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LIBRARY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
 MORAL
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ENTERTAINING

STORIES,
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1804.
 MOjRAJL STORIES,

DISSIPATION.

T,H E father of Henry died be-

fore his fon faw the light; ana the
maternal fondnefs of his mother,
whom he was an only* child, was ren-
dered confpicuous by the man-, indul-

gences of his infancy. At ten years

old he was fent for education to a

boarding-fchool in the vicinity of

London: but the pockets of Henry
being better fupplied than thofe of any
other boy in the fchool, he [hereby
found means to exonerate himfelf from
the drudgeries of learning,
by paying
a youth for doing his exercifes ; whofe

afliduity and attention to his ftudies

were the only hope and foundation

of his future expectancies in life.

Henry remained at this feminary

tillhe had completed his feventeenth

year, and left it with a fmall portion

of fuperficial learning only. His mo-
ther, Carella, having a fhort time pre-
vious to his leaving fchool experienced
fome frowns of fortune, was advifed
by feveral of her particular friends to
article Henry to a profeflion, wherein

the gentleman and the man of bufmefs

are united : Carella accordingly placed
him at a great expence with an attor-
ney of the firft eminence, and here
began the misfortunes of Henry; his

employer not having engaged to find

him board and lodging, Carella living
 ( 3 )

at Tome diftance from London, and

Henry reprefenting to her how neces-

fary it was for him to be near his bu-

finefs, propofed taking chambers in
one of the Inns; to this his mother re-
luclantly confented. The Temple
was preferred, and here he led a life
common to young men of weak minds
and bad difpofitions: he became a
conftant vifitor at the theatres and

opera; he was the noify encore of the

firft, and the ridiculous braviffimo of
the latter; being one of thofe triflers

whofe want of judgment helps to fup-

port the violation of probability, and

the extravagant nonfenfe and buffoon-

ery which difgraces our public exhi-

bitions. At thefe places he foon be-
came acquainted with perfons equally
light as himfelf; fuch beings as think
B 2
 ( 4 )

there is no neceffity to be either reli-

gious or moral. He was alfo a mere
memorandum book between coffee-
houfe and cofFce-houfe; and in many
initanceo was fo very ridiculous as to
retail at one end of the room any little

anecvioie or {lory he hadjuil heard at

the other. In his entertainments he
was prodigal, not minding what was
the coft to be termed a good fellow by
his companions. Carella's allowance

falling very fhort of Henry's expences,

he was an-/ flea; and this fond mother

paid his debts, under the moil folemn

promifes from him of giving up thofe
falfe pleafures which had been the

meanj oi ais emharraffments.

Henry's time was about this pe-

riod completed, to the great joy of
his mafter; whofe office, though infe-
 ( 5 )

rior to none in the profeflion, in point

of bufmefs or opportunity of obtain-

ing profeffional knowledge, he left
with as little real
underitanding of the
law as when he firft entered its doors.
But however, produced a
this event,

good plea for Henry to draw from his

mother a fum of money to commence
bufmefs with. Carella fupplied him

liberally, from a hope of his attention

to his profeffion, not knowing that

Henry was totally ignorant of conduct-

ing it. With a part of this fupply
Henry purchafed a quantity of law
books, which he never read; and the
better to carry on his deceit, would
frequently invite his mother to his

chambers, when he was particularly

careful to cover his tables and chairs
with papers and parchments, and get
B 3
 (
6 )

two or three of his aflbciates in ini-

quity to appear in the character of

clerks. This manner of proceeding

entirely blinded the obiervation of his

unfufpecting mother, who thought her

fon by his induftry would foon be
able to make up that deficiency in her

property, which his former mifcon-

ducl had been the caufe of expending.

By affuming thefe appearances of

diligent attention, he found means
from time to time todrawconfiderable

fums from mother to carry on his

his

profeflion, which he reprefented to

her was daily becoming more exten-
five, and at the fame time producing
to her, accounts to a large amount a-

gainft fome of the firft characters in

the country; whom, he told her, he
could not with propriety yet afk for
 ( 7 )

payment, left he fhould offend them.

Carella believed his reprefentations;
and by them and other infiduous
means he deprived his kind parent of
nearly her whole property to anfwer
the mod vicious purpofes.
But the time was now
hand, at

when but fure-paced juftice,

flow

appeared before him; he, confcious

of the wrongs he had done her, beheld
the uneven balance with fullen eye and

purfed-up brow, he was arreited for a

confiderable fum he fent to his mo-
ther for afliftance and relief; but me
alas ! couldnot relieve him the
good
fellows of his diffipated hours would not
He wastakcn to the king's bench,whcre
detainers to a large amount where
lodged againft him by the various
tradefmen and others to wbom he
 ( 8 )

was indebted. Here by the affiftance

of a brother attorney, a fellow pri-

foner, he acquired that low cunning

and artifice he was not before matter
of; and end of eighteen month >,
at the

being difcharged by an infolvent acl,

he came again upon the public a more
confirmed villain than when he enter-
ed the prifon doors.
Soon after his enlargement, a gleam
of fortune's flattering beam Ihone for
the laft time on his mother. A par-
bequeathed her a
ticular friend dying,

thoufand pounds. Henry foon came

to a knowledge of his mother's pro-

perty; and by thofe perfuafive arts,

of which he was now perfectly a mas-
ter, he prevailed on her to remove to

London, and take a houfe eligible

for carrying on his bufmefs, which he
 ( 9 )

to attend to with the great-

promifed
eft diligence. Carella lent too ready
an ear to prbmifes and protefta-
his

tions; which, although delivered with

apparent folemnity, \vere as light as

the air he breathed, and loil light of
in an inftant; her compliance with his
wifhes in this particular, laid the
foundation for her complete ruin.

Henry now made all the parade of

bufy employment, and again deceived
his devoted mother he fell in with
hisformer connections; which, with

gaming and a millrefs, foon brought

him into new difficulties. His cre-
ditors were importuning; and, to fa-

tisfyrtheir claims, Carella joined him

in fecurities for the payment of his
debts. After having put her hand to
thefe inftruments, fo fatal in the fe-
quel to her future peace, fhe thus ad-
drefled Henry "My fon, the image
of a kind hufband loft, behold thy
mother whom thou haft reduced from
a comfortable competency to a bare
iubfiftenceby your diflipation and
extravagance; who, by the fignature
of thefe papers is deprived of every
aftiftance which declining age and the
infirmities of nature fo neceflarily

ftand in need of unlefs you, my fon,

by a rectitude of conduct, by clofe

application to bufmefs, expel the

gloomy profpecl now Oh!

before me.
"
my fon! Here Henry interrupted
her, with protefting how much he was
bound to her for the
many kindneffes
he had received from her maternal
hand, and that his fuCure actions
 C " )

fhould convince her he was not loft

to gratitude.
Thefe promifes hufhed the
fair

fears of his mother; indeed there ap-

peared fome hope of amendment in

him, but it was of fhort duration; he
returned to his vices, his extravagan-
cies; the confequence of which was,
he was removed to his old habitation
the King's Bench, together with his

aged and fond mother; who, happily

for her, did not furvive this fevere

change of fortune but a few days.

