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 face with an execration from his mother: the good lady drew up the flood-gates of her eloquence, and a cataract of reproach and abue dahed down upon him. Supecting immediately what had happened, he began to rave like a madman; and would have compleated the tragedy by killing both his mother and himelf, if the loud torm raied by her voice had not brought the whole houhold together in time to diarm the furious Orlando.

When the firt burt of violence had blown over, they fell to calm explanations. Friedbert endeavoured to free himelf from the upicion of being an exorcier of pirits, or an adept in the black art: in order to clear himelf from the imputation of attempting to impoe upon his orthodox mother, for a daughter-in-law a he-devil in diguie, he related the whole progres of his adventure with the beautiful Greek, and explained the quality of her flying garment. Evidence, however, commonly labours in