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arid beholding it as intentively'as if it ad 
been the Original; much troubled, "he" "thus 

. paſſionately" diſcourſed"to it: * 
l Dear, tho' abſent ee 1 is 

long ſince I enjoy 'd thy divine Sight in 

another Condition; but What Aſſurance 

will not Envy and Fottine diffolve;- 
where both conſpire to. proſecute ? When 
J firſt caus'd. 7; ybrandes to draw thy Pic- 

ture in this Tablet, I little thought that 
this unequal Shadow of thy Beauty ſhould 

ever have been my greateſt = | 
Wis would have ſaid when in Allar$a | - 
I maintain'd a Tournay in a Habit which 
thy fair Hands had Embroider'd, that 
I ſhould ever have ſeen my ſelf in an Eftate 
| 0 different, the Inhabitant of a Moun- 
fk bein. my Arms naked, my Feet coverd 
only with the Skin of 4 Bear, à Frunk 
of Tree my Sword, my Lodging a 
5M Cave, and my Companions apairof Lions? 


TO * fn a 


But the Heavens know, that neither to be 
ſo expos d to the Inj jury'of * Weather, that. 


* the Sun takes me for Puly, and che Snow ) 
or January; nor to de. brought ſo low, 


85 that J am 1 red every Day to kill ſome 


wild Beaſt to ſuſtain me; nor to live in 
this diſmal Solitude, Where I converſe on- 
„ 4 With Flowers and Rivers; not yet to 
I conſider the ſmall Hopes I bave of better 
Foran, have Power to make me ur * 
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0 the Pu une * 


Be amongſt the Troubles which an ab- 
ſent Lover ſuffers, none but this is able 
to torment him; It is now twelve Years: 
ſince for thy ſake I firſt deſerted Albania, 
and were my ſelf dilated to an Age, 
ſhould always thus preferve Fhee in _— 
Breaſt z but alas I'fear Thou doſt not re- 
quite me; for Women are ſaid to 


ſee becauſe what is paſt is no 


iev'd for certain? And pe haps 
there are who afftm it. to comply 
thoſe that hate me. 


ble me. I often i that as being 
ſtant,” and tho thy ng might. . 
nue the firſt Year. of my Abſcnce,. y 
ſure the. ſecond thou tool 9 
and the third didſt quite turn me out of 
thy Breaſt. However, this World hath 
had ſome, whoſe Conſtancy had triumph- 
ed over the natural Imbecility of their 
Ser; and thou maß it be one of thoſe. 
Dagger of tia, the Coals of 


that Love is an unapprehenfive of Death. 
Thy _ pact voul ore 


* 


With 
Yet if 1 live in thy ' 
Memory, nothing elſe can affficr or trou- 


but a Woman, thou batt prov'd uncon- 


'Pertis, Ai? the Aſps of Cleopatra, - teſtify, 


che fear that Thou doſtſorget me- 0 


their E 1 and Wills only on what they _.- 


lociges meg Having fo long difap- bs | 5 
eig can 1 douby tny | Death is not be- 


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4 ty Inconvenience 3 8 it would not 
are hazarded thy LifſfOwmme 
ane tender Savage-Lorer weull 1 
proceeded in Diſcourſe to the Picture, had 
8 been inte rrupted by A young Shep- 1 
herdeſs, who paſſing by the Skirts of a 
| Green Mountain, (i en ſhe was heard 
| | el none e Ne n as e e alo 
= 8 3 Brooks bens, 1 
1 «i Wander o th. Earth, and Envy of the Morn 5 5 

* and aſham'd complains of her hard Fate; 5 
| x 2 rave. more fortunate. 8 4- epic] TR BY 
m2 2 Lowe whoſe foft Chains he feeeh. did SE. - 
A 92 % 2 0 at Ra inſrar' her Innocence ” ps þ-- 
nen, # Seugin, aubo man other Thee © e, 


_ Mittratted, was to hers a Sacrifice ; r 
Mr Nights Je his Hum, b He Bo.” - 5 5 
Their Ewoy «who for bin like Paſſions W 
: 4 „ Terela's Love foe tt ows to bim inch d, 3 
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a ber u. . . 

Al that foe fees ber boundleſi Thoughts defre 1 8 - 
r i Fanties greedy Does require 6.” 
Due Menga found her with Anton * 19-7 

1 e, Ae a with, Bit but to rob her Me! Ei 

Ska did Juppreſs her Anger, but ber Tears © | 0 

Dia unreftrain'd betray her jeadus Fears. | EE 
- What Bade FONG 4, dere ' 


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 Recauſe ſtollin Phaſures afe to, — ele 
— Pve ſeen thee Mam love, but OI: 146) bs -. 
Thou deſt hereditary Lightneſs gam. 00 a War : 
Enjoy thine on, nat u Delights remove, er wetter 
: e thy. Beauty ta moleſt ny. Love. mat; 
Thus Menga, (who againf Taka) 3 
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Ge menes (for ſo \ was this Prodigy e oy For or- 
tune nam 'd) was much aſtoniſh'd to hear ſo 
ſweet a Voice in a wild Wood unfrequented 
by any. He aroſe and called to her, bid. 
ding her not r, for he was a Man! ration- 
al as others, tho his Habit expreſſed not 

his Condition, The timorous 1 
when ſhe. fu, His Gavage A ppearance, giv-" 
Ing her ſelf for loſt, fled from this counter- © - 


feit Satyr, till ſtaid by 'Wearineſs, The fell 


at his Feet, {0 ane And out of Breath, 
that it pitied him he had overtaken her. 
When he beheld her divine Beauty, he 
thanked Heaven that Wo had” contracted i its 
greateſt Perfections in a poor Shepherdeſs. 
- Neither did this Admiration . from 
2 Forgetfulneſs of his fair Poliseng; but 
the Reaſon which induc'd hit. to this Lik- 
ing, was her Reſemblance” of the other ; 


ſuch as would confound a Painter in draw- 


ing them both: He toek her in his Arms, 
and carried her to his poor Cave; Where, 
a laying © firſt recover d ber Senſes with "ck 
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that ſhe might continue there in Safe 


and, that her Beauty had kindled in his 


' Breaſt fo j juſt an Affection, that tho? he had 


been Fe indeed, he ſhauld not have 


been 0 to her: For at the firſt Sight of her 
an Inclination did ſecretly invade his Soul, 

1 5 which obliged d him not Aal to Honour, : 

ge his Life for her. Therefore 


he ech her by the g 
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at Ref] which, 
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him, not to leave, his Company; but rather 
to help him to 19 5 the Tediohſneſs of that 


Solitude, chan afMict his love by her Ab- 

fence, which he ſhould. infinitely reſent. 

2 * Truly, Teply*'d Nena, (ſo was the 

9 © Sheßberdefs nam'd) what you require 
not only juſt, but due to that Civility an = 


Protection you promis d; belides, it con- 
cerns my own Intereſt as well as yours; . 


for I am fled hither to avoid a Man, 

4 whom my Parents would have DW 
me; ; one, they ſay, who doth © every 
way equal me; but, to ſay Truth, tho? 


