138 THE BEE, GR Jan. 26. 



Amedei, married an amiable and virtuous young wo- 

 man he loved, but whofe birth was not equal to his. 

 At the end of one year, they had a daughter as the fruit 

 of their love ; but this teader union was in a Ihort 

 time cruelly difturbed by the parents and relations of 

 the gentleman, who exclaimed againft his marriage as 

 clandefline, and obtained againft the unhappy young 

 man an order of the Pope, by virtue of which they 

 tore him from the arms of his fpoufe, and 'conduced 

 him a prifoner to the caftle of St Angelo. A procefe 

 was immediately inftituted for annulling the marriage. 

 The gentleman tried every means poffiblf to prove 

 that his marriage was valid, and to make it te ratified : 

 his v/ife alfo went with her daughter in her arms, and, 

 threw herfelf at the feet of her judges ; but in vain. 

 A fentence was at lad pronounced, annulling the mar- 

 riage, obliging the mother, that inconfolable wife, to 

 write to her hufband with her own hand, the fatal 

 news of their eternal feparation. Oppreffed with the 

 moft cruel defpair, fhe thus -wrrote to him : " I find 

 myfelf under the cruel neceffity of renouncing thofe 

 fweet and facred bands, winch till now have held 

 our hearts firmly united; but I refign myfelf with lefe 

 repugnance, from the conlideration that it will be the 

 means of terminating that long and cruel captivity 

 which you have fuffered for my fake. Live free, dear 

 hulband, (this alas ! is the lall time that my lips 

 will pronounce fo fweet a name): O live! take com- 

 fort ; and, if it be pollible, live happy^ far from me. 

 Since you love the mother, remember the daughter 

 which fhe has given to you, and take care of her when 

 you know that I no longer exift; for the grief which 

 this feparation caufes to me is fo bitter, fo penetrating, 

 and abforbs in fuch a manner the faculties of my foul, 

 that I want ftrength to refill it. Very foon I fhall 

 ceafe to live; may my death fatiate the inhumanity 

 of oar cruel perfecutars ! God blefs you 1 Farewell !■ 



