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" My fon," faid this good King to me, one day, 

 *' Are the moons of thy country more beautiful 

 *' than ours ? Haft thou remaining in Egypt any 

 *' objeâ: of regret ? Thou haft brought to us from 

 ** thence all the beft of human bleffings : plants, 

 ^"^ arts and fciences. All Egypt ought to be here 

 " for thy fake. Continue to live with us. After 

 *' my death thou fhalt reign over the Gauls. I 

 ** have no child, except an only daughter named 

 " Gotha : to thee I will give her in marriage. A 

 ** whole People, believe me, is of more value than 

 ** one family, and a good wife than the land of 

 *' one's nativity. Gotha's refidence is in that illand 

 " below, the trees of which are vilible from this 

 " fpot ; for it is proper that a young woman Ihould 

 " be brought up remote from men, and efpecially 

 ** at a diftance from the Courts of Kings." 



The defire of making a Nation happy fufpended 

 in me the love of Country. I confuked Cephas on 

 the fubjeâ:, who adopted the views of the King. 

 I befought that Prince, therefore, to permit me to 

 be conduced to the place of his daughter's habi- 

 tation, that, in conformity to the cuftom of the 

 Egyptians, I might endeavour to render myfelf 

 agreeable to the perfon who was one day to be th« 

 partner of m.y pains and of my pleafures. The 

 King gave orders to an aged female, who caatle 

 every day to the palace for provifions to Gorha, 



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