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A54291
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Peppa, or, The reward of constant love a novel : done out of French : with several songs set to musick for two voices / by a young-gentlewoman.
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1689
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Wing P1448; ESTC R20576
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kept her Bed two days She in vain endeavour'd to make her consent to the Visit they came to make her Peppa remain'd all along obstinate in refusing It is not just said the Princess to her to have that Complaisance for you as to let you die without help At these words she order'd one of her Women who waited to introduce the Gentleman that was in the Anti-chamber and who had boasted to have a sure Remedy for her Distemper Peppa whom her Sorrow made always wish to be alone and who could not comprehend that there could be any Remedy for a troubled Mind where the Body suffer'd not complain'd of the Violence that she impos'd upon her and perceiving a Gentleman enter her Chamber she turn'd to the other side without so much as looking on him being resolv'd to make no Answer to any of the Questions that he might ask her about her Illness The Princess convinc'd more and more of her real Grief pleas'd her self with the thoughts of the sudden change that she would find in her condition and stepping towards the Chevalier I 'll leave you all alone with the sick person said she to him The restless condition wherein her Disease has cast her having made her averse to all manner of Physick I perceive she designs not to hearken to you but I hope that since you are master of such an infallible Secret as I have heard reported you have also Skill enough to perswade her to make use of it She went out in saying that to her Nephew who attended in the Anti-chamber till 't was time for him to come in In the mean while the Chevalier approach'd to the Bed where his Mistress lay and for to oblige her to turn towards him What said he to her cann't all my earnest desires of offering you my Service merit so much as one look Have you such great reason to hate your life that nothing in the World can oblige you to preserve it These words letting her hear a Voice like that of her Lover cast her into a Disorder which is impossible to describe she thrust forth a sigh at the remembrance of his loss and not daring to believe that the news of the Chevalier's death was false she remain'd still in the same condition without looking towards him that spoke to her In the name of Goodness continu'd the Chevalier disdain not my Care. What fatal Resolution soever you have taken perhaps you may change it if you will but admit of my Assistance He pronounc'd these words with an Accent so tender that Peppa trembling and in disorder turn'd at last towards him and raising her Eyes up to his Face she knew again all those Features of which her Heart was but too full You live then said she to him with a feeble and unassur'd Voice may I believe my Eyes and am I not in a Dream I do live answer'd the Chevalier and while you see that all my Endeavours are to be with you you would be unjust if you did not believe that I live only for you We must no longer believe it possible to die with Joy since Peppa could suffer the Emotions which a sight so dear and so agreeable caus'd in her The Chevalier transported with Love told her in the most obliging and softest terms That he was not in a condition to demonstrate openly the greatness of his Passion but he would sacrifice to her his All and never part from her more The Liberty that now was permitted them to speak without Constraint gave them the opportunity of declaring what they had suffer'd for one another they made a thousand Protestations of an everlasting Constancy and their Conversation had not been so soon finish'd upon a Subject so inexhaustible if the Princess who was impatient to participate in their Satisfaction had not entred with her Nephew Peppa at that moment began to reflect upon what her Grief had often made her speak in her hearing the Remembrance hereof put her into a Confusion that would scarce let her look up The Princess Doria dissipated this trouble in declaring to her that she might follow the Dictates of her Heart and that far from opposing the happy success of a Passion that she saw so well established she brought her Nephew to her who renouncing in favour of the Chevalier all the Pretensions that he had made formerly came now to assure her that he aspir'd but to this only Advantage of being receiv'd as a Friend to them both The Marquess Spinola confirm'd this Assurance by all that the most real and sincere Friendship can inspire in a generous Heart and Peppa full of acknowledgement for so great an Instance answer'd him with all the esteem that he could expect The Chevalier who was owing to his Assistance for the favorable Sentiments of the Princess express'd himself again to him in all the obliging things that could be said to a Friend to whom one is infinitely bound And as his Passion made him protest that he would never more leave his lovely Mistress the Princess Doria interrupted him by letting him know that for both their Interests his return to France was indispensable She added that not to let him have any just occasion of being any longer disquieted she would have him marry her Daughter-in-law before his departure not doubting but that after the manner she design'd to write to her Husband she should easily gain his Consent which was necessary thereto but that for several Reasons which respected the one and the other she judg'd it most proper that this Marriage should be kept secret and that they should not declare it till after that the Affairs of the Republick were come to some Conclusion with the King. It is very needless to say any thing of the Joy that the two Lovers receiv'd from a Proposition which would raise them to such a State that was the final Object of all their Wishes The imagination of those who never had their hearts touch'd with Love can't possibly penetrate far enough to conceive the extent of such a joy The Princess Doria wrote to her Husband and the Chevalier took upon him the care of dispatching a Courier to Genoa His quick return shew'd that 't was Love gave the Orders which were executed with so much diligence He brought the Consent which they expected and the two Lovers enjoy'd the Pleasure of being at last united after so many Obstacles with which their Passions had been cross'd FINIS BOOKS Printed for and Sold by M. Crook at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar nigh Devereux-Court DIVINITY 1. BRevis Demonstratio being the Truth of the Christian Religion proved by Reason in 12o. Price bound 10d 2. 