Intimate thought it
might be a Diversion to her Melancholly to repair to some popular City,
where a variety of Conversation and airy Entertainments, might, if
possible, eraze the Memory of her deceas'd Lover. Accordingly
_Amaryllis_ immediately set out for _Ferara_, where she had been but an
inconsiderable Time, before she accidentally fell into the Company of
_Theodora_, whose Disappointment, already related, was little inferior
to hers, and both repeating their Stories, they found so near a
Resemblance in their Misfortunes, that they resolv'd to live together as
Sisters or inseperable Companions, and to use their utmost Artifices for
the Relief of each other. I have been led into this seeming Romance, to
shew particularly the fatal Disappointments attending these two
beautiful Females, which were very extraordinary, especially those of
the Latter; and to shew, in a particular manner, how these two Ladies
first became acquainted, as an Introduction to what follows. I come now
to their Female Intrigues, which were no less uncommon than their
Misfortunes.

_Theodora_ and _Amaryllis_ liv'd together some Time, and at last by the
constant perusal of airy Books, and a few entertaining Companions, they
had in some, measure forgot their unfortunate Lovers, but they resolv'd
never for the future to fix their Affections upon any Man living; and
living in Luxury, in the prime of their Years, in a hot inciting
Climate, they at length were naturally inclin'd to the most abominable
Pollution: They provided artificial _Penis's_ of the largest Dimensions,
and with Ribbons they fasten'd the Root of the Instrument, in the same
Situation as Nature has plac'd the Substance in Man; they frequently
embrac'd one another by turns, as Man and woman in the amorous
Adventure; and when their Vigour was so much abated, that they were no
longer able to struggle, the Female uppermost withdrew, and taking
another Instrument in her Hand, she us'd it on her Companion with an
Injection of Moisture, which, with the rubbing, occasion'd such a
tickling, as to force a discharge of Matter and facilitate the Pleasure.
This was their daily Practice for a considerable space, 'till at last a
Confident of _Theodora_'s who was sometimes admitted as variety in these
Brutal Enjoyments, for a large Sum of Money reveal'd their Intrigues to
_Philetus_, a Youth of a very comly Person, but a little Effeminate, who
passionately admir'd the beautiful _Theodora_, and who ha