The Fairiest
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Excerpt from The Fairiest: Or Surprising and Entertaining Adventures of the Aerial Beings He assembled what troops he had left, formed a small party, and to augment it as soon as possible, published an ordinance, requiring all gentlemen, who were his subjects, either to come and serve him in their own proper persons, or to fend one cf their ions well mounted and armed. There lived on the frontiers an old lord, who had seen full fourscore years, and was a man of extraordinary parts, but had partaken so much of the frowns of fortune; that he was very much reduced, and had bore all his ill fortune with more patience, had not three beautiful daughters shared it with him. But as they we;e women of good sense, they never murmured at their misfortunes, but rather, when they spoke, comforted their father, than added to his afflictions. In this manner they lived with him in an old country house, free from ambition, when this ordinance reached the old gentleman´s ear; who called his daughters, and, with a countenance that discovered the grief of his mind, fa id to them, What shall we do? The king has ordered all persons of distinction in his dominions to serve him against the emperor, or pay such a fine, which I am not able to do; and these extremities will either cost me my life, or be our ruin. His three daughters were as much concerned as himself at this news, but yet desired him not to be disheartened, since they were persuaded some remedy might be found out. The next d?.y the eldest went to her father, as he was walking melancholy in his little orchard, and said to him, I come my lord, to entreat you to let me go to the army; I am of an advantageous height enough, and robust: I will dress myself in men´s cloaths, and pass for your son: If I do no heroic actions, I shall however fave you a journey or the tax, which is a great 4 deal in our circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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