Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Adventures of Eovaai

London

Printed for S. Baker

1736

"She at first excused herself as being no Proficient in the Art; but he would not be denied: and as she could do nothing which had not in it a peculiar Grace, the Sweetness of her Motions, join'd to the Liberties the Example of others seem'd to authorize him to take with her, added new Fires to his already too much enflam'd Bosom."

This Entertainment ended, and the Performers withdrawn, the Noblemen, who had all this time been toying with the Ladies, rose up, and every one singling out his favourite Fair, formed a kind of antick Dance. Ochihatou taking Eovaai by the Hand, would needs have her mingle with them: She at first excused herself as being no Proficient in the Art; but he would not be denied: and as she could do nothing which had not in it a peculiar Grace, the Sweetness of her Motions, join'd to the Liberties the Example of others seem'd to authorize him to take with her, added new Fires to his already too much enflam'd Bosom. Over these Revels the Ypre of loose Desires presided: All Sense of Shame, all Modesty was banished thence; not a Man but discovered himself ready to ravish what his kind Partner shewed an equal Propensity to grant; they ran, they flew into each other's Arms, and exchanged such Kisses, as the chaste Reader can have no Idea of. And the Princess of Ijaveo having now lost all that could be a Curb to Nature, scrupled not to do as she beheld others of her Sex; and great Part of the Assembly going out in Pairs, suffered herself to be drawn by the impatient Ochihatou into a Garden behind the Palace; where, as they walked, he entertained her with the most passionate Discourses, interspersed with others, which served as Baits for her Ambition. Oeros, said he, is old; he is without Children, or any immediate Successor. Whenever he dies, the Measures I have taken, will infallibly make the Crown devolve on me; it will then be in my power to reduce your rebellious Subjects, and Hypotofa and Ijaveo united, will form one of the greatest Empires in the World. What Wives I have, though the Custom of this Country allows as many as we please, I will be divorced from, and the Divine Eovaai shall reign sole and absolute Queen of my Soul, and all its Faculties, as well as of the adoring Nations.

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4 entries in ESTC (1736, 1741). Retitled in second edition as The Unfortunate Princess: or the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo.

See Adventures of Eovaai. Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London. (London: Printed for S. Baker, 1736). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>

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