The Last Of The Barons, Volume 10.

ey. We must go back somewhat in time; and on the day following the departure of the king and his lords, conjure up in that str

jolly affability, and favour with the Duchess of Bedford made a considerable person with the authorities of the place, had already obtained from the deputy-governor an order to lodge two persons, whom his zeal for the king sought to convict of necromantic practices in favour of the rebelli

when the Tower was in fact at the disposition of his powerful patroness, and when he

e caught sight of the chaos to which his Eureka was resolved, and uttering a cry of mingled grief and joy, sprang forward to greet his profaned treasure. The friar motioned away the jailer (whispering him to

ey! I am a man of few words. Do this, and thou shalt go free with thy daughter, and I will protect thee, and give thee moneys, and my fatherly blessing; refuse to do it, and thou shalt go from thy

e thee my secret, give

n and spit at

e walls open and close upon thee; that he could set yon serpents to coil round thy limbs, and yon lizard to gnaw out thine entrails? Despise not my mercy, and descend to p

unted by wild beasts, and burned at the stake, and boiled in the caldron for

at such a proposition. "Ah, blasphemer, now I have

rim jailer, but the Duchess of Bedford herself, preceded by Nicholas Alwyn. "I told your Grace trul

uetta, mildly-for she wished to conciliate the rival seers-"what means this over-zealous violation of law? Is it true, as Master Alwyn af

enemy. I did but summon him hither that my art might undo his charms; and as for his daughter, it seemed more merciful to let her attend him

" exclaimed Alwyn. "Tremble!- see, here, the warrant signed by the king, offering a reward for thy detection

er thy tone. This holy man is under my protection, and his faul

wing. But he cannot deny that he is a pestilent astrologer, and sends w

. Forgive thy brother, Master Warner!" Adam had hitherto disdained all participation in this dialogue. In fact, he had returned to the Eureka, and was silently examining if any loss of the vital parts had occurred in its melancholy dismemberment. Bu

wick paid thee, I will double. No time now for alchemy; but for the ho

n; "for your daughter's sake-for

go not hence-no, not a foot-unless this goes

, eagerly, "this wrong

good Alwyn," said the duchess; "she shall lodge with her

one in search of the jailer, than he arrested the steps of

hugh's arms prosper, that woe and disaster befall the king, say not it was the fault of Friar Bungey! Such things may be. Nathless I shall still sweat and watch and toil; and if, despite your unhappy favour and encouragement t

ce the former to turn a science that would otherwise be hostile into salutary account, she contented herself with a few words of conciliation and compliment, and summoning the attendants who had followed her,

ffled in all attempt to trace their clew, he had convinced himself that either the duchess or Bungey was the author of the snare, returned to the Tower, shown the king's warrant, learned that an old man and a young fe

ore welcome to ye elsewhere, yet it is well to win the friendship of the

gravely, "We incurred the king's displeasure, and th

e-fourths of what is popular!" bluntly said the m

e friend, didst thou obtain the king's warrant,

moment, and then frankly answering, "Thou must thank Lord H

her clasped hands, her evident emotion of delight and love, s

ened by some of those coincidences, which have from time to time appeared to confirm the credulous in judicial astrology, that Adam's predictions became fulfilled. The duchess was prepared for the first tidings that Edward's foes fled before him. She was next prepared for the very day in which Warwick landed; and then her respect for the ast

u, daughter? Had y

ng, rack, drown, or burn your horrible rival, if you

ade the famous waxen effigies of the Earl of Warwick were now to be found guilty of some atrocious and positi

ection, and shaking his head mysteriousl

ies, had of late earnestly besought her to lay aside all practices that could be called into question. Now, however, when she confessed to the agitated and distracted queen the retaining of Adam Warner, and his fatal predi

ated husband would the most carefully have banished f

s aghast and t

ar Bungey again!" she

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to seek further explanation of Elizabeth's words, much less to determine the doubt that rose in her enl