which he had drawn on the Piece of Mother of Pearl that he had prefented him, prefs'd it to his Lips a thousand Times, with Tears and Rapture. "Heavens," he would cry, "do thefe Men tafte the tender Sen"timents of Love? Is their Land productive of "common Nourishment, that thus they relinquish "all that is dear, and feek our World fo diftantly "divided by Dangers, which no Courage can oppose? "What is the Soldier's Arm against the Effects of "raging Winds and Waves?" Thus he pined in Secret, mourning like the Pigeon robbed of his Mate, and was quite over-whelmed with folitary Woe; his Breaft was bursting to unload its Anguith.

THIS Melancholy, without knowing the Caufe, Mifs Lydia Fairchild perceived, and asked him the Reason: Unhackney'd in Difguife, his honeft Heart gladly poured out the whole Story of his Love before this charming Maid. This fhe heard with Pity and Politenefs, foothed his Mind with every lenient Word which Good-nature can fuggeft, and recalled fome Sparkling of his antient Spirit: Indeed his ingenuous candid Conversation and Account of his Paffion, with her foothing and pathetic Attention, had begotten a Friendship in their Bofoms, unmixed with the Paffion of Love in the Sexes, and the Voyage became fupportable to him.

THE honourable Captain alfo perceived the Force of Mifs Lydia's Charms increafe, as the Departure from New York grew greater, and this perhaps in Proportion to the Squares of the Distance; which being a new Species of Attraction, different either from Magnetifm or Electricity, increasing by Distance, we lay Claim to the Discovery of it, left some future Philofopher, peradventure, fhould read a Paper of this Phænomenon before the Royal Society, without confeffing from whence he ftole it; a thing not uncommon with Philofophers.

THIS Senfation, which we do not ftile Love, grew ftronger every Day in the Captain, he therefore meditated much how to compafs his Ends; and to the obtaining that Purpofe, he doubled his Civility, and

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employed all the Common-place Cant which Luft dictates, and this without any kind of Success.

IN fhort, to make every thing agreeable to her, he would introduce the Lieutenants and Chaplain to her Company more frequently than ever, and at length it was agreed that every one fhould relate fome Tale to pass away the Time, as Miis Lydia was no great Lover of Cards, and Reading always was impoffible; the Stories were to be relative to Love or Marriage.

THE Captain then beginning with the Ladies, defired them to give fome pretty little Account of some little Intrigue, which Mifs Lydia protefted fhe was unable to do, because she knew of none; and Mrs. Rachael Stiffrump lifting up her Eyes, protefted fhe had never read any but godly Books, where filthy and profane Stories could not be found; and that if the Captain or any other Person should use any fuch Converfation, fhe would retire to the State-room, and pray Heaven to look down and have Mercy upon their poor Souls.

THE Captain then applied to the Indian Chief, who with all that is pathetic in Words, Looks and Actions, his Eyes flashing Pleasure at the Name of Yarice, delivered the Account of his own Love, which we have already once delivered; for this Reafon we fhall not, though fome Circumftances night have been omitted in one Part, give it again, in linitation of fome certain very great Men, who treat their Guefts with a Chine of Bacon as a fresh Dish, tho' one Side was eaten the preceding Day; or Half an Apple-pye, the Remains of Yefterday's Dinner.

AFTER this it fell to Lieutenant Macvalor to entertain the Company with a Tale, when he swore by Jefus that he would rather fight Yard-arm and Yard-arm fix whole Hours than tell a Story; however the Captain and Mifs Lydia would take no Denial, he therefore began, but not till the next Chapter.

CHA P.

CHA P. X.

Lieutenant Macvalor's Story of his Coufin Phelin Macbrogue, in which there is not a Word of—

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N the County of Tipperary (upon my Shoul, and I will betray my Cousin too) there was one "Patrick O'Farrel, Efq; he was after being as brave a Man as never was born, and had ftigmatized himfelf by killing half a Dozen Men at Lucas's Coffeehoufe in Dublin in his Youth, and more too.

"FAITH and he grew old, and he kept a good Houfe at his Table; for, upon my Confcience, he had "three thousand a Year, and feveral Children, that were not all Boys, because there was feveral Girls amongst them.

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"AND faith too, he was after drinking as good "Claret as any Man in all Ireland, that he wafh, tho' "he was my Coufhin-germain three Times removed by my Mother's fhide.

