A King. 
 
FRONTISPIECE. 
 
 Would you be learned, good, and great, 
 Our Hero strive to imitate ; 
 For Merit was the only Thing 
 That made poor Pippin's Son a King. 
 
THE HISTORY 
 
 OF LITTLE 
 
 KING PIPPIN. 
 
 With an Account of the Melancholy Death of 
 FOUR NAUGHTY BOFS, 
 
 WHO WERE 
 
 Devoured by Wild Beasts. 
 
 AND THE 
 
 Wonderful Delivery of Master Harry Harmless, 
 by a little 
 
 WHITE HORSE. 
 
 ORNAMENTED \\ITII CUTS. 
 
 WELLINGTON: 
 
 Printed by F. Hauls ton and Son. 
 
 Price Two-pence. 
 
CHILDREN'S BOOK 
 COLLECTION 
 
 * 
 
 LIBRARY OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
THE HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 LITTLE KING PIPPIN. 
 
 PETER PIPPIN was the son cf Gaffer and 
 Gammer Pippin, 
 
 Who liv'd at the 2vy-hoitse under the hill. 
 And if they are not gone, they live there still. 
 
 This is the house, -and a pretty little snug 
 
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 place it is, and there is Peter and his father and 
 mother at the door. Daddy, says Peter, I wish 
 I could have another pretty little Picture- 
 Book, for I have read Mrs. Lovechild's Golden 
 Present so often, that I can repeat it without 
 book. I am very glad to hear it, Peter, 
 says his father, and I wish 1 could afford to 
 buy you books as fast as you can learn therm 
 I have been saving a penny a week these five 
 weeks, to buy the LADDER to LEARNING for 
 you: well then, says Peter, I have got a pen- 
 ny, which was given me this morning by Miss 
 Kitty Kindness, so that will make sixpence: 
 
 dear, I should like vastly to have the Lad- 
 der to Learning, and you shall see how fast 
 
 1 will climb up it ; pray give me your five- 
 
King Pippin. T 
 
 pence, father, and I will run to Farmer Giles 
 with it directly, and desire him to bring it 
 down for me, when he goes to Town next 
 week; and away he ran to Farmer Giles, and 
 gave him the money to buy the Ladder to 
 Learning. You can't miss the shop, says Pe- 
 ter, it is just in the midst of the Town, the 
 only place where all the pretty little books are 
 sold: for, though Peter had never been in 
 Town, he knew as well as could be, where his 
 old friend the Publisher lived. 
 
 Now a great many silly boys would have 
 spent that penny in apples or gingerbread, or 
 some such trash, and when they had eaten 
 it, what would they have been the better for 
 it? Why nothing at all ; but Peter did not lay 
 out his money in such an idle manner ; when- 
 ever he got a penny, he bought food for his 
 mind, instead of his belly, and you will find 
 he afterwards reaped the benefit of it. 
 
 Well, the nejy week Peter had his new 
 book, and here he sits reading it under the 
 hedge, where he was sent to keep away the 
 crows from Farmer Giles's corn ; and you see 
 he neither neglected his book nor his work. 
 
 Away t Away, John Carrion Crow, 
 Your Master hath enow 
 Down in his Barley Mow. 
 
 See how he makes them fly, and as soon as 
 
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 they are gone, out he whips his little book, 
 and reads till they come back again ; for Gaf- 
 fer .Pippin, being bat a poor labouring man, 
 could not afford to keep Peter at school ; so 
 he was obliged to go out to work, though he 
 was but six years old. 
 
 But good fortune is generally attendant on 
 good and virtuous actions, and so it happened 
 to Peter, who was certainly one of the best 
 boys in the whole country; he always did 
 what his father and mother bid him, not only 
 without murmuring, but with pleasure in his 
 countenance; he never went to bed, or got up 
 in the morning, without kneeling down by his 
 bed-side to say his prayers ; nor was he ever 
 
King Pippin. 
 
 known to tell a fib, or say a naughty word, or 
 to quarrel with his play-fellows'. 
 - As he was coming home from tvork one 
 evening, wishing for another new book, he 
 could nor help crying, because he had no mo- 
 ney to buy cne ; so being met by Lady Boun- 
 tiful, whose country seat was but a small dis- 
 tance from the little -Ivy-house, she asked him 
 what he cried for? Peter was afraid to tell at 
 first, lest she should be angry with him; but 
 her Ladyship insisted on knowing, and Peter 
 was determined never to tell a fib, so out came 
 the truth. Well, says she, Peter, you need 
 not have been ashamed to tell me, there is no 
 harm in it ; dry up your tears. I know you 
 are a good boy, very dutiful to your parents, 
 
