Chap-books of the eighteenth century . ledged his birth, and would have given him his daughter inmarriage could she have been found. At this juncture theyoung couple turned up, were forgiven, and they lived veryhappy all their lives afterwards. The original of this book seems to have been written byThomas Deloney; an edition of it was printed in 1598, and itwas entered on the Stationers Books on October 19, 1597, as a booke called the gentle Crafte, intreatinge of Shoomakers. The Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICE. Newcastle : Printed in this present Year. 228 Chap-Books of the Eigh
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . ledged his birth, and would have given him his daughter inmarriage could she have been found. At this juncture theyoung couple turned up, were forgiven, and they lived veryhappy all their lives afterwards. The original of this book seems to have been written byThomas Deloney; an edition of it was printed in 1598, and itwas entered on the Stationers Books on October 19, 1597, as a booke called the gentle Crafte, intreatinge of Shoomakers. The Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICE. Newcastle : Printed in this present Year. 228 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. A YOUTH named Aurelius was the son of wealthy parents inthe county of Chester, and, being of singular beauty, caused aflutter in all the feminine hearts in his neighbourhood; oneyoung lady, named Dorinda, even going so far as to write hima most unmaidenlike love letter, which, being dropped byaccident, was found by one of the young ladys lovers, who,taking counsel with three others, set upon Aurelius as he wasgoing through a wood. It is needless to say that he speedilyovercame them ; but his parents, fearing revenge, and wishingto remove him from the wiles of Dorinda, sent him to London,and bound him apprentice to a Turkey merchant on LondonBridge. Here the young gentleman, after some time, mustneeds fall in love with his masters daughter; but, unlike theusual course of events in such cases, his passion was notreciprocated, so in dudgeon he applied for, and obtained, themerchants leave for him to go to
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