9 II T was born among the Rocks; and am 


© of a low Parentage, yet have Ia Spirit 


Land Thoughts fo high, that F am not in 
my own Opinion inferiour” either to the 
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was not in Danger; that his Quality was | 


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_ © Heir of Albania, or the King 
This Morning 


© dience to thoſe that 
y finding 1 could not affect him, nor rechim 


o be a to wild *Beaſts, than to 


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Ce, 


Tho“ many Women are of Opinion, 


< that Converſation may e, Affection; ; - 


yet could not I expoſe my ſelf to fo ap- 


parent Hazard, Karlo the worſt: For 5 2h 
_ © the Danger is great which She incurs, WhO 5 


out of this Confidence undervalui 


ung her 
* own Liberty, marry's one that ſhe 'abhors. 


* But becauſe I find within my ſelf (beſides | 


© the Thanks I owe your Coùrtefy and En- 


tertainment) ſomething chat moves me o 


*: love and reſpect you; for tho you 
Sappear outwardly a Son of cheſe Rocks, 
cnyet your civil E Demeanor contradicts chat 
Appearance I éconjure you therefore by 
_ © your ſelf to tell me who yoù are, and the 
© Reaſon of your living. in this Deſart; 
ſince we have agreed to dwell 
ani have given you an Account of my 
Fortune, it is fit you requite me with the 
S bis. R 
much afflict me: The Remembrance of 
8 Miſeries Tannot be renew od without Tears, 


of e. ; 
I roſe with intent to ſub- | 
due that Self-conceit, and love him i in Obe 


perſuaded me 3 but | 


ny: n Will, 1 Role away and hid 
mp ſelf 1 in this Mountain, chafing rather 


equelt (lays Ge/tmenes) will 


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©, Heavens, t6,the, Fields, and to this little 

KRiver; yet becauſe in them you are my 
8 only * ꝗ — and to fatisfy in ſome Man- 
per for the Favour, you do me in dwell- 

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I am Natural 


t0 8 King 


* of Albania, . WhO dearly lov'd Clorinda, 
A a Lady whoſe ee and Merit made 
1 1 to be his Wife, and in that Con- 
a : "oe 2 relign herſelf to his Arms; but 
mot long after was by Reaſon of State in- 
- © duc'd: to Marry Redantba, who. prov'd 


with Child at 6 ſame time that Clorinda 


my Mother went wich me: I would to 
never ſeen the Light, (for 
| Death.) So it happen'd chat 
955 \Pharnaces Had in one: Day two Sons, ane 

©, by his Wife, the other by his Miſtreſs; 
15 And tho Brothers) of à different For- 


„tune and Quality, for Lucanders Mother 
was: the more Noble: | but who would 


WE. « Rk that Pharnaces loving my Mother 

85 A ſo affectionately, NAY, ſhe her ſelf. for- 
5 getting the Pains, and Grief I had coſt 
ber, ſhould hate me: It was ſure the 
malignant Influence of my Stars which 
a triy d, to that Height, chat Þ 


© trained. when I weufd obtain any. thing 


1 2 3 have Recourle 10 the 


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Was con- 


2 „* Pans 1 on 
_ * fon 10" hire me, „ pity'd and favour'd i me. 
Lucander and hls he ſelf came to the State 


of Youth ; I, g the leſs fortunate, 
vas more belov'd of che People; $A 


4 = Father, as Heir to the <a ag 
Thus far F cannot fay Twas very 2x0" 1-6 
for if he may juſtly” be calPd fo, Who is 


born indiſcreet, and lives hated; Lucande- 

was the leſs Fortunate; but che Original 

of all my Afflictions was the fair Polixena, 

at the ſame time brought up at Court, 

Daughter to the Prince Saga, one of 

great Power, and near allied to the Ki King, 

"ND < without whoſe Advice he undertook no- 
thing of Weight: I would diſcourſe more 

largely of her Beauty and Perfections, if . 

my Love would not make That ſeem Paſ- 

* ſion, which Heaven and my ſelf know 
is but Truth, I ſpeak to a Woman, and 

* ſuch hear with ſmall Delight the e 

_ © others: She was the faireſt in that Coun- 


try, and from our tender Tears we be:. 

gan to Court her: I with leſs hope than — n= 

ITucander, as one not born a Prince; 1 

but Love, both a Child, and blind, often 
miſtakes and ſtumbles. I did ill to ſay 
my Birth was attended by no happy For- 
tune, ſince Polixena fix d her Eyes on me, 

and that ſo freely, that whatever I did, ſhe 

5 

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8 . 1 ls encourag' d me, and made me 
oy * ſucceſsful, not without the Envy of ma- 
Iny Princes who ador'd her; eſpecially. of 
Lucanden: Truly I had the Advantage 
of him in e. Diſcretion, - and 
Stature; yet few Women would have 
©. confider'd; thoſe Accidents, the Qualities | 
* of the Mind — in little Eſteem in the 
by *, Unfortunate. But Polixena either leſs ambi- 
©  tjous:6r more unhappy, inclin'd her Af. 
Fd. fection to me ſo far, that after a long 
time ſhe gave me Leave to obtain her Em- 
6 "braces; : which by a private way into her 
5 Chamber I enjoy d: Lucander had treat- 
ed with her Father about Marriage, en- 
©. gaging himſelf ſtill farther in his fand Af- 
fection; knowing I Was his Rival, he | 
was the more earneſt in his Sollicitation, F 
being vext to ſee Polixena prefer me, che 
© illegitimate Son, before him, the Heir to 
the Kingdom. Her Father (tranſported 
with his Intereſt, and hope of ſeeing the 
Cron upon his Daughter's Head) being 
diſpleas d with my Affection, look*d not 
favourably on 2 and chid Polinena, 
- adviſing her to love Lucander; becauſe * 
from thence more Good than ſhe imagin d 
might reſult. But this Counſel was vain, 
her Election was no longer free.; much 
© leſs when ſne perceiv'd ſhe was witiy Child. 
This Confirmation of our Love increaſed 
Pa — Danger; for 


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* her Father ling ſhe ſhould- be Avery 


* we had Reaſon to fear the Event; ſhe 


diſſembled the Miſhap ſo carefully, that 


« one that ſees his Love .in the Power of 


Enemies: If -ſhe would have ſent me the 
Child, ſhe durſt not; for Zacander had 


gained all, or the moſt Part of them to 


© be of his Party. Thus every Moment 


did theſe Fears diſe uiet us, till one Night 


© (having 


of mine; whom we had made acquainted 
with our Affairs; but ſhe had ſcarce 
paſſed two Streets when ſhe was ſo ſur- 


* prized that ſhe could not ſtir a ſtep fur- 1 
« ther, turning aſide into the Porch of tbe 
= next: Houſe, . was there delivered of a © 


8 * Day GS. and ſeeing two Men paſs by 


in their Cloaks, ſhe called: to 


„ and Fe them the Child; de- 
* firing them, becauſe ſhe une Woman | 


alone, . they avid. do her the Favour _ | 
to carry it ee the King's Son, who 


6 W abetter Reward tt they 


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not any of her Servants ſuſpected it. The 
Ferplexity wherein I remain'd was as of Y 