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"In the fhame County, my Dear, there was another Family of the Macbrogue's, that was a very antient Family as any in Europe; faith and they'll tell you too, that the oldest Family in Europe is not fo Qld as that Family. This Gentleman's Name was Phelim "Macbrogue, and his Son was called Phelim Macbrogue "after him; these two Families were nearly related, "for upon my Confcience Mr. O' Farrel either married "Mr. Macbrogue's Wife, or Mr. Macbrogue his, by "which they became two Brothers."

Ar this Mifs Lydia, to whom the Difcourfe was addreffed, laughing a little, the Captain faid, he believed the Lieutenant meant Sifters."

SHISTERS," fays the Lieutenant, two Men become Shifters by marrying, the Devil burn me, Cap"tain, but no Man of the Nation makes a Bull leffer "than myshelf; faith and they were two Brothers by marrying one another's Shifter." This explained

the Matter.

"YOUNG Phelim who was a Devil of a Fellow for "a Wench (at which Words Mrs. Rachael Stiffrump protested

protested she could not ftay, if he used such Pro"faneness in his Converfation, well then let me alone "for that", (fays the Lieutenant) he went to fee his "uncle O'Farrel, and as the Father of Phelim was

poorer than O' Farrel, because he was not half so "Rich, he intended to borrow a little Money of him, which the other lent him with all his Heart, faith "and it was fifty Pounds.

"Now while he was in his Uncle's Houfe, the "Devil burn him for a Villain, he was resolved to "debauch his own firsht Coufhin, and he did it too, " and I'll tell you how, faith and I had forgotten he was then a Papift, as his Father was before him then, Sir, he makes Love to his Cofhin Shally O' Farrel, a prettier Girl was not in all Ireland.

HER Face was as round as an Apple, and her "Cheeks as ruddy as a Cherry; she was as handsome 66 as the two Miffes

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"WHAT both of them fays the Captain".

"Ay upon my Shoul," fays the Lieutenant, hand"fomer than any three of them two, only he had her "Hair a little inclining to the fandy; oh what Perlaber "did my Cofhin Phelim make there, and he told her "he was diftracted for her sweet Person, and then he began to play with her Tetties, and then he fwore "he would kill himself for Love of her; and he called "her his Honey, his pretty Shally, and his dear little Rogue, and curfed his Father fo piously too because "he was not dead, that he might marry her; and "faith the poorGirl hearkened to his coaxing Speeches, "and one Day in the Night he went all naked as he 66 was born with his Shirt on to her Bed-fide, where "he pretended to tell her his Love-tales, faith and "then he ftole one Leg into Bed first, and then ano"ther after it, and fo on with his Legs; and the poor "Girl upon my Confcience was not willing to cry out "and disturb the Houfe, and fo upon my Shoul the "Villain got her with Child."

AT which Words bleffing herfelf, Mrs. Rachael retired into the State-room, leaving the Door open that he might hear in private, what her Prefbyterian Hypocrify would not fuffer her to attend to in Public,

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and that the Company might hear her call upon the Name of the Lord.

"Now," continued Mr. Macvalor when the poor "Wench perceived what was coming on, fhe was devilishly afraid that her Father would turn her out of "Doors; her Mother was dead and therefore she did 46 not care a Farthing for her; fhe cried arrah my dear Cofhin Phelim will you marry me and shave me from Difgrafhe, for if my Father should difco66 ver this Affair between ufh two, he'll be after killing you, or at least running you thro' the Body.

"THIS the young Villain did not much like, fo he "tells her upon my Confhence, and I'll go first to my “Father's, and then I'll come back and marry you; ." and there he coaxed her with a thousand fweet "Words and Expreffions till he fhould come; and

now what do you think he did? Upon my Con"fhence he ran away to Franche, and left the poor "Wench to be turned out of Doors and ruined upon "the Streets in Dublin, for her Father would not "bear the Sight of her.

"FAITH and you'll be thinking this is bad enough too, but upon my Confhence and he never gave her a Farthing to eat, and fo fhe was ftarving poor "Creature all the Day long, and the poor Innofhent "Babe too; he left all two of them alone till the "Child was grown up, and when her Father was dead "he had a mind to come back to England, so says "he to a young Gentleman of England who was upon "his Travels in Paris, will you give me a Letter to your Mamma? That I would, fays he, with all my "Heart, but I fhall be home myfelf a Week after you; whell then give me the Letter for all that, " fays he, for upon my Shoul he has as much Himpu"dence as the best Hiriman of us all, and that's a "bold Whord let me tell you.

"WELL now, after he gets the Letter from the young Gentleman when he comes to England, the "first Thing he did in London whas to go to her House "in the Country, and there he ftays upon my Shoul

till he marries the Lady whether the would or no.

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