contempt succeeded next, and then disdain, I that, but suffer me to dismiss so good a which presently introduced her hatred of creature without a character? I see the reathe creature who had given her so much son of your whole behaviour now as well as uneasiness. These enemies of Joseph had your complaint; you was jealous of the no sooner taken possession of her mind, wenches.' I jealous!' said Slipslop; 'I than they insinuated to her a thousand things assure you, I look upon myself as his betin his disfavour; every thing but dislike of ters; I am not meat for a footman, I hope.' her person; a thought, which, as it would These words threw the lady into a violent have been intolerable to bear, she checked passion, and she sent Slipslop from her prethe moment it endeavored to arise. Re-sence, who departed tossing her nose, and venge came now to her assistance; and she considered her dismission of him, stripped, and without a character, with the utmost pleasure. She rioted in the several kinds of misery which her imagination suggested to her might be his fate; and with a smile, composed of anger, mirth, and scorn, viewed him in the rags in which her fancy had dressed him.

crying, 'Marry come up! there are some people more jealous than I, I believe.'

Her lady affected not to hear these words, though in reality she did, and understood them too. Now ensued a second conflict, so like the former, that it might savour of repetition to relate it minutely. It may suf fice to say, that Lady Booby found good reason to doubt whether she had so absolutely conquered her passion as she had flattered herself; and in order to accomplish it quite, took a resolution more common than wise, to retire immediately into the country. The reader hath long ago seen the arrival of Mrs. Slipslop, whom no pertness could make her mistress resolve to part with; lately, that of Mr. Pounce, her forerunners; and lastly, that of the lady herself.

Mrs. Slipslop being summoned, attended her mistress, who had now in her own opinion totally subdued this passion. Whilst she was dressing, she asked if that fellow had been turned away according to her orders: Slipslop answered, she had told her ladyship so, (as indeed she had.)- And how did he behave?' replied the lady.'Truly, madam,' cries Slipslop, in such a manner that infected every body who saw The morning after her arrival, being him. The poor lad had but little wages to Sunday, she went to church, to the great receive; for he constantly allowed his father surprise of every body, who wondered to and mother half his income; so that when see her ladyship, being no very constant your ladyship's livery was stripped off, he church-woman, there so suddenly upon her had not wherewithal to buy a coat, and journey. Joseph was likewise there; and I must have gone naked, if one of the foot-have heard it was remarked, that she fixed men had not incommodated him with one; her eyes on him much more than on the parand whilst he was standing in his shirt, (and | son; but this I believe to be only a malicious to say the truth he was an amorous figure,) rumour. When the prayers were ended being told your ladyship would not give him Mr. Adams stood up, and with a loud voice a character, he sighed, and said he had done pronounced: I publish the banns of marnothing willingly to offend; that, for his riage between Joseph Andrews, and Franpart, he should always give your ladyship a ces Goodwill, both of this parish,' &c. good character wherever he went; and he Whether this had any effect on Lady Booby prayed God to bless you; for you was the or no, who was then in her pew, which the best of ladies, though his enemies had set congregation could not see into, I could you against him. I wish you had not turn- never discover; but certain it is, that in ed him away; for I believe you had not a about a quarter of an hour she stood up, faithfuller servant in the house.'- How and directed her eyes to that part of the came you, then,' replied the lady, to advise church where the women sat, and persisted me to turn him away?'-'I, madam!' said in looking that way during the remainder Slipslop; I am sure you will do me the of the sermon, in so scrutinizing a manner, justice to say, I did all in my power to pre- and with so angry a countenance, that most vent it; but I saw your ladyship was an- of the women were afraid she was offended gry; and it is not the business of us upper at them. The moment she returned home, servants to hinterfear on these occasions.' she sent for Slipslop into her chamber, and And was it not you, audacious wretch!' told her she wondered what that impudent cried the lady, who made me angry? Was fellow Joseph did in that parish. Upon it not your tittle-tattle, in which I believe which Slipslop gave her an account of her you belied the poor fellow, which incensed meeting Adams with him on the road, and me against him? He may thank you for all likewise the adventure with Fanny. At the that hath happened; and so may I for the relation of which the lady often changed her loss of so good a servant, and one who pro- countenance; and when she had heard all, bably had more merit than all of you. Poor she ordered Mr. Adams into her presence, fellow! I am charmed with his goodness to to whom she behaved as the reader will see his parents. Why did not you tell me of in the next chapter.

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CHAPTER II.

A dialogue between Mr. Abraham Adams and the
Lady Booby.

