him, this Declaration increas'd it to a pitch not to be conceal'd. And
this Day he said so much to the Father, that he resolv'd forthwith to
send _Charlot_ to a Nunnery: and accordingly the next day he bid her
prepare to go. _Charlot_, who was not yet arrived to the Years of
Distinction, did not much regret it; and having no Trouble but leaving
her Sister, she prepared to go to a Nunnery, not many Streets from that
where she dwelt. The Lady Abbess was her Father's Kinswoman, and had
treated her very well, as often as she came to visit her: so that with
Satisfaction enough, she was condemned to a Monastick Life, and was now
going for her Probation-Year. _Atlante_ was troubled at her Departure,
because she had no body to bring and to carry Letters between _Rinaldo_
and she: however, she took her leave of her, and promis'd to come and
see her as often as she should be permitted to go abroad; for she fear'd
now some Constraint extraordinary would be put upon her: and so it
happened.

_Atlante's_ Chamber was that to which the Balcony belong'd; and tho' she
durst not appear there in the Daytime, she could in the Night, and that
way give her Lover as many Hours of Conversation as she pleased, without
being perceiv'd: But how to give _Rinaldo_ notice of this, she could not
tell; who not knowing _Charlot_ was gone to a Monastery, waited many
days at his Window to see her: at last, they neither of them knowing who
to trust with any Message, one day, when he was, as usual upon his
watch, he saw _Atlante_ step into the Balcony, who having a Letter, in
which she had put a piece of Lead, she tost it into his Window, whose
Casement was open, and run in again unperceived by any but himself. The
Paper contained only this:

_My Chamber is that which looks into the Balcony; from whence, tho'
I cannot converse with you in the Day, I can at Night, when I am
retired to go to bed: therefore be at your Window. +Farewel+._

There needed no more to make him a diligent Watcher: and accordingly she
was no sooner retired to her Chamber, but she would come into the
Balcony, where she fail'd not to see him attending at his Window. This
happy Contrivance was thus carry'd on for many Nights, where they
entertain'd one another with all the Endearment that two Hearts could
dictate, who were perfectly united and assur'd of each other; and this
pleasing Conversation would often last till Day appear'd, and forced
them to part.

But old _Bellyaurd