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A33822	A Collection of novels viz, the secret history of the Earle of Essex and Queen Elizabeth, The happy slave, and, the double cuckold : to which is added, The art of pleasing in conversation, by Cardinal Richlieu.	Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.; Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693. Art de plaire dans la conversation. English.; Brémond, Gabriel de. Double-Cocu. English.; Brémond, Gabriel de. Heureux esclave. English.	1699 (1699)	Wing C5149; ESTC R640	304,340	556

Actions were the Interpretations Men made of my Refusal of Marriage with these Princes It redounded much to my Honour my Glory was increas'd by it and the World admir'd my Contempt of Love even then when my Soul was wholly possest by it The Aversion I exprest for Foreign Alliances rais'd the Hopes of the Earl of Leicester and Essex seem'd overjoyed at it Not said he as I heard afterwards but that the Queen is discreet in all her Actions and her Choice had she made one had been decent and just But that I think her so fit to reign alone that I could not without extream Trouble see her share her Authority with a Husband who perhaps would in time be her Master The Construction I made of the Earl of Essex's Zeal was suitable to my Affection and the Desire I had of gaining his Heart which I wish'd so passionately that I fancy'd it done and that the pretended Severity that made me slight Kings was the only thing that frightned his Respect and that he had declared his Love to me could he have thought he durst presume to do it The Duke of Alanson not discourag'd by my Refusal of his Brother began soon after to make Addresses for himself and it was not in my Power to deny my Consent for his Voyage to London But what Advantages soever he pleaded in his Favour certain it is the Earl of Essex lost not any he had gain'd over me The Stay of that Prince in England fortify'd the Earl's Interest He was constantly at my Elbow When the Duke of Alanson spoke to me methought I read Reproaches against my self in the Earl of Essex's Eyes The Earl of Leicester watched me as carefully though not with equal Regard from me I rais'd so many Difficulties against the Duke of Alanson's Design that he was forc'd to desist And I rid my Hands of his Person and his Suit without giving him Cause of Complaint You know that after the Death of the Queen of Scots the King of Spain who still makes himself indispensibly subject to a Necessity of opposing me enter'd into a League with the Pope against me And having fill'd the World with injurious Declarations against my Right to the Crown they joyn'd all their Forces to pull it off my Head The Spaniards made themselves on the sudden Masters of Daventer The Duke of Parma laid Seige to Sluys It was high Time to provide for Defence and the Earl of Leicester was sent away with all the Nobility of the Kingdom in the Head of a numerous Army The Earl of Essex was one of the first to follow him and as strongly inclin'd as I was to stay him yet I thought the Man I lov'd ought not to be idle when he had Opportunity by Glorious Actions to merit the Kindness I had for him I will not spend Time in giving you a Relation of a War which perhaps you are sufficiently inform'd of and concerns not the Secrets of my Life It tended to our Advantage all to the very Winds having favour'd our Side When the Generals of the Army arriv'd at London I was carry'd in Triumph to St. Pauls yet the Joy I had to see the Earl of Essex was greater than that for the signal Victory obtain'd Amongst an infinite Number of Persons of several Ranks my Eyes were fix'd only on him And much ado I had sometimes out of Policy to cast a Look on the Earl of Leicester Both of them had done very great Actions I commended them publickly and particularly joy'd the Earl of Essex for the Success of his Valour and Conduct who spoke so much in Praise of the Valour and Conduct of the Earl of Leicester that he was forc'd in Requital to do him Right in giving him openly the Elogies he deserv'd Not long after this Expedition the Earl of Essex fell into a very deep Melancholy I was the first that perceiv'd it and took it for an Effect of some secret Passion I wish'd now and then he would once take the Boldness to declare himself but presently my Reason upon second Thoughts set before my Eyes the Confusion would certainly follow an Explication of that Nature to the Ruine of my Reputation and that high Esteem the World had for me Yet to speak Truth I could not resolve what to do or to wish I am in Love I desir'd to be lov'd again and that was all I could make of it The Earl of Essex in the mean time continu'd sad I was troubled to see him so and fancying my self the Cause I was desirous to know it and resolv'd to fetch it out of him He had full Liberty of Access to me and I enlarg'd it daily But not to expose my Reputation in forcing him to declare himself I pretended an Inclination to favour the Earl of Leicester who since his late Victories had entertain'd new Hopes