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 6     The Life and glorious Actions in love with the counteſs of Saliſbu- ry, having delivered her from the ſiege laid to her caſtle of Roxborrough; he diſarmed himſelf, and with ten or twelve Lords, en- tered the caſtle, where the Counteſs ſo en- flamed his heart, that by amorous wooing, he endeavoured to perſuade her, to eaſe his paſſion, but the beautious Lady with mild entraities, ſtrove to make him ſee his error; But ſuch was his deſire, and her denials were ſo reſolute, that diſcontentedly he left her, yet love ſtill prevailing, he wrote the following letter to her,

FAIR COUNTESS,

YOUR eyes have enthrall'd my       heart, and amidſt the alarms of      war, my thoughts are chained to ſee thy beauty; take compaſſion on a King, which, nothing on earth, but your peer- leſs ſelf, can bring to the ſubmiſſion of a     ſuppliant: own your virtues are great, yet to ſave the life of a Monarch, what ſhould not one who is all goodneſs like you do? Let me entreat you then to take compaſſion on the ſufferings of my mind, that I may be reſtored to my former peace, and become pleaſant to my friends and a terror to the enemies of my country: