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+                       THE TALES AND NOVELS
+                                OF
+                        J. DE LA FONTAINE
+
+
+
+          Volume 13.
+
+
+
+                       ST. JULIAN'S PRAYER
+
+
+          TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers,
+          How many round attribute all their cares!
+          In these howe'er I never can believe,
+          And laugh at follies that so much deceive.
+          Yet with the beauteous FAIR, 'tis very true,
+          These WORDS, as SACRED VIRTUES, oft they view;
+          The spell and philter wonders work in love
+          Hearts melt with charms supposed from pow'rs above!
+
+          MY aim is now to have recourse to these,
+          And give a story that I trust will please,
+          In which Saint Julian's prayer, to Reynold D'Ast,
+          Produced a benefit, good fortune classed.
+          Had he neglected to repeat the charm,
+          Believed so thoroughly to guard from harm,
+          He would have found his cash accounts not right,
+          And passed assuredly a wretched night.
+
+          ONE day, to William's castle as he moved.
+          Three men, whose looks he very much approved,
+          And thought such honest fellows he had round,
+          Their like could nowhere be discovered round;
+          Without suspecting any thing was wrong,
+          The three, with complaisance and fluent tongue,
+          Saluted him in humble servile style,
+          And asked, (the minutes better to beguile,)
+          If they might bear him company the way;
+          The honour would be great, and no delay;
+          Besides, in travelling 'tis safer found,
+          And far more pleasant, when the party's round;
+          So many robbers through the province range,
+          (Continued they) 'tis wonderfully strange,
+          The prince should not these villains more restrain;
+          But there:--bad MEN will somewhere still remain.
+
+          TO their proposal Reynold soon agreed,
+          And they resolved together to proceed.
+          When 'bout a league the travellers had moved,
+          Discussing freely, as they all approved,
+          The conversation turned on spells and prayer,
+          Their pow'r o'er worms of earth, or birds of air;
+          To charm the wolf, or guard from thunder's roar,
+          And many wonderful achievements more;
+          Besides the cures a prayer would oft produce;
+          To man and beast it proves of sov'reign use,
+          Far greater than from doctors e'er you'll view,
+          Who, with their Latin, make so much ado.
+
+          IN turn, the three pretended knowledge great,
+          And mystick facts affected to relate,
+          While Reynold silently attention paid
+          To all the words the honest fellows said:--
+          Possess you not, said one, some secret prayer
+          To bring you aid, when dangers round you stare?
+          To this our Reynold seriously replied,
+          Myself, on secret spells, I do not pride;
+          But still some WORDS I have that I repeat,
+          Each morn I travel, that I may not meet
+          A horrid lodging where I stop at night;
+          'Tis called SAINT JULIAN'S PRAYER that I recite,
+          And truly I have found, that when I fail
+          To say this prayer, I've reason to bewail.
+          But rarely I neglect so good a thing,
+          That ills averts, and may such blessings bring.
+          And have you clearly said it, sir, to day?
+          Cried one of those he met upon his way.
+          Yes, Reynold answered.   Well, replied the Wight;
+          I'll wage, I'm better lodged than you to-night.
+
+          'TWAS very cold, and darkness 'gan to peep;
+          The place was distant yet, where they might sleep.
+          Perhaps, said Reynold, 'tis your usual care,
+          In travelling, to say, like me, this prayer.
+          Not so, the other cried, to you I vow,
+          Invoking saints is not my practice now;
+          But should I lose, thenceforth I'll them address.--
+          Said Reynold, readily I acquiesce;
+          My life I'd venture, should you to an inn,
+          For, in the town, I've neither friend nor kin,
+          And, if you like, we'll this exception make.
+          The other answered: Well, the bet I'll take;
+          Your horse and coat against my purse you wage,
+          And, sure of gaining, readily engage.
+          Our Wight might then have thoroughly perceived,
+          His horse was lost--no chance to be relieved.
+
+          BESIDE a wood, as on the party moved,
+          The one, who betting had so much approved,
+          Now changed his tone, and in a surly way,
+          Exclaimed:--Alight--you'll find it time to pray;
+          Let me apprize you, distant is the place,
+          And much you'll need Saint Julian's special grace.
