Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)

The Inhumane Cardinal, or Innocence Betray'd

London

Printed for John Harding and Richard Wilkin

1696

"From him I had the foregoing story, which perhaps to you might sound Romantick, because I so punctually related each particular; but my hearing it often from this Prince Alphonsus, had deeply impress'd every circumstance in my memory."

This is the Prince, who, remaining privately at Rome, to solicite his present Holyness for the regaining his right in Ferrara, has seen you: and left his heart and liberty at your Feet. His many applications to me, for the furtherance of his affairs, have given me opportunity to be throughly acquainted with him: and I have discover'd such a Noble goodness in his temper that he does truly excel all others of his Sex. From him I had the foregoing story, which perhaps to you might sound Romantick, because I so punctually related each particular; but my hearing it often from this Prince Alphonsus, had deeply impress'd every circumstance in my memory. I would not undertake to be his Advocate, especially, my Dear to you, (went Olimpia on, with the kindest aspect in the world:) did I not know him well; and also know that my interest with his Holyness, is of that large extent, as to Re-establish this Prince, in the Throne of his Ancestors. But I am convinc'd, he is in love to that degree; that all the Kingdoms of the Earth can never make him happy, without your favour.
(pp. 79-80)

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Mary Pix, The Inhumane Cardinal, or Innocence Betray'd. A Novel. Written By a Gentlewoman, for the Entertainment of the Sex. (London: Printed for John Harding and Richard Wilkin, 1696).

07/01/2013