THE
Spanish
Decameron
:
OR
,
TEN
NOVELS
.
VIZ.
-
The
Rival
Ladies
.
-
The
Mistakes
.
-
The
Generous
Lover
.
-
The
Libertine
.
-
The
Virgin
Captive
.
-
The
Perfidious
Mistress
.
-
The
Metamorphos'd
Lover
.
-
The
Impostour
Out-Witted
.
-
The
Amorous
Miser
.
-
The
Pretended
Alchymist
.
Made
English
by
R.
L.
Licensed
,
Febr.
17th
.
1686.
R.
P.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Simon
Neale
,
in
Angel-Court
,
in
St.
Martin's-Lane
,
near
the
Church
.
1687.
THE
PREFACE
.
THE
Age
is
grown
so
Critical
,
now
a-days
,
that
a
Book
dares
not
appear
without
a
Preface
,
or
an
Epistle
to
it
;
for
fear
of
being
Censur'd
,
which
obliges
me
not
to
be
singular
.
As
to
this
Decameron
of
Novels
;
they
are
Spanish
Relations
,
Written
by
a
Famous
Author
of
that
Kingdom
.
One
of
the
most
Refin'd
Wits
of
France
,
thought
it
worth
his
Pains
,
to
render
it
into
the
Language
of
his
Country
,
with
all
the
Graces
and
Advantages
it
might
derive
from
either
;
I
have
done
it
out
of
the
Latter
,
with
a
Freedom
of
Alteration
,
and
Addition
,
as
my
Fancy
led
me
,
to
make
it
the
most
divertive
I
could
in
ours
,
which
is
the
only
Recommendation
of
things
of
this
Nature
.
The
Word
Decameron
is
derived
from
the
Greek
;
tho
the
Learned
Boccace
thought
fit
to
make
use
of
it
,
in
his
Book
of
Tales
;
which
he
divides
into
ten
Days
,
of
whom
Count
Balthazar
in
his
Preface
to
his
Courtier
,
makes
mention
,
and
affirms
,
that
his
Work
of
Recreation
(
meaning
his
Decameron
)
brought
him
more
Honour
,
than
all
those
more
Serious
Pieces
which
he
Compos'd
.
As
to
these
Novels
in
the
main
,
they
are
Concise
,
and
carried
on
with
much
ease
and
freedom
;
whereby
the
Reader
might
be
diverted
,
and
not
tir'd
,
and
receive
profitable
Advice
how
to
avoid
those
Dangers
,
and
Inconveniences
others
have
run
themselves
into
.
As
to
the
Plots
,
and
Contrivances
of
these
Stories
,
in
the
Original
they
have
been
so
well
approv'd
of
,
by
many
of
our
Modern
,
and
most
Ingenious
Poets
,
insomuch
,
that
many
of
their
Plays
have
been
built
upon
these
Foundations
.
I
have
no
more
to
satisfie
the
Reader
in
at
the
present
,
only
,
that
the
Englishing
of
them
has
been
a
Diversion
to
me
,
and
I
hope
to
others
they
will
not
be
unpleasant
.
R.
L.
THE
Rival
Ladies
A
NOVEL
.
IN
Spain
,
not
far
from
Sevil
,
at
a
Town
upon
the
Road
,
Commodious
for
the
Reception
of
Travellers
;
a
Stranger
well
mounted
,
without
any
Attendants
,
towards
the
Evening
came
to
an
Inn
;
who
nimbly
alighting
from
his
Horse
,
betook
himself
to
a
Bench
;
where
hastily
opening
his
Breast
,
he
soon
gave
Evident
Demonstrations
of
a
Fainting
Fit
;
with
which
Surprize
of
Nature
,
his
whole
Body
grew
motionless
:
Whereupon
,
the
Mistress
of
the
House
immediately
ran
for
Water
,
and
throwing
some
of
it
on
his
Face
,
in
a
short
time
brought
him
again
to
himself
.
The
Stranger
blushing
to
be
seen
in
such
disorder
,
desired
presently
to
be
shewed
his
Lodging
;
and
if
it
were
possible
,
that
he
might
have
a
Chamber
to
himself
;
the
Mistress
of
the
House
told
him
she
had
but
one
Chamber
empty
,
which
had
two
Beds
in
it
,
and
was
the
only
Accommodation
she
〈◊〉
left
for
the
Entertainment
of
another
●…est
.
●…he
Stranger
reply'd
,
he
would
give
●…r
any
satisfaction
,
provided
he
might
enjoy
the
Room
to
himself
;
thereupon
the
Landlady
assured
him
,
that
none
should
disturb
him
;
upon
which
the
Stranger
retiring
to
his
Chamber
,
lock'd
the
Door
fast
after
him
;
and
to
make
the
surer
work
,
(
by
that
which
afterwards
appear'd
)
he
had
set
two
Chairs
against
it
;
scarce
had
he
thus
fortified
his
Chamber
Door
,
but
the
Master
,
Mistress
,
the
Hostler
,
and
two
of
their
Neighbours
,
being
there
by
chance
,
laid
their
Heads
together
,
(
as
if
they
had
been
so
many
Grave
Counsellours
)
and
began
to
spend
their
Verdicts
upon
the
Deportment
of
this
new
Guest
;
concluding
,
they
never
in
their
Lives
saw
a
Fairer
,
or
more
Beautiful
Young
Gentleman
;
then
examining
his
Age
,
they
judged
it
to
be
Sixteen
,
or
Seventeen
:
Much
Prate
they
had
about
it
;
and
more
particularly
,
what
might
be
the
cause
of
his
Fainting
upon
the
Bench
;
but
that
being
beyond
their
reach
they
rested
contented
,
being
rapt
up
with
Admiration
,
and
Wonder
,
at
the
rare
Proportion
and
Comeliness
of
the
Person
.
It
was
not
long
after
,
but
another
Stranger
entred
somewhat
like
the
former
,
in
Person
,
and
no
ways
inferiour
for
Beauty
in
Shape
,
and
Features
;
insomuch
,
that
the
Mistress
cry'd
out
,
Heavens
bless
me
!
Are
Angels
come
to
Lodge
here
?
How
so
,
said
the
Stranger
?
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
I
speak
for
no
harm
,
only
I
am
sorry
I
have
never
a
Bed
to
Entertain
you
,
therefore
you
need
not
give
your self
that
Trouble
to
alight
;
for
I
had
but
one
Chamber
vacant
,
wherein
is
two
Beds
,
and
a
Gentleman
has
newly
taken
it
up
,
and
paid
me
for
both
already
;
he
is
minded
to
be
private
,
seems
to
be
Melancholy
,
and
shuns
Company
;
it
is
not
for
me
,
Sir
,
(
who
you
know
must
please
all
Gentlemen
)
to
be
so
rude
,
as
to
enquire
into
the
Reason
of
it
;
he
is
a
very
comely
Person
,
and
such
a
Beauty
ought
not
to
be
concealed
,
but
that
all
the
World
should
both
see
and
admire
it
.
Is
he
such
a
one
as
you
proclaim
him
to
be
(
replyed
the
Gentleman
?
)
Yes
,
Sir
,
(
answered
the
Woman
)
and
when
you
see
him
,
you
'll
be
of
the
same
Opinion
as
I
am
:
If
it
be
so
as
you
say
(
said
he
)
though
I
sit
up
this
Night
,
I
am
resolved
to
view
this
curious
piece
of
Nature
you
so
highly
applaud
;
and
presently
alighting
,
gave
order
for
his
Supper
,
which
was
immediately
got
ready
.
Now
,
whilst
he
was
at
Supper
,
in
comes
a
Catchpole
of
the
Town
,
(
as
commonly
they
do
in
little
Villages
)
and
sits
down
by
the
Gentleman
to
keep
him
company
;
he
did
not
forget
to
throw
down
three
or
four
full
Glasses
of
Wine
,
neither
was
he
backward
in
tasting
of
his
fare
,
with
a
very
little
entreaty
;
a
Kindness
which
the
Catchpole
thought
he
had
deserved
to
the
full
,
by
telling
him
a
thousand
idle
Stories
.
Nor
was
the
Master
of
the
House
less
impertinent
than
the
Catchpole
;
who
having
made
an
end
of
his
other
Affairs
,
comes
and
sets
himself
down
,
to
make
a
third
Man
;
he
knew
his
Trade
,
and
therefore
,
without
a
By
your
Leave
,
fell
to
tasting
of
the
Gentleman's
Wine
very
liberally
:
he
did
not
spare
to
commend
it
;
for
after
every
Glass
he
took
,
he
would
wry
his
head
,
and
then
lay
it
on
his
left
Shoulder
,
saying
,
This
Wine
(
quoth
he
)
would
carry
a
Man
into
the
Clouds
,
though
he
must
not
stay
long
there
,
least
he
should
have
too
much
Water
in
it
.
Ever
,
and
anon
he
praised
his
Guest
,
that
had
lock'd
up
himself
,
Relating
,
first
,
his
Fainting
,
then
his
paying
for
two
Beds
,
and
how
he
would
have
nothing
for
Supper
,
discoursing
of
several
other
things
,
as
the
Richness
of
his
Apparel
,
and
all
Accoutrements
fit
for
a
Gentleman
,
only
he
wondred
he
had
not
any
Attendance
.
These
Aggravations
stirring
up
an
eager
desire
in
the
new
Guest
to
have
a
sight
of
him
,
he
intreated
the
Inn-Keeper
by
one
means
or
other
,
so
to
bring
the
business
about
,
that
he
might
get
into
the
Chamber
,
and
lie
in
the
other
Bed
,
promising
him
a
good
reward
for
his
pains
;
but
●…hough
the
greediness
of
gain
,
had
already
wrought
the
effect
upon
the
Inn-Keeper's
Will
,
yet
he
found
it
was
neither
seasonable
,
by
reason
he
had
shut
himself
in
,
neither
durst
he
wake
him
out
of
his
Sleep
:
besides
,
he
considered
with
himself
that
he
was
paid
well
for
both
the
Beds
al●…eady
.
But
all
these
rubs
,
the
Catchpole
easily
removed
:
For
(
said
he
)
I
will
knock
at
●…he
Door
,
pretending
to
come
from
a
Ju●…tice
of
the
Peace
,
and
that
by
the
command
of
my
Master
,
I
had
an
Order
to
bring
this
Gentleman
hither
to
Lodge
,
and
finding
one
Bed
empty
,
I
should
place
him
in
it
,
and
not
suffer
him
to
sit
up
all
Night
:
Upon
this
,
the
Inn-keeper
was
to
complain
of
the
great
Injury
done
the
Gentleman
that
had
hired
the
Chamber
,
and
that
there
was
no
reason
in
the
World
,
why
he
should
not
freely
enjoy
what
he
had
paid
so
well
for
before
hand
;
whereupon
the
Catchpole
was
to
use
his
Authority
,
and
save
the
Inn-Keeper
.
This
Plot
of
the
Catchpole's
was
very
well
liked
,
and
the
Gentleman
who
had
a
longing
Desire
to
see
this
rare
Jewel
that
was
lockt
up
,
gave
the
Catchpole
a
reward
for
his
Contrivance
,
and
presently
puts
his
Plot
in
Execution
:
So
that
in
Conclusion
,
the
first
Guest
shewing
great
Resentment
,
remov'd
the
Chairs
,
unlock'd
the
Door
to
the
suppos'd
Justice
;
the
second
Guest
,
crav'd
Pardon
for
the
Disturbance
he
had
given
him
,
laid
himself
down
in
the
spare
Bed
,
the
other
returned
him
not
so
much
as
one
Word
in
answer
to
his
Complement
,
much
less
would
he
suffer
him
to
see
his
Face
;
for
he
had
no
sooner
opened
the
Door
,
but
he
flew
back
to
his
Bed
,
and
covered
himself
over
Head
and
Ears
,
with
his
Face
to
the
Wall
;
the
other
also
betook
him
to
his
rest
,
hoping
in
the
Morning
he
might
satisfie
his
Curiosity
.
The
Nights
were
of
the
tedious
December
Measure
,
and
one
would
have
thought
the
Coldness
of
the
Weather
,
with
the
Weariness
of
their
Journey
might
have
inforced
Travellers
to
pass
them
over
without
breaking
their
repose
;
but
in
regard
,
the
first
Guest
knew
neither
what
ease
,
or
rest
was
,
no
Satisfaction
could
Sleep
procure
him
.
Presently
after
Midnight
he
began
to
sigh
so
grieviously
,
that
with
every
sigh
,
he
seem'd
to
send
his
Soul
of
an
Errand
out
of
his
Body
;
and
so
deeply
were
they
fetched
from
the
Heart
,
that
though
the
second
Guest
were
fast
asleep
,
the
Lamentations
of
his
Chamber-fellow
waked
him
.
So
that
wondring
at
the
throbs
,
wherewith
he
accompanied
those
sighs
,
he
attentively
set
himself
to
listen
to
the
passionate
Murmurs
of
one
that
seem'd
to
be
in
the
greattest
distress
in
the
World
.
Nor
could
the
other
prevent
his
bursting
forth
into
the
following
Lamentations
.
Of
all
others
,
I
the
most
unfortunate
!
Whither
does
the
irresistable
force
of
thy
Destiny
hurry
thee
?
Or
what
hope
have
I
to
get
out
of
this
intricate
Labyrinth
wherein
I
am
.
I
wander
up
and
down
,
young
in
Years
,
void
of
Council
,
and
know
not
where
will
be
the
end
of
all
my
Toyl
?
How
light
a
value
,
O
my
Honour
,
have
I
set
upon
thee
?
How
has
my
Love
been
ill
requited
!
How
have
I
trodden
under
Foot
the
Duty
that
I
owed
my
Noble
Parents
!
Faithless
Don
Manuel
,
ungrateful
Man
,
where
art
thou
?
Whither
,
forgetful
of
me
,
art
thou
fled
?
Answer
me
,
I
conjure
thee
,
for
I
direct
my
Discourse
to
thee
alone
;
perform
thy
Vows
to
me
,
and
relieve
in
this
distress
,
her
that
has
so
many
ways
obliged
thee
.
Having
said
this
,
the
seeming
Centleman
was
silent
,
manifesting
by
his
sighs
,
that
his
Eyes
were
not
sparing
of
their
Tears
,
at
the
same
time
;
all
which
the
second
Guest
lay
harkning
,
with
a
still
and
quiet
Attention
;
Collecting
by
those
Discourses
,
which
he
had
heard
,
that
without
doubt
it
was
a
Woman
,
that
uttered
those
sad
Complaints
,
and
bewailed
her
wretched
Condition
;
which
did
but
the
more
increase
his
Desire
,
to
know
who
she
was
:
So
that
he
was
thinking
sometimes
to
call
to
her
,
and
comfort
her
,
being
fully
perswaded
it
was
a
Female
;
and
doubtless
he
had
done
it
,
if
at
that
very
instant
,
he
had
not
heard
him
rise
,
and
opening
the
Chamber
Door
,
call
to
the
Master
of
the
House
to
get
ready
his
Nag
;
but
the
old
Tost
not
having
so
much
sorrow
at
his
Heart
,
after
he
had
suffer'd
himself
a
good
while
to
be
call'd
upon
,
made
answer
,
It
was
but
a
little
past
Midnight
,
and
he
had
more
need
sleep
,
and
take
his
Rest
;
and
moreover
,
that
it
was
so
exceeding
dark
,
that
it
would
be
a
great
piece
of
indiscretion
to
put
himself
upon
his
Journey
.
This
the
sorrowful
Stranger
took
to
be
good
Advice
,
and
having
shut
the
Door
,
threw
himself
upon
the
Bed
,
sending
forth
withal
,
a
most
Terrible
Sigh
:
All
which
the
second
Guest
observing
,
resolved
to
speak
,
and
offer
him
all
the
kindness
that
lay
in
his
power
,
if
he
might
be
so
happy
as
to
know
the
Cause
of
his
Sufferings
.
To
this
purpose
(
said
he
)
Certainly
,
Sir
,
should
not
your
Sighs
and
Words
move
me
to
Compassionate
the
Torments
of
your
Mind
,
I
might
well
think
my self
void
of
common
Pity
.
The
Compassion
I
resent
of
your
Condition
,
and
the
Purpose
I
have
to
hazard
my
Life
for
your
Redress
,
if
it
may
merit
any
Requital
,
I
beseech
you
(
Sir
)
reject
not
my
Friendship
;
for
I
will
rather
perish
,
than
abandon
your
Relief
,
when
once
I
understand
the
ground
of
your
Trouble
.
If
Sorrow
had
not
bereft
me
of
my
Sense
,
(
answered
he
that
complained
)
I
might
very
well
have
bethought
my self
,
that
I
was
not
alone
in
this
Lodging
,
and
and
so
ought
to
have
put
a
Bridle
to
my
Tongue
,
and
made
a
longer
Truce
with
my
Sighs
;
and
therefore
to
punish
a
Memory
that
has
so
much
fail'd
me
,
and
in
a
place
where
it
so
much
imported
me
to
be
more
careful
,
I
will
grant
your
Request
;
perhaps
by
renewing
the
sad
Story
of
my
Misfortunes
,
it
may
happen
,
that
a
fresh
feeling
of
their
Torments
may
put
a
Period
to
my
Miserable
Life
.
Sir
,
(
then
said
she
)
you
are
to
understand
,
that
I
who
entred
into
this
Lodging
(
as
no
doubt
you
have
been
informed
)
in
Man's
Apparel
,
am
an
Unfortunate
Maid
;
at
least
,
one
that
was
so
,
not
full
eight
days
ago
;
but
now
have
lost
that
Noble
Name
,
by
my
own
Unadvisedness
,
and
by
giving
Credit
to
the
well
Compos'd
,
but
Counterfeit
Words
,
of
Faithless
Man
!
My
Name
is
Carola
,
my
Country
one
of
the
Chiefest
,
and
most
Delightful
parts
of
all
Andaluzia
;
the
Name
I
silence
,
because
it
doth
not
so
much
import
you
to
know
it
,
as
it
does
me
to
Conceal
it
;
my
Parents
are
Noble
,
and
more
than
meanly
Rich
,
who
had
between
them
one
Son
,
and
one
Daughter
.
My
Brother
who
was
to
be
the
Comfort
of
their
Old
Age
,
and
an
Honour
to
their
House
,
they
sent
to
Salamanca
to
Study
,
and
me
they
kept
at
home
;
where
they
bred
me
up
with
so
much
Circumspection
,
as
best
became
their
Vertue
,
and
Nobleness
;
and
I
,
without
the
least
repining
,
was
always
Obedient
,
and
Conformable
to
their
Wills
,
till
either
my
Happiness
,
being
in
the
Wain
,
or
,
my
Misfortune
growing
towards
the
full
,
betrayed
my
Duty
.
A
Gentleman
of
great
Extraction
,
and
more
Endowed
with
Riches
than
I
was
,
presented
himself
to
my
Eyes
:
The
first
time
I
saw
him
I
was
not
sensible
of
any
thing
else
,
save
only
a
Complacency
,
and
kind
of
satisfaction
in
having
seen
him
;
nor
was
it
in
me
a
thing
so
inexcusable
,
that
I
should
be
somewhat
taken
with
a
Sight
so
Charming
;
his
Gentile
Carriage
,
his
Countenance
,
and
Meen
,
rendered
him
the
most
accomplisht
of
any
;
all
which
Perfections
were
much
more
heightned
by
his
rare
Discretion
and
Affability
.
But
what
does
it
avail
me
to
praise
my
Enemy
?
Or
,
to
go
about
,
by
way
of
Discourse
,
to
descant
upon
this
my
unfortunate
Success
;
or
,
(
to
say
better
)
the
beginning
of
my
Folly
:
He
saw
me
not
once
,
but
often
from
a
Window
that
was
over
against
mine
.
From
thence
,
(
as
it
seem'd
then
to
me
)
he
darted
his
Soul
into
my
Breast
,
by
his
Eyes
and
mine
;
with
another
kind
of
Content
than
at
first
:
I
took
Pleasure
in
beholding
him
,
and
did
even
inforce
me
to
believe
that
they
were
pure
Truths
,
which
I
read
in
his
Face
,
and
Behaviour
:
His
Eyes
were
the
Intercessors
,
and
Dictators
of
Speech
;
his
Speech
the
Interpreter
of
his
Desire
;
and
his
Desire
the
Inflamer
of
mine
.
To
these
he
added
Promises
,
Oaths
,
Tears
,
Sighs
,
and
all
that
a
firm
,
and
constant
Lover
could
possibly
do
,
to
express
the
Integrity
of
his
Affection
,
and
the
Sincerity
of
his
Heart
.
As
for
me
,
Unhappy
!
Who
had
never
purchas'd
Experience
at
so
dear
a
Rate
before
;
every
Word
was
of
that
force
,
that
part
of
my
Honours
Fort
could
not
withstand
his
Charms
.
At
length
,
upon
a
Serious
,
and
Solemn
Vow
of
Marriage
,
I
set
all
my
Retiredness
by
,
and
usher'd
in
that
Freedom
which
Love
approves
of
,
(
my
Parents
unconsulted
)
never
discovered
any
of
my
Folly
,
while
Don
Manuel's
Page
(
for
that
's
the
Name
of
him
that
now
disturbs
my
rest
)
brought
me
the
unwelcom
News
of
having
lost
his
Master
,
when
scarce
had
he
taken
possession
of
what
he
so
much
coveted
,
his
Parents
,
nor
any
other
person
could
imagine
which
way
he
took
,
or
what
was
become
of
him
.
Now
in
what
a
Disconsolate
Condition
was
I
then
left
in
?
Let
him
speak
that
is
able
to
pronounce
it
,
for
it
is
past
my
skill
ever
to
know
more
,
save
only
to
bewail
and
lament
it
.
I
tore
my
Hair
as
if
that
had
been
guilty
of
my
Errors
.
I
martyriz'd
my
Face
,
believing
it
had
been
the
Occasion
of
all
my
Misery
.
I
curs'd
my
Fate
,
accus'd
my
too
quick
Determination
,
and
the
Tears
which
I
shed
were
numberless
.
I
silently
complain'd
on
Heav'n
,
then
reason'd
with
my
own
thoughts
,
to
see
if
I
could
discover
any
Path
that
might
lead
to
my
Relief
.
At
last
,
the
only
Expedient
I
could
find
,
was
to
Disguise
my self
in
Mans
Apparel
,
and
go
in
search
of
this
Defrauder
of
my
Lawful
and
well
grounded
hopes
;
and
so
without
any
deeper
Meditation
,
occasion
offered
me
Accoutrements
fit
for
my
sorrowful
Journey
,
and
waiting
my
opportunity
in
an
exceeding
dark
Night
,
made
my
Escape
.
Now
,
Sir
,
I
design
my
Journey
to
Salamanca
,
in
pursuit
of
this
most
Perfidious
Man
;
for
since
my
setting
forth
from
my
Father's
House
,
I
heard
he
is
gone
thither
;
all
the
care
,
and
fear
I
have
now
upon
my
Spirits
,
is
to
keep
my self
undiscovered
from
any
other
Person
,
and
that
none
of
my
Relations
may
pursue
me
and
find
me
out
.
But
should
this
Cloud
of
Fear
vanish
,
another
may
soon
appear
greater
than
the
former
,
and
prove
a
Storm
;
for
should
I
meet
with
my
Brother
who
is
in
Salamanca
,
oh
!
how
his
Wrath
would
boyl
into
a
Tempest
,
and
nothing
can
appease
him
,
or
expiate
my
Crime
;
but
this
wretched
Life
,
which
at
this
time
seems
very
burthensome
;
if
he
should
with
patience
hear
me
plead
Excuses
,
yet
the
least
point
of
his
Honour
,
will
over-poise
the
Balance
,
and
over-sway
the
powerfullest
Expressions
I
shall
be
able
to
utter
.
Nevertheless
,
I
am
resolved
,
(
though
I
lose
my
Life
in
the
pursuit
)
to
follow
this
false
Man
,
my
Husband
,
for
so
I
dare
call
him
;
he
in
point
of
Honour
can't
deny
it
,
unless
the
perjured
Wretch
will
renounce
those
holy
Vows
which
Heaven
was
witness
to
,
and
deny
that
Ring
of
Diamonds
which
I
joyfully
receiv'd
of
him
as
a
Matrimonial
Pledge
;
the
Posie
of
it
is
,
Manuel
is
Carola's
Husband
,
if
I
find
him
out
I
'll
ask
him
mildly
what
moved
him
so
quickly
to
leave
me
?
But
am
fully
purposed
that
if
he
disanuls
his
vow'd
Engagements
to
me
,
and
denies
me
for
his
lawful
Wife
;
Then
shall
this
Dagger
reach
his
perfidious
Heart
,
and
this
Hand
shall
be
the
Executioner
.
I
'll
shew
my self
as
ready
to
take
revenge
,
as
I
was
facile
in
suffering
him
to
wrong
me
;
for
that
Noble
Blood
which
my
Parents
gave
me
,
rowses
up
my
Spirits
,
and
warms
me
with
such
a
Courage
,
that
they
already
promise
me
Satisfaction
for
my
received
abuse
,
or
full
revenge
of
my
offer'd
Disgrace
.
This
(
Noble
Sir
)
is
the
true
and
unfortunate
Story
you
so
much
desir'd
to
know
,
and
which
may
sufficiently
plead
the
excuse
of
those
Sighs
and
Words
that
disturbed
you
of
your
rest
:
and
now
I
beg
of
you
(
as
you
are
a
Gentleman
)
to
assist
a
disconsolate
Lady
,
or
at
least
,
to
afford
me
your
best
advice
,
how
I
may
avoid
those
dangers
that
seem
to
threaten
me
,
and
that
my
being
found
out
may
be
prevented
;
and
lastly
,
that
which
I
so
much
desire
may
be
obtained
.
He
who
had
attentively
hearkened
to
the
Story
of
the
enamour'd
Carola
,
continued
silent
,
and
so
long
that
she
thought
he
had
been
asleep
;
and
had
heard
nothing
of
what
she
had
related
;
for
her
better
satisfaction
,
she
called
to
know
if
he
were
awake
.
Indeed
Sir
(
said
she
)
you
may
well
Sleep
in
the
midst
of
a
Repetition
of
Miseries
,
tedious
to
your
Ears
,
and
truly
sensible
to
none
but
them
that
feel
them
.
I
sleep
not
(
dear
Madam
)
reply'd
the
Gentleman
,
but
rather
am
so
far
from
it
,
and
so
sensible
of
your
Misfortune
,
that
I
know
not
whether
I
may
not
be
thought
to
have
as
deep
a
share
in
them
as
your self
,
and
what
advice
I
am
Master
of
,
you
may
command
;
for
assure
your self
,
I
will
assist
you
to
the
utmost
of
my
Ability
:
Considering
the
Management
of
your
Story
,
you
have
declared
so
rare
an
understanding
,
that
methinks
your
own
Judgement
should
not
have
been
so
easily
misguided
;
for
I
perceive
(
Madam
)
your
own
Inclination
more
deceived
you
,
then
Don
Manuel's
perswasions
;
yet
your
few
and
tender
years
may
be
a
sufficient
Apology
for
your
not
having
Experience
in
discerning
the
frauds
of
Men.
My
advice
(
Madam
)
at
this
time
is
only
to
be
patient
;
and
if
you
can
to
take
your
repose
during
this
small
remnant
of
Night
,
and
to
Morrow
we
will
both
contrive
what
course
is
best
to
be
steer'd
.
Carola
having
expressed
her
thankfulness
,
ad●…ddrest
her self
to
the
rest
,
more
out
of
●…omplaisance
to
the
Gentleman
,
than
any
●…tisfaction
to
her self
;
but
he
that
gave
that
●…dvice
to
the
Lady
,
could
take
no
rest
him●…lf
,
for
he
began
to
toss
and
tumble
in
the
●…ed
,
and
fell
to
Sighing
so
loud
,
that
Caro●…
was
obliged
to
make
the
same
enquiry
af●…er
the
cause
of
his
Sighs
,
as
he
did
after
●…er
Lamentations
;
and
in
retaliation
of
his
●…indness
,
she
utter'd
many
Protestations
to
●…rve
him
to
her
utmost
power
.
To
which
the
Gentleman
reply'd
,
Sup●…ose
(
Madam
)
you
are
the
occasion
of
my
●…isquiet
,
yet
you
are
not
the
Person
that
●…an
relieve
me
;
for
were
it
so
,
I
should
●…ot
be
sensible
of
any
pain
.
Carola
could
●…ot
well
understand
whither
these
confus'd
●…xpressions
tended
,
yet
she
suspected
some
●…morous
Passion
had
surpriz'd
him
,
and
●…hought
within
her self
that
she
might
be
the
●…nstrument
;
concluding
,
that
the
Solitude
●…nd
Darkness
of
the
Room
,
and
the
Disco●…ery
she
had
made
of
her self
might
be
no
●…mall
Incentives
to
kindle
heat
in
youth●…ul
Blood
.
Fearing
the
worst
,
she
made
her self
rea●…y
with
all
silence
,
and
hast
imaginable
,
●…nd
sat
down
upon
her
Bed
expecting
the
●…pproach
of
day
,
which
within
a
while
af●…er
appear'd
.
The
Gentleman
no
sooner
perceived
day
light
at
the
Window
,
but
leapt
from
his
Bed
,
and
call'd
to
Madam
Carola
,
to
get
her self
ready
;
assuring
her
that
the
Protestations
he
had
made
to
her
last
Night
,
he
would
begin
to
put
in
Execution
this
Morning
;
and
that
he
would
never
leave
her
,
till
she
had
obtain'd
Don
Manuel
for
her
lawful
Husband
:
Which
if
he
refus'd
,
he
would
vindicate
her
Honour
with
the
point
of
his
Sword
,
and
the
longest
Liver
gain
the
Victory
,
and
by
this
(
Madam
said
he
)
you
may
know
how
deeply
your
Misfortunes
have
engag'd
me
.
Then
opening
the
Windows
,
and
the
Chamber
Door
,
which
pleas'd
Carola
,
who
with
a
longing
Expectation
had
a
desire
to
see
the
Person
whom
she
had
held
Discourse
with
all
Night
:
But
when
she
had
view'd
him
,
and
knew
him
,
then
she
wish'd
it
had
never
been
Day
,
but
that
her
Eyes
had
been
closed
up
in
perpetual
Night
;
for
he
had
scarce
cast
his
Eyes
upon
her
,
but
she
presently
perceiv'd
he
was
her
Brother
,
whom
she
so
much
dreaded
.
At
the
first
sight
of
him
,
she
had
almost
lost
her
Eyes
,
and
remain'd
Speechless
;
the
Colour
in
her
Cheeks
was
fled
away
,
and
in
the
place
of
Roses
appear'd
Paleness
.
But
re-assuming
Courage
from
Fear
,
and
Danger
from
Discretion
,
drawing
out
her
Dagger
,
she
took
it
by
the
Point
,
and
address'd
her self
to
her
Brother
upon
her
Knees
,
in
these
Words
.
Take
this
,
Dear
Brother
,
(
said
she
)
and
give
me
the
Punishment
of
that
Folly
which
I
have
committed
.
Satisfie
your
Displeasure
upon
so
great
a
Crime
as
mine
is
,
for
I
can
expect
no
Mercy
to
be
extended
towards
me
.
I
confess
my
Offence
;
and
acknowledge
my
Guilt
;
but
would
not
that
my
Repentance
should
serve
to
excuse
my
Fault
;
only
,
I
beseech
you
,
that
the
Torment
may
be
such
,
as
may
take
away
this
Wretched
Life
,
but
not
my
Honour
:
For
although
I
have
forc'd
it
into
apparent
danger
,
by
absenting
from
my
Fathers
House
;
yet
can
it
not
escape
a
real
Censure
,
should
not
the
Punishment
be
secret
.
Her
Brother
looking
wishfully
upon
her
,
seeing
her
in
Tears
,
rais'd
her
from
the
ground
;
telling
her
,
that
since
he
could
not
find
out
a
convenient
Punishment
answerable
to
her
Folly
,
he
would
suspend
it
for
the
present
:
And
moreover
told
her
,
he
did
believe
Fortune
had
not
as
yet
shut
the
Doors
against
all
Remedy
;
and
that
he
had
rather
choose
to
procure
it
by
the
best
means
,
than
to
take
Revenge
of
that
Wrong
and
Affront
,
which
by
her
overmuch
Credulity
reflected
upon
his
own
,
as
well
as
her
Honour
.
With
these
kind
Expressions
Carola
began
to
recover
her
lost
Spirits
,
her
Colour
return'd
to
her
Face
,
and
her
almost
dead
hopes
were
reviv'd
.
Don
Sebastian
,
(
for
so
was
her
Brother
call'd
)
forbare
after
that
to
Nominate
any
thing
of
her
Disaster
,
knowing
how
harsh
that
Note
would
sound
in
her
Ears
;
but
did
advise
her
to
change
her
Name
of
Carola
,
to
Carlos
,
concluding
both
to
go
to
Salamanca
,
to
find
out
Don
Manuel
:
Carola
referred
her self
wholly
to
her
Brother
,
and
the
Business
to
his
Management
.
Then
calling
for
the
Master
of
the
House
,
they
desired
somewhat
might
be
got
ready
for
Breakfast
,
intending
presently
to
be
gone
:
But
in
the
Interim
of
time
enters
a
Gentleman
Traveller
into
the
Inn
,
who
was
instantly
known
by
Don
Sebastian
.
Carlos
likewise
knew
him
,
but
durst
not
come
out
of
the
Room
,
for
fear
of
being
discover'd
.
Don
Sebastian
having
embraced
him
,
enquir'd
what
News
was
in
those
Parts
from
whence
he
came
;
he
reply'd
,
that
he
came
from
the
Port
of
Santa
Maria
,
where
he
left
four
Gallies
that
were
bound
for
Naples
,
and
in
one
of
them
he
saw
a
very
good
Friend
of
his
Imbarqu'd
;
which
was
Don
Manuel
,
the
Son
of
Don
Lopez
.
This
News
pleas'd
Don
Sebastian
wondrous
well
,
returning
thanks
to
Fortune
,
that
she
had
made
so
fine
a
Progress
;
after
some
Complements
the
Gentleman
took
his
leave
.
No
sooner
was
the
Stranger
gone
,
but
Don
Sebastian
and
his
Sister
set
forward
for
their
Journey
.
Leaving
those
that
were
behind
to
descant
upon
'em
.
As
they
Travelled
together
Don
Sebastian
acquainted
his
Sister
with
the
News
he
had
heard
concerning
Don
Manuel
,
and
that
he
thought
it
requisite
with
all
speed
,
to
hasten
to
Barcelona
,
where
usually
the
Gallies
which
●…re
bound
for
Italy
,
or
return
for
Spain
,
ride
there
a
day
or
two
,
in
one
of
which
he
did
not
question
but
to
find
Don
Manuel
.
Carola
was
very
well
pleased
at
the
News
and
thanked
him
for
his
good
Advice
.
Don
Sebastian
,
by
the
way
pickt
up
a
Mule
Driver
,
for
a
Guide
to
'em
,
and
told
him
he
must
have
Patience
,
for
his
occasions
press'd
him
to
go
to
Barcelona
,
and
for
his
time
he
would
give
him
a
good
Reward
;
the
Muliteer
being
a
good
Jolly
Fellow
,
believ'd
,
that
Don
Sebastian
was
a
Noble
,
Free
Gentleman
,
made
answer
,
that
he
would
do
him
what
Service
he
could
,
and
go
with
him
to
the
end
of
the
World
.
Then
Don
Sebastian
,
like
a
Prudent
Traveller
,
examin'd
the
Strength
of
his
own
,
and
his
Sisters
Stock
;
and
finding
it
considerable
,
proceeded
forward
on
their
Journey
;
and
at
length
reach'd
within
Nine
Miles
of
Barcelona
:
There
they
had
notice
that
a
Gentleman
of
Quality
who
was
going
to
Rome
,
staid
in
Barcelona
,
expecting
the
Gallies
.
The
News
liked
'em
so
well
,
that
they
doubled
their
Speed
,
till
entering
into
a
little
Wood
,
they
espyed
a
Man
come
running
out
of
it
,
and
looking
behind
him
as
one
that
had
been
scar'd
out
of
his
Wits
.
Don
Sebastian
riding
up
to
him
ask'd
him
,
What
fears
put
such
Wings
to
his
Feet
?
'T
is
time
to
run
,
(
quo'
the
Fellow
)
for
a
Man
that
has
no
mind
to
be
Robb'd
,
or
have
his
Throat
Cut.
For
in
short
(
said
he
)
there
is
a
Legion
of
Thieves
in
that
Wood
,
and
therefore
I
advise
you
to
consider
before
you
go
forward
;
for
as
the
Man
said
by
his
Wooden
Gods
,
I
don't
like
'em
.
Robbers
at
this
time
of
day
,
Quoth
the
Muliteer
,
I
don't
love
to
hear
of
?
Pox
on
'em
,
they
'll
never
consider
my
Mules
will
be
hungry
at
Night
.
But
as
the
Fellow
had
put
them
in
a
Fright
,
so
he
gave
them
some
Consolation
again
,
by
telling
the
Muliteer
they
had
done
their
business
,
and
were
newly
gone
;
●…aving
Bound
to
the
Trees
no
less
than
Thirty
Passengers
,
Stripp'd
even
to
their
very
Shirts
;
only
they
left
one
Man
at
liberty
to
unbind
the
rest
,
so
soon
as
they
had
recover'd
a
little
Mountain
,
from
whence
they
would
give
him
a
Signal
to
set
the
rest
free
.
If
this
be
so
(
reply'd
the
Muliteer
)
we
may
safely
go
on
,
there
being
no
danger
after
a
Robbery
Committed
.
Then
they
resolved
to
advance
,
but
they
had
not
gone
far
,
before
they
saw
the
People
Robb'd
,
and
Bound
,
and
the
Fellow
unbinding
them
as
fast
as
he
could
,
it
was
a
strange
Spectacle
to
behold
,
some
stark
naked
,
others
cover'd
with
the
Robbers
tattered
Rags
,
some
weeping
to
see
themselves
Robb'd
,
and
Strip'd
of
all
;
others
laughing
to
see
the
strange
Habits
of
their
Fellow
Sufferers
;
one
was
reckoning
up
what
he
had
lost
;
another
was
bewailing
his
Great
Grandfathers
Seal-Ring
,
that
had
serv'd
his
Family
for
many
Descents
;
a
third
hoped
they
would
drink
his
Health
,
or
else
,
quo'
he
,
they
are
a
Company
of
ungrateful
Rascals
.
In
Conclusion
,
every
one
had
their
several
Humours
,
though
not
without
some
Passion
of
Discontent
.
The
whole
Scene
drew
a
Natural
Pity
from
the
two
Brothers
;
but
nothing
was
more
worthy
of
their
Compassion
,
than
to
see
Bound
to
the
Trunk
of
an
Oak
,
a
Youth
about
the
Age
of
Sixteen
Years
,
with
a
Shirt
only
on
his
Back
,
and
a
pair
of
Linen
Breeches
;
but
of
so
Fair
,
and
Lovely
a
Countenance
,
that
he
moved
all
that
beheld
him
,
to
pity
.
Carlos
alighted
to
Unbind
him
,
for
which
the
Youth
returned
very
Courteous
,
and
Thankful
Expressions
,
for
the
received
kindness
:
Then
Carlos
desired
the
Muliteer
to
lend
the
Youth
his
Clo●…k
,
which
he
accordingly
did
;
then
Carlos
ask'd
him
whence
he
came
,
and
whither
he
was
Travelling
.
The
Youth
answer'd
he
was
of
Andaluzia
,
which
Don
Sebastian
,
and
Carlos
knew
to
be
but
two
Leagues
distant
from
their
own
Habitation
,
he
moreover
told
them
,
that
he
came
from
Sevil
,
and
that
his
design
was
to
go
for
Italy
,
to
try
his
Fortune
in
the
Exercise
of
Arms.
He
confess'd
he
did
not
like
his
ill
beginning
,
nor
the
rough
usage
of
the
Thieves
,
for
they
had
taken
from
him
in
Money
,
and
Cloths
,
a
Sum
not
in
every
one's
Pocket
;
yet
however
he
would
prosecute
his
Design
,
and
not
be
discourag'd
at
the
first
ill
Success
that
befel
him
:
The
Discreet
Language
of
the
Youth
.
begat
such
a
strange
Affection
in
the
two
Brothers
,
that
they
hired
the
Muliteers
own
Beast
for
him
,
and
in
a
short
space
arriv'd
at
Yqualada
,
where
they
learn'd
,
that
the
Gallies
had
put
into
Barcelona
the
day
before
;
and
that
within
two
days
they
were
to
be
gone
,
if
foul
Weather
did
not
hinder
'em
.
This
News
made
'em
rise
early
next
Morning
before
Sun
Rising
,
for
little
Sleep
sufficed
them
.
Now
,
as
the
two
Brothers
,
and
the
Youth
were
sitting
together
,
Carlos
fix'd
his
Eyes
very
wishly
on
his
Face
,
and
viewing
him
very
narrowly
,
his
Mind
prompted
him
that
the
Youth
must
needs
be
of
the
Female
Sex
;
then
Don
Sebastian
ask'd
him
whose
Son
he
was
,
the
Youth
made
answer
,
he
was
the
Son
of
Don
Frederique
de
Monasco
;
Don
Sebastian
reply'd
,
he
very
well
knew
the
Gentleman
,
but
never
heard
that
he
had
a
Son
:
(
by
which
he
perceiv'd
,
that
he
was
loath
to
discover
his
Parents
.
)
It
is
true
,
(
answered
the
Youth
)
Don
Frederique
has
no
Sons
,
but
Lorenzo
his
Brother
has
:
Indeed
(
said
Don
Sebastian
)
you
are
under
a
Mistake
,
for
he
has
never
a
Son
,
but
one
Daughter
,
who
is
reported
to
be
the
Fairest
Virgin
in
all
Andaluzia
,
though
I
never
was
so
happy
as
to
see
her
.
What
you
say
,
Sir
,
is
certainly
true
,
(
reply'd
the
Youth
)
Don
Lorenzo
has
but
one
only
Daughter
,
but
not
so
Fair
as
Busie
Fame
reports
her
;
and
if
I
told
you
I
was
the
Son
of
Don
Frederique
,
it
was
only
to
be
the
higher
in
your
Esteem
.
But
ingenuously
to
confess
,
I
am
not
the
Son
of
Don
Frederique
,
but
of
Don
Lorenzo's
Steward
,
my
Name
is
Leonardo
,
at
length
grown
up
to
these
Years
,
and
having
given
my
Father
some
disgust
,
I
resolv'd
not
to
abide
at
home
,
but
rather
chose
to
try
my
Fortune
in
the
Wars
abroad
,
where
I
have
heard
of
many
of
mean
Birth
,
that
have
attain'd
to
high
,
and
great
Preferments
:
To
all
this
Relation
Carlos
attentively
listned
,
yet
it
still
more
and
more
confirm'd
the
Suspicion
he
had
entertained
.
Thereupon
Carlos
having
given
Don
Sebastian
notice
of
his
intent
,
took
the
Youth
aside
into
another
Room
,
and
there
began
to
take
him
into
a
kind
Examination
.
I
could
wish
Senior
Leonardo
,
it
had
been
my
happiness
to
have
been
owner
of
such
Opportunities
,
wherein
I
might
have
serv'd
you
so
far
,
as
at
this
time
I
might
raise
from
you
an
Obligation
not
to
deny
me
some
Request
,
which
will
be
a
great
satisfaction
to
me
;
however
,
though
you
should
deny
me
,
yet
will
I
never
cease
the
Friendship
I
now
profess
to
you
.
I
must
confess
I
have
a
Jealousie
,
you
are
not
what
your
Habit
proclaims
you
to
be
,
but
of
the
other
Sex
,
and
your
Beauty
publishes
you
to
be
born
of
Noble
Blood
;
if
then
that
which
I
suspect
be
true
,
deal
plainly
with
me
,
for
by
the
Faith
of
a
Gentleman
,
I
'l
die
to
serve
you
.
With
great
attention
,
did
this
Youth
hearken
to
what
Carlos
said
,
and
continued
silent
for
a
while
;
at
last
took
hold
of
both
his
Hands
,
and
bringing
them
with
a
kind
force
to
his
Lips
,
not
only
Kist
,
but
likewise
Bath'd
'em
with
his
Tears
.
Carlos
being
surpriz'd
at
this
sudden
Passion
,
could
not
forbear
Weeping
for
Company
.
At
length
,
after
a
short
Prologue
of
Sighs
,
and
Tears
;
Sir
,
said
the
Disconsolate
Youth
,
I
neither
will
,
nor
can
deny
,
but
that
your
Suspicion
has
been
true
;
I
am
a
Woman
,
and
of
all
Women
the
most
Unfortunate
,
that
ever
saw
the
Suns
bright
Lustre
:
And
since
the
Favours
received
,
and
the
fair
Offers
you
have
made
me
,
oblige
me
to
Obedience
,
I
shall
declare
to
you
my
Name
,
and
Family
,
if
it
may
not
be
offensive
to
your
Ears
,
to
hear
anothers
Misfortunes
.
The
pain
that
I
shall
suffer
,
will
be
that
they
are
yours
(
reply'd
Carlos
)
but
the
Pleasure
will
be
greater
when
you
have
eased
your
Mind
,
perhaps
some
Refreshments
may
flow
from
one
Breast
to
another
.
What
I
told
as
to
my
Country
was
true
,
(
said
the
Youth
)
but
as
to
my
Parents
I
made
a
Concealment
.
I
am
that
unfortunate
Daughter
of
Lorenzo
,
Don
Frederique's
Brother
,
who
for
her
Beauty
(
as
your
Brother
said
)
is
so
much
prais'd
and
commended
,
though
the
mistake
is
easily
discern'd
,
in
that
little
,
or
none
at
all
,
that
poor
Angelia
is
owner
of
.
Now
,
Sir
,
two
Leagues
from
the
place
of
my
Birth
,
lives
a
Noble
Gentleman
,
that
has
a
Son
,
named
Don
Manuel
;
who
if
Fame
be
not
overlavish
in
his
Praises
as
she
has
been
in
mine
,
is
in
the
Rank
of
those
Gentlemen
,
which
deserve
no
mean
Commendation
.
This
Gentleman
,
and
my
Father
took
great
delight
in
Hunting
,
and
he
frequently
came
and
staid
at
our
House
five
or
six
days
together
.
From
this
occasion
,
Fortune
,
or
Love
took
their
opportunity
to
throw
me
headlong
from
the
Precipice
of
my
Honour
,
to
the
bottom
of
his
low
Condition
,
wherein
I
now
am
;
his
Gentileness
,
and
Discretion
,
Lineage
,
Beauty
,
and
Wealth
was
such
,
that
all
the
Happiness
I
did
desire
,
was
to
obtain
him
for
my
Husband
;
many
Hours
,
and
Days
were
spent
in
Courtship
,
and
after
many
Sollicitations
,
having
given
me
his
Faith
under
the
most
binding
,
and
Solemnest
Oaths
imaginable
to
Marry
me
,
I
resign'd
my self
wholly
to
his
Will
and
Pleasure
:
besides
all
this
,
I
obtain'd
from
him
a
Writing
,
sign'd
with
his
own
hand
,
and
strengthened
with
so
many
powerful
Circumstances
,
that
I
thought
nothing
could
be
more
sure
:
thus
relying
upon
a
false
security
I
contriv'd
a
way
to
convey
him
such
a
Night
to
my
Lodging
,
where
without
any
disturbance
he
might
reap
that
Fruit
,
which
for
him
alone
I
had
reserv'd
,
and
at
last
came
that
Night
which
by
me
was
so
much
desired
.
Till
she
came
to
this
point
Carlos
had
the
patience
to
continue
silent
,
having
her
Soul
depending
on
Angelia's
Words
,
whose
Expressions
pierc'd
her
to
the
very
heart
;
especially
when
she
heard
the
Name
of
Don
Manuel
,
she
beheld
the
rare
Beauty
of
Angelia
,
and
considered
the
greatness
of
her
Worth
intermixt
with
such
a
singular
Discretion
,
as
she
had
so
well
manifested
in
the
repetition
of
her
Story
:
But
when
she
came
to
say
,
at
last
came
that
Night
which
by
me
was
so
much
desired
,
she
had
like
to
have
lost
all
her
Patience
;
so
that
not
being
able
to
contain
her self
any
longer
,
breaks
out
,
Very
well
,
(
said
he
)
and
when
this
happy
Night
was
come
,
What
did
he
then
?
Did
he
enjoy
you
?
Did
he
anew
confirm
the
Writing
?
Did
he
rest
well
pleased
in
taking
that
from
you
,
which
you
say
was
only
his
?
Did
your
Father
know
of
it
?
Or
,
in
what
end
,
ended
these
wise
Beginnings
?
They
ended
(
replyed
Angelia
)
in
putting
me
into
this
Condition
;
for
I
did
neither
enjoy
him
,
nor
he
me
,
nor
came
to
any
final
agreement
:
With
these
Words
Carlos
began
to
recover
a
little
Breath
,
and
recall'd
those
Spirits
,
which
by
little
and
little
were
leaving
her
disorder'd
Heart
;
such
was
that
raging
Pestilence
of
Jealousie
,
which
began
to
spread
,
and
diffuse
it self
into
the
most
secret
Retirements
of
the
Vital
Parts
.
Carola
at
last
re-setled
,
though
not
without
some
Qualms
,
and
inward
Resentments
,
began
again
to
hearken
to
the
Fair
Angelia
,
who
thus
proceeded
.
About
some
eight
days
after
,
I
was
credibly
inform'd
that
he
was
gone
from
his
House
,
and
carried
with
him
a
Young
Lady
,
whose
Name
was
Carola
,
a
Virgin
of
extraordinary
Beauty
,
and
rare
Endowments
:
This
was
soon
spread
abroad
,
and
presently
arriv'd
to
my
Ears
,
and
with
it
that
fearful
Lance
of
Jealousie
,
which
peirc'd
my
Heart
,
and
set
my
Soul
on
such
a
flaming
fire
,
that
turn'd
my
Honour
into
Ashes
,
consum'd
my
Credit
,
and
wasted
all
my
Patience
to
nothing
.
Then
most
Unfortunate
!
Cry'd
I
,
for
I
then
began
to
figure
in
my
Imagination
,
Carola
to
be
Fairer
than
the
Sun
,
and
more
Happy
than
I
am
Miserable
:
Then
I
read
over
and
over
the
Writing
which
I
had
,
look'd
how
it
was
Sign'd
,
and
presently
my
Hopes
fled
thither
for
shelter
,
as
to
a
Sanctuary
;
but
when
I
consider'd
the
Person
that
Don
Manuel
had
carried
along
with
him
,
then
again
all
my
Hopes
fell
immediately
to
the
Ground
:
I
tore
my
Hair
,
and
curs'd
the
Face
that
had
betray'd
me
.
At
last
,
to
finish
all
my
Sorrows
,
I
resolved
to
leave
my
Fathers
House
,
and
in
Disguise
,
chosing
a
Night
that
had
put
on
its
blackest
Mantle
,
I
walk'd
unto
a
little
Town
,
where
I
found
the
Conveniency
of
a
Waggon
,
and
in
two
days
after
I
arriv'd
at
Sevil
:
There
I
bought
me
some
Apparel
,
and
a
Mule
,
and
travelled
along
till
Yesterday
with
some
Gentlemen
,
that
were
with
speed
going
to
Barcelona
,
to
take
the
opportunities
of
the
Gallies
bound
for
Italy
.
But
falling
unfortunately
into
the
Hands
of
Thieves
,
and
Robbers
,
I
lost
that
Jewel
which
kept
me
alive
,
and
lightned
the
burthen
of
my
Afflictions
;
it
was
the
Writing
I
had
from
Don
Manuel
.
But
how
easily
would
he
deny
Words
written
in
Paper
,
who
denies
those
Obligations
which
ought
to
be
engraven
in
his
Soul
?
besides
,
if
he
is
accompanied
with
the
unparrallel'd
Carola
,
he
will
never
vouchsafe
to
look
upon
wretched
Angelia
.
However
,
I
am
resolv'd
to
die
,
or
to
find
'em
both
out
,
to
the
end
the
sight
of
me
may
disturb
their
quiet
.
Let
not
that
Enemy
of
my
rest
think
she
shall
enjoy
at
so
cheap
a
rate
,
that
which
is
mine
;
I
'll
seek
her
out
,
and
if
I
can
,
will
deprive
her
of
that
life
,
which
she
enjoys
in
those
Embraces
due
to
none
but
my self
.
But
what
fault
can
you
find
with
Carola
,
(
said
Carlos
)
if
happily
she
were
deceiv'd
by
Don
Manuel
,
as
well
as
you
have
been
?
That
cannot
be
(
reply'd
Angelia
)
for
if
they
live
together
,
as
Man
and
Wife
,
the
Case
is
evident
.
But
be
they
in
the
remoter
Desarts
of
Lybia
,
or
the
furthermost
parts
of
Frozen
Scythia
,
She
questionless
enjoys
him
.
It
may
be
(
said
Carlos
)
you
are
mistaken
,
and
Jealousie
hath
misguided
your
thoughts
,
or
blinded
the
Eyes
of
your
Understanding
,
for
I
know
her
very
well
,
whom
you
call
your
Enemy
;
and
I
am
so
privy
to
her
Condition
,
and
Retiredness
,
that
she
will
never
adventure
to
forego
her
Fathers
House
,
nor
yield
to
the
Will
of
Don
Manuel
:
But
admit
she
should
,
if
she
never
knew
you
,
nor
knew
any
Contract
between
you
,
she
has
done
you
no
wrong
at
all
;
and
where
there
is
no
Wrong
offer'd
,
no
Revenge
ought
to
be
taken
:
Of
her
Retiredness
,
(
said
Angelia
)
you
may
say
your
Pleasure
;
but
,
I
think
,
I
was
as
Retir'd
as
she
:
And
whereas
,
you
urge
she
did
me
no
Wrong
,
should
I
look
upon
the
Fact
without
Passion
,
I
must
confess
,
she
did
me
Justice
;
but
the
Torment
of
my
Jealousie
makes
her
a
Criminal
to
my
Misfortune
:
This
is
that
Sword
which
is
Sheathed
in
my
Bowels
,
and
none
can
blame
me
,
if
I
pluck
out
that
which
wounds
me
.
I
perceive
(
said
Carlos
)
the
Passion
which
at
present
possesses
your
Mind
,
will
not
permit
you
to
judge
of
things
aright
;
nor
are
you
at
this
time
in
any
fit
posture
to
receive
good
Instructions
;
however
,
I
will
be
ready
to
aid
and
assist
you
,
according
to
my
Ability
,
in
what
is
requisite
;
and
I
am
sure
the
Natural
Inclination
,
and
Generosity
of
my
Brother
,
will
not
suffer
him
to
do
otherwise
.
Our
Course
is
design'd
for
Italy
,
and
if
you
resolve
to
go
with
us
,
your
good
Company
will
be
very
acceptable
:
You
may
guess
at
your
Entertainment
,
by
that
little
you
have
found
already
.
Angelia
return'd
him
hearty
thanks
,
and
earnestly
besought
him
to
take
her
into
his
Protection
;
which
Carlos
faithfully
promised
to
do
;
so
taking
their
Leaves
of
each
other
,
they
departed
to
their
respective
Lodgings
,
for
their
Repose
.
Carola
repeated
all
to
her
Brother
,
what
Angelia
had
related
;
at
which
he
was
much
surprized
;
but
told
her
,
were
there
a
Confirmation
of
what
she
had
then
spoke
,
she
was
for
Beauty
,
and
Riches
,
one
of
the
Noblest
Ladies
in
all
Andaluzia
;
and
now
(
said
he
)
we
must
use
our
utmost
skill
,
in
preventing
her
speaking
first
to
Don
Manuel
,
for
though
the
Writing
may
be
lost
,
yet
the
remembrance
of
it
will
be
found
.
Carola
having
heard
her
Brothers
Discourse
retir'd
to
her
Bed
,
thinking
to
take
her
rest
,
but
that
raging
Torment
of
Jealousie
would
not
permit
her
the
least
Repose
.
Sometimes
Angelia's
Beauty
,
and
the
Perfidiousness
of
Don
Manuel
appeared
to
her
Imagination
in
the
highest
Magnitude
;
and
then
the
Writing
,
that
appeared
so
dreadful
,
that
nothing
but
Blood
was
seen
instead
of
Ink.
Such
Agonies
as
these
perplext
her
dubious
Thoughts
,
and
hindred
Sleep
,
which
proves
a
Friend
to
Care
.
Her
Brother
was
kept
waking
,
by
Torments
of
another
Nature
;
for
no
sooner
did
he
hear
who
Angelia
was
,
but
his
Heart
was
all
on
Flame
,
such
force
has
Beauty
that
it
conquers
Hearts
,
and
never
ceases
but
in
a
happy
fruition
:
He
did
not
imagine
Angelia
could
be
us'd
so
barbarously
as
to
be
tied
to
a
Tree
,
or
clad
in
a
Tattered
Habit
,
but
in
her
Rich
Apparel
in
her
Father's
House
;
and
now
wishing
for
the
welcome
day
,
that
he
might
pursue
his
Journey
,
and
find
out
Don
Manuel
,
not
so
much
to
make
him
his
Brother
,
as
to
prevent
his
Marrying
Angelia
;
desiring
rather
to
see
his
Sister
Comfortless
,
and
Don
Manuel
fairly
Buried
,
than
to
see
himself
Hopeless
.
Thus
all
with
differing
Thoughts
,
at
the
Approach
of
Day
they
all
forsook
their
Beds
;
but
Don
Sebastian
being
first
up
,
sent
for
a
Habit
to
fit
his
dearest
Angelia
;
she
putting
them
on
,
Girded
her
Sword
about
her
with
that
Lively
Grace
,
and
Vigour
,
as
surpriz'd
Don
Sebastian's
Admiration
,
and
multiply'd
a
thousand
Jealousies
in
Carola
.
About
Eight
in
the
Morning
they
departed
their
Inn
,
setting
forward
on
their
Journey
for
Barcelona
;
and
here
I
want
Words
to
express
the
Thoughts
which
the
two
Brothers
entertain'd
touching
Angelia
.
Carola
wishing
her
Death
,
and
Don
Sebastian
desiring
her
Life
;
Carola
seeking
to
find
out
Faults
in
her
,
that
she
might
not
despair
of
her
Hopes
,
and
Don
Sebastian
finding
out
those
Perfections
which
more
oblig'd
him
to
love
her
:
All
these
thoughts
hindred
not
their
Journey
,
for
they
reach'd
Barcelona
before
Sun-set
.
But
as
they
entred
into
it
,
there
was
a
Tumultuous
Noise
,
and
great
Numbers
of
People
were
gathering
together
;
but
upon
enquiry
into
the
Cause
of
it
,
answer
was
made
,
it
was
a
Quarrel
between
the
Seamen
,
and
some
of
the
Inhabitants
of
that
City
.
Then
riding
up
to
the
Sea-Shore
,
they
saw
several
Weapons
drawn
,
and
Multitudes
of
People
Hewing
,
and
Hacking
one
another
,
and
could
distinctly
discern
the
Faces
of
some
that
fought
;
all
this
while
Don
Sebastian
beholding
this
Cruel
Scuffle
,
observ'd
amongst
those
that
took
part
with
the
Seamen
,
a
Young
Gallant
that
laid
about
him
like
a
Tyger
;
the
Briskness
,
and
Valour
of
this
young
Gentleman
,
together
with
the
richness
of
his
Cloths
,
caused
all
those
that
beheld
the
Fight
to
fix
their
Eyes
upon
him
,
and
in
such
stedfast
manner
did
Carola
and
Angelia
behold
him
,
that
at
one
Instant
both
cry'd
out
,
Heavens
bless
me
!
Either
I
have
no
Eyes
,
or
that
's
Don
Manuel
:
Then
with
great
Nimbleness
they
alighted
,
and
drawing
their
Swords
,
they
cleared
their
way
through
the
Croud
,
and
placed
themselves
on
each
side
of
Don
Manuel
.
Fear
nothing
Don
Manuel
(
cry'd
Angelia
)
for
you
have
one
by
your
side
,
who
with
the
loss
of
his
own
Life
will
rescue
yours
:
Who
doubts
it
(
reply'd
Carola
)
while
I
am
here
?
Don
Sebastian
saw
,
and
heard
what
had
pass'd
,
but
followed
close
,
resolving
to
take
his
share
.
Don
Manuel
being
busie
in
defending
himself
,
took
little
notice
of
his
two
Seconds
,
but
continued
still
eager
in
Fighting
,
till
at
last
he
was
forc'd
to
retreat
,
with
his
two
Valiant
Amazon●…
on
each
side
:
The
Fray
it
seems
was
not
ended
,
but
Stones
,
the
Instruments
of
Popularity
,
were
thrown
plentifully
,
whereof
one
very
unluckily
,
with
a
well
directed
force
hit
Don
Manuel
full
on
the
Breast
,
and
struck
him
backwards
,
Angelia
no
sooner
saw
him
fall
,
but
presently
catch'd
him
in
her
Arms
,
and
Carola
did
the
like
.
Don
Sebastian
was
likewise
defending
himself
from
the
Showres
of
Stones
which
rained
about
his
Ears
,
yet
saw
the
Accident
which
happened
to
Don
Manuel
;
and
desirous
withal
to
approach
to
his
Souls
delight
,
a
certain
Catalonian
Knight
of
great
Authority
in
the
City
,
call'd
to
him
,
to
keep
along
by
his
side
,
with
a
Promise
to
save
him
from
the
Insolency
of
the
Unruly
Rout
:
Don
Sebastian
returned
the
Knight
hearty
thanks
for
his
friendly
proffer
,
but
besought
him
that
he
might
pass
forwards
;
telling
him
he
saw
that
in
great
danger
,
which
he
valued
more
than
his
Life
.
This
stop
was
a
great
hinderance
to
Don
Sebastian
;
for
before
he
could
reach
to
'em
,
the
Long-Boat
belonging
to
the
Admirals
Galley
,
had
taken
in
Don
Manuel
,
and
Angelia
,
who
would
never
let
him
go
out
of
her
Arms
:
But
as
for
Carola
,
he
arriv'd
seasonably
enough
,
she
being
either
weary
,
or
overcome
with
Grief
to
see
Don
Manuel
Wounded
;
or
else
,
inrag'd
with
Jealousie
,
to
see
her
Rival
gone
along
with
him
,
had
neither
Power
,
nor
Strength
to
get
into
the
Boat
;
and
doubtless
had
fallen
into
a
Fit
,
and
dropt
into
the
Water
,
had
not
her
Brother
at
that
juncture
of
time
appear'd
to
her
Relief
;
who
(
indeed
)
himself
felt
no
less
Torment
,
than
his
Sister
did
Pain
,
to
see
that
Angelia
was
gone
away
with
her
Lover
Don
Manuel
.
The
Catalonian
Knight
being
very
much
taken
with
the
goodly
Presence
of
Don
Sebastian
,
and
his
Brother
,
call'd
them
from
the
Sea
Shore
,
(
where
Multitudes
were
still
thronging
)
and
desired
them
to
go
with
him
,
for
he
would
Conduct
them
safe
from
the
Rabble
;
thus
forced
by
necessity
,
and
being
afraid
of
the
People
,
not
yet
pacify'd
,
they
willingly
accepted
of
his
friendly
kindness
:
Thereupon
,
the
Knight
alighting
from
his
Horse
,
with
his
Sword
in
his
Hand
,
made
way
for
'em
through
the
midst
of
that
Tempestuous
Croud
.
The
Knight
having
thus
preserv'd
the
two
Brothers
,
brought
them
to
his
own
House
,
which
was
one
of
the
chiefest
in
all
the
City
.
Then
he
enquir'd
of
Don
Sebastian
in
which
of
the
Gallies
he
came
;
who
replying
,
that
he
was
newly
come
into
the
City
as
the
Hurly-Burly
began
,
and
espying
in
the
Engagement
,
a
Gentleman
,
who
was
wounded
on
the
Breast
with
a
Stone
,
but
could
not
by
any
means
come
to
his
assistance
:
Moreover
,
(
added
he
)
this
Gentleman
is
a
Person
on
whom
depends
all
my
Felicity
in
this
World
;
and
therefore
,
if
I
might
obtain
that
favour
from
a
Person
so
obliging
,
I
could
wish
he
might
be
brought
on
Shore
:
Thereupon
,
the
Knight
freely
told
him
,
that
he
would
go
himself
,
and
see
him
safe
brought
hither
,
which
according
to
his
Promise
he
performed
:
He
found
Don
Manuel
in
a
Languishing
Condition
,
and
the
Chyrurgeons
dressing
of
his
Wounds
,
gave
their
Opinion
it
was
very
dangerous
,
being
near
the
Heart
;
which
caused
the
Knight
to
be
so
urgent
with
the
Admiral
,
that
he
gave
him
leave
to
take
Don
Manuel
along
with
him
,
which
was
done
with
all
the
Care
imaginable
.
Being
Landed
,
the
Knight
brought
Don
Manuel
,
and
Angelia
to
his
House
,
making
them
both
welcome
:
At
the
same
time
Chyrurgeons
were
sent
for
,
all
confirming
the
dangerous
Condition
wherein
Don
Manuel
was
.
Angelia
,
and
Carola
heard
it
with
that
Grief
of
Heart
,
as
if
they
had
heard
the
Sentence
of
their
own
Deaths
,
but
not
willing
to
discover
their
Sorrow
,
they
endeavoured
at
that
time
to
suppress
it
.
Angelia
resolving
with
her self
to
lose
no
time
,
but
to
take
the
first
opportunity
of
speaking
to
Don
Manuel
,
no
sooner
were
the
Chyrurgeons
gone
,
but
she
entred
the
Chamber
were
Don
Manuel
lay
,
where
were
present
the
Knight
,
Don
Sebastian
,
Carola
,
and
others
:
She
sat
by
the
Bed-side
,
and
taking
him
fast
by
the
Hand
,
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
it
is
now
no
seasonable
time
,
considering
your
Condition
,
to
utter
many
Words
,
and
therefore
I
shall
only
intreat
you
to
lend
your
Ear
to
some
few
which
are
requisite
;
for
it
would
prove
ill
in
me
,
who
never
disoblig'd
you
,
to
be
at
this
time
the
Cause
of
your
Disturbance
.
At
these
Words
,
Don
Manuel
lifting
up
his
Eyes
,
look'd
stedfastly
on
Angelia
,
having
recollected
himself
,
and
in
a
manner
taken
her
into
his
Memory
,
more
by
the
Tone
of
her
Voice
,
than
by
her
Physiog●…omy
,
with
a
feeble
Voice
,
as
one
that
was
full
of
Pain
,
Say
on
,
Sir
,
(
said
he
)
what
you
please
,
for
I
am
not
yet
so
near
my
end
,
but
I
can
listen
to
your
Story
,
nor
is
that
Voice
of
yours
so
harsh
,
and
unpleasing
,
that
it
should
give
me
the
least
Disquier
.
Carola
hearkned
most
attentively
,
and
every
Word
that
Angelia
spoke
,
pierc'd
her
to
the
Heart
,
and
at
the
same
time
Wounded
the
Soul
of
Don
Sebastian
,
who
also
heard
her
,
then
proceeding
,
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
if
some
strange
Misfortune
had
not
hurt
your
Memory
;
or
rather
,
if
some
foul
Blemish
has
not
stain'd
my
Vertue
,
you
cannot
but
remember
her
,
who
not
long
since
,
you
were
pleas'd
to
Honour
with
the
Name
of
your
Celestial
Treasure
;
you
would
then
remember
who
Angelia
was
,
and
your
Promise
you
gave
her
in
Writing
,
Sign'd
with
your
own
Hand
;
neither
can
you
forget
the
Worth
of
her
Parents
,
her
Fidelity
,
and
the
Obligations
wherein
you
stand
bound
to
her
;
for
resigning
up
so
easie
a
Victory
to
your
Vows
,
and
Protestations
.
If
your
Memory
does
not
at
this
time
fail
you
,
(
though
thus
Disguis'd
)
you
may
easily
perceive
I
am
your
most
Unfortunate
Angelia
.
No
sooner
had
you
taken
your
speedy
Flight
,
but
I
began
my
sorrowful
Journey
;
despising
the
worst
of
Miseries
that
could
happen
to
me
,
I
was
resolv'd
to
wander
up
and
down
,
leaving
no
place
unsearch'd
,
till
I
had
found
you
out
;
for
if
ever
you
felt
the
Power
of
true
Love
,
or
heard
of
the
Rage
of
a
Deceived
Woman
;
you
will
not
be
Astonish'd
,
but
rather
Convert
your
Wonder
into
Pity
.
And
now
let
me
beg
of
you
,
for
the
Love
you
bear
to
Heaven
,
your
own
Honour
,
and
for
the
sake
of
her
,
to
whom
you
owe
more
than
to
all
the
World
;
only
to
be
true
to
Justice
,
let
that
be
perfectly
Consummated
now
in
Publick
,
which
you
were
so
willing
to
Contract
in
Private
;
for
no
further
Delays
can
be
allowed
of
,
without
the
ruine
of
your
Honour
,
and
my
eternal
Shame
.
Here
Angelia
stopt
:
Now
they
that
were
in
the
Room
,
expected
when
Don
Manuel
;
would
give
an
Answer
;
who
in
a
little
while
lifting
up
his
Eyes
,
said
to
her
,
Fair
Angelia
,
I
am
not
ignorant
of
any
Obligations
,
wherein
I
stand
engag'd
,
for
those
many
Favours
receiv'd
from
you
;
neither
do
I
forget
the
Worth
of
your
Noble
Parents
,
nor
your
own
Unblemish'd
Vertues
;
neither
do
I
disesteem
you
for
seeking
me
out
in
a
Disguise
so
subject
to
Censure
:
But
I
must
proclaim
a
truth
,
and
if
it
prove
unpleasant
to
your
Ears
,
I
am
an
unwelcome
Herauld
.
I
confess
,
Fair
Angelia
,
I
lov'd
you
well
,
for
which
you
conferr'd
on
me
a
Retribution
:
but
yet
the
Writing
which
you
are
pleas'd
to
command
,
was
given
you
more
in
Complaisance
to
your
Request
,
than
any
Act
of
my
own
Inclination
,
for
many
days
before
I
surrender'd
up
my
Heart
with
as
pure
a
Flame
as
was
proportionable
to
the
Beauty
I
so
much
admir'd
.
The
Fair
Carola
,
is
the
Object
whom
I
must
Adore
,
and
to
whom
I
will
perform
those
Vows
,
in
the
Face
of
Heaven
:
Therefore
,
pray
Madam
,
take
it
not
for
so
high
a
Crime
;
for
I
left
not
only
you
,
but
her
,
in
the
same
Suspence
.
I
do
acknowledge
I
am
guilty
of
the
Imprudent
Proceedings
of
a
rash
Young
Man
,
being
void
of
Judgment
,
Meditation
,
or
Consideration
:
And
as
for
the
Writing
,
I
look
upon
it
to
be
indifferent
;
this
I
thought
fit
to
impart
before
my
Death
,
that
the
Memory
of
this
Truth
may
not
be
Buried
in
Oblivion
.
While
Don
Manuel
,
thus
Discours'd
with
Angelia
,
his
Arm
was
the
Support
on
which
his
Head
rested
;
but
having
made
an
end
of
speaking
,
he
was
ready
to
faint
,
and
had
not
Don
Sebastian
ran
immediately
and
catch'd
him
in
his
Arms
,
he
had
fallen
into
a
Swoon
.
Recovering
his
Spirits
,
he
cast
his
Eyes
on
Don
Sebastian
;
then
taking
him
by
the
Hand
,
he
forced
it
to
his
Lips
;
mutually
they
Embraced
,
and
Kissed
each
other
,
using
many
Complements
,
whereby
they
renewed
their
former
Friendship
:
Then
said
Don
Manuel
,
Sir
,
the
great
Joy
I
receive
in
seeing
you
,
renews
my
Sorrows
,
for
you
set
before
my
Eyes
my
Ingratitude
which
I
am
guilty
of
,
but
since
it
cannot
be
remedied
,
whatever
Misery
now
befals
me
,
i
'll
receive
it
with
pleasure
,
in
exchange
of
this
short
Enjoyment
of
your
Friendship
.
Sir
,
reply'd
Don
Sebastian
,
I
have
been
an
Ear
Witness
of
your
kind
Expressions
you
were
pleas'd
to
use
,
in
acknowledging
that
Passion
you
have
for
my
Sister
Carola
;
(
then
taking
her
by
the
Hand
,
who
was
all
this
while
weeping
)
and
(
Sir
)
to
compleat
that
Happiness
the
more
,
I
here
present
her
to
your
Hand
,
who
(
I
believe
)
at
this
time
may
effect
upon
your
Wound
an
Excellent
Cure
:
They
were
both
so
transported
with
Joy
,
that
their
Cheeks
were
Bath'd
in
Amorous
Tears
.
All
that
were
in
the
Room
were
silent
,
being
surprized
with
admiration
to
behold
so
strange
an
Accident
:
at
the
same
time
Angelia
perceiving
how
things
went
,
and
what
would
be
the
Product
in
the
end
;
that
her
Hopes
were
quite
frustrated
of
ever
obtaining
Don
Manuel
,
she
stole
out
of
the
Company
,
and
being
got
out
of
the
Room
,
instantly
made
into
the
Street
,
intending
to
have
wander'd
where-ever
Despair
would
lead
her
;
scarce
had
she
got
out
of
Doors
,
when
Don
Sebastian
began
to
miss
her
,
and
as
if
he
had
lost
his
Soul
,
made
strict
enquiry
after
her
;
but
no
Body
could
give
him
intelligence
which
way
she
was
gone
:
Like
one
almost
distracted
,
he
posted
first
to
the
Muliteers
Inn
;
but
finding
her
not
there
,
he
ran
like
a
Mad
Man
through
the
Streets
,
searching
all
places
as
he
went
through
;
believing
at
length
,
she
might
design
for
the
Sea
side
,
whither
he
hastned
with
all
Speed
:
As
he
drew
near
,
he
heard
a
Voice
calling
aloud
for
the
Boat
belonging
to
the
Admirals
Galley
,
who
presently
knew
it
to
be
Angelia
;
he
flew
to
her
as
swift
as
an
Eagle
to
his
Prey
:
Angelia
stood
at
first
upon
her
Guard
with
her
Sword
in
her
Hand
,
but
perceiving
it
to
be
Don
Sebastian
,
she
was
grieved
at
the
Heart
he
should
find
her
,
especially
in
a
place
so
remote
from
Company
:
She
discern'd
that
Don
Sebastian
had
a
real
Passion
for
her
,
and
could
have
wish'd
that
Don
Manuel
had
lov'd
her
but
half
so
well
:
Don
Sebastian
was
glad
he
had
so
fortunately
Retriev'd
her
,
and
more
pleased
at
the
Opportunity
of
the
Place
,
where
he
apply'd
himself
to
her
,
in
these
Words
.
Since
Fortune
has
prov'd
thus
kind
to
me
,
fair
Angelia
,
shou'd
I
now
want
power
to
discover
the
Secrets
of
my
Soul
,
there
would
lie
concealed
in
this
Bosom
,
the
most
Cordial
Affection
,
that
was
ever
harboured
in
a
Lover's
Breast
:
Don
Manuel
,
hath
the
Advantage
of
me
only
in
this
,
that
he
is
the
first
that
had
the
Possession
of
your
Heart
;
but
since
his
Heart
was
not
in
his
Power
to
give
,
nor
your
Happiness
to
receive
,
may
the
Gods
inspire
you
with
that
Love
,
that
in
Exchange
for
his
you
may
take
mine
.
My
Extraction
is
not
Ignoble
,
nor
my
Fortune
much
Inferiour
,
to
Don
Manuel
;
but
what
Heaven's
Bounty
(
Madam
)
hath
opened
her
Hand
to
give
,
I
will
humbly
prostrate
at
your
Feet
,
to
take
:
Angelia
,
continued
silent
,
all
the
while
;
letting
fall
some
Tears
,
and
fetching
some
few
Sighs
;
then
taking
her
by
the
Hand
,
he
kiss'd
it
very
often
;
still
kissing
of
it
between
whiles
.
Madam
,
(
said
he
)
remove
this
pain
which
I
endure
;
and
speak
that
happy
Word
,
that
Angelia
is
Sebastian's
?
Let
me
beg
of
you
to
entertain
so
importunate
a
Passion
,
that
nothing
but
a
suitable
return
,
can
be
Satisfactory
:
pronounce
,
(
Madam
)
that
happy
Sentence
,
and
then
may
Torments
equal
to
your
Hate
(
if
such
could
be
found
out
)
fall
on
me
,
if
ever
Passion
was
so
pure
as
mine
,
or
shall
prove
so
constant
.
Angelia
,
so
soon
as
she
had
dry'd
those
Tears
which
had
bedew'd
her
Cheeks
,
she
said
,
Sir
,
I
look
upon
you
as
a
Gentleman
,
far
above
what
I
can
pretend
or
lay
claim
to
,
but
more
than
ever
I
can
merit
;
yet
if
you
think
me
worthy
of
your
Marriage
Bed
,
and
what
you
utter
with
your
Tongue
,
proceeds
from
a
real
Affection
,
I
shall
(
said
she
with
a
little
redness
)
surrender
up
my self
,
and
consent
if
Heav'n
has
so
decreed
it
;
but
if
what
you
said
should
prove
untrue
;
it
will
the
more
increase
my
Torment
.
Ah
,
Madam
!
(
said
Don
Sebastian
)
may
the
brightest
Luminary
ever
cease
to
display
his
Beams
upon
me
,
if
ever
Sebastian
proves
false
unto
Angelia
.
Then
give
me
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
that
Hand
of
yours
,
and
in
Exchange
take
mine
,
and
let
those
Clouds
,
these
Sands
,
and
Seas
,
with
the
still
silence
of
this
place
(
only
interrupted
by
my
Sighs
,
and
your
Intreaties
)
be
Witnesses
of
this
Engagement
.
Having
said
this
,
she
permitted
Don
Sebastian
,
to
embrace
her
,
and
by
Exchange
of
Hands
,
they
solemnized
their
private
Nuptials
with
the
shedding
of
a
few
Tears
,
rejoycing
at
the
flight
of
their
past
sorrow
.
This
Ceremony
being
ended
,
they
presently
return'd
to
the
Knight's
House
,
where
at
the
Entrance
,
they
heard
a
noise
of
Musick
,
with
great
Expressions
of
Joy
,
not
dreaming
so
suddain
a
performing
of
the
Nuptials
of
Don
Manuel
,
and
Carola
;
which
afterwards
they
were
fully
informed
of
,
with
the
Reasons
of
so
quick
a
dispatch
.
At
their
return
they
were
received
with
great
Joy
,
by
the
Catalonian
Knight
,
Don
Manuel
,
Carola
,
and
the
rest
:
Don
Sebastian
having
informed
them
what
passages
had
happened
between
him
and
Angelia
,
they
were
infinitely
well
pleased
,
embracing
each
other
,
the
Priest
being
in
the
House
gave
order
to
have
Angelia's
Habit
chang'd
,
which
being
done
,
he
joined
their
Hands
,
as
he
had
done
Don
Manuel's
and
Carola's
,
pronouncing
them
Husband
and
Wife
,
which
gave
Satisfaction
to
all
that
were
present
.
After
that
the
Knight
desired
their
Companies
in
a
Room
,
which
he
kept
for
publick
Entertainment
of
Friends
;
where
was
a
Table
furnished
with
all
Varieties
,
●…hey
all
seating
themselves
,
feasting
very
●…lentifully
,
and
closing
with
the
Bride
●…nd
Bridegrooms
Health
they
departed
the
●…oom
.
Now
all
their
Care
and
Diligence
was
●…bout
Don
Manuel's
recovery
of
his
Wound
;
●…ut
the
Chyrurgeons
so
applyed
their
ut●…ost
Skill
that
in
Fourteen
days
he
was
per●…ectly
cured
,
and
able
to
perform
his
Jour●…ey
;
the
day
of
departure
being
come
they
●…ll
took
leave
of
that
Liberal
Knight
,
who
●…ad
heaped
on
them
so
many
Favours
,
and
●…iven
them
such
noble
Entertainment
;
his
Name
was
Don
Martin
de
Coligni
,
most
Noble
in
his
Blood
,
and
as
Famous
in
his
●…erson
;
thus
making
a
thankful
Acknow●…edgment
,
Don
Sebastian
presented
him
with
a
Rich
Diamond
Ring
,
which
he
im●…ortuned
him
to
take
,
as
a
small
remem●…rance
:
Then
they
proceeded
upon
their
●…ourney
,
where
in
a
few
days
from
the
top
●…f
a
high
Hill
,
they
could
discern
their
re●…pective
Houses
.
They
discovered
likewise
from
the
same
●…art
of
the
Hill
,
a
large
and
spacious
Val●…ey
,
and
under
the
shade
of
an
Olive-Tree
▪
〈◊〉
tall
lusty
Gentleman
,
upon
a
strong
limb'd
Horse
,
with
a
white
Shield
on
his
left
Arm
,
●…nd
a
very
strong
well
pointed
Launce
in
his
right
Hand
;
while
they
were
observing
him
with
a
fixt
Eye
,
they
perceived
two
more
among
the
Trees
,
well
mounted
,
with
the
same
Armes
the
other
had
:
soon
after
,
they
all
three
met
together
,
and
having
consulted
a
while
,
two
of
'em
went
a
part
some
few
Paces
,
then
putting
Spurs
to
their
Horses
they
encountred
very
furiously
,
and
with
such
dexterity
,
as
clearly
prov'd
they
were
Masters
in
that
Exercise
;
the
third
Man
stood
as
a
Spectator
,
without
moving
from
his
place
:
Don
Sebastian
being
very
impatient
to
see
so
well
a
maintained
Combat
,
and
himself
at
so
far
a
distance
,
he
running
withal
that
speed
he
could
make
,
down
the
Hill
(
leaving
Carola
,
Angelia
,
and
Don
Manuel
to
follow
after
)
drew
near
the
Combatants
;
just
as
they
were
both
slightly
wounded
,
one
of
their
Helmets
being
fall'n
off
,
in
the
turning
of
his
Face
,
Don
Sebastian
knew
it
was
his
Father
,
and
immediately
flung
himself
among
the
Combatants
,
desiring
to
be
inform'd
of
the
Cause
of
this
Engagement
;
by
this
time
,
Don
Manuel
,
Carola
,
and
Angelia
,
were
come
to
'em
;
Don
Manuel
,
presently
knew
the
other
to
be
his
Father
:
Angelia
also
having
earnestly
ey'd
the
Person
who
did
not
engage
,
knew
him
to
be
her
Parent
,
with
which
sight
all
four
were
strangely
surpriz'd
.
But
this
their
suddain
Passion
not
admitting
the
formalities
of
Discourse
,
they
all
fell
down
,
and
cried
,
stay
your
Hands
,
for
we
who
beg
this
of
you
are
your
own
Flesh
and
Blood
;
then
said
Don
Manuel
,
my
Honoured
Father
,
I
am
he
,
for
whom
I
Imagine
these
your
Venerable
Gray
Hairs
are
in
dispute
;
let
me
beseech
you
to
lay
aside
your
Anger
,
and
those
Weapons
,
or
Exercise
them
upon
me
,
who
indeed
deserves
to
be
the
Object
of
your
fury
;
then
perceiving
that
Don
Frederick
,
Angelia's
Father
,
was
alighted
,
and
embracing
of
her
,
she
gave
him
a
Relation
of
what
had
passed
in
all
their
Travels
,
and
desired
him
to
give
his
two
Friends
an
account
;
which
he
presently
did
;
and
the
other
two
immediately
alighted
,
most
lovingly
embracing
them
,
but
not
without
the
mixture
of
some
Tears
which
sprang
from
the
Fountains
of
Love
and
Joy
.
Not
long
after
,
there
appeared
in
the
same
Valley
,
several
Gentlemen
,
compleatly
armed
,
which
were
to
be
Seconds
to
these
Noble
Persons
;
but
as
they
drew
near
,
perceived
they
were
embracing
one
another
,
but
could
not
tell
what
to
think
of
it
,
while
Don
Frederick
went
and
informed
them
who
they
were
,
and
what
his
Daughter
Angelia
had
told
him
:
then
they
immediately
alighted
,
and
payed
them
that
respect
which
was
due
to
their
Quality
.
In
the
Conclusion
,
Don
Manuel's
Father
proposed
to
have
both
the
Weddings
re-solemnized
at
his
own
House
,
which
being
agreed
upon
,
they
departed
home
;
as
they
went
along
,
Don
Sebastian
,
and
Don
Manuel
,
enquired
into
the
Cause
of
this
Combat
,
and
found
,
that
Carola
,
and
Angelia's
Fathers
,
had
Challeng'd
Don
Manuel's
suspecting
him
to
Conceal
his
Sons
Designs
.
The
next
day
after
their
return
home
,
their
Nuptials
were
Solemniz'd
,
with
great
Splendour
,
who
lived
many
Years
happy
together
,
and
left
behind
them
a
Noble
Stock
to
Posterity
:
The
Place
in
Andaluzia
I
shall
forbear
to
name
,
because
I
desire
to
keep
up
the
Reputation
of
those
two
Ladies
,
whom
peradventure
,
some
Tongues
,
either
Malicious
,
or
Foolish
,
might
be
Censorious
,
and
tax
of
lightness
in
their
Desires
:
But
I
shall
intreat
them
not
to
blame
the
like
Liberties
,
and
Exercises
,
till
they
look
back
into
themselves
,
and
seriously
call
to
account
,
whether
they
were
never
smitten
with
Cupidinian
Fires
,
or
felt
the
force
of
Love
,
which
in
Effect
is
unresistable
.
As
for
the
Mule-Driver
,
he
never
met
with
such
Entertainment
in
his
Life
,
he
liv'd
bravely
all
the
time
of
the
Weddings
,
and
at
last
Don
Sebastian
,
and
Don
Manuel
,
sent
him
away
so
well
Contented
,
what
with
his
Liberal
Pay
,
and
many
Gifts
bestow'd
upon
him
,
you
may
be
sure
he
took
care
to
avoid
the
Wood
where
Angelia
was
Robbed
;
and
when
he
got
Home
,
his
Wife
never
made
him
so
Welcome
in
all
his
Life
;
besides
the
many
Flaggons
of
Wine
his
Neighbours
bestowed
on
him
for
relating
the
Story
of
his
Travels
.
THE
Mistakes
:
A
NOVEL
.
TWo
Young
Gentlemen
,
Fellow
Students
in
Spain
,
were
resolv'd
to
leave
their
Studies
,
and
go
for
Flanders
;
led
thither
by
the
heat
of
their
Youthful
Blood
,
the
desire
they
had
to
see
the
World
,
and
to
learn
the
Exercise
of
Arms
:
To
this
purpose
they
arriv'd
there
(
but
in
a
time
of
Peace
and
Quietness
,
contrary
to
their
Expectation
,
or
else
Articles
of
a
Treaty
suddenly
to
be
Ratified
)
Coming
to
Antwerp
they
received
Letters
from
their
Fathers
,
which
testified
to
'em
their
Displeasure
,
for
leaving
their
Studies
without
their
Assent
;
and
the
not
acquainting
them
with
their
intended
Journey
,
whereby
they
might
have
appear'd
in
an
Equipage
suitable
to
their
Birth
,
and
Quality
.
Don
Bernardo
,
and
Francisco
,
these
two
young
Gentlemen
,
perceiving
that
what
they
had
acted
displeas'd
their
Parents
,
design'd
to
return
back
to
Spain
,
since
they
saw
there
was
nothing
of
Action
in
Flanders
;
yet
before
they
returned
,
they
would
satisfie
their
Curiosity
in
seeing
all
the
most
Famous
Cities
of
Italy
:
Having
view'd
them
all
,
with
Delight
,
and
Admiration
,
they
setled
themselves
in
Bologna
;
where
highly
applauding
the
Methods
of
Study
in
that
Famous
University
,
and
earnestly
desiring
,
that
there
they
might
accomplish
their
Education
,
they
immediately
Posted
away
Letters
to
their
Friends
,
informing
them
of
the
great
Advantage
they
could
reap
by
their
Studies
,
in
that
so
much
Famed
University
:
Upon
the
Receipt
of
their
Letters
,
their
Friends
were
extraordinary
glad
,
that
they
were
so
careful
of
their
Learning
,
and
sent
them
several
Bills
of
Exchange
,
to
receive
Sums
of
Money
,
whereby
they
might
furnish
themselves
with
those
Necessaries
Equivalent
to
their
Birth
and
Quality
.
Don
Francisco
was
about
Twenty
Six
Years
of
Age
,
and
Don
Bernardo
two
Years
younger
;
they
visited
the
Schools
often
,
and
had
attained
to
that
great
Skill
in
Musick
,
and
Poetry
,
with
other
extraordinary
Endowments
,
that
they
were
Admired
,
and
Applauded
by
the
whole
University
.
They
shewed
themselves
to
all
very
Courteous
,
and
Liberal
,
and
were
far
from
that
Pride
,
and
Arrogancy
Spaniards
are
generally
tax'd
withal
.
But
young
Blood
running
in
their
Veins
,
and
being
full
of
Jollity
,
they
were
desirous
of
taking
a
Prospect
of
the
Chief
Beauties
belonging
to
that
City
;
and
though
there
were
many
Gallant
Ladies
,
Married
,
and
Single
,
that
were
Extoll'd
for
Beauty
,
and
Virtue
;
yet
above
all
,
the
Lady
Evadne
was
Fame's
Jewel
,
and
of
a
Noble
Extraction
.
Evadne
,
extreamly
Fair
,
and
Beautiful
,
Adorned
with
all
the
Excellencies
Nature
could
design
;
that
to
do
her
Justice
,
she
was
indeed
Nature's
Master-piece
;
her
Parents
both
dying
,
she
was
left
under
the
Guardianship
of
Marcellus
her
Brother
,
an
Honourable
,
and
Valiant
Gentleman
:
They
left
behind
them
great
Riches
,
which
makes
Orphanship
the
more
pleasant
,
and
easie
.
Her
Retiredness
was
so
strict
,
that
she
would
not
admit
of
any
Visitants
;
and
her
Brother's
Care
was
so
great
,
and
tender
of
her
,
that
he
permitted
her
to
do
what
she
pleased
,
without
contradicting
of
her
.
But
the
Fame
,
and
Report
of
her
Transcendent
Charms
rais'd
an
Ambition
in
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
to
view
her
;
but
all
the
Stratagems
they
could
think
of
was
in
vain
,
for
they
could
not
once
obtain
the
Sight
of
her
.
Seeing
their
Hopes
frustrated
,
their
Desires
by
degrees
were
wholly
extinguished
;
and
now
wholly
applying
themselves
to
Study
,
and
the
Diversion
of
some
Innocent
Recreations
,
they
led
a
Facetious
Life
together
,
seldom
rambling
abroad
in
the
Night
,
or
when
they
did
,
they
always
went
well
Armed
.
It
happen'd
,
not
long
after
,
they
had
made
an
Agreement
to
walk
abroad
one
Evening
;
but
a
Vagary
came
into
Don
Bernardo's
Head
,
that
he
framed
some
Excuse
to
stay
a
while
behind
,
but
desired
Don
Francisco
to
go
on
before
,
and
he
would
presently
follow
after
.
I
am
not
in
such
Post
hast
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
but
I
can
stay
for
you
;
or
,
if
neither
of
us
goes
out
this
Night
,
the
Matter
's
not
great
.
After
a
few
Intreaties
,
Don
Bernardo
perswaded
him
to
go
first
,
and
he
assured
him
he
would
follow
him
:
Don
Francisco
told
him
,
he
thought
it
was
some
Maggot
,
and
bid
him
use
his
own
Pleasure
;
but
if
he
did
follow
him
,
he
should
find
him
in
the
same
Walk
,
they
generally
us'd
.
The
Night
was
somewhat
Dark
,
and
the
Hour
Eleven
;
Don
Francisco
having
walk'd
through
two
or
three
Streets
,
and
finding
none
to
Converse
withal
,
resolv'd
at
last
to
return
home
;
but
passing
through
a
Street
,
which
had
a
Portico
built
on
Pillars
of
Marble
,
he
heard
some
Body
Whist
with
a
soft
and
low
Voice
;
the
Night
being
dark
,
he
could
not
imagine
from
whence
it
came
;
but
Halting
a
little
,
and
attentively
list'ning
,
he
perceived
a
Door
open
half
way
,
drawing
near
to
it
,
he
heard
a
low
,
small
Voice
speak
,
Who
's
there
,
Giacomo
?
Yes
,
said
Don
Francisco
:
Then
take
this
(
reply'd
they
within
)
and
be
careful
to
have
it
safely
kept
,
and
return
again
hither
immediately
:
Don
Francisco
putting
forth
his
Hand
felt
something
ponderous
,
but
could
not
guess
what
it
was
;
and
thinking
to
take
it
with
one
Hand
,
he
found
there
was
occasion
to
use
both
:
No
sooner
had
he
received
it
,
but
the
Door
was
shut
;
then
marching
off
,
he
found
himself
in
the
Street
with
his
unknown
Treasure
;
but
by
that
time
he
had
gone
some
few
Paces
,
he
heard
a
Child
cry
,
which
it
seems
was
newly
born
:
What
to
do
in
this
Strange
Case
he
was
ignorant
,
being
full
of
Amazement
:
To
return
back
to
the
House
,
he
consider'd
with
himself
,
might
prove
dangerous
to
the
Infant
and
himself
;
he
having
assumed
the
Person
of
him
to
whom
it
was
intended
;
and
to
leave
it
in
the
Street
,
he
look'd
upon
it
as
Inhumanity
;
but
remembring
the
Charge
he
had
receiv'd
,
to
be
Careful
,
and
have
it
safely
kept
,
and
to
return
immediately
,
He
resolv'd
to
carry
it
to
his
own
House
,
and
leave
it
in
the
Custody
of
an
Elderly
Woman
,
which
was
his
House-Keeper
,
whose
Name
was
Dorila
,
and
then
return
back
,
to
see
what
further
occasion
there
was
of
his
Service
,
or
what
more
Mistakes
there
might
be
committed
.
At
length
he
brought
it
Home
to
his
House
,
(
Don
Bernardo
being
gone
to
find
him
)
and
entring
into
a
Room
next
at
hand
,
called
Dorila
to
him
,
and
bid
her
Unswath
the
Infant
.
When
she
had
open'd
it
,
they
both
view'd
it
,
and
found
it
to
be
a
Male
Child
,
very
Fair
,
and
Beautiful
;
the
Ornaments
about
it
declared
it
was
of
no
mean
Parentage
,
or
ordinary
Extraction
.
Then
Don
Francisco
desir'd
her
to
procure
a
Nurse
for
it
,
but
first
to
take
of
those
rich
Mantles
,
and
to
put
on
meaner
:
And
for
the
better
Concealing
my
bringing
it
hither
,
you
shall
Convey
it
to
a
Midwife
,
who
is
seldom
unprovided
of
necessary
Expedients
upon
such
Occasions
;
and
for
her
Gratification
,
take
Money
with
you
to
defray
the
Charge
;
you
may
nominate
what
Parents
you
shall
think
fit
,
and
give
it
what
Name
the
Midwife
and
you
shall
agree
upon
:
All
this
Dorila
promis'd
should
be
faithfully
perform'd
according
to
his
Order
.
The
Business
being
thus
contriv'd
,
Don
Francisco
with
all
speed
hastned
back
to
the
place
,
to
hear
whether
they
would
Whist
any
more
to
him
.
But
instead
of
that
,
a
little
before
he
came
to
the
House
where
the
Whisting
came
from
,
he
heard
a
great
Clashing
of
Swords
,
as
if
several
had
been
Fighting
:
He
listned
a
while
but
could
hear
no
Words
spoke
,
but
by
the
Sparks
which
flew
from
their
Weapons
,
he
perceived
by
the
Glimpse
,
that
one
was
set
upon
by
a
great
many
;
and
had
a
Confirmation
of
it
,
by
hearing
one
say
,
False
Traytors
,
though
you
are
many
against
one
,
yet
shall
not
your
Advantageous
Number
gain
you
the
Victory
.
Don
Francisco
at
these
Words
,
transported
by
his
eager
Courage
,
at
two
Leaps
made
to
the
side
of
the
Gentleman
assaulted
,
and
drew
out
his
Sword
with
so
much
Gallantry
,
saying
,
Sir
,
fear
nothing
,
for
such
Aid
is
come
to
your
Relief
,
as
will
not
fail
you
,
till
his
Sword
or
Life
fail
:
And
therefore
,
fortifie
your
Strength
and
Resolution
;
for
Traytors
,
though
numerous
,
are
not
always
successful
.
Immediately
one
of
the
Adverse
Party
reply'd
,
Villain
thou
Lyest
,
here
's
no
Traytors
:
But
where
there
is
Justice
in
a
Cause
,
there
's
always
hopes
of
Victory
.
They
had
not
time
to
use
more
Expressions
,
for
the
hast
they
were
in
to
Conquer
each
other
,
would
not
admit
of
a
Parley
;
the
unequal
Party
press'd
very
hard
upon
Don
Francisco
,
and
his
Companion
,
that
at
two
Thrusts
they
laid
the
Stranger
on
the
Ground
:
Don
Francisco
believing
he
had
received
his
Mortal
Wound
,
reassumed
to
himself
that
Courage
,
seconding
his
Blows
so
powerfully
,
and
with
such
nimbleness
,
that
they
were
forc'd
to
retreat
.
But
all
his
Magnanimity
had
not
been
able
to
have
defended
him
against
so
Potent
an
Enemy
,
had
not
Dame
Fortune
stept
in
to
his
Protection
;
for
the
Inhabitants
by
this
time
were
alarm'd
,
and
open'd
their
Windows
;
others
came
forth
with
Lights
,
and
to
cry
out
for
help
,
which
the
greatest
Party
perceiving
,
forsook
the
place
,
and
made
their
Escape
.
By
this
time
the
Stranger
that
was
faln
,
had
recover'd
himself
,
for
those
Thrusts
he
receiv'd
,
lighted
on
some
private
Armour
he
had
on
,
which
was
as
hard
,
as
the
very
Adamant
.
Don
Francisco
in
this
Skirmish
having
lost
his
Hat
,
by
chance
took
up
another
,
which
he
put
on
,
without
looking
whether
it
was
his
own
.
The
Gentleman
rising
up
,
said
(
to
Don
Francisco
)
Sir
,
that
I
am
indebted
to
you
for
my
Life
,
is
not
a
greater
truth
,
then
that
,
I
shall
never
scruple
to
lose
it
in
your
Service
;
and
what
Fortune
has
been
pleased
to
bestow
on
me
,
I
shall
be
very
ready
to
lay
at
your
Feet
;
but
lest
my
Ignorance
might
(
when
occasion
serves
)
render
me
uncapable
of
paying
you
that
Debt
,
I
shall
beg
to
be
acquainted
with
your
Name
,
that
by
my
future
Gratitude
I
may
express
my
thankfulness
.
Sir
,
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
the
Service
I
have
paid
you
,
is
so
much
the
Duty
of
one
Gentleman
to
another
,
that
it
merits
not
an
acknowledgment
;
but
to
comply
with
your
Desires
,
I
shall
give
you
that
satisfaction
which
is
agreeable
to
your
Demands
.
I
am
a
Gentleman
,
a
Spaniard
,
and
a
Student
in
this
University
,
and
if
my
Name
can
render
you
any
Service
,
I
am
called
Don
Francisco
de
Bazola
.
You
have
highly
honour'd
me
(
reply'd
the
Stranger
)
in
every
respect
,
but
I
dare
not
discover
my
Name
to
you
,
but
am
willing
you
should
be
inform'd
from
another
,
rather
than
my self
;
and
I
will
take
that
care
,
you
shall
not
remain
long
a
Stranger
to
it
.
By
this
time
they
perceiv'd
eight
Persons
,
making
towards
'em
;
Don
Francisco
thinking
them
to
be
Enemies
,
desired
the
Stranger
to
be
in
a
readiness
to
receive
'em
,
and
he
would
not
be
wanting
in
his
Duty
to
assist
him
:
though
their
number
be
so
unequal
,
I
believe
,
Sir
,
(
reply'd
the
Stranger
)
they
are
not
Enemies
,
but
Friends
;
the
Words
were
no
sooner
spoke
,
but
they
surrounded
him
,
Whispering
some
few
Words
to
him
,
but
so
low
,
as
Don
Francisco
could
not
hear
'em
.
Upon
this
,
the
Stranger
turning
aside
from
'em
to
Don
Francisco
,
he
embrac'd
him
,
saying
,
Sir
,
these
Gentlemen
are
my
Friends
,
and
have
promis'd
me
their
assistance
,
else
I
should
have
created
you
farther
trouble
,
by
conducting
me
to
some
place
of
Safety
;
but
since
Fortune
hath
offer'd
this
means
for
my
Preservation
,
I
will
resign
my self
up
to
their
Protection
.
Having
lost
his
Hat
(
as
he
pretended
)
he
desir'd
his
Friends
to
get
him
another
;
scarce
had
he
spoke
the
Word
,
when
Don
Francisco
offer'd
him
the
Hat
which
he
had
;
the
Stranger
no
sooner
view'd
it
,
but
return'd
it
to
him
again
,
saying
,
Sir
,
this
is
not
mine
,
but
I
beseech
you
except
of
it
,
and
wear
it
as
a
Trophy
of
this
days
Victory
:
Moreover
,
(
he
added
)
I
am
sorry
that
Time
Summons
me
away
,
which
hinders
me
the
paying
you
that
further
respect
that
is
due
to
your
Merits
.
Using
some
short
Complements
,
the
Stranger
took
his
leave
of
Don
Francisco
;
who
was
in
a
great
Surmize
,
who
this
Person
should
be
;
but
by
the
richness
of
the
Hatband
of
Diamonds
,
which
was
on
the
Hat
the
Stranger
gave
him
;
he
concluded
,
he
must
be
some
great
person
of
Quality
.
Don
Francisco
as
he
was
returning
home
,
met
Don
Bernardo
his
Companion
,
who
told
him
he
thought
he
had
been
lost
;
and
withal
desired
him
to
turn
back
,
and
walk
with
him
some
few
Paces
,
and
he
would
give
him
a
Relation
of
what
had
happened
to
him
in
his
Absence
:
Don
Francisco
,
willing
to
hear
his
Story
,
return'd
back
with
Don
Bernardo
,
who
gave
him
this
following
Account
.
A
little
more
than
an
hour
after
you
were
gone
,
I
went
in
order
to
find
you
out
,
and
before
I
could
reach
thirty
Paces
,
saw
a
Person
coming
in
great
hast
,
as
it
were
to
meet
me
,
and
approaching
nearer
to
me
,
〈◊〉
perceiv'd
it
was
a
Woman
,
in
a
long
Habit
,
who
with
a
Voice
,
interrupted
with
Sighs
,
and
Tears
,
said
,
Sir
,
are
you
a
Stranger
,
or
one
of
this
City
?
Madam
,
(
I
●…eply'd
)
I
am
a
Stranger
,
and
a
Spaniard
at
●…our
Devotion
,
and
am
ready
to
assist
any
Lady
in
Distress
:
I
see
Amazement
,
Madam
,
in
your
Face
,
'Pray
are
you
Wounded
,
or
have
you
receiv'd
any
prejudice
whereby
your
Life
is
in
danger
?
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
the
Injury
I
have
receiv'd
,
may
prove
my
Death
,
without
some
speedy
Remedy
:
Therefore
,
I
beseech
you
,
by
that
Civility
which
is
never
wanting
in
any
Gentleman
of
your
Nation
,
to
Conduct
me
safe
to
your
Lodging
with
the
greatest
speed
imaginable
;
there
I
will
inform
you
of
my
Person
,
and
the
occasion
of
giving
you
,
Sir
,
this
trouble
.
Seeing
my
assistance
was
desired
with
speed
,
without
any
reply
,
I
led
her
through
private
ways
to
my
Lodging
;
Roderigo
my
Page
was
ready
,
who
when
he
had
opened
the
Door
,
I
order'd
him
to
withdraw
,
and
without
his
seeing
her
,
conveyed
her
to
my
Chamber
:
She
was
no
sooner
entred
,
but
she
threw
her self
on
the
Bed
,
and
fell
into
a
Swoon
;
upon
which
,
I
uncover'd
her
Face
,
which
was
shaded
with
a
Vail
,
and
discover'd
the
greatest
Beauty
that
ever
Mortal
Eyes
beheld
;
her
Age
,
I
Conjectur'd
,
might
be
about
Seventeen
:
I
stood
a
while
in
admiration
at
such
a
rare
Angelical
Form
,
and
Shape
,
but
recovering
of
her self
,
she
put
me
out
of
that
deep
Ecstasie
I
was
in
,
but
she
continued
sighing
,
and
lamenting
her
Condition
;
lifting
up
her
Eyes
she
look'd
earnestly
upon
me
,
and
said
,
Do
you
know
me
,
Sir
?
No
,
Madam
,
(
I
reply'd
)
I
never
was
so
happy
to
be
acquainted
with
so
much
Beauty
.
O
unhappy
is
that
Beauty
(
said
she
)
which
Heaven
bestows
on
many
for
their
great
Misfortune
!
But
this
,
Gentle
Sir
,
is
no
time
to
commend
Beauty
,
but
to
remedy
the
Events
of
Future
Mischiefs
:
Therefore
I
beseech
you
,
by
your
Worth
,
and
Nobleness
,
to
leave
me
here
lock'd
up
from
all
Humane
Eyes
,
and
presently
return
to
that
place
,
where
I
receiv'd
from
you
that
kind
assistance
:
If
there
be
any
Persons
engaged
with
one
another
,
I
entreat
you
,
Sir
,
side
not
with
any
Party
,
but
rather
seek
to
reconcile
their
difference
;
for
whatsoever
Blood
is
spilt
on
either
side
,
will
be
a
new
supply
to
my
former
Miseries
.
Having
done
speaking
,
I
assured
her
those
Commands
she
had
laid
upon
me
,
should
be
obeyed
,
and
punctually
observed
;
so
having
left
her
to
her self
,
I
am
now
going
to
finish
my
Promise
.
The
Accident
is
very
strange
,
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
and
if
you
have
done
,
I
will
give
you
an
Account
of
my
Adventures
.
So
relating
to
him
the
whole
Story
of
what
had
happened
to
him
,
but
particularly
of
the
Quarrel
he
engaged
himself
in
,
in
rescuing
a
Gentleman
who
was
defending
himself
against
a
very
unequal
number
;
which
he
believ'd
might
be
that
Engagement
he
was
going
to
inform
himself
of
,
and
which
the
Lady
would
receive
satisfaction
from
:
Moreover
,
he
told
Don
Bernardo
,
all
things
were
now
silent
;
and
did
believe
that
those
Persons
who
were
engaged
,
were
Persons
of
great
Quality
.
They
both
admir'd
at
each
others
Fortune
,
resolving
now
to
hasten
homewards
to
look
after
their
Charge
,
and
give
their
Attendance
to
the
Lady
.
As
they
were
walking
home
,
Don
Bernardo
acquainted
Don
Francisco
of
the
Obligation
the
Lady
had
laid
on
him
,
and
of
his
Promise
he
made
to
her
for
performance
of
it
;
which
was
,
That
none
should
be
admitted
into
the
Chamber
,
but
himself
.
Don
Francisco
reply'd
,
I
will
devise
some
Stratagem
or
other
to
behold
this
Beauty
you
have
so
highly
commended
.
In
discoursing
,
Don
Bernardo
cast
his
Eyes
on
the
Hatband
Don
Francisco
had
,
which
did
sparkle
,
and
shine
with
great
lustre
;
so
taking
it
from
his
Head
,
they
both
found
it
to
be
exceeding
rich
,
and
of
great
Value
:
This
Hat
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
was
presented
to
me
by
the
Person
whom
I
assisted
,
telling
me
,
I
should
accept
of
it
,
because
it
was
well
known
;
and
keep
it
as
a
remembrance
of
that
Days
Victory
.
Being
arriv'd
at
home
,
Don
Bernardo
open'd
his
Chamber
Door
,
and
finding
the
Lady
leaning
her
Cheek
on
her
Hand
,
which
she
had
bath'd
with
her
tender
Tears
,
Don
Francisco
having
an
earnest
desire
to
see
her
,
put
his
Head
half
way
in
;
at
which
instant
,
the
sparkling
of
the
Diamond
Hatband
shined
in
those
Eyes
which
were
full
of
Tears
.
Come
in
my
Lord
Duke
(
said
she
)
come
in
,
Why
will
you
distribute
to
me
with
so
sparing
a
Hand
,
the
richness
of
your
Presence
.
Madam
,
(
reply'd
Don
Bernardo
)
your
Ladyship
's
mistaken
,
here
's
no
Duke
to
excuse
himself
;
for
not
waiting
on
you
.
How
,
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
no
Duke
!
Then
have
my
Eyes
deceiv'd
me
;
for
that
Person
that
looked
into
the
Room
must
needs
be
him
,
whom
the
richness
of
his
Hat
cannot
conceal
.
Indeed
Madam
,
I
can
assure
you
,
(
reply'd
Don
Bernardo
)
the
Hat
which
you
saw
,
no
Duke
wears
it
;
and
if
you
are
willing
to
be
fully
satisfied
,
by
giving
him
admittance
into
your
Presence
,
the
Person
(
Madam
)
shall
attend
you
:
Sir
,
if
it
will
not
be
too
great
a
trouble
to
you
,
(
said
she
)
to
request
that
favour
of
him
,
I
shall
be
more
at
ease
;
yet
if
my
hopes
are
frustrated
,
and
he
prove
not
to
be
the
Duke
,
it
will
make
an
Addition
to
my
Affliction
;
Don
Francisco
heard
what
was
said
,
and
having
leave
granted
for
his
Admittance
,
he
made
his
Entry
into
the
Chamber
,
and
having
paid
those
Respects
due
to
her
Person
and
Quality
,
she
was
soon
convinc'd
that
he
was
not
the
Duke
:
then
Blushing
at
the
Mistake
,
with
a
discomposed
Voice
said
to
him
,
Unhappy
,
and
Miserable
that
I
am
!
Inform
me
,
Sir
,
I
beseech
you
,
without
holding
me
in
Suspence
,
whether
you
know
the
Person
that
did
own
this
Hat
?
Where
you
left
him
?
And
whether
happily
alive
?
or
is
it
the
unwelcome
Messenger
of
his
Death
?
Then
Weeping
(
she
said
)
And
is
it
possible
for
me
to
behold
those
sparkling
Diamonds
here
,
and
to
behold
my self
thus
clouded
without
thee
,
immur'd
up
in
a
Chamber
under
the
Power
of
Strangers
?
Dear
Madam
,
said
Don
Francisco
,
torment
not
your self
,
the
Owner
of
this
Hat
is
not
dead
,
neither
are
you
in
such
hands
,
that
you
will
receive
the
least
prejudice
by
;
for
our
Lives
and
Fortunes
are
ready
to
protect
you
when
ever
any
occasion
shall
require
our
Service
;
and
be
assured
Madam
,
that
all
the
Respect
shall
be
paid
to
you
,
which
is
due
to
your
Birth
,
and
Quality
.
Then
she
desired
him
to
give
her
an
Account
of
what
Passages
happened
in
the
Enterprize
,
for
(
said
she
)
that
Hat
belongs
to
Cosmo
de
Medicis
,
Duke
of
Millain
.
Don
Francisco
,
not
willing
to
hold
her
longer
in
Suspence
,
recounted
to
her
the
whole
Relation
.
Madam
,
(
said
he
)
the
Person
who
presented
this
Hat
to
me
,
I
suppose
is
the
Duke
of
Millain
,
I
left
him
in
very
good
health
,
and
in
the
Company
of
some
Friends
that
came
to
his
assistance
.
This
(
Madam
)
that
I
have
related
to
you
is
a
certain
Truth
.
Evadne
returned
him
many
Thanks
,
and
told
him
her
Mind
was
much
eased
for
the
present
.
By
this
time
Dorila
had
dressed
the
Child
,
and
going
to
carry
it
out
,
as
she
pass'd
by
the
Lady's
Chamber
,
the
Child
cry'd
so
strongly
,
that
it
gave
an
Alarm
to
the
Lady
,
who
enquiring
of
both
the
Gentlemen
,
desired
to
know
what
Child
that
was
,
which
to
her
thi●…king
,
was
newly
Born
:
Madam
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
it
is
a
Present
was
●…aid
at
our
Doors
this
Night
,
and
Dorila
our
Woman
is
going
to
get
a
Nurse
for
it
.
〈◊〉
Pray
,
Sir
,
let
her
bring
it
to
me
(
said
the
Lady
)
and
i
'll
exercise
that
Charitable
Act
for
others
,
since
Fortune
is
not
so
kind
to
permit
me
to
do
it
for
my
own
.
Then
Don
Francisco
called
Dorila
,
to
bring
the
Child
,
which
he
presented
to
the
Lady
,
saying
,
(
Madam
)
you
may
behold
the
Gift
which
this
Night
has
produced
,
and
it
is
no
surprize
to
us
,
for
we
often
meet
with
such
Accidents
.
The
Lady
Evadne
having
the
Child
in
her
Arms
,
look'd
as
earnestly
on
the
Face
,
as
she
did
on
the
meanness
of
the
Cloths
it
had
on
,
and
could
not
refrain
from
weeping
;
so
covering
her
Breast
,
that
she
might
with
more
Modesty
give
the
Infant
Suck
,
she
apply'd
it
to
her
Nipple
,
and
laid
her
Face
to
the
Childs
,
bathing
it
with
her
Tears
.
The
Lady
considering
the
Child
received
little
or
no
Sustenance
,
she
return'd
it
to
Don
Francisco
,
saying
,
In
vain
have
I
exercised
my
Charity
,
I
find
I
am
not
experienced
in
these
Cases
:
Then
she
desired
him
to
give
order
,
that
the
Child
might
not
be
carried
out
into
the
Air
at
that
time
of
Night
,
but
be
kept
till
the
next
day
,
and
before
it
went
she
desired
it
might
be
brought
to
her
,
for
she
took
great
delight
in
viewing
it
.
Don
Francisco
returning
the
Child
to
Dorila
,
gave
her
order
to
take
care
of
it
till
the
next
day
,
and
then
dress
it
up
as
handsomly
as
she
could
in
those
Rich
Mantles
it
was
brought
in
,
but
not
bring
it
till
he
call'd
for
it
:
Then
returning
to
the
Lady's
Chamber
,
where
there
was
only
Don
Bernardo
,
with
the
Lady
Evadne
,
who
through
grief
being
ready
to
faint
,
desired
something
to
eat
whereby
she
might
support
her
Spirits
,
that
she
might
be
able
to
utter
her
intended
Relation
.
Then
Don
Bernardo
went
immediately
to
his
Closet
,
and
fetch'd
thence
some
Conserves
,
and
Sweet-Meats
,
wherewith
she
being
refresh'd
,
she
began
her
Account
in
these
Words
:
I
am
one
of
this
City
,
(
whom
I
doubt
not
but
you
have
heard
very
often
nominated
)
the
Unfortunate
Evadne
Barbarino
;
and
by
those
which
us'd
to
flatter
me
,
was
fam'd
for
Beauty
;
but
such
as
it
is
,
(
Gentlemen
)
you
may
perceive
that
those
which
did
applaud
it
,
wanted
Skill
:
Being
a
young
Orphan
,
I
was
left
under
the
Guardianship
of
Marcellus
my
Brother
,
who
was
indeed
very
Vigilant
over
me
:
Thus
being
confined
to
Solitude
,
only
accompanied
by
my
Woman
,
which
Waited
on
me
,
growing
up
in
Years
and
Stature
,
Fame's
Trumpet
blew
aloud
,
by
the
Breath
of
those
Persons
who
had
privately
visited
me
,
and
by
a
Picture
which
my
Brother's
Curiosity
would
have
done
by
a
Famous
Painter
of
Italy
.
