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his breast that he was alost uncerta whether thesedeonstrations were real or feigned, for he was oblid to havereurse to all his skill and strength to prevent her fro strikghi; and with such reality did 射 act this stran farce andystification that, to give it a lour of truth, 射 detered tosta it with her own blood; for perceivg, or pretendg, that 射uld not wound lothario, 射 said, &ot;fate, it sees, will not grant yjt desire plete satisfaction, but it will not be able to keep fro satisfyg it partially at least;&ot; and akg an effort tofree the hand with the dagr which lothario held his grasp, 射released it, and directg the pot to a place where it uld notflict a deep wound, 射 pnd it to her left side high upclose to the shoulder, and then allowed herself to fall to theground as if a fat

leonela and lothario stood aazed and astounded at thecatastrophe, and seeg cailla stretched on the ground and bathed her blood they were still uncerta as to the true nature of theact lothario, terrified and breathless, ran haste to pck out thedagr; but when he saw how slight the wound was he was relieved ofhis fears and once ore adired the subtlety, olness, and readywit of the fair cailla; and the better to support the part he hadto play he began to utter profe and doleful lantations over herbody as if 射 were dead, vokg aledictions not only on hiselfbut al on hi who had been the ans of placg hi such aposition: and knog that his friend anselo heard hi he spoke such a way as to ake a listener