THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
.
THE
FIRST
PART
.
LOVE
is
agreeable
in
all
forms
,
and
hath
its
influence
upon
all
persons
.
We
have
seen
Queens
in
Love
with
the
meanest
of
their
Officers
;
it
reigns
in
the
dull
and
almost
dead
eye
,
as
well
as
in
the
brisk
and
sparkling
:
nor
is
there
any
Condition
of
Mankind
,
from
the
Prince
to
the
Pilgrim
,
but
stoops
to
that
yoke
,
and
may
become
an
Ornament
of
its
Triumph
.
Of
this
the
Countess
of
Castile
is
a
most
pregnant
Example
.
She
was
descended
from
the
Illustrious
Family
of
the
Vermandois
,
she
was
a
great
Beauty
,
and
married
to
a
Count
,
whose
Estate
since
that
time
hath
composed
a
considerable
Kingdom
.
His
Court
was
numerous
,
and
the
Castilian
Gallantry
,
the
most
remarkable
in
all
Spain
.
But
it
was
not
with
the
Charms
of
a
Courtier
,
the
Countess
was
to
be
won
,
her
Vertue
was
impregnable
as
to
Magnificence
,
or
Spruceness
;
it
must
be
a
Hat
with
large
brims
,
a
Rochet
set
with
shells
,
must
work
upon
her
.
The
Lustre
of
that
Diadem
to
which
her
Husband
Don
Garcia
Fernandez
was
born
,
made
less
impression
upon
her
heart
,
than
the
counterfeit
humility
of
a
Pilgrim
of
S.
James
.
This
Hero
travelling
to
Compostella
through
the
Kingdom
of
Castile
,
and
understanding
the
Countess
was
originally
French
,
and
particularly
gracious
to
that
Nation
,
he
resolved
to
have
his
share
of
it
as
well
as
the
rest
of
his
Country-men
.
He
got
himself
presented
by
the
Master
of
the
Hospital
at
Burgos
;
where
being
received
,
and
the
excellence
of
his
Meen
piercing
through
the
obscurity
of
his
habit
,
the
Countess
found
him
immediately
so
compleat
,
she
retarded
the
accomplishment
of
his
Vow
for
some
weeks
,
she
conjured
him
to
repose
himself
for
some
time
at
her
Court
in
Castile
;
and
because
his
Equipage
was
not
likely
to
render
him
considerable
,
she
found
out
a
pretence
to
furnish
him
more
nobly
her self
.
There
was
not
a
Family
in
France
to
which
he
said
he
was
allied
,
but
was
akin
likewise
to
the
Countess
:
so
covering
the
real
indigence
of
her
Pilgrim
with
the
Mask
of
voluntary
Penance
,
he
was
introduced
into
the
Court
under
the
Name
of
Hugo
d'Anjou
descended
from
the
Counts
of
Guien
first
Cousins
to
the
Countess
,
and
that
out
of
an
excess
of
Devotion
he
was
marching
in
Pilgrimage
to
Compostella
.
He
could
not
have
had
better
Titles
to
recommend
him
in
that
Country
;
for
Don
Garcias
loved
his
Wife
very
well
,
and
the
Castilians
are
a
people
naturally
sensible
of
any
act
of
Devotion
.
Thus
far
therefore
our
Hugo
is
happy
,
being
lodged
in
the
Counts
own
Palace
,
and
reverenced
by
his
whole
Court
for
the
profound
humility
which
they
supposed
in
him
.
His
change
of
Habit
could
be
no
disadvantage
to
him
;
it
is
not
to
be
imagined
,
but
he
was
as
graceful
to
the
eyes
of
the
Countess
in
the
Fashion
of
a
French
Lord
,
as
in
the
Weeds
of
a
Pilgrim
.
She
made
him
tell
her
the
Adventures
of
his
Voyage
,
and
pressed
it
with
as
much
importunity
as
was
possible
,
she
would
not
suffer
him
to
omit
the
least
Circumstance
,
and
for
as
much
as
good
Lodging
is
a
rare
Commodity
among
Pilgrims
,
and
he
had
occasion
sometimes
to
mention
the
unkindness
of
the
Servants
where
he
lay
,
the
good
Lady
was
so
tender-hearted
,
and
so
sensible
of
his
sufferings
,
she
could
not
forbear
blurting
out
●nto
tears
.
As
sly
Aeneas
told
his
mournful
tale
To
gentle
Dido
,
and
so
plaid
his
part
;
Not
only
for
belief
he
did
prevail
,
But
riggled
himself
into
the
Ladies
heart
.
So
our
Land-Pilgrim
understood
so
right
To
explicate
h
troubles
by
the
way
,
That
not
a
stumble
,
or
a
start
in
th'
night
,
But
spoiled
the
Countess's
Eyelids
all
that
day
.
How
great
is
Love
!
and
arbitrary
,
all
Follows
the
mighty
dictate
of
his
will
,
Interest
,
Honour
,
what
we
Generous
call
,
Ambition
,
truckle
to
his
Scepter
still
.
Religion
(
which
I
'd
thought
would
ne're
submit
)
Stoops
with
the
rest
,
and
kisses
Cupids
feet
.
Hugo
d'Anjou
the
Pilgrim
perceiving
(
by
the
compassion
the
Countess
exprest
in
the
beginning
of
his
disasters
)
that
she
was
favourably
disposed
towards
him
;
resolved
to
give
her
better
occasion
than
the
bare
relation
of
his
Pilgrimage
.
He
was
perpetually
attending
,
and
indeed
so
much
that
his
assiduity
would
have
been
suspicious
in
any
body
but
a
Cousin
.
He
was
always
ready
with
some
pleasant
Story
or
other
,
when
ever
she
commanded
,
he
gathered
constantly
the
best
flowers
for
his
Lady
Cousin
,
and
her
Chamber
;
and
then
cutting
off
his
discourses
with
sudden
and
most
profound
sighs
(
which
were
easily
distinguishable
from
throbs
of
Devotion
)
he
inspired
so
much
Curiosity
into
the
Countess
,
that
nothing
could
serve
her
turn
but
the
History
of
his
Life
,
she
prest
him
very
hard
,
she
must
have
every
Accident
,
and
Hugo
was
so
cunning
to
let
her
press
as
often
as
he
thought
was
necessary
,
to
make
his
compliance
the
more
grateful
,
at
length
he
did
it
in
this
manner
.
The
History
of
the
Pilgrim
.
I
Will
not
tell
you
,
Madam
,
that
I
am
of
a
Family
hath
reckoned
Kings
of
France
among
it
Predecessors
.
The
ridiculous
Proverb
,
that
Travellers
may
lye
by
authority
,
renders
Strangers
so
suspectible
of
that
vanity
,
that
the
best
way
to
discover
ones
Quality
,
is
to
conceal
it
.
Here
the
Countess
interrupted
him
,
and
pretending
to
know
him
better
than
he
knew
himself
,
she
ran
out
into
so
large
a
Genealogy
of
his
Illustrious
Ancestors
,
that
she
saved
him
the
trouble
of
inventing
one
;
she
deduced
him
from
Eudes
,
and
Robert
Earls
of
Anjou
,
Governors
of
the
Kingdom
of
France
under
Charles
III.
sirnamed
the
Simple
,
and
quoted
several
historical
Chronologies
to
prove
it
,
which
perhaps
she
had
never
seen
in
her
life
,
so
that
the
Nobility
of
his
Extractions
cost
him
nothing
but
two
or
three
nods
with
his
head
by
way
of
concurrence
and
confirmation
.
Since
then
,
Madam
,
continued
the
Pilgrim
,
I
find
you
so
well
versed
in
my
Pedigree
,
I
shall
trouble
you
with
nothing
but
the
affairs
of
my
heart
.
The
Countess
blusht
at
that
word
,
and
Hugo
perceived
it
well
enough
,
but
like
a
cunning
Sophister
,
took
no
notice
,
but
went
on
with
his
Discourse
.
I
was
never
aimable
enough
to
be
beloved
;
had
I
ever
had
that
good
fortune
,
I
would
have
dyed
before
I
would
have
betrayed
it
:
but
(
having
been
always
ill
treated
)
I
may
confess
(
without
indiscretion
)
I
have
had
some
little
inclinations
formerly
to
a
Lady
of
our
Court
,
of
as
great
Beauty
and
Quality
as
most
that
were
there
.
Her
cruelty
rather
than
any
inconstancy
in
me
,
disingaged
me
in
a
short
time
;
and
since
,
but
why
?
Madam
,
said
he
(
as
if
he
had
recollected
himself
)
shall
I
be
so
vain
,
as
to
discover
my
own
weaknesses
?
Yes
,
yes
,
I
will
do
it
.
You
are
an
excellent
person
,
and
I
have
already
had
experience
of
your
goodness
.
I
had
framed
an
Idea
of
Beauty
to
my self
,
which
I
worshipped
at
my
soul
,
but
could
not
meet
with
it
in
any
person
I
could
find
:
this
pleasant
Chimera
entertained
me
whole
days
,
I
was
unquiet
,
made
Verses
,
as
I
had
been
in
Love
,
I
described
her
with
the
best
Eyes
,
the
best
Mouth
,
the
best
Hair
,
made
her
shape
incomparable
,
her
smile
bewitching
,
and
when
I
had
done
,
gave
up
my
soul
wholly
to
the
adoration
of
the
Picture
,
though
if
my
soul
had
been
at
stake
,
I
knew
not
where
to
have
found
out
the
Original
.
This
passion
bordering
much
upon
folly
,
I
was
not
a
little
ashamed
of
my self
,
and
the
instances
of
my
reason
tormenting
me
with
remorse
,
as
often
as
the
pleasantness
of
the
folly
inveigled
my
desires
,
I
became
so
melancholy
,
I
was
hardly
to
be
known
.
A
particular
Friend
of
mine
,
a
man
of
great
sagacity
,
was
the
first
which
perceived
it
,
he
asked
me
the
cause
,
and
our
intimacy
not
permitting
me
to
dissemble
,
I
told
him
the
truth
.
He
had
more
patience
for
my
Phrensie
,
than
I
expected
he
would
have
had
,
for
though
he
was
severe
to
himself
,
he
had
great
kindness
for
his
friends
.
He
judged
by
the
relation
I
had
made
of
my
follies
,
that
Remonstrances
,
or
Arguments
would
do
but
little
good
,
and
therefore
concluded
upon
another
way
of
giving
me
relief
;
He
cast
my
Nativity
,
rectified
his
Figure
most
accurately
,
and
according
to
the
strictest
Rules
of
that
Art
,
and
at
last
found
,
that
if
any
thing
restored
me
to
my
former
tranquillity
,
it
must
be
a
Pilgrimage
to
Saint
James
.
I
was
affrighted
at
the
Proposition
;
people
of
my
Age
and
Quality
,
do
not
relish
those
excesses
of
devotion
:
But
the
hopes
wherewith
my
passion
had
been
flattered
,
having
transported
it
to
the
highest
degree
of
irregularity
,
it
was
not
possible
for
me
to
resist
its
violence
any
longer
;
I
put
my
affairs
in
as
good
a
posture
as
my
impatience
would
give
me
leave
,
and
colouring
my
Journey
with
a
specious
pretence
,
that
it
was
a
Vow
my
Father
had
taken
before
,
that
dying
of
a
sudden
,
he
had
injoyned
me
to
accomplish
it
for
him
,
I
began
my
Pilgrimage
.
This
,
Madam
,
is
the
true
reason
that
hath
transported
me
from
Hugo
d'Anjou
,
to
a
poor
Pilgrim
of
S.
James
,
and
though
I
cannot
say
my
submission
to
the
direction
of
the
Heavens
,
hath
moved
them
to
compassionate
my
folly
,
or
attribute
it
to
the
effect
of
a
Sympathy
with
which
I
dare
not
flatter
my self
;
yet
this
I
do
certainly
find
,
that
my
desires
are
tending
to
their
accomplishments
,
that
my
mind
is
more
at
ease
in
Burgos
than
in
any
other
place
,
and
that
the
favours
you
are
pleased
to
vouchsafe
me
,
do
afford
more
consolation
to
my
disquiets
than
I
could
be
capable
of
receiving
from
any
one
besides
.
The
politick
Pilgrim
durst
not
explain
himself
any
farther
the
first
time
,
but
reserved
it
to
future
Conversation
to
make
himself
more
intelligible
,
the
Character
of
his
Chimerical
Mistress
,
answered
exactly
to
the
qualifications
of
the
Countess
,
and
he
lost
no
opportunity
of
inculcating
the
resemblance
,
to
which
the
disposition
of
the
Stars
contributed
very
largely
.
The
Countess
was
the
Wife
of
a
Soveraign
Prince
,
and
in
appearance
inclined
naturally
to
Vertue
;
but
when
one
is
carried
away
with
an
opinion
of
the
Celestial
Influence
,
there
is
no
room
left
for
the
Counsels
either
of
Honour
or
Reason
.
No
doubt
but
the
good
Lady
was
sorry
at
the
heart
for
the
fatality
of
her
Stars
,
but
she
did
not
believe
it
was
possible
to
evade
them
.
She
would
have
sworn
her
adventure
was
decreed
from
the
Creation
of
the
World
,
and
how
then
could
she
withstand
so
firm
a
predestination
?
She
yielded
therefore
without
any
farther
reluctancy
;
the
Pilgrim
spake
his
mind
,
and
it
was
favourably
received
;
and
that
I
may
not
spin
out
more
time
in
the
insinuation
of
a
thing
so
easily
comprehended
,
Hugo's
affection
languisht
not
above
a
month
in
the
agonies
of
its
discovery
:
having
past
so
painful
an
obstetrication
,
the
Countess
and
he
began
to
use
more
liberty
in
their
converse
.
But
is
it
possible
,
said
she
to
him
one
day
,
that
the
accidents
you
have
related
to
me
of
your
life
,
should
be
true
?
But
is
it
possible
,
replied
the
Pilgrim
,
you
can
doubt
it
after
what
you
have
seen
?
Am
not
I
Hugo
d'Anjou
?
Was
not
I
going
for
Compostella
,
when
I
had
the
happiness
to
see
you
?
Did
I
not
adore
you
from
the
first
moment
I
beheld
you
,
and
if
I
may
believe
your
gracious
glances
,
were
not
you
sensible
from
the
first
,
of
the
Love
you
had
kindled
in
me
?
Believe
me
,
Madam
,
this
Sympathy
is
but
an
effect
o●
my
Star
,
which
could
never
have
bin
excited
by
any
body
but
you
;
And
I
believe
the
same
Sympathy
would
not
have
been
acted
in
you
for
any
body
bu●
me
;
but
we
were
born
to
love
one
another
,
th●
Conjunction
of
the
Stars
have
ordered
it
,
and
it
i●
not
possible
for
us
to
resist
our
Destiny
.
To
te●●
you
the
plain
truth
,
replied
the
Countess
,
with
a
●igh
,
this
Destiny
you
speak
of
hath
taken
but
an
odd
kind
of
way
to
arrive
at
its
ends
,
for
it
might
well
have
excused
making
me
the
Wife
of
a
Prince
,
seeing
I
was
born
to
be
the
Mistress
of
a
Pilgrim
:
at
this
rate
they
had
several
Discourses
;
their
pretended
Consanguinity
furnishing
them
with
an
unsuspected
liberty
of
entertaining
themselves
when
they
pleased
,
but
this
was
not
sufficient
for
our
Pilgrim
.
He
was
in
perpetual
fear
something
or
other
should
be
discovered
,
which
might
be
fatal
either
to
his
Love
,
or
his
life
;
and
not
being
able
to
continue
at
Burgos
much
longer
in
that
anxiety
,
he
ventured
to
propose
to
the
Countess
to
bear
him
company
her self
.
The
motion
was
somewhat
sudden
,
but
she
was
more
surprized
than
offended
when
she
heard
it
,
and
no
wonder
;
for
a
Woman
which
once
yields
up
her
heart
to
disloyalty
,
makes
no
scruple
of
running
forward
upon
whatever
she
is
desired
;
the
greatest
difficulty
was
,
to
find
a
specious
pretence
.
The
first
thing
they
pitcht
upon
was
a
Pilgrimage
,
which
had
been
so
favourable
already
to
Hugo's
designs
,
they
expected
no
less
in
the
behalf
of
the
Countess
.
But
Don
Garcias
was
inexorable
,
they
despaired
to
prevail
with
him
;
he
could
not
endure
to
be
so
long
from
his
Wife
,
who
pretended
necessities
and
revelations
,
but
to
no
purpose
,
he
was
deaf
to
all
her
inspirations
,
and
had
he
not
fallen
into
a
desperate
sit
of
sickness
(
as
it
had
been
in
revenge
of
his
obstinacy
)
he
had
never
consented
to
the
Countesses
peregrination
:
But
the
danger
he
was
in
,
giving
her
the
pretence
of
a
vow
for
his
recovery
,
and
the
approbation
of
certain
good
Christians
(
of
which
that
Climate
is
very
fertile
)
having
fortified
her
resolution
;
she
promised
solemnly
in
the
presence
of
the
great
Officers
of
the
Court
to
go
on
foot
to
Saint
James
,
if
it
pleased
God
to
restore
her
Husband
to
his
health
.
He
recovered
,
to
the
great
satisfaction
of
our
Lovers
,
and
the
Countess
counterfeiting
the
fear
of
his
relapse
,
if
she
did
not
accomplish
her
Vow
with
all
possible
speed
,
used
her
utmost
endeavour
,
that
she
might
accompany
her
Cousin
in
his
religious
Voyage
.
This
extravagant
zeal
displeased
Don
Garcias
exceedingly
,
he
would
have
chosen
a
second
distemper
,
rather
than
the
departure
of
his
Wife
:
But
the
Religious
people
in
Burgos
belaboured
his
resolution
so
hotly
,
they
overcame
it
at
last
,
and
the
pious
Countess
was
permitted
to
march
.
In
this
manner
she
was
turned
Pilgrim
,
and
upon
her
way
to
Compostella
with
her
well
beloved
Cousin
.
The
slenderness
of
her
Equipage
being
an
essential
part
of
her
Vow
,
she
would
let
no
body
attend
her
but
an
old
Governess
,
(
very
subject
to
compassion
for
the
frailties
of
Nature
)
and
a
Foot-man
,
which
by
the
consent
of
all
Authors
,
served
all
Offices
,
and
was
sometimes
the
French
Cook
,
and
sometimes
Gentleman
Usher
.
Such
extraordinary
Pilgrims
as
these
,
ought
to
have
no
ordinary
Conduct
:
they
advanced
by
small
Journeys
;
whatever
was
better
than
ordinary
in
their
Inns
,
they
would
be
sure
to
have
it
;
if
Musick
,
and
Songs
were
to
be
had
,
they
would
have
their
share
:
and
now
I
speak
of
Songs
,
it
puts
me
in
mind
of
a
few
Verses
in
the
nature
of
a
Satyr
made
upon
their
Pilgrimage
,
which
I
hope
the
Reader
will
not
take
unkindly
,
if
I
insert
in
this
place
.
We
,
we
,
are
Pilgrims
of
Saint
James
.
We
burn
like
you
,
with
wanton
flames
.
Be
sure
,
you
send
your
Wives
from
home
,
For
we
plant
Horns
where
e're
we
come
:
And
in
our
Travels
take
such
measures
,
We
preach
up
death
,
but
practise
pleasures
.
You
that
hate
all
ill
words
,
but
what
you
give
And
Prisoners
in
Palaces
do
live
;
Rub
up
your
Piety
,
and
a
place
endow
Where
we
may
mollifie
your
Mates
,
and
you
.
And
the
good
man
whose
Charity
's
so
great
To
furnish
us
a
close
and
safe
retreat
;
We
'l
pray
the
Gods
reward
him
with
long
life
,
And
do
as
much
to
's
Daughter
,
and
his
Wife
.
The
design
of
our
Lovers
being
to
follow
the
Road
to
Compostella
no
longer
than
needs
must
;
the
Countesses
Magazins
were
provided
for
a
much
greater
Journey
:
she
had
Money
,
and
Jewels
good
store
,
and
the
Lacquay
being
very
well
chosen
,
they
fetcht
a
short
turn
,
and
recovered
by
his
industry
whatever
was
convenient
for
their
progress
to
Bayonne
.
They
reposed
there
for
some
time
,
and
her
Honour
not
thinking
it
fit
to
retain
the
name
of
Isabel
de
Vermandois
,
by
which
she
was
called
being
Don
Garcias
Wife
,
she
assumed
the
Title
of
Madame
Valerie
,
with
which
she
past
several
Cities
and
Towns
,
till
at
length
she
arrived
in
Paris
,
a
place
more
proper
to
conceal
her
Intrigues
,
than
any
other
,
and
moreover
it
was
the
place
where
her
Gallant
was
born
.
The
Pedigree
of
this
Pilgrim
proved
not
so
Illustrious
as
he
had
hinted
at
Burgos
;
he
was
scarce
a
Gentleman
,
and
but
meanly
provided
with
Estate
,
but
the
merit
of
the
man
supplied
his
defects
.
In
the
mean
time
Don
Garcias
(
who
consented
to
the
Pilgrimage
of
his
Wife
,
with
no
little
regret
)
began
to
be
impatient
for
her
return
.
He
could
not
take
a
nap
,
but
he
lookt
upon
it
as
ominous
,
the
commonest
Accidents
past
for
Prodigies
with
him
;
and
though
the
Countess
writ
to
him
from
all
places
,
and
dated
her
Letters
from
the
Road
to
Compostella
,
yet
he
had
a
secret
Devil
tormented
him
violently
,
and
nothing
could
satisfie
him
,
but
he
must
go
after
her
himself
.
He
departed
from
Burgos
without
any
Train
,
only
some
certain
necessary
Officers
,
and
two
or
three
of
his
most
intimate
Courtiers
,
supposing
he
had
not
had
above
two
or
three
days
Journeys
to
his
Countess
,
he
ordered
his
affairs
at
home
according
to
the
proposed
time
of
his
absence
,
but
he
was
mistaken
in
his
scale
,
and
might
have
gone
twenty
times
to
Compostella
,
and
never
heard
of
his
Wife
,
had
not
the
curiosity
of
some
people
shortned
his
Journey
.
The
persons
which
attended
him
,
growing
weary
of
their
Voyage
,
and
(
perhaps
)
suspecting
the
truth
,
resolved
amongst
themselves
to
try
if
they
could
discover
the
business
,
instead
,
of
inquiring
upon
the
Road
to
Galicia
,
they
sent
towards
France
,
for
Intelligence
that
way
,
and
it
was
no
hard
matter
to
inform
them
:
For
the
Countess
was
remarkable
,
and
all
the
descriptions
that
were
made
of
Madame
Valery
,
answered
exactly
to
the
Countess
of
Castile
.
News
of
this
Nature
is
so
unpleasant
to
tell
,
the
Courtiers
with
Don
Garcias
complemented
one
another
for
some
time
,
who
should
have
the
honour
to
deliver
●●
,
every
man
being
unwilling
to
be
the
Messenger
of
so
unwelcome
Intelligence
.
At
length
an
ancient
Officer
of
the
Counts
(
more
familiar
with
him
somthing
than
the
rest
)
undertook
the
design
;
he
took
●is
advantage
one
night
,
staid
in
the
Counts
Cham●er
when
the
rest
were
gone
out
,
and
having
premised
some
unprofitable
morsels
of
Morality
,
he
desired
Don
Garcias
to
proceed
no
further
in
his
Jourmey
;
for
(
said
he
)
it
is
not
in
the
Road
to
Compostella
your
Lady
is
to
be
sought
:
it
is
easie
to
be
imagined
,
whether
the
Count
was
surprised
at
that
word
.
He
had
often
supposed
that
the
convenience
of
this
Pilgrimage
might
deliver
the
two
Cousins
from
the
scruple
of
Incest
pretended
;
but
he
could
not
believe
the
Countess
could
carry
it
on
farther
than
some
few
false
oaths
of
conjugal
fidelity
.
He
questioned
the
old
Domestick
,
and
the
more
questions
he
askt
,
the
more
he
was
informed
;
and
yet
not
being
able
to
convince
himself
of
so
incredible
a
thing
,
he
could
not
without
great
difficulty
believe
what
he
saw
.
He
dispatcht
new
Scouts
upon
the
heels
of
the
old
;
he
gave
order
for
pursuing
the
Pilgrims
,
not
only
where
he
judged
they
might
possible
be
,
but
in
such
places
likewise
where
he
was
assured
they
were
not
.
These
Hue
and
Crys
confirmed
him
in
what
had
been
told
him
;
he
received
attestations
from
all
the
Inns
where
the
devout
Lovers
had
reposed
betwixt
Burgos
and
Bayonne
,
and
of
the
liberty
they
used
.
Don
Garcias
understood
so
many
particularities
of
their
Travels
,
that
he
doubted
no●
but
he
was
a
Cuckold
.
That
Title
disquieted
him
more
than
any
thing
else
,
it
was
an
appellation
he
always
reckoned
amongst
the
most
insupportable
in
the
World
.
But
he
must
be
patient
in
spight
o●
his
teeth
;
he
was
not
the
only
man
had
practised
that
vertue
;
for
whilst
he
was
making
the
best
of
a
bad
Market
,
and
meditating
revenge
suitable
to
his
injury
,
Cupid
was
taking
care
to
provide
him
Companions
,
that
the
fellow-feeling
of
one
anothers
calamities
might
be
an
alleviation
to
them
all
.
The
Star
that
was
so
fatal
to
the
Husband
this
year
,
had
not
confined
its
influence
to
the
Climate
of
Castile
;
the
cold
as
well
as
hot
Countries
felt
the
force
of
that
Constellation
.
Earl
Ethelwold
a
Favourite
to
Edgar
King
of
England
,
had
gained
so
far
upon
the
affections
of
his
Majesty
,
that
he
governed
both
his
Subjects
and
desires
as
absolutely
as
himself
.
This
King
acted
nothing
but
by
his
Counsels
,
saw
nothing
but
by
his
Eyes
,
and
as
if
he
had
been
to
love
nothing
but
with
his
heart
,
he
intrusted
him
to
go
and
view
a
young
Lady
called
Alfreda
,
(
Daughter
and
Heir
to
the
Duke
of
Devonshire
,
one
of
the
greatest
Lords
in
that
Kingdom
)
of
whom
he
had
heard
so
well
,
that
if
his
Favourite
sound
her
as
she
was
represented
,
he
resolved
to
make
her
his
Wife
.
Besides
her
Beauty
,
her
Fortune
was
so
great
,
it
was
no
Policy
in
the
King
,
to
commit
the
choice
of
her
to
Ethelwold
.
The
Duke
of
Devonshire
had
been
the
cause
of
great
troubles
during
the
Reign
of
the
precedent
King
;
for
which
he
was
confined
to
his
own
Territory
,
and
that
was
the
reason
Alfreda
had
never
appeared
in
the
Court
●f
England
.
In
this
manner
was
this
Favourite
qualified
with
a
Commission
to
furnish
the
King
with
a
Wife
,
and
the
Throne
of
England
with
a
Queen
.
This
Conjuncture
seemed
very
consonant
with
his
designs
,
he
flattered
the
King
in
his
desires
●f
marrying
Alfreda
;
and
though
intending
nothing
less
than
that
she
should
be
his
Queen
;
the
●eparted
with
absolute
power
,
to
conclude
or
break
●ff
the
Marriage
as
he
judged
convenient
.
MAXIME
I.
He
that
with
too
much
power
imploys
his
Friend
In
Love
Intrigues
,
runs
greater
hazard
far
(
Example
tells
)
than
he
's
perhaps
aware
.
Vnbounded
power
,
(
whate're
it
may
pretend
)
But
seldom
answers
the
expected
end
.
For
if
by
chance
unfaithful
one
does
prove
,
(
And
who
will
strive
against
his
own
desire
)
His
very
trust
provokes
him
to
aspire
.
He
that
can
once
for
's
friend
with
freedom
move
,
Takes
greater
freedom
,
and
fr
'
himself
makes
Love
●thelwold
being
arrived
in
Devon-shire
,
and
the
pri●ate
Article
of
his
Commission
,
being
the
examination
of
her
Beauty
,
he
resoved
to
see
her
before
he
●●ade
any
Proposals
.
He
pretended
he
had
taken
●●at
Journey
to
set
the
Duke
right
once
more
with
●●e
Crown
of
England
,
and
this
good
office
deser●ing
all
the
Civility
could
be
shewed
him
,
the
Daughter
was
called
down
,
to
bear
a
part
in
the
acknowledgments
.
Never
did
old
Story
speak
of
any
Lady
with
so
much
advantage
as
the
English
Chronicle
does
of
Alfreda
:
the
description
made
of
her
therein
,
relishes
more
of
Romance
than
veritable
Narration
;
and
yet
the
effects
her
Beauty
produced
were
so
strange
,
and
so
great
,
they
seem
to
justifie
the
Elogy
they
gave
her
.
The
Count
was
dazled
at
the
very
first
glance
,
and
this
surprise
was
presently
converted
into
a
violent
passion
,
and
that
into
a
resolution
never
to
put
her
into
the
arms
of
his
Master
.
He
proceeded
presently
to
a
Treaty
,
but
it
was
for
himself
,
thereby
teaching
Posterity
,
that
in
matters
of
Love
they
should
never
give
their
Agents
so
absolute
a
power
,
as
may
tempt
them
to
abuse
it
.
There
being
no
person
in
the
Court
of
England
so
great
as
Ethelwold
,
the
Duke
of
Devon-shire
took
the
Proposition
as
a
very
great
Honour
,
and
granted
it
without
any
demur
,
so
that
all
things
being
concluded
,
and
nothing
wanting
to
consummate
all
but
the
Nuptial
Benediction
,
Ethelwold
gave
the
Duke
to
understand
,
that
in
duty
he
was
obliged
to
let
his
Majesty
know
of
it
before
;
under
which
pretence
he
took
his
leave
of
the
Duke
for
some
time
,
and
returned
presently
to
Court
,
where
he
gave
Edgar
a
description
of
Alfreda
quite
contrary
to
what
he
had
already
conceived
.
True
it
is
,
Sir
,
said
the
Count
to
the
King
;
Alfreda
has
all
things
about
her
requisite
to
the
making
a
Lady
handsom
,
and
yet
with
all
those
ingredients
,
she
is
far
from
it
her self
.
She
has
an
ill
Meen
,
which
discredits
her
shape
,
she
has
a
red
Lip
,
but
without
any
sweetness
;
her
Eyes
are
large
,
grey
,
and
well
set
,
but
she
has
a
way
of
opening
them
,
which
renders
them
abominable
;
her
looks
are
so
childish
,
and
silly
,
they
take
much
from
the
excellence
of
her
Complexion
;
in
short
,
Sir
,
the
features
and
proportions
of
this
Lady
are
not
made
for
one
another
,
they
are
so
hudled
together
,
their
confusion
spoils
their
retail
,
and
never
was
there
person
before
the
Duke
of
Devon-shires
Daughter
that
had
so
much
hard
favourdness
,
and
so
much
Beauty
together
.
To
this
extravagant
Character
Ethelwold
added
certain
pretended
reasons
of
his
own
;
as
that
since
the
Duke
of
Devon-shire
had
been
banisht
the
Court
,
he
had
contracted
great
debts
,
and
ingaged
a
considerable
part
of
his
Country
to
the
Earls
and
Dukes
that
were
his
Neighbours
;
that
he
was
odious
to
the
English
;
that
his
Journey
into
Devon-shire
having
given
some
Alarm
,
and
suspicion
,
the
people
began
already
to
declaim
against
the
Match
,
and
in
this
manner
imploying
all
parts
to
divert
his
Majesty
from
those
inconvenient
desires
;
he
wrought
upon
him
so
,
that
he
gave
over
his
design
.
But
this
single
effect
of
his
Counsels
could
not
content
him
,
he
knew
Edgar
was
of
an
amorous
Complexion
,
and
he
must
find
out
something
or
other
to
entertain
him
.
Ethelwold
sent
up
and
down
,
inquired
himself
,
and
it
was
not
long
before
he
was
provided
;
England
is
not
barren
of
Beauties
,
and
it
was
a
Mistress
for
his
Majesty
he
wanted
.
He
pitcht
therefore
upon
a
young
Lady
called
Wilfrede
,
who
had
withdrawn
her self
into
a
Monastery
to
avoid
the
insolences
of
her
Guardian
.
She
was
young
,
unfortunate
,
and
next
the
Dukes
Daughter
the
handsomest
Woman
in
that
Kingdom
.
The
Count
presented
her
to
the
King
to
obtain
his
protection
against
her
Guardian
,
who
would
needs
marry
her
to
a
person
she
could
not
possibly
love
;
and
seconding
his
Harangue
with
all
the
commendations
he
could
give
her
,
he
represented
the
good
qualities
of
Wilfrede
with
such
efficary
,
that
before
she
left
the
King
,
she
received
sensible
marks
of
his
inclination
.
Ethelwold
liked
his
success
very
well
,
he
used
her
with
all
kindness
and
compassion
,
undertook
to
be
her
Mediator
in
that
affair
,
and
in
a
short
time
managed
things
so
,
that
he
had
brought
her
to
his
Lure
,
and
got
an
absolute
command
of
her
.
Finding
the
King
ingaged
with
this
Lady
,
he
took
occasion
to
renew
his
Counsels
against
the
Duke
of
Devon-shire
,
he
pretended
advice
of
intelligence
betwixt
him
and
the
Duke
of
Normandy
;
and
pressing
his
Majesty
to
put
a
stop
to
the
ambition
of
this
man
,
by
marrying
his
Daughter
to
one
of
his
Subjects
,
it
fell
naturally
into
the
Kings
head
to
bestow
her
upon
him
.
It
is
easie
to
believe
he
consented
without
any
great
trouble
,
and
yet
he
called
it
a
Sacrifice
,
pretending
that
Alfreda
was
her self
so
unacceptable
to
him
,
that
no
consideration
but
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
could
have
prevailed
with
him
to
marry
her
.
But
to
serve
his
Master
,
and
advantage
the
Nation
,
what
was
it
he
would
not
readily
endure
?
At
length
having
used
all
the
Grimaces
and
Artifice
he
could
think
of
,
Ethelwold
is
dispatcht
into
Devon-shire
to
marry
the
Dukes
Daughter
,
for
the
tranquillity
of
the
Kingdom
.
Never
was
any
man
so
happy
as
this
Lover
,
he
admired
Alfreda
,
even
to
adoration
;
he
esteemed
her
a
thousand
times
more
handsom
since
she
was
his
Wife
than
before
,
and
though
it
was
obedience
only
which
obliged
Alfreda
to
marry
him
,
having
never
loved
any
thing
but
him
.
The
bare
act
of
Marriage
wrought
as
effectually
upon
the
heart
of
this
young
Lady
,
as
long
Love
did
upon
other
people
.
The
presence
of
her
Husband
was
quickly
dear
to
her
,
she
apprehended
his
absence
;
and
perceiving
him
laying
his
design
of
returning
whither
his
ambition
called
him
:
Ah
,
Sit
,
said
she
to
him
one
day
,
this
is
that
I
have
been
always
afraid
of
;
the
Loves
of
a
Servant
,
and
a
Husband
are
exceedingly
different
,
I
remember
a
roguish
Song
my
Governess
taught
me
when
I
was
a
Child
,
which
I
fear
contains
a
fatal
prediction
of
my
destiny
:
having
said
so
,
with
an
innocent
smile
that
almost
ravished
her
Husband
,
she
began
to
repeat
them
.
SONG
.
Whilst
Love
's
suspended
,
and
in
fear
Of
a
Repulse
,
nothing's
too
dear
Or
good
,
to
hang
at
Ladies
ear
.
But
if
the
Damsel
once
complies
,
And
pities
Rheum
in
Servants
Eyes
,
Farewel
all
future
Sacrifice
.
Six
days
possession
at
the
most
,
Makes
a
man
curse
his
former
cost
,
And
reckon
time
,
and
Presents
lost
.
No
,
no
,
dear
Alfreda
,
replied
the
amorous
Ethelwold
,
catching
her
fast
in
his
arms
,
nothing
shall
ever
extinguish
the
passion
I
have
for
you
.
I
am
too
much
enamoured
,
and
you
are
too
handsom
not
to
be
always
the
Mistress
of
your
Hasband
.
Why
,
this
leaving
me
then
,
my
Lord
?
replied
the
melancholy
Alfreda
,
could
you
leave
me
so
soon
,
if
you
loved
me
as
you
say
?
Nay
,
my
Dear
,
replied
the
Count
,
my
Journey
is
of
necessity
,
I
must
needs
go
where
my
duty
requires
me
,
would
you
have
me
renounce
the
favour
of
my
Prince
,
the
advantages
it
beings
me
,
and
the
care
of
the
State
,
which
his
most
gracious
Majesty
hath
committed
(
almost
entirely
)
to
my
Conduct
?
What
necessity
of
this
State
,
replied
Alfreda
,
or
those
Chimerical
advantates
?
Is
not
the
Duke
my
Father
rich
,
and
great
enough
to
erect
you
a
Fortune
?
And
can
you
think
that
when
I
cannot
enjoy
you
,
the
thought
of
your
travelling
for
the
good
of
the
Nation
,
will
give
me
any
ease
?
Ah
,
my
Lord
,
let
us
consider
our
own
private
felicity
,
and
leave
the
general
to
others
;
the
satisfaction
,
and
pleasantness
of
the
whole
World
,
will
not
wipe
off
one
of
the
tears
your
departure
will
being
upon
my
cheeks
:
and
to
tell
you
may
final
resolution
in
a
word
,
either
you
must
be
kind
,
and
stay
here
with
me
,
or
so
merciful
as
to
let
me
bear
you
Company
,
otherwise
God
knows
what
danger
there
will
be
of
our
meeting
no
more
.
These
two
Propositions
were
equally
fatal
to
the
Count
,
he
used
all
his
Art
to
reduce
her
to
reason
.
He
loved
Alfreda
very
well
,
and
his
Fortune
no
less
;
he
was
conscious
of
the
cheat
he
had
put
upon
the
King
,
and
he
had
no
mind
his
Wife
should
come
to
Court
to
convince
him
.
He
excused
himself
therefore
by
the
illness
of
the
weather
,
he
promised
to
return
again
very
speedily
:
But
the
new
Bride
would
not
be
paid
in
that
Coin
;
she
charged
him
sometimes
with
inconstancy
,
sometimes
with
contempt
,
and
not
allowing
him
any
intermission
,
she
forced
him
at
last
to
confess
the
whole
truth
.
What
confidence
is
to
be
placed
by
a
Husband
in
a
young
person
whose
heart
has
been
acquainted
with
Love
but
a
few
days
,
and
that
in
a
Conjugal
way
?
Ethelwold
expected
that
narration
should
have
stopt
her
desires
of
accompanying
him
to
London
,
and
have
cleared
that
doubt
,
that
he
loved
her
not
as
he
should
do
.
But
alas
!
he
was
not
acquainted
with
the
humor
of
the
greatest
part
of
that
Sex
;
Ambition
is
natural
to
them
,
and
the
honour
of
being
a
Queen
will
startle
the
most
Philosophical
Lady
of
them
all
.
The
Countess
easily
comprehending
by
this
Discourse
,
that
Ethelwold
had
not
only
cheated
her
of
a
Crown
,
but
deprived
her
of
all
opportunity
of
going
to
Court
whilst
Edgar
was
living
.
She
found
her self
possest
with
so
great
an
abhorrence
of
her
Husbands
disingenuity
,
that
she
began
to
hate
him
more
than
she
had
loved
him
before
.
And
in
truth
after
this
discovery
▪
●●●re
was
no
need
he
should
fear
her
following
●●●n
against
his
will
:
She
could
have
seen
him
depart
for
the
Valley
of
Jehosaphat
,
and
not
spoke
one
word
in
order
to
his
stay
.
She
lookt
very
●●dly
upon
the
Walls
of
the
Town
,
as
her
perpetual
Prison
,
and
the
only
part
of
the
World
she
〈…〉
like
to
see
.
She
was
still
talking
with
her
Father
,
or
the
new
Servants
her
Husband
had
left
with
〈◊〉
about
the
Beauty
of
the
City
of
London
,
the
M●g●●ficence
of
the
Court
,
&c.
and
revolving
that
she
was
banisht
for
all
her
life
time
,
at
least
for
〈◊〉
Youth
,
from
a
place
where
she
might
have
reigned
as
Queen
,
but
for
the
Treachery
of
Ethelwold
,
sHe
gave
her self
over
to
Melancholy
,
so
that
nothing
could
comfort
her
.
The
Duke
imagining
this
sadness
had
proceeded
from
the
absence
of
her
Husband
,
assured
her
constantly
of
his
speedy
return
.
He
shewed
her
the
Letters
he
had
received
to
that
purpose
,
and
used
all
means
possible
to
divert
her
:
But
it
was
not
the
sight
of
her
Consort
she
longed
for
,
she
feared
it
as
much
now
as
she
had
desired
it
before
.
Whilst
her
thoughts
were
in
this
agitation
,
a
Painter
arrived
at
that
City
,
who
went
from
Court
to
Court
to
make
a
collection
of
the
Pictures
of
all
the
fine
Ladies
in
Europe
,
to
hang
up
in
the
Gallery
of
his
Master
the
Duke
of
Modena
.
This
Picture-drawer
had
heard
much
of
the
Beauty
of
Alfreda
from
a
French-man
of
his
acquaintance
in
Rome
,
who
had
been
some
time
in
England
:
Upon
the
report
of
this
French-man
,
he
concluded
he
could
carry
nothing
more
grateful
to
his
Master
than
the
Picture
of
this
Lady
.
He
came
therefore
to
Davon
,
and
having
withal
due
formality
,
begged
leave
of
the
old
Duke
that
his
Daughter
might
sit
,
he
obtained
it
without
any
scruple
.
The
Old
man
loved
his
Daughter
very
tenderly
,
and
not
knowing
his
Son
in
Laws
Intrigue
,
he
thought
the
giving
her
Picture
but
an
indifferent
thing
:
But
the
Countess
lookt
upon
it
in
another
nature
;
she
contributed
all
her
power
to
make
it
more
amiable
,
and
perceiving
she
had
hit
her
design
,
and
her
Picture
very
well
done
,
she
told
the
Painter
,
if
he
would
acouit
himself
well
of
his
Commission
,
he
must
go
to
the
Court
of
Edgar
,
where
the
greatest
Beauties
were
;
but
the
Painter
intended
that
before
.
The
English
Women
in
all
Ages
have
been
allowed
the
handsomest
in
the
World
,
and
though
the
Italian
and
got
the
choice
of
all
in
the
Picture
of
the
new
Countess
,
yet
he
must
needs
have
Wilfredes
too
,
for
the
reputation
she
had
of
being
the
Kings
Mistress
.
As
soon
therefore
as
he
had
dispatcht
in
Devon-shire
,
he
repaired
to
London
;
but
Alfrede
having
dispatcht
some
of
her
Creatures
before
,
she
caused
a
report
to
be
spread
abroad
under-hand
of
an
Italian
Painter
,
who
was
coming
thither
with
most
admirable
Rarities
.
She
had
been
told
that
Edgar
was
very
curious
in
Pictures
.
She
hoped
by
this
means
he
might
come
to
have
a
sight
of
hers
,
and
be
taken
out
of
the
errour
the
Count
had
drawn
him
into
,
without
her
contribution
:
Nor
was
she
mistaken
in
her
fore-cast
.
The
King
would
needs
see
his
Pictures
as
soon
as
he
heard
he
was
arrived
:
And
though
the
Duke
of
Modena
had
directed
him
to
shew
them
to
very
few
persons
,
the
liberality
of
the
King
removed
that
difficulty
.
When
a
thing
is
desired
in
that
way
by
a
King
,
he
is
seldom
denied
.
The
Italian
promised
Edgar
he
should
see
the
best
he
had
,
and
the
King
chose
Wilfreds
Chamber
to
see
them
in
,
as
being
desirous
to
have
her
share
in
the
divertisement
.
The
Painter
beseeched
that
he
would
bring
as
few
with
him
as
he
could
,
and
to
comply
with
his
design
,
Ethelwold
was
the
only
Person
had
the
Priviledge
to
attend
him
.
The
first
Picture
the
Painter
took
up
was
Eleonor
,
Daughter
to
the
Earl
of
Guyenne
,
married
afterwards
to
Lewis
(
sirnamed
le
Jeune
)
King
of
France
.
History
has
represented
this
Lady
so
beautiful
,
it
will
be
needless
in
me
to
describe
her
:
She
it
was
that
charmed
the
brave
Saladin
General
of
an
Army
of
Sarrasens
;
and
having
let
him
know
that
she
could
not
believe
his
protestations
of
Love
,
unless
delivered
in
her
own
language
,
she
forced
the
great
Captain
to
betake
himself
to
his
Book
,
and
to
study
the
French
Tongue
,
which
he
attained
in
some
sociable
proportion
in
a
fortnight
.
After
her
came
the
Picture
of
Elvira
,
Mistress
to
Ramire
the
Conquerour
,
who
first
erected
the
County
of
Arragon
into
a
Kingdom
.
Ethelwold
who
knew
the
story
very
well
,
and
had
a
mind
to
be
entertaining
of
Wilfred
,
giving
them
the
relation
,
he
told
the
King
.
This
Elvira
is
a
famous
Example
,
that
Honour
and
Love
are
not
incompatible
in
the
heart
of
great
Persons
.
Never
was
Prince
more
renowned
than
Ramire
;
they
reckoned
his
Victories
by
the
number
of
his
days
,
and
yet
he
thought
Love
so
necessary
to
his
Courage
,
that
he
used
to
have
his
Mistress
in
some
weak
place
when
he
went
to
engage
,
that
his
desire
to
preserve
her
out
of
his
Enemies
hands
,
might
oblige
him
to
extraordinary
Actions
in
the
Battel
.
This
kind
of
History
pleased
Wilfred
exceedingly
,
she
made
her
acknowledgments
to
the
Count
by
her
simpring
,
and
nodding
her
head
;
and
promising
to
her self
that
he
would
tell
her
as
much
of
every
one
she
should
see
,
she
addrest
her self
to
him
to
know
who
that
Adelaid
was
which
the
Painter
was
then
shewing
.
She
was
formerly
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Favourite
,
Queen
of
the
Lombards
,
and
dyed
lately
Wife
to
Otho
the
Great
,
who
is
at
this
day
Emperour
of
the
West
.
The
Amazonian
Habit
in
which
the
Painter
has
drawn
her
,
corresponds
exceedingly
with
the
actions
of
her
life
;
for
she
defended
a
Town
in
Lombardy
in
the
absence
of
her
first
Husband
,
as
well
as
the
best
Captain
he
had
:
in
the
War
Otho
the
Emperour
had
lately
with
the
Sclavonians
and
Dalmatians
,
she
did
him
as
much
service
as
the
best
of
his
Generals
.
These
Actions
of
Valour
,
replied
Edgar
,
interrupting
him
a
little
,
are
rare
in
persons
of
that
Sex
,
and
I
cannot
but
commend
the
Judgment
of
the
Painter
in
the
Election
of
his
Pictures
.
In
this
manner
the
King
of
England
and
his
Favourite
were
discoursing
of
the
Italians
Pictures
,
and
the
Count
perceiving
his
Majesty
much
delighted
with
his
stories
,
there
was
not
a
Character
of
Beauty
,
a
Punctilio
of
Art
,
nor
the
least
particular
Adventure
,
but
gave
him
opportunity
of
some
pleasant
Narration
;
when
of
a
sudden
the
Painter
changed
the
Scene
of
their
mirth
by
producing
the
Picture
of
Alfreda
,
and
struck
the
poor
Count
,
as
it
had
been
a
clap
of
Thunder
.
The
Countess
had
given
him
no
notice
that
her
Picture
had
been
drawn
,
and
so
he
was
utterly
unprepared
against
so
unexpected
an
Accident
:
He
lookt
pale
,
he
trembled
,
and
the
King
perceiving
his
distraction
,
and
attributing
it
to
his
surprize
(
in
which
he
shared
with
him
himself
)
Is
it
possible
,
says
he
to
the
Painter
,
that
this
Picture
should
be
after
the
life
?
Yes
,
Sir
,
said
the
Count
,
interrupting
the
Painter
,
and
it
is
the
Picture
of
my
Wife
:
but
so
flatter'd
,
and
improved
,
that
if
the
other
Ladies
you
have
seen
,
be
used
at
the
same
rate
,
I
dare
assure
your
Majesty
,
there
is
no
one
Original
to
be
known
by
its
Copy
.
The
Painter
knew
well
enough
it
was
no
hard
matter
for
him
(
in
her
case
)
to
justifie
the
fidelity
of
his
Art
.
Alfreda
was
much
handsomer
than
her
Picture
;
and
she
was
not
above
three
or
four
days
Journey
from
London
:
But
observing
the
Count
her
Husband
decrying
her
Beauty
with
more
than
ordinary
vehemence
,
he
supposed
very
prudently
he
had
some
private
reasons
for
what
he
did
;
and
being
unwilling
to
contradict
a
Person
of
his
Authority
,
he
replied
very
coolly
,
I
have
not
seen
,
Sir
,
all
the
persons
whose
Pictures
I
have
with
me
,
some
of
them
are
Copies
,
as
Adelaid
and
Elvira
,
who
are
both
of
them
dead
,
others
were
taken
by
some
of
my
Companions
,
who
have
assisted
me
in
satisfying
the
impatience
of
my
Master
:
But
for
those
I
have
done
my self
,
I
dare
assure
his
Majesty
,
I
have
added
nothing
to
the
life
.
This
prudent
and
judicious
answer
one
would
have
thought
might
have
eased
the
Count
of
his
trouble
;
but
the
King
was
so
surprised
with
the
contemplation
of
Alfreda's
Picture
,
that
he
took
no
notice
of
what
had
been
said
.
What
,
says
he
in
great
transportation
,
is
it
possible
but
the
features
of
this
face
must
make
the
handsomest
Woman
in
the
World
?
Tell
me
,
Ethelwold
,
and
tell
me
ingenuously
,
has
your
Wife
these
Eyes
,
this
Mouth
,
this
Nose
,
and
,
in
short
,
this
Tour
or
mould
of
her
Face
.
Yes
,
Sir
,
replied
Ethelwold
,
(
much
distracted
with
those
kind
of
questions
)
she
has
all
of
them
,
and
if
your
Majesty
be
pleased
to
recollect
,
you
may
remember
,
that
in
the
description
I
have
of
her
,
I
told
you
that
never
an
ugly
Woman
was
so
well
provided
to
be
handsom
,
and
that
all
the
features
in
her
Face
were
excellent
;
but
they
are
not
so
well
laid
and
connected
in
her
Face
,
as
in
the
Picture
:
The
Majestick
and
vigorous
Air
you
behold
,
is
but
the
fancy
and
strong
imagination
of
the
Painter
,
and
not
at
all
visible
in
the
life
.
I
will
see
this
Prodigy
,
replied
the
King
with
some
eagerness
:
For
if
Alfreda
has
all
these
lineaments
as
his
Pencil
has
represented
,
and
be
ill-favour'd
notwithstanding
,
she
is
in
my
judgment
the
greatest
Miracle
in
the
World
.
This
Proposition
of
Edgars
made
both
Ethelwold
and
Wilfred
tremble
,
and
though
Ethelwold
did
his
utmost
to
constrain
himself
,
and
answered
the
King
(
as
if
he
had
bin
nothing
concerned
)
that
his
Wife
would
be
much
honoured
with
such
a
Visit
,
yet
nothing
is
more
certain
than
that
he
turned
every
stone
that
might
divert
his
resolution
.
He
admonisht
Wilfred
to
contribute
what
she
could
,
he
counterfeited
Letters
that
Devon
was
visited
with
the
Plague
,
and
when
he
had
done
,
opened
them
in
the
presence
of
the
King
;
he
bribed
all
the
Physicians
to
oppose
themselves
against
his
Journey
,
but
all
to
no
purpose
.
The
Picture
of
Alfreda
had
inspired
so
fierce
a
Curiosity
in
the
breast
of
the
King
,
that
no
danger
,
nor
dissiculty
could
withstand
it
;
he
appointed
a
Hunting-match
at
a
Country-house
he
had
about
a
days
journey
from
Devon
,
and
resolved
to
see
the
Countess
the
next
day
:
All
the
Count
could
obtain
was
the
liberty
to
go
two
or
three
hours
before
,
to
give
the
Duke
notice
of
his
coming
.
There
is
no
difficurty
to
conceive
how
his
thing
.
It
s
were
imployed
all
the
while
he
was
upon
the
Koad
.
His
Ambition
,
and
his
Love
divided
them
equally
.
When
he
considered
the
crime
he
had
committed
against
his
Majesty
,
in
betraying
his
confidence
,
and
the
inevitable
danger
he
was
in
of
being
discovered
;
he
believed
he
could
do
no
less
,
than
to
deliver
up
his
Wife
with
his
own
hands
to
the
King
,
and
to
try
how
far
that
would
work
for
his
pardon
.
On
the
other
side
when
he
remembred
her
endued
with
all
the
Beauties
which
were
capable
to
adorn
her
,
he
resolved
to
dye
a
thousand
deaths
,
rather
than
to
see
her
in
the
possession
of
another
;
and
this
last
resolution
being
fortified
with
the
sight
of
her
,
he
used
all
his
Rhetorick
to
perswade
her
to
counterfeit
her self
ill
,
and
conceal
her self
from
the
King
.
But
good
God!
to
whom
was
it
he
addrest
himself
?
Alfreda
would
have
purchased
that
sight
he
prohibited
,
with
the
loss
of
her
life
.
She
told
him
that
the
humour
of
concealing
her self
from
the
Kings
curiosity
,
would
but
aggravate
and
augment
it
;
that
be
being
King
,
and
she
his
Subject
,
he
would
see
her
some
time
or
other
,
is
he
had
made
it
his
resolution
;
that
the
best
way
was
to
appear
cheerfully
,
seeing
there
was
no
possibility
to
avoid
it
.
These
Arguments
made
the
poor
Count
almost
desperate
,
but
considering
there
was
reason
in
what
she
said
,
and
that
the
King
,
if
he
saw
her
not
that
day
,
would
be
sure
of
her
another
,
seeing
she
consented
her self
,
he
cryed
,
Well
then
,
see
him
if
you
please
,
see
the
most
curious
Monarch
in
the
World
,
he
is
our
Master
,
he
will
see
you
,
and
I
know
very
well
you
are
pleased
with
his
resolution
:
but
let
me
desire
one
thing
of
you
,
dear
Alfreda
,
not
to
make
the
best
of
your
Beauty
,
nor
exhibit
to
his
Eyes
all
the
Charms
with
which
it
is
in
your
power
to
attaque
him
:
let
me
beg
of
you
at
least
to
be
ill
drest
,
negligent
,
to
speak
little
,
and
what
you
do
,
as
far
as
you
can
from
the
purpose
.
Alfreda
made
the
same
use
of
his
Doctrine
,
as
a
witty
Woman
would
do
;
she
knew
(
by
his
directions
how
to
displease
the
King
)
what
course
she
was
to
steer
,
to
give
him
satisfaction
.
MAXIME
II.
No
,
you
'r
deceived
when
you
suppose
Your
Wives
mill
part
with
Whisk
,
or
Cloaths
,
Or
paint
,
to
purchase
your
repose
.
If
their
obedience
you
design
,
Bid
them
be
proud
,
unconstant
,
fine
,
Their
dutiful
,
my
life
for
thine
.
But
,
but
confine
them
(
though
to
th'
Court
)
The
Law
of
Nature
will
exsert
,
And
God
knows
what
becomes
o
th'
Fort.
Whatever
he
injoyned
her
,
Alfreda
did
clear
contrary
,
never
was
she
so
handsom
,
nor
never
so
well
drest
.
The
King
went
away
strangely
enamoured
,
he
admired
,
and
loved
her
already
at
his
very
soul
,
her
Wit
,
her
Air
,
and
every
thing
took
him
;
insomuch
that
not
being
able
to
conceal
his
resentment
of
the
Counts
infidelity
,
he
had
certainly
clapt
him
in
Prison
,
had
not
the
apprehension
of
displeasing
his
Wife
restrained
him
.
It
is
not
to
be
askt
,
whether
Alfreda
came
to
Court
after
this
Visit
.
Edgar
found
her
too
handsom
,
to
suffer
her
to
languish
in
the
solitudes
of
the
Country
.
He
conferred
great
Offices
and
Preferments
upon
the
Duke
,
to
bring
him
nearer
with
his
Daughter
:
The
Duke
came
,
and
his
fair
Daughter
along
with
him
.
Ethelwold
forbid
his
Wife
coming
near
London
,
but
to
no
purpose
,
she
had
too
great
a
Protector
to
apprehend
any
revenge
he
could
design
;
his
best
play
was
patience
:
But
such
kind
or
usage
being
troublesom
to
such
Husbands
as
have
more
the
ordinary
affection
of
their
Wives
;
the
poor
Count
took
his
misfortunes
so
deeply
,
it
would
have
been
charity
to
have
knockt
him
on
the
head
.
In
a
short
time
he
dyed
of
Melancholy
,
and
the
love
of
Edgar
,
being
no
longer
restrained
by
the
presence
of
Ethelwold
,
it
ran
up
to
so
high
a
degree
,
that
no
less
than
the
Throne
of
Great
Britain
was
able
to
circumscribe
it
:
and
indeed
it
was
not
long
before
Alfreda
was
advanced
to
it
,
in
spight
of
all
arifices
to
the
contrary
:
the
fury
her
Ambition
exercised
in
so
eminent
a
place
,
makes
the
most
Tragick
part
of
the
History
of
England
.
Wilfred
was
poysoned
,
the
Children
she
had
by
the
King
had
their
throats
cut
,
and
Edward
sent
out
of
this
World
,
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
Ornaments
in
the
next
:
But
these
are
accidents
more
proper
for
Tragical
,
than
amorous
Annals
.
I
desire
of
the
Reader
I
may
not
straggle
too
far
from
my
design
,
I
fear
Don
Garcias
takes
it
ill
I
have
left
him
so
long
pining
in
his
regrets
for
the
loss
of
his
Lady
,
without
inserting
the
effects
his
just
indignation
did
produce
.
This
good
Count
,
whose
confidence
had
been
so
ill
requited
,
and
who
was
notable
to
make
use
of
the
remedies
of
a
discreet
Husband
(
who
conceals
with
all
possible
care
his
domestick
disorders
)
perceiving
his
disgrace
publick
all
over
Castile
,
and
that
it
was
ridiculous
in
him
to
suspect
only
he
was
laught
at
,
he
resolved
to
repair
himself
of
the
injury
had
been
done
him
,
in
such
a
way
as
should
extinguish
the
reproach
.
He
made
his
Uncle
Alphonso
de
Castile
Governour
in
his
absence
,
and
parting
from
Burgos
without
any
Equipage
but
a
single
Gentleman
,
he
traced
Madam
Valery
to
the
City
of
Paris
.
It
was
no
easie
matter
to
discover
in
that
place
a
Woman
who
lived
obscurely
,
and
whose
Mother-tongue
was
the
Language
of
that
Country
.
And
Don
Garcias
undertaking
that
difficulty
,
concluded
it
necessary
to
get
some
assistance
extraordinary
for
the
accomplishment
of
his
design
:
he
made
a
solemn
Vow
,
that
if
he
was
so
happy
to
be
revenged
of
his
old
Consort
,
he
would
take
another
from
her
debaucheries
,
and
place
her
upon
the
Throne
of
Castile
.
Let
not
the
Reader
be
surprised
at
this
kind
of
Vow
,
it
is
not
so
fabulous
as
he
may
imagine
;
for
it
was
not
only
made
,
and
executed
by
Don
Garcias
,
but
it
has
past
to
his
Posterity
,
is
the
common
devotion
of
the
Castilians
,
and
they
believe
they
gain
Battels
sometimes
,
by
such
good
intentions
;
nay
evey
in
our
days
we
have
seen
the
greatest
Lords
in
Spain
practise
that
custom
,
as
one
of
the
most
pious
engagements
in
that
Country
.
The
Count
of
Castile
desirous
to
put
himself
into
a
condition
of
fulfilling
his
resolution
,
and
judging
moreover
he
was
most
likely
to
find
his
Wife
in
the
Company
of
loose
and
licentious
Women
,
he
insinuated
with
one
of
that
sort
,
the
most
subtle
,
and
famous
in
Paris
,
he
shewed
her
money
enough
to
convince
her
he
was
worthy
of
her
fidelity
,
and
desiring
her
to
convey
him
amongst
the
Ladies
of
her
Acquaintance
;
she
agve
him
a
Munster
of
about
twenty
Harlots
,
all
very
handsom
,
and
fine
,
and
under
the
protection
of
a
rich
Officer
of
the
Treasury
,
which
delivered
the
Stranger
from
a
considerable
expence
.
Among
these
chast
Damoiselles
,
Don
Garcias
had
an
opinion
he
might
find
his
Wife
:
the
errour
she
had
committed
with
the
Pilgrim
,
promised
him
no
less
,
but
he
was
mistaken
,
for
the
good
Woman
was
more
faithful
to
Hugo
,
than
she
had
been
to
him
:
he
could
not
find
her
in
that
Inventory
,
nor
in
several
others
of
the
same
nature
which
he
examined
afterwards
.
To
render
his
fortune
more
favourable
,
he
thought
his
best
way
would
be
to
hasten
the
accomplishment
of
his
Vow
,
and
casting
his
Eyes
upon
a
brown
young
Lass
called
Radegond
,
with
whom
the
action
as
he
thought
would
be
more
pious
and
charitable
than
any
other
;
he
intimated
to
his
old
Friend
that
that
was
the
person
he
desired
to
marry
.
His
liberality
had
prepared
the
good
Bawd
for
his
service
;
he
had
scarce
spoke
the
word
,
but
the
Victime
was
brought
to
the
soot
of
the
Altar
:
The
Girl
was
witty
,
never
Wench
better
killed
in
the
Mysteries
of
Love
,
nor
understood
the
Art
of
Cullying
better
:
one
had
need
to
have
had
good
Judgment
in
Magick
,
to
have
won
her
to
a
compliance
,
and
yet
she
had
a
natural
tendency
to
be
prodigal
of
her
favours
;
that
Don
Garcias
had
he
had
any
designs
upon
her
that
way
,
must
have
used
violence
to
obtain
them
.
But
he
had
no
such
intention
,
his
thoughts
were
only
to
reclaim
her
,
and
having
given
her
a
description
of
Vice
,
(
which
was
more
tedious
to
her
than
the
vice
it self
)
he
promised
her
the
Crown
of
Gastile
,
as
the
price
of
her
Conversion
.
The
first
part
of
his
Sermon
astonished
her
,
she
understood
not
that
kind
of
Divinity
,
but
the
conclusion
fetcht
her
again
.
The
most
dissolute
Dame
of
them
all
would
promise
Penitence
for
a
less
reward
than
a
Soveraignty
;
and
our
Radegond
forgot
not
to
make
use
of
her
Wit
at
that
time
:
She
cast
her self
at
Don
Garcias
feet
,
gave
his
Highness
many
thanks
for
his
gracious
offer
,
and
swearing
(
with
an
ingenuity
she
had
often
counterfeited
before
)
she
had
never
used
any
such
Complacency
but
out
of
pure
necessity
:
She
promised
the
Count
so
sincere
a
Conversion
,
that
the
Ages
to
come
should
speak
of
her
Piety
:
after
what
had
happened
,
Don
Garcias
ought
to
have
been
wiser
;
but
he
was
of
the
temper
of
the
Cat
metamorphosed
into
a
Woman
,
and
returned
to
his
own
Nature
.
The
good
Count
looked
upon
Radegond
,
as
a
second
Egyptian
Mary
,
and
giving
her
an
account
of
his
Vow
,
and
the
cause
of
it
,
he
conjured
her
by
the
interest
she
had
in
its
accomplishment
,
to
assist
him
in
the
discovery
of
his
Wife
.
And
indeed
he
could
not
have
addrest
himself
better
.
Radegond
was
own
Sister
to
Hugo
,
she
served
the
Countess
by
the
name
of
Madam
Valery
,
in
the
quality
of
a
Waiting-woman
;
and
the
Gentlemans
means
growing
small
,
and
Valery's
beginning
to
lessen
,
the
young
Gentlewoman
,
his
Sister
was
forced
to
make
use
of
her
own
parts
for
the
subsistence
of
the
Family
.
It
could
be
no
great
difficulty
therefore
for
her
to
promise
Don
Garcias
the
accomplishment
of
his
desires
;
but
having
heard
,
and
remembred
an
unlucky
story
of
the
Seamen
,
who
make
great
vows
in
a
storm
,
and
forget
them
when
they
are
out
of
it
:
She
was
afraid
the
Count
of
Castile
should
make
but
little
conscience
of
breaking
with
her
,
when
she
had
no
farther
obligation
upon
him
than
his
word
.
She
contented
her self
to
flatter
his
hopes
for
the
present
,
and
then
betaking
her self
to
a
great
Lord
of
the
Court
,
who
had
had
the
first
fruits
of
her
favour
,
&
for
that
reason
protected
her
upon
all
occasions
;
she
told
him
her
adventure
,
and
the
probability
she
was
in
to
be
Countess
of
Castile
.
Her
Protector
could
not
believe
(
at
first
)
one
word
that
she
said
,
and
looked
upon
all
as
Chimerical
;
but
Radegond
promising
to
bring
him
to
the
speech
of
Garcias
,
and
giving
him
the
same
Arguments
to
preswade
him
it
was
true
,
as
she
had
exacted
from
the
Count
for
the
strengthning
of
their
own
faith
,
he
believed
her
by
degrees
.
His
advice
was
to
make
the
discovery
of
the
Countess
as
difficult
as
she
could
,
he
gave
her
lessons
of
Hypocrisie
to
impose
upon
the
Count
,
andc
pretending
himself
her
Uncle
,
he
made
Don
Garcias
a
Visit
,
to
draw
him
to
a
promise
under
his
hand
of
marrying
his
Niece
,
if
she
brought
him
to
Madam
Valery
.
The
Count
consented
to
the
conditions
without
any
resistance
,
as
well
because
it
was
his
real
intention
at
that
time
,
as
because
he
supposed
this
Uncle
not
in
a
posture
to
constrain
him
,
if
he
repented
it
afterwards
.
The
Uncle
disguised
himself
in
an
ordinary
Habit
,
was
followed
by
none
of
his
Servants
,
and
judging
his
true
Name
might
fright
him
from
promising
,
he
took
another
more
suitable
to
the
Quality
he
profest
,
which
Don
Garcias
regarded
no
more
,
than
if
he
had
been
no
body
at
all
.
Radegond
finding
her self
so
well
supported
,
she
kept
touch
with
the
Count
,
and
that
without
much
trouble
;
for
she
had
no
more
to
do
,
but
to
deliver
him
the
Key
of
Madam
Valery's
Lodgings
.
The
Husband
being
very
angry
,
got
himself
conducted
by
several
Footmen
which
he
hired
:
And
Paris
being
a
Town
,
where
they
who
have
money
may
do
any
thing
,
and
the
Count
having
found
his
Pilgrim
and
his
Wife
close
in
one
Bed
,
he
needed
but
one
stroke
to
rid
himself
of
both
.
When
he
had
satisfied
his
vengeance
in
this
manner
,
I
am
of
opinion
he
would
willingly
have
had
no
further
business
in
Paris
,
than
to
provide
for
his
return
.
He
began
to
talk
of
compounding
with
Radegond
,
he
offered
her
a
sum
of
money
to
dispense
,
and
't
is
generally
believed
his
conscience
would
have
been
much
at
rest
,
could
he
have
prevented
the
accomplishment
of
his
Vow
.
But
the
pretended
Uncle
would
not
admit
of
any
such
terms
.
The
thoughts
he
had
of
seeing
one
of
his
Mistresses
in
the
Throne
of
Castile
,
flattered
his
vanity
exceedingly
;
he
discovered
himself
who
he
was
,
and
the
Count
de
Castile
,
being
in
no
condition
in
Paris
to
contend
with
the
interest
of
one
of
the
chief
men
in
France
;
he
thought
if
sufficient
that
he
had
been
the
discourse
of
all
Spain
by
his
first
Marriage
,
without
making
himself
so
at
Paris
by
his
second
.
He
married
Radegond
as
he
had
promised
,
and
the
Marriage
being
ratified
,
and
all
the
Grandees
in
Castile
assembled
,
Radegond
was
pronounced
Soveraign
of
Castile
under
the
the
same
Name
her
Brother
had
carried
in
that
Country
before
.
Some
may
say
perhaps
that
Don
Garcias
might
have
as
well
have
accomplished
his
Vow
in
the
person
of
his
old
Wife
Isabel
de
Vermandois
,
as
in
the
person
of
Radegond
.
The
Subjects
were
equally
disposed
,
Harlots
they
were
both
,
and
the
repentance
of
the
first
might
as
well
have
been
expected
,
as
the
conversion
of
the
latter
.
But
this
second
alliance
satisfied
his
revenge
more
than
Madam
Valeries
remorse
,
besides
the
debauchery
of
the
Countess
was
known
in
Castile
,
whereas
Radegond
might
pass
there
for
a
Saint
.
He
presented
her
to
the
Castilians
for
a
great
Example
of
Vertue
,
for
a
person
who
abhorring
the
wickedness
of
her
Brothers
life
,
had
chose
rather
to
deliver
him
up
to
Don
Garcias
indignation
,
than
to
see
the
honour
of
her
Family
depraved
by
so
ungodly
an
action
:
it
is
strange
how
the
natures
of
things
change
,
according
to
their
different
faces
.
We
know
none
of
these
intrigues
,
bu
by
the
imprudent
discovery
of
some
persons
concerned
:
and
those
persons
appear
to
us
the
shame
of
their
Sex
many
times
by
the
incontinence
they
are
charged
with
,
who
perhaps
are
much
more
discreet
than
they
which
accuse
them
.
Love
is
a
nimble
Deity
,
and
marches
a
great
way
in
a
little
time
.
From
the
Territory
of
Castile
he
has
brought
us
into
England
in
the
time
we
can
read
half
a
sheet
of
Paper
;
from
London
he
has
re-conveyed
us
to
Burgos
,
and
from
Burgos
to
Paris
,
with
the
same
expedition
,
and
now
he
is
carrying
us
out
of
the
middle
of
France
,
into
the
Court
of
the
Emperour
of
the
West
,
without
desiring
more
time
for
the
Journey
,
than
is
requisite
for
the
writing
a
few
lines
.
In
the
preceding
stories
he
has
pleased
himself
in
triumphing
over
Marriage
,
in
this
he
sides
with
it
,
and
leaves
the
succeeding
pair
an
everlasting
instance
of
Constancy
and
Vertue
.
MAXIME
III.
Some
Husbands
still
there
are
,
whose
Love
is
more
After
their
Marriage
than
it
was
before
,
Their
Wives
are
welcome
,
and
themselves
they
please
As
much
in
them
,
as
when
th'
were
Mistresses
.
But
when
the
good
man's
nought
,
and
every
room
Smoaks
with
his
curses
,
when
his
Wife
comes
home
.
The
story
's
sad
,
and
surely't
may
be
said
Love
lyes
intombed
in
that
Marriage-bed
.
Examples
of
this
kind
,
I
must
confess
are
rare
,
yet
we
are
not
without
some
,
and
the
Duke
and
Dutchess
of
Modena
fall
very
luckily
into
my
memory
for
an
instance
.
This
Duke
had
for
a
long
time
been
in
Love
with
the
Princess
of
Bavaria
,
Daughter
to
Duke
Henry
,
and
Cousin
German
to
Otho
the
Third
,
at
that
time
Emperour
of
the
West
.
His
passion
for
her
had
ingaged
him
to
follow
Otho
in
all
his
Wars
against
the
Sarrazins
in
Pouille
,
and
against
Lothaire
(
the
French
King
)
in
Austrasia
.
Love
is
a
kind
of
Proteus
,
and
assumes
all
shapes
upon
occasion
,
if
it
meets
with
a
base
mind
,
it
becomes
the
Author
of
all
sorts
of
baseness
;
but
when
it
is
so
happy
as
to
meet
with
a
noble
,
and
sublime
inclination
,
it
excites
to
the
greatest
actions
,
and
nothing
prompts
more
to
vertue
,
or
makes
a
man
more
illustrious
.
This
was
the
Character
it
had
taken
in
the
heart
of
the
young
Duke
of
Modena
.
The
Princess
of
Bavaria
being
the
price
he
had
proposed
to
himself
of
all
his
Atchievments
,
he
had
done
Miracles
to
deserve
her
.
For
her
sake
it
was
he
had
fought
many
Battels
,
and
defended
many
Towns
.
The
Idea
he
had
of
her
beauty
accompanied
him
in
his
greatest
perils
,
and
(
considering
his
Conquests
,
as
so
many
steps
which
advanced
him
towards
the
possession
of
the
Princess
,
and
alliance
with
the
Emperour
)
one
may
say
,
that
Otho
ought
more
of
his
Victories
to
the
passion
of
the
Duke
of
Modena
,
than
to
the
Armies
of
his
Subjects
,
or
the
Conduct
of
his
Generals
.
So
glorious
an
affection
could
not
but
be
crowned
with
glory
.
The
Duke
of
Modena
obtained
the
Princess
of
Bavaria
,
as
an
acknowledgment
from
the
Emperour
.
The
Imperial
Residence
being
at
that
time
at
Aixla
Chapelle
,
the
Marriage
was
celebrated
there
,
and
the
new
Dutchess
being
well
worthy
of
whatsoever
the
Duke
had
done
for
her
;
and
the
Duke
on
the
other
side
as
worthy
of
what
Love
the
young
Dutchess
was
capable
of
,
never
was
Bride
and
Bridegroom
more
happy
,
than
the
Duke
of
Modena
,
and
his
Princess
,
they
exprest
the
same
cares
and
complacences
,
as
are
used
by
the
most
violent
Lovers
:
they
delighted
to
be
near
one
another
,
and
were
never
separated
but
in
publick
;
their
Eyes
,
their
actions
,
their
every
thing
discovered
the
kindness
of
their
Hearts
;
and
in
a
word
they
loved
at
that
rate
,
they
set
all
persons
a
gog
who
observed
them
.
The
Empress
Mary
,
Wife
to
Otho
,
(
who
merited
as
much
from
him
,
as
the
Dutchess
did
from
the
Duke
)
not
meeting
so
much
kindness
from
her
Husband
,
began
to
envy
her
felicity
.
She
cast
that
Matriage
in
Otho's
dish
upon
all
occasions
,
as
an
Example
he
ought
to
follow
,
and
the
reproaches
of
the
good
Women
,
being
the
worst
way
they
can
take
to
warm
the
blood
of
their
Husbands
,
the
Empress
did
but
little
good
upon
hers
:
She
plagued
him
so
continually
with
that
pattern
,
that
she
began
to
be
insupportable
:
In
short
they
lookt
upon
one
another
as
Judgments
sent
down
on
purpose
to
torment
them
;
and
this
secret
abhorrency
betwixt
Man
and
Wife
,
being
usually
a
presage
of
new
passion
for
Strangers
,
the
Emperour
and
Empress
might
on
a
sudden
have
perceived
,
that
unlawful
Love
builds
always
upon
the
ruines
of
Conjugal
.
The
Empress
could
not
see
the
Duke
with
his
own
Wife
,
without
distrubance
;
she
invented
every
day
some
new
pretence
or
other
to
divide
them
,
(
not
considering
that
little
interruptions
in
things
indifferent
,
render
our
Loves
more
ardent
in
matters
of
concernment
)
she
by
that
means
insensibly
increased
,
what
she
desired
so
earnestly
to
destroy
.
On
the
other
side
the
Emperor
finding
the
Dutchess
always
alone
,
because
the
Empress
could
not
live
without
the
Duke
,
that
opportunity
compleated
that
flame
,
which
her
Charms
had
scarce
kindled
before
:
her
first
Confidence
was
,
acquainting
her
with
the
impertinence
of
the
Empress
;
how
troublesom
,
how
unappeasable
she
was
,
and
from
thence
passing
in
course
to
a
solemn
wish
,
that
she
was
but
half
so
well
disposed
as
the
Dutchess
;
his
desire
struck
so
plausibly
upon
his
fancy
,
he
could
not
afterwards
get
her
off
on
his
thoughts
.
Had
he
believed
,
that
this
extempore
wish
would
have
one
day
grown
up
to
a
passion
,
and
the
Empress
suspected
,
that
the
twittering
she
had
for
the
Duke
,
would
have
made
her
forget
all
her
obligations
to
her self
;
there
is
no
doubt
but
either
of
them
would
have
made
greater
resistance
.
The
Emperour
was
just
,
honourable
,
and
grateful
,
and
well
understood
his
ingagements
to
the
Duke
,
and
the
Empress
was
not
without
her
natural
inclinations
to
virtue
;
but
Love
surprised
both
their
Hearts
before
they
were
aware
,
and
they
discovered
it
not
,
till
he
was
too
strong
to
be
repelled
,
for
when
that
passion
has
once
got
possession
,
all
the
struglings
,
and
all
the
contentions
in
the
World
do
but
fortifie
and
augment
it
.
MAXIME
IV.
At
Loves
first
sight
,
the
surest
way
,
iIs
to
give
ground
,
and
shun
the
frey
.
For
if
he
once
but
fix
his
foot
,
No
Oak
comes
harder
from
the
root
.
The
Love
of
Otho
for
the
Dutchess
,
and
the
Love
of
Mary
for
the
Duke
beginning
much
about
a
time
,
it
happened
they
broke
out
,
and
were
discovered
near
the
same
day
.
There
was
about
that
time
a
famous
Painter
at
the
Emperours
Court
,
who
had
found
out
a
new
way
of
painting
,
very
rare
and
ingenious
in
it self
.
He
used
neither
cloth
nor
colours
,
prepared
after
the
old
way
,
his
work
was
not
infected
with
the
odour
of
oyl
,
which
discourages
so
many
from
sitting
for
their
Pictures
,
his
Colours
were
mingled
with
Water
and
Gum
Arabick
,
his
Canvas
,
a
sort
of
Vellam
,
and
without
any
more
Tools
,
than
two
or
three
Christal-shells
,
and
a
few
Pencils
he
made
strokes
which
were
almost
invisible
,
and
his
Pictures
were
so
like
,
they
wanted
nothing
but
speaking
,
to
be
the
same
.
True
it
is
,
he
was
something
long
,
and
for
that
reason
as
well
as
the
delicacy
of
his
painting
,
he
drew
all
in
little
;
yet
he
would
express
the
same
things
in
a
piece
of
Parchment
of
a
foot
square
,
as
well
as
another
Painter
would
do
in
a
cloth
as
big
as
the
life
.
The
Dutchess
being
a
great
Lover
of
Arts
,
would
needs
see
this
man
,
and
make
experiment
her self
,
whether
he
was
as
ingenious
,
as
his
reputation
publisht
:
She
made
him
draw
her
Picture
,
but
her
own
alone
,
being
nothing
so
grateful
to
her
,
as
when
joyned
with
her
Dukes
;
she
told
the
Painter
he
must
contrive
some
way
or
other
of
putting
him
into
the
same
Vellam
.
He
represented
her
therefore
as
the
Painters
Muse
,
setting
upon
a
Bundle
of
Pencils
,
with
her
Marble
and
Pestil
by
her
side
,
painting
a
little
Picture
with
her
own
hand
like
a
Meddail
,
wherein
she
had
drawn
the
Duke
of
Modena's
head
.
The
Portraicture
was
born
up
by
a
Cupid
with
a
Garland
of
flowers
about
his
head
;
two
or
three
more
Cupids
as
it
were
fluttering
about
with
their
wings
,
pointed
to
her
beauty
,
and
made
the
Spectators
take
notice
of
each
feature
in
spight
of
their
teeth
,
and
besides
the
Excellence
of
the
Work
,
which
was
sufficiently
conspicuous
in
either
of
the
Pictures
,
they
had
so
happy
a
resemblance
to
the
life
,
that
they
were
scarce
to
be
matcht
in
all
Europe
.
This
Picture
was
carried
home
to
the
Dutchess
at
a
time
the
Duke
fortuned
to
be
abroad
.
She
set
it
by
in
his
Closet
till
he
came
in
,
intending
to
shew
it
him
as
soon
as
he
returned
,
&
some
business
having
called
him
into
another
Room
,
the
Emperour
chanced
to
enter
just
as
she
was
gone
forth
:
he
thought
to
take
advantage
of
her
absence
,
and
to
write
some
piece
of
Galanterie
,
some
merry
Conceit
or
other
that
she
might
find
when
she
came
again
;
and
having
opened
the
Closet-door
with
that
design
,
the
first
thing
he
cast
his
eyes
upon
,
was
her
Picture
,
he
found
it
the
piece
,
and
the
best
design
of
any
he
had
seen
,
and
Love
having
a
custom
of
turning
all
things
to
his
advantage
,
he
put
it
into
Otho's
head
to
take
hold
of
that
opportunity
for
the
declaration
of
his
Love
.
He
had
seen
Pictures
in
Water-colours
before
,
and
knew
they
were
to
be
defaced
,
to
that
end
he
wet
the
corner
of
his
Handkerchief
with
Orange-flower
water
(
which
he
found
by
accident
upon
the
Table
)
rub'd
the
Picture
of
the
Duke
of
Modena
quite
out
,
and
in
the
place
left
these
Verses
,
which
he
writ
with
his
own
hand
.
Madam
,
this
Picture
you
so
highly
prize
,
Is
a
Companion
too
slight
and
poor
For
you
,
a
proper
Object
for
your
Eyes
Can
be
no
less
than
your
own
Emperour
.
As
soon
as
he
had
writ
these
Verses
,
he
went
out
,
and
left
word
with
the
Dutchesses
Women
,
that
he
had
left
something
in
her
Closet
,
that
was
not
to
be
seen
by
any
but
her self
,
and
therefore
he
charged
them
to
let
no
body
go
into
it
till
she
returned
.
They
observed
his
Commands
,
and
the
Dutchess
being
come
back
,
they
told
her
what
word
the
Emperour
had
left
.
She
went
immediately
into
her
Cabinet
to
see
what
it
was
,
and
finding
her
Picture
dissigured
,
she
was
so
much
concerned
,
she
could
not
get
it
out
of
her
mind
:
She
believed
it
might
be
some
accident
at
first
,
but
taking
it
up
to
look
closer
upon
it
,
she
was
much
surprized
when
she
found
the
Emperours
Verses
.
Just
as
she
was
in
her
astonishment
,
the
Duke
coming
suddenly
into
her
Closet
,
Ha
,
my
dear
Lord
,
said
she
,
I
thought
to
have
presented
you
with
the
best
Picture
I
ever
saw
,
but
whilst
I
was
but
stept
into
the
next
room
,
some
body
has
spoiled
it
:
and
I
am
afraid
the
injury
to
the
Picture
is
the
least
of
the
mischiefs
it
gives
us
just
occasion
to
fear
.
And
having
,
said
so
,
she
told
him
how
it
had
been
designed
,
how
she
had
left
it
in
her
Closet
when
she
went
out
,
and
in
what
condition
she
found
it
when
she
came
in
.
The
Duke
,
knowing
the
Emperours
hand
very
well
,
cryed
out
,
What
,
by
consent
!
both
in
one
day
!
this
is
too
much
.
After
which
words
,
he
stood
still
for
some
time
,
overcharged
with
reflections
which
thronged
upon
his
Spirits
,
and
perhaps
troubled
he
had
said
so
much
.
A
Person
of
Honour
cannot
but
blush
to
have
confessed
any
overture
of
Love
from
a
fair
Lady
,
let
it
be
in
what
manner
it
will
:
Insomuch
that
the
Duke
being
conscious
of
the
same
practice
from
the
Empress
,
had
no
sooner
let
these
words
slip
,
but
he
wisht
they
had
been
unspoken
again
;
but
it
was
then
too
late
to
repent
.
The
Dutchess
being
quick
,
and
apprehensive
,
what
both
?
and
what
consent
do
you
mean
,
Sir
?
said
she
:
have
you
been
sollicited
by
the
Empress
,
as
I
have
been
by
the
Emperour
?
The
Duke
would
fain
have
dissembled
it
,
and
endeavoured
to
give
his
words
another
explication
,
but
perceiving
the
Dutchess
could
not
be
put
off
so
,
and
that
by
her
silence
,
she
conceived
an
invincible
suspicion
in
her
soul
,
which
he
would
willingly
have
illuded
;
he
confessed
the
truth
,
and
told
her
that
the
Empress
had
indeed
signified
an
affection
for
him
.
I
had
,
said
he
,
some
apprehensions
of
it
before
,
but
a
man
of
Honour
ought
not
to
believe
his
own
sentiments
in
such
an
affair
,
I
observed
she
had
great
inclinations
to
my
Company
,
and
Discourse
,
and
more
than
I
thought
could
proceed
from
a
simple
Civility
.
She
looked
upon
me
(
as
I
fancied
)
like
one
that
was
in
Love
,
and
she
commended
me
above
the
rate
of
common
respect
;
but
I
had
rather
give
esteem
more
than
belongs
to
it
,
then
to
grant
that
to
Love
which
I
knew
was
its
due
.
In
this
consideration
I
waited
many
times
upon
the
Empress
upon
the
least
of
her
Commands
,
and
many
times
I
prevented
them
,
and
attended
her
without
;
for
I
had
a
suspicion
,
that
by
denying
her
passion
indifferent
compliance
,
I
might
provoke
it
to
demands
more
particular
,
and
considerable
:
Upon
this
score
it
was
I
went
to
her
Court
this
afternoon
,
as
I
had
done
many
times
before
.
I
found
her
alone
with
her
Daughters
,
all
of
them
imployed
in
stringing
of
Pearl
.
By
misfortune
a
rich
Picture-case
of
a
very
great
value
,
fell
out
of
the
lap
of
one
of
the
young
Ladies
,
as
she
was
rising
to
salute
me
,
I
ran
presently
to
take
it
up
,
and
having
presented
it
to
her
who
let
it
fall
,
I
was
making
some
Complement
for
the
disorder
I
put
them
to
:
But
the
Empress
coming
up
to
me
,
and
whispering
me
in
the
ear
,
said
,
Keep
the
Box
,
my
Lord
,
your
power
is
too
great
over
the
Original
,
not
to
have
the
Copy
at
your
absolute
Command
.
I
opened
the
Case
,
and
I
found
(
what
I
expected
)
the
Picture
of
the
Empress
.
I
pretended
to
understand
her
discourse
no
otherwise
than
as
a
tryal
of
my
respect
;
and
presenting
the
Box
with
great
reverence
,
No
,
no
,
Madam
,
said
I
,
do
not
suspect
me
of
Sacriledge
,
I
am
so
Religious
an
observer
of
my
duty
,
that
the
very
Copy
of
this
Original
is
too
sacred
a
thing
for
me
.
Be
not
so
modest
,
replied
the
Empress
,
and
made
signs
to
me
follow
her
to
the
Window
.
Sometimes
it
is
more
criminal
to
refuse
favours
that
are
offered
,
than
to
force
them
where
they
are
refused
;
and
then
her
passion
having
vanquisht
all
opposition
,
the
inconsiderate
Princess
told
things
so
plain
(
and
her
Eyes
insinuated
the
rest
)
that
I
could
have
wisht
I
had
lost
the
exercise
of
my
senses
,
that
I
might
not
have
been
privy
to
a
thing
so
derogatory
to
the
Imperial
Family
.
The
Dutchess
of
Modena
heard
her
Husbands
relation
,
with
a
concernment
that
was
visible
in
her
face
,
and
looking
upon
him
with
tears
in
her
Eyes
,
Ah
,
my
Lord
,
said
she
when
he
had
done
,
I
see
the
Heavens
do
envy
my
Felicity
,
I
should
have
been
to
happy
for
a
mortal
Creature
,
could
I
have
loved
you
,
and
been
beloved
by
you
without
interruption
;
but
I
was
not
born
to
so
much
good
Fortune
,
and
the
Empress
has
reason
to
disturb
it
.
In
what
is
it
that
the
disturbs
it
,
replied
the
Duke
,
something
hastily
?
have
I
complied
with
her
affection
?
have
I
concealed
it
from
you
?
or
do
you
find
I
love
her
better
than
you
?
No
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Dutchess
,
and
I
give
you
thanks
that
you
have
not
,
but
I
fear
what
the
Empresses
Charms
were
not
able
to
compass
,
the
ingratitude
of
the
Emperour
may
possibly
procure
;
you
lookt
upon
that
Princess
as
the
Wife
of
your
Master
,
and
thought
it
your
duty
to
the
goodness
of
Otho
,
to
make
a
generous
opposition
to
the
infidelity
of
his
Consort
.
But
alas
,
now
the
case
is
alter'd
,
and
the
same
Otho
become
the
greatest
of
your
Enemies
,
what
is
there
left
to
secure
your
affection
from
a
young
Princess
,
which
loves
you
so
entirely
,
and
is
the
first
person
of
her
Sex
in
the
World
?
Your
Charms
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Duke
,
interrupting
her
,
are
so
powerful
,
and
so
rigorously
adored
by
me
,
that
they
will
infallibly
secure
my
faith
for
your self
:
Rest
you
contented
in
that
,
and
do
not
imagine
that
my
desire
to
be
revenged
of
the
Emperour
,
obliges
me
to
give
him
a
pretence
to
take
his
vengeance
on
me
.
The
Empress
would
be
too
dear
a
purchase
,
if
I
should
gain
her
by
the
loss
of
you
;
and
you
would
have
reason
to
rejoyce
at
your
losses
,
if
I
my self
should
shew
you
the
way
to
repair
them
.
This
excellent
Pair
satisfied
one
another
so
amply
against
all
the
suspicions
that
conjuncture
represented
;
That
Cupid
knowing
well
he
should
not
have
such
opportunities
every
day
,
to
make
his
puissance
known
upon
Lovers
of
their
Character
,
resolved
to
make
this
Example
as
famous
as
it
was
rare
.
The
Duke
resisted
the
kindness
of
the
Empress
with
so
constant
a
firmness
,
it
lookt
almost
like
contempt
;
and
the
Dutchess
received
all
the
attapues
of
the
Emperour
,
with
the
same
resolution
;
but
't
is
dangerous
sometimes
to
push
things
too
far
.
The
Emperour
made
a
Treat
(
one
day
in
a
Garden
of
his
not
far
from
the
Town
)
upon
the
Bank
of
a
River
which
runs
by
,
it
was
not
long
the
Trees
in
it
had
been
planted
,
and
so
gove
not
much
shade
;
but
that
defect
was
supplied
by
certain
Arbours
,
or
Cabanes
covered
over
with
a
sort
of
Leaves
,
which
put
forth
sooner
than
ordinary
.
Part
of
the
Cabanes
were
made
into
the
form
of
a
Labyrinth
,
some
were
double
,
some
single
,
and
all
of
several
fashious
.
Into
one
of
these
Cabanes
Otho
had
conducted
the
Dutchess
of
Modena
,
and
the
Empress
pretending
her self
weary
,
was
retired
with
the
Duke
(
who
had
the
honour
to
lead
her
)
into
another
.
It
is
to
be
supposed
,
that
neither
the
one
Lover
,
nor
the
other
would
lose
that
convenience
of
complaining
of
their
Destiny
.
The
Emperour
begged
,
and
sighed
,
and
perhaps
wept
:
The
Empress
(
the
more
impetuous
of
the
two
)
when
fair
words
would
not
do
,
began
to
threaten
revenge
.
The
coldness
wherewith
the
Duke
entertained
the
Empress
,
was
more
intolerable
,
than
that
with
which
the
Dutchess
received
to
Empress
.
It
is
an
Honour
to
a
yong
Prince
to
be
a
Gallant
,
and
an
amorous
Atchievment
,
gains
as
much
reputation
sometimes
,
as
the
bloodiest
Victory
.
But
with
the
Women
it
is
not
so
,
a
Lady
cannot
advance
one
step
,
but
she
charges
her self
with
the
whole
Intrigue
;
and
a
repulse
which
would
be
nothing
in
a
Lady
to
her
Servant
,
becomes
an
unpardonable
indignity
in
a
Servant
to
his
Mistress
.
The
high-spirited
Empress
,
seeing
her self
rejected
by
a
person
she
had
obliged
by
so
many
favours
,
conceived
so
great
a
displeasure
,
that
she
could
not
conceal
it
.
She
threatned
him
with
all
the
mischiefs
an
inraged
Empress
could
bring
upon
him
,
and
departing
with
a
gesture
importing
fury
and
indignation
,
she
left
him
to
take
his
choice
,
whether
he
would
prevent
her
revenge
,
or
feel
the
effects
of
it
.
On
the
other
side
the
Emperour
perceiving
his
passion
as
tedious
to
the
Dutchess
,
instead
of
having
gained
any
advantage
,
he
left
her
,
and
that
as
ill
satisfied
as
the
Empress
with
the
Duke
.
They
both
of
them
walkt
some
time
up
and
down
to
dispel
the
trouble
their
disappointments
had
brought
them
;
both
of
them
perceived
the
Duke
and
Dutchess
come
forth
of
the
Arbors
where
they
had
left
them
,
and
enter
together
into
another
,
where
they
suspected
,
they
retired
to
give
an
account
to
one
another
what
had
past
.
This
Arbor
was
one
of
those
that
were
double
,
one
might
slip
by
betwixt
the
Pillars
without
being
seen
of
those
who
were
either
within
,
or
without
.
An
unluckly
concurrence
of
Curiosity
excited
these
two
Lovers
to
hide
themselves
behind
the
Curtain
,
and
though
Otho
knew
nothing
of
the
Empresses
Intrigues
,
and
the
Empress
had
but
a
slight
suspicion
of
Otho's
,
their
passions
carried
them
(
as
it
were
by
consent
)
to
two
several
places
,
from
whence
(
without
perceiving
one
another
,
or
being
perceived
by
any
one
else
)
they
might
hear
all
that
was
spoken
.
The
discourse
was
very
terrible
for
all
four
.
The
Dake
and
the
Duthchess
understanding
the
danger
in
which
the
pertinacity
of
their
Persecutors
(
as
they
called
them
)
had
placed
them
,
exprest
their
apprehensions
in
such
terms
as
confounded
the
two
Evesdroppers
with
jealousie
;
but
when
from
simple
Narratives
they
proceeded
to
imprecations
,
what
Satyr
,
what
Invective
was
it
,
which
the
Duke
bestowed
not
on
the
Empress
?
He
called
her
by
the
worst
names
he
could
invent
,
the
Dutchess
making
up
the
Consort
by
the
same
Elogies
upon
the
Emperour
:
They
spoke
with
full
liberty
,
for
being
ignorant
of
the
fashion
in
which
that
Arbour
was
made
,
they
believed
they
were
to
fear
no
body
they
did
not
see
;
besides
the
Emperour
and
Empress
being
gone
in
a
huff
,
they
did
not
expect
that
either
of
them
should
return
.
In
the
mean
time
the
two
persons
of
whom
they
discoursed
so
liberally
,
heard
every
word
,
and
I
leave
it
to
the
Reader
to
judge
how
much
they
were
surprized
to
understand
such
tidings
of
their
affairs
.
The
Emperour
had
no
kindness
for
the
Empress
,
and
the
Empress
had
too
much
for
the
Duke
of
Modena
,
to
care
much
for
him
:
But
Honour
and
Jealousie
in
their
hearts
performed
the
functions
of
Love
.
Otho
could
not
hear
the
ill
designs
of
Mary
without
passion
,
and
resentment
:
and
Mary
was
as
impatient
that
the
Dutchess
should
triumph
over
all
the
hearts
she
had
interest
in
.
She
thrust
her self
furiously
out
of
the
place
she
was
hidden
,
and
perhaps
in
the
first
motion
of
her
transport
,
might
have
run
into
some
actions
less
suitable
to
her
Sex
than
her
despair
;
But
the
Emperour
coming
out
upon
the
same
design
at
the
same
time
,
they
met
,
and
were
so
surprized
at
the
sight
of
one
another
,
they
had
no
power
either
to
move
or
to
speak
.
The
Duke
and
the
Dutchess
came
out
also
in
the
nick
,
and
perceiving
them
in
a
place
where
they
believed
they
had
heard
all
they
had
said
,
the
sour
Lovers
represented
such
a
Scene
of
silence
,
as
is
more
easie
to
imagine
than
express
.
The
Emperour
cast
about
his
furious
eyes
sometimes
upon
the
Empress
,
sometimes
upon
the
Duke
,
and
sometimes
upon
the
Dutchess
.
The
Empress
(
divided
betwixt
choler
and
shame
)
changed
her
colour
according
to
the
variety
of
her
thoughts
:
and
the
two
innocent
Causes
of
all
this
distraction
(
apprehending
nothing
for
themselves
,
but
each
for
the
other
)
by
the
motion
of
their
eyes
seemed
to
say
,
they
were
ready
to
become
Victims
to
their
Destiny
,
rather
than
to
fail
in
the
least
just
duty
of
their
Loves
.
Persons
of
their
Character
and
Quality
do
seldom
evaporate
into
unprofitable
words
;
and
in
these
kind
of
occurrences
,
silence
is
more
serviceable
than
Rhetorick
.
The
Emperour
withdrew
without
any
other
intimation
of
resentment
than
by
his
looks
;
and
the
Empress
following
,
in
great
fury
and
confusion
,
all
the
Court
did
the
same
.
The
Feast
was
interrupted
in
this
manner
,
and
very
few
knew
the
reason
:
Every
one
guest
as
his
own
fancy
suggested
,
but
scarce
three
of
the
whole
Company
could
hit
of
the
right
.
Whether
the
rage
was
greater
in
the
Emperour
or
Empress
,
is
not
easily
decided
:
Some
are
of
opinion
that
their
Love
commencing
at
the
same
time
,
exprest
at
the
same
time
,
and
now
discovered
by
the
same
accident
to
one
another
,
their
Revenge
kept
the
same
consort
:
But
whether
it
was
Otho
who
had
a
desire
to
rid
himself
of
a
person
who
triumpht
over
him
,
in
the
heart
of
his
Empress
,
or
Mary
(
who
had
a
mind
to
be
revenged
for
the
contempt
of
her
kindness
,
and
so
prevent
the
reproaches
of
the
Emperour
,
by
taking
away
the
object
)
so
it
was
,
the
Duke
was
found
murdered
the
night
after
the
Feast
.
The
Instruments
of
the
Murder
set
upon
him
like
Thieves
,
and
demanded
his
Purse
;
but
they
quickly
made
it
evident
it
was
his
life
,
not
his
money
,
they
sought
for
;
for
having
given
him
three
mortal
wounds
,
they
left
him
expiring
upon
the
ground
,
without
taking
his
purse
which
they
demanded
,
or
his
Jewels
which
he
had
in
plenty
about
him
.
It
is
not
necessary
to
insert
how
the
fair
Widow
resented
so
foul
an
action
.
I
should
have
exprest
the
affection
she
had
for
her
Husband
but
weakly
,
if
the
Reader
could
not
imagine
the
extream
sorrow
she
conceived
for
his
death
.
She
doubted
not
but
it
was
contrived
by
the
Emperour
,
or
the
Empress
,
and
lest
she
should
mistake
in
the
object
of
her
Revenge
,
she
resolved
to
sacrifice
them
both
.
I
shall
not
mention
the
means
she
used
to
accomplish
it
,
such
Tragical
Catastrophes
do
not
accommodate
with
Annals
of
Love
;
and
I
shall
refer
the
Reader
to
the
Chronological
History
,
to
inform
himself
how
the
Dutchess
having
revenged
her self
upon
the
Empress
,
by
the
resentment
of
the
Emperour
,
made
use
of
the
Empresses
Creatures
to
sacrifice
the
Emperour
to
her
Ghost
.
But
some
will
say
,
why
this
insatiable
fury
?
why
doth
it
not
stop
in
the
middle
of
its
Career
?
The
Empress
death
was
but
just
,
and
it
was
no
more
than
the
Dutchess
was
obliged
to
;
she
accused
her
of
the
Murder
of
her
Husband
,
and
if
she
was
not
the
only
Instrument
of
his
death
,
she
was
the
moving
Cause
;
for
had
she
not
loved
the
Duke
Otho
had
not
been
bound
in
honour
to
have
made
him
away
.
The
Emperour
ought
not
to
be
comprehended
in
the
Revenge
,
he
might
be
innocent
for
ought
she
knew
;
and
if
he
were
guilty
,
he
might
have
married
her
,
and
ransomed
his
life
.
I
must
confess
this
objection
is
not
altogether
impertinent
.
But
in
affairs
of
Love
,
all
men
persue
Their
proper
fancies
,
and
the
man
whose
Fate
Directs
him
to
a
means
legitimate
,
Is
just
,
and
happy
,
though
his
way
be
new
.
For
when
the
heart
's
indued
with
Grace
,
and
fear
Of
Heaven
,
what
e're
it
does
,
what
e're
it
will
,
Is
but
a
Sacrifice
to
Honour
still
;
Yet
sometimes
(
when
no
sense
of
that
appears
)
Vice
eggs
them
on
as
furiously
to
kill
,
As
all
thy
Vertue
in
the
World
were
there
.
The
Dutchess
of
Modena
was
necessitated
by
her
Stars
,
and
her
Revenge
justified
by
her
Conjugal
Love
;
and
perhaps
she
would
have
done
as
much
for
her
Servant
,
had
she
had
one
;
for
minds
as
tender
and
as
constant
as
hers
,
are
capable
of
great
Enterprises
;
but
marching
under
the
Standard
of
Duty
,
that
which
at
another
time
had
been
furious
and
criminal
,
was
at
this
,
an
Example
of
Vertue
.
But
let
us
leave
her
in
the
injoyment
of
a
passion
whose
violence
was
a
vertue
,
and
proceed
to
an
Accident
of
no
such
Constancy
and
Resolution
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
THE
SECOND
PART
.
