1 10 1 https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/2cce36cfd7aea44a9cc109fad6ff099c.pdf c36fd6941a0cfe1c9edc36abc95cef17 PDF Text Text THE STORY OF THE LITTLE WHITE MOUSE: OR THE OVERTHROW OF THE TYRANT KING. GLASGOW: PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS. 30 �LITTLE WHITE MOUSE. ANCIENT history furnishes an example of a k i n g and queen so tenderly attached to each other, that nothing was wanting to make their felicity complete. Their wishes and their sentiments corresponded exactly on all subjects; they went frequently to hunt, killing various sorts of game, and the stag often became the object of their amusement, or the victim of their exertions ; they visited the rivers for the diversion of fishing; and, in short, whatever gratified the one, became a source of real delight to the other. Their subjects followed so amiable an example, and thus the happiness of all the nation consisted happy. in mu T h e k i n g of an adjoining state, whose manners and dispositions were directlycontrar k i n g of the L a n d o f Pleasure; for so the country was called, on account of the tranquillity and j o y there. He was a declared enemy to pleasure; �3 he sought for nothing but wounds and bruises; his air was stern and forbiding, with a l o n g beard and hollow eyes. H e was lean and withered always dressed in black ; his bristly locks were dirty and uncombed; there was no way so secure to obtain his favour, but by committing the most atrocious murders or assassinations: he took upon himself the office of public executioner,becausehed suffered. T h i s kingdom was therefore called the L a n d of Tears, T h i s wicked wretch, unworthy to possess a throne, raised an immense army, and determined with it to spread through the territory o f this happy neighbour that desolation which was his greate W h e n all was ready he began his m a r c h ; but the news of his intention reached the K i n g of the L a n d of Pleasure l o n g before the invading best possible state of defence, and waited the attack with firmness and resolution. But the timid disposition of the queen suggested a thousand f e a r s : " Sire' said she, " l e t usfly;let us take the, wealth we possess, and seek that safety in another quarter or the world which we cannot now find here." " I t is m y duty, madam," said the k i n g , to remain and protect m y subjects. I am determined, therefore, to share their army, who put �4 H e then assembled his forces, took a tender leave of the queen, and marched out to meet the enemy. A s soon as he was departed, the queen g a v e way to the excess of her sorrow, and clasping her hands together, " A l a s !" exclaimed should fall in battle, I shall be left a widow, in the power of a cruel monster, and my unborn idea redoubled her affliction. T h e k i n g wrote to her every d a y ; but one morning, when she was watching for the usual messenger, with fear pictured in his countenance, he dismounted immediately, and entering her presence, " O h ! madam," said he, " a l l is lost; the k i n g , is slain, the army defeated, and the ferocious conquerer almost at our backs." she, chil T h e poor queen fell senseless; her attendants carried her to stood weeping round; they tore their hair in the bitterness of their affliction, and no scene in the world could have been more affecting. B u t their sobs and lamentations were soon drowned by the cries that every where spread through the palace of the cruel manner in which the victorious army was desolating the city. T h e wicked k i n g , at the head of his savage troops, was incessantly employed in e x c i t i n g them to acts of cruelty �5 and plunder; and, thus directed, they slew, without discrimination, every person they met. H e entered the palace, and penetrated without ceremony into the most , retiredapartments,whe distresses unmoved, and b y his ferocious manner and brutal threats, added terror to the pangs she felt before. T h u s , too much intimidated to answer a word, this monster of a k i n g , supposed her silence to proceed from sullenness and ill humour; he seized her rudely by the hair, which the negligence of g r i e f had suffered to fall loosely on her shoulders, and then d r a g g i n g her from the bed on which she lay, he through her across his shoulders, and carried her a w a y without remorse; he then mounted with her on his steed, and rode off. She besought him, with tears and supplications, to have pity on her sufferings; but he mocked her cries, and said to her, u Weep on ; your complaints are a source of pleasure and deversion to me." He carried her towards his own capital, and, during the time that he was on the road, he took the most dreadful oaths that he would h a n g her as soon as he readied i t ; but he was soon informed, on his arrival, that the queen was pregnant. W h e n the wicked k i n g knew this, a �6 