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he could give a more particular account of every Accident that had happen'd there Peppa who presently perceiv'd that the Princess aim'd at some new Design in favour of her Nephew gave her not time to proceed but interrupting her with Tears in her Eyes told her that she would now no longer make a Secret of her Inclinations which she had hid till then since also she had now nothing more to trust to being resolv'd to deprive her self of Worldly Converse which was become insupportable to her She then declar'd that she had all along had some Inclination for the Chevalier of since they saw one another at the Ball that was given at the Palace of the Marquess Justiniani that Sympathy had work'd the same Effect upon the mind of the Chevalier who retir'd into France for to avoid the Consequence of this Inclination which forc'd him to love in spite of all his Resolution that they had run over two years without either seeing or knowing one another till the time that the Marquess Spinola being by chance return'd from Rome with the Chevalier of had conducted him to their House and so had unknowingly given them the Opportunity to revive their first Sentiments to declare a-new their Affections and to love with a Passion most violent and lasting that in the end their Love had taught them an Expedient both to see and to Write to one another as well as to exchange on both sides an Assurance to continue firm in their Sentiments 'T was he added Peppa that arriv'd so opportunely in the way to Loretto as to deliver me from the Turks who were not what they appear'd for one of them confess'd to us that they were employ'd by your Nephew who had privately agreed with you to carry me off by force I never yet spoke to you of it because being assur'd of the Constancy of my Lover all other things gave me not the least trouble I still flatter'd my self with the Hopes that the Senate would make their Peace with the King of France and that that might facilitate our Marriage but all these flattering hopes are vanish'd and I now propose to my self no other Consolation but that of lamenting the Loss of my Lover all the rest of my Life She pour'd forth a Flood of Tears in uttering these last words Nevertheless she continu'd her Discourse and told the Princess that she was resolv'd to go throw her self at the feet of the Dutchess to intreat her Protection and to beg that she might be receiv'd into the Society of the Nuns of the Annunciation However if after the Confession that she had made there remain'd yet in her Breast some Sentiments of Compassion for her she might if she pleas'd easily save her the Confusion that would seize her when she went to inform so great a Princess of her weakness and prevent her becoming the talk of all the Court wherefore she expected this promise from her that she might be conducted to this Convent wherein she desir'd to enter without staying for her Father's Orders The Princess melted into Tears at her Relation and had scarce the Force either to blame her weakness or to make her sensible that she shar'd in her Grief She at last assur'd her that she would contribute to her satisfaction as far as possible she could and went out to entertain the Marquess Spinola who had overheard all their Conversation and who was so sensibly afflicted with Grief at the Recital Peppa had made that 't was not difficult to be discern'd when the Princess came to him He was infinitely concern'd to have bin thus long a Pretext to his Aunt for opposing a Passion both so real and so tender He was then of the mind that if he had but known how conformable were the Sentiments of Peppa and the Chevalier he would have taken no small delight in serving them and favouring their design The Princess was extreamly surpris'd to find her Nephew in this condition but she was much more so when he told her that he heard all that Peppa had said to her and that he was sensibly griev'd as well for the Sorrow she endur'd as for the Death of the Chevalier He mention'd him with the greatest marks of Esteem and complained to his Aunt of the trouble that she had given the two Lovers The Princess assur'd him that she never had any Knowledge of their Passion and told him â—urther that in the condition wherein Affairs were then she would have advis'd her Husband not to refuse the Chevalier his Daughter since that he lov'd her so entirely because it might very probably come to pass that if the Senate did not find some Means to appease the King this Monarch would reduce the whole State of Genoa under his Subjection In the mean time the Chevalier of being inform'd that his Mistress was at Turin immediately took post thither As soon as he was landed he happen'd by chance to stop at the same house where the Marquess Spinola lodg'd Our Marquess presently knew him and was so surpris'd to see a man whom he was inform'd was dead that he look'd at him several times without saluting him imagining that he was mistaken by the Resemblance of some Features The Chevalier who judg'd by the surprize of the Marquess that he had knowledge of his Passion did not forbear coming up to him and saluting him very civilly He then told him that he was perswaded that the same Affair was the cause of both their Journeys to Turin The Marquess â—â—â—lling himself out of the Surprise he was in return'd the Complement to the Chevalier and declar'd to him that waving whether or no they came both upon the same Errand he knew that for his part he esteem'd no Business more important then the care he always took to contribute to his happiness He gave him an Account of the Report that was spread abroad of his Death by what means he had heard the particulars of his Love towards his own Mistress of the despair Peppa was in and of the extraordinary Resolution that she had taken to leave the World and to shut her self up for ever in a Convent The Chevalier hearken'd with infinite satisfaction to Peppa's Resolution which sufficientciently justified the Strength of her Passion but having heard that she was sick and that no body was permitted to enter into her Chamber he believ'd it a very difficult thing for him to see her especially having the Princess Doria against him who had in Prospect what was wholly opposite to his Love. The Marquess left him still in his Error and without letting him know that the Princess would be more favourable to him than he could imagine he only promis'd him that he would find out some means to introduce him secretly to Peppa This Promise put the Chevalier into a great Extasie He embrac'd the Marquess who left him to go speak to the Princess She appear'd to him much concern'd that Peppa still persisted in her first Resolution