THE
Chronology
of
History
not
according
exactly
with
the
Chronology
of
Love
,
there
are
some
years
in
which
no
amorous
Intrigues
are
to
be
found
,
and
there
are
others
in
which
all
the
considerable
Accidents
are
Love
.
My
Annals
containing
only
matters
of
Courtship
,
I
cannot
be
strict
in
the
observation
of
Times
;
but
shall
presume
(
upon
occasion
)
to
put
the
passages
of
the
same
Age
,
into
the
Amours
of
the
same
year
,
and
so
skip
from
one
Age
to
another
in
my
Description
of
Years
.
I
shall
begin
therefore
this
third
Annal
,
by
the
Reign
of
a
Prince
who
lived
about
a
hundred
years
after
the
Emperour
I
mentioned
before
.
Castile
being
a
Country
too
flourishing
to
continue
long
under
the
denomination
of
a
County
.
Don
Garcias
Fernandez
(
of
whom
we
spake
in
the
beginning
of
our
Annals
)
was
the
last
of
its
Counts
.
It
took
the
Title
of
a
Kingdom
under
Sanchyle
Grand
,
next
Successor
to
Garcias
Fernandez
:
and
having
past
in
that
way
,
to
the
time
of
Sanchy
III.
it
devolved
by
his
death
to
his
Brother
Alphonso
King
of
Leon
,
who
was
from
that
time
called
King
of
Castile
.
At
the
beginning
of
his
Reign
this
Prince
was
perplext
with
several
Wars
;
the
Mores
and
the
Sarracens
infested
him
so
,
that
he
was
forced
to
implore
the
aid
of
the
King
of
Fance
against
those
Enemies
of
Christianity
.
Many
Knights
and
Reformades
repaired
to
him
from
all
parts
.
But
the
French
,
as
the
more
Martial
,
were
most
kindly
received
.
Raymond
the
Son
of
William
Duke
of
Burgundy
,
Raymond
Earl
of
Toulouse
,
and
Henry
Lorraine
Son
to
William
Earl
of
Boulogne
,
Brother
to
Godfrey
of
Boulogne
,
performed
such
eminent
Exploits
,
that
Alphonso
believed
he
could
do
nothing
more
for
the
advantage
and
security
of
his
Crown
,
than
to
continue
those
three
Captains
in
the
Command
of
his
Armies
.
He
had
three
Daughters
,
two
of
them
natural
,
and
the
other
legitimate
.
The
eldest
called
Vrraca
,
he
married
to
Raymond
of
Burgundy
,
and
gave
him
in
Dowry
the
Principality
of
Galicia
;
Theresia
(
the
eldest
of
the
two
naturals
)
married
Henry
of
Lorraine
,
and
had
for
her
share
the
Conquests
in
Portugal
:
and
the
youngest
,
Elvira
(
much
handsomer
,
and
better
beloved
by
her
Father
than
either
of
the
other
)
was
married
to
Raymond
of
Tholouse
with
secret
ingagement
from
Alphonso
to
assure
to
him
the
Kingdoms
of
Castile
and
Leon
,
after
his
death
.
And
thus
I
have
given
you
the
Commencement
of
this
year
,
not
so
eminent
for
Love
,
as
it
promised
in
appearance
.
These
six
persons
had
almost
no
sooner
seen
one
another
,
but
they
were
married
,
and
no
soouer
married
,
but
they
differed
,
so
that
this
place
would
be
more
proper
for
an
Historical
Abridgment
.
than
the
Introduction
of
an
amorous
Intrigue
.
But
bold
!
determine
not
,
Loves
ways
are
strange
,
He
had
his
private
and
peculiar
Laws
.
Nothing
is
so
remote
,
but
he
can
change
,
And
bend
it
to
the
Model
of
his
Cause
.
He
makes
the
Lady
fair
,
the
Statesmen
great
,
Though
one
be
old
,
the
other
near
so
mean
,
And
when
he
please
,
can
both
of
them
defeat
,
And
throw
them
down
to
their
old
state
again
.
When
he
's
dispos'd
to
sport
himself
,
the
man
'S
unhappy
,
let
him
be
as
happy
as
he
can
.
Elvira
was
so
obsequious
to
her
Father
,
and
he
so
transcendently
kind
to
her
,
that
Vrraca
(
being
his
only
legitimate
Child
,
and
by
consequence
had
best
right
to
that
preference
)
began
much
to
resent
it
.
She
had
private
advertisement
every
day
,
that
Alphonso
designed
the
Kingdoms
of
Leon
and
Castile
for
his
Daughter
Elvira
:
and
judging
it
necessary
,
that
either
the
Prince
her
Husband
,
or
her
self
should
be
constantly
about
his
Majesty
,
to
have
the
better
eye
upon
his
actions
,
they
consulted
together
to
resolve
which
of
the
two
was
most
proper
for
the
Journey
,
and
it
fell
to
Prince
Raymond
.
Never
did
French
man
of
his
Age
,
and
Spirit
,
and
married
for
interest
(
as
he
was
)
refuse
any
opportunity
of
travelling
.
Vrraca
in
the
mean
time
continued
in
Galicia
,
to
govern
that
new
Territory
in
the
absence
of
her
Husband
;
and
the
Prince
set
forth
for
the
Court
of
Castile
.
The
pretence
of
his
Journey
,
being
a
concern
for
the
Kings
health
,
it
is
easie
to
imagine
he
was
not
unwelcome
at
his
Arrival
.
There
was
no
noise
but
of
Entertainments
,
and
Balls
.
Raymonds
business
there
was
not
to
complain
,
he
came
thither
to
discry
,
and
make
advantage
of
his
observation
.
The
young
Elvira
was
much
pleased
with
Divertisements
,
and
indeed
at
her
age
,
who
is
it
that
hates
them
?
She
was
extreamly
delighted
with
those
her
Brother-on-law
gave
her
,
and
she
wanted
neither
Civility
to
invite
,
nor
kindness
to
press
him
to
stay
at
that
Court
as
long
as
he
could
:
And
to
speak
the
truth
,
she
had
no
hard
task
to
perswade
him
to
stay
.
This
Countess
was
one
of
the
greatest
Beauties
in
the
World
;
Raymond
had
always
thought
her
much
handsomer
than
his
Wife
:
And
though
Elvira
had
scarce
seen
the
Prince
before
he
was
married
,
yet
she
also
esteemed
him
more
compleat
,
than
the
person
she
married
.
But
Persons
of
their
Rank
,
are
the
least
guided
by
their
own
inclinations
.
The
advantages
Raymond
purposed
by
his
Marriage
with
Vrraca
,
made
him
prefer
her
to
Elvira
;
and
Alphonso's
Election
happened
upon
the
Count
de
Tholouse
,
for
his
youngest
.
Marriages
in
this
nature
do
seldom
suffer
the
Husbands
,
to
consider
the
vertue
of
their
Wives
.
Hence
it
was
the
Prince
of
Galicia
found
his
Sister-in-law
as
charming
under
the
Title
Countess
of
Tholouse
,
as
he
had
judged
her
when
she
was
but
Elvira
of
Castile
.
Behold
them
therefore
in
perfect
intelligence
,
the
Countess
took
singular
satisfaction
in
the
Company
of
the
Prince
,
and
the
Prince
was
as
much
pleased
with
the
Commands
of
te
Countess
.
Her
Husband
the
Count
of
Tholouse
,
being
of
the
same
Nation
with
the
Prince
,
and
not
ill
acquainted
in
matters
of
Love
,
was
the
first
that
observed
the
inclinations
of
the
Prince
of
Galicia
.
He
took
the
Countess
aside
one
day
,
and
after
a
long
enumeration
of
the
subtilties
and
falseness
of
Mankind
,
he
concluded
his
Harangue
with
a
serious
admonishment
to
guard
her self
from
the
inveiglements
of
the
Prince
of
Galicia
:
of
the
Prince
of
Galicia
?
cryed
Elvira
,
in
no
little
surprise
;
alas
,
my
Lord
,
he
hath
married
my
Sister
.
And
because
he
hath
married
your
Sister
,
replied
the
Count
,
is
he
the
less
capable
of
being
your
Gallant
?
Believe
me
,
Madam
,
these
kind
of
relations
are
no
impediment
at
all
,
on
the
contrary
,
the
greatness
of
the
sin
gives
it
many
times
a
Ragoust
,
and
I
my self
have
known
several
make
Love
to
their
Kindred
,
who
would
not
have
regarded
them
,
had
there
been
no
Alliance
.
The
young
Elvira
had
been
brought
up
so
modestly
,
she
could
not
hear
the
word
Incest
without
trembling
,
she
would
have
sworn
there
had
been
no
such
thing
committed
in
the
World
,
since
the
days
of
Lot
,
and
his
Daughters
:
and
doubtless
had
the
Prince
of
Galicia
spake
half
that
which
her
Husband
had
done
,
she
would
not
at
that
time
have
endured
him
.
But
mark
the
indiscretion
of
some
Husbands
,
they
are
many
times
the
Authors
of
all
the
mischief
which
befals
them
:
and
some
Women
are
so
ignorant
in
those
kind
of
affairs
,
they
would
never
have
known
what
that
Love
had
meant
,
had
not
the
reproaches
,
and
impertinent
admonitions
of
their
Husbands
instructed
them
.
The
Countess
fixing
her
eyes
upon
the
Count
,
with
an
astonishment
that
demonstrated
her
innocence
:
Ha
,
my
Lord
,
said
she
,
tell
me
I
beseech
you
,
in
what
is
it
you
observe
the
Prince
of
Galicia
hath
such
kindness
for
me
?
I
am
not
insensible
of
his
desire
to
oblige
me
,
but
I
perswade
my self
't
is
in
consideration
of
Vrraca
,
and
I
see
so
little
probability
that
a
man
should
be
enamoured
of
his
Wifes
Sister
,
that
Raymond
de
Burgogne
might
tell
me
so
a
hundred
times
,
and
I
desire
to
be
excused
.
He
need
not
tell
you
once
,
unless
you
please
your self
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Count
,
what
I
have
done
is
but
to
advise
you
to
prevent
that
declaration
,
have
a
care
how
you
are
with
him
alone
,
interrupt
him
in
any
discourse
you
think
tending
that
way
,
and
suffer
him
not
to
endanger
so
vertuous
an
innocence
.
He
loves
you
,
Madam
,
and
it
is
I
do
assure
it
:
do
you
not
discern
his
diligence
,
how
his
eye
is
always
upon
you
,
how
he
crowds
and
steals
himself
close
to
you
in
all
Assemblies
,
and
how
he
sighs
when
he
is
forced
to
forsake
you
?
He
was
so
inconsiderate
the
other
day
before
me
,
that
in
describing
what
Beauty
it
was
he
liked
best
,
he
had
no
more
wit
than
to
delineate
you
.
The
Countess
had
taken
no
notice
of
that
circumstance
,
she
was
too
much
a
Novice
in
Love-affairs
to
apprehend
any
such
thing
,
but
her
curiosity
kindling
at
her
Husbands
discourse
:
Why
,
my
Lord
,
said
she
,
do
you
call
that
Love
?
what
hurt
is
there
in
that
innocent
way
of
diverting
the
Company
?
For
my
part
I
have
always
lookt
upon
Love
as
a
dangerous
business
;
but
if
all
its
effects
are
blemeless
,
as
that
with
which
you
are
so
highly
alarm'd
,
it
is
not
so
terrible
as
I
did
imagine
.
You
do
well
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Count
in
some
passion
,
to
be
no
more
affected
with
my
admonition
,
but
let
me
desire
you
once
more
not
to
depend
upon
your
own
Judgment
in
matters
of
that
importance
;
the
beginnings
of
Love
as
always
inconsiderable
,
but
the
consequence
of
those
trifles
,
are
commonly
unfortunate
:
and
then
entring
upon
a
long
recitation
of
amorous
Adventures
,
which
no
man
but
her
Husband
durst
have
undertaken
to
have
told
her
,
he
closed
up
all
with
some
Original
Examples
,
and
gave
her
more
knowledge
by
that
single
Dialogue
,
than
she
had
gained
of
her self
in
ten
years
experience
.
MAXIME
V.
Husbands
,
let
me
advise
you
,
never
tell
Your
Wives
,
whate're
misfortunes
you
foresee
.
They
are
too
apt
,
and
can
transgress
too
well
Themselves
,
though
you
ne're
help
their
memory
.
Better
be
silent
far
,
whate're
they
do
,
Than
to
be
Table-talk
,
and
Cuckold
too
.
The
amorous
Prince
of
Galicia
not
knowing
how
officious
the
Count
of
Tholouse
had
been
,
to
give
the
Countess
a
sense
of
his
affection
,
attended
with
impatience
all
opportunity
to
let
her
understand
what
she
was
already
informed
of
.
He
found
Elvira
alone
many
times
;
by
her
deportment
she
seemed
not
to
be
cruel
,
nor
did
he
want
either
Courage
or
Wit
;
but
her
little
experience
in
those
affairs
was
the
thing
he
principally
dreaded
;
he
feared
his
confidence
was
not
great
enough
to
pronounce
the
name
of
Love
,
much
less
to
commit
Incest
;
and
therefore
not
daring
to
venture
a
secret
of
that
nature
to
so
young
and
squeamish
a
person
,
he
consumed
himself
in
unprofitable
desires
,
when
on
a
sudden
his
Destiny
befriended
him
with
an
opportunity
to
accomplish
them
:
and
indeed
Cupid
seldom
abandons
his
Votaries
in
their
extremities
;
when
a
man
hath
nothing
to
do
but
to
speak
,
the
greatest
part
of
his
Adventure
is
done
to
his
hand
.
There
was
about
this
time
an
Astrologer
arrived
at
Burgos
,
or
at
least
a
man
pretending
to
be
so
,
and
several
Miracles
were
reported
of
him
.
These
sort
of
people
in
former
Ages
,
being
more
rare
,
were
more
venerable
than
in
ours
:
formerly
the
opinion
was
,
nothing
of
futurity
could
be
predicted
but
by
Magick
:
But
now
a
days
every
one
pretends
to
it
.
Our
Astrologer
having
set
up
his
Bills
,
and
made
a
large
Paneyrick
in
Commendation
of
his
Art
,
the
noise
he
made
in
the
Town
,
by
the
means
of
his
Officers
,
came
to
the
ears
of
Alphonso
:
Alphonso
must
needs
see
him
,
and
amongst
other
admirable
things
which
he
presaged
,
and
would
answer
for
them
upon
his
head
,
he
shew
himin
a
Book
the
Names
of
all
the
Mistresses
he
had
formerly
had
,
and
the
principal
Occurrences
in
his
Amours
.
He
needed
no
more
in
the
Judgment
of
the
good
King
to
intitle
him
a
Magician
:
Whereupon
he
forbid
his
Daughter
,
and
all
the
rest
of
his
Court
to
have
any
communication
with
this
man
,
being
assured
what
he
had
shown
him
was
more
than
natural
,
and
looking
upon
his
Book
as
a
piece
of
Lucifers
Library
,
he
believed
it
composed
by
the
Devil
.
The
Prince
of
Galicia
who
did
not
fancy
the
Devils
so
sociable
,
apprehended
not
that
horrour
for
the
astrologer
,
as
the
King
would
have
perswaded
him
to
.
He
sent
for
him
to
his
Appartment
,
and
having
threatned
to
cut
his
throat
,
if
he
told
him
not
the
truth
;
he
promised
him
a
considerable
reward
,
if
he
would
be
ingenuous
and
discover
.
The
Conjuror
being
frighted
with
his
threats
on
one
side
,
and
incouraged
with
his
rewards
on
the
other
,
confest
freely
to
the
Prince
that
he
neither
understood
Signs
,
nor
Planets
,
that
he
questioned
,
whether
any
man
alive
was
so
skilful
as
to
deduce
any
certain
Presages
from
them
,
and
that
as
to
his
Book
,
he
owed
all
the
reputation
of
that
to
a
certain
Water
he
made
,
which
covered
what
he
writ
when
he
had
a
mind
to
it
,
and
being
exposed
to
the
rays
of
the
Sun
,
went
away
again
it self
,
and
left
the
Character
entire
.
By
the
help
of
this
Secret
,
my
Lord
,
said
the
Astrologer
,
I
write
down
in
my
Book
whatever
I
know
of
any
persons
Intrigues
.
When
I
have
done
that
,
I
wash
over
what
I
have
writ
,
with
the
aforesaid
Composition
,
and
then
laying
it
in
the
Sun
,
I
make
it
appear
according
as
it
is
necessary
for
my
Fortune
or
Reputation
:
But
,
said
the
Prince
,
then
you
but
seldom
hit
right
,
for
it
is
impossible
you
should
know
all
the
Intrigues
in
the
World
.
My
Lord
,
replied
the
Astrologer
,
I
put
so
great
a
price
upon
the
Predictions
of
my
Book
,
that
the
Common-people
are
not
able
to
go
so
high
:
it
is
only
Soveraign
Princes
,
and
Persons
of
eminent
Quality
can
reach
the
recompence
I
require
;
and
for
those
of
that
Character
,
their
most
secret
Intrigues
are
known
,
and
so
it
is
they
come
to
think
my
knowledge
infallible
.
The
Prince
of
Galicia
was
very
much
satisfied
with
the
integrity
of
the
Astrologer
,
and
inferring
from
his
fidelity
in
this
,
he
might
be
trusted
in
greater
matters
,
he
resolved
to
make
use
of
him
for
the
discovery
of
his
passion
to
the
Countess
of
Tholouse
.
He
gave
him
so
magnificent
a
Present
,
that
he
might
promise
himself
the
utmost
of
his
assistance
,
and
passing
from
thence
to
the
Countesses
Appartment
,
he
was
so
fortunate
as
to
find
her
alone
.
He
began
his
converse
by
the
praise
of
the
Astrologer
,
protested
he
had
told
him
such
things
as
he
could
not
have
learnt
but
by
Miracle
,
and
having
understood
by
Elvira
that
she
had
not
seen
that
Prodigy
as
yet
,
he
offered
to
attend
her
to
him
when
she
pleased
to
command
.
Alas
,
Sir
,
replied
the
innocent
Elvira
,
I
would
willingly
accept
your
offer
,
but
the
King
is
so
perswaded
of
the
mans
communication
with
the
Devil
,
that
he
hath
injoyned
me
to
the
contrary
.
How
injoyned
you
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
is
it
for
a
Person
of
your
Quality
to
have
any
thing
forbidden
you
?
were
you
a
Child
,
or
had
not
the
wit
or
discretion
which
is
requisite
at
your
age
,
the
King
might
use
his
Authority
;
but
for
you
,
Madam
,
one
of
the
most
ingenious
,
and
prudent
persons
alive
,
to
be
interdicted
so
indifferent
a
Curiosity
,
believe
me
,
Madam
,
you
will
deserve
that
usage
,
if
you
endure
it
without
regret
;
and
were
it
not
but
to
instruct
his
Majesty
in
what
manner
you
are
to
be
treated
,
I
would
perswade
you
to
see
this
Astrologer
,
and
I
do
not
doubt
but
to
justifie
your
disobedience
.
This
discourse
jumpt
exceedingly
with
the
vanity
of
Elvira
,
she
had
desired
a
long
time
to
be
rid
of
Alphonso's
Tuition
,
and
have
the
management
of
her
own
Affairs
,
but
she
had
a
habit
of
awe
upon
her
,
that
hindred
her
from
shaking
off
the
yoke
:
For
some
time
she
resisted
the
Princes
Proposition
.
He
saw
well
enough
she
had
a
desire
to
be
with
him
,
but
she
durst
not
follow
her
own
inclinations
.
Sometimes
she
said
she
had
no
faith
for
such
kind
of
things
;
sometimes
that
she
had
nothing
upon
her
heart
,
about
which
she
needed
to
consult
an
Astrologer
;
and
as
the
last
Argument
of
all
,
she
told
him
she
did
not
know
how
far
it
might
dissatisfie
her
Husband
.
He
was
a
passionate
man
,
and
she
durst
not
enterprise
a
thing
of
that
importance
,
without
his
permission
.
Upon
this
Article
Raymond
de
Burgogne
began
to
show
his
Rhetorick
.
He
told
Elvira
that
for
her
Husband
to
take
cognizance
of
such
particular
actions
,
was
Tyranny
:
that
Persons
of
her
Vertue
and
Quality
,
were
to
be
left
to
their
own
Conduct
,
and
proposing
to
her
the
Example
of
Vrraca
,
whom
he
had
left
absolute
Mistress
both
of
her
own
actions
,
and
all
his
Estate
,
he
brought
her
at
length
to
a
resolution
of
seeing
the
Astrologer
:
they
agreed
upon
the
next
day
.
The
King
and
the
Count
being
to
give
Audience
to
certain
Deputies
from
Tholouse
,
and
that
Ceremony
being
to
take
them
up
all
that
afternoon
,
the
Countess
had
full
liberty
to
see
the
Astrologer
without
danger
of
surprize
.
The
bargain
being
made
in
this
manner
,
the
Prince
returned
to
his
Chamber
,
sent
immediately
for
his
Astrologer
(
which
we
shall
call
Abdemelec
)
and
having
received
him
with
a
long
story
,
and
a
thousand
pretences
of
kindness
to
him
,
he
told
him
he
had
a
design
to
put
a
Trick
upon
the
Countess
of
Tholouse
,
and
he
would
intreat
his
assistance
.
The
Astrologer
offered
his
service
freely
;
he
had
had
too
great
experience
of
his
liberality
,
to
neglect
any
occasion
of
receiving
the
fruits
of
it
;
he
wished
with
all
his
heart
he
was
as
necessary
in
all
the
Princes
Affairs
,
and
never
desired
so
much
knowledge
in
his
profession
,
as
at
that
time
.
Raymond
perceiving
him
so
well
disposed
,
perswaded
him
that
he
would
pretend
Love
to
his
Sister-in-law
,
and
guilded
over
his
intention
with
whatever
he
thought
might
make
it
appear
innocent
.
He
told
him
it
was
by
agreement
betwixt
the
Countess
and
he
,
and
that
it
was
to
be
done
upon
a
Wager
.
Abdemelec
understood
very
well
what
he
had
to
suspect
;
he
had
Judgment
and
Experience
,
and
had
seldom
observed
a
Person
of
any
Parts
enter
upon
a
design
,
without
some
end
or
other
.
He
promised
the
Prince
therefore
to
discharge
himself
faithfully
of
his
Trust
,
he
put
one
of
his
blank
Books
into
his
hands
,
which
the
ignorant
look
upon
as
a
Devil
.
The
Prince
writ
in
it
what
he
desired
the
Countess
should
find
there
,
and
the
Astrologer
ingaging
to
remember
the
rest
,
he
left
Raymond
in
great
impatience
of
receiving
the
fruits
of
his
contrivance
.
The
History
doth
not
mention
how
he
slept
the
night
before
this
declaration
was
to
be
,
but
I
dare
affirm
(
&
not
apprehend
to
be
thought
rash
)
it
was
not
without
interruption
.
The
long
wisht
for
hour
being
come
,
Raymond
fetcht
Abdemelec
to
his
Lodgings
,
and
carried
him
from
thence
to
the
Countesses
Appartment
,
they
shut
themselves
all
three
up
in
her
Closet
,
and
the
Astrologer
being
Master
of
his
Trade
,
began
to
ask
Elvira
about
her
Nativity
;
he
examined
her
Physiognomy
,
inquired
after
the
principal
accidents
of
her
life
,
and
judging
he
had
done
enough
to
give
her
an
advantagious
impression
of
his
skill
,
he
began
to
produce
the
Book
the
Prince
of
Galicia
had
told
her
of
.
Elvira
trembled
as
soon
as
she
saw
it
,
she
had
endured
the
sight
,
and
examination
of
the
Conjuror
,
with
very
good
courage
;
but
when
he
mentioned
the
Book
of
which
she
had
heard
so
many
Miracles
,
and
which
Alphonso
had
assured
her
was
no
less
than
the
body
of
Magick
in
little
,
her
resolution
began
to
forsake
her
.
The
Prince
confirmed
her
as
much
as
he
could
,
he
shewed
her
the
leaves
of
the
Book
,
in
which
there
was
no
writing
to
be
seen
.
The
Countess
having
turned
them
over
,
the
Astrologer
took
it
out
of
her
hand
,
and
going
aside
to
the
Window
,
under
pretence
of
looking
out
,
he
laid
his
Book
in
the
Sun
,
and
having
staid
there
some
little
time
,
till
he
judged
the
heat
had
exhaled
the
Water
which
covered
the
Writing
,
he
brought
the
Book
opened
to
the
Countess
,
with
the
right
end
upwards
,
that
she
might
read
with
more
ease
what
was
about
to
be
discovered
.
But
the
poor
Lady
,
affrighted
to
see
Characters
there
where
but
a
moment
before
she
was
confident
there
was
nothing
,
she
gave
a
great
shreek
,
and
instead
of
reading
it
,
threw
the
Book
down
,
and
ran
as
fast
as
she
could
to
the
door
,
to
save
her self
from
the
Devil
.
The
Prince
of
Galicia
catcht
her
by
the
Gown
,
and
protesting
there
was
nothing
but
what
was
natural
in
all
that
she
faw
,
he
brought
her
back
(
almost
by
force
)
to
a
Table
where
the
Book
was
laid
.
It
was
pleasant
to
see
the
terrour
the
poor
Countess
was
in
:
her
Curiosity
scarce
made
her
step
one
foot
towards
the
Table
,
but
her
fear
fetcht
her
as
far
back
again
towards
the
door
.
She
put
such
innocent
questions
to
the
Prince
,
and
the
Astrologer
,
they
had
no
small
trouble
upon
them
to
keep
from
blurting
in
her
face
.
But
,
good
Brother
,
said
she
to
Raymond
,
what
if
the
reading
in
this
Book
should
put
me
into
the
power
of
the
Devil
,
and
he
should
fetch
me
away
as
soon
as
I
had
done
.
Ha
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
he
will
not
fetch
you
,
my
life
for
yours
,
approach
,
upon
my
word
:
Ha
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Countess
,
your
words
will
do
me
no
good
amongst
the
evil
Spirits
,
you
may
give
me
an
hundred
before
one
of
them
will
pass
there
.
But
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
in
some
impatience
,
hath
the
Devil
carried
me
away
?
and
yet
I
have
seen
,
and
consulted
this
Book
several
times
;
do
you
think
he
can
carry
away
people
as
he
pleases
?
Alas
,
he
hath
not
power
to
carry
away
those
who
give
themselves
to
him
,
much
less
those
who
do
not
.
Come
,
Madam
,
I
beseech
you
,
and
then
thrusting
her
to
the
Table
,
in
a
great
fear
she
read
these
Verses
.
Would
you
be
happy
,
'bove
all
earthly
things
?
A
Prince
adores
you
,
ease
his
sufferings
.
If
Hymens
Law
disswades
,
and
tells
you
,
no.
'T
is
sin
to
love
besides
your
Husband
,
know
'T
is
none
to
love
him
that
loves
none
but
you
.
And
at
the
bottom
of
these
Verses
there
was
written
in
Capital
Letters
,
THIS
PRINCE
IS
RAYMOND
DE
BOVRGOGNE
.
Alas
,
cryed
the
Countess
,
after
she
had
seen
the
Name
of
Raymond
,
if
this
be
all
your
Astrologer
can
tell
me
,
I
might
have
saved
my self
the
labour
of
seeing
him
,
for
without
consulting
the
Stars
,
the
Count
of
Tholouse
told
me
long
since
what
hath
happened
to
day
.
The
Count
of
Tholouse
,
Madam
?
replied
the
Prince
of
Galicia
in
some
heat
,
Why
hath
he
troubled
himself
to
take
notice
of
the
passion
I
have
for
you
?
Yes
he
hath
taken
notice
of
it
,
and
hath
caused
me
to
take
notice
of
it
,
and
which
is
yet
more
,
he
hath
perswaded
me
to
accept
it
.
Certainly
,
replied
the
Prince
of
Galicia
,
I
did
not
believe
I
had
been
so
much
obliged
to
the
Count
of
Tholouse
,
and
just
as
he
mentioned
that
word
,
the
Count
came
into
the
Closet
.
He
had
learnt
by
his
Spies
,
that
the
Prince
of
Galicia
was
with
her
,
and
carried
the
Astrologer
with
him
;
and
being
of
a
distrustful
nature
,
and
suspicious
of
such
kind
of
people
as
Abdemelec
,
he
had
pretended
to
be
taken
ill
at
his
Audience
,
and
came
thither
on
purpose
to
prevent
a
mischief
he
so
plainly
foresaw
.
His
Arrival
was
so
unexpected
,
and
his
Entrance
so
sudden
,
the
Astrologer
had
no
time
to
take
his
Book
off
the
Table
.
The
Count
snatcht
it
up
immediately
,
and
casting
his
eye
upon
what
he
had
apprehended
he
should
find
,
he
let
the
Prince
of
Galicia
know
he
was
not
of
an
humour
to
endure
such
kind
of
affairs
.
Raymond
would
have
turned
all
into
Raillery
,
whilst
the
Count
was
reading
,
he
had
had
some
time
to
recollect
himself
,
he
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
,
that
this
declaration
of
his
Love
was
but
an
innocent
design
to
punish
Elvira
for
her
Curiosity
.
But
the
Count
(
having
signified
by
the
shaking
of
his
head
,
and
other
gesticulations
,
he
was
not
to
be
deluded
so
easily
)
he
desired
the
Prince
very
gravely
,
that
he
would
use
no
such
Stratagems
for
the
future
;
and
doubtless
he
had
paid
the
Astrologer
for
his
pains
,
had
he
not
foreseen
the
storm
,
and
prevented
it
by
a
timely
recess
.
The
Astrologer
was
no
Fool
,
he
discerned
by
the
Princes
looks
when
the
Count
came
in
,
that
this
Intrigue
was
not
by
consent
,
as
he
had
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
.
He
knew
that
there
was
nothing
more
ordinary
than
for
little
persons
to
suffer
in
the
quarrels
of
great
;
so
that
slipping
away
out
of
the
Cabinet
while
the
Count
was
reading
the
Inscription
,
he
was
not
to
be
found
afterwards
when
he
was
wanting
;
and
indeed
I
am
of
opinion
he
would
have
sought
all
over
the
Town
,
to
little
purpose
;
for
after
such
an
accident
,
he
thought
it
would
be
too
hot
:
and
if
in
such
a
case
any
man
should
ask
my
advice
,
I
should
never
consult
the
Stars
to
perswade
him
to
abscond
.
From
this
passage
of
the
Astrologer
,
the
Count
de
Tholouse
became
so
jealous
of
his
Wife
,
that
he
left
her
not
one
moments
repose
.
He
gave
her
Lectures
every
day
,
he
forbid
her
the
most
innocent
Recreations
:
she
could
not
go
one
step
without
Spies
.
And
now
let
any
one
that
knows
the
World
judge
of
the
efficacy
of
these
precautions
,
and
say
whether
they
be
like
to
support
and
reinforce
a
staggering
Vertue
.
An
unjust
Command
is
the
fountain
of
disobedience
,
and
Women
never
desire
any
thing
so
impetuously
,
as
what
is
expresly
forbidden
.
But
it
was
the
Count
of
Tholouse
his
Destiny
,
to
advance
the
affairs
of
the
Prince
of
Galicia
,
which
all
the
Charms
and
Oratory
of
Raymond
would
have
attempted
in
vain
.
Her
desire
of
punishing
the
Count
for
his
Jealousie
,
put
it
into
her
mind
to
give
him
occasion
;
so
that
this
imprudent
Husband
compleated
the
felicity
of
his
Wifes
Gallant
,
as
he
had
began
it
:
and
as
the
highest
effect
of
the
Princes
good
Fortune
.
The
Count
of
Tholouse
was
never
so
well
pleased
with
his
imaginary
preventions
,
as
at
the
time
when
his
Wife
and
Raymond
had
illuded
them
.
It
seasons
much
a
Victory
,
to
owe
It
to
the
Caution
of
a
watchful
Foe
:
Of
all
the
artifices
and
tricks
we
meet
In
Love
,
't
is
circumvention
is
most
sweet
.
To
cheat
Report
,
is
common
;
but
to
be
Too
wise
and
vigilant
for
Jealousie
,
Is
Loves
peculiar
Complement
to
she
.
The
Amours
of
our
two
Lovers
continued
secret
for
some
time
,
to
the
marvellous
content
of
both
Parties
.
Raymond
came
many
times
to
a
Closet-Window
,
which
was
no
higher
than
a
Buttress
,
and
lookt
into
a
private
Walk
that
was
much
unfrequented
.
This
Window
had
an
Iron
Lettice
before
it
,
but
the
Countess
was
so
cunning
,
she
got
a
Grate
made
with
Joynts
,
to
be
taken
down
upon
occasion
;
and
this
was
so
artificially
done
,
it
was
not
to
be
perceived
.
This
part
of
the
Palace
was
so
strong
of
it self
,
it
was
not
thought
necessary
to
guard
it
.
Elvira
went
to
this
Closet
every
night
,
attended
only
by
one
person
which
lighted
her
,
and
was
well
paid
for
his
pains
.
It
was
known
her
custom
was
to
read
,
when
she
was
there
,
so
that
her
Women
were
not
affrighted
,
if
she
staid
sometimes
an
hour
longer
than
ordinary
.
As
soon
as
the
door
was
shut
,
she
took
down
the
Grate
,
and
receiving
the
Prince
(
who
leapt
plum
into
the
Window
without
the
help
of
a
Ladder
)
they
past
the
time
very
happily
without
any
discovery
.
Besides
this
,
they
had
found
another
Expedient
.
There
was
a
Covent
of
Nuns
at
Burgos
,
to
which
the
Countess
made
her
Visits
very
frequently
.
She
carried
few
of
her
Friends
or
Servants
with
her
,
pretending
unwilling
to
incommode
the
young
Damoisells
in
their
Retirement
.
The
Prince
of
Galicia
had
corrupted
the
Porter
so
far
,
as
to
suffer
him
to
enter
the
Monastery
in
the
habit
of
a
Gardiner
;
he
met
the
Countess
still
in
the
most
obscure
part
of
the
Garden
,
and
it
was
at
these
Enter-views
they
agreed
where
and
when
they
were
to
meet
next
.
This
convenience
of
private
meetings
excused
the
Prince
from
all
formal
Visitations
;
he
sees
the
Countess
in
publick
but
very
seldom
,
and
the
Count
of
Tholouse
judging
of
their
Amours
by
the
frequency
of
his
Visits
,
was
grown
to
that
pass
he
could
sleep
pretty
well
.
But
nothing
is
so
close
,
but
time
will
discover
;
let
one
manage
his
affairs
with
never
so
much
prudence
,
something
or
other
falls
out
still
to
detect
it
.
Upon
a
night
as
the
Count
was
passing
from
the
King
of
Castiles
Lodgings
,
the
door
of
one
of
the
Terrasses
of
Communication
,
being
shut
,
he
past
by
the
private
way
the
Closet-Window
opened
in
to
;
no
body
but
the
Count
of
Tholouse
himself
,
durst
have
taken
that
liberty
,
for
that
being
the
usual
Walk
for
the
Countess
,
and
her
Maids
,
it
was
kept
as
sacred
from
all
other
persons
:
as
he
was
going
by
,
the
Count
perceived
a
light
at
the
Window
,
he
went
softly
to
it
,
and
commanded
his
Servants
to
keep
back
.
By
disaster
the
Countess
opened
the
Grill
at
the
same
instant
to
let
out
the
Prince
,
and
observing
the
Flambeau
which
attended
her
Husband
,
she
not
only
clapt
the
Grill
to
again
,
but
put
out
her
Candle
in
such
haste
,
that
the
great
light
which
was
there
,
and
the
sudden
putting
it
out
,
gave
him
occasion
to
suspect
:
he
ran
up
directly
into
his
Wifes
Appartment
to
see
what
was
the
matter
:
But
he
found
no
Prince
,
for
he
had
had
time
to
save
himself
,
but
with
so
much
precipitation
,
he
left
his
Gloves
behind
him
.
The
Count
knew
at
first
sight
who
was
their
Master
.
He
fell
into
great
agonies
and
imprecations
;
he
caused
her
Lodgings
to
be
searcht
,
and
threatned
fire
and
faggots
to
every
one
that
came
near
to
,
and
calling
for
his
Flambeau
to
examine
the
Lattice
;
he
lookt
about
it
so
narrowly
,
that
at
length
he
found
which
way
it
was
to
be
opened
.
Had
he
found
his
Countess
in
that
fury
,
he
had
doubtless
been
transported
to
some
violence
against
her
,
but
she
had
the
discretion
to
run
immediately
to
the
Kings
Chamber
;
and
the
fright
she
was
in
had
produced
so
much
compassion
in
the
good
man
,
that
when
the
Count
followed
her
with
complaints
against
the
ill
conduct
of
his
Daughter
,
the
old
King
received
him
with
no
other
Ceremony
than
threats
and
reproach
.
Not
liking
that
kind
of
Entertainment
,
he
retired
secretly
from
Burgos
,
and
left
his
Wife
to
her
Destiny
.
His
first
thoughts
were
to
have
gone
into
France
to
have
raised
Forces
there
,
and
to
have
demanded
reparation
with
his
Sword
in
his
hand
;
but
remembring
himself
that
he
had
heard
Vrraca
was
an
imperious
and
high-spirited
Princess
,
he
conceived
she
might
probably
be
made
so
sensible
of
her
Husbands
insidelity
,
that
she
might
contribute
considerably
to
his
Revenge
.
He
took
his
way
therefore
towards
Compostella
,
and
indeed
to
do
the
Prince
of
Galicia
a
mischief
,
it
was
the
best
course
he
could
steer
.
The
Princess
was
of
a
very
sensible
complexion
,
the
long
absence
of
the
Prince
began
already
to
disturb
her
.
The
Count
of
Tholouse
was
a
very
handsom
Person
,
and
a
French-man
by
birth
(
which
is
a
Nation
so
acceptable
in
Foreign
parts
,
that
the
very
name
of
a
French-man
is
enough
to
startle
the
severest
of
the
Ladies
,
and
mollifie
the
most
unmalleable
obduracy
amongst
them
.
Vrraca
no
sooner
saw
her
Brother-in-law
,
the
Count
,
but
she
felt
the
force
of
the
French
Constellation
:
she
promised
him
whatever
he
askt
;
she
gave
him
absolute
Command
over
the
Town
of
Compostella
:
but
these
were
but
Complements
and
Formalities
as
yet
.
Vrraca
was
not
so
beautiful
as
Elvira
,
but
Elvira
was
the
Count
of
Tholouses
Wife
,
and
convict
of
infidelity
.
In
this
posture
were
our
two
Brothers-in-law
preparing
for
reprisal
.
Raymond
de
Burgogne
lent
nothing
to
the
Count
of
Tholouse
in
Castile
,
but
the
Count
repaid
very
punctually
in
Galicias
and
(
some
say
)
with
interest
:
for
the
Intrigue
betwixt
Raymond
and
Elvira
being
private
;
nothing
was
known
of
it
,
but
what
her
Husband
had
been
pleased
to
divulge
;
but
that
betwixt
Vrraca
and
the
Count
was
so
publick
at
first
dash
,
there
was
not
any
friend
the
Prince
had
in
Galicia
,
which
had
not
given
him
advertisement
.
This
is
an
offence
in
which
a
man
generally
considers
himself
more
than
any
body
else
:
Whether
the
Wife
be
beloved
,
or
whether
she
be
not
,
her
inconstancy
is
always
abominable
to
her
Husband
.
Raymond
repairs
with
all
diligence
to
Galicia
:
He
was
of
opinion
he
need
but
shew
himself
to
dissipate
that
storm
;
but
he
was
mistaken
,
and
kept
out
at
the
Gates
of
Compostella
,
the
new
Governour
sending
him
word
in
a
Military
way
,
he
had
found
in
the
Astrologers
Book
,
that
he
ought
to
be
Vrraca's
Gallant
,
as
Raymond
had
been
Gallant
to
Elvira
.
It
is
easie
to
imagine
this
Complement
appeared
something
strange
to
the
Prince
of
Galicia
:
He
was
conscious
of
having
been
the
Example
:
but
he
had
kept
within
the
bounds
of
outward
Civility
.
There
was
none
but
the
Count
knew
any
thing
of
his
Amours
,
and
he
had
done
his
utmost
to
conceal
it
from
him
:
but
to
see
the
Gallant
of
his
Wife
refuse
him
entrance
publickly
into
his
own
house
,
was
a
thing
he
had
never
seen
practised
before
.
Raymond
being
highly
incensed
at
the
outrage
,
forgot
nothing
that
might
revenge
it
.
He
dispatcht
a
Messenger
to
Castile
,
to
demand
of
King
Alphonso
possession
of
the
Principality
he
had
promised
him
upon
Marriage
.
He
sent
into
France
for
Supplies
from
his
Father
the
Duke
of
Bourgondy
,
and
all
the
rest
of
the
Allies
.
The
Count
of
Tholouse
seeing
him
take
that
way
,
followed
his
Example
;
he
complained
to
the
King
of
Castile
of
the
injury
he
had
received
by
his
Daughter
.
He
writ
to
Lewis
le
Gros
,
King
of
France
,
to
desire
his
Protection
.
In
this
manner
all
Castile
was
in
an
Uproar
;
The
Province
of
Galicia
,
like
to
become
the
Seat
of
a
bloody
War
,
and
all
,
for
the
impertinence
of
Love
:
Love
is
so
seditious
;
it
works
it self
into
all
Plots
,
and
all
Parties
.
No
man
can
tell
its
power
,
till
he
hath
tryed
it
,
and
no
man
that
hath
tryed
,
is
fit
to
describe
it
.
Henry
de
Lorraine
the
Husband
of
Theresia
of
Castile
,
and
Prince
of
the
Conquests
in
Portugal
,
being
of
a
Family
to
which
life
and
Generosity
were
connatural
,
with
great
sorrow
understood
the
distraction
of
the
Royal
House
of
Castile
.
Any
body
but
he
would
have
made
his
advantage
of
them
:
the
displeasure
of
the
Father
against
two
of
his
Daughters
must
needs
be
of
great
importance
to
the
third
:
But
the
Princes
of
his
Race
,
are
not
capable
of
so
mean
a
thing
as
private
interest
.
He
departed
from
Lisbon
immediately
,
went
directly
to
his
Father-in-law
the
King
of
Castile
,
and
undertook
to
mediate
betwixt
his
two
Brothers-in-law
.
But
for
as
much
as
new
Acquisitions
are
more
tottering
and
uncertain
than
what
are
anciently
establisht
.
Henry
apprehending
his
absence
might
give
opportunity
to
new
Commotions
,
he
kept
his
Journey
very
close
,
and
leaving
Fernandez
Paw
,
a
Portugal
,
to
assist
his
Wife
in
the
Government
of
that
Kingdom
,
he
departed
so
suddenly
for
Castile
,
that
Theresia
had
scarce
time
to
write
two
lines
to
her
Father
.
But
for
the
making
the
occurrences
at
Castile
(
at
the
Arrival
of
Prince
Henry
)
perspicuous
,
it
will
not
be
amiss
if
we
insert
what
passed
in
Portugal
before
he
set
out
.
This
Fernandez
Paw
(
whom
he
had
left
chief
Counsellor
to
the
Princess
in
his
absence
)
had
long
since
possest
himself
of
that
Character
in
her
heart
.
Henry
was
a
young
Prince
more
enamoured
of
the
Quality
,
than
the
Person
of
Theresia
.
This
Paw
admired
her
for
both
;
and
it
is
a
great
satisfaction
to
a
Woman
to
have
her
Dominion
founded
upon
her
own
Excellence
.
Paw
therefore
had
got
an
intimacy
with
the
Princess
upon
that
score
;
and
having
managed
it
very
discreetly
,
Prince
Henry
had
gotten
no
notice
of
it
.
Paw
served
his
Prince
so
well
in
his
Foreign
Affairs
,
he
was
not
the
least
suspected
at
home
.
Theresia
carried
herself
with
as
much
modesty
as
could
be
expected
;
but
by
misfortune
,
the
day
before
Henry
was
to
depart
,
there
had
been
some
Letters
past
betwixt
Theresia
and
Paw
:
the
Princess
was
subject
to
some
Christian
reflexions
,
which
had
put
her
Gallant
into
some
confusion
.
He
had
writ
to
her
upon
that
subject
,
and
Theresia
was
so
prest
by
her
Husband
to
close
up
her
Pacquet
to
Castile
,
that
she
sealed
up
Paws
Letter
instead
of
one
to
her
Father
.
This
mistake
was
not
discovered
till
three
or
four
hours
after
the
Prince
was
departed
.
They
had
been
imployed
all
that
time
in
instructions
pro
and
con
.
But
when
the
Princess
was
alone
,
and
had
a
mind
to
read
Paws
Letter
,
which
she
believed
she
had
left
sealed
upon
the
Table
,
she
was
much
surprized
to
find
the
Letter
she
had
writ
to
her
Father
Alphonso
,
in
its
place
.
That
she
sigh
't
,
and
wept
,
and
tore
her
hair
,
is
no
great
difficulty
to
imagine
.
Nothing
could
serve
,
but
she
must
dye
,
Fernandez
could
not
comfort
her
,
and
to
speak
truth
,
he
himself
wanted
no
little
consolation
:
But
there
was
no
remedy
but
patience
.
The
Example
of
her
other
Sisters
gave
his
some
relaxation
,
she
could
not
do
worse
,
than
they
had
done
before
her
.
In
the
mean
time
Henry
arrived
at
Burgos
,
with
Paws
Letter
,
instead
of
his
Fathers
.
The
good
Alphonso
was
much
revived
at
the
sight
of
his
dear
Son-in-law
;
and
looking
now
upon
Theresia
as
the
sole
Inheritrix
of
that
Love
,
of
which
Elvira
and
Vrraca
had
rendred
themselves
unworthy
,
he
observed
the
tears
drop
down
his
venerable
Cheeks
at
the
sight
of
the
Letter
the
Prince
presented
him
from
her
.
He
opened
the
Pacquet
with
great
joy
,
and
supposing
there
was
nothing
in
the
heart
of
his
Daughter
,
to
which
her
Husband
might
not
be
privy
,
he
began
to
read
it
aloud
;
but
recollecting
immediately
that
it
was
not
Theresia's
hand
,
he
stopt
at
the
first
line
,
and
then
looking
upon
the
Superscription
to
see
how
it
was
directed
,
he
found
it
,
For
the
King
of
Castile
:
and
that
the
Superscription
was
written
by
Theresia
her self
;
he
concluded
then
that
she
might
have
some
reasons
(
which
he
did
not
know
)
to
make
use
of
a
Secretary
,
and
then
stepping
to
the
Window
,
he
read
these
Lines
,
which
(
to
accommodate
our selves
to
all
sorts
of
Readers
)
we
have
taken
the
pains
to
translate
our
of
Spanish
.
Ah
,
my
dear
Princess
,
how
insupportable
are
you
grown
with
your
remorses
!
have
I
not
told
you
a
thousand
times
,
that
there
is
nothing
owing
to
Husbands
,
but
the
conservation
of
their
Honours
?
That
the
great
discretion
lyes
in
chusing
a
friend
,
who
by
the
prudenee
of
his
Conduct
,
would
keep
them
from
scandal
:
and
these
Formalities
being
observed
,
there
is
no
more
due
from
you
to
Prince
Henry
.
Courage
,
Madam
,
overcome
this
unseasonable
compunction
;
and
that
it
may
be
nipt
in
the
bud
,
permit
that
I
may
wait
upon
you
this
night
with
new
Arguments
against
it
.
Never
was
any
man
so
surprized
as
Alphonso
at
the
reading
of
this
Letter
.
It
was
to
be
his
common
custom
to
see
his
Daughters
disloyal
.
Elvira
had
taken
that
liberty
in
private
,
Vrraca
did
it
publickly
,
and
the
old
King
of
Castile
was
so
good
a
Father
as
to
impute
all
to
the
imprudence
of
his
Sons-in-law
.
He
could
not
believe
it
was
their
temperament
,
or
natural
inclination
which
disposed
them
to
so
unnatural
actions
.
The
one
was
debaucht
by
the
Jealousie
of
her
Husband
;
the
other
by
her
desire
of
Revenge
:
but
for
Theresia
,
he
had
nothing
to
say
in
her
defence
.
Henry
was
accomplisht
in
himself
,
he
had
setled
the
French
oeconomy
in
his
Family
,
and
Theresia
lived
at
Lisbon
,
as
she
would
have
done
at
Paris
:
He
was
liberal
,
frank
,
and
faithful
,
so
that
Alphonso
was
so
much
transported
at
the
injury
done
to
this
Prince
,
that
he
could
not
master
his
first
resentments
.
However
it
had
been
but
prudence
in
him
to
conceal
the
exorbitance
of
his
Daughter
,
but
the
good
man
was
so
transported
with
choler
,
that
he
threw
the
Letter
upon
the
ground
,
cast
up
his
eyes
to
heaven
as
a
person
under
some
eminent
affliction
;
and
answering
his
own
thoughts
as
it
had
been
his
Daughter
,
he
cryed
out
,
You
shall
dye
,
unhappy
Child
,
you
shall
dye
:
if
your
Husband
should
be
so
merciful
to
forgive
you
,
I
would
tear
you
in
pieces
with
mine
own
trembling
hands
,
rather
than
your
infidelity
should
go
unpunisht
.
The
Prince
of
Portugal
had
like
to
have
swounded
at
this
transport
,
he
could
not
conceive
the
Contents
of
the
Letter
,
nor
the
cause
of
Alphonso's
disorder
;
and
asking
him
(
in
his
surprise
)
what
infidelity
it
was
he
charged
upon
Theresia
,
the
King
took
up
the
Letter
again
,
and
delivering
it
into
his
hand
,
here
,
says
he
,
see
what
reason
I
have
to
be
disturbed
,
and
confess
I
have
brought
Monsters
,
not
Daughters
,
into
the
World
.
Henry
took
Paws
Letter
from
the
King
,
he
knew
the
hand
,
and
reading
it
half
out
,
was
so
astonisht
at
the
Contents
,
he
could
scarce
tell
whether
he
was
waking
,
or
asleep
.
His
conversation
in
the
World
had
not
been
so
small
,
but
he
knew
a
Womans
vertue
was
not
to
be
warranted
without
good
counter-security
.
He
understood
the
Sex
by
experience
,
and
was
not
ignorant
that
the
best
friends
are
usually
they
which
disparage
the
Husband
.
But
to
consider
that
he
should
be
the
Porter
of
that
unfortunate
Letter
,
was
a
Pill
he
could
not
swallow
,
nor
digest
.
His
misfortune
was
too
common
to
be
incredible
,
but
the
Circumstance
with
which
it
was
accompanied
,
was
beyond
all
belief
:
and
it
was
not
so
much
Paws
Letter
that
affected
him
,
as
that
it
was
his
Destincy
to
deliver
it
.
This
consideration
stownded
him
for
some
time
,
and
the
transportation
of
his
Father-in-law
,
added
fuel
to
his
fire
;
but
at
last
the
storm
was
blown
over
.
In
that
Age
(
as
it
is
in
this
)
the
Tilte
of
Cuckold
was
so
common
,
it
was
scarce
any
trouble
to
be
so
.
The
disgrace
lyes
only
where
it
is
known
:
when
a
Womans
inconstancy
is
publick
,
nothing
is
greater
dishonour
to
her
Husband
:
where
it
is
managed
with
secrecy
,
nothing
is
so
trivial
.
Henry
lookt
upon
it
as
no
point
of
discretion
,
to
publish
the
infirmities
of
his
Wife
,
and
therefore
gave
himself
some
few
days
to
digest
his
resentment
.
But
the
Examples
of
his
Brother-in-law
having
learnt
him
some
Wit
,
he
came
one
morning
to
the
Kings
Chamber
,
and
said
to
him
,
You
see
,
Sir
,
by
the
Letter
I
have
brought
you
,
that
your
Daughters
have
no
reason
to
upbraid
one
another
.
They
were
born
under
the
same
Constellation
,
and
if
any
thing
discriminated
me
from
the
Prince
of
Galicia
,
and
the
Count
of
Tholouse
,
it
is
this
,
that
their
unhappiness
is
known
,
and
mine
is
a
secret
.
I
have
no
inclination
to
publish
it
,
and
if
you
please
you
may
conceal
the
Letter
you
shewed
me
:
Send
word
to
your
Daughter
that
you
kept
it
from
me
,
and
I
will
never
convince
her
of
her
errour
.
In
giving
me
Theresia
,
your
Majesty
gave
me
also
a
Province
,
which
I
hope
in
time
to
improve
into
a
Kingdom
.
I
have
Children
already
which
may
succeed
me
hereafter
.
There
is
no
necessity
the
Portugals
should
suspect
whether
they
be
mine
,
or
Paws
.
Conceal
the
dishonour
of
your
Daughter
with
as
much
care
as
I
,
and
by
the
Example
of
your
Family
we
will
demonstrate
,
that
it
is
the
discretion
of
the
Husbands
which
makes
the
difference
betwixt
the
Women
which
are
prudent
in
appearance
,
and
those
which
are
really
irregular
.
The
King
of
Castile
took
this
Proposition
very
kindly
.
He
began
to
repent
himself
of
what
he
had
done
,
insomuch
that
magnifying
the
Generosity
he
had
exprest
,
he
seconded
his
Counsels
with
several
Examples
,
and
most
irrefragable
Arguments
:
and
the
troubles
in
Castile
being
appeased
by
the
death
of
the
Count
of
Tholouse
,
and
the
interpostion
of
the
King
of
France
,
Henry
returned
into
Portugal
,
without
any
mark
or
token
of
that
he
knew
.
The
truth
is
,
he
found
out
a
pretence
to
send
Paw
out
of
the
World
,
and
I
have
been
told
he
had
another
to
make
his
Wife
more
obsequious
for
the
future
.
But
(
as
he
presaged
very
judiciously
)
his
Posterity
have
reigned
several
years
in
Portugal
,
whereas
the
younger
Sons
of
the
Royal
Family
of
Castile
,
have
always
disputed
the
Crown
with
the
Children
of
Vrraca
.
MAXIME
V
This
I
'le
affirm
,
let
things
to
how
they
can
,
The
marri'd's
really
the
happiest
man
.
Let
her
be
what
she
will
,
I
'le
lay
my
life
.
His
owns
more
faithful
than
this
Neighbours
Wife
.
But
shall
we
never
have
done
with
these
Daughters
?
does
no
other
condition
of
life
but
the
married
,
afford
matter
for
our
Annals
?
Yes
certainly
,
History
is
so
fertile
in
amourous
accidnets
,
she
supplies
us
with
variety
.
About
the
same
time
while
things
were
in
this
agitation
in
Spain
,
Love
(
which
had
laid
about
him
so
in
the
Royal
Family
of
Castile
)
was
not
idle
in
the
Court
of
the
Emperour
of
the
West
.
This
Empire
was
then
under
the
Dominion
of
Frderick
Barberossa
,
a
valiant
and
ambitious
Prince
.
He
had
signalized
the
beginning
of
his
Reign
by
remarkable
Victories
,
so
that
there
was
nothing
discoursed
of
in
all
Europe
so
much
as
his
Power
and
Greatness
.
He
kept
his
ordinary
Residence
in
Rome
,
as
well
because
the
Climate
agreed
with
his
body
,
as
upon
certain
secret
Designs
he
had
upon
the
Lands
of
the
Church
:
and
because
his
remoteness
from
the
heart
of
his
Empire
,
caused
him
to
apprehend
some
Mutiny
in
the
Towns
of
Germany
,
he
obliged
Prince
Henry
(
his
Son
)
to
continue
in
that
Province
the
greatest
part
of
the
year
.
This
young
Prince
was
extremely
hopeful
;
the
people
of
the
Empire
loved
him
entirely
:
So
that
his
Father
conceiving
some
Jealousie
lousie
thereupon
,
took
the
pretence
of
his
Coronation
to
recal
him
to
Rome
.
They
past
the
Winter
very
lovingly
together
;
and
the
Emperour
having
a
mind
to
pry
into
the
Conduct
of
Alexander
the
Third
(
who
was
then
Pope
,
and
in
possession
os
the
Patrimony
of
S.
Peter
)
he
ordered
his
Son
to
visit
him
frequently
.
The
Prince
,
in
obedience
to
his
Father
,
waited
upon
him
as
often
as
he
was
visible
.
He
attended
him
in
all
his
devitions
,
and
among
other
places
to
a
Monastery
of
Nuns
where
his
Holiness
had
a
Niece
he
loved
most
entirely
:
She
was
descended
from
the
Blood
Royal
of
Si
ily
,
and
her
Uncle
the
Disposer
of
all
Ecclesiatical
preferments
;
but
as
yet
she
was
not
of
,
years
to
be
an
Abbess
,
and
therefore
at
Rome
was
known
by
no
other
name
but
Madam
Gonstance
.
She
was
as
handsom
as
was
possible
to
wish
,
and
besides
several
other
good
qualities
she
had
a
good
voice
,
and
sung
incomparably
well
:
at
one
of
the
Solemnities
of
that
Covent
the
Prince
heard
her
one
day
;
and
being
a
great
Lover
of
Musick
,
he
had
a
great
ambition
to
see
her
;
the
dignity
of
her
relation
to
the
Pope
authorizing
his
desire
,
he
askt
leave
to
see
Constance
when
the
Ceremony
was
ended
.
He
was
much
transported
at
the
sight
of
her
,
and
had
never
seen
so
many
graces
in
one
Assembly
before
.
Till
that
day
,
he
was
free
,
his
soul
was
his
own
;
and
he
seemed
born
for
Mars's
(
not
Venus
)
Wars
.
But
he
was
not
the
first
man
hath
become
a
Captive
to
the
simplicity
of
a
Nun.
There
is
a
sort
of
people
not
to
be
captivated
but
in
this
shape
,
and
there
have
been
Letters
seen
in
our
days
which
have
taught
us
,
that
of
all
people
in
the
World
,
none
make
Love
with
that
confidence
and
freedom
as
the
Nuns
.
The
Monastical
Gallantry
hath
its
Laws
and
Rubricks
apart
.
There
are
no
elegant
Entertainments
,
no
Assiduities
,
nor
publick
Attendances
,
all
things
within
the
Cloister
are
so
carried
privately
and
with
discretion
;
nevertheless
their
Religious
Civility
is
so
great
,
they
will
not
discourage
any
mans
affection
,
and
there
is
but
few
which
attempt
them
,
but
they
arrive
at
their
designs
.
The
Imperial
Prince
was
a
handsom
Person
,
and
a
fine
Gentleman
;
Constance
had
taken
a
Monastick
life
upon
her
,
more
in
obedience
than
choice
,
and
in
vows
of
this
Nature
,
there
is
something
always
reserved
to
direct
the
intention
:
Thus
have
we
brought
them
into
Cupids
High-way
.
The
Prince
seconded
his
first
Visit
with
another
,
and
lost
no
opportunity
of
multiplying
them
:
the
more
he
saw
,
the
more
he
admired
her
;
and
Constance
was
no
less
taken
with
him
:
The
Prince
spoke
,
Constance
attended
.
Constance
suspected
,
the
Prince
protested
;
and
in
short
,
all
Formalities
being
observed
on
both
sides
,
the
Prince
perswaded
her
he
loved
her
,
and
was
perswaded
himself
that
she
loved
him
no
less
.
The
Policy
of
the
Grate
confining
the
Princes
Visits
to
certain
and
regular
hours
which
his
passion
could
not
brook
;
he
wanted
some
way
of
seeing
Constance
when
he
pleased
,
and
that
was
not
easie
to
find
.
Constance
was
very
conformable
,
and
the
Order
not
permitting
any
Abbess
of
Quality
(
who
would
perhaps
have
known
better
things
)
there
was
a
most
severe
old
Governess
who
would
trust
no
body
but
her self
with
the
keeping
of
her
Hock
:
The
keys
of
the
doors
she
brought
up
her self
every
night
,
and
laid
them
in
her
Chamber
.
But
what
is
it
which
Love
cannot
do
?
Love
is
the
Father
of
Invention
,
and
when
a
Lover
has
no
more
to
do
but
to
lull
the
numerous
Eyes
of
Argus
into
a
sleep
,
he
thinks
it
a
trifle
,
and
performable
with
ease
.
Prince
Henry
judging
of
the
inclinations
of
the
rest
,
by
what
he
had
experimented
in
Constance
,
resolved
to
insinuate
with
such
of
her
Associats
,
as
he
believed
might
be
useful
to
his
designs
.
He
selected
such
of
the
young
Cavaliers
of
his
Train
as
were
best
affected
to
his
interest
,
and
most
like
to
ingratiate
with
the
Nuns
;
and
gave
them
in
charge
to
make
Courtship
to
her
that
kept
the
Gate
,
her
that
was
appointed
to
be
present
at
all
discourses
,
and
another
whose
Office
it
was
to
rouze
the
Sisters
in
the
morning
.
The
Enterprise
succeeded
as
was
desired
,
and
the
Gentlemen
gained
upon
them
so
,
that
by
their
mediation
the
Prince
had
all
the
liberty
he
could
wish
.
She
which
was
to
attend
their
Discourses
,
reported
nothing
to
the
Governess
but
Dialongues
of
Vertue
and
Piety
.
The
Sister
which
was
to
awake
them
,
did
it
as
she
was
directed
,
and
she
that
kept
the
Gates
was
so
favourable
,
as
to
give
them
the
impression
in
Wax
of
all
the
Keys
in
the
House
:
By
these
impressions
the
Prince
caused
new
Keys
to
be
made
,
and
whilst
the
rigid
old
Matron
presuming
upon
her
own
providence
,
was
sleeping
quietly
in
her
bed
,
the
Prince
and
his
three
Confidents
past
away
whole
nights
with
the
four
Nuns
in
the
Garden
:
And
there
was
this
very
remarkable
in
their
Society
,
that
the
Nuns
were
all
of
them
true
to
their
Camarade
,
lest
they
in
revenge
should
be
otherwise
to
them
.
MAXIME
VII
.
Some
men
there
are
so
vain
,
they
cannot
be
Secure
(
they
think
)
of
their
felicity
,
Vnless
the
World
does
know
't
:
but
let
them
know
,
There
's
no
man
counted
wise
,
that
thinks
them
so
.
He
who
fares
well
,
and
cannot
hold
his
peace
,
Must
not
be
angry
at
too
many
Guests
.
The
desire
of
things
forbidden
is
an
irregularity
of
Nature
,
which
knows
no
bounds
but
excess
,
the
respect
and
deference
we
bear
to
it
,
renders
it
insatiable
;
and
it
is
commonly
seen
,
the
first
step
one
makes
towards
things
which
are
unlawful
,
is
not
long
before
it
is
followed
by
the
last
.
Our
Nuns
were
grown
to
that
pass
,
they
were
not
satisfied
to
manage
their
Loves
within
the
Walls
of
the
Cloister
,
to
reveive
and
entertain
their
Gallants
in
the
Garden
,
and
to
wait
upon
them
out
again
a
good
way
beyond
the
Gate
;
but
their
temptation
increased
by
the
pleasure
they
found
in
it
.
The
Coronation
of
the
Emperour
was
to
be
celebrated
with
so
many
fine
Spectacles
,
that
the
noise
of
the
prepartation
was
got
into
their
Covent
.
They
were
taken
with
a
Curiosity
of
seeing
one
or
other
of
them
.
The
heat
which
is
commonly
extraordinary
in
Rome
,
had
obliged
the
Emperour
to
make
choice
of
the
night
for
the
greatest
part
of
ther
Solemnity
;
and
the
custom
of
going
vailed
having
bin
long
used
in
Italy
,
Constance
and
her
Companions
could
see
no
great
difficulty
in
satisfying
their
desires
.
They
communicated
with
the
Prince
,
and
he
opposed
not
their
designs
.
The
more
a
Woman
transgresses
the
Laws
of
Civility
,
the
fewer
scruples
and
impediments
a
man
hath
to
encounter
.
For
the
accomplishment
of
this
Enterprise
,
he
pitcht
upon
a
night
in
which
the
Emperour
gave
an
Entertainment
in
a
Garden
upon
the
Banks
of
the
River
Tiber
:
and
Frederick
having
contuived
a
new
way
of
Divertisement
,
resolved
to
appear
in
Masquerade
,
and
no
persons
were
to
be
admitted
,
but
such
as
were
in
Disguise
.
Price
Henry
caused
Masuerade
Cloaths
to
be
made
for
Constance
and
her
Camarades
;
he
furnisht
them
with
a
Foreign
Equipage
,
and
(
committing
them
to
the
Conduct
.
of
him
who
was
Gallant
to
her
which
kept
the
Gates
)
took
order
for
their
entrance
,
and
places
in
the
Garden
.
They
arrived
without
any
accident
;
the
person
appointed
to
conduct
them
,
attended
in
an
unknown
Coach
at
the
Back-gate
of
their
Covent
,
with
Habits
proper
for
their
Disguise
.
The
Ladies
drest
themselves
by
the
way
,
and
left
their
own
Cloaths
in
the
Coach
;
they
entred
into
the
Garden
,
and
placed
themselves
.
The
Prince
saluted
them
as
Strangers
,
but
whether
that
Complement
made
them
more
remarkalbe
,
or
the
transcendant
Beauty
of
Constance
pierced
thorough
her
Disguise
,
she
was
scarce
entred
into
the
Garden
,
but
the
Emperour
perceived
her
,
and
had
the
curiosity
to
inquire
who
she
was
.
Either
they
could
not
,
or
they
would
not
inform
him
;
so
that
desiring
to
discover
her
by
her
voice
,
he
accosted
her
,
and
fell
into
a
discourse
.
The
Prince
told
her
which
was
the
Emperour
,
as
soon
as
she
came
in
:
So
that
notwithstanding
his
Disguise
,
Constance
understood
how
she
was
to
depart
her self
.
At
first
their
discourse
was
about
indifferent
things
,
the
Emperour
commended
the
fancy
and
neatness
of
her
Habit
,
and
Constance
magnified
the
magnificence
of
his
:
But
their
conversation
increasing
insensibly
,
Constance
(
who
understood
the
Emperours
affairs
better
than
he
did
hers
)
gave
him
so
many
pungent
and
ingenious
answers
,
that
augmented
his
desire
of
knowing
who
she
was
.
He
conjured
her
therefoe
to
satisfie
him
in
that
point
,
but
her
reply
was
so
ambiguous
,
he
might
believe
she
was
of
any
good
Family
in
Rome
,
and
not
know
of
which
:
And
at
last
observing
the
Emperour
to
persist
in
his
obstinacy
,
and
fearing
lest
he
should
cause
her
to
be
dogg'd
home
to
her
Covent
,
or
find
out
some
other
way
to
satisfie
his
curiosity
,
she
promised
the
next
day
to
give
him
a
meeting
in
a
Garden
(
which
she
knew
not
but
by
the
name
)
where
the
Ladies
of
Pleastance
did
usually
walk
.
She
thought
that
Circumstance
would
make
the
Emperour
believe
that
she
which
spake
to
him
was
a
Lady
os
that
Rank
,
and
so
thinking
her
unworthy
of
his
Company
,
leave
her
to
her self
,
but
it
fell
out
quite
contrary
.
Frederick
indeed
judged
of
her
as
she
had
presaged
,
but
that
opinion
made
his
desires
more
violent
:
for
finding
them
accompanied
with
hopes
,
from
their
conception
,
he
gave
himself
wholly
up
to
them
without
either
fear
or
discretion
;
he
considered
Constance
afresh
,
her
shape
,
her
air
,
the
sound
of
her
voice
,
the
quickness
of
her
Eye
,
and
the
Pleasantness
of
her
Wit
:
All
of
them
were
as
charming
in
appearance
,
as
they
were
in
effect
:
and
flattering
his
imagination
with
a
thousand
fantastical
Chimera's
,
he
took
his
leave
of
her
,
the
most
enamoured
Person
in
the
World
.
Prince
Henry
discovered
this
new
passion
at
the
very
first
:
he
observed
the
Emperour
stick
to
her
,
as
he
had
been
retained
by
Inchantment
.
He
bad
the
Courtiers
(
especially
his
Favourites
)
to
take
notice
of
that
Lady
,
of
her
Presence
,
and
bonne
Mine
,
and
believing
her
unknown
to
the
Prince
,
he
called
him
to
him
two
or
three
times
,
to
inquire
his
opinion
about
her
.
The
Prince
was
at
first
well
pleased
with
his
Curiosity
,
but
considering
the
violence
of
his
Fathers
humour
better
,
he
apprehended
what
might
follow
.
He
made
signs
to
the
Conducter
of
the
Masquerades
to
retire
with
them
immediately
,
and
he
being
intelligent
enough
,
took
his
direction
,
and
making
use
of
an
opportunity
when
the
Emperour
was
speaking
to
a
French
Embassadour
which
was
there
,
and
just
come
into
the
Garden
:
he
withdrew
Constance
out
of
the
Crowd
,
and
re-conducted
her
to
her
Covent
.
All
the
time
they
were
passing
in
the
Coach
betwixt
the
Garden
and
the
Nunnery
,
they
imployed
in
changing
their
Habits
,
as
they
had
done
as
they
came
.
They
were
just
got
to
the
Gate
they
were
to
go
in
at
,
when
day
began
to
break
(
as
if
it
had
attended
their
coming
back
,
before
it
durst
appear
)
but
who
could
imagine
the
misfortune
that
befel
them
?
She
of
the
Party
which
carried
the
Key
,
had
been
so
much
taken
up
with
the
contemplation
of
what
she
had
seen
,
that
she
had
forgot
where
she
had
laid
it
.
She
examined
her
Gallants
Habit
,
and
she
examined
her
Religious
,
gropt
up
and
down
the
Coach
,
turned
over
her
Papers
,
but
no
Key
:
The
hour
they
rise
in
the
Monastery
approached
.
The
people
which
brought
Commodities
to
the
Market
began
to
appear
in
the
streets
:
and
not
one
of
the
poor
Sisters
could
imagine
by
what
Miracle
they
should
be
conveyed
out
of
the
Coach
where
they
were
,
into
the
Cells
where
they
ought
to
have
been
.
No
wonder
if
they
invoked
their
good
Genius
,
and
made
millions
of
promises
never
to
run
themselves
into
the
like
errour
again
.
There
was
not
a
Saint
,
nor
a
Protector
belonging
to
their
Covent
,
but
they
promised
a
Wax-canle
,
though
by
the
tediousness
of
their
delivery
,
they
did
not
seem
to
be
accepted
:
But
at
length
length
their
Destiny
was
merciful
,
and
their
Key
found
in
the
fold
of
her
sleeve
,
where
she
had
put
it
her self
,
and
where
(
according
to
the
common
accident
in
such
cases
)
she
had
searcht
twenty
times
,
and
could
not
find
it
.
They
gave
great
thanks
for
so
seasonalbe
a
discovery
;
they
opened
the
Gates
as
easily
as
they
could
,
and
stole
to
their
Quarters
without
any
noise
;
and
in
the
morning
one
was
troubled
with
the
Colick
,
another
with
the
Head-ach
,
every
one
had
her
distemper
,
to
excuse
their
lying
in
bed
the
next
day
.
The
Emperour
in
the
mean
time
(
prest
by
his
curiosity
)
was
as
impatient
till
the
hour
os
the
Rendez-vous
came
,
as
she
was
indifferent
.
He
got
up
earlier
in
the
morning
,
than
his
setting
up
the
night
before
did
seem
to
permit
,
but
all
that
time
he
could
take
no
rest
,
though
Constance
slept
very
sweetly
.
Scarce
was
the
heat
of
the
day
over
,
but
the
Emperour
was
at
his
assignation
:
he
took
some
turns
about
the
Garden
,
before
the
Ladies
which
were
used
to
walk
there
,
could
get
into
a
condition
to
appear
;
but
at
length
the
walking
hour
approaching
,
he
see
four
or
five
the
handsomest
Courtisans
in
Rome
enter
,
amongst
whom
he
imagined
his
unknown
Mistress
was
one
.
He
accosted
them
,
and
laid
her
particularly
aboard
with
a
Complement
upon
her
good
Air
,
her
excellent
Shape
,
and
the
Majesty
of
her
Walk
.
The
Damoisel
was
mighty
well
pleased
with
his
Judgment
;
she
bridled
,
she
strutted
,
and
strained
as
much
as
was
possible
to
deserve
it
;
she
bit
her
lips
to
make
them
look
red
,
and
put
her
Eyes
into
the
best
posture
she
could
:
but
she
might
have
let
them
alone
as
well
.
The
Emperour
found
his
mistake
,
and
that
she
had
neither
the
Shape
,
Eyes
,
nor
Voice
which
he
lookt
for
.
The
conversation
of
this
Woman
was
tedious
to
him
,
when
he
compared
her
with
Constance
:
and
so
leaving
,
and
throwing
his
eyes
up
and
down
the
Garden
,
he
continued
there
till
night
,
but
no
Nun
,
nor
no
body
to
supply
the
place
she
had
gotten
in
his
heart
.
This
disappointment
went
very
near
him
;
he
could
not
think
of
it
without
indignation
,
and
his
Choler
fermenting
with
his
Love
,
he
retired
into
his
Palace
so
agitated
,
and
disturbed
,
one
would
have
thought
he
had
been
to
fight
some
great
Battel
,
or
had
the
Conquest
of
all
Turkey
in
his
head
.
Whilst
he
was
consuming
in
his
Melancholy
,
and
fruitless
desires
,
the
Prince
and
Constance
did
but
laugh
at
his
misery
:
he
understood
by
the
person
he
sent
home
with
them
,
of
the
meeting
she
had
appointed
with
Frederick
,
and
of
her
resolution
to
fail
:
and
being
told
that
afternoon
by
some
of
the
Emperours
Servants
,
that
the
Emperour
was
gone
into
the
Walks
:
He
thought
that
a
fit
opportunity
to
visit
the
Popes
Niece
,
to
see
how
she
liked
the
Magnificence
of
the
Solemnity
she
had
seen
,
and
to
droll
with
her
about
the
Emperours
credulity
.
Thus
we
may
see
the
advantage
youth
hath
over
age
,
and
how
successful
a
man
is
like
to
be
in
his
Career
,
when
his
own
Son
runs
against
him
.
The
abused
Frederick
having
to
the
motions
of
a
violent
curiosity
,
added
the
impulses
of
shame
and
indignation
,
his
life
became
so
uneasie
,
and
melancholy
,
he
was
scarce
to
be
known
.
He
went
from
Church
to
Church
,
from
one
Company
to
another
,
searching
of
a
person
he
did
not
know
when
he
saw
,
and
inquiring
after
one
whose
name
he
could
not
tell
.
Those
who
pretend
great
penetration
into
matters
of
Policy
,
attribute
that
to
the
Ambition
of
this
Prince
,
which
was
indeed
due
to
his
Love
.
The
unquiet
air
which
was
visible
in
his
Countenance
,
portended
some
secret
design
.
The
frequent
Visits
he
made
(
in
quest
of
his
Mistress
)
to
the
chief
Families
in
Rome
,
presaged
some
fatal
Revolution
in
the
Ecclesiastical
State
.
Those
who
where
faithful
to
his
Holiness
,
ceased
not
to
put
him
in
mind
of
the
turbulency
of
Fredericks
Spirit
,
and
that
he
had
some
evil
designs
or
other
in
his
head
,
which
unless
carefully
prevented
,
would
be
mature
immediately
.
Upon
which
ad
vertisement
,
Siena
(
as
a
Town
like
to
be
the
first
object
of
his
Ambition
)
was
fortified
forthwith
:
all
his
Holinesses
Troops
had
order
to
march
down
towards
Milan
,
which
was
lookt
upon
as
inclining
to
the
Emperour
.
The
Emperour
having
notice
of
what
past
,
thought
it
high
time
to
look
to
himself
.
His
new
Love
had
laid
his
Ambition
asleep
,
but
his
anger
had
waked
it
again
;
and
therefore
it
was
necessary
he
should
do
something
to
divert
his
imagination
from
the
Object
that
affected
him
.
He
drew
together
what
Troops
he
had
in
Italy
,
and
quarter'd
them
as
close
as
the
Country
would
bear
.
To
excuse
these
proceedings
,
he
pretended
a
necessity
of
relieveing
Vladislaus
King
of
Bohemia
,
his
near
Kinsman
and
Ally
,
against
the
Polander
,
who
was
become
jealous
of
his
Kingdom
.
In
the
Imperial
Court
nothing
was
talkt
of
but
Musters
and
Preparations
for
War
.
Prince
Henry
(
who
by
his
imployments
,
was
hindred
from
visiting
Constance
as
he
had
been
used
,
and
who
foreseeing
the
Emperours
Affairs
,
must
of
necessity
send
him
packing
into
Germany
)
began
to
suspect
his
Father
might
make
some
advantage
of
his
absence
,
and
signified
his
apprehensions
by
Letters
to
his
most
incomparable
Nun.
Having
observed
one
day
in
one
of
her
Answers
,
a
Curiosity
to
know
what
the
Emperour
thought
of
his
,
it
stirred
up
Jealousie
,
and
not
able
to
satisfie
her
in
person
,
being
to
draw
some
Troops
some
few
miles
from
Rome
;
he
sent
her
his
Answer
in
a
Letter
.
Constance
had
no
paper
ready
to
return
him
an
Answer
,
and
the
Princes
Messenger
pressing
her
to
write
,
because
his
Master
requested
it
;
she
did
it
,
and
writ
her
mind
in
the
blancks
betwixt
the
Lines
of
his
Letter
,
and
then
sealing
it
up
,
sent
it
back
again
to
the
Prince
,
containing
both
the
Letter
and
the
Answer
.
The
Prince
was
on
Horse-back
when
he
received
it
,
and
the
Presence
of
the
Emperour
not
allowing
him
time
to
read
it
,
he
put
it
up
(
as
he
thought
)
safe
in
his
Pocket
.
But
whether
the
trouble
which
was
upon
him
,
hindred
him
from
putting
it
right
in
,
or
that
it
was
the
inevitable
Destiny
of
all
Lovers
to
have
their
Secrets
discovered
by
their
Letters
;
this
from
Constance
fell
down
,
and
was
observed
by
the
Emperour
:
he
made
signs
to
one
of
his
Servants
to
take
it
up
,
and
give
it
to
him
;
and
was
mightily
well
pleased
,
that
it
was
in
his
power
to
understand
any
of
his
Sons
affairs
,
he
opened
it
as
soon
as
he
was
got
where
he
might
do
it
secretly
.
He
was
surprised
at
first
to
see
the
two
different
hands
,
he
could
not
imagine
the
reason
of
that
Novelty
:
but
at
last
perceiving
one
of
them
to
be
the
Princes
,
he
began
with
that
,
and
found
these
words
exprest
therein
.
Madam
,
You
are
too
much
concerned
at
what
is
thought
of
you
,
not
to
rejoyce
when
it
is
to
your
advantage
.
I
am
not
to
give
Laws
to
your
Curiosity
:
yet
believe
me
,
Madam
,
it
does
a
little
discompose
me
,
lest
to
your
desire
of
knowing
what
the
Emperour
thinks
of
you
,
you
should
add
a
readiness
to
inform
him
what
you
thing
of
himself
.
The
word
Emperour
started
him
a
little
,
but
he
did
not
conceive
at
first
it
was
meant
of
him
.
There
was
at
that
time
three
or
four
other
Emperours
in
being
:
Henry
had
been
a
long
time
at
the
Court
of
the
Emperour
of
the
East
;
and
he
had
Intelligence
with
the
Emperour
of
Trebisond
:
He
might
therefore
have
had
some
amorous
Intrigue
;
where
the
name
of
those
Princes
might
be
concerned
,
but
he
was
not
long
in
this
doubt
,
for
this
was
the
return
Constance
had
made
.
Sir
,
Your
apprehension
is
a
Chimaera
my
assurances
might
have
dispelled
:
I
love
you
,
you
know
,
and
you
know
likewise
you
deserve
to
be
beloved
:
But
though
you
can
forget
your
own
merits
,
and
my
kindness
,
remember
at
least
that
you
are
in
the
Spring
of
your
Youth
,
and
Frederick
in
the
Winter
of
his
Age.
This
Letter
opened
the
Emperours
eyes
,
he
perceived
clearly
now
,
that
he
was
the
man
,
and
knowing
within
himself
,
that
he
had
not
had
any
Frolick
with
a
Lady
for
several
years
,
besides
what
past
lately
with
the
Lady
in
Mascarade
;
he
concluded
it
must
be
there
,
and
that
his
Son
was
his
Rival
.
It
would
be
a
hard
thing
to
determine
which
was
most
violent
in
his
soul
,
the
pleasure
he
conceived
at
the
news
of
the
unknown
Lady
,
or
his
displeasure
to
find
his
Son
was
like
to
be
his
Rival
.
His
first
resolution
was
to
send
immediately
for
his
Son
,
to
conjure
him
to
tell
him
where
she
lived
,
and
her
name
,
and
afterwards
to
forbid
him
any
Converse
with
her
for
the
future
,
under
pain
of
his
indignation
.
But
judging
upon
second
thoughts
,
that
in
affairs
of
any
standing
,
or
settlement
,
open
resistence
doth
commonly
more
mischief
than
good
:
he
altered
his
mind
,
and
concluded
the
best
way
to
try
what
might
be
done
by
artifice
before
he
came
to
violence
.
He
set
Spies
upon
his
Son
,
he
understood
he
went
abroad
every
night
,
he
imployed
people
to
dog
him
,
and
at
leagth
discovered
he
went
into
the
Covent
to
Constance
:
and
to
compleat
the
discovery
,
he
saw
another
Letter
of
hers
(
under
the
same
hand
)
lying
upon
the
Popes
Table
,
to
whom
she
had
addrest
it
.
He
knew
the
hand
was
the
same
with
the
Ticket
he
had
.
From
whence
he
inferred
,
that
Constance
must
needs
be
his
Sons
mistress
,
but
he
was
not
certain
she
was
the
disguised
Lady
.
The
dignity
of
Constance
,
the
reputation
of
her
Vertue
in
Rome
,
and
the
Profession
she
had
embraced
,
all
these
,
I
say
,
agreed
so
little
with
her
being
in
Mascarade
,
that
he
had
no
sooner
formed
a
suspicion
of
what
was
too
true
,
but
these
reasons
confuted
it
:
At
leagth
considering
with
himself
,
that
a
Nun
when
she
forgets
the
Religious
duties
of
her
Profession
so
far
as
to
love
a
man
more
than
she
ought
,
she
might
as
well
forget
her self
quite
,
and
see
spectacles
as
well
as
other
people
.
He
thought
Constance
had
nor
perhaps
found
so
much
difficulty
to
accommodate
her
Disguise
with
her
Profession
,
as
he
had
himself
.
He
called
for
his
Coach
,
and
away
he
went
to
her
to
the
Covent
to
consult
the
opinion
of
his
own
senses
in
so
extraordinary
an
Intrigue
,
and
scarce
had
Constance
opened
her
mough
to
give
him
thanks
for
that
honour
,
but
he
found
it
was
the
same
voice
he
had
heard
in
his
Dialogue
with
the
disguised
Lady
;
he
peept
thorow
her
Habit
,
and
observed
the
same
shape
,
and
Majesty
,
which
had
so
far
transported
him
at
the
Masque
.
Her
Eyes
had
the
same
fire
,
with
which
the
Heart
of
Frederick
was
inflamed
;
and
though
her
Monastical
modesty
would
not
permit
her
to
use
the
same
Wit
and
Vivacity
as
she
had
done
before
,
yet
he
found
she
had
the
same
quickness
of
apprehension
as
then
.
He
had
seen
her
several
times
at
the
Ceremonies
of
Saint
Peter
,
he
knew
she
was
handsom
,
and
sung
very
well
,
but
looking
upon
her
as
a
Religious
,
whose
Talent
was
to
be
lockt
up
from
the
World
,
he
did
not
trouble
himself
so
far
as
to
consider
each
particular
of
her
Graces
.
See
him
then
at
this
time
the
most
loving
,
and
the
most
jealous
Creature
alive
.
Love
in
a
young
man
,
is
but
a
youthful
efflorescence
,
which
reason
and
time
tempers
by
degrees
:
But
when
it
seizes
upon
a
man
that
ought
to
have
more
wit
,
when
setled
and
experienced
,
reason
is
not
able
to
oppose
it self
against
its
first
impulse
,
time
doth
but
increase
it
;
for
never
was
any
man
cured
of
a
folly
which
took
him
at
an
age
when
other
people
grow
wise
.
This
first
Conversation
of
the
Emperour
,
was
only
about
indifferent
things
,
he
would
not
discover
the
bottom
of
his
designs
,
whilst
he
had
a
Person
so
near
him
as
his
Son
capable
of
defeating
them
:
but
having
a
fair
pretence
to
send
him
farther
off
;
he
gave
Orders
that
night
that
he
should
prepare
for
a
Journey
into
Germany
within
four
and
twenty
hours
.
The
Prince
had
a
long
time
expected
that
Command
,
and
yet
he
could
not
receive
it
without
changing
his
colour
:
He
produced
certain
reasons
to
defer
it
for
some
time
,
but
the
Emperour
would
hear
none
of
them
;
all
the
favour
he
could
find
,
was
only
to
be
permitted
private
Conversation
with
Constance
for
a
while
.
The
farewel
of
these
two
Lovers
was
extremely
kind
,
accompanied
with
great
protestations
of
fidelity
.
This
place
would
make
a
marvellous
Ornament
for
a
Romance
,
and
I
should
have
a
great
care
how
I
past
it
over
in
silence
,
were
this
a
Romance
,
and
not
a
History
;
but
the
style
of
Annals
do
not
suit
with
Rhetorical
Ornations
,
and
therefore
I
shall
refer
my
curious
Reader
to
the
passionate
partings
in
Cirus
or
Clelia
.
As
soon
as
the
Emperour
was
delivered
from
the
presence
of
the
Prince
,
he
laid
aside
his
former
dissimulation
:
He
made
his
Visits
to
Constance
openly
,
and
presuming
that
the
young
Ladies
profession
would
not
admit
him
to
discourse
his
Intrigues
in
the
Secular
forms
,
he
told
her
bluntly
at
once
,
what
he
understood
of
her
affairs
.
The
Lady
was
(
doubtless
)
much
surprised
at
the
Complement
:
She
denied
it
couragiously
,
and
believed
that
it
was
enough
to
have
hindred
the
Mascarade
from
ever
,
having
been
,
if
she
swore
stoutly
there
had
been
no
such
ting
.
But
Frederick
having
wherewithal
to
convince
her
by
his
own
Eyes
,
he
shew
her
the
Letter
she
interlined
with
the
Princes
,
and
swore
as
heartily
as
she
,
he
would
shew
it
his
Holiness
,
if
she
did
not
oblige
him
to
the
contrary
by
an
ingenuous
confession
.
This
Menace
made
poor
Constance
to
tremble
,
she
betook
her self
to
her
whimpering
,
and
her
tears
,
and
beseeched
the
Emperour
that
he
would
not
ruine
a
Person
of
so
Illustrious
Extraction
,
whose
Reputation
was
entirely
in
his
hands
.
That
it
was
true
indeed
her
Curiosity
had
been
indescreet
,
but
that
at
the
bottom
it
was
innovent
,
and
that
as
to
her
Intrigue
and
Correspondence
with
his
Son
,
it
was
the
common
Entertainment
of
young
people
,
and
had
no
other
end
but
the
diversion
of
their
minds
,
and
a
harmless
affectation
of
making
innocent
Love
.
Frederick
countefeited
a
belief
of
what
she
said
:
He
was
too
cunning
to
testifie
the
suspicion
of
a
Crime
,
which
would
have
put
an
invincible
obstruction
upon
all
designs
.
But
the
more
he
fancied
her
to
be
chast
,
the
more
obstinate
he
was
in
his
desires
to
debauch
her
.
Had
you
consummated
your
Intrigues
with
my
Son
,
Madam
,
said
the
Emperour
,
I
would
dye
a
thousand
deaths
before
I
would
propose
any
thing
of
that
nature
for
my self
;
I
am
too
good
a
Father
to
him
,
and
not
so
impious
inclined
.
But
,
Madam
,
the
Amours
and
Gallantry
betwixt
you
two
having
been
so
innocent
,
it
cannot
hinder
you
at
all
from
granting
me
some
favourable
indulgence
.
These
Propositions
were
close
,
and
Constance
could
not
hear
them
without
horrour
,
she
cryed
out
in
her
heart
for
the
assistance
of
her
dear
Prince
,
she
accused
her self
of
imprudence
in
letting
him
go
,
and
she
used
the
utmost
of
her
Rhetorick
to
mollifie
his
Majesty
,
and
render
him
less
importunate
.
But
he
was
a
Person
for
dispatch
,
not
easily
changed
in
any
thing
he
undertook
,
and
would
have
thought
it
a
great
diminution
to
his
Honour
,
should
he
have
been
wheedled
out
of
his
designs
by
a
pitiful
Nun.
To
make
him
desperate
,
was
but
to
justfie
his
Revenge
;
to
satisfie
him
,
was
to
transgresas
the
Laws
,
both
humane
and
Divine
;
all
therefore
that
Constance
could
do
was
but
to
beg
time
,
and
he
gave
her
much
less
that
she
desired
.
But
she
was
to
be
contented
with
what
Frederick
would
give
her
;
she
was
in
no
case
to
stand
upon
Conditions
.
As
soon
as
she
was
rid
of
so
troublesom
an
Entertainment
,
she
ran
immediately
for
Counsel
to
her
three
Companions
.
And
having
told
them
in
what
danger
they
were
of
being
discovered
,
she
conjured
them
to
assist
her
in
so
perillous
a
station
.
The
most
timorous
of
the
three
was
presently
for
satisfying
the
Emperour
,
it
was
indefferent
to
her
what
Victime
they
sacrificed
to
Fortune
,
so
it
rendred
it
favourable
.
But
Constance
was
for
dying
a
thing
a
thousand
times
,
rather
than
following
her
direction
.
She
loved
the
Prince
,
and
the
Tyrannical
proceedings
of
his
Father
,
made
her
abominate
him
.
It
was
concluded
at
last
that
she
should
suspend
him
,
and
keep
him
in
hopes
,
till
she
could
by
some
opportunity
or
perswasion
recover
the
Letter
out
of
his
hands
,
which
was
the
only
Evidence
against
Constance
:
and
that
having
rescued
that
,
she
should
then
handle
him
as
she
pleased
for
his
sacrilegious
Attempt
.
Constance
pondering
very
seriously
about
this
resolution
,
she
did
two
things
at
one
time
,
both
opposite
,
and
yet
both
answetable
to
her
Policy
and
Address
.
She
writ
word
to
his
Holiness
,
That
the
frequency
of
the
Emperours
Visits
alarm'd
their
Society
,
and
disturbed
them
in
the
Exercises
of
Devotion
:
for
which
reasons
she
did
humbly
intreat
that
out
of
his
Pastoral
care
,
he
would
forbid
him
any
such
Civilities
for
the
future
:
And
having
at
the
same
time
intimated
privately
to
Frederick
,
that
she
desired
infinitely
to
see
him
,
she
put
him
upon
a
cecessity
of
displeasing
the
Pope
,
and
furnisht
her self
with
a
justisiable
pretence
,
to
receive
them
no
more
.
This
Expedient
made
great
difference
betwixt
the
Pope
and
the
Emperour
;
so
that
for
some
few
days
Constance
was
quiet
.
But
Frederick
being
too
tenacious
a
Prince
to
give
over
upon
the
first
difficulty
,
bethought
himfelf
of
a
Counter-battery
for
the
Pope
.
He
put
Constance
in
the
number
,
and
declared
himself
a
Benefactor
to
the
Covent
where
she
was
.
There
was
not
a
night
but
he
pretended
some
heavenly
Revelation
,
which
required
him
to
enlarge
both
the
Revenue
,
and
Fabrick
of
that
Monastery
.
He
designs
a
Dormitory
in
this
place
,
a
Chappel
in
that
.
The
Governess
lookt
upon
him
as
the
Tutelar
Angel
of
her
Order
,
and
the
Hloy
Father
himself
relenting
at
so
specious
a
promise
,
magnified
Frederick
for
his
good
intentions
,
and
blamed
his
Niece
for
having
interpreted
them
so
unchristianly
.
The
Emperour
finding
himself
justified
by
the
Pope
,
began
to
ress
Constance
again
to
a
final
resolution
,
the
Walls
of
the
Covent
were
broken
down
in
some
places
,
in
order
to
his
build
so
that
Constance
might
honour
him
with
particular
meetings
that
way
,
if
she
thought
good
;
and
if
she
did
not
,
he
swore
desperately
he
would
be
revenged
.
Constance
observing
his
resolution
,
concluded
her
condition
so
desperate
,
she
was
now
or
never
to
make
use
of
what
remedies
she
had
.
She
came
to
an
agreement
with
the
Emperour
,
and
gave
him
an
assignation
in
the
night
.
The
Emperour
got
very
punctually
into
the
Garden
,
at
one
of
the
Breaches
:
And
all
things
being
prepared
both
within
and
without
,
Constance
presented
her self
,
where
the
Emperour
attended
.
She
fell
into
a
large
Encomium
of
his
confidence
,
told
him
that
that
was
the
surest
way
to
win
her
heart
,
and
having
ingaged
to
follow
what
directions
he
would
give
her
,
she
conjured
him
to
return
her
the
Letter
,
and
to
chuse
rather
to
receive
her
favours
from
her
own
pure
will
,
than
to
owe
them
to
any
fear
or
constraint
,
which
would
be
unworthy
of
either
of
them
.
Whilst
this
Letter
is
in
your
hands
,
Sir
,
said
she
,
you
will
always
believe
you
obtain
that
by
force
,
which
nothing
but
your
merit
ought
to
make
you
to
hope
.
This
imagination
must
needs
trouble
your
joy
,
and
I
am
perswaded
you
are
of
a
more
gentle
and
delicate
temper
,
than
to
govern
like
a
Tyrant
,
where
you
may
reign
like
a
lawful
Prince
.
Restore
my
Letter
then
,
I
conjure
you
,
I
beg
it
in
the
name
of
whatever
it
be
that
is
most
dear
to
you
,
and
I
do
promise
my
acknowledgements
shall
follow
your
Generosity
so
close
,
you
shall
not
have
time
to
repent
you
of
any
thing
you
do
.
This
Proposition
was
not
pleasting
to
Frederick
:
He
had
a
mind
Constance
should
make
the
first
step
,
and
told
her
she
ought
to
have
the
same
confidence
in
his
word
,
as
she
desired
he
should
have
in
hers
:
But
the
conning
Nun
knew
to
complain
so
artificially
of
his
injustice
to
her
sincerity
,
she
was
so
apt
to
take
his
unkindness
to
heart
,
and
he
was
so
well
pleased
with
her
tenderness
,
it
was
not
possible
for
him
to
refuse
her
any
longer
.
He
pulled
the
Letter
out
of
his
Pocket
,
and
gave
it
into
her
hands
;
but
he
was
much
surprised
to
see
her
run
away
with
the
Paper
,
and
to
observe
that
at
the
very
first
step
of
her
flight
,
he
heard
some
body
cry
fire
round
about
the
Covent
.
This
noise
was
made
by
her
three
Companions
from
their
several
Postes
,
they
had
agreed
among
themselves
of
this
Stratagem
before
,
and
the
Emperour
suspecting
nothing
of
it
,
was
advancing
towards
the
house
to
examine
what
might
be
the
reason
.
But
the
Confusion
was
so
great
,
and
his
Train
which
he
had
placed
without
,
hearing
the
Name
of
Frederick
,
and
Emperour
,
frequently
reiterated
in
the
Covent
,
they
perswaded
him
so
forcibly
,
that
it
was
not
safe
for
him
to
stay
longer
in
the
Garden
,
that
he
retird
with
all
speed
,
and
went
directly
to
his
Palace
,
so
mad
and
outragious
at
the
Trick
they
had
put
upon
him
,
that
had
he
followed
the
first
motions
of
his
Choler
,
he
would
have
set
fire
to
the
Monastery
indeed
,
and
sacrificed
Constance
and
all
her
Sisterhood
to
the
justice
of
his
resentment
.
But
not
thinking
himself
strong
enought
at
that
time
in
Rome
,
he
durst
not
attempt
so
great
a
piece
of
violence
,
besides
it
would
not
have
been
easie
for
him
to
have
done
it
;
for
at
the
first
Alarm
about
the
Town
,
and
the
Palace
of
Alexander
,
that
some
body
was
stealing
his
Holiness
his
Niece
,
the
Monastery
was
immediately
encompassed
with
such
a
number
of
Souldiers
,
it
would
have
been
a
difficult
matter
to
have
made
any
such
Attempt
.
The
Popesent
one
of
his
Officers
to
inform
himself
of
the
particulars
.
Constance
told
her
story
so
well
,
there
was
no
body
but
believed
her
.
She
said
she
had
been
drawn
by
force
out
of
her
Cell
,
and
carried
into
the
Garden
,
whence
they
had
certainly
conveyed
her
through
the
breach
of
the
Wall
,
had
not
the
Cryes
of
her
Companions
(
who
heard
her
skreek
out
)
prevented
their
violence
.
This
Tale
was
so
well
invented
,
and
the
Evidences
against
the
Emperour
so
probable
,
that
the
Pope
doubted
not
in
the
least
but
the
Emperour
was
the
Author
of
this
Tumult
.
Constance
had
long
since
complained
of
his
Visits
.
She
affirmed
she
heard
his
voice
in
the
throng
:
He
went
abroad
that
night
attended
by
several
armed
men
,
and
had
been
met
in
the
street
with
his
Mirmidons
,
by
some
of
his
Holinesses
Servants
,
which
put
the
Pope
into
the
highest
indignation
against
the
rashness
of
that
Prince
.
He
commanded
his
Guards
to
their
Arms
,
he
beset
the
Emperours
Palace
,
with
resolution
to
revenge
himself
for
the
indignity
done
to
him
in
the
person
of
his
Niece
.
But
Frederick
had
prevented
his
diligence
,
he
had
withdrawn
himself
and
his
Family
into
the
Quarters
of
one
of
his
Troops
,
where
he
complained
as
much
of
the
Affront
done
to
him
,
as
Alexander
did
on
the
other
side
.
From
hence
it
was
arose
that
famous
War
betwixt
the
Guelfs
and
the
Gibelins
,
which
was
the
desolation
of
Italy
for
so
long
time
,
and
divided
all
the
Princes
of
Christendom
.
The
publick
pretence
was
,
That
the
Pope
refused
the
Bishoprick
of
Ravenna
to
a
Favourite
of
the
Emperours
,
but
the
occult
cause
was
Constances
rejection
of
the
Emperours
Love
,
and
that
passion
being
turned
into
Rage
,
by
the
Trick
she
had
put
upon
him
,
it
is
a
hard
matter
to
describe
the
effects
that
rage
did
produce
.
Rome
was
pillaged
,
his
Holiness
forced
to
abandon
the
holy
See
,
and
seek
Sanctuary
in
France
:
Autipopes
where
chosen
,
Excommunications
thundred
abroad
;
and
all
these
the
consequence
of
a
fatal
Amour
;
though
of
so
many
dire
accidents
are
reported
in
History
,
there
are
few
people
that
can
trace
them
from
their
true
source
and
Original
.
The
ambition
of
Frederick
,
and
the
perversness
of
the
Pope
are
generally
charged
with
these
disorders
:
The
latter
hath
been
condemned
of
severity
;
the
first
of
an
injustifiable
design
upon
the
Lands
of
the
Church
.
The
super
Aspidem
&
Basiliscum
of
Alexander
the
Third
is
recorded
in
Capital
Letters
in
all
the
Relations
of
that
time
.
But
there
are
few
Memoires
which
attribute
that
to
Constances
Gallant
,
which
History
imputes
to
the
Protector
of
the
Antipope
:
and
thus
it
is
the
great
Affairs
of
the
World
are
secretly
carried
on
:
They
have
all
several
faces
,
and
we
see
nothing
but
as
the
partiality
or
ignorance
of
the
Historian
represents
.
But
without
fear
of
digressing
too
much
from
the
ways
of
truth
,
we
may
always
mingle
some
amorous
Occurrences
with
the
Accidents
which
seem
most
remote
and
foreign
to
that
passion
;
for
if
we
take
our
measures
right
,
there
is
seldom
any
passage
,
how
Tragical
soever
it
may
appear
)
of
which
the
Annals
of
Love
may
not
become
a
Chronological
History
.
As
Constance
was
the
secret
Cause
of
the
War
,
it
was
but
just
she
should
give
her
Uncle
all
the
assistance
she
could
to
maintain
it
.
She
writ
word
to
Prince
Henry
all
the
violences
the
Emperour
had
designed
against
her
,
and
the
ways
she
took
to
defeat
them
.
Jealousie
hath
been
always
a
kind
of
Apple
of
Contention
,
which
spares
not
the
most
Sacred
Alliances
.
The
Emperour
was
most
violently
jealous
of
his
Son
,
as
well
in
point
of
Honour
,
as
of
Love
.
He
saw
he
had
a
great
Reputation
in
the
Army
,
and
he
imputed
the
Affront
Constance
had
done
to
him
,
to
her
passion
for
his
Rival
:
so
that
the
secret
dissatisfactions
of
the
Prince
,
cooperating
with
the
ill
disposition
of
the
Emperours
mind
,
they
began
to
look
upon
one
another
with
diffidence
,
to
that
diffidence
succeeded
indignation
,
and
to
that
,
an
irreconciliable
disunion
.
The
Prince
deserted
him
,
and
went
to
the
Pope
,
who
having
interdicted
Frederick
for
his
Attempts
against
the
Ecclesiastical
See
,
offered
Henry
to
make
him
Emperour
,
though
his
Father
was
still
living
:
and
certainly
the
Condition
he
required
was
but
reasonable
;
it
was
only
that
he
should
marry
Constance
of
Sicily
his
Niece
:
he
told
him
that
without
that
security
,
he
could
not
relye
upon
the
word
of
the
Prince
;
But
in
short
,
the
Intrigues
of
his
Niece
were
come
to
his
knowledge
,
and
he
found
it
troublesom
to
conceal
them
;
and
as
certain
it
is
,
Henry
would
been
have
glad
if
the
Popes
Generosity
had
been
entire
without
terms
.
