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whifper. The king was quiet ; but, hearing me fay the 

 lail words, he ftarted, and cried, " What joy, what good 

 news, Yagoube ?" — " Why, faid I, Sir, it is only Tecia Ma- 

 riam informing me that the devil is dead, which is good 

 news, at lead to me, who always dreaded falling into his 

 clutches." — " Aye, fays the king, the monks fay fo ; it 

 muft have been long ago ; but the faint was furely a holy 

 man." 



Though the king was violently agitated, yet he neither 

 faid that he did or did not underfland what was meant br 

 Guflio and Engedan, but only ordered me home imme- 

 diately, faying, " As you value your life, open not your 

 mouth to man or woman, nor feem to take particular care 

 about any thing, more than you did before; trufi: ail in the 

 hands of the Virgin Mary, and Guebra Menfus Kedus." 



I NEEDED no incitement to go to my tent, where I went 

 immediately to bed. I cannot fay but I had a ray of hope 

 ' that Providence had begun the means which were to extri- 

 cate me out of the difiiculties of my prefent fituarion, bet-^ 

 ter and fooner than I had before imagined; I therefore fell 

 foon into a profound fleep, fatisiied that I fhould be quickly 

 called if any thing ailed the king. The lights were nov/ 

 all put out, and, except the cry of the guards going their 

 rounds, very little noiie in the camp, conlidering the vaft 

 number of people it contained, I was in a profound fleep 

 when Francifco, a Greek fervant of the Ras, a brave and 

 veteran foldier, but given a little to drink, came bawling in- 

 to my tent, " It is madnefs to lleep at this time." — "I am lure, 

 fbrid I, very calmly, I fliould be mad if I was not to fleep. 

 Whv, when would -vou have me to take mvreft? and what 

 I is 



