adventures of the beautiful little maid cinderilla
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ADVENTURES
07 THE
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MAID
CINDERELLA;
OR, THE
HISTORY
OF A
GLASS SLIPPER.
YORK:
Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate.
(PriceOne Penny.)
1822.
C1NDERILLA;
OR, THE
LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.
JTTIHERE was a gentleman who
8 married for his second wife the
proudest and most haughty woman
that was ever seen. She had by her
former husband two daughters,butof her own humour, who were indeed
exactlylike her in all tilings.He
had, likewise by another wife a
daughter of unparalleledgoodness,and sweetness of temper, which she
took from her mother, who was the
best creature in the world.
No sooner were the ceremonies of
the wedding over, but the mother-in-
law began to shew herself in her co-lours.
She eould not bear the good
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qualitiesof this prettygirl,and the
less,because she made her daughtersappear more odious. She employedher in the meanest work of the house,she. scoured the dishes,tables,"c.and rubbed madam's chamber, and :
those of the misses her daughters;she layup in a very dirtygarretupona wretched straw bed,while her sis-ters
layin fine rooms with floorsall
inlaid,upon beds of the very newest
fashion. Her books were the onlycompanionsshe had, and when her
sisterswent out, she used to take the
opportunityof readingtheir's.The poor girlbore all patiently,
and dared not to tellher father,whowould have rattled her off";for his
wife governedhim entirely.Whenshe had done her work, she used to
go into the chimney corner, and siti
down among the cinders and ashes,which made her commonly be called
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CINDER BREECH ; but the youngest,who was not so rude and uncivil as
the eldest,calledher Cinderilla,how-ever
Cinderilla,notwithstandingher
mean apparel,was an hundred times
handsomer than either of her sisters,
though they were always dressed
very richly.It happenedthat the King'sson
gave a ball,and invited all personsof fashion to it ; our young misses
were invited ; for they cut a very
grandfigureamong the quality.Theywere mightilydelightedat this invi-tation,
and wonderfullybusy in
choosingout such gowns, petticoats,and caps, as mightbecome them. This
was a new trouble to Cinderilla;foritwas shewho ironed her sisters'linen,and clear starched their ruffles: theytalked all day longof nothingbuthow theyshould be drest,were con-
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tinuallyviewingthemselves in their
glasses.
For my part,said the eldest,I will
wear my red velvet suit with French
trimmings.And, I said the youngest,ehall onlyhave my usual petticoat;but then,to make amends for that,Iwill put on my goldflowered mantau,and my diamond stomacher,which is
far from beingthe most ordinaryonein the world They sent forthe best
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hairdressertheycould get, to make
up their head dressesand adjusttheir
pinners,and had their red brushes
and patchesfrom Madamoiselle De
la Blond.
Cinderilla was likewise called upto be consulted in all those matters,
for she had excellentnotions,and ad-vised
them alwaysto the best ; nay,offeredher serviceto dresstheirheads,which they were very willingsheshould do. As she was doingthis,they said to her,Cinderilla,would
you not be gladto go to the ball?
Ah ! said she,you onlyjeerme, it is
not for such as me to go to balls;thou art in the rightof it,repliedthey: it would make the peoplelaughto see a Cinder-breech at a
ball. Any one but Cinderillawould
have dressed their heads awry ; but
ehe was very good,and dressed them
perfectlywell. They were almost
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two days without eating,so much
were theytransportedwith joy,theybroke a dozen of laces in tryingtobe laced up close,that theymighthave a fine slender shape.
At lastthe happy day came, theywent to court, and Cinderillafollow-ed
them with her eyes as longas she
could,and when she had lostsightofthem fella crying.
Her god-mother,who saw her all
in tears,asked her what was the mat-ter
? I wish I could" I wish I could.