+          Come off, I tell you:--instantly they took
+          His purse, horse, clothes, and all their hands could hook
+          E'en seized his boots, and said with subtle sneer,
+          Your feet, by walking, won't the worse appear;
+          Then sought a diff'rent road by rapid flight,
+          And, presently the knaves were out of sight;
+          While Reynold still with stockings, drawers, and shirt,
+          But wet to skin, and covered o'er with dirt:
+          (The wind north-east in front--as cold as clay;)
+          In doleful dumps proceeded on his way,
+          And justly feared, that spite of faith and prayer,
+          He now should meet, at night, with wretched fare.
+
+          HOWEVER, some pleasing hopes he still had yet,
+          That, from his cloak-bag, he some clothes might get;
+          For, we should note, a servant he had brought,
+          Who in the neighbourhood a farrier sought.
+          To set a shoe upon his horse, and then
+          Should join his master on the road agen;
+          But that, as we shall find, was not the case,
+          And Reynold's dire misfortune thence we trace.
+          In fact, the fellow, worthless we'll suppose,
+          Had viewed from far what accidents arose,
+          Then turned aside, his safety to secure,
+          And left his master dangers to endure;
+          So steadily be kept upon the trot,
+          To Castle-William, ere 'twas night, he got,
+          And took the inn which had the most renown;
+          For fare and furniture within the town,
+          There waited Reynold's coming at his ease,
+          With fire and cheer that could not fail to please.
+          His master, up to neck in dirt and wet,
+          Had num'rous difficulties o'er to get;
+          And when the snow, in flakes obscured the air,
+          With piercing cold and winds, he felt despair;
+          Such ills he bore, that hanging might be thought
+          A bed of roses rather to be sought.
+          CHANCE so arranges ev'ry thing around
+          ALL good, or ALL that's bad is solely found;
+          When favours flow the numbers are so great,
+          That ev'ry wish upon us seems to wait;
+          But, if disposed, misfortunes to bestow;
+          No ills forgot: each poignant pang we know.
+          In proof, attend my friends, this very night,
+          The sad adventures that befell our wight,
+          Who, Castle-William did not reach till late,
+          When they, an hour or more, had shut the gate.
+
+          AT length our traveller approached the wall,
+          And, somehow to the foot contrived to crawl;
+          A roofed projection fortune led him near,
+          That joined a house, and 'gan his heart to cheer.
+          Delighted with the change he now had got,
+          He placed himself upon the sheltered spot;
+          A lucky hit but seldom comes alone;
+          Some straw, by chance, was near the mansion thrown,
+          Which Reynold 'neath the jutting penthouse placed
+          There, God be praised, cried he, a bed I've traced.
+
+          MEANWHILE, the storm from ev'ry quarter pressed;
+          Our traveller was soon to death distressed;
+          With cold benumbed; by fell despair o'erspread;
+          He trembled, groaned:--teeth chattered in his head;
+          So loud his plaints, at length they reached the ear
+          Of one who dwelled within the mansion near:
+          A servant girl; her mistress brisk and gay:
+          A youthful widow, charming as the day;
+          The governor she privately received:
+          A noble marquis, who her cares relieved.
+          Oft interrupted when he sought the fair,
+          And wished at ease her company to share;
+          Desirous too of passing quite unknown,
+          A private door he presently was shown,
+          That opened to the fields, and gave access:
+          Through this he visited with such address,
+          That none within the town his commerce viewed,
+          Nor e'en a servant's eye his course pursued.
+          Surprise I feel, since pleasures of the mind,
+          Apparently were not for lords designed;
+          More pleased they seem when made the talk around
+          And soft amours divulged, delights are found.
+
+          IT happened that the night our Job arrived,
+          And, stretched on straw, misfortune just survived,
+          The lady thought her fond gallant to see,
+          And ev'ry moment hoped with him to be.
+          The supper ready, and the room prepared,
+          Each rarity was served: no trouble spared;
+          Baths, perfumes, wines, most exquisite, in place,
+          And ev'ry thing around displaying grace,
+          With Cupid's whole artillery in view,
+          Not his, who would with sighs alone pursue,
+          But that kind god who always favour shows,
+          The source of happiness, whence pleasure flows.
+
+          MEANWHILE, however, while thus the lady sought.
+          By ev'ry charm to please, a note was brought;
+          A page conveyed it, by the marquis sent,
+          To say his coming business would prevent.