When (he was in her laft extremities

(lie de fired to fee her fbn, who coming

to her bed-fide, me took his hand,
and, while the laft tears fhe ever med
werefalling from her eyes, exclaimed,
"Oh! Henry, 'tis thou haft done
this!" when, after a paufe of a few
feconds, me continued, "Receive the
laft words of admonition from a pa-
rent, who feels at this moment more
pain on your account than thofe
which death are now inflicting on her."
Here flie made another fhort paufe,
and then with a diftincl: utterance pro-
nounced the three following words,
" reflect reform "
and fell
!
repent ! 1

into friendly arms of death.

the.

Henry's ruined fituation, and his

mother's death, threw him into a fever;

defpair fat vifibly on his countenance;

he lay in a languifhing flate fome

days; when an humane vifitor of the

prifon being made acquainted with
the manner he was in, went to his a-

partment with a view of affording him

relief, and at his return thus reported
"
of him, 4t
l found him ? faid this friend
 ( '3 )

of human nature, "lying on his bed;

a rufhen candle (which like his life
was almoft out) was on a table at a
fmall diftance frorp him, and gave me
a glimpfe of this unhappy, this fuffer-

ing mortal. His countenance was

ftrongly expreffive of grief. When
he faw me, he immediately afked me
who I was ? and before I could reply
<C
to him, he faid, I do not want a
doBor, my body no pain, 'tis
feels

my mind that's fore, very fore." After

fpeaking thefe words he gave a heart-
drawn figh, and paufed a few minutes.
'Where am I going ! then he cried,
as loud as he was able '
where am I

going' he reiterated <I feel the ar-

refting arm of death, from which

there is no efcaping ! To expire with
'
all
my fins upon my head! 7 Oh!
 ( 14 )

here he was interrupted by a deep-

drawn figh, and then went on, 'but
thirty years has pa (Ted over this
wretched frame, and I die a victim to
vice and folly Heaven be merciful !
Oh my mother! my mother!" Here
he groaned as if in extreme anguiih
and expired,
Ye children of folly, behold the
fall of this man, and fhun the paths
that lead to diffipation and premature
*
death.

Perdition spreadsits
pleafing wiles around,
To draw the unsuspecting youth astray ;
Who feems awhile to tread enchanted ground,
But wanders far from Virtue's narrow way,

The fond alluring charm at length is o'er,

The lea of black destruction opens wide;
Awhile beholds the tremblei on its fhore,
Then rising whelms him in its rapid ude.
 15

CHARITY.

i N a penfive mood, I one afternoon

was fitting in apartment, which
my
overlooks the ftreet, in order to read,
as may fay, the conditions
I of thofe

perfons who might pafs by, in their

outward appearance. As the ftreet

was but little frequented, I waited
foine time before any one approach-

ed; at length I faw an old man turn

the corner in whom was depifted

every mark of mifery and want.

His coat appeared almoft as aged as
himfelf; what remained of the origi-
nal cloth was worn thread-bare, aad
foiled; while the pieces with which it
was patched were of different colors.
The hoary locks which loofely hung
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down his fhoulders, the deepened
wrinkles in his pallid cheeks, and the

weakly tottering of his withered limbs

attracted my pity, and at the fame
time claimed my rcfpect. In his
trembling hand he held an oaken Hick,
.which was the chief fupport of his
feeble body. His eyes were forrow-
fully down, but every now and
caft

then he affe&ingly turned them up

and fighed, then defpairingly caft them
down again. "
Ah, venerable old
man " cried! I within " thou
myfelf,
appeared to me to deferve a better
fate ! I doubt not that thou haft feen

happier days. Thy appearance pro-

claims thee a fufferer by the whim of
fickle fortune. Perhaps the treach-
ery -of perfidious friends has clothed
thee in that humble garb, and ftamped
 ( '7 )

thefe tokens of forrow on thy grief-

worn countenance. Perhaps the
man in whom thy confidence was
placed, has betrayed thee; or, 'tis like-
ly the fmiles of the wanton have un-
done thee. If fo, if 'tis
by woman
thou art thus reduced, 'tis thou alone
that art guilty ! for among the fofter

fex, worth and goodnefs are to be

found. If then thou haft neglected

virtue, to affociate with its

oppofite;
what couldft thou expecl, but that
miiery which is the concomitant of
evil? But yet perhaps thou art re-

duced to the apparent poverty in

which I now behold thee, by the cruel

extravagance of unfeeling children!

They who mould have been the com-
fort of thy and the folace of thy
life,

old age, may have proved the caufes

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of thy prefent woe. Ah, worthlefs
wretches thus to repay with pain and
!

diftrefs, him who laboured to procure

your happinefs. Is that a return for

all the care and trouble he underwent

to protect and provide for you, du-

ring the tender years of unable child-
hood? Perhaps, while thus he lives
a wandering .mendicant, you infeiifi-

bly riot in pleafure, and carelefsly

fquander the wreck of his former pos-
which you have wreiled from
fefilons,
his hands !"

In the midft of my reflexions, I

perceived a man approaching, drefled
in all the elegancies of fafhion. His
countenance appeared pale and fickly
through intemperance: his air was
infmuating and genteel. When he
came up, he was petitioned for affift-
 ( 19 )

ance, with the moft humble entreaties

and affefting fubmiffion. Though at

fome little diftance from them by lift-

ing up the fafh, I could diftin&ly

hear the following addrefs " Have :

compaflion upon the diftrefs of a fel-

low creature, reduced to the woeful
condition, in which you behold him,
by accidents unforefeen and inevita-
ble! once I enjoyed the fmiles of
delufive fortune: once I experien-
ced her favor: but now, how fad the

change !
painful neceflity compels me
to crave that fuccour from others,

which, in my profperous days, it was

my delight to beftow." Theis words
drew from my eyes a fympathetic
tear. But they had a different effecl

upon the perfon to whom they were

addrefled. With an air of infenfibi-
lity,he unfeelingly replied, " I am

forry for it but have it not in my

power to help you." And with that

quickened his pace, and was foon

out of fight. "Ungenerous man!"
cried I, "where is
thy heart? as it in
thy bofom ? if fo, the gelid Alps
fcarce equal it in hardnefs! but no, it

is not ther- it is fixt, perhaps, in the

bagnio or gaming houfe, to which you

now are haftening. The fmalleil

part of what, moil likely, you will

fquander there, would have allevia-
ted the trouble of this forrowful peti-
tioner: but the leaft (hare of it is de-
nied. Go, unfeeling man! but be-
ware! for he that pities not the
miferies of another, may one day
feek for mercy in vain himfelf. Un-
thoughtful, you travel the road to
ruin, and fondly think it leads to