She was not able to speakthe rest
being interruptedby her tears and
gobbing.This god-motherof her's,who was a fairysaid to her, thou
wishest thou couldest go to the ball !
is it not so? Yes, cried Cinderilla,with a great sigh.Well, said her
godrjnother,be but a good girl,andI will contrive that thou shalt go ;
rijn into the gardenand bringme a
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pompion. Cinderilla went imme-diately,
gatheredthe finestshe could
get,and broughtit to her god-mo-ther,but was not able to imagine
how this pompion would make her
go to the ball. Her god-motherscoopedout allthe inside of it,leav-ing
nothingbut the rind;which done,she struck it with her wand, and the
pompion was instantlyturned into a
a fine coach giltall over with gold.She then went to look into her
mouse trap, where she found six
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mice allalive,and ordered Cinderilla
to liftup the trap door a little,when
givingeach mouse as it went out,a littletap with her wand, the mice
were that moment turned into horses,which altogethermade a very fine
set of sixhorses,of beautifuljetblack.
Beingat a lossfor a coachman, I
will go see, says Cinderilla,if there
be a rat in the rat-trap,we may make
a Coachman of him. Thou art in the
right,repliedher god-mother,go and
look,Cinderillabroughtthe trap to
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her,and in it were three hugerats.The fairymade choice of one of the
three which had the largestbeard,and havingtouched him with her
wand, he was turned into a fat jollycoachman, who had the smartest
whiskers eyes ever beheld.
After that she said to her,go againinto the garden,and you will find
six lizards behind the watering-pot,bringthem to me. She had no
sooner done it then her god-motherturned them into six footmen,who
skippedup immediatelybehind the
coach,with their clothes all bedaub-ed
with goldand silver,and clungasclose behind each other as iftheyhaddone nothing else all their lives.
The fairythen said to Cinderilla,well,you see here an equipagefitto
go to the ball; are you not pleasedwith it? O yes, cried she,but must
I go thitheras I am, ia these nasty
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poisonedrags ? Her god-motheronlyjttsttouched her with her vand, and
at the same instant her clothes were
turned into cloth of goldand silver,bedecked with jewels.This done,she gave her a pairof glassslippers,the prettiestm the world.
Beingthus dressed out,she gotupinto the coach ; but her god-motherabove allthingscommanded her not
to staytillaftermidnight,tellinghep
at the same time,ifshe stayedat the
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ballany longerthan twelve o'clock,her coach would be a pompionagain,her horses mice,her coach man arat,her footmen lizards,and her clothes
become justas theywere before.
She promisedher god-mothershewould not failof leavingthe ball be-fore
midnight; and then away she
drove,scarce able to contain herself
for joy. The King'sson who was
told that a great Princess,whom no-body
knew, was come, ran out to re-ceive
her ; he gave her his hand as
she alightedout of the coach,and led
her into the room among allthe com-pany.
There was immediatelya pro-foundsilence; theyleft off dancing,
and the violinsceased to play; so at-tentive
was every one to contemplatethe singularbeautyof this unknown
new comer. Nothingwas heard but
a confused noise of ha ! how hand-some
she is! how handsome she is!
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the kinghimself could not helptellingthe Queen softly,that it was a longtime since he had seen so beautiful
and lovelya creature. All the ladies
were busyin consideringher clothes
and head-dress,in order to have some
made the next day after the same
pattern,providedthey could meet
with the same materials,and as able
hands to make them. The King'sson conducted her to the most honour-able
seat and afterwards took her out
to dance with him. She danced so
very graceful,that theyallmore and
more admired her.
A fine collation was served up,whereof the young Prince eat not a
morsel, so intentlybusy was he in
gazingon her. She went and sat
down by her sisters,shewingthem a
thousand civilities,givingthem a
partof the oranges and citronswhich
the Prince had presentedher with ;
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which very much surprisedthem for
they did not know her. While Cm-
derilla was thus amusingher sisters,she heard the clock strike eleven and
three-quarters: whereuponshe made
a curtsey,and hasted away as fastas
she could.
