“ OUR youth increasing in strength and beauty with his years, and continuing as occasion offered, to appear in publick among those admirable virgins, who in a manner doated on him, and wished to be the mistress of his affections.
Lucinda, the lovely daughter of a wealthy shepherd, was the chief, who sought by many ways to oblige him, and let him understand her passion; but virgin modesty sealing her lips, he could not interpret her dumb signs, but continued his merriment having no regard to her passion ”

“ IN times past there was born in the famous county of Chester, a youth of excellent beauty, promising a youth of fine things in his infancy; to promote which, the parents being wealthy, spared no pains to educate him in the best manner the country afforded, nor did he, as he grew in years fail in any part of their expectations. ”

“ Now it happened on the marriage of one of the Turk's daughter's, great sports were prepared, and all the valiant knights summoned to exercise at tilts and tournaments, in honour of the ladies and their husbands. ”

“ He had not long considered, before he replied, that seeing it was his pleasure, he consented, and for the desire he had of seeing strange countries, he could like to be a merchant.
To this the old man agreeing, he was soon after sent to London, and placed to a Turkey merchant upon London Bridge On his departure he wrote the following Lines to Lucinda:
"Pardon, thou most beauteous maid, if love has not yet made a conquest over me.——That you deserve what love can bestow, I must confess ”