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 AMOURS 
 
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 Don CARLOS 
 
 A True History^ 
 
 Tra?i/Ia fed from a Mmmfcript privately hand- 
 ed about at the F r r: n c h Court. 
 
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 I^nnted for R. Freeman near Ludgate, 
 
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 AMOURS 
 
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 Don CARLOS, 
 
 fr^^^^^^^^ T is a common Obfervatioi^ 
 !^#=i^^°|vP|| that the greateft Minds are moft 
 Jubject to the Amotions of the 
 tender Paffion, and that howe- 
 ver Ambition and Love of Fame 
 may feem to predominate in the 
 Main, yet there are certain Sea- 
 fons of Life, fome critical Periods^ when the 
 fbft Deity puts in his Claim for Sovereignty aver 
 the Soul ot Man, and for that Inltant triumphs, 
 ovcrthe more turbulent Pa.Tions-, obhging them. 
 
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 to lay afide all their wife Maxims, and render 
 tkemlelves fubfervient to the tranlporting Pur- 
 pofes of mighty Love : Some have carried this 
 Notion fo far as to imagine it impoflible to de- 
 fcribe a perfc6t Hero, without fome manifeft 
 Difplay of his Senfibility of the Charms of the 
 fair Sex. However great his Courage may be, 
 however unbounded his Ambition, there is ftill 
 fomething wanting to compleat the truly great 
 Man, if he proves recreant to the Laws of Love, 
 and has not fworn Fealty to the blind Boy : 
 Even the moft rigid Moralift would confefs, 
 that in fuch a frigid Difpofition there was not 
 that Harmony of Soul, which is neceffary to 
 conilitute the perfed; Man, and that fuch a Be- 
 ing could not relifh half the Felicity of which 
 human Nature is capable, fince the divine 
 Paflion of Love is the firft Principle and Spring 
 of all the focial Affections, that namelefs inde- 
 fcribable Something, which chains the feveral 
 Members of this Mundane Syftem together, and 
 retains the intellediual World in focial Harmony ; 
 without which the very Elements would roll in 
 eternal Difcord, and the Peace of Society vanifli 
 in endlefs Jarrs. It is no Wonder then to find 
 that the foft Paffions fometimes filled the Breafh 
 of the accomplifhed Don Carles^ and that the 
 more weighty Cares of rugged Ambition gave 
 Place at fome Seafons to the warm Emotions 
 of conquering Beauty. Yes, Don Carlos own'd 
 himfelt a Votary of the Cyprian Queen, and 
 was not afliam'd to wear the Chains of en- 
 chanting Love ; but he lov'd like a Hero, and 
 though he indulg'd himfclf in full Draughts of 
 the wanton Libation, yet he was ftill himfeU, 
 
 nor 
 
nor fufFered the Heat of Blood and lieadfl:ron>;; 
 Appetite to hurry him into Scenes beneath hit 
 Birth and Dignity. 
 
 It was in the Beginning of the Year 174^, 
 that Don Carlos kit Italy, invefted by his Fa- 
 ther with full Power to profecute his Pretenfions 
 upon the old Patrimony of their Houfe. He 
 travell'd incognito, and took fuch Courts in his 
 Way, as he thought would, in any Meafure, 
 favour his intended Expedition, and was re- 
 cciv'd by all with the greatefl Marks of Eftcem 
 and Affedion. But when he arrived in Francey 
 he met with extraordinary Civilities ; all Rank» 
 of People vying with each other, who iliou^d 
 pay the young Adventurer moft Refpecl: ; and 
 his moil Chrillian Majefty gave him all poflible 
 AfTurances, that he look'd upon his Interefts as 
 his own, and that he would not flieath his 
 Sword, 'till he had eftablilhVi him in the peace- 
 able PofTeffion of the Throne of his Ancef- 
 tors : For this Purpofe, he enter'd into a fo- 
 lemrt Treaty with him as Regent of B'^^'^^Y:^ 
 by which he engaged to employ his whole 
 Strength to reftore him to his Dominions, 
 and flipulated, that whatever might be the Event 
 ot the War, he fnould always acknowledge 
 hmi as Heir of the 53i^*6 Crown, and af- 
 rord hnn and his Partizans Protection in his 
 Kingdom, 'till it Hiould pleafe God to blcfs iiis 
 Arms With Succefs. 
 
 Every thing look'd with a promifing Aloecr 
 with regard to our young Hero ; many of'the 
 molt conhderable Cians in Scotlr.nd had fignM 
 an Invitation: to him to come over, and hacT en- 
 gaged ti^ennielves to be ready with their whole 
 -B o Power 
 
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 Power to affert his Claim lb loon as he fhould 
 vouchfafe to appear amongfl: them. And fome 
 Perfons of no mean Rank, both in the Low- 
 Countries ot Scotland and in England^ gave him 
 Ailura-ices of their Rcadinefs to rilque their 
 Lives and Fortunes in his Cauie •, and repre- 
 lented, that coniidering the Divifions at Home, 
 and the Abfence of the Army abroad, on an un- 
 fuccefsful and unpopular War, he had no Rea- 
 Ton to doubt of Succefs. Full of thcfe fair Chi- 
 meras the Marfhal Count de Saxe projected an In- 
 vafion, which he intended to head himfelf, under 
 the Countenance of Don Carlos, and all Things 
 \yere quickly in Motion for putting this grand 
 Project in Execution. Arms were bought up, 
 Ammunition and warlike Stores fent to the fe- 
 veral Sea-ports, in order to be fhipp'd for Scot- 
 land^ and the Irijb Brigades and fome of the 
 beft Troops of France fil'd off towards Dunkirk 
 and Calais, in order to be ready for Embarka- 
 tioi"!. Don Carlos fet out from Paris, and Count 
 de Saxe was already at Calais, when Intelligence 
 was brought from England, that the Govern- 
 ment there had got Scent of the Plot, and im- 
 prilbned fome Perfons fuppofed to be concerned 
 in it, and confequently, that the prefent would 
 be an improper Juncture to profecute their 
 Scheme -, lince this Difcovery had alarmed their 
 Enemies, and hinder'd their Friends from tak- 
 ing the proper Steps to favour their Landing. 
 
 On this News Don Carlos and the Count de Sctxe 
 were fent for exprefs to Paris, and the old Car- 
 dinal us'd all his Rhctorick to perfuade Don C^r- 
 los to be eafy under the Difappointmtnt, and to 
 \yait patiently for a more favourable Opportu- 
 nity, 
 
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 nity. The young Hero was highly chagrin'd ; 
 and dropp'd feme Hints to the Cardinal, that 
 however fairly the Court carried it, he had fome 
 Reafon to fufpeft that this Expedition was never 
 ferioully intended, or at leaft that it was laid a- 
 fide for other Motives than the News of a Dif- 
 covery from England^ which he faid could be 
 of little Moment to a Scheme fo well concerted 5 
 fmce, if his moft Chriftian Majefly was in ear- 
 ned, a Landing might be made at fome Part of 
 the IQand in Spite of the Englijh Fleet ; and with 
 that he expected his Father's Scotch Subjects 
 would be fo much encouraged, that he doubted 
 not to efFe6c his Purpofe, notwithftanding all 
 the Precautions the Government could take^ 
 though never fo well inform'd of his Defign. 
 But, added he, though my Family h^ve been the 
 Dupes of this Court ever fmce 1688, yet I would 
 have your Eminence inform the King, my Cou- 
 fin, that I fcorn to become the Tool of his Am- 
 bition, or your Politicks, and for that Reafon I in- 
 tend immediately to quit his Dominions, where I 
 purpofe never to return, 'till I am aflur'd, by 
 fomething ilronger than empty Promifes, that he 
 defigns to obferve with me that Faith which 
 ought to fubfiil betwixt Chriftian Princes. 
 
 The Cardinal, not a little furpriz'd at the refo- 
 lute Behaviour of the young Hero, endeavour'd, 
 all in his Power, to foften his Refentment, and 
 to pcrfuade him that his moll chriftian Majefty 
 had nothing fo much at Heart as the Reftoration 
 of his Family, and that the prefent Delay was by 
 no means his Fault; and us*d all the Arguments 
 he thought could have any Weight to perfuadc 
 him to ftiiy in France^ WW Meafures fhould be con- 
 B 4 cert^d 
 
ccrtcd for another Expedition. Don C^rrlos heard 
 him. but was little mov'd by all he could fay, 
 and turned from him without making any far- 
 ther Reply. However, by the Perfuafion of Sir 
 '11:07)1 as Sherridan and his Favourite O'SuIli'van, 
 his Father's Letters, and fome Advices he had 
 from Scotland^ that Things were in great For- 
 \vardnefs for an Attempt the enfuing Spring, he 
 was prevailed on to quit his Refoiution of re- 
 turning to Italy, But his Mind had been for 
 fume Months fo much employ'd on the v/arlike 
 Preparations for Count Saxe's Expedition, and 
 his Hopes fo much rais'd by fo near a Profped; 
 of at lead his havinsi; a Stru2rs;le for what he 
 thought his Right, that it was fome Time be- 
 fore he cou'd banifh the Chagrin this Dif- 
 appointmcnt gave him. The Court and all 
 his Attendants endeavour'd to divert him by 
 fuch Allurements as were moft likely to alleviate 
 his Melancholy. He appear'd at their Diver- 
 fions ; but his Soul was abfent : The Shoars of 
 wealthy E^^^^d, which he obferv'd from the 
 oppofite Coafl, were flill prefent to his Imagi- 
 nation, and robb'd him of every Enjoyment, 
 that had no Tendency to promote his Landing 
 in thatmuch-lov'd Country ; all Mufick that w^ 
 not warlike, founded ungrateful in his Ear, and 
 every Diverfion that did not raife in his Mind 
 Ideas of Battles or Sieges, but encreas'd his Me- 
 lancholy. So much had Ambition pofTefs'd his 
 young Mind, that even Beauty loft its Efficacy ; 
 and he look'd, at that Time, upon the fineft 
 Women in France with perfe6t Indifference. At 
 iaft, wearied with every Obje6l at Paris^ and fick 
 of their ennervating Enjoyments, the Campaign 
 
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 in Flanders being open'd, he accompanied the King 
 to the Siege of Fontenoy^ and on that Day fatal to 
 the Britijh Troops, charg'd at the Head of the 
 Irijh Brigade, where he behav'd with fo much 
 Gallantry, and gave fuch Proofs of a rational fe- 
 date Courage, that the French Court and Camp 
 eccho'd nothing but his Praifes, and none feem'd 
 ignorant of his intrinfick Worth but himfelf. 
 He received the Compliments of the King and 
 Nobility on that Occafion in fuch a Manner as 
 convinced them, that in his Opinion, Courage, 
 meer Courage, is but a fecondary (^lality in a 
 great Prince, and uncapable of tainting with 
 Vanity the truly heroic Spirit. But here he was 
 more himfelf than at Paris, his Chagrin be- 
 gan to abate, and at this Time an Accident 
 happen'd which fet fire to the foft Flame which 
 reftlefs Ambition liad hitherto fmothcr'd in his 
 Breaft. 
 
 ■ In the Evening of that unhappy Day, Don 
 Carlos, whofe Mind was agitated by a great Va- 
 riety of warring PafTions^ could not relifli 
 the tumultuous Rejoicings of the Freiich King's 
 Court, and that Monarch, who judg'd how 
 difticult it was for a Prince in Don Carlos\ Situa- 
 tion to bear with equal Temper a Scene of Mirth, 
 attended with fo many perplexing, and to him 
 interefting Circumftances, excus'd his Abfence, 
 and permitted him to withdraw to his Tent ; 
 where he had no fooner arrived, than he dif- 
 mifs'd his officious Attendants, and alone gave 
 Vent to that Melancholy v/hich opprefs'd him 
 from the Tranfa6lions of the preceding Day. 
 After paufing a while, as if to recoiled vv^hat 
 Thoughts bcil: fuited his prefent Circumflances, 
 
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 he burrt: but into the following pafTionate So- 
 liloquy. 
 
 Good God ! to what Circumilances, has Fate 
 reduc'd me, that it's almoft impoflible for me 
 to know, whether I fhould lament with the 
 Vanquifh'd, or rejoice with the Vidlors. Here 
 my Ally Triumphs, and triumphs over my 
 hated Rivals : but who are the vanquifh'd, and 
 what Nation ownes the Slain ? There's the dire 
 Sting! They are Britons^ the unhappy Sons 
 of once happy Britain^ my Brethren, my Coun- 
 trymen, and my Father's miftaken Subjeds ; 
 can I rejoice in their Defeat, and glory to fee 
 them fly before thole Troops, over whoai 
 my Anceftors purchas'd immortal Fame ! No ! 
 I could weep Tears of Blood, and can iind no 
 Glimpfe of Comfort, but in this, that Britons 
 can only be overcome by Britons \ yes ! it was 
 the Subjedls of the fame Nation, that gave Con- 
 queft to the French^ and fnatch'd Vidory froni 
 their brave, but unfortunate Countrymen i 
 Strange Maze of Policy I that one Kingdom 
 fhould find Men for both Sides, and Money 
 for all ; that Britons fhould be fo lavifh of 
 their Blood and Treafure, that rather than want 
 a Caufe to fight, they cut one anothers Throats 
 for Interefls as diftant from theirs as the oppo- 
 fite Poles. How wild and inconfiftent the Dic- 
 tates of Ambition, that can facrifice the Lives 
 of fo many thoufand Men for a Straw, a meer 
 ideal Quarrel, for a Spot of Earth fcarce fuf- 
 ficient to mufter the Number of the Slain upon^ 
 for a Place * the one of them does not intend to 
 keep, and in which the other has no Interefl 
 or Concern v>'hofe it is, and yet thefe Men march 
 
 up 
 
 * fournay. 
 
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 yp to the Mouths of Cannon with Intrepidity, 
 fight as if Religion, Liberty, and every Thing 
 they hold dear were at Stake, tho' fcarce the 
 Chiefs themfelves are capable of giving a tru^ 
 State of the mighty Quarrel, for which they 
 lead fo many Men on to Death, and inevitable 
 Deitrudlion. Teach me O thou Governor of 
 all human Events, how I may afiert the facre^ 
 Rights of my Family, without being a Witnefs 
 cr acceflbry to the Dimunition of the Glory, and 
 real Intercfl of that divided People ; heal up 
 their breaches, and make them happy, what- 
 ever way thou difpofefl of me and my Houfe. 
 After this he continued for fome Time in a 
 deep Reverie, when he recolledled, that in the 
 Adion, a young Gentleman, a Volunteer of 
 fome Diilindlion had been wounded, while he 
 was giving him his Horfe, (that on which he 
 rode being fhot under him) he cali'd to fome 
 of his People to inform him what was become 
 of him, for he had a particular efleem for that 
 Youth, who had been lately introduced to 
 him, by Sir "Thomas Sherridan^ and by his 
 Behaviour in the Adion, had Ihewn an un- 
 common concern for his Perfon, by keeping 
 ciofe by him, and remounting him on his own 
 Horfe, before his Equeries could come up to him, 
 at which Time the young Gentleman received a 
 •Musquet Shot in the Ancle, which difabled him 
 from continuing longer in the Field. 
 
 Mean while, an intimate Friend of that 
 Gentleman's had been attending for fome Time, 
 with a Letter, which he beg'd leave to tieliver 
 into his Higlmefs's own Hands. Don Carlos 
 being now inform 'd of this, was pkas'd to 
 
 order 
 
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 order him to be admitted, when he deliver'd a 
 Letter, which contain' d as follows. 
 
 Clementina de — to hh R^^^^l K^^i^i 
 
 Don Carlos. - 
 
 *' Your H ^^^^^^i knew me in the Charac 
 
 *' of Monsieur De whofe Sifter I am, 
 
 '' and whofe Name I only borrow'd, to con- 
 " ceal a Paflion, which however violent, had 
 *' remain'd buried in my Breaft, had not ap- 
 '^ proaching Death made the Confequence of a 
 *' Difcovery of lefs Moment to my Fame. 
 •** Till now, Sir, Virgin Modefty, and rigid Cuf- 
 *' tom, have ty'd my Tongue, from venting that 
 *' violent Flame, which has confum'd me ever 
 '' fince I firft had the Pleafure of feeing your 
 *' Highnefs, the laft Time the Court was at foun^ 
 " tainbleau. It wis then. Royal Sir, my Eyes 
 *' were firft ravish'd with your facred Perfon, 
 " and my Soul fuck'd in full Draughts of a 
 " hopelefs Pafiion •, all my Senfes acknowledg'd 
 " your Preheminence over the reft of Man- 
 '* kind, and all my faculties were at once taken 
 '^ Captive by your matchlefs Excellence ; every 
 ** Word, every Look, every Motion, and moft 
 " indifferent Gefture, added Fewel to the 
 *' Flame, and fill'd every Corner of my Soul 
 *' with your dear Idea. 
 
 " I faw the Precipice before me, I meafur'd 
 *' in Imagination the immenfe Diftance be- 
 ,*' tween your Highnefs and me, yet ftill I ven- 
 " tured onj rcgardlcfs of Danger or the excruci- 
 
 .*! ?.ting. 
 
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 ^^ ating Pangs of a hopelefs Pafllon. I liugo-*d 
 " my Chains, and gloried in my Weaknefs, lince 
 I llill enjoy 'd all I could hope for, the trail - 
 fporting Pleafure of daily feeing my Hero 
 * ' and when abfent hearing his Praifes the im- 
 *' mortal Theme of unweary'd Fame. My 
 *' Flame, was pure, and immaculate as the 
 *' Prayers of dying Martyrs ; no lawlcfs Hope, 
 *' nor impure Wilh mingled with the facred 
 *' Fire, but blaz'd unmix'd like that feraphic 
 *' Spark, which tunes the Spheres into focial 
 *' Harmony. Day after Day furnifli'd frelli 
 " Matter to augment the pleafing, tcrturino-, 
 " thrilling Pain, till Love, foft immaculate Love] 
 *' became the very EfTence of my ravilh'd Soui! 
 " I heard of your Preparation for the Ar- 
 " my, and might as eafily determine to ceafc 
 *' to be, as remain behind you, my point of 
 *' fupreme Happinefs, and better felf ; and fixt 
 " on the Difguife in which I was introduc'd 
 *' to you, as the moft likely, in a Camp, to 
 *' place me near your lacred Perfon. I 
 *' thought before this Time, I lov'd as much as 
 *' mortal Soul was capable of, but the gracious 
 " Reception you was pleas'd to afford me, ia 
 ^' that feigned Charader, dilated all my Facul- 
 *« ties beyond themfelves, and taught my Soul a 
 *' new Theme of immortal Love. I forgot the 
 'y Weaknefs of my Sex, I followed you to 
 " Battle, ^and faw, with Admiration, your God- 
 " like Actions : I faw my Hero plunge intre- 
 " pidly into a Sea of Honour, and pluck fair 
 " Laurels from the Jaws of Death, and Soul- 
 " Shocking Danger •, I faw it with Pleafure, and 
 ;' without tear, as confcious that juft Heaven 
 
 "muft 
 
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 " muft protect fuch matchlefs Worth, and pre- 
 '' ferve you a Blefling to Generations yet un- 
 ^ born. Tho* I thought my Hero invulnerable, 
 '' alas I was not fo •, a Bullet in your Prefence 
 •^ pierc'd my Ancle, and forc'd me from the 
 *•' Field. The Agony of the Wound, the Lofs of 
 " Blood, and the State of my Mind (which has 
 *^ no Comfort, but that I received my Death 
 " Wound in your Sight, and in fome Meafure 
 " in your Caufe,) has occafion'd a Fever, and 
 *' all the Symptoms of approaching DifTolution 3^ 
 " but I could not pafs into another World with 
 ^^ Peace, 'till I reveal with how ardent and 
 ^ ^ chafte a Flame, I adore, the amiable Don 
 ^' Carlos ; afford R-2^1 Sir at leaft a Sigh in 
 " Sympathy to an unhappy Maid, who liv'd 
 " upon your Sight, and dies becaufe fhe lov'd 
 " you. The bearer, who is of my Sex, can tell 
 ^' you the particulars of my Story, fhe is of 
 •' Quality, and I beg leave to recommend her 
 *^-to your Protedion when I am gone. I can 
 
 ^ no more, : adieu my Pjrince, may you 
 
 ** be as happy as is the Wifh of." 
 
 Clementina De 
 
 It's eafier to imagine than defcribe the Sur- 
 prize Don Carlos was feiz'd with, on reading 
 this extraordinary Letter : It rais'd him from^ 
 his Reverie in an Inftant ; and with an Air of 
 Politenefs peculiar to him, he told the Perfon 
 who deliver'd it, and had been {landing at a 
 Diftance all the while he had been readings 
 that he hop'd fhe would excufe his Rudenefs, 
 in making a Lady ftand fo long, and that 
 his Ignorance of her Sex and Quality till the 
 
 CoAclufion 
 
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 Conclufion of the Letter, would atone for Ks 
 Behaviour. After he had made the Lady fit 
 down, he told her he was heartily forry for the 
 Cafe of Mademoifelle Clementina^ in whofe Beha- 
 viour he recollected, that he faw a Thoufand 
 little CircUmftances, that might have taught 
 him there was fome Myftery at Bottom ; but 
 added he, the Hurry of the Campaign, and th^ 
 intollerable Anxiety that haunts my unhappy 
 Thoughts, deprived me of the Power of re- 
 flecting as 1 might have done, had I but ordi- 
 nary Penetration. Good God ! how unhappy 
 am I, that Ruin and Deftrudion are almoft the 
 conftant Reward of thole that but wifh well to 
 mty and my unhappy Houfe : But Mademoi- 
 felle Clementina* s Cafe is more extraordinary than 
 all the others ^ fo noble, fo pure and difm- 
 terefled a PafTion for an unhappy Exile, deferves 
 more than Sympathy, and her Letter alone has 
 rais'd in my Bread every PafTion that can fpeak 
 my Tendernefs and Compaflion for the lovely 
 Heroine. Heavens ! I think I yet fee with 
 what Eagernefs, Ihe followed me in the Adion,, 
 I almoft grew Jealous that fhe meant to e- 
 mulate me in Valour j and with what a ready 
 Grace flie difmounted and offer'd me her Horfe, 
 when mine fell ^ her Air, her Mein and Adion, 
 fpoke the brave, the generous and accomplifh'd 
 Cavalier, and at that Inftant a Bullet ftruck her 
 in the Ancle, on which fhe fell, without any 
 Womanifli Shrieks, or unmanly Grimaces •, 1 
 had but time to defire my Equery, who was 
 then come up, to carry her out of the Field, 
 ;- but little dream'd fhe had any Thing of the Wo- 
 man about her : But we lofe time Madam, I 
 
 muft 
 
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 hiuft go to pay my Complements to the lovely 
 Amazon, and if poflible recover that Life, 
 which I muft be lefs than Man, and more than 
 Brute, if I did not hold at an infinite Price. The 
 Lady told his H-^-^=^^^s that fhe believ'd hi3 
 charitable CompafTion would be in vain ; for 
 added fhe, her Ancle is fhatter'd by the Bullet, 
 and her Fever every Minute encreafes, without 
 any hope of Cure, fince fhe is determin'd not 
 to admit of the Afliflance of a Surgeon, for 
 fear of difcovering her Sex *, and befides I am apt 
 to think, the fight of your Highnefs, after the 
 Declaration in that Letter, and fo unexpeded^ 
 would give fo great a Shock to her Delicacy, 
 as, of itfelf, would put a Period to her Life. 
 But as it is poffible you may prevail on her to 
 ufe fome means for her Recovery, with Per- 
 miffion I fhall go before, and by Degrees prepare 
 her for the Honour you are pleas' d to intend her ^ 
 Don Carlos approv'd of her Caution, and waited 
 with great Impatience till fhe returned. In the 
 Interim he revolv'd in his Mind many Incidents 
 of particular Converfations he had with that 
 Lady, fince fhe was introduc'd to him, all 
 which confirm' d him in a high Opinion of her 
 Senfe, and the Delicacy of her Sentiments, tho' 
 prepoffefs'd with the mofl violent Paffion. He 
 recolledted her Features which he always thought 
 too foft for a Man, and fancied that in her own 
 Drefs, fhe mufl appear a charming Woman. 
 This Thought raifed a warm Emotion in .4iis 
 Breafl, different from Compaffion, and yet not 
 to be term'd real Love *, he thought himfelf in- 
 capable of that Idle Paffion, and was refolv'd to 
 entertain the blind God as an Amufement only, 
 
 but 
 
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 Ixit determin'd to do all in his Power to recover 
 the doubly wounded Maid, tho' not without 
 fome faint Hope of reaping more folid Satisfac- 
 tion from it, than what aroie from the bare 
 Contemplation of doing a generous Adl •, for our 
 Hero, in the full Prime of youthful Blood, 
 found his Pulle beat high, and the vital Heat 
 haftening towards theExtreams in Proportion as 
 the Time approach'd when he thought he was 
 to be introduced to the lovely Amazon. Terefia^ 
 for that was the Name of this Confidant 
 of Clejnentina's PafTion, return'd, and told the 
 Pr-5iL^e, that with much Difficulty fhe had per- 
 fwaded her Friend to admit of his Vifi:. They 
 hereupon went out together, without any Atten- 
 dants : Don Carlos enter'd Clementina s Tent, 
 which was not far from his own •, her Servants 
 withdrew on his Appearance, and no Body re- 
 main'd hnt'Terefia, The Lady was reclin'd upon a 
 Couch,in a Military Drefs, and received the Pr — e 
 with a modeft Blufh, which befpoke at once 
 both the Pleafure fhe took in this Interview, and 
 the Pain it gave her that he knew the Secret of 
 her Paflion, which fhe had difcovered, as judging 
 it impoITible that ihe ihould ever fee him alive. 
 Pafrion,and Modefly on one Side, and Delicacy on 
 the other, fealed up their Utterance •, they fpoke 
 only with their Eyes, a Language fufhciently 
 cxprefTive of the tender Sentiments that fiird 
 both their Breads. The Condefcention of the 
 Pr-^^e in affording her this unexpedted Mark of 
 his Efleem and good Nature, made him appear 
 ten Times more amiable than ufual •, a certain 
 fignificant Languifhment foften'd the ufual Ma- 
 jclly of his Countenance, and affur'd the Love- 
 
 C ,. fic ki 
 
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 fick Clementina^ that her Sufferings had raiffcd^ 
 the tendered Sympathy in her Hero's Breail, 
 which diffused luch a Glow of Joy over her 
 linking Spirits, that it brighten'd every Feature 
 m her Face, and reprefented her to the Eye of 
 the inflamed Pr^, as an Obje£l not only worthy 
 of his Efteem, but of a warmer Attradlion. He was 
 about to exprefs the firft Dictates of a new born- 
 Flame, wlien he recolledled. tliat he might of*- 
 fcnd her Delicacy, and feem to take an Advan- 
 tage of the Declaration flie had made him,/ 
 and, therefore contented himfelf with confefTing 
 li-is Sentiments in the dumb Eloquence of the- 
 Eye, and then politely exprefs' d his Concern for 
 her Wound and the Danger fhe had expos'd 
 hprfelf to in the Action •, prefs'd her to admit of 
 a. Vifit from his Surgeon, a Perfon on whofe 
 F-idelity he could depend, if he lliould happen to 
 cl.ifcover her Sex, which it was more than pro- 
 bable he might not. Some Scruple ftill re- 
 main'd, but ihe was. at lall overcome by the 
 Perfwafions. of Don Carlos ahd, ^erefia. The 
 Surgeon was fent for, and the Pr^^ was pleas'd 
 to ftay by her till her Foot was drefs'd for the 
 firil Time. The Surgeon affur'd them there 
 was no Danger, if the Symptoms of the Fever 
 could be abated, to which Purpofe he gave her 
 proper Medicines, and recommended her to be 
 kept very quiet, never once dreaming that his 
 Patient was any Thing elfe than what her Drefs 
 reprefented . her. 
 
 Don Carles^ took his leave that Night, en- 
 treating her to endeavour to take fome Re- 
 pofe, and if pofifibie preferve ?^i^fe in which he 
 lo\md himfelf ilrongly interefted 5 llie reply 'd to 
 
 . . ^ this 
 
(19) 
 
 this obliging Compliment with a Sigh, promi- 
 fing to life her utmoft Efforts to recover the 
 wonted Tranquility of her Mind, which flie 
 hop'd would operate with the Help of the Sur- 
 geon, for the Benefit of her Cure. 
 
 Madamoifelle Clementina flept pretty well that 
 Night -, but Don Carlos was more uneafy : he 
 found in himfelf a ftrong Difpofition to favour 
 that Lady, and every Moment fancied he faw a 
 Thoufand Things that made her worthy of his 
 moft tender Regards, and his good Nature 
 made him feel all the AnguiHi of her Wound, 
 and anticipate, in Imagination, the worll Con-, 
 fequence that might happen to her. When he 
 had pafs'd much of the Night in Reflexions of 
 this Kind, fometimes drown'd in Grief and 
 Defpair at the Profped of her Danger, and at 
 other Times, flattering himlelf that llie would 
 foon be well, and pidluring in his Mind the: 
 Pleafures he Ihould reap, from the Converfation, 
 Friendfhip, and Affedion of fo fine a Woman. 
 At laft he recoUefted himfelf as if awak'd out 
 of a Dream, and chid his Iiriagination for 
 wandering fo far from his beloved Subjed: of 
 Meditation, Ambition^ and permitting him to 
 fpend fo much of his Time on an Amufement 
 fo trivial, when his own immortal Honour, 
 the Happinefs of his whole Family, and the 
 Expe6tations of his dear Country, call'd loud- 
 ly for his whole Attention : Is it proper, 
 faid he, for one in my Situation, to fpend his 
 7'houghts in the v/anton Dalliances of aa 
 Amour ; or are the Sufferings of my FamJly, 
 and the Opp^^^fions of my native Country, 
 Things of lb light a Nature, that they Ihould 
 give Way to the oay and foft Allurements of a 
 
 C 2 Love- 
 
(20) 
 
 Love-fick. M^iid. . No ! thefe are Thoughta, 
 fufTicient to employ all my Faculties, and en- 
 grofs the whole Man ; I muft not therefore 
 yield to the tempting Blandifliments of Senfe, or 
 the idle Calls ot a wanton Pafilon. It attacks 
 me now in the Shape of tender Simpathy, and 
 generous Compaflion for the unfortunate Fair ; 
 but thefe arc only the outv/ard Gildings of a more 
 riangcrous Affedion, that lies lurking under thefe 
 fair Appearances, ready to unbend my Thoughts 
 from the more weighty Concerns I am engag'd 
 in. I muft guard againft the foft Intruder, 
 and b:mifli him my Breafl:, before he has ufurp*d 
 too ftrong an Empire over my Soul ; I mufl not 
 fee the fair Charmer more : There is Danger in 
 her Looks, Contagion in that foft Diftrefs 
 which flcals from her bewitching Eyes, which 
 
 I muft fhun. But what mull the unhappy 
 
 Clementina think of fuch Condufl, muft not flie 
 imagine me a Brute, a Barbarian, to negledl her 
 in Mifery, and refufe her that Sympathy in her 
 Anguifli, which every Mortal that knows her 
 Story muft confefs flie more than m.erits. And 
 muft I, to be greatly wretched^ diveft myfelf 
 of -Humanity, and deny Pity and AfTiftance to 
 thofe who are unhappy only on my Account ? 
 Sure Virt'.ie cannot be fo fevere^,^!, Jpcl m^y Soul 
 fenf bly touched with her Misfortune -, is it rea- 
 fonable I fhould crufh fo benevolent a Difpo- 
 fition ? ISo! I'll cheriili it ; but guard myfelf 
 againft its E^icrfs, or any Confequences it may 
 draw me into, inconfiftent with thofe more> 
 weighty Engagements which claim, my Attention. 
 ' In this Manner Don Carlos paft" the moft part 
 of the Night, and early next Morning, as foon as' 
 
 he 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 he was drefs'd, went to vifit the amorous 
 Clementina^ whom he found much m. nded fince 
 the preceding Night, her Fever being almofc 
 gone, and the Anguifh of the Wound much' 
 abated. He made his Stay but fliort, for Fear 
 of incommoding her, and perhaps to ftifle an 
 IncHnation which he found the Sight of her in- 
 fpir'd him with, tho' unfuitable to her tiicn 
 Circumilances. 
 
