Volume the First: Diplomatic Display Oxford Bodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
Frederic Mountague.
Sir William was about 17 when his Fatherdied, & left him a handsome fortune, an ancient House & a Park well stocked with Deer. Sir Williamhad not been long in the poſseſsion of his Estatebefore he fell in Love with the 3 Miſs Cliftons ofKilhoobery Park. These young Ladies were allequally young, equally handsome, equally rich &equally amiable – Sir William was equally in Love with them all, & knowing not which toprefer, he left the Country & took Lodgings in asmall Village near Dover.
In this retreat, to which he had retiredin the hope
of finding a shelter from the Pangsof Love, he became enamoured of with a young Widowof Quality, who came for change of air to the same Village, after the death of a Husband, whom she hadalways tenderly loved & now sincerely
lamented.