Wife!"
I went out in order to beftow my
mite to comfort the affli&ion of this

child of mifery, who loaded me with

bleffings. I re-entered my houfe,

with a mind full of compaffion for
his and a heart pierced with
grief,

forrow, that there was a man in the

world who could hear a relation of it
and turn infenfibly away.
 FRIENDSHIP.

w,HEN Damon was fentenced,

by Dionyfius of Syracufe, to die on
fuch a day, he prayed permiffion in
the interim, to retire to his own
country, to fet the affairs of his dis-
confolate family in order. This the

tyrant intended moft peremptorily

to refnfe, by granting it, as he con-
ceived on the impoflible conditions
of hisprocuring fome one to remain
as hoRage for his return, under equal
forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the
v
conditions, and inftantly offered him-
felf to durance in the place of his

friend, and Damon was accordingly

fet at
liberty. The king and all his
courtiers were aftonifhed at this ac-
 C *3 )

tion, as they could not account for it

on any allowed principles. Self-inter

eft in their j udgment, was the fole mo-
ver of human affairs; and they looked
on virtue, friendfhip, benevolence,
and the like, as terms invented by
the wife to impofe upon the weak.

They, therefore, imputed this aft of

Pythias to the extravagance of his
folly, to the defect of his head,

merely, and no way to any virtue

or quality of heart.

When the day of the deftined ex-

ecution drew near, the tyrant had

the curiofity to vifit Pythias in his
dungeon. Having reproached him
for the ftupidity of his conduct, and
rallied him, for pre fuming that Da
mon, by his return would prove as
"
greatafooUshimfelfj "My lord ; faid
 C 24 )

Pythias, with a firm voice and noble

afpect, "I would it were poffible that
I might fuffer a thoufand deaths,
rather than my friend fliould fail in

any article of his honour. He can-

not fail therein, my lord. I am as

confident of his virtue, as I am of

my own exiftence. But I

pray I

befeech the gods to preferve the

life and integrity of my Damon to

gether. Oppofe him, ye winds!

prevent the eagernefs of his honour-
able endeavours and fuffer him not
!

to arrive, till
by my death I have
redeemed a life of a thousand times
more confequence than my own,
more eftimable to his lovely wife, to
his precious little innocents, to his

friends, to his country, Oh, leave

me not to die the. w.orft of deaths in
my Damon." Dionyfius was con-
founded by the dignity of thefe fenti-
ments, and by the manner in which
they were uttered; he felt his heart
ftruck by a flight fenfe of invading

truth, but it ferved rather to perplex

than to undeceive him. He hefitated
he would have fpoken, but he looked
down and retired* in filence.
The day arrived.
fatal Pythias
was brought forth, and walked a-
midft the guard, with a ferious but
fatisfied air, to the place of execution.
Dionyiius was already there. He
was exalted on a moving throne
that was drawn by fix white horfes,
and penfive and attentive to the
fat

demeanour of the prifoner. Pythias ,

came. 1

He vaulted lightly on the

fcaffold; and beholding for fome

time the apparatus of his death, he
turned with a pleafed countenance,
and addrefTed the affembly. "My
prayers are heard," he cried, "You
know, my friends, the winds have
been contrary till
yefterday, Damon
could not come, he could not con-

quer impoflibilities; he will be here

to-morrow, and the blood which is
flied
to-day (hall have ranfomed the
life of my friend. Oh, could I erafe

from your bofoms every doubt, e-

very mean fufpicion of the honour
of the man for whom I am about to
fuffer, I fhould go to my death
even as I would to my bridal. Be
it fufficient, in the mean time that

my friend will be found noble, that

his truth is unimpeachable, that

he will it that
fpeedily approve ;
he is now on his way, hurrying on.
But I to
prevent his fpeed;
hafte
executioner do your office." As he
the laft words a buzz
pronounced
began to arife among the remoteft
of the people. A diftant voice was
heard. The croud caught the words;
and " the execution !" was
(lop, flop

repeated by the whole aflembly. A

man came at full fpeed. The throng
gave way to his approach. He was
mounted on a fteed of foam. In an
inflant he was off his horfe, on the

fcaffold, and held Pythias ftraitly

embraced. " You are fafe," he cried,
"
you are fafe, my friend, my beloved,
the gods be praifed you are fafe ! I

now have nothing but death to fuffer,

and I am delivered from the anguifh
of thofe reproaches which I
gave
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myfelf, for having endangered a life
fo much dearer than my own. Pale ,

cold, and half fpeechlefs, in the arms

of his Damon, Pythias replied in
broken accents, Fatal hafte cruel !

impatience what envious powers

!

hath wrought impoffibilities in your

favour ? But I will not be wholly
difappointed. Since I cannot die to
fave, I will not furvive you.

Dyoniiius heard, beheld, and con-

fidered all with aftonifhment. His
heart was touched. His eyes were
opened; and he could no longer
refufe his affent to truths fo incontes-

tably approved by facts. He de-

scended from his throne. He afcend-
ed the fcafFold. "
Live, live, ye in-
comparable pair he exclaimed.
!

Ye have borne unqueftionable tefti-

 ( 29 )

mony to the exiftence of virtue, and

that virtue equally evinces the cer-

tainty of a God to reward it. Live

happy, renowned! and, oh, form
live

me by your precepts, as ye have in-

vited by your example, to be worthy
of the participation of fo facred a

friendfhip.
 CONTENTMENT.

JL H E fun had long fmce funk

behind the adjacent mountains, and
the fage Ibrahim was retiring to reft,
when a knocking at the door of his

hermitage drew him thither; he

opened, and there flood before him
a youth, whofe care marked vifage
<c
fpoke him the child of grief: Sire,"
faid the youth, "permit a ftranger
to pafs the
night beneath your

friendly roof, the returning morn

till

enables him to purfue his way with

fafety." The hermit bid him weU

come to his cot, and fpread his
homely board before him. Roots
fupplied the places of coftly viands,
and water from a neighbouring fpring,
the place of blood-inflaming wine.
The figh, the ftarting tear, and all

the behaviour of his guelt, filled

the fage with emotions of compas-
fion; and defiring, if poffible, to
alleviate the pains of the ftranger,
he thus addrefled him. "In a face
fo young, in a brealt fo untutored
in this world's cares, it feems to
me a wonder that forrow is a gueu;
and might it not be thought a hold
intrufion, I would afk the fprin^ of
thefe your cares; perhaps you mourn
the pangs of difappointed love, the
lofs of fome dear friend or earthly

joy. Say, if your grief be of the

common courfe, perchance my riper
years may fpeak the wiihed for
comfort. "Sire," replied the youth,
your kind intentions demand
66
at
 ( 3* )

once my thanks and my compliance.

