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 Hastings smilling, immediately said, Take no care, for this shall be easy to your Highness; there is one Mrs Blague, your lace woman, has a house pretty near Shore's, and is very intimate with his wife—this woman is very fond of money, to such a degree that it would make her do any thing. Her I will engage in this matter, and trust me she will soon bring it to pass to your satisfaction. The King liked this advance, and it was agreed that he should see her at this Mrs Blague's and have freedom to court her; but she should not know that he was the King, until he thought proper to have it discovered.

Lord Hastings was not idle in promoting his master's happiness, and with gifts and large promises soon made the lace woman pliable, so that many meetings were made at her house, the King coming in disguise as her friend; and though Mrs Blague