
 hn Is them watchers. Even a lieauty of the iist 
 order, a tcr the vigils of a ball are in c rrupted 
 by the dawn, would do wisely to with iwCr 
 self from the gaze of hei fondest and most iLtial 
 
 Z 1 ." !" ' ",'"'■ "■«'"' to beam upon liose 
 Court , T''^,' •',''" "'«'|^ "' f'c hall at Saye's 
 tout, an, winch mingled its cold, pale, blue 
 
 T'l^Zi^^ "'" ""^' ^i-^""^^' '-^"d «"'"ky beam 
 ote.xpui.ig lamps and torches. The younc 
 
 had7c' t tl "'" ''% """^'^ '" °"'- ■'^^t 'j-S 
 .luse of a knocking at the outwar.l gate, and on 
 b.« return, was .so struck with the for orn an 
 
 tliat he exclaimed, ' I'ity of my heart mv 
 "lasters how like owls you look ! Me l,i„k/ 
 when the sun rises, I slfall see you lut e" oft" 
 with your eyes dazzled, to stick yours Ives into 
 the nex ivy-tod or ruined steeple!' 
 
 ' how 1 V Z^'^'%*'!? •' ^'•''V'S fool,' said Blount; 
 hold thy peace. Is this a time for jcerintr when 
 
 wiH,i'r"''°°,r '/ ^^'i'^.''*"'^ ^' perehan e^'dy?ng 
 witfun a wall's breadth of thee V ^ ° 
 
 ; There thou liest,' replied the gallant. 
 
 ' Why so thou didst, thou peevish fool ' an 
 swered the youth ; 'thou didst lie on that bene i 
 even now, clidst thou not? But art thou not a 
 
 •uii7'.'°Cf ;, "? p'''-'^ "'•' ^ "''y ^°'-'' - -"ati> 
 
 loi7as tnil,? ?/'■''' '"^'"S *"^ lionouring my 
 
 loid as truly as thou, or any one, I do say that 
 
 s^iould Heaven take him from us, all EnLnd's 
 
 manhood dies not with him." ^"gmnu s 
 
 'Ay,' replied Blount, 'a good portion will 
 
 survive with thee, doubtless.' ^ "»" ^^'i 
 
 witlf inP^f Portion with thyself, Blount, and 
 
 of '^'^ .^'^'•'^';^"' .I'f;"- and Tracy, and all 
 
 ot us. But I am ho will best employ the talent 
 
 Heaven has given to us all.' '•'"'"' ""^"'^ 
 
 'As how, I prithee?' said Blount; 'tell us 
 
 your mystery of multiplying.' 
 
 ' Why, sirs,' answeretf the youth, ' ye are like 
 goodly land, which bears no crop 'becaus it is 
 not quickened by manure ; but I have that 
 "Sing spirit in me, which ^ill make n J poo 
 facul les labour to keep pace with it.^ My 
 ambition will keep my brain at work, I warrant 
 
 said R Zt ^'f '* ''"'' "°* ''"^^ *''«« mad,' 
 ad Blount ; ' for my part, if we lose our noble 
 
 boll; r "^'l" '"i ^^'VT^ "^"d to the camp 
 both. I have hve hundred foul acres in Nor- 
 folk and thither will I, and change the court 
 pantoufie for the country i.obnail.' 
 
 O base transmutatimi!' exclaimed his an- 
 tagonist ;' thou hastabeady got the true rustk< 
 slouch- hy shoulders stoop, as if thine lian s 
 were at the stilts of the plo igh, and hou Ctl 
 
alish'd grooms, 
 isard, no duty? 
 I sent before? 
 
 :; OK THE SlIKEW. 
 
 » iiicii look worse 
 I'eel more iiiicom- 
 lawn of (layliglit 
 icauty of tlie lirst 
 1 are interrupted 
 to withdraw her- 
 and most i)artial 
 nausiiicioiis, and 
 boamupon those 
 le liall at Saye's 
 cold, jiale, blue 
 nd smoky beams 
 is. The young 
 iur last cliapter, 
 ite.s, to learn the 
 ird gate, and, on 
 the forlorn and 
 lis of the watch, 
 my heart, my 
 ok ! Methinks, 
 ■ you flutter off 
 yourselves into 
 e.' 
 
 ol,' said Blount; 
 ir jeering, when 
 srchaiice dying 
 
 gallant. 
 
 t, starting up ; 
 
 cvish fool,' an- 
 ! on that bench 
 art thou not a 
 word so wrath- 
 honouring my 
 I do say that, 
 , all England's 
 
 1 portion will . 
 
 If, Blount, and 
 rracy, and all 
 )loy the talent 
 
 •unt; 'tell us 
 
 1. ' ye are like 
 because it is 
 I have that 
 lake my poor 
 ■ith it. My 
 'rk, I warrant 
 
 'e thee mad,' 
 ose our noble 
 to the camp 
 teres in Nor- 
 ige the court 
 
 nied his an- 
 le true rustic 
 thine hands 
 1 thou hast a 
 
 I^'ENIIAVORTIi 
 
 lou d n, "-'"'T' '\' '•" ^''"'"'t '^"J courtie? 
 
 "ill Ix. to swear by^thy 1 ilts V,{." '^ T''''' 
 
 bad a fair daughter:' ^ ' ^^ ^''" '''''""^'' 
 
 'I pray thee, Walt,.,',' .said anothor of H,n 
 
 'Doctor Masters, physician to h-r (ir.„.p ;, I 
 
 s|igS^na:^^:!l'nt:our;fJ's::J1',r- 
 
 through, he will n,atch Iv Le Ls . It^I^ 
 Masters with n.y lord at present r ^ ^^ ^' 
 
 -feltiiIte:i£SsS^ 
 
 as ;;u^aSs:tis;:;tn^s /:'?•-' 
 :cc;ss>^^--^'^"^'S'::;.;ri;;y 
 
 Trirv ■ '1,m7 ,/"'*'» '^,^'"'-'' uian mine,' a 
 
 belongs to the discord of doctols' '"' '''■""' 
 
 ably Doctor Masters cau^wfth 1 er 'iS"" 
 positive commands to cure the cS ' '" ' 
 
 ti.o.f£ttu:i»S^'l!];-:r^--';^"-''' 
 
 all thy boasted ir/'n, "1-^' and despite 
 
 will see th^e si ine . f ', '^'"'^'t'"','- Devonshire 
 ■^it lowat the boa,.; *""- y"!""??':''' '"'other, lit to 
 
 wives. The ,-eli u-,. .f .1 "' Pathlcss 
 
 or, and Bri4i , cut i^ ■ T\\ ^"''' ""^-'eamed 
 
 o" the qu^s?' of' r-i: ; , ' foi r:;'"^'"" 
 
 iiiastei's I rrn tr, uoii • 'V, ' a « pace, my 
 
 the sontinoP.^' "^ "' ^''" "°"''t ""J look to ' 
 
 «e liath that l,otli m brain and blood,' said 
 
 2!I 
 
 l'athdoneaZi,S .J^ovif'""'^'"'^^'^'-^' ''" 
 
 /l|ou«latheyslc;ti^;.'ui'~:''^; i'- 1- 
 ol medicine ' •^ 'tguj.i. oidmance 
 
 s un at the san,e time comu.ande, th,. ale d 
 "I'll, and I iuke a siit'il.lo y •> 
 
 iiiaivi ,1 SllltalJlc COnill imcit- 
 
 with 
 
 expressing his ..ateful ^i^^^'^;:; \^Z:^ 
 andWl'Co;^,!;;^™'^"-"^''^'--- 
 
 t'u;it!;!s''hirh:tn?'r^'^'''- ''---''■'' 
 ^issuchaeounx;:;' .Sa^Tie';,:?;;,,"'^'''-' 
 
 po7'oidE,,gii.iM,,.ai,,.Jc,,e, ;'";'''■" '''^' 
 
 "'"1 '■oi'ie you too. Master w\ .- \ , , \ 'V 
 
 iiash;h;;.s,r^i''hi^;,!;f,'Xnr 
 
 needM-i.hson.eofthyshU^^j^^vts'''^''"^''^ 
 
 :-ii.;ii:e^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ' I know that.' said the vnntl. • ' i „f t 
 
 ,rp, "" '" •'" It.-, .--picidour. 
 
 I'eaven, and the Tha,,,es,m;h::':,rth •"'""' 
 Tbe one will light us to G.eenwich well 
 
 12S 
 
242 
 
 ft^A VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 enmigli, said Hiouiit, 'and the otlier would 
 take us there a litth' faster, if it wero ebb tide." 
 'And ibis is all thou think'st — all thou 
 carcst— all tliou deem'st tlu; iis(! of the Kiiij,' of 
 Elements, and the King of Rivers, to guide 
 three such [loor caititfs as thyself, and me, and 
 Traey, upon an idle journey of courtly ceremony !' 
 ' It is no errand of my 'seeking, liutli,' rejilied 
 l$lount, 'aud I could excuse both the sun and 
 the Thames th(t trouble of carrying me where I 
 have no gi'eat mii'.d to go, aiKl wliere I expect 
 but dog's wages lor my trouble — and, l)y my 
 Iionour,' ho added, looking out from the head of 
 the boat, ' it seems to me as if our message were 
 a sort of labour in vain ; for see, t/ie (jiueen's 
 barge lies at the stairs, as if her .":ijesty were 
 about to take water.' 
 
 It was even so. The royal barge, manned 
 with the (jucen's watermen, richly attired in the 
 regal liveries, and having the banner of England 
 disj)layed, did indeed lie at the great stairs 
 which asce'ded from the river, and along with 
 it two or i.iree other boats for transporting such 
 part of her retinue as wer(^ not in immediate 
 attendance on the royal person. The yeomen of 
 the guard, the tallest and most handsome men 
 whom England could produce, guarded with 
 their halberds the passage from the palace-gate 
 to the river-side, and all seemed in readiness for 
 the (jucen's coming forth, although the day was 
 yet so early. 
 
 'By my faith, this bodes us no good,' said 
 Bloinit ; ' it nmst bo some perilous cause puts 
 her Grace in motion thus untimcously. By my 
 counsel, we were best put back again, and tell 
 the Earl what we have seen.' 
 
 ' Tell the Eail what wc have seen ! ' said 
 Walter ; ' why, what have wo seen but a boat, 
 and men with scarlet Jerkins, and halberds in 
 their hands? Let us do his errand, and tell 
 him what the Queen says in reply.' 
 
 So saying, he caused the boat to be jndled 
 towards a landing-plaeo at some distance from 
 tl'T principal one, which it would not, at that 
 Ui ment, have been thought r(>si)eetful to a])- 
 ])roacli, and jumped on shore, followed, though 
 with reluctance, by his cautious and timid com- 
 panions. As they ajiiiroached the gate of the 
 lialace, one of the snrgeant jiorters told them 
 they could not at present enter, as her Majesty 
 was in the act of coming forth. The gentlemen 
 used the name of the Earl of Sussex ; but it 
 proved no charm to subdue the ollieer, who 
 alleged in reply, that it was as much .ts his post 
 was worth, to disobey in the least tittle the 
 conunands which he had received. 
 
 ' Nay, I told you as much before,' said Blount ; 
 ' ''<>. I pi'iiy you, my dear Walter, let us take boat 
 and return.' 
 
 ' Not till I see the (,)ueen come forth,' returned 
 the youth comjiosedly. 
 
 ' thou art mad, stark mad, by the mass I ' 
 answered Blount. 
 
 ' And thou, ' said Walter, ' art turned coward of 
 the sudden. I have seen thee face half a score 
 of shag-headed Irish kernes to thy own share of 
 them, and now thou wouldst blink and go back 
 to shim the frnwii of a fair lady ! ' 
 
 At this moment the gates opened, and ushers 
 began to issue forth in array, preceded and flanked 
 
 by the band of fientlcmen Pensioners. After this, 
 amid a crowd r f lords and ladies, yet so flisposed 
 around her that she could see and be seen on all 
 sides, came Elizabeth herself, then in the jirinie 
 of womanhood, and in the full glow of what in a 
 sovereign was called beauty, and who would in the 
 lowest rank of life have been truly judged a noble 
 iigure, joined to a striking and commairding 
 physiognomy. She leant on the arm of Lord 
 Hunsdon, whose relation to her by her mother's 
 side often procured him such distinguished marks 
 oi Elizabeth's intimacy. 
 
 The young cavalier we have so often mentioned 
 had probal)ly never yet aiiproached so near the 
 person of his sovereign, and he pressed forward 
 as far as the line of warders permitted, in order 
 to avail himself of the jiresent opportunity. His 
 companion, on the contrary, cursing his imprud- 
 ence, ke]it ])ulliug him backwards, till Walter 
 shook him off impatiently, and letting his rich 
 cloak droji carelessly from one shoulder; a 
 natural action, which served, however, to display 
 to the best advantage his well-proportioned 
 person. Unbonneting at tlie same time, he fixed 
 his eager gaze on the queen's approach, with a 
 mixture of respectful curiosity, and modest yet 
 ardent admiration, which suited so well with his 
 fine features, that the warders, struck with his 
 rich attire and noble countenance, suffered him 
 to approach the ground over which the queen 
 was to ]iass, somewhat closer than was permitted 
 to ordinary sj)cctators. Thus the adventurous 
 youtl; stood full in Elizabeth's eye- -an eye never 
 indifferent to the admiration which she deservedly 
 excited among her su^jects. or to the fair pro- 
 portions of external form which chanced to 
 distinguish any of her courtiers. Accordingly, 
 :dio fixed her keen glance on the youth, as she 
 api)roached the place where he stmd, with a 
 look in which surprise at his boldness seemed to 
 be unmiugled with resentment, while a trifling 
 accident happeneil which attracted her attention 
 towards him yet more strongly. The nig'r. had 
 Iicen rainy, and just where the young gentleman 
 stood, a small quantity of mud interrniited the 
 (lueen's jiassage. As she hesitated to pass oh, 
 the gallant, throwing his cloak from hisshoulder.s, 
 laid it on the miry spot, so as to insure her 
 step]iing over it dryshod. Elizabeth looked at 
 the young man, who accomiianied this act of 
 devoted courtesy with a jirofound reverence and 
 a blush that oversjiread his whole countenance. 
 The (piceu was (Huifuscd, and blushed in her 
 turn, nodded her heafi, hastily passed on, and 
 embarked in her barge without saying a word. 
 
 'Come along, ,Sir Coxcond).' said Blourt- 
 'your gay cloak will need the brush tr .,1,, i 
 wot. Nay, if you had meant to n- V jot- 
 
 cloth of your mantle, better have ,■ >iit : rn ''s 
 old dra]i-de-bure, which despises all •^\m\: " 
 'This cloak,' said the youth, iaki w.r it i,^, and 
 
 folding it, 'shall never be brushed w", .ie7nmy 
 possession.' 
 
 ' And that will not be long, if vou learn not a 
 little more economy— wc shall have you in cucnm 
 soon, as the Spaniard .says.' 
 
 Their discourse was here internipted by one of 
 the liand of rensioners. 
 
 'I was sent,' said he, after looking at them 
 attentively, 'to a gentleman who hath no cloak, 
 
sioneis. After tliLs, 
 lies, yot .so flisponed 
 3 aild lie seen oil all 
 , tlifii ill tho jirinio 
 11 glowoC wiint ill a 
 1(1 who would in tlio 
 mly Jii(it,'e(l a iiohlu 
 ami conitnaiidiiif; 
 1 tlie arm of Lord 
 icr hy lifir inotlier'a 
 istiiiguished marks 
 
 so often mentioned 
 oaohod so near the 
 lie jiressed forward 
 licrniitted, in ordnr 
 opportunity. His 
 ursiiig his imiirud- 
 wards, till Walter 
 lid letting his rich 
 one shoulder ; a 
 lowevcr, to display 
 wcll-j)ioi)ortioned 
 iame time, ho fixed 
 i approach, with a 
 y, and modest yet 
 ed so well witli his 
 s, struck with his 
 anee, sutfered him 
 which the queen 
 lian was permitted 
 i the adventurous 
 eye- -an eye never 
 lich she deservedly 
 ir to the fair prc- 
 liic'li chanced to 
 irs. Af'cordingly, 
 the youth, as she 
 he st.iod, with a 
 )oldiR'ss seemed to 
 t, while a trilling 
 eted lier attention 
 '. The nig'ir had 
 young gentleman 
 J interrupted tho 
 tatcd to pass oh, 
 romliisslioulders, 
 as to insure her 
 izaheth looked at 
 iiiied this act of 
 ind reverence and 
 lolo countenance. 
 I blushed in her 
 y ]i:isscd on, and 
 saying a word. 
 )■' said Hloui't ; 
 ! hrush tr -dd I 
 
 to 11" K jOt- 
 
 avc ''lit ; rn /'s 
 's all "lion: 
 <aki I'.r ,•;; x,^, and 
 shed W: .16 in my 
 
 f you learn not a 
 ave you in cuc/yo 
 
 rnipted by one of 
 
 looking at them 
 10 hath no cloak, 
 
 KEmuvORTH 
 
 or a miuldv one Vnn uJi. t ^i ■ i . , ■ 
 
 ^:Sir ''"'T'^'''^ «•■'''''•'"- '"'i' 
 
 M) saving, lie walkc<l away, lulloucd l,v \V',lh.,. 
 leaving tin, oiIht.s Lrhjinl lilouiit's n •^. i I 
 Htaiting thm. his head wiJ'':^ ,r: ;'';;f 
 astonishment. At Icn.rth i,,. Ll,^'-. 
 an exclamation - ' \v7, t it f '"^ '" '^ "' 
 
 '-•'■ <^-ght this:- And, tirn^i:ca,Sil 
 a niystcnoiis air ln' w,ll-,.,l , ""' . ''^ "^'"V^"''' I 
 
 enilirkcd, and ll^t:^i:^ """ ''-t, | 
 
 «ljo^vedhinu.onsi;[::;u^,,^, ^.^^:^;;;;;;;''v^^''° 
 
 was already proceeding np't,,. Hv'^Wth'tS 
 
 2'1.3 
 
 ^?.'"::i;r;:;;i,;ir";r:;s:'^l:rr'f""''' 
 
 ^^laJ;^sty had i„.iwi"o;;';l:d ''"''•''■ '■'"'''•■■'^^ 
 
 ' How, ' 
 
 advantage of tliat llonrl H,i., r i ■' , . " 
 
 n I 111. 11, iiood-tK y y w lie I ill tl,.i 
 
 Ins sel(.po.sscssi.,M was mimded wTt' In / 
 
 'it .!',..? I "i ■''■"'•'''"'' ""'■''.' '"Mswei'cd the youth 
 'ts each liog.man's duty to l,c liol.l- ^''' 
 
 Thouwouldsthavegol.U,varrantme,'.said 
 
 »m;i:?;7':s„';,:;;:'i ■"'"""■'•• 
 
 of Sns^? ■"";" "' *'''■ ''""^''li"I'l of the Farl 
 
 t!.e gate of Wave's citd..,';'::', '''''''''•■'!' 
 eu vcriiis as if it ]„„i i '""'•■•" ''y nicn with 
 
 N-nlaiJL'^t 1, tl'vi/^^^^ 
 
 ^^■'''''"I'-l'-'andSadmSH^in'iirr^ 
 
 was stuhlionilv refused I' ,' ' ',''■"'"'' '^ 
 
 S;'!n^,-e;ii'- ~^^ 
 
 within hearing emi '%'''■' 'V'" ^^■';'" 
 •speech was addres , oweve t, .ml I'T' 't' 
 
 ..i,A'/'' ''''""^ ''■"'''' y"" tl'en charrrpd sir?' 
 said tlie nnecn n-itl. ti "-■""n'^'*) sii i 
 
 queen, witli the impetuosity which, 
 
f^ <a 
 
 244 
 
 If^A VERLE V NO VELS 
 
 I \\ 
 
 . igly iimikcd lier clia- 
 .i.'.tilinitiuii ^— or, God's 
 
 amid iioMtT qualities, I 
 rii.aur ; ' was it with ■' 
 death, with a dcliance 
 
 'Ma(him,' saiil tlu' youiif; win, 'my Lord of 
 SuHsux knew the oH'culm aiijirouulifd toward.-, trea- 
 son, and could think of noiliin<,' save of secnrini' 
 the oli'ondcr, and placing' him in your .Majesty's 
 hands, and at your mercy. The nolije Karl was 
 last asleep when yonr most j,'racions niessacre 
 reached him, a potion liavinn; been admiiustered 
 to that imrpose hy his physician ; and his lordship 
 knew not o( the un;;racions repulse your Majesty's 
 royal and most comfortaliie mes.sa^'e had received 
 until after he awoke this morning.' ' 
 
 'And which of Ins domestics, then, in the 
 name of Heaven, jiresumed to reject mv messaw!, 
 without even ■■idmittinj.; my own jihysician to the 
 presence of him whom I sent him to attend '! ' 
 said^ the ipicn, m-.icli surprised. 
 
 'The oll'endi :■, luadam, is hefore you,' rev.liod 
 A\ alter, bowin,- very low; ' th" f-.ll and' .ole 
 blamo is mine ; and my lord i: 's .r,,, a justly sent 
 me to abyo the conscqlienees c " a fault, if whi.-h 
 he is as iniKueiit as a sleepij,: waui dreiuns 
 can be of a wakin;,' man's actions.' 
 
 'What! was it thou ?~thoa 'i.v^elf, ihah I 
 repelled my messen^'er and niv viiv.-eiiu from ! 
 oayes Court/' said the qu.jou. ' xMr-t <!ould ' 
 occasion sii.li boldness in one who scans devote! 
 —that is, wliose exterior bcarin^j sho'.vs devotion 
 — to Ins sovereign / ' 
 
 'Madam,' said the youth,— wlio, notwith- 
 standing an assumed ai)pearaiice of severity 
 thought that he .saw :,.'iuetlnng in the queen's 
 liieo that resembled nor. implacability, — ' wo 
 say in our country, that th. physician is for the 
 
 Jly lord,' said the queen, interrupting him 
 we .said wo had forgotten our Hebrew —IJut 
 or tlie_e, young man, what is thy nemo anrl 
 birtli < 
 
 'Kaleigh is my name, most grai'n.ns <,>nHon, 
 
 able '.i,iiily 
 
 the youngest son of a large but hoii. 
 
 ■I'i 
 
 I'lc liege soveivij'n 
 
 of his j)atient. Now, 
 
 til 
 
 my noi>(e master was then under dominion of a 
 leech, by whose a,dvico he had gi-eatly profited, 
 wlio had i.s<!ied his comman.ls that his patient 
 .should not Miat night bo disturbed, on the verv 
 lierii of his life.' •' 
 
 ' Thy master h.atli trusted some false varlet of 
 an empiric,' .said the (pieen. 
 _ 'I know not, madam, but by the fact that ho 
 IS iiov,-— this veiy mornin;;— awakened much 
 nhvshed and strengthened, from the only sleep 
 lie hath had for many hour.s.' 
 
 Tiio nobles looked at each other, but more 
 with the piir|)(,so to see what ea(ai thought of 
 tins news, th.ui to exchange any remarks on 
 what had happened. The ipieen an.swered 
 liastily, and without affecting to disguise her 
 Hatisfa-tion, ' By my word. I am glad he is better. 
 But thou wert o\-er bold to <leiiy the access 
 ot niy Doctor Masters. Know'st thou not that 
 Holy Writ .saith, "in the multitudo of eoun.sel 
 tlicre IS safety" V 
 
 'Ay, madam, ' .said Walter ; ' but I liavc heard 
 learned men say, that the safety sjioken of is for 
 tlie jihysicians, not for the patient.' 
 
 'By my faith, child, thou hast puslip:! -lo 
 hnme,' .said tlio (pieen, laughing; ' fo, > ; • 
 Hebrew learning does not come quite at i, .■- 
 —How .say you, my Lord of Lincoln i luiln 
 tlie ad given a just iiiter])retation of the text ' ' 
 Ihe word sn/cf;/, my most gracious niailam,' 
 said the Hi.shop of Lin- •■hi, 'for so hath bee u 
 translated, it may be ,-omewhat hastily, the 
 Hebrew word, lieing ' . 
 
 of Uevonshiie. 
 
 ' Raleigh r said Elizabeth, after .... momt^nt's 
 recollection ; 'have \ve not hoard of vo(ir,^,crv'co 
 in Ireland V 
 
 'I have been so fortunute as to do some .-,er- 
 vioo there, madam,' replied Kaleigh, • .scar -e 
 liowever, ol CMiscriUence sufhciciit to reach vour 
 Ltiiii-'s cars.' •' 
 
 "J'l..y hear i;ivt,i. , than you think -f,' said 
 
 the queen graci..!i:,iy, 'and have heard of a 
 
 youth who defended a ford ^u Shan- on aL'i-in.st 
 
 a whole band of wi.d Iri.-ii rebels, until the 
 
 stream ran purple witii theii bloo'i and ins cwi, ' 
 
 S.nne blood I may have lost,' ;:.ua the youtli, 
 
 looking down, ' but it was where ms- best i. •]i'ti ■ 
 
 and that is in your Majesty's- .■ier\ive,' ' 
 
 _ The queen jiau-sed, and then said hastily 
 
 X on arc very young to have fought .so well, and 
 
 , to .speak so well. But you must not eseai)o your 
 
 I penance lor turning back Masters -the poor man 
 
 , hath caught cold on the river , for our orilcr 
 
 reached him wlieii ho was just .cturned from 
 
 certain visits in London, and he l.^eUl it matter 
 
 ol loyalty and conscience instant )v to set Ibrtli 
 
 again. So hark ye, .Master Ka) v;:i, see thou 
 
 fail not to wear thy muddy cloak,' )u token of 
 
 penitence, till (uir plca.sure bo further known. 
 
 Ami here, she added, giving liim ,i jewel of 
 
 gold. 111 the form of a chessman, 'I ^'ive thee 
 
 tins to wear at the collar.' 
 
 Kaleigh, to whom nature had taught intuit- 
 ively, as It were, those courtly arts which many 
 scarce acquire from long experience, knelt, and, 
 as he took from her hand the jewel, kissed the 
 mgors which gave it. tie knew, jierhaiis, better 
 than almost any of the courtiers who surrounded 
 her, how to mix the devotion claimed by the 
 queen, with the gallantry duo to her iwi'sonal 
 beauty— and in this, his lirst attempt to unite 
 them, ho succeeded so well, as at once to gratify 
 Elizabeth's personal vanity and her lovo of 
 power. * 
 
 His master, the Earl of Sussex, had tlio full 
 advantage of the .satisfaotion which Kaleigh had 
 allorded Elizabeth on their first interview? 
 
 'My lords and ladies,' .said tlie (piceii, looking 
 arountl to the retinue by whom sle,; was attended^ 
 methinks, since we 'aio upon the river, it were 
 well to renounce our ])reseiit purpose of going to 
 the city, and surprise this poor Earl of Sussex 
 with a visit. He is ill, and sulfering doubtless 
 uiK cr the tear of our disi)leasure, fro ,\ vhich he 
 hath been honestly cleared by the f • avowal 
 of this inalajiert boy. What think 
 not an act of charity to give him s 
 tion as the thanks of a qi ■ n, mu 
 him for his loyal service, ii, i-- ■-,.-v: 
 minister i ' 
 
 It may bo readily supjioseu ; . . none to whom 
 tills speech was addressed ventm-u -o opijose its 
 purport. 
 
 ■ Yuur Grace,' said the Bisho^i oi Lir.ctiii, 'is 
 
 ■ ero it 
 ' c(. nsola- 
 I bound to 
 aiico best 
 
 * Note E. Court favour of Sir Walt. • ..■'':\rh. 
 
interrupting Iiini, 
 our Hebrew. — JUit 
 
 is thy uiMiio !i]>il 
 
 st grafioii.s (,)iifien, 
 ;liuui I'iilbk' 'i.jiily 
 
 , after ^ iiiorjtjnt's 
 ;arcl of -.ourfjcrvco 
 
 as to do sr)nio her- 
 Kaleij^li, .sfar;;e, 
 ieut to reach your 
 
 on tliiiik uf,' said 
 iiavu heard ;if a 
 1 .Sliau'.on against 
 I'el'.ls, lijitil tlio 
 iloo'iaiid hisi,svji.' 
 it, ■ . .lid tlic youth, 
 ire iDj/ ))esit i.^v 'Juo ; 
 «'r\iv(\' 
 
 hen said liastily, 
 ought so well, and 
 1st not eseape your 
 ers— the poor man 
 er ; for our order 
 1st ioturiu'd IVoni 
 he luld it matter 
 mtlv to set fortli 
 Ka!>i.;Ii, sec thou 
 loak, 111 token of 
 B further known, 
 : him ii jfwci of 
 lan, 'I ;^'ivc thee 
 
 ul tauglit intuit- 
 arts whicli many 
 ienee, ki,elt, anc], 
 jewel, kissed tlie 
 V, l)erha])s, better 
 s who surrounded 
 1 claimed by the 
 to her personal 
 attempt to unite 
 :it once to gratify 
 nd lier love of 
 
 iPx, had the full 
 lieh Rilcigh had 
 interview. 
 ic (pieen, looking 
 If-; was attended, 
 he river, it wore 
 rpose of going to 
 1' Earl of Susse.Y 
 tiding 'loubtless 
 ', froa vliich he 
 ;he f avowal 
 
 link ero it 
 
 ni > 'r' c( iisola- 
 mi! 1 bound to 
 ;;.''■ ' ance best 
 
 V none to wliom 
 red to oppose its 
 
 \ 
 
 :n, '13 
 
 altv 
 
 whetstone to tE'sJf:itr?si"S'[/:" -^ 
 o state were not- lo^u ,r .r ' """« tlie men 
 
 iXk wS* 2i .,'°;,r " "'■ "" '•"" 
 
 "llirfi liliMI,,. I, li ?,]*"" '■«"l'ti»l' t„ 
 
 Tli„ liar... I, I ,1 : VI"IM ;.tt™iio„. 
 
 and Tracy S Imp ;"*\ '"■;■• ''«-^ ■''"'' ''^^ 
 
 PV smells iu,l\L ^ ^^' ^'' ''°^'''''' meats, 
 thinkTf b'ur i.'' Z^^'"'''''- Could theybu 
 
 to chance. LuckZth'i "."^t now be trusted 
 me this mornS 'SV .""%'";'""'">* "'^li '"'' 
 eloak and made !'riu.fr?'^ ' '^^'"^ «Poi'<''l ^ 
 nnK.h forn':;tlIant";*t;S"'?^-^^^^>'«'"= ^'^ «« 
 
 an,id th^Ssfou" oft7'^"^ at Deptford, and, 
 presence neS S to ttiL^'^lt'' '''''''' '"^ 
 a canopy borne over her 1 ad w ll?'?'"' ''''^' 
 paniei by ],or reH.,.w> .'"""'' "'^''^ed, accom- 
 
 -here th^ ^al^^'^U!:^!™? i?^^f '^ "^"'^l' 
 gave the first notice o he " rival Mr^''' 
 who was in the irf- nf „i • • '"."'• f'nssc.v, 
 ho«- he s oul 1 m d-n „ '.f "° "'"' Tressilian 
 i" the que n's favour ' *'•' .""J'P"^"^! l"'each 
 
 I^ENILIVORTH 
 
 246 
 
 '•■si.mofhis^niiV4 1 ,7^T"''''''^^ 
 hy his late illuess. ml', ' ''' l^'' "'/■'•■"■-•l 
 
 prepared for her rm-ptil.,, '^'together un- 
 
 brSt'iuf:™;:!!'^;''-- -'-'h tin. 
 
 aware, lie las" 'm!':, ''''*■'';'' "" '"'"' •">■ 
 
 gratitude. Chance i 1 ,,' A'""', •''"^'"■'' '""l 
 
 1 ean do auLd w ih o r' n r'"!^' '''""' "'"^""r 
 ;"veO;deeU;'n:edd;i,n^Ji:;;,--|;r^'''r. 
 
 >'ot rather prejudice than serv" you ' ""^ 
 
 ari^,r'a^j;r::;i,;:j!^,£-tily citing 
 
 n:^tl?c;:^/^,;t^'^'™•j^"-^^^ 
 
 athletic, am Ht bi n nSl ''•-'I shouldered, 
 presence in a peaccf J a '"'""^■•'"'"'•tS hi.s 
 ladies love to 1 ,,1 ' i' '"'^ not such as 
 tage, whic.h was s " :^ to^lul''^:'"' '""l''^'""- 
 esteemed and xJX^lt^':^'^'''.' t''«"«h 
 
 ss,Sfr^?.^rT7P'-ti; 
 
 «anceof;mu,ncr;^^dt;^L-:;^;^:^^t^^^ 
 
 to' e^Sr'SStT'''^''>''-'^"l''- 
 hal], and i! at' m;\; J",7/"'^'l the great 
 on her brow Hp . ;L "' *''"'« -as a cloud 
 '''■'"rtialar ;ol a nod Zt?'' ''"'^ "?*'"^'' ^he 
 with which 'the n a nsln ) """ ''"^' ■'^^'^'''^-^ 
 
 landed at o^ur Tower oTSiff^^^ ""'''''' ^^ 
 
 ^tmSirno,;'-:£':ir^^;rr''°'^^^- 
 
 ■-speedily to take un a ;,f .-^'^ 'ord, «-P intend 
 your lordship an ' ., IT '" 'l"''"'^' '^'^tween 
 household.Sd']^ tl'^ samp great lord of our 
 this uncivilised and rb, kp, ""' *" reprehend 
 rounding yo rselv I w i "T ', ^''^''^'^ "'' «"■■ 
 "iffianly Mlow V a i "r,"'' ""•'' V''" -'th 
 cf our ca,,ital, nay i,S ' *'" '«''«hbourh«od 
 royal rosiden w vn'„ ' *'" '"'>' "'«« of our 
 civil war wSireaci other {v:'"'"'"'^', '^ '"^^^ 
 you so veil recove ed my Ion! h''° ^'u''' •*•? •"''' 
 tlie assistance ofthe Ip'.vZ ' * '?"Sh without 
 sent to you-U ' 'T ''''>'«'"an whom we 
 that n>at^te fel r. ? f-^'^'"'T--« ^"0- how 
 it the w Id s p youn? pT''?'" T''^''^^ '■°'- 
 n'v lord, we wi ui,S- r r^''"-'^^,''''^ ''-^'^^ 
 of him, .and take IdnT; 7^ ' ^■°'='' ''""'^hold 
 
 there is ai/out hi V ? "'"' "•""• Something 
 
246 
 
 irA VERLE V NO VELS 
 
 only bow and express his ncqiiicsconco. lie then 
 f-nticatfd lior to ivtnain till lelVoshniimt could 
 ho ollercd ; hut in this he could not jircvail. 
 And, after a (cw coiniiliinents of a much colder 
 and more coniinonniace character than mi),dit 
 have been cxiiected iioiu a step so decidedly 
 t'avourahle as a personal visit, the quccti tonk 
 her leave of Saye's (jciurt, liavinj,' lirou^dit c(ju- 
 fusion thither ulonf,' with her, and leaving doubt 
 and ap|)rohunsion behind. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 Then call lliein to our nresence. Face to face, 
 AikI frowiiiiin lirow to brow, oiirstlves will hu.ir 
 rim accUMtr, ami the accused, freely sneak ; - 
 High-stornach'd are they both, and fidl of ire. 
 In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. 
 
 Richard II. 
 
 |I AM ordered to attend court to-morrow, '.said 
 Leicester, speaking to Varuey, ' to meet, as they 
 surmise, my Lord of Sussex. The (,)ucen intends 
 to take up matters betwixt us. This conu's of 
 her visit to Saye's Court, of which you must 
 needs speak so lightly.' 
 
 'I maintain it was nothing,' said Varney ; 
 'nay, I know from a siu'c inteliigencer, wlio was 
 within ear-.shot of much that was .said, that 
 Sussex has lost rather than g.iini'd by that visit. 
 The Queen said, when she stcjipwl into the boat, 
 that Saye's Court looked like a guard-house, anil 
 smelt like an hospital. "Like a cook's slio]) in 
 Ram Alley,* rather," .said the Countess of Kut- 
 hmd, who is ever your lordship's good friend. 
 And then my Lord of Lincoln must needs put 
 in his holy oar, and say that my Lord of Su.sse.x 
 must be excused for his rude and old-world house- 
 keeping, since he had as yet no wife.' 
 
 'And what said the Queen ?' asked Leicester 
 hastily. 
 
 'She took him up roundly,' said Varney, 'and 
 asked what my Lord Sus.sex had to do with a 
 wife, or my Lord Bisho|) to speak on such a 
 sui)ject. If marriage is permitted, she said, I 
 nowhere read that it is enjoined.' 
 
 'She likes not marriages, or .sjieech of marriage, 
 among churchmen,' said Leicester. 
 
 'Nor among courtiers neither,' said Varney; 
 but, observing that Leicester changed counten- 
 ance, he instantly .addcil, 'that .'ill the ladies 
 wlio were present had joined in ridiculing Lord 
 Su.ssex's hou.sekeeping, and in contrasting 'it with 
 the reception her (Jraco would have a.ssurcdly 
 received at my Lord of Leicester's.' 
 
 'You have gathered much tidings,' said 
 Leicester, 'but you have forgcjttcn or omitted 
 the most important of all. She hath added 
 another to those dangling .satellites, whom it 
 is lier pleasure to kee]) revolving around her.' 
 
 'Your lordship meancth that Raleigh, the 
 Devonshire youth,' .siiid Varney, 'the Knight 
 of the Cloak, as they call him at court?' 
 
 'He may be Knight of the Carter one day, 
 for aught I know,' .said Leicester, 'for he ad- 
 vances rapidly— She hath capped verses with 
 
 * [Kam Alley, London, one of the avenues to the 1 einple 
 from h leet Street, and a resort of sharpers .and necessitous 
 persons, was noted for its numerous cook-shop-s.) 
 
 him, and such fooleries. I would gladly aban- 
 ilon, of my own free will, the part I have in her 
 liekle favour; but 1 will not be elbowed out of 
 it iiy the clown Sussex, or this new u[)start. I 
 hear Tres.silian is with Su.ssex al.so, and high in 
 his fav(jur— I would sfjaie him for considerations, 
 but he will thrust himself on his fate— Sussex, 
 too, is almost as well as ever in his health.' 
 _ ' My lord,' replied \'arney, ' there will be rubs 
 in the smoothest road, specially when it leads up 
 hill. Sussex's illness w.i.s to us a god-scud, from 
 which I ho[ied much. He has recovered, indeed, 
 but he is not now more formidable than ere ho 
 fell ill, when ho received more than one Ibil in 
 wrestling with your lordship. Let not your 
 hc.irt fail you, my lord, and all .shall be well.' 
 
 I My heart never tailed me, sir,' replied 
 Leicester. 
 
 'No, my lord,' said Varney; 'but it has 
 betrayed you right often. He that would climb 
 a tree, my lord, must grasp by the branches, not 
 by the blo.saom.' 
 
 'Well, well, well !' said Leicester impatiently; 
 I understand thy meaning— My heart shall 
 neither fail me nor seduce me. Have my retinue 
 ill order— see that their array be so s|)lendid as to 
 jiiit down not only the rude comjianions of Rat- 
 chlfe, but the retainers of every other nobleman 
 and eoiiitier. Let them be well armed withal, 
 but without any outward display of their 
 weapons, wearing them as if more lor fashion's 
 .sake than for u.se. Do thou thv-self keep close to 
 me, I may have business for you.' 
 
 The preparations of Sussex and his party were 
 not less anxious than those of Leicester. 
 
 ' Thy Sup])lication, impeaching Varney of se- 
 duction,' said the earl to Tressilian. 'is by this 
 time in the Queen's hand— I have sent it through 
 a sure channel. Metliinks your suit should suc- 
 ceed, being, as it is, founded in justice and honour, 
 and Elizabeth being the very muster of both. But 
 I wot not how— the gipsy' (so Sussex was wo'.t to 
 call his rival on account of liis dark complexion) 
 ' liath much to say with her in these holiday times 
 of peace- Were ^^■ar at the gates I should be one 
 ol her white boys ; but .soldiers, like their bucklers 
 and Bilboa blades, get out of fashion in ])eaco 
 time, and satin sleeves and walking rapiers bear 
 the bell. Well, we must be gay, since such is the 
 fashion.— Blount, hast thou seen our household 
 put into their new braveries ?— But thou know'st 
 as little of these toys as I do— thou wouldst be 
 ready enough at disiiosing a stand of pike.s.' 
 
 'My good lord,' answered Blount, 'Raleigh 
 hath been here, and taken that charge upon him 
 —Your train will glitter like a Jlay morning.— 
 Marry, the cost is another miestion. Ony might 
 keej) an hospital of old soldiers at the charge of 
 ten modern lackeys.' 
 
 'We must not count cost to-day, Nieliolas,' 
 said the earl in reply ; ' I am lieholden to Raleigh 
 for his care— 1 trust, though, he has remembered 
 that I am an old soldier, and would have no 
 more of these follies than needs must.' 
 
 'Nay, I understand nought about it,' said 
 Blount ; 'but here are your honourable lordship's 
 brave kinsmen and friends coming in by scores to 
 wait upon you to court, where, metliinks, we shall 
 bear as brave a front as Leicester, let him ruffle 
 it as he will,' 
 
ould j,'la(Ily aban- 
 iiart 1 have in her 
 \>(> (■Ihiiwud (Hit of 
 is new upHtart. I 
 also, ami liiyii in 
 tor c'oiiHidcratioiia, 
 his late— .Sussex, 
 II his health.' 
 tlicii: will be rubs 
 y whnu it leads up 
 i a f,'ud-sen(l, from 
 reuovercd, indeed, 
 liable tlian ero ho 
 e than ono foil in 
 Let not your 
 1 shall be well.' 
 lie, sir,' replied 
 
 'y ; ' but it has 
 that would climb 
 the branehes, not 
 
 ister ini])atiently; 
 -My lieart shall 
 
 Have my retinue 
 '■ so splendid as to 
 ii]ianions of Kat- 
 Y other nobleman 
 :'ll armed withal, 
 lisplay of their 
 lore for fashion's 
 self keep close to 
 u.' 
 
 id his party were 
 jciccster. 
 iif{ Varney of so- 
 iliaii, ' is by this 
 '0 sent it through 
 ' suit slioidd suc- 
 sticeand honour, 
 3terofboth. But 
 issex was wom to 
 lark complexion) 
 cse holiday times 
 i I should be onp 
 ike their bucklers 
 fashion in peace 
 <ing rapiers bear 
 
 since such is the 
 n our household 
 Jut thou kiiow'.st 
 thou wouldst bo 
 id of pikes.' 
 ilount, 'Raleigh 
 charge upon him 
 May morning. — 
 ion. Ony might 
 at the charge of 
 
 K'ENn.WORrtI 
 
 'tha^t IhevTlfn" ■'''"'*'^'* t^l'"rges,' said Sussex, 
 L,*.i'"7 •'•'"'" '.'" l";ov..cation short of actual 
 
 \ llllTn in*, 1 . . 
 
 247 
 
 --_ . ...^j ,„.,,i;, ,,„ jiovocation short of ai^tii.,! 
 violence t« provoke them into ri ar di t ' 
 have hot bloods, and I would not giv I eie, tei 
 the. advantage over n.e by any il^iprudence of 
 
 uit:StioL^"sr.-'si;^;six 
 
 so far in the allair of Sir M,,,,!, i/i ' ! ' 
 
 I'^y l.is petition a^l^US',^'^^^^^^ 
 
 Se^" l^c.'td'^:'r'r^•^^'■''-'''■ 
 toldtosuss''^ ' '"' '"' '"^ '"^'■' expressly 
 
 i^eiLcstti , and 1 am suriirised that you 'I'lv. 
 sihan, a man of honour and my friend'w ,|i 
 assume such a mean course. If you id so 
 cortainlv understood you not in a^matte w^dVl 
 sounded so unlike yourself ' ' 
 
 nref5r^'/n?y '^"' Tressilian, ' the course I would 
 iiKtoi iiKoiy to tlirow odimn on Lctwatcr nid, 
 
 ShVa clT"! te,'''°f '""''.'» |» •«««* 
 
 !«■.» nJt","'-""™"", ™ «"" «»» oSv 
 
 |««'=;ni«:«i?:es ! 
 
 the hopes and wishes of most of her court T , 
 
 arms Id'' a":"? ^'-^^^^^^^ ^^ 
 tlVp ('■„ I 1 '"iforcement of the Yeomen of 
 
 L^„r' n, :!r'^''''/°"'? ^'"^ Thame" n., 
 approach the palace with re . ' . s or fol'owe x' 
 
 f-SfS-^SlSJheVlS^^ 
 arS Sir'"' 'f ^'-1-"« to liav;^a pa t*^^ ' , 
 
 fi'cnds anrf in "^ '1!"^ ^''"ering train of 
 
 ioKil!i!:}; \":,'™.r»'f;r'''' -' .i"';»i" ^-^ 
 
 were necessarily uoon f.,„t V i ' ^.' '"' 
 
 ."•exchange of courtesi..s, which i Ptl > « 
 wil iiig to commence. Aln ost i, tl ' . r 
 t 'cir arrival the castl,.. h. , ,, , " '"""'t" " 
 tlie palace were open' ],,,'' ^^K fr! 'T ,' 
 each numerously attended b • i ,1, f, .''''• 
 
 tumult, or some apology for mutual aggre sLi 
 
 ml,,, .{ '■"" '>"t«'^liambers of the royal 
 
 parties armig ,1 '^e °se es '"'i' r'*"'''' .•'^■'"' 
 
 iveiy, on thhii,S«^ :;';;:; "'^;-;- 
 
 iiient, and seemed oaKcr to es.ni J r^ ^^1 
 transient union which t,,. ' '""" *'"' 
 
 earls n,o -e 1 . 1 .k''„ .*' ''^^^ P'''' ^^^^^- Both 
 
 I'Hde of Leicester was obliged to Sw-iv to 
 
 pul.sc of his comiianions, he said, 'You sir mav 
 enter, an<l he entered accordingly ' ' "'''^ 
 
 ^S'?he'L.io7Leic::;t '^S^r■'^-?'■V 
 
 ^ oui lo.dsh.p .il pardon me,' replied Bow- 
 
248 
 
 WAVEl^LEV NOVELS 
 
 yor Htoiitly; 'my ohIpis are ])reei8o, and limit 
 iiK^ to (I Ntrict (lisi'lmrKc (ifinv iluty ' 
 
 'TlKm art a puitl;il knave/ said LeicTsttT, tho 
 ilnoil mountinf: to his fare, ■ lo do me tiii- di, 
 lionoiir, when you hut now a.lmitted a fol" '^,• 
 ot my Lord ol' .Sussex.' 
 
 'My lorii; said Howycr, 'Master ];u..i.'li i, 
 iifiwly adr.i.tt.-d ,a sworn servant of hnr (iraco. 
 nnato him my orders did not apiily.' 
 
 'Thou art a knave ,„i un^rat. hd kinive ' 
 saw Lcieester; 'but lie that h.'ith .lone, can 
 nndo-thou Shalt nnt ,,iank theo in tliy author- 
 ity ionj,'. ' 
 
 This threat he uttered idoiid, with less than 
 Ins usual iioheyand ilisereiiim, and, havin-Mlono 
 80, ho entered the present -eh tndier, and made 
 Ins reverenuo to tho queen, who, attired with 
 even more than l^er usual sjilendour, and .sur- 
 rounded hy those nol.l. i tad states.nen whose 
 eouraf,'e and wisdom have ronderc I lior rei^n 
 immortal, stood r^dy to r.reivc tho homage °of 
 her suhieets.^ .She oraeiously rctm-ied tho oteis- 
 Huee of the favoiu'ite , arl, and looked .alternatelv 
 at lum and at Sussex, a , if about to speak, wheii 
 iiowycr, ,1 m.an whose spirit could not brook the 
 insult he h,ad so openly i reived from Leieester 
 in the diseharKe of his olli,:o, a.lvaneed with his 
 bhiuk rod m his hand, and knelt down bofoio 
 
 ' Why, how now, Uowyer ?' said Elizabetli ; ' tliv 
 
 courtesy seems stranffelv timed !' 
 
 'My liege sovereigu",' he said, whde every 
 courtier aronrnl trembled at his audacity, '1 eorne 
 liut to ask whether, in the discharge of inv ofliee 
 I am to obey your Hi;:)iness' comnian.is, or those 
 ol the Earl of Leieestir, who has publicly menaced 
 mo with his disploiisure, and treated mo with dis- 
 paraginrr terms, because I denied entry to one of 
 Ills tollowers, in obe.licnce to your Grace's iire- 
 CISC orders ? ' ' 
 
 The spirit of Henry VIII. was instantly 
 aroused in the bosom of his daughter, and she 
 turned on Leicester with a severity which appalled 
 him, as well as all bis frllowcrs. 
 
 ' (iod's death, my lord ! ' such was her emnh , ■ 
 phrase, what means this ? We have thought 
 well ot you, and brought you near to our iierson ; 
 but It was not that you might hide the sun from 
 our faithful subjects. Who gave you licence • ■ 
 contradict our orders, or control our officers i I 
 will have in this court, .ly, and in this realm, 
 but one mistress, and no master. Look to it 
 unit Master Ho\vyer sustains no harm for his 
 duty to me faithfully discharged ; for, as I am 
 <- hristian woman and crowned <pieen, I will hold 
 you dearly answerable— Go, Bowyer. you have 
 done the part of an honest man and true sub- 
 ject. We will brook no ma .or of the palace 
 
 Bowyer kisse,' ,:.■ hand which .she extended 
 towards lum, ,and .vitbdrew to his post, astonished 
 at the success of his own audacity. A smile of 
 triumph pervaded the faction of Sussex ; that of 
 Leicester seemed proijortimiallv dismayed, and 
 the tavoiirite himself, assuming an aspect of the 
 deepest humility, did not even attempt a word 
 in Ills own exculpation. 
 
 He acted wisely; for it was the i uliey of 
 Elizabeth to b.nmble, not to disgrace him. and it 
 was prudent to sutler her, without opposition or 
 
 reply to glory in the exertion of her authority. 
 Iho dignity „| the .picen was gratili.Ml, and the 
 
 ^ woman beuiuisomi to fed for the niortitication 
 
 ; v,hic(i>y,.. had imtmsed ou her favourite. Her 
 
 •■". eye also okserved tho secret looks of 
 
 -, .^tiUatiwii exchanged amongst those who 
 
 .avoured Sussex, and it w.is no part of her policy 
 
 to give either party a decisive triumph. 
 
 What I .say to my Lord of Leicester,' she 
 
 said after a moment's pause, ' I .say also to you, 
 
 ny Lord ol hussex. You also must needs rnllle 
 
 " the court ot Lngland, at the head of a faction 
 
 ot your own \ 
 
 '.My folh IS, Kwciuus ])rincess,'said Sussex, 
 
 have ind.rd rutlled m your cause, in Iieland, in 
 
 Scotland and against yonder rebellious earls in 
 
 tUe north. I am ignorant that' 
 
 'Do you bandy looks and words with me, my 
 oi;d? .said thc.iueen, intcrrniiting him; 'me- 
 timks you might learn of my Lonl of Leicester 
 the modesty to be silent, at least, under our 
 censure I say my lord, that my grandfather 
 and father, in their wis.lom, debarred the nobles 
 ol this civilised lan.l from travelling with such 
 disorderly retinues ; and think you that beeau.so 
 1 Wear a c,nf, their sceptre has m my haiul been 
 clianged into a distatr? I tell you.'no king in 
 Christendom will less brook his court to bo cum- 
 bered, his people oppressed, and his kingdom's 
 I)eace disturbeo by the arrogance of overgrown 
 power, ti. ui sh. who now .speaks with you - -M • 
 Lord of Leicester, and yon my Lwd of Su.ssex-, 
 I command you both to he friends with each 
 otiier; or, by the ci,)wn I wear, you shall find 
 an enemy who will be too strong for both of 
 you I c5 wi 
 
 '.M.adam,'said the Earl of Leicester, 'you who 
 are your.self tho fountain of honour, know best 
 what IS due to mine. I place .t at your dis- 
 jiosal, ana only .say, that the terms on which I 
 have stood with my Lord .f Sussex have not 
 been ot my seeing ; nor hatl ho cause to think 
 me hi.s enemy until he had done me irross 
 wivnig. '^ 
 
 • for me, ma. i.im,' said tho Earl of Sussex ' I 
 cannot appeal from your sovereign iileasure ; but 
 1 M-erc well content my Lord of Leicester should 
 s-y in what I luave, as he terms it. wronged him 
 .si:;ce my tongue .ever .spoke ti,.- word that I 
 would not Willi,).:; • justify either on for,t or 
 horseback. 
 
 'And for me," said Leicester, 'always undo, 
 my gr.acious sovercit.u's jiJ-asure. my hand shall 
 1)0 as rear'' i make -ood my words as that of 
 "ver rote himself Rateli" ' 
 
 .'! file (]ueen. ' thes. are no 
 pre f ; and if you cannot keei) 
 -, , ,. "e will find means to keeo both 
 that and you close enough. Let me s, . you 
 ,loin hands, my lords, and forget your idle 
 animosities.' '' 
 
 The two rivals looked at each other with re- 
 luctant eyes, each unwilling to make the first 
 advance to execute the queen's will 
 
 'Sussex,' said Elizabeth, ' I entreat-Leicester, 
 I command you.' ' 
 
 Yet rio were her words accented, that the 
 entreaty sounded like command, and the com^ 
 mand like entreaty. They remained still and 
 stubborn, until she raised her voice to a hejcdit 
 
 any man 
 'My h 
 terms for 
 your tenii,. 
 
 I 
 
I of her autlKirity. 
 gratilicil, and the 
 
 tilt) nioititiiiatidii 
 !r I'avourite. Her 
 
 secret look.s of 
 
 lOllgSt tllDW wlio 
 
 liart of her jiolicy 
 
 triumpli. 
 
 of I/Picester,' she 
 I nay also to you, 
 iiui.st needs nillle 
 
 ! head of a taction 
 
 coHH/saicI .Sussex, 
 "sp, ill IicliuKJ, ill 
 I'clieilioiis earls in 
 
 ards with me, my 
 ptiri;,' liini ; ' nie- 
 Loid of Leicester 
 least, under our 
 niy grandfather 
 liaiTcd the nobles 
 •clliug with such 
 you that because 
 ill my hand been 
 }ou, 111) king in 
 court to bo cuin- 
 iil his kiiigddin's 
 ICC of ovcrgrouii 
 3 with you.- .M, 
 L'li'd of Sussex, 
 'icnds with cacli 
 ', you shall find 
 •ong for both of 
 
 ccster, 'you who 
 noiir, know best 
 il ill your dis- 
 arms on wliicli I 
 lusscx have not 
 e cause to think 
 clone ine gross 
 
 irl of Sussex, 'I 
 n pleasure ; Init 
 Leicester should 
 f. wronged liim, 
 11*; word lliat I 
 her on foot or 
 
 'alw.ays under 
 my hand sh.'Ul 
 ords as that ot 
 Ratcli'^ ' 
 ' thesi are no 
 oil caniiot keeii 
 s to kec'. lioth 
 -et nie ^ you 
 •get your idl' 
 
 other witli re- 
 make tlie first 
 11. 
 cat — Leicester, 
 
 itcd, that the 
 and tlm com- 
 lined still and 
 ice to a height 
 
 ;i';l'^^ai^'ued at once in.,,atienco and absolute 
 
 wlii 
 con 
 
 »"i^:ir^ai;';'C';E^ir^i;;;jl';;;;:'-j 
 
 ironnse. on H><. ii„,..i ,w „ ' '"' """ t'lJt I 
 
 ^'ENruVOKTH 
 hin 
 
 240 
 
 r.'or;.ise,ontheword;;i'a;;u:;^,r"'"""^'" 
 Iho prLson,' said Leicester, 'might bo bor 
 ,/". '.r.r'": «'•--•« I'-'-enee^wcre to I 
 
 and life at once. — H 
 
 ne, 
 
 ^ose 
 my 
 
 IS.'""' """'t °"«e. - Here, Sussex, is 
 j^^;^Andhc.v,;saidSusscx,'ismincintru.hand 
 N;i;,rTi7' '""''■''' ''''^''."."■' >■"» **'"»" O'l'l no more ' 
 
 *n.wl I *'"r. "'* '11(711 iiii If iJlVOtll'Jlhlv • 
 
 ijOKi 01 IjCii ■ster. Von bnv.. . ,,^.,.1^1 ■ ■' 
 
 I">"sehold calle.1 vliiny ;.' "'"*'™'"' "' J-"'"' 
 
 liresIntod^TdM.To l'""''"''''" '""^''''''^ Leicester; ' I 
 
 .,',?'; '^•'t^i'lVvas well enough, 'said the queen 
 'nit .sr ,, so fair, I shouM l,av,. thou'dit as o 
 
 Leicester, aiv vou ill v^, 1' 1 •'' ^?"' "' 
 
 .,..1-0. • "" J°" "'• vou look so deadly 
 
 -"H;thingthatacco,.;ij;; ';,,',';;^.£;-i 
 
 .'suspicions, die said sudde.ilv r , '' "^'"^•'"''l 
 
 I'l''".wl with anvthint' ■ It ,1„ ' '"''"'•' 
 
 tl,„f 1, 1 ",'',"J"^'""K' — It iloes nut |i ense ui,. 
 
 J ''u niniseit (rom an accusation 
 
 lay It please you,' answerci "the perplexed 
 
 n.ysH'.; i'w:,utr^::k;L:;r:'!J!!^' •-' ^' •^- 
 
 to'uV"\h,'7"''n'r'' '■'■'""■'^'' til" fellow's desire 
 to sMi,,ter Usher, and taken our directions 
 
 "" ''■ o l-oiri'r;' ^"'A'' --"."f-y-^t. alter 
 2 L. '"^ ?r , ''f, .1^'ad-weight that 
 
 
 ■11, » .._. . ^. 
 
 as he was cunning and uns.rupul,lu!;:'S 
 ' * 'lr^:^';'P\ "'"' '-Hiyeonscious ,^ S 
 
 -ould he 
 !iiid 
 
 
 'Tki'Xvfi""','",* .'''■"'' ■*"'«■ "Ms '» K»lei"l, 
 
 a foil 
 
 owcr P 
 
 even'n':ro;t^;,l^^''''"^'''°''''«ti.^^^ 
 .m^SeceiveWm .'f^rr-''' ^'.^'«'^' P^''''^P«. '"d 
 
 ; '-val iav our, confess the whole nv'se.'V of 
 ^ vvrc.t marriage. ]}ut he looked a^Su L 
 
350 
 
 WAVRRl.EY NOVELS 
 
 favour N..,..nnl to ,l,.,„,„,l. Moainvhile, tl.o 
 HUc.'ii |.i<kcti1lm| III liiT <'.vimiiimtion of V.inicy 
 
 "'clioiiig 
 
 sh. 
 
 Ills last 
 
 oil 
 liml 
 
 • i '-i*-!! Ill IH-I |.,^j 
 
 ' Lovo |iiiss,if{('s ! ' HuiiJ ,. 
 
 WonUj <vvl„vt |.ass,iK.s, thmi kimvo r.iii.l why 
 
 lot ask ll„. w,.|„|.s ImiMi lioia Iut latlicr, if 
 
 thou ha.lst any li„u,.sty in tliy Invu lor li.i/' 
 
 Au It (.liNis,. vour (;nu,./sai(l V,in„.y, still 
 
 \las ku...s, I ,U..l ii,,t ,1,1 so, lur I,.,, (ktiinr 
 
 '"''■ '""III to a gcMitlciiiaii of hinh 
 
 '""' ''""'Jii'' -1 mil ,io liiui justi.Ms thou, ,. I 
 
 liyssi un, whom I now s.u in tlio |TOsriico/ 
 .V.li I |.,.,,l„,i ,|„, ,|,„,,.„. .^^,_^, ^^.,^^^^ 
 
 )our ngit to niak.! tl.o sii,i,,|,, f„„i i,,,,,,^^ lup 
 "ortl.y latluMs coutia^t, hIioukIi your I'v.' 
 
 ilu'm''-'' "' ^''""' ""'""'' "'"' '"■^'"•""^" t^"ii 
 ; M'tilam; r..pli,.,l Vanu.y, it is in vain to 
 pl''.ti tlu. ,.aus,. ol luiniaii fniilty l„.for,. a jurlwi 
 to whom It IS miki.owii, or that of lov,., toon,, 
 ^Wi(. never yi<.,|s to the i,a.ssion ' -If,, „uis,m1 
 
 '"' "HUnt an,l tlu... a,l,u'l, in a very 1,,'w am 
 tn 11,1 tout, 'which sli«inlli,.tsui,,.n all,, thriu- 
 hli/al„.th tru.,1 t,. frown, Imt smil,,! in l„,r 
 
 Lvnll ''":•"' i''" .""'^^^■'''■'■''- 'Tliou art a 
 
 to th, 'iiTr ""^""'"'^ '""*^'^- ^''t ti'"" '"'"-necl 
 
 L,M,xvster\s fediiigs hecaiuc- so foiiiiaicatcil and 
 
 pa.ulully ,nt,.ns,., that it s,..Mu,.,l t,. hin. as if 
 Ins III,, was to ,l,,.i„,n,i on tli« answ,.r iua,lo by 
 
 anSir- Vjil'*^' " """"""''' '""' ^^^> 
 
 'Thou fals,. villain ! ' sai.l Leicoster, ImrstiiiK 
 
 for I intoraK., yet unable to a, 1,1 anotlu.- w,m.1 
 
 L'iii|iliatiu iiassion. 
 
 'Nay, my lord,' said the (lueoii, 'wo will, by 
 your leave, stan,l between this f.'llow and vour 
 aiiser. W ,■ have not yet -lone with him. Knew 
 your mast.., , my Lor, of L,.ic.,.ster, of this fair 
 no kol yours Hj.eak truth, I eonimaiul thee, 
 I uirt,."' warrant from ,langer on every 
 
 'Uraeious madam,' said Variiey, 'to speak 
 
 S^ti:?'"'^'"''^^^^^''^ — "'th; 
 
 ;Thou villain, wouM.st thou betray me ?' said 
 Leieester, '' 
 
 'iSpeak on,' sai,l the ,iueon hastily, her ehcck 
 colour.nK, an.l her eyes sparkling, as she 
 ud.resse,l Varn,.y; 'speak ou-here ' no eo, ! 
 inainlsare heanl but mine.' 
 
 v,„',i'f''i''^v- "'■" "";"'l",'t('"t, gracious madam,' 
 lephwl \arney; 'v.;;,! to you there ean be no 
 
 a o.in,l h,m, 'speak of my master's concerns tS 
 otlu-r ears. 
 
 'Fall ba,;k, my lords,' said the ,iueon to those 
 who surrounded her, 'and do y,n. speak on. 
 -What hath the carl to do with this Kuiltv 
 
 him not V '' ^"'' *'"°'''' "'^' t''"" ^''^'''^ 
 
 ' I'ar be it from mo to traduce my noble 
 
 u \.''''i'^"-''^ ^;"'"^y; 'yet I am compelled 
 to oun that some deep, overwhelmiiiL', yet secret 
 
 [;•::|''^;'^■''';f l.''t^'l"■'^ltmn,yl?;rLmin^ 
 ah ,ii,s, te,l liim from the earesof the house! 
 io . . wh.rb he M-as wont to j^overn «ith .such 
 cliKious .strictness, and hath left us opportunities 
 
 to do iolhes, of which the shame, as in this 
 
 hi. |,a,| n,.t ha,l m,.,ins or hisure (neouimit 
 
 '-■ '■lly"l.iehha.s drawn ,mnu. his, li.siWe^ 
 
 the h..aviest to ,.,i.lur.. by me, whi,.li I eoiihl bJ 
 
 a nv m,.a,is incur, -saviiiK always the yet inoio 
 
 dre,i,le, r,s,.ntmentofyo,ir(J,ae,..' ^ 
 
 'And m this seuH,., and no .jtlier, hath ho 
 been a,...,.Hs,.ry to thy fault '' said Eli/aluth. 
 Purely, niailam, m no other,' iepli,d Varney 
 I'Ut since Hom,.what hath chanced L.hin L 
 nms,.are,.be,.all..,ll.isownman. f.ook at hi im 
 '""'""'. .'ow pale ami tr,.mbli„K be stainLs- 
 "owunhke his usual majesty of manner- y,'t 
 V hat 1ms he ,o I..,,- t,o,,, ,,,^,,,i' , ,,^,, -^^^^^ 
 
 S';::;;.t /•''•''''''''''" '"''^''''''---'^'' that 
 
 MneiMV.'.alvrly!'"'' '""' ''''°"' "'"""-'i''' ^ai'l tho 
 
 • I'Vom wh..n,.c mailam, I caniu.t guess; but 
 I am .so n,.ar to his per.son, that I know Ir. hll 
 ev,.r sin,e worn, .susp,.n,l,.,l around his m'ek 
 
 7 "«xttohsh,.art, lhatl,x:k,.fhairwh.i; 
 sustains a s.nal gohlen .i,.w,.l sliapcl like a li .' r 
 -d e sp,.aks to It when alone-he parts not fron 
 It when lu. sl,.,.ps-no lieatlien ever worshiimed 
 an idol with such ,l,.votion.' '•'""Pptu 
 
 * 'Thou art a prying knave to watch thy master 
 «> closely,' ,sai,i Elizabeth, blushing, In.t no 
 "ithang,.r; 'an-l a tattling knave to tell over 
 again his fooleries. What colour might the 
 bra d ol hair be that thou pratc.st,)f?' 
 
 Varney rej,lie,l, 'A poet, nia,lai„, might call 
 Afio,.,^."""/ '"'" tl'e gohlen w..b 'wrought by 
 ,1 ' "'^'.'" ','7 ''"""^i'-K. it was paler than 
 
 even the purest gol,f-more like the last partimr 
 sunbeam of the soft,.st day of s,,ri„g.. ' ""^ 
 
 \aiii,.y. sai.l the .juecn, smiling; 'but I have 
 not g,.nius (luick eiio igli to follow your rare 
 metaphors Look roi.iul these ia.liesiis thire ' 
 
 ,7, or r,'?/- 1 ;/'■''' emleavoured to assume an 
 ail ol great mdillerejice)-' Ls there here, in this 
 nes,.n,e any huly, the ,iolour of whose hair 
 reminds tlu.e of that braid ? Methink.s, without 
 prying into iny L.ud of Leicester's amorous 
 
 are'l ke\.''°H^^ ^t }'^^ ^^''^'t kind of locks 
 aio like the thread ol .Minerva's web, or the- 
 vvl.at was it ?-the last rays of the Mayday 
 
 Varney looked round tho presence-cliamber, 
 his e^e travelling from one lady to another 
 in il a length it rested upon the rjueen hers f 
 but with an aspect of the deepest v-.n^ation! 
 I .see jKi tresses, he said, ' in this presence, 
 worthy o such similes, unless where I dare not 
 look on them. 
 
 intimate •^^^L'"''''''*''' ^"'^ *'"' 'i"'""' '''"*''" >'°" 
 
 eyes with lus hand, 'it was the beams of the 
 
 Max day sun that dazzled my weak eyes ' 
 
 fooH'b ^V^".to,' said the ,iueen ; 'thou art a 
 
 t will ""■' 7T^- *""■'""« "i'^-^kly from him, 
 she walked uj) to Leicester. 
 
 Intense curiosity, mingle,! ith all the various 
 
 hopes, k^ars, and j.assions wiach influence court 
 
 faction, had occupied the proseiu'e-dianiber dur- 
 
 iiig the ,,ueei|-.s eonferenee with Varney, as if 
 
 with the strength of an Eastern talisman Men 
 
 suspended every, even the slightest external 
 
patron. Without 
 
 r Ii'iMiri' to coiiiiiiit 
 inc liiHilL-plniNiiru; 
 
 , wljicli I iiillld \,y 
 
 ways till! yet iiiuio 
 
 I IIICI'. ' 
 
 no other, liath ho 
 Miiid Kliziilit'th. 
 'I',' ic|ili(il V'liinny; 
 Imiitt'il I . him, hi; 
 iiiii, l.iiokat liiiii, 
 liliiiK lie mUihIh-. 
 y ul' iimniu'r - yi't 
 t I can Hay to ymir 
 CO he received thut 
 
 >fhenecy said tho 
 
 Ninnot guess ; imt 
 Hit I know he lias 
 mound iiis ueek, 
 oek (jf Imir whidi 
 haped like n hciirt 
 he jiarts not I'loui 
 II ever worshiiijiud 
 
 wateh thy master 
 luHliinj,', hut not 
 umve to tell over 
 Hilour might the 
 
 est of ? ' 
 
 xdnui, might call 
 web wrought by 
 it was imh'i' than 
 e tho hist parting 
 pring.' 
 
 yourself, Master 
 ng; 'hut I have 
 follow your raro 
 ladies— is there' 
 red to assuiue an 
 hero here, iu this 
 r of whoso hair 
 ethiiiks, without 
 eester's amorous 
 at kind of looks 
 .'s web, 01- the— 
 of the Alayday 
 
 pcsenco-ehamber, 
 ady to another, 
 10 (jueen herself, 
 jiest veneration. 
 1 this jireseneo, 
 • here I dare uot 
 
 neen, 'dare you 
 
 ey, shading liis 
 e beams of tlie 
 ik eyes.' 
 n ; ' thou art a 
 ickly from liim, 
 
 1 all the various 
 inthience oourt 
 ip-fhiinsber dur- 
 1 Varney, as if 
 :alisniau. Men 
 jhtest external 
 
 ;;;;.™|r ;;,,;:L;s:,:;,,:;;;;i';i::;,;i,Si;j 
 v.!7.7'.'::;l,;!;;i,;, ;:r;^;,;•:£Ir- 
 Xht'& .tij;;:: iz ^''^' "'•«"^. - ^'t least 
 
 passiouate attX,, , l '^^•N'l'f "•"^"' ''"•'I' ""'J 
 
 '"in«i^d'em.:t^„";,,i f^ ;- '".|'';;^"«. ''•'-' 
 
 him, had n.Mv given w v t H , "vereome 
 
 'irstshiueonS' 1;; ?,;':::'''''>■•''';• •'■■'^ 
 
 fcKNiuvonTn 
 
 , truer servant than I have In tbi„ 
 
 Liloicd (.iiictMi and mistn 
 
 the regard of liis adorn 
 
 'No, Dudlev !' s.iiil Kli7..1.,.t-1.' 
 with ono hand w s b '■ ?"/"" '""' 
 
 Iwlings witness, 1 bfJ ?''.'" '""' ^■'"""s 
 
 reign had 
 nob||. Karl 
 
 was to ask lier eni„,„.,.„iL "^ i 'sbired bm,, 
 
 -ives notldlg" i -;;'•,'- <Hlow i. 
 
 ''''KM I presume ,oint;i.;h'^'''''''^"'''' i"'' 
 
 -w.;t''irjd'!.:'''tr'''--r 
 
 eome bolbn. us ' ' "" ■"■'■"^'''' ' l^t him 
 
 .•lsewh^.oobse 'd'hadn '"r;"' '"* ""■ '"'^■'' 
 of nobh.ness, whirl, M 2t ^""'■" '""' ''^•^■" 
 
 l"''lrs eritieal ob • , ' 'sl;:'T TV 'H'^"" 
 "ith attention, as he t.'b.f .'''''''', "^ '""' 
 
 i-twitha...i;...rth;!i:;::::::,-.'-^'-''.'<i. 
 
 him, and h s r', s,.n,. V""'""'':' '■'""■^'''nng 
 
 I'l't-l iMh i,: ari^ J .•m'\v; r ''"'■'■'''"■ 
 '" Pidgi. bv the |.v,. t ,.'"""- 1 '''I'' said now, 
 
 ti"" to see with a wis.." ;7 Tl isC"' "'^^■ 
 you, more th,m th- writi.nfj . ^'^•'''>' *° 
 
 tl-an our own kn 1, W '^ ,,':' '''•"■'"■'' '"^■". 
 
 ''''■Mtofoxperi.mr,;"!i^r'''' *'•;•■'''"'««• 
 J.assi„n. For t lis In ' .'i ^"^'' "' '""""'■">'« 
 
 t" Miel. stiition .s .,,.,"■'" «'"-i"-Iaw 
 
 '''''"'''■-'-i^Mpot;/,; :■'''•• ,'"'"'" ^'^-^ «» 
 -'tiH.,;ug„tt!r{|;,^,,';?J-;!:;/'''"«inut 
 
 eoiirt, i.nd tbor. «l,.,if •"'^.^■^"'•"'— loilow our 
 fhat arch. knave S ., ^ ' ^'""'^ "*^ ^'"'t 
 
 t';i">-fotLrn::^te;^,"£^;-,;« 
 
 ^thl^U'lLJt^o^"'''"--'^'"'-^^''-- 
 
 tmie, expressive of the W^t'^everi;^!;^ 
 
252 
 
 ^VAVERI.EY NOVELS 
 
 queen added witli some impatience, — ' Wliat 
 
 of you !-Sl,e lias made her ulection-not a wise 
 one ,,e.eliance-butshe is Varney's wedded wile.' 
 .My suit should sleep there, most L'laeions 
 s'^veieign, said Tressilian, 'an.l with my s, t 
 >"y revenge, lint I hold this Varney's word , 
 good warrant for the truth.' 
 
 ' Had that doubt be..n elsewhere urged ' 
 answered Varney, • my .sword ' ^ ' 
 
 fullJ^^vvifT^'/!""'':"';*'^^' Tressilian scorn- 
 
 'IWe, you knaves both!' said the ,,neen ; 
 Know you wh,.re you are ^-This conies o t you 
 
 Li e.^ter ami .Susse.v: ; 'your followers eateh 
 jour own liunio.ir, and must baii.ly aii,l l,raw 
 u .ny eourt, and in my very presence, likf, 
 
 s taks of drawing swords in any other (luarrel 
 
 b aeclet him with iron both on wrist and ankle ' ' 
 be then paused a minnte, and resumed in a 
 
 a ,d , , t"'' ^ '/'"'^ '•" ■i"'^''"^ '"•'^^•'•^t the bold 
 and mutinous knaves notwitlistanding. - Mv 
 Lord ot Leieester, will you warrant wTth ym.i 
 ho lom-that IS, to the best of your l,elief-{h 
 your servant speaks truth in saying \,^ ],ath 
 married this Amy liobsart r fa 'i^- uatn 
 
 This was a home-thrust, and had nearly 
 But he had now gone too 
 
 staggered Leicester. 
 
 ,. -" - -■ — "^ <iv nail iiuw 
 
 ai to recede and answered, after a inonient's 
 
 my ceitam km^ > .edge-she is a wedded wife.' 
 Gracious maaam,' said TressiJian, 'may I 
 
 jet request to know when and under what 
 
 wrcumstanees this alleged marria-e '-_ 
 
 Out, sirrah,' /inswered tlie imeen • Uilloml 
 
 ;narnage.-Have you not the' wo, of this 
 
 he. \ ant s.y.i But thou art a loser-thiiik'st 
 ti yself such at least-and thou shalt have in- 
 ulgence-wo will look into the matter ourso f 
 more at leisure.-My Lord of Leicester, I rus 
 
 3 oui C astlc ol Kenilworth on this week ensuing 
 
 iviMHlVl i'l''''v^'r'L^" ''''' """• «^""1 ^""1 valued 
 
 us tlicie ■ " '■'' ^" ''"''' ^'""'l""'^ ^"th 
 
 'If the noble Earl of Sussex,' said Leicester 
 
 'owmg to his rival with the easiest a id wit 'i 
 
 the most graceful courtesy, ' will so far ho lo i ■ 
 
 ny poor house, I will ifold it an additional 
 
 Jioof ot the amicable regard it is your Grace's 
 
 desire we should entertain tow.r.ls each other' 
 
 Sussex was more embarrassed —' I sliould ' 
 s^ud he. 'madam, be but a clog on your g er 
 hours since my late severe illness.' ^ ^ ^ 
 
 l.^i;V\"'ii'"\'''' r.'" '"■'•'" ''"^^''•''' «o vi^'^y ill ?' .said 
 Llixabeth, looking on him with ino- attention 
 than before ; -you are in faith strange;., alt" cd 
 and deeply am I grieved to see it. Hut be „f 
 
 liealth of so valued .a serv.'uit, an.l to whom wo 
 ou-e so much. Masters shall order your diet ad 
 that we ourselves may see that he is ol,cyed you 
 mast attend us in this progress to KnniCVh ' 
 ilus was sjiid ,so pcremjitorilv, and at the 
 same time with so much kindncs's, that .S„s.sex I 
 
 however unwilling to become the guest of his 
 
 mal, had no resource but to bow low to t lie 
 
 queen in obedience to her commandJ^^ and to 
 
 xpress to Leicester, with blunt courtesy tZndi 
 
 s n !;-l K "' ^"'^'•'•'i^sment, his acceptance of 
 
 his invitation. As the earls exchanged conii.H 
 
 nent.s on the oec.jsioii, the queen s^id t" er 
 
 enanc fofH'' ^^l''t''">'<>^' '"y lord, the coun- 
 
 hos of the tirr""'' 1*"',° ""'^''^ ^'"'^ '•^^^"iWo 
 
 so da,k i /' °, f^|"«'» ^''^•^■■'i" -streams, the one 
 
 My old Master Aschani would have chid me for 
 iorget ing the author-It is Gcsar, as I th iik.- 
 
 ile nSn T^'^'l" '^"\"!!"^^^ ^''^ °» the brow of 
 the noble Leicester, while Si ssex seems to ifreet 
 hnn as if he did our will indeed, but not wilHilk- ' 
 
 d Ifere ! ^"-^f!''?'' "'^y pei'chance occasion the 
 dilleicnce, which does not-as what does ''- 
 escape your Grace's eye.' 
 
 'Such doubt were injurious to us, my lord,' 
 
 an dear to U.S, and will with impartiality 
 emj.loy both ,11 hoiioural,le .service for the weal 
 our kingdom. Hut we will break up thei 
 luithei cnerenee at present. -My Lords of 
 Sussex aiid Leicester, we have a wo,/ more with 
 jou. Ircssihan and Varney are near vour 
 pcr.sons-you will see that tlley attend you at 
 
 fclrlsn'\7^";' '■'^ ''\ ."''^" then liave^ both 
 lans and Mcnelaus withm our call, so wo will 
 
 aus'e 'tbf'r' '."' ".*;'"" ^^'■^''' ^^'''"^e "«kleness has 
 Kp nfh /i "" •,■ ^>""'y' f'y ^"'■'^ ""'«t be at 
 Ken Iworth, and forthcoming at my order. -My 
 Loid of Leicester, we expect you will look to this.' 
 The earl and his follower bowed low, and 
 raised thoir hea.ls, without daring to look at tie 
 queen or at each other; for btth felt at te 
 
 falsehood had woven, were in tlie act of closinc 
 around them The queen, however, oKsei^ef 
 not their confusion, but proceeded to .say, ' Mv 
 Lords ot Sussex and Leicester, we require your, 
 esence at the privy council to be 'presently 
 Si w '"'-M'f "'^ ""l'"''tance are to be de- 
 latcd A\e will then take the water for our 
 d.vertisement and you, my lords, will attend 
 U.S. -And that reminds us of a circum.stancc- 
 Do you Sir Squire of the Soiled Ca.ssock ' (dis- 
 t nguishing Italeigh by a smile), 'fail not to 
 ot)sei ve t^iat you are to attend us on our progress. 
 \ou shall be supplied with suitable nicans to 
 reform your wardrobe.' 
 And .so terminated this celebrated audience, 
 which, as throughout her l-'fe, Elizabeth 
 united the occasional cajiriee of ],cr sex, with 
 that sense ami ,soun<l policy, in which neither 
 man nor woman ever excelled lier. 
 
 CHAPTER XVn. 
 
 Well, tlicn--oui- course is chosen-spre.id tfie sail- 
 Heave oft tl,e ead, and mark ,f,e oundi, rs we i- 
 I.ook to the helm, .^.od m.aster-imat.y a ho.a 
 Marks ,l„s stern co.ast, and rocks, where st? he Siren 
 Wlio, like an.bttion, lures men to their n,i„ ^"^"' 
 
 'I'liK Shipwrrck. 
 T),;iUN,j the brief interval that took place 
 I'Ltwixt the dismissal of the audience ami the 
 
the giiest of his 
 ) bow low to tho 
 Jmniaiids, and to 
 t courtesy, though 
 liis acceptance of 
 xclianged conipli- 
 nceii said to li'er 
 1 lord, the couii- 
 le peers resemble 
 ■streams, tho one 
 liiir and noble— 
 have cliid nie for 
 ^ar, as I think.— 
 s on tlie brow of 
 ;x seems to greet 
 mt not willingly.' 
 favour, 'answered 
 .nee occasion tho 
 ■s what does?— 
 
 to us, my lord,' 
 both to be near 
 ith imjjartiality 
 ■ice Ibr the weal 
 break up their 
 — Jly Lords of 
 word more with 
 are near your 
 .' attend you at 
 hen have both 
 call, so wo will 
 ise fickleness has 
 wile must be at 
 my order.— My 
 •ill look to this.' 
 owed low, and 
 g to look at the 
 oth felt at the 
 'liich their own 
 e act of closing 
 'ever, observed 
 'd to say, ' My 
 ■e require your. 
 3 be jiresently 
 e arc to be de- 
 water for our 
 Is, will attend 
 circumstance — 
 Cassock ' (dis- 
 ', 'fail not to 
 n nur progress, 
 able means to 
 
 itcd audience, 
 ■fo, Elizabeth 
 her se.x, with 
 ivhich neither 
 
 KENILIVORTII 
 
 I, the sail — 
 
 linss well — 
 
 I shoal 
 
 e sits the Siren, 
 
 ruin. 
 
 : S!!!Pwi;i?(-,-. 
 
 t took place 
 ence ami the 
 
 f!.","l f/,'"' '^"'■y ^""'"^i'- r^fi«ester had time 
 
 hcucdit ..,(>..• T ""''"•^■'^'''l,^' '"'■ bin- now,' h. 
 : ' r ' ' ""'"'"' '" l'"^^ ''^i-e of all that 
 
 Nis lumotuvtble m England, pjerlged bis tn h 
 
 thouj^Mnanan,l,iguous,,h,L)lori;:S 
 mnt ol \ar>iey, to cont.aibrt or disavow- t 
 H.thout exposing lu„„,lf not n.crely to h ■ lo!s 
 
 iiic vuceii. Jus d.reived mistress, and to the 
 son<.ndeontem,^atonecoflH;nv,daudi' 
 ■111 1 IS compeeis.' Ti,is r.rtaiuly rushrd at om 
 oi. .Ins mnid, together with all tl e 1 1 ul 
 winch he would necessarily be ' no " „ • 
 preserving a secret, which seeuKMl, w ' ,u " 
 
 onoui. He was situated like .,ne who walks 
 
 ^ lose only salety euiisists in m„vin.^ onwards 
 
 servimr, but aiimii.»,H„„ »i , ""'X 1.'"^ 
 
 253 
 
 "1 spttcli lie liad given any oHeme ■ but wl 
 ;iuecn'.s salety was a tlie,,u,\vhicl 1.;,, I l£ 
 
 b^'ondhisusualnuMletationofdelJ,. ' 
 
 Kiizabeth chid him, but not scmmvU- r . +i 
 
 -^twii,,, , ,,,!,. --u;b,w 
 
 owned, tiiai sfn,;,. 
 
 it h.iil bi'cii 
 
 semng, but augmenting, the .m.,: V^ Z^^;^ 
 -He must be the favourite of Elizabeth o,^ 
 
 '7'" the h.1.yriiiKtunS, «in" li; nil'it 
 
 S:rum:s''of7r'^'''''^^f^''''-'-'i- 
 
 h^ this mood the Earl of Leicester tint d.v 
 tun however softened or qualified, wa's a 'e: 
 
 cSii;''y;^r\,:^i;,i;;j-'--.-iopte.r';,:. 
 
 oloqueiil^e, iuHc^: ii^hfnSS"::}"" 
 tinning the severe restrai t < tl fm \ 
 
 bc'th, whether at home or abroad. Ilc'cndeJt'J 
 
 ti.e ple,isure of IJ.avcii U> cnml,h,e'ti,ose interests 
 .in.xutv, as a decisive tiiuiiipl, on the ir.rf 
 
 ..!;;» 'Uii^lr;;'?;,:?':,!;?",!:;;;.,;-!"". 
 
 loeutory sentence, ran as loH.nvsf-^*-^'" '^ "'^^■'■■ 
 
 wife'aj;:i";i:;;;r!dr™\-i:"'''""-''r^™'' 
 
 to convf? "■"f.'itdf Wiiy come they not 
 
 l»»d.i«g y.m. t,M, |?X , ' t'J lj i':T 
 
254 
 
 IV.4 VERLE V NO VELS 
 
 'Como to my loilRiiit,', Edmund,' answerod the 
 earl— 'not to-moirow, or next day, but soon.— 
 Ha, Wi:i Sliaki'spcai'o— wild Will ! -thou hast 
 «ivon my iioiihow, I'hilii. Sydney, love-i.owder— 
 he cainiot sleep witliout thy Venus and Adonis 
 unih'i' his pillow ! We will have thei' handed 
 for the veriest wizard in Europe. Hark thee, 
 mad wag, I have not lorg(jtten thy matter of tlie 
 patent, and of the hears.' 
 
 The player liowed, and tlio earl nodded and 
 passed on— so that ago would have told the tale 
 — in ours, iicrhaps, we might say the immortal 
 had done homage to the mortal. The next 
 whom the f'avoiu'ito accosted was one of liis own 
 zealous de]>endents. 
 
 'How now, Sir Francis Denning,' he whisjiered, 
 m answer to his exulting salutation, ' tiiat smile 
 hath made thy face shorter by one-third than 
 when I first saw it this morning.— What, Master 
 
 IJowyer, stand you hack, and think you I hear 
 malice ? You (lid but your duty this morning ; 
 and if I remember aught of the passage betwixt 
 us, it shall be in thy lavour.' 
 
 Then the earl was approaclied, with several 
 fantastic congees, by a person quaintly dressed 
 m a doublet of black velvet, curiously slashed 
 and pinked with, crimson satin. A long cock's 
 fcither in the velvet bonnet, which heliohl in 
 his hand, ami an enermous rulf, stilfened to the 
 extremity of the alisurd taste of the times, joined 
 with a siiarp-, lively, conceited expression of 
 countenanee, seemed to body lorth a vain, hare- 
 brained coxcomb, and small wit ; while the rod 
 lie held, and an assumption of royal authority, 
 appeared to express some sense of otiicial conso- 
 fpience, which (pialiHed the natural jiertness of 
 liis manner. A per|ietnal blush, which occupied 
 rather the sharp nose than the thin cheek of this 
 jiersonage, seemed to speak more of 'good life,' 
 as it was called, than of modesty ; and the 
 manner in which ho ai)proached to the earl cou- 
 ;ii'ined that suspicion. 
 
 'Gooil even to you, M.aster Rol)ert Laneham,' 
 .said Leicester, and seemed desirous to iiass 
 forward witliout further s]ieech. 
 
 ' I have a suit to voiir noble lordship,' said the 
 figure, boldly folhnving him. 
 
 'And what is it, good master keeper of the 
 council chamber door ? ' 
 
 '(.Utrh- of the council ehamber door,' .said 
 Alast. r Robert Laneham, with emphasis, by way 
 ol reply and of correction. 
 
 'Well, (pialify thine ollice as thou wilt, man ' 
 replied the earl ; ' what wouldst thou have with 
 ine ? ' 
 
 'Sinijily,' answered Laneham, ' that vour lord- 
 .sliip would be, as heretofore, mvgood "loiil, and 
 procure me licence to attend the .Sunimer Progress 
 unto your lordship's most beautiful and afi-to- 
 be-uninatched Castle of Kenihvorth.' 
 
 'To what pmpose, good .Master Laneham?' 
 replied the earl ; ' bethink you my guests must 
 needs be many.' 
 
 'Not so many,' replied the jietitioner, 'but 
 tliat your nobleness will willingly sjuire ycjur old 
 servitor his crib and his mess. Iktliink you, 
 my lord, how necessary is this rod of mine, to 
 fnght :iw.T.y all those listeners, who else would 
 play at bo-peep with the honourable council, and 
 bo searching (or key-holes and crannies in the 
 
 door of the chamber, so as to render my staff as 
 needful as a tly-llap in a butcher's .shoj).' 
 
 'Jlethinks you have found out, a fly-blown 
 comparison for the honour.djlo council. Master 
 Laiudiam,' said the earl ; ' but seek not about to 
 justify It. Cdine to Kenilworth, if y„u list • 
 there will be store of fools there besides, and ,sO 
 you will be fitted,' 
 
 'Nay, an theiv he fools, my \,m\,' replied 
 Laneham, with much glee, ' 1 warrant I will 
 make sport among them ; for no greyhound loves 
 to cote a hare, as 1 to turn and course a fool. 
 Hut I have another singular favour to beseech of 
 your honour.' 
 
 'Speak it, and let mo go,' said the earl; 'I 
 think the gueen conies forth instantly.' 
 
 ' Aly very good lord, I would fain bring a bed- 
 fellow with me.' 
 
 ]How, you irieverent rascal !' .said Leicester. 
 'Nay, my lord, my meaning was within the 
 canons, answered his unblushing, or rather his 
 ever-blushing petitioner. '1 have a wife as 
 curious as her grandmother, who ate the aiM)le. 
 ^ow, take her with me I may not, her Highness's 
 orders being so strict against the odicers bringiii" 
 with them their wives in a progress, and so 
 liimbering the court with womankind. But 
 what I would crave of your lordslii[> is, to find 
 room fur her in some mummery, or pretty 
 pageant, in di.sguise, as it were ; so that, not 
 being known for my wife, there may be no 
 ollonce.' 
 
 ' The foul fiend seize ye both ! ' said Leicester, 
 stung into uncontrollable jiassion by the recol- 
 lection which this sjieech excited— 'Why stoii 
 you me with such lollies;' 
 
 The terrified clerk of the chamber door 
 astonished at the burst of resentment ho had 
 so unconsciously produced, dropped his stalf of 
 olhce from his hand, and gazed on the incensed 
 earl with a foolish face of wonder and terror, 
 wluch instantly recalled Leicester to himself. 
 
 'I meant Imt to try if thou hadst the audacity 
 which bclits thine oflicc,' said he hastily. ' Come" 
 tn Kcnihvoith, and bring the devil with thee if 
 tiiou wilt.' 
 
 'My wife, sir, hath i)layed the devil ere now, 
 ■ n a mystery, in (Jueen .Mary's time— but wo 
 shall want a trille for iirojierties.' 
 
 'flere is a crown for thee,' said the earl,— 
 ' make me rid of ihee -the great b.'ll rings.' 
 
 Master Kolicrt Laneham starcil a moment at 
 the agitation which he had excited, and then 
 said to himself, as he stooped to pick 1111 his stalf 
 ol ollice, 'The noble Karl runs wild humours 
 to-<iay ; but they who give crowns, exjicct us 
 witty lellows to wink at their unsettled starts • 
 and by my faith, if they paid not for mercy, we 
 would linger them tightly ! ' * 
 
 Leicester moved hastily on, neglecting the 
 courtesies he had hitherto dispensed so liberally, 
 and hurrying through the courtly ei'ow.l, until 
 he paused in a small withdrawi-ng-rooni, into 
 which he plunged to draw a moment's breath 
 unoliservcd, and in seclusion. 
 
 '\yhat am I now,' he said to himself, 'that 
 am thus jaded liy the words of a mean, weather- 
 beaten, goose-brained gull !— Con,scienee, thou 
 
 * Note F. Robert L.ineham. 
 
!iKlcr my staff as 
 r'.s nho{).' 
 out, a fly-blown 
 council, Master 
 si'fk nut about to 
 til, it you list ; 
 
 besides, and so 
 
 ly lord,' replied 
 
 1 warrant I will 
 fjreyhounil loves 
 
 :d course a fool, 
 our to beseech of 
 
 lid the earl ; ' I 
 
 itantly.' 
 
 tain bring a bed- 
 said Leicester, 
 was within the 
 If,', or luther his 
 have a wife as 
 
 ate the ai)j)le. 
 , her Highncss's 
 ollieers bringing 
 irogrcss, and so 
 mankind. Hut 
 Ishiii is, to finil 
 lery, or ])retty 
 li ; so that, Mo't 
 ire may be no 
 
 ' said Leicester, 
 n by the reeol- 
 3d— 'Why sto[i 
 
 chamber door, 
 iitiiient he had 
 
 1 led his stair of 
 >u the incensed 
 ler and tei'ror, 
 
 ' to himself. 
 1st the audacity 
 lastily. ' Come" 
 ■il with tbee, if 
 
 '■ devil ern now, 
 time — but wo 
 
 aid the carl, — 
 I "'11 rings.' 
 I a moment at 
 itcd, and then 
 lick U]ihisstait' 
 wild humours 
 vns, exjiect us 
 scttleil starts ; 
 ; for mercy, we 
 
 iiegl"cting the 
 I'd so liberally, 
 y crowd, until 
 ing-room, into 
 imi'ut's breath 
 
 himself, 'that 
 iiean, weatlier- 
 iscience, thou 
 
 a?tle^\"?t'rsti;."f°''' ej-owl wakes as readily 
 ac xne paitiy stir of a rat or mouse as it tl,,. 
 
 What It I kneel to Elizabeth, and, ownin. t l.i 
 
 whole throw mvself on hcrnR.rcy'' ^ *'" 
 
 As he jHirsued this train of thought, the door 
 
 of the apartment opened, and VarnV us e l ' 
 
 th:eStei;b,''^"''"''°^'''^«-*tlmuart,'was 
 
 Varney'-^ST. r" ;'l'i "'^ ^'"^'' '^I'li^d 
 varney , hut luisten to the water-sidfl Tl,n 
 
 Queen is on board, an<l asks for v^m ■ " ^'" 
 T,.;,^"; '''''^</ •'','" *'''''■" suddenly ill,' renlied 
 fca.gS''^''^^^""'-^'^^----^" 
 
 who,1;i^;;r:^,, °^-n -;^:^nd .nine, 
 
 ~liedt^ti.;''' "r'""*^'- ^--iii- 
 awly To seeL yon.'" ""' '''''' ^'"^^ '' ' ''-^--d 
 
 hastTirMmt^'^''''!' T'^'T^.' «ai<' Leicester 
 
 KENILIVORTH 
 
 Varney rei)lied not, but led the wav nnt nf fi 
 lialaee, an.l towards the r ver wl ]7l *?' 
 
 fcdhim,asifmechanhi;n;'tt'^:S^: 
 back, ho said, ,n a tone which saVoured of t £ f 
 arity at east, if not of authority, ' How is 1 1. 
 ny lord ?-your cloak liangs on one skle vo ,' 
 hose are unbraeed-permit^ne '^ side, -your 
 
 . Ihou art a fool, Varney, as well as a knave • 
 said Leicester, shaking hini off, an 1 ei ctShi'. 
 ofhcious assistance ; 'we ai'e best tbU vi. "i 
 ;ve "equire you to \>rder ou' , il'^' ' iT^il';' 
 hut now we want you not." "' 
 
 So saying, the carl resunK'd at once liis air nf 
 
 TSS ^ "";""■"•• '■■ ""- i*™ » 
 
 f-jlusiircsentLSrAir/^rK 
 
 .iiS Master va^r;: ';:!;rL:^'Si'T'---''^"'' 
 
 nnist find a seat in a.iotLer b^e ''"''' "^' ' ^"" 
 Varney bowed, and witlulrcw. ' 
 
 baS?2;^'eei,';Kj!;j;;«ft«i"the 
 ojonientrn.ac/i'hlln^e^srtr:;';^:;!^^^-'^ 
 
 I'uunliat^ion, was about to 'p. ' / ll '^''^'"'' 
 
 assi,mcdsend,laneeofn>oi;!ileS'^''^*'""' "'' 
 It is not (ornsold courtiers,' he si id 'tnl,;,I . 
 
 f,i 1 P V JJianas own beams T ui'll 
 take place in the boat which the 1 , li 
 •■>"<1 permit this yonn- , ' eli ^T^'^^ 
 
 I'lised felicity ' ""«' ^^' '''"-' ''is hour of pro- 
 
 miS:'ai;;n^;,3'''V;2.^,^^'^''^'^r'"^"'*"-* 
 
 i''fe thtm 0. what was passing around, watched 
 
256 
 
 IV.4 VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 'i f; 
 
 this circumstanco among others. But when the 
 hoat put ofl' fVoiii the .shore— when the music 
 sounded from a barge which aecomiianied tlicm 
 —when tlic shouts of the impulace weru licard 
 from the shore, and all reminded him of the 
 situation in which he was placed, he abstracted 
 his thoughts and his luelings by a sti'ong cllbrt 
 from everything but the necessity of maintaining 
 himsell in the favourof his patroness, and exerted 
 hi.s talents of [ilcasing captivation with such 
 success, that the queen, alternately deli-ditcd 
 with his conversation, and alarmed for his 
 Iiealth, at length inii)osed a temporary silence 
 on him, with playful yet anxious care, lest his 
 How ol spirits should exhaust him. 
 
 ' JNly lords,' she said, ' having passed for a time 
 our edict of silence upon our good Leicester, we 
 will call you to counsel on a gamesome matter 
 more lifted to be now treated of, amidst mirth 
 and music, than in the gravity of our onlinary 
 deliberations.— Wliich of you, my lords,'said she 
 sinihng, 'know aught of a petition from Orsoii 
 finnit, the keei)cr, as he qualities himself of 
 our royal bears f Who stands godfather to his 
 request >, 
 
 ' Alarry witli your Grace's good permission, 
 that (lo I, said the Earl of Sussex. — ' Orson 
 liiinit was a stout soldier before he was so 
 mangled by the skenes of the Irish clan Mac- 
 Donough, and I trust your Grace will be, as you 
 always have been, good mistress to your t'ood 
 and trusty servants.' 
 
 ' Surely,' said the (pieen, ' it is our jiurpose to 
 be so, and m especial to our poor soldiers and 
 sailors, who hazard their lives for little pay Wo 
 wouhl give,' she said, with her eyes sparklin<' 
 yonder royal palace of ours to 'be a hospital 
 lor their use, rather than they should call their 
 mistress ungrateful.— ]Jut this is not the .nies- 
 tion,' she saiil, her voice, which had been 
 awakened liy her jjatriotie feelings, once more 
 siilisiding into the tone of gay and easy conversa- 
 tion ; ' lor tins Orson Pinnit's request goes some- 
 thing further. !!(; complains that, amidst the 
 extreme delight with which men haunt the play- 
 houses, and in especial their eager desire tor 
 seeing the exhibitions of one Will Shakespeare 
 (whom, I think, my lords, we have all heard 
 something of, the manly amusement of bcar- 
 baiting IS tailing into comparative neglect : since 
 men will rather throng to see these roguish iilayers 
 kill each other in jest, than to .si'c our royal (logs 
 and bears woriy each other in bloody earnest.- 
 \\ hat say you to this, my Lord of Sussex ? ' 
 
 'Why, truly, gracious madam,' said Sussex, 
 you must expect little from an old soldier like 
 me in favour of battles in sjiort, when they are 
 conipareil with battles in earnest; and yet, bymv 
 laith, I wish Will Shakespeare no harm. He is 
 a stout man at ([uarter-stalf and single falchion 
 tliou<rli, as I am told, a haltiui,' fellow ; and he 
 stooil, they say, a tough tight with the rangers 
 ot old Sir Tliomas Lucy of Clmi-locot, when" he 
 broke his deer-park and kissed his keeper's 
 daughter.' " 
 
 'I ery you niercy, my Lord of Sussex,' said 
 tjueen Llizabeth, interrupting him : 'that matter 
 was heard in council and we will not have Mn' 
 
 fellow's otfenee exaggerated— there was n.ridssim' 
 lu the matter, and the defendant hath put the 
 
 denial on record. But what say you to his 
 
 present practice, my lord, on the stage ? for there 
 les the point, and not in any wa^s touching his 
 lormer errors, in breaking parks, or the other 
 lollies you sjieak of.' 
 
 'Why, truly, madam,' replied Sussex, 'as I 
 said bolore, I wish the games.mie mad fellow no 
 m.iuiy. Some of hi.s whoreson poetry (I crave 
 your tiraee's jiardon tor such a phrase) has run.' 
 m mine cars as if the lines sounded to boot and 
 saddle. -Hut then it is all IVulh and tblly-no 
 sih.stance or serioiisness in it, as your (;race has 
 already well touched.-What are half-a-do/en 
 knaves, with rusty toils and tattered targets 
 making but a mere niockeiy of a stout fight to 
 eomiiare to the royal game of bear-baiting, which 
 hath been graced by your Highness's countenance, 
 and tiiat ol youi' i„yal predecessors, in this voiir 
 princely kingdom, famous tbr matchless mastitis 
 an.l bold bearwards, over all Christendom » 
 Great y is it to lie doul)tod that the race of botli 
 will decay, it men should throng to hear the 
 ungs o an idle player behdi forth nonsensical 
 lionibast, instead of be.stowing their i.ence in 
 encouraging the bravest image of war that can 
 be shown m peace, and that is the sports of the 
 bear-garden. There you mav see the bear lyinff 
 at guard with his re,l pinky eyes, watching the 
 onset ol tlie n.astilf, like a wily captain,"who 
 maintains his delence that an assailant may bo 
 tempted to venture within his danger. And then 
 eomes Sir ilastilf, like a worthy champion, in 
 full career at the throat of his adversary-and 
 then shall Sir Bruin teach him the reward for 
 those who, m their over - courage, ne>dect the 
 iwhcies of war, and, catching him in his arms 
 strain him to his breast like a lusty wrestler 
 until rib alter rib crack like the shot of a pistolet' 
 And then another mastitf, ,as bold, but with 
 better aim and sounder jmlgment, catches Sir" 
 IJrum liy the nether-lip, and hangs fast, while 
 he tosses about his blood and slaver, and tries 
 in vain to .shake Sir Talbot from his hold. And 
 then 
 
 ' Nay, by my honour, my lord,' said the fiueen, 
 laughing, 'you have described the whole so 
 admirably, that, had we never seen a bear-bnit- 
 ing, as _ we have beheld many, and hoi.e, with 
 Heavens allowance, to see many more, your 
 words were sutlicieiit to put the whole bear- 
 garden beloi'c our ey,>s.— But come, who si)eaks 
 next in this case v_My Lord of Leicester, what 
 say you ? 
 
 'Am I then to consider myself as unmuzzled 
 please your Grace ? ' replied Leicester. 
 
 'Surely, my lord— that is, if you feel hearty 
 enough to take part in our game,' answered 
 Wizabcth ; 'and yet, when I think of your co.'- 
 nisanco of the bear and ragged stall', methinks 
 we liad better hear some less partial orator.' 
 
 ' ^"ay. oil my word, gracious jiriucess,' said the 
 earl, though my brother Ambrose of Warwick 
 and I do carry the ancient cognisance your High- 
 ness deigns to remembei', I nevertheless desire 
 nothing but fair play on all sides ; or, as they 
 say. " light dog, light bear." And in behalf of 
 tlie players, I must needs say that they are witty 
 knaves, who.-iC rants and je,-,tb keep tljc minds of 
 the common Irom busying themselves with statu 
 aliairs, and listening to traitorous .sjiecclies, idle 
 
Iiat say you to liia 
 I the stagu ? for tlioro 
 ly ways touc'liiiig lijs 
 parks, or the other 
 
 '|ilied Sussex, 'iis I 
 •some mad Irllow no 
 ^soll [loutry (I crave 
 I a jilirasej lias vuu;^ 
 ioiiiided to boot and 
 tVolh and folly^iio 
 t, as yoiii' (irace has 
 It are half- a -dozen 
 id tattered targets, 
 
 of a stout fight, to 
 bear-baiting, wliieh 
 liuess'seoiintenanee, 
 cessors, in this your 
 
 matchless mastitis, 
 
 all Christendom I 
 lat the race of botli 
 :hrong to hear tlie 
 h forth nonsensical 
 iug their jionce in 
 ge of war that can 
 is the s]iorts of the 
 ' see the bear lying 
 eyes, watching the 
 wily ca])tain, who 
 n assailant may be 
 danger. And then 
 I'thy chamiiion, in 
 lis adversary— and 
 liiii the rewai'd for 
 uiago, neglect the 
 ; him in his arms, 
 '■ a lusty wrestler, 
 eshot of a pistolet. 
 IS bold, but with 
 CUicnt, catches Sir* 
 
 liangs fast, while 
 1 slavei', and tries 
 iin his hold. And 
 
 ■d.'said thocjueen, 
 led the wliole so 
 ' seen a bear-bait- 
 ', and hojie, with 
 naiiy more, your 
 the whole liear- 
 conie, wlio sj)eaks 
 of Leicester, wliat 
 
 self as unnnizzlcd, 
 'icester. 
 
 f yo>i feel hearty 
 game,' answered 
 hink of your cog- 
 'd stall; methinks 
 irtial orator.' 
 princess,' said the 
 brose of Warwick 
 isance your Iligh- 
 Bvertheless desire 
 ides ; or, as they 
 And in behalf of 
 .at tliey are witty 
 ;eeji Uie mimJs of 
 iselves with .state 
 )us sjieeches, idle 
 
 'i 
 
 I 
 
 K'ENIUVORTH 
 
 riunours, and disloyal insinuations. AVhcn men 
 are agape to .see how Marlowe, Shakesjieare, and 
 other play artihcer,s, work out their fanciful plots 
 as they call them the mind of the .spectators i.; 
 withdrawn from tlic conduct of their rulers ' 
 
 ' \\ e would not have the mind of our subjects 
 withdrawn from the consideration of our own 
 conduct, my lord,'answerc<l Elizabeth ; 'because 
 the inorc closely it is examined, the true motives 
 
 Iim.iiSt.' "' "''" ^'"'"^"'^ ''■'" ^'i''^''"' *'"^ ""^'■'^ 
 T),.ln ^n7« ''Tl' ''7:°^''"-' madam,' .said the 
 
 that tiiese p ayers are wont, in their plays, not 
 only to introduce profane and lewd e.xprcUons 
 tending to loster sin and harlot.y, bu even to 
 bellow o,,t su,:h reiiections on government it.s 
 origin and its object, as tend to riuider the subject 
 diseontentc'd, and shake the soH.l foundations of 
 civil society. And it seems to bo, under y.n.r 
 f.racos favour, lar less than .safe to permit these 
 .aiighy oul- mouthed knaves to ridicul, the 
 ^odl> lor their decent gravity, and in blasphem- 
 ing Heaven, an< slandering its earthly rulers to 
 set..tdehance the laws bot"h of(;odand man'' 
 
 • rlv^ ,''"\'''' "'■"'' ^'''-^ "^''^ true, my lor<l ' 
 for siKv'''' '"•^«''"".'J give sharp coiSon 
 or Mich oflences Hut it is ill arguing against 
 the use of anvtlung Iron, its al,u.se.'^ And touch- 
 iig this Shakesiieare, we think there is that in 
 hLs pays that is worthy twentv bear-gardens 
 and that thi.s new undertaking of his Chronicles 
 as lie ca Is them, may entertain, with honest 
 mirth mingled with useful instruJtion, not o ly 
 
 :;;ecSto':;'"*^""^^'''^"'«-'-'-^'-'--y 
 
 . 'Vour Majesty's reign will need no such feelile 
 aid to make it remembered to the latest i.osteritv ' 
 
 aid Leicester. And yet, in his way, Shakespeare 
 hath .so touehe<l some incidents of your Majestv's 
 happy government, as may countervail wliat has 
 
 iZh'r T, '^' '"' •■'^""•''"«'' *''« I^*-''"' '"' S^""t 
 A.sapl, s J hi.rc are some lines, for o.vample 
 
 -I would my nephew, Philip Sidney, were hire' 
 
 tl.ev are scarce ever out of his niouth-thev arc 
 
 ■M-okeu in a mad tale of fairies, love-charms and 
 
 wot not what besides ; but beautifui tC' ,u .' 
 however short they may a.„l nn.st fall of the 
 Mb ect to which they bear a bold relation~a d 
 
 u i|. murmurs them, I think, even in his 
 
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 had spoken, were in the remembrance of Master 
 >\ alter Kaleigh. 
 
