The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

184 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
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Give Sir Nicholas Threlkeld praise;
Hear it, good man, old in days,
Thou tree of succour and of rest
To this young bird that was distress'd;
Beneath thy branches he did stay;
And he was free to sport and play,
When falcons were abroad for prey.
WORDSWORTH.
THE fugitive Prince slept, in spite of danger, with the profound repose
which youth and fatigue inspire. But the young cavalier, his guide and
guard, spent a more restless night, starting from time to time, and listening; anxious, notwithstanding Dr. Rochecliffe's assurances, to procure yet
more particular knowledge concerning the state of things around them,
than he had been yet able to collect.
He rose early after daybreak; but although he moved with as little noise
as was possible, the slumbers of the hunted Prince were easily disturbed.
He started up in his bed, and asked if there was any alarm.
"None, please your Majesty," replied Lee; "only, thinking on the
questions your Majesty was asking last night, and the various chances there
are of your Majesty's safety being endangered from unforeseen accidents, I
thought of going thus early, both to communicate with Dr. Rochecliffe, and
to keep such a look-out as befits the place, where are lodged for the time the
Fortunes of England. I fear I must request of your Majesty, for your own
gracious security, that you have the goodness to condescend to secure the
door with your own hand after I go out."
"Oh, talk not to Majesty, for Heaven's sake, dear Albert!" answered the
poor King, endeavouring in vain to put on a part of his clothes, in order to
traverse the room. - "When a King's doublet and hose are so ragged that
he can no more find his way into them than he could have travelled through
the forest of Deane without a guide, good faith, there should be an end of
Majesty, until it chances to be better accommodated. Besides, there is the
chance of these big words bolting out at unawares, when there are ears to
hear them whom we might think dangerous."
" Your commands shall be obeyed," said Lee, who had now succeeded in
opening the door; from which he took his departure, leaving the King, who
had hustled along the floor for that purpose, with his dress wofully ill
arranged, to make it fast again behind him, and begging him in no case to
open to any one, unless he or Rochecliffe were of the party who summoned
him.
Albert then set out in quest of Dr. Rochecliffe's apartment, which was
only known to himself and the faithful Joliffe, and had at different times
accommodated that steady churchman with a place of concealment, when,
from his bold and busy temper, which led him into the most extensive and
hazardous machinations on the King's behalf, he had been strictly sought
after by the opposite party. Of late, the inquest after him had died entirely
away, as he had prudently withdrawn himself from the scene of his intrigues.
Since the loss of the battle of Worcester, he had been afloat again, and
more active than ever; and had, by friends and correspondents, and especially
the Bishop of —, been the means of directing the King's flight towards
Woodstock, although it was not until the very day of his arrival that he
could promise him a safe reception at that ancient mansion.
Albert Lee, though he revered both the undaunted spirit and ready
resources of the bustling and intriguing churchman, felt he had not been
enabled by him to answer some of Charles's questions yesternight, in a way