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feftions that were not to be fubdued by
ftorm that all the game which had hither¬
to been darted for him, were, in compari-
fon of Inetta, fit only for the chafe of potch-
ers •, but the lovely and accomplilhed Inetta
was truly worthy the purfuit of monarchs !
The Queen, not fo well contented with that
ferious manner in which he treated this
amour, revolving in her mind how fhe
might dir up his pafiion to more intempe¬
rate emotions-, told him, that as he had yet
but half feen the beauties of Inetta, die
would contrive to gratify every fenfe with
a more complete perfpeftive of them : I
intend to-morrow, faid the Queen, to en¬
gage her to bathe with me, and from the
inlet of light over the door of the bathr
which I will leave unlatched, you may get
an opportunity of feaftiftg your eyes with
the whole objedt, as maderly nature finifhed
it: Macbeth was in extacy with the thought,
and in the utmod impatience waited for
the hour that was to prefent fuch delight to
his fight: the moment arrived, and by this
malign plot of Margaretta'%, the whole
charms of the innocent and unfufpedting
Inetta were difcovered in their native beau-
tifulnefs! At that indant he would have
bartered his life and crown, to have had the
power of retaining his fenfes, and to be at
the fame time transformed into a bladder of
air