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 ſleeping or waking the fancied him at ways in her fight. So made private er- quiries, by the deſcription ſhe gave, but could not inform her in that reſpect. ſome gueſſing this, and ſome that. So that for blowing the hidden fire, the grew regardleſs of the domeſtick affairs of which her father made her overſeer; then her appetite failed her, and after this the fell into a ſickneſs, which cauſed a great heavineſs throughout the family. Phyſicians were ſent for to adviſe with, but their ſkill proved in vain; for ac- cording to the old proverb,

So that her father and mother, fearing to loſe their daugter, whom they lo much doated on, were at their wits end ſhedding many tears.

While they were in this plight, and the ſighing maid concealed the inward flame which conſumed her heart, one in the habit of a phyſician, mounted upon a ſtately horſe, came riding us to the gate and deſired to ſpeak with Mr Gif-