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THE ADVENTURES OF
he could fay no more; mid when 1 had prevail
ed upon him to furnifh himfelf with fome mi-,
ney and jewels, he clafped me in his arms, ansj
during a whole quarter of an hour, we did n|
thing but mingle our fighs and tears. At la:i
"being told the horfe was ready, he tore himfq,
from me; he departed, and left me in a cona
tion not to be defcribed. Happy ? had the e|T
cefs of my affliction, at that time, put an end ,| (.
my life! what troubles and farrows would a|,
death have prevented ! Some hours after Ddj.
Alvaro was gone, the corregidor being informal
of his flight, ordered him to be purfued, ariL
fpared nothing to have him in his power: bjL
my hufband always baffled his purfuit, and kejL
himfelf fecure, in fuch a manner, that the judJL
found himfelf obliged to limit his revenge to tff
foie fatisfadtlon of ruining the fortune of a maij.
whofe blood he wanted to fhed; his efforts wejL
not unfuccefsful, all the effects of Don Alvaii
being confifcated.
Left in a moft afflicting fituation, and havini
fcarce wfflere withal to fubfift, I began to live*
very folitary life, all my attendants being reduce),
to one maid. 1 fpent the day in bemoaning, nq
an indigence, which I could have borne with ptu
tience; but the abfence of my dear hulbanl
whofe condition I was utterly ignorant of, a»
though he had promifed, in his laft melanchob
adieu, that he would take care to inform me |L
his lot, into w hatever part of the w?orld his cruji
fate fhould conduct him. Neverthelefs, feve*
long years elapfed, without my hearing the leal
account of him; and this uncertainty of his do
fliny plunged me into an abyfs of forrow? A
Ian 1 was told, that, in fighting for the king ||
Portugal in Fez, he had loft his life in battle