But
all
this
would
have
been
the
least
part
of
hastening
my
Misfortunes
,
had
not
the
Duke
of
Millain
done
a
Kinswoman
of
mine
the
honour
to
give
her
in
Marriage
.
My
Brother
,
to
add
more
Guests
to
it
,
desired
my
Company
;
there
it
was
the
Duke
beheld
me
,
and
wrong'd
his
Judgement
,
in
making
me
the
Object
of
his
Love
;
who
now
has
brought
me
to
endless
Misery
.
Gentlemen
,
I
will
not
relate
to
you
,
the
Devices
,
Plots
,
and
Means
,
how
the
Duke
at
the
end
of
two
Years
came
to
obtain
his
Desires
,
which
had
their
Birth
at
this
Wedding
:
For
neither
Guardings
,
Watchings
,
Brotherly
Admonitions
,
nor
any
other
Humane
Industry
,
were
sufficient
to
hinder
our
private
Assignations
;
but
before
I
would
surrender
up
my self
into
his
close
Embraces
,
he
gave
his
faithful
Promise
upon
his
Honour
,
to
Marry
me
:
I
begg'd
of
him
very
often
to
inform
my
Brother
of
his
Intentions
;
but
to
what
I
desired
,
he
pleaded
those
Excuses
,
which
he
intreated
me
to
approve
of
,
to
be
requisite
,
and
necessary
:
In
Obedience
to
his
Commands
,
I
did
,
as
many
other
Lovers
do
,
believe
the
best
;
within
a
few
days
I
found
an
Alteration
in
my Self
,
and
not
willing
to
discover
my
Condition
,
I
feigned
my self
Sick
,
and
Melancholy
,
desiring
my
Brother
to
remove
me
to
that
Kinswoman's
House
,
where
was
the
beginning
of
my
Affliction
.
There
did
I
ease
my
Mind
,
and
make
known
the
present
danger
which
seem'd
to
threaten
me
;
for
small
Felicity
did
I
take
,
when
Jealousies
and
Fears
were
always
tormenting
me
,
thinking
that
my
Brother
had
suspected
my
Imprudence
.
But
it
being
fully
agreed
upon
between
the
Duke
and
my self
,
that
when
I
was
in
my
last
Month
,
I
should
give
him
notice
of
it
;
and
that
he
with
some
other
Friends
would
make
Provision
for
me
to
go
to
Millain
,
where
those
Matrimonial
Rites
should
be
solemnized
.
This
was
the
Night
that
was
concluded
on
for
his
coming
,
and
this
very
Night
waiting
and
expecting
of
him
,
I
heard
my
Brother
pass
by
,
with
many
other
Persons
,
which
seemed
to
be
ready
to
engage
,
by
the
noise
of
their
Armour
;
this
suddain
Fear
,
made
Passion
so
prevalent
,
that
instantly
I
was
delivered
of
a
Son
,
and
this
waiting
Woman
of
mine
,
who
was
the
Duke's
Sollicitress
,
and
privy
to
all
my
Actions
;
she
seeing
this
suddain
Alteration
,
wrapt
the
Child
in
other
Clothes
than
this
Infant
has
on
,
which
was
laid
at
your
Lodging
,
and
going
to
the
Street
Door
,
she
gave
it
(
as
she
inform'd
me
)
to
a
Servant
of
the
Duke's
.
In
a
little
while
after
,
accommodating
my self
the
best
I
could
,
answerable
to
my
present
Necessity
,
I
left
the
House
,
thinking
the
Duke
had
been
near
at
hand
,
which
indeed
I
did
contrary
to
his
Orders
;
but
the
fear
of
my
Brother's
severity
hindred
room
for
better
Consideration
,
and
foolishly
forced
me
forth
,
where
I
met
with
this
Charitable
Reception
at
your
Hands
.
Having
ended
her
Discourse
,
her
Head
fell
from
her
arm
whereon
it
rested
;
the
Gentlemen
ran
immediately
to
see
whether
a
Fainting
Fit
had
not
seiz'd
her
;
but
perceiving
she
wept
bitterly
,
Don
Francisco
applyed
himself
to
her
in
these
Words
:
Madam
,
if
my Self
and
Companion
,
when
Ignorant
of
your
Birth
and
Quality
,
have
had
that
Commiseration
of
you
as
a
Lady
in
Distress
,
we
are
now
ready
(
Madam
)
being
fully
informed
of
your
great
Worth
,
to
pay
those
double
Obligations
and
Respects
which
are
due
to
your
Merits
,
and
you
may
command
(
Madam
)
what
ever
Spanish
Civility
can
lay
claim
to
:
Though
you
never
were
under
the
like
Misfortune
before
;
yet
I
beseech
you
,
Madam
,
by
your
Nobleness
,
shew
Patience
an
Example
:
Believe
me
(
Madam
)
I
am
of
that
prophetick
Spirit
,
that
such
strange
beginnings
will
terminate
in
a
happy
Conclusion
:
for
the
Gods
will
ne'er
permit
that
so
much
Beauty
should
be
Oppress'd
,
and
such
Vertuous
Thoughts
so
ill
rewarded
:
The
best
advice
,
(
Madam
)
I
now
can
Dictate
to
you
,
is
to
take
your
rest
,
and
preserve
your
Spirits
;
Dorila
our
Servant
shall
attend
you
,
whom
you
may
place
Confidence
in
,
and
knows
as
well
how
to
silence
your
Misfortunes
,
as
she
does
how
to
pay
her
Respects
and
Services
;
and
will
endeavour
to
wade
through
all
difficulties
to
oblige
you
.
Sir
since
you
will
oblige
me
so
far
(
said
Evadne
)
let
me
see
her
;
for
being
proffered
to
me
by
so
good
a
hand
as
yours
,
I
shall
think
her
very
necessary
in
this
present
Occasion
,
but
I
desire
that
none
else
may
be
Eye-Witnesses
of
my
Misfortunes
.
None
Madam
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
,
)
shall
dare
to
approach
you
or
invade
your
privacy
,
without
your
Knowledge
:
so
leaving
her
alone
,
they
went
out
,
and
Don
Francisco
called
to
Dorila
,
and
ordered
her
to
carry
in
the
Child
dress'd
up
in
its
Rich
Mantles
;
which
she
had
done
in
the
same
manner
he
brought
it
home
:
Then
Dorila
went
in
with
the
Child
,
being
inform'd
before
what
she
should
answer
to
such
questions
as
the
Lady
should
ask
her
.
So
soon
as
the
Lady
Evadne
saw
her
,
she
bid
her
welcome
,
and
said
to
her
,
prithee
Dorila
,
give
me
that
pretty
Creature
,
and
bring
hither
the
light
.
Evadne
taking
the
Child
in
her
Arms
,
she
seemed
to
be
much
concerned
and
look'd
very
earnestly
upon
it
,
saying
,
Dorila
,
tell
me
truly
,
Is
not
this
the
same
Child
you
brought
some
few
hours
since
?
Yes
,
Madam
,
(
she
reply'd
.
)
How
comes
this
suddain
Alteration
in
the
Mantles
,
(
said
Evadne
?
)
Either
these
are
other
Garments
,
or
else
,
this
is
not
the
same
Infant
?
then
she
fell
a
weeping
,
saying
,
tell
me
,
I
conjure
thee
,
dear
Dorila
,
by
all
which
thou
lovest
best
,
and
all
that
's
nearest
and
dearest
to
thee
,
tell
me
,
I
say
,
where
thou
hadst
this
Babe
and
Mantles
,
for
I
am
the
unfortunate
owner
of
'em
,
if
sense
of
Sight
and
Memory
doth
not
fail
me
;
for
in
this
Garb
,
I
delivered
to
my
Maid
,
the
most
beloved
of
my
Soul
.
Don
Francisco
and
Don
Bernardo
,
hearing
her
in
this
Passion
,
were
not
willing
she
should
be
held
any
longer
in
Pain
or
Suspence
,
resolved
to
remove
the
Doubts
and
Scruples
which
at
that
time
had
got
Possession
of
her
:
Then
Don
Francisco
said
to
her
,
these
Mantles
and
this
Child
(
Madam
Evadne
)
are
both
yours
;
then
he
related
to
her
by
Degrees
,
that
he
was
the
Person
whom
the
Maid
delivered
the
Child
to
,
how
he
brought
it
home
,
and
order'd
Dorila
to
change
the
Mantles
,
that
the
Child
should
not
be
known
:
However
,
after
her
Ladyship
had
acquainted
him
with
her
Delivery
,
he
was
certainly
assured
it
must
be
her
Son
,
and
he
had
informed
her
sooner
,
had
he
found
out
an
opportunity
;
but
now
seeing
her
suddain
Passion
,
proceeding
from
misdoubt
,
it
might
be
recompensed
with
the
supervening
Joy
of
knowing
her
own
.
Infinite
were
the
Tears
of
Joy
shed
by
Evadne
,
endless
were
the
Kisses
she
gave
her
Son
,
and
many
the
thanks
which
she
rendred
to
Don
Francisco
and
Don
Bernardo
,
calling
them
her
Guardian
Angels
,
with
many
other
Titles
,
in
Expression
of
her
Thankfulness
.
Thus
leaving
her
with
Dorila
,
to
whose
Care
they
recommended
the
Lady
,
with
a
strict
Charge
to
let
nothing
be
wanting
that
was
necessary
for
a
Person
in
her
State
and
Condition
;
having
so
done
,
that
little
remnant
of
Night
which
was
left
,
they
had
Occasion
to
use
it
for
rest
;
the
next
Morning
they
enquired
after
Evadne
,
how
she
had
slept
that
Night
,
Dorila
told
'em
pretty
well
,
and
that
she
was
not
yet
awake
;
whereupon
,
they
went
to
visit
the
Schools
,
and
passed
through
that
Street
where
the
Duke
was
set
upon
,
and
by
the
House
,
which
the
Lady
Evadne
came
from
,
to
harken
out
,
if
any
Discourse
were
concerning
Evadne
,
or
the
Duke
;
but
all
was
hush'd
up
and
silent
,
perceiving
no
notice
to
be
taken
of
either
.
Having
heard
their
Lectures
they
returned
home
.
Evadne
hearing
of
them
come
,
sent
Dorila
immediately
to
desire
their
Company
.
Don
Francisco
,
and
his
Companion
told
Dorila
,
they
were
ready
to
attend
her
Pleasure
.
So
entring
her
Chamber
,
having
complemented
Evadne
,
they
told
her
they
had
waited
upon
her
sooner
,
but
they
were
not
willing
to
be
so
presumptious
as
to
press
into
her
presence
without
Order
:
She
desired
them
with
Tears
and
Intreaties
,
not
to
use
those
Ceremonies
now
to
her
,
but
to
lay
them
by
for
a
more
fit
opportunity
.
For
she
having
the
Happiness
to
see
none
but
themselves
,
and
Dorila
,
she
looked
upon
Freedom
to
be
the
only
Felicity
could
here
be
enjoyed
;
then
she
enquired
of
them
whether
they
heard
any
reports
concerning
her
escape
:
they
informed
her
they
had
made
enquiry
with
all
the
Curiosity
they
could
devise
,
but
not
a
word
was
to
be
heard
concerning
it
.
Whilst
they
were
Discoursing
,
one
of
the
Pages
came
to
the
Chamber
Door
,
and
told
Dorila
there
was
a
Gentleman
below
,
attended
by
two
Servants
,
whose
name
is
Marcellus
Barbarino
,
and
desires
earnestly
to
speak
with
Don
Francisco
de
Bazola
:
Upon
the
hearing
of
this
Message
,
Evadne
,
with
a
low
Voice
,
uttered
these
Words
;
My
Brother
!
(
Gentlemen
)
my
Brother
!
it
is
he
!
Doubtless
,
he
has
had
Intelligence
of
my
being
here
,
and
is
come
with
an
intent
to
deprive
me
of
my
Life
;
therefore
,
I
beseech
you
Noble
Spaniards
,
succour
and
protect
a
poor
Distress'd
Woman
,
and
suffer
her
not
to
be
murthered
in
your
presence
.
Don
Bernardo
intreated
her
to
have
Patience
,
and
told
her
she
needed
not
fear
any
danger
would
happen
to
her
,
so
long
as
he
had
a
Life
to
lose
in
her
Defence
,
then
●…e
desired
Don
Francisco
to
walk
down
,
●…nd
hear
what
the
Lady's
Brother
had
to
●…ay
;
which
accordingly
he
did
:
then
Don
Bernardo
called
for
his
brace
of
Pistols
(
which
were
ready
charged
)
and
laid
●…hem
on
the
Table
,
commanding
his
Men
to
be
ready
with
their
Swords
if
there
should
be
Occasion
:
Dorila
seeing
these
Preparations
,
shaked
like
an
Aspen-Leaf
,
and
the
Lady
Evadne
,
fearful
of
some
ill
success
,
trembled
much
more
;
but
Don
Bernardo
being
of
a
chearful
Courage
,
comforted
her
up
,
with
great
Expressions
of
his
Fidelity
towards
her
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Don
Francisco
,
found
Don
Marcellus
at
the
Door
,
who
after
having
complemented
one
another
,
Marcellus
said
,
Sir
,
I
beseech
you
,
(
for
this
is
the
Custom
of
Italy
,
)
to
honour
me
with
your
Company
to
that
Church
over
against
us
,
for
I
have
a
Secret
to
impart
to
you
,
which
my
Life
and
honour
depends
upon
;
Sir
,
I
am
very
ready
to
wait
on
you
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
:
)
so
walking
over
to
the
Church
,
they
chose
out
at
a
place
where
none
could
hear
'em
,
and
Marcellus
began
his
Relation
in
these
Words
:
Noble
Spaniard
,
my
Name
is
Marcellus
Barbarino
,
so
well
known
to
others
,
that
I
need
not
sound
a
Trumpet
in
my
own
Praise
;
I
have
for
some
years
since
continued
an
Orphan
,
and
had
left
to
my
Care
one
only
Sister
,
to
whom
for
Beauty
Nature
has
been
so
Bountiful
,
that
it
is
beyond
the
power
of
Art
to
delineate
it
;
to
deal
ingeniously
with
you
,
there
is
not
a
Beauty
,
take
it
all
together
,
that
can
equalize
it
;
her
youthful
and
tender
years
,
made
me
careful
in
the
keeping
so
rich
a
Jewel
,
but
the
imprudent
will
of
my
Sister
Evadne
(
for
that
's
her
Name
)
hath
defrauded
all
my
Preventions
.
The
Duke
of
Millain
,
with
Lynx's
Eyes
overcame
those
of
Argos
;
outwatch'd
my
Vigilancy
,
and
overpowr'd
my
Industry
;
for
he
not
only
enticed
my
Sister
,
taking
her
out
of
a
Kinswoman's
House
by
Night
,
but
is
(
as
it
's
reported
)
newly
delivered
of
a
Child
by
him
;
it
was
late
ere
I
had
notice
of
it
,
and
this
very
Night
I
went
in
search
of
him
and
found
him
out
,
but
in
the
Battle
some
Angel
stept
in
to
Assist
him
,
and
would
not
permit
me
to
fetch
out
the
stain
of
my
Honour
with
his
Blood
.
My
Kinswoman
inform'd
me
,
that
the
Duke
had
deluded
her
under
the
promise
of
Marriage
,
and
Allurements
of
the
Sweet
Name
of
Husband
:
Thus
being
bereav'd
of
a
Sister
,
and
my
Honour
,
I
have
until
how
lock'd
up
my
Bosom
,
and
was
not
willing
to
declare
my
mind
,
till
I
could
find
but
a
speedy
Remedy
.
My
Resolution
is
now
to
go
to
Millain
,
●…nd
require
of
the
Duke
full
Satisfaction
,
●…ither
by
Marrying
my
Sister
,
or
dispute
●…t
with
his
Sword
.
In
which
Journey
and
Enterprize
,
(
Noble
Sir
)
I
would
desire
●…our
good
Company
,
being
so
well
assur'd
●…f
your
Courage
,
that
good
Fortune
will
●…ot
be
wanting
in
any
of
your
Proceed●…ngs
.
I
was
unwilling
to
acquaint
any
Relations
with
this
Design
,
least
they
●…hould
frustrate
my
Intentions
;
but
from
●…ou
(
dear
Sir
)
I
have
a
greater
Confi●…ence
of
Encouragement
in
the
pursuit
●…f
it
,
then
any
Disswasion
to
the
con●…ary
.
Sir
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
I
am
sorry
●…or
the
Occasion
,
but
am
glad
of
having
●…he
opportunity
of
serving
one
of
so
mag●…animous
a
Soul
;
from
this
time
I
dignifie
●…y
self
your
Defender
;
and
take
to
my
●…harge
,
either
the
Satisfaction
or
Revenge
●…f
your
Honour
,
and
since
the
Gods
are
●…ur
Judges
we
need
not
fear
partiality
,
for
●…e
Justest
Sword
will
be
the
sharpest
,
and
●…d
therefore
the
conquer'd
will
be
esteemed
Guilty
.
Now
(
Sir
)
all
that
remains
,
is
,
that
you
resolve
upon
the
time
,
which
,
I
think
,
the
sooner
the
better
,
for
the
Iron
is
to
be
wrought
while
't
is
hot
;
the
heat
of
Choler
increases
Courage
,
and
an
Injury
whilst
it
is
fresh
,
rouses
up
Revenge
.
Don
Marcellus
hearing
these
Words
,
arose
from
his
Seat
,
and
imbrac'd
Don
Francisco
in
his
Arms
:
Sir
,
(
said
he
)
having
so
Generous
a
Breast
as
yours
is
,
it
will
be
needless
to
use
Motives
,
by
setting
before
you
any
other
Interest
,
than
that
of
Honour
;
the
gaining
of
which
,
in
this
Enterprize
,
shall
be
wholly
yours
,
if
Fortune
be
not
wanting
to
give
us
Success
;
and
for
our
Journey
,
if
it
stands
with
your
Conveniency
,
to
Morrow
Morning
will
be
a
proper
time
,
for
I
shall
be
able
to
day
to
provide
all
things
necessary
.
Your
time
shall
be
mine
,
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
only
give
me
leave
Seignior
Marcellus
,
to
Impart
this
to
a
Friend
and
Companion
of
mine
,
a
Gentleman
,
whose
Valour
,
and
Silence
,
you
may
as
well
build
upon
as
mine
.
Since
you
have
taken
my
Honour
to
your
charge
,
(
reply'd
Marcellus
)
I
know
you
will
Impart
it
to
none
,
but
what
are
as
Judicious
as
your self
;
and
this
Gentleman
being
a
Friend
and
Companion
of
yours
,
I
should
be
much
wanting
in
my
Respects
,
if
I
declined
so
great
a
Favour
;
for
that
Person
must
needs
be
happy
,
who
is
worthy
of
your
Acquaintance
;
and
good
Fortune
must
needs
attend
him
,
whom
you
are
pleas'd
to
stile
your
Friend
and
Companion
.
Then
they
imbrac'd
each
other
,
and
took
their
leave
,
Marcellus
telling
him
he
would
send
one
next
Morning
to
call
him
,
and
so
take
Horse
without
the
City
,
that
there
might
be
no
notice
taken
of
their
Journey
:
After
this
Don
Francisco
went
home
,
and
acquainted
Don
Bernardo
,
and
the
Lady
Evadne
,
of
what
had
passed
between
Marcellus
and
himself
,
and
of
the
Resolution
they
had
made
of
taking
their
Journey
next
Morning
.
Dear
Sir
,
(
said
Evadne
)
your
kindness
is
very
great
,
and
as
great
your
Confidence
:
How
suddainly
have
you
engaged
yourself
in
an
Affair
so
full
of
Inconveniences
?
How
are
you
certain
,
Sir
,
whether
my
Brother
will
lead
you
to
Millain
,
or
convey
you
to
some
other
place
,
the
better
to
accomplish
his
Designs
of
Revenge
?
But
wheresoever
you
go
,
you
may
be
assured
,
my
best
Wishes
go
along
with
you
;
though
I
confess
my self
a
Wretched
,
and
Unfortunate
Woman
,
which
am
afraid
of
every
shadow
;
yet
my
Timorousness
is
the
more
excusable
,
since
my
Life
,
or
Death
depends
upon
the
Duke's
Resolution
.
Who
knows
but
Fury
in
'em
both
may
rage
to
that
height
,
that
nothing
but
Blood
can
Expiate
the
Wrong
?
And
Sir
,
you
cannot
chuse
but
think
,
that
your
Absence
will
create
in
me
a
strange
Suspence
,
expecting
every
hour
between
Hope
,
and
Fear
,
either
the
welcome
,
or
unwelcome
News
of
your
Success
.
Do
I
so
little
love
the
Duke
,
or
my
Brother
,
that
I
dread
not
the
Misfortunes
of
'em
both
,
and
feel
the
Anguish
of
a
double
Event
lie
heavy
on
my
Mind
?
Raise
not
your
Fears
(
said
Don
Francisco
)
Madam
,
to
that
pitch
,
but
leave
some
place
for
hope
:
Trust
to
my
Care
and
Conduct
in
this
Affair
,
and
I
make
no
question
,
but
all
things
will
end
in
a
happy
Union
;
our
going
to
Mill●…n
is
not
to
be
excus'd
,
neither
can
I
decline
assisting
your
Brother
:
We
are
yet
ignorant
of
the
Duke's
Intentions
,
neither
do
we
believe
he
knows
of
your
Flight
from
your
Kinswomans
House
:
But
perhaps
,
we
may
have
a
very
fair
Account
from
his
own
Mouth
,
and
no
Man
can
better
give
a
Relation
of
it
than
himself
;
and
(
Madam
)
I
must
deal
plainly
with
you
,
I
have
that
equal
Honour
and
Friendship
for
the
Duke
and
your
Brother
,
that
Duty
binds
me
to
be
Careful
and
Vigi●…lant
for
both
their
Safeties
.
The
Gods
protect
you
(
said
Evadne
)
and
give
you
that
good
opportunity
of
bringing
your
Affairs
to
a
happy
Issue
,
and
●…me
a
thankful
acknowledgment
for
all
Favours
received
from
you
in
this
my
Extremity
:
For
had
I
not
been
so
fortunate
as
to
have
met
with
this
high
Civility
at
your
Hands
,
I
must
have
remained
the
most
Unfortunate
;
but
Thanks
to
your
Goodness
,
which
led
you
to
so
much
Charity
and
Pity
,
as
to
Relieve
the
Distressed
:
However
Fears
may
assault
me
in
your
Absence
,
or
Hope
hold
me
in
Suspence
,
yet
methinks
〈◊〉
long
now
to
see
you
gone
,
and
as
quickly
to
see
you
return
;
that
I
may
receive
the
welcome
News
of
your
Prosperous
Success
.
Don
Bernardo
approved
well
of
the
Design
,
and
thanked
Don
Francisco
for
recommending
of
him
to
Don
Marcellus
;
assuring
him
he
would
accompany
them
in
their
Journey
,
not
knowing
what
might
happen
,
but
perhaps
they
might
have
occasion
for
a
third
Person
;
so
,
for
fear
of
the
worst
he
would
be
ready
to
see
how
Affairs
went
,
and
to
prevent
all
unjust
Proceedings
.
It
is
not
requisite
(
said
Don
Francisco
)
the
Lady
Evadne
should
be
left
alone
;
no●…
to
make
Seignior
Marcellus
suspect
,
that
I
wanted
Courage
to
perform
my
Promise
,
and
Resolution
:
The
Respect
I
have
for
the
Lady's
Safety
(
reply'd
Don
Bernardo
)
shall
not
be
wanting
;
whatever
Enterprize
you
engage
in
,
you
must
allow
me
a
Participation
;
therefore
abandon
all
Excuses
,
or
else
disanul
our
Friendship
:
My
Intention
is
to
follow
you
at
a
distance
undiscovered
by
Don
Marcellus
;
and
(
I
presume
)
the
Lady
Evadne
will
not
be
displeased
at
it
;
and
I
am
confident
Dorila
will
be
so
careful
,
that
there
will
be
nothing
wanting
in
our
Absence
towards
her
Accommodation
.
I
shall
be
so
far
from
resenting
your
Departure
,
(
said
Evadne
)
that
it
will
be
rather
a
satisfaction
to
me
,
that
you
accompany
one
another
;
and
I
should
be
guilty
of
breaking
the
Bonds
of
Friendship
,
if
I
should
interceed
to
the
contrary
:
Besides
,
Sir
,
(
speaking
to
Don
Francisco
)
who
knows
what
danger
you
may
be
expos'd
to
,
that
may
require
Don
Bernardo's
Assistance
.
Then
taking
out
of
a
little
Cabinet
which
stood
by
,
two
rich
Jewels
,
she
presented
one
to
Don
Francisco
,
and
one
to
Don
Bernardo
,
desiring
them
to
accept
them
as
small
Remembrances
for
those
many
Favours
she
had
receiv'd
at
their
Hands
:
but
they
modestly
return'd
them
,
and
told
her
they
would
not
hazard
so
great
a
Treasure
in
the
Enterprize
they
were
going
to
undertake
:
So
recommending
of
her
to
the
care
of
Dorila
their
Woman
,
they
humbly
took
their
leave
.
Dorila
used
her
Industry
and
Diligence
in
waiting
on
Evadne
,
wondering
at
her
Master's
Journey
,
but
was
ignorant
where
they
went
,
and
about
what
business
;
the
next
Morning
Don
Marcellus
came
betimes
to
the
door
,
and
found
Francisco
ready
prepared
for
the
Journey
,
handsomly
Accoutred
,
with
his
rich
Hat
,
but
the
Hatband
he
covered
with
Cyprus
,
the
better
to
conceal
it
:
So
walking
out
of
the
City
into
a
Garden
,
a
remote
place
,
they
took
Horse
,
and
taking
Bye-Paths
,
they
went
towards
Millain
.
Don
Bernardo
upon
a
fine
Nag
,
and
in
a
good
riding
Suit
followed
after
'em
at
a
distance
;
but
he
perceiving
they
espy'd
him
,
especially
Don
Marcellus
,
resolv'd
to
take
the
direct
way
to
Millain
,
not
questioning
but
there
he
should
meet
with
them
:
They
had
scarce
gone
out
of
the
City
,
but
Evadne
had
given
Dorila
an
Account
of
all
Transactions
,
concerning
the
Duke
and
herself
;
not
concealing
the
occasion
of
her
Master's
Journey
,
or
her
Brother
Don
Marcellus
his
Resolution
.
Dear
Madam
(
said
Dorila
)
I
perceive
the
danger
you
are
in
is
greater
than
you
are
sensible
of
,
which
if
not
speedily
prevented
may
utterly
prove
your
ruine
:
If
you
please
(
Madam
)
to
receive
my
Sentiments
,
I
don't
believe
Seignior
Marcellus
your
Brother
is
gone
to
Millain
;
but
rather
that
he
has
decoyed
them
from
home
,
whereby
he
may
accomplish
his
designs
in
taking
away
your
life
:
Pray
(
Madam
)
consider
how
slightly
we
are
guarded
,
if
any
such
black
design
should
evidently
appear
,
how
weak
and
poor
an
Opposition
could
be
made
;
we
have
only
three
raw
Pages
left
behind
,
and
what
Courage
,
or
Skill
can
they
use
in
your
defence
?
Indeed
(
Madam
)
I
have
too
high
a
respect
to
delude
you
with
Flattery
,
for
my
Heart
Prophetically
tells
me
of
the
ruine
which
threatens
this
House
,
and
for
a
speedy
Remedy
I
will
employ
my
Life
in
your
Preservation
.
Evadne
hearing
Dorila's
Arguments
which
she
utter'd
with
so
much
earnestness
;
and
showed
such
Manifestations
of
Fear
,
that
she
was
wholly
possest
,
all
she
had
spoke
was
certainly
true
;
so
contemplating
with
her self
,
that
if
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
should
be
Slain
,
her
Brother
might
be
entring
the
Chamber
,
and
execute
his
Revenge
:
Being
thus
perplexed
,
she
ask'd
Dorila
what
Counsel
she
could
give
her
to
prevent
this
Storm
,
which
she
perceived
was
coming
.
Madam
,
(
reply'd
Dorila
)
there
is
an
honest
Curate
of
a
Country
Village
,
two
Miles
from
Millain
,
whom
I
once
did
serve
;
he
will
do
any
thing
for
me
that
I
can
require
,
or
is
in
his
power
to
perform
:
If
you
please
I
will
take
care
to
find
one
out
to
carry
us
safe
thither
;
and
as
for
the
Nurse
which
Suckles
the
Child
,
she
will
go
along
with
us
to
the
Worlds
end
:
And
admit
,
(
Madam
)
that
you
should
be
found
out
it
is
more
honourable
for
you
to
be
in
the
House
of
an
old
Curate
,
than
under
the
Roof
of
two
Young
Spanish
Students
.
In
Conclusion
,
she
rendred
such
Reasons
,
that
poor
Evadne
was
willing
to
follow
her
Advice
;
and
so
in
less
than
four
hours
,
they
had
both
of
'em
got
into
a
Waggon
,
together
with
the
Nurse
,
and
the
Child
;
and
without
being
heard
of
the
Pages
,
set
forwards
of
their
Journey
for
the
Village
where
the
Curate
dwelt
;
all
which
was
done
by
the
Perswasion
of
this
foolish
Woman
Dorila
.
To
defray
the
Charges
of
this
Journey
,
Evadne
would
have
given
Dorila
a
Jewel
to
have
Pawn'd
,
but
she
inform'd
her
,
she
could
furnish
her
;
for
her
Master
,
not
long
before
,
had
payed
her
a
Years
Wages
.
Evadne
having
heard
Don
Francisco
discourse
,
that
he
,
and
her
Brother
would
not
ride
the
direct
Road
to
Millain
,
she
gave
order
to
the
Waggoner
to
take
the
Common
Road
,
the
better
to
avoid
'em
;
bidding
him
drive
leasurely
,
and
she
would
reward
him
well
for
his
pains
.
We
will
now
leave
them
on
their
Journey
,
and
return
to
Don
Francisco
and
Don
Marcellus
,
of
whom
it
is
reported
,
they
had
Information
upon
the
way
,
that
the
Duke
was
not
in
Millain
,
but
Bolognia
:
So
leaving
the
Bye-Ways
,
they
entred
into
the
High
Road
,
considering
with
themselves
that
the
Duke
must
pass
that
way
in
his
Return
from
Bolognia
:
They
had
not
been
long
entred
into
the
Road
,
but
they
espyed
a
Party
of
Horse
marching
towards
them
:
upon
this
Don
Francisco
perswaded
Seignior
Marcellus
to
step
aside
out
of
the
Road
,
for
if
the
Duke
should
happen
to
be
in
the
Company
,
he
would
entertain
him
with
some
Discourse
,
before
he
entred
into
Millain
,
if
he
saw
a
fit
Opportunity
:
Marcellus
approved
of
his
Advice
,
and
told
him
,
he
would
leave
the
management
of
it
to
his
Care
.
So
soon
as
Marcellus
was
gone
aside
,
Don
Francisco
slipt
off
the
Cyprus
which
cover'd
his
Hatband
,
for
some
Reasons
he
had
,
which
he
afterwards
declar'd
:
By
this
time
the
Horse
drew
pretty
near
,
amongst
them
was
a
Woman
upon
a
Brown
Nag
,
and
in
a
fair
riding
Suit
with
a
Mask
on
,
either
for
the
better
concealing
her self
,
or
for
a
Preservative
from
the
Sun
and
Air.
Don
Francisco
made
a
Halt
whilst
the
Horse
came
up
to
him
;
as
they
drew
near
him
,
they
view'd
his
Lively
,
and
Spriteful
Deportment
,
his
Physiognomy
,
the
Gallantry
of
his
Garb
,
and
the
rich
lustre
of
his
Diamond
Hatband
,
together
with
the
proudness
of
his
Horse
;
more
especially
the
Duke
of
Millain
,
who
was
in
the
Company
:
he
no
sooner
espied
the
Hatband
,
but
presently
apprehended
it
must
be
Don
Francisco
de
Bazola
,
who
rescued
him
from
that
great
danger
wherein
he
was
surprized
;
so
entertaining
the
verity
of
it
in
his
Thoughts
,
he
made
up
to
him
,
and
said
after
this
manner
,
Noble
Sir
,
if
I
call
you
Don
Francisco
,
I
hope
I
shall
commit
no
Mistake
,
for
your
brave
Deportment
,
and
gentle
Disposition
,
together
with
that
Hatband
,
confirms
me
to
be
in
the
right
.
Sir
,
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
you
are
under
no
Mistake
,
for
I
never
was
yet
guilty
of
any
dishonourable
Practices
,
whereby
the
concealing
of
my
Name
was
found
necessary
,
and
since
my
Name
has
receiv'd
that
Honour
to
be
known
by
you
,
I
hope
(
Sir
)
you
will
inform
me
of
the
occasion
,
and
make
me
so
happy
that
I
may
remain
no
longer
ignorant
of
yours
,
but
that
I
may
pay
those
Respects
due
to
your
Person
and
Quality
.
Seignior
Francisco
,
(
reply'd
the
Duke
)
I
am
one
who
stands
indebted
to
you
for
my
Life
,
and
one
whom
your
Victorious
Arm
so
lately
did
protect
;
and
had
not
the
Gods
design'd
it
,
Death
,
at
that
time
,
had
been
my
Portion
:
My
Name
is
Alphonso
,
but
more
known
by
the
Title
of
the
Duke
of
Millain
:
The
Duke
had
no
sooner
declared
himself
,
but
Don
Francisco
,
with
great
Agility
alighted
from
his
Horse
,
the
Duke
with
the
same
nimbleness
,
was
as
soon
out
of
his
Saddle
,
and
took
Don
Francisco
and
imbraced
him
in
his
Arms.
Seignior
Marcellus
from
a
far
beholding
these
Ceremonies
,
dubious
whether
they
were
Actions
of
Kindness
,
or
Anger
,
put
immediately
Spurs
to
his
Horse
,
but
in
the
midst
of
his
Carreer
,
he
took
him
up
gently
by
degrees
,
and
made
a
Halt
,
seeing
the
Duke
,
and
Don
Francisco
Complementing
each
other
.
The
Duke
espying
Don
Marcellus
,
knew
him
at
the
first
Sight
,
but
had
not
the
least
Cogitation
of
his
being
so
near
him
:
he
was
somewhat
amazed
at
it
,
and
enquired
of
Don
Francisco
,
whether
he
was
of
his
Company
:
Yes
,
(
said
Don
Francisco
)
and
I
will
acquaint
your
Excellency
with
the
occasion
of
it
;
so
desiring
the
Duke
to
step
a
little
aside
out
of
the
Road
,
he
thus
proceeded
:
Don
Marcellus
,
whom
your
Excellency
sees
there
,
has
a
great
Accusation
against
you
,
concerning
his
Sister
the
Lady
Evadne
,
and
the
Relation
was
to
this
effect
:
That
four
Nights
since
,
you
convey'd
her
from
his
Kinswomans
House
,
and
have
deluded
,
and
dishonoured
his
Sister
;
for
which
now
he
is
come
to
demand
satisfaction
from
you
:
All
he
expects
(
Sir
)
from
you
is
,
either
by
performing
your
Promise
to
her
of
Marriage
,
or
to
end
the
Dispute
with
your
Sword
;
he
has
desired
me
to
accompany
him
,
and
to
be
an
Umpire
in
this
Affair
,
or
else
his
Second
,
which
I
have
freely
undertaken
:
Now
(
Sir
)
understanding
from
his
own
Words
,
the
occasion
of
the
late
Animosity
between
you
,
I
am
well
assured
you
were
the
Master
of
this
Present
you
pleas'd
to
honour
me
withal
,
and
to
be
the
Donor
of
;
and
knowing
likewise
,
that
none
could
better
be
an
Arbitrator
in
this
Cause
than
my self
,
nor
be
more
tender
of
your
Excellencies
Safety
than
I
am
,
I
was
the
more
eager
in
the
Prosecution
of
what
I
have
undertaken
:
Now
that
(
Sir
)
which
I
would
desire
of
you
is
,
That
you
would
declare
whether
that
be
true
which
Don
Marcellus
alledges
.
Dear
Sir
,
(
replyed
the
Duke
)
it
is
such
an
Invincible
Truth
,
that
I
dare
not
deny
it
,
though
my
Inclinations
led
me
to
it
:
But
farther
,
I
must
speak
in
my
own
Vindication
,
I
have
neither
deceiv'd
the
Fair
Evadne
,
nor
conveyed
her
away
;
though
I
am
not
ignorant
she
is
removed
from
her
Kinswomans
House
,
but
whither
,
I
remain
a
Stranger
at
this
time
:
I
do
here
Vow
the
Lady
Evadne
to
be
my
Wife
,
and
if
I
did
not
publickly
Celebrate
those
Nuptials
,
the
Reason
of
it
was
,
The
Dutchess
my
Mother
was
desirous
to
Match
me
to
the
Lady
Livia
,
Daughter
to
the
Duke
of
Ferrara
;
but
my
Mother
being
now
more
ready
for
Deaths
Arrest
,
than
for
Lifes
Protection
,
I
can
now
the
better
perform
my
Duty
to
the
last
Period
of
her
Life
,
and
after
her
Death
,
keep
that
Fidelity
and
Constancy
I
ever
had
for
dear
Evadne
.
I
will
instance
to
you
some
few
Particulars
of
these
grand
Mistakes
;
the
same
Night
you
wrought
my
Deliverance
,
my
Intention
was
to
have
Conducted
Evadne
safe
to
Millain
;
she
was
in
that
Month
,
which
she
was
to
bring
forth
that
happy
Issue
the
Gods
had
ordained
her
to
be
Mother
of
;
now
whether
it
were
by
reason
of
the
Rencounter
,
or
my
own
Negligence
,
I
am
dubious
for
when
I
went
to
her
Kinswomans
House
,
I
found
at
the
Door
Laurana
her
Maid
,
the
Supervisor
of
our
Contracts
,
Jocular
Meetings
,
and
Agreements
:
I
enquired
for
her
Lady
,
she
answered
me
,
she
was
newly
gone
,
but
had
that
very
Night
been
delivered
of
a
Son
,
one
of
the
Fairest
Creatures
that
ever
Eyes
beheld
;
and
that
she
had
given
it
to
my
Servant
Giacomo
.
Laurana
is
here
with
me
and
Giacomo
,
but
my
Child
and
Evadne
,
are
both
missing
.
I
have
been
two
days
in
Bolognia
●…n
search
after
'em
,
but
by
all
my
inquiry
I
can
receive
no
satisfactory
account
.
Now
,
Sir
,
(
reply'd
Don
Francisco
)
when
●…he
Lady
Evadne
and
the
Child
shall
appear
,
●…ou
will
receive
'em
both
as
yours
,
the
one
●…or
your
Dutchess
,
the
other
as
your
Son
?
Most
joyfully
,
(
reply'd
the
Duke
)
as
long
●…ched
Ground
receives
the
welcom
Showres
;
for
though
I
value
my self
as
a
Gentleman
,
yet
I
esteem
my self
more
to
be
a
Christian
:
The
Lady
Evadne's
Vertues
Merit
a
greater
Title
than
I
am
able
to
dignifie
her
with
;
and
should
that
Glorious
Sun
but
once
appear
,
or
my
Mother's
Days
be
expired
,
the
World
shall
then
be
certified
,
that
if
I
understood
what
it
was
to
be
a
Lover
,
I
also
knew
how
to
finish
those
Vows
in
publick
,
which
solemnly
I
made
to
her
in
Secret
.
This
will
be
joyful
News
to
Don
Marcellus
,
(
said
Don
Francisco
)
if
your
Excellency
will
permit
him
to
be
a
sharer
in
it
,
and
not
be
held
any
longer
in
Suspence
.
I
much
resent
it
,
(
reply'd
the
Duke
)
he
has
remain'd
unhappy
so
long
under
a
Mistake
.
Don
Francisco
being
infinitely
well
ple●…
,
made
Signs
to
Don
Marcellus
to
advance
towards
'em
,
who
immediately
Dismounted
himself
,
not
thinking
of
the
good
Fortune
which
attended
him
:
The
Duke
met
him
with
open
Arms
imbracing
him
,
and
greeted
him
with
the
Name
of
dear
Brother
:
Marcellus
being
surprized
,
scarce
knew
suddenly
how
to
return
an
Answer
to
so
loving
a
Salutation
,
and
courteous
a
Reception
:
Thus
while
he
was
standing
in
Suspence
,
before
he
could
recollect
himself
,
Don
Francisco
applyed
himself
to
him
in
this
●…anner
:
The
Duke
(
Seignior
Marcellus
)
has
been
pleased
,
out
of
his
own
Generosity
,
to
declare
,
that
his
Affections
for
your
Sister
are
so
great
,
that
nothing
but
the
making
of
her
his
Wife
,
he
hopes
,
will
give
full
satisfaction
;
and
what
he
avers
here
in
private
,
he
is
ready
to
avouch
at
any
time
in
Publick
;
the
Duke
informs
me
,
that
four
Nights
since
,
he
went
to
serch
away
the
Lady
Evadne
from
your
Kinswomans
House
,
to
conduct
her
to
Millain
,
and
to
wait
for
a
Conjuncture
in
the
cel●…brating
his
Nuptials
,
which
he
had
deferr'd
upon
very
good
Reasons
which
he
has
imparted
to
me
;
his
Excellency
hath
likewise
acquainted
me
with
the
Rencounter
he
had
with
you
:
and
morever
,
when
he
went
for
your
Sister
(
the
Lady
Evadne
)
he
met
with
Laurana
her
Woman
,
which
is
here
in
Company
,
who
inform'd
him
,
that
it
was
not
above
an
hour
since
her
Lady
Evadne
had
been
delivered
,
and
that
she
gave
the
〈◊〉
to
a
Servant
of
the
Duke's
,
that
〈◊〉
believing
the
Duke
was
there
,
went
●…ily
out
of
the
House
,
imagining
that
yo●…
,
(
Seignior
Marcellus
)
had
already
〈◊〉
of
her
Proceedings
:
however
Laurana
〈◊〉
●…ot
the
Child
to
the
Duke's
Servant
,
〈◊〉
to
another
by
Mistake
:
Evadne
is
concealed
,
and
you
reprehend
the
Duke
:
Now
he
declares
,
that
wheresoever
the
Lady
Evadne
shall
appear
,
he
will
receive
her
as
his
true
and
lawful
Wife
:
Now
Seignior
Marcellus
,
what
can
the
Duke
express
more
,
or
what
more
,
in
reason
,
can
you
desire
,
or
wish
for
,
than
only
the
finding
out
of
those
two
Rich
,
and
Unfortunate
Pledges
?
Don
Marcellus
throwing
himself
at
the
Duke's
Feet
,
who
hastily
took
him
up
:
to
whom
Marcellus
apply'd
himself
,
Of
your
Dignity
and
Magnificence
,
(
most
Noble
Sir
,
and
dear
Brother
)
my
Sister
,
nor
my self
could
never
expect
more
from
you
,
than
what
you
have
declared
;
first
in
equalizing
her
with
your self
;
and
next
,
in
ranking
me
in
the
number
of
your
Friends
and
Alliance
:
With
that
the
Tears
fell
from
their
Eyes
;
but
considering
it
might
portend
weakness
to
manifest
their
Grief
,
they
suppress'd
and
wip'd
'em
away
.
Thus
things
stood
,
when
Don
Bernardo
discover'd
himself
;
but
drawing
near
he
made
a
Halt
for
some
little
time
;
for
though
he
knew
Don
Francisco
,
and
Marcellus
,
he
knew
not
the
Duke
;
he
could
not
tell
what
to
do
with
himself
,
whether
he
should
go
on
or
retire
:
At
last
coming
up
to
one
of
the
Duke's
Servants
,
he
demanded
of
him
whether
he
knew
that
Gentleman
,
which
was
with
the
other
two
,
pointing
to
the
Duke
?
He
answer'd
,
It
was
the
Duke
of
Millain
;
at
which
he
was
amaz'd
,
and
knew
now
less
what
to
do
with
himself
than
before
;
but
Don
Francisco
put
him
out
of
this
Perplexity
by
calling
to
him
out
of
this
Perplexity
by
calling
to
him
by
his
Name
;
thereupon
Don
Bernardo
alighted
,
seeing
they
were
on
Foot
,
and
approaching
near
the
Duke
,
received
him
with
much
Amity
,
as
being
Don
Francisco's
Friend
and
Companion
.
Then
Don
Francisco
related
to
Bernardo
,
all
which
had
passed
between
him
,
and
the
Duke
;
Don
Bernardo
was
exceeding
glad
,
and
ask'd
him
,
why
he
did
not
compleat
the
Joy
and
Happiness
of
these
Gentlemen
,
by
informing
them
where
the
Lady
Evadne
,
and
her
Child
was
?
The
Duke
and
Marcellus
hearing
them
speak
of
Evadne
and
the
Child
,
enquir'd
of
them
,
what
they
discours'd
of
:
Gentlemen
,
not
to
hold
you
any
longer
in
Suspence
,
(
reply'd
Don
Bernardo
)
I
am
willing
to
be
an
Actor
in
this
Tragick-Comedy
,
and
to
alter
the
Scene
,
by
the
Discovery
of
the
Lady
Evadne
,
and
her
Child
,
who
are
both
safe
at
my
Habitation
▪
So
they
both
repeated
to
them
the
●…ole
Story
,
of
what
has
been
before
related
▪
which
gave
the
Duke
and
Marcellus
great
satisfaction
:
Then
Marcellus
imbraced
Francisco
,
and
the
Duke
,
Don
Bernardo
,
returning
then
thanks
for
this
happy
News
,
and
relinquishing
them
of
their
Fe●…rs
.
Then
calling
to
Laurana
,
Evadne's
waiting
Woman
,
that
deliver'd
the
Child
to
Don
Francisco
;
she
having
taken
notice
of
Marcellus
,
stood
trembling
and
quakirg
for
fear
;
they
ask'd
her
if
she
knew
the
Person
,
to
whom
she
delivered
the
Infant
?
She
reply'd
no
;
but
ask'd
him
if
he
were
Giacomo
?
And
he
answer'd
,
yes
,
and
upon
that
belief
she
gave
it
him
:
that
's
very
true
,
said
Don
Francisco
,
and
immediately
you
shut
the
Door
,
bidding
me
have
a
care
of
it
,
and
see
it
safe
kept
,
and
return
quickly
back
:
I
confess
you
are
in
the
right
,
answered
Laurana
,
shedding
many
a
Tear
;
but
the
Duke
bid
her
refrain
,
adding
that
now
there
was
no
Occasion
of
Mourning
but
Rejoycing
;
and
since
Fortune
has
been
so
favourable
to
us
,
I
will
not
as
yet
enter
Millain
,
but
return
back
to
Bolognia
;
for
all
these
seeming
Contentments
are
but
as
a
shadow
,
till
the
seeing
of
Evadne
,
make
them
prove
real
;
so
unanimously
they
consented
and
presently
turn'd
about
for
Bolognia
.
Don
Bernardo
rode
away
before
,
to
prepare
Evadne
,
that
she
might
not
be
surpriz'd
,
with
any
suddain
Passion
upon
the
unexpected
coming
of
the
Duke
,
and
her
Brother
;
but
not
finding
of
her
he
appear'd
the
most
dejected
Man
in
the
World
;
though
when
he
saw
that
Dorila
was
wanting
,
he
imagined
that
by
her
Diligence
and
Perswasions
Evadne
was
missing
.
The
Pages
inform'd
him
that
Dorila
,
was
wanting
the
same
day
his
Master
Don
Francisco
,
and
he
went
;
but
as
for
the
Lady
he
enquir'd
for
,
they
never
saw
her
.
Don
Bernardo
,
was
in
great
Distraction
at
this
unexpected
Accident
,
fearing
the
Duke
would
take
them
for
great
Lyars
and
Impostures
;
or
perhaps
,
imagine
some
great
abuse
,
which
might
redound
much
to
the
prejudice
of
their
Honour
,
and
Evadne's
Reputation
.
Whilst
he
was
thus
pondering
and
casting
these
doubts
and
scruples
with
himself
,
entred
the
Duke
,
Don
Francisco
and
Marcellus
,
by
Streets
and
Lanes
unfrequented
,
having
left
the
rest
of
their
Equipage
without
the
City
,
they
at
length
came
to
Don
Francisco's
House
,
and
found
Don
Bernardo
sitting
in
a
Chair
,
in
a
posture
altogether
Melancholy
,
and
Pale
as
Death
;
what
,
are
you
not
well
?
(
cry'd
Don
Francisco
)
where's
Evadne
?
How
can
it
be
expected
I
should
be
otherwise
,
(
reply'd
Don
Bernardo
)
since
Evadne
is
absent
?
Who
with
Dorila
that
we
left
to
attend
her
,
went
away
the
same
day
which
we
did
.
Nor
was
Francisco
the
less
surpriz'd
,
when
he
heard
this
unfortunate
News
.
In
a
word
,
they
were
all
extreamly
troubled
,
full
of
●…ares
and
various
Imaginations
,
not
knowing
what
to
think
;
but
whilst
they
were
thus
in
their
Distraction
,
there
came
a
Page
to
Don
Bernardo
,
who
whispering
him
in
the
Ear
acquainted
him
that
Diego
,
Don
Francisco's
Page
,
had
conceal'd
a
very
handsome
Woman
in
his
Chamber
,
ever
since
his
Master
went
,
and
did
believe
her
Name
was
Evad●…e
,
for
he
had
heard
him
call
her
so
.
Bernardo's
trouble
was
now
renewed
afresh
,
and
rather
desired
that
Evadne
should
not
be
found
at
all
,
(
knowing
that
she
was
one
whom
the
Page
had
hid
)
than
to
find
her
in
such
a
place
;
yet
without
being
perceived
,
he
went
privately
to
the
Pages
Chamber
,
where
finding
the
Door
lock'd
,
and
him
gone
out
,
with
a
low
Voice
he
called
,
Lady
Evadne
,
open
the
Door
,
and
receive
your
Brother
,
and
the
Duke
your
Husband
;
to
which
,
he
heard
a
Voice
from
within
answer
,
You
need
not
jear
me
,
I
am
not
so
ugly
;
but
that
Dukes
and
Earls
may
come
after
me
;
but
this
it
is
to
have
to
do
with
lousie
Pages
.
I
deserve
indeed
no
better
a
reward
.
By
which
Words
,
Don
Bernardo
saw
he
was
mistaken
,
and
that
she
was
not
the
Lady
Evadne
.
While
this
pass'd
,
came
Diego
the
Page
,
who
posted
presently
to
his
Chamber
,
and
finding
Don
Bernardo
at
the
Door
,
he
commanded
the
Key
from
him
to
open
it
,
then
falling
down
upon
his
Knees
,
he
beseech'd
him
,
if
his
Master
had
not
heard
of
it
,
that
he
would
be
pleas'd
not
to
acquaint
him
with
it
;
for
he
did
confess
he
had
committed
a
fault
,
and
was
sorry
for
what
he
had
done
;
that
she
had
been
there
three
Nights
,
and
he
would
now
instantly
put
her
out
of
the
House
.
And
what
is
this
Woman's
Name
?
said
Don
Bernardo
,
Sir
,
(
reply'd
the
Page
)
it
is
Evadne
.
The
Page
who
made
this
discovery
(
and
who
envy'd
,
Diego
)
came
down
,
where
the
Duke
,
Don
Francisco
,
and
Marcellus
,
were
talking
of
Diego
.
That
Page
yonder
,
said
he
,
has
kept
up
Evadne
as
close
,
like
a
Hawk
in
a
Mew
,
and
could
have
wished
his
Master
had
not
come
home
so
soon
,
that
he
might
have
taken
his
Pleasure
of
her
three
or
four
days
longer
.
Marcellus
over-hearing
this
,
ask'd
him
,
what
is
that
you
say
my
Friend
?
Where
is
Evadne
?
Above
(
answered
the
Page
.
)
The
Duke
had
no
sooner
heard
this
,
but
like
Lightning
he
flew
up
Stairs
to
see
Evadne
;
so
happening
to
go
to
the
Chamber
,
where
Don
Bernardo
was
,
he
cry'd
out
;
where
art
thou
Evadne
?
Where
is
my
Dearest
Life
?
She
that
was
wrapt
up
in
the
Sheet
,
with
a
maundring
Voice
,
said
here
's
Evadne
,
there
's
not
so
much
harm
done
as
you
think
there
is
,
nor
such
a
strange
thing
for
a
Woman
to
Lye
with
a
Page
,
that
you
need
make
such
a
wonder
of
it
.
Marcellus
being
there
,
In
a
great
fury
took
the
Sheet
by
one
of
the
Corners
and
pull'd
it
off
;
discovering
a
Woman
of
no
ill
Aspect
;
who
being
abash'd
clapt
her
Hands
before
her
Face
,
and
made
hast
to
reach
her
Cloths
to
her
,
which
served
her
instead
of
a
Pillow
.
They
saw
she
was
a
common
Hackney
of
the
Town
:
then
the
Duke
demanded
whether
her
Name
was
Evadne
;
she
made
him
answer
it
was
,
and
that
she
had
Relations
of
very
good
Account
,
and
Credit
in
the
City
,
that
would
scorn
to
do
what
she
did
.
The
Duke
was
so
vext
,
that
he
almost
imagin'd
the
Spaniards
had
put
a
trick
upon
him
;
but
that
he
would
not
give
way
to
the
entertaining
of
so
ill
a
Suspicion
,
he
turn'd
his
back
,
and
without
speaking
one
word
,
Marcellus
following
him
,
they
got
to
their
Horses
,
and
went
their
way
,
leaving
Don
Francisco
and
Don
Bernardo
more
vext
than
they
;
then
they
determined
with
all
speed
to
use
their
utmost
Endeavours
in
the
finding
out
Evadne
,
and
in
satisfying
the
Duke
of
their
Integrity
.
They
put
Diego
out
of
the
House
,
and
dismiss'd
him
their
Service
,
as
a
bold
impudent
Fellow
,
and
turned
that
shameless
Strumpet
out
of
Doors
.
They
went
to
Marcellus's
House
,
to
enquire
after
the
Duke
,
who
told
them
,
that
he
made
no
stay
at
all
but
went
directly
for
Millain
,
leaving
order
with
him
to
make
dilligent
search
for
his
Sister
;
moreover
,
telling
them
the
Duke
was
very
well
satisfyed
of
their
Fidelity
,
and
that
the
Duke
and
himself
did
impute
it
only
to
Evadne's
Timorousness
;
but
they
did
hope
in
process
of
time
she
would
be
heard
of
.
Thus
they
comforted
themselves
,
not
being
willing
to
make
enquiry
after
her
by
publick
Proclamation
,
but
by
some
private
means
,
in
regard
her
being
mist
was
known
to
none
but
her
Kinswoman
,
and
amongst
those
that
did
not
know
the
Duke's
Resolution
,
his
Sister
might
run
the
hazard
of
her
Reputation
.
The
Duke
being
now
upon
his
return
to
Millain
,
as
good
Fortune
would
have
it
,
or
rather
Divine
Providence
had
so
order'd
it
,
that
he
came
to
that
Village
,
which
the
Curate
belong'd
to
,
where
was
Evadne
,
the
Child
,
the
Nurse
,
and
Dorila
,
the
Plotter
and
Contriver
of
their
Escape
;
they
had
given
him
an
account
of
all
the
Proceedings
,
and
desired
his
Advice
and
Counsel
,
what
they
were
best
to
do
.
The
Curate
was
a
great
Lover
of
the
Duke
,
to
whose
House
fitted
and
accomodated
like
that
of
a
Clergy-Man
,
well
to
pass
,
the
Duke
us'd
oftentimes
to
visit
from
Millain
,
and
from
thence
went
a
Hunting
.
For
he
took
great
delight
in
the
Curates
Gravity
and
Discourse
,
so
that
the
Curate
was
not
troubled
to
see
him
there
;
but
to
see
him
so
Melancholy
,
presently
perceiving
that
his
mind
was
over-whelm'd
with
some
extraordinary
Passion
.
Evadne
hearing
the
Duke
was
there
,
extreamly
resented
his
coming
,
being
ignorant
of
the
Occasion
;
thus
being
perplexed
,
and
in
a
great
Agony
,
fain
she
would
have
spoke
with
the
Curate
,
but
he
being
busie
entertaining
the
Duke
,
he
had
not
the
leisure
to
Discourse
with
her
.
At
length
,
said
the
Duke
to
him
,
Father
,
I
must
confess
my
Spirit
is
very
much
oppressed
with
Grief
,
and
I
do
not
intend
this
day
for
Millain
,
but
will
be
your
Guest
;
therefore
,
'pray
send
one
of
your
Servants
to
bid
those
which
came
with
me
,
to
make
hast
to
Millain
,
this
being
done
,
there
was
immediately
great
Preparations
made
to
entertain
him
.
Evadne
waiting
for
an
opportunity
to
speak
with
the
Curate
,
at
last
she
sent
for
him
,
and
holding
him
fast
by
both
hands
;
O
Father
!
said
she
,
'pray
what
is
the
Duke's
Occasion
of
coming
hither
?
Inform
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
and
if
you
can
by
any
means
,
raise
some
Discourse
concerning
me
,
by
that
means
you
may
discover
whether
his
Intentions
be
real
or
false
;
this
I
intreat
you
to
do
according
to
your
own
Sagacity
.
The
Curate
replyed
,
the
Duke
was
very
sad
and
pensive
,
but
had
not
as
yet
declared
the
Cause
:
My
advice
to
you
is
this
,
That
you
presently
dressed
up
the
Child
,
as
rich
as
you
can
,
and
adorn
him
with
your
own
Jewels
,
and
those
which
the
Duke
gave
you
,
then
leave
the
rest
to
me
;
Evadne
thank'd
him
,
and
promised
she
would
go
immediately
about
what
he
had
so
well
advised
her
.
The
Curate
in
the
mean
time
,
went
forth
,
to
entertain
the
Duke
till
Dinner
was
made
ready
,
and
as
he
was
discoursing
of
divers
things
,
the
Curate
humbly
implor'd
the
Duke's
Pardon
,
for
taking
that
boldness
upon
him
as
to
enquire
into
the
Reason
of
his
being
so
Melancholy
;
and
with
all
,
excusing
it
,
that
he
had
not
assum'd
that
Liberty
to
himself
,
had
it
not
been
so
apparent
to
be
seen
.
Father
,
(
said
the
Duke
)
it
is
evidently
to
be
seen
that
inward
Passion
will
demonstrate
it self
in
the
Physiognomy
of
either
Man
or
Woman
,
and
the
greatest
of
my
Grief
is
that
I
cannot
as
yet
Communicate
it
to
any
that
can
ease
me
of
my
pain
;
why
(
my
Lord
reply'd
the
Curate
)
were
you
in
a
Capacity
to
be
merrily
disposed
,
I
could
present
to
your
Eyes
one
of
the
delightfullest
Objects
in
the
whole
Universe
,
which
is
left
to
my
Care
and
Conduct
.
That
Man
,
(
reply'd
the
Duke
)
would
be
very
much
void
of
Reason
,
who
could
have
a
Remedy
apply'd
to
his
Malady
,
and
should
refuse
the
taking
of
it
;
Therefore
(
Father
)
'pray
shew
me
this
piece
of
Curiosity
you
so
much
applaud
,
for
I
believe
it
must
be
some
extraordinary
Rarety
.
The
Curate
presently
went
to
the
Lady
Evadne's
Chamber
,
to
fetch
the
Child
,
who
was
just
made
an
end
of
dressing
,
very
finely
adorn'd
indeed
,
with
her
Jewels
,
and
looked
very
sweetly
;
so
taking
the
Child
in
his
Arms
,
he
went
to
the
Duke
,
beseeching
him
to
look
upon
it
:
The
Duke
viewing
of
it
,
said
,
indeed
it
was
a
fine
Child
,
and
took
it
out
of
the
Curates
Arms
and
kissed
it
;
then
looking
stedfastly
on
the
Jewels
,
he
knew
they
were
the
same
he
gave
to
Evadne
;
being
full
of
Admiration
,
he
ask'd
the
Curate
whose
pretty
Child
it
was
?
and
told
him
it
was
as
fine
as
a
young
Prince
.
My
Lord
,
(
replyed
the
Curate
)
indeed
I
don
't
very
well
know
,
but
some
Months
since
,
a
Gentleman
of
Bolognia
brought
it
to
me
,
and
charged
me
to
be
very
careful
of
him
,
and
breed
him
up
,
according
to
his
Quality
,
for
he
was
a
Noble
Man's
Child
;
there
came
likewise
a
Nurse
to
attend
him
,
of
whom
I
have
enquired
several
times
,
if
she
knew
the
Parents
,
but
she
told
me
,
she
could
not
satisfie
me
in
that
particular
;
but
if
the
Mother
be
as
Fair
and
as
Beautiful
as
the
Nurse
,
she
must
needs
be
the
flower
of
all
Italy
;
now
I
have
seen
the
Child
(
reply'd
the
Duke
)
I
hope
,
Father
,
I
may
have
that
Liberty
,
of
seeing
the
Nurse
:
Yes
,
(
reply'd
the
Curate
)
your
Highness
may
command
it
,
I
will
immediately
attend
you
to
the
Chamber
where
she
is
,
for
if
the
Child
hath
thus
transported
you
which
is
but
a
Copy
,
what
will
the
Mother
not
do
which
is
the
Original
?
The
Curate
would
have
eased
the
Duke's
Arms
,
and
have
taken
the
Child
from
him
,
but
he
would
not
part
with
it
till
he
had
given
it
many
Kisses
.
In
the
mean
while
,
the
Curate
stept
a
little
before
,
to
inform
Evadne
the
Duke
was
coming
to
visit
her
,
and
desired
she
would
be
ready
to
receive
him
.
Evadne
being
surpriz'd
with
a
suddain
Passion
,
that
there
arose
such
fresh
Colours
in
her
Face
,
which
were
mighty
becoming
,
and
rather
prov'd
a
Friend
then
an
Enemy
to
her
Beauty
.
The
Duke
was
intent
,
and
astonish'd
at
the
sight
of
her
,
and
Evadne
throwing
her self
immediately
at
his
Feet
,
would
have
kiss'd
them
;
but
the
Duke
,
without
saying
one
Word
,
gave
the
Child
to
the
Curate
,
and
went
with
great
hast
out
of
the
House
;
which
Evadne
seeing
,
she
turned
about
to
the
Curate
,
and
being
much
amazed
at
this
suddain
Motion
;
Alass
,
Sir
,
(
said
she
)
has
the
sight
of
me
so
scar'd
the
Duke
,
that
he
cannot
endure
me
in
his
presence
?
Am
I
grown
so
Odious
,
and
deform'd
in
his
Eyes
,
that
he
Loaths
and
Abhors
me
?
Hath
he
forgot
those
Obligations
wherein
he
stands
bound
to
me
?
Would
he
not
vouchsafe
to
speak
so
much
as
one
Word
to
me
?
Was
his
Son
so
Burthensom
to
him
?
Was
he
so
weary
with
holding
him
,
that
he
so
quickly
rather
threw
,
than
put
him
out
of
his
Arms
?
To
all
which
complaint
,
the
Curate
reply'd
not
a
word
,
but
wondring
at
the
suddain
flight
of
the
Duke
,
for
it
seem'd
to
him
to
be
rather
a
flight
than
any
thing
else
.
But
all
this
hast
was
made
to
no
other
end
,
save
only
to
call
Giacomo
,
whom
he
commanded
to
make
all
the
hast
he
could
to
Bolognia
,
and
bid
Marcellus
,
and
the
two
Spanish
Gentlemen
,
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
●…do
,
with
all
speed
,
and
laying
all
Ex●…s
aside
,
to
meet
him
at
the
Curate's
House
.
Giacomo
was
not
slothful
,
but
p●…ly
put
his
Lord's
Command
in
Execution
;
who
being
thus
dispatch'd
,
the
D●…ke
presently
return'd
back
again
where
Evadne
was
,
but
found
her
weeping
,
upon
which
,
the
Duke
took
her
in
his
Arms
,
and
ad●…ng
Tears
to
Tears
,
exchang'd
a
Thousand
Kisses
on
her
Rosie
Lips
,
but
their
Tongues
were
locked
up
in
an
Amorous
silence
.
The
Nurse
and
Dorila
observing
these
Amorous
Passages
,
leapt
for
Joy
,
and
were
transported
with
the
Pleasure
of
seeing
it
.
The
Curate
also
bestowed
a
Thousand
Kisses
on
the
pretty
Infant
,
which
he
had
in
his
Arms.
By
this
time
the
Curate's
Dinner
disturb'd
their
close
Imbracements
;
but
being
at
Dinner
,
Evadne
gave
th●…
Duke
an
account
of
all
that
had
happened
to
her
,
since
she
left
her
Kinswoman's
House
,
and
that
Dorila
a
Servant
of
Do●…
Francisco's
perswaded
her
to
come
hither
▪
and
that
she
had
serv'd
her
very
faithfully
,
and
with
a
great
deal
of
Respect
.
The
Duke
likewise
recounted
to
her
all
that
which
had
befaln
him
to
this
present
.
Some
three
days
after
came
Marcellus
,
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
,
who
were
in
great
hopes
the
Duke
had
heard
of
the
Lady
Evadne
:
But
Giacomo
who
was
purposely
sent
for
them
,
could
not
any
ways
acquaint
them
with
the
Business
:
the
Duke
went
forth
to
receive
them
in
a
large
Room
,
adjoining
near
to
that
where
Evadne
was
:
he
did
not
shew
a
Countenance
of
any
Satisfaction
at
all
,
which
made
these
new
Guests
to
remain
still
sad
and
pensive
,
looking
dejectedly
upon
one
another
;
however
,
he
des●…'d
them
to
sit
down
:
So
●…eating
himself
by
them
,
he
directed
his
Discourse
to
Marcellus
.
You
know
well
,
Seignior
Marcellus
,
that
〈◊〉
never
did
delude
your
Sister
,
the
fair
Evadne
,
you
are
not
unacquainted
of
the
●…illigence
I
have
used
,
for
the
finding
of
〈◊〉
out
,
in
order
to
the
happy
Union
of
〈◊〉
●…oth
,
according
to
those
Vows
I
have
●…ten
made
to
her
;
neither
are
you
a
Stran●…
,
that
she
appears
not
,
and
my
word
●…ught
not
to
be
Eternal
.
I
am
in
my
●…thful
Years
,
and
not
so
well
grounded
●…d
experienced
in
the
World
,
as
to
avoid
●…ose
Delights
and
Pleasures
,
which
offer
●…selves
very
often
to
me
;
the
self
same
●…ction
which
made
me
promise
to
be
Evadne's
Husband
,
led
me
likewise
,
before
〈◊〉
p●…st
my
Word
unto
her
,
to
promise
Mar●…ge
to
a
Country
Girl
,
a
Farmers
Daugh●…
in
this
Village
,
whom
I
thought
to
〈◊〉
put
off
,
that
I
might
have
applyed
my
〈◊〉
to
Evadne's
Worth
,
though
not
to
〈◊〉
which
my
Conscience
dictated
to
me
,
●…ch
was
no
small
Manifestation
of
my
〈◊〉
Love
;
but
since
no
Man
Marries
a
〈◊〉
which
is
Invinsible
,
and
that
it
does
〈◊〉
stand
with
reason
,
that
a
Man
should
〈◊〉
seek
after
a
Wife
that
forsakes
him
,
there
is
no
reason
I
should
stay
for
Evadne
that
flies
me
:
I
say
this
(
Sir
)
that
you
may
see
how
willing
,
and
ready
I
am
to
give
you
satisfaction
.
And
thus
I
have
demonstrated
to
you
,
that
I
never
did
,
o●…
had
any
intention
of
doing
you
the
leas●…
Injustice
,
or
Injury
:
And
therefore
,
〈◊〉
would
crave
that
leave
of
you
,
that
〈◊〉
may
comply
with
my
first
Promise
to
Marry
this
Country
Maid
which
is
here
in
th●…
House
.
Whilst
the
Duke
was
making
this
Speech
Marcellus's
Countenance
chang'd
very
often
,
and
was
very
restless
;
which
we●…
evident
Proofs
and
Tokens
of
Passion
,
taking
possession
of
his
Senses
:
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
were
much
disturbed
:
The
Duke
then
reading
their
Mind
in
their
Faces
,
he
desir'd
Marcellus
to
b●…
patient
,
and
enjoyn'd
him
not
to
retur●…
him
one
word
in
answer
;
for
(
continue●…
he
)
I
mean
to
shew
you
the
beauty
of
tha●…
Person
,
whom
I
intend
to
make
my
Wife
not
doubting
,
but
it
will
oblige
you
t●…
gratifie
my
desires
,
for
it
is
such
,
and
s●…
powerfully
Charming
,
that
it
will
easil●…
excuse
me
for
far
greater
Errours
:
Whe●…
the
Duke
was
risen
,
and
gone
from
'
e●…
they
all
consulted
together
,
and
Don
Francisco
told
Marcellus
,
he
thought
the
Duke's
Request
was
very
unreasonable
,
and
that
he
ought
to
give
some
seasonable
time
for
the
finding
out
of
the
Lady
Evadne
.
While
they
were
thus
debating
this
business
,
from
out
of
a
Room
just
before
'em
,
came
Evadne
,
led
betwixt
the
Curate
and
the
Duke
;
after
them
followed
Laurana
,
Evadne's
Woman
(
the
Duke
having
sent
for
her
to
Millain
)
;
then
the
two
Nurses
,
and
Dorila
,
which
belong'd
to
the
two
Spanish
Gentlemen
:
When
Marcellus
saw
his
Sister
,
and
had
taken
a
full
view
of
her
,
and
knew
that
it
was
she
,
stumbling
for
ha●…
,
he
went
and
threw
himself
at
the
Duke's
Feet
,
who
took
him
up
,
and
placed
him
in
his
Sisters
Arms
,
who
imbrac'd
him
with
all
possible
Demonstrations
of
Joy
.
Then
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
,
told
the
Duke
,
that
he
had
put
upon
'em
the
most
discreet
,
and
most
pleasing
deceit
in
the
World
.
The
Duke
took
the
Child
which
Lau●…ana
brought
in
her
Arms
,
and
giving
it
to
Marcellus
,
Here
Brother
(
said
he
)
take
your
Nephew
,
and
my
Son
,
and
see
now
whether
you
will
give
me
leave
to
Marry
this
Country
Lass
,
who
is
the
first
that
ever
I
plighted
my
Faith
to
:
It
were
endless
to
repeat
Marcellus's
Replys
;
what
Don
Francisco
ask'd
him
,
what
Don
Ber●…rdo
thought
,
the
rejoycing
of
the
Curate
,
the
Joy
of
Laurana
,
the
Content
of
the
Adviser
,
Dorila
,
the
Admiration
of
Giacomo
,
and
the
Nurse
:
And
in
a
Word
,
the
general
content
of
all
.
The
Curate
forthwith
Married
them
;
Don
Francisco
was
the
Father
that
gave
her
;
and
amongst
them
all
it
was
agreed
upon
,
That
those
Nuptials
should
be
concealed
▪
till
they
had
received
the
News
of
the
Dutchess
his
Mother's
Death
,
who
was
now
almost
spent
,
by
reason
of
her
long
Sickness
,
that
in
the
mean
time
Evadne
should
return
with
her
Brother
to
Bolognia
.
But
the
Dutchess
shortly
after
dyed
,
and
Evadne
entred
into
Millain
rejoycing
the
City
with
her
Fair
Presence
;
Mourning
Weeds
were
turn'd
into
Gay
and
Rich
Cloths
;
the
Nurse
,
and
Dorila
were
liberally
rewarded
;
Laurana
was
Married
to
Gi●…como
;
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
,
were
wonderfully
well
conte●…ted
,
that
it
had
been
their
good
Fortune
to
have
been
any
way
serviceable
to
the
Du●…
,
who
offer'd
them
two
of
his
near
Ki●…women
to
be
their
Wives
,
with
exceeding
●…ich
Dowries
.
But
they
told
him
,
the
Gentlemen
of
Biscay
,
for
the
most
part
,
Married
in
their
own
Country
;
and
that
not
out
of
any
scorn
,
but
to
comply
with
that
commendable
Custom
,
and
the
Will
of
their
Parents
,
who
had
already
provided
Wives
for
them
,
they
could
not
except
of
this
his
most
Noble
Offer
.
The
Duke
admitting
of
their
Excuse
,
however
sought
all
Generous
Opportunities
to
send
them
Presents
to
Bolognia
,
which
were
very
considerable
.
The
Dutchess
gave
also
one
of
her
Jewels
to
Don
Francisco
,
and
another
to
Don
Bernardo
;
who
when
they
saw
all
their
Modest
Refusals
would
not
serve
,
they
with
unwilling
willingness
received
them
.
Evadne
was
visited
very
often
at
Millain
,
by
most
of
the
great
Ladies
;
among
whom
her
Transcendent
Beauty
,
and
Incomparable
Vertues
,
made
her
shine
with
as
much
Superiority
,
as
a
Star
of
a
greater
Magnitude
exceeds
in
Splendour
the
lesser
Luminaries
;
and
the
Duke
grew
every
day
more
Enamour'd
of
her
than
ever
.
Sometime
after
,
Don
Francisco
,
and
Don
Bernardo
,
return'd
into
their
own
Country
,
where
they
were
Married
to
Rich
,
Noble
,
and
Beautiful
Young
Ladies
;
continuing
still
their
Correspondence
with
the
Duke
,
and
the
Dutchess
,
and
with
Seignior
Marcellus
Barbarino
,
with
all
the
Love
and
Amity
in
the
World
.
THE
Generous
Lover
A
NOVEL
.
OH
the
Lamentable
Ruines
of
Unhappy
Nicosia
!
The
Blood
of
thy
Valiant
and
Unfortunate
Defenders
,
being
yet
scarce
dry
!
if
(
as
thou
art
insensible
of
it
)
thou
hadst
any
feeling
at
all
in
this
Disconsolate
Condition
wherein
now
we
are
,
we
might
joyntly
bewail
our
Misfortunes
:
It
would
help
to
ease
me
in
some
manner
of
my
torment
,
to
find
a
Companion
of
my
Sorrows
,
and
make
that
burthen
of
my
grief
the
lighter
,
which
now
I
find
so
heavy
(
I
had
almost
said
insupportable
)
for
me
to
bear
:
But
however
,
there
is
some
hope
yet
left
thee
,
that
these
thy
strong
Towers
demolished
,
and
laid
level
with
the
ground
;
thou
mayest
one
day
behold
them
,
(
though
not
in
so
just
a
posture
of
defence
,
as
when
they
were
overthrown
)
erected
to
their
former
Beauty
and
Strength
.
But
I
,
of
all
Unfortunate
,
(
the
most
unfortunate
of
Men.
)
What
Felicity
can
I
hope
for
in
that
▪
wretched
Consternation
wherein
I
now
find
my self
?
If
I
should
return
to
the
same
Station
wherein
I
was
,
before
I
fell
into
this
,
such
is
my
Misfortunes
,
that
when
I
was
free
,
and
at
liberty
,
I
knew
not
what
Happiness
was
;
and
now
in
this
my
Captivity
I
neither
have
,
nor
can
hope
for
it
.
These
Words
did
a
Christian
Captive
utter
,
looking
with
a
sad
,
and
mournful
Countenance
from
the
rising
of
a
Hill
upon
the
ruined
Walls
of
lately
lost
Nicosia
.
Thus
did
he
discourse
with
them
,
and
compared
his
Miseries
with
theirs
,
as
if
they
had
been
able
to
understand
him
:
The
common
,
and
proper
condition
of
afflicted
Persons
,
who
being
violently
carried
away
with
their
own
Imaginary
Conceptions
,
both
do
,
and
say
those
things
which
are
beyond
all
Reason
,
without
either
Study
or
Consideration
.
Whilst
he
was
thus
Complaining
to
himself
,
from
a
Pavillion
pitch'd
in
the
Field
,
not
much
distance
from
him
,
came
out
a
Sprightly
Turk
,
a
Young
Man
of
a
Noble
Presence
,
and
with
an
Ingenious
Aspect
,
accompanied
with
Briskness
and
Courage
,
answerable
to
his
Physiognomy
;
who
drawing
near
to
the
Christian
,
without
much
Ceremony
,
yet
in
a
kind
,
and
civil
manner
;
Sir
,
(
said
he
)
I
durst
lay
a
Wager
with
you
,
that
those
Pensive
Thoughts
,
which
I
read
in
your
Face
,
have
brought
you
hither
:
You
read
aright
,
answered
Gasparino
,
(
that
was
the
Captives
Name
)
such
Thoughts
as
those
have
brought
me
hither
indeed
:
But
what
does
it
advantage
me
?
Since
where-ever
I
go
,
I
am
so
far
from
procuring
any
Peace
,
that
I
cannot
obtain
so
much
as
a
Truce
,
or
the
least
Cessation
of
my
Sorrows
:
Nay
,
rather
these
Ruines
,
which
from
hence
discover
themselves
,
have
rather
increas'd
my
Pains
.
Those
of
Nicosia
you
mean
,
(
reply'd
the
Turk
?
)
I
mean
none
else
,
(
answer'd
Gasparino
)
but
those
which
here
offer
themselves
to
my
View
.
You
have
great
occasion
(
quoth
the
Turk
)
to
weep
,
if
you
entertain
your
Thoughts
with
such
Contemplations
;
for
they
who
but
two
years
since
had
seen
this
famous
and
rich
Island
of
Cyprus
in
its
Prosperity
,
and
peaceable
State
;
the
Inhabitants
thereof
enjoying
all
that
Humane
Happiness
and
Felicity
,
Heaven
could
afford
,
or
themselves
desire
,
and
now
should
behold
them
banish'd
from
it
,
or
made
miserable
Slaves
within
it
,
could
not
have
such
Impenetrate
Hearts
,
as
to
forbear
bewailing
their
Calamity
.
But
let
us
leave
discoursing
of
things
,
that
are
not
to
be
remedy'd
,
and
come
to
your
own
Bosom
Sorrows
,
for
I
long
to
know
if
they
be
such
as
you
express
them
to
be
;
and
therefore
,
I
earnestly
entreat
,
nay
Conjure
thee
,
by
that
which
thou
owest
for
those
Services
I
have
done
thee
,
the
good
Will
I
bear
,
and
the
Love
I
have
shewn
thee
,
seeing
we
are
both
of
the
same
Country
,
and
bred
up
in
our
Childhood
together
,
to
deal
freely
with
me
,
and
acquaint
me
with
the
cause
of
this
thy
Melancholy
:
For
though
Captivity
alone
be
sufficient
to
afflict
the
stoutest
Heart
in
the
World
,
yet
I
imagine
the
Current
of
your
Disasters
has
a
deeper
Bottom
.
For
Generous
Minds
(
such
as
thine
is
)
do
not
use
to
render
up
themselves
to
common
Misfortunes
,
in
such
a
measure
,
as
to
make
shew
of
Sorrows
so
extraordinary
;
which
I
am
the
rather
induced
to
believe
,
because
I
know
that
Poverty
is
not
so
much
your
Master
,
but
you
may
pay
your
Ransom
upon
reasonable
terms
;
nor
are
you
immur'd
up
in
the
Towers
of
the
Black
Sea
as
a
Prisoner
of
Note
,
or
Captive
of
Consideration
,
who
late
,
or
never
obtains
his
desired
Liberty
:
For
which
Reason
your
ill
Fortune
has
not
yet
depriv'd
your
hopes
of
seeing
your self
set
free
;
and
therefore
when
I
see
thee
so
much
overcharg'd
with
Grief
,
and
making
such
doleful
Lamentations
,
I
am
forc'd
to
believe
,
that
the
pain
proceeds
from
some
other
cause
than
thy
lost
Liberty
,
which
I
intreat
thee
to
discover
to
me
,
upon
the
faithful
promise
of
all
the
assistance
I
am
able
to
afford
thee
.
Who
knows
,
but
that
Fortune
in
her
Wheeling
hath
brought
this
about
,
that
I
should
,
Proteus
like
,
be
clad
in
this
Habit
,
which
I
so
much
abhor
,
to
the
end
I
may
be
serviceable
to
thee
?
Thou
knowest
already
,
Gasparino
,
that
my
Master
is
a
chief
Minister
in
this
City
;
thou
likewise
knows
the
great
Sway
which
he
bears
here
,
and
how
much
Interest
I
have
in
him
;
together
with
this
,
thou
art
not
ignorant
of
the
servent
desire
I
have
not
to
die
in
this
State
,
which
I
thus
seem
to
profess
;
for
my
own
Heart
can
testifie
,
if
ever
I
should
come
to
the
Test
,
I
am
resolved
openly
to
confess
the
Christian
Faith
,
from
which
my
few
Years
,
and
less
understanding
,
separated
me
:
From
all
this
that
has
been
said
,
I
leave
it
to
thy self
to
infer
the
Conclusion
,
and
to
consider
seriously
,
whether
my
proffered
Friendship
may
be
useful
to
thee
.
Now
,
that
I
may
know
what
Remedy
thy
Misfortune
requires
,
it
is
requisite
thou
should'st
recount
it
to
me
;
the
Relation
of
it
being
as
necessary
for
me
to
hear
,
as
the
Rich
Patient's
mind
to
his
Physician
:
And
I
assure
thee
by
all
the
Fidelity
that
belongs
to
Friendship
,
to
secure
it
in
the
deepest
Silence
.
To
all
these
Words
of
his
,
Gasparino
gave
an
attentive
Ear
;
though
his
Tongue
was
silent
,
and
seeing
himself
obliged
by
those
kind
Expressions
,
and
his
own
necessity
,
return'd
this
Answer
:
My
dearest
Pyrrhus
,
said
he
,
(
for
so
was
this
Turk
called
)
if
as
thou
hast
conjectur'd
aright
at
my
Misfortunes
,
thou
could'st
prescribe
as
well
the
Remedy
,
I
should
think
my self
happy
in
my
lost
Liberty
,
and
would
not
change
my
State
for
the
greatest
Felicity
imaginable
;
but
I
understand
well
the
Cause
is
such
,
that
all
the
World
may
take
notice
whence
it
proceeds
;
though
that
Man
is
not
to
be
found
who
dares
undertake
to
find
out
a
Remedy
,
much
less
to
give
me
the
least
Relief
;
and
that
thou
may'st
be
inform'd
of
the
verity
of
my
Discourse
,
I
will
relate
as
briefly
as
I
can
,
the
Cause
of
my
Woes
;
but
before
I
enter
into
this
confused
Labyrinth
of
my
Miseries
,
I
would
first
desire
thee
to
acquaint
me
with
the
Cause
,
why
Bazon
Bashaw
hath
pitch'd
here
in
this
Field
these
Tents
and
Pavillions
,
before
he
makes
his
entry
into
Nicosia
,
being
deputed
to
be
Vice-roy
or
Bashaw
there
.
I
will
,
(
said
Pyrrhus
,
)
answer
your
demands
in
a
few
Words
;
and
therefore
you
must
know
,
that
it
is
a
Custom
among
the
Turks
,
that
they
who
come
to
be
Vice-roys
of
some
Province
,
do
not
immediately
enter
into
the
City
where
their
Predecessor
resides
,
till
he
departs
out
of
it
,
and
leaves
the
Place
free
to
his
Successor
.
For
when
the
new
Bashaw
has
made
his
Entrance
,
the
old
one
stays
without
in
the
Field
,
expecting
what
Accusations
shall
come
against
him
,
and
what
Misdemeanours
(
during
his
Government
)
they
shall
lay
to
his
Charge
;
which
being
alledged
and
proved
,
are
recorded
,
and
a
note
taken
of
them
;
now
the
other
being
setled
in
his
Residence
,
he
gives
to
him
that
leaves
his
Charge
,
a
Scrole
of
Parchment
seal'd
up
very
close
,
and
therewith
he
presents
himself
at
the
Gate
of
the
Grand
Seignior
;
which
being
seen
and
perused
by
the
Visier
Bashaw
,
and
by
those
other
inferiour
Bashaws
,
they
either
reward
or
punish
him
according
to
the
Relation
that
is
made
of
his
Behaviour
.
For
this
Reason
,
thy
Master
Bazon
Bashaw
has
remained
in
this
Field
four
days
,
but
he
of
Nicosia
is
not
as
yet
come
forth
,
having
been
very
sick
;
but
being
now
upon
the
mending
hand
,
he
will
without
fail
come
forth
,
either
to
day
or
to
morrow
at
the
farthest
,
and
is
to
lodge
in
certain
Tents
which
are
pitched
behind
this
rising
Hill
,
which
as
yet
thou
hast
not
seen
,
and
thy
Master
is
forthwith
to
enter
the
City
.
Thus
much
to
your
first
Question
;
now
in
the
Prosecution
of
my
promised
Relation
.
But
let
me
first
ask
you
,
whether
you
know
in
our
Town
of
Trepana
a
Virgin
,
to
whom
Fame
hath
given
the
repute
of
being
the
fairest
in
all
Sicily
;
in
whose
praise
the
most
transcendent
Wits
have
expressed
themselves
,
and
of
whom
the
most
Judicious
have
concluded
,
that
she
was
the
perfectest
Pattern
of
Beauty
,
that
the
past
Age
had
,
the
present
has
,
and
that
which
is
to
come
,
can
hope
to
have
.
Nature
indeed
had
bestowed
on
the
whole
composure
,
every
thing
so
perfect
,
that
envy
it self
could
not
tax
her
in
any
one
particular
.
And
it
is
possible
(
Pyrrhus
)
that
all
this
while
thou
hast
not
told
me
,
yet
who
she
●…s
,
nor
her
Name
?
I
verily
believe
,
either
●…ou
dost
not
lend
an
Ear
to
me
all
this
while
,
or
when
thou
wast
in
Trepana
thou
●…ert
senceless
.
Pyrrhus
replyed
,
That
if
she
whom
he
had
set
forth
,
with
such
incom●…arableness
of
Beauty
,
were
not
Graciana
●…e
Daughter
of
Pisaura
Sorescos
,
he
knew
●…ot
who
she
could
be
,
for
that
she
alone
●…ad
all
that
fame
to
attend
her
he
had
spoke
〈◊〉
.
'T
is
she
,
Pyrrhus
,
(
reply'd
Gasparino
)
't
is
●…he
(
my
dearest
Friend
)
who
is
the
princi●…al
cause
of
all
my
Felicity
,
and
Misfortune
.
'T
is
she
,
and
not
my
lost
Liberty
,
for
whom
●…y
Eyes
have
shed
so
many
numberless
Tears
.
'T
is
she
,
for
whom
my
Heart
is
ready
to
●…urst
with
continual
sighing
.
'T
is
she
,
for
●…hom
my
Complaints
weary
the
Gods
by
●…y
Invocation
,
and
the
Ears
of
those
which
●…e
my
Auditors
.
'T
is
she
,
for
whom
thou
●…ook'st
me
to
be
Distracted
,
or
at
least
,
for
〈◊〉
man
of
low
Esteem
,
and
less
Courage
.
'T
is
Graciana
,
to
me
a
Tygress
,
but
to
ano●…her
,
Affable
,
and
Courteous
:
She
it
is
●…hat
keeps
me
in
this
Wretched
,
and
Mise●…able
Estate
.
For
you
must
understand
,
that
from
my
Minor
Years
,
or
at
least
,
ever
since
I
gave
place
to
Reason
,
I
not
only
Lov'd
▪
but
did
Adore
her
,
and
kneel'd
to
her
Devotion
as
to
a
Deity
;
her
Parents
knew
my
Addresses
were
design'd
to
a
Vertuo●…
Intent
;
for
many
a
time
have
they
acquainted
Graciana
with
that
Ardent
Love
,
and
Affection
I
bare
to
her
,
and
have
often
i●…portun'd
her
to
grant
me
a
kind
Acceptation
.
But
she
who
had
placed
her
Eyes
on
Hippolito
the
Son
of
Moronio
de
Corisea
,
(
who●…
you
know
very
well
,
a
Young
Spark
,
Ne●…
and
Spruce
,
Lilly
white
Hands
,
and
Cu●…led
Locks
,
a
Charming
Tongue
,
and
Am●…rous
Expressions
,
composed
of
Civit
,
Mu●…
and
Amber
Grease
,
Gay
Cloths
,
and
a
Pleasant
Deportment
)
would
not
so
much
〈◊〉
bestow
one
Glance
of
her
Eyes
on
me
,
w●…
had
not
altogether
so
pleasant
a
Coun●…nance
as
Hippolito
;
nor
vouchsafe
to
ente●…tain
with
the
least
Grain
of
Gratitude
m●…
best
Endeavours
to
please
her
,
my
man
and
continual
Services
,
but
still
require
them
with
Disdain
and
Hatred
;
and
to
su●…
Extreams
did
the
Excess
of
my
Love
brin●…
me
,
that
I
should
have
rendred
my
s●…
happy
,
had
her
Disdains
,
and
Crueltie
put
a
Period
to
my
Life
,
that
I
might
no●…
have
been
Witness
of
her
conferring
such
open
,
though
truly
modest
Favours
upon
Hippolito
.
Consider
now
,
being
thus
tormented
with
Disdain
and
Hatred
,
and
almost
mad
with
Rage
,
and
Jealousie
,
in
what
a
miserable
case
my
Soul
was
,
while
two
such
Mortal
Plagues
were
reigning
there
!
Graciana's
Parents
concealed
those
Favours
she
bestowed
on
Hippolito
;
thinking
that
he
,
attracted
by
her
most
Exquisite
,
and
Incomparable
Beauty
,
(
which
indeed
was
matchless
)
would
propose
a
Contract
,
and
so
in
him
acquire
her
a
Richer
Husband
,
and
perhaps
he
might
be
so
:
But
I
dare
be
so
presumptious
to
declare
,
(
without
any
Ostentation
)
that
my
Birth
,
and
Quality
is
no
ways
inferiour
to
his
;
and
for
his
mind
,
it
cannot
be
nobler
furnish'd
than
mine
;
neither
can
his
Valour
,
if
once
called
in
question
,
gain
the
Victory
:
But
that
indeed
which
over-balanc'd
me
,
was
Graciana's
Favour
,
and
her
Parents
promoting
of
the
business
,
which
only
made
the
Scales
uneven
,
by
their
inclining
to
Hippolito
.
Now
it
so
happened
,
that
persisting
in
the
pursuit
of
my
Pretentions
,
I
had
intelligence
,
that
one
day
in
the
Month
of
May
,
last
past
;
Graciana
,
her
Parents
,
and
Hippolito
,
accompanied
with
their
Kindred
,
Friends
,
and
Servants
,
to
make
merry
in
Moronio's
Garden
,
near
adjoyning
to
the
Sea
,
towards
the
Salt
Pits
.
I
know
the
place
well
,
(
said
Pyrrhus
)
go
on
Gasparino
,
I
was
more
than
four
days
in
one
,
but
I
could
have
wish'd
I
had
not
been
there
four
Minutes
.
I
knew
that
,
(
reply'd
Gasparino
)
and
at
that
very
moment
that
I
understood
it
,
my
Soul
was
possess'd
with
such
a
Fury
,
such
a
Hell
of
Jealousies
,
that
it
bereaved
me
of
my
Senses
;
as
you
may
perceive
by
my
following
Relation
.
I
hasted
to
the
Garden
,
where
I
was
inform'd
they
were
,
I
found
most
of
the
Company
very
pleasant
,
and
Hippolito
,
and
Graciana
sitting
under
a
Wall-Nut
Tree
,
at
some
distance
from
the
rest
:
How
pleasant
an
Object
I
was
to
'em
,
I
am
yet
to
learn
;
but
the
sight
of
her
wrought
so
upon
me
,
that
I
stood
like
a
Statue
without
either
Sence
,
or
Motion
;
but
I
continued
not
long
in
that
Ecstasie
,
before
my
Anger
rouzed
my
Passion
,
and
Rage
gave
Motion
to
my
Hands
and
Tongue
:
I
confess
,
my
Hands
at
present
were
bound
by
the
respect
which
was
due
to
that
fair
Face
,
which
I
had
in
view
,
but
my
Tongue
breaking
Silence
,
I
utter'd
all
that
a
Rejected
Lover
,
or
Passion
could
invent
.
But
all
I
did
say
,
could
not
move
Hippolito
to
displace
himself
,
but
sate
looking
on
me
as
one
amaz'd
,
not
offering
once
to
rise
;
yet
my
Voice
was
so
loud
,
and
my
Expressions
so
sharp
,
as
occasioned
those
which
were
walking
in
the
Garden
to
draw
near
;
who
hearing
the
revengeful
Language
I
gave
my
Rival
,
came
in
to
his
assistance
;
and
then
all
Drawing
upon
me
,
there
began
a
most
furious
Combat
between
us
:
I
valued
not
their
number
,
but
encountred
them
with
such
an
Undaunted
Courage
,
that
I
Wounded
seven
or
eight
,
and
put
Hippolito
to
his
Flight
;
at
the
same
time
Graciana
affrighted
at
this
Engagement
,
fell
into
a
Swoon
,
which
,
as
it
reinforc'd
my
Courage
,
so
it
enrag'd
my
Enemies
the
more
to
Revenge
,
which
it
had
been
impossible
for
me
to
escape
,
had
not
Fortune
provided
a
Remedy
worse
than
the
Disease
;
for
on
a
suddain
there
rush'd
into
the
Garden
a
great
number
of
Turks
,
Pirates
of
Viserta
,
who
with
two
Galleys
,
had
put
into
a
little
Creek
of
the
Sea
,
between
two
Rocks
hard
by
the
Shore
,
where
they
Landed
,
without
being
heard
,
or
seen
by
the
Sentinels
of
the
Watch-Towers
,
or
discovered
by
those
Scouts
,
whose
daily
office
it
was
to
scoure
the
Coasts
,
and
see
that
all
was
clear
.
When
my
Antagonists
espy'd
'em
,
leaving
me
alone
,
they
swiftly
ran
away
,
and
shifted
so
well
for
themselves
,
that
they
got
safe
out
of
their
danger
,
so
that
of
all
the
whole
Company
,
the
Turks
took
no
more
Captives
,
but
only
three
Persons
besides
my Self
and
Graciana
,
who
lay
there
still
in
a
swoon
.
I
defended
my Self
and
Graciana
,
as
long
as
strength
would
permit
me
,
till
at
length
being
wounded
in
four
places
,
and
having
killed
four
upon
the
place
,
I
was
constrain'd
,
as
the
stoutest
Heart
must
to
his
Fortune
yield
.
The
Turks
with
their
accustomed
Diligence
,
having
got
as
much
as
they
could
,
though
not
very
well
pleased
with
the
Success
,
made
hast
to
imbarque
themselves
,
and
presently
put
out
to
Sea
,
so
that
what
with
their
Sails
,
and
help
of
their
Oars
,
in
a
short
space
they
recovered
Fabiana
;
where
they
muster'd
their
Men
,
and
finding
they
had
lost
four
of
their
best
Souldiers
,
Levant-men
(
as
they
call
them
)
they
were
the
more
willing
to
take
their
revenge
of
me
;
and
therefore
the
Admiral
of
the
Captain-Galley
commanded
them
to
hang
me
up
at
the
Main-yard's
Arm.
Graciana
beholding
the
speedy
Preparations
for
my
Death
,
gave
the
Captain
of
the
Galley
to
understand
that
I
was
a
Person
of
Quality
;
and
that
if
he
did
not
spare
my
Life
,
he
would
certainly
lose
a
considerable
ran●…om
,
and
therefore
advised
him
to
tack
a●…out
again
for
Trepana
,
whence
his
ransom
Money
would
soon
be
brought
him
aboard
.
This
was
the
first
and
the
last
Kindness
which
Graciana
shew'd
me
,
and
all
for
my
greater
Injury
.
The
Turks
hearing
what
Graciana
had
reported
,
easily
believed
her
;
and
this
their
hope
of
profit
turned
the
Course
of
their
Malice
.
The
next
Morning
,
hanging
out
a
flag
of
Peace
,
they
anchor'd
before
Trepana
;
as
for
the
Night
before
,
how
I
imployed
it
,
you
may
better
conceive
than
I
express
;
not
so
much
for
the
care
of
my
Wounds
,
but
to
think
on
the
danger
wherein
my
cruel
Enemy
was
amongst
those
Barbarous
People
.
Being
come
now
well
to
the
City
,
one
of
the
Galleys
entred
the
Haven
,
the
other
stood
off
.
All
the
Citizens
flock'd
to
the
Sea
side
,
and
amongst
the
rest
was
Hippolito
,
who
stood
●…far
off
observing
what
pass'd
in
the
Galley
,
whilst
my
Steward
was
treating
with
the
Turks
;
but
I
had
given
him
order
not
to
●…eat
about
my
Liberty
,
but
of
Graciana's
:
and
for
her
freedom
to
offer
all
I
was
worth
,
either
in
Lands
,
Goods
,
or
Chattels
,
commanding
him
moreover
to
go
on
Shore
,
and
acquaint
Graciana's
Parents
,
that
they
should
leave
it
to
him
to
treat
about
their
Daughter's
Liberty
.
The
chief
Captain
who
was
a
Grecian
,
but
a
Renegado
,
demanded
for
Graciana
,
six
thousand
Crowns
,
and
for
my self
four
thousand
,
declaring
withal
,
he
would
not
sell
the
one
without
the
other
.
The
setting
so
great
a
price
,
(
as
I
understood
afterwards
)
was
,
he
was
smitten
with
the
Beauty
of
Graciana
,
and
was
therefore
unwilling
she
should
be
redeemed
.
Graciana's
Parents
offer'd
him
nothing
on
their
part
,
relying
on
the
promise
my
Steward
had
made
them
,
by
my
order
;
neither
did
Hippolito
,
make
any
Propositions
towards
her
ransom
.
And
so
after
many
demands
and
Capitulations
,
my
Steward
concluded
the
Business
,
giving
for
Graciana
five
thousand
Crowns
,
and
for
my self
three
thousand
;
the
Captain
accepted
this
offer
,
forced
thereunto
by
the
Perswasions
of
his
Companion
,
and
all
the
rest
of
his
Souldiers
;
but
because
my
Steward
had
not
so
much
Money
in
cash
,
he
desired
only
three
days
time
,
intending
to
sell
so
much
of
my
Goods
,
till
he
had
made
up
the
summ
.
Rozak
,
(
so
was
the
Captain
call'd
)
was
glad
of
this
,
thinking
in
the
mean
while
,
to
find
some
Occasion
to
break
off
the
Bargain
,
and
so
sail'd
back
again
to
Fabiana
,
with
a
promise
to
return
at
the
end
of
three
days
,
and
to
receive
his
Money
according
to
Agreement
.
But
it
so
unfortunately
fell
out
at
the
same
time
the
Turks
discovered
,
from
the
main
Top-Mast
,
six
Italian
Galleys
,
and
guess'd
them
,
(
as
it
was
true
)
to
be
either
of
Malta
or
Sicily
;
so
that
the
Captains
immediately
hoysting
Sail
,
and
turning
their
Prowes
towards
Barbary
;
in
less
than
two
hours
lost
the
sight
of
those
Galleys
,
and
by
the
help
of
approaching
Night
,
secured
themselves
from
the
danger
that
threatned
them
.
Now
I
leave
it
to
your
good
Consideration
(
Friend
Pyrrhus
)
how
much
my
mind
was
troubled
in
this
Voyage
,
finding
it
to
fall
out
so
cross
and
contrary
to
that
which
I
expected
;
and
much
more
,
when
the
next
day
the
two
Gallies
reaching
the
Island
of
Pantanalea
on
the
South
part
,
the
Turks
went
to
get
Wood
,
and
fresh
Victuals
;
but
most
of
all
,
when
I
saw
both
the
Captains
Land
,
and
share
between
them
all
those
prizes
they
had
taken
,
which
was
to
me
a
lingring
Death
:
Rozak
,
gave
to
Ledalbo
,
(
for
so
was
the
other
Captain
call'd
)
six
Christians
,
four
for
the
Oar
,
and
two
very
Beautiful
Boys
,
both
Born
in
Corso
,
together
with
my self
,
that
he
might
have
Graciana
for
his
own
:
'T
is
true
I
could
not
understand
what
they
said
,
though
I
was
not
Ignorant
what
they
did
;
neither
had
I
known
then
the
manner
of
their
sharings
,
if
Ledalbo
had
not
come
to
me
and
told
me
in
Italian
;
Christian
thou
art
now
mine
,
(
as
my
Captive
)
rated
at
two
thousand
Crowns
;
if
thou
wilt
have
thy
Liberty
,
thou
must
give
me
four
thousand
,
or
resolve
here
to
end
thy
days
.
I
then
demanded
of
him
whether
the
Christian
Lady
,
were
his
?
He
told
me
,
No
,
but
that
Rozak
kept
her
for
his
own
use
,
with
Intention
to
make
her
turn
Moore
,
and
then
marry
her
.
Whereupon
I
promised
him
if
he
would
bring
the
Business
so
about
that
the
Christian
Lady
might
become
his
Captive
,
I
would
give
him
ten
thousand
Crowns
in
good
Gold
for
her
ransom
.
He
reply'd
,
it
was
impossible
,
but
he
would
acquaint
Rozak
,
with
the
great
Sum
which
I
offer'd
for
her
Freedom
;
perhaps
,
said
he
,
considering
the
profit
he
will
reap
by
it
,
he
may
alter
his
purpose
,
and
accept
of
the
ransom
.
He
did
so
,
and
then
presently
commanded
all
those
of
his
own
Galley
to
embark
themselves
as
soon
as
possible
they
could
,
intending
for
Tripoli
in
Barbary
,
where
he
was
born
;
Rozak
likewise
determined
to
go
for
Viserta
;
and
so
imbarked
with
the
same
hast
they
used
to
do
when
they
discover
any
Galleys
which
they
fear
,
or
Vessels
which
they
think
to
be
a
prize
;
besides
they
saw
the
weather
begun
to
change
,
inclining
to
a
Storm
.
Graciana
was
on
Land
,
but
not
where
I
might
see
her
;
save
only
at
the
time
of
her
imbarking
,
where
we
both
met
at
the
Sea-side
.
This
her
new
Lover
led
her
by
the
hand
,
and
setting
her
foot
upon
the
Plank
which
reached
from
the
Land
to
the
Galley
,
she
turned
back
to
look
upon
me
,
though
my
Eyes
were
never
off
from
her
;
looking
upon
her
with
so
much
tender
Affection
,
and
languishing
so
long
,
at
length
I
was
depriv'd
of
that
little
sence
of
seeing
I
had
left
,
and
fainted
away
;
the
like
they
afterwards
told
me
befel
Graciana
,
who
dropt
from
the
Plank
into
the
Sea
,
where
she
had
been
drowned
,
but
that
Rozak
leapt
in
after
her
,
and
brought
her
out
in
his
Arms.
But
when
I
came
again
to
my
Senses
,
and
saw
my self
alone
in
one
Galley
,
and
the
other
steering
a
contrary
Course
,
and
sailed
out
of
sight
,
carrying
away
with
them
the
one
half
of
my
Soul
,
or
(
to
speak
truth
)
all
of
it
;
new
Clouds
hovered
over
my
Heart
,
and
I
began
again
to
curse
my
Misfortune
,
and
called
aloud
for
Death
to
seize
me
:
such
and
so
great
was
the
Lamentation
I
made
,
that
it
proved
so
offensive
to
my
Master's
Ears
,
that
he
threatned
if
I
did
not
hold
my
Peace
,
he
would
severely
punish
me
.
Whereupon
I
suppressed
my
Tears
,
and
smother'd
my
Sighs
:
But
froward
Fortune
,
not
contented
to
have
brought
me
into
this
so
narrow
straight
,
took
a
course
to
overthrow
all
,
by
taking
from
me
all
hope
of
Remedy
;
for
in
an
Instant
,
the
storm
we
so
much
feared
overtook
us
,
and
the
Wind
which
blew
strongly
from
the
South
,
blew
full
in
the
Teeth
of
us
;
and
began
with
such
fury
to
re-inforce
it self
,
that
we
were
forced
to
tack
about
,
and
suffer
our
Galley
to
go
which
way
the
Wind
would
carry
her
.
Our
Captain
's
Design
was
to
have
put
into
Some
part
of
the
Island
for
shelter
,
and
more
particularly
,
on
the
North
part
thereof
;
but
it
fell
not
out
according
to
his
Expectation
,
but
rather
,
quite
contrary
to
what
he
had
design'd
;
for
the
Wind
blew
so
high
,
that
within
little
more
than
Fourteen
hours
,
we
saw
our selves
within
two
Leagues
,
or
thereabouts
,
of
the
same
Island
,
from
whence
we
had
put
forth
;
and
now
there
was
no
remedy
for
hindring
our
being
driven
upon
it
,
amongst
very
high
Rocks
,
which
presented
themselves
to
our
view
,
threatning
us
with
inevitable
Death
.
We
saw
on
the
one
side
of
us
,
that
other
Galley
wherein
was
Graciana
,
and
all
their
Turks
,
and
Captive-Rowers
labouring
hard
with
their
Oars
,
to
keep
themselves
off
as
well
as
they
could
from
running
upon
the
same
dangers
.
We
used
the
same
means
in
ours
,
but
with
better
success
;
for
they
being
tyred
out
with
their
Voyage
,
and
overcome
by
the
stiffness
of
the
Wind
,
and
blustring
storm
,
forsaking
their
Oars
,
and
abandoning
their
own
safety
,
suffer'd
themselves
to
fall
amongst
the
Rocks
,
against
which
the
Galley
dashing
it self
,
was
split
in
a
thousand
pieces
.
Night
was
then
drawing
on
,
and
so
great
was
the
cry
of
those
that
gave
themselves
for
lost
;
and
the
Consternation
of
those
in
our
Vessel
made
aking
Hearts
,
for
that
not
any
of
those
things
our
Captain
commanded
was
understood
or
done
by
them
;
only
they
ply'd
their
Oars
,
allowing
it
for
their
best
remedy
,
to
turn
the
Prow
to
the
Wind
,
and
cast
two
Anchors
into
the
Sea
,
to
keep
off
Death
for
a
while
,
which
they
expected
every
moment
:
And
although
the
terrour
of
dying
was
dreaded
by
all
the
rest
,
yet
in
me
it
was
quite
contrary
;
for
flattering
my self
with
the
alluring
hopes
of
having
a
prospect
of
her
in
the
other
World
,
who
was
so
lately
departed
out
of
this
;
every
minute
that
the
Galley
deferr'd
its
drowning
,
or
splitting
against
the
Rocks
,
seem'd
to
me
an
Age
of
Pain
:
and
yet
I
could
not
forbear
,
but
cast
my
Eyes
sometimes
,
upon
the
insulting
Waves
,
to
see
whether
I
could
espy
floating
upon
those
proud
Billows
,
the
Body
of
unfortunate
Graciana
.
At
length
day
appear'd
,
but
with
the
Symptoms
of
a
much
greater
Storm
than
the
former
,
at
which
time
,
we
found
our
Vessel
riding
out
at
Sea
,
some
distance
from
the
Rocks
;
but
having
discovered
a
point
of
the
Island
,
which
we
perceived
might
easily
be
doubled
,
both
Turks
and
Christians
,
began
to
be
chearful
,
and
with
new
Hopes
,
and
new
Hearts
,
falling
with
Courage
to
their
work
,
in
six
hours
we
doubled
the
point
,
where
we
found
the
Sea
more
calm
;
insomuch
that
coming
under
the
Lee
of
the
Island
,
the
Turks
leapt
out
to
Land
,
and
went
to
see
if
there
were
any
Relicks
remaining
of
the
Galley
,
which
the
Night
before
fell
among
the
Rocks
;
but
even
then
neither
would
Fortune
be
so
Favourable
to
me
,
as
to
grant
me
that
poor
Enjoyment
which
I
hop'd
to
have
receiv'd
,
of
having
Graciana's
Body
in
these
my
Arms
;
whom
,
though
dead
and
bruis'd
I
should
have
thought
my self
happy
to
have
imbrac'd
,
thinking
thereby
to
have
master'd
Fate
,
and
link'd
my self
to
her
though
Dead
,
whose
Life
my
Stars
had
utterly
deny'd
me
.
To
which
purpose
,
I
intreated
one
of
the
Renegadoes
to
go
on
Shore
,
to
view
whether
the
rolling
Sea
had
not
cast
her
Body
on
the
Land
:
But
all
in
vain
;
for
just
at
that
very
Instant
the
Wind
began
to
rise
,
and
the
Sea
grew
rough
,
so
that
the
shelter
of
that
Island
,
was
of
no
benefit
to
us
.
Ledalbo
seeing
this
,
would
not
struggle
against
Fortune
,
who
before
had
so
violently
persecuted
him
;
and
therefore
commanding
his
Men
to
fit
the
Galley
,
to
bear
little
Sail
,
and
to
turn
the
Prow
to
the
Seaward
;
while
he
himself
took
Charge
of
the
Rudder
,
he
suffer'd
the
Vessel
to
run
through
the
wide-Sea
;
being
well
assur'd
that
no
impediment
would
cross
its
Course
;
which
made
its
way
with
that
Swiftness
,
that
in
three
Days
and
three
Nights
,
passing
in
sight
of
Trepana
,
of
Melazo
and
Paler●…o
,
we
arriv'd
at
Tripoli
in
Barbary
,
where
my
Master
fell
Sick
of
a
Pleurisie
,
attended
with
a
burning
Fever
,
in
that
violent
manner
,
that
in
three
days
it
sent
him
of
an
errand
into
the
other
World
.
The
king
of
Tripoli
seiz'd
presently
upon
all
his
Wealth
,
and
I
fell
into
the
Hands
of
his
Vice-roy
;
and
within
fifteen
days
after
he
received
his
Commission
for
Cyprus
,
with
whom
I
am
here
arriv'd
,
but
do
not
intend
to
seek
my
Redemption
,
though
he
has
often
importuned
me
to
it
,
(
by
Reason
,
Ledalbo's
Soldiers
had
inform'd
him
of
my
Ability
,
)
and
wondring
that
a
Person
of
my
Quality
should
be
so
much
wanting
to
my self
,
as
not
to
entertain
so
good
a
motion
.
I
gave
him
a
slender
answer
,
and
only
told
him
,
that
he
had
receiv'd
a
wrong
Information
;
but
know
assuredly
(
Pyrrhus
)
I
will
never
return
back
to
that
place
which
will
prove
my
torment
,
and
where
Graciana's
Death
will
in
part
,
if
not
be
wholly
imputed
to
me
.
This
(
Pyrrhus
)
is
my
ill
Fate
,
and
the
Occasion
of
these
my
Sighs
and
Tears
.
Graciana
is
dead
,
and
with
her
are
buryed
all
my
hopes
;
and
though
that
which
I
had
(
whilst
she
liv'd
)
hung
but
by
a
slender
Thred
;
yet
,
yet
,
—
and
then
his
Speech
forsook
him
,
whilst
his
Tears
,
which
were
numerous
had
eased
his
Passion
;
but
having
vented
his
Grief
,
and
recovering
himself
,
Pyrrhus
promised
him
all
the
Kindness
and
Assistance
that
a
true
Friend
could
accomodate
him
withal
.
And
to
that
end
,
assured
him
of
his
utmost
endeavour
so
to
contrive
it
,
that
they
might
be
both
Slaves
to
one
Master
;
and
that
living
both
together
,
they
might
be
the
more
serviceable
one
to
another
;
for
my
Master
(
continu'd
Pyrrhus
)
is
Judge
of
this
City
,
and
none
is
his
Superior
in
it
;
nor
none
more
in
his
Esteem
than
my self
.
While
they
were
thus
discoursing
,
as
luck
would
have
it
,
they
saw
a
great
throng
of
People
coming
out
of
the
City
,
occasioned
by
the
old
Vice-roy's
coming
forth
into
the
Field
,
to
give
place
to
Pyrrhus's
Master
.
Here
they
left
off
any
farther
Communication
for
that
time
,
and
went
to
the
Tents
,
just
at
that
very
Instant
,
as
the
old
Basha●…
▪
came
thither
,
and
the
new
one
came
forth
to
receive
him
at
the
Tent
door
.
Hattem
Bashaw
,
(
for
so
was
he
called
,
that
left
the
Government
)
came
attended
with
Ianizaries
(
being
the
ordinary
Garrison
Soldiers
in
Nicosia
,
ever
since
the
Turks
were
Masters
over
it
)
to
the
number
of
five
hundred
.
They
marched
in
two
Divisions
,
the
one
with
Muskets
,
and
the
other
with
drawn
Scymeters
.
When
they
came
to
the
Tent
of
the
new
Bashaw
,
Hazen
,
they
were
drawn
round
it
;
and
when
Hattem
Bashaw
approached
the
Entrance
of
the
Tent
,
he
made
a
low
Reverence
to
Hazen
,
who
with
a
less
bowing
of
his
Body
congyed
to
him
again
.
This
being
done
,
Hattem
presently
entred
into
Hazen's
Pavillion
:
Then
there
was
brought
him
a
very
stately
Horse
,
richly
Caparison'd
,
upon
which
he
was
mounted
,
and
conducted
round
the
Tents
,
and
a
great
part
of
the
Field
,
with
loud
Acclamations
in
their
own
Language
;
Long
live
Solyman
Sultan
,
and
Hazen
Bashaw
,
his
Vice-roy
;
they
repeated
this
very
often
,
and
then
presently
return'd
back
to
the
Tent
,
where
Hattem
Bashaw
remained
all
the
while
;
and
then
with
the
Cadi
,
or
Iudge
,
Hazen
and
Hattem
,
shut
themselves
up
close
for
the
space
of
an
hour
,
to
treat
of
the
Affairs
of
the
City
.
Within
a
little
while
after
,
the
Cadi
,
or
Judge
of
Causes
,
came
forth
to
the
Door
of
the
Tent
,
and
with
a
loud
Voice
in
the
Turkish
,
Arabick
,
and
Greek
Language
:
Declar'd
,
That
all
who
had
any
thing
to
lay
to
the
Charge
of
Hattem
Bashaw
,
might
have
free
●…mittance
:
for
there
was
Hazen
Bashaw
,
whom
the
Grand
Signior
had
sent
his
Vice-roy
into
Cyprus
,
would
do
them
all
Right
and
Justice
.
Some
Greek
Christians
,
and
some
Turks
entred
to
crave
Justice
;
but
their
Charge
was
so
slender
,
that
the
Judge
dispatch'd
them
immediately
,
finding
no
grounds
for
their
Complaints
.
In
this
Interim
entred
in
an
Officer
,
who
gave
the
Bashaw
notice
,
that
there
was
a
Iew
at
the
Tent
Door
,
who
had
brought
a
most
Fair
and
Beautiful
Christian
Virgin
to
be
sold
;
the
Iudge
or
Cadi
commanded
that
she
should
be
brought
in
:
Upon
which
the
Officer
went
forth
,
and
presently
return'd
,
ushering
in
an
Ancient
Iew
,
who
led
by
the
hand
a
Woman
in
a
Barbary
Habit
;
so
richly
attir'd
,
that
the
wealthiest
Moore
in
Fez
or
Morocco
was
not
able
to
compare
with
her
;
for
throughout
her
whole
Dress
,
she
surpassed
all
the
Affrican
Women
,
her
Face
was
covered
with
a
Sea●…
of
Crimson
Taffata
:
The
small
of
her
Legs
,
and
her
Arms
,
(
which
through
thin
Saroenet
were
easie
to
be
seen
)
were
adorn'd
with
Bracelets
of
Gold
,
wherein
were
set
scatteringly
,
many
fair
Pearls
and
precious
Stones
.
In
Conclusion
,
the
fashion
of
her
Cloths
,
and
all
other
her
Furniture
,
were
such
,
that
the
Cadi
or
Iudge
,
and
the
two
Bashaws
,
upon
the
very
first
sight
of
so
much
Grandeur
,
being
mightily
taken
,
before
any
other
thing
was
said
or
questioned
by
them
,
desired
the
Iew
to
take
the
Sea●…f
from
off
the
Christian's
Face
;
But
then
such
a
splendour
,
such
a
Beautiful
Countenance
discovered
it self
,
as
dazl'd
the
Eyes
of
all
the
Beholders
.
