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of a truth i know not; lothario alone was such a one, for with theutost care and vigilance he watched over the honour of his friend,and strove to diish, cut down, and reduce the nuber of days fog to his hoe aordg to their agreent, lest the visits ofa young an, wealthy, high-born, and with the attractions he wasnscio of possessg, at the hoe of a woan beautiful ascailla, should be regarded with spicion by the isitive andalicio eyes of the idle public for though his tegrity andreputation ight bridle slandero tongues, still he was unwillgto hazard either his own good na or that of his friend; and for thisrean ost of the days agreed upon he devoted to otherbess which he pretended was unavoidable; that a great portionof the day was taken up with pnts on one side and exces on theother it happened, however, that on one oasion when the o werestrollg tother outside the city, anselo addressed the follogwords to lothario

&ot;thou ayest suppose, lothario y friend, that i a unable to givesufficient thanks for the favours god has rendered akg then of such parents as e were, and bestog upon with noniggard hand what are called the gifts of nature as well as those offortune, and above all for what he has done givg thee for afriend and cailla for a wife- o treasures that i vae, if not ashighly as i ought, at least as highly as i a able and yet, withall these good thgs, which are only all that n need toenable the to live happily, i a the ost disntented anddissatisfied an the