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th talkg they reached the foot of a high ounta which stoodlike an ilated peak aong the others that surrounded it past itsbase there flowed a ntle brook, all around it spread a adow green and xuriant that it was a delight to the eyes to look upon it,and forest trees abundance, and shrubs and flowers, added to the插rs of the spot upon this place the knight of the ruefuntenance fixed his choice for the perforance of his penance, andas he beheld it excd a loud voice as though he were out of hissenses:

&ot;this is the place, oh, ye heavens, that i select and choose forbewailg the isfortune which ye yourselves have pnd :this is the spot where the overflogs of e eyes shall swell thewaters of yon little brook, and y deep and endless sighs shall stirunceasgly the leaves of these ounta trees, testiony and tokenof the pa y persecuted heart is sufferg oh, ye rural deities,whoever ye be that haunt this lone spot, give ear to the pntof a wretched lover who long absence and broodg jealoy havedriven to bewail his fate aong these wilds and pn of the hardheart of that fair and ungrateful one, the end and liit of allhuan beauty! oh, ye wood nyphs and dryads, that dwell thethickets of the forest, ay the nible wanton satyrs by who ye arevaly wooed never disturb your sweet repose, help to lant yhard fate or at least weary not at listeng to it! oh, dulcea deltobo, day of y night, glory of y pa, guide of y path, star ofy fortune, ay heaven grant thee full all thou seekest of it,be