But
he
in
whom
this
amazing
Beauty
,
wrought
the
deepest
Impression
,
was
the
sorrowful
Gasparino
,
as
one
who
better
than
any
other
knew
her
,
she
being
his
cruel
and
beloved
Graciana
,
who
so
often
,
and
with
so
many
Tears
,
had
by
him
been
reputed
,
and
deplor'd
for
dead
.
No●…
was
Gasparino
the
only
Person
that
suffer'd
Loves
powerful
Reign
,
but
at
the
same
time
,
the
two
Bashaws
and
the
Cadi
were
equally
smitten
.
And
therefore
,
without
questioning
the
Iew
,
where
or
how
he
came
by
her
,
they
only
asked
him
,
what
he
would
take
for
her
?
The
Covetous
Iew
,
replyed
,
Two
thousand
Crowns
;
he
had
scarce
set
the
price
,
but
Hattem
Bashaw
proffered
to
give
him
his
Money
down
.
But
Hazen
Bashuw
,
who
was
resolv'd
he
should
not
have
her
though
he
ventured
his
Life
;
Well
,
(
said
he
)
and
I
will
give
the
Iew
two
thousand
Crowns
,
which
he
demands
;
not
that
I
would
either
give
so
much
,
or
go
about
to
circumvent
Hattem
,
did
not
that
inforce
me
,
which
were
he
as
sensible
of
it
as
my self
,
he
would
not
be
so
unjust
as
to
condemn
me
;
for
this
lovely
Slave
belongs
not
to
any
of
us
,
but
to
the
Grand
Signior
;
and
therefore
,
say
I
,
I
buy
her
in
his
Name
;
now
let
me
see
who
dare
be
so
insolent
as
to
offer
to
take
her
from
me
.
That
dare
I
,
replyed
Hattem
,
because
for
the
self
same
end
and
purpose
do
I
buy
her
;
and
it
belongs
more
especially
to
me
,
to
tender
this
present
to
the
Grand
Signior
,
by
reason
,
I
am
taking
my
Voyage
for
Constantinople
,
and
am
provided
with
that
conveniency
for
her
safe
conduct
.
And
by
that
means
,
I
may
the
better
obtain
the
favour
of
the
Grand
Signior
.
Nay
,
rather
,
it
will
be
better
received
from
my
Hands
,
(
reply'd
Hazen
)
to
take
Care
of
sending
her
to
the
Grand
Signior
,
since
I
do
it
without
any
respect
to
my
own
private
Interest
,
or
Expectation
of
profit
.
And
whereas
you
alledge
the
conveniency
of
carrying
her
along
with
you
;
I
will
send
her
in
a
Galley
of
my
own
,
well
armed
,
and
provided
with
a
sufficient
Convoy
at
my
own
Charges
.
At
these
Words
,
Hattem's
Blood
began
to
rise
,
so
that
laying
his
hand
on
his
Scymeter
,
Hazen
,
said
he
,
My
Intentions
are
the
same
with
yours
,
and
she
is
mine
,
for
I
was
the
first
that
purchased
her
;
therefore
if
thou
thinkest
to
circumvent
me
,
this
Scymeter
shall
defend
my
Right
,
and
chastise
thy
Presumption
.
The
Cadi
,
who
was
attentive
to
all
that
had
past
between
them
,
and
burned
no
less
in
Loves
Flames
than
either
of
the
other
,
fearing
least
he
should
lose
his
Treasure
;
Hazen
and
Hattem
,
said
he
,
let
me
intreat
you
both
to
lay
aside
these
your
differences
,
which
I
doubt
not
but
to
compose
in
such
a
manner
,
that
both
of
you
may
effect
your
intentions
,
and
the
Grand
Signior
be
sensible
of
both
your
Services
.
To
these
words
of
the
Iudge
,
they
shewed
themselves
obedient
.
Hattem
,
you
would
have
this
Christian
,
(
said
the
Iudge
)
for
the
Grand
Signior
;
and
Hazen
says
the
like
:
You
alledge
,
That
you
were
the
first
in
offering
the
demanded
price
,
Hazen
contradicts
you
;
and
though
he
doth
not
inforce
his
Argument
so
home
,
yet
I
understand
you
both
agree
to
buy
the
Slave
for
the
same
purpose
;
only
you
got
the
start
of
him
,
in
declaring
first
;
yet
he
ought
not
to
be
wholly
defrauded
of
his
intentions
;
and
therefore
in
my
opinion
,
let
this
business
be
thus
accorded
,
Hazen
shall
pay
two
thousand
Crowns
,
and
Hattem
shall
lay
down
the
other
two
thousand
,
and
let
the
Captive
remain
in
my
power
,
to
the
end
that
I
may
send
her
in
both
your
Names
to
Constantinople
,
that
neither
of
you
may
remain
unrewarded
;
for
(
as
an
Eye
witness
)
I
can
c●…fie
the
forwardness
of
you
both
to
gratifie
the
Grand
Signior
;
to
which
purpose
I
will
send
her
at
my
own
cost
and
charge
,
with
that
Equipage
and
Attendance
,
which
is
due
to
him
,
to
whom
she
is
sent
.
The
two
enamour'd
Bashaws
neither
could
nor
would
contradict
him
;
each
of
them
forming
,
and
imagining
in
his
mind
a
hope
(
though
doubtful
)
of
promising
to
themselves
the
attainment
of
the
end
of
their
inflamed
desires
;
Hazen
,
who
was
to
continue
Vice-roy
of
Cyprus
,
thought
to
win
the
Judge
by
great
Gifts
,
to
deliver
the
Captive
up
to
him
,
and
Hattem
having
other
projects
in
his
Head
,
and
both
conceiting
his
own
design
the
surest
,
they
easily
condescended
to
what
the
Judge
propounded
,
and
with
a
Joint
consent
delivered
the
Captive
presently
to
him
,
and
made
present
payment
to
the
Jew
of
a
thousand
Crowns
a
piece
;
but
then
the
Iew
would
not
part
with
her
upon
those
terms
,
unless
they
would
likewise
purchase
her
wearing
Apparel
,
and
Jewels
,
which
he
valued
at
a
thousand
Crowns
more
.
Upon
which
the
C●…di
or
Iudge
,
that
he
might
not
shew
himself
less
Bountiful
than
the
two
Bashaws
,
promis'd
to
pay
those
thousand
Crowns
,
thinking
it
proper
to
have
her
presented
in
the
same
dress
(
which
she
then
wore
)
to
the
Grand
Signior
.
When
Gasparino
saw
all
this
,
and
that
it
was
no
Dream
,
he
came
to
Pyrrhus
,
and
wispering
him
in
the
Ear
;
Friend
(
said
he
)
dost
not
thou
know
her
?
Not
I
,
said
Pyrrhus
;
then
reply'd
Gasparino
,
this
is
Graciana
.
How
(
answered
Pyrrhus
?
)
'T
is
very
certain
(
reply'd
Gasparino
.
)
Peace
then
,
reply'd
Pyrrhus
,
for
Fortune
is
now
so
ordering
the
business
,
that
thou
shalt
find
her
Complaisant
,
since
Graciana
is
in
my
Masters
power
.
Gasparino
would
have
put
himself
into
some
place
to
have
been
seen
by
her
,
but
Pyrrhus
would
by
no
means
permit
him
,
for
fear
some
suddain
passion
should
overthrow
his
present
hopes
.
Graciana
being
thus
surrendred
up
to
the
Judge
,
he
came
to
her
and
taking
her
by
the
Hand
deliver'd
her
to
Pyrrhus
commanding
him
to
convey
her
to
his
Lady
Rodula
,
with
orders
to
use
her
kindly
,
as
being
the
Grand
Signior's
Slave
.
Gasparino
seeing
Pyrrhus
lead
her
away
,
all
alone
,
followed
her
as
far
as
he
durst
;
but
having
lost
her
,
he
went
to
seek
out
the
Iew
;
whom
after
he
had
found
out
,
he
civilly
demanded
of
him
where
he
had
bought
that
Captive
Christian
;
and
by
what
means
she
came
to
his
Hands
.
The
Jew
made
him
answer
that
he
met
with
her
in
the
Island
of
Pantanalea
;
and
that
he
bought
her
of
certain
Turks
,
whose
Galley
had
been
split
against
the
Rocks
of
that
Island
.
And
as
he
was
proceeding
in
his
discourse
he
was
interrupted
by
one
which
came
from
the
Bashaws
to
inform
the
Jew
,
That
he
must
come
immediately
to
'em
.
Now
as
Pyrrhus
waited
on
her
between
the
Tents
and
the
Town
,
he
took
occasion
to
ask
Graciana
,
Whence
she
was
,
and
where
born
;
who
made
him
answer
,
her
Native
place
was
in
the
City
of
Trepana
:
Then
Pyrrhus
question'd
her
whether
she
knew
in
that
City
,
a
Rich
and
Noble
Gentleman
called
Gasparino
?
At
her
hearing
him
named
,
Graciana
fetching
a
deed
sigh
,
Too
well
Sir
(
said
she
)
to
my
prejudice
:
How
to
your
prejudice
,
Madam
(
said
he
?
)
Because
he
knew
me
(
said
Graciana
)
to
his
own
,
and
my
unhappiness
.
But
I
pray
resolve
me
(
said
Pyrrhus
)
did
you
know
in
the
same
City
another
Gentleman
,
a
very
worthy
person
called
Hippolito
?
I
likewise
knew
him
,
reply'd
Graciana
,
and
I
may
say
much
more
to
my
Grief
than
Gasparino
.
But
,
pray
Sir
,
if
I
may
be
so
bold
to
ask
you
,
where
had
you
this
Intelligence
?
I
am
(
said
Pyrrhus
)
of
Palermo
,
and
by
various
accidents
in
this
Disguise
;
and
for
Gasparino
,
and
Hipollito
,
I
know
them
well
,
in
regard
it
is
not
many
days
,
since
they
were
both
in
my
power
;
for
certain
Moors
of
Tripoli
in
Barbary
had
taken
Hippolito
Captive
and
sold
him
to
a
Turk
,
who
brought
him
to
this
Island
.
But
tell
me
Sir
,
how
came
Gasparino
to
this
Island
,
he
came
(
reply'd
Pyrrhus
)
with
a
Pyrate
who
took
him
Prisoner
in
a
Garden
,
near
the
Sea
shore
of
Trepana
and
with
him
a
certain
Virgin
,
but
I
could
never
get
him
to
tell
me
her
name
.
He
staid
here
some
few
days
with
his
Master
,
who
was
to
go
and
visit
Mahomet's
Sepulchre
,
but
just
at
the
time
of
his
departure
Gasparino
fell
so
extreamly
Sick
,
that
his
Master
left
him
with
me
,
(
as
being
his
Country-man
)
that
I
might
use
all
the
best
means
I
could
for
his
Recovery
,
and
take
care
of
him
till
his
return
hither
,
and
if
he
did
not
return
hither
,
that
I
should
send
him
to
him
to
Constantinople
,
according
to
the
advice
I
should
receive
from
him
.
But
the
Gods
had
otherwise
order'd
it
,
since
that
,
unfortunate
Gasparino
without
any
Symptom
of
a
dangerous
Sickness
,
within
a
few
days
ended
his
Life
;
making
often
mention
of
one
Graciana
,
(
whom
as
himself
told
me
)
he
loved
more
than
his
own
Life
,
and
was
as
dear
to
him
,
if
not
dearer
than
his
own
Soul
.
Graciana
(
as
he
related
to
me
)
suffered
Shipwrack
at
the
Island
of
Pantanalea
,
the
Galley
wherein
she
was
,
being
split
upon
the
Rocks
,
and
her self
drown'd
,
whose
Death
he
continually
lamented
,
till
his
mourning
had
brought
him
to
breath
his
last
.
Well
(
Sir
)
replyed
Graciana
;
but
as
to
that
other
young
man
Hippolito
,
whom
you
spoke
of
,
in
those
his
discourses
which
he
had
with
you
,
did
he
not
at
any
time
speak
of
Graciana
?
Did
he
tell
you
how
she
and
Gasparino
were
made
Captives
?
Speak
of
her
(
said
Pyrrhus
!
)
yes
a
thousand
and
a
thousand
times
;
and
enquired
of
me
very
frequently
,
whether
any
Female
Christian
of
that
name
had
of
late
been
brought
to
this
Island
;
telling
me
withal
how
joyful
he
would
be
to
hear
any
Tydings
of
her
,
that
he
might
ransom
her
;
to
which
purpose
he
possess'd
his
Master
with
so
much
Credulity
,
that
she
was
not
so
rich
as
he
supposed
her
to
be
;
and
that
having
had
the
happiness
of
enjoying
of
her
formerly
,
he
needed
not
set
so
great
a
value
upon
her
;
however
if
three
or
four
hundred
Crowns
would
purchase
her
freedom
,
he
would
willingly
Disburse
it
for
the
kindness
he
had
formerly
received
from
her
.
It
seems
,
said
Graciana
,
he
valued
her
kindness
but
at
a
low
rate
that
would
not
go
beyond
four
hundred
Crowns
;
but
Gasparino
was
more
Noble
,
Valiant
and
Generous
,
Fuller
of
Magnanimity
than
to
make
so
poor
an
offer
.
O
ye
Gods
forgive
that
inconsiderate
wretch
,
who
was
the
occasion
of
Generous
Gasparino's
death
!
for
I
am
that
unhappy
woman
,
whose
death
he
so
much
lamented
.
And
Heaven
knows
were
he
now
alive
,
how
much
I
would
repay
his
kindness
!
and
should
be
witness
how
sensible
I
am
of
his
misfortunes
,
who
hath
endured
so
much
for
mine
!
Having
so
said
she
besought
Pyrrhus
,
(
considering
she
knew
not
where
she
was
,
nor
whither
her
Fates
would
hurry
her
)
to
assist
her
in
her
miseries
.
Pyrrhus
reply'd
,
he
would
perform
to
her
all
the
service
he
was
capable
of
,
and
advise
her
according
to
his
best
understanding
.
With
that
he
informed
her
of
the
Difference
between
the
two
Bashaws
,
upon
her
account
;
and
how
she
now
remain'd
in
the
power
of
the
Iudge
his
Master
,
in
order
to
convey
and
present
her
to
the
great
Turk
,
Han
the
Fourth
at
Constantinople
:
But
he
hoped
Heaven
would
otherwise
dispose
of
her
:
how-ever
he
advis'd
her
in
the
mean
time
to
use
a
fair
deportment
,
and
ingratiate
her self
into
the
favour
and
good
opinion
of
Albuma
his
Master's
wife
,
in
whose
Custody
she
is
to
remain
till
they
send
her
to
Constantinople
,
acquainting
her
withal
,
of
Albuma's
temper
and
qualities
,
with
many
other
things
which
might
redound
to
her
benefit
;
at
length
they
were
arriv'd
at
his
Master's
house
;
Albuma
seeing
her
so
richly
attir'd
,
and
so
lovely
,
gave
her
a
very
friendly
and
kind
entertainment
.
Pyrrhus
having
rendred
up
his
charge
,
returning
back
to
the
Tents
,
gave
Gasparino
an
account
of
what
had
passed
between
him
and
Graciana
.
Gasparino
having
attentively
heard
the
relation
of
his
Friend
:
How
must
we
(
said
he
)
proceed
in
this
Affair
,
and
imploy
our
time
to
the
best
advantage
?
that
which
is
first
of
all
to
be
done
,
(
answer'd
Pyrrhus
)
is
for
you
to
be
entertain'd
in
my
Master's
Service
,
which
being
effected
we
will
afterwards
consult
,
what
is
in
the
next
place
most
convenient
.
But
whilst
they
were
thus
talking
,
came
the
Guardian
of
the
Christian
Captives
belonging
to
Hazen
,
and
took
Gasparino
along
with
him
.
The
Iudge
return'd
with
Hazen
to
the
City
,
and
Hattem
taking
his
leave
,
prepared
forthwith
to
set
forward
on
his
Journey
,
being
very
importunate
with
the
Judge
to
hasten
the
sending
of
the
Captive
Virgin
;
and
withal
,
to
Write
to
the
Grand
Signior
in
his
behalf
,
for
the
better
promoting
his
Interest
:
All
which
the
Iudge
promis'd
to
perform
,
though
he
meant
otherwise
.
Hattem
being
gone
full
of
false
hopes
,
and
Hazen
abiding
behind
,
not
altogether
in
despair
;
Pyrrhus
so
brought
the
business
about
,
that
Gasparino
was
entertain'd
into
his
Master's
Service
:
But
still
Time's
Hou●…-Glass
run
on
,
and
Gasparino
burn'd
so
with
desire
to
see
Graciana
,
that
he
could
not
enjoy
one
Minute
of
rest
:
And
now
Gasparino
was
advis'd
to
change
his
Name
,
the
better
to
conceal
himself
from
Graciana's
knowledge
,
before
he
had
seen
her
,
(
So
he
gave
himself
the
Name
of
Mauritinio
,
)
but
it
was
so
difficult
a
Task
to
see
her
,
that
he
could
not
as
yet
obtain
it
.
Yet
one
day
it
so
happen'd
,
that
the
Lady
Albuma
beh●…ld
her
Slave
Mauritinio
,
and
took
such
an
affection
to
him
,
that
he
made
a
deep
impression
in
her
Heart
,
and
fix'd
a
stronger
in
her
Memory
,
and
perhaps
taking
little
or
no
satisfaction
in
the
cold
Embraces
of
her
Aged
Husband
,
she
easily
gave
way
to
this
her
Lustful
Desire
,
and
acquainted
Graciana
,
(
whom
she
now
dearly
loved
)
with
her
filthy
wish'd-for
Embraces
:
Gra●…iana
indeed
was
of
an
obliging
Temper
and
Sweet
Behaviour
;
her
therefore
Albuma
inform'd
,
that
the
Iudge
had
received
into
his
House
a
Christian
Cap●…ive
,
of
a
lovely
Aspect
,
and
fine
Deportment
;
that
in
her
Eye
he
was
the
Comliest
Person
that
ever
she
beheld
,
and
that
he
was
of
the
same
Country
with
Pyrrhus
,
but
could
not
contrive
which
way
to
bring
it
about
,
whereby
he
might
understand
her
affection
for
him
,
and
she
fearing
he
should
slight
her
Amours
when
he
did
know
of
it
.
Graciana
being
willing
to
please
her
,
ask'd
what
was
the
Captives
Name
?
Albuma
told
her
Mauritinio
:
to
whom
Graciana
reply'd
,
if
he
be
a
Gentleman
,
and
of
that
place
you
say
he
is
,
I
must
needs
know
him
;
but
of
the
Name
of
Mauritinio
,
I
don't
remember
any
such
in
Trepana
;
but
if
your
Ladyship
will
permit
me
to
see
him
,
and
Discourse
with
him
,
I
shall
be
able
to
inform
you
,
both
who
he
is
,
and
what
may
be
expected
from
him
:
It
shall
be
done
(
said
Albuma
)
with
the
first
Opportunity
;
and
according
to
your
Discretion
you
may
give
him
some
light
of
my
Affections
,
and
in
so
doing
this
Friendly
Office
,
I
shall
place
the
greater
Esteem
upon
you
.
As
Albuma
had
thus
declar'd
her self
to
Graciana
:
within
less
than
two
hours
after
,
the
Iudge
calling
Pyrrhus
,
and
Mauritinio
to
him
;
with
no
less
Efficacy
than
Albuma
his
Wife
had
done
to
Graciana
,
did
he
discover
to
them
the
Affections
he
had
for
the
Virgin
Captive
,
requiring
their
Privacy
,
and
Advice
,
what
course
he
should
take
to
keep
the
Female
Christian
to
himself
,
and
yet
comply
with
the
Grand
Signior
whose
she
was
;
acquainting
them
withal
,
that
he
would
rather
die
ten
thousand
Deaths
than
once
resign
her
up
to
him
.
After
several
Consultations
,
among
Persons
aiming
at
contrary
ends
,
it
was
at
length
concluded
,
that
Mauritinio
,
as
being
a
Person
of
her
own
Native
Country
,
should
undertake
to
Court
her
for
his
Master
,
and
if
he
could
not
prevail
by
fair
Means
,
he
should
then
use
Violence
to
force
her
;
and
that
being
done
,
they
should
then
report
abroad
,
she
was
Dead
.
The
Iudge
,
or
Cadi
rested
extreamly
well
satisfied
with
this
Contrivance
of
his
Slaves
,
gave
Pyrrhus
his
Liberty
,
and
after
his
Death
half
of
his
Goods
:
He
likewise
promised
Mauritinio
,
not
only
his
Freedom
,
but
good
store
of
Crowns
if
he
succeeded
.
Now
if
he
were
so
Generous
and
Noble
〈◊〉
promising
,
his
Captives
were
as
Prodi●…l
in
their
Performances
,
offering
to
pul●…●…own
the
Moon
to
do
him
Service
;
much
●…ore
easily
to
draw
Graciana
to
his
Imbra●…
,
so
as
Mauritinio
might
have
the
op●…rtunity
of
discoursing
with
her
.
I
will
●…ant
him
free
access
to
her
,
said
the
Cadi
,
〈◊〉
Iudge
,
as
often
as
need
requires
,
if
that
●…ill
advance
the
business
;
and
to
that
pur●…se
I
will
send
away
Albuma
my
Wife
to
●…r
Friends
in
the
Country
;
and
in
the
●…ean
time
Graciana
shall
have
all
the
Li●…rty
in
the
World
to
Discourse
and
Con●…rse
with
her
Countryman
:
This
Agree●…ent
being
made
between
these
three
,
all
●…as
husht
.
The
next
day
the
Cadi
,
or
Iudge
came
〈◊〉
Albuma
,
and
in
a
pleasant
Humour
told
●…r
,
she
might
,
when
she
pleas'd
,
visit
her
●…ather
and
Mother
,
and
stay
in
the
Coun●…y
as
long
as
she
would
,
or
till
he
sent
for
●…er
:
But
in
regard
her
heart
was
overjoy'd
●…ith
those
fair
hopes
which
Graciana
had
●…en
her
,
she
had
no
inclination
of
go●…g
;
and
therefore
told
him
,
at
this
time
●…e
had
no
great
fancy
to
depart
from
home
,
●…r
to
go
thither
;
when
she
had
,
she
would
●…quaint
him
with
it
,
but
whenever
she
●…ent
she
did
design
to
take
the
Captive
Christian
along
with
her
:
By
no
mea●…
(
reply'd
the
Judge
)
for
it
is
not
requi●…
that
the
Grand
Signior's
Female
Slav●…
should
be
seen
by
any
person
.
That
matter●…
not
much
,
(
reply'd
Albuma
)
for
she
ma●…
be
as
private
in
my
Father's
House
,
as
an●…
where
else
:
Besides
,
the
longest
time
〈◊〉
mean
to
spend
with
them
,
shall
not
be
〈◊〉
bove
four
or
five
days
;
for
that
will
see●…
an
Age
to
me
to
be
so
long
absent
from
you●…
The
Judge
made
no
reply
,
because
h●…
would
give
her
no
occasion
to
suspect
h●…
farther
Intentions
.
Whilst
these
Transactions
were
agit●…
ting
,
the
Iudge
had
some
Affairs
to
min●…
which
Albuma
his
Wife
,
knew
would
detain
him
from
home
,
for
the
space
of
fo●…
hours
:
He
was
no
sooner
gone
,
but
sh●…
commanded
Mauritinio
to
be
called
to
he●…
No
sooner
was
Mauritinio
admitted
,
b●…
he
walked
through
the
whole
House
,
g●…
zing
about
him
,
yet
could
he
not
perceiv●…
any
thing
,
save
a
dumb
,
and
still
Silenc●…
till
he
cast
his
Eye
aside
,
where
Gracia●…
sate
,
at
the
foot
of
a
curious
Stair-case
〈◊〉
polish'd
Marble
,
which
led
up
to
a
spa●…ous
Gallery
that
surrounded
the
who●…
House
.
Instantly
so
many
Passions
seiz'●…
the
Enamour'd
Gasparino
,
as
wrought
〈◊〉
him
both
Amazement
,
and
Refreshment●…
be
considered
with
himself
,
that
he
was
a
Cap●…
,
and
〈◊〉
another's
Power
;
but
at
length
●…ercoming
with
all
Facility
,
those
little
〈◊〉
;
with
a
Formidable
Love
,
and
●…ilarating
Sadness
,
and
Pusillanimous
●…ourage
,
advanc'd
to
the
place
where
she
●…e
;
at
what
time
Graciana
turning
her
●…d
aside
,
fixt
her
Eyes
upon
Mauritinio
,
〈◊〉
look'd
no
less
stedfastly
upon
her
.
But
when
both
their
Looks
encountring
●…us
each
other
,
by
different
effects
had
●…en
evident
signs
of
that
which
their
se●…eral
Souls
felt
within
:
Gasparino
was
at
a
●…d
,
and
wanted
motion
to
advance
fur●…
;
●…nd
Graciana
,
who
upon
Pyrrhus's
●…lation
of
Gasparino's
Death
,
gave
credit
〈◊〉
,
〈◊〉
beholding
him
now
so
unexpect●…y
live
,
full
of
Fear
and
Amazement
,
〈◊〉
he●…
self
,
as
if
she
had
seen
some
Appa●…
Gasparino
coming
to
himself
,
and
●…derstanding
by
her
Gestures
,
the
true
〈◊〉
●…f
Graciana's
Fears
,
assur'd
her
in
the
〈◊〉
passionate
Expressions
,
that
a
Lover
●…ld
●…vent
,
that
he
was
the
same
unfor●…
●…parino
,
whom
she
had
made
so
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
having
dissipated
her
Fears
,
de●…●…im
to
speak
lower
,
and
not
speak
of
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
to
what
she
should
ask
him
:
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
you
may
be
sure
our
Lady
hath
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
and
may
over-hear
our
Discourse
;
and
(
to
deal
plainly
with
you
)
has
acquainted
me
,
that
she
is
a
great
Admirer
of
you
,
and
has
employed
me
to
interceed
with
you
in
her
behalf
:
if
you
answer
her
Desires
,
your
days
here
in
Captivity
may
seem
more
easie
to
you
,
though
in
the
end
prove
pernicious
:
However
for
the
present
you
must
counterfeit
your
Embracements
,
first
for
my
desire
,
and
next
it
is
a
piece
of
rudeness
to
despise
any
Lady's
Addresses
.
To
this
Gasparino
reply'd
,
I
never
could
harbour
any
such
Thought
,
Fair
Graciana
,
that
any
Service
you
should
ever
command
me
to
undertake
,
should
prove
so
hard
a
Task
for
me
to
perform
,
as
this
which
you
lay
before
me
;
neither
is
it
agreeable
to
the
Honour
and
Faith
of
a
Gentleman
,
or
the
Reputation
of
a
good
man
,
to
feign
and
dissemble
in
such
weighty
Consequences
:
However
,
because
you
shall
not
say
I
gave
a
refusal
to
your
first
Request
,
your
Commands
shall
be
obeyed
;
I
'll
Ianus
like
look
two
ways
,
pursue
the
ill
,
because
it
is
for
good
to
come
of
it
.
I
will
to
satisfie
your
desire
,
and
Albuma's
Pleasure
,
(
Lust
I
should
have
call'd
it
)
comply
as
far
as
a
counterfeiting
yielding
will
permit
,
so
that
thereby
I
may
gain
the
Happiness
of
seeing
you
;
to
which
purpose
do
you
study
for
my
Answers
to
her
,
according
to
your
Discretion
,
which
having
said
he
entreated
her
briefly
to
tell
him
how
she
escaped
from
the
hands
of
the
Pyrates
,
and
how
she
came
in●…o
those
of
the
Iew
,
who
so
lately
sold
her
.
The
Story
of
my
Misfortunes
,
(
answered
Graciana
)
require
more
leasure
than
time
will
now
permit
,
yet
will
I
not
leave
you
wholly
unsatisfied
:
Know
then
,
that
the
very
same
Evening
we
parted
,
Rozak's
Galley
was
carried
with
a
strong
Wind
to
the
same
Isles
of
Pantanalea
,
where
we
likewise
saw
your
Vessel
;
but
ours
,
we
being
not
able
to
hinder
it
,
ran
unavoidably
upon
the
Rocks
▪
However
Rozak
foreseeing
his
own
Dest●…uction
and
mine
before
his
Eyes
,
be●…e
the
fatal
ruine
happen'd
,
took
care
to
have
●…e
rowed
on
Shore
,
between
two
C●…ks
fastened
together
,
which
was
done
at
first
by
the
Captain
himself
,
who
had
ventur'd
his
Life
to
save
mine
,
till
an
unfortunate
Billow
threw
him
upon
the
Rocks
,
and
dash'd
out
his
Brains
.
After
which
,
two
others
which
were
endeavouring
to
save
themselves
,
took
hold
of
my
Cable
,
and
hall'd
me
to
Land
,
where
I
lay
in
a
Swoon
for
some
time
;
but
of
this
I
know
nothing
my self
,
but
by
information
.
With
me
,
eight
other
Persons
sav'd
themselves
,
who
though
Turks
us'd
me
with
as
much
respect
,
as
if
I
had
been
related
to
them
:
We
kept
our selves
close
in
a
Cave
for
eight
days
,
the
Turks
fearing
the
Christians
should
espy
'em
,
which
had
command
of
the
Fort
in
the
Island
;
and
all
that
time
we
fed
upon
nothing
but
the
wet
Bisket
which
the
Sea
had
cast
upon
the
Shore
,
from
the
broken
Bins
of
the
Galley
,
which
the
Turks
gathered
up
by
Night
,
that
they
might
not
be
discover'd
.
At
the
eight
days
end
,
there
arrived
upon
that
Coast
,
a
Vessel
of
the
Moors
,
which
came
to
an
Anchor
a
little
off
the
Land
;
upon
which
the
Turks
made
such
signs
to
the
Vessel
which
lay
not
far
off
,
that
they
which
were
in
her
perceiv'd
they
were
Turks
that
call'd
to
'em
.
Thereupon
they
sent
out
their
Cock-Boat
,
and
receiv'd
them
into
their
Bark
,
wherein
was
an
exceeding
rich
Iew
,
a
Merchant
;
all
the
Lading
of
the
Vessel
,
or
the
most
part
of
it
was
his
,
being
Freighted
with
Carpets
,
and
Hides
,
with
other
Commodities
,
which
they
carry
from
Barbary
to
the
Levant
.
In
that
Vessel
the
Turks
sail'd
for
Tripoli
;
and
in
that
Voyage
they
sold
me
to
the
Iew
for
two
thousand
Ducats
,
an
Excessive
Price
,
if
his
Love
towards
me
had
not
made
him
so
generous
,
as
he
afterwards
declared
to
me
.
Leaving
the
Turks
after
all
this
in
Tripoli
,
the
Vessel
Tack'd
about
to
perform
her
Voyage
,
and
the
Iew
began
to
be
very
hot
in
his
Sollicitations
:
At
length
despairing
to
obtain
his
lustful
ends
,
he
resolved
to
make
the
most
of
me
,
the
first
opportunity
that
should
offer
it self
:
At
last
he
understood
that
the
two
Bashaws
were
in
this
Island
,
where
he
might
sell
and
vend
his
Merchandize
,
as
well
as
in
Xio
,
whither
he
was
bound
;
and
intending
to
sell
me
to
one
of
the
Bashaws
,
he
put
me
in
this
Habit
which
I
have
on
,
to
make
me
the
more
Sailable
and
Amiable
to
the
Eyes
of
those
that
bought
me
.
And
now
I
understand
this
Cadi
,
or
Iudge
has
purchas'd
me
,
with
a
design
to
send
me
as
a
Present
to
the
Great
Turk
,
of
which
I
am
not
a
little
fearful
:
Here
I
heard
of
your
supposed
Death
,
and
I
must
now
declare
to
you
,
if
you
dare
believe
me
,
That
it
grieved
me
to
the
very
Soul
;
though
I
rather
envied
than
pity'd
your
Misfortune
;
not
out
of
any
disrespect
,
but
because
I
knew
you
were
then
happy
,
while
I
continued
still
in
misery
.
Dear
Graciana
,
(
reply'd
Gasparino
)
you
judged
aright
,
in
what
you
have
now
spoken
;
only
Death
had
deprived
me
of
this
Happiness
which
I
now
enjoy
,
in
seeing
of
you
once
more
;
a
Felicity
which
I
esteem
more
dear
than
my
Life
:
But
Fairest
of
Creatures
,
I
am
now
to
acquaint
you
,
the
Iudge
my
Master
,
by
no
less
various
Accidents
than
yours
,
entertains
the
same
Affection
to
you
,
as
Albuma
your
Lady
declares
she
has
for
me
;
and
he
has
made
choice
of
me
to
be
the
Interpreter
of
his
Thoughts
:
I
received
the
Motion
,
though
not
to
do
him
that
piece
of
Service
,
but
to
gain
the
happy
opportunity
of
conversing
with
the
Joy
of
my
Life
.
Thus
you
may
see
(
Dear
Graciana
)
to
what
hard
measure
our
Misfortunes
have
hurried
us
;
you
to
be
Agitator
in
working
such
Impossibilities
;
and
me
likewise
to
be
Sollicitour
in
such
a
P●…odigious
Cause
as
this
,
which
rather
than
obtain
,
I
would
forfeit
Life
,
and
all
I
have
,
which
now
I
value
,
since
it
has
afforded
me
this
great
Happiness
.
I
am
doubtful
what
to
say
,
or
imagine
,
(
reply'd
Graciana
)
how
we
shall
be
able
to
get
out
of
this
Labyrinth
;
but
you
see
,
what
our
Condition
constrains
us
to
make
use
of
:
I
am
sure
our
Inclinations
never
tended
to
Dissimulation
,
and
Deceit
;
we
must
now
make
a
Vertue
of
necessity
;
and
therefore
I
will
acquaint
Albuma
with
some
feeling
Expressions
pretended
to
be
yours
;
that
shall
rather
entertain
her
with
Hopes
,
than
drive
her
to
Despair
:
You
shall
likewise
report
of
me
to
the
Iudge
,
what
you
think
most
convenient
,
that
may
not
prove
prejudicial
to
my
Honour
,
but
prevent
his
designs
;
and
since
I
wholly
intrust
you
with
it
,
you
may
assure
your self
it
never
was
yet
violated
,
though
indeed
those
Difficulties
I
have
endured
might
call
it
in
question
:
As
for
our
Conversing
one
with
another
,
will
(
by
their
means
)
appear
very
easie
,
provided
you
declare
to
none
your
Pretensions
to
me
,
for
in
that
very
hour
,
you
do
that
,
you
must
expect
never
to
see
me
more
;
for
I
would
not
have
you
prize
me
at
so
low
Rate
,
to
think
that
Captivity
can
effect
that
,
which
Liberty
could
not
attain
to
.
Madam
,
(
reply'd
Gasparino
)
as
to
that
Particular
you
may
at
present
easily
command
my
Obedience
:
I
am
willing
,
e'er
I
entertain
such
Thoughts
,
to
give
you
farther
Proofs
of
my
Affection
,
in
working
your
Deliverance
,
and
mine
:
Now
as
to
what
concerns
the
Iudge
,
take
you
no
care
of
that
,
but
do
you
undertake
the
like
with
Albuma
.
With
this
they
took
their
leaves
of
each
other
;
Graciana
remain'd
very
well
satisfied
with
Gasparino's
fair
Intentions
,
and
he
the
most
joyful
man
in
the
World
that
he
had
heard
Graciana
speak
with
so
much
sweetness
.
Albuma
,
in
this
Interim
of
time
,
had
shut
her self
up
in
her
Oratory
,
praying
to
her
Prophet
Mahomet
,
that
Graciana
might
bring
her
good
Tydings
of
the
Business
recommended
to
her
Care
.
Nor
was
the
Iudge
less
sollicitous
than
his
Lady
,
as
wholly
depending
upon
a
good
successful
Answer
,
which
he
hoped
to
receive
from
Mauritinio
;
to
whose
Charge
he
committed
his
discoursing
with
Graciana
.
Graciana
greatly
pleased
Albuma
,
by
giving
her
very
good
hopes
that
Mauritinio
would
acquiesce
to
her
Desires
,
but
telling
her
withal
,
he
must
intreat
her
Patience
while
two
Moons
were
first
expired
;
before
which
time
,
he
could
not
answer
that
,
which
he
much
more
desired
than
her self
;
and
this
forbearance
was
only
desired
,
that
he
might
finish
his
Vows
,
for
his
Deliverance
from
Bondage
.
Albuma
was
not
at
all
displeased
with
the
excuse
of
her
beloved
Mauritinio
,
but
promised
to
obtain
his
Freedom
,
before
the
appointed
time
,
provided
he
would
answer
her
Expectation
;
and
therefore
entreated
Graciana
to
inform
him
of
it
,
and
see
what
Operation
she
could
make
with
him
to
dispence
with
the
said
time
;
engaging
withal
to
furnish
him
with
as
much
Money
as
the
Iudge
should
require
for
his
ransom
.
As
for
Gasparino
before
he
would
return
an
answer
to
his
Master
,
he
consulted
with
Pyrrhus
,
what
answer
to
make
him
,
and
the
result
of
it
was
,
that
they
should
acquaint
him
,
the
Case
was
desperate
,
without
any
hopes
of
winning
her
;
and
therefore
,
as
soon
as
possible
he
could
,
he
should
carry
her
away
to
Constantinople
;
and
that
in
the
way
thither
,
either
by
fair
means
or
by
force
,
he
might
obtain
his
Desires
.
Then
to
keep
from
the
Grand
Signior's
Displeasure
,
he
should
purchase
for
him
another
Slave
,
which
in
the
Voyage
should
be
thrown
over-board
,
upon
pretence
that
Graciana
was
fall'n
Sick
,
and
dead
of
her
Distemper
,
which
they
said
should
be
done
in
such
a
manner
,
as
it
should
never
be
discovered
;
neither
should
he
incur
the
Grand
Signior's
Displeasure
,
but
fulfil
his
own
Heart's
Desire
;
afterwards
,
for
the
continuance
of
his
Favour
,
they
would
invent
some
Stratagem
,
which
should
make
all
firm
and
secure
.
This
old
Iudge
,
his
strong
Affections
to
Graciana
had
so
blinded
the
Eyes
of
his
understanding
;
that
had
they
told
him
a
thousand
greater
unlikely
hoods
,
he
would
have
believed
them
all
;
only
one
more
difficulty
offer'd
it self
to
the
Iudge
,
which
in
his
Opinion
was
greater
than
all
the
rest
;
which
was
,
least
his
Lady
should
hinder
him
from
going
to
Constantinople
,
without
permitting
her
to
go
with
him
;
but
immediately
they
removed
that
Obstacle
,
by
informing
him
,
that
in
the
Room
of
the
Christian
which
they
were
to
buy
,
and
to
throw
over-Board
instead
of
Graciana
,
Albuma
would
serve
Excellent
well
for
that
purpose
;
and
none
better
to
please
him
,
whom
he
earnestly
desired
to
be
freed
from
,
more
than
Death
.
This
scruple
being
thus
remov'd
,
that
very
day
,
the
Judge
Discourses
with
Albuma
concerning
the
Voyage
he
intended
to
make
to
Constantinople
,
to
transport
the
Christian
to
the
Grand
Signior
;
by
whose
Bounty
,
he
hoped
to
receive
some
higher
preferment
.
Albuma
replyed
,
she
approved
very
well
of
his
Design
,
thinking
he
would
leave
Gasparino
at
home
.
But
when
she
found
he
was
to
go
with
him
,
she
began
to
change
her
Opinion
,
and
to
disswade
him
from
that
,
which
before
she
had
advised
him
to
.
In
short
,
she
concluded
,
That
if
he
did
not
take
her
with
him
,
she
would
〈◊〉
all
the
means
that
possibly
could
be
fo●…
out
to
hinder
his
Voyage
:
that
pleased
〈◊〉
Iudge
,
who
had
before
determin'd
to
shake
off
that
Yoke
,
which
was
so
uneasie
to
him
.
All
this
while
,
Hazen
Bashaw
was
not
negligent
in
solliciting
the
Iudge
to
resign
up
the
Christian
Slave
to
him
,
offering
him
Mountains
of
Gold
;
but
all
his
Gifts
and
Promises
wrought
no
effect
upon
him
,
but
to
forward
him
more
in
his
departure
.
Within
twenty
days
,
he
had
fitted
and
rigg'd
up
a
Bregantine
of
fifteen
Banks
,
Manning
it
with
Voluntary
Soldiers
,
lusty
young
able
Men
,
partly
Moors
,
and
some
Greek
Christians
.
Therein
he
imbarked
all
his
Wealth
;
neither
did
Albuma
leave
any
thing
in
her
House
of
any
considerable
Value
,
for
Albuma's
Design
was
the
same
with
that
of
Pyrrhus's
,
That
when
the
Vessel
was
out
at
Sea
,
Gasparino
and
he
should
make
themselves
Masters
of
the
Bregantine
,
and
Sail
away
with
it
.
But
she
thought
not
fit
to
declare
her
Intentions
to
them
,
till
she
saw
her self
imbarked
,
hoping
thereby
to
gain
Gasparino's
Affection
;
being
verily
perswaded
,
that
carrying
such
store
of
Wealth
along
with
her
,
he
would
not
refuse
her
for
his
Wife
.
But
as
private
as
Albuma
kept
her
Design
,
Gasparino
understood
it
from
Graciana
,
whom
Albuma
had
made
acquainted
with
her
Contrivance
;
and
now
the
day
of
departure
being
come
,
Hazen
went
forth
,
accompanying
them
with
all
his
Soldiers
to
the
Sea
side
;
where
he
remained
with
his
Eye
fix'd
upon
the
Bregantine
,
till
he
had
quite
lost
the
sight
of
it
.
But
then
as
one
who
having
long
continued
in
such
torment
,
oppress'd
by
Love
which
did
disturb
this
quiet
,
being
ready
furnish'd
with
Intentions
,
without
delay
he
put
that
presently
in
Execution
,
which
with
long
Deliberation
he
had
fore-casted
;
having
therefore
a
Vessel
for
that
purpose
ready
in
another
Port
,
he
clapt
into
her
fifty
Soldiers
,
with
all
his
Friends
and
Acquaintance
,
whom
he
had
obliged
by
many
Gifts
and
Promises
,
giving
the
strict
Charge
to
put
forth
to
Sea
immediately
,
and
recover
the
Iudge's
Bregantine
,
and
to
put
to
the
Sword
all
that
were
in
her
except
Graciana
the
Captive
;
also
he
gave
them
order
to
sink
the
Vessel
,
that
nothing
might
remain
,
the
better
to
prevent
discovery
.
Nor
did
they
need
many
Arguments
;
for
their
Covetousness
of
the
Plunder
added
Wings
to
their
Feet
,
and
Courage
to
their
Hearts
;
considering
the
vastness
of
the
Spoil
,
which
was
known
to
be
in
the
Vessel
.
Two
Days
had
the
Bregantine
Sailed
in
her
intended
Course
,
which
to
the
Judge
seemed
two
Ages
;
for
the
first
day
he
greatly
desired
to
have
put
his
Design
in
Execution
,
but
his
Slaves
advis'd
him
to
the
contrary
,
for
the
first
Contrivance
was
that
Graciana
should
fall
sick
,
the
better
to
shew
a
pretence
to
her
Death
,
which
would
require
a
little
longer
time
;
he
did
not
approve
of
so
long
a
delay
,
but
would
have
it
reported
she
dyed
suddainly
;
and
so
quickly
make
an
end
of
what
they
had
projected
,
by
dispatching
his
Wife
out
of
the
way
,
that
he
might
allay
the
heat
of
that
Fire
,
which
by
degrees
consumed
his
Bowels
.
But
in
Conclusion
to
what
they
proposed
,
he
at
length
condescended
.
In
this
space
of
time
,
Albuma
had
discover'd
her
Design
to
Pyrrhus
,
and
Gasparino
,
and
they
were
ready
to
put
it
in
Execution
,
as
soon
as
they
had
doubled
certain
points
they
were
to
Sail
by
;
but
the
Judge
was
so
hasty
with
them
,
and
so
sharp
set
,
that
they
were
forc'd
to
promise
him
to
perform
the
task
they
undertook
,
upon
the
first
opportunity
that
should
offer
it self
.
And
now
the
day
began
to
appear
,
wherein
(
according
to
the
Contrivance
of
Pyrrhus
and
Gasparino
)
they
were
to
accomplish
their
Desires
,
or
to
end
their
Days
,
when
upon
a
suddain
they
descry'd
a
Vessel
,
which
with
Sails
and
Oars
made
briskly
after
them
;
at
first
they
were
afraid
,
they
had
been
Christian
Pyrates
,
from
whom
neither
the
one
nor
the
other
could
expect
any
Benefit
.
Thereupon
they
prepar'd
to
defend
themselves
,
and
to
do
all
that
might
be
done
in
such
a
Case
of
Necessity
,
three
hours
afterwards
they
drew
nearer
to
them
,
till
they
came
within
Cannon-Shot
.
Perceiving
this
,
they
immediately
struck
Sail
,
and
loosed
their
Oars
,
and
put
themselves
in
a
posture
fit
to
receive
them
.
But
when
the
Vessel
came
within
sight
,
the
Judge
bid
them
chear
up
and
fear
nothing
,
for
the
Vessel
was
Turkish
,
and
would
do
them
no
prejudice
;
withal
,
he
commanded
a
White
Flag
should
presently
be
hung
out
,
which
they
in
the
other
Galley
,
already
blinded
with
greediness
of
gain
,
took
no
notice
of
,
but
made
up
with
greater
fury
to
Board
the
Bregantine
.
At
the
approach
of
this
danger
,
Pyrrhus
,
by
chance
,
turning
his
Head
aside
,
perceiv'd
from
another
point
of
the
Compass
,
another
Galley
bearing
up
with
full
Sails
carrying
Christian
Colours
.
Now
I
am
apt
to
believe
the
Iudge
would
have
given
all
the
hopes
of
his
Pleasure
,
to
have
found
himself
again
in
Nicosia
,
so
great
was
his
Confusion
and
Amazement
;
more
especially
to
see
himself
so
fiercely
attack'd
by
the
first
Vessel
,
that
they
wanted
very
little
of
sinking
his
Brigantine
.
But
when
he
saw
them
to
be
Soldiers
of
Nicosia
,
he
soon
guess'd
the
Cause
of
their
coming
,
and
by
whom
set
on
work
,
and
gave
himself
for
a
lost
Man
:
Indeed
had
it
not
been
that
the
Soldiers
more
minded
the
Spoil
than
the
Slaughter
,
not
a
Man
had
escap'd
alive
.
But
by
this
time
,
when
they
were
most
busie
about
their
Pillaging
,
the
Vessel
bearing
Christian
Colours
,
came
up
with
the
Victor
Galley
,
and
began
to
batter
it
very
rudely
;
but
before
she
came
to
grapple
with
her
,
the
Captain
demanded
what
Vessel
that
was
,
and
from
whence
:
They
made
answer
that
it
belong'd
to
Hazen
the
Bashaw
,
Vice-roy
of
Cyprus
.
How
comes
it
then
to
pass
that
you
being
Musselmen
,
have
robb'd
this
Vessel
,
which
carries
the
Iudge
of
Nicosia
?
To
which
they
answer'd
,
that
they
were
commanded
to
take
her
by
their
Superiour
,
and
therefore
they
were
to
obey
,
without
asking
any
Questions
.
The
Captain
of
the
last
Vessel
thus
satisfied
with
that
which
he
desir'd
to
know
,
fell
off
from
Hazen's
,
and
made
towards
that
of
the
Iudge
,
and
with
the
very
first
Volley
of
Shot
he
kill'd
him
ten
of
his
Men
;
and
presently
after
entred
her
with
great
Courage
and
speed
.
But
they
had
scarce
set
their
Feet
upon
the
Hatches
,
but
the
Iudge
instantly
knew
Bazon
,
the
Bashaw
,
who
with
the
same
Design
as
Hazen
,
had
pursu'd
him
;
and
that
he
might
not
be
known
,
had
put
forth
Christian
Colours
.
The
Iudge
,
understanding
the
Intentions
of
both
these
Lovers
,
finding
himself
thus
set
upon
,
began
to
shew
his
Anger
,
reviling
one
,
reproaching
another
,
and
threatning
others
,
and
so
severely
rebuk'd
the
Soldiers
,
for
drawing
their
Swords
against
a
Iudge
and
Minister
of
Mahomet
,
and
their
Natural
Soveraign
the
Grand
Signior
,
that
the
Seamen
began
to
consider
what
they
had
done
,
and
were
about
to
put
up
their
Scymeters
,
only
Bazon
shut
his
Eyes
and
Ears
to
all
that
he
saw
or
heard
;
and
falling
upon
the
Iudge
,
gave
him
such
a
cut
on
the
Head
,
that
if
the
blow
had
not
been
born
off
by
the
thickness
of
his
Turbant
,
he
had
cleft
his
Scull
in
sunder
;
for
it
came
with
such
a
force
,
that
it
strook
him
down
between
the
Banks
of
the
Vessel
.
This
Action
caused
Bazon's
Soldiers
to
follow
the
Example
of
their
General
,
so
that
all
was
now
again
in
worse
Confusion
than
before
;
Bazon's
Men
fell
upon
the
Iudge
;
and
Hazen's
Soldiers
fearing
that
Bazon's
Men
should
get
their
Plunder
from
them
,
entred
Bazon's
Vessel
,
that
in
Conclusion
,
the
Slaughter
was
so
great
,
that
there
was
hardly
a
Turk
left
alive
,
but
what
was
much
wounded
.
Gasparino
and
Pyrrhus
,
observing
that
the
Turks
were
in
a
manner
all
slain
;
and
those
which
remain'd
alive
,
were
sore
wounded
,
now
thought
it
their
only
opportunity
;
and
therefore
calling
to
their
Assistance
two
Kinsmen
of
Albuma's
,
and
being
aided
by
the
Volunteers
,
who
were
Venetians
,
with
a
great
deal
of
ease
,
and
without
receiving
so
much
as
one
Wound
,
they
cut
the
Throats
of
all
the
rest
;
and
Boarding
Bazon's
Galley
,
which
they
found
without
Defence
,
they
took
it
,
with
all
that
was
in
it
.
Of
those
that
dyed
in
the
second
Encounter
,
was
Bazon
the
Bashaw
,
whom
a
Turk
in
Revenge
to
the
Iudge
ran
through
the
Body
.
Being
now
Masters
of
all
the
three
Vessels
,
by
Pyrrhus's
Advice
they
took
out
all
things
that
were
of
any
price
or
value
,
both
in
their
own
,
and
Hazen's
Vessel
,
and
stow'd
them
in
Bazon's
Galley
,
which
was
a
Vessel
of
far
greater
Burthen
,
and
fitter
to
take
in
the
Lading
;
nor
did
they
want
Rowers
,
for
they
being
most
Venetian
Slaves
,
were
glad
of
the
opportunity
to
return
home
,
after
they
had
carried
the
Vessel
where
Pyrrhus
should
require
them
.
But
before
they
set
Sail
,
Pyrrhus
and
Gasparino
,
full
of
Expressions
of
Joy
,
for
their
good
Success
,
went
to
Albuma
,
and
told
her
,
that
if
she
would
return
to
Cyprus
,
they
would
man
her
own
Vessel
,
and
give
her
one
half
of
the
Goods
,
which
she
had
imbark'd
.
But
she
having
not
yet
lost
that
Amorous
Affection
,
which
she
bare
to
Gasparino
,
told
him
,
she
would
go
with
him
to
Venice
,
or
elsewhere
.
The
Iudge
was
by
this
time
come
to
himself
,
having
drest
and
bound
up
his
Wound
,
as
well
as
the
place
would
permit
,
they
likewise
inform'd
him
that
he
should
take
his
choice
,
either
to
go
with
them
,
or
to
return
in
the
same
Vessel
he
set
forth
,
to
Nicosia
.
To
which
he
replyed
,
that
since
his
ill
Fortune
,
had
been
so
great
,
he
would
rather
accept
of
his
Liberty
,
and
supplicate
the
Grand
Signior
to
redress
those
Injuries
▪
he
had
received
from
Bazon
and
Hazen
,
two
of
his
Bashaws
.
In
the
end
,
they
mann'd
his
own
Vessel
,
and
furnish'd
him
with
all
things
necessary
for
his
Voyage
;
they
gave
him
some
Chequins
,
of
those
which
once
had
been
his
own
;
and
so
having
taken
his
leave
,
he
begg'd
that
Graciana
would
vouchsafe
but
only
to
imbrace
him
;
which
he
would
look
upon
as
a
great
Kindness
,
and
would
of
it self
be
sufficient
to
make
him
forget
all
his
Misfortune
;
to
which
Graciana
yielded
,
at
the
request
of
Pyrrhus
and
Gasparino
;
that
done
,
the
Iudge
further
begg'd
her
but
to
lay
her
Hands
upon
his
Head
,
not
doubting
but
her
charming
Hand
would
heal
his
Wound
.
Which
Graciana
did
likewise
perform
according
to
his
Desire
;
and
now
having
bored
many
holes
in
Hazen's
Vessel
to
sink
it
,
a
merry
Eastern
Gale
seeming
to
court
the
Sails
,
they
made
such
fresh
way
,
that
in
a
very
few
hours
they
lost
the
sight
of
the
Iudges
Brigantine
,
who
with
Tears
in
his
Eyes
,
stood
beholding
how
the
Winds
carried
away
his
Wealth
,
his
Wife
,
and
Graciana
his
Souls
Delight
.
The
Wind
still
favouring
them
,
without
touching
any
where
,
in
a
few
days
they
got
within
sight
of
their
beloved
Country
;
which
not
a
little
augmented
that
Joy
,
which
had
already
taken
Possession
of
their
Hearts
;
and
no
wonder
their
Spirits
were
transported
with
a
new
Contentment
,
which
is
one
of
the
greatest
that
can
be
purchased
in
this
Life
,
to
arrive
after
a
long
Captivity
,
safe
in
their
own
Native
Country
,
there
being
nothing
can
equalize
it
,
but
the
Pleasure
of
Victory
and
Conquest
.
About
an
hour
after
Day-break
,
they
found
themselves
within
less
than
a
League
of
the
City
,
at
what
time
Gasparino
gave
Order
to
●…m
the
Vessel
with
several
Flags
,
Streamers
,
and
Pendants
,
and
row'd
leasurely
into
the
Haven
;
which
being
discovered
from
the
Port
,
an
infinite
number
of
People
presently
shewed
themselves
upon
the
Sho●…e
.
In
the
mean
time
Gasparino
entreated
Graciana
to
cloath
and
dress
her self
in
the
same
manner
,
as
when
she
was
conducted
by
the
Iew
into
the
Bashaw's
Tent.
Gaspari●…o
and
Pyrrhus
also
put
themselves
into
Turkish
Habit
,
as
also
did
the
Christians
that
ply'd
the
Oar
;
for
the●…e
were
Garments
enough
of
the
slain
Turks
to
serve
them
all
.
This
occasion'd
a
pleasant
delusion
of
the
sight
to
those
that
were
upon
the
Land
;
for
the
People
that
stood
gazing
to
b●…hold
a
stout
Vessel
so
gayly
trim'd
with
Streamers
,
and
Pendants
playing
,
and
triumphing
in
the
Air
:
But
when
they
b●…held
the
Turkish
Habits
and
white
Turbants
,
they
began
to
grow
fearful
and
jealous
of
Stratagems
;
thereupon
they
forthwith
betook
themselves
to
their
Arms
upon
the
Haven
,
while
the
Horse
were
sent
out
to
s●…
the
Coast.
But
those
fears
were
soon
dispell'd
,
when
Landing
,
they
with
Tears
of
joy
saluted
the
ground
,
as
an
Evident
sign
they
were
Christians
,
who
had
made
prize
of
the
Vessel
.
The
last
that
landed
was
the
fair
Graciana
,
having
a
Veil
cast
over
her
Face
of
Crimson
Taffety
,
led
by
Pyrrhus
and
Gasparino
:
Which
object
drew
after
them
the
eyes
of
all
that
infinite
multitude
,
who
at
their
Landing
kneeling
as
the
rest
did
,
Saluted
the
Earth
with
their
prostrate
Lips
.
By
that
time
this
was
done
,
the
Captain
and
Governor
of
the
City
were
come
up
unto
them
,
who
presently
knew
Gasparino
,
and
ran
with
open
Arms
,
and
all
the
manifestations
of
exceeding
joy
to
imbrace
him
.
With
the
Governor
came
Hippolito
,
and
his
Parents
,
and
the
Parents
of
Gasparino
and
Graciana
with
all
her
Kindred
and
Acquaintance
,
who
were
the
greatest
Persons
of
Rank
and
Quality
in
the
whole
City
;
all
whom
Gasparino
received
with
a
Joy
and
Affection
,
equal
to
what
they
had
shewed
to
him
.
Then
taking
Graciana
in
one
hand
and
Hippolito
in
the
other
,
whose
Colour
then
began
to
change
;
but
Gasparino
saluted
him
with
much
respect
according
to
his
degree
and
quality
,
and
then
declared
himself
.
Gentlemen
(
said
he
)
you
may
well
remember
the
misfortune
which
some
Months
since
happen'd
to
me
in
Moronio's
Garden
,
together
with
the
loss
of
Graciana
;
nor
can
you
forget
the
diligence
which
I
used
to
procure
her
liberty
,
offering
my
whole
Estate
for
her
ransome
;
which
though
to
you
it
may
seem
a
kindness
,
was
to
me
none
,
it
being
to
redeem
what
I
priz'd
above
all
the
World
.
What
from
that
time
has
happen'd
to
us
both
,
will
require
long
time
and
a
seasonable
opportunity
to
relate
;
let
it
suffice
for
the
present
to
tell
you
,
That
after
many
various
and
strange
Accidents
,
and
after
a
thousand
lost
hopes
of
remedying
our
misfortunes
,
the
Gods
have
protected
us
and
return'd
us
home
to
our
Native
Country
,
with
Riches
agreeable
to
our
Contentment
,
and
Compleated
our
Happiness
;
yet
neither
from
this
nor
my
procured
liberty
,
is
the
end
answerable
to
my
desire
,
but
in
that
great
pleasure
which
I
conceive
my
sweet
Enemy
takes
as
well
to
see
her self
Fre●…
,
as
to
see
before
her
here
the
chief
object
of
her
affections
.
In
short
I
offer'd
my
whole
Estate
for
her
Ransom
,
resigned
up
my
Heart
only
to
her self
,
contriving
the
means
for
her
Liberty
,
and
adventur'd
my
Life
for
her
safety
;
and
though
from
all
these
may
be
raised
engagements
of
moment
,
yet
I
will
not
impose
any
one
thing
upon
her
,
except
this
one
,
which
I
presume
she
will
agree
to
;
and
so
saying
he
puts
up
his
hand
,
and
with
a
Grace
full
of
humility
,
took
away
the
Scarff
from
before
Graciana's
Face
;
which
had
the
resemblance
of
the
dissipating
of
a
Cloud
which
darkens
the
Sun's
brightness
;
Here
,
Hippolito
,
(
said
he
)
I
deliver
thee
such
a
Jewel
,
which
it
behoves
thee
to
esteem
above
all
those
things
that
are
esteem'd
worthy
.
In
the
same
manner
(
fair
Graciana
)
I
freely
give
thee
that
which
thou
hast
ever
had
in
thy
Memory
;
for
this
if
you
please
you
may
call
me
Generous
,
since
in
comparison
of
this
Gift
,
to
give
away
my
Life
,
Estate
,
my
Honor
,
all
is
nothing
.
Take
her
most
fortunate
of
Men
;
and
if
thy
understanding
can
but
soar
so
high
as
to
value
her
worth
,
thou
art
the
happiest
of
all
mankind
;
and
with
such
a
Jewel
as
here
,
I
give
and
allow
thee
as
much
Wealth
as
comes
to
my
share
in
this
adventure
.
Having
thus
said
he
was
silent
,
as
if
he
had
laid
a
charm
upon
his
Tongue
;
but
presently
recollecting
himself
,
What
Jurisdiction
(
said
he
)
have
I
over
Graciana
,
to
give
her
to
another
?
Or
how
can
I
dispose
of
that
to
another
which
is
none
of
my
own
?
Graciana
is
his
,
and
so
much
his
,
that
her
affections
to
him
can
meet
with
no
opposition
;
or
if
there
may
intervene
those
obligations
which
she
may
think
she
owes
me
,
from
this
time
forward
I
disclaim
and
cancel
them
;
I
give
therefore
to
Hippolito
nothing
;
because
I
neither
can
nor
dare
do
otherwise
;
only
I
confirm
the
grant
of
my
Goods
made
to
Graciana
,
without
desiring
any
other
recompence
,
but
only
that
she
would
be
so
credulous
,
and
not
think
otherwise
,
but
that
my
intentions
were
honest
and
just
,
and
never
aim'd
at
any
other
design
but
what
was
agreeable
to
her
infinite
Beauty
and
Perfections
.
Here
Graciana
,
turning
to
Gasparino
,
If
any
favours
(
Sir
said
she
)
were
by
me
shewed
to
Hippolito
,
you
must
believe
them
to
be
Vertuous
,
and
to
proceed
more
from
duty
than
affection
.
But
now
if
they
will
give
me
leave
freely
to
dispose
of
that
which
your
Valour
and
Generosity
hath
obliged
me
withal
.
Here
her
Parents
interrupted
her
,
telling
her
she
had
free
liberty
to
do
as
her
discretion
should
direct
her
.
For
,
which
when
she
had
return'd
〈◊〉
her
humble
thanks
with
all
duty
and
〈◊〉
,
I
had
rather
incurr
,
said
she
,
the
censure
of
inconstancy
,
than
to
be
tax'd
with
ingratitude
;
and
therefore
Valiant
Gasparino
,
my
affection
,
hitherto
so
reserv'd
and
dubious
,
shall
now
declare
it self
,
to
be
in
your
Favour
;
I
am
yours
,
Gasparino
,
and
will
be
yours
till
death
,
if
the
knowledge
of
some
more
deserving
Beauty
have
not
prevented
my
happiness
.
Gasparino
hearing
these
words
was
so
transported
with
Joy
,
and
in
a
manner
in
such
an
ecstasie
that
he
knew
not
how
presently
to
return
Graciana
an
answer
in
any
other
dialect
than
by
prostrating
himself
on
his
Knees
to
her
,
and
kissing
her
fair
hands
,
which
he
held
so
fast
,
amd
bath'd
often
with
his
tender
and
affectionate
Tears
.
Hippolito
likewise
wept
,
but
't
was
for
Grief
for
the
loss
of
Graciana
.
Graciana's
Parents
wept
Tears
of
Joy
and
Gladness
,
while
all
the
Standers
bye
were
full
of
admiration
and
astonishment
.
Gasparino
having
recovered
himself
out
of
that
deep
ecstasie
of
Joy
wherein
he
was
lost
,
they
all
seated
themselves
at
a
small
Banquet
which
Graciana's
Friends
had
prepared
.
They
were
full
of
Mirth
,
and
Jollity
,
exchanging
multiplicity
of
kisses
with
each
other
,
and
thinking
of
their
past
misfortunes
;
amongst
the
rest
Graciana
remembred
a
Song
which
Gasparino's
Boy
Sung
in
the
Garden
,
a
little
before
the
Turks
came
and
surpriz'd
them
;
which
occasion'd
her
often
to
reflect
upon
her
ingratitude
,
in
not
making
a
Suitable
return
to
his
affections
;
but
withal
desired
that
his
Boy
might
Sing
it
.
He
told
her
that
Song
was
now
quite
out
of
date
with
him
;
but
to
satisfie
her
request
it
should
not
be
wanting
;
so
calling
his
Boy
he
commanded
him
to
Tune
his
Instrument
,
and
Sing
that
last
Song
which
he
Sung
in
the
Garden
:
He
readily
obeyed
his
order
and
began
.
The
SONG
.
Go
,
Treacherous
hopes
,
by
whose
uncertain
Fire
I
cherish
my
Tyrannical
desire
:
Love
is
a
more
uncertain
Guest
than
Care
,
And
my
Fate
's
such
,
That
it
will
cost
as
much
To
Love
as
to
Despair
.
T
is
true
,
our
Lives
are
but
a
long
disease
,
Made
up
with
real
care
and
seeming
ease
.
Ye
Gods
that
such
uncertain
Favours
give
,
Oh
,
tell
me
why
,
It
is
so
hard
to
dye
,
And
such
a
Task
to
live
!
This
being
ended
the
Bishop
of
that
City
was
then
present
,
who
with
his
Benediction
and
Licence
conducted
them
to
the
Cathedral
Church
,
and
instantly
Married
them
.
Pyrrhus
and
Albuma
were
reconciled
to
the
Church
,
who
seeing
it
was
imposible
to
be
Gasparino's
Wife
,
contented
her self
in
matching
with
Pyrrhus
,
to
whom
Gasparino
gave
Generous
and
Noble
Gifts
:
in
conclusion
all
remain'd
fully
contented
and
satisfied
;
and
the
fame
of
Gasparino
spread
it self
through
all
Italy
,
and
many
other
places
under
the
name
of
,
The
Generous
Lover
.
THE
Libertine
:
A
NOVEL
.
THe
Sun
having
run
his
due
Course
in
a
hot
Summers
day
,
the
Evening
being
approach'd
,
an
Ancient
Gentleman
,
accompanied
with
his
Wife
,
his
Son
a
little
Youth
,
a
Daughter
about
Seventeen
Years
of
Age
,
with
a
Maid
Servant
,
having
been
taking
a
Walk
for
their
Recreation
upon
the
Banks
of
the
River
of
Toledo
,
and
were
returning
home
,
the
Night
was
clear
,
and
bright
,
and
the
Hour
Eleven
,
the
High-way
large
,
and
their
Paces
slow
,
that
they
might
not
lose
,
through
weariness
,
those
Pleasures
which
the
delightful
Meadows
,
lying
by
the
River
side
,
afforded
them
,
and
depending
on
the
security
,
which
the
strict
course
of
Justice
,
and
the
well
dispos'd
Humour
of
the
People
of
that
City
warranted
,
the
good
old
Gentleman
walk'd
leasurely
along
with
his
small
Family
,
not
the
least
surmizing
of
being
disturbed
;
but
far
from
the
thoughts
of
having
any
Disaster
happening
to
'em
.
But
in
regard
Misfortunes
commonly
approach
,
when
least
thought
of
,
contrary
wholly
to
his
Expectation
,
and
quite
beyond
all
imaginary
Conceptions
,
there
happen'd
one
,
who
not
only
disturb'd
their
present
Recreation
,
but
gave
them
great
cause
to
weep
many
Years
after
.
There
was
a
Gentleman
of
that
City
about
the
Age
of
two
and
twenty
,
whose
great
Wealth
,
his
nobleness
of
Blood
,
but
chiefly
his
depraved
Disposition
,
and
too
much
assum'd
Liberty
,
together
with
the
loose
,
Extravagant
Libertines
,
like
himself
,
which
he
kept
Company
withal
,
led
him
to
commit
such
Obscene
Actions
,
as
ill
became
his
Person
and
Quality
,
and
entituled
him
only
to
Audaciousness
and
Insolency
:
This
Gentleman
,
(
〈◊〉
Name
,
for
Modesty
sake
we
shall
conceal
,
and
call
Octavio
)
with
four
other
Frolicksome
young
Gentlemen
full
of
Jollity
,
were
upon
the
top
of
a
Hill
singing
to
their
Instruments
in
a
mad
merry
Humour
,
these
following
Verses
.
How
Sweet
,
and
how
Free
is
the
Plunder
,
When
we
care
not
for
Jove
,
nor
his
Thunder
?
When
we
enter
a
Town
,
Then
the
Lasses
go
down
,
And
to
their
Overcomers
lie
under
.
Why
then
should
we
study
to
Love
,
and
look
Pale
,
And
make
long
Addresses
to
what
will
grow
Stale
?
If
her
Fingers
be
soft
,
long
,
and
slender
,
When
once
we
have
made
her
surrender
,
She
will
handle
a
Flute
,
Better
far
than
a
Lute
,
And
make
what
was
hard
to
grow
tender
.
Why
then
,
&c.
If
her
Hair
of
a
dark
Chest
nut
brown
is
,
And
her
Belly
as
soft
as
the
Down
is
,
She
will
fire
your
Heart
,
In
performing
her
Part
,
With
a
Flame
,
that
more
hot
than
the
Town
is
.
Why
then
,
&c.
When
the
Houses
with
Flashes
do
glitter
,
And
we
sever
the
Sweet
from
the
Bitter
;
And
in
that
bright
Night
We
can
take
our
Delight
,
No
Damsel
shall
scape
but
we
'll
hit
her
.
Why
then
should
we
study
to
Love
,
and
look
Pale
,
And
make
long
Addresses
to
what
will
grow
Stale
?
As
the
old
Gentleman
had
reach'd
the
Foot
of
the
Hill
,
these
Libertines
were
coming
down
;
and
meeting
with
this
harmless
Family
,
they
in
a
very
rough
manner
,
Vizarding
their
own
Faces
,
threw
up
the
Veils
of
the
Mother
,
Daughter
,
and
Maid
:
The
old
Gentleman
was
not
a
little
offended
at
the
Action
,
and
reprehended
them
exceedingly
for
it
;
telling
them
,
they
did
not
understand
the
Rules
of
Civility
,
nor
indeed
good
Manners
,
to
offer
any
such
Abuse
to
Ladies
,
which
were
Modest
,
and
not
for
their
turn
.
They
minded
not
his
Discourse
,
but
in
stead
of
giving
him
a
suitable
Answer
,
they
Retorted
upon
him
with
Scoffs
,
and
Scorns
,
repeating
,
If
her
Hair
of
a
dark
Chest-nut
Brown
is
,
&c.
and
without
farther
Misdemeanour
,
went
forward
on
their
way
:
But
the
great
Beauty
of
Almeria
,
which
Octavio
had
seen
;
(
for
that
was
the
Name
of
this
Gentleman's
Daughter
)
began
to
rouse
his
unbridled
Passion
in
such
a
manner
,
that
he
resolv'd
to
Enjoy
her
,
in
despight
of
all
Inconveniences
that
might
ensue
;
and
to
that
purpose
,
consulting
with
his
Companions
,
they
all
return'd
back
immediately
,
with
an
Intention
,
and
full
Resolution
,
to
force
her
from
her
Parents
:
They
being
willing
to
please
Octavio
;
for
in
Spain
,
rich
Men
which
are
lewdly
and
Licenciously
given
,
shall
never
want
those
that
will
Canonize
their
evil
Actions
;
and
therefore
in
their
Communication
,
they
approved
of
the
design
,
and
resolved
to
put
it
in
Execution
after
this
manner
.
They
put
on
their
Vizards
,
and
with
their
Swords
drawn
,
they
faced
about
,
and
with
a
swiftness
of
foot
,
presently
overtook
those
,
who
were
rejoycing
for
their
late
Delivery
:
Octavio
seiz'd
upon
Almeria
,
and
taking
her
up
in
his
Arms
,
ran
away
with
her
,
with
all
the
speed
imaginable
,
she
having
no
strength
to
defend
her self
from
this
Violence
;
for
the
sudden
Passion
that
possess'd
her
,
was
so
prevalent
,
that
it
took
away
the
use
of
her
Voice
,
which
Fear
and
Amazement
had
rendred
useless
;
and
Swooning
away
,
she
was
deprived
of
all
her
Senses
:
Her
Father
made
what
resistance
he
could
,
and
called
out
as
loud
as
his
Voice
would
permit
him
,
the
Mother
Shriek'd
,
her
little
Brother
Cry'd
,
and
the
Maid
Wept
,
and
tore
her
Hair
;
but
neither
their
Crys
nor
Shrieks
were
heard
,
nor
could
their
Tears
move
Compassion
,
for
the
Solitariness
of
the
place
,
the
late
Season
of
Night
,
and
the
Resolute
Cruelty
of
those
D●…bauchees
that
assisted
their
wicked
Design
:
So
that
the
one
went
away
Jocund
and
Merry
,
and
the
other
went
home
Sad
and
Pensive
.
Octavio
return'd
home
to
his
House
,
rejoycing
at
his
Adventure
;
but
the
Parents
of
Almeria
with
great
Affliction
,
and
full
of
Despair
,
were
without
Sight
,
and
destitute
of
all
the
rest
of
their
Senses
,
wanting
their
Daughter's
Eyes
,
which
were
the
Light
of
theirs
;
they
were
very
melancholy
,
lacking
the
Sweet
,
and
Facetious
Company
of
Almeria
;
they
were
in
Confusion
,
and
Amazement
,
not
knowing
which
way
to
steer
their
Course
;
whether
they
should
give
timely
notice
of
their
Misfortune
to
the
Ministers
of
Justice
,
or
else
conceal
it
:
They
were
loth
to
be
the
principal
Instrument
of
publishing
their
own
Shame
,
and
Dishonour
;
nor
did
they
know
on
whom
to
complain
,
but
their
own
hard
Fortune
.
Octavio
in
the
mean
time
,
being
Subtil
,
and
Crafty
,
brought
Almeria
home
to
his
Father's
House
,
who
having
lock'd
her
up
in
his
own
private
Lodging
,
while
she
was
yet
in
a
Swoon
;
and
the
better
to
keep
her
ignorant
of
the
way
he
had
brought
her
,
he
Blindfolded
her
with
a
Handkerchief
,
that
she
could
not
take
notice
of
the
Streets
she
had
pass'd
through
,
nor
of
the
House
,
or
Room
whereunto
he
had
brought
her
.
Before
Almeria
had
recovered
her
Swooning
,
Octavio
had
satisfied
his
Lustful
Passion
;
for
the
unchast
violence
of
Youth
seldom
or
never
,
respect
either
time
,
or
place
,
but
runs
on
headlong
,
whither
their
unbridled
Lust
leads
'em
,
letting
loose
the
Reins
to
all
Licenciousness
:
Having
the
light
of
his
understanding
thus
blinded
,
he
robb'd
Almeria
in
the
dark
,
of
the
best
Jewel
she
had
;
for
the
Sins
of
Sensuality
reach
no
farther
for
the
most
part
than
the
accomplishing
and
fulfilling
of
them
:
Octavio
presently
resolv'd
to
turn
the
abus'd
Almeria
out
of
doors
;
and
it
entred
into
his
Imagination
to
lay
her
out
in
the
Street
,
being
thus
in
a
Swoon
as
she
was
;
but
going
to
execute
this
Villainous
purpose
,
he
perceived
she
was
newly
come
to
her self
:
At
what
time
recovering
her
Voice
;
Heavens
defend
me
,
(
said
she
)
where
am
I
!
What
Darkness
is
this
?
What
Clouds
have
compassed
me
about
?
What
ails
me
?
How
comes
this
to
pass
?
Then
calling
out
for
her
Father
,
and
Mother
,
and
neither
answering
,
she
repeated
a
thousand
Lamentations
in
the
dark
;
and
calling
to
remembrance
how
she
was
assaulted
,
and
forced
violently
from
her
Parents
,
she
at
last
took
fast
hold
of
Octavio's
Hands
:
If
thou
art
such
a
one
(
she
cry'd
)
whose
Soul
will
admit
of
Entreaty
,
I
earnestly
beseech
thee
,
since
thou
hast
thus
triumph'd
over
my
Honour
,
gain
the
Victory
likewise
over
this
wretched
Life
;
Deprive
me
of
it
,
I
conjure
thee
immediately
;
for
it
is
but
requisite
I
should
lose
the
one
,
since
I
cannot
regain
the
other
:
And
consider
with
thy self
,
that
the
rigour
of
that
Cruelty
which
thou
hast
exercis'd
upon
my
Weakness
,
will
be
tempered
and
mollified
by
the
pity
thou
wilt
extend
towards
me
,
by
taking
away
the
Life
which
thou
hast
now
made
so
deplorable
and
miserable
.
These
mournful
Arguments
which
Almeria
alledg'd
to
Octavio
left
him
so
amazed
,
and
confused
,
that
the
horridness
of
the
Crime
seemed
to
make
him
sensible
of
the
wrong
he
had
committed
,
that
he
knew
neither
what
to
say
or
do
;
so
that
his
silence
made
Almeria
think
at
first
,
it
might
be
some
Apparition
that
was
with
her
;
but
when
she
found
that
she
touched
a
real
Body
,
and
calling
to
remembrance
the
violence
used
to
her
walking
along
with
her
Parents
,
and
duly
weighing
the
greatness
of
her
Misfortune
,
with
the
very
Thoughts
thereof
,
she
return'd
anew
to
vent
those
words
which
her
many
Sighs
,
and
Tears
had
before
interrupted
.
Bold
Ravisher
,
(
she
cry'd
)
thy
Actions
make
me
judge
thee
to
be
one
of
no
great
Years
;
I
pardon
thee
the
Violation
thou
hast
offered
me
,
and
forgive
thee
that
foul
Offence
thou
hast
committed
,
provided
thou
wilt
here
solemnly
Swear
to
me
,
that
as
thou
hast
cover'd
my
Honour
with
this
Darkness
,
so
likewise
that
you
would
bury
it
in
perpetual
Silence
,
never
to
acquaint
any
person
with
it
:
It
is
but
a
small
satisfaction
,
I
crave
at
your
Hands
,
in
comparison
of
so
great
an
Injury
;
yet
to
me
,
(
considering
this
perplex'd
State
I
am
now
in
)
it
will
be
the
greatest
that
I
can
beg
of
you
,
or
you
can
grant
me
:
Consider
besides
,
That
I
never
beheld
your
Face
,
nor
ever
do
desire
to
see
it
;
for
though
I
cannot
but
deseant
upon
the
offence
,
yet
will
I
endeavour
to
forget
the
Offender
:
Neither
will
I
imprint
in
my
Memory
,
the
Image
of
the
Author
of
my
Woes
,
but
pour
forth
my
Complaints
between
my self
and
Heaven
,
without
desiring
the
World
to
be
my
Auditours
,
for
they
are
not
Competent
Judges
of
such
Cases
,
as
to
their
real
effects
;
but
are
rather
Commentatours
to
cast
ill
Reflections
upon
'em
.
I
must
confess
my
Passion
has
made
me
guilty
of
Ignorance
,
in
uttering
these
Verities
to
you
,
which
indeed
ought
to
be
grounded
upon
the
experience
of
more
Years
,
than
ever
I
had
the
honour
to
arrive
to
;
yet
I
may
make
that
Interpretation
,
that
Grief
and
Sorrow
,
doth
with
equality
,
fix
,
and
dissolve
the
Tongue
of
the
Afflicted
;
one
while
amplifying
the
received
Injury
,
that
others
may
be
the
more
induced
to
believe
it
;
another
while
burying
it
in
the
Grave
of
Silence
,
the
better
to
hinder
the
application
of
Remedies
:
So
that
whether
I
express
my self
in
Words
,
or
remain
silent
,
I
flatter
my self
with
those
Perswasions
,
that
you
cannot
be
wanting
of
Motives
to
believe
me
,
or
of
Remedies
to
supply
me
;
since
that
Incredulity
in
you
,
would
but
imply
Ignorance
,
and
to
afford
me
Relief
,
be
an
Impossibility
:
yet
may
your
Charity
extend
so
far
,
as
to
grant
me
some
ease
in
this
my
Affliction
,
whereby
no
place
may
be
vacant
to
entertain
Despair
,
since
the
expence
of
it
will
amount
to
so
little
a
charge
:
Yet
flatter
not
your self
with
vain
,
or
false
hopes
,
that
Time
shall
allay
,
or
pacfy
that
just
Rage
,
which
I
shall
ever
bear
towards
thee
;
neither
make
farther
Attempts
upon
my
lost
Honour
,
since
thy
Designs
in
that
Enterprize
will
be
wholly
frustrated
;
for
having
already
satisfied
thy
base
Lust
,
I
should
think
thy
evil
Concupiscence
might
be
less
inflam'd
:
Impute
this
your
Offence
to
heat
of
Passion
,
committed
against
Reason
,
by
Accident
;
and
I
will
pronounce
that
rash
Judgment
upon
my self
,
that
I
was
not
Born
,
and
brought
forth
into
the
World
,
but
to
prove
Unfortunate
;
convey
me
therefore
presently
into
the
Street
,
or
at
least
,
near
unto
the
great
Church
,
from
which
place
I
can
take
Directions
to
my
own
Home
:
Promise
me
,
and
Swear
likewise
,
not
to
pursue
me
,
or
be
at
all
inquisitive
after
my
Habitation
,
Name
,
or
Parents
;
for
I
would
not
have
them
so
unhappy
as
to
bear
a
share
in
my
Misfortunes
:
Return
me
a
suitable
answer
,
I
beseech
you
,
to
these
my
Requests
.
If
that
fear
doth
possess
thy
Spirits
,
that
thy
Voice
should
discover
thy self
to
me
,
then
answer
me
in
Silence
.
All
the
answer
Octavio
return'd
to
the
long
Discourse
of
the
afflicted
Almeria
,
was
no
other
than
a
kind
Embracing
her
,
as
if
he
intended
to
renew
the
Combats
of
his
Amorous
heat
;
which
being
perceived
by
Almeria
,
she
us'd
that
force
and
resistance
which
her
tender
Years
render'd
her
capable
of
,
and
defended
her self
with
that
Courage
,
and
Resolution
,
using
her
Feet
,
Hands
,
and
Teeth
;
then
with
her
Tongue
broke
out
into
these
following
Expressions
.
Know
,
Cowardly
Traytor
as
thou
art
,
and
basest
of
all
Humane
Kind
,
without
either
Fear
,
or
Shame
,
who
ere
thou
art
,
those
Wrongs
which
thou
hast
offer'd
me
,
thou
mightest
have
exercised
upon
a
Stock
,
or
Stone
;
for
I
was
bereft
of
either
Sence
,
or
Motion
;
the
Conquest
,
and
Triumph
of
this
Nights
Victory
cannot
but
redound
to
thy
Reproach
:
As
for
thy
second
Ignoble
,
and
Filthy
Attempt
,
thou
shalt
never
obtain
thy
unlawful
Desires
,
unless
thou
takest
away
my
Life
:
Though
thou
robbed'st
me
of
that
precious
Jewel
,
when
surprized
by
a
Swooning
Fit
,
and
acted
thy
lewdness
with
Pleasure
,
and
Delight
;
yet
know
that
now
my
Spirits
are
return'd
to
my
assistance
,
thou
shalt
sooner
conquer
my
Life
than
gain
the
Victory
over
my
Honour
;
for
if
I
,
now
being
able
to
make
resistance
,
should
yield
to
thy
abominable
Lust
,
thou
mightest
then
very
well
conjecture
,
and
boast
,
that
the
Ecstasie
I
was
in
,
was
only
feigned
,
when
thou
wast
so
audacious
and
insolent
in
the
operating
my
utter
ruine
and
destruction
.
But
in
conclusion
,
Almeria
used
so
strong
an
opposition
,
and
made
such
a
manful
resistance
,
that
the
Strength
,
and
Courage
,
and
with
it
,
the
vigorous
Desires
of
Octavio
,
were
weakened
;
for
the
Insolence
he
had
us'd
to
Almeria
,
had
no
other
rise
,
than
from
a
violent
Lascivious
Impetuousness
;
from
which
root
never
springs
that
true
Love
which
is
permanent
;
but
instead
of
that
heat
of
Love
,
there
remains
only
Repentance
,
and
a
coldness
of
Affection
to
second
it
.
Octavio
,
then
waxing
some
degrees
cooler
,
but
much
more
weary
,
without
uttering
a
Word
,
left
Almeria
,
to
her self
in
his
Chamber
,
and
went
to
hunt
out
for
his
Libertinian
Companions
,
to
consult
and
advice
with
them
,
which
Method
he
should
take
,
both
for
his
and
Almeria's
satisfaction
,
and
safety
.
Almeria
perceiving
her self
alone
,
and
fast
lock'd
up
,
arose
from
the
Bed
,
and
went
groping
about
the
Room
with
her
Hands
,
to
search
out
for
a
Door
to
get
out
,
or
a
Window
to
leap
down
.
She
first
found
the
Door
,
but
lock'd
too
strong
for
her
to
open
it
;
then
she
found
out
the
Window
,
which
she
unhaspt
,
and
open'd
the
Wooden
Shutters
,
and
by
the
light
of
the
Moon
that
shone
so
clear
and
bright
,
being
in
its
plenitude
,
she
perceived
the
Chamber
richly
Hung
,
the
Bed
gilded
,
and
all
the
Furniture
very
magnificent
;
that
it
seem'd
rather
the
Apartment
of
a
Prince
,
than
of
a
private
Gentleman
;
she
summ'd
up
the
number
of
the
Chairs
,
which
were
very
rich
,
and
the
Escritores
,
and
Cabinets
which
were
very
gay
and
stately
:
She
took
notice
of
the
Door
,
and
the
Pictures
which
adorn'd
the
Room
,
though
she
could
not
well
discern
the
Figures
whereby
to
describe
'em
;
the
Window
was
very
large
,
and
strongly
secured
with
Iron
Bars
,
a
defence
against
Banditties
,
and
Robbers
,
which
are
there
very
frequent
:
The
Prospect
before
the
Window
was
a
lovely
Garden
,
with
a
pleasant
Fountain
in
the
middle
,
adorn'd
with
all
that
Art
and
Nature
was
capable
of
:
Near
it
was
a
little
Wilderness
,
in
the
center
whereof
was
a
Spring
,
whose
Water
was
received
in
a
Cistern
of
Alablaster
,
which
was
held
by
the
Statue
of
a
Nimph
cut
in
White
Marble
:
Near
unto
it
stood
a
row
of
Orange
Trees
,
whose
Fragrant
smell
was
very
comfortable
:
The
Walls
of
the
Garden
which
enclosed
it
were
very
high
;
many
Difficulties
stood
in
opposition
to
hinder
her
escape
,
and
the
view
that
she
had
taken
of
every
thing
induced
her
to
believe
,
that
the
Owner
thereof
must
needs
be
some
Magnifico
,
and
not
one
of
an
ordinary
Extraction
:
Wandring
some
time
round
the
Apartment
,
at
length
she
spyed
a
Table
Book
,
richly
Bound
in
Seals
Skin
,
neatly
over-laid
with
Silver
,
and
curiously
wrought
,
and
engraved
,
with
a
large
Silver
Pin
belonging
to
it
,
which
lay
upon
a
Cabinet
that
stood
near
to
the
Window
:
She
took
it
and
put
it
up
in
her
Pocket
,
not
out
of
any
ill
design
of
Robbery
;
but
being
inspired
to
promote
a
discreet
Design
,
which
her
Thoughts
prompted
her
to
:
Having
secured
it
,
she
shut
the
Window
,
leaving
it
as
she
had
found
it
,
and
returned
back
to
the
Bed
,
expecting
what
kind
of
end
such
a
bad
beginning
would
produce
.
To
her
thinking
,
it
was
not
much
above
half
an
hour
after
,
that
she
heard
a
Door
open
,
and
some
person
coming
to
her
,
and
without
so
much
as
speaking
one
Word
,
with
an
Handkerchief
Blindfolded
her
;
and
taking
her
by
the
Arm
,
took
her
out
of
the
Room
,
and
shut
fast
the
Door
after
him
.
This
Person
was
Octavio
,
who
though
he
had
been
upon
the
search
for
his
fellow
Libertines
,
yet
he
was
not
altogether
willing
to
find
them
,
or
give
them
the
least
intelligence
of
that
Nights
Transactions
;
and
therefore
resolv'd
to
acquaint
'em
,
that
repenting
himself
of
that
ill
Act
,
and
being
mov'd
with
the
Virgin
's
Tears
,
left
her
in
the
Mid-way
:
Having
thus
recollected
himself
,
he
return'd
back
with
all
speed
,
to
convey
Almeria
,
near
to
the
Great
Church
,
according
to
her
own
Directions
:
Before
the
Morning
was
approach'd
too
far
,
and
to
avoid
the
inconveniency
of
detaining
her
till
the
Night
following
;
in
which
Interval
of
time
,
he
resolved
to
exercise
no
more
Violence
,
nor
give
any
other
occasion
to
discover
himself
.
Having
conducted
her
to
the
place
appointed
,
he
told
her
in
a
kind
of
broken
Language
,
and
with
a
counterfeit
Voice
,
She
might
then
go
securely
to
her
own
Habitation
,
and
that
none
should
follow
her
to
espy
where
she
went
;
so
left
her
to
untie
the
Handkerchief
which
he
had
bound
about
her
Eyes
;
which
before
she
could
loosen
,
he
was
got
far
enough
out
of
her
sight
.
Almeria
being
now
at
Liberty
,
she
made
all
the
hast
she
could
,
still
looking
behind
her
,
at
every
step
she
fetch'd
;
going
to
her
Father's
House
,
she
found
her
Parents
amaz'd
,
and
astonish'd
,
and
so
far
from
preparing
themselves
to
go
to
Bed
,
that
they
had
not
so
much
as
entertain'd
the
least
thought
of
taking
any
Rest
:
When
they
saw
her
,
they
ran
to
her
with
open
Arms
,
and
Embrac'd
her
,
and
indulgently
received
her
.
Tears
of
Joy
had
furnish'd
their
Eyes
,
and
their
Tongues
could
not
express
their
Gladness
,
for
the
present
,
their
Hearts
being
so
transported
within
them
:
But
Almeria's
Heart
being
loaded
with
Passion
,
and
overwhelm'd
with
Grief
,
besought
her
Parents
to
withdraw
into
a
private
Room
,
and
there
,
in
a
few
Words
she
gave
them
an
account
of
what
had
befaln
her
,
and
her
unfortunate
Success
,
with
all
other
Circumstances
belonging
to
it
,
but
could
not
by
any
means
discover
the
person
that
robbed
her
of
her
Honour
:
She
acquainted
them
with
all
she
had
beheld
in
that
Famous
Theatre
,
wherein
was
Acted
that
Woful
Tragedy
of
her
Misery
;
the
pleasant
Garden
,
and
Fountains
,
the
Cabinets
,
the
Bed
,
and
Hangings
of
rich
Arras
;
and
last
of
all
,
she
shewed
them
the
fine
Table
Book
,
which
she
had
brought
from
thence
with
her
:
She
likewise
told
'em
,
though
she
did
not
desire
to
come
to
the
knowledge
of
him
,
who
was
the
Offender
;
yet
if
thèy
thought
it
convenient
to
have
him
discover'd
by
the
means
of
that
Table
Book
they
might
do
it
,
by
causing
it
to
be
publickly
proclaim'd
,
that
he
who
had
lost
such
a
Table
Book
might
have
it
restor'd
at
such
a
place
,
as
the
Party
that
lost
it
should
appoint
:
So
by
knowing
the
Owner
of
it
,
they
might
both
know
the
House
,
and
likewise
this
Libertine
.
But
(
Almeria's
Father
reply'd
)
your
Advice
,
Dear
Child
,
is
very
pertinent
,
and
would
take
good
effect
,
were
it
put
in
Execution
,
if
the
Subtilty
,
and
Craftiness
of
the
World
,
now
in
these
days
,
did
not
make
any
opposition
:
For
,
in
all
probability
,
such
a
Trifle
as
that
may
not
suddenly
be
miss'd
;
but
,
perhaps
if
it
should
,
they
would
set
no
great
value
on
it
,
especially
such
an
Owner
,
as
you
describe
this
Libertine
to
be
,
and
when
he
recollects
himself
,
that
the
Person
which
was
with
him
in
his
Apartment
took
it
away
,
he
will
rather
desire
to
have
it
Conceal'd
than
Divulg'd
.
Her
Father
therefore
advis'd
her
to
keep
it
secure
,
for
perhaps
(
said
he
)
in
process
of
time
,
thou
may'st
have
occasion
to
make
use
of
it
;
for
as
it
has
been
a
Witness
of
thy
Dishonour
,
it
may
at
last
be
an
Evidence
to
procure
thee
Justice
,
and
revenge
that
Wrong
which
thou
hast
so
lately
received
:
I
tell
thee
,
Dear
Child
,
that
the
least
Grain
of
publick
Dishonour
lies
heavier
upon
us
,
than
a
ponderous
weight
of
secret
Infamy
;
True
Dishonour
consists
in
Sin
,
and
true
Honour
in
Vertue
:
The
Powers
Divine
,
are
offended
with
our
Sayings
,
Doings
,
and
Desires
;
and
since
that
thou
neither
in
Thought
,
Word
,
or
Deed
,
hast
provok'd
the
Divine
Vengeance
,
esteem
thy self
Vertuous
;
for
I
shall
ever
have
that
Charity
for
thee
,
and
continue
to
thee
still
a
Kind
,
and
Indulgent
Father
.
With
these
Prudential
Reasons
,
did
this
old
Gentleman
comfort
up
his
Daughter
Almeria
;
and
her
Mother
Embracing
her
,
confirmed
what
her
Father
had
cherish'd
her
withal
;
and
desired
her
not
to
let
any
Sorrow
,
or
Grief
disturb
her
Mind
,
for
she
retain'd
the
same
Affection
for
her
now
,
as
she
had
formerly
:
Whereupon
,
she
burst
forth
into
showres
of
Tears
,
and
often
did
abscond
her self
,
and
through
Modesty's
Promptitude
,
she
betook
her self
to
a
Private
,
and
Retired
Course
of
Life
,
under
the
Shelter
,
and
Protection
of
her
Parents
.
Octavio
in
this
Interval
,
being
return'd
home
,
and
sitting
down
in
his
Chamber
,
as
he
cast
his
Eye
upon
the
Cabinet
,
he
missed
his
Table
Book
,
but
presently
he
imagin'd
,
the
Party
that
he
brought
home
might
take
it
away
with
her
;
he
made
slight
of
it
,
and
never
made
any
enquiry
after
it
:
Many
days
before
,
Octavio
had
determined
to
Travel
into
Italy
,
for
his
Father
who
had
been
there
in
his
Minority
,
perswaded
him
to
go
,
instructing
him
,
that
they
could
not
attain
to
true
Gentility
,
who
had
not
gain'd
it
by
Experience
in
Travel
;
Octavio
●…ut
on
that
Resolution
,
to
be
Conforma●…le
to
the
Will
of
his
Father
,
whom
he
knew
would
set
him
forth
in
a
good
Equi●…age
;
he
gave
him
Bills
of
Exchange
pay●…ble
at
Sight
,
for
good
round
Sums
of
Money
,
for
all
those
places
,
whether
he
intended
;
so
that
he
,
and
two
of
his
Libertinian
Companions
,
prepared
for
their
Journey
:
They
had
taken
up
three
Places
in
the
Italy
Coach
,
to
go
for
Rome
,
Genoa
,
and
Na●…
;
there
were
three
Persons
in
the
Coach
,
besides
themselves
,
which
had
taken
Places
in
the
Coach
,
a
Lady
,
a
Young
Gentleman
,
and
an
University
Scholar
.
Amongst
all
their
Discourse
Octavio
enquired
what
Italy
afforded
for
the
satisfaction
of
Gentlemen
?
The
Stranger
that
was
in
the
Coach
,
told
him
it
was
a
place
very
Pleasant
,
Ingenious
,
and
Witty
,
for
he
had
been
there
,
and
could
give
a
very
good
account
of
it
:
As
for
the
People
,
many
of
'em
were
of
an
Effeminate
Disposition
,
he
told
him
,
for
he
had
heard
many
Stories
from
them
,
which
he
could
relate
,
if
it
would
not
tire
out
their
Patience
:
Octavio
,
and
the
Lady
told
him
,
he
would
highly
oblige
them
,
and
it
would
prove
a
very
Diversitive
Recreation
:
The
Gentleman
informed
them
,
that
he
was
willing
to
contribute
any
Discourse
to
the
good
Companies
Satisfaction
,
and
should
esteem
it
as
a
great
Honour
,
if
what
he
was
to
relate
,
should
receive
their
kind
Acceptance
;
so
that
not
to
hold
them
any
longer
in
Suspence
,
he
related
the
first
that
came
in
his
Mind
,
and
directed
himself
to
'em
all
.
In
one
of
the
Cities
of
Italy
,
there
lived
a
Person
,
a
Man
,
of
whose
Nature
,
if
one
might
judge
by
the
Complexion
of
his
Face
,
that
he
was
a
greater
Servant
to
Bacchus
,
than
to
the
Priests
of
Diana
;
he
had
Married
a
Woman
of
a
large
Fortune
,
and
good
Reputation
,
and
who
govern'd
her
Family
and
Children
very
discreetly
,
at
which
her
Husband
was
much
satisfied
:
One
day
it
was
told
him
,
that
his
Wife
was
fall'n
very
Sick
,
being
taken
suddenly
,
and
was
in
very
great
danger
of
ending
her
days
;
whereat
●…e
appear'd
as
sorrowful
as
a
Man
might
be
,
and
in
great
Diligence
made
haste
to
her
relief
.
He
found
her
in
that
desperate
Condition
,
that
she
stood
in
more
need
of
a
Priest
to
absolve
her
,
than
of
a
Physician
to
cure
her
;
and
therefore
he
expressed
for
her
the
greatest
Lamentation
in
the
World
;
and
the
better
to
dissemble
his
Grief
,
he
spoke
faintly
,
and
with
a
hollow
accent
in
the
Throat
,
in
Imitation
of
his
dying
Wife
;
and
that
Painter
must
be
a
good
Artist
,
that
could
lively
represent
the
sadness
of
his
Looks
and
Countenance
.
After
that
he
had
paid
all
the
Services
to
her
that
possibly
he
could
,
she
then
desired
that
a
Crucifix
should
be
brought
her
;
which
the
good
Man
perceiving
,
he
cast
himself
on
the
Bed
,
and
thinking
his
Wife
past
all
hopes
of
recovery
,
he
cryed
out
,
and
fal●…ering
with
his
Tongue
,
did
Expostulate
,
O
Heavens
!
What
shall
I
do
,
I
shall
lose
my
poor
Wife
,
I
shall
become
the
most
wretched
,
and
most
unhappy
Man
in
the
World
!
With
divers
other
Complaints
.
At
the
last
,
when
he
perceived
there
was
no
Body
in
the
Room
but
his
dying
Wife
,
and
a
young
Chamber-Maid
,
Beautiful
enough
,
and
very
amiable
,
he
called
her
softly
to
him
,
and
said
to
her
,
Sweet-heart
,
I
am
ready
to
die
my self
,
to
see
thy
Mistress
in
this
Condition
;
I
am
so
over-whelmed
with
Grief
,
I
know
neither
what
to
say
or
do
,
but
only
to
recommend
my self
to
thee
,
and
to
Desire
thee
to
take
Care
of
my
House
and
Children
:
Here
take
these
Keys
,
and
look
well
after
what
I
commit
to
your
Charge
,
for
I
shall
not
be
able
to
look
after
them
any
more
.
The
poor
Girl
being
mov'd
with
Compassion
to
hear
him
express
these
Words
,
did
endeavour
to
comfort
him
what
she
could
,
and
did
beseech
him
,
that
he
would
not
enter
into
so
great
a
Despair
;
for
if
she
must
lose
her
Mistress
,
she
hoped
she
should
not
lose
her
good
Master
also
.
He
replyed
,
Sweet-heart
,
it
is
impossible
,
for
I
find
my self
to
be
a
dying
Man
,
and
not
for
this
World
,
See
how
the
cold
Sweat
stands
upon
my
Brow
;
put
your
Cheek
unto
mine
,
and
your
Lip
unto
my
Lip
;
and
speaking
these
Words
,
he
forc'd
his
Hand
into
her
Breast
,
whereat
the
Maid
seem'd
very
Coy
▪
but
he
desired
her
to
let
all
Fears
vanish
,
for
if
she
had
any
hopes
of
his
Recovery
,
she
must
approach
nearer
to
him
,
and
with
those
Words
,
he
took
her
in
his
Arms
,
and
threw
her
on
the
Bed
.
His
Wife
who
had
not
spoken
in
two
days
before
,
did
with
her
weak
Voice
,
begin
to
cry
out
as
loud
as
possible
she
could
,
Ah
,
ha
!
what
are
you
a
doing
?
I
am
not
as
yet
Dead
;
and
threatning
them
with
her
hand
!
O
you
wicked
Creatures
!
I
am
alive
still
,
and
hope
I
shall
not
die
yet
.
Her
Husband
and
the
Chamber-maid
hearing
her
Voice
,
did
immediately
rise
;
but
she
was
so
extreamly
incensed
against
them
,
that
her
Anger
consum'd
all
the
moisture
of
her
Catarrh
,
which
was
the
load
she
was
perplex'd
withal
before
,
&
caus'd
her
to
r●…ttle
in
the
Throat
,
and
could
not
utter
so
much
as
one
Word
;
but
now
she
gave
them
all
the
Opprobrious
Language
she
could
imagine
.
And
from
that
Minute
she
began
to
recover
,
and
perpetually
did
reproach
her
Husband
,
for
making
so
much
of
his
Chamber-maid
.
Having
ended
his
Story
,
the
Gentleman
appl●…ed
himself
to
the
Lady
,
Madam
(
said
he
)
you
may
see
the
Hypocrisie
of
Men
,
that
for
a
little
pleasure
,
they
forget
all
the
Sorrows
and
Pains
their
poor
Wives
endure
;
but
we
must
have
so
much
Charity
for
him
as
to
believe
he
thought
it
the
only
.
Remedy
for
her
Recovery
;
for
seeing
all
his
Kindness
and
Affection
could
not
raise
her
out
of
that
languishing
Condition
,
he
was
resolv'd
to
try
this
Experiment
,
which
indeed
proved
a
Catholicon
.
Indeed
Sir
,
(
replyed
the
Lady
)
I
can't
blame
you
for
harbouring
so
much
Charity
for
your
own
Sex
;
but
had
it
been
my
Case
,
I
should
not
have
rise
only
out
of
my
Bed
,
but
out
of
my
Grave
also
,
to
be
revenged
on
such
a
Husband
.
What
wrong
(
replyed
the
Gentleman
)
Madam
did
he
do
to
comfort
himself
a
little
after
he
thought
she
was
Dead
;
for
I
hope
there
is
none
of
the
Company
here
Ignorant
,
that
the
Bonds
of
Matrimony
continue
no
longer
than
Life
,
and
then
the
Knot
is
untyed
.
But
how
unty'd
,
(
said
the
Lady
?
)
'T
is
true
,
the
Obligation
of
the
Oath
is
of
no
effect
any
more
;
but
a
good
Husband
,
would
always
preserve
the
Obligation
of
Love
;
he
had
soon
laid
aside
his
Mourning
,
who
could
not
have
Patience
,
till
Death
had
put
a
period
to
her
Life
.
By
this
time
they
were
well
forward
on
their
Journey
,
and
the
Gentleman
told
them
,
he
could
relate
to
them
a
Story
which
was
contrary
to
this
,
wherein
the
Woman
was
very
Diligent
to
create
a
Kindness
from
him
.
After
they
had
all
return'd
their
thanks
,
they
earnestly
intreated
him
to
furnish
them
with
what
he
was
pleas'd
to
relate
:
whereupon
he
proceeded
as
followeth
.
In
Spain
there
liv'd
an
A
pothecary
,
whose
Name
I
shall
conceal
,
who
had
espoused
a
Vertuous
Woman
,
a
good
House-wife
,
and
Beautiful
enough
to
give
him
content
.
But
as
he
tasted
of
divers
Druggs
,
so
he
did
often
times
of
divers
Women
,
the
better
to
enable
himself
to
Discourse
of
all
Complexions
;
whereat
his
Wife
was
so
much
tormented
,
that
she
lost
all
Patience
;
for
he
made
slight
of
her
,
and
lov'd
her
not
so
well
,
as
she
expected
.
One
day
this
Apothecary
being
in
the
Shop
,
and
his
Wife
near
at
hand
,
where
she
concealed
her self
,
the
better
to
listen
to
his
Discourse
,
there
came
to
him
one
of
his
Gossips
,
a
Woman
of
the
City
,
and
troubled
with
the
same
Disease
his
Wife
was
,
and
sighing
to
the
Apothecary
,
O
dear
Sir
!
she
said
,
I
am
the
most
fortunate
Woman
in
the
World
:
For
I
Love
my
Husband
as
well
as
I
love
my self
,
and
perform
whatever
Obedience
,
or
Duty
binds
me
to
to
him
;
but
all
my
Labour
is
but
lost
,
for
he
loves
the
most
wicked
,
the
most
deform'd
,
and
the
most
nasty
Slut
in
all
the
Town
,
better
than
he
Loves
me
.
I
would
therefore
intreat
you
,
good
Neighbour
,
if
you
have
in
your
Shop
,
any
Drug
that
may
serve
to
change
his
Complexion
,
that
you
would
let
me
have
it
;
for
I
am
not
well
used
by
him
;
and
I
assure
you
,
I
will
give
you
what
ever
it
shall
cost
me
.
The
Apothecary
having
a
great
desire
to
Pleasure
his
Customer
,
said
to
her
,
that
he
had
a
Powder
,
which
if
she
put
it
in
something
either
boyled
or
roasted
,
and
gave
it
to
her
Husband
,
it
would
make
him
give
her
the
best
and
fullest
Contentment
in
the
World
;
the
Woman
being
very
earnest
to
see
that
Miracle
,
desired
to
know
what
it
was
;
he
represented
to
her
that
it
was
only
the
Powder
of
Cantharides
,
of
which
he
had
great
store
in
his
Shop
;
and
before
she
went
away
,
she
constrain'd
him
to
prepare
and
weigh
out
some
of
that
Powder
for
her
;
and
she
took
with
her
so
much
as
he
knew
would
serve
to
do
the
Business
;
for
which
she
afterwards
pay'd
him
,
and
gave
him
many
hearty
thanks
;
her
Husband
being
a
strong
bodied
Man
,
and
not
taking
too
much
of
it
,
felt
no
great
Alteration
in
himself
,
but
she
found
the
good
effects
of
it
.
The
Wife
of
the
Apothecary
,
understanding
all
this
Discourse
,
did
think
with
her self
,
that
she
stood
altogether
in
as
much
need
of
the
receipt
as
her
Companion
.
And
observing
the
place
,
where
her
Husband
did
put
the
remainder
of
the
Powder
that
was
left
,
she
resolv'd
to
make
use
of
it
her self
,
the
first
opportunity
she
could
find
;
which
within
three
or
four
days
after
wards
she
did
,
her
Husband
de●…ng
her
to
make
him
some
good
Pottage
,
(
for
he
was
troubled
with
a
great
cold
in
his
Stomach
.
)
She
told
him
that
something
●…ed
would
do
better
,
and
be
more
profitable
.
wherefore
he
commanded
her
to
go
presently
to
the
Market
,
and
to
buy
some
what
to
roast
,
and
to
take
Cinnamon
and
Sugar
out
of
the
Shop
to
put
in
the
Sauce
:
which
she
did
accordingly
,
and
did
not
forget
the
rest
of
the
Powder
,
which
he
had
given
before
part
of
it
to
her
Companion
;
she
put
it
in
,
without
regard
either
of
Weight
or
Measure
.
Her
Husband
eat
heartily
of
the
Meat
she
had
prepar'd
,
and
lik'd
it
very
well
,
and
not
long
afterwards
found
the
Heat
and
Effects
of
it
,
which
he
thought
to
qualifie
with
his
Wife
,
which
was
impossible
for
him
to
do
,
for
the
Heat
within
him
,
and
the
Instigation
,
was
so
extraordinary
,
that
he
did
not
know
on
which
side
to
turn
him
.
Whereupon
he
perswaded
his
Wife
she
had
poyson'd
him
,
and
was
very
importunate
to
know
of
her
what
she
had
mixed
with
his
Meat
;
she
confessed
the
truth
unto
him
,
and
withal
assur'd
him
,
that
she
had
as
much
Occasion
of
that
Receipt
,
as
the
Woman
whom
he
prescrib'd
it
to
for
her
Husband
.
The
poor
Apothecary
could
not
use
any
rigour
to
her
,
for
the
wrong
she
had
done
him
,
being
at
that
time
in
so
great
an
Extremity
,
but
commanded
her
to
go
out
of
his
sight
,
and
send
for
his
Brother
Apothecary
,
in
the
same
City
,
to
desire
him
to
take
that
Trouble
upon
him
to
give
him
a
Visit
,
who
administred
to
him
all
the
cooling
things
that
were
effectual
for
his
Recovery
.
In
a
short
time
he
was
well
amended
,
and
his
Brother
Apothecary
did
reprehend
him
very
sharply
for
his
rashness
,
that
he
should
be
guilty
of
so
much
folly
,
as
to
advise
another
to
take
those
Drugs
,
which
he
would
not
make
use
of
himself
;
and
that
the
good
Woman
his
Wife
,
had
done
no
more
,
than
what
she
ought
to
do
,
to
procure
to
her self
that
Love
from
him
,
which
she
so
much
desir'd
.
At
length
,
the
poor
Man
was
forced
to
overcome
his
folly
with
Patience
,
and
to
acknowledge
it
was
but
just
to
make
that
Ridiculous
Experiment
fall
upon
himself
which
he
had
prepared
for
another
.
Now
Madam
,
(
said
the
Gentleman
)
in
my
opinion
the
Love
of
this
Woman
,
was
as
indiscreet
as
it
was
great
.
Do
you
call
that
Love
,
Sir
,
to
her
Husband
(
reply'd
the
Lady
)
to
make
him
suffer
so
much
torment
,
in
a
fond
hope
that
she
might
receive
some
pleasure
from
him
?
I
do
believe
Madam
,
(
said
the
Gentleman
)
that
she
had
no
other
intention
than
to
recover
her
Husband's
love
,
which
she
conceived
,
if
not
to
be
altogether
lost
,
yet
certainly
to
be
gone
astray
;
for
to
obtain
so
great
a
blessing
,
a
Woman
ought
to
leave
nothing
undone
to
accomplish
it
;
the
Lady
told
him
she
thought
it
her
Judgment
,
that
no
Woman
ought
to
give
her
Husband
any
thing
either
to
eat
or
drink
,
without
advice
from
others
or
her
own
Experience
,
whether
it
may
prove
hurtful
;
but
ignorance
ought
to
be
excus'd
,
in
regard
it
was
a
Woman
,
that
was
blinded
with
the
passion
of
Love
,
and
are
allowed
to
be
weaker
Vessels
;
they
all
laugh'd
heartily
at
the
Repartees
between
'em
,
and
returned
the
Gentleman
many
thanks
for
his
diverting
of
them
;
and
now
being
arriv'd
at
their
Journeys
end
,
for
that
Stage
,
they
allighted
,
and
call'd
for
a
Dinner
,
where
we
will
now
leave
'em
,
and
return
to
Almeria
.
Octavio
had
no
resentments
of
what
had
past
betwixt
himself
and
Almeria
but
appear'd
very
Jocund
and
Merry
,
while
she
in
the
interim
led
a
sedentary
Life
in
the
House
of
her
Parents
,
with
all
possible
retiredness
,
not
permitting
any
person
to
visit
her
,
least
any
discovery
should
be
made
of
her
misfortunes
;
in
this
Solitariness
within
a
few
Months
,
she
perceived
,
that
she
was
oblig'd
to
confine
her self
,
and
to
be
obscure
from
all
Eyes
,
except
those
which
were
continually
with
her
.
She
saw
it
was
convenient
to
live
Cloystered
up
,
finding
to
her
sorrow
,
her
unhappy
condition
,
in
having
an
Infant
,
without
any
Husband
,
a
misfortune
which
occasion'd
those
many
Tears
,
which
were
before
a
little
mitigated
,
but
now
sprung
forth
a
fresh
like
running
Fountains
;
those
Sighs
which
for
a
while
remain'd
calm
and
quiet
,
rise
again
like
fierce
and
tempestuous
winds
that
blow
against
each
other
;
her
Mother
us'd
all
the
diligence
,
that
her
Maternal
care
could
furnish
her
with
to
allay
the
violence
of
her
passion
,
but
all
her
gentle
perswasions
could
not
afford
her
sorrows
any
relief
.
Time
fled
away
with
a
swift
Wing
,
and
the
time
of
her
Delivery
was
come
;
which
was
carry'd
with
that
Secrecy
,
that
she
would
not
intrust
any
Midwife
;
but
her
Mother
taking
that
Office
upon
her
,
soon
performed
it
,
and
brought
into
the
World
,
a
little
young
Son
,
one
of
the
loveliest
and
beautifullest
Babes
that
Nature
could
produce
;
which
as
it
was
born
with
wariness
and
secrecy
,
so
it
was
conveyed
with
the
like
Circumspection
to
a
Country
Village
,
where
he
continued
four
years
;
at
the
end
whereof
under
the
denomination
of
Nephew
,
his
Grand-father
brought
him
home
to
his
own
house
,
where
he
was
bred
up
very
well
,
in
that
which
his
Minority
rendr'd
him
capable
of
;
Nicola
(
for
so
was
the
Child
call'd
)
was
of
a
fair
Complexion
,
a
delightful
Countenance
,
and
a
sweet
disposition
together
with
a
quick
Wit
,
that
in
all
those
Actions
which
he
performed
,
in
that
tender
age
,
he
gave
apparent
demonstrations
,
that
his
Extraction
was
of
noble
parentag●…
;
so
that
his
Wit
,
Beauty
,
and
pretty
Behaviour
,
Created
so
great
an
affection
in
his
Grand-father
and
Grand-mother
,
that
they
esteem'd
their
Daughters
misfortune
,
to
be
a
happiness
;
she
having
furnished
them
with
such
a
Grand-child
.
As
he
went
through
the
Streets
,
some
praised
his
Beauty
,
others
bless'd
the
Mother
that
bare
him
,
some
the
Father
that
begat
,
and
others
those
that
had
brought
him
up
,
and
had
bestowed
upon
him
such
good
Education
.
With
this
applause
of
those
that
knew
him
and
of
those
which
were
Strangers
,
the
Child
grew
to
be
seven
years
of
Age
;
in
which
time
he
had
learn'd
to
read
Spanish
and
Latin
,
and
to
write
a
very
good
hand
;
and
made
so
great
improvement
at
his
years
,
that
he
was
the
admiration
of
all
his
instructours
.
Now
it
happen'd
one
day
that
the
Child
was
sent
to
visit
a
Kinswoman
of
his
Grand-mothers
,
and
it
was
his
chance
to
pass
through
a
Street
where
some
Gentlemen
were
running
Careers
with
their
Horses
,
which
the
Child
staying
to
look
upon
,
and
for
his
better
conveniency
of
seeing
them
,
ran
cross
the
Street
,
from
one
side
to
the
other
,
just
in
such
an
ill
Conjuncture
of
time
,
that
he
could
not
avoid
a
Horses
running
over
him
;
whose
rider
with
all
the
strength
he
had
,
was
not
able
to
stop
in
the
Fury
of
his
Career
,
so
that
he
left
him
sprawling
on
the
Ground
for
dead
,
much
Blood
issuing
out
of
his
Mouth
.
This
sad
mischance
had
scarce
happened
,
when
an
Ancient
Gentleman
,
who
was
beholding
the
Career
,
with
extraordinary
agility
leapt
from
his
Horse
,
and
taking
the
Child
out
of
the
Arms
of
him
that
held
him
,
into
his
own
,
neither
considering
his
own
Grey-hairs
,
nor
regarding
his
Authority
,
which
was
great
,
he
hastned
home
to
his
own
House
,
and
sent
his
Servants
immediately
for
a
Chirurgeon
;
many
Gentlemen
followed
him
grieving
and
lamenting
at
the
sad
accident
that
had
befaln
so
sweet
and
fair
a
Child
.
