that it may be ſo, and deſiring, above all things here below, to have a ſight of your dear ſelf, before I depart out of the world, I have ſent the bearer, Monſ. Durell, one of my captains, to conduct you to me forth with, who is a perſon of that worth and honour, that you may truſt yourſelf with him without the trouble of any attendants, but what he brings with him; becauſe I would have you come as ſpeedily as may be; which is, at preſent, all from him, who is, both in life and death,
Your ever faithful huſband,
Charleroy,
July 12, 1639.
De Alanson."
At the reading of this ſhe trembled, looked pale, and ſhed abundance of tears, being in the greateſt diſorder and confuſion imaginable; entreating inſtantly to ſee the party that brought it; promiſing (on their renewing their intreaties) not to diſcover their wickedneſs, if, by their future demeanor, they made an amendment for what had paſſed; and they, thereupon, ſolemnly promiſed, and led her down into the hall, where the pretended captain and his ſervant bowed very low to her; and being beforehand inſtructed, anſwered all her queſtions ſo cunningly, that ſhe verily believed the letter to have come from her Lord, and that all he ſaid was true: deſiring them to refreſh themſelves, whilſt ſhe fitted herſelf with other apparel, and took ſome jewels, gold, &c. along with her. Which done, and being about four in the evening, the innocent dove committed herſelf into the talons of theſe bloody vultures, mounted