 At the command of the .lucon, that eav.dier 
 
 added to their e.V()uisito deliiviey of tact and 
 beaiity oj' description, the celebrilted Son "t 
 
 Tk^n ''T'^'. •"'"-' ' '^■''*T''"t 'I'oi. coiil.Ist not- 
 Cup.d .-,11 .^rm.l : a certain aim he took 
 At a fair vestal throned hy the west; 
 And loos d Ins iove.sh.ift smartly from his bow. 
 As .t shot, d pierce a hundre<l thousand hearts: 
 I.ut I might see young Cupids (iery shaft 
 Quench d. in the chaste heams of thi watery moon 
 And the imperial vofress passed on, ^ ' 
 
 In maiden meditation, fancy free.' 
 
 The voice of Kdcigh, as he ivjicatcd tli,. last 
 iiics, became a bttle trcnnilou.s, as if dillidcnt 
 how the sovcmgn to whom the hon.igc was 
 a ddres.sed nnght receive it, exquisite as k wa.s 
 I his dihdence was allectcil, it was good policy ; 
 but if real, there was little occasion for it Tin' 
 verses wcix. not probably new to the iiuetm, for 
 Nheu was ever .such elegant llattery long in 
 eaehing the royal ear to which it was addrcs'^ed < 
 Hut they were not the less welcome when repeated 
 by such a speaker as Raleigh. Alike delighted 
 wth the matter, the manner, and the graceful 
 fonn and animated countenance of the L'allant 
 young reciter, Klixabeth kept time to%verv 
 
 soS','.''! '", '"""^ ■■'!"' ''■''' ""«"'•• ^\''"" tlio 
 N>iakei iKKl ce,i,scd, .she murmuicd over the last 
 
 mes as ,| scarce cons, ious that she was ovcr- 
 iieard, and as she uttered the words, 
 
 ' In maiden meditation, fancy free. 
 
 Mas ter Phihp Sidney [s, we know, a minion of 
 the Muses, and we are pleased it should ;.r so 
 Valour never shines to more advant.irfl than 
 Men united with the true ta.-t- aivi'-love , 
 otters. Hut surely there are some othc s an^nt' 
 ur J^oung courtiers who can recollect wh.t vuu^ 
 lordship has forgotten amid weightier .w;;,-:,'. I 
 ^Master Iressihan, you are described to mc as a 
 
 . Tre,ssilian-,s heart wa>; too heavy, hi.-, jirnsneets 
 m he too atal ly blighted, to profit by th } o 
 iimty which the i,ueen th.i.s' olfer.d to h n of 
 attra.;t.ng her attention, but he determined to 
 
 otvi^ir ' "^' .''•'"•"""« ''""''-^ICo" tlie score 
 of wantof rcc.llecf.on, he added that he believed 
 the beautiful ver.ses, of which n,y Lord of Leiccsf^J 
 
 SIC <lropped ,nto tlic Thames the .supplication of 
 Orson 'nimt, keeper of tlie royal l/e.'rs, to find 
 lore favourable acceptance at Sheer , ess, o 
 wherever the tide might waft it. 
 
 Leicester was si.urred to emulation by the 
 success of the young courtier's exhibition, as the' 
 \eteran ra<;cr is roused when a high-mettled colt 
 pas.s.js liim on the w.ay. He turned the discourse 
 on shows baminet.s, pageants, and on the cha- 
 racter ol those by whom these gay .scenes were 
 f^hen renuented. .He mixed ac^itt ob.servatiou 
 
 s f,> I i" r"' '" ' ."'* 'i"-^^ l"oportion which 
 ^as free a ike from malignant slander and insipid 
 piai.se. JJc niimickod with ready accent the 
 ">anners of the alfeeted or the cLnisli and 
 made his own graceful tone and manner seem 
 doubly such when he resumed it. ForeTgJ! 
 
 manners— the 
 and 
 
 I eountries,— their customs- their 
 mk^s of their cotirts- the fashions, and even the 
 diess of their ladies, were cipially his theme' 
 and seldom did he conclude without eonveyi,,,; 
 some compliment, alw.^iys couched in deli..iev 
 and expres.sed with propriety,, to the Virgin Qneen 
 lior court, and her government. Thu.s iia.ssed 
 the conversation during this j.leasurc voyuitc 
 seconded by the rest of the attendants urion 1 1„' 
 roya' jierson, in gay <liseonrse, varied by remarks 
 uuou ancient classics and modern authors, and 
 onnc led by maxims of deep policy and sound 
 nionvhty, by H.e sf.ttcsmcn'ai.d .sages who .sat 
 around, and mixed wi.sdom with tlie lighter talk 
 of a female c(mrt. '' 
 
 AVlie.i they returned to (he palace, Elizabetli 
 accejifcd, or rather selected, the arm of Leicester 
 
 120 ' 
 
258 
 
 ir.l VERI.E Y NO VELS 
 
 pi ii 
 lil 
 
 to sui>i)ort lior from tlio Htaii's where they hmderl 
 
 to the f,'i'(Mt ^ate. It even .seeiiiei! to him (though 
 that miglit arise Iroiii the llattery of ids own 
 iiiiagiiiatioii), tliat (luring tliis sliort passage, slio 
 leaned on liini somewhat more than the sli[)i)eri- 
 ness of the way necessarily demanded. Certainly 
 her actions and words eonihined to express a 
 degree of I'avour, whicli, even in his proudest 
 days, he had not till then attained. His rival, 
 indeed, was repeatedly graced liy the queen's 
 notice ; but it was in a luannci' that seemed to 
 flow less from .siiontaneous inclination, than as 
 extorted hy a sense of liis merit. And, in the 
 (ipinion of many expi'rienccd courtiers, all the 
 favour siie showed iiim was overlialanecd, by 
 her whispctiug in the ear ' i the Lady Derby, 
 tliat 'now she saw sickness was a better :"ilohemist 
 than she lieforo wotted of, .seeing it had changed 
 my Lord ul' Su.sscx's eo[)i)er nose into a golden 
 one.' 
 
 The jest transpired, and the Earl of Leicester 
 enjoyed his iriumph, as one to whom (!ourt favour 
 had been both the jirimary and the nltimato 
 motive of lilc, while he forgot, in the intoxication 
 of the moment, tlie perplexities and dangers of 
 his own situation. Inileed, strange as it may 
 appear, he thought less at that moment of the 
 jierils arising from his .secret union, than of the 
 marks of grace which Elizabeth from time to 
 time showed to young Ilaleigh. They wei'e in- 
 deed transient, but they were conferrcil on one 
 aeconi]ilisheil in mind and body, with gr.ice, 
 gallantry, literature, and valour. An accident 
 occurred in the course of the evening which 
 riveted Leicester's attention to this object. 
 
 The nobles and courtici's who had attended the 
 queen on her pleasure expedition, were invited, 
 with royal hosjiitality, to a s[)len(lid banquet in 
 the hall of the palace. The table was not, in- 
 deed, graceil by the presence of the sovereign ; 
 for, agreeable to her idea of what was at once 
 modest and dignilled, the Maiden ( jueen, on such 
 occasions, was wont to take in pi'ivate, or with one 
 or two favourite ladies, her light and temperate 
 meal. After a moih'rate interval, the court again 
 met in the siilcndid gardens of the ])a!ace ; and it 
 was while thus engaged, that the (pu_>en .suddenly 
 asked a lady, who was near to her both in place 
 and favour, what had become of the young S(iuirc 
 Lack-Cloak. 
 
 The Lady Paget answered, 'She had seen 
 Master Raleigh but two or three miinites since, 
 standing at the windiw of a small jiavilion or 
 lilcasure-house, which looked out on the Thames, 
 and writing on the glass with a diamond ring.' 
 
 'That ring,' .said the queen, 'was a small 
 token I gave him, to make amends for his spoiled 
 mantle. Come, Paget, let \ts see what use ho 
 has maile of it. for I can see through him already. 
 He is a marvellously sh.arp-witted sjiirit.' 
 
 They went to the s]iot, within sight of which, 
 but at some distance, the young cavalier still 
 lingered, as the fowler watches the net which he 
 has set. The (pieen a)qiro;iched the window, on 
 which Raleigh had u.sed her gift to inscribe the 
 following line : — 
 
 Fain would I climb, but th.it I fc.ii- to fali. 
 
 Tlie queen smile<l, read it twice over, once with 
 deliberation to Lady Paget, and once again to 
 
 herself. ' It is a pretty beginning,' she said, 
 after the consideration of a moment or two ; ' but 
 nietlunks the Muse hath deserted the young wit, 
 at the very outset of his task. It were good- 
 natured—were it not, Lady Paget— to eonijjlete 
 it for him f Try yonr rhyming faculties.' 
 
 Lady Paget, prosaic from her cradle upwards, 
 a,s ever any lady of the bedchamber before or 
 after her, disclaimed all possibility of assisting 
 the young poet, 
 
 ' Nay, then, wo must sacrifice to the Muses 
 ourselves,' said Elizabeth. 
 
 'The incense of no one can be more acceptable,' 
 said Lady Paget ; 'and your Highness will impose 
 such ol)ligation on the ladies of Parna.ssus ' 
 
 'Hush, Paget,' .said the queen, 'you speak 
 sacrilege against tiie ininio tal Nine— yet, virgins 
 themselves, they shotdd lie exorablc to a Virgin 
 Queen— and therefore— let me see liow runs liis 
 verse — 
 
 Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall. 
 
 Might not the answer (for fault of a better) run 
 thus ?— 
 
 If thy mind fail thee, do not climb at all.' 
 
 The dame of honour uttered an exclamation of 
 joy and surprise at so happy a termination ; and 
 certainly a worse h;is been applauded, even when 
 coming from a less distinguished author. 
 
 The ([ucen, thus encouraged, took off a 
 diamond ring, and saying, ' We will give this 
 gallant some cause of marvel, when he finds his 
 couplet perfected without his own interference,' 
 she wrote her own line beneath that of Raleigh. 
 
 The queen left the pavilion — but retiring 
 slowly, and often looking back, she could see the 
 young cavaliei- steal, with the flight of a lapwing, 
 towards the ])laee where he had seen her make a- 
 jiause ; — ' She .stayed but to observe,' as she said, 
 ' that her train had taken ; ' and then, laughing 
 at the circumstance with the Lady Paget, .she 
 took the way slowly towards the jialace. Eliza- 
 licth, as they returned, cautioned her eomi)anion 
 not to mention to any one the aid which she had 
 given to the young poet— ami Lady Paget pro- 
 mised .scrupulous secrecy. It is to be suj)posed 
 that !;he made a mental reservation in favour 
 of Leicester, to whom her ladyship transmitted 
 withotit delay an anecdote so Httle calculated to 
 give him pleasm-e. 
 
 Raleigh, in the meanwhile, stole back to the 
 window, and read, with a feeling of intoxication, 
 the encouragement thus given him by the queen 
 in person to follow out his ambitiou.scarcer, and 
 returned to Sussex ,nnd his retintie, then on the 
 ])oint of embarking to go up the river, his heart 
 beating high with gratified priile, and with Jiope 
 of future (listinetion. 
 
 The reverence due to the person of the carl 
 jHTvented any noti(!e being taken of the reception 
 he hail met with at court, until they had landed, 
 and the household were assembled in the great 
 hall at Saye's Court ; while that lord, exhausted 
 by his late illness, and the fatigues of the day, 
 had retired to his chamber, demanding the at- 
 tend.-ince of Waylsnd, bis successful pliy.sician. 
 "Wavl.ind, however, was nowhere to be found ; 
 and, while some of the jiarty were, with inilitary 
 iuqiatience, seeking him, and cursing ins absence, 
 
eginniiig,' she said, 
 nnomeut or two ; ' but 
 jortcd the young wit, 
 ask. It were good- 
 
 Paget — to complete 
 iug faculties. ' 
 
 lier cradle upwards, 
 idchaniber before or 
 saibility of assisting 
 
 ?rificn to the Muses 
 
 lie niun! accejitablc,' 
 [iighni'SH williniiio.se 
 
 i of I'arnasHUs ' 
 
 quei'ii, 'you speak 
 il Nine— yet, virgins 
 exora.lile to a Virgin 
 ne see how runs his 
 
 hat I fear to fall, 
 ault of a better) run 
 
 lot climb at all.' 
 
 h1 an exclamation of 
 a termination ; and 
 iplauded, even when 
 slied author, 
 r-iged, took olf a 
 ' \Ve will give tliis 
 , when he finds his 
 s own interference,' 
 ith that of Raleigh, 
 lion — but retiring 
 ■k, she could see the 
 ! flight of a lapwing, 
 lad seen her make a- 
 bscrve,' as she .said, 
 and then, laughing 
 le Lady Paget, she 
 the palace. Eliza- 
 ined her eoni]ia!iioii 
 
 aid wbicli she had 
 id Lady Paget pro- 
 t is to be sujiposed 
 wrvatiou in favour 
 dyship tran.smitted 
 
 1 little calculated to 
 
 ;, stole back to the 
 :iiig of intoxication, 
 n liiin liy tlie (piccn 
 iibitious career, and 
 ptinue, then on the 
 the river, liis lieart 
 ride, and with hope 
 
 jierson of the carl 
 ken of the reception 
 :il they had landed, 
 milled in the great 
 hat lord, exhausted 
 atigues of the day, 
 demanding the at- 
 iccessftil ]iliy.sieia)i. 
 •here to he found ; 
 were, with iuilitary 
 cursing ids absence. 
 
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 ;S's.-Sfli F"^'!'™•- 
 Stanley just then entered the liall and ..,u1 1. 
 Tres.sdian, 'My lord i« noii;,, «• ' ^''"' *° 
 
 I'o go to niv Imd t ,,""'""'""'"'■}'"". "or will 
 1 1 , V """ t"' no sees von Tim 4■„^} 
 
 looks as he were mazed methini?' T ^''^'?"°«' 
 ^vould see him imme,?kte|y ■ '^'~^ ''°"'^' >^°" 
 
 o>>s^,.d^t,:^^t.;ioS;:rc:;;=^ 
 
 j-.- seen, and seeing not Lrhe'::-,!''jii 
 LaJt"2,r'V'l^^.:!i'!'-?^-'-'-i'l the artist 
 
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 'T..O*- . ,-7"" '"J >'!<• master, .s; 
 Ldst night, a friend, whom I 
 
 had acquired. 
 
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 Tr3°"„""" '»" ""* !«'» n.i.'.aU,,,'»ld 
 
 liitn amoiiL'st a millin,, it ^ "cart would know 
 
 praised, as I can from him T will „nt- i 
 
 ,1 'iVl'""'' ■'*l"i»v '■'""■' Iii'lia. Ea.l »!■ Wet 
 
 Iho artist expressed himself willing to receive 
 ('lies (.ushng and J,im, and tokl what liad 1 p^t 
 
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 U\ ., 
 
 iill 
 
 ovor |iollutc(l Iiuuia'iity, — And yot let liini tako 
 care of nil'. 1 lly liiiii now, as licrctofoic ; Imt 
 if, liko till! Scottish wild eattli',* I am vexed by 
 frequent piiisuit, I may turn on him in hate and 
 de,s]ieration. -Will yoiu' honour eommand my 
 nai{ to he waddled ? 1 will Imt j^ivo the nicdieino 
 to my lord, divided in its pioijov proportions, 
 with a few instriietions. His sal'ety will then 
 di^jicnd on the eare of his friends and domestics 
 — fur the past ho is guarded, but let him beware 
 of the future.' 
 
 Wayland .Snntli accordiufjly made his farewell 
 visit to the Earl of Sussex, dictated instructions 
 as to hia regimen, and ]irecantions coneeriuuf,' 
 his iliet, and left Saye's Court without waitiny 
 for niornin''. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI II. 
 
 The momunl comes — 
 
 It is alre.idy come — when thou must write 
 The absolute total c)f thy life's vast siun. 
 The constellations stand victorious o'er thee, 
 The planets shoot Kc^d fortime in fair junctions, 
 And tell thee, ' Now's the time.' 
 
 ScHiLLiiK's Wallenstein, iiv Coi.KKiui ii;. 
 
 WiiKN Leicester returned to his lod;,'inj;, after 
 a day so important and so harassinj,', in which, 
 after riding out more than one gale, and touching 
 on more than one shoal, his bark had finally 
 gaino<l the harbour with banner disiilayed, he 
 .seemed to experience as much fatigue as a mariner 
 after a perilous storm. He spoke not a word 
 while his ehaniberlain exchanged his rich conrt- 
 mantlc for a furred night-rolte, and when this 
 olHcer signifieil that .Master Varney desired to 
 speak with his lordship, he replied oidy by a 
 sullen nod. Varney, however, entered, accepting 
 this signal as a permission, and the chamberlain 
 withdrew. 
 
 The earl remained silent and almost motionless 
 in his chair, his head reclined on his hand, and 
 his elbow resting upon the table whi('h stood 
 beside him, without seeming to bo conscious of 
 the entrance, or of the presence, of his conlidant. 
 Varney waited for some minutes until he slioidd 
 speak, desirous to know what was tlin liuallj- pre- 
 dominant mood of a mind, through which so 
 many powerful emotions had that day taken 
 their course. Hut ho waited in vain, for Leicester 
 continued still silent, and the conlidant .saw 
 himself under the ncci-ssity fif l)cing the tirst to 
 speak. 'May I congratidate your lordshiji,' he 
 said, ' on the deserved su[ieriority ynw have this 
 day attained over yoiu' most formidable rival ?' 
 
 Leicester raised his head, and answered .sadly, 
 but without anger, ' Thou, Varney, whoso reacly 
 invention has involved me in a web of most mean 
 and perilous falsehood, knowcrt best what small 
 reason there is for gratidation on the subject.' 
 
 ' Do you blame me, my lord,' said \^arney, ' for 
 not betraying on thcfirst push, the secretonwhii'h 
 your fortunes depended, and which you have so oft 
 
 * A remnant of the wild calllc of Scoll.-ind arc preserved 
 at ChilllriKhani Castle, near Wooler, in Northumberland, 
 the seat of Lord Tankerviiie. They fly ijeforc stranpers ; 
 but if disturbed and followed, they turn with fury on those 
 who persist in annoying them. f.Sec also note to Castle 
 Dangerous— ' Scottish Wild Cattle.'] 
 
 and so earnestly recommended to my safe keep- 
 ing'? Your lordshif) was irre.sent in peison, and 
 might have contradicted me and ndned ymirself 
 by an avowal of tln^ truth ; but sm-ely it was no 
 part of a faithfid .servant to have done so without 
 your commands.' 
 
 1 1 cannot deny it, Varney,' .said the carl, 
 rising and walking across the room ; ' my own 
 ambiiion has been traitor to my love.' 
 
 'Say rather, my lord, that your love has been 
 traitor to your greatness, anil barred you from 
 such a prospect of honour and jjowtr as the 
 world cannot uU'er to any other. To make my 
 honoured lady a countess, you have missed the 
 chance of being yourself 
 
 He paused, and seemed unwilling to complete 
 the sentence. 
 
 ' Of being myself wfail ! ' demanded Leicester ; 
 'sjieak out thy meaning, \'arney.' 
 
 'Of being yoiM'self a KlXd, my lord,' replied 
 Varney ; '.and King of England to boot I— It is 
 no treason to our (^>ucen to say >o. It would 
 have chanced by her obtaining that which all 
 true subjects wish her — a lusty, noble, and 
 gallant husband.' 
 
 'Thou ravest, Varney,' answered Leicester. 
 ' Besides, oiu' times have .seen enough to make 
 men loathe (he I'rown niatiimonial which men 
 take from their wives' lap. There was Darnley 
 of Scotland.' 
 
 ' He ! ' said Varney ; ' a gull, a fool, a thrice 
 sodden ass, who .sullered himself to be tired otV 
 into the air like a rocket on a rejoicing day. 
 Had Mary had the hap to have wedded the 
 noble Karl, once destined to share her throne, she 
 had ex])ericnced a husband of dilferent metal ; 
 and her husband had found in her a wife as 
 comjilying and loving as the mate of the meanest 
 sijuirc, who follows the hounds a-horsebaek, ami 
 holds licr husband's bridle as he mounts.' 
 
 ' It might have been as thou saycst, Varney,' 
 said Leicester, a brief smile of self-satisfaction 
 jiassing over his anxious countenance. 'Henry 
 Darnley knew little of women — with Mary, a 
 man who knew her sex might have had some 
 chance of holding his own. But not with Eliza- 
 beth, Varney — for I think God, when he gave her 
 the heart of a woman, gave her the head of a man 
 to control its follies. — No, I know her— She will 
 .accept love-tokens, ay, and reipiite them ■with the 
 like — put sugared sonnets in her bosom, — ay, and 
 answer them too— pn.sh gallantry to the very verge 
 where it becomes exchange of alToctiDn — but she 
 writes)n7 idtra to all which is to follow, and would 
 not barter one iota of her own .supreme power for 
 all the alphabet of both Cupid and Hymen.' 
 
 'The better for you, my lord,' said Varney, 
 'that is, in the ease supposed, if such be her 
 dis[)osition ; since you think j-ou cannot aspire 
 to become her hu.sband. Her favourite yon are, 
 and may remain, if the lady at Cumnor Place 
 continues in her present obscurity.' 
 
 'Poor Amy !' said Leicester, ■with a deep sigh ; 
 ' she desires so earnestly to be acknowledged in 
 presence of God and man ! ' 
 
 'A}', but, my loi'd,' said V.arney, 'is her 
 desire rcason.'ible ? — tli.at is the (juestion. — Her 
 religious scruples are solved — she is an honoured 
 and beloved wife — enjoying the .society of her 
 husband at such times as las weightier duties 
 
d to my safe koop- 
 soiit ill jioi'soii, and 
 ;uiil ruined yourself 
 )Ut surely it was no 
 ave done so without 
 
 ey,' said the carl, 
 le room ; ' my own 
 my love.' 
 
 your lovo 1ms beeii 
 d barred you from 
 and ] lower as the 
 her. To make my 
 u have missed the 
 
 willing to completo 
 
 cmaiidfd Leicester ; 
 
 "»■}■•' 
 
 i, my lord,' replied 
 and to l)oot !— It is 
 say >o. It would 
 ing tiiat which all 
 lusty, noble, and 
 
 nswcrcd Lcicpstcr. 
 n enough to make 
 monial which men 
 There was Daridey 
 
 dl, a fool, a thrice 
 self to be tired off 
 n a rejoicing day. 
 
 have wedded the 
 lare hor throne, slio 
 of ditierent metal ; 
 . in her a wife as 
 nate of the meanest 
 Is a-horseback, anc], 
 he mounts.' 
 on ^^ayest, Varney,' 
 
 of self-sati.sfaction 
 itenance. ' Henry 
 on— with ilary, a 
 ht have had some 
 lint not with Eli/.a- 
 1, when he gave her 
 rthe head of a man 
 :now hor — She will 
 [uite them with the 
 er bosom, — ay, and 
 try to the very verge 
 ' aiTcction — but she 
 ;o follow, and would 
 
 sujirome power for 
 1 and Hymen.' 
 lord,' said Varney, 
 id, if such be her 
 
 j-ou cannot aspire 
 • favoui'itc yon are, 
 ' at Cumnor Place 
 irity.' 
 
 , with a deep sigh ; 
 le acknowledged in 
 
 I Varney, ' is her 
 he (juestion. — Her 
 she is an honoured 
 the society of her 
 is weightier duties 
 
 h'ENHAVORTH 
 
 liprmit nm to nITord her his companv-AVlnt 
 would she more ? I am right sure ll,at"a lady .. 
 gent e and so lovnig would consent to live 1 
 hie through ,n a certain obs.urity- which is 
 ""■'•all not d.n.mer than whcu'she was ai 
 L.lcoteFla I- rather than diniiuish the lea.t 
 jot .,( her ords lu.uours anrl greatness by a 
 liremature attempt to share them ' 
 
 'There is something in what' thou sayest ' 
 ?.iti !T'T' '"'^J','-''' '^I'l'^''^'-'"'- l».'.-e were 
 :'li ir?i n """^ .''" *"-•«" 'It Kenihvorth ; 
 il;SS.'"" ""^ ""■«^' ''-' «'"^ ''- - 
 ' Let ,m, sleep on that point,' said N'arnev • ' I 
 cannot else perfect the device I have on the 
 .thy, which I trust will satisfy the C..uee a 1 
 please my honoured lady, yet leave this liv a 
 s ere where it is now buri,.i_-Has your lont 
 ship hirthcr commands for the ni-ht '' 
 
 'I would be alone,' said Leicester. 'Leave 
 mo, and j.lace my steel casket on the table -He 
 within summons.' 
 
 Varney retired -and the earl, opcnin.. the 
 window of his apartment, looked,,,, I, ,,7 an 
 anxiously upon the brilliant host of stars wl 
 glimmered in the .splendour of a summer hi,,' a- 
 nient. Ihe words burst from ),{„, as at unawares 
 — 1 had never more need that tl,,' hcavenlv 
 I'od.es should befriend i„c, f„,. „,y eart v , a Ii 
 IS darkened and confused.' - ^ 
 
 It is well known that the ago renosed a dee,, 
 eonlidence in the vain predi^tioi^- iu,£ 
 astrology, and Lcic-ester, though exempt ,'o 
 1 e general control of superstition, was' no 
 this respect superior to his time ; but, o , the 
 contrary, was remarkable for the o icou-'a-a' ,i e t 
 which he gave to the professors of this nC,d 
 sc'.cnce. Indeed, the wish .o pry ii to fu u, , 
 so general among the human U,, is p • ; 
 to be found amongst those who ii^ad in " it • 
 myseries, an.l the dangerous intri-nies a i 
 abals of courts ^Vith hcc.lful precaution to 
 if, T el";'' ''"", opened, or its locks tampercl 
 with Leicester applied a key to the steel casket 
 ami drew from it, lirst, a paivel of gol S ' 
 Inch he put ntoa silk pu/so : then a pa c e t 
 
 and ca Culations ase<I in framing horoscopes o,, 
 which he gazed intently lor a few mo ,mm k 
 astly, took forth a large key, which, lilti, g'a.s 
 the tapestry, he applied to a little comva, e 
 doom the corner of the apartment, and, ope, i, ' 
 S't^I,r;vaTl °"'*''"''''^ ■■" t''« thickness 
 
 'Alasco,' said tho earl, with a voice raised 
 3ct no higher raised than to be hea.'d bv tb 
 ".;d«ofthesmallt,,,T^ttowhi::i;\h:fi 
 iimu tod— 'Alasco, I sav, descend.' 
 
 above ""ti,o'7 \°''V "'''^"■"r' '' '■"^'<^ l"''-"" 
 !l oui 1 " [""* "^ •■'" "««'' man was heard 
 
 WHS .iff "■'' 'T'"''""'"*- Tl'"^ astrologer 
 
 a'c^fi '•"'■;"■ r^ '"''''''^ "'"^'1' advanced in 
 ag«, lor lus bea.'d was long and white and 
 
 -,.c,ed.^r his black doi,ble?dow-nt:Slk 
 -'Idle. His liair wiis nt <-l,o c.,,,,„ ,.,„n..r.n i 
 iMU his eyebrows were ai" da,:k ^s he Sli ^ 
 ;>emng black eyes which they shad 1, a ,,1 t, 
 -"l.iantygave^a wild and singular ckst to tl e 
 Pl'vsiognomy of the old man. ^His cheek was 
 
 261 
 
 ■still fresh and niddy, and the eves we ],avo 
 •ncntioned resembled those uf a rat "in acute ,'^s 
 
 and even herceness of expiess His , ,nn le,' 
 
 was not without a sort'ot dignity; a i' b e 
 .McrpreteroftI,estars,tl,o,,gh,.;;,,e^,r,,Ue;.,, 
 .iltog.;ther at his ease, and even assumed a tune 
 o 'nstruct,on and con„„ai,d in coi,versi,„Mvi h 
 the prime favomite of Klizabeth, 
 
 '\our progmwtications have 'failiMl. Alasco' 
 
 uon.-i — He is reeoveiing, 
 
 'My son,' replied the astrologer, 'let mo 
 ■■pnndyon, I warranted not his death -lois 
 hero any prognostication that .an be derived 
 from the heavenly bodies, their aspects and ,'i 
 
 in<;S..rSme,uL"' '''^"' '^ ^■'""' "'^■^'^■^ ^ ' 
 
 it !.?,! ''',""''' '"^•■'^""''••n'lied the oh) man, '.since 
 It can show the natural and probable c. nirse of 
 
 ^;::;:*^'^'tlHmghtl,atco,,rsen!ovesins,bo, na 
 on to a Higher Power. Thus, in review m, 
 the hoi'oscope which your lonlship subjected tS 
 
 'l?e i' ' ?r"" "" "''■^^^'•"' *'"'^ Sa't„rn,''be ; In 
 
 the i.vtl. House 11, opposition to Mars, retro-.^ido 
 
 1 i the House of Life, cannot but denote „d 
 
 dangerous s,ckne8s, the is.sue whereof is n t le 
 
 11 ot Heaven, though dc:itl, may proba y e 
 
 Iw nl" ""^ 1' " \ '^""^- t''^ >'an,e of the pa ty" 
 1 W(mld erect another .schen,e.' ^ 
 
 'His iiaino is a secret,' sai<l the earl ; 'vet I 
 
 aill f,7" ; '>• I"'«""'^ti''!'V<"' I'ath not been uii- 
 
 aitl lul. He has been sick, ai„I dangerouslv .so 
 
 not however to death. But hast tl,o,7 a<M n east 
 
 ny horoscope as \-arney dire..ted thccCl a t 
 
 X!rru;:o?^^^^^^''"''''-^''-^'^''"^"i^ 
 
 'My art stands at your command,' .said the 
 
 ?o t,r" 'l ",r' 'r'!'^^' '">■ •^""' ''^ »'"■ "'ap of thy 
 It one , bi, li,;„,t ,i, aspect as ever 1,...,, e,l fr.i 
 to.se blessed signs whereby our lite is intiuonced 
 clangers.' "'''"^"''■'^'' '''''' ^'''''' ''"""'Ities, and 
 
 wil?'^ '"i^r'''' "?"'■' ^'''■'" '"°'tal were it other- 
 ^Mse, ...aid the earl : 'procecb lather, ami belie", 
 yon s],eak with one ready to uiKl-rg. his des , v 
 
 'Thy courage to do and to sutler must bo 
 w-und up yet a strain Ligher,' said the oTi n.an 
 lie star.s intimate v-f a piomler title, yet a 
 
 ii' noribr-n, 'I '■' '"' ''•"": ^" «""* theil',?.;L! 
 ing, not lor me to name it. 
 
 voir'sn;,'l 'fi ' ''""■i"'^J-""-"ameit, I command 
 .spoke '^''' '■'''S^'t'^>'i"g as he 
 
 ma'n^ "''^Tw' ""f ^ ^^"1 .'"'t,' replied the old 
 lion. But mark, and judge for thyself. Hero 
 A onus, a.scendant in the House of Life, and com 
 
 iZ^'w' I?'- ""'■"'•■'* ''°"" tl'-t flood of 
 Mlver ligh blent u-,tli gold, which promises 
 I'ower, wealth, dig. 'tv -all that the ,,,•,,!, w'trt 
 
 iiev^i";},;^?'"" /'''*" ""■•' abundance, 'tha 
 nevoi the lutiire Augustus of that old and n iahtv 
 Rome heard from his IJan>spices such a ale o^ 
 
 ^'^i;i^iii^tS:j'''^^''"^ '--"'«''*-'' 
 
202 
 
 fVA VRRI.EY NO VElS 
 
 
 'Thou (lost 'lut ji'Kt witli me, I'athiM',' said 
 tlu^ ivirl, iistoiiisliL'd at ilm strain of ciitlmHiii.sni 
 ill whii.'li till' astn)lof,'(;i' ik'livui'nl liis urorlictioii. 
 'Is it fill' liim to Jest wild liatli liiti eye on 
 Iieavoii, who hath liis loot in tht^ graven ;' I'fturniiil 
 till! oM man soh.'innly. 
 
 Till! I'arl iiiaili! two or three strides throiigli the 
 apiii'tmi'iil, with his haiiil uiitstrelehed, as one 
 will) loliows the heekoniiii,' sij,'iial of some ])lian- 
 toiii, wiviii;,' him on to deeds of hij,'h iinjioit. 
 As he turned, however, ho eaught the eye of the 
 asti'oloi^'er llxedoii him, i' liile au oliscrving glance 
 of the most shrewd pi'iiet ration shot from iinih'r 
 the (lentlumsu of his shas,'gy dark eyebrows. 
 Leicester's Jiaiighty and suspicious soul at once 
 caught lire ; he darted towards the old man 
 from the farther end of the lofty apartment, 
 only standing still when his exteniled hand was 
 within a foot of the astrologr's liody. 
 
 ' Wretch ! ' he said, ' if voii ilare to palter with 
 me, I will have your skin strip|ied from your 
 living llosh !— Confess thou hast been hired to 
 deceive and to betray me— that thou art a cheat, 
 and I thy silly [irey and booty ! ' 
 
 The old man exhibiteil some symptoms of 
 emotion, but not more than the furious deport- 
 iiifiiit of his patron might have extorted from 
 innocence itself. 
 
 'What means this violence, my lord?' he 
 answered, -or in what can I havo uosorved it at 
 your hands ? ' 
 
 'Give me proof,' said the earl v.-heiri'r.tly, 
 'that you havo not tampered with mine ..niiii.ies.' 
 'My lord,' replied the old man, ■.'';!. l| i!i;.;uity, 
 'you can havo no better proof iliiii r!„i~ v.hicli 
 you yourself elected. In that tmr. •, i. havo 
 spout the last twenty-four hours, under chi key 
 which has been in your own custody. The hours 
 of darkness I have spent in gazirg on the heavenly 
 bodies with these dim eyes, ami during those of 
 light . have toiled this aged brain to complete 
 the calculation arising from their combinations. 
 Earthly food I have not, tasted— earthly voice I 
 have not heard— you are yourself aware I had 
 no means of doing so — and yet I tell you — I who 
 have been thus shut up in solitude and study- 
 that within these twenty-four hours your star 
 has beoomo predominant in the horizon, and 
 either the bright book of heaven speaks false, or 
 there must havo been a proiiortionate revolution 
 in your fortunes upon earth. If nothing has 
 happened within that spacic to secure your power, 
 or advance your favour, then am I indeed a 
 cheat, and the divine art, which was tirst devised 
 in the plains of Chaldea, is a foul imposture.' 
 
 'It is true,' said Leieesti'r, after a moment's 
 retlcetion, ' thou wert closely immured — and it 
 is also true that the change has takiui place in 
 my situation which thou sayest the horoscope 
 indicates.' 
 
 ' Whereforo this distrust, then, my son ? ' said 
 the astrologer, assuming a tone of admonition ; 
 ' the celestial intelligences brook not dilHdenco, 
 even in their favourites.' 
 
 'Peace, father,' answered Leicester; 'I liavc 
 erred in donating thee. Not to mortal man, 
 nor to Celestial intelligence under tliat which 
 is supremo — ^will Dudley's liiis say more in on- 
 doscension or apology. Speak rather to ilie 
 present purpose. — Amid these briglit promises, 
 
 tlii.ii hast said there wa.s a threatening » ipoct — 
 Can thy skill tell whence, or by whose meuis, 
 suili danger seems to impend V 
 
 ' Thus far only,' answered theastr. loger, 'does 
 my art enable nu! to answer yum ii'iery. The 
 infortuiie is tiiicatenril by the niilignant and 
 adveise aspect, through means of a youth— and, 
 as I think, a rival ; liiit whether iu love or in 
 liriiice's lavoiir, 1 know not; nor can I give 
 further indication rcspeeting him, save that he 
 comes from the western ipiartcr.' 
 
 'The western— ha!' replied Leicester, 'it is 
 enough— the teiiiju st does indeed brew in that 
 miarter !— Cornwall and Devon — Raleigh ami 
 Tressilian-- one of them is indicated— 1 iniist 
 bewaro of both.— Father, if I lm\ e done thy skill 
 injustice, I wUl make thee a lordly reconipense.' 
 
 He took II purse of gold lioni the strong cask' i 
 which stood before him. ' Have thou double 
 the recompense which N'arney promised, lie 
 faithful— be secret— obey the directions thou 
 shalt receive from my master of the horse, and 
 grudge not a little seclusion or restraint in my 
 cause— it si, ill bo richly con.sidcred.— Here, 
 Variioy— conduct this venerable man to thine 
 own lodging— tend him hcedfully in all things, 
 but .see that ho holds communication with 
 no one.' 
 
 Varney bo'.ved, and the astrologer kissed the 
 earl's hand in token of adieu, and tbUowed tlio 
 master of the horse to another apartment, in 
 which were placed wine and refreshments for 
 his use. 
 
 The astrologer sat down to his repast, whilo 
 Varney shut two doors with great precaution, 
 examined the tajiestry, lest any listener lurked 
 behind it; and then, sitting down opposite to 
 the sage, began to question liim. 
 
 'Saw you my signal from the court beneath ?' ' 
 
 'I did,' said Alasco, for by such name he was 
 at present called, 'and shaped the lioro.seopo 
 accordingly.' 
 
 'And it passed njion the patron without clial- 
 lenge ? ' continued \'ariiey. 
 
 ' Not without challenge,' replied the old man, 
 ' but it did pass ; and I added, as before agrec.l, 
 danger from a discovered secret, and a western 
 youth.' 
 
 ' My lord's fear will stand sponsor to the one, 
 and his conscience to the other, of these prog- 
 nostications,' ro]ilied Varney. ' Sure never man 
 chose to run such a race as his, yet continued to 
 retain those silly scruiilcs ! I am fain to cheat 
 him to his own protit. But touching your 
 matters, .sage interpreter of the stars, I can tell 
 you more of your own fortune than ]ilan or ligiire 
 can show. Vou must lie gone from heiico forth- 
 with.' 
 
 ' I will not,' said Alasco jieevishly. ' I havo 
 been too much hurried up and down of late — 
 immured for day and night in a desolate turret- 
 chamber — I must enjoy my liberty, and pursue 
 iny studies, which are of more Import than the 
 fate of fifty statesmen and favourites, that rise 
 and burst like bubbles iu the atmosphere of a 
 court.' 
 
 'At your pleasure,' said Varney, witli a sneer 
 that liabit had rendered familiar to his features, 
 and which forms the ]irincipal characteristic 
 which painters have assigned to that of Satan 
 
 i 
 
 No one bu 
 
 tliou hast 
 
 Kosy Cross 
 
 us thou. 
 
 .seasoning ' 
 
 more surel; 
 
 •chemical sc 
 
 'Thouai 
 
 Alasco ; ' i 
 
 not sjieak c 
 
 'And mi 
 
 them,' ans\ 
 
 will not (pii 
 
 to live on c 
 
 without iea 
 
 art to tail tl 
 
 'The Eai 
 
 replied the 
 
 aseeiulant b 
 
 'Awav wi 
 
 ' think'st tl 
 
 with ? ' 
 
 'I crave ; 
 
 'and swear' 
 
 that could h 
 
 man living i: 
 
 myself— mor 
 
 hi particular 
 
 imist needs s 
 
 a constitutio 
 
 never before 
 
 'There wa; 
 
 upon liim," 1 
 
 flection. 'A 
 
 England wlio 
 
 'One man 
 
without dial- 
 
 - At vour plpttmir..,' ho said ; 'you ,„ay ..mjov 
 your liGurty a„;l your .stn.li, s until 11... ,V.^^"^, 
 
 dov.^M and UKainst y • ril,.s,' "ih. , u 
 
 tMim.l|:alo,amlVan...y,Mou.ncK.,l. -W t v 
 
 no h. LtlM.ll.red a nVar.1 lor tiM. an h/.S 
 au,l ,,o.sou.veu,k.r, Donictrius, wh., .„' ..Win 
 l,r..f.ou.s s|,„.,..s to hi. lora.l,i,,\s cook ^U 1 u 
 turn you ,,al,., M iimul ' Docs Uali ahva I v .o 
 au mtortun,. iu ,1m.. Ilou.se of UU^^ylZk 
 tlu.e, «o will Imvu then down to au old 1,,',,,'' ol 
 
 nin.omthoc.onntry, wlu,,.t]>uu«l,altl dtl 
 a hol-iiailed slaw, whom thy alcheuiy uiay o 
 
 ^^r^c^Si?^"^-'' -'---'- i« 
 
 A.a;^^fe/:wih't;zifis?r^itt 
 
 wuU kuowu that I have, ap ,roaolu d ,^,„r; „ea,lv 
 
 o >r„ject.on th.u auy h./mctio a,,i.t wh.3 
 
 ts. There a,,- uot m.v cheuiists in the world 
 
 :;::ni:^Z!i:^ ^" approximation to^S 
 
 'Come, oome,;,said Varney, iutr,ruptiu- him 
 
 "hat means this, in the name ot Heaven" jo 
 
 r 'r.}T '"" """^'"^'' ^ J '"'licvo tl, to 1. 
 .so i»;rlect-.so very ,,er(ect in the mystery ot 
 
 ttl^Eaf^'rVr-'"''''^-''''!-''^''--^.^ 
 Ulou tJiy.Mlt; and, without cea.sini; to dune 
 others, ha.st beeome a speeies of d J^e to . e 
 VM imagination. IJ],,}, ,„„ (,,. ; "', , ,"_V ^'^ 
 an learned, and shalt have elasM..al'edmfort :- 
 Ne quisquam Ajacum possit superaro nisi Ajax. 
 
 V . vant Who miftlit have Htolen tluH of „... 
 o it; v" '''''*-''■ "■'■'■■•'■^'''^''■'- '""-", ut 
 
 ■ 'tiel .sue, ll,terl<,pers to interlele in u v trid 
 !'■ l.iu.s into MO mysteries m,.re, 1 ,sar L v : 
 "'•- a^ I "ell believe, he bath l', , ' , j 
 
 '"•aveu „M till, win^-of a lierviln-,, i 
 
 r''''V-^ l«uti.^hisret,'^a';^ ,'Xll''i 
 
 Imvethenseofmineelaboratoryc ' ' 
 
 '01 a whole work.>bon, man,' .said Variiev 
 
 <or a reverend tatber albot, «l,o Ms i.^^to 
 
 "HUt e IS, a .seore o| y,,us mwv, bad a ebemist's 
 comj^Me apparatus, .. ,,.,\,,, .',,;"', 
 
 •aNebebMHilnmtob ,.sor.s. Tbon sb.lt 
 
 ""?:'r''>'l'y-'!"l'ndi, ,a,li;amn,ia'e;;;nd 
 
 ' ''ecmiif a 
 
 >;";ltiply, r.util tbo Clivn 'Dragon 1 
 
 be newer pi i.i.se ot 
 
 .^aid tbe 
 :rilidiii'' 
 
 No one but tliy.self ,,ould have -idled tbee-and 
 
 Kosv 'v' 'r1 ""^ "'"•'" '^-tlKMllood of U 
 Kosy Ciuss beMd..-none so deep ia tbe mvsle n 
 as tliou. I lit l,a,.k il„, i„ thine ,., a f t ,i 
 casoniiig wbieb spieed Sus.sex'.s biotl lomd t 
 >"ore surely J would have thou^dit be t,. o It le 
 •chemical se.enee tliou dost boasFs. bH ly - ^'" 
 
 Ahseo""'"' ' '"•Iff \'"''"'' ^--'-y-'^q-lied 
 
 uo\"i:;kof;Ln.-''"'''°^"''''"^^^^ 
 
 'And many sjicak of tlieni who dare not do 
 then, answered Varney; 'but be not wroth- I 
 will not quarrel ^vith thee-If I did I were fai> 
 
 "iinout eai. Tell mo at onee, how lauie thine 
 art to ail thee at this ,,reat m'ergency '" *''"'" 
 
 renSlfby 1 f"'^''''''' 1" '■ ".scope intimate.s,' 
 rej.hed the astrolo^^.r, 'that the .simi of the 
 ascendant being in combustion ' " 
 
 'tbfnv' V 'l!'^ ^'""': -'''''Ci^l'.' "eplied Varney • 
 ^^tlnnkst thou U is tbe patron 'thou speak^st 
 
 'I crave your pardon,' replied the old man 
 
 that could have .saved the Earl's life • .1 1 
 ...a^living in England ku.^s IbJ'lintU li; ^^.^^ 
 }self-n loreover, as the ingredients, one of thein 
 
 inust needs suppose his escape was owin.- to such 
 a constitution of lungs and vitil , . t" , 
 never before bound uKiody of 'da;:*' " "" 
 IJiere was some fi'k of a mml- — 'li- ... •» j 
 
 One man there was,' .said the doctor, 'once 
 
 .golden goo.se, „!■ wbatever tlu 
 tbe brotherhood may te.stifv ' 
 
 'Thou art rigbt, .Master \-armv 
 alchemist, setting his teetli .lo.se, an! 
 tbeiu togetbei—tboii art riglii even in TiVy verv 
 -'"tempt of rigbt and rea.sCn. Ko lat\lou 
 saycst 11. mockery, may in .sober vcrit cb 
 u happen ere we meet ag.ain. If tbe m.it v . • 
 
 II tliemo.st learned ol our own bave ii<d,tlv 
 ece,v,.d it_if I i,,.ve been ac.cptcd wbe r; '^ 
 
 ins nnyeiled her tlarkcst secrets — if 1 bav., 
 
 be Jeuisb Cabala, s,> tbat tbe greyest beard in 
 lie synagogue w.iild biusb tbe- steps to make 
 lu'tu clean lor nic-if all tbis is .so, ami if tber." 
 vm..ins bii one step-one little . tep-- et ix 
 ';y long, deep and dark, and subtc inean 
 l;"^«r.^s. and tbat blaxe of ligbt wl. c 1 a 
 ■show .Nature watching bcr ricbrst an. 1 ■ i, os 
 « onous modu.tiuns in tl... very ciadb'-one te^ 
 betwixt depe.Kb.nce and the poWcrof sovcr dgi ■ 
 -one step betu.M j.overty and .such a sin of 
 wealth as earth, witbont' tbat noble sc cet 
 cannot niinistcr from all her mines ii be old , ,' 
 t e new- oiiiHl world-if this be all so Li no 
 misonablc tbat to tbis I dedicate my I, ture 1 b 
 
 secure. b,rab,i,r,„,,iodofstudious^p e to 
 
 lis above the mean depemlence upon' favour 1,. 
 
 lt::'J;;f';;,''^:!:°i'!'L«°°'^'^ther,;sai,i 
 
 vaniey, with the usimi ^ard^iTe;;;:;:::.'!...'';;! 
 
 ■■•die lie on bis cuntenance ; 'yet al this a 
 l;.■o^•..n,,t.o,,totbepbilosopher',s^ston\ .^^^^^^^^^^ 
 not one single crown out of my Lord Leb-e U, 's 
 l"'"f . and h,r less out of Richard Varney 's-'; 
 nnis. '...v.. earthly and .substantial services man 
 
 Snb;b''';i,r''n''f '''°v^'"«^deh;;j;w : 
 
 in> pnue i)iiical charlatanry. 
 
 '% .s. Varney,' said tbe alchemist, 'the 
 bc'>';'..«^'i'''^''^';l.a.-onnd tlue like a fro t-fo7 
 ath dimmed thine acute perception to thai 
 w neb IS a stun, ding-bloek to be wise a 
 winch yet, to bin. who seeketb k, owl dge v' 
 humility, e.vtends a lesson so cIp,.,- tbaM.o vb^ 
 runs may read. Hath not Art^th nk'st tlm 
 tbe means of completing Nature'; erfect co ! 
 me ak V" '"^'V'^«'-''"l't« to form the "ec io « 
 metals, even as by art we can perfect those other 
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 !VA VERI.E y NOl 'E/.S 
 
 ticiM, aiicl similar i)r(ji'p,ssi'.s of an ordinary 
 (icsL'iiiition, by wliich wo extract lilc itsoll' out 
 of ii senseless efjg, smnnion purity and vitality 
 out of nniddy drej^s, or call into vivaeity the 
 inert su))stanee of a sluf,'j;isli liiiuid ?' 
 
 'I liiive heard all tliis liefoie,' said Varney, 
 'and my heart is proof uj^ainst sneh eant ever 
 sinee I sent twenty ;,'ood j,'old pieees (marry, it 
 was in the nonai,'e of my wit) to advaneo" tiio 
 {,'raiid maj,'istt!riuni, all whieh, Uod help the 
 while, vanished in fitino. Since that moment, 
 when I jiaid for my freedom, I defy chemistry, 
 astroloi,'y, palmistry, and every other occult art, 
 were it as secret as liell itself, to unloose the 
 stricture of my purse-strinf,'s. Marry, I neither 
 defy the manna of Saint Nicholas, nor can 1 
 disiiense with it. The first task must be to 
 jirepare somi; when thou j,'ett'st down to my little 
 secpiestered retreat yonder, and then make as 
 much <;old as thou wilt.' 
 
 ' I will make no more of that dose,' replied the 
 alchenust r(^solutelj'. 
 
 'Then,' said the master of the horse, 'thou 
 shait be han^'ed for what thou liast made already, 
 and so were the f,'reat secret for ever lost to man- 
 kind.— Do not huniauity this injustice, ;,'ood 
 father, but e'en bend to tliy dcstiiij-, and make 
 us an ounce or two of this same stuff, which 
 cannot prejudice above one or two individuals, 
 in order to ;,'ain lifetime to discover the universal 
 medicine, which sliall clear away all mortal dis- 
 eases at once. Hut cheer up, thou grave, 
 learned, and most melancholy jackanajie ! Hast 
 thou not told me that a inoderato i)ortion of 
 thy druf,' hath mild elfeets, no ways ultimately 
 ilauf^erous to the human frame, but which ju'o- 
 duces deiiressiou of spirits, muisea, headache, an 
 uuwillinj^'uess to chaiif,'e of place— even such a 
 stat(! of tem[)er as would keep a binl from llyini,' 
 out of a caf,'c, were the door left open / ' 
 
 ' I liave said so, and it is true,' said the 
 alchemist; 'this elfect will it ]iroduce, and the 
 bird who partakes of it in sueli proportion, shall 
 sit for a season droopiui,' on her jiereh, without 
 thinkiuf,' of the free blue sky, w of the fair 
 fjreenwood, though the one be lif,dited by the 
 rays of the rising sun, and the other ringing with 
 the newly-awakened song of all the feathered 
 inhabitants of the forest.' 
 
 ' And this without danger to life ( ' .said Varney, 
 somewhat anxiously. 
 
 ' Ay, so that ])roportion and measure lie not 
 exeeeihul ; and so that one who knows the nature 
 of the manna be ever wear to watch the symptoms, 
 and succour in eas(! of need.' 
 
 'Thou shalt regulate the whole,', said Varney ; 
 'thy reward shall be ])rineely, if thou keep'st 
 tinui and touch, and exeeedest not the due pro- 
 jiortion, to the jirejudice of her health— otherwise 
 thy punishment shall be as signal.' 
 
 'The prejudice of hn- lualth ! ' rojieated 
 Ala.sco ; ' it i.s, then, a woman I am to ii.se my 
 skill upon ( ' 
 
 'No, tliou fool,' rejilied Varney; '.said I not 
 it w-as a bird— a I'eclaimed linnet, whose pipe 
 might soothe a hawk when in mid stoop?— I see 
 thine eves sparkle, and I know thv beard is not 
 altngetliei- w) white as art has m.-tile it fhaf, at 
 least, thou hast been able to tran.smute to .silver. 
 Hut mark me, this is no mate lor thee. This 
 
 c.iged liird is dear to one who brooks no rivalry, 
 and far less such rivalry as thine, ami her health 
 must over all things be" cared for. Hut she is in 
 the case of being commanded down to yonder 
 Kenilworth levels ; and it is most exiiedient— 
 nujst needful— most neces.sary, that she fly not 
 thither. Of these necessities and their causes, ';, 
 is not needful that she should know aught, and 
 it i.s to be thought that her own wish may lead 
 her to combat all ordinary reasons which can bo 
 urged for her remaining a housekeeper.' 
 
 ' That is but natural,' said the alchemist, with 
 a strange cmile, which yet bore a greater reference 
 to the hunuin character, than the uninterested 
 and abstnicted gaze which his physiognomy had 
 hitherto expressed, where all seemed to refer to 
 some world distant from that which was existing 
 annind him. 
 
 ' It is so,' answered ^'arney ; ' you understand 
 women well, though it may have been long since 
 you were conver.santamongst them.— Well, then, 
 she is not to be contradicted— yet she is not to 
 be humoured. Understand me— a slight illness, 
 HuHicicnt to take away the desire of removing 
 from thence, and to make such ,f your wise 
 fraternity as may be called in to aid, reeommcnd 
 a (piiet residence at home, will, in one word, bo 
 esteemed good service, and renunierated a.s such.' 
 'I am not to be asked to affect the Hou.se of 
 Life ( said the chemist. 
 
 'On the conti'ary, we will have thee hanged 
 if thou dost,' rejilied Varney. 
 
 'And I must,' added Alaseo, 'have oppor- 
 tunity to do my turn, and all facilities for 
 concealment or escape, should there be detec- 
 tion >.' 
 
 'AH, all, and everj'thing, thou infidel in all 
 but tlu! impossibilities of alchemy. Whv, man, 
 for what dost thou take nic ;' 
 
 The old man rose, and, taking a light, walked 
 towards the end of the apartment, where was a 
 door that led to the .small .sleeping room destined 
 for his reception during the night. At the door 
 he turiH'd round, and slowly repeated Varney's 
 question ere he answered it. ' Vov what do I 
 tiike thee, ]{ichard Varney ; Why, for a worse 
 devil than I have been my.self. Hut I am in 
 your toils, and I must serve you till mv term be 
 out.' •' 
 
 'Well, well," answered Varney hastily, 'be 
 stirring with grey light. It mav be we shall 
 not need thy medicine. Do nought till I my.self 
 come down. .Michael Lambourne shall guide 
 you to the jilace of your destination.'* 
 
 When Varney hea'rd the adcjit's door shut and 
 carefully bolted within, he stepped towards it, 
 and with similar preeauticui carefully locked it 
 on the outside, and took the key from the lock, 
 muttering to himself, ' Worsi> than thrr, thou 
 poi.soning (piaek.salver and witch-monger, who, 
 if thou art not a bounden slave to the devil, it 
 is only liecause he disdains such an ajiprentiee ! 
 I am a mortal man, and seek by mortal mean.s 
 the gratilicatian of my passions and advancement 
 of my ])ros])ects. Thou art a vassal of hell 
 itself.— So ho, Lambourne ! ' he called at another 
 door, and Alichael made his a]ipearance, with r. 
 iiu.shed cheek and an unsteady steji. 
 
 ' Noti; C.. Dr. Julio, 
 
rooks no rivalry, 
 It", anil her health 
 )r, lint she is in 
 
 down to yonder 
 iio.st ex])e(iient— 
 
 that shtj (ly not 
 mi tlii'ir (/aiises, '.. 
 know au;,'lit, and 
 •n wisli may lead 
 )ns wliin'; can Ijo 
 'keeper. ' 
 
 e akheniist, with 
 . greater refurenci! 
 tlie uninteresteii 
 iliysiognoiny had 
 ■enied to refer to 
 liich was existing 
 
 ' yo>i understand 
 e lieen long since 
 !ni.— Well, tlien, 
 ^et she is not to 
 —a slight illness, 
 iiie of removing 
 idi jf your wise 
 aid, recommend 
 in one word, ho 
 nerate<lassuch.' 
 et the House of 
 
 ive theo hanged 
 
 ), ' have o])iior- 
 ill facilities for 
 there be detee- 
 
 )U inhdcl in all 
 iv. Why, man, 
 
 ; a liglit, walked 
 nt, wiiero was a 
 ig room destined 
 it. At the donr 
 peated Varney's 
 l'"or what do I 
 hy, for a worse 
 But I am in 
 till my term Ije 
 
 ey hastily, ' bo 
 lay 1)0 wc shall 
 ,'ht till I myself 
 lie shall guide 
 ion.' * 
 
 s door shut and 
 Jicil towards it, 
 I'fnlly locked it 
 
 from the lock, 
 than tlirr, thou 
 i-monger, who, 
 to the devil, it 
 an apprentice ! 
 f mortal means 
 id advancement 
 
 vassal of hell 
 ailed at another 
 earaiice, with r 
 
 CI). 
 
 KENllAVOKTir 
 
 to iJ,'r '"^ ''''""''' "'"" '"'■■""'' '""> ^'■^'■"°y 
 
 ' Doubtless, noble si:-, ' replied the unabashed 
 Si"" V :i''r" •-■'^■'.'^•"'ki"«all even to 
 gloiu.. of t.icday, and to niv noble I.„r,i of 
 
 {^m?''\:ii' =rrv'"'"'S'"''^''^''"''ti-i,o;se 
 
 Uiuik! odds Madcs and poniards, he that 
 would relnsc to shallow . do/cn healths on s 
 an evening, is n base besognio and a i.nck-t^,;^/ 
 and shall swallow six inch^^s of my dag^/ ''^'^*' 
 Hark ye, .icoundre!,' said \-,irnev "be sober 
 on t he jnstaut-^I connnand th,.c. 'k- ) v t u 
 eanst throw otr thy drunken folly, lik. a ,o " 
 -It. at pleasure ; am. if not, it ^;,.,h, ,,,,;;; 
 
 Lanibourne drooped his head, left the anart 
 Pieiit, and returned in two o,' three nin't 
 w>th }-.s face ..omposcd, his hai alju t 1^ 
 dress in order, and exhibiting as great a ilf 
 
 haTl^r cilmir^^'- ^^"' - ■'■ ^- ^^•^-'-'''■'' 
 
 m;r^sald"S:;:;':;:;;.::if'°^^^'™i-'--i 
 
 Lambourne bowed in acquiescence. 
 wi-hIh " """' I'-^^'i'tly down to Cumnor Place 
 itli the reverend man of art, who sleeps yond ? 
 in the ittle vaulted charnber. Here is the U- v 
 fiat thou mayest call him by [„ ^^ "t, j^^ 
 another triLsty fellow with yau.^ U.".'!.,. well 
 on the journey, but let hi,; not e.^'u e yo, 
 pistol lam If he attempt it, and I wi? be^vo,;^ 
 warrant. I will give tlJce letters to K ,ste ^T 
 doctor IS to o.'cupy the lower apartments of t e 
 eastern r,uadranglc, with frec.lon to us^ e 
 old elaboratory and its implemcnt.s. I is ," 
 have no aeees.s to the lady' but such a, I I, 
 .o.nt out-only she maybe amused o .see ' 
 ph losophieal jugglery. Thou wilt awaft 
 Cnninor I'lace my further orders ; and, as tho 
 
 ,,wi \ \ '■"'''! '''■*''" '» Cum no/ Place 
 mus^^ be kej.t .severed from eo.nuon air. ' 
 
 i-nough, my lord-I mean mv worshinfnl 
 nmster-soou, I trust, to be my wo 
 
 J^y ...aster. V,,,, have given iiKMu-S 
 and my licence ; I will execute the one and i,„t 
 
 Sl^I;^''"- ^-'"-"thJ':;;;:;;:.-;;;! 
 
 'Do so, and deserve favour.— Stay— ere tl)o,i 
 
 Si-"rr"'^"''^''"-'"t""^'^'»i-^' ™ 
 
 small, -as Lam,)ourne was pouring out fr,),, 
 Lambourne obeyed and \"]iii(.,- .,c. • • 
 
 i.i«.nouthw-ithtii,i:,;;;;;^S ,;;-;;^ 
 
 said, as he took up a lamp, to re cat '. lis 
 .seoi„n,, apartment, 'It is st,angc-I a . 
 little the .slave of fancy as any oiu yet I ev i 
 speak (or a few minute's with his ■ ijow A Is c 
 bu ,ny mouth and lungs feel as if ^^ k.l w t '. 
 the fumes of calcined ar.senic-peh • ' 
 
 M^:^TT 'r-'f "'" »I«^'-t""^"t-' Lambourne 
 
 &■! is <■'''' 'l'-"I' ?V''° ''B^l'ly-opcned 
 nask. It ,s from Samt-.Tohn's-Berrr ' he siiil 
 
 .J*. ' }% ^''"..t'-"" r'^l.sh of the vi'olet. H„t 
 mi.t forbear it now, that I m.iy one ,lay Irink 
 it at my own pleasure.' And he qualfed a A^ i 
 of water to quench the fumes o t e Kl^ i 1 
 wine, retired slowly towards tho doo-, n la 
 
 2Cf 
 
 pause and then, (inding the temptation irre 
 si.stible walked hastily b'.ck, and t oS anot^r 
 l;^.J«^.ull at the wine flask, without the, >.r3ii; 
 
 Hutwho..an.H„,,,.Wienn:e';;:n:"^;,?n!:';:: 
 "itii liini like a parish -tot./ I „oul(i fb.. 
 dis am. were g,..a,er, or tVe road^ L " 
 I <'t«..v. my hand ami mouth ! H„t I wi 1 
 ''.».k nothing to-morrow save wate 
 save (air water.' 
 
 CHAPTEi; XIX. 
 
 -iiothini' 
 
 A.Kr^:;;,^l::':'T;;^:;"'""«'-'-^yiovs. 
 
 .l.is"w.Hf ' ''""'"■■ """■• ''^"-r them like ,o men of 
 
 ^'^^^^^,^^;,-^'--^^^^^^ 
 
 Hh.vKv IV. Part .Smm.i. 
 
 to win (1 the scene o( our story imw returns 
 I'oastcd, ,m the evening which we trea o( no 
 or,, naiy assemblage of guests. There hi, 'teen 
 
 iKKti o( Abmgflon, with .some of the othe? 
 
 "■'•■■jonages whom the rea.lcr has air, ly 1 ," 
 
 . a,h. aniuaint..,! wi,^, as (Vien.ls ami ..u -i.,^ ^ 
 
 o( Oilc.s (..jsling, ha,l alrea,ly f,,,,,,,,,! t],,.;,. 
 
 on ed c.rcle around the evening (ire, ami we," 
 
 talking „ver the news of the day 
 
 A lively, bustling, arch (Vllow, whose .)ack and 
 
 j;;;<'.....g. , The pedlars of those day.s imt 
 I'c remcmb,.re,l, were men of far greater in, ort 
 ance than the .h.gcnerate an.I dcgKj h k .^ 
 of our modern times, h was by- means o heso 
 pmpatetic v,.n,lors that the e?)untiy tn ,1 fn 
 e hner manulaetuirs used in (emale I're" 
 
 ..ticularly, was almost entirely ca.ricd o, 
 and If. a merchant of this ,le,s,.ription a C at 
 the dignity of travelling with a' pack o,s" he 
 
 as a person of no small conseque u-e, a , o, 
 
 wiiom he might meet m his wanderings 
 
 . The p,,llar of whom we speak bore accord 
 
 ...gly, an a.fiv,. ai„l umebuk,..l shaiv In ,he" 
 
 merriment to whiidi the raftcs „f t, 
 
 Hl.ln^ i>„„ r /-. 'auds oi tt,c honnie 
 
 I la k Lea,, of Cumnor re.soun.led. H.. had his 
 
 sn.le with pictty Mistivss Cicely, his 1,,.. 
 
 !( ;i"; J ;y;'-''-V '>''<! I'is jest i,)on. la h^ 
 
 w-^^ h'' '"'""•" "If ."te.Uion on .,is own par 
 \-i. the general butt of the evening. The 
 
 upon the preference due to th.' Spanish nether 
 stock over the black Oascoi-rne hose an „i,.; 
 
 K)sth.l just winked to the gnest"^:;,)^^ 
 ns ^^ho .should .say, ' Vou will have mirth 
 presently, my masters,' when the trampH ^of 
 
 lorses was heanl in the court yanl, md\hl 
 
 I'eS' "th Sl'"'^' ^'™"'°"-^' -i'l. a'few'of 
 lieu est oaths then in vogue, to add force to the 
 
266 
 
 !V^i VERf.E Y NO VELS 
 
 invocation. Out tumlilod AVill Ilo.tler, Joliii 
 la))st(;r, and iill the militia of the inii, who liml 
 .slunk IroMi their jiosts in wVx to eollcet some 
 srattc'ivd ciumlis of the mirtli whidi was llviii.' 
 ihmit amoiiLj the customers. Out into the Vaid 
 sailed miue host liims.'lf also, to do liftiii" 
 salutation to his new ^ru,..sts ; and jiresently 
 returned, ushering,' into the ajia.tment lii.s own 
 worthy nephew, .Michael I.amhourne, i.retty 
 toleralily ili'unk, and iiavinj,' uniler his escort 
 the astrcilofjer. Alaseo, thoii^di still a little old 
 niHU, hail, liy alterin- his -own to a ridin.'-dress, 
 trimmiiif^r his heard and eyehrows, and so tortli, 
 struck at least a score of years from his aiipai-nt 
 ago, and nii,i;ht uowseem an active luau of sixtv 
 or little upwards. He appeared at [.resent e\- 
 ceeilintrly anxious, and hail insisted inucli witli 
 Lanihourne that they should not enter the inn 
 Imt go straight forward to the ]ilace uf tiieir 
 destiiiition. |5iit Lamiiourne would not he 
 controlled. 'By ('aiuer and Capricorn,' he 
 voeiferated, 'and the wliole heavenly liost- - 
 hesides al! the stars that these hle.ssed eyes of 
 mine have seen sparkle in the southern heaveii'i 
 to wiiich the.se northern hlinkers are hut farthiin'i- 
 candles, I will he unkindlv for no one's hunioui" 
 
 I will .stay and salute my worthy niiclo Jiere. 
 Uiesu ! that good hlood sluuild ever lie forgotten 
 betwixt friends ! .V gallon of your hest, uncle 
 and let It go round to the health of the nohle 
 Earl ot Leicester ! Wliat ! shall we not collogue 
 together, and warm the cockles of our ancient 
 kindness ? Shall we not collogue, I .say \ ' 
 
 ' With all my heart, kinsman,' said inine host 
 who ohviously wished to lie rid of him- 'hut 
 are you to stand shot to all this good liquor ? ' 
 
 1 his IS a question has quelled many a jovial 
 toper, hut It moved not the purpose of Lain- 
 hourijes soul. ' CHiestion iiiv means, nuiicle ' ' 
 ho .said, producing a h.indfiil of mixed gold and 
 Sliver jiieces ; 'question .Mexico and IVrii- 
 qiicstion the tjiieen's exchequer— (iod .save her 
 Majesty !— She is my good lord's good mi.stre.ss.' 
 Well, kinsman,' .said mine host, 'it is my 
 business to sell wine to those who can buy it - 
 So, J-ek Tai)ster, do me thine ollico.— But I 
 would I knew how to come by money as lirditl" 
 as thou dost, .Mike." ■> n j 
 
 'Why, uncle,' said Lamhournc, 'I will tell 
 +hee a secret— Dost see this little ohl fellow here * 
 as old and withered a chip as over the devil i.ut 
 into his iiorndge— and yet, iindc, between you 
 ;"■"/ '"!'-•'« ''-itb I'otosi in that brain of his— 
 Sblooil ! he e:>n coin ducats faster than I can 
 vent oaths.' 
 
 ' ^ Y'll }]'}Y ""'"^ "'' '''■■' coinage in mv inirse, 
 tliougi, Michael,' said mine lio.st ; 'I know 
 what belongs to falsifying the (.hieen's coin.' 
 
 iboii art an ass, uncle, for as old as th.m 
 art.-l nil me no^ by the skirts, doctor, thou art 
 an a.ss tliy.sel( to boot-so, heing both a.sses, I 
 tell ye I spoke but inetaphorieally.' 
 
 'Are you mad T .said the old man; 'is the 
 devil in you i -can you not let us begone without 
 arawmg all men's eyes on us !' 
 
 ' Say'st tliou ? ' .said Lambouriio ; 'thou art 
 rte, Jived now— no man shall see vou an I cive 
 the word.-i5y heavens, masters'; an an v one 
 uare to look on this old centleman 
 
 tl 
 
 I will slash 
 
 sit down old friend, and be nierry-tliese are 
 nii.ie ingles — mine ancient inmates, and will 
 betray no man, 
 
 'Hid you not better withdniw to a iirivato 
 aiiartment, iiej hew ?' .said (;i|,,s doslin." ' v,„i 
 s:eak.<trange matter,' he added, 'ami Uiere' be 
 intelligein.ers evervuhcre.' 
 
 '1 care not for 'tlieiii,' .said the magnanimous 
 Michael-',„t,.ll,gencers.' I^bawl-l .serve the 
 lo ;lo harlot Leicester. -Here conu's the wine- - 
 
 li ealta o| the tlower ol England, the nohle Earl 
 ot Leicester ! I say, the noble Earl of Leicester ! 
 lie tl.at does me not reas,.n is a swine of Siissev 
 and I II .nake him kneel to the pledge, il I should 
 cut lu.i liams, ana smoke them tor bacon ' 
 
 Aone disputed a pledge given under such 
 formidable ,,enalties ; and Michael Lamboiirne 
 whose drunken liiimoiir was not of course 
 •liminished by this new potation, went on in tlio 
 same wiU way, renewing his aciuaintanee with 
 such ol the guests as he hail fo'rmerly known 
 anil expenenciiig a reception in which there wa.s 
 now .something of deference, mingled with a 
 good deal of fear; for the le.ist servitor of the 
 avourite earl, especially such a man as Lam- 
 hournc was, lor very suHieient reasons, an object 
 both ol the one and of the other. 
 
 In the meanwhile, the old man, seeing his 
 guide 111 this iineontrollable humour, ceased to 
 ii'inonstrate with him, and, .sitting down in the 
 most oh.sciire corner of the room, called for r. 
 small measure of sack, over which he seemed, as 
 It were, to s iimhcr, withdrawing himself as 
 iniH.'li as possible from general observation, and 
 doing nothing which could recall his existence 
 o the recollection of his fellowtraveller, who 
 i.y this time had got into close intimacy with 
 hi:i ancient cmnrade, (ioldthred of Abin-'don 
 
 '.Never believe me, bully .Mike,' said "the 
 
 mercer, it I am not as glad to see thee as ever 
 
 1 was to see a customer's nmiiev .'—Why thou 
 
 canst give a friend a sly jilace at a nia.sk or a 
 
 revel now, .Mike ; ay, or I w.irrant thee, thou 
 
 I canst .say m my onl's ear, when my honourable 
 
 I lord IS I own ,n tlie.se parts, and wants a Simnish 
 
 I lull or the ike-thou canst .say in his ear, There 
 
 i.s inine old friend, young Lawrence (ioldthred 
 
 ol Alungdon has as good wares, lawn, titlany, 
 
 cambric, and so tbrth-ay, and is as pretty a 
 
 piece o man s flesh, too, as is in H..rksliire, and 
 
 will rullle It for your lordship with any man of 
 
 Ills inches ; and thou mayest .say' 
 
 'I can say a hundred d-d lies, besides, 
 mercer, answered Lainbourne ; 'what, one must 
 not st.iiid upon a good word for a friend ' ' 
 
 'Here is to thee, Jlike, with all mv heart,' 
 said the mercer ; 'and thou canst tell" one the 
 reality ol the new fashions too. -Hero was a 
 yogui' pedlar but now, was crving up the old- 
 tashioned Spanish nether -.stock over the Gas- 
 coigne hose, although thou seest ' ow well the 
 I'lench hose set ott" the leg ami knee, being 
 adorned with jiarti-coloured garters and garni- 
 ture in con to- mity.' ^ 
 ' Ex(Mdlent, excellent," rej.lied Lainbourne ; 
 why thy limber bit of a thigh, thrust through 
 
 that I)uiieh of slashed 
 
 itiu.kiam am 
 
 le eyes out of his head with my poniard !-So I jialf simn oM 
 
 tiifany. 
 
 KP a hon.sewife's distalf, when the flax 
 
iiii'rry — tlicso ni'o 
 iiiiiiati'.s, and will 
 
 li'.nv to a luivatc 
 !fs (iiwlinj; ; 'y<iu 
 I'll, 'and tlii'n" Ij^ 
 
 tiir iiiagnjiiiiiiiDiis 
 aw '.I serve. tli(! 
 cuiiu's tlii^ wino-^ 
 a carouse; to tlm 
 il, thu noble Earl 
 Kaii of Leicester ! 
 I swine of .Sussex, 
 iledgo, il I sliould 
 for bacon.' 
 ivcn under siieh 
 liai'l Lanibournc, 
 i not of eoiir.se 
 II, wont on in the 
 e((uaintanee with 
 foi'merly known, 
 wliieh there was 
 mingled with a 
 t servitor of tlie 
 a man as Lam- 
 •easons, an object 
 r. 
 
 man, seeing,' Ins 
 imour, ceased to 
 ting down in the 
 in, called for c, 
 ch he seemed, as 
 ^ing himself as 
 ubservation, and 
 ill his existence 
 V. traveller, who 
 i intimacy with 
 of Aliiiigclon. 
 dike,' said the 
 see thee as (t\er 
 y !— "Wliy, thou 
 at a mask ov a 
 rant thee, tliou 
 my lionourublo 
 vants a .Si)anish 
 n liis ear, There 
 ci.ce (ioldthred 
 , lawn, tilfany, 
 is as pretty a 
 Berkshire, and 
 iUi any man of 
 
 lies, besides, 
 W'hat, one must 
 . friend ! ' 
 all my heart,' 
 st tell one the 
 . — IIi'io was a 
 ig U[) the old- 
 over the Gas- 
 ' ow well the 
 d knee, being 
 ers and garni- 
 
 1 Lambourne ; 
 
 thrust through 
 
 and tiffany, 
 
 hen the flax is 
 
 ^'ENILIVORTH 
 
 'Said I not- an?' utiM ^\ 
 morrow.' " ''"^ custon, of to- 
 
 -sehimofSswa^"!:; ;:;-;;^^«->''-^ 
 
 who stroll thron.rl, ., i ,'""'"« '^'"'•^■'•S 
 establish? f ler" T ''""'' "'"' '""'t th, 
 Berkshire ye , '.e h o^' T ^"""!, ''^■"""■^ "' 
 metwithal^rn'Malilen'Sr"''''^"""'"'^^'!^'' 
 
 Ay, rej.hcd mine host 'lan.'b;,,,, < i , 
 who n.cets him may meet lis , 1 1 ^i ""'\,'''' 
 IS a tall man.' i-atch— the pedlar 
 
 ; Is lie?' said (ioldthred. 
 . fs he? reiilied the h.jst • 'mv i ,. i 
 
 i. .1 he neulcrca„lcls.e norland?'' 
 
 theSt'Vtni::i/r'"''r«''-''' 
 
 Hollands you won'^o?me r ''^*' '"^"' '''"''' t'- 
 
 tlired,' ^nsS'ed'^ni^r - I^iu'? ^'^^'"' ^"''''■ 
 t^e tor the handsel. 'Ki!lX'nS;::i;£- 
 
 his doors a-'ain Ibr tli.,f , "- '-' "'"ken 
 
 And'l will h^LSdra bi.'l^ ""^■'''■^ '•""'■•' 
 he shall thinklh dev 1 a?h t ^"'^^us, that 
 ibra„,ontlUoco„;^nity a^:i;,!;'';;.J^'^'^^^ 
 
 whistle ^AiaiV^:;ryuke.S,^:!!;;"^ 
 i^ncfaS''Li i:: i;:^'^:^;- i':i';f'-i «^"S^d 
 
 tlice fifty an-els t"Vi / T ■""';. ^ "''^ ^^-aH"'- 
 bef<..ew.havefinishe.ltJn.!:id!;"''''"'"'^° 
 
 -«!4rsoS.d:^t,f:;.S''U""n"'^;;^^'",^"^ 
 
 intimated rather too iliv f ^ ,' ""'''' '*■'''<''' 
 Lambourne's ] t of '!' '. '^"""•''^'1?^ on 
 «l'op, 'I will lav no su 1 \, ^^'''''^•'* °'' ''is 
 I will stake fiv \ :; • i nT'; '"*■•''"'■'' = 'l^"^ 
 wilt, that Tonv Fns ;^' r.i T ""'•,'''' "'"" 
 I'oof, or come to ale-ho is « > 5 "™ '"'' '^"" 
 thee, or any man ' '*'*'•' l"ayer-time, fbr 
 
 'Content,' sai.I Lambourne.-' Here, uncle, 
 
 267 
 
 Fcscntly ui, to The I'l ""^'.■"•. '"liters, tri,, 
 '" Maste,. Fos er an 1 '; "'A'' ^"V "'''^ ''•"'■'' 
 
 Miciucii.ambo!;,;e:l;^ ;;:),'•.;'- i-'^i.'. 
 
 '"""' uncle's casth. h.ie „ ' ""'' '"'" ■"' 
 
 i'Mport..--.\wa ' it ! '"",' ■ "/■^'""■'^■■^ "^ ^'''^^c 
 sun-dow,^ a i\h ;'.'',''' '■'"''• '"'■ " is --w 
 
 hinistos;.t!',i^;;,::;::;^-;;,/y,''^.iwi,h,hc 
 
 anl;s?ar;:L:ir~'-'r-;'':^i;-'''^''-- 
 ^;:^!r->->'--n;;::^u;;;he'^s^,s 
 
 Ablster 1.V f '"-"""■'. Wltll tile 
 
 stake. 
 
 ' u- . ■ >""i"ig inescnt V 
 
 \cn,w-on!'sai,lham':ournc,Ii: 
 
 rtiiigon the 
 
 other 
 
 ' Shalt 
 -.\nd 
 
 Aiii^i^^iJ^'Si !:;:<:; i:;'i;:-!v''«>''''^i/.'ei.ii^.c, 
 -n^rr.'i;rix:r:::r^:;"^;:--r''''-r- 
 
 imisuuctoon in hi. i, ',,,i """low, uith a 
 
 your'errand,wlinZwit;;' '''''■"/ ''•■''^■'■'•'■'^ 
 
 -.^tbegonetoti;;-:;:^:;^^'^!; >s:v''-^-'''i' 
 
 P'egation.' *''^'' '■*'''■ ""^ ''' tlic cm- 
 
 'Evcn so,' said the bov • 'f „.,.,i ,i 
 
 I'lf- as being the n.oreiUticil '"'""• 
 An ingenious youth '' v:-,i,l \i;,i i 
 
 Out, you diminutive |iint-.,ot w)„.i. i .• 
 
 world for nianvadi fn f p ''' ^'"'"" '" th" 
 •Ininkorsob^r^:') :^;,^,^':,,^''''>-l''t;>>'.l'.'I 
 
 t-Wn my sack whhal/ """"'"" '^"''' "-'-". 
 
 >\ liile Lambourne uIp-.h, *i 
 Foster seemed to aVe a 1,1 '" "'''^™'"''' "^ 
 own condition wis ,!; I • '" '' "■"•'*'^ '^'' his 
 
 hiMbGilesOosI i'sX'm't!;'^'''' "'-^^ '■"••■'- 
 
 Snr!;-iS;;;;; ■■'-'- -^;"^"in;err 
 
 oon;:^2:ixc:E:i;:;';£'^ 
 you;^;:;HS'[f,:i::;;£-'--*"----anion, 
 
 "^^ 
 
 -i::i;i;:!;^'Sr;::i"r::.^™"Y.-ph- 
 
 ^1 is It kindlvin 
 
 1„. o„ 1 —" "'H.s III you to ter 
 
 >-ybec',4le,^U-',i>^^--e;ort,A,ike 
 
2M 
 
 IVA VERl.EY NOVELS 
 
 ir! 
 
 . I 
 
 IM 
 
 ' ro.)]i— I talk not of the H\vaf,'f,'criii;^ nilliau,' 
 rcplinl the iKMlhir, Ml is dl' the other, who, loi- 
 uuf,'ht I know— Uiil wli.n i,'o iliey ; or wlitreroie 
 come they '. ' 
 
 ' Miiii.v, these ,tre (ineslions I ciuinot answer,' 
 rcpluMl tlie !in.;t. ' Hilt h.ok you, ,su', yoii liave 
 l)roiii,'lit nie a token lioin worthy Master Tres- 
 silian— a pretty stono it is.' Ua took ont the 
 rin^', and looked at it, adding, as he put it into 
 Ins purse aijain, that it was too rich a guerdon 
 for anything,' he eould do for the worthy donor. 
 Ho was, he .said, in the puhlie. line, and it ill 
 liiH'anie him to he too incpiisitive into other folk's 
 concerns ; lie had already said that h(^ could liear 
 nothmj,', hut that the lady lived still at Cumnor 
 I'lace in the closest seclusion, and, to such as hv 
 chance had a view of her, seemed pensive and 
 discontented with her solitude. ' Hut here,' he, 
 said, ' if you are desirous to ^'ratify your master, 
 13 the rarest chance that hath occurred for this 
 many a day. Tony Foster is coming down liitlier, 
 and It is but lertinj,' .Mike Laudwurnc .smell 
 another wino-llask, and the t,)uecn's command 
 would imt move him from the alo-beneh. So 
 they are fast for an hour or .so— Now, if you will 
 don your pack, which will hn your best c.\cuse, 
 you may, perchance, win the ear of the old 
 servant, being a.ssured of the nuvster's absence, t(j 
 let you try to get some custom of the lady, and 
 then you may learn more of her condition than I 
 or any other can tell you.' 
 
 'True— very true,' answered Wayland, for he 
 
 It was ; ' an e.vccllcnt advice, but niethinks some- 
 
 thing dangerous— for, .say Foster should return?' 
 
 ' Very jwssible indeed,' replied the host. 
 
 'Or .say, 'continued Wayland, 'the lady should 
 
 render me cold thanks for my exertions V 
 
 'As is not unlikolj,' replied Oilns Gosling. 
 ' I marvel iMaster Tressilian will take such hcc"l 
 ot her that cares not for him.' 
 
 ' In cither case I were foully sped," .said Way- 
 land ; 'and therefore I do not, on the whole, 
 much relish your device.' 
 
 ' Nay, but take me with you, good master 
 .servmg-man,' replied mine luist ; 'this is your 
 master's business and not mine ; you best know 
 the risk to be encountered, or how far you ai'e 
 willing to brave it. Hut that which jou will 
 not yourself hazard, you cannot e.\pcct others to 
 risk." 
 
 _' Hold, hold,' said Wayland ; ' tell me but one 
 thing— (ioes yonder old man up to (Jumnor?' 
 
 ' Surely, I think so,' .said the landlord ; ' their 
 servant .said he was to take the baggage thither, 
 but the ale-tap has been as jiotent for him as the 
 sack-spigot has been for .Michael.' 
 
 ' It is eimugh," said Wayland, a.ssuming an air 
 of resolution—' I will thwart that old villain's 
 projects— my alfright at his baleful aspect begins 
 to abate, and my hatred to arise. Help me on 
 with my ])ack, good mine host.— And look to 
 thysell, old Albumazar— there is a malignant 
 iiillueuce in thy horoscope, and it gleani,s"from 
 the constellation Ur.sa .Major.' 
 
 So .saying, he assumed I'lis burden, and, guided 
 by the landlord through the postern gate of the 
 Black Hear, took the most jirivati way from 
 thence u]) to Cumnor Place. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 •e^^:;" >^^ l^^lkr^it^-^ ■'^'''-' •'- f-- inore in 
 
 V/l.MKKS lAl.K, Act IW .S,t,u- ). 
 
 I.v his an.\iety to ob..y the .arl's repeated 
 charges o secrecy, as well .as from his ..wn un- 
 .social and mi.serly habits, Anthony Foster was 
 more desirous, by his mode of housekeeping, to 
 escape observation than to resist intrusive 
 curiosity. Thn.s, instead of a numerous house- 
 hold, to .secure his charge an.' defend his house 
 he .studied, as much as possible, to elude notice 
 by diniini.shmg his attemlants ; so that, unless 
 when there were atti'iidants of the earl or of 
 \ arney m the mansion, one old male domestic 
 and two aged erone.s, who a.ssisted in keeiiing the 
 countess's apartments in order, were the only 
 servants of the family. ^ 
 
 It was one of these old women who opened the 
 door when Wayland kimcked, and answeied his 
 petition, to be admitted to exhibit his wares to 
 the ladies of the family, with a volley of vitupera- 
 V"','' '■""'-;'"^'l "I ^^'"it is there calleil the >irn«7 
 dialect. The pedlar found the means of checking 
 this yocileration, by slippinj, a silver groat into 
 lier hand, and intimating the jircsent of some 
 stu'l (or a coif, if the lady would buy of his 
 wares. ■' 
 
 MJod ield thee, for mine is aw in littocks 
 — Sloekct with thy pack into gharn, mon-Her 
 walks 111 gharn.' Into the garden she ushered 
 the ])edlar accordingly, and, jioiiiting to an old 
 ruinous garden-house, said, 'Yonder he's her 
 inon--yonder he's her-Zhe will buy changes an 
 zhe loikcs stall's.' 
 
 ' She has left me to come oil' as I may,' thought 
 W ay land, as he heard the hag shut the garden door 
 behind him. ' Hut they shall not beat me, and 
 they dare not murder me, for so little tresiiass, 
 and by this fair twilight. Hang it, I will on— 
 a brave gi'iieral never thought of his retreat till 
 iie was defeated. I see two females in the old 
 garden-hou.se yonder— but how to address them ? 
 T~''*-n^'~^^''" ''^'''ikcspeare, be my friend in need. 
 1 will give them a taste of Autolycus.' He then 
 sung, with a good voice and becoming audacity, 
 the popular playhouse ditty— 
 
 ' I.nwii as white as driven snow, 
 Cyprus bl.ick .is e'er w.ns crow, 
 (iloves as sweet as ilaniask roses, 
 -Masks for faces and for noses.' 
 
 ' What hath fortune sent us here for an un- 
 wonted sight, Janet ?' said the lady. 
 
 'Oneof tlio,se merchants of vanity, called 
 ped ars, answered Janet demurely, 'who utters 
 his light wares in lighter measures— I marvel old 
 Dorcas let him pass. 
 
 ^ ' It is a lucky chance, girl,' said the countess ; 
 we lead a heavy life here, and this may while olf 
 a weary hour.' 
 
 , /^y. I'ly giacious lady,' said Janet ; 'but my 
 
 lather ? ■' 
 
 ' He is not my father, Janet, nor, I hope, my 
 m.aster,' answered the lady.—' I say, call the man 
 hither — I want some things.' 
 
 ' ^'-ly,' re[ilied Janet, ' your ladyship has just 
 to say so in the next packet, and iV England can 
 
V. 
 
 tliat have more in 
 ■ ht /I'. .S.<«.' j, 
 
 ' (iur.s ri']ieatc(l 
 
 Hill liis ouii uii- 
 
 iiDiiy Fdstcr was 
 
 lioii.si'kci'|jiiig, to 
 
 resist intrusive 
 
 uiiiif'iims Inmse- 
 
 it'l'i'iul liis liousi', 
 
 , to I'liidi' notice 
 
 so tliiit, unless 
 
 tlie eiiil or (if 
 
 I male donicstie 
 
 il ill keepiiii,' the 
 
 were tlic only 
 
 who opened tlic 
 id aiiHweiod his 
 hit his wares to 
 Uey ofvitujiera- 
 lled thi:Ji»ri-inij 
 'aiisoFelieeking 
 iilver groat into 
 iresciit of some 
 ukl hiiy of Ids 
 
 •iw ill littocks 
 aril, iiion — Her 
 en slie ushered 
 iting to an old 
 iiicU'r lie's lier, 
 hiiy eliangcs an 
 
 ' may, ' tliought 
 the garden door 
 t heat nie, and 
 litth; trespass, 
 it, I will on— 
 his retreat till 
 lies in the old 
 address them ? 
 friend in need. 
 -:us.' He then 
 uing audacity, 
 
 now, 
 
 TOW, 
 
 ; roses, 
 
 ises.' 
 
 ere for an un- 
 
 ly. 
 
 vanity, ealled 
 y, ' who utters 
 —I marvel old 
 
 the countess ; 
 may while oil' 
 
 uct ; ' but my 
 
 r, I hope, my 
 r^, call the man 
 
 'ship has just 
 ■ Eiiglauil can 
 
 furnish them they will ho seiif 'I'l n 
 
 iniM'hief on't -IViv e 1 V I 1 ''■''' "'" ''""»' 
 inanhegone" "''^' ''"*'^'''*t ''"'y. l.t mc hid the 
 
 tiu' '.2.S;Mt',S''ii:' :;■?•■ 'i''V'^'' - 
 
 «illl>i>lhinimys ;;;'|\, ';',;■'■'•''''■;'. |!''''., I 
 
 -umio thy mefcf ;r '''""' ^tej. forward 
 
 chance has^se thee hi ,'",•'""'' «'""' ^^'"•'•■^• 
 and thy p,„|it • "^''" ''"' '">' ^""Venience 
 
 f'^^'tfh;:;r;sr';,^ri^i-fy;^ 
 aiit^S;iStv::fr;;'''r''''''''^r"'-''-^'''' 
 
 skill ill the j % o' ;•"'■• ""•' ^''""■'■'' •^"""'' 
 
 J^'F.NII.IVORTII 
 
 trinket t^e i,z ilicl IL:;^.^:" n^,,- -■ 
 
 "SO, and ,.t my own choice?, '„, ^ """ 
 
 i«. what Jiast ^thou g^ 'se 1 '' ''''r""" 
 
 me ti.at eamSric iKU't It an i.u-, '^ 'T"'' '"'' 
 an. those roundel so .f," "", ■^''■"■'■■'*- 
 with cyprns-ami that ";; 1 1 t ^ . Tl" '"" 
 
 Janet'- ^ ""^ "" absolute faney 
 
 for a graceful habit ' "'"""'ks, o\ er gaudy 
 
 ;ve^ it thys:H-'f^;:^,i;X!-;.tl-" Shalt 
 thee the trold bnftn,,. ■ ' ■^' " ' I'l'omisc 
 
 H-ill comS V ? h' ^''''^ f»"'"vl.at niassive. 
 the cl-erry^colif ti;"^--J-n^ '.in. to 
 
 Xn;\Si^iS.^'''r'''-t;,b:': 
 
 thafi7;o''l;£^'';:''''-'>'-'-l-'ehin, 
 
 garniture (or n ^ef^ l'";;;r'n;^'''f "T" 
 mounted with pearl --a uvl u "' '^"'"''" 
 of that russet eloli fo T '\'^' "" '"" «'"^ns 
 Janet, to keen tl nl,l V , '" '""' ^^'i'^'-n, 
 
 and sweet ha-s or' „v Vl, " "•" I'^'''"n.es 
 
 of the newest" mod; '^ '""'''"""^ '^''■^*"'« ''"tt'es, 
 
 one on another win, h, , ^ tliroiigcit 
 
 jaciy who hirbe:;^ 'o "sS^ri^,^:'-^ ^-t^ 
 
 pleas n''occui,'itinn ' "'" ■^'V""'^" ''O"' such a 
 a mo„;^,^;,"S- ,,£;, --to ..ing her t, 
 exhd.ted his choicest V, I. f" .^''"n, as he 
 l-crfumes, I^atT/n' ,.;''?", ""^ ''''''"''^ '^"'I 
 observing t in h "' „H '5' 'j^''-/ttentiou by 
 
 'louble val le si e th . n ' 'l"' '''""'■'^' "«"' to 
 made hy he j!" ',', ""'•^■'^"""•"nt J-reparation. 
 queen in 1 cou ' .^^r^'^ter to entertain the 
 
 .•nn''rUien'istr!;'"j::;:!;'V''^^ '-'">- 'tl'Ht 
 
 I •-n>l'Vh;:;t'::;,rr;''''V ''"^■' '-'-'' 
 
 ■slnp's ears T . " .";' >'""'' nol>lc lady- 
 
 '■rogress • a ,1 f I, „. ' "^ '""•'"« ""' Nnmmer's 
 K.iLdan wi 1,! ("'"' '"'■'">• "'"' -ill "'11 y,,,, 
 
 beth-'i'"J"i;!l^'';fN:;''''^''K'-''''^Kii-- 
 
 gressbeover' busoand, ere the j,,.;- 
 
 '-^ISil'imp^tieniS''^'"''^''''-''''^-. 
 trembn;g''^.[^f' "';';'';■''- ""'^''''■'■''-i''''anet, 
 
 th..^hast';:::,j::-r;',,^;r'--tesr;..,ght, 
 ^•-;:-..t.l,;;;;;:p;r';,;i;-;:;^---t 
 
 'I'is stnlc ,. so, i"".' •■'">■"""« to merit 
 n.auynie.l^s'iy': '"'"-^ ''•■'^•" «"^1 ''„t what 
 
 l'"t up in the si V. /. '';''''t''' '^^ ' earefully 
 
 eontei^ls fa,^i,'i,'^, /'V''"^^''?''''-ltlie 
 
 -■-ontaine,rti;:;,:!::t:^:^-''i-'iun,es 
 
 arise ,m^; ,/'""' ''''1 y^'I'°"r«> -hich 
 
 ^^'■r^ion, ciisai:;:!!;;;^;, .iii^J*^^- ""-i-tod 
 
 given to the body r"^ ""'"^ '^'"■''^' ''^ medicines 
 'UiKler your 'honourable favour ' sii,1 \r„ 
 
 I-'-eeious medicine, when I told it *'' ':^,."'"-\t 
 
 bad set lis ailleVi ns ' "''' T^ ^^■''^■'•« ''« 
 Qt..f (• '"■^.auKtions, was brought into th'it 
 
 so,!i;rt^ri;id"Sui:';sh''f"r"'^''«''-*'^>- 
 
 «l-trovein^i;'^''-X^S'--^-S 
 
•70 
 
 n'AVEKr.F.Y NOVIU.S 
 
 w 
 
 in its tniip, 'Is tlic Kciitlciiinii you liavo nir-ii- 
 
 lilMIC'll |l|.|-||.|.(|y ITcDVlTcd /' 
 
 ' I'iissjilily, luailiuii,' aiiswi'lcil Wiivlaml ; • h,. 
 liivtli a!. Icasl IK) li(jili|y (•(Piiiplaint.' 
 
 ' I will tiik,. .siiiiic (ji'tlic iiiciliciii,., ./.■iiii'l.'tJaid 
 tlic (■(iiiiitcsN. '1 ton havo soiiictitiics thai dark 
 imdaiirliiily whicli (ivcivloiids the l.iaiii.' 
 
 'Von sliall iidt do so, madam,' said .laii.'t • 
 'wild sliall answer that this |m|IoW vends what 
 IS wlidleMiiiii' I, ' 
 
 'I will myself waiiviiit my ;,' 1 faith,' said 
 
 Waylaiid; and, taking ,1 ,,,i,t of the medicine, 
 
 he swallowed it hefun. them. The eonntess 
 
 now lK)iij;ht what remained, a sfej) to whieli 
 
 .lanet, liy fnrtiier ol.jeetions, oidv (letermini',1 
 
 her the more ol.stinalely. She even look the 
 
 hrsL dose upon the instant, and professed to 
 
 Jfol her lieart li),ditene(l and her spirits auj,'- 
 
 liu'nted,---a eonsei|iii'Mee whieh, in all proha- 
 
 idity, existeil only in her own iinai,'inalion. The 
 
 lady then piled the purchases she jiad made 
 
 ton;ether, "un;,' lier purse to ,Ianet, and (h'sired 
 
 lier to compute the amount, and to iiay the 
 
 ]iedlar; while she herself, as if tired of the 
 
 amusement she at lirsf found in conversinj,' with 
 
 lam. H-ished him f,'oo(i evenini;, and walked 
 
 carelessly mto the house, thus dc|irivinj,' Way- 
 
 Luid of every opportunity to speak with her in 
 
 private. He hastenecl, however, to attempt an 
 
 explanation with Janet. 
 
 ' Maiden,' lu- said, 'thou hast the face of one 
 who should love licr mistress. She hath much 
 need ot taithl'u! service.' 
 
 'And well deserves it at my hands,' replii'd 
 Janet : 'hut what of Hint !' ' 
 
 'Maiden, I am not al|oL;i'tlier what I seem ' 
 saicl the pedlar, lowering' his voi,.e, 
 
 'Iho less like to lie an honest man,' said 
 .lanct. 
 
 'The more so,' answered Wavland, 'since I 
 am no pedlar,' 
 
 'Hot thee gone then instantly, or I will call 
 for assistance,' said Janet ; 'my father must ere 
 this time ho returned.' 
 
 ' Do not bo so rash,' said Wavland ; 'you will 
 do what you may repent of. 1 am one of your 
 mistress s Irionds ; and she had need of n'lore, 
 not that thou shouldst ruin those she hath.' 
 
 ' How shall I know that !' .said Janet. 
 ^ 'Look me ill the face,' said Wavland Smith. 
 and see it thou dost not read honesty in niv 
 looks.' 
 
 And in truth, tlioui,'h liy no means handsonie, 
 there ^vas in ids jihysionrrioiny the sharp, keen 
 expression of inventive genius and prompt intel- 
 lect, which. Joined to ([uick and hrilliant eyes, 
 a well-formed mouth, and an intelligent sinilej 
 otteii gives grace and interest to features whicli 
 are both homely and irregular. ,Ianet looked 
 at lum with the .sly simplicity of her sect, 
 and replied, ' Xotvitlistandim; thy boasted 
 honesty, friend, and although I' am not accus- 
 tomed to rea<l and pass Judgment on such 
 yolumes as tliou hast .submitted to my peru.sal, 
 1 think I see in thy counteiianee soiiiethinf oi" 
 the pedlar— something of the picaroon.' " 
 
 'On ,a small scale, perhatis,' said Wavland 
 'Smith, Laughing, 'Hut this evening, or to- 
 mirrow, will an old m.aii come hither ^vith thy 
 lather, who has the stealthy step of the cat, the 
 
 shrewd and vindictive eyo of tlie rat, the fawninfj 
 wile ol the spaniel, the determined snatch of 
 I lie niastili-of him beware, for your .nvn ,sako 
 and that ot y„ur mistress. .See you, fair .laiiet, 
 lie brings the venom of the aspie under tiio 
 a.ssume<i innocence of the dove. What preci.sn 
 niischiid lie meditates towards you I cannot 
 guess, but death and disi'a.se h.ive ever dogged 
 Ins h)otsteiis.— .Say nought of this to thy mis- 
 tic,s.s-my art suggests to me that in lier state 
 the, tear ol evil may be as dangerous as its opera- 
 tion -jJut see that she take my siiceitie, for '— 
 (he lowered his voice, and spoke low but ini- 
 liicssively in her ear)-' it is an antidote again.st 
 poison-Hark, they enter the garden !' 
 
 In elfeet, a .sound of noisy mirth and loml 
 
 talking approached the g.irdcn d ■, alarmed 
 
 liy which Waylaiid Smith sprung into the midst 
 ol a thicket of overgrown shrubs, while .lani't 
 withdrew to the garden-house that she might 
 not incur ob.scrv.ation, and that she might at 
 the .same time coneeal, at least for the jire.sent, 
 tlie purehases made from the supposed pedlar, 
 which l.iy .scattered on the lloor of the summer- 
 house. 
 
 Jam>t, however, li.ad no occasion for anxiety. 
 Her fuller, his old attendant, Lord Leicester's 
 domestic, and the astrologer, enterei: the garden 
 111 tumuli and in extreme Jierplexity, endeavour- 
 ing to (jiiict Lambonrne, whose brain had now 
 licconic completely tired with liipior, and who 
 was oneol those unforlunate jiersons, who, being 
 once stirred with the vinous stimulus, do not fall 
 asleep like other drunkards, but remain iiartially 
 influenced by it for many hours, until at leiu'th, 
 liy successive draughts, they are elevated iiiTo a 
 state of uncontrollable frenzy. Like many men 
 m this state, also, Lambourne neither lost the 
 power of motion, speech, or expression ; Imt, on 
 the contrary, sjioke with unwonted emiihasis 
 and readiness, and told all that at another time 
 lie would have been most desinnis to keep secret. 
 What! ejaculated Jiichael, at the full ex- 
 tent of lii.s voice, 'am I to have no welcome— 
 110 carouse, when I have brought fortune to your 
 o d ruinous dog-house in the shape of a devil's 
 ally, that can change slate-shivers into Sjianish 
 dollars'— Here, you, Tmiy l-'ire-the-'F.igot, jtapist, 
 ]>untaii. hypocrite, miser, prolli,gate, devil, com- 
 pounded of all men's sins, bow down and rever- 
 ence him who has brought into thy house tho 
 ycry inammoii thou worshippest.' 
 
 'For Cod's .sake,' .said Foster, 'speak low— 
 come into the house— thou shall have wine or 
 whiitever thou wilt.' ' 
 
 'No, old juickl'oist, I will have it hero,' 
 thumlered the inebriated ruman — ' here, nl 
 
 Jirsco, - - ■■' - r, ,• , ., . 
 
 ^ as the Italian hath it.— Xo, no, I will 
 not drink with that jioi.snning devil within 
 doors, to be choked with the fumes of arsenic 
 and ipiicksilvcr ; I learned from yiUaiii Yariiey 
 to beware of that.' 
 
 ^ 'Fetch him wine, in tho naino of all tho 
 iiends ! ' .said the alchemist. 
 
 'Aha ! and thon woiild.st spice it for me, old 
 Truepenny, wouldst thou not .' Ay, I .should 
 have co]ipcras, and heUeboic, and Vitriol, and 
 aquatorti.s, and twenty devilish materials, bub- 
 biing in my biainiian, like a charm to raise the 
 uevil ill a witch's caldron. Hand me the flask 
 
 I : « I 
 
' lat, tlic I'iiwiiiiifj 
 
 IlilK'll .sli.'lti'll (if 
 
 r yiiur own .snko 
 ' Jiiii, fair .laiict, 
 
 11.11HI! lllldl'l- tlio 
 
 What, jii'i'ciso 
 ■■< yiiu I (•.■iniiot 
 av(! cvi'i' (1<>i,';;im1 
 \\\iA to tliy mis- 
 Imt in her slato 
 ■cms us it.s ojxTa- 
 V sjicritic, fur ' — 
 lii' low but im- 
 I'liitiildto (igainst 
 irdcii ! ' 
 iiiiitli and loud 
 
 I doni', alannc'd 
 ^' into till! midst 
 lis, wliiln Janet 
 tliiit sill' nii;^lit 
 t slip iiiif,dit at 
 foi' tiic [ircscnt, 
 iijiposi'd jicdlar, 
 III the suiiinicr- 
 
 on for anxiety. 
 Lord Leiccstcr'n 
 I'lTii the g.ardon 
 <ity, cndcavour- 
 liiain had now 
 4noi', and who 
 ions, who, lii'inj,' 
 idns, do not fall 
 I'lnain |i,irtiiilly 
 until at Icn^'th, 
 t'lpvatod into a 
 f-ike many men 
 either lost the 
 Jssion ; liiit, on 
 inted eniiiha.sis 
 It another time 
 to koej) secret, 
 iit the full ex- 
 no welcome — 
 fortune to your 
 pe of a devil's 
 •s into Sjianish 
 !-'Fai,'ot, ])ajn.st, 
 •te, devil, com- 
 twn and rcver- 
 thy house tlio 
 
 'speak low — 
 have wine, or 
 
 i.'ive it here,' 
 
 II — ' here, nl 
 '-'o, no, I will 
 
 devil within 
 nes of arsenic 
 k'illain Varney 
 
 10 of all the 
 
 it for me, old 
 Ay, I should 
 I vitriol, and 
 aterials, buli- 
 n to raise the 
 . me the flask 
 
 -I m" ^^'■■•'''•■'•Vot--and|e,it 
 
 V"".V- «n'n,| vi.h. -wV,''' ^ ■'";',"■>■■ villain 
 
 l;V';'M.andM,nrne\r;' 'will s',^;i ■■'"'';■'■'''■- '•''''■ 
 
 ''^■"- I'Hv.U,. pl.asnie ''■;' "I' '■•■'■'' 'nr 
 
 v-0- ni;,d,t I-.'serv. ,' w„ '"'"' '''■'• tl'is 
 
 '">• >ii«l,t.,.,n, \V,j^,| ""'■'■"!'• •■""! ina on 
 
 ""■-^"■'•i' me that ToMv -^ '"'"'" •■'" '•'I'l'- 
 
 ;v:;,:;vi''^'.Mho;rnt;w;■;r■ I,;;''' •''•'''-' 
 
 i'"NMr,i. '-'""' "Inch trenddcl with 
 
 ■ i''"l' the love ,,(' li 
 tlii-'astrol , .„,""■''','•''" vioh,,ee'- .s,;,] 
 
 '•''^'•-^^•.v,lonc' ^;;;;;o,^'''''■■!''''^'■'''■''- 
 ""■ t" tlie health r ;"!"■• "''' 'fi'Ml i.led... 
 