He
loved
Constance
most
passionately
,
but
every
one
knows
.
MAXIME
VIII
.
Howe're
one
loves
before
,
the
very
name
Of
Wedding
mentioned
gravely
,
does
rebate
His
edge
(
no
doubt
)
checks
his
consuming
flame
,
And
brings
the
Martyr
to
his
former
state
.
The
thought
of
Marriage
,
to
a
thoughtful
mind
,
Opens
his
nerve
,
and
shows'em
he
was
blind
.
But
his
Holiness
was
not
affrighted
at
this
Doctrine
,
and
less
at
the
difficulty
of
granting
a
Dispensation
for
her
who
had
been
four
years
a
Professor
.
But
Prince
Henry
was
under
a
necessity
of
submitting
,
however
to
comfort
himself
by
the
consideration
of
having
Companions
,
he
proposed
to
the
three
persons
(
who
were
Gallants
to
Constances
three
Confidents
)
to
follow
his
Example
.
They
had
made
Love
as
furiously
as
he
,
he
promised
them
considerable
advantages
,
and
the
Pope
was
in
so
good
an
humour
at
that
time
,
he
would
have
given
Dispensations
to
the
whole
Covent
,
if
his
Niece
had
desired
it
.
But
they
who
were
his
Camarades
in
his
Amours
,
would
by
no
means
bear
him
Company
in
his
Marriage
.
They
told
him
that
if
they
were
as
accomplisht
as
he
,
they
might
undertake
any
thing
upon
confidence
of
their
Merit
;
but
for
them
who
had
not
been
so
great
Favourites
of
Nature
,
they
could
not
but
fear
the
Laws
of
Wedlock
might
be
as
casily
violated
,
as
the
Rules
of
a
Covent
:
That
in
so
tender
a
point
one
could
not
be
too
cautious
,
and
that
if
the
worst
happened
that
could
be
,
and
they
must
marry
,
they
desired
to
do
it
upon
his
terms
,
and
have
an
equivalence
to
the
Empire
of
the
West
,
for
their
Wives
Portion
.
The
Prince
did
not
think
it
convenient
for
his
Chaity
to
the
Nuns
,
to
renounce
his
possession
of
the
Empire
,
He
left
them
unkindly
in
their
Monastery
to
deplore
the
ingratitude
of
the
Gallants
,
and
launcht
himself
alone
into
that
Gulf
in
which
his
Associats
had
represented
so
many
difficulties
.
He
married
Constance
,
and
was
crowned
Emperour
by
the
Name
of
Henry
the
Fourth
.
A
famous
Abbot
in
those
times
,
who
dyed
not
long
after
,
and
left
a
great
Reputation
of
his
Sanctity
behind
him
,
declaimed
bitterly
against
this
Marriage
,
and
indeed
the
misfortunes
which
followed
,
turned
his
Imprecations
into
a
Prophesie
:
But
let
him
say
what
he
please
,
Those
ways
which
lead
a
man
to
the
chief
place
in
the
World
,
are
always
counted
the
best
paths
one
can
walk
in
.
And
now
let
us
take
our
leave
of
our
new
Emperour
and
Empress
,
and
take
a
fresh
turn
about
the
World
,
to
see
if
we
can
find
any
new
Adventure
in
that
Age
,
that
may
be
fit
to
close
up
our
Annals
of
this
year
.
James
King
of
Arragon
,
indued
with
much
natural
Chastity
,
and
as
much
Experience
as
sixteen
years
of
age
could
confer
,
was
married
to
Eleoner
of
Castile
,
Aunt
to
the
King
which
reigned
in
that
Kingdom
at
that
time
,
who
for
the
number
of
her
years
,
and
her
own
inclination
,
was
as
well
skilled
in
matters
of
Love
,
as
her
young
Husband
was
ignorant
.
This
Princess
had
an
Amour
with
a
Castilian
Lord
,
whom
she
loved
most
passionately
.
She
had
past
her
Faith
to
him
,
and
attended
it
with
so
many
oaths
and
imprecations
,
she
might
justly
fear
the
Justice
of
Heaven
would
follow
her
,
if
she
transgressed
.
For
this
reason
she
did
what
she
could
not
to
marry
the
King
of
Arragon
.
She
cast
her self
a
thousand
times
at
the
King
of
Castiles
feet
,
though
he
was
but
her
Nephew
:
She
wept
,
she
sob'd
,
she
threatned
to
starve
her self
,
but
her
tears
,
and
her
prayers
were
to
as
little
purpose
as
her
threats
.
The
Marriage
was
concluded
by
the
Counsels
both
of
Castile
and
Arragon
,
to
be
advantagious
to
both
Nations
.
Eleonor
used
her
utmost
to
prevent
it
:
But
Princesses
of
her
Quality
are
as
so
many
Sacrifices
to
the
Policy
of
their
Countries
,
and
never
to
be
disposed
of
by
their
own
inclinations
.
The
new
Queen
seeing
her self
forced
upon
a
Match
which
gave
her
so
many
scruples
,
she
considered
of
a
way
by
which
she
might
like
a
constant
Mistress
,
continue
faithful
to
her
Gallants
.
She
suborned
an
ancient
Physician
to
insinuate
into
her
young
Husband
,
that
he
could
not
marry
Eleonor
,
that
there
were
invincible
obstacles
in
the
way
which
opposed
its
Consummation
.
The
young
Monarch
,
who
was
scarce
got
out
of
his
Infancy
,
had
never
seen
Woman
(
as
it
were
)
but
his
Queen
Mother
,
his
Governesses
,
and
Nurses
,
and
had
been
always
told
that
Eleonor
was
a
sprightly
Princess
;
believed
what
was
told
him
very
honestly
:
and
remembring
that
he
had
heard
it
wisht
several
times
that
he
would
provide
Successors
for
the
Crown
,
he
understood
it
a
great
shame
and
misfortune
for
him
,
to
be
unable
to
satisfie
the
desires
of
his
Subjects
.
This
consideration
rendred
him
so
melancholy
,
he
could
not
indure
the
sight
of
any
body
.
He
shut
himself
up
whole
days
together
in
his
Closet
:
if
he
went
walking
,
it
must
be
alone
;
and
having
read
in
the
Histories
of
that
Kingdom
,
what
sorrow
some
of
his
Predecessors
had
conceived
for
want
of
Issue
,
and
what
ill
Consequences
had
followed
the
default
of
Heirs
in
several
Kingdoms
,
the
good
Prince
(
who
had
an
apprehension
above
his
Age
)
began
to
look
upon
himself
already
,
as
the
object
of
his
Subjects
hatred
and
contempt
.
Those
who
had
the
care
of
his
Person
,
perceiving
his
humour
and
Complexion
changed
,
intreated
him
many
times
to
tell
the
reason
of
his
Melancholy
;
but
he
answered
with
nothing
but
sighs
,
and
the
Queen
confirming
him
daily
in
the
Errour
he
was
plunged
,
he
proposed
it
himself
,
that
Eleonor
should
take
her
own
liberty
.
The
Queen
had
in
her
Train
a
young
Lady
called
Theresia
de
Bidaura
,
witty
,
and
handsom
,
and
to
whom
the
Person
of
the
King
was
not
so
indifferent
as
to
the
Queen
:
She
was
originally
of
Castile
,
and
brought
along
with
the
Princess
Eleonor
out
of
Arragon
.
This
Lady
(
finding
the
young
Monarch
exactly
according
to
her
mind
)
had
studied
all
his
actions
,
and
took
all
the
care
she
could
possibly
to
please
him
.
She
invented
sundry
Dances
,
and
other
Pastimes
with
her
Companions
,
on
purpose
to
divert
him
.
If
he
did
her
the
honour
to
speak
to
her
at
any
time
,
she
would
be
sure
to
make
him
smile
with
the
wittiness
of
her
answer
;
and
kindness
producing
usually
the
like
,
Bidanra
became
by
degrees
as
dear
to
the
King
of
Arragon
,
as
the
King
of
Arragon
had
appeared
amiable
to
Bidaura
.
The
first
apparition
of
his
Love
was
in
little
confidences
only
,
as
in
discovering
to
her
his
thoughts
and
Characters
of
the
great
Lords
in
his
Court.
From
these
trifles
he
past
higher
,
and
at
length
told
her
the
secret
of
his
Marriage
,
and
that
he
was
Eleonor
Husband
only
by
name
.
Bidaura
was
exceedingly
surprised
at
a
discourse
so
little
understood
.
She
lookt
earnestly
upon
the
King
,
as
if
by
so
doing
,
she
could
discover
the
truth
of
what
he
said
in
his
eyes
,
and
not
perceiving
any
thing
in
his
person
,
but
what
seemed
to
accuse
him
of
equivocating
,
she
ventured
to
tell
him
,
That
he
had
bin
abused
,
and
that
what
they
had
perswaded
him
,
was
nothing
but
a
Chimaera
.
Alas
,
replied
the
young
King
very
sadly
,
this
Chimaera
is
too
real
for
my
repose
,
one
of
the
most
famous
Physicians
of
our
Kingdom
hath
sworn
it
,
and
Eleonor
her self
confirms
me
that
it
is
true
:
What
advantage
would
it
be
to
her
to
put
such
a
fallacy
upon
me
?
she
would
rather
convince
me
,
if
it
were
otherwise
.
Bidaura
ruminating
upon
what
the
King
had
told
her
,
desired
to
know
the
Physicians
name
,
who
had
perswaded
him
of
that
impotency
,
and
understanding
it
was
a
Castilian
(
who
she
knew
was
entirely
at
the
Queens
disposal
)
she
stood
still
for
some
time
,
as
recollecting
her
memory
,
when
starting
out
on
a
sudden
,
and
clapping
her
hands
together
,
Courage
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
King
,
you
shall
be
cured
very
suddenly
,
now
the
cause
of
your
distemper
is
known
.
After
which
words
she
fell
into
a
discourse
of
the
intimacy
betwixt
Eleonor
and
the
Castillian
Lord
:
That
all
Castile
believed
they
had
been
privately
married
,
and
recollecting
that
the
Physician
(
which
upon
the
Queens
perswasion
had
put
that
Errour
into
the
head
of
the
King
)
had
all
his
life
long
been
a
Creature
of
Eleonors
Gallant
,
she
represented
to
his
Majesty
how
probably
it
was
that
this
might
be
a
design
to
preserve
the
Queen
of
Arragon
to
her
secret
Husband
.
The
King
was
much
satisfied
at
the
likelihood
of
what
Bidaura
had
said
,
and
he
would
have
given
half
his
Kingdom
to
have
been
cured
so
well
.
He
went
imme
drately
to
Eleonor
,
and
charging
her
positively
with
what
Bidaura
but
suspected
,
supposing
he
had
made
some
further
discovery
,
she
confest
is
without
much
ado
.
But
it
was
with
such
strong
protestations
,
that
she
could
use
him
no
otherwise
without
violence
to
all
Law
both
humane
and
divine
;
and
with
such
instant
supplication
that
he
would
protect
her
against
the
indignation
of
her
Nephew
,
That
the
young
Prince
was
so
far
from
reproaching
her
for
abusing
his
Credulity
and
small
Experience
.
that
he
commended
her
fidelity
to
her
first
Love
,
and
promised
her
protection
.
In
the
mean
time
Bidaura
began
to
add
Ambition
to
her
Love
,
at
first
she
aspired
only
to
be
his
Mistress
;
but
finding
the
Queenship
of
Arragon
vacant
,
she
fancied
it
might
fall
to
her
share
to
supply
it
,
She
drest
,
and
made
her self
as
lovely
as
possible
,
she
redoubled
her
diligence
,
and
Complacences
,
and
having
brought
the
King
to
a
Condition
of
making
tryal
of
his
recovery
,
she
knew
so
well
how
to
keep
her self
within
the
bounds
of
Civility
,
she
put
him
upon
the
first
motions
of
Matrimony
.
The
Marriage
of
Eleonor
and
the
King
was
not
quite
nulled
.
The
truth
is
,
it
had
never
been
consummated
,
and
the
Counsel
of
Arragon
had
sent
to
Castile
and
to
Rome
to
press
an
absolute
dissolution
,
but
Affairs
betwixt
Kings
and
Queens
are
not
so
easily
dispatcht
.
The
passion
of
Eleonor
for
her
Paramour
might
decline
by
degrees
;
if
ambition
or
solid
reason
should
take
the
place
of
her
Love
,
it
would
have
been
more
casie
to
break
her
pretended
Marriage
with
her
Castillian
Lord
,
than
her
publick
Contract
with
the
King
of
Arragon
.
We
may
say
then
that
Eleonor
was
the
Wife
of
James
,
till
further
Order
from
his
Holiness
.
But
the
King
prest
by
Bidaura's
Charms
,
could
not
with
patience
believe
those
Formalities
were
to
be
prefer'd
before
the
desires
of
his
heart
.
He
married
Bidaura
privately
,
and
this
Marriage
being
as
blameable
as
it
was
unequal
,
he
made
it
in
his
Conditions
that
she
should
not
discover
it
.
This
Proposition
was
not
at
all
pleasing
to
Theresia
,
and
she
did
what
she
could
possibly
to
divert
him
;
but
finding
the
King
obstinate
,
and
inexorable
,
she
thought
it
good
to
be
a
Queen
upon
what
terms
soever
it
might
be
:
And
these
were
some
of
the
Articles
agreed
on
betwixt
themselves
,
which
perhaps
may
be
of
some
use
to
the
Reader
,
if
he
be
in
the
same
predicament
.
The
Private
Articles
of
their
Marriage
.
We
who
subscribe
these
Articles
,
design
,
(
As
our
Love
is
)
our
Marriage
Clandestine
,
Next
the
word
duty
shall
be
laid
aside
,
No
Sover
aignty
in
Bridegroom
,
or
in
Bride
;
In
case
of
difference
,
both
shall
comply
,
And
neither
be
too
humble
,
nor
too
high
.
If
Husband
sins
,
the
Woman
must
connive
:
If
she
,
the
man
dispenses
with
the
Wife
.
All
must
be
one
,
one
Love
,
one
lofe
,
one
joy
,
And
what
does
one
must
both
of
us
destroy
.
These
Terms
we
marry
on
,
but
reasons
bid
Conceal
the
Marriage
,
and
let
it
be
hid
,
With
this
severe
condition
(
'cause
good
Wives
Love
tattling
gen'rally
as
they
love
their
lives
)
If
mine
discovers
,
't
is
agreed
by
this
,
The
Marriage's
void
,
and
farewel
gentle
Miss.
These
Articles
were
observed
very
religiously
by
the
King
.
His
private
Marriage
was
every
was
as
pleasant
,
as
his
private
Amours
,
and
pleasanter
in
this
,
that
there
was
no
occasion
for
remorse
:
and
though
his
Marriage
with
Eleonor
was
solemnly
dissolved
,
and
she
left
to
be
his
Wife
to
whom
she
had
been
formerly
ingaged
;
yet
Theresia
de
Bedaura
could
never
obtain
liberty
of
the
King
to
appear
publickly
upon
the
Throne
;
she
had
this
satisfaction
,
that
it
was
not
possest
by
another
,
and
she
brought
Children
into
the
World
,
who
stood
fair
one
day
to
govern
the
Kingdom
of
Arragon
,
but
for
all
this
she
could
never
work
upon
the
Kings
resolution
.
He
had
been
so
much
dissatisfied
with
his
publick
Marriage
before
,
that
he
could
not
be
won
to
renounce
the
pleasure
of
his
private
Bidaura
,
she
had
got
the
Ministers
to
her
side
,
and
all
the
Religious
in
the
Kingdom
were
her
Sollicitors
,
but
the
King
answered
them
all
with
this
Article
,
If
mine
discovers
,
't
is
agreed
by
this
The
Marriage's
void
,
and
farewel
gentle
Miss.
But
we
do
ill
to
imploy
so
much
leisure
,
upon
so
barren
a
Story
:
Our
Chronology
leads
us
insensibly
to
a
far
better
History
,
and
it
is
time
now
to
bring
Love
upon
the
Stage
in
better
form
,
than
as
yet
it
hath
appeared
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
THE
THIRD
PART
.
IT
is
the
Universal
Confession
of
the
whole
World
,
that
Constraint
creates
an
appetite
of
Liberty
;
we
desire
nothing
so
ardently
as
what
is
prohibited
,
and
yet
some
Husbands
there
are
which
cannot
be
cured
of
restraining
their
Wives
.
The
Italians
be
the
Husbands
in
the
World
the
most
lyable
to
this
kind
of
madness
,
and
are
by
consequence
most
subject
to
the
ill
Accidents
which
follow
.
They
tell
stories
of
their
revenge
upon
their
Wives
,
which
would
pass
for
Prodigies
in
any
other
place
,
where
their
Captivity
doth
not
authorize
them
.
But
the
most
pleasant
(
in
my
Judgment
)
that
ever
was
transmitted
by
History
,
was
that
which
happened
betwixt
the
Roman
Ladies
and
the
Traticelles
.
These
honest
Gentlemen
were
near
twenty
young
Fellows
,
living
about
four
hundred
years
since
.
In
their
time
there
was
a
great
year
of
Gallantry
in
Rome
,
and
Courtship
:
The
Lovers
running
like
Rats
up
and
down
the
streets
all
night
long
,
sometimes
with
their
Serenads
,
sometimes
petrolling
under
the
Windows
of
the
most
illustrious
Houses
,
in
hopes
of
a
happy
glance
from
the
Persons
they
adored
.
But
these
amorous
Exploits
being
too
frequent
to
be
private
,
the
suspicious
Husbands
took
the
Alarm
,
and
augmented
the
number
of
their
Spies
to
such
a
Proposition
,
that
that
Trade
was
in
a
short
time
quite
interrupted
.
The
young
Devots
we
mentioned
before
,
were
heavily
afflicted
at
that
sad
Information
;
they
had
had
no
share
in
the
nocturnal
Gallantries
which
had
past
,
and
they
thought
it
unreasonable
that
they
should
be
punisht
for
the
indiscretion
of
other
people
.
Seeing
then
this
Clutter
and
publick
Ostentation
of
Love
,
had
been
the
cause
of
so
much
disorder
,
they
resolved
to
carry
on
theirs
privately
,
and
à
la
Sourdine
,
without
giving
any
more
occasion
of
Jealousie
than
needs
must
.
They
pretended
to
live
very
recluse
,
they
affected
an
outward
mortification
,
and
forming
themselves
into
a
new
Religious
Order
under
the
Name
of
Fraticelles
,
they
became
in
a
short
time
so
venerable
for
their
visible
piety
,
that
they
were
never
mentioned
but
as
a
new
sort
of
Anchorets
.
Some
of
the
most
unquiet
,
and
worst
coupled
Husbands
,
had
a
great
curiosity
to
see
these
Devots
;
those
persons
who
are
under
the
anxiety
of
that
Domestick
care
,
find
great
comfort
in
pious
Discourses
,
and
the
Conversation
of
these
Fraticelles
being
then
very
grateful
,
there
was
scarce
a
married
man
in
Rome
but
expected
from
their
charitable
admonitions
,
the
Conversation
of
his
Wife
,
were
she
never
so
extravagant
.
The
Husbands
were
mad
to
be
at
home
,
to
tell
their
Wives
of
this
new
Institution
:
and
the
good
Women
looking
upon
the
pretence
of
a
Visit
,
as
a
good
opportunity
to
gad
,
exprest
great
satisfaction
at
the
News
,
and
had
a
strange
desire
of
seeing
these
good
Brethren
immediately
.
By
this
means
the
Fraticelles
were
visited
,
by
degrees
,
very
often
;
and
the
good
men
at
home
,
as
well
contented
as
might
be
.
For
the
Fraticelles
(
for
the
better
establishment
of
their
Dominion
)
preacht
nothing
but
Conjugal
Love
,
Fidelity
,
and
Obedience
in
the
Wives
towards
their
Husbands
;
and
variety
of
such
other
Precepts
as
were
very
useful
for
the
tranquillity
of
a
Family
,
and
of
great
comfort
to
the
Gentleman
at
home
.
But
because
what
was
good
to
be
said
to
the
one
,
might
not
perhaps
be
proper
or
agreeable
to
the
other
,
they
desired
the
good
Women
would
come
by
themselves
,
to
the
end
,
said
they
,
That
we
may
labour
the
more
effectually
for
your
entire
Conversion
.
There
was
no
great
difficulty
of
obtaining
that
mark
of
their
respect
;
they
had
rather
go
th
Church
,
than
not
stir
out
at
all
;
and
the
private
Lectures
of
the
Fraticelles
not
appearing
so
hard
to
be
put
in
practice
,
as
the
Documents
of
the
Ordinary
Priest
;
they
became
very
assiduous
,
to
the
great
satifaction
of
their
Husbands
.
See
,
Daughter
,
said
one
of
the
cunningest
of
the
Fryars
,
to
one
of
the
handsomest
of
the
Penitents
one
day
;
Appearances
,
and
secious
Pretences
,
are
the
Children
of
Prudence
,
which
cost
but
little
bringing
up
,
and
are
of
great
use
in
Civil
Society
.
What
pleasures
do
you
find
in
the
disorders
of
a
jealous
Husband
?
Alas
,
is
it
not
an
easie
matter
to
deceive
him
;
a
little
Kiss
given
opportunely
,
hides
a
blush
sometimes
from
his
eyes
,
that
(
had
he
seen
it
)
would
have
been
as
welcome
,
as
a
Dagger
to
his
heart
.
A
counterfeit
sorrow
when
you
take
your
leave
,
makes
him
the
more
courteous
,
and
hastens
your
departure
.
And
to
speak
truth
,
we
do
very
well
consider
,
all
flesh
is
but
frail
,
we
do
not
(
when
you
come
for
instruction
)
expect
you
should
be
Statues
of
Marble
.
All
that
we
admonish
is
this
,
that
you
study
the
humour
of
your
Husbands
,
and
cajole
it
so
cunningly
,
that
they
may
not
complain
,
and
you
do
as
you
please
.
Love
what
is
lovely
,
write
Letters
,
appoint
Meetings
,
't
is
no
matter
,
they
are
things
not
criminal
in
themselves
;
it
is
the
pratling
,
and
discovery
that
makes
the
Crime
:
and
that
it
is
so
,
let
me
ask
you
,
do
not
you
know
Segniora
Petronilla
,
who
lives
at
the
Corner
of
the
Via
Appia
?
Yes
certainly
,
replied
the
Penitent
,
my
Husband
casts
her
every
day
in
my
dish
,
and
proposes
her
to
me
as
an
admirable
Example
of
Vertue
;
and
doubtless
she
is
one
of
the
wisest
Women
in
Rome
.
You
are
misinformed
,
good
Daughter
,
as
to
that
,
replied
the
Confessor
,
she
hath
had
ten
Gallants
in
her
time
,
and
I
know
them
all
my self
.
The
Marquess
Cocles
was
one
of
them
,
he
courted
her
two
years
together
.
,
and
upon
her
score
it
was
the
brave
Brundivisi
was
killed
.
The
money
she
pretended
to
give
to
the
poor
,
was
carried
privately
to
a
younger
Brother
of
the
House
of
Vrsini
by
a
Templer
,
an
Acquaintance
of
mine
;
and
that
Father
you
see
with
her
so
often
with
long
sleeves
,
was
formerly
one
of
our
Fraternity
,
banisht
for
his
licentiousness
,
and
is
now
driving
on
an
amorous
Intrigue
with
her
,
under
pretence
of
religious
Conference
,
but
I
must
needs
say
the
Hypocrite
hath
Wit
,
she
disguises
her
inclinations
with
a
visible
modesty
;
she
caresses
her
Husband
,
complies
with
him
in
every
thing
,
and
makes
the
Servants
pay
him
a
most
transcendant
respect
.
Thus
indeed
it
is
Husbands
ought
to
be
dealt
with
;
thus
would
I
have
you
do
with
yours
,
and
I
'le
assure
you
I
speak
it
out
of
a
true
Charity
for
you
.
Such
judicious
Doctrine
as
this
could
not
chuse
but
produce
great
effects
in
all
the
discontented
Families
.
The
most
cross-grain'd
Wife
of
them
all
,
became
a
Patern
of
Complacency
,
and
the
Husbands
came
in
Troops
to
give
the
Fraticelles
thanks
for
the
repose
they
had
procured
.
The
Fryars
perceiving
their
Reputation
pretty
well
setled
,
they
began
to
reflect
about
their
own
private
felicity
.
They
chose
from
amongst
them
a
Superior
,
they
called
Fryar
Conrard
an
acute
man
,
eloquent
,
his
gravity
and
superciliousness
imposed
upon
the
World
,
and
his
outward
Conversation
he
managed
as
he
pleased
.
This
new
Governour
chose
out
of
the
rest
twenty
of
the
youngest
,
the
cunningest
,
and
the
most
plausible
men
he
could
find
,
and
as
it
were
restraining
the
piety
of
the
Order
to
this
number
,
he
chose
as
many
she-Penitents
for
them
,
and
(
one
half
by
Lot
,
and
another
by
Election
)
bestowed
them
all
amongst
his
Brethren
,
so
that
each
of
them
had
one
.
Having
setled
their
Chapter
in
this
manner
,
they
devided
the
rest
of
their
Congregation
into
two
inferiour
Orders
,
one
of
which
being
absolutely
ignorant
of
what
past
amongst
them
,
believed
the
Fraticelles
as
really
devout
as
they
pretended
to
be
,
and
applying
themselves
wholly
to
the
care
of
the
Family
,
they
made
Sweet-meats
and
Restauratives
for
the
Favourits
of
Conrade
.
The
last
Order
of
of
this
terrestrial
Hierarchy
was
a
certain
number
of
old
men
,
who
being
past
the
emulation
of
other
peoples
felicity
,
and
finding
great
Relief
in
the
Magnificence
of
the
Fryars
,
they
went
up
and
down
magnifying
their
Sanctity
,
inveigling
Penitents
,
and
endeavouring
to
corrupt
some
Notary
or
other
,
to
foist
them
into
the
wills
of
rich
men
,
that
their
Estates
might
escheat
upon
their
Covent
:
And
these
Disciples
were
called
the
Secular
Brethren
.
The
Patron
of
this
Society
was
one
Hermanus
,
whom
they
honoured
with
the
addition
of
Happy
,
and
he
was
the
first
man
amongst
them
that
thought
upon
this
Institution
.
The
she-Penitents
or
Female
Fraticelles
were
inrolled
in
this
Cloister
;
and
this
Hermanus
having
been
polluted
with
as
many
Heresies
in
his
Faith
,
as
Enormities
in
his
Manners
,
the
Fraticelles
made
use
of
his
Name
,
and
Opinions
to
support
their
false
Explications
of
Scripture
,
and
the
ill
Doctrines
they
disseminated
among
the
credulous
people
.
An
Order
so
well
contrived
,
ought
not
to
be
without
its
Rules
and
Constitutions
.
The
more
ignorant
Fryars
had
the
Rules
of
a
certain
Fryar
very
famous
in
the
Church
proposed
to
them
,
which
they
observed
with
all
rigour
;
but
the
Virtuosi
,
and
more
Priviledged
Fryars
,
had
their
particular
Canons
by
themselves
,
of
which
these
following
are
some
fragments
which
with
grea
labour
and
charge
we
have
collected
out
of
the
best
Libraries
of
this
Age.
The
Rules
and
Constitutions
to
be
observed
by
the
Fraticelles
.
A
Young
man
called
to
the
Profession
of
a
Fraticelles
life
,
shall
be
first
examined
,
and
give
good
testimony
of
his
Secrecy
,
and
exteriour
Mortification
;
and
then
being
transmitted
to
a
second
tryal
by
one
of
the
Fraticelles
,
purposely
appointed
to
that
Office
,
upon
his
Certificate
he
shall
be
received
into
the
said
Brotherhood
,
upon
these
insuing
Conditions
.
I.
He
shall
love
and
honour
the
Lady
committed
to
his
Instruction
,
in
consideration
that
those
whom
Love
units
,
are
but
one
Soul
in
two
bodies
.
II.
He
shall
preserve
the
Honour
of
the
said
Lady
by
all
possible
means
,
whether
they
be
lawful
or
unlawful
,
natural
or
unnatural
:
for
his
chief
Duty
is
to
prevent
all
suspitions
or
appearances
whatsoever
,
that
may
any
ways
reflect
upon
the
Reputation
of
their
Fraternity
.
III.
He
shall
maintain
to
the
utmost
of
his
power
an
entire
and
perfect
Vnion
betwixt
the
Penitent
and
her
Husband
,
in
such
manner
that
the
confidence
of
the
Husband
,
may
be
a
seeurity
to
the
Gallant
;
Prudence
being
the
Basis
of
all
amorous
Converse
,
and
the
heart
of
a
Woman
vast
enough
to
receive
a
lawful
and
a
prohibited
Love
,
without
any
justling
or
concussion
.
IV.
He
shall
never
mention
the
word
Love
in
publick
,
but
with
the
Epithet
of
Divine
:
Secrecy
being
the
life
and
salt
of
an
amorous
Intrigue
,
for
it
is
a
Sacriledge
worthy
of
death
to
impart
an
amorous
Mystery
to
an
indifferent
Person
.
V.
He
shall
always
carry
two
Tongues
in
his
Mouth
;
he
shall
write
two
Hands
,
not
only
in
two
different
,
but
in
two
opposite
styles
,
so
that
upon
good
occasion
he
shall
at
the
same
time
be
able
to
send
pious
Meditations
to
the
young
Fryars
,
and
Madrigals
to
his
Mistress
.
VI.
He
shall
indispensably
practise
the
motions
of
his
Countenance
,
and
when
,
and
which
way
to
change
them
for
his
advantage
,
for
as
much
as
the
Glance
that
is
requisite
for
a
Mistress
,
ought
to
be
kept
entire
for
her
,
and
the
humble
Look
towards
the
Earth
,
and
the
sanctified
Look
towards
Heaven
,
to
be
kept
for
all
the
rest
of
the
World
.
These
holy
Constitutions
were
ingraven
upon
a
Table
of
Copper
,
and
hung
up
in
Conrards
Chamber
,
as
well
that
(
by
vertue
of
his
private
Authority
)
he
might
alter
what
he
pleased
;
as
that
he
was
the
Person
of
the
Society
more
especially
obliged
to
put
them
in
practice
.
Having
disposed
things
in
this
good
order
without
,
it
was
thought
convenient
to
make
some
directions
for
whthin
.
The
care
of
their
Houses
taking
up
all
the
good
Womens
time
in
the
Mornings
,
and
their
Conferences
in
the
Afternoon
being
too
liable
to
observation
,
it
was
coucluded
they
should
make
choice
of
the
night
for
their
Assemblies
,
and
the
pretence
of
these
Vigils
,
being
Devotions
,
the
most
jealous
Husbands
in
the
City
sollicited
their
Wives
many
times
to
repair
to
them
often
.
From
this
point
of
precaution
,
Fryar
Conrard
past
to
the
Muster
of
his
new
Penitents
:
He
found
them
too
numerous
for
his
Fraticelles
,
and
this
redundancy
was
a
trouble
to
them
,
they
could
not
be
at
leisure
to
perform
all
the
Offices
of
Directors
as
they
required
:
To
remedy
this
,
it
was
concluded
their
Fraternity
should
be
augmented
,
but
their
Revenue
being
judged
too
small
,
it
was
resolved
,
they
should
apply
themselves
to
some
of
the
most
eminent
and
wealthy
Ladies
in
Rome
,
and
to
draw
them
to
a
Contribution
for
the
support
of
their
augmentation
.
Hortensia
,
Sister
to
Pope
Boniface
the
Eighth
,
who
was
Pope
at
that
time
,
was
the
first
Person
they
addrest
themselves
to
.
She
was
a
Widow
,
and
past
the
prime
of
her
age
,
and
yet
handsom
enough
;
she
was
rich
,
and
liberal
,
and
had
a
great
influence
upon
her
Brother
the
Pope
,
from
whom
by
her
mediation
they
hoped
to
obtain
many
favours
.
They
imployed
themselves
therefore
unanimously
might
and
main
,
to
get
her
Ladiship
inrolled
in
their
Fraternity
.
This
Princess
had
a
Sister
called
Valentina
,
one
of
the
most
zealous
Penitents
belonged
to
their
Fryary
:
she
was
very
devout
,
she
thought
the
Name
of
God
sounded
well
,
upon
any
occasion
whatever
,
and
this
Valantine
was
fallen
to
the
Lot
of
Fryar
Robert
,
the
most
intimate
with
Conrard
of
the
whole
Chapter
;
and
the
most
capable
of
succeeding
him
,
had
his
place
happened
to
have
been
vacant
.
Fryar
Robert
had
a
great
mind
to
be
nibling
at
Valantina's
innocent
:
He
told
her
it
was
impossible
the
Fraternity
of
Herman
should
be
so
holy
in
her
Judgment
,
as
it
pretended
to
be
,
seeing
she
had
not
as
yet
inspired
Hortensia
with
a
defire
to
be
of
it
.
That
he
could
not
but
admire
(
having
so
great
influence
upon
the
first
Princess
in
Rome
,
and
making
profession
of
so
great
kindness
to
the
Fraticelles
as
she
did
)
she
had
not
as
yet
brought
her
to
their
Assemblies
,
and
thus
mingling
his
flatteries
and
reproaches
together
(
as
he
saw
it
convenient
)
he
put
Valentina
into
so
good
an
humour
,
that
she
was
almost
impatient
till
she
got
to
Hortensia
,
and
performed
that
service
to
the
Fraticelles
,
which
Eryar
Robert
had
desired
.
She
named
their
Names
in
two
or
three
of
her
Discourses
,
where
they
were
nothing
to
the
purpose
:
when
she
took
her
leave
of
the
Princess
,
she
was
still
going
to
the
Fraticelles
;
when
she
came
into
her
Chamber
,
she
came
always
from
that
Covent
,
whenever
the
Clock
struck
,
she
must
be
gone
to
some
of
their
hourly
Devotions
;
nothing
was
so
indifferent
or
occasional
,
but
it
had
some
relation
to
this
Order
;
and
at
length
having
with
the
continual
repetition
of
the
Name
of
the
Fraticelles
,
as
it
were
broken
Hortensia's
brains
,
she
forced
her
at
length
to
inquire
what
those
Fraticelles
were
,
which
were
so
much
in
her
favour
.
What
are
they
,
Madam
?
replied
Valantina
,
with
a
tone
a
top
of
the
house
:
they
are
living
Pictures
of
Penitence
,
they
are
Mirrors
of
an
Apostolick
like
;
and
in
short5
,
Madam
,
they
are
all
the
Devotion
of
the
Earth
cram'd
up
into
a
small
number
of
religious
men
.
A
great
Character
indeed
,
replied
Hortensiae
smiling
.
Ha
Madam
,
replied
Valantina
,
one
cannot
give
those
Sacred
persons
so
much
as
they
deserve
.
But
the
Princess
interrupting
her
,
demanded
,
what
extraordinary
thing
is
it
they
do
,
to
deserve
such
extraordinary
commendations
?
Do
,
Madam
,
replied
Valantina
,
why
their
whole
life
is
a
continual
act
of
Charity
,
they
go
about
from
house
to
housE
appeasing
domestick
disorders
,
they
calm
the
disquiets
of
the
Soul
by
discourses
(
for
their
piety
)
may
be
called
Angelical
;
and
besides
they
shew
so
easie
and
so
pleasant
a
way
to
Heaven
,
one
hath
no
more
to
do
than
to
wish
to
be
holy
,
and
he
is
sure
to
get
thither
.
Hortensia
was
a
Person
of
a
solid
Judgment
,
and
singular
Piety
.
Alas
,
Valantina
,
said
she
,
it
is
in
vain
to
describe
the
way
to
Heaven
so
easie
,
there
is
no
coming
thither
but
through
many
tribulations
.
I
am
not
,
I
thank
God
,
inclined
to
any
great
sins
;
yet
I
can
find
nothing
so
difficult
as
to
preserve
my self
in
this
World
.
When
I
reflect
upon
the
Precepts
of
the
Gospel
,
and
consider
how
express
and
bitter
they
are
against
the
most
indifferent
actions
of
Mankind
,
I
must
confess
I
cannot
but
tremble
,
and
nothing
but
the
thought
of
Gods
mercy
re-assures
me
.
True
,
Madam
,
replied
Valantina
in
an
anger
,
before
I
knew
these
people
,
I
was
of
your
opinion
:
Our
ordinary
Confessors
have
so
troubled
my
brains
with
their
scruples
,
I
thought
I
should
be
damned
for
the
least
lye
I
told
,
or
for
hearing
but
a
Flajulet
with
delight
;
but
the
Fraticelles
know
which
way
to
cure
a
Soul
of
these
Niceties
.
They
affirm
,
that
sin
is
not
but
in
the
Law
:
No
,
hold
Madam
,
replied
Valantina
correcting
her self
,
I
cry
you
mercy
,
it
is
not
so
,
they
affirm
(
I
say
)
that
the
Law
was
not
made
but
for
sin
;
that
before
the
Law
,
sin
which
is
now
sin
,
was
no
sin
:
In
short
,
Madam
,
said
she
,
I
cannot
range
my
words
so
well
as
they
,
nor
make
it
out
so
perspicuously
:
But
see
them
,
Madam
,
I
beseech
you
,
and
then
you
will
do
me
the
honour
to
tell
me
what
you
think
of
them
.
Hortensia
did
not
promise
her
to
see
them
that
time
:
She
told
her
that
naturally
she
had
no
inclination
to
new
acquaintance
;
that
she
had
Visits
enough
already
to
imploy
all
the
time
her
affairs
would
afford
her
.
But
the
playing
Valantina
persued
her
so
close
,
and
the
Princess
was
of
so
sweet
a
disposition
,
that
at
last
she
told
her
she
would
see
them
once
in
her
life
.
The
day
being
appointed
for
this
Visit
,
and
Valantina
having
given
Fryar
Conrard
notice
of
the
hour
,
't
is
two
to
one
but
he
put
himself
into
the
best
posture
he
could
.
He
put
on
his
best
Robe
,
he
shaved
,
cleansed
his
teeth
,
pickt
his
nails
,
and
then
launching
out
into
the
Court
to
meet
the
Princess
to
give
her
thanks
for
the
great
honour
she
did
him
and
his
Fraternity
,
he
forgot
not
the
choice
of
his
Grimaces
,
and
Gesticulations
,
to
render
his
Harangue
more
respectuful
and
gracious
.
He
was
a
man
as
well
bred
as
was
perhaps
in
the
World
;
he
had
an
insinuating
way
,
he
had
got
the
Bel
air
of
Bigotery
,
and
pretended
preciseness
,
as
exactly
as
any
Courtier
hath
the
gentile
way
of
the
Court
.
Hortensia
was
much
satisfied
with
his
aspect
,
and
after
some
discourse
having
desired
him
to
let
her
know
the
particular
Practices
of
that
Order
:
He
told
her
,
Madam
,
we
know
all
men
have
their
faults
,
and
though
we
inquire
strictly
into
them
,
yet
it
is
with
the
Spirit
of
Secrecy
and
Compassion
,
and
our
desire
is
to
reform
them
with
private
and
familiar
Examples
:
if
Jealousie
be
a
Husbands
infirmity
,
we
let
him
know
how
ineffectual
it
is
,
by
the
multitude
of
suspicious
Husbands
,
whose
apprehensions
have
served
for
no
other
end
but
to
make
them
more
miserable
,
If
the
Womans
fault
be
Wantonness
,
we
instance
in
several
such
Women
,
who
by
their
Levity
have
precipitated
themselves
into
misfortune
and
ignominy
,
and
having
found
by
long
Experience
it
is
much
easier
to
destroy
Nature
by
Nature
,
than
to
elevate
ones
thoughts
by
supernatural
Reasons
,
we
combate
Vice
with
Vice
,
and
by
the
Portraicture
of
the
World
,
we
reform
it
.
But
good
Fryar
Conrard
,
replied
Hortensia
,
is
there
not
some
kind
of
Scandal
in
that
way
of
proceeding
?
for
by
citing
the
Examples
of
other
Persons
,
you
declare
the
infirmities
of
your
Neighbour
,
to
them
perhaps
which
never
heard
of
them
before
.
Madam
,
replied
Conrard
,
it
is
good
sometimes
to
commit
a
small
evil
for
a
greater
good
.
When
a
man
is
ignorant
of
his
faults
in
his
own
Person
,
they
are
to
be
represented
to
him
in
his
Neighbours
,
where
they
are
not
disguised
by
felf-love
or
partiality
;
and
if
by
the
reprehension
of
another
man
,
he
comes
once
to
reflect
upon
themself
,
he
must
of
necessity
grant
it
scandalous
in
himself
to
practise
the
same
things
which
are
condemnable
in
another
.
And
can
he
not
be
brought
to
this
,
replied
the
Princess
,
by
inculcating
the
Precepts
of
the
Gospel
,
and
general
Examples
,
without
running
into
a
Retail
of
particular
mens
actions
?
for
let
me
tell
you
,
let
the
publication
of
your
Neighbours
faults
be
grounded
upon
what
foundation
you
will
,
it
is
in
my
Judgment
very
dangerous
.
Some
Stories
there
are
which
the
imprudence
of
some
people
have
published
,
that
are
indifferent
almost
in
themselves
,
and
of
no
importance
whether
they
be
known
or
not
;
but
for
such
things
as
are
secrets
,
or
known
but
to
very
few
,
believe
me
,
Fryar
Conrard
,
it
is
little
less
than
Homicide
to
discover
them
.
We
manage
all
things
well
enough
for
that
,
Madam
,
replied
Conrard
,
our
very
tone
altering
the
sense
of
what
we
say
many
times
.
That
which
would
be
a
criminal
reproach
in
the
mouth
of
an
Worldling
,
passes
for
charitable
Instruction
from
a
man
in
Reverence
and
Reputation
for
his
Piety
.
The
Priviledge
of
Devotion
gives
us
great
Authority
,
otherwise
,
Madam
,
how
could
a
publick
Director
manage
so
many
different
Souls
,
and
reconcile
so
many
opposite
sentiments
?
it
must
needs
be
,
that
he
be
permitted
to
dilate
sometimes
upon
Vertue
,
and
sometimes
upon
Vice
,
as
he
sees
either
of
them
necessary
for
his
designs
.
When
a
Penitent
relyes
too
confidently
upon
his
own
integrity
,
and
manners
,
we
are
to
affrighten
him
out
of
that
opinion
of
himself
,
before
we
can
render
him
tractable
and
docile
.
Though
he
be
vertuous
in
the
highest
perfection
,
yet
he
must
be
perswaded
he
is
in
a
way
of
wickedness
,
because
(
as
our
great
Herman
hath
very
well
observed
)
he
that
walks
without
the
asistance
of
a
Director
,
is
always
in
danger
of
straggling
;
and
therefore
to
inure
the
Penitent
to
a
blind
submission
to
his
Director
,
he
is
to
commit
all
his
own
experience
and
knowledge
to
the
management
of
the
devout
person
which
directs
him
.
The
submission
to
the
Orders
of
a
Director
is
a
holy
kind
of
slavery
,
which
leaves
nothing
free
to
the
disposal
of
him
that
is
to
be
directed
:
he
must
believe
without
seeing
;
he
must
be
perswaded
without
understanding
,
and
obey
without
expostulation
.
But
,
Madam
,
I
wish
the
Heavens
would
be
propitious
to
me
so
far
,
as
that
I
might
reduce
into
practice
with
you
the
little
Documents
and
Instructions
,
I
have
taken
the
liberty
to
discourse
to
you
to
day
:
what
extreme
joy
would
it
be
to
our
whole
Order
,
and
especially
to
the
meanest
of
the
Fraticelles
your
most
humble
and
respectful
Servant
Fryar
Conrard
,
to
reduce
to
this
holy
submission
I
speak
of
,
the
great
,
the
illustrious
,
the
excellent
,
the
incomparable
Princess
Hortensia
?
Ha
,
Madam
,
how
should
we
build
a
Temple
to
Vertue
upon
the
foundation
of
your
fair
inclinations
;
and
how
would
the
increase
of
so
admirable
a
Plant
,
contribute
to
his
glory
,
who
should
have
the
honour
to
cultivate
it
.
These
last
words
Fryar
Conrard
delivered
with
so
much
fervor
,
that
his
Eyes
sparkled
,
his
Face
was
transfigured
,
and
his
Complexion
animated
with
an
admirable
Scarlet
,
which
Fryar
Robert
desiring
should
be
observed
by
Hortensia
,
recommended
to
her
in
these
terms
,
Look
,
Madam
,
I
beseech
you
,
and
see
how
our
good
Governours
Charity
hath
transported
him
.
Hortensia
could
hear
only
that
small
parcel
of
their
Doctrine
for
that
day
;
she
had
business
of
importance
required
her
attendance
on
the
Pope
,
but
not
many
days
after
she
had
an
opportunity
of
knowing
much
more
.
There
was
at
that
time
in
Rome
a
devout
Person
of
the
Order
of
S.
Dominick
,
who
dyed
Archbishop
of
Florence
,
and
was
one
of
the
greatest
Pillars
of
the
Church
.
He
was
called
Anthony
,
and
though
he
was
not
arrived
at
the
degree
of
perfection
he
attained
afterwards
;
yet
he
deserved
it
so
well
,
and
was
in
so
fair
a
way
of
acquiring
it
,
that
Hortensia
esteemed
him
exceedingly
.
Two
or
three
days
after
Hortensia
had
been
with
the
Fraticelles
,
Anthony
came
to
wait
upon
her
,
and
the
Princess
being
accustomed
to
give
him
an
account
when
she
saw
him
,
of
all
occurrences
since
she
saw
him
the
last
time
;
she
told
him
she
had
been
with
the
Fraticelles
,
and
she
began
to
recount
the
Conference
betwixt
Fryar
Conrard
and
her
;
but
Anthony
interrupting
her
at
the
first
word
,
cryed
out
,
Madam
,
see
those
Creatures
no
more
:
They
are
nothing
less
,
than
what
they
appear
,
and
believe
before
I
dye
I
shall
see
them
exterminated
by
the
Thunder
of
the
Church
.
Why
so
?
good
Anthony
,
replied
the
Princess
in
a
surprise
,
I
never
heard
them
speak
any
thing
that
might
deserve
that
Prophesie
.
'T
is
true
,
they
have
a
particular
way
of
direction
by
themselves
;
and
it
is
possible
,
there
may
be
as
much
interest
as
charity
in
the
care
they
take
of
accommodating
domestick
differences
in
Rome
.
But
Anthony
?
They
design
to
establish
themselves
,
is
not
my
opinion
so
criminal
as
to
draw
down
the
Thunder
of
the
Church
;
and
if
we
examine
all
Societies
strictly
,
we
shall
find
all
of
them
infected
with
that
sort
of
Heresie
.
It
is
true
,
Madam
,
replied
Anthony
,
Covetousness
is
become
an
Epidemical
disease
,
it
is
abominable
in
those
who
are
consecrated
to
God
,
who
are
to
give
up
themselves
wholly
to
Providence
,
for
them
it
is
those
passages
were
particularly
pronounced
,
The
birds
of
the
air
,
and
the
lilies
of
the
field
;
but
,
as
you
have
observed
very
well
,
so
many
Societies
are
subject
to
that
Crime
,
that
I
should
not
impute
it
as
a
Vice
peculiar
to
the
Fraticelles
,
had
I
nothing
else
but
that
to
excuse
them
of
.
But
,
Madam
,
there
are
many
more
besides
that
,
which
they
are
guilty
of
.
They
practise
a
pernicious
Hypocrisie
,
which
conceals
the
love
of
themselves
,
under
the
veil
of
an
exterior
Mortification
.
These
people
(
who
pretend
to
the
severity
of
Anchorets
,
and
suffer
themselves
to
be
called
by
that
Title
)
would
not
be
refused
the
least
delicate
,
or
conveniency
for
this
life
:
they
never
open
their
mouths
but
to
traduce
some
body
or
other
,
and
under
pretence
of
impugning
Vice
,
they
discover
the
frailties
of
their
Neighbours
with
unmerciful
liberty
.
To
what
good
is
the
ostentation
of
their
nocturnal
Prayers
?
is
it
not
a
duty
which
we
owe
to
publick
Example
to
be
present
at
all
Christian
Assemblies
?
if
they
have
a
mind
to
pray
in
the
night
,
let
them
pray
in
private
,
and
by
themselves
,
and
not
wake
the
whole
Parish
,
that
the
poor
man
that
is
weary
and
asleep
in
his
bed
may
be
rouzed
to
take
notice
they
are
going
to
their
Devotions
.
Prayers
at
those
hours
are
not
permitted
but
to
the
Religious
,
and
such
persons
as
by
their
open
Profession
have
dedicated
themselves
to
God
;
and
certainly
it
must
argue
intolerable
vanity
in
the
Fraticelles
,
that
they
admit
Women
of
all
Qualifications
,
to
be
present
at
their
Devotions
.
But
,
said
Hortensia
,
these
things
(
which
would
be
abominable
,
if
they
were
carried
on
by
evil
designs
)
may
be
well
intended
,
and
excusable
.
What
is
your
reason
you
will
not
have
the
Fraticelles
such
as
they
appear
?
Because
,
replied
Anthony
,
those
who
are
really
pious
,
strive
what
they
can
to
conceal
it
;
but
the
Fraticelles
on
the
other
side
take
all
the
pains
imaginable
to
divulge
it
:
Simplicity
and
Modesty
is
the
Character
of
Charity
;
do
you
not
observe
how
the
Son
of
God
forbid
the
cleansed
Lepers
to
tell
he
had
cured
them
?
Examine
the
Conduct
of
the
Fraticelles
:
do
they
follow
our
Saviours
Example
?
on
the
contrary
,
the
least
of
their
actions
they
cry
up
as
a
Prodigy
:
The
least
step
towards
Repentance
they
call
Conversion
:
If
you
will
believe
them
,
there
is
not
an
Hospital
built
,
or
endowed
but
by
their
means
,
without
their
Care
,
and
their
charitable
Exhortations
all
the
poor
in
Rome
had
been
starved
before
now
:
the
most
illustrious
Families
would
have
been
divided
,
had
not
their
Counsels
watcht
over
them
,
and
preserved
them
in
peace
.
Ah
,
Madam
,
to
speak
truly
and
in
Charity
,
what
doth
it
concern
me
to
know
my
Neighbours
are
hard
to
the
necessities
of
the
Poor
,
that
such
a
one
,
and
such
a
one
is
at
difference
with
her
Husband
:
let
them
do
good
as
they
have
occasion
,
but
let
them
not
boast
of
it
when
they
have
done
,
lest
whilst
they
teach
me
the
remedy
they
were
forced
to
make
use
of
,
they
teach
me
also
the
nature
of
the
disease
.
The
Eloquence
of
Anthony
being
invigorated
by
a
true
Christian
zeal
,
and
sustained
by
the
esteem
Hortensia
had
of
him
,
produced
a
considerable
effect
in
the
Spirit
of
the
Princess
.
She
called
to
mind
how
Fryar
Conrard
had
demeaned
himself
;
how
much
his
discourse
suited
with
the
vanity
and
detraction
Anthony
attributed
to
that
Order
;
how
Fryar
Robert
had
made
her
take
notice
of
the
zeal
of
his
Superiour
,
and
concluding
with
her self
,
that
if
the
Fraticelles
were
such
as
Anthony
described
them
,
she
could
not
do
better
service
than
to
root
them
out
of
the
Church
;
she
told
the
good
man
she
would
inform
her self
as
well
as
she
could
of
them
,
and
imploy
all
the
interest
she
had
with
his
Holiness
to
destroy
them
,
if
she
found
them
guilty
of
those
vices
of
which
she
began
to
suspect
them
.
Anthony
had
a
particular
reason
to
promote
the
destruction
of
that
Order
,
which
the
Princess
did
not
know
,
his
discretion
permit
him
to
declare
.
These
Hypocrites
had
debauched
a
Sister
of
his
,
and
under
pretence
of
accommodating
some
small
differences
betwixt
her
Husband
and
she
(
which
reason
and
time
would
without
doubt
have
composed
without
their
charitable
assistance
)
they
had
made
themselves
Masters
of
their
Family
,
disposed
of
their
Goods
,
and
Revenue
as
they
pleased
,
and
governing
both
Husband
and
Wife
in
their
own
way
,
they
drew
upon
them
the
derisions
of
the
sober
part
,
and
the
imprecations
of
all
the
rest
of
the
family
.
It
is
not
to
be
supposed
therefore
,
that
Anthony
would
suffer
Hortensia
to
forget
her
promise
:
he
prest
her
on
to
the
execution
of
it
very
zealously
,
and
the
Princess
partly
in
compliance
with
his
request
,
and
partly
by
an
intrinsick
stimulation
of
piety
,
(
being
desirous
to
instruct
her self
in
the
secrets
of
their
Conduct
)
scarce
past
one
day
without
visiting
their
Covent
.
Fryar
Conrard
interpreting
this
assiduity
quite
contrary
,
managed
the
Commencement
of
his
good
Fortune
with
all
possible
Hypocrisie
.
Every
morning
he
sent
Presents
of
Flowers
and
Fruits
to
the
Princess
.
there
was
not
one
of
his
Brethrens
Penitents
but
was
imployed
in
making
some
fine
Works
or
other
for
Hortensia
,
or
if
she
could
not
do
it
her self
,
she
set
all
her
Acquaintance
on
work
quite
through
the
Town
.
All
these
officious
insinuations
and
expressions
of
respect
confirmed
the
Princess
in
the
opinion
she
shad
conceived
,
that
the
Fraticelles
mingled
much
Policy
with
their
counterfeit
Charity
:
she
observed
also
a
continual
thread
of
detraction
interwoven
with
all
their
discourse
;
but
she
discovered
none
of
the
abominations
wherewith
Anthony
accused
them
.
Fryar
Conrard
(
who
knew
that
upon
Hortensia's
esteem
,
the
entire
Establishment
or
Ruine
of
the
Fraticelles
depended
)
he
communicated
but
by
halfs
with
her
about
the
Eerours
with
which
he
infected
the
rest
.
But
at
length
the
Princess
having
given
them
so
many
Visits
,
they
began
to
be
perswaded
she
was
absolutely
theirs
,
and
the
necessities
of
the
Covent
at
that
time
pressing
Conrard
on
to
put
his
shoulder
to
the
work
,
he
began
to
praise
Hortensia's
Beauty
with
more
passion
than
ordinary
:
he
found
out
amorous
terms
to
express
his
most
serious
Mysteries
,
and
one
day
as
the
Princess
was
going
in
Pilgrimage
to
a
Chappel
some
few
miles
out
of
Town
,
and
was
willing
to
permit
Fryar
Conrard
to
accompany
her
(
Religious
persons
being
much
reverenced
in
Italy
)
the
Servants
and
the
rest
of
her
Train
thought
it
no
less
than
their
duty
to
the
Superiour
of
the
Fraticelles
,
to
leave
him
alone
with
their
Lady
.
This
opportunity
tempted
him
:
he
took
her
Vmbrella
out
of
the
hands
of
one
of
her
Lacquays
,
and
desired
she
would
vouchsafe
him
the
honour
to
do
her
that
small
piece
of
Service
.
The
Princess
consented
,
and
the
Fryar
Conrard
thinking
himself
much
honoured
thereby
;
Certainly
,
Madam
,
said
he
(
by
way
of
acknowledgment
)
it
is
not
without
good
reason
that
Beauty
is
termed
a
Ray
of
the
Divinity
;
for
we
see
no
persons
admirably
handsom
,
but
they
are
withal
most
exquisitely
good
:
So
that
it
seems
these
two
things
are
inseparable
,
and
the
Creator
hath
so
well
signified
his
Complacency
in
beautiful
Creatures
,
that
he
allows
them
to
share
in
two
Attributes
which
are
the
most
proper
to
himself
.
Hortensia
smiled
at
Conrards
Complement
,
and
imagining
presently
this
would
be
a
convenient
Juncture
to
inform
her self
of
what
Anthony
charged
him
,
she
replied
,
Till
now
I
was
of
opinion
that
the
beauty
of
the
body
was
not
a
quality
much
regarded
by
God
;
the
aspect
of
the
Stars
,
or
the
disposition
of
Nature
,
make
people
handsom
or
ill-favoured
;
but
this
ill-favouredness
,
and
this
Beauty
contribute
so
little
to
the
glory
of
God
,
that
by
common
observation
we
may
see
the
handsomest
Women
the
most
subject
to
be
ingrateful
towards
their
Creator
.
What
is
that
,
Madam
,
you
call
Ingratitude
towards
the
Creator
,
replied
Conrard
.
I
call
it
Ingratitude
,
replied
the
Princess
,
to
imploy
the
Talents
he
hath
given
us
for
the
manifestation
of
his
Power
,
to
the
Worship
of
his
Enemies
,
as
most
part
of
your
Beauties
do
every
day
.
Alas
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Fryar
,
how
is
your
Highness
mistaken
in
your
ingratitude
,
so
far
is
it
from
offending
God
,
to
make
use
of
the
Talents
he
gives
us
,
that
many
times
our
not
using
them
at
all
,
may
be
more
properly
called
Ingratitude
towards
the
Creator
.
For
(
as
our
Herman
says
very
well
)
to
what
end
did
God
create
Beauty
but
to
please
?
and
why
did
he
give
that
power
of
Charming
to
Beauties
,
if
it
were
a
Crime
to
be
charmed
by-them
?
The
Princess
perceiving
Fryar
Conrard
in
so
good
an
humour
for
discourse
,
would
not
answer
so
as
to
silence
him
,
but
on
the
contrary
resolved
to
make
her
advantage
of
this
occasion
.
But
Brother
,
said
she
,
you
quote
this
Herman
so
often
,
I
cannot
but
desire
you
to
tell
me
something
of
his
Doctrine
.
I
know
you
preach
it
up
more
freely
to
other
people
,
than
you
have
done
to
me
;
and
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
I
do
take
that
reservedness
something
unkindly
,
and
resolved
to
complain
of
it
the
first
time
you
and
I
were
together
done
.
Fryar
Conrard
was
ready
to
leap
out
of
his
skin
for
joy
at
the
Curiosity
of
the
Princess
,
he
had
a
long
time
expected
this
opportunity
.
Madam
,
he
replied
(
with
an
alacrity
above
his
dissimulation
)
we
are
neither
reserved
as
to
your
Highness
,
nor
does
your
Highness
want
any
necessary
disposition
for
the
comprehending
Secrets
of
our
Doctrine
;
but
our
thrice
happy
and
thrice
Reverend
Herman
hath
said
things
so
odd
and
novel
,
and
they
are
to
be
heard
with
so
profound
a
submission
,
that
I
doubted
whether
your
Highness
would
condescend
to
the
obedience
required
to
the
hearing
them
.
Yes
my
good
Brother
,
replied
the
Princess
,
I
will
condescend
,
and
at
the
same
time
sitting
down
at
the
foot
of
a
Tree
which
afforded
them
a
competent
shade
,
Come
,
said
she
,
let
us
rest
our selves
here
a
while
,
I
am
weary
,
and
we
may
spare
an
hour
for
this
Discourse
,
without
danger
of
wanting
time
for
the
finishing
our
Voyage
.
Fryar
Conrard
sate
himself
down
at
Hortensia's
feet
,
so
transported
,
he
could
scarce
contain
his
joy
within
the
limits
of
his
heart
:
The
Servants
which
attended
the
Princess
,
placing
themselves
at
such
distance
behind
,
that
they
could
not
hear
the
Harangue
;
the
good
old
Fryar
began
it
in
this
manner
.
LOVE
is
as
natural
to
Mankind
as
life
.
The
World
was
made
at
first
,
and
is
still
preserved
for
him
,
and
the
Venus
of
the
Ancients
,
which
they
pretend
animates
Nature
,
is
nothing
but
a
desire
in
every
Creature
to
unite
it self
with
what
is
most
proper
.
This
desire
in
Animals
degenerates
into
Instinct
;
in
inanimate
things
it
becomes
a
natural
tendency
towards
the
Center
;
and
in
man
it
is
the
true
mark
of
the
Soul
.
It
is
not
more
natural
for
him
to
sleep
,
nor
to
eat
,
nor
to
perform
the
other
functions
of
life
,
than
it
is
to
love
;
and
if
Love
be
so
natural
to
the
people
of
the
World
,
who
are
subject
to
so
many
other
passions
,
and
diverted
by
Secular
Imployments
;
how
much
more
ought
it
be
so
to
us
,
who
delivered
from
the
continual
activity
of
worldly
people
,
pass
our
whole
lives
in
a
perpetual
vacation
?
We
are
to
day
what
we
shall
be
to
morrow
,
no
Dignity
gives
us
any
care
,
nor
no
fear
of
indigence
gives
us
any
trouble
;
if
our
Luxury
be
bounded
,
our
subsistence
is
assured
.
Ha
,
Madam
,
is
there
any
thing
in
the
World
like
one
of
us
Religious
to
receive
the
impressions
of
Love
in
perfection
?
It
is
this
disposition
(
both
Physical
and
Moral
)
which
for
a
long
time
hath
peopled
Heaven
with
Saints
;
for
the
Religious
,
affected
,
(
like
other
men
)
with
a
natural
desire
of
loving
,
this
desire
not
being
crossed
or
counterballanced
with
Ambition
,
Revenge
,
or
any
other
passions
that
occupy
the
mind
of
the
rest
of
the
World
;
he
loves
with
all
his
force
,
with
all
his
soul
,
and
with
all
his
strength
,
as
S.
Paul
teaches
.
But
as
among
Animals
,
there
are
some
proper
for
the
Race
,
and
some
for
the
Charge
;
so
among
us
Religious
,
some
are
for
one
kind
of
Love
,
and
others
for
another
.
The
Religious
predestinated
to
the
Love
of
God
,
gives
up
his
heart
wholly
to
the
Divine
Love
;
and
this
is
it
which
hath
produced
so
many
Martyrs
and
so
many
Confessors
.
The
Religious
who
is
not
endued
with
so
violent
an
inclination
for
Heaven
,
he
lifts
himself
up
to
the
Creator
,
by
the
Contemplation
of
his
Creatures
;
and
this
,
Madam
,
is
the
Vocation
of
the
Fraticelles
,
We
love
God
as
well
as
the
other
,
but
we
love
him
dilated
in
the
things
below
;
the
enjoyments
of
this
life
make
us
admire
his
goodness
,
and
your
Beauty
,
Madam
,
continued
the
ungracious
Fryar
,
with
his
wanton
Eye
fixt
fast
upon
Hortensia
,
your
Beauty
makes
me
adore
his
Omnipotence
:
when
I
consider
the
Charms
so
conspicuous
in
your
Person
,
and
in
all
your
actions
,
I
do
comprehend
there
is
but
one
God
could
have
created
you
so
excellent
,
and
so
rising
by
degrees
to
the
Eternal
Principle
of
all
things
,
by
the
effects
of
its
natural
Emanations
,
I
enjoy
,
as
one
may
say
,
the
delights
of
Heaven
,
and
the
pleasures
of
the
Earth
at
one
time
,
my
heart
being
divided
(
without
Sacriledge
)
betwixt
divine
Love
and
profane
,
I
may
say
what
our
Herman
hath
taught
us
,
he
is
to
be
found
in
things
(
which
according
to
the
depraved
sense
of
Humanity
)
seem
absolutely
contrary
.
This
is
an
odd
Doctrine
indeed
,
replied
Hortensia
,
and
you
had
good
reason
to
say
it
was
novel
;
but
,
good
Brother
,
I
would
fain
know
how
you
can
accommodate
it
with
the
Orthodox
Doctrine
of
the
Church
?
for
it
appears
to
me
diametrically
opposite
to
what
you
have
exprest
.
The
Gospel
commands
us
to
look
upon
this
life
but
as
a
passage
:
the
Son
of
God
nothing
more
than
our
denial
of
the
Creature
,
and
that
we
must
renounce
Honour
,
and
Riches
,
and
Kindred
to
follow
him
:
But
you
Fraticelles
find
him
in
the
midst
of
those
things
he
hath
commanded
us
to
shun
;
make
me
understand
this
Mystery
,
I
beseech
you
.
It
is
a
great
Mystery
indeed
,
Madam
,
replied
Conrard
,
and
well
worthy
of
the
acuteness
of
your
Wit.
We
search
God
,
I
say
,
in
all
his
works
,
and
judging
his
design
was
to
make
man
happy
,
seeing
he
created
him
after
his
own
Image
,
we
do
endeavour
to
establish
this
felicity
by
all
things
which
render
it
perfect
.
In
truth
,
all
men
being
not
capable
of
these
kind
of
Arguments
,
and
some
having
been
so
inhumane
,
as
to
make
Laws
,
and
establish
Maxims
contrary
to
the
felicity
of
this
life
,
we
frame
our selves
(
as
to
our
outward
deportment
)
to
the
greater
number
,
but
it
is
so
,
as
that
we
have
our
own
private
happiness
in
our
Eye
;
for
we
look
upon
publick
Esteem
as
one
of
the
Conditions
necessary
to
make
it
compleat
.
The
Princess
thought
she
had
no
need
of
hearing
Conrard
any
longer
,
to
perswade
her self
of
the
Crimes
Fryar
Anthony
had
charged
upon
the
Fraticelles
:
The
discourse
he
had
made
abounded
with
so
many
Errours
,
and
the
Hypocrisie
(
which
the
Fryar
had
confest
at
the
latter
end
of
his
Speech
)
was
so
formal
,
there
needed
nothing
more
to
assure
it
.
She
started
up
on
a
sudden
,
as
if
she
feared
she
had
forgot
her self
,
and
not
had
time
enough
left
for
the
rest
of
her
Journey
;
and
dissembling
the
horrour
she
had
conceived
against
the
Precepts
of
Herman
,
she
left
Conrard
in
great
hopes
she
would
become
one
of
his
most
zealous
Disciples
.
But
he
was
much
deceived
in
his
opinion
:
For
the
Princess
was
no
sooner
returned
to
Rome
,
but
she
went
to
his
Holiness
immediately
,
and
assured
him
that
the
Fraticelles
were
impious
Hereticks
,
who
under
the
Disguise
of
an
exterior
Profession
,
concealed
a
most
ungodly
and
dissolute
life
,
and
therefore
she
humbly
desired
he
would
appoint
some
persons
to
question
them
about
their
Doctrine
,
and
to
apply
some
remedy
to
the
disorders
which
would
necessarily
follow
upon
the
Church
,
unless
some
sudden
stop
were
put
to
their
Career
.
Hortensia's
charge
was
considerable
,
and
she
had
great
influence
upon
the
Pope
,
but
he
was
so
prepossest
in
favour
to
the
Fraticelles
,
that
the
Reputation
of
the
Princess
had
like
to
have
been
split
upon
that
Rock
.
Two
of
the
Popes
Officers
,
and
of
the
Principal
of
his
Houshold
(
of
which
one
was
Brother-in-law
to
Anthony
)
had
married
two
Women
,
but
of
Ages
quite
contrary
to
their
own
.
The
Sister
of
Anthony
was
young
,
handsom
,
and
airy
,
and
her
Husband
was
about
sixty
years
old
,
grave
,
Philosophical
,
and
melancholy
:
he
had
a
Sister
almost
of
his
own
humour
and
age
,
who
was
married
to
a
Roman
Cavalier
,
who
having
taken
her
for
her
money
,
made
no
great
reckoning
of
her
Person
:
The
young
Lady
complained
highly
of
the
reservedness
of
her
Husband
,
and
the
old
complained
as
much
of
the
levity
of
hers
.
The
Fraticelles
had
found
a
way
to
reconcile
these
differences
,
and
to
restore
peace
to
their
Families
,
which
before
was
scarce
to
be
hoped
for
during
their
lives
.
This
great
point
of
prudence
having
gained
them
a
particular
esteem
from
both
these
persons
,
they
had
perswaded
the
Pope
clearly
in
their
favour
.
He
rebuked
Hortensia
with
some
kind
of
eagerness
,
for
being
so
easie
in
receiving
impressions
to
their
prejudice
,
and
commanding
her
never
to
speak
to
him
of
them
hereafter
but
with
respect
,
he
put
her
into
so
high
a
passion
,
to
see
her
Authority
affronted
,
that
she
resolved
never
to
be
quiet
till
she
had
quite
rooted
out
the
whole
brood
of
the
Fraticelles
:
she
redoubled
her
diligence
at
their
Prayers
,
and
Assemblies
.
Though
Fryar
Conrard
had
not
had
the
confidence
to
impart
all
the
Arcana
of
their
Society
,
especially
in
their
nocturnal
Conferences
,
yet
she
thought
she
had
enough
already
to
give
her
sufficient
suspicion
of
the
rest
:
she
gave
an
exact
account
of
what
she
saw
and
observed
to
Fryar
Anthony
,
and
receiving
Advertisements
from
Valantina
besides
,
which
confirmed
her
in
her
doubts
,
she
attended
only
one
proof
more
to
declare
her self
publickly
an
Enemy
to
the
Fraticelles
,
with
which
Fryar
Conrard
supplied
her
in
a
short
time
.
It
was
then
that
time
of
the
year
in
which
according
to
the
Custom
in
Rome
they
wish
many
years
to
the
Persons
of
Quality
in
that
Town
,
and
accompany
their
good
wishes
with
some
small
Present
or
other
.
Fryar
Conrard
as
the
most
regular
,
and
most
active
amongst
them
,
was
one
of
the
first
at
acquitting
himself
of
this
duty
:
He
sent
to
make
his
Complement
to
the
Princess
,
and
presented
her
by
the
same
Messenger
with
a
Picture
of
Herman
,
the
Frame
made
with
great
Workmanship
,
and
inriched
with
precious
Stones
.
This
new
Saint
of
Epicurus
his
Paradise
was
(
in
the
Habit
of
the
Fraticelles
)
drawn
upon
his
knees
before
a
Crucifix
,
his
Forehead
crowned
with
Thorns
,
a
Deaths-head
in
his
hand
,
and
these
words
in
Capital
Letters
at
the
bottom
:
LET
THEM
THAT
APPROVE
,
IMITATE
.
Anthony
was
with
Hortensia
at
the
same
time
when
this
Present
was
brought
her
,
and
looking
upon
him
very
angrily
,
see
Anthony
,
said
she
,
how
these
Hypocrites
abuse
the
Pictures
of
Penitence
;
to
what
persons
they
present
them
,
and
what
Examples
they
propose
to
our
imitation
.
Marry
such
,
Madam
,
replied
Fryar
Anthony
,
as
they
would
gladly
you
should
follow
;
but
you
must
not
leave
them
any
longer
in
that
liberty
of
proposing
them
to
you
,
you
must
press
the
destruction
of
a
sort
of
people
so
pernicious
to
the
common
Interest
of
the
Church
,
and
every
moment
that
it
is
deferred
,
are
so
many
favourable
opportunities
which
we
give
them
to
do
mischief
.
I
dare
not
tell
your
Highness
what
abominations
I
discover
every
day
in
these
Vermine
:
I
will
not
imitate
their
indiscretion
in
telling
you
such
of
their
Crimes
as
perhaps
you
have
not
heard
of
:
But
believe
me
,
Madam
,
there
is
no
more
moderation
to
be
used
in
this
affair
,
and
you
must
answer
to
God
for
the
Souls
of
all
they
corrupt
from
the
hour
it
was
in
your
power
to
have
destroyed
them
,
till
they
be
actually
destroyed
.
But
,
good
Anthony
,
replied
the
Princess
,
can
I
do
any
more
than
I
have
done
already
?
I
have
inveigled
them
to
tell
me
their
Errours
,
I
have
carried
them
to
the
Pope
,
and
I
have
justified
the
Charge
by
my
own
Testimony
.
You
must
do
more
than
all
this
,
Madam
,
replied
Anthony
,
you
must
pretend
great
confidence
in
them
,
and
act
so
as
to
give
them
as
great
a
one
in
you
;
if
I
might
perswade
you
,
you
should
write
to
Conrard
upon
this
occasion
,
and
give
him
thanks
for
the
Present
he
sent
you
,
this
might
possibly
oblige
him
to
answer
you
with
some
kind
of
Gallantry
,
and
conduct
him
insensibly
into
that
pit
,
into
which
we
must
endeavour
with
all
our
power
to
tumble
him
.
This
Proposition
made
Hortensia
tremble
,
it
savoured
of
a
kind
of
Treachery
(
which
she
abhorred
at
her
Soul
)
besides
she
could
not
resolve
upon
any
motive
whatever
,
that
any
of
her
Letters
should
come
into
the
Clutches
of
Conrard
.
But
Anthony
represented
so
well
to
her
the
necessity
of
stopping
the
course
of
so
dangerous
a
Sect
,
and
(
though
his
Charity
would
not
permit
him
to
let
her
know
all
that
he
knew
of
their
Assemblies
)
yet
he
gave
her
so
horrible
an
Idea
thereof
,
that
she
called
for
Pen
and
Ink
immediately
,
and
writ
to
Fryar
Conrard
in
these
words
.
Whence
comes
it
,
my
dear
Brother
Conrard
,
you
propose
Mortifications
,
and
Examples
of
Penitence
to
my
imitation
?
Is
this
the
way
to
that
happiness
which
your
Hermanus
does
promise
us
?
ought
not
I
to
complain
of
your
disingenuity
,
when
I
see
the
visible
marks
of
your
Esteem
,
so
little
conformable
to
what
I
already
know
of
your
Doctrine
.
Who
can
express
the
Rape
the
receipt
of
this
Letter
committed
upon
Fryar
Conrards
Soul
?
He
fell
into
such
Extravagances
,
as
the
most
worldly
men
would
have
been
ashamed
of
;
and
not
willing
to
lose
so
fair
an
opportunity
to
declare
himself
,
he
returned
the
Princess
this
Answer
.
You
judge
but
ill
,
Madam
,
of
the
sentiments
of
my
Soul
,
if
you
believe
they
can
be
dissembled
to
your
Highness
.
Penetrate
the
appearances
which
abuse
you
,
and
you
will
find
my
heart
delineated
in
the
Picture
you
have
received
.
He
that
brought
this
Ticket
to
the
Princess
,
had
instruction
to
tell
her
,
that
she
should
take
a
wet
Sponge
,
and
wipe
over
the
face
of
Hermanus
with
it
:
and
Anthony
being
desirous
to
understand
the
meaning
of
Conrards
Answer
,
the
Princess
and
he
followed
his
directions
with
the
Sponge
,
but
were
much
surprised
to
observe
as
they
rubbed
the
old
,
a
new
Picture
to
appear
.
Hermanus
was
done
only
in
Water-colours
,
but
under
it
was
the
figure
of
Cupid
lying
upon
the
green
,
his
head
crowned
with
Roses
,
and
instead
of
the
Deaths-head
,
he
held
a
Basket
of
all
kind
of
Flowers
,
and
about
the
border
were
written
in
great
Letters
these
words
:
Not
from
the
Garden
so
much
,
as
from
my
Heart
.
The
word
Hortensia
in
Italian
signifies
the
Goddess
of
Gardens
,
and
so
this
Basket
of
Flowers
alluding
to
the
Princesses
Name
,
exprest
a
most
just
and
intelligible
declaration
of
his
Love
.
Without
jesting
,
Madam
,
cryed
the
pious
Anthony
when
he
had
seen
all
:
This
is
a
subtle
Contrivance
for
a
Monk
;
one
may
easily
see
he
hath
past
his
Apprentiship
:
But
alas
,
continued
he
(
with
something
a
more
serious
Tone
)
he
spoke
truer
than
he
intended
,
when
he
said
that
this
Picture
was
the
Portraiture
of
his
Heart
.
When
we
look
upon
the
actions
of
Hypocrites
,
they
are
in
Water-colours
,
and
appear
nothing
but
Crosses
and
Mortificationa
;
but
pass
the
Sponge
of
severe
scruting
upon
them
,
and
you
discover
under
them
the
most
detestable
vices
in
the
World
.
After
which
words
he
took
the
Picture
and
Ticket
into
his
hands
,
and
begged
of
the
Princess
he
might
be
permitted
to
carry
them
to
his
Brother-in-law
,
that
he
might
by
beginning
with
him
,
undeceive
the
rest
of
the
World
.
The
zeal
of
Hortensia
would
not
suffer
that
any
body
should
see
the
Picture
before
the
Pope
,
it
being
he
that
was
to
punish
the
false
Brothers
for
their
Hypocrisie
;
but
besides
that
Anthony
believed
that
the
Picture
sufficient
alone
to
rectifie
his
Holiness
,
he
thought
he
should
disoblige
his
Sisters
Husband
,
if
he
declared
Conrards
Errour
before
he
had
given
him
time
to
defend
him
.
This
precaution
was
useful
more
than
one
way
:
for
the
good
Brother-in-law
found
so
many
plausible
reasons
to
excuse
Conrard
,
that
he
had
frustrated
this
Complaint
as
he
had
done
the
former
,
had
he
spoke
in
the
presence
of
the
Pope
.
What
Hortensia
intends
to
publish
about
he
impiety
of
the
Fraticelles
,
said
he
,
is
only
about
points
of
Doctrine
,
which
she
doth
not
well
understand
.
The
Picture
was
a
pious
Emblem
,
signifying
that
true
Penitents
do
find
flowers
of
Comfort
in
their
most
severe
Mortifications
.
The
words
about
the
Basket
troubled
him
a
little
,
but
he
was
confident
Fryar
Conrard
would
give
him
an
innocent
interpretation
,
if
he
desired
it
;
and
by
this
obstinacy
of
his
,
he
pusht
forward
Anthonies
impatience
to
have
him
discovered
.
But
what
will
you
say
,
Brother
,
replied
Anthony
,
if
I
let
you
hear
Conrard
make
Love
to
the
Princess
Hortensia
,
and
speak
things
directly
contrary
to
the
Doctrine
of
the
Church
?
It
is
impossible
,
replied
the
Brother-in-law
,
you
can
never
do
it
,
the
Superiour
of
the
Fraticelles
is
too
pious
and
too
discreet
to
be
guilty
of
such
a
fault
.
But
in
short
,
said
Anthony
,
if
I
do
as
I
propose
,
what
will
you
say
then
?
I
will
say
,
said
the
other
,
my
senses
deceive
me
,
or
if
they
do
not
deceive
me
(
and
indeed
I
believe
't
is
scarce
possible
they
should
)
I
shall
say
I
was
inchanted
for
that
time
;
for
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
I
shall
sooner
believe
I
am
not
what
I
am
,
than
that
Fryar
Conrard
is
otherwise
than
he
ought
to
be
.
It
is
enough
,
replied
Anthony
,
leave
this
affair
to
my
Conduct
and
be
contented
to
keep
what
I
shall
tell
you
,
as
a
Secret
.
I
did
at
first
make
great
scruple
of
publishing
any
thing
to
the
disparagement
of
this
Society
.
The
Habit
they
wore
obliged
me
to
more
respect
for
them
;
so
that
my
first
design
was
to
charge
them
only
with
the
Errours
of
the
Doctrine
,
without
discovering
any
thing
of
the
Exorbitance
of
their
Manners
,
but
seeing
your
Eyes
are
not
to
be
opened
but
by
a
way
I
did
hope
I
might
have
shunned
,
and
that
contrary
to
the
respect
you
owe
to
his
Holinesses
Niece
,
you
declare
your self
the
Protector
of
those
she
would
justly
suppress
,
I
must
convince
you
by
your
own
proper
knowledge
.
The
Princess
is
discreet
,
and
charitable
,
and
by
all
the
other
motives
besides
that
of
Charity
,
I
should
never
have
prevailed
with
her
to
oppose
her self
against
so
much
clutter
and
noise
as
you
do
create
;
but
when
I
shall
have
acquainted
her
how
far
I
am
concerned
in
their
disorders
,
I
do
not
despair
but
she
will
think
nothing
troublesom
or
difficult
to
relieve
me
.
Anthony
observed
his
promise
very
religiously
with
his
Brother-in-law
.
He
came
to
wait
upon
the
Princess
the
next
morning
,
he
assured
her
the
Fraticelles
increased
hourly
in
their
Reputation
,
and
that
they
had
corrupted
a
great
part
of
the
most
illustrious
Ladies
in
Rome
;
that
in
their
nocturnal
Devotions
,
pretending
to
teach
them
the
Art
of
Praying
more
exactly
than
ordinary
,
they
took
them
into
private
places
,
where
they
seduced
them
by
all
sorts
of
flattery
,
and
Heretical
Precepts
;
and
then
concluding
his
Discourse
with
this
,
That
she
was
the
only
Person
qualified
by
God
himself
to
purge
the
World
from
the
infection
of
those
Hypocrites
;
he
conjured
her
not
to
desert
the
Interest
of
God
and
his
Church
any
longer
,
but
to
draw
Conrard
into
some
Rendez-vous
by
some
means
or
other
,
that
by
watching
him
,
they
might
take
him
in
the
act
,
and
convict
him
of
all
his
Crimes
at
a
blow
.
This
request
frighted
the
Modesty
of
the
Princess
at
first
,
but
Anthony
supported
it
with
so
many
Arguments
,
that
Hortensia
was
overcome
,
and
promised
to
do
it
.
She
signified
to
Fryar
Conrard
,
that
she
well
understood
the
sense
of
his
Ticket
,
if
it
were
suitable
to
the
sentiments
of
his
Soul
,
it
was
no
less
conformable
to
hers
;
and
cajoling
the
Errour
of
the
poor
Fryar
with
a
thousand
protestations
of
kindness
(
which
would
have
deluded
even
prudence
it self
)
she
obtained
of
him
a
promise
that
he
would
come
to
her
Chamber
one
night
in
the
Disguise
of
a
Roman
Matron
.
She
put
him
upon
this
Disguise
,
as
well
because
it
would
make
the
iniquity
of
the
Fryar
the
more
remarkable
,
as
also
out
of
a
remnant
of
the
respect
she
had
still
left
for
a
Religious
habit
,
which
would
not
suffer
her
to
scandalize
them
with
so
irreligious
an
interview
.
This
Mascarade
was
a
little
suspected
by
Fryar
Conrard
at
first
:
it
was
a
long
time
before
he
could
be
brought
to
part
with
his
Habit
:
A
desire
to
understand
the
last
will
of
a
dying
man
,
or
the
consolation
of
an
afflicted
Family
might
furnish
a
Pilgrim
with
pretences
to
go
abroad
when
he
pleased
;
but
for
going
in
that
Dress
,
he
could
give
himself
no
reason
:
The
Princess
however
managed
the
business
so
well
,
representing
that
her
Family
was
too
numerous
to
conceal
one
in
a
Religious
Habit
a
whole
night
in
her
Palace
,
without
being
discovered
,
unless
in
some
such
Disguise
as
might
take
away
the
occasion
to
suspect
:
upon
these
perswasion
he
was
overcome
.
He
might
have
been
more
secure
a
great
deal
to
have
had
the
Princess
to
his
Covent
,
and
he
wanted
not
conveniences
to
have
entertained
her
at
what
time
she
pleased
to
have
come
;
but
she
pretended
a
soreness
in
her
leg
,
which
stopt
his
mouth
as
to
that
Proposition
.
In
this
manner
the
day
of
the
assignation
was
appointed
,
and
arrived
.
Anthonies
Brother-in-law
was
slipt
into
a
Closet
by
Hortensia's
Bed
,
from
whence
they
could
hear
whatever
was
spoken
by
the
Beds-side
,
and
he
was
accompanied
by
his
Camarade
.
The
Princess
would
receive
the
Fryar
in
her
Bed
,
the
better
to
perswade
him
of
the
sore
leg
she
pretended
,
and
Conrard
being
as
glad
to
find
her
in
that
posture
,
magnified
his
Love
for
so
favourable
a
Conjuncture
.
Welcome
good
Conrard
,
said
Hortensia
,
what
will
you
say
of
this
piece
of
my
kindness
toward
you
?
will
you
not
confess
it
is
extreme
?
Madam
,
replied
Conrard
,
bowing
his
body
most
humbly
,
I
expected
no
less
than
extraordinary
goodness
from
a
Person
of
your
Divinity
.
But
if
it
be
lawful
for
your
most
zealous
and
most
humble
Servant
Conrard
,
to
declare
a
truth
to
you
,
which
perhaps
you
knew
before
:
you
are
not
the
only
Lady
which
hath
placed
those
confidences
in
me
.
Those
who
vouchfased
me
that
honour
,
were
not
indeed
of
your
Quality
,
or
perfection
;
but
they
were
Persons
of
Honour
,
whose
Beauties
and
Worth
might
have
made
an
insatiable
Courtier
,
the
happiest
man
living
.
This
is
no
more
than
what
I
have
heard
from
other
people
,
replied
Hortensia
,
and
let
me
tell
you
,
that
this
consideration
hath
contributed
much
to
your
obtaining
of
this
Rend●z-vous
.
Had
I
been
the
only
Person
had
granted
you
this
Priviledge
,
I
should
have
scrupled
very
much
more
to
have
done
what
I
have
;
but
Valantina
hath
assured
me
I
had
many
Companions
,
and
her
assurance
hath
given
me
this
confidence
.
The
Princess
spake
truth
,
though
Conrard
did
not
perceive
it
.
It
was
indeed
no
more
than
what
Anthony
had
told
her
of
the
debauchery
of
the
Fraticelles
,
which
had
put
her
upon
a
resolution
of
destroying
them
,
contrary
to
her
own
inclination
,
but
because
we
should
not
discover
the
Name
of
so
pious
a
Person
,
she
made
use
of
Valantina's
;
and
the
consciencious
Fryar
knowing
Valantina
,
could
discover
much
of
his
Intrigues
,
he
made
no
difficulty
to
acknowledge
it
.
True
it
is
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
whether
it
be
only
the
indulgence
of
my
Stars
,
or
whether
it
be
any
little
Merit
in
me
,
I
cannot
tell
;
but
this
I
must
say
,
there
is
scarce
any
person
,
I
think
,
worthy
to
be
retained
,
that
escapes
me
.
But
what
strange
way
is
it
that
you
take
to
oblige
them
?
replied
Hortensia
:
for
my
part
I
have
been
captivated
with
your
cares
,
and
the
expressions
of
your
kindness
,
but
I
suppose
it
is
not
possible
you
should
have
done
as
much
for
every
Lady
in
Rome
,
as
you
have
done
for
me
.
The
whole
time
of
your
life
would
not
have
been
sufficient
,
nor
your
Revenues
able
to
have
supplied
you
,
for
the
very
Presents
you
would
have
made
.
Madam
you
say
right
,
replied
the
Fryar
,
we
do
not
treat
all
persons
alike
,
nor
indeed
any
body
,
as
we
do
the
Great
and
most
Illustrious
Princess
Hortensia
:
But
,
Madam
,
these
little
Mysteries
of
our
Society
may
well
be
put
off
to
another
time
.
No
,
no
,
good
Conrard
,
replied
the
Princess
(
who
understood
his
design
)
tell
me
,
I
beg
of
you
,
all
your
artifices
,
and
measures
you
take
with
the
good
men
;
and
the
securities
you
require
against
the
imprudencies
,
and
natural
levity
of
the
greatest
part
of
our
Sex
.
I
have
a
great
desire
to
understand
these
things
,
and
you
cannot
give
me
a
greater
testimony
of
your
kindness
,
than
by
this
confidence
in
me
.
If
the
Princess
Hortensia
,
replied
the
Fryar
,
had
been
a
private
Lady
,
in
vain
should
she
have
aspired
to
the
knowledge
of
the
Fraticelles
Intrigues
,
Fryar
Conrard
would
have
constrained
her
to
have
deferred
that
Conversation
;
but
he
will
not
proceed
with
the
Sister
of
the
present
Pope
,
as
with
a
private
person
;
her
orders
must
be
obeyed
,
let
the
a
version
be
never
so
great
.
Madam
,
continued
he
,
our
general
Maxime
is
,
to
cure
Ladies
of
their
Errours
in
Christianity
,
by
the
Precepts
of
our
Hermanus
,
and
to
take
off
their
apprehension
of
losing
their
Reputations
,
by
reffecting
how
much
it
is
our
interest
to
preserve
them
.
If
we
can
but
expunge
out
of
Women
the
two
considerations
of
God
,
and
of
Honour
,
our
business
is
done
,
there
is
scarce
one
of
them
but
becomes
loving
immediately
;
and
if
still
they
remain
obdurate
,
we
in
that
case
betake
our selves
to
more
subtile
Expedients
.
And
here
the
vile
Fraticel
stretching
his
confidence
to
the
highest
,
and
acquainting
her
with
the
most
profound
Mysteries
of
their
Amours
,
there
was
not
a
neat
way
of
writing
a
Note
,
but
he
taught
the
Princess
how
to
do
it
better
,
no
zealous
or
superstitious
Present
,
but
he
shew
her
the
Art
how
to
convert
it
into
a
Mystery
of
Love
,
no
colour
of
piety
,
but
which
way
it
was
to
be
perverted
,
and
turned
into
debauchery
;
and
passing
before
he
was
aware
from
numbring
his
Expedients
,
he
came
at
length
to
instance
in
the
persons
upon
whom
they
had
made
their
Experiments
,
and
put
the
Wives
of
the
two
persons
who
were
listning
to
his
discourse
in
the
front
of
his
Catalogue
,
as
the
most
zealous
for
their
Society
of
the
whole
City
.
The
Princess
cryed
out
at
the
naming
of
those
two
Ladies
,
had
she
known
they
had
been
in
the
List
of
their
Penitents
,
she
woulod
have
had
a
care
of
putting
Conrard
upon
that
imprudence
:
but
Anthony
being
too
cunning
to
give
her
any
such
intimation
,
she
knew
not
that
inconvenience
,
till
it
was
too
late
to
repair
it
.
Conrard
observing
her
in
that
trouble
,
you
seem
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
to
be
surprised
,
did
you
take
those
two
Ladies
for
Vestals
,
that
you
skreek
as
it
were
at
the
very
hearing
of
their
Names
?
I
do
assure
you
,
Madam
,
tey
gave
us
less
trouble
than
any
of
the
rest
.
One
,
she
complained
of
the
tediousness
of
an
old
Husband
,
and
we
appointed
her
a
Director
:
the
other
could
not
endure
the
neglects
of
her
young
one
,
and
we
assigned
her
another
more
complacent
that
her
Cuckoldly
Husband
.
Hortensia
(
who
was
heartily
displeased
at
this
discovery
,
as
well
in
consideration
of
Anthony
,
as
for
the
disorders
she
foresaw
in
those
two
Familes
)
replied
,
interrupting
him
,
I
beseech
you
,
Fryar
Conrard
,
forbear
this
discourse
,
it
makes
me
tremble
to
hear
you
;
you
cannot
say
true
,
you
boast
of
things
you
never
did
:
the
two
Ladies
you
speak
of
,
are
both
of
them
discreet
,
I
dare
swear
for
them
,
and
I
look
upon
the
occasion
I
have
given
you
to
run
out
into
this
language
,
as
an
unpardonable
offence
.
This
return
was
not
at
all
pleasing
to
Conrard
,
and
he
had
a
mind
to
prevent
what
might
follow
.
Come
Madam
,
saith
he
,
Let
us
leave
our
Divinity
upon
the
Altar
,
and
in
the
hearts
of
his
Elect
,
and
not
mingle
the
discourse
of
it
with
our
amorous
Mysteries
:
Altri
tempi
,
Altri
Curi
:
There
is
a
Time
for
all
things
.
And
then
to
apply
the
Italian
Proverb
the
more
close
,
he
was
about
to
have
forgot
himself
quite
,
and
lost
all
respect
for
Hortensia
:
But
the
two
Husbands
in
the
Closet
(
not
able
longer
to
endure
the
impudence
of
the
Fryar
)
came
suddenly
forth
,
and
apprehended
him
:
Ah
,
ah
,
Fryar
Conrard
,
said
the
Old
man
to
him
,
is
this
your
way
of
making
the
Roman
Ladies
practise
the
Vertue
you
preach
to
their
Husbands
.
The
Fraticel
was
amazed
at
the
sight
of
them
,
and
at
their
manner
of
proceeding
;
so
that
he
stood
gaping
,
as
if
he
had
been
Thunder-struck
.
He
opened
his
eyes
,
without
believing
what
he
saw
,
he
was
seized
all
over
with
a
trembling
,
his
legs
and
his
voice
failed
him
,
and
not
being
able
to
say
a
word
in
his
own
defence
,
nor
make
the
least
attempt
to
escape
〈◊〉
suffered
himself
to
be
hal'd
,
like
a
Log
into
the
next
Chamber
,
where
they
kept
strick
guard
upon
him
till
the
hour
came
he
was
lookt
for
.
It
would
be
in
vain
to
report
the
melancholy
reflections
of
the
good
Fryar
;
I
suppose
there
is
scarce
any
Reader
but
imagines
it
,
without
my
description
:
he
saw
himself
delivered
up
by
a
Princess
to
whom
he
had
discovered
such
impieties
as
were
worthy
the
cruellest
punishment
.
The
persons
he
judged
would
appear
in
Evidence
against
him
,
were
the
two
Husbands
,
whom
he
had
wounded
in
the
most
tender
and
sensible
part
of
a
Husband
;
and
this
reverse
of
Fortune
happened
at
a
time
the
expected
to
have
been
most
happy
.
Whilst
he
was
in
this
uncomfortable
contemplation
,
and
transported
with
a
rage
that
relished
more
of
the
beast
than
the
man
;
the
Princess
Hortensia
(
accompanied
by
the
Learned
Anthony
,
and
the
two
Persons
who
before
had
declared
themselves
the
Protectors
of
the
Fraticelles
)
went
to
his
Holiness
to
justifie
those
Crimes
he
was
so
unwilling
to
believe
:
Conrards
iniquities
were
as
good
as
proved
,
as
soon
as
they
were
discovered
;
the
knew
them
upon
his
own
Declaration
,
and
the
Witnesses
which
charged
him
,
were
of
unquestionable
Repute
.
He
was
sent
for
therefore
immediately
to
come
and
give
an
account
of
his
Doctrine
and
Manners
.
He
had
like
to
have
fallen
down
dead
with
fear
at
the
delivery
of
that
Complement
;
and
knowing
that
in
those
affairs
,
he
is
a
great
gainer
,
who
gains
any
time
,
he
begged
of
the
Popes
Messengers
in
the
most
submissive
terms
he
could
use
,
that
they
would
permit
him
to
sent
to
his
Covent
for
his
own
Habit
;
but
besides
that
the
Dress
of
a
Matron
was
a
great
aggravation
of
his
offence
,
they
though
it
so
pleasant
to
see
how
he
managed
it
,
they
could
not
be
perswaded
from
giving
his
Holiness
a
view
of
him
.
In
this
Equipage
therefore
they
conducted
him
to
the
Popes
Palace
.
It
was
a
pretty
piece
of
Grotesque
to
see
this
famous
Fraticel
(
who
never
shew
himself
in
publick
but
in
Sackcloth
,
and
his
head
covered
with
Ashes
)
traversing
the
Grand
Piazza
in
Rome
in
this
Metrmorphosis
.
Those
which
carried
him
along
,
took
delight
in
manifesting
his
shame
,
by
not
suffering
him
to
hid
his
face
,
and
the
people
which
past
by
,
seeing
the
Beard
of
a
Monk
peep
out
of
an
old
Womans
Coife
,
Is
this
the
new
Apostle
?
cryed
one
,
who
boasted
that
he
practised
Christiantity
in
perfection
:
Do
you
see
that
Hypocrite
,
says
another
,
who
plays
the
Anchoret
all
day
,
and
goes
the
Rounds
at
night
in
Mascarade
,
to
play
the
amorous
Gallant
?
I
always
thought
,
said
one
,
(
who
pretended
to
be
a
man
of
understanding
)
there
was
nothing
but
ostentation
and
outside
in
the
piety
of
these
Fryars
.
Forbear
your
Judgment
,
replied
another
,
more
easie
of
belief
,
perhaps
it
is
upon
some
charitable
instigation
he
hath
taken
up
this
Habit
:
and
these
kind
of
Conjectures
and
Ejaculations
accompanied
the
poor
Fryar
to
the
Tribunal
,
where
he
was
no
sooner
arrived
,
and
examined
,
but
he
was
convict
and
condemned
of
most
horrid
impieties
,
he
was
delivered
over
to
Execution
four
days
after
he
was
apprehended
;
the
Sect
of
the
Fraticelles
declared
Hereticks
,
all
their
Followers
excommunicated
,
and
Herman
,
the
happy
Herman
,
as
they
styled
him
,
was
by
his
Holinesses
Decree
dig'd
up
out
of
his
Grave
,
and
his
bones
publickly
burnt
.
This
Act
of
Justice
pleased
Hortensia
and
Anthony
very
well
:
but
it
was
not
so
grateful
to
all
the
rest
of
the
World
.
Those
who
were
of
the
Faction
of
the
Fraticelles
,
gave
relief
to
a
great
number
of
those
kind
of
Libertines
,
who
would
have
fallen
from
excess
into
necessity
,
if
vice
and
vicious
people
should
have
been
utterly
extermined
.
Some
of
this
sort
of
debaucht
persons
preserved
a
good
Party
of
the
Fraticelles
,
and
conveyed
them
to
Lyons
,
where
they
remained
during
the
disorders
in
the
Church
:
and
from
this
infected
Fountain
it
is
perhaps
such
Torrents
of
Bigotteries
and
Phanaticisms
do
flow
all
the
World
over
.
The
Libertines
joyned
themselves
to
their
fellow-Libertines
.
The
Penitents
who
had
been
really
abused
,
were
glad
to
be
brought
out
of
their
Errours
,
and
were
converted
in
carnest
,
in
which
number
the
innocent
Valantina
was
one
.
But
such
as
pretended
to
believe
,
that
they
might
have
a
pretence
to
feed
,
were
much
troubled
at
the
destruction
of
the
Fraticelles
,
and
some
of
this
sort
of
Fellow-sufferers
it
must
be
who
took
care
to
provide
Fryar
Conrard
with
an
Epitaph
,
which
with
much
ado
we
have
recovered
,
and
could
not
possibly
be
composed
but
by
some
of
them
.
EPITAPH
.
HEre
rests
a
man
,
who
one
may
say
,
Ne're
rested
till
his
dying
day
:
And
whether
now
,
or
no
be
rest
,
I
cannot
tell
,
't
is
he
knows
best
.
Whilst
he
was
here
,
in
parts
outvied
,
And
Love-tricks
,
the
whole
World
beside
.
Ten
Husbands
in
one
night
would
be
Ease
of
their
Nuptial
Drudgery
;
Which
is
so
much
,
I
fear
none
can
,
Or
will
believe
there
rests
a
man
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
THE
FOURTH
PART
.
DEbauchery
is
an
infernal
seed
,
so
marvellously
fruitful
.
One
dissolute
Example
produces
a
thousand
:
and
whereas
Vertue
makes
its
Conquests
upon
Vice
by
degrees
,
and
that
with
much
labour
and
patience
;
Vice
over-runs
Vertue
like
a
Torrent
.
The
Sect
of
the
Fraticelles
appeared
at
first
like
the
effect
of
an
Inchantment
.
It
s
progress
imitated
the
suddenness
of
its
beginning
,
and
dilated
so
fast
,
the
continued
care
of
five
of
Bonifaces
Successors
were
scarce
sufficient
to
extinguish
it
.
In
imitation
of
the
Fraticelles
,
every
man
set
up
one
Sect
or
other
after
his
own
Mode
:
But
amongst
all
of
them
,
no
one
carried
it
so
far
,
as
Dulcinus
King
of
the
Lombards
,
an
ingenious
Prince
,
and
fertile
in
all
witty
Experiments
.
This
Prince
lived
twelve
or
fifteen
years
after
the
Condemnation
of
the
Fraticelles
;
the
Ecclesiastical
State
was
at
that
time
infested
with
Wars
,
and
those
Wars
hindred
his
Holinesses
inspection
into
Foreign
disorders
:
The
Seat
of
the
Wars
having
lain
so
long
upon
Lombardy
,
it
was
so
exceedingly
depopulated
,
that
it
took
up
all
Dulcinus
his
care
,
to
repeople
it
.
He
publisht
his
Decrees
,
forbidding
all
persons
upon
pain
of
death
to
live
Bachelors
past
the
age
of
fourteen
.
He
contributed
out
of
his
own
Estate
towards
Marriages
that
were
unequal
:
He
granted
great
Priviledges
to
Foreigners
to
inveigle
them
thither
;
but
Margaret
his
Wife
(
called
in
History
the
Volupuous
)
perceiving
this
new
way
of
repeopling
his
Country
,
did
withal
diminish
her
Husbands
Revenue
,
she
bethought
her self
of
a
way
,
as
effectual
,
and
not
so
pernicious
to
the
Soveraign
.
She
advised
Dulcinus
to
grant
a
general
permission
to
his
Subjects
to
change
Husbands
and
Wives
,
as
they
should
think
it
convenient
.
The
advice
was
judged
to
be
good
,
and
put
in
Execution
immediately
,
and
the
Prince
being
much
pleased
with
the
invention
of
the
Princess
,
not
only
exhibited
an
Edict
of
Divorce
,
as
she
had
counselled
him
;
but
promised
Sanctuary
and
Protection
to
all
Strangers
which
made
use
of
that
Priviledge
.
This
Declaration
being
rumour'd
in
all
the
Kingdoms
of
Enrope
,
there
was
nothing
to
be
seen
but
Navies
of
people
of
all
Sexes
from
all
Nations
coming
in
daily
to
establish
themselves
in
Lombardy
,
and
enjoy
the
Liberty
of
that
Country
:
insomuch
that
in
a
short
time
there
wanted
Corn
for
the
Inhabitants
,
though
of
it self
it
is
one
of
the
most
fertile
Countries
in
the
World
:
And
it
being
part
of
the
Policy
of
a
Soveraign
to
give
Example
in
the
things
he
commands
,
the
Prince
and
Princess
were
the
first
which
began
themselves
to
reduce
into
practice
,
what
they
had
preacht
to
other
people
.
