forsake her and marry Henrietta whose Charms she was but too well acquainted with for her ease Nor wou'd she rid Bellamant of his troublesome Apprehensions for the suppos'd Death of Worthygrace till she had secur'd him to her self by Marriage Between five and six that morning Horatio came to his Lady's Lodgings as was expected and went directly up Stairs to her Bed-chamber which he enter'd very softly and found her fast asleep and all alone for the Key was left designedly on the out side He did not desire to wake her by any means and therefore retreated as silently as he enter'd locking the Door after him Thence he came to the next Room where Winlove lay the Door of which he found double lock'd and the Key without which he turn'd and stole in with the least noise imaginable coming to the Bed-side he found her in a dead Sleep too and being unwilling to disturb her was returning down Stairs and going to lock the Door made so much noise as wakened her Who 's there ask'd Philandra Softly softly return'd Horatio creeping towards her Will you rise I will just now reply'd she getting up and dressing So together they went to the Park where they took a round or two till 't was about eight a clock Thence they went to a Coffee-house where they drunk three or four Dishes of Chocolet apiece then they adjourn'd to Locket's where whil'st their little Break-fast or Dinner was preparing Henrietta began to ask Questions more to satisfie her own Curiosity than to keep t'other awake tho it were very necessary to talk to her lest she shou'd ha' slept Prithee said she and without any Preface let me know the success of last Night's Advenventure Is she obstinately Vertuous or are there any hopes of our Parting Ah! no reply'd Philandra she 's Chast as Ice and true to your Bed as the Load-stone to its Point 'T is true pursu'd she after a whole Day 's Courtship I at last prevail'd and as I thought had reach'd my end for I lay with her in her own Bed from eleven to four But Nay that 's enough interrupted Henrietta Hold pray hear me out cry'd t'other I had no sooner taken her in my Arms than she sigh'd and wept and cry'd Ah me what do you mean Philandra you can't carry the Cheat on in Bed I 'm sure Heaven said I in my thoughts wou'd thou wou'dst make me a Man this moment This I wish'd that I might ha' serv'd thee my dear Henrietta And pleasure yourself Madam return'd Henrietta But it seems she knew you then Ay ay knew me as I am knew me Philandra knew me to be Womankind or I dare engage I had ne'er come so near her But O! when I first embrac'd the poor dear Creature how it did tremble how short it drew its breath and the poor Heart of it did beat so very fast and loud that though the Larum of my Watch beat that very moment I yet cou'd hear the Motion of its Heart distinctly above t'other Ay! said Henrietta that 's odd and strange Prithee what shou'd cause it Surprize I imagine reply'd Philandra to find me play my part so vigorously and so much to the life But ask'd Henrietta since she knew you to be Philandra what occasion'd you to leave her Bed before I came O Madam reply'd t'other that was to blind your Ladiship 's Attendants who saw me go to Bed in the Room where you found me who wou'd have thought it very impudent in her to find she had received a young Spark to her Bed for which she mistook me I can but smile said Henrietta to think how finely you had been serv'd if instead of the Sister you had met the Brother there To answer you wantonly to your Supposition return'd Philandra I must tell you had my Lord been living and there he wou'd ha' done me Knight's Service But after all this said Henrietta I cannot any longer personate her Bridegroom especially in Bed You need not reply'd Philandra do you continue at my House and I will keep her in her Lodgings for I have engag'd to wait on her every other day till you return which you may defer this month if you please It must be so reply'd Henrietta The Table was then cover'd and immediately after two or three Dishes were serv'd in which were instead of a Dinner By the strength of which they ventur'd to travel seven or eight Miles from the Town in their own easie Coach Mean while Arabella as soon as her Ladiship was dress'd sent for her two Friends to take a Dinner and a Bottle with her who came precisely at the hour so to dinner they went and her Ladiship eat and drank as if she had been already quick with three Children and were to feed Them and her self for to say truth she had taken a great deal of pains That day and night he enjoy'd himself with his drinking Friends but the next was Loves and Philandra's A very pretty course of life this Loving and Drinking