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Rh : the man having waited at the entrance of the wood, from the time that his maſter went into it, till the next morning, and hearing nothing of him, leaving his horſes in the fields adjoining to the wood, reſolved to find him out; and having got a good way, he met the old gentleman, who was coming to him; and enquiring of him for for his maſter, whom he deſcribed; he told him, he had both ſeen, and was come from him, to conduct him where he was, and that he had found his lady; at this, the ſervant was very gład, and joyfully went along with him. After the old gentleman was gone for the ſervant, the Count and his lady went into the woods, and there ſhe gave him a particular account of all her ſorrows and ſufferings ſince his departing from her, and the reaſon of her ſtaying where ſhe was; viz. The old gentleman not daring to go out of the wood with her, he being a proſcribed perſon; and to go without him, was to endanger her own life; beſides, ſhe knew not how Antonio might have ordered matters, having the pretence of hereſy to lay to her charge; and that, hearing nothing of him in all this time, ſhe thought his affections might have been eſtranged from her. But Alanſon aſſured her of the contrary, telling her, he could not but wonder at the unparalleled villainy of Fronovius and Antonio, and that he had turned them out of his ſervice, ſoon after he came home from the camp. After which, the old gentleman and Alanſon's ſervant, being (as before related) arrived at the cottage, the evening was far ſpent; and ſo they all betook themſelves to reſt.

The next morning, Alanſon was preparing for his return home; but, before they went, their aged landlord would need have them ſtay and