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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Notorious Impostor and Diego Redivivus, by 
+Elkanah Settle
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+Title: The Notorious Impostor and Diego Redivivus
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+Author: Elkanah Settle
+
+Editor: Spiro Peterson
+
+Release Date: September 23, 2011 [EBook #37517]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR, DIEGO REDIVIVUS ***
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+THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+
+
+ELKANAH SETTLE
+THE NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR
+(1692)
+
+DIEGO REDIVIVUS
+(1692)
+
+
+Introduction by
+Spiro Peterson
+
+
+Publication Number 68
+
+
+Los Angeles
+William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
+University of California
+
+
+
+
+GENERAL EDITORS
+
+  RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_
+  RALPH COHEN, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+  VINTON A. DEARING, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+  LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+ASSISTANT EDITOR
+
+  W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_
+
+
+ADVISORY EDITORS
+
+  EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_
+  BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_
+  LOUIS BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_
+  JOHN BUTT, KING'S COLLEGE, _University of Durham_
+  JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_
+  ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_
+  LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_
+  SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_
+  ERNEST C. MOSSNER, _University of Texas_
+  JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_
+  H. T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_
+
+
+CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
+
+  EDNA C. DAVIS, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+The great English novel of the eighteenth century was developed out of
+the long established traditions in the essay, letter, religious
+treatise, biography and personal memoir. Although this influence has
+been generally acknowledged, the critical investigation of its exact
+nature has often been hampered by the lack of readily available texts.
+Especially is this true of the criminal biographies written in the late
+seventeenth century. The reprinting of Elkanah Settle's _The Notorious
+Impostor_ (Part One) and the anonymous _Diego Redivivus_ is thus
+justified as providing the means for the further study of the early
+fiction-writer's techniques. Published In 1692, the two pamphlets
+belong to a group of five closely-related narratives dealing with a
+real criminal named William Morrell. In the probable order of their
+publication, these were _Diego Redivivus_, _The Notorious Impostor_
+(Part One), _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_, "_William
+Morrell's_ Epitaph" in _The Gentleman's Journal_, and _The Compleat
+Memoirs of the Life of that Notorious Impostor Will. Morrell_. The
+different accounts forcefully demonstrate how criminal fiction allied
+itself with both biography and the picaresque. In addition, _The
+Notorious Impostor_ serves as a representative work by Elkanah Settle
+whose criminal biographies have never received the attention they
+deserve.[1]
+
+The combination of fact and fiction in the William Morrell narratives
+had been tried earlier in Settle's first known criminal biography, _The
+Life and Death of Major Clancie, the Grandest Cheat of this Age_
+(1680). Like Bunyan's _Mr. Badman_, advertised in the same issue of
+_The Term Catalogues_ (I, 382), _Major Clancie_ purports to narrate
+"Real matter of Fact." Thus, in the background, significant historical
+events, from the Irish Rebellion to the Great Fire, are being enacted.
+Important English worthies--Lord Ormonde, Bishop Compton, Charles
+II--become entangled in the villainies of the Major, an actual Irish
+criminal. None of this historical backdrop is to be found, however, in
+_The Notorious Impostor_; and the characters here, although Sir William
+Walters and Humphrey Wickham were well-known local personages, are not
+historically eminent. The picaresque in _Major Clancie_, too, is more
+readily identifiable than in _The Notorious Impostor_. For, contrary to
+its stated aim, the biography of Clancie is more fiction than fact.
+Anthony Wood, noting the fictional elaborations, remarked: "Several
+stories in this book which belong to other persons are fathered on the
+said major; who, as I remember, was in Oxon in the plague year 1665
+when the king and the queen kept their respective courts there."[2]
+Wood then contributes a few of his own pungent stories about the Major,
+which have no counterparts in Settle's narrative. Where the two writers
+provide parallel accounts, the "fiction" appears to be based on a
+substratum of truth surviving in anecdotes. Settle's verisimilitude had
+an effect upon Theophilus Lucas's _Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and
+Comical Adventures of the Most Famous Gamesters and Celebrated
+Sharpers_ (1714), which begins with a condensed version of _The Life
+and Death of Major Clancie_.[3] Lucas presents his account as if it
+were a true memoir.
+
+
+_The Notorious Impostor_ was to experience a similar acceptance as a
+memoir. All modern biographical accounts of its villain-hero, William
+Morrell,[4] are based on the two separate parts of _The Notorious
+Impostor_ or _The Compleat Memoirs_. On January 3, 1692, he had died, a
+criminal at large; and the strange circumstances of his death became
+the talk of London. While the event was still a sensation, the
+bookseller Abel Roper rushed his "last will and testament" lives into
+print. The first to appear was _Diego Redivivus_, reprinted here from
+the rare copy at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Evidence
+for the publication of _Diego Redivivus_ before _The Notorious
+Impostor_ is fairly conclusive. _The Registers of the Worshipful
+Company of Stationers_ (III, 397) enters _Diego Redivivus_, on behalf
+of Abel Roper, for January 12, 1692, and _The Term Catalogues_ (II,
+392) advertises _The Notorious Impostor_ in the quarterly issue
+published in February, but Anthony Wood (III, 384) states that he
+bought his copy of the latter "in the beginning of March." A comparison
+of the two texts, moreover, supports this order of the publication.
+
+Events in _Diego Redivivus_, as in a news story, have greater
+immediacy. Morrell's death, the title asserts, took place the third
+of "this instant January." The specific detail of _Diego_ (p. 2:
+"about a fortnight before _Christmas_") is paralleled by the general
+statement of _The Notorious Impostor_ (p. 30: "Some few days before
+_Christmas_"). Although its title-page promises a "Full Relation" of
+Morrell's cheats, _Diego Redivivus_ presents only the final "will"
+episode, whereas _The Notorious Impostor_ ranges over the whole
+criminal career. Both narratives have in common the long will and
+codicil, except that _The Notorious Impostor_ (p. 34) drastically
+shortens the Latin passage which, in _Diego Redivivus_ (p. 10),
+states that the will had been probated. Even more conclusive evidence
+may be found in comparing the dates of the final events in the two
+accounts. _Diego Redivivus_, licensed on January 12, stops short with
+the humble burial of Morrell on January 13. Considerably later,
+certainly, must be the occurrence described in the Postscript of _The
+Notorious Impostor_: the nurse's and assistants' recollection that
+Morrell was laughing to himself in his last grim cheating of the
+world.
+
+Part One of _The Notorious Impostor_, as the sequel informs us, met
+with a "general Reception." Advertised in the February issue of _The
+Term Catalogues_, also, was a separate continuation. Interest in the
+impostor did not diminish during February. "The Death of _William
+Morrell_," complained _The Gentleman's Journal_ of this month, "hath
+made too much Noise not to have reach'd you before this.... Had not his
+Will and Life been printed, I would have given you a large Account of
+both." The anonymous writer refers here, perhaps, to _Diego Redivivus_
+("Will") and _The Notorious Impostor_ ("Life") in the order of their
+publication. He then ironically lauds, in the verses of "_William
+Morrell's_ Epitaph," the great skill of the impostor ("Columbus-like I
+a new World descry'd, / Of Roguery before untry'd").
+
+Elkanah Settle's two parts of _The Notorious Impostor_ were finally
+published together in 1694 as _The Compleat Memoirs of the Life of that
+Notorious Impostor Will. Morrell, alias Bowyer, alias Wickham, &c._ ...
+under the imprint of Abel Roper and E. Wilkinson. So extensive are the
+re-arrangements of the episodes taken from Parts One and Two that _The
+Compleat Memoirs_ may be regarded as a fifth, very different narrative.
+All the apologies for not resorting to "romance" are now dropped, and
+the humorous dedication is replaced by a direct appeal to Gabriel
+Balam, signed "E. Settle." _The Compleat Memoirs_ then reworks the
+texts of the two Parts into a smooth, chronologically consistent
+narrative.[5] Even more important in designating _The Compleat Memoirs_
+as "new" are the "Considerable Additions never before Published"
+announced by the title-page. After using the incidents from _The Second
+Part of the Notorious Impostor_, Settle then adds: "Since the first
+Publication of our fore-going History of our Grand Guzman, we have
+receiv'd some Comical Adventures, worth inserting in his Memoirs, which
+though they now bring up the Rear of his Chronicle, however, they were
+the first of all his Wedlock Feats...." In the totally new adventures
+that end _The Compleat Memoirs_ (pp. 72-88), the cynical tone and
+raciness of the picaresque become even more dominant than in the
+earlier separate narratives.[6]
+
+
+The importance of the Morrell narratives in the development of English
+fiction lies mainly in their deft combinations of the real and the
+picaresque and in their conscious effort to unify the action, draw out
+the humour, or handle realistic talk and setting. But the narratives
+also look backward to an older type, the picaresque. William Morrell
+makes his printed appearance as the new picaro. The title _Diego
+Redivivus_ (i.e. James Revived) had overtones of the sensationally
+picaresque. The witty pseudonym "Don Diego Puede-Ser" had been used by
+James Mabbe in his translation (1623) of Aleman's _Vita del Picaro
+Guzman_;[7] and more recent in English memories were the exploits of
+James Hind, the English Rogue. In the Dedication, _The Notorious
+Impostor_ describes itself as "_the Life of our English_ Guzman" and
+later promises to "paint our new _Guzman_ in some of his boldest and
+fairest Colours." But the picaresque traditions have shaded into one
+another. For Morrell is not simply the new Guzman; he is also Hudibras
+and, in _The Second Part_, Don Quixote.
+
+Still another reason for the importance of the Morrell narratives is
+their consciousness of fictional techniques and theory. In _Diego
+Redivivus_, for example, the final deception is meticulously developed
+with closely-woven incidents which do not appear elsewhere. The motives
+of the characters, too, are sharply defined; and the action is unified
+by the two references to oath-taking (pp. 2-3). The anonymous author,
+at the outset, stresses the value of "the Particulars ... no
+disacceptable Entertainment" (p. 1). Aware of theory, he specifies that
+Morrell created "some Romantick narrative" to explain his poverty (p.
+4). In fictional technique, Elkanah Settle approaches a unified theme
+especially in _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_ and the
+"Comical Adventures" of _The Compleat Memoirs_ where the incidents are
+mainly of one kind--matrimonial. Theorizing appears, too, in Part One
+somewhat in the manner of Daniel Defoe: "we dare not venture to play
+the Historian any farther than certain Intelligence (which yet we have
+not received) can guide us, being resolved not to load our Rambles with
+Romance or Fiction, his Life being furnisht with matter sufficiently
+voluminous without the addition of Flourish or Fancy" (p. 27). This may
+be Settle's pointed reference to the "fiction" of _Diego Redivivus_.[8]
+He maintains, also, that he had to delay for a fortnight the
+publication of _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_ in order to
+be certain of its authenticity.
+
+Finally, the importance of the Morrell narratives may be seen in terms
+of the realistic fiction that was to achieve fulfillment in the
+eighteenth-century novel. The clear presence of fictional elaboration,
+in _The Notorious Impostor_, caught the attention of both Frank
+Wadleigh Chandler and Ernest Bernbaum.[9] Elkanah Settle thus rightly
+belongs with writers, like Francis Kirkman, who masked fiction as the
+truth. Historians of the novel, moreover, attach significance to _The
+Notorious Impostor_ in its resemblance to the novels of Defoe, Mrs.
+Heywood, and Smollett. Only the claim of influence on Smollett's
+_Ferdinand Count Fatham_ has been investigated to any extent. In a full
+analysis of Smollett's novel, Chandler's strong statement will have to
+be taken into account: "The resemblance, indeed, between the two
+anti-heroes and the terms in which the accounts of their cheating are
+couched is so strong as to suggest actual borrowing on the part of
+Smollett."[10]
+
+    Spiro Peterson
+
+    Miami University
+    Oxford, Ohio
+
+
+    Since writing the above, I have been informed by G. F. Osborn,
+    archivist of the City of Westminster Public Libraries, that the
+    registers of St. Clement Danes, in his keeping, have the following
+    entry under 12 January 169-1/2: "William Morrell alias Bowier a man
+    bur[ied] poor."
+
+
+
+
+Notes to the Introduction
+
+
+ [1] See F. C. Brown, _Elkanah Settle: His Life and Works_ (1910), pp.
+22, 29, 127.
+
+ [2] _The Life and Times of Anthony Wood_, ed. Andrew Clark (1892), II,
+48-49.
+
+ [3] _Games and Gamesters of the Restoration_, ed. Cyril Hughes
+Hartmann (The English Library, 1930), pp. 123-137.
+
+ [4] E.g. Alfred Beasley's in _The History of Banbury_ (1841), pp.
+448-492, and G. T. Crook's in _The Complete Newgate Calendar_ (1926),
+pp. 117-124.
+
+ [5] The text of _The Compleat Memoirs_ is indeed a composite.
+Paragraph one of p. 1 unites a paragraph from p. 1 of Part One and a
+paragraph from pp. 34-35 of Part Two; pp. 1-27 are the same as pp.
+5-27 of Part One; pp. 27-46: pp. 2-21 of Part Two; pp. 46-50: pp.
+27-29 of Part One; pp. 50-57: pp. 22-29 of Part Two; pp. 57-65: pp.
+30-36 of Part One; pp. 66-71: pp. 29-36 of Part Two.
+
+ [6] _The Post Boy_ advertised _The Compleat Memoirs_ from February 17
+to April 23, 1698. See also W. Carew Hazlitt (_Bibliographical
+Collections_, Third Series, p. 229) for a description of a copy dated
+1699.
+
+ [7] Morrell's last impersonation involving the fake will resembles
+Pantalon's "last Will and Testament" jest in Mabbe's _The Rogue or The
+Life of Guzman de Alfarache_ (The Tudor Translations, 1924), II,
+184-186.
+
+ [8] Settle's authorship of _The Notorious Impostor_ is confirmed by
+his name appended to the Dedication of _The Compleat Memoirs_.
+Although _Diego Redivivus_ occasionally resembles _The Notorious
+Impostor_, it need not necessarily be Settle's work. The similar style
+and the identical documentation (e.g. the will) may be due to Settle's
+direct use of the earlier narrative. None of its minutely-drawn
+description, curiously, is perpetuated in _The Compleat Memoirs_. The
+authorship of _Diego Redivivus_ remains an unsettled question.
+
+ [9] _The Literature of Roguery_ (1907), I, 153: _The Mary Carleton
+Narratives_ (1914), p. 6.
+
+[10] I, 153. Ernest A. Baker makes a similar statement (_The History of
+the English Novel_ [1937], III, 46). With respect to the influence of
+_The Notorious Impostor_ on Mrs. Eliza Haywood, he should have cited
+_Miss Betsy Thoughtless_ (1751)--the very book praised by Captain
+Minikin as "worth reading" in _Ferdinand Count Fathom_ (Chap. XXXIX).
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+Notorious Impostor,
+
+Or the History of the LIFE of
+
+William Morrell,
+
+ALIAS
+
+BOWYER,
+
+Sometime of _Banbury_, Chirurgeon.
+
+Who lately personated _Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swackly_, in the County of
+_Oxon_, Esquire, at a Bakers House in the _Strand_, where he Died the
+third of _Jan. 169-1/2_
+
+Together
+
+With an Authentick Copy of his Will, taken out of the _Prerogative
+Court_, and the manner of his Funeral in St. _Clements_ Church-yard.
+
+_LONDON_,
+Printed for _Abel Roper_ at the _Mytre_ near _Temple-Bar_, 1692.
+
+
+
+
+TO THE
+
+Honourable Capt. _Humph. Wickham_.
+
+
+SIR,
+
+_When this following 'Paper makes thus bold to be your Addressor, the
+only Encouragement for the Presumption is, that your borrow'd Name has
+fill'd up so large a Sheet in our History, as justly entitles You to
+this Presentation. And truly as a considerable part of it has already
+furnisht you with no small Jest at your Laughing Hours, we hope the
+Life of our English_ Guzman, _your late Adopted Name-sake, will be no
+undiverting Entertainment. His Life, 'tis true, has been little else
+than a continued Scene of Masquerade; and if to finish his last Act, he
+had occasion of borrowing a Face and Character of Quality and
+consequently fixt upon Captain_ Wickham; _alas, you must consider he
+wanted Worth and Honour, and can you blame him for looking for 'em
+where they were to be found? You stood fair for him, and the World,
+however, it may censure his Impudence, at least it cannot but commend
+his Choice. And the Reason (if you have any) to complain, is, that
+whereas the World is but a Stage, and_ Life _but a Play, and Captain_
+Wickham _was only personated to Cheat a poor Baker of a Fortnights
+Lodging and Bread. 'Tis pity your Name, that much better deserved, was
+only drawn in to the filling up of a Farce. But, as great a Thief as he
+was to steal a Title of Honour, whatever hard Charge the poor suffering
+Baker has against him, yet considering how little you have lost by him,
+we hope your excusing Goodness will not load him higher than Petty
+Larceny. And truly if he can feel it in his Grave, he has sufficiently
+felt the Lash for it. His Last Will and Testament, I confess, has very
+bountifully cantoned out your Estate; all the sorrow is, that the
+Gaping Executors, and the rest of the Inheritors, have no shorter a
+Walk than into_ Fairy-Land _to receive their Legacies; a longer
+Journey, 'tis to be feared, than either the Bright Bay, or Dappled
+Grey, will ever be able to carry 'em._
+
+_And now to do our last Office,_ viz. _to speak a good word of the Dead
+(for truly he had no Funeral Sermon to do it) they may talk of
+Monuments and Epitaphs for preserving of Memories; but our_ quondam
+_Operator of_ Banbury, _tho' with plainer Funeral Ceremonies, has taken
+care for a lasting Renown, when much finer Dust under Statues and
+Marble shall sleep forgotten: And whereas there are famous Examples of
+old, that have perpetuated their Names at no less price than the
+burning of Temples, his better Husbandry, to his Glory be it recorded,
+has purchased Immortality much cheaper; where we'll leave him, and beg
+your Pardon for this Boldness_
+
+_Of_
+
+Your unknown Humble Servant.
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+Notorious Impostor:
+
+OR THE
+
+HISTORY
+
+OF THE
+
+LIFE
+
+OF
+
+_William Morrell_ alias _Bowyer_, &c.
+
+
+This Famous Rover, from the Multitude of his Titles, to begin with his
+right Name _William Morrell_, was by Profession a Chyrurgion, and more
+than twenty Years ago, for many Years together, a Practitioner of good
+Credit in _Banbury_, where his Industry honestly got him, by his
+Practice, near two Hundred a Year, with which he maintained himself,
+his Wife and Family very handsomely, till about eighteen Years ago
+he began to be very Lazy, and much addicted to hanker after the
+Conversation of the Gentry thereabouts; and being a Person very
+Facetious, and his Company not disacceptable, he screwed himself into
+the Society of the best Quality round about, and would be a Month or
+two a Guest at several Great Mens Houses; more particularly he some
+time since insinuated himself into the Favor of a Worthy Gentleman
+near _Banbury_, viz. _Humphry Wickham_ of _Swakely_ Esq; whose Person
+and Character he pretended to represent, and in which Imposture he
+made his last _Exit_.
+
+But to begin our History in order; From his Conversing with Gentlemen
+and Herding with Quality, Business began to fall off: His many Rambles
+from home, soon made his Practice flag; when the Glass and the Bottle
+came into play, the Salvatory and Playster-box went out. And his
+Patients could not well stay for the Setting of a Broken Limb, or
+Tenting a Green Wound, till our _Esculapius_ was to be called, the
+Lord knows where, and found the Devil knows when. This Trade
+continuing, the other fell to decay, till at last Poverty began to
+peep in at his Window, and Duns to hover about his Door. In these
+little Exigencies and Necessities (for the Gentleman's Tables abroad
+would not fill the Bellies at home, nor would Hunting or Hawking pay
+Landlords Rent) his Wants put him upon Shifts and Artifices for his
+Subsistence; and what with a Natural Wit and a pretty large Talent of
+Confidence, the pressing Hand of Fortune threw him upon several Tricks
+and Frauds to hold his Head above-board. But not to trouble you with
+any of his lesser Diminutive Exploits, the Infancy and Nonage of his
+Activity, we do not think fit to treat you with these pettier
+Adventures, but e'en set out in one of his noblest Atchievements, and
+paint our new _German_ in some of his boldest and fairest Colours.
+
+Accordingly he Equips himself with a Sturdy Young Country Fellow, a
+_Ralpho_ to our _Hudibras_, and takes a Knight-Errantry one day to a
+Fair at _Brayls_ in _Warwickshire_, his Habit between a Grazier and a
+plain Country Gentleman; where Santering about with his Man _Tom_ (for
+so his Squire was titled) at last spying a Knot of good likely Kine
+(near a Score of them). _Ah Master_, says Tom, _what a parcel of brave
+Cattle are these_. _Ay_ Tom, replies the Master, _I am sorry I saw
+them no sooner; these would do my Business to a T; but as the Devil
+and ill Luck would have it, I have laid out my whole Stock already,
+and so I'll e'en set my Heart at Rest_. The Country Fellow, the Owner
+of the Cattle, seeing a Gentleman of his honest Appearance surveying
+his Beasts, and hearing every word that pass'd between the Man and
+Master (for they took care to talk loud enough to be heard) thought he
+had got a good Chapman, and desired the Gentleman to draw nearer and
+handle the Cattle. _Handle_, answers _Tom, what for?_ _You know, Sir,
+you have laid out all your Money already, and what should we handle
+Cattle unless we had Cole to buy 'em. I confess they are for your Turn
+above any I have zeen in the whole Vair, but that's nothing, the Money
+Master the Money._ _The Money_, replies the Country-man, _Troth
+that shall make no Difference, nor break Squares between us; if you
+and I can agree, the Cattle are at your Service: I suppose you are
+some honest Gentleman hereabouts, and the Money will do my work next
+Market-day. Pray what may I call your Name? My Name is_ Walters,
+replies our Cattle-Merchant, _Walters, Master_, answers our
+Country-man, _What any Relation to his Worship the Noble Sir_ William
+Walters? _Ay, Friend, a small Relation, a Brother of his. A Brother of
+Sir_ William_'s_! Off goes the Country-man's Bonnet at the next word,
+and a long Scrape made; for no Respect was too great for a Brother to
+a Person of such eminent Quality. _My Cattle, Noble Squire, Ay with
+all my Heart._ In short after much ado to make the Country-man be
+covered before him, he fell to treat about the Price of the Cattle, in
+which he bargained so warily, that they had almost parted for a single
+Shilling in a Dispute between them. But at last the Bargain and Sale
+concluded, _Tom_ is commanded to drive home the Cattle, the Money to
+be paid next Market-day, and the Country-man has the Honor to drink a
+Pot at parting with his Worshipful Chapman our Sir _William_'s
+Brother: This Feat performed, he takes a walk round the Fair, and
+picks up a pretty Country Girl, a Mason's Daughter, at a small Town
+about four Miles off, and gives her the common Country Civility of a
+Fair, _viz._ a Glass of White-wine and Sugar. During this
+Entertainment of our young Damsel, he is most desperately smitten with
+her Beauty, insomuch that our _Inamorato_ must wait upon her home to
+her Father's House, nothing but Death and Despair attending if he
+cannot have that extraordinary Happiness. The Girl who by this time
+had learnt his Name and Quality, was not a little confounded at the
+pressing Importunities of a Person of his Worth to a poor Girl of her
+little Capacity, and notwithstanding her modest Refusals, felt a
+secret Pride from so kind an offer, and at last accepted of his
+Service home. No sooner was she got safe handed home, and Mother and
+Daddy, were privately whispered what Honor they received from such a
+Visitant; the best the House could afford was not good enough for him:
+after the courser Compliments of [_Lord, Sir, such a Person of Quality
+under our poor Roof_] and the like; the best welcome that could be
+made him was not wanting: Nay, for what was deficient at home, the
+whole Neighborhood was Ransakt to lend help toward the Accommodation.
+Our new Lover not to baulk a good Cause, openly Professes no less than
+honourable Matrimonial Affection to his dear Conqueror. Estate he
+wants none; and Portion or Quality are below his Consideration, the
+Satisfaction of Love is the only thing in the World he resolves to
+gratifie.
+
+The Father and Mother are much astonish'd at such an Addressor to
+their Daughter, nor is the Daughter her self a little surprized at it,
+though of the two her Wonder is the least; for her Sexes natural
+Frailty was so apt to make her think it the pure Effect of her own
+sweet Face, that the power of her Charms, and the Quality of her
+Captive was not altogether (she fancied) so extraordinary an
+Adventure. In fine, Our passionate Admirer pushes on his suit with all
+the Vigour and Application imaginable, and truly you may well conceive
+so weak a Resistance could not well hold out long against so Puissant
+an Assailer: The Siege is press'd home, and in three short days the
+white Flag is hung out, a Parly beat, Articles concluded, and the Fort
+surrendered. Our Damsel, in short, commits Matrimony; and the whole
+Family is not a little Transported at such a Noble Alliance. Thus
+Wedded and Bedded, Our new Couple are all Honey and Sweetness, and
+though Sir _William Walter_'s House was not above a dozen Miles from
+thence, his Adopted Brother all safe and secure, sleeps in the soft
+Arms of his young Bride with all the Rapture of Pleasure and Delight.
+After three Revelling days were spent in Feasting and Joy, the
+Father-in-Law and himself enter in a close Cabinet Consult about
+providing for Family and Settlement. He tells the Old Man, that truly
+his Brother the Knight will undoubtedly take no little Dudgeon at this
+Match, not that he cares a Farthing for't. He has Married the only
+Creature of the World he can Love, and he is resolved to Cherish her
+accordingly. But however, to manage Affairs with Discretion, he thinks
+it his best Prudence and Policy, to get his Trunks and the Writings of
+his Estate safe out of his Brother's Hands, before he publishes the
+Marriage. And for that purpose he has no better way than for his
+Father-in-Law to help him to a small Cart and a couple of able Horses,
+and to drive to his Brothers, and take up his Trunks, _&c._ And
+considering he had laid out all his ready Money in Cattle at _Brayle_
+Fair, he desired the favour of him to furnish him with Ten Pounds,
+that he might not be unprovided with a little of the Ready about him,
+in case of any Rupture between his Brother and himself, till he could
+furnish himself better amongst his Tenants.
+
+The Old Man very readily embraced this reasonable proposition, and
+though truly the Summ of Ten Pounds was above his Stock, nevertheless
+living in Repute amongst his Neighbors, through great Solicitation,
+some forty and some thirty Shillings, and such like Summs, with much
+ado he raises the Ten Pounds desired; and more and above he procures
+two very Able Horses and a Cart to bring away the Treasure aforesaid,
+_&c._
+
+By this time his Man _Tom_ having Sold the Cattle, is come to wish his
+Noble Master Joy of his fair Bride, and so the Master and _Tom_
+attended by a Brother of his Bride, an Honest Country Swain, who
+though so highly honoured with this new Affinity, is at present
+planted in no higher a Post than to be a Mate with his Man _Tom_ to
+drive the Cart, set forwards, _&c._
+
+The Brother-in-Law, Cheek by Jowl, with the fore-Horse of his small
+Team, drives on very merrily for about Nine of the Twelve Miles to Sir
+_William_'s, entertaining his Worshipful Relation with the very best
+Tune he could Whistle all the way they travell'd.
+
+But now within Three Miles of home, our politick Bridegroom thinks it
+advisable, that one of his Carters, the Brother, should make a Halt at
+an Alehouse where they stopp'd, and the whole Manage of the Cart and
+Horses be intrusted with _Tom_, for fear the sight of a Stranger to
+come to take up Goods at his Brother's might give occasion of
+Curiosity and Inquiry, whereas _Tom_, an old Servant in the Family,
+with less Suspision and Inspection might do it.
+
+These strong Reasons (or indeed weaker would have served turn) were
+satisfactory enough, and so the Gentleman Equipping his Brother
+_Clodpate_ with a _George_ to stay and Drink till they returned, the
+Master and Man fairly drive on, for the remaining three Miles to bring
+off the Bag and Baggage, _&c._
+
+The Potent Summ of a whole Half Crown to be laid out in Ale, set in our
+Country Youth to a hearty Carouse with the kind Hostess of the House,
+where the Esquires Health was over and over remembred, not forgetting
+the Great Man at the Great House about Three Miles off; where, as
+simple a Country Fellow as he was, he expected one day to be better
+acquainted.
+
+But to draw this Adventure towards a Conclusion, our waiting Carter
+long expecting the return of the Brother, the Palfries and the Cargo,
+notwithstanding the Strength of powerful Ale, and his Sweet Land-Ladies
+diverting Company, began at last to be Impatient; sometimes he fancied
+the Loading was too heavy for the Poor Beasts, and he thought it his
+best way to walk out and see if he could meet them: But all Inquiry was
+in vain, Night at last drew on, and the best part of his Half-crown
+melted down; at last, though very Uneasie and Restless, he is perswaded
+by his kind Hostess to take a hard Nap till Morning. The Cock was not
+so soon awake as he, for to tell Truth, he ne're slept at all, though
+indeed he dreamt all Night, for he could not think less, than that some
+Retainers of the Family had undoubtedly followed the Cart, and Murder'd
+the Squire to run away with the Treasure, and what his poor Sister
+would suffer to be a Widow so early, was little less than a mortal
+Apprehension. Thereupon very betimes in the morning he pads to Sir
+_William_'s, and very earnestly enquires, what was become of the
+Squire, the Knights Brother. Sir _William_'s Brother, _reply'd the
+Servants_, we know none he has; 'tis true, he had one some years beyond
+Sea, but whether dead or alive, is more than any Man upon _English_
+Ground (_God wott_) can tell. How! no Brother-in-law Squire! No Sir
+_William_'s Family! No Sister like to be a Lady, nor Brother a
+Gentleman! nor no Horses nor Cart neither! This staggering Account, put
+him into so doleful a Dumps, that he stood almost Thunderstruck. And
+truly the twelve Miles home agen, was so tedious a Journey, and the
+lamentable Narrative he must make 'em at home, so killing a Fancy, that
+it was a great Mercy he did not make a stay upon some convenient Twig
+in some Hedge in the Road, rather than live to be the Messenger of such
+a woful, sad Tale--But ill News at last must out. The Bird and the
+Beasts were all flown; the poor Bride sweetly brought to Bed, a Cart
+and two Horses to pay for, a Son-in-law to find when the Devil was
+blind, the Daughters sweet play thing lost, the Father and Mother dipt
+ten whole pounds in Chalk, and the whole Family under the suffering of
+a whole Chamberpot full of waylings and Tears for their Calamities and
+Misfortunes.
+
+But to return to our Rover: By the sale of Cart and Team, ten pound in
+Cole the last lump, and the price of his Kine the other, his Pockets
+were pretty well lined; and considering this spot might soon grow too
+hot for him, he thinks it wisest to shift the Scene, and thereupon
+dismissing, for some time, his Man _Tom_, who had pretty well lick'd
+his Fingers in so profitable a Service, our Grasier now transmogrifies
+into a Spark, and very sprucely rigg'd, takes a ramble Westward, where
+meeting with no Adventure worth recital, in some small time he gets to
+_Ludlow_. There taking up the first Night at an Inn, his Garb (though
+unattended by Servants) soon made him good Reception; his first enquiry
+was to learn out the Eminentest People in the Town, of which being
+readily inform'd by the Drawers; he learnt, amongst other Relations,
+that there was a Substantial Wealthy Tradesman, had two pretty
+Marriageable Daughters: Being directed to the House, he addresses to
+the Father, telling him he was a _Barkshire_ Gentleman, and intending
+to make some small abode in _Ludlow_, he did not think fit to continue
+in a Publick House, but would gladly gain admission to some private
+Family. The Tradesman (whose name we will not mention) being a Widower,
+and taken with the manner of his Discourse, kindly invited him to his
+own House, which our Travelling Gallant as kindly embracing,
+Accommodation was made, and he was lodged that very Night at this
+private Landlords.
+
+His entrance here gave him the opportunity of daily conversing with no
+mean wit and charms in the two sweet Daughters of the Family; and our
+Gallant, very apt to take fire at but a small matter of Beauty,
+especially with a Portion at the Tail of it, felt no little wamblings
+at the extraordinary accomplishments of the elder, somewhat the sweeter
+Creature. But this new Adventure was not an enterprise so easie as the
+last; this Sire of some fashion, was so far above the Education and
+Extract of his former Father-in-Law, a Man of Mortar and Trowel; and
+his Daughters of a reach and understanding so much beyond the others
+humbler capacity; that measures must be quite alter'd here from those
+that he took before. Accordingly now his discourse was always upon
+Foreign subjects, himself and his own affairs the least part of his
+talk; and if any inquisitive question, either by Father or Daughters
+were made relating to his Family or Concerns, he answered with that
+Modesty, and almost silence to all demands of that kind, that he left
+their curiosity still in the dark; and which indeed was so much a
+heightning to the favourable imaginations they had conceived of him;
+that they doubted not in the least, but he was of eminent Quality; and
+what any boasting Vanity would have made 'em rather suspect, his
+Modesty on the contrary confirm'd. 'Twas some few days before they
+inquired his name, for which he had ready at his Tongue's end, the
+name of a very great Family in _Barkshire_; but not descending to
+particulars, the remoteness of the place did not gain 'em much
+intelligence of his Quality from only the bare name. All this while, at
+some little distance, he dropt a great many complaisant words to the
+elder Sister, which look'd very much like Love, and which he indeed
+desired should be so interpreted. In this Conversation, now of a
+Fortnights continuance, he had rendred himself so acceptable to the
+whole Family, that a great many favourable thoughts on all sides
+inclined towards him. The Address to the Daughter, at last looked a
+little more plain and barefac'd, and at that time a Fair happening at
+_Ludlow_, where he had been diverting himself with seeing of Fashions,
+he came home in much Concern, and some kind of Passion, much greater
+than hitherto they had at any time seen from him. "Certainly there is
+no place in the world (_says he passionately_) so retir'd, but some
+Devil or other will still find out and haunt me." The odness of this
+expression invited the elder Sister to ask him what he meant. "Why
+truly, Madam, (_he replied_) I have been hunted from three or four
+Towns already, for in spight of all my resolutions of living
+_incognito_, some unlucky Person or other comes full in my mouth, and
+will betray me in spight of my Soul." This answer did but heighten her
+Curiosity, and having, as she thought, some little Interest in him as a
+profest Servant of hers, she was a little the bolder in pressing the
+Question; and therefore plainly ask'd him why he liv'd _incognito_, and
+what accident had now discovered him: To this at last, with a little
+more frankness than he had hitherto used, he replied, the reason of his
+Ramble from his Family, with his Living three or four Months past
+unknown to the whole World, was only to prevent the ruine of a Sister,
+who like a foolish Girl, was in much danger to be undone by a Beggerly
+Match she was too fond of; and her Portion being in his hands, he had
+absented himself from his home, left the softness of her tears, the
+importunities of several Advocate's in behalf of this indigent Lover,
+together with the weakness of his own tender heart, might at last be
+prevail'd upon to grant his consent to what he knew would be his shame
+and her undoing. And as ill luck would have it, he had unfortunately
+tumbled upon a Countryman of his, now at the Fair, who would infallibly
+run open mouth'd to his Sister and his Family, and tell 'em all where
+he was. This discovery gave a good occasion to the fair Examiner to be
+not only a Pleader for her own Sex in the Person and cause of his
+unknown Sister, but likewise to be a Champion for Love. For now she
+plainly told him, that a great many grains of allowance were to be
+made, where hearts were inseparable. If this Lover of his Sisters was a
+man of Sense and Quality (as neither of those he could deny him) it was
+a little barbarous in him to oppose the whole Repose and Contentment of
+so near a Relation as a Sister, for so sordid a consideration as a
+little Worldly Interest. Besides, there was a Providence always
+attended Faith and Truth in Love, and undoubtedly sooner or later would
+provide for their well-being, or else enable 'em to bear a meaner
+portion of Riches, which others perhaps might, less contentedly,
+possess. This argument was almost the daily discourse, in which she
+seem'd to gain some little ground, but not enough to perswade him to
+the unreasonable Grant of his Sisters desires.
+
+About five days after comes a Letter directed to him at _Ludlow_, with
+the Post Mark upon it very authentically, which in a very legible
+Woman's hand contained these words.
+
+    Dear Brother,
+
+    _What unhappy Star am I born under, to suffer all this miserable
+    Persecution? Certainly, when my Father left me to your disposal,
+    and tied my Portion to your liking of the man that must marry me,
+    surely he could never have died reconciled to Heaven, could he have
+    foreseen the Slavery he tied his poor Child to, in putting me into
+    the power of so cruel a Brother. To run so many Months from your
+    House, your Family, nay, your Honour too, (for what must the
+    censuring world talk of you) and all to break a poor Sister's
+    Heart. Oh shameful! to hide your self from the World, and run from
+    Mankind, only to shut your Ears against Justice, and to be deaf to
+    all Goodness and Humanity! Alas, what Capital Crime have I
+    committed, who only loved a Gentleman, in Birth and Blood no ways
+    my Inferiour; and what if an unfortunate Younger Brother's slender
+    Patrimony of a Hundred a Year, is not answerable to a Portion of
+    Two thousand Pounds. A wonderful Cause to make me the most unhappy
+    Creature living, in refusing me the only Blessing the World has to
+    give. How many fair steps to Preferment and Honour lye in the way
+    of so accomplish'd and so well Related a Gentleman, notwithstanding
+    his Elder Brother run away with the Estate; and what good Fortune
+    have I not to hope for, if your Barbarous Aversion did not
+    interpose between my Felicity and me. In short, resolve to return
+    home, and be kind to your languishing, and almost despairing
+    Sister, or else expect very speedily to be visited by her at your
+    Bedside in her Winding-sheet. For if Ghosts can walk, and your
+    Barbarity has sworn my Death, expect to be eternally haunted, as
+    you shall deserve from----_
+
+    Your Distracted----
+
+The next Post four or five Letters more came after him; one from his
+Bayliff, to desire him, for God's sake to come home again; for the
+Devil a Farthing would his Tenants pay till they saw their Landlord. A
+second from one of his Tenants, complaining of his bad Crop, and the
+low price of Corn, and that unless he would bate him Twenty pound a
+Year Rent, he could never hold his Farm; earnestly desiring his Worship
+to come home, and take care of his poor Tenants, _&c._ A third
+condoling his Misfortune in the loss of his Eldest Son, and desiring to
+see his Sweet Worship's Face, that he might get him to put his Second
+Boy's Life into his Copy-hold; and others of the like Import.
