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here, and here, I feel, despair will terminate my life and miseries.
This recital greatly affected me; I comforted the unfortunate Zimis, and assured him his princess should be restored. Return, said I, into your own kingdom; before the break of day you shall again possess Eliana; my art is superior to that of Phormidas. Adieu! confide your vengeance to me. This said, I launched into the air, and soon lost sight of the prince and his train.
I dedicated the night, destined to love, to benevolence; and instead of the palace of Prudina, flew to the throne of the sovereign of the genii, to whom I related the interesting story of Eliana and her lover, and conjured him to deliver the young princess from the tyranny of Phormidas.
Our august monarch, taking me by the hand, said, follow me, and I will give you some information concerning the fate of the princess, and leave to you the glory of ending this adventure.
So saying, he conducted me into a magnificent saloon. ornamented with a multitude of