The
ill
news
presently
was
dispers'd
abroad
,
that
the
Child
which
had
received
the
harm
,
was
Nicola
,
the
Nephew
of
such
a
Gentleman
,
naming
his
Grand-father
;
this
report
went
from
one
to
another
till
it
reached
at
last
the
Ears
of
his
Grand-father
and
Grand-mother
,
and
his
disconsolate
retired
Mother
Almeria
;
who
being
fully
and
truly
inform'd
of
this
unhappy
Accident
,
ran
immediately
out
of
Doors
,
in
great
distraction
,
so
see
what
was
become
of
their
only
Darling
.
They
quickly
understood
,
the
Gentleman
that
took
care
of
him
,
was
well
known
to
be
a
person
of
great
Quality
in
the
City
;
therefore
flying
thither
in
a
hurry
betwixt
love
and
fear
,
they
arrived
at
the
Gentlemans
house
,
just
at
that
instant
when
the
Child
was
under
the
Chirurgeon's
hands
.
The
Gentleman
and
his
Wife
,
who
were
the
owners
of
the
House
,
entreated
those
whom
they
supposed
to
be
the
Childs
Parents
,
not
to
weep
,
which
would
do
the
Child
no
good
but
prejudice
.
They
began
to
be
a
little
chearful
when
the
Chirurgeon
,
who
was
one
Famous
for
his
skill
,
having
dressed
him
,
inform'd
'em
that
the
wound
was
not
so
Mortal
,
as
at
first
he
imagin'd
it
to
have
been
.
When
Nicola
was
dress'd
and
laid
to
sleep
,
his
Grand-father
began
to
give
the
Master
of
the
house
thanks
,
for
the
great
Care
and
Charity
he
had
extended
towards
his
Nephew
;
to
which
the
Gentleman
reply'd
that
he
had
no
occasion
to
thank
him
;
intimating
to
him
that
when
the
child
fell
,
he
perceived
somuch
of
his
Son's
Physiognomy
in
the
Face
of
the
Child
,
that
it
mov'd
him
to
pity
and
Compassion
,
to
take
care
for
that
which
represented
one
that
he
lov'd
so
tenderly
;
moreover
he
told
him
he
should
be
kindly
entertain'd
in
his
House
till
the
Chirurgeon
had
fully
compleated
the
Cure
,
and
that
he
should
not
want
whatever
his
house
could
afford
him
,
that
was
needful
and
necessary
for
him
;
his
Wife
,
who
was
a
fine
,
noble
and
well
accomplish'd
Lady
,
repeated
many
words
to
the
same
effect
,
somewhat
more
enlarging
and
endearing
her
promises
.
The
Grand-father
and
Grand-mother
of
the
Child
did
much
admire
at
this
their
wonderful
Charity
and
Love
,
but
the
Mother
much
more
,
for
her
mournful
Spirit
being
in
some
measure
Comforted
by
the
Chirurg●…s
reviving
words
,
she
diligently
observed
the
Lòdg●…g
where
her
Son
lay
,
and
by
manifest
signs
and
tokens
clearly
perceiv'd
that
it
was
the
Room
,
which
put
a
period
to
her
Honour
,
and
a
beginning
to
her
misfortunes
.
And
tho
it
were
not
now
so
richly
furnished
as
then
it
was
,
yet
she
remember'd
the
Figure
and
Form
of
it
;
she
viewed
the
Windows
which
were
strongly
fortified
,
which
looked
into
the
Garden
;
but
that
which
with
the
greatest
Curiosity
she
observ'd
,
was
the
Bed
,
which
gave
her
that
assurance
,
that
it
was
the
same
,
which
prov'd
a
Tomb
to
her
Virginity
,
and
moreover
that
the
same
Cabinet
whereon
lay
the
Table
Book
which
she
carryed
away
with
her
,
remained
still
●…oved
from
that
place
where
she
left
it
;
and
lastly
the
number
of
the
Stairs
certified
he●…
to
be
in
the
right
by
reason
she
had
retained
the
account
of
them
in
her
Memory
,
ever
since
she
was
led
blindfolded
out
of
the
House
into
the
Street
.
When
she
return'd
home
,
she
gave
a
large
account
to
her
Mother
of
these
passages
,
who
like
a
discreet
Woman
,
informed
her self
whether
this
Gentleman
where
her
Neph●…w
lay
,
had
any
Son
,
or
no
?
And
she
found
that
he
,
whom
the
Story
calls
Oct●…io
,
was
his
Son
,
and
at
that
time
in
Italy
;
and
so
summing
up
the
time
,
that
he
had
bin
absent
from
Spain
,
they
saw
that
it
agreed
with
the
age
of
the
Child
;
the
Grand-mother
gave
notice
of
all
this
to
her
Husband
,
and
betwixt
them
two
and
Almeria
their
Daughter
,
they
agreed
to
wait
with
Expectation
,
to
see
how
the
divine
powers
would
be
pleased
to
dispose
of
the
Child
,
who
within
Fifteen
days
was
out
of
danger
of
his
received
hurt
,
and
at
the
end
of
thirty
,
was
upon
his
Feet
,
and
of
ability
to
walk
up
and
down
the
Chamber
;
in
all
which
time
,
he
was
visited
by
his
Mother
and
Grand-mother
,
and
was
as
indulgently
made
much
of
by
the
Gentleman
and
his
Wife
,
the
owners
of
the
House
,
as
if
he
had
been
their
one
Child
.
Moreover
,
Dona
Traciana
(
for
so
was
the
Gentleman's
Wife
call'd
)
Discoursing
with
Almeria
,
told
her
this
Child
so
much
resembled
a
Son
of
her's
who
was
in
Italy
,
that
she
never
looked
upon
him
,
but
he
put
her
in
mind
continually
of
him
,
that
he
was
always
harbour'd
in
her
Thoughts
;
from
which
Words
of
hers
,
Almeria
taking
upon
Occasion
an
opportunity
,
when
she
was
alone
,
which
in
a
little
time
after
offer'd
it self
;
Madam
(
said
she
)
the
day
that
my
Parents
heard
of
that
sad
Disaster
their
Nephew
receiv'd
,
their
credulity
advanc'd
to
that
pitch
,
they
verily
imagin'd
that
the
Divinity
had
wholly
excluded
them
,
and
that
all
the
orbicular
Crosses
had
attended
them
;
they
conceiv'd
that
they
had
lost
the
light
of
their
Eyes
,
whom
they
lov'd
so
dearly
,
and
in
such
an
extraordinary
Passion
of
Love
that
by
many
degrees
it
exceeds
that
which
Parents
commonly
bear
to
their
own
Children
;
but
(
as
we
usual
say
)
that
when
Heaven
decrees
the
Wound
,
it
likewise
prescribes
for
it
a
remedy
.
This
Child
has
now
tryed
that
Experiment
,
and
hath
found
the
Expedient
in
this
House
;
and
I
my self
can
recollect
my
Memory
,
to
inform
me
of
some
Transactions
which
I
shall
never
cease
to
forget
the
longest
day
I
have
to
live
,
and
the
last
hour
that
I
retain
my
Senses
.
I
must
now
acquaint
you
,
(
Dear
Madam
)
I
am
not
of
Ignoble
Extraction
,
by
reason
my
Parentage
proves
it
to
the
contrary
,
and
so
have
been
all
my
Ancestors
,
whose
Progeny
with
a
meaner
benevolence
of
Fortune
have
still
happily
supported
their
Honour
and
Reputation
wheresoever
they
inhabit
,
being
our selves
,
though
faln
from
their
pristine
Glory
.
Dona
Traciana
was
strucken
both
with
wonder
and
suspence
at
Almeria's
discourse
,
considering
how
feelingly
her
words
came
from
her
,
and
could
not
give
Credit
,
though
she
was
witness
of
it
,
that
so
much
discretion
could
be
Comprehended
in
so
few
years
,
not
judging
her
to
be
above
Twenty
years
of
Age
;
so
that
without
replying
so
much
as
one
word
,
she
stood
expecting
to
hear
what
she
would
further
express
her self
in
,
which
was
at
length
sufficient
enough
,
to
inform
her
of
her
Sons
Lasciviousness
,
and
Wantonness
,
and
of
her
own
dishonour
,
in
the
violation
of
her
Virginity
,
of
his
hurrying
of
her
away
by
force
and
violence
,
of
his
tying
a
handkerchief
over
her
eyes
,
and
of
his
bringing
her
to
that
very
room
wherein
she
now
was
,
and
giving
her
many
demonstrations
,
and
signal
tokens
,
whereby
she
certainly
knew
that
it
was
the
same
Chamber
,
which
so
strongly
confirm'd
her
suspicion
;
and
furthermore
,
the
better
to
confirm
what
she
had
related
for
truth
,
she
pull'd
out
of
her
Pocket
the
Silver
Table
Book
,
which
she
had
taken
from
off
the
top
of
the
Cabinet
:
then
she
proceeded
in
this
manner
.
Madam
,
I
hope
the
divine
Powers
,
who
were
Eye-witnesses
of
the
wrong
which
was
offered
to
me
,
will
in
their
due
time
revenge
my
cause
,
and
afford
me
that
relief
and
reparation
of
my
Honour
,
as
in
due
satisfaction
and
right
I
may
claim
that
interest
,
from
the
top
of
that
Cabinet
I
took
this
Table
Book
,
to
reserve
as
a
Mirror
only
to
put
me
in
mind
of
the
injury
I
received
,
but
not
to
imprecate
a
revenge
for
my
misfortunes
;
only
Madam
,
I
beg
of
you
to
exercise
your
Charity
towards
me
,
by
assisting
me
with
your
comfortable
and
prudent
Councel
,
whereby
I
may
the
better
be
enabled
to
bear
this
my
injured
innocence
with
strength
and
patience
,
this
Child
(
Madam
)
on
whom
you
have
extended
the
utmost
of
your
Charity
,
may
without
any
imposturous
design
claim
an
alliance
to
you
,
it
being
the
off
spring
of
your
own
Son
;
and
for
the
disaster
which
befell
it
,
it
was
Heaven's
decree
it
should
be
so
ordered
,
that
by
his
being
received
into
your
House
,
his
Mother
might
hope
to
find
some
redress
in
this
her
Calamity
,
if
not
the
Remedy
,
which
is
most
Convenient
for
the
Curing
of
her
misfortunes
,
yet
at
least
the
means
in
some
measure
to
support
and
refresh
her
fainting
Spirits
.
Having
said
this
,
she
fainted
away
in
Dona
Traciana's
Arms
,
who
like
a
noble
Lady
,
in
whom
compassion
and
pity
,
flowed
like
a
mighty
stream
,
had
scarce
perceiv'd
Almeria
to
faint
,
but
she
joyn'd
her
Cheeks
to
hers
,
bestowing
so
many
Tears
upon
'em
,
that
there
was
no
occasion
of
springling
any
Water
on
her
Face
to
revive
her
;
while
they
both
thus
remain'd
in
this
kind
of
ecstasie
,
it
was
Dona
Traciana's
Husbands
Fortune
to
enter
into
the
Room
,
leading
Nicola
in
his
Hand
,
who
beholding
Traciana
Weep
and
Almeria
,
lying
in
a
Swoun
by
her
,
he
was
amazed
,
and
with
great
earnestness
hastily
enquired
into
the
occasson
of
such
a
Scene
of
astonishment
.
The
Child
Nicola
imbraced
his
Mother
,
as
his
Cozen
,
and
his
Grand-mother
,
as
his
Benefactress
;
and
he
likewise
asked
the
occasion
of
their
Weeping
.
Great
and
Strange
Transactions
I
have
to
relate
to
you
,
reply'd
Traciana
to
her
Husband
;
the
ultimate
of
it
is
,
I
can
assure
you
,
this
Lady
,
which
remains
in
this
ecstasie
,
is
your
Daughter
,
and
this
loving
Boy
,
your
Grand-Child
;
this
truth
which
I
inform
you
of
,
was
related
to
me
by
this
young
Lady
,
and
the
Physiognomy
of
this
young-Child
confirms
it
;
having
often
both
of
us
beheld
in
his
Countenance
the
Lineaments
of
our
own
Son
:
If
you
give
me
intelligence
of
no
more
than
this
,
Wife
,
(
reply'd
her
Husband
)
I
do
not
understand
your
meaning
.
By
this
time
Almeria
had
recovered
her self
,
she
lift
up
her
Head
,
holding
fast
the
Silver
Table
Book
in
her
Hand
,
and
seemed
to
be
like
Niobe
turn'd
into
a
Sea
of
Tears
,
all
which
put
the
Gentleman
into
a
greater
Confusion
and
Amazement
than
he
was
before
,
till
Traciana
had
freed
him
from
his
surprize
,
by
informing
him
what
Almeria
had
imparted
to
her
;
so
that
at
length
he
was
as
fully
convinced
,
as
if
the
whole
had
been
proved
,
and
attested
by
many
substantial
and
credible
witnesses
;
thereupon
he
comforted
and
imbraced
Almeria
,
and
kissed
his
Grand-child
Nicola
;
and
the
same
day
dispatch'd
a
Post
to
Italy
,
requiring
the
immediate
return
of
his
Son
home
with
all
speed
,
intimating
to
him
that
he
had
concluded
a
Marriage
for
him
,
one
that
was
Rich
,
Fair
,
and
Beautiful
;
and
such
a
Lady
as
was
most
proper
and
convenient
for
him
,
and
very
agreable
and
suitable
to
his
Condition
,
Person
,
and
Quality
;
nor
would
they
by
any
means
permit
Almeria
,
or
consent
,
that
either
she
or
her
Child
should
return
back
to
her
Fathers
house
,
who
were
indeed
beyond
measure
satisfied
with
the
News
of
this
good
Success
of
their
Daughter
and
only
Child
Almeria
.
They
return'd
very
often
infinite
thanks
to
the
divine
Powers
of
granting
them
this
opportunity
in
receiving
so
seasonable
and
happy
a
redress
.
Nor
was
it
long
ere
the
Post
hasted
speedily
from
Naples
,
and
Octavio
out
of
an
eager
,
and
fervent
desire
to
enjoy
so
fair
a
Wife
,
with
all
those
Accomplishments
as
his
Father
had
represented
to
him
;
within
two
days
after
the
receipt
of
his
Father's
Letters
,
occasion
of
passage
being
offer'd
unto
him
for
his
return
into
Spain
,
taking
hold
of
that
opportunity
he
embark'd
himself
,
with
two
of
his
Libertinian
Companions
,
who
had
never
left
him
;
and
with
a
prosperous
Gale
of
Wind
,
in
twelve
days
he
safely
arriv'd
at
Barcelona
,
and
from
thence
(
furnishing
himself
with
good
Post-Horses
)
in
seven
more
he
came
to
Toledo
,
and
entred
into
his
Father's
House
in
such
a
brave
,
and
gallant
Equipage
as
did
exceed
many
in
that
Country
;
his
Parents
rejoyced
in
great
Measure
to
see
him
,
after
so
long
an
Abscence
,
and
he
was
no
less
glad
to
find
'em
in
good
health
,
after
so
long
and
tedious
a
Voyage
and
Journey
.
Almeria
,
who
kept
himself
in
Obscurity
,
yet
from
a
private
Window
had
a
full
view
,
and
prospect
of
him
,
that
she
might
not
transgress
the
Directions
dictated
to
her
by
Traciana
;
she
entred
into
a
great
Consternation
with
her self
,
being
dubious
what
Effects
this
business
would
produce
.
Octavio's
fellow
Libertines
were
very
willing
,
and
defirous
to
return
presently
home
to
their
respective
Houses
;
but
Traciana
would
by
no
means
permit
'em
,
they
being
in
some
measure
to
be
instrumental
in
effecting
of
her
design
.
The
Evening
was
near
approaching
when
Octavio
arriv'd
,
and
in
the
Interim
of
time
that
Supper
was
a
providing
,
Traciana
watch'd
an
opportunity
,
to
discourse
with
her
Sons
two
Companions
,
alone
by
her self
;
for
it
entred
into
her
thoughts
,
that
these
must
needs
be
two
of
those
three
,
whom
Almeria
inform'd
her
of
,
which
accompanied
her
Son
Octavio
that
Night
when
he
carry'd
her
away
;
and
with
great
,
and
earnest
Intreaties
she
besought
them
to
oblige
her
so
far
,
and
to
give
her
that
intelligence
,
Whether
they
did
not
remember
,
that
her
Son
on
such
a
Night
,
so
many
Years
since
,
had
carry'd
away
(
by
Violence
)
such
a
Virgin
?
For
to
be
certain
of
the
Verity
of
that
Nights
Transaction
,
so
much
concerned
her
,
that
upon
it
depended
the
Honour
and
Peace
,
not
only
of
his
Parents
,
but
the
whole
Affinity
of
Kindred
.
This
she
requir'd
with
so
many
Endearments
,
engaging
her self
solemnly
to
them
,
that
the
Discovery
of
it
should
be
no
ways
prejudicial
,
but
should
remain
in
her
Breast
as
great
a
Secret
,
as
though
it
never
had
been
reveal'd
.
They
were
not
a
little
surpriz'd
at
her
Words
,
and
acquainted
her
that
it
was
not
customary
for
Associates
to
declare
each
others
Proceedings
,
or
make
any
Discovery
likewise
of
their
Frolicks
:
But
seeing
she
was
so
urgent
,
and
they
ignorant
of
the
Emergency
of
the
occasion
,
they
thought
fit
to
declare
what
their
Memory
could
recollect
;
and
were
it
not
in
so
weighty
a
Cause
,
as
she
is
pleas'd
to
express
her self
,
they
were
liable
to
be
branded
for
Betrayers
of
Secrets
.
Then
they
acquainted
her
,
that
what
she
desir'd
to
be
inform'd
of
,
was
of
a
certain
truth
,
that
them
two
,
and
another
of
Octavio's
Friends
were
upon
the
Ramble
one
Night
,
in
the
Summer
time
,
with
a
Resolution
to
Debauch
some
young
Virgin
,
the
next
that
opportunely
offer'd
for
their
purpose
;
and
they
did
not
know
but
that
it
might
be
the
same
Night
,
which
she
had
nominated
to
them
:
At
last
they
met
with
their
Prize
,
which
was
a
Young
Lady
,
walking
to
take
the
Pleasure
of
the
Evening
,
accompanied
by
her
Father
,
Mother
,
and
Attendants
;
her
they
Assaulted
,
and
Octavio
took
her
up
in
his
Arms
,
and
posted
away
with
her
,
whilst
the
other
three
detained
the
rest
of
the
Company
,
that
they
might
not
obstruct
his
Enterprize
,
nor
any
ways
rescue
her
from
his
intended
Proceedings
.
The
next
day
following
,
Octavio
inform'd
them
,
that
he
convey'd
her
to
his
Lodging
:
What
farther
Progress
he
made
,
they
were
not
acquainted
with
,
neither
were
they
so
inquisitive
,
as
to
press
him
to
any
other
Confession
,
more
than
what
his
own
Voluntary
Inclination
prompted
him
to
.
This
being
all
which
they
could
relate
,
they
hoped
,
if
it
gave
her
satisfaction
,
they
had
discharg'd
their
Duty
,
in
Obedience
to
her
Commands
.
This
Confession
of
theirs
,
was
the
Key
which
unlock'd
the
Door
to
all
the
Doubts
and
Scruples
,
which
in
such
Cases
offer
themselves
:
And
therefore
,
she
put
on
that
Resolution
,
to
go
on
with
the
Design
she
had
contriv'd
,
and
to
bring
the
Issue
of
it
to
a
happy
Conclusion
:
To
effect
it
the
better
,
a
little
before
they
went
to
Supper
,
Octavio's
Mother
went
apart
with
her
Son
into
another
Chamber
,
and
pulling
a
small
Picture
out
of
her
Pocket
very
well
drawn
by
a
Curious
Artist
,
put
it
into
his
Hands
,
saying
withal
,
Son
Octavio
,
I
intend
this
Night
to
make
you
very
welcome
,
and
your
Friends
,
with
a
very
good
Supper
,
and
to
entertain
you
with
a
very
Pleasant
,
and
Savory
Dish
,
and
for
your
Diversion
,
to
propose
to
you
a
Bride
;
this
is
her
true
Effigies
;
but
withal
,
I
must
tell
you
,
that
you
may
consider
the
better
upon
it
,
what
Nature
,
by
her
Defects
,
has
been
wanting
to
her
Beauty
,
is
superabundantly
supplied
to
her
in
Vertues
and
Graces
.
She
is
Noble
,
Discreet
,
Worthy
,
and
indifferently
Rich
;
and
since
your
Father
,
and
my self
have
made
choice
of
her
for
you
,
I
hope
you
will
place
the
greater
esteem
on
her
,
and
not
be
guilty
of
disobedience
by
your
Refusal
;
for
I
can
assure
you
,
she
is
such
an
one
,
as
is
most
proper
,
and
worthy
my
Recommendation
.
Octavio
beheld
the
Picture
with
a
searching
,
and
judicious
Eye
;
and
after
he
had
done
viewing
of
it
,
If
Painter's
(
said
he
)
who
commonly
are
us'd
to
be
prodigal
of
their
bestowing
Beauty
on
those
Faces
which
they
deleneate
,
have
been
busie
with
Flattery
in
this
Copy
,
I
dare
be
confident
to
say
,
and
may
very
well
give
Credit
to
it
,
that
the
Original
must
of
necessity
be
made
when
Nature
was
in
hast
;
and
instead
of
perfection
,
has
made
use
of
nothing
but
surprizing
Deformity
.
In
truth
,
Madam
,
it
is
but
just
,
that
Children
should
obey
their
Parents
in
all
their
lawful
Commands
;
but
withal
,
it
is
likewise
requisite
,
and
necessary
,
that
Parents
should
in
some
measure
condescend
to
what
is
most
agreeable
,
and
s●…itable
to
their
Childrens
Dispositions
;
for
since
the
Bonds
of
Matrimony
are
not
to
be
loosed
,
but
by
each
other's
departure
from
this
Life
;
nor
the
Cord
,
which
,
like
the
Gordian
Knot
,
be
untied
,
but
by
the
cold
Hand
of
Death
;
it
were
convenient
,
and
much
to
be
desired
of
every
Person
,
to
have
Wove
in
this
Knot
,
where
there
is
Nobleness
,
Vertue
,
Discretion
,
and
Riches
,
to
mix
Beauty
with
it
in
stead
of
Deformity
,
which
would
make
a
compleat
Composure
,
and
make
a
more
pleasant
Mansion
for
Love
to
seat
it self
.
Indeed
,
Madam
,
in
obedience
to
my
Father's
Commands
,
and
yours
,
I
can
perform
my
Duty
by
my
Acceptance
;
and
should
all
those
Gifts
,
and
Graces
,
which
you
are
pleas'd
to
mention
,
meet
in
a
happy
Union
;
yet
if
the
Physiognomy
is
not
attractive
,
it
will
rather
extinguish
the
flame
of
Love
,
than
kindle
the
Affections
.
For
if
Beauty
,
and
good
Features
be
wanting
,
Matrimony
will
soon
halt
,
and
become
lame
,
and
contradict
Love
which
is
its
second
Intention
:
Therefore
,
Dear
Madam
,
as
you
are
my
Mother
,
by
the
Decrees
of
Heaven
,
I
humbly
beseech
and
beg
of
you
,
that
you
would
not
let
your
Maternal
care
be
wanting
,
in
granting
me
an
Object
that
may
create
an
Affection
,
and
not
smother
it
;
for
Married
Lives
are
often
accompanied
with
many
Misfortunes
,
and
Inconveniences
which
may
usurp
,
and
disturb
their
Quiet
;
and
should
Deformity
then
appear
,
all
the
little
Pleasure
,
and
Delight
,
which
Mankind
would
enjoy
,
must
immediately
Vanish
.
If
this
Lady
be
Noble
,
Discreet
,
and
Rich
,
she
cannot
want
a
Husband
,
that
may
happily
be
of
a
far
more
different
temper
than
my self
,
and
more
suitable
to
her
Humour
,
and
Disposition
;
for
some
seek
after
Honour
,
others
Riches
,
others
Wisdom
,
and
some
for
Beauty
,
of
which
last
property
I
am
one
of
that
number
:
As
for
Honour
,
and
Riches
,
thanks
to
the
Gods
,
my
Ancestors
,
and
Parents
,
have
furnish'd
me
with
a
good
Competency
of
them
,
and
it
is
only
Beauty
that
can
compleat
my
Felicity
;
one
of
a
good
Aspect
,
Brown
Complexion
,
and
well
featured
,
and
one
on
whom
Nature
has
bestow'd
some
Pains
,
and
Care
in
the
Task
she
undertook
:
Such
a
one
(
Madam
)
I
could
freelier
enjoy
without
Honour
,
or
Wealth
,
than
espouse
those
two
chief
Idols
,
which
the
World
adores
,
than
to
let
Beauty
,
and
an
entire
Affection
be
wanting
.
His
Mother
was
very
well
satisfied
with
his
earnest
Motives
,
and
strong
convincing
Arguments
,
which
indeed
carried
on
her
Designs
the
better
,
and
told
him
,
since
he
was
so
much
averse
to
the
Match
she
had
proposed
,
she
would
endeavour
to
procure
such
a
Marriage
for
him
,
as
should
be
answerable
to
his
Desire
,
and
desir'd
that
what
she
had
said
might
not
prove
a
torment
to
him
,
it
being
so
easie
to
find
out
a
Remedy
,
and
disanul
the
former
Contract
and
Agreement
.
Octavio
rendred
her
many
thanks
for
her
Care
,
and
the
hour
of
Supper
being
come
,
they
immediately
prepared
to
sit
down
;
at
what
time
the
Father
and
Mother
,
Octavio
,
and
his
two
Friends
,
being
already
set
at
the
Table
,
Traciana
,
after
a
Careless
manner
,
as
if
her
Memory
had
failed
her
,
Bless
me
,
quoth
she
!
sure
my
mind
is
intoxicated
,
to
place
my self
before
all
my
Guests
are
seated
?
and
one
of
my
own
Sex
wanting
,
to
whom
I
ought
to
be
more
obliging
!
go
immediately
,
and
desire
Almeria
to
come
and
honour
my
Table
,
and
to
lay
aside
all
Excuses
,
for
here
are
none
but
Friends
with
me
;
thus
far
was
her
Designs
carried
on
,
and
Almeria
had
receiv'd
before
of
her
,
Instructions
;
a
little
space
after
,
Almeria
,
with
her
Son
in
her
Hand
entred
the
Room
,
presenting
on
a
suddain
in
her
Person
,
all
the
Splendor
and
Beauty
,
that
either
Art
or
Nature
could
Contribute
;
she
was
very
Rich
attired
,
adorn'd
with
Pearls
and
Diamonds
,
on
her
Head
a
Coronet
of
Ribbands
,
Tufts
of
Feathers
intermixed
with
Rubies
,
and
other
precious
Stones
which
were
interwoven
,
with
them
.
They
cast
so
great
a
Lustre
that
she
dazl'd
the
Eyes
of
all
that
beheld
her
.
Almeria
was
of
a
Facetious
Disposition
,
an
affable
Temper
,
and
of
a
quick
and
lively
Apprehension
;
two
Maid
Servants
led
the
way
,
with
two
Wax
Tapers
in
Silver
Candlesticks
;
when
they
beheld
so
rare
a
Master-piece
of
Nature
,
the
more
they
look'd
the
more
they
were
astonish'd
,
and
all
rose
up
to
pay
their
Obedience
,
as
if
she
had
been
some
Deity
sent
from
above
.
Almeria
,
with
a
pleasant
Deportment
,
and
a
serene
Carriage
,
Gracefully
saluted
,
with
Modesty
,
the
whole
Company
,
and
Traciana
taking
her
by
the
Hand
,
placed
her
by
her
;
the
Youth
Nicola
,
was
seated
by
his
Grand-father
.
Octavio
was
strangely
surpriz'd
at
her
transcendent
Beauty
,
that
he
was
even
charm'd
into
a
kind
of
Rapture
;
which
gave
Admittance
to
Almeria's
Perfections
,
to
take
Possession
of
his
Soul
;
he
often
contemplated
with
himself
,
that
had
that
been
a
fair
Copy
,
which
his
Mother
shewed
him
,
of
so
blest
an
Original
as
Almeria
produced
,
he
had
been
the
most
happy
Man
in
the
World
.
Nor
did
Almeria's
Eyes
,
less
discover
her
Passion
than
Octavio's
,
her
Heart
was
so
inflam'd
,
with
Loves
powerful
Darts
,
perceiving
him
so
near
who
had
conquer'd
her
Affections
,
that
she
was
even
ravish'd
at
his
presence
.
Sometimes
she
would
re-call
to
mind
what
had
formerly
pass'd
between
her
and
Octavio
,
and
then
those
hopes
began
to
vanish
which
his
Mother
had
given
her
of
his
being
her
Husband
;
being
Timorous
that
the
narrowness
of
her
Fortune
,
would
not
be
efficient
to
his
Mothers
Promises
.
She
ponderously
consider'd
with
her self
,
how
near
she
was
of
being
happy
,
or
unhappy
for
ever
.
And
so
intense
was
this
Consideration
,
and
such
the
Violence
and
Strength
of
her
Conceptions
and
Imaginations
,
that
it
infused
such
Perturbations
upon
her
Heart
,
and
on
all
her
Vital
Spirits
,
that
she
began
to
change
her
Complexion
,
and
to
look
pale
and
wa●…
in
an
Instant
;
and
presently
fainted
away
;
and
in
this
Trance
she
fell
into
Traciana's
Arms.
Upon
this
,
they
all
rose
from
the
Table
,
being
so
surpriz'd
,
and
astonish'd
with
this
so
suddain
Passion
.
They
immediately
Address'd
themselves
to
procure
means
for
her
Recovery
out
of
this
languishing
Condition
.
But
he
who
gave
most
Demonstrations
of
his
Grief
,
was
Octavio
,
who
being
in
so
extraordinary
a
Passion
himself
,
for
meer
hast
received
two
falls
upon
the
Ground
;
but
neither
the
cutting
her
Laces
of
her
Gown
,
nor
sprinkling
Water
in
her
Face
availed
any
thing
,
to
bring
her
again
to
her
Senses
;
but
the
Rising
and
Pa●…pation
of
her
Breast
,
and
the
faint
bearing
of
her
Pulse
,
discovered
great
symptoms
of
her
approaching
Death
.
So
that
all
were
in
so
great
a
Consternation
,
and
over-whelm'd
with
Grief
,
that
they
were
even
●…it
for
nothing
but
to
entertain
Despair
.
The
Servants
of
the
House
more
Passionate
than
Prudent
,
made
loud
and
dolefu●…l
out
cries
that
Death
had
seiz'd
her
,
and
that
she
was
a
dead
Woman
.
They
were
altogether
in
so
much
Disorder
,
and
Amazement
,
that
they
knew
not
what
Methods
to
take
,
or
Remedies
to
apply
.
Octavio
●…ag'd
and
storm'd
like
one
that
was
Lun●…tick
,
till
his
Mother
Traciana
endeavour'd
to
chear
up
his
Spirits
,
by
telling
him
,
(
what
indeed
she
was
not
certain
of
)
there
was
hope
of
Life
.
This
sorrowful
News
,
attended
with
such
woful
Lamentations
,
arriv'd
,
and
soon
gave
the
Alarm
to
the
Ears
of
Almeria's
Parents
;
whom
for
a
more
pleasing
Occasional
Scene
,
Traciana
had
kept
close
and
Secret
;
till
she
found
a
fit
opportunity
,
to
make
publick
this
her
private
Design
.
Now
without
Orders
being
given
them
by
Traciana
,
Almeria's
Parents
hastily
rush'd
into
the
Room
,
where
they
were
;
but
whereas
they
imagin'd
to
have
found
but
one
in
a
Swoon
,
contrary
to
their
Expectation
,
they
perceiv'd
two
.
For
Octavio
was
become
a
Sympathizer
,
in
the
same
Condition
with
Almeria
,
his
Face
leaning
on
Almeria's
Breast
,
with
a
Countenance
equalizing
Death
it self
.
His
Mother
not
presently
perceiving
his
Complexion
,
as
she
did
the
posture
he
was
in
,
permitted
him
that
Liberty
,
and
was
very
willing
he
should
be
so
near
her
,
she
being
the
just
and
only
proper
Object
of
his
Love
;
but
when
she
beheld
her
Son
was
likewise
Motionless
,
and
lay
prostrate
for
Dead
,
she
was
in
a
manner
bereaved
of
her
Senses
,
and
had
been
overcome
with
Passion
,
had
she
not
immediately
perceived
him
Breath
;
Octavio
having
recovered
himself
,
was
not
much
out
of
Countenance
,
for
having
been
seen
in
such
an
Extasie
,
since
it
proceeded
from
such
a
suddain
Passion
,
as
commonly
the
Effects
of
Love
produces
.
But
his
Mother
,
as
one
that
prophetically
knew
her
Sons
Thoughts
,
address'd
her self
to
him
after
this
manner
,
Dear
Octavio
(
said
she
)
ne'ne
let
these
transports
trouble
thee
,
for
they
are
Natural
,
and
it
is
usual
for
Lovers
to
be
inclin'd
to
them
;
I
am
sorry
I
have
concealed
that
from
thee
so
long
,
but
it
was
only
out
of
a
Design
of
a
better
opportunity
;
my
Intention
is
now
to
put
thee
out
of
all
suspence
,
and
to
declare
to
you
the
true
purport
of
this
Affair
.
You
must
know
,
dear
Octavio
,
that
this
young
Lady
which
lies
there
intranc'd
,
your
Father
and
my Self
have
made
choice
of
for
your
Wife
;
and
that
Picture
which
I
shewed
you
,
was
only
a
Counterfeit
;
I
hope
you
will
have
no
Cause
to
repent
of
this
our
Care
,
but
thank
Heav'n
,
and
us
,
for
so
happy
a
Union
.
Octavio
,
at
his
Mothers
Words
,
was
transported
with
his
Amorous
Passion
,
and
inflam'd
Desire
;
and
the
Name
of
Husband
remov'd
all
those
Obstacles
,
which
the
Respect
and
Decency
of
the
place
,
seem'd
to
oppose
to
his
Affection
;
he
instantly
ran
to
Almeria
,
and
laying
his
Face
close
to
hers
,
remain'd
as
one
expecting
his
Soul
should
breath
its
last
,
and
either
to
bring
hers
back
again
,
or
leave
his
with
hers
for
ever
.
But
at
length
,
when
all
their
Expectations
were
almost
at
a
period
,
and
that
their
Cries
and
Lamentations
had
almost
wearied
Grief
it self
.
Almeria
came
again
to
her self
;
and
with
her
returning
to
Life
,
return'd
that
pleasing
Joy
and
Content
,
which
for
a
time
had
absented
it self
from
the
Hearts
of
those
that
were
about
her
.
Opening
her
Eyes
,
she
found
her self
fast
in
Octavio's
Embraces
,
from
whence
by
a
Modest
force
,
she
sought
to
unloose
her self
.
But
he
unwilling
to
let
her
go
,
told
her
it
was
not
requisite
she
should
depart
his
Arms
,
who
held
her
already
so
fast
in
his
Soul
.
With
which
kind
Words
,
Almeria
perfectly
recovering
her
Strength
,
Traciana
order'd
the
Priest
forthwith
to
make
an
end
of
the
Matrimonial
Ceremony
.
Which
being
now
fully
concluded
,
I
leave
it
to
some
choicer
Pen
,
to
sum
up
the
general
rejoicing
of
all
that
were
present
;
the
Embraces
and
Congratulation
which
Almeria's
Parents
gave
Octavio
;
the
thanks
which
they
return'd
Heav'n
,
and
to
his
Parents
;
the
Admiration
and
Wonder
of
Octavio's
Friends
and
Companions
,
who
so
unexpectedly
were
Eye-Witnesses
the
same
Night
of
their
Arrival
,
of
beholding
so
fair
a
Match
concluded
;
and
their
greater
wonder
,
when
they
knew
by
Traciana's
Discourse
,
that
Almeria
was
the
Virgin
,
which
her
Son
had
violently
carried
away
,
that
Night
when
they
were
in
his
Company
.
Octavio
,
not
being
willing
to
remain
in
Suspence
,
but
for
his
better
Certification
,
he
entreated
Almeria
,
that
she
would
acquaint
him
with
some
Proceedings
,
whereby
he
might
render
himself
,
the
more
capable
of
an
Acknowledgment
of
his
Crime
,
since
he
was
no
ways
dubious
of
the
verity
of
it
,
because
his
Parents
had
so
well
approved
of
his
choice
.
Whereunto
Almeria
reply'd
,
when
I
returned
(
Sir
)
out
of
that
fainting
fit
I
was
in
,
I
found
my self
in
your
Arms
,
bereaved
of
my
Honour
;
but
I
think
it
now
well
bestow'd
,
since
in
this
my
latter
Recovery
,
I
find
my self
in
the
same
Arms
I
did
then
,
but
with
much
more
Honour
and
Reputation
:
and
if
this
signal
token
be
not
proof
sufficient
,
let
the
Table
Book
be
an
Evidence
,
which
none
could
take
from
you
but
my self
,
which
you
could
not
chose
but
miss
next
Morning
;
and
if
that
be
the
very
same
which
your
Mother
hath
now
in
her
Custody
,
you
are
the
Image
of
my
Soul
which
I
highly
.
Esteem
and
Adore
,
and
you
shall
ever
remain
still
nearest
and
dearest
to
me
,
as
long
as
Heaven
shall
permit
us
to
live
together
.
Then
embracing
her
a
new
,
iterating
their
Kisses
over
and
over
,
they
saluted
all
the
Company
there
with
them
;
they
having
now
a
little
respite
of
time
,
Octavio's
Father
enquired
of
him
concerning
his
Travels
,
how
he
had
improved
his
time
,
and
what
Diversion
he
had
met
withal
.
Whereupon
,
Octavio
reply'd
,
he
was
very
well
received
,
and
met
with
very
facetious
Company
;
and
that
in
the
return
of
his
Journey
,
they
were
much
diverted
with
pleasant
Stories
.
Supper
being
not
yet
ready
,
Octavio
desir'd
his
Friend
Gregorius
to
furnish
the
Company
with
one
of
them
.
Gregorius
willing
to
oblige
them
,
told
them
any
service
they
were
pleas'd
to
command
him
,
he
was
very
ready
to
obey
;
whereupon
he
began
:
There
was
a
Gentleman
in
Italy
,
(
whose
Name
I
shall
conceal
,
)
and
name
Gallipus
,
who
afterwards
for
rare
Endowments
was
preferred
to
Honour
,
and
was
highly
esteemed
by
most
Persons
:
he
was
often
invited
to
Banquets
where
several
Ladies
met
.
One
day
being
in
a
Mask
,
he
led
in
the
Dance
one
of
the
most
Brave
and
Beautiful
Ladies
that
was
in
that
City
;
when
the
Musick
ceased
,
he
always
entertain'd
her
with
a
Discourse
of
Love
,
which
was
his
chief
Delight
,
but
she
would
return
him
no
answer
;
but
oftentimes
to
interrupt
his
Discourse
,
and
to
give
a
stop
to
his
Desires
,
she
would
assure
him
,
that
she
neither
did
,
norever
would
Love
any
but
her
Husband
,
and
would
by
no
means
seem
to
Countenance
him
.
At
this
answer
,
the
refused
Gentleman
would
not
desist
,
but
vigorously
prosecuted
his
Suit
for
some
time
.
But
for
all
his
Endeavours
,
he
found
her
stedfast
in
her
Resolutions
,
neither
to
love
him
,
nor
any
else
,
which
he
could
hardly
believe
,
seeing
the
hard
Favour
,
and
course
Deportment
of
her
Husband
,
and
the
Excellent
Beauty
of
her self
;
he
determin'd
therefore
with
himself
,
since
she
used
Dissimulation
,
to
practise
the
same
Art
himself
,
and
from
that
hour
did
forbear
his
Courtship
,
and
so
narrowly
enquired
after
her
Conversation
,
that
he
found
at
last
she
lov'd
a
Gentleman
in
the
same
City
,
who
was
Young
,
Handsome
,
and
well
Educated
.
Gallipus
by
Degrees
,
acquainted
himself
with
this
Gentleman
,
with
such
cunning
and
sweetness
,
that
he
mistrusted
not
in
the
least
the
Occasion
;
and
the
Gentleman
loved
him
so
entirely
,
that
next
to
his
Mistress
,
who
was
this
Lady
,
there
was
none
in
the
World
that
he
tendred
more
affectionately
.
Gallipus
to
pluck
his
Secret
from
his
Heart
,
did
Counterfeit
to
tell
him
all
his
own
,
and
amongst
other
Affairs
acquainted
him
,
that
he
loved
such
a
Lady
,
when
indeed
he
scaree
ever
thought
of
her
,
and
desired
him
to
keep
it
private
,
as
he
was
not
dubious
at
all
of
it
,
by
Reason
he
placed
in
him
so
great
a
Confidence
.
The
poor
Gentleman
to
shew
him
a
Reciprocal
Love
,
did
declare
unto
him
very
often
the
Affection
which
he
had
for
that
Lady
,
on
whose
disdain
,
Gallipus
would
revenge
himself
;
once
a
day
they
met
together
,
to
acquaint
one
another
with
the
Fortunes
which
on
that
day
they
incountred
,
which
the
Gentleman
did
in
Reality
,
and
the
other
in
Dissimulation
.
The
Gentleman
confessed
to
him
,
that
he
had
loved
this
Lady
three
years
,
without
receiving
any
thing
but
good
Words
from
her
,
and
an
assurance
to
be
beloved
.
Gallipus
did
Counsel
and
Instruct
him
in
all
the
ways
that
possibly
he
could
,
by
which
he
might
arrive
to
the
Fruition
of
his
Desires
,
which
the
Gentleman
found
so
Effectual
,
that
in
a
few
days
she
consented
to
all
he
desired
,
and
there
remain'd
nothing
but
to
find
out
the
opportunity
,
which
by
the
means
of
Gallipus
was
brought
about
.
One
day
a
little
before
Supper
,
the
Gentleman
said
to
him
,
I
am
more
obliged
to
you
,
than
to
all
the
Gentlemen
in
the
World
;
for
by
your
good
Directions
,
I
hope
to
enjoy
that
this
Night
,
which
so
many
years
I
have
desired
.
'Pray
Sir
,
(
said
Gallipus
)
acquaint
me
with
the
manner
of
your
Enterprise
,
to
see
if
there
be
any
Deceit
or
Danger
in
it
,
that
I
may
assist
,
and
serve
you
,
according
to
the
Obligations
of
our
Friendship
.
Whereupon
,
the
Gentleman
did
particularly
relate
to
him
,
that
the
Lady
had
got
the
opportunity
to
have
the
great
Gate
of
her
House
left
open
,
in
pretense
of
an
infirmity
which
one
of
her
Brothers
had
,
by
reason
whereof
,
every
hour
in
the
Night
they
must
send
into
the
City
,
to
help
him
with
some
Remedy
in
his
Necessity
:
She
informed
him
that
he
might
safely
come
into
the
Court
,
but
advised
him
to
have
a
Care
how
he
went
up
the
Stairs
,
and
that
he
might
more
safely
pass
another
way
,
and
on
less
Stairs
,
which
were
on
the
right
hand
;
and
that
being
come
into
the
first
Gallery
,
where
were
the
Chambers
of
her
Father-in-Law
,
and
her
Brother-in-Law
,
he
should
come
to
the
third
Chamber
,
next
the
little
Stairs
,
and
(
knocking
at
the
Door
gently
)
if
he
should
find
it
to
be
locked
,
that
then
he
should
begon
,
for
he
might
assure
himself
,
her
Husband
was
come
home
,
but
if
he
found
the
Door
open
,
that
he
should
softly
come
in
,
and
lock
the
Door
fast
,
being
confident
that
there
was
none
in
the
Chamber
but
her self
;
and
above
all
things
,
that
he
should
not
forget
to
come
to
her
with
Shoes
made
of
Felt
,
for
fear
of
making
a
noise
,
and
withal
,
that
he
should
have
a
great
Care
,
that
he
came
not
till
two
of
the
Clock
after
Midnight
,
because
her
Brothers-in-Law
,
who
were
much
given
to
play
,
did
seldom
go
to
Bed
till
after
One.
The
Gods
protect
thee
,
and
Guard
thee
from
all
Inconveniences
,
(
said
Gallipus
,
)
and
if
my
Company
may
do
you
any
Service
,
it
shall
not
be
wanting
.
The
Gentleman
thanked
him
very
heartily
,
and
told
him
,
that
in
such
an
Affair
he
could
not
be
too
secure
,
and
that
he
would
go
to
prepare
himself
.
But
Gallipus
would
not
hear
of
that
Ear
;
and
seeing
it
was
the
only
time
to
revenge
himself
on
that
cruel
Lady
,
he
retir'd
to
his
own
Lodging
betimes
,
and
had
his
Beard
cut
,
after
the
same
size
of
the
Gentleman's
,
and
his
Hair
cut
after
the
same
Fashion
,
that
by
her
feeling
she
might
not
find
any
Difference
.
He
remembred
likewise
the
Shooes
of
Felt
,
and
did
put
on
such
Cloths
as
the
Gentleman
was
accustomed
to
wear
,
when
he
appeared
most
Gallant
,
and
because
he
was
very
well
beloved
by
the
Father-in-Law
of
the
Lady
,
he
fear'd
not
to
go
thither
before
the
appointed
hour
;
conceiving
with
himself
,
that
if
he
was
perceiv'd
,
he
would
go
directly
to
his
Chamber
,
with
whom
he
had
some
Business
.
About
twelve
of
the
Clock
he
entered
the
House
,
where
he
found
many
Servants
,
and
some
others
coming
and
going
,
amongst
whom
he
pass'd
without
being
known
,
and
came
into
the
Gallery
.
And
thrusting
against
the
two
first
Doors
,
he
found
them
shut
,
but
the
third
not
,
having
softly
knock'd
at
it
,
he
went
in
,
and
having
lock'd
the
Door
,
he
found
all
the
Chamber
hung
in
White
,
and
a
Bed
of
Needle
Work
excellently
well
wrought
,
all
in
White
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
have
it
better
,
and
the
Lady
alone
within
it
,
having
on
very
rich
Linen
,
Point
of
Venice
,
and
Jewels
,
which
he
perceived
through
a
corner
of
the
Curtain
,
being
not
as
yet
seen
by
her
,
for
there
was
burning
in
the
Chamber
a
great
Candle
of
White
Wax
,
which
made
the
Chamber
as
bright
as
Day
.
And
for
fear
he
should
be
known
by
her
,
he
first
of
all
put
out
the
Light
which
was
burning
in
the
Chamber
,
afterwards
he
put
off
his
Cloths
and
came
into
the
Bed
to
her
,
who
thinking
it
was
he
whom
so
long
she
lov'd
,
did
receive
him
with
all
the
love
that
possible
she
could
.
But
he
who
knew
well
enough
,
that
it
was
in
the
Name
of
another
,
did
not
speak
one
Word
,
and
thought
on
nothing
but
throughly
to
put
his
Revenge
in
Execution
,
which
was
to
deprive
her
of
her
Honour
,
and
Chastity
against
her
Consent
;
but
the
Lady
was
so
well
taken
with
that
Revenge
,
that
she
thought
she
had
recompensed
him
for
his
long
Sufferings
.
The
Clock
had
now
struck
One
,
which
was
the
time
to
bid
her
farewel
;
and
speaking
to
her
as
softly
as
he
could
,
he
asked
her
,
If
she
were
as
well
pleased
with
him
as
he
was
with
her
?
She
thinking
that
it
was
her
Friend
,
made
answer
,
that
she
was
not
only
pleased
,
but
also
marvell'd
at
the
Greatness
of
his
Love
,
which
had
held
him
a
whole
hour
without
speaking
to
her
.
At
that
he
began
to
laugh
out-right
,
and
said
to
her
,
now
Madam
will
you
refuse
me
another
time
,
as
you
have
been
accustomed
to
do
,
until
this
present
?
She
knowing
him
too
late
,
both
by
his
Laughter
,
and
his
Voice
,
was
struck
into
an
Amazement
with
the
Shame
she
had
brought
upon
her self
,
and
called
him
a
thousand
times
wicked
Traytor
and
Imposture
,
and
would
have
thrown
her self
out
of
the
Bed
,
to
have
sought
for
a
Knife
to
have
killed
her self
,
because
she
was
so
unfortunate
to
have
lost
her
Honour
,
with
one
whom
she
loved
not
,
and
who
,
to
be
revenged
of
her
,
might
divulge
her
shame
throughout
the
World
.
But
he
held
her
in
his
Arms
,
and
by
sweet
words
did
assure
her
,
that
he
loved
her
with
a
far
greater
passion
,
than
the
Gentleman
whom
she
loved
,
and
that
he
would
conceal
that
which
touched
her
Honour
,
that
she
should
never
receive
the
least
discredit
:
Which
the
poor
Lady
believed
,
and
understanding
the
invention
which
he
contriv'd
to
obtain
her
,
and
the
difficulties
he
went
through
to
accomplish
it
,
she
did
protest
unto
him
,
that
she
did
love
him
better
than
the
other
,
who
knew
not
how
to
conceal
a
Secret
:
But
she
did
heartily
intreat
him
,
that
for
a
time
he
would
forbear
to
appear
at
any
Feast
or
Meeting
where
she
was
,
unless
it
were
a
Mask
only
,
for
she
knew
well
enough
that
she
should
have
so
many
Blushes
in
her
Cheeks
,
that
her
Countenance
would
declare
it
to
all
the
World
:
This
he
promised
to
proform
,
and
also
intreated
her
,
that
when
his
Friend
should
come
about
two
hours
hence
,
that
she
would
make
him
welcom
and
by
degrees
withdraw
her self
from
him
;
of
which
she
made
a
great
difficulty
,
but
because
it
was
his
desire
,
she
at
last
consented
to
it
;
and
taking
his
Farewell
of
her
,
he
did
leave
her
so
satisfied
,
that
she
could
have
been
well
contented
to
have
had
him
to
have
stayed
longer
.
After
that
he
had
rose
,
and
dress'd
himself
,
he
made
hast
out
of
the
Chamber
and
left
the
Door
half
shut
and
half
open
,
as
he
found
it
;
and
because
it
was
almost
two
of
the
Clock
after
midnight
,
he
entertain'd
a
fear
that
he
should
find
the
Gentleman
in
the
way
:
he
retir'd
himself
a
little
into
a
private
corner
on
the
top
of
the
Stairs
,
where
not
long
afterwards
he
observ'd
the
Gentleman
to
pass
by
,
and
to
enter
into
the
Lady's
Chamber
;
whereupon
he
himself
repair'd
directly
to
his
own
Lodging
,
to
take
some
repose
after
his
Nights
Travels
,
which
he
accordingly
did
,
and
rise
not
till
Nine
of
the
Clock
,
at
what
time
the
Gentleman
came
to
him
;
who
never
fail'd
to
give
him
an
account
of
his
proceedings
,
which
was
not
now
so
good
as
he
hoped
it
would
have
proved
;
for
he
told
him
,
that
when
he
came
into
the
Lady's
Chamber
,
contrary
to
his
expectation
,
he
found
her
out
of
Bed
,
and
in
her
Night-Gown
,
having
a
great
Fever
upon
her
,
her
Pulse
beating
very
violently
,
her
Face
all
on
Fire
,
and
a
great
Sweat
running
down
her
Cheeks
;
wherefore
she
did
immediately
entreat
him
to
return
from
whence
he
came
,
for
fear
she
should
be
inforced
to
call
unto
her
Maids
to
come
to
her
Assistance
,
so
violent
was
her
Distemper
,
insomuch
that
she
said
that
she
had
more
need
to
think
of
Death
,
than
Love
,
and
to
discourse
rather
of
Heaven
,
than
of
Cupid
.
However
she
was
very
sorry
,
for
the
hazzard
into
which
he
had
put
himself
for
the
Love
of
her
,
because
she
had
no
power
to
make
him
in
this
World
any
requital
for
his
true
Love
,
being
ready
to
be
gone
into
another
;
at
this
he
was
so
sad
,
and
so
astonished
,
that
his
Fire
and
his
Joy
were
converted
into
I●…
and
Sorrow
,
and
so
immediately
he
departed
.
In
the
Morning
,
on
the
break
of
day
,
he
sent
to
be
more
surely
inform'd
of
her
Health
,
and
found
for
certain
,
that
she
was
in
an
extream
Indisposition
,
and
Multiplying
his
Complaints
for
her
,
he
wept
so
abundantly
,
that
it
seemed
as
if
his
Soul
was
coming
out
with
his
Tears
;
Gallipus
who
had
as
great
a
a
desire
to
laugh
,
as
the
other
had
to
weep
,
did
comfort
him
the
best
that
possibly
he
could
,
and
told
him
,
that
things
of
a
long
Continuance
,
did
always
meet
with
an
untoward
beginning
,
and
that
love
did
a
little
draw
back
,
but
to
come
on
with
the
greater
force
,
and
to
make
the
delight
more
grateful
;
and
upon
these
words
they
departed
.
The
Lady
for
a
certain
time
kept
her
Bed
,
and
upon
the
recovery
of
her
Health
,
bid
adieu
to
her
first
Servant
,
and
grounded
it
on
the
fear
she
had
of
Death
,
and
the
remorse
of
her
Conscience
,
and
continued
her
Familiarities
with
Gallipus
,
the
continuation
of
whose
Love
,
(
according
to
the
old
Custom
)
was
as
the
Beauty
of
Flowers
in
the
Feilds
.
Gregorius
having
ended
his
Story
,
Supper
not
being
yet
ready
,
he
inform'd
the
Company
that
he
had
one
more
,
if
it
would
not
tire
their
Patience
,
which
was
transacted
when
he
was
upon
his
Travels
into
France
;
the
Company
desiring
much
to
hear
it
,
intreated
him
very
earnestly
to
relate
it
;
whereupon
he
began
as
followeth
:
In
the
Port
of
Cauloon
,
hard
by
Niort
,
there
was
a
Ferry-mans
Wife
Indifferently
handsome
,
who
Night
and
Day
did
nothing
but
Ferry
over
passengers
;
it
fell
out
that
two
Students
of
Niort
passed
the
River
with
her
alone
;
and
because
it
is
one
of
the
longest
passages
in
all
France
(
to
keep
themselves
in
Action
)
they
Courted
the
Woman
in
the
way
of
Love
;
she
return'd
them
a
very
good
answer
,
though
not
suitable
to
their
question
;
but
they
who
were
not
tired
with
the
Journey
they
had
taken
to
the
River
side
,
nor
cold
by
any
Distemper
of
the
Water
,
nor
asham'd
at
the
Denial
of
the
Woman
,
they
both
resolved
to
take
her
by
force
,
and
if
she
offer'd
to
cry
out
,
they
threatned
to
throw
her
into
the
River
;
the
Woman
being
as
Wise
and
Cunning
as
they
were
Foolish
and
Malicious
,
said
to
'em
,
Gentlemen
,
I
would
not
have
you
to
think
me
so
hard
hearted
as
I
have
express'd
my self
,
all
I
desire
of
you
is
,
only
to
grant
me
two
things
,
and
you
shall
then
understand
that
I
have
a
greater
desire
to
obey
you
than
you
have
to
entreat
me
.
The
Students
Swore
Solemnly
to
her
,
that
she
should
not
ask
that
thing
of
'em
,
which
they
would
not
grant
,
provided
she
would
perform
what
they
so
much
desired
.
Whereupon
,
she
told
'em
in
the
first
place
,
that
she
required
both
of
'em
to
promise
and
swear
,
not
to
declare
to
any
person
in
the
World
,
the
kindness
they
should
receive
from
her
;
to
which
they
both
very
willingly
consented
.
Secondly
(
said
she
)
I
require
that
but
one
at
a
time
shall
caress
with
me
,
for
I
am
not
a
Woman
of
that
Impudence
to
have
any
Witness
that
may
behold
my
Frolicks
;
therefore
make
your
result
which
of
you
will
engage
first
;
they
found
this
request
very
just
,
and
reasonable
,
and
the
youngest
of
'em
gave
consent
to
the
Senior
the
privilege
of
exercising
first
;
so
drawing
near
to
a
small
Island
,
she
said
to
the
youngest
stay
here
,
and
have
a
little
Patience
,
until
I
have
carried
your
Friend
into
yonder
Island
;
if
at
his
return
he
recommends
me
to
you
,
we
will
leave
him
here
,
and
then
you
and
I
will
go
together
.
Whereupon
the
youngest
of
the
Students
leaped
into
the
Island
where
he
attended
the
return
of
his
Companion
,
whom
the
Ferry-woman
was
rowing
to
another
Island
;
when
she
came
to
it
,
she
made
a
pretence
to
fasten
her
Boat
,
least
the
stream
should
drive
it
away
;
then
she
applyed
her self
to
him
and
said
,
Sir
pray
find
out
the
privatest
place
you
possible
can
;
whereupon
the
Senior
Student
entred
upon
the
Island
to
find
out
some
convenient
corner
fit
for
their
purpose
;
as
soon
as
she
saw
him
landed
,
with
one
of
her
Feet
against
a
Tree
she
thrust
back
the
Boot
,
which
presently
return'd
into
the
River
,
and
left
both
the
Students
in
the
two
Deserts
,
and
then
cry'd
out
as
loud
,
as
she
could
to
'em
,
Sirs
,
pray
wait
there
till
I
come
to
you
,
which
I
don't
intend
shall
be
this
day
,
nor
the
next
week
.
The
two
poor
distressed
Students
finding
the
deceit
,
fell
both
on
their
knees
upon
the
Banks
of
the
River
,
begging
and
entreating
her
,
not
to
put
them
to
that
open
disgrace
,
and
assured
her
,
that
if
she
would
take
'em
again
into
her
Boat
,
and
waft
them
to
the
place
where
they
intended
to
Land
,
they
would
use
no
farther
importunity
with
her
.
But
she
minded
her
rowing
,
and
cry'd
out
,
Who
'll
be
the
Fool
then
!
I
am
glad
I
have
escaped
a
scowring
and
got
so
well
rid
of
you
;
so
returning
to
the
Village
,
she
called
her
Husband
and
many
others
to
behold
this
Comical
Scene
,
who
attended
her
with
a
numerous
train
,
that
neither
little
nor
great
would
stay
behind
,
but
would
all
be
participators
of
this
sight
;
the
poor
Students
beholding
so
great
a
Company
coming
,
went
and
hid
themselves
,
but
they
were
soon
found
out
after
some
diligent
search
,
and
were
forced
to
receive
the
Scoffs
of
the
Multitude
.
Every
one
had
their
saying
,
especially
the
Waterman
;
who
jeeringly
said
to
'em
,
What!
did
you
want
a
fresh
bit
,
Neighbour
?
Indeed
I
don't
like
you
should
have
such
an
Extraordinary
kindness
for
my
Bed-fellow
,
but
I
'll
pass
it
by
this
time
provided
you
won't
do
so
no
more
:
the
poor
Students
could
not
tell
what
to
do
or
say
,
they
were
so
out
of
Countenance
at
their
Scoffs
and
Scorns
;
but
they
at
last
happen'd
upon
another
Ferry-boat
,
and
so
made
their
escape
from
the
multitude
;
at
last
these
Transactions
reached
their
Governours
ears
,
who
severely
reproved
'em
for
it
;
but
ever
afterwards
they
were
free
from
those
absurdities
.
Having
ended
his
Story
,
Supper
immediately
came
in
,
and
the
Musicians
were
come
which
were
before-hand
provided
for
this
purpose
.
Octavio
beheld
himself
in
the
Mirror
of
his
Son's
Countenance
;
the
Kindred
on
both
sides
wept
for
joy
;
nor
was
there
any
Corner
in
all
the
whole
House
which
was
not
visited
with
rejoyceing
;
and
although
time
flew
away
with
its
nimble
Wings
,
yet
it
seem'd
to
Octavio
not
to
fly
,
but
to
walk
with
Crutches
;
so
earnest
was
his
desire
to
be
imbrac'd
in
the
Arms
of
his
dear
Almeria
.
At
last
came
that
so
much
expected
hour
,
they
all
of
them
went
to
Bed
to
take
their
rest
,
and
the
whole
House
remained
buried
in
Silence
.
THE
Uirgin
Captive
:
A
NOVEL
.
AT
what
time
the
Queen
of
the
Northern
Island
,
won
,
and
ransack'd
the
City
of
Cadiz
,
Prospero
,
Admiral
of
one
of
her
Squadrons
of
Ships
,
upon
his
return
home
,
carried
along
with
him
to
Mundolin
,
the
chief
City
of
the
Northern
Isle
,
a
young
Virgin
about
seven
Years
of
Age
,
contrary
to
the
knowledge
of
the
General
,
who
contenting
himself
with
the
spoil
of
their
Goods
,
left
the
Inhabitants
free
in
their
Persons
:
And
therefore
upon
the
complaint
of
her
Parents
,
he
commanded
diligent
search
to
be
made
for
the
Child
,
to
the
end
she
might
be
restor'd
to
her
Father
,
and
Mother
.
It
seems
,
she
was
one
of
the
most
lovely
Children
in
all
Cadiz
;
and
therefore
,
notwithstanding
all
the
General
's
Proclamations
,
and
Threats
,
Prospero
had
her
kept
close
,
and
would
by
no
means
obey
the
General
's
Command
.
In
short
,
her
Parents
were
forc'd
to
sit
down
by
the
loss
,
afflicted
,
and
disconsolate
;
and
Prospero
went
away
not
a
little
satisfied
with
his
Prize
:
Being
arriv'd
at
Mundolin
,
he
presented
the
fair
young
Virgin
,
as
a
rich
Jewel
to
his
Wife
;
but
as
her
kind
Stars
did
direct
her
,
all
they
of
Prospero's
Houshold
were
Christians
,
though
indeed
outwardly
they
seem'd
to
profess
the
Religion
of
the
Country
.
This
Prospero
at
the
same
time
had
a
Son
call'd
Philocles
,
about
twelve
Years
of
Age
,
well
Educated
by
his
Parents
;
and
Sabina
,
the
Wife
of
Prospero
,
a
Noble
,
and
Prudent
Lady
,
had
such
a
great
Love
,
and
Affection
for
Aurelia
,
that
had
she
been
her
own
Daughter
,
she
could
not
have
been
more
careful
of
her
Breeding
;
and
the
Child
was
so
well
Endowed
with
Natural
Abilities
,
that
she
easily
apprehended
,
and
learn'd
,
whatever
they
taught
her
.
So
that
what
with
time
,
and
the
kind
usage
she
received
,
she
at
length
forgot
the
Caresses
of
her
true
Parents
.
She
handled
her
Needle
to
Perfection
,
that
few
excell'd
her
,
and
play'd
to
a
Miracle
upon
all
those
Instruments
of
Musick
,
which
became
the
Decency
of
her
Sex
.
All
these
acquir'd
Graces
,
besides
those
that
were
natural
to
her
,
by
degrees
kindled
the
flames
of
Love
in
Philocles's
Heart
;
to
whom
,
as
being
her
Master's
Son
,
she
carried
her self
with
all
fair
respect
,
and
Modesty
.
At
first
,
Love
prompted
him
on
,
with
only
a
kind
of
liking
,
and
Complacency
,
in
beholding
the
matchless
Beauty
of
Aurelia
,
and
Contemplating
upon
her
infinite
Vertues
,
wherewith
she
was
adorn'd
;
and
then
,
within
the
Bounds
of
Modesty
,
he
only
lov'd
her
as
a
Sister
:
But
when
Aurelia
began
to
grow
towards
Woman's
Estate
,
his
former
Affection
,
and
Pleasantness
,
chang'd
themselves
into
most
Ardent
Desires
,
yet
Vertuous
,
and
Honourable
,
all
Expectations
else
were
in
vain
from
the
vertuous
Aurelia
,
nor
would
the
nobleness
of
his
own
Quality
,
nor
the
high
esteem
he
had
for
so
much
Vertue
,
give
place
to
any
other
Cogitations
.
Many
times
he
determin'd
with
himself
to
discover
to
his
Parents
,
the
affection
he
had
for
her
;
and
then
as
oft
did
he
retract
his
Determination
,
being
assured
they
had
design'd
him
for
a
higher
Fortune
;
and
therefore
being
much
per
plex'd
,
and
pensive
,
is
ignorant
what
course
to
steer
.
To
attain
the
end
of
his
happy
wishes
,
he
led
such
a
Melancholy
kind
of
life
,
as
had
almost
brought
him
to
the
point
of
losing
it
.
All
the
whole
Family
was
very
much
troubled
for
Philocles
Sickness
,
but
his
Father
and
Mother
more
especially
,
considering
he
was
their
only
Child
,
and
had
acquired
to
himself
those
great
perfections
that
all
persons
did
admire
him
.
All
this
time
the
Physicians
upon
their
result
could
give
no
report
of
his
Disease
,
and
he
being
timerous
would
not
discover
his
Malady
:
But
in
the
end
,
being
fully
resolv'd
to
break
through
these
Difficulties
,
one
day
amongst
the
rest
,
that
Aurelia
gave
her
attendance
to
him
,
seeing
her
alone
,
with
a
low
Voice
,
but
fainting
utterance
,
express'd
himself
:
Fair
Aurelia
,
thy
great
Vertue
,
and
excelling
Beauty
,
not
to
be
parallel'd
by
any
,
hath
reduc'd
me
to
this
Extremity
,
wherein
I
languish
:
And
therefore
,
since
my
Life
is
in
thy
Power
,
oblige
me
so
far
as
to
preserve
it
by
complying
with
my
Vertuous
Desires
,
and
to
receive
me
into
thy
Chast
Embraces
:
My
Designs
are
truly
noble
,
and
of
no
other
ends
,
but
what
portend
to
Conjugality
;
but
conceal
this
from
my
Parents
,
least
they
deny
me
that
happiness
which
so
much
concerns
me
.
Speak
,
dear
Aurelia
,
am
I
that
happy
object
that
may
seem
worthy
of
thy
Love
,
and
be
entertain'd
thy
affectionate
admirer
?
and
tho
I
should
never
arrive
to
that
felicity
of
enjoyment
,
yet
at
the
least
approve
of
this
my
passion
,
since
my
Life
depends
upon
it
;
for
assure
your self
,
dear
Aurelia
,
never
Breast
did
entertain
a
purer
Flame
than
mine
,
or
Lover
prove
more
constant
.
To
this
,
with
a
modest
and
sober
look
,
Sir
,
said
Aurelia
,
since
the
rigour
or
clemency
of
Heaven
,
has
depriv'd
me
of
my
Parents
,
and
wholly
dispos'd
of
me
unto
yours
,
I
have
put
on
that
resolution
,
that
I
will
ever
obey
their
Will
and
Pleasure
;
so
that
the
inestimable
Favour
,
which
you
are
so
much
willing
to
confer
upon
me
,
without
their
approbation
,
will
rather
prove
my
Misery
than
happy
Fortune
;
and
if
in
reality
you
have
given
me
so
large
an
Empire
over
you
,
if
they
,
being
made
acquainted
with
it
,
and
shall
deem
me
worthy
to
deserve
you
,
I
shall
wholly
resign
that
Will
and
Consent
which
they
shall
impower
me
;
in
the
mean
time
your
dependence
may
so
far
rely
upon
this
,
I
shall
remain
yours
,
in
wishing
you
all
the
happiness
which
Heaven
can
give
you
.
Thus
these
two
modest
Lovers
took
their
leaves
;
he
with
Tears
and
she
with
Admiration
,
she
being
astonish'd
,
to
see
that
Philocles
should
surrender
up
his
Affection
to
hers
.
Being
now
raised
from
his
Bed
,
(
to
his
Parents
seeming
by
a
Miracle
)
he
was
resolv'd
now
no
longer
to
conceal
his
thoughts
,
and
therefore
one
day
he
discover'd
them
to
his
Mother
,
acquainting
her
in
the
end
of
his
discourse
,
that
to
deny
him
Aurelia
,
and
to
give
him
his
Death's
wound
,
would
prove
alike
in
the
experiment
;
his
Mother
was
not
Ignorant
of
Aurelia's
Vertues
,
and
well
perceiving
the
reality
of
her
Son's
affection
,
put
him
first
in
hopes
and
then
repeating
to
her
Husband
,
all
the
particulars
of
her
Sons
desires
and
intententions
,
easily
mov'd
him
to
give
way
to
what
Philocles
so
earnestly
required
,
to
put
off
the
other
match
,
which
was
in
a
manner
already
concluded
.
At
that
time
was
Aurelia
Fourteen
years
of
Age
,
and
Philocles
twenty
.
They
were
indeed
the
Miracle
of
their
Age
,
being
endued
with
so
much
prudence
and
discretion
;
and
now
there
were
but
four
days
wanting
to
come
before
the
Nuptials
were
to
be
Celebrated
;
his
Parents
esteeming
more
the
Dowry
of
Aurelia's
Virtues
,
than
the
vast
Wealth
which
was
offer'd
with
the
other
Match
.
The
Wedding
Cloths
were
already
prepar'd
,
their
Kindred
and
Friends
invited
;
so
that
there
was
nothing
wanting
,
but
the
Queen's
Consent
,
which
among
those
of
Noble
Blood
,
is
requisite
to
make
the
Nuptials
effectual
.
But
when
all
things
were
brought
to
this
Fortunate
Period
,
one
evening
gave
disturbance
to
all
this
their
Joy
;
a
Servant
of
the
Queens
brought
a
Message
to
Prospero
,
with
an
express
Command
from
her
Majesty
,
that
the
next
Morning
he
should
bring
to
Court
his
Virgin
Captive
.
Prospero
being
surprized
at
the
news
,
made
no
delay
,
but
dispatched
the
Messenger
with
an
Answer
that
her
Majesties
Will
and
Pleasure
should
most
willingly
be
obeyed
.
After
the
Messengers
departure
,
the
whole
House
was
in
great
disorder
of
Passion
,
at
this
unexpected
news
;
which
was
the
overcasting
of
their
Joy
,
they
hoped
was
so
near
.
The
Lady
Sabina
expressed
her
fear
,
least
it
should
come
to
the
Queens
knowledge
,
that
they
were
Christians
,
and
had
bred
her
up
to
the
same
profession
,
but
arguing
backwards
and
forwards
,
they
did
at
last
conjecture
,
that
they
did
believe
,
that
if
the
Queen
had
known
,
that
they
were
Christians
,
she
would
not
have
sent
them
so
mild
a
Message
,
from
whence
they
might
infer
,
that
she
was
only
desirous
to
see
Aurelia
,
whose
unequal
Beauty
and
Vertues
had
come
to
her
Ears
,
and
those
of
the
Court
;
but
Prospero
was
fearful
he
had
offended
the
Queen
,
by
reason
he
had
not
presented
his
Prisoner
to
her
Majesty
,
be
fore
she
sent
for
her
;
but
that
offence
they
intended
to
excuse
by
declaring
,
that
from
the
very
moment
he
took
possession
of
her
,
she
was
design'd
for
his
Son
Philocles
;
but
in
this
too
,
they
likewise
found
themselves
amiss
,
for
contracting
such
a
Match
without
her
Majesty's
leave
and
approbation
;
however
well
understanding
the
utmost
punishment
of
such
an
error
,
Prospero
and
Sabina
agreed
amongst
themselves
,
that
Aurelia
should
go
to
Court
in
that
Equipage
Equivolent
to
his
Son's
Quality
.
Being
thus
resolv'd
,
the
next
day
they
invested
Aurelia
very
rich
after
the
Spanish
Mode
,
in
a
Garment
of
Green
Sattin
cut
upon
Cloth
of
Gold
,
embroider'd
with
Esses
of
Pearls
,
round
her
Neck
a
Neck-lace
of
Orient
Pearls
,
her
Head
adorn'd
with
a
Lustre
of
Diamonds
and
other
precious
Stones
,
being
compleatly
drest
to
attract
her
beholders
;
this
being
done
in
a
fair
Caroach
he
conducted
her
to
Court
,
and
so
into
the
presence
Chamber
where
the
Queen
was
;
Aurelia
being
entred
into
the
Room
;
But
,
oh
Gods
!
with
so
much
Majesty
and
Humility
together
,
that
it
was
admir'd
how
two
such
distant
Graces
could
meet
in
one
Subject
;
her
Eyes
had
antipathy
to
the
Liberties
of
our
Sex
,
destroying
all
those
that
beheld
them
;
her
shape
and
motion
had
peculiar
Charms
,
and
she
had
a
certain
Air
,
and
Vivacity
in
her
Countenance
,
that
might
assure
all
her
beholders
,
that
her
Wit
was
not
inferiour
to
her
Beauty
,
and
might
with
great
ease
be
perceiv'd
,
that
time
which
is
the
ruin
of
all
other
Faces
.
would
but
improve
hers
,
she
being
not
then
above
Fourteen
years
old
.
She
advanc'd
towards
the
Chair
of
State
,
and
with
a
graceful
Humility
falling
on
her
Knees
before
the
Queen
,
besought
her
Majesty
,
that
she
might
obtain
the
Honor
of
kissing
her
Royal
Hand
.
The
Queen
continued
looking
upon
her
a
good
while
,
not
expecting
so
great
a
prospect
to
entertain
her
fight
,
(
as
afterwards
she
told
one
of
her
most
Familiar
Ladies
)
that
she
beheld
some
new
Miracle
of
Beauty
,
that
she
had
never
seen
in
all
her
Court
before
,
neither
can
be
parallel'd
:
Some
of
the
Ladies
envy'd
her
Beauty
,
some
admir'd
her
,
but
all
confess'd
her
the
Compleatest
piece
of
Natures
Workmanship
,
that
●…ver
they
beheld
.
After
some
time
,
the
Queen
commanded
Aurelia
to
rise
,
and
turning
towards
Prospero
,
said
to
him
,
Prospero
,
you
have
done
us
wrong
,
to
keep
so
Rich
a
Treasure
so
long
conceal'd
from
us
;
but
I
cannot
blame
your
Covetousness
in
this
particular
;
however
you
are
bound
to
restore
it
us
,
for
by
right
it
is
ours
,
and
properly
belongs
to
us
.
Madam
(
replyed
Prospero
,
with
a
great
submission
)
what
your
Majesty
has
now
Commanded
,
I
am
bound
in
Duty
to
obey
;
I
confess
my
offence
if
it
be
one
to
have
concealed
this
Treasure
,
that
I
might
preserve
it
in
that
perfection
,
as
was
fitting
to
appear
in
your
Majesties
presence
;
I
must
humbly
confess
,
I
thought
to
have
much
improv'd
it
,
by
craving
your
Majesties
leave
in
granting
a
contract
between
Philocles
and
Aurelia
,
and
so
to
have
presented
to
your
Majesty
,
at
once
,
in
these
two
,
all
that
I
am
able
to
bequeath
you
in
this
World
.
Her
very
Name
gives
us
good
content
(
reply'd
the
Queen
)
there
could
nothing
have
taken
off
from
that
perfection
which
is
in
her
,
but
the
want
of
that
very
name
.
But
why
!
without
our
leave
Prospero
,
have
you
propos'd
the
Marriage
of
your
Son
?
May
it
please
your
Majesty
,
(
answer'd
Prospero
)
I
cannot
deny
but
that
I
have
made
a
Contract
,
but
it
was
upon
the
Confidence
that
the
many
and
noble
Services
which
my self
and
my
Ancestors
have
done
this
Crown
,
might
obtain
of
your
Majesty
other
more
difficult
Favours
,
and
the
rather
for
that
my
Son
is
not
yet
Married
to
her
.
Neither
shall
he
(
said
the
Queen
)
marry
Aurelia
,
till
he
in
his
own
propper
person
shall
deserve
her
;
our
meaning
is
,
that
neither
your
own
,
or
your
Ancestors
Services
shall
any
way
excuse
him
in
this
particular
;
but
that
he
in
his
own
person
shall
merit
for
himself
,
and
acquire
by
his
own
Valour
,
this
sweet
pledge
,
whom
we
esteem
,
as
if
she
were
our
own
Daughter
.
Aurelia
had
scarce
heard
this
last
word
delivered
,
when
humbling
herself
on
her
Knees
before
the
Queen
;
Madam
(
said
she
)
since
your
Majesty
has
been
pleas'd
to
Honor
me
with
the
name
of
Daughter
;
upon
so
great
a
Favour
,
what
ill
Fate
can
attend
me
?
Or
what
good
Fortune
may
I
not
hope
to
find
,
since
your
Majesty
has
received
me
under
your
gracious
protection
?
Now
whatever
Aurelia
utter'd
,
came
from
her
so
gracefully
,
and
so
winningly
,
that
the
Queen
was
extreamly
affected
with
her
;
and
commanded
that
she
should
remain
at
Court
in
her
Service
;
recommending
her
to
the
care
of
one
of
the
chiefest
Ladies
of
her
Bed-chamber
;
the
Enamour'd
Philocles
fearing
to
be
bereft
of
what
he
loved
more
passionately
than
his
Life
,
was
almost
overcome
with
grief
;
but
recollecting
himself
,
and
falling
upon
his
Knees
before
the
Queen
,
Madam
(
said
he
)
to
incite
me
to
serve
your
Majesty
,
there
needs
no
other
reward
than
that
which
always
attends
on
Loyalty
:
And
therefore
since
it
is
your
Majesty's
Royal
Will
and
Pleasure
,
that
I
should
serve
you
more
particularly
,
I
most
humbly
beg
that
I
may
know
in
what
capacity
I
may
tender
my
Obedience
to
your
Commands
.
The
Queen
answer'd
that
she
was
then
putting
out
to
Sea
Four
Ships
of
her
Navy
Royal
,
of
which
she
intended
to
make
the
Baron
of
Lansac
Admiral
,
and
him
Vice-Admiral
,
assuring
her self
,
that
the
Noble
Blood
which
ran
in
his
Veins
,
would
supply
the
defect
of
his
years
.
She
●…id
him
consider
the
Favour
which
she
did
him
in
giving
him
an
opportunity
to
serve
her
,
for
which
he
should
receive
the
greatest
reward
his
heart
could
wish
or
desire
;
and
then
told
him
,
that
she
her self
would
be
Aurelia's
Guard
,
till
his
return
.
Philocles
kissed
the
Queens
hand
,
and
having
returned
her
his
most
humble
thanks
,
for
the
Favour
she
had
done
him
,
presently
went
from
her
to
Aurelia
,
to
whom
he
would
feign
have
spoke
,
but
could
not
;
for
Love
and
Grief
had
so
tyed
up
his
Tongue
,
that
had
his
Life
depended
on
it
,
he
could
not
utter
one
word
.
However
the
Tears
stood
in
his
Eyes
,
and
were
so
brim
full
,
that
they
began
to
run
over
,
which
he
endeavour'd
to
conceal
as
much
as
in
him
lay
;
but
could
not
hide
them
from
the
Queens
observance
,
who
thereupon
took
an
occasion
,
and
said
to
him
;
Think
it
no
contemptable
sight
,
Philocles
,
to
weep
,
nor
value
your self
the
less
,
for
having
given
at
this
your
farewel
such
tender
demonstrations
of
your
Affections
;
for
there
is
difference
,
betwixt
encountring
with
the
Enemy
,
and
of
taking
your
leave
as
a
passionate
Lover
;
then
proceeding
,
Aurelia
(
said
she
)
embrace
your
Philocles
,
and
give
him
your
best
wishes
,
for
his
generous
kindness
well
deserves
them
.
Aurelia
who
stood
amaz'd
and
astonish'd
,
to
see
Philocles's
tender
affection
,
and
with
what
reality
he
grieved
for
her
sake
,
whom
she
loved
as
dearly
as
her self
,
minded
not
what
the
Queen
had
commanded
her
,
but
melted
into
Tears
,
and
stood
as
motionless
as
if
she
had
been
a
mere
Statue
.
Which
wonderfull
mutual
Affection
of
these
two
,
did
not
a
little
move
the
Compassion
of
the
beholders
;
and
so
Philocles
without
speaking
a
word
to
Aurelia
,
or
she
to
him
they
turned
away
one
from
the
other
,
and
so
Prospero
and
his
Friends
,
having
made
their
obeysance
to
the
Queen
,
departed
her
presence
,
variously
distracted
in
their
Thoughts
and
Imaginations
.
Thus
Aurelia
now
remain'd
at
Court
,
and
within
two
days
after
Philocles
put
forth
to
Sea
,
resolv'd
to
do
some
extraordinary
piece
of
Service
,
to
win
him
the
Title
of
Aurelia's
Deserver
.
Six
days
this
Navy
Sail'd
with
a
prosperous
Gale
of
Wind
,
shaping
their
course
for
the
Tercera
Islands
;
a
place
where
never
are
wanting
,
either
Ships
of
Portugal
,
from
the
East-Indies
,
or
others
that
come
thither
from
the
West-Indies
.
At
six
days
end
there
arose
such
a
cross
wind
full
in
their
Teeth
,
which
continued
so
long
and
so
violent
,
that
not
being
able
to
reach
the
Islands
,
they
were
inforced
to
make
for
Spain
;
near
unto
whose
Coast
,
at
the
Mouth
of
the
Streight
of
Gibralter
,
they
discry'd
three
Ships
;
one
a
very
tall
and
goodly
Vessel
,
the
other
two
much
less
.
Philocles
made
up
to
the
Admiral
for
orders
what
to
do
;
and
at
last
coming
so
near
he
understood
that
the
Admiral
died
suddenly
the
Night
before
of
an
Appoplexy
.
Philocles
by
Vertue
of
the
Queens
Commission
,
being
now
Commander
in
chief
,
went
aboard
the
Admirals
Ship
;
and
now
being
at
his
own
Liberty
,
he
resolv'd
to
speak
with
those
Vessels
,
which
they
had
so
lately
discovered
;
and
which
after
a
short
chase
they
found
to
be
Turkish
Galleys
;
't
was
Philocles's
Policy
at
that
time
to
carry
Spanish
Colours
,
so
that
the
Pyrates
believing
they
had
been
Spanish
Vessels
,
spent
and
worn
with
a
long
tedious
Voyage
,
came
up
briskly
;
which
Philocles
observing
,
suffer'd
them
to
come
nearer
and
nearer
,
till
he
had
them
close
within
the
Command
of
his
Guns
,
and
then
letting
fly
a
whole
broad-side
,
discharg'd
with
so
much
Fury
,
Shot
one
of
the
Galleys
thorough
and
thorough
;
upon
which
the
other
Galley
endeavour'd
to
fly
,
but
Philocles
soon
fetch'd
her
up
,
then
Boarded
her
,
and
put
all
the
Turks
to
the
Sword
,
and
by
that
means
set
at
liberty
a
great
number
of
Christians
.
Having
thus
mastered
both
the
Galleys
,
he
made
up
to
the
great
Vessel
,
which
proved
to
be
a
Portuguese
Prize
,
which
the
Turks
had
taken
two
days
before
,
very
richly
laden
,
from
the
East-Indies
;
immediately
,
Philocles
sent
fifty
Sea-Men
on
Board
to
take
Possession
of
her
;
and
for
more
security
,
put
into
her
six
great
Guns
out
of
his
own
Vessels
.
As
for
the
Christian
Captives
who
were
most
of
them
Spaniards
,
he
gave
them
one
of
the
Galleys
,
with
Provision
and
Money
to
carry
them
on
Shore
:
but
before
they
were
discharged
,
Philocles
resolved
to
go
on
Board
the
Portuguese
Prize
himself
,
to
see
what
Condition
she
was
in
,
and
to
take
Care
for
the
safety
of
the
Goods
,
and
partly
out
of
Curiosity
to
view
the
Christian
Slaves
,
and
to
have
the
Honour
of
disposing
of
his
own
Liberality
.
Of
all
which
,
when
he
had
taken
sufficient
notice
,
the
Christians
were
all
put
a-Board
the
Galley
,
with
Provisions
necessary
for
their
Sustenance
,
and
Money
in
their
Pockets
,
saving
only
one
,
a
Person
somewhat
Aged
,
and
of
a
comely
Aspect
,
who
Addressed
himself
to
Philocles
in
this
manner
:
Valiant
Sir
,
(
said
he
)
I
should
Esteem
it
a
Happiness
for
me
,
amidst
my
many
Misfortunes
,
that
you
would
rather
carry
me
along
with
you
to
Mundolin
,
than
send
me
into
Spain
:
For
though
it
is
my
Native
Country
,
and
not
above
six
days
since
I
left
it
,
yet
can
I
find
nothing
there
,
but
what
is
Instrumental
to
the
reviving
my
former
Sorrows
and
Afflictions
.
For
know
most
(
Noble
Sir
)
that
in
the
loss
of
Cadiz
,
which
is
now
some
Fifteen
years
since
,
I
lost
a
Daughter
,
which
some
of
the
Conquerors
carried
away
into
their
own
Country
;
and
with
her
,
I
lost
the
comfort
of
my
Old
Age
,
and
the
Light
of
my
Eyes
.
And
since
that
no
Object
yet
,
could
be
ever
pleasing
to
them
,
she
being
gone
,
together
with
my
Wealth
,
which
was
all
at
the
same
time
taken
from
me
;
my self
,
and
my
Wife
(
which
is
that
sorrowful
Woman
which
sits
there
)
resolved
to
go
for
the
Indies
,
the
common
Refuge
for
decay'd
Persons
;
to
which
purpose
,
having
embark'd
our selves
but
six
days
since
in
a
Ship
of
Advice
,
we
had
no
sooner
put
out
of
Cadiz
,
but
those
Pyrates
took
our
Vessel
,
and
we
became
their
Slaves
,
whereupon
our
Misery
was
renewed
,
and
our
Misfortune
corfirm'd
.
Here
Philocles
interrupting
him
,
ask'd
what
his
Daughter's
Name
was
?
he
answered
,
Aurelia
;
this
confirm'd
Philocles
in
whatbefore
he
suspected
;
that
he
who
told
him
the
Story
,
was
his
belov'd
Aurelia's
Father
;
and
so
without
giving
him
any
Tidings
of
her
,
he
told
him
,
that
very
willingly
he
would
carry
him
and
his
Wife
to
Mundolin
,
where
happily
they
might
hear
some
News
of
what
they
so
much
desired
;
and
having
so
said
,
he
presently
convey'd
them
aboard
his
own
Ship
,
and
with
a
fair
Gale
of
Wind
,
within
nine
days
they
came
within
sight
of
Mundolin
;
being
entred
the
River
,
and
being
Landed
,
great
Multitudes
of
People
attended
him
;
he
went
directly
to
the
Court
,
where
the
Queen
being
in
a
Gallery
,
stood
expecting
the
News
of
her
Ships
.
There
was
,
besides
many
other
Ladies
with
the
Queen
,
the
Fair
Aurelia
,
who
seeing
Philocles
,
began
to
change
Colour
,
and
look
pale
and
wan
;
fear
and
hope
of
bad
and
good
Success
,
distracting
her
Mind
with
various
Thoughts
.
Being
come
into
the
Queen's
Presence
,
he
fell
upon
his
Knees
,
and
having
kiss'd
her
Majesty's
Hand
,
he
gave
her
an
account
of
the
General
's
Death
,
of
his
Engagement
with
the
Turks
,
of
his
releasing
so
many
Christian
Slaves
,
to
whom
he
had
given
one
of
the
Gallies
in
her
Majesties
Name
to
carry
them
home
,
only
that
he
had
brought
one
Man
and
a
Woman
along
with
him
,
who
chose
rather
to
be
conveyed
into
her
Territories
,
that
they
might
see
the
Grandeur
of
her
Majesty's
Court.
And
lastly
,
he
gave
her
an
Estimate
of
the
Prize
which
he
had
taken
,
valued
at
a
Million
of
Gold
.
Which
done
,
he
put
her
Majesty
in
mind
of
her
Promise
,
in
Reference
to
Aurelia
.
Rise
,
Philocles
,
(
reply'd
the
Queen
)
I
will
give
her
you
,
not
only
because
of
my
Promise
,
but
by
Reason
,
she
is
worthy
of
you
,
and
you
of
her
;
and
as
you
have
preserved
this
Rich
Prize
,
you
have
taken
,
for
me
,
so
I
have
likewise
kept
this
Jewel
for
you
;
Aurelia
,
is
yours
,
and
when
you
please
your self
may
take
Possession
of
her
;
and
I
dare
say
,
you
may
have
her
Consent
,
for
she
is
Prudent
,
and
knows
well
how
to
value
the
Friendship
which
you
have
shewn
her
;
to
Morrow
wait
upon
us
,
and
I
will
more
particularly
hear
you
relate
unto
us
what
you
did
in
this
Voyage
,
and
how
Valourously
you
behaved
your self
;
and
bring
those
two
Persons
with
you
,
who
as
you
inform
us
,
were
so
willing
to
come
and
behold
our
Court
,
that
we
may
return
them
our
Thanks
for
their
Visiting
us
.
Philocles
in
most
humble
manner
return'd
her
Majesty
his
hearty
thanks
for
all
the
Favours
she
had
bestowed
upon
him
.
The
Queen
retir'd
;
and
then
after
he
had
stayed
a
while
,
to
satisfie
the
Curiosity
of
some
of
the
Court
Ladies
,
went
home
to
his
Father's
House
,
whither
he
had
sent
Aurelia's
Father
and
Mother
before
,
with
a
Desire
to
Prospero
,
not
to
discover
any
thing
to
Aurelia
,
till
he
should
disclose
it
himself
.
The
next
day
after
,
Philocles
went
to
Court
,
carrying
with
him
the
Father
and
Mother
of
Aurelia
,
both
of
them
newly
Apparell'd
after
the
Fashion
of
Mundolin
;
they
appear'd
all
,
where
the
Queen
was
sitting
in
the
midst
of
her
Ladies
,
expecting
Philocles
,
whom
she
was
willing
to
Grace
and
Favour
,
by
placing
Aurelia
next
to
her
,
having
on
the
same
Attire
,
and
Ornaments
,
which
she
wore
,
when
she
came
first
to
the
Court
,
appearing
no
less
Beautiful
now
,
than
she
did
then
.
The
Parents
of
Aurelia
,
were
strucken
with
Wonder
and
Admiration
,
to
behold
so
much
Greatness
and
Splendour
met
together
;
but
their
Eyes
were
chiefly
fix'd
upon
Aurelia
,
though
they
knew
her
not
:
However
,
their
Hearts
,
(
as
Presagers
of
some
good
Fortune
,
being
near
at
hand
)
began
to
leap
in
their
Bosoms
;
not
out
of
any
suddain
Passion
,
but
of
some
Inspiration
of
Pleasure
and
Contentment
,
which
they
could
not
rightly
be
Apprehensive
of
.
And
now
it
was
,
that
the
Queen
to
divert
the
Company
,
commanded
Philocles
to
relate
the
particulars
of
his
Adventure
,
and
the
manner
of
his
Engagement
with
the
Turkish
Pyrates
;
which
he
did
with
that
Prudence
,
that
he
gave
to
every
one
that
had
signaliz'd
themselves
in
that
Service
,
their
particular
due
,
to
the
end
,
the
Queen
might
take
particlar
notice
of
their
Duty
and
Services
.
But
when
he
began
to
speak
of
the
Liberty
,
which
in
her
Majesty's
Name
,
he
had
given
the
Christians
;
Madam
,
(
said
he
)
those
two
Persons
,
a
Gentleman
and
his
Wife
,
which
stand
there
(
pointing
to
Aurelia's
Parents
)
whom
Yesterday
I
mention'd
to
your
Majesty
;
who
out
of
the
great
Desire
which
they
had
,
to
see
the
Greatness
and
Magnificence
of
your
Court
,
did
so
earnestly
intreat
me
,
to
bring
them
along
with
me
.
They
are
of
Cadiz
,
and
by
their
own
Information
,
and
my
Observation
of
them
,
I
know
they
are
Persons
of
no
ordinary
Extraction
,
but
of
Worth
and
Quality
.
The
Queen
then
commanded
them
to
approach
nearer
to
her
;
at
what
time
,
Aurelia
lifted
up
her
Eyes
to
take
a
view
of
those
Persons
;
who
were
reported
to
be
Spaniards
,
and
more
particularly
of
Cadiz
;
out
of
a
Desire
she
had
to
learn
if
happily
they
knew
her
Parents
;
which
Aurelia
had
no
sooner
done
,
but
her
Mother
look'd
stedfastly
upon
her
,
and
diligently
observed
her
Countenance
:
On
the
other
side
,
Aurelia
began
to
consider
that
certainly
she
had
formerly
known
that
Gentlewoman
which
stood
before
her
.
Her
Father
was
also
in
the
like
Confusion
,
yet
durst
not
give
Credit
to
the
Truth
,
which
his
Eyes
represented
to
him
.
Philocles
was
very
attentive
to
observe
the
Motions
of
all
three
,
whom
he
saw
strangely
perplex'd
,
yet
not
able
to
disintrigue
their
Understandings
.
Nor
was
the
Queen
insensible
of
their
Behaviour
,
Natural
to
Persons
in
such
an
Astonishment
.
Aurelia
thus
confus'd
,
desired
nothing
more
than
to
hear
the
Gentlewoman
speak
,
whom
she
imagined
to
be
her
Mother
,
hoping
that
her
Ears
would
put
her
out
of
doubt
,
of
what
her
Eyes
suspected
;
which
fell
out
according
to
her
wish
,
the
Queen
commanding
Aurelia
to
speak
to
the
ancient
Lady
in
her
own
Language
,
and
to
ask
them
the
Occasion
,
that
mov'd
them
to
refuse
the
Liberty
,
which
Philocles
had
offer'd
them
?
All
which
,
no
sooner
Aurelia
had
demanded
,
but
her
Mother
on
a
suddain
,
and
ready
to
stumble
for
haste
,
without
any
regard
to
Place
or
Person
,
with
her
hand
lifted
up
Aurelia's
right
Ear
,
and
having
there
discover'd
a
black
Mole
;
the
Mark
that
confirm'd
her
Suspicion
,
and
plainly
perceiving
that
it
was
her
Daughter
Aurelia
,
she
could
no
longer
contain
her self
,
but
embracing
her
,
cry'd
out
abruptly
,
Daughter
!
Daughter
!
and
not
being
able
to
utter
a
word
more
,
her
Speech
failing
,
fell
into
a
Swoon
in
Aurelia's
Arms.
Her
Father
no
less
Prudent
than
tender
,
gave
manifest
Signs
how
sensible
he
was
of
the
Discovery
;
but
with
no
other
Demonstrations
,
than
a
silent
shedding
some
few
Tears
,
which
were
observed
to
trickle
down
his
Cheeks
,
while
Aurelia
,
who
being
busie
in
attending
on
her
Mother
,
supporting
her
from
falling
,
turning
her
Eyes
towards
him
,
gave
him
such
an
Affectionate
Look
,
that
thereby
he
might
easily
understand
the
Pleasure
and
Contentment
her
Soul
took
in
seeing
her
Parents
so
near
her
.
The
Queen
wondring
at
so
rare
and
strange
an
Accident
;
this
was
some
Contrivance
of
your
laying
,
(
said
she
)
turning
to
Philocles
:
But
I
must
tell
you
,
I
don't
know
whether
it
was
so
well
done
as
you
may
imagine
:
For
we
find
by
Experience
,
that
a
suddain
transport
of
Joy
,
as
soon
kills
,
as
an
overwhelming
Grief
.
Soon
after
Aurelia's
Mother
coming
to
her self
,
besought
her
Majesty's
Pardon
for
committing
so
much
Rudeness
in
her
Presence
,
but
had
not
a
suddain
Passion
of
Excessive
Joy
arrested
her
Vitals
,
she
had
not
appeared
Guilty
of
so
great
an
Offence
;
to
whom
the
Queen
made
Answer
,
that
such
Accidents
as
these
none
could
withstand
,
neither
would
extraordinary
Transports
of
that
Nature
admit
of
any
Ceremonies
;
but
withal
,
she
was
very
glad
to
see
her
recovered
out
of
that
Extasie
.
And
thus
it
was
that
Aurelia
came
to
the
Knowledge
of
her
Parents
,
and
her
Parents
of
her
;
whom
the
Queen
commanded
to
reside
in
the
Court
,
for
the
better
Satisfaction
of
each
other
;
wherewith
Philocles
was
wonderful
well
pleased
:
and
now
Philocles
laden
with
the
Queen's
Favours
,
wanted
nothing
but
the
Enjoyment
of
his
Aurelia
,
to
which
purpose
he
humbly
put
the
Queen
once
more
in
mind
of
her
Promise
;
who
being
satisfied
,
that
there
needed
no
new
Proofs
of
his
Valour
,
told
him
,
that
after
the
Expiration
of
four
days
,
she
would
deliver
Aurelia
to
him
,
and
confer
upon
them
all
the
Honour
,
and
Rewards
she
possibly
could
.
Upon
which
,
Philocles
took
his
leave
,
being
the
most
joyful
Person
in
the
World
;
for
now
he
thought
he
had
his
Aurelia
in
his
Power
,
without
any
fear
of
losing
her
,
which
is
the
last
and
utmost
Desire
of
Lovers
.
But
when
Love
and
Fortune
are
at
Varience
,
the
Craftiness
of
Fortune
is
too
hard
for
Loves
Innocency
;
as
now
it
happened
to
Philocles's
Sorrow
;
for
it
so
fell
out
at
that
time
,
that
a
great
Court
Lady
,
and
Favorite
to
the
Queen
,
to
whose
Charge
Aurelia
was
committed
,
had
a
Son
of
the
Age
of
two
and
twenty
years
called
Endymion
,
being
of
an
Arrogant
,
Haughty
,
and
Extravagant
Disposition
;
this
Endymion
then
was
enamoured
of
Aurelia
,
and
so
vehemently
,
that
his
very
Soul
parch'd
within
him
;
and
though
in
Philocles's
Absence
,
he
had
by
some
Signs
discover'd
his
Desires
;
yet
he
received
the
least
Incouragement
from
Aurelia
,
which
disdain
of
hers
the
more
encreast
Endymion's
Flame
:
in
this
Agony
of
Love
he
discovered
his
violent
Affection
to
his
Mother
,
acquainting
her
withal
,
that
unless
he
enjoyed
Aurelia
,
she
must
not
expect
long
to
enjoy
her
Son
.
The
Mother
admired
and
wondred
to
hear
such
Expressions
fall
from
her
Son
;
on
the
other
side
,
well
knowing
the
Obstinate
Nature
,
and
Eagerness
of
his
Passion
,
she
feared
that
Love
once
disappointed
might
produce
some
unhappy
Accident
;
yet
notwithstanding
,
as
an
Indulgent
Mother
,
not
willing
to
cross
his
Intentions
,
promised
him
to
speak
to
the
Queen
about
it
;
though
not
with
any
hopes
of
obtaining
such
an
impossibility
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Morning
appointed
for
solemnizing
the
Nuptials
,
being
come
,
the
Ladies
were
not
a
little
busie
in
attiring
Aurelia
at
Court
,
and
Philocles
no
less
Diligently
employed
to
Adorn
himself
at
home
;
when
Endymion's
Mother
coming
hastily
into
the
Queen's
Presence
,
and
falling
upon
her
Knees
,
besought
her
to
suspend
the
Ceremony
for
two
days
longer
;
the
Queen
wondring
at
the
reason
of
her
demand
;
whereupon
the
Lady
declared
to
her
Majesty
,
her
Son's
Affections
for
Aurelia
,
adding
with
the
Fears
she
had
,
that
if
he
did
not
obtain
her
,
he
would
either
grow
desperate
,
or
commit
some
unworthy
Action
to
his
own
Destruction
:
The
Queen
made
her
this
Answer
,
that
she
would
neither
break
her
Promise
made
to
Aurelia
,
nor
defraud
Philocles
of
his
,
for
all
the
Interest
in
the
World
.
The
Lady
immediately
went
and
acquainted
her
Son
,
with
the
Queen's
Answer
,
and
positive
Resolution
;
Endymion
flew
instantly
from
his
Mother
,
and
in
a
fury
heightned
by
Love
and
Jealousie
,
ran
to
Philocles's
House
,
and
there
drest
up
as
he
was
in
all
his
Wedding
Gallantry
and
Bravery
,
challeng'd
him
the
Field
,
as
one
that
neither
did
,
nor
could
deserve
so
fair
a
Lady
,
as
he
was
going
to
Marry
.
Philocles
prefering
his
Honour
before
his
Love
,
accepted
of
the
Challenge
,
very
freely
;
and
told
him
he
had
thought
he
would
not
have
pass'd
so
harsh
a
Sentence
upon
him
,
as
either
to
call
his
Affection
or
Courage
in
Question
.
Then
he
desired
him
to
name
his
Place
,
(
the
time
he
supposed
was
present
,
)
and
he
would
readily
attend
him
,
with
all
the
haste
imaginable
;
so
soon
as
he
could
privately
withdraw
himself
from
the
Company
.
But
the
noise
of
this
Challenge
soon
flew
to
Court
;
which
so
highly
incensed
the
Queen
,
that
she
presently
commanded
the
Captain
of
her
Guard
to
go
instantly
and
apprehend
Endymion
,
who
being
brought
into
her
Presence
,
she
order'd
his
Sword
to
be
taken
from
him
,
and
to
be
confin'd
close
Prisoner
to
his
Chamber
during
Pleasure
.
All
these
things
tormented
the
Heart
of
Aurelia
,
and
very
much
perplexed
her
Parents
,
who
so
suddainly
saw
the
Sea
of
their
quietness
troubled
:
However
this
hurly burly
occasion'd
the
Nuptials
to
be
deferr'd
till
the
next
day
;
which
being
but
a
short
time
,
Endymion's
Mother
resolved
to
improve
it
to
the
best
Advantage
;
and
thereupon
advised
the
Queen
,
that
to
remove
the
Quarrel
betwixt
her
House
,
and
that
of
Philocles's
,
the
only
Remedy
was
to
take
away
the
Cause
;
which
was
Aurelia
,
by
sending
her
into
Spain
,
and
so
the
Effects
would
cease
;
which
now
it
was
to
be
feared
would
not
be
easily
supprest
.
To
which
the
Queen
answered
,
that
for
the
sending
of
her
into
Spain
,
she
would
hear
no
more
of
it
,
as
being
a
Person
in
whom
she
took
so
much
Delight
;
and
that
Doubtless
,
if
not
that
very
day
,
the
next
following
,
without
all
fail
she
would
Marry
her
to
Philocles
according
to
the
promise
she
had
made
him
.
With
this
Resolution
of
the
Queens
,
Endymion's
Mother
was
so
disheartned
,
that
she
returned
not
so
much
as
one
Word
in
Answer
;
and
therefore
concluding
there
was
no
other
way
nor
means
left
in
the
World
to
mollifie
that
rigorous
Condition
of
her
Son
,
nor
reduce
Philocles
to
terms
of
Peace
,
but
by
taking
away
Aurelia
,
she
determined
to
put
in
Practice
one
of
the
greatest
Cruelties
,
that
could
ever
enter
into
the
thoughts
of
any
Noble
Lady
,
and
especially
so
Principal
a
one
as
she
was
;
which
was
to
make
away
Aurelia
by
Poison
.
And
because
it
is
commonly
the
Condition
,
and
Natural
Inclination
of
Women
to
be
speedy
,
and
resolute
in
what
they
intend
to
go
about
;
she
made
so
quick
a
dispatch
,
that
the
same
Evening
she
gave
the
Innocent
Lady
her
Dose
,
in
a
certain
Conserve
,
forcing
her
in
a
manner
to
take
it
,
telling
her
it
was
Excellent
good
against
those
Passions
of
the
Heart
,
wherewith
she
seemed
to
be
troubled
.
Within
a
little
while
after
Aurelia
had
taken
this
Hellish
Electuary
;
her
Tongue
,
and
her
Throat
began
to
swell
,
and
her
Lips
to
grow
black
,
her
Voice
hoarse
,
her
Eyes
troubled
,
and
her
Stomach
and
Bowels
,
tormented
with
Gripings
,
all
manifest
Symptoms
that
she
was
Poison'd
.
Presently
the
Ladies
came
to
the
Queen
,
and
acquainted
her
Majesty
,
with
Aurelia's
Misfortune
,
and
certified
her
that
Endymion's
Mother
,
was
the
Actress
in
this
Scene
of
Cruelty
.
There
did
not
need
much
pressing
Arguments
to
induce
the
Queen
to
believe
the
verity
of
it
,
and
therefore
she
went
immediately
to
see
Aurelia
,
who
was
almost
breathing
her
last
.
The
Queen
commanded
her
Physicians
should
be
sent
for
in
all
hast
,
and
in
the
mean
while
,
before
they
came
,
she
caused
a
quantity
of
Unicorns-Horn
to
be
given
her
,
and
some
other
Preservatives
against
Poison
,
which
Great
Princes
have
always
ready
at
hand
,
upon
the
like
Cases
of
Necessity
.
The
Physicians
came
and
applied
their
best
Remedies
,
and
Antidotes
,
but
withal
,
besought
her
Majesty
,
that
she
would
be
pleased
to
command
the
Lady
to
be
examin'd
,
of
what
Nature
the
Poyson
was
she
had
given
her
;
whereupon
,
she
discovered
her
Infernal
Secret
,
and
the
Physicians
accordingly
applied
those
Remedies
pertinent
to
the
Contagiousness
of
her
Condition
,
that
in
few
days
there
was
hopes
of
Life
left
in
her
Recovery
.
She
also
commanded
this
Lady
,
Endymions
Mother
to
be
apprehended
,
and
confined
to
a
Chamber
in
her
Court
,
with
an
Intention
to
punish
her
,
according
to
the
Nature
and
Quality
of
her
Crime
.
This
sad
News
being
brought
to
Philocles
,
made
him
almost
in
such
a
distracted
Condition
,
that
,
he
was
ready
to
offer
Violence
to
himself
.
In
Conclusion
,
Aurelia
did
not
lose
her
Life
,
yet
such
was
the
force
of
the
Poison
,
that
she
lost
the
Hair
of
her
Head
,
and
her
Eye-Brows
;
her
Face
was
strangely
puft
up
,
the
Grain
of
her
Skin
spoil'd
,
her
Complexion
ruined
,
her
whole
Body
mightily
swell'd
,
and
her
Eyes
Distilling
,
ran
with
Water
:
In
a
word
,
she
was
grown
so
foul
and
ill
favoured
;
that
she
who
till
then
seemed
a
Miracle
of
Beauty
,
now
seemed
to
be
a
Monster
of
Deformity
.
And
they
who
knew
her
before
held
it
the
greater
Misfortune
of
the
two
,
that
she
remained
in
this
unfortunate
Condition
,
than
if
she
had
dyed
of
the
Poison
.
Notwithstanding
Philocles
made
a
new
Adress
to
the
Queen
,
and
besought
her
Majesty
,
that
he
might
obtain
leave
to
convey
Aurelia
safe
to
his
own
House
,
supporting
himself
with
this
,
that
though
Aurelia
had
lost
her
Beauty
,
yet
could
she
not
lose
her
infinite
Vertues
.
Thou
Judgest
right
,
(
replyed
the
Queen
,
)
your
Request
shall
be
granted
,
Philocles
;
and
still
make
that
Favourable
Construction
,
that
thou
hast
in
thy
Possession
a
Rich
Diamond
unpolish'd
;
I
would
freely
have
resign'd
her
up
as
Beautiful
to
thee
,
as
thou
deliveredst
her
to
me
;
but
since
it
is
impossible
,
and
cannot
be
retrieved
;
what
was
wanting
by
me
in
Favour
to
you
,
in
being
overseen
by
differing
it
so
long
,
I
will
make
up
in
Justice
Happily
the
Punishment
I
shall
inflict
upon
the
Criminals
,
may
in
part
satisfie
thy
Desire
of
Revenge
;
Philocles
did
very
often
endeavour
to
enterceed
with
her
Majesty
to
be
graciously
pleased
to
pardon
Endymion's
Mother
,
since
the
Reasons
she
alledg'd
were
sufficient
Motives
to
embrace
her
Clemency
;
in
Conclusion
,
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
,
the
Queen
recommended
to
his
Care
,
and
Philocles
immediately
conducted
them
home
to
his
Fathers
House
;
many
rich
Presents
the
Queen
sent
along
with
Aurelia
of
Jewels
and
Diamonds
,
which
manifested
her
great
Affection
,
and
Love
she
had
for
her
;
she
remained
for
the
space
of
two
Months
,
without
being
of
ability
to
be
restor'd
to
her
former
Beauty
.
But
time
flying
away
,
her
Skin
began
to
fall
and
to
peel
of
,
and
a
smooth
Grain
appeared
,
and
discovered
it self
.
In
this
interval
,
Philocles's
Parents
,
presuming
it
was
not
possible
,
that
Aurelia
should
become
the
same
Woman
,
which
heretofore
she
was
;
resolved
to
send
for
that
Northern
Lady
,
with
whom
Philocles
,
by
Agreement
was
to
marry
,
before
they
knew
of
his
Affection
to
Aurelia
,
and
this
resolve
they
put
in
Execution
,
without
acquainting
him
with
their
Design
;
not
doubting
but
that
the
present
Beauty
of
this
new
Bride
,
would
withdraw
his
Affection
from
Aurelia
,
whom
they
purposed
,
with
her
Father
and
Mother
to
send
into
Spain
,
and
to
gratifie
with
such
store
of
Wealth
,
as
should
fully
recompense
their
former
losses
which
they
had
received
,
and
sustain'd
.
There
passed
not
above
six
Weeks
,
when
without
Philocles's
Knowledge
,
the
new
Bride
arrived
at
his
Father's
House
,
with
great
Attendance
,
which
accompanied
her
in
her
Journey
;
she
was
indeed
a
fair
,
and
Beautiful
Person
,
that
next
to
Aurelia
,
when
she
was
in
her
primitive
Perfection
;
there
was
not
her
equal
in
all
Mundolin
.
Philocles
was
infinitely
amaz'd
at
the
unexpected
sight
of
the
Lady
,
and
so
much
fear
immediately
seiz'd
upon
his
Spirits
,
least
the
suddainess
of
her
coming
,
should
surprize
Aurelia
,
and
create
in
her
some
violent
Passion
,
and
put
a
period
to
her
Life
;
and
therefore
to
remove
this
Obstacle
of
Fear
by
a
timely
Prevention
,
he
went
to
the
Bed-side
,
where
Aurelia
lay
;
and
finding
only
his
Father
and
Mother
in
the
Room
,
he
sate
down
by
her
,
and
taking
her
by
the
hand
.
Aurelia
(
said
he
)
my
visit
to
thee
at
this
time
is
,
to
inform
thee
of
a
very
pretty
passage
,
which
indeed
has
created
in
me
a
Wonder
and
an
Admiration
,
and
by
Reason
I
would
not
have
you
surpriz'd
,
I
come
at
this
time
to
acquaint
you
with
the
pleasantness
of
the
Intrigue
;
my
Parents
out
of
their
great
Love
and
tender
Affection
towards
me
,
remaining
as
yet
without
full
Satisfaction
of
being
inform'd
,
of
that
extraordinary
Passion
of
Love
,
which
I
ever
had
,
and
ever
continue
for
thee
,
have
brought
a
Lady
hither
,
with
whom
they
Design
I
shall
Marry
,
not
in
the
least
asking
my
Gonsent
,
or
enquiring
into
my
Resolutions
,
nor
having
that
Patience
to
expect
thy
Recovery
;
but
I
am
apt
to
think
,
that
their
Conceptions
are
such
,
they
believe
,
the
great
Beauty
of
this
Lady
,
will
induce
me
to
relinquish
you
in
this
present
Condition
.
But
know
,
dear
Aurelia
,
that
your
Perfections
are
so
deeply
imprinted
in
my
Mind
,
that
none
but
the
Iron
Teeth
of
time
,
with
putting
a
period
to
my
Life
,
can
ever
raze
them
out
;
from
the
first
time
I
beheld
thee
,
I
admir'd
and
lov'd
thee
,
and
with
so
pure
a
flame
,
and
free
from
all
ends
of
sensuality
,
that
I
could
have
out-vied
Plato
,
to
enjoy
thy
Friendship
.
Though
thy
Beautious
Aspect
did
Captivate
my
Senses
,
yet
thy
infinite
Vertues
took
my
Soul
Prisoner
:
So
that
being
Beautiful
I
lov'd
thee
,
now
thou
art
Deformed
I
adore
thee
;
and
for
a
farther
Testimony
of
this
my
real
Affection
,
by
this
,
and
this
,
and
this
,
(
imprinting
several
Kisses
on
her
Lips
)
I
for
ever
vow
my self
yours
,
from
this
very
hour
,
and
nothing
shall
be
wanting
to
compleat
our
Happiness
.
Aurelia
remained
in
some
suspence
upon
these
Words
of
Philocles
;
and
knew
not
well
what
to
say
or
do
,
but
often
kiss'd
his
Hand
;
till
at
last
trembling
,
she
told
him
with
many
Tears
that
she
freely
accepted
of
his
Affection
,
and
wholly
resign'd
her self
up
to
his
Disposal
.
Her
Parents
were
amaz'd
and
astonish'd
at
the
passionate
Expressions
of
these
two
Lovers
,
that
they
could
not
refrain
from
Weeping
;
Philocles
desired
them
not
to
put
on
Grief
,
but
told
them
withal
,
that
he
had
never
any
Inclinations
to
the
Northern
Lady
,
neither
would
he
withdraw
his
Affections
from
their
Daughter
,
and
if
his
Parents
according
to
their
Design
should
desire
Aurelia's
and
their
departure
to
Spain
,
that
he
would
not
have
them
decline
it
,
but
by
all
means
accept
of
their
proffer
,
and
take
the
Voyage
;
and
that
they
should
certainly
expect
him
within
two
years
afterwards
either
at
Cadiz
or
Sevil
;
assuring
them
upon
the
Word
of
a
Gentleman
,
that
e're
that
time
was
expir'd
,
he
would
not
fail
to
be
with
them
if
Heaven
permitted
him
so
long
Life
;
but
if
the
time
perfixed
should
be
preterlapsed
,
they
should
then
rest
assur'd
that
some
great
Misfortune
or
Death
which
was
the
more
certain
,
had
crossed
his
intended
Journey
.
Aurelia
told
him
,
she
would
not
only
wait
two
years
for
him
,
but
as
long
as
she
lived
,
till
she
heard
the
sorrowful
News
of
his
Death
;
and
when-ever
that
harsh
Note
should
reach
her
Ears
,
it
would
prove
Instrumental
to
finish
her
Days
;
with
these
kind
Expressions
fresh
Tears
sprung
from
the
Fountains
of
all
their
Eyes
;
and
Philocles
went
immediately
to
his
Parents
and
inform'd
them
,
that
he
could
entertain
no
such
thoughts
as
to
accept
of
their
Kindness
,
in
Marrying
the
Northern
Lady
,
till
by
a
twelve
months
Travel
,
he
had
qualified
himself
fit
for
a
Matrimonial
Life
,
farther
telling
them
,
that
considering
the
solidity
which
belongs
to
that
State
,
he
would
willingly
make
these
Preparations
to
it
,
that
nothing
hereafter
might
disturb
his
Happiness
.
He
used
such
Arguments
,
and
laid
down
so
good
Reasons
for
what
he
said
,
to
the
Parents
of
Livia
,
(
for
that
was
the
Lady's
Name
)
that
they
were
all
very
well
satisfied
,
and
Livia
was
contented
to
remain
in
her
Father-in-Law's
House
,
till
Philocles
return'd
after
a
year's
Travel
.
This
being
thus
concluded
and
agreed
upon
,
Prospero
told
Philocles
of
his
Resolution
of
sending
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
to
Spain
,
if
the
Queen
would
be
pleased
to
grant
him
that
Liberty
to
effect
it
,
for
(
continued
he
)
perhaps
the
Air
of
her
own
Country
will
hasten
and
facilitate
her
Health
,
which
now
she
begins
to
recover
.
Philocles
that
he
might
not
give
the
least
Suspicion
of
his
Design
,
answered
(
though
but
coldly
)
his
Father
,
that
he
might
use
his
own
Discretion
and
Pleasure
,
only
he
besought
him
,
not
to
take
from
Aurelia
any
of
those
Riches
the
Queen
had
bestowed
upon
her
.