+
+These Letters our Spark left in his Closet Window, and one whole day
+going abroad, by a pretended Negligence, he shot the Bolt of his Closet
+Lock out of the Staple, and so left his Door a-jar, and his Letters
+expos'd to any body that would please to read 'em. This Stratagem
+succeeded to his Wish, for the Daughter, whom I may now call his
+Mistress, knowing him safe abroad, had dropt into his Chamber when the
+Maid was making the Bed, and finding the Closet Door open, made bold to
+peep, and spying his Letters there, tips the wink upon the Maid, whom
+she made of the Council, and read 'em all out. The Contents put her
+mightily upon the gog; for certainly she concluded he must be a Man of
+a mighty Estate, so many Tenants, and the Lord knows what; and if a
+Sister had Two thousand Pounds, what must an Elder Brother possess.
+After she had conjured the Maid to silence, she could not forbear
+running to her Father, and telling him all she had discover'd: The
+Father at first a little reprimanded her Curiosity, but considering he
+had found out a Love Intrigue between his Daughter and him, he thought
+it no unwelcome discovery. At last looking very stedfastly upon his
+Daughter's Face, with a sort of a kind fatherly leer, he cry'd, _Ah
+Child, would he were a Bed with thee_. How, Father, _reply'd the Girl
+blushing_. Nay no harm (_quoth the Father_) Chicken, that's all. Thou
+sayst he makes love to thee, and troth I must own it no small part of
+my Ambition to have a Person of his Quality and Fortunes for a
+Son-in-law. In short, The Father gave her very seasonable Admonition;
+for having sounded her Inclinations, and found 'em to his own wish,
+with a Fatherly Authority he commanded her, if his Addresses hinted at
+Marriage, to make him all reasonable Advances that way.
+
+Our Gallant found his Plot had taken; for he had critically observed in
+what most particular manner and station to a quarter of an inch he had
+laid his Letters; and finding all of 'em displaced more or less from
+the exact point he had left 'em, he plainly perceived they had all of
+'em been read. Besides, in compliance to her Father's Orders, and
+indeed a little to her own Inclinations, he discover'd her usual
+Coldness to him a little diminish'd, and her Aspect more favourable,
+which plainly told him the Bait had taken. Whereupon one Evening
+finding her alone in her Garden, with a confidence more than usual, he
+plainly spoke home, telling her what an inestimable Blessing he should
+acquire in possessing so much sweetness for a Wife.
+
+A long Courtship ensued, the Particulars too tedious, only the Girl was
+a little more pliant than ordinary, but much doubting the integrity of
+his Protestations; alledging it was very unlikely he would debase
+himself to marry a Creature of her mean Fortune, for all she could at
+present challenge, except what her Father might do for her after his
+decease, was only a 100_l._ left her in her Father's hands by an Uncle
+deceas'd. Our Gallant presently with much disdain seem'd to slight all
+thoughts of her Fortune, for that, he thank'd Heav'n, he wanted not;
+and truly her dear Person was the only consideration that had fix'd his
+Heart intirely her Captive. To bring him to the happy point, 48 hours
+are not past, before he comes to reap the fair Fruit. The marriage-knot
+is tied; and the Nuptials consummated, and Joy and Felicity runs high
+between them.
+
+In this happy State, and uninterrupted Delights, they continued some
+days, when of a sudden his old Servant, _Tom_, booted and spurr'd,
+comes to _Ludlow_, and now in a little higher station than before, in
+the garb and figure of one of his Bayliffs, he comes post thus far,
+first to tell him the Distraction of his Family occasion'd by his
+absense; 2dly, The Lady his Sister's sudden departure, God knows
+whither, for she went away by night two days before he set out from
+home, and has not been heard of since. And that a Letter was come from
+_Bristol_, intimating that his Venture in _Sherry_ was safely landed
+there, and that the King's Customs came to 97_l._ but his Correspondent
+at _Bristol_ being lately dead, the Custom was yet unsatisfied; and
+truly for his part none of the Tenants would pay him one Groat till
+they saw their Landlord again, and therefore he could not raise the
+Money to satisfy it. Our new Bridegroom hearing all this, presently
+communicates the whole matter to his sweet Bedfellow, desiring her to
+get her Father to accommodate him with that Sum; not that he ask'd it
+as any part of her Unkle's Legacy, he scorned to be so poor-spirited;
+no, he requested it as a Boon, and the Monies should speedily be repaid
+with Thanks: Which if he pleas'd to do for him, his Servant should fall
+down the _Severn_, and take care of his Wines, of which his dear
+Father-in-law should have one Hogshead to drink to her _Hans in
+Keldar_. The Daughter was a speedy and successful Embassadress, for the
+Money was presently laid him down in Gold, for the more ease of his
+Servant's carriage of it. _Tom_ had not been two hours gone, but a
+Footboy in a very fine Livery brings him a Letter from his Sister,
+signifying her extreme Concern for his deserting his Affairs and
+Family, and that her Griefs and Disquiets had made her take a long
+Ramble to see him once more. And that she was now at _Hereford_, not
+daring to approach any nearer till she had his gracious Warrant and
+Permission, which she humbly upon her bended Knees intreated of him,
+with a great deal more passionate Courtship to him upon that Subject.
+Upon perusal of this Letter he seem'd to melt into a great deal of good
+nature and compassion for his dear Sister, insomuch that a Tear stood
+in his Eyes which his sweet Bride very kindly drank in a kiss. At
+length launching out into a great many tender Expressions towards his
+Sister, which Goodness his kind Bride much applauded and encouraged,
+throwing in many a kind word in her Sisters behalf; At last the Brother
+concluded he would be so civil to her, that since her extravagant
+Affection had brought her thus far to visit him, he would return her
+the Favour of Riding himself to _Hereford_ to fetch her, if his kind
+Father would procure him a Horse. Ay, with all his heart. Nay, both
+Father and Daughter proffer'd to take the same Journey with him to pay
+their Respects to the young Lady, and attend upon her as part of her
+Train to _Ludlow_. No, by no means, replied our Spark; that was more
+than the Rules of Honour would allow: for his dear Bride, as his Wife,
+was a Person in Quality above her, and whatever Kindnesses she pleased
+to show her when at _Ludlow_, was in her free Power; but this
+complaisance was too great a Condescension, and consequently he beg'd
+her leave that the tenderness he had of her Honour might absolutely
+forbid her any such thought. And indeed his Father's was much the same
+Condescention, which he must likewise no way suffer.
+
+The Father and Daughter both silenced with this Answer, acquiesced with
+his Reasons, as being much a more experienced Master of Ceremonies than
+they could pretend to; consenting to let him go alone only attended by
+the Sister's Page; in the mean while resolving to apply their officious
+Respects to this fair, tho yet unknown Relation another way, _viz._ in
+making a suitable preparation for her honourable Reception. But first a
+very stately Horse was borrow'd, one that a Collonel of the Guards had
+lately bid a lumping Sum for; with all Accoutrements answerable. And at
+mounting, our Cavalier whispering in his Father's ear, and telling him
+he had been long from home, and not knowing whether his remaining Stock
+might hold out to his present Occasions, he desired---- The Father
+would not hear out the Speech, but running up stairs presently, fetch'd
+down, and stole into his hand a silk Purse richly lined with Twenty
+Broad Pieces.
+
+Our Squire thus every way obliged, after his due Conges all made, bids
+them all Farewel till tomorrow, and so prances off. Here let us leave
+the Father and Daughter as busy for the Credit of the Cause, as may be
+imagined, making all suitable Provision for tomorrow's Entertainment;
+the Kitchin, and Pantry, the Bed-Chamber, and the Court-Cubboard, must
+all appear in Splendour extraordinary.
+
+And now to return to our Traveller: Heaven knows he had the misfortune
+to miss his way, for he never found _Hereford_, nor Sister. His Barb
+too found another Chapman than the Collonel of the Guards; for both
+Horse and Accoutrements all embargoed, and the dismounted Cavalier
+slipt into a Frize-Coat of his Man _Tom's_ providing, who waited his
+coming, The Master, Page, and _Tom_, in a small prepared Vessel,
+troul'd down the _Severn_ as fast as Tide and good Speed could carry
+them.
+
+As we thunder'd down the _Severn_, one of our Strollers being at
+present useless, our Page (well rewarded for playing his part in the
+_Farse_) is dropt at _Worcester_, from whence we continue our Voyage to
+_Bristol_. Arrived there pretty late in a Summers Evening, 'tis not
+thought convenient to appear in any Dress whatever had been seen before
+at _Ludlow_, nor indeed to expose his Face, lest any Inquiry might be
+made there about him as a Sherry-Merchant, and so trunking up all his
+best Rayment, he gets himself new rigged at a Salesman's in a genteel
+Garb, but something modester than his _Ludlow_ Bravery, and _Tom_ and
+he next morning move off to _Bath_.
+
+It fortunes here, that he Quarters at one of the great Inns, it being
+the beginning of the Summer, just before _Bath_ time, where was a brisk
+Daughter of the house, about half way stage between 20 and 30. and
+consequently much inclinable manwards. A Girl that had had the Honour
+of many a slap cross the Mouth, and chuck under the Chin by Lords and
+Earls in her time, her Fathers honourable Guests at _Bath_ season. Our
+most constant Lover of every new face, feels the old Itch again.
+Business he finds will thicken upon him, and therefore flusht with his
+late Successes, he resolves to throw out his winning hand as far as it
+will run.
+
+But now to know what Portion this Damsel had, for without a spill of
+yellow Boys, naked White and Red has but indifferent Charms with him.
+This Intelligence was quickly made, without asking the question; for
+there was a Jest in the Family of one of the Drawers being Suitor
+there, who belike wanted a tite sum of 80_l._ to set up withal (a small
+Portion of hers formerly left her by a Grandfather, and now at use.)
+This Drawer forsooth was a Rival, but not an over-formidable one. For
+truly our Inn-keepers Daughter had so often been tickled with the
+Addresses of Quality, that (_Foh!_) her Fathers Drawer was scarce
+worthy to hold up her Train. A Gentleman, or nothing for her. Nay, if
+she has not the happiness to strike in for a Lease for Life at Bed and
+Board with some honourable Person, rather than dye in ignorance, keep a
+stale Maiden-head, and so lead Apes, she has long since resolved not to
+stand out at a lower game, and en'e admit a Tenant at Will to an Inmate
+of Fashion and Quality; and was grosly suspected she had tried the
+Constitution of her Body, under a load of Honour long before her
+present year of twenty five. But true or false, that's a small Blot, in
+her Scutchion.
+
+Our _Don John_ is absolutely captivated, and plies her home with all
+the Rhetorick that Love can afford. Our man _Tom_ in the meanwhile but
+very modestly, is whispering amongst his Mates, the lower Tire of the
+Family, the Servants, what a Worthy Gentleman his Master is, being a
+Rich _Norfolk_ Gentleman (a pretty large stride from _Bathe_) of 500 a
+year. This Narrative passes pretty well amongst the shallower pates,
+the Chamberlain, the Tapster, the Hostler, and the rest of the inferior
+Domesticks; but our hardfaith'd young Mistress of the house, whither
+bit before, or naturally not over-credulous, does as good as declare,
+That her Principles are to look before she leaps. Our _Norfolk_ Suitor
+finds his Addresses very acceptable, but still with a reserve, Provided
+he be the Man he appears. He plainly sees, that the Girl, upon good
+Grounds is very pliable, but she's a little past the years of being
+dandled and kist out of her Reason: He or any man else (any Tooth good
+Barber) with Honour and Estate may go far with her; but Demonstration
+is the only Argument that must carry her Cause. As many years as she
+has lived (or at least past for) a Maid, she is not so hard set, but
+she can tarry till Substantial Testimony (as far off as _Norfolk_ lies)
+can make out the Lands and Tenements, before she consents to an
+Inclosure. Our Spark therefore put to his last Trumps, finds this last
+a craggier and more difficult Enterprize than any he had ever yet
+encountred; however, thinking it a very great scandal to his Wit, to
+lie down before her, and shamefully for want of Ammunition, be forced
+to raise the Siege, he sets all his Brains at work for one last Mine to
+blow her up; or if that take not, he is resolved to quit the Field. In
+a day or two after, he begins to be Melancholly and indisposed; during
+this fit, he is very cold in his Love, and applies him to Religious
+Books, talks much of very odd Dreams he has had, till at last he takes
+his Bed. Physitians are sent for, whether they found any real
+indications of sickness or no, or acquiesced to his own Declaration of
+the Pains he felt, no Medicinal Application was wanting. His Distemper
+increasing, he desires a Man of Law to be sent for, accordingly a
+Scrivener of the Town is called, who draws up his Will, in which he
+gives away about Three Thousand pounds in several Legacies, leaving his
+Nephew his full and sole Executor. The Will is sealed up, and delivered
+to his Man _Tom_; and all the cognizance taken of his Mistress, is only
+10_l._ to buy her Mourning. Next a Man of God is sent for, and all the
+necessary preparations for a Man of another World are made. His
+Conscience setled, and his Viaticum for his long Journey most devoutly
+furnisht. But it pleases Fate, or the Sick man rather, in some few days
+after, to give some small symptoms of amendment, and to shorten the
+matter, in Eight or Ten days time he is pretty well recovered, and the
+next talk is of fancying his own Native _Norfolk_ Air for perfecting
+his Health; all this while the young Damsel, who, tho not call'd to the
+Will-making, knew all the Contents of it, and finding from all hands,
+the great uprightness and devotion of her humble Servant, could not
+fancy that so much Religion and Piety could be an Impostor, and
+therefore she doubted not in the least, but the Estate in _Norfolk_ was
+unquestionable; and tho indeed her Prudence would still incline her to
+a full inquiry and satisfactory account, yet 'tis now too late, her
+cooling Admirer talks of speeding to _London_; and tho he professes he
+will leave his heart behind with her, She is afraid that new Faces and
+better Fortunes will soon shake her hold there, and therefore taking
+her Pillow upon the business, she resolves not to slip so favourable an
+opportunity, but to lay hold of the forelock, and take a good offer
+whilst she may have it: For with all her natural Pride, she considers
+her self but the Lees of a Tap; and 'tis not every Rich Gudgeon will
+bite at a Bait so blown, and so stale.
+
+Her departing Lover still pressing for his Journey, the good-natur'd
+Girl watches the next amorous sally of her Gallant, and takes him at
+his word, and without asking advice, thinks her own wit sufficient, and
+in two days time enters into _for better, for worse_. The Town-Bells
+soon rung All Joy; and the best Hogshead in Daddy's Cellar run
+_Claret_. His Honourable Guest and Son-in-Law was the little Idol of
+all the Virgins of the Town, and the envied preferment of sweet Mrs.
+_Betty_ had fill'd all Tongues; and scarce a Prayer offered up for a
+Husband, but Mrs. _Betty_'s felicity was made the Pattern of their
+Devotion.
+
+But now, as the Devil would have it, our dignified Bride is for having
+her Dear Spouse, by all means, doing her and her Father the honour of
+staying out the whole Bathe Season (now coming on) amongst 'em, and
+nothing can divert her from that resolution. This is a very unwelcome
+proposal; for the multitude of Faces from all quarters of the Kingdom,
+may not only be very dangerous to his circumstances, but likewise his
+_Norfolk_ Abilities, long before that time, may be examin'd too
+narrowly; and therefore not being able to make any harsh refusal of his
+fair Brides request, lest it should look like design, and to marry a
+young Girl, and be ashamed of her parentage, would appear so unkind,
+that he has no Artifice to wean her from _Bathe_, and drill her out of
+Town, but by pretending a small relapse of his Indisposition, which he
+acted so well, that he denied himself the very pleasures of Love, and
+fell off even from Family-Duties. This Curtain-failure began to
+moderate her passion for staying at _Bathe_, for her tame Bedfellow
+still preaching up the virtues of his own Native _Norfolk_ Air, his
+poor defeated Bride could not but have a womanly longing for so
+necessary a Restorative, and thereupon for so important a Medicine to
+her feeble Yokemate, she consented to go along with him.
+
+All her fine Cloaths were Boxed up, together with several Bed and
+Table-Linnen, _&c._ (for she had pretty good Moveables, all the
+Legacies of Deceased Aunts and Grannies, and other good Kin) and all
+sent by her Man _Tom_ to the Carriers, and two days after places took
+in the flying Coach for their speeding to _London_.
+
+But one main thing was almost forgotten. She had call'd in her Portion,
+which for a Guinies Gratification the Scrivener had ready at an Hours
+warning, having at that time some other peoples Money by him
+undisposed, and hers being out upon Mortgage, the Owners were very well
+pleas'd to make an Exchange upon the same security. This Money was not
+to be trusted by the Waggon, but to be carryed up with her in the Coach
+box, for which her Man _Tom_ beg'd her acceptance of a little Gilt
+leather'd Trunk that happen'd to be just small enough to go into the
+Coach-box. The Day of setting out being the Morrow, her thoughtful
+Spouse had nicely consider'd that the Coach would be in _London_ half a
+day before the Carrier, which for some Reasons you'll find in the
+sequel was not altogether for his convenience, and therefore he made a
+shift to put off the Journey till next Coach-day.
+
+Against that time the Gilt-leather'd Trunk, and the Key to it was
+deliver'd her, (tho by the by he had got two Keys) and the 80_l._ some
+Broad pieces, a Caudle-Cup, half a dozen of Silver Spoons, and some
+other Toys were all stowed in it; and the Kind Couple are trundling
+away for _London_, with the Man well mounted riding by.
+
+Now as a Man of his Estate, he had freely given her all her own
+Portion, a small Privy Purse to buy her Pins with, having Marryed her
+only for Beauty, and much disdaining the addition of so small a sum to
+his plentiful Fortune. The first stage being done (for they had but one
+Night to lye by the way) the small Cabinet of Treasure was carefully
+taken out of the Coach, and lodged in a Closet in the Chamber, and next
+Morning deliver'd to _Tom_ to see safely laid in the Coach-box as
+before.
+
+The next Night arriving both at _London_, (whither _Tom_ about
+_Brenford_ was commanded by his Master to speed a little before to
+prepare for their Reception) a very fair Lodging near St. _James_'s was
+ready to entertain her, but no _Tom_ had been there; and coming to open
+the Trunk, instead of the Gold and Silver Entrayls there was nothing
+but a Bag of Stones, and a piece of a Brickbat to supply their places,
+enclosed in a few Rags that stuft up the Trunk. This amazing sight
+threw the poor Lady into a most violent Distraction, and 'twas very
+hard to hold her from falling into a Fit, her Husband seeming as much
+amazed as her self, and joining in the complaint as loud as she. But to
+abate her Rage, he told her the wicked Rogue should not so scape, he
+had very sufficient security from able Friends for his honest and
+faithful service, and their Purses should make her Reparation, till
+when the Loss should be made up out of his own Pocket. Nor would he
+sleep till he had made her some farther satisfaction, and therefore
+beg'd her Excuse but for one half Hour till he took Coach, and made
+that search and quest that perhaps would bring her some considerable
+Light into the Villany. Her Zeal for her Loss never look'd any farther,
+and accordingly well pleas'd with the Kind Motion, she took leave of
+him for the half Hour aforesaid.
+
+But, alas, a long half Hour, for half the Evening, nay the whole Night
+was gone, and neither Man nor Master to be heard of. So Husband and
+Portion all departed, she thought fit to secure her Goods and Cloaths
+at the Carriers, but the same Calamity attended there likewise, for
+_Tom_ had been there too, and swept all.
+
+To describe the Distress and Anguish of our present Female Sufferer, or
+either of her two foregoing Sisters in Affliction, being a work beyond
+our power, we shall e'ne do as the Painter did of old, that is, draw a
+Vail before the Face of sorrow, the Lineaments of true Grief being
+above the Pen or Pencils skill.
+
+And now to follow our Libertine through all his Rambles and Exploits in
+this wide Town of _London_, (for there lyes his next Scene) being
+matter we have not yet fully been inform'd in, we dare not venture to
+play the Historian any farther than certain Intelligence (which yet we
+have not received) can guide us, being resolved not to load our Rambles
+with Romance or Fiction, his Life being furnisht with matter
+sufficiently voluminous without the addition of Flourish or Fancy.
+
+Let it suffice that some time after all these three successive
+Adventures, the poor _Ludlow_ VVife comes up to _London_, being the
+last place she has to make her quest after this Impostor and Monster,
+for those are the gentlest Names her Sufferings and Resentments can
+give him. She has a great Opinion that _Newgate_ or _Newgate_ Roll, or
+some other such Chronicles of his Renown will give her some light into
+his Life and Fortune, and perhaps the Justice of Heaven afford her a
+sight of him at least, if not a power to execute Heavens and her just
+Vengeance on so egregious a Reprobate.
+
+Her Inn being at _Holborn_ Bridge, she lights into the Company of a
+good Motherly VVoman just come from _Oxfordshire_; the sorrow in so
+young a Face, and the swoln Eyes which were not yet dryed, the Fountain
+being indeed inexhaustible, the Curiosity of the Elder Traveller made
+bold to ask her the cause of so doleful a look, &c. The young one (who
+now had no Reserves) plainly told her whole sufferings, to which the
+Matron replyed, Alas young VVoman, what are your griefs to mine? I have
+been many years the VVife of the most Infamous Miscreant that the Earth
+ever bore; deserted and abandoned by the wickedest of Men, after long
+years of Honest and Loyal Fidelity to his Bed, and exposed to perish
+(which you, thanks to able Friends, need not fear) _&c._ with a great
+deal more bitter Invectives against him. Till at last upon further
+conferring of Notes, and describing of Characters and Persons they came
+to jump together, and found 'emselves both abused by the very same
+Monster, the eldest being indeed his old _Banbury_ Wife. What Amazement
+this Accident produced may easily be conjectured, it will be enough to
+tell you that the Anguish of both their Souls, and the Bitterness of
+Gall on each side made 'em Swear an inviolable Friendship, determining
+to search (if possible) the whole World, to hunt down this Devil.
+Accordingly they take a Lodging a little higher in _Holborn_, where
+making no secret of both their hard cases, they open their whole Souls
+to their new Landlady to engage her assistance in the Quarrel. The
+Landlady Transported at both their Narrations fell upon her Knees, and
+blest God he had sent 'em to her House, for this _Lucifer_ they had
+described, was certainly the very Man that next Week was to Marry her
+Daughter. This surprize put 'em all into new Confusion, and the
+Daughter being called to the Council, it was evident that this very
+Fellow had made Love to the Daughter of the House, the day of Marriage
+concluded, the Ring and Wedding Cloaths preparing, &c. This last
+Deliverance made the poor old Woman, and the Daughter no less, melt
+into Tears at this happy Discovery.
+
+Well, 'tis agreed between 'em all, that they shall not stir till he
+comes thither, which will be in twenty four Hours at most; and all
+their united Vengeance, Constables, Warrants, and what not, shall be
+prepar'd for his Reception.
+
+This Resolution was heartily fix'd amongst 'em; only the _Banbury_ Wife
+would that Evening take a walk to a Cozens, a Citizen, where she had
+some important Affairs, but nothing should stay her abroad above an
+Hour; she had not walk'd half a Furlong but Destiny or some other
+ruling Power threw her full in the Mouth of her Husband; her Passion at
+sight of him rose so high, that at first it could not find vent for
+words, which he perceiving desired her to walk into a Tavern which was
+just before 'em, and there recover her Confusion. You may conceive she
+was very ready to accept the Invitation, her Stomach being so full,
+that 'twas the only thing she wanted to have her full swing at him. The
+Discourse of her part you may well guess at; but his Answer was so
+tender, and his Confession so open, that at last she grew patient
+enough to hear him out. He plainly told her all he had done, or at
+least the greatest part: that it was only the Effects of his Wants and
+Necessities, that now he had rais'd enough to re-establish him in the
+World, that the Hony Moon of Love had been almost over between them,
+and that if he had made any Lapse in Disloyalty to her Marriage Right,
+it was not Infidelity but Interest that had enforced him to all. And so
+showing her handfuls of Gold and Silver, he humbly intreated a
+Reconciliation betwixt 'em. Which good Words and Address at last so
+perfectedly obtained, that he perswaded her to send for all her
+Houshold Goods, and to live with him somewhere in the Liberties of
+_Westminster_, where disguising his Name, and amending his Faults,
+he doubted not through his practice to recover a plentiful Being, and
+maintain her like a Woman.
+
+The poor Creature absolutely mollified, promises Fidelity to him, and
+never returning to her new Lodgings, takes him along with her,
+defeating the whole Vengeance that was hatching against him, and not
+stirring from him till all her Goods were come up from _Banbury_, and a
+new House furnisht with 'em. She had not lived there three days, till
+finding a Gossiping Errand for her to keep her from home a whole day,
+at her Return at Night to Bed, she finds neither Husband nor Goods, Bed
+to lye, or Stool to sit upon; the whole House being utterly dismantled,
+and nothing but nakedness and empty Walls to receive her.
+
+This last Cruelty of her Barbarian made her almost run stark Mad, and
+returning to her _Holborn_ Lodging to own her frailty in believing an
+Infidel, and the Just Judgment that had befaln her upon it, she found
+the poor _Ludlow_ Mourner departed, and all her Relief left was to
+return to _Banbury_ to live upon the Alms of the Parish.
+
+This Libertine Life of our Renegade did not long continue till found at
+last by the _Ludlow_ Wife he was thrown into _Worcester_ Jail; from
+thence by _Habeas Corpus_ (at the Charge of a Parson in _Southwark_
+whose Daughter he had likewise Married) removed to _Newgate_, & upon an
+Indictment of six Wives appearing against him, being then Tryed by the
+Name of _Morrel_ alias _Bowyer_ (a Name of a Worthy Person of Quality,
+for personating of whom he had stood in the Pillory) he pleaded Guilty
+to those six and twelve more, and thereby received only the punishment
+of a Squeeze in the Fist.
+
+After this Escape of a Halter, what his following Adventures have been
+we are not informed: 'tis to be believed his Will was no ways wanting,
+though his power of managing such hardy Exploits might undoubtedly be a
+little retrencht: and therefore we have reason to conclude he fell into
+smaller Games, in which his Walks have lain something more obscure, and
+thereupon by reason of our unacquaintance with the Truth of that part
+of his Life, we shall over-leap some years, and bring him to his
+Conclusion.
+
+Some few days before _Christmas_ he came to one Mr. _Cullens_ a Baker
+in the _Strand_ to seek him a Lodging, his Habit but indifferent, and
+his Stock not above Two Shillings, pretending himself to be a Person of
+Worth and Honour, _viz. Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swaclift_ in the County
+of _Oxon_ Esq; a Person whose Name and Reputation was well known to
+Mrs. _Cullen_, being Born not far from him, which contributed much to
+the swallowing of the Imposture. His pretence for leaving his Family in
+the Countrey, and living here _Incognito_ was occasion'd (he said) to
+avoid the payment of 500_l._ which he stood engaged for, and for which
+the principal had left him in the lurch; and which he had made a rash
+Vow he would not pay.
+
+Mr. _Cullen_'s Family thus imposed upon supplied all his wants, and
+paid him the due Respects to the Quality he Personated, till falling
+sick, on the 28th of _December_ he made a Will, as follows.
+
+
+His WILL.
+
+In the name of God, Amen. _I_ Humphrey Wickham _of_ Swatclift, _in the
+County of_ Oxon _Esquire; being sick and weak in Body, but of sound
+Mind and Memory, do make this my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all
+Wills by me formerly made: And as touching such Worldly Estate as God
+hath been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby give and bequeath the
+same in manner following._
+
+Imprimis, _I do give, devise, and bequeath, to my Kinsman_ William
+Wickham, _of_ Gazington, _in the County of_ Oxon, _all that my Mansion
+House of_ Swaclift _aforesaid; and all the Lands, Tenements, and
+Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto him the said_ William
+Wickham, _and his Heirs for ever_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto_ John Cullin, _Son of_ Thomas Cullin,
+_of the Parish of St._ Clement Danes, _in the County of_ Middlesex,
+_Baker, all that my impropriated Personage of_ Sowgrate, _in the County
+of_ Northampton, _with the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof_.
+
+Item, _I give unto Anne Cullin_, _Sister of the said_ John Cullin, _the
+Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Thomas Cullin, _Son of the said_ Thomas Cullin,
+_the Sum of Three hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Dorothy Halford _of_ Halford, _in the County of_
+Warwick, _the Sum of two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Richard Davis, _Son of_ William Davis _of the said
+Parish of St._ Clement Danes, _the Sum of Four hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ William Davis, _Son of the said_ William Davis,
+_the Summ of Two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Anne Fowkes, _for her Care and Diligence in Looking
+after me in my Sickness, the Sum of one hundred pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Robert Croker, _Son of_ William Croker _of_
+Sanford, _in the said County of_ Oxon _(being my God-son) the Sum of
+Five hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto the said_ William Croker, _the Sum of Five hundred
+Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Robert Penniston, _Son of Sir_ Thomas Penniston,
+_and younger Brother to Sir_ Farmalis Penniston _of_ Cornhill, _in the
+said County of_ Oxon _the Sum of Three hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto Mrs._ Jane Penniston, _Sister of the said Mr._
+Robert Penniston, _the Summ of Two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands, Tenements,
+and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the name of_ Apple-tree Ducy,
+_in_ Cropridee, _in the County of_ Northampton, _unto_ John Brooking
+_of_ Rashly, _in the County of_ Devon, _Esquire, and the said_ William
+Davis senior, _and_ Thomas Cullin senior, _and the Survivor of them,
+and their Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust and Confidence:
+Nevertheless, that they the said_ John Brooking, William Davis, _and_
+Thomas Cullin, _shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the
+Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid, the respective Legacies
+herein before bequeathed unto the said_ Anne Cullin, Thomas Cullin
+Junior, Dorothy Halford, Richard Davis, William Davis Junior, _and_
+Anne Fowkes. _And whereas I have herein before bequeathed unto my
+Kinsman_ Will. Wickham, _and his Heirs, all my Mansion-house at_
+Swacklift _aforesaid, with the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
+thereunto belonging; my true Will and Meaning is, That the same Devise
+is upon this special Trust and Confidence, That the said_ William
+Wickham _shall pay, or cause to be paid, the several Legacies herein
+before bequeathed unto the said_ Rob. Croker, _and_ Will. Croker,
+Robert Penniston, _and_ Jane Penniston; _and also pay and discharge one
+Bond for the Principal Sum of five hundred pounds, with Interest, which
+I became bound for with_ Thomas Walker, _to one_ Thomas Irons, _any
+thing herein before contained, to the contrary thereof in any wise
+notwithstanding; and also that he the said_ William Wickham, _shall out
+of his Legacy, and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him devised, pay,
+or cause to be paid unto my Executors hereafter named, the Sum of five
+hundred pounds, to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for
+the use and benefit of the Poor of the Parish of_ Swacklift _aforesaid,
+in such manner as they, or the major part of them shall think fit and
+convenient_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto the said_ John Brooking _out of the
+Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called_ Apple-tree Ducy _aforesaid, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall be
+thereby raised, I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said_ William
+Davies _Senior, and_ Thomas Cullin _Senior, to be equally divided
+between them and the Survivor of them_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto_ Alice Cullin, _Wife of the said_
+Thomas Cullin _Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her own proper
+Use and Disposal_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath in like manner the Sum of Six hundred Pounds
+unto_ Jane Davis, _the Wife of the said_ William Davis.
+
+Item, _I give unto the said_ Robert Croker _and_ Will. Croker, _the Sum
+of Ten Pounds a piece to buy them Mourning: and also to each of them a
+Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Jane Croker _and_ Mary Croker; _and also to the
+said_ Robert Penniston, _and_ Jane Penniston, _and all other my Legates
+herein before mentioned, and to every of them the Sum of Ten Pounds a
+piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
+
+Item, _Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds lying at Interest
+in the hands of Mr._ Ambrose Holbitch, _in the name of_ Oliver Charles,
+_my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to and amongst my
+Four Servants_, Oliver Charles, John Harber, Sarah Winn, _and_ Margery
+Smith, _and the Survivor of them, to be equally divided amongst them,
+share and share alike_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my Accoutrements
+belonging to them unto the said_ John Brookeing, William Davis _Senior,
+and_ Thomas Cullin, _Senior_, viz. _my Bright Bay Gelding to the said_
+Thomas Cullin, _and my Black Gelding to the said_ William Davis, _and
+my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said_ John Brookeing. _All the Arrears of
+Rent in my Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do hereby freely
+acquit and discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my Personal
+Estate, not herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies and Funeral
+Expences, paid and discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
+said Kinsman_ William Wickham.
+
+_And, lastly. I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said_
+William Wickham, John Brooking, William Davis senior, _and_ Thomas
+Cullin senior, _Executors of this my Will; hereby revoking and making
+void all other, and former Will or Wills by me made_.
+
+_In Witness whereof I the said_ Humphrey Wickham _have to this my last
+Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the
+back, thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth day of_ Decemb. Anno
+Dom. 1691.
+
+Humphrey Wickham.
+
+_Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
+words_ (Will. Wickham) _being first interlined_, Rob. Smith, Jo.
+Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Mart. Pinckard.
+
+_I, the above-named_ Humphrey Wickham, _having omitted out of my Will
+above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in_ Huntingtonshire, _do
+hereby make this Addition to, and part of my said Will, in manner
+following: I give and bequeath all my Lands, Tenements and
+Hereditaments, called_ Pryor'_s Farm, and all other my Estate in_
+Holly-well _and_ Needingworth, _unto the above-named_ John Brooking,
+William Davis senior, _and_ Tho. Cullin senior, _and the Survivor of
+them, and their Heirs, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them, under
+this special Trust and Confidence, that the said_ Jo. Brooking, William
+Davis, _and_ Thomas Cullin, _shall sell and dispose of the same; and
+out of the Moneys thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid the
+respective Legacies hereafter named_; viz. _I give and bequeath to_
+Humphrey Longford _the sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister_
+Mary Longford _the like sum of six hundred pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto the said_ Tho. Cullin _Sen. the further
+Sum of_ 800 l. _and all the Remainder of the Moneys thereby raised, I
+give and bequeath unto the said_ Will. Davis _Sen. and_ Jane _his Wife,
+and the Survivor of them_.
+
+Item, _Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto_ John Cullin, _Son
+of the said_ Thomas Cullin, _the impropriated Parsonage of_ Sowgrave;
+_my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the same to the said_
+John Cullin, _and his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof, I the said_
+Humphrey Wickham _have to this Codicil Addition, or further part of my
+said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of_ December,
+_Anno Dom._ 1691.
+
+Humphrey Wickham.
+
+_Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us_,
+Robert Smith, John Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Martin Pinkard. Probatum
+fuit, _&c._
+
+    This stupendious confidence of a dying man is very amazing, nay he
+    drove on the Masquerade at that strange rate, that he may be truly
+    said to have ended as he began, having received the blessed
+    Sacrament, pretended the settlement of his Conscience, and making
+    peace with Heaven with that seeming sincerity, as if he had
+    resolved to prevaricate with God with the same assurance he had all
+    along done with Mankind. The credulity of these deluded persons his
+    Landlord, and the rest, is not much to be wonder'd at, when the
+    last Gasps of Death could carry so fair an Hypocrisie, and their
+    Transports for his extravagant Legacies bequeathed 'em are rather
+    to be pittied then rediculed. And if they have been faulty in any
+    little over-fondness of their imaginary good fortune, the Jests and
+    Gibes they have received, have been their sufficient punishment;
+    besides Mr. _Cullin's_ being run out of above 30_l._
+
+    After his Death care was taken to provide him a Coffin of about
+    10_l._ value, and the Embalmers were paid for some of their Office
+    of preserving him sweet, till preparations for a solemn and
+    sumptuous Funeral could be made, suitable to the remains of the
+    honourable Deceased. And this Letter was sent as follows.
+
+
+    _Sir_,
+
+    These serve to inform you that _Humphrey Wickham_ Esquire of
+    _Swaclift_ in the County of _Oxon_ died this morning at my House
+    where he has been about ten days; He has made his Will, and you are
+    one of his Executors with me and others; A very great share of his
+    Estate is given to you; therefore pray Sir speed to _London_, that
+    we may take care of his Funeral and other matters necessary to be
+    done upon this occasion.
+
+    I think it may not be amiss that you keep this private, lest any
+    thing may be Purloyned or Imbezelled by any of the deceaseds
+    Servants, or any else at his Seat at _Swaclift_, which is all given
+    to you, some Legacies thereout to be paid; I am, Sir,
+
+    _Your Servant_
+
+    Tho. Cullin.
