Part 5 (1/2)

Peter's church-yard, saw Sir Henry Northcote, Dr Andrews, and two other gentle there; he accosted them with a God bless you, Sir Harry, Dr Andrews, and the rest of the co very wistfully at him, cried, are you flesh and blood? why you can never have been in America? Dr Andrews then asked if it was Carew; and the report being spread that he was in Exeter, it drew a nust the rest reat hurry, if the shi+p was cast away No, no, said he, I have been in A your factor, Mr Mean, and saw Griffiths sold for a thousand weight of tobacco: did I not tell you that I would be at hoave an account of several particulars, which convinced the gentlemen he had really been in America Mr Davy asked hi he had not, the ly, that he was his servant still, that he should charge hie, and five pounds for costs and charges, besides Captain Froade's bill He next inquired where he had left Captain Froade Mr Carew told hiave him money, as did likewise merchant Davy

Two months after this came home Captain Froade, laden with tobacco As soon as he caentlee, and where he left Mr Carew? daain: he ran aas taken, put into Nen gaol, brought back again, and whipped, had a pot-hook put upon him, ran aith it on his neck, and has never been heard of since; so that, without doubt, he must either be killed by soentle the captain he had been at home two months before him

Captain Froade swore it could never be; however, they confirmed it to him that it was so

Soon after this Mr Careent and paid his respects to Sir Willia him many thanks for what he had furnished hiood as his word, in coht he had; and then called to his butler to give hi to drink In a little tiain, with his brother, Mr Henry Courtenay, who conducted hireat co, whom our hero accosted with all that respect which is ever due to beauty and merit Sir William then asked him jocosely if he could find out which was his dove He replied, he knew so out one of theht, replied Sir William; this is indeed my dove, and turtle-dove

Sir William then put a piece of o round to the ladies, which he did, addressing theathered a plentiful harvest, as the fair sex are, in general, so ood-nature Sir William asked him if he would not drink to the ladies'

health? and filled him up a bumper of excellent wine; he then took his leave of this truly noble and hospitable gentleman-Here, reader, if my pen were equal to the task, I would describe to you one whoy; one who, like the phnix rising frolorious ancestors; I would describe to you ance, poreatness undi , surrounded and i sycophants, and tasteless grandeur Such are the scenes within thy walls, such thy master, happy Powderham!

From hence our hero went to Squire Bell's, of Mamheap; in the way he out; he presently knew Mr Carew, gave him half-a-crown, and told hi to drink While they were drinking a glass, the steward advised him to make application to the squire

Presently after, he caan his attack upon him Pray, who are you? said the justice I am a poor unfortunate West Indian, replied he, who has been shi+pwrecked on the coast of Ireland, and was taken up by a Bristol shi+p Ay, ay, you are one of Carew's gang, I suppose, said the justice, but he is transported Bless your honour, returned he, I areat one, and I think deservedfor you, replied the justice, and go about your business

From hence he steered towards Mr Oxenham's, at New-house: when he caave it to an old h he had been amazed: then marched up to the house, and just at the stable met Mrs Oxenham and another lady, who a poor shi+pwrecked mariner

Mrs Oxenham told him, she should have taken him for Bampfylde Moore Carew, but she knew him to be transported He was not disconcerted at this, but readily told her, with great co to Bridport, in Dorsetshi+re The ladies gave each a shi+lling, and then bid hio into the house, where he had victuals set before him; before he went away the lady sent hi thus equipped, he inquired out the churchwardens of the parish, and by the saot a crown of thebroke, in the parish of Chudleigh: here he sent in a petition to uinea; he lay that night at Sandy-gate, and behaved as a Roman Catholic, under the name of William Passmore

The next day, at Moll Upton's, in Newton Bushel, he met with one of the sisters of that order ofan inclination to pay a visit to Sir Thoreee habits for that day The barber was then called in to make his beard as smooth as his art and razor could make it, and his hair was dressed up with ribbons; thusunder his ar come to Sir Thomas Carew's, he rushed into the house without cere his rent in an i in the way, the wo notice of this confusion, continued to act the , and de his rent; at last, one of the wo, lady, you are welcoave him a crown; but he was not to be reain, and deht hi theress to parson Sandford's, of Stoke, in Tinney, where, having entered the house with as little ceremony as before, he not only deown for some of his cousins: neither would he take his leave till he had got a shi+lling for rent, a good gown, and some pinners He next called upon parson Richards, at Coo and a shi+ft Having thus succeeded in his new adventure, he returned to his quarters at mother Upton's, in Newton-Bushel, where he divided the profits of the day with his good cousin Betty, and also passed the night very merrily with her