Prospero
did
promise
&
engage
to
him
,
that
he
would
not
command
any
thing
from
her
which
was
her
own
;
the
same
day
he
went
and
waited
upon
the
Queen
,
to
ask
her
Majesties
Consent
,
as
well
for
the
matching
of
his
Son
to
Livia
,
as
for
the
sending
of
Aurelia
,
with
her
Father
and
Mother
into
Spain
.
The
Queen
was
well
pleased
at
both
his
Requests
,
and
approved
of
Prospero's
Determination
;
and
the
same
day
without
calling
Endymion's
Mother
in
Question
,
she
dismiss'd
her
from
her
place
in
her
Bed-Chamber
,
and
Fin'd
her
ten
Thousand
Crowns
to
be
paid
to
Aurelia
.
As
for
Endymion
she
banished
him
for
six
years
.
Four
days
were
scarce
past
and
gone
,
but
that
Endymion
,
began
to
take
Order
for
his
Banishment
,
having
already
given
Directions
for
the
returning
of
his
Money
.
The
Queen
then
sent
and
commanded
a
Rich
Merchant
that
dwelt
at
Mundolin
,
to
come
to
her
,
who
had
a
very
good
Correspondency
in
France
,
Italy
,
and
Spain
;
to
whom
she
delivered
ten
thousand
Crowns
,
and
requir'd
of
him
Bills
of
Exchange
,
for
the
returning
of
'em
to
Aurelia's
Father
in
Sevil
,
or
any
other
part
of
Spain
.
The
Merchant
discounting
his
Interest
and
Profit
,
told
the
Queen
that
he
would
make
certain
and
sure
Payment
of
them
in
Sevil
,
by
Bills
of
Exchange
upon
another
French
Merchant
,
his
Correspondent
,
in
this
manner
and
form
,
viz.
That
he
would
write
to
Paris
,
to
the
end
,
that
the
Bills
might
be
made
there
by
another
Correspondent
of
his
,
because
they
would
accept
and
allow
of
those
that
came
from
France
,
but
not
from
this
Island
;
by
reason
of
the
Prohibition
,
betwixt
those
two
Kingdoms
;
and
that
a
Letter
of
Advice
from
him
should
serve
turn
,
by
a
private
mark
that
passed
between
them
two
;
and
that
without
any
more
ado
,
the
Merchant
of
Sevil
,
should
pay
him
the
Money
by
the
Letter
of
Advice
he
would
receive
from
Paris
.
In
fine
,
the
Queen
took
such
good
security
of
the
Merchant
,
that
she
made
no
doubt
of
the
true
payment
of
it
.
And
not
contenting
her self
with
this
,
she
sent
for
the
Master
of
a
Flemish
Ship
that
lay
in
the
River
,
and
was
to
put
forth
the
day
following
for
France
,
only
to
take
Testimony
thereof
in
some
Port
,
that
he
might
be
the
better
able
to
pass
into
Spain
,
under
the
Title
of
coming
from
France
,
and
not
from
the
Island
;
whom
she
earnestly
entreated
to
carry
with
him
in
his
Vessel
Aurelia
,
and
her
Parents
,
and
that
he
should
use
them
well
and
kindly
,
and
Land
them
in
Spain
,
at
the
very
first
place
he
should
come
at
on
that
Coast.
The
Master
who
desired
to
give
the
Queen
Content
,
told
her
Majestv
that
he
would
do
it
,
and
that
he
would
Land
them
either
in
Lisbon
,
Cadiz
,
or
Sevil
;
having
taken
sufficient
security
of
the
Merchant
,
and
assurance
from
the
Master
,
the
Queen
by
way
of
Message
,
sent
unto
Prospero
to
forbid
him
the
taking
any
thing
away
from
Aurelia
either
of
Jewels
or
Cloths
which
she
had
given
her
.
The
next
day
Aurelia
with
her
Father
and
Mother
,
went
to
Court
to
take
their
leaves
of
the
Queen
,
who
received
them
with
a
great
deal
of
Love
,
and
Favour
:
the
Queen
gave
them
the
Merchants
Letter
,
and
many
other
Gifts
,
as
well
in
Money
,
as
other
Curious
things
for
their
Voyage
.
Aurelia
with
so
much
Elegancy
express'd
her
thankfulness
to
her
Majesty
,
for
all
Honours
,
and
Favours
received
from
her
,
that
she
Created
in
the
Queen
,
fresh
Obligations
from
her
,
to
continue
her
Favours
still
towards
her
.
She
took
her
leave
likewise
of
the
Ladies
;
who
now
that
she
was
grown
disfigured
,
was
very
sorry
she
should
leave
them
,
seeing
themselves
free
from
that
envy
they
had
against
her
Beauty
,
and
would
have
been
very
well
contented
,
to
have
enjoyed
her
Gifts
of
Wit
and
Discretion
;
the
Queen
embraced
all
three
of
them
,
and
recommending
them
to
their
good
Fortune
,
and
to
the
Master
of
the
Ship
;
and
laid
her
commands
upon
Aurelia
to
Advertise
her
of
her
safe
arrival
in
Spain
,
and
from
time
to
time
,
of
her
welfare
by
the
way
,
of
the
French
Merchant
;
she
took
her
leave
of
Aurelia
,
and
her
Parents
,
who
that
very
Evening
imbarqued
themselves
;
Prospero
and
his
Wife
,
with
the
whole
Family
shed
many
Tears
,
extreamly
troubled
at
her
unfortunateness
and
departure
.
At
this
their
taking
their
leaves
Philocles
was
not
present
,
but
procured
some
Friends
to
go
abroad
with
him
that
day
a
Hunting
;
the
better
to
divert
him
from
expressing
his
Grief
,
and
giving
demonstrations
of
his
Sorrow
;
the
Gifts
which
the
Lady
Sabina
gave
Aurelia
at
her
Voyage
were
many
,
her
Embraces
infinite
,
and
her
Tears
plenty
;
her
earnest
entreaties
that
she
would
often
write
to
her
were
numerous
;
and
the
thanks
render'd
by
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
where
answerable
thereunto
;
so
that
though
weeping
,
they
left
each
other
very
well
satisfied
.
That
night
the
Ship
hoisted
Sail
,
and
having
with
a
prosperous
Gale
of
Wind
touched
upon
the
Coast
of
France
;
and
there
taking
in
such
fr●…sh
provisions
as
were
necessary
for
their
Voyage
into
Spain
:
within
thirty
days
after
they
entred
into
the
B●…rr
of
Cadiz
where
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
disimbarqued
themselves
;
and
being
known
by
all
those
of
the
City
,
they
received
them
with
Expressions
of
much
joy
;
likewise
they
received
a
thousand
praises
,
and
thanksgivings
which
was
invocated
to
Heaven
for
the
finding
out
of
their
Daughter
Aurelia
and
of
their
Liberty
which
they
had
obtain'd
,
being
first
Captivated
by
the
Moors
,
and
afterwards
by
the
Northern
Islanders
;
having
been
made
acquainted
with
all
the
Transactions
of
their
Affairs
,
by
those
Captives
whom
the
liberality
of
Philocles
had
set
free
.
And
now
Aurelia
in
the
mean
time
began
to
give
great
hopes
of
returning
to
a
speedy
recovery
of
her
former
Beauty
;
however
they
remained
but
a
little
more
than
a
Month
in
Cadiz
to
refresh
themselves
of
their
weariness
after
their
long
and
tedious
Voyage
;
but
went
from
thence
to
Sevil
,
for
to
see
whether
the
payment
would
prove
good
of
the
ten
thousand
Crowns
,
which
were
to
be
placed
to
the
Accompt
of
the
French-Merchant
,
who
had
undertaken
for
to
see
it
disbursed
.
Two
days
after
their
arrival
at
Sevil
,
they
enquired
after
him
,
and
found
him
out
,
and
gave
him
the
French
Merchants
Letter
,
upon
which
he
excepted
of
the
Bill
;
but
told
them
,
that
until
he
had
received
Letters
from
Paris
,
and
a
Letter
of
Advice
,
he
could
not
pay
them
the
Money
,
but
withal
he
expected
every
moment
to
receive
Advertisement
of
it
.
Aurelia's
Parents
had
hired
a
very
fair
House
,
over
against
Santa
Paula
for
the
Conveniency
of
being
near
a
Kinswoman
of
theirs
,
which
was
a
Nun
in
that
Monastery
;
and
by
reason
Aurelia
had
inform'd
Philocles
,
that
if
he
made
any
enquiry
after
her
,
he
should
find
her
in
Sevil
;
and
that
her
Kinswoman
a
Nun
of
Sancta
Paula
would
direct
him
to
her
House
;
and
that
for
his
better
Information
,
and
Knowledge
;
he
needed
give
himself
no
farther
trouble
,
than
to
enquire
for
that
Nun
which
had
the
best
voice
in
the
Monastery
;
this
being
a
very
good
token
,
and
not
easily
to
be
forgotten
;
for
indeed
she
had
the
rarest
and
sweetest
Voice
in
all
Spain
.
It
was
forty
days
,
before
Letters
of
Advice
came
from
Paris
,
and
within
two
days
after
they
were
come
,
the
French
Merchant
payed
the
Ten
thousand
Crowns
to
Aurelia
,
and
she
delivered
them
to
her
Parents
;
and
with
them
and
some
other
which
they
had
got
together
,
with
some
of
Aurelia's
Jewels
which
they
sold
;
her
Father
began
again
to
follow
his
Trade
of
Merchandise
,
not
without
the
admiration
of
those
who
knew
his
great
losses
.
In
short
,
within
a
few
Months
Aurelia's
Father
repayed
his
lost
Credit
,
and
Aurelia's
Beauty
returned
to
it's
former
perfection
:
Insomuch
,
that
when
any
discourse
arise
concerning
fair
Women
,
all
of
them
gave
the
Laurel
to
the
Northern
Spaniard
,
who
was
as
well
known
by
this
Name
,
as
she
was
for
her
Beauty
throughout
the
whole
City
.
By
the
French
Merchant
of
Sevil's
Order
,
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
Writ
Letters
to
the
Queen
of
the
Northern
Isle
,
of
their
safe
Arrival
in
Spain
;
but
pen'd
with
such
humble
acknowledgements
and
submissions
,
as
the
many
Favors
receiv'd
from
her
Majesty
,
did
require
;
they
likewise
writ
to
Prospero
and
his
Lady
Sabina
,
Aurelia
Complementing
them
with
the
Title
of
Father
and
Mother
;
and
her
Parents
Stileing
them
their
dearest
and
best
Friends
:
From
the
Queen
they
received
no
Answer
,
but
from
Prospero
and
his
Lady
Sabina
,
they
had
a
return
,
wherein
they
Congratulated
their
safe
Arrival
,
certifying
them
,
that
their
Son
Philocles
,
the
next
day
after
their
departure
went
for
France
,
with
an
intention
to
visit
some
other
parts
of
Christendom
,
being
requisite
and
necessary
for
him
to
go
,
the
better
to
ease
his
mind
,
which
he
confest
to
them
was
so
much
disturb'd
;
adding
to
these
other
discourses
and
Complements
of
much
Love
,
and
Affection
,
besides
many
other
fair
and
Friendly
protestations
;
to
which
Letters
of
their●…
they
returned
another
in
answer
no
less
Courteous
and
Loving
than
Thankful
.
Aurelia
presently
imagined
,
that
Philocles
leaving
his
Country
,
was
upon
his
Voyage
into
Spain
,
to
find
her
out
,
and
flattering
her self
with
this
fond
hope
,
she
began
to
lead
the
most
contented
Life
in
the
World
,
and
studied
to
live
in
such
a
serious
manner
,
that
when
Philocles
should
come
to
Sevil
he
might
soon
hear
the
good
report
that
went
of
her
Vertues
,
then
come
to
the
knowledge
of
her
House
.
Seldom
or
never
did
she
go
out
of
Doors
,
unless
it
were
to
the
Monastery
,
but
spent
all
her
whole
time
in
retiredness
,
and
good
desires
waiting
with
Expectation
the
welcom
news
of
the
Arrival
of
Philocles
.
This
her
great
retiredness
did
set
on
Fire
and
inflam'd
the
Hearts
and
desires
not
only
of
the
young
Gallants
of
that
Street
where
she
dwelt
,
but
of
all
those
who
but
once
had
a
sight
of
her
;
in
the
Night
she
was
disturb'd
often
with
Musick
,
serenading
at
her
Window
,
and
in
the
day
careering
with
their
Jennets
,
and
from
this
her
not
suffering
her self
to
be
seen
,
and
from
others
much
desiring
to
see
her
en●…s'd
,
their
finding
out
of
cunning
Bawds
which
were
Mistresses
in
their
Art
,
and
promised
no
less
to
shew
themselves
so
,
in
solliciting
Aurelia
;
and
there
were
not
some
wanting
,
who
endeavour'd
to
bring
this
their
wicked
purpose
to
pass
,
by
Witchcraft
,
Charms
,
Sorceries
,
Philters
,
and
the
like
lewd
Courses
;
but
against
all
these
Aurelia
was
like
a
Rock
in
the
midst
of
the
Sea
,
against
which
the
Winds
,
and
the
Waves
●…eat
,
and
dash
against
it
to
no
purpose
.
A
year
and
a
half
was
now
fully
past
when
the
aproaching
hope
of
those
two
yea●…s
promised
by
Philocles
began
with
more
earnestness
than
hitherto
it
had
done
,
to
vex
and
grieve
the
Heart
of
Aurelia
;
but
whilst
she
was
Contemplating
with
her self
,
that
Philocles
was
come
,
and
that
she
had
her
desired
object
before
her
eyes
,
parleying
with
,
and
questioning
him
of
the
occasion
of
delaying
his
coming
,
and
of
his
keeping
so
long
from
her
,
and
then
imagining
to
her self
the
just
excuses
which
Philocles
pleaded
for
his
long
absence
,
and
how
willingly
she
believed
and
received
them
,
and
how
lovingly
and
affectionately
she
embraced
him
in
her
Arms
and
hugg'd
him
in
her
Bosom
,
as
being
part
of
her
own
Soul
;
then
,
even
then
when
she
was
in
the
height
of
all
her
hopes
,
a
Letter
came
to
her
Hands
from
the
Lady
Sabina
,
baering
date
from
Mundolin
,
some
fifty
days
since
,
it
was
written
in
the
Tongue
of
the
Island
,
but
she
read
it
in
Spanish
as
followeth
.
Sabina
to
Aurelia
.
DAughter
of
my
Soul
,
Bilonio
,
Philocles's
Page
,
accompanied
his
Master
in
his
Iourney
,
and
by
a
former
Letter
Iadvertized
you
,
that
Philocles
made
for
France
,
the
second
day
after
your
Departure
,
and
from
thence
was
to
Travel
farther
;
we
have
received
no
News
from
him
this
Sixteen
Months
,
but
yesterday
Bilonio
the
Page
,
came
home
,
and
brought
with
him
these
sorrowful
tydings
,
That
Endymion
had
by
Treachery
killed
Philocles
in
France
;
therefore
(
Daughter
)
Consider
in
what
a
Deplorable
Condition
,
his
Father
,
my Self
,
and
Livia
his
Bride
are
upon
the
Arrival
of
this
heavy
Intelligence
;
the
portent
of
it
is
such
,
that
it
has
left
no
room
for
hope
,
but
to
entertain
dispair
of
ever
overcomeing
this
our
Misfortune
.
My
earnest
entreaties
and
best
wishes
are
that
you
would
still
think
of
Philocles
,
who
loved
you
with
so
real
an
Affection
,
and
for
the
Sake
of
him
,
to
invocate
the
Divine
Powers
to
assist
us
in
this
Ex●…remity
,
and
to
grant
us
Patience
,
to
our
●…ives
end
.
Your
disconsolate
Mother
,
SABINA
.
By
the
Letter
,
Hand
,
and
Seal
,
there
●…as
not
any
the
least
doubt
left
to
Aurelia
●…or
not
giving
Credit
to
the
Fatal
News
●…f
the
Death
of
her
dear
Philocles
.
She
●…new
very
well
his
Page
Bilonio
was
a
〈◊〉
true
and
faithful
Servant
,
and
no
way
●…endaciously
given
,
and
that
he
had
no
●…eason
to
forge
this
,
as
an
Experiment
to
●…ry
her
affection
,
and
as
little
his
Mother
Sa●…ina
;
being
it
would
import
them
nothing
in
●…ending
her
news
so
sorrowful
;
in
conclusion
●…he
could
no
ways
divert
her
imaginations
,
●…r
put
out
of
her
thoughts
in
the
least
,
●…he
contradiction
of
this
unfortunate
News
.
After
she
had
read
the
Letter
,
without
shedding
a
Tear
,
and
without
shewing
any
sym●…toms
of
Sorrow
,
with
a
Serene
counte●…ance
,
and
to
appearance
a
quiet
and
con●…ented
mind
,
she
rose
from
the
Couch
where
she
sate
,
and
kneeling
down
De●…outly
,
made
a
Solemn
Vow
to
live
a
single
Life
all
her
days
,
since
the
God's
●…ad
depriv'd
her
of
her
dear
Philocles
,
and
left
her
a
Widow
.
Her
Parents
dissimulated
their
dolorous
Grief
,
and
covered
their
Sorrows
with
their
discretion
,
which
this
sad
news
had
occasion'd
in
'em
,
that
they
might
be
the
better
enabled
to
comfort
their
Daughter
Aurelia
in
the
anguish
of
her
Affliction
,
who
being
now
as
it
were
fully
satisfied
o●…
her
Sorrow
,
moderating
it
with
the
resolution
which
she
had
put
on
,
she
fell
to
comforting
of
her
Parents
,
to
whom
she
discover'd
her
intent
;
but
they
advised
her
that
she
should
not
put
it
in
Excecution
,
but
to
stay
till
the
two
years
were
overpast
which
Philocles
had
limited
for
his
coming
;
for
thereupon
much
depended
,
the
Confirmation
of
the
verity
of
Philocles's
death
,
and
she
might
then
with
more
safety
and
security
change
this
her
Estate
and
Condition
.
Aurelia
followed
their
advice
,
and
〈◊〉
the
remaining
Six
Months
she
spent
them
in
the
exercises
of
a
Religious
Virgin
;
and
for
the
better
preparing
and
fitting
of
her self
,
for
her
entring
into
the
Monastery
,
having
made
choice
of
that
of
Sancta
Paula
where
her
Cousin
resided
;
but
now
the
term
of
the
two
years
where
expired
,
and
the
day
approached
wherein
she
was
to
take
upon
her
the
Religious
Habit
;
the
news
whereof
was
soon
spread
throughout
the
whole
City
,
not
only
amongst
those
who
knew
her
by
sight
,
but
among
those
●…lso
that
knew
her
only
by
report
;
now
●…n
regard
the
Monastery
stood
not
far
off
●…rom
Aurelia's
House
,
and
her
Father
invi●…ing
his
Friends
,
and
Acquaintance
,
Aurelia
●…ad
one
of
the
noblest
and
most
honoura●…le
Trains
to
accompany
her
thither
,
as
upon
such
occasions
was
ever
seen
in
Sevil.
Thus
has
the
Story
brought
this
poor
distressed
Lady
to
the
very
brink
of
theprecipice
;
she
that
thought
she
had
a
loving
Husband
alive
,
being
now
deceived
and
frustrated
of
all
her
hopes
,
is
now
going
to
renounce
the
World
,
and
dedicate
her self
to
a
retired
Life
remote
from
those
pleasures
which
she
thought
to
have
enjoyed
.
Now
in
the
manner
of
the
Ceremony
,
there
accompanied
her
the
Assistant
,
the
Dean
of
the
Church
,
and
the
Vicar-General
to
the
Arch-Bishop
,
with
all
the
Ladies
and
Gentlemen
of
Title
,
and
Quality
,
or
Eminent
Note
that
were
in
the
City
;
so
great
was
the
desire
which
all
of
'em
had
to
behold
the
resplendent
rayes
of
Aurelia's
Beauty
,
which
had
so
many
Months
suffer'd
an
Eclipse
;
and
by
reason
it
is
the
Custom
,
and
fashion
of
those
Virgins
,
which
take
upon
'em
the
religious
Habit
,
to
deck
and
adorn
them
selves
,
as
bravely
and
as
gallantly
as
they
possibly
can
devise
,
who
as
one
,
that
ever
after
,
from
that
instant
,
sets
up
her
rest
,
and
takes
her
leave
and
farwel
of
all
bravery
,
and
wholly
discards
it
.
Aurelia
was
willing
(
that
she
might
not
break
so
Ancient
a
Custom
)
to
attire
and
set
forth
her self
in
the
best
and
most
curious
manner
,
that
possibly
she
could
invent
;
and
therefore
she
arrayed
her self
in
the
same
Gown
and
Girdle
,
and
those
rich
dressings
which
she
had
on
when
she
went
to
Court
,
with
all
those
other
ornaments
of
Pearls
and
Diamonds
which
the
Northern
Queen
bestowed
upon
her
.
Aurelia
went
out
of
her
House
on
Foot
;
for
her
being
so
near
unto
the
Monastery
excus'd
Coaches
,
though
they
repented
afterwards
they
did
not
take
them
;
for
the
concourse
of
the
People
was
so
great
,
that
they
would
scarce
give
them
way
to
get
to
the
Monastery
.
Some
showred
Blessings
on
her
Parents
,
others
thanked
Heaven
for
enriching
her
with
so
much
Beauty
,
some
stood
on
tip-toe
for
to
view
her
,
others
having
had
a
Prospect
of
her
,
ran
to
get
before
that
they
might
satisfie
the
curiosity
of
their
Eyes
to
see
her
again
;
but
he
that
shewed
himself
most
sollicitous
in
this
Multitude
,
and
in
so
extraordinary
a
manner
,
that
many
took
great
notice
of
him
;
was
a
person
clad
in
a
Slaves
Habit
,
which
they
commonly
wear
,
when
they
are
redeemed
and
return
home
from
their
Captivity
;
this
Captive
then
at
that
very
juncture
of
time
that
Aurelia
had
set
one
Foot
within
the
porch
of
the
Covent
,
as
the
Prioress
and
the
Nuns
were
come
forth
to
receive
her
;
with
a
loud
Voice
,
he
cry'd
out
,
Stay
,
Aurelia
,
stay
;
for
whil'st
I
am
a
live
thou
canst
not
enter
into
any
Religious
Order
;
at
the
hearing
of
these
words
,
Aurelia
and
her
Parents
looked
back
,
and
espyed
a
Person
forcing
his
way
through
the
thickest
of
the
throng
;
which
was
the
Captive
making
towards
them
;
in
the
croud
his
Furr
Cap
which
he
wore
,
was
lost
off
his
Head
,
which
made
a
discovery
of
a
confus'd
and
intangled
skein
of
Golden
wired
Hairs
,
curling
themselves
into
Rings
,
and
a
Countenance
intermix'd
with
Snow
and
a
Vermillion
Colour
,
so
pure
Red
and
White
was
his
Complexion
,
having
withal
a
curious
Aspect
;
all
which
gave
them
such
assured
signal
demonstrations
,
that
induced
them
to
believe
he
was
a
Stranger
.
In
short
by
pressing
through
the
people
with
such
hast
,
he
received
many
falls
by
the
way
;
but
having
as
nimbly
recovered
himself
,
he
came
at
last
where
Aurelia
was
,
and
taking
her
by
the
Hand
,
Dost
thou
not
know
me
Aurelia
,
(
said
he
?
)
Behold
,
and
view
me
well
!
I
am
thy
dear
Philocles
.
Yes
I
know
thee
(
reply'd
Aurelia
)
if
thou
art
not
a
walking
Spirit
,
or
some
false
assumed
Apparition
,
that
is
come
to
disturb
my
repose
.
With
that
Philocles
with
Tears
in
his
Eyes
,
besought
her
that
the
strangeness
of
that
Garb
,
wherein
she
now
beheld
him
;
might
not
prove
any
barr
or
hinderance
to
her
better
knowledge
of
him
,
and
that
this
his
mean
and
dejected
Condition
might
not
be
any
stop
to
the
fulfilling
of
those
Vows
and
faithful
Promises
,
which
they
had
so
solemnly
given
to
each
other
.
Her
Parents
drew
by
degrees
nearer
to
him
,
and
viewing
him
very
narrowly
,
in
conclusion
came
certainly
to
know
him
:
Aurelia
notwithstanding
the
news
of
his
death
,
chose
rather
to
give
more
Credit
to
her
Eyes
,
by
the
object
which
she
had
present
before
her
,
than
to
trouble
her self
to
make
any
further
needless
enquiry
,
and
therefore
kindly
Embracing
the
Captive
;
You
are
doubtless
(
said
she
)
the
person
who
can
only
hinder
my
determination
,
as
being
really
my
Husband
,
and
can
be
no
less
than
the
better
part
of
my
Soul
;
and
though
thou
hast
been
absent
from
thy
Aurelia
so
long
,
yet
I
have
thee
Imprinted
in
my
Memory
,
and
have
fix'd
thee
so
firm
in
my
Heart
,
by
so
true
an
Affection
,
that
no
Object
in
this
World
can
undermine
it
.
Turn
therefore
,
dear
Philocles
,
to
my
Fathers
House
,
which
is
wholly
at
your
Command
,
and
there
take
possession
of
your
faithful
Aurelia
.
At
the
hearing
whereof
the
standers
by
,
where
all
of
'em
struck
with
admiration
,
and
stood
amaz'd
as
people
astonish'd
;
and
nothing
would
serve
them
but
a
present
satisfaction
of
their
Curiosities
,
by
hearing
a
relation
of
the
whole
Trasactions
:
Whereupon
Aurelia's
Father
told
them
,
that
the
History
required
another
place
,
and
more
time
,
to
unfold
it
in
,
than
opportunity
at
that
present
offer'd
it self
;
and
therefore
besought
them
,
since
they
were
so
willing
and
eager
to
understand
it
,
that
they
would
be
pleas'd
to
return
back
with
him
to
his
House
,
and
there
he
would
give
them
a
true
and
perfect
Account
,
to
their
full
satisfaction
.
This
was
no
sooner
said
,
to
appease
the
People
,
but
a
blunt
Fellow
among
the
Croud
cry'd
out
,
Gentlemen
this
man
is
a
great
Pyrate
,
for
I
know
him
well
enough
,
though
he
it
may
be
thinks
I
don
't
;
this
is
he
whom
some
two
years
since
,
and
somewhat
more
;
took
from
the
Pyrates
of
Argiers
,
a
Portugal
Ship
,
which
came
from
the
Indies
:
Ye
need
not
doubt
,
but
that
this
is
the
same
Man
,
for
I
confidently
tell
you
that
I
know
him
;
for
he
gave
me
my
Liberty
,
and
Money
to
bring
me
home
to
Spain
;
therefore
Neighbours
I
tell
you
,
I
know
him
:
And
at
that
time
,
he
did
not
only
free
me
,
but
three
hundred
Captives
more
besides
,
furnishing
them
with
Victuals
,
and
Money
.
With
these
Words
the
Vulgar
were
in
an
uproar
,
and
the
desire
afresh
revived
,
which
all
of
them
were
possess'd
of
,
to
know
,
and
see
such
Intricate
Riddles
as
these
to
be
clearly
Explained
.
In
short
,
the
Persons
of
more
especial
Rank
,
and
Quality
,
returned
back
to
accompany
Aurelia
to
her
House
,
leaving
the
Nuns
sorrowsul
,
and
weeping
,
that
they
had
lost
so
fair
a
Sister
,
and
Companion
,
as
Aurelia
;
who
arriving
at
home
,
she
brought
the
Gentlemen
into
a
spacious
large
Hall
,
and
entreated
them
to
sit
down
;
and
although
Philocles
was
willing
enough
to
take
upon
him
to
give
the
Relation
,
yet
notwithstanding
,
he
chose
rather
to
trust
Aurelia's
Tongue
,
and
Discretion
with
it
,
than
his
own
:
All
that
were
present
were
in
a
still
silence
,
and
having
their
Ears
,
and
Hearts
ready
prepared
to
be
Aurelia's
Auditors
,
she
began
to
relate
the
Story
,
which
I
abbreviate
to
this
:
She
deliver'd
an
account
of
all
that
had
happen'd
from
the
very
day
that
Prospero
,
by
Stealth
,
carried
her
away
from
Cadiz
,
till
her
return
thither
again
;
not
omitting
the
Battel
which
Philocles
fought
with
the
Turks
,
and
the
Liberality
,
and
Bounty
which
he
had
used
towards
the
Christians
;
and
the
Solemn
Vows
which
both
of
them
had
engaged
each
to
other
,
to
be
Husband
and
Wife
;
the
Promise
of
two
Years
,
the
News
which
she
had
received
of
his
Death
,
and
that
so
certain
,
as
she
apparently
thought
,
that
as
a
Motive
it
induced
her
to
that
Estate
which
so
lately
they
had
seen
her
,
of
professing
her self
a
Nun
:
She
likewise
acquainted
them
with
the
Northern
Queens
Bounty
towards
her
;
also
of
Philocles
,
and
his
Parents
Affection
towards
her
:
So
ending
her
Relation
,
she
desired
Philocles
that
he
would
relate
what
had
befallen
him
from
the
time
that
he
left
Mundolin
,
until
this
very
present
.
Which
done
,
Philocles
likewise
made
a
short
Relation
of
what
had
happened
to
him
since
Aurelia's
Voyage
for
Spain
,
telling
them
how
he
had
been
pursued
by
his
Rival
Endymion
;
who
with
four
others
,
set
upon
him
,
and
Shot
him
into
the
Body
with
four
Pistols
,
leaving
him
for
dead
;
and
that
his
Servant
,
awakened
with
the
Noise
,
out
of
fear
,
leap'd
down
from
a
Window
,
and
hied
him
out
of
the
Inn
with
such
fear
,
and
haste
,
that
he
did
not
so
much
as
look
back
,
or
make
any
stay
till
he
came
to
Mundolin
;
so
that
he
might
well
bring
the
News
of
his
Death
;
and
that
it
was
two
Months
,
and
better
,
before
he
was
able
to
Travel
;
at
the
end
of
which
he
came
to
Genoa
,
where
he
found
no
other
Passage
,
save
two
small
Boats
,
which
he
,
and
two
other
principal
Spaniards
hired
;
that
as
they
were
coming
for
Spain
,
they
were
taken
by
the
Turks
,
and
stript
of
all
that
they
had
,
even
to
their
naked
Skins
;
and
that
the
Turks
carried
him
to
Algiers
,
where
he
found
the
Fathers
of
the
Order
of
the
Blessed
Trinity
,
treating
about
the
redeeming
of
Christian
Captives
,
with
whom
he
discours'd
;
and
that
they
,
mov'd
out
of
Charity
,
though
he
was
a
Stranger
to
them
,
redeemed
him
for
three
hundred
Ducats
.
In
conclusion
,
(
said
he
)
I
came
to
Spain
,
with
fifty
redeemed
Captives
:
In
Valen●…ia
,
we
made
a
general
Procession
,
and
from
thence
,
every
one
went
his
own
way
which
he
liked
best
,
with
these
Ensigns
,
and
Tokens
of
their
Liberty
,
which
are
these
poor
kind
of
Habits
.
This
day
I
entred
this
City
,
with
so
great
,
and
earnest
a
desire
to
see
my
Dear
Aurelia
,
to
whom
I
was
engaged
;
that
without
any
other
things
detaining
me
,
I
enquir'd
for
this
Monastery
,
where
I
was
to
receive
intelligence
of
her
;
for
further
Confirmation
of
what
Philocles
had
already
said
,
Heaven
had
so
ordained
it
,
that
a
Florentine
Merchant
was
present
at
all
this
,
who
was
to
pay
him
ten
thousand
Ducats
,
upon
a
Bill
of
Exchange
,
which
escaped
the
Turks
Hands
,
which
he
presently
shewed
,
to
the
Admiration
,
and
Amazement
of
them
all
.
Supper
time
being
not
yet
come
,
Philocles
told
Aurelia
,
that
he
had
heard
a
Story
,
coming
home
from
his
Captivity
,
which
made
him
Weep
,
and
think
of
his
poor
Aurelia
,
calling
often
to
remembrance
her
languishing
at
his
Fathers
House
in
that
Deplorable
Condition
,
the
Poyson
had
brought
her
to
.
Aurelia
desired
him
to
relate
it
;
but
Philocles
being
somewhat
weary
,
desired
Brisac
,
his
Companion
which
came
with
him
,
to
relate
the
Story
of
the
Platonick
Lover
,
whereupon
,
the
Company
being
all
silent
,
he
began
.
In
Florence
,
there
lived
a
Gentleman
more
rich
in
Vertue
,
Beauty
,
and
in
Courtesie
,
than
in
the
Goods
of
Fortune
,
who
most
intirely
loved
a
Young
Gentlewoman
,
whose
Name
I
will
not
rehearse
,
in
respect
unto
her
Kindred
,
who
are
descended
of
good
,
and
great
Families
;
but
you
may
assure
your selves
,
that
the
Story
is
most
true
;
and
because
he
was
not
descended
of
as
great
a
House
as
she
was
,
he
durst
not
discover
his
Affection
to
her
;
for
the
extream
Love
he
had
for
her
,
was
so
absolute
,
and
perfect
,
that
he
chose
rather
to
imbrace
Death
,
than
the
Entertainments
of
any
thing
that
might
prejudice
her
Honour
;
and
seeing
himself
in
so
low
a
Condition
,
in
comparison
of
her
,
he
could
not
entertain
the
least
hopes
to
espouse
her
;
wherefore
his
Love
was
grounded
on
no
other
end
,
but
only
with
all
his
power
,
to
love
her
as
perfectly
as
possibly
he
could
,
of
which
at
last
she
received
some
Intelligence
;
and
seeing
the
honest
Affection
,
which
he
had
for
her
,
was
so
full
of
Vertue
,
and
Civility
,
she
thought
her self
happy
to
be
esteemed
,
and
beloved
by
so
worthy
a
Person
,
and
made
so
much
of
him
,
that
he
who
could
not
have
wished
for
more
,
was
greatly
contented
at
it
.
But
Malice
,
the
Enemy
to
all
quiet
,
could
not
long
suffer
the
continuance
of
a
Life
so
happy
,
for
some
Informers
whisper'd
in
the
Mother's
Ear
,
that
they
much
wondred
,
that
this
Gentleman
was
of
such
power
in
her
House
,
and
that
they
suspected
,
the
Beauty
of
her
Daughter
to
be
the
only
occasion
of
it
,
with
whom
they
oftentimes
observed
him
to
be
very
Conversant
.
The
Mother
,
who
no
ways
doubted
the
Honesty
of
the
Gentleman
,
but
assum'd
to
her self
as
much
assurance
of
him
,
as
she
did
of
any
of
her
own
Children
,
was
very
sorry
that
there
was
spread
abroad
such
an
uncharitable
Opinion
of
him
;
but
fearing
that
some
Scandal
might
arise
,
by
the
malice
of
bad
Tongues
,
she
intreated
him
at
last
,
that
for
a
certain
time
he
would
not
come
so
frequently
to
her
House
,
as
he
was
accustomed
to
do
.
This
was
hard
of
digestion
to
him
,
knowing
that
the
civil
Discourse
which
he
had
always
with
her
Daughter
,
did
not
deserve
that
restraint
.
Nevertheless
,
to
stop
the
Report
of
all
ill
Tongues
,
he
retir'd
for
a
time
,
until
that
Report
was
silenc'd
,
and
afterwards
returned
,
as
he
had
been
accustomed
to
do
.
His
Absence
had
no
ways
diminished
his
Affection
;
being
in
the
House
,
he
understood
the
young
Lady
was
to
be
Married
to
a
Gentleman
,
who
in
his
Opinion
was
not
of
that
great
Estate
,
but
that
his
own
Service
might
be
as
well
entertained
,
and
be
as
acceptable
as
his
:
He
therefore
began
to
reassume
Courage
,
and
imploy
his
Friends
to
speak
on
his
behalf
,
supposing
that
if
the
Choice
were
offered
to
the
young
Lady
,
that
she
would
prefer
him
before
the
other
.
Nevertheless
,
her
Mother
,
and
her
Kindred
,
did
make
choice
of
the
other
Person
,
because
he
was
far
more
rich
;
whereat
the
Gentleman
was
extreamly
melancholy
,
knowing
that
his
Mistress
would
lose
in
that
Enterprize
as
much
Contentment
as
himself
.
Whereupon
,
by
degrees
,
without
any
other
Sickness
,
he
began
to
consume
away
,
and
in
a
short
time
,
was
so
much
changed
,
that
it
had
clouded
the
Beauty
of
his
Countenance
,
with
the
shadow
of
Death
,
to
which
,
day
succeeding
day
,
and
hour
following
hour
,
he
did
joyfully
repair
.
In
this
Extremity
he
could
not
forbear
,
sometimes
for
speaking
to
her
whom
he
lov'd
so
entirely
:
But
at
last
his
Strength
failed
him
,
and
he
was
reduced
to
keep
his
Bed
,
of
which
he
would
not
advise
her
whom
he
loved
so
entirely
,
because
he
was
unwilling
,
that
she
should
partake
in
his
Affliction
:
And
suffering
himself
to
sink
into
despair
,
he
at
last
could
neither
Eat
,
Drink
,
Sleep
,
or
take
any
rest
;
insomuch
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
know
him
,
by
reason
of
his
Leanness
,
and
the
strange
,
and
sharp
Countenance
which
he
had
.
Some
there
were
who
advertised
the
Mother
of
his
Mistress
,
of
it
,
who
was
a
Woman
full
of
Pity
,
and
loved
the
Gentleman
so
well
,
that
if
all
her
Kindred
,
and
Confidents
had
been
of
the
same
Opinion
as
her self
was
,
and
her
Daughter
,
they
had
preferr'd
his
Vertue
,
and
fair
Deportment
,
above
all
the
others
Wealth
,
and
Riches
;
but
the
Kindred
,
who
were
on
the
Father's
side
,
would
not
adhere
to
it
:
Nevertheless
,
she
resorted
with
her
Daughter
to
visit
the
poor
Gentleman
,
whom
they
found
rather
dead
,
than
alive
;
and
perceiving
the
end
of
his
Life
did
approach
,
he
endeavoured
to
put
himself
in
a
posture
to
bid
adieu
to
the
World
,
thinking
to
have
died
without
feeing
any
one
.
But
being
ready
to
obey
Deaths
Summons
,
and
descend
into
his
last
Sleep
,
unexpectedly
beholding
her
,
who
was
both
his
Life
and
Resurrection
,
he
found
himself
so
fortified
,
that
he
arise
up
in
his
Bed
,
and
directed
himself
unto
the
old
Lady
;
Madam
(
said
he
)
some
Occasion
I
presume
hath
brought
you
hither
,
to
give
a
visit
unto
him
who
hath
already
one
Foot
in
his
Grave
,
and
of
whose
Death
you
are
the
Occasion
.
The
Lady
made
answer
,
how
can
that
possible
be
;
that
he
whom
we
love
so
well
can
receive
his
Death
by
our
neglect
?
Pray
,
inform
me
,
Sir
,
upon
what
grounds
of
Reason
you
pronounce
so
hard
a
Sentence
?
Madam
,
(
said
he
)
although
as
much
as
it
was
possible
for
me
,
I
have
concealed
that
Love
which
I
most
faithfully
have
born
unto
Mademoiselle
your
Daughter
,
until
my
Friends
(
have
motion'd
the
Marriage
between
her
and
my self
)
have
been
more
Zealous
upon
it
than
I
desired
,
perceiving
thereby
I
have
receiv'd
the
Misfortune
of
having
all
my
hopes
frustrated
;
neither
doth
it
so
much
afflict
me
for
my
own
particular
,
but
my
prophetick
Spirit
tells
me
with
an
assurance
,
she
can
never
be
so
well
respected
by
any
other
,
nor
will
be
so
well
beloved
as
by
me
.
The
Observation
which
I
make
,
that
she
shall
lose
the
best
,
and
most
affectionate
Friend
and
Servant
that
she
hath
in
the
World
,
doth
more
afflict
me
than
the
loss
of
my
own
Life
,
which
only
for
her
alone
I
would
preserve
;
but
because
I
find
it
cannot
be
serviceable
any
ways
to
her
,
it
is
an
Advantage
to
me
to
lose
it
.
The
Mother
and
the
Daughter
hearing
these
Words
,
did
do
the
best
they
could
to
comfort
him
;
Sir
,
said
the
Mother
to
him
,
take
Courage
I
beseech
you
,
and
I
here
solemnly
promise
to
you
,
that
if
the
Divine
Powers
restore
you
to
your
former
Health
,
my
Daughter
shall
have
no
other
Husband
but
your self
.
She
is
now
here
present
before
you
,
and
I
command
her
upon
the
Obligation
of
her
Duty
to
make
the
same
promise
to
you
.
Her
Daughter
melting
into
Tears
,
did
the
best
that
she
could
to
give
him
an
assurance
of
that
which
her
Mother
had
promised
;
but
he
apprehending
,
that
if
he
were
recovered
he
should
not
enjoy
his
Mistress
,
and
that
the
good
Words
that
were
given
him
were
only
by
Degrees
to
restore
him
unto
his
lost
Health
,
did
say
to
them
,
That
if
these
Words
had
been
spoken
to
him
but
three
Months
ago
,
he
had
been
the
most
Healthful
,
and
the
most
Happy
Man
in
the
World
,
but
this
relief
came
so
late
to
him
,
that
it
could
neither
be
believ'd
,
nor
hoped
.
And
when
he
observed
that
,
they
did
endeavour
to
inforce
a
belief
into
him
of
what
they
promised
,
he
said
to
them
since
so
faithfully
you
have
promised
that
great
Happiness
which
can
never
arrive
unto
me
,
(
though
now
you
both
consent
to
it
)
by
reason
of
the
great
weakness
which
is
upon
me
,
I
shall
crave
a
far
less
Favour
,
which
as
yet
I
have
not
had
the
boldness
to
demand
.
Immediately
,
they
both
solemnly
made
Protestations
,
that
it
should
be
perform'd
,
and
desired
him
with
Confidence
to
demand
it
;
whereupon
,
he
said
unto
the
young
Lady's
Mother
,
I
earnestly
beseech
you
that
you
would
place
her
in
my
Arms
,
whom
you
promise
shall
be
my
Wife
,
and
that
you
command
her
to
imbrace
and
kiss
me
.
The
young
Lady
,
who
was
not
accustomed
to
such
familiarities
,
made
some
difficulty
of
it
,
but
her
Mother
expresly
did
command
her
,
seeing
that
he
had
lost
both
the
understanding
and
force
of
a
living
Man
.
On
that
command
the
Daughter
did
advance
her self
upon
the
Bed
of
the
poor
sick
Gentleman
,
and
said
to
him
,
Sir
,
'pray
be
Amorous
;
the
poor
Gentleman
,
languishing
in
his
extream
weakness
,
stretch'd
forth
his
Arms
,
which
were
only
Skin
and
Bones
,
and
withal
the
force
of
his
Body
embrac'd
the
Cause
of
his
Death
,
and
kissing
her
with
his
pale
and
cold
Lips
,
held
her
close
to
him
as
long
as
possible
he
could
,
and
said
to
her
,
the
Love
which
I
have
ever
had
for
you
hath
been
so
great
and
vertuous
,
that
Marriage
excepted
.
I
never
desired
of
you
any
other
Happiness
than
what
I
now
enjoy
,
for
the
event
whereof
,
and
in
this
Possession
of
it
,
I
with
Joy
shall
entertain
Death
as
the
most
welco●…est
Friend
,
after
receiving
so
great
a
Satisfaction
of
having
now
my
Desires
in
my
Arms.
And
having
spoke
those
Words
he
took
her
again
into
his
Arms
,
and
with
so
much
vehemence
,
that
his
weak
Heart
could
not
endure
the
strength
of
his
Love
,
which
was
immediately
abandoned
of
all
the
Faculties
of
Life
,
for
his
Joy
was
so
much
dilated
,
that
the
seat
of
the
Soul
failed
,
and
although
the
poor
Body
continued
a
long
time
without
Life
,
and
therefore
could
no
longer
possess
the
rich
Prize
it
so
lately
gain'd
,
yet
the
Love
which
the
young
Lady
had
till
then
concealed
,
did
now
so
violently
declare
it self
,
that
the
Mother
of
the
Living
,
and
the
Servants
of
the
Dead
had
much
to
do
to
separate
the
Union
,
and
were
at
last
enforc'd
,
to
pull
the
Living
almost
Dead
,
from
him
who
was
already
Dead
,
whom
they
did
honourably
interr
;
but
the
greatest
Triumph
of
his
Obsequies
,
were
the
Tears
,
the
Sighs
,
and
the
Complaints
of
this
poor
young
Lady
,
who
declared
her self
as
much
after
his
Death
,
as
she
concealed
her self
in
his
Life
,
and
now
as
it
were
satisfied
for
the
Injury
she
had
done
him
.
And
since
(
as
I
have
heard
it
reported
)
the
Husband
she
was
married
to
(
to
take
off
from
himself
thoughts
of
Melancholy
)
could
never
be
entertained
with
any
true
Joy
or
Comfort
of
Heart
.
Brisac
having
ended
his
Story
,
Supper
came
in
,
and
several
sorts
of
Instruments
played
the
while
,
several
Healths
went
round
,
especially
the
Northern
Queen's
,
Philocles
and
Aurelia's
;
they
earnestly
besought
the
Assistant
,
that
he
would
honour
their
Wedding
,
which
some
eight
Days
hence
they
did
purpose
to
Celebrate
.
The
Assistant
was
very
well
pleased
with
the
Motion
,
and
within
eight
days
after
,
accompanied
with
all
the
Highest
and
Principal
Persons
of
the
City
,
he
waited
on
them
to
the
Church
.
By
these
turnings
and
windings
,
and
by
these
Circumstances
,
Aurelia's
Parents
recovered
their
Daughter
,
and
were
restored
to
their
former
Wealth
;
and
she
assisted
by
her
many
Vertues
,
in
despight
of
so
many
Inconveniences
lighted
on
a
Husband
,
of
such
especial
Rank
and
Quality
as
Philocles
,
in
whose
Company
she
lived
many
years
in
great
Amity
and
Splendour
,
leaving
behind
them
Heirs
to
uphold
the
Names
of
Philocles
and
Aurelia
.
THE
Perfidious
Mistress
:
A
NOVEL
.
VAlentia
,
one
of
the
most
Eminent
Cities
of
Spain
,
the
Nurse
of
so
many
Families
,
the
Centre
of
Ingenious
Spirits
,
and
the
sacred
Receptacle
of
the
Bodies
of
divers
Saints
,
gave
Birth
unto
Don
Principio
,
a
Person
of
Noble
Extraction
,
Young
,
and
Master
of
all
those
Excellent
Qualities
,
for
which
Men
are
either
lov'd
or
admired
.
Having
left
his
Country
about
twelve
years
before
in
the
Company
of
an
Uncle
of
his
,
who
had
the
Command
of
a
Troop
of
Horse
in
Flanders
,
he
behav'd
himself
with
so
much
Gallantry
in
those
Parts
,
that
he
was
in
a
short
time
advanc'd
to
be
Cornet
,
under
his
Uncle
,
who
dying
,
he
supply'd
his
place
,
and
so
continued
twelve
years
in
the
Service
of
his
Catholick
Majesty
,
Phillip
the
Third
,
against
the
revolted
Provinces
of
the
Low-Countries
.
He
was
at
last
in
Compensation
of
his
Services
,
Honoured
with
the
Order
of
St.
Iames
,
with
the
ordinary
Allowances
belonging
thereto
.
During
that
part
of
the
year
,
which
makes
a
kind
of
Cessation
of
Arms
in
those
colder
Countries
,
his
aboad
was
in
the
City
of
Antwerp
,
where
,
by
certain
Letters
from
Valentia
,
he
receiv'd
the
News
of
his
Father's
Death
,
which
made
him
,
being
the
Eldest
,
Heir
of
a
very
considerable
Estate
.
He
might
indeed
now
have
lived
plentifully
on
his
own
,
and
pursued
his
Pleasures
,
as
many
other
young
Cavaliers
did
,
who
place
all
the
Felicity
of
this
Life
in
the
Infamous
Enjoyments
thereof
:
But
he
,
a
Dutiful
Son
of
Honour
,
chose
rather
to
continue
the
Exercises
of
War
,
and
serve
his
Country
,
than
by
a
suddain
Exchange
of
Enjoyments
,
blast
his
Reputation
,
and
incur
the
Reproach
of
a
Person
impatient
of
hardship
,
and
guilty
of
effeminacy
.
This
Consideration
discovers
him
to
be
much
more
stay'd
than
those
young
Gentlemen
,
who
prefer
whole
Skins
,
the
shameful
Blandishments
of
ease
,
and
the
warmth
of
their
own
Fires
;
before
the
Honour
,
which
a
Person
truly
deserving
that
Name
should
endeavour
to
purchase
in
the
Service
of
his
Prince
.
But
Don
Principio
considering
withal
,
that
he
could
not
,
upon
this
News
of
his
Father's
Death
avoid
taking
a
Journey
to
Valentia
,
to
order
the
Disposal
of
his
Estate
,
he
desired
leave
to
do
it
,
of
his
most
serene
Highness
the
Arch-Duke
Albert
,
who
finding
the
just
Occasion
he
had
to
go
,
easily
condescended
,
proffering
him
,
at
his
return
,
what
Advancement
he
could
reasonably
expect
;
which
obliged
him
to
make
the
more
earnest
Promises
to
come
back
into
Flanders
,
contrary
to
the
Presumptions
of
many
,
who
immagin'd
that
he
had
made
an
exit
from
the
Military
Stage
,
thence-forward
to
follow
the
more
pleasant
Divertisements
of
a
Civil
Life
.
Being
come
to
Valentia
,
where
his
Relations
and
Friends
kindly
entertain'd
him
,
he
began
to
order
the
Management
of
his
Affairs
,
not
trifling
away
his
time
in
unprofitable
Diversions
,
whereto
young
Men
,
are
but
too
much
addicted
.
For
though
he
were
a
Soldier
,
yet
was
he
no
Lover
of
gaming
,
a
Disposition
for
which
he
was
much
to
be
commended
,
considering
his
Age
and
Quality
:
inasmuch
as
gaming
Occasions
a
thousand
Misfortunes
,
and
unhappy
Accidents
,
whereof
there
had
happen'd
not
a
few
at
Valentia
.
Nor
was
Don
Principio
as
yet
any
way
inclin'd
to
Love
,
though
he
could
not
want
Occasions
to
express
his
Courtship
,
and
how
far
he
had
studied
the
Mysteries
of
Love
and
Eloquence
,
since
what
added
much
to
the
Lustre
of
that
City
,
was
the
great
number
of
fair
Ladies
,
shining
in
it
like
so
many
Stars
;
but
his
most
ordinary
Employment
was
the
Exercising
of
his
Horses
.
Of
these
he
had
four
Excellent
ones
,
extreamly
well
manag'd
which
he
had
bought
in
Andaluzia
,
and
one
which
he
rode
a
hunting
the
Bulls
,
according
to
the
Custom
of
the
Country
,
shewing
himself
,
at
that
sport
,
more
dextrous
than
all
those
,
who
were
accounted
the
Bravo's
of
the
City
.
'T
is
a
Custom
in
Valentia
,
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
Spring
,
for
the
space
of
about
fifteen
days
together
,
most
of
the
Families
of
the
City
go
about
the
Silk
Husbandry
,
which
they
have
in
the
adjacent
Villages
.
One
day
,
Don
Principio
rid
abroad
into
the
Country
,
through
that
Delightful
plain
,
which
is
near
a
Garden
not
far
from
Valentia
,
known
by
the
Name
of
the
Monastery
of
our
Lady
of
Hope
,
and
having
spent
the
whole
Afternoon
about
those
pleasant
Gardens
,
refreshing
himself
with
the
sweet
scent
of
the
Flowers
of
the
Orange-Trees
,
whereof
there
is
good
store
there
abouts
,
(
the
Sun
being
so
far
declin'd
,
that
it
seem'd
to
be
equally
divided
between
us
and
our
Antipodes
)
he
passed
by
a
Country
House
,
not
far
from
the
pleasant
River
of
Turia
,
where
he
heard
,
at
a
small
distance
,
one
playing
on
a
Lute
,
so
well
,
that
he
thought
he
had
not
heard
any
Musick
comparable
to
it
before
.
He
stopp'd
his
Horse
,
imagining
the
Person
playing
on
that
Instrument
so
excellently
,
might
also
sing
to
it
.
He
expected
a-while
with
much
Impatience
;
but
the
Musicianess
putting
the
Instrument
into
several
different
Tunes
,
did
not
what
he
so
much
desir'd
,
which
was
,
to
hear
her
Voice
.
In
the
mean
time
Night
came
on
,
and
Don
Principio
extreamly
delighted
with
the
place
he
was
in
,
gave
his
Horse
to
his
Lacquey
,
and
commanding
him
a
little
distance
off
,
he
staid
alone
,
under
the
green
Balcony
,
whence
the
Musick
came
,
to
find
out
who
made
it
.
But
he
had
not
waited
long
,
ere
he
could
perceive
,
by
the
light
of
the
Moon
,
that
it
was
a
Lady
,
who
being
got
into
that
Balcony
to
take
the
Advantage
of
a
gentle
Wind
then
blowing
,
began
a-fresh
her
delightful
Musick
on
the
Lute
,
whereto
she
joined
that
of
an
admirable
Voice
,
singing
an
Air
,
which
made
an
absolute
Conquest
of
that
Heart
,
wherein
all
the
hardships
of
War
had
not
made
the
least
breach
.
Whence
we
may
deduce
this
Remark
,
that
Cupid
can
do
more
in
a
Minute
,
than
Mars
in
a
Troy-Siege
.
To
say
the
same
thing
again
in
other
Words
,
the
Excellency
of
the
Voice
,
and
the
transcendent
Nimbleness
of
the
Hand
,
the
Compliance
and
Competition
between
them
,
so
ravished
our
young
Gallant
,
that
he
wish'd
she
might
never
give
over
,
at
least
not
till
he
were
satiated
with
that
Pleasure
.
But
the
Lady
laid
by
her
Instrument
,
and
leaning
her
Breast
on
the
Balcony
,
though
't
were
Night
,
made
a
shift
to
see
the
young
Gallant
,
whom
her
Musick
had
charm'd
so
long
his
Ears
;
who
also
perceiving
her
,
would
needs
make
his
Advantage
of
so
blest
an
opportunity
.
So
that
getting
as
near
as
he
could
,
he
broke
forth
into
this
Complement
.
How
infinitely
happy
must
that
absent
Gentleman
be
,
Madam
,
(
for
in
the
Verses
she
had
sung
,
she
bemoan'd
the
absence
of
a
certain
Person
)
who
deserves
so
Excellent
a
Voice
to
bemoan
his
Absence
.
I
should
be
extreamly
glad
of
his
Acquaintance
,
that
I
might
give
him
that
Account
of
this
good
News
,
that
he
is
so
obligingly
bemoaned
by
so
deserving
a
Lady
as
you
seem
to
be
.
The
Lady
wondred
to
find
her self
surpriz'd
,
but
recovering
out
of
her
Astonishment
,
though
she
knew
not
the
Person
who
had
spoken
to
her
,
yet
she
gave
him
this
answer
.
As
to
the
Song
you
heard
,
Sir
,
you
are
not
to
imagine
it
Sung
out
of
any
Tenderness
I
have
for
some
Person
now
far
from
me
,
and
therefore
you
may
spare
your self
that
trouble
of
making
any
enquiry
who
it
is
,
and
consequently
of
informing
him
how
highly
he
is
in
my
Favour
,
as
you
imagine
.
What
Assurance
can
I
have
of
that
,
(
says
Principio
)
knowing
,
by
what
I
have
heard
from
your
own
Mouth
,
the
predominant
Passion
of
your
Soul
?
How
,
I
pray
Sir
,
may
you
be
concern'd
in
that
,
(
said
she
to
him
?
)
Very
much
,
(
reply'd
he
)
for
the
Enchantment
of
your
Voice
hath
been
so
powerful
over
him
who
hath
heard
it
,
that
it
is
not
without
Reason
he
requires
Assurances
of
what
he
asks
you
,
to
prevent
the
disquiet
,
which
he
must
otherwise
expect
.
She
could
not
forbear
laughing
at
this
Discourse
of
Don
Principio's
,
and
telling
him
withal
,
that
Women
do
prudently
,
when
they
are
flattered
,
not
to
believe
any
thing
that
Men
say
to
them
,
in
regard
they
never
speak
truth
,
representing
things
,
not
as
they
really
are
,
but
as
they
appear
to
their
beguil'd
Imaginations
.
Wherein
,
I
beseech
you
,
(
says
Principio
)
do
you
think
,
Madam
,
that
I
have
told
you
any
thing
short
of
truth
?
Mistake
me
not
,
(
reply'd
she
,
)
I
don't
charge
you
with
a
coming
short
,
but
going
much
beyond
it
,
for
you
are
so
Prodigal
of
your
Commendations
of
a
Person
you
are
very
little
acquainted
with
,
nay
,
have
not
so
much
as
well
viewed
,
that
you
must
either
laugh
at
my
simplicity
,
or
think
me
a
great
admirer
of
my self
,
if
I
should
credit
what
you
say
.
To
convince
you
of
either
your
Errour
or
palpable
Flattery
,
of
many
,
I
need
only
give
you
this
one
Instance
,
that
,
when
I
my self
,
and
others
whose
Judgements
I
dare
trust
,
think
I
do
not
sing
tolerably
well
,
you
would
make
me
believe
,
that
my
Voice
hath
raised
you
into
Extasies
,
when
another
would
not
have
a
Minutes
Patience
to
hear
me
.
Nay
,
Madam
,
(
replies
Principio
)
take
heed
your
Reproaches
rebound
not
upon
your self
,
disparage
not
your self
so
far
,
and
slight
not
truth
so
much
as
to
call
her
by
any
other
Name
than
her
own
;
you
have
an
admirable
Voice
,
and
the
Subject
of
the
Words
you
sung
must
needs
be
such
,
since
it
is
not
to
be
imagin'd
you
sung
them
in
vain
;
to
make
them
perfect
,
there
needs
only
the
mixture
of
a
little
Jealousie
,
were
it
not
that
the
happy
Man
,
upon
whose
account
those
Words
were
made
,
knowing
your
Worth
,
cannot
give
you
any
.
Upon
this
,
the
Lady
remov'd
from
the
place
where
she
was
,
that
she
might
more
commodiously
proceed
in
her
Discourse
with
Don
Principio
,
(
though
she
knew
him
not
)
for
she
imagin'd
he
could
not
talk
at
that
rate
without
some
ground
;
which
made
her
say
to
him
,
If
you
make
any
comparison
between
that
Enchantment
you
speak
of
,
and
the
suspicion
you
seem
to
have
,
I
can
assure
you
,
that
you
are
very
well
read
in
the
Art
of
Flattery
;
and
therefore
,
I
beseech
you
,
attribute
not
a
Melancholy
Humour
,
I
am
subject
to
,
to
any
Regret
occasion'd
by
the
absence
of
any
Person
,
for
I
was
never
yet
troubled
with
any
such
thing
,
and
I
think
,
shall
not
as
long
as
I
live
.
I
would
give
all
I
am
worth
in
the
World
,
(
says
he
)
conditionally
,
what
you
say
were
true
.
Would
your
hazard
be
very
great
in
that
,
(
reply'd
she
)
?
Very
little
,
(
said
he
)
considering
the
account
upon
which
I
proffer
it
;
but
I
should
say
no
less
,
were
I
possess'd
of
all
the
World
,
and
think
it
well
bestow'd
.
I
am
extreamly
happy
,
(
answers
the
Lady
)
to
hear
things
so
highly
spoken
to
my
advantage
;
but
I
should
be
transcendently
vain
,
to
imagine
I
should
raise
Love
in
any
Person
,
before
I
am
seen
by
him
:
Nay
,
I
dare
promise
you
,
that
if
you
had
seen
my
Face
,
you
would
not
,
perhaps
,
be
so
resolute
.
My
hearing
cannot
deceive
me
;
(
replys
he
)
and
I
presume
,
that
the
Person
,
who
is
so
excellent
to
satisfie
that
auricular
part
,
may
be
the
like
in
other
Curiosities
,
which
the
envious
Night
permits
me
not
a
view
of
at
present
.
And
when
you
consider
,
that
in
the
Discourse
I
have
had
with
you
,
I
have
not
talk'd
of
Beams
,
nor
Splendour
,
nor
us'd
those
Expressions
,
which
they
seem
to
have
studied
,
who
with
affected
Hyperboles
,
make
it
their
business
to
flatter
,
and
abuse
Ladies
,
you
should
in
some
measure
assure
your self
,
that
I
begin
to
conceive
an
unfeigned
Passion
for
you
.
Well
,
to
humour
you
a
little
,
(
says
she
)
I
have
some
Inclination
to
believe
you
,
which
will
be
much
confirm'd
,
if
you
tell
me
who
you
are
.
I
have
a
desire
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
first
to
deserve
it
by
my
Services
,
that
in
case
there
may
be
any
thing
wanting
in
me
,
as
to
quality
,
those
I
hope
to
render
you
,
may
supply
the
Defect
.
Nay
,
then
I
am
satisfied
,
(
said
she
)
that
you
are
a
Person
of
Quality
,
when
you
have
such
a
distrust
of
your self
.
Pardon
me
,
that
I
am
forc'd
to
leave
you
,
for
I
hear
my self
call'd
to
receive
some
Company
newly
come
into
the
House
,
and
if
I
should
not
immediately
be
gone
,
some
would
come
and
find
me
here
:
Do
me
the
favour
then
(
says
Principio
)
to
give
me
leave
to
wait
on
you
here
to
Morrow
at
this
time
.
I
know
not
whether
it
may
be
in
my
power
,
(
said
she
to
him
)
however
,
do
you
not
fail
to
come
hither
;
and
though
something
may
prevent
my
giving
you
the
Meeting
,
yet
shall
I
think
my self
very
much
oblig'd
to
you
.
I
shall
infallibly
expect
you
,
(
replys
the
Enamour'd
Gallant
)
more
fix'd
in
my
Resolution
,
than
the
Stars
,
you
see
,
are
in
the
Firmament
.
Your
last
Words
,
(
reply'd
she
)
if
I
cannot
sleep
to
Night
,
will
find
my
Thoughts
a
Diversion
to
deceive
the
dull
Season
;
but
when
you
come
next
,
I
beseech
you
,
be
not
so
liberal
of
your
Hyperboles
,
methinks
they
grate
the
Ear
,
and
I
think
all
that
use
them
great
Flatterers
,
and
consequently
,
no
great
Honourers
of
truth
;
especially
considering
,
how
meanly
I
deserve
.
Having
said
thus
,
and
given
him
a
very
obliging
Salute
,
she
got
out
of
the
Balcony
,
leaving
Principio
in
a
little
disturbance
,
to
see
that
she
left
him
so
soon
,
for
he
was
extreamly
taken
,
as
well
with
the
Excellency
of
her
Voice
,
as
that
of
her
Discourse
:
He
had
a
great
desire
to
know
who
she
was
,
and
she
had
the
same
Curiosity
concerning
him
,
for
she
immediately
commanded
a
Servant
to
follow
him
,
and
not
to
return
till
he
had
discover'd
who
he
was
;
which
he
did
,
without
much
trouble
;
inasmuch
,
as
not
far
from
thence
,
he
saw
him
get
up
on
Horse-back
,
and
knew
him
,
and
presently
return'd
with
News
to
his
Mistress
,
who
was
over-joy'd
to
hear
it
was
Don
Principio
;
of
whom
she
had
heard
such
noble
things
,
and
seen
behave
himself
so
gallantly
,
at
the
Hunting
of
the
Bulls
.
Don
Principio
being
come
home
,
enquired
of
a
Neighbour
of
his
,
who
that
Lady
might
be
,
to
whom
he
had
spoken
and
describing
to
him
the
place
where
she
liv'd
,
he
understood
,
her
Name
was
Donna
Iulietta
,
(
the
Sir-name
for
some
reason
I
shall
omit
)
a
Lady
of
great
repute
in
the
City
,
and
of
extraordinary
Endowments
,
whose
Understanding
was
equal
to
her
Beauty
,
Daughter
to
one
Don
Speranza
Lopez
,
a
Person
of
great
Fame
,
for
his
long
Services
in
the
Wars
;
who
having
quitted
the
Military
Life
,
and
Married
,
well
advanc'd
in
Years
,
had
left
that
Fair
Daughter
,
who
was
then
Fatherless
,
and
Motherless
,
with
a
very
inconsiderable
Fortune
;
in
regard
her
Father's
Estate
consisted
most
in
Pensions
bestow'd
on
him
by
King
Philip
the
Second
,
in
requital
of
his
Services
.
This
Lady
liv'd
with
an
Aunt
of
hers
,
an
Ancient
Gentlewoman
,
who
for
the
most
part
kept
her
Bed
,
and
was
then
retir'd
to
that
Country
House
,
to
look
after
her
Silk
Husbandry
.
Thus
was
Principio
fully
inform'd
of
all
he
desir'd
to
know
;
though
he
had
a
particular
account
of
the
Perfections
,
which
made
the
City
of
Valentia
full
of
Discourses
of
her
Beauty
,
and
Wit
,
which
was
such
,
that
she
had
the
reputation
of
Writing
good
Verses
,
a
Property
very
recommendable
in
a
Person
of
her
Sex
,
and
Quality
.
Principio
had
never
seen
her
,
and
understanding
she
liv'd
at
that
Country-House
,
his
desire
was
the
more
inflam'd
;
which
made
him
ride
abroad
the
oftner
,
hoping
to
be
favour'd
with
such
another
Opportunity
,
as
he
had
met
with
before
;
but
he
had
not
that
Happiness
a
good
while
,
her
Aunt
being
so
sick
,
that
she
could
not
stir
out
of
the
Room
where
she
lay
.
About
fifteen
days
afterwards
,
the
Old
Gentlewoman
being
a
little
recover'd
,
she
had
the
liberty
to
go
and
see
the
Processio●…
of
a
Nun
,
at
the
Royal
Monastery
of
Zaida
,
which
was
not
far
from
the
Country
House
;
at
which
Ceremony
all
the
Gallantry
of
Valentia
,
of
both
Sexes
,
was
present
.
Donna
Iulietta
came
thither
also
,
but
having
her
Face
covered
with
her
Mantle
,
and
attended
only
by
one
of
her
Women
,
she
got
into
a
little
obscure
Chappel
.
Principio
on
the
other
side
,
who
fail'd
not
to
be
there
,
hoping
to
meet
her
,
on
whom
he
had
fasten'd
his
Affections
,
wondred
very
much
that
he
found
her
not
among
the
other
Ladies
;
and
suspecting
she
might
be
one
of
those
who
were
retir'd
into
the
Chappel
,
and
had
their
Faces
covered
with
their
Mantles
,
he
went
in
to
them
,
with
two
other
Friends
,
to
whom
he
said
,
(
presuming
it
was
she
as
soon
as
he
saw
her
)
the
new-made
Nun
is
not
much
oblig'd
to
these
Ladies
,
who
retire
to
a
place
,
where
they
cannot
see
those
Ceremonies
which
all
the
rest
are
so
desirous
to
behold
:
But
I
attribute
this
indifference
to
the
little
inclination
they
have
to
become
Nuns
.
Iuli●…
was
not
a
little
pleas'd
to
see
〈◊〉
,
whom
she
had
before
observ'd
in
the
Church
,
and
wish'd
not
so
well
attended
as
he
then
was
.
However
,
changing
her
Voice
,
she
return'd
him
this
Answer
.
Being
not
invited
to
this
Festival
,
we
cannot
expect
the
same
welcome
as
those
that
are
;
and
for
the
little
Curiosity
we
discover
to
see
the
Ceremonies
us'd
,
at
the
reception
of
a
Nun
,
having
seen
the
like
several
times
before
,
we
do
not
much
mind
this
in
regard
the
seeing
of
it
but
once
▪
is
enough
to
satisfie
a
person
inclinable
to
be
a
Nun.
Nay
,
then
I
see
,
(
says
one
of
Principio's
Friends
)
you
are
not
one
of
their
number
,
who
have
a
desire
to
enter
into
that
Profession
.
I
have
no
answer
to
make
to
you
as
to
that
,
(
reply'd
she
)
only
to
give
you
my
Sentiments
;
that
a
Person
cannot
enter
into
this
State
of
Life
,
unless
they
are
qualified
for
it
;
a
Favour
I
do
not
yet
find
in
my self
to
be
worthy
of
.
We
may
then
(
replies
Principio
)
infer
from
this
Discourse
of
yours
,
that
you
are
not
Married
,
but
desirous
to
be
so
:
What
my
Inclinations
are
,
as
to
Marriage
,
(
said
she
)
I
am
not
oblig'd
to
give
you
an
account
,
who
are
very
far
from
being
related
to
me
so
nearly
,
as
that
I
should
acquaint
you
with
my
Resolution
in
a
business
of
that
Concernment
:
However
,
you
may
satisfy
us
so
far
,
Madam
,
(
says
Principio
)
as
to
let
us
know
,
which
condition
of
Life
you
would
rather
choose
.
Which
,
I
pray
,
Sir
,
would
you
advise
me
to
,
(
said
she
to
him
?
)
That
of
Matrimony
,
(
says
Principio
.
)
What
,
Whether
I
have
the
Accommodations
requisite
to
enter
into
that
State
,
or
not
,
(
reply'd
s●…e
)
?
If
all
be
wanting
,
(
says
he
to
her
)
you
must
endeavour
to
forget
your self
,
for
she
who
is
not
born
to
be
a
Nun
,
and
cannot
be
Married
,
must
remain
Neuter
,
as
being
uncapable
of
both
.
I
could
very
well
follow
that
advice
,
(
said
she
.
)
But
if
you
please
,
Madam
,
(
says
Principio
)
to
discover
what
your
Mantle
permits
us
not
to
see
,
I
will
give
you
better
Advice
.
Coming
up
nearer
to
her
,
as
if
he
were
confident
of
that
favour
,
she
met
his
desires
,
and
purposely
gave
him
a
full
view
of
one
of
her
fair
Eyes
,
which
Principio's
two
Friends
also
took
notice
of
;
if
the
advice
you
intend
to
give
me
,
(
said
she
)
should
prove
to
my
disadvantage
,
't
were
better
,
I
should
still
continue
undiscover'd
,
though
to
hear
your
advice
,
I
should
not
think
it
much
to
answer
your
Expectation
.
That
can
do
you
no
prejudice
,
(
says
Principio
to
her
)
in
regard
we
have
observ'd
some
things
which
assure
us
,
that
you
ought
to
choose
the
State
of
Matrimony
,
in
which
you
would
make
the
Person
you
should
think
worthy
your
Enjoyments
,
the
happiest
man
in
the
World
:
Nay
,
ere
I
know
any
more
of
you
than
I
do
already
,
I
wish
my self
the
Person
,
for
whom
that
Felicity
is
reserv'd
.
His
two
Friends
affirm'd
the
same
thing
on
their
own
behalf
,
being
extreamly
satisfied
with
her
Wit
,
and
the
little
they
had
seen
of
her
Face
.
Can
there
be
any
happiness
comparable
to
mine
,
(
said
she
)
who
have
three
such
handsome
Persons
at
my
Devotion
,
of
whom
it
is
in
my
power
to
make
one
the
happiest
Man
in
the
World
?
Well
,
Gentlemen
,
since
you
cannot
expect
I
should
make
a
sudden
choice
in
a
business
of
this
concern
,
you
will
give
me
leave
to
examine
your
several
Perfections
,
that
I
may
pitch
upon
him
,
who
,
in
my
Judgment
,
may
pretend
to
most
.
Upon
that
every
one
began
to
celebrate
his
own
worth
,
and
undervalue
his
Competitors
:
They
pass'd
away
some
time
in
that
pleasant
Discourse
,
without
any
offence
taken
,
though
the
place
they
were
in
should
have
minded
them
,
that
some
other
Conversation
would
have
been
more
suitable
:
But
the
Lady
having
had
the
Patience
to
hear
what
every
one
had
to
say
on
his
own
behalf
;
she
answered
them
all
together
,
thus
:
I
am
fully
inform'd
of
the
Qualities
,
and
Deserts
of
Persons
every
way
so
excellent
:
I
am
now
to
advise
with
my
Pillow
,
which
of
the
three
I
should
prefer
;
though
,
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
I
have
,
in
a
manner
resolv'd
upon
my
choice
already
,
finding
in
my self
a
stronger
inclination
for
one
of
the
three
,
than
for
either
of
the
other
two
.
The
Person
I
mean
,
hath
many
excellent
Qualities
,
but
the
particular
inducement
I
have
to
think
him
worthy
my
Approbation
,
is
,
that
I
know
him
to
be
a
very
great
Wit
;
all
I
have
to
object
against
him
,
is
,
that
he
fears
I
am
already
engag'd
to
some
other
,
whence
I
infer
he
is
Jealous
,
and
consequently
of
an
ill
Nature
,
Principio
immediately
apprehended
she
spoke
of
him
,
reflecting
on
what
had
past
in
their
Discourse
the
first
time
he
had
seen
her
.
The
time
being
come
for
people
to
go
out
of
the
Church
,
the
three
Lovers
out-vy'd
one
the
other
,
to
find
out
passionate
Complements
to
take
leave
of
the
Lady
:
Principio
purposely
staying
to
be
the
last
,
only
to
whisper
these
Words
to
her
.
'T
is
too
great
a
Tyranny
,
Madam
,
towards
a
Servant
so
passionately
yours
,
in
so
long
a
time
,
not
to
vouchsafe
him
a
full
sight
of
you
.
I
beseech
you
,
be
more
kind
to
him
hereafter
,
least
your
further
disdain
may
have
some
fatal
effects
on
him
;
the
indisposition
of
an
Aunt
,
(
reply'd
she
)
whom
I
must
constantly
attend
,
I
hope
,
you
will
think
an
allowable
excuse
;
and
what
I
tell
you
is
much
more
true
,
than
the
Expressions
you
make
to
me
of
your
Love
;
but
I
will
endeavour
your
satisfaction
,
and
put
a
Period
to
your
complaints
,
when
,
possibly
,
y●…u
least
expect
it
;
Principio
had
not
the
time
to
return
her
any
answer
,
and
so
he
parted
from
her
,
leaving
her
deeply
in
Love
,
and
extreamly
desirous
to
discourse
with
him
more
at
Leisure
.
Some
few
days
after
Fortune
favour'd
her
with
an
opportunity
to
her
own
wishes
,
at
the
same
Balcony
where
he
had
spoken
to
her
the
first
time
;
as
soon
as
she
perceived
Principio
,
she
came
down
,
and
they
discours'd
a
long
time
together
,
without
any
Interruption
.
The
Effect
of
this
interview
and
long
Conference
,
upon
Principio
,
was
,
that
his
Love
,
which
before
was
little
better
than
kindled
,
now
broke
forth
into
a
Flame
.
Iulietta
came
not
much
behind
him
,
yet
had
that
command
of
her
Passion
,
as
not
to
grant
him
the
greatest
kindness
that
can
happen
between
persons
of
different
Sexes
,
though
it
were
out
of
this
only
reflection
,
that
to
have
done
it
,
at
the
first
interview
,
would
have
argu'd
such
a
Compliance
and
easiness
of
Nature
as
no
violence
of
affection
should
ever
be
able
to
excuse
.
Principio
,
being
now
fully
satisfyed
that
Iulietta
was
both
a
great
Wit
and
a
great
Beauty
,
writ
several
Love
Letters
to
her
,
and
the
better
to
Express
his
Passion
,
he
also
sent
her
some
Verses
of
his
own
Composure
.
Iulietta
knew
,
that
Principio
among
so
many
other
qualities
he
had
acquir'd
,
was
also
skillful
in
Poetry
,
and
consequently
was
the
more
surpriz'd
and
satisfy'd
therewith
:
Some
of
his
missives
she
very
modestly
answer'd
in
these
terms
.
The
Letter
.
THose
Commendations
which
transcend
the
Merit
of
the
person
on
whom
they
are
bestow'd
,
do
rather
injure
than
oblige
,
and
disparage
the
Iudgment
of
the
giver
,
inasmuch
as
the
receiver
,
thinking
her self
unworthy
the
Honour
,
justly
takes
the
Elogy
for
a
Satyr
.
I
am
not
so
much
a
stranger
to
my self
but
that
I
can
distinguish
between
flattery
and
truth
;
nor
am
I
so
poorly
conceited
of
my self
,
but
that
I
think
I
deserve
somewhat
of
the
Praises
you
give
me
.
I
shall
think
it
an
Obligation
,
if
you
abate
some
part
of
what
you
tell
me
,
and
find
out
a
mean
between
excessive
Praise
and
Contempt
,
for
the
former
my
own
imperfections
advise
me
to
look
on
as
an
abuse
:
I
have
no
great
Experience
of
your
disposition
,
and
therefore
think
it
not
strange
,
if
I
give
not
the
Credit
you
expect
to
your
Poetry
,
because
it
is
the
Language
of
fiction
;
nor
yet
to
your
prose
,
because
it
proceeds
from
the
same
Author
,
who
,
't
is
very
likely
hath
read
Romances
.
Whether
they
were
the
Dictates
of
a
sincere
Affection
,
or
an
Obliging
Complement
,
it
is
only
in
the
power
of
time
to
discover
,
and
withal
to
assure
me
,
whether
I
am
to
acknowledge
your
Civilities
,
or
resent
the
injuries
you
have
done
me
.
The
Fair
Iulietta
found
out
an
expedient
to
convey
this
Letter
into
the
Hands
of
Don
Principio
,
her
newly
caught
Gallant
,
who
,
desirous
to
set
himself
right
in
the
opinion
of
his
Mistress
,
and
assure
her
of
the
Fluency
of
his
Style
in
things
of
this
kind
,
caus'd
the
Messenger
to
stay
,
and
take
along
with
him
this
Answer
.
The
Answer
.
I
See
then
,
Madam
,
so
that
you
procure
your
own
satisfaction
,
you
care
not
what
inconveniencies
I
may
run
into
;
since
that
to
be
more
moderate
in
your
praises
(
as
you
seem
to
desire
)
cannot
be
without
so
much
the
greater
prejudice
to
my
reputation
,
in
that
I
think
my self
far
short
of
transcendency
,
in
that
particular
,
and
I
am
forc'd
to
bring
in
the
excess
of
my
Love
,
to
supply
the
defects
of
my
Poetry
;
that
I
may
therefore
be
no
more
guilty
of
such
a
Crime
,
I
will
henceforth
express
my self
in
Prose
,
and
in
some
measure
do
what
you
Command
me
in
your
Letter
;
you
will
find
it
no
great
difficulty
to
believe
me
,
if
you
were
sensible
what
I
feel
;
nay
though
out
of
modestly
you
pretend
to
be
Ignorant
of
it
,
I
de●…ie
you
to
do
it
;
unless
withal
you
resolve
never
to
Consult
your
Glass
any
more
.
Well
,
Madam
,
it
may
be
the
time
of
your
Conversion
is
not
yet
come
;
when
it
shall
,
your
Eyes
will
be
opened
,
and
you
shall
find
,
that
of
all
the
Hearts
,
subdu'd
by
the
Charms
of
your
Beauty
,
mine
perhaps
may
be
the
least
,
but
withal
the
most
passionate
Captive
.
Time
,
which
gives
all
things
their
Birth
,
Perfection
,
and
Period
,
shall
be
the
Touchstone
to
try
whether
this
be
truth
or
a
fiction
;
nay
I
leave
it
to
the
same
old
Gentleman
to
assure
you
of
a
thing
,
you
yet
pretend
to
be
ignorant
of
,
which
is
,
That
,
while
I
live
,
you
shall
be
sole
Soveraign
Mistress
and
Directress
of
my
Inclinations
;
and
then
perhaps
good
Nature
,
Gratitude
,
and
Generosity
will
rather
advise
you
to
acknowledgements
of
the
Love
I
bear
you
,
than
a
resentment
of
the
injuries
you
charge
me
withal
.
This
Letter
gave
Iulietta
that
satisfaction
concerning
her
new
Gallant
,
which
she
expected
;
the
frequent
Visits
where
continued
on
Principio's
side
,
and
the
Epistolary
Correspondence
on
both
sides
:
so
that
the
inclinations
they
had
one
to
another
were
,
by
these
degrees
heightned
into
a
noble
Flame
of
Mutual
Love
;
his
Mistress
commanded
him
above
all
things
to
keep
his
pretensions
to
her
,
very
Secret
,
which
he
inviolably
promis'd
to
do
;
nay
she
was
so
scrupulous
,
as
to
that
perticular
,
that
if
in
the
Church
,
or
some
other
publick
place
,
her
Gallant
did
so
much
as
cast
his
Eye
on
her
,
in
the
Company
of
some
Friend
,
she
immediately
imagin'd
,
that
he
acquainted
him
with
his
Passion
;
and
as
if
she
had
heard
all
their
discourse
,
she
fail'd
not
to
send
him
a
Letter
concerning
it
,
if
she
could
not
see
him
time
enough
,
that
he
might
receive
her
reproaches
himself
.
Principio
clear'd
himself
the
best
he
could
,
still
assuring
her
of
the
contrary
;
and
inflam'd
with
Love
and
Indignation
,
all
he
could
do
was
to
dispel
that
diffidence
,
which
troubled
him
extreamly
;
but
the
sameLove
,
which
is
wont
to
reconcile
the
lesser
differences
and
dissatisfactions
,
that
happen
between
Lovers
,
helps
them
also
out
of
the
greatest
and
most
difficult
;
't
was
Principio's
design
to
marry
this
Lady
,
though
her
Fortunes
were
very
low
:
but
he
delay'd
the
doing
of
it
,
till
he
had
affected
a
business
he
was
then
engag'd
to
prosecute
.
His
Uncle
and
himself
had
done
the
King
very
considerable
Services
in
Flanders
,
for
many
years
together
,
and
he
was
then
making
his
applications
to
his
Majesty
for
some
Command
in
Compensation
thereof
;
and
the
obstructions
and
delays
he
met
with
in
that
affair
contributed
more
to
his
after-happiness
,
than
the
Expedition
could
have
done
,
as
will
appear
anon
.
Iulietta
had
taken
order
that
he
should
not
be
seen
in
the
Street
where
she
liv'd
,
much
less
look
up
to
her
Window
to
be
seen
by
her
,
and
it
was
puctually
observ'd
by
Principio
,
who
was
not
known
to
have
given
her
a
meeting
any
where
;
but
she
her self
was
the
first
that
forgot
what
she
had
enjoyn'd
;
it
happen'd
thus
:
During
the
time
of
the
Carnival
,
which
in
Valentia
,
is
Celebrated
with
Masquerades
,
Balls
,
Tiltings
and
Disguises
,
Principio
had
in
some
of
these
met
with
his
Mistress
,
yet
without
discovery
of
more
than
ordinary
kindness
between
them
,
though
they
had
talk'd
,
and
danc'd
together
;
one
Evening
after
the
Ball
,
there
was
to
be
a
meeting
of
certain
Ladies
,
at
the
House
of
a
Friend
of
Iulietta's
,
to
which
she
with
some
others
had
been
invited
:
Principio
and
some
other
Friends
of
his
were
to
be
there
,
not
in
order
to
any
Ball
,
but
only
to
discourse
;
Iulietta
came
there
betimes
before
any
of
the
rest
,
and
soon
after
her
a
Woman
,
very
sumptuously
attir'd
,
attended
by
two
Gentlemen
Ushers
of
her
own
retinue
,
whom
her
Mother
had
order'd
to
wait
on
her
to
that
Neighbour's
House
,
who
was
very
much
her
Friend
.
Principio
coming
into
the
Room
,
was
very
kindly
receiv'd
by
the
Ladies
then
present
,
whom
he
endeavour'd
to
entertain
the
most
lovingly
he
could
,
till
the
rest
of
the
Company
were
come
in
.
The
Lady
who
came
in
last
rose
from
her
Seat
to
go
and
look
upon
a
piece
of
Tapstry
,
that
was
in
the
Room
,
wherein
there
were
represented
lighted
Torches
;
the
Admiration
she
express'd
at
the
Excellency
of
the
Work-man-ship
,
oblig'd
Principio
to
come
also
to
see
it
;
there
was
Pen
,
Ink
,
and
Paper
upon
the
Table
;
Lucretia
(
so
was
the
Lady
called
)
took
the
Pen
in
her
Hand
,
and
drew
several
strokes
upon
the
Paper
;
Principio
took
occasion
to
commend
all
she
did
with
such
high
Complements
,
that
his
Mistress
,
who
was
already
possess'd
with
a
Jealousie
,
to
see
him
so
near
her
,
was
almost
ready
to
burst
with
indignation
to
hear
them
;
he
minding
only
his
own
diversion
in
all
he
did
,
took
no
notice
of
it
;
nay
on
the
contrary
,
being
acquainted
with
Lucretia
,
through
her
Brother's
means
,
whom
he
often
visited
,
and
a
person
of
much
Freedom
in
his
Behaviour
,
he
continu'd
his
Gamesome
Humour
,
and
snatch'd
out
of
her
Hand
a
Pen
she
was
making
to
Write
withal
;
after
which
having
dash'd
a
little
Ink
upon
her
Hand
,
he
jestingly
told
her
,
that
the
blackness
of
the
Ink
never
appear'd
less
than
it
did
then
;
she
pretending
to
be
displeas'd
at
that
Freedom
gave
him
a
clap
upon
his
Shoulder
with
he●…
Hand
,
to
get
off
the
Ink
;
but
perceiving
h●…
laugh'd
at
the
revenge
she
had
taken
,
sh●…
gave
him
another
harder
than
the
former
.
Iulietta
who
minded
their
Jesting
mor●…
than
what
was
said
to
her
by
the
Mistress
o●…
the
House
,
(
with
whom
she
was
then
discoursing
)
starts
like
a
Fury
from
her
seat
,
and
not
considering
what
she
was
doing
▪
gave
Principio
such
a
blow
over
the
Face
▪
that
his
Nose
bled
;
the
poor
Gentleman
wa●…
extreamly
startled
at
it
,
and
all
he
could
do
was
to
take
a
Handkerchief
out
of
his
Pocket
,
to
receive
the
Blood
;
telling
his
Mistress
,
very
Coldly
,
Well
,
Madam
you
see
〈◊〉
have
kept
the
Secret
Committed
to
my
trust
▪
you
have
first
reveal'd
it
and
transgress'd
th●…
Law
you
have
made
your self
;
concluding
this
reproach
with
a
low
Congy
,
he
quitted
the
Room
,
and
went
home
.
Iulietta
had
no
sooner
given
the
blow
,
but
she
was
infinitely
troubled
at
it
,
not
so
much
out
of
the
respect
she
bore
to
the
Mistress
of
the
House
,
who
was
her
intimate
Friend
,
as
for
her
,
who
had
occasion'd
her
Jealousie
;
in
this
interval
,
her
Sisters
,
upon
whose
account
this
meeting
had
been
appointed
,
coming
into
the
House
,
Iulietta
had
the
opportunity
to
retire
with
her
Friends
into
another
Room
.
Being
got
together
,
only
they
two
,
my
dearest
Iulietta
,
(
says
her
Friend
to
her
)
What
do
you
think
of
?
How
are
you
grown
another
Person
than
what
I
have
ever
known
you
?
I
have
hitherto
admir'd
your
Modesty
and
Reserv'dness
;
how
you
should
now
be
Guilty
of
such
a
miscarriage
in
Behaviour
,
is
the
Matter
of
my
Astonishment
;
the
Action
you
have
done
,
assures
me
,
without
your
speaking
,
what
,
in
many
Words
,
you
should
hardly
have
perswaded
me
to
.
I
was
ignorant
of
this
Affection
of
yours
,
because
you
ever
kept
it
secret
;
and
since
I
know
it
by
this
discovery
,
I
am
more
oblig'd
to
your
Jealousie
,
than
your
Friendship
.
Principio
is
a
person
of
Worth
and
Quality
;
I
am
very
glad
he
is
your
Servant
,
you
may
henceforward
publickly
own
him
,
for
it
is
to
no
purpose
to
dissemble
.
Iulietta
was
at
such
a
loss
,
that
she
knew
not
what
to
answer
;
but
having
a
little
recover'd
herself
,
I
must
acknowledge
,
dear
Madam
,
(
reply'd
she
)
since
this
Eruption
of
my
Jealousie
and
Indignation
hath
betray'd
me
,
that
Principio
is
my
humble
Servant
;
my
inconsiderate
Passion
,
hath
,
to
my
Shame
,
discovered
what
I
kept
not
only
from
your
knowledge
,
but
that
of
all
others
.
I
must
acknowledge
,
I
say
,
that
Principio
serves
me
with
a
violent
Passion
,
which
yet
exceeds
not
the
Affection
I
have
for
him
.
I
never
saw
him
so
indifferent
,
as
he
discovered
himself
in
this
last
Action
;
his
familiarity
with
Lucretia
touch'd
me
to
the
quick
.
That
short
fury
,
which
we
commonly
call
Jealousie
,
forced
me
to
that
extravagant
discovery
of
my
Love
.
Since
what
is
past
cannot
be
recall'd
,
(
said
her
Friend
to
her
)
let
us
find
out
some
Remedy
,
to
alleviate
the
Inconvenience
,
for
it
is
not
fit
we
should
be
depriv'd
of
Principio's
good
Company
,
nor
he
of
the
Pleasure
of
this
meeting
.
Besides
,
we
should
not
give
Lucretia
the
time
to
make
any
Reflection
on
this
Accident
,
or
conceive
Apprehensions
which
would
prove
Disadvantageous
to
you
.
What
is
to
be
done
in
this
Conjuncture
,
(
reply'd
the
Jealous
Lady
?
)
The
only
way
I
can
think
of
,
(
says
her
Friend
)
is
,
immediately
to
write
to
him
.
She
followed
her
Advice
,
and
sent
him
these
Lines
.
The
Letter
.
JEalousies
,
when
they
are
really
the
Effects
of
Love
,
though
expressed
with
some
harshness
,
are
rather
to
be
accounted
Favours
than
Afronts
,
by
a
Lover
,
whose
Soul
exhales
a
sincere
Passion
towards
his
Mistress
.
The
Injury
I
have
done
my self
in
wounding
my
Reservedness
,
is
greater
than
the
Violence
you
will
do
your self
in
passing
by
what
is
now
past
.
It
much
concerns
my
Reputation
,
that
you
immediately
return
to
the
meeting
.
But
if
you
persist
in
your
Resentment
,
you
will
have
farther
Occasion
,
if
the
loss
of
my
Favour
may
give
you
any
.
A
Messenger
was
immediately
sent
with
this
Letter
to
Principio
,
who
exprest
much
gladness
at
the
Receipt
of
it
;
and
,
without
any
Recollection
,
obey'd
his
Mistress
,
as
being
satisfied
in
Mind
,
that
nothing
discovers
a
real
Passion
,
more
than
Jealousie
.
He
comes
very
gayly
into
the
Room
where
the
Ladies
were
,
which
●…cretia
perceiving
was
not
a
little
troubled
,
for
she
doubted
not
of
his
being
in
Love
with
Iulietta
,
though
she
thought
so
well
of
him
as
to
wish
he
had
rather
●…ddress'd
his
Affections
to
her self
.
Principio
finding
himself
in
the
presence
of
Iulietta
,
thought
it
not
requisite
to
speak
to
any
other
,
ere
he
had
first
assur'd
her
of
his
Compliance
with
her
Desires
.
Approaching
her
with
a
Graceful
Smile
,
he
made
her
this
Complement
,
Madam
,
I
have
consider'd
this
Room
with
as
much
Respect
as
if
it
had
been
a
Temple
,
and
your
Person
no
less
;
since
it
not
only
kept
me
from
profaning
the
one
,
and
offering
any
violence
to
the
other
,
but
also
from
revenging
by
that
kind
of
Duel
,
which
the
Law
permits
between
Gallants
and
their
Mistresses
.
(
Iulietta
reply'd
)
being
so
much
,
as
I
am
,
a
Servant
to
Madam
Lucretia
,
I
have
taken
upon
my
Account
the
Affront
you
have
done
her
,
when
she
would
have
shown
you
a
Kindness
,
never
thinking
of
any
Law
that
permits
a
Man
to
revenge
himself
of
a
Lady
by
way
of
duelling
.
Lucretia
knowing
that
that
indiscreet
Action
of
Iulietta's
proceeded
meerly
from
her
Jealousie
,
would
not
be
engaged
in
her
excuse
,
so
that
she
very
confidently
made
answer
thus
.
There
was
never
so
great
a
Familiarity
between
us
,
Madam
,
as
might
oblige
you
to
take
my
part
with
so
much
Passion
,
in
an
Occasion
wherein
I
should
not
have
wanted
Confidence
to
revenge
my self
.
But
not
knowing
any
thing
that
sho●…
oblige
me
to
Jealousie
,
and
thinking
not
the
affront
done
to
me
so
great
as
you
would
perswade
me
it
were
,
my
Precipitation
was
not
accordingly
so
great
as
yours
.
I
am
very
glad
you
make
me
the
Riddle
of
your
Interpretations
;
let
them
be
thought
such
by
whom
you
please
,
but
for
my
part
,
I
have
already
given
them
an
easie
Solution
,
such
as
none
in
the
Company
can
be
ignorant
of
.
Iulietta
,
not
a
little
mov'd
at
the
freedom
of
that
Discourse
,
would
have
reply'd
;
but
the
Gentlewoman
of
the
House
unwilling
the
Difference
should
go
any
further
,
interrupted
them
,
and
obliged
them
to
sit
down
,
for
several
other
Ladies
were
coming
into
the
Room
.
Principio
was
,
that
Night
,
not
only
very
sumptuous
in
his
Apparel
,
but
also
full
of
Excellent
Discourses
,
insomuch
that
there
were
few
Ladies
in
the
Company
,
who
were
not
much
taken
with
him
,
among
whom
Lucretia
was
the
most
concern'd
of
any
.
Her
thoughts
were
full
of
what
had
happen'd
between
her
and
Iulietta
,
and
she
was
now
resolv'd
to
use
all
the
Artifices
she
could
,
to
get
away
that
Gallant
from
her
;
wherein
at
last
she
had
her
Desire
,
as
the
Story
hereafter
mentions
.
All
the
Favours
which
Principio
receiv'd
of
his
Mistress
,
were
pay'd
by
her
with
extraordinary
Demonstrations
of
Affection
;
for
indeed
the
Lady
had
a
greater
Kindness
for
him
than
any
other
,
though
at
that
very
time
she
lov'd
another
absent
Gentleman
,
whom
she
had
granted
more
particular
Favours
than
ever
she
had
Principio's
.
For
the
Gallant
then
absent
had
receiv'd
of
her
by
way
of
Kindness
,
what
in
Matrimony
is
called
due
Benevolence
,
and
consequently
had
she
not
been
lost
to
all
Modesty
,
she
would
have
kept
the
promise
she
had
made
him
,
since
the
breaking
of
that
and
her
own
Reputation
were
not
distinct
Actions
.
This
Gallant
of
hers
,
whose
Name
was
Don
Frederick
Dorella
,
had
made
a
Journey
to
Madrid
,
to
prosecute
a
Suit
at
Law
against
the
Count
of
Boceyna
,
his
Uncle
,
for
a
considerable
Estate
in
Lands
,
which
at
last
was
decided
in
a
Sovereign
Councel
of
Arragon
.
He
was
return'd
to
Valentia
,
with
a
Decree
to
put
him
into
Possession
of
the
said
Estate
which
amounted
to
two
Thousand
Crowns
per
Annum
.
Iulietta
was
extreamly
put
to
her
Shifts
,
not
knowing
how
she
should
keep
in
with
both
these
Gallants
,
and
satisfie
them
at
the
same
time
.
She
considered
that
her
Honour
was
engag'd
with
Don
Frederick
,
and
her
Love
with
Principio
:
Her
Affections
being
so
much
the
more
heightned
towards
the
latter
in
requital
of
his
assiduou●…
Att●…ndances
,
as
it
was
remitted
towards
the
f●…er
,
by
Reason
of
his
Absence
.
So
that
it
is
as
much
a
Miracle
to
see
some
Women
forget
their
Engagements
,
(
when
they
to
whom
they
are
made
,
are
once
out
of
their
sight
)
and
mind
only
the
present
Enjoyments
,
as
to
see
Geese
go
barefoot
.
But
as
drowning
Persons
will
catch
at
any
thing
,
and
the
distress'd
are
commonly
glad
of
any
Advice
,
this
Lady
whom
we
represented
before
,
one
of
the
greatest
Wits
of
her
Nation
,
reduc'd
to
this
extremity
,
must
needs
advise
with
a
Maid
,
whose
Fidelity
and
Secrecy
she
had
great
Assurances
of
,
resolving
in
her self
to
find
out
some
Expedient
,
whereby
she
might
make
sure
of
the
one
and
not
lose
the
other
.
She
receiv'd
Don
Frederick
into
the
House
,
in
the
Night
,
thinking
she
could
not
civilly
deny
him
the
Reiteration
of
a
Kindness
she
had
once
granted
him
:
and
she
kept
the
other
in
hand
with
Love
Letters
,
allowing
him
not
to
see
her
as
often
as
he
desired
,
as
well
to
add
fuel
to
his
Love
,
as
that
the
other
,
whom
she
was
more
obliged
to
favour
,
might
have
the
freer
Access
.
Her
excuse
to
Principio
was
,
that
she
wanted
not
Over-seers
,
that
her
Friends
were
very
shie
in
point
of
Honour
,
that
one
of
them
watched
her
Day
and
Night
,
and
that
the
greatest
Pleasure
he
could
do
her
,
was
,
to
forbear
passing
through
the
Street
where
she
liv'd
,
till
she
had
assured
him
that
the
Coast
was
clear
.
Principio
who
had
really
lov'd
her
,
and
suspected
nothing
of
the
Imposture
,
easily
credited
all
she
said
and
punctually
obeyed
her
.
Don
Frederick
was
willing
to
requite
the
Kindness
he
had
receiv'd
from
her
,
by
marrying
her
;
but
having
a
Mother
alive
,
who
would
not
have
been
well
pleased
with
that
Marriage
,
he
took
Occasion
to
put
it
off
,
hoping
it
would
not
be
long
ere
she
were
removed
out
of
the
way
,
as
being
very
ancient
.
So
that
he
passed
away
the
time
very
jocundly
with
his
Mistress
,
whilst
she
by
her
cunning
Insinuation
and
Artifices
,
endeavour'd
to
bring
Principio
into
a
Fool
's
Paradise
,
and
make
him
believe
all
proceeded
from
Affection
.
There
happened
about
this
time
a
Difference
between
Principio
,
and
another
Gentleman
,
of
the
most
eminent
about
the
City
,
whose
Name
was
Don
Renatus
,
as
they
were
playing
at
Tennis
.
Some
Friends
interposed
between
them
,
and
't
was
conceiv'd
they
were
made
Friends
;
but
the
Reconciliation
proved
such
as
neither
was
satisfied
.
Principio
was
a
Person
of
a
Generous
open
Nature
,
grounding
his
Gallantry
on
the
Employments
he
had
in
Flanders
,
and
imagining
that
no
Man
,
having
any
thing
to
say
to
him
,
would
do
it
otherwise
than
by
the
ways
of
Honour
.
But
his
Adversary
,
conceiving
he
had
more
reason
to
be
offended
than
the
other
,
who
had
not
expressed
so
much
Resentment
,
smother'd
his
Malice
,
in
hopes
of
an
opportunity
,
wherein
he
might
revenge
himself
with
Advantage
.
Don
Frederick
was
gone
to
a
certain
place
in
the
Country
,
where
he
stayed
three
or
four
days
.
Iulietta
who
had
a
great
Kindness
for
Principio
,
sent
him
word
to
come
to
her
House
in
the
Night
,
but
so
secretly
and
with
such
Caution
that
none
might
perceive
it
,
inasmuch
as
the
freedom
she
gave
him
,
concerned
her
Reputation
in
the
highest
Degree
.
The
Amorous
Cavalier
obey'd
her
in
this
,
as
he
had
done
in
many
other
things
she
had
commanded
him
,
coming
thither
at
such
hours
as
it
was
not
likely
any
should
see
him
.
Thus
by
his
Credulity
he
promoted
the
Designs
of
this
Deceitful
Woman
,
who
would
craftily
make
the
most
of
both
her
Gallants
;
so
that
,
preventing
their
being
Jealous
of
one
another
,
nay
,
knowing
that
they
were
Rivals
,
she
gull'd
them
both
.
Had
she
been
free
to
make
her
own
choice
,
no
doubt
she
would
have
pitch'd
upon
Principio
for
her
Husband
.
But
Frederick
being
afore-hand
with
her
,
she
could
do
no
less
,
though
't
were
only
out
of
a
fear
to
lose
him
,
and
prevent
the
Reproaches
he
might
make
her
,
than
keep
him
still
in
play
,
and
expect
the
Performance
of
the
Promise
he
had
made
to
Marry
her
,
as
soon
as
his
Mother
were
marched
off
.
But
out
of
an
Apprehension
that
even
then
he
might
possibly
break
his
Word
with
her
,
she
thought
it
Prudence
to
give
Principio
also
a
little
more
Line
.
Upon
these
Considerations
,
she
suffered
her self
to
be
Courted
by
both
.
Principio
being
now
more
kindly
entertained
by
his
Mistress
than
he
had
been
,
began
to
conceive
a
hope
to
obtain
of
her
,
within
a
short
time
,
the
Grand
Favour
can
be
expected
from
a
Woman
.
But
he
reckon'd
without
his
Hostess
;
for
it
was
her
fear
,
that
if
she
obliged
him
in
what
he
so
much
desired
,
he
might
become
absolute
Master
of
those
Inclinations
,
which
she
had
so
dexterously
divided
between
them
both
.
However
,
Principio
pass'd
away
the
time
pleasantly
enough
,
during
the
absence
of
Frederick
;
but
as
soon
as
he
was
return'd
to
Valentia
,
Iulietta
began
to
put
on
a
greater
Reservedness
,
and
would
not
be
so
much
as
seen
by
Principio
.
She
made
him
such
plausible
Excuses
for
it
,
that
he
,
loving
her
as
he
did
,
believed
all
she
said
,
though
not
without
some
Suspicion
,
that
there
might
be
something
else
in
the
Wind
:
Upon
which
account
he
often
disguised
himself
,
that
he
might
,
undiscovered
,
visit
the
Street
where
she
liv'd
,
in
the
Night
.
But
he
never
could
meet
with
any
Person
,
of
whom
,
he
might
conceive
any
Jealousie
;
yet
that
Disguise
did
him
a
Courtesie
;
for
by
that
means
he
escaped
being
discovered
by
the
Cavalier
who
sought
to
be
reveng'd
of
him
.
That
he
met
not
with
Frederick
in
that
Street
,
proceeded
hence
,
that
Iulietta
,
fore-seeing
all
Inconveniences
,
had
order'd
,
that
Frederick
should
come
to
her
House
,
through
that
of
a
She-Friends
of
hers
,
which
was
another
Street
,
and
had
a
back-Door
,
leading
into
a
Garden
joyning
unto
Iulietta's
,
in
whose
Embraces
she
spent
the
whole
Night
.
It
happen'd
,
one
Night
,
that
Principio
being
in
the
Street
where
his
Mistress
liv'd
,
his
Adversary
,
Don
Renatus
,
attended
by
two
of
his
Servants
,
comes
into
it
by
another
way
,
being
not
well
assured
it
was
he
,
they
follow'd
him
at
a
Distance
,
being
loth
to
do
another
that
Mischief
which
they
only
intended
him
.
Principio
at
last
observ'd
them
,
and
finding
himself
unfurnished
with
Pistols
,
to
deal
with
Persons
who
never
went
without
them
,
as
having
only
his
Sword
to
defend
himself
,
he
besought
him
to
make
the
Signal
he
was
wont
at
Iulietta's
Door
,
who
as
good
luck
would
have
it
,
was
come
down
Stairs
,
after
she
had
put
Frederick
into
Bed
.
She
looks
out
at
the
Window
,
to
see
what
her
second
Gallant
would
have
,
who
,
as
soon
as
he
perceived
her
,
desir'd
her
immediately
to
open
the
Door
,
otherwise
he
was
a
dead
Man
,
in
regard
Renatus
his
Enemy
followed
him
,
and
he
was
destitute
of
Weapons
to
defend
himself
.
The
Lady
imagin'd
that
Principio
would
only
have
put
a
trick
upon
her
,
and
only
said
so
,
that
he
might
be
the
sooner
admitted
in
:
But
Principio
,
with
many
Oaths
,
affirm'd
he
said
nothing
but
the
truth
,
and
that
Renatus
,
with
two
others
,
were
comi●…g
upon
him
.
Iulietta
was
extreamly
troubled
at
his
Discourse
,
and
for
answer
,
told
him
,
that
a
certain
Gentlewoman
of
her
Acquaintance
was
come
to
see
her
,
and
to
be
her
Bed-fellow
that
Night
,
and
that
she
durst
not
open
the
Door
,
least
she
should
see
him
.
Principio
pressed
her
the
more
to
do
it
,
aggravating
the
danger
he
was
in
,
and
charging
her
that
she
had
little
love
for
him
,
when
she
deny'd
him
entrance
into
her
House
in
so
great
an
Extremity
,
which
the
greatest
Stranger
in
the
World
would
not
have
deny'd
him
.
Iulietta
told
him
again
,
that
she
could
not
do
it
without
prejudice
to
her
Reputation
.
That
as
to
the
love
she
bore
him
,
he
needed
not
doubt
of
it
,
since
it
could
not
be
greater
than
it
was
,
and
call'd
Heaven
to
Witness
,
that
she
was
extreamly
perplexed
,
that
she
could
not
satisfie
his
Desires
.
Principio
told
her
,
that
since
her
Friend
was
in
a
Room
above-Stairs
,
she
might
without
any
scruple
open
the
Door
,
and
let
him
stay
below
,
till
such
time
as
he
might
retire
with
safety
.
Iulietta
seeing
him
so
importunate
,
imagined
it
proceeded
from
some
Suspicion
he
had
conceiv'd
of
her
,
and
that
he
had
seen
Frederick
coming
into
the
House
.
To
be
assured
whether
it
were
so
or
no
,
she
look'd
into
the
Street
,
and
saw
the
three
Men
who
pursued
him
,
and
whispering
one
to
another
,
as
being
in
some
uncertainty
whether
it
were
the
Person
they
looked
for
.
These
Circumstances
fully
satisfied
her
,
that
Principio
was
in
very
great
danger
;
and
to
find
some
Expedient
to
give
him
entrance
,
she
bid
him
expect
a
little
with
Patience
,
and
she
would
see
whether
she
could
open
the
Door
.
She
went
up
Stairs
to
see
Frederick
,
who
,
wondering
at
her
stay
,
ask'd
her
what
occasion'd
her
going
down
.
She
told
him
her
Aunt
was
not
fall'n
a
Sleep
,
and
that
she
could
not
come
to
Bed
,
till
she
were
.
Desiring
him
to
have
a
little
Patience
.
Having
thus
satisfied
him
,
she
went
into
another
Room
,
to
consider
with
her self
what
might
be
done
in
such
an
Extremity
.
On
the
one
side
she
saw
Frederick
posses●…'d
of
her
Bed
,
a
Person
of
a
Fantastick
Humor
,
yet
one
whom
she
was
engaged
to
,
and
had
made
Master
of
the
most
precious
thing
she
had
,
and
still
humoured
out
of
a
hope
to
be
one
day
his
Wife
;
so
that
her
Honour
was
on
his
part
.
On
the
other
,
the
Love
she
bore
Principio
would
have
prevailed
with
her
,
not
to
suffer
him
to
be
assassinated
by
his
Enemies
,
which
he
must
run
the
hazard
of
,
if
she
relieved
him
not
,
it
being
in
her
power
to
do
it
:
So
that
she
was
strangely
distracted
,
not
knowing
whether
she
should
follow
the
Dictates
of
Honour
,
or
those
of
Love
.
At
last
,
after
divers
Considerations
,
that
of
Honour
prevailed
with
her
,
and
oblig'd
her
not
to
receive
Principio
into
the
House
.
For
if
she
did
,
she
reflected
that
her
Reputation
would
be
endanger'd
two
ways
;
one
,
that
it
could
not
be
done
without
Fredericks's
hearing
of
it
,
who
would
thence
take
Occasion
to
break
his
Promise
;
another
that
if
Princi●…io
were
pursued
by
his
Enemy
,
and
that
he
should
see
him
come
into
her
House
,
he
would
be
apt
to
make
an
ill
Construction
of
it
,
and
that
might
come
to
the
Ears
of
Frederick
,
even
though
he
saw
him
not
.
Having
thus
resolv'd
to
stick
to
the
surer
●…ide
,
she
went
down
stairs
,
and
finding
Principio
still
at
the
Door
,
my
dearest
Love
,
(
said
●…he
to
him
)
Heaven's
my
Witness
,
how
wil●…ing
I
am
to
satisfie
your
Desires
,
by
giving
●…ou
Entrance
,
not
only
into
my
House
,
but
even
into
my
Heart
,
which
is
absolutely
at
●…our
Disposal
.
I
see
you
are
pursu'd
,
as
you
●…old
me
,
but
it
would
be
too
great
an
Incon●…enience
to
me
,
that
you
should
be
seen
co●…ing
into
my
House
at
such
an
unseasonable
●…our
,
being
a
Person
yet
so
unblemish'd
in
my
●…eputation
as
I
am
.
I
beseech
you
consider
with
your self
what
Discourses
it
might
Oc●…asion
;
besides
my
Friend
,
who
is
my
Bed●…ellow
this
Night
,
is
awake
,
and
,
as
Women
●…re
extreamly
inquisitive
,
she
will
be
desirous
●…o
know
the
Occasion
of
my
stay
,
and
who
●…ath
kept
me
so
long
from
her
,
for
there
is
a
●…ery
great
familiarity
between
us
.
Pardon
●…e
therefore
,
that
I
cannot
grant
your
de●…ire
;
it
is
the
greatest
Affliction
imaginable
●…o
me
,
that
I
must
leave
you
in
such
a
dan●…er
,
but
reflecting
on
that
of
my
Reputa●…ion
,
I
know
you
would
not
have
me
to
ha●…ard
it
,
since
I
doubt
not
but
you
are
so
ge●…erous
,
as
to
prefer
my
Honour
before
your
own
Life
.
This
unworthy
Treatment
of
his
Mistress
,
in
so
pressing
an
Extremity
,
went
to
the
very
Heart
of
Principio
;
nay
he
was
so
startled
to
find
himself
thus
deceived
,
that
it
would
not
have
troubled
him
much
if
Renatus
had
set
upon
him
,
that
he
might
be
reveng'd
of
the
affront
done
him
by
Iulietta
,
by
dying
before
her
Eyes
.
I
should
never
have
imagin'd
,
(
said
he
parting
from
her
)
that
you
could
have
been
so
Barbarous
,
as
to
put
me
off
so
poorly
in
so
dangerous
an
Exigency
,
or
so
inexorable
,
upon
the
entreaties
of
so
faithful
a
Servant
.
If
you
ever
had
any
real
Kindness
for
me
,
that
Reputation
you
stand
so
nicely
upon
,
would
have
run
no
hazard
,
either
as
to
your
Friend
,
or
my
Enemy
,
by
your
receiving
me
as
a
Husband
,
upon
which
account
only
I
made
my
Addresses
to
you
:
upon
which
if
you
,
ungrateful
Woman
,
had
entertained
me
,
and
not
insisted
on
frivolous
Respect
grounded
on
such
Maxims
as
I
cannot
like
,
my
Heart
had
at
this
time
been
absolutely
at
your
Disposal
.
To
make
it
deservedly
such
,
hath
been
the
main
end
of
all
my
Courtship●…
and
Services
,
but
Heaven
would
not
permit
it
;
and
since
I
could
find
no
Compassion
in
your
Heart
,
I
will
go
and
try
what
I
may
expect
from
my
Enemy
,
with
a
Resolution
never
to
forget
a
procedure
I
am
so
much
astonish'd
at
.
Iulietta
would
have
made
him
some
answer
,
and
,
extreamly
mov'd
at
his
Discourse
,
was
resolv'd
to
hazard
all
,
to
assure
him
of
her
Affection
.
But
when
she
went
to
call
him
,
he
was
got
a
great
way
down-the
Street
,
pursued
by
Renatus
,
who
being
assured
he
was
the
Person
he
look'd
for
,
was
going
to
set
upon
him
.
His
Resentment
of
her
Unkindness
,
considering
the
Imminency
of
the
danger
,
seem'd
just
to
her
,
and
being
extreamly
troubled
thereat
,
after
she
had
blam'd
her self
,
she
quarrell'd
at
Heaven
,
which
in
the
mean
time
secur'd
her
Lover
from
Danger
,
and
resérv'd
him
for
happier
Adventures
.
Renatus
coming
within
Pistol-Shot
of
Principio
,
perceiv'd
that
he
had
met
with
his
Friend
Don
Alonzo
,
who
with
his
Servant
,
was
going
home
to
his
Lodging
,
which
prevented
him
from
executing
his
Design
.
For
Renatus
being
,
in
appearance
,
and
that
before
several
Persons
,
reconciled
with
him
,
all
would
have
blam'd
him
,
had
he
assaulted
him
upon
the
old
account
,
especially
at
Advantage
,
and
with
Fire-arms
.
So
that
seeing
he
had
lost
such
a
fair
opportunity
to
revenge
himself
,
he
slipp'd
aside
,
to
avoid
being
known
,
imagining
he
had
not
been
discovered
.
Principio
related
the
whole
Story
to
his
Friend
,
and
how
he
had
been
pursued
thither
;
which
he
much
wo●…dred
at
,
seeing
Renatus
so
little
minded
the
Engagement
he
had
made
before
so
many
Persons
of
Quality
,
and
that
so
slight
a
Business
should
stick
so
close
to
his
Heart
.
It
was
by
this
time
very
late
,
and
as
well
for
that
Reason
,
as
to
be
satisfied
of
what
he
suspected
,
Principio
being
near
to
Don
Alonzo's
Lodging
,
resolv'd
to
take
part
of
it
that
Night
,
which
his
Friend
was
very
glad
of
.
They
got
in
,
and
ere
they
lay
down
,
they
fell
into
Discourse
about
what
had
passed
Principio
opened
himself
to
Don
Alonzo
,
and
acquainted
him
how
Affairs
stood
between
him
and
Iulietta
.
Don
Alonzo
had
heard
somewhat
of
the
mutual
Love
there
was
between
her
and
Frederick
,
and
was
vexed
to
see
his
Friend
had
so
far
mis-placed
his
Affections
,
and
particularly
at
the
Resolution
he
had
made
to
marry
her
:
whereupon
he
could
not
forbear
telling
him
what
he
heard
of
her
and
Frederick
;
which
Principio
understanding
,
he
immediately
presum'd
,
that
the
reason
why
she
opened
not
the
Door
,
must
needs
be
,
that
her
former
Gallant
was
with
her
.
A
thousand
Passages
came
into
his
Mind
,
but
he
particularly
reflected
on
the
Prohibition
,
which
the
crafty
Gentlewoman
had
made
him
▪
of
speaking
to
her
in
the
Night
,
and
that
it
was
only
since
Frederick's
return
from
Madrid
:
upon
which
communicating
his
Thoughts
to
his
Friend
,
they
jointly
concluded
,
that
Frederick
must
needs
be
in
the
House
with
her
.
To
be
fully
assured
of
it
,
they
ordered
a
Servant
of
Don
Alonzo's
to
examine
the
Business
,
and
to
continue
in
the
Street
,
till
it
were
day
:
and
for
further
certainty
,
another
Servant
was
appointed
to
stand
Centry
in
the
other
Street
,
by
which
Frederick
was
wont
to
get
in
at
a
Back
Door
.
