In the mean time, Don _Sebastian’s_ Friend was just going to call Help to carry off the Bodies, as the ---- came by; who seeing three Men lie dead, seiz’d the fourth; who as he was about to justify himself, by discovering one of the Authors of so much Blood-shed, was interrupted by a Groan from his supposed dead Friend Don _Sebastian_; whom, after a brief Account of some Part of the Matter, and the Knowledge of his Quality, they took up, and carried to his House; where, within a few Days, he was recovered past the Fear of Death. All this While _Henrique_ and _Antonio_ durst not appear, so much as by Night; nor could be found, tho’ diligent and daily Search was made after the first; but upon Don _Sebastian’s_ Recovery, the Search ceasing, they took the Advantage of the Night, and, in Disguise, retreated to _Seville_. ’Twas there they thought themselves most secure, where indeed they were in the greatest Danger; for tho’ (haply) they might there have escap’d the murderous Attempt of Don _Sebastian_, and his Friends, yet they could not there avoid the malicious Influence of their Stars. This City gave Birth to _Antonio_, and to the Cause of his greatest Misfortunes, as well as of his Death. Dona _Ardelia_ was born there, a Miracle of Beauty and Falshood. ’Twas more than a Year since Don _Antonio_ had first seen and loved her. For ’twas impossible any Man should do one without the other. He had had the unkind Opportunity of speaking and conveying a Billet to her at Church; and to his greater Misfortune, the next Time he found her there, he met with too Kind a Return both from her Eyes and from her Hand, which privately slipt a Paper into his; in which he found abundantly more than he expected, directing him in that, how he should proceed, in order to carry her off from her Father with the least Danger he could look for in such an Attempt; since it would have been vain and fruitless to have asked her of her Father, because their Families had been at Enmity for several Years; tho’ _Antonio_ was as well descended as she, and had as ample a Fortune; nor was his Person, according to his Sex, any way inferior to her’s; and certainly, the Beauties of his Mind were more excellent, especially if it be an Excellence to be constant.