though not without a heavy heart, occasioned by some intimation he had
received concerning the connexion between his dear Dolly and Mr. Clarke,
the lawyer.




CHAPTER THE LAST

WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, WILL BE, ON MORE ACCOUNTS THAN ONE, AGREEABLE
TO THE READER.


Sir Launcelot, having vindicated the liberty, confirmed the safety, and
secured the heart of his charming Aurelia, now found leisure to unravel
the conspiracy which had been executed against his person; and with that
view commenced a lawsuit against the owner of the house where he and his
mistress had been separately confined. Mr. Shackle was, notwithstanding
all the submissions and atonement which he offered to make, either in
private or in public, indicted on the statute of kidnapping, tried,
convicted, punished by a severe fine and standing in the pillory. A
judicial writ ad inquirendum being executed, the prisons of his
inquisition were laid open, and several innocent captives enlarged.

In the course of Shackle's trial, it appeared that the knight's
confinement was a scheme executed by his rival Mr. Sycamore, according to
the device of his counsellor, Dawdle, who, by this contrivance, had
reconciled himself to his patron, after having deserted him in the day of
battle. Our hero was so incensed at this discovery of Sycamore's
treachery and ingratitude, that he went in quest of him immediately, to