One Day as the Earl of Essex came to thank me for the Government of Ireland I had bestow'd on him I was loth to lose the Opportuity and interrupting what he would have said in Acknowledgment You need not enlarge your self said I on a thing I am fully assur'd of I take Pleasure in raising your Fortune and wish I could as easily remove your Melancholy as I am pleas'd to give a new Proof of the Sense I have of your Service You may in your Turn oblige me added I who am fallen into a troublesome Conjuncture and find it very difficult to reduce my Affections into a Compliance with the Necessity of the State This presses me hard to provide England a King This Choice is difficult and I have not a mind to make it among Foreigners You are discreet and I have Reason to believe not the least loving of my Subjects I will take your Advice speak your Mind freely what Man in England you think best deserves this Fortune I look'd on him with that Kindness as would have inspir'd the most fearful with Boldness I observ'd in his Eyes extraordinary Emotions and all the Symptoms of a Secret ready to break out The Point appear'd Tender and My Imagination flatter'd Me all would be as I wish'd Your Majesties Resolution answers he will render a Man more Glorious by the Quality of Your Husband than of the Greatest Monarch on Earth Remember said I I expect not a Panegyrick but Advice from You And that your Business at present is to Nominate the Man I am to make King not to Commend his good Fortune in being so The Business is so nice Madam replyed he I dare not speak my mind though Your Majesty order it Did you know said I what moves me to this Confidence in you you would perhaps express your self with a great deal more Freedom But because to bring you to it I must proceed further tell me whether you think the Earl of Leicester deserves to be your Prince The Earl of Leicester answers he is Well Born and a Person of Great Merit and will answer the Honour your

the King chuses to excute his designs commonly know what they are going about and learn it only by the Orders which they must not open but at certain times and in certain Places After such exact precautions can our affairs be mention'd with an affirmative tone Dare we reason on uncertain conjectures Persons of good sense never talk of those matters but with great modesty and for my part I can only forgive this imprudence in Persons who are incapable of making any reflexion How many do we hear every Day censuring that Government which they do not understand they make War and Peace according to their Fancy and wholly busie themselves in hearing News and modelling the affairs of State when their Families at home are perhaps ready to starve for want of Bread It 's true that since the King has so considerably encreased his States the Govenment is not so much spoke against Philemon I would willingly know whether there can be found any appearance of reason for the not admiring it Foreigners are no less surprised than our selves at what passes every Day in this Kingdom We may cite as a kind of Miracle the Conjunction which we have seen made of the Canal of Languedoc with the Sea The stately Building in the Plain of Grenelle deserves no less our admiration than the magnificence we see at Versailles and the Security which is now at Paris and all the rest of the Kingdom Dorante Whereunto we may add those incomprehensible Machines at Versailles which triumph over Nature and force Rivers to take Beds where the imagination cannot conceive they can ascend Belise I will tell you then that if the King was not our Master by the right of his Birth and that it was permitted us to chuse a Soveraign his merit would immediately claim the Scepter which he holds from the Salique Law Cleonice What a Pleasure you have done me in citing this Law which I have heard termed a fundamental one of the State It is so often mention'd that I would willingly know what may be said particularly of it Erastus I believ'd Madam that having read the History of our Nation you are sufficiently instructed in this matter Cleonice I know that this Law takes its name from the Saliens a considerable People among the Ancient French or that it is called Salic because it was publish'd near the Banks of the River Sala I have also observ'd that this Law has three parts relating to the Government The first requires the State to be Monarchical The Second That it be successive And the Third at which I am not a little griev'd deprives the Persons of our Sex of the succession to the Crown It 's said 't was Pharamond who instituted this Law but I wish any one would tell me the reasons he had thus to regulate the Soveraignty of our Nation to the end that if I should speak of it before Belise she might not laugh at my ignorance Erastus I am to tell you Madam that Belise and the rest of the Politicians of our time are perswaded that the Salic or Ripary Laws respect only the Justice and Policy which is to be observ'd among the French and that they speak in no sort of the Soveraign adminstration of the affairs