 In a few Days after this, the Siege of Tournay 
 being ended, by the Surrender of the Place 
 to the French^ Don Carlos^ took up his Qiiar- 
 ters in that City, and ordered the doubly wound- 
 ed Volunteer, and her Attendants, Appartments 
 near his own ; where he had more frequent Op- 
 portunities of converfing with that amiable 
 Lady. But tho' flie appear*d in a fair Way of 
 Recovery, yet her Cure proceeded but flowly, 
 at leaft not fo quick as the warm Emotions of 
 the now enamour' d Don Carlos could have 
 wifh'd it ', for who could fee a charming Wo- 
 man almoft every Hour of the Day, in Bed, 
 and who had declar'd herfelf pofTels'd of the 
 moft tender Paflion that ever warm*d the human 
 Breafl, without feeling fome Defires which in 
 the Circumilances of her Difordcr, he could not. 
 decently propofe to gratify. Every Vifit in- 
 flamed the P-ii^e^ lieyond the Preceding, yet 
 fuch was his Delicacy, that he never once ut- 
 ter*d his Thoughts, but in trembling Sighs, and 
 foft Glances, chufing to lay that Reftraint upon 
 his Inclinations, till fiie was perfectly recovered, 
 which he waited for impatiently. In the mean 
 Time, an Intimacy commenc'd between him. 
 and Terefta^ which could not v/ell be avoided by 
 
 C 3 the 
 
( 22 ) 
 
 the frequent Opportunities they had of being toi 
 gether. At firft Don Carlos conceived a more 
 than ordinary Complaifance for that Lady, on 
 Account of her Tendernefs and Concern for 
 Clementina \ but it rarely happens that Friendlhip 
 between Perfons of different Sexes can be con- 
 fin'd within the due Bounds of that Affection : 
 Something elfe fooner or later mixes itfelf with 
 the focial Flame, as it happen'd in the prefent; 
 Cafe. The Pr — e chanc'd one Evening to vifit 
 Madamoifelle Clementina^ and found her afleep 
 with "Terefia fitting by her, reading one o£ 
 Molier's Plays. Terejia on his Appearance 
 would have wak'd her fair Companion, but as 
 he knew fhe had refted ill the Night before, he 
 would not fuffer it, but withdrew foftly to the 
 other End of the Room, and enter'd into Chat 
 with T^erefia^ whom he found at that Time in an 
 iinufual Flow of Spirits, whether proceeding 
 from the Play ^n^ had been reading, or the Plea- 
 fure fhe took in being entertain'd alone by the 
 accomplifh'd Don Carlos. A fmart Chace of Wit 
 and Repartee enfued between them, and Don 
 Carlos likM her Humour fo well, that for fome 
 Time he forgot the lovely Clementina^ and begaa 
 to examine more clofely the Charms of her 
 Companion lerefia. She was young, had a fine 
 Shape, and delicate Complexion. Her Eyes, 
 were black, full, and fparkling, and her Fea- 
 tures perfedly regular, and feem'd in nothing 
 inferior to her wounded Rival, but in her Stature, 
 which was rather too low for a fine Woman ; 
 but to balance that, her Wit feem'd more 
 fprightly, her Humour nnore facetious, and lefs 
 referv'd; 
 
 Whether 
 
{ 23 ) 
 
 Whether ihe really was poffefs'd of thefc 
 Qiialifications or not, is not altogether io ma- 
 terial : its fufHcient that flie appear'd at this 
 Time in fiich a Light as awaken'd Don Carlos'^ 
 Attention, and put him upon relieving thoie 
 Pains he felt for Cleineiitina^ in the real or fancied 
 Charms of 'Terefia. 
 
 He had made no adlual Declaration in form to 
 Clementma^ but all along exprefs'd himfelf in 
 luch Terms as might be explain'd to Sympathy, 
 Companion, and Humanity, fo that he run no 
 VJi^k in being charg'd by Terefm with Infidelity, 
 or Inconftancy, and he believ'd by her Behaviour, 
 that fhe would not be over fcrupulous with Re- 
 gard to the Intereft of her Friend. He was jufb 
 forming in his Mind the propereft Terms to de- 
 clare himfelf to this new Miftrefs, -whenClemefjlwa 
 wak'd,and put an End to theConverfation, to the 
 great Difappointment of both the one and other. 
 
 On Sight of that lovely Maid, yet fmarting 
 with the Wound flie had received for the Sake 
 of her beloved Prince, Don Carlos blufh'd at 
 his Weaknefs, that he fhould harbour the lead 
 Thought of repaying fo noble a PafTion with 
 fo much Ingratitude ; one Look of that fuffering 
 Fair difpell'd all the Charms of Tere/ia^ and 
 once more brought him back to his Duty. 
 
 He afk'd her with great Tendernefs about het 
 Health, and on her telling him that fhe found 
 herfelf much better, and could not feel any Pain 
 while he intereiled himfelf with fo much Good- 
 nefs in her Welfare, he met her Eyes with fuch 
 a tender Look, as convinc'd Clementina how 
 agreeable that obliging Declaration was to him. 
 Imprinting an eager Kiis on h(?r tair Hand, he 
 
 C 4 told 
 
( 24 ) 
 
 .told her, that nothing meerly relative to hi$ 
 own Perfon, could give him half fo much Plea- 
 lure as to fee her cnce more that gay Cavalier 
 jflie appeared to br, when firil introduced to him. 
 A great many tender Things paft between them 
 at this Converfation, . and Don Carlos feem'd 
 rather mere enamour'd than before, and had 
 dropp'd ibme ExpreiTions more explicit than he 
 had done at any Time fmce their firft Ac- 
 quaintance. 
 
 Terefia faw the fond Scene, and look'd upon 
 it with Envy ; for from the few Minutes Con- 
 verfation fhe had but juft pafs'd with Don 
 Carlos^ fhe had made herfelf almoft fure that 
 Ihe had got the better of his PrepoiTeflions for 
 Clementina ; but now faw her Hopes fruftrated, 
 and that Lady gaining a ftill ftronger Empire in 
 the Heart of Don Carlos, She curs'd the In- 
 fufficiency of her own Charms, and the Weak* 
 nefs of her Wit, that had not made a better Ufe 
 of that Lady's Indifpoiidon, to difpute the Pof- 
 fefTion of a Heart to which llie thought ihe had 
 an equal, if not a fuperior Claim. From that 
 Moment Ihe determined to lofe no Opportunity, 
 
 to prevent the Growth of the Pr e's Affedion 
 
 for her Rival, and encreafe in him that favour- 
 able Opinion, fhe fancied from the lafl Converfa- 
 tioh, he began to have of her. She loft that Con- 
 cern fhe had heretofore felt for Clementina's, 
 Health, nay wifh'd that her Indifpofion might 
 at ieaft continue for fome Time, if not end in 
 her Death, and would have found no Difficulty 
 in bredking with her entirely, if fhe had not 
 been conilrainM to conceal her Sentiments, to 
 have an Opportunity, under the fpecipus Pretext 
 
 of 
 
( 25 ■) 
 
 ^f Friendfhip for that unhappy Lady, to purfue 
 her Defign upon the Pr e. 
 
 A Day or two pafs'd before Ihe could be fo 
 happy as to be alone with Don Carlos -, but even 
 in that Interim^ fhe failed not, by ^11 means, to for- 
 ward the Intereft of h^r Pafli^^n : She was iefs 
 risferv'd in ConVerfation, and free of her Wit, of 
 ■which fhe had a ftrong Conceit ; arid by dillant 
 and ambiguous Hints, when out of hearing of 
 
 Clementina^ gave the Pr e to underftand, that 
 
 ihe would think nothing too much to gain his 
 good Efteem. Don Carlos was foon fenfible of 
 her Weaknefs, and was by no means averfe to 
 encouraging a Difpofition in her, that might 
 help to make the tedious Recovery of Clementina 
 more tolerable to him. 
 
 It had been a conftant Cuftom for Clementina^ 
 ever fince they were in Quarters, to fend 'Terefia 
 •with her Compliments every Morning to Don 
 Carlos^ and' to give him an Account of her 
 Health. For two or three Mornings paft, there 
 had always happen'd to be Company with him 
 
 when Terefia came •, but the P e, on difco- 
 
 vering that Lady's Difpofition, took care to he 
 alone, and that every Body fhould withdraw as 
 foon as fhe appear'd •, and in return of the Com- 
 pliments made him in Clementina^ s^&me, he afk'd 
 kindly after her Health *, but foon drop'd that 
 Subjed, and turn'd the Converfation into Elo- 
 giums on ^erejta's Beauty, and what a charm- 
 ing Figure fhe made in that borrow'd Drefs. 
 Madam, faid he, fmce you are capable of giving 
 fo much Delight in a Drefs fo little calculated to 
 give Luflre ro your native Charms, how dan- 
 gerous 
 
(26) 
 
 gerous would it be for us, were we td 
 fee you in your natural Shape, with all the 
 Advantages of female Drefs and Ornament: 
 But it is in pity to our Weaknefs, that you con- 
 defcend to wear a Maflc over thofe Charms ^ 
 which all muft adore, were you pleas'd to un- 
 veil them. Your Highnefs, reply'd Terefia^ 
 blufhing, certainly rallies me, fmce by this Drefs 
 we rather expofe more of thofe Charms you fpeak 
 of, than in our own ; and perhaps as we are only 
 tolerable in this Difguife, fo in our female Ac- 
 coutrements we might feem entirely difagreeable : 
 And therefore it is in Charity to ourfelves, that 
 we drefs in fuch manner, as may prevent your 
 Averfion. That, reply'd Don Carlos^ is a thing 
 impofTible to fall to the Lot of the fair ferefia : 
 In whatever Shape Ihe is pleas'd to appear. Hie 
 muft always charm and create the warmefl Emo- 
 tion in every Heart, that is the lead fenfible of 
 the Force of Wit or Beauty. But how is it, 
 "lerefia^ that you fancy you expofe more of your 
 Charms in that Difguife, than in your own na- 
 tural Drefs? Don't you confider that you con- 
 ceal the delicate Arm, the well turn*d Neck, the- 
 fnowy Bofom, and all the bewitching Alure- 
 ments of that Paradife of Love. Who can fee 
 them heave at the Mention of the foft Paflion, 
 pant and beat time to the warmDi<51:ates of a yield- 
 ing Heart, without feeling himfelf in Raptures at 
 the exquifite Sight, and ready to fink with the 
 Extacy of fimpathetic Love. Now all thefe,. 
 fair T^erefia^ you cautioufly conceal : But there is 
 one thing in this Drefs which I like, namely,, 
 that we can approach nearer your Charms, than 
 ^^hen you are entrench' d and barricaded with a 
 
 vail 
 
(27) 
 
 vaftCircumFerence of Petticoats and Whale-bone: 
 Yes, my Dear, faid he, clafping her in his 
 Arms, there is a bewitching Pleafure in thus 
 folding a foft yielding Shape, and feeling, witli:- 
 out Interruption, the Throbbings of a Love-beat- 
 ing Heart. Then looking tenderly in her Face 
 for fome time, he prefs'd her eagerly to his Bo- 
 fom, and imprinted a thoufand amorous KifTes 
 on her tempting Lips. A fudden Tremor feiz'd 
 the ravifh'd Fair, and fhe funk with kind Re- 
 ludance into an eafy Chair that flood hard by, 
 and permitted the inflam'd Youth to unbutton her 
 panting Bofom, to prefs, with his wanton 
 Hand, her choiceil Virgin Treafure •, and would 
 have proceeded to full Fruition, had not they 
 heard fome Noife on the great Stair-cafe, as if 
 fome Perfons of Diilindion were coming up. 
 This wak'd them from their amorous Dalliance, 
 and "Terefia had hardly time to adjuft herfelf, 
 e'er Marlhal Saxe enter'd the Chamber. Terefia 
 immediately withdrew, not a little pleas'd that 
 
 Ihe had receiv'd fo many Inftances of the P e's 
 
 Efteem ; yet perhaps vex'd that they had bec'n 
 hindered from proceeding farther in what they 
 both v/ilh'd. 
 
 Don Carles^ in about an Hour after, paid a 
 Vifit to Clementina^ whom he found fomewhat 
 worfe than Ihe had been for fome Days pad, at 
 which he exprefs'd the greateft Concern : For 
 nOtwithftanding his Gallantry to lerefia^ his Re-^. 
 gard for that ' wounded Fair was in no Meafure 
 abated ; and he found aTendernefs for her, quite 
 different from what he felt for her Companion. 
 A truly fond Efleem, mix'd with Love and Re- 
 fpedt, fiird his Breafl for his diftfefs'd Amazon y 
 
 while 
 
( 28 ) 
 
 while a wanton Blaze only warm'd his Blood^' 
 without influencing his Mind, in favour of the 
 amorous 'Terefia : And he fancied the Gratifica- 
 tion of that Defire which he felt for her, no In- 
 fringment on his Tendernefs for Clementina, He 
 ilaid about an Hour, endeavouring, by his Pre- 
 Xence and Converfation, to relieve the Anguifh rf 
 the lovely Maid ; and left her fomewhat more 
 compos'd than when he. enter'd. As Herefm 
 waited on him out of the Apartment, he whif- 
 per'd her to contrive fome Means that he might 
 lee her without Clementina^ s Knowledge, that he 
 might communicate Ibm.ething to her, which 
 only concern' d herfelf. 
 
 'terefia guefs'd what he intended to commu- 
 nicate, and found in herfelf no Reludtance to 
 hear whatever he might offer \ therefore pro- 
 mised that Ihe would fee him after Clementina 
 was difpos'd to Reft, in a Clofet adjoining to 
 her Bed-chamber ; and fhe gave him the Key of 
 a Door to it, which open'd into his Anti- 
 chamber. The Hours betwixt that and Night 
 pafs'd on with leaden Pace, in the Imagination 
 of the expelling Pair : But the important long- 
 wifh'd for Moment came at laft, and they both 
 repair'd to the wanton Rendezvous. Don Carlos 
 was firft there, but did not wait long before 
 Terefta enter'd, loofely drefs'd in a Woman's 
 Morning Gown, and a thin Pettycoat, with her 
 Hair carelefsly bound behind with a Ribbon. 
 
 Don Carlos gaz'd upon her with fome Sur- 
 prize> and confefs*d, that now fhe had con- 
 vinc'd him that Drefs of no kind added to her 
 Charms, but rather ihaded thofe native Beauties 
 which no Man could fee without Rapture : Bu^j 
 
 added 
 
( 29) 
 
 »dded he, I mufl confefs, my charming ^ere/ta^ 
 you appear to me more amiable in this Female 
 Diihabille, than ever I faw you : Your natural 
 Charms fhine now in their full Lullre ; and at 
 once pleafe and . captivate our Hearts and Un- 
 derftanding : For I mud own to you, there arc 
 fome Ideas fo flrongly connedled with a mafcu- 
 line Dreis, which not the ftrongefl PafTion can 
 hinder from fhocking our Delicacy, and chilling 
 that Rapture which the real Perfon infpires un- 
 der that Difguife. But now, my Dear, you 
 are all foft, lovely, angtlic Woman, and no 
 Idea can intrude itfelf into the Soul, but 
 what kindles Love, Admiration, and Extacy : 
 But let us not lofe Time, my Angel ; I have 
 fomething to whifper in your Ear, which can 
 only be underftood yonder, pointing to a Field 
 Bed in the Clofet. Sh^ made ibme faint Denials, 
 but at lafl comply 'd fo far, as to fuffer herfelf 
 to be gently pull'd to the Bed, where a Scene 
 immediately cnfued, better fuppos'd than 'dc- 
 fcrib'd. The firft Ad being ended, they fell 
 into a little amorous Chat, as they tumbled on 
 the Bed, and which they continued for fome 
 time, with fo little Precaudon, that their fpeak- 
 ing awaked the reftlefs Clementina^ whole Bed- 
 chamber was only feperated from the Clofet by 
 a thin Pardtion, againft which the Head of the 
 Bed flood, and not a Foot diflant from the Bed 
 in which ihe lay. 
 
 When that Lady wak*d, fhe was furpris'd 
 to hear People whifpering fo near her, and could 
 not imagine what it could be, fmce fhe fancied 
 Terefia afleep, in an Appartment on the oppofite 
 fide of the Room. She rais'd herfelf in Bed, and 
 
 liil-nd 
 
( 30 ) 
 
 liftenM fome time, and thought flie knew the 
 Voice, and heard herfelf frequently mentioned : 
 At laft fhe plainly difcover'd that Terefia was 
 one of the Parties fne heard, but who the other 
 was, Ihe could not yet coneeive : She had an In- 
 clination to call, but her Defire to hear more of 
 their Difcourfe prevented her •, till all of a fud- 
 den the Whifpers ceas'd, and a certain cracking 
 of the Bed gave her to underftand their Con- 
 verfation was become warmer than could be ex- 
 prefs'd by Words. All this while fhe had not 
 the lead Idea of Don Carlos's being concern'd, 
 for Jealoufy had hitherto been a Stranger to her 
 Bread : But at laft fhe heard one of the amorous 
 Whifperers prefs fomething in a louder Key, 
 Tvhich difcover'd to her the Voice of Don Carlos ; 
 and immediately after fhe heard ^erefia call him 
 by his Name^ and this fo diftindlly, as put it 
 out of all Doubt that he was the prefent Object 
 of that Lady's Clofet Devotions. This Difco- 
 very flung Clementina into fo prodigious an Agi- 
 tation, that like one frantic, fhe had not Reafon 
 left to prevent a fudden and loud Exclamation 
 from efcaping her. '^ O Heaven ! cry'd fhe, 
 *' in a Tone that equally exprefs'd both Grief 
 *' and Aflonifhment, could I have thought this 
 *' of Don Carlos and 'Terejia V^ She accompa* 
 panied thefe Words with a mofl* piercing Sigh, 
 and inflantly funk down on the Bed in a Fit. 
 
 The amorous Couple could not but hear the 
 exclamatory Out-cry of Clementina^ and were but 
 too well convinc'd that ihe had abfolutely difco^- 
 ver'd their Intrigue. However, as if their Minds 
 Iiad prefaged that the Confequence might be fa- 
 tal to the poor Lady, in her unhappy Condition, 
 
 they 
 
( 31 ) 
 
 they bnrftinto her Room, and found her fpeecll^ 
 iefs and infenfible. They were oblig'd to per- 
 mit her to remain for fome Minutes in that 
 manner, till they had both drefs'd themfelves in- 
 Charader, that they might, without Prejudice 
 to her Reputation, call in the Afliftance of the 
 Servants, who were all ignorant of the Circum- 
 ftance of the Ladies, and believ'd them what^ 
 they appear'd to be, young Gentlemen Volun- 
 tiers. When they were about to call them in, 
 Clementina came to herfelf, and prevented them : 
 She immediately refolv'd to give her paflion a 
 furprifing turn, and fuch as it was not in Na- 
 ture to expe6t •, fixing her Eyes upon Don Car- 
 los^ and burfling into Tears, Ihe begg'd that his 
 
 H fs would forgive her Curiofity, that had 
 
 fo impertinently fcrutiniz'd into an Affair which- 
 he defign'd to keep fecret : For the Thought!! 
 only of difpleafing him, had thrown her into 
 that Fit, out of which fhe thank* d God Ihe was 
 now recover'd •, only to intreat his Pardon for fo 
 unfeafonable an Interruption. My Soul, R — 1 
 Sir, faid fhe, has prefumed to exprefs a Paflion for 
 you, but it is of fuch a Nature, as to caufe no un- 
 cafy Emotions in it, on the Marks of Senfibility 
 you exprefs for others, or the Returns you arc 
 pleas'd to make to the yielding Fair : No, my 
 
 p e, as I fee you all amiable, I wifh the 
 
 whole Sex would tune their Souls to the fame 
 ravifh'd Senfe of your matchlefs Perfedion, 
 which employs all my wondering Faculties ; and 
 that they would facrifice all their Charms to fill 
 up the Happinefs of my lovely Hero. I have no 
 Concern upon my Spirits on the Accident, but 
 rtic-Fcar of having difpleas'd you j and that my 
 
 Friend 
 
(30 
 
 Friend was fo unkind as not to make mfe hcf 
 Confident, in a Paflion which I Ihould be fo far 
 from condemning, that I would have cheriih'd 
 it as of Kindred to that which warms my Bread. 
 
 Don Carlos and 'Terejia were at a Lofs, before 
 fhe began to fpeak, how to form their Counte- 
 nances, or fhake off the Confufion, which at- 
 tended fo unexpected a^ Difcovery *, and their 
 Minds were bufied how to keep Matters from a 
 Rupture, which they were afraid would be one 
 of the Confequences, at leaft, of Clementina*^ 
 Knowledge of their amorous Correfpondence : 
 But when they heard that lovely Sufferer exprefs 
 berfelf with fuch Tendernefs to both, and fuch 
 a difintereiled PafTion for Don Carlos^ they were 
 ftill more at a Lofs how to find a Reply for 
 fpch generous Sentiments. 
 
 Don Carlos^ more affeded than ever with the 
 generous Behaviour of the fair Clementina, hear- 
 tily repented that he had gone fuch Lengths 
 with 'Terefia^ (for whom he did not find in him- 
 felf, even after the greateft Sacrifice, any of that 
 Tendernefs he felt for her Rival) and reproach'd. 
 himfelf for not having manag'd that wanton 
 Sally with more Prudence : For he judg'd, that 
 hovv^evcr Clementina's good Senfe and good Na- 
 ture might glofs it over, yet ilill flie muft have- 
 fo much of the Woman about her, as to feel 
 many uneafy Moments on account of that Affair, 
 which might endanger her Life.^ Terefta. and he. 
 were both filent for fome Moments, after Cle- 
 7nentina left off fpeaking, each expeding the- 
 other would give a Turn to the Converfation -,; 
 when at laft Don Carlos afliam'd to make no, 
 
 Reply; 
 
( 33 ) 
 
 Reply to fo much Generoficy, told the affli<f^eci 
 Fair, that he had more Realbn to afk her Par- 
 don, for being the Caufe of giving her fo nmch 
 Uneafinefs; and hop'd, that if ihe had fti 11 re- 
 maining the fmalleft Eileem for him, fhe would 
 forget that Accident, and not allow it to dwell 
 upon her Spirits, to the Prejudice of that Health 
 Vi'hich he held dearer than his own : And above 
 all. Madam, added he, let me conjure you that 
 no Coldnels may appear between you and your 
 Friend Terejia^ who has been in a manner be- 
 tray'd into a Circumftance which may di- 
 fturb you, by the bad Ufe I have miade of the 
 Tendernefs fhe has exprefs'd for you en all Oc- 
 cafions, Cley/icntina reply'd very kindly, and 
 taking Terejia by the Hand, and gently prefling 
 it to her Bofom, faid3 It ihould be fo far from 
 making any Breach in that Friendlhip which ^ 
 had hitherto happily fubHited between them, 
 that it would be a new Bond of Amity : That 
 fhe would efleem her more than ever, as Ihu 
 ihar'd his Afredlion, and as they were both 
 adluated by a Regard for him. The Con- 
 verfation was too perplex' d to continue long : 
 Don Carlos^ pleas'd that Things feem'd in 
 fo calm a Situation, took his Leave for that 
 Night, and re turn' d to his own Apart- 
 ment. 
 
 When he v/as gone, Clementina gently chid 
 Terefia^ for not making her privy to her Affec- 
 tion for Don Carlos, But alas 1 'tercfia^ added 
 file, you judged of me by tlie refl of Woman- 
 kind : You thought I would have been jealous, 
 and crofs'd your Happinefs •, but your PalTion 
 ck)cs not interfere with mine : My Affedion for 
 
 D the 
 
( 34) 
 
 the lovely, P-— e has nothing in it that regards- 
 nyfclt, or depends upon the Senfcs or DifFe- 
 rciice ot Sex : Wtre 1 a Man, or fome fuperior 
 Being, of no Kindre-d to the humiin Species, yet 
 my Love for that Hero would be the fame: 
 "'TIS his matchlefs Perfections that atrra6t my 
 my Soul •, and thefe cannot be kflen'd, fliould 
 all Mankind adore him, and aii my Sex confent 
 to crown his warmefb Wifhes with kind 
 complying Love. I could fee it, and glory in 
 it, that I dill could feaft my ravifh'd Soul with 
 the pure Contemplation of thofe Perfediions, 
 that could diiTufe Pleafure to all the World. 
 
 Forgive m.e, Clementina^ reply'd Terefuiy 
 fomewhat difconcerted at this platonic Haran- 
 gue, if I have hitherto ccnceal'd niy PaiTion for 
 
 the matchlefs P e : I judg*d of you as of my- 
 
 felf-, and once thought my Flame as pure as 
 yours, and that my Soul was as little capable of 
 Jealcufy : But I find I am Woman flill. I faw 
 
 the P e, you know, fome time before you 
 
 did ; for, you may remember, it was my 
 Defcription of his enchanting Form, v/hich rais'd 
 your Curiofiry to fee him.. At firfl Sight, like 
 yours, my Love catch'd the immiOrtal Flame, 
 which obiig'd me to make him my confbant 
 Si:bjc6~c of DiKOurfc, when with you, or fuch as 
 would have the Patience to liften to me. ' You 
 aad I, Clementina^ went to Fount ciinhleau^ where 
 you faw and Icv'd, and the fame Night made 
 me Miflrefs of the Secret : But I durft not ex- 
 change mine \ I fm other' d it, and had no other 
 Relief CO m.y tormented Soul, but in joining you 
 in your continued Praifes, and humouring you 
 in a FafTion fo much allied to my own : For 
 
 2 at 
 
(35) 
 
 at that time, the PlcaRire I took in behoiding 
 him, was merely Mental, my PaiTion purely 
 Platonic ; and therefore I felt no Jealoufy on your 
 Account, but fell willingly into your Scheme of 
 following our Hero to the Campaign, thinking 
 there I might ilill retain the imaaculate Notions 
 I had when at- Paris. But, my dear Clementina^ 
 whether it was the Freedom of the Drels, and 
 the Converfation which that led us into, or the 
 
 nearer Accefs I have had to the charming P e, 
 
 efpecially fince your Illnefs^ I know not, buievcr 
 fince, I have found rnyfelf gradually decline 
 from that Purity of Sentiment with which I {tt 
 out •, and at laft, after many virtuous Efforts, 
 to get the better of my Blood, I found it was iri 
 vain to pretend to be in Love with the Perfec- 
 tions^ without fome warm Thoughts about the 
 Perfon. Thefe intruded themfelves fo often 
 upon m.y Imagination, that they fpoil'd my 
 platonic Syftem ; and this Night gave Don Car- 
 los PoifefTion of what, Pm fure^ he likes better 
 than a MiUion of fuch fpiritualiz'd Creatures as 
 I once fancied myfelf to be. Now, my dear 
 Clementina^ I have told you, without referve^ 
 the State of my Mind ; if you can keep to the 
 platonic Syftem you firil fet out with, vve may 
 ilill continue Friends, and contribute to each 
 others Happynefs, as the P e's Mind is capa- 
 cious enough to receive the Admiration of us 
 both^ and as you have fo little Concern for its 
 Apendage, the Body, which you may allow 
 me to toy with, as a Creature lefs retin*d than 
 you are, and v/ho wants fuch Helps to keep up 
 a Relidi tor the purer Joys of feraphic Ten* 
 Ctrncfs. 
 
 D 2 Whatever 
 
( 36 ) 
 
 Whatever were Clementina's real SentttnenffS 
 OQ this Occafion, fhe fetm'd to prefervc her 
 Temper with TereJIa^ and profefs'd to her an 
 unrelcrv'd Friendfhip. However, the fame 
 Night ilie beg'd of her to be her Bedfellow ; 
 and from that time forward could never, with 
 ^ny Patience, permit that Lady to be out of her 
 Sight, which was a fcnfible Embarrafment to 
 Terefia,, who wanted an Opportunity of renew- 
 ing thofe Tranfports fhe experienc'd in the Clo- 
 ftt. It's true, ilie faw Don Carlos every Day, 
 who v/as as adiduous as eVer in paying his Com- 
 pliments to Clementina ; and fancied that fhe ob- 
 fcrv'd in his Looks and Actions an Air of Un- 
 eafmefs, which flie interpreted as owing to a 
 Dcfire of having a fecond Opportunity of con- 
 verfing in private with her: But Clementina 
 fcem'd fo much upon the Watch, that nothing 
 could be accomiplilh'd of that kind for feverai 
 Days ; and the Return of the Court to Verfailles^ 
 put all fuch Thoughts out of their Heads for 
 Ibme time longer. Clementina was flill very 
 weak, and her Phyficians advis'd her to flay 
 where flie was, till her Cure was further advanc'd ; 
 but fne could not be prevailed on, by any Argu- 
 ments, to ftay behind Don Carles^ whofe Ab- 
 fence, but an Hour longer than ufual, gave her 
 the moil fenfible Pain j fo that, bad as fhe was, 
 fhe and Teref^a^ in a Pod Chaife, joined his Re- 
 tinue, and kept company till they came to Paris, 
 But now the Ladies were oblig'd to obferve dif- 
 ferent Meafures from thofe they had hitherto fol- 
 low 'd ; for dementia could no longer pafs for 
 
 her Brother, M. fie , who was himfelf at 
 
 Paris, where he had retunVd from the Country, 
 
 contrary 
 
{27) 
 
 contrary to his Sifter's Expedlations, the Nigh^ 
 after their Arrival in that City. 
 