+          The disappointment doubtless was severe,
+          But consolation certainly was near;
+          It proved to Reynold wonderfully kind,
+          For scarcely had our traveller resigned,
+          And groaned aloud, but, tender as her dame,
+          In haste the confidential servant came,
+          And to the widow said:--I hear below
+          Some poor unfortunate o'ercome with woe;
+          'Tis piercing cold, and he perhaps will die
+          Some place, pray grant, where he to-night may lie.
+
+          MOST readily, replied the courteous fair,
+          We never use the garret:--lodge him there;
+          Some straw upon a couch will make a bed,
+          On which the wand'rer may repose his head;
+          Shut well the door, but first provide some meat,
+          And then permit him thither to retreat.
+
+          WITHOUT this timely help 'twas clear our wight
+          Had ne'er survived the horrors of the night;
+          The door was ope'd, and Reynold blessed the hand
+          That gave relief, and stopt life's ebbing sand.
+          His tale he told; got spirits, strength, and ease;
+          In person tall, well made, and formed to please,
+          He looked not like a novice in amour,
+          Though young, and seeking shelter at a door.
+          His want of dress and miserable state
+          Raised shame indeed, and showed distress was great.
+          Though LOVE be seen in Nature's pure array,
+          No dirt appears, however you survey.
+
+          THIS servant girl now hastened to the fair,
+          And ev'ry circumstance detailed with care.
+          See, said the lady, if within the press
+          There be not clothes to furnish him a dress;
+          My husband, now no more, must some have left;
+          Yes, said the girl, you're not of them bereft,
+          I recollect his wardrobe did abound;
+          And presently a handsome suit she found.
+
+          MEANWHILE the lady having learned the name
+          Of Reynold D'Ast, his quality and fame,
+          (Himself it seems particulars detailed,
+          While all around his suff'rings keen bewailed,)
+          Her orders gave, the bath for her prepared
+          Should now receive the man her care had spared.
+          Unasked, the stranger this attention got,
+          And well perfumed ere clothes they would allot.
+          When dressed, he waited on the widow fair,
+          And paid his compliments with graceful air.
+
+          THE supper (for the marquis first designed)
+          At length was served with taste the most refined.
+          Our trav'ller glad, an appetite displayed;
+          The lady carefully her guest surveyed,
+          And anxious seemed to gratify his wish,
+          By helping what appeared his favourite dish.
+          Already, perhaps, she felt a Cupid's dart,
+          And in her throbbing bosom knew the smart;
+          Or sympathy, or pity for his woes,
+          Might touch the spring whence softest passion flows.
+          On ev'ry side assailed the youthful dame
+          Herself surrendered unto Cupid's flame.
+          Should I give way, said she, who'll tell the tale?
+          No risk is run if secrecy prevail.
+          The marquis merits to be played the trick;
+          He no excuse can have, unless he's sick.
+          One sin against another I may weigh,
+          And man for man will equally repay.
+
+          SO inexperienced Reynold was not found,
+          But that he saw how things were going round,
+          And, that Saint Julian's Prayer would yet succeed,
+          To give him all the lodging he might need.
+
+          THE supper o'er, our couple left alone,
+          What fairer field could truly have been shown?
+          The belle now wore a smart becoming dress,
+          Designed, in ev'ry view, to prepossess.
+          'Twas NEGLIGENCE, so requisite to please
+          And fascinate, with airy, careless ease,
+          According to the taste which I pursue,
+          That made her charms so exquisite to view.
+          No gaudy tinsel: all was flowing light;
+          Though not superb, yet pleasing to the sight;
+          A neckerchief, where much should be concealed,
+          Was made so narrow,--beauties half revealed;
+          Beneath is shade--what words can ne'er express;
+          And Reynold saw enough the rest to guess.
+          No more I say; the belle indeed was fair,
+          Possessed of youth and all engaging air;
+          Tall, nicely formed; each grace, that hearts could win;
+          Not much of fat, nor yet appeared too thin.
+          Emotion, at the view, who would not feel?
+          To soft delight what bosom proves of steel?
+          No marble bust, philosopher, nor stone,
+          But similar sensation would have shown.
+
+          THE silence first was broken by the dame;
+          Who spoke so freely, Reynold bolder came.
+          He knew not well, howe'er, discourse to find;
+          To help him out the widow was inclined;
+          Said she, you much remind me of a friend,
+          Whose ev'ry wish I sought with mine to blend
+          My husband (rest his soul!) had just those eyes,
+          That look, air, mouth:--the very height and size:
+          You greatly honour me, the spark replied:
+          Your charms howe'er might well have been his pride;
+          I ne'er beheld such soft engaging mien:
+          On earth, like beauty never yet was seen.