Being
prudent
and
just
,
they
desired
to
know
how
their
Subjects
would
chuse
,
and
upon
what
grounds
they
would
change
;
and
therefore
they
made
themselves
Judges
to
examine
all
such
as
demanded
Liberty
of
Divorce
.
Dulcinus
,
he
interrogated
the
men
about
the
Complaints
they
made
against
their
Wives
,
that
he
might
learn
by
them
inclinations
of
her
,
whom
he
designed
to
take
in
the
place
of
his
own
Wife
;
and
Margaret
having
the
same
project
in
her
brains
in
the
Examination
of
the
Women
,
she
would
needs
be
commissioned
to
hear
their
Objections
.
Dulcinus
was
not
a
little
troubled
to
determine
,
as
to
the
Accusations
of
the
Husbands
.
He
found
all
of
them
had
so
much
reason
of
their
sides
,
and
told
their
stories
so
smooth
,
he
could
not
but
suspect
the
sincerity
of
their
Informations
;
he
thought
it
impossible
there
should
have
been
so
many
ill
Wives
in
the
whole
World
,
as
he
found
in
his
Muster-rolls
;
and
thinking
his
own
Wife
more
tolerable
than
other
peoples
(
though
she
was
not
without
her
faults
)
he
concluded
he
should
be
forced
to
stick
to
his
first
Wedding
,
how
strong
soever
his
desire
was
to
a
seconde
.
Those
which
were
handsom
,
were
either
wanton
,
or
proud
;
the
ill-favour'd
were
jealous
;
the
witty
,
imperious
and
perverse
;
the
sober
were
melancholy
:
and
in
short
,
not
a
Woman
but
had
some
quality
or
other
inconsistent
with
the
sweetness
of
Society
:
He
considered
not
that
none
were
accused
before
him
but
such
as
were
defective
,
and
that
those
Husbands
which
were
contented
with
their
Wives
,
never
came
near
him
for
the
benefit
of
his
Proclamation
.
Margaret
was
not
in
such
trouble
with
her
Jurisdiction
;
whether
she
was
less
difficult
to
please
,
or
that
Dulcinus
his
qualities
were
so
indifferent
,
every
one
she
met
with
had
better
.
But
the
Princess
found
sufficient
grounds
for
all
the
men
to
plead
the
Priviledge
,
though
the
Prince
was
resolved
to
keep
her
.
He
loved
a
new
Wife
better
than
an
old
one
;
but
he
found
Margaret
much
better
than
the
rest
.
The
first
Woman
which
was
brought
before
the
Princess
,
was
a
lively
brown
Lass
,
a
good
presence
,
and
a
sprightly
countenance
,
her
habit
was
neat
,
and
well
contrived
,
her
actions
pleasant
,
and
easily
discerned
to
be
done
one
purpose
to
please
.
You
may
pass
Mistress
,
says
Margaret
as
soon
as
she
saw
her
,
there
is
no
necessity
of
examining
you
to
know
your
Complaint
.
You
would
have
a
Gallant
,
and
your
Husband
will
not
suffer
you
;
you
have
reason
indeed
to
change
,
Husbands
of
that
humour
are
troublesom
,
and
you
ought
not
to
be
contented
till
you
meet
with
one
will
allow
you
that
liberty
.
Alas
,
Madam
,
replied
the
good
Woman
,
my
Husband
is
none
of
those
,
and
if
I
had
though
one
must
have
had
occasion
of
Complaint
against
their
Husband
,
before
she
could
enjoy
the
Priviledge
of
changing
,
I
should
scarce
have
troubled
your
Majesty
or
your
Kingdom
at
this
time
.
My
Husband
loves
me
,
he
is
young
,
and
handsom
,
not
jealous
in
the
least
,
and
I
have
what
Jewels
and
fine
Cloaths
I
will
ask
.
Why
then
will
you
be
changing
,
replied
Margaret
in
a
huff
,
for
the
bare
pleasure
of
changing
?
Madam
,
replied
the
Woman
,
do
not
think
it
an
inconsiderable
thing
to
break
a
Chain
that
must
otherwise
hold
me
as
long
as
I
live
:
did
you
never
observe
the
greatest
Epicures
,
and
those
which
are
used
to
the
most
delicate
dishes
,
how
they
will
tower
and
plume
themselves
over
a
Ragoust
of
Beef
?
In
earnest
,
replied
Margaret
,
I
see
we
are
not
all
Sots
of
our
Sex
,
I
did
not
believe
the
Capricio
of
Change
could
have
been
carried
so
far
;
after
which
the
Princess
of
Lombardy
decreed
that
this
Woman
should
be
placed
at
the
head
of
the
discontented
Wives
,
and
that
she
should
have
her
choice
of
all
the
men
which
should
happen
to
be
divorced
.
From
this
Examination
she
proceeded
to
a
second
.
This
was
a
pale
,
faint
,
languishing
Creature
,
whose
negligence
in
her
March
proclaimed
her
naturally
lazy
.
What
complaint
do
you
bring
against
your
Husband
?
said
Margaret
to
her
.
Madam
,
replied
poor
Pale-face
,
he
loves
me
too
much
,
he
is
always
kissing
,
and
caressing
me
,
and
I
can
never
be
at
quiet
.
O
cryed
Margaret
,
take
away
this
Woman
from
the
rest
,
or
she
will
be
of
very
ill
Example
,
and
then
setting
down
her
Husbands
name
in
her
Table-book
,
she
would
have
sworn
he
was
the
man
with
whom
she
was
her self
to
put
her
new
Law
of
Divorce
in
Execution
.
She
had
scarce
set
led
her self
in
that
resolution
,
but
in
comes
a
third
discontent
,
the
passion
in
whose
face
made
her
conclude
her
Complaint
would
be
quite
contrary
to
the
former
.
What
,
you
are
jealous
I
warrant
you
?
said
the
Princess
to
her
,
and
you
must
be
discharged
of
your
Husband
for
his
Courtship
to
other
Women
.
I
wish
,
Madam
,
with
all
my
heart
,
quoth
the
good
Woman
,
your
Majesty
had
been
a
Prophet
,
I
should
not
have
been
so
miserable
as
I
am
;
there
is
nothing
(
in
my
Judgment
)
so
convenient
,
as
to
have
such
a
one
for
ones
Husband
,
he
is
always
neat
and
perfumed
:
he
is
always
abroad
,
and
his
fear
lest
we
should
pry
too
far
into
his
affairs
,
obliges
him
to
leave
the
conduct
of
ours
to
our selves
:
But
alas
,
Madam
,
mine
is
not
so
well
disposed
,
he
never
stirs
from
home
but
at
Christmas
,
Easter
,
or
Whitsontide
,
and
judging
of
my
temper
by
his
own
,
he
never
suffers
me
one
step
out
of
doors
,
but
when
he
is
my
Gentleman-Usher
.
This
good
Wife
had
liberty
to
change
her
Husband
immediately
.
This
being
adjudged
one
of
the
most
lawful
Causes
of
Divorce
that
could
be
alledged
.
Margaret
continuing
her
Office
,
a
Woman
crowded
up
into
the
soremost
Rank
,
the
subject
of
whose
Complaint
was
very
new
,
and
odd
.
Her
Husband
would
by
all
means
have
her
in
Love
with
some
body
else
,
and
the
poor
Woman
could
not
be
perswaded
.
It
is
then
because
the
Gallant
your
Husband
proposed
to
you
,
does
not
please
you
?
cryed
Margaret
.
No
,
Madam
,
not
so
,
replied
the
Woman
,
for
he
gives
me
my
choice
.
He
tells
me
,
honest
Women
are
such
Dragons
in
a
house
,
that
if
I
do
but
rid
my self
of
that
good
quality
,
he
cares
not
who
it
be
that
destroys
it
.
And
I
must
confess
,
Madam
,
my
honesty
makes
me
a
little
fierce
sometimes
;
Honour
is
a
Jewel
,
and
when
a
Woman
can
once
say
she
fears
no
body
,
she
is
seldom
to
be
vanquisht
in
domestick
Disputes
.
My
Husband
tells
me
therefore
he
would
have
me
like
other
Women
,
and
that
a
Woman
is
more
tractable
and
complacent
,
when
she
hath
an
amorous
Intrigue
in
her
head
.
But
,
Madam
,
I
had
rather
dye
a
thousand
deaths
,
than
gratifie
him
in
that
,
my
honour
is
my
life
,
I
will
do
nothing
shall
intrench
upon
that
,
and
I
will
sooner
renounce
my
Marriage
,
than
the
Priviledge
of
speaking
loud
in
my
own
house
,
as
all
honest
Women
may
do
.
Margaret
lookt
upon
this
Woman
as
mad
,
and
made
signs
to
have
her
taken
away
,
without
vouchsafing
her
an
Answer
;
and
she
had
reason
to
dispatch
with
her
as
fast
as
she
could
,
for
she
had
another
attended
with
so
much
to
say
,
that
her
very
story
concluded
that
Audience
.
It
was
a
French
Woman
,
originally
of
Languedoc
,
but
so
handsom
,
and
charming
,
the
Princess
her self
could
not
look
upon
her
without
admiration
.
How
is
it
possible
,
said
she
,
any
man
living
should
desire
to
part
with
you
?
The
Stranger
returned
her
no
Answer
to
that
;
but
told
her
,
her
accusation
consisted
of
so
many
heads
,
she
humbly
beg'd
leave
to
recite
her
whole
story
.
She
was
not
a
person
to
be
denied
any
thing
,
Margaret
therefore
complied
with
her
Request
,
and
the
unknown
Lady
returning
thanks
for
that
favour
,
began
her
discourse
in
Italian
(
which
she
spake
as
it
had
been
her
Mother-tongue
)
in
this
following
manner
.
The
History
of
Nogaret
and
Mariana
I
Do
not
well
know
where
I
am
to
begin
,
the
Description
of
the
Knight
and
the
Lady
(
which
is
the
usual
beginning
of
all
such
Narrations
)
is
improper
for
me
;
in
respect
your
Highness
hath
me
here
in
your
presence
,
and
my
Husband
being
but
in
the
next
Hall
with
Dulcinus
,
you
may
see
him
too
,
if
you
please
.
Nor
shall
I
commence
with
any
impertinent
Genealogy
,
it
not
being
material
to
your
Highness
who
were
my
Ancestors
,
so
you
have
but
a
true
Relation
of
my
Affair
.
I
am
a
Wife
,
and
have
a
Complaint
against
my
Husband
:
Hear
it
I
beseech
you
with
patience
,
and
judge
of
my
Reasons
.
I
was
born
in
Montpellier
(
a
Town
very
famous
for
the
handsom
Women
it
produces
)
and
my
Name
is
Mariana
Nogaret
.
A
Gentleman
who
lived
not
far
off
in
the
Country
,
having
occasions
at
Montpellier
,
happened
to
see
me
by
chance
,
and
liked
me
so
well
,
he
pretended
he
loved
me
.
This
confidence
,
not
being
a
thing
so
terrible
in
our
Country
,
as
in
other
places
,
I
must
confess
freely
I
thought
my self
very
much
obliged
to
him
:
But
the
beginnings
of
our
Amour
,
was
of
no
long
duration
:
for
my
Servant
was
called
to
the
Court
of
France
upon
an
Affair
not
at
all
important
to
this
Story
;
and
King
Philip
(
sirnamed
le
Bel
)
conceived
so
great
kindness
for
him
,
he
kept
him
about
his
person
.
He
gave
me
notice
of
the
favour
he
was
in
,
and
for
some
time
I
had
reason
to
believe
he
would
not
force
himself
to
forget
me
.
He
writ
to
me
often
,
and
his
Letters
seemed
to
be
passionate
;
but
the
Court
having
this
in
propriety
,
to
forget
all
former
obligations
,
Nogaret
by
degrees
became
lazy
,
and
would
not
write
often
,
and
at
length
neglected
it
quite
.
I
past
two
whole
years
without
hearing
one
word
of
him
;
but
about
the
third
year
afterwards
,
being
sent
by
the
King
,
his
Master
,
to
Pope
Boniface
,
passing
through
Languedoc
,
either
by
accident
or
design
he
came
to
Montpellier
.
I
may
say
without
vanity
,
had
the
Reputation
of
that
time
of
being
the
handsomest
Woman
in
that
Province
;
I
was
grown
something
fatter
than
when
Nogaret
first
saw
me
,
my
Neck
,
and
proportions
were
better
shaped
,
and
Nogaret
was
grown
also
the
finest
Gentleman
in
France
.
We
had
no
great
trouble
to
revive
our
old
flame
,
I
saw
nothing
in
all
Languedoc
to
be
compared
to
Nogaret
,
and
he
swore
as
heartily
he
had
seen
nothing
in
all
France
or
Italy
so
lovely
as
my self
.
The
trick
of
inconstancy
which
he
had
plaid
me
in
his
first
Voyage
,
made
me
not
relye
too
much
upon
his
protestations
then
.
I
remembred
he
had
promised
as
stoutly
before
,
and
forgot
it
almost
as
soon
as
out
of
sight
,
but
he
gave
so
fair
pretences
for
his
silence
,
and
I
had
so
great
a
desire
they
should
be
true
,
that
I
assisted
the
cheat
,
and
contributed
to
my
own
deception
.
His
Fortune
and
his
Duty
requiring
his
return
,
he
staid
not
long
at
Montpellier
,
but
he
gave
me
sufficient
grounds
to
believe
that
what
he
left
behind
him
this
time
,
was
much
dearer
to
him
than
it
had
been
before
:
He
writ
to
me
from
all
places
upon
the
Road
;
there
was
not
a
fashion
in
the
Court
of
France
,
but
I
had
the
Pattern
one
of
the
first
;
and
the
kindness
of
King
Philip
having
raised
him
to
a
Rank
in
which
he
needed
not
fear
being
denied
,
if
he
demanded
me
of
my
Parents
,
he
did
it
with
so
much
ardour
,
and
advantage
on
my
side
,
that
he
easily
obtained
me
.
I
was
conducted
to
Lyons
,
where
Nogaret
met
me
,
and
our
Marriage
being
celebrated
there
,
my
new
Husband
conducted
me
to
Court
with
an
Equipage
more
like
a
Triumph
,
than
a
private
Train
.
The
King
received
Nogaret
with
great
demonstrations
of
Joy
;
the
Queen
honoured
me
with
Presents
and
Caresses
,
and
if
I
had
the
pleasure
to
see
Nogaret
outdo
all
the
young
Lords
of
his
Age
,
he
had
the
satisfaction
to
hear
his
choice
commended
by
every
one
that
saw
me
.
Three
or
four
months
we
continued
at
this
rate
,
with
so
much
felicity
and
content
both
to
the
one
and
the
other
,
that
I
cannot
think
upon
that
happy
time
without
being
melancholy
to
think
it
lasted
no
longer
.
But
,
Madam
,
what
I
am
going
to
tell
you
is
it
to
be
believed
?
The
first
transports
of
our
Joy
was
scarce
past
,
but
the
names
of
Husband
and
Wife
became
insupportable
to
us
.
Nogaret
increased
daily
in
Esteem
and
Reputation
,
and
I
may
say
the
air
of
the
Court
was
no
diminution
to
my
Beauty
.
Had
not
Nogaret
been
my
Husband
,
I
should
have
had
need
of
my
whole
stock
of
Vertue
to
have
kept
me
from
loving
him
more
than
I
ought
;
and
he
protested
had
not
I
been
his
Wife
,
he
had
dyed
for
Love
of
me
before
that
;
but
the
indispensable
necessity
of
loving
one
another
,
gave
us
continual
temptations
to
hate
.
We
could
not
be
alone
together
half
an
hour
,
but
it
was
troublesom
;
if
Custom
or
Capricio
put
us
upon
any
Caresses
,
they
went
against
the
hair
,
and
seemed
done
only
to
acquit
our selves
of
an
ungrateful
duty
that
lay
upon
us
,
without
the
least
kindness
or
satisfaction
in
the
World
:
Not
but
that
we
had
a
foundation
of
respect
one
for
another
,
which
indeed
nothing
could
destroy
.
Nogaret
lived
with
me
very
honourably
,
and
I
would
have
dyed
a
thousand
deaths
before
I
would
have
been
deficient
in
my
duty
to
him
.
But
we
lookt
upon
one
another
as
good
friends
,
who
being
assured
of
one
anothers
affection
,
love
on
,
but
in
a
quiet
and
serene
kind
of
way
,
without
the
least
passion
or
transport
.
This
sort
of
Civility
gives
the
good
Woman
all
the
Priviledges
her
Rank
requires
of
her
Husband
,
and
secures
the
good
man
against
all
tempests
at
home
.
But
this
is
not
enough
for
young
Hearts
who
expect
something
further
.
They
would
have
Love
continue
with
the
same
fervour
it
began
,
for
(
think
they
)
when
that
which
ought
to
be
the
effect
of
Love
,
is
but
the
effect
of
Policy
and
Complacence
,
Marriage
becomes
a
heavy
burden
to
those
who
are
any
thing
delicate
.
These
considerations
rendring
us
unquiet
and
morose
,
Sara
Colonne
,
one
of
Nogarets
particular
Friends
,
began
to
perceive
it
.
This
man
was
famous
over
all
Europe
for
his
irreverences
towards
Pope
Boniface
;
Nogaret
had
made
a
Journey
into
Italy
with
him
,
and
besides
the
familiarity
which
Travelling
produces
among
Travellers
,
Colonna
was
a
lovely
Person
,
and
very
judicious
;
he
prest
my
Husband
to
let
him
know
the
occasion
of
his
Melancholy
,
and
assuring
him
he
should
hold
his
friendship
suspected
for
the
future
,
unless
he
vouchsafed
him
that
mark
of
his
affection
,
he
ravisht
it
from
him
,
that
it
was
his
disgust
of
me
:
How
,
says
Colonna
,
disgusted
with
Madam
Nogaret
?
Tell
me
I
beseech
you
,
do
you
know
any
Woman
living
more
handsom
and
more
worthy
of
your
Love
than
she
?
'T
is
not
of
her
Beauty
I
complain
,
replied
my
Husband
,
I
must
confess
that
is
great
,
and
any
man
but
a
Husband
might
be
happy
in
it
.
But
tell
me
,
I
pray
you
,
of
what
use
is
that
Beauty
?
of
what
use
?
replied
Colonna
,
for
whose
or
for
what
use
should
your
Wife
be
,
but
for
yours
?
do
you
make
no
difference
then
betwixt
a
handsom
Woman
and
an
ill-favour'd
?
and
if
you
restrain
the
pleasures
of
Matrimony
only
to
the
eye
,
is
it
not
more
pleasant
for
a
Husband
when
he
comes
home
to
find
a
young
,
a
lively
,
and
neat
Woman
ready
to
embrace
him
,
than
to
be
received
by
a
loose-bodied
,
mouldy
,
old
Woman
?
Ha
,
my
dear
Friend
,
replied
Nogaret
,
in
a
scornful
way
,
a
Wife
is
always
handsom
enough
,
considering
how
little
her
Husband
regards
her
.
A
Man
of
Honour
lives
with
an
ugly
Woman
as
with
a
handsom
,
and
hath
the
advantage
of
loving
a
handsomer
,
if
he
can
find
her
;
whereas
when
a
man
hath
such
a
Wife
as
mine
,
he
seems
to
have
lost
his
wits
when
he
addresses
to
another
.
The
Ladies
send
him
back
again
to
his
Wife
,
as
one
he
must
needs
know
to
be
handsomer
,
and
so
he
may
call
upon
Saints
,
and
swear
as
many
oaths
as
he
pleases
that
he
loves
her
,
and
not
perswade
her
at
the
last
.
Ha
,
said
he
,
were
I
but
the
Husband
of
such
a
Woman
(
and
named
one
of
the
ugliest
about
the
Court
)
with
what
pleasure
could
I
tell
Madam
Nogaret
she
was
the
handsomest
Person
in
the
World
?
She
would
believe
me
,
because
she
would
know
it
was
true
;
she
would
think
her self
obliged
by
my
commendations
,
and
perhaps
recompence
them
by
some
favour
or
other
:
but
should
I
now
make
this
Complement
to
any
other
Lady
of
the
Court
,
she
would
believe
I
did
but
railly
;
for
she
knows
at
her
heart
Madam
Nogaret
is
handsomer
.
This
Dialogue
happened
in
a
Hall
where
we
usually
dined
:
and
there
being
a
Grot
on
one
side
of
it
,
into
which
after
Dinner
I
had
accidentally
retired
to
repose
my self
,
it
was
my
fortune
to
hear
distinctly
every
word
they
said
.
I
was
not
at
all
surprised
at
the
beginning
of
their
Discourse
,
had
my
Judgment
been
asked
in
the
same
case
,
I
should
have
said
as
much
of
Nogaret
,
as
he
said
of
me
;
but
when
I
heard
him
wish
himself
married
to
the
ugly
person
he
named
,
I
could
not
for
my
life
forbear
blurting
out
into
a
laughter
.
Celonna
thrust
his
head
into
the
Grot
,
to
see
who
it
was
that
laught
.
He
found
me
fitting
there
alone
with
a
Book
in
my
hand
,
hearkening
with
great
tranquillity
at
what
past
betwixt
us
,
as
if
I
had
not
been
concerned
in
the
least
;
In
earnest
,
Madam
,
said
he
in
his
turn
,
this
may
be
called
the
House
of
Miracles
.
The
man
of
all
France
who
hath
the
handsomest
Wife
,
wishes
he
had
the
ugliest
,
that
he
might
have
the
pleasure
of
making
Love
to
his
own
.
The
Lady
of
the
whole
World
,
which
deserves
best
of
her
Husband
,
receives
the
assurance
of
his
disgust
with
a
laugh
:
What
kind
of
Creatures
are
you
two
?
You
,
says
he
to
Nogaret
,
seeing
you
acknowledge
your
Wife
worthy
of
your
Love
,
why
do
you
not
love
her
?
come
into
this
Grot
,
and
tell
me
your
reasons
?
Alas
,
replied
Nogaret
with
a
smiling
disdain
,
I
have
so
much
liberty
to
say
what
I
will
to
her
,
that
I
have
nothing
to
say
.
And
you
can
hear
this
,
and
be
merry
,
replied
Colonna
,
addressing
himself
to
me
.
Why
should
I
not
be
merry
?
replied
I
without
any
disorder
,
is
it
not
a
thing
pleasant
enough
to
make
my
body
laugh
?
Yes
without
doubt
,
replied
the
Roman
,
your
Husbands
discourse
would
make
any
one
laugh
,
that
was
indifferent
:
but
I
could
not
have
thought
,
Madam
,
you
had
been
under
that
Character
.
It
is
the
best
course
I
can
take
,
replied
I
,
for
to
speak
truth
I
am
so
much
of
Nogarets
mind
in
all
that
he
hath
said
,
that
I
cannot
in
Justice
condemn
him
.
Come
,
come
away
,
said
my
Husband
to
Colonna
,
taking
him
by
the
Elbow
,
let
us
take
a
little
Air
,
you
have
kept
such
a
stir
with
the
names
of
Husband
and
Wife
,
that
the
very
pronouncing
them
so
often
,
hath
given
me
the
headach
.
As
soon
as
he
had
spoke
those
words
,
they
went
forth
together
,
and
immediately
after
my
Taylor
bringing
me
home
an
odd
kind
of
Gown
of
mine
own
particular
invention
,
I
was
pleased
with
it
so
well
,
I
would
needs
go
wait
upon
the
Queen
in
it
,
and
see
how
she
liked
it
.
I
met
her
in
the
street
,
going
upon
her
Devotions
,
whether
I
had
no
mind
to
follow
her
,
and
not
having
found
two
or
three
Ladies
at
home
,
which
I
went
to
visit
,
I
resolved
to
attend
her
Majesties
return
,
in
the
Garden
belonging
to
the
Palace
.
I
had
promised
my
Coach
to
a
Friend
of
mine
that
Evening
;
so
that
I
dispatcht
that
away
as
soon
as
I
was
in
the
Garden
;
and
chusing
the
most
private
Walks
I
could
find
,
I
entertained
my
self
with
solitary
thoughts
.
But
,
Madam
,
observe
I
beseech
you
,
the
strangeness
of
my
Destiny
,
I
was
alone
,
not
so
much
as
any
of
my
Train
at
the
Garden
gate
,
I
was
masqued
(
and
in
that
year
which
was
1310
)
they
wore
their
Masques
very
little
in
France
;
by
accident
my
Husband
and
Colonna
past
by
the
place
where
I
was
,
and
seeing
me
a
personable
Woman
,
and
walking
alone
in
the
Garden
,
my
Husband
had
a
fancy
to
accost
me
;
he
had
never
seen
that
Gown
I
was
in
at
that
time
,
and
he
had
left
me
in
another
when
he
came
out
;
so
as
not
having
the
least
suspicion
who
I
was
,
he
began
with
a
very
high
Complement
about
the
Excellence
of
my
Shape
.
This
Encounter
seemed
pretty
,
I
had
a
mind
to
divert
my self
with
it
a
little
,
and
dissembling
my
voice
as
much
as
I
could
,
I
pretended
to
be
a
Lawyers
Wife
of
the
Country
,
who
knew
nothing
of
the
Court
,
and
seconded
Nogarets
mistake
so
well
,
that
it
never
came
the
least
into
his
head
,
that
I
was
otherwise
than
I
told
him
.
He
was
in
a
mighty
Rapture
,
nothing
but
praises
,
and
protestations
in
his
mouth
.
He
admired
sometimes
my
shape
,
sometimes
my
Neck
,
my
Hair
was
the
finest
he
ever
had
seen
,
my
Eyes
,
my
Motion
,
that
little
he
saw
beneath
my
Masque
,
all
excellent
,
and
all
inchanted
him
.
Colonna
thought
good
to
pull
him
away
by
the
sleeve
,
and
endeavour
to
break
off
a
Conversation
which
he
began
to
be
jealous
of
already
;
but
he
could
not
get
him
from
me
,
he
would
follow
me
to
the
end
of
the
World
he
swore
;
and
to
be
short
,
when
he
did
go
away
at
last
,
he
went
away
the
most
in
Love
of
any
man
living
.
Colonna
lookt
upon
this
Phrensie
with
compassion
,
I
heard
him
conjure
him
in
Italian
(
which
your
Ladiship
perceives
I
understand
in
some
measure
)
not
to
concern
himself
with
a
Person
,
which
for
ought
he
knew
might
be
nothing
less
than
what
she
pretended
;
that
Paris
was
full
of
such
kind
of
Cattel
which
pretended
highly
to
Innocence
and
prudence
,
though
they
knew
more
Roguery
perhaps
than
they
that
interrogated
them
;
besides
he
would
make
himself
ridiculous
to
the
whole
Court
,
if
it
should
be
discovered
he
had
only
spoke
to
the
unknown
Lady
,
the
little
time
he
had
spoke
to
her
indeed
:
but
Nogarets
.
Ears
were
deaf
to
all
such
admonishments
.
He
would
have
sworn
by
my
Fashion
and
Meen
I
was
as
wise
,
as
indeed
I
was
;
and
being
very
importunate
for
liberty
to
wait
upon
me
home
(
that
he
might
know
where
I
lived
)
I
had
need
of
all
the
Authority
I
began
to
have
over
him
,
to
oblige
him
to
excuse
me
.
I
told
him
I
had
a
jealous
Husband
at
home
,
who
would
never
suffer
such
persons
as
he
to
enter
within
his
doors
;
that
I
could
not
but
judge
of
the
effects
I
had
produced
in
his
heart
,
by
the
respect
he
should
pay
to
my
desires
;
that
he
should
content
himself
with
this
,
that
I
was
not
an
ungrateful
Woman
,
and
that
I
should
find
out
a
way
some
time
or
other
of
satisfying
his
Curiosity
more
securely
.
He
withdrew
upon
this
,
much
pleased
with
that
hope
:
and
I
having
found
an
opportunity
to
tread
upon
Colonna's
Toe
,
I
signed
to
him
that
I
would
speake
with
him
.
He
followed
me
to
a
place
I
had
markt
to
him
with
my
Eye
;
and
Nogaret
being
too
apprehensive
of
my
displeasure
to
follow
him
,
he
attended
at
the
end
of
an
Alley
,
very
impatient
to
know
what
it
was
I
had
to
say
to
him
.
When
I
saw
my
Husband
at
too
great
a
distance
to
understand
what
I
said
,
Colonna
said
I
,
I
am
Madam
Nogaret
;
he
had
like
to
have
squeakt
out
at
my
naming
that
name
,
but
squeezing
him
by
the
hand
,
hold
your
peace
,
Colonna
,
said
I
,
this
Intrigue
is
pleasant
enough
to
be
carried
on
a
little
further
;
do
you
go
and
find
out
some
unknown
Coach
that
may
carry
me
home
,
and
come
and
fetch
me
here
as
soon
as
you
can
:
we
will
laugh
at
our
leisure
at
what
is
past
and
to
come
.
Colonna
returned
to
Nogaret
with
so
great
an
inclination
to
laugh
,
he
had
much
ado
to
contain
;
he
told
my
Husband
I
had
inquired
who
he
was
,
where
his
House
was
,
and
what
means
I
was
to
use
to
write
to
him
;
and
having
accompanied
him
to
the
Kings
Appartment
,
he
slipt
suddenly
from
him
,
and
getting
into
the
first
of
his
Friends
Coaches
he
could
see
in
the
Court
,
he
came
to
find
me
where
he
had
left
me
before
.
This
Roman
was
a
perfect
Friend
of
my
Husbands
,
and
upon
any
other
occasion
but
this
,
I
could
not
have
prevailed
with
him
to
have
engaged
in
any
Treachery
against
Nogaret
:
but
he
thought
he
should
do
him
a
considerable
piece
of
Service
,
to
revive
his
passion
for
me
,
and
he
lookt
upon
this
Intrigue
as
a
way
as
likely
and
as
innocent
as
could
have
possibly
been
thought
on
.
As
soon
as
I
was
got
home
,
I
pulled
off
my
new
Gown
,
charged
my
Women
to
let
no
body
see
it
,
nor
to
tell
any
body
that
ever
I
had
worn
it
,
and
having
put
on
that
again
in
which
Nogaret
had
left
me
that
morning
,
I
fell
into
consultation
with
Colonna
,
which
way
we
might
spin
out
this
Comedy
.
As
to
my
Husbands
neglect
,
I
was
absolutely
insensible
,
and
I
had
no
design
to
cure
him
of
that
by
this
Stratagem
;
but
I
found
the
story
would
be
pleasant
,
and
I
resolved
to
persue
it
to
the
utmost
.
I
had
not
wit
enough
to
have
invented
it
,
but
since
Fortune
had
been
so
ingenious
,
I
resolved
as
much
as
I
could
to
improve
it
.
Colonna
incouraged
my
resolution
,
and
returning
to
Nogaret
,
said
as
many
good
things
on
me
then
,
as
he
had
done
bad
before
he
knew
me
.
In
earnest
,
said
he
,
the
unknown
Lady
we
say
in
the
Garden
,
is
very
handsom
,
I
see
no
body
at
Court
hath
a
better
presence
,
and
if
what
her
Mask
hides
,
be
as
graceful
as
what
it
discovered
,
believe
me
she
is
the
compleatest
Beauty
in
the
World
.
Nogaret
embraced
him
for
his
News
,
as
he
had
told
him
something
had
been
infinitely
for
his
advantage
,
and
then
conjuring
his
assistance
in
the
discovery
who
she
was
,
he
confest
he
had
never
been
so
much
in
Love
in
his
life
.
I
fortified
this
passion
by
three
or
four
Enterviews
,
where
I
must
needs
say
,
I
used
the
highest
of
my
Skill
to
triumph
over
the
Errour
of
my
fantastical
Husband
.
It
was
then
Carnaval
time
in
France
,
in
which
the
French
run
in
Companies
up
and
down
the
streets
in
Mascarade
;
and
a
Peace
being
concluded
about
the
same
time
betwixt
his
Holiness
and
the
King
of
France
,
that
year
was
fuller
of
Divertisements
than
several
others
before
it
.
The
manner
in
which
Nogaret
and
I
lived
,
permitted
us
not
to
be
often
in
the
same
design
,
we
had
each
of
us
our
Society
,
and
when
he
was
gone
abroad
with
his
Clan
,
I
drest
my self
in
Cloaths
he
did
not
know
,
and
taking
only
one
or
two
of
my
Women
(
whom
I
had
injoyned
strictly
to
make
no
mention
of
my
name
)
I
followed
him
from
one
Company
to
another
,
to
add
new
smart
to
his
old
Wound
,
if
it
were
possible
,
The
alteration
a
Mask
gives
to
the
voice
,
desguised
mine
so
well
,
that
Nogaret
never
suspected
me
for
any
body
,
but
the
unknown
Lady
in
the
Garden
,
and
under
that
quality
I
could
not
speak
one
word
but
inchanted
him
.
He
conjured
me
by
all
that
he
could
imagine
might
prevail
,
to
give
him
an
opportunity
of
waiting
upon
me
at
home
,
but
he
remembred
the
jealous
Husband
I
had
mentioned
in
our
first
Conference
,
and
that
brought
me
off
there
;
and
when
from
his
Proposition
of
Visits
,
he
was
come
so
low
,
as
to
be
contented
with
the
bare
sight
of
me
now
and
then
:
I
told
him
I
had
no
great
confidence
in
Courtiers
,
and
I
would
have
a
little
further
Experience
,
before
I
would
discover
my self
,
that
if
he
persisted
in
his
earnestness
to
see
me
,
or
attempted
to
have
me
dogg'd
,
I
would
leave
my
House
the
next
day
,
and
conceal
my self
so
well
for
the
future
,
he
should
give
me
over
for
lost
.
This
fear
kept
him
in
the
temper
I
would
have
him
;
but
to
requite
his
Compliance
,
I
sent
him
several
Letters
,
which
Colonna
caused
to
be
transcribed
,
and
I
received
several
of
his
Answers
.
I
remember
these
Letters
were
the
production
of
a
very
pretty
Adventure
.
Nogaret
had
lost
one
of
mine
,
and
what
I
had
said
to
him
of
the
Jealousie
of
my
Husband
,
making
him
apprehensive
,
lest
it
should
be
found
by
any
body
that
knew
the
Hand
,
he
contrived
a
pleasant
way
to
evade
that
inconvenience
.
He
caused
several
Notes
to
be
written
in
several
Characters
,
and
when
he
had
done
,
stole
them
into
the
Pockets
of
the
most
considerable
Courtiers
;
I
cannot
tell
you
,
Madam
,
what
trouble
this
Whimsey
brought
into
the
Court
;
all
these
Tickets
were
of
Love
,
some
calm
and
smooth
,
others
high
and
outragious
;
some
were
full
of
Jealousie
,
others
of
Thanks
,
but
all
of
them
Assignations
;
so
that
there
was
nothing
to
be
seen
in
the
Walks
but
Gallants
with
Tickets
in
their
hands
,
attending
their
Mistresses
,
and
this
produced
many
Quarrels
and
several
Divorces
.
There
was
a
great
stir
made
to
discover
from
whence
they
came
,
whether
such
a
Ticket
came
from
such
a
man
,
or
from
such
a
Woman
,
and
the
most
expert
persons
in
Characters
were
sent
to
resolve
them
.
To
say
the
truth
,
had
this
Intrigue
betwixt
Nogaret
and
me
had
any
thing
of
reality
,
that
Artifice
would
have
been
useful
,
for
the
Note
he
lost
was
found
by
one
of
his
young
Coxcombs
,
who
(
having
seen
it
fall
out
of
Nogarets
Pocket
,
and
finding
it
treated
of
Love
)
brought
it
to
me
,
in
hopes
(
as
I
suppose
)
to
have
drawn
some
advantage
to
himself
,
by
my
Husbands
indiscretion
.
I
laught
heartily
when
I
saw
the
Note
,
and
his
action
who
brought
it
:
I
thanked
him
for
his
Service
,
pretending
it
very
important
,
and
running
to
Nogarets
Chamber
,
Here
,
my
Lord
,
said
I
,
tendring
him
the
Note
,
and
counterfeiting
my self
mightily
jealous
,
have
a
better
care
of
your
Love-Letters
another
time
:
So
here
is
one
fell
out
of
your
Pocket
in
very
good
Company
,
and
it
is
not
like
a
person
of
your
discretion
,
suffer
such
Letters
as
these
to
run
up
and
down
the
World
.
Nogaret
blusht
at
the
sight
of
that
Letter
,
but
the
Trick
he
had
plaid
supplied
him
readily
with
an
excuse
,
I
'le
lay
my
life
,
says
he
,
this
is
one
of
the
Letters
,
have
been
so
slyly
stollen
into
all
the
Pockets
at
Court
,
and
then
opening
it
as
he
had
never
seen
it
before
,
he
read
these
words
.
Yes
,
Brave
Sir
,
I
believe
I
may
be
beloved
,
my
Beauty
is
sufficient
to
convince
me
of
that
,
without
other
Arguments
,
my
Charms
I
am
better
acquainted
with
than
you
,
and
therefore
cannot
but
doubt
whether
one
can
love
what
he
hath
never
seen
.
As
for
you
,
it
is
no
extraordinary
thing
that
I
should
love
you
,
I
know
who
you
are
,
I
see
you
undisguised
every
day
;
but
how
can
you
tell
but
that
which
is
concealed
by
my
Mask
,
may
put
you
out
of
conceit
again
with
all
you
have
seen
.
Women
are
the
greatest
Impostures
in
the
World
,
and
perhaps
in
the
same
moment
you
love
me
so
ardently
without
knowing
me
,
I
may
become
the
Person
the
most
indifferent
to
you
of
all
the
Sex
,
if
you
did
know
me
.
Without
dissembling
,
Madam
,
cryed
Nogaret
,
after
he
had
read
it
,
this
is
a
pleasant
Letter
,
and
whether
it
be
real
or
counterfeit
,
the
Person
who
writ
it
hath
a
great
deal
of
Wit.
I
had
like
to
have
burst
out
a
laughing
at
Nogarets
Character
,
but
not
being
as
yet
weary
of
so
pretty
a
Divertisement
,
I
forced
my self
,
and
replied
without
any
emotion
;
What
is
it
you
see
so
extraordinary
in
this
Letter
?
What
is
it
do
you
ask
?
replied
my
Husband
,
why
is
it
all
,
Madam
,
the
sense
,
the
model
,
the
expression
,
the
neatness
of
the
thoughts
.
Certainly
,
said
I
,
(
with
as
much
eagerness
as
he
)
I
see
nothing
in
it
but
very
common
.
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
an
excellent
Secretary
,
yet
I
dare
lay
a
Wager
I
will
write
as
well
as
that
when
I
please
.
Nogaret
lookt
upon
me
with
a
disdain
,
had
like
to
have
put
me
out
of
Countenance
,
and
lifting
up
his
eyes
and
shoulders
,
as
if
he
pitied
my
vanity
,
he
judged
it
so
idle
that
I
had
said
,
he
vouchsafed
me
not
an
Answer
.
He
went
forth
immediately
(
without
speaking
a
word
)
in
quest
of
his
dear
Colonna
to
give
him
an
account
of
what
had
past
.
I
had
many
of
these
Regales
from
him
while
the
Carnaval
lasted
;
but
that
growing
near
to
an
end
,
&
Nogaret
pressing
daily
for
some
ease
of
his
Martyrdom
,
as
he
called
it
,
I
resolved
to
put
an
end
to
this
Comedy
,
and
give
him
a
sight
of
me
;
I
appointed
him
a
meeting
at
a
Country-house
about
a
League
out
of
the
City
,
where
I
told
him
I
had
got
leave
of
my
Husband
to
retire
for
some
days
.
He
had
like
to
have
dyed
with
Joy
at
the
News
,
he
gript
my
hand
with
so
great
transportation
,
he
forgot
he
hurt
me
,
and
from
the
night
in
which
I
gave
him
that
assignation
,
to
the
day
he
was
to
meet
,
he
took
so
little
rest
,
I
began
to
pity
him
.
He
was
in
a
perpetual
trouble
,
changed
his
place
every
quarter
of
an
hour
,
and
I
understood
by
his
Servants
he
slept
not
a
wink
:
but
at
length
the
desired
day
arrived
.
Nogaret
by
agreement
was
not
to
come
to
the
Rendez-vous
till
after
Sun-set
,
and
yet
he
came
into
my
Chamber
in
the
morning
before
day
ready
drest
.
I
pretended
to
admire
his
diligence
,
and
askt
him
what
might
be
the
cause
.
He
told
me
he
was
to
receive
an
Order
from
the
King
to
be
executed
by
him
,
and
that
in
expectation
of
that
,
he
was
to
be
ready
all
day
.
This
invention
made
me
smile
,
and
being
willing
to
put
my
Prevaricator
to
it
,
as
much
as
I
could
,
I
askt
him
,
Will
this
Order
hinder
you
from
supping
to
night
with
a
certain
Friend
of
ours
,
to
whose
House
I
have
ingaged
to
bring
you
along
with
me
.
Yes
doubtless
,
replied
Nogaret
a
little
hastily
,
it
will
hinder
me
;
for
perhaps
it
will
be
night
before
I
can
execute
it
.
Alas
,
said
I
,
and
how
comes
it
to
pass
you
dress
your self
before
day
,
for
an
Affair
which
you
believe
cannot
be
dispatcht
before
night
.
You
know
my
exactness
,
replied
my
Dissembler
,
in
what
relates
to
my
duty
to
my
Master
,
I
had
rather
be
ready
twelve
hours
too
soon
,
than
have
his
business
stay
for
me
one
moment
.
Good
my
Lord
,
replied
I
,
taking
him
by
the
hand
,
be
of
my
Company
to
night
,
let
me
conjure
you
,
I
do
not
often
trouble
you
with
importunities
,
but
I
must
needs
tell
you
,
you
will
disoblige
me
exceedingly
,
if
you
refuse
me
this
time
.
Nogaret
had
always
carried
himself
with
great
respect
towards
me
,
when
under
the
name
of
the
Country
Lawyers
Wife
,
I
desired
to
know
his
opinion
of
his
own
,
he
still
stopt
my
mouth
,
and
told
me
,
that
was
Sacred
,
and
not
to
be
discovered
.
I
confess
I
have
no
great
passion
for
her
my self
;
but
I
have
so
much
esteem
for
her
,
I
would
dye
a
thousand
deaths
before
any
body
should
speak
ill
of
her
,
and
for
me
to
speak
well
of
her
,
I
suppose
is
none
of
your
design
.
This
moderate
Husband
of
mine
having
denied
me
a
thing
I
had
so
instantly
requested
,
he
disguised
his
refusal
with
the
best
reasons
he
could
think
on
;
but
all
that
would
not
discourage
me
,
I
kissed
him
,
I
caressed
him
,
I
upbraided
him
,
and
desired
this
Compliance
as
the
only
thing
I
would
ever
ask
him
again
.
Alas
,
I
expected
not
he
should
promise
me
,
I
knew
as
well
as
he
what
obliged
him
to
the
contrary
,
but
it
pleased
me
not
a
little
,
to
give
him
this
disquiet
as
a
punishment
for
his
contempt
of
me
.
To
be
short
,
in
spight
of
my
Complaints
,
in
spight
of
my
Reproaches
,
away
he
went
in
order
to
his
assignation
,
and
that
no
man
might
take
notice
of
his
Journey
,
he
would
not
have
a
Horse
of
his
own
,
but
took
a
Hackney
in
a
by-place
of
the
City
,
and
without
any
of
his
Servants
with
him
,
away
he
went
towards
the
House
where
I
had
appointed
him
to
meet
.
I
was
got
thither
some
hours
before
him
:
for
besides
that
he
was
not
to
come
before
night
,
and
I
went
from
home
presently
after
Dinner
;
he
had
an
unluckly
Accident
by
the
way
,
which
gave
him
a
stop
.
He
was
very
ill
mounted
,
and
the
hopes
he
was
in
,
imploying
his
thoughts
so
much
,
he
regarded
not
which
way
his
Horse
went
,
it
was
late
,
as
I
have
observed
,
and
about
the
beginning
of
Lent
:
so
that
the
darkness
,
and
dust
concurring
,
his
Horse
lead
him
fairly
into
a
Slough
,
from
whence
he
had
much
ado
to
disengage
himself
.
Had
this
Accident
happened
to
an
ordinary
Lover
,
there
had
been
no
great
matter
in
it
,
Love
takes
delight
many
times
to
sport
it self
with
the
impatience
of
Lovers
:
but
to
have
it
happen
to
a
Husband
,
going
to
an
Appointment
with
his
own
Wife
,
and
this
Lady
he
sollicited
with
so
much
zeal
(
without
knowing
her
)
and
went
to
meet
in
despight
of
so
many
dangers
and
impediments
,
to
be
daily
at
his
disposing
in
his
own
house
,
was
so
pleasant
a
thing
,
perhaps
the
like
never
happened
before
.
Poor
Nogaret
finding
himself
in
a
stinking
Bog
,
upon
an
insensible
Jade
,
which
despised
the
correction
both
of
his
hand
and
his
heel
,
made
a
thousand
vows
and
obsecrations
to
Love
to
deliver
him
out
of
so
villanous
a
place
.
He
thought
once
to
have
alighted
off
his
Horse
,
and
tryed
to
have
disengaged
himself
on
foot
,
but
besides
that
the
Slough
was
deep
and
muddy
,
he
had
but
one
pair
of
Breeches
about
him
,
and
was
unwilling
to
defile
them
in
such
an
Adventure
.
He
kickt
,
he
spur'd
,
he
swore
,
he
repined
,
but
he
might
have
kickt
,
and
swore
,
and
repined
long
enough
,
had
not
the
officious
Colonna
come
in
luckily
to
his
assistance
.
This
good
man
(
imagining
very
discreetly
,
that
this
Intrigue
betwixt
Nogaret
and
me
could
not
probably
be
discovered
without
some
kind
of
displeasure
)
came
to
prevent
by
his
presence
any
ill
consequence
that
might
arise
.
The
Moon
was
up
,
and
Nogaret
knew
him
by
the
light
of
it
,
he
cryed
out
to
have
him
come
to
him
,
and
being
come
;
Ah
,
my
dear
Friend
,
said
he
to
him
(
with
a
voice
trembling
betwixt
choler
and
cold
)
help
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
I
can
do
no
more
,
I
have
been
two
long
hours
in
this
Slough
,
and
without
your
assistance
I
am
like
to
be
here
all
night
.
Colonna
knew
him
,
and
seeing
him
in
such
a
condition
for
an
Enterprise
which
deserved
better
luck
,
as
so
pleased
with
the
Adventure
,
that
he
could
not
answer
him
for
laughing
.
How
,
said
Nogaret
to
him
in
a
rage
,
is
it
thus
you
relieve
your
Friend
at
a
time
when
he
hath
so
much
need
of
your
assistance
?
What
assistance
would
you
have
?
replied
Colonna
,
laughing
all
the
while
:
I
am
neither
Ploughman
,
nor
Mariner
,
and
it
would
require
all
the
Altars
both
of
the
one
and
the
other
to
fetch
you
off
where
you
are
:
What
in
Gods
name
do
you
there
?
who
conducted
you
?
and
how
came
you
to
march
alone
in
the
night
,
without
any
Servants
,
and
upon
an
ugly
Jade
that
is
none
of
your
own
?
We
will
satisfie
you
to
those
questions
hereafter
,
replied
Nogaret
,
much
discomposed
both
with
anger
and
shame
:
this
is
no
time
for
such
Narratives
as
those
,
but
do
what
you
can
to
deliver
me
,
I
beseech
you
.
Colonna
alighted
,
took
his
Hackney
by
the
Bridle
,
spoke
to
him
,
and
batter'd
the
Beast
,
till
at
last
with
much
ado
he
got
him
to
a
place
where
Nogaret
might
throw
himself
off
on
his
back
upon
the
ground
.
When
he
was
landed
,
they
marcht
together
to
the
next
Village
,
where
my
poor
Husband
was
scraped
and
made
clean
,
and
Colonna
sent
out
to
get
another
Horse
for
him
,
for
his
old
Hackney
was
dying
.
But
my
Husbands
impatience
not
giving
him
leave
to
attend
the
hiring
of
a
new
one
,
he
leapt
up
upon
Colonna's
,
and
rid
away
full
speed
to
the
place
of
the
Assignation
.
I
was
in
Bed
when
he
arrived
,
foreseeing
the
hour
past
,
and
not
daring
to
venture
back
to
Paris
in
the
night
,
I
resolved
to
lye
where
I
was
,
being
assured
I
could
justifie
my
absence
,
if
it
should
be
required
.
Nogarets
transport
was
so
great
,
when
he
found
himself
alone
in
my
Chamber
,
that
he
did
not
think
of
bringing
the
Candle
with
him
to
my
Bed-side
.
He
threw
himself
upon
his
knees
,
and
taking
me
by
the
hand
,
he
kissed
it
with
so
much
joy
and
affection
,
I
was
afraid
he
had
been
mad
.
I
confess
I
began
to
be
troubled
at
his
mistake
,
and
should
have
thought
my self
much
indebted
to
Fortune
,
had
she
done
that
in
my
favour
,
which
she
had
done
in
his
.
I
would
not
have
committed
a
Crime
,
but
I
could
have
wisht
some
Inchantment
like
my
Husbands
had
communicated
to
me
as
much
pleasure
in
his
Caresses
,
as
he
received
in
bestowing
them
.
He
threw
himself
upon
the
Bed
,
embraced
my
knees
through
the
Counterpane
,
and
gave
me
a
thousand
thanks
for
my
goodness
in
the
best
Language
his
Love
could
suggest
.
But
when
after
his
first
motions
of
trouble
and
transport
,
he
came
to
draw
the
Curtains
quite
and
in
the
unknown
Person
he
so
tenderly
loved
,
he
discovered
the
same
Woman
he
so
long
had
despised
.
He
swore
a
great
oath
,
I
think
in
my
Conscience
't
is
my
Wife
,
and
stepping
a
little
back
to
inform
himself
better
,
he
fell
down
under
the
Chairs
,
so
amazed
at
his
Adventure
,
I
feared
he
would
never
have
recovered
.
No
,
Sir
,
said
I
,
it
is
none
but
your
Wife
,
you
see
how
dangerous
it
is
to
commit
your self
to
the
conduct
of
your
heart
,
you
would
never
have
suspected
yours
to
have
been
guilty
of
this
mistake
:
Mariana
is
so
indifferent
to
you
under
the
Name
of
Madam
Nogaret
,
that
you
could
not
think
she
could
charm
you
in
another
shape
.
I
am
nevertheless
the
Lady
in
the
Mask
you
were
so
taken
with
in
the
Garden
belonging
to
the
Palace
.
This
Shape
,
these
Eyes
,
this
Neck
:
in
short
,
all
this
Person
you
so
passionately
desired
when
unknown
,
is
the
very
same
you
lookt
upon
so
disdainfully
now
you
know
me
.
I
sent
you
word
in
the
Letter
you
lost
,
that
your
passion
would
be
over
as
soon
as
you
saw
me
.
I
know
not
whether
nogaret
,
overlaid
with
these
reproache
,
was
not
able
to
endure
them
any
longer
,
or
whether
ther
his
indignation
for
being
deceived
,
augmented
the
horrour
he
exprest
at
the
sight
of
me
,
but
he
ran
down
stairs
as
fast
as
he
could
,
and
calling
for
his
Horse
,
away
he
went
for
Paris
with
all
speed
,
as
ill
satisfied
now
with
his
Assignation
,
as
he
ever
had
been
pleased
.
He
was
scarce
gone
a
moment
,
but
Colonna
came
in
,
I
told
him
what
had
past
at
our
Enterview
,
and
I
understood
from
him
what
had
befallen
Nogaret
by
the
way
.
I
could
not
forbear
laughing
for
my
heart
,
when
I
fancied
him
in
the
Puddle
;
but
my
kindness
returning
after
a
time
,
I
dispatcht
Colonna
after
him
,
lest
some
new
Accident
might
befal
him
.
I
lookt
upon
all
this
Accident
as
a
JesT
,
and
I
did
hope
Nogaret
would
have
lookt
upon
it
no
otherwise
,
but
I
was
mistaken
in
my
opinion
.
He
was
so
much
inraged
at
the
fallacy
,
that
he
hath
not
forgiven
me
to
this
day
.
Colonna
thought
good
to
let
him
know
,
that
it
was
Fortune
which
began
it
,
and
that
if
either
of
us
had
reason
to
complain
of
the
Consequence
,
it
was
certainly
I.
He
replied
to
his
remonstrances
,
that
I
was
an
Imposture
,
and
that
a
Woman
which
could
disguise
her self
so
well
,
would
act
the
greatest
and
most
horrible
disloyalties
,
when-ever
she
had
a
mind
to
it
.
Seeing
then
I
could
not
mollife
him
by
any
means
,
I
caused
it
to
be
proposed
to
him
to
come
hither
and
implore
that
Priviledge
you
so
graciously
are
pleased
to
afford
all
such
Husbands
as
are
dissatisfied
with
their
Wives
.
The
Coundition
he
stood
in
,
in
France
,
made
him
averse
at
first
,
but
the
good
men
which
think
themselves
burdened
with
their
Wives
,
fancy
nothing
imp●●lible
that
may
ease
them
.
We
have
left
our
Country
upon
these
terms
,
and
are
now
present
in
your
Court
.
But
see
,
Madam
,
and
admire
the
unconstancy
of
my
Stars
,
the
liberty
I
now
enjoy
of
parting
with
Nogaret
,
makes
me
begin
to
think
our
separation
insupportable
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
,
most
Excellent
Princess
,
continued
Mariana
(
throwing
her self
at
Margarets
feet
)
obtain
of
Duleinus
in
my
behalf
,
that
Nogaret
may
not
have
that
permission
,
which
I
know
he
demands
.
As
I
imitated
him
in
his
disgust
,
it
is
possible
he
may
do
as
much
for
me
in
my
return
.
The
necessity
of
our
Loves
begat
our
Antipathy
,
and
who
knows
but
the
liberty
to
hate
may
revive
our
affections
.
Mariana
was
not
out
of
the
way
,
when
she
dissed
in
this
manner
.
She
had
scarce
ended
her
Petition
,
but
Dulcinus
came
in
to
desire
Margaret
,
in
the
behalf
of
Nogaret
,
to
grant
to
such
permission
to
Mariana
.
In
short
,
this
Couple
took
one
another
again
,
and
loved
one
another
as
entirely
,
as
when
they
were
married
at
first
.
Their
Example
was
so
good
,
that
being
followed
by
several
others
,
it
carried
many
a
good
man
and
his
Wife
back
again
into
France
,
who
renounced
the
Priviledge
of
Divorce
,
and
demonstrated
to
the
World
,
That
liberty
to
change
takes
away
the
desire
to
do
it
.
That
did
well
,
and
like
wise
men
to
carry
themselves
so
,
they
would
have
been
constrained
otherwise
by
force
,
to
what
they
did
willingly
:
for
Pope
Clement
the
Fifth
(
having
intelligence
of
what
past
in
Lombardy
,
and
finding
this
new
Law
inconformable
to
the
Laws
of
Christianity
)
raised
a
strong
Army
,
and
sent
it
against
Dulcinus
,
under
the
Command
of
a
Legat
,
his
Nephew
.
The
Legat
overcame
him
,
forced
him
to
renounce
his
Errour
,
and
rescued
his
Subjects
from
that
Libertinism
in
which
they
began
to
be
plunged
.
Vnhappy
days
!
unhappy
War
,
whose
rage
Swallowed
whole
Countries
,
cost
so
many
lives
!
Wer
't
to
be
fought
again
in
this
our
Age
,
We
'd
pull
down
Pope
,
rather
than
keep
our
Wives
.
Whilst
Margaret
was
bewailing
the
success
of
the
Legat
,
and
some
Husbands
(
apprehending
the
Consequences
of
that
War
)
hasted
very
prudently
to
gain
the
benefit
of
that
Priviledge
.
Don
Pedro
King
of
Castile
applied
himself
to
the
Establishment
of
that
Custom
in
his
Kingdom
,
which
was
so
unfortunately
supprest
in
Lombardy
.
He
had
sent
Ambassadours
into
France
to
negotiate
a
Marriage
for
him
with
Blanche
,
the
Daughter
of
Peter
Duke
of
Bourbon
,
a
near
Kinsman
to
Philip
of
Valois
,
the
first
King
of
France
of
that
Race
.
The
Castillians
are
a
flegmatick
people
in
matters
of
Negotiation
,
and
those
whom
Don
Pedro
had
imployed
about
this
,
driving
at
the
advantage
of
the
Kingdom
,
more
than
the
particular
interest
of
the
King
,
they
were
so
tedious
in
concluding
upon
their
Conditions
,
that
Don
Pedro
began
to
be
weary
of
their
delay
.
He
was
as
violent
as
they
were
cautious
,
when
he
sent
to
make
that
Overture
about
Blanche
,
he
had
prepared
his
patience
for
no
longer
expectation
than
was
necessary
for
a
Journey
betwixt
Burgos
and
Paris
,
and
finding
that
elapsed
,
and
no
intimation
when
the
Wife
was
to
come
,
he
began
to
think
of
easing
his
impatience
by
some
gentle
diversion
,
(
for
by
that
name
it
is
all
beginnings
of
Love
are
Christned
)
that
which
makes
oftentimes
the
greatest
affair
of
a
mans
life
,
is
lookt
upon
at
first
but
as
a
transitory
fancy
,
and
whilst
one
thinks
but
to
play
and
dally
with
Love
as
with
a
Child
,
the
least
of
his
scratches
become
incurable
and
mortal
.
At
this
rate
it
happened
to
our
young
Monarch
.
He
discovered
his
inclinations
to
Nugnez
de
Prade
Grand
Master
of
the
Order
of
Callatrava
,
and
the
chief
of
his
Favourites
.
Such
kind
of
Confidences
as
these
,
are
not
very
honourable
in
themselves
,
but
the
favour
ennobles
them
.
It
is
always
good
to
be
imployed
in
the
Secrets
of
ones
Master
,
let
the
part
he
be
to
act
be
what
it
will
.
Nugnez
thought
himself
much
honoured
that
the
King
of
Castile
had
made
choice
of
him
to
serve
him
in
his
Amours
,
and
to
acquit
himself
honourably
of
his
Trust
,
he
gave
himself
up
entirely
to
the
finding
out
a
Mistress
for
Don
Pedro.
This
is
an
imployment
which
requires
no
great
trouble
,
Ladies
are
generally
very
well
inclined
,
when
they
are
desired
for
a
Prince
:
but
Nugnez
could
not
accommodate
with
all
that
was
offered
him
.
He
was
as
dutiful
a
Subject
,
as
he
was
a
dextrous
Sollicitor
;
and
not
being
willing
give
the
King
any
more
than
a
bare
diversion
,
it
cost
him
some
trouble
to
find
out
a
Person
handsome
enough
to
please
him
,
and
yet
not
so
compleat
as
to
work
him
into
a
passion
.
He
thought
he
had
met
with
one
according
to
his
mind
,
in
the
person
of
Maria
de
Padilla
,
one
of
the
Maids
of
Honour
to
the
Dutchess
of
Albuquerque
.
This
young
Lady
was
witty
and
lively
,
she
was
young
and
handsom
,
and
though
she
was
neither
of
Beauty
nor
Quality
sufficient
to
give
any
obstruction
to
the
Marriage
intended
;
yet
she
was
well
enough
to
satisfie
his
impatience
till
the
Princess
arrived
.
To
relate
the
Formalities
of
our
Monarch
towards
this
Virgin
,
or
the
Virgins
to
the
King
,
would
be
to
charge
our
Annals
with
an
impertinent
Circumstance
.
Lovers
of
Don
Pedro's
Rank
,
are
not
subiect
to
the
Punctilioes
of
a
Romance
.
They
carry
their
Mistresses
by
absolute
Power
,
and
it
is
not
for
them
the
Loveforms
were
devised
.
Nugnez
told
Padilla
,
the
King
likes
you
very
well
;
and
Padilla
replied
,
What
will
his
Majesty
command
me
?
but
this
bargain
made
with
so
much
expedition
,
and
consummated
with
so
much
ease
,
had
not
a
conclusion
suitable
to
its
beginning
.
Padilla
had
athousand
qualities
capable
of
making
a
Lover
happy
,
more
than
indifferent
persons
could
discern
.
The
vivacity
of
her
Wit
animated
all
her
actions
,
her
humour
and
complacency
supplied
the
defects
of
her
Beauty
;
and
the
Kings
Magnificence
making
her
eminent
for
a
natural
inclination
to
neatness
;
Don
Pedro
at
the
very
first
found
that
his
Mistress
,
which
the
Grand
Master
hoped
he
would
never
have
discovered
.
He
prest
his
Embassadours
no
more
to
dispatch
;
and
the
little
concern
he
had
for
her
return
,
making
him
think
it
precipitate
when
they
did
,
he
scarce
believed
the
Princess
was
come
out
of
Paris
,
when
advice
was
brought
that
some
body
was
to
be
Deputed
to
receive
her
upon
the
Frontiers
.
These
tydings
both
surprised
and
afflicted
him
.
He
could
have
wisht
never
to
have
heard
it
whilst
he
lived
;
but
the
Marriage
of
Kings
being
no
jesting
matter
,
there
was
a
necessity
that
Don
Pedro
should
pretend
to
be
content
.
He
dispatcht
Nugnez
de
Prade
to
attend
the
new
Queen
,
and
advancing
himself
some
three
days
Journey
from
Burgos
,
in
order
to
meet
her
,
he
resolved
to
content
himself
in
this
business
as
well
as
he
could
;
but
his
Love
for
Padilla
would
by
no
means
concur
:
her
absence
,
though
but
for
three
days
,
seemed
an
Age
to
him
.
He
must
needs
return
to
her
,
he
could
not
endure
the
thoughts
of
marrying
Blanche
,
and
looking
upon
his
lawful
duty
,
as
a
desertion
of
his
Mistress
,
he
left
the
new
Queen
to
shift
for
her self
,
and
returned
to
his
Padilla
for
consolation
.
When
Nugnez
understood
the
King
had
given
Order
for
his
Equipage
to
march
back
towards
Burgos
,
he
thought
he
had
been
misinformed
,
replied
immediately
to
his
Majesty
,
and
finding
him
ready
to
take
Horse
,
Why
Sir
,
said
he
,
in
great
astonishment
,
will
you
quit
our
new
Queen
before
you
see
her
?
Consider
I
beseech
you
,
you
are
but
a
days
Journey
from
her
?
I
know
not
,
replied
Don
Pedro
,
whether
that
be
enough
for
her
,
but
I
am
sure
't
is
too
much
for
me
.
Is
it
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Grand
Master
,
that
you
have
not
found
her
as
you
had
reason
to
have
hoped
,
or
that
ill
instructed
in
the
obedience
she
owes
you
,
she
hath
?
—
No
,
Nugnez
,
replied
Don
Pedro
interrupting
him
,
't
is
nothing
of
all
that
;
't
is
only
this
,
Don
Pedro
of
Castile
is
not
born
for
Blanche
de
Bourbon
:
Those
who
contrived
this
Meeting
,
knew
neither
of
us
both
;
and
tob
e
short
,
she
may
return
to
France
as
she
came
,
if
her
design
be
to
be
Queen
of
Castile
:
for
she
is
nothing
to
me
now
,
and
never
will
be
more
.
The
faithful
Nugnez
discomposed
exceedingly
with
this
resolution
,
did
what
he
could
to
make
Don
Pedro
consider
of
what
importance
it
might
be
:
he
represented
the
Power
of
the
Duke
of
Bourbon
by
the
accession
of
the
Family
of
Valois
to
the
Crown
of
France
,
the
general
interest
of
all
Princes
to
vindicate
an
Affront
to
a
Princess
,
so
nearly
related
to
the
most
Puissant
of
all
the
Christian
Kings
,
the
dissatisfaction
of
the
Apoll
stolick
See
,
the
murmures
of
the
people
,
and
the
injury
he
would
do
to
his
own
Honour
and
Renown
;
but
all
these
remonstances
were
in
vain
.
Don
Pedro
departed
without
vouchsafing
the
Grand
Master
an
Answer
,
leaving
him
to
repent
at
leisure
what-ever
e
had
recommended
Padilla
to
be
Mistress
to
the
King
.
This
faithful
Favourite
beholding
at
one
Prospect
the
evils
which
this
action
would
bring
upon
Castile
,
resolved
as
much
as
he
could
to
divert
it
,
by
cajolling
the
new
Queen
.
He
prepared
an
eloquent
Discourse
to
excuse
her
Entertainment
,
and
after
he
had
perused
it
,
and
was
well
satisfied
with
the
Contents
,
he
desired
Audience
of
Blanche
,
and
endeavoured
what
he
could
to
justifie
Don
Pedro
.
He
pretended
indisposition
of
body
,
and
some
imaginary
Affairs
of
State
to
apologize
for
his
departure
;
but
there
was
no
need
he
should
trouble
himself
so
far
.
Blanche
was
a
Princess
but
of
small
Experience
in
the
World
,
she
had
been
brought
up
in
a
Monastery
,
where
they
make
a
scruple
of
opening
their
very
Eyes
,
and
she
believed
it
was
sufficient
to
have
been
married
by
Don
Pedro's
Ambassadours
to
make
her
Queen
of
Castile
.
When
Nugnez
perceived
this
Errour
,
he
was
very
much
surprised
.
The
King
had
given
him
to
understand
the
Marriage
was
not
consummate
,
he
attended
to
see
the
Princess
,
mortally
dissatisfied
with
her
mistaken
,
and
upon
this
point
it
was
his
Harangue
was
principally
to
insist
:
but
whatever
he
could
say
to
explain
himself
,
and
what
address
soever
he
used
to
eradicate
that
opinion
out
of
Blanche
(
reserving
the
respect
he
ought
to
her
Person
)
he
found
her
invincibly
perswaded
she
was
Don
Pedro's
Wife
already
,
and
she
blusht
when
she
said
it
,
as
much
as
another
Woman
would
have
blusht
at
a
far
greater
Crime
.
So
profound
an
ignorance
is
rare
in
a
Person
of
her
Age
;
Nugnez
could
not
contemplate
it
without
astonishment
,
and
adding
pity
to
his
wonder
,
by
degrees
both
the
one
and
the
other
produced
sparkles
of
Love
,
which
brake
out
at
length
into
a
most
pernicious
flame
.
Blanche
was
young
,
and
of
an
excellent
humour
,
and
to
be
handsom
,
she
wanted
nothing
but
a
desireto
please
,
insomuch
as
our
Grand
Master
fell
in
Love
at
a
time
when
it
was
least
suspected
,
and
with
the
Person
in
the
World
he
had
the
least
design
upon
.
In
brief
,
his
fidelity
to
his
Master
seemedto
have
shut
up
all
the
avenues
of
his
heart
against
so
criminal
a
passion
:
never
was
Subject
more
zealous
for
his
Prince
,
and
he
had
given
a
thousand
instances
of
his
affection
.
But
what
is
it
that
Love
cannot
do
?
nugnez
found
Charms
in
the
Innocence
of
Blanche
,
which
Don
Pedro
lookt
upon
as
faults
;
he
took
no
pleasurebut
in
the
Company
of
the
Princess
,
and
the
pretence
of
perswading
his
Majestyto
his
duty
,
giving
him
opportunity
of
frequent
and
long
Conferences
with
the
King
,
his
passion
increasedso
fast
by
occasion
of
those
Enterviews
,
he
had
scarce
power
to
dissemble
it
.
Had
he
consulted
his
own
heart
about
the
successof
his
Negotiation
,
he
would
have
done
what
he
could
possibly
to
have
caused
it
to
miscarry
.
Which
way
soever
he
lookt
upon
the
Kings
aversion
for
Blanche
,
it
could
not
be
but
advantagious
to
nugnez
.
First
it
threatned
Castile
with
a
dangerous
War
,
and
the
Grand
Master
being
chief
Minister
,
that
Menace
must
needs
be
grateful
to
him
.
Moreover
it
furnisht
the
Courtiers
with
an
opportunity
of
flattery
,
of
which
a
Favourite
may
make
a
marvellous
use
,
and
if
his
Policy
accommodated
with
this
Divorce
,
the
Reader
may
easily
believe
his
Love
would
not
be
against
it
.
But
this
generous
Castillian
(
being
in
reality
more
a
Person
of
Honour
than
a
Lover
,
or
interested
Subject
)
did
as
much
to
reduce
his
Master
to
what
was
just
,
as
he
had
been
to
have
received
no
advantage
by
his
pertinacity
.
He
conferred
with
the
Duke
of
Albuquerque
,
Husband
to
Phidilla's
old
Mistress
,
and
Nugnez
particular
Friend
.
The
misfortune
this
Duke
conceived
it
to
have
brought
up
the
Person
in
his
House
,
who
was
like
to
be
the
destruction
of
the
Royal
Family
of
Castile
,
made
him
more
passionate
for
the
interests
of
Blanche
,
than
any
other
of
the
Grandees
in
that
Kingdom
.
They
went
together
to
Padilla
,
they
desired
her
(
as
Friends
)
that
she
wouldimploy
all
her
Wit
and
Capacity
with
the
King
,
to
prevail
with
him
to
use
Blanche
as
he
was
in
duty
obliged
;
but
perceiving
that
under
the
Title
of
Friends
they
were
not
regarded
,
they
changed
their
Character
,
they
began
to
speak
with
authority
,
and
threatned
her
with
the
resentment
of
the
whole
Kingdom
,
if
she
stopt
not
the
course
of
an
injustice
,
of
which
she
was
lookt
upon
as
the
Author
.
Padilla
was
proud
and
witty
,
she
discovered
by
the
consequence
how
much
she
was
nettled
at
this
threat
;
but
thinking
that
no
time
to
hint
her
displeasure
,
she
promised
the
Duke
and
the
Grand
Master
she
would
contribute
her
utmost
to
Blanches
satisfaction
.
But
she
had
a
care
of
being
as
good
as
her
word
;
she
had
too
much
pride
and
ambition
to
make
any
serious
prayers
so
contrary
to
her
vanity
and
her
hopes
.
Nevertheless
the
Castillians
(
not
being
able
to
endure
such
an
injury
to
their
Nation
,
as
the
violation
of
their
Faith
solemnly
engaged
by
publick
Authority
,
and
the
most
confident
persons
amongst
them
)
murmured
highly
against
the
injustice
of
it
.
The
Grandees
fell
into
Cabals
,
the
Common-people
into
Factions
,
all
things
were
tending
to
a
Revolt
.
Leonora
Queen
Dowager
of
Arragon
,
Don
Pedro's
Aunt
,
apprehending
the
danger
he
was
in
,
took
the
liberty
to
admonish
her
Nephew
.
She
was
eminent
for
her
Courage
,
and
is
commended
in
History
for
her
Eloquence
above
the
rest
of
her
Sex
.
She
represented
to
this
Monarch
the
deplorable
Estate
into
which
his
Crown
was
running
,
unless
he
would
observe
at
least
some
appearances
of
Honour
and
Justice
with
his
Wife
;
and
the
property
of
Rhetorick
being
to
give
the
strongest
and
most
specious
colours
one
can
invent
,
to
the
evils
he
would
avert
,
Leonora
knew
so
well
to
delineate
the
misfortunes
which
threatned
Don
Pedro
,
that
he
thought
them
already
upon
his
shoulders
.
He
was
a
violent
Prince
,
of
a
natural
ferocity
,
to
whom
Posterity
afterwards
gave
the
firname
of
Cruel
.
As
soon
as
the
Queen
his
Aunt
was
departed
,
he
sent
immediately
for
Nugnez
and
having
intimated
his
resentment
against
the
Rebels
,
he
told
him
that
he
found
there
was
a
necessity
of
preventing
the
Rebellion
,
and
that
the
most
probable
was
was
by
taking
away
the
pretence
,
and
removing
Blanche
into
another
World
:
that
he
was
resolved
to
have
her
poysoned
,
and
that
knowing
the
zeal
and
fidelity
the
Grand
Master
had
for
his
Service
,
he
had
pitcht
upon
him
for
that
Execution
.
If
ever
any
Favourite
in
Love
hath
received
from
his
Master
Commission
to
murder
his
Mistress
,
he
will
easily
comprehend
how
much
Nugnez
was
delighted
with
this
Discourse
.
He
loved
the
King
so
entirely
,
he
would
rather
have
dyed
a
thousand
deaths
than
have
betrayed
him
;
and
he
loved
Blanche
with
a
passion
as
violent
as
pure
,
and
he
loved
only
for
Loves
sake
.
When
he
considered
Don
Pedro
as
a
most
puissant
Monarch
,
who
honoured
him
hourly
with
his
particular
favours
,
he
thought
he
could
not
obey
his
Orders
too
soon
.
When
he
reflected
upon
Blanche
as
an
innocent
Princess
,
deserving
none
of
her
misfortunes
,
and
one
he
loved
as
his
soul
,
he
knew
nothing
so
Sacred
which
he
would
not
immolate
to
her
safety
.
This
perplexity
having
taken
away
his
speech
,
the
King
asked
him
in
an
anger
,
if
he
was
grown
dumb
since
he
came
into
his
Closet
.
I
wish
,
Sir
,
with
all
my
heart
,
replied
Nugnez
,
I
were
dumb
indeed
,
I
should
then
be
excused
for
not
answering
the
most
strange
,
and
to
me
the
most
cruel
discourse
I
ever
heard
in
my
life
.
Why
Sir
?
said
he
with
his
eyes
fast
fixt
upon
the
King
,
will
you
take
away
the
life
of
a
Princess
,
who
is
guilty
of
no
Crime
,
but
not
being
so
happy
as
to
please
you
,
and
supports
that
misfortune
with
so
much
submission
,
her
very
patience
ought
to
make
your
Majesty
kinder
!
Do
you
call
that
submission
,
replied
the
King
,
interrupting
him
hastily
,
to
form
parties
and
publish
remonstrances
against
me
every
day
.
I
can
no
sooner
stir
out
of
my
Palace
,
but
I
am
assaulted
by
the
Clamours
of
my
people
,
crying
out
mutinously
for
their
Queen
.
The
Grandees
of
my
Kingdom
sollicite
me
perpetually
.
The
Queen
my
Aunt
could
not
forbear
denouncing
of
mischief
.
Would
you
have
me
sit
still
,
and
expect
the
Rebellion
of
my
Subject
with
patience
,
and
imprudently
exposing
my self
to
the
indignation
of
the
French
,
give
my self
up
to
the
fury
of
my
incensed
Wife
.
No
,
Sir
,
replied
Nugnez
,
I
would
have
none
of
that
:
I
would
sooner
dye
than
entertain
one
thought
into
my
Soul
,
contrary
to
your
safety
and
your
Kingdoms
;
and
though
I
would
spend
every
drop
of
my
own
,
for
the
preservation
of
the
Queens
blood
,
yet
I
am
ready
to
let
out
that
too
,
if
your
Majesty
commands
it
.
But
I
beseech
you
,
Sir
,
continued
the
Grand
Master
,
throwing
himself
at
the
Kings
feet
,
look
upon
the
Consequences
before
you
command
me
.
Blanche
is
not
one
of
your
Majesties
Subjects
,
which
you
have
advanced
to
your
Throne
by
the
meer
motion
of
your
goodness
:
she
is
illustrious
for
her
Birth
,
for
her
Vertue
,
and
nearly
related
to
one
of
the
greatest
Kings
in
Europe
.
What
does
your
Majesty
think
this
great
Monarch
and
his
Allies
will
do
,
if
he
suspects
you
have
made
away
a
Princess
of
his
own
Blood
,
which
upon
your
solemn
sollicitation
he
had
given
you
for
a
Wife
?
Again
,
Sir
,
had
not
all
formal
Complacencies
been
denied
,
it
had
been
possible
a
violent
death
might
have
past
for
natural
;
but
who
do
you
think
,
I
beseech
you
,
will
doubt
of
the
truth
,
after
the
Treatment
the
unhappy
Princess
hath
received
from
you
.
They
would
believe
you
,
Sir
,
in
great
favour
with
Destiny
,
should
they
see
you
delivered
so
seasonably
from
a
Wife
you
abhorred
,
without
contributing
any
more
to
her
death
,
than
your
bare
desires
.
No
,
Sir
,
believe
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
there
will
not
be
a
person
living
but
will
conclude
you
joyned
your
endeavours
to
your
good
wishes
;
and
this
opinion
being
once
setled
(
as
setled
it
will
doubtless
be
)
I
leave
it
with
all
humility
to
your
Judgment
to
consider
what
consequences
it
will
produce
.
But
what
would
you
have
me
do
then
,
replied
Don
Pedro
,
to
secure
my self
against
the
perils
to
which
our
Divorce
will
expose
me
:
for
to
live
honourably
with
Blanche
is
more
than
I
can
do
;
I
have
an
Antipathy
against
her
which
I
cannot
master
,
all
her
actions
displease
me
,
and
I
love
Padilla
even
to
adoration
.
Had
I
but
either
my
Love
or
aversion
to
contend
with
,
I
might
perhaps
overcome
one
of
them
;
but
to
combate
them
both
at
a
time
,
and
not
content
to
tear
a
violent
passion
out
of
my
heart
,
but
I
must
undertake
to
put
a
person
I
hate
naturally
into
its
place
,
is
a
thing
,
my
good
Nugnez
,
I
am
not
able
to
do
.
This
,
Sir
,
replied
Nugnez
,
would
not
perhaps
be
so
difficult
to
another
,
as
it
is
to
you
.
The
Formalities
which
Hymen
requires
of
a
wise
Husband
,
are
not
so
incompatible
with
a
foreign
Amour
;
but
seeing
an
accommodation
which
so
many
Husbands
find
easie
,
seems
so
impossible
to
your
Majesty
,
enjoy
your
Padilla
,
and
no
other
,
your
will
ought
to
be
our
Law
,
and
it
is
not
for
Subjects
to
expostulate
against
the
desires
of
their
Sovereigns
.
But
,
Sir
,
content
your self
,
I
beseech
you
,
with
that
liberty
,
and
be
not
so
far
transported
,
as
to
dispose
of
a
life
the
Heavens
have
not
subjected
to
your
power
.
Don
Pedro
replied
,
if
I
do
not
immolate
her
life
to
the
security
of
my
own
,
I
am
in
danger
of
having
mine
sacrificed
to
the
indignation
of
the
French
.
Can
you
think
so
warlike
and
so
potent
a
Nation
can
digest
my
treatment
of
Blanche
,
without
attempting
some
thing
to
revenge
it
?
And
will
they
be
more
backward
,
think
you
,
Sir
,
replied
Nugnez
,
when
they
suspect
you
have
destroyed
her
?
The
manner
of
her
death
will
be
doubtful
,
replied
Don
Pedro
,
which
my
aversion
for
her
is
not
.
Besides
they
may
have
hopes
of
forcing
me
to
marry
her
whilst
the
Princess
is
living
,
of
which
she
being
dead
,
they
must
be
desperate
of
course
.
To
maladies
that
are
curable
,
remedies
are
properly
to
be
applied
,
but
no
body
inquires
after
any
for
a
man
that
is
irrecoverable
.
In
short
,
Nugnez
,
't
is
to
no
purpose
to
argue
in
a
thing
that
is
resolved
.
I
will
rid
my self
of
Blanche
,
and
if
you
deny
me
your
assistance
,
I
shall
find
others
of
my
Subjects
more
zealous
for
my
Service
,
and
not
so
scrupulous
,
who
will
think
it
an
honour
to
receive
that
Commission
from
my
own
mouth
.
Nugnez
perceiving
the
King
to
be
angry
,
and
apprehending
lest
he
should
be
really
as
good
as
his
word
,
and
give
his
Orders
to
some
other
person
who
would
be
more
readily
disposed
to
execute
them
than
he
:
he
pretended
to
be
overcome
with
his
reasons
,
and
promised
him
to
rid
him
of
the
Queen
.
But
,
Sir
said
he
,
suffer
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
to
do
it
my
own
way
,
and
at
my
own
leisure
;
do
not
precipitate
an
affair
so
well
worthy
of
deliberation
.
We
must
first
drive
the
French
out
of
your
Country
,
before
we
attempt
any
thing
against
a
Princess
of
that
Kingdom
;
we
must
pretend
Plots
and
Machinations
they
were
contriving
in
the
State
,
thereby
to
lessen
the
esteem
the
people
have
for
her
;
and
by
degrees
we
may
give
so
great
an
appearance
of
Justice
to
her
death
,
that
though
your
Majesty
should
be
suspected
to
have
caused
it
,
you
could
not
be
reproacht
with
it
.
Don
Pedro
approved
this
last
advice
very
well
,
and
committing
the
whole
care
of
that
affair
to
Nugnez
,
he
gave
himself
wholly
over
to
his
Recreations
with
Padilla
.
The
amorous
Nugnez
,
trembling
with
horrour
and
fear
for
the
discourse
he
had
had
with
the
King
,
and
judging
with
reason
,
that
if
he
did
not
pretend
to
execute
his
Orders
severely
,
his
Master
would
imploy
some
body
else
,
who
would
observe
them
more
strictly
,
he
began
his
hypocrisie
by
a
general
Banishment
of
all
the
French
which
attended
the
Queen
:
he
pretended
secret
practices
on
their
part
,
inconsistent
with
his
Majesties
indulgence
,
or
the
security
of
the
Queen
:
he
clapt
Guards
about
the
unfortunate
Princess
,
who
under
colour
of
securing
her
from
Don
Pedro
,
had
private
Orders
to
have
a
care
of
her
safety
;
and
fearing
perpetually
lest
the
King
should
repent
himself
of
his
patience
,
and
hasten
her
death
some
other
way
than
by
him
,
he
commanded
her
Guards
to
let
no
person
whatever
come
near
her
,
unless
a
Ticket
was
produced
under
Nugnez's
hand
.
These
charitable
cares
,
appearing
contrary
to
their
particular
motion
,
produced
as
much
hatred
in
the
heart
of
Blanche
,
as
they
ought
to
have
done
kindness
and
obligation
.
What
have
I
done
to
you
?
Nugnez
,
said
she
to
him
one
day
,
to
be
made
the
object
of
an
injustice
I
could
never
hear
you
have
exercised
upon
any
but
me
.
All
Castile
speaks
of
you
as
the
most
honourable
Person
it
ever
brought
forth
.
Your
compassion
for
the
afflicted
,
and
your
respect
for
my
Sex
hath
forced
an
esteem
for
you
,
even
from
your
Enemies
;
and
will
you
devest
your self
of
these
qualities
,
to
become
the
Persecutor
of
a
poor
Princess
who
never
did
you
wrong
,
and
had
a
great
esteem
for
you
,
before
you
declared
your self
the
greatest
Enemy
she
had
.
I
,
Madam
,
replied
Nugnez
,
am
I
the
greatest
Enemy
you
have
?
And
what
other
name
,
replied
the
Princess
,
can
I
give
the
man
who
keeps
me
in
Prison
,
who
banishes
my
own
Country-Servants
out
of
the
Nation
,
and
carries
his
Tyranny
so
high
,
my
very
Women
are
not
suffered
to
come
near
me
,
but
by
his
special
permission
.
You
will
tell
me
perhaps
the
King
hath
commanded
you
to
use
me
at
that
rate
,
but
I
cannot
believe
he
can
be
guilty
of
so
much
injustice
.
It
is
you
,
Cruel
you
,
who
abuse
his
Authority
,
inverting
it
against
a
Princess
devoid
of
all
succour
,
and
forcing
her
to
Captivity
,
where
she
expected
a
Crown
.
But
once
again
,
what
is
it
I
have
done
?
if
I
have
given
you
any
offence
against
my
knowledge
(
which
yet
I
cannot
imagine
)
the
pitifulness
of
my
Condition
ought
to
satisfie
your
Vengeance
;
and
if
I
have
never
offended
you
,
how
can
you
be
so
cruel
to
treat
me
as
you
do
?
These
words
pierced
poor
Nugnez
to
the
heart
,
he
opened
his
mouth
a
hundred
times
to
have
told
Blanche
the
truth
,
but
his
fidelity
to
his
Master
not
suffering
him
to
betray
his
Confidence
,
he
contented
himself
with
some
particular
actions
which
might
undeceive
the
Princess
,
and
rectifie
the
false
Ideas
she
had
conceived
,
from
the
outward
appearance
of
her
affairs
.
There
past
not
a
day
but
he
sent
her
some
little
Present
of
Flowers
,
of
Fruits
,
or
of
Essences
:
he
provided
her
Voices
and
Musick
in
some
private
part
of
her
Appartment
,
to
divert
the
tediousness
of
her
Imprisonment
.
He
got
a
Collection
of
fine
Pictures
,
and
rare
Birds
to
furnish
her
Chambers
,
and
speaking
the
French
Language
very
well
,
he
made
Verses
many
times
in
that
Tongue
,
which
he
presented
her
for
her
diversion
.
These
little
Civilities
could
not
be
kept
so
secret
but
these
came
to
the
Ears
of
Padilla
.
The
Queen
had
a
young
Virgin
attending
her
at
that
time
,
called
Jane
de
Castro
,
with
whom
Fernandez
de
Hyvestrosa
(
one
of
Padilla's
Uncles
)
was
most
desperately
in
Love
.
By
her
means
this
subtle
Mistress
had
Intelligence
of
all
that
passed
in
Blanches
Prison
,
and
judging
(
by
what
she
knew
of
the
Kings
animosity
)
that
he
would
be
ill
satisfied
with
Nugnez's
Generosity
,
she
believed
she
had
now
found
a
way
of
being
revenged
for
the
threats
he
formerly
gave
her
.
She
conjured
her
Uncle
to
use
all
his
Art
for
the
discovery
of
the
Intrigue
betwixt
the
Princess
and
the
Grand
Master
:
for
,
said
she
to
Fernandez
,
you
may
easily
conceive
Nugnez
,
who
by
the
favour
of
the
King
is
advanced
to
one
of
the
chief
Dignities
of
the
Kingdom
,
would
not
by
the
disobeying
of
so
good
a
Master
expose
himself
,
were
he
not
tempted
to
that
disobedience
by
some
considerable
design
:
he
must
doubtless
have
Intelligences
with
the
French
to
the
prejudice
of
the
State
,
and
we
are
so
much
bound
to
his
Majesties
Bounty
,
I
think
we
are
obliged
to
prevent
him
any
mischief
we
are
able
.
Fernandez
acting
upon
his
Nieces
Memoires
,
prest
Jane
by
his
Letters
,
and
his
Discourse
,
to
do
as
Padilla
desired
;
and
when
she
failed
her
expectation
but
a
day
,
he
would
complain
of
his
unkindness
,
in
not
returning
her
Answers
;
and
at
length
having
imployed
all
the
influence
he
had
upon
the
affections
of
this
Maid
,
to
debauch
the
fidelity
she
ought
to
her
Princess
,
he
managed
his
affairs
so
well
,
he
cajol'd
her
out
of
these
Verses
which
Nugnez
had
made
(
without
her
knowledge
)
and
Jane
de
Castro
had
found
in
her
Pocket
,
as
she
was
putting
her
to
Bed
.
Weak
man
not
to
adore
a
thing
Whose
every
action
,
word
,
and
glance
Discovers
nought
but
innocence
,
To
the
mst
rigid
and
sagacious
King
.
Cupid
upon
his
Mothers
knee
,
Tells
not
so
harmlesly
his
Tale
,
Nor
so
effectually
does
prevail
To
make
her
love
him
,
as
she
works
on
me
.
Rouse
then
unworthy
man
,
and
where
Vertue
for
thy
assistance
calls
;
Beat
off
her
fetters
,
and
beat
down
her
walls
:
Justice
excites
,
and
it
is
base
to
fear
.
Padilla
had
like
to
have
killed
her self
with
joy
at
the
sight
of
these
Verses
,
Fernandez
explained
them
as
he
delivered
them
to
her
,
and
she
running
with
them
immediately
to
the
King
,
possest
him
highly
against
their
innocent
Love
,
and
blackned
his
passion
with
such
formidable
Colours
,
that
had
the
King
followed
the
first
motions
of
his
anger
,
he
had
sent
to
have
had
Nugnez
put
immediately
to
death
.
But
as
he
loved
him
very
well
,
and
could
not
easily
forget
the
Services
he
had
done
him
,
he
restrained
himself
in
spight
of
his
natural
impetuosity
.
The
Queen
was
at
that
time
in
the
Castle
of
Maqueda
,
where
Nugnez
to
remove
her
out
of
the
sight
of
her
Enemies
,
had
caused
her
to
be
shut
up
.
The
Governour
of
the
Castle
had
been
put
in
by
the
Grand
Master
,
and
he
had
reason
to
believe
he
would
be
faithful
to
him
,
but
there
is
no
friendship
nor
acknowledgment
proof
against
the
Authority
of
ones
natural
Prince
.
Don
Pedro
sent
for
the
Governour
to
him
,
he
ordered
him
to
receive
certain
Troops
privately
into
the
Castle
,
to
be
sure
Nugnez
knew
nothing
of
them
;
and
flattering
his
fidelity
with
as
many
fair
promises
,
as
he
threatned
his
indiscretion
with
punishments
if
he
refused
,
he
caused
the
Garrison
to
be
insensibly
changed
,
and
no
Souldiers
left
of
whom
he
was
not
secure
.
When
he
had
used
all
this
preliminary
precaution
,
he
ordered
word
to
be
brought
him
,
when
the
Grand
Master
was
with
the
Queen
,
and
being
desirous
to
evict
him
by
his
own
Eyes
,
he
repaired
privately
to
Maqueda
,
forbad
the
Governour
upon
penalty
of
his
life
,
to
give
the
Grand
Master
any
notice
,
and
being
conducted
by
Jane
de
Castro
into
a
Closet
near
the
Princesses
Chamber
,
where
that
young
Virgin
was
used
to
listen
to
their
discourses
,
the
King
heard
Blanche
tell
him
,
Were
there
yet
in
these
Flowers
you
send
me
any
Serpent
concealed
,
or
were
they
impregnated
with
any
poysonous
quality
,
that
might
put
a
speedy
end
to
my
miseries
,
I
should
say
your
heart
began
to
mollifie
towards
me
:
But
I
see
well
enough
this
Present
is
but
a
politick
piece
of
Civility
wherewith
you
season
the
injuries
you
do
me
,
and
which
you
would
not
practise
,
without
doubt
,
were
it
not
to
rob
me
of
the
feeble
consolation
of
complaining
on
you
in
all
things
.
Nugnez
was
so
much
affected
with
a
reproach
he
merited
so
little
,
that
his
patience
was
overcome
:
Why
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
with
his
voice
quite
changed
,
would
you
more
willingly
receive
poyson
from
my
hands
,
than
these
small
Presents
wherewith
I
endeavour
to
divert
your
sad
thoughts
?
Yes
without
doubt
,
replied
the
Queen
,
I
should
look
upon
the
poyson
as
a
token
of
your
sincerity
,
whereas
I
consider
all
now
but
as
so
many
tokens
of
your
dissimulation
.
Certainly
,
Madam
,
replied
Nugnez
transported
with
sorrow
,
I
have
then
complied
very
ill
with
your
desires
;
for
I
have
exposed
my
life
and
fortune
,
and
do
expose
them
every
day
in
not
giving
you
that
poyson
,
you
are
so
earnest
to
have
:
and
then
his
Love
overflowing
his
fidelity
and
resolution
,
he
began
to
discover
to
the
Queen
the
discourse
he
had
had
with
the
King
,
the
secret
of
his
Conduct
,
which
she
had
not
perceived
;
and
finding
himself
insensibly
ingaged
to
speak
of
his
affection
,
be
began
to
make
a
perfect
declaration
.
But
Don
Pedro
prevented
him
for
that
,
giving
him
no
leisure
to
go
through
,
he
cryed
out
Arm
,
Arm
,
and
entring
into
Blanches
Chamber
with
the
Officers
of
his
Guards
,
he
caused
Nugnez
to
be
stab'd
in
his
own
presence
immediately
.
The
Queen
would
have
run
the
same
Destiny
,
if
his
opinion
that
he
could
convict
her
of
Amours
betwixt
Nugnez
and
her
,
had
not
made
him
reserve
her
for
more
publick
Justice
.
He
caused
her
to
be
removed
and
kept
close
in
the
Castle
of
Siquenca
,
and
resolving
to
cut
her
off
with
more
formalities
than
her
Gallant
,
he
returned
to
Burgos
,
as
well
satisfied
with
his
Journey
,
as
if
he
had
gainned
some
considerable
Victory
.
The
mischievous
Padilla
heapt
her
Congratulations
upon
him
,
for
so
noble
an
action
:
Fernandez
flattering
himself
with
the
hopes
of
the
Grand
Masters
place
in
the
favour
of
the
King
,
could
not
satisfie
his
expectation
with
less
than
some
eminent
Dignity
.
But
see
the
vanity
of
humane
designs
:
Don
Pedro
,
who
had
never
lookt
upon
Jane
de
Castro
but
with
eyes
prepossest
by
Padilla
,
being
at
that
time
disposed
to
a
change
,
he
became
enamour'd
of
her
when
he
saw
her
in
the
Castle
of
Maqueda
.
His
heart
was
tender
,
Jane
was
amiable
,
and
what
had
past
lately
in
Castile
,
having
given
Don
Pedro
a
relish
of
injustice
and
impunity
,
he
regarded
not
his
Marriage
with
Blanche
as
an
obstruction
to
his
new
desires
:
he
gained
two
of
the
Bishops
of
his
Kingdom
to
declare
that
his
Marriage
with
the
Queen
not
being
consummate
,
it
was
lawful
for
him
to
take
another
as
he
pleased
,
and
upon
their
bare
Authority
he
married
Jane
de
Castro
publickly
without
any
scruple
.
It
is
easie
to
judge
Padilla
and
Fernandez
de
Hyvestrosa
were
nettled
to
the
quick
by
this
sudden
Wedding
.
This
ambitious
Mistress
,
who
could
not
endure
so
much
as
the
shadow
of
a
Queen
upon
the
Throne
of
Castile
,
found
it
now
in
the
full
possession
of
an
absolute
Queen
beloved
by
the
King
;
and
Fernandez
,
who
flattered
by
the
promises
of
his
Niece
,
had
been
the
secret
Instrument
of
Nugnez's
death
,
received
no
other
fruit
of
his
inhumanity
,
than
a
Banishment
from
the
Court
,
and
the
loss
of
his
Mistress
,
which
he
loved
above
the
World
.
Had
that
Mistress
of
his
been
as
sensible
of
Fernandez
despair
as
he
had
reason
to
hope
,
she
would
have
refused
the
Crown
which
was
offered
her
;
but
that
Age
was
like
ours
,
they
stood
not
much
upon
Constancy
,
the
Glory
of
being
a
Queen
outweighed
the
shame
of
infidelity
,
and
let
Lovers
say
what
they
will
,
a
Crown
is
better
than
a
Garland
.
In
the
mean
time
the
unfortunate
Blanche
was
alone
in
the
Castle
condoling
the
loss
of
her
Grand
Master
,
she
understood
then
(
but
it
was
too
late
)
the
difference
betwixt
her
past
and
her
present
Captivity
:
and
the
Image
of
Nugnez
stab'd
in
her
presence
for
her
sake
,
caused
such
bitter
remorses
in
her
mind
,
she
had
much
ado
to
keep
her self
alive
.
But
we
will
leave
her
to
mode
her
Complaints
as
she
please
,
and
prepare
her self
for
that
Poyson
which
was
given
her
some
few
days
after
,
to
give
some
relaxation
to
our
Pen.
The
principal
parts
of
these
Annals
having
been
mentioned
before
,
it
ought
to
be
allowed
us
to
repose
after
so
rapid
a
Carieer
:
The
rest
of
the
Reign
of
Pedro
de
Castile
is
so
repleat
with
Murders
and
Cruelties
of
all
sorts
,
that
I
could
not
describe
them
without
falling
into
a
Tragical
recitation
,
which
I
have
always
carefully
avoided
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
.
THE
FIFTH
PART
.
JOhn
Paleologus
,
Emperour
of
Greece
,
sirnamed
Calos
(
which
in
that
Language
signifies
Fair
)
lived
about
two
hundred
years
since
.
His
Son
Emanuel
being
gone
with
Supplies
to
the
Emperor
of
Trebisonde
his
Ally
,
whom
Mammomas
Prince
of
Peloponesius
had
invaded
with
a
formidable
Army
,
fell
in
Love
with
the
said
Emperours
Daughter
,
and
signified
his
Love
to
Calo-John
.
The
Father
loving
his
Son
even
to
Idolatry
,
was
so
far
from
opposing
his
design
,
that
he
sent
Embassadours
to
the
Emperour
of
Trebisonde
to
demand
his
Daughter
for
him
,
and
it
was
granted
;
Emanuel
was
contracted
to
her
,
and
took
her
away
with
him
to
Constantinople
,
where
the
Ceremony
was
to
be
consummate
.
This
Princess
was
beloved
by
the
same
Mammomas
who
made
War
upon
her
Father
;
he
had
likewise
demanded
her
in
Marriage
,
but
was
refused
,
and
upon
that
refusal
he
betook
himself
to
his
Arms.
When
he
understood
that
to
that
rejection
they
had
added
the
preference
of
another
,
he
addrest
himself
to
Amurah
II.
whose
Ally
he
was
,
and
who
he
knew
watcht
for
an
occasion
of
making
War
upon
the
Greeks
:
he
conjured
him
for
his
assistance
,
and
Amurahs
Policy
accommodating
with
the
request
,
he
had
a
favourable
Answer
.
He
dispatcht
an
Envoye
to
Calo-John
to
let
him
know
,
that
Mammomas
had
demanded
the
Infanta
,
which
was
contracted
to
his
Son
;
that
Mammomas
being
an
Ally
of
the
Ottoman
Empire
,
he
was
obliged
to
assist
him
,
and
to
look
upon
all
such
as
Enemies
that
opposed
his
Designs
.
This
Declaration
was
as
unjust
as
unseasonable
.
Emanuel
was
to
be
preferred
before
his
Rival
,
in
respect
of
his
Dignity
;
besides
the
Infanta
was
within
two
days
Journey
of
Constantinople
:
But
the
Power
of
the
Turk
being
so
terrible
,
that
the
Emperour
of
Greece
judged
it
his
best
way
to
treat
him
with
all
imaginable
Civility
.
He
suspended
the
Marriage
,
sent
an
Embassadour
to
Amurahs
to
represent
the
pretences
of
his
Son
;
and
the
Infanta
being
too
far
advanced
to
go
back
,
was
conducted
to
Constantinople
,
where
she
remained
,
as
in
deposito
,
till
the
Negotiation
was
ended
.
Emanuel
was
much
troubled
at
the
protraction
of
his
happiness
;
nothing
would
satisfie
him
,
but
he
must
have
Troops
assigned
him
to
go
and
fight
with
Armurah
;
he
accused
his
Father
of
a
compliance
and
condescension
beneath
his
degree
.
But
his
desires
and
his
murmures
were
in
vain
,
there
was
no
remedy
but
patience
.
The
Infanta
(
who
loved
him
as
ardently
as
he
loved
her
)
omitted
nothing
she
could
think
of
to
comfort
him
in
so
tedious
an
attendance
.
She
discovered
to
him
in
her
Eye
the
extreme
tenderness
of
her
Heart
:
She
studied
his
looks
,
and
indulged
his
desires
as
soon
as
she
discryed
them
.
Of
all
the
remedies
Nature
e're
found
,
Or
Art
,
to
cure
a
pining
Lovers
pain
;
None
cures
so
well
,
and
closes
up
the
wound
So
quick
and
safe
,
as
to
be
loved
again
.
Scorn
or
suspense
to
an
inflamed
desire
,
Throw
fresh
supplies
of
fuel
on
it's
fire
.
He
who
be'ng
lov'd
,
does
happ'
imself
confess
,
Ceases
to
love
,
and
spoils
his
happiness
.
Just
so
it
was
with
the
young
Prince
Emanuel
,
he
began
to
be
so
accustomed
to
his
felicity
,
and
so
familiarly
with
her
,
she
became
indifferent
to
him
;
there
must
be
playing
at
Cards
,
a
great
deal
of
Company
,
or
some
other
diversion
,
or
he
could
not
be
kept
a
day
together
in
his
Mistresses
Chamber
;
when
in
the
publick
Walks
the
Princess
according
to
her
usual
manner
applied
her self
particularly
to
him
,
Love
had
less
share
in
his
discourse
than
the
fall
of
a
Cascade
,
or
the
form
of
a
Statue
.
The
Infanta
was
not
long
before
she
discovered
this
Change
;
but
those
who
love
exceedingly
,
are
apt
to
flatter
themselves
with
the
thought
that
they
are
beloved
again
,
though
never
so
little
.
The
Prince
having
been
one
day
two
hours
together
with
the
Princess
in
the
Gardens
belonging
to
the
Palace
,
without
speaking
one
word
to
her
,
but
of
Flowers
and
Plants
:
How
long
,
Sir
,
said
she
smiling
,
is
it
since
you
have
been
a
Florist
?
have
you
no
other
discourse
to
entertain
me
with
but
of
them
?
How
would
you
have
me
entertain
you
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
all
my
stock
of
Complements
and
Protestations
are
exhaust
?
The
Princess
blusht
at
his
answer
;
but
imagining
the
Prince
said
it
only
to
sound
her
,
she
replied
,
I
shall
not
run
,
Sir
,
into
all
the
Traps
that
are
laid
for
me
,
and
you
may
feign
your self
indifferent
long
enough
,
before
I
shall
believe
it
is
possible
.
I
am
not
indifferent
indeed
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
love
you
as
much
as
I
am
capable
of
loving
;
but
all
things
,
Madam
,
have
their
season
:
the
fears
and
the
passions
of
other
Lovers
belong
not
to
us
;
you
ought
to
believe
I
love
you
,
and
I
am
very
well
satisfied
you
have
no
hatred
for
me
;
you
give
me
no
occasion
to
be
jealous
,
and
I
do
few
things
you
are
not
witness
to
your self
.
