THE TWIN-BROTHERS OF MEZZORANIA. ~ tl 



hoped fhe would now willingly wear the full-blown 

 flower as a teflimony of her confent ; at the fame time 

 prefenting her with an artificial carnation, interfperfed 

 with little flames and hearts. She ftuck the carnation 

 in her bofom, unable to conceal her joy as fhe re- 

 ceived it; at which her lover was fo tranfported, that 

 he determined to demand her of her parents. 



His elder brother, who had given her the full- 

 blown flower at the fame time, thought that nothing 

 more was wanting to his happinefs than the approba- 

 tion 'and confent of her relations. Chance brought 

 them both on the very fame day to the parents of their 

 beloved. But how great was their aftonifhment on 

 their meeting each other ! As foon as the father ap- 

 peared, each addreffed him for his daughter. He af- 

 fured them that he had but one child, of whofe virtue 

 lie was fully convinced, that fhe never, in oppofition 

 to the laws of the land, could favour two lovers at 

 once. He, however, concluded, from the perfect 

 likenefs that fubfifled between the two brothers, that 

 fome miflake had happened, and fent for his daughter 

 to clear up the matter. She immediately appeared, 

 decorated with the four flowers fhe had received, in 

 „ the complete conviction, that the two full-blown had 

 been prefented her by one and the fame hand. 



Venus herfelf, attended by the graces, could not 

 have fhone more lovely than Berilla — for thus was the 

 damfel called. Her form was noble and majeflic ; and 

 her complexion furpaffed the blooming rofe. No 

 fooner did fhe perceive the great refemblance between 

 her lovers, and the tokens they wore of her inclina- 

 tion, than fhe exclaimed ; " I am deceived ! Thou 



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