My father was a merchant; in point

of wealth Bagdad held not his equal;

early he left me to poffefs his for-

tunes; the lofs of my father was
foon forgot amidft the riches, flat-
terers, and friends, that now fur-
rounded me. But when reflection
took place, happinefs became my
defire, and I vainly thought, to be
rich was to be happy. I enlarged

my merchandife, I trafficked to all

parts of the globe, and not a wind

blew into port, but it
brought an
increafe to my ftore; but yet I was
not happy my defires increafed
my
pofleffions, and
was yet miferable.
I

J then determined to apply to ho-

nour, and there feek the happinefs
riches would not afford me, I fold
 ( 33 )

off my wares, and by dint of friends

and wealth, I foon obtained a com-
miffion, and on feveral occafions
gave proof of my valour, till I was
fent by the fovereign to oppofe a
rebellion that had broken out in a
distant province. I went, was fuc-
cefsful, and returned in triumph,
.laden with honours and fo much
was the' fultan poffefled in my favor,
that he offered me his daughter in
marriage. Awhile I thought myfelf
happy; but the envy of fome and the
artifice of others, foon convinced me
of my error. I now refolved to

quit public life., and to feek in

pleafure the happinefs hitherto un-

known. My palace now became the
fcene of continued delights; the
richeft viands were daily on my
 ( 34 )

table, the moft coftly liquors fpark

led in my bowl, and the bealuies of
all nations adorned my feraglio, in
fhort my life was a continued round
of pleafure. But alas! frequent
debauchery impaired my health, and
the diverfions of the night embittered
the reflections of the morning. I

now was determined to quit my

home, and feek in folitude and re-

tirement, that happinefs I had hither-

to fought in vain, and which I am
at times inclined to believe, is no
more than the object of creative

fancy. For this purpofe I configned

to the care of a friend all
my pos-
feffions, and was on the fearch after

a proper place of retirement, when

night overtook me and I implored
the fhelter of your hofpitable roof,"
 ( 35 )

Here and thus the

paui'ed the youth,
" The
fage began. object of your
purfuit indeed is good, and your not
hitherto attaining it, arifes not
from its non-exiftence, but from

your error in the purfuit of it.

Happinefs, my fon, hath not its feat

inhonour, pleafure, or riches to be
happy is in the power of every indi-
vidual ; to all the great All-wife has

given wifely, and thofe who receive

what he gives with thankfulnefs and
content, are alone happy. Return
then, my fon, to thy poffeffions,
employ power of doing good
the
lent by thy Creator, and know that
contentment is the fubftance, happU
nefs her fhadow, thofe who have the
one, poffefs the other." The words
of the fage funk deep in the breaft o
 ( 36 )

the ftranger; he retired to reft in

peace, and in the morn he returned

again to his houfe, where he witnefs-
ed the truth of Ibrahim's advice;
and embracing every method to do
good, he lived in peace and tranqui-
lity, and experienced that to be con-
tent > is to be happy.
 ( 37 )

PIETY.

AT the foot of the ftupendous

mountain of Kaf, in a grotto, formed
by the hand of nature, and funound-
ed by groves of orange and cit-
ron trees, lived the pious Hermit
A BO u LOU.
In the fervice of Alia, his days had
been fpent, and at the age of four-
fcore he retired to this fpot, to pafs
the evening of his exiftence in tran-

quillity and peace.

Within the mountain of Kaf, which
is the higheft in the world, dwell the
evil genii, who delight to perfecute
the followers of Mahomet. But
Aboulou was preferred from their

malice, by having in his poffeffion

darts lighted by the everlafting flame

of the fun, which, when caft at evil

genii, inftantly entered the head, and

fet tire to the brain, never more to
be extinguished.
One evening as the venerable fage
was walking by the flowery fide of a
meandering ftream, which took its
rifenear his cool grot, enjoying the
frem breeze, and contemplating the
beauties of nature ? on a fudden he was
alarmed by the cries of diflrefs; and,
looking towards the top of the moun-
tain, he beheld the good genius FAO
CARASSA engaged. in dreadful combat
with the evil genius HASSARASOUSAL*
 ( 39 )

FaccaraiTa in vain refilled the fuperior

ftrength of her antagonift, and was

nearly overpowered; when, fwift as
the living -ightning, the dart of

Ajboulou entered his brain, and it

burnt v th an unquenchable flame.

Unable to fupport the torment, the

vile HaifaiaDoufai breathed forth

dreadful bowlines, loud as the voice
of the thunder raifed by A i C when
the impieties of men ca.' -..vow his

terriblev-en^ance. At length ?he

tenures of the burning wound becom-

ing infupportabJe, the fon of darkncfs

cait hiiiifelf from the top of the rock:

but the fate of death was not his :

liquid fire received him, which gave

all the agonies attendant on diifolu-

tion, but, alas ! not its relief.

E 2
 ( 40 )

FaccarafTa, perceiving herfelf free,

turned to her deliverer, and thus ad-
drc-fled him. " The exemplary life of
the pious Aboulou has not paffed un-
noticed by the eternal Alia, who, well

plcafed with the conduct of his faith-

ful iervant, will beftow a rich and
bieli d reward. But as the period of

thy human exiilence not yet arrived,

is

prepare thy mind to undergo a trial

that awaits thee. Alia, in his love,
has permitted me to give thee this

"warning but take comfort and thy

:

truit in his power ihall prove

thy de
liverance."
The Hermit fell proftrate on the
earth, to exprefs his obedience to the
will of Alia; when rifing, he miffed
his friendly monitor, but looking up-
 ( 41 ;

ward, on the found of foft mufic,

which feemed as if " on the
failing
"
bofom of the air, he perceived the

glitteringrobe of the genius fhining

through a filver cloud which had in-

clofed her, and, rifing, at length en-

tered the blue canopy, which at that

bright moment covered the face of

fmiling nature.
The refigned Abouloa, inltantly
took the Koran from his bo fora,
wherein its treafures were depofited,
and read the confoling words of the
Prophet with fuch attention, that he
obferved not departing day, until the
fhades of the evening warned him to
return to his grotto. But ere he had
proceeded half way down the moun-
tain total darknefs encompafled him.
 '

( 42 )

The evil genii, intent on his de-

ftruftion, opened a dreadful chafm,

and he fell into an abyfs of horror !

For a moment the frailty of humanity

prevailed, and he arraigned the juftice

of Alia ! when he was inftantly fur-
rounded by an hofl of infernals,
breathing from their footy mouths
volumes of that flame which is doom-
ed for ever to torment them.
And now, a genius of fuperior port
approached towards the trembling

Hermit, and thus addreffed him :

" Miferable and devoted

mortal, thy
accurfed darts have fent numbers of
our race to hopelefs perdition; but
now, filver-headed hypocrite, thou
art in our
power; thou haft at length
arraigned the juftice of Alia, there-
 ( 43 )

fore art thou given up to be torment-

ed by thofe who will exerciie every

art in
inventing, if poffible, new tor-

ments to But yet thou

afflict thee.

canft prevent thy fate, by becoming

our brother: curfe Alia! and curfe

his prophet ! and thou malt be fecond
in our empire, arid poflefs dignity and
ftate. Accept inflantly our offered
terms, or expetl the moil dreadful
tortures accept, and rife to elevated
:

power : or reject and fink to hopelefs

"
mifery!
The power of Alia ftill
protected
his erring fervant, and, tho' encom-
paifed by the fiends pf darknefs and
the fhadow of death, returning forti-
tude vifited the bofom of the repen-
tant Aboulouj who, with a Item
 ( 44 )

" Accurfed
countenance, replied,
tribe! that I deiervc punifhment I

confefs, with fonow, U; the power

I have offended, but I truil Alia will

fupport me in every trial. Know

then, that Aboulou will never curfe
"
the Author of his being.