is in my Opinion which he continu'd for above a Fortnight consecrating one day and night to his Mistress and the next to his Friends and the merry Bottle Worthygrace in the mean time had made very considerable Advances in the Esteem of the real Arabella he found her inclinable enough to favour his Suit The only Obstacle she pretended was That she wou'd see her Brother's Death reveng'd e'er she cou'd be perfectly Happy in any State And in order to that she told them she wou'd leave France in three or four days To which he return'd That he wou'd certainly leave it at the same time since when she was gone he had no longer any business or pleasure there And besides did solemnly oblige himself to shew her the Unhappy Man who kill'd her Brother and to help her in her Revenge upon him This Overture of his seem'd to affect her very much And she consented he shou'd accompany her to England which he did after they had recommended all their Friends there to Heaven's Protection And on that very day they left Paris there came a Letter from Henrietta with an account of all her Transactions since she had taken upon her the Person of her younger Brother but he did not receive this till he had been near a Fortnight here As soon as they set foot on English ground they made all possible haste to Town and happen'd to come to Bellamant's Lodgings that same day on which Philandra came to visit him in her own wonted Habit. 'T was about three a clock in the Afternoon when Arabella whispering Bellamant's Petticoated Page in the Ear ask'd if his Lord were within who reply'd Yes Madam and knowing her very well ran to acquaint Bellamant who was somewhat busie with Philandra that a Gentleman and a Lady desir'd to speak with her Ladiship He wou'd not tell his suppos'd Lady that 't was Arabella lest Philandra shou'd apprehend that he knew 't was Bellamant whom he had seen in
unvoluntary Retreat from Hackney which had like to have terminated in an utter Despair of ever seeing you more And had not Love inspir'd me beyond my own Dull Capacity to engage my self to deliver my Soul with this into your Dear Hands I had certainly left all the Pleasures of this World and which is most valuable in it your self for a Monastick Life Which tho' it may suit with Religion I fancy will hardly ever agree with my Complexion If then Madam you will preserve me from being Bury'd Alive let me I beseech you know by her where and when I may see and adore that Divinity which alone gives Life and Relish to all the joys of Madam Yours Eternally BELLAMANT After she had again Kiss'd it thrice she fasten'd it by an Engine very much in use among Ladys to the Veil of Love's Temple In plain English to her shift Thinking she had now secur'd that from all possibility of an escape from her And that she had it as fast as she held the Heart of him that sent it Soon after she had thus plac'd the Copy of my Lord's Heart on her left side next her own her Lady-Mother usher'd in Sir Blunder who of all Men except her Father had the priviledge to visit her in her Bed-Chamber and whom except her Father she hated above all Men. For to say truth Slouch was not so Old by near forty years At the sight of him she began to look as Pale as the Moon when just before she was as Ruddy and Glorious as the Sun Madam Philandra said he I come to condole the tedious Fit of Sickness you have had And truly had it not been for troubling you I wou'd have visited you oftner and sooner 'T is now too soon returned she unless you design to compleat by your presence what you had but begun by your Curiosity I mean my Death I compleat your Death interrupted he I profess I never thought of such a thing days of my Breath No matter returned she mocking him I profess there is never another Letter for you How if she shou'd mistake now why Madam Philandra replyed he I thought no more harm when I gave Sir Beetlehead your Letter than an Apple's like an Oyster At this Simile she cou'd hardly forbear laughing aloud while he went on much to the same tune In good truth I delivered it to him because you were not at home that he might send it to you again or to my Lord Bellamant For upon my Truly now Madam Philandra I am as ready to serve you as an Arrow out of a Bow And whom cou'd I better entrust with your Secrets than your own dear Father One wou'd think you were in the right on 't in trusting my own Dear Father with a jeasting piece of Gallantry of mine that I wou'd not have had him see But I must needs own 't was an excellent contrivance and much like your own Dear Worshipful self to carry my Letter from me that it might be sent to me Say was not this for Expeditions sake In good Faith answered