THE
MAIDEN-HEAD
LOST
BY
Moon-light
.
OR
,
The
Adventure
of
the
Meadow
.
MY
little
Skill
in
Geography
will
not
let
me
give
you
any
better
Account
,
then
that
in
part
of
the
Dominions
of
the
great
Comus
,
dwelt
a
young
Gentleman
,
by
Name
Cherestratus
;
I
shall
not
trouble
my self
nor
you
with
a
tedious
Relation
of
his
Ancestors
,
and
how
many
of
them
were
Lord
Mayors
;
but
I
am
something
like
a
Woman
,
and
now
I
think
,
on
't
can't
but
tell
you
that
one
of
them
was
hang'd
,
which
I
had
not
done
,
but
that
I
thought
it
would
not
be
any
disparagement
to
him
,
who
was
so
well
accomplish'd
,
that
his
first
actions
had
quitted
the
disgrace
had
they
all
suffer'd
the
like
fate
;
He
was
not
at
all
behind
hand
with
the
Gallants
of
these
times
,
either
for
Learning
or
Valour
,
besides
Singing
,
and
composing
of
Madrigals
,
which
seemed
in
those
days
to
have
been
in
great
use
;
for
the
Ladies
being
not
over
coy
,
were
not
so
great
Enemies
to
the
Progress
of
Musick
,
as
to
deny
themselves
or
Servant
the
pleasure
of
an
early
Serenade
,
which
the
next
day
was
rewarded
with
some
signal
favour
,
except
the
Lady
so
courted
had
been
wak'd
out
of
some
pleasant
Dream
,
and
then
too
she
durst
hardly
chide
,
for
fear
left
being
out
with
the
men
(
who
where
chiefly
concern'd
in
the
Comedy
)
her
Dream
should
prove
but
a
Dream
,
and
she
should
never
be
made
happy
with
the
Reality
.
Besides
this
,
he
could
Dance
incomparably
well
,
by
which
the
Ladies
might
ghess
he
had
not
been
under
the
Surgeon's
hands
,
nor
had
much
skill
in
Maiden
heads
(
a
thing
very
much
to
be
deplor'd
in
our
days
,
for
our
Gallants
not
finding
the
first
night
what
they
look
for
(
but
they
are
fools
that
do
)
seldome
continue
Loving
above
the
first
Month
;
and
seem
not
so
much
to
be
married
as
to
keep
a
Mistress
with
a
little
more
Ceremony
.
I
am
loath
to
tell
you
that
with
these
Perfections
he
was
rich
,
for
I
would
be
unwilling
to
put
in
any
thing
that
might
make
you
suspect
the
truth
of
this
Relation
,
and
I
am
sure
you
will
never
believe
,
that
a
person
so
well
accomplish'd
,
and
of
a
sufficient
Estate
should
find
so
cruel
a
Lady
,
as
not
to
admit
of
his
Addresses
.
But
you
must
consider
the
time
which
according
to
the
best
Chronologers
was
in
Tiresias's
days
,
and
the
women
would
not
deny
his
Doctrine
,
viz.
That
they
take
as
much
pleasure
or
more
in
doing
the
Gentleman
a
good
turn
â–ª
than
the
person
that
receiv'd
it
,
This
made
the
Ladies
then
,
contrary
to
what
they
are
now
a
days
,
count
it
an
unpardonable
Sin
to
take
a
Reward
for
their
mutual
pleasures
,
and
this
made
Cherestratus
not
prove
so
successfull
in
his
Amours
,
as
he
might
have
done
had
he
liv'd
now
.
But
to
come
to
the
Story
,
it
was
the
unhappiness
of
this
incomparable
Gallant
,
to
place
his
Affection
on
a
Person
that
disdain'd
his
frequent
Suits
,
which
she
did
with
a
kind
of
Reluctancy
,
for
she
her self
nor
any
body
else
could
tell
why
she
would
not
let
him
pay
his
Devoirs
to
her
,
as
well
as
any
other
Gallant
of
the
Town
,
to
whom
he
was
no
way
inferiour
.
But
the
mysteries
of
Love
are
as
blind
as
himself
,
whose
hidden
Causes
can
never
be
understood
,
and
I
should
rather
be
content
to
be
kept
in
ignorance
,
then
endeavour
of
a
discovery
of
Medea's
Video
meliora
proboque
,
Deteriora
sequor
.
However
the
Lady
continued
very
obstinate
,
whether
because
she
was
prepossess'd
with
the
Love
of
Hyleus
(
Rival
only
in
Love
to
our
noble
Cherestratus
,
for
,
for
other
things
he
could
not
stand
in
competition
with
him
)
or
for
some
other
Reason
,
I
know
not
.
For
I
do
not
think
that
the
comparing
of
a
Ladie
's
Favours
to
Shadows
always
holds
true
,
for
then
Hyleus
had
been
as
unhappy
as
our
unfortunate
Gentleman
,
who
ply'd
his
Business
as
hotly
as
Cherestratus
could
possibly
do
.
By
this
time
Cherestratus
was
grown
a
perfect
Votary
of
Love
,
which
made
him
like
the
rest
of
that
mad
Religion
abandon
the
society
of
men
,
and
endeavouring
as
it
were
to
be
free
from
himself
,
he
would
often
be
singing
some
lamentable
Ditty
,
of
which
he
had
store
,
but
above
all
,
this
was
the
chief
:
Whatever
I
think
or
whatever
I
do
,
My
Phillis
is
still
in
my
mind
:
When
in
anger
I
mean
not
to
Phillis
to
go
My
feet
of
themselves
the
way
find
,
&c.
Now
you
'l
say
this
is
very
like
a
modern
Song
of
ours
,
but
I
assure
you
what
follows
,
could
I
but
remember
it
,
was
not
at
all
like
it
,
and
it
was
only
by
chance
,
that
he
thought
of
the
first
Stave
,
for
it
is
certain
there
are
common
notions
,
which
are
obvious
to
all
that
make
upon
the
same
Subject
.
In
hitting
on
which
some
have
been
so
happy
,
that
they
have
wrote
whole
Poems
,
and
things
of
greater
bulk
so
like
other
men
,
that
if
compar'd
,
it
was
not
easily
told
which
was
which
.
But
let
this
pass
,
sometimes
you
should
have
our
Inamorato
under
the
reverend
shade
of
a
well
spread
Oak
,
beseeching
it's
senseless
Divinity
to
give
him
leave
to
inscribe
the
Name
of
his
dear
Myrtilla
there
(
for
so
was
the
hard-hearted
Lady
call'd
,
)
and
then
taking
out
a
Pen
Knife
,
which
had
never
been
put
to
any
servile
office
,
as
cutting
of
Corns
,
or
the
like
,
he
ingraves
on
the
bark
with
flourishing
Letters
,
which
searce
a
Writing
Master
in
those
parts
could
mend
,
the
Name
of
his
Saint
.