 ^'4"v:Lr^:f;;;';,:;;'-r'---i-i,, ,,,,, 
 
 ""'ri'"ne.t ini a, 'l;;^ ""';''! l^i-"-' 
 
 2 '^^-ydensdidsL ;. Ml ■'''''" ^"^ •'->• 
 
 N-;ji^einsest^;:>,;"--'^,;;j^^;^... 
 
 "■;'S:'tr::Sxi:;!'tr;::;;f;-'''''^''-"p 
 
 ''■•"" '"'.Sfrras , ii, ' ;'''"';''^''' the enn.tve,' 
 
 -t i'-.«^d:h!\.!': , ;^?/-- 7 i'i-wo,!/i;, ' 
 
 '"I'^^or motion into t ,' ' '!•'" '*'" ^'"'"'"t 
 
 ;:;t;^^^«ndmoift;;his:.;-:t't^';r£^ 
 
 !<'< J'.'iL^:!;:;:1.,X;:i;;;;- -Jane,^ r.,:un.l her 
 ««l'^" ''■■■If' '"'t 'ioternn^ ''(,;';""''"'« ''"^-^ an 
 tlie countess the .Iread . , , '' "'''''''^ ''•<"" 
 cou ,1 not liei,, entertt , """■' "■'"''■'' «lio 
 lf'"^f of LLu'oun' ''1 '•''''' "'^ '''-""ke,' 
 t''""^''l they assume ;„, "' ' '"''"' h,nu-y,,^ 
 l''''^'f, ^^iti' the adv o ,r'''''""n ■^'"'J'". l<ep 
 yo'i'miied her mistress,^ I ' '"''"'"'= ■■""! '^ 'o ' 
 ';e medicine whiehl^\;';!^f'"n'"se of taking 
 \vhich it is iirohal,)n :i ' ";''"iii:iiende,I. fron7 ' 
 ^'i«MlH!,°'ty;rri''' "HnMnvisehv i 
 J-waped the ears o ''.,''" ^^T" '""•""Uions ; 
 Jitter how to inter, ;-^;:;/^'';;'<''"vn,neh' 
 compassion at heholi,, ' ■-, '" '^'^' "»"•'' 
 f'^ the countess and wl, T ! ',^^' " ^''-^-itnre 
 ;i' "- I'oson, of do 4" '.'■ J'-I first seen 
 t^'.e niacI,i„atio„s of i, ''""^■-^•^' '^•^Tosed to 
 
 f^.y ''paring the ^o ce o f jl TV '""'">' '■•^"tf-i- 
 ;vl>om he felt, ,-, ' ..^^ >> ol d master, a.ajns 
 
 latred an,l fear, IlV ]' ,^ •" '■ *',"" ''■''■'^■'''"'■'^ "f 
 ',"* °",-' art and r o, e'r',''"? " f^"''" i" 
 
 ^■-^^-^-^.^.ethatnlS-C:!;,?:K-„r 
 
 f'""-; 'Wt inelinrd ( i' ' '""• !'"■ ",e ilrst 
 
 ami winning- (he ,„ "' a-';oun(, in wooin,' 
 
 'aim'!', that he hid , /'"•■* ^"'alous re- 
 
 'and ,Sn,i,h, that leie . '"'''"'■''■'I to Wav- 
 
 ".;'y<;o'ofsueha,,as^^ i;.;;" "!'," ti.e dis. 
 
 Mistress Amy If.Ii,,,, V ' Wie w„h a lady o( 
 
 '"•■ ''"'■'"■'^t in,,,orta ee , 'S' ""•: .a ^'-'ivt of 
 
 '^■''''Vl'M'ou'rove Fi ;,/''; •'''''''.''^•^■'''' "'" 
 ""''^^•"■«ln;uldhesi,a, < '• ' '' '-•'■.■ster 
 
 'y very s,,an.e mean • aid' T'";'' " '"""""• 
 ,'a'^ tliose about him wi , " ''""'"■"■. 'lie 
 
 """''J meddle in !^ ' '"" ''onsent. If i 
 ■sneh^an-seasn vo |„t"""-' ''^ "'•'■^t '>< in 
 
 ^losen.ask on mv face So • 1"' ''^ "'■"' a 
 
 ''/'■^'"'AT In-morrow n ,i ,, " ' ^'■'" 'I'lit (iiles 
 ';'■■'"■" "'■ '■'•■Mden .,; ;,s '■'"'"«'■ ,'"y ••onrse and 
 ■^'"'■lld liketo eethi ]i'r'''l'''''''''ox. I 
 
 ;i:e''i'-jr--'^-.''.a.!;i;;,?.-;;,;c:;'-^ 
 
 '''-* virtue; si ,,;7r''r''''''^'''^'''''-i'''" ' 
 
 '"•^f^. and he V s we I '■ '".""M'oit him in £ 
 
 "■er, professing ,^''h;i?"''''>''^ : still, ho/ 
 '-"«'> of need, tiPdo u': te T i's"! '™'""^'^-^- "' 
 ■^'."■y any service, i,, ^fav] ''''■' '" ^''' '■"'i^- 
 ^■''•■''■''^terofajublcan "''■""■■"■^'"'"■"''Ids 
 
 CHAPTER xxr. 
 
 Maci:|- Til. 
 
 ;'" ^^''f^l^md ; an- evm;iin ?'"'■""*"" ""■""^'' 
 
 K'lietv or .doiv or ti ' "'"''' adil to the 
 
 '^'-alioth,.:;,;^,,,i!;:;,l-l;a-d reception 'of 
 avounte. .Meantime, I e e Je" ''''^^''W'i^lH'd 
 toadvame in the n„„n. • i^ ^' aj'Jieared dailv 
 Pftuallv by her ide'r ' ' '"';"'"'- "^' "as .?. 
 '"ij'tl.enLne,i^,;;:;5;!7'''"'i''i''Klylistci i 
 r'V ai'l'-'oaehes eve ' to^ r'-.7'"on-,avoured 
 '""'^^(I lip to bvallu ,„ ,**"'""• '"timacv- 
 \ ■••""'•t-ciurted^ ;;.,',, ;'■■'' •'"!"''^ '<' '-o^c at 
 I n>ost flattering, tes in S /"'"^^-^'-^ "itl/ the 
 . .^overeigns-thc v/// ■ / 1 1 ':':'^'"''-f ''om their 
 , -stately Kli.abeth. ,vho w a " '''^''""'' "'" tl'c 
 : «"PPo.sed to be stu, V n""';, I"!^-. ''^'y KHierally 
 ""'ty for .■i.s.sociati2"rn '^ *""' ■''"'' °J'I'«'-- 
 PHT sovereign power ^ '' ''^' '"arriage, '/„to 
 
ll'.ll'F.h'/.F.y NOt'FJ.S 
 
 Aniiil .mifli n tiilo of iiroHpprify, tliiM niiiiiiiii nf 
 fiirtiiiir, iiml 111' the i|iii'('ii's liivmii', was innlialily 
 tlnMiKist iiiili,i|i|iy iiiiiii ill I hi' irullii wliirli si'I'IiicmI 
 at Ills ilc'Vntioli. Ill' IiikI till! Kiiiiy Kiii;,''s Mll|ic- 
 
 I'iiirily uvn- his Iririiils iiml ilr|M'iii|i'iit.s, iiiul saw 
 iniicli uhicji thi'y I'liiijil nut. Tlir (iliaiiU'lci- uf 
 ills iiiislii'ss was iiiliiiialrly known to liiin ; it 
 was his iiiiiiuti' ami .nIihUimI aciiiiaintaiice with 
 hiT liiiiiiimi's, as wfll as Iht nolili' raciiltirs, 
 wliii'h, joiiiiMl to his pDwiTliil iiii'iita! r|iialitirs, 
 mill his I'liiiiii'iit ('xti-inai airi)ni|ilishiii('iits, hail 
 raisi'il him so hi^h in hrr lavmir ; ami it was 
 that yrry kiiowii'ij^'H d' hiT (lis|iositiiin which 
 loil him lo a|i|iii'iiuml ai ivciy tmn soiik' smlili'ii 
 ami oviTwhi'lmin;,' ilis;L;iiirf. Lt'iirstiT was liki! 
 a pilot possi'ssnl of a rliai't, wliii'h |iointN out to 
 
 hiiii all till' |ii'riiiiarilii's of his navi^'iiti Imt 
 
 wliii-h I'xhiliits so many shoals, hi-cakcrs, a.iil 
 I'l'i'l's of rocks, that his'aii\iims rye rraps littU^ 
 moiT IVoiii ohscrviiif,' I hem, than to In' convincnl 
 that his tinal i'sca|.c, can he jittlo olso than 
 niii'ai'uloiis. 
 
 In fact, (,)iiccii Kiizaliclh hail a nharactcr 
 straiif^'cly com|ioiimlcil of the stion,i,'cst niascii- 
 lilif sense, with those foihies which an^ chielly 
 sil|ipose(l proper to the femalii sex. Her suli- 
 JiH'ts hail the full henelit of her virtues, which 
 far invdominated over her weaknesses ; lint her 
 courtiers, ami thoso alioiit licr person, had often 
 to sustain siiililen anil eiiibarrassinj,' turns of 
 (•a|iriee, ami the sallies of a temper which was 
 hoth jealous ami iles|iotic. She was the nursiiij,'- 
 motlier of her people, hut she was also the true 
 (lauf,'htPr of Henry VIII.; ami tliou,i,'h early 
 suH'eriiiKs ami an exeellciit eiliication had re- 
 lircsseil and inodilieil, they had not altoi,'ether 
 destroyed, the hereditary feniper of that ' hard- 
 nilcil kiiii,'.'— ' Her iniml,' says her witty Rod- 
 won, Sir John Hariii;,'ton, who had experienced 
 hoth the smiles and the frowns which he de- 
 serihes, | was ofttiine like the f,'entle air that 
 Cometh from the western jioiiit in a summer's 
 niorn— 'twas swei^ and refreshiuf,' to all around 
 lier. Her speech did win all alfcetioiis. And 
 ajjain .she could jmt forth such alterations, when 
 ohedieuee was laekiiij,', as left no doulitinj^ irlimc 
 dauf,'luer she was. When she smiled, it was a 
 pure sunshine, that every one did choose to liask 
 in, if they eould ; hut anon eamo a storm, from 
 a suilden f,'atheriii;< of clouds, and the thunder 
 tell, in a wondrous manner, on all alike.' * 
 
 This variability of disposition, as Leicester 
 well knew, was ehielly formidalile to those who 
 had a share in the ipieeu's all'ections, and who 
 do|iemled rather on her ]iersonal re^ird, than 
 on the indispensable servii'cs which they couhl 
 render to her councils and her crown. The 
 favour of Hurlei^h, or of Walsinghani, of a de- 
 scription far less strikiuL,' than that by which 
 ho was himself upheld, was founded, as Leicester 
 was well aware, on Elizabeth's solid judfrment, 
 not on her partiality ; and was, therefore, free 
 from all thoso nrincijiles of change and decay, 
 necessarily incident tn that whidi chielly arose 
 from personal aceomplishmeuts and female ]ire- 
 dilection. These gi-eat and sage statesmen were 
 judged of by the queen, only'with reference to 
 the measures they suggested, and the reasons by 
 
 * Niiga Antiquie, vol. i. pp. 355-362. 
 
 which they suiipnrtecl their opinions in council ; 
 
 whereas the success of [,eicester's course depcmlcd 
 on .ill those light and changeable gales of cajirice 
 and humour, which thwart or favour the pro- 
 gress of a lover in the lavour of his mistnss, 
 and she too a mistress who wan ever and anon 
 becoming fearful lest she should forget the dig- 
 nity, or compromise the authority, of the ipieen, 
 w hile she indulged the ath'ctioiiH of the woman. 
 Of th(^ dillicullics which .surrounded his power, 
 'too great to keeii or to resign,' Leicester was 
 fully sensiblo ; and as \w looked anxiously round 
 for the means of maintaiuiiig himself in Ids pre- 
 carious situation, and sometimes contemplutcd 
 those (if descending from it in .safety, he saw 
 but little hope of cither. At such "moments, 
 his thoughts turned to dwell upon his secret 
 niarriage and its coiiseipicnccs ; and it was in 
 bitterness against himself, if imt against lii.s 
 unfortiinati! countess, that he ascribed to that 
 hasty measure, adopted in the ardour of what 
 he now called inconsiderate passion, at once 
 the impossibility of jil.icing his jiower on a .solid 
 basis, ami the immediate prospect of its pre- 
 cipitate downfall. 
 
 'Men .say,' thus ran his thoughts, in these 
 anxious and repentant moments, 'that I might 
 marry Kli/abeth, and become King of Kngland. 
 All things suggest this. The match is carolled 
 in ballads, while the rabble throw their caps 
 up — It h.i.s been touched u]ioii in the schools — 
 whisiiereil in the iircsence-chambcr — recom- 
 mended from the pulpit prayed for in the 
 ('alvinisti(^ churches abroad — touched on by 
 statists in tho very council at home — These 
 bold insinuations have been rebutted by no 
 rebuke, no resentnient, no chiding, .scarce even 
 by the usual female [irotestation that she would 
 live and die a virgin princess. — Her words have 
 been more courteous than ever, though she 
 knows .such rumours are abroad — her actions 
 more gracious— her looks more kind — nought 
 .sci'ius wanting to niak(^ mo King of Englan(i, 
 and place mo beyond the storms of court-favour, 
 e.xce]iting the putting forth of mine own hand 
 to take tluit crown impciial, whiidi is tho glory 
 of the universe ! And when I might stretch 
 that hand out most boldly, it is fettered down 
 by a secret and inextricable bond ! — And here 
 1 have letters from Amy,' he would .say, catch- 
 ing them up with a movement of peevishness, 
 ' liersecuting mo to acknowledge her ojienly— to 
 do justice to her and to myself— and I wot not 
 what. .Methinks I have done less than justice 
 to myself already. And she speaks as if Eliza- 
 beth were to receive the knowledge of this 
 matter with the glee of a mother hearing of 
 the happy marriage of a ho[ieful son I — She, 
 the daughter of Henry, who siiared neither man 
 ill his anger, mir woman in liis desire — she to 
 lind herself trickod, drawn on witli toys of 
 ]iassion to the verge of acknowledging her love 
 to a subject, and he discovered to bo a married 
 man I — F;iizabeth to learn that she hiul been 
 dallied with in such fashion, as a gay courtier 
 might trille with a country wench !— Wo .should 
 then see to our ruin/«/r;).s- quiilfiemina !' 
 
 He would then iiause, and call for Varney, 
 whose advice was now more frequently re.sorteil 
 to than ever, because the carl remembered the 
 
 .sect 
 ten 
 wliji 
 at l\ 
 tiim 
 prog 
 
 perc, 
 
 'J' 
 
 jil'csc 
 
 hath 
 
 siolis 
 siliili 
 other 
 ■ill II, 
 
 nie, si 
 
 sart. 
 
 cliario 
 
 todasi 
 
 ■It the 
 
 'oi' sol 
 
 tlirouii 
 
 these a 
 
 "ith a 
 
 'ia.s (lilt 
 
 lillt pen 
 
 time foi 
 altogetli 
 o(^ July, 
 U'e jira 
 quests ai 
 '"vc, An 
 "omaii 
 
 K''iitlenia 
 /iichani 
 
 '"vciitioii 
 
 fol' Sll,.,, 
 
 nien;iceil 
 
 '"'"Mild nil 
 
 < T' 
 , (-illl II 
 
 "ear (br a \ 
 
 '■I'l'euinstui 
 
 liter sonic 
 
 ' Ho«-, v 
 
 "•i'i'-that 
 
 nor with hi 
 
 'Aks ! II 
 
 such is the 
 
 I'd' ; and ti 
 
 ^■•'ver all.' 
 
 "Hiink o 
 
 •^■■"•1. in gr, 
 
 lloilght-if 
 
 "ot ; for I t 
 
 ""t, that iioi 
 
 I'l'ide than tl 
 
 man of Devo 
 
 'Hit where s 
 
 question, slie 
 
 ileiisive as lig 
 
 ' \\'e have" 
 
 wo not been 
 
 "lit what el.sc 
 
 she wliose "i 
 
 ship's Uidl A 
 
 «liouId do somi 
 
 , '^t is iniiio.'. 
 
 ''^'"1 ; ' I kilov 
 
 would make lie 
 
 ' it is soinew 
 
aiixii)Msly roniii 
 iisi'll ill his I 
 
 liiilis ill ciiuiicil ; 
 ('(lursi' (irjiciidiMl 
 
 ' unit's of CJlJlfiui! 
 
 lavDiir the Jiio- 
 i)t' his mist 11 ss, 
 H cvi r mill aium 
 
 I l'iiif,'ct tlio dig- 
 3', ol' the (iiit'cn, 
 < III' ihi' WDiimii, 
 iihij iiis |ii)\vcr, 
 ,' Li'iw'.stor was 
 
 Msly roniiii 
 
 ill liis |iii'- 
 
 •s riiMti'lii|ilat('il 
 
 salcty, lio Haw 
 siii'h iiiDiiiciits, 
 l|iiMi iiis sriTi't 
 
 ami it was in 
 lot aj^'ainsl his 
 M'l'ilii'i! to that 
 ardiiiir of wliat 
 l.ssiiiii, at iilirii 
 "iwi'i- oil a solid 
 ii'ct of its ]ii'e- 
 
 Ufjlits, in thcsR 
 , ' that I inif,dit 
 iiK of Kiif,'iaiid. 
 ati'ii is caroiii'd 
 now tiirir raps 
 
 II till' schools - 
 iiiiliii- — rocoiii- 
 .■I'd fur in tliii 
 loiii'lu'd on liy 
 - hoiiK,' — These 
 cliiittpil Iiy iin 
 iiK, scarco evi'ii 
 that she would 
 
 Ilor words have 
 r, tliouj,'li sho 
 d — her ai'tioiis 
 kind — noiif^'ht 
 ij,' of Enjjlaiid, 
 of court- favour, 
 nine own hand 
 ii.'h is the glory 
 inif,'ht strpteh 
 I fettered down 
 lid !— And hero 
 mid say, catch- 
 of iicevisliness, 
 her openly — to 
 -and I wot not 
 ■ss tlian justice 
 aks as if Eliza- 
 .vledge of this 
 her hearing of 
 ul son ! — She, 
 cd neither man 
 desire — she to 
 with toys of 
 idgiiig her love 
 :o ho a married 
 she had lieen 
 a gay courtier 
 1 ! — We should 
 ''<e)iii)ia /' 
 ill for Varney, 
 ucntly resorted 
 sniembered the 
 
 "■•'"loiislrani'cs which l.n i i ' ~ "~" " — 
 
 ;-^'''''t -ontract/' , ' ,, '•''I ""«;Io ««,.in,f ,„., 
 
 ",'';!• '"„..,„,. 1)11' ',,'''''•'■''''''''. Im.w or if, 
 "^'^"Hilworth. The. "'"* '" '"• piodiicc 
 
 '■'li/ahcth «i|| „„, ' "••'■'•■«.iiy. 
 
 r'''r'''''.'.^ai,iti ,,.'''; 'T*'-;''''' ^^nhnut u,.,- 
 
 H ons s„;;«„,,f, ,„. „|, ;.,"■, '"-^' "»M appilhcn. 
 
 ^^';'^\"Md,oc/,,do,,nd ,:,';^;''V'^''''''''MM. 
 
 !'"-.":^'i;!';;r^'''''''''''^^ 
 
 with <. .1,,.... .. y* •'■-' 1 cnlild .i.„p„|„„| - '" 
 
 '^■/:.\V/.//VV,V// 
 
 j "\vi""'" 'vii/ahclhl' ' '" ''■'^'vyr.i „,„;;„,!;:,;; 
 
 / n>v iimdncsN, \-„,.,„,,, ■ 
 
 ■^'''■'M, and discover '"Mlln„|,,| „itl,Ti',' 
 
 ''':^'''lf'"'K;;';'''''^'^''''-''-'nt,'.,d 
 
 ./,V""'>'»l'"lMlc,,„s%'' 
 
 ' Ml Tc ;il|i lllillii- ' ■ 1 1- 
 
 , "i» «;:;;;;:,;,:';r;i '■"■'■ s.:-;::;'?;; i "p'^»'»::"z':^^;:i'^^ "-':,: 
 
 :;»-i:t;i£;;;l:'i:si^ri;,-;;:|>;^r"'. - -:!::,&-:£:; 
 
 "■ ■:* '■•"">. lo 'vlioii, A,' ,v ',"'■ """•'■•^ f'^'le 
 
 'M-.se accursed n'vei;'';'"i"""Tf '" "'" "av of I .T '"' '" ""' "''•^'•"cc of t!';'"^'" ^"l"''' ■ "Mil 
 
 Fpsc^^^^^^^^ "■■■■" 
 
 ; ''Wjthcr r,,i„ ^,,,,,,, , .''> ^ 'I. est yon slionid 
 ;;'. J"ly, we will he wi , , ' ■^"•"■'I'.y the uih 
 
 ^^•' V'^y you to /„ . ^"" ■" '^''Miiworth 
 
 K'''^sts and suito;s , '^7. '''^'''' '"■ "'M' appo ied 
 
 ''V'^An.y,^,^J;••'''^.';•s,.'cial,his',!^,,;^:' 
 
 {^:''"-MaM. Aiastil; R;;;';;; 3;""|.t ,.octi,i 
 
 .'^"■''"'■il \.trnev." - Vm r' '" >■'""• Mian 
 around n.c/ '"^ ''—1- i^ mou- Irfe: 
 
 ■3 
 
 , ■ •■•■.»tiJO|ir 
 
 lall Illy ).„),. j I " 
 
 ''™'' '■-''• a hnVf,L'e/|?''';' ""■""■^ l'"''snailcd to 
 -;;;"Mstaiicesi|,JU' ,;''-;-':,.'l:an.ctc|.wi;i.l 
 "Ita'^sonie hcsi(,,io„ "" "^""l \aniey, 
 
 ^"Wall.' ""^ ''">i opinion is to dis 
 
 earl '''■'" "^ "'' ^<>^>»'tUin„ else \- „ ■ 
 
 ,'"'- 'M ^.reut ai'itati?,,,;,".'''^'' •'*"''' t!'i 
 
 '"''"''t-i'' I coiih i' ;, "''■\iMvcntion i 
 
 '""i '"'■ J tell ,1 , YV '•'■•^" "' -^l"' "oull 
 
 '""] f''"t not -:i ' ,;., ""■^' " "'"" kMo;v' it 
 
 nan of Devon. (She ;! .1 • 'l" "''■'*''"i" ^'<Mitle 
 '"'* "•''^'■'- .sl.e 1. Ids^ r"'" *" """'3' tiling 
 
 ;i";;^.on,siieh,f,,;^. ■ 'y'KMir inou^ht'i; 
 
 ''^" y "-^ )'gl-t„i,|. an 1 ,: ; r'"'"^'' '^'^ "I'pn>- 
 
 she whose <r, I !• *'■"'■''' i ^Mow not \r .n • f^ 
 
 '''-yJJoson.ewhat;:.;^.^ :?"*'- -laMger, 
 
 , Y 's iMijio.ssihle • s'.i, lil,''^ ,"'""• 
 
 ^'^'"1 ; ' I know Me !,e^ .,'" *"•"'' ""m'm" his 
 
 ^™'i';^■-l<Hl,'r en! !/;;;! -%;'--ti.^tfc 
 
 ^^"'-'M-vIiathaid'f^,Sr-'-."''!'o.,i..- 
 " ' "'"" t ai'iiej', 
 
 y-''4"'-IIvc;::7:'"ti''''-"y.'"Mswcred 
 
 ■""'I't'l Miy ^vilr ,0 ,,. ' ' """""■ ''l.t'e, an 
 
 "";7''-"^i.n'sai',vC ;;;:''""^'^^"f'"-"<) 
 
 . ^"'Mey.'said J.ef,. ,.'"'■''""■'■•'•' 
 
 f;' "M^'ht so rei ,,,,,• ''""""t Mr.re I.e.. 
 
 ^'-'''V'-thisS ,/''^'''-''';';l^'Mat,i,;:a;, 
 
 ;if'^rs^L;r:iit--Fr-'- 
 
 ^'f'V "'■'"'' <V this uoi'l I ''')'''''■' '''''Ml'lser 
 
 ''>■ '"■'■ ""M vi,:, e ^, „ ''l"'*";'l times overpaid 
 o'"'U.icss descend „,, '"■■■""3- ; '■"•■ MevC ij 
 
 ''='f^['^;^''^;--aMii!:;i::rn;"^''''''''-'--'«it' 
 
 ^"/■■^"■'■'•'•'l "■'tnu'v.'^ivi'tirl;;.^;'''' ?'" •'" *'ti«li<-l • 
 "luch even mspc I't to I , 'l'"''^' *"'''""i'' sMiil : 
 t'MicssiihdueJ.vm^ !'''''■'''' '■■"'''^' ''"tat li 
 3Y'''''''rt"'''-^th;s i ^:,''''''''''o>'«'' to 
 •iMd hcaufifnl-that is s 1 '^ "'"' '*'' gracious 
 
 ;;'^■''^■M the Towci;,],v;''7"-'-'C'h tontine' 
 
 ''"■'■'■ime "tdeceiviii,/the a ,,'•''■ ''"'r>^i'Oud to 
 T'<lor--.A cheaper peimtv 'r" "/"-^ "' ''''^"'"'t'' 
 not Pxpect.' ' "ait.v, I jircsunie, you do 
 
 •'lalieioiifj (leii,) 1 ' 
 
 I' you are serious „,,. ,^„, , ., 
 ,yoii must set fn.t-l. • ' '''' •"^axl Varnev 
 Cumnor Place.- '""' '"•^'"""y, and post fj; 
 
 . ' i^fJ thou .r.) thvspIC V 
 
 130 
 
I. ' 
 
 974 
 
 ll'Al'Kh'/.F.y NOfFJ.S 
 
 \mm>.f\\\\ ill tliu wornt ihuhm. I nIioiiIiI iHtmid 
 si'ir-('i)iivii't«il (if villdiiy wii'o I til iii>,'i' Miii'li II 
 
 llc'ivit. — U|.J{IH|,., 1 llll t'lll'f -MlINt I I'llllCllt tlll'C 
 
 to iiiiim iiwii ilishciiiiiiii' i ' 
 
 'Nip, my Iniil,' Miiid Variicy— ' but if ymi nii' 
 Niriiiiis ill I'litiustiiif,' 1110 with the task nl ui^jin;,' 
 
 tliit iiiiHt II ssiiry iiiciismi', yoii iinist k'^'"' 'U'' 
 
 II li'tl'T tn my liiily, iis my i ii'ilfiiliiils, uml iiuHt 
 to nil' I'lir li.iikiiiK t'"' iiiiviii' it iniitaiiiM willi nil 
 till' I'diTi' III my iMiwcr, Aiiii miuIi is my iijiiiiinii 
 111' my liiily's jovo I'lir your ioi(islii|i, ainl of licr 
 wiliillj,'l|i'ss lo ilo tll.ll wliicji is lit OIICI' to coll. 
 
 iiilmti' to yoiii- |i|i.'iisiii'i' aii>i your safety, that 
 I lUM sure NJic will coiiilcsiM'iiil to hear for a 
 li'w liiii.f (lays the iiaiiii' of so liiiiiihii' a man 
 as iiiysi'lf, c's|M'rially siiici' il is not inferior in 
 aiitii|nity to iliat of hi'rown |iatciiial house.' 
 
 Li'iei'ster sei/{'il on \vritinj< inateri lis, ami twice 
 or lluiic ciniiiiiciiceil a iet(cr to tiie countess, 
 which he afteiwanls t<ire into fra;,'meiits. At 
 leiii,'th he linisheil a few i|isir,icte(| lines, in 
 wiiii'h he coninicil hi r, for reasons nearly eon- 
 cerniiii,' his lile aiii| hoiioiw, to consent to hear 
 the name of Variiey for a lew Mays, iliiriiif,' the 
 revels at Kenilworth. He aihled, that Varmv 
 woiilil coinmiinicate all the reasons wliidi 
 reiiileieil this deception iiiilispensahle ; and, 
 liaviiiL; si'^'iied and se iled these creilentials, lie 
 IIiiiil; llicin over the tahle to Variiry, with a 
 motion that he should depart, which liis adviser 
 was not slow to comprehend and to oliev. 
 
 Fii'icester remaini'd like om^ stnpelied, till he 
 heard the traniplini,' of the horses, as Variiev, 
 wlio took no time even to chaiij,'e his dress, 
 threw himself into the saildlc, and. followe(l hy 
 a single servant, set olf for |{erkshirp. At the 
 sound, till' oarl started from his seat, and ran to 
 the window, with the momentary piiipose of le- 
 callin.i,' the unworthy commission with which lu' 
 liad entrusted one, of wlioiii ho used to say, he I 
 knew no virtuous property save alh^ction to his ^ 
 patron. 15nt Varney was already lieyoinl call— j 
 mid the hi'if;ht stiirry liriuament'. wliich the aj,'o | 
 coiisideied as the Mook of I'ate, lyin^ spread I 
 liL'fore Leicester when lie opened the easement, 
 diverted him from his hotter and more manly 
 purpose. 
 
 ' riieri; they roll on their silent hut potential 
 course,' said the earl, lookin.i; around him, 'with- 
 out a voice which speiks to oiir ear, hut not 
 without iiitlueiiccs which alfect, at every clian^'e, 
 the iudwcllcrs of this vile earthly planet. This, 
 if astrolo;;crs filde not, is the very I'l'isis of iny 
 fate! The hour approaches of 'which I wa's 
 taught to beware —the hour, too, which I was 
 eneoiiraj^ed to hope for.— A kiiii^was the word- 
 hut how ;— the crown matrimonial —all hopes 
 of that are i,'one— let them go. The rich 
 Netherlands h;ive dcmandod iiio for their louder. 
 and, would Elizahoth consent, would vield to 
 mo l/inr crown. —And havo I not such aolaiiu. 
 even in this kingdom ! That of York, do.soond- 
 iiig I'roin Ooorgc? of Olarer.ce to the House of 
 Huiitiiigdou, which, this lady failing, m.ay havo 
 a fiir chaiico — Huntiugdouis of my luniso.— 
 Hut I will ])luiigo no (loo])er in those high 
 inystories. Let luo hold my course in .silence 
 for a while, and iu ohscurity liko a suliterranoan 
 rivor-thc time shall oomo, that I will hurst forth 
 in inystrcngth, and hoar all opposition before me.' 
 
 Wliilo riiiicNter was tliiiN MtujicfviiiK tlio ri'- 
 nionstniiiccs of his own conseimee, by appeiiling 
 to political necessity for his apology, or losing 
 himself amidst the wild dieains o| anibitniii, his 
 agent lefi town and tow.r behind him, on Ids 
 hasty journey to Itcikshirc Jh aNo nuiirished 
 
 high hope, Hi' ha, I bioilght Lord Leicester to 
 
 the point \vhich he had desind, of coiiiniitting 
 to him the most intimate iece>ses of his brea.st, 
 and of Using him as the channel of his most eon- 
 lidciitial iiitcjconisc with his ladv. liciicefor- 
 waid il would, he foresaw, be dilllcnlt lor his 
 patron either to dispense with his services, or 
 leliise his reipiests, however unreasonable. And 
 
 if thisdisdainfui dame, as lie terineil th luntcss, 
 
 should comply with the icipnst of her husband, 
 Varney, her prcicndcd husband, must needs 
 beconio ,so situated with respect to her, that 
 there was no knowing where his audacilv miglit 
 he bounded perhaps not till eiicumsta'ic es eii- 
 ableil him toolitain a triumph, which he thought 
 of with a mixture of liendlsh feelings, in which 
 revenge for her previous SI oni was loremost and 
 |ire(loiiiiiiant. Again he contemplated the pos. 
 sibility ot her licing totally intractable, and re- 
 fusing obstinately to plav the part assigiit'd to 
 her ill the drama at Keiiiluurth. 
 
 'Alasco iiiiist then do his part,' lie .said — 
 'Sickness iiiiist servo her Majesty as an oxoiiso 
 
 for not loeeiving the homage of .Mistress \'ariiey 
 
 ay, and a sore and wasting sickness it may provp, 
 .should Lli/abcth coiitinuo to cast so lavouraldo 
 an eye on my Lord of Leicester. 1 will not forego 
 the chance of being favourite of a monarch for 
 want of determined measures, should those be 
 necessary. — forward, good liorso, forward- 
 ambition, and haughty hope of ])ower, ]ileasuro, 
 and revenge, strike their stings as deep through 
 my bosom as I plunge the rowels in thy Hanks 
 ■On, good horse, on— the devil urges us both 
 forward.' 
 
 CHAPTER XXll. 
 
 Say tlhil my twaiily wns Imt sm.-ill, 
 AnioiiR court lailies .ill ^ll;spi^ecl, 
 
 Why clid-t tliDii rend it frmn iliat li;dl, 
 Where, scornful e.irl, 'twas de.irly prized? 
 
 No more thou coniest with wonted speed, 
 Thy once beloved hride lo v^e ; 
 
 Ihit he she .-dive, or he she ile:.d, 
 
 I fear, steru earl, 's the same to thee. 
 
 ClMNDU IIaI.I., IIY Wll.l.lAM Jcl.lCS MiCKI.K. 
 
 Till', ladies of fasliion of the jirosent, or of any 
 other ]ioiiod. must have allowed that the young 
 and lovely Countess of Leicester had, besides 
 her youth and lioauty, two (|ualities which en- 
 titled her to a place amongst womon of rank and 
 distinction. She displayed, as wo have seen in 
 licr interview with the jiedlar, a liberal prompti- 
 ti'de to make uiinocossary |iureh.isos, solely for 
 the pleasure of aciiuiring u.soless and showy 
 trillos which ceased to]ileaso as soon as tlioy were 
 possessed ; and slie was, besides, apt to spend a 
 considoralilo .sjiace of time everyday in adorning 
 her iier.son. altliniigli the varied eplV-nd-'Ur of Ik^- 
 attire could only attract the lialf satirical praise 
 of tlic jireciso Janet, or an approving glance from 
 
fwMng the rr- 
 
 ■I', liy ii|ii«'iiliii>,' 
 iili>)fy, III- l(i-.i|i>,' 
 >r iiriiliilliiii, liji 
 ml liiiii, (III Ills 
 
 also iiiiiM'iMlii'd 
 ml l.i'iii'Nti'r til 
 
 (if ('iiiiiiiiirtiii;{ 
 ft III' his liiciiit, 
 it his must iiiii- 
 
 (|y. Ilrllll'liil'. 
 
 ililllinilt till' liis 
 liis srrvii'cs, (ir 
 isonalilr. Ami 
 I'll llir I'liunti'Ms, 
 )!' Iirr liiisliiiml, 
 I, must iiiM'ils 
 t ti. Imt, tllllt 
 iiinlacily lui^'iit 
 c'llMistiiii' I's ell- 
 licli III' lliMiiglit 
 line's, ill wliicli 
 IS liii'i'iiiiisl ami 
 |ilati'(l till' |H)s- 
 italili', ami ro- 
 ut as.si^'iu'd to 
 
 lit,' li(> sail!— 
 y as nil cxfiiso 
 stress N'ai'iicy — 
 s it may iu'dvc, 
 t SI) I'avdiiialilo 
 
 will iiiit liiii'^'ii 
 a mmiarcli lui- 
 liould these he 
 •se, lorwai'd — 
 iiwer, )ileasure, 
 ( deep thr(itij;h 
 i ill thy Hanks 
 
 urges us both 
 
 KF.Nii.woknr 
 
 mail, 
 
 h.Mt liall,, 
 Icarly pri/eil '? 
 
 iited spcetl, 
 
 ;.d, 
 
 i lo thee. 
 
 Jl'i.u's Micki.k. 
 
 sent, oi' of any 
 hat the youiif; 
 ' had, liesides 
 ties whicli en- 
 en of rank and 
 L' have seen in 
 heral jiromjiti- 
 ises, solely for 
 is and showy 
 111 as they were 
 ipt to spend a 
 ly in adornini; 
 lendour of her 
 satirieal jiraise 
 iig glance from 
 
 til.; liriKht nyrji whieh witneMHo.l their own l.eatiiH 
 III lniiiii|,li reth'. te.l ||„m the mirror 
 
 The (uiiMtrss Amy had imlinl (,, ,,|,,,d, f,„. 
 iiiilillKeme III thiise frivuloiis tasf, ,, ||,„, , |„, 
 
 ""'"■•"'"" of the tim.'s had d-me liitl, „r nothing 
 ■;.'■" ';"•!'" naturally ;,My,u,d .uvrsi' ,„ stinh^ 
 ll'helm.lnni luvniln,,,)!..,., limry ami to « ..f.r 
 
 II. she miKht hive Woven tapestry or seurd 
 
 ;:'"'"■""';■;■>•• 'i" '"•'• "" 'issp,i.ail'in^,„v pro. 
 
 ilslull .ill ovi'r the walls and seats at Kiil'i',.. 
 Mall; or she might have varied .Minerva's 
 I'.liours with the task of pr,.p;.,i„. , „„;, ; 
 
 I'Mil.lmgaKainst the time that Sir llnuh KolKait 
 
 "■""■'"■'' i"ii'.tlie greeinv |. |i,„ Amy had 
 
 m, mituial gemns either |,.r the loom, the nn'dle 
 
 -r the ri.,i'ipt.l,.,i,k. Ill,' tlii.|. had died iii 
 
 "daimy: W lather eontr.iili,.|i.dh.'r in m.thiiiK 
 n.id Tre.ssilian, the ,mly iii.i. that appniaehrd hiT 
 
 who wasaileordesinius to attend to the I'Mlti! 
 
 viiionot her mind, had mini, hurt his interest 
 with her, hy assuming too ,.,,^;,.||v the task of u 
 I'n'n'I'tor : .so that he was regarded l,v the livelv, 
 
 ■ adulKe.1 ami Id e ;-,rl, with some fi.,u'aml miM'l 
 fe.'^peet; l.iilwith little or iioihin^, „t , l„i, s,,,',,.. 
 '•motion whiih it had hem his hope and his 
 atiilM ion to inspire. And thus he; heart lav 
 
 n'a.i. ly open, am her fai.ey 1,..|.,,„ asilveapti 
 
 ated hy he .idile ,'xterior, ami Krari'lurd,.p;,,t- 
 iient, and eomplaeent llatterv of [,i.ii.,.st,.r, even 
 >";l<"-" he was known to her as the dazzling minio,, 
 ol wealth and power. 
 
 Thi' IVi',|Uent visits of Leieester at Cummir 
 'lunn« the earlier part of their union, hadr': 
 
 eoneiled the eountess to the solitude ami privai'v 
 to whieh she wa,., .'ondemneil ; hut when these 
 VLSI s heeome rarer and more rar,., ,,,,1 when the 
 void W.'IS 1,11,'d up with letters of ...xc'llse, not 
 
 alway.s very warmly e.xp.es.sed, and generally 
 e.vtreino y hrief, d Lseontent and suspirion !„.., n 
 o haunt hose splendid apartnienti whieh hive 
 had fitted up III,. l„,a„,y. „„, ,,„,„.,,,.^ 
 Leieester eonveyd these feelin^r^ i„o hhintl y 
 '»>'■ I-n's.se, niore naturally than prudently thai 
 •she might he ix.lii.yed from this .'hsmie and ..; 
 eluded lesideiu'e, hy the Karl's aeknowledgmnit 
 ol their marriage ; and in arraie'im' lier .,r.M 
 
 >Montswi,|,,,itl„. skill she was m!!;?r,son^; 
 
 tustedehietlytothewa 
 
 « th NNhieh .she urged them. Sometimes she 
 
 neii ventured to mingle reproaehes, of whieh 
 
 Wster coneeived he had good reaJou to com' 
 
 ' I liave made her eountess,' he .said to Varney • 
 
 .urely .she miKht wait till it eon.sisted with niv 
 
 I'leasurc that .she should ,,ut on the eoronet ' ^ 
 
 llie (ounte.ss Amy vimved the suhieet in 
 
 liiieetly an opposite light. ' 
 
 'What signifu.s,' she said, "that I have rank 
 ;'";n.onoMri,ireality, ifl.nitoliv,.anoh, s't 
 1 n one , without either soeiety or ohservan ee 
 m sulh'ring m my ..haraeter, I one of duh , s 
 
 di.sgraeed reiiutation ; I care not for all those 
 nngs o pearl, which you fret mo hy ui, k' 
 
 eS'^iTT-'r^. ^^'ly^'t'-^t'^ti^i'i: 
 
 y haw, my good father would call me to i^ 
 that he might see it more elo.sely ; and the k d 
 
 won .1 .say something about roses gules; and now 
 
 1 sit here, decked out like an image ^ith gold 
 
 2rn 
 
 «li.l grniH «„d no on., to .s,... my limry l,„t ymu 
 
 :'' f. 1 l'''i"«'|^. the poor Tressilian too- I„| 
 itauiils not sjieikinKof him • ' " 
 
 'It.l-.lhm.t,imle.'d,mai|,,m.'v.idh,, prnd. nt 
 ",'"'"•"; r;''^""ly.vi.um..ki'm. s.„,..im 
 
 ;;;;iy'Vu would m-tspi.ako, „.,„,V,;."J 
 
 'It siKMihes iioihiiigtiiwarn me, .h,„|.( '.aid 
 
 '7''l'l''''';,''''''rl i''eoriigil,h.|.ounle.s; •',„ 
 
 ;;," ':;";• '''7''' ''-'V'''^^''- i-ipikeL ' 
 
 I Ml I "■' I ''"';■'. ■■■"''"'■ "'"" "'""ire of an 
 .IKbsbm.lile. Ibii,.. i, all with pli.asMre while 
 
 I Ml. Hlire hi' hived me; hilt 
 
 •uid heart shall 
 
 tree, hi 
 
 now, m\ ion;;iii. 
 
 them h'ttir the.se 
 
 liMihs as tiyy « ill I Hiti,,,,, .,,,,,,, Y,;,^,;:; 
 
 ■''^""11 "111 love ' Ml. till inylalLst bieatr. 
 
 1 1 lis 
 
 I eaillM eease ,o love'hini, ..vi,| i, 1„„„|,1. 
 'Ilie which, (.0,1 knows, may ehaiiee should 
 '■'•'■'H' to love me. Hut I «illsay. ami louljy 
 
 ":;:';' '7.'''-'''''Mfw than r,:ow a, o/v 
 
 "'"■"■'''" •"l""';llall,iVi,,althouj;h I must 
 
 ave mariiid ,,o,„ Tii's^ilian, with Ins ,, ' a n 
 
 ■li-'ly Mok, am) Ins head li f learning: wl i , 
 
 ;•.■...'. ..Ill , I,,, „,. „.i,i^ if I wi.nl ir^.;.;! 
 
 •'^ '-"■■<;' volumes. ,hi,,.|. would eonic a tin th 
 
 'I hoii;,d,i you .some I k.s, madam,' said 
 
 ;• ;,t.' ninialameMlowwhosohlthenM 
 
 i,.ik 't-pla.'e-and who .st.irid soniethi,,^, holdly 
 'It me. 1 Jiromise you. •' 
 
 •Let me .SCO t|„.,„, .r,„„,f_. ,.^i,, „^^, ,^„„^ 
 
 but let hem not be of yo„,. ow.i prcci.se ea t - 
 
 I low^.s his, most righteous dain.seP^..V A,/, 
 
 gear (all you this, maiden '' 
 
 an,ui;„l'v';''""V ""''' ■''""■^' ' '^ "•''' '"'t 'itfing 
 It'? to mtgra,.,. ,„ your hidyship^s way; 
 I'Ut an you w-,ll none of it, there an' i.lav-hookV 
 and jioi't-liooks, 1 trow.' ' ^ ' 
 
 The eountess proceeded careh^ssly i,, her 
 o.Namination, turning ovc,. such ran f,,], ,, '; 
 
 K,u.rM,,., ^u. 'Mut neitl^n- to L 1 ; ' li; 
 thoeoun ess's heart incline, and iovin ly 11 si, 
 start up r.n, the listless task of tn.-'nin?, 
 •'•ayi's o the pamphlets, ami hastilf d I 1 i 
 s atter them through the door, when the hasty 
 'K 1 llrif ''"■•••'',''"'■'' "' "'"'•">" t-vard^ 
 Leieeste- -It is my noble earl!-rt is nv 
 like a note ol lordly musie ' ' 
 
 liLster, with his downward look and sullen 
 ....■luiier, en erod the a,,ai'tn,ent to s.a - ' Tl 
 J Ister Kiehanl Varney was arrived Ion, y 
 
 ^"■Ak with her ladyship instantly ' 
 
 \arncy'' .s.aid the di,sappoi''nted eountess- 
 
 and to speak with me ?- p.sh'aw : l!„t h 'omcR 
 
 u^h^news trom LeicesteLso admit IdniT 
 
 Varney entered the dressing apartment, where 
 
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 /F^ VERI.E Y NO VEI.S 
 
 it -I 
 
 (* 
 
 s. sat ai rayed m her native loveliness, a.lorne<l 
 with all that Janets art, and a rich and tasteful 
 undress could hrstow. Hut the most beautiful 
 part of her all ire was her jirofuse and luxuriant 
 li^'ht-hrown locks, whirh lloatcd in such rich 
 abundance around a neck that resembled a 
 swan s, and over a bosom lieaviu!,' with anxious 
 exj.ectation, which c mimuiiicated'a hurri-d tintre 
 ol red to her whole countenance. 
 
 Varney entered the room in the, dress in which 
 lie had waited on his master that mornin-' to 
 coMit, the snleudour of which made a stnTnce 
 •■oiitrast with the disorder arisini,' from liastv 
 ndiUK during a dark night and foul ways. His 
 brow wore an anxious and hurried expression, as 
 "lie who has that to say of which he doubts the 
 ■•ceejition, and who hath yet posted on from the 
 necessity ot communicating his tidinc's. The 
 countess s anxious eye at once caught the alar-n 
 as she exclaimed, 'You bring news from my 
 lord. Master Varney— (Jracious Heaven ! is he 
 
 _ ' No, madam, thank Heaven ! ' said Varnev 
 Compose yourself, and permit me to take 
 oreatli ere I communicate my tidings.' 
 
 'No breath, sir,' replied the lady nnpatientlv • 
 
 I know your theatrical arts. Siuce your breath 
 
 hath sufficed to bring you hither, it may suliice 
 
 to tell your tale, at least brieHv, and in the gross ' 
 
 Madam, answered Varney, ' we are not alone, 
 
 and my lord s message was for your ear only ' 
 
 Leave us, Janet and JIaster Foster, ' said the 
 lady ; but remain in the next apartment, and 
 within call. ' 
 
 Foster and his daughter retired, agreeably to 
 tlie Lady Leicestei's commands, into the next 
 apartment, which was the withdrawing-room 
 llio door which led from the sleeping-chamber 
 was then carefully shut and bolted, and the 
 lather and daugliter remained both in a iiosture 
 ot anxious attention, the first with a stern sus- 
 picious, anxious cast of countenance, and Janet 
 with lo (led hands, and looks which .seemed 
 divided betwixt her desire to know the fortunes 
 of her mistress, and her prayers to Heaven for her 
 salety. Anthony Foster .seemed himself to have 
 some Idea of what was passing through his 
 daughters mind, for ho crossed 'the apartment 
 and took her anxiously by the hand, saying. 
 That IS right-pray, Janet, pray -we hav-c all 
 iioeil of iirayers, and some of us more than others 
 1 ray, Janet— I would pray myself, but I must 
 iste:i to what goes on within — evil has been 
 brewing, love— evil has been brewing. (Jod for- 
 
 give our sins ; but Varney 's sudden' and strange 
 arrival bodes us no good.' 
 
 Janet had never before Iieard her fatlier excite 
 or even permit her attention to anything which 
 passed m their mysterious family, and now that 
 be did so, his voice sounded in her ear— she 
 knew not why-like tuat of a .screech-owl de- 
 nounciiig some deed of terror and of woe. She 
 turned her eyes fearfully towanls the door, 
 almost as if she expected some sounds of norror 
 
 useif "'' ^°'"'' '*'^''"^ °'' '"'''' *° ''■'^I'l'iy 
 
 All, liowever, was as still as death, and tlie 
 voices of those who spoke in the inner <-bnn!l)pr 
 were, it tliey spoke at all, carefully subdued to a 
 tone which could not be heard inthe next. At 
 
 once however, they were heard to speak fast, 
 thick, and hastily; and l>resently after the voice 
 ot the countess was hearfl exclaiming, at the 
 highest lutch to which indignation could raise it 
 I ndo the door, sir, I command you ! -Undo 
 the door!- J will have no oil,,,- reply "l" 
 '■oufinued, di'owning with her vehement accents 
 the low .■uid muttered sounds which Varnev was 
 heard to utter betwixt whiles. 'What ho! 
 Mthout there!' .she per.sistod, accompanying 
 lu'r words with shrieks. ' Janet, alarm thi housel 
 -J-oster, break oi.eii the door-I am detained 
 I'ol ^^ traitor: -Use axe and lever, Master 
 !• ostei'- 1 will be your warrant ! ' 
 
 'It; shall not n 1, madam,' Varney was at 
 
 kmgthdistmctb^hearl tosay. ' If yL please 
 to expose my lord's important cnicerns an.t your 
 own to tlic gcneial ear, I «.vill „ot be your 
 hindrance. •' 
 
 The door was unlocked and thrown o],cn, an.l 
 Janet and her father lushed in, anxious to learn 
 the cause ()f these reiterated exclamations. 
 
 When they entered the apartment, Varney 
 stoo.l by the <loor grinding his teeth, with an 
 expression ,n w iicli rage, and shame, and fear 
 lia< each their sh.nre. The countess stood in the 
 midst o her apartment like a juvenile Pythoness 
 "I'/U'r tlie mlluence of the prophetic fii.y. T ^ 
 veins 111 her beautiful forehead started into 
 swollen blue hues through the hurried impulse of 
 her articulation-her check and neck glowed like 
 scarlet-her eyes were like those of an imprisoned 
 eagle, flashing red lightning on the Iocs whom it 
 cannot reach with its talons. Were it possible 
 for one ot the (;races to have been animated by 
 a fury, tlie countenance could not have united 
 such beauty with so much hatred, sco-n, defiance 
 and rosentmc-it The gesture and attitude corre' 
 sponded with, the voice and looks, and altogether 
 I.rese.ited a spectacle which was at once beautiful 
 and fearful ; so much of the sublime had the 
 Hiergy „f passion united \vith the Countess 
 Amy s natural loveliness. ,Tanet, as soon as the 
 door was open ran to her mistress; and more 
 slouly, yet with more haste than h,. was wont, 
 AiitJumy I'oster went to Richard \-arney 
 
 . i'l the Truth's nam(., what ails your lady- 
 shipr .said the tbriner. " ^ 
 
 ' Wh.at, in the name of ,Satan, have you done 
 to her r .said Fo.stcr to his frieml. 
 
 „.;m^^''"''i'-^""','''"-;' a"S"''"''l Varney. Imt 
 Mth sunken head and sullen voiec ; • notliin- 
 but comnmincatcd to !„.• her lord's commands" 
 
 , n ' , ^\ "■"'^'' '''^^ ""' ^" "'"'y- «''e knows 
 to do ■ '' '■"""'"■ ''''"' ^ '"">' l"''-'f<^'"l 
 'Now, by Heaven, Janet,' said the countess, 
 
 the false traitor lies in his throat ! He must 
 needs he, fbr he speaks to the dishonour of niy 
 noble lord-^-he must needs lie doubly, fb,- \l. 
 speaks to gam ends of his own, cqually'execrable 
 and unattainable. ' 
 
 'You have misapprehended me, lady,' .said 
 \ arney, with a sulky species of submission and 
 apology ;' let this matter rest till your passion 
 be abated, and I will cxjilain all." 
 
 'Thou Shalt never have an opportunity to do 
 so, _sai(l the euuntcss.-'Look at liim,".lanct. 
 He IS fairly die- sed, hath the outside of a gentle- 
 man, and hither he came to persuade me it was 
 
ird to speak fast, 
 itly after the voice 
 ^claiming, at the 
 linn oouM rnispit, 
 and yoii ! ^Undo 
 itluT reply ! ' she 
 vciiciiK'iit ai'C'pnts 
 vliiili \'ariif'y was 
 I's. 'Wliat ho! 
 d, acooiniianyiiig 
 , alarm the liouso ! 
 —I am detained 
 nd lover, Master 
 
 V'arney was at 
 . 'If you iilcase 
 oiicfrns and your 
 ill not be your 
 
 hrown ojien, and 
 anxious to learn 
 laniatioiis. 
 rtnient, Vanicy 
 < teeth, with an 
 shame, and fear 
 tess stood in the 
 cnile I'ythoness, 
 letic fury. Tiie 
 d started into 
 H'ried iin]>ulsoof 
 lofk glowed like 
 if an imprisoned 
 ho foes whom it 
 U'ere it jiossible 
 fu animated by 
 lot have united 
 sco''n, defiance, 
 i attitude coire- 
 , and altogether 
 t finoe beautiful 
 iliiinio hud the 
 the Countess 
 , as soon as the 
 ess ; and more 
 1 he was wont, 
 Varney, 
 
 lils your lady- 
 have yon done 
 
 I Varney. but 
 ii'o; ' iKithiiig 
 I's eomniands, 
 ey, she knows 
 may pretend 
 
 the countess, 
 iit ! Ho must 
 ilioiiour of my 
 "iibl\-, f(ir ho 
 lally execrable 
 
 0, lady,' said 
 
 ibniission and 
 
 your jiassiun 
 
 irtunity to do 
 
 liini, Janet. 
 
 le of a gontle- 
 
 ide me it was 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 my lord's pleasure-nay, more, my wedded lord'o 
 cominands-that I should l'o with H„7 J„ i- •, 
 worth, and before the Que^n ^ , 1 i, "a^! "i ," 
 presence of n>y own wedded lord 1 1 a I 2 , 
 
 lioblnty '•"" '"""""'^'^ '"^''•«" °f '>- ^^^ I 
 
 hJ;^si:dy-'a^:;:^fS^-n^T^«'"^'"-' 
 
 lack of matfcr '%',,,, i, ^i '"/''i^" tiun loi' 
 
 cl.a..e entit«/' t ' 1 /I'g'^ --- the 
 tl.rywnt,!,",,. to £;;;';„'" '"-• ''» »»'»■ "Is,, 
 
 live because of hoi tauty' "" '"^ "'"' '"'«''* 
 
 i)u;iiey ga^^ii„.fr';^VSsu;:iir''^ 
 
 dishonourable a plan. Thm I h.^: f^'-^' ,'" 
 ""amy, if indeed it bo . thus f"" 'f 
 remembrance for ever ' ' ^^''"^ ^^^ 
 
 ^^u\S':t\ "^'\^r "' ^''''' Leicester's letter 
 
 ;«ii^ba;fs'nS'S7^c;;;r'"'«'T'-''' 
 
 >"c to pS ■' le il i' "Y-I^ion Penmttcd 
 a«edhln.to"n3d£'::iL™S^^^*— '•■ 
 
 J'o 1 not remember Ornicr nass'it'os wi.i 
 i"t!ln;^y1j^'tul.rf ^vi:?'" ^''°'''' "'• '''^ 
 
 Sr;i'«i:i:':;;;;il'-;;> -"'■thing worth J 
 
 a.> iKUonnnious ack v vh e ' t'T'' """ ^^ 
 
 Catell n rnCt „1' 1 • •> ' " "C'^'t' llCSt lortUUC IS to 
 
 lus master's old pantontes (^o ''''''"''' "' 
 •scorn thee so nu.clf tl It ^nm n 'l '"°'r' 'V~^ 
 been angry with ' ^ '"" ''''"""'-'^ to have 
 
 .r^p-J;;? t, n;ii' S' s;'S.:?'-:r' 
 
 ^ -lony, he .said, with his usual sneerinLr Inn.ri, 
 It avails not to denv it Tl,,. U'.., ^ , ^''' 
 
 iiiiii 
 
 In bis laboratory,' answered Foster- 'it ;« 
 lour he IS spoken not withal-w ,, „'st a 
 
 Ay, he studies the devil's divi.,if„ ' • i 
 
 ,..''?" f'!'^'' \'\';"''y. ami with hastvand i-e-'turlrd 
 mi ;±' ;""' ^' "''"' ^^■'"' '^"" J-'-^ted him U : 
 • no IS 'tt T''' ""'V^' "'■ ^^■''"■1' "''r^' w...ll-nb; 
 
278 
 
 ir.-l VERI.E Y NO VELS 
 
 % 
 
 Iiarl, mucli to the scandal of liis convent, cstali- 
 lished a laboratory, in wliicli, like other fools of 
 the i)oriod, he spent much precious time, ancl 
 money besides, in the pursuit of the grand 
 arcanum. 
 
 Anthony Foster paused before the door, which 
 was scru])ulously secured within, and again showed 
 a marked hesitation to disturb the sago in his 
 operations. But Varney, less scrujiulous, roused 
 Inm, by knocking and voice, until at length, 
 slowly and reluctantly, the inmate of the apart- 
 ment undid the door. The chemist appeared, 
 with his eyes bleared with the heat and vajiours 
 of the stove or alembic over which he brooded, 
 and the interior of his cell disjjlayed the con- 
 fused assemblage of heterogeneous .substances 
 ami extraordinary implements belonging to 
 his profession. The old man was muttering, 
 with siiiteful impatience, 'Am I for ever to 
 be recalled to the affairs of earth from those of 
 heaven ? ' 
 
 'To the affairs of hell,' answereil Variicv, ' for 
 tliat is thy jjroper element. — Foster, we need 
 thee at our conference.' 
 
 Foster slowly entered the room. Varncv, 
 Tollowiiig, barred the door, and they betook 
 themselves to secret council. 
 
 In tlie meanwhile, the countess traversed the 
 apartment, with shame and anger contending on 
 her lovely cheek. 
 
 'The villain,' she said, ' the cold-blooded, cal- 
 eulating slave !— liut I unmasked him, Janet— 
 I made the snake uncoil all his folds before me, 
 and erawl abroad in his naked deformity — I 
 susi)endcd my resentment, at the danger of 
 sullbeating under the effort, until he had let mo 
 see the very bottom of a heart more foul than 
 noil's darkest corner.— And thou, Leicester, is it 
 possible thou couldst bid me for a moment deny 
 my wedded right in thee, or thyself yield it to 
 another ?— But it is impossible— the villain has 
 lied in all.— Janet, I will not remain here longer 
 — I fear him— I fear thy father— I grieve to say 
 It, Janet— but I fear thy father, and, worst of 
 all, this odious Varney. I will escape from 
 Cumnor. ' 
 
 ' Alas ! madam, whither would von fly, or 
 by what means will you escaiie from thcso 
 Avails V 
 
 ' I know not, .Tanct.'said the unfortunate voung 
 lady, looking upwards, and clasjiing her hands 
 together, 'I know not where I shall fly, or 
 by what means; but I am certain the 'ijd I 
 have served will not aliandon me in this 
 dreadful crisis, for I am in the hands of wickeil 
 men.' 
 
 ' Do not think so, dear lady, ' said Janet ; ' my 
 father is stern and strict in his temper, and 
 severely true to his trust— Init yet ' 
 
 At this moment Anthony Foster entered the 
 apartment, bearing in his hand a glass cup and 
 a small flask. His manner was singular ; for, 
 while approaching the countess with the resjieet 
 due to her rank, he had till this time suffered to 
 become visible, or had be('n unable to suppress, 
 the obdurate sulkiness of his natural disposition, 
 which, as is iisiuf,! with tliose of his unhappy 
 temper, was chiefly e.\erted towards those over 
 whom circumstances gave him control. But at 
 present he showed nothing of that sullen con- 
 
 sciousness of authority which lie was wont to 
 conceal under a clumsy affectation of civility 
 and deference, as a ruffian hides his pistols and 
 bludgeon under his ill-fashioned gaberdine. And 
 yet it seemed as if his smile was more in fear 
 than courtesy, and as if, while ho jiresscd the 
 countess to taste of the choice cordial, which 
 should refresh her spirits after her late alarm, he 
 was conscious of meditating some further injury. 
 His hand trembled also, his voice faltered, and 
 his whole outward behaviour cxhiliited so much 
 that was suspicious, that his daughter Janet, 
 after she liad stood looking at him in astonish- 
 ment for some seconds, seemed at once to collect 
 herself to execute some hardy resolution, raised 
 I her head, assumed an attitude and gait of dcter- 
 I mination and authority, and, walking slowly 
 , betwixt her father and her mistress, took the 
 salver from the hand of the former, and .said in 
 a low, but marked and decided tone, ' Father, / 
 will till for my noble mistress, when such is her 
 pleasure. ' 
 
 ' Thou, my child ? ' said Foster, eagerly and 
 apprehensively ; ' no, my child— it is not thou 
 siialt render the lady this service.' 
 
 'And why, I jiray you,' said Janet, 'if it be 
 fitting that the noble lady should partake of the 
 cup at all \ ' 
 
 'Why— why?' said the seneschal, hesitating, 
 and then bursting into passion as the readiest 
 mode of supplying the lack of all other rea.son— 
 
 \V hy, because it is my pleasure, minion, that 
 you should not !— Get you gor-i to the evening 
 lecture.' 
 
 ' Now, as I hope to hear lecture .again,' replied 
 Janet, ' I will not go thither this night, unless I 
 am better assured of my mistress's safety. Give 
 mu that flask, father ; '—and she took it from 
 his reluctant hand, while he resigned it as if 
 conscience-struck.- 'And now,' she said, 'father, 
 that which shall benefit my mistress cannot do 
 //(« prejudice. Father, I drink to you.' 
 
 Foster, without speaking a word, rushed on 
 us daugliter, and wrested the flask from her 
 hand ; then, as if embarrassed by what he had 
 done, and totally unable to resolve what he 
 should do next, he stood with it in his hand, 
 one foot advanced and the other drawn back, 
 glaring on his daughter with a countenance in 
 which rage, fear, and convicted villany formed 
 a hideous combination. 
 
 "This is strange, my father,' said Janet, keep- 
 ing her eye hxed on his, in the manner in which 
 those who have the cliaige of lunatics are said 
 to overawe their unhappy patients ; ' will you 
 neither let mo serve my lady, , or drink to her 
 myself;' 
 
 The courage of the countess sustained her 
 through this dreadful scene, of which the import 
 was not the less obvious that it was not even 
 hinted at. She preserved even the rash careless- 
 ness of her tenii)er, and though her cheek had 
 grown pale at the first alarm, her eye was calm, 
 and almost scornful. ' Will you tasto this rare 
 cordial. Master Foster? Perhaps you will not 
 yourself refiisi' to jiledcre us. though yon permit 
 not Janet to do so— Drink, sir, I pray you.' 
 
 'I will not,' answered Foster. 
 
 'And for whom, then, is the precious beverage 
 reserved, sir?' said the countess. 
 
)li ho was wont to 
 ictiition of civility 
 dcs his ijistols and 
 ed gaberdine. And 
 3 was more in fear 
 lilc he jiresscd tlie 
 )ice cordial, wliieli 
 ? her late alarm, he 
 snio further injury, 
 voice faltered, and 
 exhibited so nineh 
 s daughter Janet, 
 it him in astonish- 
 d at once to collect 
 Y resolution, raised 
 ' and gait of deter- 
 1, walking slowly 
 mistress, took the 
 arnier, aiifl .said in 
 d tone, ' Father, / 
 , when such is her 
 
 oster, eagerly and 
 
 Id— it is not thou 
 
 ice.' 
 
 id Janet, ' if it he 
 
 uld partake of the 
 
 eschal, hesitating, 
 )n as the readiest 
 all other reason — ■ 
 mre, minion, that 
 n to the evening 
 
 ure again,' replied 
 his night, unless I 
 3ss's safety. Give 
 she took it from 
 resigned it as if 
 'she said, 'father, 
 distress cannot do 
 : to you.' 
 word, nishcd on 
 10 flask from her 
 i hy what he had 
 resolve what he 
 1 it in his hand, 
 her drawn back, 
 a countenance in 
 d villany formed 
 
 said Janet, keep- 
 manner in which 
 lunatics are said 
 ients ; ' will you 
 • or drink to her 
 
 ss sustained her 
 which the import 
 it was not even 
 the rash careless- 
 h her clicek had 
 ler eye was calm, 
 u taste this rare 
 aps you will not 
 ough yni] permit 
 I pray you.' 
 
 precious beverage 
 
 AX.V.V, 0A'T7/ 
 
 •For the devil, who brewed it!' answei.^d 
 loster ; and, turning on his heel, he left the 
 chamber. 
 
 .lanet looked at her mistress with a countcn- 
 ance expres.sive in the highest degree of shame, 
 dismay, and sorrow. ' 
 
 'Do not weep for me, Janet,' said the countess 
 
 KlIKUy, 
 
 'No, madam, ' replied her attendant, in a voice 
 broken by sobs, 'it is not I'or you I weep, it is for 
 i.iyself-,t IS for that unhappy man. Tliose who 
 are dishonoured before man-those who are con- 
 demned by Uod, have cause to mourn-not those 
 who are innocent !-Farewel], nia.lam !' she said 
 hastily assuming the mantle in which she was 
 wont to go abroad. 
 
 'Do you leave me, Janet?' .said her mistress 
 — aesert me in such an evil strait ' ' 
 
 'J)e.sert you, madam:' exclaimed Janet; and 
 running back to her mistress, she imprinted a 
 thousand kisses on her hand- ' desert you '- 
 ma.y the Hope of my trust desert me when I do 
 so !-ISo madam ; well you said the God you 
 serve will open you a path for deliverance. There 
 IS a way of escape ; I have prayed niglit and day 
 for light, that I might see iSo/toact l,etwixt .. u- 
 duty to yonder unhapi^y man, and that which 
 I owe to vou. Sternly and fearfully that light 
 tZ TV,'^' ^'"^ ' '""«t not sllut the door 
 winch (.od opens.— Ask me no more. I will 
 return in brief space.' 
 
 So speaking, she wrapped herself in her mantle, 
 ana saying to the old woman whom she passed 
 la the outer room, that she was going to evening 
 prayer, she left the house. t.vLiii,i„ 
 
 Meanwhile her father had reached once more 
 the laboratory where he found the accomplices 
 of his intended guilt. 
 
 with half a smile; while the astrologer put th- 
 woTd.'^""'*'°" '"''^ '"-^ 'i-'"' '^"t «P°ke not a 
 
 a Is replied Foster ;' would you have me do 
 murder m my daughter's presence ? ' 
 
 \\ ert thou not told, thou sullen and yet faint- 
 hearted slave,' answered Varney, with bitterness, 
 
 that no »,,n;/rr, as thou call'st it, with that 
 staring look and stammering tone, is designed 
 n tlie matter ? Wert thou .rot tohi, that a brie 
 
 ness, that she may w<.ar her night-gear at noon 
 and he on a settle when she "should min he' 
 domestic business, is all here aime.l at ' Here is 
 
 279 
 
 uitilleiy untransmigrated, and I, honest An- 
 thony will still have thee for my t.niant ' 
 
 I know not, gentlemen,' saici Foster, 'where 
 your designs tend to; but in one tiling I am 
 I'ound up,-that, fall back fall edge, 1 wdl h e 
 
 one ui tins place that luay pray fo^ne, and i!:^^^ 
 me shall be my daughter. I have lived ill, and 
 the world has been too ueighty with me; but 
 she IS as innocent as ever she was when on her 
 "other.slap, andshe. at lea.st, ..hall have hr 
 por 1011 in that happy fity whose walls are pure 
 u!l'LT\ ^'"'.'""'"I'ltions garnished with all 
 manner of precious stones.' 
 
 tn ' H^,' '^P''^'';'^''''' ^'•^'■'"^y. 'that were a i.aradiso 
 to thy hearts content. -Debate the matter 
 with urn, Doctor Alasco ; I will be wit Ion 
 anon. •> 
 
 So speaking, Varney arose, and, taking the 
 ila.sk Irom the table, he left the room. 
 
 ' I tell thee, my sou,' said Ala.sco to Foster as 
 soon a,s arney had left them, 'that, uhate'ver 
 tins bold and jirolligatc railer may say of the 
 mighty science in which, by Heaven'.s l,l,,ssing, 
 I haveadvaneed so far, that I would not call the 
 wisest ol living artists my better or my teacher 
 -X say, howsoever yonder reprobate may ,se.)ll' 
 at things too holy to be apprehended by men 
 merely of carnal and evil thoughts, yet believe 
 hat the City beheld by Saint John, in that 
 bright vision of the Christian Apocaly|,se, that 
 ^ew Jerusalem, of which all Christian men hoi.e 
 to jiartake, sets forth typically the di.scovcry of 
 the GkaM) Sr.riiKT, whereby the most precious 
 and perfect ol nature's works are elicited out of 
 
 a learned man will swear it to'tliw'b^ the key ol 
 le of \\isdom.' " "^ 
 
 the Ca.stl 
 
 'I sjyear it,' said Alasco. 'that the elixir thou 
 hast there in the flask will not prejudice life ' 
 
 oninTn'' '* •'y/'^'-'t """""■t'^1 and indestructible 
 qmntcssenee of gold, which pervades every sub- 
 
 lie laced by him only to whom TrismeHstus 
 renders the key of the Cabala ' '"'&'«"'' 
 
 weH l"''^'ir*' ''°''''' ' '''''• ^■'■"'"•'y- I'o^ter, thou 
 wert worse than a iwgan to disbelieve it. Believe 
 me. moreover, who swear by nothing but by my 
 own xvord, that if you be not conformable, tlie,-e 
 
 thvlir'!!]"' "°* ;' ^''""f'-^^' °^ ''Ol'"' t>"^t this 
 
 L T,' '^ "17 '•« transmuted into a copy- 
 
 liold. Thus, Alasco will leave your pewter 
 
 her basest and mo.st crude inoductioiis ; ju.st as 
 the light and gaudy butterfly, the most beautiful 
 ehih of the summers breeze, breaks forth from 
 the dungeon ol a sordid chrysalis ' 
 
 ' JIaster Holdforth .said nought of this exiio-i. 
 tion said J- oster doubtfully: 'and moreover, 
 Doctor Alasco, the Holy Writ ..ays that the 
 gold and precious stones of the Holy City are in 
 no sortfor those who work abomination, or who 
 frame lies. 
 
 'Well, my son,' said the doctor, 'and what is 
 your inference from thence ! ' 
 
 'That those,' said Foster, 'who distil poisons, 
 and administer them in secrcey, can have no 
 portion III tho.se unspeakable ricfies.' 
 
 ' \ on are to distinguish, my son,' replied the 
 alchemist, 'betwixt that which is lu' T.s.sarily 
 evil in Its progress and in its end al.so, and that 
 which, being evil, is, nevertheless, cai.able of 
 worKing forth good. If, by the death of one 
 person, the happy j.eriod shall be brought nearer 
 to us, in which all that is good shall be attained, 
 by wishing its presence-all that is evil escapcl 
 liy desiring its ab.sence-in wlnVh .sickness, and 
 pain, and sorrow, shall be the obedient servants 
 of liuman wisdom,— and made to fly at the 
 
 slightest signal of 
 
 n sage,— in which that whi.li 
 
 IS now richest and rarest shall be within the 
 compass of every one who shall be obedient to 
 the voice of wi.s,iom,--wlien the art of healiu- 
 sh;i 1 be lost and .absorbed i,, the one unlvc-al 
 medicine,-when sages shall become monaivhs of 
 the earth, ai.d death itself retreat before their 
 liowii, — ,;i this bles.sed consummation of all 
 things can bo hastened by the slight circum- 
 stance, that a frail earthly body, which must 
 
L'SO 
 
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 1]^ 
 
 iii 
 
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 I1P0.1.S partaki- cornipti..M, shall 1„. .■onsi-nrd to 
 t 10 «rav(. a .sl„.it spa.r ..urlirr ll,aii I,, tlic course 
 "I Miitiivc what is sudi a sacrilicu to the advance- 
 iiieiit ol the holy .Millciiiiiuin ? 
 
 'MilleuniiMiUs the ivi-„ of tlie Saints,' said 
 I'ci.stei-, somewhat (hiiihirullv. 
 
 'i^ay it is the rei^'ii of "the Saj,'es, my son ' 
 a.i.sjve.ed Alaseo ; 'or rather the reign of Wisdoin 
 
 'I touched on tlie (|iies(ioii with Master Hold- 
 orth last exercising n.glit," said Foster; 'hut 
 I'e says your d,.elriuc is heterodox, nntl a danni- 
 alile au(l false cx|iosition.' 
 
 'lie is in the liouds of ignorauce, inv sou ' 
 ^.swered Alaseo, 'aud,,,,eT,hurniuglu^cksin 
 rl' '■ "'V,'^ '"^^■^t. wandering in the dry desert 
 - hn,a.. Thou didst ill to spe.k to suei a nm 
 ol such matters. I will, however, give thee proo 
 
 Y.''! tlut,slu.rtly, which nvillddy that .Si 
 diviue to eonhite, though ho .sliould striv,^ with 
 me as the luagieians sti-ove with .Moses I.eforc 
 King' llmraoh. I will do juojection iu thy 
 'i";seuce, luy .so..,-in thy very presence, aull 
 thiMc eyes shall witness the truth ' 
 
 'Stick to that, learned sage,' sai.l Varney, who 
 at tins ino.uieut entered the ai.artineiit ; "' if he ' 
 re iiso the testimony of thy tongue, yet how shall 
 lUMtcuy that ol his own eyes'' i 
 
 returned! Hast thou' he stopped short. ^ - 
 
 Uave I done mine errand, thou wouldst .say ' '•■ 
 
 replied \ arncy-' I l,ave !-And thou,' he added I 
 
 showing more symptoms of interest than lie had | 
 
 hitherto exhiluted, 'art thou sure thou hast ! 
 
 I'oiired torth neither more nor less than (he iust ' 
 measure >. j - ■ 
 
 'Ay,' replied the alchemist, 'as sure as men 
 ean he m these nice iiroportions ; for there is 
 (tivei\sity ot constitutions, 
 
 ' Nay then,' said \'arney, ' I fear nothing. I 
 know thou wilt not go a step farther to the 
 devil than thou art .justly consi.lered for. Thou 
 wer paid to create illness, and wouhlst esteem it 
 thriftless prodigality to (hi munh.r at the .sauie 
 l>riee. Come, let us ,-ach to our chamber— We 
 shall see the event to-morrow.' 
 
 'What didst thou do to make her swallow it ' ' 
 said l-oster, shuddering. 
 
 'Nothing,' answered Vnrney, 'but looked ou 
 her with that aspect which governs madmen, 
 voneu, and chUdren, They told me. in Sain 
 Lukes Hosjutal, that I have the right look for 
 oveniowering a refractory patient. The keeper^ 
 made me their conipliineiits on't ; so 1 know 
 bow to win my bread, when my court favour 
 lails iiie. 
 
 ' And art thou not afraid, ' 
 the (lose be disproportioned ;' 
 
 'Il'so.'reiilicd Varney, 'sh, >.u ^sH■e,, uie 
 
 sounder, and the fear of tliat shall not break my 
 lest, tiood-night, my masters.' 
 
 Anthony Foster groaned heavily, and lifted 
 
 ip his hands and eyes. The alchemist intimated 
 
 ins purpose to continue some exiicriment of hbrli 
 
 import during the greater part of the night, ami 
 
 tlie others separated to their i,laces of repose. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIll. 
 
 NoH (;„cl bo p,(xl to ,„e In this wild iiilRrimDco ' 
 
 A I Ik,,,,.. ,„ human aid 1 est behind „,..*' ^ ' 
 
 Oh «■„, »„„hl l,e ;. woman v-_„.ho that fool, 
 
 A wuc-p nK, i,inMi>;, f.oth(nl, h.vinj; wom.in''- 
 
 Mic h.jth hard niL-asure siill where she hones kindest 
 
 •ViKl ail her buunlies only make inp.Ues ' 
 
 LoVli's I'n.CiKIMAGH. 
 
 said Foster, ' lest 
 ■ will but slceji the 
 
 li .. summer evening was closed, and Janet, 
 
 . IS when her longer stay might have occasione.i 
 
 : suspicion andni,|uiry in tiiat jealous lioiusehold, 
 
 aunied to Cuiiinor I'lace, and hastened to the 
 
 I .partmcnt in wh;eh .she had left her lady. She 
 
 o.id her with her head resting on her arms, 
 
 ■nid these en.sscd up.m a table which stood before 
 
 nol- stined ■' "'"" '"' '^'' ""''""• '""l^"'' "1' 
 
 Her faithful attendant ran to her mi.stre.ss with 
 
 the speed of lightning, and, rousing her at the 
 
 ; .sa.ue time with her ban,], conjurecl Uic eountes.s, 
 
 ■ the most earnest manner, to look up, and .say 
 
 "hat bus afleeted her. The nnluipi.y lady 
 
 ^ raiseu her head accordingly, and, looking on her 
 
 tendant with a ghastly eye, and cheek as pale 
 
 , as (day 'Janet, she said, ' I have drunk if 
 
 I (.od be prai.sedl' .said Janet hastily-'l 
 
 ""an, (.0,1 be praised that it is no wor.se-the 
 
 i ,'hI'!.'J, ""^ '""-.'n you. -Rise, shake this 
 
 [ yo,,, ,|:>;,J'V'" >■""'■ '""1J«' a"J this desjiair from 
 
 'Janet' rejieated the countess again, 'disturb 
 lUL' not-leave me at i.eace-iet life pass quietly, 
 — 1 am poi.soned, '' 
 
 'You are not, my dearest lady,' .aiLswercd the 
 a.( en eagerly-' What you have swallowed 
 annot injure you, for the antidote lias been 
 taken before it, and 1 hastened hither to tell 
 you that the means of escape are oiien to you ' 
 Lscape ! exclaimed the la.ly, as she'raised 
 ei.ell hastily in her cluur, while light returned 
 to her eye and life to her cheek; 'but ah! Janet, 
 It comes too late.' ' 
 
 J.\^t '"' I'^iT'^ hidy-Ri.se, take mine arm, 
 ^ alk through the apartment-Let not fancy do 
 he work of poison !-So ; feel you not now 
 that you are j.osse.ssed of the full use of your 
 iimiis f •' 
 
 'Tlie torpor seems to diminish,' said the 
 eountcss, as supported by Janet, .she walked to 
 an. fro ,„ the apartment; 'but is it then so, 
 and have I not swallowed a deadly divuight ' 
 \arney was here .since thou wert gone, and 
 eoninianded nie. with eyes in which I read my 
 lat.s to swallow yon horrible drug. O, Janet ' 
 It must be fatal ; never was harmless drug served 
 iiy such a eu]i-bearer ! ' 
 
 'He did not deem it harmless, I fear,' rejilied 
 t le maid-n ; but God confounds the devices of 
 
 tj7^ \ ■ '^'1''"? •"^^' "^ ^ ««-'^'''- 1>V the 
 
 Itai Gospel ill which we trust, your life i"s safe 
 
 jrom^his practice. Did you not debate with 
 
 'The house was silent,' answered the lady— 
 thou gone-no other but he in the chamber 
 
 s7i?,',l.f 'i '■'''' ,°, °^ ^''■'> "'■'""^- I 'I'd hut 
 .pulate he would remove his hateful presence, 
 an. I drank whatever he ofiered.-But you 
 spoke of escape, .laiict ; can I be so hapj>y ?''' 
 
h'RXn.\V0R7Il 
 
 111. 
 
 wild pilgrimage ! 
 
 iml nit. 
 
 lo that fool, 
 
 ; wiiniaiiV — 
 
 ' '■lie hopes kindest, 
 
 iKi.itfS. 
 
 His 1'ii.(;kimA(,k. 
 
 osed, and Jiiiu't, 
 liiivo occasiiincfl 
 aloli.s liouseliold, 
 liiistciied to tlic 
 ; lior lady. Slir 
 iR oil licr arms, 
 iiich stood before 
 -'itlier looked uj) 
 
 it'i- inisti'pss witli 
 siiiH lier at the 
 I'd the countess, 
 ook UJ), and .say 
 
 unlia]ij)y lady 
 , looking on liei- 
 id clu'ok a,s pale 
 ■e drunk it' 
 et hastily— 'I 
 
 no woise — the 
 ise, shake this 
 lis despair from 
 
 again, 'disturb 
 ife pass quietly, 
 
 ,' answered the 
 avc swallowed 
 idotc has been 
 
 hither to tell 
 ojien to you.' 
 , as she raised 
 
 light returned 
 but ah! Janet, 
 
 ike mine arm, 
 t not fancy do 
 you not now 
 11 use of your 
 
 sh,' said the 
 .she walked to 
 is it then .so, 
 idly draught \ 
 ■rt gone, and 
 eh I read riy 
 'i.- 0, Janet ! 
 ss drug served 
 
 ' fear,' replied 
 the devices of 
 swear by tlie 
 ur life is .safe 
 debate with 
 
 J the lady — 
 the chamber 
 . I did but 
 iful ]iresence, 
 d.— But you 
 happy?' 
 
 'Are you .strong enough 
 
 tothesil,.n,.eand,v,i,vm,.ntonh;.i;.;,ami:;f 
 
 •"■•^tw had aeeustomed •• " '^"''' 
 
 daughter as 
 
 '.Strong!' aiLswered the eouiUr.ss ' A.sk ♦be 
 Mietelieij to grijie her, if she is slrou" enouL, 
 
 'llMtthatniayrelM.ventefnMuthi.iplaee' ^ 
 Hear me, then,' .said Janet. 'One whom I 
 'I(-«in an .■issiired IVieiid „r v„iirs I', l 
 
 ''--!<• to me in vaiious dL£ :; ^ ^ : ;;:- 
 
 >* -eeeh o me, whi,:h ^ to, L n, n wa ?/. 
 '■™'-;"'.tl"'.natt..r until this ev..,! , .^l ], '' 
 "'''••'^■^■1" • H'^wasthr p,.dlar obou'hf 
 
 'She that (lies (hm, dcifi, • „„;,i .i.„ , , 
 lu ..I,t^ ■ 1 "," ^^''''''^''li '>!■ "Mind. The 
 
 Iiimself 
 a consci(j||,4 sinner 
 
 nil' .stren 
 'In 
 
 if,'th to ri.se li<,m „,.. 
 
 !,wl' . . y 
 
 give 
 
 li'iilh-bed. 
 V.' said .lanet, 'I 
 s chill 
 
 ii'iiy 
 to consider his 
 miglit rcL'iM'd a 
 
 hir;:ui/?"';''?;"' "t'' r'""'''' '"""i'l-tan.i ,,. 
 
 fmmmm 
 
 ''Xliiliit iiiip.iti(.|ice of 111 
 
 ■ge I must 
 
 <;<Hls name, then. Lti 
 mii.st bid you adieu, and lo'uid 
 commit you ! ' 
 
 ' Will you not % with me, then Janet / ' >...i,l 
 the eounte.ss an.xi ouslv 'An fix, ' 
 Is this thy faithful sSieer^'"^''^ '"'*'-' tl"-'e^ 
 
 ''.■:".iof the'n^eeSSf?^ ' ' ''" '""'"""'' 
 
 ^trl^lr':a.l£'H;;*''?)r!,, "■---']. this 
 niiv i.nf , .""^"'' ''I"}- I'ethink thee, , aiict 
 
 Snri/'"Jr'i^'"""/'-i— '1 -i-k;; 
 
 liiit imjierat- 
 lady's safety 
 
 ' No, madam, do not suiipose it ' answer,.,! 
 
 Tes li'a ■';?'!]. i^^r"' ";.'• 'V''™"'J t" Mast!; 
 j|.i<j.ss|liai., under whose direction he lia.s conic 
 
 ' If he be a friend of Tressilim ' s^frl +i 
 countess 'I,,., -11 •/ -I'lssuian, .sairl the 
 
 .ill '"^ "''** thought iiroppr the count,.s« 
 loud take with her, and 'wh cli Ja„ e "S 
 n'n f ''"I'.l^^^terity, formed intoa ,sn.a I'u, ] 
 
 wore 
 
 one which Janet 
 
 isually 
 
 r';:;'^!^!:;^=:-3:,<^..-ti.;.y,judged 
 
 necessary to avoid every 
 
 it 
 
 :;;''ici. >i«ht attni;r'^t;n;^r' %. 
 
 external distinction 
 
 lire]iarations w 
 
 I'o fully made, th 
 
 re these 
 moon had 
 
 f^lic bi'gan of late to 
 
 |™;:,:r.^;?;-LJi;r;:r:;:'~3 
 
 !F!;":7.:i;r'i„:::-;i;;;.;;;s,n:'3 
 
 '■ly called u]ioii, to make her 
 
 . ■ I, u , •"■''''^,,"l*"H«.s 111 the wood. Their 
 I'l MM.S '■(■iieatedly interrupted by felled tree 
 <i 'I'olarKe boughs which lad been left on tlie 
 
 ■It,',,';, The inconvenience and diflieultv 
 iiS of%l ^T /"^^■■■'■"Ptions, the brea 1 S 
 
 'Sd^Vr'^'T :''■''•''''■ '^■''' '™'^-""S^ 
 
 antcteil tiie coiinte.sss stren. 'tb tleit i.,.„t 
 
 orceti to propose that ti;:;-;;!;;,^!', a ri^" 
 
 " uiinutes to recover brcitl. and spi ii Ktli 
 
 theretore stood .still b.neath the ihad^^. T\ 
 
 '-f " .1 P.arlcd oak tree, and bot na hi nlv 
 
 ooked back to the mansion whi,.h t v ha 1 h It 
 
 hmd them, whose long dark front wi.s „ in 
 
 the gloomy tlistance, with its hu-c stacks of 
 
 c umneys turrets, and clock-liouse,"^shSi,^ 
 
 t le hue of the root, and delinedly visible acainst 
 
 the pure a.ure l,l„e of the sumn.er sky ^ e 
 
 J «lit only twinkled from the extended and 
 
 ladowy mass, and i, was pla.-ed so low tlia 
 
 iiui.L or Tfie mansion,, than fi 
 
 one of till 
 'eeounte.sss terror was awakened 
 
 <T.1* ^^'^i, .-"I'lue.Sb s lei 
 
 They follow us!' she said, point 
 Janet the bglit which thus alarmed 
 Less agitated than 1 
 
 pointing out to 
 
 ler. 
 
 eeived that the <d 
 
 lier mistress, Janet 
 
 gleam was stat 
 
 per- 
 
 lonaiy, and 
 
•282 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELi 
 
 informed tlio countess, in a whisper, that tlie 
 liglit inoceKiled iVoni the solitary cell in which 
 the alchemist pursued his occult exi)eriiiients. 
 'He is of those,' she added, 'who sit up and 
 watch i)y niglit that they 7iiay commit iniquity. 
 Kvil was the chance which sent hither a man 
 whose mixed speech of earthly wealth and un- 
 earthly or suiierhuman knowledge, liath in it 
 what doth so especially captivate my poor 
 father. Well spoke the good iMaster Holdforth 
 —and, methought, not without meaning, that 
 those of our household should find therein a 
 I'ractical use. "There be those," he said, "and 
 their number is legion, who will rather, like the 
 wicked Ahab, listen to the dreams of the false 
 I)rophet Zedeehias, than to the words of him by 
 whom the Lord has spoken." And he further 
 insisted— " Ah, my brethren, there l)e many 
 /edechiases among you— men that promise you 
 the light of their carnal knowledge, so you will 
 surrender to them that of your heavenly under- 
 standing. What are they better than the tyrant 
 Naas, who demanded the right eye of those who 
 y-re subjected to him!" And further lie 
 
 insisted ' 
 
 It is uncertain how long the fair puritan's 
 memory might have supjjorted her in the 
 recapitulation of .Master Iloldforth's discourse ; 
 but the countess now interrupted her, and 
 assured her she was so much recovered that 
 she could now reach the postern without the 
 necessity of a second delay. 
 
 They set out accordingly, and performed the 
 second part of their journey with more delibera- 
 tion, and of course more easily, than the first 
 liasty commencement. This gave them leisure 
 for reflection ; and Janet now, for the first time, 
 ventured to ask her lady which way she proposed 
 to direct her flight. Receiving no immediate 
 answer— for, jierhaps, in the confusion of her 
 mind, this very obvious subject of deliberation 
 had not occurred to the countess— Jaiu't ventured 
 to add, ' Prob,.bly to your father's house, where 
 you are sure of safety and protection ? ' 
 
 'No, Janet,' said the lady mournfully; 'I 
 left Lideote Hall while my heart was light and 
 my name was honourable, and I will not return 
 thither till my lord's iicrmission and public 
 acknowledgment of our marriage restore mo to 
 my native home, with all the rank and honour 
 which he has bestowed on me.' 
 
 ' And whither will you, then, madam \ ' said 
 Janet. 
 
 'To Konil worth, girl, 'said the countess, boldly 
 and freely. 'I will see these revels — these 
 princely revels — the preparation for which 
 makes the land "ing from side to side. Jle- 
 thinks, when the C.lueeu of England feasts 
 within niy husband's halls, the Countess of 
 Leicester should bo no unbeseeming guest.' 
 
 'I pray God you iiny be a welcome one ! ' 
 said Janet hastily. 
 
 'You abuse my situation, Janet,' said the 
 countess angrily, ' and you forget your own.' 
 
 'I do neither, dearest madam,' said the 
 sorrowful maiden ; ' but have you forgotten 
 that the. nolilc Earl has given such strict charges 
 to keep your marriage secret, that he may 
 preserve his court favour? and can you think 
 tliat your sudden appearance ut his castle, at 
 
 such a juncture, and in such a presence, will 
 be acceptable to liim ? ' 
 
 'Thou thinkest I would disgrace him,' said 
 the countess;— 'nay, let go my arm, I can 
 walk without aid, and work without counsel.' 
 
 'J5e not angry with me, lady,' .said Janet 
 meekly, 'and let me still support you; the 
 road is rough, and you are little accustomed to 
 walk in darkness.' 
 
 ' li you deem me not so mean as may disgrace 
 my husband,' said the countess, in the same 
 resentful tone, ' you supiwse my Lord of Leicester 
 cajiable of abetting, perhaps of giving aim and 
 authority to, the base proceedings of your father 
 and \ arney, whose errand I will do to the irood 
 Larl. " 
 
 ' For God's sake, madam, sjiare my father in 
 your report,' .said Janet; 'let my services, 
 however poor, bo some atonement for his 
 errors I ' 
 
 ' 1 were most unjust, dearest Janet, were it 
 otherwise,' said the countess, resuming at once 
 the fondness and confidence of her manner to- 
 wards her faithful attendant. 'No, Janet, not 
 a word of mine shall do your father prejudice. 
 Hut thou secst, my love, 1 have no desire but to 
 throw myself on my husband's protection. I 
 have left the abode he assigned for me because 
 of the villany of the persons by whom I was 
 surrounded- but I will disobey his commands in 
 no other particular. I will appeal to him alone 
 —I will be i)rotected by him alone— To no other, 
 than at his pleasure, have I or will I communi- 
 cate the secret union which combines our hearts 
 and our destinies. I will see him, and receive 
 from his own li))s the directions for my future 
 conduct. Do not argue against my resolution, 
 Janet ; you will only confirm me in it, and, to 
 own the truth, I am resolved to know my fate 
 at once, and from my husband's own mouth, 
 and to seek him at Kenilworth is the surest way 
 to attain my purpose.' 
 
 While Janet hastily revolved in her mind the 
 difiicultics and unccitauitits attendant on the 
 unfortunate lady's situation, she was inclined to 
 alter lier first opinion, and to think, upon the 
 whole, tluit since the countess had withdrawn 
 herself from Uie retreat in which she had been 
 placed by her husband, it was her first duty to 
 repair to his presence, and possess him with the 
 reasons for such conduct. She knew what im- 
 portance the earl attached to the concealment of 
 their marriage, and could not but own that, by 
 taking any step to make it public without his 
 permission, the countess would incur, in a high 
 degree, the indignation of her husband. If she 
 retired to her father's house without an explicit 
 avowal of her rank, her situation was likely 
 greatly to prejudice her character ; and if she 
 made such an avowal, it might occasion an irre- 
 concilable breach with her husband. At Kenil- 
 worth, again, she might plead her cause with 
 her husband himself, whom Janet, though dis- 
 trusting him more than the countess did, believed 
 incapable of being accessory to the base and 
 dosjierate means which his dependents, from 
 whoso power the lady was now escaping, might 
 resort to, in order to stifle her coini)laints of the 
 treatment she had received at tlieir hands. Hut 
 at the worst, and were the earl himself to deny 
 
I a presence, will 
 
 isgrace liim,' said 
 my arm, I can 
 itlioiit counsel,' 
 laijy,' said Janet 
 upport you ; the 
 tie accustomed to 
 
 n as may disgrace 
 ess, in the same 
 f Lord of Leicester 
 f giving aim and 
 ;igs oi' your father 
 ill do to tlie good 
 
 lare my fatlier in 
 let my services, 
 inement for his 
 
 ii Janet, were it 
 ■esuniing at once 
 f her manner to- 
 ' No, Janet, not 
 father prejudice. 
 3 no desire but to 
 s protection. I 
 d for me because 
 by whom I was 
 his coininands in 
 leal to liini alone 
 ne — To no other, 
 will I communi- 
 ibincs our hearts 
 him, and receive 
 ns for my future 
 ;t my resolution, 
 ne in it, and, to 
 to know my fate 
 d's own mouth, 
 is the surest way 
 
 in lier mind the 
 :ten(lant on the 
 3 was inclined to 
 think, upon the 
 
 had withdrawn 
 :h she had been 
 ler first duty to 
 ss him with the 
 
 knew what im- 
 3 eonce.dment of 
 ut own tliat, by 
 Jlic without his 
 incur, in a high 
 usband. If slic 
 liout an explicit 
 tion was likely 
 ter ; and if she 
 3ceasion an irre- 
 md. At Kenil- 
 
 her cause with 
 let, though dis- 
 ess did, believed 
 ) the base and 
 pendents, from 
 escaping, miglit 
 mjilaints of the 
 iir hands. But 
 umself to deny 
 
 K'ENIUVORTH 
 
 i>-T justice and protection, still at Kenihvorth 
 It slie chose to make lier wrongs ))uldie tlu' 
 counte.ss miglit have Tre.ssilian foPlier advocate 
 
 had icaiiud in her short eoiiferenco witli Way- 
 ■ilP, 1 t. r ''f ', ^"^'■^'''"•c. 0" tl"^ "hole, recon- 
 
 K n Iwn,. r''' ''"^' 1"'°'"'**' "*' «""'« towards 
 Jveni worth, and so expressed herself; reeom- 
 Ti.ending, however, to the conntess the u nZt 
 
 Ini'ilZl."' '^ '"'■ "''"^"^ '^"""" '"''"• 
 
 'Hast thou tliyself been cautious, Janet'' 
 
 sa d he countess ; 'this guide in whom I must 
 my conhdence, hast thou not entrusted to 
 
 nim uie secret of my condition V 
 
 ' From me he has learned noth'ing,' said Janet • 
 
 th public in general believe of your situation.' 
 _ And what is that? 'said the lady. 
 lha.t you left your father's liouse-bnt I 
 
 shall ollend vou again if I go on,' said Janet, 
 
 interrui)ting herself. ' 
 
 'Nay, go on,' said the countess; 'I must 
 
 earn to endure the evil report whieh my folly 
 
 £trTnf*>",r"' T. They think, I supposes 
 
 that I have lelt my father's house to follow law' 
 
 CSS pleasure-It is an error whieh will .soon be 
 
 rcmoved-mdeed it sliall, for I will live with 
 
 .spotless anie, or I shall cease to live.-I a 
 
 aceounte<l, then, the paramour of my Leicester " 
 
 Most men say of Varney,' said Janet ; ' vet 
 
 some call luni only the convenient cloak of Hs 
 
 masters pleasures; for reports of the iirouise 
 
 expense in garnishing yonder apartment^s have 
 
 ecretly gone abroad, and such doings far surpass 
 
 le means of Varney. But this latfer opinion is 
 
 little prevalent ; for men dare hardly even hint 
 
 suspicion when so ' gh a name is concerned, Ics 
 
 s tKow":;^'"" '""''' '^'" '"■ ''"'"''' 
 
 > u'v''"^ ''r,''"'''' *° '1*^'^ ^°< ^•'^■d the countess, 
 «lio would mention the illustrious Dudley as 
 the accomplice of such a wretch as \\arney.-We 
 have reached tlic postern-Ah ! Janet, I must 
 I thee farewell !_Weep not, my good girP 
 said she, endeavouring to cover her own reluct- 
 
 InZt '''7^"'f ' ";'• ^'^^^'"■"1 *"^"J^"t under 
 an a tempt at playfulness, 'and against we meet 
 agan, reform me, Janet, that precise rulf of 
 
 that will let men see thou hast a fair m-k ; an- 
 that kirtle of Philippine chency, with thai Nude 
 
 hTee :'•,"' ^f' ''",'y '' '^I'amberlnuS ,tt 
 three-piled velvet and cloth of gold- thou wilt 
 find plen y of stuffs in my chamber, an I t'r elv 
 bestow them on you. Thou must be bravo^, 
 Janet ; for though thou art now but the atten.L 
 ant a di.stressed and errant huly, ,vho is both 
 name'cssand ameless, yet, when l', meet agai 
 thou must be dressed as becomes the gentlewoma 
 InEnSand ''' ""' '" ''''''' *° the first Me's" 
 'Now, may (!od grant it, dear I;idy ! ' said 
 
 int" W ""' ''"' ^1 '"?>' "'^ ^^-'f' gayer apparel 
 It that we may both wear our l-irtlcs over 
 'igliter hearts. 
 
 By this time the lock of the postern -door 
 liad after some hard wrenching, yielded to the 
 
 teniaKSfV,""'' "'" -""t--^^' "ot without n! 
 tcmal shuddering, saw herself beyond the walls 
 
 whicu her husbands strict commands had 
 assigned to her as the boundary of her walks 
 Waiting vuth much an.xiety for tf.eir aj p ..^ ance 
 \ ayland Smith stood at some distance shro cL 
 
 high road " '"■*'=" ^■''''='' '^"'■'•^''•^'i tl'» 
 
 ' Is ail .safe /'said Janet to him anxiously, as 
 he^apnroaehe.l them with caution ^ 
 
 All, he replied ; ' but I have been unable to 
 procure a horse for tlie lady. ( liles Gos ing tl e 
 cowanlly h, ding. refused me one on any h., 
 whatever; lest, forsooth, he should sullJ^r-b 
 no matter. .She must ride on my i.alfrev and I 
 n;ustw.dkbylu.sidennfilleir5t:the 
 
 MiX".. V"''VV" '"■ ■'" I"'™"t, if you, pretty 
 Mistress Janet, (orget not thy lesson.' 
 
 Ao more th.in the wise widow of Tekoa for- 
 
 g<jt the words which Joab put into her mouth ' 
 
 answered ,lanct. 'To-morrow, I say that n ^ 
 
 lady IS unable to rise.' '^ ^"av my 
 
 'Ay; and that slie hath aching and lieavine.ss 
 
 the hea, -a throbbing at the lieart, and lists 
 
 le Ihi'' '''f"r^'f,— fear not; they will take 
 
 he hint and trouble thee with few .luestions- 
 
 tliey understainl the disease.' 
 
 'But,' said the lady, 'my absence must bo 
 soon discovered and they will murder her in 
 revenge-I wil rather return than expose lier 
 to siieh danger. '■ 
 
 'Be at ease on my account, madam," said Janet ■ 
 
 I would you were as sure of receiving the favour 
 
 you desire from those to whom you must make 
 
 . leal, as I am that my father, liowever angry, 
 
 will suffer no harm to befall me.' 
 
 The eountess was now placed bv Wavhind 
 npon his hor.se, arouiKl the .saddle of which he 
 liad placed lus cloak, so folded as to make her a 
 commodious seat. 
 
 „.;ii'^'''"'', .^"''- ,"'?y the blessing of God wend 
 ith you ! said Janet, again ki.s.sing her mis- 
 tiesss hand, who returned her benediction with 
 a mute caress. They then tore themselves 
 asunder, and Janet, addressing ^\•ayland, ex- 
 claimed, 'May Heaven deal with you at your 
 need, as you are true or false to this most injured 
 and most helpless lady ! ' 'I'joitu 
 
 _ 'Amen! dearest Janet,' rej,lied AVayland ;- 
 and believe me, I will so acpiit myself of mv 
 trust, as may tein],t even yonr pretty eyes, .saint- 
 like as they are, to look less scornfully on me 
 when we next meet.' "^ 
 
 _ The latter jiart of this adieu was whisijered 
 into Janets ear; and although she ma</e no 
 leplv to It directly, yet her manner, influenced 
 no doubt 'y lier desire to lea^•e every motive in 
 toree whR. I eould operate towards her mistress's 
 safety, did not discourage the hoj.e which Way- 
 land s words exi.ressed. She I'centered the 
 postern-door, and locked it behind lier, while 
 W ayland, taking the horse's bridle in his liand, 
 and walking el(,se I,y its head, they l.eL'an in 
 silence tiieir dubious and moonlight jonrnev 
 
 Although Wayland .Smith used the utmost 
 despatch which ho could make, yet this mode of 
 a'avcliing was so slou , that, when morning began 
 to dawn through the eastern mist, ht^ found 
 himself no farther than about ten miles distant 
 troin Cumnor. 'Now a plague upon all smooth- 
 spoken hosts ! said Wayland, unable longer to 
 suppress his mortification and uneasiness. ' Had 
 
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 IVAVERLEY NOVELS 
 
 t».. I ay.s s.m:.. th;.l I was to rn-ko,. L.iL'la 
 your hosts hay.. s„c,l, a rustoM, ol' ,, „us ' 
 
 s .l.sh,.,ly,mt,,,, th.y,u-,MM.t,,|j,,,n. U,.! 
 1 I.iiUmovm, I roiiM h,m. iiiaih-twriity shifts, 
 "■•ty or that M.attrr, a,„l i„ so uoo,| a J, 1 
 wouM hav. thought mil,, to hav.. priZV , 
 
 s.;..i.MK ha,.k tlu3 hn.t.. t.. th,. h,.a.|.h, M.:'l 
 ^l■'■ larcy an.l th.. ll.i.M.h.rs ..oMtom,.U.v....yh.n-s.. 
 Ill th.. stahh.sofih,. lila.k lii.arl' '^ ""'•''> 
 
 Thii laily ,.iiil..av.)iin.(l t.) ...Miilort lii^r ..,,1,1,. 
 .' i.s.;i'vmK lh.it th,. .lawn w.m,1,1 ..„ahle h7,n t.', 
 liiaK,. iii,i].|. s)i,'.',l. 
 
 (■iMi.1.3 oil,,,. |„lk to tak.. „otf of US, an,l that 
 
 iiiiiy I'niv,. an ill h,.-i,„ii„j, of on,. i,.i„.„,,y, i 
 
 ';'; ",">, ';^;'v.l .a spark I;.,,,,, anvil almnt th., 
 
 in.Utui l,a,l w.. I.,M.M laith,.,. .'ulvan..,.,! on o„r 
 
 w.iy iiit this IW,.kshi,-,. has lH.,.n not,.ri,„sly 
 
 unntcl ,y, s.nco I kn,.w th. ,.o„nt,.y, witl. 
 
 that s,.|.t niahoious ..Ives, who sit up lat,. an.l 
 
 lis,, '■iirlv, lor no otlu-r purp,)s.. than t.. pi'y into 
 
 .'lu'i-h.iksalla.rs. I hav,. I,,..,, .,„,|ani,.,x.,l v 
 
 tli..ni.M...„ow. liul.lonotr,.ar,'l,„a,l,h.:i, ',ro„;i 
 
 inailaui ; lor wit, nictin;,' with opportunity "will 
 
 not nuss t,. lin.l a salv,. for .-v.'ry s'n'c ' •*' 
 
 riio alarms of l,,r ^r„i,i , ,„„,, „„„,^, j, ,,^,,1^,,, 
 
 h ,,t l"rT ' ',""."' f''^^" ""^ '■oii.fort whivh 
 u' |U(l-i.,l |,t t,) ailnnnistcr alonj,' with it She 
 .),,k,<, anxiously ar.)un,i h,.r, an.l asth. shadows 
 ,'1 : ,7., ■n'' /''!', "''''"'^^1'' -''''! t''olHnKht.„ 
 
 i« K ;'H- ..I the ..a.st,.rn sky pi^cnis...! th.- spee.ly 
 
 use ol the s.,„, exp,.ete,l at every lu,.„ that the 
 
 n,.r.-as,nj; Iji^ht w,)ul,l expose them t,. the view of 
 
 li.' v..n^...„l pu,.sue,.s, or p,.esent .some .lan.'er.ms 
 
 ami .nsunnouutal,!.; ohstaele t.. the pro.seeution 
 
 -I th...r ,|o,wney Vay|an,l Smith i,eVeeiv..,l h.-,' 
 
 iiu'.isnu'ss, ami, .lisplea.se.l with himself for 
 
 havin- f,'iven her e,ius,. of alarm, stro,ie on with 
 
 . 1..,. ,., a lenry, now talking t,. the Inu'se as one 
 
 Mu'.t 1 11 the anguaj,'e ol the stable, now whist- 
 
 111,1,' t,) Inmsell low ,.ui,l interrupt..,! snatdies of 
 
 tniu's. an.l now assurin,ir the la.ly tliere was' no 
 
 (lan^'er ; while at tliu same time he I.H.ked sharply 
 
 arou.i.l to see that th,.,.e was notliiuj; i„ siiht 
 
 uhieh n„^-l,t jrive the lie to his wonls while the - 
 
 wei'c issumj, tVom l,i,s „ionth. Thus .Hil they 
 
 ,lounu\v on, until an unexpeetcl inci.leut .'avo 
 
 tlu.ni the means of eontinitinfi their pilgrimage 
 
 with iiioi-c si.ee.l and convenience. " 
 
 what of al things they most want..,!, a palfrev 
 "ly'H'ly, wuh a .si,le.sa,l,lle, an.l alL.tll.;!. S' 
 niture l,.r a woman's mounting; am! 1,.. hail,.,! 
 Uayland Sn„th with. ./,„., ,,e ^e .ure th.' 
 