The next day he restored his borrowed accoutre for a pen and ink, wrote a petition in the character of a poor unfortunate soap-boiler, whose house was set on fire by the carelessness of an apprentice, in the parish of Monksilver, not forgetting to sign it with the naentlemen With this fictitious petition he went to Justice Taylor's, at Dembury, where he was handso upon inquiry the justice himself was at hoed as an unfortunate man, and was relieved with a cup of cider, and soton he assuentleman's steward for a crown: and under this character he travelled forward to Plyreat cock-match, he laid aside his rat-catcher's habit, and put on that of a gentleman, and not the habit only, as too many do, but the manners and behaviour likewise At the cock-ers with Sir Coventry Carew, and his own brother Mr

Henry Carew, the ood fortune to win, and left the cock-pit undiscovered by any one Thus great is the power of dress, which transforentleman, and the cinder wench into a fine lady; therefore let not the little great (Ito recoh they had so superior in them to the poor wretch they spurn with so much contempt; for, let me tell them, if we are apt to pay them respect, they are solely indebted for it to the audy pluuish them from the lowest order of mumpers This puts us in mind of a remarkable adventure of our hero's life, which he always told with a great deal of pleasure

One day, as he was begging in the town of Maiden Bradley, from door to door, as a poor shi+pwrecked seaman, he saw on the other side of the street a mendicant brother-sailor, in a habit as forlorn as his own, begging for God's sake, just like hi Mr Carew, he crossed the way, cae, asked where he lay last night, what road he was going, and several other questions; then, whether he would brush into a boozing-ken and be his thrums; to this he consented, and away they went; where, in the course of their conversation, they asked each other various questions concerning the country, the charitable and uncharitable faood and queer corporations This new acquaintance of Mr Carew's asked him if he had been at Sir Edward Seymour's? He answered, yes, and had received his al been there, left hi received the saain

The next day they begged through the town, one on one side of the street, and the other on the other, each on his own separate story and account: they then proceeded to the houses of several gentlehbourhood, both in one story, which was that of the stranger A reed that Mr

Carew should be spokes up to the house, the servants bid theood account of themselves and the countries in which they pretended to have been, for, should Lord Weymouth come and detect them in any falsehood, he would horse-whip them without mercy, which was the treatment to all those whom he found to be counterfeits reat nu been abroad himself Our travellers were not the least daunted, Mr Carew being conscious in hiive a satisfactory account of Newfoundland, and the other affiral, Italy, &c and could give as good a description of those countries as his lordshi+p himself Therefore up they went to the kitchen door, and Mr Carew broke ice, telling the deplorable story of their misfortune in his usual lamentable tone The housekeeper at first turned a deaf ear to their supplication and entreaty; but Mr Carew, at the instigation of his co on one knee, andcharity, of which he was capable; so that at last the housekeeper gave thereatest part of a cold shoulder of , but did it with great haste and fear, lest his lordshi+p should see her, and be angry Of the butler they got a copper of good ale, and then, both expressing their thankfulness, departed-Having reached some distance from the house there arose a dispute who should carry the victuals, both being loath to incu neither wife nor child near to give it to

Mr Careas for throwing it into the hedge, but the other urged that it was both a sin and a shareed to go to the Green Man, about a e it for liquor At this alehouse they tarried for solass, each went his way

The reader cannot but be surprised e assure him that this mendicant companion of his was no less a person thanthe teentlehbourhood, put himself into a habit so vastly beneath his birth and fortune, in order to obtain that discovery

Nor was this the first tireat nobleman had metamorphosed hiar, as several of that neighbourhood can testify; but, when he went abroad into the world in this disguise, he took especial care to conceal it even froreatly confided, being entrusted therewith; and this was his valet-de-chambre, who used to dress, shave, and perform other such offices about his lordshi+p's person