What
is
it
then
I
should
discourse
of
?
what
have
I
else
to
say
to
you
?
or
what
have
you
else
to
demand
?
Why
,
Sir
,
said
the
Infanta
,
interrupting
him
,
is
it
possible
you
should
speak
from
your
heart
?
do
not
you
find
in
your
affections
an
inexhaustible
bank
of
obliging
things
to
say
to
me
?
and
can
you
who
have
triumpht
and
boasted
of
your
great
skill
in
loving
well
,
be
ignorant
that
whatever
is
spoken
by
Lovers
to
their
Mistresses
,
is
always
accompanied
with
some
new
grace
or
other
to
recommend
it
?
You
speak
,
Madam
,
like
a
Lady
in
a
Romance
,
replied
the
Prince
;
and
I
should
take
great
pleasure
to
read
your
Highnesses
Maxims
in
a
Book
;
but
to
practise
them
,
I
find
very
incommodious
.
Believe
me
,
Madam
,
we
ought
to
love
like
rational
Creatures
,
take
that
part
of
it
that
is
agreeable
,
and
leave
the
troublesom
behind
;
Fears
,
and
Jealousies
,
and
Emotions
have
had
their
time
:
't
is
but
reasonable
now
that
Confidence
and
Tranquillity
should
have
theirs
.
Ha!
Sir
,
said
the
Princess
,
with
tears
in
her
Eyes
,
then
I
see
you
love
me
no
longer
,
that
confidence
and
that
tranquillity
you
speak
of
are
incompatible
with
true
Love
.
Alas
!
Sir
,
continued
she
,
if
you
be
already
come
to
the
indifference
and
luke-warmness
of
a
Husband
,
before
I
am
your
Wife
,
what
am
I
to
hope
for
when
our
Marriage
is
consummate
?
Whether
the
Prince
was
not
yet
hardned
enough
to
see
the
tears
of
the
Infanta
running
down
her
Cheeks
without
compassion
;
or
whether
the
Title
of
unconstant
gave
him
some
kind
of
regret
,
but
he
did
what
he
could
to
pacifie
his
Mistress
:
He
conjured
her
not
to
frame
Chymaeras
to
her self
so
repugnant
to
her
repose
;
he
protested
he
loved
her
with
as
much
ardour
as
she
could
desire
.
But
he
being
perfectly
cured
,
and
Love
having
the
only
power
to
delineate
it self
,
there
was
not
one
action
he
did
,
but
gave
his
protestations
the
lye
.
He
became
gallant
and
frolick
among
the
Ladies
;
he
commended
them
for
Beauties
before
his
Mistress
,
and
as
the
highest
instance
of
his
tranquillity
,
he
neither
observed
the
troubles
which
he
caused
,
nor
apprehended
what
he
did
that
could
cause
them
.
The
Emperours
eye
was
not
so
dull
,
it
was
not
for
nothing
Nature
had
made
him
worthy
of
the
sirname
of
Fair
,
he
had
been
always
as
subject
to
be
in
Love
with
other
people
as
other
people
were
to
be
in
Love
with
him
,
and
though
History
represents
him
at
that
time
sixty
years
old
,
yet
Age
undertakes
in
vain
to
make
defence
,
Where
Custom
has
betray'd
the
Fort
before
.
Love
's
an
ill
habit
seising
on
the
sense
,
And
th'
more
we
'ave
lov'd
,
making
us
love
the
more
.
The
Emperour
sent
for
his
Son
,
and
having
remonstrated
to
him
,
and
rebuked
him
for
his
coldness
to
the
Infanta
,
he
demanded
,
if
he
had
discovered
any
new
fault
in
her
,
which
he
perceived
not
before
;
if
she
had
betrayed
him
in
any
thing
already
;
or
if
he
apprehended
she
would
do
for
the
future
.
No
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Prince
,
the
Infanta
is
as
wise
as
she
is
fair
,
and
I
have
no
cause
at
all
to
complain
of
her
proceedings
.
Why
then
,
said
the
Emperour
,
do
not
you
love
her
as
well
as
you
have
dose
.
It
is
;
Sir
,
replied
the
Prince
,
because
there
is
nothing
eternal
here
below
;
do
you
know
,
Sir
,
any
thing
upon
the
Earth
but
hath
an
end
?
or
can
any
man
instance
in
an
Amour
that
lasted
as
long
as
the
Lover
lived
?
I
confess
,
says
the
Emperour
,
there
is
nothing
more
common
than
variation
in
Love
;
but
those
variations
have
their
Causes
,
either
in
the
possession
of
the
thing
they
love
,
or
in
the
attraction
of
some
new
Mistress
:
Can
you
pretend
either
of
the
two
?
what
new
Lady
is
it
has
captivated
you
,
or
has
the
Infanta's
good
Nature
permitted
your
Love
to
advance
so
far
,
that
it
is
at
its
achme
,
and
must
of
necessity
decline
?
No
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
have
neither
of
those
reasons
to
pretend
;
the
Infanta
is
virtuous
,
and
I
must
needs
say
deserves
to
be
better
beloved
:
but
,
Sir
,
no
man
is
master
of
his
own
sentiments
,
and
it
is
as
vain
as
unjust
for
a
Mistress
to
call
her
Servant
to
an
account
for
inconstancy
;
as
we
love
many
times
in
spight
of
our
teeths
,
so
we
cool
and
abate
in
our
Loves
,
and
sometimes
give
quite
over
without
any
reasonable
cause
.
However
,
replied
the
Emperour
,
for
a
passion
to
stop
in
the
middle
of
its
Cariere
,
as
yours
has
done
,
is
a
thing
I
have
not
heard
of
before
:
whether
it
be
more
,
or
whether
it
be
less
,
you
love
the
Infanta
still
,
though
but
indifferently
,
and
that
indifference
is
but
the
effect
of
some
extraordinary
kindness
she
has
shewn
you
which
has
satiated
your
desires
.
I
beseech
you
,
Sir
,
replied
Emanuel
,
do
not
trouble
your self
with
those
apprehensions
,
I
am
nothing
at
all
of
what
you
think
,
and
nothing
else
but
what
I
tell
you
;
I
have
not
those
violent
passions
and
inquietudes
I
formerly
have
had
,
but
it
is
only
because
I
fancy
them
unseasonable
;
I
look
upon
my self
now
as
the
Master
of
the
Infanta's
affections
,
she
has
no
Intrigue
,
nor
Jealousie
,
I
tell
her
what
I
please
,
I
see
her
when
I
please
,
and
I
am
assured
I
shall
possess
her
:
whence
then
should
I
derive
my
apprehensions
?
what
reason
have
I
to
lye
sobbing
,
and
counting
the
minutes
,
when
I
can
speak
to
her
when
ever
I
desire
?
why
should
I
be
jealous
,
when
I
am
satisfied
I
have
no
Rival
?
Take
away
these
emotions
from
Love
,
the
case
will
be
mine
,
and
nothing
remaining
but
what
is
in
me
.
The
Emperour
was
transported
to
hear
his
discourse
;
yet
it
was
not
without
regret
for
fear
he
should
return
:
This
coolness
of
yours
,
Son
,
replied
the
Emperour
very
slyly
,
can
never
last
long
;
those
who
are
accustomed
to
the
pleasures
of
Love
,
cannot
so
easily
renounce
them
,
it
is
hard
for
one
to
clear
himself
of
the
secret
transports
,
the
amorous
disquiets
,
the
fears
,
the
impatiences
;
and
in
a
word
,
the
whole
train
of
indispensable
consequences
which
attend
upon
that
passion
;
they
do
so
pleasantly
possess
the
Soul
they
inhabit
,
the
very
want
of
them
is
troublesom
,
when
the
passion
ceases
.
On
the
contrary
,
Sir
,
replied
Emanuel
interrupting
him
,
I
must
tell
you
(
if
it
be
lawful
for
me
to
be
of
an
opinion
opposite
to
yours
)
that
the
Effects
of
Love
which
create
that
violence
in
the
beginning
,
hastens
,
may
precipitate
the
Cure
;
when
a
Lover
is
but
once
arrived
at
this
,
that
he
can
look
soberly
upon
his
Love
,
I
cannot
imagine
how
it
was
possible
my
reason
could
dispense
with
the
extravagancies
I
have
committed
:
I
am
ashamed
of
my
former
Errours
,
and
I
do
now
find
them
a
great
corroboration
to
my
Philosophy
.
Not
,
Sir
,
but
I
am
resolved
to
marry
the
Infanta
of
Trebisonde
,
because
I
have
promised
it
,
and
I
dare
promise
you
to
live
with
her
as
you
will
desire
:
But
I
beseech
you
,
Sir
,
oblige
me
no
farther
than
the
Civilties
and
Formalities
of
a
Husband
;
the
ardencies
and
violences
of
Love
are
not
to
be
expected
from
me
.
This
was
a
point
the
Emperour
had
no
design
to
press
upon
his
Son
,
and
therefore
he
left
him
without
expostulating
farther
,
and
forming
his
hopes
upon
what
he
had
told
him
,
he
clapt
such
persons
about
the
Infanta
,
as
were
buzzing
perpetually
into
her
Ears
,
That
the
Emperour
was
not
troubled
with
any
of
the
incommodities
of
old
age
;
That
in
Activity
and
Courtship
he
out-did
all
the
rest
of
his
Court
,
and
,
That
doubtless
he
was
so
vigorous
and
strong
,
his
Son
was
like
to
languish
a
long
time
,
before
he
could
expect
to
arrive
at
the
Empire
.
To
these
discourses
(
which
were
delivered
as
it
were
by
accident
)
they
added
more
positive
.
The
Prince
gave
no
tokens
of
his
indifference
to
the
Infanta
,
but
the
Emperour
made
her
sensible
of
them
;
if
he
left
her
,
as
it
happened
often
,
to
speak
to
another
Lady
;
What
an
Age
do
we
live
in
,
Madam
,
would
he
cry
:
in
my
time
it
was
esteemed
a
Crime
to
lose
the
least
moment
a
man
could
dedicate
to
his
Mistress
,
we
thought
we
had
never
time
enough
to
speak
our
affections
:
and
when
Emanuel
contradicted
his
Mistress
in
any
thing
,
Do
you
believe
,
would
he
say
,
that
when
I
was
a
young
man
,
it
would
have
been
permitted
a
Servant
should
have
been
of
one
mind
,
and
his
Mistress
on
another
?
no
certainly
,
their
Love
or
their
Breeding
was
better
than
so
,
and
when
I
was
at
the
age
of
Emanuel
,
if
I
should
have
been
guilty
of
doing
that
once
,
which
he
practises
continually
,
I
should
have
been
thought
the
most
giddy
and
inconstant
Lover
in
the
World
.
How
!
said
he
another
time
,
does
Emanuel
converse
with
other
Ladies
in
your
presence
,
and
I
not
find
his
Eye
upon
you
all
the
time
of
his
discourse
?
Believe
me
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
you
must
discipline
this
young
man
,
and
teach
him
his
duty
a
little
better
,
his
felicity
besots
him
,
and
you
will
lose
him
in
time
,
if
you
give
him
not
now
and
then
a
quarter
of
an
hours
experience
of
your
rigour
.
The
Princess
made
use
several
times
of
Calo-Johns
advice
,
but
without
any
success
:
The
Prince
was
never
the
more
fond
for
those
kind
of
Artifices
;
he
found
the
Infanta
always
sweet
enough
upon
him
to
serve
his
turn
,
and
when
she
was
angry
,
it
concerned
him
less
than
when
she
was
kind
.
As
he
was
in
this
disposition
,
the
Emperour
had
advice
that
Mammomas
having
insinuated
with
certain
Lords
of
a
Province
belonging
to
the
Empire
,
not
far
from
Peloponessus
,
had
debauched
them
to
a
Revolt
:
He
sent
the
Prince
Emanuel
with
an
Army
to
reduce
them
,
and
in
his
absence
declaring
to
the
Princess
what
he
understood
of
the
indifferencies
of
his
Son
,
he
knew
so
well
how
to
represent
to
her
the
resentment
a
discreet
Woman
ought
to
conceive
,
when
she
finds
her self
despised
by
her
Husband
,
and
described
all
the
Discourses
he
had
held
with
his
Son
,
so
exactly
,
that
he
found
he
had
stir'd
up
her
indignation
before
he
was
aware
.
The
Letters
she
received
from
Emanuel
,
did
not
a
little
confirm
the
suggestions
of
his
Father
:
They
contained
nothing
but
indifferent
relations
;
and
if
indispensable
Civility
caused
him
to
mention
any
thing
of
Love
,
it
was
so
flat
and
insipid
,
it
was
easily
to
be
discerned
he
did
it
by
constraint
.
One
would
have
thought
he
had
apprehended
the
vigilance
of
some
jealous
person
;
he
exprest
his
desires
so
indifferently
,
one
would
have
thought
his
prudence
had
retained
the
best
half
of
his
mind
.
He
forgot
himself
one
day
so
far
in
his
tranquillities
,
that
he
gave
a
most
excellent
Character
of
Mammomas
to
the
Infanta
,
not
considering
he
was
his
Rival
,
and
such
a
Rival
as
had
been
able
to
keep
him
from
the
possession
of
his
Mistress
.
This
is
too
much
,
cryed
the
Princess
,
when
she
read
the
Letter
,
the
Prince
at
length
tires
out
my
patience
,
and
I
shall
be
reproacht
all
Greece
over
as
an
insensible
person
,
if
knowing
how
Emanuel
uses
me
,
I
let
him
not
understand
again
that
I
am
not
ignorant
of
ways
to
revenge
my self
.
And
this
resolution
was
no
sooner
taken
than
executed
.
The
Infanta
told
the
Emperour
,
that
she
was
at
last
grown
weary
of
the
Princes
neglects
;
that
she
would
dye
a
thousand
deaths
before
she
would
marry
him
;
and
that
she
was
come
to
acquaint
him
,
she
would
sacrifice
her self
,
before
she
would
submit
to
the
Conditions
of
the
Treaty
.
This
was
it
the
Emperour
designed
:
he
commended
her
resentment
,
protested
the
deportment
of
his
Son
was
no
less
ungrateful
to
his
Ears
than
to
hers
,
and
wishing
with
all
his
heart
he
had
been
of
an
age
to
make
her
reparation
himself
,
he
sollicited
her
to
vengeance
so
hard
,
that
at
length
she
listned
to
his
Proposals
.
She
writ
a
Letter
to
the
Emperor
of
Trebisonde
by
agreement
with
Calo-John
;
the
Pacquet
was
delivered
into
the
hands
of
an
Agent
,
very
faithful
to
the
Emperour
,
and
of
a
Wit
as
considerable
as
his
fidelity
.
It
would
be
requisite
to
delineate
Calo-John
exactly
as
he
was
at
that
time
,
to
make
the
Reader
conceive
all
that
Love
is
able
to
make
a
man
of
his
age
do
.
He
brake
the
brains
of
all
the
Officers
of
his
Chamber
to
invent
him
new
dresses
;
he
trusted
none
but
his
own
Eyes
in
the
choice
of
the
Colors
he
wore
,
and
passing
whole
hours
in
conversation
with
his
Glass
;
What
thinkest
thou
,
Calo-John
,
said
he
to
himself
,
how
dost
thou
like
this
Figure
in
the
Glass
?
this
Complexion
,
is
it
not
fine
?
these
Eyes
,
are
they
not
soft
and
well
made
?
they
are
not
so
sparkling
indeed
,
as
when
I
was
young
;
but
in
Love
the
softness
and
sweetness
of
the
Eye
doth
more
execution
many
times
,
than
the
quickness
and
vivacity
:
What
say
you
to
this
Shape
,
this
Leg
,
this
whole
Contexture
?
said
he
,
marching
two
or
three
steps
with
great
magnificence
.
Ha!
Calo-John
,
't
is
not
for
nothing
the
Infanta
of
Trebisonde
prefers
you
to
your
Son
;
thou
art
a
thousand
times
handsomer
and
more
desirable
than
he
,
and
this
Election
of
the
Princess
is
an
effect
of
the
solidity
of
her
Judgment
,
rather
than
a
token
of
her
anger
.
Whilst
the
Emperour
was
pleasing
himself
in
this
manner
in
his
own
Efficacy
and
Merits
,
his
Son
had
reduced
the
Rebels
to
the
Terms
his
Father
desired
,
and
there
being
nothing
left
to
detain
him
longer
upon
the
Frontiers
,
he
returned
to
Constantinople
with
the
same
serenity
he
departed
.
He
found
the
Princess
much
colder
to
him
than
formerly
,
and
the
Emperour
more
spruce
,
but
he
did
not
concern
himself
for
either
;
he
was
glad
to
find
the
Princess
no
more
troublesom
,
and
did
not
dive
into
the
fineness
of
his
Father
.
He
recounted
his
Exploits
to
his
Mistress
in
the
same
style
he
had
writ
them
;
and
she
told
him
(
Ironically
)
she
was
much
obliged
to
him
for
the
description
he
had
given
her
of
Mammomas
;
that
she
had
a
great
honour
for
his
qualities
,
and
that
she
did
not
believe
when
she
vanquisht
his
heart
,
she
had
had
so
illustrious
a
Captive
.
Our
Lover
being
hardned
,
took
all
in
the
literal
sense
,
and
justified
every
tittle
he
had
mentioned
in
his
Letter
:
A
good
way
to
moderate
the
transport
of
a
Mistress
at
the
return
of
her
Servant
.
The
Infanta's
indignation
increased
every
hour
,
and
the
affairs
of
the
Emperour
went
better
and
better
.
He
failed
not
to
ply
her
with
thanks
,
both
by
Letters
,
and
word
of
Mouth
;
and
supposing
his
acknowlegments
would
be
more
eloquent
in
Verse
than
in
Prose
,
he
rub'd
up
his
old
fancy
for
a
Paper
of
good
Verses
.
Our
Memoires
do
not
represent
them
in
a
style
à
la
mode
,
as
to
their
Art
or
Invention
,
but
his
ardour
and
sincerity
is
conspicuous
in
them
to
this
day
.
One
time
when
he
had
out-done
himself
in
the
expression
of
the
felicity
he
promised
to
himself
,
the
Princess
by
ill
Fortune
dropt
the
Paper
before
the
Prince
,
who
taking
it
up
,
had
a
Curiosity
to
read
it
contrary
to
his
Custom
,
but
the
Infanta
discerning
what
it
was
;
Do
not
read
it
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
him
,
they
are
Love-Verses
.
Emanuel
smiled
,
and
not
believing
what
she
said
,
I
am
sufficiently
your
Friend
,
Madam
,
replied
he
,
to
be
intrusted
with
your
Secrets
;
and
having
said
those
words
,
opened
the
Paper
.
The
Princess
clapt
her
hand
upon
it
,
and
told
him
,
you
do
not
believe
me
,
and
yet
I
'le
assure
you
I
say
true
:
Yes
,
said
the
Prince
,
interrupting
her
a
little
angerly
,
I
do
believe
you
,
it
may
be
some
body
makes
Love
to
you
:
but
I
will
see
,
by
your
favour
,
after
what
manner
he
doth
it
;
who-ever
it
be
,
he
is
something
audacious
,
and
has
chosen
an
ill
field
to
engage
in
;
and
then
forcing
the
Paper
from
the
Infanta
,
and
knowing
it
to
be
the
Emperours
hand
;
How
,
says
he
smiling
,
is
it
the
Emperour
in
truth
?
let
's
see
if
he
can
make
Love
as
well
now
as
of
old
.
When
my
poor
heart
's
already
laid
In
dust
,
for
Love
of
gentle
Maid
,
What
boots
it
to
call
out
for
aid
?
My
blood
burnt
up
,
my
vigour
spent
,
Mine
Enemy
omnipotent
,
What
boots
it
,
boots
it
,
to
lament
?
And
yet
methinks
my
hopes
contend
,
And
still
inculcate
,
mark
the
end
,
Your
enemy
shall
prove
your
friend
.
Ah!
gentle
hopes
don't
flatter
me
,
I
should
(
should
I
that
minute
see
)
Happier
than
in
my
Empire
be
.
Emanuel
thought
the
Emperour
had
but
jested
before
,
and
looking
upon
it
as
a
design
of
the
Infanta's
to
make
him
jealous
,
he
laught
in
his
sleeve
at
the
innocence
of
the
project
.
But
when
he
perceived
the
Emperour
was
in
earnest
,
he
began
as
seriously
to
be
displeased
;
Sure
,
said
he
,
the
Affairs
of
the
Empire
are
but
very
few
,
when
the
Emperour
can
have
leisure
to
imploy
himself
about
such
trifles
.
You
did
not
formerly
,
replied
the
Infanta
,
call
the
marks
you
gave
me
of
your
passion
,
Trifles
?
It
is
not
the
same
case
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
was
in
Love
,
Calo-John
is
not
.
He
believes
he
is
,
more
than
you
,
and
truly
I
am
of
opinion
it
will
last
longer
.
Emanuel
thought
the
Princess
had
jested
,
and
yet
that
kind
of
jesting
he
did
not
like
;
he
went
to
wait
upon
the
Emperour
,
and
shewing
him
the
Verses
he
had
taken
from
the
Princess
;
I
beseech
you
,
Sir
,
said
he
,
will
you
divert
your self
some
other
way
,
than
by
writing
these
Love-things
to
the
Infanta
of
Trebisonde
;
I
know
it
is
but
in
sport
,
and
that
you
have
no
intention
to
be
serious
;
but
they
may
accustom
her
to
them
,
and
she
be
brought
by
degrees
to
receive
them
from
some
body
else
:
and
you
know
,
Sir
,
a
man
cannot
be
too
cautious
in
things
of
that
nature
.
That
care
,
replied
the
Emperour
(
without
any
emotion
)
belongs
to
me
,
I
shall
have
such
an
eye
over
her
Conduct
,
you
shall
not
need
to
trouble
your self
at
all
.
I
confess
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Prince
,
as
you
are
my
Father
,
the
deportment
of
her
who
is
designed
to
be
my
Wife
,
may
concern
you
;
yet
that
concern
is
but
small
,
in
comparison
of
what
a
Husband
ought
to
have
.
I
know
all
those
differences
Emanuel
,
said
the
Emperour
,
and
therefore
I
tell
you
,
you
need
not
trouble
your self
.
How
unlikely
soever
it
was
,
the
Emperour
should
be
enamour'd
of
the
Princess
who
was
contracted
to
his
Son
,
the
Prince
knowing
his
Fathers
temper
,
conceived
violent
suspicions
thereof
.
He
returned
immediately
to
the
Princess
,
and
perceiving
his
old
flames
to
rise
out
of
this
spark
of
Jealousie
;
Could
it
be
possible
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
,
that
the
Verses
you
let
fall
,
and
I
took
up
,
should
have
been
written
in
earnest
?
Why
,
Madam
,
and
would
you
receive
Propositions
of
Love
from
my
Father
?
Yes
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Infanta
,
I
would
do
any
thing
might
rescue
me
from
your
disdain
;
you
have
made
it
,
Sir
,
too
manifest
,
and
my
patience
would
not
have
been
any
longer
the
effect
of
my
fidelity
,
but
of
a
baseness
without
excuse
or
example
.
Emanuel
was
startled
at
these
words
,
as
if
they
had
been
Thunder
.
I
did
not
believe
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Infanta
,
you
could
have
taken
the
marks
of
right
reason
for
disdain
,
they
being
always
the
infallible
consequences
of
a
declared
Love
.
I
lookt
upon
you
always
as
a
discreet
Lady
,
and
thought
it
would
be
more
acceptable
to
you
,
if
I
behaved
my self
as
a
Husband
before
you
were
my
Wife
,
than
to
have
changed
my
deportment
afterwards
:
But
,
Madam
,
since
I
see
you
are
not
of
my
mind
,
I
must
hereafter
serve
you
according
to
your
own
;
return
to
me
,
and
I
shall
return
to
every
thing
that
will
please
you
,
you
have
no
more
to
do
,
but
to
make
the
Laws
,
and
it
shall
be
my
care
to
obey
them
all
,
Madam
,
but
renouncing
my
interest
in
you
.
Anger
is
a
cheat
,
and
seldom
as
good
as
its
promise
:
The
Infanta
had
reason
indeed
,
and
was
really
angry
with
Emanuel
;
he
had
neglected
her
,
he
had
given
her
a
thousand
indications
of
the
declension
of
his
Love
,
and
he
had
added
discourse
to
his
actions
;
Nevertheless
when
she
saw
him
submit
,
and
repent
,
and
remembred
that
he
was
the
same
Prince
she
had
loved
so
entirely
before
,
her
Choler
was
dissipated
,
she
forgot
what
she
ought
to
the
hopes
of
the
Emperour
,
and
the
declarations
she
had
made
to
him
,
and
she
began
to
renew
her
Commerce
with
the
Prince
upon
new
Conditions
,
when
Calo-John
entred
into
her
Chamber
.
He
had
Advertisement
that
Emanuel
was
gone
to
make
the
Infanta
a
Visit
,
and
was
not
ignorant
that
Love
was
capable
of
Reconciliation
.
Did
not
I
tell
you
this
morning
,
said
he
very
hastily
to
his
Son
,
you
need
not
trouble
your self
any
farther
for
any
thing
relating
to
the
Princess
,
for
I
my self
would
take
that
care
upon
me
;
How
comes
it
then
,
Emanuel
,
your
eye
is
still
so
vigilant
over
her
?
I
thought
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
had
been
obliged
to
have
a
care
over
her
,
both
by
your
order
,
and
the
Emperours
her
Fathers
.
Those
Orders
were
given
long
since
,
replied
Calo-John
,
but
now
they
are
out
of
doors
.
You
told
me
your self
you
had
no
passion
for
the
Princess
,
and
that
you
would
not
marry
her
for
any
other
reason
but
because
you
had
promised
.
I
am
so
good
a
Father
,
I
will
not
hold
you
to
that
promise
;
I
understand
Marriage
very
well
,
and
I
know
it
is
as
much
as
one
can
do
to
live
contentedly
with
a
Woman
that
he
loves
,
how
then
can
you
expect
to
live
well
with
one
you
do
not
love
at
all
?
The
Prince
would
have
replied
,
and
protested
he
loved
the
Infanta
as
well
as
he
ever
did
in
his
life
:
but
the
Emperour
who
had
no
mind
to
those
kind
of
protestations
,
interrupted
him
,
and
commanded
him
to
be
gone
.
The
Command
seemed
something
harsh
,
the
Prince
endeavoured
to
disobey
,
and
replies
,
growing
hot
:
the
Prince
let
fall
some
words
,
which
were
not
perhaps
exactly
according
to
the
Rules
of
Respect
,
whereupon
the
Emperour
caused
him
to
be
seized
:
And
this
point
of
rigour
recalled
all
the
kindness
the
Infanta
had
ever
had
for
him
;
she
prayed
,
she
prest
,
and
her
importunity
increased
rather
than
extenuated
his
Crime
:
Love
took
up
his
rest
now
in
the
heart
of
the
Princess
;
she
repented
she
ever
had
repented
,
and
would
not
endure
to
hear
the
Emperours
pretensions
so
much
as
mentioned
any
longer
.
In
the
mean
time
whilst
things
were
in
this
posture
,
an
Envoyé
arrived
from
the
Emperour
of
Trebisond
:
The
said
Emperour
,
Father
to
the
Infanta
,
had
been
much
troubled
to
consent
to
the
Exchange
;
he
was
a
severe
Prince
,
and
his
resolutions
immoveable
:
Nevertheless
the
dexterity
of
the
Agent
was
such
,
he
was
over-power'd
,
and
consented
that
the
Princess
should
marry
Calo-John
,
but
it
was
with
such
express
Order
to
change
no
more
,
that
the
Princess
durst
never
disobey
:
And
to
compleat
the
ruine
of
Emanuels
Affairs
,
Mammomas
being
by
Amurath
suspected
of
an
Intelligence
with
a
Prince
of
Transilvania
,
who
refused
to
admit
him
for
his
Soveraign
;
the
Turkish
Emperour
deserted
him
,
and
left
him
to
Calo-John
to
be
infested
as
he
pleased
.
In
short
,
he
married
the
Infanta
of
Trebisond
,
notwithstanding
all
the
opposition
she
made
;
her
Father
commanded
it
,
the
Emperour
was
absolute
,
and
Princesses
of
her
Rank
are
but
Sacrifices
to
Policy
and
Convenience
,
insomuch
that
Nature
would
have
very
much
obliged
the
greatest
part
of
them
,
had
she
brought
them
into
the
World
without
hearts
:
It
is
not
to
be
exprest
the
rage
Emanuel
conceived
at
the
News
of
this
Wedding
,
but
the
effects
which
insued
may
in
some
measure
discover
it
.
He
escaped
out
of
Prison
,
implored
the
Assistance
of
Amurath
,
and
conducting
him
as
it
were
by
the
hand
to
the
Throne
Imperial
of
Greece
,
he
gave
the
fatal
blow
to
that
flourishing
Empire
;
for
which
Phrensie
he
was
sufficiently
punisht
himself
by
the
ingratitude
of
the
Turk
,
who
not
keeping
one
tittle
of
all
the
promises
he
had
made
him
,
caused
him
to
end
his
days
miserably
without
his
eyes
,
and
without
any
other
Dignity
than
a
private
place
among
his
Janisaries
:
and
the
great
Grecian
Empire
escaped
no
better
than
he
.
But
the
Divine
Justice
which
revenged
Calo-John
for
the
evils
his
Sons
fury
had
brought
upon
him
,
hath
not
as
yet
revenged
the
infidelity
of
their
common
Tyrant
.
The
Order
we
have
observed
hitherto
in
our
Chronology
,
Amedy
Duke
of
Savoye
.
conducts
us
insensibly
to
the
Occurrences
in
the
Life
of
Amade
Duke
of
Savoy
,
whom
some
people
call
Amé
,
a
Person
so
well
known
in
History
by
the
name
of
Felix
the
Anti-pope
.
He
was
of
an
amorous
Complexion
,
and
(
it
frequently
happening
that
the
Courtiers
are
the
Apes
of
the
Actions
of
their
Princes
)
those
which
were
performed
by
this
Duke
,
were
immediately
followed
by
the
whole
Court
:
So
that
he
being
Voluptuous
,
his
Court
became
a
very
School
of
Luxury
and
Debauchedness
.
All
Offices
and
Honours
were
confer'd
according
to
their
amorous
Exploits
,
and
Love
becoming
the
Standard
of
Merit
,
such
as
were
the
most
susceptible
of
that
passion
,
were
most
gracious
with
their
Prince
:
For
these
reasons
and
such
other
,
the
Marquess
of
Savona
was
in
particular
Favour
:
He
was
not
the
Dukes
Subject
,
but
had
so
linked
himself
to
him
by
his
good
Services
,
that
he
was
become
the
Depository
of
his
Secrets
,
the
Dispencer
of
his
Graces
,
and
the
Companion
of
his
Debauches
.
One
night
as
they
were
marcht
together
to
visit
a
Lady
(
some
few
Leagues
from
Turin
)
for
whom
the
Duke
had
a
great
kindness
,
and
the
Marquess
managed
the
affair
,
they
lost
themselves
in
a
Wood
through
which
they
were
to
pass
,
and
at
last
found
themselves
at
a
House
belonging
to
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
:
This
Count
had
several
years
before
banisht
himself
voluntarily
from
the
Court
;
he
had
received
a
wound
at
the
beginning
of
this
Dukes
Reign
,
which
had
almost
taken
away
his
Eyes
,
and
having
not
thought
himself
rewarded
for
so
important
a
loss
,
he
retired
into
the
Country
where
he
lived
very
privately
.
Some
indispensable
Affairs
having
called
him
to
a
House
he
had
near
Turin
,
he
was
obliged
to
make
a
Visit
there
,
and
was
returned
some
few
hours
before
the
Duke
lost
himself
,
and
was
brought
thither
:
When
Amede
and
his
Favourite
discovered
that
House
,
they
resolved
to
repose
themselves
,
it
was
late
,
they
had
wandred
a
long
time
,
and
were
something
wet
with
the
Rain
.
The
Marquess
clapt
Spurs
to
inquire
whose
House
,
but
when
he
was
told
it
belonged
to
the
Marquess
de
la
Moriene
,
and
that
he
was
at
home
,
he
returned
to
the
Duke
to
let
him
know
they
must
march
on
,
for
that
Count
was
an
old
Stoick
,
who
would
not
fail
to
wipe
them
for
being
abroad
,
and
in
that
Equipage
so
late
:
We
must
conceal
my
Name
then
,
replied
Amede
,
his
sight
is
not
very
good
,
he
hath
not
been
this
long
time
at
the
Court
,
I
have
but
few
of
my
Guards
about
me
,
and
they
no
Liveries
or
other
Marks
to
discover
them
:
Ha!
Sir
,
replied
the
Marquess
,
Soveraigns
are
not
to
be
concealed
in
their
own
Countries
,
a
Picture
,
the
meeting
of
a
Servant
that
hath
seen
you
in
the
streets
of
Turin
,
the
respect
your
own
Equipage
will
shew
you
and
in
short
,
a
thousand
little
things
will
discover
to
the
Count
,
that
you
are
the
Duke
of
Savoye
.
Well
,
if
he
does
,
replied
the
Duke
,
that
inconvenience
is
less
than
to
be
drowned
in
the
Rain
,
or
break
ones
Neck
off
of
ones
Horse
.
If
the
Count
knows
me
,
I
will
be
even
with
him
for
some
Censures
I
have
heard
of
his
;
and
if
he
doth
not
,
reposing
a
while
at
his
House
,
we
shall
be
the
better
afterwards
to
proceed
in
our
Journey
;
upon
which
the
Duke
spur'd
on
to
the
Counts
house
,
and
commanding
his
Retinue
to
take
no
notice
who
he
was
,
he
pretended
to
be
one
of
the
little
Princes
of
Italy
,
with
which
that
Country
swarms
.
It
was
not
out
of
Honour
or
Concernment
for
the
Duke
,
that
the
Marquess
of
Savona
had
no
mind
to
repose
at
this
place
.
The
Count
de
la
Moriene
had
a
handsom
Lady
to
his
Wife
,
which
was
related
to
the
Marquess
,
and
with
whom
,
the
History
says
,
there
was
more
than
one
kind
of
proximity
.
By
reason
of
the
morosity
of
her
Husband
,
she
never
came
to
Court
;
but
she
pretended
business
now
and
then
at
her
house
by
Turin
,
where
the
Marquess
would
meet
her
.
He
doubted
not
but
she
was
then
with
her
Husband
,
and
knowing
how
ready
the
Duke
was
to
take
fire
,
he
had
a
strong
apprehension
he
would
be
smitten
with
the
Countess
.
Word
was
carried
in
to
the
Count
de
Moriene
,
that
a
Person
of
Quality
desired
to
see
him
,
and
that
the
Marquess
of
Savona
,
his
Wifes
Cousin
,
was
of
the
Company
,
he
came
forth
himself
to
receive
them
.
He
presented
them
with
what
the
time
of
night
,
and
the
small
time
the
Count
had
been
there
,
could
afford
,
and
whilst
they
were
at
their
Repast
,
Amedy
having
declared
that
he
was
making
a
Visit
to
the
Duke
of
Savoye
,
and
had
mistaken
his
way
Turin
,
the
Count
interrupted
him
,
and
told
him
,
You
had
best
,
Sir
,
be
sure
the
Duke
be
there
,
before
you
go
thither
your self
,
for
he
is
seldom
to
be
found
where
he
ought
to
be
lookt
for
;
his
pleasures
invite
him
to
so
many
places
,
where
one
would
never
expect
to
find
him
,
that
without
good
store
of
Scouts
't
is
no
easie
matter
to
discover
him
.
You
know
the
Duke
,
replied
the
Marquess
something
hastily
,
but
by
other
peoples
report
,
you
have
seen
him
your self
so
little
for
these
feveral
years
,
you
can
say
nothing
upon
your
own
knowledge
;
were
you
better
acquainted
with
him
,
you
would
not
speak
at
that
rate
.
It
is
not
necessary
to
see
ones
Soveraign
,
to
know
him
,
replied
the
Count
,
we
judge
of
them
by
their
actions
,
of
which
they
have
so
many
Witnesses
,
the
report
of
them
is
not
to
be
kept
out
of
the
most
remote
or
obscure
part
of
their
Dominions
;
and
then
thundring
out
a
long
Declamation
against
Amedy
and
his
Reign
,
there
was
not
a
Libel
,
or
a
mutinous
Expression
that
escaped
him
.
The
Marquess
could
give
him
no
sign
to
restrain
him
;
for
the
Count
had
an
infirmity
in
his
Eyes
,
and
could
not
perceive
him
.
The
Regale
was
something
rare
for
the
Duke
;
and
as
is
to
be
supposed
wanted
no
seasoning
.
People
which
are
satiated
with
pleasures
,
are
commonly
very
eloquent
in
decrying
them
.
The
Countess
entred
as
the
Philosopher
was
in
the
midst
of
his
Ethicks
,
and
the
Duke
not
being
so
much
unknown
to
her
,
as
to
her
purblind
Husband
,
there
was
not
an
Apology
of
which
she
made
not
use
to
excuse
the
Errour
of
the
Count.
The
old
Stoick
could
not
without
great
difficulty
be
brought
to
so
much
as
to
counterfeit
Repentance
,
he
declared
that
the
Equipage
of
the
Duke
of
Savoye
gave
Authority
to
all
he
could
say
;
that
it
would
be
well
for
that
Prince
if
he
had
such
Adventures
oftner
,
and
applauded
himself
in
what
he
had
done
,
as
it
had
been
the
best
action
of
his
life
;
all
the
Remonstrances
of
the
Marquess
,
and
all
the
intreaties
of
the
Countess
were
little
enough
to
perswade
him
to
ask
pardon
:
and
he
did
well
to
be
so
difficult
,
for
all
they
importuned
him
to
,
was
to
no
purpose
;
the
Duke
found
the
Countess
too
handsom
to
pardon
her
Husband
.
When
he
was
departed
,
and
found
himself
at
liberty
to
deliver
his
thoughts
:
Ha!
Savona
,
cryed
he
,
how
charming
is
this
Countess
?
how
could
you
forbear
boasting
of
her
Beauty
till
now
?
and
knowing
my
inclination
to
handsom
Ladies
,
why
have
you
not
sollicited
me
to
send
for
her
to
Court
?
I
did
not
perceive
,
Sir
,
there
was
any
want
of
her
there
,
replied
the
Marquess
something
gravely
:
there
were
so
many
Ladies
already
handsomer
than
she
,
I
thought
she
would
not
be
desired
.
Do
you
say
,
said
the
Duke
to
him
a
little
short
,
there
is
any
thing
in
Savoye
handsomer
than
the
Countess
?
Yes
,
Sir
,
without
doubt
,
replied
the
Marquess
,
the
Lady
you
are
going
to
visit
,
is
in
my
Eye
much
handsomer
.
You
know
not
what
is
Beauty
then
,
replied
the
Duke
,
or
you
do
not
consider
what
you
say
:
there
is
nothing
upon
the
Earth
so
amiable
as
the
Countess
,
I
must
have
her
to
Turin
,
the
temerity
of
her
Husband
hath
given
me
occasion
to
cause
him
to
be
arrested
;
and
his
Wife
will
not
fail
to
sollicite
for
his
liberty
:
let
us
haste
back
again
to
put
this
Artifice
in
execution
,
I
have
no
further
business
with
the
Lady
I
was
going
to
see
,
for
the
Countess
de
la
Moriene
hath
at
present
the
whole
possession
of
my
Soul
.
These
words
were
as
so
many
mortal
wounds
in
the
heart
of
the
amorous
Marquess
.
He
conjured
the
Duke
to
remember
that
the
Countess
was
his
Kinswoman
,
and
not
to
make
such
a
breach
on
the
favours
wherewith
he
had
honoured
him
;
he
alledged
that
it
would
be
believed
at
Court
,
his
Credit
and
Influence
upon
his
Highness
was
lost
,
when
it
should
be
seen
that
the
Husband
of
so
near
a
Relation
of
his
,
was
treated
with
that
rigour
.
What
he
hath
said
of
me
,
replied
the
Duke
,
ought
to
render
him
odious
to
all
that
love
me
:
and
you
ought
to
have
been
the
first
to
have
demanded
his
punishment
.
Besides
,
Savona
,
the
design
I
have
imparted
to
you
ought
not
to
alarm
your
punctilioes
of
Consanguinity
,
you
may
be
sure
I
will
do
your
Kinswoman
no
harm
,
I
will
rescue
her
out
of
a
Desert
,
where
she
cannot
but
live
with
much
trouble
&
reluctancy
;
I
will
give
her
the
choice
of
all
things
a
witty
Woman
ought
to
Ambition
;
and
if
she
understands
how
to
manage
her
own
Fortune
,
what
you
look
upon
as
the
unhappiness
of
the
Count
,
will
prove
at
last
the
Establishment
of
his
Family
.
As
he
resolved
,
so
he
did
:
he
sent
to
the
Count
de
la
Moriene's
House
to
apprehend
him
;
he
caused
him
to
be
committed
to
a
Tower
,
where
his
greatest
Prisoners
were
usually
disposed
;
and
that
he
might
he
more
commodiously
enjoy
the
sollicitations
of
the
Countess
,
he
retired
for
some
time
to
the
Castle
of
Thonon
,
situate
upon
the
Lake
of
Leman
,
it
being
a
Country-house
in
which
he
principally
delighted
.
The
Imprisonment
of
the
Count
de
Moriene
made
a
terrible
noise
in
the
Court
of
Savoy
.
Such
as
were
rigid
and
morose
condemned
it
exceedingly
,
and
called
it
no
less
than
violence
and
injustice
.
Some
whose
penetration
was
better
than
their
Neighbours
,
suspected
the
true
cause
,
whilst
others
who
were
guided
by
their
Interest
,
continued
their
respect
,
alledging
he
did
well
to
punish
the
insolence
of
that
man
,
That
in
the
actions
of
Soveraigns
all
things
were
to
be
regarded
as
the
Conduct
of
Providence
;
that
that
which
was
ungrateful
to
their
Subjects
,
might
have
a
higher
cause
than
they
could
comprehend
,
and
that
God
Almighty
would
not
have
subjected
so
many
to
the
power
of
one
man
,
had
not
he
resolved
to
take
particular
care
to
direct
him
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Countess
de
la
Moriene
repairs
with
all
speed
to
Thonon
,
as
the
Duke
had
prudently
foreseen
.
The
Marquess
went
out
to
receive
her
,
and
intreated
she
would
be
pleased
to
accept
of
his
Appartment
.
When
she
was
arrived
,
Well
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
you
are
now
at
Thonon
?
the
Court
must
be
your
ordinary
Residence
;
the
Deserts
where
my
Love
found
you
out
first
,
must
have
the
honour
of
possessing
you
no
longer
,
and
the
effects
of
your
Beauty
hath
given
you
the
same
authority
with
the
Duke
,
as
you
had
before
with
the
Marquess
of
Savona
only
.
What
do
you
mean
by
effects
of
Beauty
,
replied
the
Countess
,
and
authority
with
the
Duke
?
Are
these
the
marks
of
his
kindness
,
which
make
you
jealous
?
Ha!
Madam
,
replied
the
Marquess
,
you
are
not
yet
acquainted
with
the
Intrigue
,
the
Duke
was
in
Love
with
you
as
soon
as
ever
he
saw
you
;
your
Husbands
offence
is
but
a
pretence
to
get
you
hither
,
and
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
had
never
been
a
Prisoner
,
but
that
you
might
be
forced
to
sollicite
for
his
inlargement
.
Whenever
man
does
for
himself
intend
,
And
counts
the
minutes
tedious
till
it
fall
.
Nature
and
sense
gives
warning
of
his
friend
,
And
,
above
all
things
,
bids
not
trust
at
all
.
However
easie
't
be
,
't
is
prudence
still
,
To
make
ones
own
design
impossible
.
The
Countess
gave
no
Credit
at
first
to
the
Marquesses
Discourse
,
she
imagined
it
nothing
but
the
artificial
terrour
of
a
prying
Lover
,
to
whom
every
thing
gives
occasion
of
Jealousie
;
and
not
thinking
of
any
thing
but
the
business
she
came
about
,
she
desired
the
Marquess
to
present
her
to
the
Duke
.
The
Duke
received
her
very
supercilliously
,
the
better
to
play
the
part
of
an
offended
Soveraign
,
and
gave
her
just
cause
to
tell
the
Marquess
he
was
mistaken
in
his
Conjecture
,
and
that
an
amorous
Person
as
he
had
represented
himself
,
could
not
be
capable
of
so
much
austery
.
But
not
long
after
meeting
her
at
the
Countess
of
Geneva's
,
his
Sisters
House
,
he
took
her
into
a
Terrace
to
shew
her
the
Prospect
:
And
to
speak
truth
the
pretence
was
well
laid
,
for
doubtless
it
is
one
of
the
best
and
most
pleasant
in
the
World
.
The
first
Object
which
presents
it self
is
the
Lake
of
Leman
,
with
two
or
three
Villages
upon
the
side
of
it
,
from
whence
expatiating
upon
certain
Mountains
,
some
of
them
barren
,
others
more
beholden
to
Nature
,
but
all
covered
with
Snow
;
it
begins
to
abate
upon
the
ruines
of
a
Triumphal
Arch
,
which
seem
as
left
there
on
purpose
to
make
that
Prospect
superlative
.
The
Countess
having
observed
all
of
them
with
a
most
judicious
discernment
,
gave
the
Duke
an
opportunity
as
he
desired
himself
.
A
Lady
that
could
not
so
well
have
distinguisht
the
pleasures
of
this
Province
,
as
you
have
done
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
her
,
would
have
preferred
this
Prospect
before
the
insociable
Walks
of
a
solitary
Wood
,
and
yet
you
,
Madam
,
are
not
of
that
opinion
,
for
I
dare
lay
a
Wager
,
the
Castles
of
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
please
you
much
better
,
than
the
place
where
you
are
.
I
am
contented
,
Sir
,
where-ever
Fortune
disposes
me
,
replied
the
Countess
,
I
have
always
been
told
we
must
conform
to
her
humour
and
Capricio
,
if
we
would
live
quietly
without
agitation
,
and
therefore
,
Sir
,
as
she
hath
hitherto
given
me
to
understand
I
am
born
for
the
Castles
of
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
,
and
not
for
Thonnon
,
I
must
confess
to
your
Higness
one
of
my
greatest
Requests
to
her
is
,
that
I
may
obtain
a
sudden
dismission
,
and
return
to
my
old
Deserts
again
.
But
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
if
this
Fortune
you
speak
of
should
cause
you
to
change
your
Deserts
for
the
Court
,
would
you
appeal
from
her
Decrees
?
and
notwithstanding
your
inclination
and
promptitude
to
live
with
the
Count
,
could
you
not
be
as
happy
with
the
Duke
of
Savoy
?
I
never
,
Sir
,
create
Chimeras
to
my self
,
replied
the
Countess
,
I
am
ordained
to
live
with
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
,
and
not
to
such
Honour
as
your
Highness
proposes
:
suffer
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
to
bound
my
desires
with
my
power
.
You
know
not
your self
how
far
your
power
extends
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Duke
,
I
know
the
effects
of
it
much
better
than
you
;
and
if
your
desires
be
accordingly
,
you
shall
have
as
much
felicity
in
having
captivated
the
Duke
of
Savoy
to
your
Charms
,
as
you
had
power
to
do
it
:
You
do
but
sport
your self
,
Sir
,
with
my
misfortunes
,
replied
the
Countess
,
and
add
your
mirth
to
the
calamity
of
my
Husbands
imprisonment
.
If
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
you
believe
not
what
I
say
,
I
must
give
you
a
Witness
,
and
then
calling
the
Marquess
of
Savona
to
him
,
who
was
about
four
paces
off
,
so
mad
and
transported
with
Jealousie
,
he
was
a
hundred
times
ready
to
run
in
,
and
interrupt
them
.
He
commanded
him
to
tell
the
Countess
what
he
knew
of
his
affection
for
her
;
If
it
was
not
true
that
he
loved
her
at
first
sight
,
that
ever
since
it
hath
daily
increased
,
and
that
now
it
was
at
that
height
,
there
was
nothing
in
his
power
but
she
might
promise
her self
from
its
violence
.
It
was
a
hard
task
for
Savona
to
assure
his
Mistress
of
the
Love
of
his
Rival
:
He
did
all
that
was
possible
to
have
evaded
it
;
he
told
the
Duke
there
was
no
need
of
further
evidence
where
he
had
affirmed
,
for
his
own
assertion
was
above
all
other
Authority
.
No
,
no
,
replied
the
Prince
;
't
is
not
an
Elogy
I
desire
at
your
hands
,
tell
me
sincerely
without
these
Prologues
,
what
you
know
of
my
Love
.
His
Command
was
so
positive
,
and
uncapable
of
delay
,
he
was
forced
to
speak
and
tell
whatever
the
Duke
pleased
the
Couness
should
know
.
This
Discourse
was
made
with
so
much
constraint
,
the
Marquess
is
to
be
excused
in
whatever
he
said
;
but
the
Countess
taking
it
in
dudgeon
,
reproacht
him
by
his
Compliance
in
most
biting
and
acrimonious
terms
.
You
ought
,
said
she
to
him
Ironically
,
your self
have
delivered
me
up
to
the
desires
of
the
Duke
,
there
wanted
nothing
but
that
excess
of
obedience
,
for
you
to
have
discharged
your self
honourably
;
you
were
the
first
who
brought
me
the
News
of
Amedy's
Love
;
your
perpetual
suspicions
assure
me
of
its
perseverance
,
and
that
he
might
be
sure
not
to
be
ignorant
that
you
had
told
me
,
you
confirm
in
his
presence
,
what
you
told
me
in
private
,
Compleat
all
,
good
Marquess
of
Savona
,
and
go
and
tell
him
the
ways
you
took
to
surprise
me
your self
,
you
owe
that
confidence
to
the
benefits
of
so
incomparable
a
Master
.
The
Marquess
alledged
several
Arguments
in
his
defence
,
but
he
could
not
prevail
with
her
to
admit
them
:
As
one
is
always
innocent
,
whilst
he
pleases
,
so
when
he
begins
to
displease
,
he
is
always
to
blame
.
The
Countess
had
taken
up
a
fancy
,
that
the
Marquess
was
culpable
;
and
to
perfect
the
ruine
of
his
affairs
,
Amedy
having
Intelligence
that
the
Emperour
Sigismond
was
at
Lyons
,
sent
the
Marquess
of
Savona
thither
,
to
make
his
Complements
from
him
.
The
Duke
was
obliged
to
him
for
the
Erection
of
Savoy
into
a
Dutchy
,
which
carried
the
Title
only
of
a
County
,
till
the
said
Emperours
Journey
into
France
in
the
year
1416.
and
could
not
do
less
than
testifie
his
acknowledgments
by
that
Embassie
;
and
this
Commission
being
one
of
the
most
honourable
in
Amedy's
donation
,
he
cast
his
eyes
upon
his
Favourite
as
the
most
proper
Person
to
receive
it
.
At
another
time
he
would
have
accepted
it
with
thanks
,
but
then
he
lookt
upon
it
as
the
fatal
period
of
his
Amours
.
He
would
fain
have
exprest
his
apprehensions
to
the
Countess
,
and
have
conjured
her
to
have
opposed
them
;
but
she
cut
him
short
still
with
this
,
Have
you
not
promised
the
Duke
,
said
she
smiling
,
to
come
and
tell
me
from
him
,
that
he
is
resolved
to
take
the
advantage
of
your
absence
,
and
that
it
is
upon
that
design
you
are
sent
away
?
I
remember
when
first
you
told
me
of
his
Love
,
you
did
it
with
some
pretences
of
fear
,
and
I
expect
to
see
you
called
in
for
a
Witness
at
your
return
,
of
all
you
are
pleased
to
communicate
so
slyly
at
your
departure
.
Ha!
Madam
,
cryed
the
Marquess
of
Savona
,
you
know
at
your
heart
with
what
design
I
declared
the
Duke
of
Savoys
Love
to
you
at
first
,
and
with
what
design
I
now
desire
you
to
be
cautious
of
its
progress
.
I
know
no
more
,
replied
the
Countess
,
but
that
very
imprudently
you
told
me
Amedy
was
in
Love
with
me
;
that
since
you
have
confirmed
it
before
his
face
,
and
that
now
you
prognosticate
your
destruction
.
If
I
may
judge
of
your
Prophesie
by
what
is
past
,
this
pretended
destruction
is
concluded
already
betwixt
the
Duke
and
you
,
and
you
do
but
prepare
me
as
to
an
infallible
thing
.
A
Farewel
with
so
little
kindness
,
ought
not
to
leave
the
heart
of
the
Countess
so
well
fortified
,
as
to
resist
the
Attaques
of
the
Duke
of
Savoy
,
and
therefore
she
suffered
her self
to
be
vanquisht
without
any
considerable
resistance
;
the
talk
of
the
World
was
her
greatest
discouragement
,
and
the
Duke
wanting
neither
Examples
nor
Expedients
to
dissipate
that
scruple
,
the
Marquess
found
the
Treaty
very
far
advanced
at
his
return
.
The
Duke
,
according
to
his
custom
,
did
him
the
honour
to
communicate
even
this
Intrigue
with
him
;
he
told
him
the
Countess
hath
conjured
me
to
say
nothing
of
it
to
you
,
and
whether
she
fancies
you
severe
as
to
the
deportment
of
your
Kindred
,
or
whether
being
oftner
exposed
to
your
sight
,
than
other
people
,
she
is
unwilling
to
put
her self
upon
a
hazard
of
blushing
every
time
she
sees
you
,
but
she
seems
to
be
more
apprehensive
of
you
,
than
of
all
the
rest
of
the
Court
:
But
,
my
dear
Savona
,
you
are
much
better
known
to
me
than
to
the
Countess
,
and
I
should
rob
you
of
a
greater
pleasure
,
I
am
sure
,
if
I
should
suffer
you
to
be
ignorant
,
that
in
three
or
four
days
time
my
desires
will
be
perfectly
satisfied
.
The
Marquess
was
so
discomposed
at
this
discourse
,
it
had
like
to
have
betrayed
him
.
Do
you
say
,
Sir
,
replied
he
,
that
within
three
or
four
days
you
shall
enjoy
the
Countess
de
la
Moriene
?
Yes
,
said
the
Duke
,
and
I
had
enjoyed
her
before
this
,
had
she
not
very
prudently
judged
,
that
(
to
put
the
better
face
upon
my
coming
to
visit
her
)
it
would
be
necessary
to
counterfeit
her self
ill
,
and
she
pretends
to
be
ill
at
this
very
moment
;
my
Physitian
hath
order
to
give
out
her
life
is
in
danger
,
and
my
Sister
commiserating
the
report
,
is
to
be
the
first
that
shall
tell
me
the
Countess
is
sick
with
grief
upon
her
Husbands
Imprisonment
,
and
that
I
owe
so
much
to
her
Quality
and
Sex
,
as
to
bestow
one
consolatory
Visit
upon
her
,
to
recompence
in
some
sort
the
affliction
I
have
given
her
.
Is
it
possible
?
just
Heavens
!
replied
the
Marquess
,
according
to
the
sudden
dictates
of
his
thoughts
.
How
now
!
whence
this
astonishment
,
cryed
the
Duke
,
interrupting
him
,
did
you
believe
the
Enterprise
more
difficult
,
or
had
the
Countess
reason
,
when
she
suspected
your
niceness
about
the
purity
of
your
blood
?
No
,
Sir
,
replied
Savona
,
recollecting
himself
;
but
I
believed
the
Conquest
as
troublesom
as
glorious
,
and
in
the
passion
I
have
for
your
interests
,
cannot
but
admire
the
Countess
should
be
conquered
so
cheap
.
Nay
,
replied
Amedy
,
I
found
her
high
enough
of
her self
;
but
a
Prince
of
my
Quality
and
Age
,
ought
not
to
meet
with
one
moments
resistance
.
When
a
Soveraign
Prince
is
born
,
it
is
to
command
all
that
are
about
him
,
and
I
am
resolved
for
the
future
to
put
the
Ladies
of
Savoy
into
a
more
commodious
posture
,
than
they
at
present
are
in
.
Having
spoke
these
words
,
the
Duke
left
him
,
and
went
to
see
the
Countess
of
Geneva
;
the
Marquess
retired
to
his
own
Appartment
,
so
confused
and
transported
with
rage
,
I
cannot
without
crime
repeat
the
flagitious
designs
he
had
at
that
time
in
his
head
.
He
would
go
to
the
treacherous
Countess
,
reproach
her
by
her
Treason
,
and
if
he
could
not
hinder
the
execution
of
her
promise
,
he
resolved
to
stab
her
,
even
before
the
face
of
the
Duke
:
Sometimes
he
would
steal
her
away
,
sometimes
kill
himself
;
and
if
any
thing
worse
presented
it self
to
his
thoughts
,
he
would
do
it
immediately
:
But
his
reason
at
length
overcoming
these
effluctions
,
he
concluded
to
deliver
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
,
if
he
could
,
and
cause
him
to
carry
away
his
Wife
.
The
design
is
too
large
to
be
particularized
here
,
but
the
execution
was
not
so
difficult
as
might
have
been
imagined
.
Since
the
Countess
became
tractable
,
her
Husband
was
not
guarded
with
that
strictness
as
before
:
The
Duke
who
understood
himself
well
enough
,
and
had
caused
the
said
Count
to
be
arrested
upon
a
reason
which
was
almost
effected
,
considered
he
should
not
keep
him
long
in
Prison
:
He
loved
only
upon
the
common
design
,
and
it
was
with
him
as
with
the
greatest
part
of
his
Sex
,
his
felicity
was
never
at
any
great
distance
from
his
disgust
.
The
Countess
lodged
in
the
Marquesses
Appartment
,
and
Thonnon
was
rather
a
House
of
Pleasure
than
Defence
.
The
Marquess
made
an
excuse
to
Thurin
;
he
visited
the
Count
de
la
Moriene
,
acquainted
him
with
what
had
passed
,
and
giving
him
a
true
notion
of
the
danger
his
life
and
Fortune
were
in
,
they
agreed
upon
the
ways
,
and
what
Refuge
the
Count
was
to
take
.
The
Officer
who
guarded
the
Prisoner
,
was
one
of
the
Marquess
his
Creatures
,
to
whom
(
as
many
others
did
also
)
he
ought
both
his
place
and
his
life
.
Things
being
so
well
disposed
at
Thurin
,
the
Marquess
returned
to
Thonnon
;
he
placed
more
of
his
Creatures
at
the
door
of
the
Appartment
where
the
Countess
lay
,
which
opened
into
a
Garden
from
whence
they
might
easily
make
the
Lake
;
he
ordered
these
people
to
open
this
door
upon
a
Signal
agreed
betwixt
the
Count
and
he
;
he
had
taken
care
to
have
a
Boat
provided
,
and
lye
ready
till
they
came
.
The
business
succeeded
as
well
as
they
could
desire
,
the
Count
was
delivered
out
of
Prison
,
and
brought
privately
one
night
into
his
Wifes
Chamber
;
he
acquainted
her
that
from
very
good
hands
he
had
Intelligence
the
Duke
had
ill
designs
upon
her
Person
;
he
pretended
to
be
perswaded
she
knew
not
of
them
her self
.
supposing
a
positive
charge
might
have
affrighted
her
too
much
;
and
commanding
her
to
follow
,
she
saw
so
much
in
the
old
mans
face
that
he
would
be
obeyed
,
that
she
durst
neither
cry
out
nor
contest
.
He
conveyed
her
to
the
Bark
,
and
from
the
Water
,
in
a
Coach
well
guarded
;
the
Marquess
having
placed
fresh
Guards
at
convenient
distances
.
When
he
judged
the
Fugitives
too
far
off
to
be
overtaken
,
he
was
the
first
that
carried
the
News
to
the
Prince
:
I
always
thought
,
said
he
to
him
,
the
Conquest
of
the
Countess
was
too
cheap
to
be
certain
;
she
hath
pretended
to
comply
,
to
delude
your
Highness
with
the
more
security
;
and
would
scarce
have
been
so
tractable
,
but
to
compass
her
designs
without
suspicion
:
she
hath
got
her
Husband
out
of
Prison
,
and
hath
so
contrived
it
,
she
hath
made
him
steal
away
her
.
It
is
not
to
be
exprest
the
trouble
this
relation
gave
Amedy
;
he
caused
all
his
Family
to
mount
immediately
and
persue
:
Bring
me
,
said
he
,
alive
or
dead
that
impudent
Fellow
,
who
after
he
had
so
highly
offended
me
,
durst
be
so
audacious
as
to
break
Prison
himself
,
and
out
of
my
own
House
force
away
his
Wife
,
whom
I
had
kept
there
as
a
Hostage
for
him
,
he
shall
perish
,
and
all
his
Accomplices
,
though
my
own
Son
were
in
the
number
.
From
these
publick
discourses
passing
to
private
,
Do
not
you
think
me
the
unhappiest
man
alive
,
Savona
,
said
the
Prince
to
his
Favourite
,
to
lose
this
Woman
the
very
night
before
I
was
to
enjoy
her
?
To
morrow
,
to
morrow
,
my
dear
Marquess
,
my
desires
should
have
been
satisfied
,
she
would
have
consented
,
and
the
very
moment
was
appointed
for
that
blessed
Enterview
.
Do
you
not
perceive
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Marquess
,
that
she
consented
no
further
,
but
to
make
her
pretended
consent
ineffectual
at
last
?
Ha!
Savona
,
Savona
,
cryed
the
Duke
,
she
consented
in
good
earnest
,
I
know
it
by
the
motions
and
variations
of
her
countenance
,
she
loved
me
entirely
,
and
I
date
swear
the
poor
Woman
was
carried
away
in
spight
of
her
teeth
,
would
you
had
seen
with
what
kindness
she
received
the
assurances
of
my
passion
;
and
what
protestations
she
made
me
of
her
own
.
These
words
toucht
the
Marquess
to
the
Soul
,
he
had
need
of
all
his
temper
and
ambition
,
to
restrain
himself
from
breaking
out
;
and
had
not
the
consideration
of
the
condition
of
his
Rival
qualified
his
anger
,
there
had
been
nothing
so
desperate
but
he
would
have
attempted
.
In
the
mean
time
,
those
who
were
sent
after
the
Countess
,
contrary
to
the
Marquesses
presumption
,
overtook
her
:
Their
Coach
had
been
overturned
;
they
had
had
some
other
disasters
in
their
Equipage
:
and
the
Countess
leaving
Thonnon
much
against
her
will
,
had
counterfeited
her self
ill
so
artificially
,
that
all
the
Frontier
were
stopt
,
before
the
Count
could
get
at
them
They
were
arrested
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Dauphin
,
where
the
Count
had
designed
his
retreat
.
When
he
understood
the
Dukes
Guards
inquired
for
him
,
he
barricadoed
himself
in
the
Inn
,
resolved
to
perish
before
he
would
surrender
.
The
persons
sent
after
him
,
having
express
Orders
to
bring
him
dead
or
alive
,
never
stood
upon
Complements
,
they
prest
him
so
close
,
there
was
no
possibility
of
escaping
:
and
those
who
are
far
gone
in
Stoicism
,
being
not
far
from
Barbarity
,
the
Count
took
up
a
resolution
suitable
to
the
fierceness
of
his
own
Nature
,
and
his
hatred
for
Amedy
.
He
killed
the
fair
Countess
,
and
stab'd
himself
when
he
had
done
.
Let
the
Reader
imagine
,
if
he
pleases
,
the
transport
the
Duke
was
in
at
this
horrible
News
.
He
said
,
and
he
did
things
very
inconsistent
with
his
Dignity
;
but
that
which
gave
the
highest
tincture
to
his
despair
,
was
,
to
understand
that
it
was
his
dear
Favourite
,
the
Marquess
of
Savona
,
had
given
him
this
bob
.
The
Count
reproaching
the
Countess
by
the
way
,
had
let
fall
some
words
which
assured
her
of
the
truth
,
which
words
she
had
writ
down
in
her
Table-book
(
found
in
her
Pocket
after
she
was
dead
)
with
design
to
send
them
by
the
first
opportunity
to
the
Duke
.
The
Prince
,
finding
himself
betrayed
,
to
satisfie
his
Revenge
,
used
all
the
means
a
just
indignation
and
an
absolute
power
could
invent
.
He
caused
the
Marquess
to
be
stab'd
,
he
confiscated
the
Count
de
la
Morienes
Estate
,
and
annext
it
to
his
demeasness
:
and
not
being
able
ever
after
to
be
reconciled
to
the
World
,
he
resigned
the
Government
into
the
hands
of
his
Son
Charles
,
whom
he
married
to
the
Princess
of
Cyprus
;
and
retiring
to
his
solitude
of
Ripaille
,
he
remained
there
till
he
was
made
Anti-Pope
.
During
this
recess
he
composed
his
Memoires
,
out
of
which
we
have
taken
this
Relation
.
The
general
History
says
only
this
,
that
Amady
retired
upon
some
secret
discontent
,
but
gives
no
account
of
particulars
.
Our
Annals
of
Love
supply
that
defect
,
as
they
have
done
several
other
,
and
could
have
carried
their
disquisition
much
further
,
if
they
might
have
been
permitted
:
An
Anti-pope
of
the
Dukes
humour
is
very
proper
to
furnish
us
with
Rarities
,
but
the
Italian
Proverb
tells
us
.
Al
negocio
del
Cielo
,
Se
bastava
gli
Angeli
.
Let
Angels
sing
the
things
above
,
They
are
too
high
for
Tales
of
Love
.
We
are
in
an
humour
of
speaking
of
the
strange
Effects
of
Love
,
Agnes
de
Castro
.
and
must
satisfie
the
Capricio
of
our
Genius
.
Don
Pedro
Prince
of
Portugal
,
Son
to
Don
Alphonso
,
was
almost
contemporary
with
Amedy
,
the
King
his
Father
had
a
second
Wife
who
governed
him
absolutely
.
The
Prince
obtained
no
favour
from
the
King
,
but
what
he
ought
to
his
Complacence
for
the
Queen
;
and
,
as
the
highest
excess
of
her
Tyranny
,
she
would
constrain
him
to
marry
a
Daughter
of
hers
called
Leonora
,
which
she
had
had
by
her
first
Husband
James
of
Arragon
.
The
Lady
was
handsom
,
and
had
not
Don
Pedro
been
under
a
necessity
of
loving
her
,
it
is
possible
he
would
have
loved
her
well
enough
;
but
Love
is
hardly
to
be
obtruded
upon
a
generous
Soul
.
Don
Pedro's
natural
inclinations
were
great
,
his
Courage-high
,
he
could
not
truckle
to
the
Orders
of
the
Queen
;
and
the
more
eager
she
was
to
force
his
affection
for
the
Princess
,
he
was
the
more
obstinate
and
averse
.
He
had
a
Nurse
(
widow
to
the
Marquess
de
Castro
)
who
had
an
influence
upon
him
.
In
all
the
Countries
on
that
side
the
Mountains
,
the
Nurses
are
chosen
as
chosen
as
much
by
their
Extraction
,
as
any
other
Qualification
whatever
.
They
have
an
opinion
,
that
the
inclinations
of
ordinary
Women
are
transfused
with
their
milk
:
and
I
am
not
certain
whether
it
be
altogether
irrational
.
The
Queen
accumultated
her
Caresses
and
Presents
upon
this
Lady
,
and
conjured
her
to
imploy
the
utmost
of
her
interest
to
dispose
the
young
Prince
to
what
she
desired
;
but
who
is
it
but
knows
how
much
Fortune
delights
to
defeat
the
designs
of
humane
Prudence
?
The
way
the
Queen
proposed
to
make
her
project
successful
,
proved
the
greatest
and
most
effectual
obstruction
.
This
Marquesses
Lady
had
a
Daughter
named
Agnes
,
a
sprightly
and
handsom
young
Lady
.
The
Prince
had
seen
her
without
any
Concernment
,
whilst
he
had
viewed
her
en
passant
,
but
the
Commission
her
Mother
had
received
from
the
Queen
,
giving
him
more
frequent
occasions
of
entertaining
her
.
the
Prince
became
enamour'd
at
last
.
What
he
had
suckt
from
the
breast
of
her
Mother
,
fermented
in
his
heart
in
favour
to
the
Daughter
,
and
the
Love
which
was
produced
from
so
natural
a
Sympathy
,
was
violent
from
its
very
beginning
.
The
Prince
was
not
able
to
suffer
without
declaring
it
.
The
Terms
in
which
he
did
it
,
were
not
displeasing
to
the
young
Castro
;
and
being
a
handsom
man
in
his
person
,
it
cost
him
no
great
trouble
to
insinuate
into
her
affection
;
the
greatest
discouragement
she
had
,
was
their
uncertainty
of
her
Mother
.
She
was
a
Woman
entirely
devoted
to
the
Interest
of
the
Royal
Family
;
she
would
not
see
her
own
Daughter
advanced
to
the
Throne
,
at
the
expence
of
the
least
difference
betwixt
the
King
and
his
Son
;
and
being
not
of
a
Temper
to
be
easily
deluded
,
Agnes
was
perswaded
she
would
not
endure
the
passion
of
the
Prince
.
She
represented
her
Judgment
to
him
,
and
though
of
her self
she
could
have
heard
them
eternally
,
yet
she
conjured
him
for
those
reasons
to
give
over
that
discourse
.
But
those
kind
of
Conjurations
are
always
in
vain
;
a
Lover
is
never
so
furious
,
as
where
reasons
are
introduced
to
perswade
him
to
the
contrary
.
The
Princes
passion
was
augmented
by
this
difficulty
;
but
to
accommodate
with
the
prudence
of
Anges
,
which
he
could
not
deny
to
be
upon
very
good
grounds
,
he
resolved
to
counterfeit
an
affection
for
the
Princess
of
Arragon
,
but
with
this
contrivance
,
that
whatever
he
should
be
forced
to
say
to
Leonora
;
should
be
received
by
Agnes
as
intended
to
her
,
and
the
progresses
he
made
upon
the
heart
of
the
one
,
should
be
constantly
placed
upon
the
account
of
the
other
.
This
resolution
being
taken
,
and
the
Conditions
agreed
,
Don
Pedro
pretended
to
comply
with
his
Nurses
advice
.
The
King
and
the
Queen
overjoy'd
with
this
change
,
advanced
the
whole
Family
of
the
Marchioness
,
and
made
a
thousand
Presents
to
Agnes
.
It
was
a
rare
thing
,
and
very
much
to
the
Reputation
of
Love
,
of
Lovers
of
that
Age
to
delude
the
Dagacity
of
two
wise
and
interested
Women
,
and
a
King
accomplished
in
all
the
Mysteries
of
Government
;
but
that
which
was
most
pleasant
of
all
,
was
the
blindness
of
the
Princess
of
Arragon
,
who
knowing
her self
handsom
enough
to
be
beloved
,
and
receiving
the
same-expressions
,
which
the
Prince
,
if
he
durst
,
would
have
made
to
the
young
Castro
,
made
many
acknowledgments
to
her
Rival
for
her
assistance
,
without
suspecting
the
least
.
One
night
when
in
the
presence
of
Agnes
the
Prince
beg'd
a
kiss
of
Leonora
so
earnestly
,
he
was
in
a
fair
way
to
have
prevailed
:
Not
so
fast
,
Madam
,
if
you
pleased
,
cryed
the
young
Castro
,
you
do
not
consider
what
you
are
about
to
do
;
there
are
more
persons
concerned
in
your
conduct
,
than
perhaps
you
imagine
,
and
you
must
answer
for
my
Vertue
,
if
you
expose
your
own
in
things
unworthy
of
your
Modesty
.
The
Princess
,
who
knew
nothing
of
the
agreement
betwixt
Agnes
and
the
Prince
,
being
surprised
,
askt
her
,
how
she
became
responsable
for
her
Vertue
;
Do
you
not
know
,
Madam
,
replied
Agnes
,
that
Persons
of
your
Eminence
and
Extraction
,
are
to
be
Examples
to
all
their
Inferiours
?
I
look
upon
you
,
Madam
,
as
my
Model
,
and
had
I
a
Servant
,
I
should
think
I
might
do
any
thing
innocently
,
that
I
saw
you
do
before
me
with
the
Prince
.
Yes
indeed
,
replied
the
Princess
,
you
might
do
it
innocently
enough
,
I
never
condemn
that
in
another
,
which
I
practise
my self
,
and
I
do
not
think
I
had
transgressed
the
bounds
of
Civility
so
far
,
but
I
might
have
been
imitated
by
all
the
Women
in
the
World
.
The
Prince
durst
not
interpose
in
their
Converse
;
he
did
not
at
first
discern
what
Agnes
intended
,
and
when
he
had
,
he
durst
not
contradict
her
for
fear
of
discovering
the
Secret
:
But
when
he
saw
the
question
dccided
in
his
favour
,
and
that
by
the
mouth
of
the
Princess
,
he
made
a
sudden
acclamation
,
magnified
her
Equity
,
as
he
called
it
,
and
after
that
day
Leonora
did
nothing
in
obedience
to
the
Orders
of
the
Queen
,
but
Don
Pedro
exacted
the
same
from
the
kindness
of
Agnes
:
If
he
received
an
obliging
Letter
from
Leonora
,
See
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
young
Castro
,
the
Princess
shews
you
what
you
are
to
do
to
your
Servant
.
If
the
Princess
gave
him
a
Brasselet
,
you
may
learn
by
this
,
said
the
Prince
to
Agnes
,
you
are
to
gratifie
your
Servant
,
the
Princess
has
given
you
an
Example
,
and
it
will
be
injustice
in
you
not
to
follow
it
.
The
deluded
Princess
confirmed
all
the
Prince
did
already
,
and
Don
Pedro
abusing
her
Errour
,
made
her
most
pitilesly
pronounce
sentence
many
times
against
her self
:
But
this
kind
of
Recreation
was
too
pleasant
to
last
long
.
Don
Pedro
had
made
a
Paper
of
Verses
for
Agnes
under
the
Name
of
Leonora
,
and
resolved
to
present
them
to
the
Princess
in
earnest
when
Agnes
had
seen
them
,
but
Agnes
having
a
desire
to
keep
,
and
consider
them
a
while
,
unhappily
the
Verses
dropt
one
day
out
of
her
Pocket
,
and
were
brought
to
Leonora
before
the
Prince
could
bring
them
himself
.
Leonora
thought
they
had
been
lost
,
and
took
great
pains
to
remember
what
she
had
done
with
them
,
when
the
Prince
came
in
and
presented
them
to
her
again
.
In
searching
for
other
papers
,
he
had
found
them
in
his
Pockets
;
and
thinking
it
never
unseasonable
to
make
a
Present
,
he
brought
them
to
Leonora
in
great
haste
,
as
if
they
had
been
finisht
but
just
then
.
The
Princess
blusht
when
she
knew
them
,
and
being
told
by
the
person
that
found
them
,
that
they
fello
out
of
Agnes's
Pocket
;
You
will
do
me
a
pleasure
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
Prince
,
not
to
give
any
thing
to
another
body
that
is
intended
for
me
.
Don
Pedro
assured
her
he
had
obeyed
her
before-hand
,
and
that
those
Verses
had
never
been
shown
but
to
her
:
and
persisting
in
that
story
,
the
Princess
began
to
be
angry
,
went
into
the
Queens
Chamber
,
and
gave
her
an
account
of
what
had
past
.
The
wise
Queen
found
matters
of
suspicion
,
which
the
unexperienced
Leonora
had
not
discovered
:
There
was
a
kind
of
a
Love-knot
in
the
Verses
of
Agnes
,
which
were
not
in
those
presented
to
Leonora
,
and
the
Name
of
the
Princess
writ
in
another
Character
.
There
wanted
no
more
to
perswade
the
Queen
of
the
truth
:
She
sent
for
the
Prince
,
and
told
him
,
that
he
had
placed
his
Hypocrisie
very
ill
;
that
the
Marchioness
of
Castro
and
her
Daughter
,
were
too
sensible
to
be
accessory
to
his
disobedience
;
that
it
was
by
the
Kings
express
Orders
Agnes
had
pretended
to
hearken
to
his
protestations
,
and
to
testifie
what
she
said
,
she
had
presented
to
the
King
the
very
same
day
the
last
Verses
he
had
made
for
her
.
This
fetch
succeeded
as
the
Queen
could
desire
,
the
Prince
blusht
,
and
saying
only
he
could
not
have
thought
young
Agnes
so
perfidious
,
by
his
silence
he
seemed
to
consent
to
the
whole
accusation
.
The
Queen
taking
up
an
opinion
the
Marchioness
had
betray'd
her
,
gave
the
King
notice
of
her
ambitious
designs
;
upon
which
she
and
her
Daughter
both
were
forbidden
the
Court
,
and
the
Prince
murmuring
against
that
prohibition
;
they
doubled
their
rigour
,
and
interdicted
him
the
liberty
of
seeing
them
at
home
.
The
Prince
perceiving
by
that
what
a
Trick
they
had
plaid
him
,
swore
he
would
be
revenged
,
threatned
the
Queen
in
the
Kings
presence
,
and
forbore
visiting
Leonora
any
more
.
But
all
this
would
not
satisife
the
Marchioness
,
her
Genius
lay
for
the
Court
,
and
she
could
not
live
out
of
the
Verge
of
it
.
She
writ
to
the
Queen
,
and
protested
the
two
Lovers
had
deceived
her
;
and
to
make
good
what
she
affirmed
,
she
promised
to
watch
them
more
narrowly
for
the
future
,
and
give
her
Majesty
a
faithful
account
of
their
proceedings
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Prince
could
not
live
without
Agnes
,
he
wanted
not
such
as
carried
his
Letters
,
and
returned
him
her
Answers
.
This
kind
of
convenience
would
have
been
a
great
matter
to
one
which
had
never
been
happier
,
but
in
Love
all
descents
are
precipices
,
and
all
stumblings
are
falls
.
He
considered
that
the
Marchioness
house
stood
close
by
a
Park-wall
,
which
joyned
to
the
Gardens
of
the
Palace
,
and
that
Agnes's
Appartment
had
the
prospect
on
that
side
.
He
gave
Agnes
notice
of
the
commodity
,
and
having
furnisht
himself
with
a
Ladder
of
Cord
,
he
went
every
night
out
of
his
Chamber
when
his
Servants
were
asleep
,
and
without
the
company
of
any
(
but
one
of
his
Officers
who
lay
without
in
the
Wardrobe
)
repaired
under
his
Agnes's
Window
.
They
had
much
and
frequent
discourse
,
and
that
so
kind
.
The
Confident
of
these
Enterviews
imagining
they
might
be
further
improved
to
his
Masters
satisfaction
,
resolved
what
he
could
to
drive
them
to
the
height
.
He
was
an
old
Fornicator
,
and
had
had
many
an
Intrigue
past
through
his
hands
in
his
time
,
he
apprehended
the
Princes
desires
would
be
satiated
with
injoying
her
,
and
knowing
that
those
desires
were
displeasing
to
the
King
,
he
concluded
he
should
do
both
King
and
Master
good
service
,
if
he
could
put
an
end
to
these
Conferences
.
He
provided
himself
of
another
Ladder
,
hid
it
in
a
Hedge
near
Agnes's
Windows
,
and
observing
one
night
by
the
Ladies
discourse
,
that
that
was
a
favourable
conjecture
for
his
designs
:
To
what
purpose
,
Sir
,
said
he
to
the
Prince
,
is
this
spinning
of
time
,
when
you
may
dispatch
all
,
if
you
please
?
Mount
,
mount
,
Sir
,
and
go
to
her
,
and
do
what
you
have
to
do
nearer
hand
,
and
then
set
up
his
Ladder
.
This
counsel
was
pleasing
,
and
the
Prince
(
the
Window
being
low
)
was
at
the
upper
end
of
the
Ladder
,
as
soon
as
his
Confident
had
proposed
it
;
Agnes
was
discreet
,
and
no
having
suspected
such
an
Attaque
,
she
could
not
receive
it
without
horrour
:
she
retired
immediately
to
the
next
Chamber
,
from
thence
into
the
Hall
,
and
thence
down
the
stairs
.
The
Prince
followed
her
as
close
as
he
could
;
but
not
knowing
the
turnings
of
the
House
,
and
the
Fugitive
being
still
some
distance
before
,
there
was
always
a
Chamber
betwixt
them
.
Young
Agnes
without
doubt
could
have
wisht
he
had
been
nearer
,
and
began
already
to
fear
lest
he
should
hurt
himself
in
the
dark
,
and
as
if
the
stairs
had
been
the
bounds
of
her
apprehension
,
she
was
just
thinking
of
returning
from
whence
she
came
;
but
she
was
prevented
in
that
by
her
Mother
and
the
Princess
of
Arragon
.
Her
Mother
did
not
believe
the
Princes
desires
were
lawful
,
nor
(
if
they
had
)
that
they
could
have
ever-been
executed
,
and
therefore
had
kept
her
Parole
very
punctually
with
the
Queen
.
She
had
watcht
the
two
Lovers
so
close
,
she
had
discovered
their
nocturnal
Entertainments
:
she
had
given
faithful
advertisement
,
and
Leonora
like
an
inraged
Lover
,
delighting
to
reproach
his
Treason
to
the
Traitor
himself
,
got
leave
of
the
Queen
that
she
might
lye
privately
in
the
Marchionesses
House
,
and
if
possible
,
catch
her
Gallant
in
the
fact
.
At
so
an
unexpected
apparition
,
Agnes
gave
a
skreek
,
and
would
have
run
to
the
Prince
to
have
saved
her
,
but
her
Mother
stopt
her
,
and
giving
her
a
twirl
by
the
Elbow
,
thrust
her
towards
the
next
Chamber
:
As
she
opened
the
door
,
there
came
so
sudden
a
gust
of
wind
out
of
it
,
as
blew
out
the
Marquesses
Candle
;
she
was
afraid
her
Daughter
should
have
escaped
in
that
interval
,
and
having
a
mind
to
surprise
the
Prince
,
whom
nevertheless
she
believed
to
be
under
the
Window
,
she
seized
upon
Agnes
her self
,
and
would
not
let
her
stir
,
till
a
new
light
was
brought
.
Leonora
committing
the
care
of
securing
the
young
Castro
to
her
Mother
,
slipt
privately
without
any
noise
into
the
Chamber
from
whence
her
Rival
came
out
.
The
Prince
by
the
glimmering
of
the
Moon
(
which
was
then
rising
)
was
just
got
thither
,
and
taking
Leonora
for
the
person
he
pursued
,
he
threw
himself
upon
her
,
and
clipt
her
in
his
Arms
with
as
much
ardour
as
could
be
expected
from
the
affection
of
an
amorous
young
man
:
Dear
Agnes
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
,
why
do
you
withdraw
from
my
affections
?
are
you
not
sensible
of
their
purity
?
I
swear
,
Agnes
,
and
I
call
Heaven
to
witness
,
my
design
is
nothing
else
but
to
set
the
Crown
of
Portugal
upon
your
Head
;
sweeten
this
attempt
of
mine
with
some
expression
of
your
kindness
,
and
trust
your self
for
once
to
the
faith
of
a
Person
that
adores
you
:
You
are
not
ignorant
of
my
passion
,
you
are
acquainted
with
all
the
fallacies
I
have
put
upon
Leonora
,
the
indeed
inhumane
way
I
have
taken
to
make
her
a
blind
and
a
cover
for
my
affection
to
you
;
and
the
little
advantage
I
have
made
of
her
Errours
,
have
given
you
an
entire
prospect
of
my
Soul
.
The
innocence
of
the
Princes
intentions
made
him
a
little
bold
,
he
interrupted
his
discourses
with
some
little
exorbitances
,
and
so
resolute
he
was
to
make
Agnes
his
Wife
,
that
doubtless
he
would
have
presumed
to
have
anticipated
in
some
points
,
had
not
the
Marchioness
came
into
the
Chamber
with
her
Candle
.
It
is
no
easie
matter
to
determine
who
was
in
the
greatest
Consternation
,
the
Princess
to
have
heard
the
Princes
Discourss
,
the
Marchioness
to
find
Don
Pedro
where
he
was
,
and
the
Prince
at
the
Apparition
both
of
the
one
and
the
other
.
For
some
time
they
were
all
of
them
amazed
,
and
stood
gazing
one
upon
another
without
speaking
a
word
;
but
at
length
old
Castro
coming
first
to
her
tongue
,
she
accosted
him
thus
:
How
!
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
Prince
,
and
is
it
true
that
you
make
no
scruple
of
sullying
the
Honour
of
a
Person
,
which
gave
you
your
first
nourishment
?
Is
this
,
Sir
,
my
recompence
for
having
born
you
so
often
,
and
with
so
much
tenderness
,
at
my
bosom
?
Ha!
Sir
,
could
I
ever
have
expected
this
treatment
from
Don
Pedro
,
or
from
the
Son
of
the
Great
King
Alphonso
?
Was
I
then
to
be
the
Victime
of
your
secret
passions
,
added
the
Princess
,
did
I
serve
but
as
a
stale
and
pretence
,
and
was
it
only
for
the
Love
of
Agnes
you
pretended
to
love
me
?
The
Prince
at
this
second
Charge
,
conceiving
the
Service
too
hot
,
quitted
the
field
,
and
having
with
great
speed
secured
his
Ladder
,
he
rescued
himself
from
the
reproaches
of
two
outragious
Women
.
This
Adventure
made
as
much
noise
in
the
Court
as
could
be
expected
from
the
fury
of
the
Queen
,
and
the
Authority
she
had
usurped
over
the
Spirit
of
the
King
.
The
promises
which
Don
Pedro
made
by
mistake
to
Leonora
,
interfering
with
the
Power
of
the
King
,
there
was
no
kind
of
reprehension
but
it
drew
upon
the
Prince
;
those
appearances
of
Love
wherewith
he
had
abused
the
Princess
of
Arragon
,
giving
occasion
of
offence
to
the
Royal
Family
from
whence
she
was
descended
,
pusht
on
the
Queen
in
her
murmurs
and
threats
,
even
to
an
excess
:
she
exclaimed
against
the
consequences
of
that
insolence
,
and
nothing
could
repair
it
but
either
the
Prince
must
marry
her
immediately
,
or
else
the
King
must
give
her
leave
to
retire
with
her
Daughter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Arragon
.
The
Marchioness
her self
,
who
by
Leonora's
condonation
was
become
clearly
of
her
side
,
and
desired
his
Majesty
to
assign
her
a
Husband
for
her
Daughter
,
declaring
that
after
such
contumacy
as
she
had
committed
,
it
was
but
reason
she
should
expect
one
no
where
else
but
from
the
bounty
of
the
King
.
The
Prince
endeavoured
to
dis-entangle
himself
as
well
as
he
could
;
sometimes
he
stormed
like
a
mad
man
,
sometimes
he
submitted
,
sometimes
he
threatned
to
attempt
any
thing
for
the
vindication
of
his
liberty
,
and
then
again
he
would
call
for
quarter
to
purchase
a
little
repose
.
The
King
observing
his
disorder
to
increase
,
and
that
the
more
violent
it
became
,
the
more
it
was
opposed
,
he
thought
no
way
so
sure
to
put
an
end
to
it
,
as
to
cause
Agnes
to
be
killed
.
She
dyed
,
as
the
Queen
gave
out
,
of
the
small
Pox
,
but
the
more
learned
Authors
are
of
opinion
it
was
by
poyson
.
It
is
easie
to
conceive
Don
Pedro's
distraction
at
so
Tragical
an
accident
,
he
resolved
to
revenge
himself
upon
whom
ever
he
did
but
suspect
to
have
an
hand
in
it
,
and
his
Father
dying
just
in
the
nick
,
hence
it
was
there
arose
an
irreconciliable
quarrel
betwixt
the
two
Crowns
of
Arragon
and
Portugal
.
Don
Pedro
sacrificed
ten
years
War
,
and
so
much
blood
to
the
Ghost
of
his
dear
Agnes
,
as
might
well
have
given
him
the
addition
of
Cruel
,
had
not
the
gentleness
of
the
latter
end
attoned
for
the
beginning
of
his
Raign
.
THere
was
another
Agnes
living
almost
about
the
same
time
,
The
Countess
of
Pontieuvre
.
no
less
famous
in
the
History
of
France
,
than
Agnes
de
Castro
in
the
History
of
Portugal
.
She
was
Mistress
to
Charles
VII
.
who
governed
the
French
Monarchy
from
the
year
1422
,
to
the
year
1461.
The
troubles
which
happened
in
his
Raign
,
are
not
my
province
in
this
place
:
There
are
Authors
enough
have
related
the
Invasion
of
the
English
,
and
the
Exploits
performed
by
the
Pucelle
in
their
expulsion
;
I
will
concern
my self
no
further
than
the
Amours
of
this
Agnes
.
The
Dauphin
of
France
known
since
by
the
Name
of
Lewix
XI
.
endured
with
great
impatience
the
Power
this
Woman
had
usurpt
upon
his
Father
.
He
acted
nothing
but
by
her
Counsels
;
he
gave
her
the
Barony
of
Pontieuvre
'
(
which
till
then
was
always
an
Appanage
of
the
youngest
Sons
of
the
Royal
Family
)
and
all
Favours
and
Offices
in
the
Kingdom
past
through
her
hands
.
A
great
part
of
her
Influence
she
imployed
in
obliging
the
Prince
,
and
omitted
nothing
which
might
mitigate
the
animosity
he
had
against
her
;
but
the
Kings
Presents
passing
through
her
hands
,
were
impregnated
with
poyson
.
He
had
tryed
several
ways
to
destroy
her
,
but
none
succeeded
;
however
he
would
not
give
over
,
but
resolved
upon
another
he
believed
more
infaillible
.
He
had
a
Favourite
called
Chaubannes
,
Count
of
Dammartin
,
the
handsomest
young
Lord
in
all
the
Court
;
he
proposed
it
to
him
to
make
Love
to
her
,
and
knowing
his
Fathers
Jealousie
,
he
doubted
not
but
he
should
ruine
the
Countess
,
if
he
could
convince
her
of
the
least
infidelity
.
He
imparted
his
design
to
the
Count
,
and
conjured
his
concurrence
.
The
Proposition
at
first
appeared
to
be
dangerous
▪
he
demanded
of
the
Dauphin
what
Expedient
he
had
thought
of
to
secure
him
against
his
Fathers
indignation
,
if
his
design
should
happen
to
be
suspected
.
The
real
Service
you
will
do
him
thereby
,
replied
the
Prince
:
We
will
tell
him
that
she
had
sollicited
you
a
long
time
,
that
the
fear
of
being
the
Author
of
such
ill
News
,
had
hindred
you
from
discovering
it
,
and
that
you
did
hope
in
time
to
have
tired
out
her
importunities
by
your
aversion
?
but
that
perceiving
what
you
designed
to
extinguish
those
flames
,
did
but
kindle
and
augment
them
,
you
believe
it
your
duty
now
to
give
him
notice
of
all
.
Possest
,
as
he
is
,
of
the
fidelity
of
Agnes
,
he
will
perhaps
question
the
report
;
you
will
ask
him
what
proof
he
desires
,
and
then
whatever
is
past
,
or
whatever
you
hope
for
the
future
,
will
be
but
the
consequences
of
his
Orders
.
Upon
.
these
Arguments
Chabannes
complied
:
He
had
a
Valet
de
Chambre
called
S.
Colombe
,
of
whose
fidelity
he
had
had
ample
experience
;
he
caused
him
to
open
Scene
with
Mortaing
the
Countesses
Woman
,
who
was
privy
to
all
her
Mistresses
Secrets
.
S.
Colombe
counterfeited
a
passion
immediately
,
as
having
that
Lesson
by
heart
,
and
Mortaing
was
naturally
very
compassionate
of
other
peoples
sufferings
.
They
came
presently
to
their
protestations
and
promises
,
and
the
Confidencies
of
the
Mistress
were
not
long
behind
the
assurances
of
the
Servant
.
When
S.
Colombe
found
things
in
the
posture
he
desired
,
he
declared
the
affection
his
Master
had
for
the
Countess
,
and
to
sweeten
the
proposition
he
made
to
her
to
be
serviceable
to
his
Master
;
See
,
dear
Mortaing
,
said
he
to
her
,
besides
the
utility
which
will
accure
to
us
both
by
that
Commerce
,
it
is
the
only
way
to
continue
our
own
,
sooner
or
later
all
things
are
discovered
;
and
if
our
Lady
comes
once
to
discern
our
Amours
(
as
how
can
it
otherwise
be
)
she
will
never
forgive
you
that
,
which
she
looks
upon
at
present
as
a
Crime
,
for
,
Mortaing
,
it
is
none
to
love
a
King
,
that
makes
one
the
more
honourable
among
men
,
and
I
am
perswaded
is
venial
even
before
the
Gods
.
Kings
are
so
dear
to
them
,
I
fancy
every
thing
is
grateful
to
them
they
do
;
but
we
that
are
of
a
more
common
Constitution
,
are
not
to
expect
the
Priviledge
of
Princes
,
and
can
never
obtain
the
Countesses
indulgence
,
unless
we
can
reduce
her
to
a
condition
of
having
need
of
it
her self
.
Mortaing
liked
S.
Colombes
reasons
very
well
,
and
the
same
night
as
her
Mistress
was
undressing
,
she
put
her
upon
a
discourse
of
all
the
people
at
Court
.
There
was
not
one
of
them
could
escape
her
censure
:
But
when
they
came
to
Chabannes
;
Ha!
Madam
,
for
him
,
cryed
Mortaing
,
we
cannot
but
speak
well
;
I
never
saw
any
man
so
compleat
,
and
if
I
should
wish
my self
handsom
or
great
,
it
should
be
on
purpose
to
love
him
without
being
ridiculous
.
Agnes
was
well
enough
perswaded
her
Damoiselle
was
in
the
right
,
the
Excellence
of
his
Qualities
had
not
escapt
her
observation
,
and
she
had
long
since
in
her
heart
had
a
hankering
after
him
;
but
the
Favourites
of
the
Daulphin
having
but
little
Commerce
with
the
Mistress
of
the
King
,
the
Count
of
Dammartin
had
observed
none
of
the
Simperings
and
Allurements
she
made
use
of
to
insnare
him
:
Whereupon
our
Countess
had
conceived
such
displeasure
,
she
almost
abhorred
him
,
and
turning
away
her
head
at
the
name
of
Chabannes
,
she
interrupted
poor
Mortaing
in
the
midst
of
her
Elogium
.
Never
name
that
man
to
me
,
said
she
to
her
,
I
hate
him
worse
than
death
or
old
age
.
These
words
put
the
Damoiselle
into
a
most
profound
silence
;
she
withdrew
into
her
Chamber
in
great
confusion
,
and
was
impatient
next
day
to
see
S.
Colombe
,
to
advise
him
to
imploy
her
no
more
in
such
desperate
Commissions
.
S.
Colombe
went
immediately
to
his
Master
to
acquaint
him
with
the
success
of
his
Embassie
;
the
Count
was
surprised
at
the
News
,
he
did
not
remember
any
thing
he
had
done
to
disoblige
the
Countess
;
he
ordered
S.
Colombe
to
set
his
Mortaing
a
work
to
fish
out
the
cause
of
her
aversion
.
At
the
intreaty
of
her
Gallant
,
Mrtaing
makes
a
second
attempt
,
but
with
as
little
satisfaction
as
before
;
the
Countess
could
not
forget
the
many
glances
she
had
lost
,
and
could
not
pardon
the
Count
of
Dammartin
that
he
had
never
observed
them
.
This
obstinacy
in
the
Countess
nettled
the
poor
Count
,
and
not
being
accustomed
to
the
hatred
of
fair
Ladies
,
he
began
to
do
that
out
of
vanity
,
which
he
was
unwilling
to
have
undertaken
at
the
sollicitation
of
the
Prince
.
The
King
was
at
that
time
at
Tours
,
where
he
resolved
to
pass
the
whole
Winter
.
The
happy
way
he
was
in
,
of
recovering
the
whole
Kingdom
,
put
the
Court
into
a
disposition
to
mirth
;
insomuch
as
there
was
nothing
spoke
of
but
pleasure
and
entertainments
:
The
Dauphins
Wife
,
who
was
the
King
of
Scots
Daughter
,
young
and
beautiful
,
loved
her
diversions
exceedingly
;
the
Queen
was
complacent
,
positive
in
nothing
,
but
complied
with
whatever
she
and
the
rest
were
inclined
to
;
and
the
Dauphin
himself
(
having
given
relaxation
to
his
many
distractions
,
in
hopes
his
revenge
was
at
hand
)
was
at
that
time
more
addicted
to
be
merry
,
than
he
had
been
accustomed
to
be
.
Chabannes
made
his
advantage
of
those
favourable
opportunities
;
he
danced
well
,
did
every
thing
well
,
and
attaqued
the
hatred
Agnes
pretended
with
so
much
address
,
made
her
quickly
discern
that
what
she
interpreted
as
a
real
aversion
,
was
but
the
obliging
effect
of
his
modesty
and
bashfulness
.
The
Count
perceived
how
things
went
almost
as
soon
as
the
Countess
,
and
being
an
old
Sophister
at
that
trade
,
he
seemed
as
fast
to
retire
,
as
she
seemed
to
advance
.
He
knew
the
frailty
of
her
Sex
,
that
they
desire
nothing
so
furiously
,
as
what
is
refused
them
:
When
he
observed
the
Countesses
Eye
fixt
upon
him
,
he
turned
his
face
another
way
;
if
she
entertained
him
with
discourse
,
and
turned
it
upon
Love
,
to
give
her self
opportunity
to
represent
the
disposition
on
of
hers
,
he
talkt
of
nothing
but
the
indifference
of
his
temper
;
and
the
pain
it
would
be
to
him
to
love
any
thing
long
.
At
length
his
wiles
had
their
intended
effect
;
for
one
night
when
the
whole
Court
was
at
the
Appartment
of
Madam
la
Dauphine
,
and
Chabannes
in
his
old
way
had
shifted
off
the
oeillades
of
Madam
la
Countesse
,
she
took
him
aside
towards
a
Table
where
there
was
a
Glass
,
and
pretending
to
rectifie
her
Hood
,
she
askt
him
why
it
was
he
avoided
the
looks
of
the
Ladies
so
much
;
I
am
afraid
,
Madam
,
replied
he
,
to
shew
you
the
object
of
your
disdain
,
and
I
cannot
but
respect
you
,
even
where
you
are
unjust
.
Agnes
blusht
at
his
answer
,
and
remembring
what
she
had
said
to
Mortating
,
she
was
impatient
to
be
home
,
to
know
upon
what
grounds
that
Wench
discovered
to
the
Count
what
she
had
discoursed
to
her
in
private
.
She
caused
her
to
be
called
as
soon
as
she
was
got
to
her
Chamber
,
and
reproaching
her
by
the
lightness
of
her
tongue
,
in
the
bitterest
language
the
could
think
of
,
she
commanded
her
to
tell
her
truly
what
it
was
prevailed
with
her
to
be
so
foolish
.
Mortaing
supposing
her
Mistresses
hatred
for
the
Count
as
violent
and
immortal
as
she
pretended
,
concluded
she
had
committed
a
great
Crime
in
entertaining
the
Propositions
of
his
Love
:
She
threw
her self
down
at
her
feet
,
told
all
S.
Colombe
had
said
to
her
,
conjured
her
to
pardon
what
was
past
,
and
wisht
a
thousand
imprecations
,
if
ever
she
were
guilty
again
in
that
nature
for
the
future
.
There
is
no
great
hurt
in
the
bufiness
neither
,
said
Madam
Agnes
,
sweetning
her
again
,
the
Crime
was
that
you
concealed
it
from
me
,
do
not
you
make
such
Secrets
another
time
,
for
I
will
have
nothing
pass
in
my
House
,
but
I
will
know
it
my self
:
Alas
!
Madam
,
replied
the
trembling
Mortaing
,
I
durst
not
tell
you
for
my
life
;
for
you
told
me
you
hated
the
Count
Dammartin
perfectly
.
Yes
,
says
she
,
and
I
do
hate
him
without
doubt
,
but
that
hinders
not
but
I
may
be
well
enough
pleased
to
hear
he
hath
a
kindness
for
me
;
it
is
a
way
to
exercise
my
Revenge
:
do
you
ask
his
Valet
de
Chamber
the
progress
of
his
Love
,
and
when
he
tells
you
,
give
me
an
account
,
but
be
sure
do
not
let
him
know
I
desire
to
hear
it
,
for
it
concerns
me
much
he
should
be
ignorant
.
Mortaing
promised
to
keep
it
most
sacredly
;
but
she
had
no
Secret
she
could
conceal
from
her
Colombe
.
Chabannes
had
intelligence
of
all
;
and
being
a
while
after
at
a
Pastime
in
the
Queens
Appartment
,
where
the
men
demand
a
Secret
of
the
Ladies
,
and
give
them
their
answer
in
some
pretty-conceited
Verse
,
it
fell
to
his
share
to
ask
a
Secret
from
the
Countess
de
Pontieuvre
;
when
one
has
so
much
concern
for
the
hatred
of
people
,
replied
the
Countess
,
it
is
but
reason
they
should
endeavour
to
remove
it
.
A
wise
man
,
replied
Chabannes
,
doth
nothing
without
Orders
;
I
conceive
I
have
yours
at
this
time
,
and
in
that
opinion
he
made
his
Verses
,
which
the
King
(
though
ignorant
of
the
true
meaning
)
caused
to
be
set
,
and
he
and
the
whole
Court
sung
nothing
else
for
some
time
:
and
thus
have
I
have
rendred
them
for
the
satisfaction
of
the
Reader
.
The
SONG
.
I
am
no
Pilot
that
defies
the
Seas
,
And
launches
spight
of
Winds
he
can't
appease
;
He
that
despairs
to
merit
with
his
Love
,
Vainly
attempts
those
Charms
will
mortal
prove
.
