Chetwood, William Rufus (d. 1766)

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle

London

Printed for John Watts

1726

"When she came back from Supper, I had got up and had drest my self; but the Combat in my Mind had really disorder'd my Body, which she soon saw."

They retir'd and left me to my own Thoughts, which were various and disjointed. Mrs. Villars did not stay long; she came in softly as before, expecting that I might have been asleep. When she found I was in the same Disorder, she burst into Tears, and cry'd, Will nothing satisfy you but my Undoing? No Madam, said I, I will fight with my Desires, and am resolv'd to conquer or die. She staid with me till Supper, and our whole Discourse was upon the Passion of Love. When she came back from Supper, I had got up and had drest my self; but the Combat in my Mind had really disorder'd my Body, which she soon saw: She begg'd I would go to Bed again, and she would watch me. I told her, the World should not prevail upon me to break her Rest; nor even she her self, who was more to me than the World. I had sat me down upon the Bed, and Mrs. Villars came and sat down by me. We remain'd silent a considerable time: at last she took my Hands in hers, and press'd me by the Fingers.
(pp. 110-1)

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W. R. Chetwood, The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, In several Parts of the World. Intermix'd with The Story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with whom he made his surprizing Escape from Barbary; The History of an Italian Captive; and the Life of Don Pedro Aquilio, &c. Full of various and amazing Turns of Fortune. To which is added, The Voyage, Shipwreck, and Miraculous Preservation, of Richard Castelman, Gent. With a Description of the City of Philadelphia, and the Country of Pensylvania. (London: Printed for John Watts, 1726). <Link to EEBO-TCP>

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Text attributed to Chetwood, but also to Benjamin Victor and Daniel Defoe.

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