 'Ay that I he, „,y la.|,'ans«,iv,i Wayla,,,! 
 without an .ustanfs h,.sitation ; an.l it^, , 
 
 he .nvn..d that ,.,,,,s,.ienc,.s, train..,! in a .stricte 
 .sclm..l.,l morality, „„.l,t hav.. given way to an 
 "ra.sion so t..mpting. Whil.. he s^,ok.., he eaugl t 
 
 her...n.,ut,,ftl,el,,,y^sl,an,l,^,,d^Un..,s'a 
 he same time h,.|p,.,l .|.,wn the count.'ss from 
 
 hisow^ 
 
 Mich .,han,.,. |,a,! thus p,.,.sent,.,! for h.T mc.pt. 
 
 'liiio,tliatthe...,ui,tess,as,talt,.rwar.lsapp(.areil, 
 H.'ver susp..cte,l Init that th,. l,o,.s.. l,a,'| he,,! 
 
 p.. .e, there to meet them l,y the piwaution ..f 
 
 tliegni.le, ,,r s,)me .)| his In. n,|s. 
 
 ilie la,|, how..yer, who was thus hastily dis- 
 
 Possesse.1 o( l„s ,.l,arg<., l„.gan t,. stare har.l, an,! 
 
 snat..h his h..a,l, as if s..iz,.,l with son,., .nialms 
 
 sl.ri.'iT';''"''' ,'"'■ 'l'-''^-''^''^ "1' fli" animal on 
 S I, r't"'.''^''''';^'^ I", right .ure thou 
 I St h. ;.iity, sai, he, mntl,.,i„g to him- 
 self, In t thou shouhlst ha /aid liau,s, thou 
 knawst. ' 
 
 ' Ay, ay, • sai,nVaylan,l, sp,.aking at a veil ture ; 
 and thou lUv;,,,, thou know'st ' 
 
 'Xoa n.,a,' sai.l the lad ; ' bide ye-bi !e ye- 
 
 it was l',-nti a slmuhl ha sai.l.' 
 
 ' W..1I, W..II,' answer..,! Wayland, 'jieas be it, 
 
 ^a^s;;';;;!.'"'"^ ' ^''""«'' •"'-" -- ' >- '-tte; 
 
 An,! b,.ing by this time mounted on his own 
 
 Horse, h.. eaught the rein of the iialfrev from the 
 
 •""•'■'•t;»." l"-l'i .'f the hesit.:ii!g youigX 
 
 flung .1.11 a small piece of mom-y: and mmlc 
 
 .I.e.,. Is „i. ost time bv ri,!ing b,.iskly ..(fwitlimit 
 
 ii.t lei parh.y. '] he la.l was still visible from 
 
 , ; '■ VV "m"'', t'';'V wer.. ri.ling, an.l Wayland, 
 
 ...s he l,..,k..,l ba..k, behel.l hi,,, stan.ling with his 
 
 l...gcrs in his hair, as immoveable as a guide-post, 
 
 and his head turne.l in the direction in w'hich 
 
 they were es,.aping f,-,,,,, i,i„,. ^t length, just 
 
 as t -y toppe,! the hill, he saw the clown Lt'oop 
 
 > lit up the silver g,.oat which his benevolence 
 
 had imparted.--' A ow, this is what I call a God- 
 
 .sei.d sai.l W ay and ; ■ this is a bonnie well-riddcii 
 
 'It of a going thing, and it will carry us -sd far 
 
 1 we get you as well mounted, and then wc 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 Cati^f iillv 'T''' !'"rn 'T^''''' "^"'S^'^™ ^'^^ " horse ! 
 Lat,!./}. My lord, I II help you to .i lioi-se. 
 
 KiCHARD III, 
 
 Ot:n travellers were in the a..t of passing a 
 small uckot .,1 trees elose by the road -side, 
 nheii the first living being ,,resented himself 
 whom they lyul se,.n since their .b";i:l;ae irom 
 ' umnor I'lace. This was ,- „tupid lout, seem- 
 ngly a larmers b.jy, in .. gi-ey je,-kin, with his 
 head bare, his hose about his heels, and hn™ 
 startups uiion his »let. He held by the bridle 
 
 Mill .„„ 1 •* 1 1 7- '■■"•iuieu, aim tnen wc 
 
 Ml semi It back time enough to .satisfy the Hue 
 
 Hut ho WIS deceive,! in lii.s expeetatioii,s ; anil 
 late, which seeme.1 at lirst to [.romise .s.) fairly, 
 soon threatened to turn the inci.lent, which h, 
 tlius glorie,! m, i„to the cause of their utter 
 
 They had not ri.l.len a short mile from the 
 l.lace where they left the lad, before they heard 
 a inan s voice .shouting on the wind behind them, 
 Robbery! robbery !-Stop thief!' and similar 
 tx,.lamations, which Wayland's conscience readily 
 assure, Inin must arise out of the transaction to 
 \Miicli lie ha.l been just accessory. 
 
 ' I had better have gone barefoot all my life ' 
 he said : It is the Hue and Cry, and I J.ti 
 man Ah! AUyland, Wayland, many a time 
 thy father said horse-flesh would be r he death of 
 tiiee. U ere I once safe among the horse-coursers 
 
lilted, ,1 |iiillii'y, 
 I all odiiT ^;,ir. 
 ; mill lii^ iiailcd 
 II' }'(• zuri! till! 
 
 HI I'll Wfiyliiiiil, 
 ; "iiil it must 
 I'll ill Ji stricti'f 
 ,'ivrii way to an 
 I'liki', he caii^'ht 
 iiiiil almost at 
 I'lninti'ss from 
 luiniiit I'll that 
 loi' lliT accrpt- 
 tlie whole take 
 varil,saii]icarfil, 
 iii'Ki' hail lii'cii 
 ' IMi'i'autioii of 
 
 UN hastily ilis- 
 'laiv hard, and 
 h soiiii' (|ualiiis 
 till' .•iiiimal oil 
 ^lit znri' thou 
 I'liiif,' to liiiii- 
 I Jlciiiis, tliou 
 
 gata vi'iittirc; 
 yc— hi Ic ye- 
 ll ' Jions he it, 
 !ro the Itetter 
 
 xl on liis own 
 ll'roy from tlie 
 
 yoiuif,' boor, 
 'y, and made 
 ly "••'"■itliotit 
 
 visihle from 
 uid Waylaiid, 
 dingwfth his 
 a guide-post, 
 tion in wliicli 
 ; ipiigtli, just 
 ' clown stooj) 
 i beucvolenco 
 I fall a Ood- 
 iu well-riddt'n 
 irry u.s f.j far 
 and then we 
 tisfy the Hue 
 
 tations ; and 
 isc so fairly, 
 it, wliieh lie 
 r tlieir utter 
 
 ile from the 
 3 they heard 
 iphind them, 
 and similar 
 ience readily 
 ansaetion to 
 
 all my life,' 
 I am a lost 
 any a time 
 'he death of 
 irse-coursers 
 
 ,'"• '''"ll'liall .Street,'^ they should 
 '"""-' -"" "-, j.igh as Saint i'lli; |'' ' 
 
 "H" "'^ i^illUl '.'11 1 's 
 
 """■" "'"' >"'''I"H, knights, o,' 
 
 ill Siiiitlili,.ld, 
 
 have leave to 
 
 if I e'er iiH'di 
 
 gi'iitlewoMien. .■ , • 
 
 7''' -^nu;^'::n^; . :^ 3- ;;; --'l-ed, 
 diseover a sinde ride, u 1„ ''""''' ""'\- 
 
 iimimfed, and I Me I ;„ ''"'' ^"""'"■'■' "I'tl I 
 
 ii'it then no;;;;;' '.,''''''.'''•••' ■^i'<''''i"iMVh 
 
 '"'ly.'* .^tren.th ,i ,;T'''''!'^'' .'7"" '''"' f'"' 
 
 '-^Hi'vey miil^irnl 'I, :i; ;:,-'-' - 
 
 -''''•'l^'I'siile^, Von ,,''''■'■'■'''''' ""^'""" 
 
 '"'■'■Hike a n";;! ,rv 1 ' ^ ^ 
 
 S;s^: ';;ii'V''""V''-''-.i"- 
 
 «'i'llio/as leiurstri'i;'''''' '"'•'■''•''■ ''"^^ 
 
 ;s;'^/'--;:v'-'-:!::^:'^nr:(hi;,i;: 
 '-K.rd*L:::^i-r;H:;:!-r''r'''^r''T''^- 
 --pioof;:irrr'i,tri^7'v'''''''r '•';''■' 
 
 yards' distaneo hefor' in, h f' i '""' """'''■'' 
 
 p. wild iii.f ....].. ^ 
 
 A'AW//. 1 1 '()/,'■/// 
 
 'jHr, 
 
 s,..,f ,■ 1 ■ ' "I'K'i-iry as totalvdei 
 
 loetlon whiel iseenie r..fY ' : ^ '' ' "" '"'''I'- 
 
 V'M-vy, than wV; «; '■ ^" !'"«'"•'' '"■« ""11 
 \\'-ii "^ '"111 wnat seamen e'l 'fi,,. i 
 
 ^»;:=:':;;;S;/"KtiV'"?'°'*«' 
 
 fi'e he was aide f, I''' «■'<«) about a furlong. 
 
 ti'-rodrfi't^;3s":: ;';'," ''^''--i.-i 
 
 >"K. as well as I,e eouldir'P' ,"''''•'"''*'■ 
 I'-i'settlin" hinisel ■ ;„ f ' i, '''■^'"'''''fl dress, 
 '""« to r,l ti ,te ; 1 oL'i '"''''•■ ""•' ^"•i'^'^vour: 
 tl.^ conn.sion',r, ;.":,:!'"'■•''•! '■■""■" '-• 
 vi-Ke.luri,.ghisi„3,;tier'"''""'''^ 
 
 -i^"'::;'e\;:':U!;Ls;;\.n,fr^-'-"ys.'s' 
 
 -".St dee£.etS ul .'-"""" ^''^' ^'"■'^ '''«-« 
 
 -^"•■:a!d^l;?;c:;;,;:'-'':;;^'y.-e.ytrue 
 
 ■s.'c;kingtoreeovern,i;"o;,.!.'''''^^''t''«t-J "' 
 '■•.''•mteen, iha I ' :U":" °^';'''^il ^'^"'bric and 
 
 ■''-n'an^ioli'^t^V''"'-'^''!'' '-'''•''-': 
 
 -"-•MS to ,,,', I, ''■'"■'■ ■'""' '■'''^'"' "I- 
 
 hedg,,' "■'''"""' "" any man Iron, behind a 
 
 --en.:;- ;;^.;;;;;,.f"!'i- --' i---. .in-ver,' 
 
 "hieh was tia I, •""■""■'■>■ I'll' my vow, 
 
 !'iy '"'iKin, i.nii.', u',:,;;:r 'Tr'"'/^"i""' 
 
 '''"»s of foree l',f I """''•-t.'l''h'iid it bv 
 ■■'■^"■sl.'r.'d, ,•,,,! L'" '"", '.' '"■'^■^'"' "-"' 
 hostelry ' I'i'iinington, m the nearest 
 
 ""''"'"■'^'i Slut ,'";"'■' .'" '"■'■"""• "•■""« 
 
 '^v^y'M.dersl,e ands the';;"'^^^^^^^^^^ 
 •''Imnid have met the It , I'.''';'","'"'"' she 
 
 I'i"""" "f r,o,'sw,.'^"' '"',"'"' "'''f'- '"<'-" '» 
 
 ^-;7r-.'->|.ii'iKu.eba,^,;.,S,,f:"' -good 
 
 ^'1 l'-'i,ninglon. It' is :, r '' '^ '!"''' ■>•'''''''>• 
 with a saf.M.onsei,.,,,,, ■■ "" ' '"">' ''" '<^'' tln'e 
 
 uis;i:yH;:i;2r:^:^,S-'--.7-.ii,,the 
 
 ^valk to ehureh on to";' "'"" '"'"' " '"''''« 
 
 V''''Sr''' ~"'' i'-;:,;^^ 
 
 ''""" thy steed's mettle •' ' " "'" ^''^^ 
 
 'r-SiS.:^;;;,!;;:."!::'!;^:' ?'■■ i^-yonder it 
 
 •'■■""•■'■sked leathern r;,;' '■'"""'"•' ■^vitl, the 
 velvet, sin-le ;, ,1 '^'P'.r'""'''' '■"" "ith 
 "'Id liaiS:!^';^' ';,*'■'■ •''■■I'ilr'l-'ash.talleta 
 and groglL,,, ■±:^' '''"""■^'^'' '""' "'"cado, plush,' 
 
 iofthesew-^rL^, t ,;^^;y'-'''V-;''''f tlH'half 
 I bonnie I^,yarda;ain '•''■'''' ''''"'l''^"' "if I' 
 
 •amfr;;ol;d^,;iS'"""''''''t'''''^'<'f''-i 
 
 I- added,^ li' im' e ,:r;,K'''''lr''', i'^''^' 
 
 "I-ilo the diseou,7te an e ,^ "' V' , ^'"' '■'"'y' 
 ■slower than he ;ane„;w '''''' 'T'" '"^'''^ """■'' 
 •sliould make to th^ I "'"I^-'mk «hat e.veuse he 
 
 .stoo,l waiting fo, he! J Un';'::"^'"' ■ '"V'' "'"> 
 of tlie king's l,i4'™y^^'°°"' '" *'"■■ "'idst 
 
 'ylS'S'^^J^nle'^-nSr-- 
 i'''iH'n,brauee of nie • vef I i ^ ''^^' '^ome 
 
 lii^'li as r mi.dit • ' ^ ^"^'^ "'y "'"'"^■•' as 
 rid:'',ie;"if^-';,-'MNVh.nd, <I would 
 would be no fear of ! ' , •''\' I'i'tf"- the--o 
 
 •v.^™,,..o»,,i;;',';rs;;:;r,c':3;;;s?:, 
 

 286 
 
 UWrERl EY NOVELS 
 
 \ 
 
 horso, that lio may Imvo no fiirtlior toinptation 
 to |iiii'Miii' lis, ami ciiiliMViiiir to assiiiiic Hinli a 
 cliaii;,'!' ol' .Hlia|ii' as iirny lialll<' liis juirsiiit, it' \v 
 should |ii'rs('vrn> in it.' 
 
 'i'lir iiMVrllcrs reachcii I)omiinf,'lon without 
 t'lirthiT alanii, wlim. it lur.inic mailer of nrrcs. 
 .sily tliat till' coiinli'Hs .sijoniil enjoy two ov three 
 hoiii's' repose, iiiiiii|c{ w|ii<li W'aylaml ilis|iose(| 
 liiinself, wltli ei)iial aiidiess ami alacrity, to 
 earry tliroii;,'!! those measures on whieh the 
 safety of their future journey seemi'd to deiieiid. 
 KM('han;,'iiij,' his pedlar's f,'alierdiiie for a 
 sinoek-fruck, he carried the [lallrcy of ( ioldthred 
 to the Aiif,'el Inn, which was at'tho other end 
 of the villaj,'!- from that where our travellers had 
 taken up their (piarters. In the proi,'ress of the 
 niorniiii,', as he travidled about his other luisi- 
 ness, ho saw the steed l)rou^dit forth and delivered 
 to the ciittinj^ mercer himself, who, at the head 
 of a valorous posse of the Hue, ami Cry, came to 
 rescue, hy forc(^ of arms, what was delivered to 
 him without any other ransom than the jiriee of 
 a huge quantity of ale, drunk out by his assist- 
 ants, thirsty, it would seem, with their walk, 
 and ooncerning the ]irice of which Master (nild- 
 thred had a tierce disputi' with the licail-l)oroii;,di, 
 whom lio had summoneil lo aiil him in raisin;; 
 the eoiintry. 
 
 Having made this act of jiriident, as well as 
 just restitution, Wayland procured such chan;,'e 
 of apparel for the lady, as well as himself, as 
 gave them both the appcaranci- of country ]icoplo 
 of the better class ; it being further resolved 
 that, in order to attract the less observation, 
 she should pass ujjon the road for the sister of 
 her guide. A good, but not a gay horse, lit to 
 keep i)aoe with his own, and gentle enough for 
 a lady's use, coinpleteil the preparations for tlie 
 journey ; for making which, and tor other ex- 
 penses, he had been furnisheil with sullicieiit 
 funds by Tressilian. And thus, about noon, 
 after tile countess had liecn refreshed liy the 
 sound re]ioso of several hours, tlii>y resunicil 
 their journey, with the purpo.;j "f inaking the 
 best of their way to Kenilworth, by Coventry 
 and Warwick. "They wcri' not, however, des- 
 tiiied to travel far, without meeting some cause 
 of apjirehension. 
 
 It is necessary to jiremise, that the landlord 
 of the inn had inforiiKMl them that a jovial 
 party, intended, as he understood, to pivseiit 
 some of the masnues or inummeries, which made 
 a part of the entertainment with which the 
 queen was usually welcomed on the royal jiro- 
 grosses, had lelt \he village <if Donnington an 
 hour or two before tlieiii, in order to proceed to 
 Kenilworth. Now it had occiirreil to Wayland, 
 that, by attaching themselves in some sort to 
 this group, as soon as they should overtake 
 them on the road, they would be less likely to 
 ■itt. let notice, than if they continued to travel 
 ciuucly by themselves. He communicated his 
 idea to the countess, who, only anxious to arrive 
 at Kenilworth without interruption, left him 
 free to choose the manner in which this was to 
 be accomplished. They pressed forward their 
 horses, therefore, with the purpose of overtaking 
 the party of intended revellers, and making tlie 
 journey in their company ; and had just soon 
 the little party, consisting partly of riders, 
 
 partly of jieopln on foot, crossing the summit of 
 a gentle hill, at about balf-a-milc's distance, ami 
 disappearing on the other side, when Wavland, 
 
 who niaiiilaiiied the most eirciinis| t ollserva- 
 
 tiiui of all that t his eye in every direclion, 
 
 was aware that a rider was coming' up bcliiiid 
 them on a Imrse of niieomiiion action, accom- 
 panied by a serving-man, whose utmost eli'orts 
 were unable to keep up with his master's imttiiig 
 Iiackiiey, and who, iherefore, was lain to Ibllnu- 
 him at a hand-gallop, Wayland lookedanxiously 
 back at tliese horsemen, became considerably 
 disturbed in his maiiiicr, looked back again, 
 and became jialc, as lie said to the lady— 'That 
 is Richard Narncy's trotting gelding— I would 
 know him among a thousand nags— this is a 
 worse business than meeting the mercer.' 
 
 'Draw your sword,' answered the lady, 'and 
 pierce mv bosom with it, rather than I should 
 fall into Ids hands ! ' 
 
 ' I would rather by a tlioiisaiid times,' answi ivil 
 Wayland, 'pass it through his body, or even 
 mine own. Hut, to say irulb, lighting is not 
 my best point, though I can look on cold iron, 
 like anotlier, when needs must be. And inilecd, 
 as for my swoi-| _(|Mit on, I |,ray you), it is a 
 ]ioor jirovaia rapier, and I warrant you he has a 
 special Toledo. He has ;i serving-man, too, and 
 I think it is the drunken riillian Lambourne, 
 upon the horse on which men say— (I ]iray you 
 heartily to put on)— he did the great robbery of 
 the west country grazier. It is not that I fear 
 either Varncy or 1-iimbourne in a good cause — 
 (your jialfrey will go yet faster if you urge him) 
 — But yet— (nay, 1 jn-ay you let him not lireak 
 olf into the gallo]), lest tln'y should see we fear 
 them, and give clia.se— keep him only at the full 
 trot)— Hut yet, though I fear them not, I would 
 we were well rid of them, and that rather by policy 
 than by violence. Could we once reach the 
 party before us, we may herd among them, and- 
 pass unoli.served, unless Varney be really come 
 in express pursuit of us, and then, happy man 
 be his dole ! ' 
 
 While he thus sjioke, he alternately urged 
 and restniiiK'd his horse, desirous to maintain 
 the tleetest jiace that was consistent with the 
 idea of an ordinary journey on the road, but to 
 avoid such rajiidity of movement as might give 
 rise to suspicion that they were ilying. 
 
 At such a ]iace they ascended the gentle hill 
 we have mentioned, jind, looking from the toji, 
 had the jilcasiire to see that the jmrty which 
 had lelt Donnington before them, were in the 
 little valley or bottom on the other side, where 
 the road was traversed by a rivulet, beside which 
 was a cottage or two. In this place they seemed 
 to have made a pause, which gave Wayland the 
 hope of joining them, and becoming a part of 
 their eoini)aiiy, ere Varney should overtake 
 them. He was the more anxious, as his com- 
 panion, though she made no comidaints, and 
 expressed no fear, began to look so deadly ])ale, 
 that he was afraid she might drop frr m her 
 horse. Notwithstanding this symi)tom of decay- 
 ing strength, she pushed on her jialfrey so 
 briskly, that they joined the party in the bottom 
 of the valley, ere Vnrney appeared on the top of 
 the gentle eminence which they descended. 
 Tliey found the company to which they meant 
 
lio HUiimiit iif 
 (listaiR'o, anil 
 icii Wnylaiid, 
 
 i|ll'('l. lllisi'l'Vll- 
 
 iry ilii'c'i'lioii, 
 1^' Mp Iii'ImikI 
 I'liiiii, iicconi- 
 iliiKist cHiirts 
 stcr's ifiitliii),' 
 lain to liiUinv 
 kcilaiixiously 
 coi/siilunilily 
 liai'k a>,'aiii, 
 lady— 'That 
 illfe'— I woulil 
 gs— this is u 
 orccr.' 
 
 f laily, ' and 
 hail I shnulil 
 
 ii'H,' aimwricd 
 ody, or even 
 ,'htiiig is lint 
 on cdld iron, 
 
 And indeed, 
 
 yuu), it is a 
 you he lias a 
 nan, too, and 
 
 Lainboiirne, 
 -(I )iray you 
 it robbery of 
 it that I fear 
 s'ood eause — 
 [III iii'ge him) 
 ni not break 
 1 SCO we fear 
 ly at the full 
 not, I would 
 her by poliey 
 e reach the 
 g them, and' 
 
 really come 
 , liaiipy man 
 
 lately urged 
 to maintain 
 iit with the 
 road, but to 
 i might give 
 
 e gentle liill 
 •0111 the top, 
 jiarty which 
 were in the 
 ' side, wliero 
 iiesido wliich 
 they seemed 
 .Vaylaud the 
 ig a part of 
 Id overtake 
 as his com- 
 iilaints, and 
 deadly pale, 
 p firm her 
 om of decay- 
 jialfrey so 
 the bottom 
 n the top of 
 lended. 
 . they meant 
 
 h'ENllAVOKTH 
 
 to nnsoeiato tiieniselves in wvat dlMonlm- Ti 
 
 "•''-'''■'^^vithdiHl.eVelledlo..K'n' ;,..,; 
 
 MP'^an.r.raninand.H.tof.lne.VtlH ,l,f 
 ';!''• "I'M. stood around holding Ih/ht^^^^^ 
 
 \Miui ii„.| assistance is not wanted. 
 
 \\iiyland and his dian'e nuiwed •■< ir „. . 
 
 Ihi'y had not stood there above liveniinnteM 
 anxiously keeping as niurh to the 11,': 
 
 rulers at once into the ehiriet ..? ' ''" I 
 
 the company. ''"aiaeter and purpose of 
 
 i^/£lw:X''"^''^^''»^'--X'<lesigning' 
 
 on;sr:;;i;:''""''"^^'^«''^*''-.'«'"wered 
 
 V..',.'!^'"' .7 '''" ^'^^^ «*»'«' vou here • Slid 
 
 Lucimiferopnn, within th'it v,., /, .""^\ at 
 a ni,»t comical clmncc!' J,i, S ' ' ' '° "A?"' 
 
 presence,' said Lambounie, u.'tl tl e eivi • "' 
 pudcnce of a .servant whnL-r,,. '^'' ""■ 
 
 our actors. ^ " """""^ '° "I'lro any of 
 
 • shel'tVlTS'f "S-"''^ *''^ «-* ■^F'^'<-> 
 Robert Laneham^'^''"''"'"' '^'^^ "^ '^I^^te.' 
 
 287 
 
 Va'r'nev'-«;i "'^ ''""'":" <-''"»'"''" door,' suid 
 
 .So plea.se y„u,' he said, e(,niinL' close on ♦ . 
 n...^^ and speaking .so as not to\,;,' 
 ''J. his coinpunioiis, 'the ma i wi« ,„,. ■ 
 
 s;:= H -"'""' ™»i«;^-^ 
 .,»»;':3";;!K;„'i:i,"!;:f '» '"- "«■ «» 
 
 I'iit ve imi) qsl„. ^.,,-1 . V "" '""I'lHini- 
 
 liis pat It'o ?ie ,,(';.'','■ ' •" '-■'"""'•««"""'t on 
 
 f^'i:^£ ? crH3='' Sir 
 
 '•ov's tliank'4 r,,v ^J. 'ia\iij^r received the 
 
 ^ ' MiiiiiKS 101 Ills L'('ll('IV)s;tt V 111. ..I, . 
 
 ■•.m,,!,, ,„, c,. ,„,,,,,,,,,,. , lcvil,,r>S 
 
 ;'™s,!;:'«:;;;i!h,=sficr*,«'3'; 
 
 Thou shouldst have said my waggish face and 
 
L'flS 
 
 ,:ii '^.fltPY N^ovr/s 
 
 \ 
 
 (It X 
 
 •jveot coiiii.any,' said Dl*4j^,: 'I.iit how « it 
 tliiMi tmvil \nHi ii»-r rw«v(|)i in wliiitrlmiiiclci' V 
 
 ' K'ini in that ff.wj \va<\. iisNJ^'irrd m,., to he 
 MllT -lis II jilKl/i'-i'; tfi..u Iv . /w'sl 1 am iimmI t,> 
 thr cmtl,' iiiisw, fv'l U yl.i.i,.|. 
 
 'Ay, lint till. 1,1, -iiiswvnil Klilihcrti- 
 Kihhi'l ; 'c'lvilit nil', \ .-K.ifrfc she ,\. on.', (iiicl 
 thiiii lilt ill a NiMi lit' ti-(iul,!>i . ■ .• at, fhls 
 
 IllnMli'nt, lis I Clin iMTrciv.r hy ili, HK." 
 
 'U, xhr, iniiii f she is II |iMoi' "si.^ui J inini\' 
 wild Way land— 'sill! citli sin« iind plav o' the 
 hill', Wdidd win thi' lish (int u' Ihi! stivain.' 
 
 ' iii't nil- hf.ir jii'i' instiintlv,' siid thf hnv ; ' I 
 hivi' til" hiti' iiiivly; I hivi' it nf all tfiiiif,^, 
 tliuii;,'li I niH-iT hi'aid it.' 
 
 'Then how canst thou love ji, |''lil,li,.||i. 
 Kihhot >: said Wayland. 
 
 'As kiiij;hts love ladies in old tales,' answeird 
 Dickie -' oil hearsay.' 
 
 'Then lovn it on hearsay a little lon;;er, till 
 niy sister is recovered IVoni the i;iti",'iie of her 
 joiiriiey,' said Wayland ;-- niiilteriiif,' iilterwards 
 betwixt his tooth, 'Tlip Av\\\ lake the inqi's 
 
 liiii. 
 
 niriiisity !-I iiuist keep (air weather with ! 
 iir we shall (are the worse.' 
 
 He then iirociicih'd to statn to Master Holiday 
 his own talents as a ju^'icler, with those of his 
 sister as a musician. .Some proof of his dcxtei it v 
 wiiH ''-"landed -vhicli hi' j^-ave in siidi a style (if 
 o.xeo; .,D«, thtl lelij,'liied at olitaiiiiii<,' sn'ch an 
 aecossitia to tlic party, they readilv acipiiesced 
 *il the a|iolo;^y ^^ hidi he olfered, wIh'Ii a display 
 of liis sister's ieiits was reipiired. The iiew- 
 cniners were invited to partake of the refresli- 
 inoiits with which the party were jirovided ; and 
 It was witli some dillicnlty that Wayland Smith 
 obtained an opportunity of lieiu^' apart witli 
 his supposed sister duriiii,' the meal, of wliich 
 interval he availed hiinsolf to entreat her to 
 furf,'et for tlio jiresent both her rank and her 
 sorrows, and eondescend, as the most iirobable 
 L'hance of remaining,' concealed, to mix in the 
 society of those with whom she was to travel. 
 
 The countess allowed the necessity of the 
 case, and when they resumed their Joiiriicv, en- 
 deavoured to comply with her :;ii;de's advice, liv 
 addressing,' licrself to a female near her, anil 
 expressiiif; her eoiicern for the woumii whom 
 they we-.v thus ohlij^ed to leave behind them. 
 
 '0, she is well attended, madam,' replied 
 tlie diiinc whom she addressed, who, from her 
 jolly and lau,i,'htcr - lovin;,' demeanour, mij,dit 
 have been the very emblem of the Wife of HaUi ; 
 ' '"■'111 my ,1,'ossip Liineham thinks as little of these 
 matters as any one. By the ninth day, an th(^ 
 revels last so loii^', we shall have her with ns at 
 Kenihvorth, even if she should trard with lier 
 baiitlini{ on her back.' 
 
 There was somethiiij,' in this .;pei 
 took away all desire on the Countess of Li:, 
 part to continue the coiivcisation ; liuf, \\ 
 broken the charm by speaking to (it ftii, ■ ". 
 traveller (irst, the jjood dame, who w^:,^i \-> ^.\-y 
 Rare (liUian of Croydon, in one of the -a-.;' 
 hules, took care that silence did not agau; .settle 
 on the journey, but entertained lier mute com- 
 panion with a thousand anecdotes of revels, from 
 the days of Kin,^ Harry downwards, with the 
 reception jriven them by tlie f,'re,at folk, and all 
 the names of those who jilayed the inincipal 
 
 "111 'li 
 
 I haiaetern I but ever ertW-hldilitf with, ' thev 
 wouhl Im nothing to flH) |«')iieef> pleasures of 
 Keriilwordi. 
 
 ' And when shall we reach Kenilwurth C said 
 
 I he -iiiiess, will, an limitation which she in 
 vaiii ati. iiipleij to e«neeal. 
 
 'Wetli.it have lihiMw niav, with late lidii,.- 
 «ct to Warwick lou ., and Kcnilwopth may 
 !»' distant some four .„ e miles, -but then wv 
 
 Mlllst Willi till the hiot. people come up ; althollL-h 
 
 II IS like my gooil 1,01,1 of I,eieester will have 
 
 horses or liKht caiiiaKcs to meet them, ami biinii 
 them up without bein;; travel-toilcd, which last 
 IS no j.o.>d |irepiiratioii, as you may snpiiose, for 
 danciiiKbe(orcyouil,etters--And vet, I,oid help 
 mc, I have seen the dav I woiiM have tiinnped 
 live lcaj,Mes of Ica-liiiid, and t'lriicd on my toe the 
 whole ..venin« after, as a Ju;,'«ler spins a powtcr 
 platter on th,' point „f a needle, ihit age has 
 clawed me somewhat in his ehilch, as the sonic 
 says; though, if I like the tunc and like my 
 partner. 111 dance the heys vet witli any merry 
 lass III Warwickshiie, thai writes that unhaiii.y 
 (ij,'nre (our with a roiiml Q after it.' 
 
 If the countess was overwhelmed with tho 
 
 K'arrulity of this ^ood dii , Wayland Smith, on 
 
 ins part, had eiioiijrli to do to sustain and parry 
 the constant attacks made upon him by the 
 iiilclali«alilc curiosity of his old aconaintaiice, 
 Richard Slud^'c. Nature hud kIvcii that arch 
 yoiiiiptcr a pryiii;; cast of disposition, which 
 matched iidinirably with his sliai p wit ; the 
 loriner in.luciii<; him to nl.int himself asaspy on 
 other |ieoplc'sa(fairs, a-id I lie latter quality lead- 
 ing him perpetually to interfere, alter he had 
 made hini.solf master of that which concerned him 
 not. He spent the livclonf,' day iu attemptiiif; to 
 jieer under the countess's mudler, and apparently 
 what he could there discern greatly sharpened liLs 
 curiosity. 
 
 ''^riiat sister of thine, Wayland,' he said, 'has 
 a fair neck to have been liorn in a smithy, and a 
 pretty taper hand to have been used for twirliiiL' 
 aspuidle-faith, I'll believe in your relationship 
 when tho crow's egg is hatched into a cygnot.' 
 
 'Co to,' said Wayland, 'thou art a pratiiiL' 
 boy and should be breeched for tiiiiie a.ssnraiice.' 
 ' Well,' said the imp, drawing olf, ' all I .say is, 
 ;-reniomber you have kept a secret from ine, and 
 if I give thee not a Roland for thine Oliver, my 
 name is not Dickon Slml; , I ' 
 
 This threat, and the distance at wliicli Hob- 
 goblin kept from liim for the rest of the way, 
 alarmed Wayland very mncli, and he suggested to 
 his pretended sister, that, on pretext of weariness, 
 she .should cxjiress a desire to stop two or three 
 miles sliort of the fair town of Warwick, proniLs- 
 ing to rojoiii the trooii in the morning, A small 
 village inn allbrded them a resting-jtlace ; and it 
 was with secret pleasure that Wayland saw the 
 wh .' party, iiicluding Dickon, pass on, after a 
 !. . rteous farewell, and leave them behind. 
 
 •To-mono- 'nadam,' he said to his charge, 
 we will, wit', your leave, again start early, and 
 reach Kenilwortli before the rout which are to 
 assemble there.' 
 
 The countess gave a.ssent to the ]iroposal of her 
 iaithiul guide ; but, .somewhat to his .surprise, 
 s,aid nothing further on the subioct, which left 
 Wayland under the disagreeable uncertainty 
 
i« with, 'tlify 
 ■ly pli'iKtiircs lit' 
 
 iiihv.irtli !' said 
 
 I wliirli hIic ill 
 
 ifli l.ili' lidiiij,', 
 ^fiiilwdi-tli limy 
 I, — Imt then wo 
 I' ii|i ; iiltlmiijfh 
 
 c'Stl'l- will Jiiiv,. 
 
 lii'iM, iiinl liriiij,' 
 
 ilcd, wliicli lust 
 
 my .siiii|Hisc, iiir 
 
 vi't, 1,1. nl hrlp 
 
 havi' ti.MM|i('i| 
 
 1 1)11 my ti,i' till' 
 
 Njiiiis a |icwtcr 
 
 Hut iiKo 1ms 
 
 'll, (IS till! SOIlf{ 
 
 I' ami likf iiiy 
 
 vith iiiiy Hurry 
 
 tiwit iiiiliainiy 
 
 iiipil with tlio 
 
 land Siiiitli, mi 
 tain anil pariy 
 1 liiin liy till' 
 ai'i|naintaii(M', 
 vrn that anil 
 Dsitinii, wliifli 
 ai p wit ; the 
 ^I'lrasaHjiy on 
 r quality lead- 
 after 111' liud 
 I'oiircrni'd him 
 attcniptinf,'ti) 
 ml ap[iarontly 
 shaiiioned his 
 
 ' liP said, ' has 
 smithy, and a 
 'll liir twirlini,' 
 ir ivlatioiiship 
 oa cygnet.' 
 art a piatinj,' 
 ne nssuraneo.' 
 ', 'all I say is, 
 from me, anil 
 le Oliver, my 
 
 t whii'li Hob- 
 ; of till' way, 
 e siigfjesti'd to 
 t of weariness, 
 two or throe 
 wick, promis- 
 ing. A small 
 place ; and it 
 land saw the 
 ss on, after a 
 behind. 
 3 his charge, 
 irt early, and 
 which are to 
 
 'oposal of her 
 
 his surprise, 
 
 t, which left 
 
 uncertainty 
 
 A'AAVA/rt >/;■/// 
 
 ^1 
 
 wliftlior or no h\m IukI fornnij „„y ,,ia„ |„,. 1,^.. 
 own (utiiro proceidinKs, us ho know lurmtuation 
 '.h'mandi" civuMispection, alll,„uKh he «„« hiit 
 ""l"'|'lH'Uy aciiua.nted with all its peeidiaritiis. 
 iineluil.ng, however, that she must have friends 
 w Ith n the custle, whoso advice u„d assistance she 
 cou ll saloly trust, he supposed his task would he 
 host aocomplishe, l.v conductinK her thither i.i 
 Nalety, agreeably to t.er repeated commands. 
 
 •Ml 
 
 ' ha\ e I iiDt 
 
 : ' but iiuiv 
 I oiilv uisli 
 
 Clf.itTER xxi: 
 
 Hark, the brlls Mu„m..n, uiil the hunlc mIN, 
 I itHh=th-fa.rj,i«ns«. ■ not - the ti.lu ' 
 
 Ifj.t she ll„- !.,vt.l,cst mu.t in ,,,^.1 hide. 
 
 Klian?' ' """ "'■■• P™""' ''"""' »'''^'' i" 'he 
 Of yon say iiiele„« |„,( ,(,,, |„,„^,. ,^,„^ 
 Ihat ucr th»! Hlow.«,,r,„ ,|,,ih ilif Mar us cem 
 And Mieril. n.udc.t blush ocr , ourtl/ iiiv'". "v? 
 
 I (IK (il.Ash Sj.ri'l'FK, 
 
 TiiK unfortunate Countess of Leicester had 
 li'Mii her mtaney upwards, been treated by those 
 around her with indulgence as nnbouiulcl as 
 '>'.l-';lM'>ous. The natural sweetness of Ii ' li 
 poMtiim had .saved her from becoming insolent 
 ;": ' 1^ Hinioured i iMit the caprice w^liiil, pn' 
 uieil 1,0 liandsome and insimiating Leiecst, r 
 l"'b.re .•essilian, of whos, higl, limim.r and n 
 
 '''''■i''l/l': »ll<''.'tu.n she herself entertained so li a 
 •'" opinion ,h,,t li.tal error, whirl, ruined I 
 
 '^'lt"H'ss of lu'r ife, Imd its origin in tliem^^^^ 
 aken kindiioss that had spared her childhood , 
 t 1 ilul but necessary lesson of submission ' 
 
 and elt-comnmnil. From the same imiulg-nce 
 t followed that she had only been accustomc o 
 
 the task 01 lultil ing them ; and thus, at the most 
 momentous period of her life, sh ' wi ki. 
 
 clctitute of presence of mind and of lit 1 
 jnu lor herself any reasonable or prudca'Jl,;;: 
 
 These dillieulties pressed on the unfortunate 
 lady with overwhelming force on the nioi ni'm:' 
 wlueh seemed to be the crisis of her l!!te ve ^ 
 "'-knig every intermediate consideration, she had 
 ly des.r, d to be at Ke alwortli, and to a, ,, „ oael 
 U'l husb „ I ^.rcsenee ; and now, when s le was 
 n. the vic.uuy of both, a thousand considmtioiis 
 aio,se at once upon her mind, startling her wi h 
 ■U'eumulatcd doubts and .hangers, some r tl s ,mo 
 i'.',a«.nary, and all e.xalted and ^'xagierate 1 by a 
 sitjiation ahkc helpless and destitute uf aid Sid 
 
 A .'sleeples.s night ren.lercd her ,so weak in the 
 
 rn'^L } ""'P ■?."""""'''^' The trustv guide be- 
 ™n e extremely distressed on the lady slrcount 
 and .somewhat alarmed on his own, Hd « ' , .' 
 he point of going alone to Kenih orth, n t" 
 Ipe of di3,o ,i,,^ Tressilian, and intimating to 
 
 10 nt 1 .^ ' '''''"'°'^''' ''^r ^''°"t "i"" "'the 
 Hacl3, and resisted with impatience lier guide's 
 
 beloioselti, 'forward, 'i U\; had.'shesai. 
 a cup ol «at.T-the wretch who i.s ij/aK^;..! to 
 
 ;;:;"";;'' " i-^ •-,■. .nonger -ordiai, u,.d .1,,,^ 
 
 Mmy .serve mo which ■ tliees for him do as I 
 command you.' \ayla„d .Smith still hesilatnl. 
 
 Uhatwoiddyou have f ' said she 
 itpokeii plainly f ' 
 
 'Vesiniidam,' answered Wavlaml 
 
 I ask what IS your lint her purpose ■• , ..miv uish 
 
 ;jkn.Mv,,iatIn,uygiiide!i,yI,ltbyv:,,,":Ci:i;!^ 
 
 /''" "'"'" ' ">■ '" '''I'"". "Ill siiiaminir 
 
 towaris the Castle of K.nilworth. It w be 
 
 '"lit'uit travelling ,i,i„,..,,,„,.i,.„i\;;;;', I;;, 
 
 eeossary i.as.soorts for .safe-comllict and free a I- 
 inittance-l nknowii and iinliiended, we nmv 
 
 t'OMie by mishap.- Your ladyships ill loigiv v 
 
 Tr \"^ l"y '• •■nnd- Were we not bi tter try 
 
 «^ l"', " I '" ''!ri""'S and again Join ourselves 
 
 h hem' -'11.0 eountess shook lier head, ami 
 
 l.r guide proceeded, •Then 1 see b„i om. other 
 
 I V II 1 1 'I I y , 
 
 'Npcak out, then,' said the ladv, no! disiileased 
 Hjrhaps that he should thus'otler the'iulvi!: 
 
 laithul-what woiddst thou eonnsel /' 
 
 \V„v n?S 'h""1''' "'"'" '^'""'"■'' Tressilian,' said 
 \\aylaiiil 'that you „io i„ this place. I am 
 
 ight certain he would get a lior.so will, a lew ol 
 
 U.d^hussex s loUowers, and insure your personal 
 
 _ 'And is it to //,r you ailvLse,' said the countess, 
 
 to Jilit niysell ,„ider the protection of .Sussex 
 
 the unworthy rival of the nobh. Leieester''' 
 
 Ihen seeing the surprise with whieh Wavhind 
 
 >areil„|.o,,hor ami afraid of having too stn Iv 
 
 ... iiiiated her interest in Lei,.,.s,eP, she ail,ir,l! 
 
 And or Iressilmn, it must not be- mention 
 
 ' ,y '""•, I '■'■"■«'■ y«'"- ..0- "..hajipv name ; it 
 
 Old but double ,.,,/ misfortunes 'and involve 
 
 /u,„ ,1 dangers beyond the power of rescue.' .She 
 
 paused; but when she observed that Wavlaml 
 
 •..t.iiued to look 0.1 her with that anxious a 
 
 ..ice.tain ga/e, whieh indioated a doubt whether 
 
 h".' h.aii. was .settled, she a.ssuined an air of com- 
 
 posure, ami added, 'Do thou but guide mo o 
 
 Kenilworth Castle, good fellow, amftliy task s 
 
 ;;';'pU...ccIwill,hon,iuilgewliatfurtJicris I 
 he done Jhou hast yet been true to mc-here 
 IS something that will make thee rich amends.' 
 
 ■Slie ollered the artist a ring, eoiitainiiiL' a 
 valuable stone Way land looked at it, I e iute 
 a n.oment, and then returned it. • XoJ, ■ he s^Ud 
 
 lia I am above your kimlm.s,s, nmdam, being 
 t a poor fellow, who have been lorced, Goil 
 , help me ! to live by worse shifts than the bounty 
 I o such a person as you. h„t, as my old mastc'r 
 the farrier used to say to his customers, ' No cure 
 lit) pay. M e are not yet in Kenilworth Castle' 
 and It IS time enough to discharge your guide, as 
 hey say, when you take your boots otf. " I trust 
 .11 <.od your lady.sliip is as well assured of tittim' 
 reception when you arrive, as you may hold youi" 
 e certain ot my best endeavours to conduct you 
 hither salely. I go to get ibe bo, sos ; ine..»,f ifiiP, 
 let me pray you once more, as your ),oor physician 
 as well as guide, to take some sustenance.'^ 
 
 1 wiU-I will,' said the l.idy hastily ' Mo. 
 
 audacity, said she, when he left the room ; 'even 
 
 131 
 
290 
 
 II'A VERLEY NO VEI.S 
 
 this 1)001- ;,r,„om scos throuyli my aflVctation of 
 coiiragciiiiil fatlionis the very ground of n.yk.ars • 
 W'u then attempted to follow lioi-Kui.le'sadvioc 
 by takiiif,' .some food, but was compoUed to desist 
 as the etioi't to swallow even a single morsel mu-c 
 iier so mueh uneasiness as amounted woll-ni.'h 
 to sulloeation. A moment afterwards, the liors"es 
 appeared at the lattieed window — the ladv 
 mounted, and found that relief from the free 
 air and ehanse of plaee whieh is frequently ox- 
 pcrionecd m similar eireumstaiiees. 
 
 It chaneed well for the eountess's jmrpose, 
 that ^\aylan( hmitli, whose j)revious wanderin.' 
 and unsett "d life had ma.fe him acquainted 
 JMth almost all hngland, was intimate with all 
 the iiy-roads as well as direct eommunicatioiis, 
 tlirough the beautiful county of Warwiek. For 
 such and so great was the throng which flock(d 
 111 all directions towards Kenilworth, to see the 
 entry ol Lluabeth into that splendid mansion 
 of lier in-iine favourite, that the principal roads 
 were actually blocked up and intcrruiited, and 
 It was only by circuitous by-jaths that the 
 travellers could proceed on their journev. 
 , The (pieen's purveyors had been aliroad, sweep- 
 ing the (arms and villages of th,)se articles usually 
 exacted during a royal i,rog,..ss, and for which 
 tlie owners were afterwards to obtain a tardy 
 payment from the I'.oard of Green Cloth The 
 Kirl of Leicester's household oliiccrs had })eeii 
 scouring the country for the same puriiose : and 
 many ol Ins friends and allies, both near and 
 remote t.)ok this opportunity of ingratiating 
 themselves, by sending largo (luantities of i,ro 
 visions and delicacies of all kinds, ^vitli game in 
 huge numbers, ami whole tuns of tl;e best Hnuors 
 foreign and domestic. Thus the high road,s were 
 filled With droves of bullocks, slice]., calves, au.l 
 hogi, and choked with loaded wains, whose axle- 
 trees cracked under their burdens of wine-casks 
 and liogsheads of ale, and huge hampers of 
 grocery goods, and slaughtered game, ami .salted 
 provisions, and sacks of (lour. Perpetual stop- 
 l>ages took place as these wains became entangled • 
 and their lu.lo drivers, sweai'ing and brawling 
 till their wild passions were fully raised, be<'an 
 to debate precedence with their waggon -w Id i.s 
 and quarter-staves, which occasional riots wcro 
 usually cpuetcd by a purveyor, deputy-marshal's 
 inaii or soino other i)orsou in authority, break- 
 ing the heads of both parties. 
 . Here were, besides, players and mummers, 
 .lugglers and show.nen, of every description 
 traversing in joyous Ikiu.Is the j.a'ths which Id 
 to the I'alace of Princely Pleasure; for .so the 
 travelling minstrels had termed Kenilworth in 
 the songs which already had come forth in anti- 
 cipation of the revels which were there expected 
 In the imdst of this motley show, mendicants 
 "cie exhibiting their real or pretended mi.series 
 
 betwixt tlie vanities and the sorrows of human 
 existence All these floated along with the im- 
 mense tide of pomilation, whom mere curiosity 
 had drawn together ; and where the mechanics 
 m Ins leather apron, elbowed the dink and 
 
 with hobnailed shoes, were treading on the kibes 
 ot sub.stantial burghers and gentlemen of wor- 
 ship ; and where Joan of the dairy, with robust 
 
 pace and red, sturdy arms, rowed lier way on- 
 ward, amongst those prim and pretty moppets, 
 whose sires were knights and .S(iuires. 
 
 Ihe throng and confusion wa.s, however, of a 
 gay and cheerful character. All came forth to 
 SCO and to enjoy, and all laughed at the trilling 
 inconveniences which at another time might 
 have chafed their temper. E.xeepting the occa- 
 sional braNvIs which wo have mentioned among 
 that irritable r ce the carmen, the minglecl 
 .sounds which arose from the multitudo were 
 tlni.se of hght-hcartcd mirth, and tiptoe jollity. 
 Ihc musicians i,reluded on their instruii'icnts- 
 thc minstrels hummed their soiigs-the licensed 
 jester whooped betwixt mirth and madness, as 
 he brandished his bauble-the morrice-dancers 
 jangled their bells — the rustics halloo'd and 
 whistled --- men laughed loud, and maidens 
 giggled shrill; while many a broad jest flew 
 like a shuttlecock from one jiarty, to be caught 
 HI the air an<l returned fnim the opposite .side of 
 the road by another, at which it was aimed.* 
 
 Ao mlliction can be so distressing to a mind 
 absorbed in melancholy, as being plunged into 
 a scene (,( mirth and revelry, Ibrming an accom- 
 paniment so dissonant from its own feeliiu's 
 iot, m the case of the Countess of Leicester' 
 the noi.se and tumult of this giddy scene dis- 
 tracted her thoughts, and rendered her this .sad 
 service, that it became impossible for her to 
 lu-ood on her own misery, or to form terrible 
 anticipations of her approaching fate. She 
 travelled on, like one in a dream, following 
 implicit ly the guidance of Wayland, who, with 
 great address, now threaded Ins way through 
 I he general throng of j.asscngers, now stood 
 still until a favourable oppoi'tunitv occurred of 
 again moving forward, and frc.piently turnin.' 
 altogether out of the direct road, follo'wcd some 
 circuitous by-path, which brought them into the 
 higliw-ay again after having given them the 
 ojiportunity ot traversing a considerable way 
 with greater case and rapidity. 
 
 It was thu.s he avoided Warwick, within whose 
 tastlo (that fairest monument of ancient and 
 chivalrous sp endour which yet remains unin- 
 juie(l by time) Lhzabeth had passed the i.revious 
 night, and where she was to tarry until iiast 
 noon, at lli.at time the general hour of dinner 
 throughout iMigland, after which repas' .she was 
 to proceed to Kenilworth. In the meanwhile, 
 each juissiug group had something to .say in the 
 sovereign s ].raisc, though not absolutely with- 
 out the usual mixture of satire whi,.], qualities 
 more or less our estimate of our neighbours 
 especially if they chance to be also our betters. 
 
 Heard you," said one, 'how gr,aciously slic 
 spoke to Master l?ailiir and the Recorder, and 
 to good Master (iriliin the ,,reacher, as they 
 kneeled down at her coach-window ' ' 
 
 - \^^'l '"u ''"r '''" ''^''^ ^" li"'"^ Aglionby, 
 
 .Master Kecorder, men would have iiersuadcd 
 
 mo that you were afraid of me, but truly I 
 
 think, so well did you reckon up to me the 
 
 (Dr. I,,..-,tti,-, m his Cast!,-, of F.ii^laH,!, s.iys, "It is 
 prob.->be the ronuince of " Kenilworth "Ins brouRht within 
 he last forty ye.irs more piJRrims to this town and ne eh 
 hoiirhood th.n ever resorted to its .-incient shrine of The 
 \ r.<;n,. more kn.shts an-l dames th.->n ever figured in its 
 tilts and tourn.iments. *" 
 
rowed her way oii- 
 
 !i(l pretty iiioiipcts, 
 siiuires. 
 
 \\as, liowever, of a 
 All came forth to 
 glied at the trifling 
 other time might 
 Excepting the ocoa- 
 iiientioiied among 
 lien, the mingled 
 le multitude were 
 and tiptoe jollity, 
 leir instruments — 
 ongs— the licensed 
 1 and madness, as 
 ic morricc-dancers 
 itios lialloo'd and 
 id, and maidens 
 a broad jest flew 
 irty, to 1)6 caught 
 lie opposite side of 
 it was aimed.* 
 I'ossing to a mind 
 'iiig plunged into 
 orining an aecom- 
 its own feelings, 
 tess of Leicester, 
 giddy scene dis- 
 lennl her this sad 
 issible for her to 
 to form terrible 
 hing fate. She 
 dream, following 
 viand, who, with 
 his way through 
 gers, now stood 
 tniity occurred of 
 i'i|iiently turning 
 d, followed some 
 ;lit them into the 
 given them the 
 ionsiderable way 
 
 ick, within whose 
 of ancient and 
 t remains nnin- 
 «e(l the ]irevious 
 tarry until ])ast 
 hour of dinner 
 li rejiast she was 
 the meanwhile, 
 iig to say in tlic 
 alisolutely with- 
 wliich (]ualities 
 our neighbours, 
 Iso our betters. 
 ■ graciously she 
 ' Ilecorder, and 
 iMclier, as they 
 
 little Aglionby, 
 have ])crsuade(l 
 le, but truly I 
 "p to me the 
 
 Q'afhl, s.iys, ' It is 
 has brouRht within 
 is town and neich- 
 ;ient shrine of the 
 ever figured in iis 
 
 k'£.NlLWOkTH 
 
 virtues of a .sovereign, that I have more reason 
 to be afraid of you. "-And then with what grace 
 she took the fair-wrought purse with the twenty 
 go d sovereigns s..emingas though .she would not 
 wiilingly handle it, and yet taking it witlial ' 
 it /,./,; "^'' .•'5^.''^ f >otIiP''. 'her lingers closed on 
 
 do, ,^'ur!"'li^''^'' "'«tl'"^'n'l't. "vhen all was 
 <lone , and methought, too, she weighed them 
 for a .secon.l in her hand, as she would .say I 
 hojie tliey lie avoirdupois.' ^' 
 
 . 'She needed not, neighbour,' said a third • 'it 
 IS only wlien the corporation pay the acco n s of 
 a poor handicraft like me, thit they Tt li „, o 
 
 ^Till , ; f*" Recorder, since that is the word, 
 will be greater now than ever ' 
 
 'Conie, good neighbour,' saiil the first speaker 
 
 be not eiiviniia «!,„ ,•„ . .. 1 ,, i- ■li'ean.ci. 
 
 201 
 
 (i„ i " • -o"-"..., o.iiu tuL' iii'sc sneaker 
 « nerous "T~"":/-^ *^ ^^-^^^ (>!ueen,\:;^"^ 
 
 re,!lin?Ul ""f ■-'."^«1'''"^- tl'y lieart for the wor-l ! ' 
 tlie Kill „| Leicester anon, methinks ' 
 
 Hn in '"^^,""'"«'^«"1 Leicester, an,l j.n, ,oscd 
 t at .he should draw off from the roa.l, an, hal 
 till ho recovered. Hut, subduing he V fe 'l 
 
 lose ^^h,eh caught her ear as they ,,asscd on slie 
 nsi.s ed that her guide should pro iccl , ] ^n 
 vorth with all the haste which the , inn'o s 
 
 Willi. Uaylands anxiety at her repeated fits 
 
 .niiid Tf 'r"' r^- ''<^'- "''--■^ ais[raetio„ o 
 iniiid, «as hourly increasing, and he became 
 extremely desirous that, aca.rding , le re- 
 iterated re,,uests, she should be safHyintrolucMl 
 into the castle, wlieiv, he doul,tcd m si a 
 
 Sii'\''"'r''"°'V^''''''«'-'-«-^^^^ 
 hopes. " '"' "" ''''"'" •'''"^ '■'-■l'°«'^'i I'er 
 
 ' ^}'!/ wre once ri.l of this peril,' thought ho 
 a> '1 If any man sliall liml mc j layin^ uire 
 a "to iS ': \ ^'~^J-'^'-«"t,^K?shall i: a 
 iainme"!™''''^'^ 
 
 . At length the princely cast le apiieared noon 
 •n.prov.n„. which, and fife .lomaii s' ound 
 « of Leicester had. it is said, expencl si ■ y 
 mnd pounds sterling, a sum cqlial to a' I 
 iiiillion of our ]ir,!,sent money. 
 
 rhe outer wall of this splendid and Ld.^antic 
 structure enclosed seven acres % m,' r,? uT, i 
 was occupied by extensive s'tal.l^ 'ad y^'a 
 leasure-gaHen, with its trim arbours ad mr 
 tones and tlie rest formed the large base-cour 
 ir outer yard of the noble castle Tl e loi lly 
 nicture itself, which rose near the e ^i re of 
 lis spacious enclosure, was compo,.ed of a i.^ 
 I'lle of magnificent castellated b uildin-rs .i, h. 
 .'tly of different ages, surrounding^a,', , n r 
 '•onrt, and liearing in the names attached o 
 rach portion of the magnilieent ^iS " ,1 
 
 c nblenis of mighty chiefs who had loi, 
 . sed away, an,l whose Id.tory. could KnM- 
 
 wiTh:"? ""i^'^ '"'«'=' ''■■^^« '-'"a 
 
 acq led and was augmenting the fair domain 
 A huge and massive keep, which fbrmcl tl^ 
 
 LSntlof- *''■■; '"''if' ^'"-^ "'' ""certain though 
 
 gieat ant npiity. It bon- the name of Cvsar 
 
 I-H-ajis from its rc,seml,lance to tha hi Ui^ 
 
 ower of F.ond,m so called. Some an i, ad s 
 
 -seribe its foundation to the time of Ke 'l 1 
 
 n. n whom the cattle had its name, a Sai n 
 
 1 ig' of Mercia, and others to an early era alte 
 
 he .Norman Comiuest. On the exterior wtlN 
 
 '""'■'' "';■ ■^^■"teh 1 of the Clintons, by w , 
 
 t fey were founde.l in the reij,n of Ileiiy-L, i 
 the yet more ,v, oubted Simon de Alon fb ^ 
 
 was h,ng held out against Henry \\\. Here 
 :^Iortimer, Karl of .March, famous^ilike foi 1, s 
 
 ^uiith, while Ins dethroned sovereign, Edward 
 
 i\i t'"^'tb;' f' '" '^^ ;'';"«^'""«' ^''1 J-''" "i 
 
 '-aunt, time-honoured Lancaster,' had widely 
 
 extended the castle, erecting tlK t noble 3 
 
 .assiye pile which yet beans the name of' l! , 
 
 "tdonVth'''^'^ ""' ^'''''''' lunisclf had 
 outiloiie the former possessors, iirineely and 
 powerful as they were by erect ng alt km- in 
 
 ~ structure, which li^w lies <^ushednner 
 Its own nuns the monument of its owner's 
 ambition. The external wall of his ,' 'ya 
 cas le was on the south and west sides adoim 
 andddendedbya]ake,pai.lyartili"aCae"^ 
 f PI 1 1',"'' '"." '•<insfru,;te,l a stately b,i,i,,e, 
 
 hat Llizabcth nnght enter the castle by a path 
 ;;t'erto untrodden, instead of the i^s 
 
 [■to ."",'''''/•"■'' ^^'V'''' '"-■ ''^-1 ereetcl a 
 f,.itc-house, or barbican, whi,.h still exists, and 
 
 •y^qna n. extent, and superior in architetnie, 
 
 liejoml the hike lay an extensive chase full 
 " rcl-deer, (allow-deer, roes, and ..very s, e eie 
 "t game, and abounding with lofty trees from 
 amon«s which the extended front';.^! n;a;s ™ 
 towe s of the castle were .sci'i, to rise in maiestv 
 
 I'Ulfy ],alace where prmecs feasted ami heroes 
 
 ■SKgc and now ,„ the gani..s of chivalry, where 
 I'eauty dealt the pri.e whi..], valour wo. a 
 >Hnv desolate. The I,ed „f the lake is' It a 
 
 UHhysYmp; and the massive ruins of h^ 
 castle only serve to show what their splemlour 
 once was, and to impress on the musin ' v sit" 
 
 he ransitory value' of human possess on am 
 
 111 vntuous contentment. 
 
 It was with far differen*- feelings that the un 
 lor unate Countess of Leicester ^•i?w. 1 c^. " y 
 
 uid mnssive towers when she first behehiS 
 iis( alioNc the embowering and richly-sliaded 
 ^"t '"-'T;- »'■''. tl.ey seemed to presid ■. S k, 
 
 he undoubted wit., of th.. great i-arl, of EhVa 
 I'eth s miuion, an.l EnglandV. niighty fa vo rite 
 
 aiHl tlidt husband's ,soverci«n, under the [.r..! 
 
 tectioii, rather than tl 
 
 le guidance, of a 
 
 , ' •■ . i...,.ii u,,,- ^uiuHiee, 01 a n.ior 
 
 Jigfiler; and though un.jiu.stione.l m stresH 
 
 hat prom castle, whose lightest wor.l o gd „ 
 
 liave ha,l force snflicient to make its gate" leap 
 
 'n.m their massive hinges to rec-ive Im; yet sh , 
 
 ;:;:';',:■;;, ;;"'r"'^'^"'--"t''e.iifficuCa;:d 
 
 P'.'il which .she must cxiierieiice in raininV ad- 
 mission into her own halls. t."'""'*, au- 
 The risk and difficulty, indeed, .seemed to in- 
 
292 
 
 //'./ VERl.E Y NOVELS 
 
 I )i 
 
 .1 t(ff.tli(.i- to imt a stop to luM- nirtlicr n.o«i-os,s 
 
 ro. u•l:M^^""' '•'"'"!" *" '■' '"■'«'! '""T fai; 
 ro.ul ulnuh, travcrsiM- the bivadth of the oliasc 
 lor tun ^paco ol two inih'.s, and coniniaudiii.r 
 sovenil most hrautilul vi<.»s of the casth, and 
 lake tcTniinated at the lUMvly-eonstnictod brid.'p 
 
 desH.'nd /^ "r 'Z ■''1'1"'"'''W', an.l which was 
 clpstmrd to form the qneen'.s aiMiroach to the 
 castle on that nienioralile oecnsioii 
 
 rraJe'irff''" ""Tf^- ''""' ^^'^ly'^""! 'bund tllO 
 gate at the end ol tins avenne, whieh opene.l on 
 the Uanviek mad, snanh.l by a h,.dy of the 
 
 in eoiseh<ts nehly earved and gihh-d, an,l wear- 
 ing nionons instead of bonnets, having their 
 carabmes restn,. with the bntt-end on theJr 
 tliiglis Jhesepiards, distiiignished for strength 
 and statnre, who ,lid dnty wherever the .illeen 
 «ent in person, were here stationed un.ler tlie 
 
 a d Rapui hcalf ,Mi hi.s arm, as l.eh,nging to 
 tie Lari ot Leicester, an,l peremptorily refused 
 all admittanee, oxeepting to sneh as wm-e guest 
 1 yitod to the festival, or persons who wer'. to 
 ulorm some j.art in the mirthful exhibitions 
 Hllieh were in-oposed. 
 
 The press was of eonse.jueuee givat around the 
 tntianee and persons of all kinds present,.d 
 oeiT sort of olea fm- .aduMttanee ; to which the 
 gnaids turned an inexorable ear, plea.ling, in 
 I ■turn to iair words, and even to fair olfers? th<. 
 strictness ol their orders, founded on the .lueen'.s 
 u el -known dislike to the rude ,,ressin- of a 
 multitude. With those whom such reasoiis did 
 not serve, they dealt more rudelv, ivpelli,,- them 
 without ceremony by the pressure of their power- 
 till barbed horses, and good round blows from the 
 
 pioduced undulations amongst the ,T,.wd, which 
 rendered \Vayland much afraid that ho nii-ht 
 perforce be separated from his charge in the 
 thro,,^, Soulier did he know what exc^use o 
 make ,11 onler to obtain admittance, and he was 
 ilcbating the matter in his head with r'leat iin' 
 certainty, when the carl's pursuivant Ih-u-iiicr cast 
 an ..ye upon him, exclaimed, to his no small 
 surprise, \eomen. make room for th(> fellow in 
 the orange-tawny cloak-Come foru-ard. Sir Cox- 
 comb, .and make haste. What, in the fiend's 
 name, has kept you waiting? Come forwar.l 
 with your bale of woman's gi'ar." 
 
 While the imrsuivan' 7,'ave 'Wavland this 
 piessingyt iineourteoiis invitation, wliieli for a 
 minute or two he could not imagine was applied 
 to him, the yeonu,,, speedily made a free passage 
 01 Inm, while, only cautioning his con panicm 
 to keen the mi.fll,.r close around her face he 
 entereil the gate, leading her palf'rev, but with' 
 such a droopinrr .Test, and such a look of con- 
 scious fear and anxiety, that the crowd, not 
 greatly pleased at any rate with the preference 
 hestowed upon them, accomi«nied their admis- 
 sion with hooting, anr, a lou.l laugh of derision 
 
 Admied thus within the chase, though with 
 no very flattering notice or distinction, ^VaylaIld 
 and his charge rode forward, nnsing what diffi- 
 
 t onVM''7''' '■" '"-'"^ "'^■''' '"^ '" '■'"■""nter, 
 t lo.gh the broad avenue, which was sentineller 
 oil either side by a long line of retainers, armed 
 
 iuil ol Leicester s liveries, and bearin- his col' 
 
 \\ thin three paces of each other, .so as to line the 
 who e roail f^on; the entrance into the pa k t o 
 
 t e I rst commanding view of the castle, with its 
 
 s ately towers losing from within a longlsweepi S 
 
 iol outward walls, ornamented whli ba t e^ 
 
 nents, and turrets, and platforms, at every 
 
 nt of defence, with inanj^ a bannei' streaming 
 
 ""n Its nails, and such a bustle of gay crests 
 
 bat len:.n^ l'l">nes disposed on the te^-^es aiul 
 
 he, hea, u, accustomed to .such splendour, sank 
 
 a l-elL'^r "■'/''.'", ''7' •;""' '■"'• '^ ■noment.she 
 asked hei self what she had offercl up to Leicester 
 to deserve to become the nartner of this primX 
 
 icsisted the whisper which bade her despair 
 lias to 'Idvf'v ''""'' ''r/'"^'- /'" tl'at woman 
 
 I at he ,t; ^\\y'''} ", "" ^^''^ "magnificence 
 
 at the altar an, Lngland's ytieen could f-ive liin 
 
 I no more He is my husband-I am his wi b-^ 
 
 I \\ on, ( .od hath j-oined, man cannot sunder. I 
 
 H ler%l',i,"' '■''"'','"'« '"y >'i«l't ; even the 
 
 I, that I come tluLs unexpected, and tliim 
 
 ' " n. I know my noble J)„dley well ! He 
 
 be somcthm.Lc impatient at my di.sobeying 
 
 ';'■<; Amy will weep, a.ul Du.fley will fo,^ 
 
 These meditations were interrinited by a crv 
 of surprise from her guide Wavland, wL sud^ 
 
 b} a pan of long tl„n black arms, beloiudnrr to 
 some one who had dropped liin.Bdf out^f^aii 
 oak-tree upon the croupe of his horse, amidst the 
 shouts of laughter which burst from the sen" 
 
 a>.'iin''/' "'."«\,.''" t''V'"'"' °'' I''Iibbertigibbet 
 ■gam ! said \\,aylai„!, aft.T a vain .stniRKle to 
 < .sengag,. himself, and unhorse the urchin who 
 elmigtohim. 'DoKenilworthoaksbCJ^iS 
 
 'In sooth do they, Master Waylaud,' said ],is 
 unexpected adjunct, 'and many others too ha ' 
 for you to crack, for as old as j-oii are wi t o 
 my teaching yon. How would you ha -0™™] 
 the pursuivant at the upper gfite yonde , lad 
 
 lolfou u.s ? and he,-e have I waited for you l,av- 
 ing cl,.,mbere,l up into the tree from the on of 
 
 ant of'',n',.-"'l'- '"'".' '^''^ ''"' ''•! ""^dS'o 
 want of me tiy this time. 
 
 ' N'ay, then, tlmn art a limb of the devil in 
 goo, earnest, ' sai,l Waylaiul. ' I give thee way 
 goo. imp, a,i,l will walk by thy cTounse fo S 
 as thon art powerful, be merciful ' 
 
 A.s he spok,., they api.roached a strong tower, 
 at the sou 1, extremity of the long bHd.re we 
 have m,mtinii,.d, wliici, served to protect the 
 on er gateway of the Castle of Kenilworth 
 
 I ncler such ,l,,sasfro„s circumstances, and in 
 sue , smgnla,. ,.on,pany, di,l the unfortunate 
 tountess of Lccstci' approach, foi' the fii^st 
 time, th,. m..,.g„i(i,..„t abode of her aln,os 
 princely hnsban,!.' """"'^ 
 
 * Note H, Amy Kobsart at Kuiihvoiih. 
 
 . ^ 
 
iclily drrssofl in the 
 nd bearing' lii.s cng- 
 ■d titan; L-acli placLMl 
 KM', so as to liiif tlid 
 u into tho jiark to 
 II till! lady obtained 
 
 tliu cattle, with its 
 liii a loiiffswccpiiif; 
 eiitcd witli battlc- 
 atfoniis, at evoiy 
 I baiim,'!- .streaming 
 iistle of gay erests 
 )n the terraces and 
 lid gorgeous scene, 
 I'll splendour, sank 
 'or a nionient she 
 red up to Leicester 
 ler of this jirincely 
 id generous spirit 
 le her ilespair. 
 ) 'all that woman 
 , heart and hand, 
 ;his magiiiKcence, 
 en could give liim 
 -I am liis wife— 
 •aiinot sunder. I 
 
 right ; even tho 
 qieeted, and tliilfl 
 'ii'lli'.y well ! Ho 
 it my disobeying 
 
 Dudley will for- 
 
 rrupted by a cry 
 yland, who sud' 
 y round the body 
 ms, belonging to 
 niself out of an 
 horse, amidst tho 
 t from the sen- 
 
 • Flibbertigibbet 
 vain struggle to 
 the urchin wlio 
 I oaks bear sucli 
 
 lyland,' said his 
 others, too liard 
 ou are, without 
 •ou liave passed 
 ite yonder, Iiad 
 juggler was to 
 ■d for you, hav- 
 'rom the top of 
 ire all mad for 
 
 uf the devil in 
 give thee way, 
 counsel ; only, 
 
 I strong tower, 
 ong liridge wo 
 to iirotcct the 
 nihvorth. 
 tanees, and in 
 c unfortunate 
 lor the tirst 
 i her aliiiosl 
 
 lilworili. 
 
 1 
 
 KENllAVORTII 
 
 of)o 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 Mid.summer-Nigiit's IJukam. 
 AViiKN- the Countess of Leicester nrpM-n,l „+ ji 
 
 ™in-«..o.f.i„,c;,..i,.,,,'i;'„',£s '»;',,:; 
 
 .-.sifc i»,i I,™,, ii,,t i,,,,„,,,i. II,,,,',"': 
 
 of what was intended. J5ut tlie'gijantc or 
 wl.'o waded at the gate beneath? Snaci^m' 
 discharged the duties of wanh^', owed none of 
 lis t(MTors to fictitious means, lie w s a nru 
 wlio.se lingo stature, thewes, sinews an ll.ulk- 
 l';-oport.on, wouhl liave enabled him n^^^^ 
 
 Colbran.l, Ascapart, or any other g ui of ro 
 .nance, witnout raising himielf near^, t ]ieaven' 
 ^ veil by the altitude of a chonin * tU 1 , 
 
 knees of this son of Anak S"bare^:f i^VS 
 arms from a span below tlie shoul h"'- , t 
 eet were defended with sandals, faste lie w 
 loss straps of .scarlet leatlier, stu iVff • 
 '•■azen knobs. A close jerkin of scarlet velvet 
 ooped with gold, with .short brec es .f tt 
 same, covered his bodv and inrt nf , c i i 
 
 and he wore on his shc^ilde ;,Sead i VS ' 
 the skin of a black lienr Tl,„ i i r.l . ''' 
 midable person ;;^J^'^LvS:,'-"^tli. b. 
 
 ■siaggy black hair, wliich dese'end, ',„ e^tlic 
 
 £u™t'Sr"'!l"'''"«'^''"'"^'^^-^ 
 i,uivj case, ni,i,.j, a,.e ^Ken ain,o.voil fli „,n„ „c 
 
 very „„„,,„„„„ .„■„,, „„| ,vhi,.|, „* °,| 'S,?' 
 
 Ihe demeanour of this mndern Titan when 
 t"r .1,1 iiistaut oil 
 
 »i-ionl |,hpnl f„,. |,i, ,„o„„„„,u,i„„ |,„,j,; ,,,. 
 
 i2"r^;.,,';;n!S't;;7''r'''""''"''« 
 Pp'i:rs;':;"';;:;;;:i,;5?;j''^!i;:i'';b 
 
 ground before NVayland's horse's iios^wt'su 
 
 ;v:»;'fr:jr's,,:::*'V!^i: 
 ™ :;;;;«:;?; rKt;i^,s-;,,f»,,!;;' 
 
 Si:«:f ri,^-^i:ria-' t 
 
 -(Again to himself)-' Here's a th „ ,, i • 
 
 -I shall nover get througli it.' ^"^ 
 
 Maud still,' whisperc.l Flibbertigibbet Into 
 \\ avi.iixl V *ni 1. 'T 1 1 , 'fi^ip^iwiMt into 
 
 "ASu,;;"i,,,!.i,r»'; £;;';,;':'• »''''M»,i,,., 
 
 |.,-S!:;l;i:7i,:;=,'l;^j;'r£'tSi;";K 
 
 ^ot at the comman.l of tlie lord of .some -'ist. n 
 
 gil' bet's «h,sp,.r reached his ears He f m, ) 
 ub upon ,„e gronnd, and ught n^Ke 
 
 chiiili^ed to'i^Sdin :;;; '^^"^•'"^ ^'-"°- >-• '- 
 -;j:^^;it:u-,i^.rt::;i'-'r>K 
 
 J.Hl..prat-Hut who the devil eo;:^d' tkd^lt 
 
 ^ „.._. , .ib'£t° "• b!,^ ■" ""T ''r'[ 'Y' ■^■■'''' ^''•'■''"'■ti- 
 
 "; for sometimes lie sat down Uie lad'v a tl^.;; ""'?' 'I' "^^'a viand and 
 a massive stone beneli, which i wll^: , ™,^™d nof b \'T'^ 1^ ^'^^ '" 
 
 ;"re:::;nJ!:;t^:; ::;;i-.«:-,f^iss;-warii. 
 
 care wldr.li a vvv\'"\ l,r. 1 T -r ' ^"° ■^'*"'° 
 
 a.^.ichina^;;;:,Swtn^;i«.-S:;« 
 
 vl n I '7„'" rj ',>-°",-->«l ^ake heed ho'^ 
 
 i^^^t'^^^S:'^^^^^^ "->< cancel 
 .Venice, that no worn.-, , wlu^tsoe ver ..^ k''^- 1° ™'?""'^" '" 
 m. her house or abroad ^hn„,f. /"'';'' "",''"■" i'. >=i'her 
 with leather of s nrirv ' \ ^ "'"^'^ "^ "'"^'J- '■•■'^ f.nvp,,.,] 
 some yellow. T"s'^,re'7:;' ^T' "'"^ "V-"^' ^"""^ ^-^dde 
 "nder their .shoe . There l^lZ^l' :^^''%l^'^y "'^•■^^'^ 
 a great height, even half n ^ZawV^ I'i''^' Chapineys of 
 of their women th.at .ire verv shn. ^''' '"^'"^ r'<'="' '"'■'"y 
 "■c talleu women wrh!.:.:?n England"; '""'^' '""^^ ">=>" 
 
 ^0,1 come too late an;U^r^'wiriSe:;^ 
 
294 
 
 //'.'/ VERLE y NO VEF.S 
 
 III );' 
 
 ^ Ay, ay, m with yon," .added riilihorfiVibhot • 
 
 liiiist stay ,1 short spaco with iiiv honest 
 
 I hi!istiii,., my (ioliath olMJ.ith linv ; Imt 1 will 
 
 I'l' with you .■u„.ii, ,.,Md ;U the hotloMl of all your 
 si'eicts, wen. they as .l..e|. .-uid <l;uk as the e.istle 
 
 'i do helievn thou wouldst,' saiil Waylaiid ; 
 hut I trust the sivret will he soon out of niv 
 k.'epiii,i;, and then I shall caro the less whether 
 thou or any one knows it' 
 
 They now crossed the. entrance tower, wliieh 
 o.tained tho name of tlie, (Jallery Tower from 
 the lo lowing eireumstanee :-TIie wliole hrid-v 
 extendm- ironi the entrance to anotlier towcr^ul 
 the opposite sub of tiie lake, call,.,! Mortimer's 
 lower, was so disposed as to make a spacious 
 tilt-yard about one hundred and thirty yards in 
 len-tl,,,ind ten in breadth, strewed with the ^^^^st 
 .sand, and defende.l on either side by stron- and 
 li.i,'. palisades. The broad and fair ff.Tlerv 
 destined tor tiie ladies who wore to witiu'ss the 
 Icats ol chivalry presented on this area, was 
 creete.l on tln^ nortliern side of tlie outer tow,.r 
 to which It ffivo name. Our travellers nasse,! 
 slow y alony the bridge or tilt-yard, and arrived 
 at .Mortimer .s lower, at its faithest extremity, 
 thioi!;;li which tho approacii le.l into the outer 
 or base-court of the castle. .Mortimer's Tower 
 bore 01, its front tho scutcheon of the Earl (,f 
 March, who.so daring anil)itioii overthrew the 
 throne of hdward II., and aspired to share his 
 power with tlie 'She-^olf of I-rauce,' to wliom 
 tlie unhappy monarch was wedded. The fate 
 wfiicli miened under tliis ominous memoriairwa.s 
 guarded l)y many warders in ricli liveries ; but 
 they otlerod no opposition to the entrance of the 
 countess and her guide, wlio, having passed by 
 licence of the principal porter at the Gallerv 
 lower, were not, it may be supposed, liable to 
 interruption from his deputies. They entered 
 accordingly in silence, the groat outward court 
 «( the eastle having then full before them that 
 vast and lordly pile, with all its stately towers 
 eacli gate ojien, as if in sign of unlimited hospital- 
 ity, and the ajuirtmcnts filled with noble guests 
 ot every degree, besiilcs dependents, retainers 
 domestics ot every description, and all the 
 appendages and promoters of mirtli and revelry 
 Amid this stately an.l busy scene, Wavlami 
 halted his horse, and looked ui)oii the lady a'i 
 If waiting her eoinmands what was next to bo 
 done, siiu.e they had safely reached the ],la(.e of 
 destination. As .she remained silent, Wayland ' 
 after waiting a minute or two, ventured to ask 
 her, in direct terms, what were lier next com- 
 inand.s. .she raised her hand to lier forehead, as 
 If in the act of collecting her thoughts and reso- 
 lutions, while she answered him in a low and 
 supjircssed voice, like tlie murmurs ,)f one who 
 speaks in a dream-' Commands ? I may indeed 
 caim right to command, Init who is tliere will 
 obey me '\ 
 
 Then suddenly raising her head, like one wlio 
 liad formed a decisive resolution, she addressed 
 a gaily-dressed domestic, who was crossin.' tiie 
 court with importance and bustle in his wun- 
 
 t^-~i ^^^S^^;^- -»'l, ' I .icsiro to speak 
 witli the Earl of Leicester. 
 
 • With whom, an it please you V said the man 
 
 surpmed at the demand : and then, looking 
 
 ''!''"' tl'c mean ec,nipage of her who use.i towards 
 liMi su,.h a tone of authority, he added, with 
 nsolcnce .\\hy, „.hat iiess of Bedlan, ii this, 
 
 "oiild ask to.s,.c my lord on snch a, lay as il,. 
 
 pl'c.seiit ? •' 
 
 ' Friend,' said the countess, ' be not insoh.nt- 
 
 niy business with the Earl is most 111 if 
 
 > oil must get some one else to do it, were it 
 thrice as urgent,' said the felh)w,-'I slumld 
 summon my lord from the l,)iieei.'s I'oyal presence 
 to do your Inisiness, shouhl I ?-I w..ro like to 
 I'c tliankcd with a horse-whip. I marvel our 
 old porter took not measur.- ,if such ware with 
 h s club, instead of givinfr them passage ; but 
 l|.s_bra,ii ,s addled with gettiiigllis sireech by 
 
 Two or three persons stopped, attracted by tho 
 neering w,iy,i, which the scrving-man oxpre.s ed 
 li.nsclt; and Wayland. alarmed both for him- 
 •self and tho lady, hastily addresseil himself o 
 Olio who appeared tho most civil, and, thrusting 
 a piece ot money into his hand. hoM a momenfs 
 c«l with hiin, on the .subject of finding , 
 place ot temporary retreat for the lady. The 
 pcisoi, t,. whom ho spoke, being one in some 
 authority, rebuked the others for tlieir incivility 
 ami, eomnianding one fellow to take care of the 
 strangers horses, he desired them to follow 111,,/ 
 Ihe coiiiites.s retained presence of mind sufficient 
 to see that It was absolutely necessary she should 
 j^omply with his request ; and, leaving the rudo 
 l.ckey.s and grooms to (track tlieir brutal jests 
 .^iHUit light heads, light heels, and so forth 
 \\ aylam and she followed in silence the deputy! 
 usher, who undertook to be their eondu...tor. 
 
 Ihcy entered the inner court of the castle by 
 tlie great gateway, which extended betwixt tho 
 principal keep, or donjon, called Cifsar's Tower, 
 am a .stately building which p.'is.sed by the name 
 o King Henry s Lodging, and were thus placed 
 n the centre .,f the noble pile, which presented 
 on Its ditiorent fronts magniticont specimens of 
 every species of castellated arehitectiire, from tho 
 tompiest to the reign of Elizabeth, with the 
 appropriate style ami ornaments of each 
 
 Aeros,s this inner court also they wore con- 
 ducted by their guide to a small but strono- 
 ower occuoying tho north-east .angle of the 
 I'luldiiig, a,lja<.eiit to tho great hall,^uid fillinjr 
 up a space betwixt the immense range of kitchens 
 and the oml of the great hall itselE The lower 
 part of this tower was occupied by some of the 
 household otlK.ers of Leicester, owing to its con- 
 venient yieiiiity to tlie places whortr their duty 
 aj , but in the upper storey, which was reached 
 by a narrow- win. ling stair, was a small octangular 
 cli.amber, which in the great demand for lodgings 
 had been on the present occasion fitted up for 
 the reception of guests, though generally said to 
 ha\e been used as a pl.aco of confineniont for 
 some unliappy person who h.ad been there mur- 
 deml. Inuiition called this prisoner Mervyn, 
 ami transforrod li.s name to the tower. That 
 
 able ; or the floor of each storey was arched 
 tlio walls of tremendous thickness, while tlie 
 -space of tlie chamber did not exceed fifteen feet 
 1.1 diameter. The window, how-over, was, Esant 
 tliough ii.arrow, and commanded a deliffhtfu 
 view of whatw-as called W\oPleamnte; a space 
 
fwlio used towaids 
 
 y, ho added, wid, 
 
 <il' Mi'dLiiii is (Ill's, 
 
 such a diiy its llic 
 
 ' Ik- not iiisdlciit— 
 Host ur^'piit.' 
 'u to do it, woro it 
 ■How, -—'I sliould 
 Pii'.s royal iirraciicp 
 ^?— I were like to 
 i]>. I Timrvd our 
 of such ware with 
 icni iiassai,'i> ; but 
 iug his speech liy 
 
 1, attracted hy the 
 ug-nian exjjrcssed 
 cd both for hini- 
 rosscd himself to 
 il, and, thrusting 
 , held a moiiieut's 
 ject of lindinj,' a 
 ■ the lady. The 
 ing one in some 
 )r their incivility, 
 
 take care of the 
 nil to follow him. 
 if mind sufficient 
 cssary she should 
 leaviuf,' the rude 
 heir brutal jests 
 i, and so lortli, 
 lenco the dejmty- 
 ir eonductor. 
 of the castle by 
 ded betwixt the 
 1 Ca'sar's Tower, 
 scd by the name 
 ■vere thus jilaeed 
 which i)rcsented 
 nt specimens of 
 :eeture, from the 
 ibeth, with the 
 
 ol' each. 
 
 they were con- 
 lall but strong 
 t angle of the 
 hall, and filling 
 luge of kitchens 
 iclf. The lower 
 by some of the 
 >ving to its eon- 
 lere their duty 
 ich was reached 
 mail octangular 
 nd for lodgings, 
 n fitted up for 
 ?nerally said to 
 onfinenieut for 
 ecu there mur- 
 soner Mervyn, 
 ' tower. That 
 as not imjiro- 
 L'y was arched, 
 ess, while the 
 eed fifteen feet 
 ', was pleasant, 
 I a delightful 
 lance.; a .space 
 
 KEN'IIAVORTn 
 
 ol ground enclosed and decorated with arches 
 ropl.ies, statues, fountains, and other archi: 
 ectiira monuments, wliid, r„rnM.,l one access 
 
 Iron, he cast,,. Itself into the garden. There 
 
 tions lor the receptiuu of a gu.'st, t,. wl id the 
 countess pai( but slight attention, her noti 4 
 being instantly arrested by the sight of writin. 
 .naterias ..laced on the table (not very c m'? 
 ■..only to Le lound in the bedrooms of those 
 days), whicli_ instantly suggested the idea of 
 writing to Leicester, and remaining private until 
 she had received his answer 
 
 tlI'":n!''""T" '"''"'' ''•'^^•"'Ki"ti''"l"ced them into 
 this con n.o.lious apartment, .'ourfously aske.l 
 ^\aylami whose generosity he ha,l experienced 
 
 .service. Upon receiving a gentle hint tl-it 
 some refreshment would not bcMinaeceptable he 
 
 Etch r^'T'^^'^*''" ^"""' f" the butt-'r;: 
 if.-' .'■"■ • 'i'T''^ provisions of all sorts wro 
 1 .„ r'^"'i,' '""' 'l?^l'it'''''^' I'lofusion, to all who 
 a.sked lor them Wayland was readily supplied 
 with some light provisions, such as he though 
 wo .Id best su.t the faded appetite of the laffi 
 and d.d not omit the ojiportunity of hin.std f 
 
 sta t,a faro, i ,. the,, returned to the apa.'tment 
 
 bad hn.shec her letter to Leicester ; and, in lieu 
 
 in-rr' '''''''''/'''■^■'^''' ■'=''' ■^'^^'■«'' it with 
 
 1 if. l'' .""■'.' '"'I""'"' f''^-'**-''' ''^^^teucd by 
 what is called a true-love knot 
 
 'Good friend,' said she to Wayland, ' wbon. 
 God hath sent to aid me at ...y .ftnios n.e 1? 
 do beseech thee, as the 'last trouble you s all 
 ake lor a.. unlbrt..nate lady, to deliver lis 
 letter to the nobh, Earl of Lei^-este.- He it ,! 
 cc.ved a.s it ...ay,' she said, with feat,.,-es agitated 
 etw.xt hoi>o a.id ear, 'thou, good fellow^ ha 
 ave no ,no,;e cumber with n.e. But I hope the 
 lK>st; and il ever lady made a poor man' .icl 
 
 .0.1 hast surely deserved it at ,„> l.a..d. si on d 
 my happy days ever eo. > .■ound again. (Jive it 
 I pi-ay you into Lord Leicester's ow.. ha.id, a.. 1 
 n.ark how he looks on reeeivii.tr it ' 
 
 ^\ayland, on his part, readfly un.lertook the 
 on.mi.ss.on, but anxiously p.-ayed the la,Iy, in 
 bis tur.., to partake of so.ne refreshment • 
 winch he at length prevailed, n.ore tl .rou^ 
 "'Portuu.ty, and her desi,-e to' see hi.n begone 
 '"1 bis errand, than from anv inclination the 
 the,', W^ "'' t° -".'I'lv with liis ..equest. He 
 t e,, left her, adv,s.,.g her to lock her door on 
 the .ns.de and not to stir from her little apart- 
 nt-and went to seek a., opportunitj of 
 'bschai-g.ng her e.Tand, as well aV of car.Tin<r 
 into efieet a purpose of bis own, which ci^^,,^ 
 stances had induced him to fo.'ui 
 III fact, fi'on. the conduct of the lady di.rinr, 
 
 e ■Iri"7;"''"' '","" ''''^ "'' 1'™'°'""1 silence- 
 to,, V.,?! n", ""' "'"-■"'•t'^i"ty which seemed 
 to perv.ide all her movements, and the obvious 
 
 undei which she seemed to labour. Wayland had 
 
 dS ti r ft ""l-"''/^'"'^. -^Pi-H^b tha^ h 
 UUlioulties ot her situation had i.. some degree 
 affected her understanding. 
 
 the.o exposed, .t would have .s.M-med h.r most 
 tional eou,.se to .■eti.e to her father's, ,r "l ■ 
 
 wbc.-e,,,ta,listaneef,.o,,, the power of hose Iv 
 !';•■'■ these dang..rs had bee,/ created. When^ 
 
 instead ol doing so, she .lemanded to be cm' 
 •ycd to Ke,„ uorth Wayland had bee . .I 
 
 .ible to a.'count lor her coudun, by supposing 
 
 tuitshemea,,ttoputhc,.eIfi,,.derthe/,, S 
 he u .ee '.f'l'' '" ■■'''•'"'''' ^" ^'''^ l""teetio,. of 
 ,?,,"'• '^"t,"'^"-' "'stea,! of following this 
 latmal cou.-se she entrusted hi,,, with a l,.tter 
 to Lcceste,' the pat,„n of Variiey, and wit,, 
 vbose jurisdiction at least, if not u ,dei 1 e" 
 . .ss ,autho.,ty, all the evils she had a .•ea dy 
 sullered we.e .nlhctcd upon he,. This see.n d 
 
 Ua>la..d le t anxiety for his ow.. safety, as well 
 as that o the lady, should he execute ^lec, 
 "ilss.on befo,e he had sec,.,.ed the ad ice 
 
 ;:;;::r'r'r '"' ?. l''-'.''''f"''- H^, therelore I 
 t I e ; ,Ti '"'■ '''■'■'■'.'^ ^''"^ '^■"•■>' t'' I'''i''''ste,-, 
 
 i t^^w,'n' ;''■'•'''? ]'r I'''"'' «''''^''''''''>'''i' 
 
 ta e to Inn the aiT.va o| the lady at Kc.ilworth, 
 and this at once ,'i,l hinisell' of all further 
 '■'■spo.,s.bil,ty, and devolve the task o Ai , 
 and I'rotecti..g this u.,fo,-tn,,ate la,ly u,C he 
 smTce. '''""' ''''''''"^'^'^ bim in her 
 
 w'tvin,)!"' 'r^ '"'''t<^'-.J>"'K'^ than I an,,' said 
 \\d3Iand' whether she is to be gnititled in this 
 
 w^l It,, . . \:'^ '"•'"'"^y • "'"'- tberefore, I 
 
 i, 1 r'""""!'"^'"!'"" I'i-^ l'an.l.s, deliver 
 
 11m the lette,-, receive what they list to .dve me 
 
 by way o gue,do„, and then show the cCle of 
 
 o.k I hdM. been engaged m, it will be, I fear 
 iH.ther a safe nor wholesome jilace of .esideuce • 
 and I would .-ather shoe cofts o.. the coldest 
 rever" '" ^"«'"'"^ *'"^" '^'^'^ i" tbdr giyest 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 In my time I l,.-ive seen a boy do wonders 
 K;>bi„ the ,ed linker, l,ad .-, boy, 
 Would lia run through a rat-hole. 
 
 The Coxco.mii. 
 
 f'umI,'o,''.M'" '"^<1 '^^J'apod'from the .seclusion of 
 I nmno. 1 lace, and the dangers to which she was 
 
 A.Mii, the unive.'sal bustle which filled the castle 
 and .ts eny.rons, it was no easy matter to find 
 out any .ndiv.dual ; an.l Wayla.l,! was still 1 ss 
 ikely to l.ght upon Tressilian, whom he sought 
 so an.x.ously, because, .sensible of the dan-'er o 
 atract.ng attention, i,. the circumstances in 
 "biel. he was placed, be dared not n.ake general 
 inquiru-s anmng the retaincs or domestics o 
 Leieeste,-. He learned, however, by i..di,.ec 
 qucst.ons, that, i.i all p.-obability, T.essilia,. 
 us have l,een one of a large pa.'ty of gentlemen 
 in attendance on the Eai'l of Sussex, « ho bad 
 aecompan.ed their jiatron that morning to Kenil- 
 wor h, when Leicester had ,-eccived them with 
 marks of the most fo,-n.al respect an,l distinction. 
 iie lurtl.er learned, that both ea.is, with their 
 tollowe.'s, and many other nobles, knights, and 
 gc.. lemen, ha.l take., ho,-se, and go„e tovvard-s 
 \\a.w.ck scvei'al hours since, for the pun.ose of 
 escorting the queen to Kenilwo.th, 
 
29fl 
 
 ^i'AVEKLF.V NOVELS 
 
 Hi. ! 
 
 «•.,= }^x^ ' "■'"■"'• ''■''' '"''^■'' «'''"t events, 
 «.is (lolayod lioMi li,mr t.. hour ; ami it was now 
 
 ami<.iiiic(.(|. l.yal.ivatlilcsspnst.tliat, l.cr Majrstv 
 
 ii'lM^' (Irtanicd liy l,,.,' HlMciuus ilcsiiv, to m'.'ivo 
 
 till- liniiia^.. of li,.r li(.^r,,s who had thron.-cd to 
 
 wait iipoi, licrat Wanvick, it wouhi hi- the iiour 
 
 ol twilight (TO ,sho cntcivd th(^ castlp. The 
 
 iiitclli.iCenci' ivl,.a,s(Ml lor a tiiii,. those wlio wrc 
 
 upon duty, m the immediate exi.oelation of the 
 
 Ijiieen s appeainuee, and ready to play their iiart 
 
 in the solemnities with whieh it was to he 
 
 iieeoiiipanie.j ; and Wayland, seeing several Jiorsc 
 
 nien enter tlie eastle, was not without liopes that 
 
 Iressihan inii,dit he of tho niiniher. That he 
 
 ini^dit iiot lose an o).portunity of nicetin« l,is 
 
 {.atron „, the event of this heiiif; tho ease. Way 
 
 land ])laeed himself in the hase-court of tlioeastlo 
 
 near .Mortimer's Tower, and watehod every one 
 
 wlHYyeut or came hy tlie 'oridgo, tho oxtnm.ity 
 
 ot which was i)rotected hy that Imildillff. Thus 
 
 statioiie( , nohody could enter or leavo the castle 
 
 without Ins ohservatioii, and most anxiously did 
 
 10 study tlie «arh and countenance of every 
 
 lorscman, as, passinj; from under the oi,],osite 
 
 Gallery lower, they j.aced slowly, or curveted 
 
 iioiis the tilt-yard, and ajiproached the entrance 
 
 ol tlio hase-court. 
 
 But w-hile Wayland r;azed thus eagerly to 
 discover hiin whom he saw not, lie was pull,.,! ],,. 
 tlie sleeve l,y one hy whom he himself would not 
 willingly have hecn seen. 
 
 This was Dickie Sludge, or Flihhertigihhet, 
 who, like the imp whose name he hore, and wliom 
 110 had heeu accoutred in order to rcsomhle 
 .seemed to he ever at the ear of those who thouglit 
 loast ot him. A\ hatover were Wayland's intcnial 
 ''■oiings, lie .iiulged it necessary to exi.ress 
 pleasure at their iinexiiected meeting, 
 
 'Ha! is it thou, my minikiii-^my miller's 
 tliiiml)— my j.riuce of cacodemons-my little 
 mouse?' •' 
 
 'Ay,'. said Dickie, 'tlie mouse which gnawec 
 asunder the toils, just when the lion who was 
 '•aught 111 them hegan to look wonderfully like 
 an ass, ■' 
 
 ' Why, tliou little hop-the-gutter. thou art as 
 
 sharp as vinegar this afternoon ! But tell me 
 
 low didst thou come oil' with yonder jolter 
 
 lioaded giant, whom 1 had l.'ft thee with V--I was 
 
 alraid he would have stripped thy clothes, and 
 
 eht^stnur^' ^^ "'"' ""''' *""' '"^^^ " '■°'''*''^ 
 
 ' Had he done so,' rei.li(.d the hoy, ' ho would 
 have had more hraiiis in Ids guts than ever he 
 ha<l in his noddle. Hut the giant is a courteous 
 monster, and more grateful than many other 
 lolk whoin I have heliied at a pinch, .Master 
 Wayland Smith. 
 
 'Beshrew me, Flihhertigihbet,' replied Way- 
 land hut thou art sharjier than a Sliellief.l 
 whittle ! I would I knew hy what charm you 
 muzzledyonder old hear.' ^ 
 
 'Ay, that i.s in your own manner," answered 
 Dickie ; yon tliiiik line speeclies will ],ass muster 
 instead ol good-will. However, as to this lionest 
 porter, you must know, that when we presented 
 ourselves at the gate yonder, his brain was over- 
 burdened witli a sjieech that had been jienned 
 lor him. and which proved rather an overmateli 
 (acuities, Now this same j)ithy 
 
 for liis giganti 
 
 <'iatioii had hecn indited, like .sundry others by 
 ny h.arned magister, Krasmus Hulid ly, I'l, f| 
 li.'ard It ol en enough to remember ■ -ery 1 
 
 nglikealish up.,n dry hmd through the llrst 
 ^Y•sc, and pnceived ],im ,,x a stand, 1 k ev 
 whnc the .shoe, .inched, and helped him to ho 
 ..ext word, when he caught me „ . in an ees asy 
 
 ■en as you saw but now. I p.'omised, as The 
 
 '■•■••e ol your admi.ssion, to hi-ie me un ler s 
 
 'anshgaberd^ 
 
 ol M'fd. I have just now been getting' .some 
 foodni tho castle, and ani about ^toret".rn to 
 
 'Tliat'.s right-that's light, my dear Dickie " 
 
 ■q.hed A\ ayland ; 'haste thee, for Heaven s.sSe'. 
 
 or w lyT, •^"';" I'l ''^' ""'^'•ly 'li«'on,solato 
 
 Jhc'Dicki'o?''^ '^"'"''''''' -'-^ili-'y-Away with 
 
 'Ay, av!' answered the boy— 'Away with 
 
 Dickie wrien we have got what good of liim e 
 
 can - on wil not let me know the story o ' tl 
 
 I am'r ' ''''" " '*' '""'■'' '^i^'^''' 0'' tliine as 
 
 ci/rSdM^fi^'°"''*'^"*'"^'''^'--'">' 
 
 '0, stand ye on these terms V said the boy ; 
 
 well, I care not greatly about the matter, _ 
 
 on y, I never .smell out a secret, but I try to bo 
 
 either at the right or the wrong end of it an 1 
 
 so good evening to ye.' ' ' 
 
 thoSV,'."^;,"'''''''''i' ■^••^i'l.^^Xvland, who knew 
 well It T r 'V' "'*'■'«""'« <lisi.ositioii too 
 wel not to tear his enmity-' stay, my dear 
 
 .oiTH' ""* ^^. °''' '"<^"^'« .so^shorilj !1 
 thou Shalt know a 1 I know of tho la.ly one .lay.' 
 Ay ! said Dickie ; 'and that day may prove 
 a nigh one. Fare thee well, Wayland- iVi Ho 
 my large-hmbed friend, who, if ],e have not so 
 sharp a wit as .some folk, is at least more grateful 
 fo.- the .service w licl. other folk render lilln 
 And so again, good ovening to yo.' 
 
 So saying ho cast a soiiier.sauit through the 
 gateway, and, ligliting on the bridge, ran with 
 the extraordinary agility, which was one of lii,s 
 distinguishing attributes, towards the Oallery 
 lower, and was out of sight in an instant. 
 
 I would to God I were safe out of this eastle 
 
 th^}"t,ii™^''"'"^''"'.^' i-'t'^nially; 'for now 
 that thi.s mischievous imp has ,mt his lin.rei. 
 
 tic devil s ea iiig. 1 would to Heaven Master 
 Iro.ssihan would appear!' 
 
 Trt^silian, whom he was thus anxiously 
 
 K^.'nilvnf;,"! °"° :i"'"'ti""- I'^i'l ••''turned to 
 
 new ;^ 'V'?*^'."' '''^^■''**-^- It was indeed 
 
 tl ue as W ayland had conjectured, that, in the 
 
 eS''"o,ni ""'" '^'i'" ^"-^'^ accmnpanied 
 pais on their cavalcade towards Warwick not 
 
 soiSV'"'" J';'^* l-."'isl't in that to,v„'liear 
 somotidings ol lis omis.sary. Deing disappointed 
 m this expectation, and observing Varneyamongst 
 
 nnn,ot o? •'^"'^"'l'^'"«'/'^''n"-"8 as if lieliad so^'e 
 pnipose of advancing to and addressing him ho 
 conceived, m the present circumstances, it was 
 leff tL n,."'""^ * " '"terview. Ho therefore 
 lelt the preseneo-chamber when tho high-slieriff 
 ui the county was in the very midst of his dutiful 
 address to her Majesty ; and, mounting his ho e 
 vodo back to Kenilworth, by a remote and 
 
Hiliuliy others, hy 
 I Holidiiy, so I )iu,l 
 iniiiljcr (•very line. 
 i'iiiii,',ui(l llduiidcr- 
 
 tliiMiijrli the lirst 
 
 a stand, I kiiMv 
 ii'llii'd liiiii to the 
 ' uji ill an ecstasy, 
 
 lironiiscd, as tlio 
 i'le inc undiT lijs 
 
 liini in tin- liour 
 I'tMi gcttinj,' sonic 
 Jout to return to 
 
 my dear Dickie,' 
 lor Heaven's sake! 
 teily disconsolate 
 iary— Away vitli 
 
 3y— 'Away with 
 t good of liiin wo 
 .; tlie story of tliis 
 ister of tliiiie as 
 
 tliee, thou silly 
 
 ? ' said tlie l)oy ; 
 it the ijiattor,— 
 , hut I try to he 
 ? end of it, and 
 
 hiiid, wlio knew 
 I,' disjiosition too 
 'stay, my dear 
 Is so sliortly !— 
 10 lady one day.' 
 t day may ]irove 
 ylaiid- I will to 
 lie have not so 
 St more i^'rateful 
 Ik render him. 
 
 lit through the 
 n'idge, ran with 
 was one of his 
 ds the Gallery 
 
 1 instant. 
 
 it of this castle 
 illy ; ' for now 
 I>ut Jiis finger 
 a mess fit for 
 Heaven :Master 
 
 iius anxiously 
 1 returned to 
 It was indeed 
 1, that, in tlie 
 eoni])anied the 
 Warwick, not 
 !iat town hear 
 gdisapjiointed 
 arneyamougst 
 if he liad some 
 'ssing him, he 
 itances, it was 
 
 Ho therefore 
 le liigh-sheritr 
 
 of his dutiful 
 
 ting his horse, 
 
 remote and 
 
 h-RNlLWOl^JU 
 
 eiicuitousrnad uiul eut.ued theca.slle by a small 
 
 re Sill;'"; I "'.."'." "■"^'"'" "■•''"■ "♦ "■'"■'••' !"• ^vas 
 leai lb adnntted, as n,„. of the followers of tli.. 
 Karl of Sussex, towards whom Leircstcr had 
 
 eommandcd the utmost ,.onr„.syt, exeivised. 
 
 It was thus that he met not Wavland, wiio was 
 
 mpatiently watching his arrival and whom he 
 
 himself would have been, at least, ...lually desirous 
 
 Haying delivered his horse to the charge of 
 his attendant, he walked for a soace iiP the 
 ] leasanceand in the garden, rather to iudiil.re in 
 eoni,,arative solitude his own rcfl..ctions, than to 
 adnire those sin-ii'ir beauties of nature and art 
 wliieh the nmgnitieeuee of Leicester had there 
 assenibled 1],, .,,,ater part of the ,,ersons of 
 emidltioi. had left the eastl.. for the present, to 
 fonii.l'arto the earl's cavalcad,.; others, ^ho 
 remained behind, were on the battlements, outer 
 walls, and towers, eager to view the spleiulid ' 
 sneetaele o the royal entry. The garde, 
 therefore while every other part of the east. 
 resounded ^yltll the human voice, was silent, but 
 fur the wh,s,;eniiH of the leaves, the em ilous 
 •arbl.ng of the tenants of a large aviary, with 
 their happier eomoanious who rciimined deuixen 
 
 w . eb T""'! ■. ""; !''««''"'« '•'■ tlie fountains; 
 wlieli forced into the air from sculjitures o 
 fantastic and grotesipie forms, fell down with 
 ceaseless sound into the great basins of Italian 
 
 I- The melancholy thoughts of T ressil/a u east a 
 gloomy shade on all the objects NTTttTwhieh ho 
 «as surrounded. He compared the magnificent 
 wnnU ^^■'"^'' '"'.I';-''« f'»versed, with The de J 
 iidoole H;;n^ '"';' ;>"°"'''""'' ^^■'''^■'' «"n'ounded 
 
 S.d fill ' 'T"' .*''" ?"*«" °'' ^^"'i' K«'«a>-t 
 
 glided like a phantom through every1aiidscai,e 
 ^^hlch his imagination summ.uied np'! J^othinir 
 js perhaps more dangerous to the future happiness 
 of men of deep thought and retired habit than 
 
 Saehm;;,?''';^;' ^■''■■'>-' ''"'K' ''>"> 'H.fortunat 
 a U^ient It freipiently sinks so deep into 
 tlom.na, that :t becomes their dream by n git 
 and their vision by day-mixes itself witli every 
 ource of interest and eiijoynient ; and wh f, 
 
 t seems as if the springs of the heart were drie( 
 up along with It. This aching of the heart this 
 
 is of'",^' '"'''!' '' «!'''»'>''"-;^-l'i'^l' I'as lost all tiio 
 
 feaietj, of its colouring, this dwelling on the 
 
 enembrauce of a dream from whicl, wo have 
 
 be long roughly awakened, is the weakness o? 
 