This
done
like
a
meer
heathenish
Gentleman
he
falls
down
,
and
worships
the
work
of
his
own
hands
;
then
with
a
tedious
Harangue
he
twits
the
poor
Tree
in
the
teeth
of
the
benefit
he
had
done
it
,
saying
that
it
should
be
now
more
famous
for
bearing
the
Name
of
the
incomparable
Myrtilla
,
then
it
was
for
Jupiter
,
and
that
were
not
corn
yet
found
out
,
he
might
not
at
all
fear
a
rape
of
his
ripe
Acorns
,
for
as
soon
as
people
came
,
and
saw
those
Letters
,
rapt
up
in
admiration
,
they
would
forget
to
eat
,
and
with
fixed
eyes
gaze
till
some
envious
Dryades
forc'd
'em
from
their
Devotion
.
Besides
these
works
of
supererogation
,
our
Gallant
(
which
was
the
only
comfort
he
had
)
was
almost
continually
walking
by
the
door
of
the
cruel
Lady
,
whom
he
seem'd
to
watch
or
rather
guard
with
as
much
diligence
,
as
Argus
did
Io
,
or
the
mortify'd
Ghost
of
some
lately
departed
Usurer
his
musty
baggs
,
but
yet
he
durst
not
(
as
being
forbid
by
his
Mistress
,
and
fearing
to
displease
her
)
hang
Garlands
at
her
Posts
so
artificially
woven
with
Enigmatical
Flowers
,
that
she
might
there
read
his
fervent
affection
.
This
and
several
other
Love-tricks
that
the
Youths
of
those
times
us'd
,
to
accomplish
their
wishes
,
he
was
forc'd
to
forbear
.
His
Friends
by
this
began
to
have
small
hopes
of
his
Estate
,
or
Legacies
;
for
his
not
eating
nor
drinking
any
thing
,
made
them
suspect
he
was
grown
immortal
.
Amongst
the
rest
of
his
acquaintance
one
Paneutus
a
Yeoman
i
th'
Country
some
ten
miles
of
the
City
where
our
pining
Lover
now
was
,
hearing
of
the
deplorable
condition
his
Friend
lay
in
,
and
being
himself
a
boon
Companion
,
did
not
doubt
,
but
if
he
could
get
him
into
the
Countrey
,
he
cou'd
make
him
quit
his
humour
.
To
effect
which
he
wrote
this
Letter
.
Paneutus
to
his
Cherestratus
.
SIR
,
RAther
then
suspect
your
wisdome
,
I
must
needs
think
,
that
the
Lady
,
which
hath
brought
you
into
the
sad
condition
I
hear
you
are
in
,
must
needs
be
one
of
so
divine
a
Beauty
,
that
she
would
make
Cato
in
love
with
her
,
and
convert
the
severest
Woman-hater
.
However
,
I
am
so
far
Interess'd
in
you
,
as
my
second
self
,
that
knowing
a
Remedy
,
I
could
not
but
prescribe
it
you
,
which
being
follow'd
will
either
make
you
happy
with
your
Love
,
or
without
it
.
Your
City
Air
will
something
obstruct
the
Cure
,
and
hinder
your
Physick
from
working
.
If
therefore
you
will
accept
of
my
House
,
you
know
you
may
command
Paneutus
.
This
Letter
in
Cherestratus's
absence
,
arriv'd
at
his
City
House
,
who
was
just
now
gone
,
as
his
custome
was
,
to
take
a
view
of
his
Lady's
Lodgings
,
which
he
did
so
eagerly
,
that
he
had
like
to
have
paid
for
his
gaping
.
For
some
of
the
Neighbours
observing
him
how
narrowly
he
ey'd
the
House
,
thinking
he
had
some
bad
design
,
acquainted
the
old
Gentlewoman
,
Mother
to
the
young
Lady
;
who
could
hardly
be
perswaded
from
carrying
our
Gallant
before
the
Justice
,
to
which
her
Daughter
encourag'd
her
,
which
went
to
the
very
heart
of
Cherestratus
,
for
she
knew
well
enough
though
she
seem'd
ignorant
of
the
cause
.
But
the
old
Lady
,
having
no
witness
to
prove
any
thing
,
dismiss'd
him
,
with
a
severe
charge
never
to
trouble
her
door
again
.
What
remains
now
to
the
desperate
Lover
,
but
to
make
away
with
himself
,
and
fall
a
Sacrifice
to
her
disdain
?
which
certainly
he
had
done
,
had
not
his
hasty
desire
to
visit
Myrtilla's
House
made
him
forget
to
put
on
his
Shash
,
that
morning
.
A
thousand
miserable
thoughts
offer'd
themselves
to
him
in
his
way
home
,
whither
he
was
no
sooner
come
,
but
throwing
himself
upon
his
Bed
,
he
began
to
bewail
his
hard
fortune
,
with
tears
and
sighs
.
Scarce
had
he
begun
his
Soliloquy
,
but
his
Servant
came
into
the
Room
,
and
presented
him
with
the
Letter
;
which
having
read
,
and
taking
a
turn
or
two
in
the
Chamber
,
the
reflecting
on
his
Lady's
incivilities
made
him
resolve
to
accept
his
Friend's
Offer
.
To
which
end
setling
his
Houshold
Affairs
,
he
commands
all
things
to
be
made
ready
for
his
next
days
intended
Journey
,
which
accordingly
he
took
,
wisely
choosing
rather
to
ride
a
mile
about
,
then
to
come
by
Myrtilla's
House
,
by
which
he
should
have
passed
;
being
safe
come
to
his
journey's
end
we
will
leave
him
with
his
merry
Friend
Paneutus
,
who
entertain'd
him
with
all
the
kindness
imaginable
,
always
endeavouring
his
diversion
with
some
pastime
,
as
Hawking
,
Hunting
,
and
the
like
,
and
return
to
Myrtilla
,
whose
Mother
you
must
know
,
knowing
what
care
and
caution
is
to
be
us'd
over
young
Maids
,
made
the
Daughter
grow
weary
of
her
Government
,
counting
it
too
severe
,
as
depriving
her
of
those
Pleasures
that
young
Ladies
would
willingly
accept
of
.
For
her
Mother
keeping
a
Dairy
would
often
set
her
to
make
Butter
and
Cheese
for
fear
of
the
green
Sickness
,
which
he
knew
how
to
cure
as
well
as
any
Doctor
in
Europe
,
had
her
Mother
been
as
willing
as
she
,
whereas
she
had
rather
have
been
reading
of
some
brisk
Romance
,
or
Story
of
the
strange
Metamorphosis
of
a
Maid
into
a
Woman
.
Besides
her
Mother
began
now
to
oppose
Hyleus's
Visits
,
the
only
comfort
her
Daughter
had
,
for
she
being
a
pretty
while
in
her
Teens
,
had
the
same
desire
as
all
her
Contemporaries
had
,
to
mind
nothing
but
the
end
for
which
they
were
made
,
which
caus'd
her
,
encourag'd
by
her
Mothers
rigour
,
to
think
on
some
way
to
obtain
her
desires
,
and
free
her self
from
the
old
Lady's
Tyranny
,
which
was
very
much
encreas'd
since
the
death
of
her
Husband
,
to
whose
Education
he
left
his
Girl
Myrtilla
.
