THE

DISCARDED SON.

A TALE.

Habant:
PRINTED BY I. SKELTON.

DISCARDED SON;

OR,

HAUNT OF THE BANDITTI:

A Tale.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

BY

REGINA MARIA ROCHE,

AUTHOR OF THE

CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY; MAID OF THE HAMLET; VICAR OF LANSDOWN; TRADITION of the

CASTLE; MUNSTER

COTTAGE ΒΟΥ ;

CASTLE CHAPEL;

TRECOTHICK BOWER, &c. &c.

Thou hast been

As one in suffering all, that suffers nothing;
A man who Fortune's Buffets and rewards
Has ta'en with equal thanks: and blest are they
Whose blood and judgment mingled are so well
That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger,
To sound what stop she please.

SHAKSPEARE.

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DISCARDED SON;

OR,

HAUNT OF THE BANDITTI:

A Tale.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

BY

REGINA MARIA ROCHE,

AUTHOR OF THE

CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY; MAID OF THE HAMLET;
VICAR OF LANSDOWN; TRADITION OF THE

CASTLE; MUNSTER COTTAGE BOY;

CASTLE CHAPEL;

TRECOTHICK BOWER, &c. &c.

A. K. NEWMAN & CO. LEADENHALL-STREET.

1825.

SJK