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 The History of 
 
 and obliging to everyone, and since I find you 
 are so desirous of improving your mind, you 
 shall not be deprived of the benefit of educa- 
 tion because you are poor; so do you and your 
 father come to me to-morrow morning, and I 
 will see what I can do for you. Peter returned 
 her Ladyship a great many thanks, made one 
 of his best bows, and ran home whistling and 
 
 singing as merry as a grig. As soon as he got 
 within side the door, Good news, good news, 
 says he, father; you and I are to go to Lady 
 Bountiful's to morrow-morning; 1 believe her 
 Ladyship is going to put me to school : Peter's 
 head was so full of it, that he scarce slept a 
 wink all the night, and he got up the next 
 morning at four o'clock, put on his Sunday 
 
King Pippin. 11 
 
 clothes, washed his face and hands, combed 
 out his hair, and looked as brisk as a bee; and 
 about six o'clock, away his father and he 
 trudged to Lady Bountiful's ; as soon as they 
 arrived, they were ordered into her Ladyship's 
 parlour. Well, says she, Gaffer Pippin, since 
 you cannot afford to put Peter to school, I will 
 send him at my own expence : so carry this 
 letter to Mr. Teachum the Schoolmaster, and 
 he will be taken as much care of as if he were 
 my own son. A thousand blessings on your 
 Ladyship, says the old man, I hope God Al- 
 mighty will reward you for your goodness to 
 my poor boy. It is no more than Peter de- 
 serves, says her Ladyship, and as long as he 
 continues such a good boy, he shall not want 
 a friend ; but make baste away with him, 
 Gaffer Pippin, or you will not get there before 
 it is dark, for they had near twenty miles to 
 walk : so taking Peter in his hand, they set off 
 towards the school; but they had not walked 
 above a mile or two, before they were overtaken 
 by a gentleman's coach, which stopped as 
 soon as it came up with them, and the gentle- 
 man looking out, asked if that was not little 
 Peter Pippin, whom he had heard was such a 
 good boy ? Yes, Sir, replied Gaffer Pippin, it is. 
 Indeed, says the gentleman, I thought so, from 
 that good nature so visible in his countenance: 
 pray, how far are you going? To Mr. Teach- 
 um's School, Sir, replied Peter. A very fortu- 
 
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 nate meeting, says the gentleman, I am going 
 to the very same place with my two sons, so 
 you shall ride with them in my coach ; you 
 need not trouble yourself to go any farther, 
 Gaffer Pippin ; I will take care of your son : 
 so thanking the gentleman for his kindness, 
 and bestowing his blessing on Peter, the old 
 man returned home to his work. As soon as 
 Peter was seated in the coach, the gentleman 
 informed him, he was going to a school where 
 he would meet with kind usage and good en- 
 tertainment: you live very well, says he to his 
 son, don't you, Tommy? Yes, Sir, very well, 
 replied Tommy, we have apple-pie two or 
 three times a week ; then I dare say, you know 
 how to spell apple-pie, don't you, Tommy? 
 O yes, Sir, ap-pel-pey. And how do you spell 
 it, Billy? says he to his other son, ap-pel-pye. 
 And how do you spell it, Peter ? ap-ple-pie, 
 Sir: that's right, you are a good boy, and there 
 is a sixpence for you ; and as for you two 
 dunces, I will take care you shall neither of 
 you have another bit of apple-pie, till you 
 know how to spell it ; and he was as good as 
 his word; for though all the rest of the boys 
 had apple : pie the next day for dinner, neither 
 of them were suffered to eat a bit, because 
 they had not learned to spell it; so they were 
 obliged to sit and look at the rest, like two 
 blockheads as they were. 
 The same affable behaviour which had gain- 
 
King Pippin. 
 
