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She was fole heirefs to an opulent citizen, who owed his defcent to one of the moft confiderable families in the whole principality, and was the darling of her aged parents, who had refufed feveral very advantageous matches, which had been propofed to them, as not being able to bear the the thoughts of parting with their dear daughter, whofe budding beauties attracted the eyes of all who faw her. But the importunities of Fabricio, a promfiing young nobleman, of the firft quality, were not to be refifted: and being. accordingly efpoufed to the incomparable lady, for the first three or four years, they lived in a perfect harmony, Fabricio expreffing a moft paffionate fondnefs for the lovely Amelia; nor was the backward in grateful returns: and indeed, barring a fomewhat too warm inclination to gaming, Fabricio's morals and manner of proceeding feemed irreproachable. He had, for feveral years before his marriage, conftantly paffed the carnival at Venice, where that feftival is obferved with much greater fplendour and magnificence, than in any other part of Europe; nor was he known ever to have miffed going thither about that time, where he generally ftaid feven or eight weeks; yet Amelia never took the leaft umbrage at his fo doing, any farther than repining for the want of his company. As he was mafter of a large fortune, gamed high, and was not always unfortunate, he made a very confiderable figure, and his converfation was courted by many of the chief nobility of Venice, and others of the best fashion. Unhappily, a certain fenator, of a wor thy character, though not very wealthy, became extremely fond of our young Piedmontefe, and had contracted fuch an intimacy with him, that he was never fo eafy, or well-pleased, as when he could get him to dine, or pafs the evening at his palace. A ter, a young lady of moft exquifite beau This hofpitable nobleman had a daugh ty and endowments, called Leonarda ; with whom Fabricio (who had all along carefully concealed his being married) became every day more enamoured; and, as the appeared in his eyes the most finished beauty he had ever beheld, he foon found he was not mafter enough of himself to prevent his heart from falling. a victim to her charms: infomuch, that wholly regardiefs of the facred ties under which he was engaged, he entirely abandoned himlelf to his growing paffion for the lovely Leonarda. As for the young lady, her judgment was too penetrating not to perceive the flame fhe had kindled in his breaft; nor was it long before he had fome reafon to flatter himself, that he was not wholly indifferent to her. He met with no fevere checks, or repulfes, for the tender expreffions he made to her; and it was with the greater pleafure that the admitted his addreffes, and gave ear to what his amorous difpofition dictated, becaule fhe was very well affured of his being, by extraction, no ways inferior to herfelf, and poffeffed of a plentiful inheritance; little dreaming of the previous right marriage had given the virtuous Amelia, both to his perfon and affections; nor did he omit daily to give the moft folemn affurances, both to herself, and her relations and acquaintance, of his paffion for Leonarda, and his firm refolution to devote himself to her lawlul embraces; declaring, that nothing delayed the confummation of his happiness, but the unavoidable waiting till iome certain affairs of the laft importance, were settled, and brought to a conclufion. In the mean while his own lady, uneafy and impatient at his unusual fiay at Venice, inceffantly plied him with pref fing letters to return, expreffing great apprehenfions of fome misfortune that had befallen him; having, as yet, no fufpicion of his infidelity. She wrote in terms fo paffionately tender, that, had he been lefs prepoffeffed than he was, her letters could not poflibly, have failed of making a due impreffion on him. His answers were kind, ftill feigning urgent urgent business, that debarred him the happiness of her company; and in this manner he put her off for a twelvemonth; and it is probable, that he would never have thought of quitting Venice, where was the fole object of all his prefent vows, had not the impatient Amelia, inconfolable at fo unkind an abfence, made it her daily bufinefs to inquire of every one that came from thence, concerning his conduct, whereby fhe got information, from several credible perfons, of what gave her mortal pangs. Fabricio's love for his adored Leonarda was too vehement to fuffer him to keep it a fecret; and as his acquaintance in that city was, in a manner, univerfal, it was no difficult matter for her to learn the particulars of an amour, which was managed with fo little precaution; efpecially, as it was usual with him to declare publicly, in all companies, that he defigned to marry the lady to whom he made his addreffes, and fettle with her at Venice, as foon as ever the fituation of bis affairs would permit, This news was such a shock to the injured Amelia, that it almoft deprived her of her fenfes, and in the height of her refentment and defpair, the writ a long letter to her faithlefs hufband, reproaching him with his basenefs, and folemnly protefting, That if he was not at Turin within ten days, fhe would infallibly be with him at Venice, in a very short time after, in order to difabufe the family he had impofed on, and put a stop to the courfe of fo bafe and infamous a proce dure as that to which he had abandoned himself, and which was an injury that the would never suffer. Soon after he had received this unwelcome letter, he chanced to drop it out of his pocket, in his miftreis's apart ment. The fight of it raised her curiofity, and, watching an opportunity, she took it up, unperceived. When her lover had taken his leave of her, the opened it, with an agitation and concern which feemed to foretel her the contents. Her