To The ADVENTURES of nior (I replied) do nothing impetuoufly, confult your iliterdl only, and, notwithstanding the nobility of my blood”—“ Sure you jeft ! (faid he, interrupting me) ought 1 to hefitate one moment ? no, my prince, I moll humbly bcfeech you to honour the happy Flo- rentina with your hand, this very evening.” “ Well, (faid I) be it fo; go carry the news yourfclf, and in- Jorm her of her glorious fate.’*
While the ho/ieil citizen flew eagerly to tell his daughter, that fhe had made the conqueft of a prince, Moralez, who had heard the whole converfation, threw himfelf on his knees before me, faying, “ Mon- fignior the Italian prince, fon of a foveieign of the vallies fituated between the Swifs, Milanefe and Savoy, give me leave to embrace the feet of your highnefs, and teftify the exceflivc joy I feel. Upon the faith of a knave, I look upon you as a prodigy ! I thought myfclf the firfl man in the world, but truly I (hike to you, although you have lefs experience than I.’*
“ What! you are no longer uneafy, I hope,” faid I to him. “ O ! not at all (anfwered he) I am no longer afraid of Signior Pedro ; let him come again as foon as he pleafes.” Moralez and I being now firm fet in the ftirrups, began to regulate the courfe we (hould take with the dowry, on which we depended fo much, that we could not have thought our- J lelvcs more fecure of it, had it been already in our pockets. We had not, as yet, got it for all that, and the cataftrophe of the adventure did not anfwer our 1 expc6lation.
In a little time, the young man of Calatrava re- j turned, accompanied by two citizens and an algua- zil, as formidable, on account of his whifkers and fwarthy complexion, as of his employment. F'lo- icntina’s father being prefent, “ Signior de Moyadas, * (faid Pedro to him) I have brought hither three ere- j ditable people, who know me, and can tell you who 1 2 am.” “ Yes, fure (cried the alguazil) I can tell, ^ l certify to Ui whom it jnay concern, that I ;
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