Long
you
may
imagine
she
had
not
studied
before
she
found
out
a
Plot
(
for
Women's
Wits
on
such
occasions
are
very
quick
,
and
for
my
part
I
believe
that
had
not
Jupiter
quickly
put
in
Execution
his
golden
Project
,
Danae
for
all
the
Tower
would
have
found
the
way
to
his
Embraces
:
)
well
a
Plot
is
now
found
,
which
was
this
,
to
venture
her
Maiden-head
into
Hyleus's
hands
,
rather
then
endure
the
slavery
she
was
in
.
This
she
resolv'd
to
put
in
practice
,
and
contrary
to
a
Woman
,
kept
constant
too
.
But
she
saw
no
way
of
effecting
it
without
making
some
body
privy
to
it
,
and
then
she
thought
no
one
fitter
then
her
Maid
Circe
,
a
loving
Girle
,
and
welwisher
to
Gentlemen
,
for
before
she
happen'd
into
her
Mistresses
Service
,
she
waited
on
a
Lady
,
and
like
the
rest
of
that
trade
,
very
often
chose
before
her
Mistress
,
otherwise
she
would
not
speak
a
good
word
for
a
Gallant
.
Myrtilla's
Mother
being
call'd
to
a
Womans
Labour
,
she
thought
it
a
very
fit
time
to
communicate
her
Design
to
her
Maid
.
Where
upon
coming
down
to
look
for
Circe
she
found
her
in
the
Garden
tumbling
on
a
Camomile
bed
,
lying
on
her
back
a
Star-gazing
,
but
seeing
her
young
Mistress
starting
up
she
quickly
quitted
that
posture
,
and
ask'd
her
if
she
had
any
service
to
command
her
.
Ah
Circe
(
said
she
sighing
)
I
have
,
could
I
but
be
assur'd
of
thy
Secrecy
.
Of
mine
,
Madam
?
(
reply'd
Circe
)
why
,
there
be
a
great
many
Gallants
in
Town
,
would
be
Surety
for
me
if
need
requir'd
.
Why
,
't
is
the
only
thing
I
am
good
for
.
Why
then
(
said
Myrtilla
sitting
down
with
her
Maid
)
you
must
needs
have
observ'd
how
my
Mother
pryes
into
all
my
Actions
,
debarring
me
of
all
I
take
delight
in
.
I
have
now
thought
how
to
mend
this
,
would'st
thou
consent
to
aid
and
assist
me
.
Circe
,
who
now
thought
she
should
get
an
opportunity
to
be
reveng'd
on
her
old
Mistress
for
making
her
rise
so
early
,
not
admitting
of
her
Sweet-hearts
company
,
and
hindring
her
from
wearing
her
best
Clothes
,
and
going
to
Church
a
Sunday
(
for
let
me
tell
you
Preaching
is
of
very
old
standing
)
made
all
Protestations
possible
to
give
her
Mistress
a
good
opinion
of
her
Secrecy
,
which
Myrtilla
,
being
put
to
a
strait
,
soon
believ'd
,
and
ask'd
her
what
she
thought
of
running
away
with
Hyleus
,
without
her
Mothers
consent
.
To
which
Circe
answered
,
I
believe
he
is
an
honest
Gentleman
,
and
were
it
to
me
I
should
take
his
word
;
now
all
the
difficulty
will
be
to
make
him
acquainted
with
the
Design
.
For
that
too
(
crys
Myrtilla
)
I
've
contriv'd
,
and
now
my
Mother
's
out
of
the
way
thou
shalt
be
the
happy
Messenger
to
inform
my
dear
Hyleus
of
mine
Intent
.
I
am
certain
he
will
gladly
embrace
the
opportunity
,
which
I
would
never
have
given
him
,
but
that
I
'm
confident
his
Honour
will
not
let
him
stain
mine
.
Mad
Circe
would
have
taken
up
her
Mistress
,
but
the
short
time
she
had
,
fearing
her
Mother's
return
,
would
not
let
Myrtila
admit
of
her
fooling
.
Take
here
said
she
,
this
Jewel
(
in
which
was
neatly
wrought
in
Diamonds
)
the
Story
of
the
Rape
of
Proserpine
by
Pluto
,
(
and
you
cannot
imagine
Hyleus
so
much
a
fool
as
not
at
first
sight
to
understand
the
Hieroglyphick
)
which
I
have
got
wrought
on
purpose
.
Deliver
it
to
him
as
a
token
of
my
Affection
(
dear
Creature
)
and
tell
him
I
shall
with
impatience
expect
his
coming
to
fetch
me
away
at
Night
.
Circe
,
who
was
not
a
stranger
to
these
Love
Embassies
,
willingly
apply'd
her self
to
her
Task
immediately
,
took
her
Pattins
and
away
to
Hyleus
,
who
was
not
at
home
just
when
she
came
,
but
the
Servants
told
her
he
would
be
presently
.
It
was
the
Butlers
fortune
to
see
her
first
,
who
seeing
her
young
and
handsome
,
could
not
but
offer
the
Civility
of
the
Cellar
.
Circe
was
very
willing
to
accept
his
offer
,
the
weather
being
hot
,
and
having
come
a
good
way
,
she
took
off
her
Liquor
,
that
the
Butler
began
to
conceive
some
hopes
from
the
effect
of
the
Drink
.
But
they
were
scarce
acquainted
,
when
Hyleus
came
in
from
Fishing
,
and
presently
Circe
deliver'd
her
message
very
diligently
,
and
if
I
am
not
very
much
mistaken
,
't
was
just
thus
:
Sir
,
my
Lady
,
Madam
Myrtilla
,
by
me
acquaints
you
she
hath
hitherto
endeavour'd
to
find
out
the
means
of
rewarding
your
Affection
and
constancy
,
which
you
may
assure
your self
had
been
done
before
this
,
but
that
the
old
Gentlewoman
her
Mother
hath
such
an
aversion
to
any
thing
that
she
hath
an
inclination
for
,
and
seeing
there
is
no
way
to
quit
scores
with
you
but
by
running
away
,
she
doth
this
night
intend
to
make
her self
happy
with
your
good
company
,
and
for
a
token
of
her
Love
she
hath
sent
you
this
Jewel
,
and
desires
you
not
to
fail
waiting
for
her
with
a
Horse
,
at
her
Mother's
door
,
where
you
may
privately
carry
away
your
own
Myrtilla
.
This
unexpected
News
was
extreamly
surprising
to
Hyleus
,
who
before
was
much
fretted
with
the
sport
he
but
just
now
came
from
,
for
his
ill
success
in
it
.
And
is
it
so
then
,
ye
kind
Deities
(
cry'd
he
out
)
that
my
Myrtilla
will
thus
freely
put
her self
into
my
hands
.
I
should
never
deserve
any
success
in
my
Love
,
should
I
neglect
this
happiness
.
Nor
am
I
one
of
those
foolish
foppish
Lovers
,
who
having
lay'd
siege
to
a
Ladies
Affections
,
then
begin
to
throw
of
all
respect
,
when
she
begins
to
throw
off
all
her
cruelty
,
and
when
she
is
coming
to
answer
their
expectations
.
