174 A PINCH OF SNUFF. 



Cornish cavaliers, and given a secret word of comfort to Sir John 

 Trelavvney, the unfortunate Henrietta Maria embarked on board 

 the pinnace and reached the vessel in safety. 



The bark proceeded gallantly on its voyage without accident or 

 adventure; until as she passed Torbay, a detachment of the Par- 

 liamentary fleet under the Earl of Warwick stood out to intercept 

 her. The chase was long, and a vigorous firing was kept up by 

 the nearest vessels, but the little Madeline held gaily on her way. 

 and having fairly outsailed the hostile squadron, she soon landed 

 her royal charge on the coast of Brittany. 



The heroic John Arundel fulfilled his promise ; the brave and 

 accomplished Trelawney soon called May his o\vn ; and when the 

 royal cause was at length triumphant, and peace was again 

 stored to this distracted island, MAY TRELAWNEY shone as 

 brightly and won as much admiration in the court of the second 

 Charles, as she had done within the humbler precincts of Pen- 

 dennis Castle. 



A PINCH OF SNUFF. 



IF Imeson had been in existence when Xerxes 

 offered a reward to any one who could procure him a 

 new pleasure, and had handed the voluptuous Persian a 

 bundle of Siivas and a canister of Lundy-foot, surely 

 the bestower would have received, as a recompense, 

 nothing less than the dignity of Satrap or a chieftainship 

 among the 10,000 immortals. O ! the enchanting 

 reveries that would have shed their tranquillizing influ- 

 ence over the " King of Kings " as he inhaled the fra- 

 grant breath of each odorous little roll ; how the memory 

 of his disastrous conflicts with the Greeks would have 

 evaporated into thin air even the poisoning recollec- 

 tions of Leonidas and Thermopylae would have been 

 involved in the shadows of oblivion among the perfume 

 bearing clouds of his Cuba. 



That I am a snuff-taker, be it known unto all whom 

 it may concern, but let it be also known that I am a 

 moderate man, one who steers a midway course between 

 those of the old French ladies whose inspirations are 