With
this
Precaution
they
went
to
Bed
together
;
but
Principio
was
in
such
a
Disturbance
,
that
he
could
not
sleep
a
wink
.
About
half
an
hour
before
day
,
one
of
the
Servants
brought
Intelligence
that
he
had
seen
Don
Frederick
going
out
of
the
House
belonging
to
Iulietta's
Friend
,
and
that
about
the
same
time
,
he
had
seen
Iulietta
in
one
of
the
Windows
that
looked
into
that
Street
,
looking
on
him
as
he
went
out
,
and
that
he
was
sure
it
was
no
other
than
she
her self
.
This
Account
satisfied
Principio
so
fully
,
that
all
the
Love
he
formerly
bore
that
impudent
Woman
,
immediately
vanish'd
.
'T
was
not
imaginable
,
that
Frederick
frequented
that
House
upon
the
account
of
the
Mistress
of
it
,
who
being
turn'd
of
fifty
,
could
not
be
courted
by
any
Gallants
.
Besides
,
she
had
the
Reputation
of
being
a
very
Charitable
Person
in
Love-Affairs
,
and
was
wont
to
promote
the
Enjoyments
of
younger
People
,
and
to
give
Excellent
Directions
how
they
might
most
Cautiously
accomplish
their
Desires
.
The
Night
following
,
Principio
would
himself
,
from
the
House
of
a
certain
Friend
of
his
,
see
Frederick
getting
into
the
Sanctuary
of
that
Charitable
Sollicitress
;
and
for
his
further
Assurance
,
he
lay
perdue
upon
the
Roof
,
whence
he
discovered
.
That
that
favoured
Gallant
continued
there
,
till
word
was
brought
him
that
he
might
make
his
Entrance
into
Iulietta's
that
very
Night
.
The
dissembling
Gossip
,
would
needs
endeavour
to
satisfie
her
Lover
,
as
to
the
Dissatisfaction
he
might
justly
have
conceiv'd
of
her
:
To
leave
nothing
unattempted
,
and
to
keep
in
as
near
as
might
be
withal
,
she
sent
Principio
a
Letter
by
her
Servant-Maid
in
whom
she
reposed
great
Trust
,
and
who
was
not
a
Stranger
to
the
Loves
of
both
the
Gallants
,
and
promoted
the
Design
of
her
Mistress
in
abusing
them
,
for
the
Advantage
she
reaped
thereby
.
Hearing
she
staid
to
speak
with
him
,
he
called
her
up
,
and
receiv'd
from
her
a
Paper
containing
these
Words
.
Iulietta
to
Principio
.
I
Should
not
think
the
Resentment
you
justly
have
against
me
so
great
as
I
do
,
were
I
able
to
express
the
Trouble
I
am
in
to
have
been
the
Occasion
of
it
.
That
I
have
not
been
so
Compassionate
,
as
the
Exigency
required
,
be
pleased
to
attribute
to
the
Tenderness
I
had
for
my
own
Honour
,
the
Consideration
whereof
made
me
inexorable
.
I
love
you
beyond
my
own
Life
;
but
one
of
my
Birth
and
Sex
may
be
pard●…n'd
,
if
she
Sacrifice
all
things
to
the
security
of
her
Reputation
,
rather
than
expose
her self
to
the
Censures
of
ill
Tongues
.
You
may
well
imagine
,
when
I
denied
you
entrance
into
my
House
,
that
my
good
Name
must
run
a
strange
hazard
with
that
troublesome
Bed-Fellow
,
whom
,
to
my
unhappiness
,
I
was
then
forc'd
to
entertain
.
Notwithstanding
the
Resentment
wherewith
you
left
me
,
you
could
not
but
observe
the
Distraction
I
was
in
:
whence
you
may
infer
,
how
thankfully
I
have
since
acknowledged
the
Indulgence
of
those
higher
Powers
,
who
rescued
you
out
of
a
Danger
,
which
I
thought
unavoidable
.
You
could
not
have
lost
your
Life
in
that
Adventure
,
but
mine
must
have
run
the
same
hazard
,
and
I
do
not
know
any
thing
but
Honour
which
I
should
prefer
before
two
things
I
account
so
pretious
.
Let
me
therefore
Conjure
you
,
to
smother
your
Resentment
of
it
,
and
to
appease
your
Indignation
:
which
if
I
may
obtain
of
you
,
I
shall
think
all
the
Devoirs
your
Love
may
require
little
enough
to
requite
it
.
Your
Compliance
with
my
Desires
herein
will
inform
me
,
what
Tenderness
you
have
for
her
Satisfaction
and
Life
,
who
prays
Heaven
to
preserve
yours
,
as
she
wishes
it
may
her's
,
who
loves
you
with
all
her
Soul
.
JULIETTA
.
Principio
was
extreamly
incens'd
at
this
Letter
,
and
though
he
did
all
he
could
to
dissemble
it
,
yet
the
Maid
looking
on
him
very
earnestly
during
the
perusal
,
sufficiently
observ'd
it
in
his
Gestures
.
He
intreated
her
to
walk
into
the
Garden
,
and
stay
for
an
answer
;
which
was
this
.
To
Julietta
.
YOur
Satisfactions
,
hitherto
,
have
ever
heightned
my
Love
,
but
this
last
has
wrought
in
me
a
quite
contrary
effect
,
for
I
know
it
to
be
as
far
from
Truth
,
as
I
am
from
Dissimulation
,
I
never
thought
my self
a
Person
to
be
entertained
only
to
pass
away
the
tedious
Interval
of
another
Man's
Absence
,
nor
to
act
the
ridiculous
part
you
have
put
me
upon
,
only
to
come
upon
the
Stage
,
between
the
several
Acts
of
your
Secret
Prostitutions
.
If
it
be
any
Satisfaction
to
you
,
know
,
I
have
disengaged
all
Resentments
of
your
Hypocrisie
,
and
shall
never
complain
of
the
frivolous
Elusions
,
wherein
y●…u
suffered
my
Love
to
Languish
:
No
,
I
am
more
obliged
to
your
Denials
,
than
ever
I
should
have
been
to
your
Caresses
.
My
Life
indeed
would
have
been
secured
,
if
you
had
received
me
into
your
House
;
but
my
Honour
would
have
been
irrevocably
lost
,
if
,
without
my
Discovery
of
it
,
you
could
have
exercised
your
Charity
on
two
several
Persons
,
the
sanie
Night
.
'T
is
very
probable
you
loved
me
beyond
your
own
Life
,
when
,
being
so
closly
engaged
to
another
,
you
thought
me
the
fittest
Person
in
the
World
to
make
your
Diversion
.
I
am
really
obliged
to
those
who
intended
to
be
my
Murtherers
,
since
by
their
means
I
came
to
discover
your
Imposture
:
Make
sure
of
that
Fortunate
Gallant
,
whom
your
Charitable
Neighbour
was
ushering
to
your
Bed
,
while
I
was
knocking
at
your
Door
.
Make
sure
of
him
,
perfidious
Woman
,
and
henceforth
,
keep
all
your
Cares
,
and
all
your
Caresses
only
for
him
.
Live
as
happily
with
him
as
the
Conscience
of
your
inhumanity
towards
me
will
permit
,
and
never
think
more
of
Principio
,
who
for
his
part
,
disclaims
all
future
thoughts
of
you
.
It
was
not
long
ere
this
Letter
came
to
the
hands
of
Iulietta
,
whom
the
Maid
found
in
that
Neighbour's
House
of
hers
,
through
which
Frederick
had
access
to
her
.
She
receiv'd
it
with
some
Disturbance
;
and
asking
the
Maid
,
what
Humour
she
found
him
in
,
she
told
her
,
that
he
had
made
her
a
very
cold
Reception
,
and
that
he
express'd
nothing
of
the
Kindness
he
was
wont
to
do
at
other
times
.
Iulietta
a
little
cast
down
at
that
Discourse
,
it
seems
then
,
(
said
she
)
I
am
not
to
promise
my self
any
great
Satisfaction
from
this
Letter
.
Having
opened
and
read
it
,
she
was
like
one
put
into
a
fright
,
not
able
to
speak
.
Her
Friend
ask'd
her
what
it
contained
?
She
thinking
it
too
great
a
burthen
,
to
acquaint
her
by
Word
of
Mouth
,
gave
her
the
Letter
to
peruse
.
The
old
Croney
no
less
disturbed
than
the
young
Mistress
,
found
,
that
Frederick's
Love
was
discover'd
,
to
the
great
Disadvantage
of
her
Reputation
,
inasmuch
as
it
clearly
express'd
,
that
it
was
through
her
House
,
Frederick
made
his
Approaches
to
her
Friend
,
whereat
she
was
extreamly
afflicted
.
Iulietta
was
so
troubled
at
the
Contents
of
that
Letter
,
that
she
cursed
the
day
and
hour
she
had
suffered
Principio
to
Court
her
;
the
only
Comfort
she
could
raise
to
her self
,
was
,
that
she
knew
him
to
be
of
so
generous
a
Disposition
,
that
,
though
he
had
a
just
Occasion
to
be
incensed
against
her
,
yet
would
he
conceal
her
weakness
,
and
not
publish
the
Correspondence
there
had
been
between
them
.
But
Iulietta's
Unhappiness
was
not
come
to
its
full
height
,
and
the
Malice
of
her
ill
Fortune
thought
not
this
Affliction
heavy
enough
.
When
the
Wheel
of
that
Vagabund-Goddess
begins
to
turn
,
every
Spoak
of
it
brings
anew
Misfortune
,
one
Disgrace
coming
still
on
the
Neck
of
another
.
It
happen'd
then
,
that
as
the
Maid
was
coming
out
of
Principio's
Lodging
,
to
bring
the
Letter
to
her
Mistress
,
Frederick
saw
her
with
it
in
her
Hand
,
she
having
been
careless
to
hide
it
,
because
she
was
dis-satisfied
with
Principio
,
who
had
only
that
time
omitted
to
make
her
some
Present
.
Frederick
immediately
began
to
suspect
somewhat
,
and
,
undiscovered
,
followed
her
to
the
House
where
Iulietta
was
,
and
got
into
one
of
the
upper
Rooms
,
without
any
one's
taking
notice
of
it
;
the
Maid
by
a
second
over-sight
,
having
left
the
Door
open
:
He
easily
saw
what
past
,
he
heard
the
Letter
read
from
one
end
to
the
other
,
and
withal
,
their
several
Discourses
and
Comments
upon
it
;
the
afflicted
Lady
bursting
forth
into
Indignation
at
every
Word
,
and
not
imagining
she
was
over-heard
,
she
sufficiently
expressed
her
Resentment
of
so
pressing
a
Misfortune
.
The
Gentleman
in
the
next
Room
,
who
would
have
been
glad
of
any
Occasion
to
break
the
promise
he
had
made
to
Marry
her
,
(
for
a
Lover
once
admitted
to
Enjoyment
hath
other-guise
thoughts
than
he
who
is
still
kept
in
hope
)
hearing
all
these
things
,
conceived
them
a
very
fair
pretence
to
dis-engage
himself
.
He
therefore
goes
very
confidently
into
the
Room
where
they
were
,
and
addressing
himself
to
Iulietta
,
who
was
most
startled
at
his
presence
;
I
expected
,
(
said
he
)
considering
the
mutual
Obligations
between
us
,
that
you
would
have
corresponded
thereto
,
with
a
sincerity
suitable
to
my
Desires
,
which
aimed
only
at
this
,
to
see
us
one
day
united
by
Marriage
,
and
to
enjoy
those
Pleasures
lawfully
,
and
without
any
sting
or
remorse
,
which
we
have
,
upon
hopes
of
the
Accomplishment
of
that
sacred
tye
,
presum'd
to
anticipate
.
But
since
,
ungrateful
Creature
,
I
find
you
lost
to
all
Modesty
,
and
have
entertained
new
Gallants
,
I
am
free
,
to
dispose
of
my self
as
I
shall
think
most
convenient
,
since
it
were
neither
just
,
nor
rational
I
should
be
inseparably
bound
to
a
Person
,
destitute
of
all
Conduct
and
Honour
,
and
so
live
the
rest
of
my
days
in
perpetual
Jealousies
and
Distrust
.
Having
so
said
,
he
left
the
Room
,
a
little
troubled
at
the
Distraction
of
the
Woman
;
but
well
satisfied
in
his
own
thoughts
,
that
he
had
drawn
his
Neck
out
of
the
●…ollar
,
that
is
,
shifted
himself
out
of
an
Affair
,
which
bred
him
a
great
deal
of
Trouble
,
since
his
Prosecution
of
it
to
that
point
had
been
with
the
dis-Approbation
of
his
Mother
.
'T
is
not
to
be
imagin'd
,
that
the
Constancy
of
any
Woman
,
should
be
able
to
endure
so
great
a
shock
of
Misfortune
.
Iulietta
fell
into
a
Swoon
between
the
Arms
of
her
Friend
,
and
continued
in
it
a
long
time
;
but
at
last
being
come
to
her self
again
,
she
spoke
such
things
as
raised
a
great
Compassion
in
her
who
heard
them
.
She
sought
for
Remedies
to
her
Misery
,
and
not
finding
any
strong
enough
to
re-engage
Principio
,
who
was
acquainted
with
her
former
Engagement
,
nor
yet
to
bring
back
Frederick
,
whom
she
knew
she
had
offended
,
she
was
not
able
to
smother
the
Grief
she
conceiv'd
to
find
her self
so
justly
slighted
by
both
.
She
imputed
all
her
Misfortune
to
her
own
Misgovernment
of
her self
.
Whereupon
she
fell
a
tearing
of
her
Hair
,
and
spoke
what
ever
rage
could
inspire
into
a
Woman
exasperated
in
the
highest
Degree
.
She
passed
away
the
rest
of
the
Afternoon
in
continual
disquiet
,
not
finding
any
Comfort
in
either
her
Friends
Discourses
,
or
her
own
.
In
the
Evening
,
she
went
to
her
own
House
,
but
her
Distractions
went
along
with
her
,
so
that
it
is
not
to
be
imagined
but
the
Night
prov'd
as
Restless
,
as
the
Day
had
been
Unfortunate
.
Let
us
a
while
leave
her
in
her
Bed
,
formerly
the
Receptacle
,
but
now
the
secret
Remembrancer
of
her
former
Miscarriages
,
in
the
midst
of
her
Troubles
and
Transportations
,
and
give
an
Account
what
became
of
Principio
.
As
soon
as
he
had
dispatch'd
away
the
Maid
with
his
Letter
to
Iulietta
,
he
sat
down
a
while
to
consider
with
himself
what
course
he
should
take
,
for
he
saw
there
was
nothing
to
be
expected
there
,
and
that
it
was
not
for
his
reputation
,
to
continue
his
visits
any
longer
;
he
had
always
had
a
great
inclination
for
the
Fair
Lucretia
,
ever
since
she
had
occasion'd
Iulietta
to
break
forth
into
that
extravagant
discovery
of
her
Jealousie
;
he
consider'd
she
was
a
Gentlewoman
well
descended
,
and
of
a
great
Fortune
;
and
thereupon
he
resolv'd
to
make
his
addresses
publickly
to
her
,
by
demanding
her
in
Marriage
of
her
Father
and
Brother
,
which
they
,
upon
the
first
motion
,
very
willingly
granted
,
even
with
great
demonstrations
of
Gladness
,
inasmuch
as
Principio
was
a
person
generally
belov'd
in
his
Country
,
as
being
endu'd
with
those
qualities
,
which
deserv'd
the
respects
and
esteem
of
all
:
The
Contract
of
Marriage
was
soon
drawn
up
,
and
the
business
immediately
spread
over
the
whole
City
of
Valentia
.
But
when
this
News
came
to
the
Ears
of
Iulietta
,
imagine
whether
she
were
not
extreamly
troubled
thereat
;
nay
so
much
the
more
,
in
that
he
pitch'd
on
the
Person
,
whom
of
all
the
World
she
had
most
reason
to
hate
,
ever
since
that
fatal
meeting
,
wherein
she
had
express'd
so
much
indiscretion
.
She
said
a
thousand
things
against
her
,
and
made
many
imprecations
against
him
and
her self
,
charging
Heaven
with
injustice
,
and
sometimes
bemoaning
her self
,
and
sometimes
Cursing
her
misfortune
.
But
it
was
not
only
one
she
had
to
Curse
;
for
the
very
same
day
it
was
seconded
by
another
,
yet
greater
,
inasmuch
as
Fredrick
having
had
a
plausible
occasion
to
break
the
promise
he
had
made
to
her
,
treated
about
a
Marriage
,
with
another
Fair
and
Rich
young
Lady
,
whom
his
Mother
had
long
before
recommended
to
him
;
the
Contract
was
in
a
few
days
drawn
up
,
and
though
done
as
secretly
as
could
be
,
yet
was
it
soon
known
all
over
the
City
,
and
it
was
not
long
ere
the
news
came
to
the
Ears
of
Iulietta
.
She
still
retain'd
a
slender
shadow
of
confidence
in
the
Love
of
Fredrick
,
which
made
her
imagine
he
would
not
break
the
promise
he
had
made
to
her
,
conceiving
she
had
sufficiently
oblig'd
him
thereto
by
the
highest
Demonstrations
of
Love
and
Tenderness
.
Thus
she
flatter'd
her self
,
till
the
very
day
that
she
was
clearly
convinc'd
of
the
contrary
,
by
seeing
his
Marriage
concluded
,
and
her self
absolutely
forsaken
;
but
reflecting
on
the
other
side
,
what
an
unworthy
breach
of
trust
she
was
Guilty
of
,
towards
him
,
to
whom
she
had
devoted
her
Honour
,
how
could
she
imagine
he
should
not
leave
her
in
the
lurch
?
How
could
she
expect
,
if
they
Inter-married
,
he
should
be
able
to
live
with
her
in
perpetual
Disturbances
and
Alarms
?
The
very
day
that
certain
News
was
brought
her
of
this
Gentleman
's
being
Married
,
she
fell
into
such
extravagance
,
that
she
would
be
reveng'd
of
her
beautiful
Face
;
she
gave
her self
several
blows
,
tore
her
Hair
,
and
did
all
the
Actions
,
which
could
only
proceed
from
Madness
and
Dispair
;
her
fair
Eyes
became
two
Fountains
,
perpetually
running
;
and
when
her
Sighs
and
Grief
gave
her
a
little
freedom
of
speech
,
Wretched
Woman
that
I
am
,
(
would
she
say
)
of
whom
all
good
Fortune
hath
taken
its
last
leave
;
how
deserv'dly
is
thy
ingratitude
required
with
ingratitude
?
How
justly
art
thou
punish'd
,
for
having
kept
thy
Faith
to
a
base
,
treacherous
,
and
perfidious
Person
,
after
thou
hadst
entrusted
him
with
the
disposal
of
the
dearest
thing
thou
hadst
in
the
World
?
Thou
seest
,
he
denies
the
debt
;
thou
see'st
,
he
pays
it
with
inconstancy
and
oblivion
;
let
all
easie-natur'd
,
and
inconsiderate
Women
take
example
by
me
;
let
those
,
who
,
deluded
by
Flatteries
and
fair
Caresses
,
are
drawn
in
to
lose
what
they
shall
never
recover
again
,
cast
their
eyes
on
my
Misery
,
and
then
consider
whether
there
be
any
other
in
the
World
,
whose
Affliction
may
be
compar'd
to
mine
.
I
wish
for
what
all
others
abhor
,
Death
;
but
it
is
deaf
and
inexorable
,
nay
slights
me
,
and
will
not
come
and
put
a
Period
to
my
Trouble
.
Having
thus
bemoan'd
her self
into
some
Remission
of
her
Grief
,
she
went
to
see
her
Friend
,
through
whose
House
Frederick
came
into
her's
;
who
though
she
endeavour'd
all
that
lay
in
her
power
to
comfort
her
,
yet
was
her
trouble
so
great
,
the
cause
of
it
so
pressing
,
and
so
little
hope
of
any
Remedy
,
that
all
her
Remonstrances
prevail'd
nothing
;
the
only
Expedient
that
seem'd
then
to
offer
it self
,
was
,
to
forbid
the
Banes
,
since
there
was
some
ground
to
do
it
;
but
what
proof
could
be
made
of
so
secret
a
Love
,
without
any
promise
of
Marriage
in
Writing
,
or
any
Testimony
,
but
that
of
a
Servant-maid
,
who
belonging
to
her
,
would
not
have
been
so
easily
credited
?
The
last
and
surest
expedient
this
unfortunate
Woman
could
pitch
upon
,
was
to
become
a
Nun
,
upon
which
Account
she
was
receiv'd
into
the
Royal
Monastery
of
Z●…ida
,
three
days
after
the
Marriage
of
Frederick
had
been
fully
concluded
.
This
sudden
change
occasion'd
a
great
deal
of
noise
and
discourse
in
Valentia
;
all
wondred
at
it
,
especially
those
who
knew
her
to
be
one
of
the
handsomest
,
and
the
most
desirous
to
be
Courted
of
any
Lady
in
Valentia
.
It
was
indeed
a
kind
of
Miracle
,
to
see
a
young
Lady
;
who
spent
her
time
so
passionately
at
Balls
,
Plays
,
and
other
publick
Meetings
,
exchange
all
those
nobler
enjoyments
of
Life
,
for
the
imaginary
felicity
of
Mortification
and
Retir'dness
;
this
sudden
resolution
was
attributed
,
at
first
,
not
to
the
true
cause
thereof
,
for
things
were
carried
so
closely
that
very
few
knew
it
;
but
to
the
secret
inspirations
of
that
Wind
,
which
bloweth
where
it
listeth
,
and
is
pleas'd
to
amuse
mankind
with
the
strange
ways
it
takes
,
to
transplant
the
affections
of
such
as
are
ordain'd
to
Eternal
bliss
,
from
the
transient
Vanities
of
this
World
,
to
the
Constant
pursuance
of
the
perpetual
joys
of
a
better
.
Thus
this
Lady
met
with
a
kinder
Spouse
than
she
could
have
expected
elsewhere
,
and
spent
the
rest
of
her
time
with
great
Content
,
Blessing
her
former
Afflictions
and
the
crosses
of
her
Love
,
which
had
brought
her
to
the
tranquillity
she
now
enjoyed
;
she
frequently
us'd
this
Expression
,
that
in
that
House
wherein
there
are
many
mansions
,
she
hoped
there
was
one
for
such
penitent
Magdalens
a●…
she
,
who
by
timely
Repentance
,
expiate
the
follies
of
their
greener
years
.
Nor
was
this
Acknowledgment
of
hers
,
unrewarded
even
in
this
Life
;
for
she
became
the
Oracle
and
Spiritual
Directress
of
all
those
,
whose
Love-Misfortunes
reduced
them
to
any
Extremity
,
especially
those
of
her
own
Sex
,
of
whom
she
so
effectually
convinc'd
many
,
that
,
disgusting
the
World
,
they
embrac'd
a
Religious
Life
.
At
Valentia
,
the
Sanctity
of
her
Life
,
and
her
Charitable
Directions
to
such
as
had
Occasion
to
Address
themselves
to
her
,
were
the
Admiration
of
all
,
insomuch
that
she
was
reputed
a
Saint
,
even
while
she
liv'd
.
Frederick
,
had
a
Wife
,
but
Heaven
was
pleased
to
punish
his
Perfidiousness
with
her
Barrenness
,
for
she
bore
him
no
Children
;
and
instead
of
the
great
Fortunes
he
expected
with
her
,
he
had
many
Baggs
,
full
of
Law-Sutes
,
Troubles
,
and
Differences
with
other
People
,
and
not
a
few
Discontents
with
his
Wife
.
He
wished
,
but
too
late
that
he
had
chose
rather
to
have
entred
into
a
Monastery
,
than
into
Matrimony
,
the
Inconveniences
whereof
sufficiently
convinced
him
,
that
Iulietta
had
made
the
better
choice
.
He
visited
her
often
,
and
was
obliged
to
her
for
her
Prudent
and
Pious
Admonitions
.
On
the
contrary
,
Principio
was
the
happiest
Man
in
the
World
in
his
disposal
of
himself
;
his
Lucretia
brought
him
many
fine
Children
,
and
,
by
the
Death
of
some
Friends
,
a
far
greater
Fortune
than
he
could
have
expected
.
They
also
visited
their
old
Acquaintance
Iulietta
,
who
receiv'd
them
kindly
,
and
gave
them
Occasion
to
admire
the
strange
Attractions
of
Divine
Love
in
that
Person
,
and
the
Esteem
they
had
before
for
the
Excellency
of
her
Endowments
,
was
now
converted
into
a
Reverence
of
her
Sanctity
,
and
an
Admiration
of
her
Conduct
.
THE
Metamorphos'd
Lover
:
A
NOVEL
.
DON
Philip
,
a
Gentleman
of
very
high
Quality
,
was
Born
at
Villefranche
,
an
Ancient
City
upon
the
Confines
of
Galicia
;
he
was
descended
from
a
very
Noble
Family
,
and
was
brought
up
in
his
own
Country
,
with
his
Elder
Brother
Don
Lodwick
,
and
a
Sister
called
Donna
Cornelia
:
But
his
Father
and
Mother
leaving
this
World
ere
he
was
full
fifteen
Years
of
Age
,
he
was
forc'd
into
that
Course
of
Life
,
which
is
commonly
taken
by
the
younger
Brothers
of
Noble
Houses
,
who
have
not
much
left
them
,
and
with
the
little
Money
he
could
get
together
,
he
went
to
Trail
a
Pike
in
Flanders
.
He
behav'd
himself
so
gallantly
there
upon
several
occasions
,
that
he
got
the
Colours
of
a
Company
of
Foot
,
and
after
other
successful
Encounters
against
the
Dutch
,
he
was
advanc'd
to
the
Command
of
the
same
Company
.
Having
afterwards
,
in
that
Charge
,
made
yet
greater
Demonstrations
of
his
Conduct
,
and
Valour
,
he
Atchieved
at
length
,
the
Order
of
the
Knights
of
Alcantara
,
with
an
assurance
of
the
first
Commandry
,
that
should
be
void
,
belonging
to
that
Order
.
Having
obtain'd
that
,
he
still
continu'd
his
Military
Employments
,
till
such
time
as
there
was
a
Cessation
of
Arms
made
between
the
King
and
his
Enemies
of
the
Low-Countries
,
to
last
a
Year
and
a
Day
.
This
Opportunity
,
together
with
the
News
he
received
out
of
Spain
,
of
his
Elder
Brother's
Death
,
oblig'd
him
to
desire
leave
to
make
a
Journey
into
his
Country
,
where
two
Children
his
Brother
had
left
,
and
his
own
Sister
,
stood
in
need
of
his
presence
;
the
former
to
be
protected
by
him
,
the
latter
to
be
dispos'd
of
in
Marriage
.
Don
Philip
arriv'd
at
Ville-franche
,
fifteen
days
after
his
Sisters
departure
to
Villadolid
,
where
the
Court
was
then
,
with
an
Aunt
of
his
,
a
Widow
,
his
Father's
Sister
,
who
would
needs
have
her
along
with
her
;
this
old
Lady
,
who
had
a
great
kindness
for
her
,
having
resolv'd
to
leave
her
all
she
had
at
her
Death
,
in
hopes
she
might
,
with
those
Advantages
,
meet
with
a
better
Match
.
As
soon
as
Don
Philip
was
come
into
his
Country
,
he
took
order
about
his
Brother's
Estate
,
and
the
Tuition
of
his
Nephews
,
whom
he
left
in
the
Custody
of
an
Ancient
Kinsman
of
his
,
whom
having
entrusted
with
the
care
of
their
Education
and
Maintenance
,
he
resolv'd
to
go
and
Visit
his
Sister
at
Villadolid
.
As
he
was
setting
things
in
order
for
his
Journey
,
passing
through
the
broad
place
of
Ville-franche
,
he
saw
abundance
of
people
going
towards
an
Inn
,
which
was
at
the
end
of
it
,
accompanying
two
Litters
,
in
one
whereof
,
there
was
an
Old
Gentleman
;
and
in
that
which
follow'd
,
a
Young
Lady
,
whose
Transcendent
Beauty
,
heightned
by
the
sumptuousness
of
her
Attire
,
ravish'd
the
Eyes
,
and
Hearts
of
all
that
beheld
her
,
but
above
all
those
of
Don
Philip
;
he
was
so
enflam'd
by
that
Transient
Sight
of
her
,
that
,
covering
with
his
Cloak
the
order
he
was
of
,
he
follow'd
the
Litter
,
so
transported
out
of
himself
,
that
he
reflected
not
on
what
those
who
observ'd
him
might
say
of
his
Demeanour
.
He
saw
her
lighting
at
the
Inn-Gate
;
and
if
he
was
before
rais'd
into
a
kind
of
Astonishment
at
the
Beauty
of
her
Face
,
he
was
now
no
less
,
at
the
handsomeness
of
her
Body
,
the
Magnificence
of
her
Apparel
,
and
the
Sweetness
of
her
Complexion
.
In
a
word
,
he
was
reduc'd
to
such
an
Extremity
,
by
the
Passion
he
immediately
felt
in
himself
for
her
,
that
he
made
enquiry
,
and
set
himself
to
find
out
,
who
that
Miracle
of
Perfections
might
be
,
which
had
so
of
a
sudden
surpriz'd
his
Heart
,
and
attain'd
so
absolute
a
disposal
of
his
Liberty
.
He
was
soon
satisfi'd
,
as
to
that
Particular
;
for
,
meeting
with
one
of
her
Servants
,
going
from
the
Inn
towards
the
Market-place
,
he
with
much
Civility
ask'd
him
,
who
that
Old
Gentleman
was
,
and
whither
he
was
then
going
?
The
other
,
who
understood
Civility
well
enough
,
return'd
him
this
Answer
:
The
Gentleman
,
whose
Name
you
are
so
desirous
to
know
,
and
who
is
my
Master
,
is
called
the
Marquess
Grimani
,
a
Person
of
the
highest
Rank
next
to
Soveraign
Princes
,
who
comes
into
Spain
,
an
ordinary
Embassadour
,
from
the
Emperour
of
Germany
,
to
his
most
Catholick
Majesty
:
He
brings
along
with
him
his
Beautiful
Daughter
,
the
Lady
Eleanora
,
to
be
Married
to
Henricus
,
his
Excellency's
Nephew
,
who
is
at
the
present
at
Villadolid
,
a
Gentleman
of
extraordinary
worth
,
who
in
the
Flower
of
his
Youth
left
Germany
to
go
and
see
Foreign
Countries
.
He
has
travell'd
all
over
Europe
,
and
is
now
resolv'd
to
make
his
Abode
in
Spain
,
having
already
continued
some
time
at
Court
,
with
a
very
great
Train
,
and
is
very
highly
in
Favour
with
his
Catholick
Majesty
,
and
well
respected
by
all
the
Nobility
about
the
Court
;
nay
his
Generosity
and
excellent
Conversation
have
acquir'd
him
the
Esteem
of
all
the
greatest
Persons
in
this
Country
.
This
Marriage
of
Signior
Henrick
had
been
treated
of
in
Germany
with
this
Lady
Eleanora
,
the
only
Daughter
of
my
Master
,
who
leaving
his
Country
upon
the
being
Honoured
by
the
Emperor
with
the
present
Embassy
,
hath
sollicited
the
Business
with
greater
earnestness
;
So
that
his
Imperial
Majesty
seems
Desirous
that
this
Match
should
go
forward
.
We
came
by
Sea
,
but
had
such
distress
of
Weather
,
that
we
were
like
to
be
cast
away
several
times
.
While
we
were
in
that
danger
,
my
Master
,
a
Gentleman
much
inclin'd
to
Devotion
,
made
a
vow
that
if
he
escaped
,
through
the
Intercession
of
the
Glorious
Patron
of
Spain
,
he
would
visit
the
place
where
his
sacred
Body
lies
buryed
,
so
well
known
all
over
the
World
,
for
the
great
Miracles
dayly
done
there
.
Being
come
to
Villadolid
,
my
Master
continued
there
fifteen
days
,
during
which
time
,
all
things
were
agreed
upon
,
in
order
to
the
Marriage
.
That
great
Affair
being
concluded
,
he
would
needs
perform
his
Vow
,
and
go
to
Saint
Iames's
.
His
Nephew
Henrick
is
not
come
along
with
him
,
but
stays
at
Villadolid
,
to
send
to
Rome
for
the
Dispensation
,
for
the
Lady
Eleanora
,
and
Signior
Henrick
are
Cousin
-
Germans
,
thus
Sir
,
I
think
I
have
satisfied
your
Desire
,
as
to
the
Question
you
put
to
me
.
Don
Philip
gave
the
Servant
very
great
thanks
for
the
accompt
he
had
given
him
of
his
Master
,
and
assur'd
him
he
would
requite
his
Kindness
,
if
it
lay
in
his
Power
,
and
so
took
leave
.
This
Discourse
happen'd
after
Night
,
as
they
walked
over
the
Market-place
,
it
being
so
dark
as
that
the
Marquess's
Servant
could
not
take
any
particular
notice
of
Don
Philip
,
who
did
all
he
could
to
avoid
being
discovered
.
The
account
he
had
receiv'd
,
that
the
Beauty
,
which
had
stollen
away
his
Heart
at
the
first
sight
,
was
already
engaged
,
and
,
within
a
short
time
to
be
Married
,
caused
him
to
return
home
a
much
sadder
Man
than
he
had
left
it
.
This
Affliction
,
with
the
Love
which
he
already
had
for
her
,
bereav'd
him
of
all
rest
.
That
very
Night
,
he
would
needs
go
and
see
the
Marquess
and
his
Daughter
at
Supper
,
yet
so
as
he
might
not
be
perceived
by
them
.
The
Master
of
the
House
plac'd
him
so
as
that
he
might
see
all
at
his
ease
,
yet
not
be
seen
himself
;
and
this
was
to
leap
out
of
the
Frying-Pan
into
the
Fire
.
The
next
day
,
the
Marquess
went
thence
,
so
as
that
Don
Philip
saw
not
the
Lady
Eleanorae
any
more
that
time
:
Nor
was
he
much
troubled
at
it
,
for
having
in
the
Night
advis'd
with
his
Pillow
,
to
find
out
some
Remedy
for
his
disquiet
,
he
found
it
necessary
,
that
he
should
not
be
seen
,
either
by
the
Marquess
,
or
his
Daughter
,
or
any
one
belonging
to
them
,
that
he
might
the
better
compass
a
Design
which
only
Love
could
inspire
him
withal
.
The
Kingdom
of
Galicia
is
very
full
of
Mountains
,
and
consequently
the
way
to
St.
Iames's
must
be
troublesome
to
Travel
,
so
that
the
Marquess
could
make
but
short
Journeys
,
whence
Don
Philip
infer'd
,
that
he
could
not
be
back
in
less
than
twenty
days
,
presuming
he
would
make
some
abode
at
Compostella
,
to
do
his
Devotions
,
and
refresh
himself
,
ere
he
set
out
for
his
return
.
Accordingly
,
he
dispos'd
of
his
Affairs
in
order
to
the
Design
he
had
bethought
himself
of
,
and
,
taking
leave
of
all
his
Acquaintance
,
he
went
to
Pont-Ferrada
,
a
Town
which
lay
four
Leagues
further
from
the
Court
,
than
Ville-Franche
.
He
took
up
his
Quarters
at
an
Inn
,
whence
he
stirr'd
not
in
the
day-time
,
but
only
took
the
Air
a
little
in
the
Night
,
yet
with
such
a
Caution
not
to
be
known
to
any
,
he
discovered
himself
to
none
of
the
Inhabitants
;
but
only
his
Land-lord
,
whom
he
acquainted
with
his
Quality
,
and
the
Design
had
brought
him
thither
.
He
was
attended
only
by
one
Servant
,
whose
Fidelity
and
Courage
he
had
many
years
Experienc'd
;
for
he
had
serv'd
him
as
a
Soldier
,
and
waited
on
him
,
from
the
time
of
his
first
departure
from
Ville-Franche
.
Marco
(
so
was
this
faithful
Servant
nam'd
)
perceiving
his
Master
more
Melancholy
than
he
had
been
wont
to
be
,
and
that
somewhat
kept
him
from
resting
in
the
Night
,
for
he
heard
him
disquietly
turning
in
his
Bed
,
and
sighing
ever
and
anon
,
he
imagin'd
that
the
Cause
of
his
Disturbance
was
not
at
Pont-Ferrada
,
inasmuch
as
if
it
had
been
,
he
would
not
have
failed
,
Night
or
Day
,
to
discover
by
his
Visits
,
what
could
not
be
known
by
his
Disquiets
and
Sighs
.
Thus
this
discreet
Lover
not
discovering
any
thing
of
his
secret
Passion
,
Marco
,
could
not
guess
at
the
Occasions
which
bred
such
a
Distraction
in
his
Mind
:
Nay
,
though
he
did
all
lay
in
his
Power
to
pry
into
it
,
yet
could
he
never
meet
with
any
Satisfaction
.
One
day
,
finding
his
Master
all
alone
,
and
not
able
to
endure
that
Reserv'dness
in
him
any
longer
,
he
thus
spoke
to
him
.
I
should
never
have
imagin'd
,
Sir
,
that
you
could
be
guilty
of
so
great
a
closeness
towards
a
Servant
,
whom
you
have
ever
found
faithful
,
and
to
love
you
even
beyond
his
own
Life
.
You
have
heretofore
thought
me
worthy
the
Knowledge
of
your
most
importunate
Secrets
;
Pardon
me
,
if
I
presume
to
tell
you
,
that
your
silence
now
gives
me
just
cause
to
conceive
,
that
you
have
not
the
same
thoughts
of
me
,
and
that
I
must
be
guilty
of
some
Crime
,
whereof
I
have
not
my self
the
least
Apprehension
;
Wherein
,
I
pray
,
Sir
,
have
I
offended
you
?
You
must
needs
harbour
some
ill
thoughts
of
me
,
since
you
conceal
from
me
the
Disquiets
which
deprive
you
of
all
Appetite
or
Rest.
Sure
they
proceed
from
Love
,
or
I
am
mightily
mistaken
.
You
close
not
your
Eyes
all
Night
,
and
spend
the
day
in
Retirement
,
avoiding
all
Society
,
and
giving
your self
up
to
perpetual
Solitude
,
and
Melancholy
;
which
I
am
extreamly
troubled
to
see
.
You
have
left
your
Country
,
telling
your
Friends
that
you
were
going
to
Court
;
whereas
you
continue
in
an
obscure
place
,
where
you
are
afraid
to
be
known
!
't
is
impossible
for
me
to
forbear
grieving
at
it
,
as
long
as
I
am
Ignorant
of
the
Cause
:
Pardon
my
Curiosity
,
Sir
,
which
however
impertinent
,
is
an
Argument
of
my
Fidelity
,
and
Readiness
to
serve
you
.
I
know
it
is
the
Duty
of
a
good
and
faithful
Servant
,
punctually
and
implicitely
to
obey
the
Commands
of
his
Master
,
without
insinuating
himself
further
into
his
Secrets
,
than
he
is
willing
he
should
be
acquainted
therewith
.
I
have
hitherto
kept
my self
within
those
bounds
,
and
have
so
lived
with
you
as
that
I
fear
not
any
reproach
you
can
make
me
.
But
now
at
last
,
my
ancient
Fidelity
gives
me
the
boldness
to
ask
you
,
what
Business
may
have
brought
you
to
this
place
;
what
occasions
your
Disquiet
,
and
what
you
intend
to
do
in
this
obscure
Inn
,
where
you
admit
not
of
any
Enjoyments
?
Have
you
a
greater
Confidence
of
the
happy
Master
of
this
House
,
whom
you
have
known
but
within
this
four
days
,
than
of
an
old
Servant
,
of
whose
Zeal
and
Fidelity
you
have
had
so
many
Experiences
?
You
have
hitherto
thought
my
Advice
worth
the
asking
,
nay
have
follow'd
it
,
in
things
,
for
ought
I
know
,
of
as
great
importance
as
this
.
Marco
having
thus
ended
his
Complaint
,
his
Master
conceiv'd
himself
oblig'd
to
make
him
some
answer
,
which
was
this
:
Marco
,
I
must
confess
,
I
have
look'd
on
thee
,
and
that
justly
as
my
Friend
;
a
Title
I
may
well
allow
one
who
hath
shar'd
with
me
,
in
War
the
Dangers
,
in
Peace
the
Enjoyments
I
have
been
engag'd
in
.
It
is
a
very
hard
thing
,
not
to
say
impossible
,
that
any
man
should
,
in
the
disposal
of
himself
,
take
a
Course
contrary
to
that
intended
him
by
Heaven
;
though
it
be
said
,
that
a
Wise
Man
shall
have
dominion
over
the
Stars
:
That
is
,
(
as
Astrologers
expound
it
)
Humane
Prudence
shall
elude
the
Decrees
of
Fate
.
I
am
born
to
love
a
Beauty
,
which
surprising
my
Heart
,
hath
withal
possess'd
it self
of
all
the
Faculties
of
my
Soul
.
I
find
my self
no
longer
Master
of
my
own
Liberty
,
that
I
am
not
able
to
make
the
least
disposal
of
my
Will
,
and
so
it
were
a
madness
for
me
,
to
oppose
the
inclination
,
whereto
the
Sovereign
Powers
have
made
me
subject
.
I
suffer
my self
to
be
foolishly
carried
away
by
my
Passion
,
though
I
know
well
enough
that
I
attempt
a
thing
absolutely
impossible
,
and
beyond
my
strength
:
This
is
the
cause
of
my
disquiet
,
musing
,
and
melancholy
,
spending
the
Nights
without
rest
,
and
the
Day
in
Solitude
,
suffering
a
thousand
Afflictions
,
which
I
cannot
express
;
and
loving
where
I
am
not
to
hope
the
least
return
of
Love
,
by
reason
of
an
Invincible
Obstacle
that
lies
in
my
way
.
This
is
that
which
destroys
my
Enjoyments
,
and
poisons
all
my
Joy
.
I
have
seen
that
Divine
Beauty
,
that
Mortal
Angel
,
that
Prodigy
of
Miracles
,
who
pass'd
through
our
Town
with
her
Father
the
Marquess
Grimani
:
The
excellent
Endowments
she
is
Mistress
of
,
and
,
which
thou
may'st
have
admir'd
as
well
as
my self
,
are
all
the
Excuses
I
can
alledge
for
the
blindness
of
my
Passion
;
but
they
feed
it
not
with
any
hope
.
There
is
an
Obstacle
lies
between
me
,
and
the
possession
of
her
,
which
I
shall
find
it
impossible
to
remove
.
This
Transcendent
Beauty
is
already
made
sure
to
a
Gentleman
of
great
Worth
,
who
is
her
Cousin-German
,
named
Henrick
;
and
methinks
,
I
see
her
ready
to
joyn
Hands
with
him
.
I
hear
such
high
Commendations
of
his
Excellent
Parts
,
that
I
find
the
little
hope
I
had
,
ready
to
leave
me
.
I
Love
her
,
or
to
say
better
,
I
Adore
her
;
and
if
I
may
judge
by
the
present
Agitations
of
my
Heart
,
I
may
say
,
it
will
never
be
disingag'd
from
the
Passion
I
have
for
her
.
I
know
it
is
madness
in
me
to
think
of
her
,
and
that
I
cannot
without
Extravagance
,
ever
hope
she
may
be
mine
,
to
the
disappointment
of
a
young
Lord
,
who
,
with
the
advantages
of
Blood
,
hath
all
those
of
Nature
:
Nay
,
I
think
it
almost
impossible
,
to
find
out
some
means
to
acquaint
her
with
my
Love
,
and
to
get
a
Letter
convey'd
to
her
.
I
know
that
the
Houses
,
whence
I
derive
my
Extraction
,
are
not
inferiour
to
those
of
Grimani
and
Henrick
;
and
consequently
,
that
I
am
as
Nobly
descended
as
she
is
;
that
would
not
be
the
greatest
Obstacle
,
if
I
could
but
make
my self
known
at
Court
.
I
hear
that
she
intends
thither
,
when
she
returns
from
her
Pilgrimage
;
I
have
but
three
Months
to
carry
on
this
Business
,
which
is
the
time
requisite
to
get
the
Dispensation
from
Rome
.
I
have
a
long
time
consider'd
with
my self
of
the
means
,
how
I
might
get
access
to
her
;
and
that
I
conceive
the
most
likely
to
take
,
is
to
counterfeit
,
what
indeed
is
but
too
real
,
a
certain
distraction
of
Mind
:
By
acting
the
Mad
Man's
Part
,
I
might
so
disguise
my
Extravagances
,
as
that
the
Father
,
pleas'd
with
my
Humour
,
may
perhaps
carry
me
along
with
him
to
the
Court
.
This
certainly
,
is
a
design
Fantastick
enough
,
and
not
only
contrary
to
my
Quality
,
but
absolutely
opposite
to
the
Opinion
I
should
endeavour
to
raise
my self
in
the
World
.
I
have
a
great
confidence
,
that
at
Court
I
shall
be
known
to
very
few
,
because
I
have
been
a
long
time
out
of
Spain
.
Besides
these
Considerations
,
the
Habit
I
will
put
on
,
being
altogether
extravagant
,
I
shall
be
so
disguis'd
,
that
my
nearest
Friends
and
Relations
will
hardly
know
me
.
If
,
by
this
means
,
I
can
get
into
the
Marquess's
House
,
I
shall
hope
the
Plot
will
take
:
For
I
have
heard
this
Lady
is
not
fully
satisfied
with
the
Marriage
,
having
understood
that
her
Cousin
is
a
Person
of
a
Debauch'd
Life
,
and
inclin'd
to
Women
;
and
that
she
admits
of
his
Addresses
only
out
of
obedience
to
her
Father
.
I
have
communicated
my
design
to
the
Master
of
the
House
,
as
being
a
discreet
Person
,
who
may
serve
me
,
and
puts
me
in
hopes
to
get
me
into
the
Marquess's
Service
,
when
he
comes
to
give
him
an
account
of
my
pleasant
Extravagances
,
as
we
have
already
agreed
together
.
Thus
my
dear
Marco
,
have
I
given
thee
a
faithful
Character
of
my self
;
thou
know'st
now
as
much
as
I
do
,
as
well
of
my
Affliction
,
as
my
Love
;
mistrust
not
the
Confidence
I
have
of
thee
,
and
assist
me
with
all
thy
Wit
and
Industry
,
or
expect
ere
long
to
be
a
Witness
of
my
departure
out
of
this
World
.
Marco
out
of
Compliance
with
his
Master
,
approved
of
the
Project
,
though
he
doubted
much
the
success
of
it
.
He
saw
his
Master
was
too
far
transported
to
receive
any
prudent
Advice
;
so
that
he
promis'd
to
assist
him
according
to
the
Design
he
had
laid
to
get
access
to
his
Mistress
,
and
troubled
not
his
thoughts
with
any
thing
but
how
to
compass
it
.
It
was
his
Business
therefore
to
get
Cloths
made
for
Don
Philip
,
suitable
to
his
Extravagance
.
He
put
him
into
a
Cassock
after
the
old
Fashion
,
with
puffs
at
the
Sleeves
of
Green
Sattin
,
and
large
Skirts
,
a
Cloak
somewhat
like
a
Rocket
,
very
short
,
and
a
Milan
Cap
,
of
green
Plush
.
Being
thus
disguised
,
he
changed
his
Quarters
,
and
went
to
the
Host's
Brother's
House
,
who
also
must
of
necessity
be
acquainted
with
the
Secret
.
All
this
could
not
be
done
without
some
yellow
pieces
,
whereof
he
had
brought
good
store
out
of
Flanders
,
with
some
Jewels
of
value
he
had
gotten
by
gaming
,
at
which
he
was
very
fortunate
.
About
this
time
the
Marquess
,
with
the
Beautiful
Lady
his
Daughter
,
were
upon
their
return
from
their
Pilgrimage
.
Before
they
got
to
Pont-Ferrada
,
the
Beams
of
his
litter-broke
,
so
that
he
was
forc'd
to
come
to
the
Town
on
Horse-back
,
and
to
stay
there
two
days
,
while
the
Litter
was
mended
.
The
Marquess
took
up
the
same
Inn
where
Don
Philip
had
lodged
,
as
being
the
best
in
the
Town
.
The
Host
being
taught
what
he
had
to
say
to
the
Marquess
,
for
the
furtherance
of
Don
Philip's
Design
,
soon
met
with
an
opportunity
to
do
it
.
For
,
as
most
Persons
of
Quality
,
when
they
Travel
,
are
very
inquisitive
to
know
what
is
rare
or
Remark●…ble
at
the
places
through
which
they
pass
,
●…he
Marquess
Desirous
to
hear
what
there
●…ight
be
at
Pont-Ferrada
,
called
for
the
Host.
Having
travell'd
several
times
before
into
Spain
,
he
spoke
the
Language
very
well
,
was
a
very
sociable
Person
,
and
glad
of
Company
.
The
Host
being
come
into
the
Room
,
he
began
to
ask
him
concerning
the
Antiquities
of
the
Town
,
the
Illustrious
Families
that
had
liv'd
in
it
,
the
Disposition
of
the
Inhabitants
,
the
Beauty
of
the
Ladies
,
and
such
Particulars
:
Wherein
the
Host
satisfied
him
,
giving
him
a
very
exact
account
of
all
he
knew
.
Among
the
Antiquities
,
and
remarkable
things
of
the
Town
,
he
came
to
speak
of
Don
Philip
,
telling
such
Stories
of
him
as
might
raise
a
desire
in
the
Marquess
to
see
him
.
There
is
come
,
(
said
he
to
him
)
within
these
fifteen
days
,
a
very
rare
Person
to
this
Town
,
Fantastically
clad
in
green
Stuff
;
but
there
is
a
greater
Extravagance
in
his
Behaviour
than
there
is
in
his
Cloths
,
and
yet
in
the
heighth
of
his
Distraction
,
there
may
be
observ'd
certain
Shadows
of
Understanding
and
Staidness
,
which
renders
him
excellent
good
Company
.
Being
ask'd
by
some
o●…
our
Inhabitants
,
who
he
was
,
I
am
(
said
he
)
Son
to
the
River
Sill
,
which
passes
by
th●…
Walls
of
this
Town
,
and
descended
from
one
of
the
most
Illustrious
Families
of
Gal●…cia
.
He
expects
to
be
Treated
with
you●…
Honour
,
and
your
Lordship
,
in
Discourse
though
he
is
known
by
the
Title
of
Knig●…
of
the
Noble
Order
of
Prim
roses
.
The
Fooleries
he
tells
to
make
good
th●…
Title
he
assumes
,
are
so
ridiculous
,
that
the●…
force
Laughter
from
the
most
Melancholy
.
He
seldom
comes
out
of
his
Lodging
,
Feeds
high
,
and
we
cannot
imagine
whence
he
should
have
means
to
live
at
that
Rate
.
He
hath
a
Servant
to
wait
on
him
,
who
knows
the
length
of
his
Foot
,
and
complies
with
him
in
his
Madness
,
either
for
his
advantage
,
or
else
he
has
a
soft
place
in
his
Head
,
as
well
as
his
Master
;
and
I
think
'em
both
very
well
worth
your
Observation
.
I
wonder
the
Knight
hath
not
been
yet
to
wait
on
your
Excellency
,
for
he
is
mighty
desirous
to
Converse
with
Strangers
,
and
finds
them
out
as
soon
as
he
hears
of
their
Arrival
.
The
Marquess
was
much
pleas'd
with
this
Relation
of
the
Host
,
and
desir'd
him
to
bring
him
acquainted
with
that
Noble
Knight
.
The
Fair
Lady
Eleanora
express'd
also
a
desire
to
see
him
,
for
she
had
been
present
at
the
Host's
Discourse
.
He
gladly
satisfi'd
them
,
being
overjoy'd
the
Prologue
of
the
Design
had
taken
so
well
.
He
went
to
his
Brother
's
to
fetch
him
,
having
before
told
the
Ambassadour
,
that
he
must
Treat
him
Honourably
,
if
he
expected
to
make
any
Sport
with
him
;
inasmuch
,
as
being
extreamly
self-conceited
in
his
Madness
,
he
would
be
put
out
of
all
Humour
,
if
he
were
entertained
with
any
dis-respect
,
or
indifference
.
The
Marquess
,
who
was
a
Person
naturally
inclin'd
to
Mirth
and
Civility
,
promised
him
he
would
observe
his
Directions
.
Whereupon
,
the
Host
marches
away
for
Don
Philip
,
who
came
into
the
Room
very
humorously
in
his
Fools
Coat
,
making
wry
Mouths
,
and
some
Fantastick
Gestures
,
the
Introduction
to
his
future
Extravagance
.
The
Ambassadour
,
how
serious
soever
he
would
appear
,
as
being
oblig'd
by
his
Quality
to
dissemble
,
could
not
forbear
Laughing
,
to
see
him
in
that
Equipage
,
attended
by
Marco
,
who
,
on
the
other
side
,
acted
very
well
the
Part
that
had
been
given
him
.
He
went
to
receive
him
at
the
Chamber
door
,
with
this
Complement
:
Welcome
to
the
Noblest
piece
of
Gallantry
that
ever
Spain
saw
:
Welcome
the
Mirrour
of
all
the
brave
Knights
that
ever
were
Celebrated
for
their
Heroick
Actions
.
The
News
your
Excellency
tells
me
,
(
replys
Don
Philip
)
deserv●…
not
the
reward
that
may
be
expected
for
it
▪
You
are
extreamly
mistaken
,
if
you
think
your self
the
first
of
those
who
have
admired
Natures
Prodigality
towards
me
in
Excellent
Parts
and
Endowments
.
Give
me
th●…
favour
at
least
,
(
answers
the
Marquess
)
to
b●…
one
of
the
most
faithful
Witnesses
thereof
,
which
no
doubt
I
shall
,
●…f
you
please
but
to
honour
me
a
while
with
your
sweet
Company
.
For
,
as
a
rich
Diamond
pleases
all
the
World
,
so
the
Attractions
of
your
Countenance
,
and
the
Transcendent
Infinuation
of
your
Behaviour
forces
the
Admiration
of
all
that
see
you
.
Don
Philip
was
by
this
time
got
near
the
fair
Lady
Eleanora
,
whereupon
looking
with
a
certain
Astonishment
on
her
Miraculous
Beauty
,
my
Lord
Marquess
,
(
said
he
to
him
)
I
beseech
you
forbear
at
present
the
praises
you
are
pleased
to
give
me
,
for
it
were
to
profane
those
which
are
due
to
this
Excellent
Creature
.
I
pray
let
me
know
whether
she
be
your
Daughter
,
for
if
she
be
,
you
will
be
much
concern'd
in
the
Elogies
I
shall
give
this
—
this
—
this
—
(
well
)
Miracle
.
Her
coming
into
the
World
was
to
Embellish
our
Hemisphere
,
to
supply
Cupid
with
fresh
Darts
,
to
become
the
Load-stone
of
Hearts
,
the
Delight
of
the
Eyes
,
the
Astonishment
of
the
Universe
,
the
Master-piece
of
Heaven
,
and
the
Miracle
of
Nature
:
By
the
Noble
Order
of
Knighthood
I
am
of
,
I
swear
,
that
the
very
Minute
I
first
cast
my
Eye
on
this
Accomplish'd
Beauty
,
I
found
my
Heart
was
grown
rebellious
,
and
no
longer
mine
;
my
will
bereav'd
of
all
freedom
;
and
my
Soul
become
absolutely
her
Slave
.
In
a
Word
,
Sir
,
I
think
my self
somewhat
different
from
what
I
was
before
,
and
the
more
I
feel
my
self
,
the
more
I
am
astonish'd
at
the
strange
Metamorphosis
.
The
Commendations
you
give
me
renowned
Knight
,
(
replies
the
Lady
)
smell
too
much
of
flattery
,
I
am
confident
you
do
not
your self
believe
one
half
of
what
you
have
said
,
and
therefore
it
will
be
hard
for
you
to
perswade
me
to
it
.
You
consider
not
that
you
act
against
your
own
sentiment
,
when
you
speak
against
your
Conscience
.
I
should
never
advise
a
Gallant
,
who
would
raise
himself
an
esteem
with
the
Ladies
,
to
hazard
his
own
disappointment
by
so
ill
a
Prologue
;
for
to
give
undeserved
praises
breeds
a
suspicion
of
imperfections
;
and
to
be
forc'd
to
the
belief
of
falsehood
brings
truth
into
question
.
The
truth
I
tell
you
,
(
replies
the
Amorous
Extravagant
)
is
such
,
so
pure
,
so
clear
,
and
so
far
from
all
suspicion
of
being
otherwise
,
that
you
shall
ever
find
it
as
plainly
in
my
Mouth
as
in
your
own
Looking-glass
;
be
not
so
hasty
,
Honourable
Knight
,
(
says
the
Lady
to
him
)
be
pleased
to
take
a
Chair
,
for
we
desire
to
discourse
with
you
at
leisure
:
were
it
Heavens
pleasure
,
Madam
,
(
says
Don
Philip
,
as
soon
as
he
was
sate
)
that
I
might
ever
continue
near
you
!
But
I
see
the
Honour
you
are
pleased
to
do
me
will
be
but
short
,
and
my
Joy
soon
be
over
,
for
I
understand
,
that
within
two
days
you
leave
this
place
,
and
if
you
go
without
me
,
I
shall
dye
out
of
pure
Grief
;
in
the
mean
time
,
give
me
leave
to
look
on
this
Mansion
as
the
Imperial
Heaven
,
since
so
great
a
Deity
hath
Honour'd
it
with
her
presence
.
We
forget
all
Civility
,
(
says
the
Marquess
)
when
we
fall
into
other
discourse
,
before
you
have
first
entertain'd
us
with
your
own
noble
adventures
,
that
we
may
thereby
know
what
respects
we
ought
to
pay
your
worth
.
There
is
not
any
due
to
me
,
Sir
,
(
replies
the
disguis'd
Cavalier
)
but
that
the
service
I
have
vow'd
you
,
may
be
the
better
receiv'd
,
I
will
give
you
an
account
of
my
Extraction
,
and
relate
to
you
the
perfect
History
of
my
Life
hitherto
;
be
pleased
to
afford
your
Attention
to
what
I
shall
say
.
The
Kingdom
of
Galicia
was
heretofore
Govern'd
by
Counts
,
and
afterwards
by
Kings
.
Gondamor
Reign'd
in
that
time
,
and
continued
a
Widower
after
the
Burial
of
his
first
Wife
,
by
whom
he
had
no
other
Children
but
the
Infanta
Theodomira
,
who
coming
to
Reign
after
him
was
called
the
Wenching-Queen
;
she
fell
in
Love
with
the
Gallant
Cialto
,
one
of
the
richest
and
properest
Persons
in
the
Kingdom
;
he
ever
kept
about
the
Court
,
and
was
a
Kinsman
,
tho'
somewhat
a
far
off
to
the
King
,
but
his
principal
Favourite
,
by
which
means
he
had
access
into
the
Queen's
Chamber
,
and
got
of
her
that
Favour
whereby
mankind
is
propagated
.
I
prov'd
to
be
the
Issue
of
that
Amorous
Union
;
and
the
good
hour
of
my
Birth
happen'd
at
a
time
that
the
King
chanc'd
to
be
at
his
Daughters
Lodging
;
the
pains
of
Child-Birth
surpriz'd
her
,
and
being
a
Novice
in
such
adventures
,
she
could
not
dissemble
her
Labour
,
even
in
the
presence
of
her
Father
,
who
imagin'd
it
was
some
other
Accident
had
happen'd
to
her
;
her
Women
help'd
her
to
Bed
,
not
knowing
the
Disease
that
troubl'd
her
;
but
not
long
after
I
came
into
the
World
,
it
seems
,
to
run
through
all
the
misfortunes
that
have
happen'd
to
me
since
.
Being
received
into
the
World
by
a
faithful
Servant
,
who
knew
of
my
Mothers
Amours
,
she
took
me
in
her
lap
,
to
be
deliver'd
to
a
Brother
of
hers
,
who
was
also
acquainted
with
the
business
.
As
she
went
out
of
the
Infanta's
Lodging
,
she
meets
with
the
King
,
going
to
visit
his
Daughter
.
She
was
afraid
his
Curiosity
would
have
prompted
him
to
examine
what
she
had
in
her
Lap
;
which
made
her
turn
back
of
a
sudden
,
and
,
by
a
secret
Pair
of
Stairs
,
go
down
into
the
Garden
,
where
having
dispos'd
of
me
into
a
little
Wicker
Basket
,
she
put
me
into
the
River
Sill
,
which
ran
by
the
Wall
thereof
,
and
told
the
Infanta
that
she
had
deliver'd
me
to
her
Brother
,
as
they
had
resolv'd
.
I
was
carried
awhile
on
the
Chrystal
Waves
of
that
clear
River
;
but
at
last
,
the
Water
growing
somewhat
rough
,
I
sunk
,
and
was
received
into
the
Arms
of
the
God
of
that
River
,
who
encompass'd
by
his
Fair
Nymphs
,
conducted
me
into
his
own
Chrystal
Palace
.
You
may
perhaps
imagine
this
Discourse
a
feign'd
Story
taken
out
of
the
Inventions
of
the
Poets
;
but
give
me
leave
to
assure
you
,
that
the
business
happen'd
no
otherwise
than
as
I
tell
you
.
I
was
brought
up
by
the
Nymphs
in
that
secret
Mansion
,
and
instructed
by
the
God
of
the
River
,
who
wish'd
I
might
prove
worthy
so
Noble
an
Education
.
He
caused
me
to
be
instructed
in
all
manner
of
Sciences
,
and
spar'd
no
pains
to
make
me
an
Accomplish'd
Person
.
I
learnt
three
or
four
Languages
,
but
particularly
the
Latine
above
any
of
the
other
.
Being
arriv'd
to
the
twentieth
Year
of
my
Age
,
Love
,
to
shew
his
Omnipotency
,
and
that
all
places
are
under
his
Jurisdiction
,
caus'd
his
Flames
to
fasten
on
me
even
through
the
Water
.
In
that
Virginal
Company
of
Nymphs
,
there
was
one
,
for
whom
the
God
of
that
Watery
Habitation
had
a
particular
Esteem
;
and
she
deserv'd
it
,
for
she
very
much
excell'd
all
her
Companions
;
her
Name
was
Anacarsia
.
Her
Endowments
were
extraordinary
,
and
her
Beauty
beyond
all
Comparison
.
In
Complexion
and
Stature
she
came
somewhat
near
this
fair
Lady
your
Daughter
,
and
had
the
same
Advantage
over
the
rest
of
the
Nymphs
,
as
the
Delphick-Torch
hath
over
the
other
Planets
.
She
played
excellently
well
on
all
kinds
of
Instruments
;
to
summ
up
all
in
a
Word
,
she
was
a
prodigy
of
all
Perfections
.
I
fell
so
passionately
in
Love
with
this
Beauty
that
I
had
not
a
Minute's
rest
,
from
the
time
that
little
Deity
had
wounded
my
Heart
,
with
the
Mortal
Darts
of
her
sparkling
Eyes
.
I
found
it
a
hard
business
to
discover
my
Love
to
her
,
in
regard
I
could
never
meet
her
alone
;
she
was
perpetually
haunted
by
some
of
those
who
liv'd
in
that
Chrystal
Palace
;
they
follow'd
her
every
where
,
and
would
never
be
out
of
her
sight
.
But
one
Day
,
when
all
the
other
Nymphs
were
gone
to
a
Musick-meeting
,
at
which
were
also
to
be
read
certain
Lectures
of
Poesie
,
being
the
ordinary
Divertisements
of
the
God
of
that
River
,
the
Divine
Anacarsia
purposely
pretended
some
Indisposition
,
to
give
me
an
opportunity
to
speak
with
her
.
She
sent
me
notice
of
it
,
by
one
who
came
to
tell
me
from
her
,
that
she
kept
her
Bed
only
for
my
sake
,
than
which
I
could
not
have
expected
a
kinder
Complement
from
one
of
her
Sex
.
I
went
to
her
Chamber
,
and
found
her
carelesly
laid
on
a
Bed
of
Moss
,
exceeding
in
Whiteness
the
fine
Sheets
she
lay
on
,
and
disputing
as
to
Splendour
and
Light
,
with
the
Sun
,
who
then
beheld
her
.
I
was
startled
at
the
sight
of
so
many
Charms
,
and
was
upon
the
point
of
lo●…ing
all
Sentiments
,
an
Effect
Natural
enough
in
those
who
are
truly
touched
with
Love
.
But
recovering
my self
a
while
,
though
still
much
troubled
,
and
my
Tongue
but
as
it
were
newly
loosened
,
I
took
the
Confidence
to
make
this
Discourse
to
her
.
Adorable
Nymph
,
the
glory
of
these
deep
Habitations
,
but
the
unavoidable
rack
of
those
Hearts
,
which
are
captivated
by
your
Beauty
,
my
Soul
,
since
the
first
time
I
saw
you
,
is
absolutely
disposed
to
serve
you
;
I
have
no
power
over
her
,
she
is
wholly
yours
,
and
glories
in
her
Slavery
.
Treat
her
as
a
thing
belongs
to
you
,
and
as
I
have
vowed
her
to
you
with
an
inviolable
Fidelity
.
You
have
done
me
an
extraordinary
Favour
in
allowing
me
to
declare
the
Amorous
Passion
I
have
for
you
:
May
I
further
hope
,
that
you
will
allay
it
,
and
if
I
should
be
admitted
to
that
Degree
of
Felicity
,
should
I
not
be
the
Happiest
and
most
Glorious
of
all
Men
?
The
fair
Anacarsia
,
infinitely
pleased
with
so
obliging
a
Discourse
,
and
the
Worth
she
observ'd
in
me
,
highly
honour'd
me
with
her
Affection
,
and
complied
with
my
Amorous
Desires
,
in
such
sweet
and
melting
Expressions
,
as
put
me
in
hopes
of
the
happy
Accomplishment
of
my
Love
.
But
it
was
not
long
ere
our
Discourse
was
interrupted
by
the
God
of
the
River
,
who
finding
neither
of
us
at
the
meeting
,
came
streight
to
her
Chamber
,
and
slunk
in
so
softly
,
that
he
over-heard
some
part
of
our
Amorous
Conference
;
which
so
incensed
him
against
me
,
that
he
immediately
resolv'd
to
give
a
check
to
my
Presumption
.
He
laid
Siege
,
with
his
clear
Waters
,
to
the
Chamber
of
Anacarsia
,
and
ere
he
had
quite
damm'd
up
the
Door
,
he
cast
me
out
with
such
violence
,
that
I
was
got
to
the
Bank
of
the
River
.
I
presently
heard
a
voice
saying
unto
me
,
Guadomarus
,
thou
art
descended
from
Kings
,
though
it
be
a
long
time
since
they
have
had
Scepters
in
their
Hands
;
Princes
of
another
Family
have
displac'd
them
.
Thou
art
born
a
Pagan
,
choose
what
Law
thou
thinkest
best
;
if
thou
wilt
follow
my
Advice
,
take
that
which
is
observ'd
in
this
Kingdom
,
under
which
liv'd
thy
Illustrious
Ancestors
.
I
have
justly
banish'd
thee
out
of
my
Dominions
,
because
it
was
not
fit
I
should
suffer
profane
Love
to
be
made
to
a
Nymph
who
had
vowed
her
Chastity
to
me
as
I
had
mine
to
her
.
I
have
promised
her
my
Protection
and
Assistance
in
all
things
.
Keep
henceforward
within
thy
Kingdom
,
and
assure
thy self
I
wish
thy
good
and
advancement
,
so
far
am
I
from
doing
thee
any
prejudice
.
Whithersoever
Fortune
shall
dispose
of
thee
,
be
Confident
,
thou
wilt
not
be
out
of
the
reach
of
my
Care
.
With
those
Words
the
waters
of
the
River
,
seem'd
to
stir
themselves
into
a
gentle
curl
,
which
being
presently
laid
,
it
became
as
smooth
as
it
had
been
before
.
I
immediately
found
my self
(
by
what
Adventure
I
know
not
)
in
a
pleasant
Garden
,
in
the
midst
of
a
Bed
of
fine
Prim-roses
,
which
I
looked
on
as
a
good
Omen
,
and
thought
my self
oblig'd
to
derive
my
Name
thence
.
Afterwards
at
my
Baptism
,
I
took
the
Name
of
Peter
Blasco
of
Galicia
,
taking
the
surname
from
the
Kingdom
which
had
been
heretofore
in
the
Possession
of
my
Predecessors
,
who
have
been
dead
this
four
hundred
years
,
as
I
have
found
in
History
.
Besides
that
Name
,
I
have
taken
an
Additional
Title
,
that
of
Knight
of
the
noble
Order
of
Prim-roses
.
I
have
assum'd
it
my self
;
for
an
Illustrious
Hero
,
as
I
am
,
may
be
his
own
Herauld
,
and
by
what
Appellations
he
pleases
raise
himself
above
the
sphere
of
the
common
sort
of
People
.
Thus
have
I
given
your
Excellency
an
account
who
I
am
,
and
discover'd
to
you
my
true
Original
.
If
the
Qualities
and
Endowments
I
own
,
deserve
the
Honour
to
be
receiv'd
into
your
Alliance
,
Give
me
leave
,
O
most
Illustrious
Marquess
,
to
make
my
Addresses
to
this
Super-Coelestial
Beauty
,
this
Miracle
of
our
Age
,
whom
Nature
was
humorously
pleas'd
to
frame
for
the
delight
of
the
Eyes
,
and
Torment
of
Hearts
.
I
only
expect
your
good
Will
,
give
it
me
,
I
beseech
you
,
and
thereby
satisfie
my
extraordinary
Passion
.
I
think
you
so
generous
,
that
you
will
not
deny
it
me
,
if
you
consider
,
that
granting
it
not
,
you
bereave
me
of
my
Life
,
which
you
know
is
the
most
Illustrious
of
any
in
Europe
;
and
are
consequently
satisfied
,
that
the
World
,
losing
in
me
,
the
most
Renowned
Knight
it
ever
had
,
must
withal
lose
the
worthiest
Kinsman
of
his
Catholick
Majesty
.
He
deliver'd
these
last
Words
with
such
pleasant
Gestures
,
the
better
to
express
the
Violence
of
his
Passion
,
that
both
the
Marquess
and
his
Daughter
had
much
ado
to
forbear
Laughing
.
Marco
was
astonish'd
to
see
the
force
of
that
Passion
,
which
,
of
an
Accomplish'd
Gentleman
made
a
Ridiculous
Laughing-Stock
;
and
could
turn
a
Person
of
Eminent
Parts
and
Judgment
,
into
a
Counterfeit
Extravagant
:
For
if
he
had
not
pretended
the
loss
of
his
Wits
,
he
had
lost
all
the
hopes
of
his
Love
;
and
he
could
not
have
gotten
near
so
Fair
a
Lady
,
upon
any
account
but
that
of
Madness
.
The
Marquess
composing
his
Countenance
to
more
seriousness
,
return'd
him
this
Answer
.
Seignior
Don
Pedro
Blasco
,
the
most
Illustrious
,
and
only
Knight
of
the
most
Noble
Order
of
Prim-roses
,
I
am
extreamly
pleased
with
the
knowledge
you
have
given
me
of
your
Person
,
and
the
account
you
have
entertain'd
me
with
of
your
Miraculous
Birth
,
●…nd
Noble
Education
:
Had
a
Person
,
less
Illustrious
than
your self
,
acquainted
me
therewith
,
I
should
have
mistrusted
his
Discourse
,
and
imagin'd
he
told
me
Fables
:
But
〈◊〉
Person
of
your
Worth
and
Quality
ought
to
be
credited
in
all
things
.
What
further
confirms
me
in
the
truth
thereof
,
is
,
that
he
is
no
less
than
a
Prince
who
speaks
to
me
.
Believe
me
,
I
have
a
great
respect
for
your
●…are
Qualities
,
and
such
an
Honour
for
your
Person
,
that
I
would
assure
you
my
own
is
wholly
at
your
Service
.
I
have
that
esteem
●…or
your
Friendship
,
that
I
shall
endeavour
the
continuance
of
it
while
I
live
.
I
wish
my self
a
natural
Inhabitant
of
this
Kingdom
,
that
I
might
have
the
greater
Opportunities
●…o
further
your
satisfaction
.
I
shall
stay
here
but
till
such
time
as
his
Imperial
Majesty
shall
send
order
for
my
return
;
but
during
the
abode
I
shall
make
here
,
command
me
in
any
thing
that
lies
in
my
power
:
As
for
the
permission
you
desire
,
to
make
your
Addresses
to
my
Daughter
,
I
from
this
time
give
it
you
,
and
I
allow
her
to
accept
of
it
,
and
to
entertain
you
kindly
;
but
she
is
already
made
sure
to
a
Cousin
of
hers
,
and
I
have
sent
to
Rome
for
a
Dispensation
,
which
once
come
,
the
Marriage
will
be
concluded
:
This
Obstacle
lies
in
your
way
,
and
you
will
find
it
a
hard
matter
to
remove
it
.
I
am
sorry
I
had
not
the
happiness
of
your
Acquaintance
before
;
for
how
gladly
would
I
have
embrac'd
the
honour
of
having
a
Son-in-Law
of
your
Worth
and
Quality
,
and
to
see
my
Family
alli'd
to
the
Blood-royal
of
Galicia
?
The
end
of
most
Courtships
is
Marriage
;
of
yours
you
see
it
cannot
be
:
To
address
your self
to
my
Daughter
upon
any
other
account
,
I
know
you
would
not
;
the
Husband
she
expects
is
a
person
of
so
much
Gallantry
,
as
not
to
receive
any
such
Affront
.
The
disguis'd
Extravagant
broke
forth
into
great
Resentments
upon
his
obliging
Discourse
,
which
made
excellent
sport
for
all
that
were
present
.
But
having
laugh'd
their
fill
,
the
Marquess
and
his
Daughter
could
not
forbear
making
Charitable
Reflections
on
that
strange
kind
of
Distraction
.
It
pitied
them
to
see
a
Gentleman
every
way
so
Accomplished
,
fallen
into
such
unheard
of
Extravagances
,
as
to
alledge
himself
descended
from
a
River
,
and
brought
up
in
it
five
hundred
Years
before
:
While
some
that
were
present
,
purposely
to
urge
him
to
speak
,
oppos'd
the
Stories
he
had
told
them
,
and
he
endeavoured
to
give
them
satisfaction
.
The
Marquess
acquainted
his
Daughter
with
a
design
that
came
into
his
mind
,
which
was
to
carry
Don
Pedro
along
with
him
to
the
Court
,
it
being
likely
he
would
find
them
excellent
sport
by
the
way
:
They
resolv'd
to
treat
him
as
a
Person
of
Eminent
Quality
,
having
understood
by
his
Servant
,
that
he
was
really
such
,
and
that
upon
his
recovery
out
of
a
great
sickness
,
that
Madness
had
seiz'd
him
.
The
Lady
Eleanora
was
very
well
content
,
leaving
it
to
some
other
time
to
acquaint
him
therewith
.
Don
Pedro
Blasco
coming
to
take
his
leave
of
the
Marquess
said
to
him
,
that
since
he
was
so
unhappy
as
not
to
deserve
his
Fair
Daughter's
Hand
,
in
the
Quality
of
a
Husband
,
he
would
allow
him
to
Love
her
with
a
Vertuous
Love
,
such
as
even
her
Husband
should
not
disapprove
:
The
Marquess
gave
way
,
desiring
him
to
honour
him
with
his
Company
at
Supper
that
Night
,
by
reason
he
had
somewhat
to
Communicate
unto
him
.
Don
Philip
gladly
excepted
the
Proffer
,
and
thereupon
they
parted
.
The
Marquess
and
his
Company
talked
very
much
of
Don
Pedro
,
wondring
at
the
strange
kind
of
Madness
he
was
fallen
into
.
He
acquainted
them
with
the
design
he
had
to
take
him
along
with
him
to
the
Court
.
The
Master
of
the
House
where
he
was
Lodg'd
happening
to
be
then
present
,
told
him
,
that
he
doubted
,
Don
Pedro
Blasco
would
hardly
be
perswaded
thereto
,
if
the
Marquess
treated
him
as
an
Inferiour
;
for
he
was
mighty
self-conceited
,
and
stood
much
upon
his
Honour
;
but
if
he
were
willing
,
there
would
arise
another
difficulty
in
the
manner
of
his
Travelling
:
In
regard
,
(
said
he
to
him
)
your
Excellency
going
by
Litter
,
I
think
he
would
be
loath
to
go
by
Horse
:
We
'll
find
an
Expedient
for
that
,
(
says
the
Marquess
)
which
is
,
that
my
Daughter
,
as
his
Mistress
,
shall
command
him
to
entertain
her
at
the
side
of
her
Litter
;
for
if
his
Love
continues
,
he
will
be
glad
of
the
opportunity
;
and
he
shall
have
an
excellent
Horse
,
richly
Harnass'd
,
which
I
have
led
after
me
,
to
ride
on
when
I
am
a
weary
of
the
Litter
.
Don
Philip
,
who
had
been
acquainted
with
all
these
Discourses
,
fail'd
not
to
come
to
Supper
,
to
which
he
had
been
Invited
.
The
Marquess
receiv'd
him
very
civilly
,
and
caus'd
a
Chair
to
be
set
for
him
,
near
his
Daughter
,
which
he
thought
a
very
signal
Favour
.
They
Talk'd
of
divers
things
,
the
Marquess
finding
he
had
an
excellent
Wit
in
his
Intervals
,
which
he
ever
clos'd
with
some
pleasant
Extravagance
.
They
were
very
Merry
at
Supper
,
and
were
oblig'd
for
their
Diversion
,
to
the
Merry
Discourses
of
Don
Philip.
At
last
,
the
Cloth
being
taken
away
,
the
Marquess
broke
his
Mind
to
him
in
these
Words
.
'T
is
a
thousand
Pities
,
most
Renowned
Knight
,
that
a
Person
so
Accomplish'd
as
you
are
,
and
one
furnish'd
with
all
the
Excellent
Endowments
that
recommend
men
to
the
Favour
and
Esteem
of
Princes
,
should
as
it
were
defie
their
Courts
,
and
spend
your
time
and
Talents
in
such
an
obscure
place
as
this
is
.
I
have
heard
that
the
reason
of
this
your
Retirement
is
,
that
you
have
not
means
to
live
suitably
to
your
Condition
,
and
the
Rank
you
should
maintain
.
If
it
be
so
,
give
me
leave
to
propose
an
Expedient
to
you
,
out
of
the
particular
Esteem
I
have
for
your
Seignory
.
I
shall
take
it
for
a
very
great
favour
,
if
you
will
be
pleas'd
to
go
along
with
me
to
Villadolid
,
where
you
shall
be
treated
,
in
my
Quarters
,
with
all
the
Submissions
and
Respects
due
to
a
Person
of
your
Quality
,
yet
so
as
that
it
shall
not
cost
you
any
thing
.
By
this
means
coming
to
be
known
,
and
your
Worth
spreading
it self
,
you
may
meet
with
a
rich
Wife
,
of
some
Illustrious
Family
;
wherein
my
Daughter
may
do
you
a
kindness
,
in
regard
she
having
occasion
to
see
many
of
them
,
will
advance
you
into
her
favour
,
for
whom
you
have
most
Inclination
:
Let
me
obtain
of
your
Knight-hood
,
the
Favour
I
desire
of
you
:
Live
freely
with
us
,
since
you
would
have
me
believe
,
that
the
Love
you
bear
my
Daughter
is
pure
and
sincere
;
I
will
undertake
it
shall
be
kindly
taken
by
the
Husband
she
hopes
to
have
:
I
expect
your
Answer
to
this
particular
,
and
I
desire
it
may
be
Consonant
to
the
Esteem
I
have
for
your
Worth
.
Don
Philip
was
extreamly
satisfied
,
that
the
Imposture
had
taken
so
well
,
and
immediately
apprehended
,
that
,
living
in
the
House
with
the
Marquess
,
he
should
be
near
her
whom
he
Ador'd
,
which
was
the
main
end
of
his
Desires
;
whereupon
he
return'd
him
this
Answer
.
No
Temptation
in
the
World
should
have
forc'd
my
Removal
from
this
place
,
but
the
extraordinary
Civilities
I
have
receiv'd
from
your
Excellency
.
I
had
resolved
to
spend
the
rest
of
my
days
in
this
Retirement
,
as
conceiving
it
the
best
course
for
a
Person
of
my
Quality
,
whose
Revenues
are
much
below
his
Honour
,
to
confine
himself
to
some
Place
,
where
he
is
not
much
known
,
and
so
avoid
the
charge
of
Servants
and
Cloths
.
But
the
Respects
you
are
pleased
to
have
for
me
,
together
with
this
transcendent
Beauty
,
who
by
the
forcible
Attractions
of
her
Divine
Countenance
,
draws
Hearts
after
her
,
as
the
Thracian
Orpheus
did
living
Creatures
,
Stones
and
Plants
,
by
the
Harmonious
sound
of
his
Harp
,
have
made
me
wholly
at
your
service
.
I
shall
not
trouble
either
you
or
my self
to
tell
you
how
Persons
of
my
Quality
ought
to
be
treated
,
as
thinking
it
enough
,
that
I
have
already
acquainted
you
with
my
Titles
,
and
particularly
that
I
am
of
the
Blood-Royal
.
The
greatest
Favour
you
can
ever
do
me
,
is
,
that
you
command
me
to
wait
on
your
Daughter
,
which
if
you
do
,
I
shall
the
more
willingly
accept
of
the
proffer
you
are
pleased
to
make
me
.
The
Marquess
finding
him
willing
to
go
along
with
them
,
all
that
remain'd
to
be
done
was
to
perswade
him
to
do
it
on
Horseback
,
which
he
was
content
to
do
,
that
he
might
the
better
entertain
his
Mistress
at
the
side
of
the
Litter
.
Don
Philip
help'd
the
Lady
into
her
Litter
,
being
proud
in
his
Mind
at
that
Introduction
of
his
Service
to
her
,
and
that
he
had
the
Happiness
to
take
her
by
the
fair
hand
,
continuing
his
Attendance
on
her
from
their
departure
from
Pont-Ferrada
,
till
they
came
to
Villadolid
.
All
the
way
along
,
he
entertain'd
her
with
pleasant
Discourses
,
intermixt
with
Amorous
Expressions
,
and
at
every
Inn
they
came
to
,
she
fail'd
not
to
give
her
Father
an
Account
of
the
divertive
Discourses
she
had
with
Don
Philip.
The
last
day
of
their
Journey
,
Don
Philip
would
needs
feel
the
Pulse
of
his
Mistress
as
to
her
intended
Marriage
,
and
endeavoured
to
discover
how
she
was
inclined
thereto
.
He
brought
the
Business
upon
the
Stage
so
dexterously
,
as
that
she
might
not
suspect
him
guilty
of
any
impertinent
Curiosity
.
It
is
commonly
observ'd
that
Persons
any
way
afflicted
are
apt
to
break
their
minds
to
any
People
,
but
especially
to
those
with
whom
they
are
familiarly
acquainted
.
Accordingly
,
to
ease
her
own
thoughts
,
and
satisfie
Don
Philip
,
she
made
him
this
answer
.
Worthy
Knight
of
the
most
Honourable
Order
of
Prim-roses
,
I
must
needs
acknowledge
,
that
my
Cousin
Henrick
is
a
Person
endow'd
with
all
the
Qualities
,
capable
to
raise
a
Woman's
Love
to
the
highest
pitch
,
but
I
have
withal
discovered
him
to
be
so
fickle
,
and
one
so
naturally
inclined
to
address
himself
to
all
sorts
of
Women
,
not
regarding
whether
they
be
nobly
or
meanly
descended
,
that
it
very
much
cools
my
Affection
towards
him
,
and
makes
me
fear
his
Alliance
,
though
I
find
my
self
sufficiently
inclin'd
thereto
,
could
I
perceive
any
likelihood
of
his
reforming
himself
of
that
insufferable
humour
;
but
,
far
from
that
,
since
my
coming
into
Spain
,
when
he
should
have
endeavour'd
to
give
me
greater
assurances
of
his
Affection
,
I
find
him
as
indifferent
as
to
my
satisfaction
as
ever
;
and
Heaven
knows
with
what
apprehensions
I
am
induc'd
to
condescend
to
this
match
;
for
if
I
am
now
frightned
at
the
thoughts
of
his
miscarriages
,
what
must
I
not
fear
,
when
he
obtains
the
Superiority
?
the
obedience
I
ow
my
Father
,
and
the
necessity
I
find
that
this
Marriage
should
be
concluded
,
for
the
Composure
of
some
differences
in
our
Family
,
make
me
wholly
passive
in
the
business
,
and
so
content
it
should
go
forward
.
I
admit
of
his
Addresses
not
without
some
violence
to
my
own
inclination
,
and
all
I
can
do
,
is
to
pray
Heaven
,
that
it
would
inspire
him
with
better
resolutions
.
Don
Philip
could
have
wish'd
that
she
had
not
been
so
resolute
,
as
she
seem'd
to
be
;
he
therefore
,
though
then
personating
a
Fool
,
answer'd
her
as
a
Wise
man
,
and
advis'd
her
to
bear
a
while
with
the
failings
of
her
Cousin
.
Despair
not
,
Madam
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
but
Don
Henrick
may
become
another
Man
,
and
that
if
he
be
such
as
you
describe
him
now
,
that
volatile
Humour
will
be
fix'd
in
him
,
when
he
comes
to
be
possess'd
of
so
fair
and
accomplish'd
a
Lady
;
but
he
resolv'd
,
upon
the
first
opportunity
should
present
it self
,
to
express
his
mind
to
her
in
other
terms
;
and
to
make
a
full
discovery
of
himself
to
his
Mistress
.
They
came
that
day
to
Villadolid
,
and
Henrick
met
them
half
a
days
Journey
short
of
it
;
he
was
very
kindly
receiv'd
,
both
of
the
Marquess
and
his
Daughter
,
whereat
the
disguised
Don
Philip
was
not
a
little
troubled
;
for
finding
Don
Henrick
a
very
graceful
Person
,
he
began
to
entertain
some
doubts
of
the
success
of
his
enterprize
;
the
Marquess
thought
to
make
him
acquainted
with
Don
Philip
,
that
,
by
the
Character
he
gave
him
,
he
might
accordingly
treat
him
.
Nephew
,
(
said
he
to
him
)
I
pray
take
notice
of
this
Noble
Cavalier
,
who
hath
Honour'd
us
with
his
Company
from
Galicia
,
for
his
person
,
and
the
rare
qualities
he
is
Master
of
,
are
such
as
deserve
the
highest
esteem
.
I
desire
you
to
respect
him
accordingly
,
and
assure
your self
all
you
do
will
be
below
his
Merit
,
not
only
upon
the
Accompt
of
the
Royal-Blood
from
which
he
is
descended
,
but
also
the
Romantick
Title
he
assumes
to
himself
,
of
Knight
of
the
Honourable
Order
of
Primroses
:
He
pretends
a
Jurisdiction
over
all
those
places
where
ever
any
of
that
Flower
grows
,
and
never
sees
it
,
but
he
thinks
of
the
Complexion
of
a
Mistress
he
once
had
,
who
spent
most
of
her
time
in
Gardens
,
in
one
whereof
it
was
Love's
Pleasure
to
make
him
a
Captive
to
her
Beauty
,
as
she
was
gathering
some
Prim-roses
.
This
Description
made
Don
Henrick
take
a
particular
notice
of
Don
Philip
,
and
he
doubted
not
,
as
well
by
his
Accoutrements
,
as
by
the
Fantastick
Title
he
had
taken
to
himself
,
to
conclude
him
a
most
transcendent
Extravagant
,
and
that
,
as
such
,
they
had
entertain'd
him
into
their
Company
.
Accordingly
,
to
comply
with
his
Uncle
,
he
made
this
Complement
to
Don
Philip
,
Most
Honourable
Knight
of
the
Order
of
Prim-roses
,
I
shall
receive
your
Acquaintance
with
as
great
Satisfaction
as
I
should
do
that
of
the
greatest
Monarch
in
the
World
,
and
think
my self
infinitely
obliged
to
you
,
that
,
being
a
Person
of
such
extraordinary
Parts
,
you
were
pleased
to
honour
the
Marquess
my
Uncle
,
and
my
Cousin
,
with
your
Company
so
far
out
of
your
own
Territories
.
In
Acknowledgment
of
that
Noble
Favour
,
be
pleased
to
accept
the
proffer
I
make
to
you
of
ever
being
your
most
affectionate
and
most
humble
Servant
,
than
which
I
cannot
expect
a
higher
Relation
to
you
,
when
I
consider
the
Character
my
Uncle
hath
been
pleased
to
give
you
.
Don
Philip
return'd
him
most
humble
thanks
,
and
said
to
him
,
I
have
so
high
an
esteem
for
whatsoever
this
fair
Lady
is
concerned
in
,
that
I
shall
make
it
my
Business
to
Sacrifice
all
you
think
most
Excellent
in
me
to
her
Satisfaction
and
yours
,
as
long
as
it
shall
please
his
Excellency
to
give
me
leave
to
be
of
his
retinue
.
How
,
(
replies
Henrick
)
may
we
expect
that
farther
Happiness
as
to
enjoy
your
Company
for
some
time
?
I
see
no
Reason
you
have
to
be
so
glad
of
it
,
(
replies
the
Marquess
)
for
you
must
know
,
that
Don
Peter
Blasco
is
fallen
deeply
in
Love
with
your
Cousin
,
and
that
it
is
his
Affection
hath
occasion'd
this
Acquaintance
,
though
he
hath
assur'd
me
,
that
,
since
he
understood
she
was
design'd
for
you
,
that
Love
is
turn'd
into
a
pure
fraternal
Friendship
,
and
under
that
Innocent
Passion
he
endeavours
to
oblige
her
what
lies
in
his
Power
.
Be
pleased
to
take
my
further
Assurance
of
it
,
says
Don
Philip
,
that
no
thought
of
that
may
break
your
rest
;
for
that
Consideration
laid
aside
,
I
should
think
my self
capable
to
raise
a
Jealousie
even
in
Narcissus
himself
,
were
he
now
alive
:
For
I
dare
,
without
any
vanity
,
affirm
it
,
that
there
is
not
a
Person
in
the
World
may
be
compared
to
me
either
as
to
Gracefulness
of
Body
,
or
Accomplishments
of
Mind
.
I
am
sufficiently
convinced
of
the
Truth
of
what
you
say
,
(
says
Henrick
)
though
I
have
not
known
you
long
:
And
therefore
wholly
relying
on
the
promise
you
make
me
,
I
shall
fear
nothing
as
to
your
Pretentions
,
which
were
they
any
other
Persons
,
I
should
not
be
guilty
of
so
great
an
Indifference
.
With
these
Discourses
,
they
got
to
the
Court
,
and
the
Ambassador
being
alighted
at
his
House
,
he
there
found
many
Ladies
,
impatiently
expecting
the
Arrival
of
the
fair
Lady
Eleanora
,
who
was
receiv'd
out
of
her
Litter
into
the
Arms
of
her
design'd
Husband
,
whereat
Don
Philip
could
do
no
less
than
conceive
a
little
Jealousie
.
Henrick
,
to
begin
the
Demonstrations
of
his
Love
,
had
prepared
a
magnificent
Supper
,
to
which
were
invited
all
those
,
of
both
Sexes
,
who
were
come
thither
to
receive
the
Ambassadour
and
his
Daughter
.
Don
Philip
went
to
Bed
presently
after
Supper
,
extreamly
troubled
in
mind
,
that
he
had
engag'd
himself
in
an
Enterprize
,
wherein
he
found
so
great
difficulties
.
He
could
not
imagine
any
means
to
bring
it
about
,
so
that
as
that
he
might
come
off
with
Credit
;
he
met
with
too
many
Obstacles
,
and
what
afflicted
him
most
of
all
,
was
,
the
Resolution
the
Lady
had
taken
to
satisfie
her
Father's
Desire
,
who
was
desirous
the
Marriage
should
be
concluded
with
Henrick
,
though
he
had
been
acquainted
,
as
well
as
she
,
with
his
Miscarriages
.
Marco
could
not
forbear
grumbling
at
the
Resolution
of
his
Master
,
which
must
have
ended
amidst
those
Difficulties
.
He
exposed
himself
as
an
Extravagant
Person
in
a
Court
where
he
might
have
raised
himself
into
Esteem
,
and
out
of
a
hope
not
likely
to
be
brought
to
any
Effect
,
he
ran
himself
dayly
into
new
Inconveniences
.
The
Master
and
Servant
spent
some
part
of
the
Night
in
discoursing
about
the
Business
,
till
at
last
Don
Philip
fell
a
sleep
,
with
a
Resolution
to
discover
himself
to
his
Mistress
,
and
,
if
his
Addresses
were
not
well
entertain'd
by
her
,
to
return
immediately
into
Galicia
.
The
visits
of
the
Cavaliers
and
Ladies
,
continued
six
days
,
during
which
time
the
Marquess
and
his
Daughter
were
often
seen
,
both
of
them
taking
much
Pleasure
in
the
pleasant
Demeanour
of
Don
Philip
,
who
acted
the
part
he
had
undertaken
so
admirably
well
,
that
his
Extravagances
became
the
Discourse
of
the
whole
Court
,
all
speaking
of
him
as
one
of
the
most
Humorous
Fools
that
had
come
upon
the
Stage
of
a
long
time
;
insomuch
that
some
advised
the
Ambassadour
to
bring
him
to
the
Palace
,
assuring
him
the
King
would
be
much
pleased
with
his
Behaviour
.
Don
Philip
coming
to
hear
of
it
,
seemed
to
be
very
angry
,
and
excused
himself
,
out
of
a
fear
his
Majesty
might
not
entertain
him
,
suitably
to
his
Quality
and
Extraction
;
that
he
would
not
run
the
hazard
of
receiving
an
affront
,
and
that
the
least
dis-respect
shewn
him
would
force
him
to
violent
Resentments
thereof
.
The
Ambassadour
press'd
him
no
further
,
lest
he
might
put
him
out
of
Humour
,
perceiving
he
liked
not
the
Proposal
,
and
put
it
off
to
some
other
time
,
when
perhaps
he
might
find
him
more
inclin'd
to
Compliance
.
Henrick
,
who
was
also
lodg'd
in
the
Ambassadour's
House
,
had
only
two
Servants
to
wait
on
him
,
whom
he
trusted
with
the
Knowledge
of
all
his
Love
Adventures
.
It
happen'd
that
both
these
fell
sick
at
the
same
time
,
a
time
when
he
should
have
shewn
more
Reservedness
in
his
Amours
,
to
raise
himself
into
a
better
Esteem
with
his
Mistress
;
but
he
on
the
contrary
,
minded
his
own
Enjoyments
above
all
things
,
and
never
considering
the
present
posture
of
his
Affairs
,
he
continued
his
Night-Visits
,
as
he
was
wont
to
do
before
her
Arrival
.
Being
thus
disappointed
of
their
Attendance
,
who
were
best
acquainted
with
his
Humours
,
he
conceiv'd
he
could
not
pitch
upon
a
fitter
Person
to
accompany
him
than
Marco
,
who
,
with
the
leave
of
his
Master
Don
Philip
,
went
along
with
him
,
finding
him
a
subtle
Fellow
,
and
experienced
in
such
Affairs
,
he
thought
him
a
Person
fit
for
his
Purpose
,
and
accordingly
that
he
might
trust
him
with
any
thing
.
He
took
him
along
with
him
three
or
four
Nights
together
to
a
certain
House
,
out
of
which
he
came
at
a
very
unseasonable
hour
.
Though
Marco
went
in
with
him
,
yet
durst
he
not
be
so
impertinently
inquisitive
,
as
to
ask
who
was
the
Mistress
of
the
House
,
till
the
third
or
fourth
Night
that
he
had
accompanied
him
thither
;
and
then
being
alone
with
the
Servant-Maid
(
who
taking
Example
by
her
Mistress
began
to
express
some
Kindness
towards
Marco
)
he
asked
her
whose
House
that
was
,
and
to
whom
Henrick
made
his
Visits
.
Love
and
Secrecy
are
seldom
found
in
the
same
Lodging
.
She
was
a
Servant
,
and
in
Love
with
Marco
;
there
needs
no
more
to
be
said
,
to
make
it
appear
,
that
she
satisfied
him
in
whatever
he
desir'd
to
know
.
Marco
understood
from
her
,
that
that
House
belong'd
to
his
Master
Don
Philip's
Aunt
,
and
that
his
own
Sister
was
the
Person
whom
Henrick
had
at
rack
and
manger
,
upon
a
Promise
of
Marriage
,
she
had
gotten
from
him
a
little
before
under
his
hand
,
she
by
reason
of
her
Retiredness
,
being
innocently
Ignorant
of
the
Treaty
of
Marriage
between
him
and
his
Cousin
the
Lady
Eleanora
.
Marco
having
pump'd
out
all
these
particulars
,
fail'd
not
to
give
his
Master
an
account
thereof
the
next
day
.
Don
Philip
was
extreamly
surpriz'd
thereat
;
not
without
Indignation
against
his
Sister
,
though
that
procedure
of
Henrick
raised
him
into
some
hopes
of
effecting
his
Design
,
presuming
the
more
upon
it
,
in
that
being
equal
,
as
to
Birth
,
to
Henrick
,
he
was
resolv'd
he
should
never
Marry
any
other
,
than
her
whom
he
had
so
highly
dishonour'd
.
He
thereupon
commanded
Marco
to
acquaint
the
Maid
who
had
made
those
discoveries
to
him
,
that
the
Marriage
of
Henrick
and
his
Cousin
was
agreed
upon
,
and
that
a
Messenger
was
sent
to
Rome
for
the
Dispensation
,
not
forgetting
the
rare
accomplishments
of
the
Lady
Eleanora
;
to
the
end
she
might
acquaint
his
Sister
therewith
,
to
see
what
Course
she
would
take
,
and
how
she
would
Remedy
the
affront
intended
her
.
He
punctually
executed
the
Orders
he
had
received
from
Don
Philip
,
so
that
the
Night
following
Donna
Cornelia
(
so
was
Don
Philip's
Sister
call'd
)
was
acquainted
with
the
whole
Business
.
She
thereupon
had
a
great
Contestation
with
Don
Henrick
,
who
impudently
denyed
that
he
had
any
thing
to
do
,
as
to
Marriage
,
with
his
Cousin
.
In
fi●…e
,
having
done
all
he
could
to
vindicate
himself
,
and
appease
Donna
Cornelia
,
she
pretended
to
be
satisfied
with
him
,
provided
he
more
fully
justified
his
Innocence
the
next
Morning
.
So
she
dismissed
Henrick
,
who
went
away
well
satisfied
,
imagining
her
to
be
so
too
,
but
resolving
with
himself
not
to
give
her
any
Visit
awhile
,
he
pretended
some
Indisposition
.
Don
Philip
understood
that
Night
from
Marco
all
that
had
passed
between
Don
Henrick
and
his
Sister
,
and
was
extreamly
incensed
against
her
,
that
she
had
given
Credit
to
the
deceitful
Words
of
a
Perfidious
Man
.
However
,
he
thought
fit
to
let
pass
two
days
,
to
see
what
Course
his
Sister
would
take
in
that
time
,
commanding
Marco
to
prosecute
his
Discoveries
.
The
next
day
,
Don
Henrick
not
coming
to
clear
himself
,
as
he
had
promised
,
Donna
Cornelia
was
so
enraged
,
that
she
would
stay
no
longer
,
but
resolv'd
to
be
satisfied
from
the
Mouth
of
the
Ambassadour
,
of
the
affront
intended
to
be
done
her
.
She
took
a
Coach
,
and
veiling
her
Face
,
came
to
his
House
,
but
at
such
an
unfortunate
time
,
that
she
met
Don
Henrick
at
the
Door
,
who
,
discovering
who
she
was
,
presently
imagin'd
what
might
Occasion
that
Visit
,
and
that
her
coming
thither
was
to
acquaint
the
Ambassadour
how
he
was
engag'd
to
her
,
and
to
shew
him
that
promise
of
Marriage
.
Don
Henrick
receiv'd
her
with
extraordinary
Kindness
,
which
she
●…aking
otherwise
than
he
expected
,
added
the
more
to
his
Suspicion
.
He
told
her
,
he
had
something
particular
to
acquaint
her
with
,
●…nd
entreated
her
to
go
along
with
him
to
a
Room
at
some
distance
from
his
Uncle's
Lodg●…ngs
.
Donna
Cornelia
would
not
be
perswaded
a
good
while
to
give
him
that
Satisfaction
,
telling
him
,
that
she
must
first
speak
with
the
Ambassadour
,
and
that
afterwards
he
should
talk
with
her
as
long
as
he
pleased
.
That
Don
Henrick
endeavoured
to
prevent
,
●…ssuring
her
,
that
he
was
at
that
time
,
very
●…usie
,
looking
over
a
pacquet
of
Letters
he
had
received
from
the
Emperour
.
He
was
●…o
importunate
with
her
,
that
she
would
hear
him
before
she
spoke
with
the
Ambassadour
,
●…hat
at
last
he
prevailed
.
Whereupon
conducting
her
to
Don
Philip's
Chamber
,
he
en●…reated
him
to
bear
her
Company
,
till
he
came
back
to
speak
with
her
.
Cornelia
having
her
Face
veil'd
all
this
time
,
Don
Philip
knew
her
not
,
but
by
the
discoveries
he
had
receiv'd
,
he
suspected
her
to
●…e
his
Sister
;
on
the
other
side
,
he
was
so
transform'd
by
the
Extravagance
of
his
Cloths
,
and
,
what
added
much
to
his
disguise
,
his
perpetual
wearing
of
Spectacles
,
that
she
could
not
have
the
least
imagination
of
his
being
her
Brother
.
Don
Philip
kept
her
Company
a
while
,
without
enquiring
into
the
occasion
of
her
coming
thither
,
and
at
last
,
leaving
her
lock'd
up
in
the
Room
,
he
went
to
look
for
Don
Henrick
;
to
know
how
he
would
have
him
dispose
of
her
;
he
was
then
busie
with
his
Uncle
,
but
sent
one
to
desire
Don
Philip
,
to
entertain
that
Lady
a
while
,
with
this
excuse
,
that
,
as
soon
as
he
could
,
he
would
come
and
dispatch
her
,
Don
Philip
returning
to
his
Chamber
,
immediately
lock'd
the
door
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Lady
Eleanora
had
understood
,
that
her
Cousin
had
spoken
to
a
Woman
with
her
Face
Veil'd
,
in
one
of
the
walks
leading
to
the
Ambassadour's
house
,
and
desir'd
Don
Philip
to
conduct
her
to
his
Chamber
;
the
jealousie
she
conceiv'd
thereat
rais'd
in
her
a
desire
to
know
who
she
might
be
,
which
she
might
easily
discover
,
by
reason
there
was
a
passage
from
her
lodgings
to
Don
Philip's
Chamber
,
and
at
the
end
of
it
a
door
,
whereof
she
had
the
Key
,
she
open'd
it
very
softly
,
lest
she
might
be
perceiv'd
,
and
that
just
as
Don
Philip
,
coming
into
the
Room
,
found
his
Sister
with
her
Face
Unveil'd
,
expecting
to
be
seen
only
by
Don
Henrick
,
whom
only
she
staid
for
;
as
soon
as
he
had
taken
a
slight
view
of
her
,
he
apply'd
this
discourse
to
her
.
Ungracious
and
unhappy
Woman
,
unworthy
of
the
House
out
of
which
thou
are
descended
,
and
that
I
should
call
thee
my
Sister
!
is
it
possible
thou
should'st
be
Guilty
of
so
strange
an
Oblivion
of
thy self
,
as
relying
on
the
vain
promises
of
a
treacherous
Person
to
come
into
this
House
to
seek
him
who
hath
abus'd
thee
,
and
to
whom
thou
hast
impudently
prostituted
thy self
?
Comest
thou
to
importune
a
Man
that
hath
forgotten
thee
,
and
to
Court
him
who
hath
so
palpably
deceiv'd
thee
?
If
,
besotted
with
a
fond
Love
,
it
be
thy
design
to
be
Married
to
him
,
thou
hast
Friends
to
whom
thou
might'st
have
Communicated
thy
desires
,
rather
than
have
abandon'd
thy self
to
a
Man
who
treats
thee
with
so
much
contempt
;
and
,
notwithstanding
all
his
Caresses
,
laughs
at
thee
in
his
Sleeve
;
he
is
upon
the
point
of
Marriage
with
his
Cousin
;
art
thou
so
simple
,
as
that
thou
only
should'st
be
ignorant
of
what
is
known
all
over
the
Court
?
Had
I
not
a
respect
for
the
place
where
thou
art
,
this
Sword
should
dispatch
thy
Criminal
Soul
into
the
other
World
,
that
thou
might'st
be
an
example
to
all
such
simple
Gull
's
as
thou
art
;
hast
thou
so
far
forgotten
the
respect
due
to
thy
Aunt
,
as
to
profane
her
house
,
by
assigning
Henrick
his
Nocturnal
meetings
in
it
?
Thou
should'st
have
bethought
thy self
who
thou
art
,
that
he
is
of
no
better
house
than
thy
●…elf
,
and
that
thy
quality
is
as
high
as
his
.
'T
is
a
great
happiness
to
thee
,
that
an
humour
took
me
to
come
into
this
Court
,
though
thou
seest
me
in
this
ridiculous
Habit
,
to
prevent
,
what
lies
in
my
power
,
Henrick's
further
abuse
of
thee
;
which
I
will
do
with
the
hazzard
of
my
Life
;
tell
me
,
infamous
Woman
,
what
hath
pass'd
between
you
,
that
I
may
take
some
course
therein
,
and
dissemble
not
the
truth
in
any
thing
,
for
it
concerns
thee
no
less
than
Honour
and
Life
.
The
Disconsolate
Donna
Cornelia
heard
this
discourse
with
her
Eyes
fastned
on
the
Ground
and
flowing
with
Tears
,
without
giving
him
the
least
interruption
;
but
at
last
,
to
obey
her
Brother
,
whose
indignation
she
saw
justy
grounded
,
she
told
him
in
few
words
,
how
Henrick
had
seen
her
at
a
certain
publick
Meeting
,
that
he
lik'd
her
,
and
,
having
enquir'd
out
her
Lodgings
,
he
had
sent
her
several
Letters
;
that
having
continued
his
Addresses
to
her
with
great
demonstrations
of
affection
,
she
had
granted
him
entrance
into
the
House
,
and
that
upon
a
promise
of
Marriage
under
his
hand
(
which
she
had
about
her
)
she
had
permitted
him
to
dispose
of
her
as
he
pleas'd
;
in
fine
she
gave
him
a
particular
account
of
all
that
happen'd
between
them
;
whereupon
he
,
to
add
no
more
to
her
affliction
,
put
her
in
some
hope
'
that
Henrick
should
be
forc'd
to
perform
the
promise
he
had
made
to
her
.
The
fair
Lady
Eleanora
had
heard
all
this
discourse
at
the
Door
,
which
was
between
her
Lodgings
and
Don
Philip's
Chamber
,
extreamly
astonish'd
how
a
Person
of
Quality
(
such
as
she
found
Don
Philip
to
be
by
his
discourse
)
and
one
of
such
an
excellent
Wit
,
could
put
on
a
Fool
's
Coat
,
and
behave
himself
as
an
Extravagant
in
their
House
,
and
all
about
the
Court
.
She
was
ignorant
of
the
cause
of
that
strange
Metamorphosis
,
and
yet
she
had
a
certain
suspicion
,
that
it
might
be
upon
her
account
;
on
the
other
side
,
she
reflected
on
the
double
Treachery
of
her
Cousin
Don
Henrick
,
in
treating
of
a
Marriage
with
her
,
having
given
a
promise
of
the
same
thing
to
another
,
and
to
a
person
so
highly
qualified
as
Dona
Cornelia
seem'd
to
be
.
Being
fully
satisfied
as
to
those
two
things
,
she
would
not
stand
to
hear
them
any
longer
,
but
rush'd
into
the
Room
so
of
a
sudden
,
as
that
she
had
not
the
time
to
put
any
thing
over
her
Face
,
nor
he
to
dissemble
his
indignation
.
Seeing
her
coming
towards
them
,
Ah
Madam
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
what
mean
these
Ambushes
?
What
's
your
Design
therein
,
Soveraign
Princess
of
my
Soul
,
and
absolute
Directress
of
my
Inclinations
?
Do
you
use
such
a
Treachery
against
those
who
could
not
so
much
as
imagine
you
guilty
of
any
such
thing
?
I
wish
so
great
a
Beauty
would
not
give
me
any
more
such
Apprehensions
,
for
another
surprise
of
this
Nature
would
make
me
die
out
of
pure
Joy
,
as
it
hath
been
the
Fortunes
of
others
to
die
out
of
an
excess
of
Grief
.
There
is
no
Dissembling
any
longer
,
(
replies
the
Lady
)
for
I
am
fully
assur'd
that
you
are
not
the
Person
you
seem
to
us
to
be
,
and
that
the
Affliction
you
are
in
requires
rather
secret
and
real
Resentments
,
than
personated
Extravagances
.
My
Curiosity
heightned
by
a
little
Jealousie
,
procured
me
the
Discovery
of
more
than
you
imagine
,
I
have
found
the
Perfidiousness
of
my
Cousin
Don
Henrick
;
greater
towards
me
than
I
could
have
expected
,
considering
his
pretended
Kindnesses
.
I
would
fain
be
delivered
out
of
the
Confusion
I
am
in
,
and
I
earnestly
entreat
you
to
resolve
me
this
Riddle
,
for
its
Obscurity
Perplexes
me
very
much
:
But
before
you
take
that
Trouble
upon
you
,
give
me
leave
to
carry
this
Lady
your
Sister
to
my
Lodgings
,
and
if
my
Cousin
comes
in
the
mean
time
to
enquire
after
her
,
you
may
tell
him
,
that
she
went
away
much
displeased
at
his
long
stay
,
and
leave
the
rest
to
me
.
Having
so
said
,
she
took
Donna
Cornelia
along
with
her
,
assuring
her
she
would
do
all
lay
in
her
Power
to
serve
her
,
which
put
her
in
hope
of
a
better
Success
in
her
affairs
,
than
she
could
have
deriv'd
from
either
her
Brother's
Indignation
,
or
Henrick's
Treachery
.
The
Lady
Eleanora
left
Donna
Cornelia
among
her
Women
,
and
returns
to
Don
Philip
;
who
though
at
first
surpriz'd
at
the
sight
of
her
,
and
the
thought
of
her
having
over-heard
the
Infamy
of
his
Sister
;
yet
was
he
withal
glad
of
it
,
since
her
Jealousie
and
Curiosity
had
discovered
his
Transformation
,
and
the
unhandsome
Carriage
of
her
Cousin
.
Don
Philip
therefore
was
very
glad
to
see
his
Mistress
return'd
as
might
be
seen
by
the
Chearfulness
of
his
Countenance
.
She
desir'd
him
to
take
a
Chair
,
and
doing
the
like
her self
,
she
opened
her
mind
to
him
in
these
Words
.
I
have
been
in
an
extraordinary
Confusion
for
some
days
past
,
and
so
incens'd
against
my
Cousin
Don
Henrick
,
to
see
the
strangeness
of
his
Behaviour
towards
me
,
that
I
come
to
receive
your
Advice
how
far
I
ought
to
resent
it
,
and
withal
to
be
satisfied
in
some
things
,
whereof
I
must
yet
Acknowledge
my self
Ignorant
.
One
is
,
and
that
much
raises
my
wonder
,
to
see
you
counterfeiting
the
Fool
and
Extravagant
,
in
a
Court
,
where
you
might
rather
act
the
Part
of
a
Person
of
Honour
and
Gallantry
,
as
having
the
advantage
of
being
Brother
to
so
fair
a
Lady
as
Donna
Cornelia
,
who
,
besides
the
Recommendation
of
Beauty
,
seems
to
be
Mistress
of
many
other
good
Qualities
.
You
may
infer
from
my
Discourse
,
that
being
of
the
Quality
I
suppose
you
to
be
,
you
dishonour
your self
in
representing
the
Natural
and
Ridiculous
Person
,
as
well
in
regard
of
the
Habit
you
have
assum'd
,
as
the
extravagant
Actions
wherewith
you
amuse
the
World
.
Which
since
I
cannot
imagine
you
would
do
but
that
there
must
be
some
Mystery
in
it
,
I
am
the
more
desirous
to
know
your
Motives
thereto
,
in
that
I
conceive
it
will
be
a
means
to
clear
my
mind
of
certain
doubts
which
now
lie
somewhat
heavy
upon
it
.
Having
delivered
this
with
the
best
grace
in
the
World
,
the
fair
Lady
was
silent
,
and
left
Don
Philip
the
Liberty
to
make
this
reply
.
If
you
find
me
at
any
loss
,
Madam
,
in
satisfying
your
Desires
as
to
this
particular
,
I
question
not
but
you
will
have
the
goodness
to
attribute
it
,
to
that
Distraction
poor
Mortals
are
Subject
to
,
when
they
Address
themselves
to
the
Objects
of
their
Vows
and
Adorations
.
You
cannot
be
Ignorant
,
(
though
you
knew
it
not
by
Experience
)
that
Love
is
a
powerful
Divinity
,
to
whom
Men
Sacrifice
all
things
;
no
Intrigues
but
he
is
Author
of
;
no
Difficulties
but
he
overcomes
,
to
compass
his
Designs
.
This
premised
,
I
am
in
the
next
place
freely
to
acknowledge
,
that
the
day
you
passed
through
Ville-Franche
,
which
is
the
place
of
my
Birth
,
I
found
my self
wounded
by
the
Lightning
of
your
fair
Eyes
.
I
did
all
lay
in
my
Power
to
oppose
that
Passion
;
but
it
still
proved
predominant
,
and
the
Engagement
I
knew
there
was
between
you
and
your
Cousin
Don
Henrick
could
not
abate
on
tittle
of
it
.
Nay
,
though
I
knew
all
the
particulars
of
that
Engagement
,
wherein
you
rather
complied
with
the
Commands
of
a
Father
than
your
own
Inclinations
,
inasmuch
as
you
looked
on
that
too
happy
Kinsman
,
as
a
fickle
Person
,
unworthy
your
Affection
,
a
truth
I
have
since
heard
confirm'd
by
your self
;
nay
,
though
I
saw
the
Marriage
in
a
manner
concluded
,
yet
all
could
not
break
the
Resolution
I
had
taken
to
disguise
my self
as
you
have
seen
to
traverse
it
,
and
Fortune
now
seems
to
Favour
my
Design
.
I
am
not
therefore
,
Madam
,
to
repent
me
of
the
slur
I
may
have
put
upon
my
Blood
,
and
the
Noble
House
from
which
I
am
descended
,
in
acting
the
Fool
's
part
in
yours
,
into
which
it
was
my
Business
to
introduce
my self
by
all
means
imaginable
,
since
the
imposture
hath
prov'd
so
fortunate
,
and
that
I
begin
to
conceive
some
hope
of
attaining
my
Desires
.
You
know
,
Madam
,
that
I
durst
not
have
presum'd
to
make
you
a
real
Discovery
of
my self
,
for
besides
that
I
should
run
the
hazard
of
not
finding
credit
with
you
,
I
came
in
at
a
time
when
your
Marriage
was
in
too
great
forwardness
to
be
easily
crossed
by
after
Applications
.
In
fine
,
it
was
Heaven's
Pleasure
,
that
a
strange
Conjunction
of
my
Sister's
Misfortune
,
and
your
own
just
Jealousies
,
should
give
you
a
discovery
of
what
,
perhaps
,
I
should
yet
a
while
have
kept
from
your
Knowledge
.
My
true
Name
is
Don
Philip
de
Gamboa
and
Toledo
,
and
consequently
I
may
affirm
my self
to
be
of
the
most
eminent
Families
of
Spain
,
since
I
am
descended
from
the
Seigniors
of
Ville-Franche
and
Astorga
.
