he brave Men that escap'd the Sword, return'd,
among them, _Villenoys_, who no sooner arriv'd, but he sent to let
_Isabella_ know of it, and to beg the Honour of waiting on her; desirous
to learn what Fate befel her dear Lord, she suffer'd him to visit her,
where he found her, in her Mourning, a thousand times more Fair,
(at least, he fancy'd so) than ever she appear'd to be; so that if he
lov'd her before, he now ador'd her; if he burnt then, he rages now; but
the awful Sadness, and soft Languishment of her Eyes, hinder'd him from
the presumption of speaking of his Passion to her, tho' it would have
been no new thing; and his first Visit was spent in the Relation of
every Circumstance of _Henault's_ Death; and, at his going away, he
begg'd leave to visit her sometimes, and she gave him permission: He
lost no time, but made use of the Liberty she had given him; and when
his Sister, who was a great Companion of _Isabella's_, went to see her,
he would still wait on her; so that, either with his own Visits, and
those of his Sister's, he saw _Isabella_ every day, and had the good
luck to see, he diverted her, by giving her Relations of Transactions of
the Siege, and the Customs and Manners of the _Turks_: All he said, was
with so good a Grace, that he render'd every thing agreeable; he was,
besides, very Beautiful, well made, of Quality and Fortune, and fit to
inspire Love.

He made his Visits so often, and so long, that, at last, he took the
Courage to speak of his Passion, which, at first, _Isabella_ would by no
means hear of, but, by degrees, she yielded more and more to listen to
his tender Discourse; and he liv'd thus with her two Years, before he
could gain any more upon her Heart, than to suffer him to speak of Love
to her; but that, which subdu'd her quite was, That her Aunt, the Lady
_Abbess_, dy'd, and with her, all the Hopes and Fortune of _Isabella_,
so that she was left with only a Charming Face and Meen, a Virtue, and a
Discretion above her Sex, to make her Fortune within the World; into a
Religious House, she was resolv'd not to go, because her Heart deceiv'd
her once, and she durst not trust it again, whatever it promis'd.

The death of this Lady made her look more favourably on _Villenoys_; but
yet, she was resolv'd to try his Love to the utmost, and keep him off,
as long as 'twas possible she could subsist, and 'twas for Interest she
married again, tho' she lik'd the Person very well; and since she was
fo