© ſuch. Extremity of Pain wakened her; 
that ſhe preſently. knew the Reaſon, and 

tting on her Cloaths in haſte, ſhe went 
© out at the back Gate of the Garden, 


efore provided her ſelf of che 
a Key for that Qccafion) with Intent to re- 


tige to an Houſe of an intimate Friend 


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8 amagin'd: Their Civility o oblig d them not 
to follow her; ſo ſhe returned back to the 
Court, and within two Hours was laid a- 
„gain in her Bed, where complaining of 
'< a ſudden Indiſpoſition, ſhe was attended and 
F ſerv'd as one, whom 10 nen &er ang to 
=; ſee their Queen. 
But ſo ee was! my. Affection 
4 < ah Polixena's Honour, that one of thoſe 
to whom ſhe had: deliver*d the Child was 
Lucunder, my Brother and Enemy; who 
"94 deviſing with himſelf who the Mother of 
it might be, and ſeeing that Polixena fell 
Sick that very Night, begun to think it | 
was ſhe, her extraordinary Affection to | 
me, making any Conjecture ſeem credi- 
+ ble; 3 the Child's Countenance confirmed 
this Suſpicion, which like a Copy could 
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7 not deny the Original : : Wherefore--to 

_ . $:revenge+ his Jealouſy, and to puniſh-my 

"oy "Boldneſs) he reſolved to tell my Father, 
and my Wive's, (for ſo I muſt call her as 
long as I live) what had happened; firſt F 
= commanding. one of bis Servants to cut 
the Child in Pieces, he ſent it me in 
Performance of the Promiſe he had made 
1 the Night before. As I was in the Morn- 
ing making my ſelf ready, there came 
into my Chamber a Gentle woman of great 
5 Truſt with Lucander, and a Page bear- 
e ing in a Baſon the Body of the little Child, 
3 e peel with Wotnds, that 7 Fea- 


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| Thon may'ſt imagine, Imenia, how I re- 


ceived” this Preſent: My Heart was in- 
ſtantly congeaPd at the bold Impiety of 
Lucander, I then foreſa w my Misfortune, 
and mixing a Father's: Tears with the —4 


Vwarm Blood, I bathed the mangled Limbs; 


diſſembling my Paſſion as well as 1 could, 
I went to ſee him, and aſked him the Rea- 
ſon of ſo ſtrange a Preſent, which would 


have moved Fear and Pity in the moſt 


cruel Breaſt. My treacherous Brother, as 
if he had We me an extraordinary Favour, 
related the ſad Accident, and told: me his 


Deſign to ruin wn, and perſecute the af- 


ſheted Polixena. It is not poſſible (repli- 
ed I) he can be of noble Blood that glo- 


© xies in ſuch baſe Attempts. There is ho. 


© Reaſon to embolden thee to injure my 
meſs of my Con- 


« dition 3 if it were dür, I would make 


<. thee feel my Anger if my Love diſ-» | 


* pleaſed thee, and — wer't —— Why 


doſt thou not like a Man rather kill me, 


than to revenge thy ſelf on a Thing that 


had neither Hands nor Tongue to defend 


it ſelf: But thou art ſo: baſe a Coward, 
reſt me, though of a deſpi- 
cable Fortune: From hence forward thou 


© ſhalt havermore Qraantido fon I ll 


ſurprize thy Life when thou leaſt ſuſpect- 
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to remit the Puniſhment of ſuch Wicked- 
© neſs to the next Life, will prevent me in the 
_ © Revenge of that innocent Blood. Lucan- 
x der knew not what to anſwer-to ſo juſt an 
Accuſation, but began to | reproach my 
< Birth, ſaying,” that his Mother notwith- 
ſtanding was free from Infamy. And as 
5 Sons are moſt ſenſible of thoſe Injuries, 
though Truths, that reflect on their Pa- 
tents, I. Was 1⁰ full of Paſſion that the 
_ © leaſt Occaſion would have tranſported me 
beyond Reaſon, and drawing. my Sword 
. 2 2 him before he could cry out for 
help or defend himſelf, and left him wound- 
*. ed, and weltering in his own Blood; 
5 with this the Court was in 4 Tumult, 
and the News coming to the King my Fa- 
S ther's Ear, he commanded that they ſhould” 
6 ſeize on me, and tear me in Peices ; but 
1 *-efcapin ing from the Swords of thoſe” that 
purſued me, I took Horſe” and fled into 
1 „dhe Coverrof this Mountain, till my Ene- 


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Py 
1 a. 1 8 a * 1 FI PY a P"'Y * an 


©; mies had loſt Sight of me. Aſter fƷW]̊ s 
| Days I arrived at this ſolirary' Place, 
| 4 — to _ ny ſelf from the Sharp-" | * 

© 'neſs/ of the Night, 1 made uſe of the 


Shelter of this go - 12 being overcome 
„with Wearineſs, I nept till the Day fol. | 
owing: So ſoon as the Sun enlightened 
this Wood, awaking Tow a fierce Lyen | 
«© lying at my Feet, WhO having found me 
1 noo gil 9 5 — J was dead, or 
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with his native Gen 
granted me my Life (for there is even in 


Pity) and not only forbare to do me hurt, 
but en and other expreſſions of* - 
© Love, ſeemed to court me. Though the 
s rd. were dangerous, my Life being 
at all times in his Power: I conſidered 
< that my Life was without doubt reſerved, 
for ſome extraordinary End, ſince Hea- 


4 ven had preſerved it from ſo 'many* 


Ohances. Having found more Kindneſs 
in a Lyon than in a Father or Brother, 


IL. made much of him, which he requites 


© wit his uſual bringing me in his Mouth the 
< Prey: that he hath killed; to ſuſtain :my* 


© Life, eſteeming me rather. his Companion 


4 than Enctny. Within a Year: I was ſo 


much Maſter of theſe Mountains, Cliffs, 
© and Beaſts; that all obeyed me, like the 
e and for this Reaſon Would 1 
not leave this Place; in another I muſt 
9 meet my Death; for the Injuries that are 


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[15-8 the Sen Fiſk; comic OE V dc Ne niſon 
This is my Life and Story; ſo that if du 
reſolve to continue; here; I promiſe to En- 

© tertain thee with as —— as if thou 
wert my dear Wife, or poor Daughter, 

© boſs. Face I never ſaw, though I once 

__ © handled it. Thou ſhalt have a freſh and 
ſweet Bed made of Ruſnies, Flags, and 

Thyme; in Winter we wilk ſhehter our- 
©. ſelves in the Bowels of this Rock, and in 
Summer thou ſnalt enjoy the pleaſant Weſt 
„Wind, underneath the Shade of theſe 
'« Hazel Trees; z my Diſpoſition. is gentle, 
Im Birth ſuch as thou haſt heard, and 
from this Minute I ſwear never to offend” 
thy y ſo much as in a Thought. We 

| < will ſpend get in praiſing Hea-' 

5 * that Sguring itſelf in all its Crea- 
tures, hath enriched a mean Shepherdeſs 
* with ſuch Perfections. The Evenings we 
< with viſit this Grove, fromwhence:we wilt 

* borrow: Boughs for Fuel and Light: The 

time that we fave from Sleep, wei will 


A 1 2 our paſt Misfortunes, 
. and wah 


this Means I may, 


-begunle: my 
eh Wes Ar —— 0 dearly: relombleſt 
her, that Heaven Heems to have made 