At this moment the evil genii pro-

duced their chains, and were advanc-
ing towards their fuppofed victim,
when lo! lightnings, not raifed by
themfeives, flafhed around them !

Alla's own thunder rolled Kaf

! the

opened with a horrid yawn and Ma- !

homet, attended by good genii, ap-

peared in all his
glory Abafhed, !

confounded, and difmayed, the rebel-

lious and condemned tribe to avoid
his prefence, ruflied into the lake of
 ( 45 1

fire; when Mahomet, turning to the

aftonifhed. "Hermit, thus addrefled
him :
" Aboulou ! the piety of thy
.

life, and innocency of thy heart have

preferved thee to the clofe of thy
earthly pilgrimage ; I am therefore
commiflioned by Alia to tell thee,
that from this moment thou art im-
"
mortal ! Mahomet waved his wand !

thunder rolled from pole to pole !

the mountain with its inhabitants,

funk for ever ! whilft Mahomet,
Aboulou, and the good genii afcend-
cd Towards the heavens.
 AM AN TOR and EMMA.

A;.MANTOR was a youth whofe

beauty and fweetnefs of difpofition

made him admired and beloved by all
who knew him. He feeined to be of a

fuperior race of beings to the reft of the

inhabitants of the village. His dutiful
behaviour and refined piety frequently
drew tears of joy from his affe&ionate
parents, who \vere worthy ,honeft .;eo-
ple. Their habitation was a humble cot-
tage.rather detached from the reft of the
village. It was fituated on the fide of a
hill, adorned with a fine
hanging wood,
where a variety of birdb, pouring Lrth
 ( 47 )

the raelodyof their little throats,charm -

ed the earwith a moft delightful concert;

while a clear ftream, gliding in mur-
murs by the bottom of the hill, com-
pleted a mod
romantic pleafing fcene.
On the other fide of the brook were"
fertilemeadows, whofe rich pafturage
furnifhed the lowing herds with milk
and fattened the innocent flieep'.
When each of the rural inhabitants
had finifhed the labours of the day, they
amufed themfelves with cultivating
their little garden, or the old people fat

down on their graffy feat, over which

hung, in fweet irregularity, a flaunting

\voodbine, to liflen to their fon, who

trilling his artlefs notes upon a fhep-
herd's pipe, made the wood re-echo with
the found. After which havingeat their
 (48 )

homely meal which the labour of the

day made them relifh, they gratefully
praifed their great Author and Pre-
ferver and retired to reft. Sleep, though
oft a ftranger in palaces, feldom fails to
attend the cottager, who, when
humble
thus refrefhed from the labours of

yefterday, rifes with frefh vigour to

thofe of to-day. So pafled the time of

thisvirtuouspairandtheiramiablefon;
but their reclufe way of life did not fe-
cure them from afflictions: no; they
had had them, and fevere ones too.
They loft, when at an engaging age,
a charming daughter. Emma, the
(

name of the little

innocent) when her
father and mother werebufily
employ-
" I will to and
ed, faid, go my brother,
hear him play upon his pipe while he
 ( 49 )
<c
keeps his fheep." Do," faid the af-
fe&ionate mother :
" Amantor will
take care of you." Away tripped the
charming Emma, mirth and gaiety,
all

and her unfufpecling parent continued

her employment.
Amantor returned in the evening,
and as he entered the cottage faid

Where is
my little fitter ? I have
brought her a bird."
" Heaven "
faid the aftonilhed
!
pa-
" Have you
rents, protecl my child !

not feen her ? She left us this morn-

me "
ing to go, faid, to you !

"
"Oh ! I have not feen her! faid the
afflifted Amantor, burfting into tears.

They then looked in vain for her in the

wood, in the meadows 3 and in the vil-

 ( 5 )

lage, but no Emma could they find.

They then concluded flie muft have

fallen into the brook and been drown-
ed.
The afflifted parents refufed all

confolation, till the lenient hand of

time, and Chriflian refignation to the
will of the Moft High, alleviated their

griefs.
Amantor was now eighteen* benc*
volence beamed in his fine blue eyes,
and when he fpoke the Graces danced
upon his lips, the rofe and lily deck-
ed his cheeks, and his fine flaxen hair

hung negligently down his back, in

the moft graceful ringlety. He was
one afternoon going through the
wood in fearch of a lamb that had
left his
flock, and he heard the voice
of two females, who feemed as if they
had loft their way. He turned, and
faw two of the mo ft beautiful nymphs
eyes ever beheld. A native grace
fat fair proportioned on their polifhed
limbs. Their dreffes were white mus-
lin,loofe and flowing, but tied up on
the fides with pink ribbons. They
wore on their heads wreaths of flow-
ers, and ftraw hats carelefsly ftuck on
one fide. The elegant fimplicity of
their drefs, and the fweetnefs that ap-

peared in their countenances, could

not fail to fill the young mepherd,
who had never before feen fuch ac-

complifhed lovelinefs, with furprifc

and admiration ; nor were the two
young females lefs furprifed at feeing
the beautiful Amantor.
 ( 52 )

One of the lafies, who feemed to

be the eldeft, approached Amantor,
and "
faid, fhepherd, the
Young
fweetnefs of your looks has diffipated
the uneafmefs I fhould otherwifc
have felt at thus addreffing a ilran-

ger. That young lady and myfelf

ftrolled out to enjoy the fweetnefs of
the evening, and coming too far into
this wood, we have loft our way, and
may we hope you will (hew us into
a path that will canducl us home.
My father lives at a manfion-houfe^

about, I believe, two miles from this

place, and he will, I am fure, reward

your care and civility."

-
I mall think
myfelf fufficiently
rewarded in relieving you, ladies,
from your uneafmefs," faid Amantor,
 ( 53 )

''but I fear it is now too late, and

you are too much tired to think of
returning home to night. My father
and mother a cottage at the
live in

bottom of this hill, and there you

will, I am fure, be welcome to the
beft bed and repaft our homely con-
dition will afford."

