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5. The Fair jult; or, The amours of Prince Tarquin and Miranda : containing, I. Her intriguing with several persons of quality, and falling in love with a young friar, (who had take holy orders on account of a love affair; who not complying with her desires, she accuses him with ravishing her while at confession, for which he is condemned; soon after she becomes enamoured of Prince Tarquin, who likewise becomes enmoured of, and soon after marries her, II. Being pressed by her sister to pay her fortune, as being addressed by several of the nobility in Wedlock, and her prevailing with her page, (whom she indulged in the greatest familiarities in her own closer) to make away with her sister; his attempting it by poison, and execution for the same, with her disgrace thereupon, &c. III. The history of Prince Henrick, or the unnatural brother shewing how Prince Henrick being smitten with the charms of young lady, kept company with her some time; and one day took his elder brother with him to see this beautiful object; who soon became enamoured of her and insisted on his brother's resigning her to him: on pain of death. Prevails on his father, the Old King, to send Henrick abroad on business, and in the mean time makes his addresses to the young lady, and tells her his brother had not the least regard for her, and was gone on his travels; her grief at not hearing from him; (his letters being intercepted) the elder brother prevails on the King to consent to the marriage; on which account she is brought to court, without being made acquainted with the design, and obliged by her parents to marry him; with the effect it had on Prince Henrick at his return