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care, it is true, was taken to fend no perfons 

 thither to fettle except fuch as could occa- 

 fion little hurt to focicty, if they perifhed. 



If Gofle was deficient in attention to the 

 widow of Tamfimalo, he negle£ted^ as we 

 are affured, no means of pleafing Betie, 

 This charming young woman to an agree- 

 able figure added a pleafant difpofition ; 

 and theiflandera entertained a much flronger 

 affedioti for her than for her mother. Ee- 

 tie was not infenfible to the attachment of 

 Gofle I and flie more than once difcon- 

 certed the fatal proje6:s of her mother 

 againft the French: but bounds were at 

 length fet to her zeal^ over which it was 

 ^mpo^^lble for her to pafs, 



Tamfimalo's widow accufcd Gofle of hav* 

 ing dared to difturb the aflies of her huiband, 

 and of carrying away the riches fhut up in 

 his tomb. This accufation, whether juft 

 orunjuftj excited fuch a fermentation that 



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