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WILTS HIRE MAG AZINE. 



"MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATOR ON¥S." — Ovid. 



Jfecorfrs of % Rising in i\t Wit A 



JOHN PENRUDDOCK, HUGH GROVE, ET SOCII. 



(Concluded J rom Vol. xiv., Page 67. ) 



l!H3 the trooper, who bore the death warrant, journied westward, 

 If^J Jj the news that the time for reprieve was past, spread without 

 Whitehall* Palace. 



We can well imagine that Mrs. Penruddoek, who heard it the 

 same day, immediately made one more effort to save her husband, 

 [and that it was then probably that she was " turned out of doors, 

 because she came to beg* mercy." 



Returning to her lodgings after a long and weary day of fruitless 

 toil, she wrote words of exquisite solace to her unfortunate husband : 

 I My dear heart, 



My sad parting was so far from making me to forget you, that I have 

 scarce thought upon myself since, bat wholly upon you. Those dear embraces 

 which I yet feel, and shall never lose (being the faithful testimonies of an in- 

 dulgent husband) have charmed my soul to such a reverence of your remem- 

 brances, that were it possible, I would with my own blood cement your dead 

 limbs to life again, and with reverence think it no sin to rob heaven a little 

 longer of a martyr. Oh my dear ! you must now pardon my passion, tho' being 

 the last (oh fatal word !) that ever you will receive from me ; and know that 

 until the last minute * that I can imagine you shall live, I will sacrifice the 

 prayers of a Christian, and the groans of an affected [afflicted ?] wife ; and when 

 you are not, which sure by sympathy I shall know,f I shall wish my own 

 dissolution with you, that so we may go hand in hand to heaven. It is too late 

 to tell you what I have, or rather have not, done for you, How turned out of 

 doors, because I came to beg mercy ! The Lord lay not your blood to their 

 charge. I would fain discourse longer with you, but dare not, my passion 

 begins to drown my reason, and will rob me of my devoir, which is all I have 

 le f 't to serve you. 



* " Minute " written twice, once erased. 

 •The stronger word " know" substituted for " feel." 



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