ook and Sighs, upon the melancholy Occasion of this Honour that was
done by so great a Man as _Oroonoko_, and a Prince of whom she had heard
such admirable Things; the Awfulness wherewith she receiv'd him, and the
Sweetness of her Words and Behaviour while he stay'd, gain'd a perfect
Conquest over his fierce Heart, and made him feel, the Victor could be
subdu'd. So that having made his first Compliments, and presented her an
hundred and fifty Slaves in Fetters, he told her with his Eyes, that he
was not insensible of her Charms; while _Imoinda_, who wish'd for
nothing more than so glorious a Conquest, was pleas'd to believe, she
understood that silent Language of new-born Love; and, from that Moment,
put on all her Additions to Beauty.

The Prince return'd to Court with quite another Humour than before; and
tho' he did not speak much of the fair _Imoinda_, he had the Pleasure to
hear all his Followers speak of nothing but the Charms of that Maid,
insomuch, that, even in the Presence of the old King, they were
extolling her, and heightning, if possible, the Beauties they had found
in her: so that nothing else was talk'd of, no other Sound was heard in
every Corner where there were Whisperers, but _Imoinda! Imoinda!_

'Twill be imagin'd _Oroonoko_ stay'd not long before he made his second
Visit; nor, considering his Quality, not much longer before he told her,
he ador'd her. I have often heard him say, that he admir'd by what
strange Inspiration he came to talk Things so soft, and so passionate,
who never knew Love, nor was us'd to the Conversation of Women; but
(to use his own Words) he said, 'Most happily, some new, and, till then,
unknown Power instructed his Heart and Tongue in the Language of Love;
and at the same Time, in Favour of him, inspir'd _Imoinda_ with a Sense
of his Passion.' She was touch'd with what he said, and return'd it all
in such Answers as went to his very Heart, with a Pleasure unknown
before. Nor did he use those Obligations ill, that Love had done him,
but turn'd all his happy Moments to the best Advantage; and as he knew
no Vice, his Flame aim'd at nothing but Honour, if such a Distinction
may be made in Love; and especially in that Country, where Men take to
themselves as many as they can maintain; and where the only Crime and
Sin against a Woman, is, to turn her off, to abandon her to Want, Shame
and Misery: such ill Morals are only practis'd in _Christian_ Countries,
where they prefer the ba