thought struck him; daughter he could marry her to his son, and to ascertain whether it was a daughter that she should have, he sent for a fairy who lived on the frontiers of his dominions. W h e n she arrived, he entertained her with much more hospitality than he showed to his most intimate friends, and then led her to a tower, in the highest room of which the poor queen was confined. N o t h i n g Could Equal the misery of the poor queen, and the unpleasantness of her apartment. T h e broken casements admitted both the wind and the rain, the flooring was broken in several places, and the damps that ran down the walls were dangerous, especially to a person of so weak a constitution as the queen ; the bed was composed of nothing but an old matress, worse than is found in the habitations o f the poorest class of people, in this miserable condition, the queen passed both day night, weeping bitterly at the thoughts of her own situation, and for the death of the king her husband. T h e fairy's heart was touched so deplorable a s i g h t ; she embraced the queen, and, at the same time, she whispered her ear the following Words: " T a k e courage,madam,your misfortunes will soon be at an end ; I hope soon, to contribute to your happiness." T h e queen was a little �consoled by these words, and earnestlyentreated princess, who had once enjoyed the greatest favours of f o r t u n e ; instead of which, she could now boast of nothing but suffering the greatest misery. T h e y were thus talking together, when the wicked king, g r o w i n g ; impatient, Come, come' said he, " let us not have so many compliments ; I brought you here to inform me whether the queen will have a daughter or s o n ' " She is pregnant of a daughter," replied the fairy, " w h o will be the most beautiful and, most accomplished princess that has ever been seen, and the queen will wish to see her placed in the highest possible situation of rank and honour." " I f she is not very beautiful and accomplished," said the k i n g , " I will h a n g her mother to a tree, with the child at her neck, and nothing shall prevent it." H a v i n g said this, he left the place with the fairy, and took no notice, of the unfortunate queen, who wept bitterly, what shall I do ? I f I have a beautiful little girl, he will give her to his reptile of a son; and if she is u g l y , he will h a n g us both. T o what an extremity am I reduced ! he can never see it ?" T h e time approached when trie little princess thus lamen Cannot I �8 cess was to come into the world, and the gaoler who guarded her g a v e her nothing but three boiled peas and a small bit of black bread for her food during the d a y ; by which she was reduced so thin as to become little else than skin and bone. distress O n e evening while she was employed in spinning, (for the wicked k i n g was so avaricious as him) she saw, entering at a small hole, a pretty little mouse as white as snow. " A h ! pretty creature," exclaimed the queen,, " w h a t do you come here to seek ? I have but three peas to last me all d a y ; begone, i f you wis' not to fast." T h e little mouse ran about here and there, and danced and skipped like a little m o n k e y : the queen was so pleased with it, that she g a v e it the only pea that remained for her supper. " H e r e * said she, " h e r e , poor little t h i n g , eat this: I have got no more; but I g i v e it thee w i l l i n g l y . " T h e instant she had done this, to her great surprise there appeared upon the table two partridges, cooked most wonderfully well, and two pots of preserves, " R e a l l y , "exclaime She ate a little; but, with fasting so l o n g , her appetite was almost gone. She threw down some to the mouse, which, having �9 nibbled them a w a y , began to leap about with more glee than before. T h e next morning very early the gaoler brought the queen three peas, which he had put as usual in a large dish, to mock her sufferings; the little white mouse came softly and ate them all three, as well as the bread. W h e n the queen wished to dine, she found nothing there; at which she was very a n g r y with the mouse. " W h a t a wicked little beast," cried the queen; " i f it continues thus, I shall die with h u n g e r . " A s she was g o i n g to cover the plate which the mouse had left empty, she found it full of all sorts of things good for to e a t : she was very g l a d and ate of them ; but while she was eating, a thought came into her head, that in a few days the k i n g would perhaps kill her child, and she quitted the table to weep. " A h !" ejaculated the disconsolate queen, " i s there no w a y of s a v i n g it ?" A t the same time that she pronounced these words she perceived the mouse p l a y i n g with some straws; she took some of them and began to work, saying, make a covered basket to put m y little daughter in, and g i v e it out