Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-09-08

lives. ana OF LnelT simplicity Vi AAnuSAS, VIC
have the following example:-A old lady
had put the young bride up to the craft OF
obtaining her husbands official and diplo-
matick secrets" When my husband re-
turned home from council, after welcoming
him, as his custom ever was, he went, with
his hand full of papers, into his study. fol-
lowed him; he turned hastily, and said, -
" What would'st thou have, my life 2" told
him, heard the Prince had received pack
ct from the Queen, and | guessed it was
that, he had in his hand, and I desired to
know what was in it. He smilingly replied,
/" NY love, | will Immediately come to thee ;
pray thee go, for am very busy" When
he came out of his closet, revived my suit;
he kissed me, and talked of other things
At supper would eat nothing he, as usual
sat by me, and drank often to me, which was
his custom, and was full of discourse to the
company that was at table. Going to bed,
| asked again, and said could not believe
he loved me if he refused to tell me all he
knew; but he answered nothing, but stop
ped my mouth with kisses. So we went to
bed cried, and he went to sleep. Next
morning early, as his custom was, he called
to rise, but began to discourse with me first,
to which | made no reply he rose, came on
the other side Of the bed and kissed me, and
drew the curtains softly and went to court
When he came home to dinner, he present.
lv came to me, as was usual, and when had
him by the hand, said, "Thou dost not care
to see me troubled )" to which he, taking
me in his arms, answered." MY dearest
soul, nothing upon earth can affiict me like
that, and when you asked me of my bust
ness, it was wholly out Of my power to sat-
isfy thee, for my life and fortune shall be
thine, and every thought of my heart in
which the trust am in may not be reveal
ed, but my honour is my own, which can
not preserve if communicate the Princes
affairs and pray thee with this answer rest
satisfied. So great were his reason and
goodness, that it made my folly appear to
me so vile that, until the day of his death,
never thought fit to ask him any business"
Notwithstanding her gentleness, she had
great courage. At Truro, with seven or
eight servants, she valiantly defended her
house and the ship in which she was 60
ing to Spain being attacked" This beast,
the Captain had locked me up in the cabin.
knocked and called long to no purpose,
until at length the cabin boy came and open
ed the door. |, all in tears, desired him to
be so good as to give me his blue thrum-cap
he wore, and his tarred coat, which he did,
and | gave him half-a-crown, and putting
them on, and flinging away my night clothes,
| crept up softly, and stood upon the deck by
my husbands side, as free from sickness
and fear as, confess from discretion; but
it was the effect of that passion which
could never master" The alterations of
splendour and misery in the Civil Wars
were frequent. Attending the court of
Charles, at Oxford-"we came to bakers
house III an obscure street and from rooms
well furnished, to lie in very bad bed in a
garret; to one dish of meat, and that not
the best; no money, for we were as poor as
lob, nor clothes. AS soon as they got well
off. some mutineers g broke open one of our
trunks, and took out bag of sixty pounds,
and my gold lace, with our best clothes and
linen, with all my combs, gloves, and rib
bands, amounting to near three hundred
pounds more. The next day, after having
been pillaged, and extremely sick, and big
with child, was set on shore, almost dead.
in the island of Sicily" When took my
leave (of Charles the First,) l could not re-
frain weeping when he had saluted me, l
prayed God to preserve his Majesty. He
stroked me on the cheek, and" Child, if
God pleaseth, it shall be so, but you and |
must submit to Gods will and you know
in what hands | am in; then turning to my
husband, he said-"Be sure, Dick, to tell
my son all have said, and deliver those
letters to my wife. Pray God bless her; l
hope shall do WE'LL" and taking him in his
arms, said, "Thou hast ever been an honest
man, and hope God will bless thee, and
make thee happy servant tony son, whom
! have charged in my letter to continue his
love and trust to you." There are many ex-
cellent stories of superstition characterize
lex of the times, and told with most laugh
able simplicity. In Ireland. she sees red
haired Irish ghost at night.-"I was so
much frightened that my hair stood an end,
and my night-clothes fell off, pulled and
pinched your father, who never awoke dur
ing the disorder | was in, but at last was
much surprised to see me in this fright. Mel
ther of US slept any more that night; but he
entertained me with telling me how much
more these apparitions were usual in this
country than in England" In Spain, there
is miraculous gate.-"I laid my head to
the key hole, and heard noise like the
clashing of arms, but could not distinguish
other shrill noises heard with that, but ira
dition says it could never be opened since
the Moors left it, notwithstanding several
persons had endeavoured to wrench it open.
but that they persisted in the attempt. The
truth of this | can say no more to, but that
there is such gate, and have seen it,
At Lisbon" the last year, there was girl
of fourteen years of age burnt for Jew
She was taken from her mother as soon as
she was born in prison, her mother being
condemned, and brought up in the Esperan-
"a; although she never heard, as they did
to me affirm, what Jew was, she did daily
scratch and whip the crucifxes, and run
pins into them in private, and when discov-
cred, confessed it, and said she would never
adore that God" The work contains the
richest fund of entertainment, and readers
of taste will enjoy its peculiarly of charac-
ter.-London NeD Monthly Magazine.
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