As
Rocks
,
Winds
,
Seas
,
the
wise
man
will
avoid
Those
perils
which
so
many
have
destroy'd
.
The
prudent
Labourer
ne're
manures
a
field
,
But
what
he
hopes
some
recompence
will
yield
.
The
Dauphin
perceiving
Madam
Agnes
whispering
with
the
Count
,
was
impatient
to
know
what
she
had
said
,
he
took
him
out
therefore
into
the
Garden
by
Moon-light
,
to
demand
what
it
was
.
We
triumph
,
dear
Prince
,
we
triumph
,
said
the
Count
to
him
smiling
,
the
Lady
is
reduced
to
a
Parley
already
,
and
it
is
now
our
business
to
give
her
an
Answer
:
Haste
then
and
do
it
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
shall
own
all
my
tranquillity
to
you
,
if
you
ruine
that
Woman
;
but
have
a
care
,
shew
not
too
much
respect
to
her
,
tell
her
,
that
after
such
declaration
of
her
hatred
as
she
made
,
it
will
be
requisite
you
should
have
good
proofs
to
assure
you
of
the
contrary
:
demand
some
kind
Letters
from
her
,
tell
her
you
delight
in
such
things
,
and
drive
on
the
business
with
all
speed
to
an
Assignation
.
You
may
tell
her
you
desire
that
favour
but
as
a
fign
of
her
confidence
,
and
,
if
you
will
,
swear
stoutly
you
will
never
abuse
it
.
He
concerned
himself
not
much
whether
he
had
the
real
injoyment
of
the
Lady
,
so
he
had
but
a
manifest
assurance
to
obtain
it
.
To
the
instructions
he
had
given
him
,
the
Dauphin
added
all
opportunity
imaginable
,
he
obliged
Madam
Dauphin
to
be
more
frequently
with
the
Countess
,
to
please
the
King
as
he
pretended
,
and
taking
Chabannes
along
with
him
,
he
invented
so
many
specious
ways
to
separate
the
Company
,
that
there
was
few
days
but
he
ordered
things
so
,
there
was
a
particular
Entertainment
betwixt
Madam
Agnes
and
the
Count.
But
these
opportunities
produced
an
effect
which
neither
Prince
nor
Dammartin
did
ever
expect
:
The
Countess
was
one
of
the
handsomest
Ladies
in
the
World
,
and
the
Count
was
of
an
age
that
is
seldom
indifferent
:
He
found
there
was
no
dallying
with
Love
,
without
being
punished
at
last
,
and
what
he
intended
hypocritically
,
proved
really
true
.
This
Experiment
produced
great
alterations
in
his
Politicks
,
he
became
discreet
when
he
was
most
guilty
of
indiscretion
,
and
the
Prince
could
get
nothing
out
of
him
now
,
but
relations
of
Madam
Agnes's
cruelty
.
Whence
comes
this
sudden
turn
?
said
the
Dauphin
to
him
,
I
thought
she
had
been
running
head-long
upon
the
Precipice
we
had
prepared
for
her
;
who
is
it
has
stopt
her
?
She
has
doubtless
some
intelligence
of
our
design
,
replied
the
Count
;
Ladies
which
have
had
any
such
affairs
in
the
World
,
can
easily
discriminate
betwixt
true
Love
and
pretended
.
It
is
strange
,
said
the
Prince
,
that
this
Woman
should
never
be
faithful
,
but
now
when
I
should
make
my
advantage
of
her
infidelity
;
I
knew
ten
persons
belonging
to
the
Court
(
none
of
them
comparable
to
you
)
with
whom
she
has
communicated
in
that
time
:
They
had
more
Merit
,
or
more
Love
than
I
then
,
replied
the
Count
smiling
;
But
,
Sir
,
said
he
very
subtilly
,
if
you
have
already
so
many
assurances
of
the
Countesses
infidelity
,
what
need
is
there
that
I
constrain
my self
any
longer
to
make
Love
to
her
?
the
Intrigues
she
has
had
with
another
,
are
not
they
as
criminal
towards
the
King
,
as
if
I
were
the
Gallant
my self
?
No
,
says
the
Prince
,
they
are
idle
,
timorous
Fellows
,
and
dread
the
falling
under
Agnes's
displeasure
;
besides
there
is
no
man
in
the
World
so
proper
for
my
Confidence
as
you
,
you
are
the
man
alive
I
can
trust
without
danger
:
You
must
not
therefore
be
discouraged
,
Chabannes
,
this
Whimsie
of
hers
will
be
brought
off
at
last
.
The
Count
promised
the
Prince
to
redouble
his
endeavours
:
and
indeed
though
Agnes
spake
no
more
to
him
before
Company
,
he
plied
her
sufficiently
when
they
were
alone
.
He
had
caused
Pages
Cloaths
to
be
made
,
of
all
the
considerable
Liveries
of
the
Court
,
and
pretending
Messages
sometimes
from
one
,
and
sometimes
another
,
there
was
scarce
a
morning
but
he
brought
her
a
Letter
from
himself
.
Under
the
Raign
of
Charles
VII
.
the
people
which
wore
Liveries
,
were
not
such
Striplings
as
now
a
days
they
are
;
no
body
took
a
Lacquay
,
till
he
had
a
substantial
beard
.
Trouses
were
taken
up
afterwards
upon
Command
,
as
is
mentioned
in
several
Histories
,
so
that
Dammartins
bonne
mine
was
not
incompatible
with
the
Dress
of
a
Foot-man
.
One
day
when
he
had
put
himself
into
Madam
la
Dauphins
Colours
,
and
according
to
his
Custom
,
pretended
a
fictitious
Errand
from
her
;
he
was
sent
for
up
into
her
Chamber
,
and
being
in
Discourse
with
Agnes
by
her
Bed-side
,
he
forgot
himself
,
and
spun
out
his
time
longer
than
he
ought
.
The
King
entred
unexpectedly
into
the
Room
,
and
the
Prince
with
him
.
The
Countess
lay
always
in
the
same
Appartment
with
the
King
,
never
any
thing
but
some
Gallery
or
Anti-Chamber
betwixt
their
Lodgings
:
and
to
prevent
any
Conspiracies
,
his
Guards
stood
always
at
her
door
.
By
a
Courier
from
Guyenne
the
King
had
received
News
,
that
the
Principal
Towns
of
that
Province
were
reduced
to
his
Obedience
:
He
ran
immediately
to
impart
it
to
the
Countess
,
and
the
Dauphin
,
being
in
a
good
humour
at
that
time
,
accompanied
him
in
his
Visit
:
The
Chamber
was
dark
,
and
Chabannes
had
no
great
difficulty
to
get
out
of
the
Kings
sight
;
but
the
Dauphin
having
a
glance
of
his
Livery
,
and
having
a
Message
from
the
Queen
to
deliver
to
his
Wife
,
obliging
her
to
a
Visit
after
Dinner
,
he
called
the
Page
to
him
,
and
bid
him
tell
his
Lady
.
Agnes
was
in
a
bodily
fear
,
and
indeed
had
the
day
been
clearer
,
or
the
Dauphins
Message
required
an
Answer
,
the
Countess
and
Page
both
had
been
utterly
undone
,
but
by
good
Luck
he
came
off
with
his
Congy
.
He
ran
home
as
fast
as
he
could
to
change
his
Robes
,
and
returning
immediately
to
the
Kings
Lodgings
,
he
made
a
great
noise
of
two
or
three
extraordinary
things
he
had
done
that
day
,
on
purpose
to
take
off
the
suspicion
of
his
real
occupation
.
The
Dauphin
took
him
home
with
him
to
Dinner
,
and
giving
him
an
account
of
the
Visit
he
had
made
to
the
Kings
Mistress
,
it
came
into
his
mind
that
he
found
his
Wife
undrest
when
he
came
back
:
He
sent
to
her
to
demand
,
if
she
intended
to
wait
upon
the
Queen
in
that
posture
.
She
was
ignorant
what
he
meant
,
and
sent
him
word
she
had
received
no
such
Orders
from
her
Majesty
;
whereupon
he
went
to
her
Chamber
himself
,
and
having
given
her
an
account
of
the
Message
he
sent
her
by
the
Page
,
he
caused
him
to
be
called
,
and
gave
Order
he
should
be
corrected
for
his
neglect
.
But
he
could
not
be
so
readily
obeyed
,
for
none
of
her
Pages
had
been
with
Madam
de
Pontieuvre
,
and
his
Lady
assured
him
it
was
not
in
her
thoughts
to
send
thither
that
day
.
The
Prince
was
never
so
amazed
in
his
life
;
he
saw
a
Page
in
his
own
Livery
talking
to
the
Countess
,
he
thought
he
heard
him
tell
her
,
it
was
Madam
la
Dauphine
which
inquired
of
her
health
,
and
yet
this
Page
was
not
to
be
found
.
Chabannes
did
what
he
could
to
satisfie
his
Curiosity
;
he
told
him
there
could
be
no
mystery
in
a
Page
who
suffered
himself
to
be
seen
both
to
the
King
and
him
,
and
that
it
must
needs
be
he
mistook
the
Colours
,
and
thought
another
Livery
his
own
:
But
the
Prince
had
a
better
opinion
of
his
Eyes
,
than
to
be
perswaded
to
that
.
He
sent
his
Scouts
abroad
,
and
it
was
not
long
before
he
had
some
confused
light
of
the
truth
:
One
morning
when
Chabannes
was
lockt
up
with
the
Prince
,
and
endeavouring
to
pacifice
his
suspicion
,
one
of
the
Gentlemen
he
had
imployed
in
the
discovery
,
having
been
let
into
his
Closet
;
The
Page
,
Sir
,
said
he
to
the
Prince
,
is
no
longer
a
Page
,
he
is
now
become
a
Merchant
of
Laces
,
and
not
above
two
hours
since
he
was
with
Madam
de
Pontieuvre
in
that
Equipage
.
It
may
be
a
Marchant
indeed
,
replied
the
Count
,
who
was
not
a
little
concerned
in
the
story
.
Pardon
me
,
Monsieur
le
Comte
,
replied
the
Gentleman
,
it
is
the
same
Page
the
Dauphin
saw
in
his
Livery
the
other
day
in
the
Countesses
Chamber
.
One
of
the
Scotch
Guard
that
I
know
very
well
,
and
one
that
is
no
Fool
,
was
Sentinel
at
Madam
Agnes's
door
that
day
the
Page
entred
,
he
found
him
so
handsom
,
he
took
particular
notice
of
him
;
and
being
upon
the
Guard
again
to
day
at
the
same
Post
,
he
perceived
the
Page
and
the
Merchant
were
both
one
.
But
,
said
the
Prince
,
interrupting
him
,
this
Scotch-man
that
knew
the
face
of
the
Page
and
the
Merchant
so
well
,
doth
not
he
know
any
person
about
the
Court
which
resembles
them
?
No
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Gentleman
,
he
is
a
Stranger
,
and
has
not
been
long
in
his
Majesties
Service
;
but
he
has
promised
me
to
examine
all
people
so
strictly
for
the
future
,
that
without
doubt
it
will
not
be
long
before
he
discovers
him
.
This
Prophecy
made
Chabannes
to
tremble
,
he
thought
it
was
upon
too
probable
foundations
.
He
was
very
remarkable
for
the
Excellence
of
his
presence
,
and
was
the
most
illustrious
Object
in
the
Court
.
He
discoursed
at
large
with
the
Prince
about
the
business
,
and
having
cunningly
informed
himself
of
the
Scotch-mans
name
,
he
came
to
S.
Colombe
to
give
him
notice
of
what
had
passed
,
and
told
him
he
would
spare
no
cost
or
pains
that
might
prevent
the
ill
Consequences
he
dreaded
.
S.
Colombe
was
no
Changling
;
he
need
speak
but
one
word
,
to
make
him
know
what
was
to
be
done
.
He
went
to
the
Guard-Chamber
to
find
out
the
Scot.
He
invented
a
Scotch
Genealogy
which
made
them
Cousin
Germans
,
he
pretended
to
be
overjoy'd
to
see
him
,
and
the
first
expression
of
it
,
being
to
give
him
a
glass
of
Wine
,
he
drilled
him
into
a
Cabaret
,
where
he
had
disposed
certain
Souldiers
to
quarrel
with
him
.
The
thing
happened
as
S.
Colombe
had
projected
,
the
Guard
was
killed
,
and
the
Contriver
of
the
Enterprise
withdrew
himself
so
cleanlily
,
there
was
not
the
least
mention
of
his
name
.
When
Fortune
sets
her self
to
be
favourable
,
she
does
nothing
by
halves
:
One
of
the
Souldiers
S.
Colombe
imployed
in
this
business
,
had
been
formerly
a
Servant
to
Monsieur
de
Trimouille
,
a
Favourite
of
the
Kings
.
Some
persons
of
his
Family
who
had
been
his
Fellow-Servants
,
passing
through
the
street
where
that
Murder
was
committed
,
and
observing
several
other
of
the
Guards
running
in
to
rescue
their
Camarade
,
they
thought
themselves
obliged
to
defend
their
old
Companion
:
This
Rencontre
cast
the
scandal
of
that
Act
upon
the
Servants
of
Monsieur
de
la
Trimouille
,
and
gave
the
Prince
occasion
to
suspect
that
his
Master
was
the
principal
in
the
Intrigue
.
He
was
almost
of
the
same
stature
with
Chabannes
;
he
had
black
hair
,
and
curled
like
his
;
and
though
the
Features
of
the
Count
Dammartin
were
better
than
the
others
,
and
his
Complexion
more
lively
,
yet
the
Room
being
duskish
,
they
might
well
be
mistaken
.
Monsieur
le
Dauphin
concluded
from
hence
,
it
was
Monsieur
Trimouille
he
had
seen
in
the
Habit
of
a
Page
in
Madam
Agnes's
Lodgings
;
he
hated
him
before
,
out
of
a
general
hatred
he
had
for
all
the
Kings
Favourites
,
and
was
glad
at
his
heart
of
this
occasion
to
ruine
him
,
and
his
Fathers
Mistress
together
;
'T
is
Trimouille
,
't
is
he
,
said
the
Prince
to
Chabannes
,
I
have
a
confused
remembrance
of
his
very
face
;
and
the
Murder
of
the
Scotch-man
by
his
Servants
,
is
an
inexpugnable
confirmation
.
The
poor
man
without
doubt
would
have
told
,
and
Tremouille
having
so
many
opposite
interests
to
reconcile
,
wanted
not
his
Spies
;
he
knew
he
was
in
danger
of
being
discovered
,
and
therefore
caused
him
that
could
do
it
to
be
killed
.
Chabannes
seemed
to
be
of
the
same
Judgment
,
he
seemed
to
admire
with
the
Prince
,
that
a
Favourite
of
the
Kings
should
commit
so
great
an
insolence
.
'T
is
common
,
replied
the
Dauphin
,
Great
men
are
frequently
exposed
to
the
Treachery
of
their
Creatures
;
for
not
being
able
to
discern
whether
they
love
them
for
themselves
,
or
for
their
beneficence
,
they
look
upon
that
as
the
effect
of
their
Love
,
which
indeed
is
but
the
product
of
their
own
Interest
.
The
Dauphin
was
naturally
violent
,
and
his
hatred
to
the
Kings
Favourites
,
rash
,
and
impetuous
:
he
thought
he
needed
no
other
Evidence
to
accuse
Trimouille
,
and
notwithstanding
all
Chabannes
could
say
to
advise
him
to
the
contrary
,
he
went
forthwith
to
the
King
,
to
advertise
him
of
what
he
thought
he
had
been
sure
.
But
that
accusation
came
to
nothing
;
it
happened
the
same
time
the
Prince
affirmed
Trimouille
to
have
been
in
Disguise
with
the
Countess
,
he
had
been
at
the
same
time
shut
up
in
Conference
with
the
King
about
affairs
of
importance
.
The
King
being
assured
of
this
Circumstance
,
made
him
believe
the
whole
story
but
a
practice
invented
for
the
destruction
of
the
Innocent
;
there
was
not
a
reproach
nor
reprehension
but
the
Prince
was
forced
to
endure
:
and
that
ill
success
did
but
augment
and
exstimulate
his
Curiosity
.
He
doubled
his
vigilance
,
and
spent
whole
nights
petrolling
about
Agnes's
Lodgings
.
One
night
among
the
rest
as
he
was
upon
the
Watch
by
a
private
pair
of
stairs
(
which
he
was
informed
was
the
way
by
which
the
two
Lovers
corresponded
)
he
perceived
a
man
to
ascend
in
the
Habit
of
Citizen
,
with
a
parcel
of
Books
under
his
Arm
,
and
by
the
light
of
a
Flambeau
,
which
he
caused
to
pass
by
on
purpose
,
he
discryed
it
was
Chabannes
.
It
is
not
easie
to
determine
which
of
the
two
was
in
the
greatest
surprise
;
the
Prince
started
back
two
steps
,
and
Chabannes
had
like
to
fallen
into
a
swound
;
but
remembring
that
he
had
need
of
the
greatest
presence
of
Spirit
to
bring
himself
off
out
of
that
dangerous
condition
,
he
recollected
himself
,
and
Silence
,
dear
Sir
,
said
he
softly
to
the
Dauphin
,
let
me
alone
with
my
Stratagem
,
I
have
begun
,
and
do
thus
,
pursue
it
for
your
interest
,
let
me
proceed
,
and
I
will
tell
you
the
whole
Mystery
when
we
have
more
leisure
.
Chabannes
thought
to
have
qualified
the
Princes
heat
by
that
Proposition
;
and
supposing
the
time
too
short
for
so
specious
an
invention
,
he
thought
to
gain
more
to
make
it
more
plausible
:
But
the
Prince
was
not
to
be
wheedled
at
that
rate
,
he
had
naturally
an
aptitude
to
be
jealous
.
It
was
not
many
moments
before
that
Chabannes
had
left
him
,
and
no
mention
of
his
design
,
besides
his
discomposure
at
first
betrayed
him
.
The
Princes
Eyes
opened
both
in
an
instant
,
he
was
highly
transported
;
but
the
desire
of
Revenge
following
close
upon
his
suspicion
of
the
Treason
,
he
restrained
himself
,
and
pretended
to
be
caught
in
that
snare
which
Chabannes
had
laid
.
Chabannes
was
admitted
into
the
Countesses
Chamber
,
and
perswaded
himself
his
Wits
had
brought
him
off
;
he
gave
her
a
relation
of
all
that
was
past
,
and
the
good
Lady
was
almost
distracted
,
for
she
could
see
no
way
possible
to
get
out
of
that
Labyrinth
.
The
Dauphin
in
the
mean
time
ran
to
his
Fathers
Chamber
,
he
had
a
thousand
fancies
in
his
head
in
a
moment
which
perswaded
him
Chabannes
was
the
Traitor
:
I
beseech
you
,
Sir
,
said
he
to
the
King
,
will
you
be
pleased
to
go
along
with
me
into
Madam
Agnes's
Chamber
,
and
you
shall
see
irrefragable
proofs
of
her
infidelity
to
you
.
The
King
had
that
night
sup'd
in
his
Bed
,
he
had
been
a
hunting
,
was
weary
,
and
no
body
with
him
to
entertain
him
but
Trimouille
.
Is
it
not
Trimouille
again
,
said
he
to
the
Prince
,
pointing
to
him
with
his
finger
,
who
is
in
such
favour
with
the
Countess
?
No
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Dauphin
,
it
is
not
Trimouille
,
and
I
beg
his
pardon
for
suspecting
him
;
but
vouchsafe
,
Sir
,
I
beseech
you
to
discover
the
Mystery
with
your
own
Eyes
,
and
you
shall
find
it
extraordinary
:
The
Prince
would
not
name
Chabannes
but
in
his
presence
;
he
had
intrusted
him
with
so
many
flagitious
Secrets
in
his
time
,
he
was
afraid
of
his
indiscretion
,
and
was
resolved
to
destroy
him
before
his
accusation
.
His
reservedness
in
that
point
made
the
King
give
little
credit
to
the
rest
;
he
would
not
disturb
his
Mistress
,
he
told
him
he
was
sufficiently
assured
of
her
Vertue
:
but
Trimouille
who
had
a
long
time
desired
to
be
right
with
the
Prince
,
and
found
himself
obliged
to
him
for
the
Apology
he
had
made
,
added
his
instances
to
the
Princes
,
and
together
they
prevailed
upon
his
Majesty
to
go
;
he
called
for
his
Night-Gown
,
and
giving
Order
no
body
should
follow
but
the
Prince
and
Trimouille
,
he
went
into
a
little
Gallery
which
past
betwixt
his
Lodgings
and
the
Countesses
.
The
two
Lovers
had
been
so
long
in
consultation
about
the
Course
they
were
to
steer
,
that
the
debate
was
not
ended
,
when
Mortaing
(
who
was
all
the
while
upon
the
Guard
)
came
in
running
with
the
New
that
the
King
was
at
hand
.
The
Countess
was
extremely
surprised
at
the
Alarm
;
but
being
resolved
(
let
what
would
happen
)
Chabannes
should
not
be
found
disguised
in
her
Chamber
,
she
caused
him
to
step
in
betwixt
the
Papers
,
and
the
glass
of
the
Window
,
and
Mortaing
having
put
to
the
Shuts
,
and
drawn
the
Curtains
,
the
King
found
the
Countess
without
any
Company
,
but
a
few
Books
which
she
pretended
to
be
reading
with
great
intention
.
What
have
you
done
,
Madam
,
said
the
Prince
to
her
with
something
an
angry
Tone
,
with
the
man
that
brought
you
these
Books
?
Have
you
occasion
for
him
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Countess
with
a
smile
as
quiet
and
unconcerned
,
as
it
had
been
natural
?
Yes
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Prince
,
I
have
occasion
for
him
,
and
it
is
for
him
the
King
comes
hither
to
search
;
you
must
command
him
to
be
called
then
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
Prince
,
it
is
not
long
since
he
was
here
,
and
he
cannot
be
gone
far
.
The
Prince
had
placed
his
Sentinels
at
all
passages
to
the
Countesses
Appartment
,
he
sent
to
inquire
of
them
,
if
any
such
person
had
gone
by
,
and
they
assured
him
not
.
We
shall
not
go
far
then
sure
,
said
the
Prince
,
taking
the
Candle
in
his
own
hand
,
to
find
out
what
we
look
for
,
the
Bird
is
not
yet
out
of
its
Nest
;
and
then
searching
in
all
the
corners
of
the
Chamber
,
he
put
the
poor
Countess
into
a
miserable
fright
;
but
perceiving
he
did
not
think
of
looking
where
he
ought
,
she
recollected
her self
,
and
taking
the
advantage
of
her
good
Fortune
;
See
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
King
,
the
effects
of
that
hatred
Monsieur
Dauphin
has
always
had
for
me
,
which
I
could
never
overcome
:
It
is
not
many
days
since
he
suspected
me
for
Tremouille
,
now
he
would
charge
me
with
another
,
and
I
do
expect
some
time
or
other
he
will
foist
some
body
into
my
Chamber
,
on
purpose
he
may
be
found
there
.
Shall
I
be
any
longer
exposed
to
these
dangers
,
Sir
?
said
she
to
the
King
,
suffer
me
I
beseech
you
to
retire
(
and
with
that
word
she
burst
out
into
tears
)
I
conjure
you
suffer
me
,
by
all
the
bounty
wherewith
your
Majesty
has
honoured
me
:
I
am
not
able
any
longer
to
hold
out
against
the
Power
and
Malevolence
of
the
Prince
;
I
respect
him
as
much
as
he
hates
me
,
and
a
thousand
deaths
I
would
endure
before
I
would
divert
your
kindness
from
him
;
suffer
me
therefore
,
for
God
sake
suffer
me
to
retire
.
No
,
Madam
,
replied
the
King
(
toucht
to
the
very
heart
to
see
his
Mistresses
tears
)
you
shall
not
retire
,
my
Son
shall
learn
to
pay
better
respect
to
what
is
so
dear
to
me
;
and
thereupon
he
commanded
him
out
of
his
sight
,
and
to
appear
no
more
before
him
till
he
was
sent
for
.
The
Dauphin
thought
that
Command
very
unjust
,
and
the
History
tells
that
he
dispensed
with
many
things
which
were
inconsistent
with
the
respect
he
ought
to
his
Father
;
but
Tremouille
pacified
the
disorder
,
and
prevailed
with
the
Prince
to
go
out
of
the
Chamber
.
To
comfort
the
Countess
after
so
many
crosses
,
the
King
told
her
he
would
take
up
his
Quarters
with
her
that
night
.
She
used
all
the
Arguments
she
could
to
moderate
that
excess
of
Commiseration
;
she
pretended
she
had
cryed
till
her
head
aked
,
and
the
injuries
she
had
received
had
put
her
into
a
very
ill
capacity
of
that
Honour
:
But
the
King
admitting
no
excuses
,
there
was
a
necessity
she
must
obey
,
and
Chabannes
continued
all
that
cold
night
in
the
Window
,
whilst
the
King
was
luxuriating
in
the
Arms
of
his
Mistress
.
I
leave
the
Reader
to
judge
how
the
poor
Stationer
entertained
himself
;
he
durst
neither
breathe
,
nor
stir
,
and
the
least
sneeze
in
the
world
might
have
cost
him
his
life
.
The
compassionate
Countess
did
what
she
could
to
shorten
his
pain
:
she
counterfeited
her self
ill
so
cunningly
,
the
King
left
her
very
early
in
the
morning
.
As
soon
as
he
was
gone
,
Mortaing
came
to
take
her
Count
out
of
the
Press
,
where
he
had
past
away
his
time
so
sadly
betwixt
apprehension
and
cold
,
that
he
was
in
appearance
more
than
half
dead
.
But
there
's
no
cold
so
rigid
to
the
sense
,
But
yields
to
th'
ardour
of
Loves
influence
.
In
vain
,
in
vain
,
the
Frost
and
Snow
conspire
,
T'
asswace
the
fury
of
a
Lovers
fire
.
If
Love
but
interposes
on
his
score
,
One
moments
happiness
elates
him
more
Than
years
of
sorrow
could
depress
before
.
When
the
Count
was
sufficiently
chafft
,
and
come
to
himself
,
it
was
agreed
betwixt
them
that
he
should
pretend
to
the
Dauphin
,
that
having
found
a
Letter
which
appointed
a
Rendez-vous
in
Madam
Agnes's
Lodgings
,
to
a
certain
person
who
was
to
be
admitted
in
the
Habit
of
a
Citizen
carrying
his
Books
;
he
had
taken
that
Disguise
upon
him
to
discover
the
Intrigue
:
but
that
he
found
it
was
nothing
but
from
one
of
her
Women
to
a
Gentleman
,
and
therefore
he
went
back
again
without
further
attempt
,
when
he
perceived
it
was
a
Mystery
of
so
inferiour
Contrivance
.
Chabannes
had
but
little
hopes
the
Dauphin
would
swallow
this
story
;
but
he
was
to
make
the
best
of
a
bad
Market
,
and
if
the
worst
came
to
the
worst
,
it
was
but
losing
his
friendship
:
The
greatest
difficulty
remaining
was
,
which
way
to
make
his
retreat
without
being
perceived
,
for
they
doubted
not
but
Scouts
were
laid
at
all
passages
about
her
House
.
Mortaing
remembred
her self
of
a
certain
English
Woman
of
an
extraordinary
stature
,
who
was
one
of
Madam
Agnes's
Laundry-Maids
,
she
went
up
,
and
fetcht
down
one
of
her
Gowns
,
pretending
to
see
the
fashion
of
it
:
She
put
it
upon
Chabannes
as
well
as
she
could
;
and
giving
him
a
kind
of
a
Hood
they
wore
in
those
days
,
which
covered
half
their
bodies
,
she
past
him
through
the
Wardrobe
,
as
if
it
had
been
she
whom
he
did
represent
.
The
Spies
having
Orders
to
stop
no
body
but
such
a
one
as
was
described
to
them
,
they
examined
not
the
Laundry-Maid
,
but
let
her
pass
out
of
the
Palace
without
any
obstruction
,
but
as
he
was
marching
to
a
House
in
the
Town
where
S.
Colombe
managed
his
Disguises
,
Chabannes
was
perceived
by
a
person
,
who
having
a
while
considered
his
motion
and
his
habit
,
cryed
out
on
a
sudden
,
Ah
marry
!
this
is
he
I
look
for
.
Upon
which
Alarm
two
or
three
armed
men
that
were
by
,
threw
themselves
upon
the
Count
,
who
was
then
in
no
posture
to
defend
himself
;
they
seized
upon
him
,
clapt
him
into
a
Boat
upon
the
Loire
,
and
commanded
the
Water-man
to
pass
over
to
the
other
side
as
fast
as
he
could
.
Our
Lover
in
Mascarade
knew
not
whether
he
was
arrested
as
Chabannes
,
or
as
the
English
Woman
,
and
not
daring
to
tell
them
who
he
was
,
left
they
should
take
him
for
who
he
was
not
,
he
would
not
turn
up
his
Hood
.
One
of
Madam
Agnes's
Servants
having
seen
this
Attachment
,
and
knowing
the
Laundresses
Gown
very
well
,
she
came
thundring
with
the
News
to
the
Countesses
Appartment
.
The
story
seemed
false
to
the
Family
,
for
the
English
Woman
was
at
that
time
in
the
Wardrobe
;
but
Madam
Agnes
imagining
the
worst
,
believed
it
was
the
Dauphin
had
caused
him
to
be
apprehended
.
She
doubted
not
but
the
whole
Intrigue
was
discovered
,
and
not
being
able
to
out-face
the
first
reproaches
of
the
King
,
she
got
into
her
Coach
,
accompanied
only
by
Mortaing
,
and
without
more
ado
betook
her self
to
a
Monastery
.
The
King
hearing
of
her
Retirement
,
concluded
it
the
effect
of
the
last
nights
perquisition
,
and
fell
into
a
most
outragious
passion
against
the
Prince
.
The
Dauphin
protested
he
was
in
the
right
,
and
not
guilty
of
any
thing
that
was
false
;
but
it
was
in
vain
,
the
more
he
laboured
to
justifie
himself
,
the
more
he
exasperated
his
Father
.
His
Friends
advised
him
to
withdraw
till
the
storm
was
over
,
and
accordingly
he
retired
into
the
Province
of
Dauphine
,
as
some
say
much
better
satisfied
with
Trimouille
than
they
could
have
imagined
.
Chabannes
in
the
mean
time
returned
peeceably
to
his
own
House
;
the
man
that
had
run
away
with
him
,
was
the
English
Womans
Husband
,
in
whose
Cloaths
the
Count
was
escapt
:
This
Woman
had
run
away
from
her
good
man
upon
pretence
of
ill
usage
;
and
he
being
not
at
all
consenting
to
the
Divorce
,
and
not
daring
to
offer
any
violence
to
the
Sanctuary
she
had
chosen
,
he
watcht
her
perpetually
in
the
streets
,
resolved
to
secure
her
whenever
he
met
her
,
as
he
thought
he
had
done
in
the
person
of
Chabannes
.
When
by
the
reproaches
he
made
him
,
the
Count
perceived
his
mistake
,
he
pulled
up
his
Hood
,
and
the
man
being
undeceived
,
he
beg'd
his
pardon
,
and
reconducted
him
to
the
Citizens
house
,
whither
he
was
going
before
when
he
stopt
him
.
Chabannes
changed
his
Cloaths
,
and
came
immediately
to
Court
to
see
how
things
past
.
He
was
exceedingly
surprised
to
understand
their
proceedings
,
and
dispatcht
S.
Colombe
to
Madam
Agnes
in
Post-haste
:
he
prevailed
upon
her
more
by
that
one
Message
,
than
the
King
had
done
with
all
his
importunities
:
She
took
her
leave
of
her
Covent
,
and
returned
to
Court
illustrious
,
and
more
pleasant
than
ever
:
But
she
enjoyed
not
long
the
advantages
of
her
restauration
,
for
she
dyed
not
many
days
after
.
The
causes
of
her
death
were
found
to
be
unnatural
,
and
Monsieur
Tremouille's
sudden
Retreat
to
the
Dauphin
at
the
same
time
,
made
it
too
probable
he
was
instrumental
in
the
business
.
The
good
King
Charles
was
so
passionately
afflicted
therewith
,
he
would
admit
of
no
consolation
:
Chabannes
had
like
to
have
dyed
with
sorrow
,
but
the
Kings
favour
supported
him
.
He
had
Tremouilles
place
(
vacant
by
his
absenting
himself
)
confer'd
upon
him
by
the
King
,
during
whose
life
he
quickly
enjoyed
it
.
It
is
not
to
be
imagined
he
was
in
such
favour
when
the
Prince
came
to
the
Crown
;
he
was
arrested
before
he
could
escape
,
and
the
Dauphin
being
now
Lewis
XI
.
would
have
sacrificed
him
to
his
new
Dignity
,
had
not
he
evaded
his
indignation
by
escaping
out
of
the
Bastille
.
I
refer
the
Reader
to
the
History
it self
to
be
informed
of
all
the
Occurrences
.
The
Annals
of
Love
observe
only
the
more
remarkable
Passages
,
and
represents
them
without
any
regular
Order
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
.
THE
SIXTH
PART
.
ABout
the
same
time
we
have
spoken
of
before
,
Feliciane
.
the
Wife
of
a
Spanish
Merchant
who
traded
into
the
Levant
,
being
taken
Prisoner
by
the
Corsaires
,
and
her
Husband
slain
in
the
fight
,
she
was
sold
to
one
of
the
principal
African
Lords
,
whose
ordinary
Residence
was
in
Tunis
.
The
African
Lord
became
enamour'd
of
his
Slave
,
and
finding
her
too
vertuous
to
make
a
bare
advantage
of
his
passion
,
he
was
constrained
to
marry
her
.
He
had
one
Daughter
by
her
,
which
he
called
Feliciane
,
after
the
name
of
her
Mother
.
The
Mother
and
the
Daughter
begat
a
kindness
in
him
to
the
Spanish
Nation
:
He
suffered
his
Wife
to
teach
his
Daughter
that
Language
,
as
her
Mother-tongue
;
and
when
any
Spaniard
of
Quality
came
into
Barbary
,
he
lodged
them
usually
at
his
own
House
,
and
performed
all
the
good
offices
to
them
he
was
able
.
Alphonso
Ribiero
,
Son
to
Don
Garcias
Ribiero
,
born
in
Alcantara
,
came
to
Tunis
,
to
treat
about
the
Ransom
of
his
Elder
Brother
,
who
sailing
into
Greece
,
was
taken
by
the
Pirats
,
and
exchanged
with
certain
Slaves
of
Barbary
.
Alphonso
was
too
young
to
be
intrusted
alone
with
so
great
a
Negotiation
;
he
was
appointed
only
to
the
Ceremonial
part
;
for
there
was
an
old
Servant
of
his
Fathers
sent
along
with
him
to
manage
the
Bargain
.
He
was
received
by
the
Father
of
Feliciane
,
not
only
as
a
Spaniard
,
but
as
a
person
particularly
related
to
his
Wife
:
She
had
been
at
his
birth
,
and
passed
the
prime
of
her
years
in
Don
Garcias
House
.
The
young
Feliciana
and
he
were
presently
surprised
with
a
violent
inclination
one
for
the
other
;
Nature
had
,
it
seems
,
delighted
her self
to
prepare
ways
for
their
affection
.
Alphonso
resembled
the
young
African
so
exactly
,
and
the
African
Alphonso
,
that
they
might
well
have
been
mistaken
,
had
not
their
Habits
distinguisht
both
their
Sexes
and
Persons
.
But
Love
's
no
need
of
likeness
,
he
desplays
A
thousand
Arts
,
contrives
a
thousand
ways
.
To
bedge
in
peoples
hearts
,
by
secret
turns
,
The
most
unlike
,
and
the
most
cold
he
burns
:
Nought's
incombustible
,
when
he
conspires
,
No
humane
temper
can
withstand
his
fires
.
Feliciana
seeing
her
own
Picture
in
Alphonso
,
as
he
did
in
Feliciana
,
she
fell
in
Love
almost
at
first
sight
;
their
looks
,
their
manners
,
their
motions
,
every
thing
in
them
prevented
the
office
of
their
Tongue
:
so
that
they
were
immediately
advanced
to
their
reciprocal
promises
.
Simpathy
is
a
great
promoter
of
such
Adventures
,
and
makes
a
great
deal
of
ground
in
a
little
time
.
Great
was
the
joy
for
their
Love
:
he
performed
his
Honorary
part
very
well
,
he
was
the
Priest
and
the
Deity
both
;
But
the
liberty
of
his
elder
Brother
was
an
unseasonable
impediment
to
the
Mystery
.
Alphonso
used
all
the
Arts
he
could
invent
not
to
return
into
Castille
;
there
was
not
a
Curiosity
a
man
of
his
age
could
be
capable
of
pretending
,
but
he
made
use
of
to
stay
;
but
his
Brother
was
inexorable
,
and
he
must
go
along
:
yet
this
was
not
without
solemn
promises
from
Alphonso
to
come
back
again
in
a
short
time
,
if
he
lived
,
and
as
fincere
assurances
from
Feliciana
,
never
to
falsifie
that
faith
which
she
had
given
him
.
Their
Adieu
was
sorrowful
and
kind
:
excess
of
Love
was
at
that
time
in
season
(
for
Love
has
its
seasons
as
well
as
other
things
,
and
is
as
troublesom
to
those
whose
desires
are
satisfied
,
as
it
is
agreeable
where
they
are
in
their
spring
)
Alphonso
being
departed
,
and
Feliciana
very
impatient
of
his
return
,
many
months
passed
,
and
no
News
of
her
Castillan
.
There
were
several
Spanish
Ships
arrived
upon
the
Coast
of
Barbary
,
and
in
them
some
Alcantara
Merchants
,
with
Presents
from
Don
Garcias
for
Feliciana's
Mother
;
but
no
Letter
,
nor
no
private
Message
for
her
.
This
negligence
startled
her
,
she
was
afraid
she
was
betrayed
,
and
the
first
effect
of
that
opinion
being
a
resolution
to
reproach
the
crime
to
the
Criminal
himself
,
she
insinuated
with
a
Master
of
Biscay
,
and
perswading
him
she
would
go
over
into
Spain
to
turn
Christian
,
she
made
him
promise
her
to
land
her
in
the
Port
of
Carthagena
.
The
bargain
made
,
and
the
hour
of
her
Embarkment
arrived
,
Feliciana
put
on
a
Suit
of
Cloaths
of
Alphonso's
,
which
he
had
left
by
accident
behind
him
,
and
providing
her self
with
certain
Chains
of
Gold
,
away
she
went
to
meet
with
her
Biscayen
.
The
Seas
and
the
Winds
were
so
favourable
to
her
designs
,
that
she
landed
at
Carthagena
without
any
accident
:
she
brought
a
Horse
there
immediately
,
and
taking
a
Guide
,
put
herself
upon
the
Road
for
Alcantara
.
She
inquired
of
Alphonso
where-ever
she
came
;
in
some
place
they
knew
not
where
he
was
,
in
others
they
knew
him
not
at
all
;
but
at
length
there
was
an
old
Hostess
of
Toledo
who
told
our
disguised
African
there
was
to
be
a
Meeting
of
all
the
Ribieros
in
that
Town
within
a
few
days
,
that
she
understood
so
much
from
a
Neighbour
of
hers
,
at
whose
House
that
Family
used
to
lodge
;
and
that
the
same
Neighbour
told
her
withal
,
that
Don
Garcias
came
to
be
present
at
the
Marriage
of
his
younger
Son
with
one
Hypolita
de
Cueva
,
which
was
reckoned
the
handsomest
young
Maid
in
Castille
.
This
News
struck
Feliciana
to
the
heart
,
she
wondred
not
now
her
Lover
had
been
so
lazy
as
never
to
write
to
her
;
she
found
he
had
other
affairs
upon
his
hands
:
she
resolved
however
to
attend
him
at
Toledo
,
and
causing
her self
to
be
called
Felician
,
her
shape
and
her
legs
concurred
so
well
with
her
design
,
she
was
not
suspected
in
the
least
.
She
was
handsom
,
and
the
Sex
she
pretended
to
in
her
Disguise
,
made
her
Beauty
more
rare
.
She
never
stir'd
out
of
her
Inn
but
the
received
some
Complement
or
other
:
One
Evening
as
she
was
walking
in
one
of
the
Walks
in
Toledo
,
and
according
to
her
old
custom
had
been
interrupted
by
several
idle
Propositions
,
a
certain
Lady
in
a
Vail
came
to
her
,
pulled
her
privately
by
the
Arm
,
and
made
signs
to
her
to
follow
her
:
Feliciana
,
or
Felician
,
as
you
please
,
thought
this
also
was
another
of
his
Mistresses
,
whose
hopes
she
was
constrained
to
betray
;
and
in
that
opinion
would
have
steered
her
course
another
way
,
but
the
Lady
laying
hold
on
her
;
Follow
me
,
thou
perfidious
Alphonso
,
said
she
to
her
,
follow
me
,
or
I
'le
be
thy
destruction
.
The
Name
of
Alphonso
awakening
the
Curiosity
of
Feliciane
,
she
followed
the
Lady
into
a
Chamber
where
there
were
several
Candles
lighted
.
The
Spanish
Lady
as
soon
as
she
was
entred
,
turned
up
her
Vail
,
and
discovering
a
singular
Beauty
;
Whence
is
it
,
Alphonse
,
said
she
to
her
,
that
you
constrain
me
to
these
Stratagems
to
gain
a
little
of
your
Converse
?
what
reason
have
you
to
change
your
Name
,
and
call
your self
Felician
?
why
do
you
conceal
your self
from
Hypolita
de
Cueva
?
in
short
,
what
is
this
Mystery
,
and
what
grounds
have
you
for
it
?
Feliciane
perceived
by
her
discourse
it
was
her
Rival
whom
Fortune
had
delivered
into
her
hands
,
and
being
firmly
resolved
to
give
her
no
quarter
;
This
Mystery
is
greater
than
I
can
tell
you
,
Madam
,
replied
she
,
I
would
spare
my self
the
hardship
of
telling
you
my self
,
and
that
is
the
true
reason
I
have
declined
you
for
some
days
:
But
,
Madam
,
since
you
will
force
me
,
I
must
needs
confess
I
am
not
capable
of
accomplishing
our
Marriage
.
Don
Garcias
Journey
to
Toledo
will
be
in
vain
,
for
the
faith
you
expect
so
impatiently
from
me
,
is
,
alas
,
ingaged
to
another
a
long
while
ago
.
How
!
cryed
Hypolita
in
a
mighty
surprise
,
your
faith
ingaged
to
another
?
Yes
,
Madam
,
continued
Felician
,
an
African
Lady
,
inferior
to
your self
neither
in
Birth
nor
in
Love
,
and
(
to
one
that
was
in
Love
with
her
)
not
much
behind
you
in
Beauty
,
has
received
that
faith
which
you
challenge
.
Ha!
why
then
,
thou
perjured
Person
,
replied
Hypolita
,
hast
thou
been
so
audacious
as
to
promise
me
?
I
am
a
man
,
replied
Feliciana
,
and
he
that
names
Man
,
names
Unconstancy
;
your
Beauty
made
me
forget
for
a
while
what
I
ought
to
my
African
;
but
I
am
returned
to
my
first
Love
,
and
since
I
must
be
free
with
you
,
let
me
tell
you
I
will
dye
a
thousand
deaths
before
I
will
betray
her
:
Ha!
Traitor
,
cryed
the
disconsolate
Hypolita
,
I
always
pierced
into
your
heart
through
all
your
Disguises
,
I
observed
always
a
force
upon
your
actions
,
which
me-thought
,
gave
your
Language
the
lye
;
and
you
know
,
vile
man
,
I
have
told
you
so
often
.
But
,
said
she
pursuing
her
transport
,
you
shall
never
boast
you
have
captivated
Hypolita
,
unpanisht
,
what
my
kindness
cannot
expect
,
my
vengeance
must
obtain
:
And
then
calling
up
people
to
seize
upon
Feliciana
,
whom
she
mistook
all
this
while
for
Alphonso
,
she
ran
to
her
Fathers
Chamber
to
give
him
an
account
what
she
had
done
.
The
old
Castillan
applauded
the
indignation
of
his
Daughter
;
he
commanded
Feliciana
should
be
kept
safe
that
night
,
and
the
next
day
he
sent
her
to
Prison
.
A
Magistrate
of
no
small
Authority
in
that
Town
,
was
desired
to
examine
her
:
She
began
to
relent
,
would
have
changed
her
story
,
and
pretended
she
was
mistaken
for
another
;
but
Hypolita's
allegation
,
and
the
testimony
of
several
other
persons
which
assured
him
it
was
Alphonso
,
prevailed
so
far
above
all
that
she
could
say
,
that
she
was
almost
brought
to
the
miserable
Election
of
marrying
Hypolita
,
or
losing
her
head
.
She
had
rather
have
dyed
,
than
have
cured
the
Jealousie
she
had
created
in
her
Rival
;
but
considering
that
what
she
was
unwilling
to
do
her self
,
Alphonso
would
do
of
course
;
she
writ
Hypolita
word
,
that
she
was
so
far
from
being
Alphonso
,
she
was
the
African
Lady
she
had
told
her
of
,
and
that
if
she
would
take
the
pains
to
come
to
the
Prison
,
the
should
satisfie
her
own
eyes
with
the
truth
of
it
.
This
Letter
was
delivered
to
the
Keeper
,
and
he
desired
to
see
it
conveyed
to
Hypolita
.
He
received
it
without
any
difficulty
,
lookt
upon
it
as
a
Recantation
,
and
knew
the
whole
Family
of
the
Cuevas
desired
nothing
more
than
that
Alphonso
would
do
as
he
was
obliged
,
without
further
compulsion
.
But
by
accident
the
Count
de
Atrevalo
,
Confident
to
this
Alphonso
of
Castille
,
and
one
who
disputed
the
Crown
with
King
Henry
,
made
his
Entry
that
day
into
Toledo
,
as
Covernour
of
the
Town
.
The
Keeper
must
needs
be
a
Spectator
of
this
Ceremony
,
and
ingaging
himself
too
far
in
the
Crowd
,
he
lost
his
Letter
.
It
was
taken
up
by
one
of
the
Counts
Officers
,
who
finding
the
Contents
a
little
odd
and
unusual
,
would
needs
shew
it
his
Master
.
The
Governour
was
as
much
surprised
with
the
Adventure
as
his
Man
,
and
had
a
great
Curiosity
to
understand
the
Particulars
.
He
sent
word
to
old
Seigneur
Cueva
,
he
desired
to
know
the
difference
betwixt
him
and
Alphonso
Ribiero
;
and
upon
that
pretence
sending
for
the
Prisoner
,
he
told
her
what
he
knew
of
her
affairs
already
,
and
desired
her
to
inform
him
of
the
rest
.
She
satisfied
his
Curiosity
;
she
was
resolved
to
oppose
the
Marriage
betwixt
Alphonso
and
Hypolita
,
and
she
believed
it
so
near
a
conclusion
,
that
she
thought
she
ought
not
to
make
a
Secret
any
longer
of
that
which
the
whole
World
would
know
in
a
very
short
time
.
But
it
fell
out
otherwise
however
.
The
Count
de
Atrevano
,
who
by
the
ntural
propensity
of
his
Nation
,
was
inclinable
to
impressions
of
love
,
took
a
great
liking
to
the
African
;
he
thought
he
should
do
great
Service
to
the
Families
both
of
the
Cuevas
and
Ribieros
,
to
keep
this
Lady
out
of
their
sight
,
and
fancying
great
pleasure
besides
in
having
so
fair
a
Mistress
in
his
Chamber
,
without
any
Parents
or
Relations
to
call
him
to
an
account
;
he
caused
Feliciana
to
be
removed
to
a
Castle
a
few
days
Journey
from
Toledo
.
The
carrying
her
away
made
a
strange
noise
in
the
Town
●
Hypolita's
Friends
believed
Don
Garcias
had
caused
it
.
Don
Garcias
on
the
contrary
,
who
expected
to
find
Alphonso
in
good
Intelligence
with
Hypolita
,
and
was
come
thither
to
see
her
married
,
was
much
surprised
to
hear
News
so
contrary
to
his
expectation
;
he
demanded
his
Son
of
Seigneur
Cueva
,
and
old
Cueva
demanded
him
of
him
:
To
explain
the
Intrigue
,
the
Governour
attended
for
Alphonso
,
but
Alphonso
did
not
appear
;
considering
therefore
that
he
could
not
declare
what
he
knew
,
without
discovering
what
he
had
a
mind
to
conceal
,
he
resolved
to
say
nothing
,
and
therefore
leaving
the
Parents
to
dispute
it
among
themselves
,
he
went
himself
to
the
Castle
,
whither
he
had
caused
Feliciana
to
be
conducted
.
He
had
ordered
her
Womens
Cloaths
,
and
Women
to
attend
her
,
and
the
Count
found
her
as
handsom
a
Lady
as
he
had
been
a
Cavalier
.
He
acquainted
her
with
his
intentions
,
and
telling
her
it
was
unreasonable
so
excellent
a
Person
should
be
served
only
by
a
Lover
that
had
been
false
,
he
offered
himself
to
repair
the
injury
she
had
received
from
young
Alphonso
.
Feliciana
trembled
at
his
tydings
,
but
returned
him
this
answer
,
That
she
gave
him
many
thanks
for
the
Civility
of
his
Offer
;
but
being
come
into
Spain
only
in
quest
of
her
Alphonso
,
she
beg'd
of
him
the
liberty
to
pursue
her
design
.
The
Governour
would
not
openly
contend
with
her
obstinacy
,
he
had
a
mind
to
be
happy
with
as
little
trouble
as
he
could
.
He
made
several
rich
Presents
to
the
African
,
and
she
accepted
them
with
scorn
,
he
shewed
her
the
Rarities
of
the
Castle
,
and
she
seemed
not
to
regard
them
;
he
resolved
to
have
a
little
patience
,
and
see
how
that
would
work
:
and
therefore
returned
to
his
new
Government
,
and
leaving
one
of
his
Nephews
,
called
Don
Ferdinand
in
Command
he
gave
him
express
charge
to
have
a
care
of
her
Person
,
and
so
to
prepare
her
with
his
Counsels
,
that
he
might
find
her
tractable
at
his
Return
.
He
put
his
affairs
into
safe
hands
to
succeed
.
Don
Fernand
had
been
no
less
smitten
with
the
sight
of
Feliciana
,
than
his
Uncle
the
Count
:
When
he
found
himself
Master
of
his
Destiny
,
he
began
to
pay
her
such
respects
as
were
not
at
all
compatible
with
his
Commission
,
he
sighed
,
he
raved
,
flew
out
so
far
as
to
make
ridiculous
Pictures
of
his
Uncle
,
and
by
degrees
fell
into
expressions
to
this
purpose
,
that
if
he
were
in
Love
with
Feliciana
,
his
thoughts
were
more
innocent
than
his
;
it
was
not
long
before
he
blurted
quite
out
,
and
told
the
African
the
whole
bottom
of
his
heart
.
All
Lovers
in
the
World
but
Alphonso
were
indifferent
to
her
,
the
legitimacy
of
Fernandos
desires
were
no
advantage
to
him
at
all
,
and
she
had
no
more
inclination
to
be
married
to
him
,
than
to
be
Mistress
to
his
Uncle
;
but
judging
very
prudently
notwithstanding
,
that
by
opposing
one
of
them
against
the
other
,
she
might
secure
her self
against
both
,
she
pretended
to
hearken
to
Don
Fernands
Propositions
,
and
let
fall
some
trisling
Complacences
on
purpose
.
A
witty
Woman
is
at
no
great
expence
to
please
a
man
that
is
in
Love
with
her
.
Fernand
was
extremely
well
satisfied
with
his
good
Fortune
;
Feliciana
prevailed
with
him
to
let
her
escape
,
but
upon
promise
to
stay
for
him
upon
the
Frontiers
of
Arragon
,
where
in
a
few
days
he
ingaged
to
wait
upon
her
,
and
conduct
her
into
France
.
He
had
a
great
mind
to
have
gone
away
with
her
from
the
first
,
but
she
perswaded
it
would
be
more
convenient
for
him
to
stay
with
the
Count
,
and
to
facilitate
her
Escape
,
by
perverting
the
Hue
and
Crys
,
and
sending
them
the
wrong
way
.
The
Project
being
laid
with
all
possible
deliberation
,
and
all
things
prepared
that
were
necessary
for
its
execution
,
Feliciana
resumed
the
Habit
of
her
Cavalier
,
mounted
upon
a
Horse
Don
Fernand
had
given
her
,
and
deluding
the
vigilance
of
her
Women
,
stole
away
one
morning
from
her
second
Imprisonment
,
to
seek
out
a
refuge
for
the
innocence
of
her
Love
.
Don
Fernand
fastned
a
Cord
to
her
Bed-Chamber
Window
,
that
it
might
be
presumed
she
had
escapt
that
way
;
he
pretended
to
be
infinitely
concerned
for
her
escape
;
and
for
his
better
dissimulation
,
he
put
himself
in
pursuit
of
her
,
as
if
he
had
had
an
unsatiable
desire
to
have
recovered
her
.
He
was
but
just
gone
out
,
when
Alphouso
came
to
repose
himself
an
hour
or
two
in
the
Castle
.
He
had
his
reasons
not
to
venture
himself
in
the
Towns
,
and
knowing
the
Magnificence
of
the
Count
d'
Atrevalo
,
he
doubted
not
but
a
Stranger
of
his
Garb
would
be
well
received
in
any
place
belonging
to
him
;
nor
was
he
deceived
:
They
entertained
him
very
civilly
,
appointed
him
to
eat
,
and
Feliciana's
Appartment
being
open
,
and
lying
most
conveniently
,
the
Steward
attended
the
new
Guest
into
her
Champber
.
There
was
a
Picture
of
Feliciana's
hung
up
in
the
Room
,
exceedingly
like
her
,
which
Don
Fernand
had
beg'd
of
her
one
time
when
his
Uncle
had
sent
Painters
to
adorn
a
Gallery
in
the
Castle
.
Alphonso
was
surprised
at
the
sight
of
that
Picture
,
as
is
easily
to
be
imagined
.
Feliciana
was
drest
in
the
Spanish
Mode
,
and
that
Dress
disguised
her
a
little
;
but
however
she
was
discernable
to
Eyes
less
penetrating
than
a
Lovers
.
He
was
going
out
to
inquire
of
some
body
whose
that
Picture
was
,
and
how
it
came
thither
;
but
in
his
perplexities
he
took
one
door
for
another
,
and
instead
of
going
into
the
Antichamber
,
which
led
to
the
stairs
,
he
found
himself
in
a
little
Closet
adorned
with
Pictures
,
whose
Frames
of
Wainscot
were
all
covered
over
with
Love-knots
,
wounded
Hearts
,
and
double
FF
.
these
fancies
augmented
his
astonishment
;
and
to
carry
it
on
to
the
highest
degree
,
he
found
a
little
Table-book
lying
open
upon
the
Table
,
and
written
as
he
conceived
with
Feliciana's
own
hand
:
he
took
it
up
,
and
read
these
Verses
ensuing
.
Ingrateful
Wretch
,
and
perjur'd
,
what
can
be
Equal
to
th'
guilt
of
infidelity
?
What
more
transgressive
to
Loves
laws
?
what
more
'Gainst
Nature
,
than
t'forget
what
you
have
swore
?
But
hold
!
fond
Heart
,
let
not
his
present
state
Expunge
the
kindness
he
exprest
of
late
,
Betray'd
,
I
ought
,
but
loving
,
cannot
hate
.
And
at
the
bottom
of
these
Verses
there
was
writ
in
great
Characters
,
THE
PROFESSION
OF
AN
AMOROVS
FAITH
.
This
Title
promised
some
rare
and
divertising
Articles
;
but
Feliciana
had
not
had
time
to
write
them
,
and
if
she
had
,
Alphonso
was
in
such
trouble
,
he
could
not
have
had
the
power
to
have
read
them
.
He
went
down
the
first
stairs
he
could
meet
with
,
which
stairs
went
directly
to
her
Maids
Chamber
,
where
by
accident
having
taken
Physick
that
day
,
the
Governess
was
in
Bed
.
She
was
an
old
Woman
truckling
under
the
burden
of
her
age
,
and
yet
seeing
but
a
man
come
into
the
Room
,
she
skreekt
out
,
and
hid
her
face
under
the
Coverlet
,
as
if
she
had
been
but
fifteen
,
and
her
vertue
in
the
greatest
danger
imaginable
.
Alphonso
excused
himself
,
told
her
he
was
a
Stranger
,
who
knew
not
whither
the
stairs
would
carry
him
,
beg'd
her
pardon
for
surprising
her
in
that
condition
,
and
desired
her
to
inform
him
,
if
she
could
,
where
the
Count
d'
Atrevalo
had
got
the
Picture
which
hung
in
a
Chamber
hard
by
.
Is
it
Feliciana's
Picture
you
mean
?
said
the
old
Woman
,
with
her
head
in
the
Bed
all
the
while
.
Yes
,
replied
Alphonso
,
't
is
she
I
speak
of
.
Don
Fernand
,
that
Governours
Nephew
,
replied
the
old
Woman
,
caused
it
to
be
drawn
by
the
life
.
And
where
is
that
Lady
?
cryed
Alphonso
in
haste
.
The
Governess
was
much
offended
with
Feliciana's
escape
:
she
found
her
imployment
very
good
,
could
not
pardon
the
African
for
making
it
cease
,
and
the
disgusts
of
such
kind
of
persons
go
seldom
without
a
touch
of
ill
language
.
She
is
rambling
about
the
World
,
said
the
malicious
old
Woman
;
she
was
two
months
together
in
this
House
,
where
the
Cont
d'
Atrevalo
caused
her
to
be
treated
,
as
she
had
been
the
best
Lady
in
Castille
;
but
not
being
willing
to
be
restrained
,
and
,
as
it
seems
not
accustomed
to
be
contented
with
one
Servant
,
she
got
away
this
very
night
out
of
her
Chamber
Window
by
the
fidelity
of
a
Bed-cord
.
I
am
damned
,
if
jealous
Don
Fernand
had
not
a
hand
in
it
:
I
observed
kibg
since
there
was
a
kindness
betwixt
them
;
and
when
she
sate
for
her
Picture
,
I
durst
have
sworn
by
their
gloating
,
the
poor
Count
would
be
betrayed
.
The
old
Matron
had
scarce
finisht
these
words
,
but
two
or
three
of
her
other
Women
hearing
a
noise
from
the
next
Chamber
where
they
were
,
came
in
to
see
what
was
the
matter
.
They
no
sooner
cast
their
eyes
upon
Alphonso
,
but
they
took
him
for
Feliciana
;
one
could
not
forbear
expressing
her
joy
to
see
her
returned
;
another
upbraided
her
by
the
fright
into
which
she
had
been
put
.
Alphonso
perceived
their
mistake
,
and
told
them
they
took
him
for
another
person
;
but
they
observing
him
to
be
preparing
to
be
gone
,
and
not
being
able
to
believe
but
this
was
Feliciana
,
they
threw
themselves
upon
him
cryed
out
for
more
help
;
and
in
short
,
seized
upon
him
in
spight
of
all
his
protestations
,
that
he
was
none
of
Feliciana
.
Whilst
these
things
were
in
transaction
,
the
Count
d'
Atrevalo
arrived
;
he
had
been
told
of
Feliciana's
escape
by
the
first
he
met
,
and
understanding
afterwards
what
had
passed
in
the
Governesses
Chamber
,
he
repaired
thither
with
all
speed
to
see
what
was
the
matter
.
Which
way
have
I
disobliged
you
,
Feliciana
,
said
he
to
Alphonso
whom
he
took
at
first
for
his
African
,
what
have
I
done
that
should
cause
you
to
disguise
your self
to
escape
from
me
?
I
love
you
,
I
confess
,
Feliciana
,
but
I
appeal
to
your self
whether
that
passion
had
ever
any
effects
that
might
constrain
you
to
this
Metamorphosis
.
Submissive
Representations
have
hitherto
been
to
only
Interpreters
of
my
Heart
:
I
have
not
left
you
any
thing
to
suspect
me
of
that
was
unworthy
,
I
have
required
nothing
of
you
but
what
was
lawful
;
I
have
kept
you
two
months
together
in
my
House
,
without
abusing
my
power
,
and
you
have
restrained
my
affections
t
the
severe
bounds
of
Civility
:
why
then
,
Feliciana
,
do
you
flye
from
me
?
or
what
one
thing
have
I
done
to
disoblige
you
?
Had
it
not
been
for
the
Conference
he
had
had
with
the
old
Governess
,
this
Discourse
coming
out
of
the
Rivals
own
mouth
would
have
amply
resolved
his
suspicions
;
but
it
was
not
now
,
the
Count
he
was
jealous
of
so
much
as
Don
Fernand.
I
am
not
she
you
take
me
for
,
Sir
,
said
he
to
the
Count
;
I
know
my
resemblance
is
great
enough
to
authorize
your
mistake
;
but
though
Nature
hath
created
that
resemblance
in
our
faces
,
Heaven
hath
formed
our
mind
of
different
Constitutions
;
hers
is
as
disloyal
as
mine
is
faithful
,
and
the
perjury
of
which
she
is
guilty
,
betrays
me
with
as
much
ingratitude
,
as
I
am
charged
with
for
not
betraying
of
her
.
The
Count
having
had
leisure
whilst
Alphonso
was
speaking
,
to
examine
him
more
strictly
,
discerned
some
difference
betwixt
him
,
and
his
African
.
His
stature
was
the
larger
of
the
two
,
his
Features
more
remarkable
,
and
he
perceived
some
glimmerings
of
a
beard
,
he
began
to
think
it
must
be
Alphonso
,
and
therefore
looking
upon
him
now
rather
as
his
Rival
than
his
Mistress
;
he
caused
him
to
be
shut
up
close
,
sent
to
give
notice
to
old
Cueva
of
his
detention
,
and
swore
he
would
dye
but
he
would
make
young
Ribiero
marry
Hypolita
.
In
the
mean
time
Feliciana
was
making
her
escape
,
not
knowing
whither
she
was
going
,
nor
in
what
place
she
could
find
any
protection
.
She
durst
not
continue
in
Castille
,
she
could
not
resolve
to
go
back
into
Barbary
,
much
less
would
she
go
to
the
place
where
she
had
appointed
Don
Fernand
to
meet
her
.
She
took
the
right
hand
way
,
where
she
had
promised
to
take
the
left
,
and
the
left
where
she
was
to
have
taken
the
right
;
and
being
equally
fearful
of
losing
,
and
not
losing
her
way
,
she
marcht
on
in
a
most
unutterable
perplexity
.
It
is
not
to
be
questioned
whether
she
made
use
of
any
imprecations
against
the
ingrateful
person
,
had
run
her
upon
these
difficulties
,
whether
she
resolved
to
hate
his
person
as
much
as
she
detested
his
infidelity
,
and
whether
in
repenting
she
had
loved
him
,
she
did
not
resolve
to
love
him
no
longer
;
all
these
confusions
were
the
common
effects
of
jealousie
and
anger
,
and
never
was
Lover
in
Feliciana's
condition
but
was
sensible
of
them
.
Being
in
the
highest
of
these
sorrowful
reflections
,
and
entred
into
a
Wood
she
knew
not
which
was
the
way
out
of
;
she
was
in
great
danger
of
passing
not
only
the
rest
of
the
day
,
but
the
whole
night
in
that
solitude
,
when
by
accident
she
met
with
a
Cavaliere
,
who
having
lookt
wishly
upon
her
once
or
twice
,
made
up
to
her
with
design
to
accost
her
.
The
poor
Feliciana
was
so
prepossest
with
fear
,
that
forgetting
her
Disguise
,
she
apprehended
this
Gallant
would
prove
some
new
Amouroso
,
and
clapt
Spurs
to
her
Horse
to
escape
him
,
if
she
could
:
But
the
Cavalier
crying
out
after
her
,
Hold
,
Seigneur
Alphouso
,
't
is
your
most
faithful
Mandoce
,
she
recollected
her self
,
and
became
so
curious
as
to
look
back
.
She
resolved
to
make
advantage
of
this
accident
,
and
replied
,
I
did
not
know
you
indeed
as
I
was
passing
,
but
well
,
how
does
the
fair
Hypolita
?
Hypolita
,
Sir
,
said
Mandoce
,
would
not
receive
your
Letter
;
she
told
me
you
were
a
Traitor
,
and
that
she
abhorred
your
very
Name
,
that
she
would
not
prosecute
your
death
,
that
she
was
so
generous
as
to
rejoyce
that
you
were
safe
;
but
that
you
should
not
presume
for
the
future
to
abuse
her
integrity
,
unless
you
desired
to
provoke
her
fury
again
.
I
intreated
her
to
explain
her
Discourse
,
and
assured
her
I
knew
nothing
of
it
;
but
my
ignorance
was
taken
for
an
artifice
,
and
she
threatned
to
have
me
apprehended
,
and
your
retreat
,
and
the
place
I
was
to
meet
you
,
extorted
from
me
by
torments
.
I
had
no
directions
to
inform
her
,
and
me-though
she
lookt
as
if
she
would
have
been
as
good
as
her
word
:
Her
threatning
me
so
,
made
me
get
out
of
Toledo
as
fast
as
I
could
,
and
my
advice
is
,
that
you
would
get
as
far
off
as
you
can
also
;
for
knowing
how
things
stand
in
your
own
conscience
,
my
opinion
,
Sir
,
is
it
will
be
no
place
for
you
.
And
having
given
his
Judgment
,
Mandoce
supposing
Feliciana
to
be
his
Master
,
put
the
Letter
into
her
hands
.
Feliciana
took
it
,
and
stepping
two
or
three
paces
aside
,
that
Mandoce
might
not
perceive
the
trouble
it
gave
her
,
she
opened
it
,
and
read
as
follows
.
Madam
,
Your
desert
is
too
great
to
be
made
the
object
of
〈◊〉
counterfeit
passion
.
My
heart
is
entirely
another
bodies
,
and
I
cannot
obtain
from
its
veritable
sentiments
,
that
it
should
constrain
it self
any
longer
.
Y●●
will
call
me
treacherous
,
and
perjured
,
but
,
Madam
,
't
is
to
avoid
those
Epithets
,
I
expose
my self
to
them
.
The
suspicions
of
Don
Garcias
made
me
guilty
of
a
procedeur
contrary
to
my
nature
.
I
could
not
disentangle
my self
from
his
vigilance
,
but
by
pretending
Love
unto
you
,
and
I
could
wish
with
all
my
heart
my
pretences
were
in
earnest
,
that
I
might
do
Justice
to
your
Charms
:
But
,
Madam
,
the
affections
of
a
mans
heart
depend
not
upon
himself
;
pardon
mine
then
I
beseech
you
,
a
Crime
it
could
not
but
commit
,
and
if
you
be
generous
,
complain
,
but
do
not
abhor
me
.
There
was
not
a
word
in
this
Letter
but
was
a
wholesom
Antidote
against
Feliciana's
Jealousie
;
and
as
if
her
good
Genius
had
apprehended
that
the
forgetting
of
names
might
have
yet
left
some
poyson
behind
it
:
Mandoce
beginning
where
he
left
;
There
is
no
room
now
,
Sir
,
said
he
,
for
unseasonable
Contemplations
,
your
time
is
but
short
;
and
seeing
you
are
resolved
at
last
to
return
into
Africk
,
why
will
you
not
take
this
opportunity
,
and
away
to
the
next
Port.
There
is
a
Vessel
ready
,
and
you
have
no
more
to
do
but
to
go
aboard
,
and
set
Sail
;
besides
let
me
tell
you
,
I
heard
a
Whispering
among
some
people
who
baited
at
my
Inn
,
which
makes
me
jealous
of
your
person
.
They
said
that
you
were
apprehended
,
and
that
the
Count
d'Atrevalo
had
sworn
to
make
you
marry
Hypolita
:
I
see
well
enough
those
Fellows
were
mistaken
,
and
I
know
well
enough
those
rumours
are
vain
;
but
believe
me
,
Sir
,
let
us
save
our selves
,
if
we
can
,
Hypolita
is
highly
offended
,
and
will
play
you
some
scurvy
●rick
or
other
,
if
she
be
not
prevented
.
Feliciana
could
not
contain
her self
at
this
last
assurance
of
her
Servants
fidelity
,
she
gave
thanks
to
her
Stars
which
had
drawn
her
out
of
her
errour
,
and
pronouncing
her self
a
thousand
times
happy
,
thrice
happy
Feliciana
;
she
conjured
Mandoce
to
tell
her
where
she
might
find
Alphonso
.
Mandoce
was
so
frighted
at
that
question
,
he
had
like
to
have
run
away
from
her
;
he
lookt
upon
Feliciana
as
he
was
utterly
undone
,
and
taking
her
still
for
his
Master
,
he
asked
her
(
shivering
)
if
she
were
out
of
her
Wits
:
No
,
Mandoce
,
replied
Feliciana
,
I
am
not
out
of
my
Wits
;
on
the
contrary
,
I
have
recovered
them
.
Then
she
told
him
her
Name
,
and
that
she
was
come
into
Spain
on
purpose
to
seek
him
.
What
Mandoce
had
heard
talkt
to
his
Master
formerly
,
of
the
exact
resemblance
betwixt
Feliciana
and
him
,
perswaded
him
presently
all
was
true
that
she
said
.
He
fell
down
upon
his
knees
,
and
gave
thanks
that
their
Journey
was
shortned
,
and
conducting
the
African
where
his
Master
had
appointed
to
meet
him
that
night
;
he
gave
her
an
account
as
they
travelled
,
that
Alphonso's
Brother
had
conceived
a
suspicion
of
their
Amour
before
his
departure
from
Africk
;
that
he
had
advertised
his
Father
of
it
at
his
return
,
and
that
the
old
man
having
intercepted
Letters
,
by
which
Alphonso
assured
Feliciana
he
would
be
with
her
ere
long
;
he
caused
him
to
be
so
narrowly
watcht
,
he
could
not
make
one
step
but
Don
Garcias
had
notice
;
that
being
weary
of
that
persecution
,
and
perswaded
he
could
not
(
without
collusion
)
disingage
himself
from
his
vigilance
,
he
had
pretended
Love
to
Hypolita
de
Cueva
,
who
was
gone
to
see
one
of
her
Aunts
at
Alcantara
;
that
Don
Garcias
believing
he
had
been
in
earnest
,
had
concluded
the
Articles
with
Hypolita's
Father
,
and
constrained
Alphonso
to
sign
them
:
But
that
a
few
days
after
he
had
escapt
,
and
got
off
to
a
Friends
house
,
who
furnisht
him
with
money
for
his
Voyage
into
Africk
,
whither
he
was
then
ready
to
go
,
and
had
been
there
before
that
time
,
had
the
season
of
the
year
been
proper
for
his
designs
.
This
Discourse
,
and
such
others
entertained
Feliciana
to
the
place
where
she
expected
her
Alphonso
,
and
where
she
found
him
in
effect
;
but
alas
!
not
in
the
condition
she
desired
.
The
Count
d'Atrevalo
having
News
that
the
Count
de
Benevent
(
a
great
Lord
in
Castille
)
and
some
other
of
his
best
friends
were
coming
to
his
House
,
and
apprehending
that
Alphonso
might
take
advantage
to
escape
by
the
disorder
so
much
company
was
like
to
produce
;
and
being
absolutely
resolved
to
secure
the
possession
of
Feliciana
,
by
forcing
his
Rival
to
marry
Hypolita
,
he
caused
him
to
be
conveyed
to
a
Fort
upon
the
Frontier
of
Murcia
,
not
above
a
days
Journey
from
thence
.
The
Prisoner
went
away
late
from
the
Counts
House
,
and
could
not
reach
his
Giste
;
he
was
forced
to
lye
by
the
way
,
and
it
fell
out
his
Quarters
were
taken
up
for
him
in
the
same
place
where
he
had
appointed
Mandoce
to
come
to
him
:
The
same
Fortune
contrived
it
,
that
Don
Fernand
returning
from
the
search
he
pretended
,
was
come
to
the
same
House
.
Feliciana
saw
him
come
into
the
Court
,
through
the
Windows
of
her
Chamber
,
and
the
very
sight
of
him
had
like
to
have
made
her
betake
her self
to
her
heels
;
but
a
new
fancy
coming
into
her
head
in
the
instant
,
she
sent
Mandoce
to
let
him
know
Feliciana
would
speak
with
him
,
and
ordered
one
of
Alphonso's
Servants
to
conduct
him
into
a
little
Court
into
which
she
had
observed
one
of
her
Windows
did
look
.
Mandoce
discharged
himself
of
his
Commission
,
and
Don
Fernand
came
overjoy'd
to
the
Window
where
Feliciana
expected
him
:
My
dear
Don
Fernand
,
said
she
to
him
,
and
as
softly
as
she
could
speak
,
Heaven
has
sent
you
once
more
to
my
relief
;
I
am
taken
again
,
't
is
I
that
am
conducting
to
the
Frontiers
of
Murcia
,
the
Count
d'Atrevalo
takes
me
for
Alphonso
;
but
do
not
you
suffer
your self
to
be
deceived
with
our
resemblance
;
I
am
Feliciana
,
and
to
convince
you
,
See
there
,
said
she
,
throwing
her
Table-book
to
him
,
see
what
you
gave
me
when
I
took
my
leave
of
you
at
the
Counts
Castle
,
you
shall
find
there
the
Roads
you
directed
me
to
take
,
and
set
them
down
with
your
own
hand
,
save
me
once
more
,
if
you
can
possibly
.
After
this
Proposition
she
pulled
in
her
head
,
and
retired
,
as
she
had
been
afraid
to
be
over-heard
;
and
Don
Fernand
returning
as
fast
,
he
fell
upon
contriving
which
way
he
should
rescue
the
Prisoner
which
he
took
to
be
Feliciana
;
he
went
to
the
Officer
which
commanded
the
Convoy
,
and
told
him
the
Count
having
occasion
to
imploy
him
with
all
speed
at
the
Castle
,
had
sent
him
to
execute
his
place
.
The
Officer
knowing
him
to
be
his
Nephew
,
and
in
good
esteem
with
the
Count
,
made
no
scruple
to
resign
,
and
mounting
in
the
morning
by
break
of
day
,
away
he
went
Post
where
Fernand
directed
him
.
His
back
was
no
sooner
turned
,
but
Don
Fernand
commanded
his
Convoy
to
horse
,
and
dispersed
them
,
some
he
placed
in
one
post
,
some
in
another
,
some
he
sent
to
secure
such
a
Pass
,
others
to
possess
such
a
Bridge
,
and
when
they
were
far
enough
asunder
,
running
to
Alphonso's
Bed
,
Come
let
us
save
our selves
now
,
Feliciana
,
said
he
,
all
things
are
ready
for
our
escape
:
We
will
go
to
Carthagena
,
which
is
no
great
distance
from
hence
,
and
from
thence
pass
into
Barbary
;
but
you
must
make
haste
,
for
time
is
precious
.
Alphonso
understood
immediately
who
he
took
him
for
;
but
he
had
no
mind
to
rectifie
an
errour
was
like
to
procure
him
his
liberty
.
He
drest
himself
out
of
hand
,
and
followed
the
Count.
They
took
Horse
without
any
noise
,
and
marcht
directly
for
Carthagena
.
The
Sun
was
not
quite
up
when
they
departed
,
and
they
passed
upon
a
Causway
that
would
not
permit
them
to
discourse
.
But
as
soon
as
Don
Fernand
found
himself
out
of
danger
,
my
dear
Feliciana
,
said
he
to
his
Rival
,
putting
one
of
his
Arms
about
her
Neck
,
see
now
,
at
length
we
are
delivered
from
the
Tyranny
of
the
Count
d'Atrevalo
:
he
shall
disturb
our
felicity
no
more
,
and
thanks
to
the
good
counsel
you
gave
,
we
shall
find
in
Barbary
that
repose
,
which
we
durst
not
so
much
as
hope
for
in
Castille
;
But
tell
me
,
my
dear
,
how
came
you
to
be
re-taken
,
how
came
you
to
deceive
my
Uncle
,
and
by
what
good
Fortune
did
you
find
the
way
of
speaking
to
me
yesterday
?
Alphonso
understood
but
one
part
of
his
Discourse
;
but
that
was
sufficient
to
inform
him
,
that
he
who
talkt
to
him
was
his
Rival
,
and
the
Counts
Nephew
who
rescued
Feliciana
from
the
hands
of
his
Uncle
the
first
time
.
This
consideration
transported
him
with
jealousie
and
fury
:
he
clapt
his
hand
upon
one
of
Don
Fernands
Pistols
,
and
clapping
Spurs
to
his
Horse
to
disingage
himself
a
little
,
he
turned
short
,
and
told
him
,
thou
shalt
dye
,
vile
man
,
thou
shalt
dye
,
and
thy
blood
revenge
the
persidiousness
of
my
ingrateful
Mistress
.
Don
Fernand
was
so
surprised
at
this
action
,
he
took
it
at
first
for
a
dream
.
He
lookt
upon
himself
,
he
stared
upon
Alphonso
,
he
knew
he
was
Don
Fernand
;
but
he
took
his
Rival
for
his
Mistress
,
and
not
being
able
to
accommodate
these
inconsistencies
,
being
clearly
transported
,
he
demanded
of
Alphonso
,
if
he
had
lost
his
senses
,
or
whether
he
knew
him
or
not
:
I
know
you
too
well
,
replied
the
young
Bibiero
;
but
it
is
you
that
does
not
know
me
:
defend
your self
while
you
may
,
or
I
shall
spoil
your
fencing
.
Feliciana
and
Mandoce
came
in
just
as
Alphonso
had
spoke
those
words
:
They
had
watcht
when
Don
Fernand
departed
,
and
traced
him
all
the
way
;
Hold
,
Alphonso
,
cryed
the
African
,
forcing
her self
betwixt
them
,
do
not
attempt
the
life
of
a
person
,
to
whom
you
are
indebted
for
your
Feliciana
.
These
words
and
the
sight
of
Feliciana
,
opened
Don
Fernands
Eyes
,
and
he
became
sensible
of
his
mistake
:
he
remembred
he
had
heard
talk
of
the
resemblance
betwixt
Alphonso
and
his
African
,
and
concluding
it
was
his
Rival
he
had
delivered
,
he
would
have
fallen
upon
him
;
but
Feliciana
and
Mandoce
opposed
:
Be
patient
,
Don
Fernand
,
said
the
African
to
him
,
be
patient
,
your
fury
at
this
time
will
be
in
vain
:
I
do
not
doubt
but
it
troubles
you
,
that
you
have
rescued
your
Rival
,
instead
of
your
Mistress
,
and
that
it
must
be
great
regret
to
you
to
have
twice
betrayed
your
Uncle
,
when
you
consider
the
effects
of
that
Treason
were
nothing
else
but
the
delivering
up
Feliciana
to
her
Alphonso
;
but
there
is
a
Destiny
in
Love
,
as
in
other
things
;
you
were
not
born
to
be
more
happy
in
yours
,
I
am
sorry
for
it
with
all
my
heart
,
and
will
pray
heartily
to
Cupid
to
comfort
you
.
As
for
my self
,
't
is
not
in
my
power
,
I
am
young
Ribieros
,
and
can
be
no
bodies
else
:
And
having
ended
her
Speech
,
she
whipt
on
her
Horse
,
and
Alphonso
and
Mandoce
followed
:
Alphonso
had
like
to
have
run
away
at
the
very
sight
of
Feliciana
,
so
strange
an
impression
had
the
opinion
of
her
inconstancy
made
in
him
:
But
Mandoce
perceiving
it
,
got
up
to
him
,
and
conjured
him
not
to
be
so
fierce
,
for
he
could
assure
him
his
Mistress
was
innocent
.
What
she
said
to
Don
Fernand
confirmed
his
report
,
so
that
Alphonso
followed
her
much
better
satisfied
than
when
she
fell
first
upon
Fernand.
Don
Fernand
endeavoured
to
have
opposed
their
flight
,
at
least
not
to
leave
them
;
but
the
first
was
impossible
,
and
as
to
the
second
,
the
trouble
which
was
upon
him
not
permitting
him
the
prudent
management
of
his
Horse
,
he
ran
him
upon
a
Rock
before
he
was
aware
,
and
down
he
came
with
all
four
.
The
two
Lovers
did
not
hold
it
any
part
of
their
Charity
to
relieve
him
;
they
rid
as
fast
as
they
could
to
Carthagena
,
and
from
thence
past
with
all
speed
into
Africk
,
where
the
sincerity
of
Alphonso's
intentions
,
made
the
Father
and
Mother
of
Feliciana
forget
what
their
Daughter
had
done
.
And
all
the
Family
of
the
Ribieros
were
glad
to
follow
their
Example
.
The
fury
of
the
Count
d'Atrevalo
was
so
great
upon
the
News
that
the
two
Lovers
were
arrived
safely
in
Barbary
,
that
not
content
to
exercise
his
rage
upon
his
Nephew
(
who
was
pursued
and
slain
by
his
Orders
)
he
extended
it
to
all
such
as
had
any
intimacy
or
relation
to
Alphonso
.
He
persecuted
Don
Garcias
severely
,
for
having
taken
away
the
best
part
of
his
Estate
,
and
caused
his
elder
Son
to
be
executed
,
he
forced
the
old
man
to
seek
Sanctuary
with
his
youngest
:
and
this
was
the
Source
of
all
the
Divisions
in
the
Kingdom
of
Castille
,
which
in
less
than
thirty
years
time
caused
the
change
of
so
many
Masters
,
and
at
length
pulled
down
his
Holinesses
Excommunication
upon
the
Head
of
the
Count
d'Atrevalo
;
but
we
will
leave
him
to
his
penitences
,
and
continue
our
Remarks
upon
the
most
amorous
Passages
in
History
.
Love
is
a
thing
hereditary
falls
Like
Land
,
unto
the
Children
;
Parents
free
,
And
gay
,
produce
the
like
,
no
spleens
,
no
galls
,
But
streams
of
Love
run
down
the
family
.
The
mother
which
before
was
soft
and
kind
,
But
seldom
leaves
a
dogged
Girl
behind
.
There
is
no
Reader
I
suppose
so
ignorant
,
Jane
supposed
of
Castille
.
but
he
knows
what
the
Spanish
History
reports
of
Leonora
,
the
Wife
of
Henry
the
Fourth
,
King
of
Castille
,
sirnamed
the
Impotent
.
This
Princess
having
a
private
Amour
with
the
Count
de
Cueva
,
chief
of
the
Family
we
have
mentioned
so
lately
,
and
since
created
Duke
of
Albuquerque
,
would
not
trouble
her self
,
as
other
Ladies
do
,
to
conceal
it
from
her
Husband
,
she
made
her
Love
an
Affair
of
State
;
and
King
Henry
,
perswaded
that
it
was
by
his
fault
his
Wife
had
no
Children
,
and
being
passionately
desirous
of
them
,
he
intreated
Leonora
very
civilly
that
she
would
contrive
some
way
or
other
to
provide
him
one
.
She
pretended
great
horrour
at
the
first
Proposition
,
that
she
might
have
the
pleasure
of
being
pressed
;
and
the
King
did
her
that
kindness
,
he
prest
,
he
intreated
,
and
his
Election
concurring
with
the
Queens
,
the
good
Monarch
conducted
the
Count
de
Cueva
to
the
Royal
Bed
with
his
own
hand
.
The
business
was
executed
with
full
liberty
,
and
of
this
admirable
Conjunction
that
Jane
was
born
who
was
owned
by
Henry
,
and
for
a
long
time
after
disputed
the
Crown
with
the
famous
Isabella
,
Grand-mother
to
the
Emperour
Charles
V.
It
would
be
to
invert
the
Laws
of
Nature
and
Gallantry
,
to
ascribe
rigid
and
severe
Vertue
to
a
Daughter
of
so
spurious
Extraction
,
we
must
endeavour
to
represent
her
conformable
to
the
Birth
wherewith
her
Mother
had
honoured
her
.
She
was
not
above
sixteen
or
seventeen
years
of
age
,
when
Lewis
XI
.
King
of
France
(
the
same
we
have
spoken
of
before
as
Dauphin
in
the
Gallanteries
of
Agnes
)
sent
the
Bishop
of
Alby
to
demand
her
in
Marriage
for
his
Brother
the
Count
de
Guyenne
.
The
Count
de
Boulogne
was
imployed
particularly
from
the
Count
de
Guyenne
with
full
power
in
his
Name
to
do
what
he
thought
requisite
in
the
Affair
,
and
he
thought
good
to
fall
in
Love
with
her
himself
.
He
was
handsom
,
and
a●ery
,
and
the
French
are
never
so
transcendantly
illustrious
as
in
foreign
Countries
.
The
Infanta
of
Castille
saw
nothing
at
King
Henry's
Court
so
magnificently
spruce
as
the
French
Count
:
She
could
not
forbear
running
into
an
admiration
of
their
Manners
and
Deportment
,
and
the
Count
,
like
a
good
Polititian
,
perswading
Monsieur
d'Alby
,
that
to
render
their
Embassie
successful
,
it
would
be
convenient
to
gain
upon
the
inclinations
of
the
Princess
,
in
respect
of
the
power
she
had
over
her
Mother
,
and
her
Mother
over
the
King
;
he
entertained
her
with
continual
Discourses
about
the
liberty
with
which
they
made
Love
in
France
.
It
had
not
been
long
since
Charles
VII
.
was
dead
,
and
the
severity
of
Lewis's
Regiment
was
not
establisht
as
yet
:
He
talkt
of
nothing
but
the
wonderful
freedoms
of
the
last
Reign
,
to
have
heard
him
,
one
would
have
sworn
the
good
qualities
of
the
Ladies
were
denominated
by
their
Conquests
,
and
he
assured
her
that
in
France
one
would
pass
for
either
simple
,
or
deformed
,
if
at
her
age
she
had
not
had
two
or
three
Amours
.
The
Princess
was
jealous
of
the
reputation
of
her
Charms
,
gave
the
Count
to
understand
she
liked
the
French
fashion
very
well
,
and
according
to
his
description
,
would
be
very
glad
to
be
in
it
.
For
her
first
Lesson
,
he
caused
her
Picture
to
be
taken
in
little
,
by
the
permission
of
the
Queen
,
to
send
it
as
he
pretended
,
to
the
Count
de
Guyenne
;
but
when
it
was
finisht
,
he
caused
a
Copy
to
be
taken
,
and
sending
that
to
the
Count
,
he
kept
the
Original
for
himself
;
See
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
,
how
ingenious
men
demean
themselves
in
our
Court
;
their
pretences
are
honourable
and
fair
in
every
thing
they
do
.
Their
outward
professions
are
always
above
censure
;
but
the
secret
intention
they
reserve
to
themselves
;
and
it
would
be
a
sign
of
a
very
barren
invention
to
circumscribe
it
within
the
bounds
of
a
single
design
.
Such
solid
Lessons
as
these
meeting
with
a
Nature
apt
and
disposed
,
made
so
great
a
progress
in
a
few
months
,
that
the
Princess
was
able
to
have
commented
upon
his
Text.
Castille
was
then
in
great
Troubles
by
the
pretensions
of
the
Infant
Alphonso
,
Brother
of
Isabella
,
and
the
Nephew
of
Henry
,
who
(
as
Historians
say
)
without
any
lawful
Right
made
Claim
to
the
Crown
.
The
Grandees
of
the
Country
endeavoured
to
accommodate
the
difference
.
The
Marquess
de
Villena
supporting
Alphonso's
,
and
the
Duke
of
Albuquerque
Henry's
pretensions
.
The
young
Princess
had
a
mind
to
bring
over
the
Marquess
to
the
Interests
of
Henry
,
in
which
she
was
ingaged
;
and
to
that
purpose
bethought
her self
of
putting
the
Count
of
Boulognes
Documents
in
practice
:
The
Marquess
de
Villena
hoping
to
draw
some
advantage
from
the
Conversation
of
the
Princess
,
which
might
be
profitable
to
Alphonso
,
prevented
the
obliging
designs
she
had
upon
his
Heart
.
They
began
their
first
Commerce
with
their
Eyes
:
if
he
thought
he
understood
the
meaning
of
her
glances
,
his
were
no
less
intelligible
to
her
;
so
that
there
needed
no
further
explication
of
that
Language
.
There
was
a
Garden
belonging
to
the
Palace
,
reserved
only
for
the
Queen
and
her
Daughter
to
walk
in
,
into
which
no
man
was
ever
admitted
:
The
Princess
took
the
Air
there
every
night
without
any
Attendance
but
an
old
Governess
(
the
Count
de
Boulogne
had
corrupted
)
and
her
Maids
who
never
came
near
her
but
when
they
were
called
.
The
Marquess
found
a
way
to
introduce
himself
into
this
Garden
;
he
attended
the
hour
in
which
the
Princess
was
accustomed
to
walk
,
and
following
her
with
his
Eye
into
a
Grove
of
Cypress-trees
which
formed
themselves
into
a
Labyrinth
,
he
discovered
himself
to
her
when
he
judged
it
convenient
.
The
Princess
was
surprised
to
see
a
man
in
that
place
,
and
the
first
impression
made
her
retire
:
but
the
Marquess
conjuring
her
to
hear
him
one
word
,
the
Infanta
was
flexible
and
yielded
.
And
for
as
much
as
the
Daughters
of
Kings
are
not
to
be
courted
as
common
persons
are
,
reasons
of
State
being
always
the
pretence
of
an
ingenious
Lover
among
them
;
he
began
first
with
a
Declaration
of
the
absolute
Power
he
had
to
negotiate
in
the
difference
betwixt
Alphonso
and
Henry
;
he
next
represented
how
easie
it
would
be
for
him
to
propose
in
the
Treaty
her
Marriage
with
Alphonso
,
and
observing
the
effect
that
Overture
had
upon
the
Princess
,
he
began
to
insinuate
the
Love
he
had
for
her
himself
,
and
declared
that
by
her
indulgence
and
affection
,
she
might
ingage
him
in
her
Interests
.
The
Princess
took
a
resolution
worthy
of
the
Doctrine
the
French
Count
had
preacht
to
her
:
she
pretended
great
severity
,
but
yet
without
shifting
the
Marquesses
hopes
;
My
heart
,
says
she
,
prefers
the
love
of
Vertue
to
all
the
Dignities
in
the
World
,
nevertheless
it
is
not
so
ungrateful
,
but
a
considerable
service
may
have
an
influence
upon
it
.
In
the
midst
of
this
Conference
the
Princess
apprehended
she
heard
some
body
walk
behind
the
Palissade
,
against
which
she
was
leaning
,
and
she
trembled
at
the
Alarm
.
Though
the
Queen
had
made
no
profession
of
austerity
her self
,
yet
she
exacted
it
in
others
,
and
according
to
the
Maxime
of
Court
Ladies
,
was
a
declared
Enemy
to
all
other
peoples
Courtship
.
The
Princess
fearing
therefore
to
be
surprised
alone
in
discourse
with
a
man
,
made
but
one
leap
betwixt
the
place
where
she
was
,
and
the
door
into
her
Appartment
;
and
in
imitation
of
her
,
the
Marquess
made
as
much
haste
away
as
he
could
.
He
that
put
them
to
the
rout
,
saw
nothing
but
their
shadow
:
it
was
the
Count
of
Boulogne
,
who
observing
her
walk
,
had
got
in
at
one
of
the
Gates
,
and
was
watching
upon
the
same
design
as
had
tempted
his
Rival
.
He
was
in
as
much
fear
of
being
discovered
as
they
.
When
he
heard
them
he
hid
himself
,
and
suspecting
nothing
of
the
truth
,
he
gave
them
as
much
leisure
to
escape
as
they
could
wish
.
When
by
the
profound
silence
after
they
were
fled
,
he
judged
he
might
come
forth
without
danger
,
he
stole
to
the
Princesses
Window
(
which
he
knew
lookt
into
the
Garden
)
resolved
to
knock
gently
,
and
if
it
were
possible
,
prevail
for
some
moments
Converse
;
but
he
was
surprised
with
a
violent
showre
of
rain
,
which
made
him
apprehend
the
Princess
,
could
neither
come
out
her self
,
nor
put
her
head
out
of
the
Window
,
so
that
he
was
glad
to
retire
very
melancholy
upon
the
illness
of
his
success
.
As
he
was
marching
off
,
he
perceived
something
under
his
feet
,
which
he
took
up
,
and
found
it
like
a
Womans
Pantoffle
or
high
Shoe
;
and
indeed
it
was
one
of
the
Infanta's
,
which
she
lost
as
she
was
running
away
,
and
durst
not
stoop
to
take
it
up
again
.
The
Count
seized
upon
it
,
and
imagining
the
Lady
which
lost
it
,
must
needs
have
been
in
great
haste
to
leave
it
behind
her
,
he
concluded
the
noise
he
had
heard
could
not
be
without
Mystery
;
and
had
a
great
curiosity
in
himself
to
find
out
the
bottom
of
it
.
The
Pantoffle
being
in
his
Judgment
necessary
to
his
design
,
he
put
it
up
carefully
in
his
Pocket
,
and
went
home
to
his
Quarters
.
Being
there
,
he
began
to
examine
it
particularly
,
and
found
it
to
be
richly
embroidred
,
and
the
form
very
handsom
;
he
sent
one
of
his
Servants
(
who
w●nting
no
cunning
)
to
inquire
of
all
the
Work-men
in
the
City
,
for
whom
that
Pantoffle
was
made
,
and
it
proved
to
be
made
for
a
young
Castellane
,
called
Elvira
,
who
was
one
of
the
Princesses
Maids
of
Honour
,
and
having
excellent
invention
in
all
kind
of
Trimmings
,
the
Princess
her self
wore
many
times
of
her
Work
.
The
Count
de
Boulogne
being
ignorant
of
the
second
Destiny
of
the
Pantoffle
,
contented
himself
with
the
first
;
and
(
his
Intrigue
with
the
Princess
carrying
more
of
honour
than
profit
along
with
it
)
he
thought
it
not
incompatible
,
if
he
had
made
a
little
Love
to
the
Castillane
.
She
had
appeared
to
him
very
pretty
from
his
very
Arrival
,
and
if
the
honour
of
having
the
first-fruits
of
a
Royal
Heart
,
joyned
with
some
secret
designs
upon
the
score
of
the
Count
de
Guyenne
,
had
not
sollicited
his
desires
for
the
Infanta
,
Elvira
had
had
the
first
of
his
devotions
.
He
was
heartily
glad
to
find
his
way
so
well
prepared
:
Lovers
by
the
by
,
do
not
insist
so
much
upon
Quality
and
Greatness
;
the
Conquests
that
are
most
easie
,
are
most
acceptable
with
them
.
He
built
upon
the
foundation
of
a
former
Rendez-vous
,
and
judging
of
Elviras
Complexion
by
what
he
thought
he
knew
of
her
already
,
the
first
occasion
he
met
with
,
he
fancied
would
be
favourable
enough
.
Being
at
a
Comedy
in
the
Queens
Appartment
,
and
a
Collation
afterwards
,
to
which
the
Embassadours
were
invited
,
he
took
Elvira
aside
towards
a
Balister
,
and
pretending
to
desire
her
explication
of
some
Paintings
upon
the
Wainscot
,
which
he
liked
very
well
:
'T
is
not
these
Paintings
is
the
business
,
Elvira
,
said
he
,
as
softly
as
he
could
speak
,
that
is
but
the
pretence
of
our
discourse
:
I
love
you
,
and
could
never
be
happy
in
an
opportunity
of
telling
you
before
.
I
know
I
attempt
a
Fort
,
has
been
taken
already
,
but
it
is
the
custom
among
the
French
to
dispossess
all
Usurpers
:
I
am
not
ignorant
of
your
affairs
,
it
was
I
routed
you
the
Queens
Garden
the
other
night
:
it
was
I
made
you
run
in
such
haste
,
and
it
is
I
have
the
Pantoffle
in
my
custody
,
which
you
lost
by
the
way
.
I
have
not
told
any
thing
of
all
this
to
any
but
your self
,
and
will
dye
a
thousand
deaths
before
ever
I
will
tell
it
,
But
,
fair
Elvira
,
let
me
remember
you
,
such
discretion
as
this
deserves
some
kind
of
favour
,
recompense
it
therefore
,
if
you
please
.
Elvira
was
young
,
high-spirited
,
one
that
would
not
admit
of
an
Intrigue
,
and
for
whom
Nature
had
liberally
done
,
what
the
Laws
,
and
Education
do
many
times
find
great
difficulty
to
do
.
You
address
your self
very
ill
,
Monsieur
,
said
she
to
the
Count
something
angrily
,
you
must
seek
a
new
Object
for
your
Romances
,
such
trifles
will
not
relish
with
me
:
And
what
she
said
,
she
spake
with
that
Emphasis
,
as
bold
as
the
Monsieur
was
,
she
put
him
out
of
Countenance
.
Neverteless
being
assured
,
as
he
thought
,
Elvira
was
not
so
terrible
as
she
desired
to
appear
,
this
sally
did
but
redouble
the
ardour
of
his
Attaque
;
he
watched
Elviras
Eyes
when-ever
he
was
permitted
to
see
her
:
He
took
all
lawful
occasions
to
make
her
little
Presents
,
he
gave
many
Bills
to
the
Princesses
Maids
,
and
found
a
way
to
insinuate
,
they
were
intended
only
for
her
.
But
〈◊〉
more
he
concerned
himself
,
the
less
notice
she
took
.
When
he
talkt
to
her
of
the
Garden
,
the
Rendez-vous
,
and
the
Pantoffle
,
she
lookt
upon
him
as
distracted
,
and
he
(
not
to
drive
a
thing
too
far
,
when
he
perceived
she
delighted
not
to
hear
)
took
himself
up
,
and
pretending
to
believe
her
heart
as
yet
undisposed
of
,
beseeched
her
he
might
have
it
in
that
quality
rather
than
fail
:
She
told
him
very
snappingly
,
she
would
do
nothing
in
that
nature
,
and
that
she
was
a
profest
Enemy
to
those
kind
of
Intrigues
;
but
let
her
say
what
she
would
he
would
have
been
sworn
to
the
contrary
,
and
that
it
was
her
caution
,
not
her
humour
deceived
him
.
Well
,
he
must
needs
know
which
of
the
two
spoke
truth
:
He
had
made
but
one
of
the
Gardiners
before
,
he
made
them
all
now
;
he
understood
the
Marquess
de
Villena
entred
into
the
Garden
that
night
he
found
the
Pantoffle
.
He
sent
for
the
Work-man
that
made
it
,
and
examined
it
himself
;
he
assured
him
he
made
it
for
Elvira
,
so
that
the
obstinacy
she
had
exprest
,
began
to
lose
that
credit
it
had
almost
acquired
.
The
Count
suspected
it
an
artifice
,
and
believing
it
would
be
meritorious
to
convince
her
of
her
juggling
,
he
resolved
to
take
her
in
the
act
.
Though
he
had
all
these
designs
in
his
head
,
his
Intrigues
with
the
Princess
went
on
nevertheless
:
He
accosted
her
as
oft
as
he
could
,
he
writ
Letters
to
her
every
day
,
and
invented
an
hundred
ways
to
convey
them
;
sometimes
he
sent
them
wrapt
up
in
dryed
Sweet-meats
(
and
I
suppose
it
was
he
brought
up
that
custom
at
his
return
,
for
it
is
still
practised
in
France
at
this
day
)
otherwhiles
he
brought
Verses
and
Songs
according
to
the
way
of
the
French
Court
,
and
then
stole
in
a
Letter
amongst
those
the
Princess
seemed
to
like
.
He
was
so
ingenious
likewise
to
cause
a
Busk
of
Leaf-gold
to
be
made
upon
blue
Enamel
,
all
hollow
within
,
and
the
Princess
pretending
to
shew
him
the
Workmanship
,
or
playing
at
some
kind
of
Sport
where
that
would
be
necessary
,
she
received
his
Notes
many
times
,
and
many
times
answered
them
.
They
were
as
kind
as
at
the
beginning
,
and
(
except
certain
degrees
of
benevolence
which
he
reserved
till
after
his
Embassie
was
concluded
)
he
thought
himself
in
as
much
favour
as
he
could
wish
;
but
he
was
very
much
mistaken
.
The
Marquess
had
satisfied
the
Infanta
,
that
her
Marriage
with
Alphonso
would
be
more
honourable
and
advantagious
,
than
the
Count
de
Guyenne
;
and
th●
Princess
treating
the
Embassadours
according
to
the
quality
of
their
Proposals
,
the
Prince
of
Castilles
Embassadours
had
the
precedence
in
her
heart
.
The
Marquess
had
met
her
by
her
order
in
the
Garden
,
where
he
had
found
her
the
first
time
without
it
;
and
as
his
designs
of
marrying
her
to
Alphonso
,
were
not
so
sincere
as
the
Count
de
Boulognes
were
to
marry
her
to
the
Count
de
Guyenne
;
the
story
says
,
the
Marquess
was
much
bolder
with
the
pretences
of
the
Prince
of
Castille
,
than
the
Count
was
with
those
of
the
French
Prince
.
One
evening
when
he
was
in
the
Queens
Garden
attending
the
Princess
who
had
promised
to
meet
him
without
any
Equipage
but
her
Governante
;
the
Count
de
Boulogne
,
who
had
his
Scouts
abroad
,
had
notice
where
he
was
:
he
hasted
privately
into
the
Garden
by
the
Gate
that
was
at
his
disposing
,
and
expecting
at
least
to
take
Elvira
in
a
lye
,
he
stole
gently
behind
an
Arbour
,
where
the
Gardiner
he
had
made
,
assured
him
the
Marquess
was
entred
.
The
evening
was
dark
,
and
the
Princess
,
and
Villena
spake
very
low
,
nevertheless
the
Count
could
here
the
Whispering
they
made
.
He
went
round
about
the
Arbour
,
and
throwing
himself
into
it
suddenly
;
How
now
!
