DURING his exile from England, the heir to the house of York visited a part of Germany. His heart, ever susceptible to tender impressions, there formed an attachment with the wife of a Jew; the produce of which amour gave a severe shock and great alarm to the kingdom, during the reign of Henry VII. Renehldena Warbeck, a Dane by birth, had captivated the heart of Baron Williamstadt, a noble German; / who, perceiving in her young mind an aptitude for learning, had instructed her in all the elegancies of his language, which he enabled her to speak, not only with precision, but she could even declaim in it with expression and theatrical skill.

To all the virtue, constancy, and fortitude, inherent in a German character, Williamstadt united that high sense of dignity, and proper pride, which shrink from levelling systems; while, with the weaker sex, that pride seemed banished, and respect and gentleness ever sat on his lips, when addressing a female. His exterior, though more than agreeable, was not correctly handsome; yet it possessed a fascination, that, when it makes an impression, pleases more than beauty. For his expressive eyes ever spoke the feelings of / his mind; who, while they sometimes rested on the form and face of Renehldena with delight, yet he had no intention of raising her to that dignity, the lowliness of her birth denied her, – the dignity of being the lawful wife of Baron Williamstadt.

To trifle with an unsuspecting heart, is very wrong; but where is the character free from error? Woman, but too often, and too easily believes the protestations, and perhaps the attentions, only of man, to be the effects of a serious and honourable attachment: while little more than self is comprised in the love they profess for the credulous female, who trusts to their apparent sincerity.