 She was at Don Cr.rlos's Hotel when fhe had, 
 by meer Accident, an Account of her Brother*s 
 Arrival, and was obligM to change her Drefs 
 immediately, and go to a Relation of hers, where 
 file was fure her Brother would foon call for her. 
 
 Tho' Tej'efia had no Brother to fear, nor any 
 Relation to whom fhe ftood accountable for her 
 Condu6t, and vv^ould willingly have rifqued all 
 other Confiderations, for the lake of converflng 
 freely with her belov'd Don Carlos^ yet fhe coiiJd 
 find no modefl Pretence for Itaying behind Clemen- 
 tinay and was heartily vex'd to think that this 
 Incident (hould fall out, which feem'd to banifh 
 almoft ail Hopes of ever enjoying that Happi- 
 nels which was now become the Summnm Bomim 
 of her Life. 
 
 When Don Carlos was made acquainted with 
 the Ladies Defign of leaving his Houfc, he had 
 likewife his Uneafinefs : He was not quite fati- 
 ated with Terejia^ whofe Humour was very 
 agreeable to him ; and he found in himfelf an 
 Inclination to have made the warmefl Return to 
 Clementina's PalTion, as foon as her Health would 
 have permitted Overtures of that kind, with any 
 meafure of Propriety : But now he faw he had 
 loft his Opportunity with both; for he judg'd 
 it would be very inconvenient for him to carry 
 on a Correfpondence with the Ladies, in their 
 own proper Shapes, without injuring their Re- 
 putation, which he was moft folicitoufly tender 
 ot : And as that at prefent feem'd to be in Dan- 
 ger, he confented to their going, even before 
 they could concert any other Plan for their fu- 
 D 3 tur^ 
 
(38), 
 ture Correfpondence, except by Letters. He 
 parted with Clementina in Terms the moft ten^ 
 cier and affedlionate, promis'd to write to her 
 conftanily, and affui'd her, that nothing could 
 give him greater Satisfadiion, than to hear of 
 her perfect Recovery, and advis'd her, to con- 
 tinue the Surgeon fhe had hitherto us'd, leaft 
 the Surgeons of Paris fhould, from the Nature 
 ot the Wound, make fome difagreeable Con-r 
 jedurcs : Adding, that he knew the Man to 
 be poffciVd of fo much Prudence and Secrecy,- 
 and fo much attached to, as well as dependant 
 on, him, that Ihe needed not to make any 
 Scruple of letting him know the Secret of her 
 Sex, and by his Means perhaps fome Way 
 might be found our, that they might converfe. 
 together without Cenfure -, at leafl, by this 
 Means a fure Method of Correfpondence would, 
 be preferv'd. 
 
 Clefnentina was at firft prodigioufly averfe tq 
 making the Surgeon privy to her Story, left he 
 fhould chink of her in fuch Manner, as only the 
 bare Thought of gave her the utmoft Pain : 
 However, both Don Carlos and Terefta repre- 
 fented to her, in fuch ftrong Terms, that fhe 
 mull employ fome Man of the Profeffion, who 
 on firft Sight v/ould difcover the Wound to pro- 
 ceed from aGun-Ihot, an Accident which rarely 
 happens to Women, and for which fhe could 
 aflign no plaufible Caufe, without difcovering 
 the Truth, or leaving them ro form the fame 
 harfli Conjecflures which fhe dreaded from the 
 Surgeon who had hitherto attended her, with- 
 out fufpecling, or at leaft feeming to fufpe<^, 
 her Sex ; and as none of thefe were under the. 
 
 fame 
 
( 39 ) 
 
 fame Obligation of Secrecy which this Man was, 
 fhe could noc with fuch -Safety trull them. 
 Thefe Argumenrs at lafl: prevail'd on her 
 to pennit Don Carlos to open the Affair, and 
 give the Surgeon luch Cautions as he judg'd 
 proper lo conceal the Truth. 
 
 This being fectled, the two Ladies took iheir 
 Leave, and went to Clementina's Relation, 
 whom they made believe, that Clementina had 
 fallen from her Horfe, and hurt her Ancle in 
 fuch Manner, that it had conftn'd her for fome 
 Weeks to her Bed •, and that it was dill in a 
 bad Way, and would have been worfe, from the 
 bad Treatment of die Country Surgeons, had (he 
 not accidencly met with a Gentleman of the 
 Profeflion, a Domt^llic o\ Don Carlos y who, in 
 his Return from tlie Campaign, calTd at a Gen- 
 tleman's Houfe where fhe then was, and gave 
 her proper Aflailance, and was fo kind as to 
 promife a Continuance of his Attendance, as 
 
 loon as the Pr e came to Paris i and begg'd 
 
 of her Relation to fend to his Hotel, to know 
 if he was come. The Servant went, and 
 brought the Surgeon with him, who by this 
 Time v/as acquainted with the Secret of his 
 Patienr, and had his D;re(!ilioFiS to manage 
 fb as to give no Sufpicion to the Family where 
 fhe then v/as, that there was any Myitery in the 
 Affair. 
 
 • Clementina^s Broiher vifKtd her that Even- 
 ing, and was under great Concern to find his 
 Silier in fo bad a Way. However, the Air of 
 Paris which was native to her, and the eager 
 Defire fhe had of feeing Don Carlos'-, which Pne 
 ceyld have no Hopes of while llie kept her 
 D-4 Apartment, 
 
(40) 
 Apartment, recovered her in a fliort Time to 
 her wonted Health and Vigour, and fhe went 
 in about a Month's Tinne after her coming to 
 Fani\ for the firftTime to Court, in Company 
 with i'erefta and her Brother, where fhe was io 
 happy as to fee Don Carlos^ whofe Prefence, 
 renew'd in her Breafl ilill ftronger Emotions of 
 the mod violent PafTion. Don Carlos faw her, 
 but did not think it prudent to pay his Com- 
 plements to her as ihe was in Company with 
 her Brother, to whom he was not known any 
 Otherways than by Report ; but by his Looks he 
 plainly convinc'd her, that the Sight of her gave 
 him great Pleafure, the Senfe of which diffus'd 
 fuch Joy in Clementina ^ Countenance, thac 
 ihe never appeared fo charming as at that In- 
 flant. Her Brother fuppofing her ignorant of 
 the Quality of Don Carlos^ for he was In- 
 cognito, and pafs'd for an Italian Count, point- 
 ed him out to her, and faid a great many 
 Things in h'js Praife which he had Jearn'd by 
 Report of fuch as had the Happinefs of that 
 Pr — e*s Acquaintance, and exprefs'd an eager 
 Defire to be perfonaliy known to him. This was 
 v/hat Clementifia willi'd for, as it might contri- 
 bute to bring about a perfonal Interview, which 
 ihe mightily long'd for, and fhe was revolving 
 in her Mind, how that Acquaintance might be 
 brought to pafs, when fhe faw Don Carlos^ 
 enter into Converfation with the Princef^ of 
 
 q yj^^ a Lady to v/hom both fhe and her 
 
 Brother were very well known. Clementina 
 thought this an Opportunity not to be negleded^ 
 and whifpering her Brother to follow her, fhe 
 went as if to, the other End of the Room, and 
 
 in 
 
( 41 ) 
 
 in pafTing by the Princefs, fhe made her Cgm* 
 pliments to that Lady, who congratulated her 
 on the Recovery of her Health, and her Brother 
 on his Arrival at Paris ; for fhe had not feea 
 him tell now ; then turning to Don CarloSy who 
 was ftill by her, told his Highnefs, that the 
 Father of that young Lady and Gentleman, 
 were fteady Friends to his Family, and had 
 fuiTer'd much on that Account, which gave his 
 Children fome Claim to his Countenance, ab- 
 ilrafling from their own Merit, which of itfelf 
 would, when known, be fuflicient Recommen- 
 dation to his Eueem. Don Carlos bow'd po- 
 litely to Clementina^ and her Brother, and 
 thank'd the Princefs for mak'ng him acquainted 
 with two Perfons, who. at firfl: Sight he found' 
 himfelf much inclin'd to efteem on their ov/a 
 Account, and not the lefs, that her Highntis 
 was pleas'd to inform him of the Obligations 
 his Family were under to their Father. GV- 
 mentina and Don Carlos enter'd into a little. 
 Chat, but fo as if they had never (tf.v\ one ano- 
 ther before, and he took fuch particular Notice 
 of her, that the Ladies of the Court, who were 
 no lefs fenfible than fhe of the irrefidable 
 Charms of the young Hero, began to look up- 
 on her with no little Envy. At lad, he was 
 oblig'd to part with her, by the coming up of 
 Ibme of the Courtiers, who entertain'd him 
 with a Converfation, which, tho' of more 
 Weight, was not half fo agreeable as that he had 
 "with the charming Ck?nentina. 
 
 The next Day, Monfieur her Brother waired 
 on Don Carlos at his Levee, and v/as received 
 V^ith great Marks of Kflcem, and from that 
 
 Time 
 
( 42 ) 
 
 Time an Intimacy commenc'd, which gave 
 them both Satisfadion, the one as being ho- 
 nour'd by the Countenance of a Perfon ot that 
 Rank, and the other, as imagining that 
 hereby, feme how or orher, it might be of 
 Ufe to the Defigns he had upon Clementina. 
 
 Clementina's Brother, had now taken Apart- 
 ments in the fame Houfe with his Sifter, and 
 in a few Days, Don Carlos paid him a Vifit, 
 and there had the Pleafure of converfing with 
 Clementina^ without giving the Brother the leail 
 room for fufpeding that the Vifit was chiefly in^ 
 tended for her. But ftill this was but general Con- 
 verfation, which tho' it feem'd to fatisfy Clemen- 
 tina^ yet did not yield that Satisfaction to her 
 Lover, which he now vehemently long'd for. 
 On the Contrary, the oftener he faw her, which 
 was almoft every Day, either at her own Ap- 
 
 partment, the Court, or the Princefs of T /, 
 
 where fhe frequently vifited, he grew more and 
 more impatient to gratify his Wifhes, but knew 
 not how to accomplifh them, and keep up at the 
 fame Time a due Regard to the Lady's Reputa- 
 tion and his own Dignity. But at laft. Chance 
 gave him fome faint Hopes, when he had al- ' 
 moft defpair*d of Succefs •, for pafling *** Street, 
 one Day in his Coach, he faw Clementina^ Tere- 
 Jiay and her Brother coming out of a Milliner's, 
 whom he knew, on a former Occafion, not to 
 be very fcrupulous in afTifting the Diilrefs'd ; 
 from that Moment he refolv'd to make Ufe of 
 her to forward his Suit to Clementina^ but to 
 condudl it in fuch Manner as that this Lady 
 Jhpuld not know any Thing of bis making 
 any Application to her. 
 
 He 
 
(43) 
 
 He had no fodner got Home, than he fent 
 for the Milliner, of whom he ask'd fome Que- 
 itions relating to the Ladies he faw come out 
 of her Shop. This Woman, foon guelVd what 
 he aim'd at, and told him all flie knew of Cle- 
 tnentina •, and not to detain the Reader long with 
 the Particulars of their Converfation, let it fut- 
 iice, that Ihe promis'd, next Aiternoon, to find 
 an Excufe for Clementina's being at her Houfc 
 alone, and un.utended, when he fhould havi: 
 what Opportunity he pleas'd to conveile with 
 her. 
 
 Next Morning this obliging Lady waited 
 on Clementina^ and told her, that in the After- 
 noon, a noted Fortune-Teller was to bs at her 
 Houfe, who had furpriz'd every Body by her 
 Skill, that hadconfulted her, Cle?nentina,hk(i mod 
 Women, was curious to know n-jore of fuch 
 a Perfonage, and propos'd that Ihe and Terefia 
 ihould go there that Evening ; but Madam told 
 her, that flie had a particular Whim, that flic 
 never would predicfl to more than one Perfon at 
 once, and chofe always to do it in great Secrecy, 
 as being one who conceal'd her Skill from 
 all but thofe of the firft Quality. C/V- 
 fneniina fell into the Snare, promis'd to be 
 there alone, and came puncPiually at the Time, 
 but was much furpriz'd to find no Fortune- 
 Teller there when fiie came : However, Ma- 
 dam, the Milliner, convey'd her to a private 
 Apartment, where fhe faid the wife Woman 
 would foon be with her ; begg'd her Pari- 
 (fcnce for fome Moments, went out of the 
 Room, and returned in a little Time, ufhering 
 in Pon Carlos, whom flie introduced to the 
 
 Lady 
 
( 44 ) 
 Lady as one who wanted to have his Fortune 
 tiecermin'd as much as ihe. Clementina blufh*d 
 to fee herfelf fo impofed upon, tor fhe imme- 
 diately concluded, that this was. a concerted 
 I'hing: However, on the Milliner's leaving 
 the Room, which fhe did inftantly, fhe could 
 not help difcovering a Satisfadion in her Coun- 
 tenance at the Sight of her much lov'd Pr — e. 
 And, tho' her Reafon and Prudence fuggefted 
 to her, that fhe ought to chide him, yet fhe had 
 not Power fo much as to counterfeit a Frown. 
 He approach'd her with great Refped, and 
 after faluting her, told her, that Madamoifelle 
 ****had rightly hit upon his Cafe, for he 
 really wanted to have his Fate determin'd ; I 
 have Madamoifelle, added he, waited with 
 great Impatience for your Recovery, that I 
 might inform you, with what Pain I have 
 languilh'd out the tedious Hours fince our firfl 
 happy Acquaintance, without an Opportunity 
 of telling you how much you have made me 
 your Slave, and how unhappy I mufl be if you 
 don't vouchfafe to heal that Wound you have 
 made in my Heart. My Eyes, my Looks 
 and A6lions, my charmer, have fure long fmcc 
 told you how much I love, till now I never 
 could find Words to exprefs the ardent Flame. 
 Speak Cle7nenlina, may I hope for a Return, 
 
 or mud I forever Defpair ? Alas I R 1 Sir, 
 
 replied flie, you condefcend too much in 
 
 fuing to me , you know, my Pr e I love 
 
 you, and that with uncommon Ardour, and 
 if that Love can make you in any refpe<^ 
 happy, I ihall efteem myfelf for«ver blefs'd. 
 
 Yet 
 
(45) 
 
 Yes my Adorable, faid Don Carlos^ it caa 
 make me greatly happy, tor fare no Man, add- 
 ed he, (clafping her in his Armsj encircling 
 fuch a Treafure, can dream of Wretched- 
 nef^. No! on this dear Boforn 1 cari lull 
 the loud Alarms of noify Am.bition, and, 
 poffefs'dof this lovely Perfon, forget Crowns 
 and Scepters, or look on them as Trifles be- 
 neath my Care. Tranfported for fome Mo- 
 ments with his eager Raptures, (he permitted 
 his Embrace, and return'd it with equal Ex- 
 tacy ; but as he fecm'd enclinable to ufe fome 
 Freedoms, not quite fo confident with ftridl 
 Decency, fhe ftruggled from his Arms, and 
 afllim'd a Severity in her Countenance, which 
 perfwaded the Pr — e he had gone too fir at 
 the firftOn-fet. Hold Sir, added Ihe, in a 
 refolute Tone, I have.confefs'd all my Soul to 
 you, and could wifh you to fee it without Dif- 
 guife : Then Sir, you would be convirxM, that 
 there is not a Thought harbour'd in my Breail, 
 that can encourage fuch Liberties. No Sir^ I 
 love you, but its with a chafle and facred^ 
 Flame, unf^llied with fenfual Dtrfires •, if 
 that Sir can content you, eujjy it ; 'tis the 
 better Part of me •, but if you perfiR in your 
 Purpofc of debafing it, tho' at the fame Time 
 I become miferable for Life, yet Fll banifh 
 myfelf your Sight ior ever. Tho' Don Carlos 
 had no great Opinion of her refin'd Norions of 
 Platonic Love, yet he was oblig'd to chime in 
 with her Sentiments, in Order to appeafe her, 
 hoping he might fome other Time find her 
 in a Difpofition when Body and Soul were not 
 at fuch Variance, and fhe might be inclinable 
 
 tv> 
 
(46 ) 
 
 to fh:ire fome of thefe divine Raptures in & 
 Manner Ids fpiritualiz'd. It was ibme Time 
 before flie was quite calm, or before he could 
 peri wade her that he had no Defigns upon her 
 Virtue. But at lad they came to pretty good 
 Terms, and Ihe indulg'd him in all the innorent 
 Freedoms he could wilh, with which he was 
 oblig'd for that Time to be contented, flatter- 
 ing himlelf that thofe Dalliances often repeated, 
 might by Degrees mix fome carnal Alloy with 
 her feraphic Flame. They parted for that 
 Time, and made an Affignation in the fame 
 place for feveral Days following. Every Time 
 made the Pr—e more familiar, and the Nymph 
 lefs coy, and admitted him to Liberties greater 
 than thofe that fet her in fuch a PafTion the firft 
 Nkhr, and at laft eave him full PoffciTion of all 
 he wifhM. For its in vain to pretend to ftifle 
 our natural Appetites, without keeping a ftri6t 
 Guard upon the Senfes, and avoiding all fuch 
 Temptations as may fee the Paffions a- float. 
 Keafon and Virtue may teach us many refin'd 
 Notions, and a plaufible Theory make us be- 
 lieve that we are capable of refifting every 
 Thing that has the Appearance of Vice, while 
 it's at a Diftance, but v/e cannot^diveft ourfelves 
 of our Nature, which will operate in fpite of 
 all our boafled Refolution, and let the Blood get 
 the better of the Spirit, if it is permitted to be 
 over and above familiar with fuch Objeds as 
 are apt to fet it in Agitation. This was the 
 Cafe of Clementina % flie had as high and ro- 
 mantic Notions of Honour as any Woman, 
 and was happy in a cold Conftitution, and on 
 that pvefum'd, that fhc might permit her Fancy 
 
 to 
 
(47 ) 
 
 to roam as often as it pleas'd upon the warmefi; 
 Objedls ot Senfe, without any Danger of un- 
 dermining her Principles of Honour and 
 Chaftity. 
 
 Before the Battle of Fontenoyy her Difguife, 
 and the few Opportunities flie had of converfing 
 privately with her beloved Don Carles^ kept up 
 her delufive Dream, and her Indifpofition, dur- 
 ing her Confinement by her Wound, help'd to 
 cool any inordinate Eiforis of the Blood, and 
 kept her in that cold frigid State in which 
 j(he firfl: fet our. But when Health return'd, 
 and with it a lefs referv'd Intimacy with the 
 clear Objedl of her Pafiion, Woman grew upon 
 her by Degrees, the rigid Rules of Virtue re- 
 ceded by little and little, v/ithout her perceiv- 
 ing the Change, and in one unguarded Mo- 
 ment, Nature, and the all-powerful Attacks of 
 Don Carles^ deftroy'd the whole Fabric of 
 her platonic Syftem, brought her down from 
 the feraphic Raptures fhe had fo long indulg'd 
 herfelf in, and gave her a Taile of that Love 
 which we find among frail Mortals. 
 
 Some Evenings the amorous Pr — e fpent 
 only in wanton Dalliances, keeping aloof troin 
 every Thing that might roufe thof;^ watchful 
 Dragons, female Pride and Virtue ; and found 
 that he daily gain*d ground. At lait, one Even- 
 ing, having faid every Thing that could miove 
 the foft PalFion, and inforc'd them by every 
 A(5lionthat could. Simulate the Blood, he found 
 the fond Nymph melting with amorouslVanfporC 
 in his Arms: He feiz'd the critical Minute, and 
 found but fmali Refiftance. She murniur'd a 
 Coqiplaint, but could not fcverely rebuke him ; 
 
 in 
 
( 48 ) 
 
 tn a Word, fhc found the Crime fo fweet, thae 
 fhe permitted a Repeticion of ic, and at laft 
 ccBtefs'd, that fometiraes the Senfes can afford 
 Joys too powerful to be refiiled. 
 
 For fome Weeks they kept their Rendez- 
 vous at the obliging Milliner's, and both Parties 
 feem*d pleas'd with the Scate of Things •, but 
 they were not permitted to enjoy this Tranqui- 
 lity long, for Terejia^ who languifh'd for the 
 fame Happinefs, grew jealous that her Friend 
 went out fo often without acquainting her 
 vhere fhe fpcnt fo much of her Time, or per- 
 mitting her to go along with her as had been 
 formerly herCuflom, and at laft began to fancy 
 that fomethins; mvfterious muft beat the Bottom 
 of luch frequent Vifits alone, without Servants 
 or Equipage. 
 
 Jealoufy had no fooner enterM her Head, 
 than fhe determin'd to try all Means to fatisfy 
 her Sufpicion, and for that Purpofe, the next 
 Time Clementina went out in that Manner, fhe 
 put on a Mafque, follow'd her at a Diftance, 
 jaw her go into the Milliner's, and a little after 
 perceiv'd a Gentleman ftop at the Door in^a 
 Hackney Chair. She drew as near as poflibly 
 Jfhe could, without being difcover'd, to difcern 
 who this could be, for fhe concluded it for certain 
 an Ailignation. The Gentleman ftepp'd quickly 
 cjut, but fo muffled in his Cloak, that fhe could 
 not fee who he was, tho' by his Air and Statijre 
 Hie fancied it to be Don Carlos. On this Surmife 
 only, without further Confirmation, fne rag'd 
 like a mad Woman, loading both Don Carlos 
 and Cle77ieriiina^ in her own Mind, with all the 
 oprobrious Epichets flis could think of;, and' 
 
 was 
 
( 49 ) 
 
 was once determin'd to go into the Houfe and 
 expofe thero both, but recolkaing herfelf, and 
 refleding on the Quality of Don Carlos, and 
 that of her Companion, and how much her own 
 Reputation would fufFer by luch an Affair, flie 
 drop'd that Projed:, and entertain'd one more 
 fuitable to her Revenge. She now remembered 
 that fhe had left Monfieur de ***, Clemen- 
 tina's Brother, at Home in his Apartment. 
 To him fhe immediately polls, and putting on 
 an Air of the greatcft Grief and Concern, told 
 him, that fhe had obferv'd fomething of late, 
 in Regard to his Sifter, which very much 
 alarm'd her, and as nothing was dearer to her 
 than the Honour of their Family (for Hie was 
 their Relation by the Mother's Side) (he could 
 no longer hide her Sufpicions, from a Brother, 
 whofe Duty it was to proted his Name from 
 Infamy. 
 
 Monfieur de * * *, was highly agitated with 
 this interefting Preamble, and conjur'd her 
 to keep him no longer in Sufpence, but acquaint 
 him with what feem'd fo much to Concern his 
 Honour, and that of his Family, which he' 
 hop'd he fhould have always Courage enough 
 cither to defend or Revenge. 
 
 She begg'd of him to be calm, and arm hirn- 
 felf with Temper and Refolution, for a Man in 
 a Pafficn was capable of nothing, and told 
 him, that for fome Weeks paft, fhe had feen 
 Cletnentina frequently receive Letters, and write 
 Anfwers, which (he took great Pains to con- 
 ceal -, and found her at fome Times under much 
 Anxiety, and deprefTure of Spirit, and that of' 
 iate, (he had gone out every Evening, alrnoft at 
 
 E the 
 
(50) 
 
 the fame Hours, on Foot, without any at- • 
 tendant, and return' d fometimes very late at 
 Night, in the fame unguarded Manner. That 
 {he obferved this with great Concern, as it was 
 not probable that a Lady of her Rank, would, 
 without fome very extraordinary Reafon, expole 
 h^rfelf in the Streets of Paris, to the Infults of 
 every Ruffian : And added, that She had en- 
 deavour'd, from the ties of Friendfhip, as well 
 as Kindred, to be let into the Secret of thefe 
 private Rambles, tho' tonoFurpofe; but this Af- 
 ternoon, refolv'd, at any P^ate,to know theTruth, 
 I followed her at a Difl:ance, in a Mafque, faw 
 hfr go to Madam ***'j5 the Milliner •, and a little 
 after^ faw a Gentleman, muffled up in a Cloak, 
 itep nimbly out of a Chair, and go into the fame 
 Houfe. This Sir, gives me a Sufpicion, that 
 there is fome Myftery at the Bottom of thefe Vi- 
 fits, which it is your Duty to enquire into. 
 
 MonfieurDe -, wound up to the highefl 
 
 Pitch of Refentment againft his Sifter, by the r 
 malicious Infmuation of her falfe Friend, deter- 
 n^in'G immediately to wait near the Milliner's, 
 to fee if poffibly he could find out, who the Ri- 
 fl^r of his Sifter's Honour was j for he made no 
 Doubt of her Guilt, lerefia was glad to find 
 him in that Difpcfition, and urg'd him to be 
 Speedy, leaft they fhould be gone before, he - 
 c^me. He went, but had fo much Caution in^. 
 his Rage^ as to take none of his Servants with 
 biipj for Fear of endangering his Sifter's Repu- 
 tatioi), beyond Redemption. He had not been 
 pofted above ten Minutes, at a convenient Place, ^ 
 where he could fee every Perfon who pafs'd. and.^ 
 repafs'd out of the Milliner* s, when he /^iw.C/^-^ 
 
 7nenUna 
 
( 50 
 
 mentina come out, handed by a Gentleman^ 
 whom he immediately fufpedled to be Don Car- 
 los, The Prefence of a P ce, whom he look'd 
 
 upon with Veneration, both on account of his 
 Perfonal Merit, and as the eldcft Son of *^**** 
 ***, put a Stop to the Rril Emotions of his 
 Rage ; he fufFer'd them to pafs by him, to a Coach 
 which flood at the End of the Street, and iaw his 
 Sifter go into it by herfelf, and Don Carlos turn 
 down another Street, at the End of which flood 
 his Equipage. Monficur, in an Inftant, revolv'd 
 
 in his own Mind what he ow'd to the P e, and 
 
 what to the Honour of his Family, which he now 
 thought he faw blailed beyond all Redemption •, 
 and in the wild Agitation into which that Tiioughc 
 threw him, he made up to Don Carlos^ and, in 
 a very haughty Tone, bid him Draw. It was 
 almoll quite Dark, and only polLble to diftin- 
 guifh Objedls by the help of the neighbouring 
 Lamps, which hinder'd Don Carlos from per- 
 ceiving who the Perfon who thus rudely ac- 
 cofted him was \ nor could he . know his Mi- 
 flrefs's Brother, by his Voice, as the PafTion 
 in which he exprefs'd himfeif, quite chang'd its 
 natural Tone. Flowever, he immediately put 
 himfeif in a Pofture of Defence, and in great 
 Compofure alk'd the Perfon, what Frenzy pof- 
 fefs'd him, to offer at fuch Violence in llich a 
 Place, and at fuch a Time of Night ? for added 
 he, if Flonbur and Courage have any Thing to 
 do in the Affair, you would not choofe Dark- 
 nefs to decide it in, and act fo much like a 
 Ruffian. The Word Rufnan, heightned Monfieur's 
 Choler, -and he only anfwer'd with a fi^Ii Pafs 
 
 E 2' at 
 
( 52 ) 
 
 at Don Carlosy which he happily parry 'd, . and 
 return'd a Thruft, that wounded his Antago- 
 nift {lightly in the Sword-Arm ; but iufficient to 
 difable him from purfuing his Revenge. The 
 clailiing of Swords, aiarm'd fome People in the 
 Neighbourhood, who rais'd a terrible Out-Cry; 
 on which, Monfieur retir'd by the fame Way he 
 came ; and Don Carlos^ not caring to be feen, 
 fliffer'd him to go unmolefled, and pafs'd on to 
 his Equipage, which waited for him at tha other 
 End ct the Street. 
 
 When he had got into his Coach, he had Time 
 to refiedl on the Danger he had efcap'd ; and was 
 much puzzled to guefs who the Perfon was, who 
 had alTauited him. His firil Conjecture led him 
 to think of an Intention to aflaflinate him by fome 
 of his Enemies -, but the Manner in which he was 
 ftop'd, and that the Perfon allow'd him Tirfte to 
 draw, removed that Doubt ; as it was im- 
 probable to fuppofe that an AfiaiTin would have 
 given him fuch a Chance for his Life. He rather 
 judg'd, that fome Perfon had miftaken him for 
 another, between whom there was fome Affair 
 of Honour ; and was glad that no more Mif- 
 chief had happen'd ; but refolv'd, lor the Future, 
 to condudl his Amours fo as not to ex- 
 pofe his Perfon to fuch Infults -, but all this 
 while, he never once dream'd that Clementina 
 was in thekaft interefted in this Accident; but 
 that unhappy Lady was not long Ignorant of 
 the Malice of her Fate. 
 
 She got Home fome Time before her Brother, 
 and was met by the faithlefs Terefta^ with all the 
 Marks of Tendernefs and Affe6lion, without the 
 fmalleft Intimation, by any Alteration in her Be- 
 haviour, 
 
■( 33 ) . . 
 
 haviour, of the Treachery fhe had already put 
 in Practice, agdinft her unfufpcding Friend : But 
 Clementina found herfelf fuddenly leiz'd with 
 an uncommon Depreffion of Spirits. She had 
 parted with her beloved Don Carlos^ in the greateft 
 Gaiety of Temper, and thought the Hours flie 
 had fpent v/ith him that Evening, more dehght- 
 ful than any of the preceding. She had made 
 an Appointment to meet him at the fame Place 
 the next Night, and had her Imagination fiU'd 
 with nothing but the reciprocal Joys of an un- 
 feigned mutual Paffion •, but fuddenly a profound 
 Melancholy feiz*d her, and an unaccountable 
 Degree of Anxiety poffefs'd her whole Mind, 
 without her being able to perceive the Caufe of 
 this fudden Change. 
 