Then
turning
to
Circe
,
Assure
the
divine
Myrtylla
from
me
,
I
will
not
fail
to
expect
her
,
and
am
only
sorry
that
she
order'd
nothing
more
difficult
,
that
she
might
see
my
Love
in
daring
to
compass
it
;
take
this
(
continu'd
he
giving
her
a
Piece
,
and
then
kissing
her
)
and
carry
this
Kiss
to
thy
Mistress
,
and
assure
her
again
I
will
not
fail
.
With
this
Answer
departed
Circe
,
who
was
got
home
before
she
was
aware
,
who
was
extreamly
taketh
with
Hyleus
,
and
thinking
on
the
Token
she
had
for
Myrtilla
,
whom
she
now
began
to
envy
,
and
long
as
much
for
the
forbidden
fruit
as
her
Mistress
;
coming
to
Myrtilla
,
she
told
her
the
good
success
of
her
Message
,
and
how
effectually
it
had
wrought
upon
the
Heart
of
Hyleus
,
who
would
not
fail
two
hours
after
Sun-set
;
this
done
she
enter'd
on
the
not
unpleasant
Panegyrick
of
the
expected
Gentleman
.
The
ill
connection
of
it
,
as
all
other
Chambermaids
discourses
,
makes
me
I
can't
remember
it
,
only
this
I
am
sure
was
in
it
,
that
he
was
a
fine
proper
Man
,
handsom
Leg'd
,
and
she
'd
warrant
as
good
a
Woman's
Man
as
any
in
the
Shire
.
But
the
old
Lady
coming
home
made
her
unwillingly
break
off
her
Discourse
.
Hyleus
by
this
time
had
got
all
things
in
readiness
for
his
Love-adventure
,
and
setting
out
with
two
Servants
he
had
towards
the
City
,
which
was
about
three
miles
from
his
House
,
his
great
desire
of
the
Prey
made
him
there
something
of
the
soonest
,
which
he
had
not
been
,
but
that
Myrtilla
and
Circe
were
at
difference
;
for
her
Mistress
could
not
perswade
her
to
stay
behind
,
if
she
went
,
although
she
urg'd
the
unlikeliness
of
their
Escape
together
,
however
she
would
not
be
contented
till
she
had
promis'd
to
send
one
of
Hyleus's
Servants
for
her
.
Now
we
are
forc'd
to
a
small
digression
,
to
make
you
acquainted
that
the
Countrey
and
all
it's
Sports
,
with
all
the
perswasions
of
his
Friend
Paneutus
,
could
not
make
Cherestratus
leave
off
thinking
on
his
Mistress
,
and
it
so
happen'd
that
his
Friend
being
engag'd
in
some
Business
,
our
melancholy
Lover
being
left
to
himself
,
who
was
now
taking
a
turn
in
the
Garden
,
began
to
recollect
his
former
Affection
,
one
while
chiding
himself
for
spending
so
long
a
time
in
a
vain
pursuit
;
another
while
angry
with
himself
for
leaving
off
now
,
when
he
was
so
far
engag'd
,
and
then
a
few
musty
Apothegms
got
in
his
Head
,
viz.
Maids
say
No
,
and
take
it
,
&c.
he
resolves
to
renew
the
Onset
,
for
which
he
could
not
have
met
with
a
convenienter
time
,
Paneutus
being
out
of
the
way
,
for
had
he
been
at
home
,
he
could
not
have
been
brought
to
have
parted
with
Cherestratus
,
whose
company
he
took
very
much
delight
in
:
This
being
resolv'd
on
,
he
marched
to
the
Stable
,
and
charges
the
Groom
immediately
to
make
ready
his
Gelding
,
under
pretence
of
breathing
him
that
Evening
,
and
indeed
so
he
did
,
for
in
half
an
hour
and
two
minutes
,
he
reach'd
the
door
of
his
dearly
belov'd
Myrtilla
.
Hyleus
you
must
know
,
thinking
he
had
been
too
soon
,
had
taken
a
turn
down
to
view
the
Castle
,
thinking
immediately
to
come
back
,
and
indeed
it
was
not
long
e're
he
did
,
but
however
this
is
the
critical
minute
,
when
out
came
Myrtilla
in
a
riding
Dress
,
making
signs
of
dispatch
to
Cherestratus
,
who
was
staring
on
the
Windows
as
he
us'd
to
do
,
not
dreaming
what
good
luck
was
approaching
him
;
Make
hast
,
make
hast
my
Dear
(
cryes
the
kind
Lady
)
my
Mother
else
will
be
here
immediately
.
Our
Gallant
could
scarce
believe
his
Eyes
or
Ears
,
and
thought
certainly
he
was
a
dreaming
,
for
he
could
never
hope
for
such
a
happiness
as
to
have
his
cruel
Lady
submit
her self
to
him
;
but
he
now
began
to
smell
out
the
Plot
,
and
without
more
adoe
helpt
the
Lady
up
,
who
had
not
as
yet
discern'd
the
mistake
.
Having
got
his
rich
Prize
behind
him
,
he
thought
it
not
safe
to
tarry
there
long
,
wherefore
spurring
on
his
free
Beast
,
away
he
rides
,
and
met
with
no
obstacle
,
for
the
City
gates
were
kept
open
for
Hyleus
,
by
the
appointment
of
the
Servants
,
who
had
brib'd
the
Watch-men
(
for
you
may
assure
your self
in
Comus's
City
,
they
keep
very
good
Hours
,
although
the
Citizens
are
commonly
scandaliz'd
for
Revelling
,
or
letting
their
Wives
tarry
up
longer
then
themselves
.
)
Hyleus
was
now
return'd
back
to
Myrtilla's
Door
,
to
which
he
was
no
sooner
come
,
but
he
heard
all
the
House
in
an
uproar
;
for
it
seems
the
old
Lady
had
mist
her
Daughter
,
and
began
to
ghess
at
the
Business
,
for
which
she
was
schooling
Circe
most
bitterly
,
who
being
in
her
riding
Clothes
,
expecting
Hyleus's
man
,
could
not
possibly
frame
any
thing
like
an
Excuse
,
at
which
her
Mistress
was
so
enrag'd
,
she
began
to
seek
for
something
to
chastice
the
poor
Maid
.
Circe
therefore
seeing
her
scarce
avoidable
Doom
,
runs
out
pulling
the
door
after
her
,
which
hinder'd
her
Executioners
pursuit
.
Hyleus
who
had
been
all
this
while
in
an
Agony
for
his
Lady
,
to
think
what
would
become
of
her
,
seeing
Circe
escaping
out
so
boldly
,
and
taking
her
for
Myrtilla
,
lights
strait
off
his
Horse
to
help
her
up
,
which
done
,
away
he
rides
.
He
was
no
sooner
got
through
the
City
Gate
,
but
his
Servants
that
accompany'd
him
thither
,
came
out
to
congratulate
his
good
fortune
,
he
was
so
overjoy'd
with
his
Booty
,
he
could
scarce
find
time
to
thank
them
,
making
homewards
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
.
Whither
he
was
scarce
come
,
when
by
his
order
three
Maids
met
them
strowing
Flowers
all
the
way
home
,
while
others
there
were
busied
in
providing
the
Cake
and
Sack-Posset
;
at
the
Gate
stood
a
proper
Gentleman
Usher
to
take
down
the
Lady
,
Madam
Chamber-maid
;
that
done
,
off
leaps
Hyleus
to
salute
her
,
and
bid
her
welcome
to
her
Own
.