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
,
you
will
have
no
Amours
not
you
?
your
Rendez
vous
,
and
the
story
of
the
Pantoffles
are
but
Romances
and
Fables
?
you
have
no
kindness
for
the
Marquess
of
Villena
at
all
?
and
you
are
naturally
,
what
the
most
vertuous
are
by
Education
?
Part
of
this
charge
was
properly
enough
upon
the
Princess
,
and
had
the
Count
been
assured
to
whom
he
had
addrest
his
Discourse
,
his
publick
and
private
Interests
would
have
authorized
him
to
have
exprest
himself
in
that
manner
:
But
the
haughtiness
and
quality
of
the
Infanta
would
not
permit
her
to
return
him
any
milder
reply
.
She
told
the
Count
he
was
very
bold
to
intrude
himself
into
a
Conversation
where
he
was
not
invited
;
that
she
had
her
reasons
for
the
secrecy
of
her
discourse
with
the
Marquess
,
wherewith
the
King
was
already
contented
,
and
(
besides
the
Queen
)
she
thought
her self
not
accomptable
to
any
body
else
;
that
he
would
be
gone
immediately
,
unless
he
desired
she
should
forget
the
respect
she
had
for
his
Dignity
,
as
he
had
forgot
what
was
due
unto
her
.
It
is
not
easie
to
express
the
astonishment
the
Count
de
Boulogne
was
in
when
he
heard
it
was
the
Infanta
;
he
thought
he
had
been
mistaken
,
and
interrupting
her
in
a
fright
;
Why
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
her
,
is
it
you
that
is
in
this
Arbour
?
Yes
,
replied
the
Infanta
in
a
passion
,
it
is
I
:
And
this
Cavalier
with
me
is
the
Marquess
de
Villena
?
Yes
,
said
the
Marquess
,
I
am
the
Marquess
de
Villena
,
and
I
am
in
discourse
with
the
Infanta
about
matters
of
State
.
I
ask
your
pardon
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Count
out
of
countenance
,
I
did
not
expect
to
have
found
the
Marquess
in
so
good
Company
,
I
shall
take
my
measures
better
another
time
,
and
seeing
the
respect
I
owe
you
is
exposed
by
such
accidents
undesigned
,
I
shall
keep
a
better
guard
upon
it
for
the
future
.
Having
finished
these
words
,
he
withdrew
,
and
left
the
Infanta
in
a
most
inexpressible
disquiet
.
The
true
cause
she
concealed
from
the
Marquess
;
that
piece
of
sincerity
is
never
in
use
;
but
the
scrupulous
vertue
wherewith
the
Queen
did
seem
to
embellish
her
older
years
,
supplied
the
Princess
with
pretences
enough
for
her
disorder
.
As
soon
as
she
was
got
to
her
Chamber
,
she
writ
a
Letter
to
the
Count
,
and
though
she
father'd
her
Rendez-vous
upon
the
troubles
of
Castile
,
yet
she
exprest
so
sensible
a
sorrow
for
the
suspicions
he
had
conceived
,
that
one
must
have
been
the
Infanta
her self
to
have
discovered
the
fallacy
.
This
Letter
by
ill
Fortune
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
Marquess
de
Villena
.
The
Princess
had
the
Names
of
her
Gallants
so
ready
in
her
memory
,
that
she
confounded
them
,
and
thinking
to
name
the
Count
de
Boulogne
,
she
directed
her
Messenger
to
the
Marquess
.
The
Messenger
understanding
no
further
than
what
he
received
from
her
mouth
for
there
was
no
Superscription
)
carried
it
directly
as
the
Princess
had
commanded
before
she
was
aware
.
Such
Messages
as
those
are
usually
great
interruptions
to
Gallants
repose
.
The
Marquess
spent
the
best
part
of
the
night
in
contemplation
of
that
gracious
Letter
,
he
was
immediately
satisfied
of
the
mistake
.
The
Count
was
so
exactly
described
,
he
needed
not
have
been
his
Rival
to
discover
it
was
to
him
.
This
made
the
Marquess
as
jealous
as
angry
:
He
considered
in
what
manner
the
Count
accosted
the
Princess
,
and
judged
her
answer
,
though
apparently
angry
,
yet
upon
second
thoughts
more
than
ordinary
familiar
;
he
deduced
two
or
three
melancholy
Consequences
,
and
resolved
to
second
them
with
Conference
with
the
Count
,
he
went
to
speak
with
him
as
soon
as
he
was
drest
.
The
Count
had
received
a
Ticket
from
the
Princess
,
addrest
to
the
Marquess
,
as
the
Marquess
had
received
one
the
night
before
intended
to
the
Count.
She
had
discovered
the
Destiny
of
her
Letter
,
upon
the
return
of
her
Messenger
;
and
would
fain
have
rectified
it
,
if
it
were
possible
;
with
this
design
,
she
conjured
the
Marquess
to
meet
her
in
a
Monastery
,
where
she
was
to
dine
that
day
,
and
where
she
hoped
to
have
the
liberty
to
discourse
with
him
.
The
faults
of
Servants
have
such
a
successive
concatenation
,
they
are
neither
to
be
justified
nor
prevented
.
The
Princess
had
given
so
severe
a
Lecture
to
him
that
carried
the
Letter
,
for
having
delivered
it
to
Marquess
de
Villena
,
and
reitered
with
so
confused
a
transport
,
that
what
she
writ
,
was
for
the
Count
de
Boulogne
,
that
his
name
ran
still
in
his
head
,
insomuch
as
he
mistook
again
and
carried
the
Ticket
to
the
Count.
He
was
just
reading
it
when
the
Marquess
came
in
,
and
Villena
seeing
him
go
out
who
brought
the
Note
,
and
knowing
him
to
be
the
same
person
who
had
brought
him
the
Letter
the
evening
before
;
This
Officer
of
the
Princess
,
said
he
to
the
Count
,
hath
prevented
my
zeal
but
a
moment
,
I
am
come
to
deliver
you
the
Letter
which
without
doubt
he
has
told
you
did
belong
to
you
.
He
told
me
but
one
thing
(
and
that
I
am
not
much
concerned
to
know
)
replied
the
Count
;
which
is
,
that
the
Princess
goes
this
day
to
dinner
in
a
Monastery
in
this
City
;
you
who
have
more
affairs
to
treat
with
her
than
I
have
,
and
who
chuses
such
private
places
for
your
transactions
,
may
,
if
you
please
,
make
your
advantage
of
this
;
and
giving
him
the
Ticket
,
he
bade
him
look
where
it
was
.
The
Marquess
was
named
in
it
,
so
the
Count
made
no
scruple
to
deliver
it
to
him
.
Ha!
truly
,
said
the
Marquess
smiling
when
he
had
read
it
,
this
Adventure
is
pretty
;
the
Princess
I
preceive
would
not
leave
us
any
thing
wherewith
to
reproach
one
another
,
and
I
should
have
had
the
advantage
too
much
,
should
I
have
given
you
the
Letter
she
writ
to
you
,
unless
you
had
had
the
same
Present
for
me
.
Having
said
those
words
,
he
thrust
it
into
his
hands
.
The
Count
read
it
,
and
going
on
afterwards
in
his
Discourse
;
The
Princess
,
said
he
,
takes
more
pains
than
she
needs
,
I
am
too
wise
to
do
her
any
injury
,
and
too
incredulous
to
be
deceived
.
But
,
Sir
,
said
he
to
the
Marquess
,
may
I
ask
you
,
how
long
is
it
since
you
have
been
in
possession
of
the
Princesses
favours
?
for
knowing
so
much
as
I
do
,
I
suppose
you
will
not
be
desirous
to
make
it
a
secret
;
I
believe
,
Sir
,
we
are
both
guilty
of
the
same
indiscretion
,
replied
the
Marquess
,
I
am
no
more
ignorant
of
your
affairs
,
than
you
are
of
mine
,
and
I
think
the
Princess
is
not
worthy
of
your
Cautions
,
when
we
reflect
upon
the
way
she
hath
treated
us
.
The
two
Lovers
being
strangely
irritated
,
but
possess
with
a
passion
too
indifferent
to
produce
any
Tragical
effects
,
entred
into
an
entire
intimacy
upon
the
score
of
their
Adventures
,
and
resolved
to
be
revenged
by
defeating
her
Marriage
with
either
of
the
Princes
from
whom
they
were
imployed
.
But
they
had
not
the
pleasure
of
that
revenge
,
Alphonso
and
the
Count
de
Guyenne
dying
about
the
same
time
,
and
the
King
of
Castille
following
not
long
after
,
the
Princesses
Destiny
conducted
her
into
Portugal
,
where
she
failed
not
without
doubt
to
put
her
old
Maxims
in
practice
.
But
I
could
never
get
the
true
Memoires
of
the
rest
of
her
Intrigues
.
All
I
could
learn
was
only
this
,
that
after
several
Adventures
,
a
Ray
of
Grace
confined
her
to
a
Monastery
of
Saint
Clares
,
where
she
ended
her
life
with
most
exemplary
devotion
.
The
Count
de
Boulogne
(
who
knowing
her
humour
,
lookt
upon
her
retirement
but
as
some
amorous
discontent
)
communicated
his
thoughts
to
so
many
people
,
that
the
Tradition
is
come
down
as
far
as
us
,
and
I
have
related
,
as
I
received
it
:
and
thus
finding
the
third
,
Tome
of
our
Annals
sufficiently
large
,
I
make
haste
to
acquit
my self
of
my
fourth
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
.
THE
SEVENTH
PART
.
ISmael
(
who
by
Usurpation
had
wrested
the
Persian
Empire
out
of
the
hands
of
Prince
Imerse
,
Grand-child
to
Vsun-Cassan
)
had
two
Sons
which
were
Twins
,
the
eldest
was
called
Scach-Caly
,
and
the
other
Chasan-Helif
:
the
Sophy
designed
the
first
of
these
two
Princes
for
a
Sister
of
Imerses
,
named
Imerselle
,
to
whom
from
her
Infancy
he
had
given
Education
suitable
to
his
design
,
and
this
Marriage
being
like
to
corroborate
his
Usurpations
,
he
resolved
it
in
one
of
his
Royal
Feasts
,
so
famous
in
that
Country
,
where
it
is
reckoned
a
crime
no
less
than
mortal
to
appeal
from
the
Decrees
pronounced
at
such
times
.
The
Grandees
of
that
Empire
having
been
long
prepared
for
that
Alliance
,
had
approved
it
before
,
and
the
pain
annext
to
the
infringement
of
that
Law
,
transcending
any
repugnancy
the
Princess
could
conserve
against
the
Family
of
that
Tyrant
;
there
was
nothing
expected
but
the
Conclusion
of
that
Negotiation
,
and
the
delivering
up
certain
Provinces
which
as
yet
remained
faithful
to
their
lawful
Prince
;
but
in
such
cases
the
suffrage
of
the
people
is
not
so
nenessary
,
as
a
concurrence
of
Love
:
Which
admitting
no
Laws
but
its
own
;
Prince
Caly
understood
those
of
his
Country
in
vain
,
and
could
not
bring
his
heart
to
a
compliance
therewith
.
He
was
desperately
enamour'd
of
a
Kinswoman
of
his
,
called
Zuria
,
and
his
passion
being
secret
,
was
the
more
violent
.
He
did
what
he
could
to
resist
this
inclination
;
but
finding
it
grow
higher
by
depression
,
he
sent
for
his
Brother
,
and
made
him
his
Confident
both
of
his
Love
,
and
despair
.
Nor
indeed
could
he
have
chosen
one
more
sincere
,
for
besides
the
perfect
amity
betwixt
them
,
Chasan
had
an
ardent
affection
for
Imerselle
:
he
never
durst
declare
it
to
her
,
because
he
thought
her
too
worthy
of
the
Empire
,
and
so
too
high
for
any
Subject
to
marry
;
besides
he
knew
the
Order
of
Nature
had
designed
her
for
his
Brother
.
How
!
Sir
,
said
he
,
when
the
Prince
told
him
he
could
not
love
Imerselle
,
is
the
Princess
of
Persia
offered
to
you
,
and
you
will
not
accept
?
I
know
her
Excellencies
well
enough
,
replied
the
Prince
;
but
I
am
obliged
by
so
strong
ligaments
to
Zuria
,
that
I
am
not
able
to
break
them
.
I
must
confess
Imerselle
is
beautiful
,
I
must
confess
she
is
vertuous
,
and
I
know
in
prudence
I
should
look
no
further
.
But
,
dear
Brother
,
I
have
no
sooner
made
this
reflexion
,
but
I
find
I
know
not
what
ebullition
in
my
mind
that
opposes
it
immediately
.
My
mind
will
not
be
subdued
by
the
dictates
of
my
reason
,
the
Beauty
of
Imerselle
affects
my
Eye
,
but
makes
no
impression
at
my
heart
;
and
whatever
I
endeavour
for
her
to
no
purpose
;
I
feel
naturally
for
Zuria
without
any
constraint
.
Ha!
Sir
,
replied
Chasan
,
you
shall
find
more
people
with
the
same
passion
for
Imerselle
,
which
you
have
for
Zuria
,
than
you
shall
find
on
the
contrary
:
Nothing
in
this
World
is
so
perfect
as
Imerselle
,
nor
nothing
in
this
World
so
desirable
.
Ha!
dear
Brother
,
cryed
the
Prince
embracing
him
,
if
I
be
not
mistaken
,
I
discern
you
,
you
love
Imerselle
without
doubt
,
and
though
Fortune
hath
done
me
a
displeasure
,
I
see
she
hath
provided
me
a
remedy
:
Is
it
possible
that
in
robbing
my self
of
a
thing
I
abhor
,
I
should
be
serviceable
to
a
Brother
I
love
so
entirely
?
It
is
but
too
possible
that
I
love
Imerselle
,
replied
Chasan
,
for
my
passion
for
her
is
as
ancient
as
my
reason
.
But
,
Sir
,
which
way
will
that
be
a
remedy
to
you
?
you
must
resolve
to
dye
,
or
marry
the
Princess
.
Our
Father
is
severe
,
he
apprehends
the
Revolt
of
a
people
he
hath
conquered
,
who
do
still
retain
an
inclination
to
their
natural
Prince
:
He
will
never
encourage
their
disobedience
,
by
dispensing
with
yours
;
and
(
I
cannot
speak
it
but
with
horrour
)
.
I
have
too
much
reason
to
believe
he
will
punish
it
in
you
as
severely
as
in
the
meanest
of
his
Subjects
;
What
advantage
to
you
then
,
if
I
admire
Imerselle
?
will
my
misfortune
be
a
diminution
to
yours
?
and
will
you
think
your self
the
less
miserable
for
my
being
so
too
?
We
must
try
what
we
can
to
be
neither
of
us
so
,
replied
Scach
Caly
,
the
Sophy
is
old
,
and
I
cannot
think
will
make
over-much
haste
to
consummate
our
Marriage
:
He
hath
a
troublesom
War
upon
his
hands
will
give
him
impediment
for
a
while
;
let
us
make
use
of
the
present
,
and
leave
futurity
to
the
disposition
of
the
Heavens
.
Having
said
thus
,
he
proposed
that
Prince
Chasan
should
make
Love
to
Imerselle
in
his
Name
.
We
shall
have
no
great
task
to
obtain
conveniencies
,
continued
Prince
Caly
,
we
are
of
the
same
stature
,
and
have
the
same
voice
,
let
us
commit
the
rest
to
the
Conduct
of
Love
.
It
was
not
many
days
after
this
resolution
was
taken
,
before
the
Princes
met
an
occasion
for
an
Essay
:
The
Prince
Imerse
was
retired
to
the
Court
of
Bajazet
II.
Emperour
of
the
Turks
,
who
had
given
hopes
of
restoring
him
to
the
Throne
of
his
Fathers
.
Campson
,
Sultan
of
Egypt
,
declared
Enmity
to
Bajazet
,
being
glad
to
divert
those
Troops
which
might
otherwise
be
imployed
against
him
,
sent
Thoman
Bey
(
who
succeeded
him
in
that
Monarchy
)
to
the
Sophy
,
to
offer
him
Alliance
,
and
conjure
him
to
an
Union
.
This
Overture
was
too
much
to
Ismaels
advantage
to
be
refused
;
he
received
the
Embassadour
very
honourably
,
and
to
do
something
the
Egyptian
might
more
particularly
apply
to
his
own
esteem
and
his
Country's
,
the
Court
of
Persia
invented
Dances
à
l'
Egyptienne
,
in
which
they
danced
masked
,
and
habited
after
the
manner
of
Egypt
.
This
Disguise
furnishing
the
Princes
with
the
opportunity
they
wanted
,
they
caused
their
Habits
to
be
made
exactly
alike
,
and
Caly
giving
place
to
his
Brother
,
and
paying
him
all
the
respects
that
might
signifie
him
to
be
elder
Brother
,
he
got
the
liberty
to
be
with
Zuria
,
whilst
Chasan
supplied
his
place
next
Imerselle
.
The
Princess
Imerselle
found
her
false
Caly
much
more
passionate
than
her
true
one
:
he
exprest
himself
so
zealously
,
and
in
such
terms
,
as
the
sincerity
of
her
old
Caly
could
not
dispense
with
:
one
of
the
conditions
of
this
Ball
was
,
that
they
should
have
liberty
to
steal
little
discourses
whilst
it
lasted
,
and
Chasan
received
those
his
good
Fortune
gave
him
with
the
Princess
,
with
so
great
transportation
,
the
Princess
was
surprised
.
I
believe
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
him
smiling
,
the
Habit
you
wear
hath
some
secret
propriety
to
make
you
amorous
,
you
never
appeared
so
much
to
me
before
,
and
't
is
no
longer
ago
than
last
night
,
I
was
telling
the
Princess
Zuria
,
your
Cousin
,
that
if
your
coolness
continued
,
I
should
be
the
first
would
expose
my self
to
the
rigour
of
the
Law
,
rather
than
see
you
obey
the
Sophy
with
so
much
reluctancy
.
Disguise
,
Madam
,
replied
Chasan
,
is
many
times
so
necessary
to
Love
,
Lovers
can
speak
nothing
passionately
without
it
;
It
is
not
the
Command
of
the
Sophy
that
brings
me
thus
near
you
,
it
is
the
desire
of
my
own
heart
;
I
might
be
another
,
not
Caly
,
without
yours
or
my
Fathers
perceiving
it
:
But
my
heart
acting
by
peculiar
Principles
of
its
own
,
without
any
foreign
constraint
,
it
is
Love
which
speaks
by
my
mouth
,
and
not
the
Sophy's
Decree
that
excites
me
.
But
this
Love
,
is
it
more
constrained
in
my
Closet
,
replied
Imerselle
,
or
in
another
place
you
please
to
chuse
,
than
in
the
confusion
of
so
great
an
Assembly
?
Were
we
of
those
kind
of
Lovers
to
whom
all
occasions
of
Converse
were
interdicted
,
or
whose
actions
were
exposed
to
the
eyes
of
our
Enemies
,
I
should
not
wonder
you
should
want
a
Disguise
to
declare
your
affection
;
but
by
his
direction
,
to
whom
Nature
and
Fortune
hath
obliged
us
both
,
you
may
impart
it
how
,
where
,
and
as
often
as
you
please
;
all
places
are
proper
,
and
all
expressions
allowed
you
;
how
comes
it
then
you
have
been
so
indifferent
before
,
and
are
so
vehement
now
?
The
Prince
would
have
been
put
to
some
trouble
to
have
answered
this
second
question
,
had
not
the
Company
broke
up
,
and
relieved
them
.
His
Brother
and
he
ran
to
the
Window
,
as
it
had
been
to
take
a
little
air
,
and
returning
without
their
Masks
,
Scach
Caly
was
obliged
to
give
Imerselle
his
hand
,
and
to
wait
upon
her
to
her
Appartment
;
but
it
was
done
with
a
coldness
so
unconformable
to
the
Discourse
she
had
had
before
,
that
she
could
not
but
admire
the
difference
.
The
Sophy
believing
it
had
been
his
eldest
Son
that
entertained
Imerselle
all
the
while
,
and
perceiving
him
whom
he
took
to
be
his
second
,
to
keep
close
to
Zuria
,
he
fancied
he
was
in
Love
with
her
,
and
was
not
displeased
;
Chasan
,
said
he
to
him
next
morning
,
I
am
sensible
of
the
secret
inclinations
of
your
heart
;
fatherly
Love
is
full
of
observation
,
and
I
have
discovered
that
which
perhaps
you
never
intended
I
should
see
.
I
might
complain
that
you
consulted
me
not
;
but
I
am
a
good
Father
,
and
will
impute
that
want
of
respect
,
to
the
impetuosity
of
a
passion
,
which
by
my
own
experience
I
know
is
not
to
be
master'd
by
persons
of
your
age
.
Chasan
could
not
at
first
recollect
what
should
cause
this
Errour
in
the
Sophy
;
he
suspected
he
had
discovered
him
by
some
or
other
of
his
gestures
,
whilst
he
was
in
Conference
with
Imerselle
,
and
that
preferring
the
satisfaction
of
his
Children
to
the
rigour
of
his
Laws
,
he
would
not
constrain
their
inclinations
.
Is
it
possible
,
Sir
,
your
paternal
Love
should
have
so
excellent
an
efficacy
?
replied
Chasan
;
Yes
,
dear
Son
,
it
has
,
replied
Ismael
,
and
I
give
you
my
inviolable
word
;
the
same
day
your
elder
Brother
marries
the
Princess
of
Persia
,
the
same
day
you
shall
marry
your
Cousin
Zuria
;
His
Cousin
,
Sir
?
replied
Caly
,
who
was
present
at
the
promise
.
Yes
,
his
Cousin
,
replied
the
Sophy
,
I
observed
him
discoursing
with
her
last
night
,
as
with
a
person
not
indifferent
to
him
,
and
though
I
might
well
dispose
of
him
otherwise
,
yet
such
is
my
indulgence
,
I
shall
gratifie
his
desires
.
It
was
very
lucky
that
the
Sophy
went
into
his
Closet
as
soon
as
he
had
spoke
these
words
:
the
Princes
discomposure
had
discovered
that
which
they
intended
to
conceal
:
They
retired
to
their
Appartments
so
afflicted
and
confused
,
they
had
scarce
power
to
contain
themselves
from
murmuring
.
How
!
said
Chasan
,
is
it
not
sufficient
to
satisfie
the
rigour
of
my
Destiny
,
that
I
have
loved
a
Princess
from
my
Childhood
,
and
dare
not
hope
to
injoy
it
?
But
I
must
marry
one
I
neither
can
,
nor
ought
to
love
,
Is
it
nothing
,
said
Caly
,
that
I
must
be
deprived
of
Zuria
,
but
I
must
be
forced
to
marry
Imerselle
?
and
my
Brother
whom
I
love
as
my self
,
must
he
become
the
only
Person
in
the
World
I
ought
to
hate
?
How
!
Zuria
must
be
married
to
Chasan
?
then
Chasan
it
is
I
must
esteem
the
only
ruine
and
supplanter
of
my
happiness
.
It
shall
never
be
,
Sir
,
replied
the
young
Prince
,
I
can
love
no
body
but
Imerselle
,
and
therefore
will
never
be
married
to
Zuria
.
You
would
marry
her
,
replied
the
disconsolate
Caly
,
could
you
but
conceive
the
secret
Charms
wherewith
she
effacinates
the
hearts
of
all
that
approach
her
,
could
you
but
discern
the
sweetness
of
her
Wit
,
the
excellence
of
her
Soul
,
and
the
obliging
way
she
has
in
all
her
actions
.
Ha!
dear
Brother
,
't
is
impossible
you
should
see
that
Princess
with
the
least
assiduity
,
but
you
must
needs
be
in
Love
with
her
.
I
am
afraid
rather
,
replied
Chasan
,
you
will
not
be
able
to
defend
your self
against
the
transcendencies
of
Imerselle
,
when
you
come
to
observe
her
with
more
intention
.
No
,
you
are
secure
against
that
danger
,
replied
Prince
Caly
,
interrupting
him
,
I
have
had
tryal
already
of
the
Charms
of
Imerselle
,
and
I
find
they
can
do
nothing
upon
me
;
but
you
having
as
yet
had
no
conflict
with
Zuria
,
your
first
must
of
necessity
be
mortal
.
After
they
had
a
long
time
tormented
one
another
in
this
manner
,
they
went
together
to
Imerselles
Lodgings
,
and
found
the
Princess
Zuria
with
her
;
had
Love
been
to
have
disposed
of
their
places
,
the
Princes
had
known
how
to
have
chosen
them
well
enough
.
But
Zuria
being
fearful
of
the
life
of
her
Prince
,
would
not
suffer
him
to
speak
privately
with
her
in
the
presence
of
the
Princess
of
Persia
;
and
Chasan
apprehending
Imerselles
severity
,
durst
not
owne
his
passion
without
his
Disguise
.
The
constraint
they
suffered
in
not
having
the
liberty
of
their
own
inclinations
,
was
conspicuously
visible
in
their
faces
.
Zuria
took
notice
of
Caly's
distraction
,
and
applied
all
the
consolation
the
kindness
of
her
glances
could
contribute
;
and
the
more
she
applied
,
the
more
his
disquiet
was
increased
.
The
Princess
of
Persia
imagining
the
Prince
at
that
time
so
melancholy
and
dejected
,
was
the
same
who
the
night
before
was
so
vigorous
,
and
brave
,
she
upbraided
him
by
his
pusillanimity
,
and
he
knew
not
how
to
defend
himself
.
They
spent
all
the
afternoon
in
this
doleful
imployment
,
but
the
evening
being
come
,
the
Princes
hoping
for
more
favours
from
its
obscurity
,
than
from
the
clearness
of
the
day
.
They
proposed
to
the
Princesses
to
take
a
Walk
;
they
accepted
of
the
motion
,
and
all
four
went
down
into
the
Garden
together
:
Scach-Caly
led
Imerselle
,
and
Chasan
Zuria
;
the
Prince
lookt
back
every
step
he
went
,
to
see
if
Zuria's
Beauty
had
not
produced
the
effects
he
presaged
.
By
the
actions
of
his
Brother
,
it
seemed
to
him
his
Prophesie
was
false
,
and
whilst
they
were
in
the
light
,
his
suspicions
were
tolerable
,
but
when
they
came
into
the
dark
Alley
,
and
he
could
not
see
what
passed
betwixt
them
,
he
lost
all
consideration
,
and
cryed
out
,
without
knowing
what
he
said
,
he
will
be
in
Love
withher
,
doubtless
he
will
be
in
Love
with
her
;
it
is
impossible
for
him
to
defend
himself
:
Who
do
you
speak
of
?
said
Imerselle
interrupting
him
,
and
griping
him
by
the
hand
.
The
Prince
was
troubled
to
find
he
had
betrayed
himself
,
and
doing
what
he
could
to
recollect
;
It
is
my
Brother
,
Madam
,
I
speak
to
,
replied
he
.
He
has
often
told
me
he
is
Beauty-proof
,
and
that
no
Woman
living
was
able
to
make
any
impression
upon
him
;
I
was
unwilling
he
should
have
that
advantage
of
me
,
and
therefore
I
intreated
my
Cousin
to
use
what
Art
she
could
to
subdue
him
.
Will
you
please
,
Madam
,
and
we
will
listen
to
hear
how
she
succeeds
?
The
word
was
no
sooner
out
of
his
mouth
,
but
he
ran
the
Princess
up
into
a
Hedge
,
and
thrust
himself
by
her
:
It
was
dark
in
that
Alley
in
the
day
time
,
and
was
not
to
be
expected
it
should
be
lighter
,
when
it
was
dark
every
where
else
.
Chasan
and
his
Cousin
past
just
by
Imerselle
and
the
Prince
without
perceiving
them
in
the
least
,
and
Caly
heard
what
his
Brother
discoursed
;
It
is
that
,
said
he
,
will
be
one
day
the
greatest
of
our
pleasures
.
A
deelared
Intrigue
is
but
flat
and
insipid
;
Love
is
never
so
well
setled
,
as
where
no
body
suspects
its
residence
.
Chasan
spoke
these
words
upon
the
score
of
his
passion
for
the
Princess
of
Persia
;
but
Caly's
Jealousie
would
not
admit
of
that
interpretation
;
he
understood
all
according
to
the
depravity
of
his
own
sense
,
and
that
imagination
over-powring
his
Judgment
,
he
ran
immediately
to
his
Brother
,
and
left
his
Princess
without
her
Gentleman-Usher
.
Chasan
heard
one
behind
him
,
and
demanding
who
was
there
,
Caly
quickly
informed
him
,
by
thrusting
him
hastily
from
Zuria
,
and
telling
him
he
had
supplied
that
place
long
enough
;
he
intimated
thereby
that
his
place
with
Imerselle
was
vacant
.
Chasan
ran
to
the
Princess
to
propagate
the
Mystery
of
the
Egyptian
;
he
found
her
highly
disgusted
with
the
manner
in
which
Caly
had
quitted
her
,
she
was
got
as
far
as
the
end
of
the
Alley
,
to
have
called
her
Women
,
and
gone
back
to
her
Lodgings
:
But
Chasan
stopt
her
by
the
Gown
,
and
desired
the
reason
of
her
retreat
.
Here
is
no
need
of
me
,
Sir
,
said
she
twitching
her
Gown
out
of
his
hand
,
and
doubling
her
pace
.
The
young
Prince
imagined
presently
Caly
had
discovered
something
of
his
Love
to
Zuria
,
and
being
defirous
,
if
possible
,
to
repair
it
:
But
,
fair
Princess
,
said
he
to
Imerselle
,
holding
her
still
by
the
Gown
,
do
not
use
me
so
severely
,
I
beseech
you
,
I
am
not
capable
of
any
desire
that
may
offend
you
;
if
before
I
was
aware
I
have
done
any
thing
has
displeased
you
;
See
,
Madam
,
I
am
ready
to
dye
in
expiation
.
This
submission
of
Chasan
,
whom
she
took
all
the
while
for
Caly
,
did
in
some
measure
qualifie
her
anger
:
she
loved
not
that
Prince
,
but
as
one
he
thought
designed
to
be
her
Husband
;
but
she
was
high
,
knew
well
she
deserved
all
the
respects
of
a
Lover
,
and
could
not
brook
the
indifferencies
of
Caly.
She
made
her
reproaches
therefore
to
Chasan
,
mistaking
him
for
Caly
,
which
he
found
by
their
fierceness
to
proceed
from
a
real
displeasure
.
You
indulge
my
affection
perhaps
more
than
you
intend
,
when
you
let
me
fee
so
much
of
your
indignation
:
it
is
too
violent
to
be
the
effect
of
an
ordinary
cause
:
You
love
doubtless
,
for
so
immoderate
an
anger
goes
seldom
unaccompanied
with
a
proportion
of
the
other
.
Do
not
you
flatter
your self
with
that
imagination
,
replied
Imerselle
,
if
I
love
you
,
it
is
only
so
far
as
I
am
forced
by
the
Commands
of
the
Sophy
.
Before
I
was
obliged
to
marry
you
by
that
irrevocable
Decree
,
I
lookt
upon
you
as
there
had
been
no
such
man
,
and
(
by
a
blind
instinct
from
I
know
not
what
cause
)
had
I
consulted
my
own
heart
,
I
should
have
found
there
Prince
Chasans
interest
much
greater
than
yours
.
Chasans
,
Madam
?
replied
the
Prince
.
Yes
Chasans
,
replied
Imerselle
,
his
deportment
accommodates
much
more
with
my
humour
than
yours
:
he
has
more
Complacency
for
me
than
you
,
and
I
find
a
secret
propensity
in
me
to
do
him
what
service
I
can
.
Ha!
Madam
,
cryed
Chasan
,
interrupting
her
,
do
not
suppress
that
propensity
,
I
beseech
you
.
Chasan
is
equally
dear
to
me
with
my self
,
his
advantages
are
mine
,
I
feel
all
his
desires
,
I
participate
of
his
joys
,
and
I
cannot
be
happy
but
in
his
good
Fortune
.
I
said
not
what
I
did
,
replied
the
Princess
,
to
put
you
upon
that
declaration
:
I
am
sensible
how
I
am
ingaged
by
the
Laws
of
the
Persians
,
and
the
Sympathy
I
have
for
your
Brother
,
will
not
make
me
hazard
my
life
by
making
him
my
Husband
;
nor
indeed
do
I
know
whether
he
would
desire
it
,
we
have
never
discoursed
of
any
such
thing
,
but
I
am
glad
I
have
this
opportunity
to
let
you
know
that
't
is
my
Honour
,
and
nothing
else
,
is
exasperated
by
your
slights
.
Find
but
a
way
of
enfranchizing
me
from
the
penalty
of
the
Decree
;
restore
me
but
once
freely
to
my self
,
and
dispose
of
your self
afterward
as
you
please
,
I
'le
assure
you
I
shall
not
be
concerned
,
but
whilst
I
continue
under
the
ingagement
that
is
upon
me
,
I
expect
it
should
be
reciprocal
,
and
you
sensible
of
your
obligation
as
well
as
my self
.
This
Discourse
drawing
on
Chasan
into
a
Conversation
he
did
not
like
,
he
was
constrained
to
personate
Caly
all
the
rest
of
the
Walk
:
he
beg'd
her
pardon
for
what
he
had
not
done
,
and
made
a
thousand
prayers
and
protestations
:
They
had
the
true
Character
of
Love
,
that
passion
is
never
more
prodigal
of
its
favours
than
at
the
time
of
reconciliation
.
Chasan
had
a
Ring
given
him
by
the
Princess
off
of
her
finger
upon
this
condition
,
that
whenever
she
was
required
by
that
Signal
to
perform
her
ingagement
,
she
would
chearfully
receive
him
for
her
Husband
.
The
Prince
Caly
had
almost
the
same
assurances
from
Zuria
;
she
could
not
(
whatever
she
said
)
resolve
to
expose
a
person
she
loved
so
entirely
,
to
the
severity
of
his
Father
:
But
Love
having
inspired
him
with
thoughts
of
running
to
some
Sanctuary
,
she
consented
,
and
obliged
her self
that
when-ever
they
found
themselves
reduced
to
that
necessity
,
she
would
readily
submit
.
These
favourable
hopes
quieted
the
disorders
of
the
two
Brothers
;
they
past
that
night
with
more
tranquillity
than
they
had
done
five
or
six
before
;
but
their
sleep
was
a
Cheat
,
which
inchanted
them
for
some
hours
,
only
to
make
their
sorrows
the
more
sensible
when
they
waked
.
The
Prine
Imerse
having
advertisement
of
Ismaels
designs
upon
the
person
of
his
Sister
,
being
averse
to
that
Alliance
,
and
retaining
a
just
hatred
to
the
Usurper
of
his
Throne
,
he
resolved
to
attempt
any
thing
might
obstruct
the
accomplishment
of
the
Marriage
.
The
Sophy
held
his
Court
at
that
time
at
Xiras
,
the
Capital
City
of
that
Province
in
Persia
.
This
City
preserved
a
fidelity
for
its
Prince
,
which
all
Ismaels
Authority
could
never
eradicate
;
Imerse
sent
private
Agents
to
the
principal
Inhabitants
,
remonstrated
the
trouble
it
would
be
to
him
to
see
his
blood
confounded
with
the
blood
of
his
implacable
Enemy
;
and
conjured
them
,
if
they
could
possibly
,
to
prevent
that
disparagement
by
stealing
Imerselle
away
:
His
Agents
acquitted
themselves
so
well
of
their
Commission
,
that
the
very
night
after
the
Walk
we
have
mentioned
,
the
Princess
of
Persia
was
surprised
,
and
the
Princess
Zuria
with
her
,
who
unfortunately
for
Caly
,
lay
that
night
with
Imerselle
.
The
Enterprise
was
performed
without
any
great
noise
;
the
Princesses
Lodging
in
a
quarter
of
the
Palace
,
a
good
distance
from
the
Sophys
Appartment
;
the
Instruments
of
the
design
were
let
in
by
the
Princesses
Women
,
who
were
most
of
them
related
some
way
or
other
to
the
heads
of
the
Party
,
and
the
Prince
Imerse
having
charged
them
with
express
Order
under
his
Hand
,
that
his
Sister
might
not
mistake
,
there
was
only
Zurias
skreeks
to
be
prevented
,
which
were
stopt
before
she
was
well
awake
.
They
clapt
the
Princesses
into
a
Coach
which
attended
on
purpose
,
conveyed
them
out
of
a
Gate
they
had
secured
,
and
following
the
Road
to
Texel
with
all
speed
,
they
were
received
into
that
Town
by
Imerse
,
and
the
Sultan
Selim
,
the
Son
of
Bajazet
II.
who
in
the
name
of
his
Father
had
the
Command
of
all
Phrygia
.
It
is
easie
to
imagine
the
affliction
of
the
two
Princes
at
this
sorrowful
News
;
they
mounted
immediately
,
and
being
followed
by
the
whole
Court
they
endeavoured
to
discover
which
way
these
Ravishers
were
gone
;
but
they
could
have
no
information
,
till
it
was
too
late
to
overtake
them
:
They
seemed
to
be
inconsolable
,
and
their
Love
not
being
to
be
confined
within
the
bounds
of
simple
grief
,
they
resolved
to
get
to
their
Princesses
,
if
they
could
,
and
try
all
ways
possible
,
for
their
relief
.
They
took
upon
them
the
Habit
of
certain
new
Dervises
of
the
Sect
of
Scaydar
,
who
was
a
famous
Commentator
upon
the
Alcoran
,
and
from
whom
they
were
descended
,
and
alluding
the
Cautions
of
their
old
Father
,
they
took
their
way
towards
Phrygia
.
They
had
not
marcht
far
before
they
had
News
of
what
they
sought
after
:
The
Sultan
Selim
was
fallen
in
Love
with
Imerselle
at
first
sight
,
and
Imerse
had
as
great
a
passion
for
Zuria
;
their
Loves
were
so
conspieuous
by
their
publick
magnificences
,
there
was
scarce
one
person
ignorant
of
it
in
the
whole
Country
.
Our
loving
Dervises
were
almost
distracted
at
the
Report
,
they
hastened
their
march
,
and
in
a
short
time
were
advanced
within
half
a
days
Journey
of
Cibotis
,
called
otherwise
Apamia
,
where
the
Sultan
Selim
held
his
Court.
They
took
up
their
habitations
in
a
Desart
near
the
River
Meandre
;
a
Grot
with
two
or
three
murmuring
Fountains
were
presented
to
them
by
Chance
,
as
it
had
been
by
Command
.
Such
persons
as
they
had
been
constrained
to
bring
along
with
them
,
they
sent
into
the
City
,
to
supply
such
things
as
they
wanted
,
and
to
diffuse
the
noise
of
their
extraordinary
Vertue
among
the
people
,
which
was
so
effectually
performed
,
they
were
not
long
before
they
were
visited
by
all
the
Bigots
and
Fanaticks
in
Mahumetism
.
They
entertained
their
devout
Visitants
with
Discourses
only
of
the
Vanity
of
this
World
,
and
the
solid
pleasure
in
the
Contemplation
of
the
next
.
It
is
a
general
Maxime
,
the
hypocritical
Devout
is
always
more
eloquent
than
the
true
,
their
soul
is
full
of
nothing
but
it self
,
the
humility
of
good
men
,
and
meditation
upon
what
they
are
to
treat
,
and
this
Evangelical
simplicity
(
which
is
the
imitable
Character
of
true
piety
)
adding
much
to
the
riches
of
their
expression
,
they
become
very
strong
and
powerful
in
their
perswasions
.
Our
pretended
Dervises
joyning
to
their
Hypocrisie
,
a
high
natural
Wit
,
made
so
great
a
progress
among
the
Inhabitants
of
Texel
,
that
in
a
short
time
the
News
of
them
came
to
the
ears
of
Sultan
Selim.
The
new
Scaydars
were
not
mentioned
but
as
the
eldest
Sons
of
Prophets
,
and
(
by
an
usual
Hyperbole
in
such
occasions
)
several
persons
affirmed
they
had
seen
them
do
Miracles
,
who
never
heard
of
them
but
from
the
mouth
of
some
fantastical
Enthusiast
,
or
the
relation
of
some
private
Emissaries
of
their
own
.
This
high
reputation
drawing
upon
them
the
esteem
of
the
Sultan
,
he
sent
Presents
to
the
pretended
Dervises
,
and
conjuring
them
to
recommend
him
to
their
Prophet
.
They
promised
him
their
intercession
,
but
his
Presents
they
returned
,
pretending
they
renounced
all
things
belonging
to
this
World
;
and
had
now
no
Commerce
but
with
the
Angles
.
This
Answer
moved
the
Curiosity
of
Selim
,
he
made
an
agreement
with
the
Prince
Imerse
,
to
make
them
a
Visit
:
The
two
Princes
had
advertisement
of
their
design
;
they
had
their
Spies
in
the
Town
,
who
observed
and
gave
notice
of
the
motions
of
their
Rivals
:
They
studied
gravity
for
some
time
wherewith
they
might
receive
them
;
and
Selim
being
arrived
at
their
Cave
,
they
knew
so
well
how
to
furnish
it
with
such
things
as
might
perswade
him
of
their
Sanctity
,
that
the
best
piece
of
Houshold-stuff
to
be
seen
,
was
the
instrument
they
kept
to
mortifie
their
flesh
.
The
Inventory
almost
frighted
the
two
Curiosoes
,
they
were
afraid
of
profaning
so
holy
a
place
,
and
the
Dervises
seconding
their
Errour
;
Most
dear
Children
of
our
great
Prophet
,
said
Caly
to
them
,
be
not
fearful
to
approach
the
most
humble
Servants
of
the
Eternal
,
't
is
for
your
sakes
only
we
are
sent
into
this
Province
,
and
it
is
the
charitable
care
the
Heavens
take
of
your
Conduct
,
that
has
put
it
into
your
hearts
to
visit
us
.
Hark
,
you
Sultan
Selim
;
Hark
,
you
Prince
Imerse
,
the
Stars
do
look
upon
you
with
a
malevolent
Aspect
,
and
you
have
a
strong
disposition
to
follow
their
malign
Influence
:
Our
Divine
Prophet
has
thought
you
worthy
of
his
own
direction
in
so
perillous
a
passage
,
and
we
are
the
sacred
Interpreters
of
his
adorable
intentions
.
At
these
words
adorable
,
sacred
Interpreters
,
delegated
to
them
from
so
venerable
a
Prophet
;
the
Sultan
Selim
and
Prince
Imerse
,
made
a
most
profound
Reverence
,
and
protesting
they
would
receive
with
as
much
submission
as
saith
,
the
divine
Decrees
it
should
please
those
Scaydars
to
pronounce
,
they
humbly
intreated
they
would
vouchsafe
to
begin
the
Exercise
of
their
Mission
.
The
counterfeit
Dervises
concluded
it
best
to
pretend
as
much
difficulty
as
they
could
,
to
confirm
their
Rivals
in
their
credulity
.
The
Mysteries
of
Heaven
are
neither
explained
,
nor
received
with
so
little
preparation
,
said
Chasan
,
there
must
be
prayers
,
and
austerities
to
open
the
sacred
Repositiories
of
the
Celestial
graces
:
You
have
a
heart
repleat
with
mundane
desires
,
how
can
you
believe
,
till
they
be
expelled
,
there
should
be
room
for
divine
Inspirations
?
Purge
,
purge
away
the
pollutions
wherewith
that
is
defiled
,
and
then
our
great
Prophet
will
replenish
you
with
such
salutriferous
emanations
as
he
has
reserved
for
you
:
Love
,
hatred
,
and
ambition
are
like
so
many
Tempests
in
your
Soul
,
force
your selves
what
you
can
to
calm
them
,
excite
your selves
what
you
can
to
tranquillity
,
deprive
your selves
of
the
sight
of
such
objects
,
as
produce
those
turbulencies
in
your
soul
;
we
do
not
name
them
,
because
our
revelation
tell
us
,
you
will
divine
even
that
,
of
which
we
think
not
convenient
to
remember
you
.
But
,
dear
Princes
,
let
us
acquaint
you
,
we
are
not
ignorant
of
the
most
secret
of
your
thoughts
;
and
when
you
shall
be
worthily
prepared
for
our
instructions
,
shall
tell
you
such
things
as
will
surprise
you
:
God
then
,
and
put
your selves
into
a
condition
to
merit
that
bounty
wherewith
the
Heavens
are
pleased
to
favour
you
;
and
when
you
judge
your
souls
in
such
a
posture
as
is
required
,
repair
to
us
again
,
and
be
further
informed
.
These
cunning
Dervises
referred
the
Rivals
to
a
second
Conference
,
as
well
to
agree
upon
what
they
were
to
say
,
as
not
to
render
themselves
suspected
of
a
premeditated
design
;
and
this
adjournment
producing
the
effect
they
expected
,
the
Sultan
calculated
the
importance
of
their
advice
,
by
the
difficulty
they
made
of
giving
it
:
he
thought
he
might
from
these
Holy
persons
draw
such
wholesom
instructions
as
might
direct
him
in
the
conduct
of
his
whole
life
.
These
Fathers
have
a
strict
Communication
with
Heaven
,
said
he
to
Prince
Imerse
,
the
brightness
of
their
vertue
blazing
in
their
actions
,
and
there
is
a
Character
of
piety
so
visible
in
their
faces
,
it
seems
to
be
expanded
by
the
divine
hands
of
that
great
Prophet
himself
:
Imerse
concurred
exactly
in
Selims
observations
,
and
both
of
them
projecting
to
make
their
advantage
of
the
Present
Heaven
had
made
them
of
these
wonderful
men
,
they
sent
to
give
them
an
account
of
the
preparations
they
had
made
for
a
second
Visit
,
and
to
desire
their
opinions
,
whether
they
were
sufficient
.
The
Princes
sent
them
word
,
no
:
They
had
sent
out
their
Scouts
for
more
news
;
and
from
the
people
which
came
to
see
them
,
wheedled
out
such
Intelligence
as
was
necessary
for
their
design
,
they
had
a
mind
to
gain
more
time
to
compleat
their
informations
,
and
contented
themselves
to
send
them
this
single
Injunction
,
that
above
all
things
they
should
forbear
the
Conversation
of
Women
,
lest
they
should
abuse
the
authority
their
Director
had
given
them
;
there
was
no
sort
of
penance
but
they
exacted
from
their
Rivals
;
they
made
them
fast
,
they
made
them
watch
;
and
their
subtleties
extended
to
greater
tryals
than
those
:
But
at
length
,
supposing
themselves
sufficiently
inlighted
,
they
let
fall
their
secret
persecution
;
and
the
day
for
their
second
Visit
being
appointed
,
the
abused
Princes
came
again
to
their
Grot.
The
anger
of
Heaven
,
said
Chasan
to
them
as
soon
as
he
saw
them
,
begins
to
dispel
,
the
instance
of
your
prayers
,
and
the
piety
of
your
works
,
have
mollified
the
rigour
of
that
sentence
Stars
seemed
to
pronounce
against
you
:
And
that
you
may
believe
we
speak
not
of
our selves
,
you
shall
hear
what
our
great
Prophet
has
revealed
to
us
;
You
,
Sultan
Selim
,
said
he
to
the
Turkish
Prince
,
taking
him
afide
,
you
have
drawn
down
the
divine
displeasure
upon
your
head
,
by
a
secret
animosity
you
had
against
your
Brother
Mahumet
;
you
would
have
been
preserred
before
him
to
the
Government
of
Amasia
,
and
not
succeeding
in
your
design
,
the
despight
you
conceived
prevailed
with
you
to
excite
the
people
of
that
Province
to
complain
of
him
so
vigorously
,
their
complaints
cost
him
his
life
.
Do
not
I
tell
you
true
,
Sir
,
said
Chasan
?
The
Sultan
was
forced
to
confess
,
he
had
actually
committed
all
he
was
charged
with
,
and
having
added
something
of
his
own
,
he
confirmed
the
Dervis
in
whatever
their
perquisition
had
caused
them
to
suspect
.
The
Heavens
,
justly
incensed
against
you
for
so
detestable
a
crime
,
continued
he
,
has
provoked
you
to
the
Love
of
a
Princess
of
Persia
,
which
will
be
certainly
your
ruine
:
It
is
decreed
,
and
our
great
Prophet
has
sent
us
on
purpose
to
give
you
advice
;
but
your
,
and
our
prayers
begin
to
incline
him
.
He
was
a
man
,
as
you
are
,
and
though
his
humanity
was
sustained
by
divine
Qualifications
,
he
knows
nevertheless
how
far
the
frailties
of
your
Nature
may
carry
you
:
Let
that
Princess
be
brought
hither
,
let
her
Attendants
be
as
few
as
they
can
,
for
we
delight
not
to
converse
with
more
in
this
World
than
is
necessary
for
your
preservation
;
and
for
no
other
reason
,
but
for
the
accomplishment
of
our
Prophets
designs
,
could
we
be
induced
to
any
private
Entertainment
with
Womankind
:
But
we
know
our
instructions
,
and
it
is
for
the
execution
of
them
only
we
are
come
into
this
Province
.
The
Sultan
was
so
respectful
,
and
so
serious
in
his
attention
,
the
counterfeit
Dervis
had
much
ado
to
compose
himself
,
and
retain
the
gravity
required
:
nor
was
Caly
in
the
mean
time
under
lesser
temptation
;
he
was
gotten
into
the
particulars
of
all
Imerses
affairs
.
That
Prince
had
ingenuously
confest
all
the
Circumstances
of
the
stealing
the
Princesses
,
named
the
persons
with
whom
he
had
Intelligence
in
Xiras
,
and
discovered
several
other
Secrets
of
importance
,
which
the
Dervis
fisht
out
of
him
by
pretending
he
knew
all
before
,
and
demanded
his
recapitulation
,
as
a
mark
only
of
his
submission
to
the
will
of
the
Prophet
,
and
passing
from
matters
of
State
,
to
matters
of
Love
;
You
are
in
Love
,
Sir
,
said
he
,
with
the
Princess
Zuria
,
the
prescience
where
with
we
are
indued
,
gave
us
information
of
that
Love
,
even
before
it
was
conceived
:
But
,
Sir
,
let
me
tell
you
,
you
will
meet
with
great
difficulties
in
that
Enterprise
,
it
is
not
at
all
pleasing
to
our
divine
Prophet
,
and
you
will
make
him
a
Sacrifice
infinitely
grateful
,
if
you
surmount
that
passion
,
and
desist
:
Ha
:
holy
Father
,
replied
Imerse
,
it
is
not
possible
to
surmount
it
;
if
any
thing
could
have
prevailed
,
the
Princesses
severity
would
have
done
it
:
she
is
insensible
of
all
my
pains
,
and
recieved
my
offers
with
most
insufferable
neglect
.
Without
doubt
,
replied
Caly
,
her
heart
is
prepossest
in
favour
of
some
other
person
.
Has
not
the
Sultan
Selim
,
think
you
,
made
no
impression
there
;
he
is
young
,
he
is
handsom
,
has
his
just
expectation
of
the
Ottoman
Throne
,
and
I
am
afraid
(
by
what
I
observe
in
the
Constellations
)
that
Prince
will
betray
the
confidence
you
have
in
him
.
If
he
must
betray
me
,
replied
Imerse
,
it
is
not
upon
this
occasion
;
he
is
extravagantly
in
Love
with
my
Sister
,
and
the
Princess
for
whom
my
passion
is
so
violent
,
has
no
less
indifference
for
all
the
World
than
for
me
:
Yet
I
cannot
but
think
her
of
an
amorous
temper
,
replied
the
Dervis
,
she
is
born
under
a
Planet
not
guilty
of
such
indifferent
Influences
,
and
I
dare
promise
I
could
find
out
a
place
in
her
heart
capable
of
those
impressions
,
had
I
but
discoursed
with
her
as
long
as
I
have
done
with
you
.
How
!
I
beseech
you
,
said
Imerse
interrupting
him
,
will
you
vouchsafe
to
discourse
with
her
,
and
I
will
bring
her
to
you
when-ever
you
please
;
she
will
make
no
scruple
of
coming
,
she
has
already
an
extreme
curiosity
to
see
you
,
and
when
the
other
day
I
gave
her
a
description
of
your
person
,
I
observed
an
emotion
in
her
countenance
so
great
,
as
I
thought
she
had
not
been
capable
of
.
I
commend
her
zeal
,
replied
Caly
,
the
desire
of
seeing
persons
eminent
for
their
piety
,
is
a
happy
preparative
to
their
imitation
.
Heaven
does
not
grant
those
graces
to
all
the
World
,
and
I
know
by
that
,
Zuria
is
a
Darling
of
the
divine
Prophet
,
upon
which
assurance
you
shall
obtain
that
act
of
charity
from
me
when
you
please
.
But
it
must
be
speedily
,
for
the
time
that
was
assigned
us
for
our
conversation
of
men
,
is
now
almost
expired
;
and
we
must
ere
long
leave
our
association
with
prophane
persons
,
to
renew
our
Commerce
with
the
Angels
.
The
credulous
Imerse
knockt
his
knees
with
a
holy
trepidation
at
the
Dervises
news
,
and
making
the
bargain
as
strong
as
he
could
,
for
the
next
day
,
Selim
obtained
of
Chasan
,
that
Imerselle
might
bear
her
Company
.
The
Dervises
slept
but
little
the
night
before
that
blessed
Enterview
;
Caly's
joy
produced
transports
incompatible
with
his
repose
,
and
his
Brothers
apprehensions
kept
him
as
watchful
on
the
other
side
.
He
was
afraid
to
find
Imerselle
prepossest
with
kindness
for
the
Sultan
,
he
was
handsom
,
and
the
little
Love
the
Princess
had
for
Caly
,
made
him
afaird
Selim
would
not
meet
any
considerable
defence
.
He
durst
not
mention
it
in
the
least
to
his
Rival
,
lest
he
should
not
be
able
to
master
his
confusion
in
so
subtile
a
point
;
reserving
himself
therefore
to
be
informed
from
the
Princesses
own
mouth
,
he
prepared
himself
for
those
informations
with
inexpressible
commotion
.
The
deluded
Lovers
were
in
no
less
anxiety
.
Hope
is
an
unquiet
passion
,
which
gives
the
mind
more
agitation
many
times
,
than
a
real
despair
.
They
proposed
the
business
to
the
Princesses
at
their
return
;
they
approved
it
,
especially
Zuria
,
who
finding
the
description
of
the
Dervises
not
much
differing
from
Ismaels
two
Sons
,
had
a
violent
imagination
of
the
truth
.
She
was
got
up
and
ready
befor
day
,
and
pressing
Imerselle
to
make
as
much
haste
,
they
were
got
to
the
Grot
before
they
were
expected
.
Their
new
Lovers
would
accopany
them
by
all
means
(
which
was
foreseen
by
the
Dervises
)
but
they
thought
that
obstacle
would
be
removed
by
the
respect
they
would
shew
them
.
They
had
shrowded
themselves
each
of
them
under
a
Hat
with
a
long
tail
pulled
down
in
such
sort
,
it
covered
most
of
their
faces
.
That
kind
of
Dress
they
pretended
,
was
the
Habit
of
their
Piety
,
when
they
were
forced
upon
any
Conference
with
Women
:
Chasan
made
signs
to
Imerselle
to
follow
him
to
the
foot
of
a
Rock
,
where
he
designed
his
Communication
;
and
Caly
took
Zuria
aside
to
walk
under
the
Trees
;
and
that
the
Turkish
Prince
and
his
Camarade
might
give
no
interruption
,
they
gave
them
certain
prayers
in
the
Turkish
Language
with
injunction
to
go
into
the
Grotto
,
and
say
them
over
there
for
their
happy
success
.
The
Rivals
were
flexible
,
and
obeyed
:
They
were
so
possest
of
the
Dervises
Sanctity
,
they
would
have
extended
their
conformity
much
further
,
if
it
had
been
desired
.
Chasan
having
placed
Imerselle
upon
a
part
of
the
Rock
,
which
was
covered
with
moss
,
keeping
himself
just
before
her
upon
his
feet
,
that
the
Sultans
Equipage
(
who
stood
round
about
the
Grot
)
might
have
no
prospect
of
his
face
.
I
have
great
things
to
relate
to
you
,
young
Princess
,
said
he
,
dissembling
his
voice
as
much
as
he
could
;
I
know
things
of
you
,
you
do
not
know
of
your self
;
but
as
the
ingenuous
declaration
of
our
most
secret
sentiments
is
the
ordinary
Channel
of
Celestial
graces
,
do
you
merit
by
that
act
of
submission
the
good
things
which
are
in
my
power
to
impart
;
tell
me
sincerely
what
was
your
thoughts
of
Seach
Caly
,
what
of
Chasan
Helif
,
and
what
is
your
present
opinion
of
the
Sultan
.
Observing
her
to
change
colour
,
you
are
surprised
,
Princess
,
said
he
,
to
find
me
so
skilful
in
your
affairs
;
but
let
me
tell
you
,
those
persons
who
are
honoured
with
a
familiar
Conversation
with
Heaven
,
are
ignorant
of
nothing
that
passes
upon
Earth
.
I
know
you
have
a
secret
inclination
to
Chasan
;
you
discovered
as
much
to
Caly
himself
that
night
you
were
walking
in
the
Palace
Garden
at
Xiras
,
which
,
if
my
memory
fails
not
,
was
the
night
before
you
were
carried
away
;
judge
now
if
I
be
not
acquainted
with
your
affairs
,
and
save
me
the
labour
of
telling
you
any
more
.
Alas
!
replied
Imerselle
in
a
great
surprise
,
I
can
say
no
more
to
you
,
having
discovered
my
affection
for
Chasan
,
you
have
discovered
the
greatest
secret
of
my
soul
.
I
confess
that
Sympathy
was
born
with
me
;
yet
when
I
thought
it
my
duty
to
resist
it
,
I
did
it
with
some
kind
of
success
,
he
never
had
the
least
inclination
of
it
from
me
,
as
you
have
had
now
:
But
if
I
must
confess
the
true
state
of
my
heart
,
I
must
acknowledge
that
inclination
increases
every
day
upon
me
;
I
love
Chasan
much
better
in
Phrygia
,
than
I
did
in
Persia
,
and
by
I
know
not
what
Capricio
of
Love
,
absence
augments
that
in
me
,
which
it
destroys
in
all
other
persons
in
the
World
.
You
have
no
kindness
then
for
Selim
?
said
the
happy
Chasan
,
and
the
Princess
replying
only
with
a
contemptuous
shrug
,
gave
him
more
satisfaction
than
an
eloquent
Discourse
.
I
am
fully
satisfied
,
fair
Princess
,
of
your
sincerity
,
said
Chasan
,
and
to
recompense
it
by
an
information
as
grateful
,
know
Imerselle
,
that
Chasan
loves
you
a
thousand
times
better
than
you
love
him
.
It
was
he
entertained
you
at
the
Egyptian
Ball
under
the
name
of
his
Brother
;
it
was
he
who
leaving
Caly
with
his
Cousin
Zuria
that
night
you
were
walking
in
the
Garden
,
appeased
your
indignation
with
those
mollifying
words
:
To
him
it
was
you
gave
that
Ring
which
ingaged
your
faith
to
him
by
those
sacred
protestations
;
and
in
a
word
,
it
is
he
who
(
renouncing
all
the
pleasures
of
his
Fathers
Court
,
and
despising
all
the
dangers
he
should
be
exposed
to
,
were
he
known
)
speaks
to
you
at
this
present
under
the
Name
and
Figure
you
see
.
The
Prince
might
trust
Imerselle
without
scruple
,
the
confession
she
had
made
secured
him
against
any
indiscretion
.
It
was
not
without
reason
he
had
taken
care
the
Princesses
face
should
be
covered
:
the
alterations
this
discourse
made
there
,
could
not
have
been
provided
against
but
by
that
precaution
:
She
blusht
,
she
was
disturbed
,
she
had
like
to
have
cryed
out
,
and
run
away
;
but
the
danger
the
least
noise
would
bring
upon
Chasan
,
restraining
that
impetus
,
she
remained
as
immoveable
in
the
place
where
she
sate
:
Chasan
taking
advantage
of
her
perplexity
,
drew
out
the
Ring
,
and
discovering
his
face
,
the
Princess
found
so
much
Love
there
,
that
though
her
Eyes
,
and
the
sight
of
her
Ring
had
not
convinced
her
,
she
would
have
concluded
no
body
but
the
counterfeit
Egyptian
,
and
he
that
made
Love
to
her
in
the
Walk
,
could
have
lookt
upon
her
with
such
passionate
glances
.
She
blamed
the
Prince
for
the
perils
to
which
he
had
exposed
himself
,
she
conjured
him
to
clear
himself
as
soon
as
he
could
,
and
then
inquired
very
earnestly
how
he
had
done
to
delude
the
Sultan
and
Prince
Imerse
so
handsomly
.
He
gave
her
an
account
in
few
words
of
whatever
she
askt
him
;
he
told
her
the
Love
Caly
retained
for
Zuria
,
their
adventures
as
Princes
of
Persia
,
their
adventures
as
Dervises
,
and
concluded
all
with
a
request
to
her
to
cajol
the
imaginations
of
Selim
,
that
by
that
Complacence
perswading
him
of
the
interests
the
Dervises
had
in
Heaven
,
he
might
be
induced
to
permit
the
Princesses
to
visit
them
oftner
.
The
Conversation
of
Caly
and
Zuria
was
neither
so
serious
,
nor
sincere
at
first
:
she
knew
the
Prince
as
soon
as
she
see
him
,
his
shape
,
his
voice
,
but
above
all
the
secret
emotion
of
a
heart
truly
affected
,
assured
her
it
was
none
but
her
dear
Caly
that
spoke
to
her
;
however
resolving
to
punish
him
for
that
he
had
so
well
master'd
his
transport
:
It
was
not
necessary
,
devout
Father
,
said
she
to
him
,
that
the
Prince
Imerse
should
bring
me
hither
upon
the
design
he
pretended
;
for
whether
by
the
miraculous
efficacy
of
your
prayers
,
or
whether
that
there
is
a
period
for
anger
,
as
for
other
things
;
so
it
is
,
that
sensible
part
of
my
heart
which
you
promised
to
find
,
is
perfectly
discovered
.
I
love
the
Prince
of
Persia
,
and
am
ready
to
act
whatever
his
Love
can
reasonably
expect
from
me
.
I
am
amazed
,
replied
Caly
in
some
kind
of
disturbance
,
that
this
change
should
be
so
sudden
;
I
have
some
secret
Revelations
which
assured
me
that
your
passion
for
the
Prince
Scach-Caly
,
would
have
made
a
better
defence
against
the
attaques
of
the
Prince
Imerse
.
It
did
indeed
make
defence
for
a
while
,
replied
the
sly
Zuria
,
and
since
you
know
all
,
I
need
not
scruple
to
confess
,
I
did
love
the
Prince
you
speak
of
very
well
;
but
the
absence
of
one
Lover
,
and
the
assiduities
of
another
make
strange
Metamorphoses
sometimes
in
the
affections
of
a
Woman
.
The
disguised
Prince
began
to
rave
at
this
discourse
,
which
made
the
Princess
judg
she
had
carried
her
hypocrisie
too
far
.
She
smiled
,
and
looking
upon
the
Prince
with
an
air
sufficient
to
despel
a
thousand
suspicions
;
Recollect
your self
,
Seigneur
Dervis
,
said
she
to
him
,
you
have
but
little
Communication
with
Heaven
,
if
you
have
no
better
notion
of
what
happens
below
:
Call
in
your
good
Genius
to
your
relief
,
and
she
will
tell
you
Zuria
will
never
love
any
thing
but
her
dear
Caly
,
whom
the
disguise
of
a
Dervis
cannot
conceal
from
her
heart
,
and
that
in
all
Habits
,
as
in
all
places
,
he
shall
find
her
always
the
same
.
The
Prince
perceiving
his
Errour
by
those
words
,
reproacht
her
a
thousand
times
for
the
perplexities
she
had
put
him
to
:
It
was
resolved
by
agreement
they
should
contrive
as
many
Conferences
as
they
could
.
He
told
her
designs
,
which
the
proximity
betwixt
Imerselle
and
Imerse
would
not
permit
Chasan
to
discover
to
that
Princess
;
and
then
passing
all
of
them
together
to
interrupt
the
two
Lovers
meditations
in
the
Grot
,
the
abused
Princes
found
their
prayers
so
effectual
in
appearance
,
they
thought
they
could
not
sufficiently
admire
the
Celestial
power
wherewith
the
Dervises
were
endued
.
The
Princesses
flattered
their
hopes
with
a
thousand
frivolous
assurances
;
Zurias
greatest
care
was
to
make
peace
betwixt
Ismael
and
Imerse
;
Selim
promised
to
dispose
hi●
Father
Bajazet
to
mediate
in
the
affair
,
upon
condition
he
might
have
Imerselle
for
his
labour
;
th●
Princess
pretended
to
consent
,
and
frequent
Journies
were
made
to
the
Dervises
to
recommend
their
success
to
the
Divine
Prophet
.
The
abused
Lover
were
imployed
always
in
Pilgrimages
,
and
it
was
admirable
Entertainment
for
their
Rivals
to
se●
them
besotted
with
their
credulity
,
whilst
they
good
Fathers
,
were
making
Love
to
their
Mistresses
.
Their
discourse
grew
more
passionate
by
degrees
;
and
doubtless
had
the
circumstances
of
ti●●
and
place
been
a
little
more
favourable
,
a
kindness
upon
that
occasion
would
have
had
a
singular
relish
:
The
counterfeit
Dervises
sustained
their
Character
with
incomparable
address
;
they
never
fed
but
in
the
night
,
to
perswade
such
as
would
be
so
simple
,
they
kept
perpetual
fast
.
The
Turkish
Prince
lookt
upon
them
as
sent
down
from
Heaven
,
and
gave
the
Sultan
his
Father
such
an
Elogy
of
them
,
he
sent
a
person
on
purpose
to
visit
them
from
himself
:
They
refused
to
see
his
Envoy
,
pretending
that
was
a
day
in
which
they
were
not
allowed
to
admit
of
any
humane
Conversation
;
and
the
Princesses
themselves
coming
to
see
them
that
day
,
were
sent
back
with
the
same
excuse
.
But
it
was
not
for
nothing
they
denied
themselves
so
great
a
happiness
;
they
had
seduced
some
of
the
principal
Inhabitants
of
the
Town
of
Antalia
(
which
was
the
Residence
of
Caragose
Beglierbey
of
Natolia
)
he
had
infused
into
them
,
that
he
had
received
a
marvellous
Sword
from
Heaven
,
by
vertue
of
which
a
new
Government
should
be
established
in
Turkie
,
that
Bajazet
was
but
an
unprofitable
Trunk
,
and
that
the
crimes
of
Selim
had
provokt
Heaven
against
his
whole
Race
:
The
crimes
wherewith
he
charged
him
,
had
been
told
from
his
own
mouth
,
he
declared
them
to
the
Natolians
with
advantage
,
and
promising
them
no
less
than
inestimable
riches
in
this
life
,
and
eternal
felicity
in
the
next
,
if
they
assisted
towards
the
erection
of
that
new
Dominion
;
they
concurred
,
ingaged
to
receive
him
into
their
City
,
and
take
Arms
under
his
Conduct
to
maintain
the
Sect
of
the
Scaydars
.
This
Treaty
was
managed
in
the
most
obscure
part
of
the
Desart
,
at
the
same
time
the
Dervises
gave
so
great
a
testimony
of
their
Sanctity
,
by
refusing
Bajazets
Envoy
.
The
day
set
for
the
Enterprise
,
and
all
things
prepared
for
its
execution
,
they
sent
word
to
Sultan
Selim
,
that
at
length
the
moment
was
come
in
which
the
Divine
Prophet
commiserating
the
violence
they
had
done
to
themselves
in
conversing
so
long
among
sinners
,
had
given
them
leave
to
withdraw
from
that
slavery
,
and
retire
into
a
Desart
unknown
to
all
persons
affected
with
the
pleasures
of
this
World
,
and
that
when
they
were
once
gone
,
they
should
be
heard
of
no
more
till
they
were
dead
,
that
before
their
departure
they
had
obtained
by
singular
favour
a
liberty
of
revealing
all
their
secrets
to
them
effectually
,
which
they
had
done
hitherto
but
in
part
;
that
if
he
pleased
he
might
come
to
them
to
the
Grot
,
and
bring
the
two
Princesses
with
him
,
to
whom
likewise
they
would
declare
the
last
pleasure
of
their
Prophet
;
but
that
they
should
have
as
few
of
their
Attendants
as
possible
,
in
respect
of
the
horrour
they
conceived
at
the
sight
of
the
people
of
this
World
.
The
Sultan
ran
head-long
into
the
Trap
he
had
laid
for
him
;
he
went
to
the
Grot
with
the
Princesses
,
and
Prince
Imerse
,
and
not
above
eight
or
ten
armed
men
in
their
Company
.
The
Persian
Princes
lay
in
Ambuscade
upon
a
pass
,
at
the
head
of
three
or
four
hundred
new
Sectaries
,
which
they
had
divided
into
several
Squadrons
,
and
disposed
privately
up
and
down
to
prevent
the
danger
of
an
Alarm
,
but
with
directions
upon
a
Signal
,
agreed
to
draw
into
a
Body
,
which
they
did
,
and
fell
upon
the
Sultan
when
he
least
expected
such
entertainment
.
The
Princesses
were
secured
,
and
carried
away
by
their
true
Lovers
to
the
City
Antalia
,
where
the
Princes
were
received
.
They
drove
away
the
Beglierbey
,
and
put
all
that
opposed
to
the
Sword
;
after
which
,
they
got
so
many
men
together
,
by
their
false
predictions
,
and
possest
themselves
of
so
many
Towns
,
that
by
the
assistance
of
Ismael
,
they
maintained
War
several
years
against
all
the
Disciples
of
Osman
,
and
mist
narrowly
of
extinguishing
them
quite
.
They
gained
three
great
Battels
,
killed
three
Bashaws
,
and
which
was
more
to
their
satisfaction
,
injoyed
their
Princesses
quietly
,
whom
the
death
of
Ismael
and
Imerse
,
who
lived
not
long
after
,
left
entirely
to
their
disposition
.
Don
Sebastian
,
King
of
Portugal
,
Don
Sebastian
.
animated
against
the
Mores
,
rather
by
his
Christian
zeal
,
than
his
prudence
,
passed
into
Africk
at
the
Head
of
a
puissant
Army
,
in
the
year
1580.
The
pretence
of
this
War
,
was
the
oppression
of
Muly
Mahomet
,
King
of
Marocco
and
Fez
,
whom
his
Uncle
Muley
Moluc
,
called
otherwise
Abdelmelec
,
would
dispossess
of
his
Kingdom
,
as
belonging
to
him
.
Equity
and
Justice
were
of
Abdelmelecs
side
;
but
the
Christians
for
Muley
Mahomet
.
He
had
passed
his
word
to
them
,
that
if
they
secured
him
in
his
Throne
,
he
would
embrace
the
Catholick
Faith
;
and
that
ingagement
outweigh'd
all
other
considerations
:
Sebastian
armed
himself
,
sollicited
all
Christian
Princes
,
past
with
his
Army
into
Africk
;
and
I
am
apt
to
believe
with
many
grave
Authors
,
the
interest
of
Religion
was
the
only
motive
that
carried
him
:
But
Love
insinuates
many
times
,
where
it
is
not
desired
.
Muley
had
a
Daughter
called
Xerina
,
who
being
born
of
a
Greek
,
was
not
so
black
as
your
ordinary
Africans
:
She
was
as
well
proportioned
as
was
possible
,
and
the
Courtship
of
Granada
was
not
worn
out
of
the
Manners
of
the
Mores
at
that
time
.
Don
Sebastian
could
not
defend
himself
against
her
Charms
,
though
he
was
contracted
to
Mary
of
Portugal
,
his
Cousin
,
was
to
marry
her
at
his
return
,
and
loved
her
exceedingly
before
he
was
acquainted
with
Xerina
;
this
Marriage
was
of
great
importance
to
the
repose
of
Portugal
.
But
obstacles
in
Love
do
but
allure
,
And
tempt
th'
indifferent
Lover
to
desire
,
That
God
delights
in
difficulties
sure
,
Who
will
not
suffer
soft
and
gentle
fire
.
What
reason
prompts
is
but
esteem
,
not
Love
,
And
to
pursue
it
,
civil
,
and
no
more
;
What
passion
,
non-sense
will
,
and
humour
prove
,
And
run
the
desperate
Lover
out
of
door
.
Let
reason
then
triumph
,
let
passion
fall
,
Be
wise
and
civil
,
but
not
fond
at
all
.
Don
Sebastian
being
of
too
great
Eminence
and
Quality
to
apprehend
a
repulse
,
it
was
not
long
before
he
acquainted
Xerina
with
his
affections
.
The
Princess
approved
of
him
well
enough
,
and
her
ambition
increased
her
approbation
.
She
received
the
declaration
of
his
Love
without
any
difficulty
,
and
promising
Don
Sebastian
to
turn
Christian
,
as
he
promised
to
relinquish
the
Princess
of
Portugal
;
Love
was
so
witty
as
to
prevent
the
remorse
for
his
inconstancy
,
by
perswading
him
he
did
a
meritorious
act
in
quitting
his
first
Mistress
,
to
make
his
second
a
Proselyte
:
and
thus
were
these
new
Lovers
united
in
a
quiet
and
firm
union
.
Don
Sebastian
intrusted
Xerina
with
his
most
secret
thoughts
,
and
the
Princess
to
recompense
that
confidence
,
shewed
him
all
the
kindness
imaginable
:
In
this
posture
they
lived
whilst
the
War
was
in
suspence
;
but
Abdelmelec
having
forced
Muley
to
a
Battel
in
the
Plains
of
Tamista
,
the
Kings
of
Morocco
and
Portugal
were
slain
,
and
with
them
so
great
a
number
of
the
Portugal
Nobless
,
there
was
scarce
one
left
to
return
with
the
sad
news
.
Xerina
losing
at
that
defeat
the
Crowns
of
Morocco
and
Fez
,
and
her
hopes
of
Portugal
with
them
,
was
transported
with
a
most
inconsolable
sorrow
:
A
little
before
day
she
ran
her self
into
the
Plain
of
Tamista
(
attended
by
only
one
Christian
Slave
called
Laura
,
who
was
privy
to
all
her
secrets
)
resolving
with
her
own
hands
to
have
sacrificed
her self
upon
the
Corps
of
her
beloved
King
;
she
searched
for
him
among
the
dismal
numbers
of
the
dead
and
the
dying
,
with
which
that
Plain
was
covered
at
that
time
.
Some
of
the
wounded
who
had
yet
so
much
sense
left
them
as
to
know
her
,
directed
her
to
that
part
of
the
Battel
where
he
fought
;
she
ran
thither
with
great
fury
,
and
supposing
she
had
met
with
her
Monarch
in
the
person
of
a
young
Portuguez
,
who
resembled
him
very
much
,
she
fetcht
a
sad
shreek
,
and
prepared
her self
to
execute
her
dire
resolution
;
but
the
poor
man
opening
his
eyes
at
her
Cry
,
and
it
being
by
that
time
clear
day
,
she
perceived
he
was
not
dead
.
From
an
unmeasurable
sorrow
,
she
past
to
so
immoderate
a
joy
,
it
had
almost
cost
her
her
life
,
but
recollecting
her
self
,
and
calling
Laura
to
her
assistance
,
her
Love
re-inforced
her
natural
strength
so
well
,
she
drew
her
beloved
from
amongst
the
dead
,
and
haled
him
to
the
Bank
of
the
River
Mucazen
,
which
runs
along
by
the
Plain
where
the
Battel
was
fought
:
Having
got
him
so
far
,
she
examined
his
wounds
,
bound
them
up
as
well
as
she
could
,
and
sending
Laura
to
a
house
she
discryed
not
far
from
the
River
,
she
caused
people
to
come
and
help
to
carry
him
to
some
place
of
security
.
Indeed
there
were
but
few
of
that
Nature
in
that
Kingdom
,
for
the
success
of
that
Battel
gave
Abdelmelec
possession
of
all
his
pretensions
,
and
the
Engagement
of
Don
Sebastian
with
his
Enemy
Muley
,
rendred
his
death
necessary
to
that
new
Kings
repose
;
Xerina
was
as
well
fearful
of
the
life
of
her
Lover
,
as
of
his
liberty
,
if
he
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
Conqueror
.
She
put
him
therefore
into
a
Bark
,
and
rowing
down
with
him
to
the
mouth
of
the
River
(
which
was
not
very
far
)
she
landed
him
in
a
little
Island
where
there
were
some
few
habitations
.
She
had
many
Jewels
about
her
;
the
Ladies
of
her
Quality
among
the
Mores
,
are
usually
covered
with
them
;
she
distributed
some
of
them
amongst
those
who
had
assisted
,
and
conjuring
them
to
fetch
her
Chirurgions
from
some
of
the
neighbouring
Towns
,
they
brought
her
such
relief
as
his
condition
required
.
His
wounds
being
searcht
,
were
not
found
to
be
dangerous
,
their
greatest
apprehension
was
from
his
great
loss
of
blood
;
the
sight
of
what
was
done
for
him
,
surprised
him
exceedingly
,
he
saw
himself
lamented
,
and
relieved
by
one
of
the
fairest
persons
in
the
World
,
whose
Quality
was
proclaimed
by
her
Habit
,
but
could
not
satisfie
himself
for
what
reason
a
Lady
he
had
never
seen
before
to
his
knowledge
,
should
concern
her self
so
far
in
his
recovery
.
He
would
have
inquired
,
but
she
stopt
his
mouth
,
telling
him
in
Portuguese
(
which
she
had
learnt
to
please
Don
Sebastian
)
that
he
was
not
yet
strong
enough
for
a
discourse
,
and
that
she
would
give
him
an
account
of
all
when
his
health
did
permit
.
These
cares
augmented
his
astonishment
more
and
more
,
and
he
called
out
many
times
to
have
his
Destiny
cleared
.
The
first
moment
it
might
be
done
without
danger
,
Xerina
sate
down
by
his
Pillow
,
and
told
him
;
At
length
,
Sir
,
I
begin
to
conceive
hopes
of
your
recovery
;
the
Heavens
would
not
deprive
the
Portugals
of
their
King
,
and
have
been
pleased
to
make
use
of
the
Ministry
of
your
Xerina
,
for
the
preservation
of
the
life
of
her
dear
Don
Sebastian
.
The
wounded
person
found
the
Princesses
mistake
by
her
discourse
,
but
thought
it
no
prudence
to
convert
her
,
on
the
contrary
he
used
all
his
Art
to
confirm
it
:
he
foresaw
too
many
good
consequences
,
to
manage
them
ill
.
He
returned
a
thousand
passionate
acknowledgments
to
the
Princess
,
and
conjured
her
to
tell
him
which
way
it
was
possible
she
should
get
him
off
the
field
.
She
gave
him
an
account
,
and
by
that
account
he
discovered
Xerinas
Birth
,
and
ingagements
with
the
King
of
Portugal
.
He
did
his
utmost
to
personate
Don
Sebastian
;
and
he
might
do
it
the
more
securely
,
because
the
people
whom
Xerina
had
sent
out
in
quest
of
Don
Sebastian
,
had
brought
her
word
,
that
endeavouring
to
save
himself
by
swimming
the
River
,
he
was
drowned
,
and
his
body
not
to
be
found
.
She
believed
this
truth
to
be
an
errour
,
as
confidently
as
her
own
errour
to
be
a
truth
;
and
promising
no
less
to
her self
than
in
a
short
time
to
be
made
Queen
of
Portugal
,
there
was
no
care
,
nor
no
promise
but
(
in
her
opinion
)
she
ought
to
so
just
a
pretension
.
The
wounded
Portugal
had
Courage
and
Wit
enough
to
make
his
advantage
of
his
Fortune
.
He
learnt
by
the
Princesses
discourse
,
that
Muley
Boabdelin
,
a
Prince
of
the
Blood
Royal
of
Morocco
,
had
had
particular
friendship
with
the
true
King
of
Portugal
.
She
caused
advertisement
to
be
sent
to
him
,
that
her
Friend
Don
Sebastian
was
not
dead
according
to
Report
,
but
that
if
he
pleased
to
repair
to
the
Isle
of
Mucazen
,
he
should
hear
further
.
Muley
departed
with
all
speed
from
the
remotest
part
of
the
Province
of
Hoscore
(
whither
he
was
retired
from
the
Tyranny
of
Abdelmelec
)
and
causing
himself
to
be
conducted
by
Xerinas
Envoy
,
to
the
place
where
he
assured
he
should
find
him
,
he
was
deceived
by
the
resemblance
,
as
Xerina
had
been
before
him
.
In
the
Histories
of
all
Ages
and
all
Countries
,
there
is
nothing
more
strange
than
the
perfection
of
this
resemblance
:
It
extended
even
to
the
natural
marks
Don
Sebastian
had
in
certain
places
of
his
body
.
Muley
not
doubting
therefore
but
the
person
he
saw
was
the
true
King
of
Portugal
,
he
exprest
extreme
joy
at
his
preservation
,
and
acquainted
him
that
his
Uncle
Henry
,
Cardinal
of
Portugal
,
and
Brother
to
Don
John
who
died
last
,
was
by
the
consent
of
the
people
,
chosen
to
succeed
him
.
This
news
startled
the
ambition
of
our
counterfeit
Sebastian
;
he
was
afraid
it
would
be
no
easie
matter
to
dispossess
Henry
of
a
Throne
he
was
establisht
in
already
;
Muley
was
of
his
opinion
:
it
was
agreed
they
should
negotiate
with
some
of
the
principal
of
that
Kingdom
,
to
assert
the
Interest
of
their
Monarch
,
and
not
suffer
it
to
be
invaded
by
the
artifice
of
an
upstart
King
.
Muley
offered
Xerina
and
her
Lover
a
retreat
in
the
mean
time
into
his
Province
of
Hoscore
,
where
he
was
too
well
fortified
to
apprehend
a
pursuit
.
They
concluded
amongst
them
,
that
it
should
not
be
publisht
Don
Sebastian
was
alive
,
till
he
should
be
in
a
condition
to
be
restored
to
the
Crown
;
but
to
authorize
what
kindness
the
Princess
had
shown
him
,
Muley
acquainted
them
that
above
all
things
it
would
be
necessary
for
him
to
marry
Xerina
immediately
.
This
was
one
of
the
effects
of
that
resemblance
of
which
the
false
Sebastian
hoped
to
reap
the
benefit
.
He
was
inamour'd
of
the
Princesses
Beauty
and
Behaviour
:
he
satisfied
Muley's
desires
with
as
much
joy
as
readiness
,
and
till
his
possession
had
master'd
his
appetite
,
reckoned
himself
among
the
happiest
of
his
Sex
;
but
when
once
he
was
married
,
and
had
quencht
the
ardour
of
his
desires
,
the
private
Negotiation
in
Portugal
began
to
go
on
but
slowly
;
no
body
was
vigorous
enough
in
his
affairs
,
and
nothing
would
serve
but
he
must
go
over
,
and
manage
them
himself
.
Poor
Xerina
disswaded
him
from
that
resolution
with
the
most
fervent
Caresses
Love
could
possibly
inspire
:
I
love
you
as
well
without
your
Crown
,
said
she
to
him
,
as
with
it
,
and
why
then
is
it
necessary
?
let
it
be
your
felicity
to
be
beloved
by
me
,
as
it
is
mine
to
be
beloved
by
you
,
and
you
will
have
no
need
of
such
hazardous
desires
.
Why
!
Madam
,
replied
the
false
Monarch
,
do
you
think
it
possible
for
a
Prince
born
to
wear
a
Crown
,
and
who
hath
already
tasted
the
sweetness
of
Dominion
,
to
condescend
and
debase
himself
to
the
condition
of
a
private
person
?
Ha!
Madam
,
either
you
have
not
considered
what
it
is
to
be
a
King
,
or
you
have
not
any
regard
to
my
satisfaction
,
seeing
the
Propositions
you
make
,
are
so
unacceptable
to
me
.
Pardon
,
Sir
,
what
is
past
,
replied
Xerina
,
and
I
shall
disoblige
you
no
more
in
that
nature
;
I
must
acknowledge
your
soul
to
be
too
large
to
be
bounded
with
ordinary
imployments
:
But
let
mine
have
the
same
Justice
,
suffer
me
to
contribute
my
assistance
towards
the
recovery
of
your
Crown
,
and
vouchsafe
me
my
share
in
all
the
difficulties
you
shall
meet
.
Africa
,
Asia
,
Europe
,
and
all
places
are
alike
to
me
in
your
Company
,
refuse
me
not
then
that
pleasure
of
following
you
,
which
you
owe
to
my
Love
;
and
were
I
so
unhappy
to
find
any
thing
more
potent
upon
your
soul
than
that
passion
,
yet
it
ought
to
be
my
glory
to
cooperate
towards
the
establishment
of
an
Authority
,
to
which
you
have
no
pretension
but
for
me
.
These
kind
considerations
past
for
reproaches
in
the
Spirit
of
the
disgusted
Sebastian
,
he
was
offended
therewith
,
and
his
Capricio
provokt
Xerina
as
much
.
They
fell
into
some
extravagant
expressions
,
and
those
pretences
furnisht
him
with
his
desired
pretence
.
Xerina
had
news
he
was
preparing
for
Europe
,
and
she
made
Verses
to
disswade
him
so
kind
and
importunate
,
nothing
but
a
satiated
Lover
could
have
read
them
without
being
moved
.
He
scarce
vouchsafed
to
cast
an
eye
upon
them
,
and
some
of
them
were
not
opened
till
he
came
into
Portugal
.
He
had
found
Love
so
favourable
to
him
in
Africk
,
he
presumed
it
would
be
his
Conductor
in
all
his
other
Enterprises
.
He
understood
the
secrets
of
Sebastian
as
well
as
he
had
been
he
;
That
Prince
had
discovered
all
to
Xerina
,
and
this
false
Sebastian
had
wheedled
them
artificially
out
of
the
Princess
,
in
pretending
to
take
delight
in
the
relations
she
made
of
the
expressions
of
his
Love
.
Tell
me
I
beseech
you
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
what
was
it
you
were
most
affected
with
in
all
my
proceedings
,
I
would
willingly
know
what
it
was
satisfied
you
most
,
that
I
might
do
the
same
thing
often
,
which
I
did
before
with
such
success
.
The
Princess
ingenuously
confessed
the
thing
by
which
she
thought
her self
most
obliged
,
was
his
desertion
of
Mary
of
Portugal
;
and
that
the
rather
,
said
she
,
because
that
Princess
is
fair
,
loved
you
very
well
,
and
(
as
you
told
me
your self
)
was
beloved
entirely
by
you
,
before
your
acquaintance
with
me
:
And
,
Madam
,
the
secrets
of
State
which
I
imparted
to
you
,
replied
the
Impostor
,
were
not
you
well
pleased
with
them
;
that
piece
of
confidence
is
the
highest
and
most
obliging
a
Monarch
can
express
.
Xerina
acknowledged
her
ingagement
for
them
also
;
and
then
falling
into
a
recapitulation
of
whatever
Don
Sebastian
had
told
her
(
that
was
of
importance
)
she
discovered
to
her
false
Prince
all
the
Intrigues
of
that
State
.
Furnisht
with
a
precaution
so
necessary
,
he
took
his
Journey
for
Italy
,
as
knowing
the
Princess
of
Portugal
contracted
to
Don
Sebastian
,
was
married
since
his
death
to
Alexander
Farnese
,
Duke
of
Parma
,
and
was
at
that
time
a
Widow
.
Persons
of
the
Quality
he
pretended
are
not
ignorant
of
those
kind
of
affairs
.
He
arrived
at
Parma
,
and
having
caused
the
Dutchess
to
be
acquainted
,
there
was
a
Portugal
Gentleman
which
had
brought
her
tidings
he
could
not
communicate
to
any
but
her self
,
he
was
by
her
order
introduced
into
her
Closet
.
By
an
Express
from
Lisbon
,
she
had
lately
received
news
that
Cardinal
Henry
was
dead
;
and
was
preparing
her
Claim
to
the
Crown
for
Ranuccio
Farnese
her
Son
,
who
being
by
the
Mother
side
descended
from
Prince
Edward
,
derived
his
Original
from
Emanuel
,
the
Chief
of
that
Royal
Line
.
Several
other
Pretenders
did
the
same
:
Catharine
,
the
Sister
of
Mary
,
set
up
the
Interest
of
Theodor
de
Braganza
her
Son
:
Emanuel
Philbert
,
Duke
of
Savoy
,
pretended
to
it
in
right
of
his
Mother
Beatrix
of
Portugal
;
and
so
large
was
the
Competition
,
Catharine
de
Medicis
(
though
of
a
Branch
far
remoter
than
the
rest
)
was
not
wanting
with
her
Claim
;
but
above
all
Paul
IV.
was
most
sollicitous
,
pretending
that
Crown
to
be
a
Fief
to
the
Papal
See
,
and
endeavouring
zealously
in
his
own
person
to
defeat
the
pretences
of
his
Competitors
.
To
regulate
so
great
a
difference
,
the
States
of
that
Kingdom
were
conven'd
;
and
the
Dutchess
of
Parma
having
her
head
full
of
those
affairs
,
lookt
upon
her
false
Sebastian
as
the
Ghost
of
her
true
one
,
came
on
purpose
at
that
time
to
direct
her
in
her
distractions
.
She
fetcht
a
great
skreek
as
soon
as
she
saw
him
,
and
running
to
the
other
end
of
the
Closet
in
an
amaze
,
she
told
her
new
King
she
took
him
for
a
Spirit
.
How
!
Madam
,
said
he
without
any
visible
commotion
,
does
Don
Sebastian
fright
you
?
he
expected
a
better
reception
for
the
pains
he
hath
suffered
coming
in
to
see
you
.
The
Dutchesses
trouble
increased
at
the
hearing
of
his
voice
,
so
as
she
could
neither
speak
,
nor
stir
out
of
her
place
.
Dear
Cousin
,
continued
her
false
Sebastian
in
a
most
passionate
tone
,
I
am
no
Phantosm
,
I
am
the
same
Don
Sebastian
you
formerly
honoured
with
your
favour
,
and
I
am
returned
as
full
of
your
fair
Idea
,
as
when
I
went
first
into
Africk
.
The
Dutchess
recovered
her self
a
little
,
and
permitting
Don
Sebastian
to
come
nearer
,
she
put
forth
her
hand
,
though
tremblingly
,
towards
the
hand
of
the
Monarch
,
she
toucht
him
,
she
considered
him
,
and
her
senses
assured
her
that
what
she
saw
and
what
she
felt
,
was
certainly
Don
Sebastian
.
Ha!
Sir
,
said
she
with
a
most
pitiful
voice
,
whence
do
you
come
?
where
have
you
hid
your self
thus
long
?
by
what
miracle
are
you
returned
?
When
you
shall
be
in
a
condition
to
hear
me
,
replied
Sebastian
,
I
will
give
you
an
account
;
in
the
mean
time
recollect
your self
from
your
fright
,
believe
me
the
real
King
of
Portugal
;
and
if
you
do
not
know
me
by
my
shape
,
my
voice
,
or
the
features
of
my
face
,
at
least
owne
me
by
the
impression
of
Love
you
cannot
but
discover
in
my
Eyes
.
I
am
fully
recollected
,
replied
the
Dutchess
,
calling
for
a
Chair
for
him
,
and
sitting
by
him
her self
:
I
confess
the
first
sight
of
you
put
me
into
a
confusion
I
could
not
suddenly
master
;
but
now
,
Sir
,
it
is
dissipated
,
and
gone
.
Tell
me
therefore
I
beseech
you
,
and
do
not
delay
me
,
to
what
miracle
is
it
we
owe
both
your
life
,
and
return
.
To
love
,
Madam
,
replied
Sebastian
,
a
passion
that
was
able
to
affect
your
heart
,
could
not
be
less
favourable
than
to
defend
me
against
all
other
accidents
.
Then
he
gave
her
a
relation
how
he
had
been
taken
from
amongst
the
dead
by
Xerina
,
how
for
some
time
he
had
continued
in
the
Isle
of
Mucazen
,
and
afterwards
in
Hoscore
;
but
he
concealed
very
carefully
from
the
Dutchess
,
that
ever
Sebastian
was
in
Love
with
Xerina
before
the
Battel
.
He
told
her
that
Princess
was
in
Love
with
him
indeed
,
but
without
any
expectation
.
I
had
no
inclination
in
the
world
to
have
her
so
much
as
think
so
,
continued
he
,
for
having
past
my
Parole
to
you
,
I
would
have
dyed
before
I
would
have
broken
it
.
He
told
her
that
by
the
assistance
of
Muley
Boabdelin
,
a
Prince
of
the
Royal
Blood
of
Morocco
,
Xerina
had
given
him
all
imaginable
persecution
,
to
force
him
to
a
relinquishment
of
her
,
that
she
had
urged
to
him
her
Marriage
with
the
Duke
of
Parma
,
and
prest
him
very
hard
to
a
reprisal
,
but
that
understanding
a
while
after
,
she
was
a
Widow
,
he
had
escapt
out
of
Prison
,
and
was
come
to
throw
that
Prince
at
her
feet
,
who
had
not
only
loved
her
always
himself
,
but
flattered
himself
with
the
thoughts
of
being
beloved
by
her
.
The
Dutchess
demanded
,
if
he
loved
her
so
well
,
why
he
never
writ
to
her
?
I
writ
several
times
,
Madam
,
replied
he
,
but
Xerina
without
doubt
(
who
expected
that
from
my
ruine
,
which
she
could
not
hope
from
my
restablishment
)
took
such
Orders
to
intercept
them
,
as
never
any
of
them
could
come
to
your
hand
.
My
Captivity
was
very
severe
,
I
was
treated
like
one
that
was
beloved
,
but
could
get
no
liberty
to
free
my self
from
the
trouble
of
that
Character
.
The
Dutchess
of
Parma
overjoy'd
with
the
relation
of
a
Constancy
so
well
represented
,
made
as
many
excuses
as
Congies
to
her
mistaken
Cousin
.
She
appointed
him
an
Appartment
according
to
his
supposed
Quality
;
assigned
him
a
suitable
Equipage
,
and
furnisht
him
with
grave
men
to
send
as
his
Deputies
to
the
Estates
of
Portugal
.
That
Deputation
caused
a
strange
surprise
,
as
may
be
imagined
.
They
selected
six
out
of
their
Assembly
,
some
of
which
had
been
Ministers
to
Don
Sebastian
,
and
sent
them
into
Italy
,
to
survey
their
dear
Monarch
:
their
Eyes
perswaded
them
it
was
he
;
but
not
daring
to
relye
wholly
upon
them
,
they
askt
him
certain
questions
they
would
have
sworn
none
but
the
right
Don
Sebastian
could
have
answered
.
But
he
was
throughly
instructed
by
Xerina
;
Love
had
transported
the
soul
of
the
King
of
Portugal
,
into
that
of
the
Princess
of
Morocco
,
and
by
an
effect
of
the
same
Love
,
the
soul
of
Xerina
was
transmigrated
into
the
false
Sebastian
.
The
Ambassadors
(
convinced
that
no
man
living
could
have
resolved
those
questions
but
the
true
Sebastian
)
made
their
Report
to
the
Estates
,
he
was
undoubtedly
their
King
:
The
Competitors
accused
them
of
Treachery
,
protested
they
were
corrupt
,
and
demanded
that
Don
Sebastian
might
appear
in
person
at
the
Assembly
of
the
States
General
,
to
be
formally
interrogated
before
them
.
Such
as
were
affected
to
the
memory
of
Don
Sebastian
,
could
not
be
perswaded
it
could
be
done
with
security
to
him
:
the
Assembly
was
divided
;
such
as
were
for
the
King
,
were
called
Royalists
;
such
as
were
for
the
Princes
,
were
called
the
League
.
During
which
disorders
,
he
that
was
the
cause
of
them
,
had
his
Residence
at
Parma
,
attending
till
there
should
be
an
Army
raised
to
vindicate
his
interest
,
at
the
Head
of
which
he
resolved
to
demand
Restauration
.
He
ought
his
life
to
Xerina
;
he
was
loved
entirely
by
her
,
and
had
loved
her
as
well
:
But
the
Princess
of
Parma
ingaged
the
Princes
of
Italy
in
his
quarrel
,
and
when
the
design
of
being
King
interposes
in
an
Intrigue
,
reason
of
State
rules
the
roast
,
and
leaves
all
others
in
the
lurch
:
He
sacrificed
his
gratitude
to
his
ambition
without
any
remorse
,
and
imploying
those
Lessons
of
kindness
he
had
received
from
Xerina
,
against
her self
,
he
made
them
the
foundations
of
that
Complacence
and
artifice
,
to
which
the
heart
of
the
Dutchess
was
forced
to
submit
.
She
loved
him
for
his
person
,
much
more
for
his
quality
;
she
began
to
be
jealous
without
knowing
any
reasonable
grounds
for
her
jealousie
;
such
passions
as
hers
are
seldom
without
great
curiosity
.
One
evening
when
her
counterfeit
Sebastian
was
leading
her
by
the
side
of
a
Canal
,
which
is
one
of
the
greatest
Ornaments
to
the
Palace
of
Farnese
,
she
spied
a
Ribband
hanging
out
of
his
Pocket
,
which
she
judged
might
be
one
of
those
Letter-cases
called
in
Italy
Cartero's
;
she
stole
it
out
gently
,
and
having
conveyed
it
into
her
own
Pocket
,
without
being
perceived
,
she
began
to
be
impatient
to
be
peeping
.
She
could
not
have
had
any
thing
more
proper
to
have
justified
her
secret
suspicions
,
than
that
.
It
was
a
parcel
of
Xerinas
Letters
and
Verses
,
which
the
false
Sebastian
had
found
that
morning
(
in
a
little
Cabinet
he
brought
with
him
out
of
Africk
)
and
had
put
them
in
his
Pocket
with
resolution
to
have
burnt
them
,
but
he
was
interrupted
by
the
coming
in
of
the
Dutchess
;
and
this
Walk
having
followed
immediately
upon
the
Visit
,
he
was
forced
to
keep
them
in
his
Pocket
,
till
the
curious
Dutchess
thought
good
to
remove
them
.
She
read
two
or
three
Notes
at
first
,
which
seemed
to
be
nothing
but
assurances
of
the
Sacrifice
her
Monarch
pretended
to
have
made
to
her
,
of
the
affections
of
Xerina
.
That
Princess
had
complained
of
the
unconstancy
of
his
Love
,
and
reproacht
him
by
his
infidelity
:
But
she
not
having
had
always
reason
to
complain
,
there
were
Letters
of
his
,
recriminating
upon
her
.
They
were
all
writ
in
Portuguese
,
but
one
among
the
rest
was
sealed
up
,
which
the
tender
Xerina
had
sent
to
her
Ingrate
,
some
few
days
before
his
departure
from
Hoscore
,
and
contained
a
Paper
of
Verses
upon
their
late
difference
,
so
sensible
and
kind
,
I
could
not
but
insert
them
.
Is
it
decreed
then
,
and
pronounc'd
above
?
We
must
have
no
return
,
no
mutual
Love
.
Can't
our
old
inclination
and
converse
,
(
Which
seems
ought
to
make
our
absence
long
and
fierce
,
And
seems
t'
assure
me
of
your
heart
)
can't
they
Contribute
,
and
remove
those
blocks
away
?
My
wrath
ne're
went
so
far
,
I
never
meant
,
When
my
rash
tougue
to
your
voyage
did
consent
,
You
should
have
t
a'ne
th'
advantage
,
e'en
when
I
Felt
my
poor
heart
give
my
false
tongue
the
lye
.
In
vain
I
seek
thee
now
in
places
where
.
So
oft
in
Love
to
me
thou
didst
appear
.
In
vain
I
seek
thee
where
thou
never
wert
,
Since
th'
day
thou
overcam'st
my
pride
and
heart
.
No
place
escapes
me
,
but
I
think
on
you
,
No
place
occurs
,
but
I
expect
you
too
.
Where-e're
I
come
,
on
whatsoe're
I
see
,
I
leave
,
methinks
sweet
images
of
thee
,
Which
at
my
next
return
(
required
)
they
To
my
poor
fancy
as
faithfully
repay
.
Each
dream
,
each
sudden
noise
,
each
thought
in
vain
Seems
to
return
my
Love
,
my
King
again
.
I
run
where
hope
conducts
(
deluded
)
and
Whate're
I
see
,
I
call
Sebastian
,
Come
,
come
cry
I
,
indulge
my
sweet
desires
,
Come
where
my
Love
,
come
where
my
faith
requires
.
Rouse
up
thy
dying
flames
,
try
with
what
Art
Pretended
wrath
new
ardour
can
impart
,
Wrath
,
not
allow'd
in
Lovers
breasts
to
burn
;
But
to
endear
,
and
sweeten
their
return
.
Shall
these
complaints
,
shall
these
requests
which
were
But
errours
fruits
,
vanish
in
idle
air
?
No
,
without
doubt
,
Love
will
convey
them
so
,
They
'l
have
access
,
and
influence
on
you
.
Methinks
I
feel
th'
agreement
of
our
souls
,
And
your
kind
Love
your
negligence
controuls
;
Methinks
you'r
weary
too
of
our
debate
;
Let
Love
alone
,
how
to
accommodate
,
He
'l
rectifie
our
quarrels
,
let
you
see
A
thousand
new
complacencies
in
me
.
Mine
eyes
,
I
fancy
,
will
appear
more
bright
,
Than
when
they
first
discover'd
my
delight
:
And
to
consummate
all
,
you
'l
love
me
too
,
As
well
and
long
,
dear
Prince
,
as
I
love
you
.
All
this
shall
do
you
no
good
,
cryed
the
Dutchess
of
Parma
;
when
she
had
read
them
through
,
I
shall
take
such
Orders
,
your
hopes
shall
evaporate
.