 13 
 
 ed him the esteem of -all his acquaintance at 
 home, soon made little Peter equally respect- 
 ed at school ', nay, all the good boys were so 
 pleased with the sweetness of his temper, and 
 the good advice which he always gave them, 
 when any quarrel or disagreement happened 
 between them, that they came to a resolution 
 to elect him their King, by the title of the 
 King of the Good Boys, and he was always af- 
 terwards Called LITTLE KING PIPPIN, (SO WC 
 
 shall give him the same title through the re- 
 mainder of thehistory:) and all disputesbetween 
 them, of whatever nature, were referred to his 
 decision ; and so great was their respect for 
 their King, and so just were his determinations 
 on these occasions, that they were always sub- 
 
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 The History of 
 
 mitted to without murmuring or repining : as 
 a badge of distinction for their new king, they 
 made a general subscription, and bought him 
 a fine cap ornamented with a white feather, 
 and round it was engraved in letters of gold, 
 *' Peter Pippin, King of the Good Boys." A 
 few days after Peter was chosen King, as 
 George Graceless, Neddy Neverpray, and two 
 or three other boys, as naughty as themselves, 
 were playing at marbles in the church-yard, 
 George Graceless's brother Jack, who was a 
 very good*natured little boy, happened to stop 
 his brother George's marble by accident, upon 
 which he flew into a violent passion, took 
 the Lord's name in vain, called his brother a 
 fool, and made use of a great many other 
 
King Pippin. 15 
 
 wicked expressions, which so shocked Little 
 King Pippin, who was sitting on a tomb-stone, 
 just by, reading Mrs. Winlove's Lectures, that 
 he could not forbear speaking to little Grace- 
 less ; pray, Master Graceless, says he, do you 
 know the consequence of these shocking ex- 
 pressions? did you never read in your Bible, 
 that " Whosoever calleth his brother a fool, is 
 *' in danger of hell fire?" and don't you 
 know, that one of the commandments says, 
 " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
 " thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold 
 1 him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain ?" 
 Where can you expect to go when you die ? 
 Pooh, says little Graceless, don't tell me any 
 of your nonsensical stuff about dying, I have 
 many a good year to live yet; do you mind 
 your reading, and let me alone to my play. 
 Oh fy, oh fy, Master Graceless, says Little 
 King Pippin, God Almighty, if he pleased, 
 could strike you dead, this moment, and 
 however secure you may think yourself, be 
 assured, 
 
 There's not a sin that you commit, 
 
 Nor wicked word you say, 
 But in God's dreadful look 'tis writ 
 
 Against the judgment day. 
 
 There's not a Jib that e'er was told* 
 Or evil thought arose, 
 
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 But in that book is safe irurolCd, 
 
 As that day will disclose. 
 Shah, says he, I am not afraid of that, and 
 away he went singing, 
 
 Let us be merry and gay, 
 
 And drive away care and sorrow, 
 
 We'll laugh and sing to-day, 
 
 And talk about death to-morrow, 
 as thoughtless and unconcerned as if he had 
 done nothing amiss; and now the clock strik- 
 ing two, which was the hour for returning to 
 school, Billy Meanwell, Sammy Sober, Bobby 
 Bright, Tommy Telltrutb, and all the rest of 
 the good boys, with Little King Pippin at their 
 head, ran as fast as they could, to try who 
 should get into the school first ; but George 
 
King Pippin. 17 
 
 Graceless and his companions, being on the 
 other side of the church, saw nothing of their 
 running into school, and their minds were so 
 taken up with play, that they never heard the 
 clock strike, and continued playing so long 
 till they were afraid to go in; so at last they 
 agreed to play truant, and they all went toge- 
 ther a bird's nesting. The first nest they 
 found \v?.s a poor little Robin Redbreast's, 
 which one of them, whose name was Harry- 
 Harmless, and who was not so hard-heated as 
 
 the rest, (indeed his chief fault was keeping 
 company with these wicked boys,) persuaded 
 them not to destroy ; for, says he, a Robin 
 Redbreast is such a pretty innocent bird, that 
 
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 I can't find in my heart to do it any harm, 
 and it was that good-natured bird that covered 
 over the poor little Children in the Wood with 
 leaves, when they were starved to death : Pooh, 
 says George Graceless and Tom Tiger, what 
 signifies talking such stuff as that, and down 
 they pulled the poor Robin's eggs, nest and 
 all, and left the pretty little bird making such 
 piteous moans, as would have melted a heart 
 of stone; but they turned a deaf ear to his 
 tender cries, and went on destroying every nest 
 they could find, without paying any distinction 
 to the most innocent of the feathered race: at 
 last they came to a turtle dove's nest, which 
 was on the top of a great high tree that hung 
 over a deep river ; George Graceless, always 
 the most forward to undertake any dangerous 
 or mischievous exploit, directly pulled off his 
 coat and waistcoat, and climbed up the tree, 
 but just as he got to the top, and was stretch- 
 ing out his wicked hand to take away the tur- 
 tle dove's eggs, crack goes the limb, and down 
 he fell into the river ! oh save me, save me, I 
 shall be drowned; oh, that I had attended to 
 the good advice of Little King Pippin, cried 
 he, and with these words, down he went to 
 the bottom, and was never seen more. The rest 
 of his companions began now to.see the folly 
 and wickedness of neglecting their books for 
 idle mischief, and heartily repented that they 
 