And
now
at
last
it
was
that
the
miserable
man
perceiv'd
his
Errour
,
but
he
was
wonderfully
surpriz'd
to
see
Circe
,
where
he
expected
Myrtilla
,
he
began
now
to
consider
how
improbable
it
was
,
that
she
should
give
her self
up
to
him
so
easily
,
and
now
concludes
it
was
a
Plot
of
Circe's
,
to
whom
he
addresses
himself
to
be
clear'd
of
the
doubt
.
And
is
it
thus
,
base
Slut
,
thou
hast
abus'd
me
,
and
thy
Mistress
?
was
it
for
your
embraces
I
have
taken
all
this
pains
and
care
?
were
the
numerous
Pages
about
Town
,
that
us'd
to
accompany
their
Masters
to
visit
my
dear
Myrtilla
,
grown
so
scarce
,
that
I
must
be
made
a
Property
?
I
wonder
thy
impudence
could
ever
harbour
such
a
thought
,
so
prejudicious
to
thy
Lady
,
as
to
think
I
was
reserv'd
for
thy
tooth
;
how
cam'st
thou
by
this
Jewel
,
which
I
am
confident
belong'd
once
to
Myrtilla
?
For
none
sure
would
buy
thy
favour
at
the
vast
expence
of
so
rich
a
Diamond
?
He
would
have
gone
on
in
his
tedious
Harangue
,
but
being
always
kind
hearted
to
Females
,
he
began
to
consider
how
unmanly
it
was
to
quarrel
with
a
Woman
,
and
for
a
fault
Love
had
made
her
commit
.
However
,
his
passion
proceeded
so
far
that
he
call'd
her
Whore
:
Poor
Circe
who
all
this
while
stood
shivering
for
fear
(
though
it
seem'd
to
her
a
pleasant
pain
,
being
in
the
company
of
her
sweet
Hyleus
)
was
something
mov'd
at
the
last
word
,
which
made
a
deeper
impression
on
her
mind
,
then
all
had
past
before
(
for
though
I
will
not
swear
for
her
,
yet
I
think
she
was
honest
)
she
makes
him
this
Answer
.
My
kindness
in
helping
young
Gentlemen
in
Addresses
to
my
Lady
,
could
never
deserve
that
name
.
No
,
no
,
Sir
,
you
have
here
no
Whore
,
nor
one
that
had
any
designs
upon
you
,
but
what
were
innocent
and
devoted
to
the
Service
of
my
young
Mistress
.
I
will
not
indeed
so
far
bely
my
Conscience
,
as
to
deny
I
lov'd
you
;
but
I
was
so
far
from
promoting
my
love
,
that
I
quite
despair'd
of
it
;
and
therefore
resolv'd
to
be
happy
in
the
next
degree
,
namely
,
in
mediating
with
you
for
my
Mistress
.
The
desire
of
following
her
hath
thus
betray'd
me
to
your
censure
.
And
is
Myrtilla
gone
before
,
then
?
said
Hyleus
;
Yes
Sir
,
answered
Circe
,
she
is
,
and
had
not
your
Passion
transported
you
,
you
might
e're
this
have
been
in
a
Capacity
of
recovering
my
Lady
,
who
cannot
be
gone
far
.
Circe's
Answer
you
'l
say
was
very
excusable
,
and
indeed
Hyleus
could
not
but
approve
of
it
,
although
anger
for
his
ravish'd
Mistress
would
not
let
him
at
present
acknowledge
it
.
For
he
immediately
commanded
his
Horses
to
be
brought
out
of
the
Stable
again
,
but
hold
,
I
think
they
were
not
yet
put
in
,
and
with
his
other
Fellow
Travellers
like
a
Knight
Errant
,
resolves
to
go
to
rescue
the
Lady
,
leaving
poor
Circe
again
to
the
mercy
of
the
Butler
,
who
was
now
resolv'd
to
try
the
utmost
strength
of
his
strong
Beer
Philter
on
the
weak
Virgin
.
But
she
,
contrary
to
his
expectation
,
seem'd
more
coy
,
as
having
more
hopes
then
ever
of
marrying
Hyleus
,
in
case
her
Mistress
could
not
be
found
out
.
But
we
must
be
found
as
uncivil
as
Hyleus
,
and
leave
her
to
the
Butlers
managing
,
and
mad
he
to
his
Progress
,
and
return
to
Cherestratus
:
Who
by
this
being
ten
miles
out
of
Town
,
was
impatient
to
see
and
salute
his
sweet
Prey
,
whose
Maiden-modesty
not
suffering
her
to
speak
first
,
very
much
wonder'd
at
her
silent
Lover
.
They
were
scarce
gone
a
quarter
of
a
mile
further
;
but
the
transparent
Rays
of
the
bright
Queen
of
Night
(
a
rare
expression
for
Moon
shine
this
same
)
made
discovery
of
a
delicate
pleasant
Meadow
,
which
lay
just
by
the
Road-side
.
Cherestratus
could
not
for
his
life
pass
by
this
opportunity
,
he
light
and
gently
taking
Myrtilla
off
the
Horse
,
began
the
amorous
Prologue
with
a
Kiss
.
That
done
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
how
happy
have
you
made
the
late
miserable
Cherestratus
!
At
the
name
of
Cherestratus
,
Myrtilla
started
,
and
looking
upon
him
seriously
,
knew
him
to
be
the
person
nam'd
.
The
poor
Lady
was
so
extreamly
troubled
at
this
unexpected
Accident
,
that
she
swouned
away
in
Cherestratus's
Arms
,
and
truly
me
thinks
it
was
ominous
,
for
ever
since
that
night
the
Lady
was
troubled
with
Qualms
.
But
I
fear
I
shall
be
censur'd
for
playing
thus
with
a
Gentlewomans
misfortunes
;
all
I
have
to
excuse
it
is
,
that
knowing
the
the
fifth
Act
of
the
Play
and
how
they
came
off
,
it
is
pardonable
to
be
merry
,
and
laugh
before
as
she
did
after
sufficiently
.
Cherestratus
you
may
imagine
was
in
a
sweet
kind
of
taking
to
think
that
he
had
lost
his
Mistress
before
he
had
her
(
which
was
true
enough
,
if
you
can
make
it
out
)
besides
a
Constable
and
a
grave
ignorant
Jury
came
in
his
head
,
for
some
might
think
he
had
kill'd
her
,
besides
the
plaguy
fear
of
being
wrote
against
,
like
Philaster
for
being
the
death
of
his
pretty
Miss.
All
this
consider'd
,
the
poor
man
was
extreamly
put
to
his
shifts
,
what
to
do
.
And
though
men
say
our
wits
are
best
in
cases
of
necessity
,
he
at
present
could
not
think
of
a
better
Remedy
,
then
Hudibras's
,
so
that
he
was
forc'd
to
give
her
a
gentle
twinge
o
th'
Nose
,
for
Water
in
that
place
there
was
none
,
nor
any
thing
else
that
might
conduce
to
the
recovering
of
a
Lady
out
of
that
sad
condition
.