By this time the other young lady

had reached them. Amantor looked
at her with attention ; he felt unufual

delight, and his bofom glowed with

*lhemoft pleafing fenfations. He
conducted them to the cottage, where
they were received by the old man
and woman with the greateft hofpi-
tality. They were much delighted
with the fituation of the place.
 ( 54 )

"I could with pleafure leave the gay

'world," faid one of the young ladies,

and retire to this cottage. I think
one could not fail to be happy."
" Alas " faid the old "
!
man, you.
are yet too young to know the mis-
fortunes that attend this life."
"
True," replied the young lady ;
"but in this peaceful habitation, and

with fuch a fon as your's, your days

mufi pafs ferene and unclouded."
Amantor bowed.
" fon
My is, indeed, a bleffing,"
faid the old man ; " but we had once
" " And where "
a daughter ! is fhe ?

interrupted the young lady. He then

described his daughter, and the fatal
accident that they thought had de-

prived them of her, and then added

*'I fliall never fee
my Emma more!"
 ( 55 )

" Forbid "

it, heaven !
;
faid the

young lady, who had liftened wkh

great fpringing up, and
attention,

throwing her arms round his neck,

u in me behold Emma
your your
child your ever dutiful daughter !"

Words cannot paint the joy of this

truly happy family ! Amantor now
accounted for the fenfation he felt at

feeing her. But far different were

thofe he felt for the charming Ma-
tilda!

After the firft effufions of joy were

over, they begged to know by what

accident they had met with her.
" Ma-
My father and myfelf," faid
" were
tilda, walking one evening,
and we faw a fweet young girl fitting
crying upon a bank of flowers. The
 ( 56 )

tears that trickled down her infant

cheeks excited both our pity and at-
tention. We
afked what (he cried
for She replied fhe could not find
?

her way home. We then afked who

was her father and mother ? She faid

she could not Finding she was

tell.

not likely to inform us where we

might return her to her parents, my

father refolved to take her home, and
as I have no filters, we have been e-
ducated together and loved each other
as fuch." The old man and woman
were much rejoiced at this account*
After partaking of a rural repaft, the

cottagers and their guefts retired l

reft.

Amantor for the firft time in hi*

life, was prevented from fleeping by
 ( 57 )

the impreffion the beautiful young

woman had made upon his heart, nor
was Matilda lefs pleafed with Aman-
tor. The next morning young the
laffes and Amantor, walk-
their guide

ed to the manfion, where they were

received with no fmall pleafure, by
Matilda's father, and her brother Ed-
win. They were both furprifed and
rejoiced at the adventure of the pre-
ceding evening, and begged Amantor
would make fome flay with them.
During Amantor's vifit, Matilda's
charms operated fo powerfully, that
one day as they were walking, he ven-
tured to difclofe his paflion, and was

happy to find that Matilda returned it

with equal fervor.

As foon as she had an opportunity.
 ( 58 )

she flew to Emma to tell her; but

how furprifed was flie to find her bro-
ther Edwin had been telling the fame
tender tale to Emma, who had liften-

ed to it with equal attention and plea-

fure. Edwin then mentioned the af-
fair to his father, who,far from mak-

ing objections to Amantor and Em-

ma's want of fortune, faid,
" their

virtue is fufficient riches, and they are

indeed worthy my Edwin and Ma-
tilda."

He then propofed, that they fhould

live in his manfion, to which they
readily agreed. After this, he made
the old man and woman a
prefent,
which enabled them to pafs the reft
of their days without labour. Some
time after, the young couples were
 C 59 )

united, who flourifhed long in tender

blifs, and raifed a numerous offspring,

lovely like themfelves, and good, the

grace of all the country round.
 60

AMBITION"*

HE hand of munificence had

poured on the head of Ufbek all the

bleflings which this world can bellow.

Abbas, the mighty fovereign of the
Eaft, before whofe throne the world

pays homage, had made him governor

of a region beauteous as Paradife,
and fertile above all others.
Nothing
was wanting to
complete his felicity
but the inward ferenity of confcious
virtue the foft whifpers of the angel
of peace. Ufbek, therefore, amidH
the glare of magnificence and pomp
of power, was a prey to the violence
of ungovernable paflions. The glit-
tering pinnacles of ambition dazzled
the eyes of hi-s
frailty; he viewed the
furnmit with exultation, and thirited
'with infatiabtedefire of arbitrary fway.

The power of fubdumg temptatiofi

became lefs in proportion as he view-

ed the profpecl of fuccefs, till at

length he refolved, by whatever mcaiw,
to gratify his criminal propensity.
Impelled by fome evil genius, be
raifed the hand of rebellion againft the

life of that fovereign who had exalted

him to dignity and honour, and feated

himfelf on the throne of his power.

The foul of Ufbek was now flattered

by the adulation of the abject; the

proud were humbled in the duft be-
fore him, and the fovereigns of mighty
kingdoms paid homage at his feet*

The arrow of had not yet

affliction

wounded his bofom, and he exulted

in the grandeur which furrounded

him : but ihort are the triumphs of

iniquity; they pafs away like the fhaft

that flieth in the dark, and are feen
no more. The tranfitory gratification
of defpotic power became familiar by
habit, and the former perturbation of
his mind returned.
He was fitting alone in one of the

apartments of his feraglio, and ar-

raigned the jufticeof providence as

envying him the happinefs he fo ea-

gerly fought. The paft afforded no
confolation; the prefent was without
enjoyment; and the future without
hope. Such was the fituation of Us-
 ( 63 )

bek, when an eunuch with all the

marks and defpair, rufhed
of frenzy
into the apartment, and exclaimed,

"pardon, mighty fultan of the eaft,

the liberty of thy [lave ; thy favourite
Roxana". . ." Prefumptuous wretch!"
cried Ufbec, in all the bitternefs of

anger, "who thus unbidden durft"...

He could fay no more ; rage flopped
his utterance; when ftamping with
his foot upon the ground, the minis-
ters of appeared before him.
his will

"Drag hence," faid he, "that victim

of my difpleafure, and let him fuffer
the punifhment due to his temerity."
They had no fooner obeyed his man-
date, than fuddcn darknefs lurround*
cd him, and an awful voice thundered
from the cloud that caufed it, " Us^
G 2
 f 64 )

bek, hitherto thou haft lived for thy-

felf alone I thou haft facrificed the

fultan thy mafter to the infatiable luft

of power, and now thou condemned
thy fervant without a caufe. But
know that the decrees of heaven are
not to be infringed to gratify the ca-

price of a tyrant ; and that the weak-

nefs of mortality muft necerTarily be
crufhed when it Sands in oppofition

to the arm of Omnipotence. Thou

haft broken through the order of na-
ture by afpiring to that throne which
was defigned for another; that throne,
therefore, which thou haft unjuftly

ufurped, has proved the fource of

perpetual difappointmenU It is ftill

in thy power to repent; profit

by the
precious opportunity, and beware left
that being, who by ^ (ingle beam of
his effulgence irradiates the univerfe,

involve thee in that abyfs of mifery

where thy torments mall increafe to
all
eternity, and aggravated horrors
reduce thee to endlefs defpair!"
As foon as the firft emotions of
terrorand aftonifhment had fubfided,
Ufbek, ftruck with fudden remorfe,
rumed forth in order to prevent the
execution of his command. But it
was too late; the vital fpark, which
no violence can extinguifh, had flown
for ever. The fultan therefore re-
turned to his apartment in gloomy

