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that one night as the gentleman lay awake at ar 
inn in Ratifbon, he heard two Nightingales in 
cages, converfing together about the politics of 
Europe, that they repeated the converfation at, 
a which they heard in the day, and kept up 
along and interefting dialogue, on a dela of 
jets 
iN ightingales i in time, attach themfelves to thofe 
: hie have the care of them; one that was given 
to a gentleman, no tokees feeing the lady that 
“was uled to feed it, grew fullen, refufed to:eat, 
and was foon reduced to that ftate of weaknefs, 
that he could no longer fupport himfelf on his 
‘ perch; but having been reftored to his former 





 miftrefs, his animation revived, he eat, drank, 
returned to his perch, and was well in twenty= 
four hours. | 
They have been fee to refufe the Bberiy 
‘that has been offered them, and when they have 
been turned out of their cage, in the woods, they 
have returned again, . . 
When once they are attached, they diftinguilt 
the flep of the perfons uled to feed them, flutter 
! ae their approach,’ and even when moulting — 
~ make fome attempts to fing, and fupply that de- 
ke - every areresion of joy. 
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