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15 to the miserable pity should be shewn. I am now putting a period to a mistrable life; a life that I have been long weary of. Nor would I desire to live in the splendour, pomp, and glory of Edward's court. No, I am happier now on the dung-hill, that ever I was in his arms. For, oh it was an adulterous bed indeed. (Oh wretch ! that King Edward! that ever it was betrayed by him! What floods of sorrow have my sins occasioned?' Oh! learn from me good people, to beware of vain delights: though they promise fair, they leave bitter stings behind them. Alas! you know my punishment is grievous in this world, and so it is, for I have endured a thousand deaths in one; but now, my dying moments are come, I rejoice. Sincere repentance has secured my happiness above. But O, where repentance is not given, what seas of torment rack the soul! O happy dunghill, how do I embrace thee! From thee my pardoned soul shall scar to heaven, though here I leave this filthy carcase.

THE HISTORY

OF

Elizabeth Stewart.

THIS woman was born in Lorn, Argyleshire. She had lost both her parents at so early a period, that she scarcely recollected them; but