I
have
the
Honour
to
be
Knight
of
the
Order
of
Alcantara
,
and
I
have
acquired
it
by
some
years
Services
done
his
Majesty
in
Flanders
,
with
hopes
,
ere
long
,
to
be
gratified
with
an
Advantageous
Commandry
.
I
have
given
you
an
Account
of
my
Quality
,
and
have
not
concealed
from
you
my
Presumption
.
All
I
have
now
to
Apologize
for
,
is
,
my
Love
;
and
,
I
am
the
more
confident
of
your
pardon
as
to
that
,
if
you
but
ever
so
little
consider
the
unavoidable
Influence
of
your
own
Attractions
.
Nay
,
I
cannot
but
account
it
a
happy
Offence
,
since
it
hath
prov'd
the
occasion
of
your
being
undeceiv'd
;
and
when
I
make
a
joynt
reflection
on
my
own
happiness
,
and
my
Sister's
Credulity
,
I
cannot
repent
me
of
a
disguise
,
whereof
the
satisfaction
infinitly
exceeds
the
Shame
,
for
it
is
in
your
power
to
restore
me
the
Honour
I
have
depriv'd
my self
of
,
only
for
your
sake
;
and
I
shall
force
him
,
who
hath
cajoll'd
my
Sister
out
of
her
Honour
to
perform
the
promise
he
hath
made
her
,
or
it
shall
cost
him
his
Life
.
The
Fair
Lady
was
Ravish'd
to
hear
these
words
from
her
disguised
Lover
,
and
thought
her self
oblig'd
to
make
an
extraordinary
return
to
so
extraordinàry
a
demonstration
of
Affection
;
and
being
now
fully
undeceiv'd
as
to
the
Sycophancy
of
her
Cousin
Don
Henrick
,
she
made
him
this
answer
.
Seignior
Don
Philip
that
you
have
,
upon
so
slight
a
ground
as
the
little
Beauty
I
can
pretend
to
,
engag'd
your self
in
an
enterprize
so
prejudicial
to
your
reputation
and
descent
,
I
cannot
but
look
on
,
as
a
transcendent
Expression
of
your
Love
;
though
I
do
not
excuse
you
as
to
this
,
that
the
Noble
Accomplishments
you
are
Master
of
,
might
no
doubt
have
more
happily
and
more
worthily
been
otherwise
employ'd
.
I
have
resented
,
as
I
ought
,
the
little
respect
my
Cousin
express'd
towards
me
,
and
therefore
it
is
but
just
he
should
not
enjoy
me
,
since
it
may
be
inferr'd
from
the
forwardness
of
his
matching
with
another
,
that
he
never
truly
intended
it
.
It
must
needs
be
an
extraordinary
joy
to
me
,
that
I
am
undeceiv'd
before
we
were
joyn'd
by
that
tye
which
only
death
can
dissolve
:
I
am
satisfied
as
to
the
little
affection
he
had
for
me
,
and
I
do
yours
but
justice
,
when
I
assure
you
,
that
I
shall
be
so
far
from
forgetting
it
,
that
I
shall
endeavour
all
lies
in
my
power
to
requite
it
.
This
was
deliver'd
with
so
obliging
an
accent
,
that
the
Amourous
Cavalier
would
have
cast
himself
at
her
Feet
,
would
she
have
permitted
it
;
he
returned
her
his
thanks
with
a
thousand
submissions
for
so
extraordinary
a
Favour
,
and
the
sweet
encouragement
she
was
pleas'd
to
give
his
Love
;
it
was
not
now
a
seasonable
time
to
expatiate
into
Complements
;
Donna
Cornelia
was
left
in
the
Lady
Eleanora's
Lodgings
,
whose
return
she
expected
,
and
Don
Philip
look'd
for
Don
Henrick
,
to
enquire
after
the
Lady
he
had
recommended
to
his
Custody
;
the
Lady
Eleanora
went
to
comfort
her
whom
she
had
left
among
her
Women
,
and
to
put
in
Excecution
,
what
had
been
resolv'd
,
between
her
and
Don
Philip.
About
half
an
hour
after
her
departure
thence
,
comes
Don
Henrick
to
his
Chamber
,
to
look
after
the
Lady
he
had
left
there
:
Don
Philip
told
him
,
that
he
could
stay
her
no
longer
,
that
she
was
gone
,
thinking
he
would
not
have
come
to
her
again
:
Nay
then
,
I
am
glad
I
staid
so
long
,
(
says
Henrick
)
since
my
stay
hath
occasion'd
her
to
do
as
I
would
have
had
her
,
which
was
that
she
might
be
gone
out
of
the
House
.
This
Woman
Plagues
me
extreamly
,
and
it
was
no
small
happiness
to
me
,
that
she
met
not
with
my
Uncle
;
for
I
should
have
been
much
troubled
had
she
had
any
discourse
with
him
.
Don
Philip
ask'd
him
some
odd
questions
,
as
he
was
wont
to
do
,
to
sift
something
further
out
of
him
;
but
Don
Henrick
would
discover
no
more
,
the
other
easily
apprehended
,
by
the
little
had
fallen
from
him
,
what
course
he
intended
to
take
,
and
the
indignation
he
conceiv'd
at
his
slighting
of
his
Sister
was
so
great
,
that
it
was
not
without
much
violence
done
himself
,
he
forbore
calling
him
to
account
for
it
.
In
the
mean
time
the
Lady
Eleanora
had
visited
Donna
Cornelia
,
of
whom
she
had
receiv'd
a
punctual
Relation
of
her
Amours
,
which
were
but
too
much
confirm'd
to
her
by
the
promise
of
Marriage
she
had
brought
with
her
;
and
after
she
had
entred
into
a
second
admiration
at
the
double
perfidiousness
of
her
Cousin
Don
Henrick
,
she
sent
to
desire
her
Father
to
come
to
her
,
who
being
alone
with
her
,
she
entertain'd
him
,
with
this
following
Discourse
.
Sir
,
it
hath
ever
been
a
laudable
Custom
,
that
Fathers
should
dispose
of
their
Daughters
in
Marriage
,
as
they
either
pleased
themselves
,
or
found
most
convenient
for
their
Affairs
;
but
with
this
Caution
,
That
it
should
not
be
absolutely
done
contrary
to
their
Wills
and
Inclinations
;
many
are
yet
willing
to
do
so
,
out
of
a
presumption
,
that
Matrimony
will
change
Men's
Humours
;
but
it
is
seldom
found
to
work
that
effect
:
Those
therefore
may
be
said
to
do
well
,
who
,
refering
the
Success
to
the
higher
Powers
,
by
an
implicite
obedience
,
comply
with
the
disposal
of
their
Parents
;
but
those
in
my
Judgment
do
better
,
who
use
some
precaution
,
and
endeavour
to
prevent
the
inconveniencies
,
which
they
must
otherwise
fall
into
.
I
have
ever
been
ready
,
Sir
,
to
do
whatever
you
commanded
me
,
especially
in
the
business
now
in
agitation
,
though
I
have
found
my
Cousin
Don
Henrick
to
be
of
a
disposition
so
contrary
to
mine
,
that
I
promis'd
my self
little
satisfaction
from
our
being
joyned
together
in
the
inseparable
Estate
you
intended
.
I
have
endeavoured
to
obey
you
,
tho'
with
some
violence
to
my
own
inclinations
,
which
directed
my
Affection
to
other
persons
not
inferiour
to
him
,
either
in
Quality
or
Estate
.
I
consented
to
this
Marriage
because
you
seem'd
so
much
to
desire
it
.
When
it
was
fully
concluded
,
there
was
a
person
sent
to
Rome
for
the
dispensation
;
and
even
during
that
time
,
when
I
expected
my
Cousin
should
have
express'd
most
Love
to
me
,
I
have
found
he
hath
done
quite
contrary
,
for
he
hath
given
a
promise
of
Marriage
to
another
Lady
,
whom
you
shall
presently
see
.
She
thereupon
call'd
for
Donna
Cornelia
,
whom
she
had
left
in
her
own
Chamber
,
and
who
immediatly
came
before
the
Ambassadour
;
having
dispos'd
her
into
a
Chair
,
the
Lady
Eleanora
continu'd
her
discourse
:
This
,
Sir
,
is
the
Lady
I
spoke
of
,
to
whom
my
Cousin
hath
given
a
promise
of
Marriage
under
his
hand
,
which
she
now
hath
about
her
,
and
you
shall
see
,
how
this
perfidious
Person
became
thereby
Master
of
her
Honour
.
Coming
hither
to
speak
with
you
,
and
Complain
of
the
affront
intended
her
,
she
met
him
,
who
,
giving
her
fair
words
,
lock'd
her
into
Don
Philip's
Chamber
,
under
pretence
that
you
were
busie
,
and
that
it
would
require
some
time
to
stay
ere
she
could
see
you
;
some
little
curiosity
occasion'd
my
my
going
to
that
door
,
which
is
between
my
Lodgings
and
his
,
and
there
I
came
to
the
knowledge
of
this
Business
,
having
over-heard
some
part
of
their
discourse
.
I
thought
fit
to
bring
this
Lady
to
my
Chamber
,
to
give
you
further
satisfaction
of
so
pressing
a
truth
;
her
quality
is
great
,
since
she
is
of
the
House
of
Gamboa
and
Toledo
,
two
of
the
most
Illustrious
Families
in
Spain
:
She
is
resolved
to
make
the
Case
known
to
her
Friends
,
who
are
very
Noble
,
and
of
great
Credit
in
this
Court
,
that
they
may
oppose
my
Marriage
and
prevent
our
common
Affront
.
I
have
hitherto
obey'd
you
as
a
Father
,
I
now
appeal
to
you
my
Judge
,
and
I
beseech
you
discharge
me
of
so
unjust
an
obedience
for
the
future
;
for
I
am
resolv'd
rather
to
confine
my self
the
remainder
of
my
days
,
in
the
most
Austere
Monastery
about
this
City
,
than
ever
be
Wife
to
a
man
so
insensible
of
Worth
and
Honour
.
The
Ambassadour
was
extremely
astonished
at
both
what
he
saw
,
and
what
he
had
heard
;
he
examin'd
the
promise
made
to
Donna
Cornelia
,
and
found
that
that
discovery
alone
was
sufficient
to
prevent
his
Daughters
Marriage
with
Henrick
;
he
immediately
resolv'd
to
break
all
to
pieces
,
and
to
dismiss
his
Nephew
,
that
there
might
be
no
more
talk
of
the
business
;
he
caused
the
Ladies
to
withdraw
,
and
sent
for
his
Nephew
,
whom
he
shew'd
the
Schedule
he
had
made
to
Donna
Cornelia
,
asking
him
whether
he
knew
the
Hand
;
he
not
a
little
troubled
,
and
changing
Colour
,
began
to
deny
it
;
but
the
Ambassadour
told
him
,
that
as
he
could
not
do
it
sincerely
,
so
it
would
be
very
unhandsomly
proffer'd
,
since
the
truth
would
be
prov'd
by
several
of
his
Letters
written
with
the
same
hand
;
at
last
Don
Henrick
,
not
without
extreme
Confusion
,
acknowledg'd
,
that
blinded
by
Love
,
he
had
indeed
made
that
promise
,
but
he
would
lose
his
Life
ere
he
performed
it
.
Don
Philip
having
quitted
his
Fool
's
Coat
,
and
put
on
a
very
rich
suit
,
with
the
Cross
of
Alcantara
on
his
Coat
,
and
Cloak
,
heard
this
Discourse
from
a
corner
of
the
Room
,
where
he
was
dispos'd
,
and
not
able
to
contain
himself
any
longer
;
Seignior
Henrick
,
(
said
he
coming
up
to
him
)
have
a
better
care
what
you
say
,
and
consider
her
quality
whom
you
injure
;
her
Birth
is
at
least
as
Noble
as
yours
:
she
is
my
Sister
,
and
,
as
such
,
I
am
oblig'd
to
vindicate
and
protect
her
;
if
you
perform
not
the
promise
you
have
made
her
,
I
wear
a
Sword
by
my
side
,
which
shall
force
you
to
do
it
,
if
Honour
will
not
.
I
have
already
consider'd
what
I
am
in
Duty
oblig'd
too
,
as
to
that
point
,
(
replies
Don
Henrick
)
and
no
Man
shall
force
me
,
by
menaces
,
to
do
any
thing
against
my
Will
:
This
so
enrag'd
Don
Philip
,
that
he
gave
Don
Henrick
a
Challenge
;
the
Dispute
grew
higher
and
higher
,
which
oblig'd
the
Ladies
to
come
in
between
them
,
and
to
give
orders
the
doors
should
be
shut
,
least
they
should
put
the
Challenge
in
Execution
.
While
these
things
pass'd
,
the
Ambassadour
minded
not
the
Person
of
Don
Philip
,
but
imagin'd
him
some
other
Person
come
thither
after
his
Sister
;
for
,
seeing
him
so
well
habited
with
the
Cross
of
Alcantara
and
without
Spectacles
,
which
he
constantly
wore
,
he
knew
him
not
;
but
having
consider'd
him
better
,
he
found
that
he
who
challeng'd
his
Nephew
was
the
same
person
,
who
,
by
his
pleasant
Extravagances
,
had
found
him
so
much
sport
;
the
Lady
Eleanora
perceiving
her
Father
had
his
Eyes
fasten'd
on
him
,
with
some
astonishment
,
imagin'd
the
cause
of
it
;
and
gave
it
a
check
in
these
Words
:
He
,
Sir
,
whom
you
see
in
a
Habit
so
different
from
that
he
was
wont
to
wear
,
and
who
seem'd
so
ridiculous
to
you
,
is
Don
Philip
de
Gamboa
and
Toledo
;
when
this
dispute
is
over
,
you
shall
know
the
motives
oblig'd
him
to
that
disguise
.
The
Ambassadour
was
the
more
astonish'd
at
that
,
and
would
have
press'd
his
Daughter
to
make
a
further
discovery
of
that
Secret
,
had
he
not
seen
the
two
Cavaliers
,
with
Swords
drawn
,
ready
to
make
that
Room
the
place
of
their
Duel
;
he
ran
in
between
them
,
and
endeavour'd
by
mildness
to
perswade
his
Nephew
,
not
to
contest
in
a
business
,
which
was
not
to
his
advantage
;
that
if
he
satisfi'd
not
the
injur'd
Cavalier
,
mischief
would
attend
it
;
that
he
should
not
rely
on
any
protection
he
might
hope
for
from
him
,
inasmuch
as
seeing
the
little
reason
he
had
on
his
side
,
and
the
affront
he
intended
that
Lady
,
he
should
rather
be
against
him
,
by
assisting
his
adversary
,
than
countenance
him
in
so
unjust
a
Cause
;
that
as
to
his
Daughter
,
he
might
quit
all
hope
of
her
,
that
he
should
never
be
her
Husband
,
and
that
it
would
discover
a
great
poorness
of
Spirit
in
her
,
if
she
had
any
thoughts
of
kindness
for
him
,
after
he
had
so
unworthily
treated
her
.
Don
Henrick
,
finding
himself
press'd
,
with
reproaches
on
all
sides
,
and
withal
harkning
to
the
Advice
of
his
Conscience
,
thought
it
best
to
follow
his
Vncle's
Counsel
,
he
thereupon
went
with
open
Arms
to
his
true
Wife
,
to
whom
he
once
more
gave
his
Hand
as
a
Husband
,
and
then
Embrac'd
his
Brother-in-Law
,
whom
he
yet
knew
not
:
the
Lady
Eleanora
thought
it
a
good
opportunity
,
before
the
whole
Company
,
to
give
her
Father
an
Account
,
how
Don
Philip
had
fallen
in
Love
with
her
,
how
he
got
into
his
retinue
in
the
Quality
of
a
Jester
;
that
she
conceived
her self
oblig'd
to
requite
the
Extraordinary
demonstration
of
his
Affection
to
her
,
by
an
Exchange
of
hers
to
him
,
if
her
Father
approv'd
of
it
;
the
Old
Gentleman
had
so
much
Mettle
left
,
as
to
admire
the
strange
Conducts
of
Love
in
all
its
Operations
;
and
particularly
,
how
it
made
the
wisest
Man
Mad
,
and
the
Mad
Wise
,
making
its
Advantages
of
Extravagance
it self
,
to
compass
its
design
;
without
any
further
demurring
,
he
gave
his
Consent
.
Whereupon
the
Lady
Eleanora
took
him
by
the
hand
,
and
Don
Philip
was
so
happy
,
as
,
by
odd
and
unlikely
means
to
see
all
his
desires
accomplished
.
The
Solemnities
of
both
the
Marriages
were
put
off
till
eight
days
after
;
all
the
Grandees
about
the
Court
came
to
them
;
the
Balls
thereat
,
and
the
Tiltings
were
Extraordinary
;
but
what
more
nearly
touches
the
Story
,
is
,
that
the
King
Honor'd
these
two
Cavaliers
with
great
advantages
,
wherewith
Don
Philip
had
also
those
of
a
numerous
Issue
;
for
which
Don
Henrick
needed
not
much
to
have
envi'd
him
,
being
the
most
satisfi'd
man
in
the
World
with
his
choice
,
whom
he
infinitly
Lov'd
,
and
thereby
made
it
appear
,
that
the
inclinations
of
two
person
,
before
they
are
United
by
Matrimony
,
though
by
some
intervening
Occurrences
somewhat
remitted
,
may
yet
,
by
that
sacred
tie
,
be
heightned
into
a
Noble
and
vigorous
Flame
of
perfect
Love
.
THE
Impostour
Out-Witted
:
A
NOVEL
.
IN
the
great
and
famous
City
of
Sevil
,
the
Metropolis
of
Andaluzia
,
Mother
of
so
many
Noble
Families
,
and
Excellent
Wits
,
the
Treasury
of
all
the
Wealth
,
which
flows
into
Spain
from
the
West-Indies
,
was
Born
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
,
a
very
Accomplish'd
Cavalier
,
of
the
Illustrious
Family
of
the
Dukes
of
Alcala
,
so
highly
esteemed
all
over
the
Kingdom
.
By
their
Death
,
from
whom
he
deriv'd
his
being
in
this
World
,
there
fell
to
him
an
Estate
of
four
Thousand
Crowns
Annual
Rent
,
upon
which
he
lived
very
nobly
at
Sevil
,
being
the
most
Remarkable
Person
at
all
publick
Actions
done
about
the
City
.
He
had
at
Madrid
a
Cousin-German
who
followed
the
Spanish
Court
,
and
was
gone
thither
about
some
Affairs
of
great
Importance
,
which
he
had
brought
to
a
happy
Issue
.
Having
liv'd
there
awhile
,
he
lik'd
it
,
and
the
Conversation
of
the
Cavaliers
inhabiting
it
,
so
well
,
that
he
Exchang'd
the
place
of
his
Birth
for
that
Illustrious
City
.
He
there
became
intimately
acquainted
with
an
Old
Cavalier
,
whose
Name
was
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
,
a
Person
who
had
raised
himself
into
a
general
Esteem
,
by
the
Excellent
Endowments
he
had
.
Besides
which
,
he
was
honour'd
with
the
Illustrious
Order
of
the
Patron
of
Spain
,
with
a
Commandery
of
two
Thousand
Ducats
of
Annual
Rent
.
This
old
Gentleman
was
a
Widower
,
having
but
one
only
Daughter
,
to
whom
all
his
vast
Estate
was
to
fall
at
his
Death
.
Nature
it
seems
had
made
it
her
particular
concern
to
enrich
this
young
Lady
,
with
all
the
Graces
and
Perfections
to
be
wished
in
one
of
her
Sex
.
Which
occasion'd
the
envy
of
all
the
Ladies
about
the
Court
towards
her
,
since
she
had
,
in
point
of
Beauty
,
the
same
Advantages
over
them
,
as
the
Sun
hath
over
all
the
rest
of
the
Planets
.
Her
Father
,
Don
Alonzo
,
wished
her
well
Married
to
his
Mind
,
that
is
,
one
equal
to
her
,
in
Estate
and
Extraction
.
Don
Martinio
de
Mendoza
(
so
was
called
Don
Antonio's
Cousin
whom
I
spoke
of
first
)
might
have
aspir'd
to
the
Honour
of
making
his
Addresses
to
her
,
as
well
upon
accompt
of
the
House
,
from
which
he
was
descended
,
as
the
Familiar
Acquaintance
there
was
between
him
and
her
Father
Don
Alonzo
.
But
being
a
Younger
Brother
,
he
thought
himself
too
low
,
in
point
of
Estate
,
to
pretend
to
so
Advantageous
a
Match
.
However
,
he
thought
fit
to
make
some
Proposals
to
the
Old
Gentleman
,
on
the
behalf
of
his
Cousin
Don
Antonio
,
who
liv'd
at
Sevil
,
whom
he
highly
recommended
to
him
for
his
Excellent
Qualities
,
and
the
greatness
of
his
Estate
;
for
he
was
the
only
Son
of
a
Noble
House
.
Don
Alonzo
took
it
very
kindly
from
him
,
but
thought
it
withal
,
Prudence
,
to
make
further
enquiry
into
the
Business
,
knowing
that
Persons
speaking
for
their
own
Relations
,
are
commonly
very
partial
,
and
think
it
no
mortal
Sin
to
exceed
the
Truth
.
So
that
Don
Alonzo
,
immediately
writ
to
a
particular
Friend
at
Sevil
,
earnestly
desiring
him
to
give
him
an
account
of
the
Person
and
Estate
of
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
,
inasmuch
as
it
highly
concerned
the
Honour
of
his
House
,
to
meet
with
a
Cavalier
Worthy
his
Alliance
,
to
be
Husband
to
his
only
Daughter
,
Donna
Catharina
.
'T
was
not
long
ere
he
received
an
answer
,
wherein
his
Friend
confirm'd
all
that
Don
Martinio
had
said
of
his
Kinsman
,
with
somewhat
more
,
protesting
in
the
Conclusion
,
that
he
was
so
far
from
being
partial
or
insincere
,
in
the
accompt
he
had
sent
him
,
that
he
rather
told
less
than
truth
.
He
thereupon
went
to
Don
Martinio
,
and
told
him
,
that
he
might
write
to
his
Cousin
,
and
assure
him
he
should
be
very
welcome
,
if
he
had
any
Inclinations
for
his
Daughter
.
He
made
him
answer
that
he
would
,
and
Don
Alonzo
,
as
a
further
Obligation
,
would
have
his
Daughter's
Picture
,
sent
him
,
that
he
might
therein
find
some
of
the
rare
Qualities
that
were
in
her
,
permitting
his
Cousin
,
to
be
present
at
the
taking
of
it
,
that
he
might
assure
Don
Antonio
,
the
Painter
had
not
flattered
her
,
and
that
the
Copy
was
below
the
Original
.
Don
Martinio
fail'd
not
to
write
to
his
Cousin
,
to
whom
he
also
sent
the
Picture
,
celebrating
the
Vertues
of
that
Amiable
Person
,
which
the
Painter
could
not
represent
,
as
he
had
done
the
Lineaments
of
her
Beautiful
Countenance
.
His
Cousin
Don
Antonio
was
extreamly
satisfied
therewith
,
and
referr'd
to
him
to
make
some
Overtures
in
the
Treaty
of
Marriage
,
till
he
came
thither
himself
,
for
the
further
Prosecution
whereof
,
he
sent
him
a
full
Procuration
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Don
Antonio
was
preparing
for
his
Journey
to
Madrid
,
to
wait
on
his
Mistress
,
who
,
having
received
his
Picture
,
was
as
much
taken
with
it
,
as
he
had
been
with
hers
,
leaving
his
retinue
at
Sevil
,
till
a
rich
Livery
,
then
making
,
was
finish'd
,
he
began
his
Journey
,
having
only
one
Person
to
wait
on
him
,
and
a
Groom
to
look
to
their
Mules
,
who
followed
them
at
a
little
distance
.
Don
Antonio
carried
always
about
him
his
Mistress's
Picture
inclosed
in
the
same
Letter
,
wherein
his
Cousin
had
sent
it
him
.
Being
come
within
half
a
days
Journey
of
Toledo
he
sent
away
the
Groom
,
to
provide
Lodgings
for
them
in
the
City
.
He
had
entertained
at
a
Dinner
some
of
the
Inhabitants
of
Orgaz
,
which
was
the
place
where
they
had
baited
.
The
Cloth
being
taken
away
,
they
fell
to
Cards
;
he
lost
his
Money
,
and
was
vex'd
,
which
occasion'd
their
playing
on
till
he
had
recovered
his
Losses
,
and
by
that
time
it
was
grown
later
than
he
could
have
wished
.
Being
horsed
,
he
and
his
Man
put
forward
,
but
ere
they
had
rode
a
League
,
Night
surprized
them
,
so
that
they
made
ashift
to
lose
their
way
,
and
got
in
among
certain
Olive-Trees
,
about
half
a
League
short
of
Toledo
.
Not
knowing
where
they
were
,
and
fearing
to
go
too
far
out
of
their
way
,
they
thought
it
their
best
Course
to
alight
,
and
rest
themselves
under
one
of
the
Olive-Trees
,
till
it
were
day
.
They
accommodated
themselves
the
best
they
could
,
and
weariness
soon
laid
them
asleep
,
yet
little
dreamed
of
the
Misfortune
which
was
to
happen
to
them
.
Being
in
their
first
Sleep
,
which
is
commonly
the
soundest
,
four
Men
came
to
the
place
,
very
softly
,
for
the
Noise
of
their
Mules
brought
them
thither
;
and
these
were
of
a
Profession
,
which
for
the
most
part
finds
those
that
are
of
it
more
Work
by
Night
than
by
day
.
They
had
been
upon
a
Design
which
had
not
taken
,
and
so
they
were
returning
very
disconsolate
with
empty
Pockets
to
Toledo
.
Coming
up
to
them
,
and
finding
them
both
asleep
,
they
tied
their
Hands
behind
them
,
and
took
away
all
they
had
,
but
their
Wastcoats
and
Drawers
,
and
,
to
get
off
with
more
speed
and
safety
,
they
made
use
of
their
Mules
.
Don
Antonio
,
being
thus
basely
surprized
,
was
exasperated
at
the
Misfortune
;
but
his
Man
told
him
that
it
had
happened
to
them
through
his
fault
,
because
he
had
not
given
over
playing
sooner
.
They
discoursed
of
it
,
till
the
Birds
gave
them
notice
of
the
approach
of
Aurora
.
Soon
after
,
hearing
the
noise
of
some
Cattle
not
far
from
them
,
they
called
to
him
that
looked
after
them
,
very
much
bemoaning
the
Condition
they
were
in
.
They
asked
him
,
how
far
it
was
to
Toledo
,
and
he
told
them
it
was
not
quite
half
a
League
,
but
if
they
would
go
along
with
him
to
a
Country-House
hard
by
,
he
would
gladly
shew
them
the
way
,
and
that
he
doubted
not
,
but
the
Lady
,
who
liv'd
in
it
,
would
relieve
them
in
that
extremity
.
They
took
his
Advice
,
and
he
brought
them
to
a
very
fair
House
.
Having
knock'd
at
the
Gate
,
it
was
immediately
opened
by
an
old
Man
,
who
was
Steward
to
the
Lady
,
and
had
the
over-sight
of
the
Shepherds
,
and
the
Profits
arising
from
the
Sheep
.
The
Shepherd
who
brought
them
thither
went
in
to
the
Lady
,
and
in
few
Words
gave
her
an
account
of
the
Misfortune
that
happen'd
to
those
Strangers
,
and
the
Condition
he
had
found
them
in
,
whereupon
she
ordered
them
to
be
brought
up
to
her
Chamber
.
Don
Antonio
presented
himself
to
her
,
very
much
out
of
Countenance
to
see
himself
almost
naked
,
having
upon
him
only
an
old
Coat
,
which
the
Shepherd
had
lent
him
.
He
told
her
that
his
Journey
was
for
Madrid
,
about
a
Law-Suit
of
great
Importance
,
not
discovering
who
he
was
,
but
only
that
he
was
a
Gentleman
of
Sevil
,
named
Don
Torpino
de
Hezzo
.
The
Lady
whose
Name
was
Donna
Olivia
,
was
much
troubled
to
see
him
in
that
deplorable
Condition
.
There
were
in
the
House
two
Chests
full
of
Cloths
,
which
had
been
a
Brother's
of
hers
,
who
dyed
not
long
before
.
She
ordered
two
Suites
to
be
brought
out
,
which
they
put
on
,
that
which
Don
Antonio
had
proving
so
fit
,
that
the
Lady
was
much
taken
with
his
Person
,
and
had
her
Eyes
always
fastened
on
him
.
She
invited
Don
Antonio
to
Dine
with
her
,
which
he
did
,
taking
Occasion
ever
and
anon
,
to
make
extraordinary
Acknowledgements
of
the
Favours
he
had
received
from
her
.
They
continued
two
days
in
that
Country-House
,
ere
the
Lady
made
any
discovery
of
the
Affections
she
had
for
Don
Antonio
,
save
only
what
she
did
with
her
Eyes
,
which
were
the
silent
Interpreters
of
the
Trouble
she
was
in
.
Don
Antonio
was
not
insensible
of
it
,
and
had
some
Discourse
concerning
it
with
his
Man
;
yet
had
he
not
the
Confidence
to
tell
him
what
he
really
thought
of
it
,
being
(
as
he
was
)
upon
the
point
of
disposing
himself
otherwise
.
The
Servant
advised
him
not
to
let
slip
so
fair
an
opportunity
,
and
told
him
he
should
not
be
so
hard-hearted
,
towards
a
Lady
of
so
great
Worth
,
and
one
that
had
so
highly
obliged
them
.
The
Solitude
of
the
place
,
the
Beauty
of
the
Lady
,
and
the
silent
Discoveries
she
made
him
by
her
Gestures
,
obliged
Don
Antonio
to
answer
her
Affection
.
He
entred
into
some
Love
Discourses
with
her
;
but
though
she
were
really
in
Love
with
him
,
yet
would
she
not
grant
him
any
particular
Favour
,
unless
he
first
assured
her
she
should
be
his
Wife
,
and
that
she
had
a
Promise
of
it
under
his
hand
.
Don
Antonio
,
on
the
other
side
,
had
so
great
a
Kindness
for
her
,
that
he
had
in
a
manner
forgot
the
Mistress
,
whose
Picture
he
had
carried
about
him
,
and
advising
with
his
Servant
,
(
who
was
a
dangerous
Confident
,
and
a
subtle
Fellow
)
what
he
should
do
;
he
told
him
very
roundly
,
that
he
ought
not
to
let
slip
so
sweet
and
favourable
an
opportunity
;
that
he
might
easily
have
the
Enjoyment
of
her
,
and
withal
give
her
the
Promise
of
Marriage
she
desired
,
provided
he
put
not
into
it
his
own
Name
,
but
fill'd
it
with
the
Supposititious
Name
he
had
assum'd
,
since
she
knew
neither
his
Country
nor
Extraction
.
Don
Antonio
followed
his
Advice
,
and
thereupon
had
his
Desires
of
Donna
Olivia
,
who
having
made
the
Blot
,
could
do
no
less
than
give
him
leave
to
enter
.
He
continued
there
four
days
,
at
the
end
whereof
,
acquainting
the
Lady
that
his
Business
at
Madrid
was
of
such
Importance
as
required
his
Personal
Attendance
there
,
she
consented
to
his
departure
,
on
Condition
he
would
return
again
as
soon
as
he
could
;
which
he
with
Oaths
,
promised
to
do
.
The
next
Morning
betimes
,
he
departed
,
leaving
the
Lady
o're-flown
with
Tears
;
he
was
somewhat
troubled
,
or
at
least
pretended
it
.
The
Lady
having
furnished
him
with
all
things
necessary
,
he
put
forward
;
but
ere
he
had
gone
far
,
he
receiv'd
some
part
of
the
Chastisement
which
he
deserved
for
his
Perfidiousness
,
for
the
Mule
he
was
mounted
on
,
being
apt
to
start
,
gave
him
a
fall
,
whereby
he
so
sprain'd
one
Foot
,
that
he
was
forc'd
to
make
some
stay
at
Illescas
,
a
place
half
way
between
Toledo
and
Madrid
,
and
to
send
for
Chirurgeons
to
set
all
things
right
again
.
Leaving
him
there
confined
to
his
Chamber
for
some
days
;
let
us
return
to
Donna
Olivia
,
who
very
much
bewailed
the
absence
of
her
Gallant
,
the
very
thought
of
whom
caused
her
no
small
Affliction
.
A
Servant
of
hers
who
had
made
the
Bed
where
he
lay
,
found
,
under
the
Bolster
,
a
Picture
of
the
Lady
whom
Don
Antonio
was
to
be
married
to
,
folded
up
in
a
Letter
which
his
Cousin
had
writ
to
him
from
Madrid
,
which
she
delivered
to
her
Mistress
,
who
opening
the
Paper
,
saw
the
Picture
,
whereat
she
was
much
disquietted
;
but
she
was
much
more
astonished
,
when
she
cast
her
Eye
on
the
ensuing
Letter
,
which
contained
these
Words
:
Dearest
Cousin
,
YOU
will
receive
herein
inclosed
the
Picture
of
the
Lady
Donna
Catharina
de
Castiza
,
which
is
very
exactly
taken
from
the
Original
;
I
doubt
not
but
the
charms
of
her
Beauty
will
oblige
you
to
hasten
your
Iourney
.
Her
Father
,
Don
Alonza
de
Castiza
,
expects
you
with
great
Impatience
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
Contract
of
Marriage
is
a
drawing
up
,
and
will
be
ready
,
before
you
be
here
to
Sign
it
.
Assure
your self
you
will
be
extreamly
satisfied
,
that
you
have
found
so
Excellent
a
Wife
.
I
am
Your
Affectionate
Cousin
,
Don
Martinio
de
Mendoza
.
Donna
Olivia
had
scarcely
come
to
the
period
of
this
Letter
,
but
,
through
the
Trouble
she
received
at
the
reading
of
it
,
she
fell
into
a
Swoon
,
and
continued
therein
above
half
an
hour
,
in
the
Arms
of
her
Maid
.
At
last
she
came
to
her self
,
bursting
into
Sighs
and
Tears
;
she
railed
at
the
Sevillian
Impostour
,
but
much
more
at
her
own
simplicity
,
that
she
had
so
lightly
prostituted
her
Honour
to
an
unknown
Person
,
whom
so
strange
an
Adventure
had
brought
to
her
House
.
She
spent
that
wholeday
in
weeping
and
bemoaning
her
Misfortune
:
But
considering
withal
,
what
hazard
her
Reputation
was
in
,
she
resolv'd
it
should
not
be
said
of
her
,
that
she
had
been
so
basely
affronted
by
any
Man
.
Whereupon
,
with
the
light
she
receiv'd
from
the
Letter
,
of
the
Occasion
of
his
Journey
,
and
the
Person
to
whom
he
was
to
be
Married
,
she
put
things
in
Order
to
her
Removal
to
Madrid
;
which
she
might
better
do
than
any
other
,
in
regard
she
had
not
any
Kinsman
near
enough
to
whom
she
might
Communicate
her
Intention
.
She
Communicated
her
Design
to
Dilario
,
an
old
Servant
of
hers
,
who
had
brought
her
up
from
the
Cradle
,
and
was
very
glad
to
wait
on
her
.
Upon
this
Resolution
,
she
caused
two
Waggons
to
be
loaden
with
all
things
necessary
to
furnish
a
House
fit
to
receive
a
Person
of
Quality
,
and
took
her
way
towards
Madrid
.
Being
come
thither
,
she
commanded
her
Servant
Dilario
,
to
enquire
where
abouts
liv'd
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
,
and
whether
the
young
Cavalier
,
whom
he
intended
to
make
his
Son-in-Law
,
were
come
from
Sevil
.
She
understood
by
him
,
that
he
was
not
yet
come
,
but
that
they
expected
him
,
which
much
troubled
the
Lady
,
who
knew
nothing
of
the
Accident
had
happen'd
to
him
near
Illescas
.
The
first
thing
this
affronted
Lady
did
,
was
to
take
a
House
for
her self
near
that
of
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
,
and
ordered
Dilario
to
live
in
it
as
Master
thereof
,
that
done
,
she
sent
him
to
Don
Alonzo's
,
to
enquire
whether
she
wanted
a
waiting-Gentlewoman
,
for
she
would
disguise
her self
,
that
she
might
not
be
known
by
Don
Antonio
.
The
Business
had
the
effect
she
desired
,
for
Donna
Catharina
was
then
enquiring
for
a
Widow
to
wait
on
her
,
a
Custom
much
practised
in
Spain
,
where
Ladies
of
Quality
have
several
of
them
,
whom
,
being
Widows
,
they
call
Duenna's
.
When
this
was
proposed
by
Dilario
,
who
went
under
the
Name
of
Father
to
his
Mistress
,
Donna
Catharina
not
only
receiv'd
her
into
her
Service
,
but
her
Father
,
Dilario
,
was
entertain'd
into
Don
Alonzo's
.
Dilario
gave
his
Mistress
an
account
of
his
Negotiation
,
whereat
she
was
extreamly
satisfied
:
So
that
having
put
her self
into
the
habit
of
a
Duenna
,
she
went
the
next
day
to
present
her self
to
Donna
Catharina
,
conducted
by
her
pretended
Father
,
Dilario
.
They
were
both
very
kindly
entertained
by
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
and
his
Daughter
.
Donna
Olivia
wished
she
had
not
been
so
handsome
,
that
the
Suitor
she
expected
might
be
the
less
taken
with
her
;
however
,
she
Couragiously
resolv'd
to
prosecute
the
Impostour
she
was
engaged
in
.
Donna
Catharina
asked
Dilario
what
Country-Man
he
was
.
He
told
her
that
he
was
born
at
a
place
called
Utrera
,
near
Sevil
;
that
his
Name
was
Iacob
de
Granatus
(
by
which
we
shall
hence-forth
call
him
)
that
his
Daughter
had
been
Married
to
a
Merchant
of
that
City
,
who
died
as
he
was
going
for
the
West-Indies
,
leaving
so
great
Debts
behind
him
,
that
all
his
Estate
went
to
satisfie
his
Creditors
.
Don
Alonzo
hearing
that
Granatus
was
of
Andaluzia
,
asked
him
,
whether
he
had
liv'd
any
time
at
Sevil.
He
told
him
that
he
had
often
been
in
that
City
,
but
that
his
Daughter
had
liv'd
there
.
Don
Alonzo
would
not
at
that
time
enquire
any
farther
,
nor
enter
into
any
Discourse
with
him
concerning
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
.
Donna
Olivia
was
entertained
as
Duenna
to
Donna
Catharina
,
who
took
such
an
Affection
to
her
,
that
she
trusted
her
with
all
her
Keys
,
to
the
great
discontent
of
her
other
Servants
,
who
had
lived
with
her
many
years
.
Granatus
told
them
that
he
had
a
House
of
his
own
,
not
far
from
Don
Alonzo's
,
and
a
Wife
(
for
Flora
an
ancient
Maid
of
Donna
Catharina's
,
was
to
act
that
part
)
whereupon
he
had
no
Lodgings
assigned
him
in
Don
Alonzo's
.
It
is
now
time
we
return
to
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
,
who
being
recovered
of
his
fall
,
came
to
Madrid
,
and
lighted
at
the
House
of
his
Cousin
Martinio
,
who
was
much
troubled
that
he
had
not
been
there
sooner
.
He
told
him
the
Cause
of
it
,
and
gave
him
a
particular
account
of
all
had
past
in
Donna
Olivia's
Country-House
,
even
to
the
promise
he
had
made
her
,
under
a
feign'd
Name
.
Don
Martinio
asked
him
,
what
Quality
the
Lady
was
of
:
whereto
he
answered
,
that
her
Name
was
Donna
Olivia
de
Priola
,
and
that
she
was
of
one
of
the
most
Noble
Families
of
Toledo
.
Don
Martinio
,
was
very
much
dissatisfied
with
his
procedure
,
reprehending
him
with
the
unworthy
Action
he
had
committed
in
abusing
and
dishonouring
that
Lady
,
and
that
it
was
to
be
feared
,
she
might
hear
of
his
coming
to
Madrid
,
in
order
to
a
Marriage
to
another
,
and
find
means
to
be
revenged
for
that
affront
.
They
afterwards
fell
into
Discourse
concerning
Donna
Catharina
,
and
Don
Antonio
told
him
,
he
extreamly
fancied
the
Picture
he
had
seen
of
her
,
but
that
,
with
the
other
things
he
had
been
robbed
of
,
he
had
lost
it
:
though
he
knew
well
enough
,
he
had
left
it
under
the
Beds-Head
at
Donna
Olivia's
,
which
troubled
him
not
a
little
,
however
he
dissembled
it
.
Don
Martinio
told
Don
Antonio
,
that
it
were
requisite
he
put
himself
into
other
Apparel
,
before
he
waited
on
his
Mistress
,
and
that
he
must
keep
within
Doors
till
they
were
ready
.
Within
two
days
a
very
fair
Riding-Suit
was
brought
him
,
wherein
;
pretending
he
was
but
newly
come
to
Town
,
he
goes
to
the
House
of
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
,
by
whom
he
was
received
with
great
Demonstrations
of
Kindness
.
Notice
was
immediately
carried
up
to
Donna
Catharina
that
the
Person
design'd
to
be
her
Husband
was
coming
up
to
her
Chamber
,
where
she
was
with
her
Maids
about
her
,
who
had
just
made
an
end
of
dressing
her
.
Don
Antonio
coming
in
,
conducted
by
Don
Alonzo
and
Do●…
Martinio
,
was
infinitely
satisfied
at
the
sight
of
his
Mistress
,
whom
he
very
civilly
and
discreetly
saluted
,
for
he
was
a
Person
of
an
Excellent
Wit
,
and
a
Confident
Carriage
and
Demeanour
.
He
found
by
the
Original
of
Donna
Catharina
,
that
the
Painter
had
done
his
Work
very
faithfully
,
a
Virtue
not
much
practised
by
Painters
,
especially
upon
such
Occasions
as
that
was
.
He
was
ravished
to
see
so
great
a
Beauty
,
and
she
on
the
other
side
was
wel●…
satisfied
with
the
handsom
Personage
of
Don
Antonio
.
There
were
yet
some
things
to
be
done
in
order
to
the
absolute
Conclusion
of
the
Marriage
,
at
which
there
was
a
necessity
of
Don
Antonio's
Presence
;
whereupon
he
,
Don
Alonzo
and
Don
Martinio
withdrew
into
another
Room
,
where
they
lock'd
themselves
in
with
a
Notary
,
and
some
Friends
,
who
were
to
be
Witnesses
at
the
Articles
of
the
Agreement
.
Donna
Catharina
continued
all
that
time
in
her
Chamber
,
with
her
Servants
talking
of
Don
Antonio
,
her
Husband
to
be
,
every
one
congratulating
her
good
Fortune
,
save
only
Donna
Olivia
,
who
saying
nothing
at
all
,
her
Mistress
observed
it
,
and
being
all
alone
with
her
,
Donna
Artimisa
,
(
said
she
to
her
,
for
that
was
the
Name
she
had
assumed
)
whence
comes
it
,
that
,
while
all
the
rest
celebrate
the
Happiness
of
my
choice
,
you
only
are
silent
?
Methinks
you
might
have
contributed
somewhat
to
the
publick
Congratulation
,
though
you
had
done
it
only
out
of
Complaisance
.
I
pray
give
me
some
Reason
for
it
.
Donna
Olivia
had
done
it
purposely
,
in
Prosecution
of
her
Design
,
and
this
Question
came
as
seasonably
as
she
could
have
wished
it
,
so
that
she
made
her
this
answer
.
As
to
the
Person
of
Don
Antonio
,
Madam
,
there
is
not
any
thing
to
be
said
against
it
,
nay
he
is
so
accomplish'd
that
there
is
not
any
thing
to
be
wished
in
him
,
which
he
is
not
already
possess'd
of
.
My
silence
proceeds
hence
,
that
I
had
a
particular
Knowledge
of
him
at
Sevil
,
for
I
lived
in
a
quarter
of
the
City
,
which
he
much
frequented
.
I
neither
will
,
nor
ought
to
conceal
from
you
the
Occasion
of
his
so
often
coming
thither
;
for
it
is
my
Duty
to
be
faithful
to
you
,
as
having
no
other
Design
than
to
serve
you
,
and
endeavour
your
quiet
,
so
as
that
you
may
not
live
in
a
perpetual
dis-enjoynment
of
your self
all
the
rest
of
your
days
;
know
then
,
Madam
,
that
if
you
Match
your self
with
Don
Antonio
you
will
be
brought
to
a
kind
of
Civil
death
,
instead
of
receiving
the
satisfaction
of
Wedlock
.
Donna
Catharina
was
much
astonish'd
at
this
discourse
,
and
pressed
her
Duenna
,
to
discover
to
her
more
clearly
,
what
she
had
but
too
great
a
desire
to
tell
her
:
Whereupon
intreating
her
to
retire
into
a
more
secret
place
,
where
they
might
not
be
observ'd
by
her
other
Women
,
Donna
Olivia
gave
her
this
Malicious
account
of
the
perfidious
Don
Antonio
.
I
should
not
live
with
the
respect
and
duty
I
owe
you
,
as
my
Mistress
,
nor
according
to
the
Affection
I
bear
you
,
if
I
express'd
not
my self
clearly
to
you
,
in
a
business
wherein
you
are
so
highly
concern'd
,
and
on
which
depends
your
greatest
Felicity
in
this
World
;
know
then
,
Madam
,
that
Don
Antonio
fell
in
Love
with
a
Lady
at
Sevil
,
one
very
handsome
and
well
descended
,
in
a
word
wanting
nothing
but
a
Fortune
Suitable
to
her
Quality
;
he
Courted
her
so
earnestly
,
that
she
,
finding
her self
oblig'd
by
so
great
demonstrations
of
affection-Letters
,
and
continual
Embassies
,
attended
with
Presents
,
from
Don
Antonio
,
satisfy'd
his
desires
,
upon
a
promise
that
he
would
make
her
his
Wife
,
whereof
there
are
many
Witnesses
;
but
the
business
was
to
be
kept
secret
for
a
time
;
for
Don
Antonio's
Father
was
then
a
live
,
who
,
having
receiv'd
some
Intelligence
of
that
Love
,
endeavour'd
all
he
could
to
prevent
Don
Antonio's
Marriage
with
Donna
Marcellina
de
Loprezza
;
(
so
was
the
Lady
called
.
)
The
continuance
of
his
Visits
to
her
produc'd
living
proofs
,
which
were
two
Son's
and
a
Daughter
,
who
were
at
that
time
with
the
Mother
;
when
Don
Antonio's
Father
was
remov'd
out
of
the
way
,
(
which
happen'd
not
long
after
)
Donna
Marcellina
expected
he
should
make
good
his
promise
,
and
Marry
her
,
but
he
,
for
some
time
,
came
not
so
much
as
to
see
her
;
what
Inconveniences
she
was
put
to
from
the
time
of
their
acquaintance
she
knows
to
her
Sorrow
,
and
I
am
not
Ignorant
thereof
,
for
I
liv'd
near
her
,
and
went
often
to
her
Hou●…e
.
Being
now
convinc'd
that
he
intended
to
leave
her
in
the
Lurch
,
she
discover'd
the
business
to
two
Cousin
-
Germans
of
hers
,
who
were
so
●…nrag'd
thereat
,
that
they
immediately
resolv'd
to
oblige
Don
Antonio
,
by
force
,
to
perform
the
promise
he
had
made
to
their
Kinswoman
.
Don
Antonio
went
to
a
certain
Farm
he
had
,
not
far
from
Sevil
,
to
avoid
his
adversaries
,
who
,
knowing
he
went
out
of
the
way
purposely
because
he
would
not
satifie
their
Cousin
,
resolv'd
to
be
the
Death
of
him
:
things
were
in
this
posture
when
my
Father
brought
me
to
Madrid
,
where
I
have
been
about
this
six
Weeks
;
this
is
the
Account
I
can
give
you
of
Don
Antonio
,
who
must
not
think
himself
secure
in
this
Court
;
for
the
Lady's
Kinsmen
,
whom
I
know
to
be
Gallant
and
Stout
Persons
,
as
soon
as
they
hear
of
his
being
here
,
will
be
sure
to
attend
his
Motion
,
and
revenge
the
aff●…ont
done
to
their
Cousin
;
nay
it
will
be
easier
for
them
to
do
it
here
than
at
Sevil.
DonnaCatharina
heard
very
attentively
the
Story
told
her
by
the
Duenna
,
and
was
extremely
troubled
,
to
find
Don
Antonio
so
far
engag'd
with
another
.
She
ask'd
her
a
thousand
questions
,
among
others
,
whether
he
was
much
in
Love
with
that
Mistress
,
whether
that
Donna
Marcellina
was
very
handsome
,
&c.
Whereto
she
made
such
Answers
as
were
suitable
to
her
design
,
which
was
to
put
Don
Antonio
clearly
out
of
her
favour
.
Donna
Catharina
resolv'd
to
give
her
Father
an
Account
of
all
,
and
leave
it
to
him
to
inform
himself
more
fully
of
the
business
.
She
immediately
went
to
the
Room
where
he
was
to
speak
to
him
,
for
all
things
were
concluded
as
to
the
Marriage
.
In
the
mean
time
Donna
Olivia
was
left
in
the
outer-room
,
where
the
Women
and
Duenna's
are
wont
to
wait
,
there
came
in
to
them
a
Servant
of
Don
Antonio's
,
whom
he
had
sent
to
the
Post
for
Letters
from
Sevil
;
enquiring
for
his
Master
,
to
give
him
the
Pacquet
.
Donna
Olivia
told
him
,
that
he
was
within
,
but
that
as
soon
as
he
came
out
,
she
would
deliver
it
to
him
;
having
open'd
the
Pacquet
;
she
put
into
it
a
Letter
,
which
she
immediatly
writ
,
and
,
Sealing
it
up
again
,
came
where
her
Mistress
was
;
she
asked
her
whither
she
was
going
with
those
Letters
?
The
other
answer'd
without
the
least
discovery
of
any
Malice
,
that
they
were
directed
to
Seignior
Don
Antonio
,
and
had
been
brought
thither
a
little
before
by
one
of
his
Servants
from
the
Sevil
Post.
Curiosity
was
an
ingredient
of
the
first
Woman
,
and
it
is
very
fruitfully
spread
through
the
whole
Sex
.
Donna
Catharina
shew'd
her self
not
free
from
it
on
this
Occasion
,
and
she
was
the
more
excusable
considering
the
Story
had
been
told
her
by
the
subtle
Duenna
;
she
was
tempted
to
open
the
Pacquet
,
wherein
finding
one
Letter
Written
with
a
Woman's
hand
,
(
which
was
that
,
Written
,
by
Donna
Olivia
)
she
could
do
no
less
than
open
it
,
and
directing
her
Eye
down
to
the
bottom
of
it
found
it
subscribed
by
one
Donna
Marcellina
de
Loprezza
;
she
read
it
,
and
was
confirm'd
in
what
before
she
not
fully
credited
.
The
Letter
.
My
Dearest
,
YOUR
Absence
and
my
Indisposition
have
reduc'd
me
to
such
an
Extremity
,
that
I
cannot
imagine
I
have
any
long
time
to
live
,
it
being
impossible
I
should
hold
out
,
after
the
News
I
have
heard
of
your
Resolution
to
be
Married
at
Madrid
,
which
cannot
easily
be
done
,
without
a
transcendent
Baseness
,
by
a
Person
so
nearly
engaged
to
me
as
you
are
.
You
know
that
you
cannot
bestow
on
another
what
is
so
Lawfully
due
to
me
,
especially
if
you
make
the
least
Reflection
on
the
precious
Pledges
there
are
between
us
thereof
.
I
have
no
other
Advice
to
give
you
,
as
things
now
stand
,
but
that
,
if
you
are
at
such
a
loss
of
all
Shame
and
Conscience
,
there
is
a
Deity
,
who
sees
our
most
secret
Thoughts
,
and
passes
a
just
Iudgement
on
them
;
and
that
I
have
many
Noble
Friends
,
who
measuring
the
small
Account
you
make
of
them
by
your
slighting
of
me
,
will
not
fail
to
revenge
the
affront
done
to
us
all
.
I
hope
we
shall
not
be
forc'd
to
those
Extremities
,
considering
how
highly
you
are
obliged
to
do
things
suitably
to
the
Nobleness
of
your
Birth
,
and
to
Acknowledge
,
as
you
ought
,
her
,
whom
,
while
we
,
both
Live
,
you
must
look
on
,
as
Your
Lawful
Wife
,
Donna
Marcellina
de
Loprezza
.
This
Letter
fully
satisfi'd
Donna
Catharina
,
that
all
she
had
heard
from
the
malicious
Duenna
was
true
;
her
Father
coming
into
the
Room
as
she
had
done
reading
it
,
she
acquainted
him
with
all
that
concern'd
Don
Antonio
,
shewing
him
the
Letter
from
Donna
Marcellina
;
he
was
extremely
astonish'd
,
to
find
that
a
Cavalier
of
so
noble
a
Family
,
had
abus'd
a
Lady
of
such
Quality
,
and
that
having
Children
by
her
,
he
should
be
so
impudent
as
to
make
his
Addresses
to
his
Daughter
;
he
forbare
reproaching
him
therewith
,
till
he
had
better
inform'd
himself
from
a
Friend
of
his
of
Sevil
,
then
at
Madrid
,
whom
he
immediately
went
to
look
for
.
Don
Alonzo
was
hardly
got
out
of
doors
,
but
Don
Antonio
and
his
man
came
in
,
for
his
man
having
told
him
that
he
had
deliver'd
the
Pacquet
to
one
of
DonnaCatharina's
Women
,
he
was
come
to
receive
it
from
her
,
since
it
was
not
brought
to
his
Cousin's
,
whither
all
his
Letters
were
directed
;
it
was
his
Fortune
to
meet
with
Donna
Catharina
in
the
Outer-room
,
where
her
Father
had
left
her
;
I
should
not
have
return'd
so
soon
,
my
dearest
Lady
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
had
not
somewhat
extraordinary
oblig'd
me
thereto
;
it
is
to
receive
some
Letters
,
which
my
Man
tells
me
he
deliver'd
to
one
of
your
Women
.
She
thought
(
says
Donna
Catharina
)
that
you
had
been
still
with
my
Father
:
I
casually
meeting
her
as
she
was
coming
into
the
Room
,
asked
her
what
she
came
for
;
she
answering
,
it
was
to
deliver
you
the
Pacquet
,
I
took
it
from
her
and
(
presuming
that
a
Cavalier
of
your
Age
and
Complexion
could
not
have
liv'd
to
this
time
in
Sevil
,
and
not
have
an
inclination
for
some
Lady
)
a
certain
Conjunction
of
Curiosity
and
Jealousie
persuaded
me
to
open
it
.
That
Curiosity
hath
done
me
a
Courtesie
,
and
hath
satisfi'd
me
in
some
things
which
before
I
only
suspected
;
and
therefore
I
forbear
desiring
your
excuse
,
since
I
have
receiv'd
so
good
an
Information
,
before
I
was
any
further
engag'd
with
you
;
for
had
it
come
too
late
,
I
had
been
ruined
:
Here
's
a
Letter
from
a
Person
you
should
be
well
acquainted
with
;
this
would
have
been
enough
to
undeceive
me
,
but
it
only
confirms
a
relation
I
had
receiv'd
before
,
upon
which
I
was
almost
resolv'd
to
put
such
a
Check
to
your
pretensions
to
me
,
as
that
you
should
have
but
little
encouragement
to
continue
them
.
Farewel
,
my
presence
will
but
trouble
you
,
this
Letter
will
acquaint
you
with
what
you
are
not
Ignorant
of
.
Don
Antonio
receiving
the
Letter
out
of
her
hand
was
not
a
little
surpriz'd
,
not
imagining
what
might
have
happen'd
to
him
.
He
read
it
,
and
presently
inferr'd
,
that
it
was
a
trick
put
upon
him
by
some
envious
Person
,
who
was
desirous
to
obstruct
his
happiness
.
Meeting
with
Donna
Olivia
,
(
whom
,
as
we
said
before
,
he
knew
not
in
her
Widow's
Habit
)
ah
Madam
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
what
Forgeries
are
these
?
I
a
Mistress
at
Sevil
,
and
of
this
Name
?
I
Children
by
her
,
and
that
upon
a
Promise
of
Marriage
?
If
it
be
not
the
greatest
Untruth
that
ever
Humane
Malice
invented
,
let
me
never
look
Man
in
the
Face
again
.
(
For
my
part
,
replies
the
subtle
Duenna
)
I
find
my self
inclined
to
believe
,
that
what
you
say
may
be
true
;
but
your
main
Concernment
is
to
bring
my
Lady
to
that
Perswasion
.
I
know
her
to
be
of
such
an
Humour
as
not
easily
to
quit
a
Resentment
,
which
she
entertains
upon
just
Grounds
;
and
I
much
Question
,
whether
she
will
admit
your
Addresses
any
further
,
for
I
know
she
hath
acquainted
her
Father
with
all
,
and
he
is
gone
to
a
Gentleman
of
Sevil
,
an
intimate
Friend
of
his
,
who
is
now
in
this
City
.
I
am
very
glad
of
it
,
(
says
Don
Antonio
)
for
he
will
find
it
to
be
an
absolute
Impostour
,
and
that
there
is
not
any
Lady
in
Sevil
that
goes
under
the
Name
of
Donna
Marcellina
de
Loprezza
.
But
I
beseech
you
tell
me
,
Madam
,
whether
your
intimacy
be
very
great
with
the
Lady
Donna
Catharina
;
so
great
(
replied
she
)
that
I
am
the
only
person
in
her
favour
,
and
to
whom
she
is
pleas'd
to
communitate
her
thoughts
;
if
it
be
so
,
(
says
Don
Antonio
)
it
's
possible
you
may
procure
me
the
favour
from
her
,
that
I
may
vindicate
my self
.
I
much
question
whether
she
will
ever
speak
to
you
again
,
(
said
she
)
for
she
is
extremely
incens'd
against
you
,
and
when
once
angry
,
if
justly
,
she
is
the
hardest
to
be
appeas'd
that
ever
I
knew
;
but
,
(
said
he
)
if
you
are
so
much
in
her
Favour
,
you
may
prevail
somewhat
with
her
,
by
representing
to
her
the
Extraordinary
affection
I
have
for
her
.
It
is
in
my
power
,
(
said
she
)
to
do
with
her
what
you
desire
;
but
what
will
you
give
me
if
I
can
procure
you
a
favourable
Audience
from
her
?
any
thing
you
can
desire
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
if
you
mind
only
matter
of
advantage
.
You
see
I
am
very
young
,
(
said
she
)
and
consequently
may
hope
to
be
Married
again
,
Money
is
the
only
principal
Verb
,
which
I
have
occasion
for
;
if
I
answer
your
Expectation
,
may
I
rely
on
your
Liberality
for
my
Reward
.
That
you
may
know
how
earnestly
I
desire
it
,
(
says
,
he
)
do
what
I
require
,
and
I
will
make
your
Fortune
heavier
by
five
hundred
Crowns
than
it
is
.
I
most
humbly
thank
you
,
(
replies
she
)
but
I
must
tell
you
,
Sir
,
that
I
have
been
so
deluded
by
the
verbal
promises
sometimes
made
me
by
a
Person
of
your
Quality
,
that
I
have
reason
to
mistrust
whatever
is
promised
,
●…f
I
have
it
not
in
writing
;
you
will
be
pleas●…d
to
excuse
me
,
Sir
,
if
my
Fear
to
be
de●…eiv'd
as
I
have
been
,
force
me
to
these
Pre●…autions
,
and
to
assure
your self
,
that
those
●…atisfied
,
I
will
indeavour
to
serve
you
to
the
●…tmost
of
my
Power
.
To
give
you
absolute
●…atisfaction
,
as
to
that
point
,
Madam
,
(
said
●…e
)
help
me
with
Pen
,
Ink
and
Paper
,
and
●…ou
shall
have
what
security
you
Desire
your
●…elf
.
Donna
Olivia
would
see
the
Issue
of
it
,
and
●…o
brought
him
what
he
desir'd
.
Don
Anto●…io
kept
his
Word
with
her
;
nay
,
either
out
●…f
Ignorance
,
of
the
Form
of
such
Obliga●…ions
,
or
to
make
a
greater
Expression
of
his
Earnestness
that
she
should
assist
him
,
he
pro●…ed
so
Liberal
,
as
to
give
her
a
Blank
Sign'd
●…nd
Sealed
,
not
mentioning
the
Summ
where●…o
he
obliged
himself
,
telling
her
he
had
not
●…pecified
it
,
out
of
a
Design
to
requite
her
●…eyond
his
Promises
,
proportionably
to
the
Service
she
should
do
him
,
in
the
Recovery
of
his
Mistress's
Favour
.
She
saw
this
happened
according
to
her
Wishes
,
so
that
acknowledging
the
Favour
Don
Antonio
had
done
her
,
she
promised
him
her
utmost
endeavours
to
deserve
it
,
by
recovering
him
into
the
Favour
of
his
Mistress
.
The
Amorous
Cavalier
believed
her
,
and
took
his
leave
.
Dilario
,
coming
in
soon
after
,
Olivia
gave
him
an
account
of
what
Progress
she
had
made
,
and
putting
into
his
Hands
the
Blank
Sign'd
by
Don
Antonio
,
bid
him
write
abov●…
his
Name
a
formal
Promise
of
Marriage
,
dating
it
about
the
time
of
his
being
at
her
Country-House
near
Toledo
,
with
two
Witnesses●…
which
Dilario
did
,
imitating
as
near
as
he
coul●…
Don
Antonio's
Hand
.
That
day
,
Don
Alonzo
fail'd
to
meet
the
Gentleman
of
Sevil
,
and
put
of
the
visit
he
intended
him
till
the
next
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Donna
Olivia
understood
from
Donna
Catharina
,
that
she
was
resolved
to
lead
Apes
i●…
Hell
,
rather
than
have
Don
Antonio
to
he●…
Husband
.
Having
already
trusted
her
Duenna
with
some
of
her
Secrets
,
she
though●…
she
might
make
an
absolute
discovery
of
her self
to
her
,
and
thereupon
told
her
,
how
that
before
her
Father
had
treated
of
a
Marriage
between
her
and
Don
Antonio
,
she
had
been
Courted
by
a
Person
of
Honour
,
named
Don
Valerio
de
Merdea
,
that
she
had
some
Inclination
towards
him
;
and
that
the
Perswasions
of
her
Father
,
had
prevailed
with
her
to
entertain
the
Applications
of
Don
Antonio
;
but
having
discovered
his
Unworthiness
,
she
was
resolved
to
re-address
her
Affection
to
Don
Valerio
.
Donna
Olivia
was
almost
out
of
her self
for
Joy
to
hear
that
News
,
for
it
put
her
into
a
Confidence
,
that
her
Design
would
take
;
●…nd
the
more
to
promote
it
,
she
disposed
Donna
Catharina
as
much
as
lay
in
her
Power
●…o
favour
Don
Valerio
.
He
must
needs
be
dis●…leased
with
me
,
(
says
she
to
her
)
yet
I
●…oubt
not
but
a
Letter
from
me
will
re-ingage
him
my
humble
Servant
.
The
crafty
●…uenna
,
proffered
to
be
the
Bearer
of
it
,
on
Condition
she
might
do
it
by
Coach
.
Don●…a
Catharina
was
very
glad
to
find
her
Wo●…an
so
ready
to
serve
her
,
especially
in
a
Bu●…ness
which
she
was
so
much
pleased
with
;
●…nd
so
she
commanded
a
Coach
to
be
made
●…eady
,
and
that
she
should
go
immediately
to
●…e
Don
Valerio
,
to
whom
she
writ
a
Letter
.
Donna
Olivia
took
Coach
,
pretending
to
go
to
Don
Valerio's
House
,
but
she
went
to
her
own
,
●…nd
bid
the
Coach-Man
return
to
Donna
Ca●…arina
,
and
tell
her
,
that
for
fear
notice
●…ight
be
taken
of
the
Coach
,
she
would
go
●…foot
to
the
Place
where
she
had
sent
her
,
●…onducted
by
Granatus
her
pretended
Father
.
●…rom
that
House
,
she
writ
two
Letters
,
one
,
●…o
Don
Alonzo
,
desiring
him
to
come
to
her
;
●…he
other
to
Don
Valerio
,
to
the
same
Effect
,
with
Directions
to
find
the
House
.
While
the
Letters
were
carried
abroad
,
she
put
off
her
Widows
Habit
,
and
put
on
that
of
a
Person
of
the
highest
Quality
,
expecting
these
two
Visits
with
the
accustomed
Ceremonies
of
Spain
.
Don
Valerio
de
Merde●…
was
not
long
a
coming
,
though
he
knew
nothing
of
the
Person
who
had
written
to
him
.
There
had
not
past
many
Complements
between
him
and
Donna
Olivia
,
but
word
wa●…
brought
her
that
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
was
alighted
out
of
his
Coach
,
and
was
coming
into
the
House
.
Sir
,
(
said
she
to
Don
Valerio
)
I
am
obliged
to
speak
with
the
Person
who
is
coming
up
,
all
alone
.
Not
but
that
you
may
hear
the
Discourse
we
shall
have
together
;
and
therefore
let
me
entreat
you
to
stand
behind
this
Curtain
,
whence
you
will
hear
all
we
say
,
for
it
concerns
you
more
than
you
imagine
,
and
will
prove
to
your
Advantage
.
Don
Valerio
complied
,
not
knowing
what
might
be
the
issue
of
this
Precaution
.
Don
Alonzo
came
in
,
and
having
taken
a
Seat
,
Donna
Olivia
(
whom
he
knew
not
as
she
was
then
dressed
)
Addressed
her self
to
him
with
this
Discourse
.
I
doubt
not
,
Sir
,
but
you
somewhat
wonder
,
you
should
be
intreated
hither
by
a
Letter
,
and
that
from
a
Person
not
known
to
you
.
To
recover
you
from
that
Confusion
,
I
will
give
you
an
account
of
my self
.
I
was
Born
in
the
Imperial
City
of
Toledo
,
the
only
Daughter
of
the
House
from
which
I
am
descended
,
and
Heir
thereof
.
I
am
of
the
Family
of
Priola
,
so
well
known
all
over
Spain
,
that
I
need
say
nothing
of
it
.
As
to
my
Quality
,
I
am
to
tell
you
farther
,
that
my
Father
was
,
in
his
time
,
honour'd
with
the
Order
of
St.
Iames
,
and
my
Brother
of
that
of
Alcantara
,
with
the
Command
of
a
Troop
of
Horse
under
his
Majesty
in
Flanders
,
upon
his
Death
I
retired
to
a
Country-House
I
have
near
Toledo
,
where
I
lived
privately
,
contenting
my self
with
the
Innocent
Enjoyments
of
a
Country
Life
,
without
the
least
Acquaintance
of
any
thing
of
Love
,
till
that
,
one
Morning
a
Shepherd
of
mine
brought
to
my
House
,
two
Men
,
who
had
been
robb'd
,
and
stripp'd
the
Night
before
by
certain
High-way-Men
.
I
took
Compassion
of
them
,
especially
him
who
by
his
Demeanour
seem'd
to
be
the
Master
,
and
out
of
two
Chests
of
Cloths
my
Brother
had
left
,
I
furnished
them
with
two
Suites
,
wherewith
they
covered
their
Nakedness
.
They
seemed
to
be
very
thankful
for
so
seasonable
a
Favour
;
but
the
more
considerable
of
the
two
hath
treated
me
very
ungratefully
,
which
is
the
ordinary
stile
of
Courtiers
,
and
hath
requited
my
Charitable
Offices
only
with
Flatteries
and
Deceit
.
I
was
so
simple
as
to
be
cajoll'd
,
by
the
Caresses
he
made
me
,
during
four
days
that
I
kept
him
at
my
House
,
and
he
prevailed
so
far
with
me
,
that
I
was
no
longer
at
my
own
Disposal
.
The
re-iterated
Oaths
and
Protestations
of
a
Person
of
that
Worth
,
raised
me
into
a
Perswasion
that
he
really
loved
me
,
and
that
induced
me
to
love
him
again
;
to
be
short
,
upon
a
Promise
he
made
me
of
Marriage
,
he
got
me
in
a
Humour
to
grant
him
the
greatest
of
Favours
.
He
made
me
believe
that
his
going
to
Court
was
for
the
Prosecution
of
some
Law-Business
that
concerned
him
very
highly
.
He
desired
my
leave
to
go
to
Madrid
,
promising
to
return
again
in
a
short
time
,
but
with
such
Demonstrations
of
Love
as
might
easily
have
prevailed
with
one
who
had
not
fancied
him
so
affectionately
as
I
had
done
.
I
supplied
him
with
all
things
necessary
,
and
he
left
me
extreamly
troubled
at
his
departure
.
Now
,
by
a
Picture
and
Letter
he
left
behind
him
under
the
Bolster
,
I
found
that
the
Occasion
of
his
coming
to
this
Court
was
in
Order
to
a
Marriage
between
him
,
and
that
Miracle
of
Beauty
Donna
Catharina
,
your
Daughter
.
Now
,
our
Honour
being
the
most
considerable
thing
we
ought
to
be
tender
of
,
I
could
do
no
less
,
upon
the
procedure
of
Don
Antonio
,
than
resolve
to
come
to
this
Court
,
and
to
apply
my self
to
my
Friends
,
that
,
by
their
Favour
,
I
might
cross
the
Marriage
he
is
about
,
and
you
will
find
,
that
I
may
easily
do
it
,
if
you
but
see
what
Cards
I
have
to
play
.
I
conceived
my
first
overture
should
be
to
acquaint
you
with
my
Disgrace
,
the
Dishonour
I
have
run
into
by
the
Acquaintance
of
Don
Antonio
,
and
his
Treachery
towards
me
,
that
receiving
it
from
my
own
Mouth
,
you
may
not
be
too
forward
to
conclude
what
is
already
resolved
between
you
,
as
I
have
understood
.
With
the
Paper
I
have
here
in
my
Hand
,
I
will
prosecute
him
to
the
utmost
;
it
is
under
his
own
Hand
and
Seal
,
and
Witnesses
to
it
:
be
pleased
,
Sir
,
to
peruse
it
,
and
see
whether
I
have
not
Reason
to
prosecute
this
Ungrateful
and
Perjur'd
Man
,
and
to
force
him
to
a
performance
of
the
Promise
he
hath
made
me
.
Don
Alonzo
was
astonished
at
this
Relation
of
Donna
Olivia's
,
and
,
by
what
was
put
into
his
Hands
,
found
out
the
Disposition
of
Don
Antonio
,
and
concluded
him
a
fickle
imprudent
Person
,
who
pursued
his
Enjoyments
,
without
any
thought
of
the
Consequences
thereof
,
and
thereupon
he
resolved
there
should
be
no
farther
talk
of
any
Marriage
between
him
and
his
Daughter
.
Opening
the
Paper
which
Donna
Olivia
had
given
him
,
he
found
in
it
these
Words
.
THis
present
Writing
,
written
with
my
own
Hind
,
and
Sealed
with
my
Seal
,
Witnesseth
,
that
I
,
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
,
an
Inhabitant
of
Sevil
,
acknowledge
my self
to
be
the
Lawful
Husband
of
Donna
Olivia
de
Priola
,
an
Inhabitant
of
Toledo
,
and
that
I
will
perform
the
present
Promise
I
make
her
of
Marriage
whensoever
I
shall
be
,
by
her
,
thereto
required
.
Sign'd
and
Sealed
in
the
presence
of
Dilario
and
Flora
,
Servants
to
the
said
Donna
Olivia
.
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
.
Having
read
this
promise
,
and
knowing
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
Don
Antonio
,
Don
Alonzo
said
to
her
,
Madam
,
I
am
very
much
troubled
,
that
Don
Antonio
(
a
Person
so
well
descended
as
he
is
)
should
be
guilty
of
so
unworthy
an
Action
,
and
a
Demeanour
so
full
of
Treachery
;
for
at
the
time
when
he
gave
you
this
Writing
,
he
was
coming
hither
purposely
to
be
Married
to
my
Daughter
.
But
the
Account
you
have
given
me
of
him
is
such
,
that
I
assure
you
,
I
will
have
no
more
to
do
with
him
,
since
you
have
so
much
Reason
to
oppose
it
.
Prosecute
your
own
Right
,
and
leave
him
not
till
you
have
obtained
your
Desires
,
and
be
assured
I
shall
assist
you
to
the
utmost
of
my
Power
,
since
I
find
your
Honour
so
highly
concerned
in
it
.
I
have
some
Friends
here
,
and
those
powerful
,
I
will
engage
them
all
to
serve
you
,
that
you
may
find
I
am
a
Person
,
who
prefers
a
just
Cause
before
all
Self-Interest
.
Donna
Olivia
gave
him
very
humble
thanks
for
so
great
a
Favour
,
and
the
Tears
that
fell
from
her
at
the
close
of
her
Discourse
,
heightned
his
Zeal
and
Tenderness
towards
her
.
Don
Alonzo
took
along
with
him
the
Writing
which
Donna
Olivia
had
shewn
him
,
that
he
might
thereby
induce
Don
Antonio
to
an
Acknowledgment
of
his
Fault
.
With
those
Protestations
he
took
leave
of
Donna
Olivia
,
promising
to
see
her
again
within
a
short
time
,
and
to
return
the
promise
of
Marriage
,
reiterating
the
Desires
he
had
to
serve
her
.
He
thereupon
left
her
,
giving
Don
Valerio
the
Liberty
to
come
upon
the
Stage
.
As
soon
as
he
had
taken
his
seat
,
you
have
understood
,
(
says
Donna
Olivia
,
to
him
)
if
so
be
you
have
heard
the
Discourse
between
Don
Alonzo
and
my self
,
what
hath
passed
between
me
and
Don
Antonio
.
Upon
which
account
,
(
as
you
have
heard
from
her
Father
)
you
find
he
is
never
like
to
be
Husband
to
the
fair
Donna
Catharina
.
She
sent
me
hither
to
acquaint
you
,
that
what
hath
been
done
on
her
part
in
order
to
the
Marriage
between
her
and
Don
Antonio
was
purely
out
of
Compliance
with
the
Commands
of
her
Father
,
and
that
she
is
glad
of
the
Occasion
she
now
hath
to
quit
him
,
and
re-assume
that
Kindness
and
Affection
she
ever
had
for
you
.
What
I
say
,
you
will
find
in
Writing
under
her
Hand
,
when
you
have
perused
this
Letter
.
Don
Valerio
having
read
it
,
was
the
most
satisfied
Man
in
the
World
,
to
find
his
blasted
hopes
now
beginning
to
spring
again
.
Donna
Olivia
perceiving
it
,
to
confirm
his
Satisfaction
,
continued
her
Discourse
to
him
thus
:
I
know
Signior
Don
Valerio
,
you
will
be
astonished
in
your self
,
how
this
Letter
should
fall
into
my
Hands
,
it
is
my self
only
can
unriddle
it
.
Being
in
Love
,
as
you
are
,
you
know
that
that
little
Divinity
is
the
Author
of
many
Disguises
and
Transformations
,
as
you
are
taught
by
Ovid
in
his
Metamorphosis
,
and
consequently
you
doubt
not
,
but
that
I
,
Loving
an
Unconstant
Person
,
who
had
had
such
precious
Pledges
of
my
Affection
,
should
leave
nothing
unattempted
to
recover
my
Honour
,
and
oblige
him
to
the
Satisfaction
of
what
he
owes
me
.
I
am
come
to
this
Court
,
with
a
Design
,
being
what
I
am
,
to
get
into
the
Service
of
Donna
Catharina
,
and
have
effected
it
.
For
though
you
see
me
in
this
House
,
(
which
was
taken
upon
my
account
)
I
live
in
hers
,
waiting
on
her
in
the
Quality
of
a
Duenna
,
a
part
I
have
assum'd
,
the
better
to
elude
Don
Antonio
,
and
to
do
all
lay
in
my
Power
to
put
him
out
of
my
Mistress's
Favour
;
and
I
have
also
brought
that
so
far
about
,
that
I
am
Confident
there
will
never
be
any
Marriage
between
them
,
and
she
is
wholly
inclined
to
Favour
you
.
Now
consider
with
your self
what
you
would
have
me
to
say
to
your
Mistress
,
for
I
am
just
going
to
put
on
my
Widow's
Habit
,
and
I
must
return
presently
,
and
am
afraid
she
will
think
I
have
stayed
too
long
.
If
you
will
return
her
an
answer
,
you
have
here
all
things
requisit
to
do
it
.
I
think
it
necessary
you
should
,
that
Donna
Catharina
may
see
,
I
have
punctually
obey'd
her
Commands
.
As
to
the
secret
of
my
Disguise
,
I
pray
keep
it
such
,
for
it
concerns
me
,
that
it
should
not
be
discovered
a
while
.
I
rely
on
your
Discretion
,
and
,
knowing
you
to
be
a
Person
of
Honour
and
Worth
,
I
presume
you
will
not
discover
it
.
This
Discourse
very
much
surprised
Don
Valerio
,
who
took
Occasion
to
commend
her
Courage
and
Generosity
,
and
return'd
her
his
most
humble
thanks
,
for
the
Favour
she
had
done
him
,
in
entrusting
him
with
the
secret
of
her
Love
,
and
prayed
Heaven
to
give
him
Life
to
acknowledge
and
requite
so
great
an
Obligation
.
He
promised
her
not
to
discover
any
thing
till
she
commanded
him
to
do
it
;
and
thereupon
,
seeing
her
in
hast
to
be
gone
,
he
writ
a
Letter
in
answer
to
what
he
had
received
from
his
Mistress
,
full
of
Amorous
Complements
,
and
Protestations
of
Fidelity
to
the
last
gasp
.
While
he
was
Writing
Donna
Catharina
put
on
her
Widow's
Habit
,
and
made
all
the
hast
she
could
to
Don
Alonzo's
.
In
the
mean
time
Don
Antonio
,
extreamly
resenting
the
Impostour
put
upon
him
,
acquainted
his
Cousin
,
Don
Martinio
with
it
,
whereupon
they
went
both
together
to
Don
Alonzo's
.
He
not
being
within
,
they
asked
for
Donna
Catharina
,
who
came
out
without
any
Ceremony
to
receive
their
Visit
,
that
it
might
be
the
shorter
;
for
she
had
no
great
mind
to
see
Don
Antonio
.
The
poor
Gentleman
endeavour'd
to
vindicate
himself
,
swearing
a
thousand
Oaths
,
that
he
never
heard
of
any
Lady
in
Sevil
,
of
the
name
mention'd
in
the
Letter
,
and
that
no
doubt
some
envious
Person
had
put
this
trick
upon
him
;
and
that
if
Don
Alonzo
should
upon
enquiry
find
it
to
be
true
,
he
would
be
content
to
loose
his
Honour
and
Life
,
nay
more
,
the
hopes
of
ever
enjoying
her
.
The
earnestness
of
his
Discourse
put
Donna
Catharina
into
some
doubt
,
that
what
she
had
heard
was
some
Impostour
advanced
purposely
to
obstruct
his
Pretentions
,
and
referred
it
to
her
Father
to
make
a
full
discovery
thereof
.
Her
answer
to
them
was
,
that
she
was
not
at
her
own
disposal
,
that
it
was
her
duty
,
to
comply
with
that
of
her
Father
,
and
consequently
,
she
could
not
quit
the
Ill-impression
she
had
receiv'd
of
Don
Antonio
,
till
she
were
better
inform'd
of
the
truth
;
that
her
Father
would
come
in
ere
long
,
and
she
could
take
no
resolution
without
his
Orders
,
in
a
business
of
so
great
importance
.
While
they
were
engag'd
in
this
discourse
,
Don
Alonzo
comes
in
from
the
visit
he
had
made
to
Donna
Olivia
.
Don
Martinio
made
him
a
short
relation
of
what
had
happen'd
,
and
renew'd
to
him
the
just
complaint
which
his
Cousin
had
reason
to
make
of
the
Crime
laid
to
his
charge
.
Whereupon
both
desiring
him
to
hold
his
hand
,
at
least
till
there
were
an
Exact
enquiry
made
into
the
business
,
he
desir'd
them
to
sit
down
,
and
gave
them
this
Answer
.
Gentlemen
,
I
went
out
in
hopes
to
be
inform'd
by
some
Friends
of
Sevil
,
now
here
,
whether
that
which
is
imputed
to
Don
Antonio
were
true
,
and
I
could
not
meet
with
them
;
but
if
I
had
found
them
,
it
's
possible
they
might
know
nothing
of
the
business
,
for
Sevil
is
a
great
City
,
and
some
parts
of
it
lye
at
such
a
distance
from
others
,
that
they
may
well
be
accounted
different
places
.
What
I
found
most
certain
is
,
that
Don
Antonio
hath
made
a
promise
of
Marriage
to
a
Lady
of
Toledo
,
who
entertain'd
him
at
a
Country-House
of
her's
,
after
he
had
been
Robb'd
by
certain
Thieves
;
and
what
is
yet
more
to
be
consider'd
,
she
thought
it
not
much
to
secure
his
affection
by
the
forfeiture
of
her
Honor.
I
have
it
from
the
Lady
her self
,
who
sent
for
me
,
and
shew'd
me
the
promise
under
his
Hand
,
which
since
we
all
know
,
there
can
be
no
evasion
.
He
thereupon
shew'd
it
both
the
Cousins
,
who
were
both
at
such
a
loss
that
they
knew
not
what
to
say
,
especially
Don
Antonio
,
who
sufficiently
betray'd
his
guilt
by
his
astonishment
,
but
swore
withal
that
he
had
not
made
that
promise
under
his
own
Name
,
but
under
a
feigned
.
But
Don
Martinio
knowing
all
the
Circumstance
of
the
business
,
was
most
Liberal
of
his
reproaches
to
his
Cousin
,
which
raising
a
certain
compassion
in
Don
Alonzo
,
forc'd
this
Discourse
from
him
.
Signior
Don
Antonio
,
we
find
by
many
Experiences
,
that
a
young
man
,
once
fallen
in
Love
,
will
do
any
thing
to
obtain
his
desires
;
that
Love
should
overcome
you
,
I
wonder
not
at
all
;
but
what
occasions
my
astonishment
,
is
,
that
you
should
have
the
confidence
to
Address
your self
to
a
Person
of
the
Quality
,
this
Lady
is
of
,
and
dishonour
her
,
without
ever
considering
,
that
,
in
time
,
she
might
acquaint
her
Friends
therewith
,
who
would
be
sure
to
revenge
the
affront
;
and
what
adds
to
this
astonishment
,
is
,
that
you
durst
do
such
an
Action
when
you
were
coming
hither
purposely
in
order
to
your
matching
with
my
Daughter
,
for
whom
,
if
any
credit
may
be
given
to
your
Letters
,
you
pretended
to
have
a
passionate
affection
.
I
see
not
how
your
Heart
could
be
capable
of
such
a
Competition
of
Passions
,
that
you
should
pretend
the
greatest
inclinations
imaginable
for
one
,
and
treat
of
a
Marriage
with
another
;
being
a
Person
of
Honor
,
I
doubt
not
but
you
will
make
it
appear
in
you
Actions
,
and
that
is
,
that
you
stand
to
the
Promise
you
made
to
the
Lady
Olivia
,
though
it
were
only
out
of
this
Confideration
,
that
it
argues
a
more
Generous
Nature
to
do
that
willingly
,
which
must
otherwise
unwillingly
be
done
.
The
Lady
is
not
so
destitute
of
Friends
,
as
you
perhaps
imagin
;
she
is
now
at
Madrid
,
come
expressly
to
recover
her
debt
,
which
no
doubt
she
will
;
and
her
cause
being
so
just
,
't
is
not
likely
she
will
want
Assistance
.
My
Advice
is
,
that
you
endeavour
to
prevent
the
ill
reports
which
the
business
must
raise
of
you
;
perform
what
you
have
promis'd
,
and
let
not
your
Love
to
my
Daughter
blind
you
any
further
,
for
I
am
resolv'd
to
shut
her
up
in
a
Cloyster
,
for
the
remainder
of
her
Life
,
rather
than
she
shall
ever
be
your
Wife
.
With
that
he
rose
up
,
and
,
without
any
Complements
,
went
into
another
Room
.
Donna
Catharina
follow'd
him
,
and
the
two
Cousins
,
without
so
much
as
a
word
exchanged
,
went
home
,
where
Don
Martinio
fell
into
bitter
expostulations
with
his
Cousin
,
for
his
engaging
himself
in
so
unworthy
an
Action
.
Don
Antonio
had
nothing
to
reply
,
but
that
he
was
astonish'd
how
that
promise
came
to
be
sign'd
with
his
own
Name
,
having
made
it
only
out
of
a
supposititious
.
Leaving
them
in
that
Confusion
,
making
several
Reflections
on
the
Adventure
,
let
us
return
to
the
feign'd
Waiting-woman
,
who
was
got
back
to
Don
Alonzo's
,
and
had
deliver'd
Don
Valerio's
Letter
to
Donna
Catharina
.
She
was
infinitely
satisfy'd
with
it
,
as
fearing
he
would
not
have
been
so
easily
retriv'd
into
her
Service
.
Donna
Catharina
acquainted
her
,
how
that
Don
Antonio
and
his
Cousin
had
been
there
;
what
had
pass'd
between
them
and
her
Father
;
and
that
he
had
absolutely
dismiss'd
them
,
it
being
discover'd
,
that
Don
Antonio
had
committed
another
impertinence
,
and
had
made
a
promise
of
Marriage
to
a
Lady
of
Toledo
,
who
was
come
express
to
Madrid
,
to
obstruct
his
pretensions
to
her
.
Donna
Olivia
pretended
the
greatest
astonishment
in
the
World
,
and
burst
forth
into
imprecations
against
Don
Antonio
.
In
the
mean
time
there
came
a
Message
to
Donna
Catharina
from
a
She-Cousin
of
hers
,
●…nviting
her
to
a
Comedy
which
was
to
be
●…epresented
at
her
House
,
that
Night
,
where●…o
she
sent
Answer
,
that
she
would
come
;
Donna
Olivia
having
made
so
successful
a
progress
in
her
business
,
bethought
her self
of
an
●…nvention
that
should
bring
it
to
an
absolute
Period
,
for
she
had
the
Management
of
all
.
She
told
Donna
Catharina
,
that
if
she
pleas'd
●…o
wave
her
going
to
the
Comedy
she
might
●…ave
a
meeting
that
Night
with
Don
Valerio
●…n
a
secure
place
,
to
wit
at
her
Father's
House
●…here
she
might
do
what
she
pleas'd
her self
;
●…he
Lady
had
a
great
kindness
for
Don
Vale●…io
,
and
was
desirous
to
prevent
the
reproaches
he
might
make
upon
her
former
discard●…ng
of
him
,
and
so
she
accepted
the
proffer
made
by
her
Woman
.
She
immediately
sent
for
Granatus
,
and
gave
him
a
Letter
for
Don
Valerio
,
whereby
he
was
desired
to
come
that
Night
at
Eight
to
Donna
Olivia's
House
.
He
was
sent
with
another
to
Don
Antonio
de
Mendoza
acquainting
him
that
Donna
Catha●…ina
,
notwithstanding
the
Indignation
of
her
Father
,
and
what
she
her self
had
said
,
was
resolved
secretly
to
Marry
him
,
and
desir'd
to
meet
him
that
Night
,
at
a
house
,
whither
the
Bearer
would
bring
him
,
and
that
he
should
not
fail
to
be
there
at
Nine
.
The
two
Cavaliers
kindly
receiv'd
their
Letters
,
especially
Don
Antonio
,
who
being
but
a
little
before
dismiss'd
,
was
recall'd
to
joyn
Hands
with
Donna
Catharina
,
and
imagin'd
it
done
by
the
intercession
of
the
Waiting-Gentlewoman
,
to
whom
he
thought
himself
infinitely
obliged
,
and
the
present
he
had
made
her
well
bestow'd
;
the
two
Gallants
fail'd
not
to
be
there
at
the
time
appointed
,
and
in
the
mean
Donna
Catharina
and
her
Woman
took
Coach
,
leaving
Don
Alonzo
at
home
,
ready
to
go
to
Bed
;
they
went
to
Donna
Olivia's
House
,
which
seem'd
to
be
that
of
Granatus
,
where
they
were
receiv'd
by
Flora
,
Olivia's
Maid
,
who
went
under
the
name
of
her
Step-mother
;
while
Donna
Catharina
was
expecting
the
Arrival
of
Don
Valerio
,
she
sent
Dilario
with
a
Letter
to
Don
Alonzo
containing
these
words
.
To
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
.
SIR
,
MY
Lady
Donna
Catharina
,
Father's
House
,
with
a
Resolution
to
be
secretly
Married
to
Don
Antonio
,
notwithstanding
your
prohibition
to
the
contrary
,
I
conceiv'd
it
my
duty
to
give
you
notice
thereof
,
it
is
your
Work
to
take
what
course
you
think
fit
to
prevent
it
:
for
my
part
I
have
done
what
lay
in
me
,
and
I
shall
not
need
to
fear
any
reproach
from
you
,
since
I
have
sent
you
timely
Notice
of
her
intentions
.
Donna
Artimiza
.
Granatus
was
dispatch'd
away
with
this
Letter
,
and
order'd
not
to
deliver
it
till
half
an
hour
after
Nine
,
which
he
did
.
In
the
mean
time
Don
Valerio
fail'd
not
to
come
,
precisely
at
his
time
,
and
was
directed
to
his
Mistress
,
who
gave
him
such
satisfaction
as
silenc'd
all
his
Complaints
.
Olivia
left
them
together
in
a
Room
,
where
she
lock'd
them
in
;
not
long
after
came
Don
Antonio
,
according
to
the
time
appointed
him
,
and
was
receiv'd
by
Olivia
,
who
dispos'd
him
into
a
Room
,
without
light
,
alledging
it
concern'd
him
,
that
he
were
not
seen
;
that
he
should
forbear
making
any
Noise
,
and
that
it
would
not
be
long
ere
his
Mistress
came
to
him
,
he
promis'd
to
obey
her
in
all
things
,
and
staid
there
so
long
as
that
Olivia
might
shift
her self
into
Cloths
suitable
to
her
quality
,
that
done
,
she
went
into
the
Room
,
and
speaking
very
low
,
it
was
no
hard
matter
for
her
to
deceive
Don
Antonio
,
and
to
make
him
believe
he
was
very
much
in
his
Mistress's
Favour
.
Leaving
these
young
People
thus
match'd
,
let
us
return
to
Don
Alonzo
,
who
receiv'd
the
Letter
from
the
Duenna
just
as
he
was
getting
into
Bed
;
the
Old
Gentleman
was
extremely
surpriz'd
thereat
,
and
going
out
of
doors
,
attended
by
Dilario
,
he
went
to
the
Commissary's
House
,
which
was
hard
by
;
the
afflicted
man
acquainted
him
what
posture
things
were
in
;
whereupon
the
Commissary
taking
some
of
his
People
about
him
,
they
went
to
Dilario's
house
,
where
,
after
some
knocking
,
they
were
let
in
;
they
had
luckily
a
Lanthorn
with
them
,
and
it
did
them
good
Service
,
for
they
found
the
House
without
any
Light
,
they
lighted
a
Torch
,
and
went
into
several
Rooms
,
in
one
whereof
finding
Don
Valerio
and
Donna
Catharina
,
the
Commissary
ask'd
them
,
what
they
did
there
?
Don
Valerio
told
him
he
was
there
with
his
Wife
,
which
was
confirm'd
by
Donna
Catharina
.
Don
Alonzo
would
have
run
him
through
;
but
the
Commissary
telling
him
she
was
not
with
the
Person
he
imagin'd
,
that
that
Gentleman
was
DonValerio
de
Merdea
,
a
Person
of
great
Quality
and
well
known
about
the
Court
,
Don
Alonzo
could
do
no
less
than
approve
of
their
Marriage
,
though
't
were
only
out
of
a
satisfaction
,
that
she
was
not
fallen
into
the
hands
of
Don
Antonio
,
whom
he
hated
extremely
,
for
the
strange
Pranks
he
had
plaid
.
They
went
thence
unto
another
Room
,
which
they
found
lock'd
,
and
thereupon
threatning
to
break
open
the
Door
.
Don
Antonio
open'd
it
within
,
and
comes
out
telling
them
that
he
was
there
with
Donna
Catharina
his
Wife
,
and
that
it
was
with
her
Consent
,
he
was
come
into
that
House
to
Marry
her
.
Upon
that
discourse
Donna
Olivia
came
out
of
the
Room
and
said
to
him
,
you
are
deceiv'd
,
sweet
Seignior
Don
Antonio
,
I
am
not
the
Woman
you
think
me
,
but
Donna
Olivia
de
Priolo
,
who
expects
from
you
the
Reparation
of
her
Honour
;
the
recovery
whereof
oblig'd
me
to
enter
into
the
Service
of
Donna
Catharina
,
serving
her
in
the
Quality
of
a
Waiting-woman
.
Don
Alonzo
de
Castiza
looking
on
her
a
little
more
attentively
than
he
had
done
,
knew
her
,
as
also
did
the
fair
Lady
Donna
Catharina
;
both
of
them
reflecting
on
the
disguises
she
had
run
through
to
retrive
her
Honour
,
very
seriously
commended
her
Courage
and
Contrivances
,
and
as
much
blam'd
Don
Antonio
,
who
finding
himself
Convinc'd
,
and
Condemn'd
of
all
,
ratified
once
more
the
promise
he
had
made
her
.
Don
Valerio
and
his
Mistress
were
ensur'd
one
to
the
other
,
and
the
solemnity
of
their
Marriage
order'd
to
be
Eight
days
after
;
they
prov'd
both
very
happy
in
their
Wives
,
of
whom
they
had
many
Children
,
who
were
the
Comfort
and
Felicity
of
their
Parents
;
but
particularly
for
Don
Antonio
,
when
he
reflected
on
the
strange
Adventures
whereby
Donna
Olivia
,
engag'd
him
to
his
Duty
,
he
look'd
on
all
as
so
many
Extraordinary
Demonstrations
of
her
Affection
,
towards
him
,
which
occasion'd
his
to
be
Multipli'd
towards
her
,
besides
the
kindness
he
had
for
her
upon
the
Account
of
her
Ingenuity
;
for
Wit
in
a
Woman
is
a
great
inflamer
of
Love
,
especially
that
Woman's
Wit
which
is
ever
best
at
a
dead
lift
.
THE
Amorous
Miser
:
A
NOVEL
.
AT
Sevil
in
Spain
,
a
Lady
,
being
young
,
and
having
lately
buried
her
Husband
;
resolv'd
to
remove
into
another
quarter
of
the
City
:
and
being
sumptuous
in
Cloths
,
and
perfectly
handsome
,
did
not
as
many
other
Widows
are
wont
to
do
,
who
,
as
soon
as
their
Husbands
are
march'd
off
,
dress
themselves
as
fine
as
Hands
can
make
them
,
and
deriving
a
little
advantage
from
their
Mourning
seek
out
opportunity
to
shew
themselves
to
the
Gallants
purely
out
of
a
Design
to
get
other
Husbands
.
But
ours
,
though
young
,
had
had
so
great
Experience
,
that
she
resolved
to
play
a
game
and
that
no
small
one
.
There
was
come
into
the
Fleet
from
Peru
,
a
Man
Born
amidst
the
Mountains
of
Leon
,
who
had
begun
his
Fortune
by
the
Relation
of
a
Servant
to
a
Merchant
of
Sevil
,
and
one
who
,
upon
his
Master's
Cost
,
and
some
little
Trading
into
the
Indies
was
grown
Rich
,
insomuch
that
in
few
Years
,
he
was
accounted
one
of
the
ablest
Merchants
that
traded
to
Peru.
He
makes
another
Voyage
thither
,
being
advanced
to
a
certain
publick
Employment
,
and
having
thereby
added
much
to
his
Wealth
,
he
was
return'd
again
to
Sevil
,
in
that
years
Fleet
,
where
he
sold
the
Commodities
he
had
brought
over
at
double
what
they
had
cost
him
;
so
fortunate
was
he
in
all
his
Ventures
.
Mercator
(
so
was
this
lucky
Merchant
called
)
was
a
Person
of
about
fifty
years
of
Age
;
the
most
Covetous
and
wretchedst
natured
Fellow
that
ever
was
.
He
grudged
himself
what
he
eat
and
drunk
,
though
even
below
Moderation
;
nay
he
many
times
fasted
purposely
to
spare
so
much
.
He
had
no
more
Servants
than
he
needed
;
his
whole
Train
consisted
in
a
Factor
,
a
Lacquey
,
a
Moor-Slave
,
who
looked
to
his
Mule
,
and
a
Maid
to
dress
his
pitiful
Commons
.
He
kept
his
Family
so
●…ort
in
point
of
Victuals
,
that
it
was
wondred
any
one
would
serve
him
;
his
Miserly
Disposi●…
found
the
whole
City
Discourse
;
another
would
have
been
ashamed
of
it
,
but
he
only
laugh'd
at
it
,
applauding
himself
,
and
making
it
his
whole
Business
to
heap
up
Wealth
,
whereof
he
had
abundance
.
Corrina
(
so
was
this
Designess
call'd
)
hearing
this
account
of
him
,
began
to
consider
,
and
weigh
all
the
Circumstances
,
and
after
she
had
a
little
reflected
thereon
,
she
concluded
,
that
he
might
be
made
an
excellent
Cully
,
whom
if
she
could
smite
,
as
she
expected
,
her
Condition
would
be
better
than
ever
it
had
been
.
Mercator
liv'd
without
the
City
,
in
a
little
Tenement
he
had
purchased
of
one
who
owed
him
some
Money
,
which
he
knew
not
well
how
to
get
in
otherwise
;
for
he
was
naturally
so
perfect
a
Slave
to
his
Profit
,
that
he
little
minded
his
Pleasures
.
So
that
he
got
that
Tenement
,
with
a
neat
House
on
it
,
very
cheap
,
and
in
Satisfaction
for
his
dept
;
it
stood
near
St.
Bernard's
Monastery
,
in
the
midst
of
a
pleasant
Valley
.
He
liv'd
there
to
spare
the
Rent
of
a
House
in
the
City
;
he
had
so
fortified
it
,
that
no
Thieves
,
either
by
Day
or
Night
,
could
make
any
breach
into
it
;
all
the
Doors
were
of
extraordinary
thickness
,
the
Windows
had
Bars
and
Grates
,
the
Walls
very
high
and
very
strong
.
He
had
secured
the
place
within
with
many
Fire-Arms
,
which
he
always
kept
Charged
,
and
many
Halbards
and
Partisans
which
were
disposed
of
near
the
Gate
.
He
was
forc'd
to
take
one
Person
more
into
his
Retinue
,
to
wit
,
a
Fellow
to
order
his
Garden
,
and
to
make
the
best
Advantage
he
could
of
it
,
a
married
Man
,
who
should
carry
the
Fruits
and
other
things
to
the
Market
to
make
the
best
of
them
,
so
vigilant
was
his
Avarice
.
His
Treasure
was
disposed
into
a
secret
place
behind
his
Bed
where
he
lay
himself
,
in
strong
Iron-Chests
;
and
every
Night
before
he
went
to
Bed
,
he
,
like
an
over-doing
Constable
,
searched
all
the
Rooms
in
the
House
.
Thus
did
this
wretch'd
Fellow
live
,
though
he
had
no
Children
to
succeed
him
,
for
he
had
never
been
married
,
nor
intended
to
be
,
though
very
Advantageous
Matches
were
dayly
proffered
him
.
Corrina
had
laid
her
Design
to
bring
in
this
Covetous
Merchant
into
the
Noose
,
and
to
effect
it
,
she
communicated
it
to
a
Person
who
was
excellent
at
such
things
;
this
Man
had
played
some
pranks
at
Madrid
,
which
had
occasioned
his
Removal
thence
to
Cadiz
,
and
his
Atchievements
there
,
his
departure
thence
to
Sevil
,
where
he
went
lurking
up
and
down
,
and
spending
some
Money
,
which
it
cost
him
more
hazard
than
pains
to
get
.
He
was
one
of
the
most
Accomplished
Men
in
point
of
Thievery
of
his
time
,
but
very
fearful
of
falling
into
the
hands
of
Justice
,
lest
there
might
rise
up
in
Judgment
against
him
some
of
his
former
Offences
;
which
were
such
as
had
preferred
him
to
the
Galleys
.
This
Person
(
whose
Name
was
Vasquez
,
)
Corrina
took
to
assist
her
in
the
compassing
her
Design
.
Having
given
him
Instructions
what
he
was
to
do
,
and
told
him
,
that
Mercator
return'd
not
to
his
House
,
till
about
Sun-set
,
as
he
was
wont
to
do
,
they
both
passed
by
Mercator's
Garden
,
he
on
a
Mule
,
and
she
on
a
good
Horse
.
She
had
put
off
her
Mourning
,
and
put
on
another
Dress
,
with
a
Hat
and
Feather
,
as
the
Sevil
Ladies
are
wont
to
go
,
when
they
are
in
the
Country
.
They
passed
by
the
Garden
,
just
as
the
Gardener
was
opening
the
Door
.
Vasquez
,
coming
up
to
him
,
Friend
,
said
he
,
here
is
a
Lady
would
not
willingly
go
into
the
City
to
day
.
If
you
will
afford
her
entertainment
this
Night
,
I
will
satisfie
you
to
your
own
Desires
;
besides
that
you
will
do
us
an
extraordinary
Kindness
,
for
you
will
thereby
prevent
a
great
Misfortune
,
which
she
cannot
otherwise
avoid
.
The
Gardener
,
who
was
afraid
of
his
Masters
Displeasure
,
told
him
that
he
durst
not
be
so
bold
,
as
to
receive
any
Person
into
his
House
,
without
his
Knowledge
,
though
he
had
not
expresly
forbid
him
the
doing
of
any
such
thing
.
But
Vasquez
,
who
knew
the
Vertue
and
Power
of
many
,
took
a
considerable
Summ
out
of
his
Pocket
,
and
giving
it
to
the
Gardener
,
here
,
Friend
,
(
said
he
)
take
this
in
earnest
of
more
.
The
Gardener's
Wife
longing
to
know
what
Business
they
might
have
with
her
Husband
,
comes
up
to
them
,
and
seeing
the
proffers
were
made
him
,
undertook
to
lodge
the
Gentlewoman
in
her
own
Room
,
making
it
appear
to
her
Husband
,
that
their
Master
should
never
come
to
the
Knowledge
of
it
,
in
regard
their
Houses
were
at
a
good
distance
one
from
the
other
,
and
that
they
should
not
be
so
unhappy
,
being
certain
,
that
that
Night
he
would
not
search
the
whole
House
,
as
many
times
a
toy
took
him
in
the
Head
to
do
.
In
short
the
Wifes
Arguments
prevailed
,
so
that
the
Gardener
was
content
the
Gentlewoman
should
Lodge
secretly
that
Night
at
his
House
,
upon
the
receipt
of
six
Royals
which
Vasquez
gave
him
as
an
earnest
of
a
greater
Summ
promised
him
.
He
thereupon
took
Corrina
off
the
Horse
,
and
brought
her
into
the
Garden
,
where
she
took
leave
of
Vasquez
,
who
had
already
received
the
Orders
whereof
we
shall
give
an
account
hereafter
.
Being
come
into
the
Gardener's
Room
,
she
took
off
what
cover'd
her
Face
,
and
astonished
the
Gardener
and
his
Wife
at
the
sight
of
her
Beauty
,
though
she
seemed
to
be
very
Melancholy
,
as
if
some
great
Misfortune
had
happened
to
her
,
to
wit
,
that
which
she
had
ready
to
relate
to
Mercator
,
in
Case
she
might
come
to
Discourse
with
him
.
The
Sun
was
hardly
set
,
but
he
came
into
the
Garden
:
The
Negro
entring
a
little
before
to
have
the
Door
opened
,
which
he
himself
locked
on
the
inside
,
and
carried
the
Key
along
with
him
.
He
chanced
to
be
that
Night
a
little
more
weary
than
ordinary
,
which
occasioned
his
going
to
Bed
very
betimes
,
after
he
had
eaten
a
piece
of
Bread
,
and
some
of
his
own
Garden-Fruits
,
and
washed
them
down
with
a
Glass
of
Spring-Water
.
He
only
visited
that
part
of
the
House
where
he
lodged
himself
,
and
came
not
down
to
the
Gardeners
,
which
never
escaped
his
privy-search
,
when
he
thought
of
.
His
Family
,
who
kept
more
Fasting-days
in
the
Year
than
the
Church
her self
had
appointed
,
Supp'd
that
Night
,
in
Imitation
of
the
Master
very
soberly
.
Mercator
gets
up
the
next
Morning
betimes
,
and
gives
the
Slave
Money
,
to
go
to
the
Market
,
while
,
he
went
about
his
Affairs
in
the
City
,
with
order
to
have
Dinner
ready
against
his
return
.
Corrina
was
at
a
loss
how
to
compass
her
Design
,
finding
things
fell
not
out
according
to
her
Expectation
:
But
still
waiting
the
opportunity
,
she
told
her
Entertainers
that
she
was
extreamly
troubled
at
her
Uncle's
stay
(
so
she
call'd
Vasquez
)
and
that
all
her
sadness
proceeded
thence
.
The
Gardener's
Wife
,
who
was
a
good
hearty
Woman
,
found
her
all
the
Diversion
she
could
.
Mercator
comes
home
at
Noon
,
with
an
Intention
to
Dine
in
his
Garden
,
and
before
he
sate
down
,
he
would
needs
take
a
turn
about
it
,
to
see
if
any
thing
were
wanting
;
and
he
observed
that
there
wanted
some
pieces
of
Wood
for
the
more
convenient
watering
of
the
several
knots
.
As
he
was
going
to
the
Gardeners
to
see
if
he
had
any
fit
for
that
purpose
,
the
Wife
perceiving
him
coming
,
very
hastily
shuffled
Corrina
into
a
little
back
Room
,
where
she
was
wont
to
lie
:
But
in
regard
it
could
not
be
done
so
suddenly
,
but
that
Mercator
coming
in
might
hear
the
ruffling
of
the
Silks
,
and
see
Corrina's
shadow
,
he
steps
into
the
Room
where
she
was
retired
,
and
having
found
her
,
he
led
her
out
by
the
Hand
and
bringing
her
out
to
the
Light
,
he
found
her
so
Beautiful
,
that
he
was
astonished
thereat
.
The
Gardener's
Wife
wondred
,
that
her
Master
,
instead
of
chiding
her
,
as
she
expected
,
only
asked
her
who
the
Lady
was
;
she
answer'd
,
that
the
Night
before
,
passing
by
their
door
with
an
Ancient
Gentleman
,
who
seem'd
as
sad
as
her self
,
they
had
very
earnestly
intreated
she
might
be
lodged
there
but
that
Night
,
to
avoid
a
great
Misfortune
,
which
would
have
happen'd
to
them
,
if
they
had
gone
any
further
.
While
the
Gardener's
Wife
was
giving
Mercator
this
account
,
he
very
attentively
consider'd
the
strange
Lady
,
who
seem'd
to
be
extreamly
troubled
in
mind
,
which
added
to
the
attractions
of
her
Beauty
.
Mercator
was
so
taken
with
her
,
that
discharging
his
unsociable
and
Covetous
Humor
,
he
told
the
Gardener's
Wife
that
she
had
done
very
well
,
in
entertaining
that
Lady
,
though
contrary
to
his
Orders
,
which
in
such
a
Case
were
not
to
be
observed
,
where
Compassion
and
Charity
plead
for
the
relief
of
those
that
are
in
Trouble
.
This
Lady
,
(
said
he
)
deserves
a
better
reception
than
she
hath
sound
in
your
poor
Lodgings
,
I
heartily
proffer
her
my
House
,
if
she
will
but
honour
it
with
her
presence
.
Corrina
thank'd
him
very
civilly
for
his
obliging
proffers
,
and
entreated
him
to
allow
her
the
privacy
of
some
other
Lodging
,
for
the
little
time
she
had
to
stay
there
,
in
regard
she
expected
an
Vncle
of
hers
to
come
and
fetch
her
away
that
Night
.
Mercator
,
who
began
to
be
enflam'd
,
was
sorry
to
hear
that
her
stay
at
his
House
would
be
so
short
,
but
after
a
little
pause
,
he
told
her
,
that
though
it
were
but
for
an
hour
,
she
would
infinitely
oblige
him
,
in
the
acceptation
of
the
proffer
he
made
her
with
so
much
Affection
.
She
,
who
expected
that
lue
all
the
while
,
told
him
,
that
,
to
make
some
return
to
so
great
Civilities
,
she
was
ready
to
wait
on
him
:
with
that
she
went
to
Mercator's
Apartment
,
whither
he
led
her
by
the
Hand
,
to
the
great
satisfaction
of
the
Gardener's
Wife
,
who
extremely
wondred
to
see
her
Master
,
contrary
to
his
Custom
,
of
a
Civil
and
Obliging
Humor
;
as
she
pass'd
through
the
Rooms
,
she
took
particular
notice
of
all
things
;
for
though
Mercator
,
were
Naturally
a
very
covetous
Person
;
yet
,
as
to
the
Furniture
of
his
House
,
he
was
otherwise
,
he
had
very
rich
Tapstry
,
Chairs
suitable
thereto
,
and
Cabinets
of
Ivory
,
and
Ebony
;
nay
indeed
many
things
brought
out
of
the
Indies
,
which
though
they
cost
him
not
much
there
,
are
here
of
very
great
price
,
he
immediately
commanded
his
Slave
to
prepare
an
excellent
Dinner
,
an
Employment
he
undertook
with
great
alacrity
,
as
knowing
he
might
reap
some
advantage
of
that
extraordinary
Liberality
of
his
Master
.
Corrina
din'd
with
him
,
who
treated
her
still
with
the
best
the
Table
afforded
,
with
importunate
Excuses
that
there
were
no
better
for
her
.
As
soon
as
they
had
din'd
,
he
conducted
her
into
a
Chamber
,
set
forth
with
a
great
number
of
curious
Pictures
,
and
also
a
sumptuous
Bed
of
China-Work
,
where
he
entreated
her
to
repose
her self
on
it
,
a
Custom
the
Spaniards
have
in
Summer
,
as
soon
as
they
have
dined
,
by
reason
of
the
Sultriness
of
the
Country
.
He
entreated
her
also
to
give
her
disquiet
some
Remission
,
out
of
an
Assurance
;
that
she
should
be
as
safe
in
his
House
as
in
any
Sanctuary
,
and
that
she
should
not
want
any
thing
which
lay
in
his
Power
.
She
again
return'd
him
her
most
affectionate
thanks
,
and
complying
with
his
Desires
,
she
staid
alone
in
the
Room
,
which
was
the
same
where
Mercator
took
his
repose
every
day
.
He
went
into
another
,
where
he
laid
himself
down
,
much
troubled
and
disquieted
,
as
being
fallen
deeply
in
Love
with
his
fair
Guest
,
and
not
knowing
by
what
means
he
might
induce
her
to
favour
him
in
what
he
desired
of
her
,
which
if
he
could
effect
,
he
concluded
himself
the
happiest
Man
in
the
World
.
Before
he
acquainted
her
with
his
Design
,
he
was
Desirous
to
know
the
Cause
,
and
what
might
occasion
her
stopping
at
his
Garden
,
and
thereby
find
whether
there
were
any
Obstruction
that
might
oppose
his
Desires
to
serve
her
.
To
be
satisfied
in
this
,
it
was
requisite
he
staid
till
she
awoke
;
but
she
slept
not
at
all
,
for
she
spent
the
time
in
considering
,
what
answer
she
should
make
him
,
when
he
came
to
question
her
.
Mercator
thinking
it
now
high
time
to
speak
to
her
,
in
order
to
the
Satisfaction
of
his
Curiosity
,
goes
into
her
Chamber
,
telling
her
it
was
a
close
day
,
and
that
he
was
afraid
she
might
over-sleep
her self
,
and
craving
her
Pardon
that
he
had
taken
the
Boldness
to
give
her
that
Caution
.
She
thanked
him
for
the
Tenderness
he
had
for
her
Health
,
and
assured
him
,
that
she
had
not
refreshed
her self
at
all
,
the
trouble
she
was
in
not
permitting
her
to
take
any
rest
.
He
begg'd
of
her
that
she
would
no
longer
smother
the
Cause
of
her
Disquiet
,
and
renewed
the
proffers
he
had
made
to
serve
her
to
the
utmost
of
his
Power
.
Having
return'd
him
her
thanks
,
and
thinking
it
now
time
to
make
some
Progress
in
her
Design
,
she
gave
him
this
Relation
of
her
Adventures
.
Granada
,
one
of
the
most
Famous
and
Eminent
Cities
of
Spain
,
is
the
place
of
my
Birth
;
my
Parents
(
there
's
no
Necessity
I
should
Name
them
)
are
of
the
most
Ancient
and
most
Noble
Families
of
any
in
all
the
Mountains
of
old
Casteel
,
and
the
whole
Issue
of
their
Matrimony
was
only
a
Brother
of
mine
and
my self
.
My
Brother
spent
the
Youthful
part
of
his
Age
in
Courting
Ladies
,
and
,
among
other
young
Persons
like
himself
,
he
plaid
some
mad
pranks
of
Youth
,
which
obliged
him
,
for
fear
of
falling
into
the
Hands
of
Justice
,
to
absent
himself
from
Granada
;
and
for
my
part
,
I
made
it
my
only
Business
to
serve
and
humour
those
who
had
brought
me
into
the
World
.
I
spent
whole
days
at
my
Needle
,
not
taking
Example
from
my
Companions
,
who
only
minded
their
Divertisements
;
nay
,
I
was
so
Ignorant
what
love
meant
,
that
I
laughed
at
what
ever
related
thereto
,
and
thought
those
,
who
spent
their
time
in
Courtships
and
entertaining
those
they
call'd
their
Gallants
,
little
better
than
so
many
distracted
Persons
.
But
love
it
seems
would
punish
this
contempt
of
mine
,
and
you
shall
see
how
he
did
it
.
My
Father
and
Mother
being
one
day
gone
to
visit
a
Friend
of
theirs
in
the
Country
,
who
had
buried
his
Wife
not
long
before
,
I
heard
in
the
Street
the
clashing
of
Swords
,
as
if
some
People
had
been
fighting
;
and
looked
out
at
the
Window
to
see
what
might
be
the
matter
.
I
had
never
been
guilty
of
such
a
Curiosity
before
,
and
had
it
been
Heaven's
Pleasure
I
might
have
shunned
it
then
,
I
should
not
now
be
telling
you
my
Misfortunes
,
which
are
such
,
that
I
shall
never
think
on
them
without
Tears
.
I
there
saw
,
to
my
sorrow
,
three
Men
with
their
Swords
drawn
,
fighting
against
one
,
who
defended
himself
with
so
great
Courage
,
that
he
not
only
made
his
party
good
along
time
against
so
many
Enemies
,
but
also
hurt
two
of
them
in
the
Head
,
he
himself
having
received
only
a
slight
Wound
.
These
three
Hectors
finding
themselves
so
worsted
by
one
Person
,
resolved
to
do
their
utmost
to
take
away
his
Life
;
so
that
exasperated
by
their
Wounds
,
they
pressed
upon
him
so
much
,
that
he
was
forc'd
to
retreat
within
our
Gates
where
they
gave
him
two
several
thrusts
into
the
Breast
,
upon
which
he
fell
,
and
was
left
for
dead
.
Moved
with
Compassion
to
see
so
proper
a
young
Man
so
disadvantageously
engaged
,
I
came
down
to
the
Gate
,
calling
my
Maids
about
me
,
to
see
what
might
be
done
for
him
.
(
Our
House
being
in
a
lone-Street
)
for
those
who
were
come
upon
the
noise
we
made
,
were
so
few
,
and
those
unarmed
,
that
they
were
not
able
to
part
them
.
