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havg said this, the wise and virtuo lothario was silent, andanselo, troubled d and deep thought, was unable for awhile to utter a word reply; but at length he said, &ot;i havelistened, lothario y friend, attentively, as thou hast seen, towhat thou hast chosen to say to , and thy argunts, exaples,and pars i have seen that high tellce thou dostpossess, and the perfection of true friendship thou hast reached;and likewise i see and nfess that if i a not guided by thy opion,but follow y own, i a flyg fro the good and pursug the evilthis beg , thou t reber that i a now labourg under thatfirity which won tis suffer fro, when the cravg seizesthe to eat clay, plaster, 插ral, and thgs even worse, disgtgto look at, uch ore to eat; that it will be necessary to havereurse to artifice to cure ; and this can be easilyeffected if only thou wilt ake a begng, even though it be akewar and ake-believe fashion, to pay urt to cailla, who willnot be yieldg that her virtue will give way at the firstattack: with this re attept i shall rest satisfied, and thou wilthave done what our friendship bds thee to do, not only givg life, but persuadg not to discard y honour and thisthou art bound to do for one rean alone, that, beg, as i a,relved to apply this test, it is not for thee to perit to revealy weakness to another, and iperil that honour thou art strivgto keep fro losg; and if the ay not stand as high as it ought the estiation of cailla while thou art payg urt to her,that is of littl