+: thy:Beauty.as a Copy of hers. iE 5 


ene Geftmenes ſtopt (for the Remem- 
* lade of his Wife drew. Fears from his 5 


een e Ita II 11 MO l 


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9 TO promiſing not to be a Minute 
tom his Side far beſides, that his Per- 
{on deſerved Il a natural Iclination in- 
duced her to. eſteem, and to give him as 
much Reſpect as if be were her Father; ſo 
at ' to divert ſome part of his Griefs, 
ſhe'took out of her Scrip an Laſtrument, 
i | and Sung thus 50% DE 43s AL . _ - ty - hs 
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"Its Ke combns's to Chenfat by he Frals 1, 
f 4 | bad, FX chaps, cam aw; d of her Sete, 3 1 0 | 
| | Chains to flop its Flights 
* 55 nh tind gan ad auurb his Warmer. Beam. 5 f : Genn, 
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3 2h 105 angry little Brot, ae my fe, y urn | 14 
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a4 Tue Company of Vnenia was an extra- 
tdinary Conde a r 
ks ke ER Anxiety; d — 
other with ſa true, yet halte Affection as 
they never entertained one looſe Thought. 
Thus Hyed they both ſecure and contented, 
eſpecially: Iſnimia, becauſe: ſhe was not in 
Bove; nor acquainted with; any Cares tliat 
R diſquiet her Reſt. But ſhe could not 
boaſt her Liherty; fbr as one A frers 
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bles. Having earneſtly beheld him, (for his 
Perſon was Warlike, you Apparel Majeſtic; 


and his Form Divine 3) - e would have 
1 away; but could not; for Love ſeireth 


on free Hearts, and like a F laſh of Eight- 


ning ſuddenly ſcorches. In Brief, Vnenia 
found her Feet fettered, and her Soul in- 
clined to ſtay. Thus ſuffering "herſelf to be 


nene, by Love, the foftly. approached 


him, and drawing the Sword 8 hung in 


his Scarf, aden, awaked him; bid 


him receive it, and acknowledge that be 


owed his Life to her, Who could fo eaſily 


8 have taken „ Herber (for that Was his E 
iri Iſnenias 


Name) ſtarting up, and adm 
2 anſwered, That he could 


ret thank her Pity for not giving him 
Death by the Sword, if hen a: receive 
di fron) her Eyes 3, that ſhie expreſſed thus 
more Cruelty than Mercy, for a Sleep he 
ſhould not have been eee 5 


but it was irnpoſſible for him waking to 


Deſdape che otfter. Tier Flabit eduſed;/in 


bim 50 dess wonder than her Beauty, Where⸗ 


fote he beſought her by Entreaties and. Pro. . 


ji n * alon 


his FFI Liedes We pied. 5 dang! 1 
Gentleman, who wearied in the Purſuit of 
ſome ee ee having left his Horſe, 
ſlept upon the Flowers, 93 — his Cheek 
on his Hand) to the ſweet Muſick which 
the Water made, playing with the blue Peb-" 


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. 1 1 ountain, enriched with ſuch Per- | 
_ fotions: — become a Palace; un- 
leſs ſhe were ſome new Diana, ſome divine | 4 
Huntreſs, who diſdaining to live ame 9 
Men, ibſolveds to ſpend her Time in that - Ml 
Wilderneſs: Ifnenia reply d, that ſhe caine _ 
thither to accompany her Father, one of 
a noble Birth, and excellent Qualities, tho“ 
thrown down by Fortune to a low. Eſtate. 
They were both as much entangled in OV Z | 
as if they had converſed together Ne 
Years, | each of them ſo delighted with the 
others Company, that mea had no Pow-' 
er to retire up the Mountain to Gefimenes, 
nor Perozes. to deſcend to the Valley to 
Dek his Servants, whom that Afternoon he. 
had loſt in che Chace; but the diſcreet = 
Shepherdeſs, ge the — threaten them: 
and being far from home, thus: 4 54 unto 
bim. 3. De sc * E a 
Sir, I W. W as you have 
+ engaged my Aﬀection* "fo 1 had worth 
yet if Love de begot- I 
. 3 by Sympathy: of. Blocd, What 1 have 
5 „deen in your Sufpence, your Eyes and "= 
©: Words, may at the leaſt be good ' Willy' if 
and. ities may not think I participate | 
©: of the Rudeneſs of chis Place, I Will 
: eee this Seat, where yo 
may ſee me, with: this Caution, that you 
_ me no Injury; That would be both = 
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<, hee will! at Ap call come c c own, ani 
ſecond him, a Lyon to tear you in Pieces. 
t ſeems (anſwered Perozes) you do 
d not know me; ſeeing with ſuch karte 1 
 <:fary:'Care you/inftruft me in a Neſpect 
2 ahi Lam obliged to keep for doth Our 
*;Sakes : Yours, becauſe I adore you, and 
be that loves cannot injure; my own, 
* becauſe my Birth is Noble, which it could: - 
not be, if I had a Deſire to tyranize 
Sover Women. Wien Heaven hath. 
I cloathed the Niche with Stars, I will prac 
< hicher-with/as. much Hun manity as Love, 
and adore theſe F lowers; becauſe you hve: 7 
trod on them, and this River becatile: us 
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= The. Affection of J/menis daily encreaſed- 
b much, chat Geſimenes might eaſily have 
geived it, if he had ſuſpected there had 
been more Men in the Wood to converſe. 5 
; With; 3 nor was Perozes her Debtor,” for eve 
ry Hour of the Day ſhe was in his Mind., 
2 the: Nights he waited in 8 — 
expecting her; though ſhe could not eome 
don ſo often as ſhe Wage for Geſimenes 
had chid her for co ng-home ſo _ Jit-- 
tile ſuſpecting Love a. > be the Cauſe, my 
rather her Eagerneſs of the Chaſ e.. 
Upon a time ſhe came el 3 
5 by. Geſt Imenes, and caſting her Eye aſide, 
found in a Crimſon Taff a Picture of! F 


fair 1688 wrapt up in „be 8 a 
for its Caſe; this it ſeems P2rozes had thro? _ 
Negligence theNight before let fall amongſt © Þ 
the Jaſmines :, Timenia perceiving the In- 
ſcription was directed to him; moved with 
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| whoſe Beauty T here ſend you -drawn in ibis 
Tablet, though it be ſo excellent, #hat theſe | 
Colours do but injure it. May I know y 
Pleaſure, that I may haſten my Journey, and _ 
the Contract of theſe happy Nuptials, where- 
by the Wars that have * 8 wo” 
Ke * have « an end, 5 hs bg 


Nena N not e any . 5 
nor indeed could ſhe oy Jealouſy Bi An- 

ger; a leſs Diſcovery might be ſufficient to 
have killed her; ſhe accuſed her malicious 

Fortune, and much bewailed the Loſs of Pe _ 
roc, apprehend ing ſo many inconvenien> 
_ cies, that it ſeemed impoſſible he ſhould = 
ever be hers. © Firit, his Birth, and the 
: Diſtance between Wein z next, he was to 
marry a Princeſs, enriched (as the Picture 5 
ſhewed) with extraordinary Beauty; but _ 
_ ſome TY dere the. diſembled _ 


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wrongs her; and Jnenia, confident that Pe- 


 nazes's Love was Counterfeit, took it more 
1 to be deceived, than unrequited; 


for Diſaffection may be natural, and out of 
our Power, but Diſſimulation is not, be- 


firſt, though for the Princeſs of Albania, me 


1 went to him, and berwixt nen 0 Jes: 


loufy ſaid thus: 