the Booby I thought to have given it you again assoon as I had read it but forgot it In good Faith I did Now Pox upon him for an unhappy silly Dog For he makes my Heart ake Since just so us'd the Reverend Old Gentleman at Westminster to say to me In good Faith Child I must whip thee But with a scornful smile she return'd in good Faith Sir I thank you that after you had expos'd to all the Sense you had what I wou'd have conceal'd to you and almost all Mankind beside you wou'd have vouchsaf'd to have return'd it me had you not forgotten it O Admirable piece of Civility and Breeding So Generous an Act sure was never committed by any Villain that takes your Purse sure What! My Lady said he do's Madam Philandra call me Villain I am afraid she is not in her right Maidenly Wits Indeed I fear so too replyed the Mother she has been delirious all along since she kept her Bed These kind of Distempers make 'em all so Wherefore I wou'd advise and entreat you to leave me alone with her Happily I may help her to compose her strangling thoughts Your Servant my Lady Goodnight sweet Madam Philandra said he and made a Leg going out So Heav'n be prais'd my worst Distempers gone cry'd the young Lady not Poverty with all it 's worst Attendants is half so bad as to be yok'd to thee Can you my Honour'd Mother suffer it When e're you see me Bedded with this Slave Say He 's my Monument the Bed my Grave Here our Sappho let loose whole floods of Briny-Salt tears as Round and Clear as so many Pearls But Pardon me Ladyes not altogether so Precious in my poor judgement At the sight of this inundation which were enough to set any Young Man's Heart a Fire and that 's strange you 'l say the Lady-Mother dropp'd an April-shower which was not of long Continuance And after they both had wept they both smil'd The Pious indulgent Mother assuring the Angel-like Daughter I mean for Beauty that she wou'd never suffer it nor cou'd ever live to see it Philandra proceeded then to make an ingenuous Confession of the Passion she had for the Lord Bellamant begging her pardon that she had hitherto kept her a stranger to it Who told her in that only she was to blame for said she I like his Person and Estate very well But above all his Title For if you Marry Him you 'l be a better Woman than my Lady May'ress And you shall take place of her any where on English Ground unless in the City I fear The Bellamants continued she are as Ancient and Great a Family as any in the four Kingdoms when I was about your Age I was Intimately acquainted with above a score of 'em And I remember they were all fine Gentlemen Some very Proper Handsom Lusty Men Others Midlesiz'd and Brisk Men Some again little Pretty Spritely Creatures All of 'em Brave Generous Active and High-mettll'd Men. Ay ay added she I am clearly for a Bellamant and I warrant thee my Dear we 'll carry the day Therefore satisfie thy self and take a hearty repose This Kiss and a good Night to thee A thousand good-nights to my Dear and Honour'd Mother said Philandra as her Mother left her All this while that Treacherous Jade Mariana had overheard their Discourse which she was to repeat to Slouch having been retain'd by him with five Guinea's and several Nights Lodgings which at long run cost him a heavier Summ. A little time after her Mother was gone Philandra fell asleep Hand over Head never Dreaming that her Attendant had such true Ears and so false a Heart But 't was no wonder for Sir Blunder had had the managment of her for above a Month before he preferr'd her to Philandra whom she had not serv'd longer than four Months About twelve a Clock the next day the Lady
might ha' done you that piece of service had you been Marry'd But since your Worship is a Batchelor I suppose she has been Flawg'd as they call it for putting the Saddle on the wrong Horse's back Ay my Lord return'd Slouch the Wench did afterwards confess it was my Apprentice for which as your Lordship says she was Flawg'd in good faith At which they all laugh'd aloud And said the Lady Gpipely this is as happy and full a discovery as any Criminal cou'd make of himself You 're in the right my Lady-Wife reply'd Old Gripely 't was a silly Wench a silly Wench But no more of that if you please No said Bellamant I must remind my self of my Friend's business about which I now come to sollicit you There is a Friend of mine continu'd he that wants five thousand Guineas now I can't spare him above two thousand wherefore if you will oblige him Sir with that Sum I will Engage or Mortgage some port of my Estate for his payment of it Why look you my Lord cry'd Gripely this Engaging must be Mortgaging and I don 't like any of your