 Sniiin' ^'""■°"' '"'"■^' '""• '^ ''"' ti'^t "f 
 
 ovLZ !""■'!";'" '' ^"'^ t'"^ Pleasance, in 
 
 Older to mingle with the noisy crowd u,,on the 
 vails, and view the ].reparatiou for the oa-eants 
 But as he left the gan'len. and bear the busy 
 hum mixed with music and laugh erwdch 
 floated around him, he felt an uncon tro la 
 iclnotance to mix with society, whose feelin<^s 
 were , .tone so different fr^;,, his own an" 
 resoved, instead of doing so, to retire t^ t he 
 sXn';,.?fT'f ,'•""' '^"'l ""ipl-'y I'imself in 
 should announce the arrival of Kli/abeth 
 
 Iressjlian crossed accordingly by the passa-e 
 
 297 
 
 by come 
 
 betw^.xt the immense range of kitchens and the 
 g eat hall, and ascended to tlm thinl storey of 
 .tot' n "'■'■•i,''''''' "I'plyii'^'lmiiself ,o the 
 ' '"■••'" "I""""""' ^^I'ich had been 
 
 i '' ';; ''I',"' "•■■'■^ •;;"l"iscd to find i, „as 
 
 i"l^'d. He th..|i re,.olleete,| (bat the deiaitv- 
 ehamlM.rIa.il had given him a master 'kc- 
 
 S;'S''r';'''^l''T''t-nn,sed slated 
 
 tlu . aMle, to k,.ep his door as mu,h shut as 
 
 rslbh^ Heai.plied this key to the lock, flie 
 
 olt rev.,lv..d, ),e ,.nt,.|ed, and in the ame 
 
 lis aiit saw a female form seated in the ap 
 
 lent, and reeogniscl that form to be Any 
 
 oWrl H,s lirst idea was, that a heanl 
 
 iiitgiuation had raised the imng,. on wlih^b 
 
 ;loted,ntov,sibleexistenee;hissecond, tla the 
 '"•l'"!'l an appariti,m; the tbini and abiding 
 ';o"viction, that it was Amy herself, jal ^ 
 
 '''''■'.''•■''•''''"'''''■'■ <li''" in the days of heedle 
 ';M'l'"'-s, when she possessed the form and hue 
 ot a wood-nymj.h, with the beauty of a syloh • 
 hut St, 1 Amy, unciualled in loveliness hylXi 
 which had ever visited his eyes ^ 
 
 The astonishnient of the countess was scarce 
 less than that ol Tressilian, although it was of 
 shorter duration, bcuise she had ^eai 1 In. 
 \ ayland that he was in the castle. She ha 
 
 started up on his fust entran.e. and now st 
 a-MUg him the paleness of her cheeks ha vii !' 
 given way to a deeji blush. ^ 
 
 'Tressilian,' she said at length, 'wl 
 you hei(. ! n . ' 
 
 'Kay, why come ymi here. Amy,' returned 
 
 T,v>ss,,a„ 'nnessitbeatlengthtoVlaimr 
 aid, whiel 1 as far as one man's heart and arm 
 '■an extend, shall instantly be rendered to yo"i'' 
 Mie was silent a moment, and then answered 
 111 a soiTowfu rather than an angry tone _'I 
 !'^''im,'e no a,d, Tressilian, ami would rather be 
 I 1 n,'ed than benefited by any which your kind-' 
 iiess can ofler me. Believe me, I aiii near one 
 wlumi law a,,d love oblige to protect me' ' 
 
 The villain, then, hath done you the poor 
 justice which remaind in his power,' said 'i'res 
 
 Vanley?'"" '''"''^ ''''"''^ '"^ ^''« ^^'''^ «'' 
 
 'The wife of Varneyl' she replied, with all 
 the emphasis o scorn ; 'with what bLe nan!e 
 sir does 3;our boldness stigmatize the-the-: 
 
 onl-nTl r ^"'^'^•■^'f''' '''"I'P"! lier tone of scorn, 
 looked down, and was confused and silent for 
 she recollected what fatal consequences m gh t 
 attend her completing the sentence with 'the 
 Countless of Leicester,' which were the words 
 that nad naturally suggested themselves. It 
 
 Inch her husband had assured her that his 
 ortunes depended, to Tressilian, to Sussex, to 
 
 tlie (pieen and to the whole assembled court 
 .Never, s^lie thought, 'will I break my promise.! 
 
 tliallThat. ' " '"'"'"^ ^" "■'''■^' ^"«I''^i'^» rather 
 
 hJ.!v! t"' 'r'" *° l'f.,f'y'^s, as she stood silent 
 before Tressilian ; while, lookiny on her with 
 mingled grief and pity, he said ' Alas ' Amy 
 your eyes ooni radict your tongue. That speaks 
 
 vou Zl'f^°'' ^'' ',"- '""^ '^'''^ *° ^vatcli over 
 jou , but these tell me you are ruined, and 
 deserted by the wretch to wjiom you have 
 attached yourself,' ^ 
 
288 
 
 11^^ VERI.E Y NO VELS 
 
 s .uklHl liroush her tears, hnt only ropmi,.,! 
 
 .'iloiit^ ill 
 lu'ovisioii 
 
 auKht Lottor. why are y,.,, l,nv ,„,' 
 lay a,«rt„H.Mt? why was n„t tittiiu- 
 nia(l,> lor your lioiioiinil.hi nTcptioM v" 
 
 In your aiiartinciit r n'prutcl Amy 'in 
 yo.r apartment? It shall initantly l,J7el'icvo 
 
 .ioor'.^.irtl""- , «'"' '-^<^^'"-l towards S 
 •1001 , hut tl,o sa,l rooolhrtion of lier desertcl 
 
 o 1 th,, thn-shoM, .sho a(i,|<.(!, in a tone uuutter 
 al.y pathetic, 'Alas! I ha,l forgo -know 
 nut where to ^n ' *" 
 
 'I .soe-I see it all,' s-.„l Tressilian, si.rinsrinLf 
 
 ^ hieh she sunk ,]own-' Vou ,/,, need ai,l-vo 
 <o need proteetion, though you will „„t ownV 
 a you shall not need it Ion... Leaning on ny 
 an, as the representative of you, exeollent and 
 
 .keu hearted fathw, on the' verv thiJlold 
 the eastle.gate, you shall meet Hlixaheth • and 
 the hrst deed she shall do in the halls of Ken 
 worth shall ho an aet of justice to her e. "n I 
 hor suhjects. _ Strong in my goo.l cause, am 
 .lueen s pist.ee, the power of her m „io 
 
 :':;'s;;iS^'" -"^ '■''^"'^•^"-- ^ -" ^-tanti; 
 
 '>^ot for all that is under heaven " said tlie 
 countess, much alarmed, an,l f,..eling the a ol i 
 
 SKieiation. Tressihan, you were wont to he 
 generous-Grant me one request, a„,l i ieve f 
 It ho your wish to save ine iron, mise v an 
 rvom madness you will do more bv mal ,f,/ ' 
 the promise I ask of you, than Kli.ahetir J^n 
 doctor me with all her iiower." 
 
 'Ask mo anything for which ymi can 
 reaso^^said Tressilian; M,ut U^;^' 
 
 oxchin,e,rlL"°' ^:°"'' '"""'' '''-'^"' ^^^''""'"1 •' ' 
 shoul ll f «'"'"'«nT y"" ">'^« lo"od that I 
 sliould call you so-Limit not your boon to 
 reason ! for my case is all madness, an<l fren/ ■ 
 must guide tho counsels whicli alone can aid 
 
 'If you speak thus wildly,' said Tressilian 
 astonishment again overpowc^^ing h otl h^ «i ef 
 and his resolution, ' I must helhn-e you indeed 
 incapable of thinking or a,.ting for yourself 
 
 u no! slie cxelainied, sinkiny on one 
 knee belore him, ' I am not mad- "am but a 
 creature unutterably miserable, and f „ cir 
 cumstanees tho most singular, h'a-c.oi to i 
 precipice by the arm of him who ^tliii k,"he js 
 keeping me rom it-even by yours, Ties^Hu,- 
 by yours, whom I have honoured respe ' e Z 
 all but loved-and yet loved, too-love7l l^ 
 Tress, lau-though not as you 'wished to be.' ' 
 
 resignation of herself to his gene," ft y wlS 
 together with the kindness oflier x, ifssio to 
 mse 1, moved him deeply. He raise 1 rand 
 ' cannot' '"r^ ''"^-^^-1 her to be comfo'r J 
 
 till vou .'nf '■'"'• ^ "■"' ""^ f'« comforted, 
 till you grant me my request' I will sneik 
 
 as plainly as I dare-I am now awai n / t'l t 
 
 rommands ol one who has a right to issue Uiei" i 
 
 nie, 
 
 may be that the 
 
 to show that .she 
 
 allege 
 not of 
 
 -The interference of a thinl person-uf vou in 
 
 ".'It but loiii-and-twenty houcs, and it 
 
 I'oorAmy may have the means 
 
 'lisinterested In.uMis £' '";;' 7" /•""■!"•')- your 
 
 i.e-ii,andhasth^;;;Ls';i',,S;:;, ;r''<]^ 
 
 i;:"!'^ worth your patiene,, ,br ^"sh;;;t^^ 
 
 Tressilian i,an.sed, and, weighin- in his n,i.„I 
 the va,i„„, probabilities 'whi.^i n i. emie 
 mhu, ,nterlbnmeeonhispartnH>^p,^ i, 
 tliaii advantage(ms, both to tlm !,„>,.; '^i 
 
 'Amy,' ho sai.l, while ho lixed his sad and 
 
 'douM t?;r "" 'T' "■'''^■''' '" i'"'' eosta y 
 toward hi, ,7'l ""' I'^n-lexity, sho east up 
 
 ,,,1,''^ I X '^^«'''''■'*'' a" J "-iltnl, the,'c lav 
 
 " tl„s 1 Mill conhde, trusting your own fate 
 
 yonr own hands lor tho spacVof twent ' 
 
 ^o.H.^l,ou,.s, wuhout n,y interlirence b^'Sd 
 
 'Do yoii pi'omiso me this, Tressilian r sairl 
 act,on, wliatever you ,navsee o,' be^,. ti ,f 
 
 ::r;us?r;''^^-^'"^^^^--^^~ 
 
 terru,tT,!lE '^'''' '' '^^''"''^'' '^'' ^'^'^J- "'" 
 SlKn^lS det^lir' '''' *° ^'^* ^^ y^^^^- 
 
 I is 'if°T'"l","' ','■'.''' ''',"' ''"''' t" ''''^^•« "'0,-that 
 
 hv .Ik,,'"? t" '"^'^"""•ledge my helplessness 
 
 i ''rY ,f.'^"iS It — .1 you can sj.a.'e me the use 
 
 honli'- "^'''''''"'' '■'^'' '•'« '-''t twenty - four 
 
 'This is most wonderful!' said Tressilian' 
 
 what ho,,e or inte.-est can you have in a 
 
 castle, where you cannot com..,a..il even aif ajLt' 
 
 'Argue not, but leave me,' she said- and 
 .added, as he slowly and ....willingly t'ti."' 
 
 (.enerous Kdn.und ! the ti.ne n.ay come 'hen 
 A,ny may show she deserved thy roblT at 
 
poisiin — ol' yon i„ 
 
 I'lii" - iittrr riiiii to 
 •lily lioiits, anil it 
 "y Imvi; tlin niciiiis 
 
 I I'liii reward, your 
 I'll ."lie is liaii|.y 
 
 II make you no- It 
 ^'; for so short a. 
 
 KliiiiK ill his mind 
 ■li iiiiHlit render a 
 t iiioro i>rejti(iicial 
 •Ik- liajijiiness and 
 ii"« ul.so that slie 
 Iwortli, and eonkl 
 oiiourod wiCn the 
 th licr {,'nards and 
 m the wlioh', tliat 
 tliau good service, 
 Ileal to Elizaheth 
 '1 liis resolution 
 naturally whether 
 herself Irom her 
 ,' stronger than a 
 ', whom lie suji- 
 
 xed his sad and 
 I, in her ecstasy 
 ty, she cast uji 
 liked, that when 
 "illul, there lay 
 of youth liil and 
 !id strong sense, 
 g your own late 
 pace of twenty- 
 erence by word 
 
 Vessilian ? ' said 
 11 can yet repose 
 you promise, as 
 11 of honour, to 
 Ijy speech nor 
 liear that seems 
 lice ?— Will you 
 
 aid Tressilian ; 
 
 ,' she said, in- 
 to act as your 
 
 1 I can do fo 
 
 'ave me,— that 
 ly helplessness 
 e me the use 
 ; twenty - four 
 
 id Tressilian ; 
 3U have in a 
 oven an apart- 
 
 lie said ; and 
 ingly retired, 
 y come, when 
 noble attach. 
 
 yENHAVORTrr 
 
 "Pr> 
 
 CHAPTER XXVm, 
 
 W\v 
 
 ( f v.rtue noUKht tu l,„ast ..f.-r„, ,-, IrTkpr 
 \\.M,ld have the world .strike with me pdTlncIl, all. 
 
 PA.VD,f.;MO.S.H,.,M. 
 
 i.„?'i';'''^l"'''^^'! '!' ■'^'■''"K" i«'t'itionof mind had 
 ar ly ste,.ned down the first two or three s.n 
 "t the wini ing staircase, when, greatly to is 
 M.rpn.so and displeasure, he me A • |k?c1 Lu 
 lipurne, wearing an itnpudent fan, Hi itv f 
 visage, for which TressiliL felt nn. 1 L, 
 
 to throw Inm down-stairs ; until he remem e 
 the prejudice which Amy, the only ol, .'t lis 
 solicitude was likely to itccivc i\Z 11™,!, 
 ... any act of violence at that time, ami KIt 
 
 He therefoiv co- Rented Jiim.self with lookim^ 
 sternly upon Lambourue, as upon one whom ? 
 
 pa.ss turn in his way down-sta rs, without a.iv 
 syiiiptom of recognition. Hut La mbo ■„ \w f 
 amidst the profusion of that day's lios L i^^^^^^^ 
 had not failed to take a deep, tliou-d^^' ,; 
 
 overpowering cup of sack, was n.'^t in th hSou 
 humbling him.self before any ,nan\s look 
 He s oppec Tressilian upon the staircase witlo i 
 t e leas bashluhiess or embarra.ssnient a, 
 addressed lum as if ho had been on k 1 uu\ 
 intimate terms :_' What, no grud ^e ctV 
 ..B, I l.ope, upon old scores, Ma'ster^lrc ■ , > 
 -nay, I am one wlio remembers former kin nc s 
 rather l.an latter feud-I'll convince you la I 
 njcvuit^honestly and kindly, ay, and co^nlhnSly 
 
 'I desire none of your intimacy,' .said Tres 
 sihan-' kee,j company with your iLtes ■ 
 jNow, see how hastv he is i ' s.nM r .,r, i 
 'and how these L'entl?s tl ' .' ''''J;'"'''°'":"^- ^ 
 
 I'owter. So If I keep y„ur secret, Master TroM 
 sil.an you may look 'suect on nii a least iml 
 ^veioltowantaliulebackingor o, .A;^^^^^ 
 !"■.'.« o.iugh I, as you see the Cst „f ' '' 
 
 ".H sort of Poceadillo.why, you'weni 
 Y y'"..' 'liiuiibcr serve y„ 
 111 bowi-r beside— it's all t 
 
 ""•' "' '■'"" ""''^" ^•'""' ''""'il-r serve y,.u and 
 
 (le— it's all ( 
 
 w.iy, sir,' said Tressilian, unable to 
 
 one to 
 
 that same bin. .„ 
 Alike fjambourne. 
 
 'Make w.iv, si,, „ 
 b.-i;ni.hisin.fi.mvtinn, 'you have had yonrive;- 
 
 CVO, wiilc"ie^"R'r"""'«'^-'"«I''^"". 1'""- 
 cvei, MUilc lie sulkily muttered between bi.. 
 
 troth rei,cating Tre.ssillan's words-' 'Mak wiv 
 
 -and you have had your fee-but it nitttV^ 
 
 lot I uill spoil no sport, as I said before • I um 
 
 no dog m the manger- mind that ' ' 
 
 He .spoke louder ami louder, as Tressilinn l,v 
 
 ;si:':,f:;ir;:i» -i «■?««!» ^-^ 
 
 I am no dog in ton manger— but I will t„,f 
 
 s-'ti'rwHrr'''''''^''^'-'''^-^'''''"'^^^^^^ 
 
 »i i.ui , anil 1 \Mil Inive a pcei, at tbis m-,.,,, l, 
 3011 olil haunted room -afraid of ghosts b,.fi|. 
 
 ;;"; ..ot too willing to sleep aioit^'f,^';':,i 
 
 ha b en ""The ''\ "'r"!"^'' f''^ --tie, th/.'o d 
 ..cky discovery, that is one thini\.er ai,7 a d 
 
 'and how these gentl4tl.::t'ar;Zr;Sn 
 l«s.s out of the porcelain clay of the ea ] I 
 
 .lown upon poor Michaer Lambourne I ' You 
 
 would ake Master Tressilian now fb the n os 
 
 n aid-l.ke, modest, simpering squire of da 11c 
 
 that ever made love wllen cand es were lo " '■ 
 
 the stufl-snulf, nail you it ?-Why yon w ml 1 
 
 play the .saint on us, .Master Tiv .il .„ . 
 
 o.-get that even now thou Est cm Un 
 
 . I know not what you mean,' .said Tressilia,, 
 1 ifoiTing, however, too surely tint /),[=' 
 
 tuMisruinan must have b;:?;c,S;e'orinV; 
 iresence m his ajiartment ; ' but if, ' he cont nued 
 'thou art varlct of the ehambei's, and , "kc 4 
 a f^^e there is one to leave mine nnmole t • '^^ 
 Lambourne looked r.t the Tiiece of rrn ,1 1 
 j».t it in his pocket, .sayincl Jxo'v T fnn'. 
 hut you migl^t hav'e d'on'e"more " it r "a 
 kind word, than by this chiming voZ But 
 a ter all he ,,ays well that pays «^th -old-an 
 Mike Lambourne was never a make-ba e ov I 
 iroil-sport. or the like. E'en Iirand Tet 'othn' 
 
 one Iksc^.rt,'""?-''"''^' ^ "•""''• >'°t 
 ^ome lolks cock their beaver at me neither as if 
 
 they were made of silver ore, and I of D.Uch 
 
 CHAPTER XXI X 
 
 SmruRECK. 
 
 c.sTr;'Tc.,'i."'V''"^'"' '"t° ^''^ ""to.' yard of the 
 sSn!;^ ';■ '"r"'" '^'"^^ '» think of his la e 
 A % and most une.vpcctcd interview witb 
 Amy Kob.sart, and dubious if he ad dom> w 
 
 her'lit^;; ''tl"'l'! *'" 'Y''^'^'^^' aulCily f 
 101 lat lei, to i)ass his word so solemnly to l/ive 
 
 her to her own guidance foi so many Crs Yet 
 how could he have denied her reque.st -d^J,,! 
 ont as she had too probably rm lercd her e f 
 npon \ arney ? Such was hi.s^iatural easm. nc 
 Tho l,a,;pincss of her future life n.iU Temi 
 "l-i. his not driving her to extrcn ies ^a 
 sinee no authority of Tressilian's could e.x rim c 
 her from the power of \-arney, supposing he w.g 
 to acknowledge Amy to be his w'i'fe. wha t Vie 
 ad he to destroy the hoj,c of domestic peace 
 ^hlc 1 might yet remain to her, by setting enmtv' 
 hotwi.vt them^ Tressilian rcsoived ther ffc^ 
 sernpnlousy to observe his wcrd Vledged to 
 Amy. both beoause it had been given, and 
 anrriw ''"^^' "till thought, while he eons deied 
 ?t CO, ,1 T'''-:;' tl'^^t extraordinary interview-^ 
 refuse!) * "'''' ^"'^''^'"^^ '" l"'°I"-i^ty have been 
 In one respect, he had gained much towards 
 
300 
 
 ii'n7A'/.F.y A-orr:/.s 
 
 1 11.0 t,,,,,., l,v. iVom ail ^isk,,^v^,^U , 
 mMo to Im. i„.,„i,„.,,i i,„,;„,„ Kii,,,),,.,,/' ■ ' 
 
 rs s,,,„,,,,.,^. Tl,..s,.w,.n.,.in.,„„s.u,l ;w|,S 
 miL,lit ,u ,M„.,.usi„i, to lis,, in I,,.,- I„.|,,.i|c 
 
 \ ill,. I.,. u;,s thus l,,,l,,M,ii,^r tli,. a,lvanl;,irrs 
 
 « ",<« II K..i,ilu„Ml,, Tivssjliau was Lastilv ,,,! 
 
 '''■ '^'^'■' I,"''"' I'"l. uitli liiTatlilcss uauli,,., 
 
 |;o-n,tol,is..aMI,,.i,,,,,„i,,^^^^ 
 
 ii.iil csca),,.,! In.m Ciimiior l'la,o •' 
 
 1^ 'I know ,t, aiMl I l,av,. s,.cM lH.r.'-\ s 
 ;tl,J,.^.nn...|,,,,,.sl,,. , ,,,,,, a ,..,,,,., i,,,- 
 
 •i\VaMsw<.n.,l W.vlan.l ; ' l,ut I ,onM think 
 
 f n . ot icr way ursaf,.ly l,f..st,.winK li.>r, an, w s 
 
 .''.Iiai.,,yt,,nM,la,k.,,uty.,isl,,M.w:|,,,l,:w 
 
 1 nau Iflt thfso tliivo days as I' 1 Jia,l a 1 alt,.,. 
 m,n,l niy „o,.k Tl.i.s lafly know, l;:^ i e •' , 
 
 SIlO kllDWll th|. IIWIIIT ,,f it." ' 
 
 'Ih it i„issiMpr s,ii,l Tn.ssilian. 'lint sl,n 
 
 nnym-H,,,p,,stl,« Karl will, .x,.,t'l,isi: Li 
 m 1... avonr ovr|. l„s villaiu.n.s .l,.,.en,ic.nt.' 
 
 I 1,P it •'i."';"""'^' "' "'■•'t.' «^'i'I W'lylaiul-' l,nt 
 1 liolifv,., ,( sl„. ,s to rceoncil,. lirrsi'lfwitli ,.ith,, 
 Lo.oost,.,. ,.,. Vann.y, the si,!,, of t o ' s |, 'f 
 Keiuhv,.,. h which will he safest 1 us v he 
 he ontswle. fi-o,,. whieh we can last,'st ( y a ay 
 It IS not iny ],uriM,se to ahi,h. an instant .ifte, 
 ; J; 'voiy of th,. l..ttcr to Leieester. 1 ■ .h\; 
 t yoM,. eonunaiuls to (in,l i,s way i,. l.i.n. ^ 
 
 let' it ,r 'S""T\1''^^«"" "" 'f-r >""st have 
 bevomf In-'""^ ''"!'^' ■' ' ''^''^ Tressilian, trans,.orte,l 
 
 i-ostit!" answered Wavland reaililv ■ 'tl.nf 
 wero a jest indeoil ! X„ sir I , v r ' , i 
 put up with my ni,hti;;.ira, l' s Vnn ;S 
 We_^oecas,on to use-I will IV^.I^r":';,! 
 
 sh:Sb:'^:ssr'^.;;ri?ir''^'^"''^''"'' 
 
 susneet tlieo n Vl ^ '' ' '""''' rcanon to 
 
 suspeet thee, a dead dog were in better ease than 
 
 Wayland bowed, an.l took his leave «-it), 
 
 letter V. I .° I','"""*' ''''''"'' ^"'1 ^'onfns on. The 
 Jttte. «as lost, that was,.ertain, notwithstandim" 
 
 I I. inly, ,Mrasi,,ii a , s,.,,v,.|v of tl,„ ,,), i ■ ' 
 
 ;-''li:^l in^ ;:;;:nr'ii::*^:[/'r'''r'i ^ 
 
 besiiles. /itTn.u.iL,.., ,':. ./':.''" "ueh hurl. 
 
 vi,,, 5„,, , '",'>: i"'i'i ill III" .,,,„ „,,■,,,,. 
 
 ;;;;if;!,^,' f^^i Ji..' l-i.™: „; ;r!i;!; 
 
 M,U,I.\ ,,istl,., whose won! w,.r,. as powerful t, 
 
 wmmm 
 
 ;; .■.lysterions an,l unint,.|ligib , i ,. ' 1^'" 
 wlueh the actors seemed hardly to k^^v tlu i 
 
 baluiHied bv 1„V ' **""o;legree, counter- 
 
 «tate of lh'\,'l';^ ^"""l--'«" f-^'' the deserted 
 
 sail/. 'TVu-e If"'* ''"'■ ^V"'^^^'' Tressilian,- ;,, 
 S , , '"'"•/'" •"'"' '"-'y "'''f'' aiifther if she list 
 
 "HI 1 ot hear a base spirit for the matter If T 
 
 Save rehr'L'^;j,'?'rr'^'l«^''5 
 Iady,an,lti:,;X;h«';;ad-*-"~^"''°^^'^''*'''' 
 
 oat^'lIat^'sTeat'of'T ■''"'' '^"^' •'''^^°"« "ve of the 
 
 ilio artist eonf'ratiilated liimcrir i • 
 escaped the variou .?[]'„ IW" "" ''"""^ 
 
•''' to Ji)i|p|.aw Uio 
 ili'm. Jt was lost 
 iH-itwoiiMdioii, 
 
 "I till, wliol,. ill. 
 
 iW'!; nor, imliTil, 
 ■t I'I'ils iciimiiiiii^ 
 
 .I'i'lt lllllcli liiut, 
 
 iiii|iiitii'iicc. 
 
 tills ('l)ill (oi- s,.|.. 
 
 'I'll, it is tiiiii. I 
 'i"vi. I u(l«,|,l,,|, 
 
 I till' liinl of tiij^ 
 
 ■f as iHiwcrfiil tij 
 
 1 wliii'li s]i(.iik.s ic 
 
 Anil (ill tliis fur 
 
 ,'.lllaill ; will), ,,1, 
 
 '1' liiijiiT, has lii.s 
 H'ars (Iratli ami 
 
 ■ 111(1 Vaniey- 1 
 '111 ss (if tlieiii - 
 lly this instant, 
 il nil'.' 
 
 'iigli nci!iirrc(l to 
 imd liiinsclt' en- 
 't'cti'ii in a train 
 If-' intrigues, in 
 to know their 
 lini justice, lii.s 
 Icgreo, couiiter- 
 '• tlie deserted 
 
 ' Ti'ossiliaii,';,! 
 iirgaiu \,y ]\;.u, 
 laiiiozel within 
 er lier liiiuseH'; 
 niueh danger 
 
 I will to her 
 ch has lielallen 
 tlieril'slie list, 
 w, where there 
 I'ly 11 letter to 
 w that I leave 
 own guidance, 
 "king after.— 
 ng slie oliered 
 
 I'Ut she is a 
 
 the ring ! I 
 matter. If I 
 lature, I .shall 
 now for the 
 
 us ej-o of the 
 ■'iiid resumed 
 .sliding along 
 ^ssfigps, alike 
 tudious him- 
 s manner he 
 tie-yard, and 
 ning!ictwi.\t 
 
 ■ Iiall, led to 
 il' that gave 
 Power. 
 
 on having 
 Dunipy, and 
 iepsat once, 
 
 ■ of a man, 
 r, darkened 
 
 Waylaud 
 o the inner 
 )f an hour, 
 
 KF.Nii.n-oirnt 
 
 whleli seomod at least .iu,tdru),le its usual dura- 
 
 t;^.nlr'H''^'■'■'''^''^''■''•''l■|-■•^-''^^ 
 
 ,k ,','," '" ^"""^ !" I';;l"'- to lind that the 
 ,'' ,; '""'.'"^'M'l"'""'-!. lie ascended as liiuh 
 
 tlin «all.-l,. u.scended a lew yards larthei- the 
 l-rwas,st.ll,,j,u,aiidhewa.sdi,ul,tlu het 
 
 to advance or retreat, whc, it was sud , iv 
 
 tlirown wide o,,e„, and .Michael La L u e 
 oltedoUtu|.ontI,iM,s|.,,ii.he,l\\^ivland 'Wlii 
 1 devi artthou.'andwhatscek'stth, in , 
 It o( the castle; .March into that chamb 
 
 ami he hanged to thee ! ' >-"aiiiu(.i, 
 
 'I am m. dog to go at every man's wiiistle ' 
 
 301 
 
 ■' .^ '''t- I'lgli, appeared at the door, am Lani- 
 """"" l"-"tee(led : 'If tliou he'.st so (,„ ,(' i' 
 
 i v" /'' "■'"••0 oiK'o more I ask you in iiiir 
 
 rl.|}%vliohou art, and what thims,4's^^W^^ 
 It the iluiigeon-"ratc iiii..,.i.|.ivl,. . 1 \- i , 
 
 ti'-ght Wa^ianiirV^V:;;;-';'- - ;;;^;;nd..io 
 
 I.crelore answered sunmissivijv-, Me^was /he 
 
 i:''»c;v1;;;;^,!;^''--•^-l>-3■-:r.l;; 
 
 over a-am.st Clinton's huildin.rs.' 
 
 1 came here to see my sister, ' .said the imr,,!,,,- 
 ^^^vlJo ,s ,n Master Ti^^ssilian's clKwuli^^t^t 
 
 Alia!' .s!iid 
 
 ilaying in 
 /amliourne, ' lie 
 
 truths ! 
 
 Lambourne, smiling, 'here lie 
 Upon my liunour, for a .stranger, tliis 
 
 same Ma.ster Tressilian mak<.» l,i,„self 'it Jiome 
 
 "icii ail .soit of coinmodit es. This will be ■ 
 prec^,^ tale of the sainted Master T,ssiL 
 
 tumed,add..sing^i,i;,:;;i?;,;.,;;'^^ 
 
 itmg vi.sage of thine, or I will II , I' e, h, n 
 the window of the tower, and try if y,™ , J j ' 
 skill can save thy bones ' "J"hoimg 
 
 tru'sj" 'said "w "''; "'," V"* '"' ^^' '""•'Mioarted, I 
 .St, ,saul ^\ayland: 'iioor folk must live I 
 
 hust.your_honi,ur will allowuie to speak "iti; 
 
 l.ouni?.'or h''"h''''''^^' V™''™'^' '«'»'• T^'"»- 
 Hu si; ' ""'P''^^-'««' tl"^ 'ii"i'c knave thou 
 
 hv 'if °'' "" T^"'^ *''"" '"'■•^t on point o 
 
 ox iftlou comcst a- prying to this tower on"o 
 more. And now I tliiuk of it-uds (hur,„,r« n '{ 
 I loath !-I will see thee out of thet e? , r iw 
 ts a more man, concern than thy jugglery ' 
 
 Hut, please your M-orship/.s^idWa viand 'T 
 
 ^^t^'^ '^ "'r^'""' ''y ■''•■"'"t <'hnstopheri' 
 will act Onon his belt, and his .seven stars to 
 boot. Come along, for a rascal knave as tho 
 
 ^H.X:;i::;:g;-"'' ^'''^- -^---^ '••' •'-' 
 
 Uwrenco, seized by the collar of ,he el„,ik the 
 ""■■•^'^"iKJiigglcr, while r.ainbourne, with has v 
 Ht.'lis led tho way to that .sauie sillv , ,^ 
 
 secretpost..rn. by whieh Tressilian haiKn, 
 t t he eas.le and n lich opened in the ues ,! 
 
 •h' t;;^ ■'''"'''!'?■''■''''' •^''■'^Tti'.^ Tower. 
 
 ;•'£;■ *';";■'• '"^''''''-'llviiort.U^ivlanll in 
 ■ V ill '''^ "■""'"■ •-';ii'''h:vi,.e wllii'.h niiKllt 
 a an the piiiir h.dy, h,r whom, not^^ iths(andin.' 
 l --wn imniUH.nt dange|^ he Veil ,|e,.p i t !r f 
 Ml t uhei. he was thrust out of the castle iml 
 
 ;!''7>H.'. hyLauiliourne.wi.hatrenei Uh^ 
 
 I'^t instant ileath would be the conseiuef 
 
 V'f '-' 'MT-'-liing it, he east up I i 1 an 
 '■1' ''ycstohcaven, ftsiftoe.alKlnl tow' 
 '"■ '""1 .^ '1'^' to the uttermost in defence .1, 
 '■I'l'if'SHed; then turned his back on h ■ ro | 
 
 7'''-Y;NveM>lworth, and vent his way to se k 
 a humbler ami safer place of refu-e 
 
 it.! Waj land and then turned to -o back to 
 
 t "'1''"" ', '^''V'-i' tredit nie, Master I ■im 
 '"^'"'""..If I'ail guess why thiiu hast ll ve, il is 
 1"'''>' ''"'tit troni the c.^stlc. just will ,' 
 
 iiriid'^^^iiritir^''^^^-''-'^'-'''^'-^ 
 a.'t|n£;-^i;f;,,r!;::;!,^-!:;;r-,:tr 
 
 ■•""1 l"fst sympathy with hunwui f,. ilt " t 
 '-uragio, most noble Duke of the i ! .'nn 1 
 ,:;„;" ^f," •"' '■'"• thou art as dark i 
 n alter as thmc own do,i,iiii„ns of I.ittle e.s 
 .My most reverend Signior of the Low ' , , t .. 
 
 lidn;J\-|!;''"""''f'';''''''''«''-t'''''-'' • 
 
 ll I i b "^'t'""'' >'*^''' "■'' """■'' t" have a 
 lioli 111 this same Tressilian's co.it, as would ncil,-, 
 
 "s some l,t y nudui.dit carousal.; wi h i ' I, 
 
 l«^ive of bidding the stewar,! go nick u if 1 ' 
 
 came to startle us too .soon from oin ^bli't's ' 
 
 . ^>ay, an that be the ca.sp, thou hast ri<rhf • 
 
 said L,awre„ce .Staples, the upper a i e r ,^ I, 
 
 castle, and of the liberty ••uid honour beli„i,n, I 
 tlHTcf,,; 'but how will -you n,,n,a./e w le "v M 
 ;u-e absent at the <.>..cen's'entraiice, Ma t I ■ 
 
 ;;rrih^^^"'''''"''^^'''™--tattS:d'thy 
 
 .'Nay for that matter,' said Lawrence T 
 III ght shut the iron wicki't upon her th ,t stn'nrl! 
 
 V^'-Ilt t''",'I""l'Ic' '1 ■. anil s' ,'ee per i 
 
 si- will be bound to her answer witli.'iiU n^^; 
 
 'Then Tressilian will not get access to her ■ 
 said Lambourne, retleetin. ... ifjoment. ' 1," ' i', 
 
 niiXlTi;"^^"''';;''''^'^^^'''''''''"^''''''"^- 
 
 .mil that IS all one.-Hut confess, thou old bat's 
 ■,\cd dnngcoii-keepcr. that you fe, r to kee, a ke 
 
 ^^•■wbv'-' ' 'r 'Y^ ^'^'^^ '''"-•■'■ "'■ <'>">"■ 
 
 \Vliy, as to fear, Master Lambourne,' ..aid the 
 
809 
 
 ly.iVEKt.EY NOVELH 
 
 f How, ' min. it iiot t!m t,irni„« .,f „, k-v • l,ut 
 
 '■ was „M. „f ,1,., 1,,,,,,, ,^,,,,,„,, „/' ■ ;;^; 
 
 Ins iiatnc f ' 
 
 '0 I liav,. |„.ar,i tl... talc liv« j.un.lro.l tinms • 
 
 sa 
 
 I'.M.Ms. ^'I'l- />..ivnl,., man, h„l,l thy toMgm( 
 
 SI) 
 
 I kiKiw all alidiit „ , 
 
 St' I. All, It IS an aw) I tliiri.' u, ,„,ir,l, • ,. 
 priviii'T III hiMuari — Voii fliit ni-ivi..,.. 
 -najM. stal. in a daH. s;;;:;n:r :^,^^^^^^^ 
 
 7 7tl.,l,.k.ys,aM,MM,ll,inMu V u^^^^ 
 
 -Innv w..a,„m an,l slay Inn,, as was ,1,, ,•' i i 
 \\''sh l„ni, th.,t niisr.s you a Kl.nst tli, t ' 1 
 
 ifitvn cptivo lor Honu. Innnlml yoars An I 
 ■;^vo that n..anl f,.,. „,v ,.,.i,,„„„,>f, , ,, , J ,/ 
 
 « 'ip, (Mat have tak.Mi ,i ri,l,, „m th(. lijdiwiv or 
 sl'U.d,.r..,l n., l.or.i of L,.in,.,(,.r, or tl Ilk : ^fi, v 
 feet u.Mhw Kroun-l. rathrr than wo ,11 „ ',2 
 in o that upper chatuhrr youd.r that 1 oy il 
 Alervyns Howcr. Ind.rd l,v -,,0,1 Saint ivi 
 o tho|.-etters.InKu..eln,M,oi;h?;.,K:^ 
 
 i^.^i:;:>;;''7'',^'-'k,'>n..,i,in^^u,.stsu,:,';" 
 
 ttlus .Master Ircssihan eouM -et any .,n<> to ki ei 
 '".""■"N.pany. an.l i„ espeeial a rot y • id 
 -l|y.trulv,Ithiukl,,.wLinth,.l.;:ffon't:"''' 
 It II thee sai.l Lan.houri,,., Ladin- the way 
 
 — '-o holt the wieket on t h.' stair aii,l t.v„,l l . 
 
 rnvu.H' ."■'""'' '"' '"•'^'''' "■^^' "'"without 
 "■n\ up, tho war.ler went on vin<lieatin<' his own 
 Ijehcl in the supernatural. " "'"'"" 
 
 'Thou hast heeii low hours in this castle and 
 hast hoeu lor the whole spaee so dnmk i. 
 
 JnlT' V''^\,^'r''''":t''-'''. diiiiil,, an!') 1 
 Hut tte .should hear le.ss of your h,a-..ii„r ^vero 
 y.m to pass a n.,ht with L at fuirTuoon o 
 tloii the f,diost IS liusiost; and more esiieojallv 
 whn. a rattliu. wind sets in Iron. th^'noSil 
 yst, «,th .some spnnkliii- of rain, and now and 
 then a Krowl ol thunder. Hod,- „• ," wl a 
 e-vvokni,., and elasliin«s. what «roan n^ a nd 
 uh.it howI,„^-s, will there he at siioh tinn> 
 
 hisl;^'t"r' '"']1'.' '■'I'"'^'' T^amlmurne. on whom 
 
 he it. ;';;"''*• °'""' ^^ '•'''"'■^*"^1 visitation,sTf 
 tilt 1 1 1( her upon former oeeasions, hegan to make 
 some innovation 't-]mu srML-Vtl- -„l . '""•'^° 
 
 vWiat about spirit. ••KtkisuXwha 
 to say about then, ; and, in short, lea'st S] may 
 
 m that matter „. soonest mondorl. Homn mrn 
 
 """;•'•"' l'"'ey. Ihav,.know„t!,omofal ,,t 
 nydoarL,^n.noeLook.tho..loor,anK^^^^^ 
 nun too. llieres u Kieat Ion -we'll i,ass Im's 
 ?""■• •'■■'"•' ;'"ee, he heiieves in the st Is a , 
 ''';/'''''''\-''''l'laiiotsaMdthoireo,,rsos an 
 ''';'l':;'>ld that they twinkle exelMsivoly 1, 
 
 ': ';, '\= "•'"•" "' - ■'■- <•>• rather i„ flr.nk , 
 
 l-.ilii -lie h.as a humour of syn.pathiesand anti 
 
 "10. la, lot that pa.ss to,,, and let him i,av 
 
 lose,n,r.ansnMKrated..,,i„,,vlioaref,,,,lse ,.3 
 
 I out 'i'lT'an'H"'''''' '-''"'-" heieeonntt 
 
 I n II t I ,ol|, another K'reat man, thon-h neither 
 earned nor no ,lo, yet full siv In.t lii^di, an, t| ,, 
 i^^'eapl^■l,llndn|,,l,^mnstneo,lsl,el^ev.i|!;|,^,^,^ ; 
 and ^'ohhns. and sue], l.ke.-.\„w, there is h, 
 
 a little frreat man, my il.ar Lawienee-and hJH 
 name ,e,ins with N', a,i,l what helio.^^s 1 ' 
 
 "hv, iothin«, } .St Lawreme -nothiiiK 1 
 
 eaih. lio.m.n, or hell ; a,„l for mv p I'^if 
 
 ' nixt l„ .son.e one to eateh our aforo.sahl 
 
 MM ,1 ,_\ the haek " wlMMl .soul and ho.ly sever " 
 
 H the halhul says-^foryonrantee..,l,.nt;iH a;o 
 
 a eons...|uent-;v„v,,n./,-,r</,»^v„, as Dr. | ,',, , n 
 
 was wont to .say-Dut this is (;;o,.k toy , V. ', ' 
 
 honest Lawreiu'e, and in .sooth le.irninV s ^ 
 
 work-Hand me the pitohor on,., m,,,, •'^ '^ 
 
 In laith, if you drink more. Miihael 'said 
 
 he warder, 'you will l,e in sorrv ea.se oi, or 
 
 l.lj.y Ar'on or to wait on your master o d, a 
 
 £v^t:fr::;!.^r;i.;7„;;;;;.';'-''-^t Mortimer's 
 
 dr.u,k '•''.„ 'i''1V'" '■'•'".""«t'ate,l, Lamhonrno 
 dank , and then, .setting ,lown the nitelu 
 wlneh was m.arly omptied,%vitli a do.', !!| '^'^ 
 said, ,„ an umler-tone, whieh .soon rose toa hi/'h 
 
 lonce-il I 1,0 drunk. I know that shall nnkn 
 \ ariioy uphold ii.e s„),er ! Hut 'is I s.tl i 
 "-'■'. I ean ean.y iiiy drink l;:Jtr'' ^^^! 
 over, I am to -„ .„, the water as Orion anils In 
 
 ha I ^ ot play Or.on ! f.e, „s see the best 
 loaid that over strained his lun-s Ibr twelvo- 
 penee out-mouth mo ! Wl,,,t if Thoy so mo , 
 1. tie di.sirnise,l ^-Wherefore shoiihl any ma be 
 ober to-nisht' an.swerme that-It i.sma torof 
 oy.ilty to be merry-and I tell thee, t here are 
 those ,n the oastlo, who. if they are no men- 
 whon drunk, have little ehaneo to be „, rrv w , 
 sober-I name no names, Lawronoe A,,t Inn 
 pott of .saek is a fine shoeing-Lrrto p , 'o " 
 
 fT boTh""''v:;.''tr'"^^7,"'v^' . Hn-at^^rire,: 
 
 w'SSiir!^e''^-,rf,^3^;;;^V''^ 
 
 I^.mW„e, that can t^^/th^lli^^oS^^^^ 
 the iiSc^r" "^''^^' '^°^™-^*'''-' ^-^ --- 
 
m(M. Sonic mpd 
 
 I iiiioflicr- It is all 
 n tlii'in ciCiill NortN, 
 ■ilixir, anil .si'ij.siljln 
 1(1 - wr'll jiiiN.s liid 
 
 in tlio Ntiiin ami 
 cir ciiiiiscN, iukI no 
 ixcliifsivi'ly lor hin 
 ■iliii'r ill (liiinkcii 
 
 V Nllillillg to kfci. 
 
 li" kiiin.l. Well, 
 
 < K'''''/'t fllDlltrl, to 
 
 iTc is niiiitliiT— a 
 I'll, ftiul ciiii vent 
 
 < I can fliii'vcs'. 
 i.|i(itliie.saii(l uiiti- 
 U'M. and tlic liko 
 
 ami let liini |iay 
 <i ari' CimiIh I'lioii^'h 
 Tlic'li licri'i'Diiii'st 
 It IIiiiukIi lu'ither 
 •t lii^'li, and iliiiu, 
 
 < liidicvi' inglid.sts 
 iinv, thul-i! is, lie- 
 cat little man, nr 
 witiKu- ami liiM 
 lat believes he ? 
 ii'o — notliiiif,' ill 
 >!■ my pari, if [ 
 
 V IieeaiiMe I think 
 L'li iiiir afiiresaid 
 iml liody se\'er," 
 'I'iMleiit will ]|,ivo 
 , as r)r. liinhaiii 
 ri'i'k to yon mnv, 
 
 Ifaininj,' is dry 
 (' more.' 
 . Miihael,' naiil 
 y i.'asi! eitlier to 
 aster on siieh a 
 niniiieiit to hear 
 ■V at Mortiiner'.s 
 
 d, Lamhoiirnp 
 
 II tlio Jiiteher, 
 a deep ,si;,'h, hn 
 n rose to a high 
 lor mind, Law- 
 lat shall make 
 'M I said, never 
 ■loctly. Moi'o- 
 'lion, and shall 
 ij,' conifortalilo 
 
 us see thohest 
 ^'s lor twelve- 
 thry see me a 
 Id any man be 
 It is inattcr of 
 :heo, there are 
 are not merry 
 lip morry wheii 
 PP. But your 
 n to pull "on a 
 iizza for Quenii 
 tpr!— for th(7 
 ! Tor Alicliael 
 all round hia 
 
 's, and across 
 
 hliXll.[\ORlll 
 
 », villi,, ho ,].,.« elosp ami |o,.k..i| a wirl,. 
 u 1 lol erossiiig the staiivas,., render,.,! .t , ' 
 Hil.l« lor any on,, to ,i.s,.,.nd hiul . h , , '""' 
 'Il""";li''tely beneath >I..r S I,,; '':^JlV:''>' 
 
 - u 11 ." ''"' «'""'t'iii'Ktobeat,ivourite 
 
 303 
 
 "•ly Mlu 1 ii Dr-il •,, '.,'» """^' ..let thy taiilian 
 
 H¥(s^Uii^«-7 ". 
 
 And I'm u ru„«h.hfwn '.ri.lij; ' "'•" ""*■" *". 
 
 IMHV,,,,,.. ,j,„.,_,Tk..„.C0MEI.V. 
 
 t.^iM "hat he o,„d ,eV i "■'";'""■',"; '■■ 
 
 •■""1 Itlount came M, hi, ' "' '''" ^^'■''"'*'''' 
 atr„rdi,i„ to t ,• « „ ' '""' "' "'•'"• ^t. 
 
 '"'I'^'-l lio It' In ,', ';V^^'',".''"'"' "">'" ; "."1 
 
 it voul, he Is' I, ./'"'"'■ ""I"' '• ''^■I'^'lf. 
 
 little as h,.eo.il If, 1 ■} "" ''" '"""• "s 
 
 youMl.ttJi'd';^rH£,tei/.-'ts;ai.., 
 
 lovps': ; ;L;g';;;t;l/''''■'«''V^•"-^^-- 
 wantin« in r,.',,. vt t r'' '■""' ""^'•■^■^ "'^ 
 
 '"■'• in.me,lia :;„';;: - :;^ -t arrh-i,,. in 
 
 •""'led and rutlk.l i I,' ,', ''^''I'V'''"' '" «'"^''- 
 
 Hlount h n se IT,; ' ,7 ■''■;• '!"' ''"''^ at 
 
 laujrhte,., as;, ll' V 1 'n''"' *'"' '""' "'" 
 
 a|>l"uvll .d h m li ,, ' ""^""""« *^»1"'' ''■■'tl. 
 
 will, carnatirrib 0. ^"a' fTll "'"' "'■""^""' 
 shoes : ' """0"N and yellow roses in his 
 
 'i't3^j:;;;^:^:^:^^i->-V'said Blount. 
 
 •^P'"vnoe,,st;an,hVh it' it, ■:i''"'' '''''' 
 j'"lj,'cd b/Tres.Si ' *'"'" ""-"-Ml be 
 
 Heaven I' -I't^Miiaii, lor the love of 
 
 Klancp, that honest Hlount h- ,1 ' ' ""^''' 
 
 ta.ior.warn.ntthe,ied"^;;:ist;;^j:'i::!',li:j 
 
 K-U'tiishe, hi ?,K, " '"•^" '^ "'"' 'il'l-'iH uhieh 
 
 '■ioti.es; wh le ;T\i,/ '^'^^'^'v'''•^''''li''''y 
 
 K'iHi loo Well a,la le'il '."'","'■■"■"'■ I'ore as a 
 
 "'"act par 1,1 'a ,,;;i';'^'':,«''''^,l-'-''' lo 
 
 itab;i«ir;,l,eKtt!;!r''''''^^^^'''' '"'•'••'• ''''^ 
 
 kn! 'nl.";':.';i;:;^r:'^^'''!'-,'i'--M.. ■, 
 
 l)oubl,..,st ,, h tV '''i"!'' ' ' ''""''^ '^""^■" 
 
 siMipie,ia,,t'tar'' ;'.;";■ •';"""■ ^"'■'' ^ 
 
 'boisoith^iiiith,'x;4;V"''^^ 
 Tn'S!an';^^i:;'£,:is' "'" "" •">■ '"--■'-. 
 
 "HsLr'2lT:''7'''''>-''''''''''-''t''>-asilly 
 
 ti".'tonr V r^;;-•'-;'-|'^- 
 And wele,,me,' said Iiil,.i;,i, . . ,', '^' 
 "IK". Mv r.„,| '■•}:; '^'"'K;'! >t 1- 'I m.bl,. 
 
 kin.ines^a „ „^^::"■'■.''^'^'^ ""^ that 
 
 liis -•nnrti'sv,,? 'r 'V'''''''';'>' '■''•'*'''''''• H' 
 .■xte,,d.'u, n^' M'r;'''^'"'''ly.i'isath.ast 
 strait to tlo Ft '"Vise you to tell s^nxx 
 
 iuMv.'tJ:''^' <l'a.nberlain-yo,i will |,av„ 
 
 I'c troi.bles,., ,: - ; ' '■■'^'''■■''' ■• "ouMnot 
 your "•'■■* any one eome hither with 
 
 ^rib?;;ti.::::;;,,]t:'';!^'/■"r■>■ '"''!'' -1-1'^ 
 
 '■'•^•'■ivp th,. (),„,.„ ;., ... ', ; ' "".It .seems, to 
 Tower, and -i ,. t ,.3- eall the (hillery 
 
 •suits. Heavn hel„ , ,',. , " , '""' ''',''"'"■ 
 
 •spfak to ni,. Isb, ll ', '"'■' '■''■"'" •'*'"'"1'1 
 
 coiiliK.mhirn it. JJiit ever ,', ' ^'•"'*" 
 
 -somothi,,;,. oP' ho JoveK li,; Ir'T'" ''"'".' '» 
 Poiintenanee " or son , o,' 1 ^ ,"' '"T «''"■'""» 
 
 £;::;rb-:rn'^Ur^;i;:i;^c';,;.-^i- 
 
 said^Tre!i£':;if'^'°"'r'"''''t''-'.I5lonnt/ 
 
 my dof,.e£-*' "^ '"" '""•' say dress will cover 
 'And .so thou Shalt, Ed'p.md ' =;.M ri 
 
 t'" 'raying, liluunt cocked his beaver, threw 
 
301 
 
 ^VA VER IE y NOVELS 
 
 out Ills leg am iiiardiwl man fully forward, as if 
 ut the head „1 l„s brigade of pikemcn, ever ami 
 <inon looking will, eomplalsanee on his erinison 
 Moekings and h,. huge yellow ro.se.s which 
 Mossonie, .,n hi.s .shoes. Tres.silian followed 
 wraj.t in his own sad thoughts, and scarce mind- 
 ing Kaleigh, whoso quiek fancy, amused by tlio 
 
 iVspIf' 1!'. •''""^>' Vf ';«'^1'^'«^'^''1« '"end, vented 
 Itself in jesta, wlueh he whispered into Tres- 
 siliaii s ear. i-^ j-ii-a 
 
 In tliis manner they crossed the long Ijridtrc 
 01' tilt-yard, and took their station, with other 
 
 gentlemen of (juality, before the outer gate of 
 the Gallery or Entranco Tower. The whole 
 amounted to about fortv persons, all selected as 
 of the hrst rank under that of knighthood, and 
 were ( isposed in double rows o.i either side of 
 the gate, like a guard of honour, within the closi; 
 hedge or pikes and partisans which was formed 
 by Leicester s retainers, wearing his liveries. The 
 gentlemen carried no arms save their swords and 
 daggers. These gallants were as gaily dressed 
 as imagination could devise ; and as the garb of 
 
 inifi " l"^''"""'''i f «'-«'^* ^li^Play of ex-pensive 
 magnificence, nought was to be seen but velvet 
 
 Zl 1 "^f^^ f '■• '"'■'■''■' "'''"'"«> ''gathers, 
 gems, and golden chains. In spite of his more 
 senous subjects of distress, Tressilian could not 
 help feeling that he, with his ridiug-suit, how- 
 ever handsome it might be, made rather an 
 unworthy figure among these 'fierce vanities,' 
 and the rather because he saw that his dishabille 
 was the subjeut of wonder among his own irieiids, 
 and o( scorn among the partisans of Leicester. 
 
 We could not suppress this fact, thouLdi it 
 niay seem something at variance with the gravity 
 of Iressilians character; but the truth is, that 
 a reprd for personal appearance is a species of 
 self-love from which the wisest are not exempt 
 and to which tlie ininrl clings so instinctively! 
 that not only the soldier advancing to almost 
 inevitnble death, but even the doomed criminal 
 who goes to certain execution, shows an anxiety 
 to array his person to the best advantage. J5ut 
 tins is a digression. 
 
 It was the twilight of a summer night (9th 
 Jul^y lo,.',), the sun having for some time set 
 ana all were in anxious expectation of the (lueen's 
 immediate ai.proach. The multitude had re'- 
 niaiiied assembled for many hours, and their 
 nunibers were still rather on the increase A 
 l)ro use distribution of refreshments, together 
 witli roasted oxen, ami barrels of ale set abroach 
 m difierent jilaces of the road, had kept the 
 I)opulace in jxTfcet love and loyalty towards the 
 queen and her favourite, which might l,ave 
 somewhat .iljated had fasting been Padded to 
 watching. They jiassed away the time, therefore, 
 with the usual popular amusements of whoopiu.r 
 Iiallnoing, shrieking, and j.laying rude tricks 
 upon each other, forming the chorus of discordant 
 sounds usual on such necasions. These prevailed 
 all through the crowded roads and fields, and 
 especially lieyom the gate of the chase, ^vhere 
 the greater number of the common sort were 
 stationed ; when, all of a sudden, a single ro,.ket 
 was seen f. shoot into the atmosphere, an.l at 
 the instant tar liear.l .,vcr flood and field, the 
 
 great bell of tl astle lolled. 
 
 Immediately there was a jiaiLse of dead silence. 
 
 siu^ceeded by a deep hum of expectation, the 
 united voice of many thousands, none of whom 
 spoke above their breath : or, to use a singular 
 exi,ressio„, the whisper of an iniinense uTulti- 
 
 'They come now for certain,' said Raleigh. 
 
 Iressiian, that sound is grand. We heai^it 
 
 from this distance as mariners, after a lonsr 
 
 voyage, hear, upon their night watch, the tide 
 
 rush upoii some distant and unknown shore ' 
 
 .Mass! answered Hlount, 'I hear it rather 
 
 cLVnrJv .^ '"'iv '".'; °^^",kine lowing from the 
 close of W ittens ^\ estlowe. 
 
 p'/-^ i*''''i ''''■""'■'•''^'y g'-ize presently,' said 
 liileigh to 1 ressihan ; ' his thought is all of fat 
 oxen and fertile meadows-he grows little better 
 than one of his own beeves, and only becomes 
 graiid when ho is provoked to pusliing and 
 goring. ' o 
 
 'Wo shall have him at that presently,' said 
 Tressdian, ' It you spare not your wit ' 
 
 Tush, I care not,' answered Riileigh ; 'but 
 thou 00, rressi lan, hast turned a kind of owl, 
 that flies only by night; hast exchanged Wxy 
 songs^for screechiiigs, and good company for an 
 
 ' But what nianner of animal art thou thyself 
 Kaleigh, said Tressilian, 'that thou boldest us 
 all so lightly ? ' 
 
 that never will think of dull earth wldle there 
 u .o^li ■""'""' *" '"'*'' "'' '""^ "- """ *" ff^^c 
 'Well bragged, by Saint Ikrnaby ! ' said 
 Blount; 'but, good Master Eagle, beware the 
 age, and ,eware the fowler. Many birds have 
 flown as high, that I have seen stuffed with 
 straw, and hung up to scare kites. But liark, 
 
 once ! '' ' ' '"'*'' '''^"''" °" *'^'''" ''* 
 
 'The ])roeessiou pauses,' said Rileigh, 'at the 
 gate of the chase, where a sibyl, Sii^ of the 
 Jalidxac, meets the yueon to tell her fortune. I 
 saw the verses ; there is little savour in them 
 
 wJt,-!n''l ™;"''f '"",' '•'^'''"^^ 'rammed full 
 uth such poetical compliments. She whispered 
 
 I' 01 d Mill, as she entered the liberties of Warwick, 
 
 how she was '' pcrtmsa harbarm loquclcc" ' 
 
 . Ihc Queen whispered to him!' said Blount 
 
 Ihi^Swi^^^^^^ 
 
 His furtlun- meditations were interrupted by 
 .1 shout ot app ause from the multitude so tre- 
 mendously vocifermis, that the country echoed 
 for miles round The guards, thickly stationed 
 upon the road by which the queen ias to ad- 
 Vance, caught up the acclamation, which ran 
 Ike wildfire to the castle, and announced to a 
 
 ,^f tbl^ h' °' '^«;'> "••'>•*'•• The whole music, 
 nrtrnp '•^'''.':,^°"''de<l at once, and a round of 
 artillery with a salvo of small arms, was dis- 
 charged from the battlements ; but the noise of 
 
 Inims and trumpets, and even of the cannon 
 
 themselves was but faintly heard amidst the, 
 
 1 oaring an.l reiterated welcomes of the multitude. 
 
 As the noise began to abate, a broad glare ,.f 
 
 g t was seen to appear from the gate of the 
 luik, and, broadening and brightening as it 
 
 » 
 
KENILIVORTIT 
 
 expectation, the 
 Js, 110110 of wlioru 
 
 to Use ii singular 
 1 iiniiit'uau niulti- 
 
 in,' said Raleigh, 
 iiifl. Wc hear it 
 ei'-s, after a long 
 t wateli, the tide 
 ikiiowii shore.' 
 'I hear it rather 
 e lowing from the 
 
 presently,' said 
 ought is all of fat 
 ;i()us little better 
 nd only becomes 
 to imshiiig and 
 
 i presently,' said 
 nr wit.' 
 
 1 R;ileigli ; ' but 
 
 il a kind of owl, 
 
 . exchanged thy 
 
 coiin>aiiy for an 
 
 art thou thyself, 
 thou boldest us 
 
 ' An eagle am I, 
 irth while there 
 a sun to gaze 
 
 Dariiaby ! ' said 
 ^'le, beware the 
 [any birtls have 
 en stuffed with 
 ;es. I?ut hark, 
 ill on them at 
 
 liileigh, ' at the 
 yl, one of the 
 her fortune. I 
 ivour in them, 
 f crammed full 
 She whispered 
 'ech yonder, at 
 ies of Warwick, 
 quckc."' 
 '' said Blount, 
 >d, to what will 
 
 interrupted by 
 Ititudc, so tre- 
 ouiitry echoed 
 ickly stationed 
 ;en was to ad- 
 m, which ran 
 nounced to all 
 rl entered the 
 '■ whole music 
 ifl a round of 
 rms, was dis- 
 t the noise of 
 if the cannon 
 d amiilKt the. 
 lie multitude, 
 broad glare of 
 e gate of the 
 itening as it 
 
 J' 
 
 came nearer, advanced alon^' the onm o«,! c ■ 
 avenue that led towards the?;' .^Tow'" n,l' 
 
 L,t ictst ei. 71,0 word was passed aloiur the jinp 
 The_gueent The Queen 'l Silence, a, J s,i 
 
 fast ! Onward came the .avalcade. illuminated 
 y wo hundred thick wa.^en torches, il' 
 
 ke that of broaci day all around the proccs o 
 ut especially on the princii,al group of w i h 
 
 ,>i;f» 1 " • /^'"^ ^™-' niounted on a milk- 
 
 The ladies of the court who rode beside her 
 Majesty had taken especial care that the own 
 external appearance should not be moic « orh „ 
 than their rank and the occasion alt^io^ 1 r 
 demanded, so that no inferior lum nary n £ 
 appear to approach the orbit of rS itt 
 
 30.1 
 
 i _ - — v..^ ici.ico, was yet more unbouiKle 
 
 ur on h,s boii,, anil ,v„ one of th ° n,„ i ? 
 »J.I occilon." 7^£ ^ J: ,nCu :;',,,i'S 
 
 Ob c the lorr V /°yf '^^t "'iti^i^'" could only 
 
 ^s^'i&ti-r^cinSrid 
 
 evening those features wore aU tl e era e 
 
 s:^i.riii-f^^^ 
 sa^S'wLrsuLf£^2rimS 
 
 m;mJ„!;r."\^ '"'''fT'^ -.uai.k"lS£ 
 
 tha.iconsis£d';ntu;;:;:^;:;,5f""«"""^''^"'= 
 
 the S ^°,"°'''^ ''°'*« ''^-''i"'' !»>* "'aster as 
 ms lo.dships black velvet lonnet, garnished 
 
 ™.;HSn-;„-;^-r£«i£ 
 
 "■"ion, tlmt'l.i, |„,,l'," ,,,™|,»''^ ;"■","'.'"' 
 
 .A,, i >,x=":n5;-;;;™:r■ 
 ; ' I n ''■Hi'-''--"'* 
 
 the gnawing of the worm that .lietli not Still 
 I'owevor, assured as Lord Lei...st ei s ood K 
 \iirneys own ntelli.wiee fl,.,f i • "'"'-'""' "3 
 Jal^ou,^,! under ^^^^Jt^^^Z^ 
 '"' unanswerable ajiology to the .,.',(>?, 
 ;;"t ap]K.aring at LniliorU, th^ a i Ii: 
 danger, his wily retainer thou<dit t hat ,„• 
 
 J'ourseot the bravest and the fairest t.' I- y I 
 ;;- nobles, and the wisSc^:^^^ 
 i^tinguished reign, to repeat whose names were 
 
 nvd" of'f'^- V;" '■"'"'/'■■• "-^^"'"'^l '■^"' a ng 
 
 a d i,.H, ."'^'''^' ■'";' g«"tlen.en, whose rank 
 
 •i to s . ;• rrr "' '''•'''"'g"'«l'«^l- ^vere thrown 
 
 to slidde, as their persons into the rear of a 
 
 Piocession, whose front Mas of sueh"augL't 
 
 n"menseWackJackl,fdoul!leakSiS £C^ 
 
 tt t;a»,ot.n'S',nl;: s 
 
 rema,-ne;i . ; ""l'^'. ^•■'"''"^^'J Piteously, aiul 
 
 lad not the gigantic warder's secret allv Fl h 
 
 wluUi wo elsewhere described. feaimenc 
 
 Ihe jiorter uttere.l a sort of yell, which came 
 
 lub'n"T /"^? '"'^ 1'^'-*' started u with h 
 e lib, and dealt a sound douse or tw,. m, i 
 -le of him ; and then, like'^rach-l • e iS 
 I'y tlie spur, started off at once into the f^m 
 career of his address, and by di t o Iti i 
 J!.'ornpt.ng on the part of Di^ki ShuLr d^ 
 
 t;>si.pposJthat;h:£tt:Jsw;rs:ssSt!: 
 
 the throng who apj.roached the gahnvat tl 
 cone usion, at the approach of th^ , 7 ' . 
 
 132 
 
306 
 
 It'A VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 
 S ■4*'''" ""■'""''■ ^^'■■'' "■<= <""■■ "»= nones V 
 Maiul back, my masters, or beware your bones' 
 Srs, Im a warder, and no man of straw, 
 
 Ve^ sX",vfv'", °"l'--'-- ='nd.n}y club gives law. 
 ivi ^''7Tn;'y stay-., hat vision have we here'' 
 
 \'L U.elirt'^f'''"'''V*''^'' ■*''■" P<="'«s peer? 
 Tit 1 ■ K ' r"-'-"' '''•■" '"""« ranlis enfold, 
 
 -ike bnghtest diamond chased^n purest gold'' 
 li f ■""' '"'"'■ '"'ne ofTice I forsake, ' 
 
 My club, my key, my knee, my homage take 
 
 nght paragon: pass on in joy and bliss " 
 1ightt%^';:,^'''^''^P'=-'°'-'''==''-cha 
 
 E zabetli receive.1 most graciously the homage 
 o he hercuk-an porter, and, bending lior 
 
 iZl ?.'"" V- '■"'l',"^'''' l«««-d throufedi his 
 guard,.,! tower from tlie to,, of wliich was i.oure,! 
 a ,: amorous blast of warlike musie, which wa 
 rep he, to by other bands of n.inst'relsy l,ac« 
 at ,litl..rent pomts on the castle walls, and by 
 
 ton'es'^^A',!' ^^'^^'°"«'l i» tho chase; w-hilc tlie 
 to s ot the one, as they yet vibrated on the 
 echoes, were caught up and answered by new 
 harmony Irom different quarters ^ 
 
 Am.,lst these bursts of music, which, as if 
 tlie \„rk of enchantment, seemcl now close at 
 ;;UHl, now softened by distant space, now waif 
 ing s,. „w an,l sweet as if that distance were 
 gni,lually prolonged u.itil only the last lin-Ver? 
 mg strains could reach the ear, Queen Elizab^eth 
 
 Mmtnners Tower, and which was already as 
 igiit as ,lay, so many torches had been fastened 
 to tlie pahsa, es on either side. Most of the 
 nol,les Iwe alightcl, and sent their horses to 
 the neighbouring village of Kenilworth, follow- 
 ig the qm;en on fo,.t, as di,l the gentlemen who 
 l.a,l stood m array to receive her at the Gallery 
 
 On this occasion as at difTerent times duri.K, 
 the evening, Raleigh addresse,! himself to Tres° 
 sihan, and was not a little surprised at his va-ue 
 and unsatLsfaotory answers ; which, joined" to 
 his leaving his apartment without any assi<rned 
 reason, ai.pearmg in an uiuiress when it%vas 
 likely to be offensive to the ,iueen, and so,ne 
 other symptoms of irregularity which he thought 
 f ien,rdri''"\''A '"'" *°, ^'°"''t ^^-''""'er Ids 
 drngement""' ^''°'"' ""''^^ ^"■"'' ^^l^ary 
 Meanwhile, the queen had no sooner stepped 
 on the bridge than a new spectacle was provided 
 for as soon as the music gave signal that she was' 
 so far a,lvance,l a raft, so dispose,! as to re- 
 
 ^'rS v''T" ^^t'"gi-^'-"f'. illuminated b^ a 
 great variety of torches, and surrounded by 
 floating pageants formed to repres, nt sea-horses 
 on which sat Tritons, Nereids, an,! other fa^u o, ; 
 deit.es of the seas and rivers, made its annear 
 ance upon the lake, and, issuing from beldnd a' 
 small lieronry where it ha,! ?,ee,rco„c X d 
 floag gently towards the farther end oT the 
 
 . On the islet a],peare,l a beautiful woman clad 
 a\Zd'' • '<V" ""''"I '^'"^'^" ni-^ntle, bo nl wi h 
 
 Pl^rn-f K '■-r'^ 'k" 'Y'' ^-PnWication of the Princely 
 
 phylacteries of the Hebrews, Her feet an,l arms 
 were bare but her wrists and ankles were adorne,! 
 with gol,! brace ets of uncommon size. An ids 
 her long silky black hair slie wore a erowli or 
 cliajilet of arti.'Hual mistletoe, and bore in her 
 hand a roc of ebony tipped with .silver. Two 
 nyniphs attended on licr, dressed in the same 
 antitiue and mystical guise. 
 
 The ])ageant was so well manaced that tl.ia 
 La,!y of the Floating Islam!, l.av.^ig VeXrn d 
 her voyage with much picturesque ettect, Ian ed 
 at Mortimer's Tower with her two attendants 
 
 iutwo'rk''^'i?''': ^"'''""'f' ''^'•■^«'f '-^°"' that 
 out\vork. Ihe stranger then, in a well-penned 
 speech, announced herself as that famou.s Lady 
 of the Lake, renowned in the stories of King 
 Arthur who had nursed the youth of the re 
 doubted Sir Lancelot, and wliose beau y had 
 
 roved too powerful both lor the wisdoi^ anj 
 the spells of the mighty Merlin. Since that 
 early period she had remained possessed of her 
 ciystal dominions she said, desj.ite the various 
 
 in of fame and might by whom Kenilwor h 
 lad been successively tenanted. The Saxons 
 the Danes the Normans, the Saintlowes the 
 C ntons, the Mountforts, the Mortimers the 
 Uantagenets, great though they were in arms 
 an,l magnihcenee, had never, she said, caiisTd 
 her to raise her head from the waters which hid 
 
 Seat'^f.:' ^'f'^f- ""' ^ ^''^''' than all tlie e 
 gieat names had now appeared, and she came in 
 homage and duty to welcome the peerless Eliza" 
 beth to a! sport, which the cLtle and its 
 environs, which lake or land, could afford 
 
 llie queen received this address also with 
 great courtesy and made answer in raillery 
 W e thought this lake had belonged to our own 
 dom.,„o„s fair dame ; but since so famed a ladj 
 claims 1 for hers, we will be glad at some other 
 .me to have further communing with you ton h 
 ing our joint interests." '' " ''""^" 
 
 With this gracious answer the Lady of the 
 Lake vanished^, and Arion, who was amongst e 
 mantinie deities, appeared upon his .Sii 
 Rut Lam bourne, who had taken upon him tie 
 part in the absence of Wayland, Ling chil ed 
 with remain ng immersed in an el^n.ent to w Ich 
 iv bf,;r ' 'T^\ '^"^''"S "«^''^'- g°t his SI. 
 3v nf ' ""r' "°* ''''^'"- '"^« the porter, the 
 advantage of a prompter, j.aid it off with im- 
 
 •c£sT,o, rr",« °'^ '"^ '^'^'^^ '^"d sweari S, 
 Pifb?^ iV '"^ "'"'* """'' "f Arion or Orion 
 either but honest Mike Lambourne, that had 
 
 Sll mId'itS ^>'^?f^J-tys health from morll 
 t I midnight and was come to bid her heartily 
 welcome to kenilworth Castle. ' ^ 
 
 Ihis unpreme,!itated buffoonery answered the 
 purpose probably better than the t speech 
 would have done. The queen laughed heartTv 
 an,l swore (in her turn) that he had nacie h^^ 
 best speech she had heard that day. W 
 bourne, who instantly .saw his jest had saved hs 
 bones pimped on shore, gave liis dolphinTkick 
 and declared he would never medd e witli fish 
 again, excej.t at dinner. 
 
 At (1i,> same time that the queen was about to 
 enter the castle, that memnr'able dischaT^e of 
 f. vworks by water and land, took place, which 
 Master Laneham, formerly introduced to the 
 reader, lias strained all his Eloquence to deserih 
 
Her I'et't ami anus 
 ankles were adorned 
 union size. Amidst 
 he wore a crown or 
 ie, and hore in lier 
 1 with silver. Two 
 Iressed in the same 
 
 managed, that this 
 !, having j)ertormed 
 esquo eH'ect, landed 
 ler two attendants, 
 herself before that 
 1, in a well-penned 
 
 tliat famous Lady 
 he stories of King 
 3 vouth of the re- 
 whose beauty had 
 r the wisdom and 
 lerlin. Since that 
 ^d possessed of her 
 lesjiite the various 
 wliom Kenilworth 
 ted. The Saxons, 
 10 Saintlowes, the 
 le Mortimers, the 
 hey were in arms 
 , slie said, caused 
 
 waters which hid 
 Iter than all these 
 I, and she came in 
 tlie peerless Eliza- 
 e castle and its 
 -•ould afford, 
 ddi'ess also with 
 swer in raillery, 
 longed to our own 
 e so famed a lady 
 lad at some other 
 g with you touch- 
 
 the Lady of the 
 was amongst the 
 ion his dolphin, 
 in upon him the 
 id, being chilled 
 element to wliich 
 er got his speech 
 I the porter, the 
 it off with im- 
 , and swearing, 
 Arion or Orion 
 ourne, that had 
 th from morning 
 bid her heartily 
 
 Ty answered the 
 the set speech 
 inghcd heartily, 
 ! had made the 
 at day. Lam- 
 ?t had saved his 
 dolphin a kick, 
 eddle with fish 
 
 en was about to 
 e dip.charge of 
 )k place, which 
 oduced to the 
 ince to describe. 
 
 KENIIAVORTII 
 
 door was th,^ blaze of Inirning darts, the gleams 
 of stars coruscant, tl„. strean.s and hail of ic "v 
 sparks. hgl,tni,,.s of wiidlire, and lligl -sj ^^• 
 'l';'"'lor- bolts, with coMtinuanee, terro an 
 v; --"^.cy, that the lK.av,.ns thimdere 1, 1 ' 
 wters surged, and the earth shook ; an , ( r 
 
 307 
 
 CHAPTER XXXr. 
 
 Nay, tills is matter for the month of starch 
 \yhen liarcs are madilest. Either "dcCl in .„. 
 ^.v.ns cold ars„me„t the wall oT^^fs't, ''''''°"' 
 Or I break up the court. i'-'->Mon, 
 
 liKAUMONT AND Fl.KTCMER. 
 
 It is by no means our iiurposc to detnil 
 
 ^"ir'^t.:: th ''? v"'^^'^ ^^ ^ kS! 
 
 jvoitn, alter the fashion of Master Robert Lane 
 use uiaptei It IS sulheient to .say that under 
 
 [Be l.itat Hall of the cusll,., go™,,u«lv lin,,.; r™ 
 lira recoMioi, with tl,„ rkl,„st ,ilkMr t" ' 5 v 
 niMj »-,tl, |„r,,mc», «,i,l „,„li„g to .4' ,,, if 
 «olt 111,.! dolmons iiiioio. F„,|f the II H. 
 »™l oaken ,ou honj, a ,,„,erl" eSmlg'S 
 Silt bronze, fotnied like a si icaJ caX 1„ , 
 
 oiffitietehcd iviiig, ,„„, JX?t:i t, 
 
 S?f ::,"?™ " '"''° .'"<•■" ti»i,'* cK. 
 i='»svz;=iSivsi 
 
 * Note I. Entertainments at Kenilw.-.vj!, 
 
 shrewd S r tames M^l„;iil \ "^ ^,' °' '"« courtly and 
 envoyat.heiomofLtdon.''""^ ""=" '^"een ftfary's 
 
 .. vju james nie vi e 
 
 envoy at the court of London. 
 1 was required," says Sir Ji 
 
 ith^;s,!ri^':S:i;:.!ri;;r;'tf'"'""^^^-'j'' 
 
 I-rations whieh had b , " , / V'^'-'^ 1'- 
 
 ■'"■"t autl aeeonunodation, . f ]i .'.""'"•" > 
 
 "■I- l.nm,,,t aud grarious apt , uio Tl"'"" 
 
 then i.raveil her Milrwt,- ( , '"'"'"• J h<' earl 
 
 in".idndth:.il;!L:;^^, Cirr'''''^'^^i« 
 
 iinee upon her durin tl„ " '" ■'"'■'"'■ 
 
 'or a lew mi a e ^n , ,'; 'h""^'' ","«''f ''^■'"■•^ 
 
 rir£}'F-™S;i.-tx;s 
 
 i.'.h^,'s.'?;';Si:;;,"f,!r:'" '»"■■ " "» 
 iet&;;:;:;,.,,'&' ,;;;i";™ ^' Tv'-r". 
 
 .n To'";;!:";;'"'?!"' '"""■'i' '^ '» » i " 
 
 e!ia;;"'i;*S!s';,it^";i^^'«^' 
 
 Bi«lyol,.„.iii,,| hi,„oo,li;,ien '" °~'"»' 
 Kalelgli""'' "■ " '■'""'" J-™' c™™,' replied 
 
 B.ri!,"'2,' iii™ sr'. ■'",* '■'°"; '"• ■■■"!-' 
 
 ,s.»,iiou„h£t„til.i-t;,e.^.'SLs 
 
 «r^atTol?m'ni,^-?f (i^rf^r',?':"' /'-o-fDl^^^^^iT^Th 
 
 i"g to put on his Jerem-<;m-a I'he .si.iinTLn'fi'tn''"'l^^'''- 
 her, keeping a creat cravitv \n,l , i" ^ hi.s knees before 
 
 w. .,o.,, ,»,,,, ...J sa-'SsS?'-^'^^^^ 
 
SOS 
 
 IV.4 VERI.E Y NOVELS 
 
 she took 
 
 h 
 
 m 
 
 to his frienil Ironi the manner in whi,), 
 iiotico of hini. 
 
 'Tmssiliaii!' ans«-erc(l Elizabctli. '0 thp 
 
 A^'urhuis ot our r„ni,inc.. ! Wl,y, 1,,. |,a.s .h'.s rl 
 
 nM..s.;ll ina^uiM. that will ceo fir to ex'.iuto 
 
 Ins la>r and (als. Helen. Ancfuhe.v s t^ r £, 
 
 •r whatever h.s name i,s-n,y Lonl of I ie" t '^ 
 
 not ffi-ace, had a sort of tact an,l hahitnal know 
 le<!«o of breeding, wliich ean.e in place o it 
 
 othe 'VTl' ^''V'.'''V'''' ""^'T '■'•"■» t''« ""« to the 
 
 Maste7T., -r'^' •''}' '^''^' '^'"'^ «'i"'o I'oetieal 
 lyaster Tressilian, who is too learned, I warrant 
 nie. to re7)iPi.i ,n,. „.l,„ __ , ' "<*'»anc 
 
 that was, of what the q„ .on was speakinif B„t 
 
 .s he la,ly here, ,ny lord V his answer was reach- 
 — t-nieious madam, she is not ' ^ ' 
 
 hllZalll'tll llni.f 1,..„ 1 
 
 ,■""> """ la uH) learneu, 1 warrant 
 
 me, to remember whose nresenoe he n4s to a. 
 
 > ar m, ,nay be one of tfiose of whom GeoHm- 
 Uiaueer says wittily, the wisest elerks are not l?e 
 wisest men. I remember that \^arneyis asmoot ? 
 tonped varlet. I doubt this fair rnnawav ha h 
 liLj reasons for breaking her faith ' ^ 
 
 lo -;is Raleigh durst malco no answer aware 
 
 ow htt e he should benefit Tressilian by eo™ 
 flioting the q,,oon's sentiments, and not at a 1 
 
 e ;;■ n ".' '^" ,V'f •^^•'"^'^^' •■^■'"^t''«'- tl'o best hi " tha 
 coukl befall hur, would not be that sh sho Id 
 ut an end at once by her authority o is af?d 
 !.on whici u seemed to him TressiLn's S i 
 
 fe^eiP'Vr^H^ "'"^;f'''^« -"' .listress/;^''^ ^ 
 1 1 atit,. As these reflections passed through his 
 
 -iiu>, and :if the nobles wn i had embraced his 
 
 faction, veentercd th- cattle hall. 
 
 llie tavountr earl was now apparelled all in 
 V I.i 0, his shoes be ing of white velvet ; under 
 stocks (or stx-k.-ngs) of knit silk ;' his Tp,er 
 St Is of whi e velvet, lined with cloth of silver 
 , n va>^ shown at the slashed part of the 
 
 uddle thigh ; his doublet of cloth of silve t le 
 c ose jerkin of white velvet, en.iiroidered wi h 
 
 Hi '■ "t. T'^^-Pf'-"'- ''>« gi'-dle and the scahba 
 o 111. .uord of white velvet with golden buckles 
 
 i'" w' "^'' ,?--'J I'i't-J amfmounted wfth' 
 gold , -ind over nil a rich loose robe of white satin 
 
 S'Wt"' "n^'^H"! -'l"--l«y aSTn 
 
 Lraiter itself nround his knee, completed the ■.,! 
 
 ^est , ! fi '"' ^'^ ^"' '■''"■ «'^t^"'e. graceful 
 gesture, fine proportion of body, and handsome 
 
 miS"br.;„"'1 ""' *'''^t---nt hewasT 
 nittea by all who saw him, as the goodliest 
 rerson whom they had ever looked u,,on " S S 
 and the other nobles were also richly attired 1 it 
 m l-oint of splendour and graceful^ of mie 
 Leicester far excelled them all. ' 
 
 • We r.v!"' ''"'''^'''' 1"'"^''^'' gi'oatcomplaeencv. 
 atte li o "tV''"'" "^■'■"^■'■'^ justice,' she said, • to 
 fnt,!nA " *" 1"'^'-''' of justice, too, which 
 
 interests us as a woman, as well in the character 
 of mother and guanlian of the English peonle ' 
 
 An involuntary shuddei cameovcrLeiceste ■ 'as 
 he bowed low, expressive of his readiness to receive 
 
 over Varney, whose eyes (seldom durin" that 
 
 reived, from the change in his looks, slight as 
 
 y '/f) cannot attend on your royal presence ' 
 
 wiira:fS:ir^{S^]#\'9^^^^^ 
 
 capacity of the I-arty Vor nei her'S dtt ^ "n" 
 I^^tos presence, term herhis wife';: w^^'!! 
 
 'ilcie,' said he, 'are attestations from a mosf 
 learned physician, whose skill and lonm."'"'* 
 well known to my good Lord of Leicester a"'l 
 from an honest and devout Protestant fn.'n^r 
 credit and substance, one AnSo, y"Lste tb. 
 gentleman in whose house she is ,t ,„„ '. , 
 
 beUuxt this castle and the neighbo.irhoocf of 
 
 Varney. Our i^^er, thanks t'^Ciod ami 'tl"' 
 willing obedience of a loving people is unrll? 
 
 a^|s^-K^-Kr'Sr\- 
 which It seems this ladv is afflictprl , i 
 
 tlie in,;,o«t,on praoti.ccl „„ ,1„ ,,„c" SSlinf 
 
 and the least known against the most favoure 1 
 therefore you shall be heard fairly, but beware' 
 you .speak not without a warrant i TaL +T 
 certificates in your own hand ; iook at em 
 
 rulh'oft.f"'^ '"y, ""^"'""y 'f y°» impugn tl^ 
 tiuth ot them, and upon what evidence ' ^ 
 
 As the queen spoke, his promise and all it, 
 consequences rushed on the mind of'the unfortu 
 nate Tressilian, and while it nn„t,.^ii j i • 
 natural inclination to pronounJe tratShood 
 
1 was speaking. Hut 
 resolution np to tlio 
 'i policy, lie judged 
 letli added—' It is of 
 
 Vessilian we sjieak 
 
 is answer was ready : 
 not.' ■' 
 
 and compressed her 
 ct and positive, my 
 
 eyed, good my liege," 
 
 Jcen e.\j)ressed in tlic 
 
 Hi;t — V'arney, stej) 
 
 I int'orm your Grace 
 (lie could not force 
 ter tlie words- his 
 
 royal presence.' 
 ided with readiness, 
 ed, the absolute in- 
 ther did he dare, in 
 hi.s wife) to wait on 
 
 ations from a most 
 
 II and honour are 
 of Leicester ; and 
 
 "otestant, a man of 
 ithony Foster, the 
 e is at present be- 
 s under an illness 
 [• such a journey as 
 neighbourhood of 
 
 I the (]ueen, taking 
 1 glancing at their 
 
 forward.— Master 
 mjiathy for your 
 
 seem to have set 
 iVmy Robsart, or 
 to God, and the 
 
 peo])le, is worth 
 ■s which it cannot 
 [)le, command the 
 
 or make her love 
 1 a courtier's tine 
 ol sickness, with 
 dieted, who may 
 
 attend our court 
 :o do. Here are 
 in who hath her 
 tleman in Avhose 
 ;li.' 
 
 ', ' said Tressilian 
 e consequence of 
 ueen, foigetting, 
 •■ to Amy, ' these 
 
 — 'Impeach my 
 it you shall have 
 
 the meanest of 
 St the proudest, 
 most favoured ; 
 rly, but beware 
 t ! Take those 
 
 look at them 
 ou impugn the 
 idence.' 
 
 lise and .all its 
 of the unfortu- 
 controlled his 
 hat a falsehood 
 
 which ho knew from tliTI^^j^JiJ^i^T^is senses 
 
 note atl h.^-.l'"'' T' '^"^ '^''^' '^"^ "»' «o'ne 
 these certificates Sue o, noV "°" ''' '''''' -^''^ 
 
 mmsm 
 
 apSedtorsHe '''■'''"'?' '"^' '"^ I'onour being 
 mic 1, t I?„ , i^i'i'^antee of their authenticity 
 might be evidence enou'di for thnn u ! • •'• 
 
 CfJ,oo„ 1.. .> ' .' ■-"" '^"■» oocomes yours 
 
 A'£JV/LlVOA'T// 
 
 300 
 
 name.' ^ "' ^^''''°' '"^thinks, is his 
 
 Alas o' rrsSe TlT'''^''" ^"^'' »-"'- 
 ordinary learn^n? ., ,1 K i"! '' "'''*" °^ ^^t''^" 
 though^notaltog^ti; iniS? ^'^^""■en'ents. 
 pi-actioe. The Ear of rIh '^'"'t'' 7"''^*= "^ i 
 tpi-'^ K,..^+i • , °' -Huntingdon, Lord Leices 
 
 B«iSr"e';;''i ;■'"' ""'■'■' c»».« "r 
 
 something ere tlu. r,;„^,^■ ; 1 1 , ^^'" ''O 
 
 "...'«« ;» ™ri''''::"' •» '» "'-■™s 
 
 a;:.' l;{^se'aJ,Sl'T."°^^- '" '^^ -- "' Oxfordshire, 
 must be distraught-thitwifH I ' '"""J'' 
 
 swlJed TreSiSr" "^ '"'^ °° ^^^ ^^^l^'' -- 
 ' Fshaw ! ' replied the queen. 'God's bVbf . 
 
 'Now, by the soul of KiuL' Heiirv • ...M ti 
 
 v':5kn:Syf^''7.r°4'-S^-'^-i- 
 bridied't^ 'S;.- riSa^rorsaTt 
 
310 
 
 ir^ VERLEY NOVELS 
 
 \\\ 
 
 Luke's Hospital. But come bark instautlv tliv 
 self wlKM. h,. is placcl un.l.T littin^^ nS ,£ 
 -We w.h w,, ha,l .seen the beauty whieh could 
 make such havoc m a wise man's brain.' 
 
 ircssilian was a«ain endeavourincr to address 
 
 queen when Kaleid,, i„ obedknce to the 
 
 oiders he had receive.l, interfered, and, wi h 
 
 lount.s assistance, half led, half for ed 1 i'm out 
 
 I the presence-chamber, where he himself indeed 
 
 When they had attained the antechamber 
 KaleiKh entreate.l Blount to see Tressilian " fedv 
 
 o.|ducedmto the apartnamts allotted to t£ 
 i-iil ot Sussex s (o.Uowcrs, and, if nccess'iw 
 
 reco.nmended that a guard' should 'L"mo"ntc^i 
 
 'This extravagant passion,' he said, 'and, as 
 
 t vo dd seen, the news of the lady's i lines , has 
 
 erly wrecked hs excellent .iud.ment. 1 ut ]t 
 
 "111 pass away ,f he be kept quiet. Only let 
 
 l.nn break forth again at no rate for fe J 
 
 slonlf "','" ''''"• Wis''""^^'^ displeasure, an 
 
 n ; wl " P'" 1"""'°'^'=''' '^l'" ^^'"1 ""J <>' 
 
 keepm.' ^ '' °^ eonlinemeut, and sterner 
 
 Nilbi'l'^H? ■"%'»"«'', ■•^■^ that he was mad,' said 
 
 JNicholas Blount, looking down iiiion his own 
 
 rnnson stockings and yellow rose , ^vEieve 
 
 stunlv so in her nostrils.— I will but see liim 
 
 A\ alter did he Queen ask wiio I was ^-e 
 thought she glanced an eye at me.' 
 told bn^f^^T*'"?,^^ eye-glances she sent, and I 
 —But for God s sake get off Tressilian i ' 
 .;i!;! .It.^ '^■' .'-' ^^''^ J^'""nt ; 'but methinks 
 
 t 1 ell h''J '■' ' '''I'""' P"'"'t "■"! '"«in- 
 bin, .1 ^'- "^r " ''-■'"^''' ^^•'"' J'1'1 treated 
 
 ent iVI'lf 1-'"1^'' ''"'^ ^'-''''''''''^ted for the 
 piesent, n the disnleasure of his sovereign and 
 the conviction o Ids IViends thac lie wa's 11? 
 uettcr than a madman. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXH. 
 
 The wise.st sovereigns err like priv.ite men 
 And royal hand has sometimes laid the !word 
 
 ^i^al;^er<^;x-t^!;f'^'£ritjS?-- 
 
 Oi.o Plav. 
 
 all" "wo :rn"""^/' ?° '"•«'» '"^^i pastinVerafte? 
 T bn,, ^^ ?,''?f '■•^'' ''y 't, Walter, iny brave lad. 
 riio 1 saidst I was a good soldier, and a- What 
 besides, dearest Walter?' 
 
 sake'^l4?ne""""""'''^-'"'^^''"'--^°'-«-l'« 
 TressiHan, without furtlier resistance or ex- 
 pos ulation, followed, or rather suffered himself 
 to be conducted by Blount to Raleigh's lodgin i 
 
 truelle^r r', ''°''r"y "'«''^l'«d "'t° aTi lali 
 tuekle-bed, placed in a wardrobe, and designe 
 Joi a domestic. lie saw but too iilainlv that 
 no remonstrances would avail to pro i?e the 
 help or sympathy of his friends, until the lap e 
 ot the time lor which he had ),ledged himself to 
 
 man, inactive should enable'hinf eithe. to e - 
 plain the whole circumstances to them, or remove 
 (.•om him every pretext or desire of fu.'thc •' nter° 
 f'n'ence with tlie fortunes of Amy, by 1 er luviL 
 found means to place herself in 1' state of ecra 
 cihation ^vith her husband. 
 
 With g,-eat difficulty, and only by tlio most 
 ^T^ '!',"^ "f^^ remonstrances witl/Blo^nU e 
 twoTfV^'' ^''^T^ ^^"^ mortitieation of havi,^ 
 
 I nrt,nent'''If*i"*f V''^"'"''" 1"''''t"-«d i" hif 
 his Ml- ■^■^',*' ''o^^-ever, when Nicholas 
 and h ""; '""-y 'lf-1'osit.din his truckle-bed, 
 as b ;,"■''' "'" V ^"■° '"'''"'ty kicks, and 
 
 iat" V I ^J "'f' •°" H''. '^"°*'^' ^^■'''^■''' i" l'i« 
 as 7=f,"* 'P'/'t '^'^ f"Pl'e'y> lie considered 
 
 Wendl ^^ symntom, if not the cause, of his 
 tueuds malady, he contented himself with the 
 
 'It is a inelancholy matter,' said the aueen 
 when Tres.silian was withdrau'n, 'to sea wise 
 
 ^^Sds'nir"rr^'"",i''^''^'"y~<^ 
 
 bra n ■ i, ' I ' ''"^''"y, °' ,'''' imperfection of 
 iJiani j.jaimy shows us that Jiis suiiposed iniurv 
 and accusation were fruitless ; and'tLnefo " ^^ 
 Loid ol Leicester, we remember your suit formerly 
 
 Vatv wL'" '"''f •?' y"" '-thful s'e^ail 
 \ainey whose good gifts and fidelity, as tliev 
 are uselu to yon, ought to liave due reLrd S 
 s, knowing ^^•ell that your lordship, and all you 
 have, are s,, earnestly devoted to' our se rvfce 
 A Id we render Varney the honour more e J e t 
 
 roof ,1 !^^'r°'"r,°"'' ""^'''•' y""'- loi-dship's 
 loot and also lor the satisfaction of the Mod 
 
 esSal „ L^.li'' ' "'"■'"" i r^ ''•' tn.st the 
 esptcial mark of grace whicli we are about to 
 confer may reconcile him to his son-in law _ 
 Your sword, my Lord of Leicester. ' 
 
 llie earl unbuckle.l his sword, and, takine it 
 
 •mf Ibilp^ H ''r'r^' '^'7 '* '''■°"' the scabbard, 
 ana, ^^hl e the ladies who stood around turned 
 away their eyes with real or affected shudder™^ 
 she noted with a curious eye the high pSh" ml 
 l^n^^damasked ornaments upon the ^glitter'llg 
 
 'Had I been a man,'slie said, 'methinks none 
 of my ancestors would have lo^ed a good sword 
 hetter. As it is with me, I like to look en one 
 
 intme'?; r'' '!" ^^"•y^f-l'"'" I hav ' r^d 
 in some Italian rhymes-were my godson Har- 
 nngton here he could tell mo the pa sage *1 
 even trnn my hair and an-ange my heaSr in 
 such a steel mirror as this is.lRiJhS Yarnei 
 God at? ^V-f p"'*^^ ^°^"'' I" the name ^f 
 Rp F„ ff ,^'?,* ^''°''°''' '"'^ "Jul^ thee kniglit < 
 IicS''l^;.'nf;r' ^^^ Fortu„ate.-Arisef sir 
 Varney arose and retired, making a deep 
 
 lites^renSn''^"'^','!'. "'" 'I'"'' '^"'1 ^^''■'^t other 
 iites lemain, .said the queen, 'mayl)e finished 
 
 Richard Varney a companion in his honours. 
 
 * Note J, Italian Rhymes. 
 
f tlic door oil the uu- 
 10 gallant and disiti- 
 nalo who liad treated 
 4 toniiinated for tlie 
 if his sovereign, and 
 Is that lie was little 
 
 :xxii. 
 
 private men, 
 Inid the sword 
 'lioiililer, 
 
 J by thi; hanyman. 
 est— aiKl lliey and we 
 d not the event. 
 
 Oi.o Play. 
 
 er,' said the qneen, 
 iwn, 'to see a wise 
 
 Jiitifully unsettled, 
 liis iini)erfectioii of 
 lis supposed injury 
 ; and therefore," my 
 r your suit formerly 
 iir faithful servant 
 id fidelity, as they 
 vc due ie\vard from 
 rdshij), and all you 
 ed to our service, 
 anour more especi- 
 
 ^^■e fear a cliarge- 
 ler your lordshii)'s 
 letioii of the good 
 ?h Robsart, whose 
 and we trust the 
 I we are about to 
 
 his son-in-law.— 
 ster.' 
 
 rd, and, taking it 
 ided knee the hilt 
 
 •om the scabbard, 
 3d around turned 
 ected shuddering, 
 e high polish and 
 )n the glittering 
 
 , 'methinks none 
 'ed a good sword 
 e to look en one, 
 lom I have read 
 my godson Har- 
 the passage * — 
 niy head -gear in 
 Richard Varney, 
 In the name of 
 b thee knight ! 
 late.— Arise, Sir 
 
 naking a deep 
 had done him 
 
 md what other 
 
 may bo finished 
 
 we intend Sir 
 
 n his honours. 
 
 KENIUVORTH 
 
 And as we must not be partial in conferring such 
 <l.s inetion, we mean on this matter tconnl 
 with our cousin of Sussex. ■ 
 
 That noble earl, wlio, since his arrival at 
 Keulwor 1, and indeed since the co imcncc 
 lent of this progress, had foun.l himself i a 
 subordinate situation to Leicester, wa ow 
 wearing a heavy cloud on his brow-a eirc m' 
 tance which had not escaped the m.eer 1 ., 
 1 " >ed to appease his discontent, an, to fol ow 
 
 cciSr'i-:;?'" "• '•^''^-■">« l"'lic'y by a nmrk f 
 peculiar favour, the more gratifying as it was 
 tendered at a moment when his rival's tr unn?l 
 ap|iearcd to be comiilcte. ""nim 
 
 At the summons of t,)ueeii Elizabeth, Sussex 
 
 oil «h ch of his followers, being a gentleman 
 and of merit, ho would wish die hoiiom o f 
 kmghthood to be conferred, he answerc'l wi 
 more sincerity than policy, that he would la e 
 Nentured to speak for Tres.ilian, to whom he 
 conceived he owed his own life,' and who wa 
 
 feare.Uhe^eventsoft^^ 
 
 said^^]?j!!M^°"I,^"''^''''^'P '^ *''"« considerate.' 
 said tlizabeth ; 'the events of this night would 
 make us. in the eyes of our subjects, as ma as 
 this poor brain-sick gentleman himself- b we 
 ascribe his conduct to no malice -should ve 
 choose this moment to do him grace ' 
 
 In that case,' said the Earl of Sussex, some- 
 wha discountenanced, ' your Majesty wi 1 al ow 
 me to name my master of the horse, Master 
 Nicholas Blount, a gentleman of fair esta e a ml 
 ancient name, who has served youi Maies v 
 both in Scotland and Ireland, Ind broSt 
 
 lead n the queen's manner that she had ex- 
 pected Sussex would have named Raleigh and 
 hus would have enabled her to gratify her own 
 
 SS^lS^ '^°"™r^'^ '^'^ recomnfenS; 
 only ua ted the queen's assent to what he had 
 
 r?'^' r'^V'*'",-^''^'''' ^''^t ^h'" bned since 
 
 the e two high nobles had been each perm t^l 
 
 o suggest a candidate for the honours of ehi™ Irv 
 
 she, ui behalf of the ladies in presence miL^hf 
 
 have a similar indulgence. ' ^ * 
 
 said\brnn"„° "■"""•," *" '"°''"''' y''" «"ch a boon,' 
 saia tne queen, smiling. ' 
 
 ,, ' Tlien,' pursued the duchess, 'in the name nf 
 
 ttcon^: h"" ^T*^"/',^ request your ™sty 
 to confer the rank of knighthood on Walter 
 Raleigh, whose birth, deeds of arms, and pronS' 
 tude to serve our sex with sword or pen deserve 
 such distinction from us all ' ^ ' 
 
 . 'Gramercy, fair ladies,' said Elizabeth smil 
 
 La'ck>Cloak ralTr"*^'';,'*"^ *''« gentle sSe' 
 ao«l „f shall become the good Knight Lack- 
 Uoak, at your desire. Let the two \«pirants 
 for the honour of chivalry step forward. ''^ 
 
 Bltnint was not as yet returned from seeine 
 Wan, as he conceived, safely di.sp^sdof^ 
 
 re ei.^J"^\,''"?' ^^'^^' ^"^'- l<neeling down 
 recened at the hand of the A'irgin "tifcn that 
 
 .'ill 
 
 title of honour which was never conferred on a 
 "xn-o di.stingnished or more illustrious obi,.. 
 
 Shortly altcrwanls XichoLis lil.mn, ,:1„„,;„], 
 an. . hastily appn.se.l by Sus.scx, who im.t Imr 
 a the ,loor of the hall, of the , tiecn'.s gra. i.s 
 purpose regarding him, he was'desirclN, 
 vance towards the throne. It is a sight so, '. 
 t.m,>s,seeu an,l it is both ludicrous aiuTpitia 11 ■ 
 yhenai.lu)n,.stman.,f,,lain,.,,mn,,,nse,s i^ 
 s rpnsjMl by the c..,p„.try of a pretty woma i, 
 
 uch only sit well up.m th,- youthful, tl , ' gay 
 ami those to whom long practice has ren,^..,; 
 cm a second nature. Poor lilount was n t is 
 situation. H,.s hea,l was alrea,ly gi,ldy hml 
 consciousn,..ss of unusual finery, ami the su • , se,^ 
 >.ecess,ty of suiting his maniL t,' ^ U^ 
 MS ,lress; an,l now this sud.len view ut nZ^- 
 ewK • T 'T'" ^.•"."I'l'^^ted the c„i„,„est f ho 
 1 ewly-inhaled sjurit of fopp,.,.y ov,.r his natuia 
 • '.sposition, and convcrtci i pfain, hones ,avk 
 
 lidieuir kS ^ ^°-^^-""^ "'• ^ "-^- --' "-t 
 
 The knight-expectant advanced ui) the hall tbn 
 whole length of which he ha.l unfortunat y to 
 averse, turning out his toes with so much zeal 
 hat he presented his leg at every step w h £ 
 broa,l .sule foremost, so that he gi4tly rese, bl ,1 
 an o d-fashioned table-knife with a cfrved o t 
 w hen seen sideways. The rest of his gait Lsn 
 proportion to this unhap,,y amble ; an, Itli,^ n 
 plied mixture of bashful fear and sef-sat is Action 
 
 ".d^did^r'''^' '■"'""""■^' that Lei ce^te ' 
 fiumls did not suppress a titter, in which many 
 o Su.ssex's partisans were unable to resist in^ 
 nig though ready to eat their nails with mo.t - 
 hcation. Sussex himself lost all paticnc , 1 
 
 « Z,', ' ^^T, '-'""'** t''o» not walk lik.. 
 
 a man and a soldier?' an intericction wl ,1, 
 only made honest Blount start ^^d top, 
 a glance at us yellow roses and crimson stock 
 
 3l';1r"^ '"' .sclf-confi-lcnce, when on he 
 went at the same pace as before 
 
 •1 he nueen conferred on j,oor Blount the honour 
 o kmglithood with a marL>,l .sense of reluctanc 
 That wise princess was fully aware of the „io 
 |;nety of using great circumspection and c ik my 
 in bestowing those titl,>s of honour, which the 
 Stuarts who succeeded to her throne , 
 tnbuted with an imprudent liberality \lh 
 Kre,.tly diminished their value. Blount hacn 
 sooner an.sen and retired than .she turned to t 
 Duches^ of Rutland, ' Our woman wit,' she s.ii 
 dear Rutland, i_s sharper th.n thai of those 
 poud lings in doublet and hose. Scest thou 
 out of these three knights, thine is the only true 
 
 metal to stamp chivalry's imprint upon ! ' 
 , %"• Kichard Varney, surely- tfie friend of 
 
 rlYr i".! "1 V^^ster- surely he has merit?' 
 
 replied the duchess. 
 
 tHnl,*"'"^^ li.a« a sly countenance, and a smooth 
 tongue, replied he queen. 'I fear me he will 
 
 standing. My Lord of Sii.ssex must have lost 
 a ma Iman' rl^ i^'%'' recommend to us firs 
 fool iS n, H^''?', '^"' ''"^^ t''™ ■•^ 'lo^vnish 
 that uin-le \ "^'r' ^'u-'''i I rrotest. Rutland, 
 ttiat wh le he sat on his knees before me, mon 
 ring an,i mowing, as if he had scalding porrid|l. 
 
311 
 
 ^i'AVE/^I.EY XOVEr.S 
 
 
 a 
 
 m 
 
 '■'• l>is mouth, I ha,l nnicl, a,l,. b. fori ..ar cut 
 s inl th« rlu.he.s.s ; ' w. who .stood l.chimJ ) a J 
 
 In order to oinv this sifrnil f ),\ ""' "'""l"ot. 
 tat tastle, tliat tlioy inii' it reai-li tl„. ..„,„ i i i 
 
 "uu a Hair 111 hpr li.iiiri \ ii "■ b'^ut, 
 
 fashioned o^' s ver i, i nf '°^''"'' '"'^ ^^'^^ 
 Qnii Ti t , . , ' "' '"'11 ot a .swan m full 
 
 t s splendour, a .silver Saint Ooor-^e was e 
 rented, mounted and eciuiiniP,! i , fi ' ," 
 
 of chivalry toward.s these who.se bus es Tt wns 
 \arneygavo his larges.se with an afrectatfo, "f 
 
 c.SrS^S^7:x^'-r"'*''^"^"f 
 
 "ceasions ; hut as tl,n' 'f "•"'"""!" "" «i"-l' i 
 
 S5F& ^^^. 
 
