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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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 Spaewife; or Universal Fortune-Teller, wherein your future welfare my be known, by Physiognomy, Cards, Palmistry, and Coffee Grounds. Also, A Distinct Treatise on Moles. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9953133963505154">s0098b48</a> <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9953133913505154">s0221b12</a> Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. A Distinct Treatise on Moles. 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Extent The size or duration of the resource. 24 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850-1850? per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <p dir="ltr"><span>University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks&nbsp;</span><a href="http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/">http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/</a></p> <div>&nbsp;</div> Abstract A summary of the resource. This chapbook provides instructions for several methods of telling one’s fortune, including detailed descriptions of physiognomy, the meanings of moles, palmistry, card readings, and coffee grounds. The card readings are differentiated by gender and are provided in verse. 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Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In the public domain; For higher quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available [No Place] : Printed for the Booksellers Subject The topic of the resource Poetry Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario Type The nature or genre of the resource supernatural & ghost stories https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/90601bf638b8fcd11fd68c368c090f7f.pdf 317c468756be4ce7cefcbdbab8901855 PDF Text Text BLUE BEARD; OR, THE EFFECTS OF FEMALE CURIOSITY. T0 WHICH IS ADDED THE MURDER HOLE AN ANCIENT LEGEND. GLASGOW. P I T DFORT E BOOKSELLERS. RN E H 20 ��THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD. THERE was, some time ago, a gentleman who was extremely rich: he had elegant town and country-houses; his dishes and plates were of gold or silver; his rooms were hung with damask; his chairs and sofas were covered with the richest silks : and his carriages were all magnificently gilt with gold. But, unfortunately, this gentleman had a blue beard, which made him so very frightful and ugly, that none of the ladies in the neighbourhood would venture to go into his company. It happened that a lady of quality, who lived very near him, had two daughters, who were both extremely beautiful. Blue Beard asked her to bestow one of them upon him in marriage, leaving to herself the choice which of the two it should be. They both, however, again and again refused to marry Blue Beard; but to be as civil as possible, they each pretended that they refused because she would not deprive �4 her sister of the opportunity of marrying so much to her advantage. But the truth was, they could not bear the thoughts of having a husband with a blue beard: and, besides, they had heard of his having already been married to several wives, and nobody could tell what had afterwards become of them. A s Blue Beard wished very much to gain their favour, he invited the lady and her daughters, and some ladies who were on a visit at their house, to accompany him to one of his country seats, where they spent a whole week; during which nothing was thought of but parties for hunting and fishing, music, dancing, collations, and the most delightful entertainments. No one thought of going to bed, and the nights were passed in merriment of every kind. In short, the time had passed so agreeably, began to think that the beard which had so much terrified her was not so very blue; and that the gentleman to whom it belonged was vastly civil and pleasing. Soon after they returned home, she told her mother that she had no longer any were married. About a month after the marriage had objection that th to �5 taken place. Blue Beard told his wife that he should be obliged to leave her for a few weeks, as he had some business to do in the country. He desired her to be sure to procure herself every kind of amusement; to invite as many of her friends as she liked, and to treat them with all sorts o f delicacies, that the time might pass agreeably during his absence, " H e r e , " said he, " a r e the keys of the two large wardrobes. This is the key of the great box that contains the best plate, which we use for company: this belongs to my strong box, where I keep my money; and this to the casket in which are all my jewels. Here also is a master key to all the apartments in my house: but this small key belongs to the closet at the end of the long gallery on the ground floor. I give you leave," continued he, " to open or do what you like with all the rest excepting enter, nor even put the key into the lock, for all the world. Should you disobey me, expect the most dreadful of punishments." She promised to obey his orders in the most faithful manner; and Blue Beard, after tenderly embracing her, stepped into his carriage and drove away. The friends of the bridle did not, on this occasion, wait to be invited, so impatient were they to see all the riches and magni this closet: this, �6 -icence had been prevented from paying their of the bridegroom. she had gained by m wedding visit by t No sooner were they arrived