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therefore, adieu my lord; and, if you wish to preserve any friends, take my advice, and choose another habitation. Zumio left me. I had the bitter grief to see him depart with Rosamond, and, on this fatal day, to lose both my mistress and my friend.

Gelanor stayed; curiosity retained him in a place which furnished a philosopher with so many subjects for reflection. Touched to see my profound grief, he pressed me to abandon my palace. No, Gelanor, said I, no; here will I stay till I have found an amiable woman of virtue and sensibility, who may recompence me for all the evils love has brought upon me.

One day, while I was walking in a grove of myrtles and orange trees, Gelanor came to seek me. Here are two guests, said he, a man, and a woman of a delightful form, who have, unthinkingly, entered the palace, and are exceedingly afflicted to learn they are obliged to remain here three months; they are consulting together, and I believe mean

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