+
+    London 3. January 169-1/2. From my House at the Wheat-sheaf near
+    St. _Clements_ Church over against _Arundel_ Street. _Strand_.
+
+    To Mr. _William Wickham_ of _Gazington_ inquire at the Blew Boars
+    Head in _Oxon_.
+
+    _These following Lines were inclosed from the aforesaid Executors
+    in the said Letter being left by the deceased._
+
+    Whereas, I _Humphrey Wickham_ Esquire, in Company with my own man
+    _John Harbert_, _and John Austin_, Son of _Nich. Austin_, did carry
+    a black Hoggs Skin Trunk, marked with the Letters
+
+    _H. W._ 1688.
+
+    Wherein are the Deeds of my Estate at _Sowgrave_ and _Apple-tree
+    Ducy_; these are to desire you to deliver them to the Executors,
+    signed with his own Name, thus
+
+    _Humphrey Wickham_
+
+    _Memorandum_, there are two Mortgages in the hands of _Austin_, the
+    one for 1400_l._ and the other for 400_l._ In the name of _Oliver
+    Charles_, in the hands of Mr. _Ambrose Holbech_.
+
+In answer to this Letter came a Gentleman from _Oxford_ to tell Mr.
+_Cullin_, that the Christian name of this Mr. _Wickham_ of _Gazington_
+was mistaken, which gave the first Alarm of an Imposture, otherwise
+Horse and Mourning had been provided to have carried him down to
+_Swackley_ for his Interment there.
+
+Mr. _Cullin_ being not over apt to believe himself cheated, but more to
+satisfie the rest of the World, sent down a Messenger to _Swackley_,
+with fifteen shillings in his Pocket, mounted upon a poor Hackney, but
+ordered to return upon the Bright Bay Gelding bequeathed him in his
+Will; being not convinced of the Delusion till his Messengers Return
+notwithstanding several persons of Reputation had declared him a
+counterfeit; & Major _Richardson_ and Mr. _Compton_ had both inspected
+the Corps, and averred him to be the very man formerly Judged for six
+Wives as before mentioned, and more than once their Prisoner in
+Newgate.
+
+The Messenger returning _Tuesday_ the 12th of _January_ he brought a
+Compliment to the Executors from Captain _Wickham_, (who had treated
+the Messenger very civilly,) to this effect; that he gave 'em his
+hearty thanks for their intended kindness to him, and if they would
+please to come to _Swackley_ for a Month or more they should be very
+welcome, and have the use of all the Geldings, _viz._ the Black, the
+Bright Bay, and Dapple Grey, tho he could not well part with 'em for
+good and all.
+
+Upon this full satisfaction received, about three the next Morning with
+no more than a Watchman and a Lanthorn in a Coffin of four shillings
+price, he was laid in Earth in a Nook of St. _Clements_ Churchyard.
+
+
+Postscript.
+
+The Nurse and Assistants that attended him in his sickness now call to
+mind, that they once or twice observed him to laugh to himself very
+pleasantly, which they suppose proceeded from the pleasure he took in
+cheating the World he was then just upon leaving.
+
+_FINIS._
+
+
+
+
+_DIEGO REDIVIVUS:_
+
+or the
+
+Last WILL
+
+AND
+
+TESTAMENT
+
+Of the Pretended
+
+_Humphrey Wickham_, Esq;
+
+Alias WILLIAM MORREL, alias BOWYER, &c.
+
+WITH A Full RELATION of his Notorious CHEATS and IMPOSTURES: Who dyed
+at Mr. _Cullins_ House, the Third of this Instant _January_, in the
+Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, &c.
+
+
+_LICENSED and Entred in the REGISTER-BOOK of the Company of
+Stationers._
+
+
+_LONDON_, Printed for _Abel Roper_, at the _Mitre_ near _Temple-Bar_.
+1692.
+
+
+
+
+ADVERTISEMENT.
+
+
+This is to give notice, That the Fine COFFIN, mentioned in the
+following Relation, is to be sold in _Shipyard_, without _Temple-bar_.
+
+
+
+
+    _The Last_ Will _and_ Testament _of the pretended_ Humphrey Wickham
+    _Esq_; _alias_ William Morrel, _alias_ Bowyer, _&c. with
+    Annotations thereupon_.
+
+The Publick undoubtedly cannot be better entertained, than by the
+following Relation, of one of the most notorious Cheats as has been
+known in an Age, which has already made a very amazing Noise in the
+Town and the Particulars whereof, may be no disacceptable
+Entertainment.
+
+A Person not over-well Clad, was seen standing gazing about him in the
+Streets, over-against _Arundel_-Buildings in the _Strand_; but the
+gravity of his Age (being a Person between 50 and 60) invited the
+Curiosity of Mr. _Cullin_ the Baker, to ask this unknown Person what he
+wanted? To which he replied, He wanted a Lodging. Upon this, Mr.
+_Cullin_ very courteously made answer, He should be welcome to his
+House; which he very easily and readily accepted; and accordingly was
+received very kindly. Now having no extraordinary Stock of Money,
+_viz._ but Two Shillings in his Pocket, he was exposed to the necessity
+of making use of some Romantick Narrative of his Quality and Condition,
+to make good his Quarters with so slender a Purse, to hold out payment.
+Accordingly the Curiosity of his Landlady enquiring what Country-man he
+was? He replied, _Oxfordshire_; that his Name was _Wickham_, a Person
+of a good Estate near _Banbury_; and that the occasion of his coming to
+Town, was only to avoid the payment of 500_l._ which he stood engaged
+for by Bond, in behalf of a Person that was run away, and had left him
+to pay that Money, and which truly he had made an Oath to himself he
+would never pay; not that the Summ was so considerable to a Man of his
+plentiful Fortune, only he was resolved to keep his Vow; and that had
+made him retire a little from being arrested for it.
+
+The Affability and good Language of this Person of imaginary Quality,
+soon found Credit with his believing Landlord and Landlady, and no
+Caress was thought kind enough to a Person of his eminent Figure and
+Extraction. His first entrance into this indulgent Family was about a
+fortnight before _Christmass_, where he gained that daily ground, that
+no Respect could be sufficiently paid him: His little Pocket Strength
+signified nothing, for his Host was not a little exalted with the
+Honour of such a Guest under his Roof.
+
+But, as Providence was pleased to order it, his Reign was ordain'd to
+be but short; for he soon fell into a languishing Sickness, in which
+time neither Doctor, Apothecary, Nurse, or any other Assistance was
+wanting.
+
+Now our pretended Captain, what ever other Faults he had, was resolv'd
+not to be guilty of Ingratitude, and accordingly made an ample Last
+Will and Testament, and most liberally gave extraordinary large
+Donations and Legacies to his kind Landlord, _&c._
+
+It was very remarkable, that during his Sickness, his Landlord, being
+Overseer of the Poor, had requested a kind Brother in Office, the
+Church-Warden, to pay a small Office of Christian Duty to this poor
+languishing Gentleman; who making him a condoling Visit, with wet Eyes
+and uplifted Hands, was so kind as to wish his Worship's Soul
+everlasting Rest, which was seconded by many a repeated sigh from the
+rest of the Condolers about him: And one more especially, having heard
+of this great Wind-fall, lamented much his Unhappiness, in not visiting
+this Gentleman, saying, _He was never born to do himself good, having
+lost by his Negligence at least_ 1000_l._ Also another eminent Man of
+the Parish, being dissatisfied that he did not come in for a Share with
+the rest of his Neighbours, went and told them, _That the Coroner ought
+to be sent for, and an Enquiry made how he died_.
+
+All Care and Application signified but little, for his last _Exit_ was
+drawing on; in which time, not in the least to shrink from his
+Character of Quality, he still kept up the Honourable Figure he had so
+long presented; and accordingly made most prodigious Protestations of
+Good-will and Acknowledgments to the Family, avowing that the few
+Hundreds he had bequeathed them, was nothing to what he would do for
+'em, if please God to lengthen his Life to serve them and theirs.
+
+And now having performed the Part of a good Patron and Friend, as his
+last Legacies do sufficiently testifie; he was resolved to be as good a
+Christian too, and thereupon requested the taking the Sacrament: To
+which, being admitted (with what Integrity you'll find by the Sequel)
+with a grave Countenance to the very last, he was very ready to receive
+the Sacrament; and upon so serious an Undertaking, was pleased to put a
+Case of Conscience to the Minister, _viz._ having made a Vow never to
+pay the 500_l._ he stood engaged for, Whether he was obliged to keep
+his Vow, or no? To which being answered in the Negative, That he was
+obliged to pay his Debts, notwithstanding his rash Vow. He made answer,
+That truly now drawing near Heaven, he considered the point, and
+acquiesced with his Ghostly Monitor; and thereupon incerted the 500_l._
+into the Will.
+
+This piece of extraordinary Justice being perform'd with a very
+composed and setled mind he left this troublesom World on _Sunday_ the
+Third Instant, seeming very well contented to part with his great
+Riches and Lands, for the more valuable consideration of future
+Happiness.
+
+Now I must do the Family this Right, That notwithstanding the great
+Sums they gain'd by so ample a Testament, and such bounteous Legacies,
+however their sorrow for the lamented Departure of so worthy a
+Gentleman was very hearty and cordial: Nay, some are of Opinion, that
+instead of diminishing (as Sorrow generally wears off) theirs, on the
+contrary is daily encreasing.
+
+But perhaps nothing was so unkind as excluding the poor Prentice from
+visiting the sick Gentleman. For, alas, the poor Boy has been heard
+most dolefully to bewail the unkindness of his Master; for undoubtedly
+the worthy Gentleman would have left him enough to have set him up, had
+he been amongst the Throng of Visitants, who all tasted so highly of
+his extravagant Liberality.
+
+Now to assure you that the Kindness of his Executors continued beyond
+his Death, they thought themselves so far indebted to his Memory, that
+not only the Embalmer was sent for, but likewise a Coffin, price 12_l._
+was made, and all little enough for so generous a Patron, so much as
+Mourning, and Rings, and what else bespoken, _&c._
+
+But before these Honourable Exequies could be performed, an unhappy
+Letter from the True _Humphrey Wickham_ Esq; a Person of a great Estate
+and Reputation, detected the whole Fraud and Delusion, and the Remains
+of our _Quandam_ Person of Honour was committed to Earth, in a Coffin,
+price 4_s._ with Shrowd and other Funeral Materials accordingly.
+
+You are hereby informed, That this grand Impostor, whose true Name was
+_VVilliam Morrell_ alias _Bowyer_, formerly a Surgeon in _Banbury_, had
+been two Months a Guest at Mr. _Wickham_'s, and thereby so acquainted
+with his Family as enabled him to personate the Cheat so artificially,
+and so we leave him.
+
+_His_ WILL.
+
+_In the Name of God, Amen_, I _Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swaclift_, in the
+County of _Oxon_ Esq; being sick and weak in Body, but of sound Mind
+and Memory, do make this my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all Wills
+by me formerly made: And as touching such Worldly Estate as God hath
+been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby give and bequeath the same
+in manner following:
+
+_Imprimis_, I do give, devise, and bequeath to my Kinsman _William
+Wickham_, Son of _George Wickham_, of _Gazington_ in the County of
+_Oxon_, all that my Mansion-House of _Swaclift_ aforesaid; and all the
+Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto
+him the said _William Wickham_, and his Heirs forever.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto _John Cullin_, Son of _Thomas Cullin_,
+of the Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, in the County of _Middlesex_,
+Baker, all that my impropriated Parsonage of _Sowgrate_, in the County
+of _Northampton_, with the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Anne Cullin_, Sister of the said _John Cullin_,
+the Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Thomas Cullin_, Son of the said _Thomas Cullin_,
+the Summ of Three hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Dorothy Halford_, Daughter of _Thomas Halford_ of
+_Halford_, in the County of _Warwick_, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Richard Davis_, Son of _William Davis_ of the said
+Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, the Summ of Four hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _William Davis_, Son of the said _William Davis_,
+the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Anne Fowkes_, for her Care and Diligence in
+Looking after me in my Sickness, the Summ of One hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Robert Croker_, Son of _William Croker_ of
+_Sanford_, in the said County of _Oxon_ (being my God-son) the Sum of
+Five Hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto the said _William Croker_, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Robert Penniston_, Son of Sir _Thomas Penniston_,
+and younger Brother to Sir _Farmalis Penniston_ of _Cornhill_, in the
+said County of _Oxon_ the Summ of Three hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto Mrs. _Jane Penniston_, Sister of the said Mr.
+_Robert Penniston_, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the Name of
+_Apple-tree Ducy_, in _Cropridee_, in the County of _Northampton_, unto
+_John Brooking_ of _Rashly_, in the County of _Devon_, Esquire, and the
+said _William Davis_ Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_ Senior, and the
+Survivor of them, and their Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust
+and Confidence: Nevertheless, that they the said _John Brooking_,
+_VVilliam Davis_, and _Thomas Cullin_, shall sell and dispose of the
+same; and out of the Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid,
+the respective Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said _Anne
+Cullin_, _Thomas Cullin_ Jun. _Dorothy Halford_, _Richard Davis_,
+_VVilliam Davis_ Jun. and _Anne Fowkes_. And whereas I have herein
+before bequeathed unto my Kinsman _VVilliam VVickham_, and his Heirs,
+all my Mansion-House at _Swaclift_ aforesaid, with the Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging; my true Will and
+Meaning is, That the same Devise is upon this special Trust and
+Confidence, That the said _VVilliam VVickham_ shall pay, or cause to be
+paid, the several Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said _Rob.
+Croker_, and _VVil. Croker_, _Robert Penniston_, and _Jane Penniston_;
+and also pay and discharge one Bond for the Principal Sum of five
+hundred Pounds, with Interest, which I became bound for and with
+_Thomas VValker_, to one _Thomas Irons_, any thing herein
+before-contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding;
+and also that he the said _VVilliam VVickham_, shall out of his Legacy,
+and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him devised, pay, or cause to be
+paid unto my Executors hereafter named, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds,
+to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for the use and
+benefit of the Poor of the Parish of _Swaclift_ aforesaid, in such
+manner as they, or the major part of them shall think fit and
+convenient.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto the said _John Brooking_ out of the
+Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called _Apple-tree Ducy_ aforesaid, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall be
+thereby raised. I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said _VVilliam
+Davies_ Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_ Senior, to be equally divided
+between them and the Survivor of them.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto _Alice Cullin_, Wife of the said
+_Thomas Cullin_ Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her own proper
+Use and Disposal.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath in like manner the Summ of Six hundred
+Pounds unto _Jane Davis_, the Wife of the said _VVilliam Davis_.
+
+_Item_, I give unto the said _Robert Croker_ and _VVill. Croker_, the
+Summ of Ten Pounds a-piece to buy them Mourning: and also to each of
+them a Ring of Twelve Shillings.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Jane Croker_ and _Mary Croker_; and also to the
+said _Robert Peniston_, and _Jane Peniston_, and all other my Legatees
+herein before-mentioned, and to every of them the Summ of Ten Pounds
+a-piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve Shillings.
+
+_Item_, Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds, lying at
+Interest in the hands of Mr. _Ambrose Holbitch_, in the name of _Oliver
+Charles_, my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to and
+amongst my Four Servants, _Oliver Charles_, _John Harbert_, _Sarah
+VVinn_, and _Margery Smith_, and the Survivor of them, to be equally
+divided amongst them, share and share alike.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my Accoutrements
+belonging to them unto the said _John Brookeing_, _VVilliam Davis_
+Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_, Sen. _viz._ my Bright Bay Gelding to the
+said _Thomas Cullin_, and my Black Gelding to the said _VVilliam
+Davis_, and my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said _John Brooking_. All the
+Arrears of Rent in my Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do
+hereby freely acquit and discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my
+Personal Estate, not herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies
+and Funeral Expences, paid and discharged, I do hereby give and
+bequeath unto my said Kinsman _VVilliam VVickham_.
+
+And, lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said
+_VVilliam VVickham_, _John Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_ Senior, and
+_Thomas Cullin_ Senior, Executors of this my Will; hereby revoking and
+making void all other, and former Will or Wills by me made.
+
+In Witness whereof I the said _Humphrey VVickham_ have to this my last
+Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the back
+thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twenty seventh day of _December,
+Anno Dom._ 1691.
+
+_Humphrey Wickham._
+
+Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
+Words (_VVill. VVickham_) being first interlined, _Rob. Smith_, _Jo.
+Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Mart. Pinckard_.
+
+I, the above named _Humphrey VVickham_, having omitted out of my Will
+above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in _Huntingtonshire_, do
+hereby make this Addition to, and part of my said Will, in manner
+following. I give and bequeath all my Lands, Tenements and
+Hereditaments, called _Pryor_'s Farm, and all other my Estate in
+_Hollywell_ and _Needingworth_, or else where, in the said County of
+_Huntington_, unto the above named _John Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_
+Senior, and _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. and the Survivor of them, and their
+Heirs, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them, under this special Trust
+and Confidence, that the said _Jo. Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_, and
+_Thomas Cullen_, shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the
+Moneys thereby raised, pay, or Cause to be paid the respective Legacies
+hereafter named, _viz._ I give and bequeath to _Humphrey Longford_ the
+sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister _Mary Longford_ the like
+sum of six hundred pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto the said _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. the
+further Summ of 800_l._. and all the Remainder of the Moneys thereby
+raised, I give and bequeath unto the said _Will. Davis_ Sen. and _Jane_
+his Wife, and the Survivor of them.
+
+_Item_, Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto _John Cullin_,
+Son of the said _Thomas Cullin_, the impropriated Parsonage of
+_Sowgrave_; my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the same to
+the said _John Cullin_, and his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof, I
+the said _Humphrey Wickham_ have to this Condicil Addition, or further
+part of my said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of
+_December_, Anno Dom. 1691.
+
+_Humphrey Wickham._
+
+Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us, _Robert
+Smith_, _John Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Martin Pinkard_,
+
+    _Probatum fuit hum. Testium. cum Codicillo eidem annex. coram
+    Venerab. Vir. Henrico Fauconberge Legum Doctore, Surr. Venerab. &
+    Egregii Viri Dom. Richardi Raines Militis, Legem etiam Doctoris
+    Curiæ Prærogativæ Cantuar. Magist. &c. Quarto die Mensis Januarii,
+    Anno Dom. (Stilo Angliæ, 1691.) Juramentis Willielmi Davis, & Thomæ
+    Cullen, duorum ex Executor. &c. Quibus, &c. de bene & fidel.
+    Administrand. eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat. Reservata
+    potestate similem Com. faciendi Willielmo Wickham & Johanni
+    Brooking, alteris Executor. eum venerint seu eorum a'ter venerit
+    eand. petitur._
+
+_FINIS_
+
+
+
+
+PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+
+
+First Year (1946-1947)
+
+Numbers 1-6 out of print.
+
+
+Second Year (1947-1948)
+
+ 7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on
+Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
+
+ 8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
+
+ 9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
+
+10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
+etc._ (1744).
+
+11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
+
+12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
+Krutch.
+
+
+Third Year (1948-1949)
+
+13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
+
+14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753).
+
+15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to
+Harley_(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
+
+16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
+
+17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
+Shakespeare_ (1709).
+
+18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
+and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).
+
+
+Fourth Year (1949-1950)
+
+19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709).
+
+20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
+
+21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_
+(1754).
+
+22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
+_Rambler_ papers (1750).
+
+23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).
+
+24. Pierre Nicole's _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from
+Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting
+Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
+
+
+Fifth Year (1950-1951)
+
+25. Thomas Baker's _The Fine Lady's Airs_ (1709).
+
+26. Charles Macklin's _The Man of the World_ (1792).
+
+27. Out of print.
+
+28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and _A
+Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).
+
+29. Daniel Defoe's _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718).
+
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+<span class="sc">The Augustan Reprint Society</span>
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+ELKANAH SETTLE<br>
+THE NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR<br>
+(1692)
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+<p class="ctr">
+DIEGO REDIVIVUS<br>
+(1692)
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+
+<p class="ctr">
+Introduction by<br>
+Spiro Peterson
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+Publication Number 68
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+Los Angeles<br>
+William Andrews Clark Memorial Library<br>
+University of California
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+GENERAL EDITORS
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><span class="sc">Richard C. Boys</span>, <i>University of Michigan</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Ralph Cohen</span>, <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Vinton A. Dearing</span>, <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Lawrence Clark Powell</span>, <i>Clark Memorial Library</i></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+ASSISTANT EDITOR
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><span class="sc">W. Earl Britton</span>, <i>University of Michigan</i></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+ADVISORY EDITORS
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><span class="sc">Emmett L. Avery</span>, <i>State College of Washington</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Benjamin Boyce</span>, <i>Duke University</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Louis Bredvold</span>, <i>University of Michigan</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">John Butt, King's College</span>, <i>University of Durham</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">James L. Clifford</span>, <i>Columbia University</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Arthur Friedman</span>, <i>University of Chicago</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Louis A. Landa</span>, <i>Princeton University</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Samuel H. Monk</span>, <i>University of Minnesota</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">Ernest C. Mossner</span>, <i>University of Texas</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">James Sutherland</span>, <i>University College, London</i></li>
+<li><span class="sc">H. T. Swedenberg, Jr.</span>, <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><span class="sc">Edna C. Davis</span>, <i>Clark Memorial Library</i></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+<p class="ctr">
+INTRODUCTION
+</p>
+
+<br>
+<p>
+The great English novel of the eighteenth century was developed out of
+the long established traditions in the essay, letter, religious
+treatise, biography and personal memoir. Although this influence has
+been generally acknowledged, the critical investigation of its exact
+nature has often been hampered by the lack of readily available texts.
+Especially is this true of the criminal biographies written in the late
+seventeenth century. The reprinting of Elkanah Settle's <i>The
+Notorious Impostor</i> (Part One) and the anonymous <i>Diego
+Redivivus</i> is thus justified as providing the means for the further
+study of the early fiction-writer's techniques. Published In 1692, the
+two pamphlets belong to a group of five closely-related narratives
+dealing with a real criminal named William Morrell. In the probable
+order of their publication, these were <i>Diego Redivivus</i>, <i>The
+Notorious Impostor</i> (Part One), <i>The Second Part of the Notorious
+Impostor</i>, "<i>William Morrell's</i> Epitaph" in <i>The Gentleman's
+Journal</i>, and <i>The Compleat Memoirs of the Life of that Notorious
+Impostor Will. Morrell</i>. The different accounts forcefully
+demonstrate how criminal fiction allied itself with both biography and
+the picaresque. In addition, <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> serves as a
+representative work by Elkanah Settle whose criminal biographies have
+never received the attention they deserve.<a href="#note1" name="noteref1">
+<small>[1]</small></a>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The combination of fact and fiction in the William Morrell narratives
+had been tried earlier in Settle's first known criminal biography,
+<i>The Life and Death of Major Clancie, the Grandest Cheat of this
+Age</i> (1680). Like Bunyan's <i>Mr. Badman</i>, advertised in the same
+issue of <i>The Term Catalogues</i> (I, 382), <i>Major Clancie</i>
+purports to narrate "Real matter of Fact." Thus, in the background,
+significant historical events, from the Irish Rebellion to the Great
+Fire, are being enacted. Important English worthies&#8212;Lord Ormonde,
+Bishop Compton, Charles II&#8212;become entangled in the villainies of the
+Major, an actual Irish criminal. None of this historical backdrop is to
+be found, however, in <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>; and the characters
+here, although Sir William Walters and Humphrey Wickham were well-known
+local personages, are not historically eminent. The picaresque in
+<i>Major Clancie</i>, too, is more readily identifiable than in <i>The
+Notorious Impostor</i>. For, contrary to its stated aim, the biography
+of Clancie is more fiction than fact. Anthony Wood, noting the
+fictional elaborations, remarked: "Several stories in this book which
+belong to other persons are fathered on the said major; who, as I
+remember, was in Oxon in the plague year 1665 when the king and the
+queen kept their respective courts there."<a href="#note2" name="noteref2">
+<small>[2]</small></a> Wood then contributes a
+few of his own pungent stories about the Major, which have no
+counterparts in Settle's narrative. Where the two writers provide
+parallel accounts, the "fiction" appears to be based on a substratum of
+truth surviving in anecdotes. Settle's verisimilitude had an effect
+upon Theophilus Lucas's <i>Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and Comical
+Adventures of the Most Famous Gamesters and Celebrated Sharpers</i>
+(1714), which begins with a condensed version of <i>The Life and Death
+of Major Clancie</i>.<a href="#note3" name="noteref3">
+<small>[3]</small></a> Lucas presents his account as if it were a
+true memoir.
+</p>
+
+<br>
+
+<p>
+<i>The Notorious Impostor</i> was to experience a similar acceptance as
+a memoir. All modern biographical accounts of its villain-hero, William
+Morrell,<a href="#note4" name="noteref4">
+<small>[4]</small></a> are based on the two separate parts of <i>The Notorious
+Impostor</i> or <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i>. On January 3, 1692, he had
+died, a criminal at large; and the strange circumstances of his death
+became the talk of London. While the event was still a sensation, the
+bookseller Abel Roper rushed his "last will and testament" lives into
+print. The first to appear was <i>Diego Redivivus</i>, reprinted here
+from the rare copy at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
+Evidence for the publication of <i>Diego Redivivus</i> before <i>The
+Notorious Impostor</i> is fairly conclusive. <i>The Registers of the
+Worshipful Company of Stationers</i> (III, 397) enters <i>Diego
+Redivivus</i>, on behalf of Abel Roper, for January 12, 1692, and
+<i>The Term Catalogues</i> (II, 392) advertises <i>The Notorious
+Impostor</i> in the quarterly issue published in February, but Anthony
+Wood (III, 384) states that he bought his copy of the latter "in the
+beginning of March." A comparison of the two texts, moreover, supports
+this order of the publication.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Events in <i>Diego Redivivus</i>, as in a news story, have greater
+immediacy. Morrell's death, the title asserts, took place the third of
+"this instant January." The specific detail of <i>Diego</i> (p. 2:
+"about a fortnight before <i>Christmas</i>") is paralleled by the
+general statement of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> (p. 30: "Some few
+days before <i>Christmas</i>"). Although its title-page promises a
+"Full Relation" of Morrell's cheats, <i>Diego Redivivus</i> presents
+only the final "will" episode, whereas <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>
+ranges over the whole criminal career. Both narratives have in common
+the long will and codicil, except that <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>
+(p. 34) drastically shortens the Latin passage which, in <i>Diego
+Redivivus</i> (p. 10), states that the will had been probated. Even
+more conclusive evidence may be found in comparing the dates of the
+final events in the two accounts. <i>Diego Redivivus</i>, licensed on
+January 12, stops short with the humble burial of Morrell on January
+13. Considerably later, certainly, must be the occurrence described in
+the Postscript of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>: the nurse's and
+assistants' recollection that Morrell was laughing to himself in his
+last grim cheating of the world.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Part One of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>, as the sequel informs us,
+met with a "general Reception." Advertised in the February issue of
+<i>The Term Catalogues</i>, also, was a separate continuation. Interest
+in the impostor did not diminish during February. "The Death of
+<i>William M<sup>o</sup>rrell</i>," complained <i>The Gentleman's Journal</i>
+of this month, "hath made too much Noise not to have reach'd you before
+this.... Had not his Will and Life been printed, I would have given you
+a large Account of both." The anonymous writer refers here, perhaps, to
+<i>Diego Redivivus</i> ("Will") and <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>
+("Life") in the order of their publication. He then ironically lauds,
+in the verses of "<i>William Morrell's</i> Epitaph," the great skill
+of the impostor ("Columbus-like I a new World descry'd, / Of Roguery
+before untry'd").
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Elkanah Settle's two parts of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> were
+finally published together in 1694 as <i>The Compleat Memoirs of the
+Life of that Notorious Impostor Will. Morrell, alias Bowyer, alias
+Wickham, &#38;c.</i> &#8230; under the imprint of Abel Roper and E. Wilkinson.
+So extensive are the re-arrangements of the episodes taken from Parts
+One and Two that <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i> may be regarded as a
+fifth, very different narrative. All the apologies for not resorting to
+"romance" are now dropped, and the humorous dedication is replaced by a
+direct appeal to Gabriel Balam, signed "E. Settle." <i>The Compleat
+Memoirs</i> then reworks the texts of the two Parts into a smooth,
+chronologically consistent narrative.<a href="#note5" name="noteref5">
+<small>[5]</small></a> Even more important in
+designating <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i> as "new" are the "Considerable
+Additions never before Published" announced by the title-page. After
+using the incidents from <i>The Second Part of the Notorious
+Impostor</i>, Settle then adds: "Since the first Publication of our
+fore-going History of our Grand Guzman, we have receiv'd some Comical
+Adventures, worth inserting in his Memoirs, which though they now bring
+up the Rear of his Chronicle, however, they were the first of all his
+Wedlock Feats...." In the totally new adventures that end <i>The
+Compleat Memoirs</i> (pp. 72-88), the cynical tone and raciness of the
+picaresque become even more dominant than in the earlier separate
+narratives.<a href="#note6" name="noteref6">
+<small>[6]</small></a>
+</p>
+
+<br>
+
+<p>
+The importance of the Morrell narratives in the development of English
+fiction lies mainly in their deft combinations of the real and the
+picaresque and in their conscious effort to unify the action, draw out
+the humour, or handle realistic talk and setting. But the narratives
+also look backward to an older type, the picaresque. William Morrell
+makes his printed appearance as the new picaro. The title <i>Diego
+Redivivus</i> (i.e. James Revived) had overtones of the sensationally
+picaresque. The witty pseudonym "Don Diego Puede-Ser" had been used by
+James Mabbe in his translation (1623) of Aleman's <i>Vita del Picaro
+Guzman</i>;<a href="#note7" name="noteref7">
+<small>[7]</small></a> and more recent in English memories were the exploits of
+James Hind, the English Rogue. In the Dedication, <i>The Notorious
+Impostor</i> describes itself as "<i>the Life of our English</i>
+Guzman" and later promises to "paint our new <i>Guzman</i> in some of
+his boldest and fairest Colours." But the picaresque traditions have
+shaded into one another. For Morrell is not simply the new Guzman; he
+is also Hudibras and, in <i>The Second Part</i>, Don Quixote.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Still another reason for the importance of the Morrell narratives is
+their consciousness of fictional techniques and theory. In <i>Diego
+Redivivus</i>, for example, the final deception is meticulously
+developed with closely-woven incidents which do not appear elsewhere.
+The motives of the characters, too, are sharply defined; and the action
+is unified by the two references to oath-taking (pp. 2-3). The
+anonymous author, at the outset, stresses the value of "the Particulars
+&#8230; no disacceptable Entertainment" (p. 1). Aware of theory, he
+specifies that Morrell created "some Romantick narrative" to explain
+his poverty (p. 4). In fictional technique, Elkanah Settle approaches a
+unified theme especially in <i>The Second Part of the Notorious
+Impostor</i> and the "Comical Adventures" of <i>The Compleat
+Memoirs</i> where the incidents are mainly of one kind&#8212;matrimonial.
+Theorizing appears, too, in Part One somewhat in the manner of Daniel
+Defoe: "we dare not venture to play the Historian any farther than
+certain Intelligence (which yet we have not received) can guide us,
+being resolved not to load our Rambles with Romance or Fiction, his
+Life being furnisht with matter sufficiently voluminous without the
+addition of Flourish or Fancy" (p. 27). This may be Settle's pointed
+reference to the "fiction" of <i>Diego Redivivus</i>.<a href="#note8" name="noteref8">
+<small>[8]</small></a> He maintains,
+also, that he had to delay for a fortnight the publication of <i>The
+Second Part of the Notorious Impostor</i> in order to be certain of its
+authenticity.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Finally, the importance of the Morrell narratives may be seen in terms
+of the realistic fiction that was to achieve fulfillment in the
+eighteenth-century novel. The clear presence of fictional elaboration,
+in <i>The Notorious Impostor</i>, caught the attention of both Frank
+Wadleigh Chandler and Ernest Bernbaum.<a href="#note9" name="noteref9">
+<small>[9]</small></a> Elkanah Settle thus rightly
+belongs with writers, like Francis Kirkman, who masked fiction as the
+truth. Historians of the novel, moreover, attach significance to <i>The
+Notorious Impostor</i> in its resemblance to the novels of Defoe, Mrs.
+Heywood, and Smollett. Only the claim of influence on Smollett's
+<i>Ferdinand Count Fatham</i> has been investigated to any extent. In a
+full analysis of Smollett's novel, Chandler's strong statement will
+have to be taken into account: "The resemblance, indeed, between the
+two anti-heroes and the terms in which the accounts of their cheating
+are couched is so strong as to suggest actual borrowing on the part of
+Smollett."<a href="#note10" name="noteref10">
+<small>[10]</small></a>
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+Spiro Peterson
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+Miami University<br>
+Oxford, Ohio
+</p>
+
+<div class="blockquote">
+<p>
+    Since writing the above, I have been informed by G. F. Osborn,
+    archivist of the City of Westminster Public Libraries, that the
+    registers of St. Clement Danes, in his keeping, have the following
+    entry under 12 January 169-1/2: "William Morrell alias Bowier a man
+    bur[ied] poor."
+</p></div>
+
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+<p class="ctr">
+Notes to the Introduction
+</p>
+<br>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note1" href="#noteref1">&nbsp;&nbsp;[1]</a>  See F. C. Brown, <i>Elkanah Settle: His Life and Works</i> (1910),
+pp. 22, 29, 127.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note2" href="#noteref2">&nbsp;&nbsp;[2]</a>  <i>The Life and Times of Anthony Wood</i>, ed. Andrew Clark (1892),
+II, 48-49.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note3" href="#noteref3">&nbsp;&nbsp;[3]</a>  <i>Games and Gamesters of the Restoration</i>, ed. Cyril Hughes
+Hartmann (The English Library, 1930), pp. 123-137.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note4" href="#noteref4">&nbsp;&nbsp;[4]</a>  E.g. Alfred Beasley's in <i>The History of Banbury</i> (1841), pp.
+448-492, and G. T. Crook's in <i>The Complete Newgate Calendar</i>
+(1926), pp. 117-124.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note5" href="#noteref5">&nbsp;&nbsp;[5]</a>  The text of <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i> is indeed a composite.
+Paragraph one of p. 1 unites a paragraph from p. 1 of Part One and a
+paragraph from pp. 34-35 of Part Two; pp. 1-27 are the same as pp. 5-27
+of Part One; pp. 27-46: pp. 2-21 of Part Two; pp. 46-50: pp. 27-29 of
+Part One; pp. 50-57: pp. 22-29 of Part Two; pp. 57-65: pp. 30-36 of
+Part One; pp. 66-71: pp. 29-36 of Part Two.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note6" href="#noteref6">&nbsp;&nbsp;[6]</a>  <i>The Post Boy</i> advertised <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i> from
+February 17 to April 23, 1698. See also W. Carew Hazlitt
+(<i>Bibliographical Collections</i>, Third Series, p. 229) for a
+description of a copy dated 1699.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note7" href="#noteref7">&nbsp;&nbsp;[7]</a>  Morrell's last impersonation involving the fake will resembles
+Pantalon's "last Will and Testament" jest in Mabbe's <i>The Rogue or
+The Life of Guzman de Alfarache</i> (The Tudor Translations, 1924), II,
+184-186.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note8" href="#noteref8">&nbsp;&nbsp;[8]</a>  Settle's authorship of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> is confirmed
+by his name appended to the Dedication of <i>The Compleat Memoirs</i>.
+Although <i>Diego Redivivus</i> occasionally resembles <i>The Notorious
+Impostor</i>, it need not necessarily be Settle's work. The similar
+style and the identical documentation (e.g. the will) may be due to
+Settle's direct use of the earlier narrative. None of its
+minutely-drawn description, curiously, is perpetuated in <i>The
+Compleat Memoirs</i>. The authorship of <i>Diego Redivivus</i> remains
+an unsettled question.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note9" href="#noteref9">&nbsp;&nbsp;[9]</a>  <i>The Literature of Roguery</i> (1907), I, 153: <i>The Mary
+Carleton Narratives</i> (1914), p. 6.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fn"><a name="note10" href="#noteref10">&nbsp;&nbsp;[10]</a>  I, 153. Ernest A. Baker makes a similar statement (<i>The History
+of the English Novel</i> [1937], III, 46). With respect to the
+influence of <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> on Mrs. Eliza Haywood, he
+should have cited <i>Miss Betsy Thoughtless</i> (1751)&#8212;the very book
+praised by Captain Minikin as "worth reading" in <i>Ferdinand Count
+Fathom</i> (Chap. XXXIX).
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="fm3">
+THE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm2">
+Notorious Impostor,
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+Or the History of the LIFE of
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm2">
+William Morrell,
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+ALIAS
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm1">
+BOWYER,
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+Sometime of <i>Banbury</i>, Chirurgeon.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm4">
+Who lately personated <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> of <i>Swackly</i>, in<br>
+the County of <i>Oxon</i>, Esquire, at a Bakers House in<br>
+the <i>Strand</i>, where he Died the third of <i>Jan. 169-1/2</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm4">
+Together
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm4">
+With an Authentick Copy of his Will, taken out of the<br>
+<i>Prerogative Court</i>, and the manner of his Funeral in<br>
+St. <i>Clements</i> Church-yard.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm4">
+<i>LONDON</i>,<br>
+Printed for <i>Abel Roper</i> at the <i>Mytre</i> near<br>
+<i>Temple-Bar</i>, 1692.
