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17 no such stream around my father's dwelling."

"Be satisfied; for you are safe," cried Henry.

They passed through the gate of the city, (now Temple-Bar,) and turning to the right, were instantly amid the Cloisters of the Knights Templars. In the recesses of the Temple the prince had prepared a dwelling; and thither they instantly flew. Fatigue had again subdued the gentle fair one, and her lover left her to repose. When she awoke she repeated her entreaties to be sent to her parents.

"Would you leave me, then?" cried Henry, "me who can resign the pageantry of a throne for you!—Oh! my gentle love, who breathes of sweetness to all else, be not so cold to me!"

"Call it not coldness," replied Rosamond; "by my virgin faith, the love I bear you cannot be excelled;—the blush that rises on my cheek attests it;—but oh! my Henry, my heart is heavy with my parents woes: of them I now must think."

"Refresh thee, love," cried Henry, "and chase these thoughts:" and he