Myrtilla
by
this
was
something
come
again
to
her self
,
and
gave
Cherestratus
some
small
hopes
of
her
,
to
whom
in
a
lamentable
tone
she
said
.
By
what
Magick
,
Villian
,
hast
thou
depriv'd
me
of
the
company
of
my
dear
Hyleus
?
who
were
he
but
present
,
would
teach
you
better
manners
,
then
to
lie
Eves-dropping
thus
,
to
betray
the
secrets
of
miserable
Lovers
.
But
alas
,
why
blame
I
you
?
It
was
my
own
rashness
,
for
which
I
am
justly
punish'd
,
since
I
could
not
distinguish
betwixt
the
Worthy
Hyleus
and
the
base
Cherestratus
.
Our
Gallant
,
that
thought
himself
well
enough
to
pass
,
as
never
having
a
Rupture
,
or
any
thing
else
that
might
reduce
him
to
the
using
the
Wedding
Ring
the
wrong
way
,
in
case
Art
had
conquer'd
Nature
,
could
not
endure
to
hear
Myrtilla
preferr
Hyleus
so
much
before
him
,
and
was
going
to
vindicate
himself
when
thus
she
continued
.
O
my
unhappy
Fate
!
have
I
for
this
prov'd
disobedient
,
and
left
my
old
Mother
?
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
him
I
so
much
hated
,
who
is
in
pretence
only
a
Lover
?
if
it
be
not
so
as
I
say
,
prove
your
Affection
,
and
redeem
your
fault
by
killing
the
miserable
Myrtilla
.
Faintly
he
thought
she
spoke
,
for
all
the
while
—
stay
,
I
think
there
was
no
smile
in
the
case
;
however
Cherestratus
who
came
communi
Animantium
appetitu
,
did
not
care
to
satisfie
his
Lady
in
that
point
,
and
had
rather
get
the
King
a
Souldier
,
then
lose
him
a
Subject
,
for
Ladies
do
good
Service
.
No
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
that
were
to
injure
you
,
and
rob
my self
of
the
greatest
happiness
in
the
world
.
Your
misfortunes
are
not
such
,
as
to
make
you
boldly
wish
for
Death
,
that
Bug-Bear
to
all
Ladies
.
'T
is
time
enough
for
it
yet
,
you
have
no
reason
to
think
on
't
,
being
in
the
hands
of
a
Person
,
of
whose
incivility
you
never
yet
had
any
proof
.
I
cannot
imagine
you
are
really
angry
,
when
if
you
are
pleas'd
to
remember
I
took
you
up
in
a
ready
Dress
for
the
March
,
as
if
you
as
well
as
Heaven
were
willing
to
make
me
happy
.
For
doubtless
,
Madam
,
it
was
not
by
meer
chance
,
I
left
my
Friend
in
the
Countrey
at
so
unseasonable
time
of
Night
to
come
and
visit
your
door
,
where
unlookt
for
,
my
good
Genious
had
prepar'd
me
a
sight
of
my
divine
Myrtilla
.
No
,
no
,
the
Powers
above
,
whose
will
we
ought
not
to
resist
,
ordain'd
this
,
to
see
how
happy
they
could
make
a
mortal
Man
by
the
presence
of
a
person
so
nigh
their
Divinities
,
as
your
incomparable
self
.
This
done
,
he
put
his
Handkerchief
to
his
Eyes
,
and
us'd
such
comforting
expressions
to
the
Lady
,
that
they
dissipated
her
clouds
of
Sorrows
.
Her
Eyes
shot
such
lustre
,
that
the
Moon
with
all
the
noise
of
Brass
Pots
and
Kettles
that
could
be
rung
out
fear'd
an
Eclipse
.
To
be
short
,
she
seem'd
so
well
satisfy'd
,
that
Cherestratus
tying
his
Horse
to
a
Tree
,
did
not
much
offend
her
,
in
desiring
her
to
repose
her self
on
a
neighbouring
Bank
.
They
were
no
sooner
sat
down
,
but
our
Gallant
began
before
his
Mistress
to
admire
the
works
of
Nature
in
that
pleasant
place
,
in
whose
commendations
he
insisted
so
far
,
that
soon
after
he
forc'd
her
to
yield
to
some
Arguments
he
brought
.
He
show'd
her
all
the
pretty
Sceletons
,
the
fair
Flowers
I
mean
,
that
once
were
Bodies
of
young
Men
and
Ladies
,
and
turn'd
into
that
fading
condition
for
denying
their
Admirers
some
small
Curtesie
or
other
.
He
might
have
gone
on
longer
,
for
seriously
the
place
was
so
pleasant
that
it
is
impossible
to
imagine
any
thing
beyond
it
in
natural
Bravery
.
Adonis's
Garden
,
and
whatever
Antiquity
hath
made
famous
for
Pleasures
,
could
not
reach
it
.
I
would
have
strove
for
a
little
Poetry
,
but
that
at
present
I
I
am
not
in
the
Humour
,
but
if
I
make
a
modern
Poet
of
ours
describe
it
better
then
perhaps
I
should
have
done
,
I
suppose
't
is
all
one
.
NAture
is
wanton
here
,
and
the
high
way
Seem'd
to
be
private
,
though
it
open
lay
,
As
if
some
swelling
Lawyer
for
his
health
,
Or
frantick
Vsurer
to
tame
his
wealth
,
Had
chosen
out
ten
miles
—
to
try
Two
great
effects
of
Art
and
Industry
.
The
ground
they
trod
,
was
Meadow
fertile
land
,
New
trim'd
and
levell'd
by
the
Mowers
hand
,
Above
it
grew
a
Rock
,
rude
,
steep
and
high
,
Which
claims
a
kind
of
Reverence
from
the
Eye
,
Betwixt
'em
both
there
glides
a
lovely
stream
Not
loud
but
swift
.
Meander
was
a
Theam
Crooked
and
rough
,
but
had
the
Poets
seen
Strait
and
even
(
for
I
have
forgot
the
name
)
it
had
immortal
been
,
This
side
the
open
Plain
admits
the
Sun
,
To
half
the
River
then
did
Silver
run
:
The
other
half
ran
clouds
,
where
the
curl'd
Wood
With
his
exalted
head
threatned
the
flood
,
&c.
They
had
not
been
in
this
delightful
Scene
long
,
but
Cherestratus
found
his
Lady's
mind
to
sympathize
with
the
pleasantness
of
the
place
,
which
so
reviv'd
on
a
sudden
her
drooping
Spirits
,
that
she
seem'd
so
brisk
,
airy
and
gay
,
as
gave
our
Gallant
good
hopes
that
the
thoughts
of
Hyleus
were
remov'd
,
and
that
she
had
no
small
Affection
for
him
,
who
was
now
musing
how
to
compass
the
great
design
,
for
the
obtaining
which
he
thought
nothing
more
efficacious
,
then
the
disparagement
of
Hyleus
,
his
Rival
.
Madam
,
cries
he
,
you
cannot
now
but
be
satisfied
how
noble
all
my
actions
have
been
to
you
,
far
beyond
Hyleus's
,
by
whose
unpardonable
neglect
I
have
now
the
happiness
of
seeing
my
dear
Myrtilla
.
