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 with a very brik gale, they brought the veel into Dublin harbour.

Here our adventurer took a lodging in a back-treet near St. Stephen’s Green, at which place he intended to preach the next day; but had got a cold in the voyage, which occaioned uch a hoarenes that made it impoible to put that deign in practice.

There lodged in the ame houe with her, a brik widow of near 40 Years of age, who had buried two hubands, and eemed by her behaviour to be far from having determined againt a third expedition to the land of matrimony.

To this widow our adventurer began preently to make addrees, and as he at preent wanted tongue to expres the ardency of his flame, he was obliged to make ue of actions of endearment, uch as queezing, kiing, toying, &c.

Thee were received in uch a manner by the fair widow, that her lover thought he had ufficient encouragement to proceed to a formal declaration of his paion. And this he choe to do by letter, as her voice till continued too hoare for uttering the oft accents of love.

A letter therefore was penned accordingly in the uual tile, which, to prevent any micarriages, Mrs. Hamilton thought proper to deliver with her own hands; and immediately retired to give the adored lady an opportunity of digeting the contents alone, little doubting of an anwer agreeable to her wihes, or at leat uch a one as the coynes of the ex generally dictates in the beginning of an amour, and which lovers, by long experience, know pretty well how to interpret.

But what was the gallant’s urprize, when in return to an amorous epitle, he read the following arcams, which it was impoible for the mot an- 2