Chap-books of the eighteenth century . her parents, and obtained a situation atan inn at Rumford, where she found plenty of lovers, all ofwhom, except the knight, withdrew their pretensions to herhand when they heard she was only the daughter of a blind knight, however, was constant, and they had just setout together to see old Monford, when the knights uncle came The History of the Blind Begger of Bednal Green. 363 up, and, having followed them, created a scene at the beggarsresidence, when, to end it, Monford proposed to give angel forangel with the knights uncle, as a fortune for
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . her parents, and obtained a situation atan inn at Rumford, where she found plenty of lovers, all ofwhom, except the knight, withdrew their pretensions to herhand when they heard she was only the daughter of a blind knight, however, was constant, and they had just setout together to see old Monford, when the knights uncle came The History of the Blind Begger of Bednal Green. 363 up, and, having followed them, created a scene at the beggarsresidence, when, to end it, Monford proposed to give angel forangel with the knights uncle, as a fortune for the youngpeople. The uncles servant was sent for coin, and the two oldgentlemen set themselves to their task of dropping angelsagainst each other; but the beggar kept producing cats skinsfilled with gold, and beat the knights uncle. This money wasmade up to ;£3ooo by Monford, who also gave Bessie a hun-dred more to buy her a gown. Monford declared his pedigree ;everybody was pleased and happy, and the young couple wereduly 564 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century.
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