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( 20 ) enquired after, by reason of the unrea- ſonablenſs of the time, was ſuſpected of what had happened, and though the modeſtly denied it ſhe was confined to her room, and an old nurſe fet over her to that all Beateman's letters were ſiezed, and the could not anſwer them. In the mean time German was recovered, and admitted to court her whoſe adreſes ſhe for a long time refuſed, but at laſt O the inconſtancy of woman! notwith- ſtanding her vows to be Beateman's alive or dead, and many proteſtations, the miſers gold and the perſuafions and threats of her parents, together with ma- ny rich preſents, prevailing on her to change her mind, and by their inſtiga- tion the wrote a letter to Beateman, who who was hunting many miles off, when upon reading it his ſport was daſhed, and a kind of chill track to his heart. How- ever, although her hand, he flattered himſself in believeing ſhe was compelled to do it. However learning the worſt he haſted the next morning to Clifton, and hearing the bells ring, his heart