of the window to the first charitable person who will take care of it." She then began to work very d i l i g e n t l y ; and she never wanted straw, for the mouse " I f I ha �10 always brought some into the chamber; and as at usual meal-time the queen always gave it the three peas, she found in exchange a number of dishes of the most delicate meats. One day the queen was looking out of the window, to see how long she should make the cord to tie the basket to, when she should let it down, and she perceived an old woman below, leaning upon a stick, who spoke to her thus i know your trouble, and if you wish it, I will serve you." " Alas! my dear friend," replied the queen, " y o u will very much oblige me, if you will come every evening to the bottom of the tower, to receive my child, w h o m 1 will let down to y o u : you must feed and nurse it, and if ever I am rich I will repay you well." " I care for no pecuniary reward," answered the old woman; ' ; but I am very nice in m y eating, and wish for nothing so much as a fat plump mouse. I f you find such a one in your prison, kill i t and throw it to me; your infant will the better for it. When the queen heard this, she began to weep without answering, and the old woman, after having waited a little, asked her why she cried : " Because,' replied the queen, " there only comes into my chamber one little mouse, so pretty and so engaging, find in my heart to kill it," " H o w " replied the old woman, with great anger, " d o �11 you like a little rogue of a mouse, which teats and eats e v e r y t h i n g , better than your own c h i l d ? V e r y well, madam, you are not much to be pitied; remain in the good company you have chosen; I can have plenty of mice without y o u ; so I care but little about i t ; " and, scolding in this manner, she hobbled away. A l t h o u g h the queen had a good repast before her, the mouse played about as u s u a l ; she never raised her eyes from the ground where she had fixed them, and tears ran down her cheeks. O n this same n i g h t the little princess came into the world, and her beauty surpassed all the queen had ever beheld: instead of crying at h smiled on her affectionate parent, and extended her little h a good understanding. T h e queen caressed and kissed her fondly, at the same timesorrowfully i f you fell into the hands of the wicked k i n g , it will cost you your l i f e ; " she shut it up in the basket, with a paper attached to the clothes, on which was written 0 you, whose steps the fav'ring pow'rs direct T o these lone scenes, your generous aid I claim ; M y hapless child, in infant years, protect From sorrow's grasp—and Juliet be her name. A n d h a v i n g turned away for a moment, she �12 looked again, and found the infant dressed in the finest linens and laces: she then kissed it, and shed a torrent of tears, not k n o w i n g how to part with her treasure. A t this moment in came the little mouse, and jumped into the basket. " A h ! little creature," said the queen, cc how much it costs me to save your life ! I shall perhaps lose my dear Juliet. A n y other than me would have killed you for the dainty old woman ; but I could not consent to it. " " Y o u will not repent not so unworthy of your friendship as you suppose." T h e queen was like onethunderstruck,w change to that of a woman, and the paws become hands and feet. A t length the queen, hardly daring to look up, discovered the figure to be the fairy that had visited her before, an her misfortunes and sufferings. " I wished to try the goodness of your heart," said the f a i r y ; " 1 know now that you are virtuous and worthy of m y friendship. Fairies like me, who possess treasures and riches more than I can relate, do not seek so much for the luxuries of life as for friendship, and we seldom find it." " Is it possible, great fairy, exclaimed the queen, " that y o u , who are so powerful and wealthy, find it such a great trouble to g a i n a friend ?" " Yes*" replied �13 she, " b e c a u s e persons seldom love us but for interest; but when you loved me as a little mouse, it seemed from a disinterested motive, and I wished to put you to a still greater trial: I took the figure of an old woman, and it was I who spoke to you at the bottom of the tower; you have always answerd my best expectation." A t these words she embraced the queen, vermilion mouth of the infant princess, and said, " M y pretty little girl, you shall henceforth be your mother's be richer than your father; you shall live an hundred years without illness, wrinkles, or old a g e . " T h e enraptured queen returned thanks, and begged that the fairy would take Juliet away, and be careful of her, adding at the same time, " I g i v e her to be your daughter." T h e fairy accepted the offer, and thanked h e r : she then put the little one into the basket, tower, and h a v i n g again taken