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( 9 ) The king having received fair Roſamond's ſet- r, read it over and over; and is it ſo, ſays e king, does Roſamond rejoice at my ſucceſs. d pray for my proſperity and faſe return! hen ſhe's my own, and on that account I'll haſt- home.

All other loves henceforth I'll decline, For now the roſe of all the world is mine.

CHAP. III.

How the lady Clifford diſcovered the love that the King had for her dauhbter; and after a ſevere reprimand ſent her away, but they bearing were ſhe was, cauſed her to be brought to court.

THE king's affaire keeping hiva in Normandy longer nor he expected, it happened that lady Clifford going into her daughter's cloſet accidently eſpied the king's letter to Roſamond. at which being extremely ſurprized, as knowing nothing of what had paſſed between them, went and ſhewed it to her huſband the Lord Clifford who had a very tender love for Roſamond, at which he was exceedingly diſturbed; then they returned both together to their daughter's chamber, where upbraiding her with being a ſtrumpet to the king, and taking a way the comfort of their lives, who looked upon her as their chiefeſt treaſure; the kneeled down upon her knees, and ſolemly proteſted to them that ſhe was ſtill a pure and unblemiſhed virgin. This ſolemn proteſtation ſomewhat appeaſed her father's an-