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cousin; and: to® whom ‘his)| commission. jis 
' directed.) From: ‘Wells, dressed in one of 
-his: gayest: suits—learning: that Sir Lionel 
‘hada wife and ‘daughter, the latter:of sur- 
~passing: beauty—he proceeds) to the» Tor ; 
*but being overtaken: by,a)storm,. and: afraid 
vofespoiling ‘his silks;-he:takes refuge inia 
‘hollow under:a hills:where many. others, 
Jabourers.and travellers; ‘have: assembled for 
Hetevhe again overhears a great 
)dealof talk about: Sir Lionel, who seems 
to have inspiredrdeep terror into the minds 
»of the rustics, by his severity as a magis- 
trate ; by having killed in duels three of 
the leading gentlemen of the neighbour- 
hood ;,and ‘by being strongly suspected of 
dealing with the powers of darkness, parti- 
‘eularly: through the agency of a little de- 
formed: divinity-doctor, who is known to 
dabble in phials and alembics.. To confirm 
this latter impression, the whole assembly 
in the cave are suddenly startled by the ap- 
pearance of Sir Lionel, with a long wand 
like a ¢onjuror,;and his crooked familiar, 
-on the brow jof. the hill, before them— 
whirling. the said wand, and apparently 
peinting the lightning towards the hay and 
corn stacks of Glastonbury Abbey—the 
whole of which are quickly seen enveloped 
in flames. Sir Lionel turns out no con- 
juror, but. one, who makes use of these 
-mountebank, manceuyres to preserye and 
extend his authority over the superstitious 
populace. | He has a quarrel with the Ab- 
bot; and.has, more. efficient agents than 
devils to effeet his purposes. 
.», The storm clears, up, and, Dudley pre- 
»sents himself at the Tor... His reception is 
of the most courteous kind, and he takes 
up his-residence, at the castle... Quickly, 
_ however, suspicions of Sir. Lionel’s want 
of honesty in his trust rise up in Dudley’s 
_bosom, and areas quickly confirmed. He 
wishes to, see his, cousin, and.is not refused, 
but simply told that he is imbecile, and, 
according to the tortuous imp. of divinity, 
a lunatic. | Still no interview ensues. Ina 
few days, as Dudley is wandering about the 
- eastle, he discovers his luckless cousin in 
confinement, who proves to be the very 
_ being that had rescued him from his perils 
_in Wokey-hole. The conversations he has 
_with him at different times convince him 
_ that young Hungerford is neither a fool nor 
_a madman; he has been studiously ne- 
_ glected, refused instruction, excluded from 
_society—-pains taken to stupify and alarm 
a: and being naturally of a delicate tem- 
“perament, Sir Lionel’s mancuyres have 
» made hin nervous. He is ignorant of letters, 
» manners, the world; and has, of course, 
an air of eccentricity, which passes for 
Teg ae forms at once the resolution of 
_Fescuing, his oppressed cousin. His first 
_ step, very adventurously, but not very dis- 
_sreetly—being in the lion’s den—is to 
, charge Sir Lionel plumply with cruelty and 
_ treachery... Sir Lionel takes fire—swords 
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fly out—the. parties /tilt at each’ other’s 
breast— Dudley is’ disarmed, ‘and Sir Lio- 
nel’s weapon at his throat—whien ‘Beatrice, 
his daughter, on-whose high and hatighty 
heart Dudley seems’ to have: made some 
impression, rushes| in, «and: by; clinging’ to 
her father, enables| Dudley, very unchival- 
rously, to make: his escape.» He flies to the 
Abbot of Glastonbury, ‘to whose \personal 
guardianship young Hungerford was to have 
been given up, and: claims! his protection. 
The Abbot and Sir Lionel were sworn 
foes. Sir Lionel had a design upon the 
abbey lands at this time, and the good 
Abbot believed him in league ‘with his 
“‘ ghostly enemy.” . 
The Abbot furnishes Dudley with letters 
to Cardinal Wolsey, then keeper of the 
great seal, whose resolute vindication | of 
justice, where his own interests were un- 
concerned, was well known, and every 
where highly extolled. Though armed with 
these letters, he looks out for a personal in- 
troducer to the Cardinal, and finds one in 
his cousin Sir John Dudley, afterwards the 
Duke of Northumberland, who proclaimed 
Jane Grey.—By the way, on what autho- 
rity is he represented, not merely. selfish 
and ambitious, for such no doubt he was, 
but so much of a jackanapes ?—The Car- 
dinal proves to be already in possession of 
copies of the Abbot’s letters, forwarded by 
the indefatigable Sir Lionel; Dudley meets 
with a rough reception, and finds himself 
entangled in a charge of heresy, by the ac- 
tive maneeuvres of Sir Lionel and his agents 
of darkness, and compelled to take refuge 
in the sanctuary at Westminster. 
The Cardinal, however, proceeds with 
the Hungerford case, and issues a com- 
mission of lunacy. On the eve of exami- 
nation, Sir Lionel contrives to frighten the 
youth into a condition to justify the com- 
mission in reporting him insane. The case 
terminates, and Sir Lionel retains his hold. 
Soon—within the limits of the sanctuary 
— Dudley has an opportunity of recom- 
mending himself to the king, by knocking 
down somebody that seemed to threaten 
danger to the king, and presently becomes 
a favourite. At this time Beatrice, Sir 
Lione]’s daughter, who had sayed his life 
at the Tor, was at court in the service of 
Anne Boleyn, whose unhappy career was 
just on the point of terminating. Beatrice 
was of a beautiful and commanding figure. 
Henry takes a sudden fancy to her; and, 
knowing Dudley’s connexion, actually em- 
ploys him to communicate his wishes, and 
arrange the terms. Dudley, of whom 
better things might have been expected, 
undertakes the honourable office. Beatrice 
indignantly refuses, and in disgust quits the 
court and returns to the Tor, from whence 
Sir Lionel had just started for London to 
solicit favours. Accidentally she sees some 
cruelty exercised on poor Hungerford, and, 
touched at last with compassion—being sur- 
prisingly improved by her residence amidst 