 Terejia faw her Uneafmefs, nor did the open- 
 hearted Clementina^ endeavour to conceal her pre- 
 fent Emotions. She told her falfe Friend, that 
 Ihe found herfelf all over in a Tremble ; that an 
 inconceivable Heavinefs hung on her Mind, 
 which fhe was afraid foreboded fome im- 
 pending Misfortune. ^erejia endeavour'd to 
 comfort her, ailed ging that it was only a Fit of 
 the Spleen, or Vapours -, and defir'd her not to 
 cheriHi fuch idle Notions, nor believe, that the 
 human Mind could have the lead: forc-know- 
 Jedge of cafual Good or Evil ; telling her at the 
 fame Time, if Don Qzf/^j was prefcnt, he could 
 difpell all thefe gloomy Apprehenfions, and re- 
 ftore her by one Look, more effe6tually than 
 Hartfhorn, or Airafastida. But that dear Name, 
 which ufed to turn her Spirits into a perfe6l Har- 
 mony, and diffufe ravifhing. Joy over her whole 
 Frame, nov/ only encreafed her inward Melan- 
 
 E 3 cholya 
 
( 54 ) 
 
 choly, and rais'd in her Breaft, fuch an addi- 
 tional Load of unutterable Grief, that if flie 
 had not given Vent to it, by a Flood of 
 Tears, fne had funk under the weight of the un- 
 accountable Depreflion. "Terefta^ now judg'd, that 
 her malicious Mot had takui Efied:, and, that 
 it vas chiefly i'ler Amour which gave Clementina 
 fuch Angu.Ihi She was greatly pleas'd with this 
 Thought, and long'd to get away, that fne mighty 
 without Reflraint, indulge herfelf in the invidi- 
 ous Pieaiure ihe took in diilurbing the Tranquil 
 lity of our Lovers j and Clementina^ flill more 
 and more opprefs'd with Grief, and willing 
 to be alone, without Reluctance permitted her 
 to retire. 
 
 ClemerJina had been alone but a few Minutes, 
 when fhe heard her Brother come in, 'and afk for 
 his Sifter and I'erejia, The Servant told him, 
 they were each in their Appartment y on which 
 he went immediately up to Irerefia^ told her 
 what had happen'd, and defired to confult with 
 her, w^hat was proper to be done, both to put 
 an End to the Correfpondence between his Sifter 
 and Don Carlos^ and to conceal his having 
 made the Difcovery, leaft tlie Affair of the 
 Re-encounter might be charg'd upon him ; which 
 would not fail of being reveng'd, both by the 
 Court, and the more particular Partizans of the 
 young P — nee. . 
 
 Terefia at once fell in with his Sentiments, 
 obierving, that it was not only proper to keep 
 the Difcovery from Don Carlos^ but even from 
 Clementina herfelf, who, if let into the Secret, 
 would certainly find Means to communicate it to 
 her Lover i and, as "Women's Inventions are 
 
 quicker 
 
■( 55 ) 
 
 quicker by much than the Men's, efpecially if 
 Malice ,and Revenge ftand Prompters, TereHii 
 ■foon'iix'd "on a Plan to execute their intended 
 Purpofe of fcparating the Lovers, and conceahng 
 the real Caufe. She told Monfieur, that he knew 
 his Coufm Madamoifelle Cleora^ now a No- 
 viciate in the Monaflery of * * * * at iiheims^ 
 was a particular Intimate of Clementina' s, and 
 one, added fhe, whom I have heard her often 
 lay, that next to you, fhe efteem'd above all 
 Perfons living. Now, fuppofe we inftantly frame 
 a Letter from your Aunt, who is a profcfs'd Nun 
 in the fame Monaftery, that Qkora her Coufin, 
 is in the utmoft Danger of her Life, and of all 
 Things, defircs the Pleafure of feeing her dear 
 Friend Clemenlma^ befbre ihe dies. I am con- 
 vinc'd, (lie will make no Scruple of immediately 
 letting out •, and you may, for her Security, goa- 
 along with her ; and when you have by that Strata- 
 gem, got her fuddealy out of PariSy you may ei- 
 ther carry her there, or to any other Monaftery, 
 where you can leave fuch InflrucHons, as may 
 render it impoflible for her to give any Account 
 of her Retreat to Don Carlos, 
 
 Monfieur De was perfedly pleas'd. 
 
 with Tere/ia'% Scheme ♦, and, ift Confequence of 
 it, a Letter was immediately devis'd, which^ 
 ferefta was defir'd carry to Clement in a ^ her 
 Brother declining as yet to fee her, fearing 
 his Refentment, on Sight of her, might break 
 out into fome Indecency, which might give her 
 a Sufpicion of their real Defign. 
 
 Terefhi found that Lady much in the fame 
 Difpofuion flic had left her, and told her, on en- 
 tering, with ail the Air of real Gtief and Con- 
 
 E 4. cecn 
 
(56) 
 
 cern fhe could poffibly afllime, that (he was for- 
 ry to find, that her ominous Prefage had been 
 but too true ; for added fhe, here my dear Cle- 
 mentina^ is a Letter, Monfieur your Brother juft 
 now receiv'd from your Aunt, acquainting him 
 with the dangerous Situation of your Coufin, 
 Madamoifelle Qleora^ who defires to fee you 
 before fhe departs this World, which Ihe feems 
 to expe6t every Hour to do ! Your Brother, who 
 is going out with the Gentleman who brought 
 the Letter, defir'd me to carry you this ungrate- 
 ful News, and to acquaint you, that if you in- 
 tend to gratify the Defire of your Friend, he 
 will order the Coach to be got ready by five 
 o'clock to morrow Morning, and accompany 
 you himfelf to Rheims. 
 
 Clementina^ who truly lov'd that Lady, and 
 had a Soul capable of the moft exalted Friend- 
 fhip, was thoroughly and unfeignedly affeded 
 with the Danger £i\t fuppos'd her in ; and now, 
 that her Grief had fome vifible Motive to excite 
 it, (he gave a loofe to the moft violent Ex- 
 prcffions of Sorrow, ^erefia allow'd her to 
 Ipend hel" Spirits for fome Time, in bewailing 
 her Friend, being inwardly pleas'd that her 
 Bait took fo well •, for now Ihe hop'd to enjoy the 
 adorable Don Carlos^ without fo potent a Rival. 
 At lail fhe prefs'd her to come to a Refolution 
 whether fhe would go or not, that every Thing 
 might be put in Order for the Journey. Cle- 
 mentina told her, that nothing could be more con- 
 fiftent with her Difpofition, than to pay the lafl 
 Duties to fo dear a Friend ; and, that fhe would 
 not fleep that Night, but employ the Rem.ainder 
 of it, in preparing for her Departure, the Mo-. 
 
 ment 
 
{57 ) 
 
 ment her Brother fhould be ready. Terefis 
 went out of the Room with this Anfwer, to 
 
 Monfieur De , v/ho waited impatiently tor it, 
 
 and immediately return' d to Clementina^ to offer 
 her officious Help in making the necefTary 
 Preparations. Clementina^ gave her Maid In- 
 llrudions to pack up what Cloaths, and other 
 Neceflaries flie intended to take with her ; and, 
 in an Hour or two, every Thing was in great for- 
 wardnefs ; and Clementina^ quite exauited with 
 poignant Sorrow, had now Time to reil herfelf, 
 and make fome Reflections ; when, by Accident, 
 in turning over a little Box which flood before 
 her, file cafl her Eyes on fome Letters, fhe 
 had receiv'd from Don Carlos^ which brought 
 
 back the dear Idea of that Pr e, and 
 
 put her in Mind, that by this Journey, fhe 
 fhould be deny'd the Pleafurc,for fome Time, of 
 his charming Converfation ; and, perhaps, give - 
 him many Moments of Uneafmefs, by difap-' 
 pointing the AfTignation fhe had made with him, 
 for the enfuing Evening. This Reflection gave 
 her infinite, and inexprefhble Pain; efpecially, 
 fincefhe had No-Body about her whom fhe could, 
 trufl with a Letter ; for their Correfpondence had 
 been hitherto manag'd without the Interpofition 
 of any other Perfon than the Milliner and the 
 Surgeon, neither of whom fhe had now an Op- 
 portunity of Seeing ♦, and fhe knew Terejia was 
 herfelf too much engag'd there, to be trufhed witli 
 a Secret of that Nature •, but, that perfidious Wo- 
 man, rightly conjecturing her Thoughts, by the 
 frefh Perplexity fhe was in, and fome Tears fhe 
 law trickle down her Cheeks, on looking attentive- 
 ly 
 
( 58 ) 
 
 !y OT'er th«fe ^Letters, faidtoher, I guefs, Qte- 
 WrJrna, tho' you endeavour to conceal it from 
 me, that part of your prefent Uneafinefs, pro- 
 ceeds from your being i^-parated for Tome Time> 
 from the.- iTihble Den Carles-, and pcrnaps, that 
 you cannot acquaint nim with your prclent 
 Journey -, but my dear, whatever Keafons 
 I may uav^i for being angry with you for keep- 
 ing more upon the Reftrve with me in that Af- 
 fair than you did at firft, yet, 1 am willing to 
 ferve you ftill, in any Thing that concerns your 
 peace of Mind. I have kept all your Secrets 
 ftrtheitOj 2.na th refore, can fee no Reafon why 
 you fhould not not make me ftill your Confidant, 
 efpeciv\Hy, when it is, as I prefume, the only 
 Method you have left, to give yourfelf that Sa- 
 tisfadion, which, from what my own Mind 
 would fuggeft to me 6h the hke occafion, I know 
 yuu want. 
 
 Qlementinu^ tho' unwilling to truft her, being 
 earrteftly defirous to acquaint Don Carlos with 
 the Caufe of her not being able to keep the Ap- 
 pointment, got the better of her Scruples, and 
 wrote him the following Letter -, which Ihe en- 
 trufted the Delivery of, to ^erefia. 
 
 To the P— ce Don Carlos. 
 
 ** T Have only Time to acquaint you, that an 
 *^ 1 unexpedled Accident, the Particulars of 
 *' t^hich the Bearer will inform you of, difap- 
 ** points me of the Pleafure of feeing you for 
 ** fome Days ; but wherever I am, or whatever 
 *' happens to tn^, ht affur'd, ■ that my only Sa-' 
 *\4:isfadion, will be my Refle6tions on the 
 
 ^_[ Happinefs 
 
(59) 
 
 ^* Happinefs I enjoy, while I have reafon to fiatr 
 '' ter myfelf that 1 polTefs fome fhare of your 
 ^' Eileem. I feel, my adorable Pr — e, a mor- 
 " tal Heavinefs upon my Spirits, when I but 
 ^' think of biding you adieti^ the' but for a 
 *'• few Days; but good God! what Pangs muft 
 " I feel, when for Ever muft be added to the 
 " Word ? Sure MortaUty could not bear it •, fincc 
 *' fo fhort, fo momentory a Separation, gives 
 " fuch torturing Anguifii ! But where will my 
 *' fond Heart lead me ? I purpos'd to write but 
 " a Line or two, yet a Volume w^ould not fuffice 
 ** to exprefs all the tender Emotions of my Soul ; 
 •* therefore, I muft only addj that I am, 
 
 R 1 Sir, 
 
 Your Clementina. 
 
 This Letter was given to Herefia^ who pro- 
 rnis'd to take an Opportunity of delivering it 
 that Day : but ihe had no fuch Intention : For, 
 when every Thing was in readinefs for Clementina^ 
 Departure, fhe went to her Brother, and deli- 
 vered him the Letter ; who now made no Doubt 
 but that his Sifter had facrific'd every Thipg ta 
 her Paflion ; and fcarce could be prevailed on to 
 refrain from upbraiding her with it that Inftant ; 
 but Terefia advis'd him to keep his Temper, till 
 he had her out of Parisy and quite beyond 
 the Pr — e's reach ; who, no Doubt, would 
 mideavour to refcue her out of his Hands, anci 
 retaliate the Attempt upon his Life (which„ 
 then would probably come out) with feverc Ven- 
 geance. Thej^ ConfideratiQns k^pt him withia 
 
 decent 
 
( 6o ) 
 
 tlecent Bounds, and, oblig'd him to affect 
 an air of Complaifance to his unhappy Si- 
 ller ; though his Heart inwardly boil'd over 
 with the warmeft Refentment, for the Dis- 
 honour fhe had brought upon herfelf, and her 
 Family. 
 
 About Five o' Clock in the Morning, the 
 Coach was ready, and Clementina^ with her Bro- 
 ther, fet out for Rbeims, attended by fevera!. Ser- 
 vants -, but inftead of proceeding for that Place,^ 
 they took a quite diiferent Rout, which Cie- 
 mentina knew nothing of, being an entire 
 Stranger to the Road Ibe fuppos'd they were 
 going. During all that Day, her Brother pre- 
 tended to be out of Order, to conceal the inward 
 Uneafinefs of his Mind, and excufe -his Treat- 
 ment of his Sifter, which was very different 
 from his ufual Behaviour. Towards Evening 
 they put up an Inn in a Village v/ithin fifteen 
 Leagues o^ Paris \ they immediately fupp'd, 
 and Monfieur, under Colour of his pretended In- 
 difpofition, retir'd, as if to his Chamber, and 
 Clementina and her Maid went to Refb., tho' fhe 
 flept but little all Night : her beloved Dor^ 
 Carlos was ftill prefent to her Mind, and fhe 
 could not help fuggef[:ing to herfelf, that per- 
 haps fhe might never fee him more : The very 
 bare Suppofition of which, though without the 
 kaft Probability, as flie then imagin'd> threw 
 her into the moft tormenting Agony. 
 
 But next Morning fhe found more Reafon for 
 her Sorrow, when what fhe thought only the 
 timorous Suggeflion of a too fond PafTion, ap- 
 pear'd cloath'd in abfolute Certainty, and the 
 airy Vifions of ravifhing Pleafure, which fhe 
 
 pidur'd ' 
 
( 6i ) 
 
 pl6i:ur'd to herfelf with her adorable Pr — e, 
 were converted into the rigid DilcipHne of a 
 religious Houfe, where fhe had no Friend to 
 condole her Misfortune, or the fmalleft Prof- 
 ped of Relief, from the continual Domineer- 
 ings of a furly Abbcfs, and the Malice and 
 Deceit of the Siilerhood, in that Nurfcry 
 of Jll-nature and Hypocrify -, for early next 
 Morning, when fhe was but jufl drefs'd, 
 her Brother enter'd her Chamber, and told her, 
 that there was a Lady who was Abbefs of a 
 Nunnery, in that Neighbourhood, and a Relation 
 of his Mother's, whom he propos'd that they 
 fhould compliment with a Vifit, and Breakfall 
 with her. Clementina had no Exception to this, 
 and immediately went with him to the Nunnery, 
 which was not twoFIundred Yards from the Inn. 
 The Abbefs receiv'd Clementina with great 
 Politcncfs, and feeming AfFedion. They break- 
 f^fted together in the Parlour, without mention- 
 ing any Thing that might give Clementina the 
 lead Hint of their Defign •, but when the young 
 Lady exprefs'd fome Impatience to be going 
 forward on her Journey, the Abbefs told her, 
 that fhe would not part with her pill fhe had 
 ihow'd her the Nunnery, efpecially the Gar- 
 dens, which were efteeniM the beft in that 
 Country, pcrfwading herfelf, that her Brother, 
 whofe Sex deny'd him that Indulgence, would 
 find hunfelf well enough diverted till their Re- 
 turn, by the Converfation of the Sifter at the 
 Grate. Clementina comply'd, and enter'd the 
 Enclofure, and the Minute her Back was 
 turn'd, her Brother left the Nunnery, and ftep- 
 
 mg 
 
(62) 
 
 ing into his Coach, which waited at the Gatej 
 he i-eturn'd with all Speed to Paris. 
 
 The Lady Abbefs carried Cleinentina into the 
 Oratory of the Nunnery, fhowed her the Dor- 
 mitory, and principle Apartments ; and lafl of 
 all, took a Walk round the Gardens, which 
 Were very neat, and Clementma feem'd migh- 
 tily pleas*d with every Thing fhe faw. As 
 they were returning to the Houfe, the Abefs, 
 in pafTing a Summer Houfe, defir'd Clementina 
 to flep in, and look at the Painting on 
 the Ceiling, which was efteem'd a Curiofity by 
 the beft Judges. They went both in, and 
 Clementina was bufied in admiring the Beauty of 
 the Painting, when the Abbefs prefented her with 
 a packet of Letters, without fpeaking a Word. 
 Clementina no fooner look'd on the Addrefs, 
 then fhe knew her Brother's Hand, and in one 
 Inllant fhe fancied all the Unhappinefs fhe 
 afterwards experienc'd, which rais'd fuch a 
 Tumult in her Soul, that fhe flood for fome 
 Time Motionlefs as a Statue. At lafl fhe came 
 a little to herfelf, and with a beating Heart, and 
 trembling Hand, open'd her Brother's Packet, , 
 which contain'd the Letter fhe had writ the Night 
 before to Don Carlos^ and what follows, from 
 himfelf. 
 
 To Clementina De *^*** 
 
 *^ T7I7 HEN you perufe the enclos'd Epi- 
 ** W ^^^5 y^^ ^'^^^^ perceive, that I am 
 *' not Ignorant of the refl of your mofl w 
 *^ fecret Trarifadions. and may imagine the 
 
 Refent- 
 
( 63 ) 
 
 Refentment of a Brother, jealous of the till- 
 now iinfullied Honour of his Houfe, and what 
 you ought to expecl from my Revenge, which 
 out of Regard to myfelf, and not to a Thing 
 fo much loft to all Scnfe of Virtue as thou art, 
 I have ftifled, and only placed you where yoa 
 will receive this, to free you from any further 
 Connexion with your Seducer, and give you 
 Time to reflect on the Scandal you. have 
 brought upon your Family^ and if poITible, 
 bring you to a hearty Repentance.'* 
 
 I am, 
 
 l^our Brothery 
 
 J De ? 
 
 . Clementi7:a* s Anguifh, on reading this Letter,, 
 and reiiecSting on the I'reachery .or Tercfta^ by,; 
 whole Means fhe rightly judg'd fhe had- beer^^ 
 betray'd, may better be imagin'd than expreis'd. 
 The Abbcls pt:rmitted her to wafte the firft 
 Guft of her raffion without Interruption, .but 
 wiien her exhaufted Spirits produced an outward 
 Calm, flic atteaipted to fay ibmctiiing to allevi- 
 ate her Sorrow, but with io little Delicacy, or 
 Tendemefs, that fhe gave her frelli Caufeof Un- 
 eaiinefs, fince fhe faw by this Sample, Ihe had . 
 fallen into Hands who endeavour'd . rather ; to • 
 aggravate her Mifery, by their uncharitable Re- 
 proaches, than mitigate it , by mild Treat- . 
 ment. However, fhe was oblig'd to iubmit, lor 
 the Frefem, to the Malice of nerFate, haviiic^ 
 
 m 
 
(64 ) 
 
 no Comfort left, but the bemoaning her Misfor- 
 tunes in fecret : and that flie might immediately 
 Ii^ve that melancholy Pieafure, fhe begg'd of 
 tbe Abbefs, that, finee Ihe was now under her 
 Dire<5i:ion, (he would permit her to retire 
 to an Apartment, that Ihe might be able 
 to recover her Spirits, and affume a Behaviour ' 
 fuitable to the prefent Change of her Circum- 
 ftanees. The Abbefs hereupon left her, and 
 ojder'd one of the Lay-Sillers to condudl Ck- 
 mentina to a Cell allotted for her, where we 
 mufl leave her for fome Time, and return to 
 Paris, to fee what Impreflion the Lofs of his 
 Miflrefs made on the amorous Don Carlos. 
 
 The Evening after Clementina left Paris, he 
 went to the Place where he had been fo 
 oftdn happy- with that. Lady. The appointed 
 Hour came, but no Clementina appear'd ♦, he 
 waited there for near two Hours, with great Im- 
 patience, and at lafl concluding that fomething 
 more than ordinary was the Matter with her, 
 elpecially as he then recolle6ted that he had not 
 iotn her Brother at his Levee that Morning, as 
 ufual. '. Anxious about her Health, or whatever 
 might be the Caufe, he refolv'd to call imme- 
 diately at their Houfe, to fatisfy himfelf, 
 :ind: be relieved from the Perplexity the Difap- 
 pointment gave him. He went in the fame 
 Difguife he was at that Time in, and was much 
 furpriz'd when the Porter told him that Cle- 
 mentina and her Brother were gone that Morn- 
 ing out of Town, and would not return for 
 fome Time. He wonder' d at this fudden 
 Journey, without any previous Notice from - 
 either of them, and concluded that it contain' d 
 
 fome 
 
( 65 ) 
 fciTie Miilery, and therefore enquir'd for "tereft^.^ 
 to whom he was immediately introduc'd •, tor 
 that Lady ccnjedur'd that the Fr e, on mif- 
 fing Clementina at the ufual Hour, might pofli- 
 biy^ call there, and accordingly, thinking 
 that a good Opportunity for her own 
 Purpofe, fne ftaid at Home to receive him. She 
 had drefs'd herfelf in the moft agreeable Dilhabiile 
 fhe could contrive, and fet off every Charm 
 Ihe thought flie was Miftrefs of, to the greatelt 
 Advantage-, and on Don Carlos's Approach, the 
 Pleafure refulting from the Thoughts that her 
 Plot againCr Clementina had fo well fucceeded, 
 and of her being now alone, and without 
 a Rival, with the moft charming Pr — -e on 
 Earth, diffused fuch a Glow of Satisfadion o'er 
 her Countenance, that fne appear'd more amiable 
 than ever Don Carlos had thought her before, and 
 took his Attention fo much, that for fome Mo- 
 ments he forgot the Purpofe of his Vifit, and the 
 lovely Clementina -, and could not help paying 
 Terejia fome Compliments, which flie re- 
 turned with an equal Difplay of Wit and Ad - 
 drefs. When Don Carlos afk'd for Clementina^ 
 and her Brother, Ihc told him the fiditlous 
 Story of her Coufin's Indifpofition, and the 
 Hurry they w^ere oblig'd to fet out in. This 
 calm'd - his Inquietude on that Score, and left 
 him at Liberty to relume his Gallantry to Terefia^ 
 who feem'd in a very fit Difpofition to make 
 up to him his laft Night's Difappointment in not 
 leeing Clementina. It was no hard 1 aflc to come 
 to a Point they both aim'd at , Don Carlos 
 was made eafy, and the Nymph happy, and 
 •they parted for that Night, after having fet- 
 ■ •-, .- j^ tie 
 
( 66 ) 
 
 fettled a Scheme for their future Correfpondence, 
 which lalled but a (liort Time •, for Don Carlos^ 
 at one of their Meetings a Day or two after, 
 being inform'd by Terefia^ that Monfieur De *** 
 had been two Days return'd, and had left Cle- 
 mentina behind him ; and as that Gentleman had 
 not been to pay his Compliments, tho' he mud 
 have heard that 'Don Carlos was at his Houfe, 
 enquiring for him in his Abfence, he be- 
 gan to Fear that his Affair with Clementina 
 was betray'd, and that her Brother had con- 
 vey'd her out of the Way. 
 
 He open'd his Sufpicions to 'Terejia^ who gave 
 him fuch lame Anfwers to the feveral Queftions 
 he afk'd her, that Die but confirm'd his Suf- 
 picions, and made him further imagine that fhe 
 was, at the Bottom of the whole, for which Rea- 
 fon, he broke feveral Appointments he had made 
 with her, and at lafl returned her Letters un- 
 open'd, and dropp'd all Correfpondence with 
 her. 
 
 He v/aited for fome Days, in Plopes that 
 Monfieur De *** would make his Appearance 
 as ufual at his Levee, but finding he came not, 
 and obferving that he induftrioufly flum'd him 
 in all publick Places, he concluded that Cle- 
 mentina was fequefler'd in fome Monailery on his 
 Account, which gave him great Uneafmefs, both 
 from the real Efteem he had for that Lady, 
 which Enjoyment had not abated, and out of 
 that Principle of Humanity which makes us in- 
 terefl ourfelves in the Peace and Happinefs of 
 thofe who fuffer on our Account, whatever our 
 Opinion of their Merit may be. He try'd all 
 in his Power for feveral Months to find out her 
 
 Retreat, 
 
(67) 
 
 Retreat ; but in vain, for that unhappy Lady 
 was watch*d fo clofe, that all the Stratagems ihe 
 us'd to make Don Carlos acquainted with her 
 Situation, prov'd abortive, and only ferv'd to 
 encreafe the Watch fulnefs of her Keepers : fo 
 that Don Carlos^ after many fruitlefs Attempts, 
 began at laft to grow weary of the Search, and 
 delpairing of ever hearing of her more, he buried 
 his Regret for the Lois of her, in the kind 
 Compliance of other Ladies, of whom there were 
 many who boafled to have been undone by that 
 young Adventurer. 
 
 The greatefl Part of a Year dipt away in thefe 
 amorous Purfuits •, yet he did not forget his 
 great Concern, the providing Means for an 
 efFedual Effort to recover the ancient Patrimony 
 of his Houfe. He had fuftered himfelf to be 
 amus'd from Month to Month by the cunning 
 Cardinal, and the reft of the French Miniftry, 
 with fome new Plan or other, which was 
 always attended with frefh Delays and Dif- 
 " appointments. To make this irkfome Situation 
 more tollerable to himfelf, he had endeavour'd 
 to relieve Ms Impatience with Love and Galan- 
 try ; but now he had loft Clementina^ for whom, 
 of all the Ladies he had convers'd with, he 
 had the trueft Efteem, and in whofe Com*- 
 pany he enjoy'd the greateft Satisfaction •, he 
 grew impatient, was no longer to be amus'd 
 with tritiing Pretences, and at laft declared, 
 that unlefs the Court of France efpous'd his 
 Caufe openly, and took fome effedual Steps to 
 bring it to a Crifis, he would immediately- 
 quit the Kingdom: and he actually made Pre- 
 parations for ITis Departure. 
 
 ■ ■ "^ F 2 The 
 
(68 ) 
 
 The King feeing him fo refolute, and unwiT- 
 ling to lolc an Ally whofe Prelence even in his 
 Dominions, was equal to feveral Thonfand Meri 
 in the Field, order'd the Cardinal, v/ho of all 
 his Minifters was mod depended on by the 
 Houfeof St-w—rt^ he being a Cardinal by their 
 Nomination, to ufe his utmoft Art to keep the 
 young Adventurer in Temper for fome Time 
 longer. The Church-man ply'd him every Day 
 with frefh Arguments for Patience-, which, 
 feem'd fo have httle or no Effedl upon the 
 Pr- — e. Bat that cunning Statefm.an, who knew 
 Mankind, and the great Influence the Paflions 
 have upon the Underftanding, efpecially of Youth, 
 finding his fpecious Politicks had no Weight 
 with one fo young, alert, and fanguine, as Don 
 'Carlos^ and that he had a Spice of the amorous 
 Difpofition fo remarkable in his Family, had. 
 recourfe to a female Advocate to footh his Impa- 
 tience, and find him Employment, tho' of a 
 fofter Nature than that he fo eagerly follicited. 
 He had no fooner taken this Refolution, thafi 
 
 he vifited the Pr fs of T , Coufin to the 
 
 Qtieen, for VN^iom Don Carlos on all occafions 
 profefs'd the greateft Refpe(5l •, and acquainted 
 
 her with the Pr e's Impatience to be gone, 
 
 unlefs his Majefty would ad: Impoflibilities, or 
 precipitate Meafures for his Intereft before they 
 were mature j and begg'd of her, that fhe>would 
 ufe her Interefl with Con Carlos^ to wait "but for 
 Ibm.e Months, till an AfTociation of his Friends, 
 in Scotland and England^ which was nov/ in great 
 forwardnefs, could be brought to an IITue •, pef- 
 fwading himfelf, that fhe would have more In- 
 guence on his Temper, as flie could be lefs fuf- 
 
 peded 
 
( 69 ) 
 
 peftcd of any Defign to impofc on him, -taan 
 any of his Majeily's Servants.. 
 
 The Pr — (s, very readily promis'd to attempt 
 to perfvvade Don Carlos^ to make a further Trial 
 of thePromiles of the Miniftry ; and that very Day- 
 took an Opportunity, when the P- e came to 
 
 vifit her, to try her Inhuence, There happened 
 to be no Perfon in the Room, when Don Carlos 
 cnter'd, but that Princefs, and her Daughter Ifa- 
 ■hlld, who had been but a few Days before ar- 
 rived from Lorrain^ and whom Don C^r/{?j had 
 never yet feen, tho' he had heard frequent men- 
 tion made of her, as a perfed Beauty, and as 
 one of the mod accomplifh'd young Ladies of 
 the Age. The Princefs her Mother, had no 
 fooner introduc'd her to the young Flero, than, 
 he felt an unufual Pleallire thriUing thro' his 
 Veins -, and, for fome Moments, was fo tran- 
 fported with the unexpected Sight of fo much 
 Excellence, that he was fcarce able to pay her 
 thofe Compliments the Occafion requir'd; and. 
 which, might be expe6led to flow with great. 
 Eafe from fo polite a Perfon. But fhe was e| 
 qually furpriz'd on her Side, with the appearance 
 of a Prince, the firft Sight ofwhom recali'd to her 
 Mind the advantageous Defcription flie had heard 
 ot him, long before fhe had an Opportunity of 
 judging thereof, by the Teftimony of her owa 
 Eyes : And her Mind was too much bufied in 
 admiring how much Fame, which comimonly ex- 
 aggerates, and di&ppoints our Expedations, had, 
 on this Occafion, fallen fliort of the Praifes 
 due to the Excellence of his Perfon ; {[iq was 
 too bufy I fay, and too much prepoffefs'd, to 
 obferve any Defed in the Compliment : And too 
 F 3 * mucli. 
 
(7o) 
 
 much afraid left he fhould obferve in her Coun- 
 tenance, how much £he was affedled by his 
 Prefence. 
 