difappointment; and, throwing him-

ielf on a fofa, again mufed on the
wretchcdnefs of his condition. ;r
What
then," exclaimed he, "availeth the
 ( 66 )

power of Ufbek, if he may not, with

out reproof, facrifice the (lave who
has offended him?" Unable to fup-

port the thought, he arofe in hade,

and entered the apartment of Roxana,
in order to drown the recollection of
his mifery in the fociety of his fa-
vourite fultana. He had paid no at-

tention to the lafl word of the eunuch

whom he had facrificed to his refent-
ment.- He therefore now expected
to gratify a paffion which he had long
reftrained. A gleam of hope played
around his breaft as he entered the
apartment; but what were the trans-
ports of his rage when he found it
deferted! He called "the attendants
of Roxana with a voice of thunder :

they inftantly obeyed the fummons ;

and in tears deprecated his wrath, af-

firming that they knew not what was

become of their miftrefs. Ufbek ut-
tered the mod horrid imprecations,
and threatened to facrifice them with-
out delay if they did not inftantly
inform him by what means me had
e fcaped. As they were really igno-
rant of her flight, their anfwers were
u n fa tis factory ; and Ufbek was about
to put his menaces into execution,
when he was prevented by a tumult

from without, which fufpcnded the

effects of his anger. Upon enquiring
the caufe, he was informed by Ozim,
the vizier, who in vain had fought
him through all the apartments of his

feraglio, that one of the governers of

his provinces had fecretly flirred up
 ( 68 )

the people to revolt, and at that mo-

ment, was attempting to force the
gales of the palace. The rage of
Ufbek was now redoubled, his eyes*

fparkled with fury, his limbs trem-

bled, and he rufhed forward to the
gate in all the frenzy of defpair.
lie was fcarcely prevented by Ozim
from attempting to revenge with his
fmgle arm the difobedience of his
fubjects. In the agony of his
mind he flew to one of the windows
of the palace, on that fide where
the multitude were affembled, an^
demanded in incoherent expreffions,
the reafon of the
mutiny. The rebels
were (truck dumb at the fight of -their
monarch^ and let fall their wtapons.
But the ufurpcr now beheld his rival
 f 69 )
encouraging them to proceed and re -
fume their arms. Unable to endure
perfidy in another who was only a-

dopting thofe meafures which had

enthroned their guilty Ufbek, he once
more rufhed towards the gate, and
commanded it to be
opened. He
was obeyed, and inftantly laid two
of the confpirators dead at his feet.
But now fudden darknefs obfcured
the fun, the air thundered, and a voice
thus iflued from the burfting clouds :
u Hear all
ye nations the decrees of
the Molt High! know your weaknefs
and adore in (ilence that power who

governs things by his will.

all Shall

mortality prefcribe laws to omnipo-

tence ? Shall the reptile of the dud

a-fpire to the government of the uni-

verfe? Shall the children of infirmity
afcend the heights of ambition; and
fhall they not feel the ftorm that rages

at the fummit ? Shall man afpire to

rule without control, and mall he
efcape the vengeance due to his rafh-
ncfs and ?
Though heaven pro-
folly
tects theinnocent from wrang, and
rewards the fidelity of the virtuous,
mall he gratify the arrogance of im-

piety and prefumption ? Know then,

that vice and ufurpation are no lon-

ger permitted to exift, when they be-

come ineffectual to forward the de-

figns of Providence. Lift~n to the

admonitions of fuperior wifdom. and
wait the event without murmur or

complaint." Whilft the genius thus

fpake, the attention of the multitude
was fufpended in filence, like the
calm ocean after the violence of a
itorm. When he had ended the
clouds difperfed, and the glorious
orb of day fhone forth in all the

majefty of light. Ufbek and the re-

bel chief now appeared lifelefs on
the ground, (tabbed by an unknown
hand. The multitude were proceed-
ing to treat with
ignominy the corpfe
of him whofe very fhadow made them
tremble when alive, but another ob-
N

ject demanded their attention.

A ftranger appeared in a chariot

and Roxana by his fide.
at a diftance,

They approached ; and the ftranger

riling from his feat, thus gratified
the of the crowd " That
curiofity :

Being who animates all nature with

 ( 72 )

his prefence, let all the nations of the

world adore Ye behold before you.

!

Aluzar, the defcendant of the mighty

Abbas, at the foot of whofe throne
kingdoms of the Eaft paid homage.
the
When the angel of death vifited my
father by the hand of Ufbek, I fled
from the violence of the ufurper, and
concealed myfelf in impenetrable fo-
litudes. There, the difciple of medi-

tation, I gave myfelf up to the duties

of devotion, and learned to eflimate
this life by the hope of immortality.

One morning, ere the fun had exhal-

ed the dews of heaven, as I walked
out to gather the fcanty provifion
which the defert affords, I perceived
the prints of human feet upon the

grafs, I had not proceeded far before

 ( 73 )

I beheld the beauteous Roxana, whom

my father had deflined as the comfort

of my bed. By her I was informed
that (he had been preferved by a fu-
perior power from violence ; that he
had tranfported her to that defert, and
bade her wait with refignation the dif-
pofal of heaven. The fame friendly
power has punifliedthe ufurper, and
led us hither to claim the throne of
our anceltors." The fon of Abbas
was going to proceed in his narrative,
but was interrupted by reiterated
fhouts of wonder and applaufe, and
he was proclaimed fovereign of the
Eaft, by the united voice of the mul-
titude. Thefe events are recorded in
order that pofterity may learn, that
 ( 74 )

Ambition unchecked by Virtue is a

confuming flame, preying upon the

heart, which is governed only by the

dictates of cruelty and oppreflion.
 ( 75 )

The CASTLE of ERASMUS,

Or BERTRAND and ELIZA.

HE pipe was mute in the vallies,

and the hills were no longer refpon-

five to the vocal reed. Three years
had elapfed fince the young and ge-
nerous Bertrand was aflaflinated by
Caled, near the Caftle of Erafmus,
his lancehung inverted on his tomb,
and his honours were mingled with
the dull of his fathers.
" O when have
(hall my fufferings
an end, and the grief-worn frame re~
turn to its kindred clay ? Never
H 2
 ( 76 )
;

fhall thy lovely image be erafed from

my memory ; thy virtues are en-
graven on my heart !" It was the

voice of Eliza, offering her evening

orifons at the fhrine of her beloved
Bert rand.
Silence held her ftill domain
throughout the fertile plains, fave
where the watch-dog mark'd
diftant
the rural hamlet. Cynthia had gained
the fummit of the azure throne, and
fmiled in lucid majefly o'er the blue

expanfe. All nature aided the fo-

lemnity ! A
row of aged oaks led to
a clufter of fpreading firs, which dif-
covered a marble fepulchre adorned
with military trophies. The beauti-
ful Eliza, amiable in fonows, and
patient in affliction, graced the awful
 ( 77 )

fccne. She was kneeling in a pofture

of adoration and prayer, her fable

garment hung ioofe in melancholy

folds, and mingled with her auburn
trefles ; the round tear of affliction

ttood in her languid eye, and the cy-

pvefs groves reiterated the lighs of a

broken heart.
In the mklft of her orifons, Clif-
ford (by whofe command the aflaffi-
nation of Bertrand was perpetrated)

appeased before the forrowful Eliza.