the form of a mouse, she descended by the cord; but when she got down, she could not find the child a n y where, and remounting in a fright, " A l l is lost," cried she to the queen, " my enemy Cancaline has j u s t carried away the princess. Y o u must know that she is a cruel fairy, who hates me, and, unhappily, she is older than I am, and has more power. I which she let d �14 know not by what means to get the child out of her wicked hands. " W h e n the queen heard this melancholy account, she almost died with g r i e f ; she wept bitterly, and beseeched her good friend to save her child, at whatever price it m i g h t be done. W h e n the gaoler entered the chamber of the queen, he perceived that she had been delivered, and he went and told the k i n g of it, who came in a great passion to ask for the c h i l d ; but she told him that a fairy, whose name she knew not, had entered the prison, and carried it away by force. A t this the wicked k i n g stamped and bit his lips, with every expression of the most violent rage, " I promised to h a n g thee," said he to the unfortunate queen, " a n d now I will keep m y word. H e then d r a g g e d her by the hair from the place of her confinement to a neighbouring wood, mo just g o i n g to h a n g her, when the fairy, having rendered herself rudely down, and four of his teeth were struck out b y the fall. Before he had time to recover himse victim to a secure retreat i n her magnificent palace. She was there treated with every attention and kindness, and if it had not been for the thoughts of her little daughter, she had once more been h a p p y ; but she was �15 unable to procure a n y intelligence of the infant, though the little white mouse made every exertion in her power for that purpose. A t length, by the progress of time, the queens grief abated, and fifteen years passed away without any change in her situation. A t this period there was great talk all over the kingdom, that the son o f the wicked monarch had fallen in love with the keeper of the poultry, and that the y o u n g woman refused to accept of him for a husband. T h i s extraordinary refusal surprised every one; however, the nuptial dresses were prepared, and the marriage ceremony was soon expected to take place. T h e little white mouse determined to see this extraord had resolution enough to refuse the son of a k i n g , and immediately transported herself to the capital. She entered into the poultry yard, and found he woollen g o w n , with her feet bare, and a cap of goat's skin on her head; l y i n g by her side were magnificent dresses, embroidered with gold and silver, and ornamented with a number of precious stones ; the turkeys and other fowls that surrounded her trampled on and spoiled them. T h u s habited, and thus careless of the splendour that awaited her, the keeper of the poultry sat on a large stone in the middle of �16 the yard, when the k i n g ' s son arrived: he was crooked and humph-backed, and marked with every kind of deformity. " I f you you to be put to death instantly." She answered him4 with disdain, " I will never marry y o u ; you are too u g l y and too pullets, to all the honours you have power to bestow." persist wicked. T h e little white mouse observed her with wonder and admiration; for, though in so a humble dress, she appeared to possess an incomparable beauty. A s soon therefore as the prince retired, the fairy assumed the figure of an old shepherdess. " Good day, fair damsel," said she, " the fowls do credit to your care of them." T h e y o u n g woman raised her eyes, and looked at her with a countenance full of sweetness : " they w i s h ' answered she, " to persuade me to quit m y present employment for a crown which I do not want, and for a husband whom I should despise; pray, good mother, what is your advice ? " " M y child," returned the fairy, " a crown is a dazzling object; but you cannot who wear it." " B u t suppose I do know all this," quickly answered the keeper of the k i n g ' s poultry, " still I would refuse to imagine th accept �17 lation, and know not even the name of those who gave me b i r t h ' " Y o u have their beauty and virtue, m ychild"returnedthe -wise and benevolent fairy, " w h i c h are worth more than a thousand k i n g d o m s ; tell m then who placed you here, since you are without' parents a;nd withou named Cancaline, is the cause that I have been placed here," replied the y o u n g woman she beat me till she almost killed me, without the least p sufferings, one day I ran away from her, and, not k n o w i n g where to g o , I stopped to rest myself in a wood, where the son of the wicked k i n g came by chance to w a l k : he asked if I Would enter his service. I consented, and was poultry; where he came constantly to see them, and always took great notice of them. A l a s ! he soon conceived a violent love for