 The Princefs of 7 / obferving their mu- 
 tual Embarrafment, in fome meafure guefs'd 
 their Sentiments; and therefore, immediately 
 introduced a Subje6t for Converfation. She told 
 
 the Pr e fhe was forry to hear that he had 
 
 taken a Refolution of quitting the Kingdom fo 
 foon. If Sir, added fhe, we were to be depriv'd 
 of the happinefs of your Highnefs's Prefence, 
 by an Expedition againft your Enemies, and, 
 that you left us with an Intention to profecute 
 the Rights of your Houfe, the Pleafure we 
 fhould take in the Profped of feeing you pof- 
 fefs'd of that Crown, which is as much your 
 Right by Merit, as by Blood, would more than 
 compenfate the private Satisfa6lion we enjoy, in 
 
 the Converfation of fo accomplifh'd a Pr- e ; 
 
 but as you leave us in a kind of Difgufl, and as it 
 were throw up any Chance you may have, from 
 the Circumftances of the Times, to recover 
 
 the T ne of your Ancestors, all who wifh 
 
 you well, are in the greatefl Concern. Pardon 
 me Sir, if I intereft myfeif fo far in what con^ 
 cerns you, as to beg your PtrmifTion to ufe any 
 little Influence I may have with you, to perfwade 
 your Highnefs to flay yet a few Months longer •, 
 by which Time, 1 hope his Majefty will have 
 remov'd all Obflacles that may now oppofe 
 his exerting himfelf effedlually for your 
 Intereft. His Majefty, Sir, has engag'd in this 
 cxpenfive War, only in fupport of the Rights of 
 his Allies ; he has no Conquefts in view, no In^ 
 tcreft of his own to Fight for -, but generoufly 
 
 drav/s 
 
_ ( 70 
 draws Iiis Sword in fupport of his Friencb, and 
 the prefervation of tne Ballance of Power in 
 Europe, It then, he can be induced, from Alli- 
 ances purely Political, to engage fo heartily in 
 fo bloody a War, how can you doubt his Sin- 
 cerity, when, Ix fides the ftrongefc Motives which 
 found Policy can fuggeft to him in tavour of 
 your Caufe, he is turther acfluatcd by the tits of 
 Blood, and every generous Principle that dwells 
 in the Breads of the truly Great, to reftore 
 
 rhe Houfe of St rt to thofe Dominions they 
 
 have been fo long depriv'd of: Yes, R 1 Sir, 
 
 if he follows either the Dictates of his Intcreif, 
 the Obligations of Blood, or the generous Emo- 
 tions of a companionate Heart, he mud be fm- 
 cere in his ProkfTions to you, and delays only 
 till he can ftrike fuch a Stroke, as may at once 
 put you out of all Doubt of Succefs. Let the 
 Entreaties then of a Woman, whom you cannot 
 fufped of any Defign merely to amufe you, pre- 
 vail on you to be a little longer Patient. I am 
 •fure, were his Majefty's Council made up only 
 ,of our Sex, all other Bufmefs would give way- 
 _to yours -, and no Projeft be liften'd to, but what 
 tended to render you as much greater and hap- 
 pier than the reft of Mankind, as your Merit 
 tranfcends theirs, 
 
 I am, reply'd Don Ca-rlos^ highly oblig'd to 
 your Plighnels, for the Intertft you are pleas'd 
 to take in my unhappy Affairs. I doubt not 
 but you willi the Happinefs and Reftoration 
 of my Family, but perhaps, you too eafily 
 . believe what you willi. Alas ! Madam, Hid 
 Experience has taught me that the ties 
 of Bloodj and even the moil apparent Views 
 F 4 oi 
 
(72) 
 
 of Advantage, are not fufficient Security foi^ 
 the Promifcs of a Court. I am far from fuf- 
 peding the generous Intentions of the King; I 
 believe, as to his own Promifes, that his 
 Royal Heart has no other Defign, than to 
 tulhl them in the mofl: ample Manner that Pro- 
 vidence may permit •, but, forgive me Madam, 
 if I have not the fame Faith in his Miniflers, 
 thro' whofe Hands the Afliftance I am to ex- 
 ped, muft neceflarily pafs. No, they have 
 given me fufficient Prools of their double deaU 
 ing, by difappointing the Expedition of Mar- 
 ihal Saxe ; for which they affign'd fuch frivolous 
 Excufcs, that I muft be blind, wilfully blind, if 
 I did not fee thro' the Difguife. My Family has 
 too meanly fubmittedfor thefe fixty Years paft, 
 to be the Dupes of this Court : Tiiey have been 
 play'd off againft that of Britain, on all Occa- 
 fions ; they have been courted, carefs'd, and 
 cojolPd, as I am now, whenever France had any 
 Quarrel with the Elector of Hanover, or any 
 Ends of her own toferve; and as fhamefully 
 laid afide, and deferted, when thofe ends were 
 ferv'd. We have. Madam, even been turn'd to 
 fuch low Purpofes, as to be brought from be- 
 hind the Scene, to ferve the jobbing views of 
 a fa(^i*^us Britijh Miniftry, who have chanced 
 to be in the Pay of France •, and have been with- 
 drawn as foon as the Farce was aded. This, 
 Madam, is fufficient to make me fufpe6t the 
 Sincerity of this Court. Ever fince the Revo- 
 lution, we have been fo convenient a Card in 
 the Hands of his Majefty's Miniftry, that we 
 cannot believe them earneftly inclin'd ever to 
 throw us out of their Hands ; therefore it^s 
 
 Time 
 
( 73 ) 
 
 Time for me to put an End to the fcandalouslm- 
 pofition, and build my Hopes upon a Jefs preca- 
 rious, tho' perhaps not fo feemingly potent a. 
 Foundation. 
 
 In my Opinion, replied the amiable 7/}z^f//^, 
 fif your Highnefs will pardon the Freedom of 
 one fo little Experienc'd in fuch affairs, in pre-- 
 fuming to offer her Opinion) the Reafon 
 you lad urg'd, is rather an Argument that 
 you may rely on their Promifcs-, fince, from 
 a Convidion of the Advantage you have 
 hitherto been of to them, they'll fcarce 
 venture, by too long Delays, to provoke you 
 to leave their Intereft ♦, but if they fhould, I ap- 
 prehend you cannot be in a worfe Situation 
 than you are at prefenr, unlefs prevented from 
 the Execution of fome independent Scheme, 
 from whence you have greater Hopes : In that 
 Cafe indeed, whatever Pain your Abfence 
 might give your Friends, and however the 
 French Nation might regret their not hav- 
 ing the Pleafure of chiefly contributing to your 
 Succefs, yet, on fuch Views, I believe no- 
 body would urge your Stay, or advife you to 
 lofe the Opportunity, by a dependance on any 
 Promifes whatever. But I'm afraid, Sir, I have 
 faid too much -, forgive the Impertinence of the 
 St^x •, we are foon out of our Depth, and can 
 only plead the warmth of our Hearts for the 
 weaknefs of our Heads. What you urge, fair 
 Ifdhella^ reply 'd Don Carlos^ is a Proof, that 
 Penetration and found Judgment, are not 
 peculiar to the Men -, and it has fuch Weight 
 with me, that I muft drop the Debate, 
 kft I fhoiild be obliged to yield to Arguments, 
 fecondcd by too much Wit and Beauty, which, 
 
 I 
 
(74) 
 
 I have often overturn'd, when only fupportcd 
 by thegeateft Politicians of the Court. 
 
 The Princefs of 1 — , feeing that Don Car- 
 los had exprefs'd, in fo gallant a Manner, his 
 intention to drop the Subjedl, did not think pro- 
 per to purfue it any farther, for that Time; 
 and Company coming in immediately after, the 
 Converfation became general ; and, in a fhort 
 Time, Don Carlos withdrew, cali'd away by 
 fome Difpatches he had to tranfmit that Night 
 to Rome. 
 
 In going home, Don Carlos found a great 
 Alteration in his Mind ; he could not put the 
 Idea of Ifabella out of his Head -, the majefty 
 of her Perfon, the gracefulnefs of her Air and 
 Mein, her Beauty, and the folid Judgment fhe 
 difcover*d in all fhe faid, were inexhauftabic 
 Subjedts of Admiration ; but an Admiration 
 difierent from that he had felt before for other 
 Women, in whom he fancied he had obferved 
 the fame, or nearly the fame Qualifications. He 
 had been charm'd with Beauty, pleas'd with 
 Wit^ and agreably furpriz'd with the Graces of 
 a fine Perfon, in many Inftances; but, till now, 
 he could refled on all ihefc Perfedions, with- 
 out feeling any uncommon Raptures: at 
 lead, his Emotions were widely different from 
 what he now experienc'd, while his Mind was 
 full of the Charms of Ifabella \ a Change, 
 which was to him as furprizing as it was difH- 
 cult to account for. Full of thtfe Cogitations, 
 he arriv'd at his Houfe, and enter'd upon the 
 Bufmefs which call'd him from a Place, 
 where, if he had follow'd the unexplain'd Dic- 
 tates of his Heart, he had ftaid much longer ; 
 
 but 
 
( 75 ) 
 but having finifh'd his Dlfpatches as quick as 
 pofTible, he return'd to his Clofet, and refutii'd 
 his new Sabje6t of Meditation, the match- 
 lefs Ifahella: The more he mufed ort^ that 
 charming young Princefs, the more inclinable 
 he found himfelf to indulge the pleafing; 
 Theme, and every Moment brought fome 
 new Difcovery of Excellence, fome hitherto 
 unobferved Charm, fome unnoticed Grace, 
 which, taken fingly, were each capable of raifmg 
 his Admiration to the higheft Pitch ; but when 
 his Imagination reprefcnted them as all accumu- 
 hited intone Perfon, Admiration was too feeble 
 a Term, to exprefs the Agitation of his Mind : 
 the united force of her Perfeaions warm'd^ all 
 his Faculties, and raii^'d him to a Pitch litdc 
 fhort of Adoration. Heavens! faid he, to 
 himfelf, what can this mean? I have feen 
 many Ladies whom I have thought inimi- 
 tably engaging; yet they were incapable 
 6f raifing in me half that Pleafure ^ I feel in 
 contemplating the Beauties of the fair Ifahella. 
 There is fomething in her Looks, that Captivates 
 the very Soul ; that infpires us with the rnoft 
 awful Reverence, yet at the fame Time 
 communicating the mod exquifite Delight. Cle- 
 7nentina was fair, her Beauty enchanting, and 
 her Wit delicate; I acknowledg'd the force of 
 her Charms, and thought I reap'd Joys in the 
 pofleffing her, which could be rivai'd by no- 
 thing Mortal -, but how have I been deceiv'd I 
 The bare Contemplation of this lovely Intruder, 
 has banifh'd every Trace of thofe Enjoyments, 
 and gives me mcrere;d, more lively Satisfadion, 
 than the entire Fruition of the fair Clementina. 
 
 My 
 
(76) 
 
 My Wiflies towards Ifabella are not the rame 
 as to other Women ; I could live for ever upon 
 her Looks, and gaze eternally with rapturous 
 Pleafure upon her Charms •, I can paint her, in 
 Imagination, in the mofl bewitching Attitude, 
 and yet, my Pulfe beats its ufual Time, and 
 tho' my Heart bounds with the tranfporting 
 Thought, yet its Joys are pure, and unfullied 
 with any Idea that can inflame the Blood. Yet, 
 flill I wifh her mine entirely, folely mine, and 
 cannot fatisfy my Mind with the meer Contem- 
 plation of her Excellence. What fliall I think of 
 what I feel for this lovely Princefs? How fhali 
 I explain thofe Emotions of the Mind, fo dif- 
 ferent from all I ever experienced before ? Can 
 this be Love ? It mufl be fo ; the pure legiti- 
 mate Flame, the true Sy m pathy of Souls which 
 tends^ a mutual Union, independent of this 
 Clog of Earth. Yes! the Riddle's explain'd ; 
 the Pleafure I took in the Charms of other Wo- 
 men, the Joyslaim'd at in their PoflfefTion, 
 went no deeper than the meer Gratification 
 of the Senfes : but in Ifabella, my Soul has 
 found its ele«nental Likenefs, is ravifh'd with 
 the Difcovery, longs to be in clofer Uni- 
 on with its kindred Spark, and feels a pew 
 Spring of Joy, too refin'd for the gro^Mknfes 
 to participate. j^T 
 
 He was at the end of this Soliloquy, 
 when Mr. Kelly introduc'd to him a Gentleman 
 from Scotland, who had come with Difpatches 
 from fome of the Chiefs of the Highland Clans, 
 to acquaint him with the State of their Prepa- 
 rations for an Infurreflion in his Favour. He 
 receiv'd the MefTenger with an Air of greater 
 
 Satisfadion,. 
 
(77) 
 
 SatisfadioB, and heard what he had to fay, 
 ■with m0re apparent Pleafure than he had ex- 
 prels'/ for fome Time pad •, for as he had great 
 dou>t at that Time, of the fincerity of the French 
 Mmiftry, he feemed very backward in giving 
 Encouragement to any Schemes that were pro- 
 jedled for his Intcreft in Scotland^ being unwill- 
 ing to embark his Friends, and the Lives of fo 
 many innocent Men, without the utmoft Af- 
 furance of Succefs. Butto this Gentleman, his 
 Attendants cbferv'd that he paid more than 
 ordinary Attention, and fpoke to him in fach 
 manner, as to give room to think that he 
 fliould foon be- in readinefs to try the Strength 
 of their Zeal. This was an Alteration which 
 Mr. Kelly was glad to find in him,^ tjjp' he 
 could not account for the Caufe of it •, and in 
 was the more difficult for him to trace it, fmce 
 he fought for it among the Views of the 
 Politicians, and conjeaurM, that certainly the 
 Cardinal had given him fome new AlTurances of 
 fpeedy Affiftance, which had chang'd his Sen- 
 timents fo much from what they \!^ere but fome 
 few Hours before. But he was miflaken : the 
 Statejman had nothing to do in the matter ; 
 Cu^Mitb^ the moft fuccefsful Politician, and. 
 perl^dld Don Carlos into Sentiments which 
 all the Learning of the Sorhone would not have in- 
 fpir'd him with. He had feen Ifahella, and at the 
 firftConverfation, found hi mfelf involved in all 
 the Symptoms of the warmeft PafTion for that 
 Lady. If he left France, as he had derermin'd 
 before that Converfation, he loft the Opportu- 
 nity of promoting his Wifhes, anddeny'd him- 
 felf a Pkafure, which, in his then Scute of Mind, 
 
 Kingdom.-. 
 
OS ) 
 Kingdoms tould not rbalance; namely, that of 
 beholding the amiable Ifabella. Therefore he 
 .foon determin'd in his own Thoughts, to allovsr 
 himfelf to be wrought upon to alter his Pur- 
 pofes; ,but refolv'd, if poflible, to bring it a- 
 bout fo> that the ConceiTion fhould be owing to 
 the charming IJahclla •, which, he thought might 
 be a Method to gain him fome Interefl in that 
 Lady's Efteem, fmce its natural for Women to 
 value themfelves upon being ufeful in Affairs of 
 Importance, and to become fond of thole who 
 appear influenc'd by their Judgment. 
 
 Don Carlos^ pleas'd himfelf with this Projeft 
 of gaining upon the Efteem o^ Ifabella^ and re- 
 folv'd to give her,as foon as polTible, an opportu- 
 nity of refuming the Difcourfc he had broke off 
 that Day, and went to Bed impatient for the 
 next Morning, that he might renew his 
 Vifits. But, in the Morning, tho' the Idea 
 of that amiable Lady was ilill full in his 
 Mind, yet he was capable of reflecfling more 
 calmly upon the Sacraficehe was going to make 
 her, and what might be the Confequence of 
 an Engagement of that kind in his prefent 
 Circumllances. What, fays he to himfelf, Hiall 
 I alter my openly avowed Refolution of leaving 
 this Kingdom, and convincing the Court of 
 France that I will not be made their Tool, the 
 Inftrument of their Ambition, as my PredecefTors 
 have been ? Ihall I give up a Determination, 
 which my Reafon afTur'd me was a juft one, 
 and the only Part I can a6l confiftent with my 
 Charad:er, to gratify a fond amorous Dream, 
 which can contribute nothing to my Glory, nor 
 
 add 
 
(79) 
 
 add to my Peace of Mind. Befides, fuppofe I 
 fhould yield to the fofc Influence, am 1 fure, 
 that I fhall meet with a kind Return ? Is not 
 Ifabella^ all lovely, all charming as fhe is, ftill 
 Woman? May not fhe have PrepolTeffions and 
 Prejudices in common with the reft of her Sex, 
 and repay my fond Affedlion with Scorn or 
 Indifference? But iho' this fliould prove to be 
 the Cafe ; tho' ihe fhould make me the kindeft 
 Returns of Love; fliall I involve the tender 
 Fair in the Runs of a finking Houfe. No ! 
 it would be ungenerous to engage her Af- 
 fedlions in the State I am in •, rather let me 
 fly this Kingdom, where State-Tricks, or the 
 politic Chicanry of a felfifh Court, preys upon 
 the Necefllties of a wretched Family *, and where 
 lamalfoin Danger of loflng that Tranquility 
 of Mind, fo necefTary to raife me from the mi- 
 ferable Dependance I am under, 
 
 Don Carlos thought he had now argued him- 
 it\^ into that Temper of Mind, he fancied moft 
 fuitable to his Circumftances ; and believed he 
 could fee and hear the charming Ifahella^ with- 
 out any Danger of being too much foften'd by 
 the Charms of her Perfon, or the perfwaflve 
 Eloquence of her Tongue •, and therefore, ven- 
 tur'd at his ufual Hour to pay his Viflt to the 
 
 Princefs of 2" /, whom he tound with her 
 
 Daughter, and two or three Icleft Friends who 
 were prity to moft of his Secrets. He had no 
 fooner caft his Eyes on Ifabella^ than his Soul 
 felt the warmelt Raptures, for he thought her 
 fen times more amiable than the Day befor£. 
 When fhe fpoke, he was all Attention, and 
 loft himfelf in Admiration of her Wit and 
 
 Judgment, 
 
( 8o ) 
 
 ■Judgment, and found all the heroic Refolutions 
 he had taken but a few Hours before, vaniQi 
 into Smoak ; he nov/ felt fuch Extream 
 Pleafure in her Company, that, for that Satisfac- 
 tion alone, without farther Kope, he thought 
 he could not make too great a Sacrifice -, yet he 
 was fo much himfelf, that he knew it a Weak- 
 nefs, and left, by renewing the Attack of the 
 former Day, he fhould be oblig'd to yield to 
 the Importunities of his Friends, and the more 
 potent Suggeftions of his new-born Flame, he 
 rofe up to take his Leave ; but the Princefs 
 
 of "T /, who had afTembled there a few of 
 
 his faithful Friends, on purpofe to join with her 
 
 in prevailing on the P c to a Compliance 
 
 with the Defire of the Miniftry *, begg'd of 
 him to favour them with his Company a little 
 
 longer.. As your H fs, fays fhe, is refolv'd 
 
 fo foon to leave us, and France itfelf, entirely, 
 we muft infift on your being with us as much as 
 as you poffibly can^ while you ftay at Paris. 
 Be alfur'd, reply'd Don Carlos^ that while I 
 remain in this Kingdom, no Company can yield 
 nie half the Satisfadion I always enjoy in this 
 Houfe, and that when I leave France^ nothing. 
 Madam, not even the Difappointment of thofe 
 Views which brought me here, can give me 
 more Regret, than being de;priv'd of your High- 
 nefs's Converfation, and that of your. fair Daugh- 
 ter, whom it is my Misfortune to know, only 
 that I may be cohvinc'd how much 1 lofe, by 
 adhering to what I think the Honour of my 
 Family, and the Intereft of my Caufe. 
 
 My Daughter, return'd the Princefs, and I, 
 are highly fenfible of the obliging Compliment 
 
 you 
 
( 8t ) 
 
 you have paid us: but methinks, added Ihe^ your 
 Highnefs feem'd Yefterday, from what Ifabella 
 urg'd, to be lefs pofitive about the Juflnefs of 
 the Refolution you have taken of leaving Paris 
 without effeding any Thing of what you intend- 
 ed on coming here 5 and I have been told that 
 an Exprefs is fince arrived from Scotland^ which 
 fhould determine your Highnefs rather to liften 
 to the Invitation of your Adherents there, and 
 take Meafures to fupport their Enterprize, than 
 by breaking with the Court at this Juncture, ba- 
 nilh their Hopes of feeing you, and allay the 
 warmth of their Zeal for your Service.. 
 
 Alas Madam, reply'd the P — e, 'tis their Zeal, 
 their well-proved Attachment to my unhappy 
 Caufe, that makes me cautious of leading them in- 
 to a Fool's Paradife with the light Promifes of the 
 French Miniflry, or permitting them on fo pre- 
 carious a Foundation to rifk their Lives and For- 
 tunes. Too many noble Families have already been 
 fhipwreck'd on that unhappy Rock, and have 
 followed French Schemes, French Promifes, and 
 French Intereft, like an Ignis fattius^ till they 
 have rivetted the Chains of their unhappy Coun- 
 try, and almoil depopulated the bed Provinces 
 ot that poor Kingdom. But, believe me. Ma- 
 dam, I am determin'd to fee fuch Meafures taken 
 by France^ as, according to all human Pro- 
 bability, may enfure me Succefs, before I permit 
 a Man of that brave Nation to rilk a Drop of 
 his Blood in my Caufe : And left the Warmth 
 of their Zeal, or the Intrigues of this CourE 
 lliould prevail on them to precipitate an Enter- 
 prize in my Favour, before I have the AfTurance 
 
 G I want 
 
( 82 ) 
 
 I want, I am determined to leave this Kingdom, 
 that I may give no Colour or Pretext to Schemes 
 which muft be deftru6live to the Lives of my 
 faithful Friends, and ftrengthen my Enemy in 
 the Pofrefllon of my Rights. 
 
 I cannot, return'd Ifabella^ but highly admire 
 the noble difinterefted Motives which determine 
 you prefent Condudl. Thofe Subjedts, Sir, mufl 
 be happy, who are govern'd by a Prince who 
 is fo tender of them, as rather to forego his 
 own Rights, than riik their Lives on a dubious 
 ilTue. But, Sir, if the Reports from Scotland 
 are true, that they are ready to take up Arms as 
 foon as you defire them, or vouchlafe to give 
 them your Prefence, the Caufe of all the Delays 
 of the Miniftry is at an End, and they will 
 certainly now give you fuch Afliftance as you 
 have demanded; at leaft I apprehend that 
 Delay can be no longer than is necelTary for the 
 Preparations for fuch an Expedition, and if thefe 
 are carrying on with all poiTible Celerity, I can- 
 not fee with what Propriety you can propofe to 
 break with the Court till they have adlually fail- 
 ed ; for fmce the Difappointment of Marfhal 
 Saxe'^ firft Expedition, Things have never been 
 brought to the Crifis they are now at in Scotland 
 and England^ and therefore the Miniftry had a 
 fair Pretext for their Delay, which now they are 
 deprived of. 
 
 It's true, reply'd Don Carlos^ their Pretences for 
 Delays are now moftly vanifhed j and I make no 
 doubt but they are ready to gratify me with the 
 Appearance of ample Preparations for an Ex- 
 pedition in my Favour. Something like this 
 is adually begun in feveral Parts of this King- 
 dom J 
 
dom 'y but then we diffet about the Execution 
 of the Defign. The Court infifts that an 
 Infurredlion muft be adlually begun in Scctlandi 
 before they openly declare any Intention to invade 
 England ; their Pretext for this is, that by this 
 Means the Forces of the South Parts mud be 
 fent to the North, to oppofe the Scots^ which 
 muft give the French a fair Opportunity 
 of landing without Oppofition. To which 
 I objcdt, that by this Means, I refign all 
 upon a bare Promife •, for fhould either the 
 Miniftry here prove infincere at Bottom, or 
 the Ciraimftances of the Times oblige them to 
 alter their Refolutioris, then I have involved my 
 faithful Friends in Deftru(5lion to no Purpofe, 
 and made any future Attempt infinitely more 
 difficult : And befides, I cannot, after fo many 
 Failures of the like Nature, expedt that any Num- 
 ber of Men of Fortune will join me, without 
 an adual Landing of the French ; and it's pro- 
 bable that the Number which might be prevailed 
 on to hazard all out of pure Zeal to my Caufe^ 
 may be fo inconfiderable, as not to induce the 
 Englijh Government to fend one Man from the 
 South to oppofe them ♦, if fo, the French Mini- 
 ftry have a fair Pretext to lay afide the Scheme a5 
 impradicable, whereas, if they would confent 
 to land me ,with ten thoufand Men, on any Part 
 of the Ifland, the GeneraUty of the People, who 
 are really in my Intereft, would join my Standi 
 ard, and put the Thing out of all doubt at once ; 
 but till then, they will be intimidated, and ra- 
 ther fubmit to their prefent Misfortunes, than 
 rifle their Lives on fo precarious a Foundation. 
 Your Highnefs*s Fears, reply'd Ifahellay may 
 G 2 polTi- 
 
( 84 ) 
 
 poUibly be very jiift, as 1 am no Judge how 
 the Expedition flionld be manag'd j that I leave 
 to be diiculVd by your Highnefs, and the mi- 
 litary Gentlemen ot your Council •, but after alJ^ 
 I muft think, that when you have taken all the 
 Precautions you can, you muft ftili leave fome- 
 thing to Chance, and to a Dependance on Pro- 
 niifes, and can only add, that if his Majefty's 
 Miniftry perfue the generous Intentions of their 
 Royal Mafter, or fall in with the Wilhes of 
 the People, who are univerfally for your 
 Reiloration ; if they are aduated by the 
 true Intereft of their Country, which is con- 
 flantly oppos'd in all its Views by your Enemies ; 
 I fay if they are diredled by thefe Principles, 
 and duly influenced by thefe Motives, your 
 Highnefs may very fafely depend upon all the 
 Affiilance in their Power towards making you 
 great and happy ; and whatever may be the E- 
 vent, thefe, in my poor Opinion, are fufficient 
 Considerations to fatisfy your Prudence, and 
 flifle all future Refledions, let the Succefs be 
 what it will. 
 
 Don Carlos liftened to Ifahella with great 
 Attention, and when fhe had done fpeaking, 
 could not help being aftonifhed to hear 
 fuch folid Reafoning from a Woman, and one 
 fo young too. He knew indeed it was no ex- 
 traordinary Thing to find a French Woman of 
 Quality vers'd in the common Politicks of the 
 Times. They are for ever dabbling, and mix 
 themfelves in the management of Matters of the 
 weightieft Concern j but then he knew that the 
 generality of them, only repeat, by the help of a 
 good Merriory, what they hear from their Huf- 
 
 bands. 
 
(85) 
 bands, Brothers, or Acquaintance, who purpofel/ 
 drop hints to them onluch Subjeds as they want 
 to give a popular Turn to, and tohaveipread 
 about : Whereas Ifabella had been long ablenc 
 from Court, and fincc her Return, had no great 
 Opportunity of being inflrufted in the Intrigues 
 of the Miniftry ; therefore he juftly con-< 
 eluded, that what fhe had faid concerning his 
 Affairs, was the true Refultof her own Judg- 
 ment, the Effcd of her natural Sagacity -, 
 and of Confequence, render'd her an Objed 
 worthy of the highefl Efteem, and added 
 frefh Fewel to the amorous Fire he felt glow- 
 ing in his Heart. And now all his Refolutions 
 of leaving France began to fail, and thofe 
 Motives which he thought hitherto fo ftrong 
 for his Departure, loft every Moment part of 
 their Influence, while he view'd the charming 
 Jfabclla^2Lnd confidered the Arguments fheoffer'd 
 with fuch a bewitching Grace. Yet he had fuch 
 Command of himfelf, that he would not abfo- 
 Jutely refolve on a Matter of fuch Confe- 
 quence to his Glory, and the Intereft of his 
 Family, while he elt his Mind byafs'd by the 
 Prefence of that enchanting Fair, left he 
 fnouli find, upon cooler Refle(5lion, that his 
 Paftion had help'd to deceive his Underftanding. 
 Therefore he told the Princefs of 7" — , that he 
 would that Day fee the Cardinal, in order to 
 know of him, what was the laft Determination 
 of the Miniftry upon their late Intelligence from 
 Scotland', and that he would aft accordingly. 
 Thtn turning to Ifabella, he aflur'd her, that 
 what fhe had faid, had fo much Influence over 
 , himj that he fhould take any Refplutions, con* 
 
 G 2 trar^ 
 
( 86 ) 
 
 trary to her Opinion, with infinite Reluiftancc \ 
 and hop'd the Miniftry would be fo favourable 
 to him, as to find out a plaufible Pretence for 
 his ftaying feme Time longer in prance-^ fince 
 leaving it would deprive him of a Happinefs, 
 which he priz'd as the greatefl: BlefTing in Life, 
 ^hat of her Company. 
 
 . He delivered thefe lafl: Words with fo ftrong 
 an Emphafis, and accompany'd them with fuch 
 a fignificant Glance of his Eyes, that fair I/a- 
 iella could not help difcerning that it was more 
 than a meer Compliment ; a Thought fo agree- 
 able to her, that the confcious Pleafure mounted 
 up to her Cheeks in a glowing Biufh -, her Bo- 
 fom heav'd, and the rapturous Joy was ready 
 to diforder her whole Frame 5 but reco!le<5ling 
 herfelf, Ihe endeavour'd all fhe could to check 
 the warm Emotion, and without taking Notice 
 of the perfonal Compliment, wifh'd the P — e 
 all the Succefs with the Miniftry he could hope 
 for; and that he might find them all as zealous 
 for his Glory and Happinefs, as fhe was fure 
 every one then prefcnt, was. 
 
 The Converfation was then turn'd upon in- 
 different Subjefts, and Company increafing, 
 Don Carlos took his Leave ; but inftead of go- 
 ing to Court, retii'd to his own Apartment, 
 to confider cpoly with himfelf what was proper 
 to be done. Never had any one fo great a 
 Struggle between two oppofite Paffions, as had 
 Pon Carlos betwixt his Love, and the tender 
 Concern he had for thofe who efpoufed his In- 
 tereft in Britain^ and whofe Lives and For- 
 tunes muft depend upon the Iffue of his prefect 
 
 pclib^rations, 
 
(87) 
 
 Deliberations, and the Prudence of thofe Mea- 
 fures he fhould concert for the Succefs of his 
 Expedition. 
 
 He found, when he ask*d his Heart the Quef- 
 tion, as to leaving Ifahella^ that it was impofliblc 
 to bear the Thoughts of it. She was now be- 
 come part of himfelf, and fo effential to his 
 Happinefs, that he could not wifh to live, 
 without her ; and yet he knew that his long Stay 
 at Paris^ the unadiveTool of a defigning Mi- 
 niftry, or his rafhly adventuring on an undi- 
 gelled Scheme for gaining a Crown, were equally 
 dangerous to his Hopes of being happy with the 
 lovely Maid ; for, from the firft Idea of his Paf- 
 Hon, he fet it down as an unalterable Maxim, 
 not to involve the Princefs in his Affairs, till fuch 
 Time as he was out of the reach of thofe malicious 
 Stars, that had hitherto governed the Fate of his 
 unhappy Family. Thus far then, his Ambition 
 was neceffary to the Completion of his PafTion ; 
 and he knew a falfe Step in the Profecution of the 
 one, would be fatal to the other ; but he like- 
 wife confider'd, that after all his Deliberations, 
 fomething muft be left to Chance-, 
 that if he fhould wait till all the Objedions^ 
 which Caution might fuggeft were removed, he 
 might find his Life too fhort for an Opportu- 
 nity to try his Fortune. He therefore deter- 
 min'd to accept the bed Terms he could bring 
 his moft Chriftian Majefty to, and to lay his 
 whole Plan before the Chiefs of his Party 
 in Britain^ without exaggerating his Hopes,, 
 or concealing his Doubts; and, if they 
 were unanimous for making a Pulh, he 
 fhould then comply, having thug taken 
 G 4 ^^1- 
 
( 88 ) 
 
 all the Precaution for their Safety, that 
 Prudence, and the mod tender Regard lor them 
 could didate ; and left them without any Room 
 to refled upon him, whatever way it fhould 
 pleafe the fovereign Difpofer of all Things to 
 ^urn the Event. 
 
