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myself headlong into the Sea: I know
not what became oShim, whether despair
Sorc'ed him to that extremity, or
that looking for eggs on the steep side
of the rock, he might fall into the Sea.
I lost, with my comrade, the knife
wherewith we killed SeadogS, and the
mews upon which we liv'ct ; So that not
able to kill any more, l was rednc'd to
the extremity oSgetting a nail outoSone
of the boards of my hut, which l made
shift So to sharpen'upon therock, that it
Serv'ed me Sora kniie. The Same necessity
put me upon another invention, which
kept me last winter, during which l labourld
under the greatest milery imaginable;
Sor finding therock and my hut
So cover 'd with Snow, that it was impossible
forme to get any thing abroad, I put
out a little Stick at the crevice of my hut,
and beating it with a little sea-dog's fat,
I bv that means got some Sea-mews,
which l took with my hand from under
the Snow, and so l made a shift to keep
mySels from starving. I livld in this condition
and Solitudeabove eleven months,
and was reSolv'd to end my days in it,
God Sent you hither to deliver me out
of the greatest misery that ever man was
in. The Seaman having ended his discourse,
the master as the ship treatedhiin
So well, that within a few days he was
quite another creature; then Set him ashore
at Derry in Ireland ; Srom whence,
with proper relief. he was Sent to lorden.
Copty of a Letter found amonn- the Papers
of a Clergymad hifely de.eastd.
IdeircO turyis culpa est si doaS res sinretishrmas
vis/at, Anyicitiam & 1 idem •
sram neqra> nlandat qursinam sere, nisi
amice ; neque credit, uist ei, quern sinelem
putret. Tu L L.
fk T a village not Sar Srom B —
S t . in Yorkshire, liv'd the good old
Honoria, and her two daughters, Cldri.rda
and Myrtella; Clarinebn, whom nature
brought first into this hreathing
world, was but Second to her Sifter in
what the world calls beauty • but vet
might very justly claim that modem
stile oS a fine woman : and if her good
sense, virtue, and discretion, were
thrown into the Scale against her sister's
beauties, the more considerate part of
mankind would not be at a loSs to know
on which fide the balance would incline.
Alyrlt'Ha was greatly indebted to
nature for a genteel shape, an eaSy ait,
an exact Symetry of features, and a Sine
skin : and to these a Sprightly disposition,
and ( Setting aside the knowledge
she had oS her own perSections) a tolerable
Share oS good nature.
Honoria, whom Sortune had in Some
measure made independent oS the
world, liv'd handSomely, though not
Splendidly ; could walk to church when
it was dry, and had a coach to carry
her when it rain'd, She Spared no expence
which was thought necessary to
the education s.'i her daughters , and divided
her Savours So impartially betwixt
them, that it would be unjust to
Say She lov'done better than the other
I believe every one will readily allow
that the good old lady could not but he
very happy in this pleasing situation :
she undoubtedly was ; and what made
her still more happy, was—she thought
herself So.
• Sed foilycet ultimo semper
Frsect rrrda dies homenr' , dici^eee beatas
Ante obiterm nemo, stpre ma^reesinera deb.t.
Death only pots us out or fortune s pott'r t
C^ll no mare happy till he is no more.
The stage of life so .•Seen thefts its tcene:
No certain biiSs on this Side heav'n is Seen.
C/eirinrhz, who was two years older
than her sister, had attain 'el the age of
one and twenty, when Valerius, a neighbouring
gentleman, was Seeking for a
wise to share with him a very plentiful
estate; and thought he could no where
suit himSelf better than at ' : He
accordingly made his addresses to the
eldest sister, and, as he was greatly Superior
to her in point of fortune, his amonr
made as quick a progress as decency
would allow, or he hiniself
could desire.
About the Same time the young, the
rich, the Sprightly Beslario made the
Same tenders to Myrti/hs. but in a manner
So disterent, with so becoming a
grace,