my Joys on Earth! Look not, I beseech you, so wildly, nor
speak terribly to me! Thou Center of all my Happiness below,
(return'd he) rise, and make me acquainted with the dreadful Occasion of
this afflicting and tormenting Sight! All you shall know, (she reply'd)
dearest of human Blessings! But sit, and change your Looks; then I can
speak. Speak then, my Life, (said he) but tell me all; all I must know.
Is there a Thought about my Soul that you shall not partake? I'm sure
there is not; (he reply'd) say on then. You know, Sir, (she return'd)
that I have left my Parents now three Years, or thereabouts, and know
not whether they are living or dead: I was reflecting, therefore, on the
Troubles which my undutiful and long Absence may have caus'd them; for
poor and mean as they may be, they well instructed me in all good
Things; and I would once more, by your dear Permission, see them, and
beg their Pardon for my Fault; for they are my Parents still, if living,
Sir, though (unhappily) not worth your Regard. How! (cry'd he) can that
Pair who gave my Dearest Birth, want my Regard, or ought I can do for
them? No! thou shalt see them, and so will I: But tell me, _Peregrina_,
is this the only Cause of your Discomposure? So may I still be bless'd
in your dear Love, (she reply'd) as this is Truth, and all the Cause.
When shall we see them, then? (he ask'd). We see them, (cry'd she) O!
your Goodness descends too much; and you confound me with your unmerited
and unexpected Kindness. 'Tis I alone that have offended, and I alone am
fit to see them. That must not be; (return'd her affectionate Husband)
no, we'll both go together; and if they want, either provide for them
there, or take them hither with us. Your Education shews their
Principles, and 'tis no Shame to own virtuous Relations. Come, dry thy
dear lamenting Eyes; the Beginning of the next Week we'll set forwards.
Was ever Disobedience so rewarded with such a Husband? (said she) those
Tears have wash'd that childish Guilt away; and there is no Reward above
thy Virtue.

In a few Days, Monday began the Date of their Journey to the _West_ of
_England_; and in five or six Days more, by the Help of a Coach and Six,
they got to _Cornwall_; where, in a little Town, of little
Accommodation, they were oblig'd to take up their Lodgings the first
Night. In the Morning (said his Lady to him) My Dear, about a Mile and a
half hence lives one Sir _Francis Fairname_ and his Lady, if yet they be