giment of Foot, as a Cadet; and tho’ upon all Actions, ſhe behaved herſelf with a great deal of Bravery, yet ſhe could not get a Commiſſion, they being generally bought and ſold; therefore ſhe quitted the Service, and took on in a Regiment of Horſe; ſhe behaved ſo well in ſeveral Engagements, that ſhe got the Eſteem of all her Officers; but her Comrade who was a Fleming, happening to be a handſome young Fellow, ſhe falls in Love with him, and from that Time, grew a little more negligent in her Duty, ſo that, it ſeems, Mars and Venus could not be ſerved at the ſame Time; her Arms and Accoutrements which were always kept in the beſt Order, were quite neglected: ’tis true, when her Comrade was ordered out upon a Party, ſhe uſed to go without being commanded, and frequently run herſelf into Danger, where ſhe had no Buſineſs, only to be near him; the reſt of the Troopers little ſuſpecting the ſecret Cauſe which moved her to this Behaviour, fancied her to be mad, and her Comrade himſelf could not account for this ſtrange Alteration in her, but Love is ingenious, and as they lay in the ſame Tent, and were conſtantly together, ſhe found a Way of letting him diſcover her Sex, without appearing that it was done with Deſign.
He was much ſurprized at what he found out, and not a little pleaſed, taking it for granted, that he ſhould have a Miſtreſs ſolely to himſelf, which is an unuſual Thing in a Camp, ſince there is ſcarce one of thoſe Campaign Ladies, that is ever true to a Troop or Company; ſo that he thought of nothing but gratifying his Paſſions with very little Ceremony; but he found himſelf ſtrangely miſtaken, for ſhe proved very reſerved and modeſt, and reſiſted all his Temptations, and at the ſame Time was ſo obliging and inſinuating in her Carriage, that ſhe quite changed his Purpoſe, ſo far