MR. Adams was not far off; for he was drinking her ladyship's health below in a cup of her ale. He no sooner came before her, than she began in the following manner: 'I wonder, sir, after the many great obligations you have had to this family,' (with all which the reader hath, in the course of this history, been minutely acquainted,) that you will ungratefully show any respect to a fellow who hath been turned out of it for his misdeeds. Nor doth it, I can tell you, sir, become a man of your character, to run about the country with an idle fellow and wench. Indeed, as for the girl, I know no harm of her. Slipslop tells me she was formerly bred up in my house, and behaved as she ought, till she hankered after this fellow, and he spoiled her. Nay, she may still, perhaps, do very well, if he will let her alone. You are therefore doing a monstrous thing, in endeavouring to procure a match between these two people, which will be to the ruin of them both.''Madam,' says Adams, if your ladyship will but hear me speak, I protest I never heard any harm of Mr. Joseph Andrews; if I had, I should have corrected him for it; for I never have, nor will, encourage the faults of those under my cure. As for the young woman, I assure your ladyship I have as good an opinion of her as your ladyship yourself, or any other can have. She is the sweetest tempered, honestest, worthiest, young creature; indeed, as to her beauty, I do not commend her on that account, though all men allow she is the handsomest woman, gentle or simple, that ever appeared in the parish.'

he, I only perform my office to Mr. Joseph.'

Pray, don't mister such fellows to me,' cries the lady. 'He,' said the parson, 'with the consent of Fanny, before my face put in the banns.'- Yes,' answered the lady, 'I suppose the slut is forward enough; Slipslop tells me how her head runs upon fellows; that is one of her beauties, I suppose. But if they have put in the banns, I desire you will publish them no more without my orders.'-Madam,' cries Adams, if any one puts in sufficient caution, and assigns a proper reason against them, I am willing to surcease.'-'I tell you a reason,' says she: he is a vagabond, and he shall not settle here, and bring a nest of beggars into the parish; it will make us but little amends that they will be beauties.'-' Madam,' answered Adams, with the utmost submission to your ladyship, I have been informed by lawyer Scout, that any person who serves a year gains a settlement in the parish where he serves. Lawyer Scout,' replied the lady, 'is an impudent coxcomb; I will have no lawyer Scout interfere with me. I repeat to you again, I will have no more incumbrances brought on us: so I desire you will proceed no farther.'—' Madam,' returned Adams, 'I would obey your ladyship in every thing that is lawful: but surely the parties being poor is no reason against their marrying. God forbid there should be any such law. The poor have little share enough of this world already; it would be barbarous indeed, to deny them the common privileges, and innocent enjoyments, which nature indulges to the animal creation.'-Since you understand yourself no better,' cries the lady, nor the respect due from such as you to a woman of my distinction, than to affront my ears by such loose discourse, I shall mention but one short 'You are very impertinent,' says she,' to word; it is my orders to you, that you pubtalk such fulsome stuff to me. It is mighty lish these banns no more; and if you dare, I becoming truly in a clergyman to trouble will recommend it to your master, the dochimself about handsome women, and you tor, to discard you from his service. I will, are a delicate judge of beauty, no doubt. sir, notwithstanding your poor family; and A man who hath lived all his life in such a then you and the greatest beauty in the parish as this, is a rare judge of beauty. parish may go and beg together.'-' MaRidiculous! Beauty indeed! a country- dam,' answered Adams, I know not what wench a beauty!-I shall be sick whenever your ladyship means by the terms master I hear beauty mentioned again. And so and service. I am in the service of a masthis wench is to stock the parish with beau- ter who will never discard me for doing my ties, I hope. But, sir, our poor is numerous duty; and if the doctor, (for indeed I have enough already; I will have no more vaga- never been able to pay for a licence,) thinks bonds settled here.'-'Madam,' says Adams, proper to turn me from my cure, God will 'your ladyship is offended with me, I pro- provide me, I hope, another. At least, my test, without any reason. This couple were family, as well as myself, have hands: and desirous to consummate long ago, and I dis- he will prosper, I doubt not, our endeavours suaded them from it; nay, may venture to get our bread honestly with them. Whilst to say, I believe I was the sole cause of my conscience is pure, I shall never fear their delaying it.'-Well,' says she, and what man can do unto me.'-'I condemn you did very wisely and honestly too, not-my humility,' said the lady, 'for demeaning withstanding she is the greatest beauty in myself to converse with you so long. I the parish. And now, madam,' continued shall take other measures; for I see you are

a confederate with them. But the sooner | too much upon you, and are very imperyou leave me the better; and I shall give orders that my doors may no longer be open to you. I will suffer no parsons who run about the country with beauties to be entertained here.'-' Madam,' said Adams, 'I shall enter into no person's doors against their will but I am assured, when you have inquired farther into this matter, you will applaud, not blame, my proceeding; and so I humbly take my leave:' which he did with many bows, or at least many attempts at a bow.