King Pippin 
 
 had not stayed at school instead of playing tru- 
 ant; but dreading to appear before their mas- 
 ter, both on account of their own naughty be- 
 haviour, and the melancholy accident which 
 had happened to George Graceless, they strol- 
 led about from one field to another, till it was 
 quite dark, and then went and laid themselves 
 under some bushes in an adjacent wood, where 
 they fell asleep; but alas! their sleep was ve- 
 ry short, for in less than an hour, they were 
 awakened with such terrible bowlings of wild 
 beasts as was scarce ever heard, tigers, wolves, 
 and lions, hunting for their prey, with eyes 
 that glared like balls of fire, rushed by them 
 every instant: in this dreadful situation, ex- 
 pecting every moment to be torn in pieces, 
 Harry Harmless requested them all to betake 
 
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 The History of 
 
 themselves to prayer to God Almighty to guard 
 and protect them from the terrible dangers 
 whic , now surrounded them. Uui oh, shame 
 to tell, not one of them, except Harry Harm- 
 less himself, could repeat, or indeed had ever 
 learned a single prayer; upon which, Harry, 
 justly concluding, that those naughty boys 
 who had so totally neglected their duty to 
 their Creator, could have no claim whatever 
 to his protection, thought he should be in 
 more safety alone than in such wicked com- 
 pany, therefore moved to a distance from them, 
 and kneeled down to prayer by himself; and 
 he had not left them but a few minutes before 
 two monstrous lions came and devoured every 
 one of them: after they had eaten these wicked 
 
King Pippin. 21 
 
 boys, they went up to Harry Harmless, but 
 instead of devouring him, as they had the others, 
 they seemed as fond of him as a dam of her 
 young, licked his face and hands with their 
 tongues, and then lay down quietly upon the 
 ground by his side: for God Almighty had 
 heard his prayers, as he always will those of 
 all good little boys and girls, and had convert- 
 ed the natural rage and fierceness of these 
 dreadful beasts into the meekness and gentle- 
 ness of lambs. When morning came, Harry 
 found he had wandered so far from home, that 
 he could not tell which way to return, but as 
 he was sitting on the side of a bank, reflecting 
 on the danger and folly of keeping such 
 naughty company, and the many wicked ways 
 little boys are too often undesignedly led into 
 by that means, he was surprised by the neigh- 
 ing of a horse, and looking round, there was 
 the prettiest milk-white little creature gallop- 
 ing towards him that ever was seen, with a 
 little bridle on, and a saddle and stirrups on 
 his back, and running directly up to Harry, he 
 fell down on his knees, seemingly to invite him 
 to get on his back ; Harry was almost afraid 
 to trust himself on the little horse at first, but 
 recollecting that the same Almighty band 
 which had rescued him from the paws of 
 the lions, could protect him from every- 
 other danger, he mounted on his back, and 
 
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 The History of 
 
 he was no sooner seated, but the pretty little 
 thing galloped away with him as fast as he 
 could run, and never stopt till he brought him 
 within a little distance of his home ; when 
 dropping down again on his knees, in the 
 same manner as when he took him up, Harry 
 imagining it to be a signal for him to dis- 
 mount, immediately alighted, and letting go 
 the bridle, the little white horse set off neigh- 
 ing and galloping, as when he first found hirn, 
 and was out of sight in an instant. As oon 
 as the account of the unhappy death of George 
 Graceless and his companions was made known 
 to their master, he was obliged to dispatch a 
 messenger to inform their parents, and the 
 shocking news had such a melancholy cfiect 
 
King Pippin. 23 
 
 on George Graceless's papa and mamma, that 
 they both died of a broken heart within a 
 month afterwards ; and the parents of the 
 other naughty boys were so greatly afflicted 
 with their loss, that it rendered the remainder 
 of their lives miserable. Such were the fatal 
 consequences of these naughty boys neglect- 
 ing that duty which every one owes to his 
 Maker; and which, above all things, should 
 never be forgotten; for, had they learned 
 their prayers, and said them every evening 
 and morning, they would not have been at a 
 loss to have repeated them when they were 
 surrounded by the wild beasts; and then, no 
 doubt, God Almighty would have saved them, 
 as well as Harry Harmless; and instead of be- 
 in? the means of breaking their parents' hearts, 
 tttey might have lived to have been the com- 
 fort and support of their old age, and perhaps 
 have become as great men as you will find 
 Little King Pippin did. 
 