Rage inftantly kindled in her cheek,
and reproaches burft from her lips,
" Dar'il thou,
perfidious and propbane^

approach this hallowed place ? Ye

Gods where are your avenging
!

boits ? Why deeps the thunder when,

this wretch draws near ? Doit thou
not fear the anger of almighty power?
Or is thy heart more hard than ada-
mant, leagued with demons of re-
venge to ward the ftroke of juftice?"
" Chide not too fair one,"
lovely
<;
(replied the repentant Clifford) ;
it

was love for thee that drove me on

to madnefs : I beheld a favoured rival
in the happy Bertrand ; I confidered
life, without thee t asan oceanoppofed
to inceffant tempefts, but with thee all
that heaven could bejiorw^ or 1 could wijh.
I vainly thought one bar alone re-

mained between me and my fancied

jo}s: in a ram moment I employed
the curfed Caled to execute my fell

defign; he obey 'd, took his reward,

and fled, fince which time peace has
been banimed from the breaft of
 ( 79 )

Clifford, and foon muft the cold

hand of death bring him to an expi-
ation of his crimes."
" And doft thou talk of Love, ab-
hored afTaffin ? thou who haft laid low

the image of perfection: my Bertrand

was the firft, and mail be the laft, my
bleeding heart has ever own'd. Hear
me, beloved made ! and witnefs for
me all
ye cherubs watching round his
tomb, ne'er mail Eliza tafte of plea-
lure more till we again mail meet in
fields of joy then, mail the rays of
:*

endlefs peace and love difpel the

earthly mifts of pain and woe." Eliza
again proftrated herfelf before the
fhrine, and Clifford, dejected, re-

turned through the avenue to the

caftle.
 Alwiri, furnamed the good (who
was then on the throne) hearing of
the iorrows of Eliza, refolved to un-
dertake caufe of injured inno-
the

cence, by offering a coniiderabie re-

ward to the Champion who would
meet Clifford, in finglc combat. The
time of the approaching tournaments
drew on apace, at length the day ar-
rived appointed for the caufe of Eliza.
The Circus was crowded with fpecta-
tors. The king was feated beneath a
canopy adorned with the riches of the
eaft, and the constant fair one fat at
his right hand ; every eye was cen-
tred on one object the injured Eliza !
Clifford appeared in the lifts, and
the trumpet was thrice founded a

ilranger inftantly appeared, and ac-

cepted the challenge; his helmet of
maffy gold covered his face, it was
ftudded with diamonds, and the nod-
ding plumes fhook defiance to his
foe; his armour of exquifite work-

manfhip, darted a fplendid radiance

throughout the circus, and the blood-
red crofs on his breafl difplayed a

knight zealous in the chriftian caufe.

The dignity of his appearance, the

fymmetry of his fhape, and the grace-

ful manner with which he took
up the
glove charmed every beholder. Clif-

ford, all trembling, approached and

thus addreffed the multitude. " You
fee before you a wretch deftined by
the hand of fate, to meet eternal ven-
geance : fall I muft, if not by the
fword of my accufer, the weight of
 (
82 )

tny own fins mult Toon bring me with

forrow to the grave." The martial

trumpets again flourifh'd, and the

champions engaged. For Tome time
the victory was doubtful, till at length

the powerful arm of the ftranger laid

the lofty Clifford in the dull:, and the
circus re-echoed with repeated accla-
mations. His wound was mortal, and
his friends gathered around him, even
the injured Eliza fympathized in the
tears fhed on the dying penitent,

While the crowd was attentive to the

departing Clifford, a man muffled in

a pilgrim's habit p re (led forward, and

throwing open his garment, thus acl-

d re fled the vanquished champion.
*;
Thou man of furrows, behold in
this
difguiie the per ion of Caled,
once thy vaflal, at whofe command
I undertook the murder of the wor-

thy Bertrand, if thou haft enough

of life to hear the event, attend and
learn :" The eyes of Clifford were
nearly fet in night, but agitated by a

thoufand emotions, feemed to exprefs

a defire to hear the narrative of Caled,
who thus "
Urged by
proceeded,
your and the hopes of gain,
intreaties

I approached the wood where Bert-

rand was wrapt in pious meditation :

though bribed to murder, and. bent

on the horrid purpofe, I relented,
and difcovered my intent to the gal-

lant youth, whom I preffed to depart.

I have fmce heard that he rendered
himfelf famous on the plains of Pa-

by inliftingin
the Holy War.
 ( 84 )

You infifted on my privately burying

the corpfe in the grove leading to the
Caftle of Erafmus ; this I told you
was performed, and the amiable Eliza
caufed a fuperb flirine to be erected
to his memory. I received my re-

ward and fled ; difguifed in a pil-

grim's habit, I followed Bertrand to

Jerufalem, but my fearch was vain,

for foon I heard that Bertrand was no
more -.--Flufh'd with fuccefs, he join-
ed the Croifes led by gallant R ichard,
he met the (haft of death before the
walls of Cyprus." Hope, horror and
defpair, alternately reigned in the bo-
fom of Eliza during the narrative, at
the conclusion of which me fell appa-
rently lifelefs at the feet of the victor.
The champion lifting up his helmet
 "
caught her in his arms, Behold,
(cried the ftranger), one whofe foul
islinked to thine,-- revive thou para-

gon of excellence. 'Tis Bertrand

"
calls thee-back to life and love ! At
the well known name Eliza awaken-
ed from her trance, and after gazing
fome time with fpeechlefs admiration,
at length articulated :
" It is it is .

"
my long loft Bertrand ! Clifford
lived but a few moments after the

difcovery he received the pardon of

the injured pair, and clofed his eyes
in peace. Bertrand turned to the
aftonifhed Caled, and embraced him
as a friend, every eye fparkled with

joy, and every heart participated in

the happiriefs of Bertrand and Eliza.
It is recorded in the annals of the
 ( 86 )

Cattle, that Virtue fhall meet her

reward, and Vice be humbled at her
feet.

After paying the funeral rites to .

the manes of the unfortunate Cliffords

the nuptials were confummated, in
the utmoft ftile of magnificence at
Aiwin's palace. Eliza by degrees
recovered her native bloom, Love
gliftened in her eye, and the rofes
revelled in her cheek. Bertrand again

difplayed his trophies in the hall of

the Cattle, and again affumed the
hero !

The pipe once more gladden'd the

vallies, and the hills were rendered
vocal by the refponfive notes of the
reed. Peace fpread her airy wings
athwart the verdant plains, and the
vaulted roofs, reverberated the found
of the harp, in the happy Caftle of
Erafmus.

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