A ROMANCE. BY THE AUTHOR OF " WAVERLEY," " IVANHOE," &c. No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope ? The Critic. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. ; AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO., LONDON. 1821. KENILWORTH. CHAPTER I. Ay, I know you have arsenick, Vitriol, sal-tartre, argaile, alkaly, Cinoper: I know all. This fellow, Captain, The Alchemist. TRESSILIAN and his attendants pressed their route with all dispatch. He had asked the smith, indeed, when their departure was resolved on, whether he would not rather chuse to avoid Berkshire, in which he had played a part so conspicuous. But Wayland returned a confident answer. He had employed the short interval they passed at Lidcote Hall in transforming himself in a wonderful manner. His wild and overgrown thicket |