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through and through."— " The cup, the cup, fays he, and— 

 fill it full ; 1 defy the devil, and trufl in St George and the 

 dragon. — Here is to Catharine, emprefs of all the Ruffias, con- 

 fufion to her enemies, and damnation to all at Paros." — 

 " Well, friend, faid I, you was long in refolving, but you 

 have done it at laft to feme purpofe ; I am fure I did not 

 drink damnation to ail <it Paros." — " Ah, fays he, but I did, 

 and will do it again — Damnation to all at Paros, and Cyprus, 

 and Rhodes, Crete, and Mytilene into the bargain : Here it 

 goes with all my heart. Amen, fo be it." — " And who do 

 you think, faid I, are at Paros ?" — " Pray, who mould be 

 there, fays he, but Turks and devils, the word race of mon- 

 fters and oppreffors in the Levant ; I have been at Paros my- 

 felf ; was you ever there?" — " Whether I was ever there or 

 not ^5 no matter, faid I ; the emprefs's fleet, and an army of 

 Ruffians, are now poffibly there ; and here you, without 

 provocation, have drank damnation to the Ruffian fleet and 

 army who have come fo far from home, and are at this mo- 

 ment fword in hand to reftore you io your liberty, and the 

 free excrcife of your religion; did not I tell you, you was no 

 Greek, and fcarcely deferved the name of Chriilian ?" — " No, 

 no, Sir, cries Strates, for God's fake do not fay fo, I would 

 rather die. I did not underftand you about Paros ; there 

 was no malice in my heart againft the Ruffians. God will 

 bids them, and my folly can do them no harm — Huzza, 

 Catharine, and victory !" whilft he tolled his cap into the 

 air. 



A number of the Agows had appeared upon the hill, 

 juft before the valley, in filent wonder what Strates and I 

 were doing at the altar. Two or three only had come 

 down to the edge of the fwamp, had feen the grimaces and 



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