I began therefore for all this to be extreamly Shagreen and out of Humour, amidst all these Pleasures, till one lucky day I met with an Adventure, that warmed my Heart with a tender flame which it had not felt since my happy beginning one for _Silvia_: One day, as I said, I was conducted by my officious _Cupid_ into a Garden very beautiful, where there are a thousand Labyrinths and Arbours, Walks, Grotto’s, Groves and Thickets; and where all the Fair and the Gay resorted; ‘twas here I incountred a young Beauty called _Bellinda_; she was well made, and had an admirable meen, an Air of Gayety and Sweetness; but that which charmed me most of all, was her Wit, which was too ingaging for me to defend my Heart against: I found mine immediately submitting to her Conversation, and you may imagine I did not part with her so long as Decency and good Manners permitted me to stay with her, which was as long as any Company was in the place; nor then, till by my importunity I had gained so much upon her to suffer my Visits, which she did with a Condescention that gave me abundance of hope. I was no sooner gone, but my _Cupid_, who took care of me, and entertained me to the best Advantage, carried me that Evening to a Ball, where there were a world of Beauties, among the rest one fair as imagination can conceive; she had all the Charmes of Youth and Beauty; though not so much Wit and Air as _Bellinda_. To this young adorable I made my Court all the time I remained there, and fancied I never found myself so Charmed, I fancied all the Graces had taken up their dwelling in her Divine Face; and that to subdue one so fair and so innocent, must needs be an extream Pleasure: Yet did I not so wholly fix my desires on this lovely Person, but that the Wit of _Bellinda_ shared my Heart with the Beauty and Youth of _Bellimante_, so was this young Charmer called: I was extreamly well pleas’d to find I could anew take fire; and infinitely more, when I found I should not be subdued by one alone; nor confined to dull Dotage on a single Beauty; but that I was able to attain to the greatest Pleasure, that of Loving two amiable Persons at once: If with two, I hoped I might with Two score if I pleas’d and had occasion; and though at first it seemed to be very strange and improbable to feel a Passion for two, yet I found it true, and could not determin which I had the greatest tenderness for, or inclination to: But ‘tis most certain, that this night I found, or thought I found, more for _Bellimante_, who fired me with every Smile; I confess she wanted that Gayety of Spirit _Bellinda_ had, to maintain that fire she raised: And ever when I was thoughtful a moment, _Coquettre_ (who is ever in all the Conversation, and where she appears very magnificent and with a great Train,) would, smiling, sing softly in my Ear this Song, for she is very Galliard;