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But while the good Lord Clifford and his la were pleaſed in their defigned propoſals of the daughter, King Henry returned from Normand having concluded this buſineſs there and ma a peace with France and with his ſons. h made fair Roſamond very indifferent to the lon Fitz Walter, who by permiſſion of her father had began to court her, that undergo the King's reſentent: For ſhe was ſure whoever courted her, muſt undergo the anger of the King. Thin was ſuch a blow to the young lord, as quickly cooled his courage, for he had no mind to have the King in his rival. But before he went a- way he told her father how he had been dimiſſed by Roſamond; who then perceiving there was no truſting to what ſhe ſaid reſolves to ſend her away as private as poſſible. In a few days every thing was prepared for her journey, and ſhe and her falſe governeſs took coach and went to a kinſman's in Cornwall, in order to remain there undiſcovered, until the King's affections were diverted and placed upon ſome other meritorious beauty.

But when a wolf is ſet to keep the ſheep, they are not like to be long ſafe: for Alethea, bribed largely by King Henry, was all this while the grand intriguer of this love affair; who took an opportunity of ſending to the kings large account of all things that had paſſed and where they were ſent to.

King Henry having this intelligence, reſolved