waiting, who had already sent his page to prepare the priest in the village-church to marry them. You may imagine, with what love and joy the ravished youth approached the idol of his soul, and she, who beholds him in more beauty than ever yet she thought he had appeared, pleased with all things he had on, with the gay morning, the flowery field, the air, the little journey, and a thousand diverting things, made no resistance to those fond embraces that pressed her a thousand times with silent transport, and falling tears of eager love and pleasure; but even in that moment of content, she forgot _Philander_, and received all the satisfaction so soft a lover could dispense: while they were mutually thus exchanging looks, and almost hearts, the messenger came into the room, and as civilly as possible told _Octavio_ he had a warrant for him, to secure him as a traitor to the State, and a spy for _France_. You need not be told the surprise and astonishment he was in; however he obeyed. The messenger turning to _Sylvia_, cried, ‘Sir, though I can hardly credit this crime that is charged to my lord, yet the finding him here with two _French_ gentlemen, gives me some more fears that there may be something in it; and it would do well if you would deliver yourselves into my hands for the farther clearing this gentleman.’ This foolish grave speech of the messenger had like to have put _Octavio_ into a loud laughter, he addressing himself to two women for two men: but _Sylvia_ replied, ’.ir, I hope you do not take us for so little friends to the gallant _Octavio_, to abandon him in this misfortune; no, we will share it with him, be it what it will.’ To this the generous lover blushing with kind surprise, bowed, and kissing her hand with transport, called her his charming friend; and so all three being guarded back in _Octavio_’. coach they return to the town, and to the house of the messenger, which made a great noise all over, that _Octavio_ was taken with two _French_ Jesuits plotting to fire _Amsterdam_, and a thousand things equally ridiculous. They were all three lodged together in one house, that of the messenger, which was very fine, and fit to entertain any persons of quality; while _Brilliard_, who did not like that part of the project, bethought him of a thousand ways how to free her from thence; for he designed, as soon as _Octavio_ should be taken, to have got her to have quitted the town under pretence of being taken upon suspicion of holding correspondence with him, because they were _French_; but her delivering herself up had not only undone all his design, but had made it unsafe for him to stay. While he was thus bethinking himself what he should do, _Octavio_’. uncle, who was one of the _States_, extremely affronted at the indignity put upon his nephew and his sole heir, the darling of his heart and eyes, commands that this informer may be secured; and accordingly _Brilliard_ was