+          But, in extremes to be, appears my lot;
+          Just now I felt quite chilled:--at present hot;
+          Pray tell me which is best?   The fair looked down,
+          And humbly seemed to wave the proffered crown,
+          That she might still more flattery receive
+          Address not small, if we'll our eyes believe.
+          The swain now praised each charm within his view,
+          And whatsoe'er his wishes could pursue;
+          Where hope was strong, and expectation high,
+          She would not long be cruel and deny.
+          To give the praise, your due, the lover cried,
+          And note the beauties that my heart divide,
+          'Twould take an age, and I've a single night,
+          Which surely might be passed with more delight.
+          The widow smiled; enough it seems was said;
+          And Reynold shortened--what to nothing led.
+          In war or love, time equally is dear;
+          More happy than our spark none could appear;
+          No point but what he gained; the smiling dame
+          Resistance only showed to raise the flame;
+          Nor more nor less; each belle like art has got,
+          And practises at will, or maid or not.
+
+          BUT truly, it was never my intent
+          To count each favour she to Reynold lent;
+          Particulars exact of ev'ry kiss,
+          And all the preludes incident to bliss;
+          Both, doubtless, knew more ways than one to please;
+          And sought, with anxious care, love's charms to seize.
+          On recollection of the wretched state
+          In which our traveller had moved of late,
+          Some favour was bestowed:--there, cried the dame,
+          Is something to repay the road you came;
+          This for the cold; that fear; there thieves disgraced;
+          So, one by one, the whole was soon effaced.
+          In this way to be paid for ills we meet,
+          Who'd not be satisfied with boons so sweet?
+          And we conclude, that Reynold on the spot,
+          Love's am'rous recompense of pleasures got.
+          Now easy conversation was renewed;
+          Then mutual kisses; ev'ry sweet pursued.
+          'Twas time for bed; howe'er, the widow fair
+          Determined that her own the spark should share;
+          'Twas prudent, doubtless; like a lady wise;
+          Gallantly done: one room would well suffice.
+
+          WHAT further passed betwixt the pair that night;
+          I cannot say, though we'll believe 'twas right;
+          Between the clothes when laid, and unrestrained,
+          Most clearly, Reynold all his wishes gained.
+          There he was recompensed for ev'ry grief;
+          The lady too, received so much relief,
+          That she desired his company again,
+          But still these visits secrets should remain;
+          'Twas requisite the governor to see;
+          Howe'er the dame delighted seemed to be,
+          And not content with what she had bestowed,
+          A purse well stored with gold to Reynold showed:
+          He took no more, indeed, than what would pay
+          The bare expenses on his homeward way;
+          Then sought the street that to the tavern led,
+          Where still his lazy servant was in bed;
+          The fellow mauled; then changed throughout his dress;
+          Since to the cloak-bag now he had access.
+          His fortune to complete, that day they took
+          The very wretches that he wished to hook.
+          He to the judge repaired with ev'ry haste;
+          In such a case you never time should waste;
+          For, once the things are into court received,
+          'Tis like the lion's den: naught e'er 's retrieved;
+          Their hands are closed, not 'gainst what may be brought
+          But to secure what from their grasp is sought.
+          Who seeks redress by law, facts oft have shown,
+          May bless his stars if he but keep his own.
+
+          THE trial o'er, a gallows treble-faced,
+          Was, for their swinging, in the market placed,
+          ONE of the three harangued the mob around,
+          (His speech was for the others also found)
+          Then, 'bout their necks the halters being tied,
+          Repentant and confessed the culprits died.
+
+          WHO, after this, will doubt the pow'r of prayers?
+          These silly knaves had banished all their cares;
+          And when at ease they thought to skip and prance,
+          Were seized and quickly taught another dance.
+          On t'other hand, where dire distress prevailed,
+          And death, in various ways, our spark assailed,
+          A beauty suddenly his senses charmed,
+          Who might a prelate's bosom have alarmed.
+          So truly fortunate, indeed, his lot,
+          Again his money, baggage, horse he got;
+          And, thank Saint Julian, howsoever tossed,
+          He passed a, blissful night that nothing cost.
+
+
+
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