rc'd to submit her self to be a second time a Wife, she thought, she
could live better with _Villenoys_, than any other, since for him she
ever had a great Esteem; and fancy'd the Hand of Heaven had pointed out
her Destiny, which she could not avoid, without a Crime.

So that when she was again importun'd by her impatient Lover, she told
him, She had made a Vow to remain three Years, at least, before she
would marry again, after the Death of the best of Men and Husbands, and
him who had the Fruits of her early Heart; and, notwithstanding all the
Solicitations of _Villenoys_, she would not consent to marry him, till
her Vow of Widowhood was expir'd.

He took her promise, which he urg'd her to give him, and to shew the
height of his Passion in his obedience; he condescends to stay her
appointed time, tho' he saw her every day, and all his Friends and
Relations made her Visits upon this new account, and there was nothing
talk'd on, but this design'd Wedding, which, when the time was expir'd,
was perform'd accordingly with great Pomp and Magnificence, for
_Villenoys_ had no Parents to hinder his Design; or if he had, the
Reputation and Virtue of this Lady would have subdu'd them.

The Marriage was celebrated in this House, where she liv'd ever since
her Return from _Germany_, from the time she got her Pardon; and when
_Villenoys_ was preparing all things in a more magnificent Order at his
Villa, some ten Miles from the City, she was very melancholy, and would
often say, She had been us'd to such profound Retreat, and to live
without the fatigue of Noise and Equipage, that, she fear'd, she should
never endure that Grandeur, which was proper for his Quality; and tho'
the House, in the Country, was the most beautifully Situated in all
_Flanders_, she was afraid of a numerous Train, and kept him, for the
most part, in this pretty City Mansion, which he Adorn'd and Enlarg'd,
as much as she would give him leave; so that there wanted nothing, to
make this House fit to receive the People of the greatest Quality,
little as it was: But all the Servants and Footmen, all but one _Valet_,
and the Maid, were lodg'd abroad, for _Isabella_, not much us'd to the
sight of Men about her, suffer'd them as seldom as possible, to come in
her Presence, so that she liv'd more like a _Nun_ still, than a Lady of
the World; and very rarely any Maids came about her, but _Maria_, who
had always permission to come, when ever she pleas'd, unless forbidd