CONTENTS. PAGE THE ATTEMPT OF CHARLES II. TO RECOVER THE ENGLISH CROWN; OF PERIL AND SUFFERING. ichard BY R. A. DAVENPORT, AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF ALI PASHA, PÅSHA," "HISTORY OF THE BASTILE," &c. &c. "Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach; And sold to slavery."-SHAKSPEARK. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE. MDCCCXL. ADVERTISEMENT. WHEN the worthy Vicar of Wakefield and his notable wife ambitiously determined to have a family picture painted, their artist fell into the trifling error of giving it such a magnitude that no room in the house could contain it. In forming my plan of the work which is now presented to the public, I fell into a similar error. It was my original purpose to give narratives of every species of peril and suffering; but I discovered that it was utterly impossible to carry my design into effect within the narrow limits of two dwarfish volumes. More fortunate, however, than the Vicar's highly-colouring and expeditious limner, I had merely sketched some of the outlines of my picture when I made this discovery. Desirous of adding to the pleasure of the reader, I have, whenever the attempt was practicable, endeavoured to make each narrative a whole, instead of a fragment. Thus, for example, the article which relates to Charles II. includes a history of his short reign—if reign it can be |