1800. ] 
Oberon, who, with the confent of the barons 
of Fairy-land, refigns his crown to Huon and 
Efclarmonde; immediately after which 
King Arthur, who hoped for the fame ap- 
pointment, arrives * with his fitter Mor- 
gana, the fairy, and his neice Tranfelina.”” 
Arthur brings with him-the infant Mer- 
vin, a fon of Morgana by Oger le Danois, 
who had married her. Arthur is at fir 
angry, but is appeafed by Oberon and by 
Morgana, and agrees to do homage to 
Huon as king of Fairy-land. Oberon, 
confcious that his laft hour draws nigh, 
now calls around him Huon, Arthur, Glo- 
rian, and Malebron, makes over to Huon 
his power over the elves (/uitows), fays his 
prayers, crofles himfelf, orders an abbey 
to be built at ‘his burial-place,-and dies. 
Angels carry away his foul: a {weet odour 
hovers about his corpfe, the figa of falva- 
tion. When Huon, Efclarmonde, Ar- 
thur, Tranfelina, King Carabex, Glorian, 
Malebron, and all the knights:and Jadies 
faw that Oberon was dead, they fhed tears. 
The funeral is ordered, and the rhonumen- 
talabbey. ‘* Now,” fays the author, ** we 
fhall {peak no more of Huon and Efclar- 
monde, who will remain in the kingdom 
ef Fairy-land wntil the day of judgment.” 
A third part narrates the hiftory of 
Clairette, the daughter of Huon. She 
is afked in marriage by the King of Eng- 
land, the King of Hungary, and Florent, 
fon tothe King of Arragon. She is trea- 
cheroufly carried off by Brohars, who 
drowns Bernard. The King of Grenada 
delivers Clairette, who becomes acquainted 
_ with Florent, and loveshim. ‘The father 
of Florent refufes his confent, unlefs the 
prince firft fubdues the King of Navarre. 
- This exploit is atchieved ; but ftill Clai- 
rette is withheld: and both the lovers are 
feparately imprifoned. ‘They efcape to- 
gether, are taken bythe Saracens. ‘The 
valour of Florent delivers them. At their 
return the King of Navarre is again at 
war with the King of Arragon, and the 
latter isin imminent danger. Huon fends 
the two knights, Glorian and Malebron, 
wo effect a reconciliation, Florent'and 
Clairette are married. 
The untired hiftorian next undertakes 
the adventures of Ida, a daughter of Flo- 
rent and Clairette, who dies in child-bed. 
After fifteen: years Florent falls in love 
with this daughter, and propofes before 
his barons this incefftuous match. Sor- 
Bare, an ald grandee, oppofes it. The 
governeis of the princefs provides her with 
boy’s clothes, and fhe flies from the odious 
marriage. As groom, fhe is employed 
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‘539 
by a German, gets among thieves, ar- 
rives at Rome, and is at length employed 
by the Emperor Otho, whofe daughter 
Olivia falls in love with the fuppofed 
youth. Ida renders great fervices in the 
field; takes the King of Spain prifoners 
and is, married to the emperor’s daughter. 
Cn the difcovery of her fex, fhe is ordered 
to be burnt alive. A deputation from 
Florent to-afk the emperor’s daughter in 
maitiage, fuggefts a convenient folu- 
tion. ) 
Croiffant, the fon of Olivia, is now 
brought on the ftage. He ruins himieif 
by prodigality, and fets out, with ia 
fingle fervant, in queft of adventures. 
He is dubbed a knight by Count Raia- 
mond, at Nice, diftinguifhes himfelf 
againft the Saracens, and is envied by the 
fon of Raimond, whom he kills in a quar- 
rel. This difappoints his hepe of mar- 
rying Ratmond’s daughter, and he flies 
very unhappy. He gets among thieves ; 
goes a pilgrimage tc Rome, and eets 
there with a King Guimar, whole daugh- 
ter Catherine he marries. ‘“Lhey become 
emperor and emprefs, and, with their co- 
ronation clofes the romance. ‘ 
Your correfpondent alfo folicits a tran 
lation of Weiland’s preface; it has. been 
almoft wholly woven into the account ‘of 
Oberon contained in the Monthly Review, 
vol. XXIII. p. 577, and is, therefore, 
in fact already before the public. 
Lage 

For the Monthly Magazine. 
_ THE ENQUIRER, No, XX. 
ON PREJUDICE. 
T is to {peculative people, fond of ne« 
vel doétrines, and who, by accuftom- 
ing themfelves to make the moft funda- 
mental truths the fubject of difcuffion, have 
divefted their minds of thatreverence which 
is generally felt for opinions and prattices 
of Jong ftanding, that the world is ever to 
look fcr its improvement or reformation. 
Butit is alfo thefe {peculatiftswho introduce 
into it abfurdities and errors more grofs 
than any which have been eftablithed by 
that common confent of numerous mdivi- 
duals, which opinions long acted upon 
muft have reguired. for their bafis. For 
fy{tems of the latter clafs muft at leaft pof- 
fefs one property,—that of being pra&i- 
cable ; and there is likewife a prefumption 
that they are, or at leaft originally were, ufc~ 
ful, whereas the opinions of the {peculatit 
may turn out to be utterly incongruous and 
excentric, The {peculatif{t may invent 
mactines which it is impoffible to put ia 
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