They affirm that the Law which requires the State to be Monarchical and to be ordered in the manner we now related was never written but in the Hearts of the People They pass farther and believe there never was any Pharamond They ground themselves on that Gregory of Tours who wrote the History of the French speaks not a word of Pharamond and it is certain that he would never have failed to mention a Prince who was the first King of the Nation of which he had undertaken to leave us the most considerable adventures Belise will inform you of several other particulars Belise What can I not say However I am willing you should treat me as if I were not knowing and you should tell me the Reasons which Cleonice requires of you that I may see whether you can justifie what so famous a Law enjoins Philemon Have you not Apprehension that your Policy will make us exceed the Bounds which our Entertainments prescribe Belise Why fear it Do we not grant the liberty of talking on all sorts of Subjects And would you have the Principles of a Science omitted which places a Man above multitudes of others I hope the Company will punish you and oblige you to speak the first your Opinion on the Monarchical State Do you prefer it to other Governments Philemon I find you very forward in that you will not expect till the Assembly authorises what you enjoin but I see 't is time ill spent to correct you and that it is better submitting to you I will tell you then Madam that one may soon determine ones self on this Subject We must be for Monarchy and consider there is more Ease and Security in obeying one Master than if we were constrained to acknowledge several It is certain that Divisions do easily get among Persons who share the Soveraignty and that it is very difficult keeping a Secret among them judge then what we may fear from one and the other Moreover a King is too much accustomed to Grandure to appear giddy-headed with it whereas it is but too often seen that Citizens who are immediately exalted to the Throne become intolerable through their Pride Belise Well you have said enough pray now let 's see whether Erastus will declare himself for the Regal Succession or for Elective Kingdoms What say you Sir Do you judge the People in a better Condition who have a Right to chuse their Soveraigns than those who are obliged to receive them for better for worse from the Hands of Nature Erastus You do not consult me on a matter difficult enough to gain me any Credit and there is no body but may easily determine himself herein We see it seldom happen but that the Presumptive Heir of the Kingdom is Educated according to the Rank which he must one Day possess Such Sentiments of Clemency and Equity are inspired into him as may contribute to the Peoples Happiness whereas the like Education is not bestowed on particular Persons who are too far distant from the Throne to make it thought that they will one day possess it Judge of the Factions which are form'd for an Election of this Importance and into what Wars these Factions may draw the People These Troubles are not fear'd in successive Kingdoms therein happens no change If a King dies his Son takes his Place and several Reigns appear but one continued Reign It is not to be supposed that only Persons remarkable for their Virtues are chosen and in whom there can be found no Fault seeing these Persons use all their Industry to dissemble and hide their Vices and to adorn themselves with Qualities becoming their Ambition But when they have gotten their Aim and have nothing

Caresses or the Comforts of any about her While the Queen abhor'd her self for the Orders her Anger had given Cecil who had so faithfully caus'd them to be executed enjoy'd the Pleasure of having procur'd them And the Countess of Nottingham Triumph'd in her self for the Revenge she had taken of a Man who had slighted her Charms 'T is impossible to express the Grief of the Countess of Essex the most Stony Hearts had Tears for her The Queen whose Anger was dead with the Earl sent to comfort her and assure her she was at Liberty and might dispose of her Husband's Estate Let Her take my Life and keep Her Pity to Her self says the Countess to the Queens Messenger She hath Robb'd me of all that made my Life dear to me and 't is not in Her Power to repair the Mischief she hath done me The Earl of Essex his Friends finding her at present incapable of Comfort even from them whom she esteem'd highly for their Love to the Earl took her from London in hopes that Time might make her Susceptible of that Consolation which the Violence of her present Sorrows render'd altogether vain As for the Queen She languish'd out the rest of her Life The only Comfort she had was to think the Earl of Essex had slighted Her to his Death and never made Her any Submission The Countess of Nottingham had small Joy of her Faithless Life A violent Malady seiz'd her and made her sensible of the Horrours of Death Remorse of Conscience tormented her the Ghost of the Earl of Essex whose Death her Cruelty occasion'd seem'd to Haunt