 As Little King Pippin grew in years he 
 rose in the esteem of every one who knew 
 him, and his acquaintance was courted by all 
 the good boys in the school, who frequently 
 invited him, at the request of their parents, to 
 spend the holidays with them. Among others, 
 he went one Christmas with the son of Sir 
 William Worthy, a wealthy London merchant. 
 This gentleman, in whom merit always found 
 
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 The History of 
 
 a friend, was so highly pleased with the en- 
 gaging affability of King Pippin's disposition, 
 as well as the great proficiency he had made 
 in the several branches of learning, that he 
 thenceforward took him under his protection, 
 and as soon as he arrived at a proper age, placed 
 him in bis counting-house, in which situation 
 he conducted himself so much to Sir William's 
 satisfaction, that, having occasion to send out 
 a person to superintend some plantations which 
 he possessed abroad, King Pippin was fixed on 
 for that purpose. A ship being provided, and 
 every thing in readiness for the voyage, after 
 taking a most affectionate leave of his patents 
 and friends, he set sail for these plantations, 
 which were situated in one of the West India 
 
King Pippin. 25 
 
 islands. About a fortnight after their depar- 
 ture, they had the misfortune to lose the Cap- 
 tain's son, a little boy about eight or nine 
 years of age, who fell from the ship's side, 
 when she was under full sail, and was drown- 
 ed. This melancholy accident is another 
 striking instance of the unhappy consequences 
 of children's disobedience to their parents. The 
 little boy, here alluded to, used frequently to 
 get on the outside of the ship, and let himself 
 down by a rope to paddle in the sea; he had 
 been several times detected by his papa, in 
 playing those frolics; and as often reproved 
 for it, and warned of the danger, but to little 
 purpose; for he was one of those headstrong 
 undutiful children (of whom I fear there are 
 too many) who, as soon as they are out of 
 their parents' sight, forget the good advices 
 and prudent cautions which have been given 
 them, and pursue each idle fancy that enters 
 their heads, without once considering either 
 the folly or danger of it, till they are convinced, 
 by fatal experience, that their parents are much 
 more capable of judging what is proper foi 
 them, than they are for themselves. 
 
 After this accident, they proceeded on their 
 voyage for several weeks, with very favourable 
 weather, and had got so near their destined har- 
 bour, that they expected to have made it the 
 
26 The History of 
 
 next day, but in this they were unhappily dis- 
 appointed; for about ten o'clock in the even- 
 ing they were overtaken by the most violent 
 storm that the oldest sailor on board had ever 
 remembered. The waves, which broke moun- 
 tains high over the ship, washed several of 
 the sailors oveiboard, and the rest were so ilis- 
 pirited and fatigued, that they were obliged to 
 let the ship drive at the mercy of the wind and 
 waves. 
 
 The next morning, as soon as it was light, 
 they perceived that the ship was carried to- 
 wards the land with the greatest rapidity; and, 
 as they every moment expected, about nine 
 o'clock she struck upon a rock ; the boat was 
 immediately hoisted out, and every one on 
 board crowded into her, except King Pippin, 
 who imagining, that being overloaded, she 
 could not possibly reach the shore, preferred 
 remaining on the wreck. A very short time 
 convinced him, that his suspicion was too well 
 grounded; for before the boat was out of 
 sight, she overset, and every one on board 
 perished. 
 
 In this dangerous situation, expecting that 
 the ship would go to pieces every moment, he 
 continued till the afternoon, when the storm 
 began to abate, and the sea became tolerably 
 calm, and by the ebb of the tide the ship was 
 
King Pippin. 27 
 
 much nearer the land than when she first 
 struck. King Pippin now conceived hopes of 
 gaining the shore, by means of a raft which 
 he had constructed in the best manner he 
 could; and, furnishing himself with such 
 things as he thought might be useful to him 
 on shore, he let down his raft into the sea, and 
 placing himself on it, began to paddle towards 
 the land ; he had proceeded about a mile with 
 great difficulty, when a sudden giast of wind 
 instantly overset his whole cargo, and he was 
 
 obliged to swim near a mile farther before he 
 could reach the shore. 
 
