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 Thee mutes of mine, which I dipatched into the palace, poke very loud in my behalf. I oberved with rapture the fine eyes of the princes ingle me out among the crowd of courtiers, and eem to ay many obliging things. Hence I became bolder in my plans, I found a confidante among her attendants, who, for a valuable conideration, conented to be the carrier of love. We came to mutual explanations, ecret aignations were made, but they always failed; ome trivial circumtance for ever poiled the plan which love had formed: I either did not find my princes where he had appointed me, or could not find acces to the place where I was to meet her. Jealouy kept uch cloe watch over the fair Grecian that I could never gain a view of her, except in preence of the whole court. Againt thee difficulties, as againt an adamantine rock, were all my hopes and wihes dahed to pieces, but not