+</p>
+
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+<p class="fm2">
+TO THE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+Honourable Capt. <i>Humph. Wickham</i>.
+</p>
+
+
+<p>
+SIR,
+</p>
+
+<p class="dropcap">W<i><span class="dcap">h</span>en this following 'Paper makes thus bold to be your Addressor, the
+only Encouragement for the Presumption is, that your borrow'd Name has
+fill'd up so large a Sheet in our History, as justly entitles You to
+this Presentation. And truly as a considerable part of it has already
+furnisht you with no small Jest at your Laughing Hours, we hope the
+Life of our English</i> Guzman, <i>your late Adopted Name-sake, will be
+no undiverting Entertainment. His Life, 'tis true, has been little else
+than a continued Scene of Masquerade; and if to finish his last Act,
+he had occasion of borrowing a Face and Character of Quality and
+consequently fixt upon Captain</i> Wickham; <i>alas, you must consider
+he wanted Worth and Honour, and can you blame him for looking for 'em
+where they were to be found? You stood fair for him, and the World,
+however, it may censure his Impudence, at least it cannot but commend
+his Choice. And the Reason (if you have any) to complain, is, that
+whereas the World is but a Stage, and</i> Life <i>but a Play, and
+Captain</i> Wickham <i>was only personated to Cheat a poor Baker of a
+Fortnights Lodging and Bread. 'Tis pity your Name, that much better
+deserved, was only drawn in to the filling up of a Farce. But, as great
+a Thief as he was to steal a Title of Honour, whatever hard Charge the
+poor suffering Baker has against him, yet considering how little you
+have lost by him, we hope your excusing Goodness will not load him
+higher than Petty Larceny. And truly if he can feel it in his Grave, he
+has sufficiently felt the Lash for it. His Last Will and Testament, I
+confess, has very bountifully cantoned out your Estate; all the sorrow
+is, that the Gaping Executors, and the rest of the Inheritors, have no
+shorter a Walk than into</i> Fairy-Land <i>to receive their Legacies; a
+longer Journey, 'tis to be feared, than either the Bright Bay, or
+Dappled Grey, will ever be able to carry 'em.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>And now to do our last Office,</i> viz. <i>to speak a good word of
+the Dead (for truly he had no Funeral Sermon to do it) they may talk of
+Monuments and Epitaphs for preserving of Memories; but our</i> quondam
+<i>Operator of</i> Banbury, <i>tho' with plainer Funeral Ceremonies,
+has taken care for a lasting Renown, when much finer Dust under Statues
+and Marble shall sleep forgotten: And whereas there are famous Examples
+of old, that have perpetuated their Names at no less price than the
+burning of Temples, his better Husbandry, to his Glory be it recorded,
+has purchased Immortality much cheaper; where we'll leave him, and beg
+your Pardon for this Boldness</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="ctr">
+<i>Of</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="ctr">
+Your unknown Humble Servant.
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="fm2">
+THE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm2">
+Notorious Impostor:
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+OR THE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm2">
+HISTORY
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+OF THE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm1">
+LIFE
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+OF
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+<i>William Morrell</i> alias <i>Bowyer</i>, &#38;c.
+</p>
+
+<br>
+<p class="dropcap">T<span class="dcap">his</span> Famous Rover, from the Multitude of his Titles, to begin with his
+right Name <i>William Morrell</i>, was by Profession a Chyrurgion, and
+more than twenty Years ago, for many Years together, a Practitioner of
+good Credit in <i>Banbury</i>, where his Industry honestly got him, by
+his Practice, near two Hundred a Year, with which he maintained
+himself, his Wife and Family very handsomely, till about eighteen Years
+ago he began to be very Lazy, and much addicted to hanker after the
+Conversation of the Gentry thereabouts; and being a Person very
+Facetious, and his Company not disacceptable, he screwed himself into
+the Society of the best Quality round about, and would be a Month or
+two a Guest at several Great Mens Houses; more particularly he some
+time since insinuated himself into the Favor of a Worthy Gentleman near
+<i>Banbury</i>, viz. <i>Humphry Wickham</i> of <i>Swakely</i> Esq;
+whose Person and Character he pretended to represent, and in which
+Imposture he made his last <i>Exit</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But to begin our History in order; From his Conversing with Gentlemen
+and Herding with Quality, Business began to fall off: His many Rambles
+from home, soon made his Practice flag; when the Glass and the Bottle
+came into play, the Salvatory and Playster-box went out. And his
+Patients could not well stay for the Setting of a Broken Limb, or
+Tenting a Green Wound, till our <i>Esculapius</i> was to be called, the
+Lord knows where, and found the Devil knows when. This Trade
+continuing, the other fell to decay, till at last Poverty began to peep
+in at his Window, and Duns to hover about his Door. In these little
+Exigencies and Necessities (for the Gentleman's Tables abroad would not
+fill the Bellies at home, nor would Hunting or Hawking pay Landlords
+Rent) his Wants put him upon Shifts and Artifices for his Subsistence;
+and what with a Natural Wit and a pretty large Talent of Confidence,
+the pressing Hand of Fortune threw him upon several Tricks and Frauds
+to hold his Head above-board. But not to trouble you with any of his
+lesser Diminutive Exploits, the Infancy and Nonage of his Activity, we
+do not think fit to treat you with these pettier Adventures, but e'en
+set out in one of his noblest Atchievements, and paint our new
+<i>German</i> in some of his boldest and fairest Colours.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Accordingly he Equips himself with a Sturdy Young Country Fellow, a
+<i>Ralpho</i> to our <i>Hudibras</i>, and takes a Knight-Errantry one
+day to a Fair at <i>Brayls</i> in <i>Warwickshire</i>, his Habit
+between a Grazier and a plain Country Gentleman; where Santering about
+with his Man <i>Tom</i> (for so his Squire was titled) at last spying a
+Knot of good likely Kine (near a Score of them). <i>Ah Master</i>, says
+Tom, <i>what a parcel of brave Cattle are these</i>. <i>Ay</i> Tom,
+replies the Master, <i>I am sorry I saw them no sooner; these would do
+my Business to a T; but as the Devil and ill Luck would have it, I have
+laid out my whole Stock already, and so I'll e'en set my Heart at
+Rest</i>. The Country Fellow, the Owner of the Cattle, seeing a
+Gentleman of his honest Appearance surveying his Beasts, and hearing
+every word that pass'd between the Man and Master (for they took care
+to talk loud enough to be heard) thought he had got a good Chapman, and
+desired the Gentleman to draw nearer and handle the Cattle.
+<i>Handle</i>, answers <i>Tom, what for?</i> <i>You know, Sir, you have
+laid out all your Money already, and what should we handle Cattle
+unless we had Cole to buy 'em. I confess they are for your Turn above
+any I have zeen in the whole Vair, but that's nothing, the Money Master
+the Money.</i> <i>The Money</i>, replies the Country-man, <i>Troth that
+shall make no Difference, nor break Squares between us; if you and I
+can agree, the Cattle are at your Service: I suppose you are some
+honest Gentleman hereabouts, and the Money will do my work next
+Market-day. Pray what may I call your Name? My Name is</i> Walters,
+replies our Cattle-Merchant, <i>Walters, Master</i>, answers our
+Country-man, <i>What any Relation to his Worship the Noble Sir</i>
+William Walters? <i>Ay, Friend, a small Relation, a Brother of his. A
+Brother of Sir</i> William<i>'s</i>! Off goes the Country-man's Bonnet
+at the next word, and a long Scrape made; for no Respect was too great
+for a Brother to a Person of such eminent Quality. <i>My Cattle, Noble
+Squire, Ay with all my Heart.</i> In short after much ado to make the
+Country-man be covered before him, he fell to treat about the Price of
+the Cattle, in which he bargained so warily, that they had almost
+parted for a single Shilling in a Dispute between them. But at last the
+Bargain and Sale concluded, <i>Tom</i> is commanded to drive home the
+Cattle, the Money to be paid next Market-day, and the Country-man has
+the Honor to drink a Pot at parting with his Worshipful Chapman our Sir
+<i>William</i>'s Brother: This Feat performed, he takes a walk round
+the Fair, and picks up a pretty Country Girl, a Mason's Daughter, at a
+small Town about four Miles off, and gives her the common Country
+Civility of a Fair, <i>viz.</i> a Glass of White-wine and Sugar. During
+this Entertainment of our young Damsel, he is most desperately smitten
+with her Beauty, insomuch that our <i>Inamorato</i> must wait upon her
+home to her Father's House, nothing but Death and Despair attending if
+he cannot have that extraordinary Happiness. The Girl who by this time
+had learnt his Name and Quality, was not a little confounded at the
+pressing Importunities of a Person of his Worth to a poor Girl of her
+little Capacity, and notwithstanding her modest Refusals, felt a secret
+Pride from so kind an offer, and at last accepted of his Service home.
+No sooner was she got safe handed home, and Mother and Daddy, were
+privately whispered what Honor they received from such a Visitant; the
+best the House could afford was not good enough for him: after the
+courser Compliments of [<i>Lord, Sir, such a Person of Quality under
+our poor Roof</i>] and the like; the best welcome that could be made
+him was not wanting: Nay, for what was deficient at home, the whole
+Neighborhood was Ransakt to lend help toward the Accommodation. Our new
+Lover not to baulk a good Cause, openly Professes no less than
+honourable Matrimonial Affection to his dear Conqueror. Estate he wants
+none; and Portion or Quality are below his Consideration, the
+Satisfaction of Love is the only thing in the World he resolves to
+gratifie.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Father and Mother are much astonish'd at such an Addressor to their
+Daughter, nor is the Daughter her self a little surprized at it, though
+of the two her Wonder is the least; for her Sexes natural Frailty was
+so apt to make her think it the pure Effect of her own sweet Face, that
+the power of her Charms, and the Quality of her Captive was not
+altogether (she fancied) so extraordinary an Adventure. In fine, Our
+passionate Admirer pushes on his suit with all the Vigour and
+Application imaginable, and truly you may well conceive so weak a
+Resistance could not well hold out long against so Puissant an
+Assailer: The Siege is press'd home, and in three short days the white
+Flag is hung out, a Parly beat, Articles concluded, and the Fort
+surrendered. Our Damsel, in short, commits Matrimony; and the whole
+Family is not a little Transported at such a Noble Alliance. Thus
+Wedded and Bedded, Our new Couple are all Honey and Sweetness, and
+though Sir <i>William Walter</i>'s House was not above a dozen Miles
+from thence, his Adopted Brother all safe and secure, sleeps in the
+soft Arms of his young Bride with all the Rapture of Pleasure and
+Delight. After three Revelling days were spent in Feasting and Joy, the
+Father-in-Law and himself enter in a close Cabinet Consult about
+providing for Family and Settlement. He tells the Old Man, that truly
+his Brother the Knight will undoubtedly take no little Dudgeon at this
+Match, not that he cares a Farthing for't. He has Married the only
+Creature of the World he can Love, and he is resolved to Cherish her
+accordingly. But however, to manage Affairs with Discretion, he thinks
+it his best Prudence and Policy, to get his Trunks and the Writings of
+his Estate safe out of his Brother's Hands, before he publishes the
+Marriage. And for that purpose he has no better way than for his
+Father-in-Law to help him to a small Cart and a couple of able Horses,
+and to drive to his Brothers, and take up his Trunks, <i>&#38;c.</i> And
+considering he had laid out all his ready Money in Cattle at
+<i>Brayle</i> Fair, he desired the favour of him to furnish him with
+Ten Pounds, that he might not be unprovided with a little of the Ready
+about him, in case of any Rupture between his Brother and himself, till
+he could furnish himself better amongst his Tenants.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Old Man very readily embraced this reasonable proposition, and
+though truly the Summ of Ten Pounds was above his Stock, nevertheless
+living in Repute amongst his Neighbors, through great Solicitation,
+some forty and some thirty Shillings, and such like Summs, with much
+ado he raises the Ten Pounds desired; and more and above he procures
+two very Able Horses and a Cart to bring away the Treasure aforesaid,
+<i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+By this time his Man <i>Tom</i> having Sold the Cattle, is come to wish
+his Noble Master Joy of his fair Bride, and so the Master and
+<i>Tom</i> attended by a Brother of his Bride, an Honest Country Swain,
+who though so highly honoured with this new Affinity, is at present
+planted in no higher a Post than to be a Mate with his Man <i>Tom</i>
+to drive the Cart, set forwards, <i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Brother-in-Law, Cheek by Jowl, with the fore-Horse of his small
+Team, drives on very merrily for about Nine of the Twelve Miles to Sir
+<i>William</i>'s, entertaining his Worshipful Relation with the very
+best Tune he could Whistle all the way they travell'd.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But now within Three Miles of home, our politick Bridegroom thinks it
+advisable, that one of his Carters, the Brother, should make a Halt at
+an Alehouse where they stopp'd, and the whole Manage of the Cart and
+Horses be intrusted with <i>Tom</i>, for fear the sight of a Stranger
+to come to take up Goods at his Brother's might give occasion of
+Curiosity and Inquiry, whereas <i>Tom</i>, an old Servant in the
+Family, with less Suspision and Inspection might do it.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+These strong Reasons (or indeed weaker would have served turn) were
+satisfactory enough, and so the Gentleman Equipping his Brother
+<i>Clodpate</i> with a <i>George</i> to stay and Drink till they
+returned, the Master and Man fairly drive on, for the remaining three
+Miles to bring off the Bag and Baggage, <i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Potent Summ of a whole Half Crown to be laid out in Ale, set in our
+Country Youth to a hearty Carouse with the kind Hostess of the House,
+where the Esquires Health was over and over remembred, not forgetting
+the Great Man at the Great House about Three Miles off; where, as
+simple a Country Fellow as he was, he expected one day to be better
+acquainted.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But to draw this Adventure towards a Conclusion, our waiting Carter
+long expecting the return of the Brother, the Palfries and the Cargo,
+notwithstanding the Strength of powerful Ale, and his Sweet Land-Ladies
+diverting Company, began at last to be Impatient; sometimes he fancied
+the Loading was too heavy for the Poor Beasts, and he thought it his
+best way to walk out and see if he could meet them: But all Inquiry was
+in vain, Night at last drew on, and the best part of his Half-crown
+melted down; at last, though very Uneasie and Restless, he is perswaded
+by his kind Hostess to take a hard Nap till Morning. The Cock was not
+so soon awake as he, for to tell Truth, he ne're slept at all, though
+indeed he dreamt all Night, for he could not think less, than that some
+Retainers of the Family had undoubtedly followed the Cart, and Murder'd
+the Squire to run away with the Treasure, and what his poor Sister
+would suffer to be a Widow so early, was little less than a mortal
+Apprehension. Thereupon very betimes in the morning he pads to Sir
+<i>William</i>'s, and very earnestly enquires, what was become of the
+Squire, the Knights Brother. Sir <i>William</i>'s Brother, <i>reply'd
+the Servants</i>, we know none he has; 'tis true, he had one some years
+beyond Sea, but whether dead or alive, is more than any Man upon
+<i>English</i> Ground (<i>God wott</i>) can tell. How! no
+Brother-in-law Squire! No Sir <i>William</i>'s Family! No Sister like
+to be a Lady, nor Brother a Gentleman! nor no Horses nor Cart neither!
+This staggering Account, put him into so doleful a Dumps, that he stood
+almost Thunderstruck. And truly the twelve Miles home agen, was so
+tedious a Journey, and the lamentable Narrative he must make 'em at
+home, so killing a Fancy, that it was a great Mercy he did not make a
+stay upon some convenient Twig in some Hedge in the Road, rather than
+live to be the Messenger of such a woful, sad Tale&#8212;But ill News at
+last must out. The Bird and the Beasts were all flown; the poor Bride
+sweetly brought to Bed, a Cart and two Horses to pay for, a Son-in-law
+to find when the Devil was blind, the Daughters sweet play thing lost,
+the Father and Mother dipt ten whole pounds in Chalk, and the whole
+Family under the suffering of a whole Chamberpot full of waylings and
+Tears for their Calamities and Misfortunes.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But to return to our Rover: By the sale of Cart and Team, ten pound in
+Cole the last lump, and the price of his Kine the other, his Pockets
+were pretty well lined; and considering this spot might soon grow too
+hot for him, he thinks it wisest to shift the Scene, and thereupon
+dismissing, for some time, his Man <i>Tom</i>, who had pretty well
+lick'd his Fingers in so profitable a Service, our Grasier now
+transmogrifies into a Spark, and very sprucely rigg'd, takes a ramble
+Westward, where meeting with no Adventure worth recital, in some small
+time he gets to <i>Ludlow</i>. There taking up the first Night at an
+Inn, his Garb (though unattended by Servants) soon made him good
+Reception; his first enquiry was to learn out the Eminentest People in
+the Town, of which being readily inform'd by the Drawers; he learnt,
+amongst other Relations, that there was a Substantial Wealthy
+Tradesman, had two pretty Marriageable Daughters: Being directed to the
+House, he addresses to the Father, telling him he was a
+<i>Barkshire</i> Gentleman, and intending to make some small abode in
+<i>Ludlow</i>, he did not think fit to continue in a Publick House, but
+would gladly gain admission to some private Family. The Tradesman
+(whose name we will not mention) being a Widower, and taken with the
+manner of his Discourse, kindly invited him to his own House, which our
+Travelling Gallant as kindly embracing, Accommodation was made, and he
+was lodged that very Night at this private Landlords.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+His entrance here gave him the opportunity of daily conversing with no
+mean wit and charms in the two sweet Daughters of the Family; and our
+Gallant, very apt to take fire at but a small matter of Beauty,
+especially with a Portion at the Tail of it, felt no little wamblings
+at the extraordinary accomplishments of the elder, somewhat the sweeter
+Creature. But this new Adventure was not an enterprise so easie as the
+last; this Sire of some fashion, was so far above the Education and
+Extract of his former Father-in-Law, a Man of Mortar and Trowel; and
+his Daughters of a reach and understanding so much beyond the others
+humbler capacity; that measures must be quite alter'd here from those
+that he took before. Accordingly now his discourse was always upon
+Foreign subjects, himself and his own affairs the least part of his
+talk; and if any inquisitive question, either by Father or Daughters
+were made relating to his Family or Concerns, he answered with that
+Modesty, and almost silence to all demands of that kind, that he left
+their curiosity still in the dark; and which indeed was so much a
+heightning to the favourable imaginations they had conceived of him;
+that they doubted not in the least, but he was of eminent Quality; and
+what any boasting Vanity would have made 'em rather suspect, his
+Modesty on the contrary confirm'd. 'Twas some few days before they
+inquired his name, for which he had ready at his Tongue's end, the name
+of a very great Family in <i>Barkshire</i>; but not descending to
+particulars, the remoteness of the place did not gain 'em much
+intelligence of his Quality from only the bare name. All this while, at
+some little distance, he dropt a great many complaisant words to the
+elder Sister, which look'd very much like Love, and which he indeed
+desired should be so interpreted. In this Conversation, now of a
+Fortnights continuance, he had rendred himself so acceptable to the
+whole Family, that a great many favourable thoughts on all sides
+inclined towards him. The Address to the Daughter, at last looked a
+little more plain and barefac'd, and at that time a Fair happening at
+<i>Ludlow</i>, where he had been diverting himself with seeing of
+Fashions, he came home in much Concern, and some kind of Passion, much
+greater than hitherto they had at any time seen from him. "Certainly
+there is no place in the world (<i>says he passionately</i>) so
+retir'd, but some Devil or other will still find out and haunt me." The
+odness of this expression invited the elder Sister to ask him what he
+meant. "Why truly, Madam, (<i>he replied</i>) I have been hunted from
+three or four Towns already, for in spight of all my resolutions of
+living <i>incognito</i>, some unlucky Person or other comes full in my
+mouth, and will betray me in spight of my Soul." This answer did but
+heighten her Curiosity, and having, as she thought, some little
+Interest in him as a profest Servant of hers, she was a little the
+bolder in pressing the Question; and therefore plainly ask'd him why he
+liv'd <i>incognito</i>, and what accident had now discovered him: To
+this at last, with a little more frankness than he had hitherto used,
+he replied, the reason of his Ramble from his Family, with his Living
+three or four Months past unknown to the whole World, was only to
+prevent the ruine of a Sister, who like a foolish Girl, was in much
+danger to be undone by a Beggerly Match she was too fond of; and her
+Portion being in his hands, he had absented himself from his home, left
+the softness of her tears, the importunities of several Advocate's in
+behalf of this indigent Lover, together with the weakness of his own
+tender heart, might at last be prevail'd upon to grant his consent to
+what he knew would be his shame and her undoing. And as ill luck would
+have it, he had unfortunately tumbled upon a Countryman of his, now at
+the Fair, who would infallibly run open mouth'd to his Sister and his
+Family, and tell 'em all where he was. This discovery gave a good
+occasion to the fair Examiner to be not only a Pleader for her own Sex
+in the Person and cause of his unknown Sister, but likewise to be a
+Champion for Love. For now she plainly told him, that a great many
+grains of allowance were to be made, where hearts were inseparable. If
+this Lover of his Sisters was a man of Sense and Quality (as neither of
+those he could deny him) it was a little barbarous in him to oppose the
+whole Repose and Contentment of so near a Relation as a Sister, for so
+sordid a consideration as a little Worldly Interest. Besides, there was
+a Providence always attended Faith and Truth in Love, and undoubtedly
+sooner or later would provide for their well-being, or else enable 'em
+to bear a meaner portion of Riches, which others perhaps might, less
+contentedly, possess. This argument was almost the daily discourse, in
+which she seem'd to gain some little ground, but not enough to perswade
+him to the unreasonable Grant of his Sisters desires.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+About five days after comes a Letter directed to him at <i>Ludlow</i>,
+with the Post Mark upon it very authentically, which in a very legible
+Woman's hand contained these words.
+</p>
+
+<div class="blockquote">
+<p>
+    Dear Brother,
+</p>
+
+    <p class="dropcap">W<i><span class="dcap">h</span>at unhappy Star am I born under, to suffer all this miserable
+    Persecution? Certainly, when my Father left me to your disposal,
+    and tied my Portion to your liking of the man that must marry me,
+    surely he could never have died reconciled to Heaven, could he have
+    foreseen the Slavery he tied his poor Child to, in putting me into
+    the power of so cruel a Brother. To run so many Months from your
+    House, your Family, nay, your Honour too, (for what must the
+    censuring world talk of you) and all to break a poor Sister's
+    Heart. Oh shameful! to hide your self from the World, and run from
+    Mankind, only to shut your Ears against Justice, and to be deaf to
+    all Goodness and Humanity! Alas, what Capital Crime have I
+    committed, who only loved a Gentleman, in Birth and Blood no ways
+    my Inferiour; and what if an unfortunate Younger Brother's slender
+    Patrimony of a Hundred a Year, is not answerable to a Portion of
+    Two thousand Pounds. A wonderful Cause to make me the most unhappy
+    Creature living, in refusing me the only Blessing the World has to
+    give. How many fair steps to Preferment and Honour lye in the way
+    of so accomplish'd and so well Related a Gentleman, notwithstanding
+    his Elder Brother run away with the Estate; and what good Fortune
+    have I not to hope for, if your Barbarous Aversion did not
+    interpose between my Felicity and me. In short, resolve to return
+    home, and be kind to your languishing, and almost despairing
+    Sister, or else expect very speedily to be visited by her at your
+    Bedside in her Winding-sheet. For if Ghosts can walk, and your
+    Barbarity has sworn my Death, expect to be eternally haunted, as
+    you shall deserve from&#8212;&#8212;</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+    Your Distracted&#8212;&#8212;
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+The next Post four or five Letters more came after him; one from his
+Bayliff, to desire him, for God's sake to come home again; for the
+Devil a Farthing would his Tenants pay till they saw their Landlord. A
+second from one of his Tenants, complaining of his bad Crop, and the
+low price of Corn, and that unless he would bate him Twenty pound a
+Year Rent, he could never hold his Farm; earnestly desiring his Worship
+to come home, and take care of his poor Tenants, <i>&#38;c.</i> A third
+condoling his Misfortune in the loss of his Eldest Son, and desiring to
+see his Sweet Worship's Face, that he might get him to put his Second
+Boy's Life into his Copy-hold; and others of the like Import.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+These Letters our Spark left in his Closet Window, and one whole day
+going abroad, by a pretended Negligence, he shot the Bolt of his Closet
+Lock out of the Staple, and so left his Door a-jar, and his Letters
+expos'd to any body that would please to read 'em. This Stratagem
+succeeded to his Wish, for the Daughter, whom I may now call his
+Mistress, knowing him safe abroad, had dropt into his Chamber when the
+Maid was making the Bed, and finding the Closet Door open, made bold to
+peep, and spying his Letters there, tips the wink upon the Maid, whom
+she made of the Council, and read 'em all out. The Contents put her
+mightily upon the gog; for certainly she concluded he must be a Man of
+a mighty Estate, so many Tenants, and the Lord knows what; and if a
+Sister had Two thousand Pounds, what must an Elder Brother possess.
+After she had conjured the Maid to silence, she could not forbear
+running to her Father, and telling him all she had discover'd: The
+Father at first a little reprimanded her Curiosity, but considering he
+had found out a Love Intrigue between his Daughter and him, he thought
+it no unwelcome discovery. At last looking very stedfastly upon his
+Daughter's Face, with a sort of a kind fatherly leer, he cry'd, <i>Ah
+Child, would he were a Bed with thee</i>. How, Father, <i>reply'd the
+Girl blushing</i>. Nay no harm (<i>quoth the Father</i>) Chicken,
+that's all. Thou sayst he makes love to thee, and troth I must own it
+no small part of my Ambition to have a Person of his Quality and
+Fortunes for a Son-in-law. In short, The Father gave her very
+seasonable Admonition; for having sounded her Inclinations, and found
+'em to his own wish, with a Fatherly Authority he commanded her, if his
+Addresses hinted at Marriage, to make him all reasonable Advances that
+way.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Our Gallant found his Plot had taken; for he had critically observed in
+what most particular manner and station to a quarter of an inch he had
+laid his Letters; and finding all of 'em displaced more or less from
+the exact point he had left 'em, he plainly perceived they had all of
+'em been read. Besides, in compliance to her Father's Orders, and
+indeed a little to her own Inclinations, he discover'd her usual
+Coldness to him a little diminish'd, and her Aspect more favourable,
+which plainly told him the Bait had taken. Whereupon one Evening
+finding her alone in her Garden, with a confidence more than usual, he
+plainly spoke home, telling her what an inestimable Blessing he should
+acquire in possessing so much sweetness for a Wife.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A long Courtship ensued, the Particulars too tedious, only the Girl was
+a little more pliant than ordinary, but much doubting the integrity of
+his Protestations; alledging it was very unlikely he would debase
+himself to marry a Creature of her mean Fortune, for all she could at
+present challenge, except what her Father might do for her after his
+decease, was only a 100<i>l.</i> left her in her Father's hands by an
+Uncle deceas'd. Our Gallant presently with much disdain seem'd to
+slight all thoughts of her Fortune, for that, he thank'd Heav'n, he
+wanted not; and truly her dear Person was the only consideration that
+had fix'd his Heart intirely her Captive. To bring him to the happy
+point, 48 hours are not past, before he comes to reap the fair Fruit.
+The marriage-knot is tied; and the Nuptials consummated, and Joy and
+Felicity runs high between them.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+In this happy State, and uninterrupted Delights, they continued some
+days, when of a sudden his old Servant, <i>Tom</i>, booted and spurr'd,
+comes to <i>Ludlow</i>, and now in a little higher station than before,
+in the garb and figure of one of his Bayliffs, he comes post thus far,
+first to tell him the Distraction of his Family occasion'd by his
+absense; 2dly, The Lady his Sister's sudden departure, God knows
+whither, for she went away by night two days before he set out from
+home, and has not been heard of since. And that a Letter was come from
+<i>Bristol</i>, intimating that his Venture in <i>Sherry</i> was safely
+landed there, and that the King's Customs came to 97<i>l.</i> but his
+Correspondent at <i>Bristol</i> being lately dead, the Custom was yet
+unsatisfied; and truly for his part none of the Tenants would pay him
+one Groat till they saw their Landlord again, and therefore he could
+not raise the Money to satisfy it. Our new Bridegroom hearing all this,
+presently communicates the whole matter to his sweet Bedfellow,
+desiring her to get her Father to accommodate him with that Sum; not
+that he ask'd it as any part of her Unkle's Legacy, he scorned to be so
+poor-spirited; no, he requested it as a Boon, and the Monies should
+speedily be repaid with Thanks: Which if he pleas'd to do for him, his
+Servant should fall down the <i>Severn</i>, and take care of his Wines,
+of which his dear Father-in-law should have one Hogshead to drink to
+her <i>Hans in Keldar</i>. The Daughter was a speedy and successful
+Embassadress, for the Money was presently laid him down in Gold, for
+the more ease of his Servant's carriage of it. <i>Tom</i> had not been
+two hours gone, but a Footboy in a very fine Livery brings him a Letter
+from his Sister, signifying her extreme Concern for his deserting his
+Affairs and Family, and that her Griefs and Disquiets had made her take
+a long Ramble to see him once more. And that she was now at
+<i>Hereford</i>, not daring to approach any nearer till she had his
+gracious Warrant and Permission, which she humbly upon her bended Knees
+intreated of him, with a great deal more passionate Courtship to him
+upon that Subject. Upon perusal of this Letter he seem'd to melt into a
+great deal of good nature and compassion for his dear Sister, insomuch
+that a Tear stood in his Eyes which his sweet Bride very kindly drank
+in a kiss. At length launching out into a great many tender Expressions
+towards his Sister, which Goodness his kind Bride much applauded and
+encouraged, throwing in many a kind word in her Sisters behalf; At last
+the Brother concluded he would be so civil to her, that since her
+extravagant Affection had brought her thus far to visit him, he would
+return her the Favour of Riding himself to <i>Hereford</i> to fetch
+her, if his kind Father would procure him a Horse. Ay, with all his
+heart. Nay, both Father and Daughter proffer'd to take the same Journey
+with him to pay their Respects to the young Lady, and attend upon her
+as part of her Train to <i>Ludlow</i>. No, by no means, replied our
+Spark; that was more than the Rules of Honour would allow: for his dear
+Bride, as his Wife, was a Person in Quality above her, and whatever
+Kindnesses she pleased to show her when at <i>Ludlow</i>, was in her
+free Power; but this complaisance was too great a Condescension, and
+consequently he beg'd her leave that the tenderness he had of her
+Honour might absolutely forbid her any such thought. And indeed his
+Father's was much the same Condescention, which he must likewise no way
+suffer.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Father and Daughter both silenced with this Answer, acquiesced with
+his Reasons, as being much a more experienced Master of Ceremonies than
+they could pretend to; consenting to let him go alone only attended by
+the Sister's Page; in the mean while resolving to apply their officious
+Respects to this fair, tho yet unknown Relation another way,
+<i>viz.</i> in making a suitable preparation for her honourable
+Reception. But first a very stately Horse was borrow'd, one that a
+Collonel of the Guards had lately bid a lumping Sum for; with all
+Accoutrements answerable. And at mounting, our Cavalier whispering in
+his Father's ear, and telling him he had been long from home, and not
+knowing whether his remaining Stock might hold out to his present
+Occasions, he desired&#8212;&#8212; The Father would not hear out the Speech, but
+running up stairs presently, fetch'd down, and stole into his hand a
+silk Purse richly lined with Twenty Broad Pieces.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Our Squire thus every way obliged, after his due Conges all made, bids
+them all Farewel till tomorrow, and so prances off. Here let us leave
+the Father and Daughter as busy for the Credit of the Cause, as may be
+imagined, making all suitable Provision for tomorrow's Entertainment;
+the Kitchin, and Pantry, the Bed-Chamber, and the Court-Cubboard, must
+all appear in Splendour extraordinary.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+And now to return to our Traveller: Heaven knows he had the misfortune
+to miss his way, for he never found <i>Hereford</i>, nor Sister. His
+Barb too found another Chapman than the Collonel of the Guards; for
+both Horse and Accoutrements all embargoed, and the dismounted Cavalier
+slipt into a Frize-Coat of his Man <i>Tom's</i> providing, who waited
+his coming, The Master, Page, and <i>Tom</i>, in a small prepared
+Vessel, troul'd down the <i>Severn</i> as fast as Tide and good Speed
+could carry them.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+As we thunder'd down the <i>Severn</i>, one of our Strollers being at
+present useless, our Page (well rewarded for playing his part in the
+<i>Farse</i>) is dropt at <i>Worcester</i>, from whence we continue our
+Voyage to <i>Bristol</i>. Arrived there pretty late in a Summers
+Evening, 'tis not thought convenient to appear in any Dress whatever
+had been seen before at <i>Ludlow</i>, nor indeed to expose his Face,
+lest any Inquiry might be made there about him as a Sherry-Merchant,
+and so trunking up all his best Rayment, he gets himself new rigged at
+a Salesman's in a genteel Garb, but something modester than his
+<i>Ludlow</i> Bravery, and <i>Tom</i> and he next morning move off to
+<i>Bath</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+It fortunes here, that he Quarters at one of the great Inns, it being
+the beginning of the Summer, just before <i>Bath</i> time, where was a
+brisk Daughter of the house, about half way stage between 20 and 30.
+and consequently much inclinable manwards. A Girl that had had the
+Honour of many a slap cross the Mouth, and chuck under the Chin by
+Lords and Earls in her time, her Fathers honourable Guests at
+<i>Bath</i> season. Our most constant Lover of every new face, feels
+the old Itch again. Business he finds will thicken upon him, and
+therefore flusht with his late Successes, he resolves to throw out his
+winning hand as far as it will run.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But now to know what Portion this Damsel had, for without a spill of
+yellow Boys, naked White and Red has but indifferent Charms with him.
+This Intelligence was quickly made, without asking the question; for
+there was a Jest in the Family of one of the Drawers being Suitor
+there, who belike wanted a tite sum of 80<i>l.</i> to set up withal (a
+small Portion of hers formerly left her by a Grandfather, and now at
+use.) This Drawer forsooth was a Rival, but not an over-formidable one.
+For truly our Inn-keepers Daughter had so often been tickled with the
+Addresses of Quality, that (<i>Foh!</i>) her Fathers Drawer was scarce
+worthy to hold up her Train. A Gentleman, or nothing for her. Nay, if
+she has not the happiness to strike in for a Lease for Life at Bed and
+Board with some honourable Person, rather than dye in ignorance, keep a
+stale Maiden-head, and so lead Apes, she has long since resolved not to
+stand out at a lower game, and en'e admit a Tenant at Will to an Inmate
+of Fashion and Quality; and was grosly suspected she had tried the
+Constitution of her Body, under a load of Honour long before her
+present year of twenty five. But true or false, that's a small Blot, in
+her Scutchion.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Our <i>Don John</i> is absolutely captivated, and plies her home with
+all the Rhetorick that Love can afford. Our man <i>Tom</i> in the
+meanwhile but very modestly, is whispering amongst his Mates, the lower
+Tire of the Family, the Servants, what a Worthy Gentleman his Master
+is, being a Rich <i>Norfolk</i> Gentleman (a pretty large stride from
+<i>Bathe</i>) of 500 a year. This Narrative passes pretty well amongst
+the shallower pates, the Chamberlain, the Tapster, the Hostler, and the
+rest of the inferior Domesticks; but our hardfaith'd young Mistress of
+the house, whither bit before, or naturally not over-credulous, does as
+good as declare, That her Principles are to look before she leaps. Our
+<i>Norfolk</i> Suitor finds his Addresses very acceptable, but still
+with a reserve, Provided he be the Man he appears. He plainly sees,
+that the Girl, upon good Grounds is very pliable, but she's a little
+past the years of being dandled and kist out of her Reason: He or any
+man else (any Tooth good Barber) with Honour and Estate may go far with
+her; but Demonstration is the only Argument that must carry her Cause.
+As many years as she has lived (or at least past for) a Maid, she is
+not so hard set, but she can tarry till Substantial Testimony (as far
+off as <i>Norfolk</i> lies) can make out the Lands and Tenements,
+before she consents to an Inclosure. Our Spark therefore put to his
+last Trumps, finds this last a craggier and more difficult Enterprize
+than any he had ever yet encountred; however, thinking it a very great
+scandal to his Wit, to lie down before her, and shamefully for want of
+Ammunition, be forced to raise the Siege, he sets all his Brains at
+work for one last Mine to blow her up; or if that take not, he is
+resolved to quit the Field. In a day or two after, he begins to be
+Melancholly and indisposed; during this fit, he is very cold in his
+Love, and applies him to Religious Books, talks much of very odd Dreams
+he has had, till at last he takes his Bed. Physitians are sent for,
+whether they found any real indications of sickness or no, or
+acquiesced to his own Declaration of the Pains he felt, no Medicinal
+Application was wanting. His Distemper increasing, he desires a Man of
+Law to be sent for, accordingly a Scrivener of the Town is called, who
+draws up his Will, in which he gives away about Three Thousand pounds
+in several Legacies, leaving his Nephew his full and sole Executor. The
+Will is sealed up, and delivered to his Man <i>Tom</i>; and all the
+cognizance taken of his Mistress, is only 10<i>l.</i> to buy her
+Mourning. Next a Man of God is sent for, and all the necessary
+preparations for a Man of another World are made. His Conscience
+setled, and his Viaticum for his long Journey most devoutly furnisht.