me, and has ever since so teased me with expressions of it, that I in the world." T h i s recital made the fairy suspect she had a t last met with the princess Juliet, and she therefore asked to know her name. " I am called Juliet," added she, modestly; " but who g a v e me that name I never knew." T h e doubts of the fairy were thus instantly removed; she threw herself on the neck of the princess, exclaiming, " J u l i e t , 1 have known �you, l o n g ; I am., delighted to find you so sensible and so lovely ; but I wish you were better dressed ; take the clothes that are obeyed immediately, and t a k i n g from, her head the cap of goat's skin, her beautiful golden hair fell in curls upon her shoulders; then, ; t a k i n g some water from a fountain that ran through the yard., she washed her hands and face, and discovered a complexion more bright and transparent than the choicest pearls of I n d i a ; roses seemed to bloom fresh on her cheeks; coral seemed to form her beautiful m o u t h ; and her eyes shone like the most brilliant diamonds, W h e n she had finished dressing herself, the gracefulness of her form appeared equal to the beauty, of her countenance, and the fairy gazed on her with wonder and delight. before y " P r a y , who d be now, m y dear c h i l d ? " asked the fairy. " R e a l l y , " answered she, " I could fancy myself to be the daughter of some great k i n g . " u Should you be g l a d of it ? " demanded the good mother," replied the princess, " f o r it would g i v e me the power of assisting many that are in distress." "Be happy then," Exclaimed the fairy parents : to-morrow you shall know more." The fairy returned immediately to her �19 palace, where she had left the queen. I bring you, madam," cried she, " ' t h ehappies " what tidings of j o y can come to meT, who •have lost both m y husband and my child ?? " I t is always right to hope," replied the little white mouse, for the fairy had again taken that figure; " I have seen the princess your daughter, and she is more beautiful than the blushes of the d a w n i n g d a y . " She then related the whole of her discovery, at which the queen wept with j o y . " W h o would have thought," said she, " i n the days of m y prosperity, that I should ever bear a daughter to become the keeper ofhensand 'turkeys !" " It is the cruel Cancaline," said the fairy, ^ who, k n o w i n g how I love you, has brought this misery on your child, purposely to v e x m e ; b I am determined," said the q u e e n . " that she shall not marry the prince; pray g o and seek her immediately, and bring her to me." T h e son of the wicked k i n g left Juliet in a great r a g e at her obstinate refusal, arid went into the gardens of the palace to consider what he sh groaned so loud, that his father overheard him, and, leaning through thewindow,inquiredthe cause of his �20 I be otherwise than afflicted' answered he, " to be thus, set at defiance by a keeper of poultry ?"" W h a t , will not she love you ?" said the k i n g ; " I am determined she shall love you, or be put to death." H e then her here immediately ; I will punish her so severely, that she shall soon repent of her obstinacy." called h T h e y went to the poultry-yard, and found Juliet there, magnificently dressed, as the fairy left h e r ; they had never seen so lovely a figure, and, t a k i n g her for some princess, were afraid to speak to her. She said to them, in a sweet and condescending voice, " P r a y whom do you seek h e r e ? " " M a d a m , " said they, " we seek anunfortunat person you seek," replied she; " w h a t do you w a n t ? " H e a r i n g this, they seized her, and h a v i n g tied her hands and feet with cords, lest she should escape, they carried her into the presence of the k i n g . " Well, insolent wretch," said he, " a n d so you are determined not to love my son? He is a thousand times handsomer than y o u ; love him therefore immediately, or I'll have you flayed alive." T h e princess, trembling l i k e an affrighted dove, kneeled before him, and tried to inspire pity in a heart that never felt a n y ; but she pleaded in vain, as the �21 prince insisted upon it, that his father should order her for immediate execution.However,they ment more severe than death, to shut her up for life in a tower, where she would never more see the light of the sun. A t this moment the fairy and the good queen arrived in a flying chariot, and the affectionate mother began to weep bitterly, on hearing the sad fate to which her longlost daughter was just condemned. " Be good comfort," said the fairy, " you shall in the end be made happy, and your enemies be amply punished." T h e princess was bed; the fairy then resumed the form of the little white mouse, and got upon his pillow. Whenever he attempted to sleep she bit his e a r ; at which, being much disturbed, he turned the other side, and she