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A Mason's Adventure;
burn the hair which he cut oft "; but William was only disobedient in that , for he kept a good part of it , wherewith he has since pleasured some persons of honor , and is kept as a civil relique . Humphrey Penderel was this Saturday designed to go to Shtfnal to pay some taxes to one Captain Broadway , at whose house he met with a colonel of the rebels , who was newly come from Worcester , in pursuit of the King , and ivho , informed his had been at Whiteladiesand that
being Majesty , Hum-¦ / ih-rcy was a near neighbour to the place , examined him strictly , and laid before him , as well the penalty for concealing the King—which was death , without mercy—as the reward for discovering him , which should be one thousand pounds , certain pay ; but neither fear of punishment , nor hopo of reward , was able to tempt Humphrey into any disloyalty : he pleaded ignorance , and was dismissed ; and on Saturday night related to his Majesty and the loyal colonel at Boscobel what had passed betwixt him
and the rebel colonel at Shefnal . This night the good-wife ( whom his Majesty was pleased to call My Dame Joan ) provided some chickens for his Majesties supper ( a dainty he had not lately been acquainted with ) , and a little pallet was put into the secret place for Ms Majesty to rest iu , some of the brothers being continually on duty , watching the avenues of the house and the road-way , to prevent the danger of a surprise . After supperColonel Carlis asked his Majesty what meat he
, woulcl please to have provided for the morrow , being Sunday ; his Majesty desired some mutton , if it might be hacl ; but it was thought dangerous for William to go to any market to buy it , since his neighbours all knew he did not use to buy such for his own diet , and so it might beget a suspicion of his having strangers at his house . But the
Colonel found another expedient to satisfy his Majesties desires ; early on Sunday morning he repairs to Mr . William Staunton ' s sheep-coat , who rented some of Boscobel grounds ; here he chose one of the best sheep , sticks him with his dagger , then sends William for tbe mutton , who brings him home on his back . On Sunday morning ( September the seventh ) his Majesty got up early ( his dormitory being none of the best , nor his bed the easiest ) ; and near the secret place where he lay he had the convenience of a gallery to walk inwhere he was observed to
, spend some time in his devotions , and where he had the advantage of a window , which surveyed the road from Tong to Brewood . Soon after his Majesty coming down into the parlor , his nose fell a bleeding , which put his poor faithful servants into a great fright ; but his Majesty was pleased soon to remove it , by telling them it often did so . As soon as the mutton was cold , William cut it up , ancl brought a leg of it into the parlor ; his Majesty called for a knife and a trencher , and cut some of
it into collops , and pricked them with the knife ' s point ; then called for a frying-pan and butter , and fried the collops himself , of which he ate heartily ; Colonel Carlis the while being but under-cook , ( and that honour enough too , ) made the fire , ancl turned the collops in the pan . When the Colonel afterwards attended ftis Majesty in France , his Majesty calling to remembrance this passage among others , was pleased merrilto propose it as a problematical questionwhether himself or the
y , Colonel were the master-cook at Boscobel ? and the supremacy was of ri ght adjudged to his Majesty . All this while the other brothers of the Penderels were in their several stations , either scouting abroad to learn intelligence , or upon some other service ; but it so pleased God , that though the souldiers had some intelligence that his Majesty had been at Whiteladies , aud none that he was gone thence , yet this house ( which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Mason's Adventure;
burn the hair which he cut oft "; but William was only disobedient in that , for he kept a good part of it , wherewith he has since pleasured some persons of honor , and is kept as a civil relique . Humphrey Penderel was this Saturday designed to go to Shtfnal to pay some taxes to one Captain Broadway , at whose house he met with a colonel of the rebels , who was newly come from Worcester , in pursuit of the King , and ivho , informed his had been at Whiteladiesand that
being Majesty , Hum-¦ / ih-rcy was a near neighbour to the place , examined him strictly , and laid before him , as well the penalty for concealing the King—which was death , without mercy—as the reward for discovering him , which should be one thousand pounds , certain pay ; but neither fear of punishment , nor hopo of reward , was able to tempt Humphrey into any disloyalty : he pleaded ignorance , and was dismissed ; and on Saturday night related to his Majesty and the loyal colonel at Boscobel what had passed betwixt him
and the rebel colonel at Shefnal . This night the good-wife ( whom his Majesty was pleased to call My Dame Joan ) provided some chickens for his Majesties supper ( a dainty he had not lately been acquainted with ) , and a little pallet was put into the secret place for Ms Majesty to rest iu , some of the brothers being continually on duty , watching the avenues of the house and the road-way , to prevent the danger of a surprise . After supperColonel Carlis asked his Majesty what meat he
, woulcl please to have provided for the morrow , being Sunday ; his Majesty desired some mutton , if it might be hacl ; but it was thought dangerous for William to go to any market to buy it , since his neighbours all knew he did not use to buy such for his own diet , and so it might beget a suspicion of his having strangers at his house . But the
Colonel found another expedient to satisfy his Majesties desires ; early on Sunday morning he repairs to Mr . William Staunton ' s sheep-coat , who rented some of Boscobel grounds ; here he chose one of the best sheep , sticks him with his dagger , then sends William for tbe mutton , who brings him home on his back . On Sunday morning ( September the seventh ) his Majesty got up early ( his dormitory being none of the best , nor his bed the easiest ) ; and near the secret place where he lay he had the convenience of a gallery to walk inwhere he was observed to
, spend some time in his devotions , and where he had the advantage of a window , which surveyed the road from Tong to Brewood . Soon after his Majesty coming down into the parlor , his nose fell a bleeding , which put his poor faithful servants into a great fright ; but his Majesty was pleased soon to remove it , by telling them it often did so . As soon as the mutton was cold , William cut it up , ancl brought a leg of it into the parlor ; his Majesty called for a knife and a trencher , and cut some of
it into collops , and pricked them with the knife ' s point ; then called for a frying-pan and butter , and fried the collops himself , of which he ate heartily ; Colonel Carlis the while being but under-cook , ( and that honour enough too , ) made the fire , ancl turned the collops in the pan . When the Colonel afterwards attended ftis Majesty in France , his Majesty calling to remembrance this passage among others , was pleased merrilto propose it as a problematical questionwhether himself or the
y , Colonel were the master-cook at Boscobel ? and the supremacy was of ri ght adjudged to his Majesty . All this while the other brothers of the Penderels were in their several stations , either scouting abroad to learn intelligence , or upon some other service ; but it so pleased God , that though the souldiers had some intelligence that his Majesty had been at Whiteladies , aud none that he was gone thence , yet this house ( which