than they impatiently ran from room to room, from cabinet to cabinet, and then from wardrobe to wardrobe, examining each with the utmost curiosity, and declaring that the last was still richer and more beautiful than what, they had seen the moment before. A t length they came to the drawing rooms, admiration and astonishment were still increased by the c g i r a n d o l e s , a n d l o o k i n g - g l a s s e s , the frames o f w h i c h were s i l v e r g i l t , mostr i c h l yornamented,a n d in w h from head to foot. In short, nothing could exceed the magnificence o f wha did not cease to extol and envy the g o o d fortune o f their friend, who all this time was far from being amused b y thefinecomplimentsthey paid desire to see what was in the closet her husband had forbidden her to open. So great indeed was her curiosity, that, withoutrecollectin her guests, she descended a private staircase that led to it, and in such a hurry, that she �7 as two or three times in danger of breaking her neck. When she reached the door of the closet she stopped for a few moments to think of the charge her husband had given her, and that he would not fail to keep his punishing her very severely, should she disobey know what was in the inside, that she determined to venture in spite of every thing. She accordingly, with a trembling hand, put the key into the lock, and the door immediately opened. The window-shutters being closed, she at first saw nothing; but in a short time she perceived that the floor was covered with clotted blood, on which the bodies of several dead women were lying, These were all the wives whom Blue Beard had married and murdered, one after another. She was ready to sink with fear, and the key of the closet door, which she held in her hand, fell on the floor. When she had somewhat recovered from her fright, she took it up, locked the door, and hastened to her own room, that she might have a little time to get into humour for amusing her visitors; but this she found impossible, so greatly was she terrified by what she had seen. As she observed that the key of the closet had got stained with blood in falling on the floor, she wiped it two or three times over to him. But she w �8 clean it; still, however, the blood remained the same as before, she next washed it,but the blood did not stir at all; she then scoured it with brickdust, and afterwards with sand, but notwithstanding all she could do, the, blood was still there; for the key was a fairy, who was Blue Beard's friend, so that as fast as she got it off on one side, it appeared again on the other. Early in the evening Blue Beard returned home, saying, he had not proceeded far his journey before he was met by a messenger w business was happily concluded without him being present: upon which his wife said every thing she could think of, to make him believe she was transported with joy at his unexpected return. The next morning he asked her for the keys: she gave them to him; but as she could not help showing her fright, Blue Beard easily guessed what had happened, "'How is it," said he, "that the key of the closet upon the ground-floor is not here? " I s it not? then I must have left it on. my dressing-table," said she, and left the room in tears. " B e sure you give it me by and by," cried Blue Beard. After going several times backwards and ] forwards, pretending to look for the key,she was at last obliged to give it to Blue Beard. �9 He looked at it attentively , and then said . " How came the blood upon the k e y ? " " I am sure I do not know," replied the lady turning at the same time as pale as death, " You do not know," said Blue Beard sternly: " but I know well enough. You have been in the closet on the ground-floor : Vastly well, madam; since you are so mightily fond of this closet, you shall certainly take your place among the ladies you saw there." His wife, almost dead with fear, fell upon her knees; asked his pardon a thousand times for her disobedience, and entreated him to any heart that was not harder than a rock. forgive her; lookin But Blue Beard answered; " No, no, madam; you shall die this very minute !" " A l a s !" said the poor trembling creature, " i f I must die, allow me, at least, a little time to say my prayers." " I give you," replied " h a l f a quarter of an hour; not one moment longer." When Blue Beard had left her to herself, she called her sister; and after telling her, as well as she could for sobbing, that she had but half a quarter of an hour to live; " Pr'ythee," said she, "sister A n n , " (this was her sister's name,) " r u n up to the top of the tower, and see if my brothers �10 in sight; for they promised to come and visit me to-day; and if you see them make a sign for them to gallop as fast as possible." Her sister instantly did as she was desired, and the terrified lady every minute called out to her, " Ann ! sister Ann ! do you see any one coming ? " and her sister answered, " 1 see nothing but the sun, which makes a dust, and the grass which looks green. In the meanwhile, Blue Beard, with a great scimetar in his hand, bawled as loud as he could to his wife " Come down instantly; " One moment longer, I beseech you," replied she; and again called softly to her sister: " Sister Ann, do you see any one coining?" To which she answered, " I see nothing but the sun, which makes a dust, and the grass which looks green," Blue Beard now again bawled out, " C o m e down, I say, this very moment, or I shall come and fetch you." " I am coming: indeed