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gentlewoman, how fhould I ? Why, fays

fhe I have been at the conjuror's; but

you cannot think what a man he is! I

did but afk whether fuch a gentleman

courted my miftrefs? and cafting his eyes

on his book, he told me he did; and de-

fcribed him fo exactly, that no painter

could have drawn his picture better; and

befides, he told me that this was the

very man and no other, whom fortune

defigned for you; but I would not have

you believe me, but go to him yourfelf

to-morrow.

The young gentlewoman hearing this,

is all agog to know the truth of the mat-

ter and having more mind for marriage

than devotion, inftead of prayers, go to

the conjurer, and he had not been a cun-

ing man if he had not told her right,

being inftructed by the maid beforehand

what to fay. Well, the young gentle-

woman being fatisfied it wa the will of

the ftars, begins prefently to have a good

opinion of him, of which the maid fails

not to acquaint him. Now judge, read-

er if this is not an extraordinary plea-

fure ; for what can contribute mere to his