Church-Lands Hark you Sir Beetlehead cry'd Bellamant I fancy that among all your Mortgages you have one or more of our Church-Lands that is of Papists Church-Lands as you stile 'em and yet I find there is no great danger of their infecting you with Popery But I mean some of those Lands that my Lawful Father and Mother left to me for perhaps she was an Heiress those will I dip unto thee This requires farther thought my Lord said he and you shall have your answer to morrow this time Nay reply'd Bellamant if my my business or my Friend 's be not done by Six in the Morning we shall have no further occasion of yours or any other assistance Six a Clock is early return'd the Old one but I 'll see what may be done my Lord after I have discours'd this Honourable Gentleman So my Lord I beg your Pardon continu'd he taking Worthygrace out o' th' Room with him to contrive the hastening his Match with Philandra 'T was then Bellamant began to shew the violence of his Love in his Jealousie Ah Madam said he approaching her while the Coupé-Merchant and the Booby Knight diverted the Lady-Mother 't is now high time for me to despair since here I found my happy Rival seated next to you and feasting on your Eyes happy he is in every Circumstance in his Person in his Sence in his Estate and no doubt happy in your Love By your Father's approbation encourag'd receiv'd by you with a just opinion of his extraordinary Qualifications how long Heaven knows I 'm sure I know not This he spoke somewhat low however that they might not hear him which they perceiving were so civil as to entertain each other with their own impertinence Nay my Lord said Philandra rising I find you are hot we must walk I thank you Madam return'd he that you seem at least to take as much care of me as my Grooms do of my Beasts tho' they never ran such hot Courses as I do in pursuit of you You flye me Madam now continued he you have shunn'd me these fourteen or fifteen unaccountable days for so they have been to me since in all that time I have not once been blest with the sight of you 'till this hour O Heavens Madam pursu'd he raving where are all your vows where are all your tender expressions of Love to me Some indeed I wear about me under your Hand and Seal and all of 'em where you have fix'd 'em in my heart Whence not you your self can remove'em unless you bid me despair and dye This is all wondrous fine indeed my Lord reply'd she and since I find you love me even to Jealousie I 'm resolv'd to give your Lordship farther occasions of that passion And look you my Lord she continu'd I suppose I wear about me some of your Lordships tender expressions of Love in this Paper which I receiv'd from your happy Rival as you think him This he deliver'd to me un-open'd I dare believe Unopen'd as it is interrupted he now by all my hopes on Earth which terminate in you Madam my Love is not more sacredly inviolate than is this Paper I know the Seal and find 't is not abus'd Oh! this is more dreadful to me than his pretensions to you Madam And did he give it thus without a scoff Just as you see it my Lord and with respect answer'd Philandra Ah wou'd h 'had soften'd the hard faithful wax and ravish'd wide the innocent Contents I then might justly have return'd the wrong and from his breast have torn a Villain 's heart teeming with Sacriledge against you But now now it appears so Gloriously adorn'd with your Bright Form in ev'ry corner of it that I must fear to touch it Oh that Love shou'd rob me of so generous a Friend I mean whom I cou'd wish mine Make him so return'd she I shall not hinder such a happy union Nothing but you on Earth cou'd do it Madam reply'd Bellamant Assure your self I will not said she Here my Lord take your Letter I beseech you and own the obligation he design'd you 't will be a good beginning of your Friendship Now did this fair Devil desire nothing less No Madam replied he I will not rob you of what He presented to you Besides if ever you had any regard of my Passion I cou'd wish you wou'd keep it For I fear it is the last you will ever be troubled with from me Troubled I wou'd have you Madam when you read it to think how faithful and how Passionate a Lover you have thrown away It seems my Lord Return'd Philandra you are at length grown weary of feigning a Passion and wou'd now perswade me that I am displeas'd with your pretended services But assure your self my Lord Be it real or counterfeit it has already given me a very pretty entertainment You will e're long I doubt not Madam be judge of its truth or falshood In the mean time Madam enjoy your self with the Thoughts of your new Lover perhaps they will prove your only satisfaction