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Nay, I knew he would be civil, Madam, or I would have borne you Company; but neither my Mistress nor I, cou'd sleep one wink all Night, for fear of a Discovery in the Morning; and to save the poor Gentleman a tumbling Cast from the Window, my Mistress, just at day-break, feigned her self wondrous sick, I was called, desired to go to Signior Spadilio's the Apothecary's, at the next Door, for a Cordial; and so he slipt out; but the Story of this false Count pleases me extremely, and, if it should take, Lord, what mirth we shall have.

A collection of select novels called "Love in its Variety," advertised in 1727 as "Written in Spanish by Signior Michel Ban Dello; made English by Mrs. Eliza Haywood," was apparently a translation from the novelle of Matteo Bandello, probably from a French version. The best examples of her brief, direct tales, however, are to be found in "The Fruitless Enquiry.

'No, replied Hero, 'but who dare tell her so? If I should speak, she would mock me into air. 'O! you wrong your cousin, said Ursula: 'she cannot be so much without true judgment, as to refuse so rare a gentleman as signior Benedick. 'He hath an excellent good name, said Hero: 'indeed, he is the first man in Italy, always excepting my dear Claudio. And now, Hero giving her attendant a hint that it was time to change the discourse, Ursula said: 'And when are you to be married, madam? Hero then told her, that she was to be married to Claudio the next day, and desired she would go in with her, and look at some new attire, as she wished to consult with her on what she would wear on the morrow.

"Signior Don Diego, I see you are moved, and therefore will not dwell on such distressful circumstances. The excellent Antonia exchanged this life for a more happy state; and so exquisite was the sorrow of the tender-hearted Serafina, as to torture me with the apprehension that she would not long survive her pious mother.

Thy name, dull Mortal, know'st thou not that? Fran. An't please your Grace, now I remember me, methinks I do. Guz. Dog, how art thou call'd? Fran. An't like your Excellence, Men call'd me Signior Don Francisco, but now they will call me Coxcomb. Guz. Of what Trade? Fran. An't please your Highness, a Gentleman. Guz. How much dost thou get a day by that Trade? Hah! Fran.

Tomorrow I will fight a fierce battle about which men will speak as long as the world lasts. Thus addressed by him, thy son, O monarch, came away. And saluting his signior with a bow of the head, he came back to his own tent. Coming back, the king dismissed his attendants. And soon then that destroyer of foes entered his abode.

So I to White Hall, and there all the evening on the Queene's side; and it being a most summer-like day, and a fine warm evening, the Italians came in a barge under the leads before the Queene's drawing-room; and so the Queene and ladies went out and heard them for almost an hour: and the singing was indeed very good together; but yet there was but one voice that alone did appear considerable, and that was Signior Joanni.

My own inquiries, and the opinion of many Turks themselves, who judge of the measures of their own government much better than is generally supposed, have led me to believe, that the Grand Signior, as well as his Pashas, tolerate the plague in their dominions, because the numerous deaths fill their purses: with respect to Egypt, I hold this to be indisputably the secret cause.

The steward, the excellent Dupont, one of your old friends, will there introduce you to a young Indian Prince, named Djalma; and you will tell that most potent grave, and reverend signior, of another quarter of the globe, that you have come on the part of an unknown friend, who, taking upon himself the duty of a brother, sends him what is necessary to preserve him from the odious fashions of Europe.

For an instant, he stood a silent spectator of the scene; and then advanced calmly, but with searching eyes, into the centre of the apartment. "Don Pedro. Welcome, Signior: you are almost come to part almost a fray." Much Ado About Nothing.