Lovers
,
Lady
,
are
seldome
slow
when
invited
by
their
Mistresses
,
which
makes
me
confident
Hyleus
had
only
an
intent
to
abuse
and
disgrace
you
,
who
had
not
the
hours
above
sent
me
to
that
happy
Station
,
your
door
,
had
been
expos'd
to
the
censure
of
the
Neighbours
,
besides
the
Anger
you
might
have
incurr'd
from
the
old
Gentlewoman
your
Mother
.
Ungrateful
man
,
that
could
disesteem
so
great
an
obligation
!
These
words
so
wrought
upon
her
,
that
she
became
more
obliging
than
before
,
so
that
she
very
complaisantly
render'd
thanks
to
her
Lover
for
his
true
Affection
,
and
vow'd
she
would
never
have
an
esteem
for
his
Rival
,
which
was
all
the
recompence
she
could
make
him
.
No
,
Madam
,
(
reply'd
Cherestratus
)
if
I
have
deserv'd
any
thing
of
you
,
you
may
soon
think
of
a
better
way
of
rewarding
your
Lover
;
who
for
all
those
favours
he
saw
you
daily
heap
on
the
unworthy
Hyleus
,
could
not
diminish
his
Affections
to
you
,
which
must
now
be
rewarded
,
or
he
will
sacrifice
his
miserable
life
before
you
.
Then
taking
out
a
true
Bilbo
blade
,
that
had
never
kill'd
a
man
yet
,
and
therefore
wanted
seasoning
,
he
set
it
to
his
Breast
,
and
desir'd
his
Sentence
.
The
tender-hearted
Lady
that
but
just
now
desir'd
to
die
her self
could
not
endure
to
see
her
Lover
fall
a
Victim
at
her
feet
,
and
resolv'd
to
withstand
manslaughter
,
said
.
Hold
,
Sir
,
your
case
is
not
so
desperate
,
nor
I
hope
your
love
for
me
so
little
,
as
to
kill
him
I
esteem
,
thy self
I
mean
,
my
dear
Cherestratus
.
And
assure
your self
,
that
you
or
no
man
,
shall
be
the
Person
that
shall
make
me
happy
.
Our
young
Gentleman
could
not
have
desir'd
a
more
satisfactory
Answer
from
his
Lady
,
to
whom
(
putting
up
his
naked
tool
)
he
reply'd
.
Then
,
Madam
,
assure
your self
,
you
have
bestow'd
your
favours
on
one
that
will
study
to
deserve
them
,
while
the
careless
Hyleus
shall
die
with
envy
at
my
good
fortune
:
After
the
Peace
thus
concluded
between
both
parties
,
there
pass'd
many
amorous
Dialogues
,
all
which
were
begun
and
ended
with
a
sweet
Kiss
.
Myrtilla
you
must
understand
,
whether
entic'd
by
his
pretty
discourse
,
or
mov'd
with
an
equal
desire
,
seem'd
extraordinary
loving
,
so
that
Cherestratus
could
not
but
put
forward
,
had
he
been
less
modest
then
he
was
.
At
my
first
view
I
was
extreamly
amaz'd
,
for
,
but
that
I
had
seen
the
Moon
with
all
her
twinkling
Attendance
,
I
should
have
sworn
I
saw
the
Lady
Aurora
in
one
of
her
richest
Vermilion
Sutes
.
For
it
seems
something
that
Cherestratus
had
said
in
her
Ear
,
had
dy'd
her
Cheeks
with
a
Rosie
blush
.
I
expected
now
she
should
have
rattled
him
soundly
,
but
it
seems
she
was
not
so
angry
as
I
took
her
for
:
They
continued
their
Discourse
for
some
time
,
which
though
I
could
not
hear
;
I
soon
perceiv'd
it
was
no
Treason
they
spoke
;
for
soon
after
I
saw
Myrtilla
with
small
reluctancy
receive
a
Green
Gown
from
her
lusty
Lover
,
who
was
now
preparing
to
make
his
Lady
amends
to
the
utmost
of
his
power
for
her
former
Favours
.
We
will
leave
'em
in
mutual
Embraces
,
and
instead
of
an
Epithalamium
(
for
I
am
loth
to
be
idle
)
make
an
Apology
for
their
not
staying
the
Parson's
leisure
.
To
which
these
grave
Reasons
induce
them
.
First
,
Here
the
Bride-groom
is
sure
next
morning
to
have
all
his
Ribbons
upon
his
Breeches
.
Secondly
,
The
Bride
,
or
the
Woman
lay
with
,
will
not
be
at
a
loss
to
find
her
Stockings
,
which
at
Ceremonious
Weddings
are
thrown
over
her
Head
,
nor
will
her
Pins
be
lost
to
dress
her
with
.
Thirdly
,
While
they
lie
on
the
Grass
,
they
need
not
fear
cutting
the
Bed-cords
,
or
sowing
the
Sheets
together
.
Fourthly
,
There
can
be
no
Bell
under
their
Bed
,
unless
a
natural
Blew-Bell
.
Fifthly
,
The
Lady
need
not
be
put
to
the
blush
the
next
morning
by
a
company
of
her
Chronies
with
asking
her
how
she
does
,
and
how
she
likes
it
.
Sixthly
and
lastly
,
No
troublesome
crowd
of
Fidlers
betimes
in
the
morning
,
to
spoil
better
sport
with
their
miserable
scraping
.
For
these
and
some
other
Reasons
,
our
Lovers
may
deserve
your
pardon
,
which
I
question
not
but
you
will
give
them
without
petitioning
for
.
Cherestratus
now
began
to
fail
in
his
vigour
,
and
was
sounding
a
Retreat
in
a
whole
Volly
of
Kisses
,
which
she
return'd
very
willingly
,
as
being
now
conscious
of
the
Obligation
she
had
to
him
.
And
then
they
setled
themselves
for
a
gentle
Repose
,
which
they
did
in
so
sweet
a
posture
,
she
infolding
his
Neck
in
her
delicate
Arms
,
that
they
seem'd
like
Cynthia
and
her
belov'd
Endymion
,
whose
soft
Embraces
she
so
oft
courted
.
They
had
not
lain
long
thus
,
but
a
sweet
Sleep
seiz'd
them
both
,
in
which
they
dream'd
over
again
what
they
had
just
now
been
the
real
partakers
of
.
Where
we
will
leave
them
to
their
natural
Rest
,
and
return
to
Hyleus
and
his
three
Companions
,
who
just
now
unfortunately
arriv'd
at
this
Scene
of
Love
,
whither
they
were
no
sooner
arriv'd
,
but
Hyleus
spy'd
out
the
Pair
of
Lovers
in
that
loving
Condition
,
that
I
describ'd
them
in
.
Hyleus
was
enrag'd
to
see
his
Myrtilla
as
it
were
with
her
own
Consent
given
up
to
another
.