 After returning thanks to God Almighty for 
 his great goodness towards him, in preserving 
 
28 The History of 
 
 him alone of the whole ship'.s crew, King Pip- 
 pin began to consider in what manner he 
 should spend the night, which now drew on 
 apace. Not knowing but there might t>e wild 
 beasts on the island, he was for some time at 
 a loss how to secure himself, till recollecting 
 he had read, that Robinson Crusoe, when he 
 was cast away on an uninhabited island, had 
 spent the night on the top ot a thick tree, he 
 had recourse to the same method, and after 
 the great fatigue he had undergone, slept very 
 soundly till morning, when he descended from 
 his new lodging, and walked several miles 
 about the island, to discover if it was inhabit- 
 ed, but not being able to find the least traces 
 of any human creature, he returned towards 
 the sea-side, in hopes that some of the ship's 
 provisions might be driven on shore;' in this 
 too, however, he was disappointed, and hunger 
 obliged him to set about inventing a snare for 
 taking some of the goats, of which he had 
 seen great numbers in his morning walk, but 
 they were so exceeding wild, that it proved 
 a very laborious task, and employed the great- 
 est part of King Pippin's time during his stay 
 on the island 5- indeed he was sometimes so 
 unsuccessful, that a few vegetables alone were 
 his only sustenance for days together. Some 
 months after he had been cast away oa this 
 
King Pippin. 29 
 
 solitary place, being one day greatly fatigued, 
 by a fruitless pursuit of some of these goats, he 
 sat himself down on the side of a hill, and 
 looking with desponding eyes towards the sea, 
 he flattered himself that he saw something 
 like a sail at a great distance ; after gazing at- 
 tentively for several hours, without once suf- 
 fering his attention to be diverted from the 
 wished for object, he was at last, to his un- 
 speakable joy, convinced that it was a ship, 
 and that she was making directly for the land : 
 about five o'clock in the evening, they came 
 to anchor at a small distance from the 
 shore, and having hoisted out their boat, row- 
 ed directly into a little creek near the edge of 
 a wood, where King Pippin, having descended 
 from the hill, had concealed himself: as soon 
 as they had landed, percaiving as well by their 
 dress as their language, that they were his 
 countrymen, he discovered himself to them, 
 and was received with the greatest kindness 
 and humanity; and to add to the happiness of 
 his delivery, he found upon enquiry, that they 
 were going to the same island for which he 
 had been originally bound, but had been dri- 
 ven so far out of their course by a violent 
 storm which they had encountered a few days 
 before. Having repaired their vessel, and pro- 
 cured such refreshments as the place afforded, 
 
30 The History of 
 
 in about a week they again set sail, and arriv- 
 ed at their destined port without any farther 
 accident. 
 
 Immediately upon their arrival, King Pippin 
 took upon him the care of Sir William Wor- 
 thy's estate, and adopted such prudent regula- 
 tions in the management of it, as rendered it 
 in a few years almost double in its value; in 
 icturn for which care and assiduity, he was 
 taken into partnership by Sir William. This 
 good fortune, however, did not fill his mind 
 with that pride and ostentation too frequently 
 attendant on success in life; King Pippin still 
 continued the same engaging respect to his 
 acquaintance, and the same courteous affa- 
 bility to his inferiors, which had marked 
 his character in every sphere of life, nor did it 
 pass unrewarded ; for the governor of the 
 island falling a sacrifice to those pestilential 
 diseases which are common to hot climates, 
 the inhabitants unanimously joined in a peti- 
 tion to the King requesting him to appoint 
 King Pippin his successor to the government, 
 recommending him as a person, endowed with 
 every qualification requisite to the happiness of 
 his subjects. Though virtue is generally a 
 poor recommendation at court, in this instance 
 it succeeded, and King Pippin was immediate- 
 ly appointed to the government of the island. 
 
King Pippin. 31 
 
 It would fill a volume to relate the numer- 
 ous acts of justice, humanity, and benevolence, 
 performed by him during his government ; 
 suffice it therefore to say, that under so good a 
 governor, the people enjoyed freedom, plenty, 
 content, and happiness. 
 
 HOULSTONS, PRINTERS, 
 
Bonaparte.