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 Nymphs threw me on the Bank again. I next attempted to swing by the Neck in my Garters; Fool that I was, to think that they cou'd withstand the Fire that rag'd within me! They were soon consum'd, and I left almost in despair of dying; never were you, my Fairer than the fairest, more griev'd for the breaking of a Necklace: Yet I had a Sword, and resolv'd to make a new Passage for my Sighs, and wound this Heart of mine, which gave me such Uneasiness; but here my Attempt was vain, my Blade was melted, and my Fingers burn'd, for the Heat of my Breast exceeded that of the Sun-beams collected in many Glasses. How great was then the Anguish of my Mind? I rav'd and fann'd my Flame by repeating Blmmsl. Then my good Genius appear'd, and bid me be comforted, and said, your Goddess's Heart is not made of Steel; she will consider your deplorable Condition, and as you deserve, reward you. 'Twas this embolden'd me to approach you, and made me hope, since I knew my own Sincerity, that I shou'd not be despis'd.

The Effect which this rapturous Bombast had on her, is almost incredible; she presented her Hand to me to kiss, and told me that she pitied my Sufferings; but I mistook her Meaning, and grasping it with one of my Hands, made bold to kiss her Lips; she seem'd a little angry at my Rudeness, but was pacify'd by my swearing that her Breath was sweeter than the Breeze which wantons in Amaranthine Bowers. I then repeated my Caresses with little difficulty, and persuaded her that I was all over Love, and she all over Charms. But Fribbigghe's unlucky Stars sent him into the Room just as we were in a strict Embrace. It seems that she had lately permitted him to enter her Apartment without sending first to know whether she was pleas'd to be within or not; and this which he took for a Mark of her special Favour, prov'd his Disgrace. After he came into the Room, he stood for some time without Speech or Motion, and like a religious Man that is loth to believe his Eyes, often rubb'd them. Blmmsl,