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T H E T R U E
L I F E
OF
Betty I R E L A N D.
[Price a British Sixpence.]
T H E T R U E
L I F E
OF
Betty I R E L A N D.
WITH
Her B i r t h, E d u c a t i o n, and
A d v e n t u r e s.
Together with
Some Account of her elder Sister BLANCH
of BRITAIN.
Containing,
Sundry very curious Particulars.
LONDON, Printed:
DUBLIN, Reprinted for Peter Wilson, in Dame-street.
MDCCLIII.
T H E T R U E
L I F E
OF
Betty I R E L A N D.
It is agreed on all Hands, that Betty Irelandwas a younger Daughter by a secondVenter; let, at first, to run wild in theWoods, cloathed with Skins and fed with Acorns;till a famous Hunter took her in hisToils, and, liking her Countenance, gave her toa Son of his, a Lad, to bring up. The Girl[6]was born to a good Estate, but ill tenanted,and run to waste. Her Farms neither mearedor bounded, her Rents never paid, as she hadno certain Tenants, and had little more to claimthan a Pepper-corn Acknowledgment. Shehad no Relation to manage her Demesnes, andcould hardly be said to be possessed of anything.
In this Condition the young Sportsman foundher, was fond of her at first, and resolved tomarry her; and happy had it been both forhim and her, if he had kept his Resolution,and performed the Contract. But he hankeredafter his elder Brother’s Estate, a