 ;i-"glifo to Sir Sar^l ev"-K^ "f 
 honour to Sir Rieh-inl i ^'"^^^ 'health and 
 
 worthy knigiitd;;[:i!:;:^?'::it"uS.h.:rr 
 
 laius 01 iroy, — awiiK iiiL'-in) onii- clj.mnr 
 
 OUH Jiinil'iiicn ...1.; I - 11 " ' '^' tJUIllor- 
 
 were'ffi:^i.:;^;J-^^'"-'-l-Sm"gwl.o 
 
 theSbstlviues'^f'Ti'" '"^ '"y"''"« '^"•tl'"'- of 
 hrilliinf ,, 1 l''" evening, which were so 
 
 How, Sir Richard ! ' .said Leicester smiH,„r 
 
 szzL ^"" '«""■ -■'■ «■« "—CIS 
 
 -^ dis ance Iron, your lordship'.s person ' *° 
 
 lliou art a grateful fellow,' .said Leicester- 
 
 that pleasure which his words expre std ' 
 
 I am not afraid of men's niiscon , iion ' he 
 •^."d, in an.swer to Leicester's remark 'since 
 here is not--(permit n.e to undo Z c'ollaj 
 
 to That wh ,1, J'"''°"' °' f ''""'^ f^'- ^^I'^^rior 
 and accounting it an honour ' ^ "' 
 
 Vond whe,I> H.o 1 i'. ^"'^'' '"'^' ^^'oodlands be- 
 yomi wiieie the bright moonlight rested on the 
 
 S'e n" ^^;!^' "''^ '^^ "— " -^ 
 
 , " eim tiees. Iho moon rode hieh in tl,n 
 hcayen.s, attended by thousands and tho i a. 
 
repeated witli tlio 
 nibounip, csiiociftHy, 
 liis vocilenitiiiiis of 
 aniey !-Healtl, and 
 -Novcr was a nioru 
 then, .suddenly sink- 
 sinijc the valiant Sir 
 I'K-iip ofhi- clanior- 
 iiien a-laiigiiing wlio 
 
 anything fnrtlier of 
 ng, which were so 
 received with such 
 tion by the queen, 
 lis own ajmrtnient, 
 of successful anilii- 
 inged his splendid 
 IS i)atroii in a very 
 ittended to do the 
 
 Leicester, smiling, 
 no humility of this 
 
 ik, njy lord,' said 
 
 s to remove nie to 
 
 s l)erson.' 
 
 y,' said Leicester ; 
 
 :o do wliat would 
 
 liers.' 
 
 ill accej.tcd, with- 
 
 his person, which 
 3 render as eagerly 
 harging the task, 
 expressed. 
 sconstruction,'hc 
 s remark, 'since 
 ndo the collar)— 
 
 does not exjiect 
 rank far suj)erior 
 ess, I now hold, 
 -chamber to you, 
 
 ?n,'said the earl, 
 1 then presently 
 will look out on 
 irto the full? • 
 to the calendar,' 
 
 V, which opened 
 3f .stone, battle- 
 sties. The carl 
 it into the open 
 
 commanded an 
 
 woodlands lic- 
 it rested on the 
 t masses of oak 
 e high in the 
 
 and thousands 
 ned ah'eady to 
 ixcepting oi'ca- 
 or the Yeomen 
 y wherever the 
 ud the distant 
 ly the prejmra- 
 piickers for a 
 be the amuse- 
 
 irch of heaven, 
 
 expressive of 
 
 who remained 
 
 KEXUAVOHTH 
 
 witliin tiio darkened ap.irtment, could (himself 
 unnoticed), with a secret satis acfon see his 
 patron stretch his hands with ean.e."t''a. Lula 
 tion towards the heavenly bodies. «''•'"'""*• 
 
 '\c distant orbs of liviiiL' firs ' co m., ti,« 
 .nuttered invocation of the .^ubiUou' eaW '!: 
 
 mt «isdon has given to you a voice. Tell me 
 
 Shall the greatness to which 1 have aspired be 
 iMigi , pre-eminent, and stable as vour i vn • 
 .Ml but doomed to draw a brief and gli t ,'i, 
 tn.in along the nightly darkness, a, uf hen o 
 Muk down to earth, like the base re ' o 
 
 yourrays'/"'"^' ''''' "'''' ^^•'''^'' >"«" '"'""'^ti 
 
 f„ ,,".'; 'r*""! "" *'" '"■'^^■^■"•'' >" I-'of"'""! silence 
 fm a minute or two longer, and then a-ain 
 ■stepped into the apartment, wh'cre Var ey so m 
 
 manSl "*''^. '^'''''=°, ''^ '">■ ''oroscope ? ' de- 
 landed Leicesier. 'You alreadv told ,„e but 
 
 Jtjias^e^caped me, for I think -but lightly' of 
 'ilany learned and great men have thoii.dit 
 
 j'rCild? ''"•'"' ' 'and, not to Si: 
 way.' ^°"'''"I'' "'y °"-" "pinion leans that 
 
 -■ft'bnn"\ w?^ ^'" P'-°P'"'ts!' said Leicester 
 - I thought thou wert sceptical in all such 
 matters as thou couldst neither see, hear « Tel 
 
 'Perliaps my lord,' said Varney, 'I may bo 
 misled on the present occasion by my ^s\l o 
 hnd he predicfins of astrology true^ Al s(o 
 
 ^ tt r'' r°"''''^ &''''' eulmiiit b^ 
 and that the adverse inlfuence-he would no 
 n.se a plainer term-though not overcome was 
 ev^mly combust, I tliillk he s:id,'"r;erro- 
 
 'It is even so,' said Leicester, lookinrr at an 
 S'ilf hh C^'f^^'lf --aleulations ."dch h 
 piciail, and, as I think, the evil hour ims 
 away. -Lend me your hand. Sir Richard to 
 dof mygown-and remain an iust^i if 't s 
 not too burdensome to your knighthood while 
 compose myself to sleep. 1 believe the b us L 
 this day has fevered my blood, for it streams 
 
 -cml";^.I'"^ ^'^t'^ -rrcutof molten i2 
 lemain an instant, I ]iray you-I would fain 
 
 feel my eyes heavy ere I closed theni ' 
 
 Varney officiously assisted his lord to bed an.l 
 
 placed a massive silver night-lamp with a sho 
 
 «word, on a marble table^hich s ood clo4 1 v 
 
 1 iS o ft: r"''- f \''.'^[ '" -'- toTvoi 1 
 
 ( om Varnev t! ''^; "''/" '''^,'^ ''i« «o"ntenanco 
 rorn Vdiney, Leicester drew the curtain heavv 
 
 tdfhisf '"\^"'^ «°'^'' «" - -'"Plrtey 
 
 be. but V b bf- , ^f 'f ■' ^"i''^ ^ ''''' "°^'- tlio 
 oui, I mt witl his back towards his master 'is if 
 
 I A 1 ^ ,W ^^*"C" his Jiimd was elitfiossed 
 
 ii. rtl, tm iS h"''' T\ ",» ■■"'• »'>«■'"■,,« 
 
 313 
 
 meanest,' said Leicester 
 lioii ait to-night ,so jiru- 
 thou .saycst to me— 
 I might marry the 
 
 'Ay, mv good lord,' .sai.l Varney; 'of what 
 
 said 1', ' ."'^' ^"""' ■■""' f-''a'''"ns nMstres.s.' 
 
 said Leicester, alter another pause; 'but it i« 
 
 Nvriten. ''l-utnotthyfrustinpriiuW''' '' 
 A good .sentence and a true,' .said Varnev 
 unless you can unite their interest with -.-s 
 
 wH:S;i£;iji^;"--'i-it.^/y^? 
 
 ' I know (vhat thou 
 luipaticntly, ' though , 
 dcntially careful of what 
 iliou wouldst intimate 
 •>'ueen if I would ;' 
 
 su rti \u ne> 'Imt whose soever be the speech 
 t he thought of ninety-nine out of a. hui ! 
 died men throughout broad Hn-land ' 
 
 hisZd 'h,^!' ^^y'^rV'- *"•■""'« '""'«'•"■ i" 
 Tl J •' '"indredth man knows better 
 
 .!^:m:;t£'<;;s;:d'~'^''"'''--'^^5''^^ 
 sai;/vr5';;^,,a;''^''^^^^^^^^-^^'-'' 
 
 'A\hat, talk'st thou of them,' said Leicester 
 that belicve,s not in them or in aught else'' 
 
 \ on mistake, my l„rd, under your g acious 
 ardon, .said Varney; 'I believe in nianytliZs 
 hat i,redict the future. I believe, tf^Ss 
 
 1 t'if tile '' ''"^ ''" •^'"" '''^^■o """•"' i " y 
 
 tn.it it the sun .shines, grain will ii„eu • and f 
 
 lucLc, wnicn, It the stars .swear to me I will «.,v 
 the stars sneak tlm ti.„n. * i • i ,' '"'y 
 
 I „iii7V^ • r ,• ^'"'^''- -^'"' 'n like manner 
 I \Mll not di.sbehcve that which I see wished to,' 
 and ex,,ected on earth, solely bec^n e e i^ 
 trologers have read it in the heavens.' 
 
 liiou art right,' said Leicester, again tossing 
 hims-elf on lus couch-' Kart'. dot-s C or it^ 
 
 SwiV.nT7~'''°'" *''^ ^"^^' Countries -from 
 
 8 t/er and urging this as a point on wldch 
 
 Lu. ope s sa ety depends. France' will not oppose 
 
 W "'^' ^""''y "' ''^'^°tland look to it as 
 
 possible.'"^ ^''^ "'°" ^"°^^«t it is im. 
 
 'I know not that, my lord,' said Varney ; ' the 
 iintcss IS indisposed.' ^' 
 
 said Leicester, startin 
 
 con 
 
 ' Villain ! ' 
 
 up on his 
 the 
 
 ouch and se zmg the sword which lay on t 
 table beside lam, 'go thy thoughts that way ?- 
 thou wouldst not do murder ' ' ^ 
 
 s«i7v '''""" '"' ''■'"'* '^" >'°" '>"W n'c, my lord ? ' 
 said ^ arney, assuming the superiority of an 
 
 aldToH '^'V''^^i'''^''^to unjusf SUSP S,n "l 
 
 said nothing to deserve such a horrid in.mtation 
 
 as your violence infers. I said but tl at h 
 
 countess wa.s ill And countess thougl si e 
 
 -lovely and beloved as she is-surely youi lord 
 
 ship must ho d her to be mortal ? Shfrnay die" 
 
 und your lordship's hand become once more yol^ 
 
 no'iSS'''"'''^"'^"*"'^'^^^'-'-- 
 'Good-night, my lord,' said Varnev seemiiiff 
 
 understand this as a command to dc^pa t ; 1 ? 
 Leicester s voice interrupted his purpose. 
 
 Ihou scapest me not thus, Sir Fool,' said he • 
 
 1 think thy l^nighthood hatli addled tliy bn„'i,s.' 
 
311 
 
 My Ion , loii^r ijv,, . , j ,.o„„t,,,„ ■ ,,„•,, 
 
 II leit-liiiiKltMl iiiarn,'i.'(' tiii.rlit siilwl^f i f ■ I 
 
 »j'r,';":,Jr' "' ""* '"""■-» '■■ '■'■""■■y/ 
 
 "uiviisiiws jiistily the piiict (;n fVoni flw ni,l 
 her consnen,.. „,a^ «i„,„,,..r securely!!! Von ha^ 
 yon iiiuip of hpaiii spared to her sister Maru 
 
 ulf'i ~^?'''" ""' t" ''"''d yo" a bower to 
 ^vh.ch no jealous queen shall lin.-l a clue ' 
 
 ami sa d It is impossible. -Good-nieht Si,' 
 
 ; A mistress !-mean'st thou a paramour ?' 
 I would not ham. :; ' „i!!l?"' '•'^collections 
 
 ty^VEAV.EV JVOVELS 
 
 i.y .'i«";i,C', ■''■"•'"■ '"I"' "»»"■" ti„. 
 
 tliv 1,™ ,"■" "'"," 1"'""""" """ '"'«. liirm,! 
 May yonr lonlshin soon have eause to sav so 
 
 cUAfTEK xxxnr. 
 
 The WooDr-iAN. 
 
 I would not harm in, n^'" ' .?"""T°"'^'=""»«- 
 Keep eye on hirhorverVart;/ ^'^^ ^^'^^ 
 
 Wk are now to return to ..fervvn's Hon-.,. f» 
 
 k. Pt within bounds her' ' „ cert Intr'aL "l"'" 
 
 ft^^^at-^iSy^d-^fe^^' 
 Leicester, and that some time nmr n oh^ '"' 
 pro he coukl extricate liiniself "ro-r- r .on ' "' 
 
 ar,..e herLTinto'T^'oiyt1fef^tcL"hLt" 
 Hasting to fold her in her a.^nt '^'' '*""'^''^'^' 
 
 hodilv resouivps • Lr\.l * "'" mental and 
 the is^sue o ' fate niS'lTn'"?"^ ^T ""'^'' 
 
 •NoteK. Furniture of Kenilworth. ~ 
 
t rcawii/Httid Variicy, 
 I'u li" i.H iindt'i' tlii^ (.yo 
 wciu not iilso my vi'iy 
 1 Ijiiiiilioiinio, wlioiii I 
 
 ; 'wlmt niean'st thou 
 
 ord; aiKlyL'titaounds 
 
 not IfOdll it.' 
 
 ii'iit tlmt Jjjith turned 
 or, liiiidiing; -now 
 
 W AVlIlc' 
 
 1 liavL' cause to siiy so 
 ley ; and wishinL' his 
 drew. * 
 
 e the iruiid betrayer 
 I l>y strangling dogs ' 
 
 courteous prefers 
 
 1 of the chacc, 
 
 m, his sharp blade, 
 
 The Wood;-man. 
 
 •fervyn's Bouvr, tlic 
 "11, of the unfortiin- 
 vvho (or some time 
 iioertiiinty and hor 
 that, i;, the tumult 
 some delay ere lier 
 ■t-'ii to the luaids ol' 
 ;. nior night e'aiise 
 
 ti'O'n the necessary 
 ;:onie and visit her 
 1 not expect him,' 
 lot he aliseut from 
 ■ He will, I know, 
 Ig> I'ut I will not 
 I'l yet all the while 
 v'hile she tried to 
 
 belief, each hasty 
 he heard, sounded 
 er on the staircase, 
 s. 
 
 ' Amy had lately 
 1 of mind natural 
 tainty, began hy 
 • nerves, and she 
 ■y to maintain the 
 li the scenes which 
 hough spoiled by 
 ucation, Amy had 
 'er, united with a 
 father's woodland 
 nmonly healthy, 
 iich mental and 
 iscious how much 
 lend on her own 
 iially for strength 
 ie, and resolved, 
 ' nervous 'mpulso 
 
 he castle, which 
 iiu great distance 
 gan to send its 
 
 h'ENllJVORTH 
 
 nilworth. 
 
 Irall.iK Ham.iiir „l„„„,|, ,„ ,l„„„rrf7hi. „„.|v»l 
 
 :t,;:\Err;::;:ii^;;;:s;j:j.;;;];si 
 
 le ,! '" "/"Kiiilicnt towers „f the 
 
 V OL tilt ijwcr I O, Leicester ! after all— ■ill 
 
 %£:?th?iS;'^!;tn!;;^t^:^£ 
 
 Xive I ' ^''""' "' '^" °"t^'^«f. i''>'"t a 
 
 ill cHstan and am, j 1 ur.V'r •"'''"'■''' '""'^ 
 
 . m. Z"''!'';, ■""■ «"" '"<! Sr",; 
 
 command of her who is mistress of all - "'"" *^"^ 
 By degrees the sounds of revelry (lied away 
 
 |;;Kl|t, but the n,oo„ aflbrde^ ^or^^;J\^^ 
 ^^as hope that Leicester might come to L apart' 
 
 318 
 
 lis Uibcd bysom,. umuitl,ori/,.d intrude si,! 
 
 S;,r-^:K";::i;:-:i;:,:;;-;;;ii'''^ 
 
 "11 it, mused inanxious Vv, 'c , M , T\ 
 
 (ear my, even for uneer.,n„ty. and s e^ Ipt ' 
 
 br;enew:.d''"'''"'*^" "•''''■'' *''''^- '■-''-' -nagai?. 
 
 ill ouroi'hiisS'l';;;;'::;:;! '■«"■'''" 
 
 Am^;, are they not rightly quartered/' 
 
 ?riro,"";"""« "f"" ""■'"' '"* i .' 
 
 lattice o( lipr window, a,ul vcc.illectofr w Jli 
 
 'He thinks not of wr,' she said-' he will not 
 
 wreTeh liln "''«*. '^'"".''>- "^ ''is huge castle a 
 fachng ,n o despair?' At once 'a so, S at the 
 
 la ;.la i t^uTv '"^ '■^'"'"^■^ ^''« "'«t'acle she 
 ii.ui placed nga,nst the door, and to unlock it >;),« 
 bad the p,.ecaution to ask, ' Ls i! 1. J ,° ^ love ' 
 ,,j,,):^' "^y '^"""tess,' muz-nu,red a 'whipcl in 
 
316 
 
 
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 Am I m, i"i" •!;,"■ to iiiiiko a Ntaml. 
 
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 ^■'"llll Nil,, ,v„|,|,l 
 
 iniKht .lot 1 ;/s ,11 ' '":''l"''-sun, Nl.o hopc.,|, 
 
 I'is U-i,:l;c,l,„s; s, : , , - ,■■""' '■"'"« ■stories of 
 for th,' risk ■ ,. . " '" ''•'''■" L''""^"li''l licr 
 
 enS:rr;ol:i- ^/l;;;'''''''- •'^'""•' '--■ -- 1- 
 t[,j~if the liii; r "n. . 'Lii's'rr r" '"" 
 
 .,;s?„s;-i:-;»-- '■' ' 
 
 j-IJ.l^' ■l;M'L;;;t,r'''^'''^'''-''^••'• 
 '•'-'• th,. ,sak„ „r'i;;,',;;'-. , ;'" '"'^ «''vo mo ivo„. hi,,., 
 
 "iiS,.r':.,'rVi,::"'' ^''^ ^''"'"^- ■-" » 
 
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 America .,. I ^''"V'"'"''"' ' ^ ''^vo l.,.on 
 
 I'er fiist ; ' I 1, u I ',,,'•, ■'^""' '"■. -^fill l'<.I.lin« 
 and I „;in,i T^ ,, • ! '" '^"^^ ='' t'"' loudoHt? 
 n'iauli,,. kitteu-i^D 7, ;"";',"" "V"'" ^''-' '' 
 
 ^' t'nvr. .storniod.' ^''^ °"'-'''' '''"■■" ^''^'e «n 
 
 uneiS' "?')"'• '°!;"^'^^^' ''""'"vcr. brongl,. 
 
 «tapH.h.",.;,;LS^.rs,iii^r=l 
 
 l'.V the arnr\ it ,i f ' ; t 's''^ "'" ''"''"t-''* 
 tliou ol,| ostii 1 u'^ *^ 7 ^""".''ave ut th,.e, 
 'much oii,S|<e;:s"''"" "'''>' '•""fi'^'UPO" a 
 
 hasty L'l, t 1, ,1- f^ ' "■','"'' '**"'■' '■'• t" lier 
 
 to -Law th,.i, ,.'„.''.' S'''^' "I'l-tuinty 
 ■space cnou.'h t,> .C 'i • , ''awreiiuo louiid 
 
 th.Tw^rci;,;h ;;.«;::;' Hm' """i''- «« that 
 
 one of tlie oth, .\f(r '"'P'r^^'''^' when 
 attracted by ..oi '";:;'"„ '\ ">« ^'onsehold, 
 I'ootn, and wih .nm it ^!'^y' ^"^^''^fl the 
 
 th.; kennel o^^^he'^hLnibLV^;" '''''■'''^ "^ "' 
 
 ,o„u.th-ni ei tH i ''""^Party, looked ^vitr, 
 of visage? "w, t '"m"7^^ °''''''^" impudence 
 
cntrrofl ill ^oofl tin,,, 
 
 i-l'-ver..!, if not r,„i„ 
 
 I'Hwiciicii wiiM ilniiik 
 
 .III" pmcliMf,' lli.rht, 
 
 i^'Uuni liiul tiikrn a 
 
 Kaiiil)i)uriii.. 
 
 i^ this in till! ward /' 
 
 'I "oiimu t(.;,'('tlifr ill 
 
 "«t nilu. I will Inivn 
 
 y Suint IVtcr of tlio 
 
 IiiJii flniiikt'ii lirast • 
 "" not tlie huly a,„l 
 
 xal<i tlio couiitnfis, 
 It savo mo from him, 
 
 tlio jailor, 'jiml 1 
 ny I>n.soiuT.s ; and I 
 i under niv ki-y „.s 
 
 l'it'Ci)iii|)tei-. And 
 ii«, as I 8(iy, iiooiio 
 ■"•'old. (So, let ^,0 
 >iii' liruiiis out with 
 
 ii'« "'' thy midiiir 
 'lyiiiK Ids left ImiMl 
 ■iiiiiiK the countesM 
 ''So have ut thee, 
 >• living is „j,o„ jj 
 
 Michael, and pre- 
 IS dagger ; and :is 
 "ve to shake hin, 
 en exertion on her 
 ut of the glove on 
 Id, she ^.MJned her 
 <^ ajjartnient, ran 
 line nionient she 
 
 on the tjoor \vi(h 
 ^'iTor. The outer 
 " I't'i' fli^dit, hav. 
 "fs adniittanue; 
 i^'down he stair, 
 '[•'i »■'■' .ed to her 
 lieli sli, was most 
 
 -aialiouriio rolled 
 
 dosely gni|.j,led 
 'ly' oj.jiortunity 
 f^awreiice found 
 ivy keys across 
 
 leturn, grasjied 
 hroat, that the 
 oouth ; so that 
 Vectaeles, wlicn 
 the liousehold, 
 ay, entered the 
 y effected the 
 
 the cliaritaWe 
 
 'Master Laiii- 
 
 yoii liere Ibi-, 
 
 tiliir's eurs in 
 
 h-KNlLWO/iTlf 
 
 'y 
 
 lat soliered 
 /, looked w'tii 
 :en impudence 
 mth, aii thou 
 
 ; A weneh ! Where Is 8he ? • said the n(li..„r 
 , Wliy. vanished, I tliink ' sii, r ' 
 
 ook iiir (in.mirl l,i .. . . i" , I'aiiilM.iirne, 
 
 Mvaii,;!Jed' : That nil r '"'"'V"" '"'"■ 
 ,;.-.oi,;h..sLS:;s;l/!r^^ 
 
 317 
 
 vv, 
 
 ay! It's 
 
 "" "latter,- .sai.i f,,nvrene,. 
 
 I II 1^1 > II I. .<..:. t __ I' I 
 
 Hooner out of hi" „, i, .,i ,"t '"'?'' "■'■'■" "■' 
 "lade at him. ' '" ''"'"'""""c aKain 
 
 ui"is'£j;:r.f''i;T7'''J ';'''''•"''•' 
 
 |-i-tirr„g,l'S-:%^-;;-;i- 
 the court just now.' """ '""*•'< 
 
 .'pidst' thou, l.y (i_f .,.:,i T„„, 
 se / tirr ,,i, (1 1 ■ , ■ "'"" Jjaniliournc 
 
 work-I lo ,|,t i' ' ''l'"""^' ''" tl'V 
 
 "i«Jt.;h.^rIll.^,;:L;irS'o;L,;'''];,^- 
 
 '■^Tkonah.rn.entingeaskofale' ' '''^' " 
 
 1">; apparel into some order '■''}- and get 
 
 \\hat has( thou done to hin,?' sii,l fl„ 
 
 H"wr s,„.aking aside to the jail ■ ' l,;" *' ' 
 
 learfully swell,"].' •' " ' ' '"'' '"ce is 
 
 'It IS but the inihrini of thr. U„„ r 
 n.i ■^'^J'',''"^^,"' I am undone, 'said the jailor ■ 'fi,,, 
 
 iiiiii 
 
 rnentionen ,-nto"t^;, > as ncf sT, t^'^'^^' 
 
 I.er i,usl,and ^ Mi,,,,h,.ate an interview with 
 
 j;;.lU:;;tA:i;.R,(i;:s,*,;i™«i.[,;; 
 
 Id I but s,.e Tressilian. i, were I,., e to L 
 
 ;?:;:i;;„« iv-f'™' ':Miv!.'l,;!2•,~';;■,,,,;■ 
 ( iseover Ijits. 't t "^'''n", oi ut lier iileasure 
 
 cur ositv , i„l', ; "''yr ■'"'"■>' "■'""''■'•"• "■'"••so 
 retin'^,,'"'*i, ,>;','''•" \" ^liat romantie 
 «!.<■ iook.dintn , "? ■"."■'' "," "I'Portunitv, 
 
 ""tainlcS, , trbi:''''^^''''''''''''^'''''^ 
 -'-hoeked at I,.' n. ^'' '' """'"'' "'«' ''■'t 
 
 „f n ?• "'" " I leara ice, ani 
 
 dSs ldsr";;;,^:";i"'"'"'' --^ "i^-iK-!- 
 
 ■ed as her 
 
 like a bei, v.vl, i ' """"I""tance, and 
 
 ower . b ;^ '';"' '"""• '■'-"•i'J<-"co in the 
 
 she wore under tlie'... vesMm.nfA V'^' 
 
 of a theatric.al east so ::",;' thr"'"^''1 
 
 -anjsntti;.;:f'-i/t,''r;,sx":? 
 
 their journey liaving experienced the seTviee 
 arising from the assumption of s;.ch a eharae er 
 on the preceding dav! The Inunt; n Sg 
 oth as a mirror anrf ewer, aflorded Amy thf 
 .leans of a brief toilette, of which she aN ailed 
 
 land her '""''I'/ •^%I^"^'^'^''^'' *'"'" ^"1 ,"£ 
 "and her small casket of jewels i„ case ^hl 
 
 Jote £u7' "T'"' "'t^cessors. and 'r ir£ 
 doi on a :t""r ""'■'*' ^-^qu^stered nook, .sat 
 
 .?hond "ivc'hertmre^r' 'T'"^ '''''''' 
 propitiating an n er'^ess S'"" "' '•"™''' ''^ °^ 
 
318 
 
 ll^A VERLEY NO PELS 
 
 I' I 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 t>ho ciK dies close beneath tlie I rakiT 
 Afraid to sit, afraid to fly. ' 
 
 I'kior. 
 
 ono of tho earliest of the huntress trai? ?^ 
 appeared lro,„ her cliamber i fill ar ?v f' r 
 Wie chase, was the princess for w ,. a 'Th so 
 
 out of the beiitting courtes;due t a 'So" 
 by whom he was so much l.onoure.l, that si n 
 had scarcely made one step beyon.l the th re l.oll 
 of her chamber ere Leicester^vas by ir c , 
 and proimsed to Iter, until the prepara ions £ 
 he chase had been complete, , o viLw the 
 
 s.onal support wliich she required, w ere flights 
 of steps, then a favourite on.anient i^a ird , 
 conducted them froni terrace to ermcT a i 
 fiom parterre to i,arterro. The ladies ,ftVen?l 
 with'S''"^ -jtlU-udence, or 'endtcd "jS 1 
 uith the amiable desire of acting as tlicv wo J 
 be done by, did not conceive tlieir duty to In 
 queen's person required them, though tiy lo 
 not sight of her. to approach so noar°as laro 
 or perl.aps disturb, the conversation bet vixt tbo 
 quoen and the earl, who was not oni; eH o ' 
 
 servant. Ihoy contented themselves with ad 
 
 roKf '"fr^' ""' '''' "'"^,*™"« coupJe who 
 ropes ot sfite were now exchanged for huntiiHr 
 suits, almost em.ally magnificent. "'^ 
 
 in form to ttr h" *"'I'^'>«''^««''.', ap Jroached 
 fL,^r n o'^.t'ie ancient Amazons and M-as 
 
 therefore, well suited at once to her hei-^ht Ind 
 to the dignity of her mien, which hei conscious 
 rank and long habits of authority had n.^h' v 
 m some degree too masculine to be s co t 
 the best advantage in or.linary female weds 
 Leicester s lunting-suit of Lincoln-green nVhi; 
 
 b^Sr^"'f- r^'^ «''''^' '^""^ '^''ossed^by he S^ 
 baldric, winch sustaine.l a bugle-liorn and ^ 
 
 -.m^-knife insteadon. sword, b^am'l^^ni,: 
 a.^^drcss which for the time!' he represented t 
 
 eate^rss^sii^s^B^r^ 
 S^H^p-rrgtS 
 
 of ffU„K 'm ■ °" "" occasion (id the di^nitv 
 
 d ofd^K' 'r? ^''^'''' -^"'l "^^tion, se fn ^ 
 
 of ndSonTnH"i T^ '"'° ^ "^i"' «'^P>-«««iv« 
 only slow hnf *«"d'^''"e«l- Her step was not 
 
 wonted I; W ' • ""T*'- " t'^ns "i°«t un- 
 wontea in her carnage : her looks ^semed he.,*- 
 
 withdraw liom her companion, which external 
 
 entirely groLdles" ' T o' ]Z^X^ 
 
 tMr, ;. v^' ''""'''''^ °<'tl'«i'' fate, and -ivesTt f 
 sdvs?r '■""?",' I"''"'''^!'^ ''''°'" «•! at they them 
 
 come gradually to mix wit? gd a t^J"' ClcT 
 as well as sheplierd swains, will, i ii^diatrv nli 
 
 angers, and ,,rickers lamented the exlmlbu f 
 the dew, wliich would prevent the seen! f 
 
 01, to speak more justly towards him lad be' 
 come engaged in it ^vithout pren edita ion t 
 
 hope of France aiul H^fi % j'^.^hfd'i/S 
 
 Ao, Dudley,' said Elizabeth, yet it was wftl. 
 broken accents— 'No I must i n fi x? "" 
 
 uolaj. It foi hall-an-hour-and leave me, my 
 
 „How, leave ynii, madam!' said Leicester- 
 Has my madness offended you ? ' ''"''^'t*"- 
 
 1 lie queen stood gazuL' after bim nnrl r.„ ''^ J 
 to herself—' Wb,.,, /! '^ airer mm, and murmured 
 
 ^ TwlTi'Tr"'' i;'"| '"r concX ■ 
 
indicates exactly tlio 
 secret iiiiiid. Tlio 
 rentui'ed nearest, A\a.s 
 lie discerned a tear in 
 ill on iicr cheok ; and 
 lier looks oil tlio 
 d the duchess; 'she 
 I, could look down a 
 tliesc .synii.toms led 
 were they probably 
 progi'ess ot iirivato 
 liensons of diiFerent 
 !!• late, and gives it a 
 I'om what they theni- 
 \y becomes mingled 
 lection and passion 
 gallantry. Nobles, 
 *'ill, in such a trying 
 ley intended; and 
 ', will listen longer 
 
 iglied, and clianiiied 
 n the base -court; 
 lies; and yeomen,' 
 ed the eximling of 
 int the scent from 
 3tlicr chase in view 
 ■ards him, had he'. 
 premeditation, as 
 ell follows the cry 
 Jssed his path by 
 accomplished and 
 i of England, the 
 and the dread of 
 with more than 
 of romantic gal- 
 m loved to be 
 d, in vanity, in 
 n more and more 
 nntil liis impor- 
 love itself. 
 I', yet it was with 
 be the mother of 
 make the lowly 
 :r sovereign— No, 
 ^ere I, as others' 
 —then, indeed— 
 clay the chase — 
 I leave me, my 
 
 said Leicester— 
 ?' 
 
 (vered the queen 
 nd must not bo 
 'roin hence— and 
 my privacy. ' 
 f bowed deeply, 
 melancholy air. 
 , and murmured 
 vere it but pos- 
 lust be the wife 
 
 V to avoid some 
 hing, the queen 
 ler hapless, and 
 oncealed. 
 ;h, if somewhat 
 
 V to which she 
 that firm and 
 vers its natural 
 
 I 
 
 KENJLIVORTH 
 
 J 
 
 tone. It was like one of those ancient druidical 
 monuments, called rocking-stones. The £ 
 of Cupid, boy as he is painted, could put hr, 
 feelings in motion, but the po ver o If cu " 
 could not have destroyed their equilibrium As 
 she advanced with a slow pace towards he hi 
 most extremity of the grotto, her countpnauce" 
 ere she had proceeded half the le.igt i had re' 
 
 ^ai:^r^f^::Z^Li^;:^- ?™- that a 
 
 819 
 
 female fig^rwarpi;{;;dLS":^=tW 
 behind, an alabast^rnni„r„.> „*\i,. i. .""V l^"*.' pv 
 
 II which 
 
 ..g„ pmueu uesicie, or rather 
 
 behmd, an alabaster column at the fnnf nV ;,.i • r 
 arose the pellucid founta^ \v S occuS £ 
 ~o? ElLb h' twilight'g..otto. The'crassict 
 mi Id ot Elizabeth suggested the story of Numa 
 am Egena, and she doubted not that sn p 
 Italian sculptor had here represented the Na^d 
 whose inspirations gave laws to Rome As s£ 
 advanced she became doubtful whether she 
 held a statue or a form of flesh and blood %'" 
 nnlortunate Amy, indeed, leniaincd mo i'onW 
 betwixt the desire which she hid fnT,„b ■ ' 
 condition known to one of ler u^i S^atd £ 
 and which' T'\ 'T' ^^■'"^'' 4roachS ' 
 
 iiei seat with the purpose of addressMU' the l,,!,' 
 who entered the grotto alone, and as i'he atS 
 thought, so opportunely. But w her. «?« L t 
 ^ctecl the alarJu which'^LeicesL had e weS 
 at the queen's knowing aught of their i,.,in„i 
 became niore and moro%at1sfied t at the person 
 whom she now beheld u-oc Pi;,.! ii i person 
 s^odwithonefSSi'v^c^J a 
 
 fi«^'«d upon this intLsS I/o g\^t ' ."^^'^^^ 
 
 -nVSLrhaTkLt T""'^^' '^^' tifa^t "nffi 
 to awp an 1 J * A"'^ immoveable gave wav 
 
 of tie sove een S 3 I ' '=™""f"ding gaze 
 
 give her some encouragement • »i„) v\\., i *i 
 accordinclv saiH ;„ ^ft'"'^'"^ • *"" Elizabeth 
 
 3Ll°nes"bVrwS r";f, '"';' ^'r^ -t^ 
 
 term Fear?Zwe a e hi stvn^ '''■' '''"'"' ""^" 
 £can reverse hi:'^.;;;r^;;^-^,-;^K 
 
 fbiS^^isti^i'-^r'^'^f'-t''-.'. 
 
 the queen, le 1 er ca3 I f." i'' ^"''^'^'■'''"■« 
 ' What may this mean ? ' she said • ' ti„- • 
 
 lirotcctioii r ' "'"'• ''" J"-" "«" om 
 
 irritated her curiositv n. w ir '''''''^"t' ^^''''^^1' 
 feelings 'The s^pl .' '"' "'t«'-ested her 
 
 unfortSfc"^nte™--T £''"/""'' '"'■''' "■« 
 l.rotection-aSlstXa>■n'^^ - v^""' '-'^^^^^ 
 '■hoked welligh'^l shfu r ^^ rS wS' 
 vhich was instanHv nn„„i,*. ...,,., "'^''' ^^"id, 
 
 ,..1.; 1 . 8 ■*■' "'"^ icierea t 
 
 winch was instantly cauL'ht un l,v fi,„ 
 
 'What, Varncy -S pp; , T v '^"''"• 
 ■servant of Lord IVic sterS'hi^Y'''^7"'° 
 you to him, or he to you '' ''^*' ''''"'''^^' '»''° 
 
 sai.l El Xtf,'^''T.°""'r'rf'^'^"on, doubtless,' 
 Amy sprung on her feet, and interrupted the 
 
3l.'0 
 
 queen ca"prlv. with ' Vr, «,„ i 
 
 is a Go,ral,oVe >r i am l>o tt' ""T^ *''"'= 
 
 you would nuiko n ,. I i „ ^ I,'"''"^"^ '^'•''■t'''' 
 
 tnoii canst hill.- f..u<- y' ""'"'i"-' — 1 see 
 
 likes thee Nav ,11 "•''''' '''"'" *''« ^''^''^e 
 
 SllSSt!^ 317' ?-'-» = 
 
 menacing eestun , n ' ti "^^ \r f §"•'" '™"^« i'"l 
 Leicester knows it all' ' ' ^^" ^'^'"'^ "^ 
 
 sl.e repeated, with\i„' i.fie ^'Wol"' ' ' 
 
 and that in his | resence romfwiH ^ '"''"'"•«' 
 with me instantly !' "' ''^'''' me-como 
 
 . ^^ -^jny shrunk back \vith terror wl„VT, +i 
 incensed queen inter,.retcd a" thTt nf I •*''" 
 
 countess, whom sK U e ^ J *"'''"'"' 
 closed the allev '"V,? '"'"' "'' l,'™'t'«o. which 
 
 wii^cTSi^ttisiri^irif 
 
 of motion, tie; held ^r'i T^""""'^ ^''«"'ty 
 that she ^as in^tl fm dst of h !"'« «° ■''ipidly, 
 aware; and then obs Pv j^ ^^^ f VS ""'" 
 
 /r^/ VERLEY NOVELS 
 
 '"'"""•'-'Stand ibrtli, 
 
 the courtiers wlio stood 
 my Lord of Leicester ' ' 
 
 4-"S:e:atKuT;.:r^'^ 
 
 a thunderbolt were to i^.ll ' ''"'f f""« ■'"•nunrl, 
 
 vault of l,eaven,rndn>ndh'""^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 feet ot some ciirdiwu f,.„, n , "' "t the very 
 
 peotedly yawned b Fnvo i ' ''''•"''' ■'*'' ""^x- 
 
 the sight that ssud,1.,i' ^«'«««ter felt at 
 had that i tan be "'^^ ' •'■'''^"''^ ^ 't^^'f- He 
 affectation of di'voi,', 7,'>'' -"''"'/^ l'""ti'^al 
 their meaning t e Ir ^h ""«"n/'''''"'"'I'"a 
 congratulations o tl ^ o, S''' ''"'*' V'"""^ted 
 of the queen cirric 1 ^? "!', "I'O" ^''^ favour 
 pitch durinl^hri;!r""y /"its highest 
 
 Irom which most of tli.n °' ''"' "'"'ning ; 
 ho n.ight Hooran-,0 f •o,™.,?'-"''^^ *° i'"^"'' that 
 hecon.e their nmsto A,,'?"" ''!"'?'"' ''^"k to 
 'l"od yet proud smii; ui 1, T\ T'"'° "'« «"1^- 
 those inferences was vet -n l""'' }'^ ^Ji^^laimed 
 qneen shot into the circ l "^' ^"' '='"''''^> the 
 to the uttermost 'im I ' '"' P'''''°'"^ "-^'itcfl 
 
 summon body and si.irit tn t),„^ ', ''*'* " *" 
 ' Knowest tho^, thisCLr^ ' J"''«"'«"t.seat, 
 
 was the proud mat r hbL ° wb'"'* = -f '"^ '* 
 actual 1, essuro liad h„n^ i •' ""' '*'' ''^ ^ome 
 kneeled dow before Fill , ^T *°, *''« «arth. 
 
 his iu-owtotlena ble £lf'' ""^ l'r*'''»t°^' 
 stood. '^ "ag-stones on which she 
 
 trciS'5hSiS'^a;'i,^y---''i* 
 
 Practised on me-lon mo 1 1. ^ """•'' *^°" ^'^st 
 
 t»y confiding, thy t"o i^.'itf s':;sri°v'° 
 
 an<l ungrateful (ieception wh c th7 nl *"'! 
 confusion surmises— bv nil 1,1" . t'y present 
 lord, that head of thiS wl !''* '' ''°>' ^^^^'^ 
 ever was thy father's "■ ' "' "' ^'""^^ ?«"' as 
 
 hadS?tJ^.;St"-;r'"^"""''7°f'^"*^'« 
 wh-husreq.;H^\;:[Sci:?-^:rp-- 
 
 around' 'we'L^deted ^I'lhK^J' /"°'^'"^ 
 
 ofKngia,!^^;Lfl;!r5^^,cc^'^^^"^^ 
 
 joined tiie astonished ciSe ^ "^"* "'^''*"* 
 
 i>udiJ:Lnf"iiiist:;rr:cis„X;^f- 
 
 order out your band of GenfelSS' 
 
,".'''»"""'I-'Stai.,librtl,, 
 f tho most .s,.,-e,ie day of 
 
 ''/■■o"' tho clear blue 
 end the oart), at tho very 
 ■H-eller, ho «n.M „ot «a.o 
 ', cliasni, wlucli so unox- 
 oro hini with lialf tho 
 Y ""■■'' ijciccster felt at 
 '"iy I>iesciited itself Ho 
 •ectuving, with a jjolitical 
 ig ami niisunderstandiiii; 
 i "ttered, Imlf intimated 
 ourtiers, upon tho favour 
 P!>arently to its highest 
 ■view of that morning- 
 'ni seemed to augur tlmt 
 
 " V"'"' "^l*"*' "' ''aiik to 
 Uid now, while the sub- 
 'til whioh he diselaimed 
 t curlmg his cheek, the 
 |Je, her passions excited 
 1. supporting with one 
 tliout an eflbrt, the i.alo 
 s almost expiring wife 
 iger of the otlier to her 
 mded, m a voice that 
 le astounded statesman 
 inpet-call, that is to 
 to the judgment-seat, 
 
 ■hat last trumpet, the 
 le mountains to cover 
 thoughts invoked the 
 I built in his pride, to 
 'tion, and overwhelm 
 the cemented stones 
 t, stood last ; and it 
 aself, who, as if some 
 t him to the eartli, 
 wctb, and prostrated 
 ?-stones on which she 
 
 'th ill a voice which 
 I'I'I I think thou hast 
 hy sovereign-on me 
 :;u mistress— the base 
 which thy present 
 1 that IS holy, false 
 re in as great peril as 
 
 us innocence, but he 
 He raised slowly liis 
 I'o black and swollen 
 
 and only replied, 
 ' the sentence of my 
 and not to a princess 
 il service.' 
 
 Elizabeth, looking 
 h ink-defied in the 
 owed on this proud 
 y. you are marshal 
 gh treason.' 
 can?' said Shrews- 
 e had that instant 
 
 but that traitor 
 .pusin of Hunsdon, 
 tlemen Pensioners, 
 
 -I 
 
 say. 
 
 i 
 
 ' 'udst 
 icestor 
 
 . -^-niy, 
 
 villin""^" l''"i' '"^°, instant custody, 
 villain, make haste ! ' ^ 
 
 f"it;si St tr crises 
 
 was privy to thy whole history^' ' 
 
 Did I say so?' repeated the ^ . An,^- 
 
 laying aside every consideratfnn rt ' ' ■•'■ .^' 
 and of self-interest 'OirTr ?'/o"sistency 
 
 El JbeS. "''"' *'■'' '"'"'y intrusion?' said 
 
 ^vil^'S'ind *?«;■"■"'■ '^ '"^" "^-^^'-'n-'l 
 I'efo her f.t .f "."^'.°"' P^-ostrated himself 
 l.ar,ln„ '^'^f exclaiming, 'Pardon, my liege 
 
 - t wi;Sa :V^-J-"- a^enloSf 
 
 «is,ri;n:Si,:;^iszri^'"'^ 
 
 Aniv, who was yet kneelintr «/. ,. i ' , 
 towards Lelccsto,;, ' >'"'f V'** '^^""^ to (ly 
 
 ".ST'rIi; ■?-'"-; 2 «■ 
 
 destroy 'thofittloLr TTl"' ^^■''"* ^^''1 
 J' uie little judgment I have lolt-the 
 
 f^'ENILlVORTlf 
 
 3:>1 
 
 vKnf' '''' """"erable and most shameless 
 
 nio45Va'^;.;SS'''rr' •>- 'lueen, 
 'alse knight, shice in ., H, ""* ^"'^'' '"■' t'-is 
 done to thee?' ^''°" "^•''^""test him, 
 
 th;^in|;°;i£^;:,,^;-^^.'"'^dam, and worse 
 don, look to this „oor dist.P«„] '^ "^"^ """^- 
 
 1 e 'slow s? '"H^'un r'""^r'^';'' '•'^"«''' I'-'t • 
 liavespeoch of re" ""'""' '^""^ ^^^ '' ^^"'t none 
 
 ing (brni of Amv ' 1 ''"'"'«?"'> "'"'"st swo.m- 
 though a roiH. ^uirs '' '^ ""'^^ f'''^*^ ^ ^'"1 
 I-r f kind o IjJ Xis^lb S''' '"'■' «'^^" 
 '"y own lady-birdJ^l^h^ugS'rs ■""'''"""'■ 
 
 and long tm.v lw.o..ri , • i- "'"-^^oiii lucks 
 '"life feuy Dearrl mingling with li...- Uri,f 
 brown tresses, as her hr-ifl ,■■',.;? ,'^","^' bftbt- 
 
 ="*;£'£, St- ?r'i^"S; 
 
 j>- .-.lit, iiau aireaclv. witl) tli^it- toic 
 niand wh ch formu c., , ' scll-com- 
 
 w[^LS\t!'^^?rs^n?ir^^'"''^^ 
 sisnLj^-'-^-""s^urS 
 
 >.obLouaii[;:^Ni ri'±r^i^*"^-'' ''-"''- 
 
 fc qual ieri atl V 1, 'm'"*"'" °'' '''''^ "'"'« 
 
 vhicli 
 
 4 '^;t"as=???'S..s^ 
 
 of TudoJ • °""'' """ ''y »"«i"8 »itl,^Et 
 
 133 
 
522 
 
 !■ 
 
 tr^ VERLEY NOVELS 
 
 it 
 
 ce 1 1.0 faded form whicli Hunsdon had just 
 OHIO iro,„ tho i„x.sonce; they i.ow ren. ml 
 glooni.ly on tho ground, hut morc-.so atS 
 It seemed to Eluahetli-with the exiircssion o f 
 one who l,a.s received an unjust allVo Zn of 
 Hm wlio IS eonsdou.s of guilt. 8h > .'ne 1 er 
 uee angnly from him, *'and said \/ Van.:; 
 S,>eak, Sir Richard, and explain thcseridd es- 
 tl ou hast seuHo and tho use of sj.eech at least 
 which elsewhere we look fur in vain • ' '*' 
 
 H.,,1 r "''"^i ^'r'"'. "'"^ '^'"'t'''' '-^''^tiicr resentful 
 filance towards Leicester, while the wiK- (%,, 
 hastened to tell his own sto.y. ^ '"'"'^ 
 
 'Vour Majesty's piercing eve.' ho said 'l,nc 
 already detected the'eruel Ll^V o n v doS 
 
 ; hvl; ''•^ "'"s^uJ 1" the certilieate of her 
 
 •hysician, seeking to conceal what has now 
 Lroken out with so much the more s'LcIa / "" 
 . hlie IS then distraught ? ' said the nneen 
 indeed, we doubted not of it-her wl.'olo l7 
 nieanour bears it c^t. I found hoi^ n Sg hi 
 a corner of yonder grotto ; and everv wo> .1 1 
 .poke-which indeed I dragged ^onf 1 r as bv 
 ho rack-she instantly re?a!le.l and fors wo 
 But how came she hither ? ^^,v had vou b,',- 
 not in safe keeping ? ' ^ ^ ' ''^' 
 
 'My gracious li"ge,' said Varnev ' the woi^tl,,, 
 Rentleman under ^^•hose charge I lj>ft ] ' m" ,J^ 
 Anthony Foster has come hitlier b t now a 
 ^3t as man and horse can travel, to si o me of 
 
 eei.lh?'? ' ''''"^'' 'l"^ ""^""^"'"l ^"th th ar 
 n,i *?."!■"'>' ^^I'o are alllicted with this 
 
 malady. He ,« at hand for examination!' 
 
 'But Si. K, ■'■ '"f*"'"' *™'^'' «^''^ the queen. 
 
 But, fc-ir Rio.iard, we envy you not vour 
 
 domestie febcity ; your lad J i^ilod o /yZ 
 
 hi^tterly, and seemed ready to swoon at beholding 
 
 ' It is tue nature of persons in her disorder 
 so please your Gra.e,' answered Va noy ' to 1 e 
 
 and dea," V ' '"°'"«"t«' ^'ey hold nearest 
 
 ■■ui?iiJrf%!"'f1,"'' ""''''''^'' «'"d Elizabeth, 
 and give faith to the ,sayiii<r ' 
 
 May your Grace then be i.leased. 'said Varnev 
 command my unfortunate wife to be deliveml 
 
 into the custody of her friends ? • ""^"^o'-u 
 
 Leicester partly started ; but, makincra stron-' 
 
 elTort, he subdued his emotion while Elizabeth 
 
 M'':;'!rt''''^'''''y' ' ^"" ■^■•° ^^-^^tiung too ,2 
 
 Master Varney ; we will have tirst a report of 
 th lady s health and state of mind from Ma tors 
 our own physician, and then .leterniine w -it 
 snail be thought just. You shall hav Tie nc 
 however, to see her, that if there be ai y nmtr : 
 momal quarrel betwixt you -such things we Im'e 
 heard do occur, even betwixt a lov/nf cou. e 
 you may make it up, without furthei scai.d 1 ^^ 
 our court, or trouble to ourselves ' 
 
 'Discord n« fl„. t/ • "eartlelt interest, 
 
 ^'} i^oKi of Leicester, you are otfended with us, 
 
 will Hl-i' h' r^''* *" ^^ °'^«"'^«'l ^"th you. Wo 
 
 to iliglVe. ' '"" ' ^'""^ "1""^ "^' -'^ ^^ the first 
 
 Leicester smoothed his brow, as if by an effort 
 
 ever that which fitted the occasion 'L 
 eould not have the happines.s of bj vi 'ig can o' 
 
 jnS^Stgs^rStllo^t;^''^^ 
 
 i?'f^.S'=sii'^ir=^3 
 
 dilfercnt Irom those which had leaped to thi 
 a ,dnv'^'/f- '''■'• '^'""'^ ^^-''^ doubt anc fear 
 
 Sig^^i;rs::y^,-s^'-'-^— e:s 
 
 RSSoa?''.T!',-"'^r''*"'"ty to whisper into 
 » MldUerranti.''"™ ^^'"^ "'^'= ^ ^--t- 
 
 a ^mnliZia ""'"^*''^'' "'^^^"^^ ^'-gh. in 
 m ' '^''/' h '^"°^^' no"ght of your Latin ' siid 
 
 tt s" ll i-nLVh"' ^'°' TLsiliaTto^kr 
 ini se . luiing that hurncane. He could scarce 
 ave missed shipwreck, knowing as ^ do so 
 httle how to trim his sails to a c'ourt gale ' 
 liale^gh!' ^"^' instructed him?- said 
 
 thoirs;. yxr^'''°'^^"' /'^ '"^ """^ ^« ^^-^ii -« 
 
 uiou, fti Walter, re]ilied honest Blount 'T 
 Z^t " ""^'^ " *''°" -'^ °f "- -rlief 
 
 'buWol''S,-r"'^''7 '''^,^^-'*'' -^^i^i Raleigh; 
 the matte, w^?,)"'' ^ '^°"^^',^ "^""^^^ ^^^at were 
 
 pp&n^^tSislLSVl^^Sr^';^ 
 
 S'' ThTr- ^'"''^'^7' '^^'"« bound b^ajro! 
 t will o W "'^d'"^«%^yl'«» he shall learn 
 It, Mill not, I tear, cure is infirniitv Thf 
 
 ki5is„^dL;°e!;;;r:piSr*^"^^°-« 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 Thou first of virtu^let ""'mortal leave 
 
 io take dissimulatioirs winding way. 
 
 Douglas. 
 
 irl'?^!!!^! the^countess;s .^r^g^^ 
 ■th l)y Foster, who, in 
 
 ,' ' "' ^">; iiHiiucss 
 
 been brought to Kenilwort 
 
 ) -.-Lui rniniei ^Mtn tho tidings. As Varnev ir. 
 h.s nana ive, took especial ca% to bo ilent^eon 
 
)0 offended witli you. M'o 
 i-t iiimn us, and be the first 
 
 lisbiw, asifbyanejTort, 
 too deep-seated tliat its 
 30 return. Ho said, liow- 
 cl tlie occasion, 'tliat lie 
 )iness of forgiving, Jiecause 
 m to do so, could commit 
 
 itent Aritli this reply, and 
 j that the sports of the 
 I- The bugles sounded— 
 horses pranced— but the 
 Jght the amusements to 
 noned with hearts very 
 hich had leajjed to the 
 •0 was doubt, and fear, 
 y blow, and surmise and 
 sr. 
 
 rtunity to whisper into 
 rm came like a levanter 
 
 ,' answered Raleigh, in 
 
 !* Pf your Latin," said 
 jod Tressilian took not 
 icane. He could scarce 
 knowing as he does so 
 Is to a court gale. ' 
 instructed him ? ' said 
 
 I'y my time as well as 
 d honest Blount. 'I 
 lou and of the earlier 
 
 ly wit,' said Raleigh; 
 uld I knew what were 
 3 told me this morniii" 
 iniber for the space of 
 being bound by a pro- 
 is, when he shall learn 
 ' bis infirmity. The 
 »nd men's brains are 
 baik ! they sound to 
 ', Blount; we young 
 spurs,' 
 
 •!ty, 
 
 mort.il leave 
 he e.irth should p.ipe, 
 .truction cry, 
 ng way. 
 
 Douglas. 
 
 long and successful 
 longed repast which 
 fiueen to the castle, 
 id himself alone with 
 V learned the whole 
 
 osrano, as they had 
 I by Foster, who, in 
 iL'nccs, had himself 
 ign. As Varney. in 
 |are to be silent con- 
 lic countess's health 
 operate a resolution, 
 
 the avowed st^it „,,j ""J^tience, to attain 
 
 I'orrank wasnJta itfi?'':';'''"^? '"'^°"g^"« to 
 Avith which his Sfc 1 ,, 1 ;-'"'^";^''' tlie levity 
 
 mands, ai d ex, o ed W u to tl" '"' '''''' ^™' 
 Elizabeth. ' ' *° ^^'^ resentment of 
 
 name in England I iff" ."' /'"^ l"'""^'e«t 
 my bed and o • mv fnJ "'^'^', ''^■'' «''»'«>• "f 
 little patri? 2 S^7'"'- J"'^ '"'t of her a 
 f"ll CUT „ of h r ±,'f""'^'^%''";t'' "Pon the 
 ^voman will la ier^l a .t' 'i ^'"^ ""^ '''"^^"''t«d 
 ■•'•"1 niine, willli^L Sv mJ'ln'alr^'"''"^ 
 whirlpools, shoals and nmVi , '^ thousand 
 
 "- ti a tWuLnd dti?e"whief;,r"'^ '=""'"' 
 
 varS;,"^,i:;ii^°-[^'V?'';'T«''''-''i 
 
 oil her the charact i^w . :, ''!.'"'''''' '""^ take 
 'Itisbuttoot me S h! '" '!"^r""^'"l■'^•' 
 ; there is indeed imi^il'iMidi 't """T'"') 
 her termed thy wife in mv^ i •'^' ^■''f''" ''*^'"'' 
 tradietion. She Zit f^^ Pi;e«enct- without con - 
 
 'l^r from kenriworiv '"" *'"' """' «''^' ^' 
 
 'And long afterwards, I trust ' s,;,! v 
 then instantly added ' Kn,. t ' ^ ' ^ ""''"'3' : 
 will be long after ere .!.„ ^T,'""^ '"'^ ^'OP^' 't 
 Leicester-I ftar mo it ' '""" *''^t'"e of iady 
 
 again return.' ' ^ ''^'"'' "« "'"st 
 
 Va'rley."' '^^«"*"''^"t. tl'on, so implacable ? ' said 
 
 wl^^i'^'^S^irirSn'?^^^'':'^^' ^^'''g 
 this day been but too '"/tation, she has even 
 
 n.e oppSnitiS to^LT^^^^^^^^^ pving 
 
 faulty lieat of temper'^ ''"' *'""'^'* '"^ 
 
 ^igifciiiToveSiir^S '^''^ '^'"■•^'- -y 
 
 U'ost is ahS^'moTwi •;'':" 'T*'^ 'i'i ^°'''' 
 g':eater fault^-So h Z loixf^irtP^^'^ ^^' 
 with the lad V could lipn;>„-^ I ' ''this union 
 Elizabeth as^youdtlf' ''"''''' >'"" «tand with 
 
 -e''he?eplie1«'^'^' "^' "^« ^"''"t '-' '^ "'oment 
 -ilUen Thee aH^'/d"' "^ ^'^i *° "'^' -^ I 
 
 ^"d cannot I^rosecute. S ,e cxif LI?''' "°* 
 
 K'ENIL IVORTH 
 
 'We must do somethincr 
 Varney, 'and that s,,eedily'°' ' ' 
 
 has long toil id , t ,i' ^"' ''''''" °"o that 
 when he s vith on '^"■'';"" ^''"^^^'^ '""' 
 top, finds his g ^ss a r :;^J:!1 ''"''" ^' ^'o 
 be..'ome im,,ossible I s, . ' ' ^^''«" '''treat has 
 which I cannot re.„.l, °?, ""' t'"' piu-aelo 
 
 into which must 'i ~rs'''''' '"" *'"-' ^''^''^^ 
 grasp and diz^; bmi'; "jo r,'' ;'f "'y /elax-fng 
 present j.recarious stance ' "" ^™" '"^ 
 
 valS;-.l2tlr^r'^"'^"-''-yi"-'.'-id 
 
 you hLe bii "L 'L; i::^{r'-"-:'t i" -Inch 
 marriage ironi Eli/ab,tl,'. I- ^ ''' "'' Z'^'"' 
 may vet l,e well T ■ ,' ' .'^"""•'^■•'«''. aiuf all 
 
 "ot to bri£ T '■- ,. *'""''' *''^t I doul,t 
 ..K;a..resthe^SJl:sl;;™^^;^[^^^■'-'-- 
 
 "pou;;:i^rir^,:S,l;:'^;Si;,;^^-thoug,it 
 
 with Amy. ' ' ' ^ ^^ ''1 Diyselt speak 
 
 omf ^mmrtle''t£,.""r';' ^'' "l'""''i« 
 participate s^ifc o^ atoun^'n/'V"'"'*^'' *" 
 
 q-;iordship.4i:^t^;^Sfti^.S'i;;; 
 
 ' It is TllV flvii/1 . ,. _ > . . » . 
 
 .sentinel as thy sm3 'ti^'' = ^ ^"" P^^^^ the 
 access to her.'^ *• ^''°" '^'t to have free 
 
 ' But, my lord '- 
 
 shI^b:'elH^;lmr.,S;f,'■';^'''^'^I''^--ter;■it 
 
 bleeps, I think" ;;S, ';,;;,??'-;'-■ Hunsdo,. 
 
 go thither from' the.se am InLnt^lv';. ^^ ' ''"'' 
 
 'Wend than enen^ a^S'S vl;f """, "'^ 
 adopt any belief tl a*- i f 'cf "'^^-"""g'' to 
 uie the cloak instantly '' * "" ^'""- *^''tch 
 
 a IriTim:irT'''-""r^^-^"^''^''°''«dience. In 
 
 "mnX,~ed hfs'boiV^'^^ '.""^t^ "' the 
 fbllowe/vai- ley a o i^t^ e r'"V"' '"•°"--^' ''"^l 
 castle which LSntt "l" wi/r T °^ ^'l'' 
 apartments, in which tw„, " Humdon's 
 
 Hunsdon had wit S '°°'' '''''"''« I^°''' 
 
 a. sentinel, one of h s u, "^ Precaution, ,,laced 
 
 it fortuned'wh':.' , ad ;''ad"m"re™s?''i"r ""X 
 Varney and his ■i.^u.-ndr.t ■ ^^^ Richard 
 
 northern diale t, ' ? "ou w' "Xl\T^^' "M"« 
 uiake the mad lJ„ i 1-n "' thou couldst 
 
 moans do, saedWtSnS, '*'' ^"^^'^ ' ^°' ^^^ 
 rather keen vatch 1 , n^ '"^ ''^''' ""^t I would 
 ofC^tlS."' °" '^ •■*"°^^-d"ft in the wastes 
 
 them.'^ J'astily entered and shut the door behind 
 
324 
 
 IFA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 11 
 
 Ihc Countess Amy, witli lier hair and licr 
 .■ ganm.nts (l,.shcvclk.,l, was seated upon a sort o ' 
 cm.e ,, xn an attitude of the deepest alJliotion, out 
 of which slio was startled by tile opening ot' the 
 •loor. She turned hastily round, and, rtxi 1 her 
 eye on Varney, exclaimed, ' Wretch' ! art "thou 
 come to frame some now plan of villanv « ' 
 
 Leicester cut short her rej.roache.s by step„i„st 
 forward and droppin. his doak, whife he^S 
 ■tilui?. '■"*'"'■ °^''"'''0"ty f'a" of alfeetion 
 
 not with S n"«' ,'"'"^v ' y°" '•■^^'^ t° commune 
 noL \Mtli hir Kichard A ariiey. 
 
 The chan-c ellected on the"countess's look and 
 manner wis like niafjic. 'Dudley!' sho^." 
 
 A !""■;! "^^'^ ! an^ '"•* tl'ou come a Lu' 
 An. wi h he speed of lightning she flew to her 
 baud, clung around his neck, and. uuheed n^ 
 the t.rcsence of Varney, overwhelmed him with 
 caressc, while she bathed his face in a (loo o 
 teai-s; muttering, at the same time, b u i n 
 bioken and dis)ointed monosyllables, the fondest 
 expressions which love teaches his votaries 
 
 Leicester, as it seemed to him, had reason to 
 he angry with his lady for trinsgressin" his 
 commands, and thus placing him in^the perilo is 
 situation in which he had that morning stoo 
 But what displeasure could keep its ground befor^ 
 these testimonies of affection' from a being o 
 lovely that even the negligence of dress and 
 the withering effects of f?a,^ grief, luc f tig' e 
 Wi.ch would have unpaired the beauty of others 
 rendered hers but the more iiitero.:^ing ? He 
 received and repaid her caresses with fondness 
 ...ngled with melancholy, the last of whid she 
 emed scarcely to observe, until the first trai.! 
 sport of her own joy was over ; when, looking 
 anxiously in his face, she asked if he w;s ill ^ 
 
 ' TI? "i ™J;,'^'°^'3" -^'"y.' "'i^ I'is answer. 
 Till I I ,vill be well too.-O Dudley ! I have 
 been 111 !_very ill, since we last met !-for I call 
 not this morning's horrible vision a meetiiK^ I 
 have been in sickness, in grief, and in dani;,- 
 ;ndsaS;/r'^°""''^"''^"'^J°^'-dJ-Wi, 
 
 dou^me'r'"^''' ''"' ^'"''•■'''"'■' '*''°" '''^■^t ""- 
 '.I, my lord?' said Amy, her cheek at once 
 
 injure that which I love better than myself «' 
 
 earl ''bnf 1"°* "'''""'i.'1 ^°"' ^'">''' •'''rl'e'l the 
 earl , but are vou not here contrary to mv ex- 
 
 nress commancfs-and does not your presence 
 
 liere endanger both yourself and me ? ' ^ 
 
 Does it, does it indeed?' she exclaimed 
 
 ocigerly; 'tlien why am I here a momeiiuir;^ 1 
 
 O, It you knew by what fears I was urged to 
 
 •luit Cumnor Place !-But I will say lotlS' of 
 
 would not willingly return thither ;-y^t if it 
 concern your safety ' •' 
 
 said^?e,wi'"V'^'' f'''^' "*'«""'« other retreat, • 
 said Leicester ; 'and you shall go to one of mV 
 
 but"n:e"lfuf"T%""t'" ,*'" r~o--iMvm'b^ 
 
 'How, my Lord of Leicester ! ' said the ladv 
 Ji^engaging herself from his embraces ; ' s i tlo 
 your wife you give the dishonourable course! o 
 acknowledge herself the bride of another-and 
 of all men the bride of that Varney ? ' 
 
 ' Jladam I si)eak it in earnest— Varnev is inv 
 
 true and faithfd servant, trusted in my deep s^ 
 
 ecrets. I had better lose my right hand £ 
 
 us service at this moment. You hav '^ cause 
 
 to scorn him as you do.' 
 
 'I could assign one, my lord,' replied the 
 countess; 'and I see he shakes even under that 
 assured ook of his. But he that is nee ssary as 
 ycmr right han, to your safety, is free from an^ 
 a eusation of mine. May he be true to you ; anS 
 
 too fa. But It IS enough to say, that I will not 
 g with am unless by violence, nor would I 
 
 acknowledge him as my husband, were all ' 
 
 It IS a temporary decejition, madam,' said 
 
 b th our safeties endangered by you througl\ 
 female caprice, or the premature desire to seL 
 •m a rank to which I give you title, o. ly u id 
 eoudit.on that our marriage, tor a inie, should 
 eontmue secret If my proposal disgus you it 
 IS yourself has l,rought it on both of' us. There 
 IS no other remedy-you must do what your own 
 impatient folly hath rendered necessaryLi com- 
 
 \,!,f,''f""?*J'"*^ y°V commands, my lord,' said 
 Ainy, 1,1 balance with those of honour and con. 
 science. I will not, in this instance, obey you 
 \ou may achieve your own dishonour, to wLkh 
 these crooked policies natu', !ly tend, but I wi 
 'lo nought that can blenvsh niine. How could 
 jou again, my lord, acknowledge me as a pure 
 am cli.aste matron, worthy to share your fortune^ 
 when, holding that high character, I had strXd 
 he countiy the acknowledged wife of such a 
 profligate fellow as your servant Varney ? ' 
 
 iMylord naid Va,,j,py i„t J •', ■ J 
 s 00 much prejudiced against me, unhapS? 
 o listen to what I can offer ; yet i may please 
 lier bet er than what she proposes. She W 
 good interest with Master Edi^und Tressilian 
 and could doubtless prevail on him to consei t to 
 be her companion to Lidcote Hall, and there she 
 might remain in safety until time jiermi ted t e 
 development of tins mystery ' 
 
 Leicester was silent, but stood looki-.ig eagerly 
 
 ILt^' '","' ■^7' ^^'"^''^ ^^'""'^d suddenly to 
 glow as much with suspicion as with pleasure. 
 . The ouiitess only said, 'Would to God I were 
 iho'^il'":;,''""'^'-^^'-" I left it,'l m 
 behS mc ! ' "'""^' ^''''' °^ """d ^»d honour 
 
 ' DonUln^.f^T'"'^'-!/"^^! ^ *°"« °f deliberation. 
 
 Doubtless this will make it necessary to take 
 
 trangers into mv- lord's counsels ; but sueK 
 
 the countess w. be warrant for the honour 
 
 famiS '-!L^''''''^'"" ^"^ ^"•^^' °'' l>«r father's 
 
 T J./i'rf •/'■■'"'"^V ''"'• Leicester; 'by Heaven 
 I will strike my dagger into thee if aeain hTo 
 namest Tressilian as "a partner of my co^unsels "' 
 And wherefore not ? ' said the countess 'un- 
 ss they be counsels fitter for such as Varney 
 than for a man of stainless honour and inteeritv 
 
 =Ss'S Z^""' 'r-f "%^"^^y brows oC; 
 ?. , ^ ""*"' and It IS I who sneak :<• T 
 once did Tressilian wrontr for vour sake-Iwil 
 not do him the further injustice of beiL silent 
 when his honour is brought in question " I 2 
 forbear,' she said, looking at Varney ": to pul" 
 
II uurnest— Varney is my 
 it, trusted in my liecnest 
 one my right hand than 
 put. You liavu no cause 
 
 , my lord,' rejilied tlic 
 ! sliakis even under tliat 
 it he that is necessary as 
 
 • Kalety, is tree from any 
 y he bo true to you ; and 
 1st liini not too much or 
 h to say, tliat I will not 
 
 violence, nor would I 
 
 husband, were all ' 
 
 ecei)tion, madam,' said 
 !• opposition, ' necessary 
 angered by you through 
 ■cmature desire to seiM 
 fo you title, only under 
 lage, tor a time, should 
 proposal disgust you, it 
 ; on both of us. There 
 must do what your own 
 lered necessary— I com- 
 
 Miands, my lord,' said 
 loso of honour and eon- 
 his instance, obey you. 
 T ■^'ishonour, to which 
 
 III !ly tend, but I will 
 'Sh mine. How could 
 owledge me as a pure 
 to share your fortunes, 
 
 haracter, I had strolled 
 edged wife of such a 
 iivant Varney ? ' 
 interi)osing, ' my lady 
 fjainst me, unhappily, 
 i'er ; yet it may please 
 e proposes. She has 
 
 • Edmund Tressilian, 
 1 on him to consent to 
 te Hall, and there she 
 til time permitted the 
 
 stood looki'.ig eagerly 
 seemed suddenly to 
 >n as with pleasure. 
 Would to God I were 
 hen I left it, I little 
 e of mind and honour 
 
 tone of deliberation. 
 
 it necessary to take 
 counsels ; but surely 
 ant for the honour 
 such of her father's 
 
 icester ; ' by Heaven, 
 thee, if again thou 
 ler of my counsels ! ' 
 d the countess ; 'uu- 
 for such as Varney, 
 lonour and integrity. 
 > angry brows on me 
 I who speak it I 
 )r your sake— I will 
 isticc of being silent 
 in question. I can 
 It Varney, 'to pull 
 
 K-ENn.ll'ORTII 
 
 
 325 
 
 "'B?S!!^S'£?^SB 
 
 Leicester win „ , '^'"' ^^'alkcf up to 
 
 anrhX" \,?,rirn'i S\^ 'l'«"i«ed'air, 
 vni.i tn =i,ni.„ Ii ■ '*"°"g altection essayed in 
 
 r^tit;;^'h^i^ip™"^^Vorr"'""^^r'''"'^ 
 
 mind mv lo,l • ^ -j ." '"^^'^ «roke your 
 
 ;!^hXirthp,s''i'{;,ST^'f'''^'^«' 
 
 unable to con '-^ ^J,,' *°""!' '"y^e'*' 
 I would sav- Vas hiSft'S;:''' ','''' •^""' 
 whichIo,,octiotbuKiSiX vo""wni 
 
 evilJ'mv r^J'.''?" '»'* """^ ^■i"«o for all these 
 evils my lord,' she proceeded, 'and it r .. vi'! 
 
 tyranny oi^these^dis^a^efui tr'Jmmes 'Tell'': 
 
 u^t:j%T,,r"',°' 4»'y i-'^^h of 
 
 'r7'^f;:si''i:::i!!;:r,;i=,;;::;i:l„j'*^- 
 tj;^sj,:;:^;:.,i:>c-;;;„,.i;^,;;: 
 
 ■St rely ; lor, as things stand, I may be mid 
 pnsonerm my own castle.' '">y "« umiIc 
 
 0, my good lord,' said Amy, 'nnke .,n 
 fa.^tion in a peaceful state ! There is o (We ,1 
 
 lession-smce it must bo eallcil so L J',, 
 ow 1 nf- „, ^' ''"™ I ''"' ^° Vindicate as mine 
 
 iuio« now (,ii lus own pardon was included in 
 
 S"',; fio™ ,"''¥,' '■•'' "f » ii'«" s;° 
 
 I'ut that he cared not to take el arge of Tt sSl 
 
 - J'n!^' "'«,l'V:k<'t «hall be delivered '^ 
 . lanks, good JIaster Serving-man ' sai,] tl,p 
 boy and was out of sight in an H.stant. ^ '''' 
 
 to^:rS'1i-;:f>7:-^:ir-^^;'>-^ty steps 
 
 1-i.e^vhich-had co.^^uA:S. tsS7 
 
326 
 
 IVA VERI.EY NO VELS 
 
 i^:. 
 
 ili 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 WiNTicKs Tale. 
 
 They were no sooner in thoearl'.s cabinet, than 
 t^Ajnglus taLlets from hi.s pocket, he b™,^ 
 
 hni.soK : Ihere are many of them close bounden 
 
 Lh'o.li'"'.\'"'''"'^ ";"?" "' ^°^^ ^■^''^te and 
 mv be n.lV ""'"/"■''°' ' they look bark towards 
 n L blf ;."'■ '"'T''^ ^^.r''^^ the perils whiel, 
 n2,l 1 themselves, will not, I think, be dis- 
 postd to see me stagger unsupported. Let me 
 see-Knolhs is sure, and through his mca s 
 
 ^sl^of\iS/^'^^'^^T"T''>' ^-'^-"^"j' >» « 
 
 isle 01 Wiglit — .My brother-in-law Hu'itii - 
 don, and Pembroke^ have author ty in Wa'l 
 Through Bedford I lead the purita.Is, witj, hen- 
 nterest, so powerful in all the boroughs- My 
 brother of Warwick is equal, well-nigh, to n / 
 s , in we.lth, followers, and dependencies! 
 Sir Owen Hopton is at my devotion ; ho com- 
 mands the Tower of London, and the at.oZl 
 treasure deposited there-My father and g and. 
 
 bln'l'^"'r.': ^" ^r' '^'"oped their heads 
 nri s S'v l'\*'"^ *'^"' ''T'-'^'^'^t their enter- 
 fi!l> T y '?"'^ >'°" ■'° «ad, Varney i I tell 
 thee, a tree so deep rooted is not so easily to be 
 torn up by the tempest i ' ^ 
 
 passion and then resumed the same look of 
 despondency which Leicster had before noted. 
 
 1 I.' Repeated Leicester; 'and wherefore 
 alas. Sir RiCard ? Doth yom- new s S of 
 
 wtn 7n^'^"° T' "'«'^'°"^ ejaculation 
 when a noble struggle is impending « Or i 
 alas means thou wilt llinch from tlie conflict 
 thou mayes eave the castle, or go jo'ii Se 
 enemies, whichever thou thinkest irest.' 
 
 ' Varnev whl",'^ l°'S answered his confidant ; 
 Varney will be found lighting or dying by your 
 side, lorgive me, if in love to you, f see more 
 fully than your noble heart permits you to do 
 the inextricable difficulties w?ith wl ie^h you are 
 surrounded. You are strong, my loid and 
 powerful ; yet, let me say it^ witlfout olTen e 
 you are so only by the /eflected light of the 
 queens favour. While yon are ElLbetl I's 
 favourite, you are all, save in name, IJke an 
 actual sovereign. Hut let her call back the 
 honours she has bestowed, and the prophet's 
 gourd did not wither more suddenly. ^ dKo 
 against the queen, and I do not say tl at n 
 the wide nation, or in this province alone you 
 would find yourself instantly deserted and o^°t 
 numbered; but I will say, that ev n in th s 
 very castle, and in the midst of your vassal 
 kinsmen, and dependents, you wofUd be a cap! 
 tive, nay a sentenced captive, should she please 
 tr^ *^' T"^- '^'^'"'^ "P°» Norfolk^ my 
 n ?~^i f W "' »'T"i"^ Northumberland-tTie 
 .sph Jid Westmoreland ;-think on all who have 
 rna-^ head against this sage princess. They are 
 dead, captive, or fugitive. This is not like other I 
 thrones, which can be overturned by a eon.Wna 
 
 ton of powcrfu nobles; tl,o broad foundations 
 which su,,port it are in the e.xten.led love and 
 a( eetions of the j-eople. Von n i'ht s „,, if 
 with Elizabeth if -ou' would; bui la! h ' yo . ,' 
 no any other power, foreign or doniesticf W 
 ava 1 to overthrow, or even to shako it.' 
 
 ilo paused and Leicester threw his tablets 
 from him w-ith an air of reckless despite 'It 
 may bo as thou sayest,' he said; 'and,' n sooth 
 I care not whether truth or cowardice .Hctato 
 thy forebodings. But it shall not be sai. ' I 111 
 mv ehin ^t''"gglo-Gi;ve orders, that those o 
 } letaine rs who served under me in Ireland be 
 gradually drawn into the main keep, and le our 
 gentlemen and friends stand on thd giiai 1, ami 
 
 lloueis of Sussex. J'ossess the townspeople 
 uh some apprehension; let them take ar-iis 
 and be ready, at a given signal, to overpo e^ 
 the Pensioners and VeonnM. oTtlie Guard ' 
 
 AUti the same appearance of deep and melnn 
 to piepaie (or disarming the Queen's guard. It 
 I'ss brryS' *'■"""' '"' ^"" ^l-lFneverth. 
 'I care not,' said Leicester desperately ;—' I 
 I'nust on.' ''""'' '' ^'^■■'^ '"^' ™" '-^^^« ">« ; 
 Here there was another pause, which Varnev 
 at length broke with the following words •-•]^ 
 IS come to the point I have long dreaded I 
 mus either witness, like an un.Tateful beast 
 the downfall of the best and kinde o maste s 
 t e,lf"'Vr^'^^^■'"^t I would have buHedTn 
 
 reni;rrl'H,i' ".at thou sayest, or wouldstsay?' 
 leplied the earl ; ' we have no time to waste on 
 words, when the times call us to action.' 
 
 My speech is soon made, my lord-would to 
 God It were as soon ans«-ered \ Your marriace 
 IS the sole ,.u,.se of the threatened brerdi vhh 
 your sovereiK my lord, is it not ? ' 
 
 ■wrT ^"'"'".'t 't is!' replied Leicester 
 
 < Ji-'^t "eeds s. fVuitless a question ? ' 
 
 [ 1 ardon me, my lord,' said Varney ; ' the use 
 
 es .ere. Men will wager their lands' and lives 
 
 n defence of a rich diamond, my lord ; but were 
 
 It not first prudent to look if ^here is no flaw 
 
 ' What means this ? ' said Leicester, with eves 
 
 Ei;??,';";.^-'"""*"'^ ••'■»■'■-» s 
 
 'Thou nia.yest happen to deserve it at mv 
 hamy said the earl ; 'but speak on, I .viUl^^r 
 
 ' Nay, then niy lord, I will be bold. I sneak 
 for my own life as well as for your ordsh^nV 
 I Ike not this ladv's tampering and tricks erint 
 with this same Ecfmund Tressilian. You k"ow 
 urn, my lord. You know he had formerly an 
 interest in her, which it cost your lordshu some 
 pains to super.sede. You know the eagerness 
 with which he has pressed on the suit aS 
 me ,n behalf of this lady, the open objfeTof 
 
' ; I lie broad fmiiulations 
 11 till! fxtoiided love and 
 u. You iiiiglit share it 
 vould ; Ijiit iieitlicr yours 
 oreign or domestic, will 
 vun to shake it.' 
 Jester threw Ids tablets 
 at' leckless despite. ' It 
 ho said; 'and, in .sooth, 
 ith or cowardice dictate 
 t shall not be sail' I lell 
 ve orders, that tlioso of 
 
 under nie in Ireland be 
 3 main keep, and lot our 
 and on their guard, and 
 e-^ted an onset from the 
 'ossess tlie townspeople 
 
 ; iet them take ar'ns, 
 'n signal, to overpo ,-er 
 1011 of the Guard.' 
 my lord,' said Varney, 
 00 of deep and inelan- 
 i have given nie orders 
 the Queen's guard. It 
 but you shall neverthe- 
 
 ester desperately ;— ' J 
 d me, ruin before me ; 
 
 I- ])ause, which Variiey 
 following words: — 'It 
 have long dreaded. I 
 3 an ungrateful beast, 
 nd kindest of masters, 
 ^vould have buried in 
 Id by any other mouth 
 
 ^est, or wouldst say ? ' 
 
 no time to waste on 
 
 1 us to action,' 
 
 Je, my lord— would to 
 ;red ! Your nuirriage 
 ireatened breach with 
 5 it not ? ' 
 
 ! ' replied Leicester, 
 question ? ' 
 
 iid Varney ; ' the use 
 tlieir lands and lives 
 d, my loi'd ; but were 
 'k if there is no flaw 
 
 1 Leicester, with eyes 
 lent ; ' of whom dost 
 
 ss Amy, my lord, of 
 nd to speak ; and of 
 yom lordship to kill 
 
 o deserve it at my 
 speak on, I will hear 
 
 ill be bold. I speak 
 for your lordship'.s. 
 •ing and tricks,:ering 
 sssilian. You know 
 he had formoi'ly an 
 ■- your lordslup some 
 know the eagerness 
 on the suit a.jainst 
 i;lio open object of 
 
 h'ENIUVORTir 
 
 M IS to dnvo your lordship to an avowal 
 of what I must ever call your' n.ost unla , v 
 marriage the point to which my lady a so 's 
 wi Img, at any risk, to urge you.' ^ 
 
 wen"Sd's!l"R!T"t'"'""!"y- 'T'">"">t"anest 
 yll, good 6ir Kichard, and woiddst, I think 
 sa nhce thino own honour, as well as that o a v 
 other person, to save me from what thou tldnk' ^ 
 « step so terrible. Hut, romen.ber,'-ho ,okn 
 these words with the n.ost stern dec siom-'' vou 
 .siHak of the Countess of Leicester. ' ^ 
 
 .327 
 
 1 do, my lord,' said Varnev • 'In.*- if ; r 
 to welfare ^f the Earl ofY'^it'or. ' llMt 
 I'Ut begun I do most strongly believe that th s 
 Tr ssdian has from the beginning of his moS 
 
 ihiSnunS'^"^°""'™"-'^'^^"^-"»S' 
 
 -;^Xr^e'sr^.e^:£-,v;:r^;S 
 
 could they communicate togetlior ? ' 
 
 si.owte'1;:^tl;:;iri;^:'::'iST'r ^r' 
 
 sui.plicationwasm.esenied't^^ SeJl;:-^,;;'^ 
 s.hans name, tf.at I met 1-im, to my ,! '"■ 
 astonishment, at the postern--ato wh Zl „! i 
 liom the demesne at Cumnoi I>7ace ' ^" 
 
 -SjiiSilJiiS'^i^iJhrL^^^cS 
 
 S^thT" ' stumbling-block in yiur'Zi: 
 At^ttn"', ''""''' ^^T^ dumb with suriuise 
 
 . ui , "'''examine coldly and warilv— 
 
 coldly and war ly.' Ho roncitefl tl „.l ^T 
 
 again, 'What further prooP' ' " "'''"' 
 
 Mough, my lord,' said Varnev 'and fn 
 
 But my servant, Michael Lambourne, witnessed 
 
 baSed f^Io" h./^T"^' '■ f '"ft'""ff of a do- 
 acquainted Lord Leicester how easy it w.l ." 
 
 iaid Leicester sternly. ' Whv diVl nil if 
 
 'neoau.se, my lord,' replio.l Varnev ' Ihe 
 
 lioiiour as thou hast said i Metl ks I o w'ii 
 
 lime \Mtii such a person as Ticssilian witlmnf 
 
 injury to me or suspicion to herseil^' ' °"^ 
 
 iiosionlcss, my lord,' answere.l Varney 
 
 inakes his way to\ho L t ,^, IL 
 
 S\t^teeS';h!:s^''ii;^^^^ 
 
 ^"!n^di^,t^''^"''^''''-'^'^'«-^''--^ 
 
 'si'lrt,,-! 7'""';"?'' thee,' said Leicester; 
 ^ speak ,Nhilc 1 retain sense enough to hea.: 
 
 'Since it must be so,' answered Varnev 'the 
 
 fe/lhu'l. ;r1"*^'^ ^" ^'^ -^I-Snt'o 
 iiossuian, uhore she remained many hours 
 
 partly in company with him, and partfy a°o e' 
 
 hlmbeZ-l'^'a""/'^'' ^1 rara'mou/in I'lis 
 cnamoei - 1 httle dreamed that paramour 
 
 ' biif it'' uT^ '™"]'','^ ■'*■''>'' ' ''"^"•^■•^d Leicester ; 
 A, bit L ^'''' '" '' "** t''° «"'°l<o of hell 
 Ambitious she may be-fickle and impatient- 
 t.s a woman's fault ; but false to me '-neve? 
 
 s;;ri:^ir'-"'^^^°°^°^*^'^^^''^- 
 ^:sAp »sir:;tst^s^tf;r 
 
 noon-Lambourne and the warcler l^tlf (b , ,1 
 
 . ^ as Tressihan there with her ? ' said Leicester 
 ill the same hurried tone. i^eicester, 
 
 Varne°; "^^fhn'A ^^"^T"^' remember, ' answered 
 
 Nichoks Rln, ■}' '"^"i ^'""^ "'8 '* 1^''^"''' "-if' Sir 
 JNicholas Blount, under a species of arrest.' 
 
 Did Carrol, or the other fellows, know who 
 she was ? demanded Leicester, 
 the ,v' v{ '"'•f replied Varney; 'Carrol and 
 ttio u aider had never seen the countess anr 
 Lambourne knew her not in her dS ;' but'' 
 in seeking to prevent her leaving the ce 1 he 
 obtained possession of one of her gloves which 
 I thuik, your lordship may know ' ' 
 
328 
 
 H^A VF.Kl. F.y NO VELS 
 
 lie cavo tho clove wliicli 
 J{n8«oiI Stair, tlif cairs iiiiprp.ss, oinhroidcrpd 
 
 I. 
 
 ^ 
 
 i?lovo which liad tlio Hoar and 
 Ug«od Stair, tlif ca " ' 
 updii it ill sued iiciiils. 
 
 'I do, 1 do rcco^'iiist it,' said Li'icnstPi- 
 ' Ihry wore my own ^{ilt. 'J'iie |',.|lo\v of it was 
 oil the ami wliiidi she threw this very day 
 itrouiKl my iipok ! '—Hi. sjioiie tliis with violent 
 u|4itation. 
 
 'Your lordship,' said Varnuy, 'might yet 
 furthiT inquire of the lady licrsolf, rosijectinir 
 tlie truth of these i)assa;/es. 
 
 'It needs not- it needs not,' said tlio tortured 
 earl; 'it is written in charaeteis of hurniii" 
 light, us if tlicy were branded on my very eyo° 
 balls ! I see iier infamy -I c -i see nought else • 
 and —gracious Heaven I-for this vile woman 
 was I about to commit t laiigei the lives of so 
 many nohle frieii Is-shako tho foundation of a 
 lawlul throne — carry the sword and torch 
 thromdi the bosom of a jteaceful land— wron.^ 
 the kind mistress who made mo what I am - 
 and would, but tor that hell-frained marria.'e 
 have made me all that man can be ! All this I 
 was ready to do for a woman, who trinkets and 
 traffics with my worst foes I -And thou, villain, 
 why didst thou not sjieak sooner ? ' 
 
 'My lord,' said Varncy, 'a tear from my lady 
 would have blotted out all I could have sai(h 
 Hesides, I had not these proofs until tlr's vi'iy 
 morning, when Anthony Foster's sudden uriival, 
 with the examinations an<l declarations, which 
 he had extorted from the innkeeper Oosliii.' 
 and others, explained the manner of her flight 
 from Cuninor I'laco, and my own researches 
 discov-ered the steps wliich she luid taken here ' 
 'Aow, may God be praised for the light ho 
 has given ! so full, so satisfactory, that there 
 breathes not a man in England who shall call 
 niy iiroceediiig rash, or my revenge unjust.— 
 And j-et, \ arney, so young, so fair, so fawnin" 
 and so false ! Hence, then, her hatred to thee 
 my trusty, my well-belovcd servant, because 
 you withstood her plots, and ondangorod her 
 jiaraniour's life ! ' 
 
 ' I never gave her any other cause of dislike, 
 my lord, replied Variiey ; ' but she knew that 
 my counsels went directly to diminish her in- 
 lluence with your lordshij) ; and that I was, and 
 have been, ever ready to peril my life against 
 your enemies.' 
 
 ^ ' It is too, too apparent,' replied Leicester ; 
 yet, with what an air of magnanimity she 
 exhorted me to commit my head to the Queen's 
 mercy, rather than wear tho veil of falsehood a 
 moment longer ! Methinks tho angel of truth 
 himself can have no such tones of high-souled 
 impulse. Can it be so, Varney ?— Can falsehood 
 use tiius lioldly the language of truth ?— Can 
 infamy thus assume the guise of purity? — 
 \ arney, thou hast been my servant from a child 
 rTT • , ^'" '''^'*"'^ *'"^'' high— can raise thee higher 
 Ihink think for me! Thy brain was ever 
 shrewd and inercing— May .she not be innocent ? 
 1 rove her .so, and all I have yet done for thee 
 shall be as nothing— nothing— in comparison of 
 thy recompense ? ' 
 
 The agony with which his master spoke had 
 .some eireet even on the hardened Varney, wlio, 
 in tlio midst of liis own wicked and ambitious 
 designs, really loved his patroj) a,s well as such 
 
 a wretch was capable of loving anything : but 
 he comforted himself, and siibdnecf his s.'lf-rc- 
 proaches, with the letlection, that if he inflicted 
 tijioii the earl sr.nie immediate and transitory 
 pain, It was iii order to j,ave his way to the 
 throne, which, were this maniage dis.solved by 
 death (ir otiierwise, he deenirl Rlizabeth would 
 willingly share with bis bi'iiclaetor. He there- 
 lore persevered in his diabolical policy ; and 
 after a moment's consideration, Hii.swered tho 
 anxious (pierii's of the earl with a melaiielioly 
 look, lis il he had in vain souglit some exculpa- 
 tion lor the (;oiiiif. s ; then suddenly raising liis 
 head, he .said witi. ,ai expression of lioiie, which 
 instantly communicated itself to the countenance 
 ol hi.s patron-' Yet wherefore, if guilty, should 
 she have jierilled herself by coming hither V 
 \\ by not rather l.av. lied iu her father's or idse^ 
 where y — though that, indeed, might have 
 interfered with her desire to bo acknowlcdacd 
 as (,ountess of Leicester.' 
 
 ' True, true, true ! ' exclaimed Leicester liis 
 transient gl..am of hope giving way to the ut- 
 most bitterness of feeling and exjiression ; ' thou 
 art not fit to fathom a woman's dejitli of wit 
 \ arney. I .sec it all. She would not quit the 
 estate and title of the wittol who had wedded 
 her. Ay and if in my madness I had starte.i 
 into rebellion, or if the angry (,)iieen had taken 
 my liead, as she this morninf; threatened, the 
 wea thy dower which law would have assimied 
 to the Countess Dowager of Leicester, had been 
 no bad windfall to the beggarly Tre.ssilian. 
 Weil miglit she goad me on to danger, which 
 could not end otherwise than profitably to her 
 -Speak not for her, Varncy ! I will have her 
 l>loo(l ! 
 
 'Sly lord," replied Varney, 'the wildncss of 
 your distress breaks forth in the wildness of 
 your language.' 
 ^ ' I say, .speak not for her ! ' replied Leicester ; 
 
 slie ha.s dishonoured me- she would have 
 murdered me— all ties are burst between us 
 hlic shall die the death of a traitress and 
 adulteress, well merited both by the laws of 
 (.0. and n>an ! And-what is this casket,' he 
 .said ^viiich was even now thru.st into my 
 hand by a boy, with tlio desire I would convey 
 It to Iressihan, as he could not give it to the 
 countess ? By Heaven ! the words surprised mo 
 as he spoke them, though other matters chased 
 tliem from my brain ; but now they return with 
 rloublo force.— It is her casket of jewels »— Force 
 It o{)en Varney ; force the hinges open with thy 
 jioniard. ^ 
 
 'She refused the aid of my dagger once," 
 thought \ arney, as he unsheathed the weaiion 
 to cut the string which bound a letter, 'but 
 now it shall work a mightier ministry in her 
 fortunes.' '' 
 
 "With this reflection, bv using the three- 
 cornered stiletto -blade as a wedge, he forced 
 open the slender silver liinges of the casket 
 The ear no sooner saw them give way, than 
 he snatched tho casket from Sir Richard's hand 
 wrenched off the cover, and, tearing out the 
 splendid contents, fiune them on the floor ii- 
 a transport of rage, while he eagerly searched 
 f;or some letter or billet, wliich should make the 
 fancied ginlt of his innocent countess yet more 
 
A'Em/jroKTi/ 
 
 apparent. Thm sta.nr.i.iK Inrionsly on f l,o p^ms 
 '■'' ' I. ins I iinniliiliitf Hi., niiscidhlo 
 
 839 
 
 lie ('X('Iainic( 
 
 ('>}■■;< for wl„ h t|,„„ hast solVi thynHr, ImkIv and 
 sun consiKn..! tl.ysoir to an raily an.l tin .. loss 
 M an.l nw. f. n.isrry an-l ronforsr tor ovr, ' 
 .loomed'!' ""* "'' '"'^'^■•■'"■■^^' N'^in^y-Sln, is 
 So saying, he loft the room, and rnsh..,l into 
 umrilC' '"*' ^''" '^""'•"f «•''*'■••' l'« locked 
 VaniPV looked after him, wliilo soni..thin« of 
 a more hnnian feeling se,.M„.d to contend witli 
 liis habitua sneer. ' I an, sorry for his wak 
 n.< he said, ' hnt love has nm.re hin, a elii ,1 
 lie throws .io«-n and tn'a.ls on tlies,. ...stlv toys 
 -with the same veh..mence would he ,lash ti) 
 p.ece.s tins ra> est toy of ail, of which h,' s.' 
 ravo so „n.lly. Unt that taste also wil e 
 orgotten when its ol.Ject is no more We 
 he has no eye to value things as they deserve 
 and that nature has given to Varn,.y. \V ,!,; 
 
 li Ueot'th "" '" ''r'''^''^' '»' "'"think as 
 little of the gales o( ,,tt.ssion through which 1m 
 gained that royal ,,..rt, as ev..r ,^,rl sa 1 , 
 larhotir of the perils of a v.,yag... Hut h.'s 
 el-tak, articles must not reinai,U,ere-t ley ar ■ 
 
 While Varney was eniploye.l in gatlierin-r to- 
 gether ami imtting then, into a secn.t .1 a w^r "l 
 a eahinet tfiat chanced to he open, 1... saw the 
 door of Leicester's closet open, the ta s rv 
 pushed aside, and the earl'.s face thrust ot 
 mt with eyes so .lead, an.i lips and cl e.'ks so 
 loodlessand pale, that he started at tli sudden 
 d'ange No sooner did his eys encountei the 
 earls ha„ the latter withdrew his S and 
 shut the do,.r of the closet. This i antim 
 Leicester repeated twice, without speaking a 
 word, .so that Varney began to doul t wl eti.er 
 .13 brain was not actually affected by his men a 
 agony. The third time,1,owever, hi eckoned 
 
 he soon found fiis patron's pertnibation was no 
 
 pose which he entertained, contending w t h 
 \arioiis contrary passions. They passed a f 
 hour in close consultation ; after^vlS he % 
 
 himself, and went to attend his royal giiest 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 Macheth. 
 
 It was afterwards remembered, that durinc 
 the banquets and revels which occupied th? 
 remainder of this eventfal day, the bearL ni' 
 Leicester and Varney was totaJl'y different "von 
 i,n')"'u ^ domeanour. Sir Ric4rd Varn y had 
 b n held rather a man of counsel and of act on 
 than a votary of pleasure. Business, wheth"; 
 s2r°/ "^•^'^'^'•y. f «:ned always to be his proper 
 sphere ; and while in festivals and revels al 
 hough he well understood how to trick them" 
 up and present then, his own part was thai 
 
 of a more spectator ; or if he exereise.l his wit 
 
 «as in a rough, .,,ustir, ,,,,.1 ,s,.v..r,. n ,u, e ■' 
 
 . heras,Mi..s,.,,,|e,|,,, ,1 xhibi.i.m 1. ; 
 
 *^ .,' """.^'""■'"' tl',. .■ommun ph.asure. 
 
 .tnponth..,,n.s.M.t.layIn-..^l^ 
 < flange . II,. „„x,,| among fheyoniiL'..r..oiMti, IS 
 and la.li..s, an.l appeared h,r tlf.. n m, i 
 
 ..tuat...ibyaspirit'ofiight.iH.,!;;..f';r;, i,'h 
 
 eider,.. Inn, a nml,.h for the liveli,.st.^ Tl , se 
 
 >ho ha.l lo.,kcd upon him as a man .'ivei ,m 
 
 to graver an.! mo,,, ambitious pursiii H^ b t tt 
 
 sneen.r and passer of sarcasm, „ f, .', , .^o f 
 
 pu.tned With ast.m,shnie,it that his wit ...,nl,l 
 
 '" "•'* JiNcly, and h,s bi,,w as un.luud.il lu. 
 whatartof.lann,ab|,.hypoe,.isyho'co 1,1,.^ 
 thi-s eil of gaict.. over the blmk thouL'hfs of 
 ;'"' "' '" "■"••«t 01 hnn.nn bosoms, nVi s m „ 
 
 n.ntell,g,bl.. to all but his comp....,s u " 
 Mleh ..ver e.xiste.l ; but he was a man of extra 
 .rdnmry powei's, an.l those j,ower.s were , 
 
 It was .ntirely ,lilIe,ont with L..i(.ester II.,w 
 ever habituated his min.l usually was to play; 
 pai tola good conrtie,. an.l ap,,ear gay as'i 1 i 
 
 n, . '"'/""."''■'•' "''il'' his boson, in- 
 am jition, ji.ulousy, or reseiitn,ei,t, his In.ait had 
 lowa yet mo,.,. ,l,,.a,lfu| guest, ^'l.:^. ,' L ng 
 could not b,. oversha.low,..! or s,ip,„-ossed • a.tl 
 
 ^;row""tft r'.i" '''r ^■■'™"' "r an.l tioi'ib 
 
 low, that his thoughts weie flir absent fVon 
 
 lie .scenes ,n which he was compelH ,« i, J^j ■ 
 
 to Phiy a part. He look,,!, n.ove.l ami s,S 
 
 as 11 U a succession of continued effort ami it 
 
 oemcj as ,( his will had in some ^, ios hj 
 
 lMomi,t,tu.le of command over the acute mi, ,1 
 
 aiid g..odly form of which it was tl rej "' 
 
 His a<^t,o„s an.i gestures, instead „| ,.p3,Ve 
 
 the consequence of si,„pk. v„liti„„, , .,,, „!^" ^f 
 
 omTinte™:)"*"""^'""' '° ""'' 'he' r..vZ ioi of 
 .some internal machinc-y ce they ...mid )„. ,„.,. 
 M„.d : and his wor.ls fell from him pie, 'mea 
 s"["';l';^,1:,^'"= '-d first to thiii whaT he 
 
 If after all' u '"'I ' '™' ^" '"^ '""'•' =""• ^^ 
 at'tc, tim, i, I °"'^ 'y "," ^""'-t of ^'""timied 
 f< rS Z i!f/, 'i'j ^""'P'^'ted a sentence without 
 lorgttting both the one and the other 
 
 Ihe singular effects which tl„>se distractions 
 
 V .Son'?;;,"' "^r "^ '"'^-■""■- «-' ^o 
 
 veisation of the mo.st acconip ished courtier of 
 Lnglan, , as they wc'e visible o tC owest 
 and dullest n,enial who app.-oachpd his , Son 
 mil.l ,,ot escape the no'tice of the mo i' 
 telhgcnt princess of the age. Nor is t^ere tb^ 
 
 rris; ofi!i^^'^ '^'^^''^^^ ^^^:t:i 
 
 S S /,,. '"'""'"' "0"^ have calle.1 
 down Elizabeth's severe displeasure on the Ear 
 
 account't;'it Y '* "^* "^""•■•^'' *" ^er to 
 sfonnAi I • ^1 «"'Pl»sing that the apprehen- 
 fZS^Y ^'^.I>!'^««"'-« "-Well she ha.l e^P« d 
 towams him wuii .ud. vivacity that very mora 
 ing, was dwelling upon the spirits of her favoS' 
 and, spite of his efforts to the contrary, dtstra ted 
 
 rmrofffr'"' *'^"T-°^ ^"« mL and the 
 cliaims of Ins conversation. AVhen this idea, 
 
.ISO 
 
 j.i !,. 
 
 Hi-: 
 
 H<i /IftttoririK to femaln vanity l,„,i ,„„.„ ,. : 
 posseMioi, oc I,,,,. ,„i,,,l , ',"'"" ''"''^'"'"■'' 
 
 '"•■"t that, H ' • ' '.r;?:'' ^^'Z ' "'<l""iHh. 
 
 UsuallyoxtionielviiiiiH. , i . '"-" •*''" "■"•i 
 
 ontluf...ntn"y/t ' ri'';;ii^^^ 
 
 to re.,.oll,.„t Ini. s,.lC wP ,1 ',""' *""' "'""" 
 
 Ft anotlJ^/anlnifi^^^isS'''"''^ 
 u dilli-'ivnt apart nL.t-^ '"'"'' "'^'' ''"" '" 
 
 to h!:;::;;;:^::!; til v'LTT/"'';^ '•«"--> 
 
 it woro l.y ins i'nc 1 ' """ ^," ^^'"'"''•aw, as 
 
 ttlwnt hiniHolC lor a ,',(•. 1 " ''"^''■" '" 
 
 pressing i.nporlanc' '"" ' N"»co uj.on n.atters oC 
 
 ou;'^;.":^^';;:,:r'iJ|?° 9"->' V wo are aware 
 
 '^x,..Hi,Jo^rr"SS"" ''"''''1' '""' -'" 
 'o'' on tho insVa, t 'V n "T'''i''^" ^" '""^''''■'1 
 havousl,.li,vo ;mA- ,;,.u.^, ■''- "' ^■"" """I'l 
 K"est,weentr.a ^ouriS''?:'^'^'';''^^ 
 
 countenance, than wo lVav« 1 .' ^'""' «"'"' 
 for wl.oth.r ,rin"' or , Zhm'' / "^ ""•'"^'^'^ ^ 
 welcoino of hn hosf\. I'l '"-' «""-"*f- tli" 
 
 part of tl.. ,k. td ,, 'i/'";'"^'' '"' "'" '"■"''• 
 we trust to o you t n l „• H ' "'^ '"'■'' ' '""1 
 brow, and tl.ose li°e t ho t t w i i" """'•'"''l^l 
 tolmvoatthedisr^Xfy!^; S,^:'!-- 
 Leicester on v lowcl 1,,,,/ ""■"^'*'' 
 
 ment he was n>, L V'arSnv u'."" "^ "''; "l,""'*- 
 J-,apar,a„dwi^s;S^-tS'yn:; 
 
 'lias Masters seen her?' said thecarl 
 ansSt^',S''l';'Sr ^''^ "•"•''''''«'"- 
 refusal, lie \vi .;;""' fb^l'r'^ ''"'^■''"! '■"' '">'• 
 labours under a n enta li. , ""°"^ ,*'"^^ ''*''« 
 best conimitted trtho.S; ';• T"^ ""*>' ''" 
 The opportunity k AL • f *" ''"' '"O'l'is. 
 as we p?oS^ '' *^''^'"'^'-° "•««, to remove her 
 
 'S"*')^"!^'^:!^-'!/ Leicester. 
 
 lbat.iflu,gavo o wiv '"V' "' 'W'''tinn, 
 
 ''dannouurcd, anduhi.'l 
 
 i"'h \yas instant 
 
 ' Hn «.; 1 r ■^*'" i^eicestor. 
 
 very evening, and tllnorJotirstll'K.d 
 
 take'llg^'nTc'^o^'hi^nl'Tdtf ^^'"^^'^ = '^ -'1 
 'You in V In J , '"' """'' own hand f 
 
 as TSlla^ "I'^^ntTord t/'ll'T "^'^ '' '-" 
 to visit foreign larts ^ Su^ A' • ^'"' ^°n«^vished 
 
 LeieSor ^I'7colSdenb'le l^"'^y ' n ''^'^I'^^^J 
 that hath had noivprf. ^? y°" "*" ''n «""emy, 
 
 n>y whole after^ir nusTl'"' '" '^"^r'^' *''^^ 
 
 -ur.eia:!^re^iri^,j>^i^^^^^^ 
 
 will li I 
 
 tl." earl-H rage s ,„ . "'"' ''"" '"''"*••"'• Hut 
 
 'j-Tijico;.^;::^ ':n:'whi''K''"''t''^7'^' 
 
 eyes shot lir... ],is voice (.,„ ''. Np„ke, his 
 
 1-i-, a., rheii;;;^^or£: ;:; ti:^^^ "'■ 
 
 bonr „| ..motion _' Mv ^ '"" ''''"" '" this 
 
 Klass, and think if t'o J,?, ,,,'■.'''';''"" '," """ 
 t" ""0 who, in a r,in t,",?^ l'''''i ''''''"'^■^ belong 
 
 onorn.ingarc:i:;i;!;xr],3];v'^'-''p'''''« 
 
 •^"bjeet of n.y servant ;''~^''" '"'"'"■'■'>' ""-' 
 
 "•'^^^r"'uSf'.So,';'"''''^ "'•"''>•• ■'^"•bo 
 
 loi.l I v., I '"'>"'"■""■" Pa^ion. Mv 
 
 b<;wi"!:uC.n.^r[r'''r'^''"'''''^'-- 
 
 <io to Kli^ibe 1 's i-^r n " ""-■•''tornioffury. 
 
 -and avow vou th ,, n '"'•','"""'• «» adultery 
 ^^■'""' who ^, ,■ "^ "°S'" ^'°T" ''^'•''■•^' "'" 
 
 V '.r.iey, with a ti I ,. i 'r^''" "'' ^'^'"^'''J 
 o" liini. He scrv , , T'" 7«''.co" 'erred 
 bi«b.n,i„ded Le , .r ' „ ° ! J'. ,"'" '°''^^' .^''« 
 tb:|M>nding on hini ti .'i. L ' °? '""'"^ "^ 
 
 '-"'di%' thousa, ds. ut'' l.rj;' "^, "'i ->"• 
 stoops to cvcrv a, VP s '"'' '''''*' "'bo 
 
 judidous resol^L:^., : tcmriif '"r'Vp r'''°«« 
 every wind of pas ion J ", Jh ^'b'^'l before 
 servos not. Ho i7 ' , ^'''bard Varney 
 
 oonstaney of n. n,l as be, "h ' , ''''"^« ''»" *» 
 Ibrtune.' ' ■"' '""•''^"' bim in rank and 
 
 Varney spoke thus witlmnf i 
 tbougb tho lirnmos of 1 hT .1, '^;'T'''F' ''"'•' 
 was hardness and im, , ,,,1 i ■ '"'' ''^' boasted 
 'elt the ascend lor't'^ 
 the interest which L u . li ?• u"'""-''' = "''ile 
 of Leicester gave ,, ml. ' S 'f '" ^he fortunes 
 andmannor. ""°''"" *" bis voice 
 
 if I'is b«t^frio,„f w^ 1 ,/ '„^;■'' °7">-te earl as 
 stretched his hand tn« ,, I . v '''"'""^o" bim. He 
 the words, ' D^ ,e± ''■"''^i'.r •'« ""ered 
 thou have n,o do'' '"'''' ""'-Wliat wouldst 
 
 tou^n^'S^X"£;^,"S'-.;,saidyarnoy, 
 
 w-hich wTock info ior n in7 4°''"" "' l^^'"'"" 
 who has been coze^d TL / VT ?' .^''' 
 a vain and licentious V.n„. . ^behrstwhom 
 
 an atroction,'wS"ho"r:';r"V''r^«'' '"t« 
 and iiiisusod? And willT-m, «■ "'"^ .scuinod 
 
h'hXU.n'ORTII 
 
 «.ss In,,,, your «a..n.„y a. ,„.«., rtl.y o Vv ■ 
 
 ">"J "Hans ..Mougl, to o.x,.,,,i.., U, |ik„ ti^^/i, " :■ 
 |i su|«ior huin.. « >Ms.Hionl..sH act of j„Jt e S 
 
 I he hiUmr..,! to ..utof. (Von, \'„rnny u t i . i 
 .' the rolJ, n.thh^ss, and .ii.soassionat.. ( , n 
 hK'h ho rec.o.nni.n.h.l. wL,., he "a s , ' 
 
 might he pemiitte.].' 'J" '^ -Hut one tea, 
 
 sa«, hy the 4UlvennK rye an,| eoiivulse,! heek 
 
 itJ^t-^rre.ili^.S'Khl^lni''!:^''"'''^ 
 
 onthis,a„dn,avoX;en.j!^;, ;£;.';;;!«;; 
 
 nor a,-,,n,ent .shall n.ovo n.e-T. s ,' /s ' 1 2 
 my own victim ' "<^»»i,,aiiHi,aii be 
 
 Lokesh-r ''oil vV!"' "l" '" "'"'^ t''°" ^^"V said 
 wccstii, on y thwait mo not in this • 
 
 lla^ii, inylonl.'said V.uney, ' I li,-st iconesf 
 of you lay aside the wild, sujer te,, a f 
 n^.^'d demeanour, whieh hatl! this hy ],n ," 
 li' .'yf-s of all the court upon you • a,i 1 w , 
 n. or the gueej.-s ,,a,,ill in^hllge ' w j 
 fclie hath extended towards vou in n ,i J„ . 
 I'eyond her nature, she had ne^^r ive.^Tou t ,e 
 opportunity to atone Cor.' ^ ^°" "'" 
 
 ;Havo 1 ind,.,.,| i„,f,„ notrliirent ? ' sn,V1 
 
 lought had coloured it well ; hut fear noU.i,,./ 
 -Hast thou aii-ht elso to .say i ' 
 
 w H f ""i^' '" '■' ^°^^'' l'alf-whi.sj)ered one but' 
 wl^l^"'- '"'i5'*'*y ""'' "■""'J'''- f"ok place mean 
 
 nacj given to \arney, who soon saw himself ( 
 
 881 
 
 «!llcli he iiad lUtsunie, in the eaili,.,- .,.,►.• 
 
 ^Vitl, Kh/alji'th, LeieesI, r nl.iv 1 
 
 "or.' well know He •,! 1 l'^'""">'"' r<'ints, 
 
 "i'i:''-:''i"« her. it seen,ed'i:;;::^,' ';;;;•";; 
 
 inelancholy, 
 
 ■I „.i. 
 
