retire; he had often seen and convers'd with the lovely
_Isabella_, and found from the first sight of her, he had more Esteem
for her, than any other of her Sex: But as Love very rarely takes Birth
without Hope; so he never believ'd that the Pleasure he took in
beholding her, and in discoursing with her, was Love, because he
regarded her, as a Thing consecrate to Heaven, and never so much as
thought to wish, she were a Mortal fit for his Addresses; yet he found
himself more and more fill'd with Reflections on her which was not usual
with him; he found she grew upon his Memory, and oftner came there, than
he us'd to do, that he lov'd his Studies less, and going to _Iper_ more;
and, that every time he went, he found a new Joy at his Heart that
pleas'd him; he found, he could not get himself from the _Grate_,
without Pain; nor part from the sight of that all-charming Object,
without Sighs; and if, while he was there, any persons came to visit
her, whose Quality she could not refuse the honour of her sight to, he
would blush, and pant with uneasiness, especially, if they were handsom,
and fit to make Impressions: And he would check this Uneasiness in
himself, and ask his Heart, what it meant, by rising and beating in
those Moments, and strive to assume an Indifferency in vain, and depart
dissatisfy'd, and out of humour.

On the other side, _Isabella_ was not so Gay as she us'd to be, but, on
the sudden, retir'd her self more from the _Grate_ than she us'd to do,
refus'd to receive Visits every day, and her Complexion grew a little
pale and languid; she was observ'd not to sleep, or eat, as she us'd to
do, nor exercise in those little Plays they made, and diverted
themselves with, now and then; she was heard to sigh often, and it
became the Discourse of the whole House, that she was much alter'd: The
Lady _Abbess_, who lov'd her with a most tender Passion, was infinitely
concern'd at this Change, and endeavour'd to find out the Cause, and
'twas generally believ'd, she was too Devout, for now she redoubled her
Austerity; and in cold Winter Nights, of Frost and Snow, would be up at
all Hours, and lying upon the cold Stones, before the Altar, prostrate
at Prayers: So that she receiv'd Orders from the Lady _Abbess_, not to
harass her self so very much, but to have a care of her Health, as well
as her Soul; but she regarded not these Admonitions, tho' even persuaded
daily by her _Katteriena_, whom she lov'd every day more and more