Theſe mutes of mine, which I diſpatched into the palace, ſpoke very loud in my behalf. I obſerved with rapture the fine eyes of the princeſs ſingle me out among the crowd of courtiers, and ſeem to ſay many obliging things. Hence I became bolder in my plans, I found a confidante among her attendants, who, for a valuable conſideration, conſented to be the carrier of love. We came to mutual explanations, ſecret aſſignations were made, but they always failed; ſome trivial circumſtance for ever ſpoiled the plan which love had formed: I either did not find my princeſs where ſhe had appointed me, or could not find acceſs to the place where I was to meet her. Jealouſy kept ſuch cloſe watch over the fair Grecian that I could never gain a view of her, except in preſence of the whole court. Againſt theſe difficulties, as againſt an adamantine rock, were all my hopes and wiſhes daſhed to pieces, but not‘my