Philandra did not know what to make of this last part of his discourse and was about to beg his Lordship to explain himself just as her Father re-entred with Worthygrace The chatt then was continu'd among 'em for upwards of an hour the Rivals plying their Mistress very warmly who return'd their Volleys with equal heat In which she took accasion to tell Worthygrace that she must have better proofs of his Love and Service than a bare Tongue-Devotion And in order to that he shou'd wave the advantage he had in her Father's opinion and pay her no more Visits than he wou'd to an old doating Relation of his who liv'd most remote to him in Town if any such he had To which Worthygrace reply'd that he wou'd obey her tho' to the hazard of his Life and
Told him after he had given 'em an account of his misfortune in Love she fancy'd she had the honour to be known to that Beautiful English Lady to whom he had pay'd so great a devotion as well as the good fortune to have seen him once in the Mall with her where then was the Lord Bellamant her Brother And I remember Madam return'd he that I then had the happiness to behold those irresistable Charms you bear about you without the apprehension of any danger from 'em since then I was pre-possess'd But now I find a greater misfortune attends me for that I know from this moment I must both Love and Despair Arabella who possibly had a very advantageous opinion of his Person and Character the last of which she had from her Brother blush'd and smil'd telling him that she cou'd not but commend his Gallantry tho' it were so customary to him She then proceeded to ask him when he saw her Brother and whether he were well or no To which he answer'd that it was near two months since he had the honour to see him And added he Madam I hope in Heaven he is well If Sir said the Lady Arabella you have had such ill fortune in your Love of Philandra I am apt to flatter my self that my Brother may have better since I have often heard him say he valu'd no Rival but your self I can assure your Ladyship reply'd he he has none of me now But when did your Ladyship hear from him Not these two months return'd Arabella that is Sir I have receiv'd but one Letter from him since I left England which came to me some few days after my arrival hither Worthygrace thought it was very odd that he shou'd have been almost as long dead and she not have an account of it in all this time However he thought fit to ask her no more questions for Conscience sake So that after about an hours more discourse of the Affairs of the French Court and of Things indifferent to them the Ladies took their leave and when Worthygraee had seen 'em in their Coach he return'd with his good humour'd Acquaintance to whom he made a solemn declaration of his sudden passion for Arabella and withall told her what reason he had to despair of succeeding in it not so much as omitting the Duel nor the fatal Consequence as he thought of it The Lady was much disturb'd at the bloody part of the story however she promis'd her assistance and the interest she had with the Person of Honour Arabella's Relation But by the way she ask'd him how he cou'd so easily quit himself of Philandra's Chains and so immediately fall passionately in love with Arabella To which he reply'd Madam your last Question is an answer to your first because I am faln passionately in love with Arabella whom at first sight I thought one of the most Beautiful Creatures in the world therefore I have quitted my self of Philandra's chains Nor is this all for I am sensible that this Lady was Educated in all the strict yet generous Principles of true Vertue and Honour tho' she be a Roman-Catholick Not to speak of the advantage she has of Philandra in real Beauty which on a review any impartial eye may discern when t'other has but a tawdry wanton fading prettiness which cannot hold above ten years Nor will I much reflect on the ill Principles of her Parents nor the Ill-gotten Estate that made her Father the first Worshipful Rogue of his Family who brought her up in the true Whining and Canting Principles of a most Famous City where there are above a thousand several Families of the Gripley's But why ask'd the Lady was not all this consider'd before you fought Before we fought Madam reply'd he I lov'd her and cou'd think o' nothing but enjoying her But Madam continued he to your discretion I commend all my future happiness on Earth and I humbly kiss your hands 'till to morrow Be confident she return'd you shall not want the best endeavours of your Servant When Worthygrace left her he went directly to his Lodgings and dispatched a Letter to his Sister Henrietta a