Beinggot home she ran to seek out
her god-mother,and after havingthanked her,she said,she could not
but heartilywish she might go the
next day to the ball,because the
King'sson had desired her. As she
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\vas eagerlytellingher god-motherwhatever passedat the ball,her two
sistersknocked at the door,which
Cinderillaran and opened.How longyou have stayed! cried she,gaping,rubbingher eyes, and stretchingher-self,
as ifshe had been justawakedout of her sleep,she had not, how-ever
any manner of inclination to
sleepsince theywent from home. If
thou hadst been at the ball,said her
sisters,thou wouldst not have been
tiredwith it,there came thither the
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driest Princess,the most beautiful
ever seen with mortal eyes, she shew-ed
us a thousand civilities,and gave
us oranges and citrons. Cinderilla
seemed very indifferentto the matter :
indeed she asked the name of that
Princess ; but theytoldher,that theydid not know it,and that the King'sson was very uneasy on that account,and would giveallthe world to know
where she was. At this Cinderilla
smiling,repliedshe must be verybeautiful indeed. Bless me ! how
happy you have been ! Could I not
see her ? Ah ! Dear Miss Charlotte,do lend me your yellowsuitof clotheswhich you wear every day. Ah ! to
be sure, cried Miss Charlotte,lend myclothes to such a dirtyCinder breech
as thou art, who's the fool then ?
CinderilJaindeed expectedsome such
answer, and was very gladof the re-fusal,
for she would have been sadly
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put to it,if her sister had lent her in
earnest, what she asked for jestingly.The next day the two sisters were
at the ball,and so was Cinderilla,but
dressed more magnificientlythan be-fore.
The King'sson was alwaysbyher, and never ceased, his compli-ments
and amourous speechesto her ;
to whom all this was far from beingtiresome, that she quiet forgotwhat
her god-mother had recommended
to her ; so that she at last counted
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the clock strikingtwelve,,when she
took itto be no more than eleven ; she
then rose up and fled as nimblyas a
deer. The Prince followed but could
not overtake her,she leftbehind one
of her glassslippers,which the Prince
took up most carefully.She gothome, but quietout of breath,with-out
coach or footman,and in her nastyold clothes havingnothingleft of
her finerybut one of the glassslip-pers,fellow to that she dropped.
The guardsat the palacewere asked
iftheyhad not seen a Princess goout? who said they had seen no-body
go out but a young girl,verymeanly drest,and who had more the
air of a poor countrygirl,than that
of a gentlewoman.When the two sistersreturned from
the ball,Cinderilla asked them if
theyhad been well diverted,and if
the fine ladyhad been there ; they
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told her,yes, but that she hurried
away immediatelywhen it struck
twelve,and with so much haste,thatshe droppedone of her glassslippers,the prettiestin the world,and which
the King'sson had taken up ; that
he had done nothingbut look at her
allthe time of the ball,and that cer-tainly
he was very much in love with
the beautiful person who owned the
littleslipper.What theysaid was very true, for
a few daysafter,the King'sson caused
it to be proclaimedby sound of a
trumpet, that he would marry her
whose foot that slipperwould justfit.
They whom he employed,began to
try it upon the Princesses,then the
Duchesses,and all the court, but in
vain,it was broughtto the two sisters
who did all they possiblycould to
thrust a foot into the slipper,but theycould not effectit. Cinderilla,who
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saw allthis,and knew her slipper,said to them laughing,let me see if
it will not fitme ? Her sistersburst
out a laughingand beganto banter.
The gentlemanwho was sent to trythe slipperlookingearnestlyat Cin-
derilla,and findingher very hand-some,
said,it was but justthat she
should try,and that he had orders to
let every one make a trial.
He obligedCinderilla to sitdown,and puttingthe slipperon her foot,
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he found it went on very easily,andfittedher as ifit had been made of
wax. The amazement her two sisters
were in,was excessive great,but still
abundantlygreater,when Cinderilla
pulledout of her pocketthe other
slipper,and put it on.
Thereuponin came the god-mother,who havingtouched with the wand,Cinderilla'sclothes,made them rich
and more magnificient,than any of
those she had before. When her two
sistersfound her to be the beautiful
ladytheyhad seen at the ball,theythrew themselves at her feet,and
beggedpardonfor the illtreatment
theyhad made her undergo. Cinde-rilla
took them up, and as she em-braced
them, said,that she forgavethem with allher heart,desired them
alwaysto love her.
She was conducted to the youngPrince who married her. Cinderilla,
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was no less good than beautiful,gaveher two sisters lodgingsin the Pa-lace,
and that same day matched
them with two greatLords at Court
J. Keadrew, Printer,York*
She went to the Cobler's
To buy him -ome Shoes;When she came back
He was readingthe Kews,