+But it pleases Fate, or the Sick man rather, in some few days after, to
+give some small symptoms of amendment, and to shorten the matter, in
+Eight or Ten days time he is pretty well recovered, and the next talk
+is of fancying his own Native <i>Norfolk</i> Air for perfecting his
+Health; all this while the young Damsel, who, tho not call'd to the
+Will-making, knew all the Contents of it, and finding from all hands,
+the great uprightness and devotion of her humble Servant, could not
+fancy that so much Religion and Piety could be an Impostor, and
+therefore she doubted not in the least, but the Estate in
+<i>Norfolk</i> was unquestionable; and tho indeed her Prudence would
+still incline her to a full inquiry and satisfactory account, yet 'tis
+now too late, her cooling Admirer talks of speeding to <i>London</i>;
+and tho he professes he will leave his heart behind with her, She is
+afraid that new Faces and better Fortunes will soon shake her hold
+there, and therefore taking her Pillow upon the business, she resolves
+not to slip so favourable an opportunity, but to lay hold of the
+forelock, and take a good offer whilst she may have it: For with all
+her natural Pride, she considers her self but the Lees of a Tap; and
+'tis not every Rich Gudgeon will bite at a Bait so blown, and so stale.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Her departing Lover still pressing for his Journey, the good-natur'd
+Girl watches the next amorous sally of her Gallant, and takes him at
+his word, and without asking advice, thinks her own wit sufficient, and
+in two days time enters into <i>for better, for worse</i>. The
+Town-Bells soon rung All Joy; and the best Hogshead in Daddy's Cellar
+run <i>Claret</i>. His Honourable Guest and Son-in-Law was the little
+Idol of all the Virgins of the Town, and the envied preferment of sweet
+Mrs. <i>Betty</i> had fill'd all Tongues; and scarce a Prayer offered
+up for a Husband, but Mrs. <i>Betty</i>'s felicity was made the Pattern
+of their Devotion.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But now, as the Devil would have it, our dignified Bride is for having
+her Dear Spouse, by all means, doing her and her Father the honour of
+staying out the whole Bathe Season (now coming on) amongst 'em, and
+nothing can divert her from that resolution. This is a very unwelcome
+proposal; for the multitude of Faces from all quarters of the Kingdom,
+may not only be very dangerous to his circumstances, but likewise his
+<i>Norfolk</i> Abilities, long before that time, may be examin'd too
+narrowly; and therefore not being able to make any harsh refusal of his
+fair Brides request, lest it should look like design, and to marry a
+young Girl, and be ashamed of her parentage, would appear so unkind,
+that he has no Artifice to wean her from <i>Bathe</i>, and drill her
+out of Town, but by pretending a small relapse of his Indisposition,
+which he acted so well, that he denied himself the very pleasures of
+Love, and fell off even from Family-Duties. This Curtain-failure began
+to moderate her passion for staying at <i>Bathe</i>, for her tame
+Bedfellow still preaching up the virtues of his own Native
+<i>Norfolk</i> Air, his poor defeated Bride could not but have a
+womanly longing for so necessary a Restorative, and thereupon for so
+important a Medicine to her feeble Yokemate, she consented to go along
+with him.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+All her fine Cloaths were Boxed up, together with several Bed and
+Table-Linnen, <i>&#38;c.</i> (for she had pretty good Moveables, all the
+Legacies of Deceased Aunts and Grannies, and other good Kin) and all
+sent by her Man <i>Tom</i> to the Carriers, and two days after places
+took in the flying Coach for their speeding to <i>London</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But one main thing was almost forgotten. She had call'd in her Portion,
+which for a Guinies Gratification the Scrivener had ready at an Hours
+warning, having at that time some other peoples Money by him
+undisposed, and hers being out upon Mortgage, the Owners were very well
+pleas'd to make an Exchange upon the same security. This Money was not
+to be trusted by the Waggon, but to be carryed up with her in the Coach
+box, for which her Man <i>Tom</i> beg'd her acceptance of a little Gilt
+leather'd Trunk that happen'd to be just small enough to go into the
+Coach-box. The Day of setting out being the Morrow, her thoughtful
+Spouse had nicely consider'd that the Coach would be in <i>London</i>
+half a day before the Carrier, which for some Reasons you'll find in
+the sequel was not altogether for his convenience, and therefore he
+made a shift to put off the Journey till next Coach-day.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Against that time the Gilt-leather'd Trunk, and the Key to it was
+deliver'd her, (tho by the by he had got two Keys) and the 80<i>l.</i>
+some Broad pieces, a Caudle-Cup, half a dozen of Silver Spoons, and
+some other Toys were all stowed in it; and the Kind Couple are
+trundling away for <i>London</i>, with the Man well mounted riding by.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Now as a Man of his Estate, he had freely given her all her own
+Portion, a small Privy Purse to buy her Pins with, having Marryed her
+only for Beauty, and much disdaining the addition of so small a sum to
+his plentiful Fortune. The first stage being done (for they had but one
+Night to lye by the way) the small Cabinet of Treasure was carefully
+taken out of the Coach, and lodged in a Closet in the Chamber, and next
+Morning deliver'd to <i>Tom</i> to see safely laid in the Coach-box as
+before.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The next Night arriving both at <i>London</i>, (whither <i>Tom</i>
+about <i>Brenford</i> was commanded by his Master to speed a little
+before to prepare for their Reception) a very fair Lodging near St.
+<i>James</i>'s was ready to entertain her, but no <i>Tom</i> had been
+there; and coming to open the Trunk, instead of the Gold and Silver
+Entrayls there was nothing but a Bag of Stones, and a piece of a
+Brickbat to supply their places, enclosed in a few Rags that stuft up
+the Trunk. This amazing sight threw the poor Lady into a most violent
+Distraction, and 'twas very hard to hold her from falling into a Fit,
+her Husband seeming as much amazed as her self, and joining in the
+complaint as loud as she. But to abate her Rage, he told her the wicked
+Rogue should not so scape, he had very sufficient security from able
+Friends for his honest and faithful service, and their Purses should
+make her Reparation, till when the Loss should be made up out of his
+own Pocket. Nor would he sleep till he had made her some farther
+satisfaction, and therefore beg'd her Excuse but for one half Hour till
+he took Coach, and made that search and quest that perhaps would bring
+her some considerable Light into the Villany. Her Zeal for her Loss
+never look'd any farther, and accordingly well pleas'd with the Kind
+Motion, she took leave of him for the half Hour aforesaid.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But, alas, a long half Hour, for half the Evening, nay the whole Night
+was gone, and neither Man nor Master to be heard of. So Husband and
+Portion all departed, she thought fit to secure her Goods and Cloaths
+at the Carriers, but the same Calamity attended there likewise, for
+<i>Tom</i> had been there too, and swept all.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+To describe the Distress and Anguish of our present Female Sufferer, or
+either of her two foregoing Sisters in Affliction, being a work beyond
+our power, we shall e'ne do as the Painter did of old, that is, draw a
+Vail before the Face of sorrow, the Lineaments of true Grief being
+above the Pen or Pencils skill.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+And now to follow our Libertine through all his Rambles and Exploits in
+this wide Town of <i>London</i>, (for there lyes his next Scene) being
+matter we have not yet fully been inform'd in, we dare not venture to
+play the Historian any farther than certain Intelligence (which yet we
+have not received) can guide us, being resolved not to load our Rambles
+with Romance or Fiction, his Life being furnisht with matter
+sufficiently voluminous without the addition of Flourish or Fancy.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Let it suffice that some time after all these three successive
+Adventures, the poor <i>Ludlow</i> VVife comes up to <i>London</i>,
+being the last place she has to make her quest after this Impostor and
+Monster, for those are the gentlest Names her Sufferings and
+Resentments can give him. She has a great Opinion that <i>Newgate</i>
+or <i>Newgate</i> Roll, or some other such Chronicles of his Renown
+will give her some light into his Life and Fortune, and perhaps the
+Justice of Heaven afford her a sight of him at least, if not a power to
+execute Heavens and her just Vengeance on so egregious a Reprobate.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Her Inn being at <i>Holborn</i> Bridge, she lights into the Company of
+a good Motherly VVoman just come from <i>Oxfordshire</i>; the sorrow in
+so young a Face, and the swoln Eyes which were not yet dryed, the
+Fountain being indeed inexhaustible, the Curiosity of the Elder
+Traveller made bold to ask her the cause of so doleful a look, &#38;c. The
+young one (who now had no Reserves) plainly told her whole sufferings,
+to which the Matron replyed, Alas young VVoman, what are your griefs to
+mine? I have been many years the VVife of the most Infamous Miscreant
+that the Earth ever bore; deserted and abandoned by the wickedest of
+Men, after long years of Honest and Loyal Fidelity to his Bed, and
+exposed to perish (which you, thanks to able Friends, need not fear)
+<i>&#38;c.</i> with a great deal more bitter Invectives against him. Till
+at last upon further conferring of Notes, and describing of Characters
+and Persons they came to jump together, and found 'emselves both abused
+by the very same Monster, the eldest being indeed his old
+<i>Banbury</i> Wife. What Amazement this Accident produced may easily
+be conjectured, it will be enough to tell you that the Anguish of both
+their Souls, and the Bitterness of Gall on each side made 'em Swear an
+inviolable Friendship, determining to search (if possible) the whole
+World, to hunt down this Devil. Accordingly they take a Lodging a
+little higher in <i>Holborn</i>, where making no secret of both their
+hard cases, they open their whole Souls to their new Landlady to engage
+her assistance in the Quarrel. The Landlady Transported at both their
+Narrations fell upon her Knees, and blest God he had sent 'em to her
+House, for this <i>Lucifer</i> they had described, was certainly the
+very Man that next Week was to Marry her Daughter. This surprize put
+'em all into new Confusion, and the Daughter being called to the
+Council, it was evident that this very Fellow had made Love to the
+Daughter of the House, the day of Marriage concluded, the Ring and
+Wedding Cloaths preparing, &#38;c. This last Deliverance made the poor old
+Woman, and the Daughter no less, melt into Tears at this happy
+Discovery.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Well, 'tis agreed between 'em all, that they shall not stir till he
+comes thither, which will be in twenty four Hours at most; and all
+their united Vengeance, Constables, Warrants, and what not, shall be
+prepar'd for his Reception.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This Resolution was heartily fix'd amongst 'em; only the <i>Banbury</i>
+Wife would that Evening take a walk to a Cozens, a Citizen, where she
+had some important Affairs, but nothing should stay her abroad above an
+Hour; she had not walk'd half a Furlong but Destiny or some other
+ruling Power threw her full in the Mouth of her Husband; her Passion at
+sight of him rose so high, that at first it could not find vent for
+words, which he perceiving desired her to walk into a Tavern which was
+just before 'em, and there recover her Confusion. You may conceive she
+was very ready to accept the Invitation, her Stomach being so full,
+that 'twas the only thing she wanted to have her full swing at him. The
+Discourse of her part you may well guess at; but his Answer was so
+tender, and his Confession so open, that at last she grew patient
+enough to hear him out. He plainly told her all he had done, or at
+least the greatest part: that it was only the Effects of his Wants and
+Necessities, that now he had rais'd enough to re-establish him in the
+World, that the Hony Moon of Love had been almost over between them,
+and that if he had made any Lapse in Disloyalty to her Marriage Right,
+it was not Infidelity but Interest that had enforced him to all. And so
+showing her handfuls of Gold and Silver, he humbly intreated a
+Reconciliation betwixt 'em. Which good Words and Address at last so
+perfectedly obtained, that he perswaded her to send for all her
+Houshold Goods, and to live with him somewhere in the Liberties of
+<i>Westminster</i>, where disguising his Name, and amending his Faults,
+he doubted not through his practice to recover a plentiful Being, and
+maintain her like a Woman.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The poor Creature absolutely mollified, promises Fidelity to him, and
+never returning to her new Lodgings, takes him along with her,
+defeating the whole Vengeance that was hatching against him, and not
+stirring from him till all her Goods were come up from <i>Banbury</i>,
+and a new House furnisht with 'em. She had not lived there three days,
+till finding a Gossiping Errand for her to keep her from home a whole
+day, at her Return at Night to Bed, she finds neither Husband nor
+Goods, Bed to lye, or Stool to sit upon; the whole House being utterly
+dismantled, and nothing but nakedness and empty Walls to receive her.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This last Cruelty of her Barbarian made her almost run stark Mad, and
+returning to her <i>Holborn</i> Lodging to own her frailty in believing
+an Infidel, and the Just Judgment that had befaln her upon it, she
+found the poor <i>Ludlow</i> Mourner departed, and all her Relief left
+was to return to <i>Banbury</i> to live upon the Alms of the Parish.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This Libertine Life of our Renegade did not long continue till found at
+last by the <i>Ludlow</i> Wife he was thrown into <i>Worcester</i>
+Jail; from thence by <i>Habeas Corpus</i> (at the Charge of a Parson in
+<i>Southwark</i> whose Daughter he had likewise Married) removed to
+<i>Newgate</i>, &#38; upon an Indictment of six Wives appearing against
+him, being then Tryed by the Name of <i>Morrel</i> alias <i>Bowyer</i>
+(a Name of a Worthy Person of Quality, for personating of whom he had
+stood in the Pillory) he pleaded Guilty to those six and twelve more,
+and thereby received only the punishment of a Squeeze in the Fist.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+After this Escape of a Halter, what his following Adventures have been
+we are not informed: 'tis to be believed his Will was no ways wanting,
+though his power of managing such hardy Exploits might undoubtedly be a
+little retrencht: and therefore we have reason to conclude he fell into
+smaller Games, in which his Walks have lain something more obscure, and
+thereupon by reason of our unacquaintance with the Truth of that part
+of his Life, we shall over-leap some years, and bring him to his
+Conclusion.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Some few days before <i>Christmas</i> he came to one Mr. <i>Cullens</i>
+a Baker in the <i>Strand</i> to seek him a Lodging, his Habit but
+indifferent, and his Stock not above Two Shillings, pretending himself
+to be a Person of Worth and Honour, <i>viz. Humphrey Wickham</i> of
+<i>Swaclift</i> in the County of <i>Oxon</i> Esq; a Person whose Name
+and Reputation was well known to Mrs. <i>Cullen</i>, being Born not far
+from him, which contributed much to the swallowing of the Imposture.
+His pretence for leaving his Family in the Countrey, and living here
+<i>Incognito</i> was occasion'd (he said) to avoid the payment of
+500<i>l.</i> which he stood engaged for, and for which the principal
+had left him in the lurch; and which he had made a rash Vow he would
+not pay.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Mr. <i>Cullen</i>'s Family thus imposed upon supplied all his wants,
+and paid him the due Respects to the Quality he Personated, till
+falling sick, on the 28th of <i>December</i> he made a Will, as
+follows.
+</p>
+
+<br>
+<p class="ctr">
+His WILL.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+In the name of God, Amen. <i>I</i> Humphrey Wickham <i>of</i>
+Swatclift, <i>in the County of</i> Oxon <i>Esquire; being sick and weak
+in Body, but of sound Mind and Memory, do make this my last WILL and
+TESTAMENT, revoking all Wills by me formerly made: And as touching such
+Worldly Estate as God hath been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby
+give and bequeath the same in manner following.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Imprimis, <i>I do give, devise, and bequeath, to my Kinsman</i> William
+Wickham, <i>of</i> Gazington, <i>in the County of</i> Oxon, <i>all that
+my Mansion House of</i> Swaclift <i>aforesaid; and all the Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto him the
+said</i> William Wickham, <i>and his Heirs for ever</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath unto</i> John Cullin, <i>Son of</i> Thomas
+Cullin, <i>of the Parish of St.</i> Clement Danes, <i>in the County
+of</i> Middlesex, <i>Baker, all that my impropriated Personage of</i>
+Sowgrate, <i>in the County of</i> Northampton, <i>with the Rents,
+Issues, and Profits thereof</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto Anne Cullin</i>, <i>Sister of the said</i> John
+Cullin, <i>the Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Thomas Cullin, <i>Son of the said</i> Thomas
+Cullin, <i>the Sum of Three hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Dorothy Halford <i>of</i> Halford, <i>in the
+County of</i> Warwick, <i>the Sum of two hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Richard Davis, <i>Son of</i> William Davis
+<i>of the said Parish of St.</i> Clement Danes, <i>the Sum of Four
+hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> William Davis, <i>Son of the said</i> William
+Davis, <i>the Summ of Two hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Anne Fowkes, <i>for her Care and Diligence in
+Looking after me in my Sickness, the Sum of one hundred pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Robert Croker, <i>Son of</i> William Croker
+<i>of</i> Sanford, <i>in the said County of</i> Oxon <i>(being my
+God-son) the Sum of Five hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto the said</i> William Croker, <i>the Sum of Five
+hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Robert Penniston, <i>Son of Sir</i> Thomas
+Penniston, <i>and younger Brother to Sir</i> Farmalis Penniston
+<i>of</i> Cornhill, <i>in the said County of</i> Oxon <i>the Sum of
+Three hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto Mrs.</i> Jane Penniston, <i>Sister of the said
+Mr.</i> Robert Penniston, <i>the Summ of Two hundred Pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the name of</i>
+Apple-tree Ducy, <i>in</i> Cropridee, <i>in the County of</i>
+Northampton, <i>unto</i> John Brooking <i>of</i> Rashly, <i>in the
+County of</i> Devon, <i>Esquire, and the said</i> William Davis senior,
+<i>and</i> Thomas Cullin senior, <i>and the Survivor of them, and their
+Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust and Confidence:
+Nevertheless, that they the said</i> John Brooking, William Davis,
+<i>and</i> Thomas Cullin, <i>shall sell and dispose of the same; and
+out of the Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid, the
+respective Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said</i> Anne
+Cullin, Thomas Cullin Junior, Dorothy Halford, Richard Davis, William
+Davis Junior, <i>and</i> Anne Fowkes. <i>And whereas I have herein
+before bequeathed unto my Kinsman</i> Will. Wickham, <i>and his Heirs,
+all my Mansion-house at</i> Swacklift <i>aforesaid, with the Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging; my true Will and
+Meaning is, That the same Devise is upon this special Trust and
+Confidence, That the said</i> William Wickham <i>shall pay, or cause to
+be paid, the several Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the
+said</i> Rob. Croker, <i>and</i> Will. Croker, Robert Penniston,
+<i>and</i> Jane Penniston; <i>and also pay and discharge one Bond for
+the Principal Sum of five hundred pounds, with Interest, which I became
+bound for with</i> Thomas Walker, <i>to one</i> Thomas Irons, <i>any
+thing herein before contained, to the contrary thereof in any wise
+notwithstanding; and also that he the said</i> William Wickham,
+<i>shall out of his Legacy, and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him
+devised, pay, or cause to be paid unto my Executors hereafter named,
+the Sum of five hundred pounds, to be by them bestowed, distributed, or
+employed for the use and benefit of the Poor of the Parish of</i>
+Swacklift <i>aforesaid, in such manner as they, or the major part of
+them shall think fit and convenient</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath unto the said</i> John Brooking <i>out of
+the Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called</i> Apple-tree Ducy <i>aforesaid, the Summ of Five
+hundred Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall
+be thereby raised, I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said</i>
+William Davies <i>Senior, and</i> Thomas Cullin <i>Senior, to be
+equally divided between them and the Survivor of them</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath unto</i> Alice Cullin, <i>Wife of the
+said</i> Thomas Cullin <i>Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her
+own proper Use and Disposal</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath in like manner the Sum of Six hundred
+Pounds unto</i> Jane Davis, <i>the Wife of the said</i> William Davis.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto the said</i> Robert Croker <i>and</i> Will.
+Croker, <i>the Sum of Ten Pounds a piece to buy them Mourning: and also
+to each of them a Ring of Twelve Shillings</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give unto</i> Jane Croker <i>and</i> Mary Croker; <i>and
+also to the said</i> Robert Penniston, <i>and</i> Jane Penniston,
+<i>and all other my Legates herein before mentioned, and to every of
+them the Sum of Ten Pounds a piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of
+Twelve Shillings</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds lying at
+Interest in the hands of Mr.</i> Ambrose Holbitch, <i>in the name
+of</i> Oliver Charles, <i>my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the
+same to and amongst my Four Servants</i>, Oliver Charles, John Harber,
+Sarah Winn, <i>and</i> Margery Smith, <i>and the Survivor of them, to
+be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my
+Accoutrements belonging to them unto the said</i> John Brookeing,
+William Davis <i>Senior, and</i> Thomas Cullin, <i>Senior</i>, viz.
+<i>my Bright Bay Gelding to the said</i> Thomas Cullin, <i>and my Black
+Gelding to the said</i> William Davis, <i>and my Dapple-grey Gelding to
+the said</i> John Brookeing. <i>All the Arrears of Rent in my Tenants
+Hands at the time of my Decease I do hereby freely acquit and
+discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my Personal Estate, not
+herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies and Funeral Expences,
+paid and discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said
+Kinsman</i> William Wickham.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>And, lastly. I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the
+said</i> William Wickham, John Brooking, William Davis senior,
+<i>and</i> Thomas Cullin senior, <i>Executors of this my Will; hereby
+revoking and making void all other, and former Will or Wills by me
+made</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>In Witness whereof I the said</i> Humphrey Wickham <i>have to this
+my last Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half
+the back, thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth day of</i>
+Decemb. Anno Dom. 1691.
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+Humphrey Wickham.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with
+the words</i> (Will. Wickham) <i>being first interlined</i>, Rob.
+Smith, Jo. Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Mart. Pinckard.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>I, the above-named</i> Humphrey Wickham, <i>having omitted out of my
+Will above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in</i>
+Huntingtonshire, <i>do hereby make this Addition to, and part of my
+said Will, in manner following: I give and bequeath all my Lands,
+Tenements and Hereditaments, called</i> Pryor'<i>s Farm, and all other
+my Estate in</i> Holly-well <i>and</i> Needingworth, <i>unto the
+above-named</i> John Brooking, William Davis senior, <i>and</i> Tho.
+Cullin senior, <i>and the Survivor of them, and their Heirs, and the
+Heirs of the Survivor of them, under this special Trust and Confidence,
+that the said</i> Jo. Brooking, William Davis, <i>and</i> Thomas
+Cullin, <i>shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the Moneys
+thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid the respective Legacies
+hereafter named</i>; viz. <i>I give and bequeath to</i> Humphrey
+Longford <i>the sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister</i> Mary
+Longford <i>the like sum of six hundred pounds</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>I give and bequeath unto the said</i> Tho. Cullin <i>Sen. the
+further Sum of</i> 800 l. <i>and all the Remainder of the Moneys
+thereby raised, I give and bequeath unto the said</i> Will. Davis
+<i>Sen. and</i> Jane <i>his Wife, and the Survivor of them</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Item, <i>Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto</i> John Cullin,
+<i>Son of the said</i> Thomas Cullin, <i>the impropriated Parsonage
+of</i> Sowgrave; <i>my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the
+same to the said</i> John Cullin, <i>and his Heirs for ever. In Witness
+whereof, I the said</i> Humphrey Wickham <i>have to this Codicil
+Addition, or further part of my said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this
+Twenty eighth Day of</i> December, <i>Anno Dom.</i> 1691.
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+Humphrey Wickham.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us</i>,
+Robert Smith, John Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Martin Pinkard. Probatum
+fuit, <i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+<div class="blockquote">
+<p>
+    This stupendious confidence of a dying man is very amazing, nay he
+    drove on the Masquerade at that strange rate, that he may be truly
+    said to have ended as he began, having received the blessed
+    Sacrament, pretended the settlement of his Conscience, and making
+    peace with Heaven with that seeming sincerity, as if he had
+    resolved to prevaricate with God with the same assurance he had all
+    along done with Mankind. The credulity of these deluded persons his
+    Landlord, and the rest, is not much to be wonder'd at, when the
+    last Gasps of Death could carry so fair an Hypocrisie, and their
+    Transports for his extravagant Legacies bequeathed 'em are rather
+    to be pittied then rediculed. And if they have been faulty in any
+    little over-fondness of their imaginary good fortune, the Jests and
+    Gibes they have received, have been their sufficient punishment;
+    besides Mr. <i>Cullin's</i> being run out of above 30<i>l.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    After his Death care was taken to provide him a Coffin of about
+    10<i>l.</i> value, and the Embalmers were paid for some of their
+    Office of preserving him sweet, till preparations for a solemn and
+    sumptuous Funeral could be made, suitable to the remains of the
+    honourable Deceased. And this Letter was sent as follows.
+</p>
+
+
+<p>
+    <i>Sir</i>,
+</p>
+
+<p class="dropcap">
+    T<span class="dcap">hese</span> serve to inform you that <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> Esquire of
+    <i>Swaclift</i> in the County of <i>Oxon</i> died this morning at
+    my House where he has been about ten days; He has made his Will,
+    and you are one of his Executors with me and others; A very great
+    share of his Estate is given to you; therefore pray Sir speed to
+    <i>London</i>, that we may take care of his Funeral and other
+    matters necessary to be done upon this occasion.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    I think it may not be amiss that you keep this private, lest any
+    thing may be Purloyned or Imbezelled by any of the deceaseds
+    Servants, or any else at his Seat at <i>Swaclift</i>, which is all
+    given to you, some Legacies thereout to be paid; I am, Sir,
+</p>
+
+<p class="ctr">
+    <i>Your Servant</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+    Tho. Cullin.
+</p>
+
+
+<p>
+    London 3. January 169-1/2. From my House at the Wheat-sheaf near
+    St. <i>Clements</i> Church over against <i>Arundel</i> Street.
+    <i>Strand</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    To Mr. <i>William Wickham</i> of <i>Gazington</i> inquire at the
+    Blew Boars Head in <i>Oxon</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <i>These following Lines were inclosed from the aforesaid Executors
+    in the said Letter being left by the deceased.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="dropcap">
+    W<span class="dcap">h</span>ereas, I <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> Esquire, in Company with my own
+    man <i>John Harbert</i>, <i>and John Austin</i>, Son of <i>Nich.
+    Austin</i>, did carry a black Hoggs Skin Trunk, marked with the
+    Letters
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+    <i>H. W.</i> 1688.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Wherein are the Deeds of my Estate at <i>Sowgrave</i> and <i>Apple-tree
+Ducy</i>; these are to desire you to deliver them to the Executors,
+signed with his own Name, thus
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+<i>Humphrey Wickham</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Memorandum</i>, there are two Mortgages in the hands of
+<i>Austin</i>, the one for 1400<i>l.</i> and the other for 400<i>l.</i>
+In the name of <i>Oliver Charles</i>, in the hands of Mr. <i>Ambrose
+Holbech</i>.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+In answer to this Letter came a Gentleman from <i>Oxford</i> to tell
+Mr. <i>Cullin</i>, that the Christian name of this Mr. <i>Wickham</i>
+of <i>Gazington</i> was mistaken, which gave the first Alarm of an
+Imposture, otherwise Horse and Mourning had been provided to have
+carried him down to <i>Swackley</i> for his Interment there.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Mr. <i>Cullin</i> being not over apt to believe himself cheated, but
+more to satisfie the rest of the World, sent down a Messenger to
+<i>Swackley</i>, with fifteen shillings in his Pocket, mounted upon a
+poor Hackney, but ordered to return upon the Bright Bay Gelding
+bequeathed him in his Will; being not convinced of the Delusion till
+his Messengers Return notwithstanding several persons of Reputation had
+declared him a counterfeit; &#38; Major <i>Richardson</i> and Mr.
+<i>Compton</i> had both inspected the Corps, and averred him to be the
+very man formerly Judged for six Wives as before mentioned, and more
+than once their Prisoner in Newgate.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Messenger returning <i>Tuesday</i> the 12th of <i>January</i> he
+brought a Compliment to the Executors from Captain <i>Wickham</i>, (who
+had treated the Messenger very civilly,) to this effect; that he gave
+'em his hearty thanks for their intended kindness to him, and if they
+would please to come to <i>Swackley</i> for a Month or more they should
+be very welcome, and have the use of all the Geldings, <i>viz.</i> the
+Black, the Bright Bay, and Dapple Grey, tho he could not well part with
+'em for good and all.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Upon this full satisfaction received, about three the next Morning with
+no more than a Watchman and a Lanthorn in a Coffin of four shillings
+price, he was laid in Earth in a Nook of St. <i>Clements</i>
+Churchyard.
+</p>
+
+<p class="ctr">
+Postscript.
+</p>
+
+<p class="dropcap">
+T<span class="dcap">he</span> Nurse and Assistants that attended him in his sickness now call to
+mind, that they once or twice observed him to laugh to himself very
+pleasantly, which they suppose proceeded from the pleasure he took in
+cheating the World he was then just upon leaving.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+<i>FINIS.</i>
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="fm2">
+<i>DIEGO REDIVIVUS:</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+or the
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm1">
+Last WILL
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+AND
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm2">
+TESTAMENT
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+Of the Pretended
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+<i>Humphrey Wickham</i>, Esq;
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+Alias <span class="sc">William Morrel</span>,<br>
+alias <span class="sc">Bowyer,</span> &#38;c.
+</p>
+
+<p class="fm3">
+WITH A<br>
+Full RELATION of his Notorious<br>
+CHEATS and IMPOSTURES:<br>
+Who dyed at Mr. <i>Cullins</i> House, the Third<br>
+of this Instant <i>January</i>, in the Parish of<br>
+St. <i>Clement Danes</i>, &#38;c.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="fm4">
+<i>LICENSED and Entred in the REGISTER-BOOK<br>
+of the Company of Stationers.</i>
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="fm4">
+<i>LONDON</i>, Printed for <i>Abel Roper</i>, at the <i>Mitre</i><br>
+near <i>Temple-Bar</i>. 1692.
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+ADVERTISEMENT.
+</p>
+
+
+<p>
+This is to give notice, That the Fine COFFIN, mentioned in the
+following Relation, is to be sold in <i>Shipyard</i>, without
+<i>Temple-bar</i>.
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="hang">
+    <i>The Last</i> Will <i>and</i> Testament <i>of the pretended</i>
+    Humphrey Wickham <i>Esq</i>; <i>alias</i> William Morrel,
+    <i>alias</i> Bowyer, <i>&#38;c. with Annotations thereupon</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p class="dropcap">
+T<span class="dcap">he</span> Publick undoubtedly cannot be better entertained, than by the
+following Relation, of one of the most notorious Cheats as has been
+known in an Age, which has already made a very amazing Noise in the
+Town and the Particulars whereof, may be no disacceptable
+Entertainment.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A Person not over-well Clad, was seen standing gazing about him in the
+Streets, over-against <i>Arundel</i>-Buildings in the <i>Strand</i>;
+but the gravity of his Age (being a Person between 50 and 60) invited
+the Curiosity of Mr. <i>Cullin</i> the Baker, to ask this unknown
+Person what he wanted? To which he replied, He wanted a Lodging. Upon
+this, Mr. <i>Cullin</i> very courteously made answer, He should be
+welcome to his House; which he very easily and readily accepted; and
+accordingly was received very kindly. Now having no extraordinary Stock
+of Money, <i>viz.</i> but Two Shillings in his Pocket, he was exposed
+to the necessity of making use of some Romantick Narrative of his
+Quality and Condition, to make good his Quarters with so slender a
+Purse, to hold out payment. Accordingly the Curiosity of his Landlady
+enquiring what Country-man he was? He replied, <i>Oxfordshire</i>; that
+his Name was <i>Wickham</i>, a Person of a good Estate near
+<i>Banbury</i>; and that the occasion of his coming to Town, was only
+to avoid the payment of 500<i>l.</i> which he stood engaged for by
+Bond, in behalf of a Person that was run away, and had left him to pay
+that Money, and which truly he had made an Oath to himself he would
+never pay; not that the Summ was so considerable to a Man of his
+plentiful Fortune, only he was resolved to keep his Vow; and that had
+made him retire a little from being arrested for it.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Affability and good Language of this Person of imaginary Quality,
+soon found Credit with his believing Landlord and Landlady, and no
+Caress was thought kind enough to a Person of his eminent Figure and
+Extraction. His first entrance into this indulgent Family was about a
+fortnight before <i>Christmass</i>, where he gained that daily ground,
+that no Respect could be sufficiently paid him: His little Pocket
+Strength signified nothing, for his Host was not a little exalted with
+the Honour of such a Guest under his Roof.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But, as Providence was pleased to order it, his Reign was ordain'd to
+be but short; for he soon fell into a languishing Sickness, in which
+time neither Doctor, Apothecary, Nurse, or any other Assistance was
+wanting.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Now our pretended Captain, what ever other Faults he had, was resolv'd
+not to be guilty of Ingratitude, and accordingly made an ample Last
+Will and Testament, and most liberally gave extraordinary large
+Donations and Legacies to his kind Landlord, <i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+It was very remarkable, that during his Sickness, his Landlord, being
+Overseer of the Poor, had requested a kind Brother in Office, the
+Church-Warden, to pay a small Office of Christian Duty to this poor
+languishing Gentleman; who making him a condoling Visit, with wet Eyes
+and uplifted Hands, was so kind as to wish his Worship's Soul
+everlasting Rest, which was seconded by many a repeated sigh from the
+rest of the Condolers about him: And one more especially, having heard
+of this great Wind-fall, lamented much his Unhappiness, in not visiting
+this Gentleman, saying, <i>He was never born to do himself good, having
+lost by his Negligence at least</i> 1000<i>l.</i> Also another eminent
+Man of the Parish, being dissatisfied that he did not come in for a
+Share with the rest of his Neighbours, went and told them, <i>That the
+Coroner ought to be sent for, and an Enquiry made how he died</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+All Care and Application signified but little, for his last <i>Exit</i>
+was drawing on; in which time, not in the least to shrink from his
+Character of Quality, he still kept up the Honourable Figure he had so
+long presented; and accordingly made most prodigious Protestations of
+Good-will and Acknowledgments to the Family, avowing that the few
+Hundreds he had bequeathed them, was nothing to what he would do for
+'em, if please God to lengthen his Life to serve them and theirs.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+And now having performed the Part of a good Patron and Friend, as his
+last Legacies do sufficiently testifie; he was resolved to be as good a
+Christian too, and thereupon requested the taking the Sacrament: To
+which, being admitted (with what Integrity you'll find by the Sequel)
+with a grave Countenance to the very last, he was very ready to receive
+the Sacrament; and upon so serious an Undertaking, was pleased to put a
+Case of Conscience to the Minister, <i>viz.</i> having made a Vow never
+to pay the 500<i>l.</i> he stood engaged for, Whether he was obliged to
+keep his Vow, or no? To which being answered in the Negative, That he
+was obliged to pay his Debts, notwithstanding his rash Vow. He made
+answer, That truly now drawing near Heaven, he considered the point,
+and acquiesced with his Ghostly Monitor; and thereupon incerted the
+500<i>l.</i> into the Will.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This piece of extraordinary Justice being perform'd with a very
+composed and setled mind he left this troublesom World on <i>Sunday</i>
+the Third Instant, seeming very well contented to part with his great
+Riches and Lands, for the more valuable consideration of future
+Happiness.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Now I must do the Family this Right, That notwithstanding the great
+Sums they gain'd by so ample a Testament, and such bounteous Legacies,
+however their sorrow for the lamented Departure of so worthy a
+Gentleman was very hearty and cordial: Nay, some are of Opinion, that
+instead of diminishing (as Sorrow generally wears off) theirs, on the
+contrary is daily encreasing.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But perhaps nothing was so unkind as excluding the poor Prentice from
+visiting the sick Gentleman. For, alas, the poor Boy has been heard
+most dolefully to bewail the unkindness of his Master; for undoubtedly
+the worthy Gentleman would have left him enough to have set him up, had
+he been amongst the Throng of Visitants, who all tasted so highly of
+his extravagant Liberality.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Now to assure you that the Kindness of his Executors continued beyond
+his Death, they thought themselves so far indebted to his Memory, that
+not only the Embalmer was sent for, but likewise a Coffin, price
+12<i>l.</i> was made, and all little enough for so generous a Patron,
+so much as Mourning, and Rings, and what else bespoken, <i>&#38;c.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+But before these Honourable Exequies could be performed, an unhappy
+Letter from the True <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> Esq; a Person of a great
+Estate and Reputation, detected the whole Fraud and Delusion, and the
+Remains of our <i>Quandam</i> Person of Honour was committed to Earth,
+in a Coffin, price 4<i>s.</i> with Shrowd and other Funeral Materials
+accordingly.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You are hereby informed, That this grand Impostor, whose true Name was
+<i>VVilliam Morrell</i> alias <i>Bowyer</i>, formerly a Surgeon in
+<i>Banbury</i>, had been two Months a Guest at Mr. <i>Wickham</i>'s,
+and thereby so acquainted with his Family as enabled him to personate
+the Cheat so artificially, and so we leave him.
