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 could only return their honours by courteous looks and getures.

After the banquet was finihed, all retired but the lady; who, leading back the knight to the ofa, addreed him in thee words:–

“Sir Knight, The grateful remembrance of my delivery from the iron hand of the Moorih tyrant, who in dying bequeathed his oul to the prince of the air for the horrid purpoe of confining me in this my patrimonial catle, hall never be eraed from my memory. And if to you I own his power over me, it was but tranient and of hort duration. With horror I view the remains of his now extinguihed facination; and though years have rolled after years, and involved in their coure the fate of my venerable ancetors, yet I have at lat the conolation to find myelf by your valor free from the machinations of Almanzor (for that was the name of the Moorih prince, whom our valiant king Edward brought over with him on his return from the cruades). My father approved of my union with him, but, alas! I never beheld him without the utmot horror. His dark inidious looks, compared to the open and undiguied mien of him I had lately lot in the troubles of the times, made me hudder. In an unlucky moment I was induced to ign, in obedience to my father’s will, a covenant with Almanzor, which he pretended would place me next heir to the Moorih throne. Each ignature was made with our blood, and a requiem was afterward ung for the ucces of the union. But alas! minds are not eaily transferred; my oul owned allegiance to Sir Walter, a generous Knight of this country, and whom this horrid eatern tyrant had detroyed in conflict; and becaue I peremptorily refuted to drink his blood, this mender wore he would invoke every power to confine me until ome more valorous Knight hould arrive to releae me from his hands. How long I have been enchanted, I do not know; but this I can declare, that from that time to the preent I have not been free from horrid dreams like thoe which are aid to infet the wicked in their