2 Pbroxes, though you dee me in this - 
Mountain, ſo rudely | 
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attired, that my 


4 ygreſs, e wet -— Fa 1 my 
my Habit 


o <0 zhath more worth than 


„ nmitely, that: though you are of the beſt 
1 92 < Blood in Armenia, yet you will hazard 
8 both Life and Fortune to be my Huſ- 
band; and as this Expreſſion muſt not 
© either by the Laws of Civility or Affection 
ie un acknowledged. 1 requited it with 
the like. But as thoſe: that love cannot 
9 dliſſemble, (for that's a Crime) it grieves 
my Affection to have 3 — ag 
"BY It is-impoſſible we ſhould ever en- 
| « Fol Linh other. Do not wonder that 'T 
©. undevtive. you now, whereas I might as 
_ © well have done it before. All Women 
at firſt conceal their Paſſions, unwilling” 
to diſcover their Imperſections to them 
they kno)] not; for by open Profeffion 
of Love they m hr beger roo flight an 
Opinion of themſelves ; but hen we nad 
Engagement, we have a Care 1 
_ © the Truth to ſuch Profeſſors of Affection, 


that they may ſee the Danger they incurr, 


either for Avoidance or Excuſe. The 
„Sum of all is, to let you know I am ano- 
6 thers 3 he, Who I told you Was my Fa- 


tber, is not ſo, but one whom Misfor- 
tune hath baniſhed Albania, and he has 


my Promiſe to be his Wife, though in 
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ing, by hearing 
What he could fay ; for the tender Diſpo- 


not run the Daa of relenti 


ſition of Women i Perisded to Weep by 


ſeeing others do ſo; yet was ſhe not 55 
oat Reſentment; for, retiring to the remot- 
eſt Corner of the Cave, ſhe wept affectionate 
Tears, and taking out the Letter that was 
directed to her Lover, ſhe kiſſed that Name 
in the Superſcri ption which was engraved 
in ber Heart. Thus the two Lovers paſſed 
u Days without meeting, not through 


 Parozes's | Neglect, but T@nena 's:Obſtinacy, 


Who ſtaying late one Evening at the Border 
of the Mountain to behold a Tree, on whoſe 
Bark both their Names were Engraven: 

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* #ia_may countermand it? What that 'he 
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brighter Beauty ? She would have ac 

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Muſick | of” a "ſweet Voice from amor 

the Poplars; the? ſhe knew it was e - wy 
grateful Lover, yet the was willing to diſ. 


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V leni Thi ig had ended” her Song, 5 
being late, they retired Homewards, and as 
they were going up the Hill, by a Lane 
fenced on either Side, with Willows and 
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nia and: and 

„ His ee, thinking i it might 
HhHeaſt; they ſearched" all about, but could 
not find the Cauſe; at laſt they perceived 
a Barque (for they were not far from the 


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be ſome Wild 


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its, "Gefimienes and *" Fminie faftened' it to 


. Yak and were defirous to know what 
Was in it ; ſcarce were the Sails and Cover- 
tue taken off, when fach Aſtoniſnment 
ſelf them, chat for a good Space they © 
did nothin | 
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his Side a beautiful Lady, living, yet ſo 

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but look on each other: With-⸗ 
lan bathed in Blood, and by - 


Body which lay beſide her: They were both 
afflicted at ſo ſad a Spectacle, eſpecially 
_ Geſimenes, WO intentively beholding the 
Lady, fancied, he ſaw in her the Face and 
Perſon of his abſent Wife. Ile gave the 
dead Body Burial in the Sea, ſince there 
was no means to reſtore his Life: He took 
the Lady in his Arms, and carried her to 
the homely Place of his Cave, where he en- 
2 with ſuch — that i ee a ſhort 
time good hope of Ei 
When ſhe had recovered ho re Hh 
a to open her Eyes, and found on either 
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ſtantly fixed his Eyes upon her; and hrar- 
10g; os Smt cole AN wake, 8 
ſhe ſaid to him. wo ching; hold me 
in this Sufpence, you may do me a Fa- 
vour to inſtruct me in them: Is it true 
that you are called G Why fimce - 
2 85 "RON my Eyes have you-fo ftedfaftly 
beheld me, often fighing, and ſometimes 
ng? you may aſk the ſame of me, 
« -becaufe when I firſt heard your Name, it 
| © ſtruck me to the Soul; Ns 1 loted a 
1 Gentleman of che fame Name, at the Ex- 
| _< pence of ſo many Afflictions, that this 
3 „ hazard- of my Life was the leaſt; and 
| + ſhould” 1 fay, that this Gefimeres: (hom 7 
2 1 call Hufband) was Son to the King of 5 
Albania, Truth MS not accuſe me. 
Stſimenes was ſo tranſported with oy, 
that he could ſcarce exprets his Mind. Joys — 
© (faid he) F am the unfortunate Son of 
__ © Pharnazes, and thy Huſband; if thou 
of 52 att Polaxena, and my: Eyes deceive me 
not, how can I behold thee: wirkhaut an 
© 'Extaſy of Content 3 How can my Heart 
but break with the Apprehenſion of the 
1 6 Misfortunes thou haſt ſuffered for my 9 
„ ſake Polirena, I am Cement; and 
will be chine, till Heaven . deprive me of _ 
7 this Life, which I eſteem now E enjoy 
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As 1 hall deſire Life, which 2 thought- „ 
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Words are not full nk to Ho the 
Oontent of theſe two Lovers; for Language 
| great Paſſions 5. ſo = 
tek. their Eyes and, Souls they congra- 
tmulated their ſtrange and happy Meeting. 5 
The Beauty ofi//menid. and Egſimeness Care 
of her might well have given Polixena* = 
Cauſe: of . Jealouſy 3. yet! when ſhe was in- 
formed of the Occaſion which brought her 
td dive with him, ſhe eſteemed her with as 
much Affection as if ſhe had been her own 
| Daughter. Thus being all three equally 
- contented, Gejin imenes deſired her to inſtruct - 
ll then in che Afflictions ſhe ſuffered. during 
bis Abſence; for the Relation of paſt Mi- 
joth delight more than 
diiſconſolate: Wherefote, to comply with F 
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is too narrow to 


So, manꝝ, my Dear 6 efments,. have. 


5 been the Troubles that oppreſt me in 
7e Abſence, and ſo continual, that *tis 
75 * impoſſible I ſhould either then have re: 
! ſented them, or now.” relate them fully. 

