m time, she happily for him pursu'd her Discourse. (For 'tis
odds but he had made some discovery of himself in the surprize he was
in.) Having taken him familiarly by the Hand, now she had made her self
known to him, 'Cousin Lorenzo (added she) you may perhaps have taken it
unkindly, that, during the time of your indisposition by reason of your
Wounds, I have not been to visit you; I do assure you it was not for want
of any Inclination I had both to see and serve you to my power; but you
are well acquainted with the Severity of my Father, whom you know how
lately you have disobliged. I am mighty glad that I have met with you
here, where I have had an Opportunity to tell you what so much concerns
your Safety, which I am afraid you will not find in Florence; considering
the great Power Don Fabritio and his Father, the Marquess of Viterbo,
have in this City. I have another thing to inform you of, That whereas
Don Fabio had interested himself in your Cause, in Opposition to the
Marquess of Viterbo, by reason of the long Animosity between them, all
hopes of his Countenance and Assistance are defeated: For there has been
a Proposal of Reconciliation made to both Houses, and it is said it will
be confirm'd (as most such ancient Quarrels are at last) by the Marriage
of Juliana the Marquess's Daughter, with Aurelian, Son to Don Fabio: to
which effect the old Gentleman sent 'tother Day to Siena, where Aurelian
has been Educated, to hasten his coming to Town; but the Messenger
returning this Morning, brought word, That the same day he arriv'd at
Siena, Aurelian had set out for Florence, in Company with a young Spanish
Nobleman, his intimate Friend; so it is believ'd, they are both in Town,
and not unlikely in this Room in Masquerade.

Hippolito could not forbear smiling to himself, at these last words. For
ever since the naming of Don Fabio he had been very attentive; but
before, his Thoughts were wholly taken up with the Beauty of the Face he
had seen, and from the time she had taken him by the Hand, a successive
warmth and chillness had play'd about his Heart, and surpriz'd him with
an unusual Transport. He was in a hundred Minds, whether he should make
her sensible of her Error or no; but considering he could expect no
farther Conference with her after he should discover himself, and that as
yet he knew not of her place of abode, he resolv'd to humour the mistake
a little further. Having her still by the Hand, which he squ