+</p>
+
+<p class="ctr">
+<i>His</i> WILL.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>In the Name of God, Amen</i>, I <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> of
+<i>Swaclift</i>, in the County of <i>Oxon</i> Esq; being sick and weak
+in Body, but of sound Mind and Memory, do make this my last WILL and
+TESTAMENT, revoking all Wills by me formerly made: And as touching such
+Worldly Estate as God hath been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby
+give and bequeath the same in manner following:
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Imprimis</i>, I do give, devise, and bequeath to my Kinsman
+<i>William Wickham</i>, Son of <i>George Wickham</i>, of
+<i>Gazington</i> in the County of <i>Oxon</i>, all that my
+Mansion-House of <i>Swaclift</i> aforesaid; and all the Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto him the
+said <i>William Wickham</i>, and his Heirs forever.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath unto <i>John Cullin</i>, Son of
+<i>Thomas Cullin</i>, of the Parish of St. <i>Clement Danes</i>, in the
+County of <i>Middlesex</i>, Baker, all that my impropriated Parsonage
+of <i>Sowgrate</i>, in the County of <i>Northampton</i>, with the
+Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Anne Cullin</i>, Sister of the said <i>John
+Cullin</i>, the Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Thomas Cullin</i>, Son of the said
+<i>Thomas Cullin</i>, the Summ of Three hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Dorothy Halford</i>, Daughter of <i>Thomas
+Halford</i> of <i>Halford</i>, in the County of <i>Warwick</i>, the
+Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Richard Davis</i>, Son of <i>William
+Davis</i> of the said Parish of St. <i>Clement Danes</i>, the Summ of
+Four hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>William Davis</i>, Son of the said
+<i>William Davis</i>, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Anne Fowkes</i>, for her Care and Diligence
+in Looking after me in my Sickness, the Summ of One hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Robert Croker</i>, Son of <i>William
+Croker</i> of <i>Sanford</i>, in the said County of <i>Oxon</i> (being
+my God-son) the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto the said <i>William Croker</i>, the Summ of
+Five hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Robert Penniston</i>, Son of Sir <i>Thomas
+Penniston</i>, and younger Brother to Sir <i>Farmalis Penniston</i> of
+<i>Cornhill</i>, in the said County of <i>Oxon</i> the Summ of Three
+hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto Mrs. <i>Jane Penniston</i>, Sister of the said
+Mr. <i>Robert Penniston</i>, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the Name of
+<i>Apple-tree Ducy</i>, in <i>Cropridee</i>, in the County of
+<i>Northampton</i>, unto <i>John Brooking</i> of <i>Rashly</i>, in the
+County of <i>Devon</i>, Esquire, and the said <i>William Davis</i>
+Senior, and <i>Thomas Cullin</i> Senior, and the Survivor of them, and
+their Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust and Confidence:
+Nevertheless, that they the said <i>John Brooking</i>, <i>VVilliam
+Davis</i>, and <i>Thomas Cullin</i>, shall sell and dispose of the
+same; and out of the Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid,
+the respective Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said <i>Anne
+Cullin</i>, <i>Thomas Cullin</i> Jun. <i>Dorothy Halford</i>,
+<i>Richard Davis</i>, <i>VVilliam Davis</i> Jun. and <i>Anne
+Fowkes</i>. And whereas I have herein before bequeathed unto my Kinsman
+<i>VVilliam VVickham</i>, and his Heirs, all my Mansion-House at
+<i>Swaclift</i> aforesaid, with the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
+thereunto belonging; my true Will and Meaning is, That the same Devise
+is upon this special Trust and Confidence, That the said <i>VVilliam
+VVickham</i> shall pay, or cause to be paid, the several Legacies
+herein before bequeathed unto the said <i>Rob. Croker</i>, and <i>VVil.
+Croker</i>, <i>Robert Penniston</i>, and <i>Jane Penniston</i>; and
+also pay and discharge one Bond for the Principal Sum of five hundred
+Pounds, with Interest, which I became bound for and with <i>Thomas
+VValker</i>, to one <i>Thomas Irons</i>, any thing herein
+before-contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding;
+and also that he the said <i>VVilliam VVickham</i>, shall out of his
+Legacy, and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him devised, pay, or
+cause to be paid unto my Executors hereafter named, the Sum of Five
+hundred Pounds, to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for
+the use and benefit of the Poor of the Parish of <i>Swaclift</i>
+aforesaid, in such manner as they, or the major part of them shall
+think fit and convenient.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath unto the said <i>John Brooking</i> out
+of the Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called <i>Apple-tree Ducy</i> aforesaid, the Summ of Five
+hundred Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall
+be thereby raised. I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said
+<i>VVilliam Davies</i> Senior, and <i>Thomas Cullin</i> Senior, to be
+equally divided between them and the Survivor of them.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath unto <i>Alice Cullin</i>, Wife of the
+said <i>Thomas Cullin</i> Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her
+own proper Use and Disposal.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath in like manner the Summ of Six hundred
+Pounds unto <i>Jane Davis</i>, the Wife of the said <i>VVilliam
+Davis</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto the said <i>Robert Croker</i> and <i>VVill.
+Croker</i>, the Summ of Ten Pounds a-piece to buy them Mourning: and
+also to each of them a Ring of Twelve Shillings.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give unto <i>Jane Croker</i> and <i>Mary Croker</i>; and
+also to the said <i>Robert Peniston</i>, and <i>Jane Peniston</i>, and
+all other my Legatees herein before-mentioned, and to every of them the
+Summ of Ten Pounds a-piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve
+Shillings.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds, lying at
+Interest in the hands of Mr. <i>Ambrose Holbitch</i>, in the name of
+<i>Oliver Charles</i>, my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the
+same to and amongst my Four Servants, <i>Oliver Charles</i>, <i>John
+Harbert</i>, <i>Sarah VVinn</i>, and <i>Margery Smith</i>, and the
+Survivor of them, to be equally divided amongst them, share and share
+alike.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my
+Accoutrements belonging to them unto the said <i>John Brookeing</i>,
+<i>VVilliam Davis</i> Senior, and <i>Thomas Cullin</i>, Sen.
+<i>viz.</i> my Bright Bay Gelding to the said <i>Thomas Cullin</i>, and
+my Black Gelding to the said <i>VVilliam Davis</i>, and my Dapple-grey
+Gelding to the said <i>John Brooking</i>. All the Arrears of Rent in my
+Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do hereby freely acquit and
+discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my Personal Estate, not
+herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies and Funeral Expences,
+paid and discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Kinsman
+<i>VVilliam VVickham</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+And, lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said
+<i>VVilliam VVickham</i>, <i>John Brooking</i>, <i>VVilliam Davis</i>
+Senior, and <i>Thomas Cullin</i> Senior, Executors of this my Will;
+hereby revoking and making void all other, and former Will or Wills by
+me made.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+In Witness whereof I the said <i>Humphrey VVickham</i> have to this my
+last Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the
+back thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twenty seventh day of
+<i>December, Anno Dom.</i> 1691.
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+<i>Humphrey Wickham.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
+Words (<i>VVill. VVickham</i>) being first interlined, <i>Rob.
+Smith</i>, <i>Jo. Chapman</i>, <i>Rich. Chapman</i>, <i>Mart.
+Pinckard</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+I, the above named <i>Humphrey VVickham</i>, having omitted out of my
+Will above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in
+<i>Huntingtonshire</i>, do hereby make this Addition to, and part of my
+said Will, in manner following. I give and bequeath all my Lands,
+Tenements and Hereditaments, called <i>Pryor</i>'s Farm, and all other
+my Estate in <i>Hollywell</i> and <i>Needingworth</i>, or else where,
+in the said County of <i>Huntington</i>, unto the above named <i>John
+Brooking</i>, <i>VVilliam Davis</i> Senior, and <i>Tho. Cullin</i> Sen.
+and the Survivor of them, and their Heirs, and the Heirs of the
+Survivor of them, under this special Trust and Confidence, that the
+said <i>Jo. Brooking</i>, <i>VVilliam Davis</i>, and <i>Thomas
+Cullen</i>, shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the Moneys
+thereby raised, pay, or Cause to be paid the respective Legacies
+hereafter named, <i>viz.</i> I give and bequeath to <i>Humphrey
+Longford</i> the sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister <i>Mary
+Longford</i> the like sum of six hundred pounds.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, I give and bequeath unto the said <i>Tho. Cullin</i> Sen.
+the further Summ of 800<i>l.</i>. and all the Remainder of the Moneys
+thereby raised, I give and bequeath unto the said <i>Will. Davis</i>
+Sen. and <i>Jane</i> his Wife, and the Survivor of them.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<i>Item</i>, Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto <i>John
+Cullin</i>, Son of the said <i>Thomas Cullin</i>, the impropriated
+Parsonage of <i>Sowgrave</i>; my true meaning is, That I do give and
+devise the same to the said <i>John Cullin</i>, and his Heirs for ever.
+In Witness whereof, I the said <i>Humphrey Wickham</i> have to this
+Condicil Addition, or further part of my said Will, set my Hand and
+Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of <i>December</i>, Anno Dom. 1691.
+</p>
+
+<p class="sig">
+<i>Humphrey Wickham.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us,
+<i>Robert Smith</i>, <i>John Chapman</i>, <i>Rich. Chapman</i>,
+<i>Martin Pinkard</i>,
+</p>
+<div class="blockquote">
+<p>
+    <i>Probatum fuit hum. Testium. cum Codicillo eidem annex. coram
+    Venerab. Vir. Henrico Fauconberge Legum Doctore, Surr. Venerab. &#38;
+    Egregii Viri Dom. Richardi Raines Militis, Legem etiam Doctoris
+    Curi&#230; Pr&#230;rogativ&#230; Cantuar. Magist. &#38;c. Quarto die Mensis Januarii,
+    Anno Dom. (Stilo Angli&#230;, 1691.) Juramentis Willielmi Davis, &#38; Thom&#230;
+    Cullen, duorum ex Executor. &#38;c. Quibus, &#38;c. de bene &#38; fidel.
+    Administrand. eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat. Reservata
+    potestate similem Com. faciendi Willielmo Wickham &#38; Johanni
+    Brooking, alteris Executor. eum venerint seu eorum a'ter venerit
+    eand. petitur.</i>
+</p>
+</div>
+<p class="ctr">
+<i>FINIS</i>
+</p>
+
+<hr class="med">
+
+
+<p class="ctr">
+PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>First Year (1946-1947)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+Numbers 1-6 out of print.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Second Year (1947-1948)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">&nbsp;&nbsp;7. John Gay's <i>The Present State of Wit</i> (1711); and a
+section on Wit from <i>The English Theophrastus</i> (1702).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+&nbsp;&nbsp;8. Rapin's <i>De Carmine Pastorali</i>, translated by Creech (1684).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+&nbsp;&nbsp;9. T. Hanmer's (?) <i>Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet</i> (1736).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+10. Corbyn Morris' <i>Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
+etc.</i> (1744).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+11. Thomas Purney's <i>Discourse on the Pastoral</i> (1717).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
+Krutch.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Third Year (1948-1949)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), <i>The Theatre</i> (1720).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+14. Edward Moore's <i>The Gamester</i> (1753).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+15. John Oldmixon's <i>Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to
+Harley</i>(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's <i>The British Academy</i>
+(1712).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+16. Nevil Payne's <i>Fatal Jealousy</i> (1673).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+17. Nicholas Rowe's <i>Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
+Shakespeare</i> (1709).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+18. "Of Genius," in <i>The Occasional Paper</i>, Vol. III, No. 10
+(1719); and Aaron Hill's Preface to <i>The Creation</i> (1720).
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Fourth Year (1949-1950)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+19. Susanna Centlivre's <i>The Busie Body</i> (1709).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+20. Lewis Theobold's <i>Preface to The Works of Shakespeare</i> (1734).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+21. <i>Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela</i> (1754).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+22. Samuel Johnson's <i>The Vanity of Human Wishes</i> (1749)
+and Two <i>Rambler</i> papers (1750).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+23. John Dryden's <i>His Majesties Declaration Defended</i> (1681).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+24. Pierre Nicole's <i>An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which
+from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing
+and Rejecting Epigrams</i>, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Fifth Year (1950-1951)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+25. Thomas Baker's <i>The Fine Lady's Airs</i> (1709).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+26. Charles Macklin's <i>The Man of the World</i> (1792).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+27. Out of print.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+28. John Evelyn's <i>An Apologie for the Royal Party</i> (1659);
+and <i>A Panegyric to Charles the Second</i> (1661).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+29. Daniel Defoe's <i>A Vindication of the Press</i> (1718).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's <i>Letters Concerning Taste</i>,
+3rd edition (1757), &#38; John Armstrong's <i>Miscellanies</i>(1770).
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Sixth Year (1951-1952)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+31. Thomas Gray's <i>An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard</i> (1751);
+and <i>The Eton College Manuscript</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scud&#233;ry's Preface to <i>Ibrahim</i>
+(1674), etc.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+33. Henry Gally's <i>A Critical Essay</i> on Characteristic-Writings (1725).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+34. Thomas Tyers' A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. <i>Critical
+Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David
+Malloch</i> (1763).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+36. Joseph Harris's <i>The City Bride</i> (1696).
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Seventh Year (1952-1953)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+37. Thomas Morrison's <i>A Pindarick Ode on Painting</i> (1767).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+38. John Phillips' <i>A Satyr Against Hypocrites</i> (1655).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+39. Thomas Warton's <i>A History of English Poetry</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+40. Edward Bysshe's <i>The Art of English Poetry</i> (1708).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+41. Bernard Mandeville's "A Letter to Dion" (1732).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Eighth Year (1953-1954)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+43. John Baillie's <i>An Essay on the Sublime</i> (1747).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+44. Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski's <i>The Odes of Casimire</i>,
+Translated by G. Hils (1646).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+45. John Robert Scott's <i>Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+46. Selections from Seventeenth Century Songbooks.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+47. Contemporaries of the <i>Tatler</i> and <i>Spectator</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+48. Samuel Richardson's Introduction to <i>Pamela</i>.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Ninth Year (1954-1955)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+50. Hervey Aston's <i>A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy</i>
+(1745).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+51. Lewis Maidwell's <i>An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of
+Education</i> (1705).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+52. Pappity Stampoy's <i>A Collection of Scotch Proverbs</i> (1663).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+53. Urian Oakes' <i>The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence</i> (1682).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+54. Mary Davys' <i>Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady</i> (1725).
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Tenth Year (1955-1956)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+55. Samuel Say's <i>An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of
+Numbers</i> (1745).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+56. <i>Theologia Ruris, sive Schola &#38; Scala Natur&#230;</i> (1686).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+57. Henry Fielding's <i>Shamela</i> (1741).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+58. Eighteenth Century Book Illustrations.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+59. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+60. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. I, Comedies, Part II.
+</p>
+
+
+<p class="ctrbold">
+<b>Eleventh Year (1956-1957)</b>
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+61. Elizabeth Elstob's <i>An Apology for the Study of Northern
+Antiquities</i> (1715).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+62. <i>Two Funeral Sermons</i> (1635).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+63. <i>Parodies of Ballad Criticism</i> (1711-1787).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+64. <i>Prefaces to Three Eighteenth Century Novels</i> (1708, 1751,
+1797).
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+65. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. II, Histories,
+Part I.
+</p>
+
+<p class="morehang">
+66. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. II, Histories,
+Part II.
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Notorious Impostor and Diego Redivivus, by
+Elkanah Settle
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+Title: The Notorious Impostor and Diego Redivivus
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+Author: Elkanah Settle
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+Release Date: September 23, 2011 [EBook #37517]
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+THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+
+
+ELKANAH SETTLE
+THE NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR
+(1692)
+
+DIEGO REDIVIVUS
+(1692)
+
+
+Introduction by
+Spiro Peterson
+
+
+Publication Number 68
+
+
+Los Angeles
+William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
+University of California
+
+
+
+
+GENERAL EDITORS
+
+  RICHARD C. BOYS, _University of Michigan_
+  RALPH COHEN, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+  VINTON A. DEARING, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+  LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+ASSISTANT EDITOR
+
+  W. EARL BRITTON, _University of Michigan_
+
+
+ADVISORY EDITORS
+
+  EMMETT L. AVERY, _State College of Washington_
+  BENJAMIN BOYCE, _Duke University_
+  LOUIS BREDVOLD, _University of Michigan_
+  JOHN BUTT, KING'S COLLEGE, _University of Durham_
+  JAMES L. CLIFFORD, _Columbia University_
+  ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, _University of Chicago_
+  LOUIS A. LANDA, _Princeton University_
+  SAMUEL H. MONK, _University of Minnesota_
+  ERNEST C. MOSSNER, _University of Texas_
+  JAMES SUTHERLAND, _University College, London_
+  H. T. SWEDENBERG, JR., _University of California, Los Angeles_
+
+
+CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
+
+  EDNA C. DAVIS, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+The great English novel of the eighteenth century was developed out of
+the long established traditions in the essay, letter, religious
+treatise, biography and personal memoir. Although this influence has
+been generally acknowledged, the critical investigation of its exact
+nature has often been hampered by the lack of readily available texts.
+Especially is this true of the criminal biographies written in the late
+seventeenth century. The reprinting of Elkanah Settle's _The Notorious
+Impostor_ (Part One) and the anonymous _Diego Redivivus_ is thus
+justified as providing the means for the further study of the early
+fiction-writer's techniques. Published In 1692, the two pamphlets
+belong to a group of five closely-related narratives dealing with a
+real criminal named William Morrell. In the probable order of their
+publication, these were _Diego Redivivus_, _The Notorious Impostor_
+(Part One), _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_, "_William
+Morrell's_ Epitaph" in _The Gentleman's Journal_, and _The Compleat
+Memoirs of the Life of that Notorious Impostor Will. Morrell_. The
+different accounts forcefully demonstrate how criminal fiction allied
+itself with both biography and the picaresque. In addition, _The
+Notorious Impostor_ serves as a representative work by Elkanah Settle
+whose criminal biographies have never received the attention they
+deserve.[1]
+
+The combination of fact and fiction in the William Morrell narratives
+had been tried earlier in Settle's first known criminal biography, _The
+Life and Death of Major Clancie, the Grandest Cheat of this Age_
+(1680). Like Bunyan's _Mr. Badman_, advertised in the same issue of
+_The Term Catalogues_ (I, 382), _Major Clancie_ purports to narrate
+"Real matter of Fact." Thus, in the background, significant historical
+events, from the Irish Rebellion to the Great Fire, are being enacted.
+Important English worthies--Lord Ormonde, Bishop Compton, Charles
+II--become entangled in the villainies of the Major, an actual Irish
+criminal. None of this historical backdrop is to be found, however, in
+_The Notorious Impostor_; and the characters here, although Sir William
+Walters and Humphrey Wickham were well-known local personages, are not
+historically eminent. The picaresque in _Major Clancie_, too, is more
+readily identifiable than in _The Notorious Impostor_. For, contrary to
+its stated aim, the biography of Clancie is more fiction than fact.
+Anthony Wood, noting the fictional elaborations, remarked: "Several
+stories in this book which belong to other persons are fathered on the
+said major; who, as I remember, was in Oxon in the plague year 1665
+when the king and the queen kept their respective courts there."[2]
+Wood then contributes a few of his own pungent stories about the Major,
+which have no counterparts in Settle's narrative. Where the two writers
+provide parallel accounts, the "fiction" appears to be based on a
+substratum of truth surviving in anecdotes. Settle's verisimilitude had
+an effect upon Theophilus Lucas's _Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and
+Comical Adventures of the Most Famous Gamesters and Celebrated
+Sharpers_ (1714), which begins with a condensed version of _The Life
+and Death of Major Clancie_.[3] Lucas presents his account as if it
+were a true memoir.
+
+
+_The Notorious Impostor_ was to experience a similar acceptance as a
+memoir. All modern biographical accounts of its villain-hero, William
+Morrell,[4] are based on the two separate parts of _The Notorious
+Impostor_ or _The Compleat Memoirs_. On January 3, 1692, he had died, a
+criminal at large; and the strange circumstances of his death became
+the talk of London. While the event was still a sensation, the
+bookseller Abel Roper rushed his "last will and testament" lives into
+print. The first to appear was _Diego Redivivus_, reprinted here from
+the rare copy at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Evidence
+for the publication of _Diego Redivivus_ before _The Notorious
+Impostor_ is fairly conclusive. _The Registers of the Worshipful
+Company of Stationers_ (III, 397) enters _Diego Redivivus_, on behalf
+of Abel Roper, for January 12, 1692, and _The Term Catalogues_ (II,
+392) advertises _The Notorious Impostor_ in the quarterly issue
+published in February, but Anthony Wood (III, 384) states that he
+bought his copy of the latter "in the beginning of March." A comparison
+of the two texts, moreover, supports this order of the publication.
+
+Events in _Diego Redivivus_, as in a news story, have greater
+immediacy. Morrell's death, the title asserts, took place the third
+of "this instant January." The specific detail of _Diego_ (p. 2:
+"about a fortnight before _Christmas_") is paralleled by the general
+statement of _The Notorious Impostor_ (p. 30: "Some few days before
+_Christmas_"). Although its title-page promises a "Full Relation" of
+Morrell's cheats, _Diego Redivivus_ presents only the final "will"
+episode, whereas _The Notorious Impostor_ ranges over the whole
+criminal career. Both narratives have in common the long will and
+codicil, except that _The Notorious Impostor_ (p. 34) drastically
+shortens the Latin passage which, in _Diego Redivivus_ (p. 10),
+states that the will had been probated. Even more conclusive evidence
+may be found in comparing the dates of the final events in the two
+accounts. _Diego Redivivus_, licensed on January 12, stops short with
+the humble burial of Morrell on January 13. Considerably later,
+certainly, must be the occurrence described in the Postscript of _The
+Notorious Impostor_: the nurse's and assistants' recollection that
+Morrell was laughing to himself in his last grim cheating of the
+world.
+
+Part One of _The Notorious Impostor_, as the sequel informs us, met
+with a "general Reception." Advertised in the February issue of _The
+Term Catalogues_, also, was a separate continuation. Interest in the
+impostor did not diminish during February. "The Death of _William
+Morrell_," complained _The Gentleman's Journal_ of this month, "hath
+made too much Noise not to have reach'd you before this.... Had not his
+Will and Life been printed, I would have given you a large Account of
+both." The anonymous writer refers here, perhaps, to _Diego Redivivus_
+("Will") and _The Notorious Impostor_ ("Life") in the order of their
+publication. He then ironically lauds, in the verses of "_William
+Morrell's_ Epitaph," the great skill of the impostor ("Columbus-like I
+a new World descry'd, / Of Roguery before untry'd").
+
+Elkanah Settle's two parts of _The Notorious Impostor_ were finally
+published together in 1694 as _The Compleat Memoirs of the Life of that
+Notorious Impostor Will. Morrell, alias Bowyer, alias Wickham, &c._ ...
+under the imprint of Abel Roper and E. Wilkinson. So extensive are the
+re-arrangements of the episodes taken from Parts One and Two that _The
+Compleat Memoirs_ may be regarded as a fifth, very different narrative.
+All the apologies for not resorting to "romance" are now dropped, and
+the humorous dedication is replaced by a direct appeal to Gabriel
+Balam, signed "E. Settle." _The Compleat Memoirs_ then reworks the
+texts of the two Parts into a smooth, chronologically consistent
+narrative.[5] Even more important in designating _The Compleat Memoirs_
+as "new" are the "Considerable Additions never before Published"
+announced by the title-page. After using the incidents from _The Second
+Part of the Notorious Impostor_, Settle then adds: "Since the first
+Publication of our fore-going History of our Grand Guzman, we have
+receiv'd some Comical Adventures, worth inserting in his Memoirs, which
+though they now bring up the Rear of his Chronicle, however, they were
+the first of all his Wedlock Feats...." In the totally new adventures
+that end _The Compleat Memoirs_ (pp. 72-88), the cynical tone and
+raciness of the picaresque become even more dominant than in the
+earlier separate narratives.[6]
+
+
+The importance of the Morrell narratives in the development of English
+fiction lies mainly in their deft combinations of the real and the
+picaresque and in their conscious effort to unify the action, draw out
+the humour, or handle realistic talk and setting. But the narratives
+also look backward to an older type, the picaresque. William Morrell
+makes his printed appearance as the new picaro. The title _Diego
+Redivivus_ (i.e. James Revived) had overtones of the sensationally
+picaresque. The witty pseudonym "Don Diego Puede-Ser" had been used by
+James Mabbe in his translation (1623) of Aleman's _Vita del Picaro
+Guzman_;[7] and more recent in English memories were the exploits of
+James Hind, the English Rogue. In the Dedication, _The Notorious
+Impostor_ describes itself as "_the Life of our English_ Guzman" and
+later promises to "paint our new _Guzman_ in some of his boldest and
+fairest Colours." But the picaresque traditions have shaded into one
+another. For Morrell is not simply the new Guzman; he is also Hudibras
+and, in _The Second Part_, Don Quixote.
+
+Still another reason for the importance of the Morrell narratives is
+their consciousness of fictional techniques and theory. In _Diego
+Redivivus_, for example, the final deception is meticulously developed
+with closely-woven incidents which do not appear elsewhere. The motives
+of the characters, too, are sharply defined; and the action is unified
+by the two references to oath-taking (pp. 2-3). The anonymous author,
+at the outset, stresses the value of "the Particulars ... no
+disacceptable Entertainment" (p. 1). Aware of theory, he specifies that
+Morrell created "some Romantick narrative" to explain his poverty (p.
+4). In fictional technique, Elkanah Settle approaches a unified theme
+especially in _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_ and the
+"Comical Adventures" of _The Compleat Memoirs_ where the incidents are
+mainly of one kind--matrimonial. Theorizing appears, too, in Part One
+somewhat in the manner of Daniel Defoe: "we dare not venture to play
+the Historian any farther than certain Intelligence (which yet we have
+not received) can guide us, being resolved not to load our Rambles with
+Romance or Fiction, his Life being furnisht with matter sufficiently
+voluminous without the addition of Flourish or Fancy" (p. 27). This may
+be Settle's pointed reference to the "fiction" of _Diego Redivivus_.[8]
+He maintains, also, that he had to delay for a fortnight the
+publication of _The Second Part of the Notorious Impostor_ in order to
+be certain of its authenticity.
+
+Finally, the importance of the Morrell narratives may be seen in terms
+of the realistic fiction that was to achieve fulfillment in the
+eighteenth-century novel. The clear presence of fictional elaboration,
+in _The Notorious Impostor_, caught the attention of both Frank
+Wadleigh Chandler and Ernest Bernbaum.[9] Elkanah Settle thus rightly
+belongs with writers, like Francis Kirkman, who masked fiction as the
+truth. Historians of the novel, moreover, attach significance to _The
+Notorious Impostor_ in its resemblance to the novels of Defoe, Mrs.
+Heywood, and Smollett. Only the claim of influence on Smollett's
+_Ferdinand Count Fatham_ has been investigated to any extent. In a full
+analysis of Smollett's novel, Chandler's strong statement will have to
+be taken into account: "The resemblance, indeed, between the two
+anti-heroes and the terms in which the accounts of their cheating are
+couched is so strong as to suggest actual borrowing on the part of
+Smollett."[10]
+
+    Spiro Peterson
+
+    Miami University
+    Oxford, Ohio
+
+
+    Since writing the above, I have been informed by G. F. Osborn,
+    archivist of the City of Westminster Public Libraries, that the
+    registers of St. Clement Danes, in his keeping, have the following
+    entry under 12 January 169-1/2: "William Morrell alias Bowier a man
+    bur[ied] poor."
+
+
+
+
+Notes to the Introduction
+
+
+ [1] See F. C. Brown, _Elkanah Settle: His Life and Works_ (1910), pp.
+22, 29, 127.
+
+ [2] _The Life and Times of Anthony Wood_, ed. Andrew Clark (1892), II,
+48-49.
+
+ [3] _Games and Gamesters of the Restoration_, ed. Cyril Hughes
+Hartmann (The English Library, 1930), pp. 123-137.
+
+ [4] E.g. Alfred Beasley's in _The History of Banbury_ (1841), pp.
+448-492, and G. T. Crook's in _The Complete Newgate Calendar_ (1926),
+pp. 117-124.
+
+ [5] The text of _The Compleat Memoirs_ is indeed a composite.
+Paragraph one of p. 1 unites a paragraph from p. 1 of Part One and a
+paragraph from pp. 34-35 of Part Two; pp. 1-27 are the same as pp.
+5-27 of Part One; pp. 27-46: pp. 2-21 of Part Two; pp. 46-50: pp.
+27-29 of Part One; pp. 50-57: pp. 22-29 of Part Two; pp. 57-65: pp.
+30-36 of Part One; pp. 66-71: pp. 29-36 of Part Two.
+
+ [6] _The Post Boy_ advertised _The Compleat Memoirs_ from February 17
+to April 23, 1698. See also W. Carew Hazlitt (_Bibliographical
+Collections_, Third Series, p. 229) for a description of a copy dated
+1699.
+
+ [7] Morrell's last impersonation involving the fake will resembles
+Pantalon's "last Will and Testament" jest in Mabbe's _The Rogue or The
+Life of Guzman de Alfarache_ (The Tudor Translations, 1924), II,
+184-186.
+
+ [8] Settle's authorship of _The Notorious Impostor_ is confirmed by
+his name appended to the Dedication of _The Compleat Memoirs_.
+Although _Diego Redivivus_ occasionally resembles _The Notorious
+Impostor_, it need not necessarily be Settle's work. The similar style
+and the identical documentation (e.g. the will) may be due to Settle's
+direct use of the earlier narrative. None of its minutely-drawn
+description, curiously, is perpetuated in _The Compleat Memoirs_. The
+authorship of _Diego Redivivus_ remains an unsettled question.
+
+ [9] _The Literature of Roguery_ (1907), I, 153: _The Mary Carleton
+Narratives_ (1914), p. 6.
+
+[10] I, 153. Ernest A. Baker makes a similar statement (_The History of
+the English Novel_ [1937], III, 46). With respect to the influence of
+_The Notorious Impostor_ on Mrs. Eliza Haywood, he should have cited
+_Miss Betsy Thoughtless_ (1751)--the very book praised by Captain
+Minikin as "worth reading" in _Ferdinand Count Fathom_ (Chap. XXXIX).
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+Notorious Impostor,
+
+Or the History of the LIFE of
+
+William Morrell,
+
+ALIAS
+
+BOWYER,
+
+Sometime of _Banbury_, Chirurgeon.
+
+Who lately personated _Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swackly_, in the County of
+_Oxon_, Esquire, at a Bakers House in the _Strand_, where he Died the
+third of _Jan. 169-1/2_
+
+Together
+
+With an Authentick Copy of his Will, taken out of the _Prerogative
+Court_, and the manner of his Funeral in St. _Clements_ Church-yard.
+
+_LONDON_,
+Printed for _Abel Roper_ at the _Mytre_ near _Temple-Bar_, 1692.
+
+
+
+
+TO THE
+
+Honourable Capt. _Humph. Wickham_.
+
+
+SIR,
+
+_When this following 'Paper makes thus bold to be your Addressor, the
+only Encouragement for the Presumption is, that your borrow'd Name has
+fill'd up so large a Sheet in our History, as justly entitles You to
+this Presentation. And truly as a considerable part of it has already
+furnisht you with no small Jest at your Laughing Hours, we hope the
+Life of our English_ Guzman, _your late Adopted Name-sake, will be no
+undiverting Entertainment. His Life, 'tis true, has been little else
+than a continued Scene of Masquerade; and if to finish his last Act, he
+had occasion of borrowing a Face and Character of Quality and
+consequently fixt upon Captain_ Wickham; _alas, you must consider he
+wanted Worth and Honour, and can you blame him for looking for 'em
+where they were to be found? You stood fair for him, and the World,
+however, it may censure his Impudence, at least it cannot but commend
+his Choice. And the Reason (if you have any) to complain, is, that
+whereas the World is but a Stage, and_ Life _but a Play, and Captain_
+Wickham _was only personated to Cheat a poor Baker of a Fortnights
+Lodging and Bread. 'Tis pity your Name, that much better deserved, was
+only drawn in to the filling up of a Farce. But, as great a Thief as he
+was to steal a Title of Honour, whatever hard Charge the poor suffering
+Baker has against him, yet considering how little you have lost by him,
+we hope your excusing Goodness will not load him higher than Petty
+Larceny. And truly if he can feel it in his Grave, he has sufficiently
+felt the Lash for it. His Last Will and Testament, I confess, has very
+bountifully cantoned out your Estate; all the sorrow is, that the
+Gaping Executors, and the rest of the Inheritors, have no shorter a
+Walk than into_ Fairy-Land _to receive their Legacies; a longer
+Journey, 'tis to be feared, than either the Bright Bay, or Dappled
+Grey, will ever be able to carry 'em._
+
+_And now to do our last Office,_ viz. _to speak a good word of the Dead
+(for truly he had no Funeral Sermon to do it) they may talk of
+Monuments and Epitaphs for preserving of Memories; but our_ quondam
+_Operator of_ Banbury, _tho' with plainer Funeral Ceremonies, has taken
+care for a lasting Renown, when much finer Dust under Statues and
+Marble shall sleep forgotten: And whereas there are famous Examples of
+old, that have perpetuated their Names at no less price than the
+burning of Temples, his better Husbandry, to his Glory be it recorded,
+has purchased Immortality much cheaper; where we'll leave him, and beg
+your Pardon for this Boldness_
+
+_Of_
+
+Your unknown Humble Servant.
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+Notorious Impostor:
+
+OR THE
+
+HISTORY
+
+OF THE
+
+LIFE
+
+OF
+
+_William Morrell_ alias _Bowyer_, &c.
+
+
+This Famous Rover, from the Multitude of his Titles, to begin with his
+right Name _William Morrell_, was by Profession a Chyrurgion, and more
+than twenty Years ago, for many Years together, a Practitioner of good
+Credit in _Banbury_, where his Industry honestly got him, by his
+Practice, near two Hundred a Year, with which he maintained himself,
+his Wife and Family very handsomely, till about eighteen Years ago
+he began to be very Lazy, and much addicted to hanker after the
+Conversation of the Gentry thereabouts; and being a Person very
+Facetious, and his Company not disacceptable, he screwed himself into
+the Society of the best Quality round about, and would be a Month or
+two a Guest at several Great Mens Houses; more particularly he some
+time since insinuated himself into the Favor of a Worthy Gentleman
+near _Banbury_, viz. _Humphry Wickham_ of _Swakely_ Esq; whose Person
+and Character he pretended to represent, and in which Imposture he
+made his last _Exit_.
+
+But to begin our History in order; From his Conversing with Gentlemen
+and Herding with Quality, Business began to fall off: His many Rambles
+from home, soon made his Practice flag; when the Glass and the Bottle
+came into play, the Salvatory and Playster-box went out. And his
+Patients could not well stay for the Setting of a Broken Limb, or
+Tenting a Green Wound, till our _Esculapius_ was to be called, the
+Lord knows where, and found the Devil knows when. This Trade
+continuing, the other fell to decay, till at last Poverty began to
+peep in at his Window, and Duns to hover about his Door. In these
+little Exigencies and Necessities (for the Gentleman's Tables abroad
+would not fill the Bellies at home, nor would Hunting or Hawking pay
+Landlords Rent) his Wants put him upon Shifts and Artifices for his
+Subsistence; and what with a Natural Wit and a pretty large Talent of
+Confidence, the pressing Hand of Fortune threw him upon several Tricks
+and Frauds to hold his Head above-board. But not to trouble you with
+any of his lesser Diminutive Exploits, the Infancy and Nonage of his
+Activity, we do not think fit to treat you with these pettier
+Adventures, but e'en set out in one of his noblest Atchievements, and
+paint our new _German_ in some of his boldest and fairest Colours.
+
+Accordingly he Equips himself with a Sturdy Young Country Fellow, a
+_Ralpho_ to our _Hudibras_, and takes a Knight-Errantry one day to a
+Fair at _Brayls_ in _Warwickshire_, his Habit between a Grazier and a
+plain Country Gentleman; where Santering about with his Man _Tom_ (for
+so his Squire was titled) at last spying a Knot of good likely Kine
+(near a Score of them). _Ah Master_, says Tom, _what a parcel of brave
+Cattle are these_. _Ay_ Tom, replies the Master, _I am sorry I saw
+them no sooner; these would do my Business to a T; but as the Devil
+and ill Luck would have it, I have laid out my whole Stock already,
+and so I'll e'en set my Heart at Rest_. The Country Fellow, the Owner
+of the Cattle, seeing a Gentleman of his honest Appearance surveying
+his Beasts, and hearing every word that pass'd between the Man and
+Master (for they took care to talk loud enough to be heard) thought he
+had got a good Chapman, and desired the Gentleman to draw nearer and
+handle the Cattle. _Handle_, answers _Tom, what for?_ _You know, Sir,
+you have laid out all your Money already, and what should we handle
+Cattle unless we had Cole to buy 'em. I confess they are for your Turn
+above any I have zeen in the whole Vair, but that's nothing, the Money
+Master the Money._ _The Money_, replies the Country-man, _Troth
+that shall make no Difference, nor break Squares between us; if you
+and I can agree, the Cattle are at your Service: I suppose you are
+some honest Gentleman hereabouts, and the Money will do my work next
+Market-day. Pray what may I call your Name? My Name is_ Walters,
+replies our Cattle-Merchant, _Walters, Master_, answers our
+Country-man, _What any Relation to his Worship the Noble Sir_ William
+Walters? _Ay, Friend, a small Relation, a Brother of his. A Brother of
+Sir_ William_'s_! Off goes the Country-man's Bonnet at the next word,
+and a long Scrape made; for no Respect was too great for a Brother to
+a Person of such eminent Quality. _My Cattle, Noble Squire, Ay with
+all my Heart._ In short after much ado to make the Country-man be
+covered before him, he fell to treat about the Price of the Cattle, in
+which he bargained so warily, that they had almost parted for a single
+Shilling in a Dispute between them. But at last the Bargain and Sale
+concluded, _Tom_ is commanded to drive home the Cattle, the Money to
+be paid next Market-day, and the Country-man has the Honor to drink a
+Pot at parting with his Worshipful Chapman our Sir _William_'s
+Brother: This Feat performed, he takes a walk round the Fair, and
+picks up a pretty Country Girl, a Mason's Daughter, at a small Town
+about four Miles off, and gives her the common Country Civility of a
+Fair, _viz._ a Glass of White-wine and Sugar. During this
+Entertainment of our young Damsel, he is most desperately smitten with
+her Beauty, insomuch that our _Inamorato_ must wait upon her home to
+her Father's House, nothing but Death and Despair attending if he
+cannot have that extraordinary Happiness. The Girl who by this time
+had learnt his Name and Quality, was not a little confounded at the
+pressing Importunities of a Person of his Worth to a poor Girl of her
+little Capacity, and notwithstanding her modest Refusals, felt a
+secret Pride from so kind an offer, and at last accepted of his
+Service home. No sooner was she got safe handed home, and Mother and
+Daddy, were privately whispered what Honor they received from such a
+Visitant; the best the House could afford was not good enough for him:
+after the courser Compliments of [_Lord, Sir, such a Person of Quality
+under our poor Roof_] and the like; the best welcome that could be
+made him was not wanting: Nay, for what was deficient at home, the
+whole Neighborhood was Ransakt to lend help toward the Accommodation.