 ThisRefolution he open'd to his faithful Friend 
 Sir nomas Sherridan^ and afterwards to the red 
 ' pf his little Council, who unanimouQyapprov'd 
 it. And as the Execution thereof, would 
 at leaft take up fome Weeks, he had now a 
 reafonable Pretence for poftponing his Deparr 
 ^ure from France^ and the Pleafure of his being 
 fo long with his fair I/ahella, to whom he was 
 refolv'd to declare his PafTion the firft Oppor- 
 tunity. He had now made Sherridan the 
 Confidant of his Love for that Princefs ; who 
 advisM him by all means to profecute it, fmce 
 the Lady, by her Birth, and Alliance to the 
 Crown of France^ would be a proper Match 
 for him, efpecially in the prefent State of 
 his Affairs i and that if her Mother, and 
 the Queen of France fhould approve it, it would 
 be a further Motive for their AfTifting him, 
 and a great Security for the Performance of 
 Promifes. 
 
 But he found fpme Difficulty in obtaining a 
 private Converfation with that Lady, for the 
 
 P fs of T* ^, who is one of the mofl 
 
 difcerning Women in Europe^ had obferv'd in 
 Bon Carlos^ Behaviour, in the two or three lall 
 Vifits he had made, efpecially in the iafl Con- 
 verfation, fomething that gave her room to 
 believe, that her Daughter had made an 
 
 ImprefTiOii 
 
( 89 ) 
 
 ImprefTion on the young Adventurer's Heart, 
 which determin'd her to be cautious how flie 
 encourag'd any private Converfation betwixt 
 them, till fhe was fully fatisfied how far the Courc 
 would approve of an AiTair of that Nature ; for 
 as to her own part, fhe thought it would be 3, 
 very honourable Match for her Daughter, in cafe 
 his moft Chriftian Majefty really intended 
 to afiill hini effedlually in the Recovery of his 
 Pretenfions, and that he was adually fettled on 
 
 the Th ne of Britain ; but her Regard for 
 
 her Daughter, notwithftanding the high Opi- 
 nion fhe had of Don Carlos^ would not permit 
 her to fufFer Ifahella to enter into any Engage^ 
 rnent, ti)l flie was fure that there was a proba- 
 bility of his Succefs: And fhe guefs'd that 
 Ihe might form a pretty tolerable Judgment of 
 the Sincerity of the Court, by the manner in 
 which they entertain'd a Propcfil of this Sort; 
 becaufe fhe could not imagine, that they would 
 permit her to engage her Daughter's Affeflions 
 to a Perfon whom they did not intend 
 to ferve etfedlually. One Evening, after 
 the Prince had been there, fhe call'd her Daugh- 
 ter into her Ciofet, and endeavour'd to four4 
 her Sentimewts concerning Don Carlos. That 
 young Lady, who had been brought up in an 
 utter Abhorrence of Difnmulation, and ufed to 
 place the greatefl Confidence in her Mother, 
 without Hefitotion acquainted the Princefs, that 
 fhe look'd upon Don Carlos 'ds the mofl accom- 
 plifli'd of his Sex -, and could not help owning 
 that the Charms of his Perfon, and his amiable 
 Deportment, had given her Ideas of him, dif- 
 ftrtot from thofc fhe had ent^rtain'd of other 
 
 Men I 
 
( 90 ) 
 
 Men ; but hop'd, that fhe fhould always be 
 able to keep fuch a Guard upon her Inclinations, 
 that they fliould for ever correfpond with her 
 Duty. The Princcfs told her fhe could not 
 blame her, for affording Don Carlos the Efleem 
 due to one of his infinite Merit; but ad- 
 vis'd her to keep a Guard upon her Heart, 
 gainfl an Excefs of the foft PafTion ; for faid 
 flie, tho* Don Carlos is truly worthy the 
 Affection of the greatefl Princefs in Europe^ 
 yet, his Circumftances are fuch, as would make 
 it imprudent for you to entertain any Thoughts 
 of him at prefent. It would alfo be highly 
 detrimental to the Glory of the young Hero, 
 to amufe himfelf with thePurfuits of Love, in-* 
 attentive to thofe great Views, which may ren- 
 der a whole People happy, and himfelf for 
 ever glorious. It's natural for one in the 
 prime of Youth, to be foon Hiiitteri with the 
 Charms of a fine Woman ; the warm Flame is 
 foon kindled ; but Ambition, the darling 
 Objed of the Great, foon ftifles it, and 
 blots from their Remembrance every Idea 
 that can divert their Attention from the glorious 
 Toil. This may be Don Carlos'* s Cafe, for I 
 guefs, mydearClild, thy Charms have touched 
 his amorous Heart ; I can difcern it in his Eyes 
 as often as he fpcaks to you ; but beware you 
 don't give it Encouragement, for it muft 
 either Ruin him, by checking his martial 
 Purfuits, or undo your Peace, by engaging your 
 Affedion where Ambition may fupplant you, 
 or where the doubtful Event of Things may 
 put an eternal Bar to your Wifhes, tho' mu- 
 i^ually fincere. fe's therefore my Advice, that 
 
 you. 
 
(90 
 
 you keep as much upon the Referve with Don 
 Carlos a5 you can, confiilent with the Refped 
 due to his Dignity ; and above all, give him 
 no Opportunity of declaring his Paiflon, if he 
 has any fuch Intention, 
 
 Ifahella readily promised to follow flridly her 
 Mother's Advice ; and on that account Don Car^ 
 los foundhimfelf under great Perplexity for fcve- 
 ral Days, as he faw no means to engage Jfahella 
 in a particular Converfation, Ihe being always 
 in Company, and fo much upon the Referve, 
 that he began to fancy fhe had difcover'd his 
 Sentiments by his Looks, and difapprov'd them. 
 This Thought gave him infinite Uneafmefs, He 
 found himfelf unable to live any longer in the 
 cruel Sufpence, and determin'd to write to her, 
 that he might know the worft of his Fate» This, 
 his firft Letter to that Lady, was in the fol-^ 
 lowing Terms, 
 
 ^* /^FT have I drove to pour out my 
 <* \^ whole Heart before you, but have hi-* 
 ** therto been oblig'd to content myfelf with 
 V the filent Language of the Eye, and adore 
 ^* you like the holy Saints, with the Ejacula- 
 •* tions of a ravifh'd Soul. But how painful, 
 ^* divine Jfahella^ is Silence, and yet how dif- 
 ^ ficult to fpeak, when all the Faculties arc 
 *^ full of one Idea, too extenfive for E^cpreflion ; 
 ^* and how great mull be the Anguilh to live 
 ** in eternal Doubt, or drag on a hopelefs Life, 
 •* in a continual Fear of offending, by a De- 
 ^' claration of the Caufe. Such, Madam, is my 
 y Cafe, that whether I keep Silence^ or reveal 
 
 *> the 
 
(92) 
 
 the tender Secret, fliil I may be undone: 
 Yet I mud fpeak : Yes, my charming Ifa- 
 he II a, my Eyes have long fmce con- 
 fefs'd hi3w much I am a Slave to your Charms j 
 but what avails my Declaration? I dare not 
 prefume to hope for a Return : No ! that 
 would be a Hdppinefs too exquifite for one 
 that has been fo long the Sport of Fortune, 
 But permit me. Madam, to throw myfelf at 
 your Feet, and fpeak my Paflion in your Pre- 
 fence ; that alone mud elevate my Courage 
 to combat the Perverfenefs of my Stars, and 
 enable me, by fome happy, glorious Effort, 
 to purchafe aCrown for my charming i/^?^^//^, 
 without which, my Heart is not worthy her 
 Acceptance. Till by my Adlions I have pur- 
 chased your Efteem, I dare only hope that my 
 Paflion may not bepunifh'd with yourDifplea- 
 fure. O ! may I but indulge the tranfporting 
 Thought, that you too would prove propiti- 
 ous, when Fortune ceas'd to pcrfccute my un- 
 happy Family! But poflibly I have fa'd top 
 much : However, I muft wait my Doom 
 from your fair Eyes. You are my Fate ; yoi^ 
 can fpeak me into Wretchednefs, or inex- 
 preflible Happinefs. But whatever you De- 
 cree, I Ihall always remain. 
 
 Your Adorer, 
 
 This Letter he gave to Sir nomas Sherridan^ 
 to get it privately deliver*d to one of Ifahella's 
 Women, who was in Confidence with that 
 Gentleman. 
 
 J/ahella 
 
( 93 ) 
 
 Ifahella felt, on reading it, all the tender Emo.- 
 tions of fympathetic Love •, and had fhe follow- 
 ed the Dictate of her Heart, Don Carlos had foon 
 been cas*d of his anxious Doubts, and made as 
 happy as virtuous Love could make him. But 
 her Duty got the better of her fond Inclination, 
 and llie immediately carried it to the Princefsher 
 Mother, who was now boater able- to give her 
 Advice than the laft Time Ihe fpoke to her on 
 that Subject ♦, for Ihe had acquainted the Queen 
 with her Sufpicion of a growing Pafllon between 
 her Daughter and Don Carlos, The Queen, after 
 confultingwith hisMajefty,advis'd her to promote 
 it as much aspoilible, fince it might be a Means 
 to render the young Hero more tractable, and 
 of attaching him, at all E>/ents, more firmly in 
 the Intereft of the Court of France, For on the 
 Suppofition of his fucceedmgin his Expedition, 
 without any previous Engagement of that Sort, 
 it might poflTibly happen, that his then Britijb 
 Counfellors would advife him to a Match lefs 
 connedled with the Intereft ot his Moft Chriftiaii 
 Majefty j and at the fame time the Miniftry af- 
 fured the Princefs, that great Preparations were 
 making for introducing Don Carlos into Britain 
 with fuch a Train as ihould render his Expedi- 
 dition, according to ail human Probabihty, al- 
 moft certain of Succefs. Thert^fore ftie could 
 not help exprcffing her Satisfadtion, when fhe 
 
 found, by the P e's Letter to her Daughter, 
 
 that he feem'd fo deeply engag'd ; but notwith- 
 ftanding, fhe advis'd Ifahella not to return any 
 Anfwer to th?t Letter, but to give him an 
 Opportunity to declare himfelf by Word of 
 Mouth, and then fhe fliould refer him to her Rela- 
 
( 94 ) 
 
 tions, and conceal, as much as poflible j hei* oWii 
 Sentiments, in order to leave him room for 
 Hope, the only Secret to keep Fallon alive J 
 as Hope never Stagnates, but is continually in- 
 crealing, or upon the Decline. 
 
 Ifahella^ who was all Opennefs and Sincerity, 
 was heartily forry that her Mother's Commands 
 oblig'd her to behave in fo unfriendly a Manner, 
 or to conceal any Part of that Tendernefs Ihe ' 
 
 felt for the Pr e. She retired to her Chamber, 
 
 very penfive, and again confider'd the P ce's 
 
 Letter, read it a hundred Times over, and always 
 found fomething which rendered him ftill more 
 amiable in her Imagination. She would have 
 concealed her Sentiments from Marianne, who 
 had been hitherto her Confident in every Thing, 
 and had deliver'd her that Letter ; and who 
 foon learn'd, by broken Hints, that an Anfwer, 
 not at all unfavourable, would have been given, 
 if Ifahella had been left to the Condudb of her 
 own Will ; this fhe thought would be very 
 acceptable News to Don Carlos, and therefore 
 immediately acquainted Sir Thomas Sberridan 
 with her Obfervations. 
 
 Don Carlos was tranfported to find that there 
 was fo much ground to hope that his Dcclara-^ 
 tion was not difagreeable to Ifabella, tho' he con- 
 cluded that he fhould meet with ftrong Oppofi- 
 tion from the Princefs her Mother, who would 
 be only influenced in her Determinations by the 
 mere Maxims of Prudence and Policy, without 
 any Regard to the mutual Inclinations of the 
 Parties chiefly interefted : But this gave him lit- 
 tle Uneafinefs, while he thought he had any 
 Intercfl in Ifahlla'^ Breaft, fmce he had no In- 
 
 tentioa 
 
(95) 
 
 tention to confummate his Happinefs, tho* left 
 to his own Choice, 'till his Circumftances were 
 fuch as to remove all the Scruples of thofe who 
 had the Diredion of his Miftrefs. 
 
 He went early next Day to the Princefs's, in 
 hopes only to have the Pleafure of feeing his 
 Charmer, and gueffing by her Eyes the Place he 
 had in her Heart. But Fortune defign'd him a 
 greater Favour ; for when he enter'd the Prefence 
 Chamber, he found no Body but Ifahella^ who, 
 on his Approach, was covered over with a crim- 
 fon Blulh. Such was their mutual Confufion, 
 that they both flood Silent for fome Moments •, 
 and at lafl Don Carlos^ in a Tone very little af- 
 fur*d, told Ifabella that he thank'd Providence, 
 who had beftow'd on him a Happinefs which he 
 could not have expelled ; that of beholding her 
 alone, and the Opportunity of telling her how 
 much he ador'd her: Then kneeling, added, but 
 whither. Madam, will my Prefumption lead 
 me ? Have not I offended too much already by 
 my Letter? Yet, I muft throw myfelf a fecond 
 Time on your Goodnefs, to forgive the Over- 
 flowings of a PafTion, which can no longer be 
 flifled in Silence. I muft. Madam, confefs it, 
 and proclaim to all the World how much my 
 Soul is captivated by the divine Ifabella, Rife 
 Sir, reply'd Ihe, interrupting him, that 
 Pofture does not become fo illuftrious a Perfon, 
 tho' affum'd but in Jeft. I fee, Don C^r/i/j, that 
 your Mind is not fo much engrofs'd by your great 
 Affair, as to hinder your giving us a Taftc 
 of your Gallantry : It's a pretty Amufement 
 Sir, but beware that fome ol the Britiftj Ladies, 
 amongfl whom I hope you will foon appear, 
 
 don't 
 
( 96 ) 
 
 don't make you a6t your Part in Earhefl, and 
 really feel thofe Anxities you know fo well hoW 
 to counterfeit. Ah ! Madann, return'd the Pr — e, 
 could you fee into my Soul, there you would 
 find nothing but your dear Idea -, you would fee 
 it interwoven with my Being, and the only Sup- 
 port of my Life. Believe methenfinccre, and that 
 unlefs you voikhfafe at lead to pity me, nothing 
 on this Side the Grave can be more wretched. 
 My family Misfortunes I can bear, becaufe there 
 is yet room to hope that I may live to fee an 
 End of them -, but to be banifhed from youj 
 without fome Gleam of diftant Hope, is to load 
 me with more than Man can bear. For- 
 give me, R 1 Sir, reply'd the blulhing Maid^ 
 
 I mean not to trifle with your Highnefs : Heaven 
 knows I fympathize with you in all your Suffer^ 
 ings, and fhould be forry that any Thought of 
 me fliould add to your Uneafinefs. I am yet, 
 JSir, a Stranger to the PafTion you mention ! 1 
 know it but in Theory, and would fliun its fur- 
 ther Acquaintance, till the Advice of my Rela- 
 tions direds my unexperienced Youth in the 
 Choice of a proper Objed. And can you be fo 
 refign'd, return'd Don Carlos haftily, can you 
 fuffer your Charms to be barter'd by dream- 
 ing States-Men, as doating Policy direds 
 their lifelefs Brains ? Alas ! then, I fhall never 
 perfwade the Princefs your Mother to counte- 
 nance a Paflion like mine, at leaft not till I can 
 bring Crowns and Sceptres to ftamp a Value on 
 it ; but e're then, e'er lazy Fate permits me to 
 be fo happy, Ifahella becomes the Property of 
 one more fortunate : 'Tis that Thought diftrads 
 me. — Teach me» bright Excellence, to bear 
 
 it 
 
(97) 
 
 it> fof you can fpeak a Temped calnl^ and 
 give Happinefs to the mod wretched by a Look. 
 Defpair not, faid Ifahella^ while the rifing Blufh 
 mantled in her Cheek, you perplex yourfelf in 
 vain •, for if my Words or Looks can make 
 you happy, you muft certainly be fuperlatively 
 fo ; and 1 lliould think myfelffo too, for com- 
 municating it to one fo worthy i Defpair not ! 
 did you fay ? cry'd Don Carlos, in an Extacy» 
 Oh! fay it but again^that I may be fure I donoC 
 Dream ; or rather be filent, that fome Doubt> 
 fome Alloy to this unexpedled flow of Joy, 
 may enable me to fupport it* Alas! I have 
 faid too much already, reply'd he, I hear the 
 Princefs comjng •, but compofe yourfelf, Sir, fhc 
 is not entirely your Enemy. 
 
 7/"^i'<f//^ had not Time to fay a word more, e*er 
 the Princefs her Mother enter'd the Room, and 
 rally'd Bon Carlos for his early Vifit. You Sol- 
 diers, fays flie, are Enemies to the Morning's 
 Repofe ; but methinks you Sir^ fhould take as 
 much Indulgence now as you can, fmce in all 
 probability you'll have but little Time for Slum- 
 ber, at leaft for fome Months, in the Ifland 
 of Britain', but I know you arc impatient 
 to be there, and that makes you reftlefs^ 
 and deny yourfelf that Repofe, which your Edu- 
 cation in fofc Italy might make neceffary. In 
 truth, Madam, faid Don Carlos, (Ifabella having 
 left the Room as her Mother enter'd it) my 
 Heart is not here at prefent, but it v/as here this 
 Moment, and I came thus early in Search of it. 
 Forgive me, Madam, if I own that it is in the 
 PoiTelTion of your fair Daughter, whofe Merit 
 can make Kingdpms of greater worth to me, fince 
 
 H only 
 
( 98 ) 
 
 only by my profpedt of a Crown, I can juftify my 
 Precenfions to her Affedion •, in the mean Time 
 permit me to hope, that if Fortune ihould once 
 more Smile away the Sufferings of my Family, 
 and reftore us to our Rights, that you will al- 
 low me to fhare my Happincfs with the fair 
 Jfabella. 
 
 - 1 am fenfible, reply *d the Princefs, of the 
 Honour your Highnefs does us, by the 
 Efleem you exprefs for my Daughter, which 
 Ihe fignified to me on your firft Declaration ; 
 but I have fo great a Regard for your Glory, 
 that I would not have you mix the Concerns of 
 that weak Paffion, with the great Affairs that 
 now claim your Attention ; but if it can be a- 
 ny Satisfadion to you to know my Sentiments 
 orythat Head, be aflur'd, Sir, that as far as I 
 have an Intereflrin theDifpofalof my Daughter, 
 my Confent Ihall not be wanting, when- 
 ever the Circumftances of your Affairs will per- 
 mit you to think of fuch an Engagement. But 
 War, Glory, and a Crown, my Prince, 
 muff at prefent take up all your Soul, and you 
 muft endeavour to banifh the foft Trifler from 
 your Heart ; for two Paffions fo extreamly op- 
 pofite, can never dwell amicably in the fame 
 Breaft ; they muft be continually counter-adling 
 one another, and contending for Sovereignty,- 
 and render your Life uneafy. Pardon me. Ma- 
 dam, returned Don Carlos^ (tranfported that his 
 Love Affair was in fo promifing a way) I 
 would not prefume to entertain a Thought of 
 involving the lovely IJahella in my fhatter'd 
 Fortune. Till by my Actions I had in fome mea- 
 fure merited the mighty Bleffing, 1 would only 
 
 beg 
 
( 99 ) 
 
 beg leave to Hope fhe will accept my Services, 
 that, infpired by the hopes of lb glorious a Re- 
 ward, the rugged Tafk of Ambition m.ay fit the 
 eafier on my Soul ; that, full of her dear Idea, I 
 may recover Crowns, only valuable, as they 
 place her in that point of Light am.ongft Man- 
 kind, which is her Right by Blood and Me- 
 rit. Love, Madam in this Cafe, muft be fo 
 far from contending with Ambition, that ic 
 adds Vigour to my Courage, and Strength to 
 my Refolutions; fince the Succefs of the one, 
 gives Life to the other. Permit me then to offer 
 my Vows to the charming Ifabella, and footh my 
 Hopes that at laft her kind Conlent will crown 
 my Labours. 
 
 You Lovers, reply'd the Princefs, with an 
 air of Pleafantry, muft have every Thing your 
 own way *, and I believe, Sir, whether I give 
 you leave or not, you will lay all the fine Things 
 to my Daughter you think can warm her to your 
 Wifhes, and therefore 1 may as well make you 
 the Compliment freely ; but you mutl: always re- 
 member that the Qn^tn, 2ind King S^a??if!at!s hsLVZ- 
 a Vote in the Queilion, and that you had beft 
 not make any very publick Acknowledgments of 
 the Affair, till you have paid them the Compli- 
 ment of afldng their Advice and Confent. I be- 
 lieve you need not be very much flartled at this, 
 for I know the Queen has fo intire a Regard for 
 your Highnefs, that iht will not oppofe any 
 Thing that you look upon as elfential to 
 your Happinc^fs. And, by the by, if they 
 approve your Addrefles, I think it may be 
 look'd upon as a good Omen, and a Sign that 
 the Miniltry are really in earncfl to Tupport 
 H 2 your 
 
( 100 ) 
 
 your Intcreft^ and fo help to quiet thofe Fear^^ 
 Avhich your Caution has perha|)s hitherto carried 
 .a httle too far. 
 
 We muft imagine, that a Perfon fo pohte as 
 the accomphfh'd Don Carlos^ made a very hand- 
 fome Acknowledgment for the kind Declaration 
 of the Princefs. He was juft at the clofe of 
 a very paffionate Compliment, when Ifahelta and 
 fome other Ladies enter'd the Room, and put an 
 End to the Converfation. . 
 
 Don Carlos was all Life and Spirits*, his Coun- 
 tenance, that for fome Days paft had worn a me- 
 lancholy Call, now refum^'d its ufual Gaiety, and 
 fpoke the inward Joy of his Soul. Ifahella faw 
 the Change, guefs'd the Caufe, and her Eyes, 
 as often as they met thofe of Don Carlos^ con- 
 fefs'd how much (he participated in his Satis- 
 fa6lion. They long'd mutually to be together 
 in private, to give a loofe to their tender Tran- 
 fports on this Occafion -, but it was impofTible, 
 for all that Day, a great deal of noble Company 
 coming in •, and the fond Lovers were oblig'd 
 to part, content with confefTing their mutual 
 Kaptures by llolen Glances. 
 
 Don Carlos^ as foon as he got home, gave 
 vent to the fullnefs of his Joy, by communi-. 
 eating his Succefs to his faithful Friend Sir no-- 
 mas Sherridan •, with whom he confulted the pro- 
 pereft meafures to break the matter to the King's 
 Council. Sir Thomas was commilTion'd to open 
 the Affair that very Evening to the Cardinal, 
 who took upon him to procure the Approbation 
 of the Court and King Stanijlaus^ provided the 
 Chevalier Ds St, George jfhould formally fignify 
 
 his 
 
( 101 ) 
 
 his Confent. A Courier was inilantly diTpatch^d; 
 to Rome^ to acquaint that Prince with the 
 Situation of Affairs in general; and demand- 
 ing his Concurrence to the projedled Match : 
 By the Return of which Courier, the Chevalier 
 gave his Son Liberty to proceed as he fhould 
 be advis'd by his Moil Chriftian Majefty. 
 
 In the Interim, Don Carlos met his lovely 
 Miftrefs in private, from whom he rcceiv'd all 
 the AlTurance of a tender Affedlion that Modefty. 
 could admit. The firft Time he had the happy 
 Opportunity, was in the Garden belonging to 
 the Princefs, where that Lady and her Daughter, 
 with only one other Lady, were retir'd to walk ;. 
 the Prince joining them, they continued for fome 
 Time in the fpacious Walks of that delightful 
 place, amufing themfelves with a mixt Conver- 
 fation. At lafl, the Princefs and her Compa- 
 nion pretending to be weary, fat down in an Al- 
 cove fronting the great Canal, and permitted /- 
 fahella and Don Carlos to continue their Walk. 
 They fbon took an Opportunity of entering 
 a Summer-Houfe in another part of the Garden, 
 where Ifabella^ judging what the Prince intended 
 by leading her out of the view of the Princefs, 
 began to tremble, tho' her Soul long'd to hear 
 her Lover repeat his Vows, and to have an Op- 
 portunity of more freely avowing her own Sen- 
 timents than Ihe had yet done. Yet, Virgin. 
 Modefty rais'd her Fears, and made her flirink 
 at the Profped of the coming Joy ; a fuddea 
 Tremor fei^'d her whole Frame, her Ipeech faul- 
 ter'd, and fhe could anfwer to what he faicl but 
 in broken and incoherent Sentences, The arjio-' 
 Xous P'— -e faw her Confufion, and guefs'd the 
 H 3 pleafing 
 
( 100 ) 
 
 f leafir>g Caufe. Alas ! my Princefs faid he, are 
 you afraid to hear how much I love you •, are yoii 
 difpleas'd that at length I have found an Op- 
 portunity to declare how much I adore you ? 
 I have fpoke to the Princefs, and fhe is. 
 pleas'd to approve my PaiTion •, the Court too, 
 gives a Sandlion to my Flame ; there remains 
 then only you to pronounce me the happieft of 
 Mortals. Speak my Charmer; dare I hope that 
 my Vows are not difpleafmg to Ifabella? Does 
 fhe, without Relu(?iance, permit me to pour out 
 my ardent Soul before her ? Oh ! fpeak me in- 
 to unutterable Happinefs, by owning that my 
 PalTion has moy'd your Heart •, and that, one 
 Day, when by length of Time and long Ser- 
 vices, I have rendered myfelf, in fome micafure, 
 worthy of the mighty BlefTing, I may hope for 
 a return of Love equal to my Wiflies : Speak 
 my better Genius-, break that cruel Silence, and at 
 once raife me to Heaven, or fink me to Defpair. 
 Why, Don Carlos^ reply 'd the illuftrious blufh- 
 ing fair One, do you urge me to confefs the Se- 
 cret of my Soul, when you know already your 
 Power over me? I need not, nor, if I would, 
 can I conceal how miuch I am prepofTefs'd in 
 your Favour, and how much I rejoice to hear 
 that my Duty does not interfere with my Incli- 
 nations. Oh! tranfporting Thought, reply 'd Don 
 Carlos, in an Extacy, and kiffing her Hand, the 
 wealthieft Monarch of the Eaftern World is 
 not half fo rich, or half fo bleft as I am this 
 Moment. My Life I my Tranfports are too 
 great to bear ; ev'ry Word fhoots thro' me with, 
 thrilling Joy, the Sun fnincs brighter, the Flow- 
 ers breath forth their fweetefl Odours, the ver- 
 dant 
 
( 103 ) 
 dant Greens, the gloomy Groves, all Nature 
 fmiles upon our Loves, and participates with me 
 the enlivening Blifs. Then my Charmer, (clafp- 
 inghertohis Bolbm,) added he. Oh! let me 
 warm thy Virtue into Extacy lilce mine : My 
 Soul bounds to thine, and would communicate 
 its chafte Tranfports : Yes, my adorable, there 
 is Sympathy in facred Love •, the genial Flame 
 meets and burns in one united Blaze: your 
 Eyes, my Princefs, contefs the dear Secret; that 
 murmuring bign is fraught with genuine Love. 
 Oh! Don C^r/^r replied tlie Princefs, ceafe 
 thus to triumph o'er my vanquifii'd Soul ; let me 
 conceal fome part of my vaft llock .of Love, 
 and not Prodigal like, difplay all my Store at 
 once. You have found the Avenues to my 
 eafy Heart, fill'd entirely with your lov'd 
 Idea, and have left me no Thought of Llappi- 
 nefs, but what centers in Don Carlos. But think 
 my Prince, you are not born meerly for the foft 
 Dalliance of a fond PafTion ; Crowns, and 
 Kingdoms call away my Hero to Arms and 
 Danger. But think what I fhall feel when you 
 are gone ; when my Imagination paints you fur- 
 rounded with open Enemies, and the more hor- 
 rid Dangers of fecret Treafon ♦, and think then, 
 if I fhould not keep a Curb upon my Heart, if 
 I give Way to too much Love, fuch Pangs as 
 thefe, which but to think of at a Diftance, freezes 
 my very Soul, may even deliver me up to Death 
 itfelf. Let us love then, Don CarloSy but not 
 permit the blind God to govern us with arbi- 
 trary Sway •, be lefs amiable, if pofTible : leave me 
 ibme Pov/er to fupport the dreadful Thought of 
 
 H 4 a 
 
( 104 ) 
 
 a Separation, and the Dangers to which Honour 
 ^nd Glory call you. 
 
 The enraptur'd Don Carlos was about to reply, 
 when the Princefs, and the Lady that was with 
 her, came in Sight, and put the Lovers upon af- 
 fuming a more compos'd Air, than that which 
 this pafiionate Interview had thrown them into. 
 They took a Turn or two, after joining the Com- 
 pany, and then left the Gardens, it being the 
 Hour for the Princefs to receive Company ; and 
 Don Carlos retired fome little Time after : The 
 amorous Pair had many fuch Meetings, and e- 
 very Time found an encreafe of the loft Pafllon. 
 