Lady of about Eighteen being a year older than her Brother Horatio at that time in Italy In which he entreated her by all means to confirm and continue the Report of his Death and with all begg'd of her to dispence with her modesty so far for his sake as to personate her younger Brother in Man's habit for in that borrow'd shape she might the more freely converse with Gentlemen in Town some of which might happily give her a certain account whether the Lord Bellamant were living or dead if not possibly Philandra wou'd whom he advised to deceive with that disguise unless she found her a friend to his interest which wou'd undoubtedly strengthen her and all the rest of his Acquaintance in the opinion of his death and that perhaps was the only way to preserve his life With this Letter he sent her a Bill of Exchange for a Thousand Pounds that she might appear as her Brother Horatio next Heir to the Estate Upon perusal of these Papers she was at first in a dispute whether she shou'd act according to her Brother's entreaty or obey the severe dictates of her modesty which seem'd absolutely to forbid her to change her Sexes habit but at last she was over-rul'd by the necessity of her Brother's Circumstances Wherefore leaving Yorkshire in Man's Cloaths with a young Gentlewoman her Attendant she came to Town where she equip'd her self and her Companion with Mourning Suits the Mourning Coach and Liveries were soon prepar'd and all things necessary and decent And thus accouter'd she resolv'd first for Philandra's having had a great curiosity a long time to see that fatally Celebrated Beauty Rightly imagining too that she might as soon learn the certainty of Bellamant's Life or Death from her as from any one of my Lord's Acquaintance in Town to whom she was as yet a stranger The feign'd Horatio was most kindly receiv'd by Philandra with all the signs of a most sensible grief for the death of so brave a Man and so Generous a Lover as Worthygrace Telling the Counterfeit Horatio that she cou'd not part with so near a Relation and so dear a Friend of that Worthy Man whose Love was his only fault and misfortune without giving him more signal proofs and ample expressions of the veneration she had for his Memory wherefore she must needs oblige him and his friend to stay some few days with her which after some importunity they yielded to where we will leave 'em and make a trip over into France The next day after Worthygrace had entertain'd Arabella with the discourse of his unfortunate Love the French Lady of Quality Worthygrace's particular Friend went with him in his Coach to wait on the Lady Arabella whom they found almost drown'd in tears however she receiv'd 'em with all the evenness of temper that her
many visits from all their friends and acquaintance that were known to Sir Blunder whom they were sure he wou'd otherwise have sent At Philandra's then they pass'd two nights more almost in the state of innocence only Bellamant wou'd be now and then reflecting on the mess of bawdery that Philandra and the other Women-Creatures entertain'd him with after the Sack posset while they were undressing him on the Wedding-Night mistaking him for the true Arabella which did sometimes but too well remind him of his Sex And doubtless had he known what excellent matter to work upon he had lying by him all those three nights he wou'd have gone near to have discover'd and so perhaps to have lost himself in search of such treasures The third morning when the Beautiful young Bridegroom was taking a walk about the grounds Philandra came to pay her respects to the Bride just as by good fortune she was dress'd and no body with her but her Page in Woman's Cloaths who pass'd for her she Attendant Philandra seem'd to desire some private Conference with her on which the Attendant withdrew Madam said Philandra your Ladyship puts me quite out of conceit with marriage for I have observ'd that ever since you have been more than usually melancholly I beg your Honour therefore to let me know what it is that dislikes you in this State and what you find more than heretofore pleasant if any such thing there be Ah Philandra reply'd the suppos'd Arabella I can easily say what dislikes me I have sold my Liberty Philandra and to one who I fear had before engag'd his heart to another He 's Young and Beautiful 't is true and that he is a Man I cannot doubt by outward appearance but I have heretofore dream'd of I know not what Joys that we marry'd folks shou'd be fed with 'till we e'en surfeited of 'em but I find he has no other in store for me than a good morrow or good night Or an insipid out ' o bed breakfast of Cawdles and Sack interrupted