+Our new Lover not to baulk a good Cause, openly Professes no less than
+honourable Matrimonial Affection to his dear Conqueror. Estate he
+wants none; and Portion or Quality are below his Consideration, the
+Satisfaction of Love is the only thing in the World he resolves to
+gratifie.
+
+The Father and Mother are much astonish'd at such an Addressor to
+their Daughter, nor is the Daughter her self a little surprized at it,
+though of the two her Wonder is the least; for her Sexes natural
+Frailty was so apt to make her think it the pure Effect of her own
+sweet Face, that the power of her Charms, and the Quality of her
+Captive was not altogether (she fancied) so extraordinary an
+Adventure. In fine, Our passionate Admirer pushes on his suit with all
+the Vigour and Application imaginable, and truly you may well conceive
+so weak a Resistance could not well hold out long against so Puissant
+an Assailer: The Siege is press'd home, and in three short days the
+white Flag is hung out, a Parly beat, Articles concluded, and the Fort
+surrendered. Our Damsel, in short, commits Matrimony; and the whole
+Family is not a little Transported at such a Noble Alliance. Thus
+Wedded and Bedded, Our new Couple are all Honey and Sweetness, and
+though Sir _William Walter_'s House was not above a dozen Miles from
+thence, his Adopted Brother all safe and secure, sleeps in the soft
+Arms of his young Bride with all the Rapture of Pleasure and Delight.
+After three Revelling days were spent in Feasting and Joy, the
+Father-in-Law and himself enter in a close Cabinet Consult about
+providing for Family and Settlement. He tells the Old Man, that truly
+his Brother the Knight will undoubtedly take no little Dudgeon at this
+Match, not that he cares a Farthing for't. He has Married the only
+Creature of the World he can Love, and he is resolved to Cherish her
+accordingly. But however, to manage Affairs with Discretion, he thinks
+it his best Prudence and Policy, to get his Trunks and the Writings of
+his Estate safe out of his Brother's Hands, before he publishes the
+Marriage. And for that purpose he has no better way than for his
+Father-in-Law to help him to a small Cart and a couple of able Horses,
+and to drive to his Brothers, and take up his Trunks, _&c._ And
+considering he had laid out all his ready Money in Cattle at _Brayle_
+Fair, he desired the favour of him to furnish him with Ten Pounds,
+that he might not be unprovided with a little of the Ready about him,
+in case of any Rupture between his Brother and himself, till he could
+furnish himself better amongst his Tenants.
+
+The Old Man very readily embraced this reasonable proposition, and
+though truly the Summ of Ten Pounds was above his Stock, nevertheless
+living in Repute amongst his Neighbors, through great Solicitation,
+some forty and some thirty Shillings, and such like Summs, with much
+ado he raises the Ten Pounds desired; and more and above he procures
+two very Able Horses and a Cart to bring away the Treasure aforesaid,
+_&c._
+
+By this time his Man _Tom_ having Sold the Cattle, is come to wish his
+Noble Master Joy of his fair Bride, and so the Master and _Tom_
+attended by a Brother of his Bride, an Honest Country Swain, who
+though so highly honoured with this new Affinity, is at present
+planted in no higher a Post than to be a Mate with his Man _Tom_ to
+drive the Cart, set forwards, _&c._
+
+The Brother-in-Law, Cheek by Jowl, with the fore-Horse of his small
+Team, drives on very merrily for about Nine of the Twelve Miles to Sir
+_William_'s, entertaining his Worshipful Relation with the very best
+Tune he could Whistle all the way they travell'd.
+
+But now within Three Miles of home, our politick Bridegroom thinks it
+advisable, that one of his Carters, the Brother, should make a Halt at
+an Alehouse where they stopp'd, and the whole Manage of the Cart and
+Horses be intrusted with _Tom_, for fear the sight of a Stranger to
+come to take up Goods at his Brother's might give occasion of
+Curiosity and Inquiry, whereas _Tom_, an old Servant in the Family,
+with less Suspision and Inspection might do it.
+
+These strong Reasons (or indeed weaker would have served turn) were
+satisfactory enough, and so the Gentleman Equipping his Brother
+_Clodpate_ with a _George_ to stay and Drink till they returned, the
+Master and Man fairly drive on, for the remaining three Miles to bring
+off the Bag and Baggage, _&c._
+
+The Potent Summ of a whole Half Crown to be laid out in Ale, set in our
+Country Youth to a hearty Carouse with the kind Hostess of the House,
+where the Esquires Health was over and over remembred, not forgetting
+the Great Man at the Great House about Three Miles off; where, as
+simple a Country Fellow as he was, he expected one day to be better
+acquainted.
+
+But to draw this Adventure towards a Conclusion, our waiting Carter
+long expecting the return of the Brother, the Palfries and the Cargo,
+notwithstanding the Strength of powerful Ale, and his Sweet Land-Ladies
+diverting Company, began at last to be Impatient; sometimes he fancied
+the Loading was too heavy for the Poor Beasts, and he thought it his
+best way to walk out and see if he could meet them: But all Inquiry was
+in vain, Night at last drew on, and the best part of his Half-crown
+melted down; at last, though very Uneasie and Restless, he is perswaded
+by his kind Hostess to take a hard Nap till Morning. The Cock was not
+so soon awake as he, for to tell Truth, he ne're slept at all, though
+indeed he dreamt all Night, for he could not think less, than that some
+Retainers of the Family had undoubtedly followed the Cart, and Murder'd
+the Squire to run away with the Treasure, and what his poor Sister
+would suffer to be a Widow so early, was little less than a mortal
+Apprehension. Thereupon very betimes in the morning he pads to Sir
+_William_'s, and very earnestly enquires, what was become of the
+Squire, the Knights Brother. Sir _William_'s Brother, _reply'd the
+Servants_, we know none he has; 'tis true, he had one some years beyond
+Sea, but whether dead or alive, is more than any Man upon _English_
+Ground (_God wott_) can tell. How! no Brother-in-law Squire! No Sir
+_William_'s Family! No Sister like to be a Lady, nor Brother a
+Gentleman! nor no Horses nor Cart neither! This staggering Account, put
+him into so doleful a Dumps, that he stood almost Thunderstruck. And
+truly the twelve Miles home agen, was so tedious a Journey, and the
+lamentable Narrative he must make 'em at home, so killing a Fancy, that
+it was a great Mercy he did not make a stay upon some convenient Twig
+in some Hedge in the Road, rather than live to be the Messenger of such
+a woful, sad Tale--But ill News at last must out. The Bird and the
+Beasts were all flown; the poor Bride sweetly brought to Bed, a Cart
+and two Horses to pay for, a Son-in-law to find when the Devil was
+blind, the Daughters sweet play thing lost, the Father and Mother dipt
+ten whole pounds in Chalk, and the whole Family under the suffering of
+a whole Chamberpot full of waylings and Tears for their Calamities and
+Misfortunes.
+
+But to return to our Rover: By the sale of Cart and Team, ten pound in
+Cole the last lump, and the price of his Kine the other, his Pockets
+were pretty well lined; and considering this spot might soon grow too
+hot for him, he thinks it wisest to shift the Scene, and thereupon
+dismissing, for some time, his Man _Tom_, who had pretty well lick'd
+his Fingers in so profitable a Service, our Grasier now transmogrifies
+into a Spark, and very sprucely rigg'd, takes a ramble Westward, where
+meeting with no Adventure worth recital, in some small time he gets to
+_Ludlow_. There taking up the first Night at an Inn, his Garb (though
+unattended by Servants) soon made him good Reception; his first enquiry
+was to learn out the Eminentest People in the Town, of which being
+readily inform'd by the Drawers; he learnt, amongst other Relations,
+that there was a Substantial Wealthy Tradesman, had two pretty
+Marriageable Daughters: Being directed to the House, he addresses to
+the Father, telling him he was a _Barkshire_ Gentleman, and intending
+to make some small abode in _Ludlow_, he did not think fit to continue
+in a Publick House, but would gladly gain admission to some private
+Family. The Tradesman (whose name we will not mention) being a Widower,
+and taken with the manner of his Discourse, kindly invited him to his
+own House, which our Travelling Gallant as kindly embracing,
+Accommodation was made, and he was lodged that very Night at this
+private Landlords.
+
+His entrance here gave him the opportunity of daily conversing with no
+mean wit and charms in the two sweet Daughters of the Family; and our
+Gallant, very apt to take fire at but a small matter of Beauty,
+especially with a Portion at the Tail of it, felt no little wamblings
+at the extraordinary accomplishments of the elder, somewhat the sweeter
+Creature. But this new Adventure was not an enterprise so easie as the
+last; this Sire of some fashion, was so far above the Education and
+Extract of his former Father-in-Law, a Man of Mortar and Trowel; and
+his Daughters of a reach and understanding so much beyond the others
+humbler capacity; that measures must be quite alter'd here from those
+that he took before. Accordingly now his discourse was always upon
+Foreign subjects, himself and his own affairs the least part of his
+talk; and if any inquisitive question, either by Father or Daughters
+were made relating to his Family or Concerns, he answered with that
+Modesty, and almost silence to all demands of that kind, that he left
+their curiosity still in the dark; and which indeed was so much a
+heightning to the favourable imaginations they had conceived of him;
+that they doubted not in the least, but he was of eminent Quality; and
+what any boasting Vanity would have made 'em rather suspect, his
+Modesty on the contrary confirm'd. 'Twas some few days before they
+inquired his name, for which he had ready at his Tongue's end, the
+name of a very great Family in _Barkshire_; but not descending to
+particulars, the remoteness of the place did not gain 'em much
+intelligence of his Quality from only the bare name. All this while, at
+some little distance, he dropt a great many complaisant words to the
+elder Sister, which look'd very much like Love, and which he indeed
+desired should be so interpreted. In this Conversation, now of a
+Fortnights continuance, he had rendred himself so acceptable to the
+whole Family, that a great many favourable thoughts on all sides
+inclined towards him. The Address to the Daughter, at last looked a
+little more plain and barefac'd, and at that time a Fair happening at
+_Ludlow_, where he had been diverting himself with seeing of Fashions,
+he came home in much Concern, and some kind of Passion, much greater
+than hitherto they had at any time seen from him. "Certainly there is
+no place in the world (_says he passionately_) so retir'd, but some
+Devil or other will still find out and haunt me." The odness of this
+expression invited the elder Sister to ask him what he meant. "Why
+truly, Madam, (_he replied_) I have been hunted from three or four
+Towns already, for in spight of all my resolutions of living
+_incognito_, some unlucky Person or other comes full in my mouth, and
+will betray me in spight of my Soul." This answer did but heighten her
+Curiosity, and having, as she thought, some little Interest in him as a
+profest Servant of hers, she was a little the bolder in pressing the
+Question; and therefore plainly ask'd him why he liv'd _incognito_, and
+what accident had now discovered him: To this at last, with a little
+more frankness than he had hitherto used, he replied, the reason of his
+Ramble from his Family, with his Living three or four Months past
+unknown to the whole World, was only to prevent the ruine of a Sister,
+who like a foolish Girl, was in much danger to be undone by a Beggerly
+Match she was too fond of; and her Portion being in his hands, he had
+absented himself from his home, left the softness of her tears, the
+importunities of several Advocate's in behalf of this indigent Lover,
+together with the weakness of his own tender heart, might at last be
+prevail'd upon to grant his consent to what he knew would be his shame
+and her undoing. And as ill luck would have it, he had unfortunately
+tumbled upon a Countryman of his, now at the Fair, who would infallibly
+run open mouth'd to his Sister and his Family, and tell 'em all where
+he was. This discovery gave a good occasion to the fair Examiner to be
+not only a Pleader for her own Sex in the Person and cause of his
+unknown Sister, but likewise to be a Champion for Love. For now she
+plainly told him, that a great many grains of allowance were to be
+made, where hearts were inseparable. If this Lover of his Sisters was a
+man of Sense and Quality (as neither of those he could deny him) it was
+a little barbarous in him to oppose the whole Repose and Contentment of
+so near a Relation as a Sister, for so sordid a consideration as a
+little Worldly Interest. Besides, there was a Providence always
+attended Faith and Truth in Love, and undoubtedly sooner or later would
+provide for their well-being, or else enable 'em to bear a meaner
+portion of Riches, which others perhaps might, less contentedly,
+possess. This argument was almost the daily discourse, in which she
+seem'd to gain some little ground, but not enough to perswade him to
+the unreasonable Grant of his Sisters desires.
+
+About five days after comes a Letter directed to him at _Ludlow_, with
+the Post Mark upon it very authentically, which in a very legible
+Woman's hand contained these words.
+
+    Dear Brother,
+
+    _What unhappy Star am I born under, to suffer all this miserable
+    Persecution? Certainly, when my Father left me to your disposal,
+    and tied my Portion to your liking of the man that must marry me,
+    surely he could never have died reconciled to Heaven, could he have
+    foreseen the Slavery he tied his poor Child to, in putting me into
+    the power of so cruel a Brother. To run so many Months from your
+    House, your Family, nay, your Honour too, (for what must the
+    censuring world talk of you) and all to break a poor Sister's
+    Heart. Oh shameful! to hide your self from the World, and run from
+    Mankind, only to shut your Ears against Justice, and to be deaf to
+    all Goodness and Humanity! Alas, what Capital Crime have I
+    committed, who only loved a Gentleman, in Birth and Blood no ways
+    my Inferiour; and what if an unfortunate Younger Brother's slender
+    Patrimony of a Hundred a Year, is not answerable to a Portion of
+    Two thousand Pounds. A wonderful Cause to make me the most unhappy
+    Creature living, in refusing me the only Blessing the World has to
+    give. How many fair steps to Preferment and Honour lye in the way
+    of so accomplish'd and so well Related a Gentleman, notwithstanding
+    his Elder Brother run away with the Estate; and what good Fortune
+    have I not to hope for, if your Barbarous Aversion did not
+    interpose between my Felicity and me. In short, resolve to return
+    home, and be kind to your languishing, and almost despairing
+    Sister, or else expect very speedily to be visited by her at your
+    Bedside in her Winding-sheet. For if Ghosts can walk, and your
+    Barbarity has sworn my Death, expect to be eternally haunted, as
+    you shall deserve from----_
+
+    Your Distracted----
+
+The next Post four or five Letters more came after him; one from his
+Bayliff, to desire him, for God's sake to come home again; for the
+Devil a Farthing would his Tenants pay till they saw their Landlord. A
+second from one of his Tenants, complaining of his bad Crop, and the
+low price of Corn, and that unless he would bate him Twenty pound a
+Year Rent, he could never hold his Farm; earnestly desiring his Worship
+to come home, and take care of his poor Tenants, _&c._ A third
+condoling his Misfortune in the loss of his Eldest Son, and desiring to
+see his Sweet Worship's Face, that he might get him to put his Second
+Boy's Life into his Copy-hold; and others of the like Import.
+
+These Letters our Spark left in his Closet Window, and one whole day
+going abroad, by a pretended Negligence, he shot the Bolt of his Closet
+Lock out of the Staple, and so left his Door a-jar, and his Letters
+expos'd to any body that would please to read 'em. This Stratagem
+succeeded to his Wish, for the Daughter, whom I may now call his
+Mistress, knowing him safe abroad, had dropt into his Chamber when the
+Maid was making the Bed, and finding the Closet Door open, made bold to
+peep, and spying his Letters there, tips the wink upon the Maid, whom
+she made of the Council, and read 'em all out. The Contents put her
+mightily upon the gog; for certainly she concluded he must be a Man of
+a mighty Estate, so many Tenants, and the Lord knows what; and if a
+Sister had Two thousand Pounds, what must an Elder Brother possess.
+After she had conjured the Maid to silence, she could not forbear
+running to her Father, and telling him all she had discover'd: The
+Father at first a little reprimanded her Curiosity, but considering he
+had found out a Love Intrigue between his Daughter and him, he thought
+it no unwelcome discovery. At last looking very stedfastly upon his
+Daughter's Face, with a sort of a kind fatherly leer, he cry'd, _Ah
+Child, would he were a Bed with thee_. How, Father, _reply'd the Girl
+blushing_. Nay no harm (_quoth the Father_) Chicken, that's all. Thou
+sayst he makes love to thee, and troth I must own it no small part of
+my Ambition to have a Person of his Quality and Fortunes for a
+Son-in-law. In short, The Father gave her very seasonable Admonition;
+for having sounded her Inclinations, and found 'em to his own wish,
+with a Fatherly Authority he commanded her, if his Addresses hinted at
+Marriage, to make him all reasonable Advances that way.
+
+Our Gallant found his Plot had taken; for he had critically observed in
+what most particular manner and station to a quarter of an inch he had
+laid his Letters; and finding all of 'em displaced more or less from
+the exact point he had left 'em, he plainly perceived they had all of
+'em been read. Besides, in compliance to her Father's Orders, and
+indeed a little to her own Inclinations, he discover'd her usual
+Coldness to him a little diminish'd, and her Aspect more favourable,
+which plainly told him the Bait had taken. Whereupon one Evening
+finding her alone in her Garden, with a confidence more than usual, he
+plainly spoke home, telling her what an inestimable Blessing he should
+acquire in possessing so much sweetness for a Wife.
+
+A long Courtship ensued, the Particulars too tedious, only the Girl was
+a little more pliant than ordinary, but much doubting the integrity of
+his Protestations; alledging it was very unlikely he would debase
+himself to marry a Creature of her mean Fortune, for all she could at
+present challenge, except what her Father might do for her after his
+decease, was only a 100_l._ left her in her Father's hands by an Uncle
+deceas'd. Our Gallant presently with much disdain seem'd to slight all
+thoughts of her Fortune, for that, he thank'd Heav'n, he wanted not;
+and truly her dear Person was the only consideration that had fix'd his
+Heart intirely her Captive. To bring him to the happy point, 48 hours
+are not past, before he comes to reap the fair Fruit. The marriage-knot
+is tied; and the Nuptials consummated, and Joy and Felicity runs high
+between them.
+
+In this happy State, and uninterrupted Delights, they continued some
+days, when of a sudden his old Servant, _Tom_, booted and spurr'd,
+comes to _Ludlow_, and now in a little higher station than before, in
+the garb and figure of one of his Bayliffs, he comes post thus far,
+first to tell him the Distraction of his Family occasion'd by his
+absense; 2dly, The Lady his Sister's sudden departure, God knows
+whither, for she went away by night two days before he set out from
+home, and has not been heard of since. And that a Letter was come from
+_Bristol_, intimating that his Venture in _Sherry_ was safely landed
+there, and that the King's Customs came to 97_l._ but his Correspondent
+at _Bristol_ being lately dead, the Custom was yet unsatisfied; and
+truly for his part none of the Tenants would pay him one Groat till
+they saw their Landlord again, and therefore he could not raise the
+Money to satisfy it. Our new Bridegroom hearing all this, presently
+communicates the whole matter to his sweet Bedfellow, desiring her to
+get her Father to accommodate him with that Sum; not that he ask'd it
+as any part of her Unkle's Legacy, he scorned to be so poor-spirited;
+no, he requested it as a Boon, and the Monies should speedily be repaid
+with Thanks: Which if he pleas'd to do for him, his Servant should fall
+down the _Severn_, and take care of his Wines, of which his dear
+Father-in-law should have one Hogshead to drink to her _Hans in
+Keldar_. The Daughter was a speedy and successful Embassadress, for the
+Money was presently laid him down in Gold, for the more ease of his
+Servant's carriage of it. _Tom_ had not been two hours gone, but a
+Footboy in a very fine Livery brings him a Letter from his Sister,
+signifying her extreme Concern for his deserting his Affairs and
+Family, and that her Griefs and Disquiets had made her take a long
+Ramble to see him once more. And that she was now at _Hereford_, not
+daring to approach any nearer till she had his gracious Warrant and
+Permission, which she humbly upon her bended Knees intreated of him,
+with a great deal more passionate Courtship to him upon that Subject.
+Upon perusal of this Letter he seem'd to melt into a great deal of good
+nature and compassion for his dear Sister, insomuch that a Tear stood
+in his Eyes which his sweet Bride very kindly drank in a kiss. At
+length launching out into a great many tender Expressions towards his
+Sister, which Goodness his kind Bride much applauded and encouraged,
+throwing in many a kind word in her Sisters behalf; At last the Brother
+concluded he would be so civil to her, that since her extravagant
+Affection had brought her thus far to visit him, he would return her
+the Favour of Riding himself to _Hereford_ to fetch her, if his kind
+Father would procure him a Horse. Ay, with all his heart. Nay, both
+Father and Daughter proffer'd to take the same Journey with him to pay
+their Respects to the young Lady, and attend upon her as part of her
+Train to _Ludlow_. No, by no means, replied our Spark; that was more
+than the Rules of Honour would allow: for his dear Bride, as his Wife,
+was a Person in Quality above her, and whatever Kindnesses she pleased
+to show her when at _Ludlow_, was in her free Power; but this
+complaisance was too great a Condescension, and consequently he beg'd
+her leave that the tenderness he had of her Honour might absolutely
+forbid her any such thought. And indeed his Father's was much the same
+Condescention, which he must likewise no way suffer.
+
+The Father and Daughter both silenced with this Answer, acquiesced with
+his Reasons, as being much a more experienced Master of Ceremonies than
+they could pretend to; consenting to let him go alone only attended by
+the Sister's Page; in the mean while resolving to apply their officious
+Respects to this fair, tho yet unknown Relation another way, _viz._ in
+making a suitable preparation for her honourable Reception. But first a
+very stately Horse was borrow'd, one that a Collonel of the Guards had
+lately bid a lumping Sum for; with all Accoutrements answerable. And at
+mounting, our Cavalier whispering in his Father's ear, and telling him
+he had been long from home, and not knowing whether his remaining Stock
+might hold out to his present Occasions, he desired---- The Father
+would not hear out the Speech, but running up stairs presently, fetch'd
+down, and stole into his hand a silk Purse richly lined with Twenty
+Broad Pieces.
+
+Our Squire thus every way obliged, after his due Conges all made, bids
+them all Farewel till tomorrow, and so prances off. Here let us leave
+the Father and Daughter as busy for the Credit of the Cause, as may be
+imagined, making all suitable Provision for tomorrow's Entertainment;
+the Kitchin, and Pantry, the Bed-Chamber, and the Court-Cubboard, must
+all appear in Splendour extraordinary.
+
+And now to return to our Traveller: Heaven knows he had the misfortune
+to miss his way, for he never found _Hereford_, nor Sister. His Barb
+too found another Chapman than the Collonel of the Guards; for both
+Horse and Accoutrements all embargoed, and the dismounted Cavalier
+slipt into a Frize-Coat of his Man _Tom's_ providing, who waited his
+coming, The Master, Page, and _Tom_, in a small prepared Vessel,
+troul'd down the _Severn_ as fast as Tide and good Speed could carry
+them.
+
+As we thunder'd down the _Severn_, one of our Strollers being at
+present useless, our Page (well rewarded for playing his part in the
+_Farse_) is dropt at _Worcester_, from whence we continue our Voyage to
+_Bristol_. Arrived there pretty late in a Summers Evening, 'tis not
+thought convenient to appear in any Dress whatever had been seen before
+at _Ludlow_, nor indeed to expose his Face, lest any Inquiry might be
+made there about him as a Sherry-Merchant, and so trunking up all his
+best Rayment, he gets himself new rigged at a Salesman's in a genteel
+Garb, but something modester than his _Ludlow_ Bravery, and _Tom_ and
+he next morning move off to _Bath_.
+
+It fortunes here, that he Quarters at one of the great Inns, it being
+the beginning of the Summer, just before _Bath_ time, where was a brisk
+Daughter of the house, about half way stage between 20 and 30. and
+consequently much inclinable manwards. A Girl that had had the Honour
+of many a slap cross the Mouth, and chuck under the Chin by Lords and
+Earls in her time, her Fathers honourable Guests at _Bath_ season. Our
+most constant Lover of every new face, feels the old Itch again.
+Business he finds will thicken upon him, and therefore flusht with his
+late Successes, he resolves to throw out his winning hand as far as it
+will run.
+
+But now to know what Portion this Damsel had, for without a spill of
+yellow Boys, naked White and Red has but indifferent Charms with him.
+This Intelligence was quickly made, without asking the question; for
+there was a Jest in the Family of one of the Drawers being Suitor
+there, who belike wanted a tite sum of 80_l._ to set up withal (a small
+Portion of hers formerly left her by a Grandfather, and now at use.)
+This Drawer forsooth was a Rival, but not an over-formidable one. For
+truly our Inn-keepers Daughter had so often been tickled with the
+Addresses of Quality, that (_Foh!_) her Fathers Drawer was scarce
+worthy to hold up her Train. A Gentleman, or nothing for her. Nay, if
+she has not the happiness to strike in for a Lease for Life at Bed and
+Board with some honourable Person, rather than dye in ignorance, keep a
+stale Maiden-head, and so lead Apes, she has long since resolved not to
+stand out at a lower game, and en'e admit a Tenant at Will to an Inmate
+of Fashion and Quality; and was grosly suspected she had tried the
+Constitution of her Body, under a load of Honour long before her
+present year of twenty five. But true or false, that's a small Blot, in
+her Scutchion.
+
+Our _Don John_ is absolutely captivated, and plies her home with all
+the Rhetorick that Love can afford. Our man _Tom_ in the meanwhile but
+very modestly, is whispering amongst his Mates, the lower Tire of the
+Family, the Servants, what a Worthy Gentleman his Master is, being a
+Rich _Norfolk_ Gentleman (a pretty large stride from _Bathe_) of 500 a
+year. This Narrative passes pretty well amongst the shallower pates,
+the Chamberlain, the Tapster, the Hostler, and the rest of the inferior
+Domesticks; but our hardfaith'd young Mistress of the house, whither
+bit before, or naturally not over-credulous, does as good as declare,
+That her Principles are to look before she leaps. Our _Norfolk_ Suitor
+finds his Addresses very acceptable, but still with a reserve, Provided
+he be the Man he appears. He plainly sees, that the Girl, upon good
+Grounds is very pliable, but she's a little past the years of being
+dandled and kist out of her Reason: He or any man else (any Tooth good
+Barber) with Honour and Estate may go far with her; but Demonstration
+is the only Argument that must carry her Cause. As many years as she
+has lived (or at least past for) a Maid, she is not so hard set, but
+she can tarry till Substantial Testimony (as far off as _Norfolk_ lies)
+can make out the Lands and Tenements, before she consents to an
+Inclosure. Our Spark therefore put to his last Trumps, finds this last
+a craggier and more difficult Enterprize than any he had ever yet
+encountred; however, thinking it a very great scandal to his Wit, to
+lie down before her, and shamefully for want of Ammunition, be forced
+to raise the Siege, he sets all his Brains at work for one last Mine to
+blow her up; or if that take not, he is resolved to quit the Field. In
+a day or two after, he begins to be Melancholly and indisposed; during
+this fit, he is very cold in his Love, and applies him to Religious
+Books, talks much of very odd Dreams he has had, till at last he takes
+his Bed. Physitians are sent for, whether they found any real
+indications of sickness or no, or acquiesced to his own Declaration of
+the Pains he felt, no Medicinal Application was wanting. His Distemper
+increasing, he desires a Man of Law to be sent for, accordingly a
+Scrivener of the Town is called, who draws up his Will, in which he
+gives away about Three Thousand pounds in several Legacies, leaving his
+Nephew his full and sole Executor. The Will is sealed up, and delivered
+to his Man _Tom_; and all the cognizance taken of his Mistress, is only
+10_l._ to buy her Mourning. Next a Man of God is sent for, and all the
+necessary preparations for a Man of another World are made. His
+Conscience setled, and his Viaticum for his long Journey most devoutly
+furnisht. But it pleases Fate, or the Sick man rather, in some few days
+after, to give some small symptoms of amendment, and to shorten the
+matter, in Eight or Ten days time he is pretty well recovered, and the
+next talk is of fancying his own Native _Norfolk_ Air for perfecting
+his Health; all this while the young Damsel, who, tho not call'd to the
+Will-making, knew all the Contents of it, and finding from all hands,
+the great uprightness and devotion of her humble Servant, could not
+fancy that so much Religion and Piety could be an Impostor, and
+therefore she doubted not in the least, but the Estate in _Norfolk_ was
+unquestionable; and tho indeed her Prudence would still incline her to
+a full inquiry and satisfactory account, yet 'tis now too late, her
+cooling Admirer talks of speeding to _London_; and tho he professes he
+will leave his heart behind with her, She is afraid that new Faces and
+better Fortunes will soon shake her hold there, and therefore taking
+her Pillow upon the business, she resolves not to slip so favourable an
+opportunity, but to lay hold of the forelock, and take a good offer
+whilst she may have it: For with all her natural Pride, she considers
+her self but the Lees of a Tap; and 'tis not every Rich Gudgeon will
+bite at a Bait so blown, and so stale.
+
+Her departing Lover still pressing for his Journey, the good-natur'd
+Girl watches the next amorous sally of her Gallant, and takes him at
+his word, and without asking advice, thinks her own wit sufficient, and
+in two days time enters into _for better, for worse_. The Town-Bells
+soon rung All Joy; and the best Hogshead in Daddy's Cellar run
+_Claret_. His Honourable Guest and Son-in-Law was the little Idol of
+all the Virgins of the Town, and the envied preferment of sweet Mrs.
+_Betty_ had fill'd all Tongues; and scarce a Prayer offered up for a
+Husband, but Mrs. _Betty_'s felicity was made the Pattern of their
+Devotion.
+
+But now, as the Devil would have it, our dignified Bride is for having
+her Dear Spouse, by all means, doing her and her Father the honour of
+staying out the whole Bathe Season (now coming on) amongst 'em, and
+nothing can divert her from that resolution. This is a very unwelcome
+proposal; for the multitude of Faces from all quarters of the Kingdom,
+may not only be very dangerous to his circumstances, but likewise his
+_Norfolk_ Abilities, long before that time, may be examin'd too
+narrowly; and therefore not being able to make any harsh refusal of his
+fair Brides request, lest it should look like design, and to marry a
+young Girl, and be ashamed of her parentage, would appear so unkind,
+that he has no Artifice to wean her from _Bathe_, and drill her out of
+Town, but by pretending a small relapse of his Indisposition, which he
+acted so well, that he denied himself the very pleasures of Love, and
+fell off even from Family-Duties. This Curtain-failure began to
+moderate her passion for staying at _Bathe_, for her tame Bedfellow
+still preaching up the virtues of his own Native _Norfolk_ Air, his
+poor defeated Bride could not but have a womanly longing for so
+necessary a Restorative, and thereupon for so important a Medicine to
+her feeble Yokemate, she consented to go along with him.
+
+All her fine Cloaths were Boxed up, together with several Bed and
+Table-Linnen, _&c._ (for she had pretty good Moveables, all the
+Legacies of Deceased Aunts and Grannies, and other good Kin) and all
+sent by her Man _Tom_ to the Carriers, and two days after places took
+in the flying Coach for their speeding to _London_.
+
+But one main thing was almost forgotten. She had call'd in her Portion,
+which for a Guinies Gratification the Scrivener had ready at an Hours
+warning, having at that time some other peoples Money by him
+undisposed, and hers being out upon Mortgage, the Owners were very well
+pleas'd to make an Exchange upon the same security. This Money was not
+to be trusted by the Waggon, but to be carryed up with her in the Coach
+box, for which her Man _Tom_ beg'd her acceptance of a little Gilt
+leather'd Trunk that happen'd to be just small enough to go into the
+Coach-box. The Day of setting out being the Morrow, her thoughtful
+Spouse had nicely consider'd that the Coach would be in _London_ half a
+day before the Carrier, which for some Reasons you'll find in the
+sequel was not altogether for his convenience, and therefore he made a
+shift to put off the Journey till next Coach-day.
+
+Against that time the Gilt-leather'd Trunk, and the Key to it was
+deliver'd her, (tho by the by he had got two Keys) and the 80_l._ some
+Broad pieces, a Caudle-Cup, half a dozen of Silver Spoons, and some
+other Toys were all stowed in it; and the Kind Couple are trundling
+away for _London_, with the Man well mounted riding by.
+
+Now as a Man of his Estate, he had freely given her all her own
+Portion, a small Privy Purse to buy her Pins with, having Marryed her
+only for Beauty, and much disdaining the addition of so small a sum to
+his plentiful Fortune. The first stage being done (for they had but one
+Night to lye by the way) the small Cabinet of Treasure was carefully
+taken out of the Coach, and lodged in a Closet in the Chamber, and next
+Morning deliver'd to _Tom_ to see safely laid in the Coach-box as
+before.
+
+The next Night arriving both at _London_, (whither _Tom_ about
+_Brenford_ was commanded by his Master to speed a little before to
+prepare for their Reception) a very fair Lodging near St. _James_'s was
+ready to entertain her, but no _Tom_ had been there; and coming to open
+the Trunk, instead of the Gold and Silver Entrayls there was nothing
+but a Bag of Stones, and a piece of a Brickbat to supply their places,
+enclosed in a few Rags that stuft up the Trunk. This amazing sight
+threw the poor Lady into a most violent Distraction, and 'twas very
+hard to hold her from falling into a Fit, her Husband seeming as much
+amazed as her self, and joining in the complaint as loud as she. But to
+abate her Rage, he told her the wicked Rogue should not so scape, he
+had very sufficient security from able Friends for his honest and
+faithful service, and their Purses should make her Reparation, till
+when the Loss should be made up out of his own Pocket. Nor would he
+sleep till he had made her some farther satisfaction, and therefore
+beg'd her Excuse but for one half Hour till he took Coach, and made
+that search and quest that perhaps would bring her some considerable
+Light into the Villany. Her Zeal for her Loss never look'd any farther,
+and accordingly well pleas'd with the Kind Motion, she took leave of
+him for the half Hour aforesaid.
+
+But, alas, a long half Hour, for half the Evening, nay the whole Night
+was gone, and neither Man nor Master to be heard of. So Husband and
+Portion all departed, she thought fit to secure her Goods and Cloaths
+at the Carriers, but the same Calamity attended there likewise, for
+_Tom_ had been there too, and swept all.
+
+To describe the Distress and Anguish of our present Female Sufferer, or
+either of her two foregoing Sisters in Affliction, being a work beyond
+our power, we shall e'ne do as the Painter did of old, that is, draw a
+Vail before the Face of sorrow, the Lineaments of true Grief being
+above the Pen or Pencils skill.
+
+And now to follow our Libertine through all his Rambles and Exploits in
+this wide Town of _London_, (for there lyes his next Scene) being
+matter we have not yet fully been inform'd in, we dare not venture to
+play the Historian any farther than certain Intelligence (which yet we
+have not received) can guide us, being resolved not to load our Rambles
+with Romance or Fiction, his Life being furnisht with matter
+sufficiently voluminous without the addition of Flourish or Fancy.
+
+Let it suffice that some time after all these three successive
+Adventures, the poor _Ludlow_ VVife comes up to _London_, being the
+last place she has to make her quest after this Impostor and Monster,
+for those are the gentlest Names her Sufferings and Resentments can
+give him. She has a great Opinion that _Newgate_ or _Newgate_ Roll, or
+some other such Chronicles of his Renown will give her some light into
+his Life and Fortune, and perhaps the Justice of Heaven afford her a
+sight of him at least, if not a power to execute Heavens and her just
+Vengeance on so egregious a Reprobate.
+
+Her Inn being at _Holborn_ Bridge, she lights into the Company of a
+good Motherly VVoman just come from _Oxfordshire_; the sorrow in so
+young a Face, and the swoln Eyes which were not yet dryed, the Fountain
+being indeed inexhaustible, the Curiosity of the Elder Traveller made
+bold to ask her the cause of so doleful a look, &c. The young one (who
+now had no Reserves) plainly told her whole sufferings, to which the
+Matron replyed, Alas young VVoman, what are your griefs to mine? I have
+been many years the VVife of the most Infamous Miscreant that the Earth
+ever bore; deserted and abandoned by the wickedest of Men, after long
+years of Honest and Loyal Fidelity to his Bed, and exposed to perish
+(which you, thanks to able Friends, need not fear) _&c._ with a great
+deal more bitter Invectives against him. Till at last upon further
+conferring of Notes, and describing of Characters and Persons they came
+to jump together, and found 'emselves both abused by the very same
+Monster, the eldest being indeed his old _Banbury_ Wife. What Amazement
+this Accident produced may easily be conjectured, it will be enough to
+tell you that the Anguish of both their Souls, and the Bitterness of
+Gall on each side made 'em Swear an inviolable Friendship, determining
+to search (if possible) the whole World, to hunt down this Devil.