I will come in one minute;" sobbed his unhappy wife. Then she once more cried out, " A n n ! sister Ann ! do you see any one coming?" " I see," said her sister, " a cloud of dust a little to the left." " Do you think it is my brothers?" continued the wife. " A l a s ! no, dear sister," replied she; " i t is only a flock of sheep," or I w �11 Will you come down or not, madam ? " said Blue Beard, in the greatest rage imaginable, "Only one single moment more," answered she. And then she called out for the last time, " Sister Ann ! do you see any one coming ?" " 1 see," repli horseback coming to the house ; but they are still at a great distance." "Godbepraised!" cried she ; it is my brothers : give them a sign to make what haste they can. At the same moment Blue Beard cried out so loud for her to come down, that his voice shook the whole house. The poor lady with her hair loose, and her eyes swimming in tears, instantly came down, and fell on her knees to Blue Beard, and was going to beg him to spare her life ; but he interrupted her saying, " All this is of no use at all, for you shall die then seizing her with one raising the scimetar beheld in the other, was going with one blow to strike off her head. The unfortunate creature turning towards him, desired to have a single moment alllowed her to recollect herself. 4 No, no," said Blue Beard, "1 will give you no more time, 1 am determined you have had too much already and again �12 raising his arm Just at this Instant a loud knocking was heard at the gates, which made Blue Beard wait for a moment to see who it was. The gates were opened, and two officers, dressed in their regimentals,entere instantly to Blue Beard; who seeing they were his wife's brothers, endeavoured to escape from their presence; but they pursued and seized him before he had gone twenty steps; and, plunging their swords into his body, he immediately fell down dead at their feet. The poor wife who was almost as dead as her husband, was unable at first to rise and embrace her brothers. She soon, however, recovered; and as Blue Beard had no heirs, she found herself the lawful possessor of his great riches. She employed a portion of her vast fortune in giving a marriage dowry to her sister Ann, who soon after became the wife of a young gentleman by whom she had long been beloved. Another part she employed in buying captains' commissions for her two brothers; and the rest she presented to a most worthy gentleman, whom she married soon after, and whose kind treatment soon made her forget Blue Beard's cruelty. THE END, �THE MURDER HOLE. AN ANCIENT LEGEND. In a remote district of country belonging to Lord Cassillis, between Ayrshire and Galloway, about three hundred years ago, a moor of apparently boundless extentstretchedsev the eye of the traveller by the sameness and desolation of its appearance; not a tree varied the prospect not a shrub enlivened the eye . by its freshness nor a native flower bloomed to adorn this ungenial soil. One 'lonesome desert' reached the horizon on every side, with nothing to mark that any mortal had ever visited the scene before, except a few rude huts that were scattered near its centre; and a road, or rather pathway, for those whom business or necessity obliged to pass in that direction. A t length, deserted as this wild region had always been, it became still more gloomy. Strange rumours arose, that the path of unwary travellers had been beset on this ' blasted heath,' and that treachery and murder had intercepted the solitary stranger as be traversed its dreary �14 extent. When several persons, who were known to have passed that way, mysteriously disappeared, the enquiries of their relatives led to a strict and anxious investigation • but though the officers of justice were sent to scour the country, and examine the inhabitants, not a t persons in question, nor of any place of concealment which cou lawless or desperate to horde in. Yet, as inquiry became stricter, and the disappearance of individuals inhabitants of the neighbouring hamlet were agitated by the most fearful apprehensions. Some declared that the death-like stillness of the night was often interrupted by the sudden and preternatural cries of more than mortal anguish, which seemed to arise in the distance; and a shepherd, one evening, who had lost his way on the moor, declared he had approached three mysterious figures, who seemed struggling against each other with supernatural energy, till at length one of them, with a frightful scream, suddenly sunk into the earth. Gradually the inhabitants deserted their dwellings on the heath, and settled in distant quarters, till at length but one of thecottag woman and her two sons, who loudly lamented that poverty �15 solitary spot. Travellers who frequented this' road now generally did so in groups, to protect each other: and if night overtook them, they usually stopped at the humble cottage of the old woman and her sons, where cleanliness compensated for the want of luxury, and where, over a blazing fire of peat, the bolder spirits smiled at the imaginary terrors of the road, and the more timid trembled as they listened to the tales of terror and affright with which their hosts entertained them. One gloomy and tempestuous night in November, a pedlar boy hastily traversed the moor. Terrified to find himself involved in darkness amidst its boundless wastes, a thousand frightful traditions connected with this dreary scene, darted across his mind every blast, as it swept in hollow gusts over the