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 patiently waiting till grief ſhall ſtop, their courſe." So moving a ſcene could not fail of affecting, the heart of Moter, who was naturally generous; he took the handſone ſlave by the hand and returning her to Bekir, ſaid, “God forbid that I ſhould ſeparate two hearts ſo firmly united; I give you back your beloved ſlave, and beg you to accept, for my ſake, the two hundred thouſand drachms which you have received: be happy in each other, and ſometimes in your moments of felicity, recall to mind the perſon who, at the expence of his own happineſs, has contributed in perfecting your's.

EKIR by fortune's ſmiles careſs’d, Soon diſpated what he once poffefs'd; He ſells his houſe, his furniture, his ſlaves With one alone, his dire misfortune braves: The young Gulini, beautiful and fair, Bleſs'd his retirement, and eas'd his care; Once as lamenting o'er their wretched ſtate, With mutual ſighs they each deplor'd their fate. The ſtings of fortune would got wound my breaſt,