CHAPTER III.

tinent, in pretending to direct in this parish; and you shall be taught better, I assure you, you shall. But as to the wench, I am resolved she shall not settle here; I will not suffer such beauties as these to produce children for us to keep.'-' Beauties, indeed! your ladyship is pleased to be merry,' answered Scout. Mr. Adams described her so to me,' said the lady. Pray what sort of dowdy is it, Mr. Scout? The ugliest creature almost I ever beheld; a poor, dirty drab; your ladyship never saw such a wretch." Well, but dear Mr. Scout, let her be what she will, these ugly women will bring children, you know; so that we must prevent the marriage.'-True, madam,' What passed between the lady and Lawyer Scout. replied Scout, for the subsequent marriage In the afternoon, the lady sent for Mr. co-operating with the law, will carry law Scout, whom she attacked most violently, into fact. When a man is married, he is for intermeddling with her servants; which settled in fact, and then he is not removable. he denied, and indeed with truth; for he I will see Mr. Adams, and I make no doubt had only asserted accidentally, and perhaps of prevailing with him. His only objection is, rightly, that a year's service gained a set- doubtless, that he shall lose his fee; but that tlement; and so far, he owned, he might being once made easy, as it shall be, I am conhave formerly informed the parson, and be-fident no farther objection will remain. No, lieved it was law. 'I am resolved,' said the no, it is impossible; but your ladyship can't lady, to have no discarded servants of discommend his unwillingness to depart mine settled here; and so, if this be your from his fee. Every man ought to have a law, I shall send to another lawyer.' Scout proper value for his fee. said, 'If she sent to a hundred lawyers, not one or all of them could alter the law. The utmost that was in the power of a lawyer, was to prevent the law's taking effect; and that he himself could do for her ladyship as well as any other; and I believe,' says he, 'madam, your ladyship not being conversant in these matters, hath mistaken a difference; for I asserted only, that a man who served a year was settled. Now there is a material difference between being settled in law and settled in fact; and as I affirmed generally he was settled, and law is preferable to fact, my settlement must be understood in law, and not in fact. And suppose, madam, we admit he was settled in law, what use will they make of it? how doth that relate to fact? He is not settled in fact; and if he be not settled in fact, he is not an inhabitant; and if he is not an inhabitant, he is not of this parish; and then, undoubtedly, he ought not to be published here; for Mr. Adams hath told me your ladyship's pleasure, and the reason, which is a very good one, to prevent burdening us with the poor; we have too many already, and I think we ought to have an act to hang or transport half of them. If we can prove in evidence that he is not settled in fact, it is another matter. What I said to Mr. Adams, was on a supposition that he was settled in fact; and, indeed, if that was the case, I should doubt.'-Don't tell me your facts and your ifs,' said the lady; I don't understand your gibberish; you take

As to the matter in question, if your ladyship pleases to employ me in it, I will venture to promise you success. The laws of this land are not so vulgar, as to permit a mean fellow to contend with one of your ladyship's fortune. We have one sure card, which is, to carry him before Justice Frolick, who, upon hearing your ladyship's name, will commit him without any farther questions. As for the dirty slut, we shall have nothing to do with her; for if we get rid of the fellow, the ugly jade will'-Take what measures you please, good Mr. Scout,' answered the lady: but I wish you could rid the parish of both; for Slipslop tells me such stories of this wench, that I abhor the thoughts of her; and though you say she is such an ugly slut, yet you know, dear Mr. Scout, these forward creatures, who run after men, will always find some as forward as themselves; so that, to prevent the increase of beggars, we must get rid of her."

Your ladyship is very much in the right,' answered Scout; but I am afraid the law is a little deficient in giving us any such power of prevention; however, the justice will stretch it as far as he is able, to oblige your ladyship. To say truth, it is a great blessing to the country that he is in the commission; for he hath taken several poor off our hands that the law would never lay hold on. I know some justices who think as much of committing a man to Bridewell, as his lordship at 'size would of hanging him; but it would do a man good to see his wor

A short chapter, but very full of matter: particu-ing, Madam, this is that charming Pamela, larly the arrival of Mr. Booby and his lady. ALL that night, and the next day, the Lady Booby passed with the utmost anxiety; her mind was distracted, and her soul tossed up and down by many turbulent and opposite passions. She loved, hated, pitied, scorned, admired, despised the same person by fits, which changed in a very short interval. On Tuesday morning, which happened to be a holyday, she went to church, where, to her surprise, Mr. Adams published the banns again with as audible a voice as before.