heath, seemed to teem with the sighs of departed spirits and the birds, as they winged their way above his head, appeared, with loud and shrill cries, to warn him of approaching danger. The whistle with which he usually beguiled his weary pilgrimage, died away in silence, and he groped with trembling and uncertain steps, which sounded too loudly in his ears. The promise of Scripture occurred to his memory, and he revived his courage. I will be unto thee as a rock in the desert, and as a �16 place of safety.' This heart-consoling promise inspired him with confidence, and he continued for a time to make, with renewed vigour his way a A t length, however, wearied and faint through fatigue, he was compelled to cast his pack on the ground, and in the midst of the pitiless storm rested himself thereon. Thus situated, he frequently, and with much anxiety looked, to see, that if perchance, some place of shelter might be near, but nothing met his eye but darkness, and that occas ever anon struck through the gloom. Resigning himself to his unhappy fate, the poor benighted pedlar boy, anticipated nothing but perishing ere the cheering light of day should again lighten the earth. Despair had a second time nearly taken possession of his soul, when he suddenly started to his feet, and turning round, to his great astonishment and joy, the light of a taper appeared to come from a pot not far distant; a few minutes' walk brought him to he window whence the light issued, he looked in and sawseveral round a cheerful fire. He now made for the door, which when he came at was firm �17 ly locked. The boy in a frolicsome mood, thoughtlessly tapped at the window, when they all instantly started up withconsternationst with an undefined feeling of apprehension ; but before he had time to reflect a moment longer, one of the men suddenly darted out of the door, and seizing the boy roughly by the shoulder, dragged him violently into the cottage. "1 am not what you take me for,' said the boy, attempting to laugh, 'but only the poor pedlar who visited you last year.' c Are you alone ?' enquired the old woman in a harsh deep tone, which made his heart thrill with apprehension. ' Yes, said the boy, 6 I am alone here; and alas !' he added with a burst of uncontrollable feeling, ' I am alone in the wide world also ! Not a person exists who would assist me in distress, or shed a single tear if I died this very night.' ' Then you are welcome!' said one of the men with a sneer, while he cast a glance of peculiar expression at the other inhabitants of the cottage. It was with a shiver of apprehension, rather than of cold, that the boy drew towards the fire, and the looks which the old woman and her sons exchanged, made him wish that he had preferred the shelter of any one of the roofless cottages which were scat- �18 tered persons of such dubious aspect. Dreadful surmises flitted across his brain ; and terrors which he could neither combat nor examine imperceptibly stole into his mind; but alone, and beyond the reach of assistance, he not increase the danger by revealing them. The room to which he retired for the night had a confused and desolate aspect; the curtains seemed to have been violently torn down from the bed, and still hung in tatters around it the table seemed to have been broken by some violent concussion, and the fragments of various pieces of furniture lay scattered upon the floor. The boy begged that a light might burn in his apartment till he was asleep, and anxiously examined the fastenings of the door; but they seemed to have been wrenched asunder on some former occasion, and were still left rusty and broken. near, rathe resolved It was long ere the pedlar attempted to compose his agitated nerves to rest; but at length his senses began to/steep themselves in forget fulness,' though his imagination remained painfully active, and presented new scenes of terror to his mind, with all the vividness of reality. He fancied himself again wandering on the heath, which appeared beckoned to him not to enter the cottage, to to be people �19 and as he approached it, they vanished with a hollow and despairing cry. The scene then changed, and he found himself again seated by the fire, where the countenances of the men scowled upon him with the most terrifying malignity, and he thought the old woman suddenly seized him by the arms, and pinioned them to his side. Suddenly the boy was startled from these agitated slumbers, by what sounded to him like a cry of distress; he was broad awake in a moment, and sat up in bed, but the noise was not repeated, and he endeavoured to persuade himself it had only been a continuation door, he observed underneath it, a broad red stream of blood silently stealing its course along the floor. Frantic with alarm, it was but the work of a moment to spring from his bed, and rush to the door, through a chink of which, his eye nearly dimmed with affright, he could watch unsuspected, whatever might be done in the adjoining room. of the fearful His fear vanished instantly when he perceived that it was only a goat that they had been slaughtering; and he was about to steal into his bed again, ashamed of hisgroundlessapprehe by a conversation which transfixed him hast with terror to the spot �20 This is an easier job than youhadyesterdays ' I wish all the throats "we've cut were as easily and quietly done. Did you ever hear such a noise as the old gentleman made last night! It was well we had no neighbour within a dozen of miles, or they must have heard