henſions of being neceſſitated to take up his lodging on thoſe bleak Mountains I have already deſcribed; yet wandering on as long as Light permitted, in hopes of better Fortune, he, at laſt, came within ſight of this Palace, which filled his Heart with much Joy. Coming near it, he beheld large Piazza's, which ſurrounded that magnificent Building, and believing theſe might ſerve him for a Reſting-place, without being troubleſome to any of the Servants, whoſe churlish Diſpoſition in other Places did not always afford a ready Welcome to Strangers, he choſe rather to content himſelf with reſting his wearied Limbs on the marble Floor, than entreat a Reception into any of the Barns, which perhaps might be denied. In a word, he ſat down on a Bench in one of thoſe Piazza's, and finding himſelf hungry, took out of his Pouch a Piece of Meat and Bread, which he had begg'd at the laſt Town he had paſs'd thro'; he had alſo a little Salt, which, by dipping his Meat in the dark, he happened to ſpill fore on the Floor, on which he preſently heard the moſt terrible Groans to iſſue from the Earth beneath, vaſt Winds ſeemed to be let looſe from
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