her incessantly And being at the point of Death she could not depart without acknowledging her Crime to the Queen Having begg'd one Moments Audience she confess'd all that had pass'd between the Earl of Essex and her the Love she had for him the Implacable Hatred that succeeded it and her Perfidiousness in keeping the RING he had trusted her with With that she presented the RING to the Queen who was ready to dye at the receiving it and was within very little of making the dying Countess feel the violence of her Resentment Wretch crys she with looks full of Indignation What Remorse hast thou expos'd me to Whether Heaven will Pardon thy Crimes I know not sure I am I shall never forget them Having thus said the Queen went out and the Countess in few Hours Dyed This prov'd a Mortal Blow to the Queen's Health who not long after Dyed uncomforted for the Death of the Earl of Essex Cecil had lov'd the Countess of Nottingham too well to be easily Comforted for hers By the Death of Queen Elizabeth the Crown of England pass'd into the Illustrious House of the STUARTS whose Right it was King James after a Glorious Reign left it to his Posterity for the Repose of his Kingdom FINIS THE VICEROY OF CATALONIA OR THE Double Cuckold Made English by JAMES MORGAN Gent. Fronti nulla Fides Juven LONDON Printed for R. Wellington at the Lute in St. Paul's Church-yard And E. Rumball at the Post-house in Covent-garden 1699. To all secure in their own Thoughts and Undiscovered CUCKOLDS Gentlemen AS I doubt not on one side but this Title comprehends in reality a most numerous and powerful Party and am proud and full of confidence having put my self under your Protection Cornua sumo so on the other side I lose much of my assurance when I consider that it is to destroy the very being of your happy condition to imagine that any of you will think your selves concern'd in this Dedication since that very thought would make you really cease to be so and rank you in another herd amongst the Jealous and Suspicious to whom I do not apply my self It is to you Gentlemen I speak who are sure you are not spoken to It is to you only our resolute Don Gabriel submits himself though at the same time like a blunt Souldier as he is he tells you that even to you he yields in nothing but his Fortune which it seems was as obstinately bent to force upon him the knowledge of that fatal secret as he was to avoid it and though he confesses he was guilty of much weakness in permitting himself to be carried away by the importunity of Don Fernand even so far as to watch the actions of his Wife a horrid sin in it self yet he desires you to believe that even in that action he never consented to any thought that suggested to him the least doubt of her Virtue but Arm'd his Soul with a strong contempt of Don Fernand's Jealous Humour In fine he had still been as Happy as any of you had not his unkind Destiny peevishly forced upon him that secret which your kinder Fates so carefully keep from you doubly kind indeed since they both take from you the knowledge of a reality which would destroy your Happiness and with the Idea of an imaginary thing your Wives Virtue no where existent but in your own Brains make you really Happy Here he submits and acknowledges the advantages your favourable stars have given you over him he adores that Heaven of Happiness from which he is fallen and instead of giving thanks to his officious Friend Don Fernand or others who had contributed to Awake him out of his Golden Dream of Security he cries out with the Grecian in Horace pol me occidistis amici Non servastis Don Fernand on the other side though he stands in need of Friends deserves no Favour from you A Jealous Mad Man he swears you are all Cuckolds but believe him not believe him said I You know he lies Poor envious Cuckold he would disturb the quiet security of your thoughts and use you as he has done Don Gabriel but hearken not to him and if ever you fall into Don Gabriel's Misfortune of knowing what you would not know let it never be justly objected to you that you did in the least contribute to your own unhapppiness but confirm your Hearts in your just contempt of those miserable Wretches of whom it is so fitly said that I need not name my Author Rather then not be knowing they will know What being known creates their certain Woe This is the Advice of the brave Souldier Don Gabriel who has been try'd in both Fortunes And this is highly recommended to you by him who as much as any one desires the continuance of your happy ignorance James Morgan The Double Cuckold IN the Reign of Philip the Second a Gentleman named Don Fernand govern'd in Catalonia in quality of Vice-Roy a Man to give him his true Character of a most agreeable humour and endued with extraordinary quality but much addicted to Pleasures and above all to those of Love which he pursued even with the Hazard of his Reputation He marryed one of the greatest Beauties of Spain a virtuous young Lady and of so Pleasant a Wit and Humour that any other but he would have found reason to have been