95 Þ+; was. left as your Surety, O ſatisfy 1 
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< could” not Revenge: hiwaGif:car penn 2 8 
ſolv'd to do it on your other ſelf, di- 
vulging my Weakneſs, and giving it ot 
6 -that I Was def puniſhing eee | 
Cruelty. — uſed. to the innocent Infunt, 
4 18 the Relatien it had to his 
© Blood, encouraged him, and command- 
* ed L ſhould be fut up in a Tewer where 
for a long Time, F neither ſaw dhe Fare 
<4 a the Jun; or of any human Crea 
„ untib att lab ths King your Father, — 
* with Pity, permitted one that had beer 
brought up in: my Father's: Houſe) to-vific 
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fortunes. One he telling me thatt 
you were for cerefin ma Village near A. 
© bamas. I earneſtiy bege*d. of him to afford 
£ me-fome janivate/ meant af Writing too 
—_-_ which'ke:/dizb: 'Phemdid*b ſien the 9 
Bann r I Wit a. Letter, 
in h informed you; off my für: Con- 
tior „ = 
18 ee b ee they wild! Encande#s*. 
»Peath, for being pdſſuſt of the Crown,” * 
ne oppreſs'd them with-tyranical- Jojwries.' | 
advitedt you to make uſt of the 'Pro- | 
e tection of ſome other Pvince, [6y-whoſe* ‚ | 
9 * you etal ee R 


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_ ©:0ned? him" concerning: me; whereuf 


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n Auneun time; that I weudrif i 8 
< need ful) Dein the Prince, that the Sub- 
© jects ſeeing him dead, and hearing you 
pere alive, might be neceſſitated to {eek 
after you, nde poſſeſs lee 
aſter the Deceaſe of Pharnazes. Theſe, 
< and: other Things of Importance, did * 
write in chat happy Letter, to eaſe my 


Heart, and redreſs your Miſeries * but 


©there4 is n Succeſs where Fate oppoſeth; 


115 1 ſotunfortunate were Arngſtes and 1. char 


aso he went from my Chamber to ſeek” 
©:you out, he met Lutander, who quei 


onde” - 
was ſo confounded, that you our Brother 
began to ſuſpect ſomething, and cauſing 


Fim to be appreherided and fearched, 
Sound this Letter, by which he confeſſed 
more than he Knew this put the Court 
into a Tumult.“ My Father (who would 


ber ſingular in Loyalty, = tho? at the Ex- 


0 pence” 6f my Life) :extcured on me the 
* * Breateſt ruelty 


: World ever ſaw: He 
gave Order for E Barque, ſo cloſed that 


the Air had no Paſſage 3 into which, 
having kilbd poor AHrneſtes with man 
I. Woands, he ſhut him dead, and-me alive, 
to the Intent that 1 might with! the Hor-! 
7 Wurf miſerably end ie Then ſet- 


ting the Barque a- drift, he committed us 5 


£ ; 6. 10 Sort 1 vi 3 nge piticd: 125 a8 . 


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* 11 He: eaven need with es Prayers and 
Hi Tears): Was pleasd to caſt me on this 
„ Where your Care hath brought 

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<. ftored | that Happineſs, which from my 
Infaney I deſir d, e _ me 
uy dear. PE I 7 OM * T's ö r 
Iuenia and Geenen | 


lixena's) good Fartuneal: fot. — were 


eclips d with Troubles and Dif 


the Event: being happy, it cannot b + called = 
adverſe. Thus lived 2 With his . 
Wife more contented tlian if he had been 


ſorld, enjoying her 


Lore of n We 3 


Beauty and Company without Fear or Inter- 
5 been engine to hin 


fliction had reſerv'd for him. Iſmnenia and 
Peroes paſsd the time with leſs Delight, 

complaining each of the other's Affection; 
me, as thinking be was contracted to ano- 


ther, and he, as having the ſame Opinion f 
her: But Iimenia, weary of concealing her 
Jealouſy, was unwilling that Peroges ſhould. | . 


- accuſe her of Inconſtancy, when ſhe had 
gaſt Cauſe to | condemn him: Wherefore 
ſhe found him out amongſt the Lawrels: and _ 


At 


Letter: She told im, That the Reaſon 


75 17 hy ſhe had bely' d her own Affection and 
Con tancy, - Was. not chat ſhe; — 7 


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_ </ that before I daw'you, , : 
_ ©. riage with the —_— os "han but 
after I beheld your divine 
8 Beauty, cand-belicved that I bad 12554 


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84 aſſure you, 


ſome Place in your 
Doi — — the Diſconte 
| 2 Father and his Subjects, Who. ea 


„iy Geſire the Accompliſnment of = 
TY £ Nee put an. End to the Wars * 


e 5 never eher as long — Bs, ja oo 
with you; nor hall you be (if the Sto- 
ies“ yy. rue). the firft Queen that was 

gſt Woods and Rocks 


Father, be ſo indeed; for if you deceive 
5 me, end he prove a Lover, I will ſo re- 
196 my ſelf on both, en 
 *:hallwonder at my Severity. ee 
e was ſo well ſatisfycd and. Wend 
_- with Proxes Prömiſe that to con m what 
- the had faid, ſhe plac dim ſo, that he 
we r eee n this Wiſes: — 
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treated of a Mar 


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(em nog ms bimſalf e to the 
: Affection of Iſnenia, and reſolving to mar- 
ry her, refufd the Match with the Princeſs 
of Albania, and Tent to give Pharnazes 
Notice he was already matried, who was 
ſenſible of this — believing that this 

Neg lect was in Contempt of his Alliance 
r Am- 


Jan Oach not to return to Albania, till they 11 
| Had either taken or lain Peres. 5 
On the other Side Perozes was not 


Sent er having Notice of the Intention df 
Pharnazes; he defired of his Father a Com- 
_ miſſion for. that War; and levied ſufficient 
tos Lo wok chit * dbatians. . A 

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| balladors, with his Son Lucander he raiſed . 5 | k , 
my, binding themſelves by a fa- - 


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while, Aeg eue he deſired * to 
perſwade her Father Gefimenes- (who was 
à great Soldier) to command his 4 
as well to protect the Cauſe which was his 
-own, being his Daughter's, as to revenge 
himſelf upon Lucander, who now came 
anſolently with Pharnaxes; beſides the Alba- 
Fans might hereby know he was alive, and 


| mas res to oppoſe them.  7/menia' was 


ler d to foreſee her Impoſture 
PLE, Do bet don diſcovered 3 but committing 
all to Time and Pune ſhe determinecl 
to ſpeak to Geſimenes, and thereupon in- 
formed him of the Prince's Affection, the 
Occaſidn of the War, and the Opportunit 
which Heaven hath offer'd him, to return 
from that miſerable kind 'of Life to his 
| rt Eſtate. - ISDN e FA 
_ « * Geftments diſliked not "Rr Means Which 
750 vals in Perozes's Name offered for ob- 
_ raining the deſired end of his Affairs. e 
was willing to ſerve him; but not thereby 
10 injure his Father; a Relation (tho? he 
were ungrateful) not to be diſpens d with. 
His hope was to be the Inſtrument of Peace, 
andof the Deathof his treacherous Brother, up- 


on whoſe Death he might return to Albania 


and enjoy che Crown. 1/menia told him, that 
it wonld be requiſite for ſome time to acknow- 
edge her for his Daughter. Gęſimenes reply d, 

that he ſhould not only for a time, but as 
Jong as he lived eſteem her ſo; for the love 
he . and bs 4 ORE ſhe had | 
to 


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a was ſuch, that if her A = 
had not n very. mann. it would eaſixß i 
have been credited. 17 brought hin» i 
to Perozes,; the two Princas convers'd toge- | 
ther with great Expreſſions. of Affection. | 
Perozes wonder'd to behold him ſo alter d, 
and different from what he had known him 
before 3 and enquiring aſter Polixena, . he 
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intreated him to bring her. along, that ſhe 
might bear his Siſter Company. They 1 
were honourably received by the N obilit / 
and Commons of that Kingdom, with Re- Þþ 
ſpect due to Perſons of ſuch Eminence. The 
King conferr'd the General's Staff on Ge/ime- i 
nen, who changing his Habit, appear d ſo 
graceful and Majeſtick, that they could MM 
hardly perſwade themſelves. he was the lame WM 
| ns the amy before ny bad ul en — 


