The Boscobel tracts . of theweather and the fury of his pursuers, whose distantalarms alone interrupted his leisure for bitter reflec-tions. Part of his discomforts ^was soon removedby the care of Eichard Penderel, who brought fromthe house of Yates, his brother-in-law, a blanket toserve as a seat on the wet ground, attended by thegood-wife Yates, with a mess of butter, milk, andeggs, which she had hastily prepared. Being tole-rably refreshed, and cheered by the assurances ofthe good woman, that she would rather die thandiscover him, Charles passed the rest of the claycouched on his blanket at
The Boscobel tracts . of theweather and the fury of his pursuers, whose distantalarms alone interrupted his leisure for bitter reflec-tions. Part of his discomforts ^was soon removedby the care of Eichard Penderel, who brought fromthe house of Yates, his brother-in-law, a blanket toserve as a seat on the wet ground, attended by thegood-wife Yates, with a mess of butter, milk, andeggs, which she had hastily prepared. Being tole-rably refreshed, and cheered by the assurances ofthe good woman, that she would rather die thandiscover him, Charles passed the rest of the claycouched on his blanket at the foot of a tree. Duringthe whole morning the rain, which only fell partiallyelsewhere, poured down incessantly in Spring Cop-pice, a circumstance singular enough, and one whichdiverted the attention of the pursuers from thekings hiding-place. At the fall of night, Charles,having supped and completed his rustic disguise atHobbal Grange, the house of Eichard Penderel, ac- Cmmlt w Cmairimes m3?* J© UTMHMir, i •?. j aCi/yzrtcfirte tirslfr Catjr aScttczms TrentL. ? aStvcrlm-rvc LOJTDOM
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