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 unadviſed engagement, and bitter reflection on his neglect of duty, wandering and the time which it had been the occaſion well as to obſerve the wretched ſtupefication of her mind, which was incapable of ſharing his enjoyments, or of being affected any of his calamities: inſomuch that he turned his pleaſant journey into a weariſome travel, through a loneſome wilderneſs.

But at laſt, through many dull hours a tireſome ſteps he arrived near the borders of the land upon the bank of the river Jordan, where in the midſt of the ſtream, he beheld a man in a rich prieſtly veſture ſtanding to ſtop the torrent till he was paſſed over, which made him approach the river exceedingly tranſported with joy. Yet, even here, he could not refrain from ſigning when he found it was not poſſible for his companion to go with him one ſtep further: but the glory of his prince, now in view, and the joy of approaching the promiſed land, ſoon revived his ſpirits, and made him with readineſs leave her to paſs the river. Sere, his burthens dropped of, and all his clogs were left behind; he went on with free ſpirits and vigour, and chearfulneſs in his countenance, as it all things were forgotten, but the joy that was before him. But as he was taking ſome of his laſt