happened, with which they hastily acquaint-karry in her hand the said twig, and so was ed their master, who took an immediate resolution to go himself, and endeavour to restore his Pamela her brother, before she even knew she had lost him.

the squire, 'I should not have been so severe on this occasion, but Lady Booby desires to get them out of the parish; so lawyer Scout will give the constable orders to let them run away, if they please: but it seems they intend to marry together, and the lady hath no other means, as they are legally settled there, to prevent their bringing an incumbrance on her own parish.'Well,' said the squire, 'I will take care my aunt shall be satisfied in this point; and likewise I promise you, Joseph here shall never be any incumbrance on her. I shall

Bridewell, you will commit them to my custody.'-O! to be sure, sir, if you desire it,' answered the justice: and without more ado, Joseph and Fanny were delivered over to Squire Booby, whom Joseph very well knew, but little guessed how nearly he was related to him.

comfarting, eading, and abating to the said Joseph therein. And the said James Scout for himself says, that he verily believes the said twig to be his own proper twig,' &c. The justice before whom the criminals 'Jesu!' said the squire, 'would you comwere carried, and who lived within a short mit two persons to Bridewell for a twig?" lemile of the lady's house, was luckily Mr. Yes,' said the lawyer, and with great Booby's acquaintance, by his having an es-nity too; for if we had called it a young tate in his neighbourhood. Ordering there- tree, they would have been both hanged. fore his horses to his coach, he set out for-Harkee,' says the justice, taking aside the judgment-seat, and arrived when the justice had almost finished his business. He was conducted into a hall, where he was acquainted that his worship would wait on him in a moment; for he had only a man and a woman to commit to Bridewell first. As he was now convinced he had not a minute to lose, he insisted on the servant's introducing him directly into the room where the justice was then executing his office, as he called it. Being brought thither, and the first compliments being passed between the squire and his worship, the former asked the latter what crime those two young peo-be obliged to you, therefore, if, instead of ple had been guilty of? No great crime,' answered the justice; I have only ordered them to Bridewell for a month.'-But what is their crime?' repeated the squire. Larceny, an't please your honour,' said Scout. Ay,' says the justice, a kind of felonious larcenous thing. I believe I must order them a little correction too, a little stripping The justice burnt his mittimus: the conand whipping.' (Poor Fanny, who had hi-stable was sent about his business: the therto supported all with the thoughts of lawyer made no complaint for want of jusJoseph's company, trembled at that sound; tice: and the prisoners, with exulting hearts, but, indeed, without reason; for none but gave a thousand thanks to his honour, Mr. the devil himself would have executed such Booby; who did not intend their obligaa sentence on her.) Still,' said the squire, tions to him should cease here; for, order'I am ignorant of the crime-the fact I ing his man to produce a cloak-bag, which mean. Why, there it is in peaper,' an- he had caused to be brought from Lady swered the justice, showing him a deposi- Booby's on purpose, he desired the justice tion, which, in the absence of his clerk, he that he might have Joseph with him into a had written himself, of which we have with room; where, ordering a servant to take great difficulty procured an authentic copy; out a suit of his own clothes, with linen and here it follows verbatim et literatim :- and other necessaries, he left Joseph to dress himself, who, not yet knowing the The depusition of James Scout, layer, and cause of all this civility, excused his acceptThomas Trotter, yeoman, taken before me, ing such a favour as long as decently he one of his majesty's justasses of the piece could. Whilst Joseph was dressing, the for Zumersetshire. squire repaired to the justice, whom he found talking with Fanny; for, during the examination, she had flopped her hat over her eyes, which were also bathed in tears, and had by that means concealed from his worship, what might perhaps have rendered the arrival of Mr. Booby unnecessary, at least for herself. The justice no sooner saw her countenance cleared up, and her bright eyes shining through her tears, than he secretly cursed himself for having once thought of Bridewell for her. He would willingly have sent his own wife thither, to have had Fanny in her place. And conceiving almost at the same instant desires,

THESE deponants saith, and first Thomas Trotter for himself saith, that on the of this instant October, being Sabbath-day, between the hours of 2 and 4 in the afternoon, he zeed Joseph Andrews and Francis Goodwill walk akross a certane felde belunging to layer Scout, and out of the path which ledes thru the said felde, and there he zede Joseph Andrews with a nife cut one hazel-twig, of the value, as he believes, of 3 half-pence, or thereabouts; and he saith that the said Francis Goodwill was likewise walking on the grass out of the said path in the said felde, and did receive and