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第5章 INCOGNITA(3)

A more glorious Troop no occasion ever assembled;all the fair of Florence,with the most accomplished Cavaliers,were present;and however Nature had been partial in bestowing on some better Faces than others,Art was alike indulgent to all,and industriously supplyed those Defects she had left,giving some Addition also to her greatest Excellencies.Every body appear'd well shap'd,as it is to be suppos'd,none who were conscious to themselves of any visible Deformity would presume to come thither.Their Apparel was equally glorious,though each differing in fancy.In short,our Strangers were so well bred,as to conclude from these apparent Perfections,that there was not a Masque which did not at least hide the Face of a Cherubim.Perhaps the Ladies were not behind hand in return of a favourable Opinion of them:for they were both well dress'd,and had something inexpressibly pleasing in their Air and Mien,different from other People,and indeed differing from one another.They fansy'd that while they stood together they were more particularly taken notice of than any in the Room,and being unwilling to be taken for Strangers,which they thought they were,by reason of some whispering they observed near them,they agreed upon an hour of meeting after the company should be broke up,and so separately mingled with the thickest of the Assembly.Aurelian had fixed his eye upon a Lady whom he had observ'd to have been a considerable time in close whisper with another Woman;he expected with great impatience the result of that private Conference,that he might have an opportunity of engaging the Lady whose Person was so agreeable to him.At last he perceived they were broke off,and the 'tother Lady seem'd to have taken her leave.He had taken no small pains in the mean time to put himself in a posture to accost the Lady,which,no doubt,he had happily performed had he not been interrupted;but scarce had he acquitted himself of a preliminary bow (and which,Ihave heard him say,was the lowest that ever he made)and had just opened his Lips to deliver himself of a small Complement,which,nevertheless he was very big with,when he unluckily miscarried,by the interposal of the same Lady,whose departure,not long before,he had so zealously pray'd for:but,as Providence would have it,there was only some very small matter forgot,which was recovered in a short whisper.The Coast being again cleared,he took heart and bore up,and,striking sail,repeated his Ceremony to the Lady;who,having Obligingly returned it,he accosted her in these or the like words:

'If I do not usurp a priviledge reserved for some one more happy in your acquaintance,may I presume,Madam,to entreat (for a while)the favour of your Conversation,at least till the arrival of whom you expect,provided you are not tired of me before;for then upon the least intimation of uneasiness,I will not fail of doing my self the violence to withdraw for your release.The Lady made him answer,she did not expect any body;by which he might imagine her Conversation not of value to be bespoke,and to afford it him,were but farther to convince him to her own cost.He reply'd,'She had already said enough to convince him of something he heartily wished might not be to his cost in the end.She pretended not to understand him;but told him,'If he already found himself grieved with her Conversation,he would have sufficient reason to repent the rashness of his first Demand before they had ended:for that now she intended to hold discourse with him,on purpose to punish his unadvisedness,in presuming upon a Person whose dress and mien might not (may be)be disagreeable to have wit.'I must confess (reply'd Aurelian)my self guilty of a Presumption,and willingly submit to the punishment you intend:and though it be an aggravation of a Crime to persevere in its justification,yet I cannot help defending an Opinion in which now I am more confirm'd,that probable conjectures may be made of the ingenious Disposition of the Mind,from the fancy and choice of Apparel.The humour I grant ye (said the Lady)or constitution of the Person whether melancholick or brisk;but I should hardly pass my censure upon so slight an indication of wit:for there is your brisk fool as well as your brisk man of sense,and so of the melancholick.

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