amazement and indignation were beyond expreffion, when, upon her perusing thofe fatal lines, fhe was thoroughly convinced of her misfortune: for, at that very inftant, and only then, it was, that she began to feel that the loved him in good earnest. heart, that the found it extremely difficult to banish his ideas from thence. But, at length, after many yiolent ftruggles, reafon got the maftery, and opening her eyes, with horror and refentment, the beheld the precipice from whence her treacherous lover was preparing to hurry her: infomuch, that the next time he came to visit her, the reproached him with his villainous attempt upon her, in fuch mortifying terms, that, like one planet-ftruck, he remained utterly confounded and motionless; and, at the fame juncture, throwing him his lady's letter, the forbad him her prefence, and, as the left him, folemnly vowed, never to fee his face again, if she could poffibly avoid it. This little expected fhock fo ftupified his faculties, that he fcarce knew where he was. At laft, fomewhat recovering from his lethargy, he went home, but so overwhelmed with paffion and despair, that, entering into his apartment, his rage was fo exceffively vehement, that he cer tainly would have laid violent hands on himself, had it not been for fome of his acquaintance, who, obferving his diforder, followed him in, and prevented his doing himself any mifchief, and prevailed with him to become fomewhat more moderate. " In the meanwhile, the baffled Leonarda, in order to deprive him of all farther hopes of getting into her company, retired into a convent; which gave the finishing stroke to his defpair. But, in a day or two after, having received fresh letters from Turin, whereby he was affured, that the too-much-abused Amelia was actually preparing to fet out for Venice, pofitively determined there to fay and do all that an injured, jealous: woman was capable of, when the found herself flighted and abandoned by an un grateful husband; he thought the moft prudent method he could take, was to endeavour to divert that ftorm which fo apparently threatened him. As there was no longer ftaying for him at Venice he packed up his baggage, and returned to Turin; where being arrived, his good lady received him in fo obliging a manner, and ever with fuch tranfports of joy, as plainly demonftrated, that, at the moment the beheld him, the entirely forgot all the juft caufes of complaint the had against him, never upbraiding him with his late unworthy conduct, nor indeed, fearce ever mentioning any thing of it to him; and whenever She ufed her utmost efforts to prevail with her heart to deteft a man who had fo bafely deceived her; but, bafe and perfidious as he was, he had already taken fuch an absolute poffeffion of her 3 B 2 the fhe did, it was in a very mild and jocole manner, by way of jeft. Both her relations and his were daily making entertainments, to welcome him home; and the whole court, who had intelligence of what had been tranfacted at Venice, admired at the kind reception which the virtuous Amelia gave to a perfon who fo little merited any favour at her hands, beftowing on her all the praifes her exemplary goodnefs de erved. Eight months paffed in a perfect harmony, by which time he began to appear pretty far gone with child, and her hufband was feemingly fonder than ever. One evening, as he was fitting with her in their bed-chamber, he fuddenly ftarted up, faying, he was going to retire into his closet to his devotions, and, at the fame time; advised her to do the like; he readily did as he defired her, thanking him for putting her in mind of what the ought to have remembered of her own accord, and more especially, as fhe faid, in the condition fhe was then in. This paffed; and the very next morning, chancing to awake fooner than ordinary, fhe was under no fmall furprize at miffing her husband: but she was much more aftonished, when a few moments after, the faw him coming from his clofet, bearing in his arms all thofe materials ufed at the funerals of perfons of diftinction. Somewhat difordered and confused, The afked him the meaning of what the thoug t fo extraordinary, and to what ufe he intended to put thofe things? That thou wilt be fenfible of, replied he, his eyes fparkling with fury; know, wretch, that they all belong to thee: I have prepared them for thee, and for none elfe. This is the time I have fixed upon to take a direful vengeance on thee for all the fufferings I have undergone, and whereof thou haft been the only caufe ; and these are the wax tapers which are to furround thy bed, as foon as I have facrificed thee to that lofs which thou haft occafioned by thy deteftable jealoufy. Scarce had he uttered thefe words, but the unhappy lady fprang from her bed, and, confounded, pale and trembling, caft herself at his feet, and melted into floods of tears, a fight moving enough to have raifed compaffion in a tiger; Alas! faid fhe, pardon, my deareft lord, I befeech you, whatever I may, unadvisedly, have faid or done to offend you. It was excefs of love that made me impatient of your abfence, and occafioned my proceeding more violently than otherwife I should have done. Take not away, I conjure you, a life, which I have no other defire of prolonging, than to render it ferviceable to yuu, to the utmost of my capacity, and to continue in the fame fidelity to you as I have hitherto done, without once violating it, even in thought. But, fill, in cafe the refentment you harbour in your breaft againft me, is fo implacable, that it cannot be appealed by any thing lefs than my blood, I beg you to take into your confideration, that you are about deftroying your innocent infant, in whose power it has never been to cause you the leaft difpleasure. No! no! thou baseft of women, cried out this unnatural monfter, I am paft confideration: this moment puts an end to thy detefted life: when, extending his