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THE

DISCARDED SON.

A TALE.

Havant:

PRINTED BY I. SKELTON,

THE

DISCARDED SON;

OR,

HAUNT OF THE BANDITTI:

A Tale.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

BY

REGINA MARIA ROCHE,

AUTHOR OF THE

CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY; MAID OF THE HAMLET;
VICAR OF LANSDOWN; TRADITION OF THE
CASTLE; MUNSTER COTTAGE BOY; CASTLE CHAPEL;
TRECOTHICK BOWER, &c. &c.

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A. K. NEWMAN & CO. LEADENHALL-STREET.

1825.

SJK

R 445D5 V.I

THE

DISCARDED SON.

CHAP. I.

"In struggling with misfortunes

Lies the proof of virtue: on smooth seas
How many bawble boats dare set their sails,
And make an equal way with firmer vessels!
But let the tempest once enrage the sea,
And then behold the strong-ribb'd Argosie
Bounding between the ocean and the air,
Like Perseus mounted on his Pegasus:
Then where are those weak rivals of the main!
Or to avoid the tempest fled to port,

Or made a prey to Neptune. Even thus
Do empty show and true priz'd worth divide
In storms of fortune."

SHAKSPEARE.

THAT the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill -all ages, all countries have furnished us with instances. Of these, Captain Munro perhaps was not the least striking; gifted

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