Zy this. time the oo | 
come fo near, that the Mountains reſound- . 
ed. with the Eccho.of their Warlike Inftru- 
ments: At N. icht Gefi :menes went out in bis 
| old Habit, to eſpy in the Camp with what >" 
Force his Father came; he was ſo well ac- - | 
quainted with that lace that he fear d nop |} 
to loſe himſelf, and wearing ſo ſtrange Aa 
Habit it was improbable. they ſhould ſuſ-— 
pect him. One Night as — went down 
from his Cave to he bottom of the Hill, 
| with i intent to return to the Court, he heard 
dome n not * off 9 privately toge> . | 
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een hinifelf ee 
1 Oaks and Pines, he beheld: Faroe 
_ thence a young Man in Armour, whom all 
de reſt ſeemed to n 


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darkness of the Night, aa not diſcern who 
he was, but he g d that from his Words, 
_ which: ſufficiently troubled him, n_ n Wa 
1 to them to this Effect: . 
Though re but few that hat 5 
5 yet F may well V. bere is dhe greateſt 

Fart ef the Nobility of Albania, for 

© there is not 8 — ee, 


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d ker, het Sew: or Land by this time hath 
in in ee 0 if he were alles 


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tires dvd a you abour this 
bo The Cauſe that NOV n 
. 2 | N is an oppo woOrtuntt ri 
8 © effecting this Deſign, which offers it . 
to. V. My Father is ſo'induftriouſty: | 
refu wr War, that tho? his Lears 
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"obs 411 Paixer, es 


"to view hoth his own Camp and the Ene-, + 
my's. This Night I eſpied him; and 
* if I miſtake not, he is now coming along 
chat Path, ſo that if you pleaſe now to 
follow me, we may this very Inſtant aſs» 1 
© ſault and kill him; 3 and we Will tear hi- 
<© Garments; that it may be thought the 
Wild Beaſts of theſe. Mountains were, his 
Murderers. The Soldiers them being deſ-— 
titute of a King, muſt of Neceſſity ransfers = 
9 *xhe, Crown on me; of which wen I am 
poſſeſt, and the Scepter in my 5 
* by | will by degrees deſtroy all that 12 
dn gGeſimenes Lou ſhall not us my Sub- 
45 jects but. my Friends, m Com W Po 
Jon whoſe Shoulders 1 will la Weight _ 
Fand Care of the whole: Nice, 1 © 
The Piety of : Ge/tmenes could ſcarce be 
ewe the Vilany which Lucander intended. Ml 
againſt; him, to whom he owed his Being; 
but giving Thanks, to Heaven for the fa- 
vourable Opportunity of preſerving his Fa- 
| ther's:Life,. he went that way, by which 
Tucander ſaid he was to paſs. He had not 
gone far, when he found him cot Penny | 
2 going about to inform himſelf of the 
State of the Camp, who ſeeing him, drew {| 
his Sword, thinking he was a wild Man, ane 
aſſaulted kim to Kill him: But Geſomenes Þ| 
in Token of Peace throwing down the young 
| Ae which he had in his Hand, told him, 
tat he might ſee he Was a Man as himſelf, 
th «hp: Fans to adviſe We mph g I 
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% Alas, ſaid! ; 


nage, drowning his 


| * tor Lucander durſt not haye -atte} NÞte 
| <. ſo; 1mpiqus 5A 64, *reaſon;*:- 46 He not only | 


Days pass, Lſhall be. 
5 im, A8 OL 
us d him unkindly. 1 


believe me, 


e in this 


Faden regen yet there is. | 


_ © and will rejoice at his Happineſs: That 
therefore you may ſeek. eee 
Diligence, be attentiye, and hear what 
15 — — his Fate decreed mm; 


1 14 Ser toad TOS 


45 8 7 unreaſonable; an Affect 


dor ber: Fhis blind Faſſion arriv?d at ſu 
Fachleigbt, that t N Ha er being 


TER pants iss 


reed KF bis — Sow” 7” 
Face in Tears, had he. ivd, this Trai. 


lives (anſwer d Geſimenes). but cer. many 
dient ſtill, 25 you had never 5 


dalreplied Pharnages that very Inſtant Will 155 
ſer the Crown/of Albania upon his Head; 
$8] theo Kingdom will not be 0 for 8 


3 15 *than-they K). Jou. are his Friend, * 


cha in my Tourh L lov'd 2 La: 
ection, 
8 Fries beer end Henna; my 4 | 


| HOI bog S 2 ee | 


| « (the Lady: I moſt efleem'd) py 
« Mother, The whole Kingdora 
© I ſhould/ hate Gofimenes; l 
d adored ; and e :Tucander whoſe Mo- 
| ther Fhared: Ewilh: not relate bow Id 
þ. 3 it cannot but grirve you tochead = 

it, K pon lere him my Difaffe&tion: pro« | 
- ceedect fo- + —— thin 
. de be alive” (as We had. Nes of his 
1 — Veats miſera - 
ke bly” A ftrange! enen ne 


r — Acre d- Binthy 
but I ſorbore, confide | 
would be withour an Mes i 
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8 have his own, ald vou in Part 708 paid 
che Debt i eee yau for my Life: "His = 
P ime: Cannot t but a ee ee | 
are ſo much his Friend. 206 « 15 
 *Geftmenes was not able to contain hi Joy: 
wid falling down at his Father's Feet diſco- 2 
vered himſelf, ſaying: he was Geſimenes, and 


Fortune had inflicted on him, ſince he had 
been baniſtrd from his Sight: Now: ſhe 

had beſtow'd on him the Happineſs to reſ- 
cue : Pharnazes viel ported. 


on mes Conan; 2 * g along with hi Peg b DE : 
| ik: his Hand, and his Preſence would ani- 


—— and knowing he: Valour, would 
Ul 'LAK. the War with the greater Reſo- | 
 Jation, In chis Go/imencs could not obey, 
excuſing himſelf with the Acknowledgment. 
cf many Favours received frem Peroxes, 
of whble'Forces he was General, yet chat 
he had taken Arms againſt his Father, was 
not to offend him (as he had ſhewn): but to 
be a Means of Peace between hoth King - 
doms. Geſimenes at parting eng aired-of him 
for his Wife Polixena ; We, Bard troubled, 
_ ..  defired-hiny not to of her; for it 

Would afflict his Heart! to remember. the 
Cruelty which her backer and "_ nden had 
uſecd in her Death. 5 


— AQ 
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2 as 


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that he was well content with the Miſeries 


mate the Soldiers, for they all loved hin 


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| monies; forthe: is Wing and altho?. it may 
ſeem impoſſible, I. have long enjoyed her 


Company in this Deſart, for Heaven doth fa- | 
protect thoſe Lives which 5 


vour Innocence, and 
Power and Fortune do unjuſtly perſecute. 
Hereupon Gæſimenes de 2 -joyfully: + 


Aid: Phooneves: was no le glad for having 2 
found his Son, and with him his own Life, | 


Which had chat Night been loſt, had it not 
been preſerved by : Ge/imenes. - Then com- 
municating this ſtrange Event to his | 


fel, he determined to treat with the King « of 


Armenia, and Prince | Perozes co 


Peace, and the former Marriage. 2 ; 8 5 
2 following, a Place of meeting was 
| d for the two Kings. The firſt 


| Thing they did; Was, the proclaiming of 


2 Imenes, King of Albania, and the fame 
Day · Polirena was confirm' d his Wife; the 
King and Queen of Armenia offering them- 
ſel ves to give: her at the Temple.  Perozes 
the Reaſon why he re- 
| jected che pape de Marriage with the 
Princeſs, was, becauſe he was already mar- 
ried to IJnenia, who was Neice to him, 


and Daughter to Gęſimenel and Polirena. 