butcherly arm, he was juft preparing to plunge it into her beautiful, faultlefs bofom; but, at that time, a sudden thundering at the chamber-door prevented. He haftily went to open it, when, inftantly, a young damfel, the poor lady's waiting-woman, rufhed in, and ran to embrace her trembling mistress, refolutely telling the inhuman executioner, who flood with his murdering hand armed with a weapon more becoming a ruffian than a nobleman, that he should firft difpatch her, before he fhould offer the leaft violence to her dear lady. This generous fervant, whofe apartment was feparated from that of her lady, by only a fingle wainscot, had been an ear-witnefs to moft of what had paffed, and, at all hazards, determined to lend her miftrefs what affiftance fhe was able. But this worfe than favage, darting a terrible look at her, Well then, rafh, fool-hardy wretch, cried he, foaming with rage, first take what you yourfelf urge me to give you, and then bear witnefs of the facrifice I fhall next make of this jealous woman, who is far more defervng of it than you. At these words, he ftabbed the undaunted young damfel into the body, who inftantly dropped down at his feet. As he imagined her bufiness to have been done he attempted not to fecond his blow, but, demon-like, hurried on by his damnable fury, he flew to the poor terrified and proftrate lady, and moft inhumanely butchered her, by giving her many repeated ftabs. When this execrable aflaffin had committed fo inhumane a deed, he took up the the mangled body of his murdered lady, and re-conveying it into the bed, he covered it all over with a burial-pall; and then, having lighted up a confiderable number of wax-tapers, (all which things, as has been obferved, he had got ready at hand) he withdrew, cool and unconcerned, into his cabinet, where, with the fame butcherly hand with which he had juft before fo impiously affaffinated an innocent maid, and his own virtuous wife, who was fo well deferving of a happier deftiny, he wrote a billet to her father and mother, preffing them, with out a moment's delay, to haften immediately to his house, upon an affair of the greatest consequence. Such preffing terms bronght them even fooner than he could well have expected, when this audacious and unparalleled monfter, receiving them with a countenance full of guilt, mixed with a frange indifferency, conducted them up to the place whete this lamentable scene of horror had been tranfacted, and throwing off the velvet covering from the ftill warm corps, with an amazing infolence, advised them to take care of their daughter's funeral. The diftracted mother, quite bereaved of her fenfes at the fight of fo moving, and fo unexpected an object, with outcries which pierced the very fkies, threw herself upon her dear daughter's body, from whofe wounds rivulets of blood were yet ftreaming, and uttered fuch dolorous lamentations, as extorted tears from the eyes of all those whom her cries had brought thither to be beholders of fo deplorable a tragedy. As for the difconfolate father, he could not utter a fyllable, having loft his faculty of fpeech with the fhocking furprize of this forrowful fpectacle, and all he was capable of doing, was, to wound his venerable countenance with his nails, and to tear off his hoary locks by hand fuls, till through excess of grief, he at laft fell down in a fwoon, from which it was not without extreme difficulty that he was brought to himself. Amidft all this confufion, fome of the bye-flanders thought of fending for a furgeon, to try if it was poffible to fave the poor damfel, who had fo generously hazarded her own life in attempting to preferve her lady, and who ftill lay weltering in her blood upon the floor: but their endeavours were all ineffectual, for in a few hours the expired, having firft given the particulars of this difmal cataftrophe, the being the only person in the family who had the leaft knowledge of it, till they were all alarmed by the fhrieks of the poor murdered lady, for, otherwife, the unworthy perpetrator of this mischief could not have had leisure to have put things in fuch order as they were found; and as for the wounded damfel, though the faw all, it would have been to little purpose for her to have attempted to have called out for afliftance even had the been able. As for the murderer, the furprize and confufion was too great for any body to mind what became of him; and when at laft they began to think of him, it was too late. He had fo ordered his matters to prevent his being apprehended, that he foon got out of reach, and arrived fafe at Venice. He had flattered himfelt there to put an end to all his unhappinefs in the arms of Leonarda, upon whofe account, and for whofe fake, he had committed fuch an infamous and bloody piece of villainy. At his arrival there, he was at her father's countryfeat, preparing to come to town: but the news of this deteftable action foon spreading abroad, it reached her ears juit as he was fetting out for Venice. The thoughts of her having been the occafion (though innocent) of that dedeplorable fact, ftruck her with fuch horror, that the immediately took a fixed refolution of quitting the world; and notwithstanding all the arguments used by her relations, and others, in order to diffuade her, the foon after retired into a convent for the rest of her days. Her impious, inhuman lover,, unable to fupport himself under this laft fhock, the most infupportable he had ever met with, made all poffible intereft only to obtain a fight of her; but being absolutely refused, he left Venice, overwhelmed with defpair; and now, utterly out of conceit with life, he wished for nothing but death; and though he wanted courage to end his prefent mifery with. his own hands, yet it was not long before he met a deferved fate, being affaffinated by a troop of Miquelets, as he was paffing through Catalonia, in his way to Madrid. POETRY |