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WARWICK CASTLE.

C. Baldwin, Printer,

New Bridge-street, London.

An Historical Novel,

IN THREE VOLUMES.

By MISS PRICKETT.

DEDICATED

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE COUNTESS OF CLONMELL.

Containing, amongst other desultory Information, the Descent
and Achievements of the Ancient Earls of Warwick, from
the earliest Period of their Creation to the present Time.
With some Account of Warwick, Birmingham, Lemming-
ton, Kenilworth, Stratford-upon-Avon, &c. &c.; inter-
spersed with Pieces of Local Poetry, Incidental Biogra-
phy, and Authentic Anecdotes of English History.

"I bring no ensigns of surprise:
Locks stiff with gore, and saucer eyes.
No spirits summon'd from the tomb
Glide glaring ghastly through the gloom,
In all the usual pomp of storms,

And horrid customary forms:

But with Decorum's needful grace,
Keep to the laws of time and place."

CHURCHILL

VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,

47, PATERNOSster row.

1815.

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