Volume the First: Diplomatic DisplayOxfordBodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
on the slightest provocation.
During this happy state of Harmony,the eldest Miſs Fitzroy ran off with theCoachman & the amiable Rebecca wasasked in marriage by Captain Roger of Buck::inghamshire.
Mrs Fitzroy did not approve of thematch on account of the tender years ofthe partyyoung1 couple, Rebecca being but 36& Captain Roger little more than 63. Toremedy this objection, it was agreed thatthey should wait a little while2 till theywere a good deal longerolder3.
Chapter the third
In the mean time the parents of Fre::deric proposed to those of Elfrida, an unionbetween them, which being accepted with
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