 At laft the Time approached for Ambition to 
 take its Turn; for now a Courier arriv'd 
 from England^ with the laft Re f: Ives of the 
 
 p s Friends in that Kingdom, and by their 
 
 Letters acquainted him, that the Chiefs in Scotland 
 were ready for an Infurreclion, and waited only 
 for his Prefencc, to begin their Operat:ions. They 
 made the Prince believe, that they had adually 
 laid his Letters before thefe Chiefs, acquainting 
 them, that as foon as they came into England^ 
 they would be join'd by ten thoufand French 
 Troops -, that befides thefe, they might ex- 
 pe6l a great Body from Wales^ and the greateft 
 part of the Commons in England: However, 
 thefe Letters of his contained likewife, an Inti- 
 mation of his Fears, of being difappointed of 
 the Troops from France^ and that they fhould 
 judge for themfelves, how far they Thought 
 their Power would be fufficient to eife6l their 
 Defign, in cafe the French King Ihould fail them ; 
 protefting that he was willing to rifque himfelf 
 on their Fidelity, but would not have them run 
 
 the 
 
( I05 ) 
 
 the Hazard of their Lives and Fortunes, imlefe 
 they were convinc'd, that their Profpccl was 
 iiich, as to promife them infalUble Succefs, 
 But in Fadl, thefe pretended Friends in Eiig- 
 land had conceal'd thofe Letters from the un- 
 happy Chiefs of the Party in Scotland^ and in- 
 formed them, that Don Carlos was to land with a 
 vaft Power from France^ fufficient not only to 
 fecure their own landing, but, when join'd with 
 the Clans, to over-run the whole Iflandj 
 on the Faith of which, the moft confidera- 
 ble of them had fign'd the general Invitation, 
 which was at this Time tranfmitted to Don 
 
 Carlos^ by Mr. J — n M r, the common 
 
 Agent for the Party. And on the other Hand^ 
 they acquainted Don Carlos that the High- 
 land Chiefs made no fcruple of the fidelity 
 of Prance \ approved the Plan of Operations 
 tranfmitted them, and only deiir'd his Prefence, 
 Money, Amunition, Arms, and fome Artillery. 
 Thus deceiv'd on both Sides, by Men who had 
 nothing elfe in View than to fet the Nation in a 
 Flame, in hopes of gaining fome fmall Advan- 
 tage to themfelves in the general Confufion, 
 the unhappy Don Carlos thought he had acquit- 
 ted himfelf of all grounds for future Refiedioii 
 on himfelf, and that he a£led upon the beft 
 views, and the founded Policy, and began in 
 earneft to prepare for his unhappy Expedition, 
 
 Fie faw the French Miniftry bufied in Prepara- 
 tions for their intended Succours \ fcveral expe- 
 rienc'd Officers were fent over to the Highlands, 
 fome Arms and Money were remitted to the 
 CJiiefsj with Orders to be in Readinefs againfi; 
 
( io6 ) 
 
 his Landing. But before he kt out for Scotland, 
 he thought proper to take a Journey to MadrU^ 
 in order to confer perfonaliy with the Catholic 
 King. This Journey was fuddenly refolv'd on, 
 and he had but one Evening to fpend with his 
 much lov'd Ifabella, Their Interview on that 
 Occafion was tcnJer and paffionate, and ended 
 with mutual Vows of Conftancy on both Sides, 
 They parted with Reludlance, and tho* Don 
 Carlos^ had faid as much as fond Love could dic- 
 tate that Night, yet the next Morning, he thought 
 he had left a thoufand tender Things unfaid, and 
 gave vent to the overflowings of his Soul, 
 by a few Lines, before he took Coach j his Let- 
 ter was in fubilance as follows. 
 
 " Madam, 
 
 '' T3 EFORE I thought of this fhort Se- 
 " 13 paration, I imagined it impoffible that 
 *' any Circumflances could render you more 
 *' dear to rne ; but I find that I was in- 
 '* finitely miftaken, for now the Thoughts of 
 *' our Separation, tho' but for fo (hort a Space, 
 have proved to me how efiential you are to 
 my very Being. But two Days ago, my 
 Heart plum'd itfelf in all the Joys of fond 
 Delight, and found no rufHing Thought to 
 difturb the feraphick Pleafure, folong as you 
 *' were prefent to fan the facred Fire which 
 ** glow'd thro' all its Faculties •, but to D.iy 
 *' it has loft all its Gaiety, my Spirits are funk; 
 " I feem to look back with Regret on our 
 " paft Joys, and that dear pleafing Moment, 
 when firft you taught me what it was to be 
 fupremely Happy. I am no more the fame 
 
 ** Man, 
 
 cc 
 
 (C 
 
 (C 
 
( 107 ) 
 *' Man ; divided from myfelf, my better-felf, 
 ** 1 look on two or three Weeks to come, as 
 " an Age, a Myriad of Years; while the hap* 
 ** py Moments now in retrofped before me, 
 ** feembut as onefhort, tho' ineffable Point of 
 ** Time. I take in my paft Pleafuriss, immenfe 
 *^ as they were, in one View, but count the 
 *' miferable Moments of my Separation by 
 *' infinite Divifions. But why do I com- 
 *' plain? The joyful Refiedion that though 
 *' our Perfons are fo feparatcd yet our Souls, 
 " tun'd to an equal Pitch of glowing Love, 
 *' are prefent to each other, and converfe by 
 *' Sympathy: yes, thou art ever prefent to my 
 ** Imagination-, thy lov'd Idea engroffes all 
 *' my Faculties -, for thou art my very EfTence, 
 *' and congenial with my Being. But whither 
 *' does my Fancy lead me ? I thought only to 
 *' bid you again adieu: And oh! thou dear 
 *' Excellence! may you know none of thofe 
 *' agonizing Thoughts I now feel ; may all yours 
 ^' be only pleafmg ones, and may your Mo* 
 *' ments pafs on in a continued Circle of De- 
 ^^ light, till the Return of, 
 
 Mada77h 
 
 Tour faithful Adorer ^ 
 
 ■sy 
 
 Don Carlos having difpatch*d this Letter, fet 
 out for Madrid privately, few about Court be- 
 ing let into the Secret of his Journey, and ar- 
 jiv'd a: that Capital before the Spanijh Miniftry 
 
 knew 
 
( io8 ) 
 
 knew that he had kft Paris, The Court in ge* 
 neral were, or at Icaft pretended to be, much fur- 
 priz'd, and not a little puzzled when he notified 
 his Arrival to the Prime Miniiler, and de- 
 manded an Audience of his Catholic Majefty. 
 Thofewho had moft Penetration perceiv'd plainly 
 enough, that the Surprize affum'd was all Gri^ 
 mace, and knew very well, that the Court was 
 in fa6t pre- acquainted both with his Journey, 
 and Motives to it. However, the Prime Mi- 
 nifter waited on him immediately, and tho' he 
 cxcus'd his Matter from granting the P — e a 
 publick Audience, yet he was conduced that 
 Evening privately to the E/curml, and had a 
 Converfation of near two Hours with his M — y, 
 where he tranfadled the Bufmefs he came about, 
 which related to his Expedition into Scotland-, 
 received Orders for a large Sum of Money, and 
 fet out next Day on his Return for Parisy where 
 he arriv'd before the generality of the Peo^ 
 pie were informed where he had gone. 
 
 I omit his Reception at Court, on his Return, 
 which was equal to the Services they expedled 
 from him, and muft even leave the Reader to 
 fuppofe what pafs'd between the Pr — e and 
 Ifabella on their firft Interview. Words are in- 
 deed too poor, and almoft every Language too 
 rough to cxprefs the mutual Raptures, the mo-, 
 ving ExprefTions, the foft and tender Sentiments, 
 of Lovers on thefe Occafions. Let it fuffice 
 then, that if Don Carlos thought Abfence- had 
 taught him how dear Ifahlla was to his Pe^ce, fo 
 her Prefence after that Abfence, convinc'd him, 
 that to Love, fuch as theirs, no Bounds could be 
 fix'd J every Circumftance increafed it, and c- 
 
 very 
 
( 1^9 ) 
 Very Moment prefented him with new Motives 
 to cherifh the divine Flame. But he had not 
 much Time now to beflow on amorous Dalli- 
 ances. The Hour of his Embarkation drew near ; 
 every Mail and frcth Courier brought him In- 
 telligence, how impatient his Partifans were to 
 be in Adlion ; and how much his Prefence was 
 wanted to give Vigour and Speed to their Defigns. 
 It was now the Lovers felt the Shock of 
 a real parting-, this was not meerly a Journey, 
 of which they could fix the Period, and make 
 allowances for necefTary Delays ', but a Separa- 
 tion big with Danger, and full of doubtful E- 
 vents j a Separation to which they could fix no 
 certain Limits, Siud to which for ever ^ feem'd 
 the molt probable Crifis. 
 
 Don Carlos felt on this Occafion, all the 
 Pangs that Man can feel, when parting with all 
 that he holds dear *, but he had Ambition, that 
 reftlefs Paflion, to keep his Faculties from fink- 
 ing, while Ifahella\ who valued Crowns and Scep- 
 ters but as Triftes, when compar'd with her 
 Don Carlos^ funk under the Weight of her Grief. 
 Now Ihe wilh'd fome Accident might retard 
 his Departure; nay wifli'd for, hop'd for, Im- 
 pofllbilities j any thing to footh the torturing 
 Apprehenfions fhe felt, for the Dangers into 
 which he was to plunge. 
 
 Some Days before he fet out, they were to- 
 gether in Ifabellas Chamber, (for his Paflion 
 was now publickly known, and that it was ap- 
 prov'd at Court, and therefore fhe was treated 
 by his Party as Princefs of /i^ — i, ) and enter'd on 
 the melancholy Subjedl of their Separation, when 
 the young Princefs gave a looie to her Sorrow, and 
 
 vented 
 
( no ) 
 
 vented her Grief in the mofl pafllonate TermSi 
 Goods Heavens, faid fhc, to what Mifery am I 
 reduc'd ; why, oh! why, Don Car los^ did you 
 appear fo amiable? why have not I Jov'd you 
 lefs? Then might I have been able to bear your 
 Abfence with lome degree of Patience. And 
 why does cruel Ambition riv'al me in your 
 Bread, and rob me of all human Comfort? 
 How is it polTible for me to fuffer you to rifque 
 your dear Perfon amongft a Savage, and per* 
 haps faithlefs People ? How can I fee you fur- 
 founded with all the Horrors of dreadful Warj 
 expos'd to all the Dangers of the Seas, the Sea- 
 fons, and the Snares of your Enemies, (who 
 will doubtlefs omit no means to deftroy you,) 
 and preferve my Senfes? Its impoflible, my 
 JPrince, the Moment you go hence, that Mo- 
 ment puts a Period to Ifahella's Life. Oh! 
 Don Carlos^ if you love Ifahellay if you can 
 have any Idea of her Fears, her Pangs, her 
 piercing Anguifh, when fhe thinks on the Dan- 
 gers into which the Tyrant Amhiiion is about to 
 involve you, think of fome Expedient to ward 
 off the dreadful Blovvj defer your Departure but a 
 Week, perhaps Fortune may produce fomething 
 propitious to my Peace. Why, oh ! why, will 
 you truft yourfell fo flenderly guarded, and 
 with an -Equipage, fcarce worthy a private 
 Subjcdt r can you think thus of fubduing a pow- 
 erful Kingdom? Where is the princely Train 
 that fhould attend the Heir of a mighty Mo- 
 narch ; your Guards, your Armies, to fupport 
 the Royal Standard: Oh! Sir, the Scheme is 
 impradicable ? Ambition, daring wild Ambi- 
 tion, has clouded your Underilanding, and 
 
 plunges 
 
( ni ) 
 
 plunges you headlong into inevitable Deflruc- 
 tion. Is this the Care, the Love and Efteem 
 the Court of France ihews you, to fend you 
 out a Wanderer, and rather like an Exile ihan 
 a General ? No! you muft not, fhall not go; 
 flay till your Party arc up in Arms, all the 
 iv-^«^i? Succours arc reau-y, and gu along with 
 them, a.tended like wJi^t you are, and what 
 you ought to he. 
 
 Don Carlos was extreamly moved at her 
 paffionaiC Complamings, and begun to fan- 
 cy, at kail his Paflion made him believe, 
 that there was ftrong R^alon in the latter part of 
 her Speech ; and attcr a little Pdufe he replied ; 
 fure, Ifabelldy fome Divinity inftructs you ! you 
 are my gooa Angel, and have painted in fuch 
 lively Colours the Folly of my prelent Enter- 
 prize, that I am afham'd I ever countenanc'd 
 it ; but 'tis not yet too late, efpeciaily when it 
 contributes to the Peace of my adorable Prin- 
 ccfs. Yes, I will put off my Departure,, ap- 
 point a General to head my Scotch Friends, and 
 ilay myfelf till I can meet them like the Son of 
 their K — g, attended by an Army to fupport 
 their generous Loyalty, and fecure their Con- 
 quers. Yes my lovely Counfellor, you have 
 advis'd me like an Oracle, and fnatch'd me 
 from the dreadiul Precipice into which I had 
 rafhly plung'd -, I obey the inlpir'd Didate, 
 and will ^o this Minute to countermand my 
 Orders, and relieve my Charmer from her Fears. 
 Jfahella, tranfported with his kind Compliance, 
 gave aioofe to her Joy, and -hank'J the P — e 
 in the mcft tender Terms. And now they both 
 refuniM in fome meafure their former Tranqui- 
 lity, and pals'd an Flour or two longer in the 
 I mutual 
 
(112) 
 
 mutual Endearmenrs of a Love, as Chaile a& 
 k was Exceflive; till Don Carlos took his 
 L.eave, in order to give Inftrudtions tor the 
 new Meafures he intended to take^ 
 
 But when he got home^ he began to reflefb 
 on the new Refolution he had taken, and weigh 
 calmly the Confcquences that might attend his 
 Change of Meafures. He now became ex- 
 treamly uneafy, and his Spirits were in fuch a 
 Tumult between the Calls of Love and Glo- 
 ry, that he found himfelf incapable of forming 
 any jufl: Opinion of what he was about ; and 
 in this Dilemma, he thought to open the late 
 Converfation with Ifahella^ to his old Confidant 
 Sir Thomas Sherridan ; yet he was afham'd to 
 confcfs his Weaknefs, to that faithful Friend, 
 and that his fond PafTion had ftaggerd his Re- 
 folution of making the Expedition in the man- 
 ner it had been proposed by all his Friends, both 
 in Britainy and at the Courts of Madrid and Ver- 
 failles^ He was confcious, that whatever fpecious 
 Appearance of Reafon the Arguments urg'd by 
 Ifabella might feem to bear, yet his yielding to 
 them proceeded more from his Paffion, than 
 the Convidion of his Underftanding, which. 
 he knew was a Weaknefs in a Prince juft en- 
 ter'd on the Purfuit of Glory ; and was 
 unwilling to expofe his Inftability, even to his 
 Bofom Friend : agitated by thofe two tumultuous 
 FalTions, heremain'd unrefolv'd till it was Time. 
 to go to reft. He then went to Bed, and fell into 
 a fiiort Slumber, but lay awake moft part of the 
 Night, ftriving with himfelf to limit the Boun^ 
 daries of the two potent Empires of Love and 
 Glory •, At lall, making one grand Effort, he 
 
 began 
 
( ti3 ) 
 
 \b.c*ga& to examine himielf in this Manner. What 
 am I about to do ? Shall I alter lb long and lb 
 well concerted a Scheme, becaufe there appears 
 fome Danger ? No ! that may brand my Name 
 with Cowardice, and throw a Damp upon the 
 ■ Courage of my Friends. I know my Parcizans in 
 Scotland are ready to arm in my Behalf, to rifque 
 their Lives and Fortunes to reilore me to my 
 Birthright, and wait only my Prefence to ani- 
 mate them to Adion. I have promis'd itj 
 pafs'd my Word as a Prince, and in that Faith 
 involv'd them in as much Guilt againft their pre- 
 fent Government as pollibly they can ; andlhall 
 I break my Word becaufe a Woman thinks it 
 dangerous ? No, fuch an A6lion muft fix on 
 iiie the Guilt of a Breach of Faith, and give the 
 French Court my own Example to plead in Di?- 
 . fence of their tailing me, if they really fliourd^ 
 -And fhall I feemto doubt the Fa^ith of my Father's 
 S — bj — ts, and rely on the Promifes of an Ally^ 
 that has fo often deceived us ? No, I muft not 
 yield to the lovely Tempter. It's my fond PafTion 
 that gave Reafon and Strength to her Argu- 
 ments, I muft guard .my Heart againft her 
 foothlng Tongue : ,bm> can I leave her, leave 
 the divine Ijabella 'md\\ the Agonies which 1 
 ^kdirw her tender Pallion for me fuggefts to her 
 fearful Imagination : But, fnallT contemn tto 
 Judgment 1 rafhly approv'd, and give her rooiti 
 to think that I prefex even a Crav/n ro her Peacfe 
 anit Happinefs ?^ No, that would be ruining my 
 Love, the chief End for which I- fight, and 
 which alone can make Crowns or Sceptres evefi 
 ..tolerable; for, without her, .what are Power", 
 Komp, gr:aU the- Other. Allurements of Life, 
 ' •• I even 
 
(U4) 
 
 even nothin» ? Heavens ! What muft I do ? 
 Teach me, lome pitying Angel, how to recon- 
 cile Love and Glory ; what 1 owe to the charm- 
 ing Ifahella^ and what to myfelf and injiir'd 
 Family. 
 
 He continued in this Dilemma^ and in the 
 greatcfl Commotion of Spirits^ (wifhing that even 
 Death might inilantly fnatch him out of the end- 
 lefs Perplexity) till Morning, when, very early, 
 one of his Pages deliver'd him a Letter, which 
 he faid was brought by a Groom of the Cham- 
 ber belonging to the Princefs Ifabella. Don 
 Carlos haftily opened the Letter j which con- 
 tained as follows : 
 
 " R / Sir, 
 
 " TT O W fliall I attone for my Weaknefs 
 .*' XjL laft Night, or how fliall I convince you 
 *' that Ifabella^ when truly herfelf, has a becom- 
 " ing Value for the Glory of her ador'd Don 
 *' Carlos^ after the Pains fhe took in our laft 
 '' Converfation, to divert you from the Purfuit 
 *' of Conqueft and Honour. But my Prince, it 
 *' was my PafTion that then fpoke, and repre- 
 *' fented my Hero only as^the Lover ; and mag- 
 '*' nified his Danger beyond Credibility ^ . but 
 *' you had no fooner left me, and I refle^ed 
 *' that my foolifh Fears had extorted a Promife 
 *' from you of delaying your Departure, and 
 ** weighed the Confequences that might at- 
 *• tend fach an Alteration in the Plan concert- 
 " ed with your Friends, than I reproach'd my- 
 " felf for being fo mere a Woman, and making 
 '' fo inglorious a Ufc of the Power I find I 
 " had over your generous Soul ; for in that In- 
 I " terval 
 
( "5) 
 
 ^' terval of calm Reafon, I faw plainly what 
 *' your Fame, your Intereft, your Friends re- 
 *' quir'd •, and that all was oppofite to what I 
 " had fo warmly prels'd upon you. I trem ■ 
 " bled at the Uneafinefs you would be in^ when 
 " you law Things free from the Difguife which 
 " my Folly, and your too indulgent Fond- 
 " nefs for me, had thrown over them, and 
 *' could not reft till I had cautioned you a- 
 " gainft myfelf. Ah! Don Carlos! beware 
 *' of yielding too fondly to fo blind i Paf* 
 *' fion as Love •, refume your natural Digni- 
 *' ty, and, ifpoflible, forget that there is fuch 
 •' a Creature as Ifabella in Being, to clog your 
 " great, your noble Purfuits. ^Proceed, Sir, in 
 " the Paths of Glory, in which you fet out fo 
 " early, and gather thofe Laurels which I. truft 
 *' Fate has in ftore for you. HeaVen is my 
 " Witnefs, that I love your Fame, your Flo- 
 *« nour, your Glory, more than myfelf; for, 
 '' O my Carlos! 1 gave you Yefterday but a 
 " faint Idea of what I fnall feel When you are 
 .," gone • and yet I fliall have fome Intervals of 
 " Satisfadlion lo fupport my Being, when I 
 " refled that my Sufferings are neceSary to my 
 " Happinefs, and that my Hero is gathering 
 " immortal Fame, and adling a Part w^orthy 
 " of himfeif. Think not, my Prince, that it is 
 " to fecure a Crown I woujd thus refign your 
 " facrcd Life; no, were that all the Fruit I 
 *' could exped from the mighty Dangers you 
 " may encounter, I fhould itill wiili for your 
 * ' Stay •, but, with or vs'ithout a Crown, the bare 
 *•' Attempt thus amply to perform what your 
 *' Duty requires of you, will r^flecl a Glory upon 
 I z "' you. 
 
( ii6) 
 
 "^^ yon, infinitely furpaffing the comparatively 
 •' infignificant Grandeur of wielding a Sceptre ; 
 *' on this Account I ought to part with you, 
 *' and beg of you to permit nothing I faid Ye- 
 *' flerday to have any Weight with you, but 
 " purfue the Dictates of your own Prudence, 
 .*' without regarding my weak female Fears-, 
 *** into which, if I Ihould ever relapfe, O ! my 
 " Prince, regard them, but as Dreams, or "at 
 *' Icaft, but as Proofs hoW dear you are to your' 
 
 " Ifahella.'l 
 
 Don Carlos on reading this Letter, was flruck 
 'with Admiration at the prodigious Strength of 
 Mind with which that amiable Lady foar'd above 
 her Sex, and what noble Sentiments infpired her 
 Bread ; he even felt a kind of Regret on re- 
 fleding thcit he had flruggled fo long between 
 Love and Honour ; and had not got the better 
 of the Confli6l, till animated by the Example of 
 the divine Ifabella, The Veneration he conceived 
 for lier matchlcfs Prudence, and exalted Notions 
 of Honour, with the palTionate Zeal fhe ex- 
 prefs'd for his Glory, not only encreas'd his 
 Tendernefs for her, but rendered the Parting 
 %vith her flili more difficult ; he had even almoit 
 refolved to abide by his lad Refokition of lay- 
 ing till the French Embarkation, till he recoiled!:* 
 ed that fuch a Step could not but fully that 
 Glory, which rendered him truly worthy of the 
 incomparable Ifabella^ and which feemed to Be 
 the ible Objed of her Paffion. This determin'd 
 him to abfolutely refume his Intention of em- 
 barking for Scotland^ for which all things were 
 
 got 
 
got in Readiners . in two Days, all of which thaC 
 could be fpared from the neceffary Difpatdk ^ 
 
 Bufinefs, he [p^nt v/ith Ifai/ella. '. v.:i^ 
 
 At laft the fatal. Hour of his Departure dre\y'' 
 near, and our Lovers muft now bid adieu to- 
 each other. Ifabeila^ fummoningall her€dura2;e ' 
 endeavoured to banifh the Woman from her 
 Soul, and to conceal the tender Throbbings of 
 her over-loaded Heart, left flie fhould con^mii^'' 
 nicate the fympathetic Pain to her Don C^r/i?.?,^ 
 who faw her ftrugglc •, and tho' he felt all the' 
 tangs of the moft extream Anguifli, and could^ 
 have poured out his Soul in the fofteft Com-- 
 plaints, was however afhamed to be out-done in? 
 this Tryal of Conftancy byaWoman,^ and feared^ 
 to melt her into Tendernefs, by giving way ta* 
 the pathetic Overflowings of his Heart. Af-' 
 fuming then a Carriage as aflur'd as- pofTible,,'' 
 when about to leave her, he clafp'd her tender-^ 
 IJT to this Bofom, faying, I fee n\Y' Ifabella the 
 painful Struggle between your Regard for me,;^ 
 and your Fortitude : It would be Cruelty- t^ 
 prolong the torturing Moment ^ let us therefore' 
 bid a hafty Adieu, and comfort ourfelves witiV 
 this Thought, that we part but to meet in greater^ 
 Tranfports, when I hope to lay a Sceptre at youf^ 
 Feet, and deck you with thofe- Laurels whicli 
 my Paffion for you muft infpire me with CouA' 
 rage to win. Then we fhali look back on. this- 
 Cloud as giving Luftre to our future Glory, and 
 adding Poignancy to thofe Joys^ thofe deliglit-i 
 ful Moments, which I hope Heaven has ytt \ri 
 Store for us. Then joining his Lips to hers, he 
 breath' d a long Adieu,, in balmy- KifTes. IfabeUci 
 return'd the ardent Embrace, and forcing her-^ 
 I 3 Itif 
 
( "8 ) 
 
 felf from his Arms, adieu, faid fhe, Don Car-- 
 
 los ! May Heavens pro ted you. — Leave me 
 
 while I yet have Strength — for Oh ! h^re 
 
 the Excefs of her Griefs choak^d up the Powers of 
 Speech •, and the Pr — ce, with his Eyes fwimming 
 in Tears, left the Palace, and joined his Train 
 which waited for him ready mounted. But now, 
 viewing fo many gallant Gentlemen, all embark-* 
 ingwith him in the great Expedition, he could not 
 but recoiled that Glory muft now claim its Turn 
 of Sovereignty in his Mind, and that the foft In^ 
 fiuences of Love were not the proper Attendants 
 of a Prince, who was going in Search of a 
 Crown. He therefore fhook oiff the liitle God, and 
 a,flum'd the ufual Serenity of his Countenance, 
 with fuch an Air of Confidence and Chearful- 
 nefs, as added Hill to the Spirit of the fmall but 
 refolute Troop that made up his Retinue. 
 
 The Circumftances of his leaving Paris^ his- 
 Arrival at Port Lazare in Britany^ his Sailing 
 firom thence for Scotland^ his narrow Efcape from, 
 the Englijh Men of War, and his Landing in 
 xkt Ifle of Uift^ are already {o univerfally known, 
 that it would be entirely needlefs to repeat them 
 here. Therefore I fhall only obferve, that on his 
 l^anding in JJift^ he fent Notice of his Arrival to 
 young Lochiel^ and Sir Alexander M'Bomaldt 
 the Laird of M' — ^, and the Earl of S- — ~, 
 who were reported to him to have been ready to 
 join hirp. But the three lafl: acquainted the 
 MefTenger he fent, that they could not declare 
 for him. Mr. Cameron the Younger of Lochiely. 
 waited on him in Person ^itJrdnamurc ban, where 
 he was arrived ; "and when that Gentleman was, 
 informed that thefe Chicf$ had declined engage- 
 
 mg. 
 
( "9) 
 
 ing, (who were by much the moft confiderable 
 in^'the Aflbciation) and faw chat no French,^^ 
 Troops were come over, or were to be " expeded.' 
 immediately, (the reverie of what he had. been 
 made beheve by the Englifi Agents) he ad- 
 vis'd Don Carlos to go back with the fame' 
 Ship that brought him ; for that the Cians- 
 now remaining in his Intereft, were too few to 
 ferve him effedually, without AfTiftance from 
 the French, and too many to be thrown away 
 upon a defperate Attempt. Mr. Kelly and 
 others, who reckon'd what Men coukl bc^ rais*d» 
 not by their Knowkdge ot the Country, but 
 by their fanguine Hopes, and heated Imagi- 
 nations, affur'd Don Carlos, that in kfs^ than a 
 Month, ten thoufand at kaft woukl join hi$ 
 Standard in Scotland •, that double that Number 
 would meet him in the North of England, which 
 would form an Army, exclufive of the expedted 
 
 trench Succours, fufficknt to chace the E r 
 
 out of Britain. Lochiel honeilly told him, that 
 he knew the Highlands perfedly, and durft 
 pledge his Head that halfthofeGentkmen talk' d 
 of to be levied there, could not be rais'd in ii 
 Year -, and that he hop'd in God fuch as took 
 up Arms, would have more Wit than to depend 
 on the Affiftance of the Englijh. Hiis laft^Ex- 
 prelTion drew fome warm Words from Kell)\ 
 hinting as if Lochiel was only concerned for his 
 Qwn Danger, and permitted his Fears to exagge- 
 rate Difficulties ; on which Lochiely addrelFing 
 himfelf to Don Carlos, faid, I am. Sir, already as 
 obnoxious to the Government as I can be, and va- 
 lue my Life and Fortune as littk as any Man hf rc> 
 What I oflfcr'd I thought my Duty requir'd ; 
 
( I20 ) 
 
 but fince its not regarded, I'll bring my Clan, 
 and you lliall difpole of them and me as you 
 think fit, and I heartily wifh my prefagirtg 
 Heart may be difappointed in my Fears of the 
 Ifllie. 
 
 In about a Week, Z^r^/^/ accordingly joined 
 him with '600 effedlive Men, well arm-d, Avhich 
 were thought fufficient to countenance Don 
 Carlos^s erecting his Standard. The Clans 
 joined but flowly, and in September they could' 
 only miufter about 2500 Men, with which they 
 Occupy'd a ftrong Pafs, which obliged the Ge- 
 neral of the King's Troops in Scotland to turn 
 off to the Eaft, and leave the Way open for their 
 Paflage to the Low Country, where they arrived 
 by quick Marches, and furpriz'd the City of 
 Edinburgh^ the Capital of Scotland^ on the 15th 
 o{ September^ and on the -2 1 ft had the good For- 
 tune to defeat a Body of Troops confifting of 
 1400 Foot and 600 Dragoons, under the Com- 
 mand of Lieutenant General Cofe-^ and by that 
 Means render'd himfelf in a manner Mafter of 
 all Scotland^ except a few Garrifons, which he ex- 
 pected foon to reduce. 
 
 Till now we may naturally believe, that our 
 young Warrior was too much employed to think 
 ferioufly of the Affairs of Love. Mars and his 
 I'rain had quite banifhed the blind Boy from his 
 Heart ; not but he thought of his Miftrefs a- 
 midil- all the Hurry and Confufion of Marches,- 
 Counter-Marches, Councils-, Battles, Skirmifhes, 
 and Attacks, but his Mind was too much em- 
 barrafs'd to dwell long on that Subje6l. How- 
 ever, as he now was fo much Mafter of one 
 of the three Kingdoms, had gain*d a Royal 
 
 Battle^, 
 
( 121) 
 
 Battle, and made his triumphant Entry into 
 the antient Seat of his Family, no Wonder if* 
 the foft Deity put in for a Share pf the Joy 
 which fill'd our Hero's Bread on this firftDawn' 
 of Profperity ; and as he difpatch'd Mr. Keil;^ 
 to France, wjth an Account of his Progrefs, he 
 took that Opportunity to write to his illallrious • 
 Miflreft, that (he might participate of the firft » 
 Fruits of his good Fortune. His Letter ran- 
 thus. 
 
 ' " r 
 
 " Mai/Jbihy 
 
 IT v/ere impoffible for me to have fuf- 
 fer*d the Pangs of 'fo long an Abfence, 
 tho' kept in a continual Hurry of Thought,, 
 if 1 were not certain that I am now em-. 
 ploy.|d; in the Difcharge of my Duty, to 
 the bed of Parents, and of King's, to my. . 
 Country, and to my Miftrefs ; and iri) 
 the only Road which can render me' \vor- 
 thy of that Love which confticutes the chief 
 Happinefs of my Life. You are, my Ija^ 
 hella, ever prefent to my Imagination, your 
 dear Idea is ftill before my Eyes, and by 
 it I dired all my Thoughts and A6lions \ 
 for when any Thing great is to be perform'd 
 which requires the Exercife of all my Fa- 
 culties, when I but reflecl on you, all my 
 Doubts vanifh, Impoffibilities become prac- 
 ticable, and the greateft Dangers dwin- 
 dle into meer Shadows, fuch is t\\t ESed:- 
 of the noble Sentiments with which your 
 Love has infpir'd me. To you I fly when 
 weary with watching, oppreilcd with Care, 
 
 *' and 
 
( 122 ) 
 
 and furrounded with deadly Danger, and 
 then I find Eafe, Safety, and Peace ; you 
 are my Counfellor in the Cabinet, and my 
 Shield and Patron Saint in the Day of Battle. 
 Yes, IJahella to you, tho' Abfent, tho' divid- 
 ed from me by fo many Leagues of Sea and 
 Land, I owe the Victory at Prefton-Pans. 
 Your Name infpir'd me, and under your 
 Aufpices, with a handful of new rais'd 
 Foot, inferiour in Number to the Enemy,. 
 I triumph'd over a regular Army, with the 
 Lofs only qf about 40 Men. But thefe are 
 thy Miracles, O Love, and I hope an^ 
 Earned, my dear Princefs, that Providence 
 intends to put an End to the Calamities of ^ 
 my Father's Houfe, and in the End, to^ 
 crown my Labours with the ineftimableBlef-* 
 fing, the PoficfTion of Ifahella^ which 'is the' 
 only Hope, by which I live, and the Center 
 of all the Wifhes of. 
 