bit at that also, without mercy : he cried out for assistance, and when his attendants came, they found his ears bleeding so fast, that they were seeking about the apartment to find the mouse, she was gone into the prince's room to inflict the same vengeance upon him ; he likewise called his attendants, and h a v i n g shown his wounded ears, made them put a plaster on each. T h e little white mouse, in the mean time, returned to the k i n g , and conveyed to the tow unable to stop h �22 she bit his nose and gnawed his face i n several places: he put up his hands to delend his face, and she bit his fingers; he cried out, " M e r c y ! m e r c y ! I am l o s t ; , , and, while his mouth was thus open, the little white mouse entered it, and bit a piece off his t o n g u e : his attendants came in once more ; but he was now unable to speak to them, his tongue was so severely wounded; so he made signs that it was a mouse that had thus wounded him, and every corner of the room was immediately examined to find the offender, but in vain, she was gone to to pay a visit to the prince, and to treat him much worse than she had treated his father. She ate out one of his eyes, which left him in total darkness; for he was blind of the other before. H e leaped out of bed instantly, apartment of his father, who also had taken his sword, storming and swearing that he Would kill every one who came in his way till the mouse was found. W h e n he saw his son in such a passion, he scolded him, and the prince, whose ears were burning with pain, not k n o w i n g the voice of his father, attacked him furiously. T h e k i n g exceedingly irritated, made a violent cut at him with his sword, and same moment; so that they both fell to the seized his received a �ground bleeding profusely. A l l their subjects, only served and submitted to therm through fear, now dreading them no longer, tied cords to their feet, and d r a g g e d them into the river, s a y i n g they were happy thus to g e t rid of their tyrants. who hated them T h u s ended the days of the wicked k i n g and his son. T h e good fairy, who had seen all that passed, went immediately to seek the queen, and they went together to the black tower, where the princess Juliet was confined under more than forty locks. T h e fairy struck three times with a little r i n g on the great door, which opened instantly, as did all the rest; they found the poor princess very thoughtful, and with scarcely spirits to speak a word. T h e queen ran to embrace h e r ; " M y dear child, I am thy mother, the queen of the L a n d of P l e a s u r e ! "exclaimed of her birth. W h e n Juliet heard these happy tidings, she was as near d y i n g with j o y as she had been near d y i n g with g r i e f : she threw herself at the feet of the queen, embraced her knees, and we the tears she shed upon them. She likewise carressed the good fairy, who had conferred so many obligations on them both. The fairy said to them, " It is not time now to think of amusing ourselves; let us g o to �24 the great hall of the castle and harangue the people." She walked first, with a g r a v e and majestic next came the queen in robes suitable to her r a n k ; the princess followed, decorated in a splendid habit, which the fairy had brought her for the occasion ; but distinguished much more by her native modesty and the lustre of her beauty, which had never before been equalled. They bowed gracefully to every one they met by the w a y , whether rich or poor, and by this condescension attracted the notice of every one. W h e n the great hall was full, the good fairy said to the subjects of the deceased tyrant, that she would recommend them to choose for their sovereign the daughter of a neighbouring k i n g , whom she then presented to them. " Under so amiable a queen," said she, " you cannot fail to live in a state of continual happiness and tranquillity." A t these words the people cried out with one voice, " Y e s ! y e s ! we choose her for our queen, and we trust she will make us amends for the miseries we have so l o n g endured A s soon as the intelligence was generally known, joy spread throughout the city, and every sort of business was laid aside, to give place to feasting and merriment. FINIS. air, a � https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/e4c36e4d3ccd22af0c4ee0c14397fd1f.jpg d54c2818f099f2e8744c2309451178cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut on title-page portraying exterior of a castle Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woodcut 030: Title-page Illustration of the exterior of a castle. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The story of the Little White Mouse: or the overthrow of the tyrant king. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. The overthrow of the tyrant king. 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