He
immediately
draws
his
Rapier
,
and
swears
most
damnably
that
he
will
be
the
death
of
Cherestratus
,
as
in
effect
he
had
,
but
that
those
who
accompany'd
him
,
having
a
kindness
for
his
happy
Rival
,
perswaded
him
to
desist
from
his
purpose
,
at
least
they
told
him
he
ought
to
stay
till
he
wak'd
,
for
then
he
might
force
him
nobly
either
to
resign
up
his
Life
,
or
his
Mistress
,
supposing
he
had
forc'd
her
against
her
Will
(
as
the
loving
posture
they
were
in
,
was
proof
enough
to
the
contrary
)
for
otherwise
,
it
was
not
worth
the
while
.
Well
,
with
much
adoe
,
Hyleus
was
at
last
perswaded
to
stay
till
he
wak'd
,
but
then
he
swore
to
be
reveng'd
on
him
.
Hereupon
for
this
purpose
lighting
off
their
Horses
,
they
all
sat
down
by
our
sleeping
Lovers
;
It
had
been
you
'l
say
,
a
great
temptation
to
his
fellow
Travellers
to
lie
by
so
handsome
a
Lady
,
but
being
weary
with
accompanying
their
Master
in
his
wilde
pursuit
,
they
thus
seem'd
with
him
rather
to
have
a
desire
to
sleep
,
than
any
thing
else
;
they
strove
indeed
a
great
while
against
the
drowsie
Distemper
,
but
Morpheus
at
last
arrested
them
,
in
the
King's
name
,
and
charg'd
them
to
keep
the
Peace
,
which
they
had
broken
with
their
loud
Jangling
.
They
had
not
been
long
under
the
Leaden
Scepter'd
Gentieman's
hands
,
but
the
two
Lovers
awak'd
very
much
troubled
to
see
any
Company
there
,
but
much
more
when
they
knew
them
to
be
Hyleus
and
his
men
.
Cherestratus
bid
his
Myrtilla
not
be
affraid
,
but
prepare
for
her
Journey
,
by
which
he
doubted
not
,
but
they
should
escape
the
Enemy
,
which
Myrtilla
as
much
now
endeavour'd
to
avoid
,
as
not
long
before
she
coveted
the
Sight
of
Hyleus
.
Cherestratus
that
had
before
learn'd
of
Myrtilla
,
that
Hyleus
had
receiv'd
a
rich
Diamond
of
her
,
which
was
to
be
worn
in
his
Hat
,
was
unwilling
to
leave
that
Token
of
his
Ladies
former
Affection
behind
him
,
wherefore
he
advanc'd
towards
Hyleus
,
and
did
without
any
difficulty
find
out
the
Jewel
by
the
extream
lustre
of
it
.
Having
got
this
,
he
and
Myrtilla
march
with
full
speed
together
towards
his
Friend's
House
,
with
whom
he
had
lodg'd
being
invited
,
the
honest
trusty
Soul
Paneutus
.
They
had
not
been
long
gone
,
but
Hyleus
and
his
men
awake
,
and
find
the
Pair
of
Lovers
gone
,
to
the
satisfaction
of
all
but
Hyleus
,
who
was
so
much
troubled
at
their
escape
,
that
they
had
much
adoe
to
keep
him
from
laying
violent
hands
on
himself
,
but
his
rage
was
very
much
encreas'd
when
he
saw
the
Jewel
was
gone
too
,
and
now
he
resolves
to
pursue
Cherestratus
,
not
as
a
Rival
only
,
but
as
a
profest
Enemy
.
The
Servants
did
all
they
could
to
pacifie
their
furious
Master
,
telling
him
he
ought
not
to
be
so
incens'd
against
Cherestratus
,
since
he
had
done
nothing
but
what
a
Lover
in
the
like
case
would
have
done
,
and
that
doubtless
it
was
not
his
fault
,
but
Myrtilla
either
by
her
free
consent
,
or
the
treachery
of
Circe
,
that
lov'd
him
her self
,
had
deliver'd
her
up
to
him
.
And
that
since
't
was
so
,
he
ought
not
to
despise
the
innocent
flames
of
pretty
Circe
,
who
excepting
her
Birth
,
seem'd
altogether
as
worthy
his
Bed
,
as
the
scornful
,
faithless
Myrtilla
.
What
though
she
sent
that
Diamond
,
yet
Circe
brought
it
,
by
whom
he
might
reckon
it
given
too
,
seeing
there
was
no
Remedy
left
,
and
there
appear'd
not
the
least
hopes
of
overtaking
the
happy
couple
.
Hyleus's
passion
was
now
pretty
well
over
,
when
he
took
Horse
for
Home
,
intending
to
follow
his
Servants
Counsel
,
and
make
poor
Circe
happy
,
who
all
this
while
was
crying
,
and
deploring
her
condition
.
As
soon
as
he
came
in
,
he
call'd
for
her
,
and
with
a
Kiss
told
her
,
his
Intention
was
to
marry
her
that
Night
,
telling
her
the
mad
Adventures
of
his
rash
Journey
.
Circe
you
may
easily
imagine
,
was
very
well
pleas'd
to
hear
her
Mistress
had
sped
so
well
,
and
that
she
was
now
to
enjoy
her
belov'd
Hyleus
.
Hyleus
immediately
sent
for
the
man
in
Black
,
and
gave
order
for
making
ready
that
very
Night
for
the
Wedding
,
which
was
done
with
all
speed
,
and
they
two
huddled
to
Bed
together
,
for
better
for
worse
,
where
I
suppose
they
had
as
much
satisfaction
of
one
another
,
as
Cherestratus
and
Myrtilla
did
before
,
besides
the
advantage
they
had
of
a
softer
Bed
.
The
next
day
early
,
Hyleus
sent
to
bespeak
the
Wedding
Dinner
five
miles
off
,
where
also
Cherestratus
with
his
Lady
were
that
day
to
be
merry
together
;
and
as
good
luck
would
have
it
,
they
were
in
the
next
Room
to
one
another
,
though
neither
Company
knew
of
it
,
till
about
Dinner
time
.
Myrtilla
hearing
Hyleus's
Voice
in
the
next
Room
,
swouned
,
Cherestratus
and
all
his
Company
wonder'd
at
the
suddeness
of
her
sickness
,
and
suspected
there
was
something
in
it
more
then
ordinary
;
and
as
soon
as
she
came
to
her self
again
,
she
told
them
the
Reason
,
viz.
That
she
heard
Hyleus
,
and
fear'd
lest
he
should
know
of
Cherestratus
,
and
there
might
some
mischief
be
done
.
They
cheer'd
her
up
,
and
told
her
there
was
no
fear
of
any
such
thing
,
especially
in
that
place
.
While
they
were
comforting
Myrtilla
,
a
Gentleman
that
was
equally
a
Friend
to
both
of
them
,
ran
to
tell
Hyleus
,
having
first
engag'd
him
to
be
civil
,
since
things
could
not
be
alter'd
.
Hyleus
was
at
first
surprized
,
but
then
one
glance
of
Circe's
dispell'd
his
anger
,
and
he
was
resolv'd
to
joyn
Companies
,
which
he
presently
did
,
to
the
satisfaction
of
both
Parties
.
Where
I
'le
leave
them
drinking
their
Ladies
Healths
,
besides
some
odd
Brushers
to
the
little
Country
Gentleman
,
or
Myrtilla's
Hans
en
Kelder
.
FINIS
.