 R- 
 
 As it is not my Intention to give the Parti- 
 culars of Don Carles glorious, though unfortu- 
 nate Expedition into B — t—n^ I pafs over 
 the Correfpondence that pafs'd between him 
 and Ifahella during his Stay in that IJland. He 
 gave her an AccoujJt of mod of his Succefles 
 in general, and by a turn of Gallantry, afcrib'd 
 
 them 
 
( 123 ) 
 
 them all to the Force of his Paffion for her. Af-- 
 ter his Defeat at Culloden, he wrote her the fol- 
 lowing melancholy Epifde, 
 
 " T Now find by cruel Experience, that no 
 *' A Appearances on this Side the Grave arc 
 " to be truited. Alas ! one Hour, one fatal 
 " Moment, has reversed the Chain of my 
 *^ Fortune, and reduc'd the once conquering 
 ^^ Carlos, to a forlorn Fugitive, in that Country 
 *' where but Tefterday I commanded ab- 
 *' folate, gave Life by my Nod, and frown'd 
 " the mod daring into Death ; where every 
 " Thing animated echo'd forth my Praifes, and 
 *^ pronounced me the peculiar Favourite of Hea- 
 *^ ven. Even my Highlanders, who have na 
 " Word in their Language to fignify Fear, who 
 " are univerfally known to meet Death with 
 " an Intrepidity which other Nations admire, 
 *^ but know not how to imitate, even thefe 
 *' brave Men are Coward -llruck by the pre- 
 " dbmihant Malice of my Scars, and are con- 
 ** verted into Cowards becaufe led by me. 
 Yes, my Ifabella, my heretofore undaunted 
 Heroes are fled from thofe very Troops their 
 Looks had formerly conquer'd ! my Hopes 
 are gone ; I faw them flaughter'd with un- 
 relenting Fury, and become the Prey of a 
 remorfelefs Vidort But why fhould I 
 wound your tender Ears with the difmai 
 Tale, its thought that I am now a Wanderer 
 without an AFmy, nay, almofl: without a 
 Servant, or any Place that can fhelter me 
 
 ^' from 
 
 C( 
 
 <c 
 
. ' ( 124 ) 
 
 *?; from ;my Edemies.-- — But airthefe I rc-^, 
 V .gard the lers,'whilel mamrain my Place 
 ''in your Heart:. While poflcfs'd of this 
 " Blefiing, I am flill richer than thofe that 
 " command the Globe ; there is a Happincfs 
 " in that Thought which is not in the Power 
 *^ of Men or Devils to rob me off. —Bur, has 
 *- Fortune yet fo rich a Prize in Store for mt}' 
 *'*^ No! it cannot be. — 'Tis referv'd for one- 
 ** more happy in the Favour of, the Blind^ 
 *:' capricious Goddefs *, not for a ruin'd, mi'- 
 *t" ferable Fugitive! Yes, adorable Ifqhella^ I 
 *-'• mud defpair, I am unworthy af your Love, 
 *^' and dare not ask you fo much as to pity the- 
 '^ wretched Carlos, But what am I faying > 
 ^^ No, I injure that Excellency which cannot 
 *' fo lightly change its Nature. No! yoa^ 
 ** muft ftill take Pleafure. in communicating^ 
 ^* Happinefs to the Unfortunate, and the bare 
 '^-* Thought, that its poflible I ftill retain a* 
 *' Place in your Heart, warms me into a Re- 
 ^ conciliation with Life, and gives me » 
 ** Glympfe of Hope, that Providence may yec 
 **- reftore my Affairs.^Butl muft abruptly con-> 
 *^ elude — Alas! every Moment brings fomc 
 " new Alarm : And this.Inftant the Bearer 
 " file?,, as well to fave his Life* as to forward 
 ^* this from^ 
 
 " Madam, 
 
 4 
 
 ' ' Tour unfsrtunate hut iconft ant Adorer, 
 
 C-^— P-- R— ^.^ 
 
 The 
 
C 125 ) 
 
 The Perfon who was charged with this Letter 
 :got fafe to Paris^ but not before the News of 
 Don Carlos^ s Defeat was pubiickly known at 
 Court, and his Lofs exaggerated by a Rumour 
 that prevailed, that the P— — e himfeif was kill'd 
 by a Party that went in Purfait of him, after 
 the Battle •, for which there was more than or- 
 dinary Colour, as Part of the Bnlifi Troops 
 had (urrounded a Houfe from whence he had 
 but juft efcap'd, and kill'd a young Gentleman 
 of the Name of M^Kenzie^ who, to give him 
 Time to make good his Efcape, and to amufe 
 the Party, had difguis'd himfeif in the fame 
 Manner, that it was reported tha: Don Carlos 
 frequently appeared in. The generous Scheme 
 had the defir'd, yet fatal, Effed, for the enrag'd 
 Soldiers taking it for granted that this was the 
 
 unhappy P e for whom they were in 
 
 Search, flab'd him in a Thoufand Places, and 
 giving over the Purfuit of the real Perfon, 
 carried the mangled Corpfe to tlieir Camp in 
 great Triumph, where it was a Day or two 
 before the Miftake was found out. , s, ^ 
 
 This Story had reach'd France^ and fillM the 
 Court with cxtream Concern, but the News 
 affcded none fo much as the difconfoiate Ifd- 
 hella^ who was almoft frantic with Grief. Not 
 all her Philofophy, all her boafted Refignation 
 could bare her up againft the Shock. The 
 Lofs of the Battle, and with it all Profpefl of 
 a Crown, had no Power to move her into the 
 Jeaft Complaint •, flie bore every thing elfe \vith 
 Patience and Magnanimity, while flie thought 
 her Hero L\^c^ but when the News came 
 of his bai:barous Death, her Courage left 
 
 her. 
 
( 126 ) 
 
 her) and flie funk into all the Excefles of Sor* 
 row. *' Had he, faid fhe, died in the Field, 
 '* by the Chance of War, or the brave Hand of 
 *^ fome valiant Leader, I had not half fo much 
 •' regretted his Fate ; but to be butcher'd in 
 *' Difguife, by the bafe Hands of common 
 *' Pillagers, my Soul cannot bear it. Heavens ! 
 " whyflept the Thunder, what could with-hold 
 *' the Divine Vengeance from falling, in the* 
 *' moft fignal Manner, on his Murderers. A- 
 *Mas! efcap'd he fo many Dangers, furviv'd 
 *' he the Fields of Prefton-Pans^ and Falkirk^ 
 *'toperi{h thus miferablyj thus unreveng'd at 
 '^ iaft V* 
 
 She ran on in the wildeft Soliloquy imagin* 
 able, while her Strength laded ; but finking un- 
 der the Load of the molt paflionatc Grief, ihe 
 took her Bed, and was thought paft Recovery, 
 when the Meffenger arriv'd with the agreeable 
 News of his being fafe ; for tho* his Letter bore 
 Date the Day after the Battle of Ctilloden^ and 
 before the fuppos'd Murder, yet the Perfon 
 who brought it (laid fome Weeks in Scotland^ 
 and was able to fet them right in that Miftake, 
 The Letter being immediately delivered her, 
 flie read it as a Criminal ready to die would 
 have read a free Pardon : Every Line, though 
 full of her Heroes Misfortunes, and giving her 
 an Account of the Shipwreck of all his late 
 blooming Hopes, yet fillM her with inexpref- 
 fible Joy. Oh Happinefs beyond Expreflion, 
 cried the enraptur'd Maid, my Hero lives, 
 Don Carlos is in Being, has efcap'd thofe 
 Furies, and all my Fears have been imaginary ! 
 Heaven then has heard my Prayer, and ac- 
 cepted 
 
( ^27 ) 
 
 cepted my Vows for his Deliverance. O may 
 I be amply grateful for the mighty BlefTing, 
 and learn to bear all ocher Ills with Patience, 
 for he who is the Fountain of my Lite, the 
 Pride of my Heart, the Joy of my Eyes, yet 
 lives, and lives I hope to triumph o'er his 
 Enemies, and add frelh Laurels to thofe he has 
 already fo glorioufly acquired. - 
 
 That aniiaole Lady was fo much over- 
 joy'd at his Deliverance from his imaginary 
 Death, that fhe felt no Uneafinels about the 
 Lofs ot ' the Ba'^tle, and recovered her Health 
 and former Tranquility of Spirit in a few Days. 
 She then employ':! all her Care and Influence 
 at Court, to prociTe a good Reception to fuch of 
 Don Carloi\ Followers as daily reiorted to 
 Paris, and to procure VelTels to be fent to 
 bring the Adventurer off; but ro her inexpref- 
 fible Anguifh, it was feveral Months before fhe 
 heard any more of him, when fhe was inform'd 
 that he landed at Bologn on the 25//^ of Decern- 
 her. The Receipt of this Advice gave the 
 amiable Ifahella more real Joy, than it fhe 
 had received a Grant of the Indies •, her Ex- 
 tacy was unipeakable. She was fcarce able to 
 referve any of her Tranfports for his Prefence, 
 which was foon expeded, lo much was llie ela- 
 ted on Account of his being once more fife in 
 France, and out of thofe Perils in which he had 
 been involv'd for fo many Months paft^ of 
 which fhe had a dreadful Idea ; tho' Ru- 
 mour had made them infinitely lefs than what 
 fhe found them when he c^me to relate the 
 Particulars himfelf. 
 
 Don 
 
(12,8.) 
 
 ".' Don Carlos -wits obliged to remain at Boiogif 
 ^Jll he had prcparM- an Equipage, more fuitabte 
 to his Rank, than was that miferable Flight in 
 which he arrived there ; and then fet out for 
 PariSy where he was receiv'd by the Court, 
 •^nd 'all' Ranks of People, with great Demon- 
 'ftratbnsof Joy and Refped:. 
 
 He was much refpeded, before bis Departure 
 from France^ on Account of his high Birth^ 
 and his Pretenfions to the Britijh Throne ; but 
 his gallant and Heroic Behaviour in this now 
 unfortunate Expedition, had exceeded their 
 nioit fangulne Expedlations, and done the 
 "Crown oF France fuchTignal Service, that they 
 receiv'd' him now ^s a finifh -d Hero, and could 
 'not find Terras even in their flattering Language, 
 "cxprefTive enough of their Efteem and AdmK 
 ration, '.Don Carlos receiv'd the Compliments 
 "and Apphufe of the Court, and Royal Family, 
 -vrithout the leafl Sign of Elation, or even 
 without finding any real Satisfadlion in their 
 "extr.avagant Flights : His Mind was rankled at 
 their Breach oi Prom ife, and their treacherouis 
 "Bifappcintment at De?-byi when^ their promisM 
 Sanding but of a few -Men would h^ve-giveh 
 'him mori-e than a probable Chance of what hfe 
 risked W'a much in ■ Perfuit of. ' But when Re 
 came to vifit his Miftrefs, arid- heai'd the Rap- 
 tures {he was in for his perfonal Safety, and the 
 •unfeigned Encomiums fhe^befl'bw'd on him, then 
 'it/ was he found real Pleafure, and in fome 
 'Meafure a Reccmpence'for all the Trouble^r, 
 • the Dangers, ■ and • Fatigues he had undett- 
 .'gone. 
 '• - The 
 
( 129 ) 
 
 The Princefs of T had fecn him at the 
 
 Queen's Clofet when he firft arriv'd, and par- 
 took of the general Joy for his fignal DelU 
 verance; and when fhe knew he was to wait 
 on Ijabella, (he abfented herfelf, that the il- 
 luflrious Lovers might have an Opportunity to 
 congratulate each other in private. Tho* 
 Ifahella was prcpar'd for his Vifu, expedled it, 
 and wilh'd for it as for Life, or ultimate Hap- 
 pinefs ; yet, when fhe faw him enter the Room, 
 the Tranfport was too exalted for her Faculties 
 to bear. She flew like Lightning to his Arms, 
 and in the burfl of tumultuous Joy, funk Speech- 
 iefs on his Bofom, and could only breath ia 
 fhort Sighs the Extacy of thrilling Pleafurc 
 that charm'd all her Senfes. Don Carlos v/as 
 equally tranfported, and the Torrent of Joy 
 which now fill'd his Heart, fo different from 
 the melancholy Scenes that polTefs'd his Ima- 
 gination for fo many Months before, was too 
 big for utterance •, he could only gaze with 
 filent Rapture, on the lovely, conftanr, he- 
 roic Maid. At laftj the firfl Tumult of Plea- 
 lure fubfiding into a Calm, allowed them fome 
 Liberty of Speech ; but no Pen can paint the 
 fond ExprelTions of a Pafnon mutual, fincere, 
 delicate, and lively as theirs -, and aiTifted too, 
 by fuch extraordinary Circumftances as our Lo- 
 vers were now in, and of which the Effcdls are 
 eafier imagin'd than defcrib'd. 
 
 In a Word, borh Don Carks and the Prin* 
 cefs v/ere near half an Hour before their Spirit^ 
 could fettle into any Tranquility; and then Ifa-. 
 iella afk'd, if the many RuuiOurs fhe had heard 
 of his Difaflers, were in any meafure true? 
 
 K Yes, 
 
( ^30 ) 
 Yt:s, reply'd Don Carlos, my Diftrefifes were 
 greater th.m ever Poet teign'd ; and fo extraor- 
 dinary, that even exaggerating Fame was oblig'd, 
 contrary to her uiuai Cuitom, to fall fhort ot 
 the melancholy Truth j but the Particulars 
 would to3 much dufn thy prefent Joy, my dear 
 Ifahdla^ to relate them ♦, let it fuffice, that I 
 give you but a iliort Sketch of them, and re- 
 lerve the minuter Circumftanccs for Moments 
 lels facred to Joy than this bleiled one that has 
 redor'd me to thy Arms. Forfaken and forlorn, 
 after the fatal Battle of Culloden, I was oblig'd 
 to wander for many Miles without a Guide, and 
 traverle vaft Wilds and defert Mountains, on 
 Foot, to flicker me from the purfuing Foe. 
 Strip'd of every part of my ufual Drcfs, and 
 habited like a Peaiant ; I lodg'd fometimes in 
 homely Cottages, among ignorant, but hofpi- 
 table Herdsmen, and fometimes in the Cliffs of 
 Rocks and hollow Dens, the forfaken Haunts 
 of wild Beafbs, the Receptacles of cold Damps 
 and noxious Vermin -, liv'd on wild Roots and 
 Plants, and drank the mofiy Stream, not daring 
 to venture from my Retreat fo far as to pro- 
 cure even wholfome water. I have feen whole 
 Baualions of my inveterate Enemies within 50 
 Yards of my Retirement, heard them load me 
 with the moflopprobiops Epithets, and threaten 
 me withTortures, Death, or the mod ignomini- 
 ous Cviptivity, if I (dl into their Hands. When 
 v/eary of the Continent, and hunted from place 
 to place, even by Blood- hounds, whofe unerring 
 Sagacity I have deceiv'd, by (landing whoje 
 Nights up to the Chin in Water ; I retreated to' 
 the IQes, where I wander'd in a variety of Dif- 
 
 guifes r 
 
( 131 ) 
 
 guifes-, to Day a menial Servant, in my male 
 Capacity •, to morrow I atfteJ the aukward Hand- 
 maid to a pitying WomAn, whofe Gcncrofuy 
 goi the better ot her Fears of the Dang-r of 
 protecting me *, no Houje or Cottage was io- 
 remote, no Cave or rocky CiifF, tho' formerly 
 unfrequented for Ages, could aiibrd me above 
 one Night's Shekcr together ; the Place of my 
 Retreat was dill difcover'd, whe:her 1 (lept in 
 the open Air, on the Sea, or in the wild De- 
 fert, the Morning foon difcover'd my Purfuers, 
 and forced me to betake myfelf to jbme new 
 kind of Shelter. The want of Food, the In- 
 clemency of the Weather, the wretched Ap- 
 pearance I was reduced to, worn out with the 
 Fatigue of Travelling ; thefe were but the lead 
 of the Miferies 1 fuRain'd •, for the little Intel- 
 ligence I had with Mankind, brought me no 
 other Comfort, but the News of the Tragical 
 End of fome or other of my Followers, and' 
 every Day prefented to my Eyes, the Miferies 
 and Defolation of a Country, once fiouriOiing, 
 populous and happy; but now made a Defartori' 
 my unhappy Account. This, m'y Ifahella^ gave 
 me Pangs which made all my perfonal Hardships 
 feel light, when compar'd with the torturing 
 Thought, that I had been fatally inftru mental 
 in making fo many brave and innocent Men' 
 wretched. And in all my fad, andfolitary Hours," 
 amidft all the Dangers I underwent, I had but 
 one Thought to comfort me, namely, that I had 
 ftillihis iricllimable Treafure, (clafping Ifahella 
 in. his Arms) in (lore, and v/hich in this happy 
 Moment has heal'd all my Sorrows, and ba- 
 niili'd all my Sufferings from my. Memory.' 
 K. 3 DoA 
 
( 132 ) 
 
 Don CarkSy finding that this ihort Narration 
 had but too much moved the tender fond Heart 
 of Jfahella, to remove the melancholy Ideas hc: 
 had infpir'd her with ; he handed her to the 
 Princefs's Apartment, where there was a large 
 Aflembly mft, to congratulate the once loft, 
 and now recovered Adventurer ; and to complir 
 ment thePrincefs and Ifabella, on that occafion. , 
 Don Carlos was oblig'd to leave the Company 
 fooner than he wifh'd to do, on account of Ibme 
 Difpatches then arriv'd, by a Courier frorq 
 Rome. When he got home, and was quite re- 
 leas'd from all Company, he could not help re- 
 fledling on the wonderful conftancy of that 
 lovely Maid, who, far from following the 
 Praflice of the generality of her Sex, viz, to. 
 make their AfFedlions wait, and keep Time 
 with the Fortune of their Lovers, feem'd to 
 have permitted her PafTion to acquire frefb, 
 Strength, from thofe very Circumftances that 
 would chill it in moft others. 
 
 But tho* his ador'd Miftrefs was fo juft, fa 
 true, fo faithful to him, he had fome reafon tQ 
 doubt, if he ihculd find the fame Honour, Truth, 
 and Generofity in the Court, and her Relations;, 
 for he judg'd, that now France had gain'd by- 
 him all fhe might expe6t, parti.cularly the entire 
 Conqueft of the Netherlands ; he forefaw that 
 they would no longer be very follicitous about 
 his Intereft ; but he was now fo much link'd tQ 
 his ador'd Ifahella^ that he could not think o£ 
 refenting any Coolnefsthey might fhow to him, 
 as long as they permitted him to ftay in France. 
 . It was not long, before his Apprehenfions 
 were amply verified 5 for he found the Miniftry 
 
 full 
 
^ ( 133 ) 
 
 ull' of monftrous Delays, even in providing for 
 he urdiappy Gentlemen who had been ruin'd 
 by their Schemes; and fuch of them as were taken 
 notice of, owed it rather to the independent In- 
 tereft of thePrincefsof T — , than to that of Don 
 Carles, who for two years that he was in France^ 
 after his Return from Scotland, had not three thou- 
 fand Pittoles from the Court, for himfelf and 
 all his ruin'd Partizans. He prefented feveral 
 Memorials, complaining both of pad and pre- 
 fent Breaches of Promife, but they were taken 
 little Notice of; which he had no Ability to 
 refent, and avoided coming to a Rupture, left he 
 fhould be forbid the Kingdom, and banilh'd 
 from all the earthly Happinefs that remained to 
 him, namely, his dear Ifahella, who was ftill 
 the fame, or rather, every Day giving new 
 Proofs of her difinterefted Affedion.j 
 
 Thefe illuftrious Lovers continued in all the 
 Happinefs that pure, chafte, unfpotted Love, 
 could give to Minds truly noble, till the figning 
 the preliminaries of Peace ; when the Thoughts 
 of the approaching Storm of Separation broke 
 in upon their Joy. That fuch a Thing would 
 happen fometime, Don Carlos might eafily 
 forelee \ but he could not imagine, that the 
 Congrcfs at Aix, would have been fo foon pro- 
 dudive of any Thing ; muchlefs could he pre- 
 vail on himfelf, to think that the French King 
 would fo foon have confented to his Banifhment, 
 fmce he had been afiur'd, in the moft folemn 
 Terms, even fo late as at the opening of thofe 
 Conferences, that his Moft Chriftian Majefty 
 would never confcnt to a Peace, which ftiould 
 
 oblige 
 
( 134 ) 
 
 oblige him to force Don Carlos to leave his Do- 
 minions. So that depending on his fleering 
 Hopes that thele Profeffions and Pl-omifes 
 would be held Sacred, the Preliminaries came 
 upon him like a Thunder-Clap ; however, far 
 from defcending to any placid Complaints, he 
 refented it fo much, that he declar'd, from the. 
 begmning, that under the Sandlion of facred, 
 fokmn I'reaties, and the Royal Promifes of 
 his Coufm the King of France^ he would ilay 
 where he was, in Spite of the Allies, and all the 
 Intrigues of his treacherous falfe Friends, the 
 French Minjftry. 
 
 At a general Meeting of his Adherents at 
 Paris^^ it was refolv'd, that it w^as his Intereft 
 to retire immediately, before the Articles were 
 to take Effed:, and before the French King de- 
 fii'd him to go, that his Departure might ap- 
 pear as rather the EfFed of his own Choice, 
 than the prevailing Power of his Enemies ; and 
 they all join'd in this wholfome Council. The 
 
 Pnncefs of ^ and her Daughter Ijahella^ 
 
 were alfo foliicitous to perfuade him to it: But 
 when the young Princefs came in private to urge 
 ir, he complain'd to her moil: bitterly. " Ah! 
 *' cried he, are you too in League with my 
 " crutl Stars? I had but one Sheet Anchor to 
 " flem the Current of my adverfe Fate, and 
 *' that has now failed me. I had but one Joy 
 '' in Store, one only Treafure left of the dread- 
 *' tui Wreck of my whole Fortune, even my 
 *' dear, dear Ifahella^ and would you rob me of 
 '^ that? I fee my adorable Princefs, what is fit 
 " for my Honour in this Conjundture I faw it 
 " above a Year ago, and iliould have gone 
 
 '' theni 
 
■ ( 135 ) 
 
 *' then ; but I could not, my Ifahslla^ feparate 
 *' my Sou) from my Body ^ I could not fly from 
 •' my felf, in fliort, I could not divide myfelf 
 *' from you, my Life, who are more than myfelf: 
 " Thou art the Support, the End, and fupremc 
 " Happinefsof my Being in this World: How 
 ** then can you urge to ad the Suicide, and 
 *' bring Death and Deilrudion on my own 
 *' Head? No! not even Frofperity itfclf can 
 " be toUerable, nor can Crowns give me 
 " Peace, or one glimpfe of Joy without you. 
 " I forefee that the Moment 1 am torn trom 
 *' you, which muft be my Fate at lall, I 
 " muft undergo enough to put an end to my 
 *' Being, without any further Violence. There- 
 " fore my Ifabella^ as you regard my Life, 
 '' urge my Departure no more-, and if they force 
 " me heiKc, my Blood be upon their Heads : 
 " bur, by Heavens! if I tali, Pll fall nobly, 
 " and plunge into Eternity with Royal Ruin 
 ** attending me." 
 
 Ifahella faw Don Carlos too much mov'd, to 
 cxped chat any Arguments fhe could ufe at that 
 Time, would have much Effed upon his Tem- 
 per, but fhe endeavour'd to footh him into 
 Calmnefs, and turn'd the Difcourfe to fome o- 
 ther Subjefl lefs grating ;o them both. When 
 that Princefs was alone, fhe felt all the Pangs 
 of the moft cruel Defpair ; ilie faw plainly 
 that it was her Duty to urge his Departure, as 
 the only means to lave his Honour. Her Rea- 
 fon, and the tender R-gard (lie had for his Fame, 
 fuggefted many, and potent, Arguments for her 
 to wifli his Abfence; but Love! and all the 
 •tender feelings fo infeparabie trom her as a Wo- 
 man, 
 
( 136 ) 
 tnan, pleaded in moving Accents for his fray ; 
 fhe knew his Prefence was become neceffaryj 
 and efTential to her own Happinefs. She could 
 part with the Prince, but it was Death to fepa- 
 rate from the Lover, and bid adieu to all the 
 foft Tranfports of a chafte and mutual Flame. 
 In Ihort, Love and Prudence rais'd fuch a Tu- 
 mult in her Breaft, that it was difficult for 
 Reafon to compofe the Difference. But in the 
 end, Honour, and the generous Concern Ihe 
 had for every thing wherein Don Carlos^ s Glory 
 was concern'd, got the better of the foft Al- 
 lurements of the blind Deity j and Ihe refolvM 
 to run all Hazards, in perfuading him to teni- 
 porize with his Misfortunes, and to prevail on 
 him to withdraw as of his own Accord. She! 
 even went fo farj as in a Converfation fhe had 
 with him, to require it of him, as a Proof of his 
 Love to her, an Argument which (he thought 
 he could not withftand, and to threaten never 
 to fee him more, unlefs he comply'd: but that 
 threw him into fo exceflive an Agony^ that her 
 Refolution fail*d her \ fhe could not fee the 
 Man fhe lov'd with fuch cxtream Tendernefs^ 
 fo deeply diftrefs'd by her Artifice-, but con- 
 fefs*d| that fhe had appeared thus fevere, only 
 to try if fhe could work upon his Refolution, 
 to a<fl a part which fhe knew was fo confident 
 with his Honour. No, Don Carlos^ added fhe^ 
 when I faid I would not fee you more, if you 
 perfifted in your Obflinacy, I violated my own 
 Sentiments ; for do what you will, you are flill 
 fo efTential to my Happinefs, that your Pre- 
 fence is really my fupreme Felicity on Earth. 
 I feel, alas! as much the Pangs of fo 
 
 fatal 
 
(137) 
 iatal a Partings as you poflibly can. But, Sir, 
 the Honour, the Fame, and Glory of my Don 
 Carlos^ is dearer to me than my Life-, can I 
 fee the very EfTence, the diftinguifliing Charac- 
 teriflics of I'acred Royalty blafted, your Fame 
 tainted, and your Prudence calTd in Queftion, 
 without fuffering every imaginary Torment? 
 Were you to fall nobly in the Field, I could e- 
 ven triumph over your glorious mangled Corpfe, 
 and fatiate my gloomy Bread with contem- 
 plating your immortal Fame, which fuch a 
 Death would only blazon -, but, to be treated 
 like a Slave, hurried away like a banifli*d Va- 
 gabond •, Good God! the thoughts of fuch an 
 Event is too much for Mortality to fuftain! 
 how then can I bear it, when I, unhappy I, 
 am the fole, the only Caufe of all this: for 
 without me, you had been flill the great, in- 
 trepid, and prudent Hero! In fhort, you had 
 been yourfelf, and happy at lead in unfullied 
 Fame. Alas! reply'd T)on Carlos^ lamfurely 
 inftigated by fome hidden Power, to maintain 
 my Refolution, even againft the Voice of Rea- . 
 fon itfelf. This feems the Crifis of my Fate, 
 now pregnant with fome mighty Woe, or fome 
 great unlook'd for Happinefs. But, whatever 
 my Fate is, let me meet it in Tranquillity my 
 Jfahella^ for my Refolutions are fix'd as Deftiny, 
 never to leave this Place till compell'd to it by 
 fuperior Power. The fnore you urge me, the 
 fb-onger the Proofs are that you give me of my 
 Folly, the more confpicuous your Excellence 
 appears*, and that ferves only to inflame the 
 Difeafe, and ftrengthen my Purpofe, to rifque 
 every thing to be blefs'd with thy dear Prefence. 
 L After 
 
( ^8 ) 
 
 After fuch a Declaration, it was in vain for 
 Ifahella or her Friends, to attempt to alter his 
 Refolves •, they now try'd their Intereft ac 
 Court, to find out an Expedient tor counte- 
 nancing his ilay ; the Princefs of T* 1 fpoke 
 
 ib freely of his Wrongs on this Occafion, that 
 to her great Surprize llie was forbid the Court. 
 However, as fhe had a powerful Party in the 
 Nation, flie continued to intereft herfelf very 
 ih-enuoufly in Den Carlos's Intereil, but nothing 
 could prevail; the Court, tho' willing enough, 
 could find out no Trick to evade the exprefs Sti- 
 pulation relating to him in the Treaty of Jix 'y 
 and at laft, fignified to Don Carlos the neceflity 
 of his Departure, and prevail'd wuh his Fa.her 
 to join his Commands tor a fpecruy Compliance ; 
 but Threats, Entreaties, and Remonftrances 
 were in vain, the Charms of Ifahella were 
 Magnets too powerful for all Eflforts of that 
 kind ; his Obftinacy greatly perplex'd the Court, 
 who were unwilling to come to Extremiiies 
 with a P — e fo much beloved by the People, 
 and to whom was owing fo much ot the Glory 
 and Succefs ot his Majefty's Arms ; bu. rhey 
 were now oblig'd, in fupport of regal Authority 
 iik\\y as well as by Treaties with their new Al- 
 lies, to compel him to depart •, and therefore it 
 was refolv'd, in a Council held on purpofe in the 
 Pretence of his Majefty, to put him under Ar- 
 reft, which. they ..dually did, but in fuch a man- 
 ner as to prevent any Danger to the P 's 
 
 Perfon, or Affront to the fovereign Authority, 
 by any rath Refolutions of Refiftance which 
 they knew he had form'd, had they attack'd 
 him where it was in his Power to put them in 
 
 Execution 
 
( n9 ) 
 
 Execution ; the particulars of that Event, which 
 put a ilop for the prefcnt to his Amours, are 
 fufHcientJy Public ; and I flatter myfeJf, the 
 Reader will excufe my repeating them, as well 
 as defcribing the piercing Grief with which /- 
 fabelia was feiz'd, when fhe heard her Hero 
 was taken into Cuftody tho* fhe expeded it, 
 and knew it was to happen within the compafs 
 of a few Hours-, yet, the News recalPd every 
 tender Moment that pafs'd between them, and 
 prefented to her Imagination the Terrors of Ab- 
 sence, the Horrors of what a Spirit like his 
 mud fufFer in fuch Circumflanccs, and fuch a 
 crowd of jarring and tormenting Ideas, that 
 her Agonies were inexprefTible, and her Sor- 
 rows too poignant to come within the Power of 
 Defcription. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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