his cries for help and mercy.' ' Don't speak of it,' replied the other; 6 1 was never fond of bloodshed.' ' H a ! h a ! ' said the other with a sneer, ' you say so, do you ?' ' I do,' answered the first gloomily; ' the Murder Hole is the thing for me that tells no tales a single scuffle a single plunge and the fellow is dead and buried to your hand in a moment. I would defy all the officers in Christendom to discover any mischief ' A y , Nature did us a good turn when she contrived such a place as that. W h o that saw a hole in the heath, filled with clear water, and so small that the long grass meets over the top o f it, would suppose that the depth is unfathomable, and that it conceals more than forty people who have met their deaths there ? it sucks them in like a leech! ' How do you mean to dispatch the lad in the next room ?' asked the old woman in an nuder tone. The elder son made her a sign there.' �21 to be silent, and pointed 'towards the door where their trembling auditor was concealed, while the other, with an expression of brutal ferocity, passed the blood knife across his throat. The pedlar boy possessed a bold and daring spirit, which was were so completely against him, that flight seemed his best resource. He gently stole to the window, and haying by one desperate effort broke the rusty bolt by which the casement had been fast without noise or difficulty. This betokens good, thought he, pausing an instant in dreadful hesitation what direction to take. This momentary deliberation was fearfully interrupted by the hoarse voice of the men calling aloud, 'The boy has fled let loose the blood-hound! These words sunk like a death-knell on his heart, for escape appeared now impossible, and his nerves seemed to melt away like wax in a furnace. Shall I perish without a struggle! thought he, rousing himself to exertion, and, helpless and terrified as a hare pu hunters, he fled across the heath. Soon the baying of the blood-hound broke the stillness of the night, and the voice of its masters sounded through the moor, as they endeavoured to accelerate its spe �22 breathlesstheboy pursued his hopeless career, but every moment his pursuers seemed to gain upon his failing steps. The hound was unimpeded by the darkness, which was to him so impenetrable, and its noise rung louder and deeper on his ear while the lanterns which were carried by the men gleamed near and distinct upon his vision. A t his fullest speed, the terrified boy fell with violence over a heap of stones, and having nothing on but his shirt, he was severely cut in every limb. With one wild cry to heaven for assistance, he continued prostrate on the earth, bleeding, and nearly insensible. The hoarse voices of the men, and the still louder baying of the dog, were now so near, that instant destruction seemed inevitable, already he felt himself in their fangs, and the bloody knife of the assassin appeared to gleam before his eyes, despair renewed his energy, and once more, in an agony of affright that seemed verging towards madness, he rushed forward so rapidly that terror seemed to have given wings to his feet. A loud cry near the spot he had left arose on his ears withoutsuspending at the place where the Pedlar's wounds bled so profusely, and deeming the chase now over, it lay down there, and could not be induced to proceed ; in vain the men beat it �23 with frantic violence, and tried again to put the hound on the scent, the sight of blood had satisfied the animal that its work was done, and with dogged resolution it resisted every inducement to pursue the same scent a second time. The pedlar boy in the meantime paused not in hi dawned and still as he fled, the noise of steps seemed to pursue him, and the cry of his assassins still sounded in the distance. Ten miles off he reached a village, and spread instant alarm throughout theneighbourhoodthe inh one accord into a tumult of indignation several of them had friends on the heath, and all united inproceeding her sons, who were nearly torn to pieces by their violence. Three gibbets wereimmediatelyrais culprits confessed before their execution to the destruction of nearly fifty victims in the Murder Hole which they pointed out, and near which they suffered the penalty of their crimes. 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Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9934198783505154">s0585b15</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Scotland Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. The Overthrow of the Tyrant King Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers 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. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 24 pages 16 cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://ocul-gue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_GUE/mrqn4e/alma9934198783505154">s0585b15</a> Description An account of the resource 30 printed at the foot of title page Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1850 per National Library of Scotland Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario Type The nature or genre of the resource fairytale/folk lore Subject The topic of the resource Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow # of Woodcuts: 1 Architecture: castle Bib Context: title-page Chapbook Date: 1831-1840 Chapbook Date: 1841-1850 Chapbook Genre: fairytale/folk tale Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers Nature: flower(s) Nature: rock(s) Nature: tree(s) Outdoor Scene