Philandra Ay Philandra reply'd Arabella this is all the pleasure I find in it Poor Lady cry'd Philandra this is a heavy doleful Tale Good Heaven guard me from such a fool of a Husband Why pray Madam ask'd the ignorant Bride what more wou'd you expect from your Husband Poor Dear Soul return'd Philandra what more why At least a thousand kisses eve y day and one continu'd Embrace every night or so many so suddainly repeated that they shou'd seem but one Alas Madam return'd the Bride this were enough to make any Man's arms back and heart ake besides I shou'd fear he wou'd stifle us both Not to consider the loss of sleep which wou'd discompose and unfit us for the next day's Conversation Sleep Conversation interrupted t'other why my Dear sleep ought to be banish'd at least all the first month unless from five or six in the morning till eleven or twelve at noon And no conversation ought in reason or modesty to be expected by any of their Friends or Acquaintance but just in a morning's visit or at Dinner and Supper the rest of the day ought to be sacred to Love and the Happy Pair in Lonely Retreats Pleasant Gardens Cool Grotto's and Shady Groves Bless me Madam cry'd Arabella what a Hercules of a Husband must yours be Nay Madam pardon me said Philandra I do not mean that only such a one wou'd satisfie me but I suppose this the Spark's duty for the whole honey-moon I wonder Madam said the Bride what you wou'd do then if you had such a quiet Spark as mine who never so much as touches me nor speaks after the first good night 'till the next morning Why truly Madam reply'd Philandra to be ingenuous to you I shou'd seek my satisfaction elsewhere O fye return'd Arabella I warrant you wou'd not commit that Sin for the Universe No Madam answer'd t'other 't is my dull niggardly Husband that starves me at home who commits the Sin in forcing me to seek out for my own sustenance Alas Madam continued she the thing is nothing in it self but pleasure the Crime lies in being detected of it This indeed Madam return'd Arabella is to me a new sort of Doctrine but I find it very reasonable how wholsome it may prove I am yet to learn As your food I 'll warrant it reply'd 'tother and as necessary and I hope you will put it in practice with the first opportunity I can't promise you that return'd Arabella 'till I have thought further on 't Immediately at the end of this discourse the Bridegroom enter'd who told Arabella that he desir'd to wait on her to her own Lodgings in Town that Afternoon because he expected a near Kinsman of his a young Gentleman of about Eighteen who came from Yorkshire almost on purpose to visit him And since her Ladyships Lodgings in Soho-Square he believ'd were most convenient he wou'd leave word at his own Lodgings where his Cousin Winlove for so was he call'd might find him I 'm all obedience to your pleasure Sir reply'd Arabella After which they only stay'd dinner with Philandra for the Coach was made ready before and when Philandra had oblig'd her self to visit 'em as soon and often as 't was possible they hurried away to Arabella's Lodgings in Town where he left her and went to his own whence he return'd with some uneasiness enough observable in his face and haste Madam said he I must beg your Ladyships pardon that I am constrain'd to leave you for some few days I have just now receiv'd a Letter left at my Lodgings these three days that calls me immediately into Yorkshire where my presence is absolutely necessary to settle some part of my Estate I do assure your Ladyship I will be as expeditious in the dispatch of my Affairs as may be that I may return the sooner to the greatest happiness I have on Earth your Ladyship But I had almost forgot to beg your Ladyship wou'd receive my Kinsman with the same kindness and familiarity you wou'd entertain me deny him nothing to express the welcome of him For give me leave to say Madam tho' he is my near Relation he is a very worthy and finely accomplish'd Gentleman and indeed extreamly Beautiful and were his hair fair as it is exceeding black you wou'd easily mistake him for Philandra in Man's Cloaths Once more pray be kind to him Madam With this kiss I seal and deliver thee to the care of Heaven Farewell my Soul added he going out Heaven keep you Sir said she pray hasten your return Hah cry'd Bellamant to himself no longer Arabella when alone Must I receive his Kinsman with the same kindness and familiarity that I wou'd entertain him and deny him nothing I begin to have 'em in the wind This is pursuant of that excellent Doctrine I heard preach'd to day by my most Learned Mistress in the Art of Love Philandra whom this Relation of his so nearly