Mr Carew and his noble co thus parted from each other, he took his way into the woodlands towards Froh the park and gardens, returned to his own house, and there, divesting his, put on his enity and state to which both his birth and fortune entitled him I am informed, said his lordshi+p, that two sailors have been atwhich way they went, he ordered twothem back to his house, for he had heard they were impostors; and, if he found thely The servants obeyed his commands without the least suspicion of the intricacy of this affair, and soon caht up to h sternwhere the other felloas, and told him he should be made to find hi nothing less than a commitment to prison, but, upon examination,thus terrified and threatened him for a considerable ti hiain put on his rags, and was, by his trusty valet-de-chaar stood sweating for fear, when they co to each other what to say, in order that their accounts ree when examined apart, as in effect they were The steward took Mr Carew aside into a private cha that the other fellow's relation contradicted his, and proved them both to be counterfeits, he said that a prisonwas oreatest terror and confusion By this tis, and put on his fine apparel, Mr

Careas again brought into his presence to receive his final sentence; when his lordshi+p, having sufficiently diverted himself with the fear and consternation of his brother ht have mentioned before, that, while ether, they asked each other whence they caeniously confessed his, butaccidentally land, his lordshi+p thought fit to treat him in the manner aforesaid, which he would not have done to every corant-However, to satisfy himself that this was the famous and true Bampfylde Moore Carew, for many ientlehbourhood, ent to school with Mr Carew at Tiverton This gentlelad to see his old school-fellow, and assured his lordshi+p that it was really Mr Bampfylde Moore Carew, upon which his lordshi+p very nobly entertained hiave hiuineas; but, re the trouble they had, and the loss they were at to dispose of the shoulder of iven them, as likewise the resolution Mr Carew had once taken to throw it away, he called his housekeeper, and strictly charged her never to give away a morsel of victualsthat to be reatest part of which they either waste, give away, or exchange for an inconsiderable quantity of drink, as my lord and Mr

Carew had done His lordshi+p took Mr Carew to Warminster horserace, and there recoentlemen, ere very liberal to him He several times after made bold to call upon his lordshi+p in his rounds, and at every visit received a guinea, and a hearty welcome at his house His lordshi+p would frequently make himself merry with the story, and jocosely say, that he wasthan even Mr Carew hi after this, Mr Carew caain, where he had been some time before, and delivered the compass to Captain Haley's wife, who i her husband was dead: he then went to the Dolphin, where, as he was drinking, he saw soentlemen in the Butchers' Row, and asked the landlord who they were

Being told they were the Captains Harvey, Hopkins, and Burd,-Go, said he, and give my duty, and tell them Mr Bampfylde Moore Carew is at your house The landlord went accordingly, and soon returned with the captains They were glad to see our hero, who returned them thanks for the favours he had received froreat h the Indians'

country, &c, and told hierous undertaking, but expected to have seen hiave the them he had followed their directions in every point They afterwards treated him very handsooing out, and reporting that he was in town, a great concourse of people assembled to see him, to the no little profit of the landlord; for our hero ordered that no one should be admitted to see him, till he had first drunk a quart of ale in the house

Souised himself like a poorofto reed to travel to Porlock together Just as they ca on a-pace, they proposed taking up their quarters there The landlord told theo half-a-mile farther, and lie in a haunted house, they should have their lodging free cost, and good bread, cheese, and cider, with a rasher of bacon into the bargain The ragmen very readily accepted this offer, and, accompanied by the landlord, repaired to Farmer Liddon's house When they caht two men ould lie in the haunted house The farladly, and asked the he would give thes if they could lay the old woman Never fear, fare to speak to, but learning enough to lay, the old wo thus agreed on, the fare, in a very boldprovided the, cider, bread, cheese, and bacon, they adjourned to the haunted house, but not before Mr Carew had taken an opportunity of going into the yard, and filling his pockets with large stones When they caood fire, and he and his co veryto have some terrors upon him, had little stoht, when every thing is most silent and solemn, at that time when every whisper of the mind is apt to create fear, Mr Carew took an opportunity of throwing a stone unseen up the stairs, which, coht have at that tieous heart The farreat fright, believing that the old wo, the same awful silence and stillness as before took place, only fear staid behind in the farmer's breast, and Mr Carew and his coh in expectation of ould follow; but soon this soleain the far out, O Lord! save and deliver us!