But
alas
!
said
she
(
casting
her
Eyes
upon
such
places
as
gave
the
strongest
insinuations
of
Xerinas
being
beloved
)
I
fear
it
is
too
late
;
and
reading
them
again
,
she
stopt
when
she
came
at
these
.
In
vain
I
seek
thee
now
in
places
where
So
oft
,
in
Love
to
me
,
thou
didst
appear
.
This
,
said
she
,
is
not
the
expression
of
a
despised
Lover
;
if
it
be
true
thou
art
so
now
,
it
is
no
less
true
,
that
thou
hast
not
been
so
always
;
that
consideration
representing
Don
Sebastian
light
,
and
unconstant
,
and
apprehending
the
same
levity
of
which
she
saw
such
fatal
marks
in
the
Princess
of
Morocco
,
she
suffered
her self
to
be
surprised
by
the
most
violent
fit
of
sorrow
,
she
had
ever
been
sensible
of
in
her
life
.
As
she
was
in
the
midst
of
these
melancholy
reflexions
,
her
false
Don
Sebastian
entred
into
her
Chamber
,
he
had
perceived
he
had
lost
his
Letters
;
and
suspecting
what
had
really
happened
,
was
come
to
make
his
Apology
.
The
first
thing
he
saw
when
he
came
in
,
was
Xerinas
Letters
upon
the
Table
,
and
the
Paper
of
Verses
on
the
top
,
and
clapping
his
hand
upon
them
,
Your
charity
sure
is
very
small
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Dutchess
,
to
expose
the
follies
of
a
Princess
,
whose
Quality
and
Innocence
deserved
more
compassion
:
Conceal
her
extravagances
,
I
beseech
you
,
Madam
,
I
am
much
troubled
they
should
fall
into
your
hands
,
I
put
them
into
my
Pocket
,
with
design
to
have
burnt
them
,
and
kept
them
not
only
from
your
Eyes
,
but
from
the
sight
of
the
whole
World
.
They
have
not
been
always
so
odious
to
you
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Dutchess
,
and
if
I
may
conjecture
from
them
,
I
owe
that
to
your
Highness
,
which
I
ascribed
before
to
your
constancy
;
't
is
not
to
the
Love
of
me
,
you
sacrifice
the
Princess
of
Morocco
,
't
is
to
the
fickleness
of
that
which
you
pretended
to
her
;
and
then
shewing
him
the
Verses
she
had
markt
,
Read
,
Sir
,
said
she
,
read
here
in
what
manner
Xerina
expresses
her self
,
and
then
vouchsafe
to
tell
me
how
your
return
is
to
be
called
.
The
Verses
were
exceeding
tender
and
kind
,
and
must
needs
renew
the
impressions
of
sensibility
in
a
heart
which
had
been
sensible
before
;
but
nothing
is
so
obdurately
impenetrable
as
the
heart
which
follows
after
a
violent
passion
.
Sebastian
concerned
himself
not
one
jot
at
what
Xerina
had
written
;
but
applying
his
thoughts
wholly
to
pacifie
the
Dutchess
:
I
never
loved
the
Princess
of
Morocco
in
my
life
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
her
;
if
she
fancied
so
her self
,
and
that
imagination
brake
into
these
Verses
,
it
is
but
a
vanity
common
to
the
greatest
part
of
her
Sex
,
to
which
I
have
contributed
no
more
than
by
an
indispensable
Civility
.
But
,
Madam
,
in
the
case
of
your
Marriage
with
the
Duke
of
Parma
,
it
is
not
possible
for
me
to
flatter
my self
with
that
opinion
,
't
is
a
thing
palpable
and
constant
,
and
can
never
be
excused
.
Do
not
you
upbraid
me
by
my
Marriage
,
to
justifie
your
own
Levity
,
replied
the
Dutchess
:
Women
of
my
Quality
are
subject
to
such
Formalities
,
as
no
passion
can
exempt
us
from
.
I
believed
you
to
be
dead
,
and
all
Portugal
bear
me
witness
I
never
saw
Duke
Alexander
till
I
married
him
:
But
you
,
Sir
,
knew
I
was
alive
,
you
knew
where
to
address
your self
;
yet
you
did
that
by
Election
,
which
I
did
out
of
obedience
and
constraint
;
and
if
your
heart
hath
been
toucht
for
Xerina
,
you
are
guilty
not
only
of
one
single
act
,
but
of
a
habit
of
infidelity
.
Don
Sebastian
did
what
he
could
to
expunge
that
fancy
out
of
her
mind
;
he
endeavoured
to
perswade
the
Dutchess
,
that
if
people
be
found
at
their
return
,
as
they
were
when
they
departed
,
they
ought
never
to
be
questioned
about
the
interval
.
The
Dutchess
did
not
relish
that
Doctrine
,
she
proceeded
in
her
Jealousie
,
multiplying
her
Chimera's
,
till
at
last
to
rectifie
all
,
Xerina
arrived
at
Lisbon
.
This
Princess
receiving
no
tokens
of
her
Servants
remembrance
,
and
understanding
by
report
how
things
proceeded
in
Portugal
,
she
obtained
liberty
of
Muley
to
go
thither
her self
to
clear
up
those
doubts
which
the
Portuguez
lay
under
:
And
indeed
she
did
clear
them
;
but
(
in
giving
her
reasons
(
which
seemed
to
be
satisfactory
)
that
the
false
was
the
true
Sebastian
)
she
discovered
withal
,
that
her
mighty
Monarch
was
married
to
her
.
It
was
happy
for
him
he
was
departed
from
Parma
when
these
tidings
arrived
;
had
he
been
there
,
the
fury
of
the
Dutchess
would
too
probably
have
found
out
some
fatal
way
of
Revenge
;
but
by
good
luck
he
was
gone
to
head
those
Troops
his
Friends
had
raised
for
the
assertion
of
his
interest
.
Xerinas
Title
was
indisputable
;
she
was
contracted
to
Don
Sebastian
by
the
King
of
Morocco
,
before
the
Battel
of
Tamista
;
it
was
not
to
his
gratitude
to
Xerina
only
the
Dutchess
of
Parma
ought
to
attribute
his
Treason
,
for
he
had
loved
her
Rival
before
she
had
saved
his
life
;
and
he
which
she
mistook
for
Sebastian
,
had
married
her
afterward
in
the
Province
of
Hoscore
,
with
all
requisite
Formalities
;
nor
could
the
difference
of
their
Religions
be
any
obstruction
,
for
Xerina
had
promised
to
turn
Christian
,
and
performed
,
as
soon
as
she
was
landed
in
Portugal
.
How
could
the
Dutchess
of
Parma's
fury
be
exprest
when
she
understood
all
these
circumstances
?
Had
he
had
but
one
fault
to
have
been
pardoned
,
't
is
possible
Love
might
have
obtained
it
:
But
all
ways
of
reconciliation
were
interdicted
;
and
that
which
rendred
her
indignation
most
just
,
was
,
that
this
false
Sebastian
had
received
a
thousand
innocent
favours
from
her
,
which
this
unlucky
news
converted
into
crimes
.
Love
effected
that
in
her
which
it
produces
in
most
of
her
Sex
;
she
ran
from
one
extremity
to
another
,
and
her
anger
being
augmented
by
the
consideration
of
her
past
kindness
,
she
sent
on
purpose
to
the
States
of
Portugal
,
to
remonstrate
that
her
new
Sebastian
was
an
Impostor
,
that
she
had
discovered
it
by
several
contradictions
,
wherein
she
had
surprised
him
;
and
pretending
a
Voyage
into
Portugal
,
with
design
to
procure
that
Crown
for
the
young
Farnese
,
her
Son
,
she
came
in
person
to
Lisbon
to
incite
Enemies
against
that
Traitor
.
Her
fury
was
better
sighted
than
her
Love
;
for
't
is
clear
,
he
demanded
a
Crown
to
which
he
could
make
no
pretence
:
but
the
Dutchess
acted
not
upon
that
foundation
,
it
was
Jealousie
alone
which
infused
her
revenge
;
and
as
the
highest
motive
to
her
animosity
,
she
found
the
Princess
of
Morocco
so
exquisitely
beautiful
,
she
could
not
but
excuse
in
private
that
crime
,
which
publickly
she
endeavoured
to
punish
.
This
consideration
excited
her
the
more
;
she
was
in
a
rage
,
because
she
had
no
more
reason
to
be
so
.
The
Princess
of
Morocco
discovered
all
her
confusions
;
and
being
together
one
day
,
I
see
,
Madam
,
said
she
to
the
Dutchess
of
Parma
,
you
will
not
have
Don
Sebastian
true
King
of
Portugal
,
because
he
cannot
make
you
participate
of
the
Crown
;
but
,
Madam
,
I
will
expiate
the
infidelity
wherewith
you
charge
him
,
by
giving
you
the
true
Character
of
my
Soul
.
Imploy
your
interest
to
restore
him
,
retract
those
reproaches
your
unjust
resentment
hath
diffused
,
and
I
am
content
the
Prince
shall
perform
that
promise
he
made
to
you
formerly
;
for
I
had
rather
see
him
in
the
Throne
,
and
flatter
my self
in
private
,
that
owing
me
his
life
and
his
Crown
,
he
loves
me
at
his
heart
better
than
her
who
would
deprive
him
,
then
to
possess
it
quietly
my self
,
and
apprehend
whilst
he
is
even
in
my
arms
,
his
inclinations
are
somewhere
else
.
These
generous
resolutions
being
by
publick
Fame
carried
into
his
Camp
,
the
false
Don
Sebastian
could
not
but
resume
in
some
measure
that
Love
which
his
ambition
had
expelled
.
He
was
advanced
with
his
confederate
Troops
to
that
part
of
the
Frontier
which
separates
Portugal
from
the
Territory
of
Oviedo
:
he
was
forced
to
an
Ingagement
at
that
pass
,
where
fighting
to
make
Xerina
Queen
,
as
well
as
himself
King
,
his
zeal
made
his
Valour
so
inconsiderate
,
he
was
taken
Prisoner
in
the
Combate
;
and
being
conducted
to
Lisbon
,
there
was
nothing
discoursed
of
among
his
Competitors
but
chastising
his
temerity
by
some
ignominious
punishment
:
The
defeat
of
Tannista
had
not
been
so
mortal
,
but
there
remained
some
considerable
persons
who
could
give
an
account
of
the
destiny
of
their
King
;
all
of
them
affirmed
they
had
followed
him
to
the
River
Mucazen
;
some
that
they
saw
him
drowned
,
and
some
that
they
ran
great
hazard
of
the
same
Fate
,
in
endeavouring
to
save
him
.
This
report
was
nor
according
to
what
Xerina
believed
;
she
had
found
her
pretended
Sebastian
in
the
midst
of
the
Battel
;
and
that
which
made
most
against
him
,
was
,
that
the
habit
by
which
the
Princess
described
him
,
did
not
agree
with
what
the
Portugal
Officers
assured
he
had
on
that
day
.
Nevertheless
Nature
had
been
pleased
to
put
such
a
resemblance
betwixt
them
,
and
it
was
seconded
so
well
by
their
Wit
and
their
Courage
,
it
was
not
known
which
way
to
resolve
;
the
more
this
accident
was
examined
,
the
more
intricate
it
appeared
.
To
deny
the
Crown
to
their
lawful
Prince
,
was
an
unpardonable
offence
;
to
prostitute
it
,
on
the
other
side
,
to
an
Impostor
,
was
no
less
unjustifiable
.
But
death
fixt
their
resolutions
;
for
whether
Policy
of
State
lookt
upon
Don
Sebastians
Alliance
with
the
Mores
as
dangerous
to
that
Kingdom
;
or
that
the
Dutchess
of
Parma
perceiving
the
States
inclining
to
Don
Sebastian
,
found
out
some
unlawful
way
of
preventing
the
Triumph
of
her
Rival
,
so
it
was
the
counterfeit
King
dyed
in
Prison
,
and
left
no
small
suspicion
that
his
death
was
unnatural
.
'T
is
reported
before
he
expired
,
he
desired
to
speak
with
Xerina
,
and
(
the
last
moment
being
an
admirable
Touch-stone
to
try
the
jugglings
of
a
mans
life
)
he
declared
to
the
Princess
of
Morocco
(
as
is
reported
)
that
he
was
not
King
of
Portugal
,
and
conjured
her
not
to
enterprise
any
thing
against
him
whom
they
should
chuse
after
he
was
deceased
.
This
Declaration
was
no
more
than
what
was
necessary
,
for
Xerina
had
a
Son
by
him
,
who
would
have
been
the
occasion
of
very
great
disorders
,
nor
could
he
do
all
this
without
great
testimony
of
remorse
:
'T
is
not
one
way
alone
,
Madam
,
said
he
to
the
Princess
,
in
which
I
have
deceived
you
;
for
that
part
of
my
fallacy
,
which
made
me
your
Husband
,
I
reproach
my self
not
much
,
I
should
have
blamed
my self
much
more
(
had
I
neglected
it
,
being
in
my
power
as
it
was
)
than
I
think
my self
culpable
,
in
accepting
that
honour
:
But
,
Madam
,
that
which
sticks
closest
,
and
gives
me
greatest
regret
,
is
,
that
for
some
time
I
have
discontinued
my
affection
,
and
(
in
hopes
of
a
Crown
which
I
never
obtained
,
and
which
by
a
thousand
accidents
might
have
been
ravisht
from
me
,
if
I
had
)
have
forsaken
a
heart
all
the
Crowns
in
the
World
were
not
able
to
recompence
.
Do
not
afflict
your self
with
unnecessary
compunction
,
replied
the
generous
Princess
,
I
loved
the
person
of
my
Sebastian
,
above
the
Dignities
which
surrounded
him
:
I
thought
to
have
found
his
person
in
you
,
and
those
Charms
wherewith
I
was
surprised
,
lost
nothing
of
their
Energy
for
not
proceeding
from
a
King
.
I
confess
I
should
not
have
observed
them
in
an
ordinary
person
,
my
Spirit
and
my
Birth
would
not
have
permitted
to
have
fixt
my
Eyes
upon
any
less
than
a
King
.
But
at
length
I
became
delighted
with
my
errour
,
for
to
a
vertuous
Woman
the
name
of
a
Husband
is
so
sacred
,
it
wipes
away
all
spots
that
can
possibly
accompany
it
.
Let
us
strive
to
overcome
your
distemper
my
dear
Prince
?
Pardon
me
,
Fortune
,
for
giving
him
that
Title
,
said
she
with
her
Eyes
up
to
Heaven
,
thou
oughtest
to
have
given
it
,
though
thou
didst
not
;
and
then
turning
again
to
her
Beloved
,
she
cryed
,
Force
your self
,
dear
Sir
,
out
of
the
jaws
of
death
,
if
it
be
possible
,
perhaps
our
Destiny
may
be
kinder
in
Africk
than
in
Portugal
.
The
supposed
Prince
was
so
strangely
affected
with
this
excess
of
Generosity
,
his
very
transport
was
sufficient
to
have
killed
him
:
He
expired
in
the
Arms
of
his
over-passionate
Xerina
,
and
her
soul
was
in
no
small
danger
of
bearing
his
company
.
This
man
had
abused
her
by
a
deceit
insupportable
to
the
Quality
of
a
Princess
,
and
his
subsequent
inconstancy
was
more
offensive
than
the
other
;
but
Xerina
had
loved
him
entirely
,
and
(
let
vindicative
Ladies
say
what
they
please
)
that
person
is
never
hated
,
which
was
beloved
heartily
before
.
They
complain
of
their
Stars
,
they
abominate
their
Influence
,
and
hate
themselves
many
times
for
having
so
little
discretion
;
but
this
hatred
indeed
,
is
but
a
Copy
of
their
Countenance
,
and
never
goes
so
deep
as
they
would
seem
to
pretend
:
The
Ideas
of
a
man
who
hath
been
perfectly
beloved
,
ought
always
to
be
sacred
:
No
resentment
can
attaque
them
without
Sacriledge
;
and
if
any
fury
could
be
found
so
violent
,
as
to
violate
that
Law
,
she
never
was
capable
of
true
affection
,
she
loved
to
satisfie
her
own
appetite
,
and
not
only
for
Love
,
Xerina
observed
the
last
orders
of
her
counterfeit
Sebastian
,
with
exceeding
punctuality
,
as
soon
as
her
sorrow
permitted
,
she
retired
into
Africk
,
and
gave
not
the
least
opposition
to
Theodore
Braganza
,
who
was
elected
King
of
Portugal
.
I
do
not
think
the
Reader
requires
further
light
in
this
Adventure
,
I
have
inlarged
it
much
to
what
it
is
represented
in
my
History
,
and
I
assure
my self
there
are
many
who
believe
they
have
perused
all
the
Memoires
of
that
Age
,
to
whom
this
Princess
of
Morocco
is
every
where
a
stranger
,
except
in
the
Annals
of
Love
.
THE
ANNALS
OF
LOVE
.
THE
EIGHTH
PART
.
MAhomet
III.
had
three
Sons
by
three
different
Sultanesses
:
Mustapha
,
whom
he
caused
to
be
slain
in
his
own
time
;
Jacaya
,
whose
History
I
am
writing
;
and
Achmet
,
who
succeeded
his
Father
in
the
Empire
:
Jacaya's
Mother
was
a
Christian
;
the
Magnificences
of
the
Seraglio
were
not
able
to
eradicate
the
sentiments
of
her
Religion
.
She
pretended
her self
sick
,
and
a
Physician
,
indulging
her
designs
,
advised
her
for
change
of
Air
to
remove
to
Magnesia
.
She
obtained
leave
to
carry
her
Son
along
with
her
,
and
having
dispersed
it
abroad
,
that
he
dyed
of
the
small
Pox
(
which
had
raged
violently
about
that
time
)
she
caused
another
to
be
buried
publickly
in
his
stead
,
and
committed
the
care
of
her
Son
to
an
Eunuch
,
one
of
her
Confidents
.
The
Eunuch
transported
him
to
Greece
,
and
recommended
him
to
the
Tuition
of
the
Bishop
of
Thessalonia
:
The
good
Bishop
baptized
him
,
and
gave
him
careful
Education
till
he
was
fifteen
or
sixteen
years
old
.
At
that
age
the
Eunuch
,
who
was
privy
to
the
Mystery
of
his
Affairs
,
had
a
great
desire
to
impart
them
to
him
.
The
weight
of
a
secret
is
too
ponderous
for
persons
of
his
Character
;
and
to
speak
Poetically
,
would
have
been
a
troublesom
bundle
in
the
Ferry-Boat
of
Charon
.
See
then
the
Prince
informed
of
his
Extraction
,
and
very
desirous
to
know
what
they
talkt
of
him
in
the
World
.
He
disguised
himself
as
a
Dervis
,
and
stealing
from
the
Tutelage
of
his
Bishop
,
he
directed
his
Course
privately
towards
the
chief
Cities
in
Greece
.
Many
people
were
offended
at
the
prematurity
of
his
Profession
,
and
believing
him
what
his
Habit
represented
,
'T
is
pity
,
said
the
Ladies
,
this
young
man
should
have
been
so
early
devoted
to
Heaven
.
Being
arrived
at
Scopea
,
he
understood
the
death
of
his
Father
;
he
knew
likewise
that
Mustapha
being
out
of
the
World
,
the
Ottoman
Crown
would
have
fallen
upon
his
head
,
had
not
the
false
news
of
his
death
diverted
it
upon
his
younger
Brother
.
His
Mothers
zeal
to
preserve
him
,
began
then
to
appear
indiscreet
:
He
was
of
an
age
in
which
they
are
more
sensible
of
earthly
than
celestial
Dignity
.
He
past
into
Asia
,
where
his
Intelligence
told
him
certain
Bashaws
were
in
Revolt
against
their
new
Emperour
:
He
discovered
himself
to
be
the
Son
of
Mahomet
,
put
himself
in
the
Head
of
their
rebellious
Troops
,
and
marcht
against
Achmets
Lieutenants
.
A
Romantick
Author
would
not
fail
to
have
made
him
conquer
his
Enemy
,
and
given
the
Empire
to
the
Exploits
of
his
victorious
Arm
;
and
not
without
reason
,
for
right
being
on
his
side
,
why
should
Fortune
be
against
him
?
however
he
performed
what
a
man
of
Courage
could
possibly
do
in
defence
of
his
Title
;
but
in
despight
of
his
Bravery
and
diligence
,
he
was
wounded
,
defeated
,
and
had
much
ado
to
escape
the
pursuit
of
his
Enemies
;
I
take
the
liberty
notwithstanding
to
inlarge
,
and
intersperse
his
Adventures
with
such
Accidents
as
are
least
incompatible
with
the
History
.
Though
this
reverse
of
Fortune
was
a
most
sensible
affliction
to
our
young
Sultan
,
it
did
not
quite
ruine
his
hopes
.
Right
of
Blood
never
wants
Protectors
,
no
Kingdom
being
so
empty
of
seditious
and
turbulent
Spirits
,
but
there
will
always
be
some
will
embrace
with
both
Arms
the
pretence
of
a
Revolt
,
if
guilded
with
the
least
appearance
of
Justice
.
The
Bashaw
Dervis
(
who
was
very
potent
at
the
Port
,
and
had
a
secret
amity
with
the
Bashaws
of
Asia
)
had
a
great
inclination
to
assist
them
:
He
caused
Jacaya
to
come
to
Constantinople
privately
in
the
Habit
of
a
Persian
Priest
;
the
Conferences
of
the
Confederates
are
frequent
and
open
;
Plots
are
laid
for
deposing
Achmet
,
and
advancing
Jacaya
to
the
Throne
,
and
so
probably
,
and
forward
were
their
designs
,
his
foot
might
have
been
said
to
have
been
upon
the
first
step
;
but
the
very
same
day
all
things
were
to
have
been
put
in
execution
,
the
Bashaw
Protector
was
discovered
,
and
all
the
Princes
hopes
reduced
to
the
single
attempt
of
an
escape
.
He
put
himself
into
the
Train
of
a
Polish
Ambassador
who
was
returning
to
his
Master
,
and
rebaptizing
himself
with
a
new
name
(
Hope
)
he
followed
his
Ambassadour
to
Cracovia
:
This
young
Princes
defign
was
to
discover
himself
to
the
King
of
Poland
,
and
to
desire
Sanctuary
in
his
Court
;
but
by
the
discouragements
he
heard
by
the
way
,
he
was
diverted
from
that
resolution
.
His
Affairs
being
great
,
and
his
History
singular
,
they
were
the
subject
of
all
Conversations
;
some
said
Jacaya
was
dead
,
others
he
was
retired
to
the
Emperour
of
Germany
.
Every
one
playing
the
Polititian
according
to
his
own
fancy
,
and
arguing
the
ill
consequences
his
retreat
might
bring
upon
them
who
received
him
,
they
gave
the
disguised
Prince
to
consider
his
Refuge
was
to
be
chosen
with
all
possible
Caution
.
Before
he
would
hazard
himself
,
he
concluded
to
take
the
secret
advice
of
his
friends
;
continuing
therefore
in
his
present
condition
,
till
he
could
receive
their
opinions
;
by
his
diligence
and
dexterity
he
had
rendred
himself
so
grateful
to
his
Master
,
he
was
grown
the
greatest
Favourite
he
had
in
his
Family
.
In
this
quality
he
became
his
Confident
in
an
Intrigue
he
held
with
a
Transilvanian
Lady
called
Metzala
,
whom
the
Wars
of
her
Country
had
driven
for
protection
into
the
Polish
Court
.
This
Metzala
was
very
fair
;
the
obligations
betwixt
them
depended
more
upon
utility
than
inclination
;
but
she
was
of
so
equitable
a
temper
,
she
did
Justice
to
the
favours
of
Nature
,
in
what
object
soever
she
met
them
.
The
outward
condition
of
Jacaya
could
not
disguise
,
much
less
efface
,
the
goodness
of
his
Meen
;
and
the
Beauty
of
Metzala
was
of
a
degree
which
would
have
stagger'd
the
Loyalty
of
a
more
religious
person
than
Mahomets
Son
.
The
Lady
and
this
counterfeit
Hope
began
to
despise
the
obstruction
of
their
different
Relations
to
the
Polish
Ambassadour
.
Metzala
permitted
the
disguised
Prince
to
droll
in
her
presence
,
and
to
play
upon
the
Age
and
Courtship
of
his
Master
:
He
took
the
boldness
to
make
her
several
mysterious
Presents
as
new-years
gifts
,
or
offerings
upon
her
Birth-day
;
and
(
having
given
and
received
oelliades
both
on
one
side
and
the
other
)
Jacaya
presuming
he
was
advanced
so
far
,
as
that
he
might
speak
his
mind
without
danger
of
reprehension
,
he
writ
a
Letter
imparting
his
thoughts
,
and
carrying
it
himself
,
he
delivered
it
to
Metzala
instead
of
another
he
was
to
have
presented
from
his
Master
.
Metzala
was
at
that
time
taking
the
air
in
her
Balcony
,
when
she
pretended
Hope
brought
her
the
Letter
.
See
,
Madam
,
said
he
accosting
her
,
a
Present
which
perhaps
you
expected
not
:
If
it
be
welcom
,
I
expect
great
reward
from
your
Magnificence
;
if
otherwise
,
your
rejection
will
be
punishment
sufficient
.
Metzala
took
the
Paper
,
and
opening
it
,
found
these
words
.
Madam
,
I
am
a
Messenger
of
Love
,
and
you
ought
not
to
be
surprised
with
that
Title
;
for
it
is
a
long
time
.
I
have
been
so
with
you
,
hitherto
I
have
only
offered
such
vows
as
their
age
rendred
,
but
luke-warm
,
and
unfit
to
be
presented
to
you
.
Now
,
Madam
,
I
tender
you
a
passion
as
ardent
as
sincere
,
and
as
violent
as
solid
;
the
hand
from
whence
this
Offering
comes
,
you
may
possibly
at
first
think
guilty
of
Sacriledge
;
but
suffer
not
your self
to
be
deluded
by
appearance
,
I
'le
assure
you
she
is
a
Cheat
,
and
if
you
please
to
trouble
your self
with
a
stricter
disquisition
,
you
will
find
no
Rank
or
Quality
so
high
,
to
which
Hope
may
not
justly
aspire
.
The
trouble
which
was
but
too
visible
in
the
face
of
Metzala
,
whilst
she
was
reading
this
Letter
,
she
gave
the
disguised
Prince
sufficient
conviction
how
she
was
agitated
within
:
She
changed
colour
every
time
,
and
her
heart
forcing
her
to
desire
what
her
reason
hindred
her
to
hope
;
she
was
preparing
for
great
questions
,
but
had
not
leisure
to
propose
them
;
for
a
Lady
of
remarkable
Quality
came
into
her
Chamber
at
the
same
time
.
She
composed
her self
as
well
she
could
,
and
passing
out
of
the
Balcony
to
meet
the
Lady
,
You
may
tell
your
Master
,
said
she
to
Jacaya
,
when
I
have
examined
the
Diamond
his
Letter
speaks
of
,
I
will
give
him
my
opinion
;
as
far
as
I
have
yet
perceived
,
it
doth
not
answer
his
Character
.
That
,
Madam
,
replied
Jacaya
,
is
no
wonder
,
the
stone
is
ill
set
;
and
the
Merchant
said
,
as
perhaps
you
may
have
observed
,
you
must
look
further
than
ordinary
to
give
it
the
true
value
.
Well
,
we
will
see
what
it
is
,
replied
Metzala
;
making
him
a
sign
to
be
gone
;
I
shall
not
be
abroad
all
day
to
morrow
,
bring
it
to
me
again
after
dinner
.
Jacaya
withdrew
after
this
Conference
,
and
the
Polish
Lady
which
came
in
,
being
acquainted
with
the
Amours
betwixt
the
Ambassadour
and
Metzala
,
she
concluded
the
Diamond
they
talkt
of
,
was
some
new
Present
from
him
.
She
took
no
notice
of
her
stispicion
to
Metzala
;
the
friendishp
betwixt
them
was
not
arrived
at
so
high
a
confidence
.
Their
discourse
were
of
the
fashions
,
of
the
times
,
and
such
indifferent
things
;
but
as
the
greatest
part
of
that
Sex
are
less
frank
and
open
among
themselves
,
than
among
men
,
she
was
not
so
reserved
with
the
Ambassadour
,
as
she
was
with
his
Mistress
;
she
went
that
very
day
to
a
Walk
where
she
met
with
him
;
she
caused
her
Coach
to
drive
as
near
him
as
she
could
,
and
thrusting
her self
out
of
the
Boot
,
What
do
you
do
here
?
said
she
smiling
,
you
are
expected
,
to
recompense
your
late
liberality
.
Your
Turkish
Officer
hath
done
his
best
to
make
her
prize
it
;
had
he
been
the
Merchant
himself
,
he
could
not
have
said
more
of
the
Diamond
.
The
Polish
Lord
could
make
nothing
of
that
Aenigma
,
he
would
fain
have
had
her
explained
it
;
but
several
Coaches
having
interposed
,
he
could
get
to
her
no
more
:
He
drove
immediately
to
Metzala
to
inquire
of
her
,
and
very
earnest
he
was
to
be
resolved
.
The
Transilvanian
smiled
at
his
request
,
pretending
greater
tranquillity
than
in
justice
he
ought
.
This
Droll
Hope
brought
me
one
of
your
Letters
after
dinner
,
he
makes
always
the
pleasantest
sport
when
he
speaks
of
your
passion
;
he
said
your
heart
is
a
precious
Stone
,
with
which
a
Queen
would
think
her self
honoured
.
This
Lady
came
just
in
as
he
was
in
the
Panegyrick
,
and
heard
that
expression
:
See
,
I
beseech
you
how
fools
may
put
wiser
people
into
disorder
,
and
how
unhappy
we
are
that
are
forced
to
entertain
them
?
But
the
Polish
Lord
was
not
to
be
coak'st
;
he
did
not
take
this
shift
of
Metzala's
as
she
expected
;
it
was
a
long
time
since
he
had
been
displeased
with
her
courtesie
to
his
man
Hope
.
I
beg
of
you
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
do
not
use
that
Boy
to
so
much
familiarity
.
Those
kind
of
people
are
not
born
to
be
the
objects
of
so
much
Generosity
;
and
what
among
us
is
but
a
natural
Civility
,
passes
among
them
for
a
preference
,
will
make
them
insolent
:
How
can
you
admit
such
a
Fellow
as
he
into
the
particulars
of
your
affairs
?
If
he
brings
you
my
Letters
,
and
returns
your
Answers
,
I
have
taken
care
he
shall
do
that
faithfully
,
but
do
not
you
,
Madam
,
inlarge
his
Commission
.
Metzala
could
not
hear
him
speak
so
contemptibly
of
a
person
for
whom
she
began
to
have
a
kindness
,
without
saying
something
in
his
defence
.
She
told
the
Ambassadour
,
he
did
not
know
the
treasure
he
had
in
Hope
;
that
he
was
a
Servant
he
could
not
value
sufficiently
:
This
discourse
confirmed
the
suspicion
of
her
Gallant
,
and
he
could
not
conceal
it
for
his
heart
.
Metzala
found
him
injurious
in
his
language
,
his
conversation
anger'd
her
,
and
some
smart
Reparties
did
pass
betwixt
the
Lovers
.
The
Ambassadour
was
an
old
Fornicator
,
had
had
more
than
one
Love-quarrel
in
his
time
;
he
understood
the
difference
betwixt
Choler
and
Choler
.
He
doubted
not
but
Metzala's
anger
had
a
touch
of
infidelity
in
it
.
He
turned
away
Hope
when
he
came
home
,
and
caused
it
to
be
told
him
by
way
of
charitable
advice
,
that
if
ever
he
came
within
Metzala's
doors
again
,
he
would
meet
with
very
ill
Complements
before
he
went
away
.
This
way
the
true
course
to
fortifie
the
inclination
of
Metzala's
.
She
apprehended
(
by
an
excuse
Jacaya
fent
her
,
for
not
waiting
on
her
any
more
)
what
the
Jealousie
of
the
Ambassadour
had
done
,
and
what
would
otherwise
have
been
a
blameable
condescension
,
becoming
now
but
a
laudable
compassion
;
she
was
forced
to
make
use
of
an
undecent
hour
to
inquire
into
affairs
.
He
was
brought
privately
into
her
Chamber
,
when
she
thought
all
her
Family
was
in
bed
:
There
was
not
an
obliging
word
but
her
kindness
dictated
it
to
her
Generosity
;
she
was
in
bed
,
and
Women
which
are
naturally
handsom
,
are
much
better
in
that
posture
than
drest
.
Jacaya
was
importuned
to
explain
what
Metzala
found
obscure
in
her
Letter
;
he
told
her
his
Birth
,
his
Love
to
her
,
and
the
desires
of
his
Soul
in
words
extremely
suitable
to
his
passion
;
but
his
narration
was
interrupted
when
it
was
just
at
the
best
,
The
jealous
Polander
had
conceived
shrewd
suspicions
of
the
truth
:
All
Metzala's
Servants
were
at
his
disposition
,
he
caused
them
to
be
informed
what
it
was
he
desired
of
their
zeal
.
Those
who
were
thought
fastest
asleep
,
were
broadest
awake
;
and
scarce
was
Jacaya
got
into
the
Chamber
of
his
Mistress
,
but
the
Ambassadour
had
notice
,
and
ran
immediately
with
two
or
three
of
his
Servants
,
whither
the
Alarm
invited
:
At
the
sight
of
all
that
Company
,
Metzala
was
strangely
surprised
,
she
demanded
of
the
Polander
,
what
it
was
gave
him
the
confidence
to
come
to
her
at
that
time
a
night
,
and
how
long
he
had
been
accustomed
to
such
Visits
as
those
.
Do
not
you
justifie
your self
to
your
new
Gallant
,
replied
the
Ambassadour
with
a
tone
of
contempt
,
my
design
is
not
to
let
him
see
your
gate
is
open
to
me
at
all
hours
in
the
night
,
I
scorn
to
boast
of
a
Conquest
in
which
my
Valet
participates
.
At
that
word
he
ordered
those
who
came
along
with
him
to
seize
upon
Jacaya
,
whom
he
took
for
no
better
than
his
man
Hope
;
but
he
proved
to
be
Mahomets
own
Son
.
For
catching
hold
of
the
Polanders
Cimeterre
,
wresting
it
out
of
the
Scabbard
,
and
putting
himself
upon
his
guard
,
he
satisfied
his
Master
it
would
be
no
easie
matter
to
have
his
Orders
obeyed
.
Metzala
,
affrighted
at
the
action
,
and
apprehending
for
a
man
whose
Extraction
excused
her
resentment
,
she
leapt
in
a
rage
out
of
bed
,
and
cryed
out
for
help
:
An
Envoy
from
the
Grand
Duke
of
Tuscany
,
who
lodged
not
far
from
her
House
,
and
came
usually
very
late
home
,
hearing
of
her
Cry
,
ran
in
to
see
what
was
the
matter
:
Jacaya
knew
the
Tuscan
Envoy
,
having
seen
him
many
times
in
the
streets
:
He
desired
his
protections
,
and
in
few
words
told
him
,
he
was
that
Ottoman
Prince
which
made
so
much
noise
in
the
World
.
The
Tuscan
had
received
private
Letters
before
,
that
Jacaya
was
in
Poland
in
disguise
.
The
Prince
endeavoured
to
perswade
him
to
a
belief
;
and
though
the
Polander
lookt
upon
the
relation
as
fabulous
,
and
conjured
the
Tuscan
to
receive
it
no
otherwise
;
yet
he
did
not
think
fit
to
be
perswaded
by
one
who
was
so
much
concerned
.
He
took
the
person
of
Jacaya
into
his
protection
till
the
morning
,
resolving
to
carry
him
to
the
King
to
have
the
truth
more
strictly
examined
;
and
he
was
found
to
be
as
he
pretended
:
He
had
all
the
declarations
of
the
Sultaness
his
Mother
,
of
the
Eunuch
,
and
the
Bishop
of
Thessalonica
;
he
had
Letters
from
some
of
the
Bashaws
of
Asia
,
which
they
had
lately
writ
to
him
under
the
name
of
Hope
;
and
to
dash
all
scruples
that
might
be
pretended
,
there
was
a
Chaous
from
Achmet
at
that
time
in
the
Court
(
who
had
been
sent
to
the
revolted
Bashaws
when
he
was
amongst
them
)
which
knew
him
.
The
testimony
of
this
Chaous
was
irrefragable
,
and
had
not
the
malice
of
his
offended
Master
,
diverted
his
Majesties
inclinations
,
Jacaya
had
found
the
refuge
and
security
he
wanted
,
in
the
Court
of
that
Monarch
;
but
that
incensed
person
laid
so
many
impediments
in
his
way
,
and
contrived
so
many
Plots
against
him
,
the
Turkish
Prince
thought
it
not
prudent
nor
safe
to
stay
there
,
and
expose
himself
any
longer
.
He
tryed
to
have
him
assasinated
,
he
misrepresented
him
to
the
King
,
and
he
had
no
sooner
cleared
himself
of
one
calumny
,
but
he
was
aspersed
with
another
.
He
conjured
the
Tuscan
Envoy
to
deliver
him
from
this
persecution
,
and
procure
him
a
Retreat
to
the
great
Dukes
Court
:
and
the
Tuscan
acquitted
himself
of
that
generous
Act
with
zeal
and
success
.
Jacaya
departed
for
Florence
,
not
without
great
trouble
to
Metzala
;
but
she
must
of
necessity
be
patient
.
The
Grand
Duke
received
him
with
great
kindness
,
and
assigned
him
considerable
Pensions
;
the
secret
differences
in
the
Turkish
Empire
,
seconded
the
liberality
of
the
Duke
;
and
the
person
of
Jacaya
being
every
way
compleat
,
he
became
immediately
the
Love
and
Admiration
of
the
whole
Tuscan
Court
;
which
though
it
be
not
altogether
so
great
as
other
Courts
of
Europe
,
yet
the
Ladies
are
naturally
handsom
in
that
Climate
:
not
a
Florentine
Woman
he
saw
,
but
could
easily
expunge
the
memory
of
Metzala
.
At
firsthe
plaid
the
generous
Gallant
;
but
not
finding
that
kind
of
Courtship
so
agreeable
with
his
mind
,
he
restrained
his
desires
to
the
person
of
a
young
Lady
called
Angelicadi
Strozzi
,
who
was
reputed
the
handsomest
young
Woman
in
Tuscany
.
Her
Mother
was
dead
,
and
the
Marquess
de
Strozzi
her
Father
,
having
been
happy
enough
in
his
former
Amours
,
to
suspect
the
vertue
of
all
the
Women
in
the
World
,
he
was
a
continual
Watch
upon
his
Daughter
;
so
as
she
never
went
abroad
but
to
Church
,
or
some
other
Festivals
where
her
quality
did
indispensably
require
her
;
and
even
on
those
occasions
she
was
attended
by
an
old
Widow
her
Kinswoman
,
who
would
never
trust
her
out
of
her
sight
.
It
cost
Jacaya
by
that
means
many
a
sigh
before
he
could
gain
a
favourable
opportunity
to
explain
himself
;
he
endeavoured
to
have
made
his
Eyes
his
Interpreters
,
but
Angelica
was
at
that
time
too
young
to
understand
that
language
.
One
night
when
they
were
making
great
Fire-works
in
the
Grand
Piazza
at
Florence
,
in
joy
for
the
Dutchesses
being
brought
to
bed
of
a
Son
,
and
Angelica
was
among
the
rest
of
the
Court-Ladies
,
looking
out
of
the
Windows
;
the
Duke
having
called
aside
the
Marquess
for
his
Judgment
about
the
Fire-works
which
he
understood
perfectly
well
:
and
the
old
Sentinel
being
removed
upon
some
other
occasion
,
Jacaya
thought
best
to
take
this
opportunity
,
as
not
being
able
to
assure
himself
when
he
should
have
another
.
He
got
as
near
his
young
Mistress
as
he
could
,
and
shewing
her
a
Squib
thrown
into
the
air
,
which
fell
down
with
more
than
ordinary
noise
;
So
it
is
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
with
Lovers
desires
,
the
constraint
and
confinement
makes
them
more
impetuous
when
they
break
forth
;
so
that
what
ought
not
in
strictness
to
be
said
under
whole
years
attendance
,
seems
in
some
measure
to
be
excused
,
as
soon
as
occasion
is
offered
to
speak
it
.
I
love
you
,
Madam
,
and
I
do
it
exceedingly
.
I
am
sensible
of
all
the
precautions
Civility
exacts
of
a
Lover
in
order
to
this
declaration
:
But
,
Madam
,
should
I
imploy
as
much
time
in
attending
a
convenient
opportunity
,
as
I
have
past
already
without
meeting
one
,
I
should
dye
without
doubt
before
your
Ladiship
would
understand
my
disease
.
The
young
Strozzi
was
so
surprised
at
the
discourse
,
she
knew
not
what
to
answer
,
besides
she
had
no
time
;
for
the
old
Scout
perceiving
their
Converse
,
flew
back
like
Lightning
to
disturb
it
.
The
Prince
cast
many
a
glance
upon
his
new
Mistress
all
the
rest
of
the
night
,
or
(
to
speak
more
properly
)
he
never
took
his
Eyes
off
of
her
;
he
observed
her
much
discomposed
,
she
lookt
down
upon
the
ground
as
soon
as
she
perceived
him
;
but
he
apprehended
there
was
more
of
modesty
than
anger
in
her
discomposure
.
After
the
Fire-works
were
done
,
there
was
a
magnificent
Supper
,
and
after
that
a
Ball.
The
Turkish
Prince
took
out
Angelica
to
dance
,
and
gave
her
all
the
intimations
of
his
passion
,
that
the
vigilance
of
the
old
Marquess
would
permit
him
to
give
:
He
did
not
perceive
Angelica
do
it
,
and
none
else
of
the
Company
came
near
enough
to
him
,
to
convey
any
thing
into
his
Pocket
;
nevertheless
when
he
came
to
his
Chamber
,
he
found
a
little
Table-book
there
with
certain
Lines
in
Italian
to
this
purpose
.
Impetuosity
and
ardour
in
fire
which
hath
been
long
constrained
,
is
pardonable
;
but
the
noise
and
cracking
,
is
abominable
.
At
the
reading
of
these
words
,
the
Turkish
Prince
was
in
as
great
a
Transport
,
as
a
Lover
could
be
.
He
doubted
not
but
it
was
in
Answer
to
the
Declaration
he
had
made
;
and
overjoy'd
she
had
received
it
so
favourably
,
he
past
that
night
in
extraordinary
hopes
.
The
next
day
he
went
to
Mass
to
the
Church
where
Angelica
went
ordinarily
,
where
he
observed
a
grave
Matron
attending
him
,
and
making
signs
to
him
now
and
then
to
follow
him
out
of
the
Church
:
He
submitted
to
the
signal
;
and
the
Matron
demanding
,
if
he
had
found
nothing
in
his
Pockets
over
night
;
he
was
afraid
at
first
to
confess
,
lest
he
should
do
Angelica
a
mischief
before
he
was
aware
;
but
the
old
Woman
observing
his
confusion
;
Tell
me
truly
,
said
she
to
him
,
for
it
was
I
that
put
the
Table-book
there
,
and
the
advice
which
is
given
comes
from
me
:
I
am
Angelica's
Nurse
;
I
was
behind
her
yesterday
,
when
you
had
your
discourse
,
and
I
will
promise
to
bring
your
affairs
to
a
happy
conclusion
,
provided
you
be
discreet
,
and
your
intentions
sincere
.
Though
it
was
great
satisfaction
to
Jacaya
to
find
an
Agent
so
proper
,
and
so
ready
to
his
hand
,
yet
it
could
not
but
give
him
considerable
regret
to
find
Angelica
had
no
share
in
the
Answer
he
had
received
;
and
he
exprest
it
to
the
Matron
.
Do
not
trouble
your self
,
said
the
Matron
to
him
,
repose
your self
upon
me
,
I
will
do
you
what
service
I
can
,
for
't
is
a
long
time
since
I
have
been
preparing
to
be
revenged
upon
the
unjust
severity
of
the
Marquess
.
His
Daughter
was
not
born
so
fair
,
to
be
lockt
up
in
a
Chamber
,
and
we
that
are
Governesses
of
such
Beauties
as
she
,
have
no
way
to
make
our selves
considerable
but
by
our
address
in
ostentating
our
Talents
.
Jacaya
concurred
with
every
word
she
said
,
and
seconding
his
approbation
by
a
Ring
he
gave
her
off
his
finger
,
he
made
the
Matron
so
firm
to
his
Interests
,
that
that
very
day
she
carried
him
a
Letter
to
his
Mistress
,
and
returned
him
an
Answer
.
The
Contents
of
her
Answer
was
only
a
request
to
him
to
write
to
her
no
more
;
but
let
a
Ladies
request
be
what
it
will
,
she
makes
a
great
advance
when
she
is
induced
to
write
again
.
The
Nurse
inculcated
her
cares
very
much
,
and
promised
faithfully
to
continue
them
,
and
their
success
was
accordingly
;
their
Commerce
by
Letters
was
establisht
,
and
there
began
to
be
a
conformity
in
their
styles
.
Things
being
in
this
posture
,
the
grand
Dutchess
would
needs
regale
the
Ladies
of
her
Court
at
the
Pratolin
(
which
is
one
of
the
most
beautiful
Houses
of
Pleasure
the
Duke
of
Tuscany
hath
near
Florence
)
Angelica
and
her
Convey
were
of
the
number
of
the
Guests
;
by
accident
the
Marquess
de
Strozzi
was
fallen
into
discourse
with
Jacaya
,
who
partly
in
revenge
,
and
partly
to
make
his
advantage
thereby
,
past
so
artificially
from
one
story
to
another
,
and
kept
the
old
man
in
a
perpetual
motion
all
over
the
Walks
,
that
at
length
he
tired
him
quiet
.
The
Dutchess
was
at
that
time
in
a
Salon
of
rustick
work
,
built
in
the
most
solitary
part
of
the
Wood
belonging
to
that
Palace
;
four
little
vaulted
Arbors
were
(
as
it
were
)
attending
on
that
great
one
:
The
Company
weary
of
walking
,
was
retired
part
into
the
Salon
with
the
Datchess
,
and
part
into
the
lesser
Arbors
by
themselves
.
The
Marquess
was
of
the
last
number
;
he
entred
into
one
of
the
little
Arbors
finding
it
empty
,
and
being
weary
with
walking
,
he
was
no
sooner
sate
down
,
but
he
fell
asleep
.
Jacaya
left
him
very
civilly
asleep
,
and
past
to
the
Dutchess
,
to
see
if
he
could
find
out
Angelica
,
and
make
any
improvement
of
that
opportunity
:
Pretending
to
inquire
by
accident
of
some
of
the
Court
,
he
understood
she
was
with
her
Argus
in
one
of
the
Cabinets
:
He
sent
a
Gentleman
of
his
Retinue
to
the
old
Matron
,
to
let
her
know
the
Marquess
would
speak
with
her
on
the
other
side
of
the
Wood
;
and
perceiving
his
design
had
taken
,
he
went
into
the
Arbor
to
supply
her
place
till
she
came
back
.
The
young
Lady
blusht
exceedingly
when
she
saw
the
Turkish
Prince
,
and
would
immediately
have
been
gone
,
but
a
secret
inclination
which
she
could
not
overcome
,
prevailed
with
her
to
stay
:
Jacaya
perceived
her
propensity
,
and
endeavoured
to
fortifie
her
,
he
prayed
,
he
promised
,
he
prest
,
his
desires
were
violent
,
and
his
passion
eloquent
.
The
Arbor
in
which
this
Scene
was
acted
,
answered
exactly
to
the
Arbor
where
the
old
Marquess
was
asleep
,
and
by
the
effect
of
an
Art
which
is
common
in
all
the
grand
Dukes
Houses
(
and
of
which
we
have
formerly
seen
an
Experiment
in
the
Palace
of
Mary
de
Medicis
built
at
Paris
)
that
which
was
spoken
in
one
of
these
Arbors
,
was
conveyed
secretly
into
the
other
,
without
being
perceived
by
those
who
were
in
the
body
of
the
Vault
.
This
transportation
of
the
voice
from
the
Angle
of
one
Vault
to
another
,
is
not
a
Romantick
invention
of
mine
own
to
discover
my
Intrigue
,
for
there
is
no
body
hath
travelled
into
Italy
,
but
will
assure
you
of
several
places
in
the
Pratolin
built
after
that
manner
;
and
before
one
of
the
vaulted
Chambers
in
the
Palais
d'Orleans
was
altered
,
it
was
remarkable
for
the
same
piece
of
Architecture
.
The
Marquess
being
so
near
,
and
in
a
place
where
he
could
hear
distinctly
all
the
Turkish
Prince
said
to
his
Daughter
,
the
cariosity
of
knowing
who
was
the
Mistress
set
him
perfectly
awake
:
He
listned
attentively
,
and
understanding
the
promises
wherewith
Jacaya
accompanied
his
Propositions
;
Yes
,
said
he
to
himself
,
that
's
the
Dialect
of
all
Lovers
,
I
know
that
Lesson
without
Book
,
and
have
made
use
of
it
to
six
several
Ladies
in
my
time
,
but
the
Women
are
meer
Sots
that
believe
a
word
of
it
.
Jacaya
pressing
hard
,
and
Angelica
not
being
disposed
to
grant
him
the
favours
he
desired
,
the
Marquess
heard
her
answer
:
No
,
Jacaya
,
I
cannot
comply
with
the
thing
your
desires
would
exact
;
I
am
sensible
I
love
you
as
well
as
is
possible
,
and
I
must
acknowledge
there
are
certain
minutes
in
which
I
wish
my self
with
you
in
the
same
liberty
as
now
;
but
,
Sir
,
the
danger
dismays
me
,
and
it
troubles
me
to
think
I
am
not
able
to
do
any
thing
for
you
now
,
but
to
manage
my self
so
as
it
may
be
in
my
power
hereafter
.
But
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Turkish
Prince
with
some
kind
of
impetuosity
,
the
moments
these
considerations
make
you
lose
,
may
perhaps
be
irrecoverable
.
The
Stratagem
I
have
used
to
send
your
old
Sentry
away
,
cannot
last
long
,
and
perhaps
your
Father
may
wake
at
the
very
instant
I
am
speaking
:
do
not
therefore
,
I
beseech
you
,
dear
Angelica
,
consume
those
minutes
which
are
intended
only
for
Love
,
in
tedious
expostulations
.
The
Prince
incouraging
himself
by
his
own
proper
discourse
,
would
doubtless
have
been
too
hard
for
Angelica's
scruples
;
but
her
Name
which
Jacaya
had
mentioned
,
discovering
the
Intrigue
to
the
Marquess
,
he
fetcht
such
a
cry
,
as
put
our
poor
Lover
beyond
all
his
designs
.
Angelica
made
but
one
leap
betwixt
the
place
where
she
was
,
to
the
Dutchesses
Salon
and
the
Turkish
Prince
,
being
ignorant
of
the
artifice
by
which
the
Marquess
his
cry
was
conveyed
to
his
ears
,
believed
he
was
discovered
,
and
retired
into
the
thickest
part
of
the
Wood
,
outragiously
mad
for
the
miscarriage
of
his
Enterprise
.
The
Marquess
had
cryed
out
before
he
was
aware
,
and
durst
have
sworn
almost
he
had
done
no
such
thing
;
so
that
observing
the
profound
silence
which
followed
,
and
not
perceiving
what
had
caused
it
,
he
attributed
it
to
a
quite
contrary
effect
.
Persons
of
his
humour
and
age
do
seldom
interpret
any
thing
for
the
best
.
The
old
Marquess
ascribing
that
to
the
excess
of
their
Love
,
which
was
nothing
but
their
fear
,
he
ran
into
their
Cabinet
in
a
fury
;
and
if
he
had
found
them
imployed
,
as
he
expected
to
find
them
,
it
is
clear
he
would
have
out
run
into
desperate
extremities
;
but
by
good
luck
he
found
no
body
there
but
the
old
Matron
,
who
having
sought
him
all
over
the
Wood
to
no
purpose
,
was
returned
to
the
Arbor
where
she
had
left
Angelica
,
at
the
same
instant
the
Marquess
came
in
also
.
The
good
man
being
in
an
anger
,
demanded
very
snappingly
why
she
had
left
his
Daughter
;
and
she
demanded
of
him
as
short
,
why
he
took
delight
to
make
his
Traps
about
the
Wood
,
and
through
all
the
Walks
about
the
Palace
to
no
purpose
.
They
gave
account
of
their
reasons
on
both
sides
;
and
the
Marquesses
suspicions
being
augmented
by
what
she
related
,
nothing
could
serve
his
turn
but
he
would
go
and
stab
his
Daughter
before
the
Dutchesses
face
.
But
the
reverend
Matron
restrained
him
as
to
that
:
She
represented
to
his
consideration
,
that
what
was
past
was
irreparable
,
and
impossible
to
undo
;
that
he
must
leave
those
things
to
Destiny
,
and
apply
himself
to
the
prevention
of
such
practices
for
the
future
.
I
know
very
well
,
said
she
,
Jacaya's
Extraction
places
him
above
the
Laws
,
which
might
constrain
particular
persons
;
and
though
he
would
freely
submit
,
I
am
not
ignorant
that
Princes
are
never
without
some
reason
of
State
or
other
in
their
Pockets
,
to
keep
them
from
performing
that
in
their
restablishment
,
which
they
promised
in
their
affliction
:
But
the
most
casual
Marriage
will
be
better
than
that
,
what
you
believe
is
already
consummate
betwixt
the
Turkish
Prince
and
your
Daughter
:
Employ
your self
seriously
to
make
one
of
the
Marriages
we
speak
of
;
and
instead
of
ruining
Angelica
by
an
ineffectual
discovery
,
conceal
your
resentment
,
so
that
by
a
dissembled
confidence
,
you
may
hasten
the
moment
of
your
satisfaction
.
The
Marquess
approved
of
her
advice
very
well
;
he
forced
his
Choler
as
much
as
he
could
to
compose
his
Countenance
,
and
entring
into
the
room
where
the
whole
Court
was
,
he
counterfeited
that
,
and
two
or
three
days
after
so
handsomly
,
the
two
Lovers
apprehensions
were
intirely
laid
aside
.
They
began
to
write
Letters
,
as
they
had
formerly
done
,
and
the
Nurse
which
managed
the
Intrigue
,
observing
by
her
private
discourse
with
Angelica
,
that
fear
was
the
only
impediment
which
kept
her
from
satisfying
the
desires
of
the
Prince
,
she
thought
she
should
do
a
meritorious
act
,
if
she
could
betray
the
innocent
Angelica
to
a
Rendez-vous
,
to
which
she
would
not
otherwise
consent
.
She
saw
her
modesty
made
her
reject
all
allurements
of
Love
;
but
she
hoped
time
and
accident
might
make
her
more
happy
.
This
hope
having
long
since
been
digested
,
and
Jacaya
well
instructed
in
what
he
had
to
do
,
our
female
Engeneer
found
occasion
to
have
the
Windows
of
a
low
Hall
under
Angelica's
Appartment
,
to
be
so
altred
,
that
the
wooden
Grilles
or
Bars
might
be
taken
out
,
and
put
in
again
with
ease
.
These
Windows
were
no
higher
than
the
Butresses
,
and
lookt
into
a
by-street
that
was
little
frequented
.
The
Nurse
complained
that
Angelicas
Chamber
was
too
hot
,
and
the
old
Matron
was
brought
to
consent
she
should
change
her
Appartment
.
The
other
being
proposed
and
approved
,
the
day
was
appointed
for
their
removal
,
and
the
Turkish
Prince
had
advertisement
not
to
lose
so
fair
an
occasion
.
He
assured
the
Nurse
by
a
Ticket
,
he
would
not
fail
to
be
at
the
assignation
;
but
by
the
continual
care
the
Marquess
took
to
know
how
things
passed
,
this
Ticket
fell
into
his
hands
.
It
had
no
subscription
,
and
imported
only
thus
much
,
That
Jacaya
would
not
fail
to
be
at
the
place
appointed
that
night
at
eleven
of
the
Clock
.
And
now
the
old
Marquess
would
have
sworn
he
had
them
sure
:
He
sent
for
the
Officers
of
the
Town
,
and
having
disposed
them
into
a
room
,
and
ordered
them
to
remain
there
ready
to
execute
their
Offices
when
required
;
the
Marquess
not
daring
to
trust
any
Scout
but
himself
,
clapt
himself
upon
the
Watch
in
a
little
Closet
,
built
in
the
form
of
a
Watch-house
,
from
whence
he
could
see
all
that
went
in
or
out
of
his
house
.
The
hour
appointed
by
Jacaya's
Billet
being
come
,
the
Marquess
heard
one
while
in
the
street
,
which
he
took
at
first
for
the
signal
,
and
indeed
at
that
whistle
the
Porter
opened
the
Gate
gently
,
and
let
in
a
person
covered
all
over
from
head
to
foot
with
a
Cloak
à
l'Italienne
.
The
Marquess
made
no
question
but
this
was
Jacaya
,
and
lamenting
the
condition
of
persons
of
Quality
,
to
be
exposed
to
the
infidelity
of
their
Servants
,
he
followed
with
his
Eye
to
a
Gallery
corresponding
to
Angelica's
Chamber
,
into
which
none
but
her
Women
were
permitted
to
enter
.
The
Vision
knockt
,
and
the
door
opened
;
there
was
not
any
place
so
secret
in
the
house
,
into
which
that
whistle
would
not
have
given
her
admission
.
The
old
man
thought
he
had
seen
enough
,
he
sent
for
his
Judge
and
his
Notary
immediately
,
he
put
himself
at
the
head
of
them
with
a
lamp
in
his
hand
,
and
making
the
least
noise
he
could
for
fear
of
losing
his
prey
,
by
the
secret
orders
he
had
given
,
he
got
presently
to
his
Daughters
beds
side
.
The
kreaking
of
his
shooes
in
going
,
and
the
light
of
the
lamp
,
having
got
before
him
to
the
Eyes
and
Ears
of
Angelica
,
she
clapt
her
head
into
the
bed
,
and
caused
the
party
in
bed
with
her
to
do
the
same
.
The
Marquess
drew
the
Curtain
,
and
seeing
two
persons
in
bed
,
he
commanded
the
Judge
to
do
his
Office
;
and
pulling
a
Daggar
out
of
his
Pocket
,
which
he
had
brought
with
him
on
purpose
,
he
swore
a
desperate
oath
he
should
marry
his
Daughter
,
or
dye
upon
the
spot
.
At
these
words
of
Judge
,
Death
,
and
Daggar
,
Angelica
threw
her self
out
of
the
bed
,
in
a
great
fright
,
and
escaping
into
a
Closet
on
the
inward
side
of
her
bed
,
she
fell
a
barricadoing
the
door
with
whatever
she
could
find
.
The
Marquess
not
having
so
much
occasion
for
that
part
of
his
prey
,
as
for
the
other
,
suffered
her
to
go
as
she
would
,
and
reserved
himself
for
what
was
behind
.
The
Judge
,
the
Notary
,
and
some
Servants
selected
for
that
design
,
seize
upon
the
remainder
,
and
haling
it
violently
out
of
bed
,
the
Marquess
was
strangely
surprised
to
find
it
was
only
his
Daughters
Nurse
:
He
cryed
out
it
was
none
of
she
he
lookt
for
,
he
askt
for
Jacaya
,
and
protested
he
would
kill
them
every
mothers
child
,
if
they
did
not
tell
him
where
he
was
.
The
old
Nurse
understanding
by
that
demand
,
what
was
the
occasion
of
this
disorder
,
she
took
heart
,
and
with
the
grave
and
severe
tone
of
a
Matron
,
askt
him
if
Angelica's
Chamber
was
a
fit
place
to
look
for
a
man
at
that
time
of
night
.
True
it
was
,
as
was
mentioned
in
the
Ticket
,
Jacaya
was
to
have
met
that
night
in
Angelica's
Appartment
;
but
some
Gentlemen
from
Provence
having
come
to
see
the
Marquess
of
Strozzi
,
that
day
,
he
had
disposed
them
that
night
into
the
Chamber
appointed
for
the
Enterview
,
and
put
off
the
young
Ladies
removal
till
the
next
.
The
Nurse
went
out
before
noon
to
give
Jacaya
advice
;
and
for
the
better
disguising
of
her
Sally
,
she
went
to
see
one
of
her
Relations
that
was
sick
,
and
had
continued
with
her
to
the
very
hour
in
which
the
Marquess
saw
her
come
in
:
For
knowing
the
Jealousie
of
her
Master
,
she
thought
it
not
best
to
come
home
till
she
believed
he
was
in
bed
,
lest
she
should
be
troubled
with
the
impertinent
questions
he
used
to
all
people
that
had
been
abroad
.
She
had
desired
the
Porter
to
open
the
Gate
when
she
gave
him
the
signal
,
as
he
did
,
and
it
was
she
the
Marquess
had
seen
enter
both
into
the
Court
and
the
Gallery
belonging
to
his
Daughters
Chamber
.
The
cunning
old
Fox
being
assured
the
Turkish
Prince
was
not
to
be
found
where
he
was
sought
for
,
she
laid
about
her
,
and
gave
the
Marquess
all
the
reproaches
she
could
have
given
him
,
had
she
been
really
innocent
.
She
caused
the
Porter
to
be
called
,
to
testifie
it
was
she
that
came
in
:
she
would
needs
have
him
send
to
the
sick
person
,
where
she
had
been
visiting
,
to
satisfie
himself
,
whether
she
was
not
newly
come
from
thence
;
and
pursuing
her
confidence
so
far
as
to
press
him
to
send
to
Jacaya
,
he
did
,
and
having
found
him
in
bed
,
she
put
the
poor
Marquess
into
such
a
confusion
,
as
he
was
never
in
before
in
his
life
.
This
story
made
a
great
noise
in
the
Duke
of
Tuscany's
Court
;
some
Ladies
who
emulated
Angelica's
Beauty
,
and
perhaps
had
their
private
designs
upon
the
affections
of
Jacaya
,
began
to
talk
of
it
at
their
pleasure
:
Jacaya
protested
it
was
only
the
old
Marquesses
fancy
,
and
that
he
had
never
had
any
familiarity
with
his
Daughter
:
But
the
good
man
,
to
justifie
his
senses
,
and
demonstrate
that
his
age
had
as
yet
done
him
no
prejudice
in
his
judgment
,
gave
a
relation
to
all
people
of
what
he
heard
in
the
Pratolin
;
and
pretended
he
had
done
the
part
of
a
wise
man
,
when
he
had
discovered
upon
what
grounds
he
had
done
as
he
did
.
By
this
means
was
Angelica
become
the
whole
discourse
of
the
Court
;
and
though
she
was
really
innocent
her self
,
yet
she
served
for
an
eminent
Example
,
that
in
matters
of
Reputation
,
appearances
are
sometimes
as
dangerous
,
as
real
transgression
.
The
Family
of
the
Strozzi
was
very
considerable
in
Italy
;
the
Relations
of
Angelica
were
sensible
of
the
injury
the
Turkish
Prince
had
done
her
,
and
Jacaya's
ambition
not
suffering
him
to
apply
such
publick
remedy
,
as
would
have
been
required
,
the
Counsel
of
the
Grand
Duke
,
after
great
division
and
debate
,
concluded
at
last
that
the
poor
Prince
should
be
put
to
seek
his
protection
from
the
Pope
.
But
the
malice
of
the
Strozzi
not
regarding
the
Holiness
of
his
Protector
,
they
laid
so
many
secret
practices
against
his
life
,
that
they
forced
him
out
of
Italy
,
and
obliged
him
to
pass
into
France
with
the
Duke
of
Nevers
,
newly
come
to
the
Dukedom
of
Mantua
,
whose
Subjects
refused
to
admit
him
into
his
State
.
The
Court
of
France
was
at
that
time
the
most
splendid
in
the
World
:
The
Marriage
of
of
the
young
Lewis
XIII
.
with
the
Infanta
of
Spain
,
supplied
new
matter
to
the
Magnificence
of
the
Queen
Mother
Mary
de
Medicis
;
and
that
time
was
so
eminent
for
fair
Ladies
,
that
never
was
there
so
many
Beauties
together
in
one
Court
,
as
in
his
Reign
.
The
Duke
of
Mantua
having
brought
the
Turkish
Prince
into
France
,
he
would
needs
be
his
Patron
amongst
them
:
He
proposed
to
him
to
accompany
him
in
his
Visits
to
the
most
beautiful
,
and
most
eminent
in
Dignities
;
but
the
Prince
stopping
him
at
the
first
words
of
his
Proposition
;
I
beseech
your
Highness
,
said
he
to
the
Duke
,
suffer
me
to
forget
there
any
such
Creatures
in
the
World
:
I
see
the
Ladies
of
this
Court
are
transcendently
handsom
,
but
it
satisfies
me
to
look
upon
them
at
Court
as
so
many
pieces
of
good
Painting
;
I
will
never
pursue
them
to
their
own
Houses
,
if
you
will
please
to
dispense
.
How
!
said
the
Duke
,
not
see
them
,
can
you
think
to
be
in
a
Court
so
illustrious
as
this
,
and
never
visit
the
Ladies
?
Ha!
my
dear
Prince
,
Paris
is
not
Constantinople
,
you
must
visit
them
here
,
or
be
exposed
to
whatever
their
scorn
or
indignation
can
inflict
;
and
you
cannot
imagine
how
dangerous
the
displeasure
of
that
Sex
is
for
a
person
of
your
Age
and
Extraction
:
You
may
play
the
Turk
in
your
own
Country
,
but
in
France
you
must
imitate
the
French
.
I
ought
not
any where
to
be
lookt
upon
as
a
Turk
,
replied
Jacaya
a
little
angry
,
I
came
so
young
out
of
that
Country
,
I
have
retained
nothing
of
their
Customs
:
My
first
years
I
spent
in
Greece
,
where
they
live
with
liberty
enough
;
the
Court
of
Poland
is
none
of
the
strictest
,
and
if
one
may
believe
the
imaginations
of
the
Marquess
de
Strozzi
,
continued
he
smiling
,
I
,
of
all
the
World
,
have
little
reason
to
complain
of
the
severity
of
Italy
.
But
,
Sir
,
I
desire
to
be
excused
from
any
Amours
in
this
Kingdom
;
and
to
preserve
my self
from
the
dangers
which
I
have
many
times
incurred
,
I
tell
you
once
again
,
I
have
no
inclination
to
visit
any
of
your
Ladies
.
I
am
too
much
your
friend
,
replied
the
Duke
,
not
to
root
out
that
obstinate
fancy
;
you
will
pass
for
some
pitiful
Creature
,
if
you
do
not
visit
the
Ladies
:
And
for
the
dangers
you
speak
of
,
they
are
not
so
great
as
you
apprehend
:
the
multitude
of
Beauties
obstructing
the
choice
,
one
can
scarce
give
his
heart
to
one
,
but
the
next
fetches
it
again
.
That
uncertainty
preserves
many
souls
from
the
torture
of
Love
;
and
if
it
so
happens
one
should
be
caught
,
a
French
Ladies
Gallant
runs
no
harder
Risques
than
an
ordinary
Lover
.
And
then
not
staying
for
the
Princes
answer
,
he
pulled
him
along
with
him
by
force
,
to
two
or
three
Ladies
of
his
Acquaintance
,
and
among
the
rest
the
Duke
of
Savoys
Ambassadours
Wife
,
which
was
a
very
pleasant
Person
,
and
spoke
Italian
excellently
well
.
But
whatever
these
Ladies
could
do
to
signalize
their
Entertainment
of
Jacaya
,
they
could
not
get
the
least
obliging
Syllable
from
him
:
He
fixt
his
Eyes
upon
the
ground
like
a
Novice
of
two
days
old
,
and
answered
with
nothing
but
monosyllables
.
The
Dukes
friends
laught
at
him
next
day
for
bringing
such
a
Spark
into
France
:
He
found
them
altogether
in
the
Ambassadresses
House
,
where
they
were
at
play
,
till
it
was
time
to
walk
.
What
Innocent
is
that
you
have
got
?
cryed
they
to
the
Duke
,
as
soon
as
they
perceived
him
:
he
is
afraid
to
speak
one
word
,
and
to
look
a
Woman
in
the
face
,
is
as
much
as
his
life
is
worth
;
what
do
you
with
that
poor
Creature
?
or
to
what
use
do
you
design
him
?
Ha!
Ladies
,
replied
the
Duke
,
he
is
nothing
less
,
than
what
you
take
him
for
:
He
hath
been
told
the
French
Ladies
are
much
used
to
play
upon
Strangers
;
and
not
knowing
the
French
Tongue
very
well
,
nor
being
yet
acquainted
with
the
Intrigues
of
the
Court
,
he
is
afraid
to
expose
his
discretion
till
he
be
informed
better
in
both
:
But
such
as
you
see
him
,
if
you
could
fasten
him
to
your
Chariot
,
I
question
whether
you
ever
triumpht
with
a
more
illustrious
Captive
in
your
life
.
Alas
!
said
one
of
the
Ladies
in
a
jeering
tone
,
certainly
that
Honour
must
be
left
to
a
Venus
in
the
Hangings
,
for
whilst
he
was
in
my
Chamber
,
he
regarded
nothing
else
.
I
am
of
opinion
,
says
another
in
the
same
sly
way
,
the
little
Cupid
by
my
beds
side
,
is
Rival
to
your
Venus
,
for
the
Turkish
Prince
was
graciously
pleased
to
vouchsafe
him
many
a
favourable
glance
whilst
he
was
with
me
.
For
my
part
,
said
the
Ambassadress
smiling
,
I
have
neither
Venus
nor
Cupid
to
imploy
the
contemplation
of
the
Duke
of
Mantua's
new
friend
;
the
Beds
and
Borders
in
my
Garden
were
the
only
things
he
thought
worthy
of
his
Eye-sight
;
and
though
he
made
me
a
large
Visit
,
was
a
whole
day
in
my
Chamber
,
and
I
discoursed
with
him
in
a
Language
he
understood
better
than
French
;
yet
I
dare
lay
a
good
Wager
,
he
cannot
tell
whether
I
be
fair
or
brown
,
little
or
great
,
and
that
he
scarce
remembers
I
was
the
Ambassadress
of
Savoy
.
You
may
proceed
,
Ladies
,
if
you
please
,
replied
the
Duke
smiling
,
and
pass
your
Judgments
upon
the
poor
Stranger
;
but
let
me
assure
you
,
you
are
in
an
Errour
at
this
time
;
that
Sultan
Jacaya
is
one
of
the
wittiest
persons
of
this
Age
,
and
one
of
the
greatest
Courtiers
besides
.
Ha!
Monsieur
,
cryed
the
Ladies
,
as
it
were
altogether
,
do
us
the
honour
to
let
us
know
what
days
they
are
in
which
he
shews
.
Every
day
in
the
year
,
replied
the
Duke
,
provided
he
be
not
among
Women
.
He
knows
you
too
well
to
talk
before
you
;
but
if
you
will
agree
upon
a
place
where
I
may
make
him
speak
without
knowing
any
body
hears
him
but
my self
,
I
do
not
question
but
you
will
make
his
mistaken
merit
an
honourable
amends
.
The
bargain
was
made
,
and
to
be
put
in
execution
next
day
.
They
chose
the
House
of
the
Mareshal
Bassompierre
,
where
there
were
several
places
convenient
to
conceal
themselves
.
A
Summer
House
at
the
end
of
a
Terrace-walk
,
which
lookt
upon
the
River
,
was
designed
for
the
Rendez-vous
,
and
the
Ladies
being
met
at
the
hour
appointed
,
the
Duke
of
Mantua
brought
in
his
Monster
into
a
place
where
they
could
all
hear
him
.
After
some
preliminary
discourse
about
the
situation
of
the
House
(
in
which
those
of
them
which
were
curious
,
confest
he
did
well
)
the
Duke
cutting
himself
short
,
and
looking
upon
Jacaya
with
a
subtile
sort
of
smile
,
Observe
,
said
he
,
this
place
,
where
in
spight
of
the
Beauty
which
you
cannot
but
discern
,
I
believe
you
but
seldom
appear
,
because
for
the
most
part
it
is
full
of
Ladies
:
The
Mareshal
of
Bassompierre
,
to
whom
it
belongs
,
is
a
great
Admirer
of
that
beautiful
Sex
,
and
will
not
have
his
door
shut
against
any
that
hath
but
the
shape
of
a
Woman
;
therefore
being
so
fine
a
House
,
and
at
the
very
Gate
of
Paris
,
't
is
odds
if
at
this
very
hour
there
be
not
five
or
six
Ladies
,
which
conceal
themselves
in
some
of
the
solitary
places
.
As
to
them
,
replied
the
Prince
smiling
in
his
turn
,
my
care
is
at
an
end
:
the
Visits
you
forced
me
to
make
some
days
since
,
will
preserve
me
against
their
Charms
;
for
after
the
rate
that
I
deported
my self
with
those
which
I
saw
,
I
am
mistaken
if
they
will
not
shun
me
as
much
as
I
can
avoid
them
for
my
heart
.
'T
is
true
enough
,
said
the
Duke
,
you
were
very
ridiculous
(
if
you
will
give
me
the
liberty
to
tell
you
so
)
I
thought
so
my self
,
more
than
they
did
,
replied
Jacaya
,
and
when
I
think
of
the
person
I
have
acted
,
I
know
not
how
I
could
have
the
power
to
do
it
.
To
tell
you
the
truth
,
replied
the
Duke
,
it
was
not
at
all
natural
.
Alas
!
no
,
persisted
the
Sultan
with
a
sigh
,
I
am
nothing
less
than
indifferent
for
Ladies
,
or
distracted
in
their
Companies
;
on
the
contrary
,
I
am
born
not
only
inclinable
,
but
passionate
for
that
Sex
.
I
cannot
see
a
handsom
Woman
,
but
she
is
ready
to
draw
my
Eyes
out
of
my
head
,
and
gives
me
so
pleasant
a
commotion
I
am
not
able
to
define
it
.
I
love
ardently
,
I
love
nicely
,
I
devote
my self
wholly
to
what
I
love
;
and
am
convinced
in
this
life
there
is
no
pleasure
so
great
as
to
be
beloved
where
one
loves
.
But
hitherto
Love
hath
seemed
incompatible
with
my
safety
,
and
with
the
just
ambition
of
my
mind
:
It
disturbs
all
my
designs
,
it
drives
me
from
all
my
protestations
,
and
no
sooner
can
I
entertain
the
very
shadow
of
an
Intrigue
,
but
the
malignity
of
all
the
Constellations
do
seem
to
declare
against
me
.
Make
therefore
no
more
Combinations
against
my
tranquillity
,
continued
he
smiling
;
for
I
am
at
length
resolved
to
love
nothing
for
the
future
,
and
I
am
of
opinion
should
sooner
break
with
you
,
than
be
prevailed
upon
by
your
perswasion
to
love
any
thing
again
.
You
have
cleared
your self
of
their
Ambuscadoes
in
very
good
health
,
replied
the
Duke
with
a
tone
tending
to
Raillery
.
The
Ambassadress
yesterday
was
saying
in
merriment
,
you
knew
not
whether
she
was
handsom
or
otherwise
;
How
!
said
the
Prince
with
a
little
more
red
than
ordinary
in
his
Cheeks
,
she
was
very
much
mistaken
,
never
any
Woman
of
her
Excellence
escapt
my
observation
;
nor
dare
I
confess
all
the
impressions
she
made
upon
my
heart
.
Why
!
replied
the
Duke
,
being
somewhat
surprised
,
hath
the
Ambassadress
given
you
any
impression
?
I
durst
have
sworn
your
Eye
had
not
been
long
enough
upon
her
,
to
have
known
her
from
another
Woman
.
Ha!
good
Sir
,
said
Jacaya
to
the
Duke
,
you
are
too
politick
,
you
have
a
mind
to
inveigle
my
heart
,
and
I
am
afraid
are
ingaged
,
if
possible
,
to
intangle
it
:
Do
not
command
me
to
give
you
a
description
of
the
Ambassadress
,
we
must
always
be
tender
of
speaking
of
what
we
would
not
keep
constantly
in
our
mind
;
let
it
suffice
I
know
her
proportions
very
well
,
and
that
the
lustre
of
her
comely
black
Hair
,
the
vivacity
of
her
Eyes
,
the
Majesty
of
her
Shape
,
the
sweet
and
obliging
Air
expanded
all
over
her
body
,
her
fine
Mouth
,
and
her
incomparable
Teeth
,
were
never
observed
more
strictly
,
nor
with
more
veneration
than
by
me
.
I
know
further
,
that
Nature
hath
seemed
to
please
her self
in
giving
her
the
Arms
and
Neck
of
a
fat
Woman
,
with
the
shape
and
proportion
of
a
lean
:
The
Ladies
who
had
no
share
in
Jacaya's
Elogium
,
thought
it
high
time
to
interrupt
him
;
they
sallied
out
of
their
Reconditory
,
and
crying
out
to
the
Duke
of
Mantua
,
Pardon
us
,
Sir
,
we
recant
,
the
Prince
of
Turkie
is
as
gallant
and
courtly
as
you
describe
him
;
they
acquainted
Jacaya
with
their
Conspiracy
against
him
,
he
reprehended
the
Duke
by
a
significative
look
,
and
to
render
their
design
ineffectual
then
,
and
discourage
his
friend
from
such
Plots
for
the
future
;
he
returned
home
to
his
own
Lodgings
,
in
spight
of
all
the
Ladies
importunities
to
the
contrary
.
This
kind
of
deportment
set
them
all
into
a
loud
laughter
,
Come
back
,
Sir
,
come
back
,
cryed
they
to
the
fugitive
Prince
,
we
will
promise
you
Quarter
;
do
not
be
afraid
of
your
heart
,
we
know
a
way
to
secure
it
.
But
the
Prince
marcht
on
to
his
Coach
without
seeming
to
hear
them
:
The
Ambassadress
,
who
was
naturally
amorous
,
and
according
to
the
inclination
of
her
Sex
,
could
not
but
hold
her self
obliged
to
the
Turkish
Prince
for
the
Character
he
had
given
her
,
told
her
Companions
it
was
an
affront
to
them
to
have
a
man
run
from
them
in
that
manner
;
and
that
if
she
might
advise
,
they
should
make
him
repent
of
his
insolence
.
They
liked
her
counsel
very
well
,
they
had
none
of
them
any
design
upon
the
heart
of
Jacaya
,
they
had
already
as
many
of
those
as
they
could
tell
how
to
manage
;
but
they
thought
it
pleasant
to
torment
the
poor
Prince
.
The
Duke
of
Mantua
promised
to
assist
them
;
he
did
not
look
upon
it
as
any
defect
of
the
friendship
he
had
promised
them
,
to
deliver
him
up
to
three
or
four
the
handsomest
Ladies
in
the
World
,
at
their
earnest
request
.
Jacaya
came
not
into
the
Queens
Appartment
,
but
through
twenty
or
thirty
oeillades
;
the
Ladies
of
the
League
,
gave
the
word
to
ingage
him
by
turns
,
every
one
in
a
particular
conversation
;
and
the
pretence
they
made
use
of
,
rendring
their
desire
but
merriment
,
it
was
no
strange
thing
for
a
person
of
quality
to
be
seen
walking
with
the
Sultan
,
or
in
entertaining
him
otherwise
alone
.
Ha!
Ladies
,
said
he
to
them
one
day
,
I
am
here
in
my
Asylum
,
do
not
violate
the
Priviledges
of
the
place
,
by
endeavouring
the
Captivity
of
my
heart
.
Alas
if
you
had
it
,
you
knew
not
how
to
use
it
;
I
know
the
humour
of
the
French
Ladies
already
,
their
greatest
weakness
is
their
levity
.
In
the
Countries
from
whence
I
come
,
they
are
constant
;
they
speak
nothing
,
but
they
think
;
and
when
they
think
a
thing
,
all
their
care
is
to
put
it
honestly
in
execution
:
Those
Ladies
would
be
much
troubled
to
destroy
a
man
;
but
in
this
Court
,
the
Goddess
most
adored
is
Pretence
.
Great
liberty
,
great
kindness
:
Society
is
not
only
permitted
,
but
commanded
;
and
when
of
that
,
which
in
another
Country
would
be
all
,
we
endeavour
to
make
our
advantage
in
this
;
we
find
that
all
amounts
to
just
nothing
.
Quarter
therefore
,
Quarter
,
fair
Ladies
,
for
a
poor
Stranger
.
The
French
Ladies
were
generous
,
and
conceiving
they
had
diverted
themselves
long
enough
with
what
they
entertained
at
first
only
for
their
diversion
,
they
began
to
think
of
letting
the
poor
Sultan
alone
,
to
enjoy
himself
after
his
own
Mode
.
But
the
Ambassadress
was
not
so
indulgent
;
in
her
judgment
Jacaya
demanded
Quarter
in
such
a
way
as
was
not
fit
to
be
granted
.
She
found
him
in
the
Thuileries
with
the
Duke
of
Mantua
one
day
and
accosted
him
;
May
one
be
so
bold
,
Sir
,
said
she
to
the
Sultan
,
passing
near
him
,
as
to
desire
the
honour
of
your
Ushership
?
No
,
Madam
,
replied
Jacaya
,
you
are
too
handsom
at
this
time
;
and
having
said
so
,
he
made
a
low
Reverence
with
design
to
have
been
gone
;
but
the
Duke
of
Mantua
catching
him
by
the
Arm
;
It
shall
never
be
said
,
said
he
,
you
made
your
friends
blush
for
your
incivility
towards
the
Ladies
.
Sir
,
said
the
Prince
to
the
Duke
,
with
some
discontent
in
his
countenance
,
I
cannot
comport
with
your
manner
of
usage
;
and
if
you
anger
me
any
further
,
I
will
fall
in
Love
with
the
Ambassadress
.
The
Duke
of
Mantua
blusht
indeed
at
that
menace
,
without
knowing
the
reason
.
He
could
not
get
it
out
of
his
head
during
the
rest
of
their
Conversation
;
and
taking
the
Sultan
home
with
him
to
Supper
,
he
demanded
of
him
very
seriously
if
he
were
in
earnest
,
when
he
said
he
would
love
the
Ambassadress
of
Savoy
.
It
was
not
yet
come
to
a
resolution
;
but
the
Sultan
,
who
had
a
mind
to
be
merry
in
his
turn
,
and
observed
the
Duke
askt
him
that
question
with
some
little
commotion
,
he
was
glad
of
that
occasion
to
revenge
himself
.
Yes
,
Sir
,
said
he
very
gravely
,
I
am
most
certainly
in
earnest
;
do
not
you
think
her
worthy
of
being
beloved
?
'T
is
not
of
her
worth
I
speak
,
replied
the
Duke
,
the
question
is
,
whether
she
will
love
you
again
:
What
would
you
say
,
said
the
Turkish
Prince
,
if
she
be
in
Love
with
me
already
?
I
will
say
you
are
a
happy
man
,
replied
the
Duke
.
Read
these
Verses
then
,
said
Jacaya
;
and
giving
him
a
Table-book
out
of
his
Pocket
,
the
Duke
opened
it
,
and
found
these
words
.
Nothing
's
so
deep
below
,
so
high
above
,
But
feels
the
mighty
influence
of
Love
.
The
rugged
Earth
,
th'
inexorable
Sea
,
The
Winds
,
the
Stars
,
all
owne
his
Soveraignty
;
Nothing
's
too
far
,
too
great
,
too
good
;
he
sways
All
things
at
will
,
and
ev'ry
thing
obeys
.
What
are
these
Verses
to
the
purpose
?
continued
the
Duke
.
Turn
the
leaf
,
replied
the
Sultan
,
and
when
you
have
read
all
,
I
'le
satisfie
your
Curiosity
.
The
Duke
followed
Jacaya's
directions
,
and
found
on
the
other
side
,
as
followeth
.
The
little
Bird
which
claps
his
wings
,
And
hops
from
th'
Myrtle
to
the
Thorn
;
From
thence
to
th'
Elm
,
and
chirps
,
and
sings
,
What
would
it
say
(
had
it
been
born
With
reason
)
in
those
warblings
.
But
oh
!
blest
Love
,
that
dost
inspire
Such
Anthems
for
my
shady
Quire
.
The
Bull
that
in
the
Pasture
lies
,
And
stamps
,
and
stares
about
,
and
lows
,
Shows
not
his
rage
so
much
thereby
,
As
his
affection
for
the
Cows
.
The
gentle
Brook
which
murmuring
flies
,
Why
in
such
haste
?
but
that
it
shows
,
It
loves
,
it
longs
,
and
would
be
there
:
And
would
you
(
dear
)
be
singular
.
Now
,
Sir
,
said
the
Prince
of
Turkie
to
the
Duke
of
Mantua
,
what
is
your
opinion
?
would
not
one
resolve
to
love
upon
less
sollicitation
?
I
confess
,
replied
the
Duke
,
these
are
of
importance
;
but
tell
me
sincerely
,
is
it
the
Ambassadress
who
invites
you
from
your
indifference
in
this
manner
?
You
are
very
strange
in
your
questions
,
replied
the
Prince
smiling
,
am
I
not
indiscreet
enough
of
my self
,
but
your
affected
incredulity
must
render
me
more
so
?
Had
the
Duke
told
the
Sultan
at
the
same
time
of
his
own
affection
for
the
Ambassadress
,
it
was
then
in
time
,
and
Jacaya
had
supprest
his
natural
inclination
:
But
the
Duke
dissembled
as
well
as
he
,
and
told
the
Sultan
he
was
glad
of
his
good
Fortune
.
In
the
mean
time
it
is
not
to
be
imagined
,
the
effect
this
Juggle
of
Jacaya's
produced
in
the
Duke
of
Mantua's
mind
:
Till
that
very
minute
he
never
perceived
he
loved
the
Ambassadress
;
but
when
he
examined
the
secret
displeasure
it
was
to
him
,
to
believe
the
Sultan
in
her
affections
,
he
doubted
not
but
that
displeasure
arose
from
an
inkling
of
Love
.
He
past
away
that
whole
night
in
detesting
the
ignorance
of
his
passion
,
and
representing
to
himself
what
he
had
done
towards
the
making
of
that
Intrigue
,
which
disturbed
him
,
he
could
not
sufficiently
admire
the
oddness
of
his
Destiny
.
As
soon
as
she
was
to
be
seen
the
next
day
,
he
made
a
Visit
to
the
Ambassadress
,
and
found
her
translating
a
piece
of
Pastor
Fido
out
of
Italian
into
French
.
The
Lady
being
as
courteous
as
witty
took
great
pleasure
in
giving
the
Sultan
intelligence
,
of
the
French
Language
,
by
her
Translations
out
of
Italian
,
which
Jacaya
understood
perfectly
well
.
With
this
design
it
was
she
gave
the
Prince
the
first
fragments
in
his
Table-book
;
and
had
the
Duke
considered
,
he
would
have
remembred
the
sense
was
there
exactly
in
the
Scene
of
Silvio
and
Linco
;
but
he
was
so
strongly
perplext
with
jealousie
and
anger
,
he
had
not
time
for
any
such
reflexions
.
Is
it
Jacaya
,
Madam
,
said
he
in
a
biting
way
to
the
Ambassadress
,
which
imploys
your
Poetical
Vein
?
Yes
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
,
not
observing
the
manner
of
his
pronounciation
,
how
do
you
know
it
is
for
him
I
put
my
Wit
upon
the
Tentars
?
Jacaya
is
not
endued
with
so
much
discretion
,
replied
the
Duke
to
let
his
friends
be
ignorant
of
any
favours
he
receives
from
the
Ladies
.
Ha!
Sir
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
,
the
favours
he
receives
from
me
are
common
to
all
the
persons
of
Worth
which
I
know
,
if
they
be
ignorant
of
the
French
Tongue
.
I
find
at
my
arrival
at
this
Court
they
did
me
an
extreme
pleasure
to
make
me
perfect
in
that
Language
,
and
I
am
endeavouring
to
do
the
same
kindness
to
Jacaya
:
He
doth
not
receive
the
effects
of
your
goodness
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Duke
,
in
that
way
;
and
then
he
gave
her
an
account
of
all
that
past
betwixt
Jacaya
and
him
.
He
designed
to
have
incensed
her
by
that
information
,
and
obliged
her
to
have
banisht
Jacaya
from
her
Company
.
But
his
intelligence
produced
a
contrary
effect
.
Jacaya
was
one
of
the
most
accomplisht
Princes
in
the
World
,
and
our
Savoyenne
discerned
too
well
,
to
be
ignorant
of
his
perfections
.
Nevertheless
,
the
less
she
observed
the
Punctilioes
usual
upon
such
occasions
,
she
complained
highly
of
Jacaya's
indiscretion
,
and
affecting
to
pass
by
him
without
any
Salute
,
she
perswaded
the
Duke
of
Mantua
she
was
really
angry
.
In
that
opinion
he
was
very
well
pleased
,
and
his
Love
became
so
violent
,
it
was
no
easie
matter
for
him
to
conceal
it
.
The
Sultan
,
who
had
spoke
truer
than
he
intended
,
perceiving
his
threat
was
effectual
in
earnest
,
spared
not
by
all
means
to
propagate
his
affairs
.
Tell
me
,
Madam
,
I
beseech
you
,
said
he
one
day
to
the
Ambassadress
,
what
is
it
a
man
must
do
to
deserve
your
Esteem
?
The
respect
I
bear
you
,
savours
too
much
of
timidity
:
That
Character
I
know
doth
not
please
you
,
you
have
been
so
often
pleased
to
express
your self
to
that
effect
,
that
I
might
take
another
upon
me
.
I
endeavour
to
obey
you
,
I
follow
you
where-ever
you
go
,
I
entertain
you
as
often
as
I
can
,
and
could
I
believe
you
would
hearken
graciously
to
what
I
should
say
,
I
could
tell
you
great
things
:
But
you
seem
to
grow
cold
at
the
least
signification
of
my
flame
;
and
having
no
inclination
to
hear
any
body
speak
,
but
when
they
are
resolved
to
be
silent
,
your
Curiosity
ceases
as
soon
as
I
prepare
my self
to
speak
.
My
Curiosity
did
not
expect
to
have
heard
from
the
Duke
of
Mantua
,
that
you
were
my
Gallant
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
something
tartly
:
Why
?
Madam
,
said
the
Turkish
Prince
,
did
the
Duke
of
Mantua
inform
you
so
?
Yes
,
doubtless
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
,
he
is
too
much
my
friend
not
to
give
me
notice
of
your
indiscretion
.
He
is
mine
too
very
much
,
Madam
,
replied
Jacaya
,
the
kindness
he
hath
done
me
is
a
sufficient
testimony
;
I
could
not
have
expected
it
from
him
,
and
(
if
I
may
have
liberty
to
say
so
)
it
was
but
by
chance
I
discovered
that
secret
to
him
.
But
he
hath
made
the
best
use
of
it
for
me
,
and
saved
me
many
a
Complement
:
You
know
now
I
love
you
,
without
my
trouble
of
swearing
it
;
and
I
may
imploy
all
that
time
which
would
have
been
necessary
to
have
perswaded
you
to
it
,
in
using
my
best
means
to
make
you
love
me
.
The
Ambassadress
found
this
Declaration
so
pretty
and
singular
,
she
had
not
power
to
keep
her
countenance
any
longer
,
but
fell
out
into
a
laughter
.
Some
Lovers
,
continued
the
Turkish
Prince
,
would
have
been
offended
at
this
effusion
of
mirth
;
but
I
am
not
of
their
opinion
,
I
hold
it
pleasant
any
ways
to
divert
the
persons
we
love
;
and
since
you
are
so
pleased
with
my
assurances
,
't
is
an
Entertainment
I
shall
give
you
as
often
as
I
may
.
As
he
promised
,
he
performed
;
When
at
any
time
he
saw
the
Ambassadress
serious
:
Resume
your
good
humour
,
Madam
,
said
he
,
I
love
you
no
less
at
this
instant
,
than
when
my
assurances
put
you
into
such
a
fit
of
laughter
.
When
she
was
gay
,
and
merry
(
as
she
generally
was
)
my
affairs
go
on
now
very
well
,
said
Jacaya
to
her
,
you
see
without
doubt
my
passion
written
in
my
Eyes
,
being
in
the
same
humour
in
which
I
found
you
the
first
time
I
profest
it
.
The
Ambassadress
forced
her self
as
much
as
she
could
to
be
severe
;
but
her
severity
would
not
hold
against
the
insinuation
of
the
Sultan
:
She
accustomed
her self
insensibly
to
hear
him
tell
her
he
loved
her
,
till
that
custom
became
a
habit
,
and
produced
a
passion
in
her
wherewith
the
Sultan
had
good
reason
to
be
content
.
The
Duke
of
Mantua
was
too
much
affected
with
that
Intrigue
,
not
to
pry
into
the
bottom
of
it
:
He
advanced
so
far
as
to
give
the
Ambassadress
his
judgment
of
it
,
without
declaring
the
true
motive
which
impelled
him
.
She
received
his
advice
as
a
piece
of
pleasantery
,
and
paying
in
counterfeit
Coin
what
he
delivered
in
true
,
she
turned
all
en
ridicule
.
He
would
have
spoke
more
intelligibly
,
and
to
the
charitableness
of
his
advice
,
added
another
Epithet
that
belonged
to
it
;
but
his
Love
was
no
happier
than
his
Jealousie
.
Ha!
said
the
Ambassadress
to
him
,
you
have
not
taken
a
right
Copy
of
Prince
Jacaya
.
by
your
looks
one
would
imagine
your
discourse
were
serious
.
I
intend
it
no
otherwise
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Duke
,
the
passion
wherewith
you
have
inspired
me
,
is
(
in
my
judgment
)
the
seriousest
affair
I
can
treat
of
.
That
part
doth
not
agree
with
you
at
all
,
Sir
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
,
I
know
you
are
but
merry
,
and
should
I
take
your
pretences
for
truths
,
I
should
likewise
desire
you
to
remember
who
I
am
;
but
I
am
not
so
easily
deluded
.
Why
do
you
now
tell
me
you
love
me
?
are
my
Charms
any
greater
now
,
than
they
have
been
these
two
years
that
you
have
been
exposed
to
them
?
No
,
Sir
,
you
do
but
railly
,
and
(
give
me
leave
to
say
)
not
with
the
neatness
and
dexterity
,
is
to
be
expected
from
an
ingenious
man
;
and
seeing
the
Prince
of
Turkie
come
in
at
the
same
time
,
Come
hither
,
Sir
,
said
she
smiling
,
come
hither
,
and
let
me
hear
some
of
your
Amours
before
the
Duke
of
Mantua
,
that
he
may
discern
the
difference
,
and
begin
a
new
Lesson
;
for
two
hours
together
he
hath
been
endeavouring
to
imitate
you
,
but
could
not
attain
.
I
am
to
day
,
Madam
,
replied
the
Sultan
,
in
no
humour
to
make
Love
;
you
lookt
upon
me
this
morning
at
Mass
,
in
such
a
way
as
hath
discomposed
me
for
all
this
day
:
I
could
not
discover
the
least
spark
of
kindness
in
your
Eyes
.
Tell
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
is
it
enough
for
a
Lover
,
that
they
be
sparkling
without
kindness
?
or
do
you
think
they
have
acquitted
themselves
of
their
duty
,
when
they
have
dazled
a
poor
Creature
?
I
must
see
Love
in
them
,
or
renounce
their
Empire
;
and
when
mine
declare
I
love
more
than
ever
,
I
expect
yours
should
make
answer
,
And
I
'le
assure
you
there
's
no
Love
lost
.
If
that
be
all
,
replied
the
Ambassadress
,
rather
than
the
Duke
shall
want
his
Lesson
,
I
'le
look
upon
you
as
you
please
.
Do
I
look
well
now
?
continued
she
,
fixing
her
Eye
upon
him
with
as
much
tenderness
as
she
could
.
Ha!
I
know
you
,
dear
Eyes
,
said
the
Sultan
,
I
see
now
you
are
disposed
to
hear
me
;
and
then
he
ran
out
into
a
thousand
amorous
expressions
,
but
the
Duke
of
Mantua
(
who
took
no
recreation
in
that
kind
of
divertisement
)
interrupted
him
,
by
departing
hastily
out
of
room
.
Jacaya
observed
his
Physiognomy
so
changed
,
he
was
afraid
he
had
been
ill
,
and
desired
the
Ambassadress
she
would
permit
him
to
follow
him
,
which
he
did
,
but
could
not
overtake
him
till
he
came
to
his
Lodgings
.
The
Prince
of
Turkie
desired
to
know
,
what
it
was
obliged
him
to
retire
so
abruptly
,
and
assured
him
the
Ambassadress
was
very
unquiet
till
she
could
be
satisfied
of
his
health
.
The
Duke
being
brim
full
of
passion
,
answered
not
the
Sultans
Complement
;
but
looking
fiercely
upon
him
with
his
Eyes
,
in
which
grief
and
rage
were
both
livelily
delineated
;
Actum
est
,
it
is
decreed
,
cryed
he
,
I
love
her
;
my
Love
hath
not
been
thus
long
constrained
,
but
to
break
out
with
the
greatest
violence
,
and
I
will
perish
a
thousand
times
before
I
will
endure
my
Rival
shall
be
beloved
.
Jacaya
thought
him
in
a
Phrensie
,
and
taking
him
by
the
Arm
to
feel
his
Pulse
,
What
do
you
talk
of
a
Mistress
,
and
a
Rival
?
you
are
in
a
burning
Feaver
,
do
you
remember
who
it
is
that
speaks
to
you
?
Yes
,
Prince
,
replied
the
Duke
,
with
somewhat
more
moderation
,
I
know
you
too
well
,
you
are
the
Ambassadresses
Darling
,
but
you
must
resolve
to
take
away
my
life
,
or
renounce
those
addresses
.
Why
,
Sir
,
said
the
Sultan
in
a
great
surprise
,
do
you
love
the
Ambassadress
?
To
say
I
love
her
,
replied
the
Duke
,
is
too
mean
;
I
admire
,
I
adore
her
,
and
either
you
must
resign
,
or
one
of
us
must
dye
.
Jacaya
,
confounded
at
this
Alarm
,
as
may
well
be
imagined
,
fell
down
upon
the
Chair
that
was
next
him
,
and
leaning
his
Elbow
upon
the
Table
,
fell
into
a
contemplation
of
his
Destiny
.
He
loved
the
Ambassadress
entirely
,
and
though
his
passion
was
begun
in
sport
,
and
continued
in
a
Frolick
;
yet
at
the
bottom
he
was
most
absolutely
serious
.
He
was
of
an
amorous
Complexion
,
much
subject
to
Love
,
and
in
that
respect
it
was
no
easie
matter
for
him
to
renounce
it
;
on
the
other
side
,
he
had
been
infinitely
obliged
to
the
friendship
of
the
Duke
,
he
had
protected
him
against
the
Conspiracies
of
the
Strozzi
;
he
had
given
him
all
necessary
supplies
,
and
he
had
never
been
admitted
in
France
,
but
by
his
means
.
Love
!
Ha
,
cruel
Love
,
cryed
he
with
a
sigh
,
will
you
be
always
mine
Enemy
?
Alas
!
Sir
,
said
he
,
addressing
himself
to
the
Duke
,
I
foresaw
the
misery
is
befallen
me
;
and
had
you
left
me
in
that
liberty
I
desired
,
I
had
never
pulled
it
down
upon
me
:
Had
you
no
other
way
of
breaking
with
me
,
than
by
making
me
your
Rival
:
I
suppose
my
friendship
hath
tryed
you
,
and
I
do
not
admire
it
;
the
unfortunate
are
often
tedious
to
their
friends
;
but
had
it
not
been
enough
to
let
me
have
known
so
,
without
adding
the
consequences
of
an
infructuous
passion
?
Do
not
call
me
to
an
account
,
said
the
Duke
,
for
what
I
have
done
;
I
knew
nothing
of
it
my self
,
and
would
have
sworn
I
should
never
have
been
in
Love
with
the
Ambassadress
:
The
very
moment
before
I
knew
she
had
a
kindness
for
you
,
my
Love
began
to
declare
,
by
the
approaches
of
my
Jealousie
;
the
news
of
your
being
in
Love
set
me
also
on
fire
;
and
that
fire
having
been
a
long
time
deprest
secretly
in
my
heart
,
that
part
of
it
which
appears
but
its
beginning
,
is
indeed
the
utmost
extremity
.
It
is
not
that
I
am
weary
of
your
friendship
,
and
I
offer
you
mine
as
pure
as
you
have
found
it
;
But
,
dear
Sultan
,
shew
me
your
compassion
by
your
compliance
;
Ladies
are
unconstant
,
and
perhaps
you
will
do
that
of
your self
one
day
,
either
out
of
weariness
or
revenge
,
that
I
conjure
you
to
do
now
in
kindness
to
me
.
The
Turkish
Prince
could
not
relish
that
Proposition
;
all
that
his
obligations
and
Policy
could
get
from
him
,
was
only
a
promise
to
endeavour
to
master
himself
.
In
order
to
which
he
absented
himself
for
some
time
,
and
pretending
a
Curiosity
to
see
the
Kings
Houses
,
and
other
Palaces
about
Paris
,
he
had
several
Entertainments
with
several
Lords
of
the
Court.
Whether
in
some
of
those
Entertainments
the
Duke
of
Mantua
laid
any
design
for
him
;
or
whether
the
consideration
of
his
misfortune
in
his
Love
exstimulated
him
to
retire
into
some
unknown
part
of
the
World
,
where
that
passion
was
a
stranger
,
is
not
known
;
but
certain
it
is
,
he
disappeared
in
an
instant
,
and
could
never
afterwards
be
heard
on
.
The
Duke
of
Mantua
was
not
much
happier
;
for
the
Ambassadour
dying
in
France
,
and
his
Lady
returning
into
Savoy
,
the
Dukes
Affairs
called
him
into
Italy
,
and
gave
him
no
leisure
to
abandon
himself
to
the
desires
of
his
passion
.