+Accordingly they take a Lodging a little higher in _Holborn_, where
+making no secret of both their hard cases, they open their whole Souls
+to their new Landlady to engage her assistance in the Quarrel. The
+Landlady Transported at both their Narrations fell upon her Knees, and
+blest God he had sent 'em to her House, for this _Lucifer_ they had
+described, was certainly the very Man that next Week was to Marry her
+Daughter. This surprize put 'em all into new Confusion, and the
+Daughter being called to the Council, it was evident that this very
+Fellow had made Love to the Daughter of the House, the day of Marriage
+concluded, the Ring and Wedding Cloaths preparing, &c. This last
+Deliverance made the poor old Woman, and the Daughter no less, melt
+into Tears at this happy Discovery.
+
+Well, 'tis agreed between 'em all, that they shall not stir till he
+comes thither, which will be in twenty four Hours at most; and all
+their united Vengeance, Constables, Warrants, and what not, shall be
+prepar'd for his Reception.
+
+This Resolution was heartily fix'd amongst 'em; only the _Banbury_ Wife
+would that Evening take a walk to a Cozens, a Citizen, where she had
+some important Affairs, but nothing should stay her abroad above an
+Hour; she had not walk'd half a Furlong but Destiny or some other
+ruling Power threw her full in the Mouth of her Husband; her Passion at
+sight of him rose so high, that at first it could not find vent for
+words, which he perceiving desired her to walk into a Tavern which was
+just before 'em, and there recover her Confusion. You may conceive she
+was very ready to accept the Invitation, her Stomach being so full,
+that 'twas the only thing she wanted to have her full swing at him. The
+Discourse of her part you may well guess at; but his Answer was so
+tender, and his Confession so open, that at last she grew patient
+enough to hear him out. He plainly told her all he had done, or at
+least the greatest part: that it was only the Effects of his Wants and
+Necessities, that now he had rais'd enough to re-establish him in the
+World, that the Hony Moon of Love had been almost over between them,
+and that if he had made any Lapse in Disloyalty to her Marriage Right,
+it was not Infidelity but Interest that had enforced him to all. And so
+showing her handfuls of Gold and Silver, he humbly intreated a
+Reconciliation betwixt 'em. Which good Words and Address at last so
+perfectedly obtained, that he perswaded her to send for all her
+Houshold Goods, and to live with him somewhere in the Liberties of
+_Westminster_, where disguising his Name, and amending his Faults,
+he doubted not through his practice to recover a plentiful Being, and
+maintain her like a Woman.
+
+The poor Creature absolutely mollified, promises Fidelity to him, and
+never returning to her new Lodgings, takes him along with her,
+defeating the whole Vengeance that was hatching against him, and not
+stirring from him till all her Goods were come up from _Banbury_, and a
+new House furnisht with 'em. She had not lived there three days, till
+finding a Gossiping Errand for her to keep her from home a whole day,
+at her Return at Night to Bed, she finds neither Husband nor Goods, Bed
+to lye, or Stool to sit upon; the whole House being utterly dismantled,
+and nothing but nakedness and empty Walls to receive her.
+
+This last Cruelty of her Barbarian made her almost run stark Mad, and
+returning to her _Holborn_ Lodging to own her frailty in believing an
+Infidel, and the Just Judgment that had befaln her upon it, she found
+the poor _Ludlow_ Mourner departed, and all her Relief left was to
+return to _Banbury_ to live upon the Alms of the Parish.
+
+This Libertine Life of our Renegade did not long continue till found at
+last by the _Ludlow_ Wife he was thrown into _Worcester_ Jail; from
+thence by _Habeas Corpus_ (at the Charge of a Parson in _Southwark_
+whose Daughter he had likewise Married) removed to _Newgate_, & upon an
+Indictment of six Wives appearing against him, being then Tryed by the
+Name of _Morrel_ alias _Bowyer_ (a Name of a Worthy Person of Quality,
+for personating of whom he had stood in the Pillory) he pleaded Guilty
+to those six and twelve more, and thereby received only the punishment
+of a Squeeze in the Fist.
+
+After this Escape of a Halter, what his following Adventures have been
+we are not informed: 'tis to be believed his Will was no ways wanting,
+though his power of managing such hardy Exploits might undoubtedly be a
+little retrencht: and therefore we have reason to conclude he fell into
+smaller Games, in which his Walks have lain something more obscure, and
+thereupon by reason of our unacquaintance with the Truth of that part
+of his Life, we shall over-leap some years, and bring him to his
+Conclusion.
+
+Some few days before _Christmas_ he came to one Mr. _Cullens_ a Baker
+in the _Strand_ to seek him a Lodging, his Habit but indifferent, and
+his Stock not above Two Shillings, pretending himself to be a Person of
+Worth and Honour, _viz. Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swaclift_ in the County
+of _Oxon_ Esq; a Person whose Name and Reputation was well known to
+Mrs. _Cullen_, being Born not far from him, which contributed much to
+the swallowing of the Imposture. His pretence for leaving his Family in
+the Countrey, and living here _Incognito_ was occasion'd (he said) to
+avoid the payment of 500_l._ which he stood engaged for, and for which
+the principal had left him in the lurch; and which he had made a rash
+Vow he would not pay.
+
+Mr. _Cullen_'s Family thus imposed upon supplied all his wants, and
+paid him the due Respects to the Quality he Personated, till falling
+sick, on the 28th of _December_ he made a Will, as follows.
+
+
+His WILL.
+
+In the name of God, Amen. _I_ Humphrey Wickham _of_ Swatclift, _in the
+County of_ Oxon _Esquire; being sick and weak in Body, but of sound
+Mind and Memory, do make this my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all
+Wills by me formerly made: And as touching such Worldly Estate as God
+hath been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby give and bequeath the
+same in manner following._
+
+Imprimis, _I do give, devise, and bequeath, to my Kinsman_ William
+Wickham, _of_ Gazington, _in the County of_ Oxon, _all that my Mansion
+House of_ Swaclift _aforesaid; and all the Lands, Tenements, and
+Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto him the said_ William
+Wickham, _and his Heirs for ever_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto_ John Cullin, _Son of_ Thomas Cullin,
+_of the Parish of St._ Clement Danes, _in the County of_ Middlesex,
+_Baker, all that my impropriated Personage of_ Sowgrate, _in the County
+of_ Northampton, _with the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof_.
+
+Item, _I give unto Anne Cullin_, _Sister of the said_ John Cullin, _the
+Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Thomas Cullin, _Son of the said_ Thomas Cullin,
+_the Sum of Three hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Dorothy Halford _of_ Halford, _in the County of_
+Warwick, _the Sum of two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Richard Davis, _Son of_ William Davis _of the said
+Parish of St._ Clement Danes, _the Sum of Four hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ William Davis, _Son of the said_ William Davis,
+_the Summ of Two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Anne Fowkes, _for her Care and Diligence in Looking
+after me in my Sickness, the Sum of one hundred pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Robert Croker, _Son of_ William Croker _of_
+Sanford, _in the said County of_ Oxon _(being my God-son) the Sum of
+Five hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto the said_ William Croker, _the Sum of Five hundred
+Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Robert Penniston, _Son of Sir_ Thomas Penniston,
+_and younger Brother to Sir_ Farmalis Penniston _of_ Cornhill, _in the
+said County of_ Oxon _the Sum of Three hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give unto Mrs._ Jane Penniston, _Sister of the said Mr._
+Robert Penniston, _the Summ of Two hundred Pounds_.
+
+Item, _I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands, Tenements,
+and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the name of_ Apple-tree Ducy,
+_in_ Cropridee, _in the County of_ Northampton, _unto_ John Brooking
+_of_ Rashly, _in the County of_ Devon, _Esquire, and the said_ William
+Davis senior, _and_ Thomas Cullin senior, _and the Survivor of them,
+and their Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust and Confidence:
+Nevertheless, that they the said_ John Brooking, William Davis, _and_
+Thomas Cullin, _shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the
+Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid, the respective Legacies
+herein before bequeathed unto the said_ Anne Cullin, Thomas Cullin
+Junior, Dorothy Halford, Richard Davis, William Davis Junior, _and_
+Anne Fowkes. _And whereas I have herein before bequeathed unto my
+Kinsman_ Will. Wickham, _and his Heirs, all my Mansion-house at_
+Swacklift _aforesaid, with the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments
+thereunto belonging; my true Will and Meaning is, That the same Devise
+is upon this special Trust and Confidence, That the said_ William
+Wickham _shall pay, or cause to be paid, the several Legacies herein
+before bequeathed unto the said_ Rob. Croker, _and_ Will. Croker,
+Robert Penniston, _and_ Jane Penniston; _and also pay and discharge one
+Bond for the Principal Sum of five hundred pounds, with Interest, which
+I became bound for with_ Thomas Walker, _to one_ Thomas Irons, _any
+thing herein before contained, to the contrary thereof in any wise
+notwithstanding; and also that he the said_ William Wickham, _shall out
+of his Legacy, and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him devised, pay,
+or cause to be paid unto my Executors hereafter named, the Sum of five
+hundred pounds, to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for
+the use and benefit of the Poor of the Parish of_ Swacklift _aforesaid,
+in such manner as they, or the major part of them shall think fit and
+convenient_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto the said_ John Brooking _out of the
+Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called_ Apple-tree Ducy _aforesaid, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall be
+thereby raised, I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said_ William
+Davies _Senior, and_ Thomas Cullin _Senior, to be equally divided
+between them and the Survivor of them_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto_ Alice Cullin, _Wife of the said_
+Thomas Cullin _Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her own proper
+Use and Disposal_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath in like manner the Sum of Six hundred Pounds
+unto_ Jane Davis, _the Wife of the said_ William Davis.
+
+Item, _I give unto the said_ Robert Croker _and_ Will. Croker, _the Sum
+of Ten Pounds a piece to buy them Mourning: and also to each of them a
+Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
+
+Item, _I give unto_ Jane Croker _and_ Mary Croker; _and also to the
+said_ Robert Penniston, _and_ Jane Penniston, _and all other my Legates
+herein before mentioned, and to every of them the Sum of Ten Pounds a
+piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
+
+Item, _Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds lying at Interest
+in the hands of Mr._ Ambrose Holbitch, _in the name of_ Oliver Charles,
+_my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to and amongst my
+Four Servants_, Oliver Charles, John Harber, Sarah Winn, _and_ Margery
+Smith, _and the Survivor of them, to be equally divided amongst them,
+share and share alike_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my Accoutrements
+belonging to them unto the said_ John Brookeing, William Davis _Senior,
+and_ Thomas Cullin, _Senior_, viz. _my Bright Bay Gelding to the said_
+Thomas Cullin, _and my Black Gelding to the said_ William Davis, _and
+my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said_ John Brookeing. _All the Arrears of
+Rent in my Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do hereby freely
+acquit and discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my Personal
+Estate, not herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies and Funeral
+Expences, paid and discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
+said Kinsman_ William Wickham.
+
+_And, lastly. I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said_
+William Wickham, John Brooking, William Davis senior, _and_ Thomas
+Cullin senior, _Executors of this my Will; hereby revoking and making
+void all other, and former Will or Wills by me made_.
+
+_In Witness whereof I the said_ Humphrey Wickham _have to this my last
+Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the
+back, thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth day of_ Decemb. Anno
+Dom. 1691.
+
+Humphrey Wickham.
+
+_Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
+words_ (Will. Wickham) _being first interlined_, Rob. Smith, Jo.
+Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Mart. Pinckard.
+
+_I, the above-named_ Humphrey Wickham, _having omitted out of my Will
+above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in_ Huntingtonshire, _do
+hereby make this Addition to, and part of my said Will, in manner
+following: I give and bequeath all my Lands, Tenements and
+Hereditaments, called_ Pryor'_s Farm, and all other my Estate in_
+Holly-well _and_ Needingworth, _unto the above-named_ John Brooking,
+William Davis senior, _and_ Tho. Cullin senior, _and the Survivor of
+them, and their Heirs, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them, under
+this special Trust and Confidence, that the said_ Jo. Brooking, William
+Davis, _and_ Thomas Cullin, _shall sell and dispose of the same; and
+out of the Moneys thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid the
+respective Legacies hereafter named_; viz. _I give and bequeath to_
+Humphrey Longford _the sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister_
+Mary Longford _the like sum of six hundred pounds_.
+
+Item, _I give and bequeath unto the said_ Tho. Cullin _Sen. the further
+Sum of_ 800 l. _and all the Remainder of the Moneys thereby raised, I
+give and bequeath unto the said_ Will. Davis _Sen. and_ Jane _his Wife,
+and the Survivor of them_.
+
+Item, _Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto_ John Cullin, _Son
+of the said_ Thomas Cullin, _the impropriated Parsonage of_ Sowgrave;
+_my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the same to the said_
+John Cullin, _and his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof, I the said_
+Humphrey Wickham _have to this Codicil Addition, or further part of my
+said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of_ December,
+_Anno Dom._ 1691.
+
+Humphrey Wickham.
+
+_Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us_,
+Robert Smith, John Chapman, Rich. Chapman, Martin Pinkard. Probatum
+fuit, _&c._
+
+    This stupendious confidence of a dying man is very amazing, nay he
+    drove on the Masquerade at that strange rate, that he may be truly
+    said to have ended as he began, having received the blessed
+    Sacrament, pretended the settlement of his Conscience, and making
+    peace with Heaven with that seeming sincerity, as if he had
+    resolved to prevaricate with God with the same assurance he had all
+    along done with Mankind. The credulity of these deluded persons his
+    Landlord, and the rest, is not much to be wonder'd at, when the
+    last Gasps of Death could carry so fair an Hypocrisie, and their
+    Transports for his extravagant Legacies bequeathed 'em are rather
+    to be pittied then rediculed. And if they have been faulty in any
+    little over-fondness of their imaginary good fortune, the Jests and
+    Gibes they have received, have been their sufficient punishment;
+    besides Mr. _Cullin's_ being run out of above 30_l._
+
+    After his Death care was taken to provide him a Coffin of about
+    10_l._ value, and the Embalmers were paid for some of their Office
+    of preserving him sweet, till preparations for a solemn and
+    sumptuous Funeral could be made, suitable to the remains of the
+    honourable Deceased. And this Letter was sent as follows.
+
+
+    _Sir_,
+
+    These serve to inform you that _Humphrey Wickham_ Esquire of
+    _Swaclift_ in the County of _Oxon_ died this morning at my House
+    where he has been about ten days; He has made his Will, and you are
+    one of his Executors with me and others; A very great share of his
+    Estate is given to you; therefore pray Sir speed to _London_, that
+    we may take care of his Funeral and other matters necessary to be
+    done upon this occasion.
+
+    I think it may not be amiss that you keep this private, lest any
+    thing may be Purloyned or Imbezelled by any of the deceaseds
+    Servants, or any else at his Seat at _Swaclift_, which is all given
+    to you, some Legacies thereout to be paid; I am, Sir,
+
+    _Your Servant_
+
+    Tho. Cullin.
+
+    London 3. January 169-1/2. From my House at the Wheat-sheaf near
+    St. _Clements_ Church over against _Arundel_ Street. _Strand_.
+
+    To Mr. _William Wickham_ of _Gazington_ inquire at the Blew Boars
+    Head in _Oxon_.
+
+    _These following Lines were inclosed from the aforesaid Executors
+    in the said Letter being left by the deceased._
+
+    Whereas, I _Humphrey Wickham_ Esquire, in Company with my own man
+    _John Harbert_, _and John Austin_, Son of _Nich. Austin_, did carry
+    a black Hoggs Skin Trunk, marked with the Letters
+
+    _H. W._ 1688.
+
+    Wherein are the Deeds of my Estate at _Sowgrave_ and _Apple-tree
+    Ducy_; these are to desire you to deliver them to the Executors,
+    signed with his own Name, thus
+
+    _Humphrey Wickham_
+
+    _Memorandum_, there are two Mortgages in the hands of _Austin_, the
+    one for 1400_l._ and the other for 400_l._ In the name of _Oliver
+    Charles_, in the hands of Mr. _Ambrose Holbech_.
+
+In answer to this Letter came a Gentleman from _Oxford_ to tell Mr.
+_Cullin_, that the Christian name of this Mr. _Wickham_ of _Gazington_
+was mistaken, which gave the first Alarm of an Imposture, otherwise
+Horse and Mourning had been provided to have carried him down to
+_Swackley_ for his Interment there.
+
+Mr. _Cullin_ being not over apt to believe himself cheated, but more to
+satisfie the rest of the World, sent down a Messenger to _Swackley_,
+with fifteen shillings in his Pocket, mounted upon a poor Hackney, but
+ordered to return upon the Bright Bay Gelding bequeathed him in his
+Will; being not convinced of the Delusion till his Messengers Return
+notwithstanding several persons of Reputation had declared him a
+counterfeit; & Major _Richardson_ and Mr. _Compton_ had both inspected
+the Corps, and averred him to be the very man formerly Judged for six
+Wives as before mentioned, and more than once their Prisoner in
+Newgate.
+
+The Messenger returning _Tuesday_ the 12th of _January_ he brought a
+Compliment to the Executors from Captain _Wickham_, (who had treated
+the Messenger very civilly,) to this effect; that he gave 'em his
+hearty thanks for their intended kindness to him, and if they would
+please to come to _Swackley_ for a Month or more they should be very
+welcome, and have the use of all the Geldings, _viz._ the Black, the
+Bright Bay, and Dapple Grey, tho he could not well part with 'em for
+good and all.
+
+Upon this full satisfaction received, about three the next Morning with
+no more than a Watchman and a Lanthorn in a Coffin of four shillings
+price, he was laid in Earth in a Nook of St. _Clements_ Churchyard.
+
+
+Postscript.
+
+The Nurse and Assistants that attended him in his sickness now call to
+mind, that they once or twice observed him to laugh to himself very
+pleasantly, which they suppose proceeded from the pleasure he took in
+cheating the World he was then just upon leaving.
+
+_FINIS._
+
+
+
+
+_DIEGO REDIVIVUS:_
+
+or the
+
+Last WILL
+
+AND
+
+TESTAMENT
+
+Of the Pretended
+
+_Humphrey Wickham_, Esq;
+
+Alias WILLIAM MORREL, alias BOWYER, &c.
+
+WITH A Full RELATION of his Notorious CHEATS and IMPOSTURES: Who dyed
+at Mr. _Cullins_ House, the Third of this Instant _January_, in the
+Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, &c.
+
+
+_LICENSED and Entred in the REGISTER-BOOK of the Company of
+Stationers._
+
+
+_LONDON_, Printed for _Abel Roper_, at the _Mitre_ near _Temple-Bar_.
+1692.
+
+
+
+
+ADVERTISEMENT.
+
+
+This is to give notice, That the Fine COFFIN, mentioned in the
+following Relation, is to be sold in _Shipyard_, without _Temple-bar_.
+
+
+
+
+    _The Last_ Will _and_ Testament _of the pretended_ Humphrey Wickham
+    _Esq_; _alias_ William Morrel, _alias_ Bowyer, _&c. with
+    Annotations thereupon_.
+
+The Publick undoubtedly cannot be better entertained, than by the
+following Relation, of one of the most notorious Cheats as has been
+known in an Age, which has already made a very amazing Noise in the
+Town and the Particulars whereof, may be no disacceptable
+Entertainment.
+
+A Person not over-well Clad, was seen standing gazing about him in the
+Streets, over-against _Arundel_-Buildings in the _Strand_; but the
+gravity of his Age (being a Person between 50 and 60) invited the
+Curiosity of Mr. _Cullin_ the Baker, to ask this unknown Person what he
+wanted? To which he replied, He wanted a Lodging. Upon this, Mr.
+_Cullin_ very courteously made answer, He should be welcome to his
+House; which he very easily and readily accepted; and accordingly was
+received very kindly. Now having no extraordinary Stock of Money,
+_viz._ but Two Shillings in his Pocket, he was exposed to the necessity
+of making use of some Romantick Narrative of his Quality and Condition,
+to make good his Quarters with so slender a Purse, to hold out payment.
+Accordingly the Curiosity of his Landlady enquiring what Country-man he
+was? He replied, _Oxfordshire_; that his Name was _Wickham_, a Person
+of a good Estate near _Banbury_; and that the occasion of his coming to
+Town, was only to avoid the payment of 500_l._ which he stood engaged
+for by Bond, in behalf of a Person that was run away, and had left him
+to pay that Money, and which truly he had made an Oath to himself he
+would never pay; not that the Summ was so considerable to a Man of his
+plentiful Fortune, only he was resolved to keep his Vow; and that had
+made him retire a little from being arrested for it.
+
+The Affability and good Language of this Person of imaginary Quality,
+soon found Credit with his believing Landlord and Landlady, and no
+Caress was thought kind enough to a Person of his eminent Figure and
+Extraction. His first entrance into this indulgent Family was about a
+fortnight before _Christmass_, where he gained that daily ground, that
+no Respect could be sufficiently paid him: His little Pocket Strength
+signified nothing, for his Host was not a little exalted with the
+Honour of such a Guest under his Roof.
+
+But, as Providence was pleased to order it, his Reign was ordain'd to
+be but short; for he soon fell into a languishing Sickness, in which
+time neither Doctor, Apothecary, Nurse, or any other Assistance was
+wanting.
+
+Now our pretended Captain, what ever other Faults he had, was resolv'd
+not to be guilty of Ingratitude, and accordingly made an ample Last
+Will and Testament, and most liberally gave extraordinary large
+Donations and Legacies to his kind Landlord, _&c._
+
+It was very remarkable, that during his Sickness, his Landlord, being
+Overseer of the Poor, had requested a kind Brother in Office, the
+Church-Warden, to pay a small Office of Christian Duty to this poor
+languishing Gentleman; who making him a condoling Visit, with wet Eyes
+and uplifted Hands, was so kind as to wish his Worship's Soul
+everlasting Rest, which was seconded by many a repeated sigh from the
+rest of the Condolers about him: And one more especially, having heard
+of this great Wind-fall, lamented much his Unhappiness, in not visiting
+this Gentleman, saying, _He was never born to do himself good, having
+lost by his Negligence at least_ 1000_l._ Also another eminent Man of
+the Parish, being dissatisfied that he did not come in for a Share with
+the rest of his Neighbours, went and told them, _That the Coroner ought
+to be sent for, and an Enquiry made how he died_.
+
+All Care and Application signified but little, for his last _Exit_ was
+drawing on; in which time, not in the least to shrink from his
+Character of Quality, he still kept up the Honourable Figure he had so
+long presented; and accordingly made most prodigious Protestations of
+Good-will and Acknowledgments to the Family, avowing that the few
+Hundreds he had bequeathed them, was nothing to what he would do for
+'em, if please God to lengthen his Life to serve them and theirs.
+
+And now having performed the Part of a good Patron and Friend, as his
+last Legacies do sufficiently testifie; he was resolved to be as good a
+Christian too, and thereupon requested the taking the Sacrament: To
+which, being admitted (with what Integrity you'll find by the Sequel)
+with a grave Countenance to the very last, he was very ready to receive
+the Sacrament; and upon so serious an Undertaking, was pleased to put a
+Case of Conscience to the Minister, _viz._ having made a Vow never to
+pay the 500_l._ he stood engaged for, Whether he was obliged to keep
+his Vow, or no? To which being answered in the Negative, That he was
+obliged to pay his Debts, notwithstanding his rash Vow. He made answer,
+That truly now drawing near Heaven, he considered the point, and
+acquiesced with his Ghostly Monitor; and thereupon incerted the 500_l._
+into the Will.
+
+This piece of extraordinary Justice being perform'd with a very
+composed and setled mind he left this troublesom World on _Sunday_ the
+Third Instant, seeming very well contented to part with his great
+Riches and Lands, for the more valuable consideration of future
+Happiness.
+
+Now I must do the Family this Right, That notwithstanding the great
+Sums they gain'd by so ample a Testament, and such bounteous Legacies,
+however their sorrow for the lamented Departure of so worthy a
+Gentleman was very hearty and cordial: Nay, some are of Opinion, that
+instead of diminishing (as Sorrow generally wears off) theirs, on the
+contrary is daily encreasing.
+
+But perhaps nothing was so unkind as excluding the poor Prentice from
+visiting the sick Gentleman. For, alas, the poor Boy has been heard
+most dolefully to bewail the unkindness of his Master; for undoubtedly
+the worthy Gentleman would have left him enough to have set him up, had
+he been amongst the Throng of Visitants, who all tasted so highly of
+his extravagant Liberality.
+
+Now to assure you that the Kindness of his Executors continued beyond
+his Death, they thought themselves so far indebted to his Memory, that
+not only the Embalmer was sent for, but likewise a Coffin, price 12_l._
+was made, and all little enough for so generous a Patron, so much as
+Mourning, and Rings, and what else bespoken, _&c._
+
+But before these Honourable Exequies could be performed, an unhappy
+Letter from the True _Humphrey Wickham_ Esq; a Person of a great Estate
+and Reputation, detected the whole Fraud and Delusion, and the Remains
+of our _Quandam_ Person of Honour was committed to Earth, in a Coffin,
+price 4_s._ with Shrowd and other Funeral Materials accordingly.
+
+You are hereby informed, That this grand Impostor, whose true Name was
+_VVilliam Morrell_ alias _Bowyer_, formerly a Surgeon in _Banbury_, had
+been two Months a Guest at Mr. _Wickham_'s, and thereby so acquainted
+with his Family as enabled him to personate the Cheat so artificially,
+and so we leave him.
+
+_His_ WILL.
+
+_In the Name of God, Amen_, I _Humphrey Wickham_ of _Swaclift_, in the
+County of _Oxon_ Esq; being sick and weak in Body, but of sound Mind
+and Memory, do make this my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all Wills
+by me formerly made: And as touching such Worldly Estate as God hath
+been pleased to bless me withal, I do hereby give and bequeath the same
+in manner following:
+
+_Imprimis_, I do give, devise, and bequeath to my Kinsman _William
+Wickham_, Son of _George Wickham_, of _Gazington_ in the County of
+_Oxon_, all that my Mansion-House of _Swaclift_ aforesaid; and all the
+Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, to hold unto
+him the said _William Wickham_, and his Heirs forever.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto _John Cullin_, Son of _Thomas Cullin_,
+of the Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, in the County of _Middlesex_,
+Baker, all that my impropriated Parsonage of _Sowgrate_, in the County
+of _Northampton_, with the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Anne Cullin_, Sister of the said _John Cullin_,
+the Summ of Two hundred and fifty Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Thomas Cullin_, Son of the said _Thomas Cullin_,
+the Summ of Three hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Dorothy Halford_, Daughter of _Thomas Halford_ of
+_Halford_, in the County of _Warwick_, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Richard Davis_, Son of _William Davis_ of the said
+Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, the Summ of Four hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _William Davis_, Son of the said _William Davis_,
+the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Anne Fowkes_, for her Care and Diligence in
+Looking after me in my Sickness, the Summ of One hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Robert Croker_, Son of _William Croker_ of
+_Sanford_, in the said County of _Oxon_ (being my God-son) the Sum of
+Five Hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto the said _William Croker_, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Robert Penniston_, Son of Sir _Thomas Penniston_,
+and younger Brother to Sir _Farmalis Penniston_ of _Cornhill_, in the
+said County of _Oxon_ the Summ of Three hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give unto Mrs. _Jane Penniston_, Sister of the said Mr.
+_Robert Penniston_, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds.
+
+_Item_, I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath, all my Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, called by the Name of
+_Apple-tree Ducy_, in _Cropridee_, in the County of _Northampton_, unto
+_John Brooking_ of _Rashly_, in the County of _Devon_, Esquire, and the
+said _William Davis_ Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_ Senior, and the
+Survivor of them, and their Heirs, and the Survivor of them upon Trust
+and Confidence: Nevertheless, that they the said _John Brooking_,
+_VVilliam Davis_, and _Thomas Cullin_, shall sell and dispose of the
+same; and out of the Money thereby raised, pay, or cause to be paid,
+the respective Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said _Anne
+Cullin_, _Thomas Cullin_ Jun. _Dorothy Halford_, _Richard Davis_,
+_VVilliam Davis_ Jun. and _Anne Fowkes_. And whereas I have herein
+before bequeathed unto my Kinsman _VVilliam VVickham_, and his Heirs,
+all my Mansion-House at _Swaclift_ aforesaid, with the Lands,
+Tenements, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging; my true Will and
+Meaning is, That the same Devise is upon this special Trust and
+Confidence, That the said _VVilliam VVickham_ shall pay, or cause to be
+paid, the several Legacies herein before bequeathed unto the said _Rob.
+Croker_, and _VVil. Croker_, _Robert Penniston_, and _Jane Penniston_;
+and also pay and discharge one Bond for the Principal Sum of five
+hundred Pounds, with Interest, which I became bound for and with
+_Thomas VValker_, to one _Thomas Irons_, any thing herein
+before-contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding;
+and also that he the said _VVilliam VVickham_, shall out of his Legacy,
+and Lands, and Premises aforesaid, to him devised, pay, or cause to be
+paid unto my Executors hereafter named, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds,
+to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for the use and
+benefit of the Poor of the Parish of _Swaclift_ aforesaid, in such
+manner as they, or the major part of them shall think fit and
+convenient.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto the said _John Brooking_ out of the
+Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
+Tenements, called _Apple-tree Ducy_ aforesaid, the Summ of Five hundred
+Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall be
+thereby raised. I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said _VVilliam
+Davies_ Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_ Senior, to be equally divided
+between them and the Survivor of them.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto _Alice Cullin_, Wife of the said
+_Thomas Cullin_ Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her own proper
+Use and Disposal.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath in like manner the Summ of Six hundred
+Pounds unto _Jane Davis_, the Wife of the said _VVilliam Davis_.
+
+_Item_, I give unto the said _Robert Croker_ and _VVill. Croker_, the
+Summ of Ten Pounds a-piece to buy them Mourning: and also to each of
+them a Ring of Twelve Shillings.
+
+_Item_, I give unto _Jane Croker_ and _Mary Croker_; and also to the
+said _Robert Peniston_, and _Jane Peniston_, and all other my Legatees
+herein before-mentioned, and to every of them the Summ of Ten Pounds
+a-piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve Shillings.
+
+_Item_, Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds, lying at
+Interest in the hands of Mr. _Ambrose Holbitch_, in the name of _Oliver
+Charles_, my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to and
+amongst my Four Servants, _Oliver Charles_, _John Harbert_, _Sarah
+VVinn_, and _Margery Smith_, and the Survivor of them, to be equally
+divided amongst them, share and share alike.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my Accoutrements
+belonging to them unto the said _John Brookeing_, _VVilliam Davis_
+Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_, Sen. _viz._ my Bright Bay Gelding to the
+said _Thomas Cullin_, and my Black Gelding to the said _VVilliam
+Davis_, and my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said _John Brooking_. All the
+Arrears of Rent in my Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do
+hereby freely acquit and discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my
+Personal Estate, not herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies
+and Funeral Expences, paid and discharged, I do hereby give and
+bequeath unto my said Kinsman _VVilliam VVickham_.
+
+And, lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said
+_VVilliam VVickham_, _John Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_ Senior, and
+_Thomas Cullin_ Senior, Executors of this my Will; hereby revoking and
+making void all other, and former Will or Wills by me made.
+
+In Witness whereof I the said _Humphrey VVickham_ have to this my last
+Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the back
+thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twenty seventh day of _December,
+Anno Dom._ 1691.
+
+_Humphrey Wickham._
+
+Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
+Words (_VVill. VVickham_) being first interlined, _Rob. Smith_, _Jo.
+Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Mart. Pinckard_.
+
+I, the above named _Humphrey VVickham_, having omitted out of my Will
+above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in _Huntingtonshire_, do
+hereby make this Addition to, and part of my said Will, in manner
+following. I give and bequeath all my Lands, Tenements and
+Hereditaments, called _Pryor_'s Farm, and all other my Estate in
+_Hollywell_ and _Needingworth_, or else where, in the said County of
+_Huntington_, unto the above named _John Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_
+Senior, and _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. and the Survivor of them, and their
+Heirs, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them, under this special Trust
+and Confidence, that the said _Jo. Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_, and
+_Thomas Cullen_, shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the
+Moneys thereby raised, pay, or Cause to be paid the respective Legacies
+hereafter named, _viz._ I give and bequeath to _Humphrey Longford_ the
+sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister _Mary Longford_ the like
+sum of six hundred pounds.
+
+_Item_, I give and bequeath unto the said _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. the
+further Summ of 800_l._. and all the Remainder of the Moneys thereby
+raised, I give and bequeath unto the said _Will. Davis_ Sen. and _Jane_
+his Wife, and the Survivor of them.
+
+_Item_, Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto _John Cullin_,
+Son of the said _Thomas Cullin_, the impropriated Parsonage of
+_Sowgrave_; my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the same to
+the said _John Cullin_, and his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof, I
+the said _Humphrey Wickham_ have to this Condicil Addition, or further
+part of my said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of
+_December_, Anno Dom. 1691.
+
+_Humphrey Wickham._
+
+Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us, _Robert
+Smith_, _John Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Martin Pinkard_,
+
+    _Probatum fuit hum. Testium. cum Codicillo eidem annex. coram
+    Venerab. Vir. Henrico Fauconberge Legum Doctore, Surr. Venerab. &
+    Egregii Viri Dom. Richardi Raines Militis, Legem etiam Doctoris
+    Curiae Praerogativae Cantuar. Magist. &c. Quarto die Mensis Januarii,
+    Anno Dom. (Stilo Angliae, 1691.) Juramentis Willielmi Davis, & Thomae
+    Cullen, duorum ex Executor. &c. Quibus, &c. de bene & fidel.
+    Administrand. eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat. Reservata
+    potestate similem Com. faciendi Willielmo Wickham & Johanni
+    Brooking, alteris Executor. eum venerint seu eorum a'ter venerit
+    eand. petitur._
+
+_FINIS_
+
+
+
+
+PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+
+
+First Year (1946-1947)
+
+Numbers 1-6 out of print.
+
+
+Second Year (1947-1948)
+
+ 7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on
+Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
+
+ 8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
+
+ 9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
+
+10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
+etc._ (1744).
+
+11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
+
+12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
+Krutch.
+
+
+Third Year (1948-1949)
+
+13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
+
+14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753).
+
+15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to
+Harley_(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
+
+16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
+
+17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
+Shakespeare_ (1709).
+
+18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
+and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).
+
+
+Fourth Year (1949-1950)
+
+19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709).
+
+20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
+
+21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_
+(1754).
+
+22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
+_Rambler_ papers (1750).
+
+23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).
+
+24. Pierre Nicole's _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from
+Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting
+Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
+
+
+Fifth Year (1950-1951)
+
+25. Thomas Baker's _The Fine Lady's Airs_ (1709).
+
+26. Charles Macklin's _The Man of the World_ (1792).
+
+27. Out of print.
+
+28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and _A
+Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).
+
+29. Daniel Defoe's _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718).
+
+30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's _Letters Concerning
+Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong's _Miscellanies_(1770).
+
+
+Sixth Year (1951-1952)
+
+31. Thomas Gray's _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751); and
+_The Eton College Manuscript_.
+
+32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudery's Preface to _Ibrahim_
+(1674), etc.
+
+33. Henry Gally's _A Critical Essay_ on Characteristic-Writings (1725).
+
+34. Thomas Tyers' A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).
+
+35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. _Critical
+Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch_
+(1763).
+
+36. Joseph Harris's _The City Bride_ (1696).
+
+
+Seventh Year (1952-1953)
+
+37. Thomas Morrison's _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767).
+
+38. John Phillips' _A Satyr Against Hypocrites_ (1655).
+
+39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.
+
+40. Edward Bysshe's _The Art of English Poetry_ (1708).
+
+41. Bernard Mandeville's "A Letter to Dion" (1732).
+
+42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.
+
+
+Eighth Year (1953-1954)
+
+43. John Baillie's _An Essay on the Sublime_ (1747).
+
+44. Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski's _The Odes of Casimire_, Translated by
+G. Hils (1646).
+
+45. John Robert Scott's _Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine
+Arts._
+
+46. Selections from Seventeenth Century Songbooks.
+
+47. Contemporaries of the _Tatler_ and _Spectator_.
+
+48. Samuel Richardson's Introduction to _Pamela_.
+
+
+Ninth Year (1954-1955)
+
+49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).
+
+50. Hervey Aston's _A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy_ (1745).
+
+51. Lewis Maidwell's _An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of
+Education_ (1705).
+
+52. Pappity Stampoy's _A Collection of Scotch Proverbs_ (1663).
+
+53. Urian Oakes' _The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence_ (1682).
+
+54. Mary Davys' _Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady_
+(1725).
+
+
+Tenth Year (1955-1956)
+
+55. Samuel Say's _An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of
+Numbers_ (1745).
+
+56. _Theologia Ruris, sive Schola & Scala Naturae_ (1686).
+
+57. Henry Fielding's _Shamela_ (1741).
+
+58. Eighteenth Century Book Illustrations.
+
+59. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.
+
+60. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part II.
+
+
+Eleventh Year (1956-1957)
+
+61. Elizabeth Elstob's _An Apology for the Study of Northern
+Antiquities_ (1715).
+
+62. _Two Funeral Sermons_ (1635).
+
+63. _Parodies of Ballad Criticism_ (1711-1787).
+
+64. _Prefaces to Three Eighteenth Century Novels_ (1708, 1751, 1797).
+
+65. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part
+I.
+
+66. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part
+II.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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