_ Hereupon, they both, to inform him of the 


Truth, reply'd, chat they had no further 


Knowledge of Ber, than that ſhe had been 


brought up ſome Years i in their Company; 
that the Buſineſs was now | of ſuch Conſe-- 


| ara that it t would: be unjuſt to deceive 
„ | 55 


Exit Ga e dad 3 | 


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in Truth the was but of poor and areas! 


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el any chat moald bring News of her. Ge- 
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9 was not their Daughter, though Ba had 
profeſſed her ſuch almoſt ever ſince ſhe - 
was born; that a Gentleman of Albania 
named Artaſ es, one Night brought her 
eto their Houle, to be brought up by them, 
I charging them upon riſer of their Lives, 
© not to reveal the Secret to any; that three 77 55 
© Years o having a deſire to match her 
with a kinſman of theirs, on the Day in- 
tended for Marriage ſhe ſtole away, ſince 


© which time they could never know whe- A 


* ther ſhe were alive or dead. Fo 
This increaſed; the Aidan * all 5 


ſeeing Artaſpes . had brought her thither, . I 


they ſuppoſed ſhe muſt be his: He being 


at that time in Albania, they ſent for him 


to declare what he knew concerning Tmenia > - 


being come, he deſired a little Privacy witlr 
Geſinienes, and thus ſpake unto him. 


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* Tſmenia, concerns none ſo much as your 


Prince Lucander and my ſelf walking 


her Face vailed called to us, and addrefl> - 


along with him, or that he ſhould do her 
any Service. I would beſeech you (an- 


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his Arms) to carry this Infant to eee 99 255 
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ſelf to know; not to keep you in ſuſpenſe; Rs | 


late one Night in the City, as we were BW 
returning to the Palace, a Woman with 


ing herſelf to Lucander, be ask'd her, : | | 
(being well nigh dead) if ſhe would go 


ſwer'd-the Lady, delivering a Child into 722 


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end Gelee me) we may both Ho 
dme this Favour; ſo giving it to Eu. 
er, (whom if ſne had known ſhe would 
=... ſooner have given it to a Lyon) ſhe went 
away, defiring us not to follow her, be- 
Fein * concern d both her Life and Hon- 
dur: We both ſtood amazed, deviſing | , 
ho this Lady might be; for knowing 
how intirely you did love Polixena, We 
© could: not perſwade our felves, that you : 
| + ſhoul&have any other Affection, and Po- . 
mens living ſo carefully watched, we lit- - 
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© He ſuſpefted it could be ſhe, In the End, 
ye carried the Child to my Houſe, and be 
ordered me to deliver it to a Nurſe; the 
© next Day he underſtood Polixenz's ſudden K 
+ Sickneſs,” and viewing the Child's Coun- 4 
© renance, was fully perſwaded it was hers Fi 
d and yours. The Rage of his Jealouſy | . 
dias incited by Cruelty, and relying on || © 
his Power, he commanded me to ki 1 .- 

Dad perform the Promiſe he had made to 
2 ſend k you; when J underſtood this unjuſt | » 
WK ” Intent, I was as much perplex*d as if the | I at 
Chia had been mine own, fo divine was, || © 
| <theBauty of it. I was (to ſay truth) afraid: 7 
III obeyid him not I loft his Favour, (for 0 
Princes for one Diſpleafare forgets the Ser- Gf 
_ _ © vices of our whole Life) and to obey him be 
NE was contrary to my Piety; at laſt I refaly'd | 4 
dos bring it to him, not to diſſ leaſe him; 1 
but as I was going to this bloody Sacrifice, HI. 


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© had a Child born two Days before, . newly: 
© dead, I took it; and wounding the inno—- 
cent Breaft, beſmeared i it with the congeal- 

6 ed Blood, and carried it to Lacunder, who. 
© thinking it had been that which cauſed his 
« Jealouly, commended my Cruelty, and 


© perfected his furious Revenge on it, tear= 


ing in Pieces the poor Infant, and thus 

was it ſent to you, the more to affuct you. 
that the Grief of ſeeing it might kill you: : 

Hereupon enſued the Misfortunes that you; 


N y from Albania, and in a private - 3 


lace n for a Nurſe, with whom I. _ 
left the Child, e R requiſite, 
that it ſhould. not be known that I brought 


© it to her, and giving her two hundred, 


* Crowns, I took my leave. of her; ſince 


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is all I know concerning Jincnia. W 
SGemenes, amazed to hear theſe Things, 


| doubted whether the Prodigy of his own Story: N 


and Jſnenias Life were a Dream, ot trues 


for according to the Relation of Artaſpes hl 
was his Daughter: And her Face had been 
ſufficient to prove it, if there had been no 


other Teſtimony. He flun, his Arms about. 
Artaſpes's Neck, and promiſed him ſuch Wd. 


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which time, left Lucander might come W 
know it, I never ſaw her but twice; V this, Ro: 


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_rozes,; ant Polirena, and as great Was 12 
Joy of all, as their Grief that Iſmenia was 
miſſing. They went to ſeek her, Geſimenes 
as her Father, Arden as her Husband: Ge- 
Le rao tne to the Hill where he had former- 
lived with her, and at the Side of a Wood, 
he aw a Man lying along upon the Graſs; 
. *coming near, and asking what he did thete, 
de anſwered, he was a poor Soldier, that 
hearing a Proclamation, promiſing ten thou- 
ſand Crowns to him that ſhould find Jnenia, | 
out of a Deſire to better his Fortune, he went 
to ſeek her, and was not out of hope to find 
ber, becauſe he had the fame Day ſeen a 
1 Woman on the topof the Mountain, e 
with Skins of wild Beaſts, whom he ſuſpected 
to be nenia; for as ſoon as ſhe heard that 
Name, ſhe made away ſo faſt, that it Was 
impolſible for him to overtake her.” 85 
©: Ge/menes rewarded the Soldier for 193 * 
| formation, and both aſcending the Moun- 
tain, they reſted not until they came to a 
Spring dreſt up with Ruſhes and Flags, where 
nder a Cypreſs Tree they found by aſleep... 
| __Gefimenes related to his Daughter her happy 
Birth; at which ſhe rejoyced more for being 
Vorthy of Perozes, than for being Daughter 
do the Prince of Mania. Returning to Court, 
ſſe acknowledged thoſe for her Parents whom 
he ever lov'd, as if ſhe had known them to 
be fe. And her Marriage with Perczes was 
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