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 which he ends you, to terminate your misfortunes.

What is his opinion, what effects will this liquor produce? Is this all the aitance which I am to expect from him?

You are not ignorant, that he is one of the wiet and mot learned men in the world; he aerts that this liquor will eae your orrows; put confidence in his word.

Aurelio is a great philoopher; the properties of all plants are known to him, and all the ecrets of nature. To the mot ublime ciences he joins a fund of admirable virtues; he loves me, he loves Romeo, and ever ince he married us, he has called us his children; yet, I am afraid let this liquor hould prove a philtre, the effects of which are to make me forget my huband, and contrain me to entertain an inclination for his rival! Ah, Celia! my love for Romeo is precious to me, and I feel that it would be a greater happines to me to expire with it, than to live in tranquility [sic] and change the object of it.

Excue me, Madam, if I preume to tell you, that, in my opinion, your upicions are unjut. Aurelio is too virtuous to wih to inpire you with Rh