We
locked
the
Doors
and
brought
him
in
,
and
a
Chirurgeon
was
immediately
sent
for
.
His
Wounds
were
so
great
,
that
we
thought
fit
to
dispose
him
into
a
Bed
,
in
a
Ground-Room
,
where
my
Brother
was
wont
to
lie
.
The
young
Man
hanked
me
very
civilly
for
the
Favour
he
received
from
me
;
but
alass
!
that
good
Office
began
with
Compassion
,
but
ended
in
Love
.
The
Chirurgeon
viewed
his
Wounds
,
but
could
not
presently
give
any
certain
Judgment
of
them
,
though
he
whispered
me
in
the
Ear
,
that
he
thought
they
might
cost
him
his
Life
.
That
account
of
him
struck
me
to
the
Heart
,
for
having
seen
him
sight
so
gallantly
,
I
must
needs
acknowledge
,
that
I
had
even
then
conceived
an
Inclination
for
him
.
But
his
kind
Expression
afterwards
,
and
his
thanking
me
so
genteelly
for
the
Obligations
he
said
I
had
put
upon
him
,
raised
it
into
a
perfect
Love
.
My
Father
and
Mother
returned
from
their
visit
,
and
,
ere
they
were
got
to
our
House
,
were
told
by
one
of
the
Neighbours
,
a
Person
of
some
Quality
,
what
had
happened
in
their
Absence
,
and
how
that
I
had
put
a
period
to
a
Quarrel
,
by
entertaining
the
wounded
Party
into
their
House
,
out
of
Compassion
and
a
Fear
that
he
might
be
killed
;
whereat
they
were
well
satisfied
,
and
commended
the
Charitable
Office
I
had
done
in
such
an
Extremity
;
for
they
were
Persons
who
gladly
embraced
any
opportunity
to
Exercise
their
Charity
.
They
visited
the
wounded
,
encouraged
him
to
take
Heart
,
assuring
him
he
should
want
nothing
,
their
House
could
afford
,
and
acknowledg'd
it
well
done
by
me
,
that
I
had
so
rescued
him
;
upon
which
I
took
Occasion
to
spend
most
of
my
time
in
waiting
on
him
;
him
,
I
say
,
who
is
the
Cause
of
all
the
Troubles
and
Afflictions
which
lie
so
heavy
upon
me
.
At
the
second
dressing
,
the
Chirurgeon
assur'd
us
that
his
Wounds
were
not
Mortal
;
which
caused
much
Joy
in
our
House
,
particularly
to
me
,
who
became
every
day
more
and
more
passionately
in
Love
with
him
.
As
often
as
I
could
get
out
of
my
Father
and
Mother's
sight
,
I
went
to
pass
away
the
time
in
his
Chamber
,
for
which
Kindness
he
made
me
extraordinary
Acknowledgements
.
This
young
Cavalier
was
Born
at
Barcelona
,
and
one
of
the
most
Eminent
in
that
City
.
His
Business
at
Granada
was
to
prosecute
a
Law-Suit
,
against
a
very
powerful
Person
,
who
finding
but
little
Justice
of
his
side
,
that
the
Cause
was
of
great
Importance
,
and
that
notwithstanding
the
Favour
he
had
in
Court
,
the
Judges
must
pass
Sentence
against
him
,
and
would
put
a
period
to
the
Suit
by
a
shorter
cut
,
and
rid
himself
of
his
Adversary
,
by
Employing
three
Men
to
Murther
him
,
who
were
his
own
menial
Servants
.
A
Month
slipped
away
,
●…ere
Calphorus
(
so
was
the
wounded
Person
named
)
got
out
of
his
Bed
having
all
that
time
been
attended
with
as
much
Care
as
might
be
.
The
second
day
after
his
getting
up
,
he
had
the
opportunity
to
see
me
,
for
my
Mother
was
gone
abroad
upon
a
visit
,
wherein
I
accompanied
her
not
,
because
I
had
a
greater
mind
to
be
alone
with
my
young
Gallant
.
He
discovered
himself
to
me
so
opportunely
,
and
gave
me
such
sensible
Assurances
of
his
Affection
that
it
raised
a
no
less
,
in
me
towards
him
,
insomuch
that
there
past
mutual
Promises
of
Fidelity
between
us
.
I
knew
nothing
all
this
time
that
my
Father
was
upon
a
treaty
of
Marriage
between
me
and
a
Gentleman
of
Granada
,
who
was
infinitely
Desirous
to
enter
into
our
Alliance
,
while
I
was
very
well
satisfied
,
with
the
choice
I
had
made
my self
.
Calphorus
,
coming
to
hear
of
the
other's
Pretensions
to
me
,
was
not
a
little
troubled
at
it
;
but
the
only
remedy
was
Patience
,
in
regard
he
would
make
no
Discovery
of
his
Estate
,
till
his
Law
Suit
were
ended
,
which
he
hoped
would
be
in
a
short
time
,
and
I
in
the
mean
time
kept
my
Father
in
play
with
Perswasions
,
that
he
would
not
be
over-hasty
in
concluding
my
Marriage
with
the
Granadine
.
Calphorus
,
being
perfectly
cured
,
and
requiting
the
Kindness
and
Noble
Entertainment
he
had
receiv'd
at
our
House
,
with
many
considerable
presents
,
returned
to
his
own
quarters
,
to
bring
his
Business
to
a
final
end
.
For
my
part
,
my
Troubles
increased
more
and
more
upon
me
;
for
my
Father
,
never
giving
me
any
notice
of
it
,
as
if
I
had
been
a
Person
not
at
all
concern'd
,
concluded
the
Contract
with
the
Granadine
,
and
passed
his
Word
he
should
have
me
;
which
when
I
came
to
understand
,
I
was
so
surpriz'd
,
that
I
minded
not
what
I
did
.
This
new
Servant
of
mine
,
who
expected
ere
long
to
be
my
Master
came
to
give
me
a
visit
:
But
I
soon
satisfied
him
,
that
he
had
reckoned
without
his
Hostess
,
for
whereas
he
had
flattered
himself
into
a
foolish
Imagination
that
he
should
have
found
the
kindest
Reception
in
the
World
from
me
,
he
met
with
such
a
Repulse
,
as
he
himself
concluded
,
must
rather
proceed
from
the
Aversion
,
then
any
Indifference
I
had
for
him
.
In
a
word
,
being
not
one
of
Fortunes
Favourites
,
who
promise
themselves
the
Attainment
of
things
impossible
,
he
easily
discovered
,
that
my
Refusal
was
the
effect
of
some
other
Cause
,
than
the
Modesty
,
which
a
young
Maid
ought
at
least
to
pretend
,
upon
such
Occasions
:
and
knowing
withal
that
the
wounded
Calphorus
had
lodged
sometime
in
our
House
,
he
presum'd
,
that
my
disdain
towards
him
was
occasion'd
by
the
Love
I
had
for
the
other
,
and
thence
inferred
,
that
having
not
been
so
happy
as
to
prevent
him
in
the
Acquisition
of
my
Favour
,
he
had
,
at
best
,
but
a
hazardous
after-game
to
recover
it
.
The
Jealousie
he
conceived
upon
this
Presumption
,
oblig'd
him
to
make
tryal
of
all
the
ways
he
could
imagine
,
to
be
assured
of
it
,
so
as
that
he
might
not
do
any
thing
,
that
should
cause
him
afterwards
to
repent
of
.
I
was
in
an
extraordinary
Confusion
during
these
overtures
;
I
acquainted
Calphorus
with
my
Condition
;
he
came
to
see
me
that
very
Night
,
and
we
agreed
,
the
next
,
to
leave
my
Father's
House
,
and
to
go
to
some
of
his
Relations
,
where
we
might
be
secretly
Married
.
The
expected
hour
being
come
(
unhappy
hour
to
me
,
considering
the
Misfortunes
I
have
run
through
since
!
)
as
my
Dearest
and
I
were
going
out
of
the
House
and
crossing
into
another
Street
,
my
Jealous
Servant
(
who
spent
the
Nights
to
be
assured
of
his
Suspicion
,
which
he
now
found
to
be
too
true
)
presently
knew
us
,
and
,
attended
by
two
Servants
,
he
set
upon
Calphorus
,
who
never
thought
of
any
such
surprize
;
so
that
ere
he
had
the
time
to
draw
his
Sword
,
he
received
three
Mortal
Wounds
,
and
fell
down
dead
,
without
uttering
one
Word
.
The
little
noise
which
the
Murtherers
had
made
,
occasion'd
the
Neighbours
to
come
out
with
Lights
,
upon
the
appearance
whereof
they
ran
away
,
fearing
they
might
be
discovered
.
By
this
time
there
was
a
great
uproar
at
my
Father's
,
that
I
could
not
be
found
,
while
I
was
in
a
manner
dead
,
to
see
my
Dearest
lying
Breathless
at
my
Feet
.
Having
recovered
my self
,
I
considered
it
was
to
little
Purpose
for
me
to
stay
in
the
Street
,
after
such
an
Accident
,
so
that
gathering
up
my
Cloths
,
I
hasted
away
as
fast
as
I
could
,
to
a
Friend's
House
of
my
Father's
,
an
aged
Person
and
very
Poor
,
to
whom
I
told
what
had
happened
to
me
,
and
how
much
it
concern'd
me
not
to
stay
any
longer
at
Granada
.
Whereupon
taking
a
Horse
,
he
set
me
on
him
,
and
brought
me
to
the
next
Village
,
where
we
took
up
another
for
him
,
and
thence
we
are
come
hither
,
to
avoid
my
Father
,
who
accompanied
by
Officers
,
makes
a
search
after
me
,
as
I
have
understood
by
the
way
.
For
that
Reason
I
thought
it
not
safe
,
that
we
should
go
into
Sevil
as
soon
as
we
came
hither
,
but
that
it
was
better
I
concealed
my self
in
some
place
near
it
.
It
was
the
Pleasure
of
Fortune
to
direct
me
to
this
Habitation
of
yours
,
into
which
,
upon
extraordinary
intreaties
your
Gardener
ventur'd
to
receive
me
for
this
last
Night
.
Thus
Sir
,
have
you
the
story
of
a
wretched
Maid
,
(
if
there
were
ever
any
such
)
whose
only
Comfort
now
is
in
the
good
Entertainment
you
are
pleased
to
afford
her
.
May
Heaven
requite
your
Charity
,
since
there
cannot
be
a
greater
than
to
relieve
such
as
are
afflicted
and
persecuted
to
that
extremity
as
I
am
.
The
Conclusion
of
this
dismal
story
,
which
Corrina
had
had
the
time
to
invent
and
study
so
well
,
was
a
showr
of
Crocodile-Tears
,
which
raised
such
a
Compassion
in
Mercator
,
that
he
could
not
forbear
them
himself
.
The
cunning
Gipsie
,
who
notwithstanding
her
Counterfeit-Tears
,
observed
all
the
Actions
of
Mercator
,
perceived
that
he
gave
Credit
to
her
feign'd
story
,
and
that
love
began
to
enter
at
that
breach
which
Compassion
had
made
in
his
Heart
.
This
encouraged
Corrina
to
prosecute
her
Impostour
,
being
now
in
a
manner
Confident
to
bring
it
to
some
effect
.
They
continued
a
good
while
together
,
she
weeping
as
if
she
had
done
it
for
a
Wager
,
and
he
endeavouring
all
that
he
could
do
to
Comfort
her
:
but
that
Comfort
came
not
up
to
the
height
of
offering
her
the
Remedy
she
could
have
wished
,
for
he
had
not
yet
overcome
his
Covetous
Humor
.
Having
with
great
Attention
considered
the
great
Beauty
of
Corrina
,
her
Affliction
,
and
strange
Adventures
,
and
that
his
Happiness
was
as
it
were
fallen
into
his
Mouth
,
he
inferred
that
Heaven
,
as
a
signal
Addition
to
his
former
Happiness
,
had
directed
her
to
his
House
.
This
was
the
first
Love
that
had
ever
moved
Mercator's
Heart
,
and
,
in
all
sorts
of
Persons
that
first
Passion
ever
acts
violently
.
Is
Mercator
fallen
in
Love
?
He
must
needs
then
be
Liberal
.
Hath
he
entertained
Corrina
into
his
House
?
That
Kindness
will
be
the
dearest
to
him
that
ever
he
expressed
.
O
Love
!
O
insinuating
Passion
,
who
dost
bewitch
the
World
,
who
dost
ruin
and
beset
Men
!
what
Metamorphoses
in
them
dost
thou
not
Operate
?
What
Dispositions
dost
thou
not
change
?
What
Resolutions
dost
thou
not
dispence
with
?
What
Felicities
dost
thou
not
disturb
?
And
what
Hearts
is
it
not
in
thy
power
to
soften
?
That
of
this
insatiable
Miser
,
which
had
cast
off
all
sense
of
Humanity
towards
his
nearest
Relations
,
Love
hath
changed
;
so
that
he
hath
transform'd
a
Covetous
and
Sordid
Person
into
a
Liberal
and
Magnificent
.
He
is
extreamly
taken
with
Corrina
;
he
is
passionately
in
Love
with
her
;
she
will
ere
long
be
Mistress
of
his
Heart
and
Wealth
.
She
said
many
things
in
her
Relation
,
which
might
have
betrayed
her
,
had
not
the
Affection
,
wherewith
Mercator
hearkened
to
her
,
closed
both
his
Eyes
and
Ears
:
Nay
,
he
was
so
prepossessed
with
his
Passion
that
he
would
have
believed
many
other
things
from
her
,
though
they
had
been
more
improbable
than
they
were
.
The
effect
of
this
sad
Narration
of
Corrina
,
was
,
that
Mercator
proffer'd
her
all
the
Favour
and
Assistance
she
could
expect
from
him
,
his
Estate
,
Life
,
Heart
and
Soul
,
giving
her
the
Title
of
Absolute
Mistress
of
all
he
was
possess'd
of
,
further
entreating
her
,
of
all
Love
to
give
over
thinking
of
her
Misfortunes
,
and
assure
her self
that
she
was
in
a
House
where
she
might
command
,
and
that
whatever
she
desir'd
,
her
orders
should
be
obey'd
,
as
far
as
it
lay
in
his
Power
;
Corrina
very
kindly
thank'd
him
for
so
many
generous
proffers
,
concluding
her
Complement
with
a
fresh
shower
of
Tears
,
a
kind
of
Tempest
she
could
raise
,
when-ever
she
either
pleas'd
,
or
had
occasion
.
With
this
Artifice
,
she
became
Mistress
of
Mercator
,
and
all
he
had
,
so
as
that
she
might
dispose
of
him
and
it
,
as
she
pleas'd
;
her
Beauty
had
given
him
a
kind
of
Itch
,
and
he
was
mighty
desirous
to
try
whether
she
would
be
as
willing
to
Cure
him
of
it
;
but
he
knew
not
well
how
to
acquaint
her
with
his
indisposition
;
he
resolved
at
last
,
in
case
he
could
do
no
good
upon
her
by
his
submissions
and
presents
,
to
use
the
last
Remedy
,
which
was
to
Marry
her
.
This
is
a
bait
that
many
times
takes
the
shiest
of
that
deluded
Sex
;
but
when
they
are
so
taken
,
he
that
does
it
is
commonly
snapp'd
himself
;
for
Corrina
had
no
other
design
than
to
examine
the
Chests
of
the
greedy
Merchant
,
and
that
she
would
not
be
any
way
engag'd
till
she
were
secure
of
her
prize
;
for
she
had
heard
that
many
of
her
calling
had
been
shown
slippery
Tricks
,
which
made
her
extremely
Distrustful
.
Mercator
staid
all
that
day
in
his
Garden
,
and
neglected
his
business
in
the
City
;
but
the
next
Morning
betimes
,
leaving
his
guest
asleep
,
he
takes
his
Mule
,
and
goes
about
his
Ordinary
occasions
,
having
charg'd
the
Gardener's
Wife
,
to
get
a
good
Breakfast
for
the
Lady
,
as
soon
as
she
were
awake
,
and
to
have
a
care
of
the
House
;
he
lock'd
the
Chamber
Door
where
his
Money
was
,
and
as
he
went
out
,
charg'd
the
Gardener
not
to
suffer
any
to
come
into
his
Garden
,
but
the
Old
man
who
had
brought
Artemiza
thither
,
for
that
was
the
name
the
dissembling
Corrina
went
by
.
That
done
he
went
about
his
Business
,
attended
by
the
little
Negro
,
whom
he
gave
Money
to
Buy
Provisions
for
a
good
Dinner
.
Corrina
got
up
and
the
Gardeners
Wife
punctually
obey'd
the
Orders
she
had
received
from
her
Master
,
treating
her
the
best
she
could
,
out
of
this
respect
,
that
all
the
Domesticks
made
their
advantage
of
those
magnificences
.
Corrina
comes
down
into
the
Garden
where
she
took
occasion
to
commend
the
Walks
,
and
contrivances
of
it
;
for
the
Gardener
kept
it
in
very
good
order
,
and
well
supply'd
with
Herbs
,
Fruits
,
and
Flowers
;
finding
the
Sun
beginning
to
grow
hot
,
she
went
into
the
House
,
where
casually
meeting
with
a
Lute
,
on
which
Mercator's
Factor
was
wont
to
play
,
she
set
it
in
Tune
,
and
made
her
entertainment
,
till
such
time
as
Mercator
return'd
from
the
City
,
who
hearing
her
at
it
,
was
not
a
little
glad
to
find
that
perfection
in
her
more
than
he
knew
before
;
perceiving
that
Mercator
hearkned
to
her
Musick
,
she
joyned
her
Voice
to
the
Instrument
,
to
breed
one
Maggot
more
in
his
Brain
than
he
had
already
;
and
so
Sung
these
following
Stanza's
.
While
on
those
lovely
looks
I
gaze
,
To
see
a
Wretch
pursuing
;
In
Raptures
of
a
blest
amaze
,
And
pleasing
Happy
ruin
.
'T
is
not
for
pity
that
I
move
,
His
Fate
is
too
aspering
;
Whose
Heart
,
broke
with
a
Load
of
Love
,
Dyes
,
Wishing
and
Admiring
.
But
if
this
Murder
you
'd
forego
,
Your
Slave
from
Death
removing
;
Let
me
your
Art
of
Charming
know
,
Or
learn
you
mine
of
Loving
.
But
whether
Life
or
Death
betide
,
In
Love
,
't
is
equal
Measure
;
The
Victor
Lives
with
empty
Pride
,
The
Vanquish'd
dye
with
Pleasure
.
She
Sung
so
excellently
,
that
Mercator
was
ravish'd
at
the
Melody
,
and
acknowledg'd
that
it
was
not
a
voice
of
a
Mortal
Creature
,
but
an
Angel
come
down
from
Heaven
;
he
continu'd
his
attention
a
while
,
imagining
she
would
have
begun
another
Song
;
but
perceiving
she
laid
by
the
Lute
,
he
comes
into
the
Room
,
and
,
transported
with
joy
,
how
hath
this
poor
Habitation
been
felicify'd
,
(
said
he
to
her
)
by
your
retirement
into
it
,
most
adorable
Artemiza
?
What
happiness
did
the
Hour
of
your
Arrival
here
,
bring
me
,
who
never
had
known
any
before
?
What
Honor
have
I
received
in
beholding
your
transcendent
Beauty
,
and
to
obscure
in
you
from
time
to
time
,
a
thousand
unknown
excellencies
;
which
are
not
discover'd
at
the
first
sight
?
This
house
may
,
no
doubt
,
enter
into
Competition
with
Heaven
it self
,
since
such
an
Angel
Honors
it
with
her
divine
presence
;
what
I
say
,
Madam
,
is
but
little
,
in
Comparison
of
the
passion
I
have
for
your
worth
,
which
were
it
to
be
●…ommended
proportionably
to
the
appre●…ension
I
have
of
it
,
I
think
the
most
Elo●…uent
Persons
that
ever
were
,
would
be
at
〈◊〉
loss
for
expressions
suitable
to
so
adorable
a
●…ubject
.
You
press
too
hard
upon
me
,
Dear
Sir
,
(
re●…lies
the
Counterfeit
Artemiza
,
seeming
to
●…lush
at
those
excessive
praises
)
I
am
not
such
〈◊〉
stranger
to
my self
,
but
that
I
know
it
ar●…ues
excess
in
the
highest
degree
to
bestow
●…uch
extraordinary
Commendations
,
on
a
●…erson
that
deserves
so
little
;
had
I
mistrust●…d
your
being
within
hearing
,
I
would
have
●…ut
off
my
diversion
to
another
time
,
since
●…tis
not
unlikely
my
voice
may
seem
harsh
to
you
,
compar'd
to
the
excellent
ones
of
this
City
,
which
you
often
hear
,
unless
it
be
,
that
generous
Natures
have
an
inclination
to
favour
Persons
of
mean
parts
,
by
flattering
them
by
their
praises
,
into
an
Imagination
,
that
their
Edowments
are
greater
than
indeed
they
are
.
No
more
Complements
,
I
beseech
you
,
(
replies
Mercator
,
rais'd
up
to
the
highest
pitch
of
●…esotted
Love
,
)
my
words
come
short
of
my
Faith
,
and
I
am
to
assure
you
withal
,
Madam
,
that
though
I
have
heard
excellent
voices
in
Sevil
,
(
for
I
must
confess
there
are
some
such
)
yet
yours
is
infinitely
beyond
any
of
them
.
Your
most
humble
Servant
,
Sir
,
(
says
Corrina
)
your
Commendations
,
are
infinitely
beyond
my
deserts
,
and
the
Honor
you
do
me
can
do
no
less
then
raise
in
me
a
hearty
wish
that
my
poor
abilities
might
find
you
some
further
diversion
with
this
Instrument
,
since
you
are
pleas'd
to
acknowledge
your self
so
much
satisfied
therewith
;
but
my
troubles
are
so
great
and
pressing
,
that
in
what
I
did
,
I
mended
only
my
own
.
I
must
see
them
at
an
end
,
ere
you
leave
this
House
,
(
says
Mercator
to
her
)
and
therefore
let
me
intreat
you
,
if
you
cannot
conclude
an
absolute
peace
with
your
afflictions
,
at
least
Condescend
to
a
short
cessation
of
Arms.
These
reiterations
of
your
Favours
must
needs
extremely
oblige
me
,
(
replies
Corrina
)
and
consequently
force
me
to
a
grateful
compliance
with
your
Commands
,
as
far
as
lies
in
my
Power
,
but
I
cannot
promise
it
you
so
fully
as
I
wish
,
finding
the
Person
who
brought
me
hither
,
hath
forgotten
he
did
it
,
otherwise
he
would
have
found
some
means
to
have
given
me
a
visit
once
in
three
days
;
let
not
that
create
you
any
trouble
,
(
replies
the
Amorous
Miser
)
but
rather
imagin
there
may
be
some
Cause
for
his
neglect
.
I
have
some
apprehensions
,
(
said
she
)
that
he
may
be
return'd
to
Granada
,
out
of
a
fear
,
that
,
being
miss'd
there
,
he
might
be
question'd
as
a
Complice
of
my
Escape
;
and
this
would
prove
the
greatest
of
my
misfortunes
,
for
if
he
be
gone
,
he
hath
carried
all
I
had
along
with
him
.
Never
fear
it
,
(
says
Mercator
)
for
he
must
have
more
Compassion
than
to
forsake
you
in
so
great
an
extremity
;
but
though
he
and
all
else
fail
you
,
assure
your self
,
I
shall
not
,
whereof
I
cannot
give
you
a
greater
assurance
,
than
you
may
derive
from
this
sincere
protestation
,
of
my
being
so
passionately
your
Servant
,
that
I
imagine
not
my self
to
be
the
same
Person
I
was
before
I
saw
you
;
this
transformation
is
wholly
to
be
attributed
to
your
Divinity
,
and
thence
you
may
inferr
the
influence
you
have
over
me
.
Having
so
said
,
Mercator
made
an
absolute
discovery
of
his
Love
;
the
cunning
Gipsie
pretending
she
understood
not
his
meaning
,
return'd
civil
answers
to
the
proffers
he
made
her
,
acknowledging
her self
extremely
oblig'd
to
him
for
his
kindness
,
and
that
she
doubted
not
of
the
performance
of
what
he
was
pleas'd
,
out
of
his
own
good
Nature
to
promise
.
By
this
time
Dinner
was
set
on
the
Table
;
they
both
sat
down
,
and
the
entertainment
was
very
noble
,
suitable
to
the
Love
of
the
Founder
;
for
where
that
little
Deity
comes
once
to
reign
,
the
first
Act
he
makes
,
is
for
the
banishment
of
all
baseness
and
avarice
.
Corrina
and
Vasquez
had
agreed
together
,
that
he
should
come
to
her
,
when
he
were
sure
the
Old
Merchant
was
abroad
,
and
that
he
should
disguise
himself
like
a
Beggar
,
that
he
might
not
be
known
,
nor
any
suspicion
be
conceiv'd
of
him
;
she
had
studied
several
ways
to
chouse
the
Miser
of
some
part
of
his
Treasure
,
but
could
not
fix
on
any
one
she
thought
might
prove
effectual
,
the
Chamber
where
it
was
lock'd
being
extremely
fortify'd
;
she
had
continu'd
there
3
days
ere
she
had
either
seen
or
heard
from
Vasquez
,
and
during
the
time
,
she
express'd
so
great
a
discontent
,
as
put
Mercator
to
much
trouble
,
in
regard
it
kept
him
from
making
those
free
discoveries
of
his
Love
,
which
he
would
otherwise
have
done
;
in
the
mean
time
Corrina
,
who
watch'd
all
occasions
,
cunningly
discover'd
the
place
where
the
old
Man
hid
the
Keys
of
his
Iron-Chests
.
Mercator
went
,
according
to
his
Custom
,
into
the
City
,
which
being
observ'd
by
Vasquez
,
he
comes
to
his
House
in
Beggars
weeds
,
as
they
had
agreed
together
,
with
two
Crutches
;
being
got
under
the
Window
,
at
which
Corrina
was
looking
out
,
he
Begg'd
an
Alms
of
her
;
she
threw
him
down
something
,
and
ask'd
him
whence
he
came
,
whereto
Vasquez
answering
that
he
was
of
Granada
,
she
seem'd
to
be
extremely
glad
,
and
thereupon
turning
to
the
Gardeners
Wife
,
let
us
go
down
a
little
into
the
Garden
,
(
said
she
to
her
)
this
poor
fellow
is
come
out
of
my
Country
,
I
would
fain
have
some
discourse
with
him
,
to
know
what
News
he
hath
brought
thence
;
the
poor
Woman
suspecting
nothing
,
made
no
difficulty
to
let
him
into
the
Garden
.
Corrina
ask'd
him
how
long
it
was
since
he
had
left
Granada
,
whereto
he
answering
about
nine
or
ten
days
,
she
continued
her
questions
so
long
,
that
the
Gardener's
Wife
weary
of
their
discourse
,
and
having
something
else
to
do
,
left
them
.
Being
rid
of
her
,
they
consider'd
what
was
to
be
put
in
execution
the
Night
following
,
and
agreed
upon
the
course
they
were
to
take
,
to
possess
themselves
of
Mercator's
Treasure
.
That
done
,
Vasquez
departed
,
and
Corrina
went
up
to
her
Chamber
,
telling
the
Gardener's
Wife
,
she
had
understood
so
much
from
that
poor
Fellow
,
concerning
her
Affairs
,
that
it
would
not
be
long
ere
she
return'd
into
her
Country
.
The
Gardener's
Wife
,
and
Maid
were
little
pleas'd
to
hear
that
News
,
as
fearing
their
Master
would
,
upon
her
departure
,
re-assume
his
niggardly
Humor
,
and
keep
as
miserable
a
House
as
he
had
done
before
,
nay
perhaps
put
himself
and
all
the
Servants
to
a
greater
pennance
in
their
Diet
,
to
get
up
what
had
been
squander'd
away
,
during
her
aboad
there
.
Mercator
being
come
home
found
Corrina
that
Night
more
cheerful
than
at
any
time
before
;
which
gave
him
the
Confidence
to
acquaint
her
more
freely
with
his
Love
then
he
had
done
,
and
to
assure
her
of
the
disquiet
he
was
in
upon
her
Account
.
Corrina
seemed
not
to
take
it
amiss
,
nay
by
a
greater
Familiarity
than
she
had
express'd
towards
him
before
,
she
raised
in
him
some
hopes
of
seeing
his
desires
satisfied
.
Whence
the
Old
Dotard
began
to
presume
,
that
the
Fort
would
in
a
short
time
be
taken
,
upon
reasonable
terms
;
upon
this
presumption
,
he
bestow'd
on
her
a
Ring
,
which
he
had
purposely
bought
for
her
,
wherein
was
a
Diamond
worth
about
an
Hundred
Crowns
,
set
about
with
little
Rubies
;
the
Lady
gave
him
many
thanks
for
so
noble
a
present
,
and
in
requital
promis'd
him
a
Lesson
on
the
Lute
,
to
which
she
Sung
some
new
Aires
,
though
she
quarrell'd
at
the
dulness
of
the
Instrument
.
Mercator
promis'd
her
a
better
the
next
day
;
they
parted
for
that
time
,
but
with
differrent
thoughts
,
Mercator
desirous
to
obtain
those
Favours
he
expected
from
Corrina
,
and
to
oblige
her
thereto
by
presents
,
which
overcome
the
greatest
difficulties
;
and
Corrina
contriving
how
to
compass
the
Robbery
she
intended
.
The
next
day
,
Vasquez
(
a
Person
of
great
experience
in
such
designs
)
got
some
others
of
the
same
profession
to
carry
on
the
Work
;
and
having
observ'd
Mercator
going
into
his
House
,
they
staid
till
he
were
gone
to
Bed
,
which
was
somewhat
late
;
for
Corrina
,
who
held
a
Correspondence
with
them
,
had
purposely
kept
him
up
.
About
midnight
,
Vasquez
and
his
Comrades
brought
a
thing
that
had
the
Figure
of
a
Man
,
stuff'd
with
Straw
,
having
about
him
a
Cloak
,
which
cast
over
his
Shoulder
,
cover'd
his
Face
,
and
pitch'd
over
against
the
principal
Window
towards
the
Garden
,
which
was
that
part
of
the
House
where
Mercator
Lodg'd
,
and
left
it
there
fastned
to
a
S●…ake
they
had
thrust
into
the
Ground
.
The
Night
was
somewhat
dark
,
and
so
more
proper
for
their
Design
.
Having
plac'd
that
Figure
,
as
I
told
you
,
they
knock'd
at
the
Door
so
loud
that
it
might
have
been
heard
from
one
end
of
the
Garden
to
the
other
.
Mercator
awaken'd
thereby
leaps
out
of
〈◊〉
Bed
,
it
being
so
strange
to
him
to
hear
such
knocking
at
his
Garden
Door
,
at
such
an
unseasonable
time
,
as
being
a
thing
had
never
happen'd
to
him
before
;
he
called
up
his
Servant
and
bid
him
see
who
knock'd
at
the
Door
;
the
Servant
went
out
between
sleeping
and
waking
to
see
what
the
matter
was
,
calling
as
loud
as
he
could
,
who
knocks
there
?
but
no
Body
answering
,
and
he
not
minding
the
Figure
that
stood
in
the
Garden
,
told
his
Master
that
there
was
not
any
body
.
Mercator
upon
that
got
into
Bed
again
and
compos'd
himself
to
rest
,
but
it
was
soon
Interrupted
,
for
Vasquez
knock'd
more
violently
then
he
had
done
before
,
which
astonish'd
him
the
more
,
and
oblig'd
him
to
send
down
his
Man
a
second
time
,
to
see
what
the
matter
was
.
Bringing
his
Master
the
same
Account
he
had
done
before
,
he
got
up
himself
,
puts
his
Cloak
about
him
,
and
calls
at
the
Window
,
Who
knocks
at
my
Door
thus
unseasonably
?
Where
to
no
answer
being
made
,
he
grew
the
more
enrag'd
,
but
looking
a
little
more
earnestly
about
the
House
than
his
man
had
done
,
he
perceiv'd
the
Figure
planted
before
his
Windows
.
Mercator
was
extremely
affraid
,
at
the
sight
of
a
Person
,
who
,
as
he
thought
,
knockt
at
his
door
,
yet
made
him
no
answer
,
and
assuming
more
,
Courage
than
he
was
naturally
Master
of
,
he
said
to
him
very
loud
:
'T
is
basely
done
of
you
,
Sir
,
to
abuse
me
thus
,
you
shall
find
I
am
not
a
person
to
suffer
it
;
pray
keep
on
your
way
,
and
disturb
not
my
rest
any
more
if
you
think
not
you
'r
invulnerable
,
and
that
a
brace
of
good
Bullets
will
make
no
impression
in
your
enchanted
Skin
.
Having
made
that
bravado
,
he
shut
to
the
Window
and
went
to
Bed
;
but
he
was
hardly
got
warm
in
it
,
ere
they
began
to
knock
more
violently
than
they
had
done
before
;
which
obliged
him
to
take
a
Fire-Lock
,
which
he
always
kept
ready
charged
for
the
security
of
his
Money
.
Opening
the
Window
,
he
found
him
still
in
the
same
posture
,
who
would
not
have
stirred
out
of
it
,
had
he
not
been
forc'd
out
of
it
by
some
other
means
.
What
obstinacy
of
Impudence
is
it
in
you
(
said
he
to
him
,
very
much
incensed
)
to
Authorize
a
Mischief
,
you
are
nothing
the
better
for
,
in
thus
disturbing
my
Rest
?
'T
is
impardonable
,
and
deserves
an
Exemplary
Chastisement
;
be
gone
immediately
from
my
Door
,
or
I
shall
send
you
going
the
next
way
.
Whereupon
,
cocking
the
Fire-Lock
,
and
aiming
at
him
,
and
the
other
never
stirring
,
as
it
were
out
of
a
Presumption
,
that
he
believing
he
had
not
any
Fire-Arms
,
whereby
he
might
make
good
his
Threats
,
he
gave
him
notice
the
third
time
,
that
he
would
not
oblige
him
to
offer
a
Violence
which
he
was
very
unwilling
to
do
.
At
last
perceiving
he
minded
not
any
thing
,
he
said
,
but
as
it
were
defi'd
him
,
he
resolv'd
to
give
Fire
,
not
only
to
fright
him
,
but
if
he
could
,
to
hurt
him
.
He
discharged
off
his
Piece
and
shot
the
Figure
,
which
fell
to
the
Ground
;
upon
which
Vasquez
,
who
was
not
far
off
,
cries
out
with
a
doleful
tone
,
O
God
I
am
killed
,
and
immediately
he
and
his
Comrades
made
a
great
noise
at
the
sight
of
a
Man
so
unfortunately
Murthered
.
Mercator
was
extreamly
troubled
at
what
he
had
done
,
it
being
observed
,
that
Covetous
Persons
are
for
the
most
part
Cowardly
,
and
very
much
fear
whatever
may
Occasion
their
Losses
.
He
shut
the
Window
,
and
in
a
great
fright
awaking
Corrina
(
who
had
greater
things
to
mind
than
Sleeping
)
told
her
what
he
had
done
.
She
seemed
to
be
extreamly
troubled
at
it
,
and
much
blamed
him
,
that
he
had
executed
so
cruel
a
Resolution
.
For
since
he
knew
himself
to
be
safe
enough
in
his
own
House
,
he
might
have
suffered
them
to
knock
at
his
Door
,
till
they
had
been
weary
;
that
he
had
better
have
indured
that
Noise
,
and
lost
a
little
of
his
Rest
,
than
be
in
the
Trouble
he
was
in
,
to
be
the
Occasion
of
a
Man's
Death
.
She
added
several
other
Reasons
,
which
so
confounded
poor
Mercator
,
that
he
knew
not
what
to
do
.
She
advised
him
for
his
safety
,
to
go
immediately
and
take
Refuge
in
the
Monastery
of
St.
Bernard
,
it
being
certain
,
that
if
the
Dead
Person
were
found
there
the
next
Morning
,
he
would
be
carried
to
Prison
,
as
being
Murthered
so
near
his
House
.
Mercator
was
so
perplexed
,
that
he
wished
he
had
never
been
born
;
and
it
is
to
be
imagined
,
that
if
Corrina
had
not
been
very
highly
concerned
to
Dissemble
upon
this
Occasion
,
she
would
have
dyed
with
laughing
.
He
raised
up
all
his
People
,
and
told
them
what
had
happened
,
and
all
blam'd
him
,
for
his
being
so
forward
to
commit
such
an
Action
,
which
made
the
poor
old
Dotard
almost
mad
.
He
imagin'd
himself
already
apprehended
,
his
Money
carried
away
,
and
but
a
small
matter
between
him
and
Hanging
,
at
least
if
he
were
obliged
by
Tortures
to
Acknowledge
his
Crime
,
never
considering
that
it
was
pardonable
for
one
Man
to
kill
another
in
his
own
Defence
.
At
last
he
resolv'd
to
go
to
Saint
Bernard's
Monastery
;
but
knew
not
how
to
dispose
of
his
Money
.
He
thought
it
no
Prudence
to
leave
it
at
the
Discretion
of
his
Servants
;
to
carry
it
to
a
Friend's
House
(
in
case
he
had
any
,
for
Persons
of
his
Humor
have
very
few
)
he
had
not
time
.
In
this
Distraction
he
desired
Corrina
to
advise
him
;
she
seeming
very
much
troubled
,
and
no
less
fearful
than
he
,
pretended
she
could
not
give
him
any
;
but
after
a
little
pause
she
gave
him
that
Advice
,
which
she
had
prepared
long
before
,
and
he
followed
it
.
She
asked
him
what
Money
he
might
have
in
the
House
?
He
ingeniously
confessed
that
he
had
about
four
thousand
Crowns
in
Gold
,
and
somewhat
better
than
half
the
said
Summ
in
Silver
.
I
tell
you
what
I
would
do
,
were
I
in
your
Case
,
(
says
the
cunning
Gipsie
)
(
since
it
cannot
be
carried
to
a
Friend's
House
without
being
seen
)
I
would
bury
it
in
the
Garden
,
in
some
place
,
where
you
may
afterwards
find
it
,
by
some
mark
you
shall
set
to
that
purpose
.
This
you
must
do
your self
,
so
as
that
your
very
Servants
may
not
know
any
thing
of
it
,
lest
they
be
tempted
to
prove
false
to
you
;
for
the
times
are
such
now
,
that
a
Man
must
have
a
Care
whom
he
trusts
.
I
would
assist
you
herein
,
and
keep
your
Counsel
,
were
it
not
that
I
am
afraid
,
when
the
search
comes
to
be
made
,
and
I
be
left
here
,
I
shall
be
the
first
taken
;
and
I
would
be
loth
to
run
my self
into
that
hazard
,
having
but
just
escaped
those
I
have
acquainted
you
with
.
In
the
midst
of
his
Affliction
,
Mercator
was
troubled
to
perceive
by
his
Guest's
Discourse
,
the
Disturbance
she
was
in
upon
his
Account
;
and
what
struck
him
most
to
the
Heart
,
was
,
that
he
saw
himself
upon
the
point
of
losing
her
.
This
Consideration
forced
from
him
not
only
Tears
,
but
also
bitter
Exclamations
,
against
the
Malicious
Crossness
of
his
Fortune
.
Corrina
desired
him
to
be
of
good
Courage
,
perswading
him
to
do
as
she
advised
him
,
and
hope
the
best
.
So
that
having
commanded
all
his
Servants
to
go
to
their
several
Chambers
,
and
not
to
stir
thence
,
he
and
Corrina
,
whom
only
he
durst
trust
,
went
to
the
place
where
the
Money
was
.
It
lay
in
a
huge
Chest
,
cover'd
all
over
with
Iron-Bars
,
and
the
Keys
were
so
extraordinary
,
that
it
was
impossible
to
Counterfeit
them
,
or
to
get
a
piece
thence
by
any
other
wile
than
what
was
invented
by
our
subtle
Ferret
.
They
first
took
out
all
the
Silver
,
and
then
put
the
Gold
into
a
little
Box
,
and
,
having
brought
all
into
the
Garden
,
they
made
two
holes
,
at
some
distance
one
from
the
other
,
in
one
whereof
they
put
the
Silver
,
and
in
the
other
the
Gold
,
setting
a
mark
that
they
might
find
the
place
again
.
Mercator
took
along
with
him
two
hundred
Crowns
in
Gold
,
and
gave
Corrina
fifty
,
to
shift
for
her self
,
till
the
Business
were
over
.
That
done
,
they
went
up
into
the
House
,
whence
they
might
see
several
Persons
walking
with
a
Light
;
't
was
Vasquez
and
his
Comrades
,
who
represented
the
Magistrate
,
which
Corrina
shewing
him
,
advised
him
to
make
all
the
hast
he
could
to
Saint
Bernard's
.
To
do
that
,
they
got
over
the
Garden-Wall
,
as
being
afraid
to
open
the
Door
,
for
they
perceived
the
Actors
of
this
Comedy
kept
a
Watch
there
,
with
such
Authority
,
as
if
they
had
been
really
the
Officers
of
Justice
.
All
Mercator's
Family
followed
him
over
the
Wall
,
fearing
they
might
come
into
Trouble
for
their
Master's
Fault
.
Mercator
and
his
Mistress
lurk'd
somewhere
there
abouts
,
till
it
was
day
,
that
they
might
have
the
Church-Door
open
,
to
get
into
the
Monastery
.
Vasquez
was
hard
by
,
to
see
what
became
of
Mercator
,
and
his
People
.
Finding
he
had
left
his
House
,
and
got
into
the
Monastery
with
Corrina
,
he
went
about
an
hour
after
Sun-rising
to
Saint
Bernard's
in
the
Habit
of
a
Secular
Priest
,
that
he
might
the
better
speak
to
Corrina
.
She
told
him
how
things
stood
,
and
how
they
had
buried
the
Money
in
the
Garden
,
and
that
it
was
all
in
Silver
,
intending
to
reserve
all
the
Gold
for
her self
.
About
Mid-night
,
Vasquez
and
one
of
his
Comrades
went
along
with
Corrina
,
disguized
in
Man's
Cloths
to
the
Garden
.
They
helped
her
over
first
,
to
go
and
see
whether
there
might
be
any
Body
in
the
House
,
but
all
were
vanished
as
if
the
House
had
been
visited
.
She
thereupon
called
Vasquez
and
his
Companions
,
and
,
having
taken
up
the
Money
,
they
carried
it
away
,
and
took
up
their
Quarters
at
one
of
the
farthest
Inns
of
the
Suburbs
.
Having
been
merry
a
while
,
and
drunk
their
own
Healths
,
and
to
the
good
Success
of
their
future
Designs
,
they
went
all
to
Bed
,
the
two
Men
together
,
and
Corrina
by
her self
.
As
soon
as
she
found
they
were
asleep
,
she
puts
on
the
same
Habit
,
and
returns
to
the
Garden
.
Where
,
being
come
,
she
took
up
the
little
Box
of
Gold
,
and
,
without
any
disaster
,
got
safe
to
the
Inn
before
her
Companions
awaked
.
The
next
day
,
having
divided
the
Silver
,
whereof
she
and
Vasquez
had
the
best
part
,
and
sowed
up
the
Gold
in
her
Cloths
,
she
left
Sevil
,
taking
Vasquez
along
with
her
,
who
,
finding
what
Advantages
he
might
make
of
her
Company
,
resolved
to
run
Fortunes
with
her
.
They
took
their
way
towards
Madrid
,
to
which
place
they
will
not
be
long
a
going
,
and
now
let
us
see
what
is
become
of
Mercator
,
whom
we
lest
in
Saint
Bernard's
Monastery
.
Having
continued
there
four
days
after
Corrina's
departure
from
him
,
he
knew
not
what
to
think
of
her
that
she
came
not
again
,
as
she
had
promised
.
He
addressed
himself
to
one
of
the
Monks
,
who
had
great
Acquaintances
in
the
City
,
and
intreated
him
to
inquire
,
what
Proceedings
there
might
be
against
him
,
upon
the
Murther
he
had
committed
.
The
Religious
Man
promised
him
an
account
of
it
;
but
having
enquired
at
those
places
where
he
thought
he
might
most
probably
hear
,
but
no
body
could
give
him
any
Satisfaction
.
He
thereupon
told
Mercator
,
that
he
might
safely
go
abroad
,
and
needed
not
to
fear
any
thing
.
He
went
out
one
Night
to
a
Friends
of
his
,
whom
he
acquainted
with
all
that
had
past
,
as
also
the
great
perplexity
he
was
in
,
desiring
him
to
make
a
more
particular
enquiry
into
the
Business
,
than
he
thought
the
Religious
Man
had
done
.
He
did
so
,
and
gave
him
the
same
Account
as
the
other
.
Yet
would
not
that
satisfie
him
,
but
he
must
Desire
his
Friend
to
go
to
his
House
,
whereof
he
gave
him
the
Mistriss-Key
.
At
his
Request
he
went
,
and
found
it
without
any
Body
in
it
,
and
his
Mule
being
Dead
for
want
of
Meat
,
and
Attendance
.
His
Friend
returned
to
him
with
this
News
,
and
advised
him
to
come
out
of
the
Monastery
,
and
go
home
,
and
thence
about
the
City
,
as
he
was
wont
to
do
.
The
Death
of
his
Mule
troubled
him
not
much
,
so
glad
was
he
to
find
himself
once
more
at
Liberty
:
The
only
thing
gave
him
any
Disquiet
,
was
,
that
his
Artemiza
(
under
which
Name
Corrina
went
)
came
not
to
see
him
.
But
he
imagined
the
Occasion
of
it
might
be
,
that
being
a
young
Maid
,
she
had
sheltered
her self
somewhere
,
to
keep
out
of
the
hands
of
Justice
,
or
that
perhaps
she
might
have
been
met
with
by
her
Father
,
who
,
as
she
had
told
him
,
sought
after
her
.
He
went
to
his
House
,
whither
,
soon
after
,
came
the
Gardener
and
his
Wife
,
and
his
other
Servants
.
He
goes
into
the
Garden
,
and
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Fear
and
Distraction
he
had
been
in
,
remembred
the
place
where
he
had
hid
his
Money
,
and
was
not
a
little
glad
to
find
the
Mark
where
he
had
set
it
;
so
that
before
he
went
to
Bed
,
he
resolved
to
secure
his
Treasure
in
its
former
Garrison
.
As
soon
as
it
was
dark
,
he
takes
the
Gardener
with
him
,
and
a
Lanthorn
and
Candle
,
and
goes
first
to
the
place
,
where
the
Silver
was
,
and
bids
him
digg
.
He
did
so
,
but
there
was
nothing
to
be
found
,
whereat
,
Mercator
was
extreamly
surprized
.
He
went
thence
to
the
place
where
they
had
laid
the
Gold
,
and
there
they
found
as
little
,
only
Corrina
knew
what
was
become
of
all
.
He
walked
several
turns
about
the
Garden
,
with
much
Vexation
,
imagining
the
marks
might
be
misplaced
;
but
what
in
looking
after
the
marks
,
and
what
in
digging
,
the
Night
slipped
away
,
so
that
at
last
dispairing
to
find
any
thing
that
Night
,
he
behaved
himself
like
a
Person
distracted
.
The
Gardener
knew
not
what
he
looked
for
,
nor
for
what
Reason
he
had
brought
him
thither
.
The
poor
Man
resolved
to
have
a
little
Patience
till
the
next
Morning
,
being
still
in
some
hopes
to
find
what
he
had
hidden
.
He
went
to
Bed
,
or
rather
to
spend
the
Night
in
insufferrable
Torments
;
but
as
soon
as
it
began
to
dawn
,
he
got
up
,
and
having
called
up
the
Gardener
,
they
returned
to
the
work
they
had
been
at
the
Night
before
.
Having
digged
again
at
those
places
,
where
he
was
Confident
he
had
laid
the
Mony
,
all
they
could
find
was
,
that
there
had
been
two
holes
made
there
before
,
and
that
Money
or
something
else
had
been
hidden
there
,
but
all
was
removed
.
This
Assurance
made
him
run
stark
mad
,
throwing
himself
on
the
Ground
,
running
his
Head
against
the
Wall
,
and
doing
such
things
as
raised
a
Compassion
in
his
Servants
,
who
thence
concluded
that
he
had
lost
his
Money
,
and
suspected
the
feign'd
Artemiza
,
to
have
robb'd
him
,
by
the
Orders
he
gave
them
to
search
after
her
all
over
the
City
.
But
she
was
far
enough
out
of
his
reach
,
and
had
so
well
secured
his
Money
,
that
it
was
not
likely
it
would
come
into
his
Chests
any
more
.
He
kept
his
Bed
a
good
while
,
out
of
a
pure
Madness
,
that
he
had
so
soon
lost
,
what
had
cost
him
many
Years
Trouble
,
and
Pains
to
get
together
.
The
Robbery
was
soon
divulg'd
all
over
the
City
;
some
,
who
knew
not
his
Humour
,
pitied
his
Misfortune
,
but
such
as
had
Experience
of
his
insatiable
Avarice
,
were
not
a
little
pleased
to
find
him
so
justly
punished
.
THE
Pretended
Alchymist
:
A
NOVEL
.
AS
soon
as
Corrina
had
done
her
Work
at
Mercator's
,
and
had
made
a
broken
Merchant
of
one
,
who
was
accounted
the
Wealthiest
about
Sevil
,
she
thought
it
not
Prudence
to
make
any
long
stay
,
for
fear
of
falling
into
the
Hands
of
Justice
,
whose
Officer's
would
be
abroad
,
upon
the
Sollicitations
of
the
Party
robb'd
.
She
was
gone
far
enough
out
of
the
way
,
ere
he
was
sensible
of
his
loss
;
for
the
next
Night
after
they
had
taken
away
the
Money
,
she
and
Vasquez
hired
two
Mules
,
upon
which
they
came
to
Carmona
,
which
lies
about
half
a
days
Journey
from
Sevil.
They
had
taken
up
two
places
in
the
Madrid-Coach
,
which
was
to
pass
through
that
City
,
and
take
them
up
as
it
went
.
They
alighted
,
at
Carmona
,
at
one
of
the
best
Inns
,
where
Corrina
,
keeping
out
of
sight
,
was
resolved
to
expect
the
Coach
,
considering
with
her self
,
what
she
might
come
to
in
time
,
seeing
,
she
was
now
already
Mistress
of
four
thousand
Crowns
in
Gold
,
in
good
double
Pistols
and
Quadruples
,
which
was
all
that
penurious
Merchant
had
gotten
together
,
during
his
whole
Life
,
with
much
pains
taking
,
and
many
a
hazardous
Venture
into
the
most
remote
Climates
.
And
herein
,
you
may
behold
,
the
exemplary
punishment
,
which
many
times
happens
to
those
Miserable
Wretches
,
who
become
the
Slaves
of
their
own
Wealth
.
And
what
infinitely
adds
to
their
Misfortune
,
is
,
that
People
are
more
apt
to
congratulate
than
bemoan
it
:
For
how
can
they
expect
that
others
should
entertain
any
Kindness
for
them
,
when
they
themselves
have
not
any
but
for
what
they
lay
up
in
their
Chests
?
The
Coach
which
our
Fortunate
Adventurers
expected
to
carry
them
to
Madrid
,
came
at
its
usual
time
to
Carmona
.
There
were
in
it
already
six
Persons
,
a
Gentleman
,
and
his
Lady
,
a
Priest
,
two
University-Scholars
,
and
a
Servant
belonging
to
the
Priest
,
a
young
Lad
about
fifteen
Years
of
Age.
They
all
knew
,
that
there
were
two
Persons
to
be
taken
in
at
Carmona
,
who
had
paid
some
what
extraordinary
for
the
best
Places
:
They
accordingly
Resign'd
them
,
as
soon
as
they
perceiv'd
their
coming
towards
the
Coach
:
But
Vasquez
,
who
was
a
very
Civil
,
and
Obliging
Person
,
would
needs
recommend
his
interest
in
the
place
to
the
Gentleman's
Lady
,
whom
he
seated
on
the
lift
side
of
Corrina
,
and
sat
himself
in
the
fore-part
of
the
Coach
with
her
Husband
.
All
being
plac'd
to
their
Content
,
they
left
Carmona
on
the
Monday
Morning
,
it
being
in
September
,
when
most
Fruits
are
ripe
.
All
thought
it
a
great
happiness
,
that
they
had
met
so
good
Company
;
but
Corrina
,
and
Vasquez
had
another
secret
satisfaction
,
arising
from
the
thought
of
the
good
Prize
that
had
brought
them
into
that
good
Company
.
The
Gentleman
was
a
Person
of
Excellent
Discourse
,
the
Priest
,
of
a
very
Sociable
,
and
Conversative
Humour
,
and
the
two
Young
Scholars
made
it
appear
,
that
they
had
not
mispent
their
time
at
the
University
,
every
one
being
desirous
to
make
the
best
discovery
he
could
of
his
Abilities
.
The
Priest
took
occasion
to
inform
them
that
he
was
going
to
Court
,
to
get
a
Privilege
,
to
put
two
little
Pieces
of
his
into
the
Press
,
being
such
as
(
some
Friends
of
his
had
assur'd
him
)
he
should
oblige
the
World
in
the
Publication
of
them
.
The
Gentleman
,
who
sat
next
him
,
was
a
Person
acquainted
with
Letters
,
and
express'd
a
great
Curiosity
to
know
what
they
might
treat
of
.
Doctor
Berilliere
(
so
was
the
Priest
call'd
)
told
him
they
were
Books
of
Discourses
,
and
Divertisements
;
representing
to
him
,
that
things
of
that
kind
,
were
kindly
receiv'd
at
Court
;
that
one
of
them
contain'd
several
Novels
,
and
the
other
a
Collection
of
Poems
Written
by
him
,
during
his
Residence
at
Salamanca
.
He
told
them
withal
,
that
,
if
they
thought
it
not
tedious
,
he
would
entertain
them
with
somewhat
out
of
the
former
,
whenever
they
should
be
at
leisure
to
give
him
Attention
.
Corrina
,
who
was
a
great
Lover
,
and
Reader
of
such
Treatises
,
intreated
the
Doctor
,
if
it
were
no
trouble
to
him
,
to
read
one
of
his
Novels
,
promising
her self
,
from
the
assurance
she
had
of
his
Excellent
Parts
,
that
the
Stile
,
and
Conceptions
would
be
answerable
to
the
Worthiness
of
the
Authour
.
I
have
endeavour'd
all
I
could
,
Madam
,
(
says
the
Doctor
to
her
)
to
conform
my self
to
the
Stile
now
us'd
at
Court
;
my
Prose
is
free
from
Affectation
,
and
consequently
,
will
not
weary
the
Reader
,
nor
are
the
Conceits
so
flat
as
to
produce
the
same
Effect
.
I
make
it
my
business
to
give
my
Writings
a
little
Life
,
and
Smartness
,
which
may
raise
in
the
Reader
an
Earnestness
to
know
the
Period
of
the
Adventures
.
I
Write
as
I
speak
,
because
I
see
Men
love
those
things
that
are
Natural
,
better
than
those
which
smell
of
too
much
Study
,
and
Affectation
;
and
take
it
from
me
as
a
thing
very
certain
,
that
it
requires
a
certain
measure
of
Confidence
for
any
Man
to
Write
,
as
the
Times
go
now
;
which
proceeds
hence
,
That
so
many
Excellent
Wits
busie
themselves
in
Writing
,
and
Publish
things
as
Admirable
as
Ingenious
,
and
not
only
Men
,
who
profess
Letters
,
but
also
some
Women
.
The
Doctor
having
ended
this
Discourse
,
he
took
out
his
Book
of
Novels
,
and
the
Company
having
Compos'd
themselves
to
Silence
,
and
Attention
,
he
entertain'd
them
with
that
which
follows
.
There
was
an
Ancient
Gentleman
,
who
had
lost
one
of
his
Eyes
;
and
was
Married
to
a
Wife
far
younger
than
himself
:
His
Business
lay
much
abroad
,
which
was
the
occasion
that
he
could
not
see
his
Wife
so
often
as
he
would
.
She
in
his
Absence
did
so
much
forget
her
Honour
,
and
her
Conscience
,
that
she
fell
in
Love
with
a
young
Gentleman
:
In
Process
of
time
,
which
brings
all
things
to
Maturity
,
and
Perfection
,
the
Report
was
so
hot
,
and
so
current
,
that
her
Husband
was
Advertis'd
of
it
,
who
could
not
be
induc'd
to
believe
it
,
by
reason
of
the
great
Affection
she
always
express'd
towards
him
.
Nevertheless
,
one
day
he
determin'd
with
himself
to
make
Experience
of
it
,
and
,
if
he
could
,
to
revenge
himself
upon
that
Person
who
had
thus
dishonour'd
him
.
To
accomplish
his
Design
,
he
pretended
Business
to
a
certain
place
,
not
far
from
home
,
for
three
or
four
days
.
He
was
no
sooner
departed
,
but
his
Wife
sent
to
her
Friend
to
acquaint
him
with
it
,
whereupon
he
immediately
came
to
pay
those
Assignations
of
Love
which
she
expected
.
He
had
not
been
with
her
above
half
an
Hour
,
but
,
behold
!
her
Husband
was
return'd
,
and
knock'd
aloud
at
the
Gate
.
She
who
knew
him
,
told
her
Gallant
of
it
,
who
was
so
amaz'd
,
and
put
into
such
a
Fright
,
that
he
wish'd
himself
safe
at
home
,
and
Imprecated
both
her
,
and
her
Love
,
who
had
brought
him
into
so
much
danger
;
but
she
assur'd
him
,
that
he
need
not
perplex
himself
,
for
she
would
contrive
〈◊〉
means
to
convey
him
safe
forth
without
being
discover'd
,
and
desir'd
him
to
put
on
his
Cloths
with
what
speed
he
could
,
Dur●…g
this
Interval
,
her
Husband
continu'd
knocking
at
the
Gate
,
and
call'd
upon
his
Wife
as
loud
as
he
could
,
but
she
seem'd
not
to
take
notice
that
it
was
he
,
but
spake
aloud
to
a
Servant
that
lay
above
Stairs
,
Why
don't
you
Rise
,
and
Answer
that
rude
Person
,
whoever
it
is
,
which
makes
such
a
Noise
at
the
Gate
?
Is
this
a
seasonable
Hour
of
the
Night
for
any
one
to
come
into
a
Civil
House
?
If
my
Husband
were
at
Home
,
I
'm
sure
you
du●…st
not
do
so
.
The
Husband
hearing
the
Voice
of
his
Wife
,
call'd
to
her
as
loud
as
he
could
,
Wife
open
the
Door
,
will
you
have
me
stay
here
until
Morning
?
When
she
perceiv'd
her
Gallant
dress'd
,
and
ready
to
go
,
she
open'd
the
Door
,
and
ran
to
Embrace
her
Husband
,
saying
to
him
,
Dear
Husband
,
How
glad
am
I
of
your
coming
?
For
I
was
in
a
Curious
Dream
,
and
was
so
well
pleas'd
,
better
than
ever
I
was
in
my
Life
before
:
For
methought
,
you
had
recover'd
the
Sight
of
your
other
Eye
;
whereupon
,
Kissing
of
him
,
she
clapt
her
Hand
upon
the
Speculative
Eye
,
and
ask'd
him
whether
he
did
not
see
much
better
than
he
us'd
to
do
?
In
the
mean
time
,
whilst
she
had
blinded
him
,
her
Friend
slipt
out
of
Doors
,
of
which
her
Husband
immediately
mistrusted
,
and
told
her
,
By
Heavens
,
Wife
,
i
'le
never
Watch
you
any
more
;
for
thinking
to
Catch
you
,
I
have
had
the
finest
Trick
put
upon
me
by
you
,
that
I
think
ever
was
invented
:
I
see
it
is
not
in
the
power
of
any
Man
to
put
any
Stop
to
a
Womans
Proceedings
,
unless
he
should
Kill
her
,
or
Burn
her
;
for
a
Lewd
Woman
nothing
can
Refine
,
or
Purge
her
,
but
Fire
:
Therefore
,
since
the
good
Entertainment
,
I
have
given
you
,
cannot
conduce
to
reclaim
you
,
I
shall
henceforth
study
for
some
Chastisement
,
whereby
you
may
be
better
Disciplin'd
.
This
said
,
he
departed
from
her
into
another
Room
,
leaving
her
perplex'd
,
and
Disconsolate
enough
,
who
by
the
means
of
her
Friends
,
and
Kindred
,
and
by
her
Tears
,
and
Excuses
,
was
afterwards
reconcil'd
to
him
.
This
Pleasant
Novel
entertain'd
the
Company
till
they
came
to
their
Inn
that
Night
.
Every
one
took
occasion
to
commend
Doctor
Berilliere
,
as
well
for
the
smartness
of
his
Invention
,
as
for
the
Excellency
of
his
Stile
.
The
Old
Gentleman
told
him
,
that
if
the
whole
Piece
were
answerable
to
the
Pattern
he
had
shewn
them
of
it
,
no
doubt
,
but
his
Novels
would
be
very
well
receiv'd
in
the
World
,
and
that
he
would
gain
as
much
Reputation
by
them
,
as
they
had
had
Pleasure
.
And
thereupon
,
he
earnestly
Entreated
him
to
Communicate
somewhat
of
the
others
to
them
,
that
so
their
Travelling
might
be
the
less
Tedious
.
The
Doctor
gave
him
,
and
all
the
rest
of
the
Company
his
very
hearty
Thanks
for
the
good
Opinion
they
had
of
him
,
and
proffer'd
them
,
when
they
should
be
weary
of
Discoursing
,
to
divert
them
with
some
of
the
other
Novels
,
till
they
came
to
their
Journeys
end
,
provided
they
thought
them
not
Tedious
.
They
all
,
with
much
Gladness
and
Thanks
,
accepted
of
his
proffer
.
Being
come
within
a
Musquet-shot
of
the
Ancient
City
of
Corduba
,
heretofore
the
chiefest
of
the
Kingdom
,
while
the
Moors
were
possessed
of
all
Spain
,
after
Sun-set
,
an
unexpected
Accident
caus'd
them
to
make
a
little
halt
.
Two
Gentlemen
being
come
out
into
the
Fields
,
upon
a
Challenge
,
which
one
had
sent
to
the
other
,
and
having
Fought
,
one
of
them
was
worsted
,
being
run
through
the
Body
in
two
several
places
;
which
had
oblig'd
his
Adversary
to
make
his
Escape
,
to
get
into
some
place
of
Sanctuary
.
The
Wounded
Person
cry'd
out
for
some
Body
to
receive
his
Confession
,
just
as
the
Coach
pass'd
by
:
Which
being
heard
by
the
Company
,
Doctor
Berilliere
,
who
was
a
Priest
,
and
a
Confessour
,
could
do
no
less
than
get
out
,
accompanied
by
Vasquez
,
and
Mistress
Corrina
,
who
had
a
great
desire
to
see
the
Wounded
Man
.
They
came
to
him
,
and
as
soon
as
the
Doctor
had
receiv'd
his
Confession
,
and
given
him
Absolution
,
he
lost
his
Speech
,
being
supported
by
Vasquez
.
The
Doctor
return'd
to
the
Coach
,
and
having
called
several
times
upon
Corrina
,
who
pretended
she
could
not
get
away
Vasquez
,
the
Coachman
perceiving
it
began
to
grow
Dark
,
put
on
the
Horses
,
having
sent
them
Word
what
Inn
they
should
take
up
.
Corrina
was
much
troubled
to
see
the
Coach
gone
,
having
left
her
,
and
Vasquez
behind
,
Charitably
Exhorting
the
Dying
Person
to
recommend
himself
as
much
to
the
Mercy
of
Heaven
;
but
he
was
so
far
gone
,
that
,
to
spare
them
further
Exhortation
he
gave
up
the
Ghost
.
They
were
much
troubled
,
what
they
should
do
with
the
Body
,
when
certain
Officers
of
Justice
came
in
,
who
,
having
at
a
distance
seen
the
dead
Person
in
the
Arms
of
Vasquez
,
and
a
Woman
standing
by
,
and
had
notice
before
that
two
Men
were
seen
going
out
of
the
City
,
with
a
design
to
fight
a
Duel
,
presently
imagin'd
that
Vasquez
was
one
of
them
,
and
consequently
the
Murtherer
of
the
other
;
upon
which
Presumption
,
he
was
sent
to
Prison
,
and
order
given
to
the
Jaylor
to
put
him
fast
enough
.
Corrina
had
more
favour
,
being
confin'd
in
the
House
of
one
of
the
Officers
,
who
was
to
have
a
care
of
her
forth-coming
.
They
both
us'd
all
the
Arguments
they
could
to
clear
themselves
,
from
having
any
thing
to
do
with
the
Murther
,
alledging
upon
what
occasion
they
came
to
the
Body
:
But
their
own
Words
would
not
be
taken
,
and
it
was
presum'd
,
the
Duel
had
been
upon
the
account
of
Corrina
.
The
Judge
order'd
her
to
be
brought
to
his
own
House
to
be
further
Examin'd
,
which
was
accordingly
done
.
When
she
came
thither
,
there
were
in
the
Room
several
Gentlemen
,
and
among
others
,
a
Florentine
,
a
very
Rich
Merchant
,
whom
some
business
of
his
own
had
brought
thither
:
They
had
no
sooner
seen
Corrina
,
but
they
all
admir'd
her
Beauty
,
and
the
Majesty
of
her
Air
,
but
the
most
satisfied
of
any
was
the
Florentine
,
who
,
to
give
him
his
due
,
was
of
a
very
Amorous
Constitution
.
Corrina
was
extreamly
troubled
that
such
an
Affront
should
be
done
her
by
the
way
,
as
perceiving
,
that
if
they
were
staid
the
next
day
,
they
should
lose
the
opportunity
of
continuing
their
Journey
.
The
Judge
put
several
Questions
to
her
,
concerning
the
Duel
,
and
the
Gentleman's
Death
;
whereto
she
answered
,
that
she
knew
nothing
of
it
,
and
that
she
was
coming
in
the
Sevil
Coach
,
to
go
for
Madrid
,
accompany'd
by
some
other
Persons
then
in
the
Inn
,
whom
she
Named
;
that
as
the
Coach
pass'd
by
,
a
certain
Person
,
who
had
been
Wounded
upon
the
High-way
,
not
far
from
them
,
call'd
out
for
some
Body
to
receive
his
Confession
,
and
that
a
Priest
,
who
was
with
them
in
the
Coach
,
went
out
to
do
it
,
with
whom
also
she
went
out
of
Curiosity
,
accompany'd
by
an
Uncle
of
hers
,
who
came
along
with
her
.
They
order'd
,
in
regard
it
was
grown
late
,
to
Adjourn
the
Business
till
the
next
day
,
that
a
more
exact
Enquiry
might
be
made
into
it
;
and
,
in
the
mean
time
,
that
all
who
came
along
with
the
Coach
,
should
not
stir
from
Corduba
,
without
Permission
.
This
done
,
Corrina
was
brought
back
to
the
Officer's
House
,
where
she
was
to
continue
that
Night
.
The
Florentine
,
who
liv'd
not
far
from
it
,
accompany'd
her
;
but
though
he
had
liv'd
at
a
far
greater
distance
,
he
would
have
thought
it
no
great
way
to
wait
on
a
Lady
,
with
whom
he
was
already
over
Head
and
Ears
in
Love
.
Taking
leave
of
her
at
the
Officer's
House
,
he
proffer'd
her
all
the
Services
lay
in
his
Power
,
for
which
she
thank'd
him
,
yet
taking
it
for
no
more
than
a
Complement
▪
The
Vexation
she
conceiv'd
at
her
being
thus
unexpectedly
staid
,
brought
her
into
some
Fits
of
a
Fever
,
the
first
,
of
a
Tertian
,
which
she
afterwards
fell
into
.
The
next
day
,
all
the
Persons
who
came
in
the
Coach
,
being
Examin'd
,
gave
the
same
account
as
Corrina
had
done
before
;
whereupon
,
Vasquez
was
set
at
Liberty
.
Other
Witnesses
also
,
who
knew
somewhat
concerning
the
Duel
,
were
heard
,
and
gave
the
Judges
a
perf●…ct
knowledge
of
the
Murther
.
Vasquez
went
immediately
to
visit
Corrina
,
expressing
himself
extreamly
troubled
at
her
Indisposition
;
he
did
all
he
could
to
cheer
her
up
,
that
they
might
prosecute
their
Journey
:
But
the
Physician
,
who
had
visited
her
,
advis'd
her
not
to
remove
thence
,
till
she
had
recover'd
her
Fever
,
and
told
her
,
that
she
could
not
Travel
any
further
,
without
hazard
of
her
Life
;
which
being
so
,
the
Coachman
was
forc'd
to
leave
them
behind
,
but
they
were
adjudg'd
to
defray
the
Charges
of
their
stay
,
and
he
to
deliver
up
what
they
had
in
the
Coach
.
The
Florentine
came
often
to
see
the
Fair
Traveller
,
at
the
Officer's
House
,
and
began
to
Treat
her
very
Nobly
,
an
Humour
the
more
remarkable
in
him
,
who
,
for
sordid
Niggardliness
might
be
compared
to
the
Covetous
Mercator
;
but
Love
,
though
but
a
small
Deity
,
yet
many
times
does
very
great
Miracles
,
turning
Avarice
into
Prodigality
,
and
Cowardice
into
Courage
.
Corrina
kept
her
Bed
fifteen
days
,
during
which
time
,
she
was
constantly
visited
by
Signior
Nicola
(
so
was
called
the
Amorous
Florentine
)
and
after
the
Visit
,
came
in
a
Servant
with
a
Treat
of
Sweet-Meats
,
and
Wild-Fowl
,
which
the
Officer
and
his
Wife
were
glad
to
see
,
for
the
best
share
fell
to
them
.
At
last
,
the
Lady
,
with
her
Health
,
recover'd
also
her
good
Complexion
,
and
her
Beauty
,
and
the
Florentine
continuing
his
Civilities
,
proffer'd
her
a
House
with
a
Fair
Garden
,
which
he
had
on
the
side
of
a
pleasant
River
.
Vasquez
,
whom
she
call'd
her
Uncle
,
advis'd
her
not
to
refuse
that
proffer
,
for
he
had
discover'd
the
Man
to
be
extreamly
in
Love
with
her
,
that
he
was
very
rich
,
and
that
they
might
get
as
much
out
of
the
Florentine
,
as
they
had
out
of
the
Covetous
Mercator
.
Corrina
accepted
the
proffer
,
and
set
things
in
order
to
go
to
the
Florentine's
,
and
to
continue
there
till
she
had
recover'd
her self
so
well
,
as
that
she
might
prosecute
her
Journey
.
The
Florentine
would
not
have
it
known
at
Corduba
,
that
he
had
brought
her
to
his
Country-House
,
to
prevent
Peoples
Talk
,
and
other
Inconveniences
that
might
have
ensu'd
.
So
that
,
with
the
Consent
of
Corrina
,
he
gave
out
,
that
she
had
left
the
City
in
order
to
the
Prosecution
of
her
Journey
.
Accordingly
there
were
two
Mules
brought
for
her
,
and
Vasquez
,
and
two
others
to
carry
their
Luggage
,
and
having
left
Corduba
,
towards
the
Evening
,
to
blind
the
Eyes
of
the
Inquisitive
,
they
kept
on
their
way
towards
Madrid
:
But
having
rid
about
half
a
League
,
they
turn'd
back
again
,
and
took
up
their
Quarters
at
Signior
Nicola's
,
which
was
not
above
two
slight
Shots
from
the
City
.
There
he
expected
her
,
with
a
Magnificent
Supper
,
which
he
had
provided
.
Here
the
Florentine
discover'd
his
Love
to
her
more
freely
than
he
had
done
before
.
As
to
his
Person
,
his
Age
was
about
Forty
and
of
a
good
manly
Countenance
,
having
Buried
his
Wife
some
two
years
before
,
by
whom
he
had
no
Children
;
he
was
a
whole-sale
Merchant
,
and
traded
in
all
sorts
of
Commodities
,
insomuch
that
all
the
other
Merchants
,
not
only
of
the
City
,
but
also
of
other
places
there
abouts
came
to
him
,
for
he
held
Correspondences
in
all
parts
;
he
was
a
very
thrif●…y
Person
,
nay
,
to
give
him
his
due
Character
,
I
should
use
other
expressions
:
He
had
some
yearly
revenue
,
besides
twenty
thousand
Crowns
in
ready
Money
,
and
sixty
thousand
in
Credit
,
and
his
own
Trading
,
which
was
very
great
;
he
was
a
great
Student
,
and
had
Studied
at
Pavia
and
Bologna
,
before
he
became
Heir
to
his
Brother
,
who
dy'd
a
very
Rich
Man
in
Spain
,
and
that
Inheritance
it
was
,
that
occasion'd
his
Marriage
at
Corduba
;
he
had
so
passionate
an
Affection
for
Corrina
,
that
he
used
all
the
ways
he
could
imagine
to
insinuate
himself
into
her
Favor
.
Upon
that
account
it
was
that
he
proffer'd
her
the
use
of
his
Country-House
,
to
take
the
Air
,
and
recover
her
indisposition
;
conceiving
,
that
,
being
at
his
own
House
,
it
would
be
the
more
easie
for
him
to
compass
his
desires
.
She
had
been
told
by
Vasquez
,
that
this
Merchant
was
a
well
Feather'd
Fowl
,
and
might
be
easily
pluck'd
,
and
since
this
good
luck
had
fallen
to
them
by
Chance
,
they
should
make
the
best
advantage
they
could
of
it
.
That
night
they
only
Supp'd
,
and
every
one
went
to
his
rest
,
for
it
was
very
late
;
the
Florentine
made
as
if
he
would
have
return'd
to
the
City
,
and
lye
there
;
but
his
Servants
,
whom
he
had
before
instructed
,
perswaded
him
not
to
go
abroad
at
that
unseasonable
time
of
the
Night
,
for
fear
of
meeting
with
any
Thieves
;
besides
,
there
being
a
Press
in
the
City
,
where
many
young
men
presum'd
to
do
mischief
in
the
Night
,
and
Robbed
all
they
met
:
At
last
,
being
perswaded
not
to
stir
out
,
he
was
glad
to
pass
away
some
part
of
the
Night
in
discoursing
with
Corrina
,
and
being
got
to
Bed
,
his
business
was
to
consider
,
by
what
means
,
and
with
least
charge
,
he
might
obtain
his
desires
of
her
.
Several
things
came
into
his
mind
,
but
the
easiest
he
could
find
,
suitably
to
his
Humor
,
was
to
forget
her
,
and
never
think
of
her
any
more
;
for
he
knew
the
Age
we
live
in
to
be
such
,
that
it
is
a
Miracle
to
get
any
kindness
in
Love
,
without
Liberality
.
The
next
Morning
he
command'd
somewhat
should
be
made
ready
for
her
Break-fast
,
not
Imagining
she
was
up
:
but
when
word
was
brought
him
that
she
was
out
of
Bed
,
the
Florentine
would
needs
go
into
her
Chamber
,
to
chide
her
for
rising
so
soon
,
and
by
that
means
to
see
whether
Corrina's
Beauty
were
any
way
oblig'd
to
Artifice
;
he
found
her
a
Combing
her
Head
,
and
so
he
had
a
full
sight
of
her
Hair
,
which
was
of
a
great
length
,
and
of
a
Chest-nut
Colour
;
the
Florentine
gave
Heaven
thanks
,
who
,
with
so
many
other
perfections
,
had
bestow'd
on
her
such
an
excellent
Head
of
Hair
:
but
he
was
much
more
astonish'd
,
when
,
upon
her
dividing
it
into
two
parts
,
to
make
him
an
answer
,
he
saw
her
Face
,
as
Beautiful
as
it
had
appear'd
to
him
when
she
went
to
Bed
;
a
thing
able
to
enflame
a
Person
less
inclin'd
to
Love
and
more
to
avarice
then
he
was
,
inasmuch
as
there
is
not
a
greater
Charm
,
to
secure
a
Lovers
Heart
,
that
to
see
than
the
Beauty
of
his
Mistress
is
Natural
,
and
scorns
to
borrow
any
thing
of
Art.
Corrina
indeed
was
not
much
troubled
to
look
after
Waters
,
Paints
,
Pomatums
,
Unguents
,
and
such
things
,
wherewith
such
Women
,
who
stand
in
need
of
them
,
hasten
on
their
Age
with
their
wrinkles
,
and
lose
their
Youth
ere
they
are
aware
;
she
only
washed
her self
in
fair
Water
,
and
needed
no
other
Vermillion
to
heighten
the
Beauty
of
her
Face
,
than
that
of
her
own
lively
Complexion
;
the
Merchant
asked
whether
she
would
be
pleased
to
see
the
Garden
?
She
made
answer
,
that
she
was
extremely
oblig'd
to
him
for
the
trouble
he
gave
himself
to
divert
her
;
and
to
satisfie
him
how
kindly
she
took
that
Favor
at
his
Hands
;
she
went
along
with
him
just
as
she
was
,
without
putting
up
her
Hair
,
which
hanging
down
over
her
Shoulders
,
added
much
to
her
Beauty
,
and
it
is
not
much
to
be
doubted
,
but
she
had
a
design
in
it
.
She
went
down
with
this
new
Gallant
of
hers
,
who
thought
it
an
extraordinary
pleasure
to
have
her
by
the
Hand
;
and
in
that
posture
she
saw
the
whole
Garden
,
seeming
to
be
much
taken
with
the
delightfulness
of
it
.
Having
recreated
her self
with
him
,
till
the
Sun
began
to
be
somewhat
hot
,
she
return'd
into
the
House
,
and
broke
her
Fast
,
after
which
,
having
discoursed
of
several
things
,
she
desir'd
to
see
the
whole
House
.
The
Amorous
Florentine
desiring
nothing
so
much
as
that
she
might
see
his
Wealth
,
shews
her
a
great
number
of
excellent
Pictures
,
done
by
the
best
Painters
in
Europe
,
some
very
rich
pieces
of
Tapestry
,
Cabinets
of
Ebony
,
of
several
Fashions
,
Embroider'd
Beds
,
and
all
Sorts
of
Houshold-stuff
of
great
Value
,
in
a
word
,
there
wanted
not
any
of
those
things
requisite
for
the
furnishing
of
a
House
fit
for
a
Noble-man
.
Having
seen
all
the
Rooms
,
he
open'd
a
curious
Closet
,
near
which
there
was
a
little
Oratory
,
and
in
that
Closet
there
were
a
great
many
Pieces
of
Painting
,
done
at
Rome
,
of
extraordinary
Value
,
Agnus
Dei's
of
Gold
and
Silver
Gilt
,
and
Flowers
done
as
near
the
Life
as
could
be
imagin'd
.
The
Closet
was
full
of
Books
,
very
richly
Bound
,
and
neatly
disposed
into
Gilt
Drawers
.
Vasquez
who
was
a
curious
Person
,
and
had
read
much
,
was
looking
very
earnestly
on
the
Titles
of
the
Books
,
which
were
in
one
Drawer
,
and
having
put
that
into
its
place
,
he
took
out
another
,
wherein
there
were
others
very
curiously
Bound
,
but
had
no
Titles
on
the
Backs
.
Vasquez
opens
one
of
them
,
and
finds
the
Author
of
it
to
be
Arnaldus
de
villa
Nova
,
and
near
that
were
the
Works
of
Rosino
,
Alquindus
,
Raymond
Lullius
,
Cornelius
Agrippa
,
and
Doctor
Dee's
Actions
with
Spirits
.
The
Merchant
perceiving
him
so
taken
up
with
the
Perusal
of
those
Books
,
ask'd
him
what
he
look'd
on
so
attentively
.
I
find
here
,
Sir
,
(
replies
Vasquez
,
)
a
great
many
Books
of
Chymistry
,
and
,
from
the
curiosity
I
observe
in
your
Collection
of
Treatises
of
that
kind
,
I
infer
,
that
you
have
Studied
that
Science
:
'T
is
true
,
(
says
the
Florentine
,
)
I
have
spent
some
time
in
the
Perusal
of
those
Authors
;
but
how
far
,
I
pray
,
are
you
acquainted
with
them
?
Only
so
far
,
(
replies
the
other
)
that
I
have
spent
the
best
part
of
my
Life
in
that
Study
.
Nay
then
,
(
says
the
Florentine
)
you
must
needs
be
a
very
great
Chymist
.
I
am
not
to
acknowledge
what
I
am
,
(
replies
Vasquez
,
)
we
will
discourse
another
time
of
these
things
more
at
large
;
for
the
present
,
I
shall
only
tell
you
,
that
,
besides
these
Authors
,
I
have
read
all
I
could
ever
meet
with
that
treated
of
this
Science
;
I
have
turned
over
the
Works
of
Avicenna
,
Albertus
Magnus
,
Terno
,
Pythagorus
;
the
Secrets
of
Callidus
,
the
Book
of
the
Allegory
of
Morillus
,
that
of
the
Secret
Stone
,
and
that
Entituled
,
de
Tribus
Verbis
;
besides
many
Manuscripts
,
which
I
never
shew'd
any
man
;
the
Florentine
was
almost
out
of
himself
for
joy
to
hear
these
things
;
I
am
extremely
glad
,
(
said
he
to
him
)
that
this
Science
pleases
you
,
for
I
have
a
particular
inclination
for
it
.
I
know
it
very
well
(
replies
Vasquez
,
)
(
which
he
said
,
having
already
resolv'd
how
to
put
a
slur
upon
him
,
)
but
in
regard
I
place
a
great
confidence
in
you
,
I
will
tell
you
a
thing
in
your
ear
,
which
you
will
be
much
astonished
at
;
it
is
this
(
whispering
him
in
the
Ear
)
that
my
Neece
knows
,
without
any
Study
,
in
a
manner
as
much
as
I
do
of
this
Art
,
and
is
very
Fortunate
in
the
Practick
part
of
it
,
as
you
shall
see
by
experience
;
but
I
entreat
you
not
to
speak
to
her
of
it
at
this
time
,
for
she
would
not
have
it
known
to
any
,
nay
would
not
take
it
well
.
Vasquez
could
not
have
pitch'd
upon
a
more
likely
way
to
bring
the
Florentine
into
the
Gin
;
for
his
avarice
was
such
,
that
he
would
,
have
parted
with
his
Soul
to
find
out
the
Philosophers
Stone
,
hoping
,
if
he
once
got
that
Secret
,
ever
afterwards
to
swim
in
Gold
.
Corrina
busied
her self
at
the
other
end
of
the
Closet
,
while
Vasquez
made
this
Discourse
to
the
Florentine
,
and
was
looking
upon
some
other
Curious
and
Pleasant
Books
,
for
there
were
of
all
sorts
;
yet
was
she
not
so
attentive
,
but
she
heard
somewhat
of
Vasquez's
Discourse
concerning
Chymistry
,
and
perceiv'd
the
Merchant
was
much
taken
with
it
;
the
Truth
is
Vasquez
had
some
knowledge
in
that
Science
,
and
had
spent
a
considerable
Sum
of
Money
,
to
find
out
the
Philosopher's
Stone
,
which
though
many
had
sought
,
yet
could
not
any
affirm
they
had
met
with
it
;
the
success
he
had
had
in
that
business
only
satisfied
him
of
their
folly
,
who
spent
their
time
and
Estates
in
so
ridiculous
a
disquisition
,
and
he
was
glad
to
meet
with
so
good
an
opportunity
,
to
recover
some
part
of
the
Money
he
had
squander'd
away
in
the
search
after
it
:
for
the
Florentine
,
crediting
what
was
told
him
by
Vasquez
,
imagin'd
himself
somewhat
above
a
Prince
;
he
told
him
,
that
,
in
that
very
House
,
he
had
all
things
requisite
to
make
the
experiment
;
and
thereupon
brought
him
into
a
Room
full
of
Furnaces
,
Alembicks
,
Glasses
,
and
Crucibles
,
with
all
the
Instruments
us'd
by
the
Chymists
,
and
good
store
of
Char-coal
.
Vasquez
seeing
that
,
concluded
the
Merchant
would
be
easily
taken
,
and
what
made
him
the
more
confident
was
,
that
he
imagin'd
he
understood
all
those
Books
,
whereas
Vasquez
was
satisfi'd
he
knew
only
so
much
of
them
,
as
would
serve
to
bring
him
into
the
Noose
:
In
fine
,
they
gave
over
talking
of
it
any
further
at
that
time
,
though
the
Florentine
was
unwilling
to
quit
the
discourse
;
they
went
down
thence
into
a
Ground-Room
,
the
Windows
whereof
looked
into
the
Fairest
part
of
the
Garden
,
where
Dinner
expected
them
.
After
Dinner
,
Vasquez
pretending
it
was
his
Custom
to
take
a
Nap
,
left
the
Merchant
alone
with
Corrina
,
to
whom
he
took
occasion
to
make
a
full
discovery
of
his
Love
,
assuring
her
,
that
all
he
had
was
at
her
Service
,
and
desiring
her
to
dispose
of
it
as
she
pleased
.
She
seem'd
to
entertain
the
proffers
of
his
affection
with
much
kindness
,
yet
at
that
time
she
only
raised
him
into
a
slight
hope
,
shewing
her self
very
pleasant
to
him
.
Having
seen
a
Lute
,
in
one
of
the
Rooms
above
Stairs
,
she
desir'd
it
might
be
brought
down
for
her
Musick
,
at
which
she
was
excellent
,
and
contributed
much
to
bringing
about
of
her
designs
;
the
Merchant
,
who
had
a
little
skill
at
that
Instrument
himself
,
was
very
glad
to
hear
that
she
us'd
it
,
and
caus'd
it
to
be
immediately
fetch'd
,
saying
that
his
Deceas'd
Wife
plaid
excellently
well
upon
it
,
and
that
about
a
Seven-night
before
,
having
entertain'd
some
of
his
Friends
with
a
Collation
,
they
had
set
it
in
Tune
.
The
Lute
being
come
,
Corrina
began
to
play
,
and
made
it
appear
,
that
there
were
very
few
that
could
excel
her
at
that
Instrument
:
the
Florentine
was
astonish'd
at
her
dexterity
,
and
to
bring
him
absolutely
to
her
lure
,
she
Sung
an
Air
to
it
,
but
with
such
a
grace
,
that
he
was
at
a
loss
,
whether
he
should
more
admire
her
Hand
,
or
her
Voice
;
the
truth
is
,
she
had
a
particular
excellency
in
both
,
so
that
his
excessive
Commendations
of
them
;
were
not
so
full
of
flattery
as
might
be
expected
from
a
person
passionately
in
Love
;
with
a
modest
blush
,
which
spread
it self
gently
over
her
face
(
a
thing
she
could
command
,
tho'
never
acquainted
with
shame
)
she
seem'd
to
express
a
certain
bashfulness
,
and
ere
it
was
quite
dispell'd
,
Signior
Nicola
,
(
said
she
to
him
)
What
I
have
done
was
only
for
your
diversion
,
be
pleas'd
to
receive
it
with
some
regard
to
the
desire
I
had
to
endeavour
your
satisfaction
;
which
yet
I
have
not
done
without
much
temerity
,
before
a
Person
of
so
delicate
an
Ear
as
you
are
Master
of
,
and
one
,
no
doubt
,
wont
to
hear
the
best
Voices
in
the
World
.
I
never
heard
any
,
(
replies
Nicola
)
that
came
near
yours
,
and
therefore
I
beseech
you
,
let
not
your
Modesty
occasion
you
any
prejudice
;
nay
rather
be
proud
,
Madam
,
of
the
excellent
endowments
you
have
so
liberally
receiv'd
from
Heaven
,
and
acknowledge
the
Favours
it
hath
done
you
;
be
more
sensible
of
your
own
worth
,
and
think
my
approbation
below
it
;
and
yet
when
I
was
a
young
Man
,
I
was
much
addicted
to
Musick
,
and
some
would
needs
perswade
me
that
my
time
was
well
bestowed
in
it
.
I
must
confess
the
Spanish
Tongue
comes
not
so
natural
to
me
as
the
Italian
,
the
Graces
and
Beauties
whereof
,
I
have
better
Studied
upon
the
Theorbo
,
which
I
am
so
far
Master
of
,
as
in
some
Measure
I
may
satisfie
the
Hearer
.
Whereupon
perceiving
that
Corrina
would
have
laid
by
the
Lute
,
he
desir'd
her
to
make
use
of
it
a
little
longer
,
and
to
Sing
one
Air
more
,
which
she
,
to
Honour
him
,
did
.
Nicola
took
occasion
to
give
his
dear
Corrina
greater
Commendations
for
the
excellency
of
her
Voice
than
he
had
done
before
,
and
she
,
to
renew
her
thanks
to
him
,
for
the
Favour
he
did
her
;
he
thought
it
time
to
give
her
leave
to
take
a
little
rest
,
and
he
went
himself
into
another
Room
to
do
the
like
.
Vasquez
on
the
other
side
,
instead
o●…
Sleeping
,
was
contriving
how
to
get
the
Philosopher's
Stone
,
not
for
the
Credulous
Florentine
,
but
out
of
him
;
he
had
so
perswaded
him
of
his
abilities
,
in
that
Science
,
that
he
desired
nothing
so
much
as
to
be
as
knowing
in
it
as
he
was
,
but
all
out
of
no
other
design
than
to
satisfie
his
own
insatiable
avarice
;
he
imagin'd
that
if
he
could
find
the
Philosopher's
Stone
(
a
Rock
rather
,
against
which
so
many
have
wrack'd
themselves
)
all
his
Houshold-stuff
should
be
of
Gold
,
that
he
should
be
as
Rich
as
Croesus
,
and
that
the
Wealthiest
about
the
City
,
compar'd
to
him
,
would
be
little
better
than
Beggars
.
Vasquez
had
also
along
discourse
with
Corrina
,
about
the
means
how
they
should
get
the
Gudgeon
into
the
Net
;
he
gave
her
some
instructions
in
Writing
,
that
the
Florentine
might
find
she
knew
something
of
the
Science
,
at
least
the
Terms
of
it
:
Corrina
got
them
by
Heart
,
and
,
to
begin
the
Cheat
,
Vasquez
ask'd
for
some
Links
of
a
Gold
Chain
,
she
had
brought
from
Sevil
;
it
was
a
large
one
,
and
if
there
were
a
Dozen
Links
taken
from
it
,
they
would
not
have
been
miss'd
;
being
come
into
the
City
,
he
goes
into
a
Gold-Smith's
Shop
to
melt
down
those
Links
into
an
Ingot
,
which
he
brought
back
to
the
House
,
and
communicated
his
Design
to
Corrina
.
Nicola
,
who
had
slept
all
this
while
as
soundly
as
if
he
had
not
been
in
Love
,
comes
in
to
them
,
and
they
began
to
talk
of
several
things
,
far
from
having
any
Relation
to
the
Business
he
had
been
about
,
which
Vasquez
did
purposely
to
engage
the
other
to
fall
first
into
that
Discourse
,
and
indeed
within
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
he
was
gotten
into
the
Subject
of
Chymistry
.
Vasquez
discoursed
of
it
after
the
rate
of
a
Man
that
had
spent
his
whole
Estate
in
the
Work
;
insomuch
that
Nicola
was
astonished
thereat
,
for
though
he
pretended
much
skill
in
the
Science
,
yet
could
he
not
but
acknowledge
himself
much
inferiour
to
the
other
.
Vasquez
Desirous
to
give
the
Merchant
all
the
Satisfaction
he
could
Desire
,
told
him
,
that
he
could
turn
what
Metal
he
pleased
into
Gold
.
The
Florentine
was
ravish'd
at
the
proposal
,
and
earnestly
entreated
him
that
he
might
see
it
done
.
Vasquez
ask'd
him
whether
there
were
any
Char-Coal
in
the
House
;
the
Florentine
told
him
there
was
good
store
,
for
he
had
had
the
Curiosity
to
make
some
trials
thereof
himself
.
They
went
up
both
into
the
Room
where
they
had
been
before
,
and
finding
it
full
of
Furnaces
,
Creusets
,
Alembicks
,
and
other
Chymical
Instruments
,
Vasquez
said
to
him
,
Here
we
have
all
things
requisite
for
the
present
.
He
caused
some
Fire
to
be
brought
,
and
having
put
a
little
Copper
into
a
Creuset
to
melt
,
the
Florentine
saw
it
melting
:
Vasquez
took
a
Box
out
of
his
Pocket
,
wherein
there
was
a
Paper
full
of
Powder
,
which
he
said
was
the
most
Principal
Ingredient
in
the
whole
Work
.
He
put
it
into
the
Creuset
,
which
having
brought
as
cleverly
as
he
could
to
the
Window
,
he
poured
out
the
melted
Copper
,
and
put
in
the
Ingot
of
Gold
into
its
place
,
and
when
he
had
covered
it
,
he
told
the
Florentine
,
that
it
should
not
be
stirred
thence
for
half
an
hour
.
That
time
they
spent
in
Discoursing
of
several
things
in
Chymistry
,
wherein
Nicola
desired
to
make
some
further
Progress
.
At
last
,
Vasquez
thought
it
time
to
shew
him
what
he
had
done
,
and
so
opening
the
Creuset
,
he
took
out
the
Ingot
and
shewed
it
him
.
The
Covetous
Miser
was
transported
with
Joy
to
see
it
,
though
he
were
not
fully
satisfied
of
its
being
perfect
Gold
.
Vasquez
wished
him
to
have
it
tryed
by
a
Gold-Smith
;
which
trouble
he
would
needs
take
upon
himself
,
and
having
found
that
it
was
very
fine
Gold
,
of
twenty
two
Carats
,
he
returns
extraordinarily
well
satisfied
.
While
he
was
gone
out
,
Vasquez
instructed
Corrina
,
how
to
effect
their
Design
upon
Nicola
,
who
being
more
Covetous
than
Amorous
,
would
have
them
immediately
to
begin
the
great
Work
of
finding
the
Philosopher's
Stone
.
He
promised
Vasquez
extraordinary
Recompences
,
and
told
him
,
that
he
would
be
at
the
whole
Charge
,
though
it
should
amount
to
twenty
thousand
Crowns
.
Vasquez
,
who
had
contrived
how
he
intended
to
gull
the
Merchant
,
returned
this
answer
to
the
great
proffers
he
had
made
him
.
Signior
Nicola
(
said
he
,
)
I
am
now
gone
almost
seven
years
beyond
the
grand
Climacterical
Year
of
my
Life
,
which
is
as
much
as
to
tell
you
,
that
I
have
passed
the
greatest
and
best
part
of
it
.
It
were
no
hard
matter
for
me
,
with
the
help
of
the
Science
I
am
now
Master
of
,
to
spend
the
little
which
is
yet
to
come
,
at
my
ease
,
and
it
may
be
more
plentifully
,
than
some
of
the
Wealthiest
Grandees
of
Spain
;
and
that
I
can
be
without
any
Man's
Favour
or
Assistance
,
I
think
you
may
have
observed
yourself
.
And
in
regard
I
have
no
Children
,
to
inherit
my
Estate
,
which
,
I
thank
Heaven
,
is
somewhat
considerable
also
in
Lands
,
the
main
concernment
I
have
in
this
World
,
is
to
look
after
this
young
Woman
,
my
Neece
.
She
is
already
but
too
Rich
,
in
that
she
hath
all
I
have
,
though
her
Father
,
who
was
my
Elder
Brother
,
left
her
no
mean
Fortune
.
She
might
,
had
she
a
mind
to
it
,
be
as
Nobly
Married
as
she
was
before
,
for
her
late
Husband
was
descended
from
the
Noblest
Houses
in
Andaluzia
.
Nor
were
it
hard
for
me
to
add
to
her
Wealth
,
you
know
it
;
but
such
is
my
Confidence
in
you
,
that
I
will
tell
you
the
Reason
why
I
do
not
.
That
I
am
the
Ablest
Alchymist
in
all
Spain
,
is
known
to
many
,
which
being
also
come
to
the
Ears
of
his
Majesty
,
I
am
sought
after
every
where
;
but
I
have
hitherto
had
the
Happiness
to
keep
out
of
their
Clutches
who
are
perpetually
employed
to
find
me
out
,
having
spread
a
report
,
that
I
was
gone
for
England
.
It
is
not
out
of
any
contempt
of
the
Honours
and
Wealth
of
this
World
,
that
I
avoid
the
searches
of
those
,
whom
his
Majesty
hath
enjoined
to
bring
me
to
him
,
but
out
of
this
Consideration
,
that
I
would
not
purchase
any
favour
with
the
loss
of
my
Liberty
,
for
I
must
expect
no
less
,
than
to
spend
the
rest
of
my
days
in
a
Noble
kind
of
Captivity
.
I
will
express
my self
more
clearly
to
you
.
His
Majesty
hath
at
the
present
very
great
Armies
on
Foot
in
several
parts
,
which
put
him
to
a
vast
Expence
,
such
as
his
own
Revenue
,
and
what
comes
from
the
Indies
are
not
able
to
defray
:
So
that
,
to
satisfie
his
Ambition
,
he
is
forc'd
to
make
use
of
the
Industry
of
his
Subjects
.
Now
were
it
my
hard
Fortune
,
to
be
found
by
those
who
so
narrowly
search
after
me
,
the
King
,
knowing
that
,
with
the
Assistance
of
my
Art
,
he
might
easily
recruit
the
Charge
he
is
at
,
and
would
immediately
dispose
of
me
into
some
Fortress
,
where
being
confin'd
for
the
rest
of
my
days
,
I
should
be
perpetually
kept
at
Work
,
to
augment
his
Treasures
,
and
supply
his
pressing
Exigencies
.
I
should
not
think
it
much
to
do
it
once
or
twice
,
but
the
Avarice
of
Men
is
grown
to
that
height
,
that
they
are
not
satisfied
with
abundance
,
if
they
have
the
least
Apprehension
,
that
the
source
of
it
may
ever
be
dried
up
.
This
is
the
true
Reason
,
Signior
Nicola
,
which
obliges
me
to
keep
out
of
my
own
Country
,
and
to
play
least
in
sight
;
and
therefore
receive
what
I
have
told
you
as
a
great
Secret
,
such
as
I
should
not
have
communicated
to
my
own
Brother
,
had
he
been
in
the
World
:
But
I
have
that
Confidence
of
you
,
that
you
will
never
reveal
it
.
Nicola
return'd
Vasquez
his
most
affectionate
thanks
for
the
great
Trust
he
reposed
in
him
,
and
thought
himself
so
happy
in
the
discovery
he
had
made
to
him
,
that
he
conceived
the
greatest
Nobles
might
justly
envy
him
.
His
answer
to
him
,
was
,
That
the
Grounds
and
Motives
,
on
which
he
conceal'd
the
excellent
knowledge
he
had
acquir'd
,
were
just
and
rational
,
since
that
no
doubt
but
he
would
be
confin'd
,
though
for
no
other
reason
than
this
,
to
prevent
his
carrying
over
such
a
secret
into
another
Country
,
to
serve
a
King
that
were
an
Enemy
to
his
Catholick
Majesty
.
He
acknowledg'd
himself
infinitely
obliged
to
him
,
and
wish'd
it
were
in
his
power
to
serve
him
;
but
having
only
the
Wealth
he
was
possessed
of
to
proffer
him
,
he
entreated
him
to
dispose
of
it
as
freely
as
if
it
were
his
own
,
and
since
he
had
shewn
him
a
trial
of
his
Abilities
,
that
he
would
not
think
that
enough
,
but
ere
he
left
Corduba
,
would
give
him
such
further
Instructions
,
as
,
being
observ'd
,
he
should
not
miscarry
in
the
great
Work
.
Vasquez
promised
to
satisfie
his
Desires
,
telling
him
withal
,
that
so
precious
a
thing
as
Gold
could
not
be
gotten
but
with
Gold
,
and
that
the
Foundations
of
all
Designs
require
Charge
;
that
the
Philosopher's
Stone
could
not
be
found
without
cost
and
much
pains
;
that
if
he
weer
resolv'd
,
he
should
attempt
the
doing
of
it
,
he
must
be
at
the
whole
Charge
,
and
that
afterwards
the
profit
should
be
equally
divided
,
and
that
in
a
short
time
he
would
be
glutted
with
Wealth
.
The
Florentine
,
ravished
at
that
Proposal
,
proffer'd
to
spend
all
he
was
worth
upon
that
Account
.
Corrina
promised
to
assist
them
.
Nay
,
(
says
Vasquez
to
her
,
)
there
is
such
a
Necessity
of
your
Assistance
;
that
we
shall
not
be
able
to
do
so
well
without
it
.
They
thereupon
resolved
,
that
within
two
days
they
should
begin
the
great
Work
.
Vasquez
told
him
,
that
the
Principal
of
the
Divine
Elixir
,
(
so
the
Chymists
call
the
Perfection
of
their
Work
)
was
formed
out
of
the
solidity
of
Mercury
,
and
other
things
which
he
nam'd
to
him
,
together
with
the
Urine
and
Excrement
of
a
Red-Hair'd
Child
;
that
all
was
to
be
put
into
an
Alembick
,
with
Powder
of
Aloes
,
the
Infusion
of
Opium
,
Toads-Grease
,
Arsenick
,
and
Salt-Peter
:
But
he
hoped
to
do
it
chiefly
with
the
Urine
,
and
Excrements
aforesaid
,
which
he
ordered
Nicola
by
all
means
to
procure
,
as
being
the
most
necessary
ingredient
of
all
.
He
promised
to
find
it
;
and
,
to
begin
the
Work
,
the
Merchant
delivered
him
five
hundred
Crowns
in
Gold
,
to
buy
certain
precious
Drugs
,
which
he
said
were
necessary
;
and
this
the
Florentine
did
the
more
willingly
,
as
well
out
of
the
Confidence
he
had
to
receive
them
multiplied
into
so
many
thousands
,
as
o●…t
of
a
Design
he
had
thought
on
the
Night
before
,
of
making
Corrina
his
Wife
,
and
by
that
means
assuring
himself
of
Vasquez
.
Whereupon
that
very
Evening
after
Supper
,
he
took
Occasion
to
carry
Vasquez
along
with
him
into
the
Garden
,
and
acquainted
him
with
his
Resolution
.
The
Alchymist
thought
it
a
good
way
to
further
his
Work
,
and
accordingly
he
approved
of
his
Intention
,
and
acknowledged
it
would
be
a
great
Honour
to
his
Neece
to
meet
with
so
worthy
a
Person
;
but
that
there
was
one
Obstacle
to
be
first
removed
.
What
may
that
be
(
says
the
other
?
)
Vasquez
told
him
,
that
his
Neece
could
not
be
Married
,
till
a
Dispensation
were
first
obtained
from
Rome
,
in
regard
,
that
out
of
the
extraordinary
regret
she
conceived
at
the
loss
of
her
late
Husband
,
she
made
a
vow
to
enter
into
a
Religious
Life
;
that
the
Occasion
of
their
going
to
Madrid
,
was
to
receive
six
years
Arrearages
of
a
Rent
due
to
them
from
a
Person
of
Quality
,
who
was
very
backward
in
paying
,
in
Order
to
her
Reception
into
a
Nunnery
;
but
that
as
soon
as
the
Dispensation
were
come
from
Room
,
they
would
conclude
the
Marriage
,
which
he
doubted
not
but
she
would
accept
,
not
only
out
of
the
Compliance
she
had
ever
express'd
towards
him
,
but
also
out
of
this
Confideration
,
that
she
was
to
match
her self
with
a
Person
inclin'd
to
the
study
of
a
Science
,
wherein
she
had
naturally
attain'd
so
great
Perfection
.
Nicola
was
the
most
satisfied
Man
in
the
World
to
have
such
a
parcel
of
good
Words
given
him
,
insomuch
that
from
that
very
hour
,
Vasquez
became
absolute
Master
of
all
he
was
possess'd
of
,
Vasquez
and
Corrina
having
conferred
Notes
upon
this
new
overture
,
were
more
Confident
then
ever
to
Compass
their
Design
.
He
freely
laid
out
the
Money
received
of
Nicola
,
in
Druggs
,
perswading
him
they
were
not
to
be
had
under
such
and
such
Rates
.
He
also
furnished
himself
with
new
Furnaces
,
Creusets
and
Alembicks
,
pretending
that
those
in
the
House
before
,
were
not
for
his
Purpose
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
silly
Merchant
was
enquiring
up
and
down
where
he
might
have
the
Urine
of
a
Red-Headed
Child
,
Which
he
had
much
ado
to
get
;
for
the
Mother's
fearing
it
was
to
be
used
in
some
Operation
of
Witch-craft
,
would
not
easily
let
him
have
it
;
but
Money
is
Omnipotent
,
and
can
do
any
thing
.
Vasquez
could
have
done
as
much
in
one
day
as
in
a
hundred
,
as
to
the
performance
of
what
he
had
promised
,
but
the
poor
Merchant
must
be
fool'd
some
way
or
an
other
,
till
he
met
with
an
opportunity
to
smite
him
,
and
take
a
Dogg's
leave
of
Corduba
,
with
as
much
as
he
could
shift
away
on
two
good
Horses
,
which
lay
leager
in
a
secret
place
for
that
Purpose
.
He
disposed
all
the
Destillations
into
the
Furnaces
,
in
the
presence
of
Nicola
;
he
bought
some
Metals
,
as
Brass
,
Copper
,
and
Tin
,
several
sorts
of
.
Salts
,
and
other
things
commonly
used
by
Chymists
;
and
setting
Fire
to
the
Furnaces
,
they
destilled
what
had
been
put
into
them
,
but
contributing
nothing
to
the
Business
,
and
only
to
abuse
him
,
who
was
the
Charge
of
all
the
Foolery
.
As
to
Nicola's
Love
,
he
was
much
better
treated
than
he
was
before
;
inasmuch
as
since
the
Proposal
of
Marriage
,
Corrina
,
the
better
to
carry
on
the
main
Design
,
grew
more
kind
to
him
,
especially
in
Vasquez's
Absence
,
which
the
besotted
Coxcomb
was
so
transported
with
,
that
he
knew
not
whether
his
Head
or
his
Heels
were
on
the
Ground
.
About
this
time
Nicola
receiv'd
a
Bill
of
Exchange
of
a
considerable
Sum
,
to
be
paid
within
twenty
days
after
sight
.
This
,
with
the
breaking
of
some
of
his
Debtors
in
other
Countries
,
put
him
into
some
fear
of
doing
the
like
,
if
his
Attempts
in
Chymistry
prov'd
not
successful
.
But
to
prevent
all
inconveniences
,
he
did
what
most
of
his
Quality
and
Kidney
are
wont
to
do
,
who
being
upon
the
point
of
Breaking
,
secure
what
they
can
of
their
Estates
,
that
they
may
afterwards
the
more
Commodiously
remove
into
some
other
Country
.
So
our
Merchant
,
finding
himself
within
some
distance
of
Breaking
,
provided
for
the
Misfortune
,
in
case
it
should
happen
,
and
so
promoted
the
mischievous
Plot
of
Vasquez
,
and
Corrina
,
whom
he
truly
acquainted
how
Affairs
stood
with
him
,
as
if
they
had
been
his
most
Faithful
Relations
.
Vasquez
had
left
in
the
Custody
of
a
certain
Friend
of
the
Merchant's
,
a
good
Sum
of
Money
,
and
some
Jewels
of
great
Value
,
with
order
they
should
not
be
deliver'd
to
any
,
but
to
one
of
them
two
.
Besides
which
,
he
brought
some
to
his
Country-House
,
and
hid
them
in
a
secret
place
,
in
the
presence
of
Corrina
,
of
whom
he
had
a
Confidence
,
as
if
she
had
really
been
his
Wife
,
Vasquez
,
who
was
still
busie
about
his
Destillations
,
put
him
into
good
hope
,
that
within
twenty
days
he
should
see
the
end
of
the
great
Work
,
and
his
House
full
of
Gold
,
to
recover
the
loss
he
had
receiv'd
by
his
Debtors
.
About
this
time
,
there
happen'd
a
business
which
oblig'd
the
Merchant
to
take
a
Journey
,
to
advise
with
a
Correspondent
of
his
,
how
to
prevent
the
misfortune
he
saw
coming
upon
him
.
Vasquez
,
and
Corrina
being
entrusted
with
the
House
,
thought
it
a
fair
opportunity
to
dislodge
,
and
make
the
best
they
could
of
the
present
Game
.
They
secur'd
all
the
Money
,
and
Jewels
they
could
come
at
,
and
left
the
Plate
and
some
other
things
,
they
could
not
so
conveniently
carry
away
,
behind
them
,
though
with
some
regret
,
thinking
it
more
prudence
to
make
a
safe
retreat
with
what
were
considerable
,
than
to
hazard
all
,
by
grasping
at
too
much
.
Having
therefore
loaden
themselves
with
what
was
most
precious
,
they
left
the
Furnaces
,
and
the
Alembicks
,
which
made
the
Philosopher's
Stone
,
at
the
cost
of
the
absent
Merchant
,
and
took
Horse
while
the
People
of
the
House
were
fast
asleep
.
They
took
their
way
towards
Malaga
,
and
travell'd
all
Night
,
having
about
them
above
six
thousand
Crowns
in
Money
and
Jewels
,
and
left
upon
a
Table
near
the
Furnaces
,
a
Paper
of
Verses
,
to
hasten
the
Credulous
Merchant
to
hang
himself
.
Two
days
after
their
departure
he
returns
home
,
very
ill
satisfied
with
his
Journey
,
in
that
he
had
not
done
any
thing
in
the
business
which
occasion'd
it
.
All
the
hope
he
now
had
,
was
in
his
Uncle
,
Vasquez
,
imagining
,
by
his
means
,
he
should
yet
be
able
to
shew
his
Head
,
and
not
only
keep
up
his
Reputation
,
but
also
be
richer
than
ever
he
had
been
,
such
a
strange
Mist
had
the
Witchcraft
of
Chymistry
cast
before
his
Eyes
.
He
came
not
to
his
Country-House
till
after
Night
,
where
he
found
the
Servant
whom
he
had
left
with
Vasquez
and
Corrina
,
for
the
rest
of
his
People
were
in
the
City
.
The
Servant
receiv'd
him
with
a
sad
Countenance
,
and
being
got
up
Stairs
,
he
ask'd
him
(
fearing
somewhat
were
amiss
)
where
his
Guests
were
,
of
whom
the
Servant
could
give
him
no
account
,
as
having
not
seen
them
when
they
went
out
,
and
could
only
say
,
That
two
Nights
before
,
they
had
Lock'd
him
in
at
two
Room
where
he
lay
,
which
he
had
been
forced
to
break
open
,
because
he
could
no
otherwise
get
out
.
They
search'd
up
and
down
,
and
found
that
the
Chests
had
been
opened
,
and
all
the
Money
Convey'd
away
.
This
was
not
the
worst
the
Merchant
feared
,
but
that
they
had
also
been
with
him
,
in
whose
Custody
he
had
greater
Sums
of
Money
,
and
the
most
precious
of
his
Houshold-stuff
.
It
being
too
late
to
make
any
enquiry
that
Night
,
he
thought
it
his
best
Course
to
go
to
Bed
;
but
desirous
to
visit
the
Furnaces
once
more
,
he
finds
on
the
Table
the
Paper
,
left
there
by
Vasquez
,
which
having
opened
,
he
found
in
it
these
Lines
.
Signior
Nicola
,
IT
is
the
just
Reward
of
those
who
attempt
things
impossible
,
to
be
shamefully
disappointed
.
Many
of
your
Profession
have
been
ruin'd
by
their
Faith
,
in
things
relating
to
their
Trade
;
it
was
therefore
but
fit
you
should
repent
your
Credulity
,
in
a
business
you
understood
not
.
It
was
indeed
impardonable
,
to
expect
to
see
that
done
by
any
Man
,
in
a
few
days
,
which
the
Sun
,
who
hath
a
greater
power
over
the
Metal
you
were
so
Covetous
of
,
cannot
perfect
under
four
or
five
hundred
Years
.
Your
loss
,
I
must
confess
,
is
great
,
but
you
have
this
comfortable
Consideration
,
that
you
may
now
defie
Chymistry
,
and
all
its
Cheating
Professors
,
to
shew
you
such
another
Trick
as
we
have
done
.
But
,
to
avoid
all
future
Temptations
,
take
this
hearty
Advice
from
two
dear
Friends
of
yours
;
put
all
the
fine
Treatises
you
have
of
that
Pernicious
Art
,
into
your
Furnaces
,
and
having
set
fire
to
them
,
and
your
House
together
,
fairly
run
away
by
the
Light
of
it
.
The
poor
Merchant
had
no
sooner
read
them
,
ere
he
was
Convinc'd
,
they
were
his
kind
Guests
who
had
robb'd
him
,
and
Extracted
what
he
had
in
his
Chests
and
Cabinets
,
with
more
ease
than
he
had
infus'd
it
into
them
.
How
he
spent
the
Night
,
is
only
to
be
imagin'd
,
being
just
upon
the
Point
of
breaking
,
and
not
knowing
any
means
to
remedy
it
.
All
the
hope
he
had
,
was
,
that
the
Money
,
and
Jewels
which
he
had
left
in
a
Friend's
Hands
,
were
safe
enough
;
nay
,
he
despair'd
not
to
find
out
those
,
who
had
done
him
the
mischief
.
He
turn'd
himself
from
one
●…ide
to
another
,
not
out
of
any
disturbance
,
occasion'd
by
his
Love
to
the
Crafty
Corrina
,
(
for
that
was
absolutely
lost
with
his
Money
)
but
that
he
had
been
so
basely
trapann'd
by
a
Beggarly
Rascal
.
Then
did
he
begin
to
Curse
Chymistry
,
and
all
the
Authours
that
ever
Writ
of
it
,
whereas
he
should
rather
have
given
Heaven
thanks
,
who
,
by
the
Cheat
which
was
put
upon
him
,
had
prevented
the
Prosecution
of
his
Design
,
which
might
have
absolutely
ruin'd
him
.
As
soon
as
he
perceiv'd
any
appearance
of
day
,
he
got
up
,
and
went
into
the
City
,
to
his
House
,
whom
he
had
entrusted
with
the
keeping
of
his
Money
,
and
other
things
.
He
ask'd
him
whether
Vasquez
had
been
with
him
?
The
other
answer'd
that
he
had
,
and
had
taken
away
whatever
he
had
in
his
Custody
,
and
that
therein
he
had
follow'd
his
own
Orders
.
The
Word
struck
him
almost
dead
;
nay
,
the
Resentments
he
express'd
of
that
loss
were
so
great
,
that
if
the
other
had
not
known
the
cause
of
it
,
he
would
have
thought
him
out
of
his
Wits
.
He
Comforted
him
the
best
he
could
,
and
told
him
,
that
his
only
Course
was
to
make
a
speedy
search
for
the
Robbers
.
He
did
all
he
could
to
that
purpose
,
sending
Officers
,
and
others
several
ways
;
but
that
which
Vasquez
and
Corrina
had
taken
,
was
so
extraordinary
,
that
they
could
never
meet
with
them
.
So
they
return'd
to
Corduba
,
to
be
paid
for
their
fruitless
Pursuit
,
by
him
who
had
sent
them
,
which
,
as
his
Affairs
stood
then
,
added
not
a
little
to
this
Affliction
.
This
Adventure
was
soon
known
all
over
the
City
;
and
the
Florentine
,
not
able
to
except
of
another
Bill
of
Exchange
that
had
been
sent
him
,
was
forc'd
to
absent
himself
,
and
to
return
to
Florence
,
with
what
he
could
make
by
the
Sale
of
his
Goods
.
By
this
means
he
turn'd
Bankrupt
,
and
defy'd
his
Creditours
,
who
could
not
find
any
thing
he
had
left
behind
him
.
The
same
things
happens
many
times
to
those
,
who
,
with
small
Estates
,
engage
themselves
in
too
great
Affairs
,
presuming
upon
this
,
that
if
it
comes
to
the
worst
,
they
can
secure
themselves
by
an
Escape
.
FINIS
.