 •i a touch ol'tfiidcine.ss in 
 
 ! i^KS^'^i^sl: lE: Br H=l 
 i.an "air i:;;w:::7t,;^',{;-j""'' - "'« K-vat 
 
 wmsim 
 
Hi 
 
 Bli: 
 
 ' Now, tlio lieavens foifend i ' «..,vi f i 
 
 not so, inv lofdr d, i i , •~^'"'ik you 
 l^-^i-st^r. ^^^tl:^; , .tl, ^ U^t\ -^['I'f'i'/to 
 fated regret, even te .W / '""'^ '''"' i"'li. 
 
 pelled himself to o v 1 v rt ^"'^•■'^'^'' '■•°'n- 
 
 could exert was i « 1 <- /^'"."tmost force lie 
 
 of -VTmssiug'^^/ Sff, « « the further effort 
 q'ieen'.s sentiTuont ''fqu'esceuce in the 
 
 we',Sf\;^;iii;:S^;:,^S-i^.'..nyiord=b„t 
 
 once more to this IZJl, .? ^""."''' y**"- li»t 
 
 replied MasT '"'.a"dt'?' "^ ^ ■^''•^'^^'3' .said, 
 rogatories, or i 'e an en e'T' I? '''''''' ^''''^•■ 
 the n.ediciuor. iZlJt \" *'f f'thority of 
 witli a delirium VlZ\ \ ' "' "^ '•« Possessed 
 /WorAo;^„V t /a S' ".'^'''''« *« tern, rather 
 were best care for IvirV ' f'"',^ think she 
 house, and removed ?on III tin '.'"' ." ^"'^ °^™ 
 ants, which disturbs her 1 '>'"'• *'^' "' P'^S^- 
 most fantastic pi an oms '^«f '','"''''" "''th the 
 «he were son.eC'at "e." -n ' t^P'^ '''"ts as if 
 countess or prince L^.,r°" '" disguise _ some 
 such are ofte, l^n 1 , nT" ^"'^ ''elp them, 
 persons ! ' "a'l"cinations of these infirm 
 
 fittinglu„,anL b,,t IP 7 ''"•/"'' ''«'' ^"t^ 
 her foithwith ^si,e \if ,V'.T "'^ the castle of 
 all, I warrant vo. • ^''-'i"" ^"^''^'''t "^dy of 
 
 however, sliouhU ave an nfil^ '° 1'"' '^ ''^•'"' 
 -What think yoll'my lord '- ""derstanding. 
 
 w^K£K:;ri^1-;^«'".the 
 
 ioin"Sh^^a':;r^o;:!n^;j^Sf '- ;^- ^'^ -t 
 
 indeed we have known n,^? , , r'"' ^'"''''^y ' ''^"d 
 more Juno-like form ^i'T'T''' ''atelier an.l 
 one, thath.ingits lead a-n I ''','''"1""^ 'rigile 
 men are tyrants Ty^'otr wS'" ^Z'^' ^^y, 
 animation of the stri L !l ' *i '° • "■^teem the 
 
 unresisting co„m,es'a„?nri- *'!' ',""?!''' °^' a» 
 love best thos? women who '"^^ champions, 
 with them. -I could Hi, I • ' ' '''■'°" «°"test 
 that, give my Lord of Tp'^ '"i" y°"' ^"tland, 
 
 ■Ine queen bushed ..r,^ i • i V v ' 
 yft looked as if exncted i?, ",'" ''" '^"'^"t ; 
 obey her commands. El 'V" '™"''^ ""' 
 flourish of trumpets and liffi'"'' '"°'"'^nt the 
 •-Icony whic™ Slo Ld " fe'^T'Tr '''''^ ^ ^'^gh 
 tlie entrance of the moo ^"' announced 
 
 Leicester from the Lv™l ,^"!'''' ''"'^ relieved 
 
 '■ej>resenting one „f t ,^ , • ''"^'''"''^'■•^' «"d each 
 
 ^^•;«land hatlTt di i- /t Zs T"""'^ ''^ ^^'"■'•h 
 The aboriginal H • ,, ,. ^""^■',heen (.ccujiied. 
 
 "Shored in br?vo a in;.t ',"''•'';'* '■''^'''•'■d. ^vcre 
 hair was cro«i ,(1 '"'l' /-^'''''ds, "hose hoary 
 
 hore in their h nd a'l^^^^^^^^^^^ ''■"' "''o 
 
 masquers who followed to el"" m^"^' ^he 
 were succeeded by two bir K ,. . ''''>^'^.' '^S"''<^« 
 and bearing harp^ wS'.T™^''' "' ^^'hitc, 
 touched, singin.r a the sir '•■^' occasionali; 
 of an ancient irvn„ to bZ, "'.?''*"'" ^tan.as 
 aboriginal Hritons ),ti i ",' "'' the Sun. The 
 thetalles and ofrr:f'''°*'^'^^'-°"^''"^0"^^^ 
 attendance on tl^ court 'pf °""^' gentlemen^in 
 eomniodated with hnu; l") V ""'*''^'^ ^^'ere ac- 
 
 their vestmen ere of t fffr^^^'t ''"^^ J'^"' = 
 hears; while thcr leis ari>f 'VVlT^^'^'^ '^"d 
 parts of their bodio. i • ,' '^"d the upper 
 coloured silk o w ?', '"'« '^'^'^thed in flesh 
 
 'ines reprei'nt^L^ ' ^HeSv? ^''''''^^^ 
 of animals and othei t t ;" ,"'-^,'^°dies, and 
 
 them the lively apZvZTJ''^ "^J''^*'^' S-^^e 
 cestors, whose free ion? wrfi^.^'f I'^'^ted^n- 
 hy the Romans ''' '^"* trenched upon 
 
 a. ^S^c:;m;;;:^;;::^!^^^«o civilise as well 
 
 princely assemblvanrlfV, I"°duced before the 
 had co,LtlWniatedie^"'f "'«''■ "'^ the revels 
 habits of thJt elSe , of 1 ''"'^ ""'^ '"'"tary 
 them with the uTt !Z ''°1 '"''', ''ccommodating 
 short two.e 'o %wo I tl''""^ ^''"'^^''' ''"d the 
 -ade them vl^JorroTihe'^orhl 'V''^' ''-' 
 eagles were borne before tl,Pm . ^^"^ ^''"lan 
 hearers who recited a lymTtoVrr ''"''t'f 
 classical warriors followed "it, f,^''' '^"^ the 
 haugl2._.tepofmenwi:;-y':^|-3 
 
 with them fronrthe Ge i^V 'T ^""^ '"""ght 
 m their hands the reS ,bt« .lift',' ^"^ '^'=''''"'« 
 made such havoc amonftl?„ 'fttle-axes which 
 Tliey were preceded bvlv. "iV^''^ "^ Britain, 
 the praises of Odin ^ ''^''^'' '^^"' chanted 
 
 m^^LrinS'^Sf ;iy f r-«' - their 
 panoply of ch vah;,"^'and 'mSl T/"/ .«" "'« 
 
 ^viththeutlsi ler sf''^. "'' '^"'''''^ hall 
 that the sperto,"'n igVtSff??? ^^eingmado, 
 as to each quadrille before thn ^ '''"■ """osity 
 next. Thcv then ,t , . "" appearance of the 
 hall, in orcfe tTe mo^f ,?™J^''^''''y ™""d the 
 ,^elves, regulrti g tl?ersteSo'° ^'^f'^^ them- 
 hautboys, and vh^ i„a s Z *° °rgan.s, shalms, 
 Leicest^r\shousemlI Af "IV'"^ "'^ the Lor, 
 rilles of masqu s rani ,i'".f' ' *'"^ f"'"" quad- 
 ^>ehind them, dr^w un ,f ff •*'""'' torch-bearers 
 the two opp;,Ji e"i ' 'nf iT'TTf^I ''«"'<«. "" 
 Romans coXntinXR,-'' ^'*"','° that the 
 
 the, N^^ ..ans 3 fo >n"t' ""' *''" ''^''^™"'^ 
 - ^ of vondTi, ", ' "'^.°" ,''a<^h other 
 
 -itheyesoflc^^^'^'i/",'""'^"" ''^^h oih r 
 to kin'dle int ateV ~rr'i*'y"W'^*"d 
 gestures. At tholm'st .T ''!^ '^ menacing 
 "•"Sic from the galle ' H," " '*'''^"' "^ ""'rtial 
 swords on all "i^es fn^ i""*''!"^'^ drew their 
 
 other in the measu;er^eSXt;S;;;i:;; 
 
consisting of six principal 
 y toidi-beareivs, and eaV}, 
 '^ yan„„s nations hy ,vl,i,. 
 'Mt times been (,c,n,pip " 
 
 ".'«, ;vho first ..ntorel, frpre 
 ^''^"t ^^fh whoso l,oary- 
 
 aMiosofn.istlotoe. Tie 
 '\ "'f« vonorable figures 
 J-ards arrayea in Ait. 
 "indi they occasionally 
 same time certain stan/as 
 BeliLs or the Sun. Tlte 
 een selected from amongst 
 bust young gentlemen in 
 ■• I'leir masks were ac- 
 "Ijaggy beards and hair; 
 the hides of wolves and 
 '..arms and the upper 
 "-'"g sheathed in flesh- 
 «ere traced in gi^otesmie 
 I'e heavenly bodies, and 
 errestnal objects, g.ave 
 "ce of our painted an 
 vas first trenched upon 
 
 > came to civilise as well 
 t produced before the 
 10 manager of the revels 
 ii'gh crest and military 
 ■People accommodatinf' 
 trong buckler, and the 
 tlio use of which had 
 ; "-orW. The Roman 
 "em by two standard, 
 mn to Mars, and the 
 with the grave and 
 ' aspired at universal 
 
 I'fented tlie Saxons, 
 •''they Iiad brought 
 n forests, and bearing 
 ble battle-axes which 
 e natives of Britain, 
 scalds, who chanted 
 
 Normans, in their 
 steel witli all the 
 marshalled by two 
 iiifl ladies' love. 
 rJ tlie spacious hall 
 "t pause being made, 
 'tisfy their curiosity 
 le appearance of tlie 
 ampletely round the 
 y to display theni- 
 to organs, shalnis, 
 m'lsie of the Lord 
 igth the four quad- 
 their torch-bearers 
 r several ranks, on 
 ' ball, so that the 
 "s, and the Saxons 
 'ok on eacli other 
 I'resently appeared 
 ised by menacing 
 strain of martial 
 isquers drew their 
 need against each 
 a sort of Pyrrhic 
 
 KEMLii'Oj^TH 
 
 or military dance, clashing their .swords i,r.,;n.t 
 then- adversaries; shields,\nd cla t Hnf tl "i 
 against their blades as tlicy passed eacl o^the 
 the progress of the dance. It was a very plcasa 
 si.ec aero to see how the various bands, prLerv W 
 egulanty amid motions whicli seen ed to e 
 totally irregular, mixed together, and then dis 
 engaging themselves, resumed /.ach t i-'own 
 original rank as the music varied 
 
 in this symbolical dance were represented 
 the conflicts which had taken place amo' g the 
 vano,^ nations which had anciently inhabited 
 
 At length, after many mazy evolutions, which 
 afforded great pleasure to the spectators tbn 
 smmd of a loud-^.oiccd trumpet wa Sd, as i i 
 blew lor instant battle, or fir victory won Tl c 
 mas^piers instantly ceased their mimi^c str lb, atS 
 collecting themselves under their original leaders' 
 orpresenter,s, for such was the appropriate phrase' 
 seemed to share the anxious expertation w dch 
 
 Str'SS'"'"^"""'^""^^""'^^^"^^'- 
 
 The doors of the hall were thrown wide and 
 
 Meii,?,b.^""T" ''"'"■'^'1 *'"^" t''« 'iend-'boi, 
 Meilm, dressed in a stranm> and invsti,-.! ntf,v„ 
 
 8uiteatohisambipousbi,^ha,:!l2gtf^ 
 About him and behind him fluttered oWgan bo le d 
 many extraordinary forms, intended to represent 
 the spirits who waited to do his powerful U S • 
 and so inuch did this part of th'e pageai t ntc c^t 
 t e menials and others of I he lower clus' then ^ 
 the castle, that many of them forgot even ho 
 
 to^thu„t themselves into the lower part of the 
 
 The Earl of Leicester, seeing his officer' had 
 some difhculty to repel these intrudeiVwi(Iiont 
 more disturbance tllan was fit .where tie 
 
 tt wS Te?/'"'' Y\ ' F'^'''^^' ^t the s, 1^ 
 I'me witli her usual feeling for the comnmn 
 
 people, requesting that they tnight pc™ it e 
 
 remain undisturbed to witntss tlieS,a"cant 
 
 Leicester we^t under this pretext; but^ Cs reai 
 
 motive was to gain a moment to hiVnself and to 
 
 shame, anger, remorse, and tliirst for vengeance 
 He imposed silence l>y his look and sign upon 
 the vulga,. crowd at the lower end of tlte a art 
 n . 1, ' ^"r* ■''^^""^ °'' "'stantly returning to vat 
 h n and ^r^'^' ^'^;-PP«f his cloal^ '^ZZ 
 Cce an' undis^-;""- /''." ''°'"^' '^^^'^ "' «««« 
 g:'^fofYho"nSqir"'''' '""'"''""^ °' ^^-1- 
 
 midS'o? tAr^'""''' ""•^, ^'l''^'^'''^ i"to the 
 fl,„ I 1? ""''' summoned the presenters nf 
 
 anrn-ennn f r ^''^ *'"'y «''°"''l '^ll -lo homage 
 the pre-eminent stock fron, which f,,,'''*''^'"'^'' 
 
 333 
 
 bSe>liLbelr''','"'''\''' l"^''"^ i" «"^eession 
 nf>„, fi , , ' '^'""" '"-~'' as they passed eacli 
 r seiited1he"l "'■ l''"' l;-l'l^^-hon?' h y 
 
 i.c^n;^flhiS%lr2ti;n:d''S/S::tnf 
 
 conduct since she came to Kenihvorth 
 
 q..aJ^ii!;rtSi'ii4.f"ea^r7ifi:^"Tr^^'^'- 
 
 7" troop, the rcSoi w^h"t t J^aJ t 
 
 IhTiir^ lircction of the famous .Merlin )mt 
 t leFnl- 1. ',"^' "'"'' ^™tHbute,l to form 
 
 S„',°i ■"■;"'?;. "!»"' <" '■«»!• .,"™ ; 
 
 Koina his djsc.|,,li„,d ,.„„„„„ ,„ „i :!! '. ' 
 
 - on, (itt s..™,, i,i, „.i„ „„] „ „ij,,|,| , r^;"^ 
 
 •i«l n™, l,e cluval,,,,, x„,„l„ ],irw„'„, 
 !rZ: " """"'"• """ "" «="'""'*»" 
 
 ii.S'mnS";;'' ."■'''' ""'"»"■ "»« 1' 'iM 
 
 &f»£s,,3r>«' "'«'"'■» "J" «' 
 loiVttrSi/'M,",,"''"*?',^"'' "" 'i""i"n». 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 How is 't wUh me, when every noise appals me? 
 
 Macuetu. 
 
 ' I DEsiKE some conference with vou ' Tl„. 
 lemarkaoje in tlie snpil-m'u „. . , . ." 
 
 irif;i"..o 1! r' --—" ""■" »iin:ii run present u'b'n )n i /i ,"^.''" •■"■""«""■ '-luwu or nmsKs 
 
 ri es; /"• ^ll'Py.^V.l'Jects of that angelica I M rlj;^ thom>' T' "!•',' ''"-' ^"■^" '" ^''^' '''•'tinue ot 
 princess, derived their lineage. ^ f,^f ""' though lie did not wear any of the ex 
 
 In obedience to this iiiandlte, the bands, each | JistiiSul^hedr""'^ ''^ "'"^■'' '"^^ «'' ^hem were 
 
 »* •■«T"<i«'«^i»a,,^ 
 
3,34 
 
 I 
 
 M ( 
 
 Ifi. : 
 
 time, «lh«™ 000 ;« " "«'" "™' y™" 
 
 oi*; to imtaK,;,',; ' "'" '"" '"">' ''}•">>"•' 
 
 government onou<Vlik.?to, ?,"•'' '""' *''''" 
 to tlie heart tl e n ,i ' ' "'^"*^ '"^ •stabbiiur 
 
 the iWUcSe of te °"' "' °"^'' to perceive 
 
 buttnl^:'"^^°"''--ere.I'^SL,,,„,^ 
 to^S'SlSJ,''Tr:f t' ''^'^ •"'^" ''■' -""tied 
 
 you in your chamber" ' '''^ht-^^ny I wait on 
 
 "'Hler tlio free eopo of heaven '^^^ ' '"" '''"'' 
 roplLdVr'"sst:n'''''°r?,T' ^^'^P^'^^^^d, „,y lord/ 
 di'ten.perat. r Thf , ace'l'V" T;"^^"" ''^'• 
 vou allow me n,,., ili '^ ?''"^' to "i«, so 
 interrupted.' ''^''^•''""'' °' yo'"' time 'nn 
 
 'A shorter time uill, I trust, suffice/ a„. 
 
 /r^ t^£AV. E V NO VELS 
 
 vengeance ' '""'«'»*• '^^ furthest, will bring me 
 tlio obsequioiLs 0/0^^! . r -T f^^ ™''^ 
 
 iiiilill 
 
 ivcd by shlkfng'ot'tiSiJ::^'1S If ""!,'' ^^'^'^ 
 to chan<re ebin.f„,. -If' "?"^'^ ^^^^^ desired 
 
 .^iSsjsr'"' ""» »■•«»- ■■« M 
 
 depart from the castt u-li . • r""™'ssion to 
 having, as he tells n "\ ^",^'nfi"" ladv, 
 
 wo liave no aV ]) to u li m°,°"''^- ^ertes, 
 afleetionat eharie of h '.^''''"'"l 1'™ from the 
 but you aL to^n °. * "^^"^''/"""gJ'erson- 
 hatlAhis d. y sho^!,. hims'eH'^"" ^''Y'^ ^'^"'"y 
 
 with these kS of o. ■ ^I^^T} ^'^Ptivated 
 
 w. i,„o ,s„, \„; V „,,?r., f"™;. »!■ ."-i '- 
 
 ur.^enrtnd?,tn"''T"^^'J' ^"^ ^^e danger was 
 
 their own sev in . nn. • ° 1'^^'"^ "^ °ne "'' 
 .such a fate or' too ni'^P. ""^ ''^'^ '=°"^'' Reserve 
 
 iniputinniiess'ton:-^."'^^ *'^'=''- -""^^y ^^ 
 We,, have revohSJtd 'SiS^'- g' :£ 
 
fP "'« '» the Pleasance, 
 tired to her chamljer ' 
 cssihan, and withdrew 
 . '^ec'ieJ for the moment 
 joicester. 
 
 is at last favourable to 
 '" l"y '■f^ch tho wretch 
 til this deep igiiominy— 
 this eriiel agony. I will 
 I'ce I am aflbided the 
 lies by wJiich he means 
 .011 me, and then of at 
 'ishmg his villany. To 
 I will not sink under it 
 furthest, will bring mo 
 
 ns thronged through 
 111 made his way amid 
 vliich divided to give 
 i his j)Iaco, envied and 
 ■son of his sovereign 
 him thus admired and 
 'en before the inhabit- 
 111, with all its dark 
 ."511, blighted affection 
 lous sense of meditated 
 3r like spectres in tlie 
 tress ; which of them, 
 noble in the courtly 
 uretched menial, who 
 rs, would have desired 
 th the favourite of 
 Kenilworth ? 
 m as soon as he had 
 
 ■'lord,' she said, 'to 
 us ladies. Hei^e has 
 » our permission to 
 ith Ids infirm lady, 
 ir lordship's consent 
 |btam ours. Certes, 
 hold him from tho 
 'oor young person- 
 Sir Kieharcl Varnev 
 ' so much captivatecl 
 that here is our 
 i will carry his poor 
 he lake, plunge her 
 uaces that the en- 
 and return a jolly 
 id to make up the 
 say you, my lord?— 
 yo or three different 
 IS proper attributes 
 t playing his lady 
 
 mt tho danger was 
 '■ necessary. ' The 
 
 lightly of one of 
 she could deser^-o 
 
 to think it could 
 female.' 
 
 Elizabeth; 'like 
 
 their cruelty by 
 
 h1 the earl ; ' we 
 ho lessor lights of 
 phases, but who 
 tho uun, or to 
 
 K'ENIL WORTH 
 
 l^^l^^ZT. l)"'''''*'"*'^' afterwards assumed a 
 
 P aces ot re,,ose, to dream ove the astimes o 
 the day, or to anticipate those of le mo ' w 
 
 or^^p;s'S£i;^etrtf-''r^^- 
 
 thoughts. His direction fn .? 'i'lleront 
 
 went not till ds,l„e°k ■ ' ' "'»"6'" '" 
 
 showed your lordship's sigifot '_! ' ^ '"'"' 
 
 ' ^4f not^fn W°"7''',"^y '°''^'' ^-lid the valet 
 
 i»»,.SioplSii'ir„,ir"- '"'"""'■' '■" 
 
 obstacle w do? so It 'T' }'\ "^ ""^ °*' "»« 
 sovereign V \>fu!'. '^"'^ ^""^''"^^ '"° "^''J 
 •li^gracl She\t ,\'" "°^1°? ^^ ^^■^^ this 
 be more ad^Ld ^^ 'f Zat fo 1"' '' "^^^ 
 
 -^ghatonce,a^d's-vic5i;r^:ji^ti;:, 
 
 further oiVor Av' "- ° °"'" ™"»t«««' "ntil our 
 '•eturn to Ke nilih ° ^•^■"'"^"d your instant 
 
 siHnet-rin</h „ f r *"/ *" ''^""l back our 
 
 K. LEICESTIill. 
 
 335 
 
 of Srin^rSlfiflf f ^^°''"'' t'-o tenth 
 <iveh/nd."dtmf:::.e°ft,-hv;-"" ""' *''-*-'"' 
 
 on his head like ttnt ^' '''•'^'/""l "'i '''It cap 
 
 .i~.!»./;|.«,!'i:',°!,L'-r' "'"•''■■' 
 
 ,„,""" '" 'V "I'uitJ-ol ».,vic«r ..M tl,e 
 j «vcrl,.l.',l,,,,™;j'."- "" »»>' "It tii». 
 
 Varnoyrhan'js/ ''"'^^ "''° «''' «'^'bard 
 
 La;£^.;;:r°"'''""'"" '"^^'^'^ "° '^•'■tl-r r said 
 
 meii ci« l,e «n)l , ( Tlic fluid niust 
 
 courtier. ,vni l.'^t i ,"° ,'"""! >•?" »*»! 
 
 i|:aLp,i:£ar« 
 
 As soon as Lamboui-n. and t.ho valet had left 
 
336 
 
 li'AVERI.EV NOVELS 
 
 ||-' 
 
 m 
 
 £ss''fn.-"'?"*' I^'i'^fter proceeded to diange Ins 
 (lri,ss for a very plain one, threw Lis numtlc 
 
 ;'• nt't ;."' ""'' ^'''"- "^ ''""!' i" 1"« 1 " ' 
 to a small secret poateni-door, which ouened 
 
 i 'l as r " H-^"'1/ T'- *" "'« -'tioTf the 
 1 11 asduce. His reflections were of a inoro ealm 
 un.l determined character than they had been a 
 any late ,.eriod, and ha endeavoured to cia.n 
 
 „ n ■ \ °''''- '^'^'' ''^" ^I'aractcr of a man 
 more sinned against than sinniiiL'. 
 
 I have suffered the deei.est injury,' such was 
 the tenor of his meditations, 'yet I have re- 
 
 iwwei, and have limited it to that which is 
 nianly and noble But shall the unidi w ic 
 
 ?. ibi h,r,'";V' '"' ""^ ^'^-^^^^^ remain 
 an abiding fetter on me, to check luc in the 
 nol, e career to which my destinies invite ne 
 JNo .-tliere are other lu .is of disengadnL' such 
 ties, without unloosing tlio cords ?f' ^ fe i 
 the sight of God, I ani no longer boi nd bv the 
 ..mon she has broken. Kingd-oms sha & 
 s-oceans ro 1 betwixt u.s,°and their wavc^' 
 uhose abysses have suallowed whole navies slial 
 be he sole depositories of the deadly mys 'e?y ' 
 
 ion of I r"f''' '"' conscience to the piosecu- 
 aml of J of J«"geaiice, so hastily adopted, 
 
 woi", w'm "'^'^'"'^'tion, which luuf become so 
 
 enJeml"tl!"°"'' ^''f ^"'^''"^ive and ambitious earl 
 t itoied the superb precincts of the Pleasance 
 tliou il un.iiied by the full moon. The b oa<i 
 yellow hght was reflected on all sides f^ni the 
 vli.te freestone, of which the pavement, 1 al it 
 trades, and architectural ornaments of the DJace 
 were constructs' : and not a single fleecy cod 
 
 r;;:t'^';:^'j!?^";-'^;^-^'i- the scale's 
 
 said 'H' ? fv °^"'^ ^y"'y own generosity,' he 
 ~ V u„l T\ '""'[''* "'' ^'"'*'" to escape me 
 a<lu teress, who is so poorly guarded. ' 
 
 riicse were his thoughts, which were instantlv 
 
 SSe '£""• *";■"'"« *" ^"^'^ back toSs h^ 
 uituiice, he saw a human form advancing slowlv 
 
 Ob ects ^trif"?' r^ ^'^'•''^'""« the^aS 
 
 °vX in t . n,rvM°T' "' ^'r^^^ themsuccess- 
 ;l\ ', V'' approach towards hini. 
 . hhall I strike ere I again hear his detested 
 
 Si£ltS''£oKdi-S^^^^ 
 
 crush fdm'' ' "" ' ''"' ^"'•^'' "'^ ^'-'«"i and 
 His hand quitted the sword-hilt, and he ad 
 
 vanced slowly towards Tressilian, cdlecting fb, 
 mnird ' uSir 1 "" -l^-Po--iol:"he"^ouW 
 
 each "the;. '"^ ''''"' *''°"* ^ front with 
 
 Tressiliai, made a profound reverence, to which 
 
 '''^^^''ai:^^^'-"«''tyv-liuationof 
 
 |;ea.yasl^tasi?...^;;;al^:^-^^ 
 
 fouiSi'rtn""'/, "•°"-' '''"'• «°l"'l'^'>'o/-.Tthe 
 .^ougiit that their waters should be brightened bv 
 
 he n.oonbcauis ere they fell down Tgain upon 
 their basins in showers of sparkling silver The 
 ScKir"] '^f ''y' "'"^ tl/egentle^iight-breci 
 
 1 4 d , 1 "'""7 '''«,t<^"-'^«« of the Pleasance 
 "vou bfnl '^''^'T '''''"t^^'' t','-^'\t'>"f^" i» the hand 
 
 J 1 , f '''"^'- ^^3« bir.l of summer night 
 had built many a nest in the bowers of the ad- 
 Cm eSf"' '"/^ t''° tenants now indemnified 
 ta.nselves for silence during the day, by a full 
 
 horus of their own unrivalled warbling^s, . o v 
 rZb oh' P'^^'^r'^ "°^" '""'"'' "o^v responsive 
 Slacid nnJTr'-''^^'' ''■'I^'''^-'*' their delight in the 
 
 w^h.^f '/? "" :"'-^"ers far different from the fall of 
 lie ni'chl'" ^Y'"".?^ nioonlight, or the song of 
 slnvlvt '^';t' *^'' '^'ftely Leicester walked 
 oti?,l°"\^'f ""' '^"^ °f "'« terrace to the 
 ^^vn ri '"^^''";''^ ^^''•'^PPe'i around him, and his 
 
 rl^K •"''"', '"r ^'""' ^^''f ''0"t "^■^•'"g anything 
 reaembhng the human form. ''^ ^ 
 
 the held «, fi,> . .,. «"'^y "'cUuation o 
 brence wi? In! "'t' ^ ,"" '°"g''t ^^'^ret con 
 'Mv Ion ■ Vt~^-^'" ^"^'■'^ ""^ attentive.' 
 thatS.ie , T T'^ Tressilian, ' I am so earnest in 
 th. t Hhich I have to say, and so desirous to find 
 a patient, nay, a favourable hearing, that I "u 
 stoop o exculpate myself from whatever niiS 
 prejudice your lordship against me. You t h^k 
 me your enemy ? ' • j; ou uuuk 
 
 'Have I not .some apparent cause?' answered 
 Leicester, percen-,ng that Tressilian paused for 
 
 'You do mo wrong, my lord. I am a friend 
 
 of 6usso,x, whom courtiers call your rival ■ and it 
 
 sidreitir"'""f ^^ ""'" «"'- ' ceri'to"co ' 
 Mdti either courts, or court intrigues, as auited 
 to my teinj.er and genius.' 
 
 nt)!n^'° '^°''^\?^'-'' ^^i^^^-'^-ed Leicester ; ' there are 
 other occupations more worthy a scholar and 
 or such the world holds Master Tress an-Loi. 
 has 1.18 intrigues as well as ambition.' 
 
 1 perceive, my lord,' replied Tressilian, 'you 
 U emZtinrr'^''' '" "'^ '""'^y attaehment^for 
 toZilZi ^T^ ''";'P", °*' ^^''"""i I am about 
 to sjieak, and perhaps think I am prosecutiii" 
 her^.ca.,se out of rivalry, more thaiiTsen"e o'f 
 
 earl -nvnno*'[ ^v "Y "loughts, sir,' said the 
 se 'on V • • ^ "" I"''"'' ^' y'^ spoken of your- 
 
 seii only; an important and worthy subiect 
 
 l°de nl v' ^"' "''"'^^^' Pl^'-'^l'^' d««'' "°t a^ltogeth 
 so deej.ly concern me, that I should postpone my 
 repose to hear it. Spare me further prelude sTr 
 aud.tTo1av"t/'f P"''!'"^"' '' "'deeryou h. v'; 
 dof e n^ ^'"^ '""°*',"'' •"^- When you have 
 
 munica'to.'" '"^ *""'' ^'^^'^ -"-thing'to com- 
 
 mv^lord^T''' ^i^'Jn' '""'°"^ f"''*^»er prelude, 
 
 my loid, answered Tressilian; 'having to sav 
 
 ha which, as it concerns your lordshii's^hono ? 
 
 LXedT, l'?'-^°^^^''^"°* think Vonr time 
 wasted in listening to. I have to reouest an 
 
 Kobsait whose history is too well known lo you 
 
 couise, and make yourself judge between me and 
 
 I 
 
/•my own generosity,' he 
 the villain to escajjc me 
 ',0 to the rescue of the 
 riy guarded." 
 ts, which were instantly 
 ;o look back towards the 
 1 form advancing slowly 
 darkening the various 
 IS jiassing them success- 
 iards him. 
 
 •gain hear his detested 
 liought, as he grasped 
 lit no ! I will see which 
 us. I will watch, dis- 
 iiid mazes of the loath- 
 Jrth my strength and 
 
 sword-hilt, and he ad- 
 essilian, collecting, for 
 "-possession he could 
 le front to front with 
 
 nd reverence, to which 
 laughty inclination of 
 V'ou sought secret con- 
 I here and attentive.' 
 11, ' I am so earnest in 
 md so desirous to find 
 e hearing, that I will 
 from whatever might 
 linst me. You think 
 
 ent ca,use ? ' answered 
 Tressilian imused for 
 
 lord. I am a friend, 
 r jiartisan of the Earl 
 all your rival ; and it 
 iinco I ceased to con- 
 t intrigues, as suited 
 
 Leicester ; ' there are 
 irthy^a scholar, and 
 iter Tressilian — Love 
 mibition.' 
 
 lied Tressilian, 'you 
 arly attachment for 
 1 of whom I am about 
 k I am prosecuting 
 ore than a sense of 
 
 ghts, sir,' said the 
 I yet spoken of your- 
 nd worthy subj'ect 
 I, does not altogether 
 should postpone my 
 further prelude, sir, 
 f indeed you havii 
 e. When you have 
 something to com- 
 
 ut further prelude, 
 n ; ' having to say 
 r lordship's honour, 
 ; think your time 
 ave to request an 
 the unhappy Amy 
 veil kimwn to yow. 
 t at once take this 
 ije between me and 
 
 I 
 
 perilous .state 0, coiZencn" ."''^'1'""'^ '""«* 
 effects of her owi, r mm,«/v ' *''"'^"'fe' ^° the 
 
 ^vorthylu^sl,anclandJ"trt '?'.''' "''"" ''^■'' """ 
 tl'.it I would not intewt, • . ''""','"« ^^P'omise 
 
 had used 1 «-ow,ettS ;"''■■ '";''^"'"»til she 
 
 knowledged by hinr *■' *° ^"*"" ''"' '''fe-'^ts ac 
 
 you";eakT'''' ^"''"^'"■' ' '■«""■'"'-'• yon to whom 
 
 repciK^i£/';r["'>' '"'^'"'"'' '">- '-■''.' 
 ■softer hing uago "'■'^i.e^' ,, 'f '■^■"l'«'t '•'an find no 
 
 withdraw?; fV^om n^y kno 1 i :^' ^°","« ^™""'» ''^ 
 in some secret nla"e of H i ^ll "'" '*''a"e«tei'ed 
 
 P-'oved in E gu e '"^ res!!^f '''""r''=|'^''-''>''l 
 placed without t aint a w^^ .t; V"^ "'« '^^''^ 
 disi)osal. And ner nit n,,, V * •'"''' '"■''^' ''''« 
 one's honour tin t el f/"/'-^' '* V""«''-"« "o 
 mine should I e L Xd wi i'"'^ '^™'^"''« <"' 
 .loestlutofyourl"o;fil^"'"''«° "'"'■'' as it 
 
 «'-xt^IeS,::^;S;-!f-petrifiea,at 
 i'f^ considered as hal .,,"'! V'." ""^"' ^^'"O"' 
 pleaded the cause otlfeS ""' '" '^''^'^y' 
 ■she had been an ;,, , '•'""inal paramour, as if 
 
 interested .h.o.to?vr,";'"'^ ■'"';' '"" ^ <'■■«- 
 h tne wa,.mth w i; wl ic b T .": T'^'' '^■^«'"^'l 
 demand for her tl o ■ i ■'^' '''*«' l'"" «<'enu"d to 
 ■she had disgraced n.df ,1 '"."' "''"^^'"" "I'i^^l' 
 sf'« was dou bt?e s to I ■"ly'^'tages of wliieh 
 advocate.lhr,auVu.,-H 7'"' *'"' '"ver who 
 Lilian had be n s en r^ ' -' 'i'/''^^^''^- Tres? 
 the earl necovered froni tL ''' *'"".' f '"'^'"te ore 
 nient ; and, considedmSn '■'''' °' '"' '"^^f™*''''- 
 which his mil 1 w « ^ P'fpossessions with 
 
 wonder that s,assion"'-3'"'^i.V'''''^ ^' 'i"le 
 -ery other coll^S^ ^^^f ^' J« rV' °f 
 
 MasterTressilian,'saidhP -u.;/] T "'''"''^ y""- 
 and I bless God tint mv'.'''''* ''''^^'''"I'tion, 
 
 made to tingle ittb^lf ''';'' "'^^'^'- ''«'o''o 
 villain. Tl e task^of nl T' °' '" '''■""tles^ a 
 theluingnmnlstomlHr^M'"^' ^'"" ''^ ««ei. for 
 man, but yeii!!!v;?f ^'"^'J ^''o sword of a noble- 
 self ! • ^^^ ^ '"«'"' fl''aw and defend thy- 
 
 -ri^'o;S'g^;;;.;rj,;S?.i'edroppedhis 
 
 with his sheatlie.] sworrl . . .'"'^'"I'an smartly 
 rapier, put h mseltnf '^' "''*'^""3' ^'••^^"■'fi 
 
 ' ^'"s^silian, in h > turn w r"^" ^* ^''^ «"«» 
 ' ■tLeicesterlllfcltwl . .""''''-'■f° '''l"'^' *« 
 '^•" astonishmeitt tij '"' ■■"'''■''^■''sed him. 
 
 -ough^°uStrt^"i'S?^°°^ '' ^"^'" 
 
 the rather that of the fwn i '"' ^^^^ sj,irit, 
 tlie more coo since bl n J" ™f ''°'' t'^« "me 
 Loicoster's condurf ., ? '""'^ ""^ help in.putina 
 '''«,;nflue;e?^?^3'l:toni^l:a;--y! or to 
 
 party receiving a wound, when, of 
 
 ^'ENILIVORTH 
 
 Hlo,v m;|. * **"' '■™"'" t» hi. •i.t.goufat ■ 
 
 served to conceal th ■ , t) -i '''"''^'"''^' ^^''''t'-i 
 "*• tlie gii..en'sGn .',''''■'", "i" "'^t'"'' ^'^'omen 
 "■alkoflhe .iea„ 'Th "'""«/''« "'^^'l^ 
 ™y to the res ™e 'sb« *'"^ ':^"''' ''^»'' one 
 night aniong a these s M f "'7 '''"' ^''^ni tn- 
 -'«.-, and ,^bbi!X^;'J"«.^ 
 
 them before we reac^ th l./h ''^"' ""* "" 
 ■oturn, and n,ount a gu i t l''";''' ''' "'^^ 
 so secure them till mL' "'*''""''«' «"f> 
 
 of.^j;Kr;'^L7;:!^''^^''- ^'-'-"ing 
 
 ;;^''7ve,y;r^'':;^--,K^ce,ay,anfi 
 
 -th, ,!c.nalt; ii "S": t""';' ?^"'' ''"•"• 
 
 -'twere haul to ose andfv 1 "n ' "* '^ ""f ' 
 steel, that cour.s s", ,, S r , t '""'"« "* ''»* of 
 
 'Thou art a b Uv ' 1 " 7/' ■^«'''J'''- ' 
 another; 'butt^>uIV i V'^ **'''' f>orge,' said 
 thou sayest.' ^'"'' '°'' *'"-' ''^«- stands as 
 
 '•on^l^;;d!'t';^,J;it 'r I'-.-t 1. not mildly 
 
 i'^^!'-''n.n;at?'L:4S.'r;^^''^^^--' 
 
 asS,''msr:''.tr"'''^"'^^"« 
 
 rni^stress be Queen as she \ \ x °"'' fi''acio.m 
 
 Lord of Lei, ^fer s as ^i 't' 1'°'' l^'''^ ''^"'•, my 
 
 ' Hush t I king.' •' 
 
 knowest tho,', w ..o'lln v b,'. win • '^ , *''"'^' = ' '>«w 
 
 They nassed r?, , '^ i ^ '""" ''faring ? ' 
 searchf b ,tl4 • ' ,"'t'"^'.", "^"'^l "^ ^'arelee, 
 conversation iH Sit r, '"*'"' °" ""^''r ""■" 
 
 -silian to follow in, '/j.'l'^' 'V'^'K" to Tres^ 
 fli-ection, and csca 'J u'^,'" ''" "l'P"site 
 
 ^liscove,'!. iSitS'SihuH''^"'^ 
 Tower, in which lu. ,,-,<:, ^"^ssuiai to.Mervyn ., 
 then, ere par m it' 1,:°! TA" ''"^««1 = a''^ 
 thou hast' courage to Z^^^ '^Tx "■"'■^'s- ' If 
 end what is thus broken of '""^ '"'"'« *" an 
 
 court goes forth toiS-ow' I ''f\T. ^^■''"' *'"' 
 and I will give vou » s -- 7 i' "'""" '^"^^ '"^ t'"'^'. 
 
 ; My loivf' .2l TresS ' 't" " ';', ^""'^'- ' 
 '"■ffht have iimuire! ?, n f":,,..?^*;''!°A'>.'^'' ti"'e I 
 
 'ni«ht have inq rec Th 'n"' ^^ "''°*^'' ^""e I 
 and furious invete aev T 'l'^' "' 'I'is .strange 
 liave laid that ol^n;^!^" wb!'? Y. A^ 
 
 in order to gain the rH^ J{ ^''""'t'owe',. Tower, 
 
 'is own chan,be am ii, /!;''''«r'^'^'''''dto 
 
 i'o met Lord Hun don 1 llf i .V'^rance thereof 
 
 naked sword unrSer hTs'alm "'"'' '"^' ^""' « 
 
 Lord"f^:;S-"'s;i;['^C''f/^'';i;^^™'"'-y 
 
 -"-Bygog.„,,-;^;;£^^e.^^;^ 
 
 1J4 
 
•636 
 
 ^P'A VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 i 
 
 I- 
 
 5 :t 
 
 
 the day in tins castle of yours. Sonic two I -urs 
 
 since 1 was awakened by tlie screams of tliat i)o'.r 
 
 hrain-sick Lady Varney, wlioni lier liusband was 
 
 lorcmg away. I i)roinise yoii, it reciiiired liotli 
 
 your warrant and the Queen's to keep me from 
 
 entering into tlie game, and cutting that Varnev 
 
 ol yours over the head ; and now there is a brawl 
 
 down m the Plcasance, or wliat call you the stone 
 
 terrace-walk, where all yonder gimcracks stand?' 
 
 Iho hrst part of the old man's speech went 
 
 tlirough the carl's heart like a knife ; to the last 
 
 ho answered that he himself had heard the clasii 
 
 ot swords, and had come down to take order 
 
 witli those who had been su insolent so near the 
 
 <iueen s presence. 
 
 'Nay, then,' said Hun..d.:,ii, ^ I will be glad of 
 your lordslu))'s company.' 
 
 Leicester was thus con.prljcd to tun. back with 
 the rough old lord fo iho I')e,isaiiee •,>!•<.,■,■ 
 Uunsdon heard from the Yeomen of the C, i.-i,-,'' 
 who wore under his immediate command tin' 
 unsuccessful search they had made for theauthni« 
 ol the disturbance ; and best(;ued for thoir paij.w 
 some round dozen of curses on them, as lazy 
 knaves and blind whoresons. LoicesUT aU i 
 thought It necessary to seem angry that j.o d^s- 
 e.)'. cry had been ell'ected ; but at length suggest.^d 
 to Lord Hunsdon, that after all it eouid only be 
 .':.rpeloo]i;-.h young men, who had been drinkiu'- 
 healths pott'e-deej), and who would be suflieientlv 
 scand by tue search which had tak. ii nlaco aft/r 
 .hen.. Huns, inn, who was himself attached to 
 hiscup alowci that a pint-flagon miL-i.t cover 
 many of the foli:,,., .vhich it had caused! ' But ' 
 added he, 'unless your lordship will be less 
 liberal m your housekeeping, and restrain the 
 overflow of ale, and wiiie, and wassail, I foresee 
 It will ond in my haviug some of these good 
 leUows into the guard-houac, and treating them 
 to adoso of the strappadj— And with this 
 warning, good-night to you.' 
 
 Joyful at being rid of his company, Leicester 
 took leave of hini at the entrance of his lodaintr 
 where they had first met, and, entering the 
 Jirivate passage, took uj) the lamj) which he had 
 Jett there, and by its expiring light found the 
 way to his own ajjartment. 
 
 nations, and the Aimuonian courage of the 
 Liighsh vomen, who, according to the storv. 
 Mue the 1 nneipal agents in the general massacV - 
 ot the Dai. s which took j.laee a' Hoektide, i,. 
 he year .., (iod 1012. This sj.ort, which had 
 Ki 1 long a 'avourite pastime with the men o/ 
 l-oj entry, had, it seems, been jmt do'wi uy the 
 m h.eiKc oi ;.Mme zealous clergymen of iho more 
 piiLise cast, -.vho chanced t(; have consinVrable 
 in ueiu'e with -he magistiat, r Hut the gen-- 
 aht> ol the ii>!,,bitant3 !..■( jetitioned the 
 queen hat they ,„ight have ilu.r play aga n 
 and be honouied v.ith permission to represent it 
 I'clore her Highness. And wIk, tl!. iiatt'i 
 ?ff!n'^"Ttf"' '" "'" ■■«,1« council, ^ri,icl: usuuliv 
 ■ittenoed t u' ipieen l.,r desjiateh of busii.es,s, tl.e 
 projiosal, although opj.osed by some of the.itriv', ;• 
 sort, yun.l favour in the eyes of Klizabel.b, who 
 said that such toys o.xMipied, without ollenc 
 nunds of i..;any, who, lacking them, might 
 
 ' ITH'Uii ..'II I V . ,..-.4-.. ,. i' .. _ J • 1 . . ' .O 
 
 CHAPTER A'A'AVA'. 
 
 Room : room ! for my hor.se will wince 
 
 ir he come within so many yards of a prince ; 
 
 For to teli you true, and in rhyme, ' 
 «,t "as foaPd in Queen Elizabeth's time ; 
 When the great Earl of Lester 
 In his castle did feast her. 
 
 MAsyuE OF Owls— Ben Jo.nso.v. 
 
 The amusement with which Elizabeth and her 
 court were next day to be regaled, was an e\- 
 liibition by the true-hearted men of Coventry, 
 who were to represent the strife between the 
 Lughsh and the Danes, agreeably to a custom 
 long preserved in their ancient b<>! jugli, and 
 warranted for truth by old histories and chron- 
 icles. In this pageant, one party of the townsfolk 
 presented the Saxons and the other the Danes, 
 ■md set fortli, both in rude rhymes and with 
 hard Idows, the contentions of these two fierce 
 
 r. . worse subr.ets ot iiastime ; and that their 
 ).<.storR, l.owcver commendable for learniiK' and 
 "-..Ijiiuis^ were somewhat too sour in preacl.;:n 
 , .c-.aiiist th. pastimes of their flocks: and so i^ e 
 ! pageant v.a,s permitted to proceed 
 ; Accordinglv, after a morning repast, whicli 
 I .Master Lanehani calls an ambrosial break fai,t 
 ! tlie lu'incipal persons of the court in attendanc. 
 [ upon her iMajesty ])ressed to the Gallery Tower, 
 witness the ap,,roach of the two contending 
 parties ot Lnghsh and Danes ; and, altera signal 
 had been given, the gate which opened in the 
 ciicuit of the chase was thrown wide to admit 
 tliom. On they came, foot and horse ; for some 
 of the more ambitious burghers and yeomen had 
 put themselves into fantastic dresses, imitating 
 knight.s, in order to resemble the chivalry of the 
 two ditlerent nations. However, to ],revt>nt fatal 
 accidents, they were not j.ermitted to a])i,ear on 
 real horses, but had onlv licence to accoutre 
 themselves with those holJ.y-horses, as they are 
 called, which anciently fbrnied the chief ddight 
 ot a morrice-dauee, and which still are exhibited 
 on the stage, in the grand battle fought at the 
 cone usion of .Mr. Hayek's tragedy. Tlfe infantry 
 lowed m similar disguises. The whole ex- 
 hibition was to be considered as a sort of anti- 
 niasiiue or burles,]ue of the more stately i,ageants 
 111 which the nobility and gentry bore part in 
 the show, and, to the best of their knowledge, 
 mutated with accuracy the personages whom 
 they represented. The Hoektide play was of a 
 dilerent character, the actors being persons of 
 interior degree, and their habits the better fitted 
 lor the occasion, the more incongruous and 
 rulieulous that they were in themselves. Accord- 
 ingly their array, which the progress of our tale 
 allows us no time to describe, was ludicrou 
 enoi..i and their weapons, though su. ,,ent'\ 
 form '. ;> to deal souiul blows, were loiif ,'.,' •; 
 pole.^ .. ead of lances, and sounu cud--,:- f-;- 
 .sworus; and for fence, both cavalry and in.a;. - 
 were we 1 equij.jjed with stout h'eadpieces wv' 
 targets, both made of thick leather 
 Captain Coxe,* that celebrated humorist oi 
 
 hi, knnwUH T 1?^ ''' Warwickshire Rentlenmn, who bj 
 ,h' ,', "^^'^ "^ old legends and customs, contriknted t. 
 
 He liad .1 collection of old books curious at the time. Sec 
 l-aneham s Letter and Hen Jonson's The Masque of Owls.] 
 
izoiiiuii uouruge of tlic 
 iccoidiiig to the storv, 
 ■s ill tlie general niassacr ■ 
 >k jilaee a' Hoektide, ii, 
 Tliis sport, whieh liad 
 iistinie with tlin men o/ 
 , been jiut (io\i(i uy tlit 
 s ilcrgytiien of t!io more 
 3(1 to have coiiaiiierable 
 itiati.r. Hut the gonT- 
 ts h:: I i;titioncd the 
 hav" iii.ir j)]ay again, 
 rniissiou !o rc]iresent it 
 And wli' II thi mattei 
 
 couneil, v.hicV usually 
 5.si)ateh of busii.ess, the 
 ^d by some of thyiitrii.r. ;• 
 eyes of J':iizabe(.b, vIki 
 iipied, without oileuf , 
 I, laekiug tliem, miglit 
 istime ; and that their 
 idaljle for h'aruiug and 
 
 : too sour in jjreach;.- g 
 heir floeks ; and so ii.e 
 proceed. 
 
 noiiiiiig repast, wlii.h 
 n amhrosial break fa;,:, 
 lie court in attendant 
 
 1 to the Gallery Tower, 
 uf tlio two eontending 
 les ; and, after a signal 
 
 wliieh opened in the 
 tiirown wide to admit 
 it and liorse ; for some 
 ghcrs and yeomen had 
 istic dresses, imitating 
 bio the ehivalry of the 
 iwcver, to jirevent fatal 
 erniitted to apjiear on 
 y licence to accoutre 
 by-horses, as they are 
 ■nied the chief delight 
 lich still are exhibited 
 I battle fought at the 
 i-agedy. Theinfantrv 
 ises. The whole ex- 
 red as a sort of anti- 
 more stately pageants, 
 I gentry bore ])art in 
 ; of their knowledge, 
 lie personages whom 
 lektide play was of a 
 tors being persons of 
 abits the better fitted 
 ire incongruous and 
 themselves. Accord- 
 c progress of our tale 
 scribe, was ludicron 
 *, though su .. .!)♦'. 
 [)ws, were lonj' , ■ ' 
 111 sounu cud,-, ;•■ for 
 
 cavalry and iiiiao'-y 
 (tout headpieces a'l'i 
 
 leather. 
 
 ebrated humorist oi 
 
 nieut, ai. 
 of V'hinci 
 being hi 
 <b'"!etion 
 
 tied rom'.H fl^ ''<"" "'' '" I""'-'!'- 
 Ins hobbv-bn.'*.,. l„-.c....„ ^1 ', "^ 
 
 ishire gentleman, wlio by 
 1 customs, contriiinted u. 
 letli al Kenilworth Castle. 
 :iiriou,s at the time, .'^c(■ 
 I's The .Masijue of Owls] 
 
 vaiianth- (,-., his li<il,)„. i, " T, '.""' '""■"> louo 
 
 bmndithing 1 slo " 1',?'" '' ^""''^'"' '""^ 
 P«-ienced man of v? who ad f "f."'' ',"' '''■ 
 -lueeu-s father, h^ i^^ IS^'flC^ ''-;. 
 Boulogne. Thi.s cl.ieftati w ,7' as r H ^ " 
 '■easo.'i ..ravei , the first fr, ..,T' ff V.^''*^ "^"^ 
 
 c;vecuttd nt the sin f h , ' *° *'," ,'i'"-'"'' ""d 
 
 ot the bridge or tilt V,,., V'lT-'^" c.vtremity 
 
 ™v5y:nd'i«"';r>='WheI3anishl 
 
 instantly arrived with h!1 ' I equipment, i 
 blo;ving^befo,"'tiem't £,/:;;!■"-'! ''"«V'^" 
 
 S.Kti!^:,zSi/;r7^^^'^'-"^ 
 
 i" the discipline of wa" tE n" S'^"' '•'" *° ','""' 
 took their .Station u ' ;, 1 1 GW 1 !;;. t "'™'''''"| 
 q'l'OsUe to that of Mort mer n n i^ ?''"' ,'"''' 
 ^"•■•angements were com 1 tTw mi:''''" •*'"^''; 
 was given for the encounter ^ '''' "" ''«"''' 
 
 n>Si;t;';x"j:;-'Si'''"^^T-''-' 
 
 being forced in o the^ 12 It 'T '^-'f °'' 
 ments came uj. on either sidH ' '''''"'^"•■<=e- 
 grew from a skir mislV f, fn 'i i''' ''"""''"tor 
 
 They rushed uiS^re anSr' a 'S' 'f "" 
 nam testifino i;i. " . „ '> ''*^ -'t'lster Lane- 
 
 -ith S:tri.:teZLS^?S 'I'J'^^'^' 
 ^vere often overthrown i I Viln, "^'', I'^^'t'es 
 •nade a most ho • • ble"ii In ?,^' ""•' '''^'^' I 
 tliat happened wbiVI, ho fj " "'"'>' '"*«tonccs 
 more e.ior enced w vr ^^ 'T "'"'^'^'^ ''y the ■ 
 of strife.' S rail w°'r' 7 !" 'T" *''« ^^7 ' 
 of the bridge Lui ten .''Z'''''"'''^^' ^''^ 'edges 
 
 '"'t siightif fas „^i "; /d'S' "" ''"'•I'T'^' '"''^ 
 
 pressure of-^those \w,n H . ^ ? I'^'l ""'''"'' ">« 
 so that e hot r!m *'r"«ed to the combat, 
 
 ant,s .■ec.^eS^lr^l^^re.r Sg"' 't^^^!-^' 
 
 "ith lefr sSs of l^^ "^ '""''^ i'"' '""«'™l'cred 
 hnt th ca ' td been ?"' 'T^^!^^'' ^™°"'- ! 
 "ere several bn^fl • I' P^'^ed for, and there 
 
 i"to llir irat of ™,S , ,» '«;l">n™, null 4.1, 
 
 sense of iiroiirietv «°,l i 7 f ''"'"''" ^^'''ose 
 
 're;£.iiir;^-3r-^'^!^ 
 
 fortitude" £t V etheTf,''"'\/"'' ^^"'^ -'^ 
 to seen, inte e ted . o,. '"' ^''^I'^'^tical wi.sh 
 from a .spark of o 'h' 'f'"'''"' °'' ^^'''e'l'er 
 
 tion, or rather burlexm.n V,(' i- I ""^ "'"'**• 
 
 and jest w ith Lr ,'i f T'^'i'' '''""''''^ *°'^"«'' 
 of Liic stJr h 0.Z 'u'l'i^tvf '';'H'r'° *''« Ett-rl 
 i-'f? for ^vithd .w rt" i^t V "^r"^^'"^^'''- 
 ^vluch to the court arn,„?r ,7^ presence, 
 
 his time, h,ul tle'Te f^ '"'^ be chose, 
 
 bi.s rivalVreeac ess^Hl n '^l'I'«'?''a"ee of leaving 
 of availing dSf of Jw')'!' ^T"'}' "'^'^'^ 
 to stand lierpe a V be wlv^ i "' her landlord, 
 of her count..la,iee "'^ ""'^''^ '^''^^ *''« 'ifht 
 
 en^oSSil'S^oSy-^S^'^-'''^: 
 
 ;wtX^;'*!:;:;iSi;i^w^^^ 
 
 stood S r Nk. lolas B oi"' '^''"•"'^ ^^■''°«'' '^^ek 
 earateach word wb.vi ' »''',"'""« from ear to 
 a sign toTrellnlbn' '"'"''''.'•• "»'^". "taking 
 
 meni watcheTt";,,: n::r;f'i?t^;,rdr''""' ' 
 
 he e.xtricatei! li;..,unif c ^, '"'•'e disiunce, 
 
 «ns, which wai a wm.k if ^'' ^^eomplishcd 
 
 as he saw him also ft p„ f,l !, "'' ^"'^' ''^ soon 
 the way toTLvM thlXt I 'i' f™"'''' ''« 'ed 
 a krk/y w^h ', ,","'''''^*' ''^'l'"^' ^vhich stood 
 flung 1 ms 01 be ''' '""ly ''''"'^'«'- He 
 Tressilia I'o mo nt tL^'n' '™'\ '"''''^ ''Sns **■- 
 out speaking a Lget J"'' ^ ^^'^ "'"' 
 
 1^^ 
 
340 
 
 ir^i VERLEY NO VEI.S 
 
 III 
 
 *: 
 
 Leicester then .spurred his liorsc, and -'iilloDed 
 w.thont stoj.pin. until he reu.hed a nuS 
 Hpot, env„-one.l by h,fty oaks, ahout 'a i 
 < ista nee f.„„, the castle, and in an o,.„ sUe 
 '"■'"•'">' 'n'M. the seene to which cur osi was 
 ;l''^tw,n^. every spectator. He there d s ount^.d 
 
 h.m.. nshorsetoatr.,andonlyprono,nuS 
 i 1 ''l "■" ^'"''""/'^ "" •''■^'^ <''i"tnTnj,tion/ 
 
 .''Ivor,!. ""'""' '■'•' •*"''"'■' ""-' ''■■'^^^' l'i« 
 
 Trcssilian imitated his example iMinctuallv 
 
 «<.ipon, My lord, as I have l,cen kn.nvn to many 
 '■^ one M'ho does ,,ot (e.ar .h.ath, wh,.n ..htcH^ 
 l;ahin.r w,(h order, niethinks I may ' , , t 
 
 t at IS honourahl,., your loniship has darc.l to 
 ' »er ,nc such a mark of .iissrace, as pl.ac s o 
 these tcrn.s with respect to each other ' ' 
 
 II you like not .such marks of my se(,ru,' re- 
 lied the car , ' hetake yourself instantly lo y. „• 
 
 t slid! not nce,l, my lord,' .said Trcssilian. 
 <■ " .I'ldge l,etw,.xt us ! and your bloo.l, if y,, 
 tall, I)(! on your head.' > j 'o 
 
 He had s,.uvc completed the sentence when 
 llicy instantly closed in c(,ml,at. 
 
 lint Leicester, who was a i)erfcct master of 
 
 ' *'"', ^' ,'^' ''•'"! *^"'". "" tJie pircedin- ni-ht 
 
 i;ima:;\';r''"''^^^''^''«''''"''>«^''>^'''-i- 
 
 •n " "' '""'■'' ™"^'"" """' li">vtofo,.c, an,l 
 I'lilci a .secure rcyenjr,. to a hasty one. F„r 
 
 =ir;Sl^t!lI^"«''V!;'*''''T^!^'!land 
 
 Vhlt h V/ '" ' ir-'-'^t'"-" ^vith my rapier I- - 
 
 W h.i ■•• St thou odo to l„ar my way to re vnso r 
 
 Mich -much!' cvclaimecl the undaunted 
 
 ".y; 'since my folly has I n tin. cau.se ' S^^^^ 
 
 o:m ivils O il y, u would ever ;ik;uu cnjov 
 
 lie pe.u.e„t au innocent miiul, if you ho,,e a iiu 
 " .sle..p ,n i,eace and uuhanntc.l I.y , ,„X 
 
 tht;:d;r;?:,!7;:j'''^^"™"*>''^'^"-.^"'i 
 
 \\liile he spoke in this ea<'cr and earnest 
 
 «.ne a frol,l,„.i,|<,, elleet, he held ,„. to Leieester 
 H packet, secured Wit), a lon« tnvsl , u^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ';">•. "t a heautifn li.ht hrown colour. Knra , 
 he was. nay, almost blinded with fury o I'c 
 
 .destined rcyen.^. so strangely fnistralcd, tl 
 '-' .1 "1 Leices er could not resist this cxtn- 
 ;.; 'l>"aiy supplicant. He snatched the Ic r 
 
 m u Ins haud-changcl colour as he look d on 
 
 the knot which .secured it-«lan,.ed ov,,' the 
 
 •outcnts, and staKKcring baek, Vvould have Uk, 
 
 '"r' 1"; not rc.ste,r against the trunk of a t ee' 
 
 fnrtn,,,. t 11 ■ \^ "^"S'li. " all c( iiai skill am 
 
 sue S„ ' '"f '''/r ';ilt<3 hMinge whic.h Leicester 
 •sue es Inlly put asnfo Trcssilian exposed himself 
 at disadraiitago ; and, in a subsequent attempt 
 
 and .stretched him on the ground. With a L'rin 
 
 net r"f tl'^i''" i:"'"t "'•"''!« ••^H'ier ^vithiir o 
 ichcs of the throat of his fallen adversary, an<l 
 acing his foot at the .same time upon his b Vea ' 
 
 h d him confess his villanou3 wrongs towank 
 
 him, and pre[)a.vn for death. 
 
 J}f '''V° "° ^'"'l">' ""•' ^^™"g towards thoc to 
 confess, answered Trcssilian, " ami an. bett r 
 
 aTiT, "'■ '''mI'^ "'t" *''™- Use thine advan- 
 tage as thou wilt, and may God forgive you ' I I 
 have given you no cau.sc for this ' ' 
 
 Ao cause ! ' exclaimed the earl, ' no eau.sc •- 
 hut why parley with sueh a slave ?_Die a liar 
 as thou hast lived !' ' 
 
 Ho had withdrawn his arm for the imrnose of 
 
 a.idS:'?o'^ "" ';r ''f ^'"^'^^^ ''■« -void-arm 
 ami clung to it with sueh tenacity of grasp that 
 
 tnS if ,f ""^^ '""' off withoula c^usK, 
 Htniggfe, in the course of which Trcssilian had 
 
 o ''ids w"?/ '° "T '^'"^ ^'"''''^ '"™«<^lf "" '"" oT 
 h u V 1°"{ ^"'''*r'" '■^"'^•» turned towards 
 mm with looks of unabated ferocity and the 
 combat would have roeomnienced wltl's hno 
 oTo d t'c"" '"''' f^''^ '""' "°* the boy clung 
 i i.Joml r"''*r "r^"'^'^-'' •■^"^^ "' * «l'"'l tone 
 piosecuted this quarrel. 
 
 ' ytand up, and let mc go,' said Leicester, ' or, 
 
 „i, .. 1 I , "o"'"--i' ine uuiiK o a tree 
 "here he stood f„r an instant, his eyes bent ou 
 tl-o lett..r, and his .sword-point tnnicd to the 
 «.;;.und, without seeming to' be conscious of e 
 1 ■■csenee o an antagonist, tow.irds whom he had 
 shown ittle UH.rey, and ,vl,o might in t iir h aw 
 taken h,m at a.Iv.antage. lint i;,r sucl ve ,« 
 Wilian was too noble-minded he also st od 
 sill in sur,,ris.. waitiugthe issue of t s t , S 
 
 " l;ass,on,bntholdinghisv...vponreadyto £ 
 hii isc'll m case of need, against some new a 
 sudden attiu^k on the j.art of Leieester whonr he 
 j^|..isus{H.c^edtob.Mi,derthei„fh,:;^^^ 
 
 as his old aequamtau,.. Diekon, whose fac" onee 
 
 a2 hl^i^rr'^ '° .^^ 'i"«°"en ; but h^w h 
 
 b wi * '" "''t"'^' ■•* inomciit, why his 
 
 It caine to iiroduce so jiowerfnl an effect upon 
 Leicester, were questio/.s which he could 'not 
 
 to y ork effects yet more wonderful. It was that 
 which the unfortunate Amy had writte to er 
 Ini^band, in which she all/ged the reasons am 
 
 ma„neron.ertlightfi.omCumi,orPlaS!!^m 
 iini o her having made her way to Kcuilworth 
 t? onjoy his ,,rotection, and mendo led ] « 
 
 l.en^'in'T-" "'"'''.''"' """'''^'"-1 ''-• ^^ 
 loluge in Tressilian's apartment, earnestly re- 
 questing he would, without delay, a.ssi.m l^,.,' a 
 inore suitable asylum. The letter concluded 
 
 tt cb e„ "" r''T'*. ^W^^^^^^^ of devoterl 
 .tttachmeiit, and submission to his will in all 
 
 ind"?i:,r f^''"''*'^"'^'''^ respecting her situation 
 and p ace of residence, conjuring him only that 
 
 The letter dropped from Leicester's hand when 
 
 'Tre^l'r^V'-- "^'^'^^"'>' «^™'-^''' 1- «S 
 now ifnv^ '• '''"^/'"'•^'^ "'y l'c-'"-t, as I would l,u 
 now liave pierced yours ! 
 
 ml^^JjT^' ''■'''^ 7''«**«"'^". 'you have done 
 lie great wrong; but sometliing within my 
 breast ever whispered that it wa.s"by eg;egiou^ 
 
 ' Error, indeed ! ' said Leicester, and handed 
 
1 
 
 R witli my mi)icr |_ . 
 iiy way to ivvi-ii^'o?' 
 "■'1 the uiidjuilitcd 
 ■II tliC CiUlSC of tlicso 
 I. 1111(1 lICI'I'IliUlTO of 
 
 'I oyiT nfrnin enjoy 
 il, ifyiju lioji(Mi;,'iiiii 
 uiiti'il ly remorse, 
 ■iiso tins letter, and 
 
 wiWr and earnest 
 r leutures and voice 
 ield II]) to Leicester 
 !,' tress of woman's 
 ' eolour. Knrai,'ed 
 ''1 witli fury tr) see 
 ;i'ly frustrated, tlio 
 I'esist tliis extra- 
 latehed the letter 
 ir as he looked on 
 th fiilteriiif,' hand, 
 Klillleed over the 
 "oiildhiive fallen, 
 I' trunk of a tree, 
 
 his eyes bent on 
 lit turned to the 
 ' eoiiseioiiH of the 
 ii'dswhoin he had 
 ii^;ht in tiiiii have 
 
 for siieh revenge 
 ■'1 he also stood 
 'ofthisstrangefit 
 ni ready to defend 
 st some new and 
 :'icoster, whom ho 
 nflnence of actual 
 easily recognised 
 
 whose face, once 
 ten ; Init how he 
 lonient, why his 
 d, above all, how 
 1 an effect u]ion 
 h he could not 
 
 powerful enough 
 I'nl. It was that 
 1 written to her 
 the reasons and 
 'Place, informed 
 y to Kenilworth 
 mentioned the 
 lied her to take 
 stly re- 
 ,,n liei' a 
 tter concluded 
 ons of devoted 
 his will in all 
 ig her situation 
 : him only that 
 10 guardianshij) 
 
 t, carncsth 
 ly, assiffii her a 
 
 cr's hand when 
 "■ord,' he said, 
 as I would but 
 
 ^ou have done 
 ig within my 
 s by egi'egious 
 
 1', and handed 
 
 Iiim tho letter • ' I Im,-,, i 
 
 ---'''nionSr;viS;:;7;,:;:'y'V" •';■''-■'• a 
 
 '' '■'■•■'''''■■'-^uhise::, i '''';;:; ;'y''|7■'-^ 
 
 W IV conir's H,;< I .. "'"''"• *Mit(hed bov 
 
 hei^T l!n;;.,;;y^'' '''■'■ ^ 
 
 wi;hdS;wnras1fi::v'^''''''''',T'''''''''"^- 
 ••-therec^m" ,';t::T;;e'' 
 
 "'■nimrtaZs^,f i? ' '"'•'**''): '^t^^ilwi all th^ 
 
 .i.:?t,S'Ssi:i;;:t:;;i!*S5'>-ito, 
 
 now in his i,ower i ' ^ " ' '^''^ "* '■^■''" 
 
 '"|'an;i.L2o?;S.S.T-"'-. 
 
 sheisnowisWStfcS'-'^^^''^^''''--' 
 
 »'tl. yon is ended, my o ij, t S,""." 'l"^"'-'''! 
 
 begin with theW,f,, or A, 'p'','''?''^'l'''' 
 
 lias screened his "uilt n i, 1, .f ^ K 'l«art, who 
 
 famous A'arnev.' ^ ' ^''" '^""^ "' t'"- i>'- 
 
 'Thesf(/«cc/-of Aniv I' reiilw.ri T • i. 
 a voice like thiind,. • <' "^1 ''^".Lficester, with 
 
 belted Earl. N,,, ( ,, v ' °' >'icester as I am 
 mannerof jistVo wl'i irr .'•n"'' 1'"'"* ""^ tbat 
 niy own free l! I ' d s, ,."°' '''^"'^'': ''"' "' 
 your compulsion • "^ *-'"™ ^^y- ^ fear not 
 
 t"SS"co,"lE? Trossilian was instantly 
 
 to I'imself a °d d"a? ""^'"""«" l'^''^^"^'' 
 
 welfare. He ' d b no ,. "'"'^ ,"l'on Amy's 
 
 «Jenco in the Si St m^ StS^'^'l^'^^ ^'^'- 
 wl'ose mind seemed to hi r' h Z / "f H''' 
 government of calm rl^ll. ■}. ^'"^'^'''^ *''« 
 
 notwithstanding trassu?a.i:!'''T ^''''. ^'°' 
 think Amy safe in Vl.n i • , ''''^^ received, 
 
 '% lord/ he il':i rnW ° /'" '^^^I-''^-'^^' 
 offence, and am far f.m^ c ^'- ^ '"'''"' >'"» "" 
 my <lnty toZ HirRo^''''"P ^1'''^'™1' But 
 cany tlfis n.at te. iSaiS! f ''^r''''''*''-' ""^ *" 
 
 tlie Countess's rank may /aek,'', ''!""?•' *'"^* 
 IH-rson.' ^ " acknowledged in her 
 
 tlu'ew IdnfdFirto to i?n''°'''' ^"' *''« tree, 
 gallop towanls the cistlo ''"'' ''^"'' '•°<^'' '^^ ^'"1 
 
 the boy SS'°T./°-'r^^'^'^^'''' Tressilian,' , id 
 
 ^'£Ar//. IVORTIl 
 
 .-.an V" i^:'^' r'"^!!'-' "'^'^ *-' 
 
 '••''''■'niingth, .:■'', ;;':;'.''l"'''lbi^inM.i^ 
 
 ''■"' l""l"ined from b ' V "■"'"'''''■'"'■.lie 
 
 "''''"bichAniyhad , ,., , iV'-'''^'''. ''''' ''■"''■ 
 "f Leicester ji„, "'''■'' '"'" '"' '1"' Kail 
 
 ^<i"'e of mccti,,.' wit r'l in, • ^"""' '"'"*"■ 
 .^Vayland'.s haviTig ' , ' ,"', '■""-'l-'.u.e ot 
 '" the i.ageant. H, ' '''.^'^■I''''t''f Arion 
 alarmed 'when le saw "''', ""'''■.'l something 
 
 -tieturn^olvJ^iir 5i-.I'«^^^^ 
 won!, be •i.'aili in tl„ , • "'* •'Veiling, t 
 
 '''^^ssengel^ .::',,,''', J'"r'''''^'-''' "f the ,, roper 
 
 -'"biiii^ssibiyt ; ;. ,''^;;;;>-:''',t''''««'it 
 
 ""t lo the pageant ■ v I 1 )^ ">''""1 ''anie 
 
 ••M"'ll"'l l'yL,?m ,,;„:• '" ,';'" '" ^'"' '"ton'm 
 
 ''tTivssilianra^dt mSilms;;;: ''«'■' ^''•■'■'•'' 
 '; a letter ad.lressedt,^" '" I"f "•^«f"'i 
 Karl of Leicester b . .,. ^I'ei'son than tho 
 
 eonseouencc's of hi 'S "' T ' "'■'■"'■•.' ^'^ *''« 
 .'"Jee,t the alarm which w',, I ''.'/",''''"''- ""'• 
 ■■'■•^I'wting \\aii ; /u ,' T^^''V"'''' ''"'1 exi.ressed 
 i."/«e that the k^ttnusl" '""!■'":' ''''' '"'"' to 
 ''■"•1'^ own hand id .f " '''-"f""' ''^'' tl'o 
 the lady by g i'n 'J /'"" '"-' '"'«''t IU'ejudieo 
 He. niadi a,L^r;t ,;""'>■ °' *.''« 'lomestics. 
 of Leicester but tl , si, i " ^^'"" "" ""'liencu 
 "'"1 the me „ ss of ? ^''''''-''y "' I'i.'* features, 
 I'i^beingal ; :;i '^^^^'^^ oc,.asioned 
 whom he appk. d' , •' , ' \ ^' "'•''"'e»t menials 
 !"'leed, he h!Ji near y stc. ci I ^'''^- ^''''^ 
 iiig ab.mt, he found • Vi '"'"""'"' l"'""!- 
 whichhekn wtol ' ''t„*l'f «''""°, ^''^ '""ket 
 I'aving seen it oi. ^. ' ' ""'"'''>' "'""te.ss, 
 e.seape.l his pryi„reye i?"""^ ' ^"'' ""thing 
 to restore it'X(: t7L5;i™'«;;r-" vai^ 
 
 he imt it into the 1,.,, ,lt . eonntess, 
 
 lA'icester liin self bni ,' *." ''' '"*^« «een, of 
 ■■-^.Vse,.|;;;i,:'i,S-;-tunatelyhcdidnot 
 
 to the lower J.art of tl e h.ll ?''^ '"""^ ''""" 
 "bout to accost him he w ', ""^ ^^ ^ '"^ ^^'"^ 
 Lilian As s),.,,.. • ' '^'^ I'leventei by Tres- 
 
 theappotl^tnett^rbi;,^:^/'-'-/^'"^ 
 place in the Pleasance n n . ,^''?'' ^^ ^ake 
 
 thiifl to tho , a.U f' T ' '''"'^^'^ to add a 
 ™"H"«ori;rrSg",,'E,;'-t. either in 
 tnnity of deliverin<: the et t ' ^ t' ' '^'.' "I'l'^;''" 
 
 ttmity of delivering tlu' lettei°tn V"-' "V "t >■ ■ 
 strange .stories be"intn«i;f Leicester; for 
 
 which alar. V fnf,, * 'TT^ ^''^' 'lomesties, 
 'lent, howeve ained Di t'"^' ' T'^''^'- ^"i" 
 
 the earl, an.l as I o eu] I Vj" '' ''"''-' ''ehiml 
 them engaged In <4 lb t- ." "'""'•^ '"^ ^^^^^ 
 ,wliich he" hastened to alarn, , '""•'^'■'l""'ee of 
 little doubt that wb.it V^ f^'"i''I. having 
 
 hetwixt them mSh^iit' urSl '""'^ ^ 
 Continuing to lui k in H, , *■ . °" " ''olic. 
 
 ■seoond ap,« „t it wh . '1?-*''°; '" ^'''^''^ *''« 
 assigned to Tre Sn an ^ 't ''"* ''f'*'"^'- 
 
 in tl,; cro5 nn. dii;'''r^"'rV^''^>'I''"d 
 sufficiently ^o "o esca.f l" ' '"''"^'''' ,^"* "°t 
 his old comrade Thev ,b ^'■'■f^ ^''^"^'^ "f 
 
 -wd to expia^ tS^ii:;:;Lnt%s S 
 
 '^^^ 
 
 »?,>.-.• 
 
943 
 
 // .-/ VF.Hr. EY NO VEl.S 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 Tlu. I.„y rr,nfoss<>.l to Wftylftn.l what v ,. l,av.. 
 
 liiiM hat Ins .Iwi) anxiety f,,,- th.. Ikt,. „( th.. 
 "Mior una ,. huly (,a,l I.ro„Kht hi,,, iJk . 
 
 .U'.«hhou,hoo,l .,!■ tho ..asth., upon his h. rn W 
 
 J Im n|.M,u.,Katavilhw.al,outtVnn.ih.s,|istantt 
 liiat Vainry ana LaniLouin,., whos.- violr.ncc h, 
 
 •l'.;.t< .;. J.ul iM.tlUwt Krnihvorth ovor.Iiiiht 
 
 Uhilo thpy sjioko, they saw L( iruster an.l 
 Tn'ssiimn soi.arat- tii..nis..lvt.,s Crom tlin c..,w,| 
 
 NMifii the hoy, wlioso sp.e,! of foot lias been 
 before .nent.one.l, tinn.Rll he eouhl not oss b • 
 ki'.',, n,, with then,, yet arrive.1, as >vc l.a'vr seen 
 soon enouKh to save Tr.^ssilian's life. The l.ov 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 
 ho truth prevails o'er falsehood ' ~ 
 
 Old Plav. 
 
 Aa Tressilian rorlo along the bridge, lately tl, « 
 scene of so much riotou.s sport, he could u t Imt 
 observe that men's eountenanees had sin 'u ah 
 changed during the space of his brief uEe 
 The n ock hght was over, but the men, stil 
 ab.ted ,n heir inasquing suits, stood toge I e, 
 n groups, hko the inhabitants of a citf , 
 have been just startled by sua. strange and 
 alarming news. "aiioo ana 
 
 When ho reached the base-court, anpearances 
 were the sanje-domestics, retaine.'s, ind unde 
 ofhcers, stood together and whisper.!, ben < 
 tlieir eyes towards the windows of the Invat all 
 
 ni;iel.i£. "''"" "^■'""'^ ^' -'- '^•-S -'" 
 Sir Nicholas Blount was the first person of his 
 own particular acquaintance TressiliL saw, wo 
 him wJth''"p'T/'; ^"?ke inquiries, but gi^cet 1 
 a t filVei'fnr 1'"'''.,"'^ '"'"■■*' T'cssilia.i, thou 
 ait htter lor a clown than a courtier-thou Vaiist 
 not attend as becomes one who fol m^ e, 
 Majesty -Here you are called for, wished for 
 
 ad hither you come with a misbegotten bra 
 ou thy horse's nock, as if thou wert d% „ ,rso ?< 
 8,„cking devil, an,l wert Just retui^ncd Ln 
 
 letSf^oT/."^. '■' *''f "'""•"■'' •"■■'^'J Tressilian, 
 Jetting go the boy, , l,o sprung to gi'ound like a 
 
 feather, and himself disn.ounting^t the .amc 
 
 'Why, no one knows the matter,' replied 
 Blount; 'I cannot smell it <..,r myself thom 
 I have a nose like other courtiers^ Only 5 
 Lord of Leicester has gallop, d along the brid^e^ 
 as if he would have rode over all in his nassafe' 
 demanding an audience of the Queen ^ and 7^ 
 e oseted even now with her, and Ckigh and 
 Ualsingham-and you ar'e called fo?-b^ 
 
 kiS" "''"''' ^'' ''■^"^°" '"• ^''°''«^' "° one 
 
 wll^fl T^'^l ^'x""' ^y ^J""'^'^'^" ' ' said Raleigh 
 
 at Iv o1he"o;"" •'^P'""""^ ' '/«" ""•«* i""n^^d 
 aieiy to tlie Queen s presence. 
 
 'he not rash. Raleigh.'said Blount, 'remember 
 M , n , „ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ j^ ^^^^^ chamber, 
 
 :ti;3;;;a:;;ri;:El:,;'E;|:"i;,;™' 
 ....™t 111,,,,,,, „iti, „,„ briaKi,~K,'2'";« 
 
 Ki.,r'.it'z,'""»°'""- «™"'Sv:: 
 
 and child-keeper at once. I 1^^.!°^ use he 
 one, for I love a goo<| horse n itiin h, T, ^ . 
 plagued with a l^atclu.t wlelp -' ^h'en.^* ^1° 
 yc my fair-favourcd little gossip ? ' ^ 
 
 irom the Fens,' answeml tile boy. 
 .^^^And what didst thou leain there, forward 
 
 hini asks thee more questions ' 
 
 Meantiine Tressilian traversed the full lentrth 
 o tlie Lneat hall, in which the astonished counts 
 fori, e,T various groups, a .d were whisie nL' 
 mys oriously togeth, . whb. all kept tldr y f 
 hxed on the door whieh led from the upper X 
 
 me.v if i"'V' '■'' '^''T''^ withdrawing apai - 
 ment Kideigh poiiite.i to the door-Tressiliai. 
 
 en-nr^f fl *"''f'^ *" «'"" ^ ^i''^^' '"tO tho in. 
 
 env„, :? t '" 'JP'"'t"i«"t ; I'Ut the tapestry which 
 covered the door on tho inside ;vas, hopped too 
 
 curi ™t!;: *" "'""* ^'"= •""^''^-^ g.'atifXn ,f 
 Upon entrance Tressilian found himself not 
 V ithou a strong palpitation '.Cheart, in 1 1 e ,"re 
 seiice o Elizabeth, who wa ..Ikinr: t" and' n^ 
 
 ooks with each other, but .lelayed sM.eaki r/? 
 Iicr wra h had abated. Before the omjty ch i 
 
 2s.aiinlshe.llsidobytllo^,,.^.nce\vi Iwie 
 .she hadstaue. from it, knelt Leicester, his arm 
 crossed, and his brows bent on the ,.roun,l stTl 
 and mo loi.less as the effigies . .la ?pS.h re 
 FnT.'^A,'"'," f^rl"'" ' '"'d «i"'w.sbury; t len 
 
 o(£ 'tTe e H'^ ^"^^■' '■°''" - '"« ^^to! 0" 
 onice— tlie earls swoi.i „ i-i,,,) „„,] i.,„ 
 
 before him on the floo ' *"'^ '''^ 
 
 , 'J^°' ."!'■•'' «'"d th. ,,en, ,,., iine close un 
 to Tressilian, and stamping on the tloor with 1 1' 
 
 or tins lair wo,k-,/o?« are an accompliee in this 
 
 ecep lon which has been practised o i, 1 
 have been a mam cause of our doing iiiiustice" ' 
 Tressihan dropped on his knee bofoi"e the queen 
 us sense showing him the risk of at ein tTn<^ 
 y dcleiico at «iat moment of irritation. ^' Art 
 dun.b sirrah ? she continued ; ' thou kiiow'st of 
 this affair, dost thou not V '^^ ^* °' 
 
 «.nl P°*' P°'°"? mi.lam. that this poor lady 
 was Countess of Leicester ' ^ 
 
 Eli'if'^.K'" f^"°'''''r f"'- «"eh,'said 
 Jiiuan. .11, D^-ath ot my iHe ! Countess of 
 
A'EiVJ/.iroh'J/I 
 
 lldBlonnt, 'remnmher 
 ike, f,'o to my chamber, 
 y iii'w Iilooiii.foloiircd 
 hnii hut twic...' 
 siliau ; ',|„ fiiou tako 
 1"! kind to 111 M, and 
 lUcL dcjifiids on liiiii." 
 ileiKli Imstily, Icavin;. 
 Jlo ol his horse in one 
 thcr. Blount gave a 
 
 ' " '■ .'.>.,'■ mysteries 
 
 to play horMe-kceper 
 
 I <'<nild oxeuHo the 
 
 naturally; but to ho 
 
 lelp I— 'Whence como 
 ;ossip ? ' 
 
 d the hoy. 
 
 leaiii there, forward 
 
 c'ir welibed feet and 
 loy. 
 
 Joking down on liia 
 then the devil take 
 
 3.' 
 
 Tsed the full length 
 astonished courtiers 
 '1 were wliispering 
 all kejit their eyes 
 from the upper eiiil 
 withdrawing apart- 
 he ilour— Tressilian 
 admitted. Many a 
 a view into the in- 
 the tapestry which 
 Je was (hopped too 
 :t'st gi'atification nf 
 
 found himself, not 
 'f heart, in the pre- 
 >ralking to and fio 
 'le seemed t>> scorn 
 f of her most sa^'o 
 exchanged anxious 
 layeil siwaking till 
 •e the empty chair 
 ■■^(^ated, and wl i li 
 io'once with whicli 
 Leicester, his arms 
 1 the OTound, still 
 u."<iti a foimkhre. 
 Shrewshury", then 
 'I'"-,' his bator of 
 kled, and lay 
 
 e(*i ling close up 
 the door with the 
 mself; '7/o«knew 
 iccompliec in this 
 tised on us— ?/o)« 
 doing injustice?' 
 before the queen, 
 k of attempting 
 irritation. 'Art 
 ' thou know'st of 
 
 : this poor lady 
 
 r for such,' said 
 fc ! Countess of 
 
 Leirester ! I say Dame Amy Dudley-and w..|l 
 .1 she hath not cause to wni. herself whl ,w o 
 the traitor Hubert Dudley.' 
 
 ' Madam,' said [.eieester, 'do with me what it 
 -nay be your will to do-but work no iuju v , n 
 this gentle,,, hehathin,iow,.vdese,-i"fi.! 
 
 And will li. be the better for thy uitereession ' 
 Haid the oueen leaMug Tressilian, who slow! 
 .irose and rushing to Leieester, who (ontinu.l 
 ki.eehng-' the better lor thy intercessio it lo 
 .Iniibly lalse-thou iloubiy forsworn v_ofiyin 
 ereession, whose villany hath ma.lc me ridiculo is 
 to my subjects, a.i.l odious to inyself /-I "o ? 
 tear out mino eyes for their blindness ' ' 
 Hurleigh here ventured to intcriiose. 
 Madam, he said, 'remember that vou are ■. 
 Snle" '/'""" "[ '•-«'''"'<l--.'other^of w?u 
 tasiion.' '" '"" ''""^ *° "'''* ^^''''l «t°'''' "f 
 Elizabeth turned round to him, while a tear 
 aetua ly twinkle.1 i,. her proud an,l , ,igr; «;" 
 BirhMgh, she said, 'thou art a statesman- 
 thou dost not thuu eai St not. comprehend half 
 the^scorn-half the misery, tlmt niali his pluri' 
 
 With the utmost caution— with the deencst 
 reverence, Hurleigh took her hand at o mo„fn 
 li", saw her heart was at the fullest, amM," Ih r 
 as de o an oriel wi , low, apart from the o , ; ' 
 
 aniSrn;a;ir::aAn,;-3'i..'-^ 
 
 you to be (imposed.' n'oi-* i pia> 
 
 knotest^aie^t^I.^' '''^''V'^'rl'"'^ 
 'lespiteofher " -^er her cheeks in 
 
 'I do— I do know, my honour. •oreij^, 
 
 beware that you lead not othe,-s u, tlMt 
 
 whicli they know not ! ' ' ^ 
 
 'Ha !' said Elizaiieth, pausing as if a new 
 rain of bought had sudd' niy sho? o s er 
 
 - anvtl ' r f «'^t'-" -t r Jt-thou artrigl 
 -anytb.ug but disgrace -anythiii.' but a eon 
 
 'J,,?! ^"r y°l"'^«"'> my Q"eei',' said I?urlei«h ■ 
 ami s, ir far above a weakness which no E,iS ' 
 'nan ,v,ll ever believe his Eli^abetl cmdd haJo 
 entertained, unless the violence of herdi a ,idnt 
 ment earncs a sad conviction to his bS-'^'"'" 
 hauihtnv .''.'""^"f,^- '"y lo"' ^ ' said Elizabeth 
 
 S i!'whk"b ri'/"" '■"•^'""^'•-' ""it the 
 iivoiii in Hhic.'i I held yonder iiroud trait-nr 
 <in',vc,l Its source from aught 'Jbu he sh^ 
 
 'But wbf , 1 1 ''t "*'"'.'" «°'t«'"^'l 'IS she said, 
 
 But why sliouM I strive to deceive even tliPe 
 
 my good and wi.o servant ? ' ' 
 
 Burleigh stooped t, kiss her hand with affec 
 
 tipn, and-ra,e in tli. anials of ' ourts-a tear 
 
 ot.truo sympathy dropped from tb" eve of the 
 
 mimster on the hand of his sovereicr„ ^ ' "" 
 
 It IS probable that i i,e consciousness of possess 
 
 g this sympathy aided Elizabeth in suppo tin- 
 
 s^nZen nr T' ^"PPIT'"^ her Km! 
 J^artl^f 1 ' ^'"t.^hc was still more moved by 
 J'^ar that her passion should betray to the p,,!,]"; 
 tu. ciffront and the disappointment which a ke 
 
 — ____ ■''*''' 
 
 as a woman and a rpi,.en, she was so anxiiiiiTto 
 
 statelincss o( regular ni< tion 
 S be ,'i'n? "■';' J'"" t''«^"t lier not.' 
 
 ca£eir'^;'rr'i,;;::;s;5-i^iii,::;';: 
 
 you o s.ur piisoner. My Lo.d il lX.mI^Z 
 
 ml take upyonr sword-a ipiaiter of an hour's 
 
 3'';f';''';'^'*''^''''V^''<'yI^<ourn.arsh, t; 
 
 I oL '/'',"""''■."",'''«'' I'"'i""ee for m.nths 
 
 I ol la .ehood piaetised n,io,/ us. \\\. ,,11 , « 
 
 heiu- he progress of ,l,,s^;dr.'-- She th^sen 
 neisell 111 her c lair, am said ' \,,ii T... u -i' 
 
 sb,.lo,.ward a,,d say wliaryI;uk,;o;;-. '''"'''''•'• 
 . liessihan I his storv, generously sum.ress 
 >ng as much a. „e eould what allee el L .T 
 
 lotiglit together. It IS very jirobablo that i?i 
 omg so, he did the earl goo, service • for ha 
 1." queen at that instant found any lb J 
 aceonn ol which she could vent her WTatl ui, 
 iHTH without laving open sentime its o \ ' 
 ■lu> was ashamct, it might have fared ban 
 
 1,;.., t!i 1 •■■■etii im\r laiea nan wit 
 
 Jm.^^^^ M.e ,,ausc,l when T.essilian had tinishe.l 
 
 'We will take that Wayland.' she said 'info 
 our own service, and pfa.... h bo i'n , ? 
 
 utuu use discretion towards let;. ,s. For Vo 
 
 tlewWle' ?"';/';"' ^^■'•""« '" '"^^ ' o'">"..n a{ ig 
 
 the whole truth to us, and your p.omise not te 
 
 o so was both impnule.it a,,d undutTl . %'' 
 
 Mvi ng giv,.,, your wonl to this unhappv ladv t 
 
 It and on the whole, we esteem you Ibr the 
 
 Mv Loni,yy' '"7 '"1^'*'""' •" tl"^ 'natter - 
 us tb,,,^H '''*"'• ?* ■' •""^' y"""' »>'■•" to tell 
 us the truth an exercise to which you seem r I 
 late to have been too much a stranger ' 
 
 Accordingly, she extorted, by sueec"ssive cues 
 
 SithA^:;S;''*''r^?;'^'°'''"^^''^^-^'-i^'^ 
 
 with Amy Kobsait-their niari'iage~h s iealousv 
 -the causes on which it was tbumle.l a. d Z i 
 
 Micii It n ight tie called, was wrenched from him 
 p.eeemea , yet -vas upon the whole ace lae v 
 eepting hat he totally omitted to me on that 
 >e l.id by implication, or othe.wise a „ Ju" 
 Va ney s designs ui,on tlu life of his cou it LI 
 ^et the consciousness of this was what at tluf 
 moment lay nearest to his heart ; and aUI ougl 
 l.<3 trusted in great measure to tl. very rSc 
 counter-orders which he had sent .,v Lam om iie 
 It was his purpose to set out for tnninT ' kc' 
 m person, a- soon «s he should l,c disn, sed 
 from he prr ,ue of the queen, who he con 
 clu, led oul.i ,„.csently lea^e Kenilwor'th 
 
 Jiut tlic earl reckoned without his host It is 
 true, his presence and his communicitions were 
 
 n,.! P '°"' r''*'>' °tlier and more direct 
 
 mode of i-eyenge, the queen perceived that she 
 gave her false suitor torture by theJe in u ,•£ 
 
 regai.ui,^- tlic pam whiei, .i.e herself experienced 
 than the savage cares for the searing Jf his oSl 
 
.Ill 
 
 
 w 
 
 l:r;:':.;'«s%.':L•;:;u:'--w.thw..^ 
 
 '/'. / / HKLK Y NOVELS 
 
 1. . t -V R-"»r'"K iiic not 11 iirrrM 
 
 I "Mn„.i, ,„,.,,,: u^^:J^::'f''^^^i^'^^ 
 
 '"^ 'f' -^'"^ii avail ti. thi v^wtt'T'';'''"' •' 
 
 Ws, CO,.,,, all ami lu.ar tl '„;.„.. \ r" ' /"•>' 
 Ldcestoi'',SHtol,.nn,i, ■• .,,1 '"^^'*-% Lord of 
 
 '^■''1 K"Klan.| ir''lti t 
 
 ■a his tastes ^.wico a ;'•"'' '^.l"'"i'"'l'al 
 
 Now,isna^H,ir ,:;:r'i;i,n''''\'i '• 
 
 Km™ hi,,, ,vit|, ,t (•,,„. ,„. .'k' '.^ . I ''""''' ""t 
 h« must |Mrs,,,,,u , /( L " 7"n' -favoui. Init 
 at his (lis LsalTlv „ "'^' '"V"' '""' ^'•"»" 
 
 I^H3^^vasauuive■■sa^.x,,,vssio,.:; s,5i,<, 
 
 the ha,i; hr^.Te t^. °' '",''"'«'ty to k.iow 
 who, to mak ,,,, t;/\">' K°'''^'»'t' tho san,,. 
 
 fe;^;-he,i.S,s^i:-fnM^:tS 
 
 ve.xatio„, a'^,j sI,a,,o i,' 1 '*"'''' "' '"'"'"•<>'• 
 speaki„j,/.so low as to . 1 '^"'"'te.iai.co, a,„l 
 'take „ry head as vm, f' '' '-'' "" °"^' t^'««. 
 
 and s,.ar^ .I i,es?"a ,,,"'" uT' '" ^;""'' '^"«-' 
 ".an-t..ead,,oto,:iZ,S,edS. '.'''' '^'■'^"'"^ 
 sa„,^t::r^Z':•l;>'^^ /^'Muee,,. i,. the 
 
 and the moVe e. I^t'sh^linKiV'thrr""' ''"''*'h 
 you wot of \vhiol. w,. J'^'^''°^'^"■'*nake 
 
 bosom •-_.' '' '"' '^''"'"d in a ce.tain 
 
 th;!a"l°";,';i™ S-*"": """«' -adam,- said 
 me ' '""^ '^ ^''^ sonie reason left in 
 
 'Speak aloi.d,n,y lord,' said Elizabeth, 'and 
 
 '"'^'''■^''''''^^hrfcr^^^;^ 
 
 •'^'i-w,:H',,,:;l:'y:,;:;::'''''''-'''-ihumi,iy, 
 
 yon K not in ,„,,.,,,,, ' ' , ^' '"^ '»•■''. 
 
 l'a«.n.K .(•, tail, d , vs i fl; . '' )"■ ""'"'f'''^ "1«" 
 and it we,.e sifc , f v 'ri" " "" '^'•'"'"•"'tl'. 
 landluid .luii,,V; ';.',> '" '•"^■" "^ "ithont a 
 
 favour, we ..Inn. ttlnk r ';,;:;::• H"t''>«"'' 
 'n th.. ,.y,.s of „„,. ,,,,'" '""•• ,7,"'''' - '•^Kiaee 
 
 to Cun.nor l-la-'u i,,s .,) ,..■ ,^ "•■^■^'"'}'' "'"♦" «" 
 «on.e K.ntle,,,an wl , i llf'"' "'"' ^^•'■^'' '"'" 
 fha.nbe,.. lest n,y . ,, ' ' t'"T" r""? "' <""' 
 apii.. iealous of l.is | t f ''um'' ''"'"''' '"' 
 Tivssilianr '" '" '••"nwu.ssion with (h,,., 
 
 !<n.ght hesi.les. an,A„ ,|„ ^^^^ ,, ";, ^^ ymuK 
 
 ;n^-io,.,isaSv;i:^-*K:!;>;i''-'tok.,ow, 
 
 'aitouis theio who,,, vv, „ ' l' n T '^^'"'t'*"' 
 
 Alas...., ,h.a,l ,"' . ' ^i;,:' ^,'^'"^ ,"!" 'o'eiKn 
 ^vith vou, Ki'ntlen . 1.,.; ., ,'*" '"-'"'nt /b.eo 
 
 T!.yi.we,,a,:i'^:a'^i;:;:: ;-'t''^ 
 
 art of v,;,,/, an „ w "''■■^'^'' "' 'n that female 
 
 'Sussex. f,o,n ,'s nati^Li •,?'^ '"I"'" •"'•^"'ie.". 
 
 «li-^positio,, B,.w'ei, hSu'r;'!^''? '■'■'^^ 
 I'-netiatin;,; a , 1 rr~L"'''"«''!"''' """' f'^ir 
 
 '•-■tain..,! towL s hi n , 'T''''' ™"''t ^vJio 
 •""•ne in th.Ml.or,;;,''" ^'" '-■"""'""^nco they had 
 
 eoiSl.ler'elJS.iS'^; '^^^ «--to-ed to 
 
 ce 
 
 feelings. He kissed it -fr ""'^ .™°''" '"^*"''^' 
 while he reeollected tl at he r'?*';^ ,""^^^ ' '^"'^ 
 
p««o you_yo„r brMth 
 
 VI' yim to ask ,.(• iiH I • 
 |'",'t'iiiat.T,i,||,umi,Jv. 
 
 If, Ixliki' /-Why, ttv 
 w ".! have hrrtiil, hI;^ 
 '"■'■''• Hut. my lord, 
 •> l"iv(. t./iiMt.'(] „i)on 
 tastl,. of KciiilHorth 
 to l.avu \\H without a 
 ii-'tt h.'ie. UikJ.t your 
 
 ' 'I''"'' NU'^I' -li.SKHK'., 
 
 , i ifSMlliaii shall iio 
 • yiu, «ii,| with hiVn 
 I'lyii Hworu ol our 
 I-<MiTs[,.r .should h,, 
 '"l..--\Vlioni uouldst 
 miiHHinn with tlieo, 
 
 defornijuc, suggested 
 
 ?l 'so (iod hii' nio, 
 
 l<JO. 111! is (I young 
 
 "• a liidy ti cjui prison 
 iiiv.— Cuniiiorriuce 
 I. you arc to know, 
 '«. ther.! an- utirtain 
 il "illmgly havn in 
 111-*!' them, Master 
 iifccssary to sucuro 
 y and the Coruign 
 
 ■ 'l HUflicicnt ColCO 
 
 :lu' lady h.'io in all 
 
 d Im with you ! ' 
 
 L'senue. 
 
 '; rest of that .lay 
 
 The .juccn, who 
 "'I'' for the solo 
 lilting the Earl of 
 ihil iu that female 
 
 in the s.iieiK'e of 
 The train of state 
 
 lie walked among 
 ilie Lord of Kcnil- 
 y experienced the 
 the slight regard 
 it'uds, and the ill- 
 id o[)en enemies, 
 aiy frankness of 
 igliain, from their 
 ,mcity, and some 
 ion of their -sex, 
 )wded court who 
 enaneo they Jiad 
 
 accustomed to 
 iicipal object of 
 IS were, for the 
 i haughty sj.irit 
 ults and studied 
 subjected ; but 
 amber foi flie 
 which had ce 
 lis observation, 
 ounter - charm, 
 i niore natural 
 id times ; and 
 t always in liis 
 which he Iiad 
 ito a dignified 
 
 ""U I'.' con d 1; '■'■'•' '""• '"• ''•>' 
 
 =;;:atit-i5F''""''''"''^ 
 
 yet so indiiein "to tlir ;'';'''' ",'' '."'^ «"^"*''^- 
 
 h'ENlllVOHTlt 
 
 'lircetairro'iit''"'su "('.'';•■'''''?'''■' '" """'• ''i'li'iwl 
 Hliarpnes""^;'-„,r^.': a oun'Tf "'•^","'"' -" 
 thev were eonsu t 1 r ''"'• "'"' """'KIi' 
 
 -"•gioctfui cond ! ''t'o hV ::;T";r v ■i'","'"^ -^ 
 
 remained at Kenilw.rtlfi' ",""' "'"'" t'"'y 
 -civility duo fn,m It. 'tS?' 'T^\^ ^" •"'"'"■ ^'''^ 
 I» shifrt, niatters w.. . *'."'"''"•'' "f tlinc.stle. 
 
 ""'l sagacious coir "rs A ■ """'' ^•■^l"'>''-'"-'^l 
 Bil'ility'of LeiceZ'^r^toS: t" ?*'""« i""- 
 regulated their demeanour to'i. '"' '""' 
 w'lo might one day dain n r ' ,' '""v".' "'■"^^' 
 desertecfhim in advers itv i. • '• ' ""t 'laving 
 to leave these intnl.n : ^' i / ,''' '""*^^' '"'"ever 
 Haloigh or^UuS'S;;"'^ ''^^"'' ^''^-^"'"" ""'i 
 
 The troop consisted ot six riersoi,« ■ f r • . 
 "ayland, thev had i.> „ ''"^^"'is > for, besides 
 suivant and two St n se?J"'""^' " '"^«' I""-- 
 well armed, and^raXrir '"';"'''''.''• ^^" "«'•'•■ 
 with justice to tS' :,'»'', !'-^'t^;««I--il.le 
 journey before the n The v ' ,'"'' '""' " '""K 
 euro some tidin s ; tlu . ■^7'^'-'r''"""^' '"J"" 
 and his part? tu,il^/'r''' "'•'''« of barney 
 Jiad traveiled'in t e X i^ \'^ "--> - the - 
 about twelve miles V,, I?" •, " '""'" ^■'"■i« ' 
 K-e some rSu^ fS^^t ""'''' '''^y 
 clergyman, the curate of ,ei [.„'"'■''■'• " I"""' 
 asinallcottage.andentrenf I ' '• ?"'^- ""' of 
 wl'o might kn^w aul r of ""^ "' ^'"^ ''"'"fmy 
 an insta^.t on'a lyij'm:; ""^"'^ ^" '""^ i'n d 
 
 r'. he learned that then "';■'■'!' ''"" ^^ t''^' 
 fV high road abo fa m fr * ''^■" '"^""J ^" 
 labourers, as thev IL '""' ''"^ ^'"age, by 
 
 I'.'e preceding rlofnnJaild'^f '" '^'"'' "''k "" 
 l"n. shelter in hLri^e the curate had given 
 gun-shot wound wb n , , '""' leeeived a 
 
 T'^U hut 1 ther i IT'-l *° '"■ "''^■■■"•'«ly 
 'i'eycould no learn as hn'"'' '•'' '~'» ''"'''"■'^ 
 ■^Me nothing Scted I'w'",'* 'r'^''' "'"' 
 lie dark and lowlv annrt " ?'*-^'''""l '''iteied 
 
 i.^<l the curate drawn aSil"'' "."' "° •^"°""'' 
 knew in the distorted ZZ r.','*'""' *'""' ''« 
 eountenanceof jScI Ta yr^ "' ""^ l""'«"t tlie 
 tence of seeking en, n •"''"'""''• ''nder nre- 
 Jaylandfil^^jS^wlychhewanH, 
 
 ;2-dtothe^jrS;Kirs:"^!-j 
 
 ^^:StS^!:!;-'--ntheago,,.esof 
 
 "'""•• 'li.^li.iguis aic ' T'^ '"■"■;■■•''"'• were 
 
 '"lake haste, ,;t\;.o,i';""'"" '""'" ''»" 
 
 was in vain T,^s'ilian, /■';''';; '"" '"""•' " 
 """'er i"forn,atio; ,/'.*;,;,,,'';• 'r"''"' for 
 «o.Me ,|egr,... .Icliriou , nd w /" ^"'■""'" '" 
 " MKUal to attract Tie m, ...'.'" ">'''"" """'« 
 ""'y for the p. ,,,s!. ,,''"' t* "''"""". it wa. 
 
 he ha( di,.,| wit)„,f I • '""''' '*ear, that 
 
 eo-.vnision V itl n ' V onl/'"';''' "''' ""•' A 
 '""' the travell ' 1 ; K, '' '\^"''''"'''t^''- after, 
 
 '■■K the (ate of the .... ,. ''i"'' 'omjern- 
 
 mdu.T.I them to niL'.. fi ,n ^' "'"' w^i'i-h 
 
 --e. whin tU'^aJeiJ" t'- 'luien-s 
 lor service. ^ ""'e became unlit 
 
 CJ/APTER X/J. 
 
 An.l thrice ^C'-L:^t";\ 5" ^"'.l. 
 Around .hc.owersoWn,;T,j^ 
 
 ^eath, fror;irhTSt';;" ^'"^^g— f 
 
 .^Vavland could not h^ve rp. "'i T^^""" ^'-an 
 hulfet had passed clear thrn,f^'f-''r' *«'• the 
 was sensible, however *'& •'"' '^"^3'. He 
 Knew Tre>"-i'--r j '^' ai^ least in p.^irt for be 
 • ■ ■l>e.„i...n, and m^d. signs that he wiJhed 
 
 MlCKLK, 
 
 wwewn;:ii,;:;S"[h,^^''^"^^"''°"-t.,o' 
 
 the autlK.rity ..f the Fa ..f r ■'''^; J'"'-"^'^'*'^'^ "f 
 ;i"--"'« l''"''i-i.m t.r e same'it''; "."' "'' '''" 
 tosecur.. himself a.'aio.Vfli '"''''^'' hastened 
 
 I'y removing tl e" i ,„ '^'''^r^ "'^ '"^ Perfi.Jy, 
 •->-^tle. He h. pn r* ^'T\ ^^'mlwort^ 
 
 the m.,rnin£r Uit,<}, ^"^ '*''*^ '"'th early in 
 '■'■'•■'It in tlc.'i ,'.;,'':;;■ ;■'« V^^t the earl might 
 with the coinite^^s l\;' . ;i': Tf''' '"^"^''^^^ 
 min.e.liat.- departur. ., I i ' *" prevent, by 
 Fol..ibly hav.' c 1. 1 i 'l, ' d'? '■ "'"^^ ^^""W 
 ^"i- this jMirpnse h, calef.'";'"""^ '■'""• 
 was exce,.,|ingly in c,;', ' ^'"" La'iibourne, an.l 
 atten.lant ^^■JZoTll "' ""V,"'* ""^ty 
 m'ighbouringvill,/," ore! eu.i ' ''"J'K'" '" the 
 was expected, Si ^RichS ""'• ^s his return 
 «liould ,,re|,are him If ■ '""""a'l'led that he 
 an iii.i'ii'liate lour '; Im Ilf '";^ '""' «" 
 '■^'turn..,l after his .JeHrt^ire' ^""' '" ''''' ''« 
 
 ./ a sltva^lT'cS^ir^l'-'^t^- Ministry 
 the inysteries of V . nno I' W."'' °"° ,'° ^-J'""' 
 «in.e (teg,,,. Knowu, a he lad r'^H'""'"''^ '" 
 than once in atten.la.u.i . "" there more 
 nmn, wh<«o cl ,a racte ' ' / ' V^'''" '^^ this 
 '"•"■■'le, thougl iri , nMH '"'^ •^'"'* °'' I^'tn- 
 "<"• altogethe'r so , ofl;' ^f^^l^fe «» prompt 
 n.and to have three ho."itsad.lle'^'^^''^' "°'n- 
 a horse-lilter, and have them in^ 
 postern-gate. The nah.r ? 'eadiness at the 
 ady's insanity, hhwa 'r'""^''' '"'"'*•' °'"his 
 lieved, accounted for fbpc °''' "!"^-ersally be- 
 was to be removed tn. H '^ '""? ^^''''^•h she 
 reckoned on the sant on ^' ■ "^'h^ and he 
 tunate Amy's res stance or'°^^ '" ""l' *''« "'""or- 
 such neces,fary The aJn,rn7/ 1^"^ render 
 
 was indispensable, and lTt%lt"''°"^ ^^°'^'' 
 secure. ""■ '^■^rnt-y now went to 
 
 This person, naturally of a sour, unsocial di«. 
 
h 
 
 34G 
 
 IFA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 m 
 u 
 
 position, and somewhat tired, besid «, with his 
 journey from Cumnor to Warwickshire, in order 
 to bring tlie news of tlie countess's escape, had 
 early extricated iiiniself from the crowd of 
 wassailers, and betakeu liimself to his cliamber, 
 where ho lay asleep, when Vaniey, completely 
 equipped for travelling, and with a dark lantern 
 in his hand, entered his apartment. Ho paused 
 an instant to listen to what his associate was 
 murmuring in his sleep, and could plainly dis- 
 tinguish tlie words, ' Ave Maria— ora pro nobis— 
 No — it runs not so— deliver us from evil — Ay 
 so it goes.' ' 
 
 'Praying in his sleep,' said Varney ; 'and 
 confounding his old and new devotions — Ho 
 must have more need of prayer ere I am done 
 with him.— What ho ! holy man— most blessed 
 penitent !— Awake— awake !— The devil has not 
 discharged you from service yet.' 
 
 As Varney at the same time shook the sleeper 
 by the arm, it changed the current of his ideas, 
 and he roared out, 'Thieves !— thieves ! I will 
 die in defence of my gold— my hard-won gold, 
 that has cost me so dear.— Where is Janet?— Is 
 Janet safe ? ' 
 
 'Safe enough, thou bellowing fool I ' said Var- 
 ney ; ' art thou not ashamed of thy clamour ? ' 
 
 Foster by this time was broad awake, and, 
 sitting up in his bed, asked Varney the meaning 
 of so untimely a visit. ' It augurs nothing good," 
 he added. 
 
 'A false propliecy, most sainted Anthony,' 
 returned Varney ; ' it augurs that the hour is 
 come for converting thy lea.o' old into copyhold 
 —What sayest thou to that ? ' 
 
 'Hadst thou told me this in broad day,' said 
 Foster, ' I had rejoiced- but at this dead hour, 
 and by this dim light, and looking on thy palo 
 face, which is a ghastly contradiction to 'thy 
 light words, I cannot but rather think of the 
 work that is to be done, than the guerdon to bo 
 gained by it. ' 
 
 ' Why, thou fool, it is but to escort thy charge 
 back to Cumnor Place.' 
 
 ' Is that indeed all ? ' said Foster ; ' thou 
 look'st deadly pale, and thou art not moved by 
 trifles — is that indeed all ? ' 
 
 'Ay, that— and maybe a trifle more,' said 
 Varney. 
 
 ' Ay, that trifle more ! ' said Foster ; ' still 
 thou look'st paler and paler.' 
 
 ' Heed not my countenance, ' said Varney, 'you 
 see it by this wretched light. Up and bo doing, 
 man- Think of Cumnor Place— thine own proper 
 copyhold— Why, thou maycst fo-ind a weekly 
 lectureship, besides endowing Janet like a baron's 
 daughter— Seventy pounds and odd.' 
 
 ' Seventy-nine pounds, five shillings, and five- 
 pence halfpenny, besides the value of tl-.e wood,' 
 said Foster; 'and I am to have it all as copy- 
 hold ?' ^' 
 'All, man— squirrels and all— no gipsy shall 
 cut the value of a broom — no boy so much as 
 take a bird's nest, without paying thee a quit- 
 tance.— Ay, that is right— don thy matters as 
 fast as possible — horses and everything are 
 ready, all save that accursed villain Lambourne, 
 who is out on some infernal gambol' 
 
 'Ay, Sir Richard;' said Foster, 'you would 
 take no advice. I ever told you that drunken 
 
 profligate would fail you at need. Now I could 
 liave helped you to a sober young man.' 
 
 ' What, some slow - spoken, long - breathed 
 brother of the congregation ?— Why, we shall 
 have use for such also, man— Heaven be praised, 
 we shall lack labourers of every kind.— Ay, that 
 is right, forget not your pistols.— Come now, and 
 let us away.' 
 
 ' Whither?' said Anthony. 
 'To my lady's chamber — and, mind— she 
 must along with us. Thou art not a fellow to 
 be startled by a shriek ? ' 
 
 'Not if Scripture reason can be rendered for 
 it; and it is written, "wives, obey yoi r hus- 
 bands." But will my lord's commancls bear us 
 out if we use violence ? ' 
 
 'Tu.sh, man! here is his signet,' answered 
 Varney ; and, having thus silenced the objec- 
 tions of his associate, they went together to 
 Lord Hunsdon's apartments, and, acquainting 
 the scntmel with their purpose, as a matter 
 sanctioned bv the queen and the Earl of Leicester, 
 they entered the chamber of the unfortunate 
 countess. 
 
 The horror of Amy may be conceived, when, 
 starting from a broken slumber, she saw at her 
 bedside Varney, the man on earth she most 
 feared and hated. It was even a consolation to 
 see that he was not alone, though she had so 
 much reason to dread his sullen companion. 
 
 'Madam,' said Varney, 'there is no time for 
 ceremony. My Lord of Leicester, having fully 
 considered the exigencies of the time, sends you 
 his orders immediately to accompany us on our 
 return to Cumnor Place. See, here is his signet, 
 in token of his instant and pressing commands.' 
 ' It is false ! ' said the countess ; ' thou hast 
 stolen the warrant— thou, who art capable of 
 every villany, from the blackest to the basest ! ' 
 'It is TiiUE, madam,' replied Varney; 'so 
 true, that if you do not instantly arise, and 
 prepare to attend us, wo must compel you to 
 obey our orders.' 
 
 ' Compel !— thou darest not put it to that 
 issue, base as thou art,' exclaimed the unhappy 
 countess. 
 
 'That remains to be proved, madam,' said 
 Varney, who had determined on intimidation as 
 the only means of subduing her high spirit ; 
 ' if you put me to it, you will find me a rough 
 groom of the chambers.' 
 
 It was at this threat that Amy screamed so 
 fearfully, that, had it not been for the received 
 opinion of her insanity, she would quickly heve 
 had Lord Hunsdon and others to her aid. Per- 
 ceiving, however, that her cries were vain, she 
 appealed to Foster in the most afll'ecting terms, 
 conjuring him, as his daughter Janet's honour 
 and purity were dear to him, not to permit her 
 to be treated with unwomanly violence. 
 
 ' Why, madam, wives must obey their husbands 
 --there's Scripture warrant for it,' said Foster; 
 'and if you will dress yourself, and come with 
 us jiatiently, there's no one shall lay finger on 
 you while I can draw a pistol-trigger.' 
 
 Seeing no help arrive, and comforted even by 
 the dogged language of Foster, the countess 
 promised to rise and dress herself, if they would 
 agree to retire from the room. Varney at the 
 same time assured her of all safety and honour 
 
oed. Now I could 
 ung man.' 
 n, long - breathed 
 ?— Why, we shall 
 Heaven bo praised, 
 y kind.— Ay, that 
 . — Conic now, and 
 
 -and, mind — she 
 rt not a fellow to 
 
 n be rendered for 
 3, obey yoi r hus- 
 ommand3 bear us 
 
 signet,' answered 
 lenced the objec- 
 (vent together to 
 and, acquainting 
 ose, as a matter 
 3 Earl of Leicester, 
 the unfortunate 
 
 conceived, when, 
 ir, she saw at her 
 earth she most 
 I a consolation to 
 ough she had so 
 1 companion, 
 re is no time for 
 iter, having fully 
 3 time, sends you 
 mpany us on our 
 here is his signet, 
 sing commands.' 
 tcss ; ' thou hast 
 
 ait capable of 
 t to the basest ! ' 
 ied Varney ; ' so 
 antly arise, and 
 t compel you to 
 
 put it to that 
 led the unhappy 
 
 1, madam,' said 
 
 1 intimidation as 
 her high spirit ; 
 find me a rough 
 
 my screamed so 
 for the received 
 lid quickly heve 
 her aid. I'er- 
 i were vain, she 
 affecting terms, 
 Janet's honour 
 ot to [lermit her 
 iolenoe. 
 
 y their husbands 
 it,' said Foster ; 
 , and come with 
 dl lay finger on 
 gger.' 
 
 iiforted even by 
 r, the countess 
 If, if they would 
 Varney at the 
 rety and honour 
 
 KENILWORTH 
 
 347 
 
 while m their hands, and promised that he 
 himself would not approach her, since liis 
 piosence was so displeasing. Her husband, he 
 added, would bo at Cumnor VW-v within twenty- 
 four hours alter they had i-eachcd it. 
 
 Somewhat comforted by this assuraiicn, ni.on 
 which, however, she saw little reason to ivly 
 the unhappy Amy made her toilette by tlie 
 assistance of the lantern which they left with 
 fier when they quitted the aiiartment. 
 
 Weeping, trembling, and praying, the unfor- 
 tunate lady dressed herself-witli sensations how 
 different from the days in which she was wont 
 to decorate herself in all the pride of conscious 
 beauty! She endeavoured to delay the com- 
 pleting her dress as long as she could, until, 
 temhed by the impatience of Varney, she was 
 obliged to declare herself ready to attend them. 
 When they were about to move, the countess 
 clung to loster with such an appearance of 
 terror at Vamey's approach, that the latter 
 protested to her, with a deep oath, that he ha-l 
 no intention whatever of even coming near her 
 It you do but consent to execute your husband's 
 wii 111 quietness, you .shall,' he said, 'see but 
 little of me. I will leave you undisturbed to 
 the care of the usher whom your good taste 
 prefers. 
 
 ' Mv husband'o will ! ' she exclaimed. ' But 
 It IS the wi 1 of God, and let that be sullieient to 
 me.— I will go with Master Foster as unresist- 
 ingly as ever did a literal sacrifice. He is a 
 ather at least ; and will have decency, if not 
 hunianity. J or thee, Varney, were it my latest 
 i\ord, thou art an equal stranger to both ' 
 
 \arney replied only she was at liberty to 
 choose, and walked some paces before them to 
 show t^ie way ; while, half leaning on Foster 
 and half carried by him, the countess was trans- 
 ported rom ^.,;mtlowe•s Tower to the jiostern- 
 gate, where lider waited with the litter and 
 fiorses. 
 
 The countess was juaced in the former without 
 resistance She saw with some satisfaction that 
 while Poster and Tider vodo close by the litter' 
 which the latter conducted, the dreJded Varney 
 lingered behind, and was soon lost in darkne.s.s. 
 A little while she strove, as the road wi'ided 
 round he verge of the lake, to keep sight of 
 those stately towers which called hei' lursband 
 
 u-ff ' r "A '"''".'^ '*'" "^ «'""« I'l^'-^-'-s sparkled 
 Mth lights where wassailers were yet revellin.'. 
 But when the direction of the road rendered this 
 no longer possible, she drew back her head, and' 
 sinking down in the litter, recommended herself 
 to the care of Providence. 
 
 Besides the desire of inducing the .-ountess to 
 proceed quietly on her journey, Varney had it also 
 n view to have an interview with Lambourne 
 by whom he every moment expected to bo joined' 
 without the presence of any witnesses. He knew 
 the character of this man-prompt, bloody 
 resolute and greedy, and judged him the mo^t 
 ht agent he could cmi)loy in his further designs 
 But ten miles of their journey had been measured 
 ere he heard the hasty clatter of horse's hoofs 
 
 Lambou™"' "''^ "'^^ °^'"''=''^^" ^'^ ^^ 
 
 Fretted as he was with his absence, Varney 
 
 received Ins profligalo servant with a rebuke of 
 
 unusua bitterness 'Drunken villain,' lie said, 
 
 thy ullcness and debauched lolly will stretch /i 
 
 halter ere it be long ; and for me, I care not how 
 
 This style of objurgation, Lambourne, who was 
 elated to an unusual degree, not only by an 
 extraonlinary cuj. of wine, but by the sort of 
 con identia interview he had just had with the 
 earl, and the secret of which he had made him- 
 self master did not receive with his wonte<l 
 uimihty. 'He would take no insolence of 
 language, he said, ' from the best knight that 
 ever wore sjuirs. Lord Leicest(.r had detained 
 fum on some business of import, and that was 
 enough f.n- \arney, who was but a servant like 
 luinselt. 
 
 \'aniey was not a little surprised at his un- 
 usual tone of insolence ; but, ascribing it to 
 liquor, suffered it to pass as if unnoticed, and 
 then began to tamper with Lambourne, touchini; 
 us willingness to aid in removing out of the 
 l-arl of Leicester's way an obstacle to a rise 
 which would j,ut it in his jiower to reward his 
 trusty olowers to their utmost wish. And 
 upon Michael Lamljourne's seeming ignorant 
 what was meant, he plainly indicated 'the 
 fitter-load, j-onder, as the impediment which he 
 desired should Ijc removed. 
 
 'Look you, Sii Kiehard, and so forth,' said 
 .Michael, some are wiser than some, that is one 
 thing, and some are worse than some, that's 
 anothei'. I know my lord's mind on this matter 
 lietter than thou, for he hath trusted me fully 
 in the matter. Here are his mandates, and his 
 fast words were, Michael Lambourne- for his 
 lordship speaks to me as a gentleman of the 
 sword, and useth iu,t the words drunken villain 
 or such like phrases, of those who know not 
 flow to l.L^r new dignities, -A'arney, says ho, 
 must ],ay the utmost respect to my countess — 
 1 trust to yoi, for looking to it, Lambourne, 
 .says ills lordship, and you must bring back mv 
 
 signet from him pcreni))torily. 
 
 'Ay,' replied Varney, 'said he so, indeed? 
 1 ou know all, then \ 
 
 'All-all— ami you were as wise to make a 
 fnend of me while the weather is fair betwixt 
 
 'And was there no one jireseiit,' said Varney, 
 'when my lord so spoke?' ^ 
 
 'Xot a breathing creature,' replied Lam- 
 bourne -Think you my lor.l would trust any 
 one with such matters, save an approved man of 
 action like myself?' 
 
 'Most true,' said Varney; and, making a 
 
 pause, he looked forward on the moonlight road 
 
 J hoy were traversing a wide and open heatl.: 
 
 1 he litter, being at least a mile before them 
 
 was both out of sight .-nd hearing. He looketl 
 
 behind, and there was an exiwnse, lighted by 
 
 the moonbeams, without one human being in 
 
 sight He resumed his .speech to Lambourne ; 
 
 . And will you turn upon your master, who has 
 
 introduced you to this career of court-like favour 
 
 — wliose apprentice you have been, Michael- 
 
 who has taught you the depths and shallows of 
 
 court intrigue ? ' 
 
 ' Alichael not me ! ' said Lambourne ; ' I Imve 
 a name will brook a master !..of„vo it as well as 
 another; and as to the rest, if I have been an 
 
in I 
 
 
 34S 
 
 apprentice, niy indenture is out 
 roMolnte to set up far myself.' 
 
 ' Take thy fpiittanco first, tliou 
 Va,nH'y; iinrl with a jiistol, wiiifli 
 
 IVA VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 and I 
 
 am 
 
 fo.)l ! ■ said 
 ^ , ..... ...w. ,1 j.inLui, WHICH lie had for 
 
 E^'l^J'S;" ""^ ^-"•' «""* ^-^^ 
 
 . The wretch fell from his horse, without a 
 mgle g,-oan; and Varney, dismounting, diled 
 his pockets, turning out the lining, Ihat it 
 nught appear he had fallen by robbers He 
 secured the earl's packet, whieli was l.L chief 
 object, but he also took Lambourne's purse 
 containing some gold pieces, the relics of^Xt 
 his debauchery hac' left bin,, Lnd, from a .^i mn r 
 conU^mation o feelings, carried 'it in his £ 
 only the length of a small river, which crossed 
 the road, into which he threw it as fir af h ' 
 could flmg. Such are the strange remnants of 
 conscience which remain after she seems ttallv 
 subdued, that this cruel and remorseless man 
 wou d have felt himself degraded had he ^ ke e 
 
 £dte^^£SS.*^*''^^"'^^^^-'^-'- 
 
 . The murderer reloaded his iiistol, after cleans- 
 ing the lock and barrel from the a .peamnc'sof 
 a e explosion, and rode calmly after the litter 
 satisfying himself that lie had so adroit yre: 
 moved a troublesome witness to many of his 
 intrigues, and the bearer of mandates which e 
 had no intentions to obey, and which, t efo 
 ^Sl;;::haudf^'^-^'''^°^'^™«'^thadne;:; 
 
 a Iil'r'"f""^"",°^ fl"' J""™«y ^™« niade with 
 a degree of speed, which showed the little care 
 they had for the health of the unhappy countess 
 Th y paused only at places where lllVas unde; 
 their command and where the tale they were 
 prepared to tell of the insane Lady Va my 
 rattem:;? ^'^'-•"«d ready credit, had'she madl 
 an attempt to appeal to the compassion of the 
 few persons admitted to see her. Siut Amy saw 
 •L r \^ "Staining a hearing from any to 
 h df and h"^ T "l'I'°''t^'"ty%f addressing 
 nerstit, and besides, was too terrified for the 
 presence of Varney, to violate the implied con- 
 dition, under which she was to travel free from 
 his company. The authority of Varney ofte 
 so used, dur iig the earl's private joiir^ ej to 
 
 mmn t, Y} ;.''<^y ,''PP''oached Cuninor Place 
 
 uiion the night after they left Kenilworth, 
 
 At this period of the journey, Varney came up 
 to the rear of the lit.er, as he had done befo 1' 
 
 ''C:fL^^ "'^'^ '-^-^' -^ -ked 
 
 ho|-£i^;iS!ifSa^,;i,^->'^--e 
 
 blie shall soon sleep sound and long-we must 
 consider how to lodge her iu safety,' 
 Foster '"tT"" apai-tments, to be sure,' said 
 a n,l" V"J'"' '"',' •^'^'"^t to her aunt's, with 
 itself-for hey hate this lady cordially. ' 
 Anf) 'V".V°*; *"'^' them, however, friend 
 iV?P' f'd Varney; ' we must seeur'e her n 
 that strongh,,],! where you keep your gold. ' 
 
 ■wbv^l f ' ifl"^ Anthony, mucli alarmed ; 
 nhy what gold have I ?_God help me I have 
 no gold -I would I liad." ^ 
 
 J^T'^^y h'lng thee, thou stupid brute- 
 ^^ ho thinks of or cares for thy goklLlf I ,,,1 
 
 -. Id I not find an hundred b^tt^r iays to . e 
 tin, Wf '.'""■''' ^y^ '""i-l'ambcr, which 
 thou hast fenced so curiously, must be her plac' 
 of sec usion ; and thou, tho. hind, sh It lo.s' 
 J.er pillows of down.-i'dare to say ho Ear ,^ 
 
 rooms.'* '''" "'' "'^^^ f"rnitui/„f"tS';::;; 
 
 This last consideration rendered Foster traef 
 able; he only asked permission to ride b fo e < 
 to make matters ready, and, spurring his ho?sc' 
 h posted before the litter, while Varney fall /, 
 
 AVhen they had arrived at Cumnor Place the 
 countess asked eagerly for Janet, and showed 
 much alarm when informed tha she was no 
 ^oi^er to have the attendance of that amiable 
 
 'My daughter is dear to me, madam,' .said 
 I oster gruffly ; ' and I desire not that she shou 
 get the court-tricks of lying and •scapi,igl!some 
 what too much of tliat'has%he learned already 
 an It please your ladyshij,. ' aireaay, 
 
 The countess, much fatigued and greatly terri- 
 fied by the circumstances of her journey made 
 no answer to this insolence, but mildly expressed 
 a wish to retire to her chamber ^ expressed 
 
 able^^''„?f''„n.l"'7^ *'°'''''' "ti« I'ut reason- 
 atJle , .nit, under favour, you go not to vour 
 
 Sir/°.r''™^^ yonder^you' will sleei to' 
 niglit m better security. ^ 
 
 'I would it were in my grave,' said tlie 
 coun1,e.ss; 'but that mortal ff clings sliver a 
 the idea of soul and body parting.' 
 „ '??"' \. g|'T> J'a^'e no chance to shiver at 
 that, replied Foster. <My lord comes 1, her 
 to-morrow, and doul,tless you will make your 
 own ways good with him.' ^ 
 
 go^cfFost"?''" ""' J^ither?-does he indeed, 
 
 • n'? 7'.??°'^ Foster!' replied the other 
 'But what Foster shall I be to-morrow, when 
 
 dom'lva t?^"" ^° "^ lord-though all'l have 
 Clone was to obey his own orders ? ' 
 
 . iou slu- 1 be my protector — a roueh one 
 
 indeed -but still a protector,' an.swered ^ 
 
 coun ess. '0 that Janet were but here . ' 
 
 She IS better where she is,' answered Foster 
 
 — iiut w 111 you taste any refreshment 2 ' - 
 trnsf '"=?' "°-"iy chamber-my chamber. I 
 
 'With all my heart,' answered Foster, 'so I 
 
 may secure It on the outside;' and, takin. .a 
 
 ight, he lerl the way to a part of the bui ling 
 
 here Amy had never been! and conducted her 
 
 Z nUl ■ Srcat height, preceded by one of 
 
 the old women with a lamp. At the head of 
 
 l/pflf "';>'"'' '''","''^ °'' "'-""^t immeasurable 
 height they crossed a short wooden gall.M-y 
 formed of black oak, and very narrow, at tlie 
 ar h.r end of which was a strong oakmi door 
 which opened and admitted them into the 
 misers apartment, homely in its accommoda- 
 
 name litclo different from a prison-room. 
 Foster stopptHl at tlie door, and gave the 
 
hou stupid bruto— 
 I'y gold ?— If I ,ii,i_ 
 iK-'tter wayti to I'diiio 
 ••d-clijiiiiher, wliicli 
 , luuMt 1)0 lior ]ilar(! 
 1 Jiind, shalt lucss 
 to siiy the Karl will 
 ituio of these four 
 
 dered Foster tract- 
 ion to ride before, • 
 sjiurriuf,' ids horse, 
 Idle Varuey falling 
 id it, it remained 
 
 Cumnor Place, the 
 anet, and showed 
 that she was no 
 e of that amiable 
 
 me, madam,' said 
 ot that she should 
 d 'scaping — sonie- 
 3 learned already, 
 
 and greatly terri- 
 er journey, made 
 ' mildly expressed 
 
 ' 'tis but reason- 
 go not to your 
 ou will sleep to- 
 
 p-ave," said the 
 ielings shiver at 
 
 nee to shiver at 
 rd comes liither 
 will make your 
 
 -does he indeed, 
 
 lied the other, 
 o-morrow, when 
 lough all I have 
 
 ?' 
 
 — a rough one, 
 answered the 
 ut here ! ' 
 mswered Foster 
 3X a plain liead. 
 nent ? ' 
 ly chamber. I 
 
 ' I may secure 
 
 d Foster, ' so I 
 and, taking a 
 
 of the building 
 conducted her 
 
 ?ded by one of 
 
 U the head of 
 
 t immeasurable 
 
 ooden gallery, 
 
 narrow, at the 
 
 ig oaken door, 
 
 lem into the 
 
 s accommoda- 
 
 md, except in 
 
 ii-room. 
 
 and gave the 
 
 KENILIVORTH 
 
 lamp to the countess, without either olferinc 
 or permitting the attendance of the old woman 
 «ho had earned it. The lady stood not o 
 ceremony but, taking it hastily, barred the 
 door, and secured it with the ample means 
 provided on the inside for that purpose 
 
 tl,ncT•'^^T^""'''''"' '"'^ '"'k^d behind on 
 the stairs, bu , hearing the door barred, ho now 
 came up on tiptoe, and Foster, winking to h 
 
 cealed machinery in the wall, which, playinc' 
 ^uth much ease and little noise, dropped a pa t 
 
 £w en ?h' '", ""^ K'"^ °"' '^" """"'"nication 
 between the door of the bedroom, which ho 
 usually in ,abited, and the landing-place of te 
 nigh wind uL'staiv ui,;„), ,„..Ah\ . ri,. 
 
 349 
 
 1 • , ". v: ^"1 "'"-' i-"v iaiiuing-iiiace of the 
 
 iHgh winding stair which ascended to it T e 
 rope by which this machinery was wrought was 
 f;'!|'7j>\«'^,'-"';J. ^nthin the"^ bed-chan%cr, 
 benig 1 asters obj.-ct to ,,rovide against invasion 
 
 ecri'""-' •'"' "'-''-tit wis intS to 
 secuie the prisoner witiiin, the cord had been 
 
 ma do fast, when I'oster, with much complacency, 
 had dropped the unsuspected trap-door! 
 
 \arney looked with great attention at the 
 raSvfll P-ped*'more than oncellown 
 an door '''"', T'""-^ ^'y ^^'^ ''^'l °f the 
 
 nrofoumlfv 1 '""' ^"''^ ^' I''tch, and seemed 
 ™n bde,S "'^'' ^T^' ''' ^''"^ter informed his 
 vau t of tl, %''^'T'' '"■«'' to the lowest 
 fit-ed «L '■'"I"'; y^'^'y '^'^^t once more a 
 h.xed and long look down into this sable LmU 
 and then followed Foster to the paTt of^ b^ 
 manor-house riost usually inhabits! 
 
 When they arrived in the iwrl.mr which we 
 ave mentioned, Varney requeited Foster t It 
 '^^^l^:^''^'.,'"'^ ^T' °' the choice wife 
 £rt.' ' '""^ '"' """'* P"t him in good 
 
 ,.J°"''f ^°'*"'l^t this intimation, but made no 
 that Alasco had scarce eaten or drunken sint^ 
 
 UP in'the V^"^"^"•'^' "^'"g I'^PctuallyXi 
 w, vl r '.'il'oratory, and talking as if the 
 
 d^S tirr?'"""^" ''=I"^"'^«^ °" ^''-t he was 
 '.I will teach Iiim tliat the world hath other 
 claims on him,' said Varney, svmn-r luTt 
 
 C TV"" 1"'^-'^* "f the .il'chemist! I " '. 
 turned after a considerable absence, very p„ o 
 n. yet with his habitual sneer on hi, & 
 
 'Cv7'"T ?"'■'■■•'"'''■''''' ''^'^' 'I'as exhaled' 
 awnv fl'7''tV"''"'y°"-' «^''l I'ostcr-'Run 
 b.vJT '" ''• "ly.fo'-ty pounds, that should 
 ave been multiplied a thousand-fold? I w 1 
 liave liuo and cry ! ' 
 
 ; I^^•ill tell thee a surrr way,' said Varney. 
 
 will 1 r'",''' "■"''y'' '•■•"'aimed Foster; 'I 
 
 111 have back my forty pounds, -I dee ned 
 
 irha'^e'ir'^l^ ' thousand \imes multiptd- 
 «U1 have back my in-put, at the least ' 
 
 the.b'vlt"*'^ ^'ly^^,"'- then, and sue Alasco in 
 
 -riSrcre;'' ''"""'-^^ ^ 
 
 ' Art;:;;^^'-''*/^'''* ^^1"V "'can?-is he dead ?• 
 Ay, truly is he' said Varn"" 'ti„1 -v-r.,! 
 s«^;^leu. already „i the fac/;;:.rboSt^£'S 
 been mixmg Bome of his devil's mcficincs, ami | 
 
 the glass ma.sk whicli he used constantly had 
 
 vou 2 ^1 ''° "°* ''"^ Piojcction, think 
 
 ^%Jl?^' '!° "'8°*' i" tl'c crucibles ? ' 
 answcn,! V° '' "■* "^^^ ''t the dead carrion,' 
 sToUn lile.'?^' VI "«ly «Pectacle-he was 
 wneet— lali ! give me a cup of wine,' 
 
 tnih\ T~ , ^^'^ the lamp, and hastened 
 
 to e door, but there liesitated and pauserL 
 
 ^ >!' y"» ''Ot go with me ? ' said he to Varney 
 
 lo what imnjose?' said Varney, 'I have 
 
 f 7,;, ?"'> f »'■"<■< ".ougli to spoil niy app,iite 
 
 I air-it re k.>d'''r'?; ''"^^■'^?'' '^"•' ''•'t "' t^ 
 t LT^t t '.' ;7'P'""'' T^ «>cb.like suffocat- 
 i '"« .^t^'us., as If the very devil ha<l been there.' 
 
 bimt If r'"^'-' r ""* '"-' t>'« «t't of the demon 
 •nscin said Foster, still hesitating; 'I have 
 
 Sli^!' ^~'"^ ^' -^'> t>"-° -d with 
 
 Y'lrnev ' -Iho'T *''.''* ''^^tnn of thine,' answered 
 
 ar n^nerfe, . f'r ^'^'f ^''/ '"'^g"'ation, thou 
 ait in perfect safety, unless he is a most uncon- 
 
 :::;s^t^^'' "''''''■ "^'-thuadtwogrd 
 FolfcMJhatSr;:;;^^ "^^" ^-^' -'^ 
 
 \ ou will know ill time,' .said Varney -—'and 
 then tins other baiK|uet-but thou wi t estee 
 she IZIT' T'''^ ^r ^''^' "'■'"•'« tooth- 
 semi!' '"■■ ^""'""' '"^"'l '""-P^. and 
 Anthony Foster heard, and came slowly back 
 
 S;!«Jri;l',i,.;""" **" "«»"'. ■■«'»-' 
 
 'Ay, in very truth, Anthony, or (here comes 
 
 FosJcr'.^T/T'''"''^'"'^"''' '''"'l tiiere!' said 
 loster; 'but how. Sir Kichard, huw ?-for n t 
 to win the world would I put hands on her ' 
 
 1 cannot blame thee, ' said Varney ; ' I should 
 l.e reluctant to do that myself-we mis Alasco 
 an^'s manna sorely; a^-, and the doVYr 
 
 An'tEy. ''''"'° ^""'' Lambourne?' said 
 
 'Ask no questions,' .said Varney. 'thou wilt 
 
 «-e him one day, if thy creed be true.-l ut to 
 
 ^rSn=^^s:wiirs.i;;^:^^ 
 s=i:;ii5.r'^^'-s'^thcsuHr^- 
 
 'Ay, many, will it.' said Foster; 'so lon-r as 
 It IS not trodden on.' " 
 
 it ■ 'renHp7'v '" ''"'^Z" '"^"^"'Pt "»" ^^^'^Pe over 
 
 dowIiT' '"'^'' ' ''■"'*''''' '"'"^'^ '^""•y it 
 
 ; A mouse's weight would do it,' .said Foster. 
 
 n..„ '^'' , ,"' •'''"' '"'''* "' attempting her 
 escape and what couM you or I help it, llonest 
 
 SEruu?* '" '° ^"'' ''' ^"" ''•'■'"■^t our project 
 
 On the next day, when (evening approaclied 
 ^arney summoned Foster to the%x'e'cutio,, of 
 
350 
 
 IVA VERLE V NO VELS 
 
 \-i\ 
 
 .&it 
 
 
 tlieir plan. Tider and Foster's old maii-sorvaiit 
 wore sent on a feigned errand down to the 
 village and Anthony himself, as it anxious to 
 see tliat the eountess sullered no want of acconi- 
 moaation, visited her j)laee of conlincnient He 
 was so nuich .staggered at the mildness ami 
 patience with which she seemed to endure her 
 conhnement, that he could not help earnestly 
 recommenaing to her not to cross the threshold 
 ot her room on any account whatever until Lonl 
 Leicester should come, 'Which,' he added, 'I 
 trust in Ood, will be very soon. ' Amy ],atiently 
 promised that she would resign herself to \Z 
 tate, and io.stcr returned to his hardened 
 companion with his conscience half-eased of the 
 perilous load that weighed on it. 'I have 
 warned her,' he said; '.surely in vain is the 
 snaresetmsight ofany bird !' 
 
 He left, therefore, tlie countess's door un- 
 seeured on the outside, and, un.ler the eye ,.f 
 Varney, withdrew tlie supports which sustained 
 the falling trap, which, therefore, ke,,t its level 
 position merely by a slight adhesion. They 
 withdrew to wait the i,ssue on the ground-floor 
 adjoining, but they waited long in vain. At 
 ength Varney, after walking long to and fro, 
 ^M h his face muffled in his cl,"ik, threw it 
 suddenly back, and exclaimed, 'Surely never 
 was a woman fool enough to neglect so fair an 
 opportunity of escape ! ' 
 
 'Perhaps she is resolve.l,' said Foster, 'to 
 await her husband's retin-i.' 
 
 'True I-niost true,' said Varney, rusliiiu' out, 
 I had not thought of that licfore/ 
 In less than two minutes, Foster, who remained 
 behind, licard the tread of a horse in the court- 
 yard, and then a whistle similar to that wliicli 
 was the earl s usual signal ;-the instant after, 
 the door of the countess's cliamber opened 
 and 111 the same moment the trap-dooi- gave 
 vay iiierc was a rushing sound— a heavy fall 
 —a faint groan— and all was over. 
 
 At the .same instant, Varney called in at the 
 window, in an aeecnt and tone wliich was an 
 iiidescribable mixture betwixt horror and raillery 
 l.s the bird caught ?— is the deed done ? ' 
 _ O God forgive us ! ' replied Anthony Foster. 
 Wliy, thou fool,' said Varney, 'thy toil is 
 ended, and thy re^vard secure. L^o'ok doCto 
 the vault— what seest thou ? ' 
 
 'I see only a heap of white clothes, like a 
 
 i^rrrmf' """'^ ^''''''- '^ ^'"'^' '^'^ ■"«-- 
 
 'Hurl something down on her- Thy gold 
 
 chest, Tony-it is an heavy one.' -^ fe " 
 
 ' Varney, thou art an incarnate fiend ! ' replied 
 
 one ''''~ '"''''^^ nothing more-she is 
 
 'So ])as,s our troubles,' said Varney, entering 
 t e loom ; I areame.l not I could have mimicked 
 tlie I'^arls call so well. 
 
 holP'^ '^ ^^^T- '? .'"''gmeiit in heaven, thou 
 
 I -i^hn^!'?''.''', •'■■"^^ K"'^'"' '""'1 ^"It meet 
 bUr fF^- ■*'* destroyed her by means of her 
 best alFections-It ,s a seething of the kid in 
 the mother s milk ! ' 
 
 'Thou art a fanatical ass,' replied Varney. 
 
 Hven"%l'°T V'"'''J"'"' ""= ''''^"™ «h"»W be 
 ^ T3 :~i. ■ °'^y '^ *" remain where it is.' 
 Uut their wickedness was to bo permitted no 
 
 'f '• ~^°! '^^.",1' ^^-'"le they were at this con- 
 .sultdtion, Iressihau and Ilaleigh broke in ut)ou 
 them, having obtained admittance by means of 
 iiaer and losters servant, whom they had 
 secured at the village. ^ 
 
 Anthony Foster tied on their entrance ; and 
 knowing each corner and pass of the intricate 
 
 t.i \f ""i'"-^ ^^^ •''='''■''''■ "ut Varney was 
 taken on the spot ; and, instead of expressing 
 
 ompniiction for what he had done, seemed to 
 take a fiendish pleasure in pointing out to them 
 the remains of the murdered countess, while at 
 the same time he defied them to show that he 
 llvil/'nfV V "' ^"^'' .'^'^'^th. The despairing 
 guef of Tressihan, on viewing the mangled and 
 yet warm remains of what had lately been so 
 lovely and so beloved, was such, that Ralei-h 
 was compelled to have him removed from the 
 l>laoe by force, while ho liimself assumed the 
 direction of what was to be done. 
 
 Varney, upon a second examination, made 
 very little inystcry either of the crime or of its 
 motives ; alleging as a reason for his frankness, 
 tliat, though much of what he confessed could 
 only have attached to him by suspicion, yet 
 such suspicion would have been sufficient to 
 <eprive lum of Leicester's confidence, and to 
 destroy all his towering plans of ambition. ' I 
 was not born, he said, ' to drag on the remainder 
 ol hie a degraded outeast,-nor will I so die, 
 hml "'^ ""^'^'^ '^ boliday to the vulgar 
 
 From these words it was apprehended he liad 
 
 nd J 
 
 .some design uiion hinisdf, antf he was carefully 
 deprived of all means by which such could be 
 carried into execution. But, like some of the 
 iieroes of antupiity, he carried about his person 
 a small quantity of strong poison, prepared 
 probably by the celebrated Demetrius Alasco. 
 Having swallowed this potion over-night, he 
 was found next morning dead in his cell: nor 
 did ho appear to have suffered much agony, his 
 countenance presenting, even in death, the 
 Habitual expression of .sneering sarcasm which 
 was predominant while he lived. ' The wicked 
 man saith Scripture, 'hath no bonds in his 
 death. 
 
 The fate of liis colleague in wickedness was 
 k)ng unknown. Cumiior Place was deserted 
 immediately after the murder; for, in the 
 vicinity of what was called the Lady Dudley's 
 Lfiamber, the domestics pretended to' hear 
 groans, and screams, and other supernatural 
 noises. After a certain length of time, Janet, 
 hearing no tidings of her father, became the 
 uncontrolled mistress of his property, and con- 
 ferred it, with her hand, uj.on Wayland, now a 
 nian of sett ed character, and holding a place 
 111 Elizabeth s household. But it was after they 
 liad been both dead for some years, that their 
 e dest son and heir, in making some researches 
 about Cumnor Hall, discovered a secret passage, 
 closed by an iron door, which, oiiening from 
 belund the bed in the Lady Dudley's Chamber, 
 descended to a sort of cell, in which they found 
 an iron chest containing a quantity of gold, and 
 .■1 human skeleton stretched above it. The fate 
 of Anthony Foster was now manifest. He had 
 lied to this place of concealment, forgetting the 
 ney of the spnng-lock ; and, being barred "from 
 
 ,J 
 
/ vreTo at this cou- 
 
 3igh broke in upon 
 
 ttaiice by jiieans of 
 
 whom they liad 
 
 eir entrance ; and, 
 ss of the intricate 
 . Hut Varney was 
 itcad of expressing 
 d done, seemed to 
 inting out to tlieni 
 countess, while at 
 u to sliow tliat lie 
 • Tlie despairing 
 : the mangled and 
 lad lately been so 
 uch, tliat Raleigh 
 removed from the 
 iself assumed the 
 ne. 
 
 lamination, made 
 he crime or of its 
 for his frankness, 
 e confessed could 
 by suspicion, yet 
 ^een sufficient to 
 )nfidence, and to 
 of ambition. ' I 
 ; on the remainder 
 or will I so die, 
 day to the vulgar 
 
 [irehended he had 
 
 he was carefully 
 
 ;h such could be 
 
 like some of the 
 
 about his jicrson 
 
 poison, jjrepared 
 
 emetrius Alasco. 
 
 1 over-night, he 
 
 in his cell ; nor 
 
 nmoh agony, his 
 
 in death, the 
 
 ; sarcasm which 
 
 1. 'The wicked 
 
 10 bonds in his 
 
 wickedness was 
 ;o was deserted 
 r ; for, in the 
 ' Lady Dudley's 
 ended to" hear 
 er supernatural 
 
 of time, Janet, 
 ler, became the 
 perty, and con- 
 iVayland, now a 
 holding a place 
 t was after they 
 ears, that their 
 some researches 
 i secret passage, 
 , opening from 
 lley's Cliamber, 
 licli they found 
 ty of gold, and 
 e it. The fate 
 ifest. He had 
 
 forgetting the 
 ng barred from 
 
 JVOr£S TO KEN I L WORTH 
 
 escape by the means he had used for t)rcserva 
 tion ot that gold for which he had sold his 
 salvation, he had there perished miserably. 
 Unquestionably the groans and screams heard 
 by the domestics were not entirely iniarrinarv 
 but were those of this wretch, who, "in li'is 
 agony, was crying for relief and succour. 
 
 1 he news of the countess's dreadful fate put a 
 sudden period to the pleasures of Kenilworth. 
 Leicester retired from court, and for a consider- 
 able time abandoned himself to his remorse, 
 but as Varney in his last declaration had been 
 studious to spare the character of his patron the 
 carl was the object rather of compassion than 
 resentment The (jueen at length recalled him 
 to court ; he was once more distinguished as a 
 statesman and favourite, and the rest of his 
 career IS well known to history. Hut there was 
 soni, nng retributive in his death, if, accordiuL' 
 to an account very generally received, it took 
 place from his swallowing a draught of poison 
 '^''"'" was designed by him for another person.* 
 
 *NoteL. Death of the Karl of Leicester. 
 
 361 
 
 Sir Hugh Kobsart died very soon after his 
 daughter having settled his estate on Tressilian 
 Hut neither the prospect of rural independence 
 nor the promises of favour which Elizabeth held 
 out to induce him to lollow the court, could 
 lemove his profound melancholy. Wherever he 
 went, he seemed to see before him the disfigured 
 orpse of the early and only object of his affee 
 tion. At length having made provision for the 
 maintenance of the old friends and old servants 
 who formed Sir Hugh's family at Lidcote Hall. 
 he himself embarked with his friend Raleigh fo; 
 the ^ ,rg,„,a expedition, and, young in years but 
 
 i i «"•'■• 1"^ '^•^'■"^'^ '■'« <'^y i" tl'at foreign 
 land. Of inferior persons it is only necessary 
 to say, that Hlounfs wit grew brighter as his 
 jollow roses faded; that, doing his part as a 
 brave commander in the wars, he was much 
 inoie in his element than during the short 
 period of his following the courf ; and that 
 
 •libbertigibbets acute genius raised liim to 
 favour and distinction, in the emplovment both 
 of Burleigh and Walsingham. 
 
 NOTES TO KENILWORTH. 
 
 Note A, p. 178.-T1TLE of Kenilworth. 
 
 [I.ockhart informs us that ' Sir Walter wished to nU hi. 
 novel like the ballad, Cu„mor //..// burndcerence to 
 h,s pubhshep (Cor,stableVO wishes, stibst.t'u.ed tl e p esent 
 title .he fasc.nation he had for this ballad is referred o 
 by h,s old schoolfellow Mr. Irving, who says! 'After the 
 
 MeaZ?lf''' "^n ^^'\ "y"' ^^ °f'^-" waked in he 
 Miadows (a public park in Edinburgh, intersected bv 
 
 aTs>n?r °^°'^ '"''''^' ^^P-^^ially in the moonl g It n f-hts"^ 
 and Scott seemed never weary of repeating the first stania 
 The dews of summer night did fall." "■'si stanza, 
 
 When speaking of the Waverley Novels, Mr I „ckh-irt 
 oTZ^r^ '>?,«t Kenilworth was one%f the ,no!t s cessf. 
 of hem .al at the time of publication ; and it cnntinues 
 and, I doubt not will ever continue, to be placed in the 
 very highest rank of prose fiction. The ric vani v 
 character, and scenery, and incident, in thi novil ^has 
 
 of Ihe 'Bride i'fT '""'""^'"^ ' T' ^''^ the one exc 'pt on 
 dein^r ^in 1'^"'™^™"°'-, has Scott bequeathed us a 
 
 KXart/J '"°''" "'^'"'"'^ •"•^<=^y "'='" 'hat of Amy 
 
 Note B, p. 192.— Fostep, Lam 
 
 Bear. 
 
 lioiRNL, AND the Black 
 
 the novel. Ashmole gives this description of hs tomb I 
 
 In tho north wall of the. chancel at Cumnor Church i- a 
 monument of grey marble, whereon, in brass plates arc 
 "ef.tm.'! t„?,?V,J!?..,-"r7,' -'' ^\\ -fe in thrhab'it" f 
 
 Ur d'f TeVie ,rc''T, l'""-^ ""^"'r^- '"'^!"'' ^^^'^^^^ 
 <jn ler inc iigure of the man is this inscription : 
 
 Cum.ic-r.-e Dom.Mus, Berchericns.s era! ' '^^°' 
 -ArmiKcr, Arnui;tro proRn.itus palre Kicardo 
 
 yui quondam I|,hlelh,T; Saloijic.isis eral 
 Qualuor ex isto lluxcrunt slcl.iinatc nali 
 M^'^,^'''° ■^"'""'."5 steinmatc qu.irlus er'at 
 
 Lloquii dultis, ore diwrtus erat P'oniinus, 
 
 Jnfact.sprobit.is I fuit in sermone vcnuslas, 
 
 in vultu Krav.tas, rellifione fides, 
 
 Acce lunt rcliqn.s nn..un.craii(l,i b.inis 
 
 iiSE'Wii^:^i\!]d;;/^;;aX;i;.'-"""'- 
 
 a. 'S:rof him :-"'"'"« "■" ""' "' '-S'lb'two by two, 
 
 ■ ._^-ute rcsonas Cithare pretendtre chordas 
 .Novit, ce Aonia concrcpuissc l.vra 
 .^.ludcljat terre tcncras defit;ere pfantas ■ 
 
 tt inira pukiiras construere .arle domds 
 
 t-ompos.ta varias lingua formare ioque las 
 
 Doctus, ct cdocta scribere niulla inanu. 
 
 The arm-, over it thus : 
 
 Quart. ' ,!• 3 f/i"iier's //iti-Ms slrineed. 
 
 C 11. 3 Pinions with their points upwards. 
 
 nerl^'if,.'^r'i' '^■' ■^'"■^ couch.ant, vulnerated through the 
 'utrlence ■ '" ''""^ ' °" ^" ''''" '' ^ ^/«'-^/^-« for a 
 
 FostT 'ino'"T"'?\"'?' i"^*^' iP' i'^" it appears that Anthony 
 rhulf' ■ J^ °^ ''^'"F " ^"'K'"-' low-bred, puritanical 
 churl, wa.s m fact a gentleman of birth and considera ion 
 
 '1 urT"nrd'rin'l ^''" "' "'^""^ '.f mu"c7n"ho«i: 
 ;Ulture, as .Uso m languages. In so far, therefore, the 
 
 A.'ithoiiv Vit'irer f^f t 
 
 ne rrt 
 
 ■h', 
 
 liL'i'i.i;;^ but the name 
 
 •h/Xrh^'h'l' "''""' '"dividual. BuVm^ti^i^h^undi^E 
 - le chanty, benevolence, and relig bus faith imputed bv 
 the monument of grey matble ,0 fts te,,ant^ra<litio,,, ai 
 
852 
 
 ^V^ VERLE Y NO VELS 
 
 m 
 
 ' \% 
 
 iJ ■ :■! 
 
 well as secret history, name liim as ihe active ..;;ciit in the 
 death of the countess ; and it is added, that from beinc a 
 jovial and convivial gallant, as we may infer from some 
 expressions in the epitaph, he sunk, after the fatal deed 
 into a man of gloomy and retired habits, whose looks and 
 manners indicated that he suffered under the pressure of 
 some atrocious secret. 
 
 The name of Lambourne is still known in the vicinity 
 and It IS said some of the clan partake tlie habits, as well 
 as name, of the Michael Lambourne of the romance V 
 man of this name lately mu-dered his wife, outdoinir 
 Michael in this respect, who only ,vas concerned in tlie 
 murder of the wife of another man. 
 
 I have only to add, that the jolly Ulack Bear h.as been 
 restored to his predominance over bowl and bottle, in the 
 village of Cumnor. 
 
 Note C, p. 235.— Legi; nd of Wavland S.mitm. 
 
 . The Rreatdefeat. given by Alfred tothe bani.sh invaders, 
 
 in lierksliire. Ihe buna place of Baereg, (he Danish 
 chief who was slain ni this (ight, is distinguished by a 
 parcel of stones, less than a mile from the hill, set on cdl-e 
 enclosmK .-i piece of g.-ound somewhat raised. On the ea,; 
 side of the .outhern extremity stand three siiuarish flat 
 stones of about four or five feet over either way, supporting 
 a fourth, and n ..v called by the vulgar W'avland Smitm 
 rom an idle traaition about an invisible smith replacing 
 lost horse-shoes there. '-GouriH's £.//t,o,i 0/ Camden s 
 Jyritannia, vol. 1. p. 221. 
 
 The popular belief still retains memory of this wild 
 legend which, connected as it is with the site of a Danish 
 sepulchre, may have arisen from some legend concerning 
 the northern Duergar, who resided in the rocks, and wer? 
 cunning tt-,,rkers in steel and iron. It was believed that 
 Wayland .Smith s fee w.as si.vpence, .-md th.at, unlike other 
 workmen, he was offended if more wa-, offered. Of I ite 
 his offices have been again called to memory : but fiction 
 has in this, as ir. other cases, taken the liberty to pillage 
 the stores of oral tradition. This monument must be very 
 ancient, for it ha,s been kindly pointed out to me that it is 
 referred to in an ancient Saxon charter, as ,1 landmark. 
 The monument has been of late cleared out, .uid made 
 considerably more conspicuous. 
 
 (The vale of the Whitehorse derives its name from the 
 figure of a horse which has been described on the hill-side 
 at tills pl.ice, the turf h.aving been removed from the chalky 
 soil in such a way.as to show at a distance the form of 
 a white horse. Ibis figure is su|)posed to have been cut 
 out during the Saxon period to celebrate some victory. 
 On certain occasions the white horse is 'scoured' or re- 
 paired by the peasantry of the neighbourhood, who turn 
 out in large numbers and remove any turf that may haxe 
 settled Itself on the figure of the horse.) 
 
 of IJizabeth s courtiers knew better than he how to make 
 etimZ 1 h'-•^P'■■™'nal vanity, or could more justly 
 estima e the ipiantity of flattery which she could condescend 
 to swallow, i eing confined in the Tower fosor^e offence 
 ••ind underst.-,ndi„g the queen was about to pass to Greenl 
 
 Ua,'\;;',';;i[i'rf:' ^' 'tT'^ onapproachin'g the Window 
 that It might .see, at whatever aistance, the Queen of his 
 Affectioii.s, the most beautiful object which Unearth bore 
 on IS surface The lieutenant of the Tower his own par 
 ticu lar friend) threw himself between his prisoner Tnd the 
 
 of'uirstVaTn'h """ ^^>^'"'' ""Pf<=""V '"«"«,"«" by a fit 
 of unrestramab e passion swore he would not be debarred 
 from seeing his light, his life, his goddess ' A scuffie 
 ensued, ^v< up for efl'ecfs sake, in which the lieut, .m and 
 S L?i l';'- *^"''?'''' ,""'' f",'KS'=^ *'"' fury-tore each 
 "e n ate r b7 f'Jr e"' '?-y«"' '1^'=^ ''^Sy^S and were only 
 sci.arateit hy force. Ihe (pieen be ng nfijrmed of this 
 scene exhibited by her frantic adorer, it wrought, as was 
 to be expected, much in favour of the captive Paladin 
 Ihere is little doubt that his quarrel with he lieutenant 
 was entirely contrived for the purpose which it produted 
 
 Note F, p. 254.— RoUERT Laneham. 
 
 Little is ktiown of Robert Laneham, s.ave in his curious 
 
 KliAibeths entertainments at Kenilworth, written in -i 
 style of; the most intolerable affectation, both in poir^t of 
 .';« '-^--'.l"? """^ ""hography. He describes himsTas a 
 turn .n.'ant, who was wont to be jolly and dry in the 
 morning, and by his good-will would be chiefly n e 
 
 Leic'st'^r 'dirk '"f 'n ' ""^ "•t\''y "'<= i'^"-" of Lord 
 Leicester, clerk of the council-chamber door, and also 
 
 at h. nd. If any makes a babbling, reace, say L If I see 
 a listener or a pryer in at the chinks or lockhole I ani 
 presently on the bones of him. If a friend comes, mak^ 
 im sit down by me on a form or chest. The rest may 
 .'.riA;? V", "'''""-'• ■ I '>"<=. ''•'5 I'een seldom a better 
 MuXaninX:?""'" ^"""" """ -'f--Po^'-ce of a 
 
 Note G, p. 264.-DR. Jli.iq. 
 
 Note D, p. 239.— Sir Walter Raleigh. 
 
 Among the attendants and adherents of Sussex we have 
 ventured to introduce the celebrated Raleigh, in the dawn 
 of his court favour. 
 
 In Aubrey's Correspondence there are some curious 
 ?ome' I'^U °^ ^" )''''''r-^ ''••^'"«h. ' He was a i.alirhand! 
 Z^:a ni',"2" 'J"',' '"lP«=y'=^^as that he was damnably 
 proud. Old Sir Robert Harley of lirampton Hrian Castles 
 who knew him, would say, it was a great question who 
 hV?^h 5T'''="' ■^'■- Walter, or Sir Thomas Overbury ; 
 =;h. I '',f"'^"'=<= that was, was judged in Sir Tliom.as's 
 ■siae. In the great parlour at Downton, at Mr. Raleinh's 
 
 doublet, all embroidered with rich pearls, and a mighty 
 W.*", I'l" "'^'^l'^' ?"'"■'' ^1^°"' '''■^ "'^'•'^- The old ser^nts 
 ^,1 » "1! ']'•■" """ P'-'"'''^ '"'"'^ '"^^'- '->^ I'ig •-'^ '!•<= painted 
 M„h'f-, f ^?^'' ■"?" '■p'"'-"-kab!e a.spect, an exceeding 
 k?,Hde '"?K'' '°"S-faced, and sour-eyelidded.' A rebus 
 IS aaaed to this purpose : 
 
 u'Thr^""'*' '"f"r s""n.ich ..nd the word of disgrace. 
 Is the name of the ger.tleni.m with the bold face. 
 
 .^}l ]!f,t"" K^'^'sh'^ teard turned up naturally, which 
 ^hoL n„ •"",' ^^^■'-'"'•''5.'= "ver the gallants of the time, 
 whose moustaches received a touch of the barber's art to 
 r^HV,.w "^ air then most admired. -See Aubrey's 
 Lorresfondcncc, vol. 11. part ii. p. 500. 
 
 Note E, p. 244.— CouiiT Favour 
 Raleioii, 
 
 OK Sir Walter 
 
 nr J-I^.n.^f.l"' ''!'=j''™' of 'he cloak is the traditional 
 account of this cclctirated statesman's ri.se at court. None 
 
 The r.arl of Leicester s Italian physician, Julio, was 
 affirmed by his contemporaries to be a skilful compounder 
 of poisons, which he applied with such frequency, Z The 
 Jesuit Parsons extols fronically the marvellous g ,od uck 
 of this great favourite, in the opportune deaths of t lose 
 who stood in the way of his wishes. There is a curious 
 passage on the subject :— curious 
 
 ' Long after this he fell in love with the Lady Sheffield, 
 whom I signified before, and then also h.id he the same 
 
 rheZe n bf ^' ^"x .^"'^""'' ^'i'? ""'^'''>' "''^ an extreame 
 rhcumc in 1 is he.ad (as it was given out), but as others say 
 
 °^''.;V" '■"='■''" "'"'■'■'■ "'at stopped his breath, "'""'"^y- 
 
 1 he like good chance had he in the death of my Lord 
 
 of Lssex (as I have said before), and that at a time mos^ 
 
 fo .mate for his purpose ; /or when he was coming h"me 
 
 Lord of Leicester fi)r begetting his wife with chiide in his 
 .nb.e„ce (the clii de was .a daughter, and brought up by 
 
 he l,a,ly Shandoes, W Knooles, his wife), my Lord of 
 Leicester hearing thereof, wanted not a friend or two to 
 accompany the deputy, as among other a couple of the 
 Larles ow-n servants, Crompton (if I misse not his name) 
 yeoman of his bottles and Lloid his secretary, enterta^ed 
 afterw.anl hy my Lord of Leicester, and so he dyed in the 
 w.ay of an e.xtieame flux, caused by an Italian receipe, as 
 all his friends are well assured, the maker whereof was 
 mml'V'-'T? *•■'' 1' '? '^'^'''^"•'^J) "'•■>' then was newly come 
 
 ?,n^ •?!; ^"T" ''■'/-,'■* "'""'"S ■"■•>" «"d ™re in opera, 
 tion, with whom, if the good Lady had been sooner 
 acquainted, and used his help, she .shoLld not have needed 
 to sitten so pensive at home, and fearfull of her husband's 
 former relume out of the same Country. . . Neither 
 must you marvaile though all these died in divert manners 
 of outward diseases, for this is theexcellency of the Italian 
 art, for which this chyrurgeon and Dr. Julio were enter- 
 tained so carefully, who can make a man dye in what 
 
 no doub : but his lordship is now cunning, esperi.ally 
 adding also to these the counsell of his DocTir Ifaylv a 
 man also not a little studied (as he seemeth) in his an • 
 for 1 heard him once myselfe, in a publique act in Oxford 
 and that m presence of my Lord of Leicester (if I be not 
 deceived), maintain that poyson might be so tempered 
 and given as it should not appear pre.sently, and yet should 
 kill .he n,,r.y afterward, at wkit tin.o sl-„:,ifM be appointed : 
 which argument belike plea.scd well his lordship and 
 
NOTES TO KENILIVORTH 
 
 fi better than he how to make 
 
 vanity, or could more justly 
 L-ry which she could condescend 
 
 111 the Tower for some offence, 
 :n was about to pass to Green- 
 id on approaching the Window, 
 yer uistance, the Queen nf his 
 ul object which the earth bore 
 int of the Tower (his own par- 
 
 between his prisoner and the 
 apparently influenced by a fit 
 ■ore he would not be debarred 
 
 life, his goddess! A scuflle 
 ke, m which the lieut. uit and 
 niggled with fury- tore each 
 
 drew daggers, and were only 
 ueen being informed of this 
 tic adorer, it wrought, as was 
 ivour of the captive Paladin. 
 IS quarrel with the lieutenant 
 e purpose which it pioduced. 
 
 RoilERT LanEHAM. 
 
 Laneham, save in his curious 
 , giving an account of Queen 
 It Kcnilworth, written in a 
 : affectation, both in point of 
 '. He describes himself as a 
 to be jolly and dry in the 
 will would be chiefly in the 
 was, by the interest of Lord 
 icil-chamber door, and also 
 Council sits,' says he, ' I am 
 'bhng, I'eace, say I. If I see 
 he chinks or lockhole, I am 
 • If a friend comes, I make 
 irm or chest. The rest may 
 re has been seldom a bettet 
 ^eit and .self-importance of a 
 
 porteth little to the matter, h^it showeh rather , hi"' ""' 
 
 han the unprincipled author of their atrociUes In , ,' 
 ll^j^ustingly wicked Tt ^J^ l^t^^J^, 
 
 same^person, was familiar to the pretenS^r^t^t^he .'"ys't'ic 
 
 NOTK H, p. 292.~.\MV KOBSART AT KkNILWORTM 
 
 several years after the death of the re-d Am,,-', r, i?"' 
 
 t'L"rar'l^7r■^"^'^•''°*-,-■'^-^-'"gte-^^^^^^^^ 
 
 La^ .Sheffield "" *"' '"'"« '" '''"''' ^'^''lo'k with 
 
 Note I, p. 3o7.-Entertatnments at Kenilworth. 
 
 at'^Kenfc''th'"ca^tle°''ln' °^ """ ^^"""'^ Entertainment 
 ^;Unbyr^rJ;?i;':o.;n;^-JtjyV^;:Jr^«.^ 
 
 interesting collection of he Pro^ esst and'puhh';°P ' ^"'^ 
 sions of (Jueen Fli7ibpih ^,?>'"f''^^ 'J"'l i "blic Proces- 
 
 ability. The AutC Vii;J h rl "'"' ^'^'^"■••-'cy and [ 
 Kenilwo?.h, a ttiste"ir)^™"'!5',--P'l" ^l "^^^ Castle of ! 
 
 These were entrusi^/bv the nh'il'' ''•'■"" ' ^^' *^"^'^"''- ' 
 friend Mr. Davenport and S»"^'^^^^^^ 
 
 the possession of Sfr^'^adnlr '^""^ *"' '=«^'" '""^ 
 
 1584. 
 
 3r.3 
 
 will be desirous to see a mor^ f, """.'l"-'"". especially, 
 leaves room for. '"" ''I''''^""^" "lan the story 
 
 Kxtralts from Ke.nilwokth I.nve.ntorv a u 
 
 w4's^f^;'^i;;ffc°:::;;;jr'!;:;,;;:/-h«-"^'l 
 
 ornaments, with xvi ne.-, h. „f \\-'nike ensignes, and 
 
 na«in]!lVhand""pi:',';''i]:;^"'''"« °" " "'"'^"^ "'"' ^ 
 o^Aif^iartel^ '"" " "^"""' '"""'" "^ P"'- J'-s xvx 
 
 a ^^r^kni'iirr;];^'!' IXJ;,!?"-^ -;> «ii.. »l.h 
 
 oyster knives in th': brtt'^'f 'tl.f I^rllgoir"' ""' " ""• ''" 
 beared''" "^"K-^'""'. '■mbroiderd with white lions and 
 A perfuming pann, of silver. Pois xix oz 
 
 io.;«a;::rs;;:;i^iir"="^■'-«-^^•-°^i. ^0^.3. 
 
 Ha.n(;ings. 
 
 ^^''"s.?bieal""in'',^:rf ""'"'• '','"'.F°"-^i«ted of the following 
 subjects, in tapestry, and gilt, and red leather.) ^ 
 
 Bedsteds, with their Fur.niture. 
 (These are magnificent and numerous. I sh-.ll coov 
 be^'n^ot'of'tt::;?""" "^ -"- ^'PP-^ - h^« 
 
 Note J, p. 3io.-1talian Rhymes. 
 
 'Non era per Ventura,' etc. 
 It may be rendered thus ;— 
 
 ^So^meK' f?;''"'f- ""K^^.^J^J «••" llie tower, 
 
 wa.s'^i„tSL'r>ySStr<l ^Jl "t)^ '^'""^ ■"' "-"y 
 codson, .Sir John Harin Jtn, i Vl'-t'novvn occasion. Her 
 
 '^•, translating some of fh '"■'''*-' "'^'"''"' ^'" 'l-=li'-'''-y 
 Orlando Furioso, "he it.ioosed n,?'. ''"" ''^'^■''^>«'''' "^ "'' 
 -k of rendering the .S^l;^'i,!rk- ,^^--"«. "- 
 
 N'^TE K, p. 314.- Furniture ok Kenilwokth. 
 
 -rnVSe'^idd^do'i's't'^'r ''"' "'^ •"^-- °f--'^'-"'^ 
 Pnncely ple-asurefof Ken Iwo li, T'T' ,'? ^I"'-'"'^^ ""t 
 fnend William H™ "^^I'li^orth, by the kindness of mv 
 
 communl^a :To mrar[nvfml;;v"'f ih"''';-' "'■^ g-"n-s "?, 
 -rth in the days ^f^^'^^S^^.^g^l^'J^^^f ^^-i^ 
 
 - °f Trr T^p- p^"<^^ ^•'^^ i^d bo'i:r"te 1:;::: 
 
 ' y°Lo.%™e:'ra girhncri7h"'=''''^''="''^^"''--"-''h 
 
 ! K-netts,•anrl;"„c:^^t^'bul rrr' P>:'^'riefr:f 
 
 crimson sattin to the same bedsteri l^,<-\. ,iS curteins of 
 
 length iij yards good, and in breadth lij scan! ' ^ 
 
 ■\ Uiaise of crymson sattin, suteable 
 
 A fayre qui he of crymson sattin, vj' breadths iii virH^. 
 3 quarters naile deepe, all lozenged over wfth s I've twk.e 
 in the midst a cmquefoile within a garland of r^ J I 
 
 knitt all over with goulde, silver, and crynison "flk ^ 
 
 ChaYRES, STOOLE.S, AND CUSHENS. 
 
 (These were equally splendid with the beds, etc I shall 
 here copy that which stands at the head of the it!) 
 Achaier of crimson velvet, the seate and backe mriHp 
 embrothered, with R. L. in cloth of goulde, the beare and 
 
 Hn';f T'^'u '='°','"= "f ^i',^'=^S--'™ished'with lace and 
 fringe of goulde, silver, and crimson silck. The frame 
 
 la e''^n^','^^'r'^ '™.?J<= ^.''""t the edge with goulde 
 lace, and studded with gilte nailes. faouiot 
 
 A square sloole and a foote stoole, of crimson velvet 
 fringed and garnished suteable. i-nmson velvet, 
 
 A long cusheii of crimson velvet, embr. with the raeced 
 saff., ma wreathe pf goulde, with my Lo. posie '"^5'"' 
 ei LoyaW written in the same, and the letters RL in 
 
 hc'arsTmf ^:7gred'sl"eroc?u^i^';r'' '"["i-f" °' '"<=. ''-^"s.e.nd. Four 
 T If. Bruges. 
 
 135 
 
354 
 
 IVAVERLEY NOVELS 
 
 ' \\ 
 
 clothe of goulde, beinR garnished with lace, fringe, buttons, 
 anil t,•ls^,t.•ls, of >!ol(l, .-.ilviT, anil trinisun silck, lyncil with 
 crimson tatf., being in lurigth i yard (|uarler. 
 
 A S(iuare cuslien, of the lilic velvet, cinbr. suteable to 
 the long cushen. 
 
 Caupi is. 
 
 (ThcrL- were lo velvet carpels for tables and windows, 49 
 'liirkey carpels for floors, and 32 cloth carpets. One 
 of each 1 will jiow specify.) 
 
 A c.arpett of crimson velvet, richly embr. with my Lo. 
 posie, beares and r.agijcd staves, etc., of clothe of goulde 
 and silver, garnished upon the seanies and aboute with 
 golde lace, fringed accordinglic, lyned with crimson laflata 
 sarsenett, being 3 breadths of velvet, one yard 3 (luarlers 
 long. 
 
 A great Turqnoy carpett, the grounde blew, with a list 
 of yelloe at each end, being in length x yards, in bredthe 
 inj yards and quarter. 
 
 A long carpett of blew clothe, lyned with bridges sattin, 
 frmged with blew silck and gonlde, in length vj yardb lack 
 a (juiuler, the whole bredth of the clothe. 
 
 PiCTL'HES. 
 
 (Chiefly described as having curt.iins.) 
 
 Rfi'.Sab'na. Wed. U of .Saxony. Emp. Charles. K. 
 1 hihp s Wife Prince of Orange and his Wife. Marci, of 
 Kerges and his Wife. Counte de Home. Count Ilol- 
 
 V 1„ T?'"!!"'- HT"^^™'"^- >^l«^ Alva. Cardinal Grand- 
 ville. Dnches of Parma. Henrie E. of Pembroke and 
 his young Countess. Countis of Essex. Occ.-icion an-l 
 Repentance. Lord Mowntacute. .S. Jas. Crofts. .Sir 
 York ■ ■ Pickering. Edwin Abp. of 
 
 A tabell of an historie of men, women, and children, 
 molden 111 wax. 
 
 A little foulding table of ebanie, garnished with white 
 Done, wherein are written verses with Ires, of goulde. 
 
 .\ table of my Lord's armes. 
 
 Kyve of the plannetts, painted in frames. 
 
 i-wentie-three cardes,* or maps of countries. 
 
 Instru.ment.s. 
 
 (I shall give two specimens.) 
 
 An iiistrument of organs, regalls, and virginalls, covered 
 with crimson velvet, and garnished with goulde lace. 
 A fair pair of double virginalls. 
 
 *i.e. Charts. 
 
 CAIlnNICTTS. 
 
 A cabonett of crimson sattin, richlie embr. with a device 
 
 liunling the st.igg, in goulde, silver, and silck, with iiij 
 glasses in the topp thereof, xvi cupps of flowers made of 
 goulde, silver, and silck, in a case of leather, lyned with 
 greene sattin of bridges. 
 
 (Another of purple velvet. A desk of red leather.) 
 
 A Ciliiss KdAKriK of ebanie, with checkars of christall 
 
 ana other stones, layed with silver, garnished with beares 
 
 and ragged staves, and cinc]uefoiles of silver. The .«xxii 
 
 men likewyse of christall and other stones sett, the one 
 
 sort in .silver white, the other gilte, in a case gilded and 
 
 lyned with green cotton. 
 
 (Another of bone and ebanie. A pair of tabells of bone.) 
 
 A (.niiAT liKAso.v Candlestick to hang in the roofe 
 
 01 the howse, verie fayer and curiously wrought, with 
 xxiiij branches, xij greate and xij of lesser size, 6 rowlers 
 rind ij wings for the spread eagle, xxiiij socketts for can- 
 dells, XIJ greater and xij of a lesser .sorte, xxiiij sawcers 
 or candle-cupps, of like proporcion to put uniler the 
 socketts, iij iniages of men and iij of weomen, of brass, 
 verie hnely and artihciallie done. 
 
 These specimens of Leicester's magnificence may serve 
 to assure the reader that it scarce lay in the power of a 
 modern author to exaggerate the lavish style of expense 
 displayed in the princely pleasures of Kenilworth. 
 
 NoTii L, p. 351.— Death of the Earl of Leicester 
 
 In a curious manuscript copy of the information given 
 by Ben Jonson to Drummond of Hawthornden, as tran- 
 scribed by Sir Robert Sibbald, Leicester's death is ascribed 
 to poison administered as a cordial by his countess, to 
 whom he had given it, representing it 10 he a restorative 
 in any faintness, in the hope that she herself might 
 be cut off by using it. We have already quoted jonson's 
 account of this merited stroke of retribution in a note 
 '? the Introduction, p. 178. It may be here added, that 
 the following satirical epitaph on Leicester occurs in 
 Dnimmond's Collection, but is evidently not of his com- 
 position : — 
 
 epitaph o.v the erle of leistek. 
 
 Here lies a vali.int warriour, 
 
 ^\'ho never drew a sword ; 
 Here lies a noble courtier, 
 
 Who never kepi his word ; 
 Here lies the Erie of Leister, 
 
 Who governed the Estates, 
 Whom the e.irth could never living love. 
 
 And the just heaven now hates. 
 
 \f'^\^^chaohgia Scotica, vol. iv. ; and the volume 
 published by the Shakespeare Society, Notes 0/ Ben 
 Jonsons Conversations, 1842, p. 24.] 
 
if cinhr. with a device 
 er, ami silck, wilh iiij 
 ps of flowers made of 
 jf Icalher, lyned with 
 
 : of red leather.) 
 
 checkars of christall 
 jarnished with hearts 
 
 of silver. The Axxij 
 ■stones sett, the one 
 
 in a ca.se gilded and 
 
 airof tahellsof bone.) 
 to hang in the roofe 
 
 ously wrought, with 
 lesser size, 6 rowlers 
 
 xiiij socketts for can- 
 .sorte, xxiiij sawcers, 
 
 1 to put under the 
 
 of weomen, of brass. 
 
 ignificence may serve 
 ay in the power of a 
 vish style of expense 
 r Kenilworth. 
 
 ^ARL OP LeICESTKR 
 
 he information given 
 awthornden, as tran- 
 ter's death is ascribed 
 _ by his countess, to 
 it to be a restorative 
 t she herself might 
 sady quoted Jonson's 
 ■etribiition in a note 
 be here added, that 
 Leicester occurs in 
 ;ntly not of his com- 
 
 livinp love, 
 ites, 
 
 V. ; and the volume 
 :iety, Notes of Ben 
 
 GLOSSARY TO KENILWORTH. 
 
 A, in. 
 
 A', he. 
 
 Ahject, a degraded 
 person. 
 
 Abije, suffer for. 
 
 Accolade, .sla,) with the 
 Hat blade of a sword. 
 
 Aculyle of chivalry, at- 
 tendant cr juniorassist- 
 ant in a ceremony ; a 
 novice. 
 A/rite evil genie in 
 
 Mahommedan mytho- 
 logy. 
 
 AmUlette, goXdm iaa. 
 Albumazar, a famous 
 Arabian astronomer, 
 0. 805 A. D. 
 Alchahest Elixir, the 
 universal solvent of 
 the alchemists. 
 At fresco, in the open 
 
 air. ' 
 
 Alicant, Spanish wine. 
 Altnams, Germans. 
 Alter ego, .second self. 
 Aimdis, the hero of a 
 ^IV. century ro- 
 mance. 
 A moret, a. XVll. century 
 
 love name. 
 An, if. 
 Anan. Eh? I beg your 
 
 pardon ? 
 Angel, gold coin=ias. 
 Antic, ludicrous, clown- 
 ish. 
 Arcanum, the great 
 
 secret, the eli.xir. 
 Argent, silver. 
 
 -Ino/i, ancient poet, who I 
 when flung into the 
 sea, was saved on a 
 dolphin s back. 
 Arrow, e'er i. ever a. 
 Artist, craftsman, arti- 
 san. 
 Astra regunt, etc. (n 
 261), the stars rule men. 
 but God rules the 
 stars. 
 Autdycus, a crattv 
 pedlar, one of the 
 characters in The 
 Winter's Tale. 
 '^^Var/a, orapronobis, 
 "ail, Mary, pray for 
 
 liaby, small imago of .self 
 reflected in the eye of 
 ^another. 
 liarbed, caparisoned, 
 I'lirtholomew fair, held 
 on 24th August, great 
 resort of clowns. 
 ■«<"•«, a plaited skirt 
 sometimes imitated in 
 mailed armour. 
 
 />W(t,-(/, a sweet Spanish 
 wine. 
 
 near the bell, take the 
 
 first place. 
 ^ears, are you there wit/i 
 your. Are you there 
 again.' are you at it 
 again ? 
 liearward, bear-keeper. 
 Ikaver, the hat, or part 
 of helmet, made of 
 beaver's fur. 
 lielianis. See Don lieli- 
 
 anis. 
 Bell Savage, inn in I.ud- 
 fate Hill, London, 
 i- or meaning of name, i 
 see Spectator, I. 28. i 
 Beshrew, mischief take 1 I 
 «Moar)iw,orig. raw Span- ' 
 ish soldier ; worthless 1 
 fellow, I 
 
 Bevis, Sir, of Hampton, 
 slayer of the giant 
 Ascapart. 
 BUlet^s. wood cut for fuel. 
 Ulack letter, form of tvpe 
 used bytheold printers 
 lUack Sanctus, a biir- 
 It-'sque of the Sanctus 
 01 the Roman missal. 
 Uood and nails, thirty- 
 two nails said to have 
 been used at the Cruci- I 
 nxion, have been pre- 
 served as relics. 
 body o' me, current oath 
 , in reign of Elizabeth. 
 I'oua-roba, a wench, a 
 
 showy wanton. 
 Botcher, a cobbler, a 
 tailorwhodoes repairs. 
 aots, a disease caused 
 
 by parasitical insects. 
 Bralchet. a little brat. 
 Breech, flog. 
 
 Briareus, fabulous mon. 
 ster, 
 
 /{'•'//(r/if), a Dutch port. 
 
 Brotherhood of the Jius,/ 
 Cross, mystical secret 
 society able to trans- 
 mute metals, etc. 
 
 Buf leather of a dull 
 yellow colour. 
 
 Bump, to make a hollow 
 sound. 
 
 ■«««/«, the sign of atavern. 
 
 Ca, like 'Ban. abbrevi- 
 ated for Caliban. 
 
 C'(«/irer,sixteenth century 
 musket. 
 
 Vamcradoes, comrades. 
 (-amicuv, shirts. 
 Cupotaine, close fittinc 
 hat. *= 
 
 Cartel, written challenge 
 letter of defiance. 
 I ^ast, specimen, sort 
 , ^'^isting bottle, bottle for 
 I sprinKniig perfumed 
 waters. 
 Cuter-cousin, on terms 
 
 of close intimacy. 
 Caudle, a warm drink of 
 gruel and wine, sweet- 
 ened and spiced 
 (-aviare, dish prejjared 
 Irom the roe of the 
 sturgeon. 
 C'estl'/iom?ne(/ui,etc. (p. 
 231), 'Tis the man who 
 does the fighting and 
 gives coun.-,el, 
 ^ ■'"(/«, scold, worry. 
 '- nantrey, famous sculp- 
 tor, 1782-1841. 
 (harlatani, charlatans. 
 tliency, cotton. See 
 J'hilippirie, 
 
 ('A"!/(?;i, bird of the crow 
 family, 
 
 '"^"(//', miser. 
 
 Clary, spiced wine. 
 
 i lerk-sh ip. book-learning. 
 
 tlout, piece of leather 
 or cloth ; a rag. 
 
 Cock and pie, oath con- 
 sisting of an adjuration 
 of the Deity and the 
 Koman Catholic ser- 
 vice book. 
 Codling, an unripeapple, 
 
 I Cmlshead, fool. 
 
 j Cnlebs, unwed. 
 
 I Cognizance, emblem, 
 
 I badge. 
 
 I ^<J'Js wounds, God's 
 
 I wounds. 
 
 I <'"(/', head-dress. 
 
 I ' '">l, noise, bustle. 
 Combust, astrological 
 term applied to a 
 planet when it is near 
 to the sun. 
 
 Comfortable, enjoying 
 contentment and easeT 
 
 tommodity, goods, pro- 
 fit. 
 
 Compos voti, having ac- 
 complished your wish. 
 
 Compter, name formerly 
 given to debtor prisons 
 in London. 
 
 Coragio, courage. 
 
 Cordovan, Spanish 
 leather. 
 
 Corinthian, a debauched 
 
 man. 
 ( 'osturd, the head. 
 Cote, pass, overtake. 
 toucher, going to bed. 
 f-raues in the Vintry, 
 the Three. See Vintry. 
 t)Vt*«;<, four-legged stool. 
 (.TOM, silver coin marked 
 
 with a cros.s. 
 Cuerpo, l;.ody. /» 
 
 cuerpn, n;iJ:ed. 
 <'uliss, broth of boiled 
 
 meat strained. 
 ' '"Iminai,^. to be in the 
 night'-, point of alti- 
 tude. 
 Culverin, ancient small 
 
 cannon. 
 Curetur jentaculum, let 
 the breakfast be cared 
 for. 
 Cutter, bully, sharper. 
 Cyclops, Homeric one- 
 eyed monsters, who 
 inlu, ited Sicily. 
 C:;)dar, .jght coverintr 
 scarf. *■ 
 
 iJan, title of honour 
 common with the oltl 
 
 noef,. 
 
366 
 
 tyAl'EA'/.EV yorELS 
 
 Itiindif/jntt, ilttiuf, 
 
 urchin, 
 Di'hn.ihed, dolKiuched. 
 A'(V)(7, boil (l(jwn. 
 Devil lonkinij oirr Lin- 
 mill, possible allusion 
 to the malignity with 
 which the devil wns 
 supposed to re^tard tlu> 
 beauty of a hnishcd 
 cathedral, or i-!so to ,i 
 sour-faced statu.! at 
 Lincoln of his infernal 
 !naj(!sty. 
 Ih'i'Dir, duty, 
 hiuhlntin, little devil, 
 mischievous youny 
 imp. 
 I)ie<t withdut his shiie.i, 
 
 i.i: in bed. 
 l)ijHcilium, etc. (p. j2o), 
 endurance of hardships 
 from day to day. 
 l>iilit, fiiifjer. 
 Dink, triin, tidy. 
 liirl, thrill, vibrate. 
 Distempe.rature, dis- 
 
 order, failing. 
 liivertiseinent, entertain- 
 ment. 
 /'", put. 
 
 Don lielianis of Greece, 
 hero of an old rom^ 
 ance. 
 Dnuht, fear. 
 tioHse, blow, stroke. 
 Dmmitis persoiur, cha- 
 racters of the drama. 
 Dmp ■ de - bnrc, coarse 
 
 dark stuff. 
 Drawers, waiters. 
 Drench and a hall, physic 
 draught, and a pill. 
 
 A'.c nomine, etc, (p. 230), 
 from whose name is 
 derived llic common 
 word. 
 
 Eijimmt, Duke of Guol- 
 dres, beheaded by Alva 
 for treachery. 
 
 Eldorado, very rich coun- 
 try which Martinez 
 claims to have dis- 
 covered. 
 
 Electuary, kind of medi- 
 cine. 
 
 Epicuriii, Greek philo- 
 sopher, B.C. 342-270. 
 
 Erasmus, Dutch scholar, 
 A.u. 1465 -1536. 
 
 Erasmus ah Die Fausto, 
 Latin for Erasmus de 
 Holiday. 
 
 Erijo, heus, etc. (p. 221). 
 so ho there, my pupil, 
 come hi!h(T, I nrav 
 thee. 
 
 Ksculapius ci'lebra ted 
 physiciai of antiquitv. 
 
 Espalier, t ellis work foi- 
 traininf; rees. 
 
 Et SIC de ct 'teris, and so 
 on with the rest. 
 
 Eimenidet , >Sti/giuinijiie 
 ne/as, tie Furies and 
 the .Styg an monster. 
 
 Excalihur, famous sword 
 of King Arthur, 
 
 Fuher /error ius, hlack- 
 j smith. 
 j luiitour, rogue, hypo- 
 ' critc. 
 
 Fall back, fall cdfjc, conic 
 what may. 
 
 /•'((//(«<//-<(»r/,c,i.larover- 
 
 lying the shoulders. 
 Farcy, a discasi- of 
 
 horses. 
 FiiliUica; those who pre- 
 dict fate. 
 Fnveti linrjuis, keep 
 
 silence. 
 Felix his lerque, twice, 
 yea, three times foi- 
 tunate. 
 Eelly, in a fell manner, 
 
 savagely. 
 Femoral, about the 
 
 thighs. 
 Ferraieen, a stuff of 
 mi.ved wool and silk, 
 a kind of poplin. 
 Festina lenle, make haste 
 slowly, don't be im- 
 petuous. 
 Filigree, oriuimentai 
 
 open-work. 
 Fleering, scornful, f:, 
 
 temptuous. 
 Flesh and fell, m<-.vAf- 
 
 and skin. 
 Fli(jht-.^/iot, bowshot. 
 F'lnum hahet in cornu, 
 it has hay wrapped 
 about iis horns. 
 Followers of Minerva, 
 those who have address 
 and intelligence. 
 Forked, pointed. 
 Foul, of little value. 
 Founders, a disease of 
 
 horses. 
 Fox, old slang for the 
 
 broadsword. 
 Furens quid femina, 
 what a frenzied woman 
 (can do). 
 Furmity, hulled wheat 
 boiled in milk, and 
 seasoned. 
 Fnsille, an elongated 
 lozenge, term in 
 heraldry. 
 
 (Jrnetuliaeali '/, by calcu- 
 
 lating n.ilivities, 
 <Hen, given, 
 Uire the ijimtl time of 
 
 </«»/, salute in afriendly 
 way, 
 
 GngsnouHs, another 
 
 form of ( 'og's 'ounds. 
 Uood-jere, g. .ugere mor- 
 bus (jallicus, an ex- 
 pletive, —what the 
 plague ! or what tin 
 mischief 
 'iossiii, sponsor, friend. 
 '•ramercy, great thanks. 
 (•'rave, judici.il oHicer, 
 
 also for (Jraf. 
 O'race Maurice, Prince 
 of Nasnuand famous 
 captain, 
 Uroat, silver coin worth 
 
 4ci. 
 (Iroyne (The), old name 
 
 for Corunna, 
 Guess, sort. 
 Gules, term in heraldry 
 
 for red. 
 Guy o.f Wanoick, hero 
 of mediaval rom- 
 ance. 
 
 Inforlunc, misfortune. 
 In.fumn, in smoke, 
 Intite, favourite, friei I, 
 In rerum natura, in 1 le 
 
 nature of things. 
 Inter magnates, among 
 
 the great. 
 In tertio Maria, jn the 
 third year of Marys 
 reign. 
 In the manner, in tin- 
 act. 
 his, the main stream of 
 the Thames, above 
 Dorchester (Oxford), 
 
 pitcher. 
 
 (•'dlliard, g.iy, jaunty. 
 (•'ulloon, worsted. 
 '•'amhade, gambol. 
 Gaudet nomine Sibylla. 
 
 she rejoices in' the 
 
 name of Sibyl. 
 Gaze, sec, look upon. 
 Gaze-hound, greyhound. 
 Gear, affair, thing. 
 Geber, famous Arabian 
 
 alchemist of the eighth 
 
 century. 
 
 Uappy man he his dole, 
 
 happy be he who suc- 
 
 '■-■-•ds best. 
 iiiiiington, poet, 1561- 
 
 Jni2, 
 ftarrowlry, heraldry. 
 I/arry - nohle, noble 
 
 coined in the reign of 
 
 Henry VHI. 
 
 //((/•Wi^jiccv, soothsayers, 
 
 diviners. 
 Head-horough, 1. ad of a 
 borough, petty con- 
 stable. 
 Heart-sjmne, the depres- 
 sion in the breast- 
 bone; the breast-bone. 
 
 Helen 0/ Troy, wife of 
 Menelaus. 
 
 lleys, intricate country 
 dance. 
 
 llohby - horse, morris- 
 dancer made up as a 
 horse, and imitating 
 its action. 
 
 llocktidc, first or second 
 week following Easter 
 week. 
 
 Holland, linen from the 
 Netherlands. 
 
 Ilolpcd, helped. 
 
 Horace, Roman poet of 
 the Augustan age. 
 
 I lose, breeches. j 
 
 llospitium, place of j 
 shelter and refresh- I 
 ment. 
 
 Incontinent, immedi- 
 ately. 
 
 Infidel, term of strong 
 contempt. 
 
 Jack, metal 
 black-jack. 
 
 Jack-pudding, a buffoon , 
 merry-.indrew. 
 
 Jape, jest. 
 
 Jere. See Oood-jere. 
 
 Jolterhead, stupid head. 
 
 doming, scoldLg, curs- 
 ing. 
 
 Judicicd, foretelling 
 hum.m affair 
 
 Juvenal, youth. 
 
 Ka me, ka thee, old pro- 
 verb — Help me, and 
 I'll help you. 
 
 Kernes, light-armed foot- 
 soldiers. 
 
 King Cambyses' vein, 
 rantingly. 
 
 Lccchrymw, red Italian 
 wine. 
 
 L((cs d'amour, lovers' 
 knots. 
 
 Laipxei amoris, lovers' 
 knots. 
 
 Largesse, etc., (p, 312) 
 your gifts, you;; gifts, 
 brave knights. 
 
 Lay you up in lavender, 
 in prison. 
 
 Le.ft ■ handed, morgan- 
 atic. 
 
 I.cman, mistress, 
 
 Levanter, easterly Medi- 
 terranean wind. 
 
 I^ex Julia, law of Augus 
 tus Ca-sar, defining 
 who were em.'mies of 
 the state. 
 
 Limber, easili' bent, 
 
 pliant. 
 Lindahrides, hi;roine in 
 the Spanish romance 
 of ' The Mirror of 
 Knighthood;' name 
 ai^plied to a mis- 
 tress. 
 Lingua: Lati.uv, etc. 
 (p. 219), Though not 
 altogether ignorant of 
 Latin, most learned sir, 
 I prefer to speak in 
 my mother tongue. 
 
rturie, inisforiunc, 
 I'liio, ill sinokc. 
 <•. fiivuiiriti-, friiM; I. 
 'rum. miliirii, in , m 
 tare of tllin.^s. 
 • magnates, amoiiL' 
 
 •rlio Mann, in the 
 rd yciii of Mary's 
 
 ne manner, in tlit; 
 
 llif uiiiin struani of 
 'Ihames, above 
 rclieslur (Oxford). 
 
 im-tal pitcliLT, 
 -;<-jack. 
 
 uiaA/iH()f, abufToon, 
 ry-anclrew. 
 jfsl. 
 
 See Oood-jtre, 
 head, stupid head. 
 ng, i>coldi:.g, curs- 
 
 '«/, foretelling 
 laii affair 
 al, youth. 
 
 ', ka thee, old jiro- 
 ' — Hnlp me, and 
 lelp you. 
 s, light-armed fool- 
 
 iers. 
 
 Camhyses' vein, 
 ingly. 
 
 /m(v, red Italian 
 d'amuur, lovers' 
 
 5. 
 
 amoris, lovers' 
 
 9. 
 
 se, etc., (p. 3,2) 
 gifts, your gifts, 
 ; knights. 
 i« up in lavender, 
 ison. 
 anded, rnorgan- 
 
 niistress. 
 ?r, easterly Medi- 
 lean wind. 
 'ia, law of Augus 
 Cii'sar, defining 
 were enemies of 
 ate. 
 
 easily bent, 
 
 ''ideti, h(.>roine in 
 Spanish romance 
 The Mirror of 
 ithood ; ' name 
 ■d to a mis- 
 
 Lati.iw, etc. 
 9), Thougli not 
 ther ignorant of 
 most learned sir, 
 fer to speak in 
 3ther tongue. 
 
 ■loth 
 and 
 
 l.uuf;/ . wohey, 
 made of liiK,; 
 wool. 
 
 A/.v/, wish, choose. 
 
 litl(irk.H, ragsand tatters. 
 
 ^i'<:tiia/frupem,Ludn:\ 
 give thine aid. [.u- 
 eina was the goddev, 
 «ho presided over 
 cliildbirth. 
 
 Im'U Magi.Htn: Ludiis 
 means ' game ' and 
 school. 
 Lyme-imund, sportintr 
 dog, liimner. 
 
 U/utstricht, town in Hol- 
 land, sacked by the 
 Duke of Alva. 1576. 
 
 Alagisttrium, the philo- 
 sopher's stone. 
 
 Makebate, causer of 
 i;uarrels, 
 
 Mandragora, mandrake, 
 plant believed to pos! 
 sess magic t|u.:iities. 
 
 Manna of Saint Xicho 
 ia.i, a colourless and 
 tasteless poisnti. 
 
 Maimer, in th, in the 
 
 Man of art, man of 
 
 knowledge. 
 Mar.1, god of war and 
 
 brute force. 
 Matamoros, empty 
 
 bo.ast.Ts. 
 Mavis, song-thrush 
 Menelaus of Sparta 
 husband of Helen of 
 I'roy. 
 Mew, to shut up. 
 Mi anime, corcidn,,. 
 meum, my life, my 
 heart. ^ 
 
 Michael Angelo, famous 
 Italian sculptor and 
 painter, 1474-1564. 
 Mr. Hayes's Tra(/e,hi 
 The Rehearsal (1671) 
 by George Villiersi 
 i)uke of Buckingh.im, 
 Mucado, mock velvet. 
 Mo)i, man. 
 
 Monsieur, the Duk.' of 
 Anjou, ,L courtier and 
 suitor of Queen Eliza- 
 beth. 
 Mop, to make a wry 
 mouth. ^ 
 
 Moppet, pretty young 
 
 Morior, etc. (p. 184), i 
 
 die, I died, to die 
 Morpheus, god of the 
 
 realms of sleep. 
 Mowing, making grim- 
 aces. 
 Mulciher, Vulcan. '' 
 
 Murrey, mulberr\-- i 
 
 coloured. ' ; 
 
 Muscadine, a rich sweet I 
 . _^^'ine. 
 
 uetoon. light short I 
 
 GLOSSAHy TO K'EiVIUVORlH 
 
 j Seat, nif, row. 
 
 .V'' iinisqnani, etc., (p. 
 
 f'i), that no on/' 
 
 bat Aja.x can conquer 
 
 ' /\ja.x. 
 
 AV aemissem quidem, 
 
 not a singl,- groat. 
 .^rther.ttixk, stocking. 
 -\« ultra, nothing bo- 
 
 yond. 
 Nolile, fjold coin, current 
 
 \oT 6s. 8d. 
 Kooning, rest and repast 
 
 M noon, 
 Xaitra paupera regna, 
 
 our poor domains. 
 A_«;/cr, trifles. 
 Xuminibus, etc. {■, 
 219), prayers heard by 
 unfriendly deities. 
 
 867 
 
 O', on. 
 
 OtiT, blockhead, simple- 
 ton. 
 
 O area mens murtalium, 
 O darkc-ned mind of 
 man. 
 Odds, God's. 
 On thesiji, ire, hnne-tly 
 openly. ' 
 
 Onns, zounds. 
 Or, gold. 
 Orange. Stadtholder of 
 
 Holland. 
 Ordiiuiry, eating-house. 
 Ormn, Greek legendary 
 Kiant and worker \n 
 iron. 
 
 hand 
 
 •gun. 
 
 Iiildjras, talk, palaver 
 / ant lies, curved iles 
 
 used for roofing. 
 /'antou/te, sli[)per. 
 I'arapa, «ord used by 
 l.nlor, the Water 
 IV'ct, in his ■ Praise of 
 Hempseed.' 
 Parcel, partly, 
 Pun.f. Trojan prince 
 who carried off Helen. 
 / arna.^.'ius, home of the 
 
 Muses. 
 I'aneiuet, smaller si)ecies 
 
 of parrot. 
 l'<irtcrre, flower-plot. 
 I'artlet, neckerchief. 
 I'arroenntcntus, content 
 
 with little. 
 l'as.wit, walking -term 
 
 in heraldry. 
 I'ass.denmt. a fashion- 
 able dress, a dress 
 worn at dances. 
 I'alientia, patience. 
 I'atonce, heraldic cross 
 with the limbs termin- 
 ating in three points. 
 lauca verba, few 
 
 words. 
 f'aynim, pagan. 
 I'er pale, by a vertical 
 hne ; .said of an es- 
 cutcheon. 
 
 /'erdue. In concealment, 
 
 in a bad way. 
 /'■■rttc.ia barlinra tuquehr 
 
 aeartily .sick of a 
 
 -inguagi! not her own. 
 .'fuietun, the ill . fi,|,,,| 
 
 charioteer of the sun. 
 I hUippine chenvi/, per- 
 
 haps I'hilip and Cheney 
 IS meant. 
 
 Philosopher's stuue, the 
 
 great eli.xir for trans- 
 
 muting base metal into 
 
 g'Jld. 
 
 I'tcaroon, one who lives 
 
 by his wits ; a rogue. 
 / iccadilloe, sort of stiff 
 
 collar. 
 I'iie, term of mild exe- 
 
 oration. 
 J'laee of remm;al, cell, or 
 
 place of confinement 
 /oint of fox. See Fox. 
 I uints, fine lace. 
 Poking -a vl, pin for at- 
 taching the ruff, some- 
 times used as stiletto.s. 
 I ortmantle, jvrtntan- 
 
 te.iii. 
 I'art Saint Mary, town 
 
 in the bay of Cadiz. 
 / os.se.ss, inform fully 
 l'os.Kt, drink of hot milk 
 curdled by an infusion ' 
 of wine. { 
 
 I'ost Vhriftum natum, ' 
 after the birth of 
 Christ. 
 f'ot-herbs, vegetables. 
 / ottle-pot, vessel holdini' 
 
 two quarts. 
 Practice, artifice, strata- 
 gem. 
 Precisian, puritan. 
 Prejer, recommend, ad- 
 vance, 
 Presto, all of a sudden. 
 Pnmo llenrici Septimi 
 m the first year of 
 lenryVH.s reign. 1 
 ryncox, a co.vcomb. 
 Probation, trial. I 
 
 Projection, transmutim; I 
 a niital. | 
 
 Proper, its natural col- 
 our,— term in heraldry 
 1 rorant rapier, su.,',1 
 supplied from ihr 
 ■army stores. j 
 
 Piukfou'it, niggard 
 Purlieus, low haunts. | 
 Piisey Horn, horn of ,r 
 ox or buffalo given 1 
 Canute to the ancestor 
 ol the owners of Pusev 
 a I3erkshire village. ' ' 
 Put the change on, de- 
 eeive, mislead. 
 
 I Qiiani liicu.s a non liieen- 
 I '/", like a grove that is 
 ! so called from its not 
 giving light. 
 <^uid mihi cum eaballo f 
 ^^hat have I t,, ,l„ 
 with the nag? 
 tjHintilian, K,,ni,in 
 rhetorician an<l critic. 
 
 /{(diatinr, ff 
 
 Raddle, I .rijsh. 
 
 ""';'.' , , " 'dentem, 
 .Michael puns on ante, 
 cedenlem without 
 
 much understanding 
 the meaning of his 
 quotation. 
 Rash, species of inferior 
 •silk, orpo.s.siblycraiie. 
 Ratsbane, poison for 
 
 rats. 
 Recte, quidem, etc. (p. 
 287), a.ssuredly we are, 
 most worthy sir. 
 Reeve, steward. 
 Rcgiiardant, turned to 
 I look back. 
 I Rencontre, rencounter 
 I encounter. * 
 
 I Reveillee, morning bugle 
 
 /ticarde, adsis nebulo, 
 
 Kichard, you scamp, 
 
 come hither. 
 Ro.ie ■ no/,le, gold coin 
 
 Worth J 5s. 
 Posy Cuis. brotherhood 
 
 of the. See Jhother- 
 
 hood. 
 
 Rowan-tree, mount.ain 
 
 ash. 
 Pujte, to riot, create 
 
 disturbance. 
 A'»i//c/-, bully, ruffian. 
 
 ■^'aint Antholin, martyr 
 ^55 A.n. His holy 
 
 Qiiaekwlrrr, quack. 
 fju,(drillc, masque, band 
 
 ot actors. 
 Quail-pipe, pipe or call 1 
 
 for alluring quails. 1 ,<* 
 
 I day is 6ih February 
 ! -^nnt. Luke's Hospital, 
 a-syluni in Moorfields, 
 i.omlon. 
 '^aint Michael's Mount, 
 I r(jck off the Cornish 
 C(jast. 
 ^anit Peter of the Fet- 
 ! Icrs. Saint Peter had 
 ilie keys of heaven 
 and hell. 
 ■'<altim banqui, quncks, 
 
 mountebanks. 
 Salve, domine, etc. (p. 
 ait- . Hail, sir. dost 
 understand Latin > 
 Sancta Maria, 
 
 Mary. 
 .%«<() Diavnlo, 
 
 father Satan. 
 ''Sarsenet, thin 
 silk. 
 
 Holy 
 
 Good 
 
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 Savin, the 
 juniper. 
 
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 Scroyle, mean fellow, 
 
 wretch. 
 Sviant, sitting down — 
 
 term in heraldry. 
 Scjitwiyiiit, (ireeji ver- 
 .sion of the Old Testa- 
 ment. 
 S,i//,; |)i;ncli. 
 tSeivii s/ei'/)ci\i, martvrs 
 of Ki)lit,>sus, wlio, ac- 
 cording to tlie legend, 
 slept m a erive from 
 the reign of the Em- 
 peror Uecius to that 
 of Theodosius 11., a 
 period of 196 years. 
 liewer, head butler. 
 ^eije, a drinking vessel, a 
 
 goblet. 
 Sfutq, sort of rough cloth. 
 Shaim, sort of pipe, re- 
 sembling a hautboy. 
 Sheres, Jeres, town in 
 Spain, famous for its 
 wine. 
 Shog, move on. 
 lihot- window, window 
 projecting from a wall, 
 used for defence. 
 Shovel-board, game of 
 pushing pieces of 
 money on a board. 
 Si Jixum solvas, etc. (p. 
 226), If you dissolve a 
 fixed substance and 
 make the solution fly, 
 and then turn it into a 
 fixed substance, you 
 will live safe and 
 sound ; if the process 
 causes a wind, it is 
 worth a hundred pieces 
 of gold. The wind 
 blows where it lists. 
 Catch who catch can. 
 Sieve and shears, divi- 
 nation by means of a 
 sieve fixed to the point 
 of a pair of shears. 
 Sine prole, childless. 
 Sketie, short sword, 
 
 knife. 
 Skill, know. 
 Slaver, saliva. 
 Sleuth - hound, blood - 
 hound. 
 
 I Shekel, to convey things 
 
 privately. 
 •SVop, an outer or lower 
 
 garment. 
 Smock-faced, of girlish 
 
 face or complexion. 
 Snails, an oath. See 
 
 JiliMiil (I lid nails. 
 , Snirk lip, be hanged. 
 j Solemn, important. 
 I Simethiny, somewhat. 
 Sjied, i/rouglu todi'struc- 
 
 tion, ruined. 
 Sjiiijot, peg for stopping 
 
 a hole in a cask. 
 Sjntchcockcd, split and 
 
 broiled. 
 Springe, noose, gin, 
 
 snare. 
 Stance, station. 
 Stand shot, pay the reck- 
 oning. 
 Staple, a settled market, 
 
 an emporium. 
 Start, move, ]5our out. 
 Startup, high - topped 
 
 shoe. 
 Stock, slocking. 
 Strappado, a militarv 
 
 punishment in which 
 
 the offenfler was drawn 
 
 to die top of a beatn 
 
 and let fall. 
 Strike up, to cause to 
 
 sound. 
 Siijftamina, be silent. 
 Swarf, faint. 
 Swashing, noisy, bully 
 
 ing. 
 
 Tahbard, inn celebrated 
 by Chaucer. 
 
 Tabor, a small drum. 
 
 Taffeta, silk stuff. 
 
 Take order, take suit- 
 able steps, or posi- 
 tion. 
 
 Taking, distress, agita- 
 tion. 
 
 Tarleton, famous come- 
 dian at Elizabeth's 
 court. 
 
 Tent stitch, fiincy stitch 
 in worsted work. 
 
 Termagant, a fierce- 
 tempered, brawling 
 woman. 
 Thieves' Latin, thieves' 
 
 cant or slang. 
 Three Cranes in the 
 _ Vintnj. See Vintri/. 
 Thrift, gain, prosperity. 
 Tincture, one of the 
 metals, colours, or furs 
 useci in armoury, 
 y/y'^jc^alength of twisted 
 hair, also a short 
 cloak. 
 Titt, a horse. 
 Tod, a bush, thick shrub. 
 Tnkay, Hungarian wine. 
 Topping, first-rate. 
 Touched, sjicak of. 
 Trencher, a wooden 
 
 platter. 
 Trismegistus, the thrice 
 great one, an ancient 
 philosopher, who first 
 divKiOd the day into 
 hours. 
 Troth, truth. 
 Trunk - hose, large 
 
 breeches reaching to 
 the knee. 
 Trii6s, to tie the tagged 
 laces which fastened 
 the breeches to the 
 doublet. 
 Tuguria, huts. 
 Tijke, a dog. 
 
 Uds, God's. 
 
 Vn, he, him. 
 
 Uno avulso, etc. (p. 220), 
 when one has been 
 torn off, another grows 
 in its place, 
 
 rn's, his. 
 
 I'ntimcotisly, untimely. 
 
 Vanbrugh, Sir John 
 poet and architect, 
 1666- 1726. 
 
 Varium et mutabilc, 
 changeful and caprici- 
 ous. 
 
 T rngcably, terribly. 
 
 Venlo, fortress in Hoi- 
 land. 
 
 Via I away ! 
 
 yintry. Three Cranes in 
 the, eelebr.ated I, or 
 don taveni, so called 
 from its sign and three 
 mac! ineson the neigh- 
 bouring wharf used 
 for lifting the vessels 
 of wine out of the 
 ships. 
 
 Virginal, old-fashioned 
 
 ^ piano. 
 
 Vivat. acclamation. 
 Vogue la galere, come 
 
 what may. 
 Voto a Dios, Spanish 
 
 oath. By God ! 
 
 Waistcoat, once a part 
 of female attire. 
 
 Wassail, spiced ale 01 
 wine. 
 
 Watchet, p.alo blue. 
 
 Wench, young wonirin, 
 handmaid. 
 
 White boy, a term of en- 
 dearment. 
 
 White u-itch, wizard or 
 witch of beneficent dis- 
 position. 
 
 Wise woman, midwife. 
 
 Witch's vuirk, a wart or 
 mark, insensible to 
 pain, inflicted by the 
 devil on his vassals. 
 
 Wittol, cuckold. 
 
 W^,n'd, dwelt. 
 
 Word, name. 
 
 Worship, honour. 
 
 Wiis, know. 
 
 Wyvern, dragon-headed 
 heraldic monster. 
 
 y^any, a sillv John, a 
 simple fel'low, fool, 
 mimic. 
 
'jeahhj, terribly. 
 'o, fortress in IIol- 
 id. 
 
 ! away ! 
 
 ry, Three Cranes in 
 ', ci'ic'bratcci I, or 
 n taveni, so called 
 m its sign and tlireo 
 le! ineson tlien'jigli- 
 iirinj; wharf used 
 lifting tlic vessels 
 wine out of tlie 
 ps. 
 
 tcoat, once a part 
 eniale attire. 
 ail, spiced ale ot 
 e. 
 
 het, pale blue. 
 h, young woniMi, 
 dniaid. 
 
 ' hoy, a term of en- 
 rment. 
 
 '■ witch, wizard or 
 ;li of beneficent dis- 
 tion. 
 
 woman, midwife. 
 's mark, a wart or 
 k, insensible to 
 I, inflicted by the 
 1 on his vassals. 
 ', cuckold. 
 ', dwelt, 
 name. 
 ij), honour, 
 know. 
 
 •«, dragon-headetl 
 Idic monster. 
 
 liRlC, .MONTAGCE, AND RUSSELL. 
 
 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TALES. 
 
 By 
 FREDERIC W. FARRAR 
 
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